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Bristol, TN/VA -- A rare transcription disc containing a live broadcast performance of The Stanley Brothers and the Clinch Mountain Boys on the former WCYB Radio Farm and Fun Time show has been listed among the Virginia Association of Museums (VAM) Top 10 Endangered Artifacts. Over time, the degradation of the fragile, lacquer disc recording has made it unplayable and its content unaccessible. A public vote will determine if the rare recording can be restored through grant funds from VAM, so the museum is asking for your help in securing enough votes to help them win $5,000 to preserve this valuable piece of American music history.
The premier guide to the lives and work of bluegrass icons Ralph and Carter Stanley will be released this January by the University of Illinois Press as part of their Music in American Life series. The 312 page book will by Gary Reid will include a foreward by Neil v. Rosenbert. Included will be a full discography and 51 black & white photographs.
Bluegrass Hall of Fame Recipient, George Shuffler passed away yesterday, April 7th, just shy of his 89th birthday. Shuffler was born in Valdese, North Carolina on April 15, 1925. Affectionately known as "The Third Stanley Brother" performed on many of bluegrass music's most historic recordings. George toured 20 years with the Stanley Brothers where he developed his unique cross picking guitar style that has been a big influence to many musicians. He was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Association's Hall of Fame in 2011 and was a recipient of the North Carolina Heritage Award in 2007. In 2011, Shuffler was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Association's Hall of Fame along with Del McCoury. George Shuffler's influences in bluegrass are as an innovative bass player, guitar stylist and featured vocalist and humorist, primarily as a sideman in some of the most important bands in the music's history.
December 1st being the anniversary of the loss of Carter Stanley we're asking Stanley fans around the world to put their hands together and join spirits commemorating two gentlemen who personify the foundation of traditional mountain music.
The University Press of Mississippi has released David W. Johnson's first biography of two integral bluegrass music innovators and touchstones of old-time country music authenticity - Carter and Ralph Stanley. The 300 page volume includes multiple photographs of the brothers who contributed much to bluegrass and mountain music.
Each year since 2002 the National Recording Preservation Board (NRPB) and members of the public have nominated recordings to the National Registry. The breadth of nominations received highlights the richness of the nation's audio legacy and underscores the importance of assuring the long-term preservation of that legacy for future generations. Bluegrass music and related music (e.g., Charlie Poole) have a place in the registry. The Bluegrass music community is invited to contribute their suggestions for the National Recording Registry.
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There are some great home workouts at SparkPeople: http://www.sparkpeople.com/
They have free online workout videos. I've found them pretty good when I can't think of what to do! Here's the direct link:
Another thing you could do is wrap some phone books in a towel to create an aerobics step. Then you can just put your favourite music on and step away for half an hour or so.
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Romania's government approved a three-year extension of OMV Petrom SA (SNP)'s exploration licenses in the country, government spokeswoman Ioana Muntean said.
The country's biggest oil company gave up about 30 percent of the initially contracted permits for the oil and gas blocks it plans to explore, Muntean said in a phone interview today.
The Romanian licenses, which OMV AG (OMV), central Europe biggest oil company, holds via Petrom, are due to expire on Sept. 12 and were granted to Petrom before it was sold to OMV in 2004.
A failure to renew the licenses or a renewal delay would have "a material adverse effect on Petrom's business, results of operations and its financial condition," OMV said in May in the prospectus of a planned share sale.
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In this post, I am going to discuss the kanji that have "two hands from below": 共, 供, 異, 興, 具 and 兵. We immediately spot that they all have a shape that is like the kanji 八 squashed flat a little. They are hands trying to lift something.
1. 共 "together"
In the kanji共, in oracle bone style, in brown, and bronze ware style, in green, a hand from the right side and another hand from the left side were holding up something in the middle. The use of both hands and raising something above suggested he was handling with care because it was something important to him. In ten style hands the thing got separated and in kanji they became two components. The meaning focuses on the point that "two" hands were used, rather than on the point of "raising." It means "to share; do something together." The kun-yomi makes a phrase "~と共に" ("together with〜" /〜to tomo ni/) and the on-yomi makes the words such as 共有する ("to share" /kyooyuu-suru/), 共著 ("co-authoring" /kyo'ocho/), 共演者 ("co-stars" /kyooe'nsha/) and 共同で ("collectively; sharing" /kyoodo-de/.)
2. 供 "to keep company; make offering to"
In bronze ware style, the components were same as that of 共, and in ten style, by adding a ninben, it indicated the act that a person does with both hands, which was "to make an offering to" or "to keep someone company; accompany someone." There are two kun-yomi for 供. They are in お供え ("an offering (that one leaves on an altar table)" /osonae/) and お供する ("to accompany a person" [humble style] /oto'mo-suru/). There are also two on-yomi for 供. /Kyo'o/ is in 提供する ("to sponsor; supply; furnish" /teekyoo-suru/) and /ku/ is in 供物 ("offering at alter" /ku'motsu/). If you guessed that this must be a go-on because it appeared to have a bearing on Buddhist practice, you are right. Naturally the reading /mo'tsu/ for 物 is a go-on too, as seen in 荷物 ("luggage" /ni'motsu/).
You probably have seen the word /kodomo/ written in both 子供 and 子ども and wondered why in hiragana. Because the kanji 供 means "accompanying," some people consider it to be pejorative. Even in this age of children's rights, I am quite puzzled by this logic. Now that we have a chance to see the origin of the kanji 供, I still do not see what the fuss is about.
3. 異 "odd; peculiar; different"
I once showed to the students of my second-year Japanese class the photo of bronze ware style inscriptions in the famous huge bronze ware pot called Daiutei (大盂鼎 Dà Yú Dĭng), and asked them to decipher the writing. The writings were in bronze ware style. One by one they guessed and enjoyed this new game. And someone said, "There is a guy doing rap!" [The photo on the right (Ishikawa 1996)] Indeed he looked like that. Looking at a photo of ancient artifacts in that way makes the kanji alive. The kanji historians' interpretation is that he was putting on a fearsome mask over his face to turn himself to another character. From that it meant "peculiar; different." The kun-reading is in the adjective 異なった ("different" /kotona'tta/) and in the verb (~と) 異にする ("to differ from~" /to koto'-ni-suru/.) The on-reading is in 異説 ("conflicting view" /isetsu/) and 異常な ("unusual; extraordinary /ijoo-na/).
Notes: After some exchanges of the comments with a reader on the interpretation of the ancient writings of the kanji 異, I have written its follow-up article entitled "Kanji 異 Revisited and 典其選殿臀" posted on September 26, 2014. Thank you.
4. 興 "to raise; resurrect; start"
In oracle bone style, a pair of hands at the top and another pair of hands from below were holding something in the middle. In bronze ware style and ten style, the top and the bottom separated. Shirakawa (2004) says that what was in the middle was a vase which contained sake that a priest sprinkled around to wake up the spirit of the earth. From people trying to raise something together at once it means "to raise; start; to resuscitate." The kun-reading is in 興す ("to start something new; revive; resuscitate"/oko'su/). The on-reading /kyo'o/ is in 興味 ("interest" /kyo'omi/), 即興で ("extemporaneously" /sokkyoo de/). Another on-reading /ko'o/ is in 新興の ("newly-risen" /shinkoo-no/). Lately, you see the word 町おこし ("revitalization of a locality" /machi-o'koshi/) quite a lot in the news. Even though the media tend to use the hiragana, it is in this meaning, that people do something to revive the locality by creating an event or project. Because it is a Japanese word, it is not that necessary to use this kanji, however.
5. 具 "filling; to be equipped"
In oracle bone style and bronze ware style what two hands were holding above was a tripod (鼎 /kanae/) or cowry (貝 /ka'i/). A tripod was used to cook sacrificial animals for a religious ceremony, and cowry was used as currency in ancient times. So both are things that had important substance. From placing something important with both hands, it meant "filling; to be equipped." The kun-reading is in 具わる ("to be equipped with" /sonawa'ru/) and the on-reading is in 具 ("topping/filling on food" /gu/), 具体的に ("concretely" /gutaiteki-ni/), because you would give the details, and 金具 ("hardware/metal fittings" /kanagu/).
6. 兵 "soldier"
Just as I was about to write that "the top of the oracle bone style (the first one) was an axe," I thought "I do not think I can convince my readers." So, I went back to my source (Akai 2010) and found the second one, which showed the blade of an axe better. An axe was a weapon, and someone who held a weapon is a soldier. So it meant "soldier." In writing the kanji 兵, the third stroke starts a little below the beginning of the second stroke, much like the kanji in the upper right of the kanji 近 ("near"), in which 斤 was used phonetically. The old Japanese word for solider was /tsuwamono/, and this kanji is sometimes read as /tsuwamono/. The on-reading is in 兵士 ("soldier" /he'eshi/), 兵器 ("weapons" /he'eki/) and 派兵 ("sending military" /hahee/).
There are a couple of more shapes taken from a hand that I have not touched yet. I will discuss them in the next post, to wrap up the discussion on various shapes that originated from a hand. [May 31, 2014]


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Most of northwestern Connecticut remains in extreme drought, despite several recent storms that brought significant precipitation to the state.
According to the latest US Drought Monitor report, released Feb. 16, 28.39 percent of the state remains in extreme drought. That's down from the numbers reported at the start of the year, but shows no change from the week before, even after heavy snowfall during a storm on Feb. 9 and two smaller storms shortly after.
More than two thirds of the state remain under severe or extreme drought.
Drought conditions in the state forced several areas to institute mandatory water restrictions. Though some cities and towns have lifted restrictions, the state's reservoirs are still low.
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The Baltimore County Council passed a transgender rights bill prohibiting discrimination against people based on their sexual orientation or gender identity or expression on a 5-2 party-line vote Tuesday, Feb. 21.
Bill No. 3-12 protects LGBT people, and specifically transgender individuals, from discrimination in the areas of housing, employment, education, financing and public accommodations. Councilmembers Tom Quirk (D-1st), Vicki Almond (D-2nd), Kenneth Oliver (D-4th), Cathy Bevins (D-6th) and Chairman John Olszewski Sr. (D-7th) voted in favor, with Todd Huff (R-3rd) and David Marks (R-5th) voting against the measure.
Dr. Dana Beyer, executive director of Gender Rights Maryland, told Metro Weekly her organization had lobbied all of the councilmembers to support the bill, but did not initially expect support from either of the Republicans on the council. She said that Marks indicated he was interested in the bill.
"He obviously decided that party and ideological purity were more important than doing the right thing and representing his constituents," Beyer said, noting that Marks represents a Democratic-leaning area around Towson.
But Beyer also stressed she was grateful to Marks for his efforts to clarify the language in the bill to sufficiently satisfy councilmembers in order to gain their support and the positive effect such changes had on the bill's success.
The Baltimore County bill also passes less than a year after the notorious beating of 22-year-old transgender woman Chrissy Lee Polis after she used a woman's bathroom in a McDonald's restaurant in Rosedale, Md. The attack on Polis, which was filmed by an employee and broadcast online, led to statements from the governor and other elected officials and calls from the LGBT community for protections for transgender individuals in public accommodations.
With the passage of the bill, gender-identity protections are now in place in four jurisdictions – Baltimore City and Baltimore, Howard and Montgomery counties – that, taken together, comprise almost half the state's population. What that means, Beyer said, is there is a disparate impact on transgender residents based on where they live: If someone lives in the I-95 corridor, they are protected on the county level, but if they live in the Eastern Shore or western Maryland, they are not.
Beyer points to the geographic disparity as evidence of the need for a statewide gender-identity nondiscrimination bill. Such statewide protections are already provided on the basis of sexual orientation.
In order to pass such a bill, advocates must convince Senate President Thomas V. "Mike" Miller (D-Calvert and Prince George's counties) to allow a vote in the Senate on a measure he considers a controversial. In 2011, Miller and several leading Senate Democrats were successful in killing a gender-identity bill that had previously passed the House of Delegates 86-52, though the measure did not include protections for public accommodations as the Baltimore County bill does.
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Notes from the Trip; Kusadasi, Turkey
History is the name of this stop. Many things are unique about this former little fishing village, that now boasts the second largest bazaar in Turkey, to the Castillo de Santa Catalina, a Genoese castle that was constructed in the 13th Century, that has the claim to fame of being used by the pirate Barbarossa.
(Castle, a Mosque, and the last remaining column of the Temple of Artemis, which was larger than the Parthenon, in Athens)
Tourism has caused Kusadasi's exponential growth. With its proximity to Ephesus and the entire Aegean coast, it is a hub that distributes people to what they want out of a vacation. This area was settled by Ionian Greeks in 10th century BC, and the influence is apparent today. This area is the beginning battle zones for the Greek-Persian wars, and out of that is thought to be the home area for Homer.
We traveled over the same paths that were traveled by important figures such as Apostle Paul, Mary, and others over the last 4 millennia. Early artifacts from Ephesus indicate settlements as far back as 2000 BC. Thriving communities of Greeks, then the Romans used and built upon layers of civilizations. Through political and natural turmoil, earthquakes and finally the silting in of the main river leading from the sea, effectively sealing off the port, and cancelling the trade. That caused abandonment of the areas and plunder by all sorts of peoples. Evidences of the re-use of columns and things throughout other structures today show a leaning towards recycling, even by the Romans and other settlers.
Standing in the Odeon where the Apostle Paul spoke was pretty awe inspiring. The sheer magnitude of building a theater with the acoustics of this one all those centuries ago is incredible. It would hold 25000 spectators, and seated halfway up, I could hear conversations going on down on the stage floor with very little effort.
Several present day performers have used The Great Theater, including Joan Baez, and Sting. Interestingly enough, the amplified music from Stings performance in the mid 1990's caused large cracks to form in the seating areas, and so now all amplified concerts have been banned.
Seeing the areas of a town that held that many people, when throughout history you get the sense that all communities were small villages, is an awakening to just how far in civilization these people had progressed. Yes, there were slaves, and women were not equals, but the cultures of arts, buildings and architecture, the sciences, and others were progressing well.
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Wonder if Sting feels bad about that? Dude..you just caused a crack in one of the oldest coliseums in the WORLD. Oh.. sorry about that. Cheers!


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2 months and 1 issue after Warren did an all-POE issue of CREEPY, they did another one, making for a total of 13 POE stories in only 5 months from them! It blows my mind to think that in all the years I've been a fan of Warren's output, I was never aware of these issues-- and never had them in my collection. Well, at least thanks to the internet, I have finally been able to read their contents-- and, share them with whoever is reading this blog!
We now come to the 6th and final story in CREEPY #70...
This was the 7th comics version of this, following...
Outubro's CLASSICOS OF TERROR #8 (1962),
Warren's EERIE #11 (Sep'67),
Taika's ALBUM CLASSICOS DE TERROR #6 (1968),
Populares' EL MONJE LOCO #74 (April 30, 1969),
Vilmar's PANICO #21 (May'74), and
Skywald's SCREAM #7 (Jul'74),
...the latter some 9 months earlier.
This was also the 3rd of 5 POE stories that Warren had done in the late 60s that they wound up doing new versions of in the 70s. (Which may explain why no one has EVER done a truly "complete" set of Warren POE stories in any one place... until this blog!) Strangely enough, all 3 stories from EERIE were later redone (and they seem to be often ignored when it comes to reprint collections).
Art this time is by Isidro Mones. This was his 2nd of 3 POE adaptations.
Once more, for those keeping score... this is the 20th out of 25 Warren POE adaptations!!
cover by KEN KELLY (Warren Publishing / April 1975)
Adaptation by Richard Margopoulos / Art by ISIDRO MONES / Page 49
Except, for the reprints...
cover by KEN KELLY (Publicness / France / 1975)
cover by KEN KELLY (K.G. Murray / February 1976)
cover by ?? (RGE / Rio Grafica Editora Globo / Portugal / June 1980)
cover by RICHARD CORBEN (Toutain Editor / Spain / 1980)
cover by RICHARD CORBEN (Volksverlag / Germany / 1981)
cover by RICHARD CORBEN (Semic Press / The Netherlands / 1982)
This was actually the next-to-last issue before Warren went belly-up.
cover by FRANK FRAZETTA (Warren / January 1983)
cover by KEN KELLY (Dark Horse Comics / February 2013)
Scan of CREEPY #70 from the Heritage Auctions site.
Scans of CREEPY #70 interior ORIGINAL ART (Page 49)
from the Heritage Auctions site.
Scan of CREEPY #25 (France) from eBay.
Scans of CREEPY #144 from my collection.
Scan of CREEPY #10 (K.G. Murray) from the AusReprints site.
Scan of KRIPTA APRESENTA EDGAR ALLAN POE
from the Gibihouse site.
Scan of CREEPY RINDE TRIBUTO A EDGAR ALLAN POE
from the Whakoom.com site.
Scan of EDGAR POE from the Mexifast.com site.
Scan of EDGAR POE interior page from the Monster Magazine World blog.
Scans of the CREEPY SPECIAL from the Catawiki.com site.
Scan of CREEPY ARCHIVES VOLUME FIFTEEN from the GCD site.
Restorations by Henry R. Kujawa
For more:
Read about Edgar Allen Poe at Wikipedia.
Read about James Warren at Wikipedia.
Read about Warren Publishing at Wikipedia.
Read about Ken Kelly at Wikipedia.
Read about Isidro Mones at Wikipedia.
Read about Richard Corben at Wikipedia.
Read about Frank Frazetta at Wikipedia.
Read about Semic Press at Wikipedia.
Read about Dark Horse Comics at Wikipedia.
Read about Vincent Price at Wikipedia.
Read about THE CBS RADIO MYSTERY THEATER at Wikipedia.
Read about Berenice at Wikipedia.
Read the complete story at the The Literature Network site.
Hear the Vincent Price recording!
Hear the CBS RADIO MYSTERY THEATER episode!
Read the Flavio Colin BERENICE adaptation!
Read the Jerry Grandenetti BERENICE adaptation!
Read the Edegar & Ignacio Justo BERENICE adaptation!
Read the Carlos Moro BERENICE adaptation!
Read the Agustin Carrasco BERENICE adaptation! (coming soon!)
Read the Ricardo Villamonte BERENICE adaptation!
Read the Isidro Mones BERENICE adaptation!
(Coming soon:)
Read the Vicente Cebello Peinado BERENICE adaptation!
Read the Richard Corben BERENICE adaptation!
Read the Omar Hirsig BERENICE adaptation!
Read the Alineromero9 BERENICE adaptation!
Read the Jose Pimentel Neto BERENICE adaptation!
Read the Nelson Evergreen BERENICE adaptation!
Read the Jack Bertram BERENICE adaptation!
Read the Luca Frasca BERENICE adaptation!
See my Edgar Allan Poe overview at this very blog!
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Spring has always been a busy time for the property market. With Christmas behind us, you might be keen to move before the summer. Springtime marks the beginning of new life – and the beginning of new property moves too.
If you are thinking of selling your property this spring, there are things you can do to help improve its saleability. Buying a house is an emotional process, as well as a practical one. Buyers talk about 'that feeling' as they walk in the door. Here are 6 top tips to help your prospective buyers get 'that feeling' and ensure your house, flat or bungalow is under offer whilst the daffodils are still in bloom.
1. De-clutter your house
When you live in your house day-to-day, it can be easy to accumulate stuff. But prospective buyers want to see space. Your personal knick-knacks and photographs are important to you, but your prospective buyers need to see themselves living in your home. Think about what you can pack away ready for your move, or do without.
2. Clean
Redecorating your property before prospective buyers see it can be expensive. But it is amazing the difference a bit of elbow grease can make. A good deep clean on walls, skirting boards, surfaces, bathrooms etc can leave your home feeling fresher and even bigger. It can make it look and smell more inviting.
3. Tidy the garden
This time of year the garden can look drab. But a simple tidy up to ensure things are put away or stored neatly can enable prospective buyers to see the space you have available. Cut the grass if you can, or fix any fence panels that might have been damaged over the winter. If your budget allows, popping a few colourful bedding plants in pots or beds just before viewings start can make a big difference.
4. Fix the DIY
Tap dripping? Lightbulb need changing? Radiator need bleeding? You might not want to start spending lots of money on fixing any problems in your home just before you sell it. However, fixing minor issues that you can resolve can be worthwhile. Changing a lightbulb can transform a room that seems dark into a light filled space. Fixing a blind or curtain demonstrates a home which is well looked after – which inspires confidence in prospective buyers.
5. Fresh flowers
Fresh flowers might seem an expensive luxury but this time of year you can buy daffodils for just £1. Their cheerful yellow colour immediately brightens up any space and helps people feel happy and relaxed in your property. If daffodils aren't your favourite then tulips, or any other flowers will have the same effect.
6. Light and fresh air
Whenever you can (when we're not going through a spell of freezing weather!) open the windows and draw back the curtains to let light and fresh air in. During winter, it is natural to want to hibernate and keep the heat in. But buyers viewing your home in Spring will be looking forward to summer. Fresh air can encourage them to think of spending those warm summer months in your home.
At Check 4 Houses, we know that selling your property can be a stressful and emotional challenge, whatever time of year. We are here to help, offering personal contact from start to finish, from local property experts that know the towns and cities of Fleet, Farnborough, Aldershot, Basingstoke, Camberley, Yateley and Farnham inside out. Our internet based approach means we can sell your home from just £599 or 0.5% +VAT – saving you thousands in agency fees. Please give us a call for a no obligation valuation of your home on 01252 819725 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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With a bunch of people in town and a new bride determined to jump off a cliff with her new hubby on day one of her marriage, we set out for a little mini-hike at the O'ahu cemetery. Ka'Pena falls has a 30 foot cliff where you can jump off into the plunge pool below. Right next to it is a little waterfall that we all climbed on and the only thing my kiddo and I jumped off of. Most waterfall's on O'ahu are hidden deep within the rainforest and take quite a bit of hiking to get to, but this waterfall is right in the city!
We walked through the cemetery where my kiddo was fascinated by all of the Japanese headstones. Some people might think it is weird that I let her explore the cemetery, but I believe an open and honest dialogue about life and death is an important part of raising a kiddo. So is her seeing and learning the differences of people from culture to culture. Add to it, having a waterfall to jump and play in made her first experience at a cemetery a positive memory that wasn't scary and wasn't awkward.
We were there for a few hours and several in our group took the plunge off the cliff, the bride groom went twice! My mama roots kept my feet on the ground below. It was fun to watch though!
If you go: Take BUG SPRAY, Sunblock and water shoes. There is a lot of broken glass in the area. The video below was taken by the brave souls who jumped off the cliff. You can se how high it really is and the rest of us standing in the water below.


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Episode 4 - Yarn Haul!
In this episode, Charlotte reveals a huge haul of yarn and finished projects - including a pair of lace socks!
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It's speeding up, our wedding is only 5 months away (!!!!)
Over Christmas we didn't do much wedding-wise, so completely forgot to do a 6 months to go post! But in the new year, we seem to have realised how little time we have left, and have sprung into action, along with our lovely wedding planner.
We've planned a lot of the 'before' bits of the wedding - Las Vegas for our hen do, Boise for a few days, and booked McCall for the main bit of our honeymoon. We've booked hotels, friends have booked, we are looking into matching t-shirts
We have also started looking into beautifying before the big day - gone to a tanning salon (don't worry, we're not going orange, but it's irresponsible to go to Las Vegas and Boise in the summer completely pale - it's a recipe for sunburn disaster!!), Laura has booked her hair highlighting appointment a few days before we go, and we are looking into various other things to help us look and feel our best.
We've re-launched our sweating for the wedding, starting with healthy eating and some good old-fashioned Tao Bo on VHS (yay Billy Blanks!) - this week we are beginning to walk/run the 3.5 miles to our car we'd usually take the bus to get home on. We have signed ourselves up for another 5K with our friend Karen, this one is called The Electric Run, its a huge dark dance party with bright clothing and music!! We want to tone up, Laura wants to lose a bit more weight, and we just want to look the best version of ourselves.
We are getting RSVPs as well, which is great - sadly, we've had a few surprise declines, but we understand that it's a long way to go, so always expected that we couldn't have everyone there that we wanted to. We are just so excited though for those who can make it. We will get to spend so much time with our guests, especially those who will be at Vegas beforehand, and because its a whole weekend, so we just feel so incredibly lucky that we mean enough to our guests to go all that way!
We've been sorting out the finer details, like presents for our bridal party and families, what kind of chairs will we have, what will everyone wear to get ready on the day? These things are the 'fun' bit of planning, we are loving it, and its pretty much all we think about at the moment! (Even Sarah!)
Sarah's mum took another leap forward this month, she asked if she could walk Sarah down the aisle. This is wonderful news, and such a long way from where we came from!
It's all really coming together- we can picture it, things are being ordered, invites are being designed - I mean, it's just amazing. We feel so lucky!
One more thing, we were very kindly asked to be featured in Jason Dottley's new music video, for his song called 'Love Story'. You may remember we did an interview with him awhile back - he's become a lovely friend since, and we can't wait to meet up with him when he makes it to the UK.
Our bit is at the very end!


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Amityville is a village in the town of Babylon in Suffolk County, New York, in the United States. The population was 9,441 at the 2000 census and increased to 9,523 at the 2010 census.
The village was formally incorporated on March 3, 1894. In the early 1900s Amityville was a popular tourist destination with large hotels on the bay and large homes. Annie Oakley was said to be a frequent guest of vaudevillian Fred Stone. Will Rogers had a home across Clocks Boulevard from Stone. Gangster Al Capone also had a house in the community.
Points of Interest
The Triangle – The fork of Broadway and Park Avenue, along with Ireland Place create a triangular plot of land at the center of the village. The Triangle building was built in 1892, the same year that Ireland Place opened. A Gazebo was added to the north point of The Triangle in 1988. In 1994, The Triangle was officially designated "Memorial Triangle" in memory of all who have served the village.
The Lauder Museum is located at the corner of Broadway and Ireland Place, just south of The Triangle. The historic building was built for the Bank of Amityville in 1909. The Amityville Historical Society opened the Lauder Museum in 1972.[5]
The Mike James Courts at Bolden Mack Park.
The Amityville beach.
I personally lived on Ocean Avenue at the time of the Amityville murders back in 1974. It was a wonderful house deeply set back from the road on one of the widest points of Amityville Creek. I certainly miss those days on Ocean Avenue!
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Top Election Issues: Jobs and the Economy
In the early days of the 2014 Ontario election, the issues of jobs and the economy are playing a central role in the parties' messaging and platforms but also the perceptions of the electorate.
Almost six in ten Ontarians rate the current state of the economy as poor or very poor, with higher levels of pessimism in the southwest and northern regions of the province. Where pessimism about the economy is higher, support for the Ontario Liberals is lower. There is a strong relationship between the two variables.
That being said, although the Tories have made the economy the central focus of their campaign, voters who identified the economy as their top issue are more likely to identify the Liberal Party as best able to handle the issue. The Tories have successfully set the issue agenda but have not yet convinced enough voters that their plan is superior to either the NDP's or the Liberal Party's.
If the Tories or NDP are going to push the change narrative further, they have to increase the public's concern about the economic situation in the province. Many Ontarians are not seeing the economic gloom that Tim Hudak is describing. However, where voters are more cognizant of the economic challenges facing their communities, the Liberals are weakest – see SW and Northern Ontario.
In other words, if Ontarians are going to be convinced that the province needs the "medicine" the Tories are prescribing, they have to agree on the diagnosis. Right now, that does not seem to be the case.
These perceptions may change as voters pay more attention to the campaign and the parties ramp up their advertising and outreach. But right now, the Liberals and Tories are deadlocked in voter intentions partly because there's no consensus among the electorate about the state of Ontario's economy.
Key Findings
- Jobs and the economy are the top issue for one in three eligible voters in Ontario (33%).
- Honesty and accountability in government (14%), provincial deficit and debt (10%), health care (9%) and electricity prices (7%) round out the top 5 issues.
- PC core voters are more likely to identify debt, deficits and accountability as their top issue, while OLP core voters are most likely to identify jobs and the economy.
- For the third of eligible voters who selected jobs and the economy as their top issue, a plurality picked the Liberals as best able to manage the issue, followed by the Tories (26%) and the NDP (21%).
- Ontarians are split in their evaluations of the provincial economy. Four in ten eligible voters rate the current provincial economy as very good or good while 58% rate it as poor or very poor.
- Residents of SW Ontario (postal code R) are most likely to be pessimistic about the Ontario economy.
- 42% of eligible voters believe their electricity prices have increased a lot in the past year.
- None of the major parties or leaders have a significant advantage on economic management competence.
- More than half of eligible voters in Ontario said they were unfamiliar with the provincial budget released on May 1.
- When asked whether they approved or disapproved of the document, 21% of eligible voters said they approved while 29% disapproved.
The survey was commissioned by the Sun News Network and conducted online with 2,000 respondents who are eligible to vote in Ontario. A random sample of panelists was invited to complete the survey from a large representative panel of Ontarians, recruited and managed by Research Now, one of the world's leading provider of online research samples. The survey was conducted from May 14 to 16, 2014.
The Marketing Research and Intelligence Association policy limits statements about margins of sampling error for most online surveys. The margin of error for a comparable probability-based random sample of the same size is +/- 2.2%, 19 times out of 20. The margin of error for a comparable probability-based random sample of 1,672 committed voters of the same is +/- 2.4 %, 19 times out of 20.
Likely voters were identified by creating a six-point scale based on seven questions about a respondents interest in politics, their intention to vote, whether they have voted already, and the attention they have paid to the election campaign.
The data were weighted according to census data to ensure that the sample matched Ontario's population according to age, gender, educational attainment, and region. Totals may not add up to 100 due to rounding. For more information please contact David Coletto, CEO at firstname.lastname@example.com or at 613-232-2806.


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The Fab 10 Go to Italy
"The Fab 10" – Family & Friends Rent an Italian Villa in Tuscany for
one fabulous week
Dave Nelson contacted me to assist he & his wife Andi and 8 friends and family in planning their Italian Adventure. We literally worked a year ahead to put together all of the details of a villa rental, transportation, hotels for arrival and departure cities and to plan a group winery tour with my sommelier, Carla, private tours in Rome, dinners at the Villa cooked by Italian chefs and suggested day activities.
Comments from Dave Nelson the chief contact for the group:
"I found Ginger on the Internet and she helped us plan the most enjoyable Italian vacation. For our group of ten, she surveyed each individual by email to find out what they wanted out of their vacation and setup several conference calls so we could talk options and travel tips. Besides getting us a great hotel in Rome and a super Tuscan villa, Ginger setup private Vatican tours and a bus with a private tour guide to visit several wineries in one day. She was well worth the petite remuneration."
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"Ginger, thanks for all the help and prep for the trip...everything worked out wonderfully well." Bob Karczewski
"It was truly difficult leaving the beautiful country of Italy and saying goodbye to all of you. It doesn't get much better than enjoying friends (and family who are also friends!), good food, wonderful scenery, and the dolce vita in Italia. The Nelson famiglia does hope that we can have a reunion trip in the future. Ginger, You definitely provide a worthwhile service, and we all appreciated it. I echo the thanks to you for giving us such great trip "tips." Andi Nelson
"What a memorable trip! George and I really enjoyed meeting (and eating, and drinking, and sightseeing) with all of you - and would welcome a reunion trip. Thanks to Ginger (and to Dave) for all."
George & Linda
"Thanks to all for a great vacation! We enjoyed meeting the Florida contingent and sharing our Rome and Tuscany experiences with everyone. We may have to plan another trip to replenish our supplies of Chianti Classico!"
Sharon & Don
"We can't believe we're already back in the USA. What a wonderful trip and a terrific group of friends. We really enjoyed spending time with each of you and look forward also to a reunion. We echo everyone in thanking Dave and Ginger. Ginger - the villa was outstanding; the tour guides - Rita and Carla were superb; the Scavi tour was one-of-a-kind; and your travel tips were very helpful."
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The weather is warming up, maybe sometime we'll be able to board game outside! Let's see what we are up to:
Game Night
We had a great time playing A Fake Artist Goes to New York at this month's Game Night on Monday in celebration of CUDO's Design Month!
CUDO Plays Fundraiser!
We are partnering with El Toro for a fundraiser for the next season of CUDO Plays! The event will be on Wednesday, May 11th where you can come and eat dinner at El Toro on Neil St. (dine-in or carryout). Turn in a flyer when you pay and 20% of your meal cost goes to supporting CUDO Plays. Fliers will be found at Armored Gopher Games and Titan Games!


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Harmful Algal Blooms occur in fresh and salt water. They can occur in rivers, smaller lakes and Great Lakes. If a bloom becomes large enough it can hurt fish, people and other mammals. Public health experts follow blooms in the Great Lakes for many reasons, but primarily to prevent threats to drinking water.
There are many factors that come together to encourage dangerous levels of algae. The temperature of the water, circulation, and the presence of excessive nutrients, such as phosphorus and nitrogen, can feed the simple plants. When they reach critical mass the blooms block the sunlight that other organisms require to live. When the algae itself dies and decomposes oxygen in the water is reduced, and that can cause fish kills and impact the ecology in general. Excessive algae can sicken people and animals through contact, and airborn bacteria can be hard on those with compromised respiratory systems.
Perhaps the best known bloom in the Great Lakes took place in Western Lake Erie. On August 3, 2014, the City of Toledo was forced to issue a "Do Not Drink" order. Chemical tests confirmed excessive amounts of the algal toxin Microcystin in the drinking water plant's treated water. The advisory, spanning three counties in Ohio and another in Michigan, left almost a half million people without drinking water for days. The order closed restaurants and prompted runs on bottled water. The bloom that caused the trouble in Toledo was not the largest ever, but happened to occur near the city's intake valve.
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency added sensors, and many stakeholders joined together to increase the ability to predict and monitor harmful algal blooms. Today you can keep an eye on conditions through the Harmful Algal Bloom Data Portal.


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Presented at AER, Toronto, 2002
Marybeth Dean and Katherine Morgan
Challenges for Service Provision:
During the last decade there has been a steady increase in the number of visually impaired children nationwide, especially with a diagnosis of cortical visual impairment (JVIB, July, 2001, 418-433). Many of these children have multiple disabilities, including deafblindness, which results in the expectation of additional specialized consultation skills required by the Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments (TVI). During this time there has been a renewed emphasis on the importance of literacy for academic students, especially the braille readers. At the same time there has been limited increase in availability of Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments(TVI), resulting in large teacher caseloads. The combination of increased numbers of students and more time spent directly teaching braille and associated compensatory skills has resulted in drastically reducing the TVI time available for consultation on behalf of students with multiple disabilities.
Connecticut Perspective:
The Connecticut Board of Education and Services for the Blind (BESB), a state agency servicing adults and children, currently has 19 full time Education Consultants/TVIs to serve approximately 600 students. Though Connecticut is a small state, managing the itinerant model can become a juggling act. Caseloads for school-age consultants average thirty students, with three to four braille readers assigned to each consultant. With these challenges of service provision, BESB has had to make hard decisions about the level of service provision to "non-braille readers". Ten years ago, TVIs routinely provided monthly consultation for students with multiple disabilities in "non-academic" programs; now in most cases, the consultation visits are down to four times a year, including the IEP meetings.
This level of consultation provides only a bare-bones service to the child, consisting of:
- a classroom observation,
- a functional vision assessment,
- a consultation with the classroom teacher, and
- the IEP meeting.
This model does not allow for regular exchange of information, a routine monitoring of child's learning or a consistent assessment of the utility of suggestions previously provided. These infrequent consultations also provide little time to build a relationship with the classroom teacher, have contact with other professionals, or most importantly, develop a connection with the student herself. In many cases, Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments have started to feel that their consultation time is not well spent on behalf of these children since they see little change, either in the child's progress or the child's learning environment. Clearly, this model of consultation is not effective in providing information about specialized teaching strategies.
Meeting the needs:
In the spring of 2000, the deafblind specialists at BESB decided to try to fill this gap by training special education staff who work with "MH" kids in the local school districts. The proposed model of training would provide critical information as well as support to classroom teachers, PTs, OTs, Speech Therapists and others who worked with visually impaired children with multiple disabilities.
The first step was to send out a survey to local district special education directors to determine their level of interest and support for this training project. 50% of the surveys sent out to special education directors were returned. The results indicated a high level of support for the proposed in-service concept as well as a willingness to release staff to attend three full-day programs during the next school year. The first year in-service program was based on the information gained from this initial survey.
The plan for the first year was to provide a series of three programs, each presented at three sites within the state. The intent of this plan was to encourage participation by local school districts, and limit the drive time for their personnel. BESB collaborated with the New England Center for Deafblind Children (NEC) and the Capitol Region Education Council (CREC) to identify the areas of learning, the presenters, and the financial costs required.
First Year Plan: 2000-2001
Sites: Three sites were selected for each of the three in-service programs, one site each in the southeastern, southwestern and north central parts of the state. Each of the three in-service programs was to be presented at each site. (Due to low enrollment, there was no fall session at the southeast site.)
Staffing: Six BESB education consultants (TVIs) volunteered to participate in this program. The consultants presented the fall in-service and assisted with logistics and in facilitating small group discussions for the winter and spring sessions. This required each staff member to participate four full work days, two in the fall and one each in winter and spring. Since the staff usually assists in presenting 2 days of in-service training in the fall, this program required only an additional 2 days.
Logistics: The logistics were managed this first year by CREC, a state agency which BESB had been using to sub-contract evaluation and teaching services for students. CREC assisted in securing locations, contracting with outside presenters, advertising, registration, and provision of morning coffee. BESB planned the program, lined up speakers and provided CEUs for participants.
First Year Presentations:
q Fall: Introduction: "Understanding the Visually Impaired Child who is Multiply Handicapped or Deafblind" included specific information on causes of visual impairment in children with multiple disabilities, especially cortical vision impairment, as well as classroom strategies, with an emphasis on communication.
Presenters: BESB Staff
- Winter: "CVI: a Neurological View of Learning" presented a conceptual framework along with ideas for planning and implementing a meaningful curriculum.
Presenter: Mary Morse, Ph.D.
- Spring: "Building Strong Relationships/Literacy for the Multihandicapped" focused on issues of language learning, communication and quality interactions.
Presenter: Barbara Miles, M.Ed.
First Year Summary
Participants: A total of 108 individuals participated in this training.
- 59 Special Education Teachers
- 13 Speech and Language Pathologists
- 11 Paraprofessionals
- 10 Physical Therapists
- 7 Occupational Therapists
- 8 Others (TVI, School Psychologist, Nurse, Supervisor)
On a scale of 1-5, with 5 being highest participants were asked to rate the overall program. The composite rating was 4.6.
Results of evaluation survey for future training:
- Writing Functional IEP Goals 12
- Practical Strategies 12
- Sensory Integration 11
- Communication/Literacy 10
- Ideas for Inclusive Settings 9
Second Year Plan: 2001-2002
- Year two was planned in much the same way as year one with just a few changes:
- In addition to the New England Center, BESB, initiated a collaboration with the Special Education Resource Center (SERC) which took over the financial and site facilitation and CEUs provision.
- Due to low attendance at one site location, it was decided to hold the inservice programs in only two sites.
- Though the project team's goal was to build an ongoing base of knowledge within school districts, through participants' commitment to attend each of the inservice programs, this requirement was waived.
- Stronger efforts were made to include parents in the trainings.
- Two other learning opportunities were provided: a two-day workshop for Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments on cortical visual impairment and a video conference on triwall construction.
- During this year a survey was sent to over 500 special education personnel and families state wide. The intent of the survey was to get additional information on training needs for future planning of professional preparation.
Second Year Activities:
- Fall: Introduction: "Understanding the Visually Impaired Child who is Multiply Handicapped or Deafblind". Agenda was a repeat of first year, intended as an introduction course for new staff, or for those who had not previously attended.
Presenters: BESB Staff.
- Winter: "Competent Conversations" observing the conversational interactions of students with multiple disabilities or deafblindness, and incorporating conversations and concepts into activities with these students.
Presenter: Barbara Miles, M.Ed.
- Spring: "A Functional Assessment Model" is based on a family-centered assessment with creation of goals that develop from the parents' perspective and are functional and meaningful across the day.
Presenter: Jennifer Grisham-Brown, Ed.D.
- Additional Trainings:
- Spring In-service: Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments
"Cortical Visual Impairment, Assessment and Teaching Strategies". While not specifically a part of the In-service Project, this in-service program strengthened the skills of the TVIs to assess and plan for children with CVI.
Presenter: Christine Roman, Ph.D.
- May, 2002. "Triwall Constructions" Videoconference Presentation. This videoconference was presented as a pilot project. Such a format has the potential to reach more teachers across the state in a cost-effective way while minimizing travel for both the presenters and participants.
Presenters: Kathy Morgan, Kathy Green and Tonya Reed
- Spring In-service: Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments
Statewide Survey
The survey was developed to help provide direction for training for the third year of the in-service program. Surveys were disseminated via mail and direct distribution by the education consultants and itinerant vision teachers within the state to local school district personnel. The primary respondents were the special education personnel, then speech/language specialists, occupational therapists, with more limited numbers by parents and other personnel. The most requested training model is full day workshops within the local school districts, while the teleconference/on-line approach held little or no interest.
Of 27 topic areas the following were found to be most important:
- Vision related: Cortical Visual Impairment, and Adaptations and Strategies
- Communication: Strategies that facilitate effective communication, and Hands and touch in communication
- Classroom Organization/Environments: Creation and modification of materials, and Developing learning environments.
- Goals and Objectives: Writing functional goals and objectives, developing activities based on goals and objectives, and Approaches to challenging behaviors.
- Transition Planning: Assistive technology as the primary interest, and Creating child centered portfolios.
Third Year Plan:2002-2003
The proposal for next year's training program was formulated using survey results, feedback from participants and presenters, and on-site staff observations. In addition, an effort will be made to include parents in the trainings.
Collaboration continues between BESB, the New England Center for Services to Deafblind (NEC), the CT State Department of Education (for funding), and the Special Education Resource Center, for publicity, financial payments, site planning, and participant contact.
This year the training project will include a four-day Summer Institute as a way to provide more intensive training for the participants. The Summer Institute will address the topics of appropriate assessment and functional goal development for students with multiple disabilities/deafblindness. This training area was identified both by participant feedback in the spring of 2002 and strong response to the survey. Funding for this additional training program is being provided through the CT Department of Education and NEC.
During 2002-2003 school year, the pattern of trainings will remain the same: three separate days given at two different sites.
Third Year Activities
- Summer Institute: "Functional Assessment and Writing Functional Goals and Objectives" will provide an overview of family and child-centered assessments (COACH and "Reaching for the Stars") and writing goals/objectives based on the assessments.
Presenters: Jennifer Grisham-Brown, Ed.D. and Susan Edelman, Ed.D.
Planned and facilitated by Karen Olson and Kathy Morgan
- Fall: "Introduction: Understanding the Visually Impaired Child who is Multiply Handicapped or Deafblind." Agenda will be repeat of first year, intended as an introduction course for new staff, with additional information on assessments/goal writing.
Presenters: BESB staff
- Winter: "Creating Personal Portfolios for the Present and the Future" will provide an overview of the process of creation of student personal portfolios which help family and educational teams collaborate to improve student transitions.
Presenter: Martha Majors, M.Ed.
- Spring: "Working with Children Who Have Challenging Behaviors." This workshop will explore various behaviors that children with multiple disabilities/deafblindness may exhibit, due to their inability to communicate and to cope with stress or transitions. It will include strategies for educational programming.
Presenter: TBD
Thoughts for the future
As this training series continues to evolve, BESB Children's Services personnel continue to analyze and consider options for future training for professionals within local school districts or specialized out-of-district educational programs. Through these trainings, provided by outstanding experts in the field, BESB has been able to provide information that is current, pertinent and based on research. The focus will continue to be the unique learning styles of students with multiple disabilities, and those students who are deafblind.
These state-wide trainings have been successful in creating a base of knowledge for special education personnel, in educating and strengthening advocacy skills for parents, and establishing a few educational teams who have become strong collaborators within their districts. The initial project with video conferencing showed that this could be another format to provide short, yet frequent ongoing trainings across the state.
Another possibility being considered is for BESB to establish partnerships with targeted school districts in an effort to train staff and develop "model" programs. These model programs could then become teaching resources "beyond" BESB to other schools or districts within their locality. It would be a big project for BESB to develop these partnerships, but the model program may provide another to means to provide this critical training..
In any case, as so many students continue to be identified, with so little time available to serve them, creating new opportunities to educate local school personnel will continue to be our challenge.


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To drink or not to drink, that is the question? If you're a woman and thinking about it from a health perspective, that decision may come down to a number of factors, including whether or not you are concerned about heart disease or breast cancer.
A new study has found that consuming as little as one alcoholic drink a day may raise a woman's risk of developing breast cancer by as much as 4 percent. That may not seem like much of an increase, but when you think about the number of women who are diagnosed with breast cancer — roughly 300,000 each year — that 4 percent can certainly add up.
For the study, European researchers looked at data from more than 100 studies on the relationship between alcohol consumption and breast cancer. Researchers found that women who drank up to one drink per day raised their risk for developing breast cancer by 4 percent. Women who drank three or more drinks per day raised their risk by 40 to 50 percent.
"Women should not exceed one drink [per] day, and women at elevated risk for breast cancer should avoid alcohol or consume alcohol occasionally only," concluded the authors, led by Helmut K. Seitz of the University of Heidelberg in Heidelberg, Germany.
OK, so women shouldn't drink, right? Alas, nothing in life is ever that simple. Don't forget that the American Heart Association has found that one drink of alcohol per day may help to protect against heart disease.
"A large number of observational studies have consistently demonstrated a reduction in coronary heart disease with moderate alcohol consumption. Prohibiting alcohol consumption would deny a potentially sizable health benefit to people who would otherwise choose to drink," the American Heart Association says on its website.
So which is it? Should you drink one drink per day or forgo alcohol altogether? From a health perspective, it all boils down to whether or not you are more at risk for developing breast cancer or heart disease. At risk for both? You may need a drink just to figure that one out!


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Darren Spedale is anything but lazy. He's been an investment banker, lawyer, and small business owner. Now he's focusing on something totally different: co-parenting.
Spedale has started the company FamilyByDesign, which aims to partner folks who want to have children but do not necessarily have all the necessities — such as sperm or an egg — to do so. Before getting into co-parenting the StartOut founder also wrote a book on same-sex marriage with Oxford University Press.
Spedale took some time out of his busy schedule to answer a few questions about co-parenting.
The Advocate: What are parenting partnerships or co-parenting?
Darren Spedale: Parenting partnerships, sometimes called co-parenting relationships, are when persons who are not romantically linked to one another decide that they want to build a relationship that will lead to having and raising a child together.
How did you get interested in parenting partnerships, and why did you create FamilyByDesign?
This all began for me as a combination of the professional and the personal. On the professional side, I've been working on modern family issues my entire adult life. Of course, having come out in college, I've always been particularly interested in the emergence of the LGBT family.
In the mid-1990s, as an undergrad at Duke University, I began writing about domestic partnership benefits because at that time employers were struggling with the idea of whether they should extend health care benefits and other benefits to unmarried partners of their employees. I then received a Fulbright scholarship to research non-traditional families in Europe, and as part of that research looked at countries that had given the rights of same sex marriage to couples, which became the basis for the book Gay Marriage: For Better or for Worse?. That book discredited the argument by social conservatives that bad things would happen to a society if their gay and lesbian citizens were given the rights of marriage. I've been doing further research on modern families ever since. So that's the professional side.
The personal side is that I always thought that by my mid-thirties, I'd be settled down with my other half, with 2.2 kids and the house with the white picket fence. When I hit that point in my life and found myself still single, I started to feel my own biological clock ticking, and that got me thinking about what my own options for parenting would be. Initially, I thought my only choices were to be a good uncle for my nieces and nephews, or take on the responsibility of single parenting. I wanted to be more than just an uncle, and in terms of single parenthood I felt that the scheduling and financial pressures on a single parent, in addition to the lack of emotional support, would be too much for me to handle. So it got me thinking, "are there any other options"?
At that time, I spoke with two friends of mine about this who both said, separately, "I know this woman you should meet. She wants to be a mom but she doesn't want to be a single mom." So I ended up going on these "dates." We met at a bar and we had a drink and talked. Although the chemistry wasn't right in those particular situations to move forward with a parenting partnership, it really got me thinking: I have to read the book on how you do this whole co-parenting thing. And then I realized there wasn't a book! And so I started FamilyByDesign to provide the information and resources people would need to successfully find and build a relationship with a co-parent or co-parents.
How does FamilyByDesign help people to find a parenting partner?
Parenting partnerships occur when you bring like-minded people together who are at a similar point in their lives where they are ready to become parents, but are not in an opposite-sex relationship where parenting would occur on its own. The concept of parenting partnerships is to bring these people together to begin a dialogue with each other about parenting.
It can be a single person looking for a person of the opposite sex to be their parenting partner, it can be a lesbian couple or gay male couple who may be looking for a person of the opposite sex to play that role in a child's life, or a gay male couple co-parenting with a lesbian couple – there are various forms of parenting partnerships that are possible.
Family By Design is broken up into three sections — "Learn," "Find," and "Share." The "Learn" section provides in-depth information about parenting partnerships and provides a step-by-step "co-parenting guide" from the beginning to end of the process.
The "Find" section works similarly to a dating website, but asks in-depth questions about your personal thoughts on parenting. For example, you can indicate in your profile what level of day-to-day involvement you plan to have vs. your co-parent. You can indicate your financial commitment to the co-parenting structure. There are many other thoughtful parenting questions in these profiles so that potential parenting partners can find a highly-compatible match.
The "Share" section is where the community shares together — it includes professional experts and successful co-parents who answer the questions of site users in a "Dear Abby" format, and also includes forums where prospective co-parents can share best practices, questions, concerns, etc with each other.
What do you think brings people to co-parenting? And how is it different from adoption, surrogacy and other forms of raising a child?
There are many wonderful ways today to create an LGBT family. Which direction you choose for yourself will depend on what's important to you — or not important to you — in a family structure. It's wonderful to see how many children have found a home in LGBT families through adoption, and surrogacy has also led to many happy new families as well.
The biggest difference I'd note is that co-parenting is optimal for people who want to be parents, but aren't currently in a family structure that they feel is optimized for their family. Co-parenting allows you to share the scheduling support, the financial support, and the emotional experiences of parenting with another person or persons. It also provides a child with more parental resources and support as well.
In relation to surrogacy, which can easily cost upwards of $100k, co-parenting may be a more viable option financially for many people. And in relation to adoption, there are some people for whom being a biological parent is important, and co-parenting can help with that option.
Lesbian couples may choose co-parenting over anonymous sperm donors because they want a male figure — perhaps even a father figure — in their child's life. In other cases, they may have started off simply wanting their child to know who their biological father was, but over time the "known donor" became more and more involved in being part of their child's life as well in a natural way.
For gay male couples who have chosen to co-parent with either a lesbian couple or a single woman, I sometimes hear that they wanted to become parents but were concerned they wouldn't be able to make it happen because they both work and have incredibly busy lives, and were not sure they could be full-time, live-in dads — so they wanted the support of another parent in their child's life.
Are there different ways to co-parent?
Absolutely! It's going to depend on what the prospective co-parents want. I've seen some co-parenting arrangements where everything is split 50-50 in terms of rights, responsibilities, finances, etc. I've seen others where there's more of a "primary parent" / "secondary parent" relationship, where one parent or set of parents has a much greater role with the child than the other parent(s). Sometimes the latter is structured more as a "known donor" relationship where the "donor dad" is expected to play a role in their child's life.
There are lots of other iterations to co-parenting — for example, some co-parents live in the same house or building as each other, though most live apart. Sometimes one co-parent takes on all the financial responsibilities, though they are usually split in some manner. As long as all parenting partners want the same thing, there are many ways to successfully co-parent.
What advice would you give to people who may be interested in finding a parenting partner?
I've learned three key things from my interviews with people who have successfully gone into a parenting partnership:
First, you should take the time you need to build a strong bond of friendship, and a relationship of trust, and comfort with the other person(s), before getting pregnant. So that timeframe can be different for different people. For most people, just a few months isn't long enough to get to know each other. You're signing up for a lifetime commitment, so take the time to hang out with each other, get to know each other's friends and family members, etc. You might want to spend time with your prospective co-parent(s) around children and see how they interact. As you get to know each other, you'll build an open and honest channel of communication with each other which will be important later on.
Second, as you're getting to know one another, start the conversation about what's important to you in terms of parenting. Family by Design includes a co-parenting template in the legal section of the site, where we give you a detailed list of issues that you should consider as part of your conversations. For example, will each of you be a legal parent? How will you allocate parental rights and responsibilities? Who has the right to name the child? What should a child's diet consist of? We help you think about many of the issues you haven't yet considered, but should.
Third, once you've done all the aforementioned planning and taken the time to get to know your parenting partner(s), expect everything to change. Because once the baby is born, there will be many unforeseeable issues and challenges that will inevitably come up. That's why it's so important that when you get to these challenges, that you've built a relationship with your co-parent(s) that's strong enough and flexible enough to deal with them.
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Craft cocktails at bar Dr. Stravinsky, wont be a secret for much longer. The bar Dr. Stravinsky opened it's doors back in the end of March this year on one the narrow streets of Born, more précis the street Mirallers 5, Barcelona.
I'm not sure, but is there a cocktail revival wave hitting Barcelona? It feels to me, that it is easier then ever to find delicately crafted cocktails in town that are well balanced and utterly delicious.
I remember walking by Dr. Stravinsky with my other half, saying; This is new! His response; No, it's been there for ages! (Lesson learned, don't be deceived by the old fashion look my dear).
Of course I had to go in, asked the bartender and he told me they had just be open for a week. I did an Instagram story and made a mental note to myself; Have to come back soon, because this place is cool.
Fast forward to a hot and sweaty July afternoon, a friend and I hit Dr. Stravinsky to try a couple of carefully crafted cocktails.
The space at Bar Dr Stravinsky is magical. It's like walking in to a laboratory from an old movie, it's dark, old fashion interior, old bottles and pottery dressing the walls. You might think that the bottles and pottery are just for show, but no. Barman Antonio Naranjo (that btw he speaks Norwegian, as he used to live in Oslo and work in the cocktail bar Himkok) told us they use them for fermentation, Kombucha and other inventions for the cocktails.
The guys behind Dr. Stravinsky are artisans, they want to have control over their cocktails and the ingredients used. They don't use artificial drink mixers, they make their own tonic water, shrub, Kombucha and Kefir, which they flavour with natural ingredients.
***The explanation to "Craft cocktails" are cocktails made with ingredients "homemade" or costume-made specifically for the drink.
Why go?
To understand what crafted cocktails are all about. I'm for sure going back, to tick of the rest of cocktails form the menu.
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Opening hours:
Tuesday to Thursday 19.00h – 02.30h
Friday and Saturday 19.00h – 03.00h
Sunday 19.00h – 02.30h
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"I don't care who you are, … this is funny." was the beginning of an e-mail that Walt Baker, CEO of the Tennessee Hospitality Association, sent to to a few friends, the president of the Nashville Convention and Visitors Bureau, and several members of the press.
The e-mail compared Michelle Obama to Tarzan's chimpanzee sidekick Cheeta. If you tried to find the photos you will see that MSM post nicer looking photos of Michelle and no chimp in their stories related to this recent 'Michelle Look Like A Chimp,' pulse.
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Technology will be our saviour, of that I have little doubt. Advancements in science will help us live healthier and longer, probably solve climate change and the communication revolution will eventually make us all a little more worldly, secular and easier to get along with. But this does not mean that all the technology those big, clever Californian companies promise us is set to change our lives for the better. In fact, there are many 'innovations' that are, frankly, just plain stupid, misguided, or both. Now that the Apples and Googles have wormed their way into so many aspects of our lives, perhaps we feel obliged to nod sagely at every announcement as if this is all part of some ultimate destiny. It's not.
It must be fifteen years since I laughed out loud into my Sunday supplement at the concept of the smart fridge. The idea of a refrigerator unilaterally re-ordering the milk, cheese and frozen pizza was both feasible and ridiculous: a perfect example of technology we don't want, designed by young men who spent too many years playing Warcraft. The LG smart fridge failed spectacularly because it misunderstood what we want from our machines: we don't want the fridge ordering the milk because, quite simply, we like to be in control.
A couple of years ago, I took a handful of clients to the launch of the Mini (motor car) brand flagship in London. The store was proudly tech-savvy and had lots of screens playing rally videos as well as touch screens to search for Mini branded merchandise. The 'piece de resistance' however, was the interactive mirror at the back of the store. Select an item of clothing from the menu and it would be magically superimposed onto your reflection. Genius. I cannot, honestly, remember another time I laughed so much. My colleague was well over six feet tall and the sight of his hunched frame trying to accommodate a pathetic cutout puffa jacket was just too much. It was nothing but a high tech 'head thru the hole' end of pier amusement. We left the store in tears.
So, now we're supposed to be getting excited about drone deliveries. Again, it's all utterly feasible, but stop for a minute to picture the skies thick with Amazon's electronic bees carrying toothpaste and you start to realise how unlikely it is. It may work well for a few rural deliveries or medical supplies, but the future will not include swarms of copters hovering outside apartment blocks, looking for a place to make their drop.
I recently gave a talk alongside a lovely, enthusiastic chap from Google. Eloquently he told his tale of a future where tiny eye movements would put us in touch with friends and enable us to share information right across the world. The fact that during his live demonstration nothing actually worked does not mean it won't happen. I'm sure it will, but it's a stark reminder that technology goes wrong…and it goes wrong an awful lot of the time.
Which brings me to the much-heralded Google driverless car. Firstly, I understand from Google that it cannot distinguish between a crumpled newspaper and a rock, so just consider the consequences of that for a moment. Humans, on the other hand, even stupid, underage, drunk ones, automatically know how to react to things like that, so for the time being it's probably best to leave the driving to us.
Secondly, and most significantly, we don't want it to happen. We may moan about sitting in traffic jams but in reality we enjoy being in control, frustrating though it is sometimes. We won't willingly relinquish control to a highly sophisticated computer anymore than we'll hand the car keys to the family cat.
I read a report recently from a futures agency that explained how technology would change our lives. It described locking the house via an app, the car automatically starting and planning our route, the coffee waiting for us at the coffee shop and then our intelligent diaries, knowing that we wouldn't make our meeting on time, calling ahead to reschedule. Now, I hate to pour cold water on all this sunny optimism but every stage of this prediction is flawed.
How many of us would trust a symbol on our phones that says our house is locked without at the very least pushing on the door to check? Do we really want our cars to start running based on our everyday routine? If we're honest, we don't actually want our coffee sitting there waiting, getting cold…we want to watch it being made, that's the whole point! And the thought of my diary ringing ahead and making its own arrangements just makes my blood boil.
For some time now Nerds have been telling us that wearable tech is the next big thing, but we're still waiting. Nerdism's problem is that it can only design for itself. Self respecting non-nerds wouldn't be seen dead in most of the stuff that's promised, and horrific though they are, the assaults on Google-glass wearers were hardly surprising.
The Holy Grail for big tech companies is fashionability, or coolness. Apple was well aware its watch could fall victim to nerdism, so in an attempt to target the 'right' types it was launched through cool stores such as Colette in Paris and Selfridges in London. Its acquisition of Dr Dre's Beats was also a part of this strategy. Google tried to coolify their glasses by commissioning the lovely Diane von Furstenberg to help with the design. Despite a slew of excellent PR however, they failed miserably. You see, big companies don't decide what's cool, we do.
Perhaps overt wearable tech is a bridge too far. The fact that we spend most of our waking hours staring at a little screen does not mean we want it tied to our foreheads or fashioned into a hat. Smart phones, like newspapers before them, are not just a way to receive information. They have become part of an urban dance, so that as we mingle with the masses we can appear detached at the same time. They provide a social function that's more nuanced and intricate than nerdism's Joe 90 vision of the future (Americans: Google it!) Smart phones enable us to look as if we're engrossed in something intellectual instead of just reading celebrity tweets. Someone grinning inanely into space through big DVF frames, well that's just plain scary.
So relax. Let's look forward to a future where technology enhances our lives, opens up new and imaginative opportunities or solves real problems. But technology that interferes, invents problems we didn't know we had or takes away things we were quite enjoying, that's not for us thanks.


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Day Twenty Two.
"Realise that it's OK to ask for help when you need it. It doesn't mean that you've failed. It doesn't make you weak. You don't have to be or do it all".
I have to admit that I do struggle to ask for help. I feel embarrassed. I feel like I should be the wonder mum 24 hours a day. And it does take it out of me. There is only so much I can take before I crack.
I've previously written about being strong enough to say no. This is something that I have tried to work on. But it's hard. I want to be able to be that wonder mum. Wake up at the crack of dawn every morning and be as though I've had 12 hours sleep. It's tough. Babies are hard work!
My little man is six months old now and requires a lot of attention. A lot. Sometimes I feel as though I bore him as it's only me and him. But how do I know? Why would I bore him? I'm one of his favourite people right? I sing his favourite songs , I dance with him, we play games, we read books. All repeated about 100 times a day. How can that not be fun?!
I'm always going to feel tense when asking for help. Because, I mean, why can't I do it? Why am I having to ask for help? I can't stop all these little niggles. But I must learn. I am allowed to ask. It's OK to ask.
We're a team at home. And in all honesty, I do fight over doing everything for the baby. But I think it's because I am used to spending all of this time with him. It just happens.
"No. I'll do it."
"No. I'll take him."
"No. I'll feed him."
Etc etc .
I need to start being a strong team player. It's not just me and the little man. My partner is here too. I should use him. We should work together.
But like everything, it all gets on top of me and I struggle. And this is where I should ask for help. To not push myself. To take five minutes and just sit down. Because it is OK.
Without any help, I will end up with a bald head living under a rock. And that is not ideal. I need to start being brave. To be confident in others.
It puts a lot of strain on life. My life.
I need my partner. I need his help more than anything in the world. I need his help with the baby. I need his help with how I feel. I need him. He is an amazing man. An amazing dad. I don't think I would have made it this far without his love and support.
Having a baby changes quite a few things in life. And some things are difficult to bring back to how they used to be. However hard I try to get them back. It's not easy. And it's not fun.
It's tiring, it's stressful and it's depressing.
It's such a horrible cycle of emotions that need to change to happy and positive ones.
Spending the day with my little man is the most rewarding thing in the world. I love him so much that I swear my heart would actually burst. He is the most gorgeous, cheeky little thing I have ever seen.
Spending the day with my partner has an array of emotion. I love him so much but I feel I fight to take my baby . Because I am used to the time that I have with him. And I don't let him help me and I really need him to. It's so confusing, I don't know how my brain doesn't explode. But, it is all my fault why I am like this. I am stubborn. I am so stubborn. I need to let him help me. Because I need him to, and I want him to. We're a team. I need to let him in.


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SAVE Cascadia Chapter Sign-In Sheet_October 2107
Attendees: Steven Sazan, President; Ann Jamison, Secretary; Joel Davis, Treasurer; Trent Eakin, Member-at-Large
Meeting called to order 7:30
1. Introductions
2. Treasurers Report
o Current Balance $5646.47
3. Report from the Chapter Presidents Meeting SAVE Conference
o Brainstorming and discussion of how to grow the Chapter:
– Interview a client about a VE success story, then publish and article
– Focus on the audience for VE, as opposed to practitioners
– Joint Chapter Meetings with other Chapters
– Quarterly mini-conference or presentation
o VP of Marketing Position is available
4. Chapter 2017/18 Focus Areas/Roles and Responsibilities:
• Each Board Member needs to take on organizing each meeting:
o September – Steven will organize the Meeting – Second Wednesday (September 13)
o October –
o November – Trent Eakin at HDR/Steven Topic
o December – Joel will organize
o January – HDR in Olympia – Blane will organize
• Topic Ideas:
o Rahul Nagalkar will try to arrange a project tour of a Sound Transit Project
o Designate a technology officer for the chapter to arrange and operate the telecom equipment.
o Tag into Holly to have a joint meeting with the Alberta people.
o Laurie in Tacoma doing her CMGC presentation
o Ann doing her conference presentation
• Outreach and communications committee
o Outreach to legislature
o Outreach to UW
o Department of Commerce person that Eric Meng knows
5. Action Items
o Eric will send performance measures for VE (Ann will send out)
o Steven Paget will organize the September meeting
o Steven will set the agenda and plan the location or phone information for the 1st Board Meeting in October.
The meeting adjourned at 8:30.
The next meeting will be November 13, 2017


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Heel spurs are a relatively common cause of heel pain. A heel spur is a pointed bone fragment that extends forward from the bottom of the heel from the heel bone, also referred to as a calcaneous. Serious pain and discomfort often develops with this condition. In many cases, a heel spur develops along with plantar fasciitis which occurs when the plantar fascia ligament becomes inflamed.
A heel spur is caused by chronic plantar fasciitis. Your plantar fascia is a thick fibrous band of connective tissue originating on the bottom surface of the calcaneus (heel bone) and extending along the sole of the foot towards the toes.Your plantar fascia acts as a passive limitation to the over flattening of you arch. When your plantar fascia develops micro tears or becomes inflamed it is known as plantar fasciitis. When plantar fasciitis healing is delayed or injury persists, your body repairs the weak and injured soft tissue with bone. Usually your injured fascia will be healed via fibroblastic activity. They'll operate for at least six weeks. If your injury persists beyond this time, osteoblasts are recruited to the area. Osteoblasts form bone and the end result is bone (or calcification) within the plantar fascia or at the calcaneal insertion. These bone formations are known as heel spurs. This scenario is most common in the traction type injury. The additional bone growth is known as a heel spur or calcaneal spur.
It is important to be aware that heel spurs may or may not cause symptoms. Symptoms are usually related to the plantar fasciitis. You may experience significant pain and it may be worse in the morning when you first wake up or during certain physical activities such as, walking, jogging, or running.
Your doctor will review your medical history and examine your foot. X-rays are used to identify the location and size of the heel spur.
Non Surgical Treatment
Treatment of Heel Spurs is the same as treatment of plantar fasciitis. To arrive at an accurate diagnosis, our foot and ankle Chartered Physiotherapists will obtain your medical history and examine your foot. Throughout this process the physio will rule out all the possible causes for your heel pain other than plantar fasciitis. The following treatment may be used. Orthotics/Insoles. Inflammation reduction. Mobilisation. Taping and Strapping. Rest.
Surgical Treatment
Most studies indicate that 95% of those afflicted with heel spurs are able to relieve their heel pain with nonsurgical treatments. If you are one of the few people whose symptoms don?t improve with other treatments, your doctor may recommend plantar fascia release surgery. Plantar fascia release involves cutting part of the plantar fascia ligament in order to release the tension and relieve the inflammation of the ligament. Sometimes the bone spur is also removed, if there is a large spur (remember that the bone spur is rarely a cause of pain. Overall, the success rate of surgical release is 70 to 90 percent in patients with heel spurs. One should always be sure to understand all the risks associated with any surgery they are considering.


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One of the main reasons that are making you search for the best standalone ice maker is to make ice without relying on the refrigerator or freezer. Although the ice making unit in the fridge or refrigerator is effective and works fine, it can at times be a bit inconveniencing. Take the case where you need the ice cubes while in the outdoors for instance at the park. You also can't drag the whole unit outside just to make the ice cubes, or carry the cubes in a cooler box. This is why people are turning to standalone ice maker. The following are some facts about this handy accessory:
Portable and Versatile
The portable standalone ice maker comes in a small, light and compact design that is easy to carry around. You can place it on almost any surface whether a countertop, table, or cabinet without worrying about its weight damaging the surface. It can fit in small spaces such as beneath the cabinet, counter, trunk of the car and other spaces. Quality brands can be powered by the mains from the house or DC voltage in the car. Unlike the ordinary ice-maker in the refrigerator, some high end brands allow you to make different sizes and shapes of ice. You may choose cubes, bullet, restaurant-quality, clear and more.
Fast and Easy to Use
The time taken to produce ice using the standalone ice-maker is approximately 10 minutes. The quality of ice produced is high and doesn't require any washing, repackaging, storage, or thinking of ways to fit them in a certain way. The best standalone ice maker is easy to use and can be operated by anyone whether an elderly person, child, inexperienced, or experienced person. To make ice, all what is required is pouring in water and coming back later to find it ready. You also don't have to worry about forgetting to comeback to check as the ice will be safe and won't melt.
Highly Effective and Durable
Despite their small and compact design, standalone ice makers are quite effective and produce a large amount on ice. A good portable brand has the capacity to produce as much as 35pounds of ice in a single day (24hours). They also come with a large storage capacity that can hold as much as 3lbs at any given moment. Good brands are manufactured using quality material that is resistant to rust, corrosion, cold, or staining. The ice maker will retain its appearance even after being used regularly for many years. One of the common materials that are found in the best products is stainless steel.
A standalone ice maker is undoubtedly one of the best ways to make ice easily. The appliance has a larger carrying capacity, takes a much shorter time to make ice, and can be operated by almost anyone. The portable type is easy to carry around and can also be hooked in alternative power sources such as the car's cigarette lighter. This makes the portable standalone ice maker suitable for RVs, road trips, outdoors and other applications. The best standalone ice maker takes little space and is quite convenient.


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Or so we thought…I was so busy looking at the results of the shoot that I hadn't realized, that I had managed to redecorate the room!!! We had so much fun throwing ice cubes into the smoothie to get the perfect effect, that we didn't realize that we had splashed pink smoothie all over the table, the floor and everything that was within a 2 meter radius, including ourselves (luckily the walls were spared). My son enjoyed himself so much that he even helped clear up. Of course he was the first up for tasting as well and just to let you know, it tastes just as good as it looks.
5 oranges
250g raspberries
200g natural joghurt
squeeze the oranges
(you'll need about 300ml of juice)
add the raspberries
(in our case fresh raspberries from our garden)
and the yoghurt
(if it isn't sweet enough you can add some honey)
Your result is a delicious smoothie.
…even though the clean up was a bit of a nightmare, it was worth the fun!