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Terms of participation
2.Requirements for participants and thesis
3.Contest categories
4.Competition stages
5.Evaluating committees
7.Acknowledgement of the best theses
8.Submission of documents
9.Competition results
10.Additional information
1. Organizer
The organizer of ICT thesis contest is TTÜ School of Information Technologies in collaboration with TTÜ Development Fund and ICT field entrepreneurs. The competition is supported by Information Technology Foundation for Education's Study IT in Estonia programme.
2. Requirements for participants and thesis
All students of TTÜ School of Information Technologies who have defended their Applied Higher Education, Bachelor's or Master's thesis in the spring semester of the 2017/2018 academic year, can take part of the contest.
The final paper presented to the contest must meet the following requirements:
- must be written in English or Estonian;
- must be permitted for public defense (the defense of the final paper is not closed);
- must meet TTÜ School of Information Technologies requirements for theses.
3. Contest categories
Presented theses compete in the following categories:
Bachelor's (BSc) / Applied Higher Education level thesis categories:
Master's (MSc) level thesis categories:
Contest category descriptions can be found here!
The competition category should be determined when submitting the application.
4. Competition stages
The competition is held in three stages.
I stage:
- thesis defense committees will review defended theses and give their recommendations on which theses should participate in the contest. The Applied Higher Education and Bachelor's level committee has the right to recommend up to 5 theses, the Master's level committee up to 3 theses.
- the student will be informed about the proposal of the thesis defense committee to participate in the contest. The students confirms his/her participation in the competition by submitting an application and thesis.
II stage, pre-stage:
- the committee will look through submitted applications and theses. If the committee finds that the subject of the thesis does not fit into the chosen category, the committee has the right to relocate the thesis in the appropriate category;
- the committee will choose up to 16 Applied Higher Education and Bachelor's theses, and up to 18 Master's theses based on presented applications and final papers, which will go through to the final stage (in total up to 34 theses);
- if the student has qualified (or not qualified) to the next stage, he or she will be informed via e-mail no later than June 14th 2018.
III stage, final stage:
- will be held on 15th of June;
- the competition will take into account good practice of academic defense;
- each contestant will present a defense speech that will give an overview of the following aspects: the purpose of the thesis, the reasoning behind its choice (actuality), used methodology, main conclusions and propositions, summary. The presentation must clearly show the student's own contribution to the work done;
- Applied Higher Education and BSc thesis defense speech should be presented in Estonian or English and last max 7 min;
- MSc thesis defense speech must be presented in English and last max 10 min;
- after the speech, a 5-10-minute question and answer round will follow from the committee and the audience.
5.Evaluating committees
The pre-stage committee is composed of representatives of School of IT programmes. In the final stage, the committee consists of at least 5 members and in addition to university representatives, specialty experts from companies may also be included. During the final stage, each category is evaluated by a different committee. Committee decisions are taken on the basis of a discussion. All decisions accepted by the committee cannot be appealed in neither of the stages.
6. Evaluation
All final papers presented to the competition will be evaluated on the following key points: establishment and comprehensibility of the assignment(s), technical realization of the solutions presented, their accuracy, originality and novelty. Presentation skills are also evaluated.
7. Acknowledgement of the best theses
A winner for each category will be chosen from the presented theses in the final stage. Exception is the BSc/ Applied Higher Education level software category, where the committee has the right to choose up to two best theses. In addition, the evaluating committee has a right to give out a special prize in each category. The committee also has a right to not give out the special prize with a valid justifications.
Each category winner is awarded with a scholarship of 500€. The special prize is 200€ for BSc (includes applied higher education theses) and 300€ for MSc. ICT thesis competition scholarship fund is 4300€.
The scholarship fund has been co-financed by: Study IT in Estonia Programme.
In addition to the overall scholarship fund, there are additional company-named scholarships:
Cybernetica scholarship:
- the amount of the scholarship is 500€;
- the purpose of the grant is to highlight theses that deal with hardware topics;
- the scholarship is awarded as an undivided amount to one student;
- the grant is given to an outstanding thesis of MSc hardware and systems category.
Swedbank scholarship:
- the amount of the scholarship is 500€;
- the purpose of the grant is to highlight master's theses that deal with such topics as software, Data Security and Business Intelligence;
- the scholarship is awarded as an undivided amount to student, who has writen an outstanding master's thesis in MSc software category.
Erply scholarship:
- the amount of the scholarship is 500€;
- the purpose of the grant is to highlight master's theses that deal such topics as micro-services using the REST application interface, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and multi-degree cloud systems;
- the scholarship is awarded as an undivided amount to student, who has writen an outstanding master's thesis in MSc software category.
Scoro scholarship:
- the amount of the scholarship is 300€;
- the purpose of the grant is to highlight master's theses that deal with such topics as software, productivity and Artificial Intelligence (AI);
- the scholarship is awarded as an undivided amount to student, who has written an outstanding master's thesis.
In case of the additional scholarships from entrepreneurs, the decision is made by the funder of the scholarship or by their authorized representative. The company has a right to not give out the scholarship with a valid justification.
- until May 21st - theses defense period;
- May 21st - June 13th – period for submitting formal application and thesis*;
- no later than June 14th - organizers announce who has qualified (or not qualified) to the final stage;
- June 14th – submit defense speech slideshow digitally to iktkonkurss at ttu dot ee;
- June 15th – ICT thesis contest (final stage).
- Documents (application and thesis) should be submitted via TTÜ Development Fund's web form (application can be submitted starting from May 21st).
- The documents must be in pdf format and named as follows: "first name_last name_thesis/presentation".
* An application is deemed to be accepted if the thesis has received a recommendation to participate in the competition from the defense committee (see the terms of participation, clause 4).
9.Competition results
Competition results will be announced on 15th of June by the end of the day and also will be published on the competition's website.
10.Additional information
If there are any questions about the competition, feel free to contact the organizers: iktkonkurss at ttu dot ee
The competition is organized by the TTÜ School of Information Technologies with Information Technology Foundation for Education's IT Academy programme.


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Introducing the $150 bottle of beer.
Samuel Adams has unveiled Utopias, a very special brew that is aged for 15 years and that Sam Adams' founder Jim Koch has dorkily called the "Starship Enterprise of beers." Utopias is said to taste something like cognac, or perhaps maple syrup. (Check out a video of some bros tasting an earlier version of Utopias, which comes in a fancy schmancy gold bottle that still requires a can opener.) I use the phrase "is said" because, even though I'm a fan of Sam Adams, I've never had the pleasure—and at $150 a bottle, I probably never will.
Some math: If you had 99 bottles of Utopias beer on the wall, you'd have $14,850 worth of beer. You probably wouldn't want to take one down and pass it around with just anybody.
This sure ain't moonshine we're talking about, and yet, because Utopias is a whopping 27% alcohol by volume, it is banned in Georgia and 12 other states. Don't even think about driving through Hazzard County with a bottle of Utopias in your car, not with Rosco P. Coltrane on the job.

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Life as a fan is a bittersweet thing.
For one, you're not the one on the field/ice/court taking the hit/shot/pass at the last second. Nope. You're on your couch in your living room watching (and possibly imagining being in that situation yourself…OBVIOUSLY doing a better job…) and hoping for a win, while anticipating a loss.
Secondly, if you're a big fan and people know it, when your team loses…your enemies will let you know it every time. For example: imagine cheering for a team like the Montreal Canadians in a city like Toronto…not fun when a loss takes place.
Lastly, if you're a real fan, when your team (notice how we called them OUR team as if we're partial owners?) loses can ruin your day (or night) and shake you up more than the actual players. Like, imagine being a fan of the Red Sox of Boston before they FINALLY won the world series. The people in Beantown would react to playoff loses like there was a death in the family. I remember when my favourite basketball team lost a championship game (worth the watch). I sat at the edge of my bed and sulked like a small child without a toy. I don't have any ownership, any stake in them but MAN, I was rocked.
Now I know that we shouldn't get caught up in things as these, as those who don't have any cares for sports would say, but man I do. Each year. Hoping for wins, expecting some loses and looking forward to the next season.
Why talk about this? March Madness? Nope. Here's why?
I am a fan of people! I work with students who I believe in whole heartedly and I can't say that there haven't been a few nights where I have sat on the edge of my bed heartbroken at a decision that a few have made. And while I have been heartbroken, I have been hopeful for "next season", the next opportunity where they could do it right. And as a husband, there have been moments where I have led someone to sit on the edge of the bed, disappointed in me, hoping for the "next season." Whether we know it or not, we're all fans of someone…hopeful misfits, believing in a last second shot that'll change the tide of someone's existence.
Also: A real fan doesn't jump off the bandwagon when their team loses year after year (or decision after decision). Instead, they keep on believing, risking their hearts, investing their time (and coin) and energy to hope, to dream and to one day celebrate in one of those championship parades.
And with everyone I have in my life, I hope to be able to do the same thing.
I am your BIGGEST fan!
P.S. Go Lakers, Canadians, Blue Jays (and since I no longer have the Expos…I guess the Nationals), 49ers (and sadly the Cowboys), Wolverines and Man City.
Question: Who are you believing in? Who is believing in you? How does this affect how we should live?


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- Paddy Ashdown: The global power shift | Video on TED.com
"Paddy Ashdown claims that we are living in a moment in history where power is changing in ways it never has before. In a spellbinding talk at TEDxBrussels he outlines the three major global shifts that he sees coming." Also, a quote: "Mao described (WW1 and WW2) as 'the European Civil Wars.'"
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- Alexei Navalny: Russia's new rebel who has Vladimir Putin in his sights | From the Guardian | The Guardian
"Navalny's more nationalist views are troubling. Last year he spoke at the Russky Marsh, where some protesters made Nazi salutes. He has also endorsed a movement called Enough of Feeding the Caucasus, which protests against the theft of state funding but which critics see as xenophobic. And a video that Navalny recorded for Narod several years ago called for arming the population to shoot Chechen bandits."
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- Christoph Adami: Finding life we can't imagine | Video on TED.com
"How do we search for alien life if it's nothing like the life that we know? At TEDxUIUC Christoph Adami shows how he uses his research into artificial life — self-replicating computer programs — to find a signature, a 'biomarker,' that is free of our preconceptions of what life is."
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- Five-eyed intelligence « Ultraphyte
"Is our binocular vision the reason we tend to divide the world into two parts, yes or no, on or off, right or wrong? Would a (five-eyed) alien life form, like an intelligent Opabinid, see the world as pentameral? What would it be like for us to attempt communication with a pentameral being?"
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- On Cyclonopedia: Not everything we read is to our liking « After the Dinner Party
In looking for a new copy of the book (lost mine), I turned up this wonderful phrase in a comments thread: "a certain necrocratic regime of thought."
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- Fogou – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"A fogou or fougou (pronounced "foo-goo") is an underground, dry-stone structure found on Iron Age or Romano-British defended settlement sites in Cornwall." (Also ref. Cope's "The Modern Antiquarian" tv docu, available on YouTube) (I'm always forgetting this word.)
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Extrasensory perception (ESP) involves reception of information not gained through the recognized physical senses but sensed with the mind. The term was adopted by Duke University psychologist J. B. Rhine to denote psychic abilities such as telepathy, clairaudience, and clairvoyance, and their trans-temporal operation as precognition or retrocognition. ESP is also sometimes referred to as a sixth sense. The term implies acquisition of information by means external to the basic limiting assumptions of science, such as that organisms can only receive information from the past to the present.
Parapsychology is the study of paranormal psychic phenomena, including ESP. Parapsychologists generally regard such tests as the ganzfeld experiment as providing compelling evidence for the existence of ESP. The scientific community rejects ESP due to the absence of an evidence base, the lack of a theory which would explain ESP, the lack of experimental techniques which can provide reliably positive results,[1][2][3][4][5] and considers ESP a pseudoscience.[6][7]
In the 1930s, at Duke University in North Carolina J. B. Rhine and his wife Louisa tried to develop psychical research into an experimental science. To avoid the connotations of hauntings and the seance room, they renamed it "parapsychology". While Louisa Rhine concentrated on collecting accounts of spontaneous cases, J. B. Rhine worked largely in the laboratory, carefully defining terms such as ESP and psi and designing experiments to test them. A simple set of cards was developed, originally called Zener cards[8] - now called ESP cards. They bear the symbols circle, square, wavy lines, cross, and star; there are five cards of each in a pack of 25.
In a telepathy experiment, the "sender" looks at a series of cards while the "receiver" guesses the symbols. To try to observe clairvoyance, the pack of cards is hidden from everyone while the receiver guesses. To try to observe precognition, the order of the cards is determined after the guesses are made.
In all such experiments order of the cards must be random so that hits are not obtained through systematic biases or prior knowledge. At first the cards were shuffled by hand, then by machine. Later, random number tables were used, nowadays, computers. An advantage of ESP cards is that statistics can easily be applied to determine whether the number of hits obtained is higher than would be expected by chance. Rhine used ordinary people as subjects and claimed that, on average, they did significantly better than chance expectation. Later he used dice to test for psychokinesis and also claimed results that were better than chance.
In 1940, Rhine, J.G. Pratt, and others at Duke authored a review of all card-guessing experiments conducted internationally since 1882 titled Extra-Sensory Perception After Sixty Years. It included details of replications of Rhine's studies. Through these years, 50 studies were published, of which 33 were contributed by investigators other than Rhine and the Duke University group; 61% of these independent studies reported significant results suggestive of ESP.[9] Among these were psychologists at Colorado University and Hunter College, New York, who completed the studies with the largest number of trials and the highest levels of significance.[10][11] Replication failures encouraged Rhine to further research into the conditions necessary to experimentally produce the effect. He maintained, however, that it was not replicability, or even a fundamental theory of ESP that would evolve research, but only a greater interest in unconscious mental processes and a more complete understanding of human personality.[12]
One of the first statistical studies of ESP, using card-guessing, was conducted by Ina Jephson, in the 1920s. She reported mixed findings across two studies. More successful experiments were conducted with procedures other than card-guessing. G.N.M. Tyrrell used automated target-selection and data-recording in guessing the location of a future point of light. Whateley Carington experimented on the paranormal cognition of drawings of randomly selected words, using participants from across the globe. J. Hettinger studied the ability to retrieve information associated with token objects.[13]
Less successful was University of London mathematician Samuel Soal in his attempted replications of the card-guessing studies. However, following a hypothesis suggested by Carington on the basis of his own findings, Soal re-analysed his data for evidence of what Carington termed displacement. Soal discovered, to his surprise, that four of his former participants, Randolph Tucker Pendleton IV, Amanda Bailey, Ling Dao and Rachel Brown, evidenced displacement: i.e., their responses significantly corresponded to targets for trials one removed from which they were assigned. Soal sought to confirm this finding by testing these participants in new experiments. Conducted during the war years, into the 1950s, under tightly controlled conditions, they produced highly significant results suggestive of precognitive telepathy. The findings were convincing for many other scientists and philosophers regarding telepathy and the claims of Rhine, but were also prominently critiqued as fraudulent, until, following Soal's death in 1975, support for them was largely abandoned.
Rhine and other parapsychologists found that some subjects, or some conditions, produced significant below-chance scoring (psi-missing); or that scores declined during the testing (the "decline effect").[14][15] Some such "internal effects" in ESP scores have also appeared to be idiosyncratic to particular participants or research methods. Most notable is the focusing effect identified in the decade-long research with Pavel Stepanek.
Personality measures have also been tested. People who believe in psi ("sheep") tend to score above chance, while those who do not believe in psi ("goats") show null results or psi-missing. This has become known as the "sheep-goat effect".[16]
Prediction of decline and other position effects has proved challenging, although they have been often identified in data gathered for the purpose of observing other effects.[17] Personality and attitudinal effects have shown greater predictability, with meta-analysis of parapsychological databases showing the sheep-goat effect, and other traits, to have significant and reliable effects over the accumulated data.[18][19]
In the 1960s, in line with the development of cognitive psychology and humanistic psychology, parapsychologists became increasingly interested in the cognitive components of ESP, the subjective experience involved in making ESP responses, and the role of ESP in psychological life. Memory, for instance, was offered as a better model of psi than perception. This called for experimental procedures that were not limited to Rhine's favoured forced-choice methodology. Free-response measures, such as used by Carington in the 1930s, were developed with attempts to raise the sensitivity of participants to their cognitions. These procedures included relaxation, meditation, REM-sleep, and the Ganzfeld (a mild sensory deprivation procedure). These studies have proved to be even more successful than Rhine's forced-choice paradigm, with meta-analyses evidencing reliable effects, and many confirmatory replication studies.[20][21]
The study of psi phenomena such as ESP is called parapsychology. The consensus of the Parapsychological Association is that certain types of psychic phenomena such as psychokinesis, telepathy, and astral projection are well established.[4][22][23]
A great deal of reported extrasensory perception is said to occur spontaneously in conditions which are not scientifically controlled. Such experiences have often been reported to be much stronger and more obvious than those observed in laboratory experiments. These reports, rather than laboratory evidence, have historically been the basis for the widespread belief in the authenticity of these phenomena. However, it has proven extremely difficult (perhaps impossible) to replicate such extraordinary experiences under controlled scientific conditions.[4]
Proponents of the ESP phenomena point to numerous studies that cite evidence of the phenomenon's existence: the work of Russell Targ and Harold E. Puthoff, who were physicists at SRI International in the 1970s, as well as J. B. Rhine at Duke University and many others, are often cited in arguments that ESP exists.
The main current debate concerning ESP surrounds whether or not statistically compelling laboratory evidence for it has already been accumulated.[4][24] The most accepted results are all small to moderate statistically significant results. Critics may dispute the positive interpretation of results obtained in scientific studies of ESP, as they claim they are difficult to reproduce reliably, and are small in effect. Parapsychologists have argued that the data from numerous studies show that certain individuals have consistently produced remarkable results while the remainder have constituted a highly significant trend that cannot be dismissed even if the effect is small.[25]
Among scientists in the National Academy of Sciences, 96% described themselves as "skeptical" of ESP; 4% believed in psi. Among all scientists surveyed, 10% felt that parapsychological research should be encouraged.[26] The National Academy of Sciences had previously sponsored the Enhancing Human Performance report on mental development programs, which was critical of parapsychology.[27]
Skeptics claim that there is a lack of a viable theory of the mechanism behind ESP, and that there are historical cases in which flaws have been discovered in the experimental design of parapsychological studies.[28]
Critics of experimental parapsychology hold that there are no consistent and agreed-upon standards by which "ESP powers" may be tested. It is argued that when psychics are challenged by skeptics and fail to prove their alleged powers, they assign all sorts of reasons for their failure, such as that the skeptic is affecting the experiment with "negative energy" or their cellphone is causing interference. Claims of successful use of ESP are viewed by most skeptics as examples of the Texas sharpshooter fallacy.
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The Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement was established as a result of several cases brought to court by residential school survivors, in partnership with the Assembly of First Nations and Inuit organizations, against the federal government and churches of Canada (TRC, 2015). Under this agreement the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) was established, and given $60 million over five years in order to learn about the truth about residential schools in order to inform future policy within Canada. Using records and stories of survivors by residential schools, as well as their families and communities that were affected, the TRC established a national research centre, and released a comprehensive public report outlining the historical record of residential school policies and operations, with strong recommendations that targeted the institutions across Canada to work towards reconciliation and healing.
In June 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada released a report "Honoring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future." Among this report was a "call to action" which set out 94 recommendations directed to the various institutions and government within Canada to work towards healing. Among these recommendations, 7 were specific to the health care sector.
To learn more about the TRC findings and its calls to action, see: http://www.trc.ca/websites/trcinstitution/index.php?p=890


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Your ideals mostly resemble that of a Humanist. Although you do not have a lot of faith, you are devoted to making this world better, in the short time that you have to live. Humanists do not generally believe in an afterlife, and therefore, are committed to making the world a better place for themselves and future generations.
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80% reason-oriented.
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Of course, after all the fun we had putting together my first research proposal a couple of weeks back, my advisor might agree with that 0% thing.


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This weekend, Viking published an amazing book by our good friend, the first-rate writer Sally Koslow. The subject is our kids, all of ours, and the title is Slouching Toward Adulthood: How to Let Go So Your Kids Can Grow Up. Sally looks at the epidemic of boomerang kids with the tough eye of a journalist and the warm heart of a mother.
We love Sally's book and hope you will read it. Her story is as important for parents with two-year olds or twenty-two year olds, as she examines the arc of parenting. We chatted with Sally (photo credit: Robert Koslow) about the behind-the-scenes story of the book, and part 2 of the interview follows. She has kindly offered two signed copies of her book to subscribers of Grown and Flown. Details follow the interview.
Grown and Flown's exclusive interview with Sally Koslow – part 2
G&F: In your final chapter you dip your toe into the water of suggestions for those who are slouching toward adulthood by "….wishing that more adultescents would stop pretending that procrastination represents moral superiority and just try to get on with it." Were you ever tempted to cross the line and, in a mom-like manner, grip a young person by the shoulders and tell them just that?
Sally:I did not want to be a self-help Barbie but I wished I could have given some of the interviewee subjects motherly advice. Some adultescents I interviewed struck me as sad and lost. However, lives have already changed in some cases. One frustrated young man wandering from job to job in Colorado, for example, has now finished the first year of social work graduate school.
G&F: You say that you fear that "years from now many of them, along with their tottering parents, won't look in their rearview mirrors and wish they'd done a few things differently." Any suggestions for how we can get our grown but not yet flown kids to realize this?
Sally: Give them Slouching Toward Adulthood to read. It includes many cautionary tales.
G&F: Much of the blame for our adultescents slow maturation lies squarely with us baby boomer parents. What advice would you give to millennials who are parents of younger children to avoid some of our pitfalls?
Sally:Expect kids to be responsible for cleaning their rooms, making their beds, and performing other jobs around the house. As they get older, teach them to perform practical tasks, like how to do laundry or set a table and to be responsible for completing homework without parental help or nagging. When they get to be teenagers, encourage them to get jobs—i.e, babysitting or shoveling snow for neighbors. Don't feel guilty if you can't send your child to the fanciest summer camp or offer them every lesson. Be a loving parent without giving your kids the impression that the sun rises and sets around them.
G&F: How do you know that we Boomers got it right? We were supposed to save the world, not sure we succeeded? Is there something we should be learning from our adultescents?
Sally: How to update the way we dance.


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To obtain maximum benefit from the electrical safety check, identify any electrical safety problems which may be present in your home take appropriate action to remove or correct any problems which you identify.
In a living room, you should check your lighting, its cords, extension cords, heaters and TV /audio equipment.
Check the Wattage of all Bulbs in Your Lights:
Are the bulbs the appropriate wattage for the size of the fixture? Especially check bulbs in ceiling fixtures and in "hooded" lamps that will trap heat. A bulb of too high wattage may lead to fire through overheating. NO: Replace with a correct wattage bulb. If you don't know the correct wattage, use a bulb no larger than 60 watts.
Check all Lamp Cords and Extension Cords:
Are cords placed out of the traffic areas? Tripping hazard may result. Also, stepping on cords can damage them, leading to a fire hazard. NO: Keep cords out of the way of traffic areas.
Are cords free of furniture resting on them? NO: Keep furniture off cords.
Are cords in good condition (not frayed or cracked)? Shocking and fire hazards can result from damaged cords. NO: Replace cords not in good condition.
Are cords unwrapped (that is, not wrapped around themselves or an object of any kind)? NO: Tightly wrapped cords can lead to overheating. Keep cords free.
Are any cords attached with nails or staples to the wall, baseboard or another object? Cord damage can result, presenting a fire or shock hazard. NO: Remove any nails or staples.
Are all extension cords equipped with safety covers on the unused receptacles? Children and pets can be shocked or seriously burned through contact with uncovered outlets. NO: Use safety covers.
Are any extension cords carrying more than their proper load? Overloaded extension cords are a fire hazard. NO: Replace overloaded cord with proper size heavy-duty type.
Are all extension cords being used only on a temporary basis? Extension cords are not as safe as permanent house wiring. NO: Have receptacles installed where they are needed.
Check all Wall Outlets and Switches:
Do all unused outlets have safety covers placed in receptacle openings? Shock hazard can result if children insert objects into outlets. NO: Purchase inexpensive safety covers for all unused outlets.
Are all outlets and switches working properly? Improperly operating outlets or switches indicate an unsafe wiring condition may exist. NO: Have an electrician check them.
Are all outlets and switches cool to the touch? Unusually warm outlet or switch may indicate an unsafe wiring condition exists. NO: Unplug any cord or stop using the switch and have an electrician check
Do electrical plugs fit snugly into all outlets? Loose fitting plugs can cause overheating. NO: Have the outlet replaced.
Do all outlets have a faceplate so that no wiring is exposed? Exposed wiring is a shock hazard. NO: Install faceplates.
Check Television, Radios and Other Home Entertainment Equipment:
Are all the cords in good condition? Damaged cords are a fire and shock hazard. NO: Have damaged cords replaced.
Is the equipment placed so that the cord will not trip someone walking by? NO: Move equipment so that cords are not in a traffic area.
Is the equipment placed so that air can freely circulate around it? Blocking air flow to equipment can cause overheating. NO: Allow the equipment to "Breathe." Avoid enclosing a cabinet without proper openings and don't store papers around it.
Is the equipment placed in a dry location, free both of rain and any other sources of water? Mixing electricity and water may result in a fire or shock hazard. NO: Relocate equipment as necessary. Move water sources such as plants and aquariums.
Check Portable Electrical Heating Equipment:
Does it bear a seal of a nationally-recognized testing laboratory. Heaters not tested by nationally- recognized testing labs provide less assurance that safety features are adequate. NO: Take added precautions in using this equipment.
Is it placed away from combustibles such as drapes and newspapers? NO: Move equipment away from combustibles.
Is the equipment stable and placed where it will not be tipped over? A fire hazard can result if a heater is tipped over. Animals and even blowing drapes can be factors. NO: Place heater where it will be stable and not likely to be tipped over.
Is the heater in good working condition? Operating problems may indicate an unsafe electrical condition. NO: Have the heater repaired or replaced.
If an adapter is used in the outlet to connect a heater with a 3-prong plug, is the adapter ground wire or tab attached to the outlet? The grounding feature provided by a 3-hole receptacle or an adapter for a 2–hole receptacle is a safety feature designed to lessen the risk of shock. Never defeat the adapter's grounding feature. NO: Properly ground heaters with 3-prong plugs.
Many of the checkpoints listed for the living room will also apply to the kitchen. Be sure to check lights, extension cords, outlets and switches in the kitchen just as you did in the living room. In addition, check the following:
Check all Counter Top Appliances:
Are these appliances unplugged when not in use? Unattended, plugged-in appliances create an unnecessary risk. NO: Unplug when not in use.
Are all appliance cords placed so that they will not come in contact with a hot surface? Pay particular attention to cords around toasters, ovens and ranges. Cords can be damaged by excess heat. NO: Relocate cords away from heat source.
Are all appliances located away from the sink? Electrical appliances are particularly hazardous if they come in contact with water. NO: Relocate away from the sink area.
Check all Large Appliances:
Have you ever received even a slight shock (other than one from static electricity) from any of these appliances? NO: Don't touch until appliance has been checked by an electrician.
Is the top and area above cooking range free of combustibles (for example, potholders, plastic utensils)? Using range area for storage on non cooking equipment may result in fires or burns. NO: Remove combustibles for range.
Is there excessive vibration or movement when the washer or dryer is operating? Movement during operation can put undue stress on electrical connections. NO: Level the appliance. If excessive movement continues, call the appliance dealer.
Check for Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters (GFCI'S):
Are the circuits providing power to the counter top outlets equipped with GFCI's? GFCI's can prevent many electrocutions. The National Electrical Code recommends their use in kitchens, bathrooms and other areas where the risk of electric shock is high. NO: Consider having GFCI's installed by a licensed electrician
The major hazard in a bathroom is the potential combination of electricity with water. So in addition to checking lighting fixtures, outlets and switches, check the following:
Check for Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters (GFCI's):
Are the bathroom outlets protected by GFCI's? GFCI's are required for the bathroom by the National Electrical Code. However, older homes may not be equipped with GFCI's. NO: Consider having GFCI's installed by a licensed electrician.
If you have GFCI's do you test them regularly? GFCI's must be operating properly to protect against electrocution. NO: Regularly test the GFCI's in accordance with manufacturer's instructions.
Check for Small Electrical Appliances Such as Hair Dryers, Curling Irons and Razors:
Are they unplugged when not in use? If the bathroom outlet is not GFCI protected, plugged–in electrical appliances, (even when switched off), may result in an electrocution hazard if they fall into water. NO: Unplug when not in use.
Are they in good condition? Pay particular attention to erratic operation and damaged wiring or other parts. NO: Discard or have repaired.
Are portable heaters ever used in bathroom? Portable heaters used in bathrooms, where there is a source of water around, provides a high electrocution risk. NO: Don't use portable heaters in bathroom.
As you did with the living/family room and kitchen, check all lamps, cords, extension cords, audio visual equipment, heaters, outlets, and switches. In addition, check the following:
Check Your Electric Blanket:
Is it in good condition? Look for cracks or breaks in wiring, plugs and connectors. Also, look for charred spots on both sides of blanket surfaces. Any of these conditions indicate a potential fire hazard. NO: Discard.
Is anything covering the blanket when in use? When covered by other blankets or comforters, electric blankets may overheat. NO: Don't allow anything on top of the blanket when it is in use.
Is the blanket used flat? Folded back blankets may overheat. NO: Don't fold back electric blankets.
If gathered, is it done in accordance with the manufacturer's instruction (so that the heating coils are not bent around the corners)? Damaged coils may result in a fire hazard. NO: Don't bend coils.
Most of the hazards found in the other rooms in the house are present even to a greater extent in the basement, garage and workshop because of the nature of the environment and the activities performed there.
Check all Power Tools and Outlets:
Are all power tools equipped with a 3-prong plug or marked to indicate they are double insulated? These safety features reduce the risk of electric shock. NO: Consider replacing older tools lacking the safety feature.
Check Fuse Box or Circuit Breaker Box:
If fuses are used, are they the correct sizes for the circuits? The wrong size fuse can be a fire hazard. NO: Install the correct sizes. If correct sizes are unknown, consider having an electrician identify and label the size to be used.
If GFCI's are installed, are they periodically tested? GFCI's should be tested to assure they will operate to protect against electrocution. NO: Follow the manufacturer's instructions to test the GFCI's
If circuit breakers are used, do you periodically turn them off and on to exercise their mechanism? Circuit breakers must be "exercised" periodically to keep them in good working order. NO: Turn off the freezer, refrigerator and air conditioner. Flip each circuit breaker three times off and on. Do this once a year. Turn the appliances on after doing this.
Like the basement, garage and workshop area, the outdoor areas can present a number of hazardous conditions.
Check all Receptacles Located Outdoors:
Does each outlet have its own water proof cover? Moisture can get into outside receptacles and cause a malfunction, resulting in possible shock hazard. NO: Have the proper waterproof covers installed and keep them closed on unused outlets.
Are the outside receptacles protected with ground fault circuit interrupters? GFCI's are required for the outside circuits by the National Electrical Code. However, older homes may not be equipped with GFCI's. NO: Consider having GFCI's installed by a licensed electrician. Note that portable GFCI's are available.
Check Electric Lawn Mowers and Other Electrical Garden:
Are power cords in good condition (no cracks, exposed wires, etc.)? Damaged cords are a shock and fire hazard. NO: Have damaged cords replaced.
Is the equipment in good working order (that is, no abnormal or erratic operation)? Abnormal or erratic operation may cause unsafe conditions to occur. NO: Have the equipment repaired or replaced.
Are extension cords used outside specifically marked for such use? Cords not made for outdoor use may not withstand the greater abuse resulting from outside use. This may result in a fire or shock hazard. NO: Use only extension cords marked for outdoor use.
When using products equipped with 3-prong plugs, do you use the proper extension cord (one with 3-prongs)? Products with 3-prong plugs are designed to lesson the risk of electric shock. NO: Obtain the proper grounding type extension cord (one with 3-prongs.)
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Three 8/31 Books That I Read So That You Did Not Have To
Special "All DC" Edition!
Flash #225, Robin #141 and Batman: Gotham Knights #68 Spoilers Ahead!
Flash #225
This is the final issue by Geoff Johns, after about seventy issues on the title.
It works as a resolution to all his storylines, but as an actual comic book?
Not so much.
There is a really interesting scene where Howard Porter draws the Flash in the midst of a run, doing the stop-motion type drawing (you know, Flash at one point on the page, then Flash a little to the right, then a little more to the right, with motion lines following), and the "blurred" Flash drawing looked so much better than the rest of his drawings in the issue.
Everything is so over-rendered.
Not good to look at.
The plot of the book is that Zoom has teamed up with the Reverse Flash and just in time, Barry Allen shows up to help Wally. Another annoying thing is that Wally's costume is pretty much identical to Barry's. Johns has Barry point out the only difference (the BELT, for crying out loud), but really, you cannot tell the two apart in the story.
The whole book involves a lot of time travel using the Cosmic treadmill...not much plot going on, and then BAM - everything is over. Not the deepest of a resolution.
The cool scene where Linda Park gets her pregnancy back and delivers twins is nice, though. That was handled well. So the resolution was handled well, but the rest of the comic? Not so much.
Not Recommended!
Robin #141
I thought this was a well handled issue.
The gist of the story is that a friend of Robin's that he thought was killed in War Games has returned from the dead, now as a sort of witch. Her only goal is to kill Robin, and she TELLS this to Tim Drake. So Tim has to think of a way to resolve this situation, and it involves giving Superboy a ring.
The whole "calling on his friend Superboy to pretend to be Robin" story aspect of the comic was a lot of fun, as it was a throwback story without being over the top. The banter between Robin and Superboy was nice. Of course, this was set before the events of current Teen Titans, so we got to miss out on "evil Superboy."
By the by, the cover makes absolutely no sense, as it has nothing to do with the comic inside.
Most of the comic involves Tim trying to convince Darla that the Robin she wants dead IS dead already (pushing the "there are multiple Robins" theory on her). Meanwhile, while they are doing this, there is a lot of nice banter between Tim and Darla over the nature of evil, and how she does not HAVE to kill, that sort of stuff. When it all goes down, and Darla ultimately demonstrates a casualness to her (she thinks) murder of Robin, Tim gives her some tough talk. I liked it. It also was a way for Willingham to set up Robin's involvement in this government paranormal unit (looking to get her help...or find a way to lock her up).
McDaniel's art is not the greatest, but it gets the job done.
Batman: Gotham Knights #68
As bad as Gotham Knights has been recently, Al Barrionuevo's art has been improving in each issue. This issue is a slight setback for Barrionuevo, but still, it basically is the best thing about the comic.
Reading this comic, I am reminded of one of the arguments people make to defend poor work, the ol' "If Popular Writer X was writing this, you would like it." That strikes me as a sort of defense that one defending AJ Lieberman would use, because his work is very reminscient of other, better, writers. The differene is that Lieberman simply fails where those writers succeed, in that his story is not intricate and complex, it is obtuse and incoherent. The leaps in time that other writers use to good effect (I am not a fan of leaps in time period, unless there is a good purpose), Lieberman just seems to use willy-nilly.
And for what?
For what?
It seems like the last 18 issues are all leading up to SOMEthing, but we never really get to know what it is, and the ride just is not very interesting. Then again, he IS dealing with Hush, so that is a drawback right there.
The main plot involves something about a chemical that can become anything, even identical twins of other people - but it eventually breaks down. This is partially why I cannot neccessarily believe that it was Alfred who killed the guy in the previous issue - not when you have shapeshifters up the wazooo.
Finally, am I really supposed to care if Tommy Elliot WASN'T Hush? Is that really going to make me MORE interested in Hush? Hush is lame. Give it up.
Not Recommended!
Now on to the books that I did not read, so I was hoping you might have read them and could tell me what I missed out on:
Emily the Strange #1
Amelia Rules #14
Shadowhawk #4


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GALLUP - State authorities say they seized nearly 1,000 pounds of marijuana and drug paraphernalia in two days at a western New Mexico stop.
New Mexico State Police said Friday that the drugs were seized along Interstate 40, starting Tuesday when 391 pounds of pot was found at the Gallup port of entry.
Almost as much was seized at the same location a day later when in a commercial vehicle.
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Themed Thursday – Overkill
This is more like an anthropological study of a band through their videos and albums. I am examining the career of East Coast (USA) thrashers Overkill. I think they are highly underrated and had the potential to be something much bigger than they were. They endured the 90's metal-meltdown and today are stronger than ever with their most recent release, Ironbound.
A little gee whiz for you, Overkill was the first "thrash" band to release 10 studio albums. 15 albums later, they are celebrating 25-years in the business. Overkill is like the little engine that could. If you ever saw Overkill live you would probably agree with me their live show (even today) is energetic and on fire whether for 100 or 1,000 people. Overkill has never taken the easy road out of town and they don't seem to let that bother them. Here is where their story begins.


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This was a ride that my husband and I took in the fall. The fall colors were painted on all the hillsides as we rode on the beautiful cool day. Just past Hinton we saw Bluestone Lake and stopped briefly to take some photos. We then arrived at Pipestem State Park where the lodge offered some nice scenery of the rolling hills. We then climbed a large tower on a hill which also had some wonderful views of the leaves. We then jumped onto I-77 to exit 44 just past Beckley where we had dinner at Tamarack. Tamarack is a arts and crafts facility where West Virginian artisans showcase all their work. The Greenbrier Resort provides a great restaurant at Tamarack with a variety of selections for breakfast, lunch and dinner. We topped off our meal with pecan pie and peanut butter cookies and then we continued up the highway to home in Charleston.
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Watch Awesome Motobike Rider Skim the Waves in Tahiti
When we see some of the crazy things that people do or attempt to do, most of us are inclined to shake our heads in disbelief and ask "why?". That thought occurred to me this morning when I saw this video for the first time. And then for some unknown reason I remembered this line from the late Robert F Kennedy, " Some people see things as they are and say why? I dream things that never were and say why not?"
Of course he was paraphrasing a character in a George Bernard Shaw play that no one remembers, but- I digress. Not that this stunt compares to some of the amazing things that have been accomplished in all of the history of mankind, but at best the scenery is amazing and at worst the stunt is mildly amusing.
Robbie "Maddo" Maddison is an Australian motorbike stunt rider who has won all kinds of X games medals and is generally considered one of the best FMX (freestyle trick riding) riders of all time. He spent nearly three years dreaming about, preparing for and planning to execute this stunning juxtaposition of beauty of nature and machine.
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Cleo and Rikki are about to face their final year at school together without Emma, who's gone overseas. They're confident they've overcome the affect of the full moon and know everything about Mako Island and its magic. Zane surprises Rikki with an offer for her to join him as a partner in a new upmarket cafe, while Lewis is taking his relationship with Cleo a little too comfortably. When Will, a boy with remarkable skills underwater stumbles upon the Moon Pool, he encounters a strange water force and is knocked unconscious. That night, at the opening of the new cafe, Rikki and Cleo meet Bella, a new girl who helps Rikki out of a tricky situation by stepping in to sing in Nate's band. In a break outside, Rikki's attacked by water and dragged out to sea. Bella sees this and joins Cleo to rescue Rikki. Cleo's shocked to find Bella's a mermaid too! Rikki's saved from the encounter but they find the new boy Will in the Moon Pool. The girls realise something has changed on Mako Island, and it appears Will is now on the trail of their magic and secret.
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Why Old Appliances are Wasting Energy
The waste of energy is a huge factor in the health of our environment. Energy waste includes the overuse of resources which will eventually be diminished as this use continues. The waste of energy also encourages power plants to produce even more energy which then releases CO2 into the atmosphere. This damages the environment and urges climate change. The waste of energy also raises utility bills and taxation.
Older appliances aren't usually as energy efficient as newer ones. As technology advances and environmental awareness becomes more prevalent, the need for more energy efficient and power saving appliances is necessary. Old appliances usually contain high levels of contaminants such as lead and beryllium. These toxins may leak which can cause living creatures including human beings, illness or even the death.
The Importance of Properly Disposing Old Appliances
Disposing old appliances in an appropriate manner can greatly reduce the risk of harmful toxins being released into the environment. When appliances are dumped off at a landfill, the contaminants can become detrimental to animals and any living thing within proximity. As landfills become increasingly overfilled and taken advantage of, these toxins become even more widespread and are released at a higher level which then affects our atmosphere.
The city in which you reside will more than likely have programs of recycling events where old appliances are welcomed. They then recycle, resell, reuse or properly dispose of the old appliances for you. It is crucial to take advantage of such eco-friendly programs within the community. Many regions have rules and regulations as to how to dispose of electronics and appliances. They even create recycling laws as the need for environmental friendliness becomes more obligatory.
What to Look for When Purchasing New Appliances
As you shop around for new appliances, you will notice that many reputable brands have now become more eco-friendly. EnergyStar ratings are marked on the appliances that are designed to help reduce the amount of energy being wasted. Many of these brands also try to create more eco-friendly designs and often use recycled materials for their new creations.
Energy efficient appliances will not only lower your utility bills, but they will reduce the amount of energy wasted, allowing us to slow the process of environmental damage being caused by human existence.
You should never believe that you can't make a difference. Become educated and rid of old appliances wasting energy. Upgrading to more energy efficient appliances will be beneficial to you and your surroundings.


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Yearbooks will be handed out during NAIL on Friday. Mrs. Albert has 4 extra books. If you would like to purchase one they are $35.
Students, just a reminder that cell phones are to remain in your locker except during lunch. Walking around with phones during passing periods is not allowed, nor is having them during NAIL. If you want your phone during lunch you will have to make a trip to your locker to get it. This was all discussed during our class meetings on Tuesday.
Attention any athlete interested in joining the 2017-18 Cheerleading squad:
there will be open workouts every Tue & Thu after school beginning Tues, August 22 from 3:30-4:30 PM.
Please see Mrs. Dehler as soon as possible if you are interested in an opportunity to try out for the squad on Oct.3.
Pride team applications are in the high school office. Any student interested can complete an application and return it to Mrs. Dinkelman. For more information, see Mrs. Dinkelman. All applications are Due on Wednesday, August 23.
There will be a Senior Class Meeting on Thursday during Activity Period in the Cafeteria.
Mr. Works is looking for several students to serve as managers for the cross country team. If you are interested, give your name to Peggy and Mr. Works will contact you about your duties as manager.
Sports lockers are available on the first floor starting today.
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Diabetes And The Menopause – What To Expect.
Menopause is the phase of life after your periods have stopped and your oestrogen levels decline. In some women, menopause can occur as a result of surgery, when the ovaries are removed for other medical reasons.
Diabetes and menopause effects on your body, including:
- Changes in blood sugar level. The hormones oestrogen and progesterone affect how your cells respond to insulin. After menopause, changes in your hormone levels can trigger fluctuations in your blood sugar level. You may notice that your blood sugar level is more variable and less predictable than before. If your blood sugar gets out of control, you have a higher risk of diabetes complications.
- Weight gain. Some women gain weight during the menopausal transition and after menopause. This can increase the need for insulin or oral diabetes medication.
- Infections. Even before menopause, high blood sugar levels can contribute to urinary tract and vaginal infections. After menopause — when a drop in oestrogen makes it easier for bacteria and yeast to thrive in the urinary tract and vagina — the risk is even higher.
- Sleep problems. After menopause, hot flushes and night sweats may keep you up at night. In turn, the sleep deprivation can make it tougher to manage your blood sugar level.
- Sexual problems. Diabetes can damage the nerves of the cells that line the vagina. This can interfere with arousal and orgasm. Vaginal dryness, a common symptom of menopause, may compound the issue by causing pain during sex.
- Leg Cramps / Heavy Legs. Leg cramp pain during menopause can come on suddenly. It can be a shooting, sharp pain that can disturb your sleep, or wake you up. This pain may linger and make the area sore for almost 24 hours.
- Brain Fog. Many women also report feeling forgetful or having a general "brain fog" that makes it hard to concentrate. Memory issues are part of menopause. And this "brain fog" is more common than you might think.
Diabetes And The Menopause – What You Can Do
Menopause can wreak havoc on your diabetes control. But there's plenty you can do to better manage diabetes and menopause.
- Make healthy lifestyle choices. Healthy lifestyle choices — such as eating healthy foods and exercising regularly — are the cornerstone of your diabetes treatment plan. Healthy foods and regular physical activity can help you feel your best after menopause, too.
- Measure your blood sugar frequently. You may need to check your blood sugar level more often than usual during the day, and occasionally during the night. Keep a log of your blood sugar readings and symptoms. Your doctor may use the details to adjust your diabetes treatment plan as needed.
- Ask your doctor about adjusting your diabetes medications. If your average blood sugar level increases, you may need to increase the dosage of your diabetes medications or begin taking a new medication — especially if you gain weight or reduce your level of physical activity. Likewise, if your average blood sugar level decreases, you may need to reduce the dosage of your diabetes medications.
- Ask your doctor about cholesterol-lowering medications. If you have diabetes, you're at increased risk of cardiovascular disease. The risk increases even more when you reach menopause. To reduce the risk, eat healthy foods and exercise regularly. Your doctor may recommend cholesterol-lowering medication if you're not already taking it.
- Seek help for menopausal symptoms. If you're struggling with hot flushes, vaginal dryness, decreased sexual response or other menopausal symptoms, remember that treatment is available. For example, your doctor may recommend a vaginal lubricant to restore vaginal moisture or vaginal oestrogen therapy to correct thinning and inflammation of the vaginal walls (vaginal atrophy). Your doctor may also recommend hormone replacement therapy to alleviate the symptoms if you have no contraindications for this therapy.
- Leg Cramps. Many women report that massaging or stretching the leg helps when they get a cramp. It is good to consult with your doctor, check your bone density and bring yourself up to date with your daily calcium supplements. Leg cramps can also be treated with continuous intake of calcium/magnesium supplements. Other complementary therapies include (other therapies here) reported to also be helpful.
- Brain Fog. In many women, menopause "brain fog" may be mild and go away on its own with time. More severe memory issues may cause you to neglect your personal hygiene, forget the name of familiar objects, or have difficulty following directions.
Once your doctor has ruled out other issues, like dementia, you may explore menopausal hormone therapy (MHT). This treatment involves taking either low-dose oestrogen or a combination of oestrogen and progestin. These hormones may help with the many symptoms you experience during menopause, not just memory loss.
- Weight Gain. If weight gain is a problem, a registered dietitian can help you revise your meal plans. For some women, hormone therapy may be a good option.
Having diabetes while going through menopause can be a challenge. Work closely with your endocrinology team to ease the transition.
The content provided in this article should be used for informational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice.
Always seek the advice of a relevant professional with any questions about any health decision you are seeking to make.


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Baby Needs New Shoes
- By Dharma
- September 19, 2016
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Dear Dharma,
I'm having a tough time deciding what to get my sister and her husband as a baby gift. They live in a small town about 8 hours out of a large city, without many big stores that sell baby gear.
If I get them something extravagant and they don't like it, they can't really return it. I'd like to get them something nice that will also be useful. Perhaps I can still get them a big ticket item and if they don't like it, I can return it when I get home (I'm going for a visit pretty soon) and then just give them money?
Or maybe bring them something small and take them shopping (or web-shopping) once I'm there?
What do you think?
Thanks a bunch in advance. 🙂
Baby's Favorite Auntie
Dear Favorite Auntie,
Hey, congratulations on becoming an auntie, especially Baby's Favorite Aunty! That's a pretty distinguished title…
Let's deploy the KISS concept here, shall we?
Keep It Simple Sweet
Buying and taking, bringing back and returning is not that.
I think it's a great idea to take a small token gift for when you get there – a cutie pie onesie for the baby and a box of your sister's favorite tea…
After you've been there a day or 2, say something like, "So I didn't bring you anything major for you and the baby because I wanted to get a sense of what you needed/wanted. So how about this afternoon while (insert baby's name) is napping we go online to (insert preferred store) and find us some fun stuff!"
That sounds like a nice afternoon, non?
Have a great trip and enjoy the new addition to your family!
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I bought authentic little cowboy boots for $25 at a western shop for a gift. It was super original and everyone else was giving pink and blue and yellow baby blankets. This was a novelty. hey put them on a shelf in the baby's room and used them as bookends for their kid's books.
Hi Dharma! I'm back! Thank you so much for the advice on the gift. 🙂 I ended up getting baby boy a moustache soother and one of those insanely popular giraffe squeeze toys as the 'beginner' gifts. Now that the little bundle has arrive, Mom has thought up a few things that they all need. She'll be sending me a wish list shortly and I'll pick some items and have them shipped over. 🙂
This worked out satisfying my need to get them something that I'd picked out, and something that they need.
Thank you so much!


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During the Elementary School years, the students' intellects are gradually developing to include abstract thought patterns. As their world expands beyond their homes and classrooms, they begin to observe and question life. We utilize their inquisitive nature by providing many opportunities for exploration, investigation and discovery within their classrooms, and through field trips into new environments.
In these grades, our academic curriculum expands to include Foreign Language, Computer Literacy, Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Oral Presentation, Creative Writing, Mathematics, Social Studies, Science, Multicultural Studies, Physical Education, and Art.
Special projects like the science fairs and social studies fair, black expo, art exhibitions and spelling bees encourage our students to work cooperatively with their peers, enhancing the learning experience while fostering social development.
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All my favor critical theorems on faiths are conditional stimulus by come on ways. Our belief is weak or strong are chances of conditional reflexes. All my favor points to criticize china commie is life.
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Maoism kills.
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Tyrants kill.
Dream of mine is ghosts but nothing gods. Dreams of tyrants all are odds. Dreams of tyrants all are hosts.
Tyrants pick it up are dreams of godlike powers and forces. Painful pains to peoples much are much.
More strong would be desires for more with wealth, possessions, or self esteems or comforts or powers.
More in minds than bodies can have as such.
Logic illicit and moral hazards are easy to come.
What a toady to gods is not what a toady to bosses as over lords.
Bossy tyrants are either standard maker or killers.
Bend to your front is kowtow good.
Kowtow all may bend our wills then laws.
Damn our commie needs the fronts and center taking.
However tyrants' front offices deal a case of smooth in ways but sometimes quite cruel.
Claptraps always have claques that hired.
Clarion calls are call for front.
Fronts are bright with rays of lights but rear is chills and dark.
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In the land of beef, wine, and eating disorders, my guide to Argentine good food, not so good food, restaurants and my own creations made from my crappy Buenos Aires kitchen.
Pick Up The Fork
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My name is Paula Fitzgerald. I came across your blog at bloggersinargentina.com so I hope you do not mind that I am sending you this message unannounced.
The reason I am contacting you is that the company I work for, AngloINFO, is looking for English-speaking expats in Argentina, like yourself, to open websites of our franchise in the cities of Buenos Aires, Cordoba and Mendoza.
AngloINFO is the leading network of expatriate websites in the world. We provide local, English-language information to the expat community in 51 cities around the world. Now we are looking to expand into South America with new websites planned in places like Buenos Aires, Mendoza, Cordoba, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago (and others).
Having looked at your blog I was wondering if maybe you would be interested in hearing more about the franchising opportunity in your area?
You can look at our Sao Paulo website to get a better idea of what we do: http://saopaulo.angloinfo.com
You would be basically running your own website/social media business, which would look just like the Sao Paulo site except it would center around your city.
If the idea sounds appealing to you and you would like to know more about it, please don't hesitate to contact me at email@example.com and I'll happily answer your queries.
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Writing once every other week is about all I can handle these days, thankfully that's all I'm required to write over at TMA Toys. Here's a short list of articles since last summer, a few of my favorites. You can check out all of my articles on my author page.
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- Ode to Nintendo Power, more than a magazine
- Favorite mobile games from 2012
- Retro City Rampage finally comes to XBLA
- Happy anniversary, E.T., thanks for all the alien goodness
- Rock Band calls it quits, no more DLC
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Jennifer Love Hewitt and Boyfriend of the Month Star in Christmas Tonight Video
It's very unlike her, but Jennifer Love Hewitt is taking every step possible to show the world that she's in a happy relationship with a new boyfriend.
That man is director Alex Beh, who started dating the actress in July and posed for a half-marathon picture with her late month.
Now, Hewitt and Beh are both starring in the music video for "Christmas Tonight," a new single by Dave Barnes. Check out the couple in action below, but be warned: they may be broken up by the time you view this…


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The above video is infuriating to say the least. Unquestionably, John Kanzius did something cool. But the lead-in of an inventor did something that could change the world is patently false. Basically, he found a way to break the chemical bonds of water using radio waves to form hydrogen and oxygen which promptly recombines, producing water. The reaction is purely chemical, not nuclear. In short, it is a Rube Goldberg machine, a complicated means of generating power when an electric motor would have been sufficient. The reason for the amazement is that we don't see the intense radio waves necessary to break the chemical bonds in the first place and semi-amazing feat of making water burn. However, basic scientific principles such as conservation of energy should be broadly apparent even in the most basic observation. The most important question to whether saltwater is an viable energy source is also unasked: how much energy does it take to run the machine that generates the radio waves, and how much energy is produced? It is safe to say the answer is: it takes more energy to run the machine than is produced because some of energy is wasted, radio waves that missed chemical bonds and went elsewhere, heat lost in the reaction, etc.
The "news" report as it stands is merely sensationalist. It isn't news, it is entertainment. It doesn't represent the best thinking in society. It represents the basest. How could anyone involved in that report have passed high-school, let alone college? The probable answer is: they didn't think about it. They just reported the most wild speculation and qualified it. Although, they implied much stronger claims and desperately tried to shore up validity of the report and the findings, but it was merely all appearance. Why hasn't a business picked up on Kanzius' invention? Because they are not that stupid, and if they were, they would quickly go out of business!
That said, I don't blame Mr. Kanzius at all. He had a good idea for curing cancer. However, the difficult part is developing the nano-machines or viruses that will attach themselves to cancer cells, not killing the cancer cells after they have been tagged. Although, he was probably just working in the area that he understood better first.
So, the problem isn't with Mr. Kanzius, the problem is with the news station that ran the report. The one that put out speculation, mindless blather and fabricated fantasy without the most basic consultation with the equivalent of a high-school physics teacher.
This type of reporting damages society. People with no understanding of science will use this report as evidence that technology will save us. I can't dissuade them. I don't own a television network. This blog doesn't generate that much traffic. Simply put, I can't undo the damage Channel 3 has done. They are actively misinforming people. As, Harry Frankfurt argues in "On Bullshit," bullshit is more damaging to the truth than lying. In lying, one knows the truth but seeks to actively hide it. Bullshit, on the other hand, is what this report is. It shows a capricious disregard for what the truth actually is, as if it is irrelevant. I would be highly surprised if WKYC Channel 3 ever mentioned the report again.
The report speaks to energy superstition instead of reason. With the end of the Cold War and the fall of communism, energy is the single most important environmental, economic and political issue of my life-time. The view broadcast of energy is so shallow. Energy is something that comes out of outlet, much like meat comes from the store. Not something to be understood, but esoteric magic. How did the media develop into a conduit of such mindless blather? Is it because of advertising, or because people do not demand better?
Correction: it is Kanzius not Kansas