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Slow Cooker Maple Mustard Chicken
When my husband leaves on business trips, life gets kind of chaotic around my home. When I say chaotic, I mean the word in its entirety. I don't know how you single parents do it and I have the utmost respect for you. Without the little break that I typically get when my husband comes home from work, I am a little more frazzled to say the least. These days are my idea of the perfect slow cooker days. I happened across this recipe comes from Taste of Home and knew it would be an easy meal to make for my family.
The rich and sweet maple syrup combined with the texture and strong flavor of the stone-ground mustard compliment this dish so well. The glaze thickens up so nicely in the crockpot and the flavor really seeps through the chicken making each bite as wonderful as the last.
(Recipe from: Taste of Home)
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Angie @ Big Bear's Wife
Looks wonderful! I love new slow cooker recipes! I don't have kids, but I still love to be able to put something in the slowcooker when I'm busy!
What is slow cooking tapioca and where do you find it? This sounds delicious!
Chef in Training
Quick-cooking tapioca is used to thicken up the sauce as it cooks. I found it down the baking aisle next to the jello packages. Hope that helps! Let me know if you have any more questions. Have a great day!
Hello, this recipe looks delicious! I'm having a hard time finding "quick cooking tapioca". Can you give me some details as to what brand you buy and what size package. I don't want to get the wrong thing and spoil the whole dish. Many thanks for all your fabulous dishes you share with us.
Ditto. What else would work?
Hayley @ The Domestic Rebel
I don't blame you! While I don't have kids, I can attest to a naturally-chaotic lifestyle and I love my slowcooker for being my mealtime savior when things are busy! A long time ago I made something similar to this but on ham steaks; I need to try the chicken version!
I love stone ground mustard - and how easy this is!! Definitely saving for when the baby comes!!
Oh man, another recipe I need to test out!
What is stone ground mustard
Yes, I too am wondering what this is!
I found this in a post on the A Taste of Home community forum. I don't think they'll mind if I share. The links are posted at the end:
"Mustards for table use are produced by grinding the mustard seeds into a flour, then adding either vinegar or water, and more recently even beer or other liquids for gourmet varieties, and this makes a mustard paste. Stone ground is usually more coase, leaving larger chunks of mustard seed, creating a more spicy flavor and a pronounced texture. Other mustards are pulverized and become creamy. Most recipes that call for stone ground mustard are looking for a spicier flavor, but if that is not to your liking you could easily substitute a creamy mustard.
♥ Judy Batson, Field Editor, Taste of Home, 2009 ♥ Field Editor, Healthy Cooking, 2011 ♥ Reader Council, Simple & Delicious, 2011♥ Contest Winner, Country Woman, 2011♥ "
sally @ sallys baking addiction
I secretly love love love mustard chicken! Well, I love mustard ANYTHING. While I don't have a little Sally running around, I do have full time job, a hungry boyfriend, a 120 lb dog, and a blog. Geeze oh man it's a lot! I savor slow cooker meals :)
Paul St.George
I love your recipes. Keep them coming!
Rachael {SimplyFreshCooking}
I've always wanted to try that tapioca stuff! Love the simplicity of this recipe!
Great recipe, easy to make and very flavorful!
If you can't find an ingredient, ask the grocer. They will point you to the right aisle or order it for you. I've never had a negative experience in a grocery store when asking for help.
Do you overlap the chicken in the slow cooker? I have one of those round ones, not the oval shapped kind. Would the chicken being stacked ontop of eachother change the consistency at all?
Oh, wow! This is so yummy - I fixed it tonight and we loved it. Thanks for sharing!
This may sound like a naive question, but would cooking this on high affect the chicken? Also, I substituted self-rising flour for cooking tapioca (an online converter told me its 1 1/3 tbls of flour for ever tbls of cooking tapioca).
I started to make this today and realized I forgot the tapioca! I'm trying the self rising flour! :)
What do you think will happen if I skip the tapioca?
Chef in Training
The tapioca is used to help thicken the sauce. The sauce just wouldn't be as thick if you didn't add it.
Yummy! I just made this last night for the fam and then I made it again today to take over to a friend's house, who just had a baby! Thanks for a great dinner idea for us. This is definitely a keeper recipe!
Kammie @ Sensual Appeal
YES how awesome. I freaking love my slow cooker and I'm always on the look out for new recipes!
It's been a while since I made this recipe and it's so good and easy to make. I used pork chops this time and it was great!
Kathleen (Kit Bleeks) Ziegler
Always looking for new ways to make easy meals for the family but now looking for items that I can do when it's just the 2 of us these days as well!this looks Wonderful!!
Couldn't find any quick cook tapioca I uses corn starch. Done a good job as well. I thought next time I might try some gelatine.
Where would I find the stone ground mustard? This looks absolutely delicious. :)
Can you substitute corn starch in place of tapioca..
What kind of difference would that make?
Thank you- love this site :)
I made this years ago and forgot how good it was. I double the recipe so that I have leftovers. I then cut the leftovers into strips, toss in a hot pan with a touch of coconut oil then serve on a green salad. soo good. Be sure to use a good quality Maple syrup, not the "wanna be". I appreciate you posting this, it has given me another go to fast meal that seems like I have worked so hard on it. I am serving it tonight with fresh brussel sprouts, lightly steamed then sauteed in brown butter with shallots and pancetta. The starch will be either a nice pasta or rice.


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Bringing home a new addition to your family is exciting. A baby to love and take care of is a dream for many couples.
Diapers, bottles and bathing a baby are things most first-time parents learn in the hospital. Where should your newborn sleep?
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The ability to use online applications offline moved a step closer yesterday with the launch of Adobe AIR – a run-time module that allows Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) to function on the desktop.
In addition to providing a powerful environment for developing engaging RIA user interfaces based on web technologies such as HTML, Ajax, PDF, Adobe Flash and Adobe Flex, the launch of Adobe AIR also allows developers to build some offline functions into their online tools.
eBay benefits
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That got me thinking. Could Auburn follow that same strategy? What would it look like if Auburn designed its uniforms based off of any of the 30 MLB clubs? And lo, a time killing, creatively fueling, and ultimately rewarding project was born. I took out my notebook and started to draft my ground rules...My favorite, featuring the Auburn War Eagle:
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Chalk this one up to weird. Visceral Games has announced a Europe-only "Death Edition" of Dante's Inferno that will include a Dead Space's Isaac Clarke's getup as a playable in-game costume.
According to the Italian-language Console Planet, these are the features of the Death Edition:
• Exclusive costume for a playable character in-game: Isaac Clarke from Dead Space!
• Making-of documentary with the game (Italian subtitles)
• Documentary "Dante in History" (subtitled in English)
• Soundtrack full game
• Documentary on the creation of music and audio (Italian subtitles)
• Digital Artbook edited by visual designer Wayne Barlowe (subtitled in English)
• Over 10 minutes of scenes from the soul "Dante's Inferno An Animated Epic" (subtitled in English)
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POWELL, BADEN (1796–1860), Savilian professor of geometry, born at Stamford Hill on 22 Aug. 1796, was eldest son of Baden Powell of Langton, Kent, and Stamford Hill. The father was at one time high sheriff of Kent. The son matriculated from Oriel College, Oxford, in the spring of 1814, and graduated B.A. in 1817, with first-class honours in mathematics. He proceeded M.A. in 1820, was ordained to the curacy of Midhurst, and in 1821 obtained the vicarage of Plumstead in Kent. While holding this living he was occupied in researches on optics and radiation, and was a fellow-worker with Herschel, Babbage, and Airy. His ability was recognised by his election as F.R.S. in 1824, and by his appointment in 1827 to the Savilian chair of geometry at Oxford, which he held till his death.
On becoming professor he resigned his living and devoted much time to literary work. He had already, in 1825 and 1826, contributed to the 'Philosophical Transactions' two papers on radiant heat; he now wrote two elementary books on curves and differential calculus, 1828–9. In 1832 he made a report to the British Association on radiant heat, and drew up other reports on the same subject in 1841 and 1854. In 1835–7 he prepared a series of four papers on dispersion of light for the 'Philosophical Transactions.' He was a frequent contributor to scientific periodicals, chiefly on optical questions, but also on questions connected with the general history and study of science. He wrote a 'History of Natural Philosophy' for the 'Cabinet Cyclopædia,' 1834. But theological controversy also interested Powell. He was strongly opposed to the tractarians, and treated doctrinal questions from a latitudinarian point of view in 'Tradition Unveiled' (1839), followed by a supplement in 1840. An essay (1838) on 'The Connexion of Natural and Divine Truth' was succeeded, after many years, by an important series of essays on kindred topics—'The Unity of Worlds' (1855, 2nd edit. 1856), 'The Study of Natural Theology' (1856), and 'The Order of Nature' (1859). Among his other theological essays may be mentioned 'Christianity without Judaism' (1857, 2nd edit. 1866), and an essay on the study of the evidences of Christianity, which he contributed to 'Essays and Reviews,' 1860. The last-named essay provoked many replies.
Powell was active in university reform, was a member of the commission of 1851, and held advanced views on state education, about which he published a pamphlet in 1840. He died on 11 June 1860, at Stanhope Street, Hyde Park Gardens, and is buried at Kensal Green. Powell was twice married: first, on 27 Sept. 1837, to Charlotte Pope, who died on 14 Oct. 1844; secondly, on 10 March 1846, to Henrietta Grace Smyth, daughter of Vice-admiral William Henry Smyth [q. v.], and sister of Mr. Charles Piazzi Smyth. By his first wife he had three daughters and a son, Baden Henry Powell (b. 1841), judge of the chief court of Lahore, and a writer on Indian law and land tenure. Of the professor's family by his second wife, five sons, of whom the second is Sir George Baden Powell K.C.M.G., M.P., and one daughter survived infancy.
Besides the physical papers referred to above may be named the following contributions to the 'Philosophical Transactions:'
- 'On Certain Cases of Elliptic Polarization,' 1842.
- 'On Metallic Reflexion,' 1845.
- 'On Prismatic Interference,' 1848.
He also contributed some important mathematical papers to the Ashmolean Society's 'Memoirs' for 1832. In addition to the above-named reports to the British Association, he reported in 1839 on refractive indices, and in 1848–59 on luminous meteors. His contributions to the 'Memoirs' of the Astronomical Society are dated 1845, 1847, 1849, 1853, and 1858. In 1857 he published translations, with notes, of Arago's autobiography and lives of Young, Malus, and Fresnel.
[ Morning Chronicle, 14 June 1860; Aberdeen Herald, 21 July 1860; Gent. Mag. 1860, pt. ii. p. 204; Liddon's Life of Pusey; information kindly supplied by Mrs. Powell.]


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It's a Friday lunchtime. We could be at the gym, we could be reading a book, we could be running around crazy, performing any number of juggling acts, like most days, oh yes, and we could be at work… but instead we are drinking champagne, eating delicious food from The Mabel, and chewing the fat on flexibility.
The fact that we each have the flexibility to do so is worth celebrating, but for single mums, Carolyn and Priscilla, flexibility is not a luxury but a necessity.
Carolyn and Priscilla join us to chew the fat on the flexibility it takes to raise a child on your own – from deciding how many days to work once the kids are at school, to learning how to stop and smell the roses (roses?), to being able to ask for help, to feeling like you are not alone… and then there's the conversation about … oh, that's right, we had pressed stop by then thank goodness! There was a limit on the warts and all… just!
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I had to write a short memo summing of this week's readings in my Transportation Planning (really Economics) class … and I thought the result was a couple of pretty good points and questions about how to look at driving in the U.S. So I decided to recycle it here.
The readings are only casually cited (though I added footnotes), but they aren't the main focus anyway. I also added live links for the freely-available online content.
Memo: Does the Car Pay Its Way?
February 19, 2010
Driving is too cheap, and the current system externalizes many of its costs. New technology and pricing policies may help quantify these costs, making drivers more aware of their decisions' economic impacts. New strategies are being tested in London and other cities, but it remains to be seen whether they make feasible or effective transportation improvements.
Car ownership is ultimately a consumer choice, not a right. This fact remains, despite growing indications that our land use choices have made the car a necessity for most American households. Because it is a choice, we may think of it as a commodity, purchased and consumed at certain costs [1]. It is difficult, however, for either a transportation expert or the average driver to accurately calculate those costs. Cars require an extensive infrastructure network to function: roads, parking, gas stations, and repair shops. Some costs, such as fuel consumption and CO2 emissions, are directly related to per-mile usage. Others, most notably congestion, are generated by intensity of use in certain places at certain times. Time lost sitting in traffic is a problem to which every driver on the road contributes.
These costs are generally externalized, not paid upfront for each trip. This encourages over-usage of the commodity and leaves many social, environmental, and other costs unpaid. Transportation policymakers therefore face the difficult task of quantifying external costs, then allocating the burden accurately and fairly on those responsible. As Kenneth Small suggests, pricing would make drivers more aware of and accountable for their behavior, which may in turn reduce driving and perhaps channel some people toward other modes of transportation [2]. Having fewer cars on the road, it is argued, has environmental benefits (less pollution), economic benefits (less congestion and lost time), and social benefits (more leisure time, less car traffic on city streets, and more trips made by walking or public transit). All of these factors may improve quality of life in a community, as noted in the PlaNYC Transportation section, by lessening the car's dominance in the everyday lives of drivers and non-drivers alike [3].
Proposed Strategies
Solutions to the problem of underpriced automobile usage may be grouped into two general categories: (1) better pricing of individual drivers' trips, and (2) new technologies which make vehicles more fuel-efficient, more accurately tracks car usage, and creates intelligent road infrastructure to manage traffic demand and performance [4]. These strategies notably intersect in getting accurate micro-level data about each driver in order to quantify the cost of individual trips. While neither can be pursued in isolation, we may briefly consider the demonstrated and proposed effects of each strategy, and whether it furthers the goal of improving our collective quality of life.
Strategy 1: Better Pricing
As technology (see below) makes driving behavior easier to measure and road access easier to control, it is increasingly possible to implement sophisticated pricing policies. These may include: automatic tolling, peak-demand fees in city centers, insurance fees based on VMT, or fee structures based on vehicle type and efficiency [1]. London is a prominent example of congestion pricing, using cameras and an easy payment system to enforce charging a daily fee for most vehicles that enter the city's central zone [5]. Based on the success of this program, New York City proposed a similar policy for vehicle commuters into central Manhattan, arguing that this fee would help fund public transit improvements and provide a disincentive to drive, reducing congestion for those who still choose to do so [3]. Political opposition defeated the proposal, and the program was not implemented.
- Per-car or per-trip pricing internalizes the cost of driving for individual drivers.
- If the price of driving increases to approach its real cost, people will re-calculate the cost of their behavior and, in theory, may choose other modes or forgo discretionary trips.
- Reducing congestion through pricing will improve the experience for drivers who remain on the road, accruing further benefits of re-gained time and fuel efficiency.
- The technology investment required to enforce this system offsets some of its revenue.
- Depending on the price structure, the new fees may unfairly burden some drivers—those who must drive from home to work, and those whose income barely meets cost of living.
- If not implemented properly, people may shift to non-priced routes and create new congestion problems elsewhere.
Strategy 2: Better Technology
Time and again, we repeat the mantra that "technology will save the world," with optimism evident in two articles entitled "Highway of the Future," published in 1938 [6] and 2006 [7]. Self-driving cars, for example, would increase road capacity by allowing cars to travel closer together, and would have quicker reaction times in avoiding accidents. The repetition of ideas in both articles, however, clearly indicates that the availability of these technologies, if and when they are ever available, is not enough to induce real change. Widespread investment, adoption, and collaboration with transportation policy are required for these technologies to be useful.
- Innovative uses of GPS tracking systems and "smart" highway and street grids will help policymakers better quantify drivers' behavior and fine-tune pricing structures.
- More efficient engines and cleaner fuel can reduce vehicles' environmental impact.
- Improving technology that reinforces consumer preferences may produce more immediate, politically feasible, and effective results than attempts to change behavior.
- Relying on technological improvements to vehicles reinforces the existing separation in drivers' consciousness between the price and actual cost of their choices.
- New technology requires significant investment, both in innovation and adoption, by private firms and individuals. It cannot simply be mandated by policymakers.
- Technology alone has never been sufficient to make large-scale improvements; it is only successful in the context of cultural adoption and change.
Further Questions
1) Can we pay and/or innovate our way toward more a sustainable transportation system?
2) Automobile usage is an underpriced commodity, but many of its costs are difficult to determine per driver. How can we ensure that drivers pay the true price of their choice to drive?
[1] Stephen J. Dubner and Steven Levitt, "Not So Free Ride," Freakonomics blog. New York Times, April 20, 2008.
[2] Kenneth A. Small, "The Real Costs of Transportation and Influence of Pricing Policies." UCTC Working Paper, No. 187.
[3] PlaNYC, "Transportation." City of New York Planning Department, April 2007.
[4] Susan Hanson and Genevieve Giuliano, eds., The Geography of Urban Transportation, 3rd ed. Guildford Press, 2004.
[5] Todd Litman, "London Congestion Pricing: Implications for Other Cities." Victoria Transport Policy Institute, January 2006.
[6] E.W. Murtfeldt, "Highways of the Future." Popular Science, May 1938. Reprinted on Modern Mechanix Blog.
[7] Jonathan Gromer and Logan Ward, "Highway of the Future: Interstate Intelligence." Popular Mechanics, July 2006.


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So the past weeks I've rewritten the entire website from PHP to Spring Boot. There are a few reasons behind this decision:
- I'm way better at Java than PHP, this means I can speed up development quite a lot by working in my favorite language. I initially made it in PHP because I wanted to get better at it, but it quickly grew into a big mess.
- Using Java gives me a lot more control over the system that the application is running on, like easier managing of the thousands of files this site is going to host.
- More control over the web protocols the site uses, easy configuration of HTTP headers or maybe Websocket connections.
- Creating a REST API using Spring Boot is about as easy as banging rocks together, I already have a fully functioning API, just need to write some docs for it.
Here is another preview of the possibilities using file lists on PixelDrain: http://pixeldra.in/u/TNfcUQ. I downloaded all episodes of my favorite podcast and dragged them into the PixelDrain home page and BAM, I had an autoplaying playlist to listen to while programming.
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Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Candice Catnipp is a fight taking place during the second invasion of the Quincy Blood War. It focuses on the conflict between Special War Power Ichigo Kurosaki and Sternritter "T" Candice Catnipp.
After 11th Division Captain Kenpachi Zaraki defeats Sternritter "V" Gremmy Thoumeaux, he orders unseated members of his division to search for his missing lieutenant, Yachiru Kusajishi. However, Candice electrocutes the unseated Shinigami with a bolt of lightning and expresses delight at being able to take out several Shinigami at once as she, Liltotto Lamperd, Meninas McAllon, and Giselle Gewelle descend.[1] As the unseated Shinigami call out to Kenpachi, Giselle notes Candice did not take them all out at once, prompting Candice to declare she will simply keep attacking them until they are all dead. However, Kenpachi leaps into the air and attacks her.[2]
When Kenpachi slashes at her, Candice moves behind him by transforming into electricity before blasting him with a surge of lightning, prompting Meninas to punch Kenpachi into the ground with enough force to crater it. As Candice expresses shock at Kenpachi being able to move that quickly after fighting Gremmy, several 11th Division members attempt to move to Kenpachi and protect him, but Liltotto appears before them and explains how they planned to attack Kenpachi after he was worn down by his fight with Gremmy. The Shinigami prepare to attack her, but Liltotto uses The Glutton to devour several of them, shocking the remaining Shinigami, who attempt to run away. As she messily devours the fleeing Shinigami, Liltotto notes she is famished. Meanwhile, Kenpachi tells the unseated Shinigami to stop, but Candice notices he can still get up and blasts him with a large bolt of lightning.[3]
Kenpachi groans in pain as several unseated Shinigami rush toward him. However, Meninas picks up a large building and crushes the Shinigami with it before noting there is no reason for the Shinigami to rush, as Kenpachi is going to die. Elsewhere, Giselle tells several unseated Shinigami they should run to Kenpachi, but one of them points out how Giselle is likely planning to attack them with a strange power like the other Sternritter did once they do so. However, Giselle claims she does not have such combat abilities and that attacking her will not help the Shinigami.[4]
One of the Shinigami tells Giselle to shut up before slashing her diagonally across the chest. As her blood sprays all over the Shinigami, Giselle notes the Shinigami have touched her blood while withstanding a deep cut in her shoulder. Wondering why Giselle is not dead, the Shinigami who attacked her realizes he cannot feel his hand, prompting Giselle to reveal that anyone who touches her blood becomes a corpse under her control. Giselle orders the Shinigami to commit seppuku and walks away as the horrified Shinigami kill themselves. Candice, Liltotto, Meninas, and Giselle surround a heavily injured Kenpachi, who lies in a smoking crater. As Kenpachi notes he cannot move and wonders if he is about to die, the four Sternritter argue over who will kill him and how this will be decided before being interrupted by an explosion in the sky above.[5]
As various Shinigami around the Seireitei notice his Reiatsu, Ichigo falls through the clouds before blasting through the Shakonmaku, which draws the attention of Candice, Liltotto, Meninas, and Giselle on the ground. As Candice wonders what just arrived, Ichigo crashes into a clock tower, which has its top half broken off by the impact. As a bemused Candice notes he just fell, Ichigo appears behind the four Sternritter, who express shock, and notes he overdid it a little as Candice wonders when he appeared. When Ichigo notes he has been beaten up, Kenpachi asks him why he is here, prompting Ichigo to proclaim he is here to save Kenpachi.[6] As Kenpachi notes how funny it is for Ichigo to be saving him, Ichigo asks him if he can stand. However, Kenpachi tells Ichigo to worry about himself.[7]
Candice leaps toward Ichigo while charging up electricity in her hand before striking, but Ichigo dodges, grabs Candice's arm, and throws her into a building. Seeing this, Liltotto, Meninas, and Giselle attack Ichigo, who dodges a hand stab from Giselle and a kick from Meninas before noticing Liltotto biting his cape with The Glutton. Expressing surprise at Liltotto's ability, Ichigo grabs and throws the three Sternritter into three different buildings. As Liltotto, Meninas, and Giselle emerge from the rubble with minor injuries, Giselle and Meninas express surprise at how powerful Ichigo is, prompting Liltotto to reveal Ichigo's identity to them.[8]
As Liltotto states she would be worried if Ichigo could not do at least this much, Meninas expresses shock at Ichigo's identity as Giselle notes he is at the top of the list of Special War Powers. A bolt of lightning strikes the building which Ichigo threw Candice into as Candice tells them to shut up. Candice proclaims she does not care about Ichigo's identity or status before angrily proclaiming Ichigo has messed up her perfect hair by covering her in dust. As Liltotto expresses disbelief at Candice being mad about this, Candice summons her bow from a pouch on her waist before firing Galvano Blast at Ichigo, resulting in a powerful explosion.[9]
As Candice tells Ichigo to turn to ash from being blasted by five gigajoules of electricity, Liltotto notes this will not be enough to kill Ichigo, who notes the girls are more powerful than he thought they would be and that he will not have to hold back. As Ichigo stands in his new Shinigami uniform, Liltotto, Meninas, and Giselle summon their bows as well and rush toward Ichigo alongside Candice as Ichigo draws Zangetsu.[10] Candice, Liltotto, Meninas, and Giselle each fire a Heilig Pfeil at Ichigo, who effortlessly deflects them, causing a powerful explosion. Candice crashes into a building and attempts to emerge, but Giselle, Meninas, and Liltotto all smash into her in rapid succession, prompting Candice to destroy the upper part of the building with a blast of electricity while proclaiming she will kill all of them because they did this on purpose. As Giselle notes Ichigo is very strong, Liltotto agrees and states their Heilig Pfeil will not do very much against him because they have not eaten in a very long time. Meninas notes this is becoming very annoying and Giselle proclaims Ichigo should die, prompting Liltotto to note that they are actually in agreement for the first time.[11]
Noting the decision is simple if they all agree, Candice activates her Quincy: Vollständig and proclaims Ichigo's execution has been decided. As Giselle notes using Quincy: Vollständig tires her out, Meninas states she is not sure that they need to slaughter Ichigo despite how annoying he is. Candice angrily proclaims they will be disgraced before Yhwach if Ichigo makes them look like fools, but Meninas states this does not bother her, Liltotto suggests they pretend nothing happened instead, and Giselle mockingly tells her that her desperation is beautiful. However, when Candice tells them to watch her take care of Ichigo alone and points out how Yhwach will surely grant her wishes if she kills the top member of the Special War Powers, Meninas envisions beautiful furniture as her wish, Liltotto envisions lots of food as her wish, and Giselle merely thinks of nothing.[12]
Candice flies toward Ichigo and pulls off two of her lightning bolt-shaped wings before using them as swords to clash with Ichigo. When Ichigo notes they are both dual-wielding, Candice proclaims she has six swords before knocking Ichigo back with a single strike. Candice shifts her grip on one of her swords before throwing it as Galvano Javelin, but Ichigo merely makes a small slash in the air with his smaller sword before firing a Getsuga Tenshō, which cancels out with Candice's Galvano Javelin. Infuriated by this, Candice generates a massive surge of electricity and tells Ichigo to not let this go to his head before stating he can stand there and look cool if he can survive her next attack. As electricity crackles around her eyes, Candice concentrates the surge of electricity around her right arm before throwing it at Ichigo in the form of Electrocution. Seeing the blast hurtling toward him, Ichigo slashes his swords in perpendicular directions before firing Getsuga Jūjishō, which dissipates the blast.[13]
Seeing the oncoming blast, Candice attempts to counter it with a physical attack, prompting Ichigo to yell at her to get out of the way.[14] She is successful, but loses her left arm in the process. Cursing loudly, Candice orders Giselle to restore her arm, prompting Giselle to sarcastically ask her if she can do so. When an angered Candice tells her she should be able to heal it without blood, Giselle admits this is true and notes she cannot turn a living Quincy into a zombie before using the corpse of a nearby Shinigami to regenerate Candice's arm. Liltotto tells Candice to calm down, for she will not win otherwise, but Candice tells her to shut up and attempts to attack Ichigo once more, only to be pierced by Burner Finger 1.[15]
Bazz-B stands nearby with his Quincy: Vollständig active and pierces Giselle, Meninas, and Liltotto with Burner Finger 1 as well before apologizing and asking them to die for a while. When Candice curses him, Bazz-B tells her she has no right to complain before claiming it is normal to steal another's prey and that those who arrive late are the ones who get to do so. As Bazz-B asks Ichigo if he thinks the same thing, PePe Waccabrada, NaNaNa Najahkoop, and Robert Accutrone arrive behind him, with NaNaNa noting he should have arrived a bit later and Robert Accutrone proposing they split Ichigo evenly. Liltotto, Giselle, Candice, and Meninas stand back up, with Liltotto noting this will be 8-on-1 before proclaiming whomever kills Ichigo will get all the glory. As he prepares to fight the Sternritter, Ichigo is startled by a beam of light piercing the heavens behind him.[16]
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 579, pages 13-17
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 580, pages 1-3
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 580, pages 5-10
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 580, pages 10-12
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 580, pages 12-17
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 581, pages 8-18
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 582, page 1
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 582, pages 2-6
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 582, pages 6-10
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 582, pages 11-14
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 583, pages 1-4
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 583, pages 5-7
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 583, pages 7-17
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 584, pages 1-2
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 584, pages 7-10
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 584, pages 11-17


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"A very challenging spring†is the first comment from Steve Brandon (pictured), from New Building Farms, Stafford, when asked by his Massey Feeds area manager Rob Chell how the year was progressing so far. "I've needed to supplement the cows with silage when I would not normally do so and feed more concentrates than usual†he continues.
Steve and his team of Dave, Billy and Phil milk around 380 cows, calving them all from the February through to the end of April. In a typical year, the fresh calved cows would be straight out to grazing with limited silage and just 2-3kg of a grazing concentrate.
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Since 1973, Morgan County has participated in the National Flood Insurance program which makes use of maps made in 1977 to outline the local floodplain. Although revised in 1981, those maps have remained largely unchanged for the past 35 years, despite the many updates experienced in the area through that time period. The maps and their drawn borders are utilized by community officials when planning for development and emergency management, to determine evacuation routes for critical care facilities and to set flood insurance rates for property owners.
Although the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) began a map modernization program in 2001, a lack of funding ended that initiative in 2008, halfway through the completion of Colorado area maps. In an effort to identify current and more accurate flood risks in the area, the Colorado Water Conservation Board signed up as a partner and in 2009 the program transitioned into the Risk Map Program, the agency took the FEMA maps and expanded them to provide in-depth and up-to-date floodplain risk awareness to community officials and citizens and to provide better assistance in flood mitigation.
"When we began the update, it was mainly an effort to convert from paper to digital offerings for all of Morgan County," said Thuy Patton, E.I., CFM, who works as a Floodplain Mapping Coordinator for the Colorado Water Conservation Board. "However, when we met with many communities, we found that local flood data was incorrect and the topography was bad. A map revision analysis was done and we incorporated that into the large scale map update, and distributed those preliminary maps to Morgan County Communities on March 16 of this year," she continued as she spoke before the Brush City Council on Monday night.
Patton noted that two main items had stood out from that study concerning Brush, including a change in flow rates, which found discharge had been reduced by 30 percent since the 1970s Beaver Creek study, going from 55,200 cubic feet per second to 32,400. The second big change found was that the original study hadn't included all five structures that cross of the Beaver Creek in and around the city of Brush.
With the newly updated maps now complete, officials from the Colorado Conservation Board are seeking public commentary on the new borders that now include 100-year floodplain limits as well as 500-year areas. Among the many changes to the borders are many surrounding Mill Street, with those north of it possibly due to experience an increase in risk, and those south somewhat of a decrease.
As the new maps will also be used to set flood insurance premiums, National Flood Insurance Program Coordinator Stephanie DiBetitto also presented information, noting that one common misconception is that flood insurance is only available to those in high risk flood areas.
"Anyone can purchase flood insurance," said DiBetitto, "and with the updated map, we have a better idea of the risks. With 25-percent of flood-related claims occurring outside of special flood hazard areas, it is a good idea to purchase flood insurance options, no matter where your property lies within the borders."
According to DiBettito, situations that could affect Brush property owners might include a move from high to low risk areas, which may allow for better insurance rates, as well as a move from low to high risk areas.
"By purchasing insurance before the map goes into effect, those low to high risk property owners may have the chance to secure a preferred rate policy, and that opportunity will still be available within 12 months of the maps going into effect."
More information on the changes, the map history and on insurance rates and policies that could be affected by the map update will be available to all during a public open house, set to be held on Tuesday, July 12 starting at 4 p.m. at the Morgan County Fairgrounds' Mark Arndt Events Center in Brush.
There, officials from the National Flood Insurance Program, the Colorado Water Conservation Board, FEMA and local officials will be on hand to help citizens understand the changes and how it may affect them. An interactive map that allows community members to plug in their address online to see where their properties lie within the new map borders will be made available there along with stations that will provide one-on-one assistance for anyone interested.
Following the open house, officials will post two publications in the Brush News-Tribune and Fort Morgan Times, and a 90-day appeal period will follow the second publication, in which anyone concerned can submit a technically based appeal. A period of resolving those issues will follow, should any arise. A date will set in which the map will officially go into effect and during the Monday night meeting, Patton proposed that date will likely lie somewhere in June of 2017.
More information on the updated maps, including links to the 1981 and current maps and to a video of the Monday night presentation, are posted on the City of Brush website at www.brushcolo.com and can be obtained by visiting City Hall at 600 Edison Street. Information from the Colorado Water Conservation Board can be found online at www.cwcb.state.co.us and on the National Flood Insurance Program at www.floodsmart.gov/floodsmart. Updates can also be found by following www.brushnewstribune.com.
Proposed flood plain update could change boundaries
Since 1973, Morgan County has participated in the National Flood Insurance program which makes use of maps made in 1977 to outline the local floodplain. Although revised in 1981, those maps have remained largely unchanged for the past 35 years, despite the many updates experienced in the area through that time period. The maps and their drawn borders are utilized by community officials when planning for development and emergency management, to determine evacuation routes for critical care facilities and to set flood insurance rates for property owners.


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G620 Book Review of Sword of the Gladiatrix by Faith L Justice
Author: Faith L Justice
Publisher: Raggedy Moon Books
Type of book: Kush, Celtic, Romans vs Celts, 60-62 ME, Nero, gladiators, sport, entertainment, animals, lesbians, romance, interracial relationship African female/Celtic female, fighting, Pompeii, trading, cheetahs
Year it was published: 2015
Two women. Two swords. One victor.
An action-packed tale that exposes the brutal underside of Imperial Rome, "Sword of the Gladiatrix" brings to life unforgettable characters and exotic settings. From the far edges of the Empire, two women come to battle on the hot sands of the arena in Nero's Rome: Afra, scout and beast master to the Queen of Kush; and Cinnia, warrior-bard and companion to Queen Boudica of the British Iceni. Enslaved, forced to fight for their lives and the Romans' pleasure; they seek to replace lost friendship, love, and family in each other's arms. But the Roman arena offers only two futures: the Gate of Life for the victors or the Gate of Death for the losers.
The main characters include Afra and Cinnia. Afra comes Kush which is part of the land of Egypt and is a fierce and brave huntress as well as a fighter. She is loyal to those who care about her and will do anything for them. I have to say that out of the two, she is my favorite. Cinnia comes from the Celtic culture and although a warrior, I feel that not much is known about her personality besides the fact that she is loyal to the queen and is obedient. There are other characters who are drawn well, but they are not main, although I did like the trader and his wife.
Love happens when you least expect it
In beginning and end the story is told in first person narrative from Afra's point of view, while the middle is told in third person narrative from Afra's and Cinnia's points of view. One of the things that attracted me to reading and reviewing the book is the pitch of lesbian women gladiators, and the fact that recently gay marriage became legal in all states, it turned out to be a fitting and an unexpected choice to mark the event. However, I did have a few issues with the story, mainly that the romance between the two characters happened a little too fast and that if time passed, there are barely hints of it passing. But still I am curious about what will happen to the characters in the future.
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FAITH L. JUSTICE writes award-winning novels, short stories, and articles in Brooklyn, New York. Her work has appeared in Salon.com, Writer's Digest, The Copperfield Review, the Circles in the Hair anthology, and many more. She is a frequent contributor to Strange Horizons, Associate Editor for Space and Time Magazine, and co-founded a writer's workshop many more years ago than she likes to admit. For fun, she digs in the dirt—her garden and various archaeological sites.
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I really enjoyed the attention that the author gives to historical details as well as creating an interesting and a plausible story of two women falling in love. The story is immersive and one is encouraged to keep going. However, what I did dislike about the story is that I was confused by how much time passed in the book, although I estimate that its about two years? And also, I didn't like the implication that gang rape of a woman leads to her becoming a lesbian, which is what I felt the book said. I know its not the author's intention because of the way Afra was portrayed, but prior to rape not once has Cinnia expressed that she is either a lesbian or a bisexual. In fact she sounds like a heterosexual woman, but after the gang rape, she is a lesbian.
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In his normal or "civilian" life as he puts it, Keven grew up working class: a bored C student who never studied and lived a life that centered upon consuming comics, radio, TV, video games and movies. But there were signs of hope. He traded sleep, and any chance at friends or popularity, making a few bad super hero films and sewing a perfect replica of Adam West's 1966 Batman costume. He also re-designed the family El Camino into his personal Batmobile and made multiple, random and odd, in- costume, public "Bat" appearances including scaling a 50 foot roof in college and making 3 citizen arrests.
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Graduating from Saint Anselm College, drinking 5 nights a week, Keven decided to face facts. Clearly he was not meant to practice law or work in finance. To the disappointment of his family, he opted to apply his "creativity" to the world he admired most: Hollywood. But what's a middle class history major with a B minus average and no industry connections or film education to do? Become a carnival worker, of course! He worked summers on the east coast as a 'carnie' and winters in Los Angeles as a television writer. The former required working 7 days a week, 20 hours a day, sleeping under trucks and engaging in the most brutal of manual labor. Drinking as often as he could, he put his body through hell, living the Pirate's life. The money financed his alternating winter months working with the likes of Chris Hardwick, Jenny McCarthy and Carmen Electra as Head Writer of MTV's Singled Out. Summer months were spent on the road peddling fried dough and cotton candy with the likes of junkies, ex-cons, mobsters and side show freaks: characters answering to such names as Homeless Joe, Big Daddy Crackpipe and Lobster Boy aka the infamed Grady Stiles. After MTV, he opted to make an independent film. The film was a life changing debacle that left him bankrupt, homeless and out of Hollywood. However, on that film, he worked with a 19 year old, Maria Menounos. Believing deeply in her talents, he committed to Maria's life and career from that day forward.
Believing Maria deserved better than a Pirate, Keven opted to embrace the Samurai life. At last, he took his life, his talents and the business serious. He cut various life toxins and distractions and spent over a decade as a shut-in in "self imposed exile." From his home office joined by his beloved rescue animals, he researched and trained endlessly in all aspects of the industry and beyond. Today, he is the proud architect of Maria's diversified brand that has touched TV, film, print and radio in a variety of ground breaking roles from actress to author to journalist to entertainment reporter to pro wrestler to digital entrepreneur. Keven's later films have played such festivals as Tribeca and South by Southwest and have achieved national theatrical release though AMC theaters. He's written 2 New York Times Best Sellers and quarterbacks Maria's EveryGirl brand.
Keven created the fore mentioned AfterBuzz TV, the world's largest online broadcast network that produces TV after-shows. In his long exile, Keven noticed the vast internet discussion activity surrounding the TV series, Lost. Other than message boards there was no platform for deep, in depth discussion. And unlike sporting events, there was no 'post-game wrap up show' for fans. Thus, Keven envisioned AfterBuzz TV an online broadcast network dedicated to after-shows for favorite TV shows. Ever the Samurai, Keven not only came up with the concept, he also erected the network from scratch, personally constructing the studios and developing previously non-existent technology. In 2015, ABTV had its second consecutive year with 1 billion downloads. The network has a roster of over 200 hosts, produces over 100 hours of weekly original programming and has hosts on every major red carpet in Hollywood. ABTV is the go-to for show runners and TV stars whom are interviewed, in studio, weekly for various shows. AfterBuzz hosts are observed closely by show runners on story points and fan reaction and are often consulted, in additon.
Since then Keven has created other digital entities including Black Hollywood Live, the first urban online broadcast network. Oprah recently anointed the network as "the next big thing in Hollywood." Under President of Programming, Derrial Christon, BHL has various weekly series in the areas of pop culture, entertainment news, lifestyle, fashion, politics, legal issues and sports. There are also intimate long-form interviews and BHL has a presence on every major red carpet. Keven more recently created Popcorn Talk. The Popcorn Talk Network is home for movie discussion and has 16 programs on roster covering a wide range of subjects. PTN had over 10 million downloads in its first year.
Along with providing outstanding content, the collective networks carry a greater mission to aid, educate, groom and empower aspiring hosts and artists. Keven, and other industry professionals, host various career seminars at the AfterBuzz studios and Keven is deeply involved in shepherding and mentoring hosts in all aspects of their lives and careers. It's literally his deepest and truest passion. To that point, AfterBuzz has helped launch the careers of former hosts, Beth Behrs (Two Broke Girls), Kat Bailess (Hit the Floor), Jackie Miranne (Big Morning Buzz), Stephanie Bauer (Access Hollywood), Cathey Kelly (WWE Network, Same Roberts' Show) Mari Fagel (E News), Suri Serano (ESPN), Deidre Behar (Entertainment Tonight), AJ Gibson (Hollywood Today), Eboni K. Williams (Fox News), Derrial Christon (BET), Chloe West (Moviefone), Matt Lieberman (SourceFed), Roxy Striar (Screen Junkies), Krisily Kennedy (The Movie Chickk), Alex Wehrley (E! News), Lauren LoGrasso (SiriusXM), Ashley Daniels (Leading Periscope Host) and countless others.
Keven co-created and serves as Executive Producer along with Maria and Julianne Hough for ABC's America's Dance Battle and has several more TV shows in the pipeline. On the film front, he directed the indy comedy Adventures of Serial Buddies and recently produced the critically acclaimed Netflix hit, This Isn't Funny as well as the powerful documentaries the Elders and Losing Lebron.
Keven is the Executive Producer of SiriusXM's Conversations with Maria, heard daily on SirusXM Stars, channel 109. He also Executive Produces NCM's First Look cinema pre-show, seen in 70% of America's theaters. His most recent project is creating and hosting The Tomorrow Show with Keven Undergaro, an overnight talk series for nocturnals, dreamers, escapists – angry loners, the socially inept and those with Peter Pan Syndrome – featuring a celebrity boyfriend's mid-life crisis, celeb interviews and millenials in Star Trek costumes. Will The Tomorrow Show with Keven Undergaro inspire other mid-lifers and youth alike? Or merely entertain them as they watch one man's final spiral into madness and self destruction. The good news is all they need is a smartphone or access to the web to tune in and find out.
In addition, Keven career consults for celebrities, dreamers and lay people alike: all of which he proudly does for free or 10% good karma as he says. Along with TV, movies, podcasts, and radio, he enjoys working in pet rescue and home renovations. Yet, for all his accomplishments, other than Maria, Keven's greatest personal achievement remains in his multiple appearances with Maria on the Howard Stern Show. And Samurai or not, he could very well trade that and his soul for just one night out with the cast of the Jersey Shore.
As a journalist, E! News Host and Emmy Award Winner, Maria Menounos, holds the distinct honor of having conducted the only interview with the entire Obama family. The interview was touted by ABC News as one of the defining moments leading to Obama's victory. Maria's achievements have thus far set industry milestones. Her groundbreaking conversational style of reporting led her, at the age of 22, to become the youngest person ever to host "Entertainment Tonight." She would go on to do the same for the "Today" show and "Nightly News." She has held sit down interviews with every US President since George Bush. She has also traveled the globe, covering everything from the war in Afghanistan to earthquakes in El Salvador to the AIDS crisis in South Africa. But the milestones don't end there. Maria is the first person in the history of Hollywood to report for network news and star in a wide-release feature film.
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As an actress, on the big screen, she starred in the romantic comedy "Kickin It Old Skool" opposite Jamie Kennedy, and played herself in the Ben Stiller comedy "Tropic Thunder." She also appeared in the 20th Century Fox sci-fi/action movie "Fantastic Four." Her small-screen acting endeavors include guest roles on CBS' "Without a Trace," NBC's "Scrubs" and HBO's "Entourage" as well as a recurring role on the CW's "One Tree Hill." While at "Entertainment Tonight," Maria hosted "ET on MTV" and "ET on VH-1," both of which soared to number-one weekend ratings on their respective networks. At NBC, Maria was a correspondent for "Nightly News," "Today," "Access Hollywood," and "Dateline." She was also the longest running international spokesperson and face of Pantene hair care products.
As a filmmaker, Maria has directed and produced several independent films, which have played most of the major film festivals from Tribeca to South-by-Southwest. She attended Boston's Emerson College, where she double-majored in broadcast journalism and film. At Emerson, she became the first freshman in the school's 125-year history to garner the prestigious EVVY award for Best Newscaster. After her junior year, Maria became an international correspondent for Channel One News.
Her coverage of the AIDS virus in South Africa inspired her to dedicate herself to charity work and to create the non-profit, Take Action Hollywood! (TAH!). TAH! is a charity whose mission is to utilize the power of the entertainment industry and the production medium to educate, empower and raise social awareness. As a Diabetes Awareness Ambassador for the Entertainment Industry Foundation, Maria has spoken on Capitol Hill and is working with lobbyists on improving treatment for the disease, worldwide. She is also the Global Ambassador for the Special Olympics and works closely with the LA Children's hospital hosting her annual "Day Of Beauty" event for patients and their families for the last 8 years.
As an digital producer and entrepreneur, Maria, along with partner Keven Undergaro, co-founded AfterBuzz TV, the largest online broadcast network that produces over 300 TV 'after-shows' for favorite TV shows, is comprised of over 250 hosts, features daily celebrity guests and broadcasts weekly to over 20 million people from over 100 countries. In addition, along with Undergaro, she co-founded Popcorn Talk, a movie discussion network that reaches 2 million. Per Maria, the collective networks carry a mission to aid and empower aspiring hosts and journalists. Maria and Keven host various career seminars at their AfterBuzz studios and are deeply involved in shepherding and mentoring hosts. To that point, AfterBuzz has helped launch the careers of former hosts, Beth Behrs (Two Broke Girls), Kat Bailess (Hit the Floor), Jackie Miranne (Big Morning Buzz), Stephanie Bauer (Access Hollywood), Suri Serano (ESPN), Deidre Behar (Entertainment Tonight), AJ Gibson (Hollywood Today), Eboni K. Williams (CBS), Derrial Christon (BET), Chloe West (Moviefone), Cathy Kelley (Celebified), Matt Lieberman (SourceFed), Roxy Striar (Screen Junkies), Krisily Kennedy (The Movie Chickk), Alex Wehrley (E! News), Lauren LogGasso (SiriusXM), Ashley Daniels (Leading Periscope Host) and countless others.
In addition to being a champion of talent, Maria is particularly passionate about helping fellow women young and old. She also loves animals, is avid in pet rescuer and works with several organizations in that regard.
Though her career has been groundbreaking and will no doubt be emulated by many to come, Maria's career remains in relative infancy with much room left to blossom. A girl who did not speak English until the first grade and one who worked as a janitor cleaning Boston nightclubs throughout her adolescence, Maria is proof that you can come from humble beginnings and succeed. She is proof that you can do it all. Most importantly, she is proof that you can remain true to yourself and humble and still care deeply for others.
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'This elegant and unique table features slumped glass suspended across a contiguous and abstracted alloy surface of diamond-shaped facets. the table's architecture is the result of an asymmetric metal topography of mathematically delineated folds and crevices that create a powerful and sensual curvature. The undulating troughs and peaks give way to the perception of an arc when the table is viewed from the side, a purposeful refinement by Asymptote reminiscent of the accumulated outlines of the underside of the landscape.'
Fold by Patrick Norguet for Modus
'The FOLD table by Patrick Norguet is an elegant, sculptural piece, reminiscent of the unfolding of a flower. Created from laser cut, folded steel to form a seamless base with a satin, powder coat finish. The rounded edged top is available in matching powder coat or clear toughened glass. Available in three sizes and five colours'
'Till death do us part' by Martino d'Esposito & Franck Bragigand for droog
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Table Torro by Christine Kesel for Meeting Erwin
Endless Nile Dining Table by Karim Rashid for Amr Helmy Designs
'The Endless Nile table is inspired by the slow and perpetual flow of the Nile river. This new design, while inspired by the past, deconstructs conventional table and seating concepts to recombine them in an original and contemporary solution.'
Arborism by Nosinger for Covo
'A small table made in powder-painted metal, which overturns the concept of the artefact: in the legs, generated by the same geometry which regulates nature, the "frattali", and in the surface printed with small falling leafs. Like an object left in the influence of nature changing its aesthetics.'
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Hello Divas! As my Mom would say: sometimes you just have to shrug, dust your shoulders off and keep moving. Wisdom. I am itching to get some higher temperatures and some sun in a bad way. I keep dreaming of blue blue skies, the bright sun and glorious beaches….2 Comments + Read More


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Check out this podcast interview I just did on Thelma & Louise. I talk about the book and how to travel cheaply. I talk about Cambodia and Taiwan and how I recommend getting off the beaten path to find some hidden gems. It's short. You can listen to it while going on a walk or doing the dishes.
Thelma & Louise help you connect with travel buddies and plan your perfect trip. I also talk about those things in my book. Here's an excerpt from Women with Wanderlust, now shipping direct to your Kindle!
Staying with locals in unfamiliar places
What's a good way to save money on vacation and really immerse yourself as a local? Don't stay in a hotel in the tourist areas. I know we've talked about a lot of options including Airbnb, VRBO, B&B's, WWOOF, hostels or Couchsurfing. If you want to live like a local, then stay like one. I know it may seem scary to stay in someone else's space or to stay with someone you don't know but it can also be an incredible experience. Maybe you'll cook together or they'll show you around town. To me it's worth the risk to save some money and have a richer experience. I love living like a local. I love experiencing the city from my host's vantage point. You get to see beyond the things in the guidebooks.
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March is National Reading Month and March 5th was World Read Aloud Day, so I thought I would share this interview with you from Kate DiCamillo, a children's book author that I thought you would enjoy. The original interview was written by Seira Wilson of Omnivoracious.
"Probably best known for her novels Because of Winn-Dixie and The Tale of Despereaux, DiCamillo has had quite a year already. At the start of 2014 she was named the new National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, a post voted on by a panel of booksellers, the Children's Book Council, and the Library of Congress. Then when the Newbery award winners were announced at the end of January, DiCamillo took home the medal for Flora & Ulysses (an Amazon Best Children's Book of 2013), marking her third time as a Newbery recipient (she won the medal for Tales of Despereaux in 2004 and an honor for Because of Winn-Dixie in 2001). DiCamillo is a powerhouse advocate for reading and getting books into the hands of children and, as you'll see in her post below, she does it with immense grace, gratitude, and always a touch of humor.
When I was nine years old, my mother checked Beverly Cleary's Ribsy out of the public library, and read the book aloud to my brother and me. We read a few chapters of the story every night. The three of us sat side by side on the flowered sectional couch in the Florida room. The Florida room had orange shag carpet. Its walls were paneled in cypress, and we could see Lake Minnehaha from the large bank of windows that faced south.
On the floor, stretched out parallel to the couch, was our dog Nanette. Nanette's flank rose and fell as my mother read, and the dog would raise her head off the floor and look at us every time we laughed.
We laughed a lot.
Ribsy is a funny book.
There was a lamp by the couch. And as the darkness outside grew darker, as the lake disappeared into the sky, as more of the story got told, the light by the couch seemed to grow brighter.
We were a pack of four: my mother, my brother, the dog and me. In the book, Ribsy the dog was lost. But we were all safe inside. We were together.
That was over four decades ago.
Nanette is gone and my mother is gone. My brother and I live far away from each other.
But every time I see the cover of that book, every time I see a picture of Ribsy, I am transported back to that time, to that cypress-paneled room, to the flowered couch, to the lamp and the laughter and the safety.
Reading together is a very particular kind of magic.
When I meet teachers and librarians who tell me that they read aloud to their classrooms, I always try to make a point of thanking them.
Reading a story together brings us together: large groups, small groups, packs of four and packs of two. When we read together, we come in from the darkness, the cold.
It occurs to me as I write these words, as I remember the darkness outside that room in Florida, that I never explicitly thanked my mother for reading to us.
So, I will thank her here, now, in the best way I can, by encouraging other people to do what she did for me, and for my brother.
I will ask you to read aloud to your students, your children. Read aloud to your husband, your wife. Read aloud to your dog.
Push back the darkness.
Sit down beside somebody you love.
Turn on a light. Open a book.
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Show Me Librarian has a call to action for libraries to not just do fabulous early literacy programming but also make sure that school age programming is as strong a priority. In the post she questions whether the emphasis on early literacy recently has resulted in neglect for our school age clientele.
Just to continue the conversation Amy started, I think it is well worth considering where the emphasis on school-age programming went to. I think it stretches back further than the past ten years when ECRR woke us up to the possibilities of making our storytimes and work with parents and tots more..uber.
In the late 1980s, the Public Library Association developed a list of roles for public libraries. Libraries and focus groups in a community went through a role selection process to determine the 1-3 roles that best described their service and service goals. The eight roles listed:
- Community Activities Center
- Community Information Center
- Formal Education Center
- Independent Learning Center
- Popular materials Library
- Preschoolers Door to Learning
- Reference Library
- Research Center
So libraries started strengthening and improving their service to our youngest audience. And I wonder whether this is where some of the school-age programming started to slip. There was no true role for this age group.
The roles have been replaced with newer paradigms as years have gone on but not all libraries got that message. Even here at my library as recently as the last year, a staffer cited the Preschooler Door to Learning as the reason we had to concentrate more staff hours on preschool services.
We have tried hard at the libraries I work at to serve all ages with excellent programs. Because kids are in school doesn't mean we should stop serving them during the school year. We collaborate with the schools; present programs during school breaks and early release days; and present afterschool workshops and events on weekends. We also make sure to have a healthy dose of stealth programs running nearly year-round to involve busy school-age kids in visits to our library.
This is all much on my mind of late. I am developing a six week online course of programming and great swaths of it will deal with creating programs for school aged kids and developing programs for preschoolers beyond storytime. Much of that territory is still ripe for exploration (think unprogramming and it's impact).
I am so happy to see how strong the early literacy component of storytimes is and how powerful the voices of early literacy advocates have become in libraries around the country. The sharing of great ideas through Flannel Friday and Underground Storytime has put power into the hands of librarians.
But I'll still keep looking for those innovative school age program and service ideas from people like Amy and Abby and Bryce and ALSC and others who are pushing the service envelope to school-agers. Hope you share your great school age ideas too!
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