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Dr. Kevin Rafferty
Southern California STIGA Table Hockey League (SCSTHL)
Over a seven year career as a sports broadcaster covering both major and minor league baseball (Los Angeles Angels and Redwood Pioneers), plus college and high school football, basketball, baseball, and ice hockey, Rafferty is a true fan of many sports. It was during this time he gained an understanding and appreciation of sports that few understand. "Within the competition of sport, we all have opportunity to learn; as an individual, part of a team, and a member of our world." One of Rafferty's favorite hobbies is playing table hockey.
A public and private school principal since 1996, currently serving at one of Southern California's finest and most recognized schools, Kevin has utilized his love of sports to educate youth. By using the team approach to goal achievement, Rafferty has built teams of educators within his school, each bringing a unique strength to the team.
Since 2006, Rafferty's Southern California STIGA Table Hockey League is bringing his love of sports, hockey, and the lessons to be learned to all who wish to play.
Thirteen years of table hockey with the NHL's Anaheim Ducks! Play table hockey during the two hours prior to all Anaheim Ducks Sunday home games this season. There's rarely a moment that Rafferty's many STIGA table hockey games are not in action at the Anaheim Ducks Hockey Spot at Honda Center in Anaheim.
Also table hockey partner with the San Diego Gulls, the Anaheim Ducks minor league affiliate at Pechanga Arena in San Diego. Join us at the Fan Zone for two-hours of free table hockey game-play prior to select San Diego Gulls home games. See the Anaheim Ducks of the future playing now with the San Diego Gulls in the American Hockey League (AHL).
Come play table hockey at our club's regular home, too, Fairmont Private School, Anaheim Hills.
Fairmont Private School, Anaheim Hills Campus
5300 E. La Palma Ave
Anaheim Hills, CA 92807
We don't stop playing because we grow old;
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Practical Steps to High-Quality Differentiation
Steve Garnett
Bethany Kelly
Do you want to know what 'adaptive teaching' is and how it could revolutionise your approach to differentiation?
Do you want to know how to implement classroom based strategies that challenge and support all pupils?
Do you want to see differentiation as integral to quality teaching rather than a 'bolt on' gesture?
There is no question that differentiation as an issue crops up time and again as an area for continued development in schools – hundreds of Inspection reports tell us this. It is also true that it is often seen though as an impossible task to do it effectively for all pupils! However, by re-thinking what it actually is and by re-thinking what we do in the classroom it becomes possible to differentiate in a way that is highly effective and highly sustainable.
What other teachers have said about the course
Really helpful and informative, nice balance of theory and practical tips. Appreciated the lengths the trainer went to make the examples specific to my topic.Sam Wardell -The Harrodian School
Great course to start the school year! Definitely gets the teaching juices flowing and I have a ton of new ideas for the upcoming school year. Also Marcus was a great trainer.Josh Hurstman - Bingham Academy
The trainer was hugely helpful and identified / taught many new techniques to help differentiation within the class. It was an extremely valuable courseLucy Cowin -The Lady Eleanor Holles Junior School
Very knowledgeable trainer who explained concepts well and used examples. He was open to questions and created good discussion.Natasha Barnes - Bingham Academy
Good practical ideas which could be used by all teachers.Gareth David - Treorchy Comprehensive School
Excellent course. Full of great ideas - especially as an NQT!Jessica Morgan - Bishopston Comprehensive School
Full Course Content
This Course Aims to:
- Offer an approach to differentiation that is based on the model of 'adaptive teaching'
- Demonstrate classroom based scenarios that allow it to happen
- Ensure the strategies pass the 'acid test' for differentiation: Are all pupils appropriately challenged?
- Leave you feeling enthused and energised with increased confidence in your ability to differentiate for all
Course Outline:
Brief Overview of Main Approaches to Differentiation
- Effective prior knowledge of pupils through 'soft' and 'hard' data
- Effective lesson-ready tasks
- Five Ws of differentiation
Par (1)
- The use of the visual dimension
- Literacy issues
- Making use of e-tutorials
Par (2)
- Promoting choice
- Inclusion lists
- Thinking maps

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Christmas recipes, food for yoga, gluten free gingerbread recipe, gluten free holiday, gluten-free recipes, healthy Christmas treats, yoga, Yoga With Paul
This recipe from Gluten Free on a Shoestring makes soft, delicious gingerbread that you don't have to be gluten free to love. If you're having a holiday get-together, or taking food to a party, these are perfect: simple, comforting, tasty and suitable for all.
For the full recipe, and many more GF goodies, visit the website.
- 210g all purpose gluten free flour
- 3/4 tsp xanthan gum (omit if your flour blend already contains it)
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1/4 tsp kosher salt
- 110g packed light brown sugar
- 85g unsalted butter or coconut oil, at room temperature
- 85g unsulphured molasses
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 egg at room temperature, beaten
- 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- Royal Icing, for decorating (optional)
For full instructions visit Gluten Free on a Shoestring
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Four satellites that are to be lifted in space aboard a Soyuz medium-lift ST-B rocket received final clearance for a Monday launch from the Kourou launch facility in French Guiana. The launch, scheduled for 2:53 p.m. EDT (3:53 p.m. local time), will send four communications satellites into orbit for O3b Networks.
The "go" status for today's launch of Soyuz and its payload was confirmed on Sunday after a launch readiness review gave an all-clear. The mission has been designated Flight VS05 by Arianespace as part of the numbering system it uses for this particular family of rockets; this will be the fifth launch from the space center. Payload lift performance for the Soyuz rocket is roughly 7,063 pounds, with the four satellites weighing in the neighborhood of 6,172 pounds.
The satellites, produced by Thales Alenia Space for O3b Networks, will provide broadband Internet access to remote areas around the world. The satellites will operate from a medium-Earth altitude, delivering telecommunications and Internet service to Asia, Africa, South America and the Middle East. The satellites are expected to offer service at the speed of fiber-optic networking. The goal of O3b is to provide nearly 180 countries with low-cost, high-speed Internet and Mobile connectivity.
Today's mission will have a duration of about 2 hours and 22 minutes. The first two satellites will be released from a dispenser system at about 2 hours after liftoff, followed 20+ minutes later by the remaining two. Soyuz' Fregat upper stage will perform four separate propulsive burns during the mission in order to put the satellites into their respective orbits.
The Soyuz rocket is outfitted with a radar transponder that will allow its location to be monitored and controlled continuously during the flight. The rocket is also modified to launch in the high heat and humidity associated with Kourou this time of year.
The four O3b Networks satellites are the first of 12 satellites scheduled to be launched into space to complete a telecommunications and Internet infrastructure for the developing world. A second set of four satellites are scheduled for another liftoff later this year, with the final four set for launch in 2014.
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Join us Thursday April 11th, for a #medlibs Twitter chat at 6pm Pacific/9 Eastern on the topic of becoming a medical librarian, hosted by Kate Flewelling (@flewkate).
Experienced librarians: What's the best career advice you ever got? What was your path to medical librarianship? What skills do you look for when hiring a new librarian? New and aspiring
medical librarians: Bring your career questions!
Some resources to get the discussion rolling:
Cleveland AD. Miles to go before we sleep: education, technology, and the
changing paradigms in health information. J Med Libr Assoc. 2011 Jan;99(1):61-9.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3016652/ (Dr. Cleveland's inspiring and challenging 2010 Janet Doe lecture on the current and future training needs for health information professionals)
MLA Career Center: http://www.mlanet.org/career/
Why I Won't Hire You http://www.liscareer.com/wilcox_wonthire.htm (not specifically medical but one of my all-time favorite career advice articles)
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text: Do we ask forgiveness because we have sinned or because we are sinners? The word forgiveness means to cease to blame someone or something; to grant pardon for a mistake; to free someone from a penalty; or to free from the obligation of dept. 1 john 1:9 says if we confess our sins he is faithfull and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. This stands to reason that confession must preceed forgiveness. Some view this concept as" relational "in view of the fact that since we have received a new life and a relationship with God, who is a holy God and man who is still not free from the presence of sin,there is a need to continuously ask for forgiveness even for the unconscious sins one may have committed.As christians, though we sin sometimes we are not classified as sinners(for christians struggle with sin) .No true christian is a sinner.However because we have not been set free from the presence of sin yet , There is a need for us to always ask for forgiveness for our sins even the unconscious ones.


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-Georgetown Cupcake will be participating in "Cupcakes for a Cause," a national fundraiser dedicated to raising funds for CancerCARE for Kids. Along with over 700 bakeries across the country, Georgetown Cupcake will be selling a featured cupcake from September 20 to 26, of which all proceeds will be donated to CancerCARE to support children and families across the country dealing with a cancer diagnosis.
CancerCARE for Kids, a nonprofit organization, offers counseling, support groups, and recreational programs to children suffering from cancer and their familes, believing that the needs of children and teens dealing with cancer are drastically different than those of adults, CancerCARE launched "Cupcakes for a Cause" in 2004 with only a few bakeries in New York City participating. Since then, the cause has grown into a national campaign, last year raising nearly $100,000.
"Cupcakes for a Cause" invites bakeries to participate in their annual event as well as any individuals who want to have a bake sale in their area. Their online site provides all the tools a person would need to host a bake sale, from printable fliers to how-to guides for designing a promotional webpage.
"Cupcakes for a Cause" is not the first cupcake Georgetown Cupcake has made for a special cause. They have taken part in many fundraisers throughout the community such as Hope for Henry, Ovarian Cancer National Alliance, and "Georgetown Cupcake Night" at the Nationals Park, which gave a portion of every ticket sold to the Washington Nationals Dream Foundation. They also make a special "pink ribbon" cupcake, of which all proceeds go to Susan G. Komen for the Cure to fight breast cancer.


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FBA Discusses Common Goals with Assm. Daniel J. O'Donnell
Since FBA is about "bringing your government back to you", we were especially interested in
O'Donnell's recent legislation, A10027, which reconnects people to their government by establishes a website for
the purpose of informing the community about hearings and meetings of state agencies, to create a open government,
one to be held accountable.
Q: Maybe there is something Fourth Branch of America can do to help in this endeavor.
Our vision includes such a website, as the medium between the people and their government.
"The idea of the legislation was the technology and the people who have the capacity to do it,
are already existing state employees. The idea is to create a centralized place where they can be. The problem
we have found is that our constituents are often uninformed on very important decisions that are being made
because the mechanism for notifying them is a 150, 200-year-old process. Putting an ad in the back of a paper
that nobody reads is not really gonna reach anyone who is directly affected. We have experienced most directly
with the Dormitory Authority in NYS "public hearings" in a building where you had to call in advance and give
them your name to get in. What kind of public hearing is that? So this will help put it in one place, like the
Assembly, but a place where all the agencies and government outreach stuff is so to find out what's on the
agendas at any of the public hearings. Unless you are about paper reading, you don't get that."
"As the years goes by, more and more people will get the information. So we need to bring government into the current age. And we
need to make sure that our constituents get to know and participate. I do the best I can with my limited staff,
try to stay on top of things, but the truth is, if there was one centralized place, I could have the staff in to
look at it every Monday and ask them to review the agendas and find out what affects the 120,000 people I represent.
So, that's where it [the bill] came from."
"Like much legislation I propose, it comes from personal experience. When I started my job here,
there was a public hearing, and you could barely get into it. Well, what's the use of a public hearing if
nobody ever comes? You could blame the public in apathy, but the truth is, I don't think that's what it was.
It's lack of knowledge. So the idea was, let's frontload the knowledge out there, and then even for the
electives. Now there is no way to do that. It is to make the government more accessible to everybody—the
elected officials, but most importantly, the constituents."
Q: Do you see any possibility with an outside organization working with the government.
"...What mechanism they use I don't really care, as long as it gets brought about. As long as
my constituents are notified properly when the Dormitory Authority is taking action so they have a right to
participate. At the current time they are not because the methods don't work. So we need to fix that."
Q: Do you believe the towns would welcome media like us announcing the town agenda?
"There is a very big difference between towns, localities, and state governments. I used to serve on
the community board which is a subset of the city council in NY. We all have jobs and other lives. It's very difficult
sometimes for them [the volunteers of these agencies] to function where advance notice can be given. Sometimes those
who are organized can say what the agenda is in advance. Sometimes they can't. I used to chair the Housing Committee,
which met on Tuesday and the full board met on Thursday. How could you know what resolutions are coming out of the
committee on Tuesday before you do it?"
"The problem with state government is, it's a huge monstrosity that deals with millions of dollars,
and that has a huge impact on peoples lives. They don't know, and sometimes maybe they don't want to know. Does the
MTA want to know that people know when their public hearing is? Does the Dormitory Authority actually want public
input? I'm not blaming the individual MTA or Dormitory. I'm just saying, as a hypothetical, is that part of what
they think their mission is."
"I think there is a difference between localities and state. Do the people who run the MTA
really want citizenry or do they actually want to decide on their own and not have meaningful citizenry?
I don't know the answer to the question. What I do know is, if you don't mandate that they have information
available online for everyone to see in advance, then they go hold a public hearing, nobody shows up, and
they do what they want. Then somebody asks and they say nobody showed. So, in my opinion, therein lies the problem."
"All state government should centralize in terms of the public hearing process, notice to the communities,
and to the entire state. Then I can sit in NYC on my computer and see there's a public hearing in Buffalo about the
Erie Canal, and enables me to call somebody the next day and ask what happened. It may have an impact on my job,
or my life as a New Yorker. And that is really what the initial goal is of this legislation."
Assemblyman O'Donnell discusses his bill (A.10027) to create a website to inform citizens
regarding public governmental hearings, and also hears about the FBA and The Informed Constituent from
members Ray and Kimberly Feliciano.
(Photo by Kimberly Feliciano)
Q: Can we count on your support towards reconnecting citizens with their government?
"Let me know what I can do. I am more than happy to meet with you whenever you want, when you find
any of my bills that you think are interesting. It would be interesting to talk to Richard Brotsky who has done a
lot of work with the MTA and at dealing with public notice and how much information about the way the authorities run.
He's the Chair of the Corporations Committee. He's a very knowledgeable guy. Talk to him about how the government can
be more responsive to the general constituent, particularly as it relates to authorities who have direct connection
with their government. We'll continue to look at it [The Informed Constituent]. Apparently, Betsy reads it and hangs
up the cartoon she likes, so I imagine she'll continue to do that."
Q: TIC has twice reported on the issue of Gay Marriage. You and your partner, together for 23 years,
are suing the state. What is the status on that?
"They are suing the state on the grounds that the due process protection clauses in the NYS Constitution
require NYS to give out its licenses, but NYS is depriving my partner and I of getting one. That license brings
rights and obligations with it, but we are being deprived of it, so it's a violation of the Constitution."
Q: NY State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer recently suggested the ban could be fought.
"I think we're going to win. There's no rational basis for the state to deprive me of a license.
If they had a law that said gays can't have driver's licenses or hunting licenses, they wouldn't think twice about it.
It's not a religious institution. It's a state license, so there's no basis to deprive them of a state license."
Q: Would 'Civil Unions' basically be like 'Separate is not equal' to you?
"Right. There has to be equality. Deborah Glick has a bill that would eliminate marriage and have
only civil unions, for everybody—gay and straight. Not to mention places like France—They're 20-30 years ahead of
us, where most people in France are not 'married'. They have a civil union. The civil government gives them a
certificate that says they are a couple, not married because they didn't go to church and do that thing. The
reality is that there are many options as long as the options are 'treat me the same as my heterosexual siblings
and constituents'. Anything that is less than what my neighbors or you or other people get is not acceptable.
So currently the only choice, therefore, is marriage."
Q: What about recognition by other states?
"I don't think there's any issue there. That's up to the individual states. Although,
I think with the Full Faith and Credit Clause the Constitution requires them to do it. I think the
Defense of Marriage Act on a federal basis is unconstitutional. But, that's what the courts will
have to decide. That's one of the problems with civil unions. If you were to give civil unions to everybody,
you have no way to know whether or not the other states would give full faith and credit to the civil unions.
It's not a marriage license… I'd say it will take a couple of years to get through the court of appeals."
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"Any support you might have had from me is qorban"'
(meaning, dedicated to God),
you allow him to do nothing more for his father or mother.
You nullify the word of God
in favor of your tradition that you have handed on.
And you do many such things."
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It is a great event and made all that much better by having some international visitors to the event. This year Matt Kuchar has come to play and has been a welcome superstar to the event. I had a chat to him in the locker room before my third round, just briefly asking him if he was enjoying his stay. He said he was but that he would really love to be able to take his sweater off. I said that I couldn't agree more as I come from Qld where it is hot this time of year. Lovely guy.
Once again my warm up felt ok and I was able to hit most shot shapes on the range which is always a confidence builder. My putting too felt good so I was ready to go. The first tee nerves are always there but today I wasn't too bad and flushed it down the middle with my 2 iron. I was determined today to start well and not find myself at 2 over par like I have in every round for the last 10 I think before mounting a comeback.
I started solidly but couldn't find a putt in the first 4 holes for birdie. I thought I hit a good shot into the par 3 5th but on the ever firming greens my ball went long into the back bunker. As I was right at the back of the bunker some of the volunteer helpers for the week were sitting only metres from my ball. There was a couple of older ladies there and as I walked into the bunker I said to them "well haven't you got the best seat in the house for this!" They replied with "yes and we are looking forward to watching how you do this!" I played a gem of a high soft bunker shot and it rolled to some 4 inches from the hole. Upon leaving the bunkers to the cheers from the crowd I cheekily asked the ladies if they saw what I did....they were thrilled with seeing it but more thrilled at having a player chat to them, made their day I think.
So after that par I made birdie at the 6th after hitting it to 2 feet and then played the tough final 3 in even par. The back nine presents a few chances but despite hitting the first 5 greens in reg I couldn't make a putt with my best chance being on the 12th where I missed a 12 foot chance. I hit a great drive down the par 5 15th and only had a 3 iron in which I put on the green. It was a great eagle chance but I missed it and had to settle for par.
Still I was a couple under in windy conditions and I knew the course was firming up and playing a little tougher. The final 3 aren't easy holes in this wind direction so I would have been happy to par in. After a very solid 4 at 16 I made an error in club selection on 17 which left me an incredibly difficult putt down a big slope. Some of the slopes are that big that there is simply no way to stop your ball from gathering speed and racing past the hole. That is what happened here and I missed the return putt for a disappointing bogie 5, my first of the day.
A strong par up the difficult 18th left me feeling satisfied yet slightly disappointed I didn't get more out of a day where I didn't miss one fairway and I hit 17/18 greens in regulation. I can only hope my ball striking repeats tomorrow and I roll a few putts in.
Adam Scott has done wonders for Australian golf since winning the US Masters, but having own last week and now leading here it is just so brilliant for the game in Australia. I kind of hope he gets up today as heading to Royal Sydney in a couple of weeks with him as Masters champ and having a chance at the triple crown here in Australia would make that week a crazy week. The crowds out have been huge and I expect a massive crowd out today and at Sydney too. Great for golf!!


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The International Education Exhibition Mongolia is an unique opportunity to learn everything about studies abroad first hand, choose a programmer and educational institutions for your studies.
Every year more than 2000 visitors visit this exciting event with their friends and families to find their new path and opportunities. The exhibiting institutes are from all over the world and it is becoming wider year by year. You can see the previous exhibitors from here.
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Survey says today 1 in 3 children is overweight or obese and even more have health issues like high blood pressure and diabetes.
This can set a lifelong pattern as people who were overweight as a child have a 70% chance of being overweight adults.
The American Heart Association recommends at least an hour of physical activity every day for children ages 2 and up. So how can you encourage your kids to exercise? Here are a few tips-
Plan Exercise Daily
Be sure your child has time in their day for activity. Work the activity into their daily schedule. If their school is close by, walk to school. Have picnics at the park for afternoon snack, and have them play for a while afterwards. Don't forget the classic, "Go out to the yard now. I will call you in for dinner."
Make sure the activities you plan are age appropriate. A kindergartener is not going to be able to run 5K, and trying to make them will make them not want to exercise and make them uncomfortable with you. Play tag, go swimming, go for walks in a local park together.
Keep track on a chart or calendar, a star or sticker for every day with exercise. After a set amount of stars are charted, do another fun thing - go to a new park, or to a zoo, or have a special picnic lunch.
Exercise Together - Role Model
Show your kids activity is fun by exercising yourself. Even better, join them or have them join you. You can even invest in some nice gym clothes or new yoga pants if that will get you motivated to be more active, which will in turn make you a better example. There are yoga centres, gyms, dojos, and fitness centres that have family-oriented classes and facilities.
If you want to keep things a little more simple, play active games. Go for walks in the woods and talk about life and what you see in nature.
Limit Screen Time
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends limiting screen time, sometimes to just an hour a day, for kids. That includes all screens - TV, computers, phones, video games, and tablets. If the kids are not glued to a screen, they are more likely to go out and play.
Many families find that using screen time as positive reinforcement is helpful in guiding children to make good choices. Examples would be things like: if your homework is done and I've checked it, then you can play Playstation for half an hour; after yoga class, then we will watch TV.
Make it Fun
Make sure your kids have active toys such as swings, balls, jump ropes, and bicycles. Play active games as a family. Don't underestimate the impact, both healthwise and in having a healthy relationship with your kids, of having family games of tag, basketball, soccer, frisbee, or hide and seek. And have variety; kids often won't want the same thing all the time.
Let Them Choose
Avoid power struggles. Let the kids choose what they want to do. Too often a parent will try to force a kid into something they hate, and it makes the child not want to exercise and damages the relationship. Find active things to do that they like. If your child hates softball, maybe they will want to learn swimming, or tai chi. Maybe they just want to jump rope in your own yard.
As long as there is daily activity, they are doing well. If they can't choose, have a jar with activities they can do on slips of paper (freeze tag, jump rope, walk the dog, yoga with Dad, bike with Mom, etc.) and have them choose one or more each day.
Help your kids learn healthy habits now by making daily exercise fun!
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These buttery, egg-rich buns may be called zwieback, or double-baked buns, but the double here refers only to their plump shape — one round on the bottom and a smaller ball on top.
- Portion size 36 servings
Dissolve 1 tsp (5 mL) sugar in water; sprinkle in yeast. Let stand for 10 minutes or until frothy.
Meanwhile, in saucepan, heat milk until bubbles form around edge of pan; add butter, 1/4 cup (50 mL) sugar and salt, stirring until butter melts and sugar dissolves. Let cool until lukewarm.
In large bowl, beat eggs; blend in butter and yeast mixtures. Using electric mixer, gradually beat in about 3 cups (750 mL) of the flour for about 3 minutes or until smooth. Using wooden spoon, gradually stir in enough of the remaining flour to make soft but kneadable dough.
Turn dough out onto lightly floured surface. Knead until smooth and elastic, about 6 minutes, kneading in just enough of the flour to prevent sticking but still keeping dough soft. Place in greased bowl and turn to grease all over. Cover with plastic wrap; let rise for about 1-1/2 hours or until doubled in bulk.
Punch down dough; divide into 2 pieces, one twice as big as the others Cut large portion into 36 pieces. Shape into balls; place balls 2 inches (5 cm) apart on greased baking sheets. Shape smaller amount of dough into 36 balls. Place one on top of each larger ball; press down with finger through centre of both balls to pan. Cover with clean dry tea towel; let rise until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.
Bake in 375°F (190°C) oven for about 20 minutes or until golden brown and buns sound hollow when tapped on bottom. Transfer to racks to cool.


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Silly pregnant brain had me believing hen had teeth after PIP said they were hard to come by… It's a wonder I can even function currently, stupidity is becoming my middle name.
Yesterday I poured my coffee in the bin instead of in the sink. I turned the tap on over the worktop instead of the sink. I tried to drive around Lyon at 2330 to drop a letter off for a friend and realized that the car was no longer showing how many kilometers I could do. Not a good sign as it probably means zero. Who knows how long I'd been driving around on the reserve? Without any petrol I wasn't even sure that I'd make it home and drove very, very slowly. So slowly I would have been stopped by the police for sure. Thankfully I wasn't, needless to mention I hadn't thought to take any ID or driving license with me (or money for petrol)…
Silly pregnant brain also led me to fall UP the stairs yesterday. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, you read correctly. I fell UP the stairs. Thankfully it was only a little tumble and I had a natural reflex to put my hand in front of my bump to protect myself. Other than a few bruises no damage was done. But I'm now going to wrap myself up in cotton wool.
Last night, silly pregnant brain decided to bake a banana cake. It's been months since I tried to bake anything. But I'd forgotten my kitchen scales no longer worked so blindly guessed all the measurements – have you ever tried to figure out what 175 grams of flour look like? It was totally worth it though as the cake was delicious and served with magic candles it was the first birthday cake I ever baked for Mr Piglet and he thoroughly enjoyed it!
The recipe for the cake I baked can be found here.
So far today silly pregnant brain hasn't done anything stupid but is very tired so took a nap at lunch instead of eating lunch. Now I'm trying to struggle my way through the afternoon and banish the thoughts of mince pies and Christmas pudding.
French Health Cover Update:
Just a quick update from my last rant – it's beginning to look as if I won't have to go to the CPAM social security offices after all! I have been saved from the silliness of the French administrative system, or so it would appear. This morning they deposited a tidy sum onto my bank account! I'm currently working out what it corresponds to payment wise but it is there, on my account! Yipee!
Christmas Tree – be aware of special card holder offers:
Sunday, Mr Piglet and I purchased our Christmas tree. We were going to get a real one but I was flabbergasted at the price and we kind of needed a big one for our living room otherwise it would just be swallowed up. Plus we had the pot from the dead palm tree that the cats peed on and killed, so an ideal location to put a tree.
We found one in Jardiland at 129 Euros down from 159 Euros for shop card carriers (which we are), it measures 2.10 metres. Delighted with the bargain I thought we were getting and exhausted from having to battle with the crowds, I handed over my card and paid.
Only later when I was home did I see the figures on the pin machine flash in front of my eyes. The buggers had overcharged me!! I called and had to take a trip back to the store to get reimbursed the 30 Euros they had overcharged me.
There are two lessons to be learned here:
1. Always check at the till that you're paying the right price, especially at Christmas time as battling the crowds is no fun.
2. Artificial Christmas trees always seem smaller in the store. Our one is huge! It didn't seem huge in the shop, but when we got it home and put it up with our decorations we realized that it was a bit too big! We didn't have enough decorations to decorate it, so we've gone for the less is more look…


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I can't begin to describe the conflicting emotions that come along with this whole process. In James 1:27 we read "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is to care for the orphans and widows in their distress." I have to admit there are times I wish I had not ever read this verse but I did and the passion to give these three children a family is so real! I cannot begin to tell you how desperately I want to be in Ukraine this Christmas but at the same time how desperately I want to be at home with Hannah, Annette, and Ivy.
I like to be in control. I like to joke. I like to be disagreeable. Right now and this might not be "spiritual" but I am really scared. I have to trust my in-laws to care for our girls. I have to trust Abel to run my business. I have to trust Dave to watch our house. I have to trust God to get us through this.
In Evan Almighty there is a quote that really hit me about how God doesn't give patience or faith he puts you in situations that require patience and faith. We have chosen to put ourselves in a situation that will require dependence on God. In Exodus 17 the Israelite battle was won when Aaron and Hur held Moses' hands high. These next couple months will not be easy and we need you to please "hold our hands up" in this journey. Please partner with us in prayer.
This song sums up how I am feeling tonight!


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On my way to Poland for a book festival the other week, I was going through security at Heathrow behind a man of advanced years who walked with a crutch. He went through the metal detector leaning on his wife, having left the crutch next to the conveyor belt. The detector beeped, so the man was given his crutch and forced to go back through to remove his shoes, a procedure that obviously caused him some annoyance and discomfort. Now in socks, he was ordered to pass through the metal detector again. But he wasn't allowed to take his crutch with him, and his wife wasn't allowed to go back through the detector. Eventually, the security guard himself reached a hand through the detector to help him and the man, grimacing, limped through, while his crutch passed through the baggage scanner. My fellow travellers and I were all mightily relieved when the implement came out the other end, indicating, reassuringly, that the man was not a maniacal terrorist with a cunning crutch-bomb.
We've all seen such examples of what the writer Bruce Schneier calls the meaningless "security theatre" at airports. One pilot had his butter knife confiscated, just before taking the controls of an enormous metal machine packed with flammable fuel. Liquids were banned in carry-on baggage even though the inciting incident – a "plot" to mix innocuous chemicals in the plane's toilet and thereby produce explosives – almost certainly wouldn't have worked. And yet, as Tracey Brown and Michael Hanlon point out in this book, passengers are not only allowed but encouraged to buy and take on board large duty-free bottles of alcoholic spirits, which could easily be turned into Molotov cocktails.
This book about absurd rules considers such "security" restrictions as well as more general "health and safety" rules. While "security" promises to protect us from external threat, "safety" protects us from accident or ourselves. Actually, the phrase "health and safety" has become so familiar that we don't quite notice that the two concepts are not necessarily mutually reinforcing. What is healthy might be unsafe (going jogging along a river populated by irritable hippos), and what is safe might be unhealthy (staying indoors bingewatching Netflix series 24 hours a day). But that aside, who is against health? And who hates safety? These terms, along with "security", function as a kind of soothing, brain-deadening Unspeak to bamboozle us into supposing that whatever is done under the rubric must be for the best.
And yet safety rules, as these authors argue, sometimes turn out to have more dangerous consequences than those they are trying to forestall. If a parent, for example, is not allowed to leave her seven-year-old son alone at his one-on-one swimming lesson with a qualified swimming instructor, this will tend to discourage the uptake of swimming lessons. And discouraging children from learning to swim is dangerous: more of them will drown. US policemen increasingly use the Taser as a "compliance tool" rather than only a non-fatal replacement for a firearm, which results in more injuries and deaths. And even the equidistant rungs of a child's playground ladder, according to one Danish landscape architect, are dangerous, because the child no longer needs to think as carefully about where the feet should go.
So this book is not, as I initially feared, a compilation of tabloid-style "It's health and safety gone mad!" stories. Indeed, many of them are carefully debunked: it usually turns out that there was no official rule, but a jobsworth supervisor simply made one up (as in a supposed ban on London tube workers wearing woolly hats). Some tales of bonkers bureaucratic overkill, though, do seem to be true: the authors draw an amusing comparison between the laconic one-page safety-assessment form for workers on an oil rig, and the 30-page questionnaire that secondary-school teachers in Kent had to fill out before taking pupils to the beach. In general, whenever officials cite terrorism laws to stop you taking photographs in public, or a call-centre worker cites "data protection" as a reason not to tell you something innocuous, the authors recommend an attitude of polite obstreperousness. "Really? Which rule are you thinking of? And how does it apply here?"
"The core philosophy of the book," the authors say, "is ask for evidence." Not really a philosophy, but a good idea anyway. It turns out that there is no evidence that, say, using your mobile phone at a petrol station is dangerous. Nor has there ever been any evidence that using your mobile phone, or any other electronic equipment, will interfere with the avionics on commercial aircraft. (So that rule is, finally, beginning to be relaxed.) The government-endorsed claim that "cybercrime" costs Britain £27bn a year originates (who would have guessed?) from a company hawking anti-cybercrime measures – the figure is, according to one computer-science professor consulted here, "complete bollocks".
If we were really interested in "evidence-based safety", the authors argue, we would "ban large trucks from city centres" (they kill a lot of cyclists), as well as raising the driving age to 17 (it is lower in many US states) or higher. But some options, they lament, are simply off the table politically. "In America, this is why people can't buy unpasteurised cheese but can buy a gun … In Britain, it is why people fret about dangerous dogs but do little to reduce or calm the traffic around schools and playgrounds."
Occasionally, though, the authors' desire to tell a neat counterintuitive story is vulnerable to the same kind of demand for more evidence. After the Clapham Junction train crash of 1988, they relate, fares increased to pay for improved safety measures. The following year saw a big increase in road journeys. Since cars are far more dangerous than trains, this resulted in more injuries and deaths. So, the authors conclude, "more people died as a result of the new safety measures introduced on Britain's railways than in the crash that catalysed them".
What is wrong with this story? Well, it is true that rail fares increased in January 1989, by 10% on Network SouthEast and by up to 20% on InterCity trains. The question is whether that alone was sufficient to drive so many rail passengers on to the roads. Another potential contributory cause that the authors don't consider is that many people were frightened off the trains by media coverage of a major rail disaster. A combination of the fear factor and price rises is probably to blame. But this is a salutary example of the fact that cause and effect – as the authors themselves are at pains to emphasise elsewhere – is often quite hard to sort out without all the conceivably appropriate facts and statistics. There is safety in numbers, perhaps, but you need all the relevant figures to hand.
• To order In the Interests of Safety for £10.39 with free UK p&p call Guardian book service on 0330 333 6846 or go to guardianbookshop.co.uk.


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This past week we finished our last complete week of school for the 2010-2011 school year. We had planned on doing another full week, but such is life. We've fulfilled our hours and done more than necessary and both Treyton and I were ready to start summer break.
We studied about Moses this week and the 10 plagues. I found a few printables and extras to go along with our studies.
One of my favorites was Henny Penny's 10 Plagues PDF
I let Treyton use a coloring page of Aaron, Moses and Pharoah instead of drawing them himself in his Bible Notebook. I wanted to have Treyton see what the people in Egypt dressed like back then. In addition to the coloring pages I printed off some Ancient Egypt Printable Paper Dolls for us to look at.
Also because I didn't want Treyton to get overwhelmed with Trying to draw the 10 plagues I let him use one of the 10 plague booklets that I found (I can't remember which one I found these from but the link should be below). He colored them and we covered them like little matchbooks. He LOVED this, flipping the numbers up and trying to remember which plagues were which.
In addition to studying about the plagues we also read about:
The Red Sea
Treyton asked to do an experiment out of our plant book this week. We covered one leaf of one of our house plants with aluminum foil and waited to see what would happen. After a week, we took the foil off and the leaf was yellow. Treyton remembered from studying plants the first time that plants need water, sun and air to grow. When you take sun away, the leaf cannot grow properly.
Treyton also asked to do some leaf rubs this week, something that we've done in the past, but that Treyton really enjoyed. My grandmother actually recently gave me a collection of leaves and dried flowers that she had collected, pressed and dried over the years (from 3 different states). I pulled them out and Treyton and I went through them, looking at all the different kinds of leaves comparing what we the same and what was different with our favorite ones.
We finished our compost bucket this week. After collecting our non-dairy and non-meat food scraps for a while, we added a little dirt, grass and leaves on the top and wet it down a little bit. You're supposed to add quite a few worms, I think we found 5 :) As we continue to work in the yard we plan to add more. Treyton is really excited and hopeful that our compost will turn to soil.
We completed step 4 in All About Spelling, we are cruising through them, as this is all review for Treyton – this week we talked about alphabetizing, the difference between vowels and consonants and the fact that every word has at least one vowel. We are both really enjoying AAS and I think it will be a great addition to our schooling.
We finished up our number 1 – 20 studies and went on to review. Treyton flew through these, and by next week he will be on to the next unit for sure. I think math is the only subject I might carry out during our break in an attempt to finish up book 1A (Singapore Math). The few units we have left are easy units for him (shapes & length and measurements) I think it will take him a day or two for each unit.
I am overly pleased with Treyton's progress in reading. This week he read the Bible Stories we worked on in his Bible Reader, on the days that he didn't read his Bible Reader he asked to read The Cat in the Hat (he would read about 4-5 pages per sitting).
He is excited to be reading "real" books, and he loves to sit down with Lexie and read to her. I love it!!
Treyton is constantly taking things that he learns in books, school or his favorite PBS shows (Cat in the Hat and Wild Kratts) and tries to recreate them in his play. This week he built a birds nest (out of sticks, mud and grass) and put it safely in the corner of our house, he has checked every day to see if I bird is living there…. Oh how I wish a bird actually would ;) LOL!
We are in the process of reading the story of Sebastian Bach – the book tells of a time when Bach was young that he snuck out of his bedroom at night to copy the pages of a music book that his older brother would not allow him to play with. After he completed the book he began to play from his own copy of the book, until his brother caught him and took that book away as well.
During quiet time one day Treyton asked me for some writing paper – when I asked him why, he told me that he was going to copy a book, like Bach. He had picked out his favorite book (and I Can Read it Spiderman book) and now he needed some paper. I got him a new copywork book and in the last 3 weeks he's copied 4 pages of the book. :)
While it's a little sad to be forever finished with Treyton's Kindergarten year, it's exciting to see how much Treyton's learned and how much we've both grown over the year. As we learn more about ourselves and each other school seems to flow better and get more fun.
I'm looking forward to next year – I am very pleased with my curriculum selections (from what I have read so far) and I can't wait to see what next year holds.
Heart of Wisdom Ten Plagues Song
Heart of Wisdom Ten Plagues Booklet
Heart of Wisdom Exodus Lesson Plans
Homeschool Share Ancient Egypt Lapbook
Knowledge Box Central 107 Page PDF on Ancient Egypt


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Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: china, francis spufford, ft, gideon rachman, red plenty, ussr
Francis Spufford spoke about his book on the economic contradictions of the Soviet Union, Red Plenty, on the Today Programme this morning.
One aspect that he spoke about with the FT's Gideon Rachman was the parallel with China of today. Many media observers are slightly too keen on extrapolating towards ever greater and more astounding triumphs. This is dangerous, but an inevitable problem given the number of English literature graduates in journalism.
Put simply, in the 1950s the Soviet Union was on a terrific trajectory (cheap Ballet was mentioned in the interview), powered by the heavy lifting of central planning and the memory of victory in the Great Patriotic War. But of course it didn't work out like that. Similarly, China is currently on a terrific trajectory, and the straight lines drawn from the present into some future future show that China will soon dominate the world. But of course it's unlikely to be like that.
It's often said that journalists need to understand numbers a little bit more. That's enormously important, but the understanding of numbers also needs to work alongside an understanding of history, of rises and falls and hubris and nemesis.
I listened to a podcast yesterday that dealt with an example of this: one of the world's great religions, alongside Christianity, Islam and Judaism. Well, it was, at least for century upon century. The religion was Zoroastrianism. It barely exists today – but today is a fairly arbitrary point from which to judge it.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: asia, beer, china, evolution, humanity, taboo questions
The Economist tells us with the help of a splendid map that Asia has become the world's biggest consumer of beer, as continents go.
As with much, the Asians seem to be cheating here – it's easy to be the 'World's Biggest XXX' when you have more than half of the world's population to play with. A quick look at boozing per head figures suggests that Europe still has much to be proud of once the population question is taken into account (bloody hell – the Czechs!).
But on a related note, I wanted to mention a dinner-table subject from my recent honeymoon in Romania. We were in a village where only three properties had access to piped water – the rest all drew their water from wells, either in the street or back yard (and this is very firmly part of the European Union…).
Holding up a delicious pint of frothy beer, one of my fellow diners said that beer was the prefered European method of water-purification: hence beer being the integral liquid element in European diets stretching back centuries and more. The Asians, this chap said, opted for turning dodgy water into tea, boiling water and flavouring with bits of plant. Hence, the argument went, Europeans had evolved a greater tolerance of alcohol over the generations, compared to the namby-pamby tea-drinking Asians. And that explains why our Oriental friends get drunk so quickly.
This all seems sensible and logical to me, especially as I increasingly try to take solace in presumed/hoped for genetic fortitude in combatting the worst effects of the unwise lifestyle choices that I occasionally indulge in. It also fits in, for instance, with the lack of tolerance for drinking milk in many African populations (wasn't it something to do with the size of holes in one's stomach lining?) and other peculiarities.
However, there is one question that burns a hole in my brain when pondering these genetic mutations. Yes, I know that however much humans differ in size and shape and detail on the outside, we're all (barring oddities like the above) the same under the skin. So far so understandable. But when, might I ask, might a particular human population, cut off from the rest of humanity and subject to environmental factors that might force evolutionary adaption, become a separate species? It's a fascinating question, and a logical one for anybody reading about evolution to pose.
My guess is that it isn't posed, simply because of the problems of eugenics and 19th century racialism lurking in the background, what with the attendant legacy of genocide and prejudice. That's a shame, as this seems to be most unmonkeysized – it underlines the human belief that we've somehow beaten nature, and ended up in a state of perfection that sits above and separate from the animals. And that, as if I need to remind you, is not good.


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Nobody really believes in democracy. Everyone is for democracy when they are on the popular winning side. But when you are not winning, looking for a fix is overwhelmingly tempting. After all, you know you are right (whether you are or not.) And it is totally unfair when you lose. Look at the US, supposedly the premier democracy, trying to make the Justice Department an arm of the Republican party. Or look at them trying to bring "democracy" to Iraq and Afghanistan down the barrel of a gun. The means determine the ends. Justifying is irrelevant. Violent and oppressive means lead to violent and oppressive ends. Criminal means lead to criminal ends.
In addition, in the words of Vandana Shiva:
Centralized economic systems also erode the democratic base of politics. In a democracy, the economic agenda is the political agenda. When the former is hijacked by the World Bank, the IMF, or the WTO, democracy is decimated. The only cards left in the hands of politicians eager to garner votes are those of race, religion, and ethnicity … fundamentalism effectively fills the vacuum left by a decaying democracy.
And speaking of centralized economic systems, giant transnational corporations are dwarfing sovereign countries, even large and wealthy sovereign countries. I read the following over at Global Guerrillas:
There's a mountain of evidence that the global system is now so large, fast, and fluid that nation-states have lost control. The market is now in charge, and even the most powerful nation-states are merely participants. Worse, uncontrolled markets are prone to disruptions (price spikes, shortages, starvation, etc.), corruption (hollow states, predatory money, etc.), and melt-downs (economic, environmental, etc.).
He does mention that some, such as Thomas Barnett see it as a frontier. But adds:
In my view, the global system is an open source platform (in engineering speak, a bow-tie control structure). This type of platform grows very quickly due to simple rules of interconnection and is VERY resistant to upgrades after they are established. This simplicity is actually a design feature, not a flaw, since it enables a bewildering level of complexity to develop on the periphery (the two ends of the bow-tie, radiating outwards). Doesn't look like a frontier to me…
Now there may be an element of diagnosing the problem according to his area of specialization here, but what he describes is well worth considering.
here's michael klare, from his latest book
In the emerging international power system [energy-surplus vs energy-deficit], we can expect the struggle over energy to override all other considerations, national leaders to go to extreme lengths to ensure energy sufficiency for their countries, and state authority over both domestic and foreign energy affairs to expand. Oil will cease to be primarily a trade commodity, to be bought and sold on the international market, becoming instead the preeminent strategic resource on the planet, whose acquisition, production, and distribution will increasingly absorb the time, effort, and focus of senior government and military officials.
h/t to b real
One thing I wonder is, will the importance of controlling resources pit corporations and government interests against each other in the US? Up until now they have moved most of the time in lockstep since the founding of the country (see the quotations at the bottom of this page.) Or will the quest for resources tighten the lockstep? Partly this will depend on the voters. In recent years many US voters have been locked into the developed world version of the fundamentalism that characterizes a decaying democracy. Will it be possible for voters to break out of that pattern and realistically consider their economic interests, especially considering the way news is reported in the US? There are plenty of people and institutions that will be working hard to prevent democratic trends. Or will the desire of the government and the military to control resources lead to an end of democracy and to an even more autocratic state? That certainly seems the desire of the present US government.


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The Duchess of Sussex has praised Limerick woman Vicky Phelan for her role in exposing the Cervical Check scandal.
Meghan Markle is on a two-day visit to Ireland with her husband, Britain's Prince Harry.
The couple are heading to Croke Park, Trinity College and the Famine Memorial as they continue their visit today.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex ring the Peace Bell at Áras an Uachtaráin, designed to mark the 10th anniversary of the Belfast Agreement #RoyalVisitIreland pic.twitter.com/n1N1YXJlmD— The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (@KensingtonRoyal) July 11, 2018
Some 300 people attended a summer party in their honour at the British Ambassador's residence in Glencairn, south Dublin last night.
Mary Robinson, Ibrahim Halawa and Brian O'Driscoll were among the guests at the invite-only party.
Cervical cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan was one of the guests of honour at the party.
She said she was amazed when Ms Markle brought up her work exposing the cervical scandal.
"She was lovely; she seemed very nice and she was very interested," she said.
"I couldn't really believe that she knew who I was, to be honest.
"She just said, 'you are doing great work keep doing it' and I said, 'yeah I will don't worry.'"
Ms Phelan said she saw her attendance at the party as a "networking opportunity" more than anything else, but she admits it was a bonus to know her story is having an impact outside of Ireland.
"That was a bit of a plus, that it has gone to the UK," she said.
"I mean I know people know my story elsewhere but still don't think the royals watch anything like this.
"So that was nice.
"But I have met some really good people here and I have also been talking to the politicians obviously. That was my main aim really – to keep the story live really, to keep it going."
She said the couple praised the work of mental health charities in Ireland, with Prince Harry showing an interest in the Shona Project – a charity that provides girls with helpful and practical guidance for dealing with everyday issues and challenges, including bullying.
Ms Phelan, who is terminally ill with cancer, settled her case against a US lab for €2.5m after being wrongly informed that she had the all clear in 2011.
Her case brought the scandal to light, and it has since emerged that over 220 other women were never told that they may have been given false test results.
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Has anyone visited the scam.com store?
Never even knew they had one until mod PeggieSue said:
Really? So I just had to check on the Store link.You had to get in one last dig with the Tee Shirt that is being sold in the Scam.com store. It's not my taste and I would never wear a Tee shirt that said, Stop looking at my t its. But we do have those that would.
I see the "Stop looking at my t its" is one of the milder ones.
And anyone wondered if George really sold the domain name?


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Nation's premier conservation law enters era of compromise
When President Johnson signed the Wilderness Act into law 50 years ago today, the nation's wild places were vanishing at a rapid clip. Designated wilderness -- defined in the law as an area "where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor and does not remain" -- was needed to offset a booming population that threatened to pave, plow or develop every vestige of the frontier. The law was prophetic, its defenders say. But some forecast growing pains for the Wilderness Act as it enters its sixth decade.


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Hallmark newlyweds consideredinvitation, because thanks to the latest visitors learn about the decision of a loving couple to marry and the scheduled date and time of the ceremony. Assortment invitations that offer bridal salons, very rich, but they are banal and monotonous. If you want to surprise your guests and make something original, you can easily make wedding invitations with your own hands.
How to create a wedding invitation: step by step instructions
Before the production of wedding invitations hand-made, it is necessary to perform a number of the following:
- Decide on the style and color scheme of the wedding celebrations, invitations must comply with the general theme wedding. Include fantasy, you should choose a design and pattern invitation.
- Choose the technique of execution of invitation. The most popular techniques are the following: quilling, scrapbooking, invitations in the form of scrolls, posters, sweets, puzzles. Not less popular invitation, created in Photoshop program.
- Buy the necessary materials. As a rule, there are various ribbons lace, decorative cardboard, flowers and other little things. If the invitations are created in Photoshop - there are no material is not necessary, but useful only your imagination.
- Think of the text of the invitation. It can be a standard in the form of poems or a joke - it all depends on your wishes and preferences.
- Directly manufacturing cards.
Lace and bows
Make the original invitation withbows and lace simple and it does not require large material costs. For these cards, you will need: cardboard or pretty design paper, lace, lace, ribbons, beads, sequins, rhinestones.
Create vintage invitation only:
- Take a sheet of thick paper or board design and fold in half;
- Decorate E side lace and bows of ribbons;
- In the middle write the text of the invitation or paste it a template, pre-printed on the printer.
This invitation will look gentle, and ribbons and lace, possible to use those which are found in the bride's dress. Examples of such cards you can see in the photo submitted.
Hearts and ribbons
The original invitation and get ausing heart cut out of paper with a beautiful print, as well as with bright ribbons in the tone of the main colors of the wedding celebration. Make such wedding otkrytochku just need to cut out the heart (or a pair of hearts) of paper and stick to the prepared template for the invitation. Decorate possible using tapes, paper flowers and beads
quilling technique
Quilling - recently joined the fashion appliances,which gained extraordinary popularity. With quilling are unique paintings, and it is often used for decoration of cards, including wedding. What is the essence of quilling? This kind of application. Small, thin strips of paper curl and after, from individual parts to create a composition.
To decorate wedding invitations, oftena composition of the colors, the image of the bride or couple - a man and a woman. Such invitations require delicacy and a lot of time. But the result will please you and impress guests. Before registration, you must consider design, draw the outlines of the composition, cut stripes (or buy blank), wring all bumazhechki and then share them, embodying the idea.
scrapbooking Technique
For this technique required primarilybeautiful paper, a variety of ribbons, buttons, beads, scraps, thread, string, flowers - everything there at your fingertips. Be sure you need: glue, scissors, tape. What good scrapbooking style - it is the fact that there are no clear guidelines and rules - everything is done the way you like.
To create such a masterpiece need a lottime, but the result you will be completely satisfied, and most importantly, get an invitation, which no one has ever done - it is unique. To see an example of creating invitation in scrapbooking style.
A lot of popular weddinginvitations in the form of scrolls. These scrolls can be made "antique" or simply with beautiful paper and fabric elements. Grow old toned paper or in the home simply help you to understand it presented a master class:
Make the scroll itself will have no difficulty. It is necessary to smoked (or simply on a beautiful piece of paper) to print the text of the invitation and roll into a tube tied with ribbon or rope brocade. Maybe decorate the roll suspension in the form of a dove, or just flowers (eg roses). Looks invitation is original and definitely will not leave anyone indifferent.
In the form of posters
To create an invitation in the form of postersIt requires very little time and materials. You will need the text of the invitation, a couple of your photos, inscription, resembling a poster, drawing paper. An example of such an invitation can see in the photo.
In the form of chocolates
In order to please the guests not only approachingthe wedding, but also a delicious chocolate may send a sweet invitation. To do this you need a chocolate bar, your photo and a color printer. Print out a new "cover" for the chocolate, put on top of the old (or instead of), and send guests. Such an invitation certainly not remain without attention.
If you prefer not to use chocolate, andsmall candies. To do this, place the candy in homemade organza pouch, and the invitation text, take a small scroll and place it on the bottom of the bag. This invitation is not only original, but also delicious.
If you want a bit of torment guests and make their brains to think, you can use the invitation as a puzzle. As it looks, you can see in the photo.
To produce such an invitation will not belabor. The printed invitation, cut into several irregular pieces and fold neatly into the envelope (which is also possible to make your own). To help guests task might make a frame, which will be formed, and the elements of the puzzle.
Often the invitation made in the form of airplanes. A sheet with printed text is folded in the form of aircraft, and as such is given to guests. If you have forgotten how to make airplanes, you will remember the instructions below.
Originally looks of invitation in the form offan. Printed on a sheet of paper, fold the invitation fan, decorate with ribbons or flowers, and your masterpiece is ready. Such a simple implementation technique, but the result will exceed all expectations.
The envelope
Typically, invitations are sent toenvelope. Especially envelopes required for the invitation in the form of puzzles, greeting cards, made in the style of quilling and scrapbooking. Make your own envelope is not as difficult as many might think.
If the bride and groom lovers intelligentgames, then the approach of invitation in the form of a crossword puzzle. It will be useful your mind, wit and imagination. But do not be in a crossword making complex issues, it is better that it was in comic form. To help in drawing up a crossword puzzle can special programs for creation of puzzles.
In Photoshop
In the case where someone understands newlywedsPhotoshop may make invitations in the program and then print them. It can be used by your photographs, collages or just pretty pictures or images that you find on the Internet. Print invitations you can in the printing or interior photos. An example of how to create an invitation in Photoshop program, you can view in the present master class:
Texts for invitations
Texts for invitations can be usedvery different from the standard, to invitations in text form or comic. It is also possible to use the original fonts that only add elegance invitation.
The following are exemplary texts, which are used in the invitation:
If you have your own interesting variant design wedding invitations, leave a comment and share with other readers. May you live happily ever after!


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Monday, 14 December 2015
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Alt-J @ Nottingham Arena, 8th December 2015
As I've said many times before, I'm not the biggest fan of Nottingham Arena. Well, actually I suppose the arena itself is fine, and from an abstract point of view it's handy to have a venue like this so close to home… it's just that it's a fairly rubbish place to watch a band. It's a combination of factors really: it's not very nice standing in a massive barn with lots of people who seem only passingly interested in a band who sound crap anyway. I've seen a few bands here over the years, and there's only been one act who have been able to overcome the dodgy sound. As that was Metallica, I like to think that it's because they are simply loud enough to blast their way through such things. Still, if a band I want to see announces they're playing there, then the choice is simple: if I want to see them, then I have just put up with it. Including the £7.50 booking fee. Bloody thieves.
My main order of business was to miss the backing band. I took an instant dlslike to the Horrors when I first read about them. It was a dislike that deepened when I actually heard them and had my suspicions confirmed that they were a bunch of chancers who hung around in the right places and didn't actually have any musical ideas worth listening to because they were much more interested in how cool they thought they looked. The write-ups for their second album actually tried to convince me that they had come up with some ideas and were now musically interesting. I was sufficiently curious to stick around at the John Peel stage at Glastonbury after a band I really liked to hear what they sounded like. They drew a bit of a crowd, but they were unutterably shite. I'm afraid that Faris Badwan strikes me as a pretentious twat of the highest order, and there was no damn way that I was going to stand in a chilly barnyard of a venue and give those talentless idiots another chance whilst drinking a warm pint of Stella. So I had a nice curry instead and a pint of Santa Paws at Brew Dog, and timed my arrival at the arena nearly to perfection when the main act took to the stage about 5 minutes after we turned up.
Alt-J are a funny sort of band, aren't they? They sound strange enough to only have a relatively small following, but following the Mercury Prize in 2012, they seem to have become quite big almost by accident. Are Alt-J an arena band? Well, they've played Madison Square Garden, so it seems that they absolutely are. They haven't sold the arena out tonight, and large swathes of the seating areas are actually covered off, but there are still substantially more people here than you could fit into Rock City (capacity 2,100 but a much, much better place to be watching a band you love). It's a classic arena crowd too: quite mixed with quite a big age-range and nearly as many girls as boys. Many look like they've been there since the doors opened and a good few are clutching programmes. Honestly, who buys the programme at a gig? It's probably unfair of me, but I tend to think of audiences like this at arena gigs as the kind of people who don't go to gigs very often. I don't mean to sound like a snob, and it's not that I go to all that many anymore, but these guys have a real air of "making a night of it". Naturally, I settle on a spot right behind three guys who then spend all night having a conversation, speaking slightly more loudly when the band inconvenience them by playing their most famous song. I don't know why these people come to gigs at all, never mind to ones that cost £30-odd. Why don't you just go to the pub or invite your mates round to yours to listen to the record?
I really like this band. I prefer the first album to the second, but I think they're really interesting and angular and not at all like the meat-and-two-veg rock offered up by people like Kasabian and Stereophonics. But tonight, there's something missing. It's the last night of the tour, and they sound very, very good (even in an arena with people chatting just in front of me)…. But they sound clinical to me. It's maybe a bit harsh to be criticising a band for sounding like their records, but it makes for a sterile live experience if that's all we get. They sound good, but there's very little movement on the stage, and only one member of the band really talks to the audience, and he doesn't do that very often. It's bloodless. In some ways, that suits their music…. When they tried to tell me in an interview I read that "Tessellate" was a really sexy song, it's a bit of a struggle to believe them. I love that song to bits, but sexy it isn't. They also pace their set badly – at least for me – with a definite sag towards the end and even a massive change of pace in the encore. They sound efficient, but I'm looking for something a little more from my live experience. Maybe the venue doesn't suit them: an arena like this needs a band with a real force of personality to punch through the smothering sterility of the environment around them. Alt-J, for all that they are an excellent, interesting band, just don't have that. At least not yet. Not that they should feel too sad about that: one of the worst gigs I've ever seen here was a disinterested Radiohead touring "Hail to the Thief". They're an interesting band too, but they were shocking that night and it nearly put me off going to see them live ever again. Alt-J weren't that bad, and I'd probably see them again (definitely if they're playing Glastonbury and I'm not doing anything else, anyway!) but I came away thinking that I might have been better served staying in Brew Dog for another pint of Santa Paws and then putting the record on when I got home.
Disappointing, even if the band themselves sounded great. They've got some great songs too.
Verdict: 5/10
:- Intro, Every Other Freckle, Something Good, Left Hand Free, Bloodflood, Bloodflood Pt. 2, Dissolve Me, Matilda, (Ripe & Ruin), Tessellate, The Gospel of John Hurt, Lovely Day, Nara, Leaving Nara, Fitzpleasure. Encore: Hunger of the Pine, Warm Foothills, Taro, Breezeblocks
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