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The Spreadsheet Wizards
Dan Bricklin: VisiCalc
Then: The VisiCalc spreadsheet was the original "killer app," by which we used to mean: "This application is the reason you have to buy a computer." I knew a mechanical engineer who snuck his Apple IIe into the office so he could run VisiCalc on business problems, when the waiting list for the Control Data mainframe was months long. VisiCalc, created by Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston sold over half a million copies by 1983; the company that marketed it, Software Arts, imploded due to legal battles.
On innovation: "I went to see my finance professor [with the VisiCalc prototype], who was discouraging. He looked up from his printouts and he said: 'Well, there already are financial forecasting systems and people won't buy micros, for example, to do real estate.' . . . Of course, now Harvard requires you to buy a PC before you can go to their business school."
On the evolution of programming: "People are writing their own programs. Anybody who uses a spreadsheet is writing their own programs; it's just that the language is different now. . . . We're just making the users do more and more of the programming themselves, but they don't know it. Using different style sheets with Microsoft Word is doing programming; using spreadsheets is doing programming."
On the business of software development: "There is an inherent cottage industry component to programming. . . . Any large company could have a million programmers working on some idea to produce a better one, but they don't because it doesn't work that way. The economics aren't there. Sometimes the idea behind a program is one small creative effort. . . . In terms of marketing, you do need a large marketing organization. But there's a variety of ways to do that, just like with [publishing] books. . . . If you look at the biggest sellers in the software industry, in general they were written by very few people."
On the future of computing: "All sorts of products are developing now. People are saying, 'What about networking, why can't we connect this stuff together?' What about the publication systems, like the inexpensive ones available on the Mac? And the really great ones that are available on the bigger machines, like Apollo and Sun? A few years ago, no one thought that in-house publishing was going to be a major use of computers."
On the future of computer hardware: "The personal computer of the future should be more like a notebook. I carry my notebook around and why shouldn't it be a computer? Well, that's different than the PC as we know it. Computer technology is going to be used for all sorts of new areas like that. ...One way to have a computer follow you around is to miniaturize it. Why go to all the trouble to put legs on it if we can miniaturize it to the point that we can carry it on our bodies. We're getting to the point soon where we can get a lot of computing power in a very small space."
Today: Bricklin runs a tiny company called Software Garden whose products include Note Taker for the iPad and a video, A Developer's Introduction to Copyright and Open Source, He also does consulting and speaking.
Bricklin spoke with me about software methodologies, programming career choices, and other issues.
Lammers asked many of the programmers, "What kind of training or type of thought leads to the greatest productivity in the computer field?" but for some reason didn't ask this question of Bricklin. I remedied the oversight.
In many ways, he says, their needs were different. Then, you needed experience in a variety of areas, which may not be as useful today. It certainly is good to have a varied background; as Bricklin explains, "For me it was very helpful to have a background in many different languages," since he could choose the appropriate language for the current application rather than "the one I know." Having a range, he says, keeps you from getting stuck in one system; and when new things come about, you aren't as lost.
But one thing is and was necessary: experience shipping a product. You should know, he says, "what it is to actually complete something and get it out the door. That's a real important thing to learn." Nothing beats the experience of shipping software, to take something from start to finish. You get feedback from users, and find out what you did right and wrong. It's even better, he says, to do this with other people, from whom you can learn "what it means to get all the pieces together of the project complete enough for you to get it out the door."
Bricklin programs much the same way he did in the 1980s. "One thing I've always done, for many years -- I know Bob Frankston did, too -- you have to figure out a path through the whole thing and implement that first," he says. And then you go back to add more. "Getting the path through is like building a scaffold. A lot more is put on [the application] before it's a real product," but you have the critical path in place. "It's always building off something that's working."
What about his premise, in 1986, that software development was inherently a "cottage industry?" That's still true, Bricklin says. "There still are small companies. And there are still small companies with leading companies in several [product] areas." The best chances for this may be the "App Store" marketplace and open source. Bricklin has some successful open source projects, and he is now in the app world. "Some of what I'm doing is like what I was doing 20 years ago," he adds.
Some products are more complex, and as a result, "The big companies do things that can only be built by a big company with many hands," he says. "That's always been the case and it looks like it is going to continue."
But individuals can still do things that are worthwhile and that they can make money on. "If we forget that we're going to lose a lot of creativity," says Bricklin.
Jonathan Sachs, Lotus 1-2-3
Then: In 1981, Jonathan Sachs teamed up with Mitch Kapor to develop and promote Lotus 1-2-3, the software that brought the IBM PC into so many corporate offices.
On programming methodology: "The methodology we used to develop 1-2-3 had a lot to do with the success of the product. For instance, 1-2-3 began with a working program, and it continued to be a working program throughout its development. ...This was the exact opposite of the standard method for developing a big program, where you spend a lot of time and work up a functional spec, do a modular decomposition, give each piece to a bunch of people, and integrate the pieces when they're all done. The problem with that method is you don't get a working program until the very end." This works fine with more than three people; they used a team approach with Lotus Jazz.
On the future of computing: "The rate of innovation is rather slow. There are only a few really new ideas every decade. In fact, people complain about the good old days of paper tape and such things, but some of the old technology was really good. And I'm not sure much progress will be made over time. . . . We're seeing all these new processors, but a lot of the power is lost because everyone wants all the features, and that slows everything down."
Today: Sachs is "mostly retired" these days, though he has a finger in a company called Digital Light & Color, which, since 1992, has made software for photographers. He recently has been "playing around" with Android phone software but doesn't know yet what he'll do with it.
Sachs was kind enough to speak with me about his current and past perspectives on programming.
I showed him the quote above about developing "a working program," which sounds a lot like what we'd call Agile today. Does he still write software the same way?
"It works that way for me," says Sachs. People have their own ways of working, however, and everyone has their own natural style. "I ran into a guy at Lotus, later, who would spend a long time thinking about the program. He would type in the whole program in the final form and debug the whole thing," Sachs explained. "There are some virtues to that. You have anticipated difficulties, you don't get stuck on dead ends." But, he says, development takes a lot longer and there are things you don't realize until you start working on the program.
One thing that has changed from the "frontier days" is that today typically a developer works on only a little tiny piece. "There was a day when you could know everything there was to know about a given computer," he says. In his previous positions pre-Lotus, "I got to write computer languages and databases and scientific software. By the time I got to write a spreadsheet I knew all the pieces."
Reading other people's code is still an important way to learn, because "When programmers read each other's code you can see if someone is really good or not," he says.
Sachs agrees with Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers theory that you have to spend 10,000 hours doing something to get really good at it. "That's really true of programming, and I've been doing it a long time," says Sachs. But this generation's programmers started much earlier, he points out, and whole generations of kids will get their 100,000 hours of experience much sooner, perhaps leading to proficiency in their careers earlier.


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Avivah Yamani – AWB National Coordinator for Indonesia
By Peggy Walker
|Bandung [ban' dun] is the capital of West Java Province and is the 3rd largest city and the 2nd largest metropolitan area. It is located in a river basin and is surrounded by volcanic mountains where the Dutch grew tea on plantations in the early 18th Century. 6* 54' 53.08*S 107* 36' 35.32*E
Those who are well traveled have most likely visited one of the 17,508 islands in the country of Indonesia. But little do these visitors know that there is one place that outshines the rest—Bandung, West Java. It is here that a true gem of Oceania resides: Avivah Yamani. She is a most gracious, cheery, 31-year-old astrophysicist who can often be found setting up her scopes with her team at a local coffee shop or mall.
After receiving her Master's degree from the Institut Teknologi Bandung, Avivah pursued research in planetary systems, particularly in planetary stability and evolution. Now she spends most of her time spreading the word about astronomy through various avenues, such as the Indonesian Astronomy Communication and Education Organization, Langitselatan (www.langitselatan.com); the Indonesian astronomy magazine Majalah Astronomi, for which she is co-editor; 365 Days of Astronomy, for which she is project manager; her blogs; and, finally, her own sidewalk astronomy.
Avivah fell in love with sidewalk astronomy in 2009 when she became the point of contact for the International Year of Astronomy's "100 Hours of Astronomy" program. As a highly educated woman, she had to learn how to use the right terminology for the general public. When she would talk with her fellow astronomy students at the university, it was always from the view point of an astronomer. But she soon found that her vocabulary was not easily understood by the public. It took hard work—including a lot of listening to students and teachers, and reading many press releases—to get a better understanding of the terminology she needed to use when working with elementary students and the public at large.
|Avivah is introducing kindergarteners to astronomy with a classroom presentation and then solar observing.
A natural-born communicator, Avivah loves to share her love of the night sky with other people. The more she would set up her telescope in front of the mall, the more people would come up and talk to her. And the more she got hooked! Soon, as a blogger for IYA 2009, she encountered a "real star of astronomy" named Mike Simmons. When Mike asked her to be the National Coordinator for Indonesia, she was delighted, saying she wanted to "continue to gather with people from everywhere who have a common love of the sky".
|Avivah conducts solar observing with junior high school students
Now, with a team of six to eight people, Avivah is frequently asked to speak in schools or to host a solar observing session. Her team also conducts training for teachers from Bandung and Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. Oftentimes, the public and students may also be in attendance because they too want to have an understanding of the basics of astronomy. Sometimes she collaborates with students to build telescopes and solar filter glasses for observing eclipses.
Avivah continues to impact her community, mainly by making the population more aware of astronomy and the night sky. She does this by partnering with local amateur astronomy clubs and co-hosting a national star party. Currently this same collaboration is being focused on planning an event for the Transit of Venus, since it will be viewed in its entirety in her region! For Global Astronomy Month this April, Avivah is planning Indonesia's participation in the Global Star Party, Sun Day, and 30 Days of StarPeace. She continues to reach beyond her borders and will partner once again with fellow National Coordinator Armando Lee in the Philippines. She loves to do this—but often finds that Armando has the better skies while she gets the clouds!
Avivah often needs to take advantage of solar observing, mainly due to the fact that clouds typically find their way into her country by 3:00 p.m.—thus eliminating the potential for star parties or regularly scheduled night observing. This is particularly a challenge in Indonesia's rainy season, which spans from October to April. However, in June and July she makes up for lost time.
The public often is introduced to astronomy by seeing a meteor shower. One project that has helped spread astronomy interest is the Astronomy Olympics, an international competition for High School students which, however, does require a good understanding of math and physics. Avivah notes that "The schools here offer geography and astronomy in the classrooms, and the high school also covers optics and the properties of light." She adds that "Jakarta and Tenggarong on Borneo Island both have planetariums that help to educate the public as well."
|This year, Avivah and her team hosted a science party with students at an Islamic boarding school
The response from the community has been pretty good, she concludes, since "people are always curious about astronomy and how it relates to daily life." One interesting aspect is that when the Muslims (who make up a large part of the Indonesian population) observe their fasting time, it starts on a crescent moon and lasts the full month—ending on the crescent moon. That has opened the door to interesting conversations about the phases of the moon and the beauty of the crescent moon in particular. Interest in astronomy in Indonesia is growing, and when Avivah sets up her telescope at a local community gathering, you can be sure that wonderful conversations will begin.
Currently, Avivah finds herself trying to address concerns that the media, as much in Indonesia as everywhere else, tend to arouse whenever they cover astronomy events. For example, any time there is a solar flare, many citizens are concerned for their life and how it will impact them here on Earth. In addition, she often finds herself trying to calm the public's irrational fears related to the "2012 Doomsday Prophecies." She and her team members write many articles to address the concerns the public has voiced to her. She has come to realize that many are reacting fearfully because of their religious faith—and she tries to calm such fears in a positive way by showing the scientific perspective without belittling anyone's religion.
|Avivah set up her telescope at a local community gathering and later found many people interested in the discussion that got started and hung around for a little while.
Until such time as her research calls her back to full-time work, you can keep up with Avivah at www.langitselatan.com, the Astronomy Communication and Education website that she built with friends; and at www.majalahastronomi.com, the online site of Majalah Astronomi. Her work with these publications includes translating articles into Indonesian for the Astronomy Communication and Education site, as well as posting articles in an English-language section of Majalah Astronomi from people who want to share their experience in astronomy.
Read about other National Coordinators featured in National Coordinator Spotlight.


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Music Premiere: Mary Bue - 'The Sh*t I Left in Duluth' Is Outstanding
Mary Bue premieres her new single and music video on Blogcritics. It's called "The Shit I Left in Duluth," a song instigated by a dare in a bar. Bue and her friends threw down a gauntlet for themselves: Write a song containing the lyrics "the shit I left in Duluth." In Bue's case, the song became a self-fulfilling prophecy, as she and her husband divorced after the song was produced.
Originally from Princeton, Minnesota, Bue now resides in Minneapolis. While growing up, Bue sang in choir at church and began writing and performing her own songs when she was 17. She released her first record in 2000. Her sound amalgamates '90s grunge, grim, indie, electronic, and pop elements. On her next album, called The Majesty of Beasts, a collaboration with The Suburbs, her sound will alter course, housing a robust piano pop aspect.
"The Shit I Left in Duluth" opens with grunge-flavored guitars on this buff alt-rock tune that is propelled by a driving beat and oodles of harmonic energy. There's a definite pop brio infusing the music. The rhythm section, bass, and drums form the backbone of the tune, which is complemented by fuzzy guitar accents. On the chorus, the guitars ramp up, giving the tune a wall of sound feel that is down and dirty but surges with lively enthusiasm.
Bue's voice carries the same sonic get-up-and-go as Belinda Carlisle, a luminous gusto full of galvanizing timbres meshed with the textured sonority of Linda Ronstadt when she was with the Stone Poneys.
The lyrics to "The Shit I Left in Duluth" synthesize simplicity, honesty, and rueful conviction.
"Left a broken dishwasher / Left a toaster oven too / I left bins full of clothes / And shelves full of books / And bits of my heart are left there too / Of all the shit I left in Duluth / The bins full of clothes and the boxes full of books / Of all the shit I left in Duluth / The thing I'll miss the most is you."
The video, directed by Jon Hain, delivers touches of melancholy, loneliness, and nostalgia, as Bue performs against a backdrop of clouds set in a vast blue sky, infusing the images with remote nuances of uneasiness as well as a glimmer of optimism.
Full of grunge-pop energy, "The Shit I Left in Duluth" is outstanding, pulsing with vivacious colors, an infectious rhythm, and Mary Bue's satisfying voice.
Follow Mary Bue on marybue.com, Facebook, and Twitter.
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The Noel Tovey Scholarship Fund was established by Noel Tovey and the Flying Fruit Fly Foundation in 2004 to address the financial barrier that some families face in sending their child to the Flying Fruit Fly Circus.
Up to four scholarships are awarded through a competitive application process each year. The Scholarship covers up to one year's training fees at the Circus.
In the last twelve years over 25 students have received a Noel Tovey Scholarship, allowing them to learn and train with one of the world's leading youth arts companies.
Training fees to Fruit Fly are set at approximately 25% of the total training cost, or $4,000 in 2017. The Flying Fruit Fly Circus is committed to raising funds to strenghten the Noel Tovey Scholarship Fund and honour Noel Tovey's dedication to young people and the arts.
We aim to raise $16,000 a year in order to be able to offer four full scholarships annually. Please help us to reach our target by donating to the fund today.
Noel Tovey AM is an Australian dancer, actor, mentor, director and choreographer.
He played the lead role in Skipping on Stars based on the life of indigenous tightwire walker Con Colleano, performed to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Flying Fruit Fly Circus.
He was so moved by the experience that he set up a scholarship fund in his name to support young circus performers who could benefit from a circus education with the Fruities.
Find out more about Noel Tovey by watching the video below.


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The Spireites' first team squad numbers have now been confirmed for the 2017/18 campaign.
Of our new signings, Chris O'Grady will wear the number 10 shirt, while midfielders Louis Reed and Jak McCourt will take the number 25 and 26 shirts respectively.
From those players who were here last season several have changed numbers including Reece Mitchell, who will take the number seven shirt, Kristian Dennis will wear number nine, while Laurence Maguire takes the number 20 shirt after previously wearing 27.
Tommy Lee, Paul McGinn, Sam Hird and captain Ian Evatt are among several players who keep their existing shirt numbers.
The full list of the 2017/18 squad numbers is as follows: -
1. Tommy Lee (gk)
2. Paul McGinn
3. Jerome Binnom-Williams
4. Sam Hird
5. Scott Wiseman
6. Ian Evatt
7. Reece Mitchell
8. Jordan Sinnott
9. Kristian Dennis
10. Chris O'Grady
11. Gozie Ugwu
12. Joe Anyon (gk)
15. Joe Rowley
16. Charlie Wakefield
17. Connor Dimaio
18. Delial Brewster
19. Dion Donohue
20. Laurence Maguire
21. Jack Brownell
22. Jay Smith
25. Louis Reed
26. Jak McCourt
27. Bradley Barry
29. Ricky German
30. Dylan Parkin (gk)


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Lizer Landscape & Nursery is fully dedicated to providing the highest level of landscape services to community members like you.
Our mission is to leave you with a seamless, worry-free, and turnkey landscape project that will make your project the envy of the neighborhood.
Lizer Landscaping is your premier landscape design-build company in the greater Green Bay area. Our specialty is providing a turn-key product, from schematic design to the final sweep of debris from your sidewalk. We are with you every step of the way. We invite you to take a tour of our portfolio and see examples of our comprehensive approach to landscape design and installation. Whether you are looking for a new swimming pool, an outdoor firepit or fireplace, a new backyard patio for grilling this summer, or a new front walk to up your curb appeal, our design process can bring your landscape ideas to reality.
We pride ourselves on creating custom landscapes that complement your home, whether historic, traditional, contemporary, or modern. And then after installation we can provide the landscape maintenance to keep your new landscape looking tip-top as it grows and evolves. Drop us a call or email when you are ready to start your new landscape adventure.
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They've even made the epic cake above to commemorate their celebrations, and have asked bloggers to make cakes too, with the theme 'I love the coast'. My British Seaside Cake is all about my childhood memories of going to the seaside, playing in the sand and eating ice cream.
My cake was three layers high and I baked each layer separately. I started by greasing and lining my tins.
Then I creamed together butter and caster sugar.
I added in eggs, bit by bit, and vanilla extract, and whisked well.
Finally I folded in self raising flour and baking powder and divided the mixture between the three tins. I measured the mixture to make sure it was divided evenly. I have a lot of problems with my cakes getting domed tops and I read some tips about making a hole in the middle of the mixture to stop this, so I thought I'd give it a try.
The second part of the anti-dome tip was to place a circle of greaseproof paper over the top with a hole in the middle. I baked the cakes on 160C/325F/Gas Mark 3 for 30 minutes.
Well the tips worked! My cakes came out perfectly flat on top. I am going to definitely use these tips next time. I left the cakes to cool.
For the 'ice creams' on top of the cake I purchased some cup cones, the ones with flat bottoms.
I wrapped them in foil and placed them into a muffin tin.
Then I made a cake batter using the same method as the bigger cake.
They baked for 25 minute. I removed the foil and left them to cool.
For the icing I mixed together icing sugar with butter and vanilla extract. I piped it onto the cones just like a Mr Whippy, and then pushed in a chocolate flake.
I made the blue sea icing by mixing together icing sugar, butter, blue food colouring and vanilla extract.
For the sand I crushed up digestive biscuits.
I layered up the cake using strawberry jam to sandwich them together.
Then I iced the cake all over with the blue buttercream, I put 2 cocktail sticks into the bottom of each ice cream cake and stuck them into the cake. This gave them stability as the flake made their weight uneven. I then piled the biscuit sand all around the cones and all over the top of the cake.
The final flourishes were shell chocolates around the edge of the British Seaside Cake and some strawberry sauce on the ice creams. I was so pleased with the final result! It was like the seaside had come to my house.
It was delicious inside too, I think the simple flavours of vanilla and strawberry jam were just right for the indulgence of the decoration. My boyfriend loved the ice cream cone cupcakes in particular, and I thought they were really tasty too.
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British Seaside Cake
Vanilla sponge with jam filling, blue buttercream, digestive biscuit crumbs, chocolate shells and ice cream cupcakes on top
For the cake
- 350 g Caster sugar
- 350 g Butter or baking spread
- 6 Eggs large
- 3 tsp Vanilla extract
- 350 g Self raising flour
- 2 tsp Baking Powder
For the ice cream cone cupcakes
- 3 Flat bottomed ice cream cones
- 55 g Butter or baking spread
- 55 g Caster sugar
- 1 Egg
- 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
- 55 g Self raising flour
For the ice cream cone buttercream
- 160 g Icing sugar
- 80 g Butter or baking spread
- 1/4 tsp Vanilla extract
For filling the cake
- 1 jar of Strawberry jam
For the blue buttercream
- 400 g Icing sugar
- 200 g Butter or baking spread
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- Blue food colouring
For decorating the ice cream cone cupcakes
- 3 Chocolate flakes
- Strawberry sauce
For decorating the cake
- 5 Digestive biscuits crushed
- Shell chocolates
Pre-heat your oven to 180C/160C Fan/350F/Gas Mark 4 and grease and line three 9" sandwich tins
For the cake, cream together the butter and caster sugar until smooth
Add in the eggs, 2 at a time, and the vanilla extract, and whisk well
Fold in the self raising flour and baking powder. Divide the mixture between the three tins
Bake the cakes for 30 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean. Remove from the tins and put on cooling racks to cool fully
For the ice cream cupcakes wrap the cones in foil and place them into a muffin tin
Cream together the butter and caster sugar until smooth.
Add the egg and the vanilla extract, and whisk well
Fold in the self raising flour
Divide between the cones and bake for 20-25 minutes until risen and golden. Remove the foil and leave them to cool fully
For the ice cream cupcake buttercream, mix together the icing sugar, butter and vanilla extract until smooth. Pipe it onto the cones, and then push in a chocolate flake
Stack up the large cake using the strawberry jam to sandwich each layer together
For the blue buttercream mix together the icing sugar, butter, blue food colouring and vanilla extract until smooth and the desired shade. Cover the cake with it
Put 2 cocktail sticks into the bottom of each ice cream cake and stick them into the large cake in the middle
Pile the crushed digestive biscuits all around the cones and all over the top of the cake
Add the shell chocolates around the edge of the cake and strawberry sauce on the ice cream cakes
Store leftovers in an airtight container in a cool place and eat within 3 days


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Welcome to the 2019-2020 school year!
Degrees and Certifications:
Mrs. Lee
I am entering my 17th year teaching and coaching at Absegami High School. In 2019/2020 I will be teaching 2 Junior Health/PE classes, 1 Freshman Health/PA class, 1 Senior PE class, Movement for a Healthy Lifestyle and several Adventure Network classes for freshmen. The AN program included team building and a low ropes challenge course. I am also the head coach for the girls soccer team. I earned a M.Ed. at Auburn University. I earned a B.S. in Kinesiology and Exercise Science from the University of Mississippi. I played soccer at the University of Mississippi.
I post all assignments on my Google Classrooms which I have set up for each class. Makeup work/assignments missed can usually be found on Google Classroom. Parents and students can access their indivual GC by using the access code associated with that class which can be found on the specific class page.
The best way to reach me is by email.
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These are basically streaked colors and differ mainly in the thickness of the streak. C and S colors have medium thin streaks of color. P colors have thicker more prominent streaks of color similar to the keys on a piano. These colors provide highlights without altering the overall color of the hair.
Solid color strands of hair are placed throughout by varying color and thickness, but in the same lengths, providing a refreshingly natural look.
These are mixed color blends with solid color on the ends. The mixed color would be the same as a full mix that gradually fades into a solid highlight color at the ends. The overall color of a tipped colored hairpiece is considerably lighter than frosted colors. Expects lots of the highlight color with this blend.
This is a definite contrast color with the prominent solid base color at the roots gradually fading into the solid highlight color to the ends. This blend give the appearance of a hair color that has grown out.
Three shades of colors from front to back gives even more depth and volume providing you with personalized look.
* NOT ALL STYLES AND PRODUCTS ARE AVAILABLE IN ALL COLORS. The product options boxes show colors for the item. The colors displayed will vary depending on your computer monitor type and settings. Online color charts and color descriptions are meant to be used as a reference only. The color chart is not a color guarantee.


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Like every year, the BCFN YES! (Young Earth Solutions) 2018 Research Grant Competition invites young researchers from all over the world to submit projects aimed at promoting agricultural and food sustainability.
BCFN YES! expresses the key values of the BCFN Foundation: the commitment to engage young people, the drive towards innovation and the desire to find new paths of sustainability, with an international and a multidisciplinary spirit.
Who can participate in BCFN YES!
As in previous editions, the competition is open to young PhD students and postdoctoral researchers under the age of 35. Awards. BCFN YES! will award the excellence in research with three grants of up to EUR 20,000 for the period of one year, to support the activities of the winning projects.
Candidates must submit their applications by June 14, 2018, 11:59 CEST.
How to apply
Candidates can register for the competition, individually or as a team, on the BCFN Foundation website.
To apply, candidates must submit a research proposal aimed at improving the sustainability of the food system. Projects for the 2018 competition must address one or more of the following research areas:
1. Sustainable and healthy diets.
2. Sustainable agriculture.
3. Food security.
Learn all the details about the application procedure and research areas.
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As a historian, Mary Jo Festle understands the power of oral history. As the sister of a lung transplant patient, she also understands the difficulties of this complicated procedure.
Armed with this knowledge, Festle worked with her students to conduct close to 60 interviews with lung transplant patients. Those stories served as the foundation for her latest book, Second Wind: Oral Histories of Lung Transplant Survivors, which was published in the spring.
"It's a dramatic and difficult story; they've gone through an awful lot, and it's nice for someone to care about their story," Festle says. "I think we all deserve to have our story heard, validated, listened to and understood."
When it comes to medical history books, Festle says historians tend to focus on either the patients' experiences or the medical aspect – the research, innovations and surgeons. She decided to combine both in her book.
"I wanted to connect the people who have had those transplants, not just telling the story of the first lung transplant but also, who was the patient? How did they decide when to do it?" she says. To tell that story, she looked at medical archives and journals, government and organizational documents, as well as news accounts. "I also very much wanted to get first-person accounts from people who waited for transplants or had transplants."
Festle says there are some very specific aspects unique to organ transplantation. There is the wait to find a match, the uncertainty of whether the procedure will be successful and the complications associated with the recovery. Patients also have to process that their chance of survival depends on someone else's tragedy, because almost all lung transplants use lungs from people who've died.
She says survivors seemed to be happy to share their stories as repayment for the gift of life they received from someone they didn't know.
"So many people who have organ transplants never know the people whose organs saved their lives," Festle says. "A perfect stranger did a generous act and changed their lives. It's hard to repay that."
Festle hopes the book helps practitioners, patients and families in the organ transplant community, as well as anyone who may be going through a difficult time in life.
"We are all going to get older, and we are all going to experience some medical issues in our lives. It's very likely that we are going to have relatives who get sick or have disabilities," she says. "Listening to how other people cope, whether that is through community, faith, denial, information gathering, or figuring out what you can control and what you can't control, that's useful."
Professionally, Festle says the book allowed her to partner with her students in the research process. It also allowed students to apply what they had learned in the classroom.
"It gave them a personal connection to someone, it alerted them to a need that they knew nothing about," Festle says, adding that a lot of her students became strong advocates for organ donation as a result of the experience.
Since joining Elon's faculty in 1993, Festle has published a book on women in athletics and several articles. She studied social change as an interdisciplinary independent major at Knox College and earned master's and doctoral degrees in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She received the 2011 Elon University Daniels-Danieley Award for Excellence in Teaching and the university's first Senior Faculty Research Fellowship. Festle serves as the associate director of Elon's Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning.
Education Professor Deborah Long works to increase opportunities for student success
Associate Professor of Law Eric Fink applies social science perspectives to legal issues
Associate Professor of Information Systems Alex Yap explores computer trading in a global economy
Professor of Physical Therapy Education Charity Johansson seeks to change our outlook on aging
Assistant Professor of Spanish Mina Garcia Soormally makes connections through history
History Professor Mary Jo Festle empowers lung transplant patients through oral history
Law Professor Henry Gabriel develops a legal framework to fight world hunger
Assistant Professor of Communications Naeemah Clark looks at diversity in U.S. media
Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology Tom Mould looks at the interpretation of experiences through stories
Assistant Professor of Art Juan Obando encourages students to make art without borders
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Managing 185 guest rooms, a waterpark, ballroom space and a full-service restaurant is no easy task. From unruly sprinklers to switching out light bulbs and regular maintenance repairs, there's a lot to do and track.
But no matter where a maintenance issue might arise, Roger Kram, chief engineer of the Ramada Plaza & Suites, a Presidential Award-winning hotel in Fargo, N.D., knows exactly what to do.
Here are a few tips Kram suggests adding to your hotel's maintenance checklist to keep everything running smoothly.
1. Train the Front Desk
Sometimes tiny mistakes have major consequences. For example, Kram once had a hotel guest who placed a hanger on the bathroom's fire sprinkler head, which punctured the glass bubble that held the sprinkler in place. The fire alarm went off as water gushed throughout the bathroom, bedroom and even into the hallway. "The guest left as the room was flooding and didn't tell anyone," Kram says.
The guest returned hours later. But by the time the hotel staff became aware of the problem Kram says 200 gallons of water had leaked into six rooms and the hallway. A team from the sprinkler's service company was called in to repair the broken sprinkler head while Kram, his staff and the local fire department cleaned up water.
The next two to three weeks were dedicated to repairs. Kram and his staff peeled back the room and hallway carpet. They then replaced the three-eights inch vinyl carpet pad underneath with new medium-duty carpet padding that Kram keeps on hand at all times. They then tacked the carpeting back over the new pad.
To prevent the incident from happening again, Kram trained the hotel's front desk staff and managers on where to find the water valves and how to shut them off if necessary. It's not that complicated to learn, it's just knowing where the valves are located and practicing how to do it, Kram says
2. Have Housekeeping Check the TVs Daily
When a TV screen is cracked, it forms a spider web formation on the screen that is difficult to see unless the TV is switched on, Kram says. To stay aware of these issues, Kram trained the housekeeping staff to turn on all the TVs in each room while cleaning to ensure they're working properly or replace them if necessary.
Checking the TVs during each guest's stay also helps determine if a guest has damaged the TV, he says. Even though this has only happened three times in the past two years, failing to do so can result in a new guest getting stuck with a broken TV long after the person who damaged it checked out of the hotel, he says.
3. Check Appliances Every 10 Weeks
The maintenance staff at the hotel used to be bombarded with approximately 20 calls each night from guests complaining about broken appliances in their rooms.
To improve the guests' experience and reduce the number of complaints, Kram started a maintenance program that divides the hotel into 10 sections each consisting of 18 to 20 rooms. Each week, a member of the maintenance staff examines all of the equipment — including faucets, outlets, drains, hairdryers and smoke alarms — in every room of a different section. By the end of the year, each room has been checked five times. These regular evaluations typically take six to eight hours, per block of 18-20 rooms. "They're finding problems in the rooms before the guest does, which leads to happier guests," says Kram, and less phone calls.
4. Save Money, Use Energy-Efficient Light Bulbs
After the hotel was renovated in 2010, the staff switched 1,500 light bulbs from using 100 watt incandescent light bulbs to 23 watt compact fluorescent bulbs in all of the lamps. More than two years later, the bulk of the bulbs — all but 50 — are still burning. By using compact fluorescent light bulbs, Kram estimates he saves the hotel $450 a month in energy costs.
5. Don't Skimp on Quality
The hotel previously used pewter drains in the bathtubs, but Kram found that the material was too thin and would bend and deteriorate within 12 months of installation. The staff decided to move to a heavy brass drain that costs twice as much as the pewter drains, but has a durability that pays off. "We ended up with a unit that will be there until the finish comes off because it's just that tough," Kram says. Since they don't have to replace the drains as often, Kram says its saves his staff about 125 maintenance and repair hours per year.
Using quality materials and anticipating maintenance repairs and issues before they happen are just a few ways to keep your hotel in great shape. And with thorough staff training and a lot of teamwork, you can easily resolve any surprises along the way.
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Johnson Enterprises
Johnson Enterprises
Company Background
Johnson Enterprises is the home of one of the premier duos in all of racing: 36-time National Event winner Kurt Johnson and the man simply known as "The Professor", Pro Stock legend Warren Johnson. Based in Sugar Hill, Georgia, the shop is exposed to all the rigors of a full-time NHRA circuit with two full time, highly successful touring teams.
Project Background
Johnson Enterprises was looking for an epoxy floor coating for their race shop that could withstand exposure to hot tires, racing fuel, and tools. They also wanted to use a self-leveling epoxy to create a more level surface and to help fill in minor imperfections.
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The one of the main challenges that Johnson enterprises faced was the removal of their old, failing coating. They also wanted to find a coating that would allow for quick and easy installation and a fast turnaround to minimize downtime at the shop.
Ultimately, UClad was used in certain low areas of the shop in effort to create a more uniform finish. UCoat Medium Gray with UGloss-AF was used as a topcoat. The UGloss-AF is intended for use in automotive and industrial areas, making this the perfect solution to their problem. The finish floors are now chemical, water, and abrasion resistant, highly durable, and beautiful to look at.
JOHNSON ENTERPRISES is a registered trademark of Johnson Enterprises LLC. KURT RACING and the KURT RACING LOGO are registered trademarks of Kurt Racing Inc. For additional information, visit: www.nhra.com/drivers/pro-stock/Kurt-Johnson


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My therapy practice is insight-oriented and relationally focused. I help clients build healthy relationships, empower dating or married couples to embrace intimacy, and work with individuals to break destructive patterns and behaviors.
Couples and Relationship Therapy
In my practice, I see couples of all ages and relationship stages. From pre-marital counseling, to newlyweds seeking an affair-proof start, to couples recovering from an emotional or physical affair, long-term partners seeking to rekindle intimacy, to individuals who want to have a positive dating experience, I apply an insight-oriented approach that has been proven by research to have more effective, lasting, long-term positive outcomes than simply learning communication skills or cognitive-behavioral therapy. Insight-oriented therapy is more difficult for both the clients and the therapist, but I use it because it is backed by research and because I have seen its effectiveness.
Individual Counseling
I offer short-term, solution-focused therapy for career counseling or career change, as well as consultation and advice for short term issues, such as coping with loss. For those wanting to make structural personality changes, create deeper connections in their relationships, and break destructive, painful relational or dating patterns, I also offer long-term deeper, more insight-oriented and relational work. Using a bio-psycho-social framework, I can also support your journey into becoming a more physically fit and healthy person so that you love the space you occupy mentally, physically and spiritually.
Therapy services and formats offered include:
- Pre-marital counseling
- Marriage counseling
- Couples therapy
- Individual therapy
Common issues or topics that I can help you work to resolve include:
- Dating and relationships
- Marital problems
- Affairs and infidelity
- Emotional affairs
- Divorce and breakups
- Intimacy issues
- Barriers to healthy communication
- Emotional Abuse
- Workplace issues and frustrations
- Coping with grief and loss
- Family of origin issues, unhealthy patterns learned from the house where you grew up
- Childhood abuse
- Healing trauma
- Abandonment issues
- Shame and feelings of inadequacy
- Anger issues
- Personality Disorders, Borderline Personality (BPD), Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- Codependent and counterdependent tendencies
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Panic Disorder
What to expect
Each therapy session is 50 minutes, including the time it takes to schedule your follow up appointment.
We'll be walking through these steps together to help you gain self-awareness, better understand who you are, and gather insight that is key to making real, lasting, impactful change in your life.
- Intake appointments: Your first two to three appointments will allow me to get to know you and your family background. I'll complete a genogram, a chart similar to a family tree, in order to help you identify repetitive developmental behaviors which often show up as destructive, frustrating roadblocks in adult relationships. Once your intake is complete, I will give you my straightforward impression of the developmental issues which have shaped your personality and created your self-concept or how you view yourself, and affected your choices in relationship partners. From there, I can help you make positive, healthy, long-lasting changes with a real understanding of these core issues. This process may be in the form of individual sessions or between partners in couples therapy.
- Measures and Check Ins: I use psychological measures, on an ongoing basis, for anxiety, depression and PTSD. These typically take 2-3 minutes for you to complete. This provides a baseline to measure your progress so that YOU will know if you are improving. I can't guarantee that you will improve. However, using these measures will help us to address issues as they arise, rather than relying on intuition, which is ineffective. I will continually check in with you so that we can address any concerns you may have as they come up. During my doctorate program, I was fortunate to be trained to use "My Outcomes," a psychological measuring and client tracking system created by Scott Miller, PhD and Barry Duncan, PhD. I measure outcomes in my practice because of the effectiveness of this approach with my clients. I want you to know if you are improving or not. This process also allows me to continue to improve as a therapist, which is enormously important to me.To learn more about research-based outcomes and measures, visit: http://www.psychotherapy.net/article/therapy-effectiveness


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Though this is a blog about rhetoric and the New Testament, I will periodically post about rhetoric in contemporary times.
I live in Waco, Tx, a fairly conservative city in the midst of a very conservative state, and on I 35 between Dallas and Waco, there is an interesting billboard. I was not able to get a picture of the billboard, but found pictures of the same message on a google image search.
This billboard demonstrates the power of the rhetorical question. These two questions are not supposed to be answered. They make a point. They reinforce what the audience is already predisposed to believe, and they do so in a striking and forceful fashion. The rhetorical question elicits a response from the audience. It makes the audience own the answer. Placing this statement in question form is more powerful than just leaving it as a statement. The two questions are better and more forceful in question form than if the billboard were to say, "Obama's hope and change sucks!" or "I really miss George Bush!" Inviting audience participation makes the comment resonate on a personal level.
This billboard, standing in the midst of an already conservative state, conveys its simple message using the rhetorical figure: rhetorical question. One thing about this figure is that it works. Perhaps that is why, of all of the figures of speech used by the Lukan Jesus, the rhetorical question is his favorite.


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They were not the most stunning results ever, but according to a recent TripAdvisor survey, Las Vegas is the number one destination for singles and number two spot for couples domestically. You can do almost anything, you never literally can find something to do 24/7, the options are limitless and that is without mentioning all of the world-class restaurants and cocktails that are at your behest.
From guys and gals who just want to have fun to couples looking for some private moments, here's why Las Vegas is everyone's favorite destination:
For the girls:
What girl does not want to be pampered? This is simply a must in Las Vegas and you will find the ultimate pampering at a Spa Suite at The Spa & ARIA. Girls can catch up with each other while sipping champagne to go along with VIP access to customized services and select therapists and aestheticians while relaxing in the suite's lounge area and hot tub between treatments.
Pool season has just begun and there is not better place to soak up the sun than DAYLIGHT Beach Club at Mandalay Bay. With inspiration drawn straight from the sands of Ibiza, DAYLIGHT did not take long after just opening last year to become the outdoor party to be seen at in Vegas. DAYLIGHT combines high-energy entertainment, world-renowned DJs and plenty of cocktails and cabanas if you and your girls want a break from the crowds..
For that ladies night out you have been talking about all year, Hakkasan at MGM Grand can start and end your night all in glorious fashion. You can begin the evening by enjoying delicious dishes by Michelin-starred Chef Ho Chee Boon and then continue the night at the venue's nightclub located on the top two levels where you can dance the night away to beats by renowned DJs such as Calvin Harris.
Thunder From Down Under at Excalibur is one of those venues that simply makes a girls night out complete with buff Australian hunks that will fill your evening with humor, music and dancing.
Of course shopping is the top of the list of things to do in Las Vegas and there is no shortage of high-end shops when you visit Via Bellagio and The Shops at Crystals. Via Bellagio caters to those who are looking for the best in fashion with a collection of upscale boutiques and shops such as Prada, Gucci and Tiffany & Co. Crystals is home to Dolce & Gabbana, Jimmy Choo and Louis Vuitton just to get things started and you can grab a bite to eat at Wolfgang Puck Pizzeria & Cucina.
For the guys:
There is nothing quite like a traditional hot lather shave to make you not only feel like a man, but to also make you feel pampered at the same time and no place does that quite like the new Whiskey Bar at The Barber Shop in The Salon at The Mirage. Before you take the chair for you classic shave you grab a drink from the Whiskey Bar, choosing from four different whiskeys or you can have an ice cold Pacifico that is straight from the tap. You certainly are not going to find that in many barber shops. Then sit back and get comfortable, watch one of the flat screen TVs and enjoy your shave.
The Hit Lounge at Monte Carlo is where you will you find a top shelf like no other bar in Las Vegas and a cocktail menu prepared by mixologist extraordinaire and Monte Carlo beverage director Michael MacDonnell that will wow the senses. Michael not only makes cocktails that are amazingly tasty, but he has a wealth of knowledge when it comes to the history of spirits and the drinks that are formulated from them. You can taste cocktails that were created during prohibition or try the Monte Carlo Single Barrel Bourbon that Michael had a hand in choosing or how about tasting a tequila that will make you shun Patron. The Hit Lounge also offers an amazing tasting and mixology class that is one-of-a-kind. You will love the classic Las Vegas feel of the Hit Lounge and if only for one classic cocktail, this is a great spot to kick your evening off.
If you are making a guys weekend out of your next visit, the ultimate place to call home for you visit is the 2,500-square-foot Executive Parlor Suite at Bellagio. You will be spoiled with surround sound audio systems and state-of-the-art technology in the media room with six HDTV screens, perfect to take in any big games that are going on. If there are no games going on, create your own with a game of billiards while you are enjoying a cocktail from the fully stocked wet bar. Just make sure you make your way out of the room once in a while to enjoy the rest of Las Vegas.
If you came into town so you could watch your favorite team and place a few wagers you are not going to find a more prime location to watch the games than the Skyboxes at MGM Grand. This experience is like owning a box at the stadium, but even better. These exclusive boxes are equipped with 42-inch plasma TVs and surround-sound audio systems and come with their very own beverage server, complimentary food and the latest video game systems. Each of the four luxury boxes overlooks the rest of the MGM Grand's legendary Race & Sports Book, sure to make everyone below you very jealous.
Bare Pool at The Mirage offers you a different pool experience with palm tree-enclosed seclusion that allows you to relax and enjoy this European-style sunbathing setting. The tropical spot offers a comforting atmosphere to help unwind after a long day and a wide variety of specialty drinks to help travelers stay cool throughout their poolside escapades.
There are plenty of shows to choose from in Las Vegas, but one has man written all over it, FANTASY at Luxor. This amazing show puts a sexy and contemporary twist on the classic icon of the Las Vegas showgirl as talented dancers perform seductive routines set to today's hottest hits. Guys will revel in this provocative adult revue complete with gorgeous dancers, talented vocals, fresh choreography and a touch of comedy.
If all of that activity has taken its toll on you, REVIV Wellness Spa at MGM Grand is the answer to get you going again. REVIV offers an amazing and relaxing IV infusion treatment that can cure a hangover, give you a boost or take care of it all with their Royal Flush. The trained staff at REVIV make the entire process painless and you receive your IV in a massage chair while you enjoy the internet and music a provided tablet. Start your day off with a REVIV IV and you are sure to be the last one standing at the end of the night.
For the couples:
That memorable couple's weekend away will find no better landing spot for you than at the The Villas at The Mirage, an exclusive hideaway that just recently opened to the public for bookings. You can enjoy your evening by the fireplace and be pampered by your butler or hold a party for two in the private backyard that features a putting green, a cascading fountain and a spa pool. This is one vacation that you will remember for years to come.
There's no better date night than indulging in orgasmic food while gazing into each other's eyes at one of The Strip's finest restaurants. Steak-lovers should try Tom Colicchio's new Heritage Steak at The Mirage for a journey for the taste buds. Foodie soul mates won't want to miss chef of the century, Joёl Robuchon's, namesake restaurant at MGM Grand for the best dinner of their lives.
If you left the kids and home and want some "us" time, there is nothing better than renting a private cabana to each other at the quiet, adult-only Cypress Pool at Bellagio. Not only is this the perfect couples pool, but both of you will be spoiled with amenities such as chilled towels, Evian misters, smoothies and personal hosts. You will love spending the day with your partner at Cypress Pool and you will leave refreshed for an amazing date night!
We pampered the guys and the girls, now it is time for a little couples pampering. Reignite bonds with your special one with the Couples Learn-To-Float Massage at Spa Bellagio. Taking place at the private Watsu pool, aquatic therapists help couples build and strengthen their trust in each other as they learn to support and stretch their partners in the healing waters and then afterwards enjoy an hour of intimate privacy in the pool.


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A while back I was sparring with Rener and I remember being in danger of a choke. His attack was relentless. I tried every technique that I knew, but the choke kept getting deeper and deeper. Seeing no other option, I abandoned the idea of pure technique and used everything I had to twist free from the choke. Let me be clear… I was more than close to losing the battle. What kept me from tapping or sleeping was not technique, but a strategic explosion.
When you find yourself in a bad place or in danger of being submitted, try to find a technical solution to the problem. If the technique is not enough, it's OK to use extra energy and explosiveness in a last ditch effort to survive. But, there's a better way – simply observe the jiu-jitsu that is happening to you, allow yourself to fail, and accept the "defeat."
The way I exploded out of danger with Rener is a very common behavior on the mat when technique fails – it's neither wrong nor right. You basically have two options: 1) go crazy, twist, move and jump in whatever direction you think is best or 2) accept that you either lacked technique and/or timing therefore you are defeated.
The value in the second approach is becoming more and more clear to me. When we explode out of danger we lose awareness. Maybe when we are in the most danger we are the most aware. When we accept defeat our awareness increases and with greater awareness we are able to pick up information that we would not have otherwise noticed.
Accepting and observing your defeat serves as a strategic way to gain intel on a situation such as your opponent's steps, timing, and weight distribution. Doing this often enough will enable you to use this new intel to adjust your technique and/or timing. This new information will make you more comfortable, moving you one step closer to being a more efficient fighter. When I exploded out of Rener's choke I won that small battle, but I lost an opportunity to study his technique and lost a few steps in the pursuit of bettering mine.
Q: Is it better to be technical and lose or explosive and survive?
A: Its more efficient and a better investment of your time to be technical and lose. There is value in exploding out of bad situation to safety, it helps you understand what you are physically capable of. Be aware of the risk of injury , worsening the position and most of all running away from learning the intricacies of jiu-jitsu. -Ryron
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I too love uninterrupted! As for Stone, apparently it will be discontinued, so if you fall in love with it make sure to back it up! 😉
I love the nirvana white perfume got a sample from sephora order but they dont ship the full perfume to here in the UK so gutting
Yes please to the Tom Ford lipstick. It's not the most common shade but it can definitely be worked with 🙂 X
Thank you for introducing me to Linda's blog. Her looks are incredible! She makes everything look wearable.
I've seen swatches of Stavros and it's a totally gorgeous, unique shade! The Lime Crime Velvetines are gorgeous too 🙂
Glad its not just me who seems to have the never ending MAC wish list. Nightmare! But then I would love the Laura Mercier body products, they just smell divine!
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Saaaame here with the neverending MAC wishlist, I've been wanting to get their 266 and 217 brushes for the longest time. I have been hearing a lot of good things about Melt Cosmetics, I kind of want Space Cake in particular but I don't know when I'd wear something like that!
becky ♡ star violet
I seriously want the same perfume, but I can't justify the price just yet.
I looooove MAC Studio Fix Powder! I was browsing Sephora for some new bath goods last night too and ended up ordering some Soap and Glory products – Christmas is a dangerous time for shopping in Sephora! haha
I'm desperate to try some tom ford makeup too! I really want one of their boys lipsticks, I'm think maybe xavier 🙂 Hope you get some of the things of your list!
Salem is on my wish list as well, it's so pretty! You need to get Uninterupted, it's such a beautiful transition shade x


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Apologies, gang, but Team TVWriter™ is changing procedure today. Last week's – especially last weekend's senate vote – political developments have everybody here shell-shocked.
Today is a retreat day for us as we do our best to examine our souls and process contemporary culture and life. Have no fear, though. We promise that Tuesday we'll be back to our normal selves, with new TVWritery posts, including our listing of Top TVWriter™ Posts Of The Week.
As usual, everybody here looks forward to your next visit to our favorite TV writing site and hopes to see you here soon!
Yours for better TV – and a better, more just future for all human beings regardless of race, religion, immigration status, gender, economic status, et al.
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Aug 16, 2018
Would you rather own a Samsung Galaxy Note 9, or an Apple iPhone X? We have a hands on look at Samsung's Galaxy Note 9 and what makes it different than other phones. Would you rather have an OLED, or MicroLED television? Caleb Denison will tell you what the differences are. Plus, Apple gets hacked by an Australian teen, and a robot may be the star of a new movie.


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Scott Messinger Transports 55 Dogs In 1 Weekend!!!
Give Scott less than 72 hours, and what can he do? Transport 55 dogs, of course!!!
This Pilots N Paws trip was for Smokey Mt. Animal Rescue, Laura's Hope, Columbia County Animal Control, Darlington County Humane Society, Pet Resq, Penny Angel Beagle Rescue, and Angels in Waiting.
The trip stretched over 3 days, and took Scott to Knoxville, TN; Florence, SC; Whiteville, NC; Shilo, NC; Baltimore, MD; Atlantic City, NJ; Caldwell, NJ; Newburgh, NY; and finally back to his home base in Philadelphia, PA!
Day 1- Knoxville, and the Smokey Mt Rescue.
Day 2- Whiteville and on to Atlantic City for a beagle drop off. Next Caldwell for the puppy delivery and Pet Resq. Scott had some tense moments waiting to depart the Caldwell Airport because all nearby airspace was closed while President Obama was at JFK. So, he just sat and waited for permission to take off, fearing the pups would overheat.
There have been many cases of pups dying from overheating and/or low blood sugar during long ground transports. Scott certainly didn't want that to happen during his watch! He always carries Nutros (a high calorie paste designed for new pups in order to keep their blood sugar from crashing). So, they let them lick some off their fingers, and hoped that would do the trick. It did, and they landed safely in Newburgh, NY for the final puppy dropoff to Angels in Waiting.
Day 3- Florence, SC to Shilo, NC and on to Baltimore, MD (where they got "trapped" between airshow acts.)
The crowds enjoyed seeing the "Pilots N Paws" painted up plane and our PNP pilots were almost as big a hit as the blue angels! They got to taxi up before a couple of hundred spectators, and they went nuts as we unloaded our precious cargo.
Lots of free publicity for PNP! The tower allowed Scott to sneak out between airshow performers, and they were soon in Philadelphia, where they met the fosters and unloaded.
So ended his 55 dog rescue. A personal record, even though the goal was 60. Not bad for 3 days work, though.
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The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by sections 15(1), (2), (3)(a), (5)(a) and (9) and 80(1), (2)(a) and (4) of, and paragraphs 1(1)(a) and (c) and 8 of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974(1) (" the 1974 Act") and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf and—
for the purpose of giving effect without modifications to proposals submitted to her by the Health and Safety Commission under section 11(2)(d) of the 1974 Act after the carrying out by the said Commission of consultations in accordance with section 50(3) of that Act; and
it appearing to her that the repeal of section 18(1)(f) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933(2) and section 28(1)(f) of the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937(3) except insofar as those provisions apply to such employment as is permitted under section 1(2) of the Employment of Women, Young Persons, and Children Act 1920(4) is expedient in consequence of the Regulations referred to below after the carrying out by her of consultations in accordance with section 80(4) of the 1974 Act,
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Using Facts: Use Them or Do Not Bother
As we continue to work through the Civil War period I have been showing my students the causes of the conflict. I have always told them that they should rely on facts to make their choices on anything because facts matter. The cause of the Civil War is pretty simple, yet has been distorted by many people even before the conflict ended. Most of the time this distortion is in conjunction with political ideology of the time period in question. Today's distortion reflects that quite well. Unfortunately, there remains a large number of people who prefer to ignore the facts and rely on beliefs which means they are willfully ignorant of the cause of the Civil War.
As I ask my students, "What cause the Civil War?" let us look to what the people of the past said. I point out to students that when they examine a source for information they need to examine the entire source, not just one part of it. That source needs to be placed in context with the events surrounding it and matched with other sources to build a larger picture. If they take one sentence from a source, it is not representative of the entire document nor of the larger group or groups of people in the time it was created. It could be representative of the document if said source can be summed up in that sentence. That is rarely the case though.
To use one sentence or part of a source while ignoring the rest of the source, especially if the rest of the source contradicts the sentence is known as cherry picking. To purposely disregard everything else that contradicts the sentence is a distortion of the factual record and a grave misrepresentation. Historians are trained not to do this. They are trained to use the historical record in its entirety or as much as they can access when making interpretations. This is where the historian differs from a hack or psuedo-historian wannabe.
Far too often, especially when dealing with the cause of the Civil War I see gross misrepresentations where people use a sentence from a source to support what they say. In many cases they are wrong and in essence lying about what they are trying to say. In the case of the Civil War, the facts show that slavery was overwhelmingly the cause of the conflict. There are those that say state's rights was the cause of the Civil War, not slavery because there was no way that many men would fight for slavery. Yet, when we examine the primary sources, it becomes very clear that slavery was the cause.
So why do people insist on something else? Most of the time it is because of their ancestry. They do not wish to believe that their ancestors fought on the behalf of something so vile as slavery. They will cherry pick through the sources and pull up bits and pieces to support a fantasy that falls apart when the facts are shown. A case in point lies with a few documents known as the secession declarations or ordinances of secession. These sources were created by the delegates of the state conventions that voted to secede from the United States.
Here is what is so amusing. Those people of the Civil War era wanted everyone to know why they chose secession. They were clear about it. Every one of the documents shows beyond a shadow of a doubt that slavery was the reason they chose to secede, specifically the expansion of slavery into the western territories. However, those that want you to believe something else caused slavery will ignore those documents or pick out the pieces that do not list slavery. We see this happen all the time.
So, that's where having the primary sources digitized comes in handy. A quick visit to the Avalon Project gives us some primary sources like these here: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/csapage.asp You will find links to many state papers of the Confederacy plus four of the secession declarations including that of South Carolina, the first state to secede. Being the technological savvy instructor I am, I went straight to that source and put it on the screen for the class to see.
Going through the document line by line reveals something. Specifically that slavery was why the delegates chose to secede. It is pretty plain. A word search reveals the word slave or slavery is listed in the document 18 times. The word right is listed 19 times with six of them being in conjunction with slavery. The other uses of the word revolve around the attempt to establish the compact theory of government where states are in a compact with the federal government.
Now, in reading this document one might think that the compact theory was accepted at that time. This is of course erroneous which is why sources have to be set in context. If one were to rely on the document alone, it would stand. However, was the compact theory accepted constitutional doctrine at the time which is what some people try to say it was? The answer is no. How do we know this? Because of other sources which clearly show that the compact theory had been proposed and rejected multiple times.
There were three Supreme Court cases that dealt with the compact theory before the Civil War and in all three cases the Court rejected the theory as the basis of government and instead stated that the source of the government's power was through the people and could not be negated by the states. These cases are Chisholm v. Georgia, Martin v. Hunter's Lessee, and McCulloch v. Maryland. So when you look at the South Carolina secession document knowing that the Supreme Court had ruled against the compact theory (Thomas Jefferson be damned!), it is pretty clear that the delegates were basically ignoring the Constitution and trying to give their ideas credence.
Fortunately, they failed. So there really is no reason for anyone to believe the Civil War was caused by state's rights. Why? The people of the past told us why they seceded. When they tried to say their choice was their right, they were deliberately lying knowing full well that they did not have that right. Yet, today many people will try to say they did. Sorry, but the facts contradict them. That is why the facts are so important. Anyone can say anything, but only the facts will support or reject their statements. Those facts must be examined in their whole and in context.
So when you read something that makes you wonder if it is true, you would do well to check the facts. Unfortunately, too many people do not want to take the time to do so. You might ask if my students believe me...ask them. I showed them the primary source documents so they could make up their own minds.
As for the general population, here is the challenge: If you think the Civil War was caused by something other than slavery, prove it. Use primary source documents that clearly show it was caused by what you say it was. In other words if you are going to say it was caused by state's rights, show me that state right where the people of 1860/61 said it was causing their decision to secede. Show me the primary sources and explain their context. I just showed where South Carolina's delegates said they had the right to secede which they did not, but that the cause of their secession was that of slavery.
So far no one has been able to do so in the five years since I first issued this challenge. The primary sources reject their claims every time.


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OTD in History… July 19–20, 1848, the first women's rights convention is held in Seneca Falls
By Bonnie K. Goodman, BA, MLIS
On this day in history, July 19–20, 1848, abolitionists Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton organize the first women's rights convention is held in Seneca Falls. The abolitionist movement founded William Lloyd Garrison was giving women a voice, and Mott and Stanton started planning the women's rights convention after they were barred from the floor at the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention in London. The two-day convention featured six sessions, the first day would only have women attendees, with men only allowed to join on the second day. The most significant achievement out of the convention was the Declaration of Sentiments and Grievances the document modeled after the Declaration of Independence launched the women's rights movement. As historian Judith Wellman notes in her book The Road to Seneca Falls: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the First Woman's Rights Convention, the declaration was "the single most important factor in spreading news of the women's rights movement around the country in 1848 and into the future."
On July 14, Stanton along with four Quaker women, Mott, Martha Wright, Mary Ann McClintock, and Jane Hunt put in the Seneca County Courier announcement for their convention. The announcement read, "A Convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of women will be held in the Wesleyan Chapel, at Seneca Falls, N.Y., on Wednesday and Thursday, the 19th and 20th of July current; commencing at 10 o'clock A.M. During the first day the meeting will be exclusively for women, who are earnestly invited to attend. The public generally are invited to be present on the second day, when Lucretia Mott, of Philadelphia, and other ladies and gentlemen, will address the Convention."
On the first day of the convention, 200 women and 40 men attended. Stanton read to the audience the "Declaration of Sentiments and Grievances," modeled after Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence, it included women, who were overlooked in the nation's founding document. The document began with "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights…" the documents included the women's grievances and demands, which included the controversial right to vote. Mott spoke a number of times the first day, including the evening session, where local paper the National Reformer called her speech, "one of the most eloquent, logical, and philosophical discourses which we ever listened to."
On the second day of the convention, more men attended included African American abolitionist Frederick Douglass, the only African American in attendance. The convention adopted the Declaration, and passed 12 resolutions, 11 unanimously. The only one that met resistance was the one demanding the vote for women, which read, "Resolved, that it is the duty of the women of this country to secure to themselves their sacred right to the elective franchise." With Douglass' support, the resolution passed. A hundred of the 300 attending the convention signed the Declaration including 68 women and 32 men.
The convention a start of a movement that radically altered women's lives and their place in American history going from having almost no legal rights as married women, with barely any opportunities outside the home. Although laughed by the public at the time for a suffrage resolution, just over seventy years later in 1920 it would come to fruition. Major strides, however, would take over a century, outshining the dreams Stanton and Motts had as they started the convention. Over a hundred and 10 years later, starting in 1963, the modern feminist movement would take women on the quest for equality. In 1984, the first woman would be nominated to a major party ticket, when Democrat Walter Mondale chose Geraldine Ferraro as his vice presidential running mate, and coming close to pinnacle the Democrats would nominate Hillary Clinton for president in 2016, with her winning the popular but coming out short in the more important Electoral College.
Historian Sally McMillen in her book Seneca Falls and the Origins of the Women's Rights Movement notes, "This meeting changed the way American society (and much of the western world) thought about and treated women in the mid-nineteenth century. It unleashed a complicated, lengthy struggle that continues to this day. At Seneca Falls, for the first time, women and men gathered for the sole purpose of articulating female grievances and demanding female equality." (McMillen, 15) Civil War historian James McPherson writing in the preface of Sally McMillen's book concludes, "The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 was indeed a pivotal moment in American history — not just the history of women, but all Americans."
McMillen, Sally G. Seneca Falls and the Origins of the Women's Rights Movement. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009.
Wellman, Judith. The Road to Seneca Falls: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the First Woman's Rights Convention. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2004.
Bonnie K. Goodman has a BA and MLIS from McGill University and has done graduate work in religion at Concordia University. She is a journalist, librarian, historian & editor, and a former Features Editor at the History News Network & reporter at Examiner.com where she covered politics, universities, religion and news. She has a dozen years experience in education & political journalism.
Declaration of Sentiments
When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one portion of the family of man to assume among the people of the earth a position different from that which they have hitherto occupied, but one to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes that impel them to such a course.
We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these rights governments are instituted, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. Whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of those who suffer from it to refuse allegiance to it, and to insist upon the institution of a new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly, all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves, by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their duty to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security. Such has been the patient sufferance of the women under this government, and such is now the necessity which constrains them to demand the equal station to which they are entitled.
The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman, having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world.
He has never permitted her to exercise her inalienable right to the elective franchise.
He has compelled her to submit to laws, in the formation of which she had no voice.
He has withheld from her rights which are given to the most ignorant and degraded men – both natives and foreigners.
Having deprived her of this first right of a citizen, the elective franchise, thereby leaving her without representation in the halls of legislation, he has oppressed her on all sides.
He has made her, if married, in the eye of the law, civilly dead.
He has taken from her all right in property, even to the wages she earns.
He has made her, morally, an irresponsible being, as she can commit many crimes, with impunity, provided they be done in the presence of her husband. In the covenant of marriage, she is compelled to promise obedience to her husband, he becoming, to all intents and purposes, her master – the law giving him power to deprive her of her liberty, and to administer chastisement.
He has so framed the laws of divorce, as to what shall be the proper causes of divorce; in case of separation, to whom the guardianship of the children shall be given, as to be wholly regardless of the happiness of women – the law, in all cases, going upon the false supposition of the supremacy of man, and giving all power into his hands.
After depriving her of all rights as a married woman, if single and the owner of property, he has taxed her to support a government which recognizes her only when her property can be made profitable to it.
He has monopolized nearly all the profitable employments, and from those she is permitted to follow, she receives but a scanty remuneration.
He closes against her all the avenues to wealth and distinction, which he considers most honorable to himself. As a teacher of theology, medicine, or law, she is not known.
He has denied her the facilities for obtaining a thorough education – all colleges being closed against her.
He allows her in Church as well as State, but a subordinate position, claiming Apostolic authority for her exclusion from the ministry, and with some exceptions, from any public participation in the affairs of the Church.
He has created a false public sentiment, by giving to the world a different code of morals for men and women, by which moral delinquencies which exclude women from society, are not only tolerated but deemed of little account in man.
He has usurped the prerogative of Jehovah himself, claiming it as his right to assign for her a sphere of action, when that belongs to her conscience and her God.
He has endeavored, in every way that he could to destroy her confidence in her own powers, to lessen her self-respect, and to make her willing to lead a dependent and abject life.
Now, in view of this entire disfranchisement of one-half the people of this country, their social and religious degradation, – in view of the unjust laws above mentioned, and because women do feel themselves aggrieved, oppressed, and fraudulently deprived of their most sacred rights, we insist that they have immediate admission to all the rights and privileges which belong to them as citizens of these United States.
In entering upon the great work before us, we anticipate no small amount of misconception, misrepresentation, and ridicule; but we shall use every instrumentality within our power to effect our object. We shall employ agents, circulate tracts, petition the State and national Legislatures, and endeavor to enlist the pulpit and the press in our behalf. We hope this Convention will be followed by a series of Conventions, embracing every part of the country.
Firmly relying upon the final triumph of the Right and the True, we do this day affix our signatures to this declaration.
Lucretia Mott
The following are the names of the gentlemen present in favor of the movement:
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Dependence Day by Tim Chaffey on July 4, 2011; last featured July 4, 2015 Millions of Americans will celebrate their freedom and independence today, but this independent spirit often leads us to ignore what is most important. Every year on the Fourth of July, millions of Americans celebrate freedom. This day marks the anniversary […]Read More Dependence Day


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On Episode 4 Kyle recaps his Easter sermon titled "Artists." He continues the study of 1 Corinthians, talks about a faction within Corinth that doesn't believe in the resurrection and discusses how we are each Artists. Remember to like and follow the podcast on iTunes and google play as well as share on Facebook and twitter.
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