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Learning how to store food long term is an important part of learning how to start prepping, and should be the very next thing you do after learning how to store water long term.
Awesome! Let's go.
Which Types of Food are Best for Long-Term Storage?
A lot of people push freeze-dried or dehydrated foods for preparedness food storage. I'm not going to do that to you.
I'm not saying that freeze-dried and dehydrated foods have no place in your food storage. What I am saying is that they are expensive – and probably aren't what you eat every day.
Remember: Buy what you eat, and eat what you store.
You should prefer shelf-stable foods though – things that have a long shelf-life with no need for refrigeration. That way, if you have a power outage, your food is still good.
Think canned fruits, vegetables, and meat. While not the sexy choice, they certainly do last a very long time, and – bonus – all you really have to do is open the can and eat the contents.
Yes, I prefer to heat mine up too. The point is, you could safely eat without electricity. Just make sure you keep a non-electric can opener around!
As you can see, building long-term food storage doesn't have to break the bank.
How Much Food Should I Store?
Unfortunately, because each of you reading this are different sizes and shapes, are prone to different activity levels, and have different levels of health, there's really no way I can tell you how much food you need to store for one day.
You eat every day. You know better than I do what you eat, how much you eat, and whether you are gaining, losing, or maintaining your weight.
Learn from that, and make a plan based on that.
The guidelines say that an adult male needs 2,500 calories a day to maintain his weight; females need 2000. I bet there are those among you who would struggle to eat that much, and some who would starve on that.
One of the risks I see in boiling it down to calories is that you might want to run out and buy a bunch of rice and beans and call it good. I know – everyone pushes it. Don't be like everyone else.
Again: Buy what you eat, and eat what you store!
Start with Three Days of Food Storage
Alright! So, now that you've come up with a good idea of how much you should buy to have three-days worth of meals, go to the store and pick it up. Bring it back home, and put it into rotation.
Yes! You want to cycle through your food storage. Canned goods can last a very long time – and then a little longer – but studies show that the taste starts to go eventually.
Increase Your Food Storage from Three Days to One Week
At this point you've got a three-day supply of shelf-stable food. That's a great start, and it's what Ready.gov recommends.
We've got a lot of examples of the government not responding in 3 days though.
As you progress from your three-day supply of food into having a whole week of food for your entire household, you'll be moving into a place that a very small percentage of people have made it to. It's likely that, in addition to no longer running out of things you commonly need, you will probably also notice that you are saving some money.
When you run out of stuff, you make unplanned trips to the store. Trips cost money – for gas. They cost time too. If you have a one-week supply of food on-hand at all times, the likelihood that you run out of something is pretty slim.
If you do run out of something you need, learn from it. Make sure you store extra going forward.
You don't have to go from 3 to 7 days of food storage all at once. If you can, that's awesome, but – if that just can't happen – just make sure you make it a priority.
I Thought This Was About How to Store Food Long Term!
Now that we've talked about how much food you want, you're probably wondering one thing:
How the heck am I going to store all of this food?!
There are a lot of options here. It's amazing where you can find space to store food if you just think about it a bit. Let's look at a few.
Under the Bed
Okay, some of you are keeping way too many pairs of shoes under your bed. Isn't food more important though? Think about it!
For the rest of you, buying canned goods at a location you can also get the little cardboard flats with them will help you store canned goods under your bed. Just slide them right under. Depending on the height of your bed from the floor, you might be able to stack them two high.
In a Closet
I don't know about you, but my closets had a lot of empty floor-space in them before I started storing food.
Even if you're hanging long coats or dresses in a portion of your closet, it's very likely you can still stack canned goods at least a couple of high on the floor – or a portion of the floor.
Buy a Shelving Unit
Depending on your food storage goals, you may consider buying a shelving unit – if you have space for it.
Shelving units can be a great way to organize your food storage. Rotation becomes a bit more difficult, unless you have space in front of and behind the shelf so that you can load from the back and take from the front.
If you just don't have enough space to be able to load the shelves from the back, you probably want to consider getting those little organizers for canned goods. Then, you can load and take from the front and still make sure your food storage is rotated!
There are even DIY plans for the organizers, if you're the handy sort.
And That's How To Store Food Long Term!
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The new management of Chesapeake Energy, whose mantra seems to be "Let's make lots of money now," apparently has decided it doesn't want to waste money waiting on natural gas vehicles to take over the US transportation sector.
A clear indication of how the new chiefs feel was revealed when they fired the company's seven-person NGV team.
That team developed new markets for NGVs by backing the construction of compressed natural gas filling stations. It was created by Aubrey McClendon, the former Chesapeake chairman who envisioned a time when natural gas-powered vehicles would challenge gasoline and diesel for domination of the automobile and light- and heavy-duty truck markets.
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When we talk about how to have a positive attitude, we firstly have in mind those tough, problematic and negative situations when we loose our calm, hopes and joy. But we have to understand that positive attitude must be a daily presence in our life, not only in bad contexts. Usually our daily mood isn't bad, nor positive enough but neutral. We have to realize it and change our negative attitude and also neutral attitude into positive ones. The key is to keep a positive attitude despite the situation you are in, to maintain a positive thinking in the face of adversity, but also to cultivate it daily.
Before going further, we have to find out how many kinds of attitudes are there. If we figure out a line with two extremes (positive and negative) and a center (neutral), then we have three basic kinds. We can change the names and say optimistic attitude (aka positive), realistic (neutral) and pessimistic (negative), then these can include more specific ones. What we have to keep in mind is that attitude is a mental construct, a state of mind, an inner disposition toward something from the outside world and that it influences your behavior. Positive or negative attitude is your affective mind directed toward something: you, others, specific situations and life in general.
We must accept that having and persisting in a negative attitude doesn't solve anything, but make things worse by undermining the main agent that can change the situation: YOU. Positive attitude enhances creativity and so it helps you to find solutions to your problems, but negative attitude doesn't give you anything constructive.
Your mental attitude can be influenced by your bodily posture. If you walk or sit down like a sick, your inner mood will copy your outer posture, but if you cultivate a straight up posture with your chest up and your shoulders backwards, your inner attitude will be more optimistic too. Behave "as if" you are optimistic, at the beginning you can "fake" a positive attitude to trick your inner agent, but then you have to adopt and integrate it as an authentic one.
Try to model or imitate someone that you think he may be a model of very high optimistic and postive attitude. Also keep in mind that positive attitude is infectious, so take care with which you spend your time.
Examine your inner voice and change your negative thoughts, cultivate a positive self talk. You can't control all outside world but a little part of it and most importantly you have full control on your inner world (your reaction to the world). Cultivate gratitude and compare your situation not only with wealthy and prosper people but with those poor too. Think of positive aspects in your life and see the good in the bad, there is always a lesson to learn.
Sleep well and slow down your daily activities, exercise at least three times a week, laugh and develop a strong sense of humor. Tip: don't watch negative news. Today's news are 90% negative, they focus on negative and truncate reality. We have to take the reverse and accentuate the positive aspects of life in general.


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The BotoneraPopups script adds a popup (in-page) with links to useful actions will appear when hovering a link while the CTRL key is pressed.
- Access in one single click to nearly all possible actions on one page for any link already present on a page (edit, history, delete, move, backlinks, etc.). Not only wiki links but any arbitrary link on the page that points to a wiki page.
- Same for users when the link is related to a user (block, contributions, userpage, talk).
- Rollback with a custom rollback summary, hide rollbacks from Recent Changes and/or omit the diff after rollback, using the core rollback functionality of MediaWiki.
- Toggle preview on diffs and preview on first edit without manually editing the URL or changing your preferences.
Hold down the CTRL key of your keyboard and hover your mouse pointer over a link on the wiki. If the link points to an article, a popup will appear at the bottom of the link with links to several available actions related to the article:
- Page actions: view, edit, history, purge, delete (sysops only), protect (sysops only)
- Special pages: What links here, List pages with same prefix, rename/move, view logs, see last change in a diff
- User actions: When the link is a user page or related to a user: View contribs, user logs, user blocks, block user (sysops only)
- Diffs: When the link is a diff or permalink: Links to previous diff, next diff, and actual diff, and edit next or previous revision.
- Rollback: When the link is a rollback one: Toggle "bot" flag (hides from RecentChanges), toggle diff after rollback, use a custom message for rollback summary.
- Other options: Toggle preview on first edit (only popup links), toggle preview when diff (only popup links).
To hide the popup, click on the close link (being represented as [X]) or hit the ESC key of your keyboard.
You can switch links from targeting the article page or the talk page with two switch buttons near the page title inside the popup.
Additionally, a change link is next to them to change the page title with an arbitrary one (useful for getting the pagename prettified without underscores, to quickly get edit links to another page, etc.). If you close the popup or you hover another link with the CTRL key pressed, the target page will be reset.
The option to toggle preview on edit will remain with the same state for the current page. You can toggle it on or off by clicking on it, and edit links in the popup will change accordingly. The same happens with the option to display a preview when we get a diff page. Both options are initially set making a query to the api for user options (that you can configure through Special:Preferences), and the values stored in a cookie. If you change your preferences, it should get fresh values. If not, simply go to Special:Preferences on the wiki you have this script installed and it will refresh the values of the cookie.
The rollback options last for the current page: toggle of bot flag, diff, and custom message. It's useful for pages with more than one rollback link (Contributions page, or Recent Changes). The bot and diff toggles can be toggled on and off by clicking on them, and the custom rollback summary link will open an input box for placing (or viewing) the current custom rollback message. You can remove it by setting it to an empty string. The diff link gets initialized with your preferences, as the other options discussed above. Rollback options only apply to the rollback link of the popup.
Add the following to w:Special:MyPage/global.js (for personal use on all Fandom-hosted wikis) or Special:MyPage/monobook.js/Special:MyPage/wikia.js on a specific wiki. Note that one of the scripts has a language code on it (BotoneraPopups/UILang/en.js). Replace it with the language code of your choice if a localization exists in that language. Check #Language.
- For English text
// BEGIN BotoneraPopups importArticles({ type: "script", articles: [ "u:dev:MediaWiki:BotoneraPopups/BotoneraPopups.js", "u:dev:MediaWiki:BotoneraPopups/WikiArticle.js", "u:dev:MediaWiki:BotoneraPopups/UILang/en.js", "u:dev:MediaWiki:BotoneraPopups/code.js" ] }); // END
- For Spanish text
// BEGIN BotoneraPopups importArticles({ type: "script", articles: [ "u:dev:MediaWiki:BotoneraPopups/BotoneraPopups.js", "u:dev:MediaWiki:BotoneraPopups/WikiArticle.js", "u:dev:MediaWiki:BotoneraPopups/UILang/es.js", "u:dev:MediaWiki:BotoneraPopups/code.js" ] }); // END
- For Polish text
// BEGIN BotoneraPopups importArticles({ type: "script", articles: [ "u:dev:MediaWiki:BotoneraPopups/BotoneraPopups.js", "u:dev:MediaWiki:BotoneraPopups/WikiArticle.js", "u:dev:MediaWiki:BotoneraPopups/UILang/pl.js", "u:dev:MediaWiki:BotoneraPopups/code.js" ] }); // END
- For Russian text
// BEGIN BotoneraPopups importArticles({ type: "script", articles: [ "u:dev:MediaWiki:BotoneraPopups/BotoneraPopups.js", "u:dev:MediaWiki:BotoneraPopups/WikiArticle.js", "u:dev:MediaWiki:BotoneraPopups/UILang/ru.js", "u:dev:MediaWiki:BotoneraPopups/code.js" ] }); // END
- For Turkish text
// BEGIN BotoneraPopups importArticles({ type: "script", articles: [ "u:dev:MediaWiki:BotoneraPopups/BotoneraPopups.js", "u:dev:MediaWiki:BotoneraPopups/WikiArticle.js", "u:dev:MediaWiki:BotoneraPopups/UILang/tr.js", "u:dev:MediaWiki:BotoneraPopups/code.js" ] }); // END
- For Simplified Chinese text
// BEGIN BotoneraPopups importArticles({ type: "script", articles: [ "u:dev:MediaWiki:BotoneraPopups/BotoneraPopups.js", "u:dev:MediaWiki:BotoneraPopups/WikiArticle.js", "u:dev:MediaWiki:BotoneraPopups/UILang/zh-hans.js", "u:dev:MediaWiki:BotoneraPopups/code.js" ] }); // END
- For Traditional Chinese text
// BEGIN BotoneraPopups importArticles({ type: "script", articles: [ "u:dev:MediaWiki:BotoneraPopups/BotoneraPopups.js", "u:dev:MediaWiki:BotoneraPopups/WikiArticle.js", "u:dev:MediaWiki:BotoneraPopups/UILang/zh-hant.js", "u:dev:MediaWiki:BotoneraPopups/code.js" ] }); // END
And so on.
For improved user experience, if you plan to edit on a wiki whose language is other than English, you should set up additional code listed on /Content language support.
The following additional options are not required but may be useful specially for languages other than English:
This is only needed on wikis whose their content language is not set to English.
This script already has built-in functionality to detect namespaces being used on the wiki, which are used to distinguish article from talk page namespaces. In languages other than English namespaces are localized. That's not a problem, since namespace information is already present in the page, but this information lacks the "canonical" namespace name in English. English namespace names are normally not needed, but internally some namespaces (like User) are handled specially to display user-related actions, and if a link using the English namespace is encountered, with no valid canonical namespace information it could not resolve the localized namespace and will treat it as if the namespace is a mere prefix, failing to render the talk page link.
To cover those cases, please add the code provided at Content language support.
Special page aliases
For wikis in languages other than English, links to special pages may fail to be properly recognized to feature the target article instead of the Special page. For example, links to Special:Contributions which would make the popup target the user, or Special:Upload that would make the popup target the file.
To fix that, you should provide a list of Special page aliases. See Content language support for code that you can use for this purpose.
In addition to that, providing a list of Special page aliases for special pages used in the links of the popup would make them point to the default special page name used in that language, instead of the "canonical" special page in English, so it saves a redirect and the link will be marked as visited if it were accessed also from a normal wiki link.
A list of special page aliases could be accessed through the API. Example
To provide the list of special page aliases, extend (to avoid overwriting other variables) the
window.BotoneraPopups.wikisiteinfo object, providing an object with key specialpagealiases which value should match the structure used by the output of the api (see link above). Not all special pages listed on the api need to be defined. Contributions and Upload should be defined. Other specials used in links in the popup may be useful, but not necessary.
See examples at /Content language support.
You can safely place that code before or after calling the code to import the script.
If you follow the steps mentioned on #Installation, you should get a localized version matching your preferred language. If you have rollback rights on the wiki you are on, please see #Custom rollback message prefix for how to localize it, since it's a message that depends on the content language and not the UI language.
To create a new translation, go to MediaWiki:BotoneraPopups/UILang/en.js, copy the source code, and create a new page (changing the en language code with the language you want to localize) with the same contents, replacing the values of each message name. Please have in mind that the code is JavaScript, and each message should be surrounded of single or double quotes (both should match). If you want to use single or double quotes as part of the message, escape that character putting a backslash (\) in front of it, or switch the quotes from single to double or vice-versa.
Then replicate the contents of MediaWiki:BotoneraPopups/Code/en.js on a page with the same prefix, adapting the language code.
Current defined languages are:
- en (English)
- es (Español)
- pl (Polski)
- tr (Türkçe)
- zh-hans (中文(简体))
- zh-hant (中文(繁體))
Custom rollback message prefix
The custom rollback message prefix is a message that is inserted before your custom rollback message when you define a custom rollback message. It will provide a "standard" way to identify that your edit was actually a rollback, and to display useful information of the action in the page history. This prefix won't be used if you don't provide a custom rollback message.
The code you need for this may be already listed in Content language support. Continue reading if you want to customize it or you need a custom language not supported already.
The message defaults to Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/$1|$1]]:, where $1 is replaced by the name of the user whose edits are being rolled back. Because in many situations we don't have the name of the previous author, it only has the first part of the standard message and not the to last version by $2 part.
To localize it, use the following syntax:
// Create if not exists if (!window.BotoneraPopups) { window.BotoneraPopups = {}; } window.BotoneraPopups.rollbackSummaryPrefix = 'Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/$1|$1]]: ';
You can wrap the
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Ikea's great and all, but it's expensive, and it's just flat-packed stuff at the end of the day. You also have to fit to Ikea's set dimensions, and configurations, but what if you could make things as big or as small as you liked? Customise your flat-packed furniture, get it made and shipped directly to you. That's the premise behind Fabsie, the CNC-powered 3D-cutting furniture site, where you'll be able to order almost anything you like.
The problem with today's furniture market, as James McBennett the co-founder of Fabsie put it, is that designers are trapped. They get commissioned for a design, give the rights over and that's it. They're beholden to the manufacturer from then on in.
The idea behind Fabsie is that it'll operate a bit like the App Store. The designers will be able to submit their 3D designs for furniture, and once vetted to make sure they actually work as advertised, can then sell furniture to the public. You or I will be able to go onto the Fabsie site, select the design we want, customise it (dimensions, layout, orientation, add you logo, or custom design, whatever), and get it sent to a CNC machine to be made and posted to you. It'll be quick, made locally, and simple to put together, normally without tools too, due to the precision of the manufacturing process.
Not only does it mean you get bespoke furniture that fits your needs and designs, it also means it's produced locally. It's better for the environment, it's better for the economy, and designers and manufacturers each get a fair cut.
"The Fabsie making process offers custom-made furniture with minimal impact on the environment and fair returns to designers. Mass production was the innovation of the twentieth century; mass personalisation is the innovation of the twenty-first century."
To get the ball rolling with the new service, Fabsie's launching its first product on Kickstarter, "This Stool Rocks", which as you might have guessed from the name, is a rocking stool. It's a simple, beautifully-designed proof of concept, that's really quite comfortable -- well, it didn't fracture under the weight of my behind at least -- and is available now through Kickstarter.
Three models are up for grabs, one that rocks one way, one that rocks backwards and forwards, and one that can rock in a 360-degree pattern, and all can be put together in under a minute. The first 100 on Kickstarter will set you back £25, then £35 for the next 100, then £45 a pop after that.
We've heard a lot about 3D printing, and there's no doubt it's awesome. But 3D cutting is a much more useful and viable technology that we can use to produce things we can actually afford to have at home right now. There's been many a time when I've needed things like shelves, chest of drawers and even chairs, but haven't been able to find the right ones to fit in the hole I've got for them. Fabsie promises to do just that, make something bespoke for you, and without breaking the bank. [Fabsie]


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By Steven Hughes
BROWNIE group which has entertained youngsters in Finchampstead for 50 years may be forced to close next month if a new leader cannot be found.
The 1st Finchampstead Brownies, which caters for 18 girls, is desperate for a new leader as current leader Carol Criddle has announced she will step down at the end of February.
Mrs Criddle, who lives in Earley and has three young children, has been running the unit, which meets every Tuesday at the Finchampstead Memorial Hall, for the last 15 years.
She is leaving because she can no longer spare the time, but so far Carol Nockles, district commissioner for Finchampstead, has been unable to find a qualified replacement.
Mrs Nockles, who oversees the running of two rainbow groups, five brownie packs and three guide groups, paid tribute to Mrs Criddle, and appealed for anyone who fancies the challenge of running their own group to come forward quickly.
She said: "Carol has done a great job leading it for the last 15 years and we are very grateful to her.
"She has been running it with an assistant but she doesn't want to run it on her own. If we can't find someone then the unit will have to close or be suspended.
"The problem is we will have to absorb the girls into another group and we are already over-subscribed.
"Some of them won't be able to go because they won't be able to make it on a different night, and these groups have their own camaraderie — it could be that that's it."
"It would be a terrible shame if it closed."
Mrs Nockles said the task of finding people interested in running units has become more difficult in recent years, but she stressed how rewarding the role can be.
"We've always been able to find people before but it has got harder to find people to give up their time or take the responsibility.
"We have to have somebody who wants to do it and is part of the guide association because we need someone who knows what the rules are.
"It's only a small amount of training and it would take up a couple of hours a week.
"We've got someone who will work with the administration and we just need some one to fill the role of guider.
"It's very rewarding. It's a bit of a challenge and you get to see them go on and do other things.
"There is a great deal of camaraderie and it's a good way of meeting friends.
"But at the moment we have girls in abundance and just don't have any spare guiders."
If you are interested in guiding please call Mrs Nockles on (0118) 973 6839.


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Consumers Rank Social Networks Better Than Online Businesses for Ability to Protect Personal Information and Stop Online Fraud
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Based on Consumer Perception Around Successful Online Fraud Prevention Practices, Online Businesses Considered Worst; Banking Industry Named Best
LOS ALTOS, CA – May 12, 2011 – ThreatMetrix™, the fastest growing provider of cloud-based fraud prevention solutions that do not require personally identifiable information (PII), today announced that a joint study with the Ponemon Institute reveals consumer sentiment surrounding industry ability to safeguard their personal information online. Results across four industries showed consumers are most confident in banks, followed by credit cards and payment processors, and social networks. Consumers believe online businesses are the worst at protecting personal information.
The report found that 88% percent of consumers would not do business with banks or credit card and online payment processors if they had doubts about their security measures. Seventy-seven percent said the same for online businesses, and 56% for social networks.
"It's logical that consumers should have the most confidence in the banking industry's ability to protect their information online, as banks have a responsibility to protect their customers' funds," said Reed Taussig, president and CEO, ThreatMetrix. "Social networks, however, surprisingly have a higher consumer confidence ranking than online businesses in regards to protecting personal information. That represents a problem for the e-commerce industry, which relies on secure online transactions as the foundation of their business model."
The survey found that the perception of a company's ability to prevent fraud weighs heavily in a consumer's online decisions. Three in four consumers said they would not do business with an online merchant if they had doubts about the site's security measures. Eighty-eight percent said the same of banks or credit card and online payment processors, and 56% for social networks.
"Banks, online businesses, social networks and payment processors are all targets from fraudsters who phish their accounts for emails and passwords," said Taussig. "Yet when you bring e-commerce transactions into the picture, consumers are still very wary about the security of that data. Banks understand the importance of communicating these fraud prevention measures, which online businesses must also do. It's the first step to increase that level of confidence to the point where a consumer is willing to complete a transaction."
More Aggressive Fraud Prevention Strategies
Eighty-five percent of survey respondents said online merchants, banks, social networks and payment processors should be more aggressive in preventing fraudsters from stealing consumers' information. Similarly, 80% believe these industries should leverage technology to improve authentication of consumers.
Yet not only are consumers indicating these industries need to take extra steps to combat online fraud, but 81% said they would be more willing to use a bank, credit card company or payment processor if they were notified that the organization was taking additional measures.
For the full results of the study, see the report, "Consumers' Reaction to Online Fraud."
Additional Resources
• Solution Brief on the ThreatMetrix Cloud-Based Fraud Prevention Platform
• Blog on the ThreatMetrix Cloud-Based Fraud Prevention Platform
• ThreatMetrix SmartID Demo
The Ponemon Institute© is dedicated to advancing responsible information and privacy management practices in business and government. To achieve this objective, the Institute conducts independent research, educates leaders from the private and public sectors and verifies the privacy and data protection practices of organizations in a variety of industries. For more information, visit www.ponemon.org.
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352 laws took effect at the stroke of midnight last night. Yes, there is nearly one new law for each day of the coming year.
Unless otherwise noted in a particular piece of legislation, all bills passed during a legislative session take effect 60 days after the end of the session.
Two bills that will catch the eye of most citizens are related to how people move around the state.
SB 253 – Distracted Driver Amendments from Senator Steve Urquhart (Republican – St. George) updates the law to fully ban the use of a cell phone while driving for anything besides making a call or using a phone's navigation system. Texting, sending emails, or reading the newspaper while driving are now grounds for a class C misdemeanor and a $100 fine or a class B misdemeanor if a driver happens to cause harm while using the electronic device. Such an offence can carry a maximum fine of $1,000 and six months in jail.
Drivers, however, will at least be able to deliver their messages faster in person. The appropriately named HB 80 from Jim Dunnigan (Republican – Taylorsville) allows UDOT to increase speed limits to 80 miles per hour in any area it deems safe enough to do so. Though motorists generally supported the bill during the session, there were concerns that fatalities could increase on Utah roads, along with drops in fuel efficiency, ultimately increasing the emissions that contribute to the annual inversion.
On that note, several new incentives will take place for those who wish to reduce the muck. HB 31 from former Representative Ryan Wilcox redefines and clarifies the code surrounding tax incentives for purchasing industrial pollution controls. SB 99 from Senator Scott Jenkins (Republican – Plain City) requires that at least 50 percent of state owned vehicles use alternative fuels or are classified as highly efficient by 2018.
Representative Patrice Arent (Democrat – Salt Lake City) passed a suite of bills related to air pollution. –HB 19, 38, 61, and 154 are all expected to have a positive effect on Utah's air.
HB 19 will make it far easier for electric vehicles to find and use charging stations; HB 38 allows the Department of Administrative Services to appoint a Sustainability Director to investigate inefficiencies in all state buildings; HB 61 makes it easier to grant loans from the Division of Air Quality to upgrade to more fuel efficient motors, while HB 154 funds public service announcements around the use of wood-burning stoves that alerts citizens to programs to convert their wood stoves to more modern systems.
On the education front, two major pieces of legislation were Representative Angela Romero's (Democrat – Salt Lake City) HB 286 and Senator Aaron Osmond's (Republican – South Jordan) SB 39.
After weeks of debate, Romero's HB 286 was widely seen as a success by child abuse prevention advocates. The bill, known as "Erin's Law," provides age appropriate instruction on how to recognize and report child abuse. Debate focused on parental notification of the class and if the class itself should be one where parents either have to voluntarily opt-in or voluntarily opt-out of the program (the latter allowing far greater odds that a child will not participate in the class). A last minute maneuver by Senator John Valentine (Republican – Orem) linked a bill to existing code that may turn the program into an opt-in class.
Osmond's SB 39 removes the requirement that home schooled children meet the same educational requirements as their public school counterparts. The bill would require parents to pay for any costs associated with bringing their child up to grade level if that parent wishes to allow their child to re-enter the public school system. Osmond argued that parents would be adequately focused on ensuring that their children would receive a quality education and would, therefore, test at or above education standards.
In all, the 2014 session passed 486 bills, down from an all time high of 524 in 2013.


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The past couple of weeks have been difficult for me, mainly because I have been losing spoons.
The Spoon Theory is an analogy which helps explain how long term illnesses or conditions can deplete one's limited energy. It was created by Christine Miserandino, who explains it here. I have previously written about my interpretation of Spoon Theory here and here. The basic concept is that everyone has a limited number of spoons, or units of energy, and when your spoons are limited by an illness or condition, you need to be very selective about how you spend them.
Spoons aren't guaranteed.
The number of spoons available to you on any given day can vary — sometimes a lot. For example, on a good day I might have 25 spoons whereas I might have only 10 on a bad day. Most days, I average 15-20. The problem is, I don't know how many spoons I will get in the future. This make planning problematic…
It's a bit like getting paid a daily wage and never knowing how much you will receive. The amount sometimes bears a resemblance to your actions, i.e. the "work" you do, but there often seems to be no correlation. All you can do is invest, save and spend your spoons wisely — or rather, in what you hope is a wise way!
My current issue is that the number of spoons available to me, on average, have dropped over the past couple of weeks.
I partly expected this, because I attended two very important but anxiety-inducing social events a couple of weeks ago. As I have explained before, even when social occasions have been pleasant and enjoyable, it takes me a few days to recover.
However, the effect has been more dramatic than I anticipated. I think I may be fighting off a cold-type virus, as I have been tired and achy recently and sometimes my throat is scratchy. My mood has dipped too, as it is wont to do at this time of year, so my depression is absorbing more of my energy and motivation.
Accepting low spoon levels.
Having fewer spoons sucks, especially as I had been getting into a good routine with my writing, Open University course and volunteer work. Unfortunately, getting upset about the situation just uses up more spoons! It's frustrating, because I feel like there should be a reason for losing spoons — perhaps I did something wrong or neglected some of the activities which give me more energy — but I can't find one. It's part and parcel of experiencing long term mental health problems.
The most annoying aspect of having few spoons to spend is being forced to narrow my priorities further than usual.
Having little energy means I have had to neglect very important parts of my life, because I need to prioritise my mental health first and foremost, followed by my work. I have no other option. I hate having to do it, but I can't spend spoons which aren't available to me.
It's hard not to feel anxious about this state of affairs. I feel guilty for havig to cut back on my volunteer work and not seeing my friends very often. However, anxiety costs more spoons so I'm trying to avoid stressing out about the situation, since I have very little control over it (though that's easier said than done!).
Moving through the mist.
All I can do is keep moving, even when my way is obscured. Giving in to frustration is detrimental — it won't help myself or the people I think I'm letting down. I also try to remind myself that I'm not as depressed and anxious as I have been in the past: I may have fewer spoons, but at least I have spoons.
I will make an effort to acknowledge and appreciate what I am managing to do, though I wish I could do more. I submitted my first Open University assignment today, after neglecting it for the past few weeks. I wish I had been able to prepare it over a longer period of time, instead of writing it over the few days before it was due, but I'm glad I got it done.
I hope to get more spoons again soon, but I'm coping with the number I'm getting — which I suppose is good.


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This past Friday morning when I started my day, it was still pitch black outside. I was at our mission in Chimaluacan, Mexico, somewhat of an urban "frontier" community just outside Mexico City. I reached down to put on my MSBT pin, as I do every morning before going out to face the world. Only this time, I stopped. Hey, wait a minute…. is this my pin? It seemed… different. I shrugged and put the chain around my neck, and in that moment I spied another pin on my desk. Oops! It seems the night before I had picked up Sr. Grace Raymond's pin when I saw it in the bathroom, thinking it was mine.
I found Grace and as I placed her pin in her hand, I was suddenly struck with the power of this object we put around our necks every morning. The pin is the public sign of our consecration. Every Missionary Servant receives a "big pin" when she professes her first vows. It replaces the "little pin" candidates receive when they begin formation. While at first glance one pin looks like another, after years of daily use, each pin does tend to pick up its own character.
But as I handed Grace back her pin, I wasn't thinking of the different pattern of scratches. I was thinking about the lives of the women who wear the pins. The Big Pin I was given on August 15, 1989 had been worn by Sr. Margaret Edward for many decades. She died soon before my first profession, and her pin was passed on to me. It is humbling to wear it. Every morning, we Missionary Servants put on the pins of great missionaries who went before us, and we dare to wear those pins into the world.
More than humbling, it is consoling to wear it. I have developed a habit of grasping my pin if I'm upset and need to pray about something: I only became aware of this habit because once in awhile I grab at nothing and realize I don't have my pin on!
Our MSBT pin identifies us to the world as nothing else does. All of us can tell stories of being approached by a stranger who recognizes the pin and wants to tell us about some wonderful Missionary Servant who has touched his or her life. I have been in vows for many years now, but I can honestly say that the wonder of wearing this pin has not worn off. I know what it means, and I want to live up to it. I want to be a good Missionary Servant of the Most Blessed Trinity.
Note: The design of the MSBT pin is reflected in the green and yellow graphic at the top of this blog.


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Recipe for Disaster: Mistakes to Avoid When Applying to Law School
Take a few buzzwords like "pro bono," "intellectual property," "empower," "clerkships," "diversity." Season with legalisms "heretofore," "whereas," "therein." Add a pinch of acronyms - DA, TRO, M&A, ADR, IPO. Stir in generous platitudes about "forces that molded you into the person you are today" and "the top-notch faculty, diverse student body, and outstanding alumni network" at the schools to which you are applying. Cook on your hard drive while seeking feedback from a group of your fifty closest colleagues, friends, and relatives. And voila! You have a law school personal statement.
No, you may have a recipe for rejection.
All too often law school applicants grope for a recipe for success, a one-size-fits-all approach to writing the essay. Push the right buttons, stir in the correct ingredients, and you'll have it made. Right? Wrong!
That recipe doesn't exist. You aren't making pancakes here; you're trying to portray yourself as a multi-faceted, one-of-a kind gem. How do you do that? Use the tools below to focus on your uniqueness, accomplishments, and strengths as you refine your essays.
- To thine own self be true.
Sincere self-reflection forms the basis for insightful essays. Go beyond the superficialities like "I want to participate fully in the legal and political process," or "I want to protect underserved communities," or even "I want to make $$$$." Go deep into yourself so that you will answer distinctively and honestly.
Examine all areas of your background to determine what unusual qualities and experiences you can contribute to your law school class. When have you overcome obstacles? Where did you excel? What is important to you — besides obtaining a JD? Why? Where have you served someone or some cause other than yourself? Why? When have you assumed a leadership role? How did you become interested in law? What aspects of legal work appeal to you? What experience do you have in a legal setting?
The answers to these questions form the raw material for your essay. You will mine them repeatedly as you go through the writing process. If you go through this stage with sincerity and integrity, you will find the gold vein. Fool's gold is for those who lazily fool themselves.
- Do your homework.
You should have some idea what you want to do with your degree and why you are applying to the particular programs that you have chosen. Much information about the schools and their programs is available. Use it to determine which schools you should apply to and how to target your essays.
I recommend the following sources:
- The schools' literature, information sessions, and Web sites.
- US News & World Report provides a wealth of statistics and links about law school programs.
- Accepted.com has tips on writing essays, sample essays, a monthly newsletter, and an admissions bookstore.
- Current students and recent alumni.
- Look at the application as a whole and use the personal statement to bring out information not found elsewhere.
In the essay, don't merely repeat information contained in your transcript, resume or those little boxes on the application. Highlight your multi-faceted personality, diverse interests, and accomplishments.
Strategize. While you could write about significant research experience or a legal internship, shouldn't the adcoms also know you are a disciplined athlete who has competed on a master's swim team for years? Perhaps you led a political campaign for a local politician, or volunteered for three years at a local legal aid clinic and assumed increasing responsibility. Perhaps you founded and led a neighborhood group that negotiated with a large conglomerate when the latter's development plans threatened local wild life and a fragile ecosystem.
Focus on the achievements that are most important to you and distinctive about you.
- Develop a theme for each essay.
A theme should be a one-sentence summary of your essay. This theme, the main point you are trying to convey, may or may not appear verbatim in the essay, but it should guide you in writing and ensure that you stay on topic. Throw out anything that doesn't support your theme.
It is particularly important to clearly state your theme if you are writing about more than one event or aspect of your life. Stating a lucid theme immediately following the lead (see #6 below) can provide the reader with a roadmap to your essay and contribute to the essay's cohesiveness.
- Use concrete examples to support your theme.
Oh the generalities! The complex sentences! The $64 words! The wasted forests! Law school application essays prove that lawyers start obfuscating at an early age.
But you don't want to obfuscate; you want to hone. Use specifics, vivid images, anUse concrete examplesd details to convey your points. Don't merely discuss a belief or value; illustrate it. For example if you want to write about your mother's influence, start with details that allow the reader to see, hear, or touch your differences and similarities. You could start, "Although Mom and I are very different people, I consider her the most profound influence on my values and the person I have become. I constantly try to emulate her." OK. Yawn. Or you could start, "I love jogging, tennis, skiing; she considers walking to the car to be exercise. My alarm clock rings at 6:30 AM on Sunday; her day begins at noon. I need a certain amount of time pressure to produce my best; she hates a last-minute rush. Yet, despite these irritating differences, Mom has set an example of determination, professional excellence, and service to the community that I am constantly trying to emulate."
Note the amount of information conveyed in a short period of time. Note also the interest created by not identifying the mysterious "she" immediately. Finally and most importantly, pay attention to the use of detail. It creates interest and forms an intrinsic part of a distinctive essay.
Specifics are also important in discussing extracurricular activities and professional achievement. Numbers are particularly revealing (and take up little space). Which says more? "Under my leadership, our pre-law society grew greatly." Or, "By actively encouraging participation and initiating a host of new activities as president, I watched the average attendance at pre-law society meetings soar from 10 to 50." Don't write about "volunteering"; write about helping ten Guatemalan day laborers avoid eviction. And if you choose to write about a major writing project, let me know its length and some of the difficulties you encountered on the way.
Specifics and detail distinguish you, add interest to your essay, and speak volumes about you.
- Start your essay with an attention-grabbing lead that immediately illustrates your main point.
The opening of your essay will determine whether it is read out of obligation or interest. You need to start with a lead, something that grabs the reader's attention. Journalists constantly capture our attention with anecdotes, quotes, interesting statistics, and gripping descriptions of a scene or event. Use the same techniques.
Anecdotes are particularly effective openings. Perhaps you are proud of a particular achievement. Which moment best illustrates that accomplishment? Start your essay with that moment and then write about its influence and significance. Or perhaps one event really influenced your decision to pursue a career in law. Write about it so vividly that I too can experience it.
- Include description and analysis in your essay.
While I have emphasized the importance of detail, the essays also must provide insight into you. Balance description with analysis. Facts without analysis can easily turn into a resume in prose or a boring, superficial autobiography. Combine a few critical events with insightful analysis and you will really polish the gem.
- Don't whine.
Everyone has blemishes. Don't whine or cry about them. Doing so merely magnifies them. If you feel you must address some poor grades or a less-than-desirable LSAT, then take responsibility; if relevant, explain the circumstances that contributed to the weakness, and move on. If you can portray the difficulty as a growth experience, you could turn a liability into an asset.
- Conclude.
Don't leave me hanging with no sense of completion or unity. Bring your essay full circle by referring back to your lead, perhaps stating your thesis, and highlighting the main points you would like the reader to remember.
- Write it right.
To make this baby really shine, ensure it is correctly written. The essay must follow the rules of good grammar, punctuation, and style. Here are a few tips:
- Use transitions between paragraphs.
- Avoid the passive voice, overuse of the to be verb, redundancy, and awkwardly constructed, convoluted sentences. (Who, me?)
- Correct unreferenced pronouns, dangling modifiers, misplaced apostrophes, and missing articles.
Read the essays to yourself (or into a tape recorder) to catch errors that your eye misses.
And while I do not recommend seeking feedback from your fifty closest friends, I do recommend showing it to a few people, preferably two to five. Ask those who write well to comment on the writing and ask those who know you well to comment on whether it reflects you.
No, you won't find a good recipe for a winning personal statement. Writing compelling essays requires self-reflection, research, and hard work. But using these tools to produce and refine a revealing, multi-faceted portrait of you will also create a unique gem of an essay.
For more tips on writing your personal statement, feel free to download Accepted.com's free special report, 5 Fatal Flaws.


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Skills WOD:
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10 Rounds for time of:
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What's it Take to Beat the Fittest 40-Year-Olds?
On the road? It doesn't necessarily mean you can't squeeze a WOD in. Sure some circumstances may make it virtually impossible to workout, but more often than not it takes some discipline, desire, and maybe a few logistical hurdles to get into an affiliate while you are travelling. If you can't make it to a gym or affiliate, that also doesn't mean you can't do a WOD. First when you are on the go plan ahead by packing some essentials that leave you with little excuse to not use your fitness. Pack the following items for sure: Jump rope, workout clothes and shoes, and a mobility ball. That's all you really need. Have more room to spare? Throw in your wrist wraps or knee sleeves, and if you are checking a bag then maybe throw in a set of rings (I almost always do). With rings and a little exploring you might find a park or school with goalposts or a fitness trail to hang them for a quick outdoor workout.
As long as you have a rope, a phone, and some space you can easily hit an endless array of bodyweight combos. Look at the left side of our website for "Bodyweight Travel WOD's" for different ideas. Grab your phone for a timer and get to it. If you brought rings and have a hotel with some dumbbells then get creative and if you can't follow our gym's programming then see how you can modify and sub movements/equipment to put together something that will leave you bent over gasping for air while your hotel-mates shake their head at you in horror for actually leaving some sweat behind in the workout room.
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Yemen's Saudi-backed government has proposed reopening the Houthi-held airport in the capital Sanaa on condition planes are first inspected in the airports of Aden or Sayun which are under its control, two government officials said on Friday.
The proposal was made at the U.N-sponsored Yemen peace talks which started on Thursday in Sweden.
(Reporting by Aziz al-Yakoubi; Writing by Maher Chmaytelli; Editing by Peter Graff)


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A great way to kick off the Christmas season
Creating happy memories, the Festival of Trees is a great way to kick off the Christmas season. Every year, the streets of Boomtown at the Western Development museum come alive with the sounds and sights of the festive time. Attractions include:
For ticket information and dates, visit festival-of-trees.com.


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Catholic health care workers urged to evangelize culture
Catholic medical professionals are on the front lines of cultural engagement in a society that too often sidelines religious values, fosters moral relativism and loses sight of the dignity of the human person, said Carl Anderson, supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus.
"Your decisions about preserving life have a direct effect not only on the life of a particular patient in a particular instance, but also on the culture — the culture of that person's family, the culture of your hospital and medical practice, and the culture of our country," Anderson told more than 600 members of the Catholic Medical Association who met in St. Paul Sept. 27-29.
"The new evangelization is about showing the power of God's love in places that have abandoned it or forgotten it," he said.
Medicine and the new evangelization — the church's efforts to re-energize the Christian faith in an increasingly secular world — was the theme of the conference, which explored the supportive role Catholic health care professionals can play.
"We can talk about the new evangelization all we want in medicine, but until we begin to change the culture, we're not going to see it happen," said Dr. John Lane, a radiologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., who became the association's president during the conference. "That's why we spend two full days [at the conference] talking about culture before we ever get to medicine."
Range of topics
Speakers and participants at the gathering addressed topics ranging from the need to protect conscience rights in medicine and overturn the federal Health and Human Services mandate on contraceptive coverage, to the pastoral agenda of Pope Benedict XVI, the need for Catholic heroes in today's world, and building a culture of life in Catholic universities.
Father Joseph Johnson, pastor of Holy Family parish in St. Louis Park, spoke at the gathering about the call to holiness as the foundation of Catholic health care.
"I would posit the root problem of what ails health care in America today is the same lack of love that we find in every other area of our society," Father Johnson said. "The solution, then, is the same as for every other area: We need saints."
Saints, he said, are people who love God and neighbor "in a heroic manner despite the challenges and temptations," who follow Jesus' example of sacrificing for the good of others and who are a "leaven in restoring a compassionate heart to our service of the sick."
The prescription for becoming a saint is simple but not easy, he said: daily prayer, regular confession and frequent reception of holy Communion.
In addition to the personal call to holiness, Catholics must also bring their faith into the public square — a challenging prospect at a time when public forms of Christian faith are becoming political targets, said Russell Reno, editor of First Things, a journal published by the Institute on Religion and Public Life.
Addressing conference attendees, he said that as society becomes more secular and more people fall into the polling category of "nones" — those who profess no religious affiliation or are anti-religious — Catholics must root themselves in prayer and the mind of the church so they can make good arguments about moral issues facing society.
Making a difference
Such trends speak to the need for Catholic medical professionals to positively influence institutions and policies, said Dr. Robert Tibesar of Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota and president of the St. Paul and Minneapolis Catholic Physicians Guild.
"The greatest threat to health care today is the increasing secularization of our culture," Tibesar, a member of St. Mark in St. Paul, told The Catholic Spirit.
He said Catholic health care workers can practice the new evangelization by modeling Christ in their day-to-day encounters with patients and their families and by participating in management and ethical leadership roles in their hospitals and clinics.
"In doing so, we can serve as a voice of reason and Christian compassion in what can otherwise be a cold and utilitarian medical setting," he said. "Hopefully, over time, this will serve to transform these institutions into places respectful of our human dignity and a moral code based on God's natural law."
Catholic physicians guilds, such as the one in the Twin Cities, provide medical professionals with a network of support to learn more about their faith and ethical issues as well as offer a way to provide public witness, Tibesar added.
'Boot camp' created
During the conference, the Catholic Medical Association announced a new initiative on the education front: It will sponsor an annual "boot camp" starting next year for medical students that will provide an intensive immersion in the life and teachings of the church as they relate to medicine.
The organization's general assembly also passed two resolutions of note in St. Paul — one opposing the HHS mandate and another affirming marriage as between a man and a woman.
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The Backyard
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Located at the corner of the Hamilton and Van Brunt Avenues, this small oasis earned its name from its role as a pleasant backyard garden and park for the surrounding residences. The Backyard occupies an area that for more than 20 years had been a vacant lot. The geography of the land perhaps explains how the area remained empty for so long. In the colonial period, the old shoreline ran directly through the middle of what is now The Backyard, and a creek may have run through the lot and fed into the ocean. Geographers suspect that about half of this park rests on landfill. The land's high-water table provides unsteady ground for structural foundations.
In 1997, local resident Eric Thomann worked to transform this property into an attractive and useful community space. Envisioning a garden area that the entire Columbia Waterfront community could enjoy, Thomann cleaned up the lots with the help of friends and neighbors, and the support of Operation Greenthumb.
The Backyard, along with the other Columbia Street community gardens, runs on an environmentally conscious philosophy: use materials on-site, reduce waste, reuse materials, and recycle. With this principle in mind, Thomann designed the interior structures of the garden with materials left over from the property's days as a vacant lot. Thomann and his garden group constructed most of the garden's essential structures from materials found on-site. Old bricks, slate, cinderblocks, and several benches and chairs were all recycled and used at the park.
In addition to its maintenance efforts, the group has initiated a compost center and extensive "tree-outgrow" program. The Backyard's five-bin compost program recycles kitchen scraps, weeds, and organic refuse, converting the waste into fertilizer for topsoil. The garden group has also begun to nurture approximately 750 seedlings a year using some of this homemade soil. When they grow into saplings, the trees are given to other Greenthumb gardens and to Parks in order to spread greenery throughout the city.
The Backyard also serves as a hub for local community activity. Along with the other neighborhood community gardens, this park plays host to "Reels on Wheels" which shows movies for families on summer Friday nights. There are also sculpture exhibits, poetry readings, and storytelling events in the park. The Backyard also serves as a rest stop for cyclists traveling between the Brooklyn Bridge and Red Hook.
Thomann and neighborhood residents have shown that while a high-water table is bad for buildings, it can be great for gardens. As the European birches, poplar trees, perennials, and baby saplings continue to grow in this urban garden, it has become clear that The Backyard is a beautiful asset to the Columbia Waterfront community.
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Not all areas of the USA have organized clubs to sponsor their own activities for Borzoi. In those areas, BCOA members may apply to hold a BCOA Trophy-Supported Entry (TSE) in conjunction with an all-breed kennel club show. Events for both conformation and performance are eligible. Guidelines for holding a conformation TSE are provided here, along with applications for both conformation and performance TSEs.
Greater Twin Cities Borzoi Club Trophy Supported Entry
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Sweepstakes (Puppy and Veteran): Ms. Pam Buffington, Horse & Hound Borzoi
TSE Chairman: Marilyn Polsfuss
Show Secretary: Onofrio