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Soolip Wedding 2005 was a unique bridal experience for the upscale, modern bride. Soolip Wedding 2005 presented Los Angeles' most distinctive bridal resources and featured a Monique Lhuillier and Harry Winston Fashion Show.
Soolip, L.A.'s premier paperie and press, presented the 6th annual A Soolip Wedding at the Hotel Figueroa in downtown Los Angeles. A modern bridal event, presenting a well-edited collection of L.A.'s unique and most distinctive bridal resources. From the highly recognizable to secret gems - all enabling the bride to create her most stylish yet personal wedding.
Not your average wedding show. A Soolip Wedding was a truly sense-ual experience. Elegant, stylish, and breathtakingly beautiful. A blissful treat for all your senses. No matter where you looked you could see some of the best wedding offerings Los Angeles has to offer. The founders of Soolip state that they wanted to create and welcome you to a world where beauty and inspiration are a part of everyday life.
"A Soolip Wedding was conceived as a celebration of inspiration and discovery of amazing style," said Wanda Wen, co-founder of Soolip and creator of A Soolip Wedding. "This year's event, held in a hip, exotic, historic hotel, will overwhelm the senses and sparkle our guests' imagination with rich Moroccan decor and colorful Indian tents," adds Wen.
This intent they accomplished perfectly. First off they had an amazing venue location, the beautiful and not well enough known Hotel Figueroa in downtown L.A. (an amazing piece of Los Angeles' architecture). Then they filled it with hand-selected designers, artisans, entertainers and producers who all endeavored to bring to the bride her vision of a perfect wedding. This is an event which makes the process of planning a wedding as fun as the wedding day itself.
Guests were introduced to a collection of more than 40 invited exhibitors, including wedding coordinators, florists, spas, photographers, decor, music and entertainment, caterers, invitations, bridal registries, cakes and wedding venues.
Exhibitors included Abbey Event Services, Anahata and the Urban Gypsy Dancers, Bacara Resort & Spa, Bob Gail Special Events, Bridal Sweets, Caravents, Champagne Ellner, Curve, Cakes for the Peculiar, Docuvitae, Fifty Foot Films, Floracopia at Soolip, GP Events, Harry Winston, Hotel Figueroa, Isabel Lawrence Photographers, Jackson's Somerset Catering, Joann Smyth, Joanne Arnett Photography, jules bianchi photography, Kara Spa at Park Hyatt Los Angeles, Kavan Photographic Art, Kaya Children's Couture, L.A. Premier Florists, Land Rover, Laser Solutions Skincare, Los Angeles Magazine Premier Publications, Lush Cocktail Design, Monique Lhuillier, New York Food Company, Oh, How Charming!, One&Only Palmilla, Paper Deco, Pavilion Cristofle Beverly Hills, Pen and Paper, Platine Cookies, R Jack Balthazar, Raj Tents, Room with a View, Sage, Samuelsons Pearls, Savoir Flair Weddings and Events, Smashbox Cosmetics, Soolip Paperie & Press, Soolip Custom, Soolip Bungalow, Splendora, Suzanne Felsen Jewelry, The Bridal Bar, The Sports Club/LA, Thread, Tic-Tock Couture Florals, Tiger and Jones, Top Button, Travel Store Platinum, Valerie Confections, Video Artistry Productions, Wayne Foster Music & Entertainment, X'OTIK kitchen, and Yuki Sharoni Beauty & Lifestyle.
A Soolip Wedding also featured a fashion show presenting gowns by leading designer Monique Lhuillier, extraordinary jewels by Harry Winston, makeup by trendsetter Smashbox Cosmetics, hair by Yuki Sharoni Beauty & Lifestyle, and Floracopia at Soolip, adding stylish floral ambiante. Fanciful eats were provided by hip newcomer X'OTIK Kitchen with cool music aficionado Jason Bentley of KCRW providing sound.
Event sponsors include Land Rover, Raj Tents, Bacara Resort and Spa, Fifty Foot Films, Kara Spa at Park Hyatt Los Angeles, Laser Solutions Skincare, Splendora.com and Pavillon Christofle, Beverly Hills. Los Angeles Media Publication Group: Los Angeles magazine, and the newly launched Los Angeles Weddings was the event's media sponsor.
"Los Angeles Weddings and A Soolip Wedding form a perfect union as they both offer the contemporary, sophisticated bride inspiration to create a wedding which is tasteful, chic and highly personalized," says Alan Klein, publisher of Los Angeles magazine and Los Angeles Weddings.
About Soolip
Wanda Wen, Soolip's founder and creative director, together with partner Grant Forsberg, opened Soolip in 1995, out of a life-long passion for letter writing and the paper arts. What initially started as a closet-full of papers and odd little treasures is now a collection of three charming boutiques along Melrose Avenue in the heart of Los Angeles' Design District, celebrating beauty and inspired design in paper and home.
Whether you were a bride, a member of the wedding party or a hopeful onlooker. A Soolip Wedding presented a marriage of inspiration, beauty and elegant offerings for all.
For more information go to: www.asoolipwedding.com
Photos by Lawrence Davis and Kavan Lee


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Test of Metal
It's time to test your mettle! The annual Squamish bike race begins at 11:00 on Saturday June 15. Sold out since January, the battle of the bike begins Brennan Park Recreation Centre with 800 riders and 1600 tires ready to go. Spectators at the start line will be able to feel the energy and at the gun will be totally amazed by the bright blur of colorful jerseys as they all move up to the challenges ahead. While each racer must be prepared with everything they think they will need to finish the race – including food, fuel and tools. That said, there will be volunteers manning aid stations – some of our own BTR realtors will be out there in fact (watch for the BTR tent) – as well, there will be angels of mercy in the guise of "Ambassadors" riding the course with tubes, food and tools to help if you get in a pinch (or get a pinch flat a number of times like I do!). The Powerhouse Party zone is a great place for spectators as the riders go through twice. The first time through most of the riders are smiling. The second time through the smiles are replaced by grimaces and pain, because, while on paper the Test is a 67-kilometre course with over 1,200 meters of climbing and 35 kilometers of single-track, off paper, it's nine-mile hill, it's the plunge, it's cramping and crying and climbing, and at the end, it is the knowing that you have tested your mettle, and as you cross the line – no matter what the time – that you came, you climbed and you conquered! Thinking about trying it out next year? Check out the SORCA roller nights (that's wind trainer not roller derby) and the eponymous Troy's training program


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Sunday, 6 November 2011
Winter Tilda - Totally Tilda DT Card
52 comments:
What a cute card. I love this new Winter Tilda, she is soooo sweet.ReplyDelete
Hugs to you and your hubby
Hey Mandy, I like the card alot. It is so soft colores and the sparkle is great!I also love the Snowflake border around the card. Awesome project!!ReplyDelete
Have fun today.
Hugs, Tanja
Hi love pink Christmas cards!! Your wee flower arrangement is stunning ! The matted frame is divine with this little sweetie. Hope you enjoy your day !! Kitty :DReplyDelete
Love the card Mandy and the image is so darn cute.ReplyDelete
Hugs Linda
Adorable card, gorgeous colours and fab layoutReplyDelete
HUGZ Fleur xXx
Absolutely STUNNING, Mandy!!!!! Love your coloring of this gorgeous Tilda and you showcased her to perfection...love the snowflake border and the luscious details!!!ReplyDelete
Such a beautiful card Mandy. Sooo much detail xReplyDelete
hugs sally x
She is adorable... I am with you, I love those Tilda's too! The card is absolutely beautiful, love the flowers and the gorgeous punch work! Lovely card!ReplyDelete
Crafty Hugs,
Such a lovely card Many! Sooo cute! And thanks for the reminder...I just loaded up my newest creation ;)ReplyDelete
Hi Mandy , what a gorgeous Christmascard !! I love the soft colours and the layout. Tilda is coloured so beautiful with the Copics.... Christa.ReplyDelete
Gorgeous card Mandy...love the sparkle and beautiful colours,ReplyDelete
Luv CHRISSYxx
Oh it's gorgeus Mandy, love the colour, nice change.xxReplyDelete
Gorgeous card Mandy,love all the christmas images.Everything on your card is just lovely.ReplyDelete
Hi Mandy, GORGEOUS work, as always! Can I ask please, how do you make the 'twirly thing' as you call it?ReplyDelete
Judi xx
Wow Mandy how beautiful is this, I so love the colours, that's for starters, next the detail and embellishments are awesome, I adore that punched around the page look, and Tilda...she looks amazing.ReplyDelete
Lorraine x
you've only had the papers for a few weeks? that's good! I have the most gorgeous sparkly papers my mum got me - like 2 years ago!! and I still haven't touched them!! maybe i should? :) Anyways... I love this, the soft colours and I have to get me some PATP sets!! xxReplyDelete
Beautiful card Mandy, love all the sparkle and Tilda is gorgeous xReplyDelete
FAbulous card, Mandy!! Love the colours and all of your wonderful embellies! JuliexxReplyDelete
Lovely card, Mandy. Thanks for joining us at Christmas Inspirations challenges this fortnight. We hope you will play again next challenges too.ReplyDelete
Totally gorgeous - love the colours and those beautiful flowers as well as the lovely tilda image - thanks for joining in my CHNC challenge 45 - hope to see you again soon. xReplyDelete
Oh gorgeous card Mandy, love the cute Tilda and all the wonderful details.ReplyDelete
What a gorgeous card and beautiful soft colours :o)ReplyDelete
Jackie xx
oh hun you always make the most stunning cards and this one is no exception your detail is just fantastic just love it to bits,hugs cherylxxxxReplyDelete
Mand - just adorable.... love what you created.ReplyDelete
This is so sweet - I love the double mounted image and your beautiful burst of blooms and bling xReplyDelete
Thanks for playing along with us at jellypark friends Friday challenges and good luck x
((hugs)) Suzie xoxo
Beautiful card Mandy, I love the colour youve used. Ive never heard of Pion papers before! Have I been living under a rock??!! Its maybe because Im about the only crafter on the planet who doesnt have a lot of papers! What is wrong with me!? I will have a wee look at the Pion papers, the ones youve used look beautiful. Lee xReplyDelete
Mandy this is fabulous darling so sweet and softReplyDelete
it's just perfection
Hugs Susie Sugar xx
My prayers are for all those poor people effected by the sad accident. Glad hubby is doing better and now your Tilda card~~I'm speechless once again. Love everything corner to corner:)ReplyDelete
May I ask HOW you make your twirly thingy????
Thanks and blessings
such a gorgeous card, sorry I have not been on your blog for a while, life just has been so busy.ReplyDelete
Hi Mandy one stunning and beautiful card, love the colour choice, my favourite. hugs ShirleyxReplyDelete
Hi hunReplyDelete
as always a totally stunning card, awesome colouring, beautiful embelies, sue,x
This is stunning Mandy, love the flowers and delicate soft colours xxxReplyDelete
this is as sweet as can be! love all of the fun embellies!ReplyDelete
thank you for joining our non-traditional Christmas colors challenge at Jellypark Friends. :)
Gorgeous Christmas card, Mandy! It's a delight to browse your wonderful creations! Hugs, IuliaReplyDelete
An absolutely Gorgeous card, Thanks for joining in with us at The Craft Garden this month.ReplyDelete
Kevin xx
Mandy I'm loving all the space around the image and then pow that gorgeous flower arrangement and love the swirly!ReplyDelete
Hi Mandy,ReplyDelete
Such a sweet Tilda image, loving the colours, a wonderful card
Heather & Bronwyn x x
Stunning Mandy a beautiful layout and fab colours.ReplyDelete
Chris x
Very pretty card, love all the flowers xReplyDelete
WOW - this is amazing!ReplyDelete
An adorable image, beautiful colors and I love all the details.
Thanks for joining us this week at JM/HS.
Hello Mandy, this is my first visit to your blog...what a simply stunning card. Lovely image and composition and as for the colours...well....really beautiful.ReplyDelete
Absolute perfection!!!ReplyDelete
A beautiful card - so pretty :-) Love 'n' hugs, Mel xxReplyDelete
What a little stunner Mandy!ReplyDelete
Your card is gorgeous (as they always are).
Love the colours and I always love all your little added embellies.
Hugs Elaine xxx
Gorgeous card Mandy, loving the colours on this one and what a lovely image.ReplyDelete
So beautiful!!ReplyDelete
Thanks for joining us at Christmas Inspirations challenges.
Awwww, this is soooo fantastic! Love the punched edges and the soft colours! Sooooo many lovely details - gorgeous!ReplyDelete
Hugs, Kiki
Oh wow, just love your card in the soft purple tones - and all the details are amazing!ReplyDelete
Thanks for joining us at Magnolia Down Under!
Kathrin aka Kruemel
Do like the lilac! Thank you for joining in at Jellypark Friends Friday Challenge – hope you can join us again for the next challenge! Jellypark ChallengesReplyDelete
I love this image. Now I have another Magnolia stamp to buy, as this one didn't fall into my shopping basket last week. No idea how I missed it, but I did!!ReplyDelete
Oh my gosh, this is so pretty! thanks for playing along with Jellypark!ReplyDelete
Adorable Christmas card!! Thank you so much for playing along with this months Christmas Challenge over at ABC DT Challenge!!ReplyDelete


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Brendan O'Connor, born in Ireland, says he found a pot of gold on the sunny roof of his West Boylston Street restaurant when he installed 32 solar panels there four years ago.
The $42,000 project at the 23-year-old O'Connor's Restaurant and Bar has already paid for itself — thanks in large part to federal and state incentives — and will continue cutting his electric bill for years.
"I would do it over again. I think we are saving five to six grand a year. It was a good investment. Gasoline costs are totally out of our control, but what is in our control is something like solar power," he said.
The Limerick native was an early participant in an accelerating move by businesses toward solar power. Even today, other business owners ask him how it worked out. And today, they may get an even better deal than he did.
A variety of incentives are available, and, together with cheaper, more efficient solar panels and rising competition among installers, they are leading more businesses to put sunlight to work.
State officials are backing solar energy and other alternative energies including wind power, setting up the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center to spotlight the opportunities.
"Solar electricity is really accelerating at a dramatic rate," said Andy Brydges, MassCEC senior director of renewable energy generation. "The incentives for it in Massachusetts are relatively recent, within the last year, and it is a market we anticipate will grow dramatically."
The payback time on solar electricity has dropped recently, as the manufacturing costs for photovoltaic equipment have plummeted worldwide.
People who had looked at photovoltaic three or four years ago are now finding it is a very attractive investment.
"States like Massachusetts are putting in place some very aggressive incentives to accelerate and build the industry," Mr. Brydges said.
The incentives can conceivably pay about 70 percent of the installation costs of a system. The federal tax incentive alone can take 30 percent off the cost.
"It drives down the cost of the system right off the top, when you file your next tax return," he said.
Businesses considering solar should obtain at least three bids and do research to get the best deal, he said. Some complicated incentive programs involve selling electricity back to utility companies, and assumptions about future market rates can vary.
"Work with an installer and say you want conservative assumptions. And where they have made assumptions … decide if you agree. By comparing multiple bids, you can usually pin down the variances and come to a decision," he said.
Edward R. Whitaker, chief executive officer of Second Generation Energy in Hopedale, said businesses eyeing solar must first understand how to pay for it and its potential benefit. Issues include whether there's a good sunny place (such as Mr. O'Connor's large flat south-facing roof) to put the panels, he said.
"If you have a small building and are an energy intensive industry, there's going to be a small offset. Likewise, if you have a warehouse, you're going to have a large offset," said Mr. Whitaker.
Another major issue is the availability of solar renewal and energy certificates. Utilities must generate a percentage of their electricity through solar, and the certificates allow photovoltaic system owners to sell it to them.
SGE installed the system at O'Connor's Restaurant and Bar, as well as a small one at the First Unitarian Society church in Franklin, and large ones on the roofs of Dan's Jeep in Westboro and Westborough Mitsubishi.
Mr. Whitaker said manufacturers' prices for panels have dropped by 75 percent compared to 2008, and complete systems can cost half of what they did back then. The federal tax credit will be in place until 2016, but faster depreciation on systems ends this year.
"The payback period usually falls into the four-to-six-year period, and panels have a 30- to 40-year expected lifetime and a 25-year warranty," he said. Solar system inverters, a component that converts solar power into alternating current, can fail in about 15 years, he said.
Similar payback estimates have been made at a 364-panel installation at NorthStar Construction Services, a roofing contractor in Shirley. Estimates are that the system, installed by SouthPoint Solar of Leominster, will pay for itself in four years.
Businesses needing help paying installation costs can seek a loan from a bank or other entity. The Massachusetts Development Finance Agency has a "green loan" program. Applicants must have been in business for at least five years, be able to repay and have qualified for utility rebates or a subsidy.
Business-related installations come in many sizes and types.
In Barre, the Honey Farms convenience store chain recently had Quabbin Solar build an 18-acre solar farm in lieu of building smaller facilities at each of its 36 stores. It will gain savings from National Grid on its electric bills at many stores through the state's incentive program.
Mr. Whitaker's company is planning a project on the South Shore involving two businesses. One company wants to invest in a rooftop facility, but has no building. The other owns a building, but lacks funds to build a facility.
"Client No. 1 is going to build on the facility and sell the electricity, and client No. 2 will get the electricity at a discount. They have partnered up," he said.
He suggests customers check if prospective installers are certified by the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners. He also favors Massachusetts-based companies.
"We are a local company, we were founded here, we are based here and everybody that works for us lives here," he said. Customers should also beware of poorly made solar panels used by some companies, he said.
Mr. O'Connor said energy needs were once a huge expense for his restaurant.
"It was something we had to do something about. There are a lot of people just trying to survive in business, but this is one (area) where you really have to have faith and bite the bullet and go for it," he said. As it turned out, the state and federal incentives dropped his share of the costs to about only $10,000.
Today, the solar industry is more sophisticated than it was in 2008, and is offering better products, Mr. O'Connor said.
"There are far more choices out there than there were at the beginning. It was a learning curve for the consumer, National Grid and the city, and now people know what to expect," he said.


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Having just posted a number of charts based on Education for All, (See For Teachers: Some Charts Based on Education for All) I find myself appalled at the amount of paper work a teacher deals with. These charts add to the already increased load of paper a teacher might find herself dealing with in the course of the year. If it improves learning in the classroom, I am all for it; the question is does it improve learning?
First let's review some of the paper a teacher deals with in the course of a normal year:
1. Set up marking records
2. Collect tombstone data about students and pass on to the office, recording relevant information for own files beforehand.
3. Reviewing students' OSRs (Ontario Student Records) for information about the children.
4. Collect and record money – school fees, Scholastic books purchases, milk for lunch, hot dog day fundraisers, school field trips, photographs; it is expected that the teacher add up the money, record who paid what and record the amount of change, dollars, cheques & totals before submitting it to the office. Often she is expected to hand it in to the office on a daily basis for safekeeping.
5. Write a detailed description (after researching and reserving activities and possibly buses) to apply to take her class on a field trip. Her principal and superintendent review this; if either of them wants a change, it must be rewritten and resubmitted. This means that the teacher does every thing she can to speed the approval process along, as she is anxious to have approval quickly to retain her spot and bus. Field trips include anything outside the school grounds which means that even a walk around the block must be written up and submitted for approval.
6. Locate, price and write up an order sheet for textbooks for an application to the principal to purchase on the off chance the money is available.
7. Record sufficient notes about behaviour and academic performance of each student in the class so she can support her comments in any interview with a parent.
8. Write up her notes for the next day's plans in a clear fashion with reference to textbooks etc. so a supply teacher can take over her class in event of illness or accident.
9. Prepare materials for lesson plans manually in the event suitable textbooks are not available.
10. Do attendance at least twice a day and see that it is sent down to the office. No, students may not do the attendance. A mistake can wreak havoc, either worrying a parent or not alerting the school & parents to a child's absence.
11. Notes from parents about children's absences.
12. Everyday memos from the board, the union, the parent council, colleagues and the school, catalogues and flyers end up in a teacher's mail slot; some require action, some request help, some are merely informative. I have a bumf file and put everything in it in case I need a memo later on. At the end of the year, I can usually throw the whole lot in the recycling. Still, some of them are important so each must be scanned and the key ones dealt with, responded to, pinned on the bulletin board, information provided, door decorated, children informed or taught, time allocated or lesson plans changed.
13. Report cards are largely done on computers these days. The programs change yearly or every two years, mainly in response to bugs in the previous programs, but each new version requires time spent learning. In some schools, the teachers print them, in others it is done by the office personnel.
14. Report cards – sign, fold, put in envelopes, give to children; Make sure all the comments sheet with parental signatures are collected from children the following week, then filed with a copy of report card in the OSRs – every term
15. Write IEPs for every exceptional student in the class, copy filed in the OSR and a copy is sent to the parents – by the teacher, every term
16. Record number of hours each child has spent in French class updated on a card in the OSR in June – by the homeroom teacher.
17. Photographs of each child in the class stuck in place in the OSR and dated
18. Tidy contents of OSR into a specific order in June
19. If the students are in a class that is leaving the school in June, bundle the students' OSRs according to which schools they will attend.
20. Of course, teachers photocopy their own material, create or buy signs, posters and other decorations for the classroom. If the equipment is available, they also laminate them. If they are lucky, money is available for decorating the classroom. Either way the classroom is empty when they arrive and they are expected to decorate it appropriately.
Now add the documentation from Education for All
So what is all that paperwork for? The two main reasons are records and accountability. When you think of it, they overlap in spots: report cards both record and account for student progress and marking records and teacher's notes support the more formal report cards. Even recording hours of French is necessary given the number of different programs. It wouldn't be sufficient to record the program as students frequently drop out into other programs. (See French as a Second Language is not Taught in a Vacuum; How Do We Teach All the Children?) Recording hours of French is a form of accountability although it is not related to the teacher recording them.
The question is, how much paperwork is necessary to provide sufficient record keeping for the sake of accountability? Just looking at the incomplete list above, you can imagine what proportion of a teacher's time this requires. Which of these activities would be better replaced with planning, helping children before and after class and assessing the students' work? I can list several items of which all or part are not directly related to teaching: #2, 4, 6, 11, 13 to 20. As you can see, much of it involves filing.
When I first started teaching, my principal believed that teachers should have goals for their students written down. This only came out when some teachers were evaluated and expressed their indignation at what was an unusual expectation. Most teachers have goals for their students tucked in the back of their mind, goals that change as the child changes, but few think of writing them down any more than they would write down the criteria that determine where they seat a child in the classroom. Believe me, that can be a long list, including sight, hearing, behavioral and learning factors, friends, distracters, need for cues from the teacher and so on.
As a new teacher, I was also being evaluated, so I quickly jotted down my thoughts on my students and casually stuck the page behind the half a dozen pages that formed my notes supporting my plans for the day and week. Naturally, when the principal went through my day plan, he found them and I earned brownie points.
The thing is that writing down my goals for my students hadn't created them; they were there all along, otherwise I couldn't have hastily written them down before the principal's visit. The most that writing them down had done for me (besides improving my evaluation) was to clarify them a little. Within a week or two, the goals were no longer accurate because the child was changing, showing new strengths or weaknesses or I was gaining greater insights.
Where writing down observations and goals did help was when I had students whose difficulties seemed beyond help in my classroom. Then, I worked to write them down accurately and clearly because I was going to turn to my colleagues or principal for help. If they did not know the child, then I was going to be the sole source of information. At that point, the information garnered through the Education for All Charts would be useful. Virtually nothing is left out.
Is it necessary to fill out all the charts on literacy and numeracy for every child? Most teachers are very aware of the basic academic and learning skills of each student in their class by the end of the first term and many have them pegged much earlier than that. As long as each child is learning well and assessed accurately both formatively and summatively, is a learning profile worth the cost in time?
To explain: formative assessment is evaluation used to figure out how much the student has understood. This helps the teacher determine how to teach the next section; it also helps the student understand what needs reviewing. Summative assessment is used for final evaluation i.e. marks. In theory, these are separate assessments; in practice, they may cross over as when a teacher allows redoing assignments for mastery or when the most recent, highest marks in a unit are used for final assessment.
Returning to paperwork: time is most effectively spent on learning profiles when a student is struggling. At that point, a thorough understanding of strengths and weaknesses will be an asset as a starting point in determining the next steps in helping the child. Time spent observing, reflecting and writing down the points in each part of the learning profile may provide the basis for useful insights.
A learning profile as an aide memoire in preparation for report cards or a guide for planning units may also be helpful. The danger is that principals who don't trust their teachers to use their professional judgment may jump on the Education for All bandwagon and ask that all these forms be used. It will look like accountability, but it will be no more accountability than asking teachers to sign time cards.
Am I saying teachers shouldn't do any paperwork? No. I am saying that before teachers are asked to do any paperwork, the usefulness of the paperwork as records or a measure of accountability should be weighed against the usefulness of the teachers' time spent teaching or planning or assessing or consulting with colleagues.
For More Information:
Education for All: The Report of the Expert Panel on Literacy and Numeracy Instruction for Students With Special Education Needs, Kindergarten to Grade 6, 2005


text: Starting that project was probably the best possible action I could have taken then. In the pursuit of finding scary things to do, I've run quite the gamut, from the mundane and relatively simple to the huge and wonderfully bizarre. I'veshaven my head; eaten snails and eyeballs; recommitted myself to the study of martial arts; asked someone on a date; been made into art. I flew to Ireland for three months with nothing but a daypack (stuffed to the gills) and about $1400 in saved tips. I climbed up a mountain made of bog, and another one with its head so far in the clouds that the peaks seemed like islands, and picked my way down into a barnacle-studded cave that led to the sea. I talked to strangers. I overcame my reticence about public performance and sang everywhere - on the street in Galway with a hat in front of me, in a packed bar that fell dead silent to hear an old ballad from West Virginia, in the dairy parlour every morning and evening for the cows and cats. The travel bug bit me hard and left a long-lingering welt, and almost as soon as I landed back on this side of the Pond I'd filled up a cooler for myself, gassed up my darling Lucille and made tracks for Memphis, followed by Denver on a whim, then three days on the scenic route from Colorado to D.C., then finally heading to Durham again, meandering along coastlines and rivers and through forests for two days instead of taking the straight shot, wanting to stay a vagabond for as long as possible before returning to "normal life."


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TERMINUS, in Roman mythology, the god of boundaries, the protector of the limits both of private property and of the public territory of Rome. He was represented by a stone or post, set up in the ground with the following religious ceremonies. A trench was dug, in which a fire was lighted; a victim was sacrificed, and its blood poured into the trench; the body, upon which incense and fruits, honey and wine were thrown, was then cast into the fire. When it was entirely consumed, the boundary stone, which had been previously anointed and crowned with garlands, was placed upon the hot ashes and fixed in the ground. Any one who removed a boundary stone was accursed (sacer) and might be slain with impunity; a fine was afterwards substituted for the death penalty. On the 23rd of February (the end of the old Roman year) the festival called Terminalia, according to Wissowa a festival not of the god but of the boundary stones (termini), was held. The owners of adjacent lands assembled at the common boundary stone, and crowned their own side of the stone with garlands; an altar was set up and offerings of cakes, corn, honey and wine were made (later, a lamb or a sucking pig was sacrificed). The proceedings closed with songs to the god and a general merrymaking, in which all the members of the family and the servants took part. A similar festival was also held at the old boundary of the Roman territory between the fifth and sixth milestones on the road to Laurentum. The custom of fixing the boundaries of property and the institution of the yearly festival were both ascribed to Numa. Another Sabine prince, Titus Tatius, had dedicated a stone to Terminus on the Capitoline hill. When Tarquinius Superbus desired to build a temple to Jupiter, the auguries forbade its removal, and it was enclosed within the walls of the new sanctuary, an indication of the immovability of such stones and of the permanence of the Roman territory. Terminus was probably in its origin only an epithet of Jupiter. The fact of the inclusion of his statue in the temple of Jupiter Capitolinus; the hole cut in the temple roof so that he might be worshipped in the open air as being, like Jupiter, a god of 1 Agathocles was a native of Thermae.
the sky; and the later assumption of a Jupiter Terminus or Terminalis (cf. the Greek Zci)s ipcos) support this view.
See Dion. Halic. ii. 74; Plutarch, Numa, 16, Quaest. Rom., 15; Livy i. 55; Horace, Epodes, ii. 59; Ovid, Fasti, ii. 637, 677; Siculus Flaccus in Gromatici veteres, ed. Lachmann (1848); G. Wissowa, Religion and Kultus der Romer (1902); W. W. Fowler, The Roman Festivals (1899); G. Jourde, Le Culte du dieu Terme (Paris, 1886).
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The basic structure:
The traditional LED chips are fixed in the conductive, thermal conductivity with two lead metal bracket, a reflective cup is the negative lead wire, the other a positive lead wire . The chip seal to the epoxy resin, on the one hand it can protect the chip, on the other hand has focusing function like lens. If the LED two lead wire aren't as long as, the longer is positive.
But if both are the same long, the positive lead wire is near the tube bulge. So we can know the LED lights mainly are composed of the bracket, silver plastic, gold wire and epoxy resin, etc. As the picture shown that the traditional DIP LED , high power COB LED and SMD LED.
high power COB LED
The chip and packaging will develop the high-power direction, in the high current condition can produce 10-20 times luminous flux larger than 5mm diameter LED, must adopt effective heat dissipation and non-degraded packaging materials to solve the light failure problem, therefore, the shell and the packaging technique is also key technology.
The thermal characteristic of power LED directly affect the LED working temperature, luminous efficiency, luminous wavelength, using lifespan, therefore, the packaging design and manufacturing technology is particularly important for the power LED chip.
The LED chip is the core of LED devices, The LED chip is a layered structure, the chip ends are metal electrodes; the bottom is a substrate material , the middle is a PN junction composed of a P-type layer and an N-type layer, the light-emitting layer is sandwiched between the P layer and N layer, which is the core area of light.
The p-type layer, the n-type layer and the luminescent layer are made of a special epitaxial growth process on the substrate material. During the chip operation, the p-type layer and the n-type layer respectively provide holes and electrons required for light emission, and they are injected into the light-emitting layer to produce lights.
As shown in the figure is the LED packaging technology.However, the actual chip structure is much more complicated than that. LED chip production technology is one of the 21st century high-tech.
The basic light-emitting principle:
The LED is a kind of light-emitting device that will be directly injected current, it is internal stimulated electronic in semiconductor crystal return from high level to low level, and it's normally called spontaneous emission transition during this process.
When the LED's PN junction will be added positive bias voltage, the electrons are injected from N to P, and the holes are injected from P to N , the injected minority carrier and majority carrier can recombine and shine, as shown in figure 1-7. Assume that the light is occurred in the P area, then injected electrons and holes can directly composite led the light, or be captured by light center firstly, next combine with holes led the light.As picture,
Besides this light composite, some electrons are captured by non-luminescent center, and then recombine with holes, but each release of energy isn't high so that cannot form a visible light. A great proportion of the light emitting compound than the non-composite, the quantum efficiency is higher. Because of the composite lights in the minority carrier diffusion area, so it merely produce light near the PN junction.
Proved by theory and practice, the light's peak wavelength and light-emitting area are relatively to the semiconductor materials forbidden band width, then the visible light whose wavelength is 380(purple light)-780mm(red light). Semiconductor materials should be 3.26-1.63ev,It's noteworthy that a large number of particles at high energy levels spontaneously emit a series of light waves, each of which has no fixed phase relationship, can have different polarization directions, and each particle emits light along all possible direction propagation, a process known as spontaneous emission.


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Realistic but with painterly brush strokes. Becoming more precise now.
Georgetown, DC is a magical place with stores, restaurants and beautiful architecture!
Representational with impressionistic overtones.
Just flowers... Nothing around them to distract your eyes.
From a trip to Cuba
Landscapes from beautiful Maryland, C&O Canal, Potomac River, Bosphorus, Anatolia
Views from Elbow Cay and Hopetown in the Bahamas.
They're all about color and texture...
Monotype prints are one of a kind paintings made with colored inks or watercolors.


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Located in Manchester (Whitefield), Charnley Mews Boutique Guest House is close to Bury Golf Club and Heaton Park. This guesthouse is within close proximity of Bury Art Gallery and Museum and Fusilier Museum. Take in the views from a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless Internet access. Free self parking is available onsite. Make yourself at home in one of the 20 individually decorated guestrooms. Prepare your meals in the shared/communal kitchen. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available to keep you connected.


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An ion gradient is a concentration gradient of ions, it can be called an electrochemical potential gradient of ions across membranes. Ionophores are important for ion gradients. The chemiosmotic potential is used as energy storage, chemiosmotic coupling is one of several ways a thermodynamically unfavorable reaction can be driven by a thermodynamically favorable one, I.E by letting the ions diffuse through the high concentration side to the low concentration side through transmembrane proteins which can use them as energy. Several different types of ion gradients exists in biological systems, the most common one is the proton gradient. Transmembrane ATPases or transmembrane proteins with ATPase domains are often used for making and utilizing ion gradients. The enzyme Na+/K+ ATPase use ATP to make a sodium ion gradient and a potassium ion gradient.
The proton gradient can be used as an intermediate energy storage for heat production and flagellar rotation . Additionally it is an interconvertible form of energy in active transport, electron potential generation, NADPH synthesis and ATP synthesis/hydrolysis.
Some archaea, most notably halobacteria, make proton gradients by pumping in protons from the environment with the help of the solar driven enzyme bacteriorhodopsin, here it is used for driving the molecular motor enzyme ATP synthase to make the necessary conformational changes required to synthesize ATP.
Proton gradients are also be made by bacteria by running ATP synthase in reverse, this is used to drive flagellas.
The F1FO ATP synthase is a reversible enzyme. Large enough quantities of ATP cause it to create a transmembrane proton gradient, this is used by fermenting bacteria which do not have an electron transport chain, and hydrolyze ATP to make a proton gradient, which they use for flagella and transport of nutrients into the cell.
In respiring bacteria under physiological conditions, ATP synthase generally runs in the opposite direction, creating ATP while using the protonmotive force created by the electron transport chain as a source of energy. The overall process of creating energy in this fashion is termed oxidative phosphorylation. Same process takes place in mitochondria, were ATP synthase is located in the inner mitochondrial membrane (so that F1-part sticks into mitochondrial matrix, were ATP synthesis takes place).


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If Republicans capture one or both Houses of Congress in the midterm elections, it will almost certainly be seen as a setback for President Obama – a blow to any remaining big-ticket items on his legislative agenda and a repudiation of some already passed. But if history is any guide, Mr. Obama may actually benefit in some ways from having Republicans run Congress for the next two years.
In the decades since World War II, divided government – one party controlling Congress while the other occupies the White House – has become more common than not. While polls show voters aren't overly happy with either party right now, they seem increasingly comfortable when the president's power is checked. Indeed, among modern presidents who have lost control of Congress in their first midterm election, all have gone on to win a second term.
Analysts say a divided government would present both opportunities and challenges for Obama and the newly empowered congressional leaders. "It doesn't mean that everything will grind to a halt," says Norman Ornstein, a congressional expert at the American Enterprise Institute here. "But you're likely to see, as you always do, an overinterpretation of a mandate" by the party coming into power.
That could mean a series of showdowns. Even if Republicans only take the House, the new committee chairmen will be able to launch public investigations into Obama's policies. Republicans also vow to undo some recently passed legislation – notably, Obama's health-care reform. Any attempt at outright repeal would be largely for political effect: They almost certainly won't gain the seats to overturn a presidential veto. But they may be able to block funding for parts of the law.
Some members already promise a larger battle with the president over spending that could lead to a government closure. "If the government shuts down, we want you with us," Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R) of Georgia told a conservative audience at a recent Faith and Freedom Coalition meeting. "It's going to take some pain to do the things we need to do to right the ship."
But such standoffs come with risks – as congressional Republicans learned in 1995, when they became the target of a public backlash after shutting down the government. "Last time, no one was sure how the public would react," says Gary Jacobson, a political scientist at the University of California, San Diego. "Turned out, they didn't like what Congress was doing."
Similarly, after President Truman lost control of Congress in 1946, he blamed the GOP for the subsequent gridlock and won reelection by railing against a "do nothing" Congress.
Of course, in the event of a major threat – a terrorist attack, or another economic emergency – the two sides would have no choice but to work together. One example of bipartisan cooperation was the relationship that developed between President Eisenhower and Democratic leaders Sam Rayburn and Lyndon Johnson after the GOP lost control of Congress in 1952. "It was the height of the cold war," says presidential historian Robert Dallek. "There was the feeling of the need of the parties to pull together."
Even in the absence of a unifying event, Obama and the Republicans may feel pressure to find some common ground. "I don't think the leadership in Congress is going to want to have complete gridlock," says Mr. Ornstein.
One issue both sides agree on is the need for deficit reduction – though they have very different ideas about how to approach it. Analysts say they may be able to pass some trade pacts, and Obama has said he hopes to work with Republicans on education and energy.
While sweeping legislation of any kind seems unlikely, it's possible they could tackle some issues piecemeal – as Bill Clinton did after the GOP takeover in 1994. He used the setback to pivot to the center, championing policies that appealed to moderate voters, such as welfare reform.
"After the election, my hope is that people start emphasizing what we have in common," Obama said at a recent town-hall meeting.
But even if nothing gets done, it may not be all bad. Often, the economy does better when neither party can legislate at will, which could aid Obama. Peter Linneman, a real estate and financial expert, writes in his quarterly newsletter that "when it comes to government, gridlock is good for the economy, as it assures a relatively stable set of rules."
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Normalcy returned in Kashmir valley today after three days of restrictions and strike in the aftermath of killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Sabzar Bhat in an encounter with security forces.
There were no restrictions anywhere in Kashmir, officials said, adding life was going on normally across the valley.
Shops, offices, fuel stations and other business establishments opened here this morning, while public transport resumed after three days, the officials said.
They said similar reports of restoration of normalcy were received from other districts of the valley.
However, the officials said classwork in all schools and colleges in the districts of Anantnag, Shopian, Pulwama and Budgam has been suspended for the day as a precautionary measure.
They said all higher secondary schools and colleges in Srinagar have also been closed for today.
Classes in few higher secondary schools and colleges in the districts of Ganderbal and Kupwara has also been suspended for the day, but university-level examinations were being conducted as per the schedule, the officials said.
The authorities restored the outgoing call facility on prepaid numbers last night, but mobile internet services continued to remain suspended across the valley as a precautionary measure.
Curfew-like restrictions were imposed on Sunday in the districts of Anantnag, Pulwama, Kulgam and Shopian – all in south Kashmir, as also in seven police station areas of Srinagar and in Sopore township in north Kashmir.
The restrictions were placed following the killing of Sabzar and his colleague in the encounter in Soimoh area of Tral in south Kashmir's Pulwama district a day earlier.
The restrictions continued till yesterday.
Separatist groups had called for a two-day strike from Sunday and had asked people to march to Tral on Tuesday to pay tributes to the slain militants.
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PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins were missing Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Paul Martin and James Neal, but they didn't miss a beat as they completed a three-game season sweep of the Canadiens with a 6-4 victory Thursday at the Consol Energy Center. It marked the first time this season the Canadiens have lost three consecutive games in regulation time.
We're No. 4: The loss left the Canadiens tied in points with the Boston Bruins, who dropped a 3-2 shootout to Buffalo. But the Bruins are first in the Northeast Division because they have played one fewer game. The Canadiens drop to fourth in the Eastern Conference.
Who's in goal? For the third consecutive game, the Canadiens' starting goaltender finished the game on the bench. Peter Budaj saw his seven-game winning streak come to an end when he gave up three goals on nine shots in the first period. He was replaced by Carey Price, who had been yanked in the two previous games.
Newcomers contribute: A couple of late-season additions provided the bulk of the offence for the Penguins. Brenden Morrow scored at 9:30 of the first period to give the Penguins a 2-0 lead and he added his 11th goal of the season when he combined with Beau Bennett on a 2-on-1 break at 4:07 of the second period. Veteran Jarome Iginla scored a power-play goal at 19:38 of the first period. It was his 1,100th NHL point. And defenceman Douglas Murray completed the Pittsburgh scoring with a third-period goal.
Two for Sutter: Brandon Sutter also scored his 10th and 11th goals of the season. He opened the scoring at 7:24 of the first period and added a power-play goal when he scored on a rebound after Price stopped Morrow.
Dupuis on a streak: Laval native Pascal Dupuis assisted on Morrow's first goal to extend his points streak to six games. Dupuis, who has been pressed into service as a centre following the loss of Crosby, has three goals and seven assists in the string.
Rookie watch: Alex Galchenchuk had the prettiest goal of the night when he went top-shelf on Marc-André Fleury and Gabriel Dumont scored his first NHL goal in the third period. But Brendan Gallagher had a tough night. He left the game briefly after stopping a shot by Matt Niskanen late in the first period. He also collected eight penalty minutes, including a double minor for what appeared to be an inadvertent high-sticking on Matt Cooke.
Missing bodies: Michael Ryder didn't travel to Pittsburgh. He is day-to-day with an upper-body injury. Also missing is Ryan White, who has been suspended five games for a head shot on Philadelphia's Kent Huskins Monday.
What's next: The Canadiens return to the Bell Centre for their final regular-season home games. They play the Tampa Bay Lightning Thursday night (7:30 p.m., TSN-Habs, RDS, TSN-690 Radio) while the Washington Capitals are in town Saturday.
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Edible cocktails? Think jell-o shots, the poster children for an inexpensive, DIY drinking experience. We may (or may not) remember them from our college days as the go-to drink to make for frequent house parties. Cheap, simple and boozy. However, edible cocktail aficionados are beginning to take the every day jello shot and make it into the extraordinary tippler treat.
While the classic jello shot is known to be made up of very few ingredients, namely vodka and gelatin, there is so much more that can be done with these concoctions. Just like with the tried-and-true classic cocktails we know and love, there is always room to be creative and make something new, these edibles are no exception.
Check out our selection of edible cocktails and let us know what some of your favorite recipes are!
(courtesy of DrinksMixer.com)
Chocolate Covered Cherry Jello Shots
1 cup Creme de Cacao
4 oz package of cherry Jell-o
1 cup hot water
Heat the hot water until it comes to a boil. Dissolve the Jello in the water, and add the creme de cacao. Ladle into plastic shot glasses and chill.
Bloody Mary Jello Shots(courtesy of TheImprovKitchen.com)
5 celery sticks
1 cup tomato juice
1 packet Knox Gelatin
¼ tsp lemon juice
¼ tsp garlic powder
¼ tsp onion powder
¼ tsp pepper
¼ tsp salt
squirt of worcestershire sauce
squirt of tabasco sauce
¼ cup vodka
Mix all ingredients, except the vodka, gelatin and celery stalks in a pot over medium heat. When the liquid is warm, add the gelatin and stir until dissolved. Remove from the heat and let cool for one minute. Add the vodka, and let sit for three minutes. Pour over the celery stalks. Place in the refrigerator to set for at least four hours. Cut into bite size pieces.
Root Beer Barrel Jelly Shots(courtesy of JSTK.com)
1 cup root beer
2 envelopes plain gelatin
⅔ cup root beer flavored vodka (we recommend Three Olives Root Beer Vodka)
Wooden coffee stirrers, for garnish, if desired
If using a flexible silicone mold, prepare by spraying lightly with cooking spray, then wipe the cavities clean with a paper towel. This will leave a residue that will help unmold the shots without affecting taste or appearance. If setting a pan, no prep is needed. Pour root beer into a saucepan and sprinkle with gelatin. Allow to soak for a few minutes. heat on low, stirring constantly, until the gelatin is dissolved. Remove from the heat. Add in vodka and Sambuca. Pour into the mold, and chill several hours or overnight. To serve, cut or unmold the shots. Cut the wooden stirrers into sticks about two inches long. Insert one into each shot.


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I wish I had a dollar every time someone objected to the word sin! And guilt, too. Our objection to both words comes from the same source: our discomfort at the implication of blame. No one likes to be accused. We'd rather say noncommittally, "Mistakes were made" than to admit, "I was wrong"!
The beauty of our religious language is that it's unblinkingly honest. There's no spin with sin; no campaign launched to cover up the mess. When we talk "sin," we're saying: "My bad. I knew that house was on fire when I entered it!" So let's say we're sinners, firstly because it's true and also because telling the truth is an incredibly healthy choice to make. Our society is so geared to the airbrushed image we may begin to accept that hiding a blemish here or a gray hair there is normal.
But the airbrushed image is phony. Sooner or later the real person will tumble out from behind the artful deception. Religious language provides us the chance to be authentic, apart from the spandex and the posturing. When we admit we've done wrong, we take a big first step into freedom.
Where does that step take us? From personal responsibility we can move into some pretty wonderful territory. Owning our sinfulness gives us access to forgiveness and the joy known only to the children of God. By contrast, where does the denial of responsibility get us? From the vague nod that "mistakes were made" we can't move to forgiveness and healing. If we refuse the identity of the sinner, we're shrugging our shoulders, burying the injury under the rug. As we know from our experiences with physical healing, wounds that are not cleansed, treated, and brought into the open air tend to fester, become infected, and lead to more serious conditions.
So it is with the spiritual wounds human sinfulness causes. One lie creates the foundation of the next. Unaddressed pride leads to uncontrolled egotism. Sexual irresponsibility prompts a habit of exploiting others. Self-righteous anger justifies an inner world of aggression that paves the way to violence.
The traditional daily habit of examining your conscience and admitting fault is the best antidote to living in the land of self-justification. I'm a sinner! I'm also, thanks be to God, forgiven.
Psalm 51; Matthew 9:1-13; Mark 7:1-23; Luke 15:1-32; 18:9-14; 19:1-10; Romans 5:6-6:23; James 3:1-4:10
Forgiveness prayers
Reconciliation by Bishop Robert Morneau (Orbis)
The Forgiveness Book by Paul Boudreau and Alice Camille (ACTA Publications)
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Happy New Year - Looking for ways to improve LQ.
As the year comes to an end, it's a great time to reflect on the year that passed and look forward to the year ahead. While 2010 was another great year for LQ, we know there is always room for improvement. While 2011 will see a major code update (we'll post more on that as it gets closer to fruition) we're interested in ways you think LQ can be improved. From major changes to minor tweaks, please use this thread to let us know what you think. We thrive on user feedback and many of the changes we've made in the past are a direct result of member feedback. For a teaser on what's already in store as part of the aforementioned code upgrade, you can expect to see a vastly improved search, mobile apps for android and iPhone, a much improved articles/tutorials section, a cleaned up HCL/reviews section and an entirely new editor.
Thanks again for making LQ one of the best communities on the web! Visit this blog post if you're interested in some 2010 Browser and OS statistics for LQ.
Isn't there already a thread for this? Or do we get a fresh one each year ?:)
Seriously though, I do have a request:
Could non-moderators move threads if need be? It would need restrictions, such as not moving out of General, and being limited perhaps to Senior Members...
You get a new one each and every year ;) We don't have any plans to allow members to move threads at this time, but you should expect some increased level of senior member participation at some point (mostly centered around addressing very obvious mass spam attempts).
UPDATE: As a thank you for participating in this thread, we'll be randomly selecting 5 posts one week from today and will upgrade each members account to "Contributing Member" status for all of 2011. Good luck!
Display name Edit?
Jeremy, how about a way to change our display name? I've adopted an alias since joining in 2003 that I'd like to use here. The Display name could always link back to the original name if that'd make sense.
i think a simple one would be moving the 'log out' link farther from the 'new posts' link on the front page, i've lost count of how many times i've mis-clicked logout when trying to view new posts, thank god for the confirmation dialog
The "cookie crumb" navigation option back to higher levels in the forums is not very user friendly for those of us who don't know anything about post-XP windows.
How about a "return to (current topic's sub forum)" and a "return to (main board)" button along side the "post reply" button for the newbie in us all?
No? Then how about a gingerbread cookie emoticon available among the defaults? Who doesn't like gingerbread cookies?
I'd say a very good thing would be a break with proprietary software (such as vBulletin). If you can't use alternative forum software how about LQ either creates one itself or forks it from another existing project (such as FluxBB)?
you mention above, an "entirely new editor" is in the works in the near future. If I'm guessing correctly, this applies to the "quick reply" and "advanced editor"s, etc., for composing posts, right? Well what about the editor where one composes PM's to other members? Is that the same editor, and/or will that editor also be 'fixed' - it has some very strange line-wrap behavior (or lack of), else the resulting edits & message can end up a mile long off the side of the screen, requiring scrolling left/right to read it. :)
This isn't an original idea, but the Linux Distributions area needs a bit of housekeeping. Some of these haven't had posts in a long while. I also think that the links should fall down the page and not across. I realize this would make the page longer, but it would sure be easier on new members to find their way around.
I am very glad to see LQ focusing on mobile devices, and can't wait to see what an LQ Android application will look like, but I would still suggest looking into making the site more mobile-friendly in general. There are many small-screen devices out there with HTML browsers, not just Android and iOS devices. We should also take into account that a lot of LQ's traffic is from organic search results, so mobile users who simply came across LQ via a Google search shouldn't have to install a native application to get the most of the site.
I have also wondered for quite some time why LQ Wiki accounts are not linked to the regular LQ user accounts. I know a few times in the past I wanted to edit or create a page on the Wiki, only to be asked to create yet another account, which put me off of the whole thing. It seems like unifying the login would increase use of the Wiki by making it easier for existing LQ members to edit.
The editor(s) create their window in the upper left corner instead of using the available breadth of the screen in use when one creates a post. (Uarg, I tested it right now going from a begun "quick reply" to "advanced" and it did not happen).
<edit1> Sometimes they switch fonts too. Right now it is Courier(?) sometimes Arial -- and that is when the size of the window is, umm, sub-optimal. </edit1>
<edit2> Arial comes up in a much to small window when I click on the "Quote" button </edit2>
Okay, lets say their behaviour is not always consistent (or predictable from this side of the bulletin software). I think Anisha_Kaul has commented on this already. Could you please look into that a little deeper?
As well as wanting to give a +1 to MS3FGX's suggestion of more of a focus on mobile devices, I wanted to make a suggestion about the '...find other posts by this user...' feature.
If you are using this to have a look at the posting history of a new or new-ish user (usually to see if they have a history of repeating some particular transgression of the accepted norms, or not), it would be very helpful to see immediately in which threads they are the original poster and in which threads they have just added a comment.
As it just happened to me:
I clicked a link inside the monthly "Community Bulletin" mail, which led directly to an attachment (i.e. an image) that someone posted.
So, why do I have to log in to view such an attached image (as opposed to viewing a thread)?
It is not a major inconvenience (as long as I remember my password, anyways ;)) but I nevertheless do not see the point in it.
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Discovered in the 19th century, "The Love Song for Shu-Sin" has become the oldest love poem in history, but does it shed new light on our historical perception of love?
When was love invented? This question has no answer for many reasons. The first one, and probably the reason why so many people would cringe when reading the question, is the assumption that love is an invention instead of an essential human emotion. So, while many studies have tried to prove how love is something inherent to humans, historical and sociological approaches strongly believe that it's more of a cultural and social invention that has been shaped to the needs of each historical period. So, while we're not going to focus on that particular subject (it would take us days to try to tackle all these different views on the matter), there's a good starting point that, as you might have garnered from the title, can help us answer the question.
"Bridegroom, dear to my heart,
Goodly is your beauty, honeysweet,
Lion, dear to my heart,
Goodly is your beauty, honeysweet.
You have captivated me, let me stand tremblingly before you.
Bridegroom, I would be taken by you to the bedchamber,
You have captivated me, let me stand tremblingly before you.
Lion, I would be taken by you to the bedchamber."
Im Harem (1855) Carl Spitzweg
Many scholars believe that one of the literary forms that could give us a more definitive answer to the question of when love was invented is poetry. Since it's the oldest form of literary expression, the most known for giving the best examples of human emotion, poetry has become a key subject study to determine the nature of love. Many believe that love first appears in the Bible in the famous poem "Song of Songs." Others claim that even though it deals with the main characteristics of this emotion, love as we know it and understand it nowadays, wasn't created until medieval times with "courtly love," while others claim that it is a social construct created in Victorian times. So, since there are so many different opinions, let's focus on the first claim.
Before the 19th century, "Song of Songs" was believed to be the oldest love poem ever. In case you don't know about it, this is a relatively unknown part of the Bible that doesn't really mention many religious precepts and, instead, is a sensual narration of the erotic encounters between two lovers. The irony is that it lost its claim to the title of oldest love poem when archaeologist Henry Layard, in an eager attempt to find some of the places mentioned in the Bible, led an excavation at the spot where it was believed that Nineveh (modern-day Nippur in southern Iraq) had stood. In the personal library of the Assyrian King Ashurbanipal (668-627 BC) there was an old clay tablet named "Istanbul #2561", that had been stored in a drawer in the cellar of the Istanbul Museum of the Ancient Orient for decades. The impressive thing was that in their attempt to prove the veracity of the Bible, this library provided evidence that most of the stories included in it had prior and older versions originally in Mesopotamian tales.
"Bridegroom, let me caress you,
My precious caress is more savory than honey,
In the bedchamber, honey-filled,
Let me enjoy your goodly beauty,
Lion, let me caress you,
My precious caress is more savory than honey."
Harem (c1877) Fernand Cormon
So, what's so special about this clay tablet? In 1951, while translating some ancient Sumerian texts, Sumerologist Samuel Noah Kramer found this abandoned tablet and realized that it was actually a beautiful poem dating from around 2000 BC. After giving it a more dignified name, "The Love Song for Shu-Sin", it was translated into English and became the oldest love poem in history, which makes a lot of sense, since the Sumerians were the first civilization to develop written language. But what does the poem really say, and what can it tell us about love as a universal emotion or a social construct? After some research, scholars agree that the poem was part of an annual celebration or rite known as the "sacred marriage." During the ritual, the king, in this case, Shu-Sin, would symbolically marry Inanna (goddess of love and fertility) and procreate with her to ensure a year of prosperity and fertility in the land.
The poem is actually about a bride showing and pouring all her admiration and love for the king in highly erotic praises of his greatness (in all senses, seriously) and the love she feels for her future husband. As scholar Jeremy Black explains, the song was created to celebrate this sacred ritual, but many people mistakenly see it only as a regular love poem. However, although the marriage was a symbolical union with the goddess, the king also participated in a ceremony with one of the goddess's priestesses, so he would symbolically become Dumuzi, Inanna's lover in Sumerian cosmogony. By showering praise and love on the King, the bride is making sure that the country will prosper thanks to her love for the monarch and her blessing of his kingdom.
"Bridegroom, you have taken your pleasure of me,
Tell my mother, she will give you delicacies,
My father, he will give you gifts.
Your spirit, I know where to cheer your spirit,
Bridegroom, sleep in our house until dawn,
Your heart, I know where to gladden your heart,
Lion, sleep in our house until dawn."
The Fortune Teller (1875) Édouard Frédéric Wilhelm Richter
As a result, the poem fulfills a religious, political, and social purpose, but it's also an intense and moving work of literature, where the female poetic voice gives a realistic and heartfelt touch to the ceremony. So, to go back to our original question, what can the oldest love poem in history tell us about our understanding of love? On the one hand, it's clear that this doesn't really portray love as we understand it nowadays, that's for sure. However, I do believe that it shows us that love is actually a social construct we've shaped and transformed based on our own perceptions and needs in life.
"You, because you love me,
Give me pray of your caresses,
My lord god, my lord protector,
My Shu-Sin, who gladdens Enlil's heart,
Give my pray of your caresses.
Your place goodly as honey, pray lay your hand on it,
Bring your hand over like a gishban-garment,
Cup your hand over it like a gishban-sikin-garment
It is a balbale-song of Inanna."
The Favorite (unknown date) Rudolf Ernst
Don't leave without taking a look at these amazing poems:
16 Persian Poems That Will Bring Beauty To Your Day
How The Most Beloved Poem Is Also One Of The Most Misread Ones
The 6 Greek Types Of Love In Poetry
Cover painting: Reclining Odalisque (1892) Ferencz Franz Eisenhut


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During an interview with Montreality, Post Malone opened up about the U.S. government being the biggest lie in the world, appreciating 50 Cent, posers who wear band t-shirts, and much more. Peep the hilarious interview above and stay tuned for more from Post Malone. He's currently hard at work on his new album, Beerbongs & Bentleys, and released the new single "Psycho."


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Two men claim to have escaped the murderous clutches of a serial killer. But each says he's the victim and the other man is the murderer. It'll take everything small-town police sergeant Chandler Jenkins has to discover the truth - before anyone else dies
- Format
- Paperback
- Category
- Fiction
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Publish Date
- June 2019
A thriller with a killer hook, and an ending that will make you gasp! Wilbrook in Western Australia is a sleepy, remote town that sits on the edge of miles and miles of unexplored wilderness. It is home to Police Sergeant Chandler Jenkins, who is proud to run the town's small police station, a place used to dealing with domestic disputes and noise complaints.
All that changes on a scorching day when an injured man stumbles into Chandler's station. He's covered in dried blood. His name is Gabriel. He tells Chandler what he remembers. He was drugged and driven to a cabin in the mountains and tied up in iron chains. The man who took him was called Heath. Heath told Gabriel he was going to be number 55. His 55th victim. Heath is a serial killer. As a manhunt is launched, a man who says he is Heath walks into the same station. He tells Chandler he was taken by a man named Gabriel. Gabriel told Heath he was going to be victim 55. Gabriel is the serial killer.
Two suspects. Two identical stories. Which one is the truth?
James Delargy has written one of the most excitingdebuts of 2019. He masterfully paints the picture of a remote Western Australian town and its people, swallowed whole by the hunt for a serial killer.
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Hour 1 – 7:00 p.m.-7:45 p.m.
Instructors: Rabbi Dan Kaiman & Rabbi Michael Weinstein
Judaism and Jewish life is foundational in values by which to live. Our Jewish values, the middot, inspire us to live a life of meaning and purpose. The middot guide us in the ways of maasim tovim; growing in a life of Torah, and good actions. During this six-week course, we will explore some of our basic Jewish values, working to interpret them in a modern age.
CRIME & CONSEQUENCE (2-hr. class)
The Talmud, Jewish Ethics, and the U.S. Criminal Justice System (2-hr. class)
Instructor: Rabbi Yehuda Weg
Criminal justice policy affects the safety and peace of mind of all citizens, and has broad implications for crime victims, the accused, the convicted, and their families. With a growing consensus on both sides of the ideological divide that the United States requires criminal justice reform—either because the current system is unjust, inequitable, and ineffective; or simply because it's too expensive to taxpayers—Crime and Consequence is particularly timely.
The course raises some of the most important questions about American criminal law in the light of Talmudic law: What is the Talmud's theory of criminal justice, and how does it compare with secular theories? What are we to think about the ballooning numbers of those incarcerated in the U.S.? Should the death penalty be permissible? How can offenders be rehabilitated? When, if ever, can trust be restored to a convict? And most importantly, how can crime be prevented?
In this course we will be asking not only what, but also why; because we will be willing to suppose, to imagine, and to test the boundaries of intellectual curiosity.
*JLI Fees of $55 include textbook and materials. Scholarships for this class are available through Rabbi Weg.
ISRAELI ART WORKSHOP (2-hr. class)
Instructor: Liat Gal
This class will bring out your creativity! We will paint Israeli landscapes, and make collages, jewelry, picture frames, decorative boxes and more. Come grow and express yourself through art.
*Material fee $10
Instructor: Sara Levitt
Music has been used to accompany, enhance and teach Jewish practice for centuries. Join us to discover the development of Jewish music from the time of the Temple in Jerusalem to the Yiddish folk songs of the 18th and 19th century, Israeli pioneer tunes and all the way through the impact of Jewish music on Jewish summer camping and vice versa.
JAZZ AGE JEWS (2-hr. class)
Instructor: Jesse Ulrich
The first "talkie" in Hollywood, 1927's The Jazz Singer, examines the struggle of the Jewish people and assimilation in the United States. This story and this struggle are so at the core of the American Jewish experience that this film was made again in the 50s and again in the 80s. Jazz Age Jews will examine and discuss the changing American Jewish experience through these three films.
Instructor: Ophir Gal
Designed for the beginning Hebrew student, this is the second part of a two-semester course. Classes will continue to cover decoding the alef-bet, basic vocabulary, and a look at Hebrew grammar. Students will continue using the text Shalom Hebrew which greatly enhances the student's ability to quickly grasp new material by providing reading practice, vocabulary exercises, and games.
TEXT: Shalom Hebrew
Hour 2: 8:00 p.m. -8:45 p.m.
Instructors: Rabbi Dan Kaiman and Rabbi Michael Weinstein
This course is designed to provide an introduction to the religion and culture of the Jewish people. We will discuss the core ideas and practices of Jewish life – the nature of God, Torah, holidays, history, prayer, traditions, and living a life of righteousness. The course runs a full year and is open both to those who are deepening their Jewish roots and those who may be interested in conversion. The course is team taught by Rabbi Dan Kaiman and Rabbi Michael Weinstein. New students are welcome to join the course at either semester.
TEXT: Living Judaism
CRIME & CONSEQUENCE…..continued from 1st hour
Instructor: Rabbi Yehuda Weg
Information can be found under 1st hour class description.
Instructor: Stephanie Marshall
Through this course each participant will start to figure out their own individual (or family) food ethics. Together we will explore the many questions that lead to mindful eating. How do you make every forkful count? Do you follow the laws of kashrut? Do environmental ethics matter? Who decides what is kosher? Is there such a thing as food justice? Do you eat for your health? Let's discuss!
ISRAELI ART WORKSHOP…..continued from 1st hour
Instructor: Liat Gal
Information can be found under 1st hour class description.
JAZZ AGE JEWS…..continued from 1st hour
Instructor: Jesse Ulrich
Information can be found under 1st hour class description.
Instructor: Aya Rikin
Let's get together and enjoy (low impact) Israeli dancing to the tunes of timeless melodies. Aya Rikin is a native Israeli who loves teaching this class. She encourages both beginners and experienced dancers alike to come join her!
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Neville shivered as he left the greenhouse, the night was cloudless and cold now that the sun had sunk firmly behind the mountains. He eyed the ground and spotted Pansy laying in the grass, staring up at the star-speckled expanse. He stood silently as his eyes moved over her body, noting her clothes. The silken... Continue Reading →
A Glimpse Of Lace – Chp 7 – Greenhouses
Three days passed, and nothing he did made him feel any better. He kept his eyes turned down and tried to keep his mind attuned to his lessons. He studied on his bed away from the common room and the mocking glances and kept his distance from anyone that could get him into further trouble.... Continue Reading →
A Glimpse Of Lace – Chp 6 – Muted Violet
He looked around for the culprit, ready to give someone a piece of his mind. "Hello?" He called. He heard a creak of material and springs as a head popped u over a nearby chair. He felt his heart let out a loud thud as Pansy smiled at him. The smile took him off guard.... Continue Reading →
A Glimpse Of Lace – Chp 5 – Priorities
He collapsed into the chair next to Hermione and winced as his back twinged. The walk back with Hannah had created aches all along his side where he stooped to carry her. "You look awful, Nev!" Ginny said as she looked up from her homework. "Yes, Neville, you look very soggy," Luna confirmed as she... Continue Reading →
A Glimpse Of Lace – Chp 4 – Walking Boots and Bad Influences
It was over an hour before they were finally outside and as predicted, the weather had moved in filling the air with a fine drizzle. Neville had taken this into account, wearing his walking boots and waterproofs. Hannah, on the other hand, hadn't. "Are we going to be out here long, Nev?" She asked as... Continue Reading →
A Glimpse of Lace – Chp 3 – Lipstick Smudges in the Dark
He shuddered as pleasure flooded his veins, and heat surrounded his throbbing cock. He didn't question it when he felt a tongue swirl around the head. He bucked against the bed as the heat surrounded him. Images of dark red lipstick pressing against the base of his length filled his mind as he tried to... Continue Reading →
A Glimpse of Lace – Chp 2 – Black Lace and White Cotton Shirts
He loved the smell of Hannah's hair, like calendula and geraniums. He loved the sound of her laugh when he said something intentionally funny. He absolutely adored her smile, it lit up the room. Neville smiled at her as she turned to smile at him. Her attention, momentarily drawn from the books in her lap.... Continue Reading →
A Glimpse of Lace – Chp 1 – Something Wicked
It was something about the way her short skirt swished against her rounded bottom that always seemed to draw his eye, not that he tried to look. He knew it wasn't the gentlemanly thing to do, ogle girls, but Merlin! She didn't make it easy. The skirt was so much shorter than it should've been.... Continue Reading →


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I am working my way to becoming vegan however, I have not been able to find any substitutes for Butter AND margerine. My parents (who are nutrionalists) always said NO to margarines because they (if I remember correctly) are heated oils and have just as much Saturated fats as real butters. They also remember when it was considered the "poor man's butter" because it was a collection of all the unwanted oils (Of course, I'm sure they've updated it now since we are not in the Great Depression anymore, heh :P). I have also read several articles by nutrionalists stating that margarines rest in the arteries and clog them just as real butters (well, it holds it shape at room temperature just as real butter), so I am trying to find a natural substitute.
Are there any people out there who have discovered a butter AND margarine substitute?
I have found tahini works as a wonderful spread on toast. But what about other things?
(Ahhh after much searching, I found why my parents were anti-margerine. We always tried to stay away from trans-fats. I googled "Why are trans fats bad?" since I couldnt remember why. :P hehe
Here we go: "Trans fats. You may have heard about these man-made fats, but what's so bad about them, and how do we avoid them? Trans fats are basically vegetable fats that have been changed chemically by a process known as hydrogenation and typically they take a healthy fat, such as corn oil or soybean oil and make it solid. They're frequently found in foods that contain some kind of fat, such as:
- Cookies
- Crackers
- Fried foods (like fried chicken)
- French fries
- Doughnuts
- MargarineThe problem is that the body treats the hydrogenated fat like it's a saturated fat, similar to butter or animal fat. As most of us know, saturated fat is the culprit that clogs arteries. So in essence trans fats, while initially a healthful oil that's unsaturated, becomes a saturated fat through this process of hydrogenation and is linked to causing heart disease."
I'm trying to stay away from all animal products/trans fat products for health (and for the animals )...