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The Brewers picked up three solid prospects in trades this past summer – acquiring Domingo Santana, Brett Phillips, and Zach Davies. Santana has already graduated and should be an interesting power upside play in 2016, while Davies should start the year in the rotation. Phillips migh have the most upside of any of them, but likely won't reach the majors until 2017. After being one of the weaker systems entering the 2015 season, these trades and the 2015 draft have done a lot to bolster the farm. They'll add another strong piece this summer with the fifth pick in the MLB draft.Please, blog, may I have some more?
Tyrone Taylor
Please see our player page for Tyrone Taylor to see projections for today, the next 7 days and rest of season as well as stats and gamelogs designed with the fantasy baseball player in mind.
Organizational Talent Rankings via Baseball America
2014 (29) | 2013 (23) | 2012 (25) | 2011 (30) | 2010 (14)
2014 Affiliate Records
MLB: [82-80] NL Central
AAA: [77-67] Pacific Coast League – Nashville (2015: Colorado Springs)
AA: [77-63] Southern League – Huntsville
A+: [73-62] Florida State League – Brevard County
A: [72-67] Midwest League – Wisconsin
Graduated Prospects
Jimmy Nelson, RHP
The Gist
Heading into 2014, the Brewers checked in as the 29th ranked farm system according to Baseball America. This season was a step in the right direction though. The major league club looked like a playoff team for much of the first half before things fell apart in the second. Jimmy Nelson logged over 69 innings in the bigs and looks like a quality major league starter. Prospect Mitch Haniger was moved in the Gerardo Parra deal, but for the most part the farm stayed intact. With three picks in the top 50 of the June draft, the organization added a solid left-handed pitcher and two promising bats. This year saw a shake-up among minor league affiliates across all levels, and the Brewers were a part of that. Their AAA club is now Colorado Springs, formerly affiliated with the Rockies.
Organizational Talent Rankings via Baseball America
2013 (23) | 2012 (25) | 2011 (30) | 2010 (14) | 2009 (10)
2013 Affiliate Records
MLB: [74-88] NL Central
AAA: [57-87] Pacific Coast League — Nashville
AA: [59-79] Southern League — Huntsville
A+: [66-68] Florida State League — Brevard County
A: [59-76] Midwest League — Wisconsin
Arizona Fall League Players — Surprise Saguaros
Tyler Cravy (RHP); David Goforth (RHP); Taylor Jungmann (RHP); Kevin Shackelford (RHP); Adam Weisenburger (C); Mitch Haniger (OF); Jason Rogers (OF)
Graduated Prospects
Logan Schafer (OF); Jeff Bianchi (INF); Scooter Gennett (2B); Khris Davis (OF); Caleb Gindl (OF); Wily Peralta (RHP); Brandon Kintzler (RHP); Alfredo Figaro (RHP); Donovan Hand (RHP); Tyler Thornburg (RHP)
The Run Down
The upper levels of the Brewers' minor league system graduated quite a bit of talent into the bigs in 2013, as Wily Peralta, Tyler Thornburg, Khris Davis, and Scooter Gennett, among others, earned significant playing time in Milwaukee. What remains of the Brewers' farm is a rather uninteresting mix of low-risk/low-upside, and high-risk/high-reward type prospects. It's not the worst org in the game — no, the Angels have that locked up by a comfy margin — but it's lacking severely in the high-impact department. Outfielders Victor Roache and Tyrone Taylor can change that outlook with big seasons in 2014. And Orlando Arcia and Devin Williams are gifted enough to bring some excitement to the lower levels of this system. But until further notice, you should probably try to avoid stocking up on Brewers in your dynasty leagues.


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New Orange Krushed Tees, Long Sleeved Tees, Black Hoodies, Burgundy Hoodies, and Toddler Tees now available at wstgear.com Featuring a new Multi-Colored Hand Style Logo by Izzewst.
New Orange Krushed Tees, Long Sleeved Tees, Black Hoodies, Burgundy Hoodies, and Toddler Tees now available at wstgear.com Featuring a new Multi-Colored Hand Style Logo by Izzewst.
New Zodak Marker Tee, Long Sleeved Tees, Tanks, and Men's Pullover Hoodies now available at wstgear.com This design is a remix of a pencil sketch marker by design Zodak One which originally came out in the early 2000's. We vectorized the line work to make it bold and crisp, added a touch of color, and paired it up with the Zodak 2 Logo from the same time period. Probably the largest print we've ever produced minus the all-over prints from the mid 2000's.
We proudly present the new "Blue Thorns" Tees, Pullover Hoodies, and Long Sleeved Tees available now at wstgear.com Features a multi-colored, high quality screen print of our "Crown of Thorns" Logo by Soems with additional color and layout work by IzzeWST. Without a doubt one of the flyest garment in any closet.
New Soems 2 NasTeal Embroidered Snap Back Caps! Featuring a fresh Handstyle Logo by Soems. This is a first for us as the logo is done in a Multi-colored Embroidery which closely matches our Soems 2 Nasty Tees, Pullover Hoodies, Long Sleeved Tees, and Girl Tees.
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We proudly present the 4th in the Symmetry Series by IzzeWST! Our first Symmetry design dropped 1999, followed by another in 2001, and the most recent prior to this one in 2003. This 10 color screen print is available on Men's Tees, Long Sleeved Tees, Girl Tees, and Men's Pullover Hoodies! All of these items feature the Izze 7 Hand Style Logo Print on the Back. The Long Sleeved Tees and Pullover Hoodies both have a multi-colored screen print on the Right Sleeve. The Hoodies also have a large W Crown embroidered on the Hood. Everything private labeled as always. Without a doubt one of our favorite prints and best products to date!
New "Letter Serious 2" screen print featuring an ill Letter Series burner by Arest 150 available now on Men's Tee, Girl Tees, and Pullover Hoodies! This 9 color screen print printed beautifully on the entire range of tee shirt colors we produced. This design nearly got left on the cutting room floor due to some issues with the artwork but we got it all ironed out and we feel like the wait was well worth it as it's one of our best prints to date.
Just in time for Fall… we present our new Soems 2 Nasty print, a collaboration between Boston based artist Soems and IzzeWST, is available now on Men's Tees in the WST Online Store!
New Soems Nasty Adjustable Trucker Hats now available in the WST Online Store!
We made a very limited run of these Soems Nasty pocket print tees. Features a small Soems Nasty Logo on front "Pocket" area and a Large Print of the same logo on back. Both prints applied using a single pass print technique for enhanced breathability and a softer feel.
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Village Place is located in Port Charlotte with convenient access to both Fawcett Memorial Hospital and Peace River Regional Medical Center. Every therapist at Village Place is experienced, certified and professionally licensed in physical, speech or occupational therapy. A dedicated rehabilitation and complex care unit provides our guests with inpatient and outpatient services. Our staff is committed to providing exceptional customer service, and we are very proud of the excellent reputation we have in the community for delivering a higher standard of care.
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School Nurse: Elizabeth Wirth RN, BSN, NCSN
Elizabeth Wirth attends to students in the school from pK to 6th grade. You are welcome to call or stop by to discuss any concerns you have about your child's health. The Nurse's office is located next to the Main Office. For information and forms please see the blog linked below.
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Autumn begins today and the weather has been wonderful lately. I was able to spend an afternoon last week playing with a 2014 National Geographic magazine and I was very pleased with the results. I thought I would post one of the pieces I did with the pages I created. I have been working on a series to promote my eBook, "Dissolve It ~Resolve It". I have been using a lot of transfers (the technique described in the eBook). I experimented with different types of papers and I wanted to have some transparency of the paper, but maintain the transferred image. The transfer of the Maple leaf on the page is the result of this technique. The distorted fonts you see on the page were left when the CitraSolv® dissolved the ink. I have no idea what it said but it reminded me of the word October. I am sure that was not what it was. However, it motivated me to use a leaf as part of the composition. That's the fun part of using this CitraSolv® technique you never know what will appear on the page to motivate your creativity. If you have not done so, why not buy my eBook before the sale ends October 31 and try some of the techniques. It may open a completely new world of creativity for you!
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Autumn Begins Today!
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Monday, September 01, 2014
Artsy Fartsy Newsletter Rocks!
Here's a toast to Robert Burridge's newsletter, and his super wife and marketing manager Kate, for promoting my eBook, Dissolve It ~Resolve It If you do not subscribe to it now I highly suggest you do if you love great tips and short tutorials. This issue features painting a wine bottle with three easy brushstrokes to start. Check it out here http://www.robertburridge.com/newsletter/artsyfartsy_augsept14/index.html
Also, check out Bob's website http://www.robertburridge.com/ to view his fantastic paintings!
So what does this mean for my eBook? Good stuff! It also means a follow-up e-book is in the making. Who would have thought that I would become an author in my old age? Too bad I didn't major in English, but the art major has been the foundation of it all and I have few regrets. My paintings supported me for many years.
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A Little Bird update as developments are happening fairly quickly at the moment - huge achievements in fact for my little boy. I'm so proud of him.
Firstly he has been getting more involved with life. It's like his eyes have opened wide to the world. He is no longer as closed off or appearing to be oblivious to things around him. Not all the time I should add as that appears to be the way autism works. Some days he is away again, perhaps thinking to himself more but we have great days, really great and overall life is better. A box was moved into the kitchen when I was having work done in the house and it has now become a Little Bird perch to help himself to a banana or see what I'm doing. Major! Rushing to pick up the phone and pass it to me when it rings. Major! Having a go at making cakes with me - still fleeting but he's having a go.
The words are still coming and I've given up counting. He's copying words. Sitting leafing through a picture book, naming to himself what he sees. All the colours, all the shapes, lots of objects. I didn't know he knew all this stuff! I underestimated him. But the biggy for me has been that he will sit still! Look at him at the table. Not strapped in to a booster seat but sat of his own accord. Not a big deal to most but to me this is fantastic. He has slowed right down, much calmer and interested in absorbing information with me, his beloved books and his iPad. We sit side by side for ages, looking, naming. Me watching him, him looking at me. Eye contact and a keenness to take on board new vocabulary. I feel happier each night as I reflect on things he's done and said or laugh to myself at words mispronounced. He was sat saying beach, beach but it sounded a bit ruder than that :) The words are a bit garbled but I hear him practising all the time. He has even started to say sentences - 'I want ......' and today at my parents he was saying ' Pu Du back'. I quickly tried to fathom out what he was saying. He then pointed up a shelf where a white wooden duck was. I motioned towards it and his eyes lit up ' Pu du back'. I then realised, this duck was normally in the hallway where he would play with it and at his request 'Put duck back' Probably one of my happiest moments ever!
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Consignor pick-up on Sunday, for those who choose not to donate their items, is a quick process. We open and close promptly at the times posted because of our restrictions on the space. You can find the date/times on the Upcoming Sale page.
If you send someone in your place to pick-up your items, be sure to note this on your consignor agreement. Also, be sure to tell your stand-in your consignor number for a quicker pick-up.
Please note! We close PROMPTLY at the time posted. If you have marked on your consignor agreement that you plan to pick-up your bin, and your bin still remains when we close, you will be assessed a $20 fee (as stated in your consignor agreement). All items left at the end of the pick-up time will be donated immediately.


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Buying a PACS is a long term investment made by a healthcare organization, be it a hospital or a midsized outpatient practice.
It is the building blocks of a healthcare organization�s radiology and thus medical operations, without the most suitable PACS for the organization the flow of its operations are more likely to be interrupted frequently causing a major headache for both the organization�s employees and its management.
And due to the availability of a variety of PACS products and vendors with different offers and different reliability levels and functions, an organization needs a comprehensive guide to navigate through the market and determine which system can truly benefit the organization operations and be an addition to its assets.
That is why when deciding on which PACS vendor to choose and what equipment is necessary to get for the PACS to operate at its most effective level, healthcare organizations need to go through a comprehensive understanding and analysis process in order to understand their specific needs and where those needs could be met in the healthcare IT software market.
PACS consists of four major components: the imaging modality like MRI or CT, the network through which the images are transmitted either between physicians and labs or even patients, a database for storing data and workstations located in all operative departments used for viewing images.
These components need to be taken into consideration when choosing a suitable PACS for the healthcare organization.
Another issue that needs to be considered is the deployment strategy that most suits the organization, whether the PACS is going to purchased as a standalone system from a software vendor or whether the organization needs to purchase an imaging device along with the system from vendors like Siemens or General Electric.
The purchased PACS needs to be integrated with the organization�s EMR system as they are rarely sold alone, so if the organization isn�t already using an EMR system, it should purchase one that is easily integrated and compatible with the chosen PACS.
The very first step in determining which PACS best serves the organization needs, the organization needs to identify its buyer type.
There are three types of buyers when it comes to PACS: hospitals, mid to large sized outpatient practices and radiology centers.
Each of these buyers handles different quantities of data and thus has different system needs.
Hospitals handle a great deal of data and have robust needs for storage and at the same time efficient retrieval of images.
Hospitals offer different medical services and their employees include doctors, lab technicians, nurses and so on, so they need flexible systems that can be easily accessible from multiple departments and locations.
Midsized and large outpatient practices involve the practices of doctors with different specialties, like neurology, oncology, orthopedics and many other image intensive specialties, so they need robust needs that can only be fulfilled by a formal PACS.
The third type of buyers is radiology centers.
These centers usually buy PACS and Radiology Information Systems (RIS) as an integrated suite so that they can manage both images and clinical patient data in one package as they handle a high volume of both.
After determining which buyer type the organization is, some healthcare IT market trends need to be considered when selecting a product and vendor.
There is the Software as a Service (SaaS) applications, which is simply hosting the data centrally on vendor servers, or the cloud, and users can access the data typically using a web browser.
This is offered by application service providers and has become very popular in the healthcare industry due to the distributed nature of PACS users.
SaaS allows users to access the data without complicated network infrastructure.
The organization should also consider the growing use of mobile applications, as almost all stakeholders in the healthcare industry, including doctors, technicians and patients, use their mobiles to access, send and receive different medical data.
So it has become a necessity to make sure that the vendor of the chosen PACS has reliably enabled system access from mobile devices.
Also healthcare organizations need to take into consideration the integation process between the newly purchased PACS and the EMR system.
Two major issues that healthcare organizations must consider when choosing a PACS is efficiency and security.
As one of the main benefits of using PACS for all imaging operations is efficiency in the data storage, retrieval, printing and sending of patient images, the system chosen needs to be reliable and able to handle and manipulate large amounts of data.
Also, the system should have strong encryption and security measures to ensure that the storage and transmission of patient data are done securely.
There are several vendors that supply PACS either with or without imaging devices, and one of the major points that can help the organization in selecting the best vendor for its needs is its buyer type.
For example, a hospital should evaluate systems supplied by GE, McKesson and Philips, while midsized and large outpatient practices should evaluate Sage Integry, GE and Medics PACS.
Radiology centers should also evaluate Sage Integry and Medics PACS adding to that Ingenix.
A comprehensive comparison of vendors and their products based on factors like OS, network, configuration, supported modalities, redundancy/storage, etc. can be accessed here.
Last but not least, there are several benefits that an organization gets from purchasing and implementing PACS other than efficiency and security.
One is that the cost of image storage, processing and retrieval goes down tremendously because the system will efficiently do handle those tasks instead of employees wasting too much time and energy doing those tasks.
Also the organization won�t have to deal with paperwork and shelving and all the direct costs related to printing and storing physical images.
Another benefit is that PACS usually have analytical functions that can help analyze and assess images, thus assist physicians in drawing conclusions and eventually improve patient care when using easily accessible and reliable data.
A free medical software buyer�s toolkit can be useful in narrowing the options by filtering the data based on the organization�s individual needs, and this toolkit can be downloaded here.


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By tradition, Americans will burn some meat and eat cob corn and drink beer. Some of us might even talk politics.
Not religion, though.
Americans don't like talking about religion, even at extended family gatherings like
What if someone hears you?
So it's rather doubtful that your barbecue guests will bring up
Instead, we'll wipe rib sauce from our lips with red-white-and-blue paper napkins as some precocious eighth-grade niece or nephew mentions the
But not many will want to talk about what
Those who don't know won't care. Those who do know might avoid talking about it, because it may make people uncomfortable.
It happened a few weeks ago, in
Sanders, the
If he were just some angry fringe lefty, I wouldn't be writing this. But
Sanders is a de facto leader of the national Democratic Party. He's the one shaping it, and using his brand of populism to pull it ever further to the political left.
Because of his political influence, what Sanders said to and about Vought in their contentious exchange is frightening and depressing to people of faith.
Sanders became upset with what Vought wrote in 2016, on a conservative website called The Resurgent, about the firing of Larycia Hawkins, a professor at
Hawkins had expressed solidarity with Muslims, declaring that they and Christians "worship the same God." That was unacceptable to
Clearly, Vought used the word "condemned" to indicate that he believed non-Christians would not go to heaven. He was not using the word to suggest they are bad people who deserve to be mistreated.
But Sanders denounced Vought anyway, saying his statement was Islamophobic and horrible, and that such thinking disqualified Vought from a position with the federal government.
"In my view, the statement made by
In his questioning, Sanders aggressively zeroed in, asking Vought if he was "Islamophobic."
"Absolutely not, Senator," Vought answered. "I'm a
Sanders suggested that Vought was placing Christianity above other religions.
Vought responded: "As a
That wasn't good enough for Sanders, who has since gone on to defend his position by saying incorrectly that Vought considers Islam "a second-class religion."
What was clear from Vought's remarks is that, as a
But that shouldn't be a surprise. People of different faiths often differ. One's religion has nothing to do with government accounting in OMB.
And it is why our founders added a clause to Article VI of the
Many Muslims believe that those who don't embrace the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad are infidels. That alone should not disqualify them from government service.
The basic tenet of Christianity is the belief in
"I would simply say,
Sanders may have believed he was standing up against
But is an expression of
Sanders lecturing a prospective government appointee on theology, and branding a man as hateful for his beliefs demonstrates a stunning misunderstanding of the nature of faith, and of the
And that this view is held by a leader of the Democratic Party represents a threat to Americans of all faiths. Because it can properly be heard as a warning, by a
But I don't think many of us would want to touch this subject at our
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John Kass is a columnist for the Chicago Tribune who also hosts a radio show on WLS-AM.


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Summer is Here!
And we are at the halfway mark for 2015! Hard to believe we've come this far this fast! Seems like just the other day the new year was here, but while I don't care to believe it, it is indeed here! So let's do a quick rundown of where we are at in these 6 short months, and what's to come!
Dreaded Spam
Spam has been kicked around and kicked back, and currently sadly we are in a mode of its kicking back, even some of our new filtering isn't doing as great as I'd like, but spammers are clever and they find new ways to get their garbage into our emails!
So what's the plan? Well I'm trying out several systems – one of which is showing an amazing set of results! Out of all the mail scanned it did ding 4 false positives, easily whitelisted & released from a quarantine! One feature many customers have been asking for to return from the ASSP days – now this is an external service, and thus it has a cost, but it's a minimal one, basically $0.25/user/month, and I must say, very pleased.
I am still testing, but if all goes well I'll be HAPPY to help folks get things setup on their domain, and work out all the pricing and such (hoping to make it FREE!!) Hang tight, less spam may be in your future!
Church Hosting
It keeps going and going and going and going! Still have some folks in the queue for nearly a week, it's taking a bit longer to fill orders, between fraud orders, and too orders which have domains that don't seem like the name of the church, joesplumbingsupply.com – churchy right? (not a real domain I've gotten, just a random similar example).
Aside from the delay in orders, we are quickly filling the server to its final spot – in about 15 church hosting spots I'll be suspending sign-ups until I can get another server lined up, and as always I'd appreciate your help! I'm not going to beg, and I'm not going to push, but if you have any desire to donate, please check the old Crowd Funding site and you can donate – thanks to those of you who have, some even have picked up a monthly $1 donation during hosting sign-up! Very cool, thanks to everyone who has supported so far!
PHP & MySQL Upgrades
We have come to a crossroads, PHP is needing to be upgraded, as is MySQL, so what do we do? We upgrade – July 31st all servers fleet wide will be making an upgrade to newer PHP and MySQL, this is a must for security & safety's sake.
If you have old software which can not be safely upgraded, please contact me – there are options on Grace currently which would allow you at your own risk to use older PHP at the very least – so be in touch, this warning comes over a month ahead of time, so please be aware this must happen.
Use an app you are unsure about? Check with the software provider or open a ticket and I'll assist you further in figuring out where you stand!
Server Migration & Upgrades
I've been looking at servers honestly – currently Lilly and Grace are two of the highest density servers we've had in the history of FlockHosting, Ruth on the other hand really never has been highly used, there are a handful of customers on the server in comparison to others, so what do we do?
Let's give it a fresh breath of life. Slated for August 31st there will be new hardware, new software, a fresh rebuild to provide even better support than ever before for all customers, and hopefully a new home for newer customers moving forward! Keep your eyes on your inbox for heads up on times, and things to be aware of in the move!
Upgrades are also slated for Lilly, some additional hardware and software upgrades, Grace will get some software upgrades too – but all in all the fleet is performing great!
and more to come…
So much more I have planned, but some I want to finish the planning before, like changes to security when it comes to you getting your IP blocked, FlockHosting Design, FlockHosting Code (Custom Programming & Mobile App Design) and a slew of other products I hope to get done, now if a certain 10 month old allows it, we shall see 🙂 but hang tight as we get going into this second half of the year! Let's make the last half of 2015 awesome!


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August Challenge
Check the chart below to see how your team can earn points in this month's challenge
August points are earned from 8/1/14 through 8/31/14. Please report by 9/10/14
|For submitting a team photo with your registration form.
If you did not submit a team photo yet, go ahead and submit it by the end of the month for the 5 points.
Tip: The team photo does not have to be your "real" team. You can create anything you like.
|For each new member to your club in August
|For each speech completed. Requires book sign-off
|For each Competent Leader (CL) manual task completed. Requires book sign-off
- Points for speeches and CL tasks are limited to results from only 2 meetings a month.
- If you meet more then twice a month, the team captains will be responsible for picking the 2 meetings to report.
- Any pictures that you submit may be used to promote the D54 Fall conference.


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This week's A.P.T. goes out to Chef Carla Contreras. Some of you may remember the Throwdown I did for the Theatre community a few years back, and know what a fan I am of food competitions. Carla recently competed on Chopped, and is working on a fantastic entrepreneurial venture, as you'll see from her Kickstarter video above. You can read more about her and her project below. I've had the good fortune to meet with her and know that she is the real deal. You'll want to get to know her as well. You can check out her campaign HERE.
Also, tickets are still up for grabs for the next Finding Center. You can get them HERE.
Want to look good, feel good and cook even better? Support my kickstarter project to develop a 6-week healthy cooking video series.
- Launched: Aug 7, 2012
- Funding ends: Sep 6, 2012
Hi, I'm Carla Contreras chef and founder of Red Clog Kitchen and recent contestant on The Food Network show Chopped!
I've been a chef for the last 15 years. I have helped my private clients lose 20 to 35 pounds, and in the process even lost 45 pounds myself by simply eating smarter, not less. Now, I want to take all of the best recipes from my work as a private chef and create a six-week healthy cooking online video series but I need your help to make it a reality. You don't need to be a super star chef to eat great food at home. What you do need is to learn some techniques and recipes so that you can be a successful healthy eater right in your very own home.
What does the Online Video Series do?
In each of the six weekly episodes I will show you how to make or cook a unique healthy breakfast, lunch, dinner and hearty snack until we've created 24 different meals together! In the videos, I will teach you how to bring the recipes to life utilizing seasonal produce, cooking whole grains, and using lean protein such as chicken, fish, tofu and beans. I will give you all the tools you need: recipes, shopping lists and prep lists. Plus, I will be cooking the dishes in the videos as well so you can watch the videos while you are cooking!
Cooking is just like going to the gym or to yoga -- you can't get anywhere if you just lay on the mat. You actually have to cook. Red Clog Kitchen can help you get the healthy cooking going and teach you recipes and techniques that will remain with you for the rest of your life.
More Information on the Video series:
I will use ingredients that can be found in most grocery stores and use basic pantry items you can use over and over again. The point is to get cooking. You will be amazed at how much better you feel and look and it will actually save you money – as opposed to eating out for every meal.
I shop at the Farmer's Market – the food tastes so much better - but you don't have to. You may want to order your groceries from a site likeFreshdirect.com if you are in the NYC area.
My recipes have a ton of flexibility so people with food allergies can participate. I'll give alternatives to using allergens– such as dairy, nuts, soy, and gluten. For those of you who don't have cooking equipment, I will work with suppliers to offer discounted packages so you can purchase them online.
I will make bonus videos showing additional cooking techniques and offering weekly challenges, such as drinking more water and adding more exercise to your life, for backers and fans.
This is all about learning how to shop, cook, eat and enjoy food. There is no nutritional info, no counting calories or point systems. If you are into those methods, there are plenty of systems out that that can be used in conjunction with participating in Red Clog Kitchen.
How You Can be Part of Red Clog Kitchen:
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So far this week we have been cut up, messed up, fed up and shut up. Undertaken, overtaken, forsaken and badly shaken. Then we were tailgated, frustrated, underrated and sadly, fated. Add to that being shoved off, hacked off, diverted, reverted then horned at by the undoubtedly perverted.
And that was just on a trip back from the Metro Centre. An eventful week then?
Be Welcome, Gentle Reader and read on…
With age, so they tell me, comes wisdom. I can only conclude that I cannot yet be old enough, but I do recognize some of the symptoms of early onset wiseness creeping up on my blind side.
They call it common sense.
When shopping in the supermarket, with age it becomes easier to reject out of hand the loss-leading glossy goods at the front of the store, which, for the mere price of two you can have lots more packaging that you didn't want one of in the first place.
When shopping for a new car, the head can rule the heart and the Aston Martin DB8 Vantage of dreams is replaced in reality by the Citroen Xara Picasso (base model) of practicality and budget.
Similarly, buying a house is an object lesson in sensible purchasing. Sure; the swimming pool would be lovely. The games room likewise. But, do I really need those tastefully decorated Servant's quarters?
In any event, as a married man, I have no need of servants.[1]
So, why is it, as amateur musicians do we all check our brains in at the door when visiting the music store? Or the music websites? Or reading the music magazines? The latest gadget, all shiny and new, beckons seductively off the page and suddenly becomes the 'must have' goody of dire necessity, without which, our musical ambitions will surely fall. We all[2] have kit, boxes, instruments, gadgets and gizmos (And I do have a gizmo – real one too) that we have magpirally accrued over the years. In most cases, the reality of their acquisition soon reveals the shallowness of our musical lust, and in my case the shallowness of my musical talent as they fail to deliver the hoped for musical revolution so glossily trumpeted from the advert.
Although, I did get one thing recently… …my sample software, compositional tools, and accompanying library has meant that 'The Cautionary Tale of Harland Goodnight (thief)' has moved ever closer to completion. All of the folky concept album main parts are down. The narrator is in the studio this week and one of the two guest vocalists is about to receive his parts to overdub my guide vocal. … so I've been reading the reviews for Cubase 8 Pro… I wonder… looks nice…
This week we've played a lot again. Three Care Homes and a library show should be enough to keep anyone happy, and in the main, it was. The Care Homes were fine, one especially so as we received a visit, mid-set from a Charity assessor, whose function it was to decide if FG should be admitted to the pantheon of entertainers lurking on their books.
She arrived as our audience of elderly ladies and one gentleman, all in various stages of somewhat debilitating mental aging, were up on their feet singing lustily and carefully dancing. It was nice to see the assessor at that point, but it was nicer to see the residents having fun.
The library show was ok, but sadly under-attended. It's all about promo, as I have moaned before. Some places we work with are good and others just beginning their journey on the long road to self promotion[3].
Highlight of the week would be a hotspot at Saltburn Folk Club. We always like it there and were made to feel very welcome. We did about 45 mins for our spot and were very pleased indeed with the audience participation and reception at the end – lovely.
Pics this week are of course courtesy of our word perfect Road Crew, The Wrinkly Wroadies. Of course, the words they are perfect at are largely unprintable, and in any event mostly revolve around 'another', 'pint', and 'quick'. However, when sober they produce very good photos. You can judge at the level of inebriation in this weeks' gallery.
I cannot leave without a word concerning the late Terry Pratchett. I like to read, but get little time to do so. I have however always made time for his books. Silly magical places, full of unlikely characters doing improbable things, often with a monkey (sorry, Ape), disguise some wonderful writing, lovely ideas and genuinely funny rubbish. And he had a profound impact on my writing too[4].
And so as we wearily prepare to climb aboard the charabanc of fate, preparing to be cut up again on the road to ruin, only to find that the Traffic Warden of destiny has beaten us to it, I notice it is the end of this blog.
Until next time, Acoustic Chums,
Keep Strummin'
[1] It also seems, following that comment, that I have no further need of a head.
[2] …or, to put it another way; 'I'
[3] When it comes to self promotion, I know the way, they should just ask.
[4] Where do you think all these came from?


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spanish nights
i love the "i'm so not impressed" look…
a couple weeks ago our friend JR was hiding out at our place while his wife studied for the bar exam (ughhhh those words still make me cringe!! BAR EXAM = HORRIBLE) anywayyyy… we all got caught up in watching a Throwdown, where Bobby took on the "Paella King of Northern California"
ever since… we have all been talking about getting together to make paella… so last night… we did it up spanish style!
Nikki and JR had been remodeling their kitchen, so i was excited to test it out now that the remodel is complete!
it's such an amazing transformation, and it's so THEM (interpretation: JR got a "pot filler" above the stove and nikki got completely organized shelves)
who wouldn't want to cook in this kitchen!?!?
as soon as we walked in, JR got the sangria flowin…
we wanted to really do the paella fresh and from scratch.
while anne and JR got right to work…
nikki and i ran some errands in preparation for anne's birthday party in less than TWO weeks! we have some big fun planned… but are keeping the details a secret. trust me though… it's going to make for a killer post!
by the time we got back to the house, it was clear that anne and JR had been enjoying themselves…
but despite the sangria induced shenanigans… the spanish masterpiece was coming right along!
as they put on the finishing touches…
i tossed together a salad…
the paella was SO flavorful, and while i probably would have taken a shortcut, nikki and JR were so smart to get the fresh seafood!! it was hard work, but fun, yummy, and actually… such a pretty dish!!
it was a successful spanish night!!
do you try to buy fresh seafood or are you ok rolling with the frozen stuff?
and as for some trashy tv… bachelor thoughts? new bachelorette thoughts??


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A late hour, yes, but I thought I would add a link to David Lee Kings blog post Making Time for Web 2.0 as my first post here.
You Have No Chance to Survive, Make Your Time
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Awesome! Couldn't resist, since I'm "making time" right now while I'm sitting in an airport. Gotta love free wifi!


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m2s GDPR / DSGVO adaptation has been released.
For now all the texts are in English and it will be subject of discussion whether and which text will be possible to translate.
This deploy affects everyone that has or want to have an account in m2s.
Namely those groups:
New sailors: they will be presented with a privacy info summary before
registration to the system and will be forced to tick "I read Privacy
Notice and Terms and Conditions" prior Creating an account
Existing sailors: after they log in, they will be presented with 2 all
screen overlays that will show them fist new Terms and Conditions and
then Privacy Notice. Both will have to be accepted by clicking on "I
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how club handles them. This text as well as the legal text is added to
the mail sent to sailor and club after the sailor confirms the registration.
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OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi hospitality management students recently spent a day making valuable connections with officials from the luxury travel industry, thanks to the efforts of a UM alumnus and his father, a prominent travel agency executive.
Jim Strong, president and owner of Strong Travel Services in Dallas, organized the 2018 Talent Engagement Pursuit, a networking and educational event at the Graduate Hotel, in partnership with the travel consortium firm Virtuoso. Strong Travel Services has been a member of Virtuoso for 30 years.
Some 50 students met with industry leaders from across the nation at the event, which provided information on internships and careers in the luxury travel industry. Jim Strong was on hand, along with son James Strong, who has worked for his father since graduating from the UM hospitality program in 2015.
"I believe this event was a huge success for us, the travel executives and the students," James Strong said. "This was a great opportunity for students to come out and learn more about the travel industry, potential internships and job opportunities."
The luxury travel industry provides fairly new and unique career opportunities in comparison to the typical travel industry, said Mary Roseman, professor and director of the Ole Miss hospitality management program. Luxury travel is more exotic and complex, she said, noting the importance of students experiencing networking events such as this to fully understand those benefits.
"We are very fortunate to have a premier company, such as Strong Travel, so invested in our hospitality management program and willing to provide special opportunities for our students," Roseman said. "Today the hospitality industry, like many other industries, is all about networking."
Cindy Choi, assistant professor of nutrition and hospitality management, advises students to focus on the uniqueness of the luxury travel industry.
"In order to find a career in luxury travel, students should understand the needs and wants of the luxury travelers, which are very different from regular travelers," Choi said. "In order to gain the knowledge, taking classes related to luxury travel, such as Service Quality Management and Hospitality Marketing, would be a good idea."
Virtuoso works with Strong Travel and other travel agencies to promote and market their services. Christy Green, regional sales director for Virtuoso in Fort Worth, Texas, was among the industry leaders who attended the 2018 Travel Engagement Pursuit.
Her firm, along with the entire industry, is actively seeking new talent, Green said. Every summer, Virtuoso hosts a networking event for students in Las Vegas called Virtuoso Travel Week, often relying on Strong and other industry leaders to bring new people to learn about the industry's opportunities and programs.
Strong Travel sponsors a small group of Ole Miss students and a faculty member to attend Virtuoso Travel Week each year.
Claire McCraw, a senior hospitality management major at Ole Miss, attended last summer's event.
"For four days we had the opportunity to interact with thousands of professionals who were helpful in giving us information about the travel industry," McCraw said. "It was an unforgettable experience, and I am so thankful that I got to be a part of it."
Strong Travel sells more than $50 million of travel services annually. The company's employees constantly travel the world to build relationships and experience all aspects of trips they could potentially sell.
"The key to our success is matching the right client to the right product," Jim Strong said. "Strong Travel takes several trips a year to go out and experience the products. I recently took four team members to London for about three days, and we saw 26 hotels.
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I'm almost halfway through month two so I feel more than qualified to talk about my experience with my first month of Accutane (before I forget the details, hah).
Dose: 20mg/day for the first two weeks. Then 20mg everyday but 40mg on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
This is what my skin looked like when I started Accutane, not the best pictures I know but I never took pictures that showcased my skin problems.
Here you can see the small bumps I suffered from, especially on my inner cheeks.
The cystic acne spot was one of three (two on the chin) that would appear monthly, without fail.
Dryness – Extreme flaking around the mouth/chin area along with cheeks. None on bodily skin/or eyes but some nasal.
Joint Pain – None
Depression – None, just moodiness due to changing skin.
Nausea/Vomiting – None
Allergic Reaction – I was sneezing a ton when I worked near whey, flour, and canola oil.
Initial Breakout – Nothing different from the usual
[Products Used]
Here's what I used and loved this month.
Avène Cleanance K: This is a BHA which has being helping to diminish the appearance of sebaceous filaments on my nose. I'm not sure that I'm actually supposed to be using this product while on Accutane because my nose does seem to be peeling a little more than usual but that could also be due to sun exposure. I expect that if I up my moisturizing routine my results will be much better. This product is currently on clearance at Rexall Pharmacy for $15, I hear it's being reformulated.
Neem Oil: My dad picked this up from a local Tamil grocer. While the smell is quite awful (similar to bad peanut butter) it does make my spots diminish over the course of three to five days. When I get acne spots they tend to stick around for 2 weeks or more so I do believe in this product's effectiveness, and it was like $2 so it can't hurt to try it. I use a Q-Tip to apply it to the head of the pimple or spot and thus far haven't noticed any additional dryness in those problem areas.
Avène Trixera: This was one of the samples I received from my dermatologist. I love it at night as my moisturizer due to its lovely smell (which offsets the Neem Oil) and it's thick luxurious feel. I never woke up with my skin feeling dry or tight when I used this but I also didn't wake up to it feeling hydrated either. For that reason I think I'm going to continue to try more of my samples before buying a full size of this one.
Neutrogena UltraSheer Face Sunscreen SPF45: A good sunscreen is hard to find. This one may not be my holy grail but I'm also not willing to spend more than $15 trying to find a better one. It dries quickly enough and doesn't leave a bad whitecast (which is imperative on darker skin), and I can apply my makeup pretty regularly over it. While it does pill in my brows that's more of a user-error with over-application than a fault with the actual product.
Bioderma Micellaire Solution: This is perfect for those days where I'm not actually wearing any makeup but still want a 'clean feel' before putting my moisturizer on. I also use this after Boscia's MakeUp BreakUp Cleansing Oil to make sure I've gotten everything on the days that I do wear makeup. It's got a nice scent by no means is it fragranced. I don't know if this is sold anywhere else but Shoppers in Canada but they do have good sales sometimes, I got a 250ML for $19.99.
Vaseline: This was the only thing that feels soothing and repairs my extremely finicky and flaky lips. It created a thick barrier which wasn't uncomfortable or bad tasting. If I wasn't eating or licking my lips too much this would stay on for 3-4 hours without a reapplication. I also have a larger version which was perfect for ultra-hydrating (also known as slugging) at night. I'd use it to seal in my moisturizer or Emu Oil and wake up with my skin feel extra soft and without a trace of dry skin. My small container was $1 at a public transit convenience store but big jugs are about $4.
Kalaya Emu Oil: For the first two weeks of Accutane while my skin was still adjusting I was really struggling with peeling and flaking skin. I picked up this oil after reading about it online for $15 from the Chinese Mall, although I have seen this exact brand at Loblaw's Superstore. I cannot express how much this product saved my skin. I had incredible flaking around my mouth area which led to discolouration and over the course of a night this made it stop. I also use it for oil cleansing- by massaging it on my face (especially the backs of my cheeks) it dislodges white heads and other 'grits.' I'm currently 1/6th way done my bottle and I've been using it consistently for a month so the value is pretty good in comparison to other moisturizers.
Philips HP6390 Precision Perfect Trimmer: One of the things no one tells you how to deal with is your facial hair. Your skin will be far too sensitive for waxing so that option is completely out, and I personally dislike threading. I came across this trimmer in Shoppers for $15 which I didn't think was a bad price. I have to use it about once every two to three weeks on myself and so far I've only caught my skin once (on my brow bone). With a little more practice I don't think I'll ever go back to waxing/threading my facial hair again.
Boscia MakeUp BreakUp Cool Cleansing Oil: Until I got my Bioderma I thought I had found my holy grail cleanser. I don't get the tingly feeling that I've read other reviewers say they've gotten. But I do enjoy that this isn't a foaming cleanser that leaves my skin feeling stripped and dry. While I do love this product for removing makeup and getting out grit I'm not sure if I can justify repurchasing it at its price tag (~$40 w/tax) the next time I run out.
[Month One Fails]
I did try the Cerave Moisturizing Cream ($20 at Walmart) but found that it settled in my dry skin and exacerbated its appearance. Instead I chose to use it as a body cream, which I prefer much more especially as I get extremely itchy shins and calves.
I also tried Aquaphor Lip Repair ($7 in the States) which I didn't like the texture of, it didn't make my lips peel but it didn't prevent them from peeling either. I have a habit of rubbing my lips together and Aquaphor just wasn't thick enough to prevent that friction from making my lips peel.
Unbranded Petroleum Jelly, the biggest problem with mine in particular was scent which was rather 'industrial,' it was also heavier in texture.


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- Return flights to Thailand from Windhoek
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There were certainly times when Eddie Johnson thought his window of opportunity had closed.
As the loans started to pile up and success was proved increasingly fleeting, memories of playing for the United States national team got more and more distant.
A slight crack in that window opened when he returned to MLS and the Seattle Sounders made a bold move in hopes of resurrecting his once-promising career. Hard work and re-dedication to his craft was what finally pushed it wide open, culminating with Monday's announcement that Johnson was named to the USA's roster for a pair of upcoming World Cup qualifiers. Johnson's last call-up was two years ago, on Oct. 12, 2010, in a friendly against Colombia.
READ: Explaining Klinsmann's "tactical" decision
"It feels good," Johnson said on a conference call with reporters on Monday, extending particular gratitude to Sounders head coach Sigi Schmid, technical director Chris Henderson, general manager Adrian Hanauer and head trainer Dave Tenney. "It's been a long road, a lot of hurdles I've had to overcome, adversity I had to face."
Showing a maturity that he admits he previously lacked, Johnson acknowledged that much of the adversity was of his own doing.
"I think when you're young -- in my case you're fortunate to earn a good living at a young age – it's something that you're not used to dealing with," Johnson said. "When you're earning money like that, you start living a certain a lifestyle that's not really you and where you come from. It took me awhile to grow up from that standpoint."
Since coming to Seattle, Johnson has made a point of working with a sports psychologist. Among the revelations were that Johnson was sometimes his own worst enemy and that he put too much pressure on himself.
He took up visualizing and yoga, which he says have helped him in high-pressure situations.
READ: Complete US national team news
"I learned how to relax more and control what I can control and not let other's emotions dictate how I play in the game," he said.
The results are apparent. His 14 goals are one shy of his career high and he's proven particularly lethal with his head, scoring nine of his goals that way. It's that ability in the air that drew the attention of US manager Jurgen Klinsmann.
"If you watch his games and his drive, his hunger that he has, the way he chases defenders and the way he creates for himself and his striking partner chances, the way he also finishes things off – that speaks for him," Klinsmann said in a separate conference call.
Also working in Johnson's favor was the relationship between Klinsmann and Schmid, who put in some good words for his forward.
"As a player, it's important when you're playing for a manager to have confidence in you," Johnson said. "Sigi showed confidence in me from Day 1 and I just told him I want to pay him back for giving me a second chance."
Jeremiah Oshan covers the Seattle Sounders for MLSsoccer.com and SB Nation.


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Corruption in Argentina is very efficient, as everyone gets their cut.
It remains unclear how far the ripple effect of the corruption scandal that detonated in Argentina over the past few weeks will go. There can be little doubt that it will go at least as far as Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, but it is troubling to see how several businessmen have been freed after admitting their crimes and reaching a plea bargain with the prosecutor and judge, among them presidential cousin Ángelo Calcaterra. Argentina is facing a unique opportunity to set the conditions to severely limit corruption in public works projects, but it must do so by the hand of a controversial and morally questionable judge. If indeed the investigations continues, and all those responsible face the courts and serve their time, then maybe we can fathom a paradigm shift in which corruption is no longer the natural state of things.
The meticulous annotations of a chauffeur, leaked to the press and then used as evidence by Prosecutor Carlos Stornelli and Judge Claudio Bonadio, shone a light on a secret everybody already knew: the Planning Ministry in charge of Argentina's public works projects was a cesspool of corruption through which Néstor and Cristina Kirchner solidified their political power and grew immensely rich. Oscar Centeno was Roberto Baratta's driver, and Baratta was Planning Minister Julio De Vido's right-hand man. What Centeno's notebooks, with military rigour, described was a cash-based financial system put together by Baratta through which the country's major construction companies secured coveted energy projects though bribes. The supposed final destination of those funds were the constant electoral campaigns that happen every two years in Argentina, but it is painfully obvious that much of it also went to the personal safety boxes of everyone involved. Corruption, in Argentina, is very efficient, as everyone gets their cut.
One of the things that set this case apart was that Judge Bonadio decided to jail several prominent businessmen. Illustrious firms like Techint — owned by billionaire Paolo Rocca — and Iecsa — formerly owned by President Mauricio Macri's cousin, Calcaterra — are implicated, alongside companies that were built to absorb funds from Kirchnerite corruption, like Electroingenieria, or historically shady entities like the Argentine Chamber of Construction, run by Carlos Wagner.
Yet, as the days have passed, several of the businessmen — their morale broken, unaccustomed to cold prison cells — confessed to their crimes, reached a plea bargain with the prosecutor and were subsequently freed. Their legal strategy, coordinated by the same group of lawyers, is to claim they were extorted by the Kirchners into paying bribes. This reasoning would then indicate that the businessmen are victims, and therefore only partially responsible. The problem is they're not.
Several of those currently repenting played a key role in creating and executing the whole scheme. Wagner, who's company is named Esuco, was a central node of the system given his role at the Chamber of Construction, while Javier Sánchez Caballero — former CEO of Iecsa — was one of the most enthusiastic supporters and players. And Juan de Goycochea, the first to sing before the judge, had been fired by Spanish firm Isolux after an internal audit showed he had set up a parallel structure that paid millions to low-level employees for services the company never received. The money, of course, went to the Ministry and ultimately into the whole Kirchnerite recollection system.
The judge's strategy was known from the start. He sought to pressure the businessmen using prison in exchange for information. His final target is also wellknown: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. The former president and current senator is splattered with guilt. She is an important character in Centeno's notebooks, which narrate a meeting after Nestor's death in which she personally indicated the money being collected was to be used for the campaign. The driver, apparently invisible to his superiors, went on several occasions to the Casa Rosada, the presidential residence in Olivos, and to Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's apartment in Recoleta, an expensive neighbourhood in Buenos Aires, to pick up or drop off duffel bags and suitcases filled with cash. Whether Fernández de Kirchner can be jailed remains unknown, but that she will suffer the consequences as the head of a criminal racket that defrauded the state is clear.
But you need two to tango. Or maybe three. In this case, not only was there a clear intent by the government to extract cash in exchange for public works projects, and willing businessmen, but also a pragmatic legal system with malleable judges. Former federal judge Norberto Oyarbide said he was pressured by ex-spy Antonio "Jaime" Stiuso — infamous for his relationship with Alberto Nisman, the deceased AMIA Special Prosecutor — and Javier Fernández, member of the National General Audit Office. The eccentric Oyarbide, who ruled in record time that the incredible accumulation of wealth of the Kirchners was completely legitimate, was a necessary participant in the aforementioned collection system. Yet, as a veteran of the Comodoro Py courthouse, he knows many secrets, which could be exchanged for impunity.
Fortunately, Brazil's prosecutors have lent a helping hand in the form of the Odebrecht corruption scandal. Brazil's Lava Jato (Operation Car Wash) was a judicial carpet bomb, unleashing a series of unimaginable events including the jailing of former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, and the imprisonment of billionaire Marcelo Odebrecht, among others. In Argentina, a disagreement with Brazil's prosecutors meant the information collected overseas hadn't made its way through the legal system, despite several investigations into Odebrechet's dealings in the country. A deal was finally cut over the past few weeks and Argentina's prosecutors will now get their hands on the evidence.
With the notebook scandal on one side and Odebrecht on the other, prosecutors and judges have the tools to go all the way in pursuit of public-private corruption. If they decide to prosecute only the Kirchnerites, then this will be nothing more than revenge. If, instead, they choose to tackle the entire ecosystem, then there's true reasons to believe things are beginning to change.
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Kris Buytaert is a Linux and open source consultant operating in the Benelux. He has consulting and development experience with multiple enterprise-level clients and government agencies. He is a contributor to the Linux Documentation Project and the author of different technical publications.
Kris currently maintains the openMosix HOWTO and a weblog at http://www.krisbuytaert.be/blog/.


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I first saw this post on Facebook and was captivated. I'm going to attempt to make a similar little pot for Halloween. I'll post that when I'm done. Until then, enjoy Polly's post and follow her if you're inclined toward paper crafts. She has some adorable ideas on her blog.
Today I'm sharing a sweet little project I made for my BFF Heather for her birthday. It's not actually until the 6th of January. Guess I'm early for once : )
I covered the little pot with torn strips of book page then inked it heavily and stamped a dot border at the bottom.
The little girl is a vintage image from Graphic's Fairy. I trimmed off her top hat and gave her a party hat complete with glitter and a pom pom top. wings for her back make her a proper fairy. The super simple banner is just trimmed paper…inked and stamped and glittered of course. It's held up with silver wire. I used a chenille stem as the "handle"
I made half of a paper rosette to help hold in the paper filler in the pot. for the rim I knew I wanted to add real vintage buttons…
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Great Advice to enhance Your Relationship
Associations have a huge work load to get, maintain, and preserve. There's really no such factor because the "perfect" relationship. Relationship counseling provides abilities for enhancing your associations, where important aspects are implemented to be able to yield a effective outcome. Couples counseling provides a few of the following methods the following and may work with enhancing all kinds of associations:
Have patience: Sometimes associations require some time and persistence with an individual's part. You have to take time to get over hurt and problems, and to achieve the persistence that allows both sides to determine things clearly. In case your relationship is within shambles, you might simply need to work gradually and become patient using the results. Some matters fail to work themselves out overnight. Though, you can be certain that whenever you persevere with persistence you'll be able to better enhance your associations.
Communicate: When communication stops, there's often a volitile manner or stale-mate within the associations. Healthy associations require two parties to exercise their variations by effectively interacting them and solving them by compromise, mutual respect, and empathy. Attempt to always communicate in an optimistic manner, by not staying away from the issues your mole-hillsides won't transpire into mountain tops.
Steer clear of the negativity: Hate breeds hate. Harbored feelings may cause problems and anger that lead to negative actions, negative communication, and negative final results. The greater negative looking a particular circumstance inside your relationship, or even the more adversely you act towards a person you love, the more serious the scenario will end up. It is not easy to exercise anything when negativity can be used.
Spend some time together: No relationship could be healthy with no devotion of discussing time using the person you're in the connection with. You have to nurture the connection by doing things you have in keeping. Discussing not just rapid-comings from the relationship, but additionally taking pleasure in the most popular interests and potential happy encounters can improve rapport hugely.
Act sincere: If you don't give respect towards the person and also the relationship, then you definitely certainly won't have the chance to earn respect in exchange. Respect is essential if this involves individuals who have fun playing the best associations. Try to prevent disrespecting someone else keeping empathy and empathy on their behalf. Additionally, keep in mind that you don't need to accept an individual's actions or perspective, but a minimum of attempt to hear them out and also to see their aspect.
Couples counseling helps you to acknowledge that there's likely to be levels and lows, which all associations take effort, time, and commitment to ensure that results. If you're not prepared to help with your time and effort essential to nurture, overcome, and persevere with the tough occasions inside your associations, you won't ever really appreciate the very best of occasions inside your associations.


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China's moon landing – along with past Soviet and American ones – are warm-ups of sorts for the next frontier: Mars. Putting people on the Red Planet's surface has been a goal for decades. While challenges remain, scientists believe it's only a matter of time. CGTN's Hendrik Sybrandy reports.
It's the year 2042. Nine years after the first human mission to Mars, the transformation of the planet to support human life has begun. The U.S. T.V. docudrama series "Mars" is National Geographic's vision of what could be our future.
"This is the planet that everybody's dreamed about visiting ever since there's been science fiction," said author Stephen Petranek, who wrote the book "How We'll Live on Mars" upon which the series is based.
He argues potential calamities like asteroid collisions or massive viruses make it imperative that Earthlings include other planets in their survival plan.
"I think you need a backup for the human race," Petranek said.
At a special "Mars" screening recently, a panel of space experts gamed out the path to landing on the Red Planet.
"I think technologically, absolutely, if we had the political will and the investment, that getting to Mars is doable," said Kjell Lindgren, a NASA astronaut. "That does not mean it would not be challenging."
Petranek said cost has been the biggest hurdle for space agencies so far. It's estimated that a trip to and from Mars would take roughly three years. Astronauts have never been away from Earth that long.
The big question is whether they could handle a mission of that duration.
"As we go to Mars, I have concerns about radiation, I have concerns about the ability to maintain physical health," Lindgren said.
The impact of solar flares and cosmic rays on astronauts away from Earth's magnetic field are a huge worry. And zero gravity space flight has been shown to cause bone loss and vision impairment.
"The problem is when you come back to Earth or when you land on the surface of the moon or you land on Mars, when you reintroduce gravity, then your bones are weaker, your muscles are weaker, and that's sort of when that problem comes in," said Allie Anderson, a University of Colorado Boulder Bioastronautics expert.
The isolation felt during a Mars-length mission represents another big challenge. Current space station experiments are geared toward addressing these issues.
"So all of these we know would just help a Mars mission or any other long-duration mission like that," said Shankini Doraisingam, an engineer at U.C. Boulder's BioServe Space Technologies. "So we're building the skills and practicing them now so we're going to be ready."
Colonizing Mars, without over-commercializing it, Petranek cautions, would come later. While NASA tries to better understand the harsh Martian environment, companies including SpaceX are working on very long-range rockets.
"They're pushing very hard to do this as soon as possible," Petranek said.
It's only a matter of time, many in the space community say before their dream is reached.
"I believe I will see people on the surface of Mars before I die," Anderson said. "I might be old but I believe I will see it."
If it happens, it'll be science that's fiction no more.


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Are you an experienced Database Administrator looking for a new position in Chicagoland? Do you have at least seven years of DBA experience, specializing in Vertica and DB2? If so, we have just the opportunity for you!
TM Floyd & Company is hiring a Vertica DBA to provide support to network administration, provide mainframe support, perform data modeling, develop tables for databases, and develop/support applications for web-based applications. He/she will also provide design, programming, and testing services. The Vertica DBA will also be responsible for the following activities:
•Managing and maintaining all production and non-production databases
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Thought passing on the word on one of the big guys is always a good thing.
Keeping things real! And the more people know, the better!
"On November 29th, 2007, I purchased a Phillips HTS3544 HTIB (Home Theater in-a-box) online at circuit city.com for $197.47. This included the extra that I paid for expedited 3-day shipping. Done. I thought with the weekend coming up I would receive it around December 3rd-4th. And thats when the problems started rolling on it. The first problem was that the circuit city warehouse didn't even notify FedEx until December 4th, and I didn't receive the item until December 7th (which is 3-day on FedEx's part). Okay, fine, I think Ill just call and have the extra charges refunded. But no way did I know this would spiral into what it has become."Once unpacked, I proceed to wire everything up and, after all that work, plug the receiver in. Hmm… no red standby light… no fan… no nothing. I try another outlet… great… I got a defective unit. Okay, thats fine, things happen, I'm sure Circuit City's customer service will work things out with me. Not.
I called the customer service number, went through the usual prompts, and was put on hold… for 10min… 20…30…40…50…1hr… someone picks up. Okay, I'm tired of waiting but now I can get this resolved. I explain what has happened, and "I'm sorry… you have to talk to the returns department, please hold". Son of.. no, no, just wait.
10…20…30…1hr…and an hour and a half rolls by and someone picks up. I explain the situation and the fact I've been on hold for over 2hrs cumulative now… they take all my information and..
"I'm sorry sir, but this item is an online-only offer, so it will have to be returned via fed ex express. The charges for this will be $60.43 and there will be a 15% restocking fee; your balance to return the item is $87.42; would you like to use your previous payment method to fund this?" –WHAT!? I'm speechless…. you can't be serious. First… the product CAME LATE and DEFECTIVE. Second… ME pay for the shipping charges? No way. I try and get things resolved… no go. They wont budge. I then request a supervisor and get this response: "I'm sorry sir, but my supervisor is going to tell you the same thing; this is our policy and we cannot change it for you. Your account has been noted." I demand a supervisor a second time. "Sir, a supervisor is not going to change this." Deny me a supervisor once? Wrong. 2 times? Now I'M getting severely upset. I demand a third time. "Sir, I'm sorry but I cannot do that. Your account has been noted, have a good night." Click. What… hung up on!? Now I'm furious.
I call the number again…hold for over an hour again.. I get another rep… and I demand a supervisor immediately… "Sir, what is the issue you are having? I am sure that i can assist you with it and a supervisor will not need to be contacted." What is wrong with this company? Why do they deny supervisors? I request again… deny… again… deny…again…and deny. I finally am outraged and demand a supervisor and FINALLY, they tell me they will transfer me. Hold again… 30min…45…1hr… "Hello, I'm a supervisor what is the issue?" Finally.. I explain… and… "I'm sorry…but this is our policy and we cannot change it". You have got to be kidding me. I request their corporate office and she gives me another 1-800 number. She hangs up, without saying anything more.
By this time, I have spent almost 5hrs on the phone cumulative and it is very late and I am irate to say the least. I head to bed and call corporate tomorrow; surely this has to be a bad luck thing.
Tomorrow comes and I call the corporate office… within holding for 5min someone picks up… amazing… no hold? Maybe this is a good thing. I speak to a lady and plead my case. She apologizes for everything that has happened and agrees to expedite shipping of a new product for me and says she has to verify some information and puts me on hold for about 5minutes. Good,things will get fixed. She comes back on the line… "I'm sorry sir but we cannot ship this product 3-day for you and you will have to pay the shipping to us to return in and we will ship you a new one in 14-21 days." WHAT!?!?! I explain this request is outrageous and question if I am able to do ANYTHING through a store location. She informs me that I, in fact, CAN return it to a store and have a new one shipped to me. Amazing the lack of communication here, isn't it? Good, I say I will do that and the conversation ends.
I call up my local store and ask for a supervisor and get one. I explain the situation that I have been going through and the supervisor understands and I head to the store. I return the item to them and they set up the new shipment… but there is still an issue. Remember how I paid for 3day? They refuse to honor that for this new shipment… by this time I'm so done with this company I just tell them to ship it to me and be done with it. I get the receipt and shipping info and leave.
December 10th comes.. and I have a package? Whats this? 2 days? Amazing. I finally think this process is over… but no, it's not. I open the package and this time, before unwrapping ANYTHING, I plug the receiver in, laughing, thinking there is no way I could possibly get a SECOND one that doesn't work. … no…red light… no fan… no…nothing. You have to be kidding me. ANOTHER defective unit. I immediately call the store and explain what happened and at this time, I am infuriated. They understand and want to ship ANOTHER one to me.. but by this time this is not going to work. I demand that the supervisor find a comparable product that they can exchange IN STORE TONIGHT for me. She agrees and finds me a Panasonic 5 Disc HTIB with the same features, minus and plus a few. Good, I bring the product in, exchange it, bring the new item home, plug the receiver in and… IT WORKS! We're done!
Now… lets recap… I received two defective products… wasted over 7hrs of my time via phone and driving to locations, was told contrasting information on return policies, and was told I would have to furnish shipping for a defective product? During the phone conversations with their 1-800 #, I had to struggle to understand EVERY rep I had, INCLUDING the supervisors, I assume due to outsourcing. I then FINALLY get the product exchanged and.. IT DOESN'T WORK! I get a comparable product after having to cohort the supervisor into this and finally, I have a working product, 2 weeks of waiting and 7hrs of phone conversations PLUS having to drive to and from a store location TWICE and I wound up with a product that I didn't want but suffices. Now, you're probably wondering why I didn't just get a refund and go elsewhere? $125 of the purchase was on gift cards I bought at a local store for the fuel perks prior to shopping… burned on my part for that. The moral of this story? I will NEVER shop at this company again and I will make sure my family does the same. I have contacted the BBB regarding this but I don't expect to have a reply. Take your business elsewhere… often-times, an ad price you see here can be matched somewhere else that will actually give you something called Customer Service.
What a nightmare, made all the more frustrating because the store could have instantly exchanged the unit, rather than made you wait for two weeks—for another defective unit. We like to simultaneously pursue multiple avenues when dealing with thickety customer service issues. If a CSR tells you to wait two weeks, call the store and ask for faster response, or to provide an alternate resolution. Just because customer service agents are bound to a handbook, doesn't mean you can't try to outflank them.
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text: Marvel at the gorgeous colors and wonder at the mysteries of nature! This ready to hang, gallery-wrapped five-panel art piece features a stunning visual of a fiery sky with a silhouette of a tree in the foreground. This bold color and beautiful imagery is sure to be the focus of attention in any room. A must-have for your art collection.


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Pad the Walls
You've probably been wondering about this ever since you had kids. Those rubber rooms in the movies -- you know, the ones in the sanatoriums that always seem to have great landscaping -- have soft walls look so clean and safe. You may want to avoid the mental ward route (if you can manage it), but that doesn't mean you can't take a hint from the décor. Soft wall treatments give a room personality and a cuddly quality a simple coat of paint just can't match.
There are a number of ways to go, here. You can use one of the dozens of specialty paint techniques designed to look like everything from leather to lichen. You can actually apply fabric to the walls, too. This works well when you have a chair rail around the room. You can apply fabric with liquid starch above or below the rail without having to mar your walls -- and unlike wallpaper, it's as easy to remove as it is to apply.