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Brunch in LA is an ordeal. Unless you've completely stopped caring and just end up walking to your nearest corner spot every Saturday because you like their coffee and still don't know how to make eggs, weekend brunch with the crew usually ends in a goose chase around town trying to find the few spots that aren't running an hour wait. But there is a way to avoid all that hunger-fueled trauma: booking a brunch reservation. Do yourself a favor and plan ahead, so you aren't stuck wondering if a McMuffin is your best option after being turned away at three spots. Here are 14 brunch restaurants that aren't just some of the best, they also take reservations.
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The Tasting Kitchen
If you've ever woken up on a Saturday morning and thought, "Yes, I do want lasagna for brunch today," then The Tasting Kitchen is your place. And if a giant slice of pasta, meat, and white sauce isn't your idea of a good time first thing in the morning, there are other options: everything from chicken and waffles and polenta with broccoli rabe to a roasted grapefruit and, obviously, eggs. We almost like this spot better during the day - it's bright and open and appropriately beachy.
Fishing With Dynamite
Driving to Manhattan Beach for brunch is an aggressive move, but having a reservation at Fishing With Dynamite is very good motivation. You can wear linen pants and pretend you're in Nantucket (instead of the beach volleyball capital of the world), and eat all the oysters you want at 10am. An extra bonus is that you can typically get a table the week of - not in two months for a 10pm dinner.
L&E Oyster Bar
L&E is probably a place you always forget about, go to again before seeing a show at The Satellite, and then wonder why you haven't been here the past five weekends. And guess what? They also now serve a brunch that rivals any on the Eastside - you're getting the egg sandwich, Moroccan-spiced eggs, or lobster roll. It does get busy, but that's what your reservation is for. And yes, it's perfectly acceptable to do oysters and champagne before noon.
The Bellwether
Finding a brunch spot actually worth your time along Ventura Blvd. is tough. But luckily, The Bellwether is such a place, and they also take reservations. Similar to dinner, everything on this laid-back spot's brunch menu is meant to be ordered for the table - even that breakfast sandwich you're not quite ready to put down yet. Moral of the story? Come here with people that are better at sharing food than you.
Playa Provisions
Playa Provisions is a kind of fancy spot for Playa del Rey, so locals have some strong opinions about this huge spot near the beach. We are firmly in the pro camp, even with the slightly confusing four-concepts-in-one thing going on (there's a take-out counter, a casual area up front, a big dining room, and a whiskey bar in the back). At brunch you should be heading for the dining room, ordering a crab benedict, and then start wondering why you live eight miles inland.
You have plenty of brunch choices in West Hollywood, but there are four words that make Norah one of our favorites: Cinnamon Roll Monkey Bread. Besides serving all the best sweet things in one menu item, Norah's brunch is perfect for literally everything. Come with a group for an occasion, a best friend for some quality time, or the person you shared your bed with last night.
You're behind on all the new museums downtown and you've decided on a self-enforced Culture Day this Sunday. Snag a brunch reservation at Redbird beforehand. The fancy-ish downtown restaurant might be a bit more expensive than what you're used to for brunch, but you're going to an art museum with "an infinity room" afterwards - today is a good day for a $16 duck sausage poutine. Redbird's Bunker Hill location is also just a short walk to all the museums.
Bowery Bungalow
It's no secret that the Eastside weekend brunch situation is a scene, and you're way too hungover today to deal with putting on an actual outfit. Head to Bowery Bungalow. This chronically-overlooked Mediterranean/Lebanese/North African restaurant right off Sunset Junction has a mellow vibe, excellent brunch (get the shakshuka or Middle Eastern breakfast for two), and a very dangerous sangria.
The Hart and The Hunter
The Hart And The Hunter is the all-day restaurant at the PaliHotel on Melrose, so you can technically get brunch here seven days a week if you want. But come weekends, things get pretty packed around here, so a reservation is definitely a must. The menu's changed a lot over the years, but it still has that Southern theme - without being so heavy you burn the rest of your Saturday napping. Also, those biscuits are some of the best you'll find.
Mom, Grandma, and Aunt Shirley are all coming into town and considering that Shirley starts hitting the Chardonnay by 2pm, brunch is your best-case scenario for getting out unscathed. All three will be happy at Tavern. The menu is highly inoffensive and a little bit fancy (soft scrambled eggs, a smoked fish plate, something called Priests Pancakes), the interiors are pretty (and will give you something to talk about), and it's quiet enough that Grandma will be able to hear. Obviously, it's in Brentwood.
Cliff's Edge
The new person you're into proposed a brunch date and you're kind of thrown. But no human is immune to the charms of one of the top five nicest patios in LA, so you should absolutely suggest Cliff's Edge. The menu is pretty basic (pancakes, a burger, a benedict), but you're so busy trying to figure out how one human could have such perfect hair that it doesn't even matter.
Little Pine Restaurant
Last night got a little wild and you ended up doing a late-night shot of something that was light blue and glow-in-the-dark. Time to give back to your body (and the world at large) and go to Little Pine. The all-vegan, Moby-owned Silver Lake spot where all proceeds go to animal welfare organizations is as Eastside as it gets, but the food here is pretty good. Also, the all-white space is calm, casual, and not as much of a scene on the weekends as you would imagine.
Saddle Peak Lodge
Up in the Santa Monica Mountains above Malibu sits this massive, meat-centric destination restaurant that feels like you're dining at Richard Branson's ranch in Montana. Come brunch time, you won't find as many of their rare meats (they serve emu and elk on the dinner menu), but the prices are way more reasonable and there's still a roasted leg of lamb sandwich we can't stop ourselves from ordering every time we go here. If you're looking for a different kind of upscale brunch experience, head up to Saddle Peak.
Jon & Vinny's
Despite being one of the hardest tables to get in the city, it's still lost on many people that Jon And Vinny's opens every day at 8am. Sure, you can't get most of their pastas until 11:30am, but things like the buttermilk pancakes, avocado toast, and fried egg BLT (which remains one of our favorite things to inhale uncontrollably after a long Saturday night) make up for that.


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The Bohemian Club founded in 1872 in San Francisco where they have regular meetings, has a large annual meeting to which only the powerful and elite are invited in the Bohemian Grove, a 2700 acre grove of redwood trees about 75 miles north of San Francisco. Central to the grove is a large owl shaped stone representing their god of Moloch. 1,500 VIPS pay the $2,500 initiation fee and annual $600 membership. The motto of the Bohemian Club "Weaving dealing spiders come not here", comes from a Shakespearean phrase which basically means "leave your dirty business at the door".
On the first Saturday ( the 2008 ceremony started , July 12th) of the annual Bohemian Grove camp, in front of all attendees, a ceremony called the Cremation of Care is carried out after dinner. A procession of men representing priests, acolytes, torch bearers, brazier bearers and boatmen, dressed in red pointed hoods and red robes playing a funeral dirge and carrying flaming torches approach the stone god owl of Moloch. They carry a coffin containing a human body made of a black muslin-covered wooden skeleton which represents "the body of Dull Care". The "body of Care" symbolizes the concerns and troubles important men bear in their daily lives. The procession carries the human effigy sacrifice and places it on the stone altar in front of the stone owl god of Moloch. With flowery speeches, to no avail, their high priest attempt to start the fire under the human sacrifice, after which he turns to their stone owl god of Moloch and says "O thou, great symbol of all mortal wisdom, Owl of Bohemia, we do beseech thee, grant us thy counsel". The stone owl's head is lit up with floodlights and the high priest lights the fire under the human sacrifice with the "lamp of fellowship" and then in more flowery speeches commits the burning body to the wind as violent screams of the sacrificial human effigy are broadcast over the loud speakers.
The Cremation of Care is a classic Canaanite occult ceremony sacrificing a human body to the owl god of Moloch. While this public display involves a wooden effigy human sacrifice, non public events are reported to involve real human sacrifices involving children taken from orphanages. Investigations conducted by FBI agents into these pagan rituals which usually involve raping before murdering the victim have been quietly hushed up. A number of books and lawsuits have been written and filed on this macabre subject. (Search Franklyn Savings, Larry king, pedophile, John Decamp, pehi.com)
Known Members of Bohemian Grove:
Both George Bushes
Ronald Reagan (announced candidacy for the Presidency at the grove)
Jimmy Carter (announced candidacy for the Presidency at the grove)
Henry Kissinger
Casper Weinberger
Dick Cheney
Malcom Forbes
Stephen Bechtel (Bechtel Corp.)
James Baker
David Rockefeller
Tom Johnson (President of CNN and former publisher of LA Times.
William Randolph Hearst Jr.
Jack Howard
Charles Scripps (Of the Scripps-Howard Newspaper publishers)
Walter Cronkite (On the CBS board of management)
This is a short list of the many members… Without a doubt BARACK OBAMA and JOHN McCAIN will attend the 2008 satanic rituals! (Word has it they will be in California from July 12th thru July 15th!)
Bohemian Grove and the Global Elite

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Sleeping Naked Is Beneficial, Here Is Why:
@One of the most important activities for the health is the sleeping. Sleep deficiency can be detrimental to the health. Sleeping naked, provides more benefits than sleeping with clothes. It has great healthy benefits psychologically and physically. Here are some of the benefits of sleeping naked:
1.@-It improves sleep
Those who sleep without clothes have better sleep than the others. The temperature of the body declines naturally and wearing clothes disrupts that cycle and in return you turn and toss and have improper sleeping patterns. Sleeping naked promotes quality of sleep.
2.@-It prevents bacteria
Sleeping naked can prevent bacteria and yeast growth. It will keep the body comfortable and dry out the perspiration spots.
3.@-It promotes weight loss
Sleeping naked can decrease the levels of cortisol and improve the sleep which promotes the process of weight loss. This is the solution if you want to shed some pounds.
4.@-Feeling frisky
Skin to skin contact can increase the oxytocin, the bonding hormones, and make you more sensitive to the touch of the partner. It will lower the heart rate and strengthen the feeling of trust.
5.@-It boosts the energy
Sleeping naked will provide you a good night's sleep and with that it will increase the levels of energy that will last during the whole day.
6.@-It reduces the pain
Sleeping naked can reduce the pain by stimulating the circulation. You won't feel pain and you will sleep tighter.
7.@-It improves the repair process of the skin
Sleeping naked can repair the skin, the skin will absorb the nutrients and the sebaceous glands will work at their maximum. Also, the metabolic rate of the body will be improved.


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I believe you already know what is bounce rate? If you don't, you wouldn't have clicked to be here. But for the sake of the post, I will like to just throw more light to what bounce rate is and its effect. Bounce rate could be defined as the percentage of a single page visit, or web sessions. For instance, if someone visits your webpage and clicks the back button even before he gets to read the content of your website for reason best known to him, it's seen as bounce that could really hurt your website in various ways if it continues with every visitor.
For one, you will not be able to convert or sell whatever it is you are selling, which is the sole purpose of starting up a website and trying to send traffic across to it. We all know we are in this business for the money, that is true, but it is advised to put your audience first and the money will come in due time. And speaking of putting the audience first, this will also help to reduce your bounce rate if you really care about your audience and treat them like real human beings but not some credit card or ATM machine that is willing to buy your stuff good or bad.
And unfortunately many pay little or no attention to bounce rate metric on their Google Analytics; instead we are more worried about keywords and the number of visitors to our site. I am not saying it not OK to do that, but it is not just enough on its own to help you succeed. And for that reason it is only imperative to find ways to reduce high bounce rate. Hence I decided to write a post on how to reduce bounce rate.
The Effect of High Bounce Rate
As a matter of fact, most of us have ridiculous high bounce rates and still we don't seem to notice or just ignore it. Experts have asserted that bounce rate that is below 20% is difficult to attain, but a bounce rate that is over 35% is a big cause for concern, then I asked who is safe. Do not let this evaluation bother you because you don't have to necessarily get to that level of bounce rate in order to start making some cash online, but it is something you should always try to improve on.
• High bounce rate could be an indication that your website is not engaging visitors long enough to convert or buy anything from your site. And this could be bad for business because there will be nothing for you to make.
• This will also have an adverse effect on your ranking as Google will consider bounce rate as one of the factors that could determine if your webpage should be ranked or not. Google did not only design the bounce rate metric for you to see alone but also to help them know which webpage visitors like the most so that they can ultimately rank it. And do not think that it is a Google staff will decide which website to rank but it is something that they have coded in their algorithm. Therefore, this can really harm us, but thanks to Google Analytics, we should be able to know when our bounce rate is dangerously high.
How to Reduce Bounce Rate
There things we may not have control on, for instance if someone visits your website and quickly decides that he is going to click on your sales link that will redirect him to another site, this could be a 100% bounce rate and 100% conversion, which is good after all that is the essence of starting up a website. But this type of bounce rate will not continue to become a source of concern because the bounce rate is calculated by the total number of bounces across your website divided by the total number of entrances, then multiplied by 100.
Now, how to reduce bounce rate is to identify factors that could make a visitor to click the back button when he visits your webpage. There are some of them that I know such as:
• Poor content
• Irrelevant content
• Lack of internal links
• Poor web design
• High loading time
• Call to Action (CTA)
These are basically what could increase your bounce rate, but let's start with the first;
Poor Content
When I say poor content, there are lot things that make up a poor content, for instance, not being able to write a clear and engaging content, not being able to paragraph your content very well, and not using good relevant images.
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If you are not articulated with your writing somebody will ordinarily get bored and just bounce. If your writing is good but is not well paragraphed, chances are the visitor will not finish your post even if he gets started, because it is so cluttered and somehow not appealing to read. If you don't use relevant images, your post could look dry and void of color. And besides, many people are imagery inclined than texts, but if you balance your content with the relevant images it will further appeal to the visitor to read on and stay a little longer on your webpage.
I did not mention poor grammar and mistakes; these could really piss some visitors off that they will bounce. I am not saying you must have a degree in English or whatever language you are using, but you should be able to express yourself intelligently. English is not my first language, and I make mistakes but they are not so obvious that they will become offensive by turning people off. I recommend using MS word when writing an article and grammar check/proofreader app. This is free.
Irrelevant Content
When you use a certain keyword for your content make sure that the discourse of the content is all about the keyword. Do not use a certain keyword you cannot really write about, but may be you think you could be smart to use it because you think is a keyword that could rank quickly. Your visitor will simply leave because it is obvious that is not what he is expecting. Don't also try to write 1500 words article because you want to see your post long and full because you will end up doing nothing but filling your post with gibberish. Write naturally and as it comes based on your knowledge and you will be surprised how engaging it will be even though it is not a long article. And did you know that some people have argued that long articles could cause high bounce rate because most people don't like reading a lot, just go straight to the point and hit the nail.
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Lack of Internal Links
This must be an attitude you have to develop if you haven't because by including internal links on your article could really make your visitor to try to read some more of your posts, especially when the current one is engaging. You don't just throw links everywhere but do it subtly by using links you think the visitor may be interested in. This way, a visitor could stay longer on your website, and maybe bookmark your site and buy stuff too.
Poor Web Design
This is yet another good reason for a high bounce rate. If your website is poorly designed, by having cluttered tabs, or disorganized banner ads, these could really turn off a visitor. First he will be overwhelmed because there is no clear navigation system, everything is everywhere. And if he can't find his way around your site easily, he will just look for the next available website by clicking the back button.
It is important that your site is well organized, it mustn't be flashy with all sorts of designs, but let the basics be found. In a nutshell, lets your site be simple yet organized.
High Loading Time
This is not good for a website, because if your site takes time to load up then you will be losing visitors. Research has shown that most people have 8 seconds to see if a website will load up, if it doesn't they will go away. We are naturally impatient you know that right? And there are many websites out there to visit. Therefore, mind the loading time of your website.
And what could be responsible for slow loading time of a website could be because of the images you used were not optimized. If you don't optimize images before using, then you will be killing your website because it will get to a point where you will open your site you will decide to take a nap and give it time to load. Use free resource like the optimizilla.com for image optimization.
Call to Action
We all know what is Call to Action also known as CTA, we all use it at some point on our websites, right? When you use the CTA wrongly it will result in a high bounce rate, especially when you have a link that says download, and the visitor clicks on it, instead of redirecting him to the download page, it takes him to a home page instead. This act alone will make someone to leave quickly as his mouse will allow him to click that back button.
These are some factors that could be responsible for high bounce rate and I have also stated how to reduce it. These are simple things you could do to improve your website visibility on search engines. They are not rocket science but simply practicable actions that could put back your site on track.
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gaffenoun \ˈgaf\
Definition of GAFFE
: a social or diplomatic blunder
: a noticeable mistake
Examples of GAFFE
- He realized that he had committed an awful gaffe when he mispronounced her name.
- <committed a huge gaffe when she started drinking from the finger bowl>
Origin of GAFFE
French, gaff, gaffe
First Known Use: 1909
Related to GAFFE
Synonyms: familiarity, faux pas, gaff, impropriety,indiscretion, solecism
Another example of a GAFFE:
She realized she had made an awful gaffe when she went to check her blog and every. single. thing. that she had clipped to Polyvore that day had been published on her blog.
I recently started making mood boards on Polyvore. Thinking I had mastered yet another aspect of design technology, I set about using it to make a mood board for my friend Amy and her husband Bobby's bedroom.
When I set it up, I had it link to Blogger, thinking that when I was done making the mood board, that I could then publish it to a post. Had absolutely NO idea that every flippin' thing that I clipped would go straight to a blog post!
I'm so sorry to all of you email subscribers who will now have your mail boxes full of emails from me (hanging my head in shame and embarrassment).
I promise this will never happen again.


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Isn't it adorable? See the raisin and the bits of apple poking out of the crunchy sugary top? I took it outside on the balcony for a quick photoshoot. And then I ate it, of course. What did you expect?
And since they're so good and easy to make and yummie and because I feel like sharing good stuff today, I'm sharing the recipe.
Apple-raisin muffins (makes about 12)
100 gr. butter
200 gr. sugar
1 egg
200 gr. flour
1 tbsp salt
1 tbsp baking soda
1 tbsp cinnamon
1 apple
handful of raisins
50 gr. brown sugar
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C.
Chop up the apple into pretty tiny bits and set aside. Wash the raisins and set aside on a paper towel to dry a bit.
Cream together the butter, sugar and the egg until it's a nice, gooey, creamy mass. Throw in the flour, salt, baking soda and cinnamon and mix together until it's a less gooey and more firmy, but still pretty creamy mess. Mix in the apple and raisins.
Either grease a muffin tin or use paper muffin liners and spoon the batter into the muffin tin/liners. Sprinkle a bit of brown sugar over the top of every muffin. Bake for about 25 minutes or until the muffins look nice and golden brown.
Whenm the oven dings, refrain from diving in and devouring muffins on the spot (because you might get burns. We don't want that), take out the muffins and let cool for a sec before you pop them out and let them cool further on a cooling rack (or in my case, a barbeque grill-rack that can stand on its handles and cost me about a third of what an actual cooling-rack would have cost me).
Nom away, my friends!


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Hi! My name is Ash.
If you've landed here because you found me and are trying to find my home, please keep reading. If you've stumbled upon this site and would like to follow my story, my cattobiography as it were, as my human mother posts it chapter by chapter, visit the My Name is Ash page.
You kept reading! Did you find me? Did you take me to "save" me? Did you find me injured? This is what I want you to know:
Several of our neighbors have tried to take me in the past few years. Others have tried to feed me because they believe I'm too skinny. I understand this desire to save a poor kitty you think is being neglected, especially since I'm such a tiny skinny cat and I love to sit outside even on the hottest day. I'm sure you think my human mother makes me stay outside all day and never feeds me, but that couldn't be further from the truth. If she did not love me so much, and want to spoil me rotten by allowing me to do whatever I feel like doing, she would keep me inside for my own safety.
Here are the facts:
- If I were human, I would be in my 90s. That's really old!
- I have never weighed more than 8 pounds, even in winter. I'm naturally tiny.
- I have my own door into our house. I can go inside any time I want. The warm cement feels good on my old bones.
- I have access to fresh food and water 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- I am under the care of Dr. Sunbury and his associates at Sunbury Veterinary Clinic, www.sunburyvet.com, and have my tags.
- Dr. Sunbury has always said I am the right weight for my size. He says most American cats are FAT!
- I am currently recovering from an injury to my right front leg (8/27/19). I am off the pain medication, but still moving slowly. Please be very gentle with me if you try to pick me up.
- I don't eat much when the summers are hottest. I'll fatten up a bit in the winter.
- My kidneys are failing. I need lots of water. When it is hot, I lose weight because my tummy is always full of water. I've lost 12 ounces this summer. It's been a hot one.
- I have a special diet. If you are not bringing me back, take me to my vet so he can help you feed me correctly for kidney failure, but please bring me back.
- Someone recently tried to catch me. My knee was injured as I made my escape. I take pain medication when needed and should be given glucosamine supplements daily.
- I am not abused. My human mother and her brother often open several different flavors of cat food every day, just trying to get me to eat enough of one of them so they will worry about me less. They end up throwing away a lot of food because I don't feel like eating. They even try to tempt me with human food. I eat a few bites sometimes just to make them feel better. They do their best.
- I'll eat more when it cools down. I'm also really old. Old people don't eat much. My human mother wants me to live as long as she does, but that probably won't happen.
- My human mother has cancer, again, and she says I am a great comfort to her as she goes through yet another dozen rounds of chemo. She would really appreciate it if you would bring me home, or at least let her know what happened to me. She really and truly loves me, and I love her. Please let us live out our lives together as long as possible. Thank you!


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What's a "Growth Group?"
Growth Groups are small groups of people who meet outside of church on a regular basis. The goal is to not only learn about the Bible but to learn about each other and how we can serve one another and our community.
Why join a Growth Group?
Are you new to Christ Covenant Church? Joining a Growth Group in your area is a great way to get to know people on your side of town and to start making friends at church. More than that, we are designed for relationship with God and with one another and let's face it... seeing each other for a few minutes in the halls of church once per week just isn't enough time. Our desire as a church family is for each person to "know and be known."
Growth Group meetings typically include fun, food, fellowship, and meaningful conversation around a specific area of... you guessed it - spiritual growth. As followers of Christ, we should be committed to the health and the growth of his Church and Growth Groups are a wonderful opportunity to invest in the lives of those you go to church with every Sunday.
Where & When do Growth Groups meet?
We meet in each other's homes every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month as a general rule but there's a lot of flexibility. Some groups like to meet on a different day of the week that works better with their schedules and some like to meet every week instead of twice per month. Some groups rotate homes and who's hosting and others meet at the same family's house every time. Your group will figure out what works best for everyone. It's not about rules - it's about realtionship.
What about my kids? Will I need a babysitter?
That's up to you and your group. Someone in your group may have small children and wish to host the group every time you meet so that they don't have to pay for a sitter. In other groups, the host hires a sitter that everyone splits the cost for so they can bring their children and know someone is caring for them while the adults are able to give each other their attention.
Will I have to study or read a lot between meetings?
No! The curriculum is light for a reason. You may have 10 or so pages to read just so that you're able to thoughtfully contribute during your time together in discussion but there are no workbooks or assignments. Again, the purpose of Growth Groups is primarily to connect people and to build relationships within the church and community - not to follow a bunch of rules or pile on more work for you throughout the week.
How do I join a Growth Group in my area?
That's a great question! And an easy one. All you have to do is contact Pastor Scott Dinkins and he will know exactly which group is meeting in your area and get you plugged-in. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com with the subject line, "Growth Groups."


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If you are interested in receiving news about EINSTEIN you can register on the low volume mailing list einstein-news on sourceforge.net.
For an archive of the EINSTEIN newsletter look here.
A new EINSTEIN Version with a fully revised user interface has been released in October 2019.
For receiving support with the EINSTEIN software please subscribe and send an e-mail to the mailing list einstein-users on sourceforge.net.
For an archive of the mailing list einstein-users look here.
The EINSTEIN methodology is supported by an expert system software tool that guides the user through the whole auditing procedure spanning from data acquisition, processing and estimation to the design and quantitative (energetic and economic) evaluation of alternative solutions.


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Product KIT-11591 about 7 years ago
This is a great way to program boards with no additional cost per PCB. I've been doing this on my own boards for a few years, and it works great. My adapter board uses the standard ISP header as input, and spits-out the pogos in the same arrangement : http://bitpuppy.com/Bitpuppy.Bed.of.Nails.ISP.Programming.Adapter.htm
Product WRL-10253 about 8 years ago
I just wanted to share my experience with using the RN42 and RN41 at high [115k+] data rates. It may apply to lower rates, but I haven't tested. These devices seem to disconnect from the BlueTooth host after communicating for a short period [in some cases less than 1 sec]. After some trial-and-error, I realized that the power supply needs decent bulk capacitance. I didn't test exhaustively for the optimal cap value, but bypassing power via a low-ESR 470uF capacitor totally stabilized my module. Now it works all of the time.
Hope this saves someone else some aggravation.
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23993922.post5054010971710013623..comments2020-08-03T06:46:08.843-04:00Comments on Growing with plants: Planting Containers - Cool Specimen PlantsMatt Mattushttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-23993922.post-39081511444663014092011-03-23T23:54:22.828-04:002011-03-23T23:54:22.828-04:00Thanks for the info about the cyprus. That sounds...Thanks for the info about the cyprus. That sounds like a great idea for someone who is just getting in to tropicals (me). They are so dramatic and they sound easy.

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Joe Tiller's decision to retire from
Purdue had more to do with fishing than football.
"I'm 65, and there's a lot of rainbow trout waiting, and
they're not going to wait much longer," he said.
Tiller hopes the fish can wait at least a year. Tiller will
retire after next season and be replaced by new associate head
coach Danny Hope, the university said Friday in an announcement
that had been expected.
Hope was 35-22 in five winning seasons at Eastern Kentucky. The
49-year-old Hope was an offensive line coach on Tiller's staffs at
Wyoming, then Purdue, before leaving the Boilermakers after the
2001 season.
In 2007, Hope led the Colonels to a 9-3 record and the Ohio
Valley Conference title and was a Football Championship Subdivision
Regional Coach of the Year.
Hope will coach Purdue's offensive line in 2008, and Tiller said
his linemen are in for a rude awakening when they go through Hope's
demanding practices. Tiller said Hope's intensity and teaching
ability made him an ideal choice.
"I must have had my fingers crossed behind my back because I
think he's the right guy, at the right time," Tiller said.
Hope took Tiller's spread offense to Eastern Kentucky.
"It really was the backbone to a lot of our success," Hope
Brock Spack, Purdue's defensive coordinator, also was a
finalist. He said it was tough to be bypassed, but Hope is a good
"I respect the decision they made," he said. "I think it's
the perfect decision for right now."
Hope will be signed to a six-year contract, with the final five
as head coach, the university said. Athletic director Morgan Burke
said Hope will make between $470,000 and $550,000 his first year,
then a minimum of $825,000 the next year with incentives that could
take him over $1 million.
His appointment as head coach must be ratified by the Board of
Tiller came to Purdue from Wyoming in 1997 and has a record of
83-54 with the team, one win short of the record 84 won by Jack
Mollenkopf in 1956-69.
Tiller said he's been thinking about retirement for several
years, and approached Burke about it in the spring of 2007.
Burke said he wanted the transition to be smooth, something the
school hasn't been able to do with its football program in the
Tiller said he never felt Burke wanted him to leave, and Burke
squashed reports that Tiller was unaware of a plan to name a
"Our transition is a planned one," Burke said. "Joe and I
haven't been in any boxing matches -- he's too big, and we've
traveled too many miles together."
Tiller said he still enjoys coaching football, but felt the tug
of family pulling him away.
"I like being around young people," he said. "Young people
keep you young. I really like game day. Some of the stuff will wear
on you after a while, but I never had trouble getting up to come
Burke called Tiller a member of the class of 2008. Tiller said
it's a good group that should be successful next season.
"I love this year's senior class," he said. "I have to talk
fast so I don't get emotional. This was the last class I knowingly
told I promise I'll be here."
Hope said he watched Purdue's bowl win against Central Michigan
on television and liked what he saw, but he's had little time to
get familiar with the team. He'll officially step in on Monday and
jump right on the recruiting trail.
Under Tiller, the Boilermakers made 10 bowl appearances in 11
years, including the high point in 2000 when Drew Brees led the
team to the Rose Bowl for the first time since 1967 and was third
in the Heisman Trophy voting.
The move resembles the way the university replaced longtime
men's basketball coach Gene Keady with Matt Painter after the
2004-05 season.
Burke said the assistant coaches remain on staff, but Bill Legg,
the offensive line coach and co-offensive coordinator, has been
reassigned to an undisclosed position.
Tiller said the plan to have a successor in line helps because
Hope and the current assistants will get familiar with each other
before Hope creates his staff.
"He'll get to know them and they'll get to know him, and
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Uselessly jealous
I thought I was pretty much over him, until a new girl in our group started flirting with him at my party last week.
I know it's stupd to be jealous of this situation, as she is only 16 and he's 20, and he gave no hint of reciprication, and he's not the sort to be ok going out with a 16 year old, but still, i could barely suppress the urge to leap over the couch and throttle her for leaning on him and snuggling up to him.
And now I'm wishing i had a girlfriend close enough who could be horrible with me and make a plot so she doesn't come to the next gathering (such as organising to pick her up, then "forgetting" so she has no way to get to the party).
I'm a horrible and jealous person, and i can still only think that i wish i could still flirt with him and snuggle up to him and that she would p*** off.
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Stupid little girl plotting and jealousy every time you turn around
And women aren't much better
Petty little idiots
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Setting Up a Lernid Event
If you are organizing a learning week and want to use Lernid, you will need to create a server-side Lernid configuration file. This file should be called <something>.lernid. Here is an example:
[Ubuntu Example Week] homepage: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuExampleWeek icalurl: http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/canonical.com_96jtlbrmpltiogmjhlgl3rd0o0%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics classroom: jono-test chat: ubuntu-classroom-chat eventstart: 2009-12-21 12:00:00 eventend: 2009-12-25 15:00:00
There can be multiple events in one configuration file. Each event should specify the following settings:
homepage - the event website that is loaded into the Lernid browser when a user connects.
icalurl - the iCal feed that contains all the sessions.
classroom - the name of the classroom IRC channel on freenode without the leading hash (#).
chat - the name of the chat IRC channel on freenode without the leading hash (#).
eventstart - the start date and time (in UTC) of the event. You must ensure the format here is YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.
eventend - the end date and time (in UTC) of the event. You must ensure the format here is YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.
If a session has slides in it, you should ensure that the Description field in the iCal event has the following:
Slides: http://www.website.com/slidesdocument.pdf
The slides can be hosted anywhere and have any name in the document, but they must be a PDF. OpenOffice.org can easily save an Impress presentation as a PDF file. Please also be conscious that when a session starts, all Lernid viewers will download these slides, so make sure the slides are somewhere with a healthy chunk of bandwidth.
Connecting your users to the event
When you have created the configuration file you need to make it available to your users. Usually you would do this by uploading it to a public server but you could also distribute it some other way, fx. by email. To connect to your event, your users need to run lernid like this:
lernid --config http://your.server.com/your-event.lernid
or if you have distributed the file to each user individually:
lernid --config /path/to/your-event.lernid
Lernid should now open and your event should be selectable from the drop down box.
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Florida Home Loans
Purchasing a home is among the most significant investments an individual can make. Many people locate a mortgage or perhaps a loan while purchasing a house. The Florida housing market is presently booming with falling rates of interest and simple loans, and home loan lenders are providing various kinds of loans and special home loans to draw in customers.
A home loan rates are the interest rate that's billed around the loan employed for purchasing a house or perhaps a property. Home loan rates keep altering during a period of time. A lesser type of loan means a smaller cost of the home minimizing monthly obligations. A home loan loan company looks in the end the aspects that should be considered like the entire mortgage period (15-years or thirty-years), the type of rate of interest (fixed or variable), as well as examinations, taxes and property appraisals. Most people don't comprehend the typical mortgage terminology like PMI (Pmi), APR, high closing costs, points etc. In such instances, an expert lender would end up being very helpful. The primary factors which are considered when issuing a home loan are earnings from the applicant and theOrher credit score.
Only Florida citizens are qualified to get Florida home loans. The several types of home loans obtainable in Florida are: Federal housing administration (Intended) loans, loan consolidations, land loans, conventional loans, balloon loans and refinance home loans. Home loans may also be refinanced. Refinanced home loans have a lot of benefits like lower monthly obligations, lower interest compensated, and funds equity. There's also poor credit home loans that exist in a slightly greater interest rate for those who have poor credit records. Typically the most popular type of home loans in Florida may be the fixed interest rate loans- due to their predictability. The normal term of the loan is fifteen years or 3 decades. The ARM (Arm) loans will also be popular because interest rates are prone to decrease sometime later on. This really is generally liked by individuals who intend to sell the house inside a couple of years time after having to pay from the loan. Other sorts of special Florida Home loans are: hard equity loans, interest only loans, 100% spend refinance, construction loans, commercial home loans, farmer's mortgage loans, no PMI (Pmi) loans, vacant land and acreage home loans and mix- collateralization of qualities.


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This post is part of a series called 60 Second Video Tutorials.
On Android, the
AsyncTask class is commonly used to perform operations on a background thread. In this video, I show you how an
AsyncTask works and how you can use it in your projects.
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So our summer is well and truly over then, there's leaves on the ground already & it's raining pretty much every day.
Typical UK, we had glorious sunshine before the kids broke up from school for the summer, then it rains constantly throughout August when the kids are off.
I'm not quite ready to give up summer yet and to be fair, it is still mild so no need to dig the winter coats out of the wardrobe just yet, although I will have to start thinking about those autumn/winter outfits soon enough.
Instead I picked up this gorgeous grey check coat which is perfect for the cross over between summer & autumn, plus it will still carry me through the milder days throughout September & October.
I've been loving pairing it with my rolled up boyfriend jeans, my Converse & a simple tee. As I like a little bit of height I went for the platform Converse rather than the standard ones. I think they give an outfit just a little something extra with them being slightly higher than the regular flat pumps.
So are you loving this outfit? What's your go to mum style for this time of year? Do you love a classic grey check coat


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City of St. Louis Animal Care and Control strongly encourages pet owners to spay or neuter their companion animals. A spay is a surgery for a female pet that results in the female no longer being able to reproduce. Similarly, a neuter is a surgery for a male pet that results in the male no longer being able to reproduce.
Animal Care and Control works with several organizations that offer low-cost spay/neuter and other related services. To view the list of these organizations, click here.
Top 10 Reasons to Fix (Spay/Neuter) Your Dogs and Cats
- You will save thousands of lives. Failing to spay/neuter is the biggest cause of pet overpopulation, suffering and euthanasia. Over 65,000—the number of offspring one un-spayed/un-neutered dog (or cat) and his/her intact mate can produce in about six years if none of their offspring are spayed/neutered.
- There are not enough people to adopt all of the animals that are being created. Your unwanted litter will most likely end up in a shelter where it had a 50% chance to be euthanized.
- Your dog or cat will be better behaved, and less likely to roam, howl, spray and jump the fence.
- Your dog or cat will be healthier and happier. Fixed dogs and cats have a longer expected lifespan and will have less chance of developing certain cancers and other life threatening illnesses.
- You will save money. It is expensive to care for unwanted litters and the medical treatment associated (unfixed dogs and cats have more medical problems). Rabies tag/licensing fees are much lower in St. Louis City and County for fixed animals.
- Your pet will be less likely to attract unwanted strays to your home or property.
- You will eliminate female heat (menstrual) cycles and the inconvenience involved. Heat cycles can last up to four weeks.
- Spayed and neutered pets are more adaptable to your home and family.
- Spaying/neutering is a simple outpatient surgery with a quick recovery.
- There are low cost spay/neuter programs.
(Saint Louis PetLover Coalition, 2012)


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Safe at Home Project
Keeping Neighbors Safe at Home
Since 2012, BRHBA has partnered with AHIP Home Repair Nonprofit and Charlottesville Area Association of REALTORS® (CAAR) on a critically needed community outreach effort to keep seniors, families with children, disabled neighbors, and other residents safe in their own homes. Together, the partners raise awareness, funds, and volunteer support for Charlottesville and Albemarle families who need emergency home repairs, larger rehabs, and money-saving energy upgrades.
Celebrating 40 years of service in 2016, AHIP is the only local home repair nonprofit in Charlottesville and Albemarle working year-round to address home deficiencies and hazards for low-income homeowners. Last year, AHIP kept the roof over 297 heads helping 130 households make 246 critical home repairs and energy upgrades.
"Homeownership matters, and it matters for the people who may not have the resources to make the critical repairs they need to stay in their homes," Jennifer Jacobs, AHIP executive director, said. "We are not able to run our programs without the support of home builders and REALTORS®. They are among our strongest champions in our mission to provide a safe, secure, healthy environment for all. Only with their help can we achieve a high level of impact year after year."
The 60-day spring Safe at Home fundraising campaign kicked off at the end of March during the 2015 BRHBA Home & Garden Festival by collecting an incredible $6,000 in donations during the event. The partnership went on to raise a total of $53,000+ by the end of May. Help our neighbors in need by donating online now. Thank you for your support!
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We will never stop hunting for new hotspots. This time, our search took us to Delft where we found DIJCK2. A concept from New York: walk in, try different frames from different designers and simply just shop around. No appointment needed, it's all about love for craftsmanship and future classics. That is what makes this spot more than just a place to buy a pair of glasses.
But it's also the history and story of the place that caught our eye. It all dates back to 1986 and the place was named after its unique location on the little street with big personality; Oude Langedijk, number 2.
DIJCK2 is also the official partner of Amsterdam's own optical designer brand Nina & Max. Designed on Dutch grounds and produced in Italy. This Unique brand can be found in the store in Delft, along with some of our personal favorites like Dick Moby, Oliver Peoples and Moscot. A variety of local and international designers, meaning you can see a bit of the world when you're visiting the store.
Curious? Want to take a look for yourself? (pun intended)
Here's where you can find them:
Address: Oude Langendijk 2, Delft
Website: dijck2.nl


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Yesterday, Andre marked Stevie Wonder's 67th birthday with a writeup on 1987's Characters, an underrated record from what many consider to be the singer's wan years. Today, on the actual anniversary of Wonder's birth, I thought I'd share an old review I wrote of his still-most-recent studio album, 2005's A Time to Love. As you can probably tell, at the time I wasn't a big fan of post-'70s Stevie: I'd pretty much taken at face value the critical consensus that he fell off after Hotter Than July. Now, my opinions are a little more nuanced (but I still mean what I said about the Woman in Red soundtrack). Anyway, in the spirit of celebrating birthdays and feeling old, here's what I thought about Stevie Wonder at 21…a.k.a., 12 years ago. I need a drink.
What makes worthy artists–legendary artists, even–go bad? It's a question that's been asked countless times, and about few artists more frequently than Stevie Wonder. Don't get me wrong: I love Stevie Wonder. "Maybe Your Baby," "I Was Made to Love Her," "Living for the City"…these, and many others, have long since guaranteed a place in the pantheon for the former 12-Year-Old Genius. But I confess: this reviewer would be hard-pressed to describe Stevie's latter-day output as "good," much less "great," "classic," or "genius." Indeed, if one considers Stevie Wonder's "classic period" to have begun with "Uptight" and ended sometime after Songs in the Key of Life (with the execrable Paul McCartney race-relations duet "Ebony and Ivory" serving as the final nail in the coffin), 2005 marks at least the 25th year since the soul innovator and auteur began his disappearance into the depths of the MOR gutter.
In this context, then, A Time to Love must surely be the most important Stevie Wonder album since 1980's Hotter Than July. Not only was the record long in gestation and much-awaited–it's been ten years since Stevie's last, Conversation Peace, a significant chunk of which decade was spent recording (and delaying) Time to Love–but if Wonder's people are to be believed, it also marks a massive return to form. This is meant to be the album that finally reconciles the brilliant artist of the late '60s and '70s with the corn-rowed, sweet-natured caricature of the last 25 years: a virtual pillar of inconsequence who hasn't changed so much as a daishiki since he was immortalized by Eddie Murphy's spot-on Saturday Night Live parodies. That, of course, is one tall order, and it probably needn't even be said that A Time to Love is no Innervisions. But if we can allow ourselves to put our impossible expectations aside and give this album the listen it deserves, Mr. Wonder has a bit of a pleasant surprise for us all: this "return to form" may have its flaws, but it remains a remarkably solid effort.
And Wonder remains (The Woman in Red soundtrack notwithstanding) a singular talent, quite possibly the hardest person to dislike in all of popular music. Simply put, the 55-year-old's voice is gorgeous, as clear and honey-smooth as it was thirty years ago. Actually, if anything, he could stand to turn it down a notch. "If Your Love Cannot Be Moved," which opens the album promisingly with a contemporary R&B beat and dramatic, low-register strings, soon devolves into numbing histrionics from both Wonder and his guest, gospel singer Kim Burrell–a tendency that repeats itself on more than a few of Time To Love's "ballad" numbers. Excessive length is also an issue, most notably with the first four tracks: cute songs like "Sweetest Somebody I Know" and the jazzy, theatrical "Moon Blue" overstay their welcome after the three-minute mark or so, when they start to feel like exactly the kind of lightweight sentimentality that has become Wonder's unfortunate stock in trade. If those two songs dip their toes in the sugar water, however, "From the Bottom of My Heart" dives in head first, with a title straight out of the Backstreet Boys files and an arrangement you'd normally have to ride in a hospital elevator to hear.
To be honest, it isn't until "Please Don't Hurt My Baby" comes along when the album really kicks into gear. A lite-funk jam worthy of Talking Book outtake status, the track breathes some much-needed life into the proceedings and reminds us that Stevie is still good for more than just the sappy ballads. Once "Please Don't Hurt My Baby" has come and gone, it feels as though what was missing at the beginning of the record has been miraculously restored; the soul is back, and better late than never. Even the soft numbers start to gel. "My Love is On Fire" is smooth and seductive, never maudlin, with funky touches of flute and Isaac Hayes-style strings; while the album-closing title track with India.Arie has all of the epic quality of "If Your Love Cannot Be Moved" but none of the distracting bombast. And oh yes, there's more funk to be had: "Tell Your Heart I Love You" bolsters its bluesy groove with synth bass and Clavinet (remember Clavinets?); then, of course, there's the first single, "So What the Fuss."
It's fitting that "So What the Fuss," one of the highlights of A Time to Love, finds Stevie accompanied by a fellow erstwhile pop genius, Prince. Like Prince, Stevie Wonder was an artist in need of a comeback. His talent is just too great to fizzle and fade away, contained by half-assed, mediocre records and the occasional charity single or awards show appearance. And like Prince (whose 2004 release Musicology restored artistic and commercial credibility almost single-handedly), Wonder found his comeback in the form of a sort of compromise: strongly recalling his classic work, but mellowed, tailor-made for an audience that continues to mature along with Wonder itself. It may not have the same kind of resonance as those glory years–few records do–but A Time to Love is possessed of a charm and a beauty all its own. If Stevie Wonder's "form" is quality and craft imbued with soul, then this is a return to form indeed. Welcome back, Stevie. You've earned it.


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My husband and I have been blessed with a strong marriage from the beginning. For that I am very thankful. We know couples who really struggle the first year of marriage. That was not our story; we have faced a large variety of other trials that came with their own set of great difficulty. I tend to think that each challenge is hard, painful and comes with its own forms of deep grief caused by a set of expectations. In this current season of walking down an unexpected road of a major career change that demands more of my husband than anything ever has in his life, we have faced new challenges in our marriage. We have to ask ourselves often how do we prioritize our marriage when school demands 12-16 hour days every day of the week? Part of prioritizing our marriage comes with what I call expectation management.
We each approach every situation with a set of preconceived expectations of how something "should be." These are formed by a variety of things. Culture, Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram, friends, family, our upbringing, world view and socioeconomic position, to name a few, form expectations. In some ways, expectations are not inherently bad. We wouldn't accomplish things if we didn't push ourselves in certain situations to meet expectations. Or we would maybe compromise for something that wasn't God's best if we didn't have expectations. But expectations have a dark side. Particularly in relationship.
During this season where Chad puts an enormous amount of energy in learning a new skill set in a school environment that makes grad school look like middle school, I have taken on a support role. I am completely powerless most days to help him as he wrestles through content I know nothing about. This is new for us since we studied in seminary side by side. We no longer have a common language around something that takes most of his time. I am no longer the sounding board I expected to be as a wife. I can listen, but rarely can contribute thoughtfully on the topic. This is different than what life was like when we were vocationally pursuing ministry together. Coding is like a foreign language to me. And while my vocabulary on the subject is expanding daily, I know about as much as the size of an ice cube compared to an iceburg.
On top of that, we are becoming parents. As a woman, I am learning that there are a lot of secret expectations that I didn't even know I had surrounding this life event. I have had to lay down expectations and dreams of what being pregnant together in this season would look like. Visions of shopping leisurely together for tiny baby things, preparation for baby at home, birthing classes, long conversations about names and parenting plans are all luxuries that haven't been afforded to us in the last few months. It has been a huge internal battle of frustration and grief that we would be in such an intense season of schooling while leaping into parenthood.
Not only have those expectations had to die, so have the amount of time to we have to connect. The love language that outweighs the rest for me is quality time. I emotionally have to connect with people in my life through time that is intentional and rooted in conversation to feel loved. My poor husband wants so badly to meet this need but also feels immense responsibility to do his absolute best to prepare for our future in order to provide for us. At times I know he feels like these two things are completely at odds with each other. I confess that my husband has done everything in his power to manage the many demands competing for his attention. He is a disciplined student, devoted husband and passionate father. But there certainly has been sacrifice on expectations and hopes all around. It's hard to see the grief in his eyes when I know he wants to emotionally meet me in my need to connect on a deep level, but exhaustion is so overwhelming that sleep is about to usher in at any moment. I also may never forget the look on his face the night before he missed his first ultrasound during our pregnancy. He wanted so badly to be there to see his daughter swimming around, but he couldn't miss school to come.
Each of these area's have underlying expectations for both of us that we are learning to navigate. Some of them are harder to tease out the roots of, but each of them have to be managed in order to not allow the dark side of expectation to sabotage our marriage. I am learning that this is a form of guarding our marriage from the enemy who would love to take us out. Let me share with you what I am currently wresting through regarding expectation management.
1. Expectations are dangerous and corrode relationships when they are unreasonable.
So often expectations become roots of discontentment when they are unmet. When we hold expectations, reasonable or not, we likely will be faced with disappointment if they don't come to fruition. Disappointment can lead to bitterness if not dealt with properly. Also, expectations are not always reasonable. I find myself asking often, is this expectation reasonable to have of my husband/relationship? Is this something that is important to further the strength of our marriage? If it is unreasonable and does not further the strength of my marriage nor meet a need of mine that is a non-negotiable, I need to let it go. Instead of taking it immediately to Chad, I spend time praying through the expectation to discover whether or not it is legitimate and where it originated. For example, does this expectation come from a cultural expectation that is far from realistic, like waltzing through Babies R' Us in total bliss and scanning adorable baby items for hours? Then as God speaks to my heart, I allow him to loosen my grip on the expectation so that I can be free from it. The root of the baby registry fantasy is really the idea that without properly preparing with stuff, thoughtfully scanning each item we need, we will fail as parents to care for our daughter. The dangerous root is that if my husband can't spend hours with me shopping for baby items that he doesn't care about our daughter. This is a fat lie that if not identified could create a big root of bitterness later. As I allow the Holy Spirit to enlighten my heart, my heart and my relationship are freed from discontent and unnecessary resentment and allows reasonable expectations to become the focus.
2. Communicating our expectations to one another is the most important thing.
Once I determine what my expectation is and pray through it, it is important for me to communicate my struggle with the expectation with my husband. This allows Chad to shed truth on a situation and know my heart. So often the expectation I have can be completely mitigated as soon as I invite him into the struggle. For example, he is able to remind me that being a good parent is not rooted in material possessions or time spent in a baby store. In this season, loving our daughter looks like preparing for our future in school. The hours he takes to thoughtfully code is his way of loving her. He wants to provide the very best for his girls. He also can gently remind me if I haven't already navigated the root of the expectation, where it possibly originated. Most of all, it cultivates intimacy. The beautiful thing about having a conversation about expectation is that occasionally it is a reasonable expectation that the other person now knows about. He can meet the need if he knows. So sometimes Chad says to me, I want to meet this expectation because I can tell it really matters to you and I love you. He couldn't do that if I never vocalized it. This takes humility and trust with one another and an enormous measure of grace to gently approach an expectation together. I cannot expect that just because Chad knows about my expectation that he will run to meet it. It could be the furthest thing from reasonable or even possible. But getting it out on the table avoids the root of resentment from springing up and makes it possible to work through.
3. Flexibility and allowing unreasonable expectations to die is a necessity.
Finally, I have to have a flexible malleable heart that the Holy Spirit can root out expectations. I have to be willing to lay down expectations that are not helpful for my heart or marriage. It is never helpful if I set my heart on an expectation and am then unwilling to compromise or evaluate it's validity. I do not want to hold expectations over Chad's head and imprison him. This is manipulative. Not only does this harm him, it harms me. My heart hardens as I set my hope on the expectation and ultimately Chad instead of Jesus and the hope I have in Him. By being flexible, I allow the space for necessary pruning of expectations so that I can be free in Christ. This also frees my heart to enjoy my marriage and the ways my husband is loving me. So often unmet expectations block our ability to see the blessings in our relationship. If I am so fixated on an area where something is unmet, I am not able to see and be thankful for the ways that my husband is loving me. I'd much rather be flexible and willing to allow things that cause death in relationship to die so that I can truly enjoy the gift God gave me in a husband.
This is a huge work in progress for me. It's a weekly battle as I am constantly bombarded by new unrealized expectations rooted in my heart around becoming a mother. This week it's around birth classes. Chad and I are going to take a class this weekend! But I am constantly battling the tension of expecting to be really prepared through these classes and the reality that if she comes early I have no clue what I am doing. This particular expectation is one I have with myself. I have to remind myself that I am not a bad mother, nor will my daughter's birth be a disaster because I didn't make it to a birthing class. Many women do this every day around the world with minimal resources comparatively. And so I remind myself to be gracious and gentle and do a little expectation management.


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Tension mounts in South China Sea as US aircraft carrier strike group patrols disputed waters, testing Beijing's nerve
- The USS John S Stennis has in the South China Sea since March 1
- It has been joined by four other ships, including guided-missile destroyers
- The US claims that it is a regular deployment, but it appears to be the latest attempt by the US to reclaim international waters from China
- China now claims almost all of the South China Sea
- A Chinese spokesperson says the US is 'militarizing' the area, not China
The US has sent an aircraft carrier and a number of other ships through disputed waters in the South China Sea, it announced yesterday — a move that will necessarily raise tensions with Beijing, which has been engaging in an increasingly militaristic power-play in the area over the past few years.
The countries of The South China Sea have long claimed rights to disputed international waters, but as its economic strength has grown, an increasingly confident China has seen fit to flex its muscles by building military bases on artificial islands and militarizing one of the disputed Paracel Islands. It now claims almost all of the China Sea as its territory.
That has forced the US to send ships through the disputed waters to reaffirm their international status, most recently with a missile destroyer, the USS Curtis Wilbur, having sailed past the Paracels in January. But this latest move — a full aircraft carrier strike group led by the Nimitz-class USS John S Stennis — is the US's boldest yet.
The Navy's Seventh Fleet announced Friday that the Stennis had passed through the Luzon Strait between the Philippines and Taiwan on March 1, and had been operating in the South China Sea since then.
It was accompanied by the guided-missile destroyers USS Chung-Hoon and USS Stockdale, the guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay and the supply ship USNS Rainier.
And they're not alone — Beijing has sent a number of Chinese ships to 'watch' the US group. 'We have Chinese ships around us that we normally didn't see in my past experience,' Captain Greg Huffman, the Stennis's commanding officer, said in a Navy press release.
He was last deployed to the South China Sea in 2007.
Officially, the release says, this is a routine mission. There is no direct statement of intent with regard to maintaining the status of international waters.
However, it also mentions the January deployment of the Curtis Wilbur, which was described at the time as an operation 'to challenge excessive maritime claims of parties that claim the Paracel Islands,' and that the US would 'fly, sail and operate wherever international law allows.'
Beijing denounced that deployment as being 'in violation of relevant Chinese laws,' saying the US 'entered China's territorial waters without authorization.'
Speaking through Chinese state press agency Xinhua, spokesperson Fu Ying said that America was to blame for militarization in the area, not China.
'Some reports try to blame China for affecting freedom of navigation and undermining the stability of this region,' she said. "Such practice misrepresents the situation.
'Talking about militarization, if we look at those advanced ships and aircraft going in and out of the South China Sea, aren't most of them are from the US? The US has deployed as much as 70 percent of its naval forces to Asia. Defense ability is not equivalent to militarization.
'If the US is really interested in upholding peace and stability in the region, it should support China's efforts to seek negotiated solutions to disputes with its neighbors, instead of taking the opposite way.'
Fu was speaking 'as an ordinary Chinese,' the report said.
In September 2015, China showcased a range of heavy-duty armaments in a parade to commemorate the end of the Second World War.
These included the DF-21D anti-ship ballistic missiles, which China claims can potentially sink a US Nimitz-class aircraft carrier like the John C Stennis in one strike.
The South China Sea is home to a host of disputes among those that occupy it, including China, Taiwan, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei.
China claims almost the entire South China Sea and its islands, reefs and atolls on historic grounds. The area has some of the world's busiest shipping lanes, and US officials say ensuring freedom of navigation is in US national interests, while not taking sides in the territorial disputes.
Two of the most hotly contested areas are the Spratly Islands — which lie close to Brunei and the Philippines — and the Paracel island chain, which lies closer to China and Taiwan.
The Spratly Islands (called the Nansha Islands by China) are now claimed by Brunei, China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam.
China was actually the last to build on the Spratlys when it did so in the late 1980s, having been beaten to the punch by Taiwan during the Second World War, which was followed shortly afterwards by the Philippines, Vietnam and Malaysia.
But in 2014 China sparked concern when it began dredging operation near three reefs, and has since reclaimed 2,000 acres, CNN wrote.
The Paracels, on the other hand, are largely a dispute between China and Vietnam. In 2015, China built oil rigs near the area, causing Vietnam to respond by sending out fishing vessels and navy boats. At least one fishing vessel was sunk.
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Community agencies provide services to residents of Havelock-Belmont-Methuen at different venues throughout the community and some agencies have locations that need to be accessed in the City of Peterborough. Below is a listing of the various agencies:
|Community Care
|Through a network of community offices throughout the City and County of Peterborough, our staff and volunteers provide a variety of essential services to seniors (60+) and to adults with physical challenges (18+) empowering them to live at home.
Community Care:
Our Services:
Havelock-Belmont-Methuen office 107 Concession Street Havelock, Ontario Phone: 705-778-7831 Fax: 705-778-7924
|Employment Planning and Counselling
Employment Planning and Counselling-Peterborough is a not-for-profit, charitable organization that aims to provide superior career development and employment related programs and services.
Employment Planning and Counselling is still offering outreach within the community. You can set this up by contacting Starr at their office.
Employment Planning and Counselling
418 Sheridan Street
Peterborough, Ontario
Phone: 705-748-9110 extension 235 Fax: 705-876-0887
Havelock Food Bank
The Havelock Food Bank operate out of the rear entrance of the Remax Building in Havelock which is located at 10 Oak Street.
2020 Food Bank Schedule
Contact Information:
|Peterborough Public Health
Public health is shaped by our social, economic and physical environments, as well as by our personal choices. Through community programs and by developing better health policies, Peterborough Public Health works to improve the living conditions of those in need for the benefit of all. They serve residents throughout the City and County of Peterborough and offer a wide range of programs and services ranging from healthy eating workshops, poverty reduction initiatives, and oral health clinics to controlling infectious disease outbreaks, water safety and sexual health clinic services.
Contact information:
Peterborough Public Health
185 King Street
Peterborough, ON K9J 2R8
Phone: 705-743-1000 Toll Free: 1-877-743-0101
|Peterborough Social Services
|If you live in Peterborough County they can assist with things like:
Main office:
178 Charlotte Street
Peterborough, Ontario
Call 705-875-3794 to set up an appointment or drop in at the Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Public Library at 13 Quebec Street between 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. on Thursday.
|Victorian Order of Nurses Adult Day Program
The Havelock Adult Day Program is designed to offer engagement and relaxation in a secure and home-like setting for older adults who may be experiencing physical, social or cognitive challenges. While enjoying a day away from home, their caregivers enjoy a day of respite to spend as they wish. Taking time to rejuvenate their energies, go to work or attend to those items that are on hold.
It has been proven that attending the Adult Day Program better supports clients to remain living in their own homes rather than early admissions to Long Term Care facilities as we work closely with family to better meet individual needs.
Our clients attend the Adult Day Program to participate in a variety of planned activities being supported by trained staff such as Recreation Therapists, Activationists, Personal Support Worker's and Volunteers. These activities are designed according to the individual interests and abilities of our clients and include:
Currently Victorian Order of Nurses operates eight Adult Day Programs across the region in communities such as Curve Lake, Lakefield, Peterborough, Havelock, Campbellford, Cobourg and Port Hope.
Funding for this program is provided in part by the Central East Local Health Integration Network, community donations and a small daily client fee. The regular client fee for services is $19.00 per day which includes refreshments, a nourishing meal and all activities. A fee subsidy is available where financial need is indicated.
To become a client of the Adult Day Program contact our Respite Service Supervisor to learn more about our easy referral process at 1-866-654-9638 extension 6423 or 705-9155 extension 6423.
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Flash flooding hit Boca Raton, Florida, on Thursday, March 24, after a day of heavy rain. The Boca Raton City Hall was flooded, while people in Broward County were without power. This video shows people driving on flooded roads in Boca Raton.
About four inches of rain were reported in Coral Springs, Pompano Beach, Boca Raton, Deerfield Beach, Boynton Beach and Tamarac.


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11-02-2011, 21:50 #21
I am tempted to get the manifold too,but they are soooo expensive now, when I got my elbow they offered me the elbow and mani for 500 delivered but I just spent a grand on my suspension etc so didn't have the money at the time,the mani cost more than that on their own now! Bad times.......
Would defo recommend it to anyone looking for an elbow,they are more expensive than most on the market but you defo get what you pay for!
11-02-2011, 22:21 #22
its a shame ths don't sell elbows any more - a few of us have run them for a couple of years now and they were only about 50 quid each - perfect fit, no cracks, no problems....
11-02-2011, 22:33 #23
That would have been nice! Think my tomei cost me over 200 in the end.
Trying to decide whether jez's revised h-dev mani would be better for the money,have heard no complaints bout them yet,and are about 300 quid cheaper,look good quality and don't need to mod the downpipe now either on the new one.
11-02-2011, 22:42 #24
well i've been running the old one for almost 2 years and it's been fine - the new one is i believe much the same apart from the flange locates the turbo a bit higher
11-02-2011, 22:50 #25
Sounds good to me, will keep my eyes open for when he has them in stock then,cheers for the info mate!
14-02-2011, 16:10 #26
my nismo side repeaters turned up today!!!
also got a single din pocket and stereo brackets through feast japn,all genuine nissan bits
and my blue hel braided lines too for when i fit my evo calipers
stripped all my dash out too ready to sand and spray as its pretty bashed up,gonna do it all body colour i think should look nice as will be either flocking my interior or trimming it in alcantara depending on how much spare time i have
excuse the state of the car havent hads a day of nice weather to clean it ...
14-02-2011, 16:26 #27
Hey those clear Nismo lights do look cool. I got the smoked Nismo ones from jap performance parts the other day.
14-02-2011, 16:33 #28
i was gonna go smoked too but think the clear will look better as i am going for crystal 50/50 rear lights....
14-02-2011, 16:39 #29
Heh that's cool. I want more black on my car, like the bonnet and rear lights etc.
Are the rear lights your gonna get the Lexus style ones?
14-02-2011, 16:45 #30
Na gonna get the 50/50 rears like dmax style ones. http://www.rhdjapan.com/d-max-led-ta...5-silvia-52294
They do look cool with dark lights and tints!
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If you guys don't know by now, let me tell you that I am LOVING Orange this season! I feel like it screams Fall, no matter what shade of Orange it is. Can you believe that I've had this skirt for 6 years? I found it in Banana Republic in Tallahassee during my College Graduation weekend in 2005 and I knew I had to have it and I would keep it and wear it as long as I could fit it.
I have worn it in so many ways over the years and it still looks brand new. This is one of my favorite clothing purchases of all time! What has been your go to color so far this Fall?