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Tips for Maintaining Your Underground Sprinkler System
A well-maintained yard can add some beauty to your home. If your home has an underground sprinkler system, you'll want to make sure it's working properly. Here are some tips and tricks to help you maintain it.
Why Do It?
There are a few reasons why your home's underground sprinkler system may need some routine upkeep. Colorado State University (CSU) mentions the following:
- Proper water distribution: A lack of proper care may result in a range of issues with your sprinkler system from dry spots on your lawn, obstructed sprinkler heads and unseen leaks to potential water being wasted on areas where it's not needed, like driveways or roads.
- Yard safety: Your sprinkler heads may also pose as a tripping hazard if they are not regularly maintained. Children or others walking in your yard may easily trip on exposed sprinkler heads. Routine maintenance may help ensure that sprinkler heads are kept flush with the ground when not running.
How Often?
You should always check with your system manufacturer's advice about proper maintenance and upkeep for your underground sprinkler system, but generally, it needs to be checked on an on-going basis to help ensure it's in working order, says CSU. For example, broken sprinkler heads need to be replaced right away to help prevent wet spots and wasted water.
DIY Sprinkler Upkeep
Checking your sprinkler system regularly isn't as hard as you might expect. CSU suggests doing the following:
1. Examine each sprinkler head. Be sure to clean any clogs you may see, tighten any loose screws and replace any sprinkler heads that are broken or damaged.
2. Evaluate dry spots in your yard. Does the water spray need adjusting to help reach the dry spots? Do you need to potentially increase the coverage of your sprinkler system?
3. Know your plants. Being familiar with your types of plants and their water needs can allow you to fine-tune your sprinkler system for optimal coverage and potential water savings.
Maintaining your sprinkler system doesn't have to be tricky. With some basic maintenance, you should be able to help keep the water flowing and your yard looking great.
This article highlights examples of precautions you can consider to help maintain your personal property. Please recognize that a particular precaution may not be appropriate or effective in every circumstance and that taking preventive measures cannot guarantee any outcome. We encourage you to use your own good judgment about what's appropriate and always consider safety.


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After the ESCAS report, yep, thats right, the same one that forgot to mention the butchering of 22000 sheep in Pakistan (a hastily approved ESCAS destination) as a non-compliance.....we wrote "The ESCAS report: What it Doesnt Say (http://www.vale.org.au/blog/the-escas-report-what-it-doesnt-say). Hardly worth writing it again: a cracked record.
ESCAS is not the answer and will never protect Australian animals overseas. Live export has callously put profit before animal welfare for its entire history. Australian exporters know that as they have done for over 40 years of animal abuse...and they dont care. Australian government likewise. If the show must go on, at a huge cost to both Australian animals and Australian jobs, just quit the pretence and state the obvious: yes, we know and no, we dont give a toss.

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Handmade Unique Jewellery from Finland
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This series is modeled after a brooch dating from around 800 A.D. The piece was found at Lukkarinmäki in Uskela. The round brooch is ornamented with wave and ribbon-like designs. This was a popular motif amond the Finno-ugric tribes living along the Oka River, so this piece was probably Russian in origin.
Kalevala Koru Oy (Kalevala Jewelry) is one the largest jewelry manufacturers in northern Europe. The company designs, manufactures and markets high-quality gold, silver and bronze jewelry, and owns two high-level consumer brands: Kalevala Jewelry and Lapponia Jewelry. The company's net sales are around EUR 18 million and it employs some 140 people.
Kalevala Jewelry`s employees are top professionals in their expertise on handicraft and high technology. Kalevala Jewelry´s production facility, sales and administration all operate under the same roof in Helsinki. The company manufactures all its jewelry in Finland and favors materials that have originated in Finland. Kalevala Jewelry protects its strong brand with care. This can be seen in all the company's operations: in sales, manufacturing as well as in marketing. According to extensive Finnish brand research, Kalevala Jewelry came 20th among the best rated brands in Finland in 2014. The company is fully owned by Finnish Kalevala Women´s Association, i.e. some 4000 women devoted to preserve and advance our national cultural heritage.
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Prince of the City
Prince of the City is a movie starring Julian Cheah, Michael Madsen, and Aaron Aziz. A wrongfully exiled and disgraced man seeks revenge against his jealous brother, after their billionaire father mysteriously dies.
Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller
Actors: Julian Cheah, Michael Madsen, Aaron Aziz, Jehan Miskin
Director: Roslan Hussin
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26th All Karachi Inter Schools Hifzul Quran and Husn-e-Qirat Competition 2017 was held at Defence Authority Iqra Model School
Defence Authority Iqra Model School is an exclusive institution that imparts a unique combination of academic and religious education to young students to produce enlightened and educated individuals of the society. The School has kept its glorious traditions of maintaining highest standards of Hifz-e-Quran and Husn-e-Qirat alive which is a source of distinction for the institution.
26th All Karachi Inter Schools Hifzul Quran and Husn-e-Qirat Competition 2017 was held under aegis of Defence Authority Iqra Model School at the Auditorium of DHA Degree College for Women Phase-VIII. 36 students from 18 reputed institutions of Karachi participated. Maulana Mufti Khalid Mahmood CEO Iqra Rauzatul Atfal Trust Pakistan was the chief guest on the occasion.
In Husn-e-Qirat Competition, Muhammad Ikramah of DA Iqra Model School Phase-VIII got first position, Muhammad of Al Ma'arif High School Gulzar e Hijri stood 2nd and Hafiz Usama Gulsher of DA SKBZ College got 3rd position. In Hifzul Quran Competition, Hafiza Uzma Shareef of DA Neelum High School stood first, Hafiz Muhammad Ajmal Khan of Al Ma'arif High School Gulzar e Hijri stood 2nd and Hafiza Qanita Binte Zubair of DA Iqra Model School Phase-VIII got 3rd position. Winner's Trophy was won by DA Iqra Model School Phase-VIII.
Principal Hafiz Tahir Abdullah Siddiqui highlighted the significance of primary education with Hifz-e-Quran. He said that the school besides academics laid great stress on inculcating sound moral and true Islamic values in the students to make them forward looking and progressive citizens of society. Captain Sajid Mahmood (Retd) PN, Addl Director Education was also present on the occasion.
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Nick Payne
Colorado Field Representative
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Nick Payne grew up in Wisconsin as an avid musky hunter and animal tracker. He graduated from the University of Minnesota with a B.S. in fisheries, wildlife and conservation biology and has participated extensively in vertebrate surveying and research in various locations throughout the country. After working on several academic field research projects regarding a plethora of critters, most recently the Indiana bat, through the University of Missouri, he joined the TRCP staff in 2009 and has called Colorado home ever since.
He has worked on sportsman-conservation issues throughout the state and has substantial grassroots organizing experience in hunting, fishing and conservation. Through his experience organizing in Colorado he is grateful to have become intimately familiar with Colorado's amazing public lands.


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Saturday, January 31, 2015
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
This morning at breakfast, Penny was telling Alex that Milo used her piano to help him kneel yesterday - then we all looked over and watched him kneel, then pull himself up to standing!
Monday, January 26, 2015
it's time for a million photos of milo!
i do not seem to have the time that i used to to create collages of photos from my camera - i wonder why that would be? plugging it in to my computer tonight, it appears that i haven't downloaded photos from it since november - whoops! let's catch up with milo's first thanksgiving through today, which might contain the best photo of them all.
well, that was a lot. thanks for looking at all of those. right now we are at the beginning of a blizzard called juno (in case it becomes super famous). there are between ten and thirty inches of snow predicted. alex is at sundance, and i tried to start sleep training milo, but somehow that ended up with all three of us in my bed. there's no work and no school tomorrow, so we're going to have a giant snugglefest! be safe, everyone!
|so glad this onsie fit at the right time! no food yet for milo, but he did gnaw on a cleaned off turkey bone.
|scooting! milo doesn't army crawl like penny used to, he's more of an inchworm.
|penny had a sick day, so we both stayed home to try and comfort her and keep her mind off of her illness. she was making silly faces at milo when...
|....it all went so terribly wrong.
|i want to smoosh him all the time. look at this face!
|milo can sit when provided with the proper motivation.
|let us just take a moment to bask in the glory of my firstborn. she is ridiculous and i love her to bits.
|milo spent a couple of days with his tongue hanging out like this. why = unclear.
|i am including this photo because if you told me it was a picture of jacob bogin i would 100% believe you.
|"yeah, my name is milo. i can stand up by myself. whatever."
|i love all of these photos of milo sitting up and playing with his teddy bear, but that doesn't mean you have to scroll through them all.
|i love this photo. so much. milo is feeding himself bananas here, and i think you can tell every single thing about him from this photograph.
Sunday, January 25, 2015
There is a lot of stuff happening around here today.
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MIT and Harvard University neuroscientists have found a link between a behavioral symptom of autism and reduced activity of a neurotransmitter whose job is to dampen neuron excitation. The findings suggest that drugs that boost the action of this neurotransmitter, known as GABA, may improve some of the symptoms of autism, the researchers say.
Brain activity is controlled by a constant interplay of inhibition and excitation, which is mediated by different neurotransmitters. GABA is one of the most important inhibitory neurotransmitters, and studies of animals with autism-like symptoms have found reduced GABA activity in the brain. However, until now, there has been no direct evidence for such a link in humans.
"This is the first connection in humans between a neurotransmitter in the brain and an autistic behavioral symptom," says Caroline Robertson, a postdoc at MIT's McGovern Institute for Brain Research and a junior fellow of the Harvard Society of Fellows. "It's possible that increasing GABA would help to ameliorate some of the symptoms of autism, but more work needs to be done."
Robertson is the lead author of the study, which appears in the Dec. 17 online edition of Current Biology. The paper's senior author is Nancy Kanwisher, the Walter A. Rosenblith Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and a member of the McGovern Institute. Eva-Maria Ratai, an assistant professor of radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital, also contributed to the research.
Too little inhibition
Many symptoms of autism arise from hypersensitivity to sensory input. For example, children with autism are often very sensitive to things that wouldn't bother other children as much, such as someone talking elsewhere in the room, or a scratchy sweater. Scientists have speculated that reduced brain inhibition might underlie this hypersensitivity by making it harder to tune out distracting sensations.
In this study, the researchers explored a visual task known as binocular rivalry, which requires brain inhibition and has been shown to be more difficult for people with autism. During the task, researchers show each participant two different images, one to each eye. To see the images, the brain must switch back and forth between input from the right and left eyes.
For the participant, it looks as though the two images are fading in and out, as input from each eye takes its turn inhibiting the input coming in from the other eye.
"Everybody has a different rate at which the brain naturally oscillates between these two images, and that rate is thought to map onto the strength of the inhibitory circuitry between these two populations of cells," Robertson says.
She found that nonautistic adults switched back and forth between the images nine times per minute, on average, and one of the images fully suppressed the other about 70 percent of the time. However, autistic adults switched back and forth only half as often as nonautistic subjects, and one of the images fully suppressed the other only about 50 percent of the time.
Performance on this task was also linked to patients' scores on a clinical evaluation of communication and social interaction used to diagnose autism: Worse symptoms correlated with weaker inhibition during the visual task.
The researchers then measured GABA activity using a technique known as magnetic resonance spectroscopy, as autistic and typical subjects performed the binocular rivalry task. In nonautistic participants, higher levels of GABA correlated with a better ability to suppress the nondominant image. But in autistic subjects, there was no relationship between performance and GABA levels. This suggests that GABA is present in the brain but is not performing its usual function in autistic individuals, Robertson says.
"GABA is not reduced in the autistic brain, but the action of this inhibitory pathway is reduced," she says. "The next step is figuring out which part of the pathway is disrupted."
"This is a really great piece of work," says Richard Edden, an associate professor of radiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. "The role of inhibitory dysfunction in autism is strongly debated, with different camps arguing for elevated and reduced inhibition. This kind of study, which seeks to relate measures of inhibition directly to quantitative measures of function, is what we really to need to tease things out."
Early diagnosis
In addition to offering a possible new drug target, the new finding may also help researchers develop better diagnostic tools for autism, which is now diagnosed by evaluating children's social interactions. To that end, Robertson is investigating the possibility of using EEG scans to measure brain responses during the binocular rivalry task.
"If autism does trace back on some level to circuitry differences that affect the visual cortex, you can measure those things in a kid who's even nonverbal, as long as he can see," she says. "We'd like it to move toward being useful for early diagnostic screenings."
December 17, 2015
Thank you so much for your work. It gives hope.
December 17, 2015
This isn't at all surprising or news if you understand the glutamate-mediated Intense World theory of autism. Glutamate levels are extremely high in individuals with certain MTHFR mutations, which are correlated over 90 percent with autism. GABA balances glutamate; glutamate is the primary excitatory neurotransmitter, GABA turns off the nerve signaling. I really wish the researchers working on this stuff would make even a phone-it-in effort to look at the other research being done in their very area. I see 20 "amazing but totally redundant and partial discovery(Ies)!" every week.
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December 17, 2015
I will thank you to quit it with the separationist language, thank you very much.
Apart from the fact that curebies depend on people thinking of what makes me me as if it is a separate thing to me (hence, separationist), real police officers have done a double-take at my response to it. It sets off PTSD symptoms.
Needless to say, stories about "diagnostic tools" coming from a source that uses separationist language is going to contribute to my getting less sleep at night, too.
December 19, 2015
Autism is not singularily a disease in my opinion. It is evolution. Don´t cure evolution.
Frank Kelly
December 19, 2015
Please explain how you can say "This is the first connection in humans between a neurotransmitter in the brain and an autistic behavioral symptom,". See "The Molecular Basis of Autism" for a review covering Glutamate, GABA, Serotonin etc http://www.amazon.com/Molecula....
For GABA in particular there is this recent article http://www.jneuroinflammation.....
And there have been recent attempts at using NMDA antagonists (e.g. memantine, amantadine) to try to treat specific Autism behaviors going back to 2001 e.g. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pu...
Since autism is an inherently behavioral diagnosis there is a lot of prior art that should have been cited and I feel the claim of a "first connection" is overstated and that there is a LOT of missing prior art in the article.
December 20, 2015
Let's hope for a way to relieve the people with autism from some of their symptoms, thanks for good news
Julia J Johnson
December 20, 2015
What if we can do it (Treatment) another way ??
We need to go to the core of our being. We "ARE" energy beings. Lets use energy for treatment. No more drugs to treat symptoms. We "CAN" correct and re-pattern our energy, with ENERGY. NoviChi. Look it up.
December 20, 2015
I suppose that Autism could be just one of several conditions that are the result of an altered environment. The chronic pain condition I live with certainly seems to fit the hypersensitivity model. I would add that simply taking Gabapentin has not helped to reduce my pain severity or duration [and even low doses of Gabapentin greatly increased my "chronic fatigue" symptoms].
And beware the studies that suggest a role for a PharmaGiant product.


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Tonight, I moved the stout that my brew partner Kevin and I made on National Homebrew Day (Mash Bash 2014) at Adventures in Homebrewing (Taylor) from the primary to the secondary fermentor… where I added a little over 5.5 pounds of mango! The FG (final gravity) looks to be spot on!
I also had the honor of 'assisting' my wife, Jennifer (aka SWMBO – She Who Must Be Obeyed), in brewing her second beer. Her first beer (made last year) was the St. Patty's Irish Stout, so this year, she brewed up the Genius Stout. Her first beer was a huge hit, and I think that this one will be just as good!
We closed out the night by sharing a Milkshake Stout by Rochester Mills Beer Company. This beer, made with lactose for a sweet, creamy taste, hit the spot!


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UNESCO World Heritage In Armenia
Armenian Sites and Objects Included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Presently there are three world heritage sites listed by UNESCO in Armenia, and each of Armenia's three UNESCO World Heritage sites hold significant religious and historical significance. Two of these sites are inscribed based on cultural criteria, and only one meets both cultural and natural criteria. Besides the three, there are four others on the tentative list.
UNESCO World Heritage Objects
Among the cultural elements of Armenia, the list of UNESCO includes musical instrument duduk and its music, symbolism and craftsmanship of Khachkars, Armenian epic "Sasuntsi David", traditional Armenian bread "Lavash".


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Noncomedogenic Cleansers
Noncomedogenic cleansers come recommended for nearly all skin types -- including oily -- because they lack harsh chemicals and shouldn't clog your pores (usually a main problem for oily skin) [source: WebMD]. Noncomedogenic cleansers often use glycerin and water and rarely include fragrances.
While noncomedogenic cleaners often won't be able to remove stronger makeup, such as waterproof mascara or lip stains, they can usually handle most other types well. Most importantly, they're formulated specifically not to block pores any more than your natural oils already do, making it a great resource for people prone to breakouts.
While noncomedogenic cleansers are almost the least harsh of all the makeup removers, they're not quite at the top of the list. We'll look at what type of cleanser should be in your makeup remover repertoire if you have oily skin.


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Your child can host their very own monster truck event with the TychoTyke Kids Friction Powered Monster Truck and Backflip Ramp Playset!
Your child can host their very own monster truck event with the TychoTyke Kids Friction Powered Monster Truck and Backflip Ramp Playset!
This unique playset comes with 2 friction powered monster trucks that will move forward and backward on the floor or carpet, so no batteries are required for hours and hours of fun! It also comes with a cool backflip ramp that young kids will love powering up their cars and setting them loose on!
The monster trucks are about 4" in length, and the 360-degree backflip ramp is about 9", making this a great indoor or outdoor toy set. All parts are constructed of durable plastic that is safe for children ages 3 and up. This is a must-have toy car gift set for monster truck fanatics!
|FRICTION POWERED - Monster Trucks Move Forward and Backward with Friction Alone - No Batteries Required
|BACKFLIP RAMP - Comes with Cool Bright Yellow 360 Degree Backflip Ramp | Host Your Own Monster Truck Event
|DURABLE AND SAFE - All Parts Constructed of Sturdy Plastic | Toy is Safe For Ages 3 and Up
|CHILD SIZED - Entire Set Measures about 9" x 8" x 7.5" | Perfect Size for Indoor or Outdoor Play
|MONSTER TRUCK THEMED - Bright Colored Monster Trucks Featuring Iconic Tires and Flame Paint | Promotes Creativity and Imagination During Playtime
WARNING: This product may contain chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm. www.p65warnings.ca.gov


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We have everything needed to give you and your guests the best drink service:
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It is very exciting to have been able to source some wonderful, Tasmanian timber, fermenting pestles, made for us by my friend Rod, right here in Cygnet.
And now, locally made fermenting crocks too! Meet Nanna and Zsolt below.
Fermenting is undergoing re-invention (although it has been and still is in everyday life in France, Germany, Scandinavia, China, Korea, Japan…. and much of the rest of the world!).
I am passionate about health. I am passionate about food. Fermenting and sprouting techniques bring us health and amazing food; the likes of which you may never have experienced before. See below for my next workshop.
Fermenting and Sprouting Workshop in June
Fermenting and sprouting are simple, ancient skills, fundamental to our health but which disappeared from our homes in the 20th century with the advent of factory processing. The 21st century is bringing them back as everyone realises that you cannot be truly healthy without them!
Read about the workshop here.
All workshops are $45.
Amazing value for health insurance!
Meet Nanna and Zsolt of Glen Huon
Foolishly, I did not take any photos when I visited Nanna and Zsolt at their home in Glen Huon but I have the image in my mind of a woman in a long, vibrant dress and warm jumper, picking vegetables into a basket, as I drove up, and I knew we were to become friends!
We talked about the soil and she showed me the clay, with only a few cms of topsoil and we discussed the time it takes to make this good for growing vegetables. However, her face was all smiles as she told me that this clay is what they use to make their pottery and ceramic wares and to build the studio in which they create them. It is amazing who lands in southern Tasmania and the skills they bring!
Nanna is from Finland and her partner Zsolt originally hales from Hungary. They are nothing short of professionals; their designs are magic, practical and constantly evolving. The quality is beyond my wildest dreams; truly I was speechless at what I saw in this little kitchen, with its smoky, old oven when I walked through the door of a typical old, Tasmanian timber house needing repair in Glen Huon.
Everything they use in the kitchen is made by them and I wanted to touch and explore every piece. We had tea and I tried Nanna's kombucha from possibly the most glorious urn I have ever seen. We talked about their plans and we found a synchrony in our chosen way of life that is rare. Zsolt makes the fermenting crocks and I love his attitude of evolution; making things to suit people who care about what they eat.
And so it is that I can be their link to customers who will want something useful, made with extraordinary skill, from clay in Glen Huon. How much better could it be than that!


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Was "Lord of the Rings" really "Lord of Mitton Manor"?
The Tolkien Connection
Stonyhurst is now a well-known historic Jesuit Catholic College. The area of Aighton around Stonyhurst is often a geographic reference for J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy completed in the early 1950s. Tolkien's three sons attended Stonyhurst College during the 1940`s & 50s. Their father is said to have drawn his location descriptions for his books on his walks around Great Mitton while visiting his sons at Stonyhurst. He often stopped at the Shireburne Arms for beer. Tolkien denotes the Ribble river in his book as the river Shireburne.
And "Mitton wood" was the Hobbits "Shire" forest amongst many other references. Tolkien uses much of the medieval manor lands of the ancient lords of Mitton manor as inspiration for his trilogies. His Aunt was Mabel Mitton* which also suggests he knew more about the area than just his visits to his sons. The connection is a minor one though.
J.R.R. Tolkien was himself a devote Catholic and both he and his brother had been raised by a Catholic priest after his mother had died of diabetes. This may explain his use of the area of Great Mitton in his books and the education of his sons at Stonyhurst College, the foremost private Catholic school in England.
The Tolkien Trail
Or a walk through "Ralphs the Red's" backyard today.
This is the Tolkien Trail that you can walk today. All of it is on the ancient lands of Ralph the Red's manor lands and parish. The Shireburne Arms and Hurst Green (see photos below) are by no. 1. Stonyhurst College is above no. 3 & 4. Cromwell's Bridge (see sub-drop down) is no. 8. The confluence of the rivers Hodder and Ribble is on the right of the map by no. 9. This is Tolkiens 'Middle Earth' or 'Midgard', and the geographic basis for his trilogies. 'Mit-ton' is itself seems partially derived from ancient Norse meaning 'middle town' of a very similar root that Tolkien uses to describe "midgard" as "middle earth" in his trilogies.
This is right in front of the Shireburne Arms Hotel. It commemorates the veterans of World War l. The names on the marker are Aighton (on back side), Chaighley and Bailey. These lands were part of the first charter grants from Nov. 23, 1102 to Ralph the Red and the original Yorkshire part of the parish of Mitton. In the background over the valley is Great Mitton. Stonyhurst is up the road from here. Otto de Bailey is Ralph the Red's great grandson who received Bailey manor from his brother Hugh de Mitton then the Lord of Mitton manor around 1200.
Stonyhurst (above now side entrance) was built on the original feudal lands of Ralph the Red. The Shireburnes who built the main structure married into the de Mitton descendant family of Otto de Mittons scion Bailey family line in 1377. Richard Baileys only son by Margarete Shireburne adopted his Mothers surname. He was a direct descendant of Otto de Mitton of near by Bailey manor and inherited Stonyhurst from his grandfather John Bailey in 1392 at age 9.
Left is the marker commemorating World War l in Hurst Green where the Tolkien trail starts. The Catholic Club is right behind it. This is still a prevalent Catholic area going back to the days of the Shireburnes. Tolkien was raised by Catholic Priests and probably explains why three of his sons went to Stonyhurst.
*Letter from J. R. R. Tolkiens father announcing the birth of his son:
*My dear Mother,
I have good news for you this week. Mabel gave me a beautiful little son last night (3 January). It was rather before time, but the baby is strong and well and Mabel has come through wonderfully. The baby is (of course) lovely. It has beautiful hands and ears (very long fingers), very light hair, 'Tolkien' eyes and very distinctly a 'Suffield' mouth. In general effect immensely like a very fair edition of its Aunt Mabel Mitton. When we first reached Dr Stollreither yesterday he said it was a false alarm and told the nurse to go home for a fortnight but he was mistaken and I fetched him again about eight and then he stayed till 12.40 when we had a whiskey to drink luck to the boy. The boy's first name will be 'John' after its grandfather, probably John Ronald Reuel altogether. Mab wants to call it Ronald and I want to keep up John and Reuel.
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Just got in from an interesting meeting with Tim Wright and Amy Carpenter.
We met in my Jamaica Plain office, Emack & Bolio's.
We discussed starting up a Boston Videoblogging Group.
Since there don't seem to be that many Boston area videobloggers, we talked about the group being one that would attract video people who might want to learn how to share their videos on the web, make better videos, and watch each others work.
We talked about a lot of things and had a great time. If future meetings are like our first get together, it'll be a fun and interesting group.
Tim says that he's addicted to tonyang's weblog, "A life very ordinary" and Amy likes Some Other Magazine.
Tim also told me that I should overexpose my videos, either when I shoot them, or when compressing, so they'll look brighter when viewed on the web.
That's the kind of thing I'm looking for in a group like this.
I told Tim that I use Sorenson for video compression and that people have had good luck with 3ivx.
Now we need to find a meeting space in JP that we can meet in that has WiFi, and a way to project the computer on to a big screen.
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Regularly regarded as one of the best restaurants in Lower Highland, Duo is the little bistro that could. As one of the pioneers in standout farm-to-table cuisine in Denver, Duo applies the same approach to local sourcing and fresh ingredients to its weekend brunch, offering consistent, seasonal delight for your palate with deceptively simple contemporary American favorites.
See also: The Ten Best Eggs Benedict Dishes in Denver
The 411
Duo serves brunch every Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friends tipped me off that the place is a madhouse on Sundays, but to our delight, we had it almost all to ourselves mid-morning on a Saturday. Despite its location on 32nd Avenue -- which cuts right through the heart of the Highland neighborhood -- Duo's surrounding are quiet on a Saturday morning, and the vibe inside is refreshingly unpretentious, an ambience emphasized by a homey and endearing Winnie the Pooh quote on the menu: "'When you wake up in the morning Pooh,' said Piglet, 'What's the first thing you say to yourself? What's for breakfast?'"
The Scene
Duo has a warm, cozy vibe that doesn't come just from the heat radiating off the floor-to-ceiling windows, but also from the cheery, open space adorned with exposed brick, Chinese lanterns and vintage mixing bowls made into custom light fixtures. Brightly colored placemats display different breakfast "recipes" provided by kids; the recipes are so stinkin' adorable that you can't stop reading them -- great conversation pieces for the table. Mine was an ode to making waffles: "You get waffles from the freezer, cook them. You put cinnamon on them. And you put butter on it. No syrup, because I don't like syrup," courtesy of Annabelle, who is almost four. A girl after my own heart, and that's why most of my meals are eaten out.
Duo's brunch cocktail menu has a few well-edited options, but there was one obvious standout all of us ordered: the pink mimosa, made with pink grapefruit juice, sparkling wine, elderflower liqueur and Chambord. It's a crisp, tasty concoction that wasn't overwhelmingly sweet. Also on tap are fresh-squeezed OJ and French-press coffee for the java enthusiasts.
The Food
The cider-glazed pork Benedict is out of this world -- runny, creamy and all things delicious. The delicate flavor of the whole-grain mustard cream sauce bursts through, offering tangy hints against the thinly sliced slow-roasted pork. The grilled ciabatta came in handy for sopping up the rest of the good-to-the-last-drop mustard-and-cider mixture.
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One of my brunch companions ordered the Sweet Sunday, a dish similar to the pork Benedict but with greens, shiitake mushrooms and onion confit in place of the pork -- basically the vegetarian version of Duo's beloved Bennie. The rest of the table opted for the egg-in-the-basket, another menu favorite. Rosemary Canadian bacon, spicy greens and a goat-cheese fonduta sit atop a thick slice of challah, which aside from being a little bread-heavy, was also mouth-watering bite after bite -- each delicate flavor balanced with a loving touch from the kitchen. While I'll always be partial to the pork Benedict, every item on Duo's brunch menu is a standout. Once you've tried it, like Winnie, you'll be thinking about it first thing in the morning.
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Five Spice Braised Pork Belly: part II
This is such a simple recipe you might think I'm not revealing all the secrets. Trust me, I am. I gave you the recipe for my super secret Five Spice powder didn't I?
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting a while. I just had another nasty bout of flu that got me totally down for the count. I was barely coherent enough to speak, let alone blog. Anyway, all is behind me now. To those of you who've been following the alarming Status Message on my Facebook, I'm fine now. And, no, I didn't have bird flu, I was just being a cry baby, sorry if I scared anyone. Now, back to the long awaited braised pork belly, shall we?
Once you've made the Five Spice powder from part I of this post, this dish is total child's play. (Even if you didn't make your own Five Spice powder you could easily substitute the store-bought stuff. Won't be as good and it will do.) Once the braise it done, you could serve it on top of rice noodle, or any other kind of noodle that you like. You can even serve it on rice. I usually make a little chili-garlic-vinegar condiment to serve on the side. It adds a nice tang to cut through the fatty goodness in the belly.
Five Spice Braised Pork Belly
3-4 pounds skin-on pork belly, if you can find the belly with the rib bones attached, use it (rinse well and pat dry)
1 medium onion, diced
2-inch long knob of ginger, peeled and but into thin slices, lengthwise
2 tbsp Five Spice powder
3 cloves of garlic
2tbsp cooking oil
2 tbsp dark soy sauce (You can substitute 2tbsp regular soy sauce plus 1/2 tbsp brown sugar.)
3 tbsp fish sauce (plus more to taste)
plus a handful of cilantro leaves for garnish.
Take half the ginger slices and chop them finely. Reserve the rest for a bit later.
Use a large dutch oven large enough in diameter to lay the pork belly flat in it. Heat the pan over medium high heat, add the oil, then the diced onions. Cook until translucent, then add the chopped ginger and the Five Spice powder. Continue cooking the onions and spices, stirring vigorously, until fragrant, about two minutes.
Lay the pork belly flat, skin side down, on the pot over the onions and spices. Add enough water to completely cover the belly and then some. Add the dark soy sauce (or soy sauce+brown sugar substitute) and the fish sauce. Peel the garlic cloves, crush and then add them to the pot.
Put the lid on the pot and turn the heat up to high and bring the pot to a boil. Skim any foamy scum from the top. Then, open the lid slightly, and let simmer over low heat for at least three hours (skim occasionally) or until the pork is falling off the bone tender.
Once the belly is ready--it should have by now shrunk a good deal--remove it from the large pot and add it to a medium saucepan and set aside, covered. You should still have a good amount of braising liquid left in the big pot. It's now time to reduce it to a thicker and more unctuous consistency. To do that, turn the heat back up to high, remove the lid, add the rest of the ginger slices, and let the liquid cook down until it's the consistency you like. (This can take ten minutes, it might take a half hour, you just have to keep watch and guesstimate yourself.) At this point, if you have a stick blender, I'd give it a whirl or two in the pot to blend everything together. If you don't have one, don't bother. In either case, strain the liquid into the medium saucepan with the cooked belly, and return the saucepan to the stove. Heat again until the pork belly is warmed through. You might want to check the seasoning again, add more fish sauce or soy sauce if it needs a bit more.
As I said earlier, you can serve this over rice or any kind of noodle you have. I usually blanch and bit of bok choy or other Asian vegetables and tuck them under the noodles. They provide a nice crunch and a fresh green flavor to the the dish. It also helps to garnish with a bit of chopped cilantro.
If you like, you can also make my chili-garlic-vinegar condiment to drizzle over the pork to help cut through the fat a bit.
1 clove of garlic, finely chopped
1-2 bird-eye peppers, finely chopped
4 tbsp rice vinegar
2 tbsp fish sauce
1/2 tbsp white sugar
Mix well and serve as a condiment with the pork belly.
Tomorrow, a slight variation of this, using chicken thighs and legs, served with yellow egg noodle.


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This is the last post of AQS Chattanooga Quilt Show pictures...enjoy!
"Believe it or not, this quilt contains two versions of the traditional New York Beauty block. One is a paper-pieced, simplified version for the leaves and the other is a curved point, machine appliqued flower."
This won Second Place in the "Bed Quilts - Innovative" group.
This was such a delightful quilt to stand in front of and study! And while I didn't get a picture of the back (I didn't have my camera out when someone was pulling back the curtain to reveal it...), each backing square was a different beautiful fabric, making it reversible. Each little block is a separate quilt...bound and quilted, THEN put together into a whole quilt...awesome!
"This quilt is made in the traditional 'Maine Potholder' method. Each of the 77 blocks are hand appliqued, quilted and bound, and then stitched together. Wendy loves the Potholder method, which is ironic since she hates to cook!"
"This silk dupioni quilt was inspired by a perfect beach day, taking its colors from those of summer and the pocket full of beach stones that are always brought home. All motifs are free drawn and free motion quilted from Bethanne's own photography."
This won First Place in the "Wall Quilts - Traditional" group.
"Loretta's passion for striped fabrics and stars is revealed in this original design. This quilt is paper-pieced and machine quilted using the push pull method of quilting."
"The Visit is based on a photo taken by Linda's husband at Point Park on Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga, TN."
"Naida and Laurie wanted to share their concept of the Trinity. Three, exactly the same in form and design, yet individually different because of color, which was born from the gift of Light. Smooth, flowing Faith is surrounded by an erratic mixture of Humanity."
"Enjoying the tiny, colorful blooms and buds inspired Mary to interpret the flowers in an enlarged, detailed form."
This won First Place in the "Wall Quilts - Innovative/Art" group.
"Jennifer designed the quilt based on a photo taken by her cousin, Peter Hynes, Hynes Sight Photography. She used a raw-edged applique technique taught by Ricky Tims. The fused crystals imply water droplets."
"The great white egret, a solitary bird, walks incredibly slowly so as not to disturb his prey. A photograph by Heather Centanni inspired Lily to create this quilt. She used thread painting to add details that can only be viewed up close."
"This celebrates the Day of the Dead, complete with song, dance, and playful embellishments. The quilt contains silks, cotton, rayon threads, glass beads, and rickrack trim."
"This is a study in free-motion filler patterns. The threads include solids, variegated, cotton and polyester with weights from 40 to 60, changing as the quilt demanded."
"Historic research inspired a depiction of the feared and revered Apache Chief Cochise with the rising sun behind his beloved Dragoon Mountains in the distance."
"Havasu Falls is a thirteen-mile hike down into the Grand Canyon on the Havasupai Reservation. The creek water acquires its striking blue green color from sunlight reflected off limestone bearing a heavy concentration of suspended calcium carbonate."
"A monoprint of a Maasai woman from Africa along with the attendance on a safari was the inspiration for this quilt. The spontaneous idea to make a group quilt evolved at a Scrappy Sisters annual retreat."
"Vibrant colored, fluorescence threads paint three exotic flowers illuminated inner beauty is portrayed by a free motion exact replica. Design Source: "Midnight Garden" pattern by Stephanie Brandenburg, Quilt Trends magazine."
"Improvisational curved piecing, solids, unexpected colors, and immense texture have created Margaret's version of a modern fall scene. All the quilting is hand guided."
I am sorry if your quilt or your favorite quilt is not pictured in these posts. I took as many pictures as I could in the time I was at the show, and I know I missed getting many pictures. I try to swoop in and snap shots when there are no people around, and sometimes I forget to go back and try again. I feel thoroughly motivated to go sew, how about you?
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Cardinal Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino, Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela), was born on 28 August 1942 in Caracas, Venezuela. He was ordained a priest on 15 August 1967 and holds a doctorate in theology.
Cardinal Urosa Savino served as vice-rector and as rector of the San Jose Seminary of El Hatillo and as rector of the interdiocesan seminary of Caracas, where he was also professor of philosophical anthropology. He was also president of the Organization of Venezuelan Seminaries and vice-president of the Organization of Latin American Seminaries.
On 13 July 1982 he was appointed titular Bishop of Vegesela in Byzacena and Auxiliary of the archdiocese of Caracas, where he aslo served as vicar general of the central zone.
On 17 March 1990 he was appointed Archbishop of Valencia, Venezuela.
Within the Bishops' Conference, he was appointed as the country's delegate to the Synod for America (1997) and was president of the Episcopal Commission of Social Pastoral Service.
Pope Benedict XVI appointed Cardinal Urosa Savino as Archbishop of Caracas on 19 September 2005.
Created and proclaimed cardinal by Benedict XVI in the consistory of 24 March 2006, of the Title of Santa Maria ai Monti (St. Mary ai Monti).
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Since I've recently found myself in one of these very nasty "slumps" as I like to call them, I've had to become extra proactive in my attempt to basically slap myself back to reality. These are a few of the things that I did to get myself out of that slump (and am still continuing to do because it also helps you avoid getting back into that slump!) Hopefully some of these tips and tricks will help you, too!
1. Clean & Organize. This may be the last thing you want to do (believe me, I know) but most of the time it's the very first thing you need to do in order to get out of that nasty rut you're in. Cleaning your room/house and organizing things helps not only declutter the space you're in, but also your head. Creating a clean and essentially "new" environment for yourself to be in is one of the first step's in feeling better.
2. Read. Get out of your head for awhile. Reading a good book helps me escape my own world and enter the world the author has created. I love getting myself lost in a good book. I love it even more when I finish reading a book and it stays with me, leaves me pondering. A good book can be life changing. It can change your perspective. It can spark new ideas. A good book can make the impossible possible.
3. Talk. Even if it means talking to yourself (if that feels weird, just write it out). Sometimes talking about what's worrying you or what the problem is really does help, even in the slightest bit. Not having those thoughts rattling around in your brain can really be a huge weight off your shoulders.
4. Do something silly. Okay you may think this is completely ridiculous, but seriously, do it! Belt out your favorite song (it can be a Taylor Swift song, it's okay, I won't tell) or do a little dance that you would never in your life do in public. I guarantee you will smile. If only because you feel like a total fool. But that's okay. A smile goes a very long way. (Pro tip: If you're out in public and can't necessarily do "something silly" just imagine yourself doing the most ridiculous thing possible. I used to imagine myself dancing like a lunatic when I was on the bus and I'd catch myself smiling. It works!)
5. Make a to-do list. It can be the most mundane tasks. List anything you want. Make them simple things. Stuff you can easily do. Just being able to cross things off your to-do list will make you feel better and more proactive. It's a step in the right direction.
6. Binge-watch a show on Netflix. Okay, this is a no-brainer. It may not be the most ideal thing to do if you've already been lounging around in your bed for days. But sometimes we do need those moments of just doing absolutely nothing but mindless television watching. It's a great way to distract yourself, if that's what you truly need right now. Just don't let yourself become so involved in that Netflix marathon that you become a lazy bum and you're back to square one.
7. Create an inspiration board. This is good because it not only requires you to search for inspirational quotes and pictures online (I recommend Pinterest, of course) but it also means you have to get crafty and put those hands to good use. If you have a printer you can print out the pictures/quotes/etc and then all you need are scissors, glue and paper (or a poster board!) Don't have a printer? Perfect excuse to get out of the house. Staples has a printing center and it's fairly cheap. Or you can use your local library. Once you have your inspiration board all set, put it up somewhere you'll see it every single day.
8. Set weekly goals. Sometimes when we find ourselves in these so called "slumps" it's a little difficult to set long term goals. They seem so impossible and far off. That's why you need to start small. Give yourself weekly goals that you know you can really accomplish. It not only gives you something to do, but it gives you something to look forward to. It also puts you back in control of your own life. (Pro tip: don't feel bad when you don't accomplish these goals. They're not meant to set you back further or make you feel worse about yourself. Just keep trying.)
9. Try something new. This can be pretty much related to anything. Are you into cooking? Try a new recipe. Are you a fitness junkie? Try a new form of exercise. Do you like gardening? Plant something new. Is there a hobby you've always wanted to get into but never have before? DO IT!!! I recently signed myself up for guitar lessons (pro tip: put the credit card far away from your computer after you've had a few beers) and at first I was all mopey about it (long story, but mostly because I was feeling lazy and in that nasty slump) but I went through with it anyway and it rocked! I may just be the new Taylor Swift. Watch out world. What I'm trying to get at, however, is that trying something new can sometimes give you back that spark or interest in life that is so often missing when you find yourself in a slump, so it's definitely worth a try.
10. Volunteer. This can go hand in hand with the "try something new" method, but volunteering not only gives you something to do but you'll also be helping someone/something for the greater good and that is sure to boost your spirits. There are so many options for volunteering. You can sign up for something that requires time commitment so you also have something to keep looking forward to (I recommend Girls on the Run!) You can sign up for somewhere where you set your own schedule for when you come in if you have a busy schedule (example: many animal shelters let you pick the days and times you come in to help out). You can even volunteer for just one day, just to test the waters. I can honestly say that anytime I have volunteered, whether it was for Girls on the Run (best. experience. ever!) or for a hospital gift shop, I have gotten something good out of it.
What's your favorite thing to do when you're in a slump?
What has worked for you in the past? What hasn't?


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We started to watch Game of Thrones. There was an impending feeling of doom and violence. Within the first ten minutes something awful happened, or was about to happen, I don't remember. It was gruesome. We turned it off. We started to watch Daredevil. Immediately a young boy was lying injured in the street from […]Read More Trigger warnings


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There are three common relationship mistakes that many of us make, which can get in the way of our happiness and success in love. Understanding what these mistakes are and why we're prone to making them can help us learn to avoid them in the future.
The first mistake is thinking that we should settle for less than what we want. Some people have low self-esteem. Perhaps they were led to believe, while growing up, that they didn't deserve the best out of life, including in their relationships. These people are prone to settling for less, as they don't think they can do better.
In reality, we all deserve to pursue the type of relationship we want. It may not be possible in life to have everything we want, but we don't need to impose our own limitations, before we've even started to look for a partner.
Our friends don't help when they encourage us to tolerate a neglectful boyfriend or an unhappy marriage. They project their own fears onto us, assuming that we're just as anxious about ending up alone and just as desperate to hold onto our partner at any cost.
We're led to believe that we should settle for less by our own and our friends' low expectations. We -- and they -- are convinced that we should feel grateful just to have a relationship and not be so greedy as to think that we actually could be happy in it. Of course, the more we settle, the less we get, which only serves to reinforce our belief that better isn't available to us.
But why then is it that some people do get the great boyfriend or the loving, attentive wife? Who are these people who strive for more out of life and obtain happiness and fulfillment? They're clearly the ones who don't limit themselves with expectations of less. They feel entitled to have more, or at least to try for more, in their love life. And, because they don't settle, they're much more likely to achieve their goals.
Settling is a self-fulfilling prophesy. The more we settle, the more we believe that this is our lot in life, so we don't bother trying to do better. If we recognize that we're as deserving as the next person, and equally free to pursue what we really want in our relationships, we'll quickly see that settling for less is a big mistake.
Another problematic attitude in romance is trying to get our partner to change. We mistakenly view our partners or potential partners as projects that we can work on, as opposed to individuals with their own ideas of how they should think and act.
We have to see that people are unlikely to be motivated to act or think differently just because we want them to. If they feel inclined to change, it'll come out of their own need for personal growth and not because their partner wants them to.
If we insist on them changing, our partner might try to do so for us, but then they're likely to resent us for it. Alternatively, they can resist our attempts, which can create a lot of conflict in the relationship.
We have to be happy with the other person when we embark on a relationship with them. If there are things which we find particularly objectionable, we should be wary of getting involved with this person, as the likelihood of them changing for us and being OK with it is slim.
The last major mistake we make in our relationships is projecting the people from the past onto the people we know today. This is especially common when we confuse our current loved ones with our original loved ones -- our parents.
It's all too easy to imagine that our present-day partner is just like our mother or father, and to ascribe to them the same personality traits and motivations that our parent(s) had. We can imagine that they're critical, rejecting, or that they have unreasonable expectations when none of these things are true.
Worse, we can react with hurt or angry feeling toward our partner, thinking that they're behaving like our parent(s) when they aren't. They could become confused or angry with us in turn, which could then jeopardize our relationship.
Before we start imagining that the person we're involved with is like our parent(s), we should open our eyes and take a good look at who's in front of us. Perhaps they have some traits in common with our mom or dad. We are, after all, creatures of habit and tend to go after what's familiar.
If our partner does share some traits with one or both of our parents, that's not necessarily a bad thing, unless their behaviour is hurtful to us. No matter how similar your current parter is to your parent(s), however, they aren't your mom or dad and you need to stop behaving toward them as though they were.
It's clear, then, that there are three common mistakes we can make in our relationships. If we recognize and let go of these, we're likely to have a lot more success in our current and future relationships.


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Huh? Why would you want to do that?
Well, the short answer is that it very well might lengthen your life. Let's have a go at Dr. Malcolm Kendrick, MD.
When I went to medical school I was told that the very high rate of heart disease in Scotland was caused by a diet containing far too much saturated fat. This raised our Scottish cholesterol levels. The excess cholesterol was, in turn, deposited in the artery walls, thus narrowing them to the point where they blocked up – causing angina, heart attacks and death.
The answer, therefore, to preventing heart disease was to eat less saturated fat, thus lowering cholesterol levels. Or, if you couldn't get people to eat less fat, then simply lower cholesterol level with drugs. It all seemed very simple and exceedingly straightfoward. Why look anywhere else, when the answer was clear.
Uh, OK, so why raise cholesterol? He continues.
For years I did not question this orthodoxy. Then, one day, I was on holiday in France. Whilst chewing on a fatty steak, dripping in butter, it suddenly struck me that the French ate rather a lot of saturated fat. As I peered through the smoke filled restaurant I also recognised that they smoked quite a bit too. However, their rate of heart disease was one tenth that of Scotland (age and sex-matched).
I then looked at the other classic 'risk factors' for heart disease in France e.g. blood pressure, HDL 'good cholesterol' levels, body mass index (BMI), amount of exercise taken. I found that, in comparison to the Scots, the French ate significantly more saturated fat, had the same cholesterol levels, the same blood pressure and the same HDL 'good cholesterol' levels. They also had the same average BMI and took slightly less exercise (on average). They smoked considerably more. In short, much worse classical 'risk factors,' one tenth the rate of heart disease.
This became the basis of the "French Paradox." I lived, worked, and ate in France for two years in the early 90s and can surely attest to the good eats, by which I mean: fat, fat, and more fat. People tend to think the French are famous for their bread and wine, which they are, but they consume much less of it than most people think. As I showed here, the proportion of bread to cheese is the reverse of what it is here and elsewhere. Rather than spreading a little cheese on a lot of bread, you place a huge gob of cheese (and butter too) on a small piece of crust. About the only time I saw the French eat quite a bit of bread was petit dejeuner (breakfast). Back to Kendrick.
So, the soon to be Professor, Hugh Tunstall-Pedoe looked at the French, and their diet, and came to the conclusion that the French were protected against heart disease by their high consumption of garlic, red-wine and lightly cooked vegetables (full of anti-oxidants, don't you know). Very soon after this, it became a 'fact' that these three factors were protective against heart disease.
One slight problem is that there never was, and still is not, the slightest evidence that any of these three factors provides any protection. I write this in the certain knowledge that many of you are absolutely convinced that garlic, red-wine and anti-oxidants truly are protective, and that many studies have proved it. To which I would say….. 'show me the studies'.
And now comes the punch line. What do the studies actually show?
To give another example of facts that aren't true. Namely, that saturated fat intake raises cholesterol levels. The Framingham study, the longest lasting, most respected study into the causes of heart disease (started in 1948) reported that 'In Framingham, Massachusetts, the more saturated fat one ate, the more cholesterol one ate, the more calories one ate, the lower people's serum cholesterol.' Dr William Castelli – director of the Framingham study at the time – 1992.
That's bad, you see. You don't want your cholestrol levels decreasing (as they typically do with age). You want to keep them "elevated." Here's why.
For example, here is another quote from the Framingham study on the impact of cholesterol levels themselves. There is a direct association between falling cholesterol levels over the first 14 years of the study and mortality over the following 18 years. 11% overall and 14% CVD death rate increase per 1mg/dl per year drop in cholesterol levels.
In short, once your cholesterol level starts to fall, you are much more likely to die from heart disease. A 150% increase in relative risk for every 10 % fall, approximately. Add this to another very big study of the elderly, published in the Lancet: Our data accord with previous findings of increased mortality in elderly people with low serum cholesterol levels, and show that long term persistence of low cholesterol concentration actually increases the risk of death. Thus, the earlier that patients start to have lower cholesterol concentrations the greater the risk of death.
It's only a matter of time.
It is a slight comfort to know that in fifty years (hopefully many fewer than this), people will look back at cholesterol lowering and say 'You did WHAT?' Were you MAD? Don't you know that cholesterol is absolutely vital for human health? Didn't you realise that blocking cholesterol synthesis would directly lead to nerve cell damage, muscle destruction, liver obliteration and cancer?
So, how do you raise your cholesterol to adequate, healthful levels, for which I believe — as shown in these graphs based on data from four governmental databases worldwide — is 200-220?
Eat healthful fats, and lots of them: butter, ghee, coconut oil, coconut milk, cream (preferably from pastured cows), quality real cheeses, and of course all the animal fat you can get your hands on, along with the meat. Yep, especially the chicken skin.
For more information on Dr. Malcolm Kendrick's views on cholesterol, see The Great Cholesterol Con: The Truth About What Really Causes Heart Disease and How to Avoid It. Here is a great primer by the doctor that's a must read: The Great Cholesterol Myth.


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I am quite the wrong sort of reader for this book, and therefore the wrong person to be reviewing it. War and soldiers are not my thing at all. Poetry, I don't get on with, either. I read it because it was the St Andrew's Book Club book. Last month it was Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death by James Runcie, which I found charming and thought-provoking at the same time, but you join a book club to expand and develop your reading. When I realised what Redemption was about, my face fell. Maybe I was prejudiced against it before I started, although, taking this attitude, sometimes you can pleasantly surprise yourself.
Regeneration, the first book in the Regeneration Trilogy by Pat Barker, is based on a true story. This must be one of my unfavourite expressions. Over the last few years, every film and every television programme (as well as books) tends to be based on a true story.
This particular true story concerns Siegfried Sassoon's incarceration in Craiglockhart War Hospital, Scotland, in 1917, following his publication of Finished With the War, A Soldier's Declaration, in which he called for World War 1 to be ended. Sassoon was sent to army psychiatrist William Rivers at Craiglockhart, following intervention by his friend Robert Graves, as an alternative to a court martial. The idea was that Sassoon must be suffering from a mental disorder to write such things, whereas the premise of the book is that Sassoon was sane and everyone else at that time deluded.
Sassoon himself is not portrayed as an attractive character: smug, self-satisfied and arrogant. Wilfred Owen gushes. Graves is indecisive and allows himself to be belittled by Sassoon. We follow the fortunes of other patients – Burns, Prior, Willard, Anderson – but there is no feeling of moving forward which comes with a plot. The only 'good' character is Dr William Rivers (who is called 'Rivers' throughout) but he has no story arc. He carries on trying to do his best for his patients, using gentle techniques, as compared with the cruelty of Dr Yealland in London. Rivers becomes ill. He gets better. He carries on.
I'm not criticising the literary quality. Pat Barker's depictions of civilian life during war time were well researched and understood and her civilian characters (Sarah and her mother, Ada) believable. Her written style is excellent, her descriptions of scenes and how people moved and acted excellent, but this was a novel of unleavened grimness, without a glimmer of humour. Not a very funny subject, you might think. However, people in grim situations tend to develop their own black humour (but not here).
That the conduct of the First World War was reckless and caused needless carnage is something we've known for many decades. Yes, Sassoon was right, and I appreciate that people in government, and many of the general public in 1917 didn't see it that way, but a century later Regeneration is not telling us anything new.


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Empowering People to Drive Productivity
Career plans are as relevant to corporate leaders as it is important to workers themselves.
Management needs to take interest in employees' career.
Help your people grow in their respective job. Develop career path for each employee. By doing this, your people can focus more in doing their jobs instead of worrying about their future. They want assurance they have a career in the organization.
It was found in a recent survey that the majority of workers prefer to stay in their present jobs. In other words, they are looking for job security.
Help employees prepare their career goals.
And provide them with counseling as well as coaching.
Help employees grow in their Job
Some of your people would have started work in your organization after high school. They may have the talents but some of them may not have the knowledge how to make an effective personal development plan. Implement a policy on continuous learning.
Map out the career path of each employee. This makes them more committed and engaged in their job.
Give them the necessary skill training. This increases their skills and competence. Allow them to take up distant learning courses, and provide support where possible.
This makes employees more productive. They will become more effective and motivated. And this will have positive impacts on your organization's performance.
When and if your organization can financially afford it, help employees to get higher qualifications. This is good for their career development. They can follow evening or weekend classes in order to obtain a diploma or a degree relevant to their work. This encourages them to remain with your organization for life.
You may want to take this option if there is a shortage of available qualified people even in an employers market. There is no added advantage in engaging some fresh graduates whose qualifications do not satisfy your organizational needs. They may have a longer and steep learning curve.
A strong emphasis on on-going employee development can enhance your organization's image as an employer of choice. Base career plan on employees' merit, and that they have the aptitude to learn.
Appreciate people's ability through maximum use of their knowledge, skills and talents.
Since your focus is on employees and not solely on the interest of the organization, no one can accuse you of taking advantage of your people. This is smart career planning. This is a win-win position.
With this policy, you have the flexibility in selecting employees with the right disposition for further training. More people will end up in jobs where they can make maximum use of their talents. This is beneficial for them as well as the organization.
If you help employees with their career planning, it is more likely that they will stay with your organization for a long time. This motivates them to commit their time and talents to the success of the organization. Try to make them more than happy working for you.
This is necessary for the organization's continued success.
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Care Giving
10 Things Your Mother Never Told You!
The Homeless Christmas Tree II
This was the lil tree that was going out to the assisted living facility were mom was staying for the past year. As previously posted, I had it in the trunk to travel and put up in her room this year. Fortunately, God saw that mom was tired and called her home to her prepared place to have Christmas. Unfortunately for the tree, it was in the trunk and I just have not been in the Christmas spirit to even entertain the thought of putting it up.
Well, yesterday I found the tree which I took from the trunk and put it in the garage. I looked at it still covered and thought, "Jan, remember the reason for the season. The lil tree is a part of the season."
I brought the tree in from the cold and started dressing it with tinsel and bows. It now is a part of the season and I'm not a scrooge. Life goes on and so does the meaning of Christmas.
Small Hands
Yesterday was a memorable day for us. Mom and I went for our first outdoor excursion from her assisted living facility. She has COPD and needs to have her oxygen 24-7 now so we had to take the air takes along. They can be rather cumbersome and torpedo like, so it was an experience for the both of us. As most of our treks go, we look at each other and say, "Whose idea was this?" We make it to the car, and I literally have to load her in along with the torpedoes of oxygen. She is small, but gravity has its ways along with a winter coat and all. I proceeded to drivers side of the car, get in, and say, "are you in there?" That is how she is, a wee person. Let me mention now, she also is a determined soul.
We arrived at a lovely diner, and yes, it was a little cumbersome getting her in and out of the car but we did it. We found a spot by the window and I helped getting her situated. She could not believe that she was out from the sterile room of her facility. She looked in awe around as a mere child would. I could not help but notice this revelation as to how the roles have turned around. I, taking care of an adult child of 92.
Small hands….Do any of us remember when our mothers or someone dressed us in snow suits and the sleeves were too long? We'd walk like the incredible hulk after our mothers bundled us up? This is how mother looked with her winter coat sleeves way too long as she was eating her carrot cake. I really noticed a mothers hands and how much I saw a lifetime of toil, compassion and aging after 92 years. I really took a hard look at them and realized those hands kneaded me through this life. Those hands patted me on the back to burp me. Those hands, held mine as I crossed the street to my first day of school. Those hands spanked me with love to discipline. Finally, those hands got me where I am today. With mother at 92 eating carrot cake in a fine diner, my hands are now kneading her. What a memory!
Welllllll time to go back. Time to pick up and head out. I bundle her up and head for the car. As I look over from the drivers seat, I notice the small hands. The hands that bind.
Coming to the end of caregiving month ~
As previously mentioned in one of my post, November is National Family Care Giving Month. We are winding down and I could not help think that many of us are care givers long after November. Therefore, winding down for some, is not an option.
Some of the words that come to mind that may help us in the coming months may be; steady as we go; stay the course; rest; eat and don't get married; (at this time); stay organized; use your clout some businesses give care giver discounts, remember Black Thursday and Friday are upon us; finally, when November ends, keep it going. Mind, body and soul. Lets don't return to our old ways if we haven't already, and try to do everything by ourselves. Ask for help. There is no shame. In fact, asking takes courage.
Lets keep on keeping on, shall we? Any good experiences to share with us?
November is Caregiving Month
November is the month of care giving to be recognized. Care giving now has become an industry and will be booming in the coming future. With the "baby boomer's" knocking on the door to retirement, many will need care and certainly not from retirement itself. There will be unexpected illnesses that will be dilapidating and chronic.
Another chronic illness that is becoming known is "autism" a neuro-developmental disorder amongst children. Most likely a life long care giving process for the parents or for a hired care giver.
Along the way, many become newly qualified sandwich generational care giver to parents. In this category and a new category I might add, takes understanding family dynamics and relationships all under one roof. The mere definition of care giving is as follows for sandwiches; (not to eaten neither or with mayo)
1. Traditional ~ A caregiver taking care of aging parents and/or their own children.
2. Club Sandwich ~ Those in their 50's ` 60's sandwiched between aging parents, adult children and grandchildren OR those in their 30's or 40's with aging parents, young children AND grandparents. (Term coined by Carol Abaya)
3. Let us not forget the Open Face sandwich ~ Those involved in the care taking field.
I am almost certain many of us can raise our hand and put ourselves in any of the listed categories of a sandwich. Who ever thought? All I can say, speaking from experience, there is no right or wrong way of care giving. Each situation is different every day. The most important thing to remember and it is difficult to do, we were chosen.


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Our Transportation Department communicated the school bell times at the Board meeting on May 31st, 2017. Martin Street Public School will have a start time of 9:15 am and a finish time of 3:35 pm for September 2017.
With the Boundary Review decision of February 2017, 500 students will be attending Martin Street Public School. Many students will be within walking distance of the school while others will be bused.
Students attending WI Dick Middle School will not be sharing buses with Martin Street Public School students.
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December 11, 2016: Third Sunday of Advent
Catholic Social Teaching: Rights and Responsibilities
One can sin against God's love in various ways:
- indifference neglects or refuses to reflect on divine charity; it fails to consider its prevenient goodness and denies its power.
- ingratitude fails or refuses to acknowledge divine charity and to return him love for love.
- lukewarmness is hesitation or negligence in responding to divine love; it can imply refusal to give oneself over to the prompting of charity.
- acedia or spiritual sloth goes so far as to refuse the joy that comes from God and to be repelled by divine goodness.
- hatred of God comes from pride. It is contrary to love of God, whose goodness it denies, and whom it presumes to curse as the one who forbids sins and inflicts punishments.
(2094) Catechism of the Catholic Church
First Reading: Isaiah 35:1-6a, 10
Psalm: 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10
Second Reading: James 5:7-10
Gospel: Matthew 11:2-11
Catechism of the Catholic Church
St. John the Baptist is the Lord's immediate precursor or forerunner, sent to prepare his way. "Prophet of the Most High", John surpasses all the prophets, of whom he is the last. He inaugurates the Gospel, already from his mother's womb welcomes the coming of Christ, and rejoices in being "the friend of the bridegroom", whom he points out as "the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world". Going before Jesus "in the spirit and power of Elijah", John bears witness to Christ in his preaching, by his Baptism of conversion, and through his martyrdom. (523)
From the Daily Roman Missal, Introduction to the Third Sunday of Advent, Cycle A
Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church:
Gospel Acclamation: Isaiah 61:1: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor
Isaiah 61:1
Heir to the hope of the righteous in Israel and first among the disciples of Jesus Christ is Mary, his Mother. By her "fiat" to the plan of God's love (cf. Lk 1:38), in the name of all humanity, she accepts in history the One sent by the Father, the Saviour of mankind. In herMagnificat she proclaims the advent of the Mystery of Salvation, the coming of the "Messiah of the poor" (cf. Is 11:4; 61:1). The God of the Covenant, whom the Virgin of Nazareth praises in song as her spirit rejoices, is the One who casts down the mighty from their thrones and raises up the lowly, fills the hungry with good things and sends the rich away empty, scatters the proud and shows mercy to those who fear him (cf. Lk 1:50-53).
Looking to the heart of Mary, to the depth of her faith expressed in the words of the Magnificat, Christ's disciples are called to renew ever more fully in themselves "the awareness that the truth about God who saves, the truth about God who is the source of every gift, cannot be separated from the manifestation of his love of preference for the poor and humble, that love which, celebrated in the Magnificat, is later expressed in the words and works of Jesus". Mary is totally dependent upon God and completely directed towards him by the impetus of her faith. She is "the most perfect image of freedom and of the liberation of humanity and of the universe". (59)
Isaiah 61:1-2
The benevolence and mercy that inspire God's actions and provide the key for understanding them become so very much closer to man that they take on the traits of the man Jesus, the Word made flesh. In the Gospel of Saint Luke, Jesus describes his messianic ministry with the words of Isaiah which recall the prophetic significance of the jubilee: "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach the good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord" (Lk4:18-19; cf. Is 61:1-2). Jesus therefore places himself on the frontline of fulfilment, not only because he fulfils what was promised and what was awaited by Israel, but also in the deeper sense that in him the decisive event of the history of God with mankind is fulfilled. He proclaims: "He who has seen me has seen the Father" (Jn 14:9). Jesus, in other words, is the tangible and definitive manifestation of how God acts towards men and women. (28)
Matthew 11:5
Human misery is a clear sign of man's natural condition of frailty and of his need for salvation[386]. Christ the Saviour showed compassion in this regard, identifying himself with the "least" among men (cf. Mt 25:40,45). "It is by what they have done for the poor that Jesus Christ will recognize his chosen ones. When 'the poor have the good news preached to them' (Mt 11:5), it is a sign of Christ's presence".
Jesus says: "You always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me" (Mt26:11; cf. Mk 14:7; Jn 12:8). He makes this statement not to contrast the attention due to him with service of the poor. Christian realism, while appreciating on the one hand the praiseworthy efforts being made to defeat poverty, is cautious on the other hand regarding ideological positions and Messianistic beliefs that sustain the illusion that it is possible to eliminate the problem of poverty completely from this world. This will happen only upon Christ's return, when he will be with us once more, for ever. In the meantime, the poor remain entrusted to us and it is this responsibility upon which we shall be judged at the end of time (cf. Mt 25:31-46): "Our Lord warns us that we shall be separated from him if we fail to meet the serious needs of the poor and the little ones who are his brethren". (183)
For complete text visit: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/justpeace/documents/rc_pc_justpeace_doc_20060526_compendio-dott-soc_en.html
Gaudete Sunday, in our waiting for Christmas, the exclamation of joy! Joy comes not from created objects that prickle a moment of happiness, but a deep in dwelling acknowledging our spiritual treasure. An emotion where searching ends and steadfast peaceful exuberance prevails. Joy can be as contagious as the proverbial winter cold, if we don't trap the joy internally, but let it manifest in our outward demeanor. For joy is not capable like a soda fizzing from a bottle, freely flowing, bubbling over.
What do we let joy empower in our lives? How does joy transcend to passion? Does your joy see beyond the immediacy of now to hope in faith? The prophets are our role models. They faced challenges and hardships, but the basis of their witness encompassed joy to prepare a way for the Lord.
Do we have the patience to deal with joy as they did, to let the Spirit direct the joy to where it will bear fruit? Or do we try to save ourselves instead of letting Divine joy save us from distractions that sap joy from our lives?
Without justice, joy evaporates, for the kingdom of God fails to matriculate faith with the human family. People are oppressed, captive to exploitation, strangers unwelcomed, people blinded from seeing the true cost of their economic endeavors, the least in society existing not living, so humanity's intercessions obstruct God's justice and dwarf the potential for joy to exist beyond superficial platitudes. Only a phony joy, removed from spiritual origins exists when God's justice strains to be upheld. We must probe our conscience to ask ourselves what type of good news we proclaim to the poor. Do we, as society, empower them for participation in an equitable society or do we trap them in servitude with false hyperboles? This is one of the many questions we must ask and then with courage exhort the path of justice to reign forth joy in our lives and share the opportunity for the infusion of joy in others' lives.
Individual Reflection: Psalm 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10
Research organizations in your area that address justice issues articulated in the Psalm passage. Make a list of their contact info to share with friends and your parish, as a resource for people needing services and possible ways for people to become involved in justice in your community.
Family Reflection: Matthew 11:2-11
As your family illuminates the third Advent candle, talk about the meaning of joy, how joy differs from happiness and ways to manifest joy.
God we thank you for the joy in our lives…Jesus, for His presence in our lives and the gift of salvation brings us joy. Opening our hearts to your divine quest for justice helps us to see the basis for joy. Yearnings cease and our lives are complete when your joy abides in us
Blogs to Visit:
As we reflect upon Mary's presence in the mysteries of the Rosary, we are blessed to know her. For her journey, a timeless trek, calls us to surrender, continuing conversion, humbleness and justice now.
Weekly lectionary reflections, for faith sharing groups, parish bulletins, newsletters or personal prayer, from the synergy of the Word we hear and the rich tradition of Catholic Social Teaching.
Catholic Social Teaching offers seven principles for upholding life in our thoughts, decisions and actions.
How we do Catholic Social Teaching.
Creation sustainability ministry resources in the spirit of the St Francis Pledge.
Social Ministry Resources Engaging Parishes: Monthly and liturgical seasons resources for use with parish websites, bulletins and newsletters
Involvement Opportunities
List one or two upcoming events, legislative action alerts or social justice websites
By Barb Born November 25, 2016 The reflection maybe used in parish bulletins, newsletters or for faith sharing groups without copyright concern.


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Feeling pretty down these few days and I'm in that denial mood again. o.O Wasn't very happy about a few things but decided to forget about them. I used to be a lot more open to changes, challenges, tasks to complete etc but nowadays I get days when I just totally want to pretend that none of them exist. I think I'm at the period when I'm feeling damn lost and I guess Korean is probably the only constant in my life that's keeping grounded and not go crazy. I hope this phase will pass soon. It feels like shit to be dreading so much stuff. wtf.
Had a nice meal with friends and it's been pretty long since I last had such a nice meal lol. Feeling too broke most of the days. There was some deal going on so we went for a tim sum buffet 😀
Drunken Chicken was damn good.
Can't go wrong with gyozas! Love these!!!
Siew Mais are not my favorite dim sum dishes but this was pretty good!
I could much on these all day…. But the ones there weren't that good. XD
Food photography doesn't seem to be my kind of thing. Ohwell, it's a refreshing break from my Korean handwriting photos at least! 😛
It's Sunday. My favorite day of the week. Because there's 2D1N on KBS World.


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Winter To-Do List
Inspired by Becca over at The Beginning Farmer's Wife, I have finally started a page for our Honey-Do's. The fall has flown by and we have so much to do before the freezing weather hits. We've made quite a bit of progress in the last week but there's much more to do.
Run water lines to sheds and install automatic Waterer with heating element – in progress see pics belowIt's officially done!! Yay! Run electricity to sheds for lights and heating lamps Organize storage shed Add new bedding into hen boxes
- Make curtains for new bedroom – I bought very nice textured shower curtains at Wally World for $6.50 a piece. Now I need to get them hung.
- Make quilts for boys – purchased part of the fabric
- Make fleece blanket for Pudder
- Finish window treatments for kitchen – in progress
Hang plastic on windows
- Purchase a new boot rack for inside mud room
- Put away remaining outside decorations
- Make room for outside decorations in garage before spring (due to adding our new/used BobCat in MY parking place.) Not bitter at all.
- Clean out garage allowing room for both vehicles PLUS BobCat (not gonna happen but I can dream)
- Go through outgrown clothes and prepare for Goodwill or garage sale
- Take a load to Goodwill or the Salvation Army
Whew! I'm exhausted just looking at the list. I'll do my best to keep it updated.
Spring 2011 Projects
- Paint sheds – I'm a little concerned about getting this done – still needs to be done
- Paint roof of newest shed – Also, concerned.
- Sand and then paint fence – These could wait until spring
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(Also English 01, section 01.) This course will study some of the arguments that structure our thinking about four contemporary concerns-punishment, censorship, animal rights, the right to die--and how those concerns are inextricably shaped by gender and race, class and sexuality. While we might have strong opinions about these topics, it is nonetheless the case that all of our judgments about the "rightness" of our ideas, feelings, and behaviors can be (and undoubtedly will be) questioned by someone else with very different opinions. The goal of this course is not to discover the "right" way to think about, for example, euthanasia or vegetarianism. Instead, we will examine the kinds of evidence and authority, logic and structure that produce strong arguments in favor of thinking one way or another. Readings will include such authors as Kazuo Ishigura, Toni Morrison, George Orwell, Peter Singer, and Charles Johnson. Limited to 12 students. Preference given to sophomores. Fall semester. Professor Barale.


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Increasing diversity in the workforce continues to be a challenge for many tech companies, especially when it comes to leadership. Facebook's 2017 diversity report, for example, revealed its senior leadership is 72% male and 71% white. Other tech companies likewise overlook women and underrepresented minorities for leadership roles, and many of these employees consequently leave the tech field altogether.
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As some of you may or may not know – my beloved bicycle Caprice was stolen outside Hackney Library a couple of months ago. It was a sad end to a beautiful 3 year relationship. We had been through many a broken tyre, one minor contact with a vehicle, a broken lock, some serious TLC from my friend Sam, and a 200 mile journey from Manchester to London. But alas the time came for me to say goodbye, albeit unwillingly.
And so, for the past few months, I have been subjected to the infamous bus commute into work. Regular blog readers will know this is not something I enjoy.
Luckily, Tom's sister Katy came to the rescue, as she had a bike that she was trying to get rid of. Meet Romana, the prettiest bike I have ever seen. (sorry Caprice)
So happy to be biking to work again. Only this time I will be investing in a better lock.


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Lunch account payments and driver education fees may be paid online. The E-Funds for Schools program is an online service allowing you to make payments into school lunch accounts, pay driver education fees and pay activity fees to the school district by using either an EFT payment (electronic funds transfer via checking accounts) or a credit card. Lunch payments are applied to the family account, so it is not necessary to make separate payments for each child on your account. Please note that there is a fee charged for credit card payments.
Lunch account balances can also be checked at www.maplelake.k12.mn.us. Click on "Food Service" at the top of our home page and click on Efunds, Efunds Mobile Pay or Lunch Account Information. To pay activity fees online, click on "High School" at the top of our home page, drop down to "Athletics" and then to "Online Athletic Registration." Scroll to the middle of the page and click on the "pay" icon.
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