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text: MFAC Faculty Book NewsThe December pick for NPR's Backseat Book Club is Breadcrumbs by MFAC faculty Anne Ursu. Congratulations, Anne! "We have a real treat for the book club in December: a book called Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu. One look at the snow-filled woods on the cover explains why it is just the right book for this time of the year. Once you get inside, you will find a modern-day fairy tale about friendship and adventure featuring two best friends — a girl named Hazel and a boy named Jack. Read more from NPR > Don't miss Anne this winter at the January Residency 2012.

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Hosting a formal beer tasting or a five-course pairing party requires Martha Stewart-level planning and dropping a mint at the bottle shop. Here's our simple, six-step solution for an interactive beer experience that's easy for you and keeps your guests on their toes.
1. Invite guests to bring two large-format bottles of beer (bombers, 750s, even growlers), and let them know that anything goes: Cantillon? Steel Reserve? It's all up for grabs.
2. As your guests arrive, hand each one a tasting cup and three colored stickers. Designate the colors; i.e., blue means best, silver means second-best, red means worst.
3. Brown-bag the beers, number them, and display them where you want your guests to mingle. Set up a separate table for light bites like cheese and veggies.
4. Challenge everyone to taste the beers and put stickers on the bottles they like best, second- best and least. Sit back and relax as your guests walk around and mingle, without much effort on your part.
5. Toward the end of the night, gather the crowd and reveal the beers. If there are a few sips left, pass them around to share. Announce the winning beer (the bottle with the most "best" stickers), the runner-up and the loser.
6. Have fun, wallet-friendly prizes on hand (think bottle openers, growlers or brewery gift cards) for guests who brought the top vote-getters—and a booby prize, too!
Follow up! Make a list of your shindig's top 10 beers and email it to your guests the next day so they know what to pick up the next time they're beer shopping.


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Jonas Update One
JamesQ on Aug. 23, 2007
Tune in September 10th for another update!
JamesQ at 2:17PM, Sept. 16, 2007
Sorry for the delay! Im swamped with work. Looks like I'll be busy through October so check back in November for the completed story. Really sorry for anyone who was looking forward to the September 10th finale.
DAJB at 2:14AM, Sept. 2, 2007
Good work. Reminds me of a Sunday newspaper serial. Very nice!
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Thanks for checkin' it out. Im still in the process of writing and drawing the ending. Im hoping that I'll have it complete by September 10th.
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"September 10th" Noooooooo...... {Nice pin up art}


text: Student Emma, case NaturVention Students involved in NaturVention's product development ""NaturVention's presence creates a suitable amount of pressure and motivation and a great desire to succeed. The groups must put themselves on the line and work intensively just as in real working life."" Jyväskylä-based NaturVention produces natural indoor air using active green walls, a green technology innovation the company has developed itself. JAMK's hospitality management students get to participate in the company's product development and new market ideas. The project involves JAMK students from countries like France, Finland, Vietnam and Pakistan. An oasis of relaxation for workplaces The students are developing a new concept of an oasis of relaxation for workplaces. NaturVention's Oasis concept is an oasis of relaxation with natural indoor air, where employees can rest for a while in comfortable lounge chairs, breathing naturally clean air and listening to the sounds of nature or a relaxation exercise. "This project helps us understand a company's needs and see how development work is actually carried out by companies," says Mai Tran, a student from Vietnam. "NaturVention's presence creates a suitable amount of pressure and motivation and a great desire to succeed. The groups must put themselves on the line and work intensively just as in real working life. It is also interesting to get feedback from the company in the course of the project, which helps us develop totally differently from projects with an imaginary client," says student Emma Welling. Naturally fresh hotel air for crowded cities Another product to be developed is the Best Air Hotel Rooms concept and the planning of its target groups. Since the project involves an international group of facility services and facilities planning students, it goes without saying that markets are also being sought outside Finland. The students were allowed freely to select the target group for their ideas: one group selected the international Marriott hotel chain, and the other saw it best to choose youth hostels in Berlin, which are popular among trendsetters. "For classy hotels, the frame material for green walls should be high-quality wood. The green wall could arouse so much interest that customers would want to have their photos taken by it and share them on social media. Good publicity for both the hotel and NaturVention." "Youth hostels are trendy. They attract huge numbers of travellers in Berlin, and the rooms are large enough for the product," says the other group. "Make your ideas concrete, remember the operating environment" NaturVention's Aki Soudunsaari calls for not only bold visions but also concrete ideas, and also reminds the students of the realities of the operating environment. "Good sales arguments always require evidence – give it enough thought," Soudunsaari says. NaturVention is not trying to restrict the students: if you have something to ask a potential customer, you can contact them and ask, Soudunsaari says encouragingly. "Let's put ideas into practice!" Soudunsaari concludes the student meeting. Keywords NaturVention hospitality management education hospitality management studies facility management students Share Back


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Social media adoption in adult education - administrators' experience
Šliogerienė, Jolita
Valūnaitė Oleškevičienė, Giedrė
Fotheringham, Julia
Palfreyman, Kirsty J.
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The rapid development of social media poses a multitude of considerations on this technology adoption. The emphasis in literature is put mainly on student or teacher perspective and less emphasis is dedicated upon administrators who also represent an important group of stakeholders. The aim of the study is to examine the phenomenon of potential educational use of social media at the public institutions of adult education based on administrators' lived experience, taking into account how administrative factor influences social media adoption in education. The findings reveal that admitting the advantages of social media use, administrators also identify certain problematic areas and have cautious attitudes towards social media in education.
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Day 26 Of
The Thirty Day
Social Media Challenge
There was a great conversation going on today in one of the forums I follow. The discussion was about how long blog posts should be.
At this point in the challenge, I probably don't need to mention this, but I will anyway. If you want to create a strong social media presence, you need to have great content.
People need to want to come back for more. Your content has to speak to them in a way that is different and more valuable than all the other choices they have available to make.
And it's not getting any easier. Every passing day, there are more people competing for the same readers as you.
There are a ton of different opinions on this. Since this is my blog, I get to promote my opinion. Here are my thoughts on the subject.
1: Make every post as long as it needs to be and no longer than it should be.
Every word must earn its place. If the word, sentence, paragraph don't need to be there to move the article along, they're out. Make every word count as opposed to counting every word.
2: Write for people.
There are way too many blogs out there that are written for the search engines. And they read like it. This is one of the key reasons why Google is always making algorithmic changes. So writing for the search engines may work in the short run. But it is not a quality strategy for the long term.
3: People will read what they're interested in.
Many people feel they need to keep articles short because of the ever shortening attention span of the reader. To a certain extent that is true. But who is your reader? If your reader hates reading, make videos instead.
4: People don't need to read the entire post for it to do its job.
What's our goal when creating content? Getting people to become fans, make comments, share our stuff and come back for more. I follow people religiously who's content I don't read all of. Sometimes I just scan it. Sometimes I read enough to get the main idea. But I still comment, share it, like it and return all the time.
5: Write for yourself.
Enjoy the process. If it is something you find interesting and would want to read, chances are great that there's others out there who will feel the same.
6: Turn one article into two.
If a post is running really long, I can usually find a way to turn it into two different posts. As long as it makes sense, break up the wicked long ones.
7: Break things up.
You will notice I use a second readership path in all my posts. These are sub headlines that appear every few paragraphs. I also may use images, bulleted or numbered lists to break up the post as well. This may not make the article any easier to read. But it will make it look easier to read. And when it looks easier, it is easier. Plus, scanners like me can still get the main idea.
It All Comes
Down To Interest
At the end of the day, I really think that if you write great content people will read it. If it interests them they will clamour for more if it's too short and read it to the end no matter how long.
I've seen Field Of Dreams a lot of times. If it's on TV, I will drop what I am doing and watch the entire thing.
If someone wrote a really long blog post talking about Field of Dreams, I'd probably read it. Wouldn't matter how long it was. Why, because I love that movie.
Write to your audience and let things fall into place. Even more than that, assuming you love the topic like your audience does, write for yourself.
In case you didn't catch the earlier post where I mentioned I am turning this Thirty Day Challenge series into a book… I'm turning this into a book. So, if you want to be in a book, leave your comment below and share your thoughts on this.
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Introduction: Giant Bubble Wands
You want to make giant bubbles?
GOOD!!!! They are awesome.
You only need three things to make giant bubbles: The giant bubble wand is made from the first two things: the wands and the string.
All you have to do is attach a loop of string to two poles and then dip it in a bubble solution. Pull it out and spread the string and voila, bubbles form (wind helps.)
Materials Needed
1) Poles: dowels, painters' poles, or fishing poles
2) String: cotton piping, mop head, or twine
3) Other: 2 screw eyes, 2 key rings, and 1 heavy washer
4) Optional: 2 fishing swivels, 2 S-carabineers
The third and final thing you need is the bubble solution, but that is for later and can vary depending upon your preferences.
Step 1: Step 1: the Wands
The Wands can be made out of mostly anything. The key to making wands is something that will hold up to the weight of all the solution after you dip the string into the solution and yet something light enough that you can raise it again and again without getting tired.
Above are two examples of ones I made out of wooden dowels and painters' poles. The dowels are the cheapest and easiest to use. Dowels are lightweight and sturdy, and four feet is a good length to start with. If you get them longer, they tend to bend and break.
The painters' poles are still pretty cheap but are somewhat heavier. The can extend so they are easier to carry around than than a wooden dowel equal to the extended painters' pole length.
The best are fishing poles because the are strong and lightweight and can be collapsed. They are much more expensive, so make you choice wisely, or don't -- we are talking about playing with bubbles here.
I got both of these at Home Depot or a related store.
Step 2: Step 2: Attachments
The screw eyes are used to attach the string to the wands. Again dowels are the easiest and you just screw in a screw eye into the end of each dowel.
With the painters' poles, I did this but went a step further. I attached a fishing swivel to the screw eye because the string can get twisted when you dip it in the solution and the swivels help keep it untangled.
Second, I put attached an S-carabineer to each of the screw eyes. This just helps you to attach different strings more easily as well as taking them on and off to rinse and dry them. Of course the fishing swivel and S-carabineer can be put on the dowel as well as the painter's pole.
I got the eye screws at Home Depot, the swivels at a fishing store and the S-carabiners pretty much anywhere.
Step 3: Step 3: the String
With the string you have options again. You can go for an organic or synthetic string, I prefer organic. The main purpose of the string is to hold as much solution as possible and have it release the solution freely so the bubble can keep growing evenly and for a long time.
For synthetic string most people use a mop head - see top left of the picture. They have been specifically designed to soak up water and soap, but in my experience they did not hold that much solution. If you do go this route, make sure you get a mop head with loops and not a bunch of separated ends. You will need a single long string to make the loop.
For organic string, I have used twine and cotton piping. Twine is very thin and again does not hold much solution -- see top right of the picture. My favorite is the cotton piping -- see middle bottom of the picture. You can get it in a variety of thicknesses and it can hold a lot of solution. I went with the 1/4-inch thickness and it seems to work well.
After you get the string you want, you will also need two key rings, about one-inch diameter, and a heavy washer (something that won't rust) about one-inch wide. Thread the key rings and the washer onto the string and then tie the two ends of the string together to make a loop. Don't worry -- the knot will not affect the bubbles.
The key rings will be attached to the S-carabineers, which are attached to the eye screws on the poles. The washer will hold down part of the string and help to create a large opening so a large bubble can be created.
I got the mop head, key rings, and washer at Home Depot and the cotton piping at a fabric/sewing store.
Step 4: Step 4: the Technique
You've got your poles, you've got your string, and you are almost ready to go. First attach the key rings to the S-carabineers. Hold the poles up and move the tips of the poles away from each other. The string will connect across the top. With the washer hanging at the bottom, the string will hang down to make a giant triangle pointing down. Don't worry this will not make a triangle bubble, but just think of how cool that would be.
For the best technique, start by dipping the poles with the tips close together, almost touching into the solution. Then raise the poles out of the solution still holding the tips together. You don't want to start by separating them because it will create a bubble before you are ready and might pop on the ground.
Next let some of the extra solution drip off and then move the tips of the poles slowly apart and let the wonders of bubbles be created before you.
The wind can be a blessing or a curse. Ideally you want a light constant breeze. A day with no wind can work too because you can always walk backwards, creating a bubble. Gusting wind is the worst because it will most likely pop the bubble right after it starts to form.
If you are bubbling in a dusty area that can be problematic as well because each particle of dust can pop a bubble. Right after it rains is a good time to make bubbles because the rain has taken most of the particulate out of the air.
Lastly, heat is the big killer of bubbles. Bubbles are soap and a little water and, as they evaporate, they get thinner and a hole in the side of your bubble can form, causing it to pop. The ideal time to go out to bubble is at dusk or dawn, on overcast days, and again, after it rains (because it is most likely still cloudy.)
Bubbling can be frustrating at first, but just keep focusing on how cool and big your bubbles will be -- and you'll be a master bubbler in no time at all.
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Excellent first instructable! This expertly covers how to make the wands.. will you be adding some info on the bubble solution?
Thanks, Yeah I will be making a bubble solution instructables soon.
did you make it?
Does anyone else see a dragon? The bubble looks just like a dragon!
License and registration. You say you seen a dragon in the bubbles, do you now or every ingested cannibas? Put down the cookie, and step away from the 'puter... It's going to be alright, we are going to put you somewhere where you will get the help that you need...
already have one for this up on this site 2 years ago
what about the bubble mixture?
Wow. Great way to entertain kids for a birthday party.
Yes it is. I have it as an add on to birthday party packages. In fact me and my son will be doing some balloons and bubbling at Jolly Time Popcorn company 100th anniversary this Saturday.
Sssoooo COOL! I cannot wait to try-NO- To Do This! I think that my dog Maggie will enjoy it too. Thank You So Much!
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Day 31 of my life in Instagram
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Happy Halloween! It is the last day of my 31 Days of Instagram series!
Today was an awesome day! I had an appointment that my husband took me to, so we both took the whole day off. We had to drive about an hour away, but it was a beautiful morning with the full moon in plain view.
After the appointment, we swung by a Halloween store to pick up the last piece of a costume for one of my sons. There were many…interesting….things in that store! :)
Mike had fun scaring the begeezus out of these birds with the car, lol. He is so mean.
Then we went out for lunch at P.F. Changs. Mike's noodle dish was so pretty!
It was so nice not to feel so rushed to get ready for trick-or-treating. We planned to make a fun Halloween meal since we were both home, but ended up having leftovers from the night before. Actually, my youngest was invited at the last minute to eat dinner at his friend's house. That was so nice of them!
Onto the costumes! Here is my oldest, who was a werewolf.
And my youngest, who was a phantom. Creepy.
I hardly had any kids come to the door, it was a very quiet night! I told the kids they could keep whatever candy fit in a ziploc bag, and I will take the rest to work or something and give it away. They just don't need all that candy! I also told them for every wrapper I find on the floor, I will throw a piece of their candy away. I am mean! haha
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just click here! When I first started writing the story, too, I knew that the relic would "unlock" a device at the end, but hadn't really imagined what that device would be - - in my mind, I'd hoped it'd be this ingenious and convoluted device, but ... well, nothing to fantastic really came of it.
Though, perhaps this is fitting - - it's not like this was designed by a Mason or some brilliant engineer - - this was 1900 years ago, give or take, and in the middle of a war-torn nation.Perhaps this is more believable than some complicated Rube-Goldberg machine.
And then, of course, that's not the only reaction ...
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Massage Class for Couples
Have you ever gotten a massage from your partner that actually helped you?
In our private couples massage classes, Zuzana will help you to learn and refine your massage techniques. The techniques are simple, effective and help to relieve the stress and tension in the back, shoulders and neck. She will guide you through every technique until you and your partner are confident in the new skill you just learned.
In the relaxed atmosphere of our massage studio you will learn basic massage strokes which you can practice directly on your own partner. After the class you will also receive a written manual for the massage techniques you have learned that day.
There will be no excuse any more for getting out of massaging your partner since now you know what to do, and enjoy doing it! The tense back, shoulders and neck will be distant memories and you will have one more pleasant activity that you can share with your partner.
You can also give this massage workshop as a thoughtful present in a form of gift certificate.
To schedule the class or to order the certificate, send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Cost: 160 euro per couple
Payment: Money transfer (upfront), or cash
Duration: 2,5 hours
Where: Zoutmanstraaat 26b, 2518 GR Den Haag
What: Basic massage strokes (Neck, Shoulders, Back)
Me and my wife took a 2,5 hrs massage class from Zuzana. The class really exceeded our expectations. It was educational both theoretically and practically and we learned some useful basic massage techniques. We had a very good time and we will certainly practice what we have learnt at home.Ola P.
This was our first couples massage class and it was an awesome experience. Just a wonderful way to experience an oasis of calm in the midst of a hectic day-to-day life! The atmosphere is very relaxing and Zuzana did a good job. We recommend to anyone and will definitely be back.Ellahe and Philippe
I have a fond memory of the massage training for couples. It started from the moment we removed our shoes at the entrance and continued in the aromatic comfortable loft until we felt that we had taken off our coat of everyday cares and worries. From then on it was a journey of discovery for us both. While giving the massage I was continually asking myself: how will she react if I change the pressure here? will it tickle? will it hurt? what will it be like when it's my turn to be massaged from my partner? Zuzana taught us her techniques, coached us and made sure we could continue at home what we learned from her. Thank you Zuzana.Marco
The couples massage was a surprising experience for us. The welcome atmosphere, while entering the room, was relaxing. After a brief introduction, Zuzana handed us a guide that we could follow during the session. She explained different types of massages and the consequent effect on the body. Zuzana followed professionally the massage practice for us, giving advice and sometimes correcting the massage strokes. I found it very interesting to rediscover the loving and the caressing part of my relationship with my partner. I recommend the couples massage especially as a present: surely it will be highly appreciated.Daniela


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Distribution Center - Jacksonville, FL At Samsonite
Samsonite's Distribution Center team is located in Jacksonville, FL. This team is responsible for ensuring the product is received, processed, and shipped to retail partners so our customers have everything they need for their next trip, business meeting, or even a day on the trails.
When you work in a distribution center you are in the position to see the process from the beginning to the end.
Whether you are an unloader in the Receiving department where you receive the inventory in to the building, an equipment operator who delivers or retrieves product from its location, a picker who pulls together the smaller pieces of product for an order, or working in Shipping to make sure the order gets out the door on time, you are directly involved in the success of the company.
If you are working on the Customer Service team, you will be the first person to see the orders come in to the system and monitor them through every step of the process to make sure they leave on time and head to the correct location. In this role you have the ability to create customer satisfaction by monitoring shipment status, working to maximize product shipment, and providing updates to customers who are anticipating their shipment.
Even our teams that work with customers after the sale such as Service After Sales, Spare Parts, and Returns, help to ensure overall satisfaction with the brand by helping customers with repairs, parts to complete the repairs, and returning inventory to stock.
If you are part of the management team you will be a key player in the overall success of the Jacksonville team. In each department the leadership team ensures that their team members are engaged and working to exceed company and customer expectations. What is equally important to our company though is that our leadership team is actively working to involve, develop, and listen to the feedback from the employees. Tapping in to the talents of our employees ultimately creates greater job satisfaction as well as a stronger and more committed workforce.
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August 22nd, 2016: GLD Chart Update
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SCI-SCV, SCA-SCC: Super Cycle
C1-C5, CA-CC :Cycle
P1-P5, PA-PC : Primary
[1]-[5], [A]-[C] : Major
1-5, A-C : Minor
(1)-(5), (a)-(c) : Minute
i-v, a-b : Minuette
Primary Count:
White/Green (Bull Market)
White/Red (Bear Market)
Alternate Count: Blue
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Here's a poor shot of my M91's gathered for a meeting. You hardly ever see M91's around here at gun shows. All refurb M91/30's. Some of those are really nice, too.
These old fellas have been discussing some of the fun they've been involved in. Right now they are discussing some of the armorers they've been handled by.
Stupid photobucket
From the pic left to right:
1. 1905 Tula
2. 1940 Tikka on 1894 Chatellerault
3. 1940 VKT on 1905 Tula
4. 1942 :B" "W" D 1899 Tula
5. 1917 Remington on 1904 Russian (need to check it more)
6. 1917 Remington
8. 1910 Izhevsk
9. 1915 New England Westinghouse


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Authors: Katrina Leno
to my parents:
for everything,
y grandparents' mailbox is shaped like a tiny replica of their house.
The bay window in the front, the glass-walled solarium on the side, the second-floor balcony off the master bedroomâeverything is miniature and perfect and done in 1:12 scale.
My grandmother is strangely proud of this mailbox, probably because she paid a fortune to have it custom made fifteen years ago. I've seen her with a tiny can of paint and the most delicate paintbrush, repainting the shutters so they stay shiny and perfect. I've seen her pulling miniature leaves out of gutters the size of straws.
It was big and faintly ostentatious and kind of a work of art, in a weird way, and I'd been standing in front of it for five or six minutes, trying to get up the courage to open the tiny garage door, which is where the mail went.
I hadn't checked the mail in years.
The mailbox, while impressive, has always been a source of unlikely danger.
Just a few days after I moved into my grandparents' house on the Miles River in Maryland, my grandfather caught a black widow spider spinning a web in between a bill for my grandmother's subscription to
Good Housekeeping
and the morning paper.
He trapped the spider in a coffee canister and paraded it around the house loudly, making a big show of it. I asked to see it but was denied.
"Well then, why did you bring it in the house?" I asked.
"Just giving it a little taste of the good life before I set it free."
"Where are you going to set it free?" I pressed him. I extended one hand to touch the side of the coffee canister, and he swatted me away.
"Don't worry," he said. "Far away from here."
He set the canister down on the kitchen table while he got his coat on. I watched from the doorway.
"Are you sure I can't see it?" I asked.
"I'm sure," he said. "And you know what? You better not get the mail anymore, Frannie. These things are like
pigeons. They can always find their way home."
I had no great desire to prove my bravery by risking a bite from a black widow spider, so I avoided the mailbox after that.
For five years I walked a wide, careful circle around it. For five years I checked underneath my pillow and in between my sheets for relatives of the black widow that had once famously moved into the nicest mailbox-house in Easton.
But as warnings often do, that one grew stale.
And after five years (and six minutes) spent gathering my courage, I opened the miniature garage door and withdrew the mail from inside.
The letter I was expecting hadn't come yet.
Bills, a flyer from our local grocery store, a few credit card companies begging for my grandparents' business. Nothing interesting.
I put everything back in the mailbox, but one letter slipped out and fell to the ground. It was addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Jameson, and when I picked it up I read the return address, stamped slightly crooked at the corner: the Easton Valley Rest and Recuperation Center for the Permanently Unwell.
But noâ
Was one of my grandparents sick? Could they be keeping something like that from me?
I tore it open, terrified, and scanned it quickly.
It was a bill for a coffin.
I read it again, confused, slowly, trying to understand the words typed out in some small, precise font.
It was addressed to my grandparents.
My brain picked out bits and pieces, unable to process the whole thing at once.
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Jameson,
We have received your initial down payment.
Remaining balance.
Our deepest sympathies.
Please call if you would like to discuss payment plan options.
My grandparents had bought the coffin at a discounted rate. They had paid two hundred dollars of the fourteen hundred owed. It was originally two thousand.
It was a fourteen-hundred-dollar coffin.
For my mother.
But my mother had moved to Florida five years ago. My mother had taken the remainder of our money and left me to live with Grandpa Dick and Grandma Doris.
My mother wasn't dead. My mother hadn't died. And my mother had certainly never been at the Easton Valley Rest and Recuperation Center for the Permanently Unwell.
Unless . . .
Suddenly I wasn't so sure there had ever actually been a spider in our mailbox.
I don't have a lot of memories of my childhood.
My therapist said this was normal, probably some form of repression coupled with post-traumatic stress.
The first thing I can remember is an ice-cream cone.
My father bought me an ice-cream cone from an ice-cream truck. He handed me the cone, and I dropped it on the ground. I was maybe three or four. My canvas shoes had tiny giraffes printed on them, and the ice cream splattered on the toes.
He wouldn't buy me another cone.
I won't lie: I wish my first memory was a nicer one. I wish I remembered eating cake at my third birthday party or petting a dog for the first time or going to a park with my mom and being pushed a little too high on the swings.
But I guess we don't get to choose those kinds of things.
After the ice-cream cone incident, I remember some birthday parties, a first bike ride, some memorable Christmases, some blizzards, and some heat waves. But nothing really substantial sticks out until I was nine years old.
That is when my father either tried to kill me (if you listen to my mother) or just lost his temper but did NOT try to kill me (if you listen to my father).
What happened was my father and my mother had an argument.
The reason for the argument is not important. Who was right and who was wrong is not important. The beginning of the argument is not important.
The end of the argument is the important part, because that is when my parents wouldn't stop yelling and so I started yelling, at the top, top, top of my lungs until my voice cracked and my parents had to stop yelling at each other and start yelling at me, trying everything they could to shut me up until finally my father uncapped his fountain pen, strode across the living room, and stabbed me with his right hand. Just above and to the left of my belly button.
When my father let go of the pen, it stuck out of my stomach at a right angle. I was wearing a pink-and-white bikini. In another scenario, it would have been funny.
My mother screamed.
My father put his hands up like,
Oh shit, I fucked up,
and he backed away from me slowly.
I watched the blood leak out from around the pen, and the blood was almost black. Was it blood or ink? I couldn't tell which was which. It was all the same rich, thick darkness.
It leaked out of me in a thin river that filled my belly button and stained my bathing suit bottoms.
My mother screamed again and yanked the pen out of
my stomach (which you are not supposed to do, we later found out).
In the hospital after it happened, my mother held my hand before they wheeled me into surgery. I was crying and my stomach hurt and my clothes were ruined but my mother's face was incredibly calm, almost smug.
"You're gonna be okay, Heph," she said. She pronounced it like
. I generally discouraged the nickname, but I tolerated it then because I thought I might die in surgery and this would be the last time I ever saw her. And I didn't want the last time I ever saw her to be marred with an argument about my name.
Regarding my name, this is how I got it:
My mother requested the maximum dosage of painkillers and a birthing doctor who was notoriously lax with the meds.
She fell asleep halfway through a push. They had to wake her up and remind her where she was.
"I was having a really nice dream," she said.
"You're about to have a really nice baby," the doctor said.
"I want to call her Hephaestus," she announced.
"That's a terrible name," my father said. "I thought we were calling her Margaret."
"It was in my dream. Just now. It's Hephaestus or nothing."
"What kind of a name is that? It's a terrible name."
"I heard it somewhere," she said.
Hephaestus was the Greek god of metalworking. I'm not sure why it just suddenly occurred to her.
"We are not calling our baby Hephaestus," my father said.
"You have to push now," the doctor said. "I'm sorry to interrupt, but you have to push."
"I hate the name Margaret, and I hate you!" my mother said.
"Pushing now, naming later," the doctor said.
My mother pushed.
I slid out of my mother's body and into the doctor's waiting, bloody hands. He handed the scissors to my father and then looked at him expectantly.
"Hmm?" my father said.
The doctor looked from me to my umbilical cord and then back to my father again.
"Oh," my father said. "Okay. How important is it that I do it?"
The scissors were removed from my father's hands. A nurse cut my umbilical cord, the sacred rope that served as an in-between from the world inside to the world outside.
The tether that linked me to my mother. My mother who promptly fell asleep again as soon as I was free of her.
I know all of this is exactly how it happened because my father brought a video camera into the birthing room. He pressed Record and then left the camera on a table. The
lens was pointed at my mother's vagina.
My father named me while my mother was sleeping. He had been prepared to call me Margaret but he settled for naming me after himself. Frances.
When my mother woke up, she threatened to put me back inside her if Hephaestus wasn't at least my middle name. She pointed out that was a perfectly fair compromise.
My father pointed out you couldn't actually put a baby back inside a womb, but he obliged her request.
It's nice to meet you.
I am:
Frances Hephaestus Jameson.
My mother got full custody in the divorce proceedingsâI mean, duh, obviouslyâbecause my father was in jail serving a twelve-month sentence for stabbing me with a pen.
For a while it was great.
My mother and I were thick as thieves, united against this common enemy (my attacker!), spending the settlement money like it was a lot more than it actually was, buying new clothes and new shoes and growing our hair long enough to wear braids down to our butts (in her post-divorce state, my mother had reverted to her earlier hippie inclinations), and doing interviews for local news programs.
People were really interested in my story for a number of reasons, but probably mostly because my mother cried buckets of tears on camera while still managing to look
completely flawless. Her mascara never ran. Her hair was always shiny. Her eyes were always bright. I think people were just truly interested in how she managed it.
My mother was present and invested in my life. She was a best friend, a comrade, a partner-in-crime. We traveled around the country together in one of those very old VW vans that always smelled faintly of dirt. I felt like I was really a part of something. We were a team, my mother and I.
Only she turned out to be just as crazy as my father. And then it wasn't so great.
Then one day I got off the school bus and it wasn't my mother waiting for me. Instead, my grandparents stood huddled underneath an umbrella (it wasn't raining, but Grandpa Dick opened an umbrella the moment the sky turned even the slightest bit gray).
"Oh, hi," I said.
"You tell her," Grandpa Dick said.
"Honey, we have something to tell you," Grandma Doris said.
"It's about your mother," Grandpa added.
"I thought you wanted me to tell her?"
"So tell her."
I waited. Grandpa Dick turned around. Grandma Doris put her hand on my cheek.
"Oh, Frances," she said. "We love you so much."
After my father stabbed me, after my mother pulled the fountain pen out of my stomach even though you are not supposed to do that, after I pressed my fingers into my stomach to try and stop the bleeding, after I asked everybody to please stop staring at me and call an ambulance, after the ambulance ride and the hospital and a couple surgeries and a ton of X-rays later, a doctor came into the room with a funny sort of smile on his face and said, "Okay. Here's the thing."
And that is how I found out that the nib of the fountain pen had broken off and stayed inside me, and this is the most interesting part of the whole thing, in my opinion: they never found it.
Now I set off metal detectors. They pat me down. They get the metal detecting wand and wave it over me.
Every time, it beeps in a different place.
Since then, I have always lost things. My grandparents called me forgetful, my aunt Florence called me absentminded, my uncle Irvine said I was preoccupied.
But that wasn't it. I wasn't forgetful or absentminded or preoccupied.
I didn't lose things.
Things left me.


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Feeling a bit down? Need a boost? Put on a comfortable pair of shoes and go for a walk. A brisk 30-minute walk will lift your spirits and brighten your day.
Walking ranks as number one on the list of most popular physical activities for older adults. You can walk almost anywhere, anytime; it doesn't cost anything, and it's virtually injury-free. You can walk alone, with a partner, or with a group. When you step out the door you can walk the sidewalks in your area, the bike trails, nature trails, river trails, and public parks. During the winter months you can walk indoors on a treadmill, or a nearby shopping mall or at your local YMCA.
Rehab centres use walking after open heart surgery to improve our cardiovascular fitness. Walking is an aerobic exercise that gets your heart beating faster so that it transports oxygen-rich blood from your lungs to your muscles. It is at the core of rehab treatment for many ailments, not just for heart problems.
A brisk walk is just as beneficial for your health as jogging, but without the negative side effects. Studies show that done on a regular basis, walking can reduce blood pressure, increase the efficiency of your heart and lungs and burn off excess calories.
Always consult with your doctor or health care professional before beginning an exercise program.
How fast should you walk?
If you're in good shape you can probably walk about 6 km in 60 minutes. That's a pretty brisk pace. If you are in the 65-plus age group, your pace may have decreased to about 5 km in 60 minutes, which is still a good clip. You should know how fast you walk so that you can establish your goals. Drive your car for a distance of say, two kilometres. Later, walk that exact same location and distance and record how many minutes it takes. You can now calculate your walking speed in minutes per kilometres or minutes per mile. Alternatively, you can purchase a pedometer to measure the distance you walk.
Haven't exercised in some time?
No problem. Start off slowly with 15 or 20 minute walks. Increase your pace and your time gradually over a period of 2 months until you are walking briskly for a total of 30 minutes or more, four days a week.
Walking is good for your health, but why not turn it into something more?
Make your walks a pleasurable experience by walking in a park, where you can enjoy the sights and sounds of the great outdoors. Make walking an enjoyable, fun experience by sharing it with your spouse, friends and family.
A few tips:
Wear good walking shoes.
Walk at least 30 minutes, 4 days a week.
Walk at a pace that gives you an aerobic exercise.
Plan your route the night before your walk.
Walk with a partner or a group. You'll stick with it longer.
Keep a record of your outings, so you can look back at your accomplishments.
Warm up (run on the spot), then do stretching exercises before your walk.
Do stretching exercises again after your walk to avoid stiffness.
Drink plenty of water.
Walking is an excellent exercise, but it also helps you feel better about yourself, improves your attitude, increases your energy level, and helps control your weight.


text: Subscribe to our newsletter This thingy has to be empti pwieshh Oct 6, 2017 Learning from the genius of great filmmakers 👍 #90 This week, I've been looking into other industries to gain some perspective and knowledge that I can Learning from the genius of great filmmakers 👍 #90 By Ross Chapman • Issue #90 • View online This week, I've been looking into other industries to gain some perspective and knowledge that I can apply to my work in design. This week, it's been film.One of my favourite duos in filmmaking comes from the pairing of director Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight Trilogy, Interstellar) and the composer Hans Zimmer. For Interstellar, Nolan didn't direct Zimmer on what to write so as to free him up in the creative process. Starting this way is virtually unheard of.Nolan himself is passionate about "shooting in camera" and on film, only using visual effects to enhance the picture. He recognises that the industry is moving to digital, but wants to continue shooting on film because it has the "superior resolution and analog colour" that when projected, presents a unique experience that's "very important". He's worked from the audience experience back to the technology. Zimmer makes the point that he loves breaking the rules. He likes figuring out how to use woodwind and violin instruments in ways "you weren't supposed to." Recreating a ticking clock by hitting the violin strings with a pencil for example - it's pure crazy! "Well, it sounds great - let me tell you" remarks Zimmer. And it does.Using instruments in a unique way, recording in an old church rather than a recording studio and using the church organ itself as the principle instrument for a large-scale science fiction film fits the emotion of the story, rather that matching the genre. What do I take from this?They are experts in their craft. They're not swayed by trends or what's normal. They don't plan everything on day one. They innovate and to do that, they hang on the emotion of the story and aim towards creating the very best work, contribute something original, not afraid to break "the rules."Personally, I just love basking in the excellence of experts pushing the envelope of their craft, rarely content with good and pushing for great relentlessly. Focusing on the details adds up to a high-quality product. If you want to learn more, take a look at this documentary for how they created the Interstellar soundtrack. It's perfect. Another observation: They work on one project, deeply, for a couple of years, together, then move to the next one - something I'm trying to do in my work - work in weeks, rather than days and something I talked about at this week's Winchester Creatives - check out the video below. As ever, thank you for supporting this issue,- Ross Tips for collaborating with clients - YouTube Digital product design 👨💻 Shoulder Pads Fear plays a great role in the life of a designer. We're constantly showing our work, and in doing so, we feel like we're exposing ourselves. Do we all need shoulder pads? thedesignteam.io • Share Pastel Pastel allows you to gather rapid feedback from clients and your team on live websites. Anyone can add sticky notes to a page in 10 seconds. Thanks for sharing (and building) Aloke! www.usepastel.com • Share How to Get A Job in Product Design or UX Without a Portfolio Another cool post from UX design supremo Jonathan Courtney. If you want to get a job in design, you need to distance yourself from everyone else, meet people, create conversation and use channels that are less crowded. Great tips - even for seasoned UX pros. uxplanet.org • Share Business 🙋 How to not mess it up with bigger clients When it comes to successfully servicing big brands, you want to do the best job possible to ensure they never go elsewhere. There's two trains of thought here. Some designers I know take on anything, and they'll figure out how to do it. Others only take on work they know they can do. Which is right? I doubt it's that binary. One thing I try and do with every new project is tweak things slightly, usually in the process. www.creativeboom.com • Share Win more business with Slack apps Slack is a force to be reckoned with. More than six million people use Slack every day as a hub and platform for communicating and sharing information with their coworkers. There are also groups such as TechLondon which give you the chance to communicate with other businesses. 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With less celebration than trepidation, the University of Chicago opened its classroom doors on this date. The evening before, founding President William Rainey Harper worried aloud, "I wonder if there will be a single student here tomorrow." In fact, 594 young men and women signed up to hear the lectures of professors who were already distinguished before they set foot on the still-unfinished South Side campus. Eight members of the faculty were former college presidents. Harper was the foremost biblical scholar of the day. Institutions of higher learning generally achieve prominence after a long, slow maturation. The U. of C. was designed to be an instant hotbed of ideas.
The university had a predecessor and namesake, located at 35th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue, which opened in 1857 and went bankrupt in 1886. Trying to forestall the sheriff, trustees of the first University of Chicago solicited John D. Rockefeller, citing their fellow membership in the Baptist Church. The founder of Standard Oil, though, was not interested in bailing out what was, in fact, a failed small college. He subsequently pledged $600,000 when Harper proposed an intellectual partnership--the professor to contribute the brains, the millionaire to supply the cash--with the goal of creating a university to rival Princeton and Yale.In all, Rockefeller contributed $35 million to the university.
When he visited his creation, students serenaded him: "John D. Rockefeller, wonderful man is he/Gives all his spare change to the U. of C." Moved, Rockefeller replied: "The good Lord gave me the money, and how could I withhold it from Chicago?" Department-store magnate Marshall Field contributed land for a campus along Midway Plaisance that became a breeding ground of academic firsts. Professor Albion Small established the world's first sociology department in 1892. Professor A.A. Michelson became the first American scientist to win a Nobel Prize in 1907 for his work in measuring the speed of light.
At age 31, Robert Maynard Hutchins was appointed president in 1929. The Boy Wonder, perhaps the only college president to double as a celebrity, established an innovative Great Books program as the school's undergraduate curriculum. Hutchins also created the genre of radio talk show, hosting a popular, but decidedly highbrow, weekly broadcast on the NBC network.
The breakthroughs were not just intellectual in the early days. Coach Amos Alonzo Stagg, whose players were the original Monsters of the Midway, shaped the modern game of football. Still, U. of C. folk have generally been known more for brains than brawn. Sixty-seven Nobel Prize winners have been students or faculty members at Chicago, more than any other university can claim. The prize in economics has been a near monopoly for the university, which has had 17 winners since that Nobel award was inaugurated in 1969.


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Acer unveiled its latest and greatest entries into the Predator range. The new products are high performance notebooks and desktops PCs, which are said to deliver premium gaming and virtual reality experiences, all thanks to the product's powerful hardware.
RELATED: The Acer Aspire R13 – Adapting to your environment
Predator 17X
The latest entry into the Predator Notebook range is the 17X. This powerful laptop features a Core i7-6820HK (4.0Ghz) processor with an Nvidia Geforce GTX 980. The notebook also packs a 17-inch 4K display, with Nvidia G-Sync, to make all those games look even better on the screen. The notebook has a triple-fan cooling system, to keep things chilled when the gaming gets hot. The notebook is said to provide VR-to-go thanks to all its powerful internals.
Some other facts:
- Contains an Aeroblade fan (world's thinnest fan at 0.1mm) to keep things cool
- Has a built-in vapour chamber to help dispatch the heat and enable an ideal overclocking experience
- Powered by Acer's PredatorSense to customise keyboard macro profiles, lighting adjustments, and other configurations.
The Predator 17X will be available in South Africa at a starting price of R45 999,00
Predator G1
The G1 is said to be the ultimate VR machine as it packs all the power in it to fully experience VR at its best. Inside the 16-litre, it can be configured with up to a 6th gen Intel Core i7, 64GB of RAM, up to an Nvidia Titan X graphics card, and 512GB SSD plus a 4TB HDD.
The Predator G1 PC will be available in South Africa from R18 999,00
Acer Predator Z1 Monitor
The Z1 monitor will come in three sizes, 31.5, 30, and 27 inch. It will support G-Sync and an aspect ratio of 21:9. We reviewed the last Predator monitor and it was clear that one thing was missing and that was 4K support. The latest models will finally have it which would make it one beautiful piece of hardware.
No local pricing or release date has been announced yet.


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Hold up to 10 frags with the Nano S Magnetic Frag Rack on tanks up to 1/4" thick. Reef Rax Frag Racks mount to your aquariums glass or acrylic with their strong reef safe magnets that can be placed almost anywhere in your tank.
Dimensions - 5" L x 3" W x 2.65" H
- No curing required
- Doesn't leach
- Coated reef-safe magnets
- Multiple colors and shapes
Traditional coral frag holders are designed for frag tanks and made of egg crate, and if you ever put one in your display tank, they are an instant eyesore. Reef Rax has produced custom molds that simulate real live rock structures and textures at a fraction of the weight.
Reef Rax Nano S is made of a highly porous resin structure that is almost buoyant when it is first placed in your tank. The neutral buoyancy greatly helps with its ability to hold heavy frag plugs and large frags of coral. Each rack includes reef safe magnets that can support the Nano S on tanks up to 1/4" thick.
Nano S
Smaller tanks will benefit from the Nano S model. It has a very compact shape allowing it to fit in tight areas throughout your tank, and can hold up to 10 frags.
Dark Brown Color
Reef Rax custom dark brown coloration resembles dry live rock and is the perfect addition to any new aquascape. Over time coralline algae will encrust the rack creating beautiful purple hues, matching the rest of your aquascape. If your current tank already has coralline encrusted rock, we suggest using the Purple Reef Rax.
Dimensions - 5" L x 3" W x 2.65" H
Frag Hole Size - 0.45" diameter
Number of Holes - 10*
Max Tank Thickness - 1/4"
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1x Reef Rax Nano S Frag Rack
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AUSTIN, Texas, August 7, 2017 — Teams currently registered and groups who plan to register for the 2018 Austin Marathon are invited to begin their training at Zilker Relays on September 8, 2017. The event is the perfect opportunity for teams to kick off their marathon or half marathon training, meet new runners and increase their team size, and learn more about the Austin Marathon's recently opened Team Registration.
"Much of running is built around individual training and goal-setting," said Paul Perrone, founder of Zilker Relays. "While the Zilker Relays provides a race atmosphere, we also represent teamwork, camaraderie, and fun. We are excited that the Austin Marathon is incorporating a team component to their event in February and we're thrilled to introduce this initiative to our teams at the Zilker Relays."
Zilker Relays offers a 4-person, 10-mile relay around Austin's Zilker Park with each person completing one 2.5-mile leg. Team categories include open, corporate, just for fun, and more. In true Austin fashion, the finisher party will feature tacos and live music. Registration is available on the Zilker Relay's website.
"The team aspect within running has become increasingly popular and we're excited to offer various perks for those who run the 2018 Austin Marathon, Half Marathon, or 5K as a team," said Jack Murray, co-owner of High Five Events. "Zilker Relays offers the perfect distance, atmosphere, and timeline for teams to begin their training for the Austin Marathon."
Austin Marathon team sizes range from fewer than 34 participants, 35 – 49 participants, and greater than 50 participants. Teams can be public or private and they can pay individually or in bulk. All groups will have access to the Team Management system, have their Team Name printed on their bib, and have the option for early team packet pick up. Teams of 35+ will have the option to have a 10×10 space at the Finish Line Festival. Teams with more than 50 participants will have the option to have a 10×20 at the Finish Line Festival. Team captains are advised to follow these helpful instructions when setting up their team.
The Austin Marathon will celebrate its 27th year running in the capital of Texas. Austin's flagship running event annually attracts runners from all 50 states and 20+ countries around the world. With start and finish locations just a few blocks apart, and within walking distance of many downtown hotels and restaurants, the Austin Marathon is the perfect running weekend destination. Participants can register for the marathon, half marathon, or 5K.
About High Five Events: Beginning with the launch of a single triathlon in 2003, High Five Events has grown to become one of the largest privately owned event production companies in the United States. In addition to the events it owns and produces, the Austin, Texas-based company offers consulting and event production services to dozens of additional events each year. High Five Events is a community-centric company with more than 100 years' experience organizing large events across different venue types in a variety of locations. Follow High Five Events on Twitter (@highfiveevents), Instagram (@highfiveevents), and Facebook (facebook.com/HighFiveEventsWorldWide/) for news and updates.


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How To Make A Proper Bed
It might seem silly to write about making a bed. However, today it seems the art of making a proper bed is lost. I will admit, I am more the "throw the sheets over the pillows" morning bed maker. My family hates it. However there is something to be said about a finely made bed and, even more, how a nicely made bed feels after a long day. So now I'll challenge myself – and you – to make your bed. Here's how:
If you're starting from a bare bed, lift the mattress off of the box springs to add the bed skirt. Spread the bed skirt over the box springs and make sure it is even on both sides. The top of the bedskirt with nothing hanging down will go at the head of the bed. Place the mattress back onto the box springs and be careful not to mess up the bed skirt.
Starting with the fitted sheet at the head of the bed, cover the corner with the fitted sheet entirely and move down to the bottom corner on the same side. Whichever side you choose to start with is up to you. Then cover the next bottom corner entirely and stretch the sheet to last top corner. Next take the top sheet and stand at the foot of the bed and spread the top sheet over the fitted sheet. The side of the top sheet with the larger hem lays at the head of the bed and be sure to leave a small space between the head of the bed and the sheet. After you have spread the sheet entirely, tuck the top sheet under the mattress at the foot of the bed. Next move to one side of the bed and make a hospital corner. To do this take the draping sheet from the side about 16 inches from the foot and tuck in the lower drape (lower drape should look like a triangle). Hold the corner of the higher drape in place and fold the top drape over. Once finished the corner of the bed should look like a 45 degree angle. Repeat on the opposite side and then tuck in the remaining hanging sheet on both sides of the bed. Cover duvets with desired duvet cover and coverlets. Next place blanket or duvet on the bed, smooth it down creating a clean surface. If desired fold the top of the blanket at the head of the bed with the loose sheet on top. Take your pillows and slide them into their shams, if your pillow has a tag or a zipper at one edge-make sure you slide that side into the sham first. Lastly add pillows or any extra decor desired.
This total process should take 5-10 minutes, at the very most. Super easy, right? And you get a nicely made bed that your mother would be proud of.
Here's a chart from twentytwowords in case you need a visual.


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Randomly I put various parenting techniques into renewed and intensive practice. Like any new skill or habit, I figure if I really focus on something intently and intentionally for 7 days or so, it'll just become part of my repertoire.
This week I'm practicing my pivot.
It's pretty easy in theory. And when I use it, it really helps me out of whatever pent up jam I'm in – be it mad or overwhelmed or resentful or whatever. And it allows me to move on to feeling more good and less bad and get more of what I need and want.
Let's say, hypothetically speaking of course, we're all getting home from an outing. As we emerge from the car, everyone runs off, leaving me with all the stuff to carry in from the car. (Remember, HYPOTHETICAL!) So I'm mad. And resentful. Because I want them to help without being asked. (Which they do sometimes just not this "hypothetical" time) I can linger in the mad, and yell at them to come back, using a less than stellar tone. Or…
I can pause. Take a breath. And pivot. Turning in the emotional direction I want to go. Seriously, just like that.
Then I can call them back. With a nicer voice. Leaving the resentment in the dust.
What I usually get in return is nicer, easier, calmer. Instead of people coming back all mad because I'm all mad which then spirals into a big mess of madness which just takes on a life of its own. (Again, hypothetical of course.)
From my pivoted state, I am not asking for anything different than I was, but I'm asking from a completely different state of being. And hence, with a completely different voice. Which feels better to me and to everyone around me.
You can use it for lots of things, big and small. With family and insurance company representatives. It's about shifting how you feel. Making the decision to feel differently than you do. In that very moment of time.
For big things you can take all night long to pivot. Just make the decision as you're drifting off to sleep that when you wake up you're going to feel different. You're going to feel better. You're going to approach whatever or whoever it is from a more positive feeling place and take it from there.
I've got some more practicing to do on this one without a doubt. But one thing I know, when I do it, especially at home, I get way more of what I need.
And when I forget, then it's time to implement the do-over. That might be my practice for next week.


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Lady Gaga samples new music for Paris runway show
Of the many hats that Lady Gaga wears (and we're not just talking the odd lobster) she can now don the cap of musical director.
In Paris this week, the Lady accepted that position in support of friend and personal stylist Nichola Formichetti -- who enjoyed his first runway presentation as creative director at fashion house Thierry Mugler.
Showing off several bold influences on menswear, including a Prada-esque minimalism, gothic tattoo art and tons of sheer fabric masking, the Mugler show had an additional surprise -- new music from Gaga!
Some new sounds from her anticipated album "Born This Way" pumped on the catwalk, and Mother Monster talked about her admiration for Nichola with People StyleWatch.
"I love him, my friend the genius, my collaborator, more than any piece of clothing or closet I possess," she said.
Check out video of the show above, then leave your thoughts on her musical stylings in the comments section below.
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Friday, March 20, 2015
Junking states: Republican style
Insofar as Right-to-Work legislation under-prices a state's labor – extracts less than consumers would be willing to pay – it draws down the income a state receives from the 49 other states, either from exports to or visitors from.
I understand there's a lot of chicken/or egg-six/half-dozen in economics – but before legislators agree to Right-to-Work legislation, I think this concept would be a good place to start. If you build what they want, they will come and buy.
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Another conundrum: states will abate billions in tax giveaways in the hope of drawing thousands of jobs – but the very same states refuse billions in Medicaid giveaways (er, actually returning their own tax dollars) from the federal government which would fund tens of thousands of high quality medical jobs – not to mention bringing unquestionably needed health care.
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Illinois governor Rauner wants to squish the incomes of the bottom 50% of employees (keep the minimum wage low; wage war on unions public and private) who take 10-12% of overall income share – to make the state more competitive (with where: Bangladesh?). Poorer people get less education, become a lot less competitive, more educated people want to emigrate out of such an unproductive milieu.
Wisconsin governor Walker wants to cut straight to the chase on cutting education: $300 million off the state university.
Both Republican governors want to turn their big industrial states into South Carolina.
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- Denis Drew said...
What kills me about states NOT funding Medicaid is that the federal government pays an average 57% -- up to 73% -- of the bill. This is money imported to the state's economy. As you will learn if you watch Fox TV, these patients will get care anyway by going to the ER or by going to hospital clinics and throwing away the bills ...
... which of course means the state is going to pick up that -- at least as much as that lowest 27% leftover -- ANYWAY. Nuts!
Same Repub states will sacrifice any number of billions of tax giveaways to corporations to attract jobs of course.
The madness grows to the fully psychopathic when the fed is willing to pick up 90-100% of their bills under Obamacare -- pure economic gravy: the taxes on the imported money would cover the 10%.
Maybe Obamacare can pay for deprogramming Repubs from the Voodoo economic cult. :-)
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Amazingly it worked…….that is, posting blogs focuses my mind completely to cracking on.
I had two pieces of unexpected inspiration. 1. From my cycling buddy, who happens to be one of the most chilled and thoughtful people I know, who took the time to say "hey I liked your post" and 2. an inspirational comment from http://www.heartattackwaitingtohappen.com/ aka Paul Squire that I wanted to share it with you:
" I've found that doing the "good things" over an extended period have resulted in quite a different impact than over a shorter period (a month, say). This probably sounds obvious, but I hadn't realised how much time some things take (to start to lose "love handles", for example).
My fitness kick was prompted by a Heart Attack, so I had some built in urgency. Your year-long challenge has the potential to result in some big, sustainable differences. Stick with it!"
What a great comment and it definitely helped me get on my bike when my body was saying noooooooo.
It is so true that doing the "good things" as Paul says is the right thing to do over an extended length of time.
We all know it. We all know what we should be doing. So we do we need something like a life altering wake up call to stop us eating comfort food in front of the TV.
My belief is that it is all down to programming. Society has been programmed by adverts that are compounded by your peers buying into them, that eating junk food or snacking is the way to relax.
I think once in a while absolutely. But are bodies were not designed to get self gratification from living others lives through TV and chomping down on fatty salt filled snacks.
I know this, you know this, so why does it A. feel so good at the time and B. taste so good that it is basically addictive.
The right thing is hard. But in the long term far more rewarding for ones soul or out look on life and ones health.
So I must keep up the meditation and re-program my mind to realise that if I am watching TV then the delicious taste of fruit or better yet, nothing is as fulfilling.
On top of that I am going to ask myself – could I being doing anything else right now that would allow me to get more out of life from using my body, even if it is tinkering with my bike, or spending time to prepare a fresh tasty meal from fresh ingredients. The best ones for me obviously involve Mrs. Fatcycles or second to that my bike.
Side NB. Celebrating holding up my fasting day yesterday while on a business trip to Vienna.
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After School Care
After school care for Kindergarten children is available Monday to Thursday until 5.00pm by a dedicated Early Years specialist.
The session typically consists of a short play outside in the Kindergarten garden, then lunch and a shared fruit snack. This is followed by crafts and activities appropriate to the children's age, which may include a rest time.
New children joining Kindergarten, especially when very young, should first get used to the morning Kindergarten rhythm. Once they are settled, and with their teacher's recommendation, they can start Afternoon Care.
Class 1-5
There is a facility for the care of Class 1 to Class 5 pupils Monday to Friday until 5.30pm. Spaces are offered dependent on availability.
Children in afternoon care enjoy playing in small groups and may involve seasonal art and craft projects, as well as outdoor games in the school grounds.
Alternatively, please view our programme of after-school activities here:
After School Clubs Programme
Lower School Afternoon Care Info and Booking Form
Afternoon Care Information 2018-2019
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Intel Eliminates Use of Lead From Future Microprocessors
Intel Eliminates Use of Lead From Future Microprocessors news post from TweakTown's online news computing and technology content pages.
Intel are proud to announce today that they have gone entirely lead-free on production of their future processor lineup, beginning with the 45nm Hi-k family comprising next-gen Core 2 Duo/Quad and Xeon processors.
For a full understanding of the the advantages behind lead-free production, grab the official PR here folks.
SYDNEY, Australia, May 22, 2007 - Intel Corporation today announced that its future processors, beginning with its entire family of 45 nanometre (nm) high-k metal gate (Hi-k) processors, are going 100 per cent lead-free. The Intel 45nm Hi-k family includes the next-generation Intel® Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad and Xeon® processors, and the company will begin 45nm Hi-k production in the second half of this year.
"Intel is taking an aggressive stance toward environmental sustainability, from the elimination of lead and a focus on greater energy efficiency of our products, to fewer air emissions and more water and materials recycling," said Nasser Grayeli, Intel vice president and director of assembly test technology development, Technology and Manufacturing Group.


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Karla Deras looked to everything from '60s architecture to vintage fashion editorials while designing The Line By K's latest collection. Something you could have seen in a '90s copy of
, this midi skirt is made from crinkled-satin with a textured, iridescent sheen. Complement the retro influence with barely-there mules.
Shown here with: The Line By K Bodysuit, BY FAR Tote, REJINA PYO Sandals, Victoria Beckham Necklace.


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Children in KS2 who need additional support are identified from termly tracking and discussions with class teachers. These children then receive weekly one to one interventions taught by our Numeracy and Maths Makes sense Co-ordinator, Mrs Hines. These additional sessions enable the children to make links between learning done previously in class and areas they struggle with. They also enable areas of weakness to be identified and strategies are given to overcome these areas.
In KS1 children who need additional support will be taught on a 1:1 basis by Mrs Cadwallader, she will be both pre-teaching and working on areas which the individual children have specific difficulties with.


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Upwell podiatrist Patrick O'Connell (Pat) is passionate about keeping people healthy and active.
As your lower limb guru at Upwell, Pat will use his knowledge to help you understand how your lower limb and foot functions. Together, we will use this shared knowledge to manage your injuries and allow you to reach your full potential.
A member of the Sports Medicine Australia, Pat is well connected through the sports medicine and allied health industries allowing him to be up to date on all current research and best practise treatments.
As a qualified athletics coach, Pat knows how important efficiency and load management are in injury prevention. He provides specialised video gait assessment and gait retraining to prevent injuries and ensure you are reaching your peak performance. If required, Pat is skilled in the prescription of 3D scanned and 3D printed customised foot orthoses, once again used to improve lower limb and foot function.
Pat has a love of sport, competing for over 10 years in athletics, football and cricket. He is now a recreational runner and enjoys participating in fun runs to stay active. He utilises his personal and professional experiences within sport to assist you with injury management and prevention.
Pat also identifies the foot as being one of the most important parts of the body and therefore encourages general foot-care for those with foot and toe conditions such as diabetic foot, ingrown toe-nails and corns and calluses.
Active, healthy living… and an endless supply of Game of Thrones episodes.
Travel, sport and loved ones.
Optimising your efficiency and performance.
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A Good Soaking
Noodler's Bulletproof Black in a Lamy Vista, EF and DS & WN watercolors in an A5 Moleskine watercolor notebook. Windham, Maine.
I am now officially a fan of those cheesy "expands by an amazing 600%" sponge toys! So much fun documenting the transformation and prodding the jelly-like and slimy critter with a stick to adjust its position in the vase. Guess I'm just one of those people who never really grew up. It doesn't take much to amuse me.
Here's my second sketch of Stego in his early stages of expansion. Finally, he grew so long and heavy that his tail busted under the soggy dino's weight. Yesterday, I tenderly pulled him from his bath and cobbled his slick tail back on with a toothpick (ouch!). Now he's on a platter and enjoying a small snack. A good soaking apparently made Stego so very hungry. If it warms up tomorrow, I'll grab a chair on the porch and sketch'im again as he withers.
Very soon, I shall plunge his companion, Chandra the Sea Star, into an appropriate vessel and observe her progress with pen in hand. What do sea stars eat, anyhow?


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Oil Pulling to Naturally Whiten Teeth and Improve Skin
Oil pulling, also known as "kavala" or "gundusha," is an ancient Ayurvedic dental technique that involves swishing a tablespoon of oil in your mouth on an empty stomach for around 20 minutes. This action supposedly draws out toxins in your body, primarily to improve oral health but also to improve your overall health.
- Cures tooth decay
- Kills bad breath
- Heals bleeding gums
- Prevents heart disease
- Reduces inflammation
- Whitens teeth
- Soothes throat dryness
- Prevents cavities
- Heals cracked lips
- Boosts Immune System
- acne cure
- Strengthens gums and jaw
- clear skin
- Make sure to oil pull first thing in the morning right after you get out of bed before you brush your teeth or drink anything.
- Gently swish 1 – 2 tablespoons of coconut oil/sesame oil in your mouth and between your teeth for 10-20 minutes making sure that you don't swallow any of the oil. (Do this gently so you don't wear out your jaw and cheeks!)
- Spit out the oil in the trash (not the sink so it doesn't clog up the plumbing…ask me how I know) and immediately rinse your mouth out with warm water (use salt water for added antimicrobial properties).
- Finally, brush your teeth as normal.
- Start with just 5 minutes a day. Twenty minutes of swishing is a long time, and while the longer you pull, the more bacteria you'll remove, 5 or 10 minutes will still offer some benefit. Also, if your jaw starts aching a few minutes in, slow down.
- Don't swallow. If you find it hard not to, you likely have too much oil in your mouth. Spit it out and try again with a smaller amount.
- Don't spit it down the sink, as the oil could clog your pipes. Just discard the used oil into the nearest trash can.
- Don't skip brushing and flossing. Oil pulling should never replace routine dental visits and traditional home oral care.


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Think Big Thoughts but Relish Small Pleasures
I've always loved this quote by H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Living in Thailand and being a teacher remind me to 'Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures' daily. For example…
After four years of living and teaching in Thailand, I have learned a few simple, but profound lessons:
Noticing what children and nature teach us is worthwhile. Pay attention. Be present. Think big thoughts, but relish small pleasures.


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PREP Alumnus Co-Director of Integrative Health for Pain Relief Conference
by Pamela Katz Ressler, MS, RN, HN-BC, faculty, Pain Research Education and Policy Program (PREP), Tufts University School of Medicine
PREP graduates go on to become leaders in the field of pain management, as evidenced by PREP/NESA alumnus, Ian Koebner, in his role as co-director of the Integrative Health for Pain Relief Conference to be held from April 3-6, 2014 in Maui, Hawaii.
The Integrative Health and Pain Relief Conference is being sponsored by University of California-Davis Division of Pain Medicine and Integrative Medicine Program and will provide an opportunity for a diverse group of professionals to come together in both didactic and experiential inquiry to explore the best practices in integrative pain management. Ian states, "The conference is very aligned with the Tufts Pain Research, Education and Policy program's focus on exploration of pain from the molecule to macro." Leading academic and clinical experts in multiple disciplines relating to the integrative management of pain have been selected to present at the conference. The overall objective of the conference will be to provide current, scientific evidence on complementary and alternative medicine approaches used in relieving pain and suffering such as acupuncture, mindfulness based stress reduction, yoga, and nutritional interventions, with the ultimate goal of translating these approaches into improved patient outcomes. The conference planning committee hopes that the interactive nature of the conference will attract a wide variety of professionals, including physicians, nurses, acupuncturists, massage therapists and other allied health care professionals interested in integrative models of pain management. For more information on registration for the Integrative Health for Pain Relief Conference,click here
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Rostock-based basket-maker to the royal court, Wilhelm Bartelmann, is said to have invented the wicker beach chair in the 19th century. These distinctive recliners have hardly changed since and are still made by hand to this day. Seen on nearly every beach on Germany's North Sea and Baltic coastlines, the chairs offer comfort and shelter from the sun and wind. Slightly less comfortable, but great fun nonetheless, is the tradition of beach-chair racing, which takes place in Zinnowitz on the Baltic island of Usedom during the winter beach chair festival. Teams of two carry the chairs, which weigh 60 kilos a piece, 20 metres to the finishing line of the track.
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Mini Peach Cobbler Dessert Pizza
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Serves: 6
- 7.5 oz Chef Shamy Cinnamon Brown Sugar Honey Butter
- 12 Rhodes Bake n Serve Yeast Dinner Rolls
- 1 Cup Flour
- 1 Cup Oats
- Chef Shamy Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
- Preheat oven to 350°
- Thaw the dough and let them rise until about double in height, then take two and roll them into a ball. With a rolling pin, flatten out the dough into circles. When you put them on the pan, create a small crust by pressing down the dough about an inch from the outside. Then, poke the bottom of the dough with a fork to prevent bubbling.
- Baste the dough with softened Chef Shamy Butter
- In a small bowl, combine flour, oats, ⅓ cup of cold Chef Shamy Butter. Combine well with a fork or pastry cutter until all the ingredients are mixed. It will have a soft "granola" consistency
- Spread the crumble onto the dough, then add peach slices. These can be fresh or canned because sometimes peaches just aren't in season
- Bake for 10-12 minutes. Optionally, after baking, you can broil for about 45 seconds to crisp up the crumble
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Principal Investigator: Sabina Alkire. Lead Organisation: University of Oxford
This research project addresses the overarching research question: What factors shape pathways into and out of poverty and people's experience of these, and how can policy create sustained routes out of extreme poverty in ways that can be replicated and scaled up?
The research responds to the unprecedented emergence of global environmental norms intended to reconcile natural resource management with poverty alleviation. Prominent examples of such norms are the social safeguards included in global conventions and the human rights-based rulings of international courts.
An intensive resilience policy-making process is currently underway in Nepal, a country with a recent history of conflict and disaster that also faces future risks resulting from environmental change. This ground-breaking project will utilise a participatory video (PV) approach to create new and potentially challenging interventions in that process, whilst simultaneously developing methods and approaches that could have broader applicability.


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Sounds surround us everyday. Many have become so common to us that we have stopped hearing them altogether. If visual perspective can be obtained by investigating more closely the common visuals we see everyday, then the common sounds we hear everyday should be examined as well.
That is the Creative Mind task at hand today. Using only the capital letters A, B, C, and D as graphic elements, I have created a visual for the following sounds:
- Airplane flying overhead
- Dog Barking
- Sandwich wrapper crinkling
Give it a try and see what you come up with. Try using some other sounds that you hear on a daily basis. It is a fun way to put a visual to the audio.


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Dianthus flower
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Botanical Name: Dianthus
Plant Common Name: Pinks
General Description:
The genus Dianthus comprises approximately 300 species and more than 27,000 cultivars. Collectively known as "pinks", these showy flowering plants have been grown for many hundreds of years. Their common name was given for the sharply-toothed petal tips of their flowers, which look like they were cut by pinking shears.
Nearly all Dianthus species hail from Eurasia and northern Africa, while only one originates from North America. Most are herbaceous tender perennials; however a few are annuals, biennials or woody sub-shrubs. Varying in form from grassy and mat-forming to upright and erect, their linear, pointed foliage is typically blue-green to gray-green in color. The leaves are held in opposite pairs, clasping the rounded stems at swollen nodes (joints where the leaves meet the stem). The single, double or semi-double flowers may be solitary, borne in few-flowered clusters or dense heads at the ends of the stems. Appearing in shades of pink, rose, white or pale yellow, they frequently have a sweet, spicy fragrance. Most bloom in spring or early summer, and some may continue over a period of several months. The flowers are followed by cylindrical capsules filled with many small seeds.
Hardiness and culture is species dependent, however, most pinks prefer full sun and neutral to slightly alkaline soil with ample drainage. They are typically intolerant of heat and humidity, and a bit of afternoon shade may be beneficial in areas with very warm summers. All pinks benefit from deadheading (removal of spent flower stems), which prolongs their flowering season. Most are easily started from seed, and perennial types may be propagated by division or cuttings.
Popular Dianthus varieties include old-fashioned sweet william (Dianthus barbatus) a biennial to short-lived perennial native to the mountains of southern Europe and China. China pinks (Dianthus chinensis) offer prolific blooms on compact, bushy plants and are ideal for containers. Perfect for rock gardens, maiden pinks, or Dianthus deltoides, produce low drifts of small, brightly-colored blossoms in late spring to early summer. Florist's carnations, a staple of the cut flower industry, are lanky perennials bearing large, double flowers on tall stems. Border Carnations are a more garden-worthy form, offering similar flowers on more compact, sturdy plants.Contact To Buy
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Chorizo jam
This moreish savoury jam would make a great edible gift in a hamper. It's wonderful spread on toast or crackers and goes well with softly cooked eggs
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition: per tbsp
- kcal48
- fat2g
- saturates1g
- carbs2g
- sugars3g
- fibre0g
- protein2g
- salt0.2g
- 500g cooking chorizo, diced
A coarsely textured, spiced pork sausage widely used in Spanish and Mexican cooking. It is made…
- 1 large white onion, finely sliced
Onions are endlessly versatile and an essential ingredient in countless recipes. Native to Asia…
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 85g light muscovado sugar
- 3 tbsp Sherry or red wine vinegar
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
Maple syrupmay-pul sir-rup
The rising spring sap of a number of varieties of maple tree…
- 1 shot of espresso coffee or 100ml/4fl oz strong black coffee
Fry the chorizo in a large saucepan for about 5 mins until golden and crispy at the edges. Remove the chorizo with a slotted spoon and transfer to a plate, leaving the oil that has been released in the pan.
Turn the heat down low and gently cook the onion in the chorizo oil for 15-20 mins or until very soft and starting to brown. Stir in the garlic, muscovado sugar, Sherry, maple syrup, espresso and chorizo.
Cook slowly for 35-40 mins, stirring occasionally, until thick and syrupy. Turn off the heat, leave to cool a little, then tip everything into a food processor. Pulse briefly to chop everything up into really small pieces, then leave the mixture to cool before packing it into 2 sterilised jam jars. Will keep for up to 1 month in the fridge.
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Douglas A. Feldmen paper award: LGBTQ Oppurtunityby Matt Clark - Copy Editor
The Department of Anthropology is hosting the 2017 Douglas A. Feldman LGBT Paper Award. The deadline for this paper is May 20.
According to a Daily Eagle press release, "This award supports the diversity mission at The College at Brockport by providing a $1,000 prize to an undergraduate student for writing an excellent paper on any cultural aspect of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender experiences."
The competition was created by Dr. Douglas A. Feldman to help sustain Brockport's diversity mission. Feldman is a professor of anthropology at Brockport.
"The reason for it is to demystify the topic so that people talk about LGBTQ issues but also make a presentation for diversity meetings," Feldman said in a previous interview with The Stylus. "When I was in college, it really was a totally taboo topic. It was considered a perversion and people didn't want to talk about it. I like the fact that the times are changing and there is now an acceptance, a growing acceptance, in some corners for LGBTQ people and the LGBTQ identity. So I think we need to push this along in a positive way."
The theme of the paper must revolve around an aspect of the LGBTQ community and should present empirical evidence either conducted by the student or by peer reviewed academic sources. Graduates and undergraduates from any major are eligible to submit essays.
The minimum page count for the paper is nine pages and the maximum is 20. It must be in size 12 Arial font and double-spaced with in-text citations. The papers will be judged by a committee of faculty and the winner will be announced at Brockport's Fall 2017 Diversity Conference. Papers will be judged on relevance and importance of the chosen topic as well as the quality of the research and overall writing.
Papers can be submitted by emailing Feldman at firstname.lastname@example.com.