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Combining the magic of muslin with the wonder of Disney, this dream blanket features whimsical vignettes from Winnie The Pooh. Made with four layers of 100% cotton muslin, our softest, most plush baby blanket's uses go beyond cuddling, as it also makes a snuggly surface to lay your little one on no matter where the day takes you—a park, the beach or just playing around on the floor.
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As we passed the quarter pole of the 2018-19 season, some disappointing teams started to find their footing.
A week ago, the Boston Celtics were 10-10, struggling to find a lineup that would work and/or some consistency on offense. Suddenly, the Celtics have won three straight games, their best offensive stretch of the season.
The Houston Rockets went from the best record in the league last season to 9-11 through their first 20 games in 2018-19, unable to defend at nearly the same level. But they got Chris Paul back over the weekend and are now 11-6 with him in the lineup.
The Philadelphia 76ers, 9-7 after their first game with Jimmy Butler, have won eight of their last nine. And the Minnesota Timberwolves have put themselves in the Western Conference playoff race with a 7-3 mark since the trade.
The teams that have surprised us early in the season -- the Dallas Mavericks, Detroit Pistons, LA Clippers and Sacramento Kings -- have yet to really fall off. So, while we're supposed to know who's good and who's not by now, things seem more in flux than they usually are, making December a critical month for most of the league.
- Last week Quarter pole a good time to assess playoff chances
- This time last year: Rockets ride seven-game winning streak to No. 1 -- The Cavs were 11 games into a 13-game winning streak and the Clippers were undefeated (8-0) with Chris Paul in the lineup. The Grizzlies fired David Fizdale, while knee injuries knocked out Blake Griffin for a month and Terrence Ross until April. Will Barton sliced through the Bulls' defense for a game-winning reverse, Bogdan Bogdanovic got past Draymond Green to beat the Warriors at Oracle, and Nerlens Noel partook in a halftime hot dog.
Plus-Minus Players of the Week
- Mr. Plus: Joel Embiid (PHI) was a plus-68 in three games last week.
- Mr. Minus: Cedi Osman (CLE) was a minus-75 in four games last week.
Teams of the Week
- Make It Last Forever: Denver (2-0) -- The Nuggets beat the Lakers by 32 points on Tuesday and got an important win in Portland on Friday, improving to 10-4 within the Western Conference
- Something Just Ain't Right: Phoenix (0-4) -- The Suns lost their four games by an average of 14.8 points. The only close one was the one in which they hosted the shorthanded Pacers.
East vs. West
- The West is 75-52 (.591) against the East in interconference games after going 14-12 last week.
Schedule strength through Week 7
- Toughest: 1. Phoenix, 2. Utah, 3. Sacramento
- Easiest: 1. Detroit, 2. Toronto, 3. Miami
- Schedule strength is based on cumulative opponent record, and adjusted for home vs. away and days of rest before a game.
Movement in the Rankings
- High jumps of the week: Boston (+7), Detroit (+6), 3 teams (+3)
- Free falls of the week: Portland (-6), Orlando (-5), Memphis (-3), Milwaukee (-3)
Week 8 Team to Watch
- New Orleans -- The 12-12 Pelicans can seemingly go in any direction with a big, three-game homestand beginning Monday, when they host the 15-7 Clippers. They then get visits from the 11-10 Mavs (Wednesday) and the 13-9 Grizzlies (Friday), before heading for an interesting road back-to-back in Detroit (Sunday) and Boston (next Monday).
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Pace: Possessions per 48 minutes (League Rank)
OffRtg: Points scored per 100 possessions (League Rank)
DefRtg: Points allowed per 100 possessions (League Rank)
NetRtg: Point differential per 100 possessions (League Rank)
The league has averaged 101.3 possessions (per team) per 48 minutes and 108.5 points scored per 100 possessions this season.
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The UTUUC Retreat for All Ages – a great opportunity to play, talk, relax and work together. Friday evening to Sunday mid-day, October 26-28, in Sawyer, MI (about a 1.5 hr. drive). A weekend of interesting workshops & discussions, outdoor activities, nature walks, a campfire with s'mores, engaging conversations and the chance for UT children to work and play together with lots of room to move. Information will be available in the foyer every Sunday morning through September. Space will fill up so be sure to contact Barbara Boockmeier for information or a registration form.


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Japanese electronics tycoon Sony has been recorded a huge loss continuously in the past three years. Sony is expected to have the annual net loss of 200 billion yen in March this year, it is a huge amount of differences when comparing to the original estimate of 90 billion yen, that is more than doubled.
In order to reverse the situation in the future, sony decided to appointed vice president Kazuo Hirai, the company's new chief executive to replace Howard Stringer for over six years, it will definitely implement drastic reforms. In fact, from 2005 to the present, the sony's stock price has fallen nearly halved. Their business is seized by their competitors continuously (e.g. samsung, apple) and other negative news always appear in Sony. For example, the playstation network (PSN) was hacked in October last year, and this causes more than 90,000 player's personal-information vent.


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Monetary policy can only do so much. Even after years of quantitative easing and rock-bottom interest rates, economic growth has almost everywhere been consistently disappointing for the past eight years. In country after country, every election seems to offer the opportunity to push a different economic agenda focused on more fiscal stimulus and, in some cases, less open borders.
Donald Trump's victory at the polls is therefore a symptom of broader failure; it attests to a rejection of the neoliberal globalisation "regime" that has speed up since the 2008 crisis. In a telling sign of the shift under way from monetary to fiscal support, industrial and cyclical stocks have bounced back from the lows hit in January and February to outperform stocks in other sectors, helped by cyclical stabilisation in the world economy. The election of Donald Trump has reinforced the trend. However, the populist rhetoric campaign of the President elected is actually accompanied by a program that is much less so. Although, a strong fiscal stimulus is foreseen, it is likely to be implemented as tax cuts, above all for companies, in addition to higher infrastructure spending and therefore rising budget deficits. Whatever the scepticism that can be expressed on all of these ambitions, they should lead to further yield widening on long term rates. We already have reduced, since this summer, the risk across all our Fixed Income portfolios and have initiated a short position on US Sovereign bonds. We have recently reinforced this positioning. On the equity side, the new "regime" will also mean further support for commodity stocks, stocks that benefit from infrastructure spending and domestic growth stocks in general. We have started a rebalancing of the equity portfolio in this direction; of course insufficiently given what has been a considerable acceleration of the trend since the US elections.
We keep managing the risk through a balanced portfolio.
High visibility stocks
We continue to invest in equities with good earnings visibility that can generate rising returns in any macroeconomic environment. In our portfolio, those range from internet and tech stocks to healthcare stocks. Moreover, some of our profit-taking since the start of the year has involved stocks in those sectors, which have been buoyed by the low-yield, low-growth environment of the past several years. In the health care sector, investors breathed a sigh of relief after Hillary Clinton's defeat, as she had threatened to clamp down on pricing by drug companies. In contrast, Trump's protectionist rhetoric has proved punishing to the internet and tech space, with the sector's sound performance since the beginning of 2016 giving way to extreme profit-taking. However, this short-term volatility will have no impact on the long-term growth profile of our tech holdings.
Reflationary and emerging market growth stocks
Given that our portfolio is positioned around cyclical investment themes, we stand to benefit from fiscal stimulus programmes. Our exposure to commodities and cement manufacturers has accordingly been maintained and even gradually increased during the year.
Since the US election, we have continued with our efforts to rebalance our equity portfolio towards more cyclical companies, while keeping a close watch on the already high valuations for specific stocks and/or industries.
The prospect of fiscal stimulus accompanied by a reduction in corporate tax rates has stoked investor appetite for equities and conversely penalised the bond market. The resulting environment makes gold less attractive for the time being, and gold prices have already lost ground, but we are maintaining our exposure to gold stocks in order to manage the tail risk of diminished medium-term central bank credibility at a time of renewed inflation.
We will also continue to invest in emerging market equities. Since Trump was elected, emerging market assets have admittedly experienced high volatility, a reflection of mounting uncertainty and the threat of protectionist policies in the US. On the other hand, the noteworthy improvement in numerous emerging market fundamentals over the past few years has made those countries much less vulnerable to interest-rate hikes and a stronger dollar than the market seems to fear. In addition, the projected pick-up in private- and public-sector investment in the United States should work to the advantage of commodity producers as a whole. Lastly, the emerging world is more heavily influenced by developments in China than by the state of the US economy. A clear sign of this is that emerging economies have continued to benefit from the recent stabilisation brought about by the Chinese government's stimulus programme. With all that in mind, we will remain positive, but highly selective approach in an environment likely to remain volatile in the weeks to come.
On the currency front, while we had reduced our exposure to the dollar ahead of the US elections, we have since then rebalanced our Dollar and Euro positions, at the expense of the Yen and the emerging currencies, so as to take into consideration the impact of Trump's programme on the greenback. (inflow of capital into the US that support the dollar, US rate hike).
Fixed income
Although the bond market has been rocked by Trump's victory and the ensuing expectations for a boldly reflationary policy in the US, the fixed income component of Carmignac Portfolio Patrimoine has stood its ground, thanks in part to strong reduction of the risk since the beginning of the summer. Historically low yields in the main developed countries were a tangible sign of complacency among bond investors, and that complacency left fixed income investments vulnerable to three key risks: 1) central banks might engineer an unprecedented shift to a less accommodating monetary policy stance; 2) the political agenda was in danger of heating up as anti-establishment movements gathered momentum; and 3) inflation was likely to pick up in the United States. In response, we moved as of July to gradually reduce the Fund's modified duration by shorting US Treasuries and German bunds, by taking profits on our various sources of bond performance (peripheral sovereign debt, commodity-related credit and credit to the financial sector and by adjusting our allocation to emerging market debt).
A Trump presidency, which includes a powerful fiscal stimulus programme, tax cuts and protectionist measures, can be seen as an accelerator of the trends we identified this past summer. We will therefore be maintaining our negative interest-rate sensitivity. At the same time, we will continue to actively manage allocation to our three key fixed income performance drivers, i.e., subordinate debt issued by European banks, European CLOs and emerging market debt, primarily from commodity-exporting countries (for which we have significantly reduced our foreign exchange risk).
Towards 2017: risks to monitor
As 2017 draws near, a number of unanswered questions call for special attention. First, the pace at which sovereign bond yields increase will have a determining impact on stock market trends. Equities could withstand a controlled rise in yields, but only if it takes place in anticipation of an economic upswing, rather than just as a reaction to monetary policy normalisation and to mounting budget deficits.
Second, the high level of global government debt is an issue that might make it hard for investors to gain a clear sense of how sustainable that government debt is.
Third, the protectionist measures championed by anti-establishment parties in various countries could eventually bring about a falloff in world trade that would penalise all exporting countries, first and foremost emerging markets.
Along with those specific risks, we will use the active management of both our exposure to equities and credit and the modified duration of our portfolio so as to support our primary performance drivers, based on how we view the risk curve going forward.


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With exclusive access to prestigious golf courses, CaboLuxx is the premier lifestyle management company in Los Cabos. Let us take care of your course reservations, cart and club rentals, tee times and more. Our professional staff will manage all your golf arrangements, tailored to your busy, relaxed or business schedule. Call or ;contact us today!
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Another year flew by. Especially the second half of the year felt like the blink of an eye. Time for a little bit of introspection. 2015 has taught me many things, no doubt. But what have I learnt? (See, there's a difference between 'teaching' and 'learning'!)
When I think back I realise I have learnt quite a few things- some good, and some crucial ones. Here are the five best ones in no particular order. Let the Monday blues flow!
1)A regular daily routine can work wonders!
I've never been an owl all these years, but from quite some time I couldn't manage to set up a fixed daily routine. And often as the week progressed I'd be feeling exhausted, literally waiting for the weekend to arrive, when all I would do is sleep. Making small yet positive changes since last January, one step at a time, has helped so much. Now I even wake up before the alarm rings!
2)Punctuality can be INJURIOUS to health!
Now this is something only a person very particular about time and timings can relate to. This is a habit that was ingrained into me as a kid. Over the years we have experienced on countless occasions, how irritating this 'virtue' can get. But have I really learnt to arrive somewhere 'fashionably' late? That needs to be seen this year.
Intolerance seemed to be a very popular word in the last quarter of the year. Well surprisingly for me it was the other way round. I learnt to be more tolerant towards many things/people/situations, something I couldn't expect from myself say a year ago. Has it really helped? To a large extent- yes, but then I also realised I have stopped responding to situations appropriately; sometimes I'm just indifferent, and that doesn't help anyone. So that's something I've realised needs to change.
4)Something CREATIVE a day, keeps the BLUES away!
Holds true for almost anyone. It could be as simple as doodling away on a waste bit of paper or writing down a page or two in my journal, to actually sitting down with the brush and palette. And it always works wonders, every single time.
5)Things are NOT what they seem.
This I've experienced in both positive and negative ways. I have received help from people in many a unexpected situations. And there have been a few Et-Tu-Brutus times as well, some sticky ones at that. But then I firmly believe things have a way of working themselves out when the situation is not under our control, and accordingly things have fallen in place. Also, having skin as thick as a buffalo certainly helps. Taunts or sarcastic comments directed towards you magically seem to bounce off! ;)
These are the top five pearls from 2015 that I hope to learn something from. What are yours?


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Skins and Fins Charters and Guides
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Friday, December 26, 2014
Islamorada fishing report
On Christmas we had a cold frontier through the Islamorada area in the Florida Keys. When that happens I like to hide in the creeks in the Everglades where the waters are warmer and the fish come in to hide. There is always a fishing option in Florida keys no matter what the condisions are.
Monday, December 22, 2014
Deep sea fishing Islamorada
Holiday Isle marina-this morning I stopped bay the Marina at Holiday Isle and saw many of the offshore fleet with many sailfish flags the indicated how many catch and releases there were. One of the charter boats had 10 flags waving. This is a great start to the sailfish season.
Sunday, December 21, 2014
Islamorada fishing
Skins and Fins Chatets and Guides fishing report for that last week 12/ 20.
Gulf and backcountry fishing-the Spanish mackerel are coming in good. The tripple Tail too. Snappers have been outstanding. On the right tide the redfish, black drum and sheepsheads are good.
Flats fishing- Bonefish, some permit and bigger reds and snook has been solid.
Offshore the sailfish in just keeps getting better and better. Want to book a trip? Give us a call 3053930363
Labels: Islamorada fishing report
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Florida Keys Fishing
Capt Chuck Kito of Sniper Charters anglers caught this massive tripple tail in the gulf water off the Florida Keys. Capt Chuck is a professional fishing guide at the Holiday Isle marina in Islamorada.
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Florida Keys fishing-Islamorada
The sailing has really started to pick up here in the Florida keys. From Islamorada to Keys West, all the top charter boat Marinas have been reporting a great catch of the mighty sailfish.
What to book a fishing charters trip? Call 3053930363
Labels: Bud N Mary's Marina, Florida keys, Islamorada
Sunday, December 14, 2014
Fishing report Islamorada
Islamorada fishing report for fishing charters and fishing guides.
Offshore/Deepseas-The sail fishing has really started to pick up! From Bud N Mary's marina to Holiday Isle Marina the sailfish flags have been flying. Also Tina, king mackerels and more.
Flats fishing-The bonefish keeps getting better. The snook has been better as well. There are some Resfish but not many.
Backcountry fishing-The redfish have been showing up in the deep channels. Black drum, sheepsheads, sea trout .
To book a trip please call 3053930363
Labels: Fishing report, FloridaKeys, Islamorada
Saturday, December 13, 2014
Fishing Guides islamorada
We had very good winter fishing all the week! Redfish, many bonefish on the flats. big snook,any sheepsheads, black drum and spotted sea trout. All and all it was a great week in Islamorada to flat and backcountry fish
Friday, December 12, 2014
Islamorada fishing charters report
Skins and Fins charters and guides-The winter Bonefishing has just been outstanding. Seen here with a big bonefish release is Capt Donnie Benbow. Treating his dad Capt Ted Benbow to one of his bigger bonefish of the year.
Donnie has also had solid Snook fishing this past week too. In the Everglades the big winter Sherpa head are in full swing.
To book call 3053930363
Labels: charters, Fishing report, Islamorada, Skins and Fins Charters
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Fishing Islamorada
Islamorada fishing report, Skins and Fins charters.
Labels: charters, Fishing Islamorada, Guides
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Islamorada fishing report
Check back for our daily fishing report blog. We report on offshore, flats and backcountry shallow water fishing for Islamorada, key largo, Marathon and the rest of the Florida keys. Today it is too cold to fish so we are taking the bud light boat to the shop for some maintance.
Call us to book a trip 3053930363
Labels: Fishing report, Florida keys, Islamorada, key largo
Monday, December 8, 2014
Fishing Florida keys Islamorada
Skins and Fins charters fishing report-
After a solid day of bonefishing yesterday. Capt Donnie Benbow treated his angler so some nice snook fishing. Capt Ted Benbow worked the flamingo area for slot redfish, many sheepsheads and black drum. Don't forget the time is not to book for the spring tarpon trips. If you every wanted to catch big tarpon, now is your chance. 3053930363
Labels: Bonefishing, Florida keys, Islamorada, snook, Tarpon Fishing
Sunday, December 7, 2014
Bonefishing Islamorada guides charters
Skins and Find Charters and Guides fishing report for 12/7/2014
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Saturday, December 6, 2014
Islamorada fishing report, Key Largo December
Offshore/deep sea:
The charter Boats are reporting Wahoo, sail fish and King Mackerel now that it is cooling off. There still are some late season Dolphin too.
Flats fishing: Bonefish are better then the last few years. Bigger snook and redfish.
Backcountry: On the edge of the gulf the Spanish Mac's are in full swing. Back in the glades is Snook, Redfish, a bunch of snappers and sheepshead.
Give us a call 3053930363
Friday, December 5, 2014
Islamorada fishing report
Skins and fins charters and guidesWe had had a to boy trip this morning. Shown here I Ed with his birthday redfish. We also caught many sheepshead.
On the Atlantic side they are catching sailfish now and that wil continue all winter. Give us a call to book your trip.
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Fishing report Islamorada Florida Keys
Skins and Fins Charters and Guides-
We got in to a a very nice bite of Sheepshead, big Black drum and redfish back in the Flamingo area today. The high light was a 15 LB Black drum, and we even caught a small permit.
Want to give it try? Give us a call 3053930363 www.skinsandfinscharters.com
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Florida keys fishing reports-Islamorada
Islamorada fishing report for Skins and Fins charters and Guides.
Labels: charters, Fishing report, Florida, Guides, Islamorada, Keys
Monday, December 1, 2014
Islamorada Fishing Report Florida keys 12/2/2014
Islamorada fishing report for Skins and Fins Charters and guides:
Captain Donnie Benbow reported a good amount of redfish and large schools of Snook off the flamingo area. Even tho the winds were high, Capt Donnie got his angler into some nice fish.
To book Capt Donnie call 3053930363
Labels: Fishing report, Florida keys, Islamorada
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An open letter to my friend
For my friend…
Hey everybody!
So it is with great sadness that I send this post. The older I get the more and more it has come to my attention that I have people and things in my life that I just don't need because they are not contributing anything, they don't even make me happy and they are just wasting space for people and things that could make me happy.
So I have taken a very long and very hard think and have decided that there are just some people in my life that I just don't need any more. There are certain people in my life where I just feel like our relationship has just stagnated and has been for many years.
Have you ever known anyone where you've known them for years but you still feel just as awkward with them as you did nearly 20 years ago? Or you feel like your relationship with that person has never improved, grown or developed in any way? You feel like you have not grown as people together? They seem to be embarrassed by you in front of their friends? They don't want their friends on facebook to know you know each other so they hide your posts? Or they ask you to delete them? You have no shared goals or values? You try and contact them and they hardly ever or never reply but when it's some kind of activity that they are organising or they want you to go to for whatever reason they are always full of chat? They are happy when you are their secret and annoyed when other people want to drive you home and they tell them not to, to isolate you so that only they can drive you home? and when your life moves on they seem to be unhappy about it? I'm not even talking about romantic relationships, I'm just talking about ordinary friendships.
I like my friendships to grow, develop and move forward, circumstances permitting. When I say circumstances permitting I mean obviously when my friends get married or move or whatever, our friendship then takes on a new dimension, as they have children etc, you can't be out all night with them all the time then etc. However, if circumstances permit a stronger bond with deeper dimensions, (again I'm not talking about romantic relationships I'm talking about just being decent friends) and this is not being exploited or properly utilised then there's a problem and you're not friends.
Time and time again guys fail to understand this. You want a girlfriend but you are not nice in a consistent way to all of the women around you. Women talk, so they will be spreading news of your bad behaviour to all the ladies you want to date. Additionally, how do you expect to wholeheartedly love someone when you don't have the capacity to wholeheartedly love? You should be able to show love to anybody, I'm not talking about romantic love I'm talking about the kind of love that friendship should be. I admit I am talking to myself here as well, we all struggle to be nice. I absolutely despise guys who are only kind to women they are romantically interested in. I have no time for such people.
Obviously I know there are degrees of friendship and not all friendships are close but some are distant when they should be close and the emotional distance is as a result of dysfunction, that's the kind of friendship I am talking about here.
The Ancient Greeks were much more adept at explaining the various degrees or kinds of relationships and the different kinds of "love" that you encounter within them, they had several words for love:
Éros (ἔρως érōs) love, mostly of the sexual passion
Storge (στοργή storgē) tenderness, love, affection, especially of parents and children
Philia (φιλία philía) affectionate regard, friendship, usually between equals
Agápe (ἀγάπη agápē) love: esp. charity; the love of God for man and of man for God
Being nice isn't a declaration of érōs (sexual passion) but without storgē (tenderness) how do yo expect to even get to érōs? Don't you know if agápē (charity, the kind of love that exists despite changing circumstances) is not fully developed in your life there can be no philía (friendship) and without philía there will never be any érōs (well not with me anyway… Especially not before marriage as I am a Christian)? I'm not asking for sex no offence, I'm just asking for kindness lol.
What can I say, I like friendships to have as much depth as they ought to, no more and no less. That's not to say that I would push a friendship more than it should go. You get a feel for certain people that makes you think "ok this is a distant friend" or "ok we can be closer". However, what really grinds my gears is when you have someone wanting you close only when it's convenient for them and you're doing all the friending…
When I am in a friendship with someone, I want to be more to you and you be more to me as time goes on. I'm not talking in a romantic way, I'm just saying that any kind of relationship whether it's a friendship, a business relationship, a family relationship or a romantic relationship needs to grow positively somehow in order for it to succeed and be useful in any way. You need to be adding something positive to each others lives as often as possible. You need to be fulfilling some kind of need for each other, even if it's the need for an occasional laugh or some light conversation. We need to grow together, have shared experiences and somehow lift each other up. There also needs to be emotional connectedness and emotional investment, not always emotional strain. I need to know that I can rely on you and you need to know that you can rely on me. All these things need to be done to whatever degree the kind of relationship permits (due to distance, culture, etc). Again, I'm not even talking about romantic relationships I'm just talking about ordinary friendships.
I don't like or enjoy time wasters. Anything outside of what I just mentioned is pointless, if your "friendship" does not display any of the virtues like I just mentioned above (obviously distance permitting etc.), in my eyes, you're colleagues or peers, not friends. If you aren't growing together somehow in a meaningful way (as I said, to the levels that the friendship will permit) or you're the same place you were 20 years ago and that place is not a good place (in some instances, being in the same place for 2 decades can be a positive thing) but when it's a stagnant place, it might be time to call it a day at one point. That point is now. We are stagnant, the friendship is one sided and I'm taking out the trash.
Now I understand how Jesus feels about us sometimes.
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Aqui en SFS Therapies mi hijo ha evolucionado mucho, yo estoy muy contenta con el servicio que recibe. Todos son muy amables y siempre responden a mis dudas, yo recomiendo a Mr.B y a todo su personal.
Mr. B is great with children and adults. He's personable and you can see the love he has for each child that he sees. SFS Therapies is an awesome place to bring your children to if you want to be treated like a person and not a pay source. Everyone at SFS Therapies take the time to know you personally. You feel like part of their family.
Yasodara Cabrera Family Ties of Nevada
I refer many families to SFS Therapies because they don't have to wait to be seen, and I repeatedly receive excellent feedback on how helpful they are. I enjoy working with their staff and find them to be astounding in areas such as customer service and parent support. I will continue to refer my consumers to them, working as a team. In addition, I personally find Mrs. Veronica Ramirez to be an exceptional part of the SFS Therapies staff. She is a professional and dedicated person. Also I appreciate that SFS Therapies contributes to cover the gap of bilingual services in Southern Nevada by doing a remarkable effort reaching out to uninsured, underserved and low income families that has children with special needs.
Thank you for supporting all these children to have a better quality of life!
Rubi Reyes
Mr.B is a great therapist, I appreciate his attentiveness with both my children. Even when therapy is over.
The Sanders Family
My child's main form of communication is sign language but she can hear, so we needed someone to work with her both in sign and verbal communication and Mr.B did both. He is able to bring out verbal sounds and words because he's able to connect the two. She is speaking more now after 2 years than ever before, thanks to Mr.B and his signing ability.
Pat Doke
It has been a wonderful experience for myself and my son at SFS Therapies. Mr.B has been very professional as well as all the staff. Mr.B fluency in American sign language has been a great benefit to my son, since that's his primary way of comunication. My son has really made a lot of progress.
Mariela Lopez
I have been taking my daughter to Mr.B for quite some time now. When we first started coming to him she couldn't speak much, now thanks to him she's made a lot of progress. He is great, and my daughter is very happy when we see him. He treats us like family. We are very thankful for him and glad he's in our lives.
My experience with SFS Therapies has been positive and encouraging. Everyone in the office is professional and very understanding. Mr.B has been working with my grandson who is non verbal. My Grandson has established a support with Mr.B, so I know with time he will be speaking. I would refer Mr.B and his office to anyone at anytime.
Anabel Sevilla
Mi hijo ya tiene meses asistiendo a SFS Therapies. Me agrada porque veo en mi hijo el cambio que a logrado, en casa recuerda su terapia. Llego a SFS Therapies con poca comunicacion y esta logrando expresarse mas, que es lo que yo deseo.
Maria Guadalupe M.V.
Desde que tengo viniendo a SFS Therapies, eh visto un gran avance en mi niño. Me gusta traerlo a la terapia porque cada vez el aprende mas y mas. Le doy las gracias a Mr. B por todo lo que a ayudado a nuestro niño y a todas las personas que colaboran con el.
Gary S.
SFS Therapies is awesome! The methods, tools, and tactics used by Mr. B and his staff have made such a difference in not only my child's speech, but also my child's ability to socialize with others. They really care about the individual.


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Monday, June 10, 2013
via this auction
" An original 1962 Gibson ES-335 TD electric guitar in the stunning cherry red finish with block inlays. Serial number 72736. This beautiful guitar is 51 years old and has clearly seen nothing but love and pampering in it's life time. She is weighing in at a very light weight 7 pounds and 4 ounces. The guitar is in absolutely remarkable condition considering it's age. Absolutely no breaks at any point in its life. She still has the original PAF pickups. They remain untouched. In fact, the covers on the pickups have never even been unsoldered so we can be sure that the wiring is all original. The neck pickup reads in at the mid 7's and the bridge pickup is at a very healthy 8.5. The finish is 100% original. We put it up to a black light test and it passed without any issue. At one point the original owner had installed a bigsby but reinstalled the factory original nickel stop tail piece. The intonation on the guitar is perfect. No bowing or bending of the neck. It sits just as you would want it too. The original kluson tuners are in perfect working order. No bends or other funny issues that you commonly find on vintage guitars. There is some minor wear on the guitar as to be expected for a guitar of this age. The most noticeable is a minor chip on the top of the headstock. All the wear is 100% cosmetic though. I just had the guitar inspected for originality and appraised by Gary Brower's shop, Real Guitars. I would gladly provide a copy of the appraisal for anyone who may be interested.
Now to the fun part. The sound. This beauty has had 51 years of blood, sweat, tears, soul, and passion oozing through her. The guitar has more mojo in the low E then any modern 335 reissue/repro. This guitar, simply put, is perfect. It is the sound we have been chasing since the day the 335 was born. TONE TONE TONE. Tone with grit, history, soul, and emotion. Not many in this world have had the opportunity to play an original 1962 Gibson 335. The reason Gibson is always trying to make reproduction models of this guitar is because they know it is the best they have ever made and not enough were made in the 60's to suit the worlds demands. This guitar is the voice of the blues era, one of the most heart wrenching and true periods music has gone through..."
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Here Comes The Bride… as tunes go this one's a classic, and generally expected as the bride enters, right? So how about the James Bond theme tune for the groom to walk down the aisle?! I LOVE this idea as I love so many things about Carla and James's Thornton Manor wedding.
Not least in my extensive list of loves today are the images – some of the very, very best by top UK wedding photographer Chris Hanley Photography. Chris is a friend and a master of his craft, working alongside lovely Claire to give you an exceptional wedding photography experience. Find out more here:
- http://www.chrishanleyphotography.co.uk/
- https://www.facebook.com/chrishanleyphotography
- https://twitter.com/chphotos
- http://english-wedding.com/tag/chris-hanley-photography/
Carla is an incredibly beautiful bride, whose dress from Tilly Annas of Cheshire is sooo perfect for her wonderfully sophisticated style.
The wedding day mixes traditional and contemporary elements without ever losing the overall glamorous atmosphere which is a given at the magnificent Thornton Manor wedding venue. You'll LOVE this!


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NOTE: This is the same insole as the previously blue colored insole. The only thing that changed was the graphic on the top skin.
If you are seeking extra shock absorption and cushioning, this insole is for you. The New Balance Sport Cushion insole is highly versatile and ideal for a wide variety of foot types, including those with high arches or inflexible (rigid) arches.
- Abzorb® cushioning is strategically placed for maximum shock absorption at the heel and forefoot
- Anti-blister/anti-microbial top cover helps keep feet cool, dry, and odor free
- Fits most athletic, casual, and hiking shoes with removable footbeds
- The deep heel cup, external heel stabilizer, arch and metatarsal support work together to stabilize and support the foot
- These insoles may help prevent and provide relief from the pain associated with Plantar Fasciitis
- Previously Sport Cushion Insole
More than 100 years, New Balance has worked to move the world around us, because they believe in one simple truth: We were born to move. At New Balance, their goal is to help you achieve yours.


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Federal Programs
Canada Revenue Agency
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) offers Tax credits and deductions for persons with disabilities, their supporting family members, and their caregivers including:
- Disability tax credit
- Medical expenses
- Disability supports deduction
- Child disability benefit
- What is the child disability benefit?
- When is the child disability benefit payment issued?
- Who can receive the child disability benefit?
- My child has a disability. Is my child eligible for the child disability benefit?
- How do I apply for the child disability benefit?
- How is the child disability benefit calculated?
- Registered disability savings plan
Canada Pension Plan
The Canada Pension Plan (CPP) provides contributors and their families with partial replacement of earnings in the case of retirement, disability or death. Almost all individuals who work in Canada outside Quebec contribute to the CPP.
- Overview
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- How much could you receive?
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I made an article in regards to SQUARE ENIX's interest regarding the Games as a Service model. The concept of a Games as a Service model has been flung about as a successful practice. According to this report by Digital River, it seems like a natural step forward for the industry.
The Impact of Games as a Service in the Industry.
The report, Defend Your Kingdom: What Game Publishers Need to Know About Monetization & Fraud. Let's start with the basics, the games industry today is valued at $96.5 Billion Dollars. "Following a decade of unparalleled growth, interactive entertainment today is one of the largest in the world." The report says.
The report also noted that developers of all sizes are benefiting from the "steady stream of in-game content that both serves player expectations and increases their revenue per user." In fact, this applies to most PC games with digital revenue.
It was also found that the consumers of games are showing more interest towards digitalized content. "Consumers are less willing to pay $60 for a boxed game and instead choose titles with a steady stream of new content," the report said. "Publishers seek to meet these expectations and have adopted a 'games as a service' model, releasing fewer titles over time while keeping players engaged longer with regular updates and add-ons."
So, what happens because of this? Well, the report sheds some light in this with their findings. According to the report, PC players in the US wait 21 days after they decide they want content before buying in the hopes they can take advantage of a sale. In other words, "Gamers are gaming the games market".
The need for discounts and key resellers, and the risks it involves.
This is all because gamers look for ways to find workarounds through sales and discounts. This brings up a major problem with the model and key resellers that meet this expectation. ""When the fraud is detected, publishers who sold the keys are hit with chargeback fees," the report reads. "Game makers can deactivate illegitimate keys, but the players who bought them do not usually know they are part of a scam. Gamers may believe their keys have been deactivated for no reason, and this can cause a negative backlash."
Does this sound familiar to you? Well, if you have used services like Humble Bundle, G2A and other sort of key resellers. This must be a very familiar setting for you. However, G2A is the reseller that suffers the most accusations of fraud. In other words, game makers need to invest in proper payment safeguards according to the report.
A Games as a Service model seems unappealing for many. Considering that some conservationists prefer to have the 60 dollar games on the box. However, considering the fact that digital marketplaces offer more flexible choices like sales and discounts. Maybe we can see a rise in popularity amongst publishers. You can read the full report in the Google Drive backup I made right here.


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There's nothing better that that clean, new car smell – are we right? If you been in the market to buy a brand new car, you've landed on the right page. Benson Honda is here to show you how out all of the new cars in San Antonio, the 2016 Civic is the one to buy! What makes it so great? We'll break it up into 5 reasons for you.
- Better safety features than the 2016 Jetta.
With the 2016 Civic, you can drive knowing that you're keeping yourself and your loved ones safe. The 2016 Civic has speed sensors AND seat sensors that will deploy the smart airbags with different levels of force depending on how fast you are going, and what size the person in the front seat is. Not to mention the optional lane departure warning system that alerts an inattentive driver that they are cruising into the wrong late.
- Made to be higher quality.
Honda has a name for quality, and it doesn't stop with the 2016 Civic. Honda was named 14th in initial quality by J.D. Power while Volkswagen was way down the list at number 23. On a similar note, the 2015 survey of 3-year-old car owners, Honda was ranked 5thin reliability, and Volkswagen, again down the list, as 21st.
- Unbeatable fuel economy.
Volkswagen may have been called out recently about cheating on the American air pollution tests, but Honda is doing quite the opposite. The 2016 Civic gets 31 city/42 hwy MPG* on average. The Jetta? 28 city/39 hwy MPG* and on top of that requires premium fuel.
- Room for everyone.
Did you know the Civic is rated a Mid-size car by the EPA? The Jetta is only considered a Compact car because it is much smaller. In fact, you'll notice that the Civic has 3.7 cubic feet more passenger room than the Jetta does. In addition to that, the Civic's trunk lift-over height is 26.8 inches and the Jetta's is 28.2. This makes loading items in the Civic much more accessible.
- Top-of-the-line technology.
The Civic, unlike the Jetta, offers a remote starting system, which allows you to start the vehicle from inside of the driver's house so your car is nice and toasty by the time you enter. And speaking of toasty, the Civic and Jetta both offer front heated seats, but the Civic Touring makes heated seats available to those passengers in the rear seats! Heated rear seats are not even an option in the Jetta.
Do we have you convinced? When it comes to new cars in San Antonio, you'll want to invest in the 2016 Honda Civic for several reasons. When you're ready to seal the deal, stop by Benson Honda for a test drive! We'll be happy to get you in the driver's seat of this amazing car!
* Based on 2012-2016 EPA mileage estimates, reflecting new EPA fuel economy methods beginning with 2008 models. Use for comparison purposes only. Do not compare to models before 2008. Your actual mileage will vary depending on driving conditions, how you drive and maintain your vehicle, battery-pack age/condition and other factors.


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Uncle Crowe's Barnyard Productions
Lakeside Long Lunch
Event Details
Say Hello to Sydney's Premier Food and Wine Experience!
Prepare yourselves for the cultural event of the year.
The Lakeside Long Lunch promises the best Australian wine regions – in one convenient location.
We all know how idyllic touring regions such as the Yarra, the Hunter, the Barossa, the Central West of NSW and Margaret River can be. But why should we have to choose only one at any one time?
In addition to spectacular wine, the Lakeside Long Lunch boasts the best local produce matched with all-day long entertainment.
The Love Fools, Suite Az, Voli K, Hype Band, Rachel and the Moonshine Band, Liam Gray and much more!
Helicopter Rides, Bucking Bull, Adults Jumping Castle, Paint & Sip with Pinot & Picasso, Sparkling White Smile, Wine Yoga and much much more!
We want you to experience it all at the Lakeside Long Lunch this September!
We're providing a few options for ticket holders. We want to reward early adopters for choosing Lakeside.
All tickets include:
– Entry onto the lakeside Long Lunch Island –
– 5 tasting tokens for use at any of our Wine Regions –
– 1 meal at the Lakeside Pavilion –
– Your very own Lakeside Long Lunch stemless wine glass –
– Lakeside Long Lunch event guide –
– Free entertainment all day –
Early Bird Tickets $89
General Release $99
Final Release $109
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Ever had a time in your life where you really needed to put together an impressive presentation? We've all been in that type of situation! Furthermore, some of us have to put together these types of presentations on a regular basis. However, wouldn't it be easier if you didn't have to worry about slide layouts for graphs and charts?
Sure, a lot of templates exist, but sometimes they either don't look that great or they aren't as functional as we'd like them to be. However, with the template set for Powerpoint and Keynote – Slidevana [Broken URL Removed] – you get amazing graphics and legitimate functionality. Fortunately, MakeUseOf was able to get its hands on a copy of Slidevana to review, and we're giving 25 copies of Slidevana for both PowerPoint and Keynote worth $2500 away for free! However, Slidevana does have a certain kind of user in mind, so you should stick around and decide whether you want it or not.
At its core, Slidevana is simply a theme for Microsoft Powerpoint and Apple Keynote. However, it comes at a whopping price of $79 for Powerpoint and Keynote individually and $99 for both applications (marked down from $139 and $199 respectively) with free lifetime updates. With that said, Slidevana is one of the priciest of all premium themes.
So why is Slidevana so costly? We'll get to that in just a moment.
Truth be told, when I was first asked to review Slidevana, I didn't even know it was a Powerpoint/Keynote slide set. After initially reviewing the features, I actually thought it was a separate application from Powerpoint and Keynote. However, that is certainly not the case.
I discovered that Slidevana was actually a quality template set. It was full of all sorts of graphs and graphics, and honestly, based on what I could see, it could be used to create virtually any presentation.
However, one thing that I did dislike about the presentation set was its lack of graphical customization. Slidevana comes with both a Light and a Dark template, but there are really no true options for colors and fonts save for what your presentation application already offers. The way I see it is that if I'm paying $79 for a template, I want a few options, and seeing that I'm wanting a template, I don't want to have to get into the nitty gritty application selections and change the fonts and colors myself. I'd rather Slidevana just offer maybe four versions of the presentation set, but to be honest, it's not a deal-breaker.
Slidevana has quite a few different types of slides available for users. However, they all include features that are readily available on your presentation application as well. For instance, you can easily create graphs with Keynote (what I happen to use) with just a few clicks of a button. The question that comes from this is, "Why should I pay for someone to do this for me?" Well, if all you are wanting is to just create some graph, then you shouldn't have to pay for someone to do it for you. Let's be honest about that. However, if you are trying to impress with a graphical marvel… then I would highly recommend Slidevana.
You see, Slidevana offers a variety of slides that all align with one graphical theme, and this variety offers multiple options for each feature that you want. Let's say that you want to have several pie graphs in your presentation. With Slidevana, you have several slides options that do the same thing (pretty much), but the graphics are just slightly different.
Comparably, based on what I've seen with other similar templates, this is not exactly common. Anything else you get would only allow for a few different individual slide templates. However, Slidevana goes above and beyond the call of duty. The template set itself offers 150 slide styles that include the following:
- Basic layouts (titles, subtitles, etc.)
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- Pyramid diagrams
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- Cycle diagrams
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- Gantt charts
- Timelines
- 2×2 matrices
- Quadrant diagrams
- Venn diagrams
- Basic charts
- Combo charts
- Multi-chart layouts
- Business frameworks
That's a lot of slides, right? I personally believe that this is where Slidevana is worth it. The slide set offers several features that other templates do not, and that really does help when competing with other companies. Is the price fair? I would say so in this case, but like I said earlier, I wouldn't mind having a few more graphical options to choose from.
Furthermore, these slide sets are functional and easy to use. If you know anything about PowerPoint or Keynote, you can get in there and have a full presentation prepared in less than an hour (granted, this would depend on what the presentation required.) Honestly, this is exactly the type of thing I wish I could have had in my high school speech class, but on a more mature note, this is good to have when you do a lot of presentations for your workplace and are short on time.
For instance, it takes seconds to modify a two-part pie chart, and if you have a more than just two data sets, it only takes a few more seconds to include them. Just think – if you've spent quite a bit of time figuring out a certain amount of data, wouldn't it feel better to just punch that data in to create a chart rather than spending even more time doing so? That seems logical to me. Additionally, the presentations are built for optimum iPad and iPhone functionality, so that's another plus.
Slidevana is not meant for a one time use whatsoever, and furthermore, I foresee it as a tool to be used regularly as opposed to once every few months. This is great for people who give weekly presentations, and I can see where it would be very easy to make a presentation the day before.
However, I wouldn't use Slidevana if you don't plan on using it more than just a few times. At that point, there really just isn't any purpose. This is basically the Swiss Army knife of presentation sets, and it is meant to be used for more intense purposes. Furthermore, its graphic design is beautiful, and it should be used for more than just a college presentation or a Parent Teacher Association meeting.
If you are a business person who needs to make regular impressive presentations, you should definitely go for a copy of Slidevana. Get a copy from their online store [Broken URL Removed]. It's $79 for a license that will either work on PowerPoint or Keynote; and $99 for a license that will work on both applications, with free lifetime updates.
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Military version of Petzl fire/rescue personal escape system.
Military version of Petzl fire/rescue personal escape system. Comes with EXO escape device and captive eye carabiner with sewn termination on attachment end of rope. 50 or 75 feet of 100% Technora 7.5mm rope. Technora is extremely cut and fire resistant. All hardware components in system are black. Comes in specially designed carry bag that can be used as waist/leg bag. Equipped with MOLLE system for attachment to any tactical vest or kit bag. New PJ horizontal carry bag now available with MOLLE system oriented horizontally on bag without leg attachments. Carry bags are designed and manufactured in USA by Yates Gear Inc. Standard packaging includes new MulitCam colored leg bag with tan rope systems and black leg bag with black rope systems. Proper use of EXO kit requires professional training.
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As floodwaters finally subside in Houston, and as Florida residents prepare for Irma, residents, civic leaders, and policymakers can glean two important lessons from the intensive efforts to rebuild homes and communities after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, two devastating storms that hit the U.S. in back-to-back succession in 2005. If an FHA loan goes bad" or is foreclosed, HUD then buys out the underlying lender, and puts the home on the market to resell. The net amount is what HUD will receive after commissions and closing costs are paid. HUD Homes are initially offered to people who are buying the home as their primary residence. HUD homes have an appraisal done before they are listed and homes that will go FHA are listed as insured and the properties that won't go FHA are listed as uninsured. HUD gives owner occupants priority the first two weeks the home is on the market. You need a licensed real estate broker listed with HUD to bid on FHA properties.
Homes labeled U-Uninsurable do not qualify for a standard FHA loan but will sometimes qualify for an FHA 203k loan which is a rehabilitation loan. It is in fact these homes — ones that are originally purchased using an FHA insured loan — that become what can be referred to as HUD homes" when the borrower defaults on the loan. This is because the asset management company could not accept the bid right away, but they sent it to HUD and it was approved later in the day.
A. A HUD home is a 1 to 4 unit residential property acquired by HUD as a result of a foreclosure action on an FHA-insured mortgage. If sold directly, HUD will generally place ads in newspapers, rather than place individuals on mailing lists for their single-family homes. If HUD accepts your bid, they will notify your agent by email and give your agent instructions on how to send the paperwork to HUD. Dealing with HUD is different and takes a lot of patience, but it was worth it for me.
After the mortgagee conveys the property to HUD, the asset manager begins the process of managing and marketing the homes according to HUD guidelines. If you are unsure who can bid, HUD will list who the eligible bidders are on When investors can bid it will say All bidders."A good real estate agent who knows the HUD system can walk you through the process as well. Traditionally, however, HUD homes have been in better shape than the average VA property.
The company which we are a contractor for, Sage Acquisitions, LLC , believes heavily in keeping agents all throughout Michigan knowledgeable on the necessary procedures and requirements for submitting offers on HUD Properties. Upon completion of this assignment, I plan to return to Colorado and build a net zero home…allowing myself and my family freedom from a utility grid tie and the politics that come with it.


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Ron and I dug up all the sweet 'taters yesterday. What a disappointment this year. Last year we got about 4-5 bushels of them; this year there wasn't more than about a half bushel. Only 2-3 big ones and even they weren't that big–maybe 4-5 pounds. The rest were smaller ones like those you see in the produce section at the grocery store. There were hundreds of little ones about the size of your little finger. I guess they just didn't develop…had to be the drought and the hot weather. Oh, well, at least we have enough for Turkey Day.
On the other hand, the tangerines and grapefruits are delicious; makes the wait worthwhile.
Pruning Can Be Done Now
If you need to do some pruning and your pruning shears are good and sharp, now is the time to get it done…the leaves are mostly gone and it's easier to see what to do.
Remember the needs of the plants come first–dead, diseased, damaged limbs come off before the needs of the humans are considered.
If you prune your oak trees, PLEASE paint all the wounds as soon as you make them. The possibility of oak wilt is pretty slim right now, but it's still a good idea to paint every wound…if nothing else, just to get into the habit of doing it. Latex paint is best. No other trees need to be painted when pruned.
Please Don't Send Leaves to the Dump
If you have leaves falling from your trees about now, please don't send them to the dump. They still have lots of leaves left over from last year…especially if they were in plastic bags. They just don't rot in those bags. Save the plastic bags for REAL trash. Pile those leaves up out back someplace and let them rot and use them next spring for loosening the soil and organically feeding your garden beds. If you have the inclination, you can put them in the gardens now and cover them with at least a couple of inches of soil and let them set until next spring. You'll have one of the best gardens in the neighborhood because you added organic material and natural fertilizer. The leaves were the storehouses for the nutrients the tree took up from the soil all spring and summer. You're just recycling them.
Compost the Yard
This is a good time to add compost to your lawn if you haven't already. Put about ½ inch on, rake it with the back of a rake so that it shakes it off the grass and makes it go down to the soil; then water it if it doesn't rain again soon. You'll see the results next spring. I guarantee it.
Also, there is still time to fertilize the grass if you haven't done it yet. You just need to get it down before the first real freeze; i.e., the one that kills off the tops of the grass.
Divide and Conquer
There is still time to divide your spring-blooming perennials. Dig them up, break (don't cut) them into pieces, replant one part and share the rest with the neighbors. Water them good but don't feed them. You don't want them putting on new growth right before winter.
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Outdoor winter flowering plants include cyclamen–kind of expensive, but beautiful in bloom. It will bloom all winter if it is kept out of direct sunlight and watered LIGHTLY; i.e., moist, not soggy soil. You should consider them annual plants, however, as they're very hard to keep over the summer; I've tried and couldn't make it happen.
Other outside blooming plants for this area include pansies. (Yeah, the deer love 'em, too.) They need sunshine all day in order to bloom well. Plant in well-composted beds and feed them every 3-4 weeks with 20-20-20 or 9-2-2 if you're using organic fertilizer.
If you have full sun, consider stocks, snapdragons, ornamental kale, alyssum, dianthus (pinks) and nasturtium for your winter beds. But remember, they're annuals, they won't come back.
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Ralph Ueltzhoeffer: The Public Exhibits, New York
Gallery Exhibition View: Ralph Ueltzhoeffer Wikipedia (2011).
The New York Public Exhibitions 2008/2009 by Holland Shelby.
Ralph Ueltzhoeffer born 1966, Mannheim Germany. The "MISSING" Project 2008 at Ground Zero, Cafe Europe and Chelsea Art Gallery Tomwell in New York City. In 2009 Project "MISSING" at Prada shopping store, New York. In the "Textportraits" images and words are equally used to generate a portrait, understood as the visual representation of an individual. Combining the miscellaneous digital information he composes portraits using the word "missing" referring to the trait of human cognition to hide daily routine perceptions in "blind spots".
Public Exhibitions New York 2008 Title: "MISSING" – Installation view: Cafe Europe, New York – Textportraits by Ralph Ueltzhoeffer / Installation by Laura Maria May.
The artistic research
Ralph Ueltzhoeffer's artistic research is dedicated to the relationship of visual and written information in the digital sphere and their relevance for the beliefs one produces from these data. His search for new forms synchronizing visual and written information reacts and reflects on the internet as an open and central source of information in times of globalization and digitalization of data. In the synopses of visible and readable information he engenders visuals which require new perceptional approaches.
Textportrait – Installation at Ground Zero, New York in 2008 – Title: "MISSING" by Ralph Ueltzhoeffer and Laura Maria May.
Light Art Installation at Prada Shopping Store, New York 2009 – Title: "MISSING" by Ralph Ueltzhoeffer.
ConceptArt at Deutscher Bundestag, Berlin.
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text: March 4, 2015 | WEBBIZ Thank you for joining us today. We hope you have been enjoying these reflections. If you have missed a reflection and would like to read it you can click here.TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE:REVELATION 5:8AND WHEN HE HAD TAKEN THE SCROLL, THE FOUR LIVING CREATURES AND THE TWENTY-FOUR ELDERS FELL DOWN BEFORE THE LAMB, EACH HOLDING A HARP, AND WITH GOLDEN BOWLS FULL OF INCENSE, WHICH ARE THE PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS;St. Michael Radio did a blog about praying to the saints in the past that you can find here.The Catholic Church has a patron saint for just about everything. What a gift the Church has given us! Many of us have our cell phones set on speed dials so if something happens, we can quickly get a hold of a family member/loved one with just a touch of a button (or more realistically, a touch of a screen). Likewise, the Church has given us a speed dial for our family members in heaven too!At Mass, we recite the Apostles' Creed. After confessing "the holy catholic church," the Apostles' Creed adds "the communion of saints." In a certain sense this article is a further explanation of the preceding: "What is the Church if not the assembly of all the saints?" The communion of saints is the Church.The Catechism of the Catholic Church states in paragraph 823:The Church … is held, as a matter of faith, to be unfailingly holy. This is because Christ, the Son of God, who with the Father and the Spirit is hailed as 'alone holy,' loved the Church as his Bride, giving himself up for her so as to sanctify her; he joined her to himself as his body and endowed her with the gift of the Holy Spirit for the glory of God." The Church, then, is "the holy People of God,"290 and her members are called "saints."Throughout Christian history, members of the Church have called upon the saints to pray for them. I will give many examples of this at the end of the blog.So today, ask your patron saint (click here if you don't have one), to pray for you. Ask your patron saint to walk with you through this lenten journey. For we are all one body in Christ and the Church is made of the holy People of God and her members are called "saints".St. Michael the Archangel – Pray for us!Examples of Early Christians asking for the intercession of saints:Hermas (The Shepherd 3:5:4 [A.D. 80])"[The Shepherd said:] 'But those who are weak and slothful in prayer, hesitate to ask anything from the Lord; but the Lord is full of compassion, and gives without fail to all who ask him. But you, [Hermas,] having been strengthened by the holy angel [you saw], and having obtained from him such intercession, and not being slothful, why do not you ask of the Lord understanding, and receive it from him?'"Clement of Alexandria (Micellanies 7:12 [A.D.208])"In this way is he [the true Christian] always pure for prayer. He also prays in the society of angels, as being already of angelic rank, and he is never out of their holy keeping; and though he pray alone, he has the choir of the saints standing with him [in prayer]"Origen (Prayer 11 [A.D. 233])"But not the high priest [Christ] alone prays for those who pray sincerely, but also the angels . . . as also the souls of the saints who have already fallen asleep"Cyprian of Carthage (Letters 56 [60]: 5 [A.D. 253])"Let us remember one another in concord and unanimity. Let us on both sides [of death] always pray for one another. Let us relieve burdens and afflictions by mutual love, that if one of us, by the swiftness of divine condescension, shall go hence first, our love may continue in the presence of the Lord, and our prayers for our brethren and sisters not cease in the presence of the Father's mercy"Anonymous (funerary inscription near St. Sabina's in Rome [A.D. 300])"Atticus, sleep in peace, secure in your safety, and pray anxiously for our sins"Anonymous (Rylands Papyrus 3 [A.D. 350])"Mother of God, [listen to] my petitions; do not disregard us in adversity, but rescue us from danger"Methodius (Oration on Simeon and Anna 14 [A.D. 305])"Hail to you for ever, Virgin Mother of God, our unceasing joy, for to you do I turn again. You are the beginning of our feast; you are its middle and end; the pearl of great price that belongs to the kingdom; the fat of every victim, the living altar of the Bread of Life [Jesus]. Hail, you treasure of the love of God. Hail, you fount of the Son's love for man. . . . You gleamed, sweet gift-bestowing Mother, with the light of the sun; you gleamed with the insupportable fires of a most fervent charity, bringing forth in the end that which was conceived of you . . . making manifest the mystery hidden and unspeakable, the invisible Son of the Father—the Prince of Peace, who in a marvelous manner showed himself as less than all littleness"Cyril of Jerusalem (Catechetical Lectures 23:9 [A.D. 350])"Then [during the Eucharistic prayer] we make mention also of those who have already fallen asleep: first, the patriarchs, prophets, apostles, and martyrs, that through their prayers and supplications God would receive our petition . . . "Hilary of Poitiers (Commentary on the Psalms 124:5:6 [A.D. 365])"To those who wish to stand [in God's grace], neither the guardianship of saints nor the defenses of angels are wanting"Ephraim the Syrian (Commentary on Mark [A.D. 370])"You victorious martyrs who endured torments gladly for the sake of the God and Savior, you who have boldness of speech toward the Lord himself, you saints, intercede for us who are timid and sinful men, full of sloth, that the grace of Christ may come upon us, and enlighten the hearts of all of us so that we may love him"Ephraim the Syrian (The Fear at the End of Life [A.D. 370])"Remember me, you heirs of God, you brethren of Christ; supplicate the Savior earnestly for me, that I may be freed through Christ from him that fights against me day by day"St. Basil (Liturgy of St. Basil [A.D. 373])"By the command of your only-begotten Son we communicate with the memory of your saints . . . by whose prayers and supplications have mercy upon us all, and deliver us for the sake of your holy name"Pectorius (Epitaph of Pectorius [A.D. 375])"Aschandius, my father, dearly beloved of my heart, with my sweet mother and my brethren, remember your Pectorius in the peace of the Fish [Christ]"Gregory of Nazianz (Orations 17 [A.D. 380])"May you [Cyprian] look down from above propitiously upon us, and guide our word and life; and shepherd this sacred flock . . . gladden the Holy Trinity, before which you stand"Gregory of Nyssa (Sermon on Ephraim the Syrian [A.D. 380])"[Ephraim], you who are standing at the divine altar [in heaven] . . . bear us all in remembrance, petitioning for us the remission of sins, and the fruition of an everlasting kingdom"John Chrysostom (Homilies on Second Corinthians 26 [A.D. 392])"He that wears the purple [i.e., a royal man] . . . stands begging of the saints to be his patrons with God, and he that wears a diadem begs the tentmaker [Paul] and the fisherman [Peter] as patrons, even though they be dead"Ambrose of Milan (The Six Days Work 5:25:90 [A.D. 393])"May Peter, who wept so efficaciously for himself, weep for us and turn towards us Christ's benign countenance"Jerome (Against Vigilantius 6 [A.D. 406])"You say in your book that while we live we are able to pray for each other, but afterwards when we have died, the prayer of no person for another can be heard. . . . But if the apostles and martyrs while still in the body can pray for others, at a time when they ought still be solicitous about themselves, how much more will they do so after their crowns, victories, and triumphs?"Augustine (Against Faustus the Manichean; Sermons 159:1; Homilies on John 84; The City of God [A.D. 400-419])"A Christian people celebrates together in religious solemnity the memorials of the martyrs, both to encourage their being imitated and so that it can share in their merits and be aided by their prayers""There is an ecclesiastical discipline, as the faithful know, when the names of the martyrs are read aloud in that place at the altar of God, where prayer is not offered for them. Prayer, however, is offered for the dead who are remembered. For it is wrong to pray for a martyr, to whose prayers we ought ourselves be commended""At the Lord's table we do not commemorate martyrs in the same way that we do others who rest in peace so as to pray for them, but rather that they may pray for us that we may follow in their footsteps""Neither are the souls of the pious dead separated from the Church which even now is the kingdom of Christ. Otherwise there would be no remembrance of them at the altar of God in the communication of the Body of Christ" IDEAS TO HELP YOU MEMORIZE BIBLE VERSES EACH DAY:ASK FOR THE GRACE TO REMEMBER THE VERSE THROUGHOUT THE DAY.ASK YOUR GUARDIAN ANGEL TO HELP YOU REMEMBER THE BIBLE VERSE THROUGHOUT THE DAYBEFORE UNLOCKING YOUR PHONE OR SENDING A TEXT MESSAGE, EACH TIME REPEAT THE BIBLE VERSE.BEFORE SENDING AN EMAIL OUT, REPEAT THE BIBLE VERSE.WHILE BRUSHING YOUR TEETH IN THE MORNING AND AT NIGHT, REPEAT THE BIBLE VERSE.EACH TIME YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR, BEFORE YOU START IT, REPEAT THE BIBLE VERSE.BEFORE PRAYER BEFORE MEALS WITH YOUR FAMILY, REPEAT THE BIBLE VERSE.SEND THE BIBLE VERSE TO YOUR SPOUSE, KIDS, OR FAMILY THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS A REMINDER.START EACH PRAYER THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH THE BIBLE VERSE.EACH TIME YOU WALK THROUGH A DOORWAY, REPEAT THE BIBLE VERSE. 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Punishment Just Teaches Kids To Be Better Liars
Screaming at your toddler for finger-painting your computer won't deter future acts of deviant self-expression, but it will probably help her tell a more convincing lie in ten years about the missing vodka in your liquor cabinet.
In a study most likely funded by crafty, far-sighted children hoping to dissuade stern parents from punishing them, researchers Victoria Talwar and Kang Lee explored how an environment with lots of punishment affects lying tendencies in 3 and 4 year-old children by presenting children at two West African preschools — one of which uses corporeal punishment — with a tempting opportunity to tell a lie about taking a forbidden peek at a toy.
According to the Art Markman of the Huffington Post, the researchers placed a toy in a room behind a child, giving that child instructions not to turn around and look, which of course most of the kids did either because toddlers are notoriously lacking in self-discipline or because Pixar's tales of toy animus have been so widely dispersed that children on every continent are now terrified of being alone in a room with a toy that might come to life and demand to be played with.
In the school that used corporeal punishment, a whopping 90% of the kids lied about looking at the toy, whereas only about half the kids at the more placid school told the same, self-preserving fib. "Of course," writes Markman, probably because he's never seen Problem Child, "young children are often bad liars."
Read the rest of the article at Jezebel.com…
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- A Punishment to Fit the Crime (blogs.wsj.com)
- Pastor's Corporal Punishment Advice Scrutinized After Child Deaths (maboulette.wordpress.com)
- End to corporal punishment urged (nation.com.pk)
- There's child abuse and then there's … child abuse (piedtype.com)


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Reminds me of a favorite saying of mine: "True affluence is not needing anything." The analogy here might be "True arrogance is not needing mercy…"
I would rather get mercy than justice.
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|I'm the designated lawn mower this summer, and my son's gone off to college.
BOY, I'm going to miss him this year!! ;) :)
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Wordless Wednesday (Summer's Coming)
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Mayhap a riding mower would be a good investment?ReplyDeleteReplies
We have one. He was just doing touch up. :)Delete
So we'll be working together :)ReplyDelete
The hubs leave each time and so for a month I have to mow the lawn. I am still beseeching for a new lawnmower or he's going to come back to a jungle one of these days.
Maybe your son will visit in summer :)Replies
Ohh, I hope he does, even if he doesn't mow. ;)Delete
I kinda enjoyed mowing occasionally, but not every week!ReplyDelete
I know my husband will be glad when our oldest can mow!ReplyDeleteReplies
They grow up and move out on you, Lisa. Leaving you with all of the chores to bear. ;)Delete
LOL.... I used to mow, but lately my Hubs does it. We will be mowing very soon as the grass is growing fast since we have had a couple of nice days.ReplyDeleteReplies
Ours isn't growing yet. I can wait. :)Delete
He's a cutie pie - so you are the designated mower- hire someone - that looks like a lot of beautiful land. sandieReplyDeleteReplies
Ah, he was a baby then...that was a few years ago. He looks so much like a man these days. He's still a cutie pie though. :)
HATE mowing the lawn, we used to have a huge one, only thing I hate worse is shoveling snow hahaReplyDeleteReplies
I only have to shovel the driveway, so that's not so bad. :)Delete
You've got a huge yard too. Lucky devil. I'd hire someone to do the mowing. I sure wouldn't do it.ReplyDelete
Have a terrific day. ☺Replies
You have a terrific day too. :)Delete
Very nice photo, you have luck in your studies!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, Leovi. :)Delete
There are worse hobbies. Fresh air and vitamin D in abundance.ReplyDeleteReplies
I do always feel happy when I've been working outside...like I've actually accomplished something.Delete
But I'm trying to grumble here, Chuck, and you're making me think of it fondly. :)
It's actually great exercise. I enjoy it.ReplyDelete
I like it better when it's voluntary and not necessary. :)Delete
I LOVE MOWING!!! Odd I know. But I do!ReplyDeleteReplies
So many positive do-gooders around this joint. :)Delete
I like it sometimes. I like it better when I'm taking pictures of someone in my family doing it. hehehe
I'm the designated lawn mover here too, for the first year. Will be interesting to see how I do! LolReplyDeleteReplies
Hurrah, misery loves company. I mean I'm glad to hear I'm in good company! :)Delete
The only time in my life when I mowed was when my husband was outside and ran over a yellow jacket nest. He ended up getting stung, which is bad because he is allergic to bee stings. So, after his ordeal passed, I had to go out and finish the lawn. Mowing sucks! So now I go out and make sure there are no holes in the ground that could cause an uprising and send the hubby on his merry mowing way.ReplyDeleteReplies
It's not nice to rub these things in, Theresa. Just not nice. ;)Delete
I've been in charge of mowing before, but push mowing 2-1/2 acres is WAY too much! LOL! Thankfully I broke that mower and now my husband borrows his parents' tractor to mow :-)ReplyDeleteReplies
You laughed at breaking your mower, hahahaha. That made me laugh. :)Delete
Mowers DO break easy though...every year we've got either the pusher or the ride-on in for a repair.
I have a feeling I'll be doing quite a lot of mowing this summer as well since hubby got a full time job and the son will be looking for work as well. Ah well, I enjoy getting outside as long as I have a mower that I don't have to fight with!ReplyDeleteReplies
I think it's hard to start the push mowers sometimes. Sometimes I have to ask someone else to start it (after 500 attempts), and that I DO dislike.Delete
My husband is usually the one that mows at our house. I've only had to mow our yard 2 or 3 times when my husband was sick, and then of course the summer he was deployed. I don't mind mowing, but my husband is kind of picky on the way it looks and he doesn't think I do it right. Haha. He actually kinda likes mowing, too.ReplyDeleteReplies
The men in my neighborhood seem to have a competition going on...one starts going and the next chimes right in. But my husband is happy not to participate, lol. He works hard and when he's home he doesn't want to...which I understand.Delete
Aw, man, I'd miss him, too. My parents have a yard that's full of pine trees, and they specifically go around pulling up any blades of grass that dare to grow so they don't have to end up mowing, ha ha.ReplyDeleteReplies
LOL, I need more Pines! The needles hurt your tootsies though, if you're in the yard barefoot. ;)Delete
That's a LOT of lawn to mow Rosey lol -ReplyDelete
you need a yard boy!
I HAD one, Suzan. He moved to Florida to go to college, lol.Delete
Love the smell of freshly cut yards and the sound of lawn mowers! :)ReplyDeleteReplies
It does mean warm weather, and I like that, for sure. :)Delete
He looks like he's having fun! lolReplyDeleteReplies
He was giving me the 'Really?' look because I was inside taking the picture, hahahahaDelete
Wow you have a lovely big garden, my oldest son is away this year, our garden is small though :)ReplyDeleteReplies
It's flat in the front and back, so I'll be okay mowing there, but the sides have big hills I'm scared to take the rider down or the push mower, up, hahaha. It's going to be an interesting summer. I'll get it figured out soon enough, I'm sure. I think I might even end up liking it. :)Delete
What a gorgeous yard! And a handsome helper! ;) I'm actually looking forward to running the tractor around the Back 40 when it dries out some - I make the hubby do the push mowing. ;)ReplyDelete
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You're lucky you have a helper who's not going to grow up and move away. :)Delete
- AnonymousApril 17, 2013 at 5:14 PM
Couldn't you lure him back home once a week with a promise of a homecooked meal and Mom's Laundry Service in exchange for some lawn mowing???ReplyDeleteReplies
We're several states apart, but if we weren't it would be nice. :)Delete
I bet you will. We have a big yard for a city yard. I wish someone else would be able to mow it.ReplyDeleteReplies
If I were gloriously rich I would hire a dinner chef and a landscaper. ;) But I'm not...so I mow, and I cook. :)Delete
My hubby claims he enjoys mowing the lawn, maybe you just need a different attitude about it - or perhaps a neighborhood kid to do it for you :)ReplyDelete
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Thanks for linking up :)Replies
I do, Rhonda, I need to find my happy about it. I've almost got it. :) I suspect it'll be fun once I get used to it.Delete
I need to mow this coming up weekend also :) I hate mowing!ReplyDeleteReplies
We're not ready for mowing yet, it's still kind of chilly out...but it's a'coming. :)Delete
What a beautiful yard! I can't wait to have a yard back!!ReplyDelete
(¸¤ Lanaya | xoxo
Will you be the designated mower? ;)Delete
Over the top grass allergies keep me from cutting grass. Hope you enjoyyour time in the sun :)ReplyDeleteReplies
When it gets here, and I know it's coming, I will enjoy it. :)Delete
You have a beautiful lawn Rosey! All the very best with the mowing.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, Judy. It'll take a little trial-and-error, but I'm sure I'll be fine. People have been mowing forever and a day, right? How bad could it be? :)Delete
My husband loved to mow the lawn so he never allowed the boys to do it. Which makes it nice for me as I never lost my lawn boy.ReplyDelete
Thanks for stopping by my blog today.Replies
Lucky, Michele! :)Delete
It looks nice and green where you are. Here the grass is still brown. My boyfriend can't wait until he can take the lawnmower out. He loves cutting the grass:)ReplyDeleteReplies
This was actually a couple of years ago. We can't really mow yet. I'm just thinking ahead a bit because I know it's coming, and I'm on yard duty now that my young man has gone out on his own. ;)Delete
Oh man I'd be missing him too that look like a big lawn. I so avoid mowing lolReplyDeleteReplies
Maybe I can talk my 14-yr. old daughter into doing it. hehehe Kidding. :)Delete
it looks like a peaceful task :-) i have dont have any lawn to mow... i have lawns to sweep!!!ReplyDeleteReplies
I saw you're engaged, congratulations!!Delete
oh no. that stinks. I do not like mowing the lawn at all.ReplyDeleteReplies
You are not alone. ;)Delete
I'm hoping that by the end of the summer, I will love it. Or at least love the results. :)
Haha I bet you will miss him! I'm glad that my hubby is the designated mower around here :) I handle all the inside work, he takes care of the outside!ReplyDeleteReplies
Oh, I love that arrangement. That's lucky for both of you. :)Delete
Oh no Rosey!! Your yard is so big too! You must insist that for Mother's Day you get a ride-on mower lol.ReplyDeleteReplies
We have one. I'm chicken to ride it down the hills on the sides of the house, but it's something I guess I'd better get over, eh? :)Delete
My 16 year old step-son mows our lawn, but we have him for 2 more years - PHEW.ReplyDelete
Oh dear! Luckily I don't know how to use a lawnmower. ;o) Thanks for linking up! x xReplyDelete