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What is the best language slip you've ever said or heard?
A copy of Repeat After Me and a special surprise gift.
Good Morning Everyone!
I know we have a few international readers---I hope you chime in for this one! I love books with a bi-cultural theme, and this looks like a terrific read!!
LOL, that's a great extract.
And Rachel is far more attractive than the roastee I was expecting to find here...
Language slips. I've had a few. Never can quite get to grips with Possum.
LOL, Koala!!! Looks from your expression, you've "slipped" up one too many times!
I give my kids Gatorade when they're sick. They used to call it "Gator Ache" thinking that was its real name.
Don't know what to say about your comment about Rachel being attractive. We're not supposed to talk openly about the rest of us here being butt-ugly. But since you opened the topic, I'd like to go ahead and say I think Shona is in serious need of a makeover. First of all, she's too skinny. And I've seen her with coffee stains on her shirt. tsk, tsk.
I suppose the worst one (which I've told recently but not sure where, stop me if you've heard this before) was when 10-year-old me stood up in an anatomy lesson and explained to the teacher that she was mightily confused and people do NOT breath through their diaphragm. My mother wanted to make sure I knew the basics of sex ed and birth control from an early age. As a result, I knew exactly what a diaphragm was for and I proceeded, apparently, to give a demonstration to the class.
Best overheard slip: My little boy belting out a song from church, supposed to be "Praise ye, the Lord!"
As sung by son: Crazy the Lord!
welcome rachel: neat excerpt, chris :)
the mis-cue i like most: hearing 'london derriere' for 'londonderry aire' ;) lol
Hi Rachel. You had me at "two weeks and fifteen minutes late." And that wonderful last line. If I had the book in front of me I wouldn't stop reading.
I live in Europe so I've heard my share of bungled English. When I moved into my current house the woman next door introduced herself to me: "Hi, I'm your neighborhood!" And it wasn't even a pick-up line, darn it all.
My favorite example is when one (native) relative, eager to demonstrate his knowledge of U.S. geography, referred to Kansas and Ar-Kansas.
Sounds like a terrific story!
My favorite English blip was spoken by my own then 3 yr old son.
"I want you to behave!" I snapped at him.
He looked at me sorrowfully and said, "But I am haive."
Great excerpt! I'm so excited to read this book now.
I'm living in the Netherlands right now so I make a great many blunders...but in Dutch. The one that caused the most laughter at work has to do with a bottle scraper. In the Netherlands there's a device designed for getting every last drop out of bottles, very popular and I wanted one. They are called "bottle lickers" which in Dutch is 'fleslikker.' I got one as a gift and was telling my colleagues but I accidentally used the pronunciation for 'vleeslikker.' Just one extra "e" turns "bottle licker" into "meat licker." So I said, "I love my meat licker." Everyone had a good laugh.
(for those interested, in English 'fles' would rhyme with bess and 'vlees' would rhyme with base, also both v and f sound like an English f)
Hi Rachel! What a great excerpt. If I had your book in front of me, I would never start on today's to-do list! I'll be back with a language slip. Must think...
awesome excerpt! so funny!
i have a terrible story; it's not funny at all. once, i was visiting my japanese friend in japan and her mother took me to a very famous tea house to see a tea ceremony. the woman performing the ceremony showed me a picture of the school's founder. i asked (i thought) if he was living.
turns out, i failed to use the polite verb form the situation required, and essentially asked something along the lines of, "so has he croaked yet?" woops. the entire room fell silent, and the instructor after a moment was like, "neee. we don't really SAY that in japanese, neee." my friend's mother was mortified and rushed me out of the teahouse before i desecrated it further. also, my friend and i drifted apart after that; i can't help but think it had to do with the teahouse.
Welcome Rachel!!
I love the exchange in the excerpt. Something to chase, indeed.
Hi guys! Love these anecdotes - thank you! And thanks for the kind words about the book.
Isn't it funny how whenever we're in foreign lands we speak in third languages? I mean the ones that exist between what we mean to say and what we've actually said. . .
I always remind myself after my own worst mistakes (they're numerous and horrifying) with what the whimsical Daoist philosopher Zhuangzi once said, "Language is like a fish net. Once the fish are caught, you can throw the net away. Once the idea is caught, you can throw the words away."
Isn't that comforting?
Spending a year working at a Japanese high school provided many funny instances. A few of my favorites:
My fellow teacher who was trying to explain how overworked he was by saying, "I am chewing more than I bite." Another time this man told me, "I am totally snowed under at this job! I am a snowman!" But I think my very favorite instance was when I came into work one day and he asked me if I had felt the ass quack. "Ass quack?" I asked. "Yes, ass quack. You know.... rumble rumble..." And then I realized... this man (yes, an accomplished and devoted English teacher) had a lot of trouble pronouncing Rs and THs. "OH! EARTHQUAKE!..... yes, yes, I felt the earthquake, err ass quake."
This novel sounds great! It deals with some issues that might be relevant to my own current writing project, so I may have to pick up a copy.
My language barrier story: I once had an British tour guide in France whose name was Nick. He told us this story about going to meet the family of a French girl he once dated. He introduced himself as "Neek," because of how French people pronounce the I vowel, but this was a big mistake ...
The girlfriend's family and friends had a blast calling out his name all night, "Neek! Neek!" because "nique," the French word for "screw," (yes, in the dirty way) is pronounced the same way. Poor Nick didn't figure this out until the end of the night.
I was very good friends with a restaurant owner (great Chinese food) and one of his young employees (male) convinced a 20 year old girl from Thailand to ask me what and where her "G" spot was... She didn't know much English and I didn't speak Thai. NOT that I wanted to answer that question. I think she realized that when my eyes bugged out and twirled around two or three times.
I sputtered and tried to possibly think of an answer that might possibly be an appropriate response (didn't find it then, still can't figure out one now) but eventually told her to go ask the owner (I didn't think she would ask him but she did...) A few days later the owner (my good friend) begged forgiveness for his employee urging her into ask the question.
There was no dignified way out of that question.
The most "language" fun I ever had was with a group of Chinese scientists who joined our workforce for two years. They only had 6 weeks of intensive English and just murdered the language. They knew nothing colloquial. If you gave them a puzzled look, they knew... They knew... And they were good sports.
"REPEAT AFTER ME" is an interesting book.
This isn't language but about photocopiers.
Back in the mid and late 80's when the Chinese scientists visited, their institute did not have a photocopier.
The one researcher (Doctor Chang) told us about their "copier"... The man would take two pens and two pieces of paper and reading the original copy, make two identical and simultaneous copies of that paper. One lefty, one right. That is impressive.
Doctor Chang mailed at least 1/2 inch to 3/4 inch thick bunch of technical papers back to his coworkers each day. They didn't have the budget for technical journals. They would share the one copy he sent many times over.
Me and my secretary told him once that we would give him the XEROX machine BUT, he had to buy paper only from us... He thought about that for 30 seconds before he busted out laughing. Apparently humor needs a few seconds to translate.
Love it. Assquacks, terrible teahouse insults, meat lickers, neeks and the little guy who promises he "is 'haive.'" What could be more fun?
I hope you guys like the poem in Repeat After Me, "The Stupid Jeff," a real ESL poem I got years ago from a fabulous student. Sometimes the wrong things we say are clearer than any other expressions could ever be, don't you think?
Seems to me that language spoken by people w/o access to cliche can often be super expressive, even when bizarre - the snowman is a great example of that. . .
Anyone have good written ones?
xo, Rachel
Love the excerpt!
As for language issues - I work with engineers who should be able to speak and write english since it's the only language they know. Unfortunately, that's not the case. Just yesterday, one of them used the word prevelant when they meant relevant.
LOL, Sylvia! Yes, I can see where that area of sex ed would have a lot of humor!!!
Danette, that made me spew coffee!! Very funny!!
LW, Are butts bigger in London?
Stephen, AHAHAHAH! Well? Did you follow through? We won't tell...
And I agree!! This excerpt leaves you wanting more!
Sam, Very very cute!!!
Rachel, I will remember that one for a long, long time!
Barrie, do come back!
Moonie,you are a bad, bad tea guest. I will never have tea with you, after hearing this story.
(Just kidding!)
Jason, I love that part!
Hi Rachel! We're really happy to have you over here!! That's an evocative proverb, thanks for sharing.
depends on the diet methinks, chris ;) lol
I'm halfway through with Repeat After Me, and I'm totally loving it. As a bi-racial person, I really appreciated that Rachel took a candid look at the way interracial couples have to deal with cultural misunderstandings and societal pressure.
As to the language slips...My friend and I were out to dinner with a few Japanese friends. One word for dialect is "-ben," attached to whatever location. For example, people from Osaka speak Osaka-ben. One of the girls started speaking really intensely in the Nagoya dialect, and my friend said, "Ben ga deta!" which she thought meant, "Your accent really came out!" All of the Japanese girls started laughing so hard they were crying. It turns out that when you don't append a place name to "-ben," it's slang for poop. In other words, she declared that poop came out.
a fun one, rachel:
Once there was an elephant
Who tried to use the telephant.
No, No! I mean an elephone
Who tried to use the telephone!
(Dear me I am not certain quite
that even now I've got it right!)
However it was, he got his trunk
Entangled in the telefunk.
The more he tried to get it free,
The louder buzzed the telefee!
I fear I'd better drop the song
Of Elephop and telephong.
~Laura E. Richards
When my mom gets frustrated, she says she's bumfuzzled.
Thanks, Meredith! I'm so glad you're liking the book.
And the elephont poem is rollicking! I'm about to read it to my four year old and get her take. (over some gator-ache, perhaps)
Bumfuzzled! Love it.
xo, Rachel
These are hilarious! I need to stop drinking while reading as it's all coming through my nose.
I came by this today so even though I've already posted I thought it would be fun to share considering the topic...
love the excerpt and the book premise. congratulations to rachel!! my two favorite language slips :
my sister came to the US as a teen. while searching through the papers for a film to see, she went to my mom and suggested we go watch NOW PLAYING! haha! it was in big letters and all. =)
from my sweet pea, who isn't esl BUT is in kindy and learning the nuances of english. she told me one night :
mommy, jimmy told me that he can speak porkacheese!
still possibly a favorite of mine.
i'm sure i've made many language slips being esl--i thought the pledge of allegience ended with "justice frog". and couldn't understand it AT ALL. but memory fails me. =)
Well this is sort of a slip. I grew up in the rural south but went to grad school with mostly urban northerners. One time when we were debating about something over lunch I used the good old Arkansas term, "Well shoot fire." I'll never forget the laughter that one evoked. I sort of got the reputation as a yokel after that one.
Thanks for dropping by, everyone!! These are all cracking me up!!
as in lighting farts, charles? :O lol
oooops, forgot! i'd like to know what your 4-yr-old thinks of it, rachel :)
This isn't in the book, so I'll tell you all here that I once announced to a crowd of Chinese friends that my professors in college castrate their students. Who knew that a tonal slip in Chinese can change the word "strict" to the word "castrate"?
(apparently 1.6 billion people knew that, but I wasn't one of them until after I made the mistake in public!)
Thanks so much for all your hilarious stories - and for reading the excerpt and chatting about Repeat After Me! I so hope you like it - drop by my website or email me anytime to chat about language or books.
Rachel DeWoskin
The book sounds great!! Can you believe that I teach kindergarten and I'm drawing a total blank???? I did have a kid this year write shit instead of shot when copying her spelling words. I didn't even catch it and sent the paper home. The next day, Mom called the principal to say I was teaching inappropriate spelling words...sheesh!
I'll keep thinking so...maybe when I see their darling faces tomorrow I'll remember!
*gasp* I'd like to go ahead and say I think Shona is in serious need of a makeover. First of all, she's too skinny. And I've seen her with coffee stains on her shirt. tsk, tsk.Can't be me. I don't drink coffee.
Lovely extract!
This just appeared in my inbox, exact subject line:
What is the G-Spot - And Where is Ijt?*looks at Dave F* Did you give her my address?
LOL, Sylvia!! Dave's G-spot commentary had me ROTFLMAO!!!
About two hours to go, plenty of time for a chance to win a signed book!!
Well lets see one slip that comes to mind is when my kids were small they would tell me they needed some chap lip. I had no idea what they wanted until we went to the store and my son started screaming there is the chap lip. He wanted Chap stick for his chapped lips. One other time my son came in crying saying his uncle was hurting. I was trying to figure out was hurt or bleeding. When he settled down and I could talk to him. He said his uncle bone was hurting. I ask were is your uncle bone. He then pointed to his ankle. He thought it was elbone and uncle bone. Kids, they make you laugh.
Thanks Carlene
Hi Carlene,
I love the uncle bone!!
Well, it's a bit after 9pm. Either Rachel or one of her writerly friends will be by sometime tonight to announce the winner of a free copy of her book.
Thanks so much for your support!!!
Sylvia wrote:
This just appeared in my inbox, exact subject line:
What is the G-Spot - And Where is Ijt?* looks at Dave F* Did you give her my address?...
Heaven's no, I didn't give her your email. I never give out emails. BTW - It's on your profile. Click on your name in the comment list and you can find it.
I would never answer that question. Especially to a young waitress sending all she makes back to finance her brother's education. I wanted to crawl away rather than embarrass her.
But, Googling it will most likely get one hell of a result. Especially if you have a firewall at work.
Dave: I know you wouldn't. It was viagra spam. What an odd coincidence of the subject line, though.
I can't imagine answering the question either (and I agree it was mean thing for her colleague to do to her).
I once told Scottish hotel worker that the word for "Arsehole" in German was Erdbeerkuchen. There was a coach/bus load of German tourists arriving and my suspicion was right, she ended up muttering Erdbeerkuchen at them in a mean way. The staff in the restaurant later asked me why the German tourists all kept asking for strawberry tarts as they weren't on the menu.
I told them I had no idea... :)
Hi Everyone,
Thanks so much for participating!!!
The winner of a free copy of Rachel's book, drawn randomly, is Dave F. (And bonus because his comments were funny!)
Please email me and we'll work out the details.
Thanks again!!!! Happy reading...


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Published: November 27, 2017
The weight limit in skydiving can be a frustrating sticking point. When people see skydiving weight restrictions, they often get the wrong idea. They think these restrictions are irrational, unfair and based on the whim of prejudice.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
The skydiving weight limit exists for reasons of safety alone, and it is by no means casual. In fact, it hurts us to be the enforcers, because we want everyone to be able to make a skydive and experience the wonderment of our enormous blue playground. We don't want any factors to stand in a would-be skydiver's path. Unfortunately, this one is a hard-and-fast, inflexible edict over which we have no effective control. Here's what you need to know to understand the skydiving weight limit (and how it might affect your jump).
Everything in aviation has a weight range. Take, for example, an airplane. You already know that exceeding an airplane's weight range can prevent the plane from taking off. In the same vein, landing a too-heavy airplane also presents a litany of dangers. To prevent injury or tragedy, no plane may venture out onto the runway if it comes in over its stipulated weight range.
The same is absolutely true in skydiving. Exceeding the parachute's listed weight range can result in injuriously fast deployments, snapped parachute lines and freaky, crashy landings. To carry more weight, you need a bigger parachute, the additional weight of which adds even more total weight to the system. For this reason, parachutes are only even available up to a certain size.
The weight range parachute is only part of the equation when it comes to working out a skydiving weight limit. There's the harness, too. The harness that keeps you, the tandem student, safely affixed to your instructor and parachute, is only able to adjust up to a certain point. Past that, the harness becomes difficult to put on, uncomfortable to wear and tight enough during freefall and under canopy to cut off blood circulation.
The straight story is this: If you finagled a way to skydive over the weight limit, it wouldn't be a good time. If would be way less comfortable and way more dangerous. Your skydive would be over much more quickly, the opening forces would be painfully harder and the landing would almost certainly hurt. That's certainly not how you want it to go.
Our professional, eminently experienced tandem skydiving instructors aren't just our team. They're our friends. We care about their safety and well-being, too...and tandem students over the weight limit make a healthy jump and a soft, safe landing pretty darn near impossible to pull off. It's not worth the profit to us to put our friends in danger, because they trust us to support them and uphold safety as our priority. When we face hard choices, we always come back to that commitment.
Our weight limits at the Texas Skydiving Company are more accommodating than most. Most dropzones in the US strictly limit tandem student weight to 225--but Texans are larger-than-life, and we get that. We have to assess fees for women over 200 pounds and men over 220, but we can accommodate customers up to 269 pounds, based on availability. For safety reasons, tandem students must be height-weight proportionate and able to bend, stoop, kneel and lift the legs from a sitting position, which sometimes requires an on-site evaluation. (In simpler terms, we may need to see you in person to determine if a jump will be safe.) Note: We reserve the right to refuse service, and can offer no refunds if we discover you're over the weight limit when you arrive.
If you tip the scale at over 269, it's not the end of the world. We've been around for many years, and we'll still be here waiting for you when that number dips back into that elusive weight range.
Here's an interesting idea: Do as a great many of our students have done and set skydiving as your health goal. When you make it, you won't just emerge lighter and healthier; you'll emerge inspired. Speaking of inspiration: We've known one tandem student who lost four hundred pounds to make a skydive. If he can do it, so can you. We're looking forward to celebrating your success with you!
We were very impressed with the professionalism of the staff. Everyone was super-fun and we had an absolute blast!
» Fantastic!

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Lambeau Field – Home Of The Country's Most Welcoming Fans
Why all Bears fans need to make the trek to Green Bay.
I grew up in Northern California. I started seriously watching football in 1986. The 49ers had guys by the name of Joe Montana, Ronnie Lott, Roger Craig, Tom Rathman, Charles Haley, and a highly skilled, young receiver from Mississippi Valley St. in his second season that was better than anyone else on the field at all times. His name was Jerry Rice. I was hooked. Fast forward to 2014, and I'm as big a fan as I was back then. I can't remember the last time I missed a game. Even in the awful, Dennis Erickson/Mike Nolan/Mike Singletary years, when I was away from the Bay Area living briefly in Portland and Phoenix, I would always make it to a sports bar on Sunday to find the Niners game on one TV off in the corner with no audio. I'd order a bucket of beers and watch the game, often alone. It's a little different today with the Red Zone Channel, NFL Sunday Ticket, a 55 inch HDTV in the living room, beat writers on Twitter, text chains with fellow fans back in the Bay Area, etc. A full room at The Globe Pub is dedicated to the Niners game every Sunday as they fly not only a Chicago Bears flag outside, but a red & gold one as well.
As the above paragraph might indicate, I pretty much have everything figured out on game day, but something happened on the final Sunday in December. Julius Peppers wasn't able to sack Aaron Rodgers on a 4th down play and the Packers ripped the Bears' hearts out by pulling out a win at Soldier Field in the de facto NFC North title game. This meant that the 12-4 49ers would be traveling to Lambeau Field to face the 8-7-1 Green Bay Packers in the first round of the NFL Playoffs. Yes, the 8-7-1 team was playing at home and the 12-4 team was on the road. Super annoying and pretty nonsensical, but that's another story...
As a fan of the 49ers and a person that enjoys being outdoors in the winter, it was pretty much a no-brainer. I had to go to Lambeau Field. Lambeau, in January, with extreme cold in the forecast. Even better. It's the "Frozen Tundra." It wouldn't be an authentic experience if you weren't dressed in 13 layers, right? Fortunately, for a person looking for tickets at the last minute, the game didn't sell out until a few days before and with so many tickets available at face value that week, the secondary market was cheaper than ever before. I picked up a couple of 50 yard line seats 30 rows from the field for a very reasonable price. Score.
When Sunday morning finally comes around, it's off to Green Bay. 200 miles and 3 hours later, I'm driving around the suburban neighborhood that surrounds the stadium and park on someone's lawn for $15. The woman directed us onto her lawn and introduced herself. Her name was Melanie and she told us that we were welcome to tailgate on the snow-covered lawn. She also said that if we needed to use the bathroom, we could go right inside, if we wanted to warm up in the house for a few before we changed into our outdoor gear, that was fine too, and finally, we received an invite to a backyard party of theirs with a bonfire. Yes, even the guy with the Jerry Rice jersey was invited. I met everyone in the backyard and after a tiny bit of good-natured ribbing for being a fan of the opposing team, we talked football. They admired and feared the Niners and I have a ton of respect for the Packers and their sustained excellence over the past 20+ years, so we had plenty to talk about while sharing swigs from the bottle of Fireball that I brought to the party. After an hour or so on Thorndale St. it was time to move on. Walking through the small stadium parking lot, we found a sea of tailgaters that were more than happy to loan a bottle opener or a Bic lighter so I could crack into another Lagunitas (Northern CA brew, had to rep the area) while we talked about the upcoming game. They were terrified of Kaepernick, I was terrified of Rodgers. They know their football, I like to think I know my football. They're not afraid of hanging out in sub-zero wind chills for hours at a time, and neither am I. We have a lot in common.
After a parking lot lap, it was over to Kroll's West, a bar/restaurant across the street from the stadium with a wide open patio that wasn't too strict about outside beverages being consumed on the premises. A group of 20 & 30-somethings asked if I'd like to shotgun a can of watery light beer with them. I like to be a good guest, so I took them up on it. I took it down in a couple of seconds (I've still got it!) and it was pretty refreshing, actually. As a fan of stouts, porters and other 8-11% microbrews, it felt like slamming a can of LaCroix.
Oh, did I mention that the wind chill is about -12? Not a problem. Heavy Gore-Tex hunting boots, snowboard pants with a couple layers underneath and a down jacket are doing their jobs, and I'd be lying if I said that the occasional swig of cinnamon whiskey wasn't helping me to forget about the Polar Vortex that was making itself at home in the Upper Midwest.
After making my way into the stadium, I enjoyed a helluva game that ended up going the way of the visitors. I cheered for my team, even shouted a few times (it's a reflex) and no one talked any kind of shit to me. Nothing like you'd find in Philly or Boston. When the Packers made a big play, I received a few pats on the back from elated fans behind me, but it was in good fun and they even congratulated me after the game. Yes, after their team lost on the final play of the game, in heartbreaking fashion, a few people shook my hand, told me how good the Niners were, and wished us luck in the next round against the Panthers. Are you kidding me?! I'd been to Lambeau once before, had roughly the same experience and knew what to expect, but doing it again, in the playoffs, in sub-zero wind chills really drove it home. You can hate losing to the Packers, you can curse Aaron Rodgers on the field, you can even grit your teeth at the sight of a Jordy Nelson jersey, but once you visit the hallowed ground in Green Bay and experience the kindness and hospitality first-hand, you'll always have a soft spot in your heart for the people up north.


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And a new post for these:
Race information summary
Tech checklist and a more colorful tech tree; someone check that and make sure it is only the base game
General super-cheat sheet; may contain some expansion details, but it DOES include the full text of the strategy cards we are using
That last sheet includes the following in its glossary:
System you control: You control all planets in the system (if any) and have
1 spaceship in the system.
So you DO need a spaceship in a system to count as controlling it.
Rules for Twilight Imperium wrote:The "Imperium Rex"
Objective Card
When Imperium Rex is drawn,
the game ends immediately and a winner is
declared The winner is the player who has the
most victory points. If there is a tie,
then the greater number of resolved Objective
Cards breaks the tie; if there is still a tie, then
the greater number of planets, then unused
Command Counters, and then the total number
of Command Counters on a player's Race
Sheet. If still tied, then the game ends in a
draw between the tying players.
Rules for the Expansion wrote:Note: If the "Imperium Rex" Public Objective card is
revealed, the game ends immediately after the
Imperium Rex card is drawn, before the active player
fulfills an Objective.
Transfer Action
Activate 2 systems, moving ships between them, landing, etc. This costs only 1 counter, instead of the normal 2 to activate 2 systems, but it activates both and you may only build at one of the systems or none. Also, you must control both systems: so no exploration or battling with a transfer action!
Remind me of exactly what it means to control a system, if you would be so kind.
Both systems must also have units belonging to the active player in them, I believe, though if one of the more seasoned vets tells me this is incorrect we will go with that one instead.
Orange Soda wrote: »Both systems must also have units belonging to the active player in them, I believe, though if one of the more seasoned vets tells me this is incorrect we will go with that one instead.
Page 12 of the rules wrote:
Both activated systems must contain at least one unit controlled by the active player and must contain absolutely no enemy unites (including Ground Forces and PDS)
IIRC, space docks still count as enemy units since an enemy unit is pretty much defined as any plastic piece on the board. I don't remember the context, but it came up at some point for some reason.
Orange Soda wrote: »Can we play with the Sabotage Runs Variant on Page 35 of the rules? It's totally fun :-)
Also, should we already have our Secret Objectives? That is step 7 of setup whereas the galaxy creation is not until step nine. It might make a difference on how people prioritize their available systems.


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My dear husband ascribes to the camp that believes Valentine's Day is a selling technique developed by greeting card companies and white-linen table cloth restaurants to drum up revenue. Maybe he's right, but I'm the kind of girl that hangs glittered hearts on the door and homemade wax ones in the window. None the less, thanks to his amazing home cooking and creative visions, my beloved is sure to make everyday a special day.
Inspired by a beautiful and delicious five-spice beet soup he whipped up two years ago for Valentine's Day (celebrated safely out of the grasp of commercialism and overpriced roses at home), I have put together a romantic, vegetarian menu for two sure to make your sweetheart swoon. Even better, it's quick to make so you'll have time to devote to that special someone. Read More


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Sync Your IPod Without a USB Cable
One of the best ways today to pass time when you are bored is listen to your favourite songs on your IPod. Its just too easy, just connect it to your computer with the USB cable, put in your favourite songs and you are ready to go. But what if your cable gets damaged or lost, you'll probably walk into your neighbour's home to get one, but what if they don't have it. You are doomed, you are gone. But no, since you are here, with this article I will teach you of a way by which you can Sync your IPod without that USB cable.
First of all, let me explain to you that the method you us to Sync your IPod using the USB cable is called wired syncing.We will here use the "wireless method" or over the WiFi syncing to sync your IPod.
Just make sure your IPod is fully charged and you have Cydia installed on your IPod.
Now, launch Cydia, and tap Manage button, you can see it at the bottom of the application interface.
Tap Edit and then ADD.
Enter the URL https://podulu.com and tap Add Source
Find the Podulu.com on the source and tap it.
Locate Wi-Fi Sync, from the list of applications you now see and install the application.
Open https://www.getwifisync.com on your computer.
Download the appropriate application for your machine.
Install the application. Follow the wizard and then you restart your computer.
Find the icon of the Wi-Fi sync in your computer and make it sure it is enabled.
Now, get back to your IPod and turn on the Wi-Fi. Open iTunes, and if you can see your device, then the Sync is a success. Enjoy faster rates by placing your IPod nearer to your computer.


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Expecting the unexpected
Apr 18, 2018
Each year couples who attend our marriage preparation classes come with the hope to start a new life with the blessing of God
They bring with them many expectations, a long list of all the things they should have for their celebration, but have they ever thought of the unexpected?
The exhortation for the Rite of Marriage reads:
"…This union, then, is most serious, because it will bind you together for life in a relationship so close and so intimate, that it will profoundly influence your whole future, That future, with its hopes and disappointments, its successes and its failures, its pleasures and its pains, its joys and its sorrows, is hidden from your eyes. You know that these elements are mingled in every life, and are to be expected in your own. And so not knowing what is before you, you take each other for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death… "And if true love and the unselfish spirit of perfect sacrifice guide your every action, you can expect the greatest measure of earthly happiness that may be allotted to man in this vale of tears.The rest is in the hands of God. Nor will God be wanting to your needs, he will pledge you the life-long support of his graces [in the Holy Sacrament which you are now going to receive]."
The mystery of the sacrament shows its unexpected transcendence. The natural marriage created by God and elevated to the sacrament by Christ, remains as a sublime reality that escapes our total understanding.
The Apostle Paul in Ephesians 5 21-33 relates marriage to the mystery of the union of Christ with His Church.
The vows and promises in marriage are for life despite any circumstance that may occur in the unforeseen future. By discovering the beautiful gifts that a husband and wife bring to the marriage, they build a relationship transformed by their love that keeps them together even in moments of sorrow, lost, discouragement or disappointment.
It is only there, when we are faced with the unexpected together, that our marriage survives. In these moments we are called to remind each other that our promises are made for all the days of our lives, in good times and bad times, forever.
Sometimes the problem is not the love itself but rather the capacity to give and receive it in a personal and mature way.
Nobody promised that marriage would be an easy thing. That is why; the holy Sacrament of Matrimony gives husbands and wives the remedy of the grace to come out victorious in the fight, every day of our lives, waiting for the unexpected, trusting in the help of God.
Marriage is a mission, a task a path of happiness and an anticipation of heaven ... but we will not fully understand what to expect until we get to heaven, and then maybe we'll realize how much time we wasted, instead of seeing each day as a gift from God and an opportunity to be happy together.
Let us discover the true beauty of Christian marriage and take the risk to "expect the unexpected."
(Carla Ferrando-Bowling serves as the director for the Archdiocese of Washington's Family Life Office.)
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Life of Pi.It was pretty damn good. I can see why it won prizes.
Do the final battle in Endgame without CGI.
Do the final battle in Endgame without CGI.
Hater gonna hate.
The point of that being that visual media is increasingly becoming CGI for the sake of it rather than CGI to fundamentally influence the plot, either through things like giving a relevant character fundamental powers (for example, Dr. Strange would be a very hard character to sell with just practical effects while Captain, Thor, even to an extent Iron Man and the Hulk could be entertaining with limited or no CGI) or creating worlds that simply wouldn't be possible with regular props.If you view movies as just popcorn-entertainers, and that's a perfectly valid way to view movies, that's fine. But it is often used as a crutch in place of good writing, which is a shame.
Visually: 10Plot: 2Making sense: 0
I liked Avengers: Endgame, so... sure.
I'm referring to the "everybody hates CG so I hate CG" crowd.


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his page is dedicated to the integration of various aspects of health and sustainable human development for the creation of the Quality of Wellness System in every area of life, based on synthesis of opportunities and synergy of people.
Institute of Psychosynthesis and its founder Ewa Danuta Bialek Ph.D.is dedicated to wellbeing in all spheres of life, health regeneration and revitalization in all its aspects, based on a synthesis of the possibility of actions and synergy of people, creating system solutions for the Wellness. It enables both individual health and personal and spiritual human development, also family, community and the environment.
The purpose of this website is co-creation of space, which is open to SYNTHESIS and SYNERGY Partners in creating INTEGRATED WELLNESS MODEL as an alternative to care in illness. It is based on EDUCATION circles around the idea of WELLNESS. Its preparing GUIDANCE SYSTEM and QUALITY SYSTEM CERTIFICATION for WELLNESS BUSINESS.
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Dr. Danuta Ewa Bialek - founder and pioneer of the Institute of Psychosynthesis in Poland. Scientist with passion, Life Coach, Master Life Coach, Coach for Well Being, trainer of Psychosynthesis, author of 27 books and 150 scientific and popular papers, local and international lecturer
Psychosynthesis Institute in Warsaw is only one scientific and educational enterprise in Poland, dedicated SYNTHESIS and SYNERGY, creating a support system WELFARE (WELLNESS) and HARMONY (SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT), starting from the individual person, the family, the community, for the environment and the world ending. This leads both counseling / consultation workshops / trainings for companies and governments - for CREATING CHANGE, also for individuals as consultation, mentoring, coaching life, health and transpersonal. It also publishes BOOKS and GUIDES his Creator of self-education. These services can be found in Annex My Offer.
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Integrated Wellness System is a model solution as an alternative to the current disease care - to support WELL BEING and health and sustainable human development in all spheres of life and human activity for his self-actualization and self-realization. It enables individual, family, community, to create a holistic approach to health and well being (Wellness) for lifting individual and collective QUALITY OF LIFE.
WELLNESS is a healthy balance of mind, body and spirit, which
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The Institute offers a system for integrating educational environments, preparing CONSULTANTS, ADVISERS system and the certification of WELLNESS SYSTEM QUALITY. This System includes all spheres of life of individual person, levels of health and well-being (body, mind and spirit), its functioning in the family and work (Soul Centered Business) and functioning in society for raising QUALITY OF LIFE.
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Assist people in discovering their full creative power and talents, and especially, their spiritual nature and capacity to implement it fully in their life, through self-education, thus leading to health and sustainable (balanced) development and give away their gifts and talents to the world for creating a healthy society and the world, a new civilization based on ethical values.
The Psychosynthesis Institute in Warsaw, Poland is the only scientific-educational enterprise, dedicated to SYNTHESIS and SYNERGY, creating a support system of WELLNESS BUSINESS and HARMONY (SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT), starting from the individual person, the family, the community, for the environment and the world creation. This leads both counseling / consultations, workshops / trainings for companies and governments - for CREATING CHANGE, also for individuals as consultations, mentoring, life, well being and transpersonal coaching. It also publishes BOOKS and SELF-GUIDES of its Creator for self-education. These services can be found in Annex My Offer.
IP invites companies, local governments and scientific institutions to contribute and co-create together of this WELLNESS SYSTEM – being an integrated model to support WELFARE / HEALTH in all its areas and levels. You'll find it in the annex Wellness System.
Insitute of Psychosynthesis in Warsaw is the first and foremost pioneer in psychosynthesis in Poland. After 10 years of the work to establish it, it has almost 150 publications/articles, books of its own (written by Ewa Bialek).
The Institute of Psychosynthesis is an institution of teaching, education (self-education) and scientific researches, fills a gap in education, focused on holistic human development and health, taking into consideration emotional and psychospiritual education and humanization of upbringing and teaching processes. It makes synthesis of universal rules of human development over culture divides, including tradition, sources, collective wisdom and development possibilities.
IP is supporting women 45+ in discovering their spiritual nature and implementing it into life through self-education, thus leading to health and sustainable (balanced) development. It helps especially to discover causes of many diseases of civilization (like as fibromyalgia, symptoms of constant fatigue, high blood preasure, RA and many more) and recovery.
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I ran ten undergraduate works in the field of Body & Fitness, and my graduate students wrote the diploma works, Masters and PhD from the standpoint of Psychosynthesis - in education, psychology, and sociology.
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HEALTH COACHING permits to:
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C. learn the ways to observe the change, and effective enforcement
D. identifying ways to find motivation for own work-studied techniques, as a continuation of coaching between sessions, for a greater understanding of themselves and the reasons for the problems of health
E. to find the meaning of these experiences and learn new solutions and cope with change
F. to pay attention to arising exchange, to raise awareness of their perception (enhancing concentration and attention)
G. launch their own responsibility for your mood, emotions, coping with stress, anxiety (their influence on the effects / health / symptoms of discomfort)
H. Explain the problems for the understanding of health promotion by all means and find ways to cope with the challenges of life and help in delineating the way to do it.
A. Focus on self-updating (personal and professional growth), in support of their own power than to specific problems, or improper relationshipsto see direction in life (sustainable living, purpose, leading to proper carrier direction)
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in maintaining a connection with the spiritual nature (Higher Self) to live a
life centered on the soul. This is an interesting aspect of coaching, focused
on what the client wants to achieve in life. This naturally leads to a
deepening and broadening of its higher and deeper purpose, brightening the
vision, core values in life and purpose in life.
Therefore, the aim of this type of coaching is to find the essence of each customer and appreciate yourself as a person and a spiritual being and to find his real place in the lives of others. Thus, this type of coaching is deepen into transpersonal one.
C. The principle of this coaching is in contact with "the sacred in themselves" (spiritual nature, the soul). As a coach I am aware of the individual process of growth of each person and trusting him. This principle enables the intentional ability to connect a client to his natural wisdom and find the answers within yourself which relate to the road and make sense of his experiences. This turns a deep respect and the ability to listen to what emerges in his life. It is like turning a Coach in the coming out and grasp its profound truth and internal sources, directing the establishment of specific, individual goal.
Coaching takes place in a different format. Usually they can be 30-minute sessions - and continue to 1 hour on the phone or SKYPE. The client is working between sessions of the established order, with the opportunity to communicate with the coach. Progress is measured at the next session. Communication between sessions can be done by e-mail, fax, or by a short phone calls. There is the possibility to participate in GROUP COACHING, organising teleclass or teleseminar. Thus, we can also work efficiently over long distances, regardless of the distance from the clients.
I am open to lead COACHING in POLISH and ENGLISH
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Almost all the books are in Polish, ready to be translated.There are now 42 books.
Almost all books are published in Polish. Only available in English 40 TRUTHS FROM MY INNER CHILD (go to Amazon (or STRENGHTENING RELATIONSHIPS (Advice from little Eve to adult Ewa) and FIBROMYALGIA. Is there any hope to recovery?
1.Healing fibromyalgiamind& body on amazon
2.40 truths from my inner child (go to amazon)
3.From illness to health: Finding pathways to healing
4.Psychosomatic, emotional and spiritual aspects of stress-related diseases (autoimmunoaggressive diseases)
5.Quantum man. Laying the foundations for an integrated approach to health and human development
6.Health education in practice. An integrated (holistic) approach to development and human health
7. Creators of change. Building social synergy to new quality of life in the world
8.Love has many names
9.Life has a meaning
10.New lyrics
11.Fairy tales for my granddaughter at her request
12.Parenting a child.towards health and harmony in yourself and the world
BOOKS FROM THE SERIES: EDUCATIONAL CHALLENGES - THE ART OF LIVING IN THE WORLD1. Education for health in the family, school and the world
- How to learn?
2. Strenghtening relationships advice from little Eve to adult Ewa. the child is smarter than you think
3. Conscious parenting
of life
5. Words as energy. Psychoenergy of the words
6. We are one big family
7. New approach to health by Ewa Bialek, Barbara Bialowas, Bogna Moszynska
8. Sustainable development of the child in the light of new challenges. (now is available as: Raising Child. In a direction of health and harmony in himself and the world)
9. .Psychosynthesis in education growing human self-awareness (now available as Psychosynthesis. Theory and practice. A bridge to integral psychology)
10.integrative education - alternative or necessity?
11. Where are you going, man? A model of education for the future
for children and youth: Methods and techniques of
psycho-pedagogical assistanceed.By Iwona
The book, has 4 authors who present their approach to the treatment of children and adolescents. among them is a chapter by Ewa Bialek "The Psychosynthesis approach to the children and adolescents therapy".
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I have reached Yuki nirvana
Is it the one that has The Flower will Bloom?He comes back again (and again? Idk) was hardly listenable during the movie because there were too much sound effects that covered the track. I was happy to listen to it with no sfx, and -at least in live- it's not a cacophony unlike lancer and assassin.
And before You have to choose your fate it said something else. Avant Title? Was that something else?


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With the first snowmelt of the year, I was reminded of the huge score I managed to pull a month or two ago. I've got nearly a dozen straw bales in the backyard that I picked up from behind a church by my favorite library. They were used for a pumpkin sale in October, and I checked in with them regularly while I worked up the courage to ask if I could take them. It would have been great if I had asked immediately following the pumpkin sale, because by the time I picked them up, they were waterlogged and frozen together. It took a great deal of effort to get them into the old hatchback, and I had to use a prybar to get two of them apart.
Even in an urban area, bales of straw aren't too hard to come by–I've picked them up from curbs after people used them as harvest-themed decorations on their porch. They're incredibly useful in the garden, and I thought I'd run through the four seasons of straw bales in the garden, starting in the fall, when it's easiest to pick them up.
After they have exhausted their decorative usefulness, straw bales can be useful structural elements in the vegetable garden. They can be used as ultra-insulated walls of cold frames or hot beds–I've arranged them into a rectangle around a few cold-season crops, like lettuce, spinach, or bok choy, and covered the opening with a plastic sheet to keep them available for harvest well into late fall. A similar structure, filled with fresh horse manure and topped with potting soil, could keep warm (through the fermenting and decomposing manure) through the winter, providing you with fresh lettuce all winter.
I've also used straw bales to build a temporary compost bin. After stacking them into a workable structure (usually a squarish shape, one bale by one bale, with the corners overlapping a little, two bales tall), I fill the center with yard and garden waste, which is usually spilling out of my over-filled compost bin in the fall. A bit of high-nitrogen material, such as kitchen waste, manure, or grass clippings, will speed decomposition. I let a good rain get it adequately damp, and put another bale or two on top to cover the opening. This heavily insulated pile will continue cooking longer than my open-air bin, and when I build it on a garden bed, I can pull away the bales and spread the partly-finished compost in situ.
Bales can also be broken up into mulch, and a thick coat of coarse straw spread in the fall can protect topsoil by slowing and absorbing rain and melting snow .
Straw's insulating qualities are even more important in the winter. The cold-frame and hot beds build in autumn will continue producing into winter, and there are other uses, as well. A structure similar to the compost bin can be build for root storage, with layers of carrots, beets, turnips, or rutabegas piled inside and separated with layers of loose straw. I haven't tried this method, as I'm not producing enough food to store during the winter, so attempt it with caution. I'd advise lining the inside of the bale-house with chicken wire to keep out rodents.
Whole bales can also be used to insulate tender plants through the winter. I grow artichokes, which are not cold-tolerant enough to survive a Michigan winter, but keeping them well-insulated and close to the house seems to work. If you keep parsnips or carrots in the ground though winter, covering them with strawbales will make harvest a little easier, at least until everything freezes solid.
Cold frames can be replanted, and hotbeds can have the spent manure dug out and replaced for a fresh start. Hotbeds are a great place to start seedings, as bottom heating encourages germination.
As seedlings sprout, cool-season plants can be mulched with straw to supress weeds, keep the soil cool, and prevent mud from splashing up onto your leaf crops.
A muddy garden path is easily remedied with the generous application of straw. I've laid it down a foot thick down the middle of the garden so that I could wear my dress shoes out to the compost pile.
If you turn your compost heap in the spring, chances are it's a heavy, waterlogged pile. If you're not ready to spread it, restack it parfait-style with a 4-8″ layer of fluffed straw every foot or so. This allows oxygen into the pile, and hastens decomposition.
If you're into nature, there's some delight in watching the birds steal straw to build nests. It's not quite so delightful to find mice using your straw as a nest, but I'll avoid that digression.
By summer, last fall's straw bales will have started to decay, and the string used to hold them together has probably deteriorated to the point that you couldn't pick the bale up if you wanted to. They can be used in place, or broken up for mulch.
When I plant corn, I lay on a thick, loose layer of straw. This keeps the sun off the soil, so I wait until it's warmed up, but it seems to prevent birds from pulling up the seedlings. The corn is determined enough to push through a few inches of straw.
If spring's hotbeds have cooled sufficiently by melon-planting time, put a few melon plants in each one. The recently-decomposed horse manure will retain a lot of water and provide the plants with the rich soil they need to produce. If you have any bales placed on the ground sideways (with the individual straws running perpendicular to the ground), you can poke a hole in them for tomatoes. If regularly fertilized, they do well with their roots digging into the consistently moist, decomposed straw. Some of the shorter varieties won't need staking, as they can spill over the sides of the bale.
When the soil has warmed enough, straw is an ideal mulch. A well-rotted bale can be pulled apart in "pages", the thick, matted masses of straw. These pages are laid down between rows of plants, and are pretty well impenetrable to weed seedlings. Established weeds will push through, but the shady, moist soil under the straw makes it a lot easier to pull these out. The straw breaks down very slowly, so it's ideal for retaining moisture, preventing the rain from washing away soil, and slowing the breakdown of organic material. By midsummer, my entire garden is covered in a thick layer of straw.
By the end of summer, I've usually worked through the straw I've collected, regardless of how much I started with. If I'm planting a fall crop, I'll clear a bed of straw and add it to the compost pile, where it adds carbon and bulk, absorbs water, and admits oxygen. If I'm leaving the bed alone after summer harvest, I won't clear the mulch until the spring. I occassionally have to pull up some wheat sprouts–from seeds stowing away in the straw–but they don't put up much of a fight. Should I ever get the rabbits I dream of, I'll feed the sprouts to them. I may sing the praises of stealing your neighbor's bags of leaves in the fall in a later entry, but I'm comfortable starting my tribute to high-carbon organic mulches with straw.


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Harry turned sixteen this week and we threw a small party for him and 6 of his best mates (invitations in my last post). I also made him a birthday card, decorated with a torn scrap of paper from a Japanese manga book, washi tape, random scraps of patterned paper and sticker letters. I used two pieces of chipboard to construct the actual card and papers glued inside and outside hold the chipboard blocks together. I also decorated the envelope.
The party was fun and eventful.....
The boys met up in Frankston for lastertag in the afternoon and then caught the train back to our place. Unfortunately they were approached by a gang of young thugs (14-18 year olds), who bullied them, pushed them around a bit and threw cans of drink at them. They weren't physically harmed, however they arrived at our place visibly shaken and more than a little freaked out by the experience.
We managed to settle them down with snacks and drinks in the backyard, while some of the boys called their parents for reassurance.
Once they'd had time to recover Peter took them over to the local park for nerf wars and then they came home for pizza and ice-cream cake. They still had a great time and Harry said that overall he'd had a great party.
We didn't prepare party favours for the boys, but I think they all learned a valuable life lesson instead and we all discussed what they would do if they were ever caught in a similar situation again. They surprised me with their maturity and concern for each other's welfare.
They won't be "boys" for much longer I guess (sigh).


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Dr. Lesyk is the director of the Ohio Center for Sport Psychology, Sport Psychologist for the Cleveland Cavaliers, and an Adjunct Asst. Professor of Psychology at Cleveland State University. As a clinical and sport psychologist, he completed his undergraduate work at Penn State and his graduate work at Case Western Reserve University and has been in full-time private practice for over thiry years. Since 1981, he has worked intensively with athletes from over twenty-five different sports, at competitive levels ranging from schoolastic to world-class, Olympic, and professional.
In September 2011 Dr. Lesyk became president of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology, the largest sport psychology organization in the world, with over 2,000 members in 42 countries. He is a Certified Consultant and past memeber of the Executive Board of that organization. In 1983 he attended the first U.S. Olympic Committee's Conference on Sport Psychology in Long Beach, Calif and is currently listed in the U.S. Olympic Committee's Sport Psychology Registry. He is a charter member of Div. 47 (Exercise & Sport Psychology) of the American Psychological Association and served on the divisions's Executive Committee. In 2010 he was presented with the Distinguished Professional Practice award from the Association for Applied Sport Psychology.
Dr. Lesyk is a clinical advisor to the American Running Association and is on the editorial boards of the American Journal of Medicine and Sports and the Journal of Sport Psychology in Action. He has been quoted in a whide variety of publications including: Time magazine, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Atlanta Constitution, Seattle Times, Powerlifting USA, Sports Illustrated for Women, Fit, Shape, and Runners' World. He has discussed his work on radio and television and has presented at national and international professional conferences.
As a youth he participated in tennis, golf, wrestling and fencing. As an adult, he has been and avid runner and has competed in New York, Chicago, and Boston Marathons. While in college he had the honor of serving as the Penn State Nittany Lion Mascot. A frequent speaker at professional, civic, and social organizations, he is known for his particular emphasis that sports should enhance one's overall well-being and joy of living.
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Hank the Heron has won. Victory was declared last night after he ate the one single fish and frog left in the pond.
Yes, this is a picture of Hank. An environmental conservationist he is not. .
I am literally exhausted trying to save the pond. He's won. There is nothing left; a pond with no life in it. I had a perfect little ecosystem going in it before he arrived.
Did I mention that Great Blue Herons are federally protected birds? Not that I was thinking of giving him the Jimmy Hoffa treatment.
There is a woman in Brooklyn in New York City who has a very small pond stocked with rather expensive fish. She has a heron hanging around too and it's eaten all her fish. A heron in New York City.
The world is filled with heron stories. Unfortunately, these birds do not migrate. Once they set up an area, and Hank has set up his area, they stay.
I am returning to my knitting, now. I feel a need to get a grip on things. And as I knit I am going to try to forget all about Hank and our summer long battle.


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Codecademy teaches novice and intermediate coders how to build interactive programs with sound coding principles. Learn JavaScript, jQuery, HTML, CSS, PHP, Python, and Ruby. You can even build programs from scratch with project challenges and API courses. Learn programming from the ground up with action-packed courses. From the very first lesson, you immediately start typing code. While you run code in the console, short text snippets and helpful hints guide your way. You're sure to stay motivated as you collect badges, join groups, and collaborate with other programmers on active forums. But because there aren't in-depth explanations to concepts, you may need to supplement lessons with programming books. Codecademy is purely focused on the beginner. If you already know your way around loops and functions, you might want to look elsewhere. ( Read full Codecademy review here.)
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Chiefly known for its math courses, Khan Academy also teaches students about science, economics, finance, history, and computer programming. Video-based courses embrace a casual teaching style with interactive challenges and achievements. Khan Academy inspires you to succeed by rewarding you points after every lesson, which you can accumulate to collect badges. Sign up with a coach or mentor who will support you on your educational journey, tracking your progress and answering questions when you get stuck. Khan Academy is an excellent resource to supplement classwork. (Read Udemy vs Khan Academy here.)
Update: LearnStreet shutdown their e-learning service. Dive into a world of programming with Learn Street as your guide. Immerse yourself into JavaScript, Ruby, and Python as you complete engaging projects with access to over 60 hours of content. You don't need programming experience to get started. Learn Street will teach you how to code from the ground up. Learn basic and advanced programming principles as you build games like Sudoku, Snakes and Ladders, and Mastermind. Since Learn Street is still in its early stages of development, you might run into obstacles with inconsistent lessons and awkwardly worded sentences. Courses are also limited.
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Programmr helps you jump right into programming, offering a host of lessons on Java, C++, Python, C#, PHP, Ruby, Android and iOS development, JavaScript, Ajax, game development, Flash, SQL, HTML, and CSS. Run coding examples in the console, complete short exercises, and develop fun projects. Take part in programming contests, raking in Amazon gift cards and an entry in the Hall of Fame if you win. You can also receive HCL certificates for a small fee, though these aren't available for all programming languages. Since Programmr is primarily a resource for experimenting with code, you may need to supplement exercises with books and other programming courses.
Ruby Monk is a product of Code Monk, teaching you how to program with interactive courses and fun exercises. Learn the basics of developing programs with Ruby, an object-oriented programming language. As you work through the lessons, you'll learn advanced concepts that will jump start your Ruby development career. Receive immediate results when you run code in the console. Courses are designed in such a way that you'll quickly feel as though you're being trained by the master of Ruby himself. Challenge yourself even further with Python Monk, another resource in the Code Monk library.
If you study best with a book in hand, you'll enjoy the collection of text-based tutorials on SitePoint. Learn about HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Ruby, mobile development, design, and business. You won't find many video walkthroughs on this website. And while tutorials are free, SitePoint offers a growing library of e-books for sale (ranging from $9.95 to $29). Visual learners will enjoy Learnable, a paid membership website founded by SitePoint with over 4,000 videos on programming, design, mobile development, business, and marketing subjects. For $29 per month, you'll have access to hundreds of courses, books, exclusive events, and two free e-book downloads every month.
Udacity was founded as a Stanford University experiment and has since grown to offer introductory and advanced courses on business, computer science, design, mathematics, and science. Udacity empowers students to excel with short, high-quality videos regularly separated by quizzes and assignments. With simple progress meters and a certificate of completion after finishing the final exam, you stay motivated as you collaborate with other students on message boards. Take courses at any time without the stress of deadlines. On the flip side, you might be tempted to procrastinate. But with discipline, you can pave the road to success. For a small fee, you can even receive college credit after mastering the subject material. And if you upload a resume on your profile, Udacity will find work for you by handing your credentials to partnering companies. While courses are limited, the quality of instruction is well worth the time spent. (Read Udacity review here.)
Some universities grant free access to online college courses, where you can view class material and watch video lectures as if you're right there attending class. On the other hand, an instructor won't be there to guide you if you get stuck.
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So far I've reviewed 20 MOOCs, listing over 40 resources to further your learning. The classes you take and skills you develop depend on your own objectives. While every MOOC has its own strengths and weaknesses, some online training courses are more tailored to your individual goals. By researching your options, you can find the right service to launch your career forward.
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Vacationers vote Minnesota the country's friendliest state
To the haters, "Minnesota Nice" is a euphemism for "passive-aggressive," under the inexplicable belief that everyone is supposed to be inviting them over for dinner. The nation's travelers beg to differ.
The vacation site Big Seven Travel recently put the matter to a vote, asking readers to weigh in on America's most friendly and unfriendly states. It appears the people not making you supper are actually quite welcoming after all. Minnesota finished No. 1.
It's not exactly a scientific survey. Friendliness is in the eye of the beholder, and there's no empirical way to measure our legendary grace and conviviality. The site is also on the decidedly light end of the vacationer spectrum. Suffice to say it's not quite representative of the vacation market at large. Stories even come with a guestimate on how long they'll take to read.
"The Most Instagrammable spots in Minnesota": Three minutes. (Plot spoiler: Voyageurs National Park is the winner.)
That said, it wouldn't be very Minnesota Nice of us to reject a compliment. Especially when we finished ahead of such noted centers of geniality as Tennessee, South Carolina, Texas, and Wyoming, respectively.
There were also some surprises. The notorious friendliness of the rest of the Upper Midwest was voted rather lacking. Iowa, for example, landed a middling 29th, likely because anyone who'd willingly vacation in Iowa is intellectually suspect. Wisconsin was voted a mere 26th, since speaking in tongues makes it rather difficult to convey warmth.
And the least friendly? That would go, in order, to New York, Arkansas, Delaware, Massachusetts, and New Jersey.


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I'm sorry if you have been enjoying my wanderings and missed them recently. I will try to catch up because although I've been out with Dave several times recently I haven't found time for blogging.
We had an enjoyable day out just beyond Rushcliffe in a landscape that is not dissimilar to the Wolds but definitely has a different quality and a few different plants.
One feature that is largely missing in Rushcliffe is much in the way of industrial archaeology – the Grantham Canal being a notable exception that springs to mind. This feature is buried away on the Thurgarton Beck and I haven't got any idea what it once was.
Opposite-leaved Golden Saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium was growing abundantly nearby; it is one plant that does not occur in Rushcliffe.
And this is another; Strawberry-blite Chenopodium capitatum has only previously been recorded from a garden at Chilwell (and about a dozen other places in the British Isles).
We managed around 213 species of plant including a good many common species that were missing from the square for the purposes of the atlas. A tantalisingly inaccessible pond took up half an hour of tact and diplomacy followed by five minutes of bold determination to add –Lemna minuta.
Dave's famous blue rucksack is torn at the shoulder (and elsewhere) and nearing the end of its life so I thought it appropriate to preserve it in a photo and to show how it is possible to minimise one's carbon footprint by not replacing stuff until it is truly necessary.


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