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ESPN Fantasy's Mike Clay breaks down the fantasy impact of each skill-position pick from the second and third rounds of the NFL draft on Friday.
Round 2 picks
No. 37: WR Zay Jones to Buffalo Bills
The Bills entered this year's draft with arguably the biggest hole at wide receiver. They addressed it early on Friday by snatching up 6-foot-2, 201-pound Jones. The East Carolina product destroyed April's combine, posting above-average scores in every drill. Jones can play inside and out, and help out as a returner. Obscenely productive in college, Jones caught 158 of 220 targets for 1,746 yards and eight touchdowns last season. He is the all-time leader in FBS receptions. Jones figures to quickly slide in as the team's No. 2 wideout opposite Sammy Watkins. Expect him to work often from the slot. Jones will play a lot of rookie-season snaps in an underrated offense. He'll be a sneaky PPR flex option.
Rookie-season projection: 53 receptions, 650 yards, 4 TD
No. 40: RB/WR Curtis Samuel to Carolina Panthers
The Panthers said they wanted to get Cam Newton help this weekend. They've made big waves in that area already, adding Christian McCaffrey and now Ohio State's Samuel. The versatile 20-year-old ran a 4.31 40-yard dash in Indy and will contribute as a rusher, receiver and returner. Samuel caught 74 passes for 982 yards and ran for 771 yards on 97 carries last year, while scoring 15 touchdowns. Especially with McCaffrey on board, Samuel figures to show up as a wide receiver on Carolina's roster, and spend most of his time in the slot. His jack-of-all-trades role might limit his fantasy upside, but Samuel's athleticism and upside very well could allow him a Tyreek Hill or Percy Harvin-like impact.
Rookie-season projection: 31 carries, 159 yards, 43 receptions, 526 yards, 4 touchdowns
No. 41: RB Dalvin Cook to Minnesota Vikings
The Vikings have landed one of this year's most intriguing running back prospects. Cook was expected to be a first-round pick, but a rough combine, combined with health, fumbles and off-field concerns led to a fall. Cook was outstanding during his time at Florida State. He has good game speed, terrific elusiveness and vision and will help out in the passing game. The FSU product joins a tricky situation, as Minnesota signed Latavius Murray and already have Jerick McKinnon. The projection here is tough, as we'll need to wait and see if the Vikings force Murray out there until Cook inevitably takes the job and runs away with it. Still, he's too good for us to not expect RB2 production once he lands the lead back gig. He'll be a worthwhile mid-round pick, but might start slow.
Rookie-season projection: 192 carries, 835 yards, 6 TD, 34 receptions, 276 yards, 1 TD
No. 44: TE Gerald Everett to Los Angeles Rams
Everett is the next in a terrific tight end rookie class. The South Alabama product averaged 11.4 yards after catch last season, which topped all tight ends who were at the combine. He profiles as a big slot pass catcher, but is a decent blocker who can emerge into a every-down player. He's a terrific athlete with good speed and toughness but heads to one of the league's worst offenses and will need to beat out second-year Tyler Higbee for snaps. Everett is a fine dynasty stash, but a poor bet to make a fantasy splash in 2017.
Rookie-season projection: 28 receptions, 304 yards, 2 TD
No. 45: TE Adam Shaheen to Chicago Bears
The Bears traded up for Mitchell Trubisky on Thursday and provided their potential franchise quarterback with a new weapon Friday. Shaheen is a small-school product out of Ashland University. He's a big man at 6-foot-6, 278 pounds and, despite a poor combine showing, is powerful, fast and quick on tape. He's a good receiver but has a ways to go as a blocker. Shaheen is likely to spend 2017 learning the ropes from 32-year-old and contract-year Zach Miller. He's a fine dynasty hold with little short-term value.
Rookie-season projection: 13 receptions, 139 yards, 1 TD
No. 48: RB Joe Mixon to Cincinnati Bengals
Clearly displeased by Jeremy Hill's production over the past two years, the Bengals took the plunge on Mixon on Friday night. Off-field issues aside, Mixon is arguably the best talent at the position in this year's draft. He's 6-foot-1, 228 pounds with 4.50 wheels. He's a good rusher and an outstanding receiver. He averaged 6.8 yards per carry and 14.5 yards per reception at Oklahoma last year. Mixon's 2017 prospects are tough to predict with Hill still on the roster, but it's now very possible he's traded this weekend, or released closer to the season. Giovani Bernard is also recovering from torn ACL, so Mixon could simply start out as a passing-down complement to Hill. Eventually, Mixon has three-down, Le'Veon Bell-esque upside. He's an outstanding dynasty target and his 2017 value will depend on the status of Hill and Bernard.
Rookie-season projection: 172 carries, 740 yards, 6 TD, 20 receptions, 156 yards, 1 TD
No. 52: QB DeShone Kizer to Cleveland Browns
The Browns passed on Carson Wentz, Mitchell Trubisky and Deshaun Watson, but they finally made an impact addition at quarterback position Friday. Kizer is extremely young (21) and raw, but is big (6-foot-4, 233 pounds), mobile and athletic. He has a huge arm but will need to improve his decision-making and accuracy. Kizer was off-target on a prospect-high 14.5 percent of his throws last year. The Notre Dame product will immediately compete with underrated Cody Kessler (and possibly Brock Osweiler) for the team's Week 1 gig. He might not start right away, but Kizer is likely to make some starts this season. He won't be a fantasy asset in the short term.
Rookie-season projection: 132 of 220, 1,412 yards, 6 TD, 6 INT
No. 62: WR JuJu Smith-Schuster to Pittsburgh Steelers
Pittsburgh has quite a bit of talent at the wide receiver position but added yet another asset Friday night. Smith-Schuster is one of the youngest incoming rookies at only 20 years and four months old. He's 6-foot-1, 215 pounds with long arms and big hands. Smith-Schuster projects as a possession receiver in the mold of Brandon Marshall or Anquan Boldin. The former safety doesn't offer much in terms of separation or speed, but he's physical, has strong hands and will dominate after the catch. Though he might seem intriguing in Pittsburgh's high-scoring offense, keep in mind that he'll start out competing for reps with Eli Rogers, Sammie Coates, Justin Hunter and Darrius Heyward-Bey behind Antonio Brown and Martavis Bryant. Additionally, Ben Roethlisberger is 35 years old and already flirting with retirement, which means the man who will be throwing Smith-Schuster passes over the next decade is very much an unknown. Rookie-season fantasy value is possible if injuries land him a big snap boost, but Smith-Schuster is probably headed for a de facto redshirt season.
Rookie-season projection: 21 receptions, 266 yards, 2 TD
Round 3 Picks
No. 67: RB Alvin Kamara to New Orleans Saints
If you didn't think Sean Payton was a big fan of Mark Ingram one week ago, you're sure of it today. Days after signing Adrian Peterson to a two-year contract, the Saints selected Kamara in the third round of the draft. Kamara is obviously blocked from significant playing time early on but has three-down upside, return ability and could be the team's eventual lead back. He's 5-foot-10, 214 pounds and showed his athleticism with impressive performances in the vertical and broad jumps at April's combine. Kamara has good size, speed and elusiveness. He's a candidate to replace Travaris Cadet as the primary back in obvious passing situations, but note that New Orleans called pass plays on 97 percent of Cadet's snaps last season. Buried behind Ingram and Peterson, Kamara will be no more than a late-round, handcuff flier in 2017 fantasy leagues.
No. 69: WR Cooper Kupp to Los Angeles Rams
The Eastern Washington product is one of the oldest incoming rookies (he turns 24 in June). Kupp sports a 6-foot-1, 204-pound frame with big hands and profiles as a possession receiver at the pro level. He tore it up during four years in college, posting 6,512 yards and 74 touchdowns on 445 touches. He also added 516 yards and three scores on 30 returns, as well as 180 yards and four touchdowns on 10 pass attempts. Kupp underwhelmed at the combine, but his body of work landed him a third-round selection. Kupp will open his career battling with the likes of Pharoh Cooper and Michael Thomas for reps behind Tavon Austin and Robert Woods. There's not much 2017 fantasy appeal in an offense unlikely to score all that often.
Rookie-season projection: 35 receptions, 441 yards, 2 TD
No. 72: WR Taywan Taylor to Tennessee Titans
The Titans have now officially overhauled their wide receiver corps over the past two years. They signed Rishard Matthews and drafted Tajae Sharpe last offseason. On Thursday, they selected Corey Davis with the draft's fifth overall pick and now Western Kentucky's Taylor has been added to the mix. Taylor is 5-foot-11, 203 pounds with long arms and terrific short-area quickness (he posted a wide receiver-best 6.57 three-cone at the combine). He lacks game-changing speed (4.50 40-yard dash), but his separation skills and post-catch ability make him a valuable target in the short-to-intermediate area. Taylor will immediately compete with Sharpe for the team's No. 3 gig, but is unlikely to generate much 2017 fantasy value in Tennessee's run-heavy scheme.
Rookie-season projection: 26 receptions, 338 yards, 2 TD
No. 79: WR ArDarius Stewart to New York Jets
Stewart is already 23 years old but adds versatility to the Jets' offense as a receiver, rusher and returner. Stewart has enough size (5-foot-11, 204 pounds) and ability to line up on the perimeter and dominate downfield, but his combination of strength and physicality also allowed him big-time production after the catch at Alabama (averaged 10.5 yards after the catch last season). The Jets' quarterback situation is a mess, but Stewart figures to immediately compete with Robby Anderson for snaps opposite Eric Decker. He's a better dynasty pick than he is a 2017 fantasy asset.
Rookie-season projection: 33 receptions, 406 yards, 2 TD
No. 82: WR Carlos Henderson to Denver Broncos
One of the more underrated needs in this year's draft was wide receiver for Denver. The Broncos directed 52 percent of their targets at two players -- Demaryius Thomas and Emmanuel Sanders -- last year. Thomas is 29 and Sanders just turned 30. Henderson broke out at Louisiana Tech last season, registering 1,668 yards and 21 touchdowns from scrimmage, and adding 805 yards and a pair of scores on 25 kick returns. Henderson is on the small side (5-foot-11, 199 pounds), but he's fast (4.46 40), quick, versatile and sure-handed. Expect him to quickly win the team's No. 3/slot gig. His primary 2017 fantasy value will be as a handcuff to Thomas and Sanders.
Rookie-season projection: 34 receptions, 427 yards, 2 TD
No. 84: WR Chris Godwin to Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Buccaneers added another tool to Jameis Winston's arsenal. The Penn State product crushed it at April's combine, running a 4.42 40-yard dash and posting position-best marks in the bench press (19) and short shuttle (4.00). Godwin was a deep threat at PSU, but is good in traffic and has terrific ball skills. Expect him to start behind Mike Evans, DeSean Jackson and slot man Adam Humphries. He won't be worth drafting in 2017 season-long fantasy leagues.
No. 86: RB Kareem Hunt to Kansas City Chiefs
One of my favorite players in this year's draft, Hunt is both elusive and terrific at forcing missed tackles. Per Pro Football Focus, the 5-foot-10, 216-pound back forced an FBS-best 100 missed tackles on 303 touches during the 2016 season. In turn, he ended up as the site's highest-graded FBS running back. Hunt disappointed with a 4.62 40-yard dash at the combine but was very efficient as a rusher at Toledo. He's also an exceptional pass-catcher and has three-down upside. He makes a ton of sense in an Andy Reid offense that always gets the best out of its tailbacks. Hunt figures to begin his career as a passing-down complement to Spencer Ware, which allows him a little bit of PPR value. This landing spot puts him in the first-round mix in rookie drafts.
Rookie-season projection: 99 carries, 406 yards, 4 TD, 27 receptions, 191, 1 TD
No. 87: QB Davis Webb to New York Giants
Webb has been a hot name over the past few weeks and was actually discussed as a potential first-round pick. He fell to the Giants in the third round and provides the team with a developmental passer behind Eli Manning. Webb is 6-foot-5, 229 pounds but has small hands and has struggled with decision-making and accuracy. He struggled to 6.9 yards per attempt at Cal last season. Webb will hold the clipboard for another year or three and thus has no short-term fantasy value.
No. 89: RB D'Onta Foreman to Houston Texans
When the Texans signed Lamar Miller last offseason, there were concerns that he wouldn't hold up if handed a much bigger workload. That seemed to be the case as he struggled to the worst efficiency of his career in 2016. The Texans gave him some help Friday night by adding Foreman to the mix. He's quick and athletic for someone who is 6-foot, 233 pounds. Foreman offers very little in the passing game and figures to be limited to early down and short-yardage work at the NFL level. He immediately has some 2017 fantasy value as Miller's handcuff but won't have much standalone appeal.
Rookie-season projection: 108 carries, 429 yards, 3 TD, 4 receptions, 33 yards
No. 96: WR Kenny Golladay to Detroit Lions
Golladay is a height/weight/speed prospect at 6-foot-4, 218 pounds with 4.50 wheels. He caught 87 balls at Northern Illinois last season and didn't drop a single pass. He's also versatile enough to help as a rusher and returner. Golladay will compete for work on the perimeter, but he is unlikely to do much fantasy damage out of the gate.
No. 98: WR Chad Williams to Arizona Cardinals
Williams was one of the bigger surprises on Day 2 of the draft, but that's nothing new for the Cardinals at the wide receiver position. Williams is 6-foot-1, 200 pounds with 4.43 wheels and character concerns (he wasn't invited to the combine following an arrest). Williams has decent hands and is good with the ball in his hands. He has a shot to see the field often in a Cardinals offense that had four wide receivers on the field for 19 percent of its pass plays last season (third highest). Still, he'll need an injury to another Cardinals pass-catcher to land fantasy-relevant target numbers.
No. 100: TE Jonnu Smith to Tennessee Titans
The Titans continue to add weapons for Marcus Mariota. Smith is a 6-foot-3, 248-pound two-way tight end out of Florida International. He enjoyed a terrific combine, posting an above-average mark in every drill he took part in. Oddly enough, he's drawn comparisons to his new mentor, Delanie Walker. Smith is athletic with good speed and post-catch production. He's strong but undersized and will need to cut down on drops. He'll spend a year or two in multiple-tight-end sets before potentially replacing Walker as the Titans' top tight end.
No. 104: QB C.J. Beathard to San Francisco 49ers
Check that. Beathard is now the biggest shocker of Day 2. Considered a late-rounder at best, Beathard's efficiency was brutal during his final season at Iowa. It included a total QBR of 44 and a 17:10 TD:INT mark. He completed 57 percent of his passes despite a low 6.2-yard average depth of throw. Beathard figures to be a healthy scratch early on but will eventually push for some starts. There's little appeal here, short term or long term.
No. 105: RB James Conner to Pittsburgh Steelers
The Steelers have their replacement for DeAngelo Williams behind workhorse Le'Veon Bell. Conner, who was recently cleared after a battle with Hodgkin's lymphoma, is a tough 6-foot-1, 233 pounds, but he doesn't bring much speed or quickness to the table. He's a solid receiver, catching 21 of his 25 targets for 474 yards and four scores last season. The Pitt product won't have to travel far to back up Bell. He has handcuff appeal out of the gate but limited upside long term.
No. 106: WR Amara Darboh to the Seattle Seahawks
For the third time in four years, Seattle has picked a wide receiver in the second or third round. Unlike the previous two picks (Paul Richardson and Tyler Lockett), Darboh brings size to the table. He's 6-foot-2, 214 pounds and his terrific combine effort included a 4.45 40-yard dash. He's big, tough, athletic and a good blocker, which makes him a logical candidate to replace Jermaine Kearse, who struggled last season. Like Kearse, Darboh has little fantasy value, at least in the short term.
For breakdowns and projections of the players drafted in Round 1, click here.
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Previous proposalDrift detection across a heterogeneous infrastructure
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Paradigm shift in CI at PayPal with Docker and Mesos
Submitted by sathiya narayanan (@sathiya-mit) on Feb 15, 2017
Sathiya Narayanan is a part of Global platform and Infrastructure team at PayPal. The team is responsible for developer and QA community for their continuos integration and delivery process. This talk will be about how PayPal adopted open source tools Docker, Mesos, Jenkins and Aurora to build a scalable, highly available CI solution for PayPal which resulted in a Paradigm shift compared to the conventional VM based model. This talk also covers how PayPal is introducing docker in to its PDLC. With this solution PayPal got more value for each buck spent on resources. Docker helped in tailoring Jenkins Master and Jenkins slaves for Polyglot environment at PayPal.
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They all have memories for me. The pistachio shells remind me of the winter night we all went into Milan and wandered around, Brandon hounding us for a snack until we stopped at a kiosk and bought the pistachios. Then, what to do with the shells… We would collect them up in pockets as we walked around and then drop them in a trash can. Apparently I forgot a few, lingering in my pocket. In my pocket they will stay.
The Metro tickets may have been from the same night, or some other time. We used the Metro all the time when we wanted to go into Milan. The tickets were stuck everywhere… they became bookmarks and notes. My son has piles of them saved up. I have two in my coat pocket now. Where I slip my hand in and remind myself I lived in Italy for a while.
The British penny must be from my visit to London last winter, where I met up with my fellow muse Kirstin and had a fabulous weekend wandering around with my camera. What a joy that was, to connect with her and her family in person. I'll keep that memory safely tucked away in my pocket too.
We find our lives are filled with these little memories, tucked away to be discovered again and again or in plain sight to remind us often. Our house is a veritable story book, the items "before Italy" and "from Italy" blending in to this "after Italy." The physical space we live in has changed as we shift the elements in our lives to encompass our experience. My style of clothes has changed. My photographs have changed. It's all a reflection of the personal changes that living abroad has brought. They are the concrete reminders that we did live in Italy. Our time there was real.
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I guess I was too hard on Bernie's healthcare plan not being detailed enough.
Donald Trump on this morning's This Week with George Stephanopolous:
STEPHANOPOULOS: You say that Ted Cruz is a liar, but you have said that you want everyone to be covered on health care and the government is going to pay for it. How is that not ObamaCare?
TRUMP: I want people takes -- that's true. I want people taken care of. I have a heart. I want people taken care of. If people have no money, we have to help people. But that doesn't mean single payer. It means we have to help people.
STEPHANOPOULOS: How do you do it?
TRUMP: We'll work something out.
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SAN DIEGO, March 18, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NetworkWire -- Green Hygienics Holdings Inc. (OTCQB: GRYN) ("GRYN" or the "Company"), an innovative, full-scope, science-driven, premium cannabis cultivation and branding enterprise, has opened escrow for the purchase of the Potrero Ranch Property near San Diego, California.
The land package is extraordinary, with over 824 acres of flat, native grassland pasture sheltered by surrounding mountains, affording maximum privacy. There is an abundant water supply, and the type and pH of the soil, as well as the altitude of the property, are all ideal for hemp cultivation.
Additionally, the property includes outbuildings spanning 294,000 square feet, and an updated home is also included with the property. The outbuildings have been constructed on a concrete slab, and each building has triple phase power, water and gas services. The structures are ideal for greenhouses or storage. The main building has a large built-in cooler.
Matt Dole, Vice President of Business Development, stated, "Given that there is the potential to harvest 1,200 to 1,500 pounds of hemp per acre, we can produce two crops per year, and the price of hemp is at an average of $50 dollars per pound, this initiative has the potential to produce significant revenues for the Company. This will also provide a base of operations for several other equally exciting initiatives. We have been working on this property acquisition for a very long time and are excited about the possibilities it opens up for the Company."
Further, Green Hygienics Holdings Inc. has engaged the services of the law firm McAllister Garfield, P.C. With an elite team of marijuana attorneys, McAllister Garfield, P.C. is a full-service law firm that pioneers legal strategies and services for the marijuana industry. Beginning with the very first marijuana businesses that emerged in 2009, the firm has represented hundreds of medical and recreational dispensaries, grows, infused-product manufacturers, and testing laboratories. The firm currently represents some of the leading marijuana companies in Colorado and nationwide and represents a large number of ancillary and related businesses, including lenders, investors, landlords, social media companies, trim companies, consultants, vendors, inventors and packaging companies.
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Screened devices, programs and apps are often touted as 'human-centric'; after all, we exist in the middle of their screens. Swipe technology, rounded corners, and dimmed or faded lighting are purported to humanize the mediums in which we type words and interact with pixelated images and faces millions of miles away. Often, we can use a device without consciously realizing we are a part of the interaction. The products are designed for us, by us; they must therefore be centered around us, right?
Inside the screens, cogs churn away at algorithms based on data that we input. Apps are designed to measure our health, match dates, find the quickest way to maintain a vegan lifestyle. We find these apps intuitive, smart, intellectual, almost. Your iPhone can quickly sync your email contacts to the number on a business card, while Google Maps directs you to an address in an unfamiliar location. Fitbits measure the distance you walk and WhatsApp the hours you talk. The Internet of Things (IoT) extends almost into the realm of sci-fi and George Orwell novels as more and more interlinking technologies are created for our personal ease. The question is: how could technology-informed product design truly become more helpful, rather than adding multiple 'helpful' features?
The opportunity lies in what screen-based designs cannot often offer – true human- centricity, where the user is at the center of the design. Yes, many apps, programs, gadgets and games are intuitive, smart, and helpful in achieving everyday tasks and goals. Yet these gadgets are simply devices interacting with one another, an IoT with the user a void in the middle – which makes them, by default, not truly 'human-centric'. The key lies in the word 'user' or 'consumer' – although we have to touch and press buttons to use a program, app or gadget, screen-based devices are often simply banks that output information in clever ways. You input your data, and a mathematical equation is displayed via several statistical methods. This model is based around service rather than interaction. For a product design to be human-centric, a product needs to deeply understand the people it serves. A truly human-centric product works with the user to jointly form, rather than calculate, the outcome for a larger societal purpose.
Design Thinking is a methodology for developing technology from a human point of view. If you take this line of Design Thinking , you might expand the question of human-centricity into what it is that makes a product easy to interact with. What is it that humans need to experience to make a product design encounter memorable? Is it taste? Touch? Sound? A medley of the above? The burgeoning Virtual Reality (VR) industry is one example of a move towards sense mimicry as a way to make brand experiences memorable. IBM continues its search to enhance the sense of touch in its wares, with infrared and haptic technologies usually associated with physical objects outside the reach of the screen
added to their devices. Angles away from the screen to more physical forms of connection are gaining traction.
The Five Senses are playing a bigger role in upcoming product design. In order to engage, you have to stimulate; in order to stimulate, you have to reach past the instant gratification of the machine and into what we experience without even knowing it. Research hubs such as The Osaka Science and Technology Center have created industrial forums for the growing "Five Senses Industry'', with the goal of creating a "high quality, safe and secure society" benefitted by technology-based 3D objects – objects that you can hold, hear, taste and smell, as well as see. Greater attempts are being made at computerizing the brain's architecture through neuromorphic chip technology that slots into your screen-based device. The deviation from the screen-based product is in no way complete, but the drive for a more authentic experience is compelling and an easy way to fit a well-designed product into your own personal narrative.
Several world class product design firms have developed Design Thinking frameworks to put the human at the center of emerging technologies. Kohlex, a California based product design firm for example, has developed what could be the best framework for new product development and design. Their framework puts the human at the center, between feasible technologies and economical product development. According to Kohlex founder Christian Mackin, human-centric design is only viable if it can be developed and manufactured cost effectively.
Of course, the best way to involve the five senses in product design is to use a product that already ticks many of the boxes, and add technology to that. Kohlex is currently designing a Bluetooth desk that does just that. The connected desk moves with its occupant from a seated position, to standing, to seated again. The desk tracks the occupant's fluidity of movement based on an accelerometer in their smartphone and then communicates to a microprocessor via Bluetooth to control linear actuators that move with rather than against the flow of the human body. In an Internet of Everything where reviews are king and personal preferences more accessible than ever, fitting around the consumer to support rather than void their presence is crucial. Adding value to the simplest of 3D objects can greatly impact user reviews and enhance the experience of using the product.
Amidst fields of products that are designed to give instant gratification and perfect the image on-screen only, technology that enhances everyday objects with a more human interaction, like desks, is an opportunity. Will you consider it in your next new product development session?
About the author:
Danielle Whitburn is an Account Director at a design agency in Auckland, New Zealand. She has managed several international brand launches over the past five years and views product innovation as a direct disciple of a strong brand. Visit her Behance page HERE


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Today is our fifth anniversary. Five years ago today we were married at Sacred Heart Church. We've had an amazing five years together. Having this blog has been like an online chronicle of that life together, from our life before marriage to Eva's birth and her growing into a beautiful, precocious three year old. Our highs and lows captured in photos and words of our life together.
We went to the Colonel Blackington Inn for an anniversary dinner. The meal was amazing. We had wine, calamari and two delicious dinners.
After dinner we went to the Speed of Thought Playhouse to see a comedy show. Unfortunately no one else went and they didn't put on the show. But we had a good time there anyway. It is always nice to get a chance to take some time out together.
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12 Days of Kindness
Meet Ayana, mother behind the blog Little Prince Leopold! Ayana is from Columbia in South Carolina and is a mother to two, Leopold (3 years) and Finley (2 months). We asked her to share with us her thoughts about raising empathetic children. Here's what she had to say:
It's never too early to start teaching your children empathy and encouraging kindness. Boys and girls alike benefit from kindness and empathy and it's up to us to raise the next generation to be kind and loving!
I want to raise my son and daughter to be kind, loving and empathetic human beings. That no matter where you are in life, you can always lend a hand to someone in need. I'm already very proud of Leopold's ability to compliment people. He is never afraid to tell someone "I like your sweater!" or even "Ooh, I love your shower head" (True statement). Just a small compliment goes a long way, especially coming from a toddler, as toddlers are notorious for their blatant honesty.
We used Baby Erik as a tool for Leopold to prepare him for his baby sister early this year. Leopold has always had the sweetest little disposition and I am sure baby Erik (and later, Cutie Karin) helped him mentally get ready to care for, love and be gentle with his baby sister.
This Christmas consider how you can show your children how to be kind. Instead of 12 days with treats and gifts, try 12 days of kindness. Remember that your children are watching you. Show them how to be the kind of person you hope for them to become! Check out my latest blog post for some12 days of kindness ideas and inspiration.
If you got inspired by Ayana, like we did, follow her at @littleprinceleopold to connect with her!
For more empathy exercises for your child(ren) this Christmas, click HERE.
We would love to hear how you teach or plan to teach empathy and kindness to your child(ren)! Share your thoughts on Instagram OR Facebook. We will selec 1 winner on the 3rd of January 2019 who will receive a Rubens Barn of their choice!
We will be sharing some of our favorite stories from you on our Instagram and Facebook. All you need to do is:
Post a photo of your child (ren) with their Rubens Barn. Add a short text about how you teach empathy to your child(ren). Hashtag #shapingakinderfuture!


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It seems as if a year doesn't go by that TJ isn't tinkering with the admissions process: removal of quantitative comparisons, paragraph reordering, on-site SIS (student information sheet) administration, holistic evaluation for 2nd cut, SIS math challenge. The changes appear to be good overall, but it does keep those of us in the test preparation business on our toes.
The latest change is to the admissions test. Pearson Education bowed out as the test generator and TJ admissions has turned to ACT (Aspire portion) and Quant Q. The new test will consist of 28 question/50 minute section of "Quant Q" math, 32 question/65 minute Aspire Reading, and 40 question/60 minute Aspire Science.
We spoke to someone in TJ's admissions office in late May. Two points stood out: First, Fairfax County does not consult with TJ admissions about what materials to use for its TJ test preparation. (It is not clear why they are using Cambridge's Non-Negotiable Skills Level 2.) And second, TJ Admissions is using the high school Aspire, not the 8th grade version.
Here are some useful links:
Over the years, there has been criticism that the math portion of the TJ test is too easy. Perhaps this has driven the decision to use Quant Q for the math assessment. Here is an important advisory paper that Fairfax County Association for the Gifted produced. (See page 8 of link for sample math problems.)
For further sample questions, download the app from this website to explore the kinds of questions being used: Critical Thinking App . They are similar to the math questions that were used on the SIS administration in 2016 and 2017. Below are links to Kate Dalby's explanations of the TJ SIS math questions (as recounted by my students). Students were given about 30 minutes to work out the problem.
- Website for Quant Q – insight assessment
- Sample Thinking Skills
- College Level Quant Q Questions
- Article on Combinatorics
- Link to combinatoric problems
Kate Dalby is using her 30+ years of test preparation experience, and the insight she has developed working with thousands of test takers to devise testing and preparation material that is well-suited to meet the needs of course participants. Inspiring is completely overhauling its preparation course from start to finish to best respond to this change in admissions. Each class we will discuss those strategies necessary to prepare for this latest permutation, and each testing session we will administer mock tests to approximate the test the students might encounter. To participate in our program enroll via one of the links below. (Full class description may be found on the Fall course webpage.)
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A senior White House adviser says the blown-out wellhead at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico could continue to spew oil into the ocean until August.
Carol Browner, the president's adviser on energy and climate, says the oil spill is the country's biggest environmental disaster.
BP's latest attempt to stem the leak, the so-called "top kill", failed over the weekend and the company is now working on another approach involving underwater robots and containment domes.
But Ms Browner says there are growing fears nothing will work in the short-term.
"There could be oil coming up until August when the relief wells are dug," she said.
"This is probably the biggest environmental disaster we have ever faced in this country. It is certainly the biggest oil spill and we are responding with the biggest environmental response.
"It means more oil is leaking into the Gulf of Mexico than at any other time in our history. It means there is more oil than the Exxon Valdez."
At least 20 million gallons of oil are now estimated to have leaked into the ocean since the rig exploded on April 20.
BP had tried forcing in a mixture of mud and cement, known as a "top kill", but it did not seal the well.
Executive Bob Dudley says the energy giant is going back to a previous plan - the containment dome - hoping they fixed what went wrong with that the first time.
"The engineering on this is more simple than the top kill. What we need to do is go down with the robots, diamond cut saws, [and] slice off the top of that riser with a clean surface," he said.
"The flow rate shouldn't be that much higher. And then [we can] drop this containment over it. It will be a four to seven-day operation.
"I think the probability of it working is much different than the top kill."
BP is facing even more criticism with new allegations that internal company files showed BP had serious concerns about the Deepwater rig weeks before the accident.
On the defensive
But appearing on all of the Sunday morning talk shows in America, Mr Dudley defended the efforts so far.
"As you know there's 5,000 feet of water. No humans can go down there. We're reliant on the robots," he said.
"These guys that are working offshore are incredibly skilled at this. We have been asking them to do the equivalent of open heart surgery on television for everyone.
"They are very, very careful people that check pressures and temperatures and connections."
Anger grows
Meanwhile, the anger continues to grow.
Longtime Democrat supporter James Carville vented his frustration live on television.
"The country feels like it's entitled to abuse this state and forget about us, and we are sick of it," he said.
Former general and secretary of state Colin Powell said the Obama administration's response was not enough.
"I think the federal government has to move in quickly and move in with, to use my favourite expression, decisive force, to demonstrate that it is doing everything that it can do," he said.
"The president correctly said the other day that he is monitoring and following it and [has] essentially been on top of it from the beginning, but that impression was not conveyed to the American people.
"And the comprehensive speech he gave the other day, I think he would have been better served and the nation would have been better served if he'd given it a few weeks earlier."


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Rocket's Sneak Attack (Team Rocket 16)
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Rocket's Sneak Attack (Japanese: ロケット団のおねーさん Rocket Gang's Lady) is a Supporter card. It was first released as part of the Team Rocket expansion as a Trainer card.
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This card was included in the Team Rocket expansion as both a Holofoil and Non Holofoil card, first released in the Japanese Rocket Gang expansion as a Holofoil card. The Non Holofoil print was later reprinted in the Japanese Pokémon Web expansion.
- This card was one of the first Holofoil Trainer cards.
- The hairstyle of the female Team Rocket member is similar to that of Cassidy, though with a different hair color. The same character is portrayed on the illustration of The Rocket's Trap.
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"Every person's life is a fairytale written by God's fingers"
-Hans Christian Andersen
I ran across the above quote in my early twenties. When I read these words, I knew I had found the phrase that articulated my worldview perfectly. You see, I've always believed in fairytales.
Ever since I was a little girl watching Disney movies and making up songs on my swing set, I've known that there was a certain magic at work in the world. I truly believe that the things we see in those time-honored stories- the dragons, the unthinkable tragedy followed by the sweet redemption, the grace, the ugliness, the beauty- all point us to the larger story God is writing for each one of us and for this world.
I don't know about you, but when I turn to social media for inspiration, I often find instead a fantasy that seems completely unattainable. A lifestyle that requires wealth and status to maintain greets me when all I hope for is a little encouragement right where I am. And…can I tell you a little secret? I don't even want that fantasy life. I want to see the magic in the mundane, the beauty in the everyday. I want to build a beautiful life resting in what I have instead of striving for more.
So what does my fairytale look like? I'm 28 years old. I live in Lexington, KY with my husband and the fluffiest gray cat you ever did see. I try to see the beauty and the humor in the day to day. I'm an old soul who would rather treasure hunt in a junk shop than go out and buy something brand new. I like things that have lived a life before me. I feel most fulfilled when I am creating things and sharing them with others. This is where I'll share a glimpse into my real-life fairytale, and try to help you find the beauty in yours.
If you're here, and you've stuck around this long, thank you sincerely for making my dream come true. I think you might have a little magic about you.


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What you need to know about the EUR1 Movement Certificate
The EU has preferential trading agreements with certain countries which enables importers to import goods at a lower rate of import duty, known as importing under "preference".
For your customer to benefit from this you, as the exporter, must complete an EUR1 Movement Certificate document and make a declaration that your goods satisfy the rules of origin required in the regulations.
How to apply for an EUR1 Movement Certificate
An EUR1 certificate must be certified and issued by a Chamber of Commerce, and here's where we can help. As Business West, we are fully authorised to issue EUR1 certificates in the UK on behalf of H.M Revenue & Customs (HMRC). And this means no matter where you're based in the country we have a dedicated service ready to help you avoid customs problems and export your goods successfully.
If you want a fast solution where you'll save time, money and hassle then look no further.
Do it online
Visit our new Acorn International Trade Services website to set up an account and start creating and submitting your Certificates of Origin today.
Harmonised System Code
Before submitting an EUR1 application you will first need the Harmonised System (HS) code for your products. This is a system of product coding and classification used by customs authorities around the world and can also be referred to as a 'Tariff Number'.
To find out the relevant HS code for your exports you can simply enter your goods description into the EU's 'Applied Tariffs Database'.
Once you have your HS code you can easily apply for your EUR1 certified documents using our online services on Acorn International.
The issue fee is £44.00 (+VAT) for electronic versions and £46.00 (+VAT) for manual copies.
There are however discounts available to members of the Business West Chambers of Commerce.
How do I complete an EUR1 application?
Please refer to Customs Notice 827, Section 11.
How long will it take to get my EUR1?
Correctly completed applications received by post are issued and posted back to applicants the same day.
Can I apply for an EUR1 after shipment?
Yes. You can apply for a retrospective EUR1, please refer to Customs Notice 827, Section 3.11 for further details.
Have a question?
If you have any questions regarding your export documentation requirements or submitting an application, you can contact a member of our team and we'll be happy to guide you through the entire process.
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Temporary medical conditions such as broken or sprained bones, infectious diseases, general surgery, non-complicated pregnancy, concussions or other common medical conditions are not regarded as disabilities. The degree of functional limitation and duration of the above-mentioned conditions, typically, does not cause enough impairment to qualify an individual as having a disability as defined in the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendment Act of 2008.
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Camping le Moulin
France, Poitou-Charentes, Deux-Sèvres, Chef-Boutonne
- Tel:
- 05 49 29 73 46
- Open:
- All year.
Ref: FR79070
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Camping Le Moulin is a small, friendly site, lying close to the town of Chef-Boutonne. It is open all year and run by an extended English family. There are 64 pitches with 25 good sized, level, grass pitches for touring. Five are on hardstanding and six are fully serviced; all have electricity (10A). The site is in two distinct areas, with most of the mobile homes the opposite side of the pretty former water mill. There is a modern toilet block on site and a smaller, heated suite adjacent to the bar and restaurant, ideal for winter use.
The heart of the site is the very good bar/restaurant, De Canards, and the adjacent small swimming pool with terrace. Chef-Boutonne is a small town with the attractive Château Javarzay and its fishing lake. The town can be found less than 2 km. from the campsite. It lies at the centre of a triangle, with Poitiers to the north, Cognac to the south, and Niort, and the Marais Poitevin to the west. There are some excellent cycle tracks in the surrounding countryside, and the owners will be pleased to recommend routes.
One older style, very clean toilet block has all the necessary facilities. Washing machine. New heated toilet suite next the bar/restaurant has facilities for disabled campers. Swimming pool (June-Sept). Bar/restaurant (June-Sept). Takeaway (all season). Play area. Some family activities (June/July). Free WiFi.
- Accommodation to Rent
- American Motor Homes
- Bicycle Hire Nearby
- All Year
- Bar Nearby
- Bar on Site
- Fishing Nearby
- Twin Axle Caravans Accepted
- Childrens Play Area
- Riding Nearby
- Facilities for disabled visitors
- Outdoor Pool Nearby
- Outdoor Pool on Site
- Pets allowed
- Small Site
- Restaurant
- Shop Nearby
- Takeaway Food
- Wifi (all site)
- Wifi Chargeable
Leave N10 (Poitiers-Ruffec) 12 km. north of Ruffec. Take D948 west, then D1 to Chef-Boutonne. Site is 1 km. west of town on D740 towards Niort and well signed.
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Oh this chapter. It spoke deeply to my soul. It spoke to so many areas of my life that I've been struggling with. It seemed to give me the words that I didn't have/don't have to express myself.
Starting the chapter, the theme was 'When I write, I find myself.' That resonated deeply with me. As I've already expressed in a previous post, I often need to write through things or talk through things in order to make sense of them. I found my soul resonating with the idea of 'finding myself' because I think that sometimes I am most myself in my writing.
It is impossible to spend your days writing and not begin to know your own mind. The page is your mirror. What happens inside you is reflected back. – Dani Shapiro
I believe that the first place that I began writing was in journals when I was a teenager. I would chronicle my days, my questions. Sometimes I wrote our prayers to God. It was really a melange of things. But it seemed to be almost consistent. And in those days I'm not sure that I wondered who I was…although it is a common refrain for teenagers coming into their own (it has been many years since I was a teenager, so my remembering of that time is a little cloudy). The concept of not being good enough or never measuring up was present at that time. When I was younger, we moved about every five years and so I had struggle with making friends, with knowing how to fit in, probably then also with who I was and what I stood for. There were things that I engaged in as a young person that I'm not proud of, but I know that they were entirely inspired by my desire to fit in. And I think that is a common longing for many people.
When I moved to London, I attended one of the local Christian schools. Normal is not a word that has ever been used to describe me, and I'm not sure that I could actually pinpoint what it was about me that made other people think that I was odd, but that seemed to be a common refrain in those days. 'You are SO weird' I'd hear from the mouths of those with whom I longed to 'fit in'. (When you are young you don't think about whether being liked by the 'in' people is a good choice or not, the desire to belong overrides those thoughts. Or perhaps you aren't mature enough to grasp the idea that there are people with whom being friends is not always beneficial.)
Digging into yourself requires a depth of honesty that is painful but imperative. On the pages of a journal, I wrote with my skin off – bare, vulnerable. – Ann Kroeker
I would often come home and write in journals to try to figure out my emotions and attempt to make sense of the events of the day. I am thankful for parents who have always been willing to be a sounding board for me, and who are willing to have difficult conversations or just listen to me trying to work things out. But there are times when I felt that I could only speak some thoughts into the pages of my journal. Somewhere in my house there is a plastic tote full of journals for over the years. I'm pretty sure that I have at least twenty. It is interesting to me to go back and read through their contents. There are times when I haven't a clue what or whom I was talking about. But its interesting to see some of the same thoughts resonating back then as I find resonating with me these days. Some things don't change.
I desperately wanted to understand myself, unearth who I was meant to become. – Ann Kroeker
I wrote a lot of poetry when I was a teenager and most of it was stored in a binder that I kept in my room. Sometimes I would read a poem to my parents to let them know what I was attempting to work through, other times I'd keep it to myself. I was thankful for the form of poetry that allowed me to just express my thoughts and not have to worry about iambic pentameter or rhyming, but just allowed me to have another means of expression. When I was in University, there were several individuals who started when I was in my second year and I found myself spending time with them in the evenings. They mentioned that they wrote on a free blog site called 'Xanga' and so I signed up, mostly so I could get to know them better. I found an outlet for myself writing in this forum and came to know other bloggers through this space.
I continued to write through my experiences and moments of life and found that I had somewhat of a voice. At that time (and even today) I have found myself fighting on and off to write for the applause or feedback of others. I wrote consistently but didn't always share my writing with others because I didn't know if I was looking for someone to let me know that I was right in what I felt or if someone might give me pushback on an idea that I wasn't looking for, or didn't want to be challenged about.
I began through practice – through pain – the lifelong process of finding myself. – Ann Kroeker
As I have come to know more people in the blogging world, I have struggled with finding my voice, and what it is that I've been called to write about. Originally I started this blog as a means of exploring what God was calling me to after a difficult time when it seemed that everything that I'd worked for in school had all fallen apart in my life. 'Pour cette Temps' means 'For this time' in French. The verse in Esther where Mordecai encourages her that perhaps she has been placed in the palace for 'such a time as this' continued to appear in my life in that time period and so I thought what better place to record what I am learning along the way. Sometimes I still blog about those things, but it has since been a place where I am just living my life and writing through my experiences and perhaps in some unplanned way it is still reflecting this calling on my life.
(this writing) might shape the person I'm becoming by looking back on the person I've been. – Ann Kroeker
I am thankful for the communities that I have been blessed to become a part of. They have helped to refine my voice, given me feedback that I have attempted to take into consideration and inspired me with their individual unique gifts. There are times that I am tempted to compare myself with some of the people with whom I have developed a relationship and also come to adore their writing. But I am slowly learning that we each have a voice, and each story that we have is unique to us, although the reason that so often we resonate is that people have had experiences that are similar to ours. Their reactions and reflections so often resonate. I am a person who generally reacts to situations and I am unable to process that I'm thinking unless I get it down on paper. So often I've been able to express myself because I've read something that gave me the words to start speaking. Otherwise these thoughts are often stopped up in me and give me anxiety or cause me to become angry because I can't work the thoughts through.
As my writing became more frequent…I discovered more about myself, like how fear could tempt me to stop living if I didn't face it in all areas of my life. Eventually the words began to teach me their importance, to lead me deep into myself. – Charity Craig


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Jan 31, 2017
Time and Space Condos is a new condo development by Pemberton Group currently in preconstruction at 177 Front Street East, Toronto. (Front St/Lower Sherbourne) The development has a total of 1586 units and 29 stories. Time and Space Condos will be a u-shaped condos with two stepped building. The building will feature a ground-level retail.
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Review
Not much happens in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, not that anyone would notice. Bilbo (Martin Freeman) and company head toward the Lonely Mountain, hitting every tourist trap along the way, from giant spiders to distracting elves, stuffing the simple story with elaborate set pieces and action scenes. If The Lord of the Rings was a five-course meal filled with character, ambition, and design, this Hobbit sequel is nothing more than empty calories.
Unlike The Two Towers or The Empire Strikes Back, Smaug does nothing to raise the stakes of the first film. Its script doesn't test character, and instead Bilbo and the dwarves flow down river from one impressive escape to another, without anything to challenge what they've learned. Director Peter Jackson assumes by reuniting with composer Howard Shore or perpetual deus-ex machina Gandalf (Ian McKellan), he'll find the right rhythm, but the notes sound flat. There's no Jedi training for Bilbo or Battle of Helm's Deep for Thorin (Richard Armitage), just sound and fury signifying nothing.
Smaug has its merits, though, as the director's technical wizardry hides the script's diversions well. When we finally meet the dragon Smaug (the baritone Benedict Cumberbatch, Jackson swings his camera around the his lair in a frenzy as Bilbo hides, editing their battle of wits like an action sequence and making it appear more exciting than it is. These two-and-a-half hours fly by; however, while the return to Middle Earth is entertaining, Jackson gives us no reason to go back again.


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Filed under: Music | Tags: 2009, Berlin, live, To my bones, Wallis Bird
Filed under: Music | Tags: music clip, To my bones, video, Wallis Bird
Who else could it be than Wallis. Isn't she just amazing?
Please, check out the "inofficial" clip, too.
Filed under: Music | Tags: concert review, Gleis 22, live, Münster, Wallis Bird
Whoever of you thought "Ah … nah, can't come, got something else planned." Well, … wrong decision people, wroooong decision!
Wallis was beyond great as usual. It took her two minutes to make the venue a dancing palace, people just loved her. About half of the set contained her new stuff and it never occured to me once that something sounded raw or unfinished. I am convinced that you don't even need to buy the next album to get into the songs more, because they grow on you live in an instant. (Which does not mean that it wouldn't be money well spent to actually buy the album.)
Wallis Bird and band
Filed under: Music | Tags: Gleis 22, Interview, new songs, Wallis Bird
Hey everybody,
this is me tugging your sleeves and saying: Go to the box office around your corner and pick up some concert tickets for Wallis Bird. She'll play at the Gleis 22 for the second time this year next Tuesday, 18th November 2008 at 8:00 PM. Not going would be a damn shame, let me tell you this.
You'd miss this wonderfully talented, incredibly amazing, madly beautiful, flabbergastingly gorgeous and purely brilliant girl:
She will play some of her new songs and she'll be there with her band. So: no singer songwriter guitar / stand alone act but a full concert. And I promise that if you've seen her once … you wouldn't wanna miss her a second time. Now go, get out and buy your ticket. I'll see you there.
Btw. here's a link to a recently published interview with her, copied from one of the local newspapers and one-side long! I still wonder who that lucky girl was who got the chance to interview her. Huh ?!


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It would appear that Donald Trump is losing even before he has started running for real. This adds fuel to our prediction a few weeks back, that Dumb Donald will indeed quit the presidential race before long.
According to the New York Times, Donald Trump slips further behind Hillary Clinton in the latest polls (not Poles Donald!):
Weeks of provocative and outlandish behavior have hurt Donald J. Trump's standing in two new national polls of registered voters, which showed the presumptive Republican presidential nominee falling further behind Hillary Clinton.
The Washington Posts also reports that Trump support have plunged, giving Clinton a double-digit lead:
Following a month of selfinflicted controversies, the survey shows that support for Trump is plunging, including among fellow Republicans, propelling Democrat Hillary Clinton to a double-digit lead nationally. The poll reveals fresh doubts about Trump within his own party just three weeks before Republicans convene in Cleveland for their national convention.
Finally, a Wall Street Journal-NBC News poll show Clinton to have a five point lead:
Nearly two in three Americans say they think Mr. Trump is unqualified to be president and are anxious about the idea of him in the White House, the Post-ABC poll found. In contrast, 61 percent think Mrs. Clinton is qualified.
Looks like our job is done before long. Donald, you are fired!


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It has been a while since I posted an entry on this blog, but personally, I've witnessed so much in the past few weeks — rites of passage, endings, beginnings — so much so that, if you'll indulge me, I'd like to reflect a bit. Maybe something will strike a common chord with you or yours. Please share if it does.
Within the past two weeks I've said goodbye to the 90 some odd students to whom I swore my allegiance for the fourteen weeks of the spring semester. I've often described myself as an evangelical sociologist and instructor of women's studies and I sincerely mean that. (God knows that, as an adjunct, I don't teach for the money or job security.) But I am an absolute junkie for watching the lights flash on in a student's eyes when she comes to understand that humanity has constructed the society in which we live — that it didn't grow up from the ground and it wasn't set in stone from above — it is not located within our DNA; or when she learns that she can proudly declare herself a feminist without also also being a lesbian or a hairy, army booted ball-buster. (Not that there's anything wrong with being a lesbian OR a hairy, army-booted ball-buster.) I love my job and am always as sad as I am happy when the end of the semester comes.
The week before last was spent in a flurry of exercises and ceremonies as Annie and her Honors College classmates revocated and graduated. During Revocation each Honors College student has the opportunity to address the audience with words sometimes witty, sometimes profound. Annie did me proud by thanking me for raising her as a feminist and introducing her to women's studies — she'd won the Arlie Childs award for Women's Studies the week before. Of course, I was the one who wanted to thank her — for embracing what matters so much to me rather than rejecting it, which she could easily have done in the name of stubbornness or autonomy. Then she and all the other kids who, just four lightening fast years ago, had moved into and bonded in Maxcy — the same dorm her dad lived in during his time at Carolina, and the same dorm that Bonnie would move into a year later — walked across the stage at the Colonial Center, no longer kids, now graduates, now adults.
No other image embodies optimism like that of a graduate in cap and gown.
To see so many fresh young faces so pumped with pride and accomplishment — it was thrilling to me. And to see my first born — a brilliant beauty — scooped up in the gowned arms of her beloved after the ceremony, was both thrilling and radicalizing. I am now the mother of a grown woman.
Many of you were among the revelers at the Muddy Ford graduation celebration featuring the musical stylings of the local Columbia band, American Gun. It was such a joy to celebrate with the graduates and so many of their parents under the stars and in the glow of the tiki as the band played on our Gilligan's Island stage. Bob's kolsch went down cool and sweet and delicious. The boys in American Gun are not only talented but good and decent. Sweet music for rowdy young turks and the awkward and discomfited parents they'll grow into being.
The next afternoon we retreated to the primordial shores of South Carolina and spent the week licking the wounds of winter in the sand and under the partly cloudy skies of Hilton Head Island. The sun finally came out on Saturday just in time for the momentous heart break of young love set asunder as Bonnie and her beau parted ways. Tears washed us back to Muddy Ford on Sunday and have kept us under a steady but receding mist ever since. Broken hearts heal but they do so far too slowly and the scars stay tender for life.
All these experiences of the past few weeks — joy, pain, the bitter-sweet saying of goodbye, congratulations, you don't need us anymore, you're on your own, where did it go — these rites of passage have re-sensitized me to how precious our time is — and I mean this not in a syrupy, melodramatic way, but in a very literally precious — hold a bubble as it quivers in your hand — way. Be still, hold it while you can because that very bubble will pop on your ass and then it is gone, just gone — and you're done.
So tomorrow, Bob and I leave for 17 days in France as we celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary. Thirty years ago we stupid and exceedingly lucky young lovers gambled it all — and it payed off in spades. So much so that if it ended right now all we could say would be, "damn, what a run."
I'll try to write from the wine road, but in the meantime, here's to the bitter and to the sweet. Life — no regrets. Au revoir.


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Attention Juniors: Herff Jones will be back 1st & 2nd lunches for class ring orders. This is your last chance to order your official WC ring to ensure it will be back before our Junior Ring Ceremony.
Attention Seniors: Lifetouch will be here Tuesday, October 3rd for portrait sessions and retakes. Sign-up sheets are in the office on the main counter. Remember you do not have to buy a package, but you will need your portrait taken by Lifetouch to be included in the 2017-2018 yearbook. If you are interested in packages, check out the flyer near the sign-up sheets.
Attention: For any student 8 - 12 grade interested in running cross-country this fall please see Coach Turner in Room 207 or talk to a team member.
Schedule change forms are available outside the high school and middle school offices. The form must be signed by a parent before the change can be made. All changes must be made by August 25th.
Students are reminded to bring your driver's license & vehicle registration to purchase a parking permit in the main office.
Students: please write all locker issues on the notepad in the main office. Dr. Jordan will handle them ASAP.
Today's quote of the day comes from the 28th president of the USA and speaks of character. "If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself". Remember, your character is defined by how you act and what you say to others.
Today's vocab word of the day is mandate. Mandate is a noun meaning command. The people issued a mandate for health care reform.
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When i first saw this on Evan's blog, i knew i had to make it.
Boy was i happy i finally made it. It's amazing! Anyone who loves earl grey tea will love this. Even my dad who's not a "tea person" loves it. Brought some to school for my friends too. Heh.
I had TWG's earl grey tea bags on hand, so i cut those open to make my icecream. Should just buy the tea leaves next time! I don't remember exactly how much tea leaves i added but it's really up to you how strong you want it to be.
Just use your favourite vanilla icecream recipe, add and infuse the tea leaves into the mixture and churn accordingly! I used the vanilla icecream recipe Evan recommended 🙂
I just thought of making peanut butter and jelly icecream today. Maybe sometime this week. Hopefully it'll turn out goooood!


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This model is joining the 2019 Silverado 1500, which was introduced earlier this year. The new Silverado 1500 weighs less than last year's model, while still building on Chevrolet's legacy of dependable, long-lasting pickup trucks. It will have several trims to choose from and a variety of engine options, making it easy to create the pickup of your dreams.
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Inner: 11 X 7 X 6"
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Washington (CNN) - Rep. Michele Bachmann boasted of having a "titanium spine" in an interview Sunday, the day before she formally enters the race for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012.
However, Bachmann had some difficulty in clarifying her stance on key issues and explaining federal funding that benefited her family in the interview on "Fox News Sunday" and another one with the CBS program "Face the Nation."FULL STORY
Michelle Bachman made the "state's rigthts" argument against the same sex marriage by citing the 10th Amendment, which reads as follows:
"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
Rep. Bachman has completely ignored the 14th Amendment, Article 1, which reads as follows:
" No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
As much as I personally dislike same sex marriage, The Constitution makes it unlawful to pass laws prohibitng the liberty of any person, nor deny any person equal protection of the laws.
Bachmann has a "Steal Spine" on "Stripping average Americans of their "Rights" This women is a "Severe Danger to our seniors,education for our "Kids", and America,s Reputation !!!! No chance Americans will be "Held Hostage" to Billion Dollar Corporations, Leave our Taxpayed Medicare Alone?? Isolationism,at its worst! I don,t think our country wants violence in the "Streets"!!!! People will Eat,no matter how they get it? Obama 2012!!!!!
Maybe so, now if she only had a brain.
Candi Crowley from CNN wrote: "A counseling clinic run by her husband has received nearly $30,000 from the state of Minnesota in the last five years, money that in part came from the federal government. A family farm in Wisconsin, in which the congresswoman is a partner, received nearly $260,000 in federal farm subsidies."
Bachman claimed that the money was part of a training program that "went to the employees", not the company. She thinks that taxpayer money, not employers compensating their employees, is fine. The congresswoman further went on to claim that the family farm is "owned by her husband's father", which is the absolute truth. She simply overlooks the fact that she and her husbands are co-owners and beneficiaries of profits generated by the farm. Ironically enough, the farm receives pork subsidies.
These repugs rally around the rich to push more money in their pocket, while they avoid American taxes which are lowest in 50 years, as they put trillions in other country paying them taxes that they should be paying to america to get us out of the ditch they slammed us in. The middle class cannot hold us up any longer Bachman, as you delete their numbers on a daily basis. Who is going to buy American homes a d high end items and support those industries. Your trust in big corporations are emence seeing that America is not their priorities anymore. I say tax them and bring the money back to America to modernize our cities, infrastructures and transportation, putting millions of people back to work and grow our economy out of our budget crisis, and stop allowing your lunatic right winged ideology to send our country backwards while others move forward.
No, her spine is made of iron; it will rust when exposed to the elements.
Where was that titanium spine during that softball debate on CNN ?. Where was that spine when Bush ran the country into the abyss ? Where is that spine when you are asked about Palins qualifications ? Where is that spine when it comes to tax increases for the rich ? Where was that titanium spine when you kept taking government handouts for your family ? Go and suit up in Iraq for a couple years then we will decide if you have a titanium spine, just because you have a big loud mouth does not mean you have a titanium spine unless of course intellegent design has done something special only for you and no one else in the country.
Rep. Bachman illustrates why separation of church and state is so important in a democracy. A hallmark of democracy is the debating of ideas by democratically elected officials, who are supposed to represent the will of their constituents. Through structured debate, compromise is reached. A idealistic as that sounds, that is how it is supposed to work.
When those officials adopt religous ideals as their moral standards, that leaves no room for compromise. They are unable to compromise because yielding on their positions means committing a sin against their religous beliefs. Whose religion is the correct one that a nation of religous freedoms should we follow? There is no room for religion in a democratic government.


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Statistics are merely how one divides things. What's more important than the divided knowing it's holistic? More pieces?
I am the mirror. The world is just reflection. Identity plus action equals intent. Transformation is love.
Personal deconstruction is the ultimate revolution. Either one deconstructs oneself or one dies trying.
The razor's edge is nothing but seeing nothing while not believing in nothing. Beyond all marketing, I am.
Right now, one is being doing the best one knows how being is done. Please continue. Love, Intent.


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A friend recently asked me how I accomplish so many adventures mid-week. I had to stop and think about it because – at first – I didn't really have an answer.
One part of my answer to how (and why) comes down to logistics. Which is typical of how my very practical and logical brain works. J has drop off duty and I have pick up. At Littlest's new school, I have to be there by 3:30 or we'll incur aftercare charges. On top of that, J has some late days on campus a few times a week. This means that I'm pretty bound to filling time for Littlest and myself between 3:30-5:30 every weekday.


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How to Apply
Obtaining a patient card in Arizona is a structured process, beginning with a written prescription for marijuana from a licensed physician (in Arizona) that will be used to treat one of the following conditions:
- Hepatitis C
- Cachexia
- Cancer
- Chronic pain
- Glaucoma
- Multiple sclerosis
- Seizures
- Epilepsy
- Severe nausea
- Crohn's Disease
- Alzheimer's Disease
Following this step, a potential patient must fill out and send in an application-get application here– from Arizona's Department of Health services. An applicant must also submit their contact information, a copy of their AZ driver's license (or other form of ID), proof of U.S. citizenship, a photograph of themselves and the statement from the physician recommending marijuana. Lastly, the patient will be asked to send in a signed document stating they will not share or sell the marijuana to anyone else.
In order to be granted permission to cultivate, a person must check the specified box on the application and cannot live within 25 miles of a dispensary.
Finally, there is a non-refundable fee of $150 per application. If a patient is a member of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the fee is discounted to $75 per application.
For caregivers, there are additional steps involved. A caregiver is a designated person who is allowed to pick up and possess marijuana on behalf of the patient. In addition to the regular application necessities, a potential caregiver must also submit a set of fingerprints and must undergo a background check. Convicted felons are not eligible to be caregivers. Each marijuana patient may have only one caregiver. The fee for caregivers is raised to $200 per application.
The abovementioned steps must be submitted entirely online through the Arizona Department of Health Services website. Once submitted, an applicant will be accepted or denied within 10 business days. If accepted, patient and caregiver cards are valid for one year and can be renewed for the full cost of the application each additional year.


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Setting Boundaries
Something my husband and I have often discussed is how hard it was to have personal boundaries when growing up in a household with a lot of kids (he is one of twelve so he should know). As one of four kids I may not have had it so bad, but I still struggled with trying to establish an independent identity within a tight, at times dysfunctional, but mostly loving family dynamic.
When I was a little kid I was (like most American children at the time) a huge fan of the Monkees. I only got to experience the tail end of the Beatles just when they were breaking up—I went to see "Let it Be" in the movie theater when I was too little to really dig it. The older kids may have had who's your favorite Beatle? , but we had a similar who's your favorite Monkee? Not as cool, perhaps, but still….
While my sisters and my friends were swooning over Davy Jones, my favorite Monkee was Peter Tork. Like George Harrison, Peter Tork was the "spiritual" one, the sweet simpleton perhaps, but I could relate to him, plus he wore psychedelic banded collar jackets, and had his own personal guru.
One clip I watched from the late 60's (maybe in the film Head? ) where Peter Tork said that he like to escape from the cheering crowds of adoring fans by wandering in the woods alone. I remember as a kid thinking to myself that Peter Tork really understood where I was coming from. It validated my own practice of escape.
Sometimes the woods surrounding my house was my only refuge from the insanity of my family, the only place where I could soothe my nerves. I still take a walk in the woods nearly every day just to de-stress and to reset my boundaries whether it's from people (well-meaning or not), work, the ubiquitous screens, or just the general "noise" of life.
Something I am learning about setting boundaries is that no one else can dictate where they are and that it is my job to be vigilant about maintaining them. And they don't require explanation.
In creative work, it is crucial to set boundaries because creativity requires a lot of focused energy and time. The extroverts among us can write in a crowded coffee shop because they feel energized by the socializing happen around them; it fuels their ideas.
I am the complete opposite. I enjoy socializing, but when it gets to be too much I need to pull a Peter Tork, paint a flower on my face, put on my love beads, and become one with nature.
Then, hopefully refreshed and refueled, I can rejoin the human race. Peter, if you're out there, thanks for being you.


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Monday, May 21, 2012
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Sunday, May 20, 2012
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
My travel to hyper-reality - a xKx production 11:02 PM
I recently got the opportunity to play stylist, this time with photographer and fellow student Kyle Springate. Kyle studies photography at our school of fine arts, Michaelis and thought it would be interesting to bring me on board for one of his photo shoots. Interesting, used specifically here to denote the vast difference in our artistic styles and tendencies – Kyle likes simplicity while I enjoy drama. So for the sake of the shoot I limited my overboard creative energy and streamlined it into minimalistic stylish ideas for the mermaid-human themed shoot.
I really appreciated being limited, not just because I had to be resourceful in other ways, but also because it made me realise that a theme can be carried through in many ways other than through clothing. Speaking of which, ahem, there was little of. Kyle wanted his photography to shine in its own light without any hoopla and too much drama, understnadable since afterall he too is trying to break into a precasrious industry. So as I came to understand the shoot was to be inspired by mermaids and not actually replicate them. My touches were thus quite small, but in light of the scantily clad bodies, they were somewhat noticeable. Oh, and the models were a breeze to work with, despite freezing in the early Saturday morning rain and being forced to shoot in the pool. I initailly felt sorry for them but then I had a Jay Alexander moment realising that I have watched way to many episodes of ANTM not to know that a model needs to push through, pose and smize like their life depends on that one shot. My favourite moments were definitely the off-the-cuff incidents that I am beginning to notice every photoshoot has. The blue eyeshadow that became lipstick; the African beads that created a narrative; and the satin ribbon that was used as a bra-esque cover-up are the kinds of things I live for!
See more of xKx photography here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/XKX-Photography/281085918622902
A special thanks goes out to the following peeps:
Iman Allie– Co-stylist
Chloe Brockman – Assistant
Angus MacKinnon – Location
Lisa-Marie Swaine – MUA
Matthew Miller – Ice Models
Candice Kitching, Sydney Bailey and Victor– 20 Model Management
Tameez Vayej – Moda Models
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