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RENO, Nevada (CNN) - CNN has learned that John McCain and Sarah Palin plan to hold joint town hall meetings next week.
A McCain adviser says early plans are to hold the town halls in western Michigan and Wisconsin, although the exact details of where and when they will be held are still being worked out.
These events would likely mark the first time Palin takes questions from voters.
Aides say her solo campaign events planned for Nevada Saturday, Colorado Monday, and Ohio Tuesday are all scheduled as rallies where she will speak to but not interact with voters.
McCain is known for his town hall meetings, and often touts his penchant for the ask-anything approach as proof of his "straight talk."
But he hasn't held a town hall in almost a month - since August 20 in New Mexico.
And the man who promised to hold frequent press conferences in the White House hasn't held an availability with traveling reporters in exactly a month: His last press conference was August 13.
McCain aides are quite candid about the fact that they tried for months to persuade him to hold fewer press conferences in order to stay on message, and finally succeeded.
First, he stopped bringing reporters on his bus for his signature "straight talk legs."
Then he severely cut back on what had been a McCain campaign trail staple - a press conference after events with voters.
Senior advisers say they believe that has allowed them to better refine and control their message, and insist that contributed to his rise in the polls even before Palin was picked.
Instead, McCain does a slew of interviews with local reporters and anchors - not just in the states he's visiting, but also via satellite.
It's a tried and true way for candidates to get their messages out through what campaigns consider to be less of a "filter."
McCain aides have been getting complaints from traveling reporters about the reduced access, but it is still unclear when or if he'll hold another press conference.
–CNN's Kevin Bohn contributed to this report
For someone who complains so much about how the White House is no place for on-the-job training, McCain and Palin are sure spending an awful lot of time practicing their message before facing the general public.
No–Obama does not regret not picking Hillary Clinton, however, we all know that McCain is oh SO sorry that he ever picked you, Palin!
"Straight Talk" my A __ __ !!! More like DOUBLE TALK !! McCain's advisers know best. The more McCain & Palin talk, the more they hang themselves. So this is why the McCain camp took away the rope. But guess what McSame advisers, people notice when a candidate for President of the United States refuses to answer basic questions.
Big crowds for McCain.
Penn and Ohio are going to love Sarah.
Obama should have picked Hillary. Talk about poor judgment.
Good luck with that. you two. What, are you inseparable twins now?
Obama/Biden 2008
McBush is keeping Sarah pretty close to him-could it be that his people have to keep the lines coming for her-she won't give a yes or no, she's always talking her way around the issues just like her boss.Go OBAMA/BIDEN
He can't go alone and she can't go alone. Reason being she doesn't know what she's talking about and nobody wants to see him unless they are ready to go to sleep.
How come she cant hold town hall meeting by herself,why are they so afraid to let this woman out on her own isnt she running for the vice,theres something wrong with this picture on the wall and CNN you should find out who the author is .McCain is auctioning off someone to the people of America and dont want anyone not even his party to know.Icouldnt say anything about my daughters pregnancy because I had a baby 8 months after i got married caught it in her bio on CNN I guess she lied to her parent why she eloped
I will bet money that they are scripted answers, and not honest ones. McCain and Palin don't know how to do realy discussions
McCain is smart ..........50,000 people with Miss Moosehunter by his side, 50 senior citizen without!
I can't wait until the debates when he will face Obama 1 on 1 and the real questions will be asked!!!!!!!!!
They are getting huge crowds, it's the first time I've thought that it's possible that Obama might not win. He's now saying McCain is running a sleazy campaign, this from a man who labeled the Clinton's racist to win. He would know sleaze, that's for sure!
I'm shocked. Palin's not taking any questions?
Here we go again not letting her go out alone, Afraid she is going to screw up. Once again it will be the same speach.."Roble, Roble, Roble" He will be mouthing what she is supposed to say. She is starting to show her colors per the ABC interview. And as for Senator McCain He cant answer the straight questions about the real issues....Roble, Roble, Roble........and dont forget more lies to come folks!
Not surprised that Palin will just hold rallies in the states she'll be visiting next. That follows what Obama did as you began on the campaign trail - rallies, speeches, but no mingling with the press.
2 OILMEM on the stage together, lets here drill baby drill now, with OIL RIGS floating in the gulf.
If we were relying on more offshore drilling right now we would be screwed,on our knees begging the same country,s were trying to gain independence from,( please we need OIL)
We have already seen what 8 yrs of OILMEN and LOBBYIST in office can do, we don,t need MC SAME and PALIN to help take this country downhill any further.
White america wake up the Junior SENATOR OBAMA did not do this it,s always been rich, old, white men screwing 95% of AMERICA. over and over and over.
It,s time to change that really OLD BROKEN RECORD!!
Watch McCain hide behind Palin's skirt. Its sad.
Something is very wrong with McCain and America better wakeup and recognize it. McCain isn't showing responsibility as why he should be president and he can't be allowed to succeed. Americans are treading on dangerous territory with McCain, something is very wrong with McCain and it doesn't take a genious to know this.
What's the matter Palin; can't do this without McSame at your side? They saw the mess you made of the interview with "charlie" and don't dare let you go it alone.
nobody cares about this. can we report real news about the candidates?
Dana, you say But he hasn't held a town hall in almost a month — since August 20 in New Mexico.
Are we to say with you, Wow, what a change??
Hmmm. Perhaps it had something to do with the Democratic Convention and then the Republican Convention taking up 2 weeks of those 24 days.
I have not heard anyone mention, the 'one issue voter'. I know far too many of them. They vote on the right to life issue. They may agree with the Democrats on every other issue, but they feel compelled to vote for the republicans to try to reverse Roe vs Wade becaue of religious views. Our country deserves voters who vote more than one issue.
Ready from day one?
Then why can't she campaign on her own from day one?
Keep going Palin and McCain, WOMEN AND THOSE WHO DO NOT DRINK COOL AID THAT "THE CLOWN" HAD BEEN DISTRIBUTING ARE WITH YOU ALL THE WAY.
Both McCain and Obama camps have connections with lobbyists. We really need a law that prohibit any elected representatives or officials from working as a lobbyist for five or seven years after they quit the public position. If the person was a lobbyist, there should be also freeze period of five years before he or she can take a public position.
The lobbyists should have no access to our public officials. They can publish or post anything they want online, but they should not be able to interact with our officials directly. it is extremely unfair that lobbyists have more access to our officials than the voters do.
McCain thinks he is being smart. Take Palin to small Town Hall Meetings, away from any Debates, and away from the Media!
You can't hide her forever McCain!!!!
People are learning more and more about your Mistake everyday!!!!


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1) Alaska is a caucus state with 27 delegates up for grabs. There is a good chance that Alaska will go to Ron Paul.
2) Georgia is a primary state with 76 delegates at stake. This state will most likely be won by Newt Gingrich.
3) Idaho is a caucus state with 32 delegates up for grabs. Idaho will most likely be won by Mitt Romney.
4) Massachusetts is a primary state with 41 delegates at stake. Since Mitt Romney is the former governor of Mass, it's safe to assume that Mitt has this state in the bag.
5) North Dakota is a caucus state that is handing out 28 delegates – this state could definitely go in the favor of Mitt Romney or Rick Santorum.
6) Ohio is a primary state with 66 delegates up for grabs. This state will likely be a win for Rick Santorum.
7) Oklahoma is a primary state with 43 delegates. Oklahoma can probably be won by Santorum as well.
8) Tennessee is a primary state with 58 delegates. Tennessee will likely go to Mitt or Ron Paul.
9) Vermont may only have 17 delegates up for grabs in its primary, but it's going to probably be a state that Ron and Mitt fight over.
10) Virginia is a primary with 49 delegates at stake – however – Ron Paul and Mitt Romney are the only names on the ballot. The other nominees failed to get the appropriate amount of signatures in time and therefore will have to be write-ins.

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At heart this website is about encouraging you to take action and build a business (and in the process life) you love.
Maybe you want to escape a 9 to 5 that is just getting you by; maybe you want to explore a passion that you can turn into a business; or maybe you just want to make some additional income so that you have time to enjoy more of your life. To that end we talk here about how to create a website, build a list and get out there on social media.
But bigger even than that we talk about the mindset which is going to help you to achieve your dreams.
Building a business you love is going to take work and consistency.
To succeed you are going to need to be focused and you will have to keep going, even when things aren't going the way you expected.
You launch your first course and you hear crickets. Hang on someone has just arrived on your website, oops no – gone again!
That blog post you put out has had 3 readers so far. That was you twice and you may even have shown it to your cat.
No-one (not a single person) has liked or commented on that amazing social media post you put out. Is anyone even on social media anymore? Well, yes of course they are, because Jane Doe just got a squillion likes on her post.
You are procrastinating like crazy and you aren't even sure why. Your kitchen cupboards are bloody clean though!
You feel totally overwhelmed right now and you don't know where to start. Yes I've written a list but that took so long I then had to lie down in a darkened room for 20 minutes.
This whole business idea (which seemed so exciting at the start) is just much harder than you thought it would be. Whose freaking idea was this anyway?
3 products got lost in the post this week alone. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Someone has asked for a refund or not paid on time. That's it I'm done, bye, bye – never wanted this whole business thing anyway!
Do any of these sound familiar? I know they do for me and I'm pretty sure you will have experienced at least one (all) of them!
Building a business is hard and you will fall down. Sometimes you will fall down so hard that you will wonder whether it's even worth bothering to get up again.
But if you know your why and it's really, really, really worth it to you, you will get to your knees, dust yourself off, stand up straight and breathe deeply.
And do you want to know something that will make you feel a little better? Everyone else in business is having exactly the same issues as you (yes even Jane Doe who gets a squillion views on her social media). At one point she was falling down daily, with time she's grown stronger and more assured but she still goes through fears, self-doubt, not feeling good enough and she will probably experience that every time she puts herself out of her comfort zone and pushes to the next level.
Now not everyone will get up after they fall, they will just decide that this isn't for them and that the time has come to call it a day. And that's ok too, maybe what they are doing isn't right for them or maybe the timing is off.
But if you know in your heart that this business is what you want or this passion needs to be pursued – you aren't going to give up. Even when all seems confusion, you will get back to creating, you will write a blog post or you will reach out and message your potential clients. And every time you fall down you will get right up and carry on.
Does that mean you will never feel fear or despair or just totally fed up with the whole damn experience. No, you will feel all those things. But that doesn't mean what you are doing isn't working, it's just a natural part of growing.
When a child can't tie his shoelaces the first, or even the twenty-seventh time, we don't say 'well you may as well get used to a life without knots kiddo' – we carry on patiently teaching them and eventually with a big smile on their face they will have vanquished their old foe the shoelace.
You too can vanquish your foes, they are usually procrastination, doubt, fear of failure and a whole bunch of things much more scary than a shoelace – but just as the battle is harder, so the victory is all the sweeter.
You will fall down – but you will get right back up.
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"This is the sound that I make
These are the words I chose
Sometimes the right thing to say
Just won't come out" -Matchbox 20
It's been a while since I posted. I'm not doing well and, even when I have lots to say, it can be too much for me to get over here and write it. And, then, sometimes, when I do, it feels like I'm just listening to the sound of my own voice. And, while I've been known to like the sound of my own voice singing, listening to my brokenness sans music can drag me further into a dark place where I am more lonely, more wretched, more pathetic. So, I go long periods without blogging about how and where I am.
I've withdrawn, with the exception of going to the Acoustic Club regularly to perform. Music is a drive that won't relent, me being ill or not. And, at least now I have a place that appreciates not only my voice, but my songs as well. All my original stuff has been well received, and that is an exquisiteness. A delight.
But, yes, I'm struggling…to stay out of bed, to feel anything other than desperation and despair. And, struggling for words to express it all…well, that can just be overwhelming on top of already being overwhelmed. And, yet…here I am…saying something, and nothing at all.
I don't have access to my proper recording equipment and software at the moment (and, there's no telling when, or if, I will again) so this morning I simply recorded this cover of Matchbox 20's song on my phone, using the Soundcloud app. I leave you with it, in the hopes that anyone listening other than myself will hear in it whatever it is I'm trying to say.


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For weeks the country has been braced for weeks of uncertainty following the general election, with the potential of hung parliaments, unstable coalitions, and the threat of a second election before the year ended. The unexpected outcome of a majority Conservative government could mean far greater stability than most predicted: a continuation of policy rather than radical market changes, price freezes and new energy bills. But what can we expect over the next five years?
The appointment of Amber Rudd MP to Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change has pleased green groups, who acknowledge her commitment to tackling climate change. Her investment bank background could also mean she has sympathies with the impact on business of the growing list of green taxes, levies and regulations alongside the new Energy Minister Andrea Leadsom, who worked in business and finance before joining the Commons.
The most pressing energy issue must surely be to secure the investment in new energy infrastructure that must be achieved during the course of this parliament if we are to secure our future energy supply. The coalition may have spent much time and effort deliberating and structuring the Electricity Market Reform, which paved the way for a new energy mix, but we are still waiting on final investment decision on the new nuclear plant at Hinkley Point which should have been coming online in 2017.
Renewables output has ramped up since 2010 but, concerned that the balance between low carbon energy and affordability could be tipping towards the former, the Conservatives have vowed to scrap funding for new onshore wind farms. All eyes will be on Paris in December, when UN climate change talks could lead to further binding agreements.
The Tory manifesto also repeated their commitment to developing shale gas and providing sovereign wealth funds for the North – but is shale really the silver bullet and regardless of community funds, will we ever overcome the barrier of environmental and local protest against its development?
What's certain is that businesses will feel the brunt of any changes to energy policy, either directly from additional regulations to adhere to, or indirectly by further non commodity prices passed through onto the bill.
The new government must get a grip of the growing, overlapping and often unnecessarily complex tax and regulatory burden placed on business energy users, to support new investments in both energy efficiency and generation whilst minimising the impact on British businesses. Let's hope the business backgrounds of our new Ministers lead to a more empathetic result when it comes to policy making over the next five years.


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Make time during this week to meditate. Cleanse your mind, relax your body, take time for you, make time for your health.
Make time during this week to meditate. Cleanse your mind, relax your body, take time for you, make time for your health.
Just saying this word to new cardiac rehabilitation patients would put them into a stress response. Meditate! Who has time for that? Yeah right some old hippy remedy, or what monks do. I can't do that. Most people don't understand the purpose or how to meditate. Quieting the brain is the key to successful mediation. Many think they are relaxing when reading, watching television, or playing on the computer. These activities engage the brain they don't quiet the brain. There are many benefits one can receive from meditation benefits:
1- It lowers oxygen consumption.
2- It decreases respiratory rate.
3- It increases blood flow and slows the heart rate.
4- Increases exercise tolerance.
5- Leads to a deeper level of physical relaxation.
6- Good for people with high blood pressure.
7- Reduces anxiety attacks by lowering the levels of blood lactate.
8- Decreases muscle tension
9- Helps in chronic diseases like heart disease, arthritis etc.
10- Helps in post-operative healing.
11- Enhances the immune system.
12- Reduces emotional distress
13- Enhances energy, strength and vigor.
14- Helps with weight loss
15- Reduction of free radicals, less tissue damage
16- Drop in cholesterol levels, lowers risk of cardiovascular disease.
17- Improved flow of air to the lungs resulting in easier breathing.
18- Prevented, slowed or controlled pain of chronic diseases
19- Relaxes our nervous system
20- Increases serotonin level, influences mood and behavior.
21- Resolve phobias & fears
22- Helps control own thoughts
23- Helps with focus & concentration
24- Improved learning ability and memory.
25- Increased feelings of vitality and rejuvenation.
26-Helps let go of the little things
27- Increased ability to solve complex problems
28- Helps keep things in perspective
29- Provides peace of mind, happiness
30- Helps you discover your purpose
31- Brings body, mind, spirit in harmony
32- Increased acceptance of oneself
33- Helps learn forgiveness
34- Changes attitude toward life
35- Helps living in the present moment
I often talk about having a tool kit, and understanding how the tools work through knowledge and practice. It may seem hard initially but with practice becomes easy. Then the next challenge is to remember to use your stress management, meditation and relaxation skill when you need them the most. When stress occurs we rarely think "Oh lets mediate." No we are busy responding to stress. With heart disease consider using when dealing with the emotional component of accepting the chronic health condition that heart disease can bring. Accepting it, forgiving yourself, letting go of the old you, accepting the new you, changing your lifestyle, the stress of relationships. Use it when anticipating or receiving medical care, waiting during fearful times.
You Can Meditate. Here are some tips for meditation that might make a daily meditation practice feel a little more manageable.
Turn off everything else, just for a couple of minutes if you can. An ideal time is after exercise, spend those few moments to center your self. It takes practice and isn't all that easy. Your mind quickly is thinking through the next task or issue.


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By Vita Forest
This week I have been
WRITING Overheard… in the classroom
- Piano Lessons by Anna Goldsworthy
- Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak with my nephew (looking for "Mas", the moon and the "sdars").
DRAWING in sunglasses in the Royal Botanical Gardens with a lovely group of people and picnicking afterwards.
EATING mussels with Saskia mmm! Then recreating the recipe with my kids.
CONTINUING to walk in socks or bare feet on the new carpet (so soft!)
MEETING up with some old pals at Book club.
ATTENDING a meeting about costumes for Lucy's musical – great excitement!
WATCHING the last few episodes of Season 6 Game of Thrones. I know I am late on this but Episode 9 – OMG! Nearly had a heart attack!
PRACTISING and practising and practising for the K – 2 Performance Night next week…


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CORAL SPRINGS, Florida, July 25, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
Biometrics industry expands and becomes more influential as more consumers are turning to digital technology for online & commerce payments while seeking security comfort: NXT-ID, Inc. (OTCBB: NXTD), Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), LifeLock Inc. (NYSE: LOCK), Visa Inc. (NYSE: V), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Fortinet Inc. (NASDAQ: FTNT)
NXT-ID, Inc., (OTCQB: NXTD) a biometric authentication company focused on the growing m-commerce market, announces its next generation smart wallet, Wocket™, was recently the topic of an interview on Boomer Times. Host Anita Finley interviewed Gino Pereira, CEO of NXT-ID, on July 9th for over thirty minutes. Mr. Gino Pereira explains how the Wocket will replace old bulky wallets full of credit cards and walks host Anita Finley through the step-by-step process of using a Wocket and its biometrically secure card, replacing a traditional credit card. Gino tells Anita that 44% of known causes of identity theft can be traced back to stolen wallets. He goes on to share that one in ten consumers have been a victim of identity theft and how the biometric security features of the Wocket can prevent future abuse.
When Anita asks if a Wocket is for men or women he responds, "It's for everybody who wants something new and techy. It's cool but it's also very practical and helps protect your identity, keeping it in your own personal vault." "The young kids of course will love it but it takes us older people a little bit longer to figure out" says Host Anita Finley.
Read the full NXTD press release at http://www.fnmprofiles.com/profiles-nxtd.html
In terms of the boomer generation, Gino notes the Wocket is very simple to use. "We do recognize that some members of the older generation are the ones most concerned with identity theft. They may only have a couple of credit cards or debit cards but it is great value to protect them. Literally within a minute of reading instructions they can get two or three cards loaded on their Wocket and have it set up and ready to go." The Wocket is currently available for advance orders at http://www.wocketwallet.com and shipments are scheduled to begin in September 2014. Wocket™ is a next generation smart wallet designed to protect your identity and replace all the cards in your wallet, with no smart phone required. The Wocket works anywhere credit cards are accepted and only works with your biometric stamp of approval.
Global Biometrics Market to Reach $16.7 billion by 2019 - The exploding growth of biometric products and technology has been in response to consumers needs for identity theft avoidance and global security threats. Identity Theft, Online mCommerce threats, airport security initiatives, and attempts to lower crime rates have brought an increasing interest in biometric technologies. Leading companies such as Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), LifeLock (NYSE: LOCK), Visa (NYSE: V) have recently taken steps to ensure secure commerce vehicles are in place to ease the consumer's concerns with Identity Theft without compromising the convenience of smart technology products and services.
As reported, the global biometrics market is at $5.2 billion in 2012 and anticipated to reach $16.7 billion by 2019. To read the full article, go to: http://www.whatech.com/market-research-reports/press-release/24825-global-biometrics-market-to-reach-16-7-billion-by-2019
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone users latest 5s model's fingerprint scanner. The addition could mark a turning point for biometric security technology, long a subject of concern to privacy advocates. Called Touch ID, it makes the smartphones less susceptible to theft or misuse, and owners are lapping it up, according to Apple. Company research shows that 83% use a fingerprint scan to unlock their 5s phones, compared with fewer than half who previously bothered to secure their devices with passwords. Banks such as Bank of America, with 15 million active mobile accounts, may use the technology in future iPhone applications. Read the full article at http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2014/06/29/banking-apple-biometric/11504139/
In other Security News: Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT), a global leader in high-performance network security, this week announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2014. "Our strong second quarter results highlight that our growth strategy is working and our sales and marketing investments are paying off, especially in the high-end enterprise where we saw significant traction with large deals over $500,000 growing 95 percent year over year," said Ken Xie, founder, chairman and chief executive officer. "Our ability to exceed expectations across all operating metrics during Q2 was driven by the combination of superior sales execution, improved marketing, and strong demand for new high-performance enterprise products. With continued focused execution and an exciting portfolio of new products that further strengthen our competitive advantage, we believe Fortinet remains well-positioned for growth and market share gains." To read the full financial results report http://finance.yahoo.com/news/fortinet-reports-strong-second-quarter-201500068.html
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- Researcher
Alfred Wagtendonk has extensive research experience in the multi-disciplinary application of GIS and spatial analysis. His main fields of application are in environmental economics (GIS based valuation of ecosystem services) and land use modelling (evaluation of land use change).Currently he is working on his PhD taking a spatial analytical perspective on landscape change and ecosystem service valuation. Besides his research activities he is a coordinator and/or teacher in several BSc and MSc courses in GIS and spatial analysis.
Between 2001 and 2009 he carried out GIS based research and coordinated supporting activities of the Spatial Information Laboratory (SPINLAB)* based at the IVM. Between 2009 and 2014 he coordinated a university wide research cluster concerning spatial tools and methods. From 1998 until 2001 he worked as a researcher in land use modelling projects at the faculty of Economics and Business Administration of the VU university.
* The SPINlab was an interfaculty GIS centre between FALW and FEWEB between 2002 and 2010.
Research (selection of recent projects)
|REFORM - REstoring rivers FOR effective catchment Management)
|2013 – present
|Geodata collection, development of spatial variables and spatial analysis
|TEEB - The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity - the quantitative assessment
|2010 – 2011
|Geodatabase development, construction of spatial variables and spatial modelling
|Scaling up ecosystem services (several projects)
|2009 - 2010
|Geodatabase development and spatial modelling
|LANDS Research programme Climate Change and Spatial Planning
|2009 - 2011
|Development of GIS based indicators for climate change related land use change
|Touchtable decision support
|Dutch province
|2012 - 2013
|Geodatabase and application development. Stakeholder workshops.
|GIS & Digital Geographical Data
|BSc FALW
|2011 - present
|Coordination and teaching (lectures and practical's)
|Basics in GIS
|MSc FALW
|2012 - present
|Teaching (lectures and practical's)
|Applied GIS
|MSc FALW
|2012 - present
|Super vision and support of case studies
|Health Geography
|MSc FALW
|2012 - present
|Teaching (lectures and practical's)
|Ruimtelijke analyse - Onderzoekstraining
|BSc FALW
|2010 - present
|Teaching, coordination and fieldwork
|Geographical Information Systems (Leiden University - LUC)
|Coordination and teaching (lectures, practical's and case studies)
|UNIGIS course modules
|2004 - present
|Module tutoring (GIS and modeling, spatial analysis of health, Geodata Capture, Standards & Quality)
Academic training
- 2013: University Teaching Qualification (UTQ), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- 1997-1998: Post-graduate study environmental-geographic information knowledge, Van Hall Institute, Groningen
- 1985-1991: Applied Physical Geography, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Professional employment history
- 2011- present: Researcher Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences / Institute for Environmental Studies, Department Spatial Analysis and Decision Support, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- 2002- 2010: Researcher Spatial Information Laboratory (SPINLab), Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- 1998-2001: Researcher Department of Regional Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- 1996-1997: Environmental/technical co-operator. Stadsregio Rotterdam, Bodem Bureau VINEX, Rotterdam
- 1992-1995: Environmental consultant soil research and sanitation. Raadgevend Bureau Milieuzaken, RAMIL B.V., Schiedam
Selected publications
Wagtendonk, A. J., Vermaat, J.E. (2014). Visual perception of cluttering in landscapes: Developing a low resolution GIS-evaluation method. Landscape and Urban Planning, 124, 85–92.
Eppink, F. V., Brander, L. M., Wagtendonk, A. J. (2014). An initial assessment of the economic value of coastal and freshwater wetlands in West Asia. Land, 3(3), 557-573.
Zanten, B. T. van, Beukering, P. J. van, Wagtendonk, A. J. (2014). Coastal protection by coral reefs: A framework for spatial assessment and economic valuation. Ocean & Coastal Management, 96, 94-103.
Brander, L.M., Brouwer, R., Wagtendonk, A.J. (2013). Economic valuation of regulating services provided by wetlands in agricultural landscapes: A meta-analysis. Ecological Engineering 56, 89–96.
Hussain, S., Markandya, A., Brander, L., McVittie, A., Groot, R. de, Vardakoulias, O., Wagtendonk, A., Verburg (2013). Ecosystems and Biodiversity. In B. Lomborg (ed.), Global Problems, Smart Solutions: Costs and Benefits, Cambridge University Press, 72-113.
Schaafsma, M., Brouwer, R., Gilbert, A.J., Bergh, J.C.J.M. van den, Wagtendonk, A.J. (2013). Estimation of distance-decay functions to account for substitution and spatial heterogeneity in stated preference research. Land Economics 89(3) 514-537.
Brander, L. M., Bräuer, I., Gerdes, H., Ghermandi, A., Kuik, O., Markandya, A., Navrud, S., Nunes, P. A. L. D., Schaafsma, M., Vos, H., Wagtendonk, A.J. (2012). Using meta-analysis and GIS for value transfer and scaling up: Valuing climate change induced losses of European wetlands, Environmental and Resource Economics, 52 (3) 395-413.
Brander, L.M., Wagtendonk, A.J., Hussein, S., McVittie, A., Verburg, P.H. (2012). Ecosystem service values for mangroves in Southeast Asia: A meta-analysis and value transfer application. Ecosystem services, 1, 62-69.
Draft Final Report to the United Nations Environment Programme, SAC/IVM.Hussain, S., McVittie, A., Brander, L., Vardakoulias, O., Wagtendonk, A., Verburg, P., Tinch, R. (2010). The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity ; The Quantitative Assessment.
Brander, L. M., Ghermandi, A., Kuik, O., Markandya, A., Nunes, P. A. L. D., Schaafsma, M., Wagtendonk, A.J. (2010). Scaling Up Ecosystem Services Values: Methodology, Applicability and a Case Study. FEEM Working Paper No. 41.
Bouwer, L.M., Bubeck, P., Wagtendonk, A.J., Aerts, J.C.J.H. (2009). Inundation scenarios for flood damage evaluation in polder areas. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 9, 1995-2007, 2009.
Brander, L., Bräuer, I., Gerdes, H., Kuik, O., Navrud, S., Schaafsma, M., Wagtendonk, A. (2009). Scaling-up ecosystem services values: towards guidelines for a policy-relevant approach. IVM report commissioned by European Environment Agency, Framework contractnr. EEA/AIR/04/004.
Wagtendonk, A.J., Verhagen, P., Soetens, S., Jeneson, K., de Kleijn, M. (2009). Past in Place: the role of Geo-ICT in present-day archaeology, in Scholten, H. J., Velde, R. van de, Manen, N. van (eds.) Geo-ICT and the role of location in Science. GeoJournal Library , Vol. 96., Dordrecht: Springer.
Eleveld, M.A., Wagtendonk, A.J., Pasterkamp, R., Reus, N.O. de (2007). WATeRS: An open Web Map Service with near-real time MODIS Level-2 standard chlorophyll products of the North Sea. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 28 (16) 3693-3699.
Wagtendonk, A.J., Jeu, R.A.M. de (2007). Sensible field computing; Evaluating the use of mobile GIS methods in scientific fieldwork, Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, special issue Web and Wireless GIS, 73 (6) 651-662.
Rietveld, P., Wagtendonk, A.J. (2004). The location of new residential areas and the preservation of open space; experiences in the Netherlands. Environment and Planning, 36(11) 2047-2063.
Wagtendonk, A.J., Julião, R.P., Schotten, C.G.J. (2001). A regional Planning Application of EuroScanner in Portugal. In Stillwell, J., Scholten, H.J. (Eds.) Simulating Europe's Land Use in the Twenty First Century. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Link to full publication list at IVM since 2002


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If you've somehow managed to make it to 2015 without creating a Facebook, you probably already know you're part of a rare and dying breed. If that's not the case, then you fall in with the other 73% of internet users in the US who have a Facebook account. Choosing to be on social media has it's obvious perks: users can keep up with people and organizations all over the world, they get faster access to news and they can share their day to day lives with people who they otherwise wouldn't be able to. While all of that is great and has played a role in shaping our society to be the incredible, social, informational thing that it is today, we often don't think about the dangers and downfalls of it's use. The fact is, once you put something on the internet, it will be there forever. This is a potentially scary thought for those of us who are young professionals because now, employers don't just have your resumes and interviews to go off of, they have your online profiles to look through too. Here are some social media do's and don'ts for students and young professional:
DO: Before posting, ask yourself the following questions: 1) Would I be okay with my boss seeing this photo? 2) Would I want my mother/grandmother seeing this photo? Usually, if the answer is no to either of those, I won't post because the reality is, they, as well as other unintended audiences, could end up seeing it. Once you post on the internet, it's there for good.
DO: Untag yourself from any photos someone else adds of you that you don't want appearing on your profile. It's as simple as untagging yourself and then hiding the image from your profile.
DO: Alright, so you have a photo that you really want your friends to see but you would prefer not to share it with your boss or grandma. Well, if there are photos of that nature, make an album that blocks the access of those unwanted eyes. You can tailor the privacy settings of each album so only the people you want seeing your photos will be able to. This doesn't mean they will never surface to those unintended audiences, but it is a precaution that can help.
DON'T: Avoid posting pictures that explicitly have alcohol and any other substances in them. Of course, this decision is up to the individual, but anyone who is a student or professional, regardless of age, should probably steer away from photos of this nature (especially if you appear intoxicated). Whether you're already employed or not, these types of photos can give off the wrong impression to your boss, fellow employees, and even clients. There's no harm in holding a cocktail or a beer and posing for a photo with a friend, but we're talking about those photos from parties that scream you were up to no good. This is especially important for those in high school and college who are seeking admission into schools or applying for jobs. You can bet college admissions and employers check up on your online history and a drunken photo popping up in your search results likely won't help you land your dream job.
DO: Share your thoughts, opinions and jokes so long as they reflect positively on you.
DON'T: Avoid using swear words in your posts. We all feel passionately about some issues and sure, sometimes swear words are warranted to express our feelings but you should keep them off of the internet. Promoting yourself to your hundreds of friends/followers using swear words will likely reflect negatively on you.
DON'T: We all have that Facebook friend who really bugs us in the months leading up to an election. Of course you have the right to share whatever viewpoints you have, but try to avoid being the aggressive politics guy. Sure, I've shared an article here and there but I try to avoid making opinionated statements because I know that 1/2 of my friends and followers are probably in favor of the exact opposite of what I'm saying and that may not sit well with them. Plus, it could lead to an argument and nothing is more inglorious than a thread of arguments surrounding your own political agenda popping up on the newsfeed for all of your friends to see.
DO: Make your profile private to the public. Only allowing your approved friends to see your information keeps you safe. Your profile likely contains information about where you live, who your family members are and maybe even your contact information. It's totally okay to have all of that updated and available so you can easily communicate with friends, but allowing that information to be available to anyone and everyone is dangerous.
DO: Go back to when you first created your account and look through old statuses and posts. Years ago, you may not have had your current career or educational goals in mind and could have posted things that stray from the professional image you're now trying to maintain. Even though you may think those statuses from 2009 are way back there and don't stand a chance of being dug up, if someone goes looking, they will be able to find them. So just go back, make sure you're okay with everything you've posted, and delete anything you don't want there anymore. And from now on before posting, think about where you see yourself in the next five years and ask if what you're posting could have a negative effect on your future.
DON'T: You shouldn't allow just anyone to view your profile. This also means that when those schools and employers search you, they can access much less information about you. This will allow your resume and interview to form their opinions rather than your online social media presence.
DON'T: Don't accept a friend request unless you actually know that person directly. If you haven't met them in person and don't plan to meet in the future, you shouldn't be their Facebook friend. For safety purposes, you don't want to let a stranger have access to all of your personal information.
DO: Like your favorite bands, books, websites, sports teams and other various pages. This adds to your profile.
DON'T: Avoid liking things that can be seen as controversial or inappropriate. That's up to your own judgement, but think about who your friends are and whether or not you "liking" certain pages would reflect well on you.
DO: RSVP to events that you're invited to on Facebook. It's a great and easy way to plan a party or get together.
DON'T: Don't RSVP to events that have inappropriate titles or descriptions. You can still go to the event, but by clicking that "I'm Going" button, it will become a part of your profile and it will tell all of your friends that you are attending this event. This can be especially important for those students who are under 21 who RSVP to parties and events where alcohol is definitely going to be present. Just keep in mind, anyone looking at your profile can see you were a part of the event.
Of course, these tips can be applied not only to Facebook, but Twitter, Instagram, and whatever other sites you're posting on. The most important thing to remember is that anything you post online under your name will be there forever and is available to admission offices, employers and the general public.
Do you have any other social media safety tips? Share with us below!
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So, I started off with my Find the Good Friday Post. I did that for a reason. I am still working on computer issues. Day 4.
Let me tell you one thing, one upon a time, not so long ago, I had the patience of Job when dealing with computers coupled with the tenacity it took to stand up to the challenge. Now, the patience is long gone, stress level and anxiety way up, but the stinking tenacity is still there. Not a good combination! For me or for the ISP that is the root of all
evil computer issues this week.
We received a letter from our ISP stating that our cable modem qualified for a free upgrade, this upgrade would allow for faster connection speeds. Great when you watch television and videos like we do over the internet. When I called in to have ours shipped, I explained how our network was set up through our own router, that we did not need the wireless modem/gateway, just the modem. When it arrived it was wireless.
We tried hooking everything up to it, but no deal. Our printer would not work. URGH! I called back spoke to them and explained again. "Sure no problem, we will send you one that is not wireless. And remember we are open 24/7 as a part of our customer satisfaction guarantee." Yada yada yada…
During this time we could still print from our desktop. Whew hoo! When the new modem arrives, my husband sets it up. I come home, call, and have it activated. Guess what? The wireless blue light special is shining. Yep, they had not de-activated the wireless on it. Something with this modem played games with our network. Now the printer no longer works with the desktop. Oh joy! This is not helping my level of frustration one bit.
I call and talk to several reps who keep trying to send me to
Comcast oops, I mean my ISPs Signature Support. Do you know what Signature Support is? It is a fee based support. Fee based support for their equipment. Yeah, you rent this modem from them, the day you receive, if you have problems they want to send you to a fee based support. Sounds like a way to have "100% Customer Satisfaction Guarantee" to me. I just received it, and they want to charge me to fix their equipment. I just cannot get over it. Can we say, ummm, NO!
After several hours and several representatives later, I finally spoke to one that had a brain larger than Amoeba. She was actually smart and was not reading from a script. She listened to me, and did not hear printer, and assume that I was calling in for a printer. She turned off the wireless, everything was working great. UNTIL she transferred me to the rep that was supposed to activate the telephone part of the modem. When she did, whatever she did, killed the modem and my phone. When I say killed, I mean killed. No pulse. None CPR can be done. Stick a fork in them. I bit later, I talked to another CSR, hoping she would correct the problem. She however, did not know what she was doing. She answered the phone laughing. She was completely unprofessional, and the call center she was in, the supervisor needed to teach them some professionalism. One of her colleagues was yelling at a customer very rudely in the background. I made a comment about that not being professional and that I could hear the customer being yelled at. I ran a call center. I do not care what the customer says, you escalate the call, you do not yell at the customer. She took up for her colleague. "She has been on the phone with this customer for 30 minutes." I said, "I have been dealing with Comcast since 4:00, she needs to think what the customer might be feeling." This is about 8 hours of dealing with some sort of Comcast rep. I have no phone, no internet, no printer, no PC (I'll explain the PC below). AND I AM LIVID!!!! The Hulk as nothing on this south Georgia girl who at this point has forgotten to take her medicine because she is dealing with ignorant people and computer stuff. I just crawl in bed, cry and pretend to sleep. Exhausted. This was Wednesday at 11:45 pm.
Thursday morning at 6:15 a.m., after thinking about a possible solution a good portion of the night, to at the very least give us internet and phone. I crawl out of bed with my back and head killing me. Call the number that I was told the call for support last night, the one I had called all day yesterday. The number said to call back during business hours!!! What the heck? Hmmmm…Customer Service guarantee…24/7…so what are their business hours? Confusing. I tried a number I had saved in my Iphone. (Yeah, did I mention that all of this time on the phone was on my Iphone no, I do not have unlimited minutes. I will talk about this later too.) So, where was I, oh yeah, 6:15 am Thursday. Finally connected to the other competent employee of
Comcast the company, I told her my idea of switching back to the other wireless modem, since we did not have connection via the one the other rep blew up. Let's just activate the other modem, and keep it as a wireless… We will deal with the printer and the desktop. Both my husband and I are computer smart, we'll figure it out. We can figure things out on a computer, if it is to be figured out. She agreed it might work if they had not turned something off somewhere they should not have been. It did! YAY!! We have internet. Check. I still need to get to another department to connect to the phone. Oh NO! I'm worried.
I tried calling. "Please call back during business hours." URGH!!
I waited a while and called back, she set it up. When she made a test call I heard the same squeal from last night. This is when I realized that when they did whatever they did Wednesday night, they blew up my phone, I do not know what they did. I had made a call on it before the fiasco, now it just squealed. I loved that phone too. It was an old desk phone. Oh well, when I unplugged it, and had her make a test call again using another phone, it worked. YAY!
COMCAST This ISP should pay me to troubleshoot their CSR incompetencies AKA screw-ups. We now have internet and phone. Check. Check.
The desktop makes me nervous. When trying to resolve the issues with the printer, I uninstalled and planned on doing a fresh install. Windows was not having any of that. Kept saying that my HP Officejet 8500 a909a was did not have a valid windows logo and that it is missing two dll files. One is hpwwiax5.dll, I did not write down the other. Okay, we have had this printer installed, and this printer printing until this disaster began. I know oftentimes things like the windows logo blurb can be caused by a Windows Security Update. I uninstalled the ones since January. This is when the computer decided that it would forget everything. Video, Audio, Chipset…If I did not have grays or heartburn before, not to mention anxiety and stress, before, I did now. I could not find our installation CD. No restore point has been set. Finally after a few tears, prayers, and yelling, I found a CD with my husband's handwriting. "HP A6600 F XP Drivers" Off I went installing the drivers. Computer 0 Hope 1…Now we have Internet, Phone, and Desktop back. Check. Check. Check.
I am re installing the windows updates also. My hope is after this install, I will be able to install the printer. Crossing my fingers.
So what of COMCAST? I called about the two days I was without service and had to use my cell phone to deal with them, being on hold for probably two – three hours of it. Being sent to Signature Support multiple times for their equipment. What did they do? Gave me $5 credit for the days without service. A manager is supposed to call me back in an hour. We'll see if the do. What will Comcast get from me? An angry customer that blogs about it, and then as soon as her contract is up will leave them. Told the last person I talked to exactly that.
Also, the second competent rep I spoke to let me in on a little secret. These new upgrades with Wireless. Comcast does not support Wireless, even though it is their equipment they will send you to Signature Support. So basically it is a money-making gimmick for Comcast. Just consider yourself warned.
FINALLY, after researching and pulling my hair out, and yelling more. Trial and error, trial and error, error and trial…SUCCESS!!! I will be writing on the HP support board how to install around the nasty "Logo Testing Error" and how to correct the hpww1ax5.dll error, funny after correcting those two errors, the other error went away. If anyone has those errors, please ask and I will let you know. No one on the boards knew how to help me, no, not the "HP experts." I do not want to completely bore the readers with technical information that means absolutely nothing to them. So here is the final score Internet, Phone, Desktop, and Printer BIG GOOSE EGG, Hope, you did it!! (My husband knows exactly what this means to me, as I collapsed in tears last night feeling like a complete failure because the Printer defeated me. It feels so good to have something go right and to recognize something going right. It has been so long.)
Disclaimer: I said there are only two competent people who work there. I have only spoken to two. There maybe others they have in reserve. I will add also though, it was 4 hours ago that I was promised a phone call in an hour, and well, CRICKETS!
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Monday, December 31, 2007
translation of 1 Corinthians chapter 26 comments Posted by david sherwood at 2:17 PM
As I study for each sermon each week I read a lot of translations and go back to the original greek to make sure I fully understand what is going on.
Then sometimes I will do the translation work myself to make sure I really understand it. Then...sometimes...I do a modern [or postmodern] paraphrase to help me GET it.
This is a paraphrase from this week's work on chpater 2 of 1st corinthians:
When I was in 2nd life with you, my spiritual Sims family, I did not have an avatar with cool flash-media or a superior graphic interface as I downloaded to you the files about God. For I made a preparatory choice to delete everything while I was with you except Jesus Christ and the story of his being uninstalled. I came to you outdated, recently rebooted and with a shaky and unstable virus massively effecting my CPU stability. My files and my folders were not with nifty PowerPoint's and eye-candy multi-media, but with a real-player demonstration of the Spirit's satellite uplink, so that your faith might not be upgraded with men's bootlegged culture-coding, but with God's spiritual supernatural mainframe. We do, however, encode a file of help patches installed in those with a large hardrive and technorati skill, but not the lying spy-ware media files of our era or of the hackers of this age, who are outdated files, out-of-date and broken links. No, we speak of God's zipped files, an operating system that has been hidden but is now being launched and that God designed for our beta-version upgrading before creation itself. None of the cultural software makers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have deleted God. However, as it is written: "No operating system has installed, no hardrive has opened, no media file has been imagined, what God has as a platform for those who merge with him— but God has opened this file to us by his Ghost in our machine. The Spirit's search mode investigates and knows all things, even the protected files of God. For what IT manager among men knows the Trojan horse and imbedded files of a man except the spyware spirit within him? In the same way no one knows the files of God except the Spirit of God. We have not downloaded the files of the world in fact we are blocking them and uninstalling them; but we are downloading the Spirit who is from God, that we may navigate what God has share-wared us. This is what we copy and paste, not in links downloaded to us by human mainframes or the matrix but in code uplinked by the Spirit, installing spiritual programs in spiritual code. The man without the Spirit deletes the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are spam to him, and he cannot open or unzip them, because they are spiritually uplinked with access codes he doesn't have. But the spiritual man makes download-now? choices about all things, but he himself has a firewall that rejects man's reviews about soul matters they can't open and don't know how to read. "For who has googled the full operating system of God that he may rewrite his programs?" But we have the mind of Christ.
Saturday, December 15, 2007
church...why bother...an intro to 1st Corinthians0 comments Posted by david sherwood at 11:31 AM
I have now spent 25 years serving, leading, and attending churches. That said, there have been more than a few times as a follower and leader that I wanted to give up on the whole thing.
I read a book once called "how to quit church without giving up on God." I secretly hoped it was true. But it was just silly and selfish. In all fairness it was then that I read a book called "church, why bother?" by Phillip Yancey. And then I just looked up every verse in the New Testament that had the word church in it. Then I came to some conclusions.
The reason this is important is that about 85% of Americans believe in God, but we are drifting towards 40% being in church. It's not that people don't believe in God so much as people don't believe in church.
Some reasons for church:
1. Jesus imagined and built it. It is his family on earth. He nurtures it, loves it, and died for it. It matters to him a lot. It is not disposable, if you follow him.
2. Church brings us the teaching, love, fellowship, mentors, etc that we need to grow healthy. I meet people all the time that "don't do church anymore" and the vast majority are slowly falling away from God.
3. The spiritual gifts we have and give to others often make or break the lives around us. Some people are literally starving for love, mercy, and teaching. These gifts are what God uses us to knit us together and teach us to lean on each other.
4. Together we can do things we could never do alone. Acts of social justice; altruism in people's lives; sending missionaries to other lands only happen in the context of a committed community.
5. No other place on earth will teach us the servanthood, selflessness, deference, humility, and longsuffering that church does. Church is a melting pot of VERY different people who are united by the love of Christ. These vast differences are the very things we need most to learn how to give the unconditional love we have received.
6. Tertullian "The blood of the martyrs are the seeds of the church." Saints have died for what we take for granted, their legacy calls us to hope in the church. Each generation must rebuild her anew.
7. Most of the New Testament was written to churches NOT individuals. That means something.
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
why I haven't been blogging0 comments Posted by david sherwood at 2:42 PM
mostly because of two things. Both are good.
1. The church is getting healthy and there is a lot to do. When I first got here it felt like the church was on the verge of disintegrating. While you might think that would mean there was lots to do, actually there wasn't. People had to get to know me, and I had to start casting vision and push the community to start the process of finding thier identity in Christ. This simply takes time, but it is a limited amount of time. Now a lot of people are getting excited and confidence is rising as they are sensing what the spirit wants to do through them and us. So now I am spending a lot of time bringing things togther so that all the energy is focused and on the same page. It's a good sort of busy.
2. The church is way ahead of schedule in terms of turning around. I thought I would be spending 9-18 months helping them heal...but they / we are amazingly resilient. The leadership core of the church is hungry for vision and I am now probably behind them and am trying to catch up! So I am trying to spend more time in focused prayer about what phase 2 looks like.
So I will be getting back into the swing of the blog...but right now my kids have a snow day, and I have to show the little texans how to sled, poggie, and throw a good snowball. As I look out the window they are playing in the snow...I'd love to blog more...but the snow is calling out to me


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#1Whitney House - Do You Hear What I Hear
I believe in my heart that Whitney Houston was kissed by God, and her version of Do You Hear What I Hear is proof of it. My very favorite all time Christmas song due to Whitney's version. Any time. Anywhere. Volume on 11.
#2 - Andy Williams - Happy Holidays/The Holiday Season
This just reminds me of being a kid at my Grandparents for the holiday. If this song doesn't get you in the Christmas spirit, you need to get yourself some meds.
My very good friend, Julie Gold, won a song of the year grammy for writing this. The world is a better place because this song exists. And I just think the heavens beamed a light right through Julie as she came up with the lyric 'God is watching us, From a Distance.' I can't even type it without getting teary eyed.
The rest fall in no particular order, though this order is pretty accurate if you really wanted me to list an order:
Stevie Nicks - Silent Night
The only version. Listen and go to Stevie church with me.
Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas
Every. single. time. Openly. Weeping.
Bono's 'tonight thank god it's them instead of you.'
Can't get through it dry eyed. Can. Not.
Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas is You
Say what you will about Mariah. The lady can SING. And she sings the dickens outta this. If this doesn't make you shake your toosh, I suggest you crank Andy Williams 'Happy Holidays' on your way to get your scripts filled...
Dan Fogelberg - Same Old Lang Syne
I have never met anyone who doesn't love this song. If you are the first, you know what I am going to say. Medicate yourself.
Frosty the Snowman - Ella Fitgerald & Santa Claus is Coming to Town - Etta James.
Vitamins. Minerals. Ella. Etta. Take yourself to school.
Mary J. Blige & Jesse J. - Do You Hear What I Hear
Whitney made this my very favorite Christmas song and I never thought I'd hear another version remotely worthy, until Mary J. & Jesse J. This sh** is HOT! Amazing duo.
Amy Grant - Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song)
I love this entire Christmas album. Amy is like the Jennifer Aniston of music. I think something might be wrong with you if you don't like her. And this song gets me every time I hear it...it beat out her version of 'Grown Up Christmas List' by a smidge.
Johnny Cash - The Little Drummer Boy
I don't need to explain this, do I? If I do, you're on the wrong blog.
Faith Hill - Where Are You Christmas
This isn't an excuse, but...in 2005, I was sharing a house with Sibby. Sibby is a BIG Christmas decorator. I was sitting in our living room lit by blinking Christmas lights and whatever CVS offered by way of decorations when Faith Hill's 'Where are you Christmas' came on 106.7, Lite FM (the light at the end of your dial). For some reason, I was flooded with memories of my grandmothers. So. That's why.
Train - Joy to the World.
I try hard to not like Train. But, without fail, they always run me down like a freight....Train. They have the best pop sensibility. So I give in. I love Train. And their version of Joy to the World makes me so so happy. Yay Train.
Disclaimer: Not all of my bakers dozen appear on spotify, so I used other versions of the same song...specifically, Stevie Nicks' Silent Night (you know, the one I said there is only one version of?), I substitute Kelly Clarkson and Reba's version. It's palatable enough. And I replaced Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas with Glee's version (eegads). Seriously. There was not a better option. Sorry for that one.
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Free Maths Tutorials
CEIA Free HL Leaving Cert. Maths Tutorials @ UCC – Saturday Mornings 10:00-12:30
Registration OPEN – please use form below.
Maths Tutorials Timetable 2019-20 (click to open)
CEIA will host free Maths tutorials for HL Leaving Cert Maths students. The tutorials will be given by Chartered Engineers and Scientists, and will cover topics on the LC HL Maths syllabus between September and December. The tutorials are free but students must register below.
6th year students will benefit the most from these tutorials, as 5th years would probably not have covered many of the topics in school.
Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis. The tutorials will start on Saturday September 7th 2019.
Tutorials will take place in UCC on Saturday mornings 10:00-12:30
*** At the bottom of the registration form below, students are asked to select their top 3 preferred Maths topics they would like covered – we will endeavour to cover topics requested by the majority of registered students.


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Outfit Details
Semi Sheer Cotton Tee (I cut off the sleeves) – Forever 21
White Straight Leg Jeans – Target
Camo Calf Hair Belt – Gap
Tabacco T Strap Sandal – Michael Kors
Outfit Details
Semi Sheer Cotton Tee (I cut off the sleeves) – Forever 21
White Straight Leg Jeans – Target
Camo Calf Hair Belt – Gap
Tabacco T Strap Sandal – Michael Kors
Denim Zip Bralet – Topshop
Oversized/Boyfriend Shirt – H&M
Long Sleeve Denim Shirt (around waist) – Forever 21
Ripped Denim Boy Shorts – Hollister Co.
Leather Sybil Ankle Boots – Aldo
Colorful petals and playful polka dots are the perfect pair to welcome Spring, it's peeking around the corner.
Mixing prints can be tricky. Here are a few tips to help you create a playful and polished look…
The black & white in my dress is repeated in my shoes. They compliment each other.
With the colorful floral pattern and cross back, the dress is the star here. I went with a effortless, playful and comfy shoe that accents the dress.
The flowers/petals in my dress are larger than the print on the shoes. The patterns are not in competition with each other.
Have fun creating your look. Below are my deets.
The Deets
Flower Print Cross Back Dress – Boutique
Polka Dot Tennis Shoes – Forever 21
Leather Wrap Bracelet w/ Message – Dillon Rogers
While driving through Beverly Hills on Tuesday, a red light interrupted my mission. As I sat at the light I decided to people watch. There were so many clothes wearing people that I should call it "clothes watching".
The price for a single top or pair of pumps could easily feed a small village, yet some looked no different than their less expensive competitors. Don't get me wrong, I love my luxury brands just as much as the next girl. I know that quality is a factor but some items just don't fit the bill.
I also know that an inexpensive item can shame an expensive one. We can purchase a $1,000 top, but if we don't have style it can be mistaken for a 99 cent item from the discount store.
Style is what brings clothing to life, it's the difference between wearing your clothes and letting them wear you.
I want to introduce you to Lo, she has great personal style. Let's check out how she throws it on. Read the Q & A below to find out how she does it and connect with her.
Describe yourself in one sentence.
Lo: One open-minded, adventurous, strong, funny, and intelligent female with a slight male demeanor.
Who/what inspires your personal style?
Lo: I wouldn't say that there is anyone or anything in particular that inspires my personal style. How I am feeling, my mood is what inspires me.
What is your favorite piece and/or accessory right now?
Lo: My boyfriend cut destroyed denim jeans. I can dress them up or dress them down. I can throw on a colorful pump or rock a pair of retro Jordan's with them. They are so comfortable and I love comfort.
Would you like to share anything else about you or your personal style?
Lo: I never thought I really had "style". I simply just buy what I like and throw it on.
Connect with Lo on Instagram and Twitter, both handles are @MyLifeAsLo
I stumbled across Faintly Masculine a few weeks back. "Faintly Masculine is a personal style blog for women who are inspired by menswear ; women who aren't afraid to wear bow ties and wingtips while still embracing all their femininity. This blog is for the women who aren't into the frills and fuss of women's fashion and have embraced a more "boyish" way of dress." The blog is founded by Ariel Sansaricq. She and I share an affinity to pieces inspired by menswear. I fancy my girly girl pieces too… Lace and bows? Yes, please! My daily attire is generally dictated by mood, weather and destination. Sometimes i'm a princess and others i'm a rockstar. Enough about me… Below are a few of Ariel's fly looks. Check out her blog for more info and links.


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How do you want to get involved?
Connect with other global-minded leaders, Start/Join a IYC Chapter, Contribute Knowledge and/or Resources, Support a Social Cause, Learn about Best Practices for Development, Blog/Write Articles
What other organizations are you involved with?
Doctors without Borders
What issues are important to you?
Poverty, Education, Gender Equality, Media, Health, HIV & Other Diseases, Environment, Sustainability, Human Rights, Youth Empowerment, Leadership, Partnerships, Policy, Government Accountability


text: US / immigrant Sherpas Navigate Big Apple Canyons As tourism fades, expat Nepalese guides turn to driving NYC cabs By Colleen Barry, Newser Staff Posted Dec 3, 2007 10:49 AM CST Copied Veteran Sherpa Apa, 46, right, and Lhakpa display the victory symbol upon their arrival back from scaling the 29,035-foot Mount Everest summit on May 16, in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, May 23, 2007. Apa,... (Associated Press) View 3 more images (Newser) – When a 10-year civil war drove tourists and climbers out of Nepal, the Sherpas who catered to them also left in droves, and many wound up in New York driving cabs. The taxis offer not only a livelihood but also fewer risks. "I stopped extreme climbing for my own safety," says Tsering Norbu Sherpa, a descendant of Tensing Norgay. ABC News goes along for the ride. Cab driving is far more lucrative job than mountain guiding. "Even if tens of thousands of people climbed those peaks every year, it wouldn't generate the kind of money that Sherpas can make here," says an Outside magazine reporter who spent nearly a year with the Sherpas. One of the worst things, according to Tsering? People having sex in cabs: "It shows such disrespect." (Read more immigrant stories.) View 3 more images


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Volunteer Info Session
Join us for an informational session to learn more about our volunteer program!
This volunteer information session is just for individuals interested in helping at the Green Bay Campus. If you want to help at our Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine or Door County Campuses, you must sign up for a session at those locations.
You'll hear about our organization, how volunteers help with our programs and services, and our current needs.
Thank you so much for your interest in supporting the Wisconsin Humane Society!


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National Christian Foundation
Thanks to Art Foster of India Asia Outreach for an introduction to Lewis Abbott of the National Christian Foundation (NCF). If you ever have a major donor who wants to make a non cash contribution (for example, real estate, or a share in a private company), the NCF can work with you and the donor to make it happen. If you're interested in learning more, let me know.


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Tuesday, March 21, 2017
How to Get Rid of Germs in the Nursery
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Great tips. When my kids were babies, I disinfected EVERYTHING. It's the only way to keep things clean.ReplyDelete
It's not that hard to keep things germ free. You just have to know the steps and do them religiously.ReplyDelete
Have a fabulous day. ☺
Great suggestions! I feel things can never be clean enough, especially for little ones, so disinfecting often is important.ReplyDelete
These are great tips. Little kids are so germy, and babies are so close to the ground, they come into contact with everything.ReplyDelete
Great tips on how to get rid of germs in the nursery! We never had a nursery :( I always wanted a chance to have one, but we did things like this when sharing a room with newborn!ReplyDelete
These are great tips. It's really important to keep the kiddos' rooms free of germs and nasty bugs.ReplyDelete
This should definitely be a big priority. You really do have to reevaluate the way you look at their toys!ReplyDelete
This was a very interesting read. My wife mostly did all the disinfecting stuff when our kids were that age. I hate to say it, but I did most of the dirtying. LOL The kids had fun, though!ReplyDelete
We had to be expert germ get away er's when our kids were babies. Both had home IV antibiotics. Mica had a staph infection in his neck (7 months) from an ear infection we think. Isaak got meningitis (2 months). To this day his symptoms were bacterial, but bacteria never grew in their samples.ReplyDelete
Clean, and more clean!
I used to feel I was fighting a losing battle, me against the world of germs. Toys, especially...EVERYTHING ends up the child's mouth, somehow, and it's so hard to use something that will not harm the child. Never had a problem with the diapers though. All good tips, great article!ReplyDelete
I had no idea that diapers were the leading cause of childhood infection. No wonder, they are pretty gross.ReplyDelete
This is awesome to know. We don't have a nursery in our current house, but this is a top priority everyone should know for their house with a baby too! - JeanineReplyDelete
I definitely agree about keeping the toys clean, those can breed germs so quickly.ReplyDelete
These are all great tips. It is very important to have a good diaper disposal system. Choosing the right disinfectant is equally important too, we don't want any harmful chemical that might harm the baby. I'm sharing this post with my daughter so she can check on her son's nursery this weekend.ReplyDelete
These are really great tips!! Keeping nursery germ-free is really important. Love this article!ReplyDelete
Clean clean cleanReplyDelete
Great tips
I imagine a top problem would fast and easy disposal of soiled diapers. These can be harbingers for all sorts of bad bacteria.ReplyDelete
Dirty diapers are a big one when it comes to keeping a nursery clean. When my kids were in diapers, I had a diaper genie and constantly cleaned it with sanitizing wipes.ReplyDelete
My sister just had two, so that is sure timely indeed. My ocd helps me with germs lolReplyDelete
These look like good tips.ReplyDelete
These are really great tips! Remembering to disinfect toys is an especially good one that could easily be overlooked by most.ReplyDelete
My youngest is in a crazy messy phase, with toys everywhere. Keeping them up off the floor is hard enough, but I need to be proactive in cleaning the toys themselves.ReplyDelete
We do have to be so careful in the kids area where I work also. Very important to get it all cleanedReplyDelete
these are great tips even if you dont have a nursery. i have 3 dogs and they have potty pads so these tips would work for them, i would use all natural products.ReplyDelete


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I started experimenting with herbal ice creams when I was teaching classes at our local college. Not only were the ice creams popular with my students, but my family loved them as well! One of our favorites is made with a variety of basil called cinnamon basil; however, unless you grow the variety yourself, it can be rather difficult to find. I decided to try to re-create the flavor, and this delicious basil ice cream recipe is the result! —Sue Gronholz, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
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This winter found Ol' Dutch on another adventure South out of the cold and snow found in South Fork, Colorado. It's not that I don't like pretty white flakes coloring Miss Trixie's tresses and shoulders -- because I do enjoy that sight. I just don't like it coloring mine.
Working outside my entire adult life in such wintery conditions gave me a definite aversion to doing it again in retirement and going South in such times also lets me be near my grand-daughters which is always good.
So we spent our winter down on my Oleo Ranch, named for being "just a small spread."
Ol' Dutch is a wheeler-dealer of long ago and being at the ranch lands me in an area with a large number of people living in close proximity. This led to me discovering that they sell their stuff periodically to pay the rent or child support or because the old folks are selling out for big money. Good deals are evident everywhere you look.
And of course, having lost my good stuff in the sheet splitting ordeal of divorce, Ol' Dutch has been busily catching up on getting a lot of those items back in stock.
Perusing Craigslist and the local Facebook pages I was suddenly thrust into the world of "wants." That's where a person starts asking oneself, "do I want this or that?"
This differs greatly from "needing" something as the latter means that you actually have an imme-diate need for whatever it is you are purchasing. Such things as food and shelter are a need along with a dependable vehicle. And a boat may qualify also under that definition if you are in charge of providing meat for the family table too. I know that's a stretch but stay with me on this.
Every day I hear friends and acquaintances say that they "need" something like new golf clubs, a new car, new apparel, tractors, cows, dogs, cats, chickens, houses, land or spouse.
We all know that there is a huge difference between wanting something and needing it and some-how we have gotten those two words mixed up. I think it's a mechanism to further legitimize getting whatever it is we want and Ol' Dutch has often fallen into that trap more times than I can re-call.
It's no more evident than when viewing the statistics on debt levels in the United States as about everything we have can be financed. Beds to washers and dryers, cars, dental work and even childbirth is often financed far into the future long after the fun has worn off the items. If you don't believe, then raise some kids and wait til they are about 13 years old. That "wanting kids" feeling fades away pretty fast at that point and you realize that you really didn't "need" them after all.
This winter, I did acquire some replacement items for things long lost from pre-divorce days – and, at a good price too. Not only that, I soon found out that with cash in hand a person can turn a pretty good profit buying what someone "needed" to sell and then re-selling to another person who "wants" it.
The key here of course is not only identifying someone with the "wants" but in being able to help them along in their decision to buy it from you.
This last month, I have re-homed a boat, stock trailer, rubber flooring, storm shelter, tile and kitchen cabinets to persons who will probably just put them out back with the rest of their "stuff."
There is a comfort I guess with having a lot of things surrounding us as evidenced by the piles seen in many yards in the area. And it's my intention to further facilitate such gathering of items by finding these people even more good things that they want.
All except the new spouses part as no one "needs" that in their life and will find out sooner or later that getting a new one will cost them half of what they "wanted."
Kevin Kirkpatrick and his Yorkie, Cooper, fish, hunt, ATV or hike daily. His email is [email protected] Additional news can be found at www.troutrepublic.com or on Twitter at TroutRepublic.


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Back in 2012, Greg Kaufmann, then a columnist for The Nation, launched a social media campaign that eventually morphed into the TalkPoverty.org blog and related projects.
The aim was to get poverty issues into what Kaufmann referred to as "the mainstream political debate." To that end, we were to tweet poverty-related facts and questions to the moderators of the Presidential debates, using #TalkPoverty as the hashtag.
Now we're nearing the end of a seemingly endless campaign that becomes more bizarre with each passing day. Kaufmann and colleagues have relaunched theirs, with a new hashtag — #WhereDoYouStand.
They want us to tweet questions on specific policies, e.g., a minimum wage increase, expansions of Social Security. We were then to post them on a website that let others vote for questions they'd most like the moderators of the second debate to ask.
Last time I checked, only three such questions had gotten enough votes to put them in the top 30 — those that the moderators had said they'd consider. Perhaps they did, but they didn't ask any of them. No poverty talk in the third debate either.
We do, however, have one Presidential candidate who's chosen to talk poverty, as distinguished from telling all blacks they're poor. Hillary Clinton (or her people) authored an op-ed for The New York Times that actually used the p-word and presented a plan of sorts.
It's the sort of thing the #WhereDoYouStand campaign seems to have in mind, though perhaps less specific in some policy areas due to the column-length constraint.
No such constraint on her website, which has lots of initiatives tucked into a dozen or so issue areas. Her recently-announced Child Tax Credit reforms flesh out bullet points there.
All this is fine for policy wonks — and perhaps for others who can seize on a few issues that especially matter to them. But it's hard to get one's mind around the agenda as a whole.
The Times rousing endorsement alludes to this, allowing as how Clinton's policy proposals are thus far a "pointillist collection."
I think we'd benefit from a framework of some sort. I haven't seen it in the campaigns — and doubt that any of us will. And not only because we're in the homestretch with one campaign imploding.
An NPR reporter says that Trump has basically one poverty proposal — "jobs, jobs jobs." We can piece together something more like an agenda from his other campaign themes, plus earlier remarks and ghost-written books.
Poverty is the fault of people who don't work and policies that encourage them to laze around. So we'll blow the policies away and create a bazzilion more jobs. Keep undocumented workers from having them — and apparently some who have legal authority to work.
We'll make all safety net benefits temporary and condition them all on work. Don't let teen mothers have them unless they "jump through some pretty small hoops" — including, it seems, finding a group home to live in.
So I'm mulling over what a credible framework would look like. What, in other words, would the major headings be for an agenda to address the causes and consequences of poverty in America?
On the other hand, I'm mindful of reasons our candidates would rather not make poverty their "vision thing," to borrow from then-candidate Bush, the first.
Economist/blogger Jared Bernstein observes that "the poor are not necessarily the swing voters you're trying to pick off." In other words, they're likely to vote for the candidate from whichever party they usually vote for.
But they're not all that likely to vote, as a recent Census analysis shows. Nothing new about this, except the figures. We see similar low turnout rates dating back to 2004.
We're well aware of barriers states impose, especially since the Supreme Court struck down a key part of the Voting Rights Act. But perhaps more people who could vote would if they thought the outcome would make a difference in their lives.
They wouldn't necessarily turn out if a candidate made poverty, so-labeled central to his/her campaign, however.
A Pew Research survey that focused on views about the economy and government policies found that a very large majority of respondents viewed themselves as middle class — 76%, counting those who put themselves in the lower middle.
Nearly 20% of adults under 65 had incomes at or below 150% of the very low poverty thresholds that year. But only 11% of Pew's respondents identified themselves as "lower class," perhaps because that's a generally pejorative term.
But so is "poor" — thanks to years to fault-finding, fraud myths and the like. Thanks also to years of identifying "middle class" with contrasting virtues like hard work, prudence, responsible child-rearing (and bearing), etc.
That's partly why our Presidential candidates (and others) refer instead to "income inequality," a political science professor says.
Perhaps also why Clinton headlined her Child Tax Credit proposal as a "middle class tax cut," though more than three-quarters of the people who'd benefit are poor, according to Center on Budget and Policy Priorities' estimates.
And it's probably why she, as Bernstein notes, "doesn't always connect the dots to poverty and low-income workers," even when she's teeing up plans like the CTC reforms, a minimum wage increase and investments targeted to deeply depressed communities.
Probably also why Trump has chosen to connect the dots between indifferent (or worse) politicians and the griefs, resentments and fears of Americans whom he addresses as the once and future middle class.
"If we want the media to talk about poverty, we have to turn anti-poverty work into an anti-poverty movement," says Jeremy Slevin at TalkPoverty.org. He's referring specifically to the talking heads who moderate debates.
But it seems equally apt for candidates, whether prompted by "the media" or otherwise — and whether contending for the Presidency or down-ballot offices.


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Here is my favorite decoration. Her daughter's birthday is around Christmas so she even did the tree up in CANDY fashion! Look at the wrapped rice lanterns! Who would have thought?!?! I LOVE that!!! I am hyperventilating a little just thinking about how great that is!
And the candy table was just perfect!
All you need is some bright table cloths and it goes so perfectly with the theme!
She even had all the kids decorate their own gingerbread houses! I love this because it gives the kids an activity when it is too cold to play outside, but you would also prefer to not have 30 kids running around inside either! Keep them busy and they love what they get to take home!