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MIDDLE GRADE FICTION: You Have To Really Want It!
Middle Grade Fiction: You Have to Really Want It
Writing a Middle Grade Fiction novel has taught me many things, but the one thing it's really taught me is that you have to really want it. After 7 cities and a grueling 14-day tour that took me as far as the Big Easy of New Orleans, Louisiana, I am back on the road of adventure that will make Saltwater Taffy a best selling book for Tweens.
We have had some amazing things happen at the Saltwater Taffy Network as of late, most of which will be a mention in the upcoming issue of Scholastic Instructor Magazine, hitting shelves in May. Yes, that is HUGE for an independent book, but as one Teacher of the Year remind me in an email, 'it is not a surprise.' The story of adventure offerred within the pages of Saltwater Taffy, a middle grade fiction title distributed by Perseus Distribution, coupled with the moralisitcal viewpoints sprinkled throughout, has even me believing in the book and I wrote the darn thing! Oh, and by the way, that's right, I did make up the phrase 'moralistical viewpoints.' With your best pirate voice, say: 'Arrrgggg….be gone ye ol' literary snobs of New York. We must chart the unencharted. How can we do that if we are to follow your 'rules' every waking hour?'
I'm writing today because of a last minute change that took place this past Friday on the Northwest Tour of Saltwater Taffy as I was 'Honey-Doing' for our upcoming baby. King TV here in Seattle called for a guest appearance for their morning show on Tuesday, February 15th. NEW DAY NORTHWEST is an NBC morning show focusing on community and on Tuesday at 11 am on Channel 5, Saltwater Taffy (and it's author) will be a featured guest. The call came on Friday at 11 am. After working with my partners at Southwest Airlines (thank you again), we changed the flight and I left town this morning…yes, this Valentines Day morning. Thanks to my wife Julie for her continued support in the Saltwater Taffy adventure. She truly is an awesome woman!
The call to be on the show is great, but a call like this also carries a book giveaway for the entire studio audience. 75 books for a giveaway means 75 books in my bags and on the plane. I never knew how heavy paper could be. Super duper heavy. So, with 20 books in a carry-on, and 5 in my backpack, and another 5o spread out in the two giant 'kitchen sink' suitcases with me, you can only imagine what kind of adventure I had on the Rail just now on my way into downtown. Have you every tried to carry 4 bags with you on an escalator? Good times.
Alas, we reach the purpose of today's posting on the WhatAGreatBook.com website as I sit in my favorite writing space in the entire country, Starbucks Cafe (currently at the Starbucks on 2nd Street/University Street). When you hit the road to becomming a best selling author you have to really want it because 4 bags…4 super-duper-way out-heavy bags can either make you angry and crazy or make you fill yourself with laughter. The end result of an adventure is entirely up to each one of us, moment by moment. Which is why it is paramount to engage our passion as we embark on any adventure like the one currently before me. Without it, 4 bags can make a man so mad that he will quickly forget why he's out here in the first place. I say this because when I face-planted on the train, preparing for my exit at University Street, I had to laugh. Not at the elderly couple looking down at me squirming on the floor like a displaced King Salmon, but how deeply I am engaged and dedicated to my adventure.
I had to laugh because what is my alternative? Getting mad only stops the joy of my adventure. Getting mad only makes me become more and more mad. When we become more and more mad, we get more and more things to be mad at. Yes, it is a vicious cycle, so if you want something….I mean, really want something, you have to want it with all that you are. Otherwise, I encourage you to go out and get a 'good paying job' and never look back. However, when the going gets tough, and it will, don't blame anyone when you say, 'I hate my job.'
Happy Valentines Taffy Heads, you're super SAWEET in my book. 😉
Eric DelaBarre is an award winning filmmaker and the author of the Saltwater Taffy novel for Tweens.


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Israel offensive
On May 4, the Israel Defense Forces announced an air strike on dozens of targets in the Gaza Strip.
The office of the Turkish news agency Anadolu in the Gaza Strip was hit in the course of the offensive.
Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu called the incident an example of aggression on the Israeli side, and an act of violence against innocent people. The minister blamed Israel for "crimes against humanity" and stated that Ankara will continue to support the people of Palestine.
North Korean missiles
North Korea tested several short-range missiles last week. According to the South Korean military, last Saturday, the DPRK launched several tests achieving ranges of 70 to 200 kilometers from Wonsan city on the east coast towards the Sea of Japan in the northeast.
According to Pentagon, they could not officially confirm the launch had taken place but were studying the relevant information.
Juan Guaido's continued attempts to win over the Venezuelan military were unsuccessful.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro appealed to representatives of the armed forces of the republic with a call to preserve unity and protect the country from the attacks of imperialism.
He also stressed that the Venezuelan army is the "most powerful" in the region.
Maduro also said that Venezuela and the republic's armed forces should be ready to repel the United States if they decide to launch an attack against the country.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was sentenced to 50 weeks in prison by the court in London on Wednesday, in a decision the organization called "shocking."
On the morning of April 11, 2019, Assange was detained on a warrant issued in 2012.
The US seek Assange's extradition, accusing him of conspiracy to commit cyber espionage.

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We have so much to share about of our love of the Fae world and the magic of all that which surrounds it….we are working on this section thoroughly, and plan to launch small bits when we are able! We are working as fast as our little wings will allow! We hope you will come back to wander and journey with us soon and again.
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What Is A Shimmerling?
Shimmerlings are said to be of equal parts energy and of matter; they are known to be petite manifestations of faerie essence visible in the mortal world; known to appear as tiny dragonets or glistening glitter. The smallest of angels, some might say.
Flighty and passionate, they are known for their poetic view of the univers and although they may appear as mischevious and childlike they are yet at the same time stunning and shimmering as sunlight. Each one is distinct and dinvidual…each with a personality of their own… each one is delightful, brilliant and vibrant as they adorn the corners of our world…
JeaneMargherite sees her jewelry creations as shimmerlings for the spirit and shimmerlings for the soul. Both wonderfully brilliant and beautiful, adorning the soul, the spirit and the body each with its own personality.
Please allow the adaptation of her inspiration to adorn your spirit, allow our treasures to manifest the luminosity of your essence….then sing, dance and live with the glistening glimmer that you deserve to accent your own fundamental nature. Welcome to our realm…..
Fairy & Pixie Lore
Faeries are supernatural beings and spirits that can be either good or bad. It is believed by many who believe in fairies that they reside in a place somewhere between earth and heaven; however, many think fairies dwell on earth. Others believe they are mythical beings possessing magical powers and sometimes being close to human beings on earth. They are said to appear in various shapes being dressed in different customs. Typically a dwarf creature has green clothes and hair, lives in underground or in stone heaps, and characteristically exercises magical powers to benevolent ends.
Or, a fairy might be thought of as a diminutive, delicate feminine creature dressed in white clothing who lives in a fairyland, but intervening in human lives with good intentions. Then there is the Irish leprechaun. This tiny fairy usually wearing a cocked hat and apron can be good or bad. A cobbler by trade, his tapping makes others aware of his presence. Supposedly he possesses a hidden crock of gold, which the whereabouts he is not about to divulge unless his capturer threatens him with bodily harm. He might then divulge the whereabouts of his treasure if his capturer constantly watches him. But, he usually tricks his capturer in looking away briefly when the tiny man vanishes.
The belief in fairies seems to reach back into ancient times, being traceable both in written and oral tradition. Traces stem from the Sanskrit gandharva (semidivine celestial musicians) to the nymphs of the Greeks and Homer, the jinni of Arabic mythology, and other folk characters of the Samoans, Arctic, and other indigenous Americans. A common conception of fairies today, especially in children's fairytales, rests largely upon their depiction in old folklore tradition where they were generally described as serious and sinister. The exceptions include the tooth fairy, the fairy godmother in Cinderella, and Snow White and the seven dwarfs.
The word "fairy" is derived from the Latinfata, or fate, referring to the mythical Fates, three woman who spin and control the threads of life. The archaic English term for fairies is fays, which means "enchanted" or "bewitched."
Since the belief in fairies is universal because they are known by various folkloric names including brownie (English and Scottish folklore), elf (German folklore), dwarf (Teutonic and Germanic folklore), troll (Norse folklore), gnome (Europe, popularized by Paracelsus), pooka (Irish folklore), kobold (German folklore), leprechaun (Irish folklore), and banshee (Irish and Celtic folklore). Fairy lore is thought to exist in almost every culture and is most prevalent in Europe and the British Isles. It spread to America during the colonization period and is still strong in the Appalachians, Ozarks, and other remote mountainous regions.
More generally fairies are believed to have lived in a land where time does not exist. This Land of the Fairy, or Fairyland or Elfland, as it is called, is accessed through barrows and mounds. Fairies come to the land at night to folic and make mischief. Stories are told that they are eager to kidnap human women for wives and human children, which are more attractive than fairy children, or changelings, that they leave behind in exchange. Other fairies generally live in small groups along rivers, lakes, or in woods and forests. They resemble the elementals and devas.
This Fairyland, or Elfland, resembles the pre-Christian abodes for the dead. Fairyland is sometimes referred to as the Land of the Ever Young, which is eternal and beautiful. People carried off to fairyland cannot return if they eat or drink there. Fairy and human lovers can marry, though only with restrictions whose violation ends the marriage, and often, the life of the human. Some female fairies are deadly to human lovers. Fairies may resemble humans in size, but can decrease to three inches (7.5 cm) or less. Female fairies may be fortune tellers, particularly prophesying at births and foretelling deaths.
The fairies were aristocratic and had monarchs; for example, in County Galway, Fin Bheara and Nuala were the king and queen. In Whales, king and queen of the fairies-known there as the Tylwyth Teg-were Gwydion ab Don and Gwenhidw. Shakespeare records the fairy-rulers in A Midsummer Night's Dream as Oberon and Titania.
These are some of the theories that speculate the origins of fairies:
Fairies are unbaptized souls. They are souls caught up in a netherland land, not good enough to enter heaven, nor bad enough to deserve hell. Such a place is frequently referred to as limbo.
Fairies are the fallen angels. Fairies were among the angels loyal to Lucifer. They were cast out of heaven with him to plunge into hell, but suddenly God stopped them in mid-flight and condemned them to remain where they were. Some were in the air, some in the earth and some in the seas and rivers. Such belief is widespread in fairy lore of Ireland, Scotland, and Scandinavia.
Fairies are nature spirits. Somewhat analogous to the fallen-angel theory, this theory holds that fairies are among the many spirits that populate all things and places in the earth.
Fairies are diminutive human beings. There is evidence that small-structured races populated parts of Europe and the British Isles in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages, before the spread of the Celts. In Ireland, they were known as the Thuathe de Danaan. They resided in barrows and in shelters burrowed under hills and mounds. They were hard working but shy, and, as stronger peoples invaded their land and captured their iron weaponry, they retreated to the woodlands to live a secretive life. Being pagan, they continued to worship the pagan deities. They were in union with nature and possessed keen psychic senses. Their skills and trades allowed them to lead somewhat normal lives while raising diminutive cattle and horses. There was sporadic guerilla warfare against invaders as described in the legends of Robin Hood and Rob Roy.
Originally the elusive fairy races were regarded with suspicion by larger races. Belief in them was thought to be superstitious. However, gradually more people began endowing these little people with magical characteristics. The races such as the Lapps, Picts and Romano-British-Iberian peoples, were not so small as to be unable to mingle with the Celts, Normans and Saxons. Although many became servants and serfs, others married and mixed bloodlines. Until the 13th century, having fairy blood was admired.
There is much evidence of fairy lore in relation to witchcraft. The British anthropologist Margaret A. Murray and other historians state that the real "little people" gradually became identified with witches. During the 16th and 17th centuries, when belief in fairies was at its peak, the activities of fairies and witches were frequently combined. Both cast and broke spells; they both healed people, and divined lost objects and the future. (see Divination) Both danced and sang beneath the moon-often together-and were said to have trafficked with the Devil. Both practiced metamorphosis, flying andlevitation, and could cause others to levitate. As well, both supposedly stole unbaptized babies, poisoned people, and stole horses that they rode hard and fast to their sabbats in the night. Both avoided salt and were repelled by iron.
King James I of England, in Daemonologie, his book about witches, called Diana, the goddess of witches, and the "Queen of Fairie." Oberon, the name of the King of Fairies, also was the name of a demon summoned by magicians. Fairies were also claimed to be familiars of witches. Therefore, it is not difficulty to see why fairies figured into witch trails. The trails richest in details occurred in the British Isles.
Currently Neo-Pagan Witches believe in fairies and some see them clairvoyantly. Some Witches say their Craft was passed down by fairies through the generations of their families.
Fairy lore is particularly prevalent in Ireland, Cornwall, Wales, and Scotland. Fairies are common in literature from the Middle Ages on and appear in the writings of the Italians Matteo Boiardo and Ludovico Ariosto, the English poet Edmund Spenser, the Frenchman Charles Perrault, and the Dane Hans Christian Andersen, among others.A.G.H.
Musing from Mystica…a wonderful article with wonderful references..
Sources: 4, 117-119; 29, 198-199; 62, 84;
"Fairy" Britannica.com
"Leprechaun" Britannica.com
Fairy Types & Names
This section will have an alphabetical list of fae types and their names. There will even be a wonderful way in which to automatically discover your own Faerie Name!
Here's a small section as an example:
Said to be the tiniest creatures of human form in existence, these little people coexist peacefully with the ants in the anthills of Southern Africa and live on their foragings from the roots of grasses and other plants. They are very shy and so are elusive, however tend to reveal themselves to very young children, wizards, and pregnant women.
Among the Celts of Ireland, Aeval was the Fairy Queen of Munster. She held a midnight court to determine if husbands were satisfying their wives' sexual needs, or not, as the women charged
Small gnomes who live in the mountainous regions of France and Switzerland. They look just like other gnomes except for large feet with which they can easily walk and ski over snow and use for digging tunnels. Their hair is frozen and resembles icicles. Should the need arise, a Barbegazi can cover himself with snow in seconds, and dig himself out no matter how deep he may be buried. They live in a network of caves and tunnels at the summits of high peaks, where they also aestivate during the summer. They are rarely seen, and then only in the winter months, when the temperature drops below zero. They never venture below the tree-line.
There are so many more fae to learn about…..we hope you come back to visit.
Find Your Fairy Name
Fairy Gardens
We are very excited to lunch this section! will have instructions on how to create your own Fairy Garden and materials to help you build them just perfectly to attract faeries to your realm. The plan is to have this complete by Spring in the Midwest just in time for the Faerie Garden Creation!
We also hope to offer Fairy Garden Classes locally to teach mere Muggles how to commune with the wonderful fae in the area!
Mythical Creatures
Dragons, Unicorns, Griffins, Mermaids, Winged Wonders, Werewolves, Centaurs, Vampires, Familiars… the Fae have their share of wonder in their own world; which we will explore! This will be the place to find all kinds of information on these beautiful, mysterious creatures, companions and characters!
We hope that you are as intrigued as we are and will come back to visit soon!
Labyrinths -they are full of wonder, amazement, grounding and spirituality. In this realm we will share designs, locations, lore and legend, and more…a wonderful way to begin (or continue) your knowledge about these fantastical elements of the world
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Spin doctors in India and China have been on an overdrive since August 28 to explain to their respective audiences on how the stand-off at Doklam, where soldiers of the two sides faced each other off, raising the spectre of war between the two Asian giants, was resolved amicably without a single shot being fired.
But, more importantly, they had to explain as to how the resolution was reached without making any major compromise from the two countries' stated positions.
India had moved into Doklam, a Bhutanese territory, after China started constructing a road there in violation of existing agreements. New Delhi felt that the road was designed to give China easy access to the 'Siliguri Corridor'—a narrow passage that connects the northeastern part of the country with the mainland—posing a serious security threat. China, which claims Doklam as part of its own territory, on the other hand, insisted that India vacate the land immediately, warning that otherwise Beijing will have to take recourse to measures to forcibly evict Indian soldiers.
Despite the belligerent statements that poured out of various sections in China, negotiations between the two sides, especially among its senior diplomats and officials, continued in an attempt to reach an amicable solution. India, surprisingly, showed admirable equanimity throughout the crisis, deciding not to match China word-for-word in raising the temperature further.
Understandably, the resolution to the standoff on August 28 was reached only after both sides agreed to adopt a more flexible position, while agreeing to leave the interpretations of how it was settled to their respective spin doctors. For India, the bottomline was an assurance from the Chinese that road construction activities at Doklam will stop. For the Chinese, it was immediate withdrawal of Indian soldiers. Since Indian troops came to Bhutan's aid to prevent the road construction, it's cessation meant New Delhi's objective was achieved, paving the way for its withdrawal from Doklam.
While several lessons will be drawn by both India and China from the Doklam experience, a particular decision of India's appears to have played a key role in finding an early resolution to the stand-off at the land near the India-China-Bhutan trijunction. This had to do with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to participate in the forthcoming BRICS Summit, scheduled to be held in Xiamen, China, from September 3-5.
"This was a very important and significant decision on India's part," says former MEA secretary N. Ravi. "It clearly shows we have now risen above the dispute mode," he adds.
A debate had been raging in the Indian establishment on whether PM Modi should boycott the BRICS Summit to show India's displeasure over China's growing belligerence. This option, predictably, was being championed by the hardliners. However, the pragmatists felt Modi should not boycott the Summit. Earlier this year, India had boycotted the One-Belt-One-Road Summit in China—a toweringly ambitious initiative close to Chinese President Xi Jinping's heart, something he is keen on being a success. But India stayed away from the Summit, opposed as it was to the proposed China-Pakistan-Economic Corridor, which is to pass through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, territory that India claims to be under Pakistan's "illegal occupation".
Since then, Modi and Xi have met twice—once at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Astana, Kazakhstan, where India, along with Pakistan, became a full member, and the second time on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in Hamburg. The last meeting was more significant, as it took place when Indian and Chinese soldiers were facing each other at Doklam.
But the impending 9th BRICS Summit was more important, as this was the first such meeting being hosted by Xi since he became president. A boycott of the Summit would have made it clear that much of India's anger was directed against Xi and, moreover, it would also have disappointed other member-nations, particularly Russia and its President Vladimir Putin, who is keen that BRICS remain a successful forum.
Significant as it is, Modi's decision to participate in the BRICS Summmit clearly conveys two things: India's commitment to BRICS and to play a part in the grouping of which it has been a founding member; and second, to make it clear to China that despite outstanding issues, New Delhi was keen to resolve them amicably, through negotiations. At the same time, it also wanted to stress on areas where India and China can work together, from which both can benefit.
But despite such positive signals issuing forth from New Delhi, there are some who caution about the emerging scenario and the likely trajectory of Sino-Indian relations. "Doklam clearly shows how relations between the two sides are now far worse than what they were some years back," says military historian Srinath Raghavan, a senior fellow at Delhi's Centre for Policy Research.
According to him, incidents of border standoff between Indian and Chinese soldiers have been occurring more frequently since 2013—Daulat Beg Oldi, Depsang, Doklam—than they were in the past. These clearly show that the existing mechanism to keep the unsettled boundary between the two sides peaceful and tranquil is clearly not working. "Doklam should be seen as a warning about where Sino-Indian relations are heading," adds Raghavan.
A major worry for Raghavan vis-a-vis the Doklam episode and its resolution is the prevailing mood in India. He feels that because of commentaries and analyses, most Indians believe that it was China that withdrew and looked for a compromise because it realised that a possible war would not work out in its favour. The fact that most of these policy planners in Delhi believe that India's 'firm resolve' to stand up to China was something hailed by most countries in South Asia and elsewhere, was a dangerous interpretation. "This is likely to make Indian policy planners more reckless," he warns.
Irrespective of whether the Doklam episode will lead to a cavalier attitude on India's part or not, there is no doubt that sections in India that had always been suspicious of China and continues to use the 1962 prism to see the evolution of future Sino-Indian developments, have only hardened their position after the recent crisis.
"India-China relations are now more seen as a zero-sum game than as one where they can cooperate with each other for mutual benefit," says Raghavan. He argues that any development that turns out to be in India's advantage is seen with suspicion by China and those that benefit Beijing are resented by New Delhi.
These are views shared by others as well. Recently, Indian army chief General Bipin Rawat warned that incidents of stand-off between Indian and Chinese soldiers may become more frequent along the LAC in future.
Yet, despite scepticism about BRICS' future from certain quarters, it continues to be a grouping useful not only for the development and growth of the five member-countries, but also a large number of developing economies in Asia and Africa.
Besides, BRICS continues to be a useful platform for Indian and Chinese leaders to meet bilaterally to iron out many of their outstanding issues and help the five members to collectively take positions on a host of issues that affect them all.
But it is the forthcoming meeting between PM Modi and President Xi on the BRICS sideline that is being eagerly awaited by people in the subcontinent and beyond. Having amicably resolved the Doklam stand-off, expectations have also risen in different quarters that the two leaders may now direct their officials to travel down a path that makes Sino-Indian relations more stable, peaceful and productive.
Doklam didn't happen in a vacuum; one of a series of crisis, it caught the world's attention and prompted the Chinese to unleash its usually well-guarded belligerence. Its lessons must not be confined only to cynical conclusions of strategic manoeuverability. In the deft handling of its resolution may lie the seeds of lasting peace.


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4. Why does it matter to you that a man stole an armful of condoms?
5. Do you know this man? Do you know who he might be passing them out to?
6. Do you care?
7. Do you know someone who has been in trouble because of drugs?
8. Should we just have the police kill her/him?
9. Should we then shrug and say, you know (s)he had a problem with drugs…?
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Shraddha Kapoor and Farhan Akhtar's alleged affair is once again making news.
And this time, the relationship, which reportedly began on the sets of Rock On 2! has become the subject of some seriously unsavoury news items.
On December 28, a report on Spotboye.com claimed that Shraddha walked out of her house and moved in with Farhan, something that didn't go down too well with her father Shakti Kapoor.
Spotboye.com, quoting sources, said that on learning about this, Shakti Kapoor went to Akhtar's Bandra pad and 'dragged' Shraddha out as his 'eyes went red with rage.'
Predictably, both Shraddha and Shakti were amused at the report and have issued denials.
In an interview with Bombay Times, Kapoor said, "I got a message from someone telling me about this article, and initially, I was amused. While it doesn't make a difference to me because I know it's not true, it's sad that these false stories go so far that people forget we are human, too. Of course, we are actors and there will be people who would probably want to read something gossipy about us, but when it involves my father, my aunt and my costar, it's taking it too far."
She said that actors are believed to be having affairs all the time but family members shouldn't be dragged in.
"I was even linked with Aditya for a while! Like I say, actors are linked all the time. But when family members are dragged into it, it's taking it to another extreme. Yes, I am living in... with my parents! I was born and brought up in this house. It's a joke within the family that I will bring my husband home. It's because I'm so happy living with my family. I have a house of my own where I have my meetings and keep my extra stuff. I have no intention of moving out of my parents' home and moving into my own apartment, let alone someone else's!"
About her relationship with Farhan, father Shakti Kapoor told Mid-Day that he doesn't believe that Shraddha and Farhan are dating while in another interview with Bollywood Life, he called the entire episode of him dragging Shraddha out "Total crap!"
He said, "It's all shit. Somebody else also called me to inform me about this, but don't believe it. It's total, total, TOTAL crap."
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However, the couple is likely to already be in disagreement (therefore, the divorce), so remember to go over the above factors with a lawyer with a purpose to anticipate all of the completely different repercussions of filing in several states. If the courtroom felt that the divorcing partner had not proved the grounds alleged, it would be free to deny the petition for divorce. When Jolie, forty one, filed for divorce from Pitt, fifty two, she requested joint legal custody however major bodily custody, with visitation for Pitt. Contested" implies that one person disagrees with the divorce or the phrases of the divorce. If you and your spouse are in a position to come to an agreement, you possibly can file a request to change the divorce criticism from a 1B" to a 1A"divorce. Other states that have not enacted covenant marriage legal guidelines have considered different strategies to discourage divorce. Mediation is inexpensive and fewer adversarial than showing in public court docket.
Usually, both dad and mom are disappointed that their marriage cannot last, even if one wants a divorce — and to reside apart — greater than the other. Where such marriages are being dissolved, the courtroom has power to require manufacturing of declarations by each events that such steps essential to dissolve the non secular marriage have been complied with. A courtroom can order one spouse to pay three various kinds of alimony – everlasting alimony, short-term alimony, and rehabilitative alimony. The regulation of divorce within the American colonies diverse according to the religious and social mores of the founding colonists. Get the peace of mind you need knowing that your divorce is in good fingers by choosing LegalZoom.
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AHEAD of the 2019 governorship election in Delta State, Neighbourhood 2 Neighbourhood Campaign is set to mobilise grassroots support for Governor Ifeanyi Okowa for his second term bid.
Speaking with newsmen in Asaba during weekend, the Coordinator of Neighbourhood 2 Neighbourhood Campaign (# N2N Okowa 2019) who is also the Special Assistant to the Governor on Community Development, Hon. Jonathan Adiotomre, said that the campaign train for Governor Okowa's re-election would get to all the nooks and crannies of Delta State.
Adiotomre maintained that Okowa has performed beyond expectations in the last three years, in the face of paucity of funds as evident in the massive infrastructural development across the state.
Describing the Governor as a pragmatic, visionary and detribalized leader, he said that his administrative prowess and prudent management of resources have impacted positively on the lives of Deltans and the economy of the state.
"We are going to embark on aggressive door to door, Neighbourhood 2 Neighbourhood campaign for Governor Ifeanyi Okowa's re-election come 2019."
We will reach out to every household across the 25 Local Government Areas of Delta State", he asserted.
Adiotomre listed the achievements of Governor Okowa to include the ongoing Water Storm Drainage project in Asaba and other projects that dot the landscape of the three senatorial districts of the state, saying that the Governor was God sent at the critical time of the nation's economic quagmire to pilot the affairs of Delta State.
He added that the SMART Agenda of the present administration is on course, saying that Deltans had never had it so good.
To this end, he called on Deltans to redouble their support for Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and work assiduously for his return to the Government House, Asaba in 2019, saying that one good term deserving another.
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1. Consumption and possession
Cannabis, that is except for marinol and that must be doctor-prescribed, is prohibited in DK. Getting caught smoking a joint will cost you a fine from 500 Danish kroner and up, according to your income.
2. Cultivation
If you grow your own "stone", it will considered being a worse crime than only possession. You will probably get a hard time trying to convince the judge that you are only growing your own. "We" don´t have a minimum amount, that is so small that you will be freed from the hook. Growing your own is hard criminality.
3. Distribution
The same factor applies here, dealing and trafficking will be punished as severely as the Danish laws allow. Up to 12 years imprisonment, if the judge can be convinced that you are a professional criminal. DK no longer makes destinctions between hard and soft drugs.
4. Provision of seeds, tools to produce and consume cannabis etc.
The distribution of potent hempseed is illegal in Denmark, if tools are confiscated during a "bust" they will of course ad to troubles of the busted. Pipes and paraphernalia are legal if you are not caught redhanded using the "stuff".
5. Production and distribution of hemp products
Is legal in Denmark, but the amount of red tape et al has drasticly reduced the number of growers/ manufacturers/inovators in this field in DK.
In case of first offence with Cannabis the offender is fined on the spot if the quantity of the drug does not exceed 10 g, if more, the offender is fined. In case of second offence: from 0 to 10 g 40 EUR fine, from 10 to 15 g 67 EUR fine, from 50 to 100 g 135 EUR fine. Limits of small amounts in other drugs: 0,2 g Heroin, 0,2 g Cocaine, 0,5 g Amphetamine, 2 Ecstasy pills – the offender gets a police warning. Limits of large amount: 0,2 to 5 g Heroin, 0,5 g to 5 g Amphetamine, 2 to 10 Ecstasy pills – the offender is fined.If the amount exceeds this limits, the offender can face imprisonment.
Contact for Cannabis Activism in Denmark: http://www.benneke.dk/
Traditionally, drug policies in Denmark have been similar to those of its hard-line prohibitionist Scandinavian neighbours, with some remarkable exceptions, such as the existence of the small 'Christiania Freetown' in Copenhagen, where distribution and consumption of cannabis was more or less tolerated between 1973 and 2004.
The concept of harm reduction as a guiding principle in drug policy has been growing, as Denmark slides away from its historical ties with the Northern part of Europe and into a gradual integration with the Central part.
The basis for drug policy is a law from 1955, which has had its last revision in 1982. Drug consumption is not prohibited, but possession of drugs is considered as an offence punishable with fines and imprisonment. In reality, police and legal authorities have a considerable amount of freedom to explore the margins of this law. Besides, drug policy is decentralised to some extent. The country is divided in 16 different regions (Amter), which show different realities concerning the availability of harm reduction programmes (needle exchange exists in only 8 of them).
Officially, the line of the government continues to be a drug-free society as a model. However, cannabis is quite integrated in Danish society – 30% of the population of over 18 years has tried it at least once, according to a Gallup research in July 2001. This continues to be the case even after the current government decided to close the open air cannabis market in Christiania in the centre of Copenhagen, in March 2004. The closure formed part of a broader policy to convert Christiania into a mainstream commercial area.
Danish society seems to be rather supportive of the philosophy of harm reduction and is willing to go far. Gallup polls show that 67% of the population is in favour of controlled heroin distribution. Many lawyers, doctors and scientists have spoken out in favour of a heroin trial programme, which is one of the subjects studied by a parliamentary working group that published its findings in January 2002. For years, there have been talks going on concerning a Danish heroin trial and consumer rooms. The empowerment of users' organisations is remarkable.
However, Danish politicians are not expected to be taking reform initiatives soon. Debates on a true revision of drug legislation have been postponed once and again.
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Holy butts dudes, we haven't written in here in AGES. I can't talk for my dear co-author, but personally I am lazy and have been focused on other things, like sitting around and watching Golden Girls on Youtube. Then, today, I got home from work and checked out good old Jezebel.com, a website to which I will not link because even though I read it, I don't really like it very much except for their writers Sadie, who is awesome, and Dodai,who is also pretty cool. Then I saw this picture of a man who has never been on my radar before: "Josh Duhamel." I have never heard of him, but apparently he is an actor who has been in some things that I have heard of. It's a good thing I haven't met him for two reasons: a) I learned from Rock of Love Charm School that actors don't like it when you don't recognize them, and b) I would probably call him Josh Douchamel.
I love Fergie, mostly for her outside of the box (by which I mean bathroom) stance on peeing, but also to her great contributions to the world of popular culture (in addition to peeing popular culture). So I was really sad to see her here. Either Josh Duhamel is a GIANT, or she is a little girl and he is a big bad man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She looks like a 10 year old playing dress up as an Olsen twin!!!
He is wearing a scarf, which I have historically said is the #1 way to tell that someone is a hipster and not a pedophile. But he's wearing it allllll wrong, so it is not evidence of hipsterness.


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As we have four children, we needed to create and construct something that they could all help with and get excited about together. This worked!!
We have a chalkboard in our kitchen, which is our menu board for the week. This now doubles as our "word of the day board".
I made cards, simple flash cards on paper, nothing fancy, and wrote this sentence on each…
"Today wake up and be …."
Each day it is a new alphabet letter. We started and went in order A-Z the first time through. It has become a game to see "Mommy what is the letter of the day?" With excitement they enter the kitchen and help me flip over the letter.
Once it is revealed we talk about what that word means and give examples.
Inevitably (and surprising to us) what has happened is, it has become a game to see how many ways each child can demonstrate that word.
At the end of the day- "Mommy I did 5 ____________ things today"…. or " Daddy I did 83 _________ things". Even though a slight exaggeration may occur, it still is fun to see.
They get the idea with enthusiasm.
Try it out and see. Here are the A-Z words we used as a guide. Maybe you have your own you would like to try. We are going to go through the alphabet again creating a different word for each letter.
I am excited to hear how it works for you- leave me a comment below.
- Awesome
- Beautiful
- Caring
- Different
- Excited
- Funny
- Great
- Happy
- Inspired
- Jolly
- Kind
- Listener
- Magical
- Nice
- Outstanding
- Polite
- Quite Super
- Really YOU
- Superstar
- Terrific
- Understanding
- Very Good Leader
- Wildly Fabulous
- eXample to others
- The best just be cuZ
In health and happiness,
Dr. Laura
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That is, according to this new article I found via Delicious –
One more reason librarians need to be on Twitter.
These two quotes caught my eye:
"Not only is it a way to connect and interact with others, but it also represent a huge pool of information based on everyday human life that's ready to be mined to extract real value."
"With millions of new web pages springing up every day on the Internet, who has the time or attention span to read through it all? We need filters, and that's what Twitter provides in 140 characters or less. "
So here's a question – will there be a day soon in which librarians are not only teaching people how to search Google and Yahoo more effectively, but also are teaching folks how to Tweet more effectively? What would such a session look like?
The article also makes additional (and repeated) mention of how Twitter allows people to search from human experience and people they trust. This is good if you're looking for a restaurant – bad for more factual stuff. I'd like to say I don't see a future in which people pick up their phones to get information about, say, the War of 1812, but we're on the cusp of that and I don't want to be pulling my foot from my mouth in 20 years (or 10 or 5 years). Anyone know what the APA or MLA citation for a Tweet looks like?
Plus, I can't help but wonder if it has any future effect on ChaCha which is on a roll in the text message answers department.


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Hope Everyone here will have a new start in this year and GOOD LUCK!
Spend one whole night out near pub. haha... So shag! Before the count down. I went to Marina south to have steamboat Buffet. Main concern is toilet charge me 20 cents for entrance. But not even a basic standard there. No one complain about it before? or the Indian toilet boss is so POWER that no one dare to do anything for the toilet?
Firework is nice but my view is jialet. Block by tree whereby my sister having a good view on the boat to count down. Jealous about them... hai
Night before I went for Maria Sharapova Singapore Live.
Interesting and exciting Night even the match end at 6-0 and 7-6 whereby Sharapova win of course. Anyway, Anna Chakvetadze is young and she play well on 2ND set after she get up her own momentum. Audience is great too but still have some black sheep in it. When everyone cheer for ANNA on 2ND set. "GO ANNA!" "GO MARIA!" Someone shout out "GO GORILLA!" Is funny that make everyone laugh but not the player. I sat at the top corner that the ticket come free. Yes, I understand that the ticket is free that is why people don't behave well.
Some Kids even copy the sound that Sharapova play on Count. So ashamed of it.


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Well I did it.
I made one post per day, everyday for the entire month of October. I also made one ink drawing every day in October.
Not everything I did this month falls in to the category of "Renaissance Master" or anything like that. The point of forcing myself to make a post and a drawing each day was to force myself to not overthink. There were actually 2 separate movements at work, Inktober is for the drawings, and the 'Post a Day Challenge' for the blog.
Not everyone has the same creative issue that I do, but I know plenty of people that do. I overthink and overedit. I can't get my vision down on paper or digital paper because I'm too busy telling myself how much better it could be.
I stayed focused and got through it. I'm better for it. Let's just hope that now I can stay with the posting and/or drawing, and come up with some better quality while I let my thoughts marinate for a day or two at a time.


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Join me, Jessica Castleberry, as I sit down with Lorie Eichert, Network Lead for the South Dakota After School Network. We discuss Lorie's experience as a business owner, life coach, and her role as the Network Lead. We delve into the mission of the South Dakota After School Network, and resources and opportunities for early childhood educators, parents, and after school program directors. Tune in for Lorie's inspiring advice for new educators and hear her one wish for South Dakota!
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Links referenced in the podcast:
SoDakSACA, South Dakota School Age Alliance: http://www.sodaksaca.org/
For Membership Information, Reach Out to email@example.com
For more about Lorie: www.lorieeichert.com
Out of School Time Directors Retreat: http://sodaksaca.org/annualhighlights/2016-Directors-Retreat-SAVE-THE–DATE!.pdf
After School Day at the Capitol: http://www.sodaksaca.org/annualhighlights/afterschoolday.htm
After School Day at the Capitol is Wednesday, February 1, 2017, Pierre
Out of School Time Director's Retreat is April 27-29, 2017 Keystone
SoDakSACA Conference is October 5-7, 2017 Pierre


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The black and white on this cake gives a formal but simple look.
This is a fondant iced cake so you can choose your own colours.


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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – A survey from travel rating website TripAdvisor finds San Francisco is the least affordable vacation spot for tourists during the summer travel season.
San Francisco moved up three spots to edge New York in the 2014 TripIndex list, released by TripAdvisor. The city was pushed to the top with the highest average hotel price, $381 and Taxi trip $24 among the 20 U.S. destinations surveyed. The study also factored the cost of a pair of cocktails and dinner for two into their "Total Cost," but San Francisco landed near the middle of the pack on those two factors.
Trip Advisor's 'Total Price' for a San Francisco stay was $507, nearly double the lowest priced city, Las Vegas, which with a $276 total cost.
Only London and Paris were found to be slightly more expensive among the international destinations surveyed. Hanoi, Vietnam was named the most affordable international locale. Check out the complete results for yourself here.
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approaching a Java Proyect: Sellers & Buyers matching on a zipcode:
Hi Guys, entrepreneur here working on a start up and just started taking Java training, although of course, I am really behind my needs!
In any case, the project consists in a webpage essentially linking sellers and buyers selling and buying the same service.
The java program should be able to (a) create a profile for each individual and (b) "match" Sellers and buyers profiles trhough ZIPCODE or geographic area or may be a set of preferences....
Is this too costly to do? any suggestion on how to approach the project?
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It's possible to do with JSP in much better way. Kind of a portal you want.
Basically you have two user types, buyers and sellers. Maintain profile, retrieve data based on unique details and stuff are additional features you've to implement. Don't you have the complete design on this?
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Brown's starting point in understanding the p-p model is the 1991 JSEA study. According to Brown, central to this study is the business model and the assumption that schools could benefit from "modeling the business world" (p.2) This modeling consists chiefly in the identification of the president of a Catholic school with the CEO of a company and the principal of a Catholic school with the COO. This synonymity is so clear that Brown uses "CEO" and "COO" in lieu of "president" and "principal." For example:
". . . when the [p-p] model did not work, the reason was directly related to the relationship between the CEO and the COO." (p. 4)
This assumption of the business model into the p-p model reaches a new thoroughness under the heading "The Need for Accountability." Here Brown identifies the benefits of a "customer-based approach to the parents and students" of Catholic schools:
"Keeping parents and student "happy" is viewed as a way to keep enrollments up. As part of this marketing approach, customer satisfaction became an important element in the day-to-day operations of a [Catholic] school." (p. 15)
Finally, Brown sees the role of business so prominently in the p-p model that he even suggests: "When hiring, schools might seek presidential candidates from those whom do not come from the same academic area, but rather from the business arena." This kind of mentality is directly challenged by Heft (2005): "More and more presidents are recruited from a variety of backgrounds, including, more frequently, from the business world. When one combines a model that addresses market preoccupations with people who come from business backgrounds—one may end up with the sort of situation that now exists at a number of Catholic colleges and universities. You have a person with great business acumen, but without an equal grasp of the religious and intellectual mission of the institute. If that board chooses a president with a background similar to its own, then needed leadership on the original mission of the institution can be weak."
Heft concludes his essay on Catholic identity and the p-p model by warning principals and presidents, that the business model alone might balance a budget but a balanced budget does not make a school Catholic. "A balanced budget is, as a philosopher might put it, a necessary but not sufficient condition for reaching our mission. But at this point in our history, I believe we need to be careful that while the market-driven shift to a president/principal model is taking effective care of some important financial-managerial issues, it may also have obscured some of the responsibility we have for the Catholic character and quality of our schools." This is another area I might consider in my research – what is the perceived effect (on the part of parents, faculty, staff, secondary administrators and directors) of the president's commitment to a CEO-COO/market/business conception of his or her role and the Catholic identity of the school? In other words, could it be that the more "market-driven" and CEO-emulating a president, the lower the Catholic identity of the school?
To shift gears and focus on the central question of Brown's dissertation, it is interesting that the only really significant findings were in Brown's Review of Literature rather than in his own research. The biggest problem for Brown seems to be the small size of his population. In the end "there were no significant personality types for the presidents or the principals" and "there were no significant patterns or match of personalities between the president and the principal." His findings do suggest some intriguing and confusing possibilities for future research, however:
1. "the more able the principal is at expressing his or her emotions, the greater number of morale issues are present in the school."
2. "schools with higher SAT scores have introverted presidents"
3. "The president who is more extroverted has a school that is more task- and achievement-oriented. This makes logical sense. Extroverted leadership encourages experimentation and innovation."
4. "'thinking' presidents have more resource-supported schools"
5. "Those principals who are more "feeling" provide more resource support to their school and have better morale in their school."
The relevant theme of Brown's qualitative research is a high level of confusion over the role of the president. A typical response from teachers is: "I don't know what the president does all day long. The principal is in the building and I can see what he does." One might imagine the p-p relationship being compromised because a major part of the school community – the faculty – doesn't know the roles of each and the "why" and "how" of fulfilling these roles. I'll be sure to include a question about this in my interviews.


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The Intermediate Recreational Programme is a girl only programme for children aged 7 years -10 years. This programme offers a faster progression through more challenging skills such as handstands, cartwheels, round offs, handspring drills, walk over drills etc. These classes promote and develop flexibility, strength, co-ordination and stamina. Children will be involved in short games as well as having full use of all apparatus including beams, vault, bars, rope, tramp, mini tramp and a fully sprung floor. These classes are designed for those children who like to keep fit and healthy whilst having FUN! At the end of the Term children will be assessed in a short test to evaluate how well they are doing in gymnastics.
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Mercedes-Benz 300D/300TD
1975-1984, 179814 produced. (+14325 Estate in 1970s)
Estate,4 doors,5 seats
Saloon,4 doors,5 seats
Mercedes resurrected its 300D label for its latest diesel saloon and estate models in 1975. The 300D (saloon) and 300TD (estate) used a 80bhp (later cars had 88bhp) five cylinder, 3.0 litre diesel engine which was economical and as reliable as ever!
These large saloons and estates sold well around the world throughout the 1970's. Production of the 300D and 300TD continued until 1984.
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Peter Meehan, CEO of Newman's Own Organics talked with Elizabeth Dougherty of Food Nation Radio Network this weekend about their company philosophy, the ingredients they use and more.
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About the company (from their website): Newman's Own Organics was established as a division of Newman's Own in 1993, and became a separate company in late 2001. The sale of Newman's Own Organics products generates money for the Newman's Own Foundation to give away. Since 1982 Paul Newman and the Newman's Own Foundation have donated more than $350 million dollars to educational and charitable organizations worldwide.


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18 July 2011 "Groundbreaking" vision to sustain mining futures for communities - Western Cape Traditional Owners inaugural investment strategy In a groundbreaking piece of work, the Western Cape Communities Trust has recently developed a "visionary plan" to ensure the long term sustainability of mining royalty revenues for the communities and Traditional Owners of the Western Cape York region of Queensland. The inaugural Western Cape Communities Trust (WCCT) Investment Strategy outlines the direction for the Trust's Royalty Investments which is projecting an estimated $150 million in retained funds by 2022. WCCT Executive Officer Georgina Richters said the Investment Strategy – developed by Traditional Owner Directors and associated with our mining agreement - is the first of its kind in Australia. "Trust directors and members have worked diligently for three years to ensure compliance in legal, tax and governance matters and now this Investment Strategy provides long term direction for the management of Rio Tinto Alcan and Queensland Government royalties for its shareholders. "This strategy is not just about the royalties now, but about ensuring the development of a sustainable future for Western Cape Communities - well after the mining has finished. "The WCCT is a perpetual trust and currently the largest of its kind in Australia. The strategy development was essential to meet the long term investment intentions of the 1000 registered shareholders and to support the social and economic advancement of the communities and traditional owners of the Western Cape York region," Ms Richters said. The WCCT is a company 100% owned and operated by the 11 Traditional Owner Groups of the Western Cape York Region. "To ensure directors and members act as prudent investors, they are also undertaking relevant training to understand and always act in the best interest of their shareholders. "The next stage of our journey is to appoint portfolio managers to manage the investments and we are all very excited by what the future holds in the Western Cape Region. Much could be learnt nationally and internationally from how these Traditional Owners undertake their business" Ms Richters said. The Western Cape Communities Coexistence Agreement (WCCCA) was signed in March 2001 and is an Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) over the Rio Tinto Alcan mining lease area. The Agreement formally recognises traditional ownership and provides support for Rio Tinto Alcan activities in return for land use and a range of benefits for the communities including employment, training, cultural heritage and site protection, cultural awareness, support for ranger programs and educational bursaries, relinquishment of land, and a royalty stream to charitable trusts. The Agreement also sets out a number of obligations on all parties, particularly the Traditional Owner Groups and Rio Tinto Alcan. <ends> MEDIA CONTACT: Georgina Richters, Executive Officer, (07) 4069 7945 or [email protected] www.westerncape.com.au
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Peter Lunenfeld's work on digital culture can be mapped via a Venn diagram that includes media philosophy, design theory, art criticism, urban history and digital humanities. Books include: The Secret War Between Downloading and Uploading (winner of the 2013 Dorothy Lee Prize); Digital_Humanities (co-authored with Anne Burdick, Johanna Drucker, Todd Presner, and Jeffrey Schnapp); USER: InfoTechnoDemo, Snap to Grid; and The Digital Dialectic (all from MIT Press). He is the creator and editorial director of the award-winning Mediawork project, a cross-platform publishing series for the MIT Press. He was the 2015-2016 Dornsife Fellow at the Huntington Library.
He teaches graduate seminars on the intersections of art, technology, and language. His undergraduate classes cover design and society, and the history of media. He is also on the faculties of the Digital Humanities and Urban Humanities programs at UCLA. His current research interests are taking him deeper into questions about new modes of knowledge formation that go beyond print, the design of the digital humanities, and the centrality of meaning making to digital culture. He holds a PhD in Film, Television and New Media from UCLA, an MA from the Center for Media Study at SUNY, Buffalo, and a BA in history from Columbia University.
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