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Pop quiz, hot shot-
How much did you spend on gas in November?
What's the 12 month average on your electricity bill?
Do you know how much money it takes to feed yourself/your household each month?
Can you answer any of the above questions?
If not- that's ok! But you're going to learn how to do so, stat.
We have ourselves a February challenge, folks!
As you've probably guessed, the cornerstone of personal finance is the big, scary B word…
But first things first- A budget is really just a plan for how you're going to spend (or save!) your money each month, right? So let's change things up a bit and call it a Money Plan for now, shall we? I think the B word sounds so restrictive, and automatically conjures up thoughts of sacrificing fun stuff, going without, and setting yourself up for failure. NO FUN.
The term Money Plan, however, sounds a lot more proactive- you're planning on how YOU want to allocate your funds. You're in control. And being in control is a nice feeling to have when it comes to money!
Now that we've covered that, let's get back to the challenge…
The real question is this- how can you set a realistic Money Plan when you don't even know what your spending patterns are?
It would be all well and good for me to say "I think I'm going to allocate $250 for fuel in my Money Plan this month"… But guess what? I spent almost $450 in gas in the month of November alone because of my insane work commute (try not to envy me too much). If I just pulled a number out of the air and plugged it into my Money Plan, I just set myself up for a big fat fail.
You cannot create a successful Money Plan if you don't know what your spending habits are- so the challenge this month is to learn your spending habits.
I want you to write down EVERYTHING you spend for the next 28 days.
Now hear me out on this- I am not asking you to change your spending habits one bit. This isn't a challenge to cut down your spending or start using coupons or to change anything about your behavior.
I'm going to say this again, so it really sticks in your mind-
You cannot create a successful Money Plan if you don't know your spending habits!
All you need for this is a pen and a cheap little notebook and the commitment to log every penny for 28 days. It's not a difficult challenge, but I promise that if you're really interested in taking control of your finances, this challenge will do *wonders* for you.
Are you with me?
Ready, set, go!


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Dosavakaya is a tradtional pickle from ancient days.. its a very quick and easy pickle can be done in less time.It stays for 2 weeks..
- Cucumber / dosakaya pieces 1 cup
- It should be well washed,dried with a cloth
- And should be chopped in to pieces
- The seeds etc should be removed.
- Mustard seeds 4 tbsp
- Should be smoothly powdered
- Red chilli powder 4 tbsp
- Salt 1 and 1/2 spoon
- Gingelle oil 4 to 5 tbsp
- In a bowl mix mustard powder,redchilli powder and salt with 3 tbsp
of gingelle oil .
- Mix well and lastly add the dosakaya pieces and mix thoroughly.
- Now place the entire mixture in a dry bottle..
- Set it with a spoon.
- Lastly add the remaining oil and close it.
- It can be consumed from the second day onwards.
- But some people add juice of 2 nos of lime and eat it
- from that day itself..in that case the pickle stays fresh for a week..

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He's already penned a book that trashed his old boss, President Bush, and now Scott McClellan is taking aim at John McCain.
The former White House spokesman said last night he's voting for Barack Obama.
"From the very beginning, I have said I am going to support the candidate that has the best chance for changing the way Washington works and getting things done, and I will be voting for Barack Obama and clapping," McClellan told CNN's newest host, comedian DL Hughley.
McClellan follows in the footsteps of former Bush Secretary of State Colin Powell, who last Sunday endorsed Obama. Ex-Bush strategist Matt Dowd last year gave a vote of confidence to the Illinois senator. McClellan will explain his endorsement tonight on "Larry King Live."
The former presidential flack surprised Washington earlier this year with his tell-all tome, "What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception."
In it, he outlined what he called a string of lies leading up to the US invasion of Iraq.
McClellan, 40, was press secretary from 2003 to 2006. His resignation was initially viewed as amicable, but he soon became a critic of the administration.


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A lesson in art appreciation
A flower on canvas can be more than a pretty centerpiece, a mirror more than its reflection. Baroque artists were experts at symbolism but few people today can decipher their language.
Eight young art historians with a passion for the baroque have been invited to discuss the hidden language of these artists as an added bonus to an exhibit of Baroque paintings now on display at the Bruce Museum.
The exhibit was a first for the museum since the artwork starts its American tour here; having the students come lecture is another "first," according to the museum's executive director, Peter C. Sutton.
The eight, undergraduate and doctoral students researching the art and culture of 17th Century Europe, were selected by staff to present their research to the public as part of the museum's educational outreach program.
The public is invited to hear the eight during two lecture symposia set for Feb. 7 and 21.
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Topic Page: Angle
In mathematics, the amount of turn or rotation; it may be defined by a pair of rays (half-lines) that share a common endpoint (vertex) but do not lie on the same line. Angles are measured in degrees (°) or radians (rads or c) – a complete turn or circle being 360° or 2π rads.
All angles around a point on a straight line add up to 180°. All angles around a point add up to 360°.
Angles are classified generally by their degree measures: acute angles are less than 90°; right angles are exactly 90° (a quarter turn) and are created by two perpendicular lines crossing; obtuse angles are greater than 90° but less than 180° (a straight line); reflex angles are greater than 180° but less than 360°; supplementary angles add up to 180°.
Angles in triangles A triangle has three interior angles that together add up to 180°. In an equilateral triangle these angles are equal (60°). The exterior angles of a triangle (those produced if one side is extended beyond the triangle) are equal to the sum of the opposite internal angles.
Unknown angles in a right-angled triangle can be worked out using trigonometry.
Angles in polygons Regular polygons have three types of angle:
The angle at the centre is equal to the exterior angle and it is found by dividing 360° by the number of sides in the polygon.
For example, the angle at the centre of a hexagon is 60°:
360 ÷ 6 = 60°
Angles at parallel lines Angles created by a line crossing two parallel lines are known as opposite angles, corresponding angles, or alternate angles.
Angles in circles Angles within a circle can be calculated using circle theorems.
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Hm, well I don't have photo or a movie clip to plop in here, but -BUT- I have a link! A great, lovely link to the commercial I'm in airing regularly on regional TV.
Officially linked: http://www.fueldfilms.com/on_tv.mov
Yup, cornball through and through.
Done by the fabulous folks at Fueld films here in lovely Austin, Texas.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Currently Trending: Cheap 'n Easy
Fresh flowers are something I (unfortunately) do not grow, but -heck- I've got bushes! While pruning a bit o' the landscapery, I've got a healthy bundle of green to decorate my kitchen using a recycled glass jar. Now, that's what I call "going green."
Hmmm....rosemary and just a wee bit of time.
Oh, ho, ho - another bad joke bites the dust.
Vines and vintage. Trimming up the overgrown Butterfly vine in the front yard, I braided and wove the long strands together to make a wreath. My Indian name is "Runs With Scissors."
I picked up a few elegant vintage luggage pieces yesterday at a local antique shop for a total steal. The brown one pictured is a new purchase, the cream Samsonite was my grandmother's that she took to nursing school. Very special.
ShaZZAM! Two more fabulous finds (under $25 each) at the antique store. I am still in awe of the stellar shape of the interiors of the luggage.
The $1 vintage shirt from the thrift store. (I was a busy bee yesterday. A gloriously happy, busy bee.)
And, of course, Thomas the Tank Engine. Boots for a couple bucks at the thrift store.
Wilder insists on wearing them on the wrong feet. Every. Day. At least he's wearing shoes now!
Oh! And here, I must share my not-so-sinful sweet indulgence:
Creamy Faux Crisp a la Strawberries
(makes one delicious serving)
- Frozen Strawberries (4-5) microwaved until thawed
- 2 heaping tablespoons low fat or fat free cottage cheese
- 3 heaping tablespoons low fat vanilla yogurt
- 1/3 to 1/2 cup Kashi's GoLean cereal (GoLean Crunch is yummy, too, if you have strong teeth...)
- 2 big dollops of fat free cool whip
UGH! So stinkin' delicious. I have this for breakfast, dessert, etc. Protein packed, low fat, sweet and scrumptious!
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The Scent of a Woman: Choosing Your Fragrance, The Smart Way
This nose was made for sniffing, and that's just what it'll do. One of these days this nose is gonna... well, it won't sniff all over you. I save that for my kids.
Recently I broke the top off my "signature" bottle of scent, so it was time to hit up the store to sniff out the competition. I could purchase a fresh bottle of the fragrance I had, but I believe that just as we evolve over time, our scent should. Time for something new and fresh!
After wearing my olfactory out and narrowing my selection down to two top choices (believe me, no easy feat. I was at Sephora for a good hour. Make that an hour and a half. Just sniffing) I felt overwhelmed at selecting just one. The budget wasn't large enough for two bottles, so a decision had to be made. Aha! -or so I thought, until I happened upon a small station brimming with purse-sized roller-ball fragrances! They just so happened to have two fragrances in each stick, priced at about $20 each. Four scents for the price of one!
True, these are much smaller volumes than one large bottle, but your paying for choices. Now I have several months to decide which fragrance I want to invest in, plus I have so much variety -which, as any girl knows, truly is the spice of life.
Tips on Selecting Your Fragrance:
- Smell Your Age. White Shoulders might make you feel warm and cozy, reminding you of Grandma, but please don't smell like an old woman when you're not. Also, don't grab the cheap body sprays that are meant for adolescents when you wore the original 80's clothing you see trending now. Age appropriate scent is the way to go.
- You'll Know "The One" When You Smell It. Know thyself. Embrace the scent that resounds with your being. Now, this may be way over the top for some less whimsical romantics, but, like music, scent feeds my soul. Food may win men's hearts, but scents win mine. Take your time, sniff around, don't pressure yourself to leave with a bottle. Spray as many paper strips as you want, walk around, go shop elsewhere, and return (be it that day or next week) to make your final decision.
- Where It Awhile. Walk around wearing the fragrance. And don't spray on your skin until you've narrowed it down to just two or three choices. Choose neck/upper shirt and each arm for different scents, then let it settle on your skin and see how you feel about each scent after it's had time to mature and mix with your natural oils.
- Variety. If, like myself, you can't decide on one -or you just like to have several to choose from- grab some samples or travel size bottles. The last thing you want is a counter full of partially used bottles that sit there for years collecting dust and turning rancid.
- Buy Online. Found your new favorite? Well, check out ebay and google shopping options because you can almost always get a better deal buying online.
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Monday, March 28, 2011
Allowing Yourself
A very dear friend of mine shared that she had just learned to allow herself to grieve, or perhaps feel would be a better term. There were several traumatic events that she had plowed through with a stiff upper lip, chin poised upward, doggy paddling through the flood of emotions in order to cope and cross to the other side. Never had she allowed herself to look at the situation, acknowledge and release her feelings, and then move forward. It was always about moving on.
My philosophy: When crap happens, you deal with it. In my case, dealing with it meant you stuffed it below the surface and got on with life. The proverbial baggage of unresolved issues and emotions build up until you collapse under the weight of them, often coping in not so very healthy ways.
It's okay to feel sad, mad, disappointed, frustrated, hurt, deflated, dashed, shattered, empty, etc. It's also okay to rejoice, celebrate, do victory dances, laugh 'til your sore, and share contagious smiles. When we deprive ourselves of these emotional recognitions and releases before we "move on" we're robbing ourselves of life, as well as piling on unresolved issues. Societies and religions marks special days for celebration and remembrance. It's important stuff, people! We're meant to acknowledge and release emotion, just as much as we're meant to keep progressing.
I don't want to suck it up, ignore the pain, settle down and stop being so happy, and so on. I'm going to allow myself to acknowledge and release, then move forward. There's a flip side, though, that I'm not advocating in my life: getting stuck in emotions. We are not victims of life, we are victors. I will not let my feelings run my life or hold me hostage, keeping me from growth. As Brian says, "You learn, you move on." But as I am now injecting to that philosophy, "You learn, you deal, you move on."
Today I am going to grab a few minutes, acknowledge my situation, feel, release, then onward-ho in a positive and constructive direction.
This life stuff is full of learning material, ain't it?
Thank you, to my dear friend who shared her growth so that I can benefit and live richer because of her courage to share.
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Sunday, March 27, 2011
Mama-Son Fun: Wilder Shoots in the Studio
My three year old is quite the artist. Master photographer. At least Master Remote Presser.
With full control of when the camera clicked, Wilder let me have a few shots with him in the newly remodeled studio. Here's what he got.
Wilder instructed me to throw Ba.
I try to follow directions.
Brought to you by Wilder.
Shot with a Nikon D90. 50mm 1.4/f portrait lens. Enhanced using Adobe Lightroom.
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Upcycled T-shirts: Head Banging Headbands
So, what do you do with the scraps from your upcycled retro-thrift-store t-shirts? Make headbands, for one thing!
Tada! New redone shirt and hair accessory, to boot!
Here's whatcha do.
- Take a longish length of your t-shirt snippings, create a loop that comfortable fits over your head as a headband, and tie in a double knot.
- If you don't have a longish length, take two smaller ones and sew them together (as I did with this one) and follow the knot instruction above.
- Using smaller scraps, tie to knot to create a pom-pom (or starfish, as I like to call mine.)
- Slip it on and high five everyone you meet that day.
Friend #1: "Wherever did you get the charming hair accessory?"
You: "I made it! Amazing what you can do with t-shirt scraps, isn't it?"
Friend #1: "Oh yes, quite amazing. I think I'll make one, too!"
You: "Now your thinkin'!"
Thrift, upcycle, have fun!
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Thrift Store Style: Recycled T-Shirts
Yesterday I had the joy of joys of happening upon a multi-family garage sale. They handed me a large paper bag and said I could shove as many items of clothing into it for only $5. Well, heck! I couldn't pass that up.
As I browsed the tables piled with clothes, I found a few t-shirts that were, well, not quite my size. But I knew just want to do with them: revamp, reuse, recycle! Here are some photos of how I made over two shirts. Totally easy, super fast, and quite fun.
Items needed:
T-shirts (helps if they are slightly bigger than you'd normally wear)
Sewing machine (optional, but I like to have it on hand.)
Classic Rock (okay, optional. But fun!)
Basic Instructions:
1) Try the shirt on and see if you want to take it in on the sides, make cap sleeves, a tank top, etc.
2) Pinch the sides if you are going to take it in and estimate how much you'll need to go in. NOTE: Don't over do it unless you want a shirt that will fit like spandex. Not usually a good look...
3) Take that puppy off and start cutting (or sewing.) Easy does it while you're still getting used to the project. Cut a bit, try it on, sew a bit, try it on. You get it.
This tee was very boxy. Though you can opt to have the new seam showing by sewing it right-side-out, I turned this one inside-out to sew a more fitted inseam.
If the shirt fits at the underarms well, use the ready-made seam as a guide and don't sew deeper. This one fit great in the underarms, but was like a cardboard box in the bodice. Shazzam! Oooh, I got a new shirt on...
It's Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
This Batgirl shirt had a bleach stain on one shoulder (between sleeve seam and neck) and needed the sleeves revamped.
I cut an asymmetric boat neck to get rid of the regular collar and cut out the bleach stain. Chopped the sleeves to make caps, and check out what I did with the sliced off pieces...
I took a strip from the area I cut out of the neck, punctured two holes in the bottom left of the shirt, inserted the fabric strip and made a bow. The material is slightly gathered, creating a bit of a loosely fitted bodice, and I have a girlified retro tee!
Wristlet made from doubling one of the cut sleeves. Wick away that dew on a perspiring forehead with chilled style. Yeah, man.
That's how I roll.
It ended up being about 12 items for only $5, including a new pair of shoes, several scarves and some brand name dress shirts and sweaters. These two t-shirts? Estimating these revamped, thrifted styles put me out about $0.40 each.
Shop. Cut. Sew. Wear.
Want some more craft ideas? Check out these awesome tutorials for homemade headbands and no-sew jersey knit scarves!
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Recent Shootings
I haven't done this in awhile -and I try not to cross post between the family blog and my photoblog- but I was too excited not to share some of my favorite recent shots from work.
Work? Heck, the fun thing I get to do and get paid for. Work, shmerk. *Happy sigh* It's a fun life!
Bridal portraits at the McNay Museum in San Antonio.
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Sunday, March 20, 2011
How Much is That Child in The Window?
"AAAAAHHHH! I have no PANTS!"
"And make sure you include ketchup with those fries, 'kay?"
My beautiful babies.
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I showed you some photos from day 1 of our trip to Hawaii and you better believe that the rest of our week was just as jam packed as day 1. We started day 2 with some beach and pool lounging in the morning and after lunch hit the road to go see the waterfalls that scatter the Hawaiian highway 19. But on our way cutting across the middle, we drove by some adorable hawaiian cows. Isn't he precious?
We were also warned of the speed humps, the hawaiian version of speed bumps, which had me giggling like I was 12 years old again.
Once we made it to the coast, highway 19 turned south and we (and other tourists alike) stopped every couple miles or so to walk back across the narrow bridge we just crossed, gripping the safety railing for dear life as cars flew by behind us on the highway, and oogle the gorges and waterfalls. On occasion, we ventured off the highway to check out a few parks and other waterfalls. The crashing waves were huge at Laupahoehoe Point Park and the water was so perfectly blue (pictured below).
In the way background of this photo you can see one of the waterfalls that we were able to see from the highway bridge. Nearly all the waterfalls are found in huge gorges like this and then they flow right into the ocean.
The water turns from a deep blue to medium blue to light blue once hitting the ocean shore.
One of the most popular waterfalls on The Big Island is Akaka Falls. After about a ten minute hike, you come to a fenced in ledge where the view is prime. It was absolutely breathtaking.
The morning of our third day was soaked up with a whale watching boat ride. This was my favorite part of our trip. Currently, it's mating season for Humpback whales and we watched male whales showing off for the ladies by blowing water, slapping their tails, and breaching, which is what this one is doing. At first I was really disappointed that I had the camera up too high, because this was the biggest and closest breach we saw all morning, but now I am in love with the shot and think the cropping is really artistic. (My art professor would call it a happy accident and I'll take it!)
Some of the other whales came right up to our boat, which was a tad scary since they are as big as buses, but the guide said that they are more agile than humans are.
And a mother and couple-week-old baby were also showing off for us. The marine biologist tour guide told us that the mom was probably trying to teach him how to breach and help him build up muscle for their swim back to Alaska at the end of the season. The dark grey hump to the left of the baby whale breaching is the mom, so you can see how little he is compared to how huge she is.
That night we went to Ho'Okena Beach for snorkeling and watched the sunset, keeping a close eye on out for the green flash. The green flash is the exact moment the sun dips below the horizon, supposedly when the light hits the water it flashes green, but unfortunately I didn't see it.
Not only was Ho'Okena Beach beautiful, small, and fun to snorkel at, but it provided some great photo opportunities. I couldn't pass up taking some of the moss on these rocks right at the shore line. Its vibrant green color mixed with the color of the sand, ocean, and sky created a serene color palette.
You can see the highlights from day 1 here and the rest of my photos from my trip here.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Hawaii Part 2
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New Book Coming Soon—The Mirror of Dharma
A new book by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, available at the International Spring Festival 2018.
About the book
This book, The Mirror of Dharma—Dharma means the teachings of enlightened beings—gives practical advice on how we can solve our daily problems of uncontrolled desire, anger and ignorance, and how to make our human life meaningful.
The author, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, is an internationally renowned meditation master and scholar. In this book, he explains as practical instructions the complete path to enlightenment, based on his deep experience gained from a lifetime spent in meditation.
This practical guide includes
Essential insights on the advice from Je Tsongkhapa's heart called The Three Principal Aspects of the Path to Enlightenment
How we can use the Request to the Lord of All Lineages prayer to contemplate and meditate on all the stages of the path of both Sutra and Tantra
How to train in the meditation practice of Avalokiteshvara, the Buddha of Compassion
A special presentation of the practice of the stages of the path to enlightenment, known as Lamrim
Available to buy at the NKT-IKBU Spring Festival
For those attending the NKT-IKBU International Spring Festival 2018, this new book will be available to buy in the Festival Shop.
If you are unable to attend the Spring Festival, please ask for the book at your local NKT-IKBU Center after the festival or visit Tharpa.com.


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About the GameBUCK is a story-driven, 2D Metroidbrawler set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. You play as Buck, a motorcycle garage mechanic who decides to leave everything he knows behind in order to find the truth behind a girl's disappearance all while struggling to adjust himself to a world he doesn't fully understand. Traverse the wasteland while fighting and talking your way though junkyards, mountain passes, ghost towns and survivor outposts while trying to piece together the reasons that brought this world and it's rugged inhabitants to their knees. Buck was made in the image of a real-life dog. This game is dedicated to him.
PLAY AS A LITERAL UNDERDOG Trained by his stepdad to fight, shoot and fix nearly anything, Buck can surprise the biggest of brutes by his speed and strength. Destroy enemies with Buck's own hand crafted, upgradeable weapons. Complete missions in varied and distant locations while fighting off many different types of enemies. Earn and loot Scraps to purchase more items and upgrade your arsenal. EXPLORE A HAUNTED SOMBER WASTELAND Traverse the sands of Venganza: a carefully built 2D world with hidden passages, dark secrets and remorseless characters.
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SquareMan-Boy is a platform game all about timing jumps and figuring out the path to the goal. I'ts a hard and fast paced game with simple mechanics.
The colorful arrow-blocks will push you in the direction they are facing, this can either hinder you or in some cases help you to go where you wanna go by giving you a nice speed-boost.
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For the hardcore players there is a survival mode where you have 1 life to complete as many levels as you can in a row. In doing so you will earn points for the high score table. How far can you go?
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Move character and navigate menus with the arrow keys.
Control the camera-position with "W", "A", "S", "D". Zoom the camera in and out with "E" and "Q". To control the camera you need to toggle on the free camera mode on with "SPACE"
To bring up the menu in-game press "Esc"
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Move the character and navigate the menus with the left stick or dpad.
Control the camera-position with the right stick. Zoom the camera in and out with left and right trigger buttons. To control the camera you need to toggle the free camera mode on with "X".
To bring up the menu in-game press "Start"
(You might need to press any button on the gamepad to make it active.)
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Grilled prosciutto-wrapped shrimp with miso-almond butter
1 pound large uncooked shrimp, shelled, deveined
1/2 teaspoon salt
Freshly ground pepper
1/4 pound sliced prosciutto, cut lengthwise in long, thin strips
1 cup marcona or blanched almonds, see note
2 tablespoons each: olive oil, miso, water
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 teaspoon soy sauce
Thinly sliced basil
Makes 4 servings.
1. Heat a grill or grillpan. Season the shrimp with salt and pepper; wrap each shrimp in a strip of the prosciutto. Set aside.
2. Put the almonds, oil, miso, water, sugar and soy in a blender; blend until almost smooth. Grill shrimp until pink, about 1 minute per side. Spread a little almond butter on each of four plates; place shrimp on top. Garnish with basil.
Note: Spanish marcona almonds are available in some supermarkets such as Treasure Island and Whole Foods.
Nutrition information per serving: 449 calories, 57 percent of calories from fat, 30 g fat, 4 g saturated fat, 190 mg cholesterol, 14 g carbohydrates, 35 g protein, 1,904 mg sodium, 4 g fiber


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Today there are many people worried about the future of special education for our children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and cousins who have special needs. I know several people who have been involved in Special Education and not surprisingly, most are also genealogists.
I am delighted to announce that a former student of mine, Norena A. Hale, is documenting the history of this needed education and especially in Minnesota. She will be producing more on this topic, too.
I blushed a bit when she told me, "I have you to thank for starting me on this journey from the early classes I took with you, esp. at the MN History Center. I've become a regular using their library as I search the early history of how we did or did not educate children with disabilities in MN."
Let me tell you about part of her journey in her own words. When you read the "About the author" note that she is not shy about her genealogy connections! Her book is titled Special Education Administration: How it Evolved in Minnesota. (Self-published through CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016. Available on Amazon.) I am saddened at how long it took to get such programs going.
"Through the Minnesota Special Education Leaders Foundation, Norena Hale pieces together how the history of general and special education administration evolved through two separate paths in Minnesota.
Public schools in Minnesota were first allowed to receive state aids for educating blind, deaf, and mentally subnormal children in 1915. Many of the first teachers were mothers. By the 1950s, some were appointed program supervisors. A 1957 state law mandated public school education for those who were "educable" and then with the passage of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title VI in 1966, federal dollars were used as incentives for expanding special education and for administrators to oversee those programs.
By the 1960s thousands of schools were consolidated and the elementary and high schools principals, superintendents, and special education supervisors and directors were brought together into one type of school system. At first most of the directors were male, by 2014, most were female. Hale summarizes this history with timelines and charts and with lots of historic photographs. All royalties go to MnSELF (Minnesota Special Education Leadership Foundation) ."
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Norena A. Hale, PhD has spent her career in special education, as a teacher, higher education instructor, state administrator, consultant, and researcher. She retired from the Minnesota Department of Education in 2006 after 26 years as a state administrator and director of special education. Then she became an educational consultant through the North Central Regional Resource Center at the University of Minnesota. The Center provided technical assistance to eight state special education agencies in the north central region. Dr. Hale also has 20 years experience as a family and local historian through the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, the Minnesota History Center, and a number of genealogical societies. Most recently, she has been researching and writing about various aspects of special education history in Minnesota through the MnSELF (Minnesota Special Education Leadership Foundation) and the Minnesota Historical & Cultural Heritage Funds.
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Four new bracelets have come off of my Mini, Lani and Little Guy this week and now I am ready to start working with some of the wonderful Fall colors I have been collecting.
Here is an example of an Affinity style bracelet with Bugle beads. I am ashamed to say it has been on the loom since the Fiber Christmas show in July!
Here is another bracelet that is calling to Fall. I used Dark Raspberry matte Tila and Magatama beads along with some size 8 and 11 Miyuki seed beads. The warp is a hand dyed pearl cotton that I just got a selection of.
Also new Miyuki seed beads.
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"One's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things." ― Henry Miller
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A little bit about us!
Giardino Tours Peru is a Peruvian Tour Operator with 23 years of experience located in Arequipa city. We have received several recognitions and awards for our good quality service, seriousness, and social responsibility, which makes us very happy and permit us to offer you a record of security and warranty to all our services.
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We have strict controls of our transportation with regular mechanical checks (it is a norm, that the company demands).
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Our Team consists of Peruvian bilingual professionals some of them working with Giardino for more the 21 years and are committed to take the social responsibility of our industry accomplishing various annual activities including:
Annual cleaning and reforestation campaigns – Colca canyon
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Since1995, we have been working on a new course for travel and tourism in our city Arequipa and Peru. From the beginning, our Manager Miss Lourdes Perez Wicht San Roman, founded the company with clear principles and values; supporting Peru's people and resources and helping communities in different ways.
We are a convinced TEAM that knows that Responsible tourism increases the possibilities of a better and healthier environment, supports the creation of economic opportunities, social justice and protection of our natural and cultural resources. These 22 years of work keeping loyal to our principles was not easy but worth it, because the quality of service, excellent work and good reputation of our company extends throughout our city, region and country. Today we are so proud to say, that Giardino Tour Operator is a well known company as a reliable and fair travel partner with one of the best services in Peru.
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Our Manager: Miss Lourdes Pérez-Wicht San Román.
Also called "Lula" is the founder of the dream "Giardino Tours Peru".
Entrepreneur with great spirit of change and principles; with the conviction that in our Peru, it is possible to do business with fair and with high values.
Giardino Team!
Giardino's staff is our best asset; We are constantly trained on environmental, up dates information and educational matters.
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Our office's team is a group of bilingual Tourism professionals (English, German and French) that are responsible for the preparation, organization and operation of national and international programs.
We are with our clients from the moment that contact us and begin planning the trip up, until they safely return home.
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We know that guides have a big responsibility and some time they need to have the criteria to manage a difficult situation in case of need. Big part of the reputation of the company is in their hands and they can really influence the outcome of our tours. Good guides are a great asset for any company and GIARDINO is no exception. We currently have a group of professionals that we are very proud of!
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- Be leaders in the local and national sector.
- Work for a Sustainable tourism.
- Contribute to the conservation of environment and culture.
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Giardino accomplis various activities including: – Annual cleaning and reforestation campaigns. – Educational and Christmas campaigns for local people. – Providing recycling bags and containers in tour buses, hotels, and at visitor ttractions. – Annual Public Health and eye care campaigns for towns in Colca Valley. – Restoration of the Coporaque library and others.
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Fodor′s Essential Peru
footprint travel guide Peru
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Trekking In Peru - Guide book
Rough Guide Nederlandstalig
Moon Peru
Insight Guide Peru
South American Handbook
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People talk about how long it took to find their first nugget with a metal detector. Usually the discussion revolves around how much trash they had to dig before they found their first nugget. Well, I probably come close to setting some kind of record for the number of years involved. My problem was not finding lots of trash, it was not finding gold!
My first nugget hunt in 1973 taught me one thing about detectors at the time... they were nearly worthless for finding gold. I had my first metal detector, a White's Coinmaster 4. These old units could not ground balance, and had very poor sensitivity to small gold, even with the so-called Gold Probe accessory coil. I was panning 1/2 pennyweight nuggets from the little gully pictured at Moore Creek, and found I could not get a reading from those nuggets when they were placed directly under the coil.
My next detector was one of the early White's Goldmasters. I figured I needed a nugget detector instead of a coin detector. Imagine my surprise when I discovered all the Goldmaster was in those days was the Coinmaster circuit board in a larger box! If you are shopping for a used Goldmaster do not buy one of these old ones by mistake. They were blue and about the size of a mailbox. And about as useful for finding gold. I was getting into dredging at the time, and decided detectors were a waste of time for gold.
I got into business in 1976 selling mining gear and as a White's dealer. But my stock answer for people coming in looking for a gold detector was "Don't waste your money, you'll find more gold with a $5 gold pan". That was good advice at the time. We concentrated on selling metal detectors for finding coins and relics.
My bias caused me not to keep up with changes in the technology, however. Reports of a large nugget finds would appear every once in awhile. I chalked them up to "Yeah, sure you can find gold with a detector, if it's big enough"! And the nuggets found were usually pretty big, not something likely to be found in my immediate area.
Steve's First Nugget Hunt 1973
White's Coinmaster 4 with 4" Gold Probe
Moore Creek, Alaska
The first commercially available detector with ground balancing capability was the White's Coinmaster 5 Supreme. I was seriously into coin hunting, and purchased one of these new units. It was a very low frequency detector, and I found to my dismay that it really liked nails. One nice thing about the very old detectors was that they pretty much ignored nails, They Coinmaster 5 loved them and I was finding so many nails I took a dislike to the detector. But the depth of detection was amazing for the detectors of that time.
I sold it to a friend who was a heavy equipment type miner. He found a gold nugget weighing several ounces with it at his mine. This should have clued me in, but once again I chalked it up to being a lucky find of a very large nugget. I went on about my dredging, sluicing, and panning.
Finally in the 1980's I was also selling Compass detectors, and I hauled a Compass X-80 up to my claims and gave it a try. It had the capability, as my tests on smaller gold nuggets revealed it was pretty good. We were selling them now as nugget detectors, and some finds were being made with them. Unfortunately, I was not lucky enough to find any gold with the unit the one time I gave it a try. And it just reinforced my feeling about detectors as being a waste of time.
It was not until June 18, 1989 that I decided to give metal detecting for gold another try. Compass had repackaged the X-80 as a nugget detector called the Gold Scanner Pro. Here is my log entry for that day:
"Went to Crow Creek and used Compass Gold Scanner Pro. Found my first gold nuggets ever with a metal detector! Two nuggets within 10 feet of each other between Area #1 and Area #2 below old tailing pile at lower end. One nugget at 9 grains and the other at 4 grains, total of 13 grains. Also found two bullets."
I was hooked! I COULD find gold with a metal detector. It only took me 16 years to find my first nugget with one!!
I planned my first real nugget hunt. The destination was high in the Wrangell Mountains of Alaska on some bench deposits above a creek named Bonanza Creek. I had been visiting this area for years and had found lots of nice gold sniping the bedrock in the area. It seemed like a perfect spot to try my new detector skills. I used the Compass Gold Scanner Pro and I set my father up with a Fisher Gold Bug. I used the stock 8" round coil on the Compass, and outfitted my father with a 3-3/4" round coil that used to be available for the Gold Bug. We had a weekend to see what we could do, and so off we went on our first real nugget hunt.
Bedrock Exposed by Oldtimers
Bonanza Creek has several bench deposits high above the current creek level. These are remnants of stream deposits left high and dry as the stream eroded deeper into the valley bottom. They can often be spotted as flat areas on the valley sides above gold-bearing creeks. In some areas there is more gold in the bench deposits than in the creek itself. The problem for the oldtimers was in getting water up to these locations to work the gold deposits. Ditches many miles long were often dug to bring water along the valley walls from places father upstream to the deposits.
They usually used "giants", a term for very large water nozzles fed by pipes with water from the ditch systems to wash the gold free of the hillside gravels. Large areas could be worked in this fashion, with the material being funneled into sluice boxes running down the hill. Much gold was lost in these sluicing systems due to the large volumes of material being washed through the boxes. However the best target for the metal detector operator is not the tailing piles, but the large areas of bedrock exposed by these operations. Nuggets lodged in cracks and crevices as the material was being washed down the hill, and original concentrations of gold in the bedrock were often missed.
The only way for the old miners to get this gold would be to tear up all the bedrock and process it. The amount of gold to be had for this extreme extra effort was not much compared to what they would get just going on with their large scale washing operations. And so that gold is left to this day, waiting for someone to find it. Trying to scrape and pan crevices can produce some of this gold, but it is a needle in the haystack kind of search. Metal detectors are the perfect way to locate deposits of gold left in these old workings. The picture above shows a dark area of exposed bedrock we searched with our detectors.
Bud Herschbach with Fisher Gold Bug & Steve with Compass Gold Scanner Pro
We actually wasted quite a bit of time on bedrock along the creek before heading up to try the bench areas. We only found a few nuggets, and I now attribute this to the fact that most mining activity goes on near the water. People pan and sluice the material along the edge of the water, and dredgers work in the water. The area nearest the creek is the area receiving the most attention. One of the first things an experienced miner must do when getting into metal detecting is to lose this natural desire to stay near the water. What really makes detectors great is you need no water to find the gold, and so working away from the water actually will increase your odds of making finds overlooked by others. You have no choice in desert areas, but in stream valleys do not let the water distract you. Any exposed bedrock or material from the highest ridge on down has potential.
We started finding gold, but it was one particular hump of a dark slate bedrock that really started producing gold. My years of coin hunting paid off as I have much better detecting habits that my father. I always keep my coil as close as possible to the ground, and do not raise it on the end of my swings. I am methodical and carefully overlap my sweeps if I feel I am in the gold. My father tends to have his coil off the ground a lot, and wander around with no set pattern. The number one thing he could do to improve his finds would be to slow down and develop better coil control. But as he has often noted, he does not have the patience I do with a metal detector. And he makes good finds nonetheless.
Still, technique is important. My father was scanning along up a steep rise in the bedrock. He stepped up the rise with just a couple sweeps over the bedrock. I followed behind, carefully scanning every inch. The bedrock was nearly vertical at one point, and as I scanned the face I got a nice signal. My father was about 20 feet ahead of me when I yelled at him to look at the flat 4 pennyweight nugget I popped out of a crevice in the rock! It turned out to the largest nugget of the weekend, and in fact the largest nugget I had ever found up to that point prospecting for gold.
Gold Found by Bud & Steve - from my notes:
Large Flat Nugget - 4 dwt 2 grain
Fat Pendant Nugget - 2 dwt 8 grain
Dad's Big Nugget - 1 dwt 5 grain
Sitting Bird Nugget - 16 grain
Chunky Nugget - 16 grain
Long Flat Nugget - 14 grain
plus others total of 11 dwt 6 grain
Grand Total 1 oz 4 dwt 12 grain
"Great weather, great gold, GREAT TRIP!"
Gold nuggets Steve found with Compass Gold Scanner Pro
I had a fantastic time. Probably the most fun I'd ever had looking for gold. Metal detecting really appeals to my desire to just get out and walk around the hills. I went nugget hunting regularly after this trip. I tried new machines as they came out, and kept getting better results as the technology improved, allowing me to go back and rehunt old areas many times. My finds close to home really took off when the White's Goldmaster II was introduced, as the local creeks had lots of smaller gold on which the Goldmasters excelled.
Still, gold dredging produced the bulk of my gold yearly. I dredged locally, and large nuggets suitable for detecting were rare, although I did finally dredge a 1 ounce nugget at Crow Creek in 1998. Then in 2000 a few things happened to make me really get serious about nugget hunting.
First, I finally started getting bored with dredging. I had been doing it so many years it was becoming mechanical. It was mostly an equation. Run the 6" dredge for X hours at X location and get X gold. Dredging was also causing me to stay at the same locations for years at a stretch. I wanted to start moving around more and doing more pure prospecting. I was also finding my body was beginning to suffer from the years of cold water dredging. But the most important thing was those big nuggets. I decided that if I really wanted to see lots more really good-sized nuggets I'd better change my tactics. One 1 ounce nugget in 25 years of dredging meant I was going to die before I found a couple more!
So I consciously set dredging aside and concentrated on metal detecting. I sold my 6" dredge and used the funds to buy a Minelab SD2200D. Paired with a White's Goldmaster I figured I could handle most anything. The Goldmasters are very hot on smaller gold, but suffer in highly mineralized ground. The SD2200D is not very good on small gold, but excels on larger gold in the worst of mineralized ground conditions. So the two make an excellent combination for varying gold and ground conditions. Finally, and most importantly, I started contacting miners I've met over the years looking for access to big gold creeks.
The payoff was immediate. I found more pennyweight range nuggets in 2000 than I ever had in one year and found my largest ever with a detector at just over 8 dwt. Then in the summer of 2001 at Ganes Creek, Alaska I found a slug of 1/4 to 3/4 ounce nuggets and my largest nugget ever, a 4.95 ounce gold and quartz nugget. I was one of the happiest guys on the entire planet when that nugget came out of the ground! In 2002 I bettered it with a 6.85 ounce nugget and over 2 pounds of detected gold.
So there you go. It took me the longest time to warm up to these 21st century prospecting methods. But I am ready now to let the past go and put my pan, sluice box, and gold dredge aside to concentrate on this exciting field of electronic prospecting. I'm more excited now about prospecting than I have ever been, and cannot wait for my next opportunity to test my skills in the field.
~ Steve Herschbach
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Behavioural Advice in Gloucestershire with our Behavioural Specialists.
All children and young people are different and react to the world in different ways. At some stages, particularly during pre-school and teenage years, children can find it hard to control emotions. It may not always be obvious why the child is behaving in a certain way, and it can be hard to control the situation without knowing more about what lies behind it and what kinds of strategies to use. For example, any of the following issues might affect a child:
- They don't understand what is expected of them in each social situation
- Sensory overload is too great
- Frustration due to language delay
- Emotional difficulties
- They may have learnt from experience that such behaviour generally achieves their desired object
- A child may have limited language skills and not know a better way to get their needs or wants satisfied
A behaviour specialist will analyse what's been going on before the outburst, and will implement some of the following strategies according to your child's needs:
- Build activities based on your child's interests and strengths
- Find out which behaviours are causing the most problems
- Offer a predictable schedule
- Help to teach tasks as a series of simple steps
- Actively engage your child's attention in highly structured activities
- Provide regular reinforcement of 'desirable' behaviour
- Try to teach new ways of communicating what they want
- Help children to regulate their emotions
- Find out how a child learns best through seeing, listening or doing
- Help adapt the curriculum to the needs of the child
- Involve the parents to find out:
- Is the behaviour out of character for your child, or does it fit in with their general way of dealing with things?
- Has the change been very sudden or have things been changing for a while?
- Is there anything obvious that might have upset or unsettled them? For example, moving to a new house or school, divorce or separation, bereavement, friendship problems, illness, etc.?
- Is the behaviour having a negative effect on their daily life, for example, stopping them attending school or getting their schoolwork done; affecting friendships or family relationships; getting in the way of hobbies or activities; affecting their eating or sleeping?
- Is anyone else worried about their behaviour, e.g. other family members, teachers, friends?
- Has your child said they think there is a problem or that they are worried?
The behaviour specialist will help you to pin-point the issues and provide a plan and programme accordingly.
Please click here to find information about our Behavioural Advice Specialists who provide private Behavioural Advice services in and around Gloucestershire.
You can fill in our booking form by clicking here or if you require the help of our Behavioural Advice Specialists in Gloucestershire, don't hesitate to contact us today to arrange an appointment.


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Well hello readers! It's been awhile, and we have been readjusting to home life and taking care of stuff that piled up while we were gone. We had Thanksgiving and Christmas, and it seems like so long ago that we were on the first leg of our road trip!
Last week, we finally got to sit down and plot the second leg (a big trek through some of the Western US) and spent some time reflecting on the parks we visited in our first series. In case you need a refresher, so far we've seen Cuyahoga Valley, Acadia, Shenandoah, Mammoth Cave, Congaree, Everglades, Biscayne, Dry Tortugas, Great Smoky Mountains, and Hot Springs. We camped in three of the ten plus a state park during Government Shutdown Disaster Mode, stayed in a few hotels and hostels, and crashed on various friends' and family members' couches. We ended up driving down and back up the length of Florida twice, spending 16 anxious days wondering if the trip would continue or if we would have to pack it up and go home. We put over 6,500 miles on our car.
And it was wonderful.
On the road we met a diverse group of people: the hiker from DC who joined our climb up Precipice, the couple from out west who gave us some tips for the next leg of the trip, the fisherman who informed us that mullet are the craziest fish, the international residents of a funky hostel in Florida. We talked to passionate and informed rangers at every park and handed out business cards on busses. We stayed with a couple of branches of DA's extended family and friends we hadn't seen since high school or longer, and made spontaneous last-minute decisions about what to do during the shutdown.
Life off the road is pretty different. We wake up in the same place every day, we have more than our suitcases of clothes to choose from, and we have a few more responsibilities. On the road, we mostly worried about staying on budget, setting up the tent before it got too dark, and finding hotels that weren't too sketchy. At home, we worry more about shoveling snow, watering the plants, feeding the dogs, completing grad school applications, and getting to work on time. We have more options about what to eat- after all, we don't have to cook over a camp stove or eat foods that survive at room temperature. And we sleep in real beds, with fuzzy blankets, instead of in three layers of clothing, hats, and gloves in a sleeping bag on the hard ground, or in strange hotel beds or hostel bunks.
Much as we are creatures of comfort, we can't help but feel restless with knowing how much more of the country we still have to explore. We look forward to touring the Pueblos at Mesa Verde, Old Faithful at Yellowstone, and finally seeing the Grand Canyon. We'll drive a different coastline (or part of it anyway) and spend time in a much higher mountain range. We'll snorkel in the Pacific off the Channel Islands, and spend days in desert parks for the first time.
For now, though, we have to content ourselves with planning, imagining the warm sun of summer even while bundling up against February's frigid cold. To take our minds off the icy chill that sets in every time we go outside, we're planning on putting together a wrap-up video about the first leg of the trip – where you'll get to see some different (and maybe slightly less professional) footage and hear our thoughts looking back on the journey so far. We would also love to include a Q&A from some of our readers. So if you have any questions about anything (life on the road, how we planned the trip, how we took video, editing) or if you have any feedback on our last series of videos (things we could do better, content you'd like to see, etc.) leave us a comment down below or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com!
We hope you're all staying comfortable during this somewhat ridiculous winter, and as always, we'll see you on the road!
DA & Louisa


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