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In the interest of protecting a fragile ecosystem and a potentially rare and misunderstood species, the exact location of the following experience is best not revealed. Suffice it to say, the unusual encounter occurred in a canyon of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains near the Colorado-New Mexico border in northern Taos County. (New Mexico)
Arturo "Homie" Martinez, 67 of Costilla said he decided "to tell the Taos News about my experience because many people I've shared the information with don't seem to take me serious. However, many do, and they have encouraged me to come forward with my story."
Martinez, originally of Arroyo Hondo, has spent a lifetime in the mountains, canyons and wilds of Northern New Mexico and southern Colorado, and can identify all the native wildlife, plants and animals, whatever the season or conditions. Not long ago, he and a person he calls a "super friend," had a frightening, but very interesting experience while scouting for elk in preparation for a hunt. His friend has chosen to remain anonymous.
Martinez made personal notes about what happened in this mountain canyon area Sept. 27. "I, myself, and my friend set out to scout for game, but something weird happened."
He explaind that earlier the first day, while scouting in stands of aspens within sight of the community of Amalia from up high, Martinez found an interesting naturally formed piece of aspen tree that strongly resembled a human face. "Nobody carved it, it grew that way and I decided to bring it back."
After leaving the object at home, Martinez and friend returned to another area several miles away from where they had been earlier in the day. This time, while driving on another fork of the rough road, they found many tops of aspen trees cleanly broken off that were strewn over the road. "We decided to investigate who was breaking the trees and throwing them on the road. I asked my friend, "Who would want to do this?"
Martinez explained, "These were aspens ranging in size from 3 to 4 inches to 6 to 8 inches in diameter, cleanly broken about 13 to 15 feet up the trunk of the trees. There were no tracks of bear or elk, or human tracks - no tracks of any kind, no sawdust at the bottom of the trees and what was strange, it was as if they were thrown several feet away from where they were broken. There were two big aspens completely uprooted and thrown away from where they had been growing. If bears had broken them, they would have left claw marks. Bears leave a smell on trees they scratch or break."
"Elk in rutting battles leave the ground very disturbed. It wasn't, and seeing many broken trees we continued on to investigate who or what was breaking them. The broken tree tops were lying in the road as if something or someone wanted to say, 'Nobody is welcome here.' Rounding a curve, my tire blew out and things started getting very scary," he continued.
"We could hear elk bugling up higher and we decided to walk back down since it was late afternoon," Martinez said. "We needed to get a spare, and come back to change the tire. We were taking our time checking out more broken trees, and there was easily over a 100 broken the same way That's when I heard the scariest noise I have ever heard in my life.
"It started at first, sounding like an elk bugling, then turned into a scary roar so loud it kept echoing through the canyon, he continued. The elk up high stopped bugling. It kept making that noise at us. It reminded me of the noise the devil made in 'The Exorcist' movie. Whatever was making the noise started breaking trees and throwing them in our direction a few seconds later."
"Then I saw a huge creature moving through the edge of an aspen grove, about 30 to 40 feet from me. It walked upright, but hunchd over, maybe 6 feet tall bent over, and standing straight was 7 to 8 feet tall with very dark fur all over. It was not a bear. Bears don't walk like humans. I am convinced I saw what many call Sasquatch. Even with my gun, I was very scared and we left in a hurry. It seemed to be following in the edge of the trees, breaking more, throwing them toward us and making that awful noise. It was almost dark and we had to get out of there," he rcounted.
The two men fled down the mountain and Martinez said every time the creature roared the noise continued reverberating through the entire area. "I felt like at any moment something was going to grab me from behind all the way out of there."
They arrived on foot in Costilla well after dark, deciding no matter how scared they felt, it was necessary to return to the canyon, change the blown tire and bring Martinez's vehicle back.
The two men returned to where the vehicle was parked, and by the time they changed the spare it was after 2 a.m. on Sept. 28.
"We decided to stay until daylight and try to find out what it really was we had experienced," Martinez continued. "It was deathly quiet the whole time, nothing moving, no elk bugling, not a sound at all. At sunrise, we checked around, found more aspens broken the same way. Nothing else happened to us. There was no sign of anything out of the ordinary except more broken trees."
Not finding any other evidence of their frigtening experience of the afternoon before, Martinez and his friend returned home.
"Like I said, I know what I saw. I know it is not a bear or any other of the wildlife I have seen around here all my life. I decided to tell my story because America, wake up, these creatures exist," he said. "Every time I go into the mountains anywhere from now on I will have a camera and an audio recorder with me. I have had other people tell me that even though they wish to remain anonymous, they have had similar experiences over the years, but don't say much because they get ridiculed. I know what I saw and heard."
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The Lane Titan baseball team fell just short of the semifinals in the Northwest Athletic Conference tournament in Longview, Washington.
The Titans started the tournament being dropped by Yakima Valley 6-4, which put them in the losers' bracket against Big Bend Community College.
The Titans advanced to the third-place game against Spokane after they downed the Vikings 5-2.
After jumping to a two-run lead in the first inning with a triple from Titan Bryce Mulcahy that scored Jackson Soto and Tielar Murray, Mulcahy scored two runs after hitting one out of the park to break open the game for Lane.
Mulcahy led Lane in the Big Bend game, batting 4-for-5 with four RBIs. Soto went 3-for-5 and Sakamoto went 2-for-5 with an RBI. Donovan Baldocchi led the Titans from the mound with nine strikeouts, allowing two walks, two runs and seven hits.
"We got in a couple of tight spots on defense and happened to make a couple double plays to get us out of some jams," Mulcahy said. "One of the highest energy games our team has had all season."
To get to the semifinals and a shot at third place, the Titans faced off against the Spokane Sasquatches, who had just taken a shellacking at the hands of Lower Columbia College, 10-3.
Mulcahy started the game for the Titans and pitched seven innings, giving up one run on five hits and racking up six strikeouts against five walks. He was relieved by Aaron Hutchinson, who gave up two hits against two strikeouts.
The Titans struggled to score until the eighth inning when first baseman Jackson Soto slammed a solo home run to tie the game at one. However, an error by shortstop Lane Kashiwamura in the top of the ninth inning allowed Sasquatch right fielder Aaron Fritts to score, ultimately sealing the Titans' fate. Spokane won 2-1 to advance to the semifinals against Yakima Valley.
Mulcahy praised his team's tenacity despite their disappointing finish in the tournament.
"Today, it was win or go home," Mulcahy said. "I don't think any of the boys were ready to say goodbye, so we felt as if we had to leave it out on the field ."
The Titans ended their 2018 season with a record of 25-27, a slide from last year's 28-21 finish.


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Audrey Elise is a designer with a knack for cultivating brands through thoughtful design and compelling storytelling. Over the years, she has worked with hundreds of different clients from a variety of industries including online shops, non-profits, brick and mortar vintage stores and photographers. A couple of years ago she found her niche, which is designing for fellow creative entrepreneurs.
We are so glad to be starting 2018 off with her interview as it is full of inspiring and motivating wisdom regarding new beginnings and leaning into discomfort. Enjoy!
Tell me about your path to becoming a freelance designer.
I got into design way back in the Xanga / Livejournal days. I was a part of the personal blog scene in high school back when grunge design, having friends lists on your website and Panic! At the Disco were still cool. I mean, all of those things are still cool, but back then everyone thought they were cool too. Through that I came across a few amazing designers & illustrators - like Pawel Nolbert and Olly Moss. They had beautiful portfolios that included work for really big clients like The New York Times and Nike. With their portfolios they had contact pages for people to reach out and hire them. I thought that was awesome — and a pretty neat way to make a living. From then on I wanted to be a freelancer.
After graduating high school, I moved out, spent a few years figuring life out (like you do) and eventually opened a graphics shop on Etsy selling banners and logos for shops. I went through hundreds of clients on there — which was awesome because it allowed me to learn and grow, both as a designer and a business owner. It wasn't long before I outgrew that, moved my entire business to a dedicated domain and left Etsy behind.
Along the way, I learned as much about the technical part of design as I could. Online articles, books, classes, podcasts — you name it. The design community is big and beautiful and there are so many resources out there to teach yourself design if you have the desire to learn.
I've been a full-time freelancer from the beginning, even back in the Etsy days.
In the beginning, how did you attract your first good clients?
I did a lot of concept work in the beginning to showcase my skill, and I focused on presentation. If I could make my portfolio (the site itself and the case studies) better, I did. I went through a lot of iterations when I was just starting out. That's one of the upsides of being new and knowing that not many are watching you — you have more freedom to explore and take risks.
I didn't wait until I got the kind of projects that I wanted; I made concept projects that I would want to work on. Clients will hire you to do the work that's in your portfolio, so it's important to make sure your work reflects that.
Do you have any tips for being your most productive?
For the business side:
Invest in and utilize software made for small businesses. Freelance Wisdom's resource page is a great place to start. Try out a few and see what works.
For the design side:
Make sure to maintain good file structure and never work destructively. Keep past iterations and working versions of all of your logo concepts. Organize as you go. Learn hotkeys. Hotkeys will save you so much time if you bite the bullet and learn them early on.
What has been your greatest struggle as a freelancer so far?
Curating my Instagram feed.
Kind of.
Overall, paying my dues was probably the hardest part. In the beginning, there was definitely lots of ramen noodles and stressing about how I was going to pay rent. And that's okay. You can't come into any industry as a newcomer and expect to charge market rate. The important part is persevering through that season. Know that everyone has to pay their dues, one way or another. That season doesn't last forever. If you love design, are relentlessly passionate about doing your best and ready to learn about how this whole "freelance" world works — you'll make it. It'll be hard, but with work ethic, talent and time — it'll pay off.
On an ongoing basis, letting things go and being kind to yourself when things don't go perfect. From working with big agencies to listening to incredible podcasts like Honest Designer's Show, I've learned that everyone has projects that don't quite go like you hoped. Plans change. Clients don't end up signing the proposal. Feedback is delayed. Mid-project the business name changes. Sometimes you don't nail the design. And you know — that's okay. Everyone in every level of business in every industry has things that don't go as planned. As long as you accept it, roll with it and learn from it — you're doing okay.
What is your favorite thing about freelance?
The autonomy:
Building a career because I had a dream when I was 12 that I wanted to have a portfolio on the internet and people would hire me to do what I love.
The flexibility:
Working until 2am, waking up at 10am, going on a brisk run, taking a few calls, catching a plane, landing in SFO at 10pm, sitting in an abandoned food court to answer a few quick e-mails and send out some invoices before my ride gets there. Not every day has that itinerary, but the flexibility to do so when I want to is awesome.
How do you continue to attract your ideal clients?
I don't ever want to grow comfortable and coast. Sometimes it's tempting to relax, especially when you're getting consistent inquiries just by maintaining social media, but I firmly believe that comfort is the enemy of progress. I want to consistently get better and I want my latest project to be the best work I've ever done.
Tell us about the biggest creative risk you've taken in your career and what you learned from it.
I don't know if "risk" is the right word, but not having my "process" written in blood as well as working with agencies. Both of these things have led to me accepting projects that are so far out of my comfort zone and what I typically show on my Instagram — and each time it's been one of the best decisions I've ever made. Clients are going to hire you to do work that is consistent with your portfolio but that's not always the case when designing identities under Creative Directors. And sometimes it has been really intimidating to work on projects with huge corporate end clients in industries I have never touched — but discomfort means you're growing. It challenges you and forces you to learn and do things you wouldn't normally do. I love it.
Do you have any tips for closing out 2017 and setting yourself up for success in 2018?
Go back and review all the work you've done for 2017. When you're in the thick of it, it can be hard to maintain perspective and appreciate everything you've made and accomplished.
And if your body of work isn't as large or as good as you hoped, go into 2018 with the plan to do one small thing everyday to get you closer to your goals. It doesn't matter how small. We're all the culmination of the choices we make each day and the only way to get where you want to go is to actually take steps to get there — even if they're baby steps.
Any special projects you are looking forward to?
Daily Logo Series 2018! Volume 02! I don't know what I'm going to call it but I am PUMPED.


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Irène was born in 1954 in Tunis, where she spent her childhood. After getting her university degree in Modern Literature, she became a librarian. Today, she lives in Essonne, France, where she is the Collections Manager at a public library. Irène has written many novels and picture books including Mister Doctor (2015), which has been translated into Korean, French, Spanish, German, and English from the original Italian. Her latest book with Annick Press is The Golem of Prague (Spring 2017), the retelling of an ancient Jewish folktale.
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Monday, January 23, 2006
Hometown Pride
Wooooooooo! We be smart!
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- Hikaru said...
Misnomer? "To be considered, communities have to prove they are attracting new business, creating jobs, investing in infrastructure, and improving or innovating in the delivery of government and public services such as education, law enforcement or citizen participation."
Not sure where the "most intelligent city" part is... sounds more like commerce promotion.
As for Cleveland, Ohio being a nominee -- LOL is my only response.
- 23/1/06 14:53
- Huy said...
nothing to do with your entry, but wanted to wish you a happy new year and ask you if you have tried ilife '06 yet?
it is pretty nice, definite must for us mac owners.
iweb is pretty nice and it has a blogging feature too.
- 24/1/06 00:00
- Andrea said...
Yeah, the way the article defines "intelligent" is not so clear, but I really just posted it because the title was so rad. Well, rad for a Waterloo native like me. I'm assuming no-one reading this from outside Ontario has ever heard of the place, right?
And thanks to Huy (and, also Hikaru) for the tip RE: iweb. I don't actually have iLife but I do have a .Mac account and access to a pirated iweb program. However, I'm running a G3 on 10.3.9. That's probably not going to work...
- 25/1/06 22:52
- Celtic Knitter said...
That's good to hear . . I have to go there on Tuesday. I won't have to hang out with morons . . . LOL
- 25/1/06 23:50
- Hikaru said...
I've heard of the U of Waterloo - one of their profs is a top researcher on sleep paralysis...
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A Letter to Congressional Republicans
Dear Congressional Republicans,
Dear Congressional Republicans,
Let's just get this out of the way right now: nobody actually thinks this was the best movie made in 1941. Nobody thought it back then either. It is a truth universally acknowledged that Citizen Kane is better than How Green Was My Valley, but that William Randolph Hearst was a vindictive sonofabitch who owned half the newspapers in the country and had Louella Parsons on permanent payroll. It simply wasn't safe for voting members of the Academy to support Kane, so they went with a safety.
"It's called dermatillomania," explains Gary's agent. "There's, like, support groups for it, I think. Point is, do what you need to do to keep from popping them. Let the makeup guys handle it."
"No prob," Gary says, but he can feel the zits on his face, their hot infected pressure. If he were a normal 15-year-old, it'd be normal acne, but his is worse because of all the makeup he has to wear for work.
No millionaire playboy he
No captain of industry
Nor a farm lad from the heartland
Striding out of a cornfield with the world on his shoulders
In beginning this review, I had to double-check the date. Rebecca was seriously released in 1940? Weird. It feels later than that, like maybe 1950, give or take a couple years. The product of another ten years of the development of film as a storytelling medium, in other words. That may have been what tipped it over to victory; it's not just emotionally compelling and visually gorgeous, it has a level of nuance and emotion in the structure of every shot and scene that one just doesn't see in other films from that year.
Dear American right-wingers,
Gone With The Wind is a serious problem for me.
On the one hand, as a movie, it's pretty good. The cinematography's great, the actors are gorgeous, the sense of an epic is powerful and heartfelt, and the score is top-notch.
On the other hand, most of that is also true of Triumph of the Will, and it's hard to escape the comparison.
...let me be vilely painted, and in such great letters as they write "Here is good horse to hire" let them signify under my sign "Here you may see Benedick the married man."
--Much Ado About Nothing, Act I, scene 1
Today's December 21st. There's a cluster of holidays around this date for a reason. It's the shortest, darkest, and often coldest day of the year. For our ancestors, this time was death. Little light, little food, no way to survive outdoors, and you've been stuck inside the same smelly hut with the same dozen people for months.


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It's just about peak season for many of the fruits and vegetables grown locally. To really take advantage of all of this wonderful, nutritious local produce, you can start planning to put some up. Sourcing locally for your preserving needs has many benefits, including social, economic, and environmental. But, when it comes right down to it, it's all about the quality of the product.
A Labor of Love
When working on the aisle, I often overhear, "We always can tomatoes to save money." True enough, you may not be spending $2.49 for that quart of tomatoes you pulled out of the pantry, but when you figure costs, including your labor, you're probably not coming out that far ahead. Every year I put up some salsa with a friend of mine, and we always joke about how if we paid ourselves to make the salsa and sold it, we couldn't afford to buy it! It's a lot of work, but we have a lot of fun in the process, and it's incredible salsa! For me, it's not about about saving money, it's about flavor.
While there are some less labor-intensive products and processes, in general, putting up food can be a lot of work, which is why it's good to have a plan. Believe me, I speak from experience. Poor planning has kept me up late in the kitchen many a night over the years. A little planning goes a long way. Here are some planning tips that will help ensure a smoother process (no pun intended).
If you're freezing fruits or vegetables, make sure there's room in your freezer before you start.
Inventory your equipment and make sure it's in working order at least a day ahead. Jars can have chipped rims; you may have lent your pressure cooker to a friend and it hasn't made its way back, etc. Whatever it is you're doing, make sure you've got the tools and equipment to do it.
Get your workspace in order. You want room to work, maybe create an efficient flow. Most important, you want it clean to prevent contamination! Clean your sinks, cutting boards, counters, tables, whatever and wherever you're planning to use. For some of us, this alone is a day's worth of work.
Guesstimate your product/equipment needs the best you can. If you're working from a recipe, it should tell you "x" lbs cucumbers will yield "x" quarts pickles. And, it's always a good idea to have a couple extra jars ready to go just in case you'll be needing them.
Do you have all of the ingredients you need? Jams and preserves call for sugar and pectin. Were dill heads in season last September when you wanted to make your dilly beans? Again, get this stuff figured out and taken care of in advance.
Work with a partner and have a plan. For example, one of you can be washing cucumbers while the other is packing the jars. In just about every processing scenario, having help makes for easier work!
Don't overdo it! Figure out what your needs are, and then figure if you can do it all at once, or if you should do it over a few days. Look at processing times; how long do those jars need to be in the water bath, and how many jars can you fit in at once? Say you're planning on 100 quarts of tomatoes for the year, you can fit seven quart jars at a time in the water bath kit, and each batch needs to process for 30 minutes. That's a minimum of seven and a half hours you just committed yourself to for the processing alone!
Local Bounty
We're fortunate that sourcing locally grown fruits and vegetables is becoming accessible for everyone. You can find a range of local, organically grown fruits and vegetables at the Co-op, and, if you're an Owner, we'll give you a 10% discount on full case pre-orders. Or you can go directly to the source. Farmers' markets abound in Madison and the surrounding communities. If you're interested in putting something up, talk to one of these farmers; it's likely they'll be able to offer you a price break if you're purchasing a case or two of product, or that they'll offer their "seconds" for processing. And, if you're planning ahead, you can get the conversation started now; they'll be able to let you know when the crop will be at its peak, which will help you get your plan together.
So, now that I've made this all sound like a lot of work, here's where you are coming out ahead: the quality of the product. Fruits and vegetables harvested at their peak ripeness contain higher nutritional values than their counterpartspicked green and/or stored in refrigeration, and they taste better. Here's some of what you'll see locally in the Co-op and around town this month and next. Take advantage of the opportunity, and put some locally grown, home-made goods in your pantry or freezer. You won't be disappointed: Door County Cherries, Peaches and Nectarines; Green Beans; Cucumbers; Tomatoes; Peppers; Garlic; Summer Squash (grate and freeze for baking); Sweet Corn; Herbs; Beets; Cabbage.


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Er, Yes, Madam, Muslims do want liberty
There is a common view that Muslims don't share the values of liberty and democracy, as expounded by, say, to take a random example, Michele Bachmann from a few years ago. Do recent events vindicate those who had already argued there was a universal hunger for liberty? One of them was Michael Novak, who says today in a Wall Street Journal oped (gated, sorry) today:
{There was} the slumbering yet restless desire for liberty in the Muslim word...one-sixth of the human race would one day be awakened, even with an awful suddenness.
It may be that this is what we are seeing today, if only in a promissory note to be fully cashed in years to come. A rebellion against a cruel dictator is not same long step as a choice for a polity of law and rights; it is only a step.
Yet it took the Jewish and Christian worlds centuries to begin cashing in their own longings for liberty...The universal hunger for liberty is not satisfied in any one generation..
But let us now rejoice that in our time we have lived to see one of liberty's most fertile and widespread explosions. Islam, a religion of rewards and punishments, is -- like Christiantiy and Judaism -- a religion of liberty. History will bear this out.
David Brooks in NYT agrees on the Arab world:
many people in Arab nations do share a universal hunger for liberty. They feel the presence of universal human rights and feel insulted when they are not accorded them.
Culture is important, but underneath cultural differences there are these universal aspirations for dignity, for political systems that listen to, respond to and respect the will of the people.


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Every Tuesday, the Sag Harbor Community Food Pantry (SHCFP) is teeming with sights, sounds, and of course, tastes. The basement kitchen in the Old Whaler's Church is overflowing with boxes of fresh produce, eggs and meat. The tables in the general meeting area are lined with colorful bouquets of flowers and basic toiletries. And nearly 40 volunteers are milling around helping those in need of the Pantry's help.Orchestrating every movement in this finely tuned operation is SHCFP executive director Lillian Woudsma.
From greeting the needy to finagling the best price for turkey from a wholesaler, Woudsma injected new vigor into the organization over the course of her tenure at SHCFP. After five years of leading the not-for-profit organization, Woudsma resigned from her position last Tuesday.
Under Woudsma's management, the Pantry transformed from a modest-sized emergency based pantry into an enterprise rivaling those found in major cities.Woudsma championed the "Fresh is Better" program to provide raw fruits and vegetables, among other food items, as opposed to strictly canned goods. When theSHCFP first started in the late 1980s less than a dozen residents took advantage of the program, said a recent press statement released by theSHCFP Board of Directors. Over the recent Thanksgiving holiday, the Pantry fed over 300 people or roughly 80 families.
Woudsma was as well known in the kitchen as she was outside of it. She was a tenacious fundraiser. Woudsma could often be seen in the pages of local publications or heard on WLNG and WLIU radio stations promoting the work of SHCFP and lobbying for donations. Over the holidays Woudsma set up "Giving Trees," artificial Christmas trees, at various local establishments to allow people to gift a toy or money. Woudsma organized the popular "Kitchen Tours" event featuring six notable village kitchens.
For Woudsma, the SHCFP was a perfect marriage of her professional background and desire to help the less fortunate. She had previously worked in the in catering and the restaurant business. Through her experience in the food industry,Woudsma was at ease making connections with local purveyors. These relationships benefited SHCFP through donations or reduced prices. She also had a knack for organizing the kitchen and keeping her eye on presentation. When she first took over the day-to-day-operations of the Pantry, she enlisted Pierson art teacher PeterSolow to craft an SHCFP logo and printed it on shirts and aprons for the volunteers. Woudsma upgraded the kitchen facilities as well to include a new refrigerator and freezer, which greatly increased the Pantry's ability to accept more donations.
Woudsma received several accolades for her work. Suffolk County Legislator Jay Schneiderman selected Woudsma as a "Woman of Distinction" in the community.
"This is my baby," said Woudsma of the Pantry during an interview.
An apparent discord between herself and the board of directors seems to have influenced Woudsma's decision to part ways with SHCFP. In a letter she sent to the board, Woudsma claims she was voted off the board during the November 10 meeting. Woudsma said the president of the board Nathan Brown explained that other executive directors on local not-for-profit organizations, like the John Jermain Memorial Library or the Whaling Museum, are excluded from serving on the board. However, the directors at these organizations are paid a salary for their work, whereasWoudsma volunteered for the SHCFP. Fearing she would lose a voice in the operations and programs of the organization, Woudsma opted to resign.
"I need to go where I feel I am making a positive affect and feel good about what I am doing," noted Woudsma in the letter. She added that she would return to SHCFP if the executive director was a voting member on the board, "as it was since inception of our corporations," added Woudsma in the letter. Woudsma was integral in attaining 501 (C)(3) not-for-profit status.
Brown became the board president a few months ago and said he was tasked with reviewing the state by-laws for running a not-for-profit.
"[When first elected to the board,] I had a problem with some of the ways the board was functioning in following the laws. It wasn't anything personal. I wasn't trying to change anything that she was doing. She was the face of the food pantry and everyone knew that. She was voted off the board based on her being the executive director. Welistened to all the board members and they voted," remarked Brown. "Everybody on the board without exception has a great deal of respect for Lillian."
In the release distributed by the board, Brown added that "It will be difficult to find an accomplished replacement."
Brown said the board has a few community members in mind to take over the executive director position, though they haven't formally interviewed anyone.
True to her determined demeanor, Woudsma expects to move on and start volunteering at the East Hampton Food Pantry. Despite the resignation, Woudsma remains steadfast in continuing to help feed the less fortunate members of the community.


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Critical Remarks
-Ensure that you have read the texts with some care
-Ensure that you bring second order reflections to the seminar so that the class discussion can be more productive.
-Not a summary
-Say something about each text (but no need for balance - can be done as part of a thematic analysis)
-Short but intelligible arguments
-2/3 to 1 page (no more)
-Include your name
-Submit in advance of class to me (by email or hardcopy)
-Bring it with you to the class for you to consult
(NB if you miss classes you will still need to send me the critical remarks on the relevant texts in order to get a grade for the course.)
What are critical remarks?
-Identify issues, claims, arguments, implications you find interesting and significant and say why
-Criticise particular claims, perspectives, and arguments on grounds such as factual inaccuracy, poor construction, incompleteness, etc.
-Analyse central themes and relations to other texts and perspectives (including non-assigned reading)
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National Center for Education Statistics, November 2010
This report from the Department of Education releases data collected on a sample of 19,000 students who began college for the first time in 2003-4 six years since they started. In aggregate, only 49% of these students received any credential from any school in the six-year period. Another 35% were no longer enrolled in college.


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We went to the Lake District for the day. This is a highly recommended area but for those of us who live in BC and regularly visit places like Shuswap, the lake is beautiful but not unusually so. However, it was a nice day filled with comparisons and longings for Shuswap.
Stresa is a little town on the shore of Lake Maggiore where the rich and famous like to stay. We felt a bit sorry for them as it didn't really have anything on Totem Resort at the Shuswap. Ernest Hemingway stayed here twice: once after being injured in the First World War and once again in 1948, staying in the same room. That room is now called the Hemingway Suite and runs for a couple thousand dollars a night. Winston Churchill also stayed here on his honeymoon. Nice hotel, nice view, crazy price.
There are a few little islands dotted on the lake where a very wealthy family built their palaces. They started with one on "Isola Madre" (Mom's Island) and built a very dark, forbidding looking place in the 1500's. Mom must have been a real gem. The whole island was landscaped into gardens and the walk around was beautiful. They have plants from all over the world including a few Cedars. They are tall and majestic, as big as the columns in the churches over here. They also stocked white peacocks and other interesting fowl. Again, a nod to Mom?
Their palace on Isola Bella (named for the wife, Isabella) is much lighter, airier and more livable. I'm pretty sure the new wife took one look at Dracula's castle on the other island and insisted on a new living space. Either that or her family did. However, the basement is done in "grotto" fashion and looks like some sort of torture chamber. It just goes on and on and on so they must have used it. I think it was meant to be a cool place to hang out in the heat of summer but these guys had a weird sense of "charming" if you ask me. Obviously, whoever built Mom's place was still alive and kicking and had input on the new digs. Or maybe it was the in-law suite… The whole island is also landscaped with exotic plants and animals.
The family still visits this home every year for a few weeks and since the flag was flying up top, we assumed they were home. This gave us pause. What would it be like to come home to have tourists crawling in and over your downstairs rooms? You couldn't use your gardens because they'd be all around there as well. Does the family just sit upstairs quietly gazing out at the lake? Granted, the views from both palaces make these amongst the nicest in Italy. Every door and window looks out onto the lake. The soft breeze blowing through is pleasant and comfortable. Surrounded by elegance, you can see how lovely it would be…when alone.
We walked along several waterfront promenades and hobnobbed with the elite and elite-wannabe's in Stresa for almost the day before heading back to reality.
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Lake Maggiore
We went to the Lake District for the day. This is a highly recommended area but for those of us who live in BC and regularly visit places like Shuswap, the lake is beautiful but not unusually so. However, it was a nice day filled with comparisons and longings for Shuswap.
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You both look snazzy in your new duds...Happy Birthday Julia...sounds like it was a FUN day....Love Grandma Mac
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I have a confession to make, I Nathan J Clarkson have been lying to you.
Don't worry, not intentionally, but none the less, I have been being less than honest with you.
I remember when I was in high school , I began learning the art of saying what I thought God wanted to hear. If you were to walk into a room while youth group was going on. You would feel the eagerness of youth searching for answers to the barley tested waters called life. We would sit in circles staring at each other wondering how we would show and what we would say about what we knew about life god and love. But only now at 22 am I starting to get a picture for how much I don't know.
And that is okay.
I say "I have been lying to you" because, while not intentionally trying to deceive you- Almost every time I sit down at this computer I began going through my mind, searching, to tell you (whoever might be reading this. Mom, girlfriend, etc...) all the things I know, all the things that should be told, or you should know, or points that need to be proven. But truth be told, I don't know much.
What I have finally found out, is that their is freedom in not knowing. It not having all the answers. For I think (not know) that when we allow ourselves to put on the truth that we don't and don't have to know everything. We can greater know the one who does.


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Last year I was coaching an executive team who shared with me their motto of '80% is good enough'. Their goal is to get their work done and delivered to their workforce as quickly as possible, without working towards perfection. Then they adapt and evolve as they go. This was mind blowing for my little perfectionist brain. Their approach made me realize all the ideas that I wasn't developing and all the writing I wasn't doing because I was trying to make everything perfect before I put it out into the world. So I figured I should give this concept a try and I tripled my productivity within the first month.
This executive team has over 500 people working for them, huge financial pressures and there is a lot at stake if they don't do their work well. Frankly, it is way more important for them to get it right than it is for me. I figured if they can produce at 80%, surely I can too. As much as I value my work, I'm pretty sure if I misspell a word or create a mediocre powerpoint slide, the results won't be dire.
Yes, it would be ideal to have all the time and resources I need. But I don't and neither do you. We have to work in the circumstances we have. Otherwise we'll be waiting for the right conditions. Those may never come. Which means we won't do whatever it is we really want to — we'll miss out on sharing something valuable that will add to our lives and the lives of others.
I'm not a perfectionist in all aspects of my life but there are certain things, usually writing or courses that I'm teaching that I am strongly identified with, that I want to be absolutely perfect. I think a lot of us fall into this trap, we don't want something associated with us that isn't the absolute best that we can produce — particularly work that is creative and requires being vulnerable, like writing. I'm slowly getting over this. I'm here writing away, much the way I leave the house each morning, racing out the door with my socks mismatched, my hair not quite dry, my make-up hastily applied, yelling at the kids to hurry up, but I'm showing up and feeling good about everything I've produced in the last year — things that would never exist if I'd been aiming for perfection.
I'd rather get things done than get them perfect. Before working with this executive team, half of my projects never got completed, or worse yet, never got started. After seeing how the team worked and the amazing quantity and quality of work they produced, I took a completely different approach. I started aiming for production over perfection. Since then I've written and published two e-books, 9 Strategies for Dealing with the Difficult Stuff and 9 Strategies for Dealing with Stress, started my blog https://www.stephanieberryman.com and posted almost every week. I've also finished writing a novel I started three years ago. And by mid-September, my next e-book '9 Strategies for Dealing with Stress at Work' will be on Amazon. None of it is perfect but it's all out there. The e-books are 30 pages long and I can live with that. They are in the world because I realized that 80% is good enough. Everything that I produce these days is my commitment to delivering my work at 80% because 80% is better than not at all. In most classes, that's an A.
I pushed myself to create my e-book — 'Nine strategies for dealing with difficult stuff'' about my experience with my mother dying of Alzheimers and growing up with a disabled younger brother because I really wanted to share it. I had the idea for that book in my head for over eight years, waiting for the perfect conditions to bring it to fruition. The 80% concept freed me up to just go for it. When your work doesn't have to be perfect, it's a lot easier to produce.
It's not as long or as detailed as I would like — it's 80% and it's a whole lot better than leaving it my head to wither and die. Almost a thousand people downloaded 'Nine strategies for dealing with difficult stuff' and the Amazon reviews told me I'd helped people by sharing my story and my strategies. Over 2,000 people downloaded my 'Nine Strategies for Stress' book and it hit #1 .
So I'm committed to sharing my writing, not as perfect, but as real. That's what living the good life is about — following our passions, getting what we feel and think and create out into the world, not as perfect but as perfect reflections of where we are at in that moment.
What about you? What would you produce if you let yourself deliver at 80%? Go for it! I can't wait to see what you create, the world is waiting for your 80% effort.


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The seminar, which will be open to all wrestling students and workers ONLY, will take place at the Back Breakers Training Center from 12pm-3pm and will be $40 per person.
The autograph session, where you can come greet, get autographs and get your picture taken with Luke Gallows, will be open to the public at Good Fellas Pizza next to the University of Scranton, Scranton PA from 5pm-8pm.
Gallows who first made the world scene in WWE as the imposter Kane, Festus, Luke Gallows in CM Punks Straight Edge Society and then on to TNA as DOC with the stable Aces & Eights will be offering his knowledge and expertise to the attendees of this seminar and will be very hands on as he will be getting in the ring with all of the students and wrestlers.
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According to a study conducted by the NC Solar Center at North Carolina State University (NCSA), using auxiliary power units (APU) to reduce idling is not cost effective for trucks that idle less than four hours a day. However, when fuel prices are high, the study recommends APUs for trucks that daily idle more than seven hours.
The three-year project drew its conclusions from 20 trucks that operated for over 2.8-million miles in 42 states during the 16-month data collection period. The study's authors concluded that, using the demonstration field test as a specific sample, APUs require at least a five-year payback period when fuel costs are $4.50/gal or less. The authors noted that as base engine emission standards become more stringent, the emissions benefit of APUs will drop, although fuel use and CO2 reduction benefits will remain unchanged.
The study also concluded that a 100% substitution of APU usage instead of the base engine at mild temperatures would lead to an 80 to 90% reduction in NOx emissions, a 36 to 47% reduction in CO2 emissions, and a 10 to 25% reduction in PM emissions. However, to ensure optimal use of the technology, fleets need to give drivers training and incentives.
Funded by a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the project focused on the feasibility of developing mobile idle reduction technology (MIRTs) to reduce idling of long-haul trucks. In addition to the APUs, each truck was outfitted by Volvo with sensors that were remotely monitored by NCSU researchers.
The project had three stated goals—evaluate in-use performance of mobile idle-reduction technology (MIRT) by characterizing actual idle reduction times; evaluate fuel, maintenance, engine life savings, payback times, and user reactions, and submit a final case study report to EPA with conclusions reached.
Two fleets were used for the project. For Fleet A, consisting of mostly single drivers, the annual average idling for all stop durations and extended idling was estimated at 2,130 and 1,450 hours, respectively. Fleet B, consisting of mostly team drivers, averaged 770 and 250 hours, respectively.
Fleet A used Volvo's VN780 sleeper cab, while Fleet B ran Volvo's VN 630 mid-size sleeper cab. The APUs were comprised of three components: a 2006 Kubota Z482 048 liter engine, a generator and a Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning (HVAC) system supplied by Dometic Environmental Corp.
The study concluded that the use of anti-idling devices for all stop durations resulted in between 72 and 416 gallons of avoided fuel use per year for Fleet A, and between -4 and 89 gallons (for all stops) and -7 and 75 gallons (for extended idling) for Fleet B. The study's authors attributed the negative values for Fleet B to "double-dipping," the simultaneous usage of the APU and the base engine.
However, with diesel prices below $3 a gallon, the report did not see APUs to always be cost efficient, assuming an average truck price of $100,000 and a life cycle of 10 years. "For $4.50 per gallon or lower diesel fuel price, no truck has positive net cost savings because the reduction in fuel cost is not enough to offset levelized capital cost or non-fuel operations and maintenance (O & M) cost, even if the latter are at the low end of their ranges," the study said. "With discount rate of zero, a net cost savings is estimated for six Fleet A trucks for high fuel price ($8.00 per gallon) and low APU capital cost ($8,500), and only for one Fleet A truck for high fuel price and high APU capital cost ($13,000). With discount rate of 10%, only three trucks have net cost savings for high fuel price and low capital cost."


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We use data to communicate with our customers. But what happens when the data we intend to share, shows up differently than what we expected?
Data quality – the idea that data in question appropriately serves the business function for which it is intended – is an important concept. It is also important to note that the business needs demanding that data can expand over time, outgrowing those original quality specifications and leading to unanticipated results.
For example, what happens when a newly implemented external marketing platform exposes data as dynamic content to your customer base? An organization may assume it has done its due diligence if the data is fit for previously defined business purposes it was intended to serve. This is a dangerous assumption however, and can lead to campaign development challenges, content issues, and ultimately a decline in customer perception of your brand.
Whether it's due to an internal data technology team not fully comprehending the complexity of a given platform, or data being offered up to the customer that has never been previously leveraged externally, or simple corruption due to mundane encoding issues ("UTF-huh?"), blunders are more common than you may think. Product descriptions looking like someone ran them through a virtual paper shredder, irrelevant customer service notes appearing in unexpected fields, and other such manifestations can negatively impact the customer's experience. Regardless of the cause, the result is the same: your brilliant dynamic digital marketing effort ends up looking like it was put together by an inebriated robot.
Simply having data isn't enough. You must make data quality a core aspect of your marketing system implementations.
A good rule of thumb is that if data isn't suitable for website presentation, it's probably not suitable for presentation in any other digital media. An example of such data might be any data that was keyed in by a customer support representative - ask Comcast about how this can go wrong.
While in the Comcast case the issue showed up in automated paper billing, you get the idea. The people entering the data in a particular field (or creating the processes that do so) may not have any idea that it might be exposed to parties outside the organization.
Communication is key. Make sure the data team in your organization understands what you are doing with this data, beyond simply needing it. Data being leveraged for customer segmentation and business rules has a different set of quality considerations and implications than data being purposed for content. Take nothing for granted. Your data team may know something you don't. Something that could save you from embarrassing your brand in front of your entire base ... or worse.
Then, test. Then test again. Then test more. Some commonly observed issues are:
- Misattributed data such as address data showing up in name fields, price data showing up in product names, and other such mistakes.
- Encoding errors, which are special characters, and sometimes not-so-special characters, showing up as gibberish in your generated content. This is typically a result of character encoding inconsistencies between your internal data system and your marketing system. This can be avoided by being sure the correct encoding scheme is being leveraged (e.g. UTF-8), or developing a solution that replaces these characters with their HTML character references, either within your marketing platform or upstream in your data sources (this may require further cooperation from your data team).
- Case issues, where data isn't appearing with proper letter case. For example names where the first letter is in lowercase, product names that are entirely in uppercase, and so forth. In robust marketing systems, it is often simplest to handle these with functions to appropriately convert the case within the system itself.
At the end of the day, it all comes down to communication and cooperation with your data resources, broad testing, and careful consideration of where the issue would be most efficiently addressed, be it upstream in the data source itself, within the marketing system's functionality, or somewhere in between.
It is easy to overlook the importance of data quality, and the many points at which it can go wrong, when you'd rather focus on your message and creative. But taking the time to ensure that the data you are dynamically presenting is what you want it to be is a key element to a successful campaign.


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Nintendo is in deep doo-doo
It's no secret that the Wii U is in poor shape. No one is denying that Nintendo has failed to push the Wii U message adequately to either the enthusiast gamer or the mass market. And when Ubisoft moved back Rayman Legends to release alongside the 360 and PS3 versions, I think we all understood deep down that Ubi was nervous about the console's sales potential.
I just don't think anyone could have guessed it was this bad.
Looking at the stats from the January 2013 NPD, Gamasutra reveals that the Wii U during its first three months has sold 38% less than the Wii in the same span of time. Because no hard Wii U numbers we reported, we do a little arithmetic to arrive at a third month total of roughly 55K, lower than any of the previous generation's consoles' worst months with the possible exception of the Wii in the past year. In comparison, the 360 was able to hit a strong 281K.
But before we discuss what exactly this means, let's take a look at what games charted.
Top 10 software chart (SKUs combined)
What you don't see on this list is Ni no Kuni, which barely missed the cutoff and came in at #11. However, if you break down the SKUs individually, the Level-5 RPG actually came in at #7. Good news there! Ghibli magic is making waves the world over!
So, what of the Wii U?
As you can see in the chart above, software on the Wii U has consistently sold less than on its console brethren, in some cases even worse than the versions on Vita (about 35K for the month, if you were curious). The Wii U is simply not selling games at all, which makes it perfectly clear why third parties have been extremely nervous.
But wait a minute, the Wii U has barely been out three months! Every piece of software out there right now exists in the launch window, the larval stage of the machine's life before it truly comes in its own. That companies are already writing it off has to be chalked up to something more.
I don't believe for a second that any of these big companies seriously thought ports from the PS3 and 360 were going to make it big right out the gate. This is the first time some of these franchises are appearing on a Nintendo console -- at least in forms that can be considered equivalent to the other HD machines' offerings -- so the audience simply isn't there yet. Obviously, most consumers were going to purchase the sequels to HD heavy hitters on the same console they played the previous installments.
But this is surely the case of most platform launches. Typically, you'll have one or two breakout titles right from the start while rest of the library is rounded out with quickly developed software for the sake of getting into the front door. What even the low-performing launch games ought to demonstrate is a company's willingness to invest in a platform's future, at least for a short while to assess the market and general atmosphere.
Unfortunately, Wii U software is performing even worse than what we've seen in years past. Now companies are pulling back after one game, while others are so scared that they have canceled plans to support the Wii U. Mere months into its life.
As I said before, it's on Nintendo to properly showcase the necessity of having a Wii U in your life, but the anxiety exhibited by third parties is more indicative of their increasing focus on short-term gains, even taking into account the poor sales at the moment. This is not exclusive to Nintendo platforms but rather a portrait of the entire industry. The 360 and PS3 environments are so comfortable, so why risk developing on new hardware?
If the Wii U had more beef under the hood, would that have made a difference? The launch library would have undoubtedly included ports, albeit slightly touched-up ports, and we'd still have a situation where the audience of a game will stick to the same platform for the sequel. And if what Konami's Dave Cox said concerning the lack of Lords of Shadow 2 on Wii U is true, that a Wii U port would add significant cost, how much more expensive do you think it would be trying to port to an even more beastly machine?
The Wii U is in serious trouble, and Nintendo needs to do whatever it can to turn perception around. However, it'll be fighting against a wave that's washing over the entire industry, and I bet you a fat stack that Sony and Microsoft will be feeling the heat as well.
Everyone seems to be eyeballing the new PlayStation and Xbox as the true start of the new generation, but I have this sinking feeling that most are going to be disappointed. When a single misstep has the potential to sink an entire company, and considering the continued strong sales of the 360 in the States and PS3 everywhere else, third parties might want to stick to the old standbys for a while longer. Orbis and Durango will need to have a significant number of new third-party IPs that are greeted with immediate success, but I highly doubt the industry as a whole is adequately prepared for the big technological shift to pull that off.
But that's a discussion for another time. Right now, the focus is on Nintendo and what the Japanese gaming giant has to do. The Wii U doesn't need more Mario; it needs solid third-party support that will attract the kind of audience Nintendo lost over the past decade. And no, yesterday's Nintendo Direct isn't going to cut it.
I don't know what, but just do something.
January sales show continued rough tides for the Wii U [Gamasutra via NeoGAF]
NPD: Black Ops 2, Far Cry 3 Top U.S. Sales Charts for January [IGN via NeoGAF]
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The first, or one of the first, science fiction classics. Hence, a must read and worth its place on the Quest & Adventure list. It's a very readable novella that cuts right to the chase. The bulk of the book is set in the year 802,701 AD and tells an enjoyable story of survival in the future. Yet I think I liked the unexpected last bit the most, where the Time Traveller witnesses the demise of the Earth. Short, but very beautiful. Am looking forward to more Wells.
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But if you read the comments on these recipes, this is what you hear, over and over.
"Looks great! Can't wait to try it!"
BOO. You suck. Looks great? I can frost a pile of cat shit and it looks great. Those who comment before trying to bake it should be banned.
But then, it gets worse. I cannot find a recipe measured in weights. And as any person who bakes even once in a while knows, you need weights rather than measurements. Save yourself the dishes, and get it perfectly right. 5 grams of salt, thank you very much - not 1 teaspoon.
So I've been a mad baker the last month, and failing miserably. It's taking something I love and turning into something I hate. It's taking something I was very good at and suddenly teaching it in Cyrillic.
But I've made something good today, and the reason it's "almost done right" is that I didn't weigh my ingredients either! I measured, carefully, and with a bit of my mad baker estimation to round up or down on certain things - but tah-dah! A carrot cake of decent quality! It is, to be sure, VERY carrot-ey. It's not a sugary sweet cake, but it feels pretty close to a cake - a texture missing from my life the last six weeks - and has a nice honey-carrot flavor with the crunch of slivered almonds. Here is the original recipe, followed my version. I'm not crediting the recipe because I think if I made it as-is, it would have tasted like a carrot soufflé and been undercooked. My previous experience with these ingredients has me extremely confident of this pre-judgement.
Someone Else's Coconut Flour Carrot Muffins
- 6 eggs
- 1/2 c coconut oil, melted
- 1/2 c honey
- 2 TB vanilla
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 c coconut flour
- 2 c carrots, shredded
- 1/2 c raisins or dried cranberries, optional
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Line 12 muffin cups with liners, or grease with coconut oil.
- Combine the eggs, coconut oil, honey and vanilla in a large bowl or in the bowl of an electric mixer.
- Add in the salt, baking soda and cinnamon.
- Sprinkle the coconut flour over the mixture and then whisk into the batter.
- Mix well so that there aren't any clumps. Fold in the shredded carrots and raisins or cranberries.
- Use an ice cream scoop to divide the batter evenly among the prepared muffin cups.
- Bake for 20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. YUM!
Emily's Coconut Flour Carrot Muffins
- 5 eggs (room temp!!)
- 1/2 c butter
- 1/2 c honey
- 1.5 tablespoons vanilla
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 1 tsp baking soda (leave this out for GAPS, and hope for the best)
- 2 tsp pumpkin pie spice blend
- 1/2 c coconut flour plus 1 tablespoon
- 2 and 1/8 c shredded carrots (measure after shredding, not before)
- 1/2 c slivered raw almonds
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease a 10 x 6 pan with coconut oil.
- Whip butter with electric hand mixer on high for 3 full minutes, until white and fluffy.
- Whip in slightly-warmed honey for 1 minute on high.
- Add the eggs one a time, mix on medium speed, for 30 seconds each.
- Mix in vanilla extract on high, for 30 seconds.
- Sprinkle in the salt, baking soda and spice mix; stir in well by hand.
- Sprinkle 1/2 cup of the coconut flour over the mixture and then whisk into the batter with mixer on low-medium for 30 seconds. Let batter rest a 3 full minutes. Then whisk again with mixer for 30 seconds on low-medium and if you feel like it needs the extra tablespoon of flour, whisk it in now.
- Fold in carrot and almonds gently. Pour into prepared pan.
- Bake 40 minutes or until firm to the touch in the center, and evenly brown underneath (use a glass pan). YUM!


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Judy Braatz's tenure is over at the Rochester Area Chamber of Commerce. News on Braatz's sudden departure was first reported Thursday afternoon by the Post-Bulletin's Jeff Kiger.
As of this afternoon, her photo and contact information is no longer listed on the organization's website. Chamber President Rob Miller did not respond to our request for comment. Braatz is not speaking publicly about her departure at the advice of her attorney.
Braatz — who served as the membership development director — had been with the organization for 24 years. Braatz was perhaps the most visible face of the chamber. As one member told me this afternoon: In many ways, "she was the chamber."
Her parting ways with the chamber follows two other high-profile departures from the organization. Both Julie Fiesel and Julie Brock left the chamber this past spring.
While few details have been provided regarding the employee shake-up, word on the street is the internal culture has been deteriorating for months as a result of Miller's leadership.
The chamber now employs 12 people, including Miller.
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|22 Nov 2011
Win7 Home non genuine
I'm helping older people with there computer(problems) (non commercial base).
I'm helping a lady which bought an Acer notebook about a 1/2 year ago in a regular store (bill is available). The original (to me) MS windows7 productcode sticker is on the nb.
Since a few weeks a message pops up that this windows version a non genuine version. Reentering the product key did not solved the problem.
by the way: also activeX do not work (is enabled in IE7).
An e-mail to Acer support: advice: deinstall KB971033!
Which will be done tomorrow.
I searched in the internet, a lot of results but no clear instruction a mentioned.
o Is it a good idea to deinstall KB971033 or SP1?
o Any idea how to solve the problem?
o how to get activeX working?
Thank for the help.
|My System Specs
|22 Nov 2011
To properly analyse and solve problems with Activation and Validation, we need to see a full copy of the report produced by the MGADiag tool (download and save to desktop - http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=52012 )
Once saved, run the tool.
Click on the Continue button, which will produce the report.
To copy the report to your response, click on the Copy button in the tool (ignore any error messages at this point), and then paste (using either r-click/Paste, or Ctrl+V ) into your response.
- **in your own thread**, please
Please also state the Version and Edition of Windows quoted on your COA sticker (if you have one) on the case of your machine, but do NOT quote the Key on the sticker!
How to Tell - Home
DO NOT uninstall KB971033! Why Acer tells you to do that is quite simple - it stops the error message being displayed. What they DON'T tell you is that it also prevents you fixing the problem that caused the notification in the first place.
You should probably give the system a good spring-clean - Is that Anti-Virus up-to-date?
Download and install Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (www.malwarebytes.org ). Update it, but do NOT accept the offer of Real-Time protection (it may cause problems).
Run a Full System Scan in your main user account, and Quick scans in any other account.
Delete everything it finds. You may well find that your anti-virus complains a few times during the process allow that to do its thing at the same time.
|My System Specs
|22 Nov 2011
thanks for the quick response.
I will run tomorrow the MS MGADiag tool and copy the results into this post.
The COA sticker is available.
these are information on it
key: V6xxx-.........-xxx6G
product -Id found
I will not unistall KB971033.
Antivirus (MS Security Essential) is up-to-date
and a scan is run regularly. I will run a full scan tomorrow to see i with my own eyes.
A malware program (Spybot) is installed and a check done.
A single item was found and removed.
Thanks so far.
|My System Specs
|22 Nov 2011
OK - the Product ID tells us that it's Home Premium - and that it's a Direct OEM install, but not a lot more.
The MGADiag results will tell us a lot more.
It's good that MSE is installed - BUT.... what was the AV that the machine (presumably) came pre-installed with? what OTHER AVs have ever been installed on this machine (even if never actually activated)?
I'm not that impressed with SpyBot any more - it seems to be trying to do too many things at once (especially with Tea-Timer, etc.)
Please give MBAM a try, you may be surprised.
|My System Specs
|23 Nov 2011
MGADIAG results
Hello Noel,
I did the mgadiag test this morning. see the result below.
Thank you for your support.
I "x"ed the last 3 blocks of Windows product key. If you need them I still can send it.
other strange items/problems:
Policy editor does not exists.
I also tried to start the policy editor (rsop.msc) to check settings:
windows settings - security settings - system services -> for Plug and Play value: Automatic.
no "RSOP" exists; also the value "HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-20" in the registry does not exists.
ActiveX controls/environment is not installed
I started also GenunieCheck.exe:
displayed key: BMWQD6QN
but program did not continued.
I also did a full scan with MS Security Essential => no items found.
Here the results of MGADIAG:
Diagnostic Report (1.9.0027.0): ----------------------------------------- Windows Validation Data--> Validation Code: 0x8004FE21 Cached Online Validation Code: N/A, hr = 0xc004f012 Windows Product Key: *****-*****-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx (manually "x"ed) Windows Product Key Hash: SS0PxF6+ZZ5WPXQcDDAJo5D8DlQ= Windows Product ID: 00359-OEM-9812951-67008 Windows Product ID Type: 8 Windows License Type: COA SLP Windows OS version: 6.1.7601.2.00010300.1.0.003 ID: {F6150484-B1AE-48F3-96A5-BFC9C93AE209}(1) Is Admin: Yes TestCab: 0x0 LegitcheckControl ActiveX: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 Product Name: Windows 7 Home Premium Architecture: 0x00000009 Build lab: 7601.win7sp1_gdr.110622-1506 TTS Error: Validation Diagnostic: Resolution Status: N/A Vista WgaER Data--> ThreatID(s): N/A, hr = 0x80070002 Version: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 Windows XP Notifications Data--> Cached Result: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 File Exists: No Version: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 WgaTray.exe Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 WgaLogon.dll Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 OGA Notifications Data--> Cached Result: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 Version: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 OGAExec.exe Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 OGAAddin.dll Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 OGA Data--> Office Status: 109 N/A OGA Version: N/A, 0x80070002 Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 Office Diagnostics: 025D1FF3-364-80041010_025D1FF3-229-80041010_025D1FF3-230-1_025D1FF3-517-80040154_025D1FF3-237-80040154_025D1FF3-238-2_025D1FF3-244-80070002_025D1FF3-258-3 Browser Data--> Proxy settings: N/A User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Win32) Default Browser: C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe Download signed ActiveX controls: Prompt Download unsigned ActiveX controls: Disabled Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins: Allowed Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe: Disabled Allow scripting of Internet Explorer Webbrowser control: Disabled Active scripting: Allowed Script ActiveX controls marked as safe for scripting: Allowed File Scan Data--> File Mismatch: C:\Windows\system32\wat\watadminsvc.exe[7.1.7600.16395], Hr = 0x80092003 File Mismatch: C:\Windows\system32\sppcext.dll[6.1.7600.16385], Hr = 0x800b0100 Other data--> Office Details: <GenuineResults><MachineData><UGUID>{F6150484-B1AE-48F3-96A5-BFC9C93AE209}</UGUID><Version>1.9.0027.0</Version><OS>6.1.7601.2.00010300.1.0.003</OS><Architecture>x64</Architecture><PKey>*****-*****-*****-*****-V9C6G</PKey><PID>00359-OEM-9812951-67008</PID><PIDType>8</PIDType><SID>S-1-5-21-3407281408-3733315972-2125296635</SID><SYSTEM><Manufacturer>Acer</Manufacturer><Model>Aspire 5742</Model></SYSTEM><BIOS><Manufacturer>Acer</Manufacturer><Version>V1.09</Version><SMBIOSVersion major="2" minor="6"/><Date>20101108000000.000000+000</Date></BIOS><HWID>C9DF3807018400FC</HWID><UserLCID>0413</UserLCID><SystemLCID>0413</SystemLCID><TimeZone>West-Europa (standaardtijd)(GMT+01:00)</TimeZone><iJoin>0</iJoin><SBID><stat>3</stat><msppid></msppid><name></name><model></model></SBID><OEM><OEMID>ACRSYS</OEMID><OEMTableID>ACRPRDCT</OEMTableID></OEM><GANotification/></MachineData><Software><Office><Result>109</Result><Products/><Applications/></Office></Software></GenuineResults> Spsys.log Content: 0x80070002 Licensing Data--> Versie van Software Licensing-service: 6.1.7601.17514 Naam: Windows(R) 7, HomePremium edition Beschrijving: Windows Operating System - Windows(R) 7, OEM_COA_SLP channel Activerings-id: 5e017a8a-f3f9-4167-b1bd-ba3e236a4d8f Toepassings-id55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f Uitgebreide PID: 00359-00196-129-567008-02-1043-7601.0000-3202011 Installatie-id014860113743193760242946940521376495566301276082402010 URL van processorcertificaat: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=88338 URL van computercertificaat: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=88339 URL van gebruikte licentie: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=88341 URL van productcodecertificaat: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=88340 Gedeeltelijke productcode: V9C6G Licentiestatus: licentie Resterend aantal nieuwe Windows-activeringen: 3 Vertrouwde tijd: 23-11-2011 9:02:47 Windows Activation Technologies--> HrOffline: 0x8004FE21 HrOnline: N/A HealthStatus: 0x0000000000000240 Event Time Stamp: 11:22:2011 19:33 ActiveX: Registered, Version: 7.1.7600.16395 Admin Service: Registered, Version: 7.1.7600.16395 HealthStatus Bitmask Output: Tampered File: %systemroot%\system32\sppcext.dll|sppcext.dll.mui Tampered File: %systemroot%\system32\slcext.dll|slcext.dll.mui HWID Data--> HWID Hash Current: LAAAAAEAAQABAAEAAAABAAAAAgABAAEA6GHWFmyioMTulzIs7CysLnrJXF0= OEM Activation 1.0 Data--> N/A OEM Activation 2.0 Data--> BIOS valid for OA 2.0: yes Windows marker version: 0x20001 OEMID and OEMTableID Consistent: yes BIOS Information: ACPI Table Name OEMID Value OEMTableID Value APIC ACRSYS ACRPRDCT FACP ACRSYS ACRPRDCT HPET ACRSYS ACRPRDCT BOOT ACRSYS ACRPRDCT MCFG ACRSYS ACRPRDCT ASF! ACRSYS ACRPRDCT SLIC ACRSYS ACRPRDCT ASPT ACRSYS ACRPRDCT SSDT PmRef CpuPm SSDT PmRef CpuPm SSDT PmRef CpuPm
|My System Specs
|23 Nov 2011
RSOP.MSC only exists in Pro/Ultimate/Enterprise :) - use Services.msc instead, in Home editions
Your problem is caused by the File Mismatches and Tampers -
File Mismatch: C:\Windows\system32\wat\watadminsvc.exe[7.1.7600.16395], Hr = 0x80092003
File Mismatch: C:\Windows\system32\sppcext.dll[6.1.7600.16385], Hr = 0x800b0100
Tampered File: %systemroot%\system32\sppcext.dll|sppcext.dll.mui
Tampered File: %systemroot%\system32\slcext.dll|slcext.dll.mui
The first thing (bexcause it's the easiest <g>) to fix is the watadminsvc.exe error
To do this, open Windows Updates, and look in the Installed Updates listing for KB971033 ('the WAT Update') - uninstall it, and reboot
Then go to Description of the update for Windows Activation Technologies and download the update - install it and reboot - then post another MGADiag report.
with the report, please post the output from the following commands in a command prompt window.....
ICACLS C:\windows\system32\sppcext.dll
ICACLS C:\windows\system32\slcext.dll
ICACLS C:\windows\system32\slcext.dll.mui
|My System Specs
|23 Nov 2011
Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
Best is to call Microsoft. They reactivate you in no time: Activation and registration of a Microsoft product
|My System Specs
|23 Nov 2011
Best is to call Microsoft. They reactivate you in no time: Activation and registration of a Microsoft product
MS's usual response to these errors is a repair install - if you're lucky, and have an installation disk, rather than a Recovery disk.
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The artworks have been created using a gallery from Stocksy - a photographic stock library, and will be sold via silent auction on the night. Part proceeds going to the charity The Song Room - encouraging people through creativity.
My piece 'Born Sandy Devotional' named after a Triffid song and album of the same name. For those non Australians the Triffids were an alternative 80's rock and pop band hailing from Western Australia, where I was grew up. I've always loved this album title.
Artists include:
Inaluxe, Carla Hackett, Ellen Porteus, Alice Oehr, Neryl Walker, Megan Palmer, Luke Taaffe, Matt Dampney, Keil Tillman, Dave Homer, Kyme Farley, Electric Confetti, Lauren Nicholson, Joel Pringle
Opening at 6pm, followed by a panel discussion with: Kylie Lewis - Of Kin, Tess McCabe, Matthew Henry - Oak and Ink, Brianna Wettlaufer - Stocksy United and Nuno Silva - Stocksy United.
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Women are more engaged in a child's life than men. Ever since ancient times, men went hunting, and women stayed at the caves to take care of the kids, and to harvest fruits and veggies.
The same story was happening even in modern times till a few years ago women got a right to work and earn money like men. If you ask your grandmother or great-grandmother, you will see that women used to stay at home while their husbands went to work outside.
Raising a child was never an easy task, and women seem like they are gifted to take care of children. There are many tasks that women need to be doing, and it requires full-time activity.
Every woman accepts this responsibility the moment she decides to become a mother. Children go through different stages in their childhood, and being a mother is not easy.
Anyway, it is possible because mothers have the love towards their children; they are dedicated and always put an effort in raising their children, so that is what makes them amazing.
But, how can husbands participate? Although parenting is a job for both parents, somehow, the greater responsibility usually falls on the mother's back. Also, sometimes husbands stress women more than their children.
According to a survey, about 45 percent of mothers confirm that their husbands make them more stressful than their kids do. Having life partner means thinking about the future together, dreaming about buying a house, having children, etc.
But, women hardly even ask their partners whether they would like to be fully involved in their plans. So, when husbands do not live up to women's expectations, studies show that women become very stressful because of the lack of support they get from their spouses.
On the other hand, men choose to defend themselves by saying that their wives do not ask for help. As a result, men think that women are capable of doing everything alone.
Moreover, studies say that mothers feel stressed because they do not have enough time to do everything. Three in four mothers reported that they need to do most of the work at home by themselves.
And, one in five mothers says that her husband being unhelpful is the biggest source of stress in her everyday life.
Another study conducted by the University of Padova revealed something interesting. When men lose their wives because of death, their health worsens.
On the contrary, when women lose their husbands they become healthier and can better deal with stress as well as depression. Researchers think that the reason behind this outcome may be because men rely more on their wives than the other way around.
Why Do Husbands Stress Their Wives?
Husbands Should Do More
Women expect their partners to be willing to share responsibilities like organizing play dates, doctor appointments, homework chores, etc. However, even in families in which both parents are working full-time usually the wife is the one who takes more responsibility.
Is there a way to fix this? Well, if you notice your husband is not sharing responsibilities with you, you need to talk to him openly about it.
It may be helpful to make a list of the things that need to be done and see how you both can take some part in. You can also make a mutual calendar in which you will share tasks.
Wives Should Trust More
As always, every story has two sides. Almost every father wants to be the best father ever as well as the best husband. Nonetheless, sometimes, women do not trust their husbands enough to let them do something more.
Is there a way to fix this? Even though you have amazing plans for your children and you are sure you can do everything alone, you should think of your partner too.
You need to ask him to take part. When your partner shares the responsibility, you will have more time for yourself to recharge your batteries and relax.
Nurture Your Relationship
Usually, when a husband and a wife become parents, their relationship is put on hold. But, that is not the proper way for a relationship to work.
Besides being parents, you should remember that you are still partners, and of course, individuals. You need to take care of your relationship.
Is there a way to fix this? You and your partner need to agree to make some time every week to dedicate to each other. Keep the distractions away, decide to be alone without your kids, no phones, no work.
Having a strong and healthy relationship with your partner will make you even stronger as parents and as a couple so that you would overcome obstacles in life in an easier way.


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If you are engaged and shopping for wedding invitations, what do you look for?