text: Being debt-free allowed Myrna Oliver to move confidently into retirement after a late-career layoff. Photo: Melissa Valladares | Inset photo: Amanda Friedman By Kimberly Lankford, Contributing Editor From Kiplinger's Personal Finance, July 2017 Then: When we featured Myrna Oliver in the December 2007 issue of Kiplinger's, she was 64 years old and had met her goal of retiring the mortgage on her downtown Los Angeles condo before she retired from her job. Oliver had paid off her 7.5% loan eight years early, when she was 60, and then boosted her 401(k) contributions. After she received a buyout offer from the Los Angeles Times at age 63, she took a year off to travel. "Having a paid-off mortgage gave me the freedom to take early retirement," she said.QUIZ: Test Your Retirement IQ Now: Oliver, 74, is glad she was debt-free—she also paid off her retro red Thunderbird—before retirement and boosted her 401(k) contributions in her last few years at the Times. She received one year's salary and benefits from the buyout, and she never went back to work. "I was offered a couple of jobs, but I didn't need the stress," she says. Instead, she has been able to spend time traveling, volunteering and mentoring young journalists. She walks to the central branch of the Los Angeles Public Library, where she conducts tours and runs book sales, and her condo is also within walking distance of top-notch medical care. Oliver loves to travel—most recently to Cuba with a college alumni group—and she frequently visits friends in England (including a pen pal she's had since she was 12). She also serves on the Media School Council at her alma mater, Indiana University. Oliver received the school's distinguished alumni award in 2015 for her pioneering journalism career: She was one of the first women to cover the courts for Los Angeles newspapers, reporting on the Charles Manson and other high-profile trials and the Robert F. Kennedy assassination. She later shifted to writing obituaries; Gene Autry was one of her favorites. Advertisement Oliver was surprised at the cost of Medicare after she turned 65 and started paying premiums for Part B, plus a medigap policy and Part D drug plan. But having the supplemental coverage was a godsend. After suffering a fractured skull in a fall, she spent eight days in the hospital. "I saw the bill for $165,000, and I paid not a cent," she says. SEE ALSO: 10 Things You Must Know About Medicare She's grateful that she has retirement income from a pension, Social Security and savings. But without a cost-of-living adjustment to her pension, she has had to use more money from her savings each year to cover her expenses. Oliver waited until she had to start taking required minimum distributions before touching her 401(k). "I learned to live on less until then, but at 70, I started spending more freely," she says. "I'm getting older, and I might as well enjoy life."


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Q. How can reliability of customized main boards and systems created to necessary specifications be verified ?
A. We have customized ODM products certified and their reliability tests verified by national authorized testing institutes in conformity with the customers' needs.
ODM Project Process
- 1 Step | R&D Planning : Select Reference Board and modification development
- 2 Step | System Develop : Prepare for motherboard disconnection by CPU, Chipset, etc
- 3 Step | Prototype Making : Develop motherboard platform
- 4 Step | Field Test
- 5 Step | Product Certification
- 6 Step | Product Launch
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We have acquired various certifications required by our clients' needs. Depending on the domestic and overseas markets in which the final product is launched, we will obtain the certification required by each country in a customized manner through a national accredited certification body. In the meantime, check out the representative certification cases of the products that have been released.
KC Mark(Korea Certification Mark) is the integrated national Certification Mark that combines 13 statutory certification marks, each of which was previously individually approved by the five government departments. SyncusTech has reliability of the products intended for the domestic market verified by obtaining KC Mark.
Designation : Fanless Box PC
Product : SB-F2800
CE Mark(Conformity to European Mark) was created aimed at eliminating technical barrier in the wake of integration of the EU market. It is an essential certificate without which products cannot be exported to the EU. Thus, we obtained CE Mark for customers whose products are destined for the EU market.
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Product : EMB-Q77
IEC(International Electrotechnical Commission) standard is intended to verify electrical equipment safety. Certificate of conformity (CB certificate) is issued to prove conformity to the standard. With a view to promoting trade by simplifying electrical equipment safety certification procedure in each country utilizing the CB certificate in question, "IEC Electrical Equipment Safety Standard Compliance Testing System" was instituted.
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Product : 4U Rackmount
After final products are released, we acquire various certifications, such as UL, CCC etc., as required individually by each country on an as needed basis. When relevant certifications need to be acquired in the name of our customer, not SyncusTech, we accept your manufacturing factory to be examined for certifications. Should you need any certification, regardless of whether it be for main board or system, you can consult with us at any time.
Reliability Test
For ODM products, given that MTBF(Mean Time Between Failure) and the like have never been actually applied in the field, we, in conjunction with national accredited test institutes, conduct a variety of environmental tests for verification of the products before being mass- produced.
Korean Trade Commission
KTC, as one of the largest national testing and certification bodies in Korea, conducts a variety of testing including performance evaluation test and absorption rate of electromagnetic wave etc. Together with KTC, SyncusTech, selected as a target for support by Reliability Technology Diffusion Business' sponsored by the Ministry of Trade and Industry in 2015, secures reliability of the products by conducting verification testing under a variety of testing environment and conditions. Learn More
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KCL, short for Korea Conformity Laboratories, conducts testing, evaluation, certification, R&D etc on building materials and medical devices. For reliability verification of ODM products, SyncusTech, by applying a variety of test equipment and analytical techniques used by KCL, established the verification procedure whereby whether the products can be applied in the field before being mass-produced can be judged. Learn More
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I am a qualified Integrative Counsellor and Psychotherapist. I am also a Registered General Nurse and left the clinical setting three years ago to focus on my counselling work.
I am interested in adult counselling, specialising in stress, anxiety, depression, grief and loss, low-self-esteem, anger management , couples and relationship issues.
In an honest and confidential therapeutic setting I truly believe people can take an honest look at their lives and make choices around how they want to change.
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text: I need some advice from strangers... I have just finished with my girlfriend after 2 years, and both she and I are completely devistated.. (more so her), you know when you get the sudden urge to be single again and you shake it off, once that happens it's extremely hard to get it out of your head. We are both only 20 years old and I love her to pieces! but on the other hand, I am only 20 after all and there is alot I want to do before I settle down like going on holiday with the lads and stuff like that! Now she is ringing me everyday crying down the phone, telling me how much she loves me and how I have broken her heart, which is really not helping me as I am feeling really gutted as it is! The last thing I want to do is to start going back out with her cos I feel sorry for her (which has happened already) but I do not want to break her heart! Is it normal for someone to feel this gutted after breaking up with someone? Or is that a sign that I still want them..? Please help..


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Ariel Yanay-Shani (Israel)
lives and works in Tel-Aviv, he has presented his works in Art Focus, International Biennale of Contemporary Art Jerusalem, Beit Hagefen Haifa (Israel), New international Contemporary Art Centre Brussels (Belgium) Location One Gallery, New York (USA), imagespassages Annecy (France), Contemporary Art Center Vilnius (Lithuania), Culture & Art Projects NOASS Riga (Latvia).
Title: Remembering the Future, 2005, interactive
"But you know: no day is the day, and no light is the light, as there is here no place and no time. Here you are in some nowhere in which you have been thrown into, without even knowing when and how. You don't walk in it, and you don't float in it, you are just in it".
This description in K.Zetnik's book The Condemned To Life, in which he describes his experiences in a concentration camp, stands in the background of the project as shown here.
This project is a study aimed to explore the possibilities of memory presentations of events in the past and in history.
I wish to explore new ways of history presentation, which will allow us to experience the past from new points of view and perspective. This case study project is presenting points of view of inmates' lives in a concentration camp, previously unrealized. I'm laboring to make visible the lost points of views, which were created in that reality, where place is no place and the time is no time.
A reality in which their voice was not heard and what was seen by their eyes is gone forever.
By the use of vintage and contemporary photos, and computer software,
I endeavor to create the visibility of the lost points of views.
With the full commitment for conserving their memory, I am working to create images that will create empathy, allowing us to share a moment with them in a contemporary and vivid way of remembering.
The work is in a on-going process, not completed and not closed.
As such, I would appreciate your comments.
A comments link is present at the navigation bar in the work.
Ariel Yanay-Shani


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Government leaders & law enforcement are trying to force tech companies to put backdoors in encryption in the name of public safety. There are 750,000 law enforcement employees & 1/2 million US intelligence agencies community employees who may use those backdoors, & likely many others worldwide. Strong encryption is available throughout the world. If businesses & general public are forced to use encryption with back doors, will cybercrooks will be the only ones using strong encryption; those the backdoors were intended to be used on to begin with? How will Australia's new law requiring encryption backdoors impact data security & privacy? Who has oversight of that law? How will it impact other countries? Does any evidence prove encryption backdoors have improved safety/security? Rebecca discusses these and related issues with Dr. Katina Michael, Arizona State University director of the Centre for Engineering, Policy and Society. Katina is also a privacy and uberveillance pioneer.
Source: Katina Michael with Rebecca Herold, 5 February 2019, "Will Australia's Encryption Law Kill Privacy in the Name of Safety?", Data Security and Privacy: Voice of America, https://www.voiceamerica.com/show/episode/112884


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Cumberland Homesteads/
No discussion of historic homes on The Cumberland Plateau would be complete without a mention of The Homesteads. Much has been written about this program, and I'll try to provide some links at the end if you want to know more. They are lovely homes and I stopped by the Homestead House Museum to get a look inside.
Between 1934 and 1938, two hundred-fifty homesteads were built just south of Crossville, Tennessee. One of President Roosevelt's New Deal programs, The Cumberland Homesteads was just one of dozens of Roosevelt towns. The original vision was a village surrounded by twenty to thirty acre farms which would serve to house and educate a starving Appalachian populace. While they left a series of picturesque farms, the program itself wasn't overly successful.
The government believed that the mountain people were in distress due to ignorance and if they could educate these people then their poverty would disappear. Therefore, the families who acquired these properties signed on to a rigorous program that required them to report their every action to the overseers. Those directors would tell the farmers what would be planted (and when) in each field they tilled. Not surprisingly, the independent mountaineers did not take to this plan very readily.
There was constant turn-over and after just four years the funding was ended and the homesteads given over to those farmers who could secure independent financing to pay off the loan. Sadly, the families had not been given a final price when they began the program; they were simply told they would work a certain number of hours and make a certain monthly payment. The acceptance of these terms no doubt speaks to the desperate economic condition for none of us would agree to them now, would we?
A wood-framed village was erected to support the logistics of the building but this was demolished in preparation for a permanent downtown which was never completed. The focal point of the city center would be a tower surrounded by a cross-shaped building. This was intended to house the administrative offices and in the tower was a water tank topped by a lookout platform. Fire towers were very common in that day and this platform allowed a clear view of nearly all the homesteads. Today, Homestead School sits adjacent to the tower, but it was originally located in a wooden structure on another site.
The homes were built on eleven repeating plans, as well as a few unique plans. The architect, William Macy Stanton, lived onsite in one of the first and unique homes. He was responsible for designing not just the floor plans but the farm, roads and community buildings. The houses were built almost entirely with indigenous materials by both local labor and the homesteaders themselves. As families arrived, they would initially occupy one of the completed barns and moved into the Crab-Orchard-stone homes as they were finished.
Inside, the houses have a hand-pumped well in the kitchen that fills a holding tank located in the attic. Some of the designs allow you to fill a bucket right from the pump while others only allow water access from the actual sink tap. The houses do have indoor bathrooms, although that was not originally planned. However, Eleanor Roosevelt, who no doubt enjoyed the indoor plumbing in the White House, felt that everyone should have an indoor bathroom. Therefore, the architect re-drew his plans, carving out enough space for a small restroom. The locations of these are interesting because we usually see plans with centrally located plumbing. However, the bathrooms in these houses are well away from the kitchen, the hand pump, and the holding tank. In the museum, the bathroom seems to have borrowed space from the dining room and the master bedroom.
The houses are generally three bedrooms, with one being downstairs and two bedrooms located atop a narrow staircase. The stairs are open in some plans, but the museum's floor plan has an enclosed staircase that is really quite dark and steep. The beautiful beaded pine paneling has aged to a golden-red, and the beauty of the local stone is continued inside with fireplaces designed as the center of the living space. Many of the plans have two chimneys to accommodate both the fireplace and a wood burning cook-stove in the kitchen.
The museum is furnished with 1930's era furniture – and even vintage clothing in the closets! The bedrooms are small by our standards today, but the full-sized beds and straight backed chairs are perfectly proportioned for the rooms.
I visited on a warm and breezy day and while the horizon today is dotted with modern homes, the beauty of the distant mountains remains. It is easy to imagine rising with the sun to begin a farmer's day and being greeted by such a landscape. These families had so little when they arrived from all over the Cumberland Plateau. These homes would have been mansions compared to the shacks that many left. In fact, the families did not complain when asked to first live in the new barns – they were new and well-built; the families made do quite nicely in them for a short period of time.
A government agent remained on-site until 1946 and the turn-over of homesteads continued. As World War II drew to a close, returning veterans were promised priority in getting the homesteads. This brought in a new wave of families eager to carve out a home and living from The Plateau.
It's so easy to live right down the road from an amazing piece of history and never really see it first hand. I want to encourage you to get out and visit The Homestead. The museum at the tower and the open house both offer a wealth of information. Even a simple drive through the community is a joy.
Here are a few links if you want to read more about the Homesteada and their history:
Great pictures from the 1930's including original pictures of homestead houses.


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Feed Your Hungry Chutzpah/
The woman desiring to feed her hungry chutzpah knows.
She knows she has something to say.
She is strong in her convictions.
She expresses them professionally through her work which she performs with integrity and strives for excellence.
She has strong opinions
This is the world she comes from. Yet, there is containment.
Her range of reaching over ut is limited. She wants her knowledge to spread further.
She holds back.
She's not sure how to separate the veil.
She seeks
a mentor, an affirming voice, a "go girl, you can do it, you deserve it,"
a whisper of beauty in the ears of those she comes in contact with,
an expression of calm or intrigue, adventure or serenity, depending on her choice of script for the day.
She is in control.
Her chutzpah Is her power tool.
Daily she chooses wisely. She sets the scene. Defines her script. Arms herself with an appropriate look. Her friends and allies gather around her with questions and affirmations. Her team has been united. Her wisdom is shared. Her elixir is desired.
It is simple. She knows. She knows what she is doing, where she is going, and most of all she knows we know. She knows we know what we're doing, where we are going.
She asks simple questions at first. How long did it take you to learn this?
Without knowing she is seeking complexity. She is seeking intrigue. She knows it is complicated. Like herself. She knows it is mysterious. Like herself. She knows it needs to be experienced to be known, like herself. She knows that if now is not the time to indulge, the time will come.
How does she know? She knows because she knows who she is and where she was going.


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With Lutron, set your indoor and outdoor lighting and window coverings to operate on a customized daily schedule. From the touch of a button on your phone, tablet, or even in your car, you can control the lighting and window coverings of your entire home. For additional safety measures, sync your Lutron lighting with your security system for features such as flashing indoor and/or outdoor lights if your security alarm sounds. Lutron's capabilities are vast, and can be selected in a custom fashion to best fit your needs with the help of our design team.
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In a heart-breaking story out of Baltimore, a 14 year-old boy was stabbed to death and his 18 year-old brother was wounded by her mother's boyfriend. The aggressor, 48 year-old Sean Crawford, had barricaded himself along with the boys' mom in a bedroom in their apartment. That is when the boys rushed to their mother's defense.
From Fox 5 DC:
According to the documents, the suspect grabbed a kitchen knife and barricaded himself in the master bedroom with the victims' mother. The brothers forced their way inside the room and told Crawford to leave the apartment.
Police say Crawford then attacked the teenagers with the knife. He got the 18-year-old in the shoulder and stabbed 14-year-old Mason in the chest.
Jenkins spoke Tuesday outside Potomac High School, where her son was in the ninth grade.
"My kids responded. They did what they felt was needed to see if I was safe," said Jenkins."
Crawford has been arrested and charged with murder and attempted murder.
It appears that the kids had one chaotic home-life. It is a shame that his mother didn't protect him instead by making better life-choices.


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It never ceases to amaze me how two things can so often derail people's financial health: Christmas and vacations. For some reason, people throw money concerns aside when it comes to gift giving and "treating themselves" to a vacation.
What's more, even people already in financial difficulty fall victim to it. Every year I see clients and potential clients who know they are over their heads in debt put off bankruptcy until after Christmas or one last trip. All they are doing, however, is making things worse.
Take the "Long View" of Your Finances
This tendency was well demonstrated in a comic strip that I read every day, Edge City, about a married couple with two kids that live in the 'burbs. The husband wants to go on a lavish vacation on the credit card (how many more opportunities will we have to take a family vacation), while all his wife can see is the destruction of their budget and the 18% interest. She eventually gives in, much to their regret later.
I have posted before about how to save money and stay on a budget, including scaling back the cable package and trimming the cell phone bill. However, people should also consider ways to economize on gift giving and leisure if they are going to maintain their financial health.
When I was a kid, people had Christmas Club accounts at their bank where they would squirrel away money all year in order to afford gifts. This has been replaced with plastic.
Resolve to Do Better Next Year
Do yourself a favor and make a New Year's resolution to be ready for next Christmas. Open a savings account and contribute a pre-determined amount every month. Just figure out how much you will need to purchase modest gifts for essential friends and family on your list and then divide that amount by 12. Plan your vacation well in advance also and set the money aside. Your wallet will be glad you did.


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is a gun, fresh grief, a gathering of cynics,
a new war, nor one more damn extinction.
In these, my last years, despite evidence,
common sense, the news, and predictions,
what I want is--
less hopelessness, corruption, interruption
in the process of living a good and true life,
resources to share, and others who care to
make this world the world we wish to die in.
I want--
authenticity, kindness, mutual understanding,
interdependent association, a worthy nation,
real food in real seasons, good friends,
some ordinary joy, and reasons to live.
What I wish--
for me, I wish for thee. May we be free.
May we be without suffering, have enough
to eat, shelter to protect us, and a practice to
sustain peaceful being on this fragile planet.
Tomorrow, a patchwork quilt of friends, each from a different circle of associations, will gather together at a local restaurant to share supper with me as I cross the threshold of seventy years, entering my eighth decade.
I'll share pictures next post if blogger allows it.


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Escalating a bonsai plant or plant demandstough perform and focus, care and focus and talent to make an excellent appear and develop symmetry. The difficult function placed into expanding it tends to make it a listed possession. It might be an indoor in addition to backyard plant. What ever location is selected, you need to by no means neglect how to care for a bonsai shrub.
In the event you are continue to an novice within this certain Japanese horticulture, you need to choose the specie of develop or shrub which is adaptable for the spot. It really is since you will need to appear right after the certain needs of a herb. Bonsai is no distinct completely created comparable version. Supplying it making use of its specific should subsist and create is the only approach to make your little tree seem wholesome and relatively. Inside your venture into bonsai artwork, the actions on the best way to look after a bonsai plant must be identified.
Choose the container – initial step concerning the best way to care to get a bonsai tree
Deciding on a the compartment – pots and jugs – is undoubtedly the extremely very first session whenever you want to understand how to care for a bonsai shrub. Generally the bonsai is planted more than a tray pot, enough for that tiny plant's surroundings and progress. To ensure that you are able to marketplace the development of new origins, relating to how to often a bonsai tree, you need to exchange or repot it annually. It really is achievable that the dimensions grows higher whilst you continue to care for it so you'll need to exchange it inside a larger compartment.
For the pot for bonsai you may have specifications or specific styles for the pot. There needs to be openings around the edges from the container. There exists a offered objective with this; the surplus regular water might be emptied out in the openings. This could not produce the plant overflow with typical water.
Essentials to make a bonsai reside and boost
As with any other herb, your bonsai has essentials in life. It deserves fertilizer, drinking water and sunshine. Simply because trees and shrubs have distinct water specifications, you needs to be in a position to choose the proper shrub varieties to create. Dependant upon the kind of plant, the bonsai species might also want a lot more water which you've got to offer. You ought to also make sure that the earth is normally damp and not continuously dry. Nonetheless, you ought to not also above-water your bonsai herb or you will harm the low-entirely produced bonsai roots. You're above-watering in the event you notice the just leaves are switching and wilting yellowish. Above flow of regular water inside the bonsai develop results in development of fungi.


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Kings Blog
Kings' skid reaches four with 116-105 loss to Clippers
Player of the game: Chris Paul had 30 points and 11 assists as the Clippers handed the Kings their fourth consecutive loss. Paul had 20 points and seven assists in the second half.
Turning point: A driving layup by the Kings' Andre Miller tied the score 84-84 with 9:12 to play. The Clippers responded with a 17-6 run.
Key stat: The Clippers made 17 three-pointers, matching their season high.
X-factor: Los Angeles' J.J. Redick sank 7 of 12 three-point attempts and finished with 27 points.
Records: Kings 22-45;
Clippers 44-25
Injury update: The Kings' DeMarcus Cousins sat out because of a strained right calf. The Clippers were without Matt Barnes (right hamstring soreness) and Jamal Crawford (right calf contusion).
Up next: The Kings host the Charlotte Hornets, Friday,
7 p.m., CSNCA
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Viera VA Medical-Legal Partnership
According to the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership:
Social determinants of health – the circumstances in which people are born, grow up, live, work, play, and age, as well as the systems designed to improve health and treat illness – have a significant impact on the health and well-being of individuals and communities. Many of these social conditions can be traced to laws that are unfairly applied or under-enforced, often leading to the improper denial of services and benefits that are designed to help vulnerable people.
One in six people lives in poverty, and research shows that each of those individuals has at least one civil legal problem that negatively affects their health. That translates to nearly 50 million Americans who need some sort of legal care to be healthy…. Homeless veterans require legal care to help stabilize their housing and income. The 2011 CHALENG survey of homeless veterans and their healthcare providers reported that three of the top ten needs of homeless veterans were for legal assistance – to prevent housing eviction and to assist with child support and military discharge issues that affect income.
CLSMF and Viera VA Medical-Legal Partnership
The Viera VA Medical-Legal Partnership is a collaboration between the Viera VA Outpatient Clinic and Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida (CLSMF) intended to help increase the health and wellness of veteran patients by addressing their unmet civil legal needs.
During medical visits, VA healthcare staff members identify potential legal issues that veteran patients may be facing. If a legal problem is identified the case is referred to the onsite CLSMF legal clinic.
The Viera VA MLP can assist veterans with limited income who need free legal assistance in civil matters, including:
- VA BENEFITS: Complex disability claims and appeals
- DISCHARGE UPGRADES: Upgrades and corrections of less than honorable discharges
- HOUSING: Foreclosure and other housing problems including landlord-tenant issues
- PUBLIC BENEFITS: Accessing unemployment, social security, disability, and food stamps.
Veterans must apply to receive free legal services.
To apply please call 800-405-1417
Monday to Thursday 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Additional Resources
Watch this video and see the impact a Medical Legal Partnership can have
National Center for Medical Legal Partnership
Medical-Legal Partnership Overview August-2014
Civil Legal Aid Checklist for Low Income Veteran Families


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grapefruit juice
fresh strawberries sliced
In a cocktail shaker, combine grapefruit juice and five sliced strawberries. Shake, shake, shake until your juice is a dark pink color. Let the strawberries infuse in the juice for a few hours if you have time. The more it sits, the better it gets.
In a champagne glass, combine the champagne and grapefruit/strawberry juice. The correct proportions are one part champagne to one part juice, but many people prefer two parts champagne to one part juice. Do what you feel, I say! It's a mimosa. It's going to be good no matter what.
Use fresh thyme and strawberries to garnish for extra fancy vibes.


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The monastery is called Dadiou, a name coming from the nearest village; once called Dadi and today is the town called Amfiklia .
The monastery is dedicated to the Nativity of the Virgin, but locals call it also the Monastery of Gavriotissas, a name derived from the many hornbeams (Carpinus Betulus), the deep green trees that are spread around.
I sat in the sun a little while Claire photographed and started reading the booklet of the monastery . It was established in 1755 . The church is a basilica with an octagonal dome (which was rebuilt after the earthquake of 1842 ).
In the revolution of 1821 Christians from Dadi found refuge at the monastery took and the famous warrior Odysseas Androutsos come here often with his men . But the Turks learned about his visits to the monastery and quite a few Turks came here led by Mehmet Aga in November 1822 . They did not come to worship of course . Androutsos was blockaded in the monastery where a hard fight took place, but the Greek chieftain escaped.
The Turks, not to leave empty handed, massacred all the people found in the monastery, captured the women and plundered the place. That's why many of the old relics were lost forever …
However the frescoes dating from 1756, in the church, are fairly well preserved . We saw them . But we stood much in front of those frescoes, designed on the outside wall of the narthex . On those drawings scenes from the Second Coming are presented with great eloquence.
Observe carefully the sinful couple who do not go to the Sunday Church (and prefer sinning in bed instead! ). See the picture . Satan has ridden them (outside the blanket … ) , the lovers are hugging and kissing, while under the bed another demon is preparing to put them on fire.
It seems that we stood a while in front of that strange cluster smiling .
A nun saw us and asked:
- They are sinners … you see … Are you married at least ; asked with a slightly sullen face .
No, we were not. Neither I nor Claire. We told her so .
She left shaking her black-clad in robes head, meaningfully…
I thought we made the holy woman upset…
Where am I ?
The Dadiou monastery is located a few kilometers north of Amfiklia town. The best and quickest way to get here is to come to Amfiklia driving through the eastern slopes of Parnassus mountain (via Tithorea village) . The Dadiou monastery is a nunnery (tel. 22340 22203 ) .
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Last week, out of necessity, with deadline crashing down on us, and some illness on our staff, I took it upon myself to grab one of our shiny, fairly-new DSLR cameras to shoot a couple of sound bites in the hall outside my classroom.
I'm not asking for a medal, but I was thinking it was mighty nice of me to pitch in. Our show is student-produced, after all, so it is not my job to shoot anything. There I was, getting the framing right, watching the light, making sure the audio meter was bouncing. Boy, I just KILLED it. Except I didn't.
When I popped in the SD card and imported my work, I went from elated to deflated in about 15 seconds. My shots were slightly out of focus, the audio was not good, and the color was off. It looked like first quarter, Broadcast I footage.
So I checked my ego at the iMac and re-shot both bites. Guess what? I forgot to hit "record" on the second interview. I had actually forgotten to stop recording after re-shooting Bite #1, so you know how this goes. I got great footage of the hallway and my feet as we set up for the re-do of Bite #2. Then when I hit the "record" button, it was already on, so I actually was stopping it.
I ended up just getting a student to do it all over. They ended up using one of the bites she re-shot. And I got a lesson in humility, and a reminder of this: Teachers, from time to time, we have to shoot, edit, deal with audio recording, and lighting, and just GET OUR HANDS DIRTY with the process. You can not just stand back and point. You will become more empathetic with students, and more aware of your equipment's quirks and limitations, by actually USING the equipment now and then. So shoot your family during holidays. Or take a camera along on your next get-away. Just use the gear once in a while. It will make you a better teacher.
Considering I run the ASB Workshop, and have for 20 years pushed teachers who attend to shoot and edit, just botching those two sound bites about 10 feet outside my classroom door was a moment I needed to experience. It actually reminded me of our workshop theme: "Teacher as Student." And when it comes to the new cameras and accessories, this teacher has a lot to learn.


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As everyone told me here over the past few weeks, in Guyana the holidays are bright. I've been surprisingly busy this holiday season. I had a Christmas party at my health post for the young children of the community. We raised money, decorated the health post, got presents for the children, convinced Santa Claus to come from, ahem, California, and made food. We probably had over a 100 kids and moms come. It was a real success as far as I was concerned. My nurse thought so too, though she is strangely transfixed on how a few mothers took extra food or drinks. She always says how disappointed in their behavior. I think whatever but know it's better to say nothing.
So I got to be Santa Claus down here, as you can see. (oh, the second picture is Santa with a few of my family members down here.) The suit actually looked pretty good. Everyone was really happy with it. I got the suit custom-made here by a really nice lady. And she didn't even charge me when she found out it was for a party for the kids. So nice! But I can say this much – Santa was never meant to visit the tropics. I had to wear that suit for about three hours, most of the time sitting with my back in the sun and letting a parade of kids sit on my lap. So you can imagine that I got a little warm. And by a little warm, I mean I sweat through the thing and wanted to pass out from dehydration. But that's okay, because I was there for the kids. And the kids liked me. Especially the 1 to 3 year olds, of whom about half would look at me and then burst into uncontrollable crying and screaming. Nothing gives you that warm, fuzzy feeling better than having crying kids on your lap, scared witless by your appearance. It was actually pretty funny (maybe until hour two or so, that is).
But really, it was a great time. The kids got their little presents, got their pictures taken on my lap, and everyone ate fried rice, chow mein, and chicken curry. You know, traditional Christmas food. Anyways, I think we'll do it next year, except we might try to plan better and raise more money. This was the first time we've ever done this, so it was a total experiment. And I think with some better planning, we can cut out the crazy running around and last minute planning that happened this time.
So that was a few days before Christmas. Since only two people from my group went home for Christmas, the rest of us all spent Christmas Eve, Christmas, and Boxing Day (the 26th) in Bartica, a really cool town down the Essequibo River. We rented out a guesthouse that had five bedrooms, big balconies, a huge kitchen, and a pool. It was really nice. And we had Christmas with each other. We cooked what was probably one of the best Christmas meals ever on Christmas Eve. We had three turkeys for eleven people! I made some awesome mashed potatoes (mix potatoes, garlic, a tub of butter, a block of cream cheese, evaporated milk, salt and pepper to taste – and yes, they were yellow). We had stuffing, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, salad, dinner rolls, and everything else that I'm forgetting. Basically it was all American food, which is kinda an accomplishment here. And it was glorious. I ate til it hurt.
Christmas was mostly eating leftovers and lounging by the pool. Nothing says Christmas better than tanning in my swimsuit and a Santa hat. So it was real nice. None of us wanted to leave the next day. And no one truly missed their families, even Jill, who had never spent a Christmas not with her family.
Then I spent a week at work, wishing it was New Years. I'm so conditioned to the school schedule, when you get that month off for Christmas. So imagine for the first time having to work that week between Christmas and New Years. I was dying. Luckily it was a short week.
So New Year's Eve, or Old Year's Night as it is known here, was fun too. I stayed on the coast, going up to the main town on the coast for some big parties at the local clubs. Guyanese people have some interesting traditions on Old Year's Night. Many like to be in church or mandir when midnight strikes. And then, around 12:30 they go to the bars and start drinking, partying until dawn or so. So when my friend and I got to the main club at 11:30, it was pretty empty. At midnight, I was on the dance floor with my friend and one other couple. And the DJ didn't even tell us it was midnight. It was actually pretty funny. But people started coming later and the place got a little fuller. And then I started seeing people I knew. I think I got home around 3 or so. It was a good time, though I was surprised how few people came out. I had heard that Christmas Eve was huge here, with the road being shut down from the amount of people out. So maybe everyone spent their money then? And it did start raining really hard just after midnight, so that would have kept people away. So who knows? I had a good time.
Anyways, it's kinda hard for me to imagine that it is 2007. I've spent ten months here in Guyana – I've got another sixteen months to go. And I get to spend the whole of 2007 here. Wow. It should be interesting. I hope I can get a little more done work-wise. We want to build an extension to our health post, which is one room and probably smaller than your living room. This is especially needed if we start counseling our pregnant mothers about getting HIV tests, which require confidentiality. And you can imagine how a one room place does not really offer confidentiality. So we're going to work on this.
But generally, I'm happy here. I was talking to my fellow PCV Patty, who is probably my best friend here. We really rely on each other to stay sane and get things done here. We were both realizing that we no longer think about our time here in Guyana as optional. I mean, at the beginning there was a sense of how, if it got bad, we could go home. But now we are used to life here. And so we see the ups and downs as just normal. I don't think about going home or even how I have a choice to be here or not. I think that this is my home for these two years. And why would you leave your home? Hopefully this is healthy. I think so.


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We thought it would be nice to have a BBQ with friends.
So if you can make it on the 5th of June (Saturday), let Thaily or me know and we'll give you the address info.
We will provide a number of disposable bbq's so we can have a lot of stuff cooking at once and you get to do your own food :)
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For the past few months I've had this chronic cough that came out of nowhere, along with a wheezing when I breathe at night. I've also been getting short of breath by doing the slightest things. My doc gave me a prescription to treat post nasal drip in case that was the culprit but the medication hasn't improved my symptoms. She also scheduled a lung function test which was this morning.
I'd done a lung function test once before when I was ten. The reason that time was the chest heaviness I had started getting. It's fairly straight forward and apart from the potential to make you feel light-headed it wasn't unpleasant. Put the plug on your nose and the tube in your mouth, breathe normally for a bit, take a quick, sharp, deep, breath in and blast the air out as hard as you can for six seconds. After repeating those steps three times they give you a bronchodilater and wait fifteen minutes before repeating the process. This is to see if your test improves with the puffer and if so how much.
The tech doing my test was a friendly woman who had an uncanny resemblance to Robert's girlfriend Amy (Everybody Loves Raymond). It's a lot more comfortable when the person your dealing with has a sense of humor. Immediately you begin to feel more relaxed. I did the first three rounds of 'blasting' the air out as hard as I could for as long as I could before I was given the medication.
Now, maybe it was the lack of sleep (I hadn't been able to fall asleep come appointment time at 8:00 this morning), or maybe the fact that I had just been holding my breath and such, but after the bronchodilater was given I swear I felt worse! My cough increased and so did my light-headedness and shortness of breathe. My heart started to pound as well. Looking at the side effects now the cough is common, and so is the heart beat acceleration. And the shortness of breath I can attribute to the test along with feeling light-headed.
After repeating the test with the medication administered she said that she definitely saw an improvement in my breathing with the medication compared to before. She said the biggest improvement seen was a 10% increase (don't ask me of what) and that they considered a 12% increase significant. Meaning with the amount that the inhaler helped she would have me diagnosed as asthmatic. She said that asthma's not the easiest thing to diagnose because the test is best done when the symptoms are worse which happens sporadically in a condition with outside factors. But if there was that much of an increase without my symptoms flaring up that it means that I would have it.
So, there is my answer (hopefully). This diagnosis was met with mixed emotions. I'm glad that now I know what's causing these things and how to help it but I also have a bit of a "not another thing wrong" kind of attitude. But I think I am more happy to know that this won't be another one of those mysterious things that never gets fixed. The next step is to see my doctor and get a prescription for a Symbicort inhaler.
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I really want to give you something special today. I want to start 2019 off with a bang, you know?
But here's the thing: I'm sick as a fucking dog* and dealing with some serious post-holiday blah on top of it all.
This was our first Christmas with Offspring as a (welcome! So very welcome we almost didn't let him leave) "visitor" rather than a permanent installment in our home, and now my holiday season has an official end: the day he leaves. Always before, I was content—determined, even—to keep my tree and my carols and my lights going as long as would be permitted by Husband, the neighbors, and local laws. But when I hugged Private Squdgee Booboo goodbye (and went right back to bed because his flight was at bullshit o'clock) I had no further desire to light the tree. It's not that I'm over Christmas, it's just… it all looks sort of sad now that he's not here. Like a Who house after the Grinch left; all hooks and wire and crumbs.


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Yep, Lena Dunham our good'ol, resident child molester is at it again! This time, she's back to championing herself as a victim of a rape that, by all evidence currently provided, likely never happened. She does so while accepting an award, speaking out for real rape victims. Her shame knows no bounds. A few points to take away from her speech below (not the least of which is her constant profiteering off of the backs of rape victims, but oh well… roll clip)
Firstly, context is important here. Again, Lena is accepting an award presented on behalf of a charity (GEMS) who actually do some really good work in assisting victims of sex-trafficking. Yet faster than you can yell "rape culture", Lena take the chance to insult critics, and make the whole damn thing about… well, Lena Dunham.
"When I was raped, I felt powerless."
Oh jeez. Okay, if Lena Dunham was ever raped (though evidence points toward no), she opted not to press charges, nor reveal the name of the offender. Not only that, but she refused to cooperate with Oberlin police for an investigation. Statistically, many rapists who get away with it end up raping again. Up to six out of ten. Why doesn't Lena Dunham think that it's her duty to protect the next girl?
"So as a feminist, and a sexual assault survivor, my ultimate goal is to use my experience, my platform and yes, my privilege to reverse stigma and give voice to other survivors."
Really, Lena? How about saving them by putting a real-life rapist behind bars? How about pressing charges? Most actual victims of sexual assault don't have a national television show (albeit poorly rated). What they do have is the ability to bring that rapist to justice through a modern legal system. Yet many of them are terrified to do so. How about setting an example for them to follow, by showing them how to exercise their rights in regards to sexual assault? Unless of course, she wasn't raped.
Lena Dunham has become the Al Sharpton of feminism. The Jesse Jackson of rape survivors. Not only in the sense that she's verifiably dishonest, but in that she also has no problem in shamelessly profiteering off of the sexual assault of others.
What Lena Dunham does is of tremendous disservice to actual rape survivors.


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My attempt so far:
I'm not too sure what to do from here (assuming what I've done so far is even right). Any suggestions?
The second part of the question then asks how can a martingale be constructed out of $B_{t}^{3}$ ?
moving from the second to third step in your attempt seems inconsistent Jason.
$$(a+b)^3 = a^3+ 3a^2b+3ab^2+b^3$$
Once you've created independent intervals, the expectation of all the terms will be zero except for the cubic terms in the expansion so I think my method is correct.
(Never mind the non cubic terms won't all be equal to zero so I will have to expand it fully.Thanks for your help)
Yeah, I also only realised that in the tut this morning. Thanks Sinjun :)
For part two we use
$$B_{t}^{3} - {3}{t}\cdot B_{t}$$
and can show it is a martingale in a similar way to how we showed $$B_{t}^{2} - {t}$$ is a martingale.
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EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) — The Evian Championship will bid farewell to September, and hopefully its bad weather, when the final women's golf major of the season starts Thursday.
It's the final edition of Evian before it reverts to its former July slot in 2019, a move that players hope will avoid more weather-hit days like last year's opening round — which was wiped out by a severe storm.
However, rain and possible thunderstorms are forecast for the first round at the picturesque hillside course overlooking Lake Geneva, after Wednesday's final practice was held in sunshine and 83-degree (28 C) heat.
"It deserves to be played in great conditions," defending champion Anna Nordqvist said Wednesday. "It's really one of the best events we have all year."
Nordqvist won her second career major last year in a playoff through a hailstorm that was chilling even to a native Swede.
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"Everyone who has grown up in Europe knows that September can be a little sketchy. July is going to be great," she said.
The 2017 edition saw Thursday's round stopped because of the storm before all scores were struck and a Friday restart was ordered. Twice in its five years as a major, Evian became a 54-hole event.
Evian is also the last chance for the United States to win a women's major this season. The previous four went to Europe or Asia: The ANA Inspiration to Pernilla Lindberg of Sweden, the U.S. Women's Open to second-ranked Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand, the U.S. Women's PGA to top-ranked Sung Hyun Park of South Korea, and a crowd-pleasing English win for Georgia Hall at the British Women's Open.
Since the French event's status was raised to a fifth major in 2013, American players have won at least one of them each year.
Only two of 21 tournaments had American winners since the LPGA Tour returned to the U.S. in March from a swing through Asia. Annie Park won the ShopRite LPGA Classic in June, and two weeks ago Marina Alex won the Cambia Portland Classic.
The top-ranked American, No. 5 Lexi Thompson, is seeking her first title in 2018 and skipped the British Open last month. Thompson, the runner-up here in 2015, wrote on Instagram that she wanted "to recharge my mental batteries, and to focus on myself away from the game of professional golf."
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Now ranked No. 42, Brittany Altomare is returning to the site of her career-best result as runner-up to Nordqvist last year.
The American challenge also includes 16-year-old Rachel Heck of Memphis, who received a wild card to play in her second major. At the 2017 U.S. Women's Open, she placed 33rd.
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We're constantly in the middle of renovating and redecorating the house we bought in October 2007. As for hobbies, I'm into photography, sewing, baking, craft projects, digital scrapbooking, Martha Stewart, reading and travel, depending on my mood... So you can expect some posts on here about any and all of the above- a regular old hodge-podge of stuff! And if you're wondering where Emskyrooney came from- when I was little my dad used to call me Emskyrooney-Girl. The nickname stuck and some of my friends even call me Emsky!


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William McClain, who has visited our previous site, recommended this magical video from Iceland. It features the music of Sigur Ros, the Icelandic group, and a theater troop of developmentally disabled adults who offer us this play on the elements. … Continue reading
Joey Gladstone: "Do you want some…Wood?"
As in Full House, when Joey would have the chipmunk with him there were always an abundance of wood jokes. Wood has an abundance of impacts on today's world. What fascinates me the most is their ability to be "silent witnesses" as … Continue reading
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This recipe has been a LONG time in the making. I have been trying to perfect this recipe since July! I finally think I have mastered this recipe enough to share it with all of you 🙂
It has been quite the busy Summer and I can't believe it is already Fall! I have moved into a new place and got a new job all in this past month and unfortunately, have had little time to work on my blog. However, I have still made time to test new recipes and gather more ideas to share with you soon! Although I would love to get to a point where I have time to blog recipes on a regular basis, I know it isn't always realistic. My hope is that you will still follow what I post and try my recipes throughout your own busy life. I can guarantee this recipe will not disappoint and will soon become a weekend staple as it has for my house! Enjoy!
xo, Curls&Kale
3-4 Servings
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
1 1/4c Strawberries, blended until smooth (about 1 container of fresh strawberries)
4 eggs, Whisked
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
2 TBSP Coconut Oil, melted
1 c Arrowroot Flour
1 c Chocolate Protein Powder (I use this one)
1 tsp Baking Soda
2 TBSP Cocoa Powder
3/4 c Chocolate Chips (I use these)
Pinch of Salt
Coconut oil Spray
Plug in your waffle iron to start warming up.
Take a carton of fresh strawberries and pulse them in a blender until smooth. I used my magic bullet and it took about 1 container of strawberries to make 1 1/4c of blended strawberries.
Whisk eggs together in a medium-large size bowl. Add vanilla and melted coconut oil.
In a separate bowl, mix together flour, protein powder, baking soda, cocoa powder and salt.
Slowly add the dry ingredient mix into the wet ingredients. Stir together until everything is mixed together.
Add the chocolate chips into the waffle mix and then transfer into a measuring cup or other easy to pour container.
Use the coconut oil spray to grease both sides of the waffle iron. When the waffle iron is ready, pour mixture into your waffle iron and close the lid until cooked through. My waffle iron takes about 3 minutes to make the waffles crisp and delicious. You will just need to test out your own iron to see how long they will take.
Note: Before you pour each waffle into the iron stir the waffle mixture. The chocolate chips sink to the bottom of the mixture so you need to continue to stir them to the top so they are evenly distributed when you are making your waffles.
*This recipe was adapted from a post I saw here!


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Renovations Underway!
JIMI International is the logo for Jesus Inn Ministries, Inc., a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that includes the Jesus Inn Community, East/West Resources and Jimipress.
Jesus Inn is a Christian ministry located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with a vision for community, discipleship and outreach. Originally birthed during the Jesus Movement of the late 1960's/early 1970's, the Jesus Inn was focused on reaching disenfranchised young people coming out of the drug and hippie culture. The ministry has transitioned to a Christian community offering Bible based discipleship and international outreach.
East/West Resources encompasses the missions vision of JIMI International. This ministry facilitates strategic partnerships worldwide. Currently this includes:
Jimipress is the publishing arm of JIMI International, providing literature in the form of teaching booklets and bookmarks.
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As I was exploring the city of Yangon, I passed by this lottery boy focusing on his reading while manning his lottery booth. This is how lottery is sold in Yangon.
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Get Help
The most important thing a victim of sexual assault or domestic violence can do is tell someone whether that be the police, a friend, a rape crisis center, a counselor, a family member or a staff member. Do not isolate yourself, don't feel guilty, don't blame yourself and don't just ignore it. Sexual assault, whether by a stranger or by someone you know, is a violation of your body and your trust. The organizations and departments listed below can provide or arrange for immediate support and response including assistance with personal safety concerns.
On Campus
Title IX Coordinator (Jennifer Argo)
102 Bibb Graves Hall
Counseling Services (Confidential Reporting)
140 Daugette Hall
RMC Student Health Center (Confidential Reporting)
1701 Pelham Road South, Jacksonville, AL 36265
University Police Department
Salls Hall
Forney Avenue, NW
Off Campus
Jacksonville Police Department
911 Public Safety Drive SW
Jacksonville, AL 36265
256-435-1075 or 911
Calhoun County Sheriff's Office
400 West 8th Street
Anniston, AL 36201
256-236-6600 or 911
Rape Response (Emergency/Trauma) (Confidential Reporting)
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner facility offers exams 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Birmingham, AL
Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center (Emergency/Trauma) (Confidential Reporting)
400 East 10th Street (south on Highway 21/Quintard Avenue; one block east on 10th Street)
Anniston, AL 36207
* This facility does not have any SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner) certified personnel.
* This facility will not complete rape kits on anyone under the age of 19. Unless you are experiencing a life-threatening injury, you should contact the closest SANE facility (Rape Response in Birmingham, AL).
2nd Chance, Inc. (Confidential Reporting)
Shelter and Support
Crisis Line: 256-236-7233 Office: 256-236-7381
Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence (Confidential Reporting)
Hotline: 1-800-650-6522
One Love Foundation (Confidential Reporting)
Text LOVEIS to 22522 to text with a peer advocate regarding unhealthy relationships
Crisis Text Line (Confidential Reporting)
Text HOME to 741741 for free, 24/7 crisis support in the US
National Sexual Violence Crisis Hotline (Confidential Reporting)
Stalking Prevention Awareness & Resource Center (SPARC)
Provides resources for persons experiencing stalking.


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{Image above c/o Cathy of California.}
Does anyone else get discouraged when looking for new DIY projects online? I consider myself a pretty good at the Google and even still my searches are fruitless, turning up posts by glue-gun crazed moms and little else. Even my consultations with the few vintage craft books I own has left me wanting for more. It seemed like fortuitous timing then, to discover Cathy of California via Lena Corwin's awesome blog. Simply reading through Cathy's posts makes the ice that is my creative brain start to thaw. Her artist profiles are fascinating and incomparable to anything else I've read. Obviously, I had no qualms at all about ordering her book, Vintage Craft Workshop, which includes designer how-tos for 24 vintage projects and is supplemented by artist profiles and craft history. I hope the UPS man hurries…
P.S. What are your favorite DIY blogs? I need to know.
P.P.S. I put together a back-to-school beauty supply list over on Beauty Bets today. Every product costs less than $7!


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Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Wednesday Hodgepodge
1. What would you say is your strongest sense?
Probably smell, sure, it would be fun to say I could see twice the length of any human, and hear twice the distance of everyone, but the truth is that my strongest sense is smell. My nose seems to be able to pick up the slightest smells and intensify them. It's all fine and dandy when I smell popcorn, but skunks? Torture.
2. Do you believe in the idea of a 'sixth sense'? Why or why not?
Oh, definitely. The reason why is simple really, I believe everybody has certain capabilities that they might not even be aware of but still possess.
3. When do you most feel like a slave to time? Explain.
Everyday towards evening it's crunch time for me to get all of my day's plans wrapped up. The answer to your question is every evening.
4. Have you ever worked in a restaurant? How would you rate the experience? If you could own a restaurant what kind would it be?
I have never worked in a restaurant (though I used to want to be a waitress when I was younger.) If I could own a restaurant it would be french. But not just your average filet mignon and souffles, no, I would have the quaintest delights from France gracing the tables at my restaurant.
5. Ever traced your family tree? Share something interesting you learned there.
I have not ever traced my family tree but my Mom and Dad say my ancestors came from Germany and Switzerland.
6. What did your childhood bedroom look like?
Ah! Boy I miss that room! It was a rather large bedroom compared to the room I have now. It had white walls, a bunk bed Diane and I shared, and a spacious walk in closet. Along the line of decorations I don't think we had any. Did I care? Of course not. I was far more concerned about taking care of my little doll Katie Lynn than I was about how many knick-knacks adorned my bedroom wall.
7. Anyone who knows me knows I love_______________________?
This is awful, how can I possibly choose only one thing for the allotted blank! LOTR, would be one thing, owls would be another, crochet is yet another, and the list could honestly go on for several more paragraphs before I'm done here.
8. Insert your own random thought here.
I'm excited because last weekend my Grandma taught me how to crochet her famous bib and baby bootie set! Since arriving home from our visit I have filled my room with tons of yarn fuzz from the heaps of pom poms I have been making to add to the little booties. You know, I hadn't realized you could get callouses from making pom poms!
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I'd like to visit your little restaurant if you ever have one!ReplyDelete
Your little French restaurant sounds delightful and one I would surly enjoy visiting.ReplyDelete
I love the description of your room and your little dolly Katie Lynn! Have a great day! Fun reading your Hodgepodge today, thank you!ReplyDelete
It's certainly better to have many things you love, rather than being a person who loves nothing at all and is bored all the time. That would be a shame, wouldn't it. Life is interesting. I enjoyed your Hodgepodge today. :-)ReplyDelete
You might enjoy my daughter's french drawings she started a few months ago. Not just a french eatery, it's everything french for her: www.instagram.com/petitcroquis Keep enoying all life has to offer you!ReplyDelete


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2017 state autism conference has something for everyone
The 22nd Annual Minnesota Autism Conference will be held April 26-29, 2017 at the DoubleTree Hilton Hotel Minneapolis – Park Place in Minneapolis. During the conference, experts, educators, therapists, direct support professionals, parents, caregivers, and people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) will connect, collaborate, advocate, and educate.
Held during National Autism Awareness Month, this four-day conference is organized by AuSM, the state's oldest nonprofit organization focused on ASD, with a mission of enhancing the lives of those affected by ASD from birth through retirement.
With a prevalence rate of one in every 68 people (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), ASD is the fastest growing developmental disability in Minnesota and the U.S., and AuSM believes programs and services are needed now more than ever to serve this increasing population.
"By bringing the autism community together, AuSM is providing a platform for the community to connect, learn and grow," said Jonah Weinberg, AuSM's Executive Director. "The state autism conference is an important event where individuals with autism and caregivers, educators, and providers can find the latest ASD information and resources that will help people with autism thrive."
The goal of AuSM's annual conference is to advance understanding of ASD through daily keynote speakers, 32 expert-led topical breakout sessions, exhibitors offering a variety of autism services and products, and resources provided through the AuSM Bookstore. 2017 keynote speakers will include autism icon Temple Grandin, PhD; Steve Silberman, best-selling author of NeuroTribes; Kerry Magro, autism advocate; and Chris Ulmer, special education teacher and motivational speaker.
To encourage educator involvement in Chris Ulmer's presentation, AuSM is holding the "AuSM Educator Challenge" through March 15. Educators are invited to tell AuSM how they encourage and motivate their students in the classroom. Five educators who enter will be given free tickets to attend Chris Ulmer's keynote presentation on April 28 and will share their strategies with the audience.
Continuing Education Units (CEUs) from the Minnesota Board of Marriage and Family Therapy, the Minnesota Board of Social Work, and the Minnesota Board of Psychology will be available for participants. The final day of the conference will focus on post-secondary transition and life skills for individuals with autism.
In addition to its 22nd annual conference, AuSM will hold its third annual gala during the conference on Friday, April 28 from 6-10 p.m. The gala, "Oh, the AuSM Places We'll Go!", will bring the community together for fantastic food, drinks, games, prizes, a silent auction, and a celebration of those who inspire and support individuals affected by autism. Click here for a complete conference schedule, session descriptions, biographies of presenters, and to register.


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"A beautiful face reflects a beautiful mind."– Conju
PRICE DETAILS: $20 for 90g/3.1oz.
PRESENTATION: Solid white bar
TEXTURE & SCENT: Creates dense foam and has faint herbal scent.
SKIN TYPE: All skin types including dry and sensitive.
KEY FEATURES: Natural coconut oil base and 11 Korean plants are used to create translucent, bright skin tone.
QUICK REVIEW: If I had to pick just one cleanser – this would be it. This simple bar of Korean soap purifies and perfects – and lasts about 6 months.
UPDATE (01/08/2013): I can't believe its been almost 3 years since I started using Conju Soap. I've been privy to using tons of other cleansers – both in the luxury and drugstore categories. Without fail, Conju always ends up as my go-to. The bottom line is this. When I use this regularly my skin is at its best – regardless of what other products I'm using.
UPDATE (3/24/11): There's just something special about Conju Princess Soap. After a rough initial start, it has dutifully earned a uncommonly steady presence in my skin care routine for over a year (a record). Truth be known, if it weren't for my insatiable curiosity about other products, I would easily cease the search and declare this Queen.
HOW TO USE CONJU SOAP (Click to Enlarge) →
Stripped of any glorious packaging, once you open the clean & simple box, it really is just a white bar of soap. Still, even in its simplicity, the contoured oval shape makes it easy to lather from the first use – a brilliant detail. Following the relatively simple directions for use (see Recommended Application below), Conju Princess Soap develops into a rich, marshmallow like foam that would rival any luxury cleansing foam. There is no harsh fragrance (I would say its nearly scent free – but certainly void of any added fragrance), no parabens and a very simple coconut base with 11 herbs and plants.
This is NOT a makeup remover. Since I firmly and emphatically believe that makeup removal deserves its own step on most occasions, this does not lessen my opinion of Conju. Also, because this product contains Bamboo Salt (which is effective at killing facial bacteria) if it gets directly into your eyes, it will sting – so use on the immediate eye area is strongly discouraged. The Bamboo Salt also may cause you to feel a mild tingle on your skin, but should not be uncomfortable.
After a period of two weeks (I find these results occur every time I go back to using Conju after trying a new product) skin will have a fresh, smooth and refined appearance. Pores are less noticeable, skin feels tighter and more firm, breakouts are minimized – if not eliminated. If you have clogged pores, blackheads or are prone to acne, there will likely be a short period of purging. You shouldn't see new breakouts – but rather have small pimples where you have the most problems. If you have chronic acne, please consult with your dermatologist. There may also be a mild sloughing of dead skin – a gentle exfoliator or continued use of Conju will cure that rather quickly. Once your skin adjust (normally less than a week) you will continue to see your skin improve regardless of the other products you are using.
If you are a Bargain Hunter – yes, this is a $20 bar of soap. However, it lasts about 6 months which comes to about $3.33/month – for priceless results. For you other Cosmetic Monsters – imagine how much you'll save on cleansers and have to spend on lip gloss!
MONSTER BITES: This also works wonders on the little bumps on the back of your arms or breakouts of the chest and back. Use as directed.
the ORIGINAL REVIEW 2/2/10: Conju Princess Soap is a Korean made soap containing Asian herbs that purify and exfoliate skin. I stumbled across this fairly unknown bar of facial soap on one of many shopping expeditions to Ala Moana Shopping Center, here in lovely Honolulu, Hawaii. The shop I found it in, Shirokiya, is a Japanese goods store. I have not found anywhere online that sells it. If you would like one, email me and I can send one to you for $35 (to cover soap, shipping, fees).
I purchased a starter set that had the soap, BB cream and skin activator (serum). After using the three products for a week I went and purchased full sizes. While continuing to use the series, I started to develop a rash and flaky skin. I persisted. Two weeks later I gave up – but my Mom, who has the most sensitive skin EVER really liked the soap. I returned the BB cream and skin activator since I didn't open the full sizes but kept the soap for my Mom.
Months later, I started using the soap consistently because my Mom's skin looked great. After an initial purging (but it was just clogged pores that I could feel under the skin previously – so I was happy) and sloughing, my skin was rash-free with no blemishes. Using it bi-weekly with my fabulous Clarisonic Mia also keeps my pores clear and tight. I'm no princess, but I'll always keep a couple bars around.
I don't presume to think you don't know how to use a bar of soap – but it is important to foam this cleanser properly and massage it into the skin for about 30 seconds to really get the best results. Don't forget to rinse well too!
SQUACKTOPUS: http://squacktopus.blogspot.com/2012/07/conju-princess-soap-review.html
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: "Instead of a surface-active substance, Conju uses natural coconut oil. The rich foam will gently heal tired depleted skin. Furthermore, 11 types of natural Korean plants are used. Harnessing the power of natural plants known to be the secret to beauty, your skin tone will be brightened." – BT Cosmetics Website (See below for Conju Product Brochure).
RECOMMENDED APPLICATION: After washing your hands, wet hands and soap. Roll the bar in the palms of your hands, scooping the lather into your hands periodically until a "marshmallow" of foam is created. It should be thick enough so that it doesn't slide off your hands. Apply foam to your t-zone, chin and cheeks and gently massage into face for 1 minute. Pay careful attention to problem areas. It is normal to feel a slight tingle – but should not be uncomfortable. If your skin is very sensitive, reduce time to 30 seconds and gradually increase as tolerance builds. Rinse well with lukewarm water. It is recommended to rinse skin for twice the time as washing. (I normally splash 10x at the sink or rinse for about a minute in the shower).
CONJU PRINCESS SOAP INGREDIENTS: Coconut Oil, Squalane, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Tocopherol, Bamboo Salt, Evening Primrose Extract, Licorice Extract, Chamomilla Recutita Flower Oil, Luffa Cylindrica Extract, Cnidium Officinale Root Extract, Apricot Kernel Extract, Perilla Ocymoides Extract, Panax Ginseng Root Extract, Artemisa Extract. Made in Korea. (From Conju Princess Soap box).
Available at conju.us.


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Gas Prices Continue Drop in Oregon, the Coast: Soon Below $3
Published 12/03/2014
(Portland, Oregon) – 42 states around the U.S. currently have average gas prices below $3 a gallon – but Oregon and the coast are not a part of that. Yet. (Above, near Florence, on the central Oregon coast).
AAA said yesterday gas prices continue to decline around the nation and it expects Oregon's average to dip below the $3 mark very soon. Currently, the average here is $3.01, some four cents less than last week. The national average is $2.76 a gallon.
While some stations around the inland state are as low as $2.75 a gallon – including one in Beaverton on Canyon Road – the Oregon coast does not appear to have dipped below the magic $3 mark.
LeeAnn Neal, co-owner of publication the Tillamook County Pioneer, said she has not personally seen anything on the Oregon coast below $3.
Still, such prices throughout the rest of the state are good news for travelers heading to the coast. A sizable burst of Oregon coast visitor activity will come around Christmas and during the last week of the year Whale Watch Week.
Will the Oregon coast get below $3, however? Dodds said coastal towns are five to fifty cents higher than inland stations, so it's possible they won't quite fall below that mark.
Some states around the U.S. are dipping the $2 per gallon mark.
Marie Dodds, with the Portland office of AAA, said the national average is at its lowest price since October 2010 while Oregon's average is at its lowest price since November 2010.
Dodds said more states will be joining below-three-dollar club too.
"This number is set to increase in the coming days and it's likely that Oregon will also drop below this threshold by the end of the week, leaving Hawaii, Alaska, New York and Connecticut as the only states with averages above this benchmark," Dodds said. "For the fourth week in a row, the average price at the pump is below $4 per gallon in every state and Washington, D.C."
Dodds said global prices keep dropping – the driving factor for prices domestically. They dropped even lower last week when, despite the falling price of global oil, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) elected to maintain its collective production ceiling when the group met last Thursday.
One factor that has sent global oil prices lower is North America's shale oil boom. Lower crude oil prices could have the potential to threaten the industry, making the more expensive North American-produced oil less attractive and possibly forcing some shale oil companies out of business.
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About Cedar Park Auto Body
Serving Fairfax, VA since 2005
Cedar Park Auto Body uses the latest in high tech equipment to assure accurate and seamless repair. Our 9 trained and certified auto technicians and production experts perform all repairs on-site, assuring that all work adheres to Cedar Park Auto Body's high standards. We offer:
- 10 bays
- Industrial paint booth with multiple prep areas
- High tech framing machines
- CCC Pathway estimating software to ensure accuracy and consistency
- Office space and workstation with wireless Internet access for field reps to work on-site
Meet Our Owner, Joel Ross
Joel built his first 327 engine at age 16 and has continued to build, design and maintain vintage, traditional and performance engines for cars and boats for 40+ years. Joel's mechanical and racing expertise, and skill behind the throttle culminated in world championship victories on the powerboat racing circuit and "best in show" awards at custom car shows throughout the region. His award-winning work has been highlighted in industry magazines and television media. He is well regarded for his immense integrity, innovative approach, precision to detail and drive for perfection.
You can find Joel and other family members in the auto body shop every day, along with our talented team of highly skilled, trained and qualified technicians and support staff who share our core values of workmanship, integrity and customer service.


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Oblong leaves with significant lobing at base of petiole and moderately undulating edges. Variation in amount of purple pigmentation on stems and petioles, ranging from extensive to absent. Leaves reach 10-12" long, 6-8" wide. Good flavor, slightly bitter. Largest leaves are a little tough.
History: Donated to Seed Savers Exchange by Annette Alford of Alabama who indicated this collard is an old variety.


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Amethyst Ring, Multi stone, Amethyst 14k Gold Band, Made to Order, 14K yellow, white, rose gold, sterling silver, Birthstone Band
**Sapphire Band Not Included. Sold Separately.
Low Profile
Amethyst gemstones bezel set in sterling silver in my 1.5mm band. The bezels are open underneath to let the light flow through highlighting the sparkle of these beautiful gems. These stones are oval, round and pear shaped and are 3mm and 5mm.
This ring is "made to order" and is available in Sterling Silver, 14K yellow, white, and rose gold. Polished finished.
*Photo shown is a sample in 14k Gold
Sizes Available ~ 4 - 8.5 including 1/2 sizes.
~Make you selections at checkout.
For larger sizes please contact me.
Free Shipping!
Made to Order ~ please allow 3-4 weeks for fabrication.
*Other gemstones are available ~ ask for pricing.
3-4 weeks
I'll do my best to meet these shipping estimates, but can't guarantee them. Actual delivery time will depend on the shipping method you choose.
Buyers are responsible for any customs and import taxes that may apply. I'm not responsible for delays due to customs.
Just contact me within: 7 days of delivery
Ship items back to me within: 14 days of delivery
Request a cancellation within: 2 days of purchase
But please contact me if you have any problems with your order.
Because of the nature of these items, unless they arrive damaged or defective, I can't accept returns for:
Buyers are responsible for return shipping costs. If the item is not returned in its original condition, the buyer is responsible for any loss in value.
Please contact me if you have any problems with your order.
Generally gemstone rings are for everyday wear. However, all jewelry, including diamond jewelry, need proper care regardless its hardness. Therefore, in order to keep your ring sparkling, please do your best to remove the ring when apply lotion, wash hands, take a shower or do housework with household cleaners. And clean your ring with a soft cloth and store it individually with a soft cloth or jewelry pouch.
Absolutely avoid spraying perfume, hair spray or any household cleaners (especially the one contains strong chemical compounds) directly on the ring.
It is recommended, to ensure a long life, your stones should be examined by a professional at least once per year.
Contact me within 7 days of delivery regarding your wish to return.
Items must be shipped within 14 days.
A 20% Restocking fee may be applied to all returns and cancellations, excluding exchanges and items that have a defect or damage.
(1). Must contact me before sending back the item. Please message me on esty within 7 days of receiving your order. I will send you the detailed instruction.
(2). Item(s) must be sent back to me with in 1 week after having notified me of the return.
(3). Item(s) must be returned in unused (original) condition.
(4). Item(s) must be sent back insured with signature confirmation (it will be the buyer's fully responsibility if the return is lost or damaged during the transit.)
18k gold is composed of 75% gold, which is alloyed with other metals to make it strong enough for everyday wear.
14k gold is composed of 58.3% gold and 41.7% of other metals.
We offer a generous payment plan to make your purchases easier. Payment can be broken down into 3 payments over a 3 month period ~ 1/3, 1/3, 1/3....
Please keep in mind our cancellation policy....Cancellation fees may apply.
*******Our Diamonds and Gemstones are 100% Conflict Free~
Please know that every stone we buy is certified conflict-free. Our Supplier has earned certification from the Responsible Jewellery Council, verifying that they are in compliance with the Kimberley Accord and that their stones, their supply chain and their facility meet the high standards of the RJC Code of Practices. Further, RJC routinely conducts audits to certify that they are maintaining those standards.