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90+ Cellars Lot 33 Rosé 2018
A Syrah from Languedoc-Roussillon, France.
Aromas of ripe strawberries and cherries fill the glass, accompanied by notes of fresh herbs and cot…
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90+ Cellars Lot 37 Shiraz 2017
A Syrah from McLaren Vale, South Australia, Australia.
$12.99 $11.69
Butternut Rosé 375ml
A Syrah from Napa Valley, California.
Aroma: Watermelon, citrus and pale florals fill the air. Mouth Feel: An array of strawberry and grap…
Butternut Rosé 2016
A Syrah from Central Coast, California.
TASTING NOTES: Sweet scents of watermelon, citrus and pale florals fill the air. On the palate, an a…
Charles Smith Boom Boom Syrah 2016
A Syrah from Washington.
Boom Boom! exploded on the wine industry in 2007, and this spicy Syrah has been one of Washington St…
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Chateau Ste. Michelle Columbia Valley Rosé 2018
A Syrah from Columbia Valley, Washington.
Appearance: The beautifully pale pink wine is a dry, crisp, elegant style rosé. Aroma: The wine offe…
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Chateau d'Esclans The Palm By Whispering Angel Rose 2018
A Syrah from Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence, Provence, France.
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Château-de-Campuget Costières de Nimes Tradition Rosé 2018
A Syrah from Costières de Nimes, Rhone, France.
The Rosé has a nice appearance with a light and fresh pink color. This particularly fruity taste of…
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Clos du Bois Rosé 2017
A Syrah from Sonoma County, California.
Appearance: Bright pale cranberry red in color. Aroma: This Rose displays aromas of pomegranate, wat…
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Cupcake Rosé 375ml Can
A Syrah from California.
Our Rosé comes from vineyards along California's alluring coastline where the sun-drenched days slow…
Cupcake Rosé 2018
A Syrah from California.
Our Rosé comes from vineyards along California's alluring coastline where the sun-drenched days slow…
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Domaine Tournon Mathilda Shiraz 2017
A Syrah from Victoria, Australia.
This Shiraz shows a brilliant, dark ruby appearance with intense aromas of ripe black fruits and pep…
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Elicio Vin de Pays de Méditerranée Rosé 2018
A Syrah from Rhone, France.
Appearance: A bright pink color. Aroma: A nose packed with fresh red raspberry notes. Palate: Confir…
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Famille Perrin Côtes du Rhône Réserve Rouge 2016 1.5L
A Syrah from Cotes du Rhone, Rhone, France.
This Côtes-du-Rhône 2016 presents a beautiful balance between red fruit, black fruit and spices. On…
Hecht & Bannier Languedoc Rosé 2018
A Syrah from Languedoc-Roussillon, France.
Floral and spicy expression with ripe raspberry, a round palate with flavors of cherry and lifted by…
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Jacob's Creek Reserve Shiraz 2016
A Syrah from Barossa, South Australia, Australia.
A premium Shiraz which captures the true essence of the Barossa with its bold flavours, ripe tannins…
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Jam Jar Sweet Shiraz 2018
A Syrah from Western Cape, South Africa.
Refreshing and approachable with the perfect balance between sweetness and acidity, it makes a great…
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Josh Cellars Rosé 2017
A Syrah from California.
The nose is bright with aromas of fresh strawberries, white flowers and stone fruits. On the palate…
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Layer Cake Shiraz 2017
A Syrah from South Australia, Australia.
$15.99 $14.39
Le Drunk Rooster Grenache Syrah 2011
A Syrah from Cotes Catalanes, Languedoc-Roussillon, France.
This bolder Rooster is packed with ripe strawberry, red berries and spice on the opulent nose. It is…
$12.99 $11.69
Lindemans Bin 50 Shiraz 1.5L
A Syrah from South Eastern Australia, South Eastern Australia, Australia.
A medium to full-bodied Shiraz with bright fruit and spice characters. Berry, plum and spice charact…
Lindemans Bin 50 Shiraz
A Syrah from South Eastern Australia, South Eastern Australia, Australia.
A medium to full-bodied Shiraz with bright fruit and spice characters. Berry, plum and spice charact…
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Lindemans Bin 50 Shiraz 1.5L
A Syrah from South Eastern Australia, South Eastern Australia, Australia.
A medium to full-bodied Shiraz with bright fruit and spice characters. Berry, plum and spice charact…
Los Dos Red 2017
A Syrah from Campo de Borja, Spain.
Los Dos pairs perfectly with casual fare, such as pizza, hamburgers, and ribs.
$8.99 $8.09
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This winter has been a busy one! This is what we've been up to.
Students writers are deep in progress for Ballou Story Project 4. This time, in collaboration with Young Playwrights' Theater, our authors' stories will be told live, on stage, by professional actors! The performance and celebration will be held at Ballou High School's state of the art auditorium on Thursday, April 13, 2017.
This is a new kind of partnership, and a new pathway for our students' voices to be heard and their stories to be valued. We're grateful to the DC Commission on Arts and Humanities for making this important project possible, and we're really excited for you to see it.
At February's prestigious Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) Conference, we introduced Shout Mouse Press to writers from across the country, sold books, and appeared on two panels.
Partners from Free Minds and PEN/Faulkner Writers in Schools, along with award-winning author Danielle Evans, joined Founder Kathy on panel a titled "Degree of Change: Using Your MFA in Social Justice Nonprofit Work." We were thrilled to draw such an impassioned crowd looking to use the power of storytelling for public good!
In another popular panel, Shout Mouse authors took the stage to read and discuss their latest works for "Black Lit Matters: Unheard Voices on Race and Criminal Justice." Free Minds ambassadors Terrell and Anthony explained how learning to express themselves through writing has impacted their lives and read from The Untold Story of the Real Me. Beacon House authors Najae, Jonae, and Temil read from their upcoming novel-in-stories, The Day Tajon Got Shot, a powerfully emotional and unflinching look at what happens to a community after a police-involved shooting.
Our friends at the Children's Book Guild of Washington DC, a collective of published authors, illustrators, and children's literature specialists, have been shouting about our authors! Thanks so much to Karen Leggett Abouraya for writing on her blog "Pencil Tips" about the power of books like Spanky the Pup: All Dogs Must Go to inspire young writers to imagine themselves as authors and tell their own stories. Congrats to Reach Incorporated authors Rochelle, Temil, Abreona, and Darrin for creating such a meaningful and moving story. We are excited to see what Spanky inspires in other young writers!
Finally, we at Shout Mouse have been increasingly concerned by the recent rise in anti-immigrant and xenophobic discrimination, and we want to do something about it. We're hard at work designing a new project allowing immigrants to speak for themselves and to champion the inclusive, compassionate, diverse America we believe in. Stay tuned for details, and thank you for your continued support!


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This is the introduction Jennifer Gokmen and I wrote to the book Tales From The Expat Harem:
If there were ever a place tailor-made to play host to wanderers, travelers and those pursuing lives outside their original territory, surely Turkey is that place.
The perpetual evolution that travel and cultural assimilation visits upon the foreign born women in this collection echoes the continuous transformation that envelops the entire country. Threshold to worlds East or West depending on which way one faces, Turkey is itself a unique metaphor for transition.
Forming a geographic bridge between the continents of Europe and Asia and a philosophical link between the spheres of Occident and Orient, Turkey is neither one of the places it connects. Similarly, foreign women on Turkish soil are neither what nor who they used to be, yet not fully transformed by their brush with Turkey.
Our Expat Harem women are on the brink of reclassifying themselves, challenged to redefine their lives, to rethink their definitions of spirituality, femininity, sensuality and self.
Aligned in their ever-shifting contexts, both Turkey and the expatriate share a bond of constant metamorphosis.
- Delirious with influenza, a friendless Australian realizes the value of misafır perverlik, traditional Turkish hospitality, when she's rescued from her freezing rental by unknown Anatolian neighbors bearing food and medicinal tea;
- a pregnant and introverted Irishwoman faces the challenge of finding her place in a large Black Sea family;
- a Peace Corps volunteer in remote Eastern Turkey realizes how the taboos of her own culture color her perceptions;
- and a liberated New York single questions the gallant rules of engagement on the İstanbul dating scene, wondering whether being treated like a lady makes her less a feminist.
These are among the Tales from the Expat Harem.
The titillating, anachronistic title acknowledges erroneous yet prevalent Western stereotypes about Asia Minor and the entire Muslim world, while also declaring that our storytellers share a common bond with the denizens of a traditional Turkish harem.
Much like the imported brides of the Seraglio, İstanbul's 15th century palatial seat of the Ottoman sultanate, our writers are inextricably wedded to Turkish culture, embedded in it even, yet alien nonetheless.
If a harem in the time of the sultans was once a confined community of women, a setting steeped in the feminine culture of its era, then today's Expat Harem surely follows in its tradition.
Virtual and mainly of mindset, this newly coined community of expatriate women in modern Turkey is conjured by the shared circumstance of being foreign-born and female in a land laced with the history of the harem.
Like the insular life in the Seraglio of the past, foreign women in today's Turkey can often be a self-restricting and isolated coterie, newcomers initially limited in independence and social interaction due to language barriers, cultural naiveté and a resilient ethnocentricity.
Tales from the Expat Harem reveal both the personal cultural prison of the initiate and the peer-filled refuge of those assimilated. Our harem is a source of foreign female wisdom, a metaphoric primer for novices and a refresher for old hands.
Our Scheherazades, modern day counterparts of that historic Arabian Nights harem storyteller, are drawn from a worldwide diaspora of women whose lives have been touched by Turkey.
When our call for stories reached them, through networks of people and computers, we heard from a multitude of expatriates in West Africa to Southeast Asia to America's Pacific Northwest, all desiring to be counted and to recount their sagas.
By telephone from her home in California, an artist who studied illuminated manuscripts at Topkapı Sarayı was the first to admit the precious affliction she shares with many of her harem sisters: "Turkey gets into your blood. I'm an addict now."
As editors we faced the delicate task of administrating the Expat Harem's stories, preparing womanly wisdom for safekeeping. Managing the epic enterprise with its ticklish spectrum of cultural appreciation and feminine self-portraiture, our nights were nearly as sleepless as Scheherazade's!
For months we coaxed diplomats, nurses, chefs and others to explore and express their truths about Turkey in a culturally balanced tone.
Some were not professional writers and some were unable to commit their tale to paper. Of those who did, only a fraction survived the editing process.
But affinities emerged as each woman divulged her internal journey and lasting emotional connection to the place and its people. Systems engineers and hoteliers, missionaries and clothing producers, artists, journalists, and others each share a fierce affection for Turkey.
Revealing what Turkish culture has yielded in their lives, they unspool humorous and poignant adventures at weddings in cobbled Byzantine streets, Ottoman bathhouses, and boisterous bazaars along the Silk Road.
In atmospheric travelogue through a countryside still echoing the old ways, through Giresun and Göreme, they transport us on emotional journeys of assimilation into friendship, neighborhood, wifehood, and motherhood.
Modern women in the real world, they take us along on their quests for national identity, business ownership and property possession.
What follows is a literary version of the virtual, modern harem's never-ending gathering of women, day melting into night, a relaxed feast while delighting in each other's diverse company, acting out scenes of cultural contrast and discovery.
The country rewards seekers, a veiled place insisting on being uncovered. In the process of discovering Turkey, contemporary women of the Expat Harem unmask themselves as well.
In narratives illuminating imperfect human nature and the fullest possible cultural embrace, our Scheherazades wrestle urges to overly-exoticize the unfamiliar and strive to balance self preservation with the fresh expectations placed on them by Turkish culture.
Some delve deep into interiors of country and psyche, like the shy teacher transformed by the full frontal impact of a 13th century Central Anatolian hamam.
Others teeter on the comic edge of a cultural divide, like the archaeologist who sparks hilarity in the trenches at Troy before language skills supplant vaudevillian pantomime.
In attempting to reconcile countless episodes of unconditional native generosity, expatriate women of the harem learn to accept a new emotional calculus.
A mid-life dancer mincing her way through the alleys of İstanbul's bohemian Beyoğlu district to the beat of a darbuka drum invokes Mary Oliver's poetic revelation, one that echoes in every tale from the Expat Harem:


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How to Make Spaces Feel Larger with Light
Whether you live in a smaller apartment or a home with petite sized rooms, you understand the need to make the most of your space. Low ceilings and limited square footage can cause rooms to feel cramped and stuffy instead of open and inviting, making them hardly appealing to visitors, much less yourself. While unfortunately we can't make your rooms physically larger, we can provide some lighting tips that will make them look and feel like they are. These simple strategies can add a little breathing room to your restricted spaces.
1. Avoid Bulky Ceiling Fixtures
Large, low-hanging ceiling fixtures will accentuate low ceilings. Not to mention, they take up vital headspace. Since a standard ceiling height for a residential home is about 8 feet tall, the bottom of your ceiling fixture should be hung no lower than 6-foot 8-inches above the floor (which means your fixture should be more or less 16 inches in height). Consider installing recessed downlights, where the majority of the fixture is hidden above the ceiling rather than below it, or using flush mount close-to-ceiling-lights for ambient lighting. You could also add a little more drama to your room with a stylish fixture that is low in profile but large in diameter.
2. Use Multiples Light Sources
Filling your room with light will make it seem larger by eliminating shadows and creating "sections" in your room. As we mentioned above, avoid bulky or low-hanging lamps and opt for smaller, unobtrusive fixtures instead. Be sure to take advantage of the three layers of lighting design: ambient, task, and accent lighting. In other words, use additional light fixtures other than your standard ceiling lights—such as table or floor lamps and wall sconces—for task and accent lighting, and place them throughout your room where they are needed.
3. Wash Walls with Light
Wall-washing is accomplished simply by directing light towards certain features on your wall. This technique will appear to expand your room's boundaries while calling attention to positive aspects of your room, such as artwork or architectural accents. To create a wall-washing effect, use recessed eyeball lights, track lights, or other multi-directional fixtures.
4. Take Advantage of Uplighting
Tasteful use of uplighting will draw eyes upwards, visually lifting your room. Uplighting, as you may have already guessed, involves directing light towards the ceiling. This can be accomplished in several ways depending on your light fixtures. Silver crown bulbs or certain lamp shades are great options for standing or table lamps, and select wall lights or sconces can also direct light upwards. If you're willing to make a dramatic change, consider installing uplighting fixtures from the floor rather than from the walls. Ask an electrician or lighting designer about your options.
5. Incorporate Backlighting
Placing light behind objects can create the illusion of depth and give your space some additional character. Some of the best places to use backlighting include alcoves, cabinets, and furniture, as well as screens and displays. Strip light and rope light are two of the most popular (and space-saving) options for backlight accents.
6. Reflect Light with Mirrors
Large wall mirrors not only make rooms feel larger by reflecting whatever is in the space across from them, but they also reflect and multiply light. Make sure to consider your lighting for positive or negative effects when deciding where to place your mirror on the wall—you'll want to avoid harsh glare, but at the same time bring more light into your space. This tip will be especially useful in rooms with skylights or large windows.
All in all, there are many ways lighting can be used to create the appearance of a larger room. Directing light towards your walls and ceiling expands your boundaries, and using smaller, unobtrusive light fixtures saves on physical space. Moreover, task and accent lighting techniques allow you to accomplish this while enhancing your room's style and character instead of sacrificing it. Left with any questions or comments about this article? Drop us a line below or on Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, LinkedIn, Instagram, or Pinterest!


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Manuka Honey
Manuka honey is a monofloral honey produced in New Zealand and Australia from the nectar of the mānuka tree. It has demonstrated antibacterial properties in vitro.Mānuka honey is produced by introduced European honey bees (Apis mellifera) feeding on the mānuka or tea tree (Leptospermum scoparium and/or Leptospermum polygalifolium), which grows uncultivated throughout New Zealand and southeastern Australia.UMF stands for Unique Manuka Factor; it is a measure of the unique type of antibacterial activity naturally present in Manuka Honey.
The trademark UMF is an independent certificate which measures every batch to ensure you buy the highest quality of honey.
Use the UMF® Grade to Make Your Choice:
UMF 5+ Manuka Honey - Perfect as a special treat on toast or as a healthy and delicious sweetener in warm drinks
UMF 10+ Manuka Honey – Provides therapeutic benefits, can be used as a daily supplement
UMF 15+ Manuka Honey and UMF 18+ Manuka Honey – Provide higher levels of anti-bacterial activity that can be used to help fight specific symptoms as a preventive
UMF 20+ Manuka Honey – Contains the highest levels of antibacterial properties and UMf 20+ has the strongest flavor
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Everything about this store is awesome. Owner, employees, selection and classes. Its the best.
I recommend this place because you get great service and advice all at great prices. Go make a trip an enjoy yourself shopping it's awesome their.
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Perfect place for cake decorating supplies. Awesome customer service. Been shopping here since they opened.
Everyone there is so friendly and helpful! The owner, Ms. Barbara, is very knowledgeable and a jot to do business with!
Large variety of items for bakers who take it to the next level.
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HTML may be malformed and/or unbalanced and may omit inline images. Use at your own risk. Known problems are listed at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TextExtracts#Caveats.Arcidosso is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Grosseto in the Italian region of Tuscany, located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) south of Florence and about 35 kilometres (22 mi) northeast of Grosseto and near the town of Montalcino.
The first certain documentation of the existence of the settlement of Arcidosso is from the year 860, when it is said to belong to the Abbey of San Salvatore. In 1331, Guidoriccio da Fogliano besieged it for four months with an army of 4,000 soldiers and 400 horsemen, until it surrendered. After the fall of the Republic of Siena in 1556, it passed under the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Cosimo I de' Medici established many outlying offices here.
Following the Leopoldina Reformation of 1786, there was a remarkable population increase and the number of Arcidosso's citizens quadrupled in about 100 years. Arcidosso thus became historically the most important political and administrative center in the Monte Amiata area.
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Aldobrandeschi castle
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Margot Ahlquist
Margot Ahlquist is the creator of Paws to Talk, which started as an advice blog and has grown into a hub for dog lovers to get life support on an array of topics.
With Paws to Talk and Pawbituary, Margot combines two of her passions: dogs and helping others. Margot credits her Poodles Bella, DiDi and Toby for helping her make it through the toughest times in life and being constant inspirations.
Her Paws to Talk podcast has been featured on the popular iTunes New and Noteworthy List. Margot is also a contributor to Dogster.
Prior to her work on Paws to Talk, Margot worked for over 8 years as a writer, researcher and producer in the television industry in New York City. Her work in television garnered an Emmy Award Nomination.
She has a bachelor's degree from Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications and is a Coach U Core Essentials Graduate. Margot is a former nationally ranked, record-setting tennis player who competed at the Division I level for Syracuse University.
She makes sure to play a good game of fetch everyday.
Honest and kind people
Eating my mom's homemade Sicilian Chicken while having a great conversation
All dogs
People who believe they can change their lives for the better
Having a good laugh
People who aren't willing to take responsibility for their lives.
A meal that looks better than it tastes
When animals and/or people suffer
Closed-minded people
I am an 11-year-old perfect specimen of black Standard Poodle. I enjoy playing catch, lovingly nibbling on my humans' hands, Cedar-Plank Salmon and Champagne.
Since I can remember, I have always been told that I am incredibly smart. My humans thought about sending me to law school but I begged them to let me dispense my endless knowledge to others instead.
Just don't try to reach me after 9 pm because I like to get my beauty sleep.
Naps on my humans' bed
Being chased around the dinning room table with a toy in my mouth
Adult dinner parties
Nuzzling my nose in my humans' lap
Anything French
Catching a ball perfectly between my beautiful teeth
Fancy scarves and collars
Cheap Champagne
Crying little humans
Doing my business on sidewalks
Humans leaving my house
I am a 6-year-old black Standard Poodle or so they tell me. Personally, I think I am part Poodle and part 4-wheel-drive vehicle. I love nature, climbing stonewalls, jumping fences, whole rotisserie chickens and light beer.
Sometimes, my humans call me a clown because I collapse in all different positions looking for a cuddle.
I am a young dog so I stay up late. I love to howl at the moon so if you hear me howl back.
Digging holes in the yard
Anything having to do with eating chicken
Disrupting Bella's peace and order
Taking care of little humans
Staying up all night watching my yard
Humans leaving my house
When Bella hogs my favorite toy which is whatever toys she has in her mouth
Going to school. I am yard smart!
Being stuck in the house
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Different Web Host Companies
The world wide web is full of many different web host companies. Each of them have similar services, but at the same time each is different to cater to the certain needs that individuals require. A web host is a company that allows other companies and businesses to use their server to host their sites. This is a business in high demand, the more the internet seems to be expanding. Definitely the industry to be getting into. Below is one example of a web host company.
WWW.GEOHOST.COM- Web Host
Geo Host is one of Canada's web host companies. They provide hosting services for personal, small business, and growing business web sites. They offer Windows, Linux and Cold Fusion hosting options. Each with different aspects. Windows and Linux offer 50MB space and 50 email capacity. Windows is more expensive than linux, windows is $6.25 and Linux is $5.00. Cold Fusion hosting offers 100MB and 100 email capacity for $12 50. Each of these prices are monthly fees.
Obviously, the Cold Fusion hosting would be more appropriate for someone with a more complex web site that would need a higher quality of hosting services. This is only one example of a web host company, but enough to give you an idea as to the pricing and the services that are generally offered: https://fashiontrend.org/folexin/
How to determine your Web Host package
You want to ensure that you register your web site with a web host package that is adequate enough to withstand your web site's traffic and sales. For personal web sites, the web hosting package that you would choose would be the smallest, economy or the cheapest package. The medium sized package is aimed at a small businesses that are not going to expect huge amounts of traffic in the beginning and are only going to need average web host services.


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When President Obama quickly and unblinkingly fired his military commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, over the general's beyond-the-pale comments in a Rolling Stone interview last month, it raised once again a nagging question: Is this finally a golden ticket for addressing what ails Afghanistan?
Despite calls to use the moment to reassess a war going wrong, Mr. Obama's no-hand-wringing choice to replace McChrystal with Gen. David Petraeus seemed to say, "No."
For supporters of the president's strategy, that reassessment was made last fall, when Obama rebuffed some of his closest aides and opted for a counterinsurgency strategy to be carried out with 30,000 additional US troops. The decision to go with Petraeus, the father of the strategy Obama chose for Afghanistan, was essentially one that addresses a case of insubordination while giving the counterinsurgency approach time to deliver, they say.
"This is a change in personnel, but it is not a change in policy," Obama said in his June 23 Rose Garden statement announcing the change of command for the Afghanistan war.
But coming at a time of rising anxiety over signs of deterioration in Afghanistan, the president's stay-the-course approach was met with concern in some quarters.
"The real failure in Afghanistan is the failure of the counterinsurgency strategy, and it doesn't really matter if it's McChrystal or Petraeus himself implementing the Petraeus strategy, it's never going to deliver fast enough to answer the public's misgivings," says Michael Desch, an expert in civilian-military relations in foreign-policy implementation at Notre Dame University in Indiana. "There was no reassessment of policy here," he adds, "so I see no reason to expect different results six months from now" when Obama holds his year-on review of Afghanistan policy.
The change in command comes as US and NATO forces in June ended their deadliest month of the nearly nine-year-old war. New offensives against the Taliban have been delayed amid setbacks in parts of the country once thought to be cleared of militants. Indeed, the Taliban appear to be gaining influence, even as more US troops put boots on the ground. Afghan security forces show few signs of rising to the challenge of assuming NATO's security function.
For all these reasons, the US public appears to be following its European counterparts in waning support for the war. Many analysts, too, are urging what Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, calls a "sweeping" review of Afghanistan policy. "The president was wise to act swiftly to replace his theater commander; he should act no less decisively in reviewing [Afghanistan] policy," wrote Mr. Haass the day after Obama fired McChrystal. Saying the policy "offers little likelihood of enduring results that would come close to justifying the enormous costs," Haass called for "scaling back" the US military presence and focusing more on inducing moderate Taliban leaders to break with Al Qaeda.
Unswayed by such admonitions, supporters of the counterinsurgency strategy – with its emphasis on building relations with the Afghan people and on developing Afghan police and Army forces – say now is the time for patience and policy implementation, not a policy review.
"That fundamental shift happened last fall" when Obama, after a lengthy deliberation, announced his new Afghanistan strategy, says Michael O'Hanlon, a US military and foreign-policy analyst at the Brookings Institution. "This episode was not about any disagreement over strategy. McChrystal and Obama remained the closest of allies in that sense," he adds, "so I don't believe it should be used as if it was that kind of moment."
Some supporters of Obama's decision to replace McChrystal with Petraeus, particularly among Republican members of Congress, say the president should also address problems on the civilian side of his Afghanistan team by cleaning house.
"The civilian side is, in my view, completely dysfunctional," said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R) of South Carolina, who backed Obama's decision to replace McChrystal. Citing a need to "start over" in the relationship between the United States and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, he added, "I would urge the president to look at this as a chance to put new people on the ground without old baggage."
That comment appeared to zero in on the US ambassador to Kabul, Karl Eikenberry – perhaps best known for privately recommending to Obama last year against any "surge" of troops in Afghanistan because of a corrupt, ineffectual Afghan government. Other critics have called for replacing Richard Holbrooke, White House envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, variously referred to as "a bull in a china shop" or a "blowtorch."
But Mr. O'Hanlon, who says he is "a huge fan of McChrystal," suggests this is not the time to reshuffle the US civilian Afghan team any more than the magazine article flap required a change in the military command.
"There probably are pros and cons to how the overall mission is being handled by Eikenberry," he says, "but no one should think a new ambassador would be a panacea."
Even if Obama were to reshuffle his civilian Afghanistan team, it will not calm tensions over the war strategy, some critics say.
"The civil-military conflict in this war is just beginning," says Notre Dame's Mr. Desch, author of "Civilian Control of the Military." "Counterinsurgency takes a lot of time, its outcome is always nebulous, and those are not qualities that rally public support. The Obama administration is accurately reflecting the concerns over how much we can invest in this operation."
There's also the matter of the forthcoming clash over the president's goal for starting troop withdrawal in July 2011. Will it be a "conditions-based" withdrawal, as preferred by Petraeus and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton? Or will it be a hard-and-fast pullback to a minimal US-NATO stabilization and counterterrorism force, as favored by Vice President Joe Biden?
In Senate testimony in June, Petraeus responded with a "qualified yes" when asked if he supports a deadline for a US withdrawal. His view: The pace of withdrawal should be based on conditions on the ground.
Senator Graham was more categorical. "If the president says, 'No matter what General Petraeus may recommend, we're going to leave in July 2011,' we lose the war," he said, foreshadowing the coming debate.
For the moment, Obama seems to have decided to entrust Afghanistan to Petraeus – with the idea of reviewing in December the policy for a war he has deemed to be "absolutely essential."


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Plutonium is a business,
The business people say.
A cupful of Plutonium
Could sweep the world away.
But atom plants are business
With Plutonium on the side,
And business will keep going
Although all the world has died.
Make way for business,
They go where they will go.
If business wants Plutonium,
Who's going to say them no.
The AEC announces
A Pluto-economy,
Plutonium on railroad cars
And on the ships at sea.
Railroad cars they jump the tracks
And freighters they collide,
And business will keep going
Although all the world has died.
There never was Plutonium
Since all the world began,
But now it's a by-product
Of the cleverness of Man.
Half-life twenty thousand years
And there's no place to hide,
And business will keep going
Although all the world has died.
A whiff of that Plutonium
No city can survive,
But P.R. men can make it smell
Like Chanel Number Five.
I sing this song to warn us all
While we still move around,
Cause business goes the way it goes
Unless we cut them down.
Somebody's got to stop them,
Children, that's me and you.
And if some of us go down fighting,
If some of us go down fighting,
If some of us go down fighting,
That's a cleaner way to go.
A song about the consequences of leaving our fates to greedy for power and profits politicians and corporations. They don't hesitate to deal with the most toxic and dangerous elements in the world, like Plutonium in nuclaear plants.
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McHenry County College is offering free training for anyone who is interested in becoming a volunteer literacy tutor for reading, math and/or English language skills. Online training sessions are currently underway and must be completed prior to one of the live training sessions scheduled for 6:30-8:30 p.m. Feb. 27 or from 1-3 p.m. Feb. 28.
MCC's Adult Education Department provides county residents with an opportunity to tutor adult students in reading, math or English as a Second Language. Anyone over the age of 18 with a desire to make a difference in someone's life is encouraged to attend.
A literacy volunteer tutor does not have to speak a second language or have any teaching experience to tutor in the adult education literacy program. Volunteer tutors will receive free basic training that provides the information and skills needed to work with literacy students.
Last year more than 100 volunteers tutored over 400 adult learners. Tutors helped students improve their proficiency in English and provided basic reading and math skills. Instructional materials are also provided along with the support from MCC's Adult Education staff and faculty.
This project was made possible in part by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Library (ISL), a Division of the Office of Secretary of State, using state funds designated for literacy.
To register, go to www.mchenry.edu/volunteer, scroll to the purple "Contact" heading and click on "ask Marie Day to contact you" and you will receive all the information needed to begin your training. For more information, call Marie Day at (815) 455-8542 or visit the website: www.mchenry.edu/volunteer.


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Peregian Springs is a private golf venue nestled just a few miles from scenic Noosa Heads and located right next to the beautiful Peregian Beach.
Visitors are welcome to come and play at this course, but it is always advisable to phone ahead to book a tee time or to check with the club our competition schedule for the day.
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At Peregian Springs, there is no shortage of upscale amenities and facilities. The club's 18 hole golf course boasts challenging fairways with plenty of bunkers, water hazards and dense trees on the rough. Golf carts are available (inclusive with your green fee) and there are cart paths extending through all 18 holes which makes this course an all-weather course.
The club also has an exclusive practice facility, and players are always welcome to come and relax at their well-appointed clubhouse. Here, you will find a licenced bar where you can enjoy some drinks or head over to the dining area to enjoy a tasty meal while you enjoy the lush green fairway views.
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- Modi in China & Mongolia but not in North Korea
- Pizza crimes
- Talks to Suketu about how he got into making beer and what are the challenges he faced
- How to get free beer
- Best Parsi food in Mumbai Restaurants
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2007 Vernier/NSTA Technology Award Winners
The award, co-sponsored by Vernier and NSTA, is part of the NSTA Teacher Award Program. Each year, educators are recognized for their planned or current innovative use of data-collection technology.
Investigating Seasonal Changes
- Wendy Smith
- 3rd Grade Teacher
- Klem Road South Elementary School
- Webster, NY
Wendy's 3rd grade curriculum includes learning about cycles and patterns of seasonal change. To meet this standard, Wendy engaged her 3rd grade students as "environmental scientists" in a year-long investigation of the ecosystem around the ponds at nearby North Ponds Park. Wendy created guided inquiry lessons in which students investigated whether shade affects the temperature of a body of water, and whether it is easier for fish to breathe in warm or cold water. Wendy used these activities to show how data-collection technology can be used to investigate scientific phenomena. Her students developed their own questions and took sensors to the park to gather data. The students collected air, water, and soil temperatures around the park, as well as pH and dissolved oxygen levels in the ponds. The students shared their work by creating e-books, pod-casts, and videos, which are available on their school website. Student response to this activity was amazing. Wendy is pleased with how this project has allowed her students to shine in ways like never before.
Middle School
Learning Physics at the Ballpark
- Michael Breslow
- 7th Grade Science Teacher, NBCT
- Belhaven Middle School
- Linwood, NJ
Mike is always looking for ways to help his students make connections between abstract concepts and the world around them. Teaching physics concepts to 7th grade physical science students can be challenging. Mike's solution was to create Project Surf – a culminating physics lesson the students complete at Sandcastle Stadium, the Atlantic City Surf's minor league baseball stadium. The students determine the velocities of pitched baseballs and explore how the velocity relates to the acceleration of the ball and the force exerted by the pitcher. The fun doesn't end at the ballpark. The students then have to turn this experience into an "Academic" Idol video in which they explain the lesson and what they learned. Mike extends the pop culture connection by reviewing the videos in his Mr. "Trump"-low, the Physics Apprentice, persona. The success of this activity has led to donations of additional technology from the community, and the activity has expanded into a cross-curricular project including baseball history, literature, math, and science.
Biotic Indexing and Stream Water Quality
- Thomas Eddy
- Science Teacher
- Green Lake School District
- Green Lake, WI
Tom's passion for preserving the 55,000+ acre Green Lakes Watershed has led to his involvement in a "Partners in Education" project sponsored by the Green Lake Sanitary District. Tom's students are introduced to the semi-annual activity of monitoring seven streams found in the Green Lake watershed. The students perform a survey of the aquatic organisms that inhabit the water resource, and use a biotic index that relates the presence (or absence) of specific invertebrates to a quantitative measure of the stream's health. In addition, to determine water quality, they use data-collection probeware to measure temperature, pH, flow rate, conductivity, turbidity, and ion levels (nitrate, ammonium, and chloride). The project has motivated students to develop their own studies, some of which have been presented to the Wisconsin Association of Lakes, the Wisconsin Science Congress, and the Green Lake Area Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America. Tom's use of field work has made a positive impact on his students and has turned a school lesson into a project that benefits the greater community.
High School
In the Footsteps of Galileo: The James River Pumpkin Drop
- Timothy Couillard
- Teacher
- James River High School
- Midlothian, VA
Tim believes the best way to promote science is to use technology that puts "discovery" back into science classes. Students taking his senior science research course are expected to research, design, conduct, and present a scientific inquiry of their choosing. Tim introduces this methodology by having them participate in a Pumpkin Drop project. This activity combines a replication of Galileo's Tower of Pisa free fall experiment with the excitement of an egg drop competition. Not only are the students required to produce a container that can protect a pumpkin dropped from various heights, they must determine which data-collection option (Motion Detector, Video Analysis, Wireless Sensors, or GPS) will best track the motion of their pumpkin during freefall. Tim credits his desire to provide student-driven inquiry to his physics teacher, Bob Devantery (Winnacunnet High School, NH), who taught him to "find things out for himself," and to Dr. David Hestenes' (Arizona State University) Modeling Instruction in Physics program, which showed him the potential of probeware in a student-centered classroom.
A Flashlight Without Batteries! How Does That Work?
- Michael Liebl
- Physics/Chemistry/Mathematics Instructor
- Mount Michael Benedictine School
- Elkhorn, NE
Michael has found a unique tool to motivate the discussion of energy production, storage, and transfer with his physics students. He uses a "battery-less" LED flashlight as a paradigm for these processes. The investigation begins with discovering how the flashlight generates energy. A voltage probe connected to a resistor in series with a solenoid allows his students to explore Faraday's law of induction and highlights some of the challenges of energy production. The flashlight's ability to remain lit after shaking has stopped leads to an investigation in energy storage. Michael has his students use a light sensor to study the exponential decay of the light intensity as the internal capacitor discharges. A third experiment involves using a spectrometer to investigate the spectra from LED light sources. This investigation leads to a discussion of quantum energy transitions. An appreciation of the challenges of our modern technological society is impossible without a good understanding of energy. Using a "battery-less" flashlight has helped Michael motivate the exploration and discussion of the issues facing our modern society.
Investigating Pinecroft Natural Area Preserve
- Brent Osborn
- Science Teacher
- North Central High School
- Spokane, WA
In the past, the abilities of students attending inner-city North Central High School were pre-judged based on the socio-economic demographics of the community. As happens all too often, many of the students had internalized these biases. This challenged Brent to develop a program that could change the perceptions of his students and the community. Brent created a research program where his students engage in authentic scientific research at the Pinecroft Natural Area Preserve. Brent's students make use of data-collection technology in their study of local environmental issues, many of which have national implications. The students collaborate with college and government researchers as they design and carry out their own research projects. The students have investigated genetic variation in old growth ponderosa pine trees, soil fertility, air quality, noise pollution, wildlife demographics, microbial abundance, and other relevant topics. In support of this program, Brent created the North Central High School Journal of Science and the North Central Science Symposium, which provide a vehicle for his students to present their research to the community and change perceptions.
Implementing Data-Collection Technology at Central Methodist University
- James "Tiger" Gordon
- Professor of Chemistry
- Central Methodist University
- Fayette, MO
Learning science requires doing science, and in today's technological world, that means using technology to its fullest extent. This has been a motivating principle behind Tiger's implementation of the computer and handheld data-acquisition technology in his science courses at CMU. Tiger uses technology as part of both inquiry-based and concept-confirming laboratories in courses ranging from Concepts in Physical Science and General Chemistry, to Methods of Middle and High School Science Education, to Quantitative Chemical Analysis and Scientific Instrumentation. The success of this infusion of technology is clear to Tiger; his students that have used data-acquisition technology have greater insight into physical science than those who he taught without it. He is most proud of the accomplishments of his students that used data-acquisition technology in their research projects, some of which have been published in The Journal of Chemical Education and The Chemical Educator. Tiger's latest endeavor is to have his Honors General Chemistry students utilize the technology to complete an inquiry-based mini research project they will present to their peers and CMU faculty.
Seven awards are available: one elementary, two middle school, three high school, and one college level. The awards, each valued at $5,500, include $1,000 in cash, $3,000 in Vernier technology, and up to $1,500 in expenses for attending the NSTA convention.
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Pricing Optimization: Striking the Right Balance for Margin Advantage
"This study has been an invaluable tool for highlighting opportunities to improve margins. Implementing the principles in a pilot location raised gross margins by more than 3% in less than a year. It has been an eye-opening experience for those salespeople using the cost-plus method for determining sales price."
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If you want to leverage pricing optimization best practices that are rooted in sound analytics, you must read this study!
The time has come for distributors to address their concerns about shrinking margins by upping their game on pricing decisions. If distributors keep doing more with less, they'll soon find themselves doing everything with nothing! The issue of margin erosion will never end if distributors do not get creative—first with their pricing methods and second with their value proposition. Issues involving pricing methods are more critical to profitability and so should be tackled right away.
For many distributors, pricing decisions are completely left to individual salespeople to do in their own way. Allowing this kind of flexibility is a distributor's weakness. Pricing is already quite complex, and inconsistency will only increase complexity and lead to chaos. This is the crux of the problem. The solution lies in "complexity management"—providing structure with fewer variables, and "consistency"—doing things the same way every time. This comprehensive study will help you achieve the right pricing solution for your business!
Pricing Optimization is jam-packed with:
- 9 best practices from actual wholesaler-distributors
- 40 action steps that your firm can implement immediately
- 73 examples from wholesaler-distributors across many lines of trade!
After you read this study, you'll be able to
- adopt a practical—yet scientific and simple—framework
- bring a new science to the abstract art of pricing
- choose the key variables that should drive your pricing decisions
- deploy existing and readily available information from your IT systems
- expand your customer stratification results for optimal pricing
- fulfill margin goals systematically
- give meaningful and concise information to your sales force so you can optimize margins
- hit gross margin improvements of 150 basis points or higher within months
- implement pricing best practices with minimal resources for a higher ROI!
This book is a collaboration of the NAW Institute and Texas A&M, two leaders in wholesale distribution education and training.
What Distributors Are Saying
"This study brings a unique blend of methodical analytics and real-world experience to pricing optimization. The process is engaging and very well organized. This work is a true partnership between industry and research."
—Kevin Kampe, President, Womack Machine Supply
"Given the complexity of pricing, it is impossible for a salesperson to mentally juggle all the relevant elements of a pricing decision—such as customer segment information, product visibility for the branch and for the customer, historical pricing, target prices, etc. This Pricing Optimization study has gone a long way to specifying these elements and, more importantly, putting them into terms that can be quantified and managed. If you want to be profitable in a competitive market, you must understand where and when you can optimize your pricing. You can't pull your numbers from thin air. This book can help you understand the variables and the math of distribution pricing. Don't get on the phone without reading this study!"
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Scents of Love for Him & Her: Aphrodisiacs
Do you want to spice up your love life? Just a piece of cake! Find out what scents serving as natural aphrodisiacs for him or her, are able to arouse even the most secret desires, making your love life more sensual.
As everybody surely knows aphrodisiac or so called 'scent of love' is the smell that is able to increase sexual desire and add vitality to a human body. So there are some certain kinds of scents that serve as aphrodisiacs for him and another are set for her. Let's sort out which smells can be called the best scents of love.
Scents of Love for Him
At first I'd like to mention that you'd better to use essential oils as their smells are the most persistent. One of the best choices to arouse men's sexual desire is cedar scent. It's able to sharpen the senses, make him feel more at ease, arouse his feelings and inspire for making even the secret wishes come true.
The scent of pines can also stimulate men's sexual activity exciting flight of fancy. But the best scent of love for him is undoubtedly patchouli essential oil. Since ancient times it has been used as an aphrodisiac for men. The scent of patchouli improves sensuality, normalizes hormone level and stimulates sexual activity.
Scents of Love for Her
Women are as well tremulous to the influence of scents, among which is the scent of bergamot. It is not for nothing that essential oil of bergamot is even used for erotic massage. This scent of love can help HER to relax, to get rid of depression, as well as to stimulate imagination and sexual attraction.
Essential oil of rosemary is not less strong aphrodisiac for her. Use it if you want to increase your sensuality and make your love life brighter.
The essential oil of ylang-ylang can serve as the scent of love for both sexes. It increases women's sensuality and improves men's sexual activity making intimacy more tumultuous and bright.
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Last weekend, I went to the Philadelphia Writers' Conference. As I said in an earlier post, I'm really glad I went. I signed up for the novel plot (with Gregory Frost) and novel character (with Kelly Simmons) sessions, and they played off of each other really well. I've read that character and plot are too intricately interwoven to be considered separately, and that was made very obvious by both these sessions. Both of those sessions met for one hour each day.
I also really loved the session on writing for new media (i.e. the web) by Ian Markiewicz. He spoke a lot about writing webisodes for series and about augmented reality games. It sounds like it could be a lot of fun to do, and it's also somewhat relevant for work. Unfortunately, that was only a single hour-long session.
I also realized a lot about myself as a writer and my experience so far, such as:
- Working in marketing has taught me a lot about useful things like search engine optimization, twitter, marketing yourself, etc.
- My relatively new habit of following writer blogs has also kept me informed about the happenings in the writing industry, so i have a good understanding of the pros and cons of new(ish) things like ebooks and self publishing.
- I need to do lots of work on my book—but i knew that going in—and the specific things that occurred to me at the conference will only improve the book.
- I'm driven more by achievement than closure—something Kelly Simmons talked about. I don't just want to publish a book (which you can do easily now). I want it to be good, and i want other people to think it's good.
- I need to stop going to writers block related things. I have many issues, but writers block is not presently one of them.
Also of note, at least to me, was a discussion on the last day of the YA session about Scrivener and YWriter. I happen to use Scrivener and have come to really like it. I think it's made organizing my novel much easier, and it's probably going to help me do the rewriting more easily as well. YWriter is apparently a similar program that is free (as opposed to Scrivener). I personally have no intention of switching, but for those of you looking for writing software, I thought I'd mention them.
Finally, if you're looking for some other people's impressions of the conference (or just ones that involve less naval gazing), check out:
- Kerry Gans's thoughts on the Philadelphia Writers' Conference (Link is to the first of a series of posts on the conference.)
- Donna Galanti's great notes on the lessons of the plot and character workshops.
Strangely, I didn't meet either of them at the conference, although I did see Ms. Galanti there.
This has turned into a rather link heavy post. I'm not sure the SEO person I know would approve.


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61 - Kendall Jenner and Pepsi Released the Worst Ad of the Year, Models Having Sex Now, and Condé Nast's New Perk: Get Paid In a Timely Way
Brand Eff Up:
"Ad of the Day: Kendall Jenner protests with Pepsi and Skip Marley in "Jump In' ad," The Drum
What's Up?
"How Models Ended Up Having Actual Sex in Eckhaus Latta's Spring 2017 Campaign," WMagazine
What's Good?
"CONDÉ NAST WILL NOW CHARGE VENDORS MONEY IF THEY WANT TO GET PAID FASTER," Fashionista
Diggin' in the Crates:
M: "Fast Wine" by Machel Montano
R: "Take Me to the Alley," by Gregory Porter
P: American Pimp


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Yearbooks vanish from Houston schools in Facebook era
Yearbooks falter, popularity plummets in Facebook era
Seniors Rafael Rodriguez and Oscar Lopez expect to graduate this month, leaving their lives at Alief Hastings High School behind forever. But when their campus' yearbook arrived last week, the friends paused by the sales table only briefly to tease their classmate, a yearbook staffer trying desperately to hawk the memory tomes.
"Where's my book?" Rodriguez asked, grinning. When pressed to purchase, the lanky senior shook his head.
"I am just not interested," he said.
The boys are hardly alone at Alief Hastings, where in recent years only 10 percent to 15 percent of students bought the yearbook, said teacher Peggy Miller. That's down from nearly 80 percent when Miller started as yearbook adviser 28 years ago.
Several schools in the Houston Independent School District have even done away with yearbooks all together. Nationally, four college annuals folded this year alone. Teachers such as Miller blame the shift on changing times, changing demographics and the popularity of social networking Web sites, which are becoming the new repository of school memories.
"They all want them, but it's like, who's got $60?" Miller said of yearbooks. "They would rather go buy their tennis shoes or buy a grill for their mouth or something. A book is not as significant today to a child."
No national group tracks the number of high schools or colleges publishing yearbooks, but those working in the industry note lackluster sales on many campuses.
Entire publications have shut down at others — including Furr High School, where Principal Bertie Simmons said the last yearbook was printed in 2002 at a loss of about $3,000.
At South Houston High School in Pasadena ISD, yearbook adviser Melissa Neely remembers the annual book as a must-have when she graduated in 1989. These days, on a campus of 2,400 students, only about 300 copies sell.
Blaming demographicsNeely blames demographic shifts. Her school, she said, is now predominantly Hispanic, with many students raised by immigrant parents who may not have attended high school in the United States. At the college and high school level, advisers say they often rely on parents who understand nostalgia to push yearbooks on their children.
"My dad was like, 'You are going to get a yearbook for every year,' " Neely said. "These kids will ask, and their parent will say, 'You don't need one until you are a senior.' Or, 'You don't need one at all.' "
Lisa Schwartz, a manager at the Houston office of Taylor Publishing, which produces more than 600 yearbooks in this area, said demographic shifts are hardly new. But Internet social networking is.
"I think it is directly related to the popularity of Facebook," she said of declining sales. To counteract this, the Dallas-based publishing company will next year begin offering personalized supplements to the traditional books most schools sell. Under this marketing plan, teenagers could design their own pages, with personally picked pictures, quotes and background graphics.
"The printed yearbook will always be around," Schwartz said. "(But) the trend seems to be more personalization."
That's a concept Kathy Lawrence, media adviser at the University of Texas, tossed around a few years ago while trying to raise yearbook revenue there.
In the 1980s, the university's yearbook sold 14,000 copies. Now that figure is closer to 2,500, only a mild improvement from the 1,700 low in 1997.
Lawrence eventually opted to hold off on the personalized pages, reasoning that the cause of the decline was bigger than MySpace.
At UT, yearbook interest waned noticeably, she said, when the college moved from in-person class registration, in which students were routinely asked to buy the yearbook after filing through a line to sign up for classes, to phone-based registration. Growing student bodies and declining campus involvement are other factors advisers attribute to the shrinking pool of college yearbooks.
"Four have died this year, which I am sorry to say," noted Lawrence, also a past-president of College Media Advisers. "The problem is, when a yearbook dies there is no other institution or organization on the college campus that is doing a capsule version of the history of the year, written and photographed by the students who lived through that history."
'A tradition'The situation is not universal. Bellaire High School in Houston regularly wins national high school yearbook awards. At Tomball High School , adviser Joanie Gill boasts that at least half of all students buy yearbooks.
"It is a tradition," she said. "It helps that we are still the only public high school in Tomball. Our junior highs have yearbooks so students and their families learn about them then, and we try to get as many kids in the book as much as possible."
At Alief Hastings last week, a couple hundred students picked up a yearbook the first day of sales. In the lunchroom that afternoon, Katherine Anderson, 18, and her friends giggled over some of the pictures as they flipped through pages to see how their personal snapshots turned out.
"I had to get it for all the memories," said the senior.
This year, Miller agreed to pay for mostly color pages, hoping the more flashy look would lure in new buyers. Each spring she also orders extra copies — aware that years later, a few former students will call, hoping to buy a copy from their high school days.
"It is special," she said. "They don't realize it until later."


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It has been a little while now since I moved into my little cabin* up here on my little hill. It is tiny and pretty and I love it.
I love the home I have created, mostly because I love the environment in which it allows me to live.
I love being wrapped in the stars at night. I love watching the birds go about their business as if I am a normal part of it. I love the trees silently standing guard over my days.
The pace here is in time with the beat of my spirit. The days wait for me to be ready to start them.
I do not want to paint it a completely secluded paradise – I have neighbours beside and behind me, plus the caravan park you can see in the picture above. At night I can hear my neighbour's dogs scratching around in their kennel on the other side of the fence, the man across the lane likes to light fires in his backyard at all hours and depending which way the wind blows I can hear the trucks pass through town down on the highway.
But amongst all that I am generally left to myself. And when I slipped and fell a few weeks ago and broke my foot, someone was here within five minutes to help me. Total isolation is a bit overrated I think.
I am often surprised that I have managed to create this home for myself – it spent such a long time being a weird dream that I had started but not managed finished. Now I appreciate every day that I wake up here, and every night tucked up quietly in my bed.
*Let's call it a cabin, that's what it feels like.


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Seriously, 2017…W.T.F. I've had "meh" years before, where either some unfortunate things happened, or nothing happened at all to make the year mostly forgettable. But never, and I mean never, has there been a worse year for me than 2017. I know several people who share that sentiment as well. And yet, I had some truly amazing things happen in my life this year; things that have altered my very existence and perception of life. So how do I refer to this crazy-ass year that I seem to have a love/hate relationship with? In one word (or, compound word): life-changing.
2017 has been my most life-changing year in my 31 years on earth.
It was incredible and downright terrible. I had the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. I both lost and gained people in my life. I also lost myself, and then found my true self for possibly the first time ever. Needless to say, I grew up in a major way.
But through all the hardship this year brought, an amazing thing happened…I discovered a new appreciation for my life. I learned the true meaning of friendship, love and support. I have a new path to try to navigate, but I feel a confidence now that I've never felt before. I mean, once you've been pounded into the pavement, there's nothing else to do but get up, brush yourself off, and move forward, right?
I noticed something the other day. When I used to get depressed before, it would completely consume me and knock me down. Now it seems like every time I get depressed, I get angry about it, but in a good way (if that makes sense). I know what it's like to be down for the count, and I don't want to be there again. So instead of allowing myself to succumb to it for an entire day, I sit with it until I get bored of it, and then I somehow get really motivated to be productive. I honestly don't really know where it came from, but it feels like a step in the right direction so I'm just going with it.
I have big plans for 2018, which I'll post more about next week. I'm not one to make new year's resolutions, but there are some things I do resolve to change in the coming year:
- I'm no longer going to dwell on the past. I will remember and acknowledge it, but the feelings that linger from my past will now be used to fuel my motivation for the present and future.
- I'm no longer going to be a people-pleaser. This doesn't mean I'm going to start being rude, it just means that I'm done being a doormat, or someone who puts others before myself. It's not selfish if it's self-care.
- I'm going to use my voice and express myself more. I'm 31 years old, it's about time I did this.
- I'm going to spend my time wisely. No more one-way friendships, no more time with negative people, and no more time wasted with people who stress me out.
- I'm going to do exactly what I want to do and I'm going to take chances. This goes for my career, relationships, social life, etc. I'm not going to cave to obligations or play it safe anymore.
To summarize, I'm resolving to take my life back and live it to its absolute fullest going forward. I now know the real meaning of "life is too short" because I've seen it end just like that, and it can happen to any of us. And while none of us are particularly special, we all have lessons to learn in this lifetime. We may as well try to live fulfilling lives and discover what we can about ourselves until it's our time to go.
So peace out and F U 2017! But also, thank you.
P.S. – Thank you to everyone who's followed my blog this year and expressed support. Whether you've had a good or bad 2017, I wish you success and happiness in 2018 ❤


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The Kanban board is a tool used to track progress in projects.
In a Kanban board, the tasks needed to complete the project move along a progression of states. Project managers can use it assign work to teams and team members, who will use it to track the progress of development, letting everyone do things like addressing bottlenecks or predicting delays.
Making your Kanban board
The basic Kanban board has three vertical swim lanes – to do, doing and done – where the user stories planned for the current sprint are written in cards (post-its, static notes or similar) and arranged from high priority on top, to low priority at the bottom.
Other versions of the board use more vertical swim lanes for different stages (such as waiting for approval, testing…) and horizontal swim lanes for the different teams and for blockers and critical issues, or definitions of states that can help teams decide the right move to make.
Kanban can be extended as much as you want. You can complement your user stories cards with colour stickers to indicate their priority or assignee, or use different card colours to differentiate stories that belong to different components of the project.
Depending on your team size, the complexity of your project and other variables like the amount of supervision needed or the experience of the team you may want to use a simpler or more complex board.
Remember that tools are at your service and not the other way around, and feel free to add your own personal flavour to your Kanban board.
Kanban Boards can be paper or digital based. You can easily make a Kanban board in a white wall with some paper and tape, or you can go for one of the many tools that let you share a digital Kanban board with your team.
For paper based boards I recommend Stattys notes. They are notes that stick to all kind of materials using static energy. They come in different colours and can written on with pencils, pens, markers… The company also makes whiteboards using the same material, be sure to check them out.
On the digital side, I have recently started using ZenHub, a plugin that lets me display my GitHub issues in a Kanban board, right inside of GitHub. This plugin creates an additional tab in GitHub issues, and lets you move issues along different states. It comes with different templates you can use to get started (from a sales pipeline to the classic Agile Kanban) or you can start with a blank board to fully customise it as per your team needs.
Making your Kanban board part of your team's daily routine.
The Kanban board is not a tool for project managers, it is a tool for team communication. When bringing the Kanban board to an organisation it is necessary that you communicate the purpose and functioning of the board to all the team members that will actively use it (project managers, developers, designers, testers, copywriters…) or benefit from it (executives, product owners…).
A good idea is to use your Kanban board in your daily Standup. This will help you collect your team's feedback; move tasks forward, mark them as blocks or put it in another team's row.
If you don't do daily stand ups or don't have a scrum master, you can ask team members to move cards across the board themselves as they progress through the day.
If Kanban is new to your organisation, as a project manager you will usually find that is is not natural for team members to update their progress in the board. Sometimes this will mean that Kanban is not the right tool for them, but if you really believe that a Kanban board can improve your performance and communication openness, don't hesitate to follow up directly with each team member and move tasks across the board yourself. Evil PM tip: Let them know every time you do it. This will probably push them to start doing it themselves just to avoid hearing from you.
Do you use a Kanban board in your project? What are some pros and cons of using it? Do you prefer paper based boards or digital boards?


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Inca Twirl Skirt
Women's Black and Grey Patterned A-Line SkirtRRP: NZD$209.00
Non-mulesed and sustainably grown merino wool.
The Twirl Skirt is a longer style swing skirt with a comfortable and wide waistband.
Made in Tasmania from 100% superfine merino wool, this skirt has a gorgeous drape style with a rolled hem.
The elastic waistband makes it versatile; tuck a top in for a more formal look or pair with an overlapping top for extra coverage.
Our Twirl Skirt has been described as the 'Princess Skirt' due to its feminine style and flattering appearance.
The Inca pattern is the perfect Spring design and can be matched with a range of colours and tones, both in tops and cardigans.
On its own, it is great in Summer due to the cooling nature of Superfine merino and in Winter, it is perfectly matched with our 200g Merino Leggings.
Model is 155cm tall and wears size 6.
75 cm in length (size 6).chic
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#Hosted Holland America Line: America's Test Kitchen
Holland America Line sets itself apart in a crucial area when deciding on a cruiseline: the food! While aboard the ms Westerdam we were extremely impressed with the three pools, art galleries and friendly staff. However, as a self-proclaimed foodie none of these things were quite as important as the ship's meals. On any vacation I want to be enjoying flavors and food arrangements that are impressive and unique, and I expect nothing less while on a cruise. Even if a cruise is just a few days long the meals can make-or-break the experience. Holland America Line does not disappoint, serving up fresh dishes that help solidify the cruiseline as one of the best in the industry.
The Seafood Platter featured a Midori gelée and a champagne ginger dressing. I was blown away with their presentation:
I didn't expect to be eating Barramundi while on the cruise, a nice surprise. This one showcased oyster mushrooms, French lentils, celery purée, Madera truffle reduction.Even simple dishes were prepared well, like this beef tenderloin. Fondant potatoes, mushroom confit and a Port glaze.
Kicking back some bubbly was something I definitely did not object to, "when in Rome…"
Holland America takes the food experience a step further on their ships, with an actual Americas Test Kitchen studio right onboard! As someone who has followed the TV show's 16 seasons, owns some of the cookbooks and frequents their recipe website, I was thrilled to hear of an actual ATK studio on the cruise line where I could view the industry's best chef's drop some kitchen knowledge on us. Watching ATK live was amazing! The audience members consisted of all types of people, from those looking for cooking pointers to others who just enjoyed watching a familiar TV show live. There were probably some others there like my husband who was just happy to eat the amazing food that the pros were making!
Holland America Line is making a splash with its increase in cruises and visitors (here in San Diego a 65% increase over last year). With delicious meals and differentiators like its exclusive partnership with America's Test Kitchen they should definitely be a top considerations for your next vacation.


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The Linac14 conference is now over!
We would like to thank all organizers, contributors, delegates, exhibitors and sponsors for making LINAC14 a successful and memorable conference.
A gallery of conference pictures is available here.
The conference Pre-press release of the proceedings is available here.
Presentations to the main sessions (oral posters excluded) are available on Indico here.
Roland Garoby
Chair LINAC14 International Organizing Committee


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A weekend in the Yarra Valley
RACV RoyalAuto Magazine
When I told friends I was going to Coldstream, they looked at me as if I'd grown another head. "There's not much to see besides Dame Nellie Melba's old place," said one. Another was more blunt: "There's nothing there. Why would you want to go?" Good question. But I wanted to check out some Coldstream wineries – Domaine Chandon and Dominique Portet – and so, rugged up on a misty morning (Coldstream regularly dips below 0 in winter), I set out to explore the area.
I had been told that Coldstream was the gateway to the Yarra Valley, but it is really the gateway to all the addictive substances the region offers - wine, cheese and chocolate among them. It's also easy to get to from many parts of Victoria.
Urban sprawl gave way to green hills and vineyards as I drove from Melbourne. I blinked as I passed through the tiny township of Coldstream, and missed it.
But that didn't matter as I was soon enjoying a wine tasting at Dominique Portet. The winery is a few minutes from the township; Portet, a ninth- generation French wine maker, established his label here in 2000. After toasting this smart move with a cold-climate chardonnay, it was time for a cheese fix in neighbouring Yering. Along the way, I glimpsed "Melba's old place", aka Coombe the Melba Estate. Dame Nellie Melba bought the grand Coldstream property in 1909 and it now includes a restaurant, cellar door and gallery featuring some of the opera singer's personal effects. The idyllic garden - all 2.8 magnificently landscaped hectares of it - is the star attraction, though it's accessible only by pre-booked guided tour. Some idiot hadn't booked in; that'd be me. Ah well. I vowed to see it on a return trip and took a short drive up the Melba Hwy - named in her honour - to Yarra Valley Dairy.
The dairy looks like a couple of sheds in a paddock because, well, it is; the cheese shop is housed in a century-old milking shed. On a busy day, rapid-fire tastings at the cheese counter can leave you feeling like you're on a production line: instead, slowly savour a dreamy, creamy goat- and cow-cheese platter in the rustic dining area, where you can graze while gazing at gorgeous pastoral views.
That's something my friends were right about: there's not much to see, except lush, well-maintained vineyards and tree-lined hills. When the mist lifts and the sun shines through, it's magical.
Tip: get someone else to drive so you can be mesmerised by the view, especially if you're going to Tarra Warra, about 10 minutes from the dairy. On the way you might spot Yarra Valley Chocolaterie and Ice Creamery, or at least the signs for it (there are plenty); stop off and watch the chocolatiers in action, decorating the chocolates that fill the children-clamoring, sensory-overloading, wallet-emptying shop.
TarraWarra Estate - home to a vineyard, restaurant and the TarraWarra Museum of Art - is the polar opposite, a quiet, soothing space with eye-popping architecture. Walk between two huge, curved walls and suddenly stunning hilly views appear, as if from nowhere; it's a slightly surreal experience, and certainly a breathtaking one. The striking building is both modern and timeless, as if it had risen from the ground millennia ago. It's no secret gem - the gallery regularly displays works by big-name Australian artists - and yet there's a pervading feeling that you're the first to discover it. It's the highlight of the trip, though I'm not sure what I like better; the delectable estate-grown produce and wine, or the gallery, designed to frame the scenic views so that art takes a backseat to the architecture.
I ponder this en route to Healesville, intending to visit the wildlife sanctuary but get distracted by shops. After browsing through homewares, accessories and floral arrangements at Clarence, I get a sugar fix at Healesville Candy Emporium. Across the road is Barrique Wine Store, where I pick up some locally made Four Pillars Gin. Kitchen and Butcher is a few steps away; charcuterie, preserves and the delicious, locally made Kennedy and Wilson chocolate beg to be tasted. A little further, past Innocent Bystander cellar door and restaurant (another top spot for a meal), is Healesville Glassblowing Studio.
Back in Coldstream, I spot Coldstream Brewery, right in the township; nearby is an indoor pick-your-own strawberry farm. There isn't time to see everything, and I've missed Domaine Chandon. But that's OK – it gives me an excuse to return next weekend.
Local tip: Yering Station farmer's market is held every third Sunday of the month.
Local tip: Get lost in 8ha of mazes and gardens at Hedgend Maze.
Show your RACV membership card in and around Healesville to save. Visit racv.com.au for more.
The photographs accompanying this article were taken by Daniel Pockett, a student at the Photography Studies College. RoyalAuto is working with the college to help students hone their skills. Daniel says a background in architectural drafting enhanced his photographic eye.