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Despite economic woe in the motor industry, Toyota sold 8.42 million vehicles in 2010, making it the world's top car maker for the third year in a row.
But perhaps more surprising is the re-emergence of GM, whose global sales figures of 8.39 million vehicles for 2010 represent a 12 per cent rise from the previous year.
General Motors managed to achieve double-digit increases in five of its top ten markets, and sold 2.35 million vehicles in China. The firm seems to be capitalising on Toyota's image problem, following massive recalls in 2009.
Toyota said that beating GM was not its major concern.
'Our objective is to become No. 1 with the customers,' said Toyota spokesman Paul Nolasco.
'We want to be their favourite car manufacturer,' he added.


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So uh. Y'all hear about that girl that has work at 6am? The one that currently has peely foot mask boot things on her feet as she watches anime and eats some chicken Yakisoba instead of winding down for the night?
Spoiler alert: that dumbass is me. I have another like 30 minutes left on these boots and I'm not even remotely close to being sleepy sooooo here we are.
Since I'm procrastinating going to sleep like a semi-responsible pseudo-adult, I figured I'd get another little review up. Because why the hell not?
This time, I've got a super new-to-me brand, and I'm absolutely in love so far! Jill over at JReine Cosmetics is joining in on the April Polish Pickup fun with a delicious holo that will make the stars jealous.
The Galaxy Rocks ($12.50 – capped at 240); "a duo holo base with two multichrome pigments that shift between green, blue, pink, purple, red and aqua. Pink and blue micro flakies along with flecks of pink, violet, turquoise and copper."
I have to say, I'm impressed with the formula! This pale lilac goes on so smoothly – and it's almost fully opaque in one coat. I'm most definitely digging it. This shade is gorgeous, too!
I know there are only so many ways to say how pretty a polish is, and I've used many of them repeatedly on this blog, but trufax. If something is pretty, it's just plain pretty, yeah?
All PPU items for March will go up for preorder starting this Friday, the 6th of April, at 11am EST over in the shop. As usual, shipping is a flat $3 for the US and a flat $5 for our neighbors North of the wall! International shipping is also available at cost.
For more photos and links on what's releasing for via preorder on Friday, you're going to want to check out the Polish Pickup Pack on FB. For more on JReine Cosmetics, check out the links below!
It's time for bed for me, ugh. I'm ready for the weekend so I can sleep in. Two. More. Days.
Thanks for stopping by!
***The nail polish mentioned in this post was sent to me in exchange for an honest review and photos, which can be found above.***

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Since its founding in 1988, North Heights Christian Academy has continued to offer an excellent, Christ-centered, kindergarten through 8th grade educational program.
As members of an exciting and vital ministry, we hope you will explore the many ways to become involved in the education of your children. Our certified, Christian staff offers advice and expertise that goes beyond the classroom. We pray that your experience and investment at NHCA will be a blessing to you and your children now and for years to come.
North Heights Christian Academy offers the following sports to students 5– 8th grade:
Fall Sports: Girls Volleyball, Boys and Girls Soccer, Boys and Girls Cross Country
Winter Sports: Boys and Girls Basketball, Boys and Girls Swimming
Spring Sports: Boys Baseball, Girls Softball
NHCA is part of the CAA league (Catholic Athletic Association). This means that through this league, we have games set up for us against other teams, mostly Catholic schools.
Our goal is to challenge each student to improve, to learn to win with humility and respect, and to accept loss with dignity, courage, and honesty. Another goal is to practice the skills with diligence; play the games with intensity; honor each other in word and deed; and above all else, exalt the Lord with body, mind, and spirit.
North Heights Christian Academy admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis or race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admission policies, financial aid program, and athletic and other school-administered programs.
Our home soccer, baseball, and softball games are played at the school in Roseville.
Our home basketball and volleyball games are played at the North Heights Lutheran Church in Arden Hills. Enter the building using Door C.
Roseville Location2701 Rice StreetRoseville, MN 55113
Please click here to check the CAA (Catholic Athletic Association) site under "Team Sports" for all current updates, as dates change often.
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Congratulations to Math Notermans (@mnotermans5114) for winning the last contest with his ScrollMagic entry! Shout out to Struitt (@struitt) for his hilarious Diet Dr. Pepper entry and to Trivantis's own Stephanie Ivec (@stephanie-ivec) for her LUC 2016 Speaker Proposal course (P.S. Have you submitted your proposal yet? Go here for more information! If selected you get a free trip to LUC16) for submitting awesome entries. I also posted my example course which you can check out here.
Compliance courses have gotten a bad rap over the years. Just because something is required doesn't mean it has to be stale, dated, and an overload of information. Instead, it should be energized, filled with just-in-time information, and most importantly, fun. This week's contest is to take a standard compliance topic and turn it into a course so amazing that learners would want to shout their excitement from the rooftops.
Need inspiration… how about a ergonomics course? Check out OSHA's Ergonomics resources for more information on the topic.
To participate, upload your content on the Share New Contest page. Be sure to promote your entry on social media, because the entry with the most downloads wins! Each winner will be announced once the two-week entry period has closed.
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Amazon Trying To Get Its Hands On Freight Management Technology
Amazon's freight transportation network has been expanding at a breakneck pace recently, and companies that provide the technology needed for such operations are now reporting that the retail giant has been reaching out to them.
Amazon has recently taken steps to register ocean cargo shipments and lease cargo planes in what many experts believe is a move to slash shipping costs and get rid of middlemen. Their quest to obtain the right technology to determine efficient shipping routes and organize fleets of planes, ships and trucks now appears to be in full swing. According to sources that have been contacted by the firm, Amazon is seeking existing technology in hopes of reducing development time.
While transportation management software is being increasingly used to control goods as they move through supply chains, not everyone has gotten on board yet. This has been an area of great interest to investors, but many of the new entrants in this field have yet to give any of the top forwarders a run for their money.
Lower Shipping Costs Lead To Lower Prices
If they succeed in obtaining a platform for freight forwarding, Amazon would be able to reduce the costs incurred by sellers, which would have the ultimate result of keeping prices as low was possible for consumers.
Amazon could eventually become a real threat to existing forwarders if it manages to make headway with their smaller clients, many of whom are already sending their goods to Amazon distribution centers.
Freight forwarding is a $150 billion-per-year industry, and Amazon rarely enters into anything half-heartedly. Observers will be watching their next moves very closely to see exactly how this plays out as any major move by Amazon could well have a ripple effect on the entire industry.


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I've been an passionate wearer of sunscreen for over eight years now; around the same time that I left foggy old London for Dubai's sunny climes. And not just your standard factor 15; I'm talking full on SPF 50+ come rain or shine. In fact, I don't even need to be leaving the house to slather on the sun protection.
Despite all the scientific evidence proving that sunblocks actively prevent skin cancer and more importantly, wrinkles and saggy skin (ha!) it's one of the most ignored products in women's skincare routines.


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Content Album is a responsive grid with a gallery view using 3D Transforms. Based on the gallery seen on the Chromebook Getting Started guide by Google. We used Masonry for the grid and 3D transforms for navigating the items. For smaller screens we have used media queries that adjust the grid layout and also the gallery view. In the gallery view, the arrow keys can be used to navigate and the view can be closed using the "Esc" key.


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Texas Republican Governor Rick Perry sent a letter to Barack Obama Friday inviting the president to visit the U.S. Mexico border in order "to see firsthand" the flood of illegals and the humanitarian crisis that came with them. Perry also formally requested 1,000 National Guard troops and surveillence drones to patrol the border.
Additionally, the fear of spreading disease prompted Perry to ask that the Center for Disease Control get directly involved in watching the various centers housing the flood of illegals.
"There is no doubt that I have disagreed with you and your administration on many policies over the years," Perry wrote. "This crisis, however, transcends any political differences we may have.
"The safety and security of our border communities is being threatened by this flood of illegal immigration, and the crisis worsens by the day," he added.
Perry also called on Obama to "modify or rescind policies that serve as a magnet to encourage illegal immigration," in particular the so-called catch-and-release program.
The border crisis is just one of many self-made disasters currently distracting the president. On top of a flood of illegals causing all kinds of problems, Obama is having to deal with the fallout over his mishandling of Iraq, Russia, Syria; lackluster domestic job growth, the increasing unpopularity of ObamaCare, and an American economy just one fiscal quarter away from recession.
According to a new NBC poll, only 42% of Americans believe is still up to the job of being president.


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Last week, Champ Ensminger, premiered his incredible and much-anticipated music video, Us. Champ was theSummer 2015 Emerging Artist Fellow here at the JBFC.The video is currently enjoying an international release online through well-known music-magazine, The FADER.Us was created | more »
When I left New York last year for my birthplace of Chiang Mai, Thailand, I thought I had stepped away from my career and artistic practice in film for a while to enjoy some time traveling the other side of the world. Through a few happy coincidences, I found that all roads | more »


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Hands-on with Toshiba's new LED Cloud TVs and Media Box with Blu-ray
Although a mixer isn't exactly the best place to spend quality time with new TVs and Blu-ray players, we did take advantage of the time with the new hardware that was on display at Toshiba's CES party. We saw new a few Media Boxes with Blu-ray as well as new Cloud connected LED TVs. They all shared a common look and feel, which is part of Toshiba's new corporate design elements. Cloud can of course mean just about anything these days, but to Toshiba it means things like network upgradability, peer to peer WiFi, Skype, as well as an event calendar and photo album. The slimmer L7300 line and higher includes a wireless keyboard with trackpad, while that is only an accessory on the L4300. We'll have to wait a little longer to learn the price, but everything is set to come out by this Summer.
Filed under: Home Entertainment, HD
Read more http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/06/hands-on-with-toshibas-new-led-cloud-tvs-and-media-box-with-blu/


text: Politics / Barack Obama Bad Sign: The Hamptons Are Totally Over Obama Richard Cohen spent Labor Day there, and found zero fans By Kate Seamons, Newser Staff Posted Sep 7, 2011 1:03 PM CDT Copied Whoever vacations in this home might no longer support Obama. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File) (Newser) – Richard Cohen spent his Labor Day hobnobbing around the Hamptons, that magical place where, in his description, "the Democratic energy, money, and intellectual firepower of Manhattan goes for R&R." It may not be the vacation destination of the working-man Democratic base, he acknowledges, but it's a good Democratic barometer. And here's how Cohen read that barometer: The Hamptons are over President Obama. While spending the holiday at events peopled by lawyers, tycoons, academics, and other such folk, the topic of Obama came up at every single one. "At none of them—that's none—was he defended." story continues below And that's pretty wild, observes Cohen, who notes that he was mostly surrounded by Democrats, some of whom "had been vociferous Obama supporters" as recently as last year. They griped about the disappearance of their "change" advocate, about Obama's inadequate stimulus plan, about his lack of political skills. Sure, some of these same complainers will run right back to Obama once the choice comes down to him or, say, Rick Perry, writes Cohen for the Washington Post. But for now, they "have bailed on Obama—not just some of them, not just a few of them, but all of them. The early returns are in: Obama has lost the Hamptons." (Read more Barack Obama stories.)


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Live Control
What is Live Control?
Live Control is Clanforge's web-based system to control your servers in real-time.
What can I do with live control?
Everything from viewing simple player lists to changing the current map. See the list on the right for more details »
What do you mean 'in real-time'?
Changes made in live-control take effect immediately, so changing the map or banning a player takes effect as soon as you issue the command.
Live Control can:
- Start/Stop/Restart Control
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...and call me in the morning. Yup, we Neanderthals weren't dumb.
Karen Hardy and colleagues (2013) have a brief paper in a recent issue of Antiquity putting into context their recent finding about possible medicinal plant use by Neandertals. In 2012, this team of authors reported on their examination of the dental calculus of the El Sidrón Neandertals. They found some evidence for plant food consumption, in line with results from other Neandertal sites. But additionally they found chemical traces of other interesting things:
Evidence of oil shale or bitumen. Bitumen was used by Neandertals at other sites as an adhesive for hafting stone points onto wooden spears or handles. That evidence came from the stone points themselves, so it is possible that bitumen was used more widely as an adhesive or preservative in contexts that do not persist as long in the archaeological record.
Alkyl phenols and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons consistent with exposure to wood smoke or smoked food.
Chemical residues consistent with consumption of yarrow and chamomile, including bitter-tasting and appetite-suppressing compounds.
A very low level of proteins and absence of lipid components suggested that the diet of these individuals was protein-poor during the time they were forming calculus.
They reinforced conclusions about cooking plant foods by Neandertals, based on both the chemical evidence and the examination of starch granules embedded in the calculus:
Using mass spectrometry, we have identified the ingestion of cooked carbohydrates in the calculus of two adults, one adult in particular having apparently eaten several different carbohydrate-rich foods. The evidence for cooked carbohydrates is confirmed both by the cracked/roasted starch granules observed microscopically and the molecular evidence for cooking and exposure to wood smoke or smoked food in the form of methyl esters, phenols, and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (notably pyrene and fluoranthene) found in the dental calculus.
The more intriguing observation was the yarrow and chamomile consumption. Hardy and colleagues considered it likely that these plants were used for medicinal purposes by the Neandertals. They discuss the botanical qualities of these plants briefly in their current paper (2013):
Yarrow is a flowering plant in the Asteraceae family, common across temperate regions. It was used as a vegetable in the Middle Ages, notably as a component of soup, but has an extended history of medicinal use, in particular as an astringent (Chandler et al. 1982). Camomile tea is well-known today as an aid for stomach complaints and nervousness, though there is little record of it as a food. Bioactive constituents are linked to antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties (McKay & Blumberg 2006), while its ability to assist with general anxiety disorder has been demonstrated (Jay et al. 2009).
Laura Buck and Chris Stringer (2013) suggested an alternative explanation for the yarrow and chamomile. They note that arctic peoples often eat the stomach contents of animals they eat, which comprises one of the major sources of plant foods in their diet. In such cases, the plants are not necessarily those most palatable or digestible by humans.
We are not, of course, proposing that Neanderthals would not have eaten plant foods, nor are we discounting the possibility of Neanderthal self-medication. However we suggest that, given the evidence for widespread consumption of stomach contents in recent human groups, and the likely benefits of a rich source of vitamin C and carbohydrates (to say nothing of the possible cultural or social reasons for chyme consumption) this behaviour should be taken into account as a possible source of plant foods, including 'medicinal' ones, in the archaeological and fossil record.
Hardy and colleagues (2013) do not directly react to this argument (which may have emerged after submission of the article), but they do note that the El Sidrón Neandertals lived during a time of relatively mild climate when plant foods would have been easily available in the immediate surroundings. The evidence for cooked starch granules and paucity of protein further suggest that the plants were selected and used by the Neandertals rather than opportunistically consumed as part of herbivore stomach contents.
But these possibilities are not mutually exclusive, either. From my point of view, one of the most likely ways that Neandertals may have accomplished the gelatinization of starches is by cooking grains and other plants inside of animal bladders, including the stomach.
We may also consider that both yarrow and chamomile are used for dying fabrics, so it is not impossible that the Neandertals were processing them as pigments by chewing them. They are already known to have used red earth pigments and black manganese pigments.
Hardy and colleagues finish their 2013 paper by considering what self-medication would mean for our understanding of Neandertal behavior:
Though all primates (and other animals) have varying levels of enzymes which make us more or less tolerant of certain toxins, there are plants which are poisonous to all; in order to survive, hominins needed to know which plants not to eat and how and when to eat those plants they selected. The use of edible bitter tasting plants by the Neanderthals of El Sidrón suggests their knowledge was sufficiently refined to use plants with confidence even when their bitter taste warned of potential toxicity. This demonstrates that their knowledge of plants was at least equal to today's higher primates; with their additional linguistic and technological abilities it may have been far more elaborate. Rather than contradicting the extensive evidence for consumption of meat, the evidence for the use of plants adds a rich new dimension to our developing knowledge of Neanderthal life. We can never know for sure why yarrow and camomile were ingested at El Sidrón, but we propose that the evidence for self-medication offers the most convincing behavioural context.
An aside: I know there are anthropologists who will take in this evidence of interesting Neandertal behavior and argue they had a specific "module" in their mind that facilitated naturalistic knowledge, while simultaneously arguing they lacked some crucial "module" enabling modern human social behavior.
That's special pleading. We do not need to hypothesize that Neandertals had a multicameral mind to explain that their cultures were different from ours. Cultures do not weigh every kind of activity or knowledge equally or enable them to be learned equally easily.


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"Democracy is when the indigent and not the men of property who are rulers" – Aristotle
Democracy is not just about conducting timely elections and choosing representatives. It is lot more than that. The true spirit of democracy lies not in the processes but the underlying values that it promotes – accountability, transparency and equality.
However, sometimes it is conveniently forgotten that democratic governance is not limited to the government but also to the political organisations that eventually form the government. It makes little sense if the process of forming the government is democratic but the internal functioning of organisation out of which government is carved isn't.
Given the fact that political parties are the major stakeholders in a democracy and they seek to undertake activities that are in interest of the general public, they must be accountable to public at large.
Political parties have multiple sources of funding and thus accountability and transparency becomes all the more important. It is essential to have comprehensive and transparent accounting methods and systems which would reveal the true financial position of these parties to the public.
Along with fiscal positions, it is also important to analyse the sources of finance, for all the obvious reasons. The total income of national and regional political parties between 2004-05 and 2014-15 reached uptoRs. 11,367 crore. 69% of this income was from unknown sources. The income of national parties from unknown sources increased by 313% during the decade; for the regional parties, it went up by 652%.
As per the donation analysis report commissioned by ADR (Association Democratic Reforms) For four years since 2012-16, as many as 1,933 donations – amounting to Rs. 384 crore – were not accompanied by PAN (Permanent Account Number) details. In the same period, 1,546 donations, amounting to Rs. 355 crore, came without the donor's address.
Moreover, this is not the only source of concern regarding political funding. The corporate funding of political parties is increasing day by day. Business houses donated Rs 956.77 crore (89 % of known donations) to the 5 National Parties during this period, as per ADR.
To worsen the situation, the new finance bill, proposed recently, seeks to remove the limit of how much a business house can donate to a political party (which currently stands at 7.5%). It also proposes to do away with the current requirement of mentioning the name of political party to which it donated.
This paves the way for crony capitalism where businesses will thrive not as a result of risk taken by them, but rather, as a return on money amassed through a nexus between the business class and the political class. Needless to say that this hampers democracy, harms the economy and worsens the political situation for an entire nation, undermining democratic values. Responsible, accountable and transparent fundraising is the only way to avoid such havoc. Online crowdfunding can help this cause for specifically these reasons.
As online crowdfunding receives donation from digital payment gateways, the are easily traceable. The fundraisers hosted on a crowdfunding platform are visible to all, the level transparency will shoot straight up. Due to the crowdfunding campaign, the accountability of political parties too will be higher as they will have to abide by the promises they make in their fundraiser story. Funding money for political campaigns through crowdfunding should accelerate rapidly. Political parties should gear up and know how crowdfunding works, soon!
Crowdfunding will also be a blessing to the small regional and budding parties which do not funds from the mainstream sources. The AamAadmi Party successfully crowdfunded for various political campaigns and election expenditures in early days of its inception. It raised Rs. 10 lakhs within two days for Delhi assembly election. The party's Karnataka state unit raised close to Rs. 2 crore, while in Maharashtra they managed to raise close to Rs. 91 lakhs.
This proves that people would love to donate to parties that they think has potential to make a difference.
For the world's biggest democratic nation-state, getting political funds through online crowdfunding will be a feather in the cap, especially in the days when we are vigorously moving towards establishing benchmarks in good and accountable governance.


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If you're reading this you're probably guilty of texting 'I'm 5min away' when you have, in fact, just about left your front door. It's not too bad (in some circles) to be late when it's just casual drinks with friends. But for your career it's self-sabotaging. If you're all too familiar with entering a meeting room where everyone's already seated, you're in trouble.
For those stuck in a constant battle with Mr Clock, Mrs Wristwatch, Uncle Alarm Clock, and Ouma Time, it's because you're unable to recognise and identify the reasons why you're always behind schedule.
And that's because you:
Don't leave early
If it takes you an hour to get where you need to be, don't leave exactly 60min before the time. You have to account for the possibility of unexpected roadblocks in your path that might throw you off course.
Whether it be the Lagos traffic: an accident, a flat tyre, a broken down motorbike, or perhaps something even more unpredictable: you lost a contact lens, your sole broke, or you bump into an acquaintance who cannot stop chatting.
You are going to have to change your mindset and start assuming that things will always take longer than you think.
Don't factor in the Pre and Post
Let's say your appointment is scheduled for 9 and ends at 10. Very few people realise that all things considered, the appointment actually runs from about 8:45-10:15 in real life. There are simply things that happen before and after that you do not account for.
We often overestimate how much before and after time we have at our disposal. You should factor in the time it takes you to get to the meeting place (and back again) your out-of-office time increases - time that is now part of your meeting. When you enter the room, there's greeting, paper distributing, devices being plugged in, etc. When 10am comes, the people in the room do not evaporate into thin air - no, it takes time to wrap the formalities up.
Gathering your belongings, research, gathering notes, unplugging devices, approaching participants afterwards for a more casual follow-up and/or catch-up, packing your items back into your bag, etc. all contribute to the minutes outside the planned 60mins.
It could help if you added "Transition Time" to your daily calendar to create a more realistic expectation of your schedule.
Foolishly delay tasks you hate
It's human nature: We do things we like doing. And we don't do things we don't like doing. Unless we have to do it, but in which case we still don't like it but will do it with less enthusiasm (or at least until we're forced to do it). In other words: procrastination.
Take your morning routine for example. The one thing that makes you late is the thing you dislike the most. So, you spend too much time doing the things you like, while underestimating the time you'll need for all remaining activities.
Applying a full face of make-up actually takes 10-15 minutes, but for those that don't like the process but feel uncomfortable going without a fabulous face will foolishly convince themselves that it can be done in 5.
Quick Fixes:
Visualise yourself going through the task, step by step. Try to imagine the circumstances leading up to the task. This provides you with a holistic and more realistic approach to the duration of the entire activity.
Try scheduling your appointments further apart. That 15min gap isn't going to be enough to get from A to B and you very well can't be in two places at once, now can you? Leave enough space in between each item you need to tend to and you'll have ample time to work through the unexpected (yet somehow inevitable) obstacles on your way.
Realise that being late is not okay. It is not cute or quirky. As a professional that wants to be taken seriously, being known as the 'Oh, she's always late. It's okay' person is in no way endearing.


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At Edwin Thompson we offer a full range of building services covering all types of property – residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural – including:
- Design services for new build, conversions, alterations and extensions.
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If you fancy exploring the world outside of the city, there are plenty of things to do around York. Go walking over moor and down dale, relax in a Harrogate spa, spend a day mucking about on the beach or an afternoon enjoying some retail therapy in Leeds.
Yorkshire Dales
The Yorkshire Dales contains both the Dales National Park as well as Nidderdale – an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty – to the east. With its stone-built villages and reddish-purple moorland, waterfalls and woodland, drystone walls and hay meadows it is one of the most spectacular places in England.
James Herriot conveyed the breathtaking beauty of the place better than most. "When I left Glasgow to work as assistant to Siegfried Farnon, I had the conviction, like many Scots, that there was no scenery outside Scotland. I had a mental impression of Yorkshire as a stodgy, uninteresting place — rural in parts, perhaps, but dull. I remember Siegfried saying to me a few days after I had first met him, 'Wait till you see Swaledale, Wensleydale and Coverdale, my boy.' [He] was right. I suddenly found myself in a wonderland."
Read more about Tourist Attractions and Things To Do In The Yorkshire Dales
North York Moors
Stretching from the North Sea coast to the Hambleton Hills, the North York Moors contain one of the largest areas of heather moorland anywhere in the UK. Ever popular with walkers, the moors are criss-crossed by nearly 1400 miles of trails and footpaths.
Much of the high moorland is now open access but you'll find plenty of excellent walking down dale as well. There are also a number of longer named trails of which the Cleveland Way – some 110 miles in total – is perhaps the most famous. Tumbledown abbeys, ruined ironworks and railway lines all provide a visual connection to the region's industrial and religious past, and it's charming villages and hamlets are home to many a fine pub.
Read more about day trips from York into the Dales and North York Moors
Yorkshire Wolds
An arc of rolling hills extending from Flamborough on the coast, inland to Malton and then round and down to the Humber Bridge, the Yorkshire Wolds are all about leafy lanes and gently undulating countryside. With a very different feel to either the Dales or the Moors, the Wolds are a great place for a picnic, a day out on the bike or an afternoon stroll.
This lesser known corner of Yorkshire also has its own 79 mile national trail – the Wold's Way – which winds its way through the picturesque hills and hidden valleys. Visiting the area you get the impression that not much has changed in a long time. The small hamlet of Kiplingcotes, just outside Market Weighton, still holds an annual horse race that has been run every year since 1519.
Herriot Country
Herriot Country is almost a semi-mythical area of Yorkshire with no one really seeming to know where it begins or where it ends. It takes its name from the pen name of Yorshire-based vet and author James 'Alf' Wright who had a practice in the town of Thirsk, about 20 miles north of York.
Some claim Herriot country is thus just this area – the Vale of Mowbray – nestled between the Dales and Moors. However, Herriot/Wright was an enthusiastic walker and spent much time in both national parks and gave his name to a hiking trail in the Dales – the Herriot Way.
Adding to the confusion, when All Creatures Great and Small was made into a television series most of the footage was shot in the Yorkshire Dales – and in the minds of many Herriot Country is associated with these locations.
Howardian Hills
A designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the Howardian Hills nestle between the Yorkshire Wolds, the Vale of York and the North York Moors. Taking their name from the Howard family – significant landowners both locally and nationally – the wooded hills and valleys, rolling farmland, rivers and ruined priories make the Howardian Hills fine walking country.
Although the market towns of Malton and Helmsley are nearby, the area has no towns of its own – the only settlements being a number of pretty villages dotted across the landscape. These villages are a great starting-point to explore the network of footpaths and bridleways that criss-cross the countryside – and a great place to return after a days walk to enjoy a well-earned pint.
Yorkshire Coast
Although perhaps not known for it's coastline Yorkshire really should be. Depending on when – and where – you visit, the Yorkshire Coast can be many things; rugged, bracing, picturesque, relaxing or just great fun.
From tiny fishing villages on the edge of the North York Moors to the bucket and spade kitsch of Scarborough through to Whitby with its gothic weekends – it has something for everyone.
Spend a day on the beach with the kids, enjoy the taste of freshly landed crab or take a trip out to catch some fish of your own. Walk along windswept clifftops, go in search of wildlife or explore ruined abbeys. You never know, you might even need to pack the sun cream.
With plenty of hustle and whole lot of bustle, Leeds is Yorkshire's twenty-first century capital and a place where old and new exist side by side. You can buy the latest designers brands in the grand arcades of the Victorian Quarter or dine in style in the refurbished Corn Exchange.
Home to The Northern Ballet, Opera North as well as The West Yorkshire Playhouse, culture vultures certainly won't be disappointed and art lovers can enjoy the city's gallery and Henry Moore Institute. With some 200,000 students, there is a plenty going on at night as well. A fantastic range of bars, clubs and live music venues, mean Leeds can cater to pretty much all musical tastes.
Phil 'Phil and Kirsty' Spencer's top place to live in the UK, Harrogate is consistently voted as 'the happiest place to live' in Britain. Visiting you can see why.
Famous for its reviving waters, 'The English Spa' as it became known in the eighteenth century was popular with wealthy visitors and the town grew in size and style as a result.
Although the Royal Baths are now a Chinese restaurant, you can still sample the Turkish Baths today which are just around the corner – but beware the chill of the plunge pool. Tree-lined boulevards, open green spaces in which to promenade, and the Montpellier Quarter all give parts of Harrogate a slightly European feel – making the town unlike anywhere else in Yorkshire.
Only a couple of miles from Harrogate, Knaresborough is a picturesque market town that is well worth a visit. Perched atop a rocky outcrop, overlooking the River Nidd some 120 feet below, Knaresborough's castle is believed to have been at one time a royal residence. From here you can see the equally impressive Gothic-style Victorian viaduct that carries the railway line across the river.
Knaresborough can also lay claim to have England's oldest tourist attraction, Mother Shipton's Cave – the birthplace of a fifteenth century prophetess who predicted the untimely end of Mary Queen of Scots. Have a lazy day boating on the river, explore the castle ruins and wander the cobbled alleys before enjoying a cream tea in one of the town's many cafes.
The Yorkshire fishing port of Whitby has been an ever popular tourist destination since the arrival of the railway in the nineteenth century. You can experience the golden age of steam yourself by travelling into the town on the restored North Yorkshire Moors Railway.
Whitby has a charming mix of history and sea-side holiday fun, with the abbey ruins on the steep east cliff overlooking the harbour, the Blue Flag beaches and the jumble of medieval streets below. On an overcast and windswept day the town can take on an a somewhat eerie character, and is perhaps the reason why Bram Stoker chose Whitby as the place where his famous vampire came ashore after his journey from Transylvania.
Founded by the nineteenth century industrialist Sir Titus Salt and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Saltaire is a Victorian model village just outside of Bradford. It was built for the workers at the large woollen mill that still towers above the neat stone houses.
Complete with wash houses, hospital, library, concert hall and gymnasium, Salt intended to provide for all his employees educational and recreational needs. Like Bournville in Birmingham, another village built by Victorian industrialists, this was supposed to be an alcohol-free zone so no pubs were constructed. Today the mill houses a restaurant and up-market shops as well as a gallery of works by the artist David Hockney.
Castle Howard
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Although not technically a castle, this grand country house was built on a site of a former castle and it is from this which it takes its name.
Taking more than a hundred years to construct, Castle Howard is one of eighteenth century Britain's finest architectural achievements – both inside and out.
Home to the Carlisle branch of the Howard family for over 300 years, this grand house is surrounded by nearly a thousand acres of listed parkland and gardens complete with statues, temples, fountains and lakes.
Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal
Fountains, Ripon HG4 3DY
Three attractions in one, Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal contains the ruins of a Cistercian abbey, an elegant Georgian water garden as well as a medieval deer park.
Falling into disrepair following the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539, the abbey ruins are a historical monument to perhaps the country's most significant religious revolution – Henry VIII's break with Rome. The water gardens were developed during the eighteenth century by Tory MP William Aislabie in the style currently then en vogue.
Beningborough Hall
Coach Rd, Beningbrough YO30 1DD
Situated just 8 miles north of York and overlooking the River Ouse, Beningbrough Hall is a large Italian-inspired red-brick mansion which was built in the early eighteenth century to replace a more modest Elizabethan manor.
It is currently home to a collection of some 100 portraits on loan from the National Portrait Gallery, featuring people who have made, and are making, a contribution to British history and culture. The walled gardens and surrounding parkland are perfect for a relaxing stroll.
Flamingo Land
Kirby Misperton, Malton, North Yorkshire YO17 6UX
Part theme park, part zoo and part holiday resort, Flamingo Land has something for everyone. Eight extreme rides, including the record breaking Mumbo Jumbo, a dozen family friendly attractions, soft play areas, kids coasters and regular free shows will keep you more than entertained.
Boasting over 140 species of mammals, reptiles and birds, Flamingo Land is also the UK's most visited zoo with regular feeding times, keeper talks and a sea lion show. If you want to visit for longer you can stay in their holiday village or pitch up your own tent or caravan in the campsite.
Eden Camp
Malton, North Yorkshire YO17 6RT
Housed in a former prisoner of war camp, Eden Camp is a multi-award winning museum that was created as a tribute to all those – civilian and military – who endured hardship through the Second World War.
As well as housing a large collection of military vehicles and hardware, the sights, sounds and smells of the Home Front and Front Lines have been carefully recreated in the museum's exhibits. The second half of the museum covers British military involvement in other periods both pre- and post-1945.
Go Ape
Forestry Visitors Centre, Low Dalby, Thornton-le-Dale YO18 7LT
Located in Dalby Forest on the southern edge of the North York Moors, Go Ape is the perfect day out if you fancy some monkeying around.
Swing from rope to rope, scramble up cargo nets suspended metres above the forest floor and launch yourself along zip wires through the tree tops.
With a minimum age restriction of ten years, Go Ape is a great day out with teenagers or something different to do on a corporate event or stag do. They are now offering a 'Forest Segway' as well (which is hopefully more exciting than it sounds).


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Cyber Liability Insurance Market is anticipated to rise at a significant rate in the next couple of years owing to augmentation in the applications and expansion of scope across the globe. Cyber Liability Insurance has emerged as one of the crucial needs of the hour as the incidences of cyber-attacks have been rising widely. It is significant that the need for coverage is rising among the companies as far as liability and property exposure is concerned.
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ST. LOUIS – A 37-year-old Illinois prison inmate has pleaded guilty to using fraudulent work and educational history to obtain jobs at three St. Louis-area health care facilities.
Benjamin Danneman pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court in St. Louis to health care fraud, aggravated identity theft and Social Security fraud.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports court documents say Danneman used the name of a Texas nurse and made other false claims to obtain jobs at Sherbrooke Village in south St. Louis County and the Rehabilitation Institute of St. Louis. He also was assistant director of nursing at the Quarters of Des Peres, a 122-bed nursing home.
Court records say Danneman never had any license allowing him to provide medical services.
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This happened while Anna and I were living in Hong Kong. I was recommended by a friend to a professional photographer, Jeff Le Clare, who was about to launch a new late night private members meeting place/bar/bistro in the Lan Kwai Fong area of the island.
Jeff was looking for something different and at that time close-up magic was very different (I was the only person in the whole of Hong Kong performing close-up for a living).
His establishment was called My Place and all members received a key with a key fob engraved with 'My Place', the advertising campaign was built around inviting people to meet at 'My Place'.
Inside it was state-of-the-art techno design, there were monitors behind the bar with consoles on the bar so that members could enjoy a drink while playing their favourite video game (this would have been about 1988). The idea was to encourage people to interact with each other and encourage strangers to chat while playing against each other. All in all it was a very vibrant and exciting place.
I was engaged to perform close-up then to do a cabaret act at about 1.30 am on the opening night.
By 1.am no-one had shown up, not even the press and Jeff made a decision to go next door to a well known gay disco and invite people in.
They came in, in droves, and soon it was alive with chatter mixed with the unmistakable sound of drinks being ordered. I got stuck in immediately with some close-up and it was a blast, these people were out to enjoy themselves!!!
At first they weren't too sure what to make of my cabaret act, things were going alright then I spotted a couple of guys holding hands across a table; it was one of those moments when you get an idea and just run with it. The tables were so close to the small stage that I was able to step off onto a table and I walked across the tables until I got to the table with the couple of guys I'd spotted. I very politely said "stop holding hands, this is a family show" - there was stunned silence then everyone started to laugh which is what I was expecting to happen.
Once I was back on stage I was camping it up for all it was worth and I hadn't realized how camp my act could be. I was doing a thumb tie and got in lots of references to fetishes and sado masochism and by the time I got into my straight jacket escape I was almost deified.
If I hadn't taken a chance and walked across the tables I may not have been able to get the full attention of a very boisterous crowd who were already drunk and high before they came through the door.
I went back a few times during the week to do some close-up work when suddenly it was closed down (I never did discover why), I had a great time but never got a penny for my hard work - such is life!!!


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GoPro Files for $100 Million IPO
GoPro filed paperwork with the SEC on Monday for a $100 million public offering.
The 10-year-old high-definition camera maker has applied to trade under the ticker GPRO on the Nasdaq. The company first announced plans to go public in early February.
GoPro's revenue soared to $985.7 million in 2013, from $526 million in 2012 and $234.2 million the year before. Put another way, GoPro sales more than quadrupled between 2011 and 2013.
That said, the picture wasn't quite as good on a quarterly basis. GoPro revenue for the first quarter of this year was $235.7 million, down from $255.1 million in the same quarter a year earlier. The company blamed this declined on production delays in the first quarter of 2013.
"Revenue and units shipped for the three months ended March 31, 2013 were impacted by production delays of our HERO3 Black edition capture device in the fourth quarter of 2012," the company said in the filing. "These production delays correspondingly delayed shipments until the first quarter of 2013, which resulted in revenues in the first quarter of 2013 that did not reflect the traditional seasonality in our business."
Unlike some of the other tech companies that have filed to go public in recent months — Twitter, Box, etc — GoPro is actually profitable. It reported a net income of just more than $60 million in 2013.
In the filing, GoPro said it plans to develop new camera devices, increase marketing efforts to boost brand recognition and grow internationally. It also spelled out plans to become more of a media entity in the future.
"We are investing to scale GoPro as a media entity and develop new revenue opportunities by increasing production of GoPro originally produced content while simultaneously increasing the aggregation and redistribution of our customers' "best of" UGC," the company wrote in the filing. "Additionally, we are investing to develop, distribute and promote GoPro programming on additional partner platforms such as Virgin America and Xbox Live."
The company highlighted a number of possible risks in its filing, including the fact that "substantially all" of its revenue comes from video capture devices, a market with competition ranging from established camera makers to smartphone producers like Apple and Samsung.
Beyond that, it noted potential difficulty in predicting customer demand and a significant dependence on its CEO, Nicholas Woodman.


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Magnesium is a mineral which is found in 300 different enzymes in your body and is responsible for a great many important things. Things such as energy, bones and teeth, the heart muscle, bowel function, and the regulation of blood sugar levels requires magnesium. Research is now indicating that most Americans (75-80%) are deficient in magnesium.
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Kidney stones
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High blood pressure
Unlike Vitamin D, it is possible to get magnesium from foods! Good sources of magnesium come from seaweed veggies, nuts (other than peanuts), collard greens, dates, brown rice, avocado, shrimp, beans and epsom salts utilized in baths. When we sweat, use alcohol in excess, eat salt, drink coffee, use antibiotics or high blood pressure medicines we decrease the amount of magnesium in our bodies.
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The National Enquirer, a supermarket tabloid that has reported on aliens, plastic surgeries and celebrity cellulite thighs, is in the running for the Pulitzer Prize after breaking the news on John Edwards affair with Rielle Hunter.
He is about to be indicted by a federal grand jury for using campaign funds to help hide his trysts with the ex-mistress.
Enquirer executive editor Barry Levin said he wants to open up a Washington, D.C. bureau and unfold more political sandals. It's good business for his publication, which will draw in plenty of new readers, but it's also good journalism, according to Levin. "It still shows the reader that wealthy people, rich people, people who they may admire — when you take away the money, have the same types of problems that they have in real life," he told the New York Times.
But digging into John Edwards was an expensive task for the Enquirer, which paid for information from sources, signed off expense reports and rented a cottage to stake out Rielle's whereabouts.
The Times takes a look into the Enquirer's secret sauce. How did they break the political career-crushing story?
Here's how it all went down:
- They got a call on their LA tip line that Rielle was spilling about her affair with the presidential candidate back in late September 2007.
- Gabriel Sherman's piece in The New Republic has a detailed account of that first call: "In September 2007, Rick Egusquiza, a bartender turned Hollywood reporter who joined the Enquirer in 2000, was sitting at his desk in the paper's Los Angeles bureau when he answered the tip line. ("I'm a nice guy, so people tell me things," Egusquiza says.) The anonymous source told him that Edwards was having an affair with Hunter. "I was like, 'Whoa, this is great,'" he recalled. "Not like this is great, but you know, like this is something I want to check out." The piece was assigned the next day, and Barry Levine, the Enquirer's executive editor based in New York, directed the coverage that grew to include nearly a dozen reporters. "We saw some of the videos. It was clear back then, the flirtation was going on. Edwards was like a blushing kid to her," Egusquiza says."
- In the Oct. 22, 2007 issue, David Perel printed an piece about Edwards's secret affair, but the woman was not named in the piece.
- Bloggers sniffed out the woman was Rielle Hunter, a campaign videographer.
- More tips poured in, including one that Rielle was pregnant. The Enquirer rented a cottage in a gated community in North Carolina, where they heard she was staying in a gated community. That way they could get pictures of her without getting gruff from guards.
- Reporters looked up local obstetricians and staked out two or three locations for more than two weeks.
- They finally saw Rielle heading in for an appointment and snapped photos.
- They rolled out their big "John Edwards Love Child Scandal" scoop in the Dec. 31 issue under seven reporters' bylines.
- On July 22, The Enquirer published another article noting that Edwards "was caught visiting his mistress and secret love child." Photos were posted in its Aug. 18 issue that showed him playing with the baby at a hotel.
- Boom! The story exploded across the mainstream media.
- On Aug. 8, Edwards appeared on "Nightline" and sent out a statement explaining himself, although he would not admit he was the father of the baby until months later.
Now the Enquirer is in the running for the Pulitzer. Some critics will say they don't deserve the prize, since they posted articles from anonymous sources and paid some tipsters for information. But other admired journalists, like the New Yorker's Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Seymour Hersh, have used anonymous sources, although not without criticism.
It comes down to whether the Enquirer fulfilled a journalistic mission–and they did. They dug up the truth about a politician who was deceiving his constituents. They combined hard-nosed shoeleather reporting with unconventional (to traditional media) reporting tactics. The Pulitzer board should hand them a prize, unless they are too snobby to give credit where credit is due.
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Comic-Con San Diego, the flagship comic-con event, is rebranding itself Comic-Con @ Home 2020 for this year's event, after cancelling due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Organisers announced last month that the annual conference, which usually takes place in July at the San Diego Convention Center, would be cancelled for the first time in its 50 year history.
Read more: Boba Fett to appear in The Mandalorian series two
But it will now be going virtual.
Posting an official video online, it boasts of 'free parking, comfy chairs, personalised snacks, no lines, pets welcome, badges for all and a front row seat to Comic-Con @ Home'.
Though details of what this means aren't being revealed just yet, it appears that event organisers are planning to run it in some for or other, likely to be announced soon.
Back on April 17, it revealed its 'deep regret' at cancelling this year's show.
Read more: Why Val Kilmer quit as Batman
"The event will instead return to the San Diego Convention Center from July 22-25, 2021," it said in a statement.
"Recognizing that countless attendees save and plan for its conventions each year, and how many exhibitors and stakeholders rely upon its events for a major portion of their livelihood, they had hoped to delay this decision in anticipation that COVID-19 concerns might lessen by summer.
"Continuous monitoring of health advisories and recent statements by the Governor of California have made it clear that it would not be safe to move forward with plans for this year."
In recent years, the conference has become a spot where the major studios reveal new trailers and announce new movie projects.
However, in the wake of the the coronavirus pandemic, dozens of movies which would have taken centre stage have been delayed or postponed, with movies that were in production now suspended indefinitely.


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On Tuesday, March 27, 5 Seconds of Summer, the Australian quartet who recently pivoted hard from pop-punk/boy band hybrid to, like, pop-rock capital-a Adults with their latest single, "Want You Back," their first new track in over 800 days, released a Drake-worshipping video for the song. Okay, maybe that's a tad on the dramatic side, but the visual is well-within the wheelhouse of "Hotline Bling," rotating room and all—and it's like, guys, don't do what Drizzy already done did!
I'm biased—I used to adore 5SOS as a band I thought would revolutionize the pop-punk/boy band space, making it a more accessible and celebratory place for the young female fans that occupy it, but this hard move towards, like, generic radio pop makes that seem like a distant dream. Maybe it isn't? Maybe I'm still being a tad on the dramatic side? I realize shouting "I miss the old stuff," into the void is a very lame and very gross practice, but this vid—and this song—makes me miss the old stuff.
Anyway, the video isn't bad by any means—it's just impossible to watch without getting some serious Drake vibes. For what it's worth, 5 Seconds of Summer—Luke Hemmings, Michael Clifford, Calum Hood and Ashton Irwin—all look pretty cool in the thing, so, there's that. I'll buy what they're selling, but I won't be too happy about it, you know?
Watch the video for "Want You Back" above.


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The Washing Machine: Trusty Timesaving Invention
The washing machine is a welcome alternative to cleaning clothes by hand. Not only does this modern form of washing save you time, leaving you the option to do other items on your daily to do list, newer high-efficiency models can save you money on water bills and heating bills, as well. You rely on your washing machine to do so much and it is really disconcerting when it stops working well.
When Good Appliances Go Bad
Sometimes, washing machines can malfunction, leaving you with piles of dirty laundry, spilt water and frustration. Because washing machines are made up of hundreds, sometimes thousands of mechanisms to keep it running in top condition, it can be nearly impossible for novices to accurately troubleshoot, diagnose and repair these appliances on their home.
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Our repairmen are also able to repair broken dishwashers. A lot of times, a clogged drain, blown hose or a just one faulty component can render this time saver useless. After checking circuit breakers, fuse boxes and other electrical devices, your service person will be able to identify or rule out any hazardous conditions created by a broken dishwasher. If your dishwasher fails to fill with water or drain water between cycles, a trained service person will be able to tell if this is due to a problem with the water supply, kinked up hoses or damaged pumps or valves.
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"Hey, baby, check out my playmat…"
Okay, we know this is an offbeat & slightly unflattering shot of Henry, caught at a weird moment--but for some reason we find it charming. It's a little as if he's raising an eyebrow at any floor-surfing girls who might happen by, luring them to the "cat mat" for some delighted cooing. 🙂
Snoot Pro Quo (aka, "Finnster's got your nose!")
Just some typical Thursday evening foolishness at Casa de los Nacks:
Finnegan's Rainbow
Leprechauns, Unite! 😀
The four of us were treated to a spectacular double rainbow on Saturday. Clearly our little Irishman got a kick out of it, saying "Pot o' gold over by Adobe!" The light show provided a nice recollection of the rainbows that decorated our wedding.
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"Yep Yep Yep Yep, EE-Bay, EE-Bay…"
More often than not, Finn wakes up happily chattering in his room. It can be fun to listen for a couple of minutes via the baby monitor, trying to figure out what he's saying.
He really seemed animated the other day, so I poked my head in and asked, "What's Finny talkin' about?" Without missing a beat he replied, "Yep yep yep yep, happy happy boing boing, eBay, eBay, eBay!!" Why yes, son, we're all very happy that Mom has a job, but--Ah! I realized he was referring to this bit from Sesame Street, one of our near-daily favorites. Here's a later re-enactment (click the little arrow to listen):
This past week marked my first week back to work, and I'm happy to report that the boys were fabulous for the nanny all week. Knowing that they were in good hands and having fun made my hours at the office, away from the boys, stress-free. They both napped well, played well, and behaved themselves on all fronts. Whew! Finny's been having a bit of a rough time going to sleep at night, and we think it's because he'd like to spend more time with Mom-o and Dad-o since we're both now away a large part of the day. My singing the "Personal Penguin" song to him in his darkened room seems to put him at ease.
This coming week marks our big nanny transition. Carol (a.k.a. Coco) has recuperated from her back surgery, and is coming back full-time as of Feb. 1. This week she'll be job-sharing with Laurie, who's been filling in for her since October. Hopefully this will make the transition a bit smoother for the guys--they can refamiliarize themselves with Coco, and Coco can get up to speed with the day's rhythms, playgroup schedule, etc. And we will miss Laurie, who has been so good to the boys. She is moving back to San Diego with her daughter and granddaughter at the beginning of February.
Other small things of note from this week: Henry had his first official high-chair meal when we went out for pizza yesterday. He's now stable enough to stay upright on his own in the chair! And Finny has started referring to himself as "Big Goonie" instead of "Binny". That little guy is as sharp as a tack. When Dad-o pointed to a vehicle in one of his books and said "What's that?", expecting the answer, "bulldozer," Finny replied "That's a bulldozer scooping sand in the desert!" Why yes, yes it was!
Leo is My Sous-Chef
Tired: Just stuffing Veggie Booty into one's mouth.
Wired: Having Leo do the stuffing!
Sing it with me: Dah, DAH dun dah DAH, dah dah dah...
...Super Henry!!
That's it; nothing more to report at the moment. 🙂
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Babyslang 2010
Join us again, won't you, for another trip through the Not-So-Secret Nack Family Decoder Ring! Recent additions to our weirdo canon:
- Meat Cigars: Finn & Mom-O have devised a new snack consisting of rolled-up turkey slices that hide a delicious cream cheese payload. These double at fun--and completely ineffective--telescopes. Fair warning, though: that usage tends to result in a toddler with a case of Cheesy Eyeball.
- Beating Sticks: Oh, this one will be hard to explain in mixed company someday. On weekends, Finny & Dad-O like to go to "Traintrack Park," grab fallen tree branches, and chase each other around with them. My playful threats to "beat that butt!" have led Finn to ask for "Mo' beating sticks!"
- Dipit Cheese: Pretzels being "dipits," cream cheese (into which they're dipped) is now "dipit cheese."
- Delicious Pocket: That's how the big guy says "Tlaquepaque," the name of the Mexican restaurant down the street. Now we can't drive by without him pointing out, "Delicious Pocket sign! Delicious Pocket wagon!"
- Bonk: Finn-ese for "Cheers," as he noted during our Thanksgiving toast.
- OhJeez: Over Christmas break, Finn grabbed some toilet paper and started tearing it with gusto. "Dad-O say 'Oh Jeez!,'" he was delighted to report. From there it was "Do mo' OhJeez; Mo' OhJeez in the crib!" It was all fun and paper-pulverizing games until Mom-O found a shredded pile stashed beneath his bed.
- GatoDipes: Not to be left out entirely, little Henry has upgraded to new, heavy-duty "GatoDipes"--the better to contain his newly crib-wasting bladder!
Bonus: Here's a little taste of OhJeez. (No real mystery about Margot's lack of enthusiasm for the practice. ;-))
In the Blink of an Eye
The past week has been a big one in terms of developmental leaps for both boys. It's so fascinating to watch both of them do things that they couldn't, or hadn't, just days ago. In the blink of an eye, so many things have changed!
Henry: Has started supporting himself in a sitting position! He's working so hard to keep his little back straight and his head held high. He's also very aware of when he is being left alone, even for a few seconds. He protests quite audibly when he sees his companion(s) exiting the room, and he has his eyes trained on us when we're moving around or talking. He's started eating some veggies in addition to his gruel--I mean cereal. We joke with Finn that if he could talk, Henry might say "More peas, please!". His wakeful periods between naps are lengthening out, and we're no longer doing four shortie naps per day, we're down to either 2 or 3 almost-decent ones! If he's like his mom, the full tummy definitely helps with sleeping.
Finn: Instead of "Finny the Carpenter" or "Finny the Engineer" we have started calling him "Mr. Independent Play." This is such a wonderful and sudden development. Almost literally overnight, Finn went from needing constant playtime participation and companionship by one of us, to venturing out completely on his own and having his own private adventures. We realized something significant had changed when we were able to eat brunch and chat with our friends for almost an hour while Finn kept himself completely entertained with their son's selection of toys! And all week he has been making up stories and things to do all by himself. Sometimes he requests that one of us be in the same room that he's in, but we don't necessarily have to do anything. It's very freeing for us, and also fun to observe what our little guy comes up with to entertain himself. His imagination is on fire!
Finny The Carpenter
Finn has taken on many personas lately as his imagination has kicked in with a vengeance. One of his current favorites is "Finny the Carpenter" thanks to his terrific red toolbox and play tools (thanks Uncle James!), and a book about building a house, loaned to Finn by our friends the Pawligers.
Yesterday, we received an assembly-required cedar chest to store John's sweaters. Do I need to mention how excited Finny was when he saw the box pieces, the box of screws, and my drill? He went completely bananas and immediately grabbed his toolbox. "Tape measure! Hammer! Screwdriver! Finny the Carpenter building a box!" Here are a couple of pics from his carpentry adventures. We played with the box for a good three hours! (Finn's Tournament of Roses shirt courtesy of Auntie Laura and Uncle James.)
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The Brothers Domendite
We're rarely content to call things by their right names, so why should "domendites" (er, toes) be any exception? Henry's new discovery down there coincides with his big bro (almost) mastering our family's version of This Little Piggy. Check it out:
Historical bonus: Compare this bit to Finny & Grandma Nack doing the routine back in August.
The Frumious Bandersnatch
Several weeks ago, Finn & I were playing in the park when some little girls came by and asked to borrow our trucks. That was cool, and Finny & I actually went off a little distance while the girls played in the sand. After a few minutes, the littlest girl popped out of the bushes and called to us, "Hey!," then rattled off a stream of gibberish.
At that point Finn & I enjoyed a kind of magical moment: We looked at each other and exchanged a look of bemused bewilderment: What is that girl talking about?? In that moment we smiled and shook our heads at the craziness of the world.
Pretty soon the story solidified as, Q. "What was that girl talking about?" A. "Hey, Bot de BAH!" This morning I poked my head into Finn's dark room and said, "Bot de BAH!" "What that girl talkin' about??" he immediately responded. Here's a sample of our conversation:
Bugs in the crib!
A few weeks ago, Finn was fascinated to learn about how birds eat bugs off the backs of alligators, hippos, and other big beasts--many of which decorate his crib & room. He got a big kick out of my "circling and circling" his head with my hands (birds), pecking bugs off him. "Binny clean, alligator clean!" he'd declare. And naturally, of course, he got into "haaup!!-ing" the bugs off the gators himself. Here's a small taste of the show:
Henry Weighs In
Big Henry is just that! At six months, he clocks in at 19 lbs. 7 oz, 25 and 3/4 inches long, with a head circumference of 45 cm. This means he's a little chubby for his height, but I'm guessing a growth spurt is coming on since he hasn't stretched out much from his 4-month measurements. Compared to Finn at 6 months, Henry is 1/2 pound lighter and a little over an inch shorter, but his noggin is slightly bigger.
He was an absolute dream at Dr. S's office and was quite flirty with the cute nurses. He only squawked for a second after his shots, then we sailed home in the Ocho so he could load up on cereal and milk. Dr. S. thinks we can start weaning him off the Zantac now, and start offering him water in a sippy cup after he eats solids. We're still waiting for an appt. with the pediatric urologist so we'll keep him on the antibiotics until we know more.
Mr. Brown is Out of Town
Let's be honest: there are certain things that no one--even grandparents--wants to hear too much about, and potty training details must be at the top of that list. Therefore let's be mercifully brief and just note that the Finnster has turned a big corner, putting his potty chair to good use. He really digs us reading Time to Pee! as we all, uh, wait out the proceedings.
Here you can hear the "Proud Pooper" (as he calls himself) give his thoughts on the subject; click the little arrow to play:
Oh, I do have to note that as I walked out of his room tonight, I heard a little voice in the dark remark with some wonder, "Poop is brown!" 🙂
Colander Helmets, ho!
The Tinmen Cometh. 🙂
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A Half-Year of Henry
Mr. Henry Seamus Nack turned six months old today. We can hardly believe it! Time has flown since he's arrived on the scene. He's gotten so big, and just lately he is so much more animated and alert than even a month ago. We love his giggles, his mischievous little grin and sparkling eyes, and his wonderful talent at sleeping through the night. He has started making a lot of sounds, prompting his big bro to say "What's Goonie talkin' about? Crazy baby!"
We go in for his official check-up with Dr. S. on Monday, so we'll post his stats then. He's growing like a weed, and is a big fan of his rice cereal. He cannot keep his hands off the spoon when it nears his mouth. And boy does he have a strong grip! If he's this excited about cereal, I can only imagine his enthusiastic reaction to other, far tastier foods in the near future. So Happy Half-Year, Henry! And we'll lift a teensy baby-spoon to the next six months!
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Area Baby Discovers Feet
He seems pretty excited about his new discovery, no?
King of the Beasts
Man oh man, has Finn's imagination taken flight upon reading Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak ("Beast Book!"). Today he decided that he wanted to wear a crown just like Max's "Beast King" crown in the book. He remembered that he had the blue fuzzy crown from his first birthday, and was very specifically asking me to look for it so he could wear it. I found it, and he proceeded to wear the "Beast Crown" all morning, including our outing to "big playgroup". He wore it until I suggested he take it off for nap time. It was kinda fun explaining the crown to the other moms.
Later this afternoon, he donned the crown again and decided to set sail on the ottoman and climbed aboard: "This is the boat! Sailing to the island! Island over there! (pointing at the kitchen) Have a rumpus!"
When he arrived at the rumpus, I asked him if he was going to swing from the trees like Max does in the book. He walked to the baby gate on the kitchen doorway and started grabbing onto the bars: "This is the tree! Swinging! Bursting!" When he later heard me telling Dad-O about it, he said, "Mom-O opened the tree!" (Mom-O needed to get to the kitchen to get the Beast King some dinner.)
American Birdman
As I mentioned a few weeks ago, the Finnster and I like doing lots of crazy little duets based on my murdering of popular music. Recently we've turned The Guess Who's "American Woman" into "American Birdman." Now when I poke my head into his darkened room in the morning, I can say simply, "Do dee doo doo doo, dee doo!" And up from the crib comes a wavering little falsetto: "'Mer-i-can Boo-man!" It's pretty fantastic. Here's a sample of our routine:


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