text: News Dutch Crunch Is The Best Sandwich Bread You've Never Heard Of By Carey Jones Carey Jones Carey Jones is a San Francisco-based freelance writer who covers spirits, drinks, food, and travel. Food & Wine's Editorial Guidelines Published on June 22, 2017 Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: © Carey Jones Northern California may not have a single signature sandwich, but a signature sandwich bread? Absolutely, and its name is Dutch Crunch. Sure, there's sourdough in San Francisco, and your average assortment of sliced bread and sandwich rolls. But Dutch Crunch is something truly distinctive. Each oblong loaf is slathered in a paste of rice flour and sugar before baking, which crisps up into a speckled, crackly top. There's a similar bread in the Netherlands named tijgerbrood, or "tiger bread," thus the "Dutch" part of the name; the "Crunch" is self-explanatory. Why it's made few inroads beyond the Bay Area is anyone's guess. The bread Its virtues as a sandwich bread are undeniable. It's dense and doughy with just a hint of sweet, and it has a squishy crumb that can support a hefty pile of sliced meat. Just like the cinnamon streusel is the best part of a coffee cake, the crust is the best part of Dutch Crunch. "Dutch Crunch rolls have a sweet flavor reminiscent of the white bread you always wanted as a kid, but maybe didn't get if you had whole-wheat parents, as so many of us Californians did," says San Francisco–based food writer Lauren Sloss. "And Dutch Crunch rolls should be soft--really soft. They mold around sandwich fillings, but the tiger-striped top adds texture." The filling There's no single classic Dutch Crunch order, but the best of the genre, as with Italian heroes or subs, stacks layers of cold cuts, cheese and vegetables in a neat, orderly structure. Pickles, onions, and peppers are all more or less standard, and since this is California we're talking about, avocado is often an option, too. Where to get it: Arguello Market "Its Dutch Crunch always tastes fresh," says Sloss, "and the turkey sandwiches feature a freshly roasted strata of dark and white meats. Get the works—add avocado and pepper jack—and you have happiness on a roll." Ike's Place "Ike has established himself as the sandwich king of San Francisco," according to Sloss, with locations in the city and throughout the Bay Area. Sandwiches have whimsical names, often with a San Francisco tie-in. "I'm pretty into the Lincecum and the SF Giants"--both turkey-avocado-bacon variants--but if getting mozzarella sticks and/or jalapeño poppers on sandwiches is your thing, they've got that, too," she says. Little Lucca Moving down the Peninsula, this no-frills shack in South San Francisco serves every sandwich (unless otherwise requested) with garlic sauce and jalapeño relish, delivering a powerful one-two flavor punch that soaks into the sandwiches' always-fresh Dutch Crunch bread. The Village Cheese House Down in Palo Alto, this hidden-away deli in the back of the Town & Country shopping center has been a favorite of locals and Stanford students for decades, and the best sandwiches come on Dutch Crunch. Turkey and avocado is never a bad idea. Louisville's Original Hangover Cure is a Bacon-Topped Sandwich Covered in Cheese SaucePhiladelphia's Best Sandwich is not a Cheesesteak Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit


text: Unkiewill 10 Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Three Fires Council in northern Illinois is offering a special set of patches commemorating 100 years of the LDS Church working with the BSA. The flap and one of the CSP's will have a metal buffalo skull. They are available for preorder now: http://www.threefirescouncil.org/camping/lds-commemorative-patches Has anyone seen any other councils or lodges doing this? Link to post Share on other sites

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April 25th, 2018 (Purchase, NY) — Kobrand Corporation, a leading wine and spirits importer of hand-selected brands from around the world, is proud to announce the addition of the renowned Lucano brand to its fine wine and spirits portfolio. This addition, effective April 18, 2018, allows Kobrand to complement its premium spirit offerings with the third-largest Amaro brand recognized worldwide. Kobrand is proud to represent the iconic Lucano Amaro and Lucano Anniversario Amaro, along with Lucano Limoncello, Sambuca and Cordial Caffé products throughout the United States and Caribbean Basin.
Lucano was created in 1894 in Pisticci, a small village in the province of Matera when Founder Pasquale Vena developed the secret Amaro recipe in the back room of his family bakery. Since then, the recipe has been handed down from generation to generation in the Vena Family. "Our Amari are made of a unique blend of more than 30 herbs, and it is this secret combination that creates their unique taste, enjoyable for all occasions," explains Leonardo Vena, the founder's great-grandson and CEO of Lucano. "They are enjoyed around the world neat, chilled, with ice, in a cocktail or simply with orange zest; the versatility of the products make them mixologists' favorites," he added. Beginning in the 1970's, the Vena Family expanded its offering with Sambuca and Cordial Caffé. In 2015 the company added Limoncello Sorrento PGI (protected geographical indication), a 100% natural liqueur with no artificial colors or preservatives.
"The cordials from Lucano are seamless additions to our portfolio, built around long-standing relations with family-owned-and-operated businesses. Not only is the Amaro category growing rapidly in the mixologist community, but the product is also a key element of the traditional Italian meal and was a missing piece to our strong Italian portfolio. We found the right partner in the Vena Family," explained Robert T. DeRoose, President and CEO of Kobrand Corporation. "We are very excited to join forces with Kobrand Wine & Spirits. Our two companies have similar values and our products have found their home within Kobrand's fine portfolio. Our dedicated teams, working hand in hand, will enable us to reach our full potential in the U.S.", added Francesco Vena, Co-CEO of the Lucano Group with his brother Leonardo Vena.Learn More


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Married couples share many aspects of their lives, including finances, which can make filing for bankruptcy a complicated decision. In this article, our Roseville Chapter 13 bankruptcy attorneys discuss a few key aspects of how filing for bankruptcy can affect your spouse, including whether you are liable for your husband or wife's debts, filing for bankruptcy without your spouse, and some of the reasons to consider – or avoid – filing jointly with your husband or wife in California.
Are You Liable for Your Spouse's Debts in Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 Bankruptcy?
When you file for bankruptcy, your objective is to obtain a discharge, which will eliminate your liability for dischargeable debts, such as credit card debt and medical debt. However, unless you are filing jointly with your spouse, only your financial liabilities are affected. If you file for bankruptcy but your spouse does not, he or she will still be responsible for any debts you held jointly (in addition to any personal debt he or she may have, which will also be unaffected by your bankruptcy).
When you file for bankruptcy, you immediately trigger an injunction, or court order, known as the "automatic stay." The automatic stay remains in effect for the duration of the bankruptcy, and generally prevents creditors from taking collection actions. Critically, the non-filing spouse will not be protected by the automatic stay, which means that creditors can continue contacting him or her about jointly-held debts. For these reasons, filing jointly is often appropriate in situations where most of the couple's debts are shared.
Conversely, filing individually makes more sense if the debts are primarily held by one spouse. If you have considerable debt, but your spouse has little debt of his or her own, filing jointly may be inappropriate – particularly because there are time limits that restrict the number of discharges you can obtain within a certain time period. If you declare bankruptcy but your spouse does not, he or she will retain the option of filing at a later date should doing so become necessary. Moreover, because bankruptcy will, at least initially, have a negative impact on your credit score, it makes little sense for both spouses to file if only one person is actually in need of debt relief.
Can I File Chapter 13 without My Spouse?
The short answer to this question is yes, you can file for Chapter 13 bankruptcy (or Chapter 7 bankruptcy) without your husband or wife. There is no law requiring married couples to file jointly.
Ultimately, the decision to file jointly or separately must be evaluated by each couple – ideally with help from an experienced Chapter 13 or Chapter 7 bankruptcy lawyer in Roseville. A bankruptcy strategy that proves pragmatic for one couple may be entirely inappropriate for a different couple. It simply depends on each couple's unique financial situation, including not only their present circumstances, but also their financial goals for the future.
Advantages of Filing a Joint Bankruptcy for Married Couples
Just as there are reasons to avoid filing jointly, there are also some situations where a joint bankruptcy makes financial sense. For example, it might make sense to file jointly if most of your debt is shared and is of a dischargeable nature. Here are two benefits to filing for bankruptcy jointly with your wife or husband:
- There are court fees and other costs associated with filing for bankruptcy. If you file jointly, you will share a single petition with your husband or wife, which means you will save money by "killing two birds with one stone." For reference, it costs $335 to file a Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition and $310 to file a Chapter 13 bankruptcy petition in California bankruptcy court.
- If you file together, you may be able to double your exemptions, which are used to protect property from sale by the trustee assigned to your case. For example, personal property exemptions can help protect your appliances, furnishings, vehicles, jewelry, family heirlooms, and other valuable items.
California Bankruptcy Lawyers Serving Sacramento and Roseville
Every married couple is uniquely impacted by different legal and financial factors. By discussing your situation in depth with an attorney, you and your husband or wife will be empowered to make an informed decision about which course of action is most suited to achieving your goals. Bankruptcy is a major financial decision, and before you file any paperwork, it is in your family's best interests to make sure that you are represented by a skilled and knowledgeable California bankruptcy attorney who can sit down with you to determine who is responsible for which debts, how your property and assets are divided, and how to approach the situation in a practical, efficient, and cost-effective manner.
To talk about your California bankruptcy case in a free and completely confidential legal consultation, contact The Bankruptcy Group at 888-710-4334. We have extensive experience assisting married couples and single individuals with joint and individual bankruptcy filings in the Sacramento and Roseville area.


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PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has finally come to Xbox One, and players can dive into the fast-paced action of the 100-man battle royale starting today. Of course, there are a lot of controls to come to terms with, and we've put together this article to help players figure out two of the most important controls you'll need in the game. If you're having trouble figuring out how to reload in PUBG on Xbox One, or even how to aim down sights (ADS) on Xbox One, then this article will tell you everything you need to know.
How to Reload
Making sure your guns are always reloading is going to be extremely important if you hope to survive any type of conflict from other players. Now, thanks to the complex nature of PUBG's core mechanics, some of the controls that the developers have had to set up will take quite a bit of getting used to, even for experience FPS players on the Xbox One.
To reload any weapon that you're holding, you're going to want to press and hold down the X button. This will reload the gun with any ammunition that you have in your inventory. Keep in mind that no weapons spawn with ammo in them, so if you didn't pick up any ammunition when you grabbed the gun, then chances are you aren't going to have much to work with right away.
How to Aim Down Sights
Now that you know how to reload in PUBG on Xbox One, let's talk about aiming down sights. Often shortened to ADS, this means of aiming provides much more precise aiming for players, and can often allow you to hit targets that you couldn't hit in the third-person mode.
Once you have your hands on a ranged weapon, such as a pistol or assault rifle, you can tap the Left Trigger to enter ADS. This will allow you a much greater precision for shots, allowing you to go after headshots and other precision-based attack types. You can also use scopes when using this mode, and you can press Up or Down on the D-Pad to adjust the range of the scope, allowing you to hit longer or shorter distance shots with more precision.
While aiming down sights you can also hold down the Left Bumper (just above the Left Trigger) to hold your breath, allowing you to more easily center your shots.
There are a lot of benefits to aiming down sights, and now that you know how to aim down sights, and how to reload, you should be able to stand on your own a bit better as you fight your way to be the last man standing in PUBG on Xbox One.
For more help be sure to check out our guide on how to reduce in PUBG on Xbox One, and head back over to our PUBG guide for even more useful information and articles.


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The good, the bad, and the surprising about the world's favorite beverage.
About how many cups of coffee does the average person drink daily 1, 3 or 5?
A: 3. More than three-quarters of Americans drink coffee. And more than half say they drink it every day. Experts aren't sure what the health risks are — if any — if you drink too much coffee. That's why most suggest you stop at two or three cups.
Which has less caffeine ground coffee or instant coffee?
A: Instant coffee. Ground roast coffee has about 115 mg per 5-ounce cup if it's made in a drip brew pot. The same size cup made in an older percolator would have 80 mg. Instant coffee doesn't brew as long. That's partly why it has only about 65 mg of caffeine per cup.
Where did coffee first come from South and Central America, Hawaii or Africa?
Of the 25 or more major species of coffee plants, all of them are native to the tropics of Africa, mainly Ethiopia.
Coffee plants are related to berries, roses or gardenias?
A: Gardenias. They don't smell the same, but they both smell good! Coffee is the biggest cash crop in the plant family called Rubiaceae. It's a big clan, with more than 6,000 species. One member is the fragrant flower gardenia.
Drinking coffee may lower your chance of gallstones, type 2 diabetes or both?
A: Both. Too much coffee can lead to a faster heart rate and higher blood pressure. More and more, though, it seems your daily cup of joe could be good for you. Coffee with caffeine (not decaf) may prevent gallstone disease, for instance. Regular coffee drinkers have a lower risk of type 2 diabetes.
A "grande" coffee has as much caffeine as how many cans of cola 1, 3, 5 or 7?
A: 7. More is more when it comes to caffeine and coffee. That grande has 330 mg of caffeine. Compare that with 47 mg in a can of diet cola. A grande has about three times as much caffeine as a normal-size cup of coffee.
What's the best place to store your coffee beans or ground coffee the freezer, the refrigerator or the counter?
If you have a lot of coffee, it's OK to freeze it. Put it into small airtight plastic bags. To keep it fresh, don't refreeze.
What's the best way to protect your teeth from the acid in coffee:
- Brush right after drinking
- use a straw
- rinse your mouth with tap water?
A: Rinse your mouth with tap water. If you brush your teeth right after drinking coffee, you could hurt sensitive surfaces. Better to rinse your mouth with tap water and wait half an hour to brush.
Don't swish the coffee around in your mouth or use a straw. This makes the coffee hit your teeth faster, which can cause more damage.
Does coffee have more antioxidants than fruits and vegetables?
A: Yes. We get more antioxidants (which help protect cells) from coffee than any other source. That's partly because we drink so much coffee. But also the drink itself is rich with them. Dates, for example, are packed with antioxidants, too. But coffee is a lot more popular than dates.
Why does rare civet coffee cost so much?
Civet coffee comes from the droppings of the Indonesian civet cat, or luwak. The cats eat fresh coffee cherries but don't digest the beans inside. Workers wash the dropped beans and they're sold for over $110 a pound as Kopi luwak. It's said that the cats' gut enzymes make the beans less acidic with better flavor.
Decaf coffee never has caffeine?
A: Not true. Almost all decaf has at least some caffeine. Five to 10 cups of decaf can give you the same caffeine jolt as one cup of the real stuff.
Source: The Truth About Coffee Quiz – Caffeine, Espresso, Decaf, and Coffee Origins


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The Senate held a marathon session beginning Friday to wrap up votes on critical measures before the holiday weekend. After a series of votes overnight, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced early Saturday that the Senate would begin a weeklong Memorial Day break and return on Sunday, May 31.
Here's a look at what was voted on:
NSA Bill
The Senate blocked both a House-passed bill and a short-term extension of the USA Patriot Act during an early Saturday vote. The bill would have moved the bulk collection of domestic phone records from the National Security Agency to being held by telecom companies.
The vote on the bill was 57-42, and the extension was 45-54, both short of the 60 votes needed to move forward. The provision is on its way to expiring on June 1 with no real path to being reauthorized before it lapses for at least a brief period of time.
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The bill's most vocal opponent has been Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who took to the Senate floor Wednesday and spoke in a 10 ½-hour filibuster-like speech in opposition of the government's bulk collection of data. Paul has vowed to oppose not only any clean extension of the program, but also the USA Freedom Act, which he says does not go far enough.
Justice and National Security officials warned that if the Senate did not pass the compromise replacement legislation for the Patriot Act before the holiday recess, the NSA will have to start dismantling bulk collection of metadata records to avoid both practical and legal problems.
'Fast-Track' Trade Bill
Earlier in the session, the Senate passed a bill that would give President Barack Obama "fast-track" authority to negotiate the massive 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact without the threat of Congress adding amendments or filibustering the final deal.
The hotly contested bill, called Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), passed 62-37.
The legislation passed Friday night also includes a re-authorization of Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), which is a federal aid program for American workers who have lost their jobs as a result of foreign trade.
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The bill now goes to the House, where Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is working on garnering the support to pass it in that chamber. Many believe passage in the House will be a harder pull than it was in the Senate.
The bill put Republicans in the rare position of being on the same side of an issue as Obama, who has requested the fast-track authority. Those who oppose the measure believe trade deals lower middle class wages and cost jobs in the United States. Many Democrats also wanted provisions included in the bill which would help address currency manipulation, provisions that many Republicans considered a poison pill to the deal.
"I want to thank Senators of both parties for sticking up for American workers by supporting smart trade and strong enforcement, and I encourage the House of Representatives to follow suit by passing TPA and TAA as soon as possible," Obama said prepared statement.
Highway and Transit Aid Bill
The Senate also approved a House-passed two month extension of federal funding for highway and transit programs before program funding expired at the end of this month. The measure was approved by voice vote early Saturday and will be sent to Obama, who is expected to sign.


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More than 400 property owners who lost at least half the value of their homes to flooding are getting help from Schoharie County and, in some cases, their towns.
A total of 423 taxpayers in nine of 16 towns received reductions in their property values through the Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee Assessment Relief Act, according to a breakdown provided by county Real Property Tax Director Marjorie Troidl.
The totals represent changes only for those who signed up for the program — not a complete compilation of damage sustained in the devastating storms of August and September 2011, Troidl said.
The state in December passed the law to allow municipal governments, including cities, towns, villages, and school districts, to reassess properties with post-flood values. Assessors were able to cut the assessed value anywhere from 55 percent to 100 percent.
Flood victims had to sustain at least 50 percent damage to their property to participate. Many received refunds because they'd already paid property taxes.
Overall, local assessors calculating losses for the program in Schoharie County determined flood damage claimed $30,069,564 in property values for the 423 parcels. Property valued at roughly $39.54 million before the storm was eroded down to about $9.47 million.
Schoharie County's Board of Supervisors agreed to relieve property taxes through the program, as did the towns of Blenheim, Broome, Schoharie and Wright.
The town of Schoharie will forego the greatest amount of tax revenue due to the amount of damage. A total of 223 property owners in that town applied for relief for property valued at about $24 million before the flood. Those parcels are now valued at $5.7 million, and the town will do without approximately $32,800 in tax revenue.
Schoharie town Supervisor Gene Milone said the Town Board agreed to participate thanks to having some reserve funding available.
"Luckily enough, we were capable of stepping up to the plate," Milone said. "It's just going to be a major setback as far as our reserve is concerned."
More pressing at this point is the anticipation of roughly $108,000 expected from FEMA, a process Milone said is stalled.
"We had a setback a couple weeks ago because all of the paperwork that was submitted by the town, FEMA lost it," Milone said.
"Fortunately enough, we have a clerk that has been very diligent in her work" Milone said of Town Clerk Pam Foland.
Foland maintained copies of everything and re-submitted the documents to FEMA, he said.
The impact of the relief act in Schoharie County and in participating towns are:
• Blenheim: 14 properties, pre-flood assessment $845,000, post-flood assessment $180,350. Lost town revenue $5,394.47, lost county revenue $6,504.
• Broome: 9 properties, pre-flood assessment $598,200, post-flood assessment $129,485. Lost town revenue $4,476.53, lost county revenue $4,765.35.
• Cobleskill: 1 property, pre-flood assessment $87,400, post-flood assessment $39,330. Lost county revenue $503.72.
• Esperance: 73 properties, pre-flood assessment $4.5 million, post-flood assessment $794,630. Lost county revenue $39,445.20.
• Fulton: 14 properties, pre-flood assessment $956,520, post-flood assessment $259,322. Lost county revenue $9,027.74.
• Gilboa: 3 properties, pre-flood assessment $4,800, post-flood assessment $1,020. Lost county revenue $1,623.17.
• Middleburgh: 63 properties, pre-flood assessment $6.5 million, post-flood assessment $1.9 million. Lost county revenue $51,594.61.
• Schoharie: 223 properties, pre-flood assessment $24.48 million, post-flood assessment $5.65 million. Lost county revenue $201,807.99, lost town revenue $32,813.42.
• Wright: 23 properties, pre-flood assessment $1.5 million, post-flood assessment $505,875. Lost county revenue $10,538.44, lost town revenue $6,672.92.
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Despite all the cheering over the killing of Osama Bin Laden, I felt a deep sadness not only that assassination has become so widely accepted as an American military and diplomatic tool, but also that, as a nation, we have again chosen to move forward in history by killing people. If Bin Laden were indeed unarmed, do we attribute his death to a Presidential directive or to a soldier acting individually in a tense moment? Will his death have any lasting effect on our "War on Terror", a war that more and more seems to have no ending point? Warfare is deeply entrenched in America's history, but it should be noted that being in a permanent state of war is precisely what brought down Athens, the city-state generally regarded as the foundation of democracy and of Western civilization itself. It is a shame that Martin Luther King's legacy of non-violent action is now so cavalierly termed "childishly naive".


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Broadway casts, Dolly Parton, more stars to perform at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2020
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade celebration is still happening this year.
But, like pretty much every other tradition and institution that has continued in 2020, it will look and feel a little different due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 94th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade will air from 9 a.m. to noon ET Thursday, Nov. 26, on NBC. While the festivities have historically drawn massive crowds to the streets of Manhattan — there were about 3.5 million in-person spectators along the 2.5-mile parade route in 2019 — this year all activity will be focused on the Herald Square area of Midtown, and the only way to watch will be on television.
"For New Yorkers who typically see it live and in person, this change for them is that they are going to experience it the same way the rest of the country experiences it," said Susan Tercero, executive producer of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. "But I think for the rest of country, it's not going to be too different.
"They're still going to see the balloons. They're still going to see the floats. They're still going to see Santa and Broadway and all of these elements that they're used to seeing every single year. They're still going to see those things. They might have some differences in that we're going to see some social distancing. We're going to have masks, things like that. But it's still going to be the parade they know and love."
Viewers will also be able to see a cavalcade of stars: country icon Dolly Parton, soul legend Patti LaBelle, "American Idol" winner Jordin Sparks and "Hamilton" Tony winner Leslie Odom Jr. are among the event's scheduled performers.
In addition, dancers from the New York City Ballet and the casts of Broadway shows "Hamilton," "Jagged Little Pill," "Ain't Too Proud" and "Mean Girls" will perform, marking a return to the spotlight following Broadway's COVID-caused shutdown in mid-March.
Behind the scenes, parade organizers will be taking plenty of safety precautions, Tercero said.
The 2019 parade had between 8,000 and 10,000 participants including performers, staff and balloon handlers. The workforce this year will be cut by around 70% to less than 2,000 people who will film segments over two days — with some segments filmed Wednesday, Nov. 25, and the majority of the action airing live on Thanksgiving.
There will be staggered call times, social distancing on site, masks and wellness checks, with the production following Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines.
Additionally, no parade participants this year will be younger than 18, and previously-selected high school and college marching bands will perform in 2021 while locally-based professional marching and musical ensembles will be heard this year, according to a news release.
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The parade's larger character balloons, typically anchored by 80 to 100 trained handlers and a vehicle, will now be anchored by five specially-rigged vehicles.
Speaking of the balloons, the 2020 parade will offer plenty of new attractions for viewers, including a 48-feet-tall inflatable "Boss Baby" and Red Titan from the YouTube series "Ryan's World."
There also will be parade floats for animated legends Tom and Jerry ahead of their 2021 return to the silver screen; the new "Christmas in Town Square" float inspired by Lifetime's "It's a Wonderful Lifetime" holiday film extravaganza; and "Her Future is STEMsational," a float presented by Olay celebrating women working in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math.
While Macy's has been known for nearly a century for bringing folks together in New York City around the holidays, Tercero explained why the parade had to continue in one fashion or another during this most trying year.
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"Our events are all about giving back to people, celebrating traditions, celebrating American history and American holidays," she said. "And it was really important, we thought, not just for Macy's, but then when we look at the city of New York that has gone through so much and been so resilient and has come out of so many things but has also had to see a lot events and a lot of thing canceled, we felt we had an obligation to New York.
"But then we also felt beyond that we had an obligation to the country to continue with this very important tradition, especially in a year where things are looking and feeling so different for everybody. Families are not able to gather as much as they would and everything is feeling very remote, and even how people get their entertainment and how they spend their holidays and things like that. With how all of that is changing, we felt ... it was really important to try to deliver, as much as we can, what people are expecting on Thanksgiving morning."
For more details on the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, visit macys.com/social/parade.
Alex Biese has been writing about art, entertainment, culture and news on a local and national level for more than 15 years.


text: Organizers of an initiative dubbed #DetroitWeek held "Detroit's biggest selfie" on the steps of the DIA today, which amounts to a photo of people taking photos of themselves simultaneously. We're dubious of the use of the word "selfie" here — by definition, a selfie is a singular activity, the operative word being "self" — but we digress. To see the photos, search "#DetroitWeek" on Twitter.


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Do we really need another book about God's will? Another book telling us how to find the secret path? If God wants us to follow His will, He should be showing us what He wants to do? Then why is it so hidden? Why is it so difficult to know what He wants us to do? Who do I marry? Should I work? Should I go to school? Both? Where should I work? Should I give to this organization? How much should I give? How many kids should I have? What school should I send them to? Should I move? Should I be a missionary in Africa? India? Pastor?
"If there really is a perfect will of God we are meant to discover, in which we will find tremendous freedom and fulfillment, why does it seem that everyone looking for God's will is in such bondage and confusion?" (p. 54).
DeYoung starts his book with Tinkertoys. It's been popular for a hundred years because kids like to tinker. And so do adults. So what's wrong with that?
We have a generation of a bunch of people who can't stick to their guns. They're not sure if they're making the right decisions, and most of the time they can't make decisions period. Nobody wants to be wrong. Nobody wants to go through difficulties. Nobody wants to get stuck with the wrong job, in the wrong state, with the wrong family, at the wrong church, getting gipped by a faulty charity organization.
So, for the Christian, life after high school is often filled with never-ending unlimited possibilities. A world full of choices.
Too many choices.
And they float around waiting for "God's will" to show them the safe way to everlasting peace and fulfillment.
Enter Grandpa DeYoung
"You just do things."
"You just do things."
"'You just do things'"? Apparently Gramps DeYoung never thought about what God's will for his life was. He obviously took the wrong course in life having never fretted over God's will…
By and large, we expect too much out of life. Everything has to 'fulfill' us: our spouse, our kids, our jobs, our house, etc. We expect everything to be amazing, and when it's not we're severely disappointed and feel as if we've been given the slobbery end of the stick.
"I never thought about fulfillment. I had a job. I ate. I lived. I raised my family. I went to church. I was thankful" (p. 31).
That seems…..almost…too simple. Could it really be that I just need to make decisions?
Moving along to chapter 4, DeYoung touches on looking at God as a Magic 8-Ball. The Bible doesn't light up when that special girl walks by, nor does golden glitter rain down from the sky when she comes into view. Unicorns don't come up from the ground. And pigs don't fly. Is he or she "the one"? Not if you don't talk to them.
But how will I know if God doesn't show me what He wants? We feel the need for God to show us, to know the future, and to make Him our excuse when we don't want to do things. "Don't blame me! God told me so!" This isn't to say that we can't say we feel the Lord is leading us into a certain direction, but we shouldn't use the Holy Spirit as our accountability-dodger.
We never take risks because we never feel peace about them. Well…yeah. That's the whole point of a risk. God expects us to make good decisions, confident that He already knows what's going to happen. We can take risks because He already has everything planned out. Why would God give us His Word to teach our brains about seeking, finding, and applying wisdom to our lives, if all we really have to do is ask God for guidance in our every decision?
A Better Way
Trying to 'find' God's will, something that's supposed to be so freeing, can keep so many people in bondage. That seems paradoxical. Brian Rosner talks about God's will in his book Paul and the Law (my post here) dealing with 7 verses where Paul mentions the will of God (and they don't have to do with a mystic guiding hand). God has a sovereign will, which we won't fully know. It's too high above us to know. We don't know His whole overall scheme with all the little details that are involved. But we can know His moral will: what to do, and what not to do. And basically….that's it.
- God's will is for me to be obedient to Him in my ethical decisions.
- I am to live a holy life, set apart form the rest of the word.
- God's will is to shape me into the image of Christ.
It's not waiting for a "liver-shiver." It's being Christ-like in all of my actions.
Chapter 6 is on ordinary means by which God guides us, while chapter 7 are the "interesting" ways that we should stay away from. Read God's Word or set out a fleece? Seek out godly counsel or follow the verse my finger lands on when I flip open my Bible? Wait for visions and impressions? Or perhaps realize that those things don't happen quite as often as they did (or as we think they did) in the New Testament.
When miraculous visions happened in the New Testament, nobody was looking for them. Peter just wanted to take a nap on a roof. Paul was simply going to Damascus. Nobody asked Agabus for a prophecy. There were times that God gave Paul a decisive answer on where to go. But usually Paul made choices like the rest of us have to make. "It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us" (Acts 15:28-29). Paul didn't have a GPS. He planned. He made "strategeries." He prayed, and then did what seemed wise to him. Yes, sometimes matters didn't go over well (1 Cor. 16:5-7; cf. 2 Cor. 1:12-2:4). In fact, even when the Holy Spirit did tell Paul where to go, it usually ended up with him getting a beating anyway. But he knew God was with him (Acts 18:9-10).
The point is this: fear God, not the future. Obey Him. Be like Christ. And let Him deal with your plans. He has given us good plans to walk in (Eph. 2:10). Pray, make wise choices, and walk.
The Chocolate Milk
I enjoyed DeYoung's approach to this book. There were times when DeYoung seems to have a heavy hand against those who are just meandering around life. It causes you to sit there and reflect, "Is this me?" (Which, if you know me, much to your dismay, I don't think this is me and I'm still going over to England). But this isn't a book that you read for mere information. It is freeing. The next three chapters are well placed and well-defined.
Chapter 8 is on the way of wisdom: the fear of the Lord. Knowing He is above all, and not actin' a foo' and listening only to yourself. This book does not "release" for prayer, or ever having to think about making the right decision. You can still (and will) make a wrong decision. But what this book is about is telling you that you can now and have always been allowed to make decisions.
Chapter 9 is on what to look for in a job and in a spouse, and how to be wise in your decisions. This is an important chapter because deals with two of our most important thoughts: How can I provide, and who will I provide for? It's a chapter that every searcher can receive from.
Chapter 10 is on a final discussion with Grandpa DeYoung and Grandpa Van, and both had a very easy way at looking at God's will. His will will be done. How did both of them work and get married? They both met, talked, and got along with a girl, married her, and worked at any place that could take them. They worked faithfully to provide for their family, and in their dedication God blessed them.
Some people may have a problem with his stance on "quick(?)" marriage, or meeting a girl, talking to her parents, popping the question, and start making babies. That might be simplifying things a little bit, but I see what he means. I've read some other reviews, and some had a problem with it. Some will find it humorous and fine, others (there's always someone) will take offense to it. I didn't.
- Paperback: 128 pages
- Publisher: Moody Publishers (April 1, 2009)
- Amazon
- Reading Level: High school and up
[Special thanks to Janis at Moody Publishers for sending me this book for review! I was not obligated to provide a positive review in exchange for this book.]


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Special Review: "Superbad" – A Moving Dedication
Directed by: Greg Mottola
Produced by: Judd Apatow, Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen, Shauna Robertson
Written by: Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen
Edited by: William Kerr
Cinematography by: Russ T. Alsobrook
Music by: Lyle Workman
Starring: Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Bill Hader, Seth Rogen, Emma Stone, Martha MacIsaac
Year: 2007
I'm baaaaaaack! Sorry I haven't written in a few weeks. The reason? I moved!
And, as always, moving brought with it a great deal of stress along with a lack of time and, mostly, energy. Then, after spending a week in my new apartment doing – well, admittedly very little, I went on a much needed vacation to visit my grandparents – my first real vacation in quite some time, as I haven't had the chance to leave the state in many years and haven't seen my grandparents in almost as much time. So, yeah, things have been busy, and I effectively wound up taking a bit of a hiatus from my writing hobby. But, yes, I am back, and I think I've sufficiently stored up enough rest to once again pick up my duties. (Haha! Gross imagery…)
Now, before I begin the official portion of my review, I figure I should give the appropriate introduction as to why I have chosen this to be my first standalone review in quite some time. You see, not only did I move to a new apartment this past month, I also had to say goodbye to my roommate of the past 6 ½ years, who also just happens to be my best friend.
Though he hasn't really moved that far away (and, in fact, he's now living back in our hometown, so it's still quite possible to see him when I come down for holidays), it's still a significant enough distance and inconvenience that we will no longer be able to hang out on a regular basis – which really sucks because in the last couple weeks we lived together, we pretty much started a short-lived tradition of making a run to Total Wine on Fridays after work to take home and try out a few craft beers while catching the Thursday night NBC lineup on Hulu, something that I already miss incredibly.
Being a military brat who was forced to face the loss of many friendships thanks to our families being subject to the usual and unsynchronized 3 years of being stationed at one base, I can't really say that I've ever really had a chance to "grow up" with anyone throughout my life, save for my sister and maybe one other friend whose family got stationed at the same base we would be about a year later.
Even though we've only known each other since early high school, however, I can honestly say that, at least from a more introspective perspective, I've done the most "growing up" in the time that I have known my now-former roommate than I probably ever did before or ever would have had it not been for him. One of these days I might just breakdown emotionally and post something deep and personal on here that will explain what it was that I went through in embarrassing detail, but until that time – if it ever does happen, of course – just know that my friend was pretty much one of the biggest factors that was keeping me from falling further into what could only have been described as a terribly prolonged period of utter despair. So, yeah, he's kind of important to me, you know?
And now, for the first time ever, I'm having to live on my own, which comes with a whole new set of anxieties and challenges. And now I am without easy access to possibly one of the best people I've ever known. It's not that I don't really have any friends where I am – it's just that, well… none of them really compare to my best friend – hence the "best" descriptor. (Sorry, other, less adequate friends – you're important to me, too, but admit it: you kind of already knew where you stood in my life by comparison! :-P)
So, yeah, for any of you who has seen the movie, you kind of know why, then, I chose this movie for my first standalone review after that long hiatus. (And it only has a little bit to do with the fact that my friend got me this for a Christmas present and the fact that I wanted to watch it before he left!)
Superbad came out at a time when the term "bromance" was being tossed around quite a lot in pop culture – a portmanteau that described a relationship between two or more guys who did almost everything together and really and truly loved each other – but not, you know, in a gay sort of way, dude! It's a stupid term that's up there with "words" like staycation, chillax, and tween that, while effectively conveying the intended information, is still incredibly stupid and makes anyone who uses it seriously sound stupid in turn. (For the record, I prefer the term "hetero-life partners.")
The nice thing that came out of the Bromance Period, however, aside from the production of other such awesome buddy flicks like Shaun of the Dead and… and Hot Fuzz, and… Paul… (Okay, maybe not so much Paul…) was the fact that it actually succeeded in making it okay for one dude to announce that he totally and unconditionally loves his best friend, and yes, that best friend just happens to be another dude, too. Straight guys everywhere were finally able to stand up, join hands in a totally unromantic way, and roar triumphantly, "We're totally not gay, but look at this! Deal with it, Society!"
And, apart from the later I Love You, Man, a film which can pretty much be considered the logical conclusion for the influx of bromantic comedies, or "brom-coms," that followed in this film's footsteps, Superbad remains the most effective of the bunch. Not only is it one of the most hilarious R-rated comedies to come out in recent years, making it perfect for a group viewing with a few beers on the side, Superbad is also anchored by a sweet and genuinely profound emotional core, too, despite the profanity and ridiculous situations that the characters get themselves into. This is all thanks to the guidance of director Greg Mottola and writers Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen, the latter two being the namesakes for the two leads.
Speaking of which, Superbad also came out at a time when people weren't yet sick of Michael Cera's nervous schtick, a time when Jonah Hill was still just the amusingly obnoxious, heavyset guy and not the Oscar-nominated thespian who inexplicably still stars in crappy Ben Stiller movies about alien invasions that he is today. (That's okay, Jonah, you made up for it retroactively with 21 Jump Street.) Michael Cera is – well, he's still the same timid old man in a timid young man's body that he's been since Arrested Development (How we all miss his more youthful days playing Noah Emmerich's excitable son in Frequency…), but it still works here as he plays the nervous straightman to the foul, loudmouthed, and yet strangely endearing Jonah Hill.
Perhaps there's even some glance into Jonah's future as a competitor to Christopher Plummer's first golden statue, even, as we're asked to not only embrace his character's generally offensive personality, but also feel for him when he's at his most vulnerable. Sure, he's kind of a prick, but he (mostly) genuinely doesn't mean to be, and the filmmakers and actor are careful to make sure that he remains funny enough to remain likable and yet realistic and developed enough to infer some deeper issues at play without miring the film in any contrived emotional drama.
In fact, Superbad may be one of the more tonally consistent modern comedies I've ever seen. Hilarity is evenly distributed throughout the film, even within the infamous McLovin subplot, and it's also refreshingly grounded in so far as it acknowledges that the characters are dumb freaking teenagers who don't really know what they're doing and are unprepared for the adult world that awaits them. Compare this all to crap like Project X, which rewards its characters for being, basically, the embodiment of everything that is wrong with entitled teenagers, and it'll make you all the more appreciative for the skill with which Superbad has been made.
There's a reason why I not only consider it to be one of my favorite comedies of all time, but also count it among the prestigious list of films that have made me cry and/or tear up consistently upon each viewing. Seriously, that drunken profession of brotherly love toward the end gets me every single freaking time. So much so that I had to break up the tension during that scene by cracking a nervous joke to keep from bawling in front of my best friend, who may or may not have thought I was being a bit overly sentimental at the time (but I don't care). I can now honestly say that, with his then-imminent departure, I can now up the number of scenes in this film that I consider tear-inducing from 1 to 2, with that sort of nervous but hopeful departing exchange that Evan and Seth share one last time before moving on being responsible for the dust that just happened to get into my eye at that particular time.
It's true that I would have very likely and gladly lived with my friend as hetero-life partners for the rest of my life if I had to, but I can't help but feel a lot like Seth did in the film when I wonder if there's anyone who will understand me quite as well and, more importantly, quite as enduringly as my best friend. The fact that I've really only lived on my own for a total of about 1 ½ weeks (not counting my one week vacation) after having a roommate for the better part of the past 6 ½ years (minus a few summers) has resulted in this all still not quite setting in, but I'd be lying if I didn't confess that I already miss having him around at times. Living on my own will undoubtedly have its advantages and disadvantages, but facing the fact that we're both moving on and that that period of our lives has ended definitely still feels pretty crappy.
But, as they say, we'll always have the memories. We'll undoubtedly still see each other regularly on those holidays that are important enough for me to head down to visit what has definitively become my hometown. And, who knows? Maybe, like with Seth and Evan, there's also the promise of a few actual romantic relationships on the horizon that wouldn't have been possible had the "bromance" not given way.
Lucky for us, it's still generally considered to be socially acceptable for guys to carry on a "bromance" even after you strike up a romantic relationship with a girl. But, dude, if you're reading this (and why wouldn't you be?), make sure your future wife doesn't not like me, okay? That would suck!
The Viewer's Commentary Rating: 4 / 5
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Review: NARS Velvet Matte Lip Pencil in Cruella
Suitable for: Anyone
Finish: Matte
Finish: Matte
Size: 1.8 g
Made in: USA
Made in: USA
Colour: Curella (Reds)
Price: $20 USD/ 2 pack (SGD $38 for full size)
Where to get: Sephora
Colours available:
C12-13 Alkyl Ethylhexanoate, Synthetic Candelilla Wax, Polyethylene, Cyclopentasiloxane, Caprylyl Methicone, Silica, Dimethicone, Sucrose Acetate Isobutyrate, Hydrogenated Coco-Glycerides, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Propylene Carbonate, Lecithin, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Aroma (Flavor), Tocopherol, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Dicalcium Phosphate, Citric Acid.
Upon application, lips are instantly saturated with rich pigments and a velvety matte finish. This long-lasting, non-drying formula is both enriched with emollients for a creamy texture and equipped with a combination of unique silicone for a seamless colour lasting for hours. Good for use for lining, all-over lip colour, or even pairing with another lip product.
Shaped like a pencil with the shade of the lip colour indicated at the end of it. The body of NARS lip crayon is matte but don't worry, it does not leave makeup residue on it easily.
I would really appreciate if they can change the packaging to twist-up product.
Sharpening will waste a lot of precious lip crayon. Got this sharpener during the purchase of an older lip crayon. If you are looking for affordable lip crayon sharpener, you can take a look at Catrice. I have one from them too.
Dome shape tip for ease of shaping. It is not as sharp after prolonged use but remained very to control.
Size/Amount of Product
I am very happy to find the sample size for lip products. How many of you have ever finished a full-sized lip colour before? Not me. Many ended up in the bin after being on the makeup shelf for too long. But there may be a chance to finish this, partially due to the loss of product from sharpening as well.
There are 17 colours for you to choose from but everything is available in 'sample' size. There is a good selection of reds, browns, pinks and purples for both cool and warm skin tones. I am sure you will find something suitable for you.
The reds they offered are great for warmer skin tones. Generally, I prefer bolder/darker colours from American brands.
Curella (Scarlet red) is a warm red. It is not too bold and striking, making it suitable even for daily wear.
Ease Of UseOne reason why I love lip crayons is that I can create a very clean look with it. It is effortless to outline and fill my lips. NARS matte lip pencil is very pigmented, it covers my natural lip colour very well.
On LipsOne of the main considerations over matte lipsticks is the concern over whether it would be drying on the lips. Yet, despite this being a matte lipstick, this is not drying at all. It does not emphasise lip lines and does not bleed or smudge throughout the day. It is very comfortable on lips, in fact, it doesn't feel like much on your lips at all. A super plus point for this product.
|On lips
Lightly dab and blend it out.
This is how it looks if you appear a thicker layer.
It looks brighter than how the swatch came up.
Transfer-proof/WaterproofWaterproof but it will still transfer onto cups/tissue etc. Not excessively though, so don't worry about it.
Lasting PowerHas some level of staining power but touch up required after meals. This doesn't worsen when used over peeling lips.
NARS Velvet Matte Lip Pencil has been in my pouch for months. This is my go-to touch up colour because it is suitable for many occasions. Lightly dab to bring colour to face and the intensity can be build up if required. I like how versatile it is and the formulation is perfect for me.
I am ok with touching up after a meal or as and when needed. It is great and I really like this shade of red - warm and bright.
- Great colour for warm skin tone
- Small size
- Easy to outline lips with
- Not drying for lips
- Versatile usage
- Multiple looks with 1 product
- Pigmented
- Decent lasting power
- Need to be sharpened (product wastage)
- Sample size has limited colours
- Needs touching up after a meal
- Not entirely transfer-proof
Comfortableness: 5/5
Colour: 5/5
Pigmentation: 5/5
Lasting power: 4/5
Versatility: 4/5 (good for many occasions)
Convenience of use: 2/5 (Sharpening required)
Value-for-money: 5/5
Rating: 9/10
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Google Already Tracks Your Smart Phone, How About Some More Household Gadgets?
Posted on January 14, 2014
When Google announced yesterday its $3.2 billion cash purchase of Nest, the jokes flew. "If your house is burning down you'll now get gmail ads for fire extinguishers," Valleywag's Sam Biddle tweeted. But no one who has watched Google struggle with the hardware business in recent years could really believe it would just be shelling […]Continue reading →


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Fahrenheit: Thermometer scale in which the freezing point of water is 32°F and the boiling point of water 212°F.
The Fahrenheit scale is still obstinately in use in the US. This anachronism requires conversion from Centigrade (°C) to Fahrenheit (°F), and vice versa.
One degree °C = (5/9)(°F - 32).
One degree °F = (9/5)(°C) + 32.
Named for Gabriel Fahrenheit, a German-Dutch physicist, who devised the scale in 1724. 0°F was the lowest temperature that Fahrenheit could obtain using a mixture of ice and salt.


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The data on deaths related to drinking high sugar beverages were collected as part of the World Health Organization (WHO) 2010 Global Burden of Diseases Study. Researchers talked with experts across the globe to obtain 114 national dietary surveys, covering more than 60% of the world population. The study was publically released today, March 20, 2013, in a presentation to the American Heart Association session on disease prevention.
Of the estimated 184,000 adult deaths worldwide associated with sugar-sweetened soda, sports drinks, and fruit drinks, the causes included 132,000 from diabetes, 45,000 from cardiovascular disease, and 4,600 from cancers, according to Gitanjali Singh, PhD, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health, and colleagues. This seems to be an extremely low number, but the correlation of world soda pop consumption to diabetes and obesity hasn't been a priority.
Obesity is directly related to sugary drinks as well as an imbalance in nutrition as sugary drinks are substituted for healthier foods. Sugar and high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) are the primary constituents in soft drinks. The corn producers have been arguing that sugar is sugar so we can include HFCS in with cane and beet sugars as culprits in the obesity link.
It has been shown that drinking sugary drinks does not trigger the brain to indicate that calories have been consumed. People stay hungry when drinking Coke, Pepsi and other sugary drinks. The drink empty calories and then eat other foods until they trigger a reaction in the brain.
Mexico has the highest death rate per million due to sugary drinks. They produce and use a great amount of sugar in their drinks, and their death rate is highest due to diabetes. The study attributed 318 deaths per million to sugary drinks. The Caribbean islands also have a high consumption rate for sugary drinks, and a high level of diabetes.
Countries that have low consumption rates of sugary drinks, e.g. China and Japan, have lower incidences of diabetes and obesity. Japan had an attributed level of 10 deaths per million due to sugary drinks.
The American Heart Association is recommending no more than 450 calories from sugar per week for persons on a 2,000 calorie per day diet. There is no doubt that people that are diabetic or obese are at a much higher risk for heart disease and strokes.
All of the sugary drinks contain some form of acid. Phosphoric acid is added as a flavor enhancer. Carbonic acid is the result of putting carbon dioxide into the water to give it fizz. Citric acid is a flavor enhancer. Both phosphoric acid and citric acid kill mold, which would otherwise occur due to the high sugar content. The kidneys take the brunt of the damage from these acids as they filter out these water soluble acids and excrete them in the urine.
When Michael Bloomberg was mayor of New York City, he tried to protect New Yorkers that drink soda to limiting the size to 16 ounces. A judge ruled that people have a right to kill themselves using sugary drinks. It is a sweet way to die.


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Hello everyone, I am one of DHHSC staff who have been working with families through ROCK, a free program that my co-worker Jesse and I founded to provide services for parents to learn American Sign Language to communicate with their Deaf and Hard of Hearing children. It has been growing ever since and our four offices were doing well with home visits until the pandemic hit in March 2020. Since then, we have faced additional challenges, including less access to remote services for some families.
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Reviews of Lemon Verbena
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Lemon Verbena Cut & Sifted from FrontierStyle: Lemon Verbena – Region: Paraguay
73 / 100 Aroma: 7/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 3/5
Jul. 6th, 2014
Used about 2 tsp for my small pot..smell is like lemongrass..good and solid..the flavor has a strong mouthfeel...it covers the tongue... unique..finishes with a light sweetness that is pleasant. Very nice tea! :)Read Full Review
Lemon Verbena Cut & Sifted from FrontierStyle: Lemon Verbena – Region: Paraguay
67 / 100 Aroma: 7/10 Flavor: 2/5 Value: 4/5
Jan. 12th, 2014
I like lemon verbena very much, and I find it a pleasant change of pace from other lemon-scented herbal teas. This batch was unusually bold in flavor, but its aroma was similar to other lemon verbena: lemony without being overwhelmingly so.
Aroma suggests lemon, gingerbread, and is also mildly vegetal and herbaceou...
Verbena from RonnefeldtStyle: Lemon Verbena – Region: ?????
67 / 100 Aroma: 7/10 Flavor: 3/5 Value: 3/5
Jun. 7th, 2013
I love lemon verbena...this was pleasant, but pales in comparison to the whole-leaf herb or even broken-leaf variants.
Moderately lemony, light-bodied for lemon verbena. Flavor mild, pleasing. Dusty finish.
Not as smooth as the whole-leaf herb I've brewed, but not as astringent as some finely-broken herbs that ...
Lemon Verbena Cut & Sifted from FrontierStyle: Lemon Verbena – Region: Paraguay
77 / 100 Aroma: 7/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 4/5
Feb. 28th, 2013
It's very smooth on the tongue and not overwhelmingly lemon flavored. Two thumbs up!Read Full Review
Lemon Verbena from ANC Educational FarmStyle: Lemon Verbena – Region: Pennsylvania, United States
100 / 100 Aroma: 10/10 Flavor: 5/5 Value: 5/5
Aug. 11th, 2011
Wow. And I thought I'd tried lemon verbena before. This is the first herbal tea that I've given a perfect rating, and only my second perfect rating.
This whole-leaf lemon verbena from the ANC Farm is better than anything I've tried fresh or dried. This is to lemon verbena what a high grade Jade Oolong or Tie Guan...
Lemon Verbena from Upton Tea ImportsStyle: Lemon Verbena – Region: ?????
70 / 100 Aroma: 7/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 3/5
Dec. 18th, 2009
Less similar to lemongrass or lemon balm than you would expect from the smell of the dry leaf, which smells almost identical to lemongrass. The brewed tea is mellower, and yet richer, warmer...less fresh tasting, and has an almost bread-like quality in the aroma, sort of yeasty. Sweet and a tiny bit tangy.
The ove...
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I've lived in Eliot for 5 years now, and Martin Luther King, Junior Boulevard (MLK) is less than half a block from my house. If I had to use one word to describe it I would say 'highway' probably. The traffic is what defines MLK, slow and busy at rush hour, and fast and sparse throughout the rest of the day.
LUTC Minutes 2013-02-17
Eliot News Spring 2013 – A Call for Articles
Freezing Fog in Eliot
Eliot News in Danger
The Eliot Newspaper is a publication of the Eliot Neighborhood Association and has been published for the past 22 years. In recent times, former Board Chair Clint Lundmark has been the Editor, Advertising contact, Layout manager, and a major content creator for the paper. This is a tremendous amount of work for one person—too much for me—to do as I am quickly finding out, and I would like to thank Clint for the amount of work he has done for the paper over the past year.
Our Little Free Library
By The Sporseens
The Little Free Library concept is designed to promote literacy and the love of reading by building free book exchanges worldwide. Eliot Neighborhood now has a first Little Free Library and we are now on the map at www.littlefreelibrary.org.
One Down, One to Go
Readers of this column will know that the NE Quadrant phase of the Central City Plan update recently finished. The resulting Plan was approved by City Council. This plan is "advisory" and may be changed of modified subsequently. Concern about possible changes that would upset the compromises agreed to by the stakeholder committee resulted in a request that the committee be notified of any prospective changes and re-engaged to review and comment before they are adopted. It isn't clear Council will be bound by that request, but here is hoping it will be.
LUTC Meeting Agenda for 2013-2-18
Meeting of the Land Use and Transportation Committee (Public welcome) February 18th (President's Day) at Legacy Emanuel Hospital Room 1035
Its Your Paper
The Eliot News is one of the primary ways our neighborhood association reaches out to our neighbors: ALL of them, some of whom are elderly and/or poor and do not have internet access and whose views would otherwise ignored. It is one of the few remaining ink and paper neighborhood association newsletters.
Is it time to reconsider our school names?
"This Board (Humboldt Neighborhood Association) is opposed, as a matter of policy, to retaining the names of schools and other public institutions named for former slave owners and others who did not respect equal opportunity for all."
The Germans Left Churches
When I sent the moldings in my home off to the stripper, I noted the name on the back appeared to be German. I also suspected the owner worked for the railroad because the front door is a custom size, probably to accommodate a window in the shape of a Union Pacific shield, which dates from the 1880s, and my home was built in 1908. A recent Oregonian article, ("NE Portland church tells story…" 1/12/2013) confirmed these suspicions. Although the article warned of the potential tragic loss of churches founded by German immigrants, it noted that these settlers were from the Volga region of Russia.
Board Meeting Agenda for 2013-2-11
Meeting of the Board (Public welcome) February 11th at Medical Office Building 501 N Graham : West Conference Room. 7-9pm
New Seasons, Intersection Painting (Tillamook & Rodney), Bylaws
Thoughts on Neighborhood Development
As a fairly recent transplant to Eliot I am excited for the developments along Williams and Vancouver. The addition of New Seasons and mixed use residential buildings are just the beginning of local economic growth, and this has the benefit of also increasing scrutiny of factors that affect Eliot as a walkable and healthy neighborhood. There is a general theory of walk-ability that requires satisfaction of four main criteria: it must be useful, safe, comfortable and interesting. Having a grocery store return to Eliot will meet the first criteria, and I for one will enjoy the proximity of my favorite place to shop. The nature of walking allows you to meander and find your most interesting and safe route, although the two can often be mutually exclusive. Safety for pedestrians, a very fragile group, requires well-lit paths, well-marked crossings, a buffering from cars and an overall sense of security. Residents of Eliot must deal with high traffic volumes, and a proximity to the freeway that compromises this sense of security.
Neighborhood Livability Partnership
The Eliot Neighborhood Association has a vital role in helping leaders connect to each other. Our meetings increase the sense of cohesion and community through partnerships and funding with other groups and through special initiatives. In April of 2012, a group of Eliot residents secured a partnership agreement, the Neighborhood Livability Partnership. The Partnership has three equal partners, the Eliot Neighborhood Board, the Lloyd District Community Association, and Portland Arena Management (PAM), the management group that oversees the Rose Quarter. Like all partnerships, each entity has shared goals and individual perspectives. The Partnership has been formalized with a signed Agreement between each of the three partners that focuses on preserving the historic character of Eliot while improving the livability and accessibility of the area.


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Madrid (Spain), 23rd – 25th of September 2015
Facing the Challenges of Global Change through Landscape
The fourth CHeriScape conference looked outwards towards the major environmental and social changes currently seen to be operating at global level, and at how spatial planning and sustainable and economic development strategies can interact with these through the lens of landscape. We looked at how far-reaching an impact these global changes have on both landscape and heritage, but also at how landscape as heritage offers ways to address those challenges. The conference examined how demographic change, changing aspirations and identities, and lifestyle choices contribute to the global challenges, and therefore how (as the SPB on landscape, and both the Florence and Faro Conventions claim) they can offer answers to those challenges as well as calling for protection against them. The idea of landscape as heritage resonates with the need to give new life to cultural landscapes by finding them new functions and values, ideas central as well to the sustainability of heritage. Landscape as heritage becomes a solution.
Abstract Booklet
Briefing Notes
Session 1: Global Environmental Change
Keynote speaker: Poul Holm (IRL), Trinity College Dublin
Short presentations:
– Otto Brinkkemper (NED), Cultural Heritage Agency
– Victor Gutierrez Lopez (ESP), Biodiversity Foundation
– Ingrid Sarlov-Herlin (SWE), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Session 2: Landscapes under Tourist Pressure
Keynote speaker: Bas Pedroli (NED), Wageningen University
Short presentations:
– Aikaterini Gkoltsiou (GRE), University of Aegean
– Michal Pawleta (POL), Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań
– Isabel Loupe Ramos (POR), University of Lisbon
Session 3: Abandoned or old landscapes
Keynote Speaker: Pedro Prata (POR), Associação Transumância e Natureza
Short presentations:
– Brigitte Sabattini (FRA), University of Aix-Marseille
– Jozef Hernik (POL), University of Agriculture in Krakow
– Andrea Perino (GER), German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity, Leipzig


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According to a special law in Italy, over 450 museums are free on the first Sunday of every month. In Venice, this includes such famous museums as Gallerie dell'Accademia, Galleria "Giorgio Franchetti" alla Ca' d'oro, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Museo di Palazzo Grimani, and Museo d'arte orientale.
Gallerie dell'Accademia is perhaps the most well-known museum in Venice, which specializes in the pre-19th-century art of Venice and northern Italy. It was part of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia and became an independent gallery in 1879. Located on the south bank of the Grand Canal, within the Sestiere of Dorsoduro, the Accademia hosts the famous drawing of the Vitruvian Man by Leonardo Da Vinci and masterpieces by other Italian artists.
Palazzo Grimani was opened to the public in 2008. It is famous for its architectural originality, unique decoration, and history. The decorated rooms are known for their stuccowork and frescoes executed by famous artists such as Giovanni da Udine, Francesco Salviati, Camillo Mantovano, Francesco Menzocchi and Federico Zuccari.
The National Archaeological Museum of Venice, located in the Procuratie Nuove, was founded in the 16th century. It boasts a great collection of ancient Roman and Greek sculptures, a huge number of ancient coins, precious gems and cameos, unique bronze artefacts, and amazing pottery from different periods.


text: Some really exciting progress has been made on the restoration of the P-51C Mustang, Lope's Hope the 3rd. Currently being restored by AirCorps Aviation, this P-51C has gone through an amazing restoration process and just got the Merlin Packard engine fitted in it's mounts. Check out more of the story and see the photos HERE.


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World: Challenging The 'Refugee-Victim' Narrative
By Hanno Brankamp, June 2, 2015. Pambazuka News, Issue 733
While academics in the field of (forced) migration are more often than not aware of these complexities, public perceptions are often skeptical of narratives that recognize refugees as people 'like you and I' who find themselves in dire circumstances. At first glance, the difference between the two narratives seems marginal. However, acknowledging forced migrants as people with knowledge, abilities, and strength does not delegitimize their claim for asylum and refuge, on the contrary, it will make their case the more pressing if they are seen as who they are, rather than who they are expected to be. This perspective challenges predominant notions of passivity and inertia which are prolific in most media and inform political action. UNHCR's 2015 World Refugee Day slogan "Ordinary people living through extraordinary times" could mean a step in the right direction. Despite this positive potential, the aim of such strategies cannot be the uncritical celebration of 'same-ness' ("like you and I"), as it echoes a liberal, Eurocentric discourse that seeks to minimize 'difference' without addressing the historically-produced, unequal power positions of "us" and "them" with respect to socio-economy, politics, culture, and race. [end quote]
In the immediate aftermath of the preventable deaths of hundreds of Arab and African migrants in the Mediterranean earlier in April this year.
Analysts and media outlets again invoked this sense of despair, hopelessness and victim-hood on the part of those people risking the perilous journey to Europe, and eventually paying with their lives for the dream of a better and safe life.
With looming refugee and forced migration crises in the Mediterranean, Kenya, Myanmar, Syria, Burundi and elsewhere hitting international headlines, public attention is rightfully drawn to those people immediately affected by war, poverty, and persecution. For many, internally-displaced persons (IDPs), refugees, and asylum-seekers are above all unfortunate souls, devastated, and stripped of their humanity by seemingly never-ending civil wars, dictatorships and economic stagnation at home. Yet, maybe counter-intuitively, ritualistic demonstrations of compassion in Western media and the political scene do a disservice to refugee advocacy, as they inadvertently – and falsely – reduce refugee-ness to a state of inaction and passivity, and refugee camps to fairly hopeless and "nondescript places", as Edward Said famously remarked [1].
In the immediate aftermath of the preventable deaths of hundreds of Arab and African migrants in the Mediterranean earlier in April this year, analysts and media outlets again invoked this sense of despair, hopelessness and victim-hood on the part of those people risking the perilous journey to Europe, and eventually paying with their lives for the dream of a better and safe life.
The implicit message of these various representations was – quite rightly – Europe's moral and legal obligation to save those drowning right on her doorstep and in visual range of her shores. Understandably, well-meaning human rights activists, leftist politicians, and humanitarian agencies have used the same imagery to create awareness in Western media, civil society and public discourse. The International Rescue Committee (IRC), for instance, speaks of "warehousing" refugees. Not only have the lines between 'migrant' and 'refugee', between 'asylum-seeker' and 'displaced person' become increasingly irrelevant in popular parlance to a point of indistinguishably, but these groups are also imagined to share a common, inevitably fate.
While these strategic portrayals of 'essential victims' are ironically driven by commendable intentions to stir debates and at best provoke policy responses, it is also clear that they nurture and prolong a problematic 'refugee-victim' narrative. Here, refugees – or (forced) migrants in general – feature as helpless, indistinct crowds who are being heaved by the coastguard from overloaded rubber boats on the verge of sinking onto the safety of navy vessels, or as destitute and empty-eyed bodies in uninhabitable places, abandoned and sacrificed. Having said this, unspeakable stories of pain and devastation are not a fiction, but they exist to the millions and very much deserve to be told. Yet, by harping on scenarios of trauma and loss, discourse practice ironically thwarts the 'empowerment' language of humanitarian actors. Naturally, the short-term benefits of proliferating such images with their metaphorical power must be weighed critically against the potentially damaging repercussions for popular beliefs and attitudes towards (forced) migrants at large. In the words of renowned scholar Jennifer Hyndman, "the popularity and sympathy for displaced peoples on the part of Western governments lies precisely in their location 'over there'" [2].
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To read the rest of this inspiring article by Hanno Brankamp on June 2, 2015 in Pambazuka News click on the link below.


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Bleach 683 see's the continuation of Ichigo vs Yhwach as Renji along with Aizen also get involved in defeating Yhwach. Ichigo and Aizen somehow manage to devise a plan in order use Aizen's abilities and tricks in order to trick Yhwach to let his guard down allowing Ichigo to use his Tensa Zangetsu to unleash the full force of Getsuga Tensho upon Yhwach from a close range, has this worked?
Bleach 683 begins as hell is raised within Soul Society, we see the battle between Yhwach and Ichigo continue as they try to knock each other down. Seireitei itself begins to collapse. Ichigo is tired and unable to fight with a broken sword. Yhwach tells him that he's hanging on by a thread, it pains him to see him like this.
He asks why he didn't let Orihime heal him, to which he provokes him by mentions that maybe she was also on the verge of death, or perhaps he thought that he wouldn't make it in time. He had made it clear that even if he tried to chase him down, he wouldn't be able to stop him. Renji tries to attack, even uses his Bankai, Sou Zabimaru, but it only ends up in him getting his arm sliced.
Even his Bankai will be unable to do any sort of damage to him. All Bankai's have already been destroyed in the future. Yhwach turns around as he predicts that Aizen has come for him. He mentions that he shall crush him with his very own hands. Aizen attacks to push Yhwach back, Yhwach then mentions that he is acting as Renji's shield, to which he is truly shocked.
Aizen uses the Hadou Goryuutenmetsu (Five Swirling Dragons of Destruction) which unleashes his attack on Yhwach, even allows Aizen the opportunity to attack, this is when Yhwach reminds Aizen that his very own sword, Kyouka Suigetsu has already been broken. Aizen notices the crack, Yhwach takes this opportunity to attack Aizen as he falls to the deepest parts of what is now Seireitei.
Yhwach had already seen this happening. We then see Ichigo, which somehow has a broken or cut arm try to attack, but Yhwach blocks it with his own hands. He's able to crack Tensa Zangetsu even further. Yhwach begins to discuss the fact that working with Aizen and Renji in order to defeat him is the best way, but he needs to remember that nothing escapes his gaze.
Tensa Zangetsu once again breaks into multiple pieces. Yhwach tells Ichigo to rest in pieces as he now lands the final blow on Ichigo creating a hole in his body. Yhwach mentions that it has been fun and somewhat amusing, so the least he can do for him is to erase his existence along with Soul Society.
Aizen speaks as he mentions that Yhwach seems to think that he's gazing at Ichigo. This in fact means that this Ichigo is now in fact Ichigo but Aizen as his arm has been cut off, and was able to use his own powers in order to trick Yhwach. A sword appears from Yhwach's chest as we see that Ichigo is right behind him. Ichigo then unleashes a Getsuga Tensho in an effort to blast Yhwach and kill him. Is it successful or will Yhwach still be able to battle? Bleach 683 ends here.
A fantastic chapter if you ask me, seems like Ichigo got a fantastic good hit on Yhwach, but has Yhwach been able to predict this and see through Aizen's abilities and tricks that he planned for this. Plus I can't wait to see what happens in next week's Bleach 684, when we continue on with what'll happen next in this battle.
Also be sure to answer the poll below to tell me if Yhwach has been defeated.


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Design Leadership Handbook05
Forging alliances
Design is a team sport
by Aarron Walter and Eli Woolery
First and foremost, a design leader needs to be empathetic, driven by curiosity to observe people beyond just dialogue. This will support design leaders to better understand the needs of customers to initiate relevant innovations, drive great design leadership amongst their creative talent, and enable cross-functional collaboration with colleagues.
Eric Quint
"First and foremost, a design leader needs to be empathetic, driven by curiosity to observe people beyond just dialogue." @3M CDO Eric Quint
Great design leaders recognize that their team's work is but one piece of the broader ecosystem of their organization. Engineering, Product management, Research, Support and many other teams play important roles in creating a great user experience. You'll need to build social capital across your organization by developing rapport with your colleagues.
Get in the habit of stepping away from your computer to get to know people. Grab lunch with a developer who may build out your team's next design. No need for an agenda—just get to know each other. Spend time with researchers who have their finger on the pulse of your customers, sales people who hear frequent requests, product managers who understand schedules and scope, and customer service agents who know where users struggle the most. All have valuable context to offer you and your team. Each one influences the success of your team's work.
Your legs are your most effective design tool. Get out and connect with people.
Mark Opland
"Your legs are your most effective design tool. Get out and connect with people." @mopland @facebook
Design leadership: How top design leaders build and grow successful organizations
In this handy little book, Richard Banfield shares findings from interviews with a number of veteran design leaders, exploring a wide range of topics from shaping culture to leadership styles.
And don't just network laterally—spend time with different stakeholders and executives to understand their roles and expectations. Ask questions about the broader strategy of the company. You'll need to understand the big picture to design products that fit into the company vision.
We see our greatest successes when we involve the right people along the way.
Ryan Page
Capital One
"We see our greatest successes when we involve the right people along the way." @helloryanpage @CapitalOne
As you become connected to colleagues on other teams, not only will your team's designs be more informed, you'll also put design on everyone's radar, which is critically important. Your conversations will educate the rest of the company about design as a function, profession, and mindset. Your outreach to colleagues over time can change your company's culture, making it more compatible with the needs of designers.
Making inroads
Design is often protected—intentionally or not—from those who are perceived to be outside the process. That's a shame, as often there are experts that are excluded simply because they don't move in the same social circles at work.
It's important to bring stakeholders into the design process early and often to get feedback and fresh perspectives. Sharing your work digitally makes it easy to gather feedback from specific people, but there's value in setting the stage for unsolicited feedback too. As mentioned in the previous section, surprising things happen when you print screens and post them in a space where passersby can catch a glimpse. Leave Post-it notes and pens nearby and see what happens—you'll get surprising feedback from unexpected sources with this approach.
Unlike digital, print is persistent and casual. It invites spontaneous participation even when you're not around, which is perhaps its greatest strength. Take note of who leaves useful feedback so you can include them when you share your team's next prototype.
When design is accessible to all, the process feels inclusive.
Regularly scheduled design reviews can be a great way to not only keep your design team synced, but to forge connections with other teams. At the health tech company Counsyl, Laura Martini (now at Google) made a habit of inviting engineers and execs to design reviews to get new perspective for her team, but also to put design on people's minds.
I often invited influential people in the company to my team's design reviews so our work remained visible. My team was a little nervous about showing their early work to company leaders, but I knew it was important to do.
Laura Martini
"I often invited influential people in the company to my team's design reviews so our work remained visible." @martinibot
Empathy at scale
In his article for 99U, The Subtle Art of Being a Designer at a Massive Company, 3M's global head of design Eric Quint talks about how he translates empathy for customers to empathy for his colleagues, helping him build inroads into design within a massive organization.
In addition to design reviews, you can make colleagues aware of the work happening inside the design team by delivering presentations as a coffee hour or a lunch and learn. You can present your work on an important project, or deliver a crash course in Design Thinking. Create a design Slack channel to share books and articles with those who want to learn more about your discipline, and share updates on your work.
The more visible your team is in your company, the easier it will be to connect and collaborate with other teams.
Educating your company about design
Even if your team is already visible within the company, it can be challenging to find ways to focus the company culture on design without hiring more design resources. One method is to find alternate means of educating non-design colleagues about how designers solve problems.
At Netflix, Andy Law approaches this in several different ways. Once a quarter, Netflix holds a "UX Progressive," where engineers and others can visit a designer's desk to get a demo of current work in progress. Andy has also used screenings of InVision's DESIGN DISRUPTORS film as a way to educate colleagues about design: "There are a lot of people interested in how designers approach and solve a problem, and DESIGN DISRUPTORS does a really good job of synthesizing what that is."
Another approach is to host one-on-one sessions with colleagues who are interested in learning more about design, or who seek design help with a project. When Irene Au was at Google, the design team held weekly "office hours" where colleagues could come with questions and get feedback on their projects.
No matter the approach, educating colleagues about design and empowering them to use elements of the design process offer opportunities to increase the visibility and influence of design within your company.
Related: Design plays a key role in 38% of the world's largest organizations
Key takeaways
- Set design review days on your team's calendar and invite specific people to participate
- Your org chart is not a list of names; it's a group of potential allies. Get to know them.
- Post your work in an accessible space. Present your work at company coffee hours. Talk about your work and answer questions in a company Slack channel.
- Solicit feedback every step of the way. This isn't design by committee, but good ideas—and constructive criticism—can come from anywhere.
- Find opportunities to educate your company about design (UX progressives, film screenings, office hours).


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Representatives from Chevron Pascagoula Refinery, the Fab Foundation and Jackson County School District unveiled plans for a $1.2 million Fab Lab in Vancleave, Miss.
A Fab Lab is a platform for learning and innovation: a place to play, to create, to learn, to mentor and to invent. Fab Labs include a laser cutter that makes 2D and 3D structures, a sign cutter that plots in copper to make antennas and flex circuits, a high-resolution NC milling machine that makes circuit boards and precision parts, a large wood router for building furniture and housing, and a suite of electronic components and programming tools for low-cost, high-speed microcontrollers for on-site rapid circuit prototyping.
"Education and economic development are linked," explained Refinery General Manager Bruce Chinn, "and it is essential that our future workforce be prepared to take advantage of the opportunities they'll have before them. For our industry, emphasizing science, technology, engineering, and math is critical.
"Our partnership with The Fab Foundation to create Fab Labs is one of many ways Chevron can help support the education of our future workforce and the quality of life in our community," Chinn said.
The stationary Fab Lab and mobile unit will be available to students throughout Jackson County, and to the community. Learn more at www.fablabjacksoncounty.org