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So apparently I had shiny good intentions about writing a list of 100 things I am thankful for, just in time for Thanksgiving. Look at me with the holiday spirit. Except…
Right now I am not feeling so thrilled and thankful. I know deep down that I have so much to be thankful for and that there are so many that have it worse that I do, but that isn't helping to combat the overwhelming stress and anxiety that I am feeling.
I've always been a worrywart. I'm not able to 'let things go' or 'let it work out' or any of that. I worry. It is what I do. But I have never, NEVER felt that the worrying part of me was taking over in such a scary way.
I am stressed out about work. My work isn't brain surgery, but it is high pressure, and right now I am working on a BIG SCARY PROJECT WITH CRAZY DEADLINES THAT IS HIGHLY VISIBLE TO THE COMPANY.
It is a great opportunity for me to show what I can do. It is also scary, and overwhelming, and making me feel stupid and inadequate. I am struggling with it and I am struggling to admit that, even to myself.
But that is not the scary part.
It's pretty common knowledge that stress in one aspect of life will manifest itself in other ways. What's scaring me is that I don't know if the rest of the stress (or dare I use the word anxiety) that I'm feeling is simply related to the stress of this project or if this is something else going on.
Let me back up.
For the last few months, I've been experiencing a higher than normal level of anxiety. I've been blaming it on a number of things: being thrown into a new position at work, an added level of responsibility in my life with the house purchase, PMS – you name it.
I've just kept assuming that it would stop.
But it has only gotten worse.
This latest work-related stress had brought things up to a fever pitch. I can fall asleep fine (as long as the TV is on to lull me to sleep) but I wake up every night around 1 or 2 and my mind races and I can't force it back to sleep. I snap at Matt over the stupidest things. I get so upset by mundane tasks like loading the dishwasher that my heart pounds and my hands shake.
A few nights ago, during one of my typical late night worry-sessions, I could hear a beeping going on somewhere in the house. After a little while, I finally deduced that it was a low battery alarm on a smoke detector or carbon monoxide detector. I figured out which one it was and took the batteries out only to find that they were AA batteries (not 9 volt like I thought all smoke detectors took). We didn't have any AA batteries in the house.
So I went back to bed and lay awake completely convinced that the house was going to burn down because ONE of the NINE SMOKE DETECTORS in the house was out.
This week, Matt has been sick. A few nights ago, he was coughing in the middle of the night, and he got a cough drop. He put the cough drop in his mouth, rolled over, and dozed off. I lay awake convinced that he was going to choke on the cough drop in his sleep and die.
On Thanksgiving, Matt went out and started my car for me so that it would warm up. I flipped out and made him go turn it off FOR NO GOOD REASON. I cannot even now thing of a logical reason for the way I acted. He had used the spare set of keys to start it because he couldn't find mine and I had a fit because he used THE WRONG KEY. As if the wrong key would somehow cause impending doom.
The next day, I made him search the entire house for gift tags because I was convinced that we had some somewhere and IF WE DIDN'T USE GIFT TAGS RIGHT AWAY HOW WOULD WE POSSIBLY KNOW WHO THE GIFT WAS FOR. When Matt pointed out that the only gifts we had were for each other and that his was square and mine rectangular I cried and told him that he just didn't understand at all and didn't care about me. Then I made him go look for the gift tags again.
This is not normal behavior. It is not ok. I don't know what to do about it.
Right now, as I write this, I am thinking that I must be able to just make it stop – just turn my mind away from these thoughts and become the happy person that I want to be. But late last night I tried desperately to do just that. And I failed miserably.
I am hoping that it will go away. I gave myself a stern talking to just now and I said, "Self, you know that you are having some trouble right now. You need to made a concerted effort to stop this. Think before words come out of your mouth. Talk to Matt and explain how you are feeling. MAKE IT STOP."
And then a tiny little voice said, "But what if it doesn't?"
What if I try my best and things calm down at work and I just continue this out of control worrying? What if I can't control my snapping at Matt? That is my biggest fear – that Matt will get so sick of not having the girl that he loves, the girl who smiles and laughs and jokes, that he leaves me.
I love mini golf. (Go with it, this has a relevant point.) Sometime during the first summer that we were dating Matt and I went to play mini-golf. Except we didn't know where we were going. We didn't even know what TOWN we were going to. We only knew that Matt's college friend had mentioned something about there being an awesome mini-golf place near where we lived. He had said that at least a year ago. And we weren't all that sure if he East blah-blah-blah or West blah-blah-blah.
But do you know what we did? We got in the car, and we drove around, and we got lost, and we stopped at various places, and we tried to read a map, and we sang along to the radio, and eventually? We found this awesome mini-golf place. It was sunny and warm and we had a blast and it was basically one of the best days I have ever had. Ever. Ever ever ever.
I want to be that girl again.
Because this girl? The one that I am today? Would never be able to let go enough to do that. She would worry about getting lost, and wasting time, and oh my god the laundry and the dishes and that spreadsheet for work are you kidding we can't waste time driving around looking for some phantom mini-golf place. And even if we could we would be wasting MONEY and GAS and TIME and no no no we can't possibly do that.
I hate her. I don't want to be her anymore.
So I am choosing not to be her. I am choosing to try my very best to change this. And I am promising myself that I will do whatever is necessary to do it.
I hope this works.


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Distribution of this plugin has been suspended due to unresolved security vulnerabilities, see below.
The current version of this plugin may not be safe to use. Please review the following warnings before use:
Jenkins Groovy Axis Plugin
This plugin allows to have scriptable axes for Matrix Jobs. Groovy is the scripting language being used.
The script will have to return a list of strings and each of the strings will be an element of the axis.
If the script does not return a list of strings then
will be returned instead.
Define an axis with three values:
return [ "Axis1", "Axis2", "Axis3" ]
Define the same axis programmatically:
def result = [] (1..3).each { result += "Axis"+it } return result
Define an axis whose values are the files in the root directory:
def dir = new File('/') def result = [] dir.eachFile { if (it.isFile()) { result += it.canonicalPath } } return result
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Is it possible to include environment variables in the groovy script? I'd like things such as file paths to be dynamic...
Just use : System.getenv("YOUR_ENV")
I am trying to create axis to deploy some content to choosen to all selected environments.
The idea is to setup "This build is parameterized" -> create booleans: QA_SERVER1, QA_SERVER2, QA_SERVER3
And if user select for example QA_SERVER1 & QA_SERVER3 it should execute only for this servers.
I wrote script (not only , but to understand my logic), but it not working.
How should I rewrite it to access custom booleans?
import hudson.model.* def result = [] if ( System.getEnv('QA_SERVER1') == true ) { result += 'qaserver1.domain.com' } if ( System.getEnv('QA_SERVER2') == true ) { result += 'qaserver2.domain.com' } if ( System.getEnv('QA_SERVER3') == true ) { result += 'qaserver3.domain.com' } return result
Ouch, this was not as dynamic as I hoped. The groovy script doesn't seem to be run for each build. It is only run when pressing Save/Apply in the project configuration. Could that be changed somehow? I have matrix values stored in files and I want them to be reread for every build.
There's a pull request in Jenkins core to address this issue.
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I upgraded Jenkins to 1.472, which according to changelog has this feature implemented. Do I need to modify now something to actually get it working, as my axis definition updates still only when I apply/save job settings.
My axis is simple groovy script reading axis definition from a text file on web server as follows;
def url = "http://www.domain.com/testsets.txt".toURL() def testsets = [] url.withReader { reader -> reader.eachLine { line -> testsets += line } } return testsets
Is it possible to include build parameters in the script? For example, I could have another job pass in a list of Linux .config files and build a kernel for each.
I'm trying to trigger matrix jobs on all nodes of particular type. Since there are lots of configured nodes and some of them can be offline the plugin seems to be a natural choice. However, the things doesnt seem to work. The expression for axis values is
def result = [] jenkins.model.Jenkins.instance.nodes.each { if (it.toComputer().online && it.assignedLabels.contains(new hudson.model.labels.LabelAtom("linux"))) { result += it.name } } return result
It correctly determines node names: [ superfrog1, pintov1, pintov2, swtsscg, gdrcw, pintov4, pecanv6 ]
However, when build is executed then things go wrong as Jenkins doesnt seems to be using axis values at all:Building remotely on swtsscg in workspace /ci/workspace/test/node/superfrog1
superfrog1 $ /bin/sh -xe /tmp/hudson5253422839681441452.sh
Label is superfrog1
Executing on swtsscg
So while axis label was superfrog1 build was executed on node stwsscg. Any suggestions?
Here's how to do it with build parameters, according to https://github.com/jenkinsci/groovyaxis-plugin/commit/945518d9c2b35376f9ddf8b72e71a7aeec65b9e8 :
def value = "" if (context != null) { def resolver = context.build.buildVariableResolver value = resolver.resolve("AXISVALUES") } return value.split() as List
I see the same behavior as Nickolay. Jobs with the discovered labels are executed, however they actually run on the wrong nodes. Has anyone looked into it?
I would love to get this plugin working!
This change fixes it for me (extend LabelAxis instead of Axis). I made my own fork of this plugin called GroovyLabelAxis which solves it nicely. Including ernstp's parameters option this givesreally nice functionality of choosing labels for the axis at job runtime
public class GroovyLabelAxis extends LabelAxis { ...
Have you published this fix anywhere? I am running into the same problem
I configure so that the Axis amount depended on the parameter build. But there is a problem:
let's build A has started 20 Axis and the next build B- 10. At the matrix A will be showed only 10 Axis icons and links. Is it possible to display the Axis as much as was used in the build?
You can spawn full matrix and then selectively skip configurations you are not interested in. You can colorize "skipped" builds and even add badges and explanations to them. Decision to skip is just a first step in the build. Could be groovy or shell. Groovy postbuild plugin can be used to check if build was skipped and colorize result for this configuration.

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Elwood Sailing Club Child Safety Standards
As you would may be aware, there are now new Child Safe Standards that need to be in place in all Victorian clubs and organisations by January 1st 2017. Elwood Sailing Club is introducing new Procedures and Policy's around creating a Child Safe Environment and being compliant with the new legislation. Please read our Child Safe Standards provided here and on the club notice boards and newsletters.We ask that you become familiar and aware of the changes that our club needs to make to meet these standards. Our subcommittee will be communicating the changes we need to make to our process and culture on an ongoing basis.
Statement of Commitment to Child Safety
ESC is a Child Safe Organisation, with a demonstrated commitment to child safety.
All our instructors and leaders have undergone child safety instruction and hold current Working with Children checks.
We are committed to ensuring the safety of children at our club and have processes in place to help children
We have zero tolerance approach to discrimination and abuse of all forms and we take steps to raise awareness about child abuse and awareness.
We recognise we have a duty of care to children and proactively encourage our members to be educated on all policies and procedures.
We have an open door policy for staff, volunteers and children to be able to report anything that they feel to be in breach of our standards and can report this with full confidentiality.
If you want to express any concerns then you can go to the Manager at Elwood Sailing Club, Amanda Innes or any member of our Child Safety Sub-Committee, and be confident that the concerns or complaints will be acted upon appropriately.
ESC wants to empower children by respecting their opinions, listening to them, encouraging participation and establishing an environment of trust.
We promote the safety of Aboriginal children
We promote the safety of children cultural and linguistically diverse backgrounds
We promote the safety of children with disabilities


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Makes approx 24 rolls
Atari Goma Dipping Sauce Method
In a saucepan, combine the miso and the sake and cook, stirring continually, for about 30 minutes, or until the volume is reduced by half. Then cool completely. (This step may be done several days in advance.)
Place the cooled miso in a bowl and add the vinegar, dashi, sugar, Atari goma and mustard. Combine well.
Store in an airtight container
Salmon Rice Paper rolls Method
Combine plum sauce, fish sauce & lime juice in a mixing bowl then add carrot, daikon & coriander making sure the sauce coats the vegetables.
Cut the salmon into approx 25mm wide strips
To prepare for the rice paper select a shallow tray that would fit the whole rice paper sheet, then ½ fill it with cold water. You will also require a cloth towel which will be used to dry the rice paper.
Removing one sheet of rice paper at a time (keep the rice paper covered or in the sealed packet as it will quickly start to crack if it is left out for too long), submerge the sheet into the tray with the cold water & remove immediately & place on the cloth towel allowing it to hydrate & soften, at this stage it should be pliable, pat dry to remove any excessive water.
On a separate chopping board cut the rice paper into strips approx 30mm wide, place on top of each rice paper strip the salmon & then place approx a teaspoon of vegetable mixture on to each rice paper salmon strip & roll up tightly. Store on a tray & cover with plastic food wrap.
To Serve
Serve on a platter with the Atari goma dipping sauce – optional garnishes could be to tie the rolls with spring onion & top with salmon roe.
Chef's Notes
Dried rice paper wrappers are available in Asian Food Stores & generally sold in packets of 10 sheets which are typically round & white (25cm diameter). Always check the packet to insure there are no sheets that are visibly broken.
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January 17, 2017
Board Members Present:
Roger Fridal, Chairman
Diana Doutre, Board Member
Lyle Holmgren, Board Member
Jeff Reese, Board Member
Bret Rohde, Board Member
Lyle Vance, Board Member
Shawn Warnke, Executive Director
Linsey Nessen, Executive Secretary
Chairman Fridal called the Tremonton Redevelopment Agency Meeting to order at 7:47 p.m. The meeting was held in the City Council Meeting Room at 102 South Tremont Street, Tremonton, Utah. Those in attendance were Chairman Fridal, Board Members Doutre, Holmgren, Reese, Rohde, and Vance, Executive Director Warnke, and Executive Secretary Nessen.
1. Approval of agenda:
Motion by Board Member Reese to approve the agenda. Motion seconded by Board Member Doutre. Vote: Board Member Doutre – aye, Board Member Holmgren – aye, Board Member Reese – aye, Board Member Rohde – aye, and Board Member Vance – aye. Motion approved.
2. Approval of minutes – January 3, 2017
Motion by Board Member Doutre to approve the minutes of January 3rd. Motion seconded by Board Member Vance. Vote: Board Member Doutre – aye, Board Member Holmgren – aye, Board Member Reese – aye, Board Member Rohde – aye, and Board Member Vance – aye. Motion approved.
3. RDA Business:
a. Discussion and consideration of accepting Community Studio's Proposal & Statement of Qualifications for Main Street Urban Design Professional Services for the Tremont Center Community Development Project Area and direct the RDA staff to prepare a contract for formal consideration for the aforementioned services.
Manager Warnke noted the Board discussed this item during previous meetings. A proposal from Søren Simonsen was distributed to the Board last meeting. Mr. Simonsen worked with SDAT (Sustainable Design Assessment Team) and is familiar with Tremonton. If the Board would like to continue with Mr. Simonsen, the Board needs to decide which projects to pursue. There is currently $30K budgeted, which would cover the Main Street and Midland Square projects. Board Member Reese would prefer to do work on gateway signage and entry before Midland Square as the gateway signage is in bad repair. Manager Warnke commented that signage would probably be less expensive to complete than some of the other projects. The Board asked about the plans for the building south of Midland Square. Manager Warnke noted he can look into it and try to get some information.
The Board can chose to do one project and determine if they would like to continue with Mr. Simonsen for other projects. The proposal gets the design to 30% and can require additional funds for engineering. The gateway signs may need to get approval from UDOT (Utah Department of Transportation) if they are in their right-of-way. The gateway signs may be completed without a lot of additional expense. Board Member Rohde would like to have something address park strips so they are not a concern with residents again. It would give Director Fulgham direction regarding park strips. The Board would like to prioritize and focus on Main Street design and gateway signage and entry.
Board Member Vance wondered if there was a definitive guideline for commercial park strips. Manager Warnke noted it is all tied to the Site Plan. A landscape architect is required for new plans and there can only be 50% of the site in turf. Board Member Rohde would like the Main Street Design to include park strips. Manager Warnke will contact Mr. Simonsen and see if they can add the park strips to the Main Street Design and work on a contract.
4. Adjournment
Motion by Board Member Doutre to adjourn the meeting. Motion seconded by Board Member Reese. Vote: Board Member Doutre – aye, Board Member Holmgren – aye, Board Member Reese – aye, Board Member Rohde – aye, and Board Member Vance – aye. Motion approved.
The meeting adjourned at 8:05 p.m.
The undersigned duly acting and appointed Executive Secretary for Tremonton City Corporation Redevelopment Agency hereby certifies that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the minutes for the RDA Meeting held on the above referenced date. Minutes were prepared by Deputy Recorder Cynthia Nelson.
Dated this 21st day of February, 2017.
Linsey Nessen, Executive Secretary


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Two million head overseas for the great school summer getaway
ABTA – The Travel Association estimates that two million British holidaymakers are set to head overseas this weekend for the first weekend of the summer holidays for the majority of schools in England (26-29 July). Spain remains the number one destination for British holidaymakers with the Balearic and Canary Islands selling especially well, other Mediterranean destinations especially Greece, Turkey and Tunisia are also high on the list.
The best July weather in the UK for years has also boosted domestic bookings, with tour operators reporting strong demand and an increase in last minute bookings. Holidaymakers are flocking to the Channel Islands, Lake District and the traditional seaside resorts of Blackpool, Bournemouth and Brighton.
For those heading further afield the long haul destinations of Mexico and Cuba have all sold well with Florida remaining the number one long haul choice for families.
Airports in the South East are expecting a very busy weekend with 480,000 passengers departing from Heathrow, 276,000 from Gatwick, 125,000 from Stansted and 70,000 from Luton.
Over 100,000 will be leaving from Scottish airports with 50,000 from Glasgow alone.
160,000 are due to depart from Manchester, 66,000 from Birmingham, 70,000 from Newcastle, 50,000 from Bristol and 30,000 from Leeds Bradford International.
Other regional airports, ports and the channel tunnel will also be extremely busy over the weekend with hundreds of thousands leaving the country. Eurostar is reporting an increase in passenger numbers on last year with 70,000 heading off to Paris and the South of France over the weekend.
Mark Tanzer ABTA Chief Executive said: "This weekend sees the start of the main summer holiday getaway and it's one of the busiest of the year. Millions of holidaymakers will be heading off overseas with the Mediterranean countries attracting the lion's share of visitors. The recent amazing weather at home has also given a great boost to domestic tourism and many ABTA members are reporting a surge in last minute bookings for holidays throughout the UK. "


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Here are a few things we did this week in my class:
We read my turkey emergent reader book. When I introduced it, I used the pocket chart activity. I now have this in my pocket chart literacy station. At the station, the students will put the strips in order, match up the pictures to the correct sentence, and then I have each word written on a separate card for them to match up with the words on the sentence strips. You can purchase this activity and emergent reader {here}.
We made these super cute turkeys to decorate the hall outside my classroom. That is pretty much all the space I have in the hall.....not much, but we make it work {think of Tim Gunn saying this :)}. I got this idea from Michelle Griffo over at Apples and ABC's {here}.
Then we read the story "Turkey Trouble" which my class LOVED! We completed the turkey in disguise activity by Deanna Jump. You can download this freebie {here}.
This little guy disguised his turkey as Batman and the reward is a wii.
This little lady disguised her turkey as a flower.
And this turkey is disguised as Santa complete with a sleigh and a reindeer. His reward was 13 legos.
I just adored how creative my students were with this activity. It was wonderful to see.
That pretty much sums up our week so far. Tomorrow is only a half day of school and then teacher meetings which I will unfortunately be missing since I am sick. Before I leave I have to share my super cool photo with you....ha!
Are dress pants, gym shoes, and crutches super stylish or what? {insert eye roll}
Have a great Thanksgiving everyone! Be sure to check back with me next week as I will be hosting my first giveaway!!


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science poems:
|butterfly poem
|butterfly poem 2 (butterfly life cycle, metamorphosis)
|banana slug: (I'm no bug)
|bat: (the only mammal that flies)
|bird: (a flying vertebrate)
|blue whale: (the largest animal on Earth....ever)
|camels: (there's no water in their hump!)
|caterpillar: (and a giant butterfly)
|cheetah: (fastest land animal)
|dinosaur: (not sure I'd want to meet one!)
|earthworm: (where would we be without him?)
|elephant: (largest land animal)
|fish: (gills to breathe)
|giraffe: (tallest animal on Earth!)
|hummingbird: (the smallest of all birds)
|kangaroo: (marsupial)
|lion: (an acrostic poem)
|mosquito: parasite: (the deadliest living thing)
|octopus: (a tale of three broken hearts)
|octopus 2: (don't ask one for directions)
|penguins: (if penguins could fly)
|shark: (the largest fish in the sea!)
|spider: (isn't an insect!)
|tadpoles: (metamorphosis of a frog)
|tiger: (largest of all cats)
|platypus: (an egg-laying mammal)
science poems:
|buds: (a long winter's sleep)
|cactus: (a plant you shouldn't kiss)
|deciduous: (why are those trees bald?)
|epiphyte: (never touched that dirty ground!)
|leaf: (helps plants survive)
|photosynthesis: (plants make their own food!)
|redwoods: (tallest trees on Earth)
|roots: (part of a plant)
|seeds: (they can travel)
|trees: (let's protect them!)
science poems:
|bones: (the bone thief)
|brain: (I'm nervous about my nervous system)
|circulatory system: (heart, veins, and arteries are a part of me!)
|digestive system: (digestion prevents congestion!)
|heart: (the organ that never takes a rest)
|ligament: (holds bones to bones- better than glue!)
|muscles: (you need them to move)
|tendon: (connects our muscles to our bones!)
|respiratory system: (trachea, lungs, alveoli)
|teeth: (hardest part of our body)
|vein: (I know I'm the best)
5 senses
|five senses: (for five body parts)
|ear: (my sense of hearing)
|eye: (my sense of sight)
|skin: (my sense of touch)
|nose: (my sense of smell)
|tongue: (my sense of taste)
science poems:
|mammals: (they're not fish, frogs, or birds)
|adaptation: (why I make change)
|autotroph: (don't buy bread in a loaf!)
|basic needs: (of living things)
|chicken egg: (a chubby chicken laid no eggs!)
|extinction: (let's protect endangered species)
|food chain (what eats what and who eats who?)
|fungus: (on my pizza)
|hibernation: (a kid who slept too much)
|carnivore: (but Clyde never ate meat!)
|herbivore: (eating plants what they adore!)
|omnivore: (so easy to please)
|migration: (moving to new ground)
|diurnal: (I'll stay up all night!)
|nocturnal: (the sun goes down, I come out)
|parasite: (the day I bit a mosquito)
|predator: (I hunt for my food)
|prey: (I won't be a meal or a snack!)
science poems:
|evaporation: (it's quite the sensation!)
|condensation: (we got water for you)
|dissolve: (how I hid the sugar!)
|chemical change: (changing my molecules)
|physical change: (visual change)
|element: (the building blocks of everything!)
|helium: (who drank the glass of gas?)
|hydrogen: (I'm number one!)
|matter: (makes me feel fatter!)
|oxygen: (how long can I hold my breath?)
|periodic table: (elements for sale)
|oxidation/rust: (about a ladder you shouldn't trust)
|H2O/water: (an oxygen atom that liked to cut school)
|covalent bond: (sharing's nice!)
|ionic bond: (it's really quite an ironic bond)
science poems:
|air (suck me up through your nose!)
|antarctica (the coldest place on Earth!)
|climate: (weather, you like it or not!)
|earthquake: (tectonic plate)
|equator: (and the silly little ladybug)
|everest: (the highest mountain on Earth!)
|rocks: (igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic)
|volcano: (magnificent magma)
|water cycle: (keeping it fresh)
|alpine: (what's at the top of the mountain?)
|desert: (hot or cold, they're always dry)
|rainforest (tropical): (forest floor, understory, canopy, emergent)
|savannah (african): (A special type of grassland)
|tundra (arctic): (Aunt Sue lives in a block of ice!)
|archipelago: (when one island's not enough!)
|continents: (are there 6, 7, 8, or 9?)
|island: (water's all around me)
|isthmus: (miss wishfish gave me an isthmus for christmas!)
|peninsula: (starts with a pen but not filled with ink!)
|strait: (links up two bodies of water)
|air: (suck me up through your nose!)
|climate: (weather, you like it or not!)
|clouds: (too bad they can't talk...)
|cumulus clouds: (cotton in the sky)
|humidity: (a bad hair day for spider!)
|hurricane: (lotsa' wind, lotsa' rain!)
|lightning: (why does electricity have to fly?)
|rain: (you just can't blow it away!)
|wind: (dude called wind blew through town)
4 seasons
|summer: (trees and bees)
|fall: (winged things fly south)
|winter: (skiing, sledding, leafless trees)
|spring: (spring has sprung)
|summer ACROSTIC poem: (summer sizzles)
|fall ACROSTIC poem: (floating, falling leaves are flying)
|winter ACROSTIC poem: (my freezing cold toes!)
|spring ACROSTIC poem: (great to be here in sweet spring!)
|Earth's atmosphere
|troposphere: (where weather lives)
|stratosphere: (my fear of falling)
|mesosphere: (meteors make a mess)
|thermosphere: (a strange place to play)
|exosphere: (the final frontier)
science poems:
|magnets: (they're not for eating!)
|matter: (makes me feel fatter!)
|colors and light: (wavelengths)
|force: (makes things move)
|gravity: (why it hurts when I fall)
|position words: (above, below, in front, behind)
|sound: (vibrations make sound)
|volume: (enormous water)
science poems:
|the sun: (no life without my energy)
|the order of the planets: (a mnemonic poem!)
|mercury: (closest to the Sun)
|venus: (spins the other way!)
|earth: (the planet we all share)
|mars: (martians are coming!)
|jupiter: (big bully of the sky!)
|saturn: (rings for sale!)
|uranus: (I spin on my side!)
|neptune: (I don't want to be last!)
|pluto: (I used to be a planet, but now I'm a dwarf!)
|solar eclipse: (the Sun is gone!)
|lunar eclipse: (the moon is gone!)
|meteor: (I want to be a star! (a shooting star))
|milky way: (not just a chocolate bar)
|the moon: (lights my room)


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John Wiley & Sons Reports First Quarter Fiscal Year 2012 Results
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|Excluding FX
|Including FX
Adjusted EPS*:
*Excludes a $0.14 and $0.07 per share deferred tax benefit due to a change in statutory tax rates in fiscal year 2012 and 2011, respectively (see below).
John Wiley and Sons (NYSE: JWA and JWB), a global provider of content and workflow solutions in areas of scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly research; professional and personal development; and education today announced results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2012:
- Revenue growth of 5% including FX (+0.4% excluding FX)
- Revenue growth by segment including FX: STMS +10%, P/T +0.4%, and HE -2%
- Revenue growth by segment excluding FX: STMS +3%, P/T -2%, and HE -5%
- US GAAP earnings per share (EPS) increased +$0.10 including FX to $0.82 (up +$0.05 excluding FX). U.S. GAAP EPS includes a $0.14 and $0.07 per share deferred tax benefit in fiscal year 2012 and 2011, respectively. The tax benefit was derived from two consecutive legislative reductions in the United Kingdom corporate income tax rates. The benefits had no current cash tax impact.
- Adjusted EPS increased +$0.03 to $0.68 including FX (-$0.02 per share excluding FX). Higher operating and administrative expenses were partially offset by lower interest expense, a lower effective tax rate and gross margin growth. Adjusted EPS excludes the deferred tax benefits described above.
- Operating and Administrative Costs were up 10% including FX (5% excluding FX) to $231 million, driven mostly by technology spending to support investments in digital products and infrastructure and increased facility and other direct costs to support business growth.
- Outlook: Reiterate outlook of mid-single-digit revenue growth excluding FX and EPS in a range from $3.15 to $3.20 including the effect of FX and excluding the tax benefit described above. If the U.S. dollar remains near current levels over the remainder of the fiscal year, we anticipate upside of up to $0.10 per share.
- Share Repurchases: Wiley repurchased 184,700 shares this quarter at a cost of $9.4 million.
- Dividend: In June, Wiley increased its quarterly dividend by 25% to $0.20. It was the eighteenth consecutive annual increase.
Management Commentary
"Despite a challenging global economy, we showed revenue growth in the quarter. STMS had a solid quarter with good underlying journal subscription growth, backfile sales, and a rebound in corporate sales. As expected, Professional/Trade revenue was down slightly due to the residual effects of the Borders bankruptcy, but eBook sales mitigated the effect. We also maintained or increased our market share during the quarter. Global Education slowed in part because U.S. and international enrollment growth slowed, although higher margin non-traditional and digital product revenue was up 13% year-over-year."
Mr. Smith continued: "The digital transformation of our business continues to progress. We are seeing new revenue models, new customers, and new markets; deeper penetration in existing markets; cross-selling and up-selling opportunities both within in each business and among the three businesses; and margin accretion overall. Our planned initial launch of WileyPLUS Version 5 has been delayed due to some system response time performance concerns. Rather than go to market with a product that doesn't meet our standards, we have rolled-back those titles that had been planned to be part of the initial release to the existing version of WileyPlus."
Mr. Smith concluded: "Based on first quarter results, market conditions, and leading indicators, we reiterate our full year guidance of mid-single digit revenue growth, excluding FX: and EPS in a range from $3.15 to $3.20, including FX and excluding the UK deferred tax benefit this quarter. While our EPS guidance is unchanged on an operating basis, if the U.S. dollar remains near current levels over the remainder of the fiscal year, we anticipate upside of up to $0.10 per share."
Foreign Exchange
Any references to "currency neutral," "excluding foreign exchange (FX)," and "performance basis" exclude the effect of foreign exchange transactions and translation. The weighted average foreign exchange translation rates reflected in Wiley's income statement during the full fiscal year and first quarter of 2011 were approximately 1.56 Sterling and 1.33 Euro, and 1.49 Sterling and 1.25 Euro, respectively.
- First quarter revenue +10%, or +3% excluding FX
- First quarter contribution to profit +13%, or +6% excluding FX
- Calendar year 2011 journal collection licenses account for 77% of our institutional subscription revenues, up from 72% in 2010.
- 73% of journal portfolio now with at least one Thompson ISI® impact factor (a measure of journal influence and impact). 317 journals were honored with top ten rankings for impact.
STMS revenue for the quarter was up 10% to $253 million, or 3% excluding foreign exchange. Solid journal subscription growth, new society business, backfile sales, and a rebound in corporate sales offset a decline in book sales. The book decline was mainly due to a $5 million one-time backfile book license last year with a university consortium. As of July 31, calendar year 2011 subscriptions increased approximately 3% excluding FX over calendar year 2010, as a result of increased customer orders and new business.
Direct contribution to profit for the quarter grew 13% to $106 million, or 6% excluding foreign exchange due to top line growth.
Society Partnerships
- 14 new society journals were signed in the quarter with combined annual revenue of $4 million.
- 36 renewals/extensions were signed with $5 million in combined annual revenue.
- No journal society contracts were lost.
New Society Contracts
- The Reading Teacher, Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, and Reading Research Quarterly, for the International Reading Association
- TESOL Quarterly and TESOL Journal, for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
- The Hastings Center Report, a leading journal in applied ethics, covering areas such as bioethics and the environment
- Symbolic Interaction, for the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction
- International Journal of Pediatric Obesity, for the International Association for the Study of Obesity
- PsyCh Journal, for the Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IPCAS), China's national psychology research institute. The journal will be the first English-language Psychology journal to appear from China.
- Four new titles added to our existing partnership with the Policy Studies Organisation: Policy & Internet, Poverty & Public Policy, Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy, and World Medical & Health Policy.
- Strategic alliance with CECity, Inc. to provide healthcare professionals with new, customized quality and learning solutions. CECity provides healthcare information technology platforms that link job performance improvement, lifelong learning, and quality reporting to drive high-quality clinical outcomes and patient care. This partnership will employ CECity's market-leading technology capabilities with Wiley's quality content to develop personalized eLearning and job performance improvement services for healthcare professionals.
- We have signed a five-year publishing agreement with the Society for Chemical industry (SCI) for the publication of Chemistry and Industry, a topical and international magazine that bridges the gap between scientific innovation and business.
Impact Factors
- In June, Wiley announced that the number of journal titles with an impact factor in the Thomson ISI® 2010 Journal Citation Reports increased 7% to 1087 titles of which 317 are ranked in the top ten. Approximately 73% of Wiley's journal portfolio have a reported impact factor.
Wiley Online Library and Other Digital Initiatives
In the first full year since the launch of Wiley Online Library total usage, measured by articles accessed, has increased by 62% compared with the previous year. The growth in usage can be attributed to increased discoverability, improvements in user experience, and organic growth in unique users through enhanced marketing penetration.
- First quarter revenue grew 0.4% or fell 2% excluding FX.
- eBook revenue nearly tripled to $11 million, or 11% of P/T overall.
- Advertising/Web site revenue was up 20% over prior year, to $2 million.
P/T revenue grew 0.4% to $100 million, or fell 2% excluding FX primarily due to softness in consumer and technology categories partially offset by lower sales returns. The decline in consumer was due to the residual effects of the Border's bankruptcy, while the decline in technology reflected strong first quarter prior year sales due to significant software releases. Professional categories, notably business and architecture, saw year-over-year growth. eBook revenue grew $7 million over prior year to $11 million.
Direct contribution to profit grew 5% to $23 million, or 2% excluding foreign exchange, reflecting top line results and higher gross margins from digital products.
Results by Category (excluding FX)
- Business was up 6% to $29 million, with solid growth in digital sales.
- Consumer fell 8% to $24 million due in large part to Borders.
- Technology was down 8% to $19 million against a very strong prior year, although Wiley increased its industry-leading market share.
- Professional Education fell 6% to $7 million against a strong prior year.
- Architecture rose 4% to $6 million.
- Psychology was flat at $3 million.
Digital Revenue
- eBook sales increased $7 million in the quarter to $11 million, accounting for 11% of P/T revenue (vs. 4% in the prior year). Strong growth at both Amazon and Apple drove results.
- eBook sales agreements were signed with Amazon Germany, ChristianBooks.com, and Blio.
Other Digital Initiatives/Products
- The Official GMAT app was launched in collaboration with GMAC and gWhiz. A complex test preparation application, the app includes in-app purchasing, a leader board (where users can compare their scores to others), as well as many other app assessment tools.
- Frommers.com launched the Frommer's Dream Trip Recommender, an online tool designed to help travelers make their dream trip a reality, presented by American Express Travel as a launch sponsor.
New Books of Note
- Business and Finance: Aftershock, 2e,by David and Robert Wiedemer and Cindy Spitzer; GMAT Business Readyis primarily for students starting business school. The product contains four modules (Accounting, Finance, Statistics, and Quantitative Skills) that can be purchased separately or in combination with each other.
- Consumer: Chemistry For Dummies, 2e,by John Moore
- First quarter revenue fell 2%, or 5% excluding FX.
- First quarter contribution to profit fell 17%, or 20% excluding FX.
- Non-traditional & digital revenue grew 13% to $18 million, accounting for 24% of revenue.
First quarter GE revenue fell 2% to $77 million, or 5% excluding favorable foreign exchange. The results were attributed to delayed ordering patterns, prior year rental stock build-up and lower enrollments in the U.S. and abroad. The U.S. higher education industry market has declined 8% since January 1. Non-traditional and digital revenue, which includes WileyPLUS, eBooks, digital content sold directly to institutions, binder editions, and custom publishing, was up 13% to $18 million. WileyPLUS billings were down 12% mainly due to lower college enrollments in the U.S.
Direct contribution to profit for the quarter declined 17% to $26.9 million, or 20% excluding favorable foreign exchange. The decrease reflected top line results and higher direct operating costs.
Global Revenue
- Americas fell 3% to $58 million, -4% excluding FX.
- EMEA fell 3% to $5 million, -7% excluding FX.
- Asia-Pacific grew 4% to $14 million, -9% excluding FX.
Category Sales (excluding FX)
- Engineering and Computer Science: revenue decreased 10% vs. prior year.
- Science revenue increased 7% vs. prior year. Titles driving growth include Tortora Principles of Anatomy and Physiology, 13e: Klein: Organic Chemistry, 1e; Allen: Lab Manual, 4e: and Jespersen: Chemistry, 6e.
- Business and Accounting revenue of $22.4 million was down slightly vs. prior year.
- Social Science revenue decreased 24% vs. prior year.
- Math revenue decreased 9% vs. prior year.
- Microsoft Official Academic Course (MOAC) revenue decreased 20% vs. prior year, attributable to lower revenue in the Windows Server titles.
WileyPLUS and Other Digital Initiatives
- The Fall 2011 planned launch of WileyPLUS Version 5 has been delayed pending improvements in system response time and performance. Contingency plans developed to address customer needs for those courses that had been planned for Version 5 for the Fall 2011 have been implemented. The delay will affect 35 courses that were included in the planned phased launch, representing 16% of all WileyPLUS courses.
- Billings of WileyPLUS fell 12% to $10 million, due to lower U.S. enrollments.
- Other digital revenue, excluding WileyPLUS (eBooks, digital content sold to institutions, etc.) grew 14% to $4 million
- An agreement was signed with Blackboard, which will provide instructors and students with direct access to WileyPLUS through the Blackboard learning management system. The collaboration will provide a seamless experience between Wiley course materials and the campus environment.
The Company provides cash flow and income measures referred to as adjusted EPS and free cash flow, which exclude certain items. Management believes the exclusion of such items provides additional information to facilitate the analysis of results. These non-GAAP measures are not intended to replace the financial results reported in accordance with GAAP.
Conference Call
- Scheduled for today, September 8, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). Wiley will discuss financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2012.
- U.S. callers, please dial (866) 551-3680 and enter the participant code 3601788#.
- International callers, please dial (212) 401-6760 and enter the participant code 3601788#.
- Access the webcast at www.wiley.com> Investor Relations> Events and Presentations, or http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-370238.html.
- A replay of the conference call will be available through September 15, 2011, and may be accessed by calling (866)-206-0173 and entering pin code 275438#. Additionally, an archive of the webcast will be available for a period of up to 14 days.
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Deciding to Apply to Business School
Why grad school at all?
Today if you are a relatively risk-averse and intellectually curious person, I think a graduate degree is a natural step. Grad school offers:
1. learning/skills
2. another network
3. resume/credibility booster
4. the ability to enter into MBA/professional degree-required jobs
Numbers three and four are interrelated but I believe that they should be separate because #3 means that you are more seasoned and that you "have an MBA or whatever degree to fall back on" while #4 means that you can be a lawyer if you get a law degree and that you can apply to "MBA required" jobs once you get an MBA. After talking to headhunters this year, I learned that there are many great jobs that require an MBA.
The three major professional schools are law, medical, and business. Then you've got PhD programs and masters programs.
I think that any of the three professional degrees, a PhD in a relevant subject (e.g., economics, engineering), or a master's in policy/international affairs from a top program can open doors into many different business fields (e.g., consulting, banking, management). I think other masters degrees don't offer credibility-building or door-opening in the business world that you don't already get from a strong undergraduate experience. These are anecdotal thoughts; I am sure there are many exceptions.
Why business school?
1. Time commitment: 2 years for business school versus 3 for law, 4 for med, 5+ for a PhD.
2. Relevance: I want spend my career managing some sort of an enterprise. Thus, business school is the natural winner both in terms of content and like-minded classmates. Content: the curriculum and extracurricular activities are tailored to someone who wants to be in management and include offerings to dive deeply in many specific management areas (e.g., marketing, non-profit management). Classmates: business school students have a wide variety of experiences across different organizational functions. Their diverse experiences are helpful for understanding new problems and offer exposure into other business fields. Plus the majority of MBA students want to return to the business sector and will be important contacts in the future.
3. Recognizable: Hiring managers around the world know what an MBA is and know what the top schools are. They may not always know that such-and-such school has an amazing graduate economics department and they may not believe that an attorney would make a great real estate investor, but they understand the value of an MBA.
4. The "f-word," FIT: I don't want to do research (PhD) and I don't want to join a program in which a significant portion of the class just graduated from college (law). I want to be surrounded by classmates who have had experiences operating in a wide variety of functions across different industries. I want to learn from businessmen and women turned professors. I want to study past cases and develop business solutions to meet future problems. Also, I want to be in a grade-free environment in which I can choose how and where I invest my time.
For me, business school is the clear winner among graduate schools.
Why now?
The following rules of thumb have come from my own experiences. I didn't know them straight out of college, but rather developed them during my working years and recent business school application process -- i.e., I made up the rules as I went along.
1. Work for at least two different organizations. You will be exposed to a variety of business cultures, industries, functions, or some combination of the three. That is a good thing when it comes to figuring out what you really want to do and what kind of an organization you want to join (or start) in the future.
2. Accomplish tangible things at each of your jobs. Don't leave an investment banking job for business school until you have closed a few deals. Don't leave a consulting firm until you have been able to lead a segment of a project. Don't abandon your marketing position until you have been able to grow share or increase brand awareness in some quantifiable way. Accomplishing something, anything, is important not only for business school application essays, but also for your own awareness of what kinds of activities excite you, what achievements you are proud of, what you want to accomplish in the future.
3. Manage something. Since most of us are pretty young and may not have the opportunity to manage much at work, I suggest getting involved in your community. Start a new organization, join a board, lead a fundraising effort, revamp a program. Take charge and learn how difficult it is to manage. Feel the exhilaration of changing an organization (hopefully for the better). It will make your essays stronger and I believe it will make your business school experience richer.
4. Don't get too old. I know all of the business schools say that you should apply when it is the right time for you. That is true, but I implore you not to wait too long. HBS's 2-Plus-2 program and Stanford GSB's average incoming age of 26 (implied by an average of four years of work experience in their most recent class) clearly indicate that business schools are going younger. This trend may change in the future, but a simple word search for "age" at the Business Week forums will reveal the current challenges of admission to a top school much above the 24 to 27-year-old range. Also, think about how much easier it is to be impressive at age 25 versus age 30 when you have had almost a decade in the workforce; I believe expectations increase exponentially beyond age 27/28.
5. Do what you want. Take everything I have just written with a grain of salt and a dose of skepticism. This post is merely how I arrived at the conclusion to go to business school and when I think the right time to apply is. I suspect (hope) that the majority of my classmates will not fit neatly into these criteria and that their reasons for going to business school will be very different than my own.
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In general, this is as well thought out of an explanation for when/why go to grad school as I've seen. Kudos.
But I do take issue with the age point. It sounds formulaic: 2 jobs, 2 years each, apply by 26. That's how lemmings are made, and I suspect that's part of the mentality that creates business cultures where dissent is not appreicated. But more fundamentally, my grad school experience, in a leading econ intl affairs program suggests that the best students are ready to be there and want to be there -- not just those that have checked requisite boxes. I don't think you were supporting something that absolute, but I'd caution on endorsing something like that, even with qualifiers.
- Wednesday, March 18, 2009
- Omne said...
Excellent post. You should add your blog to Hella's list of MBA blogs
- Friday, March 20, 2009
This is a great post. Like Omne says, do get your blog added to that list.
- Thursday, March 26, 2009
- D. G. said...
Excellent post, dude.
- Saturday, March 28, 2009
- Tony said...
Great post, I wanted to ask you a question in regards to "why now"
I currently have two years of work experience as a financial management consultant with a Big 4 audit firm. I would like to move into strategy consulting. I am up for promotion this year but given the economy my chances are looking pretty slim. I would like to apply this year but my concerns are as follows:
1) Will Adcom ding me for not having a promotion?
2) Will strategy firms ding me for not having a promotion?
- Sunday, July 05, 2009
- Tony said...
I wanted to ask you a question in regards to your "Why Now" section:
I currently have 2 years of work experience as a financial management consultant with a big 4 audit firm. I would like to move into strategy consulting. I am up for promotion this year, though my chances are looking slim given the economy. I would like to apply this year but my concerns are as follows:
1) Will the adcom ding me for not having a promotion?
2) Will strategy firms ding me for not having a promotion?
Thanks for your help!
- Monday, July 06, 2009
- Palo Alto for a While said...
Hi Tony - I think as long as you can demonstrate to adcom/recruiters greater responsibility and position growth over time, you should be okay. I don't think that people automatically assume that after two years, you should have been promoted. Good luck!
- Wednesday, August 05, 2009


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On April 12th we will begin a new study by noted bible scholar Dr. David Jeremiah. In a series of messages called A Life Beyond Amazing, Dr. Jeremiah describes the divinely-empowered life that is possible for followers of Christ. Between introductory and concluding message Dr. Jeremiah explores each of the nine traits of a spirit-filled life as outlined by the apostle Paul-traits that produce a life beyond amazing. Ladies you are invited, come join us at the home of Bill and Judy Croll 326 Duke St. in Garland. We start with coffee, snacks and fellowship at 9:30am, our study begins promptly at 10:00 am. The workbooks used in the study will be provided, cost is $8.00. If you have any questions call the church office at 972-772-5525
Our Concert Series will now begin on Saturday, May 19th. We promise this is really happening. Scheduling is just a bit of a challenge as we work with a variety of artists. This 4-part concert series developed by our Music Director, Randy Wills, is scheduled for the 3rd Saturday of each month from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. The first offering will be followed by coffee and treats. This is a great outreach opportunity!
It is hard to believe we have been in our new building for four months! Much has happened during that time and we have had many glorious experiences together. We will now have an official celebration of this incredible facility and God's providence. On Sunday, April 29th, we will take special time to thank Him and so many of those who helped us reach this point. We will be inviting a variety of special guests who were instrumental in our process, as well as family and friends, and those who have prayed for us and supported us from our Resurrection days to a special worship service and reception. The congregation will receive postcards to hand out or mail, and the office will mail invitations to many in the community who played a part in our "transformation". We will be asking members to help provide food for this event, and we will need volunteers for a variety of tasks. More information soon!
The Order of St. Luke pot luck brunch and meeting will take place on Saturday April 21st at 10:00 in the Parish Hall Please plan on attending and bring your favorite brunch food.
Our next First Sunday Celebration is Sunday, May 6th, from 12 noon to 1:30 (directly after our worship service). Bring a covered dish item and join us for lunch, building updates, fun and fellowship.
Another visit to Austin Street Shelter is scheduled for May 30th, 2018. We will be meeting at our church building for our food prep for the shelter meal on Wednesday at 3:30 in parish hall/kitchen. We will be making 800 sandwiches. Bagging 400 eggs as usual. We'll need 30 dozen cupcakes or cookies & 30 dozen boiled eggs. Folks can bring boiled eggs & cupcakes to church kitchen the Sunday before or that Monday thru Wednesday. We will pack up & hopefully leave for downtown by 5:00 to set up & serve. Any questions please call:Susan Maupin at 214-912-5651Sharon Parker at 214-282-4801Thank you for whatever way you can help out with this meal for the 400 residents at Austin Street.
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Wuzhen Town, China's Zhejiang
During the Spring Festival, the streets in Wuzhen are illuminated for the celebration. People put up posters on their doors and walls. Many customs of the lunar New Year holidays are inherited in the town. The most distinctive one is the "long street banquet". In the past, wealthy families would hold banquets for guests in the Spring Festival. The neighbors set out tables and chairs along the street. The connected tables formed the lively and colorful "long street banquet".
Today, the "long street banquet" is still held in Wuzhen town with more splendid dishes. The most indispensable one is the well-known braised sheep. It is a usual practice to put up a pot and boil sheep meat. The scent penetrates the whole street. Visitors are strongly advised to taste this gourmet.
Other activities in the town: worshipping the kitchen god (Dec.23 on the lunar new year); pasting spring couplets, setting off fireworks and holding the reunion dinner (on the eve of the lunar new year); burning the first incense, watching traditional Chinese opera, enjoying festive lanterns, attending the temple fair and the lantern festival in January.
Fenghuang Town, China's Hunan
With a name that means "phoenix", you can be assured of a remarkable Spring Festival celebration in this ancient small town in western Hunan province.
The locals keep to the traditional way of celebrating the Lunar New Year. Before reunion dinner, they will have a ceremony to worship their ancestors and after dinner, the older generations in the family will distribute hongbao or red envelops with money to children. And everyone stays up until the wee hours of the morning to usher in the New Year.
Zhoucun Old town, China's Shandong
Zhoucun Old Town, under the administration of Zibo City of Shandong Province, holds the reputation as the "birthplace of Shandong commerce."
Known as the "dry port" for its strategic location along many overland trading routes, trade in Zhoucun flourished in the early 20th century, and it became an important center for bankers and well as silk and tobacco merchants.
The Zhoucun Old Town became a national AAAA tourist site in 2008, featuring museums, shops, restaurants, and cultural performances. As a commercial town with a thousand-year history, it has hosted various kinds of excellent scenic spots.
Xitang ancient Town, China's Zhejiang
While some of the traditions and customs for the Spring Festival have been fading away among urban citizens, in Xitang, a watertown renowned for its wandering rivers and time-honored architecture, people still perform grand traditional ceremonies to celebrate this most important festival.
Sandwiched between Shanghai and Hangzhou, the two most bustling modern cities in China's east coast, Xitang has succeeded in preserving all the old regimens needed for an ancient style Spring Festival celebration, which has helped to usher in a tourist boom in this tiny town.
Hongjiang Ancient Commercial Town, China's Hunan
During this year's Spring Festival, Hongjiang Ancient Commercial Town in central China's Hunan Province will host 10 folk and cultural events to celebrate the lunar New Year. The ancient town is now recruiting five women to play the roles of goddesses of wealth from five directions in the Spring Festival parade.
The Hongjiang Ancient Commercial Town is a characteristic scenic spot in Hunan. The town boasts more than 380 intact ancient structures erected during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, covering an area of 100,000 square meters. The buildings endured the ages with some wear, but they remain vivid reminders of the luxurious lifestyle of wealthy merchants.


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2016 Vinsobres Rouge, Domaine Chaume Arnaud
Red | Ready, but will improve | Domaine Chaume Arnaud | Code: 49619 | 2016 | France > Rhône > Vinsobres | Other Varieties | Medium Bodied, Dry | 14.5 % alcohol
A regal colour presages a suitably refined nose, its dark fruit and spice underwritten by a whiff of something savoury, jambon cru maybe, courtesy no doubt of the Mourvèdre. Figs and white chocolate join more usual descriptors such as myrtle, plum and griotte on the palate. The blend in 2106 is 60 percent Grenache, 20 percent Syrah, 10 percent Cinsault and 10 percent Mourvèdre. Drink 2019-2022.
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Cloud Computing
The concept of cloud computing was first introduced in the 1960s and has resurfaced in such forms as Application Management Services (AMS) and Application Service Providers (ASP) in the dot-com era. The basic idea of cloud computing is that the computing is "in the cloud," where the "cloud" is taken from the symbol in network diagrams that represents the Internet.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) identifies five essential characteristics for the model of cloud computing: on-demand self-service, broad network access, resource pooling, rapid elasticity, and measured service. The manifestation of these characteristics in practice has also coined cloud computing terms like "computing as a utility" and "computing as a service". Because of its significant impact on IT, cloud computing has been credited as a "genuine information technology revolution," a "potentially game-changing technology," a "new computing paradigm," and the "fifth major paradigm shift in computing" following mainframe computing, personal computing, client-server computing, and web computing. IT experts expect cloud computing to become the "dominant IT service delivery model" by the end of the decade.
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Wednesday, March 07, 2012
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You're posting early lol! Have a good time in Scotland. We'll lure you up to Kettins sometime.
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Glad to hear the coffee is good :) gave myself a nice little kick start with that self heating coffee yesterday morning, got lots of quilting done so hanks for that :D What do you suggest I do pattern wise on the background of Flash? I'm not sure what to do and don't want to wreck it with a naff background :/
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Well, my time finally arrived.
In the fall -- Sept. 19, 2014 -- I became a grandparent. Melania Theresa Meslin cried her way into this world, 7 pounds, 5 ounces.
Before I even set my eyes on her, I was in love with her. Nine months earlier, on a cold January morning, my daughter, Elizabeth Meslin of Bay Shore, shared the positive results of her home pregnancy test.
As her pregnancy progressed, my love and anticipation also grew. And in April, when my daughter and son-in-law cut the cake at the gender-revealing, exhilaration filled the room, along with tears of joy. The baby was a girl! Wow, there was going to be a new little person in our family!
In the waiting room at Southside Hospital in Bay Shore five months later, I paced while my husband sat staring at his cellphone for news from my son-in-law that the baby had arrived. While pacing, I began to think how surreal the whole experience felt.
Thirty years earlier, I was where my daughter was, in labor with her, and my parents patiently waited for the call from my husband announcing the birth and gender of our baby.
This time, a picture appeared on our cellphones. My husband jumped up.
"Look at all that hair!" he exclaimed.
Yes, indeed Melania had a head full of dark hair. Twenty minutes later, we got to see my daughter and the baby. This moment in time, when I saw my daughter holding her new daughter, will always be unforgettable, along with my having my own children.
It is now eight months later and I am enjoying every moment of grandparenthood. I don't feel like a grandmother or a "granny," the moniker I hope my granddaughter will use when she can address me.
Since January, when my daughter returned to full-time employment, my husband and I have baby-sat our granddaughter Monday through Friday.
I am now the official cantor of nursery songs, some traditional and most made up, that often bring a smile to Melania's face or relax her as she readies for a nap in my arms.
And after a full day of songs, Dr. Seuss books, "Thomas & Friends" shows, walks in the stroller, diaper changes and messy feedings, I can barely get through evening routines without nodding off. When I finally head up to bed before 10 p.m., most nights it is earlier than when I was working full time!
Melania is the No. 1 topic of conversation between my husband and me and I am as excited as a kid each time I see her. It seems we see a milestone every week. Last week, her first tooth appeared, and anytime now she will start to crawl.
From the day I laid eyes on her, I have introduced myself, saying, "Hi, Melania, It's Granny."
This repetitive greeting now has Melania wiggling her legs in anticipation and excitement when she hears, "Granny is here!"
I am so blessed to have her in my life and honored to have an important role. This now 20-pound being beguiles me. Her chubby arms, belly and legs send me on a kissing spree, and she responds with the most adorable giggles.
Her big blue eyes intimate trust and contentment. Yeah, this is where I want to be. Granny has reported for duty!
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I was meeting with a potential client this morning. They asked a great question about how I would create content that their ideal customer reads; there is so much content on the internet that people just delete emails and stop reading blogs.
I had a few seconds to communicate what makes content stand out. So I told them that my content will provide engaging headlines, scannable content, stories, and quality information.
Engaging Headlines
Everyone hates clickbait.
Everyone reads clickbait.
The goal of engaging copy is creating a clickable headline without making the readers feel like they have been baited into a poor quality presentation. An engaging headline needs to do one of the following things:
- Create curiosity (Like the question I just asked: How? Why? And then? are all legitimate, curiosity invoking questions)
- Show how the content will help your target customer (3 Great Tips That Will Help You Create More Engaging Content might have been another good title for this post)
- Provide a measurable result (One of the posts I suggested was "How A Certain Customer Saved Money By Going From Manual Surveying to Using Drones")
While these all seem like clickbait tactics, the difference between bait and a full meal is simple: bait promises one thing and delivers another. A full meal is just that: a full meal. When we are creating content, we need to make certain that the content answers the question, provides the information, or shows the results that are promised in the headline.
Scannable Content
Everyone scans. You might be doing it right now.
That's OK.
Scanning saves time and helps you know whether you want to take the time to really read the content. Scannable content needs to have:
- Headings – Bold headers break up the flow of your writing, show your thought processes, and give someone an excuse to scroll to the bottom (No, seriously, I always scroll to the last heading on long content).
- Bullet Points – Bullet points rule.
- White Space – If I want to bury myself in a book, I will get a book. When we are looking at content online, we need to be able to see around the content. If I feel buried, I x out of the window.
I introduced this post with a story, and if you are reading this far, it might be because you found the story engaging. Most of my high-performing posts include stories. According to Dan and Chip Heath, in Made to Stick, stories are an important part of creating engaging and memorable content (That's a great book, you should read it).
For my client this morning, stories are a great part of their content because they are offering a product that has the potential to profoundly improve their clients' profits and quality; most people don't think about that improvement without an engaging story to show how.
Quality Content
Content quality is a difficult thing to measure.
Sometimes quality means having no grammatical or spelling errors. Sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes quality content needs to have engaging photos and video. Sometimes you are a colorblind writer with an old smartphone as your only video recording device (That is why I stick to memes and personal photos in this blog, or none at all).
Quality content delights the user. It is memorable, and it follows the rules that the reader associates with that type of writing. As a content writer, I make certain to use editing software, I reread my content, and I quickly fix any typos that someone points out to me. Jack Kerouac, on the other hand, did not have to write with polished grammar.
So, if you have read to the end of this little post, I thank you.
IF you want to create quality inbound marketing content, make certain it is clickable, it is scannable, it has stories, and it follows the quality your audience expects.


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While we try to keep the job posting prices as low as possible --- ranging from JPY 15,000 to JPY 35,000 per job listing --- we would like to offer ETJ members a further discount on any job posting.
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- You can let job seekers know more about the company, benefits, and why the company is an employer of choice.
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- Different from other job sites, we do not close down access to your account and resumes soon after your posting expires blocking you from your applications. We send you a copy of the resume by email and keep your online resume archive open.
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A large fire broke out at Royal Dutch Shell's massive Pulau Bukom refinery near Singapore on September 28, damaging parts of the plant and prompting the closure of the entire facility. Reports said the fire at the 500,000 barrels-a-day refinery in Pulau Bukom, an island 5 kilometers (3 miles) off Singapore, started at about 13:15 local time (05:15 UTC) and burned for around 36 hours. Eyewitnesses also reportedly heard three large explosions at the facility. Shell has stated it is in the process of shutting down the whole refinery. Reports said the fire is the worst to affect the plant in 23 years.


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I never thought of cooking myself a plate of Char Kway Teow. When I was in Malaysia, it was readily available in nearly every hawker center. So all I needed to do was drive out to any hawker stall and just order "1 char kway teow, no 'si ham', yes chilli" and within minutes I would be enjoying a hot yummy sizzling plate just like picture above.
But now here in US......it is just not the same. I can get Char Kway teow but eating it in a restaurant is vastly different from a hawker stall. No hawker stall concept in US. Therefore, I thot I would settle for trying my own version at home.
The most important ingredient is getting the kway teow or called rice noodles. This is readily available in any Chinese grocery stores. However, it is semi frozen and not the fresh ones you get in Malaysia. Better than nothing and probably work as well.... beggars can't be choosers.
The Other ingredients -
1. Chinese sausage (lap cheong)
2. Bean sprouts (taugeh)
3. Egg
4. Spring onions
5. Garlic, soy sauce, salt, pepper and not forgetting some chilli paste
6. Prawns but since I don't have it in fridge, I opted for some roasted pork. :)
Simple Steps -
1. Stir fry the garlic, chinese sausage and roasted pork in some oil. Put in the rice noodles / kway teow and continue to stirfry. Add in seasoning of soy sauce (or some fish oil if preferred). salt and pepper.
2. Move the noodles to the side of wok and then crack on eggs in the middle of the wok. Mix the egg with the noodles.
3) Add in the bean sprouts and spring onions and continue to stir fry. Add more soy sauce for taste as needed. The key in frying a good char kway teow is the fire, therefore ensure the fire is big but you must be fast to control all the ingredients elements.
4) This is my first attempt in cooking up a char kway teow. With trying to cook and trying to take the photos of the cooking process....I must say the results is not too bad. Of course, it does not have the look of a hawker's stall char kway teow but importantly is that I brought a bit of the hawker stall aroma back into my kitchen. Voila! Ready to eat! Yum Yum!


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Can't Slow Down
Genres: Pop, R&B, Rock
Can't Slow Down is probably Lionel Richie's best solo album, full of songs that would become hits--"All Night Long (All Night)," "Running with the Night," "Penny Lover," and "Hello." Like all of Richie's best music, the vo... more »
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Can't Slow Down is probably Lionel Richie's best solo album, full of songs that would become hits--"All Night Long (All Night)," "Running with the Night," "Penny Lover," and "Hello." Like all of Richie's best music, the vocals are spare and the choruses inviting, with each track falling somewhere between straight-up pop and smoochy R&B. --Courtney Kemp
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Album of the Year - and more than just a love song....
L.A. Scene | Indian Trail, NC USA | 09/20/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I felt this album was 1983's Album of the Year (even though it took a Grammy a year later). This album was the perfect answer to Michael Jackson's Thriller. On this album, Lionel Richie puts together an awesome suite of ballads and up-tempo songs that cement this as one of the great albums of all time. What makes this great is how Lionel brings in a potpourri of new avenues - Country/Western (Stuck on You), Calypso (All Night Long), Early New Age Instrumentals (The Only One), and Rock (Running with the Night). The background vocals are superb - especially by an artist who would soon emerge in his own right (see below).The title track is very underrated. During the days of 80s Top 40 radio since this wasn't a single, it didn't get played on the airwaves. It was a shame because the song "Can't Slow Down" is one of the better tunes on the album. It has a nice uptempo beat and could easily be a song to groove to in the clubs."All Night Long" is a legendary song. The calypso combo was revolutionary back in 1983 and this song really took off. It also showed a new side to Lionel Richie as a songwriter and singer who was willing to explore new avenues of sound. This song also features background vocals by a an artist named Richard Marx, who would soon become a star in his own right."Penny Lover" is the pure classic Richie love song ballad. If you like a Lionel Richie ballad, you probably love Penny Lover. It's not the most popular Richie song, but it holds its own on the album."Stuck on You" shows another avenue that Lionel Richie explores - Country/Western. This song has a unique Country/Western feel. Perhaps working with Kenny Rogers rubbed off on Lionel Richie. The result is a classic ballad with this exciting feel to it."Love will Find A Way" is a weaker track on this album, but not a bad track. This is one of these songs that can pick you up when you're down. It has a distinct R&B flair to it that makes it enjoyable. Richard Marx also provides background vocals."The Only One" is another underrated song. It was co-written by David Foster who composes such great instrumentals like from "Love Theme from St. Elmos Fire". This song brilliantly brings the David Foster keyboard arrangements in with Lionel Richie's voice. This song was again a victim of the prejudice of Top 40 radio - it is a classic. Richard Marx again provides background vocals. "Running with the Night" explores the Rock avenue with participation from Toto musicians. The highlight of this song is the great guitar solo by Toto Guitarist Steve Lukather. Jeff Porcaro also provides drums. This song has some excellent bridges and has a feel of excitement throughout the song. Richard Marx also provides background vocals."Hello" is just a pure emotional song. Many folks were hooked on this song because of the emotional video that featured a blind woman sculpting Lionel Richie, but this song really deserves to be heard on its own without watching the video.This album is often a forgotten album in the 80s, but really deserves all the accolades. The most important thing to remember is its much more than Lionel Richie Love Songs - its a great collection of new avenues by one of the all time greats."
Seering With the Night.........
! Metamorpho ;) | Castle in Scotland | 02/03/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Don't know if you heard the news or not, but yesterday Punxsutawney Phyllis (an emortional vampire friend of mine) did not see her reflection in a mirror. You know what this means don't you? Yes. 6 more months of Metamorpho's reviews! And I just know there will be great celebration today because of it. What? You say the celebration will be for the Super Bowl? Parties etc.? Ohno- you must be mistaken. It's for me - I'm sure it is. ;)
That said, I am reviewing this Lionel Ritchie c.d. "Can't Slow Down" was a stand-out in the 80's. In a season with one hit wonders and safety pants (or was that dance?), this selection is a refreshing breeze. Some people may consider this too middle of the road. However, there are real reasons for it's success, which I will tell you because you asked nicely.
Certainly the smart videos he produced for MTV were a big part of it. Classy and well done. By the time this music had arrived, he was well-known as a considerable artist, given that he was with the Commodores and had also put out a previous solo album (also quite excellent). His songwriting was crisp, smooth, easy on the ear and he was also a lyrical master of the love ode. Earnest, heartfelt; alot of these songs wrap you in a comfort that is hard to qualify. But, it's there. One listen and you'll feel it too.
There is a nice mix here. There are beautiful, hook-filled ballads ("Penny Lover","Stuck On You" "Hello"), which play like pure velvet on the ears. An easy groove like "Love Will Find a Way" and harder groove like "Can't Slow Down". Lionel also possesses the creativity to write a calypso-flavored party classic "All Night Long", to the surprise of no one.
One of my favorites, "Running With the Night" employs a pop-rock chug a-long with smokin' silken guitar lead. In all honesty, he hits upon something for everyone here and the effort is flawless. Oh, I can hear the complaints now - the music is too studio polished, the music is too saccharin, Lionel sold out. I don't go along with any of it. He assembled top notch musicians here and paid alot of attention to his craft with great care. It shows. That is why it was a shining light back then and, I think, is so today.
In closing, this is a fine, easy listening selection to play when someone like Sondra the Seeress comes to visit your astute Metamorpho. Music in the background-- me with brandy - she with chardonnay - the lovelight twinkle in both our eyes. Ahhhhhhhhhh..........
Let the music play on, play on, play on....... Metamorpho ;)
1983's Best R&B album
Soulchild'sA'Comin' | Queens, NY USA | 02/11/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"1983, competitive year for black music. Michael Jackson and Prince were still hot with their albums, Thriller and 1999 respectively. The Pointer Sisters, Kool & The Gang, Cameo, Midnight Star, and Shalamar were leaving behind their signature disco styles and adapted either New Wave or Rock/Funk blends, which gave them hot albums for 1983. Jeffrey Osborne, Kashif, O'Bryan, and Luther Vandross were amongst new soul stars that were talented producers and performers that blew up towards the black community in 83'. What artist has all that, and alot more?? Lionel Richie!!
Like MJ scored with Off The Wall and truimphed with Thriller, Lionel did the same with his self titled debut and Can't Slow Down, respectively. I was born in late of 1983, around the same time this album was released. My father still has the original lp in working condition, remembered him playing All Night Long and Penny Lover alot. I confess that since then and from seeing his videos on NY Hot Tracks and Friday Night Videos, I loved his music. Let's get to the point, Can't Slow Down is one of the most enjoyable albums of the 1980s along with Thriller and Purple Rain (an album which you dug all the tracks without exceptions) and my 4th favorite album (behind Thriller, Confessions, and Jay-Z's Black Album and before Purple Rain and Off The Wall). Too make a long story short, heres how I rate the tracks
Can't Slow Down (energetic introduction in a PYT groove that failed to be a single which was a mistake) - A+
All Night Long (#1 international Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'-like groove that brought the album to life. Love the international style video) - A+
Penny Lover (love this song since I first saw the storyline video on NY Hot Tracks back in late 84') - A+
Stuck On You (Good single. A great effort that hit not only on adult complemntary, and mainstream stations, but on country stations as well. "Short and Sweet!" Look out Kenny Rodgers!!) - A-
Love Will Find A Way (lp track that is still hot on adult complemntary and urban stations today. I luv the hooks throughout the last couple minutes of the song) - A
The Only One (probaly the most forgotten track on the lp, which was better than Stuck On You, IMO) - A
Running With The Night (A bit smoother and more new-wavish than Beat It. Lionel's second single spells out good "Rock N Roll" In the video of where he and his boyz crash a prom, he dances with unknown then Shelia E) - A+
Hello (the most emotional and important single on the lp was a great album closer. It is my favorite Lionel Richie song too and the video was a bit amusing, yet great happy ending with the poor deaf student who seems to have a crush on her teacher - Lionel of course. Back on saturday afternoons of when my father replayed what he taped on NY Hot Tracks the friday night before, he always played this video among with others. Alot of memories coming back although I was only a baby. These videos my father use to tape from soul artists was probaly as far back as I can remember) - A++
I will purchase the cd version of this lp for myself in the future because this is incredible!! Another trip down memory lane! Who would care to join me?


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