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This winter we had many days that were just too cold to do anything outside. All of these days posed a real threat that my 4 year old and 2 year old would gather all their pent up physical energy and literally spin out of control. So almost every night this winter around 5 pm (the universal time a young child starts behaving in such a way that caregivers begin to count down the minutes until bedtime) I would turn on "ballet" music. To my children, any classical music qualifies as "ballet" music. The rounds of interpretive dance that ensued helped my children get out all that pent up energy in a way that was manageable indoors. Of course, switching up the genre of music is always fine with my little ones, as long as we all bow and applaud each other with the reverence of ballet dancers.
I've been wanting to get silk play scarves to add to the dancing (oh, and all the possibilities one can imagine when playing with silk scarves…). But I still haven't bought any, and I'm not as proactive as my best friend who made her own. Instead, we have made-do with my winter and spring scarves as well as my children's favorite blankets.
Maybe this is why my kids love Mabel Dancing by Amy Hest so much. I have loved this story and Christine Davenier's beautiful illustrations for years now. The book brings me back to all the times as a child I sat at the top of the stairs, when I was supposed to be in bed, because I didn't want to miss the grown-up party downstairs. Don't be deterred if you have sons. I first found this book when I was teaching 5 – 6 year old boys. They loved it because they could relate too. (As a side note, I find it quite important that boys as well as girls are exposed to books that have strong female main characters.)
Dancing is a fantastic indoor activity that children of all ages can enjoy. My 2 month old prefers I sing while I dance with him cheek-to-cheek. I'm taking advantage of that before it changes!

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SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Manti Te'o can clear up two issues immediately. His nose, broken last year in a game against Army, is fine. And his knee, which he had cleaned up with arthroscopic surgery in the offseason, is completely healed.
He reports that facial update with a laugh. But there's a serious question looming for Notre Dame's hard-hitting linebacker and the Irish fans who watched him make 133 tackles last season — the most by an Irish defender since 1983.
Could this third season in South Bend be his final one if the NFL beckons?
"I don't really think about it. The task at hand is what is really important to me," Te'o said of the upcoming season that kicks off Sept. 3 against South Florida.
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Te'o was right in the middle of it all.
A highly regarded prep recruit from Punahou High School in Hawaii — a guy named Barack Obama attended the same school — Te'o came to Notre Dame after choosing South Bend over Southern California.
After an adjustment period as a freshman, he made an immediate impact when he started 10 games and had 63 tackles.
When the Irish finished 6-6 in what would be coach Charlie Weis' final campaign, Te'o had another difficult decision — continue with football or go on a Mormon mission. He chose to stay with a new coaching regime lead by Brian Kelly. His faith continues to play a huge role in his life and he's attended a nearby Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Cesc Fabregas feels that comparisons between this current Chelsea team and Arsenal's Invincibles are laughable and does not expect the Blues to match them.
Chelsea kept their five-point advantage at the top of the Premier League, beating Crystal Palace 2-1 at Selhurst Park. It was their eighth game of the season and they have to come close to defeat.
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Naturally, comparisons are starting to be drawn between this Chelsea side and the famous Arsenal team that went unbeaten in the 2003/04 Premier League season. Plenty of pundits are tipping Jose Mourinho to equal Arsene Wenger's achievement.
"This is a joke. There will only be one team who can do that - the Arsenal 'Invincibles' team of 2003" - Cesc Fabregas
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However, Fabregas is not one of those believers. In fact, having broken through to the Arsenal team in that very season, he thinks that this Chelsea team is not in the same class as that one.
"No, no, this is a joke. This is a joke. There will only be one team who can do that - the Arsenal 'Invincibles' team of 2003," he told Sky Sports.
"I was part of it a little bit at the end and it was a different class team."
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Although that Arsenal team did go unbeaten, they famously failed to take advantage of arguably their best chance to win the Champions League. Fabregas feels Chelsea have the chance to win more than just the Premier League.
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| April 26, 2019 - BEA Estimates 1st Quarter 2019 GDP Growth at 3.18%:
In their first (preliminary) estimate of the US GDP for the first quarter of 2019, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported that the US economy was growing at a +3.18% annual rate, up +1.02 percentage points (pp) from the prior quarter.
The good news in the report came from significantly positive contributions from inventories, governmental spending and foreign trade. The bad news is that the growth rates for the "meat and potatoes" portion of the economy -- consumer spending on goods and services, and fixed investment -- all weakened quarter-to-quarter.
Consumer spending on goods contracted at a -0.14% annualized rate during the quarter, down -0.68pp from the prior quarter. This was accompanied by weaker growth in consumer spending on services, which dropped -0.16pp from the prior quarter to a +0.98% growth rate. And commercial/private fixed investment grew at a lower +0.27% annualized rate, down -0.27pp from the fourth quarter.
Meanwhile two thirds of the reported annualized growth came from non-core line items: inventories grew at a +0.65% annualized rate (up +0.54pp from the prior quarter), governmental spending grew at a +0.41% annualized rate (up +0.48pp from the fourth quarter), exports grew at a +0.45% annualized rate (up +0.23pp from the prior quarter), and imports added yet another +0.58pp to the headline number (up a significant +0.88pp from 4Q-2018).
Household disposable income was reported to be up +$200 per annum on a quarter over quarter basis, and the household savings rate was reported to have grown to 7.0% (up +0.2pp from the prior quarter) as consumers spent less on goods.
For this estimate the BEA assumed an effective annualized deflator of 0.64%. During the same quarter (January 2019 through March 2019) the inflation recorded by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in their CPI-U index was materially higher at 2.27%. Under estimating inflation results in optimistic growth rates, and if the BEA's "nominal" data was deflated using CPI-U inflation information the headline growth number would have been halved to a +1.56% annualized growth rate.
Among the notable items in the report :
-- Consumer spending for goods contracted during the first quarter of 2019. The headline contribution from consumer goods spending was reported to be -0.14%, down -0.68pp from the prior quarter.
-- The contribution to the headline from consumer spending on services was reported to be +0.96%, down -0.16pp from the prior quarter. The combined consumer contribution to the headline number was reported to be down -0.84pp from the prior quarter, marking the third consecutive quarter of weakening growth in consumer spending.
-- The headline contribution for commercial/private fixed investments was reported to be +0.27%, down -0.27pp from the prior quarter. Although investment in residential construction continued to contract, the biggest change came from weakening commercial spending on equipment.
-- Inventories boosted the headline number by +0.65pp, up +0.54pp from the prior quarter. It is important to remember that the BEA's inventory numbers are exceptionally noisy (and susceptible to significant distortions/anomalies caused by commodity pricing or currency swings) while ultimately representing a zero reverting (and long term essentially zero sum) series.
-- During the quarter containing the "Great Shutdown," Federal spending was reported to be flat while state and local spending rebounded enough to provide a combined +0.41% annualized governmental spending growth rate, up +0.48pp from the prior quarter.
-- The annualized growth in exports was reported to be +0.45%, up +0.23pp from the prior quarter.
-- Although imports normally subtract from the headline number, in the first quarter imports actually added +0.58% annualized "growth" to the headline number (after subtracting -0.30% annualized "growth" during the prior quarter) -- economic "growth" by virtue of fewer dollars of imported goods. This is imports' greatest positive boost to the headline since 4Q-2012, and it reflects the second consecutive quarterly contraction in the value of imported goods. In aggregate, foreign trade added +1.03% annualized growth to the headline number.
-- The annualized growth in the "real final sales of domestic product" increased to +2.53%, up +0.48pp from the prior quarter. This is the BEA's "bottom line" measurement of the economy (and it excludes the inventory data).
-- As mentioned above, real per-capita annualized disposable income grew by $200 quarter over quarter. The annualized household savings rate was also reported to have increased to 7.0% (up +0.2pp from the prior quarter), providing the offset to the contracting spending for consumer goods.
The Numbers
As a quick reminder, the classic definition of the GDP can be summarized with the following equation :
or, as it is commonly expressed in algebraic shorthand :
In the new report the values for that equation (total dollars, percentage of the total GDP, and contribution to the final percentage growth number) are as follows :
GDP Components Table
Quarterly Changes in % Contributions to GDP
Summary and Commentary
Several key points can be taken from this first report for the 1st quarter of 2019 :
-- Consumer spending on goods contracted. The growth in consumer spending on services (which is generally much less elastic) softened yet again. And the annualized growth in commercial and private fixed investments halved relative to the prior quarter.
-- Furloughing Federal workers may depress aggregate consumer spending, but it ultimately has no net effect whatsoever on total Federal expenditures.
-- The fact that imports added +0.58% annualized growth to the headline may be good for the headline, but it actually reflects softening import prices in the midst of generally weaker global trade.
-- Ultimately, and despite weaker core spending, the headline number rebounded into the "Goldilocks" zone of economic growth. We expect that policy makers will be really proud of this report.
Unfortunately, that "Goldilocks" moment was achieved through growing inventories, increased governmental outlays, crashing import values and materially understated inflation. The temperature of the porridge might be just right, but the taste seems a little off.
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ArtistsIldar Abdrazakov
Ramon Vargas
Patricia Racette
Erin Johnson
Chuanyue Wang
San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Dance Corps
ConductorNicola Luisotti
ArtistsIldar Abdrazakov
Ramon Vargas
Patricia Racette
Erin Johnson
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San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Dance Corps
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Boitos resplendent retelling of Goethes Faust, a monumental work of "choral grandeur and melodic richness" (The New York Times) in one of the most impressive productions ever seen at the War Memorial Opera House.
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IT MAY all have happened more than 30 years ago, but 1974 Socceroos coach Rale Rasic still recalls with amusement the rude welcome his squad received when they flew into Hamburg at the start of their trailblazing World Cup campaign.
"The howls of protest were deafening," he says. "I just laughed."
The British media, miffed at the failure of England to qualify for the finals, were even more scathing, writing off the Australians as mugs. Tourists. Curiosities. Worse, gate-crashers. Even the locally based Bild-Zeitung, Germany's biggest newspaper, demanded to know, "Why have we got these kangaroos at the World Cup? How have we ended up with this bunch of no-hopers at the world's greatest tournament?"
No hope? Well, not exactly. The Socceroos officially started the 16-team tournament as 250-1 outsiders to win, further out than even Zaire and Haiti.
Predictably for a team of part-timers - goalkeeper Jim Fraser was forced to pull out because of business commitments - there was a certain wide-eyed innocence about the 1974 Socceroos.
"It was like getting to live in the penthouse for a couple of weeks after spending our whole life in the basement," former captain Johnny Warren, who was to play only one game in Germany, later wrote.
There was the stifling security, cranked to unprecedented levels after the terrorist attack at the Munich Olympics only two years earlier. There was the opulence of the Ochsenzoll training camp, with its 18 playing fields.
There was the table-tennis, which helped keep the remarkably sober squad amused. The big Mercedes team bus. The free kit lavished on the squad by makers adidas. "I was like a kid in a lolly shop," Rasic recalls in his recent biography, written with local journalist Ray Gatt.
So, were the Socceroos overawed by the occasion, seen by Rasic as "the culmination of four years of hard work, pain, torture, family and work sacrifices, controversy, drama and blood sweat and tears"?
Not at all, says Ray Baartz, perhaps the star player of his generation, who accompanied the squad in Germany after being ruled out by an injury sustained in an infamous warm-up match against Uruguay in Sydney.
"Just like today's team, I think we all realised that once you get to the World Cup finals every game is difficult. But no, we weren't overawed in any shape or form. We thought we could get into the next round."
This confidence had not been dented by a draw which, then as now, pitted the Socceroos against one of the pre-tournament favourites, West Germany, and two other strong teams, East Germany and Chile.
"One Germany would have been bad enough," Australian Soccer Federation president Arthur George observed at the time. "But two? I just can't believe it."
Then again, as Baartz, who now runs a sports store in Newcastle, explains, the Australians had done it tough preparing for and winning through the World Cup qualifiers.
They had survived a riot in Vietnam, come back against all the odds in South Korea, and kept their heads in Iran where, according to Warren, the 130,000 Tehran crowd generated "intensity, intimidation 50 times greater than we were used to".
Only 17,000 watched Australia's historic opening match on June 14, against East Germany at Hamburg's Volksparkstadion. Predictably, the predominantly West German crowd cheered the Socceroos and, especially, its "Iron Man" defender Manfred Schaefer.
Born in the East Prussian city of Konigsberg, Schaefer had fled as a three-year-old with his family from the advancing Russians, living in Bremen before moving to Australia as a 14-year-old. He returned to Germany in 1974 as a national hero.
He is somewhat surprised to find he still is to Germans of his own generation. "Only last week I had a German TV crew fly to Sydney to spend the day with me," he said.
In 1974 he was given the task of marking East Germany's star striker Joachim Streich in what Rasic determined should be a defensive battle. For more than 50 minutes the tactics seemed to work, Schaefer explains.
"Streich turned to me and said, 'This is unbelievable. We're not creating anything. We can't afford to lose this'."
Then, in the 57th minute, defender Col Curran deflected the ball into his own net. Ten minutes later Streich eluded Schaefer to score, and it was 2-0.
"Beaten but not disgraced," concluded the Herald, praising the team's fighting spirit, and its gallantry in defeat, which had "won the hearts of the crowd".
A satisfied Rasic later recalled seeing a headline: "Dwarves grow ten feet tall!"
Despite their enhanced reputation, few observers gave the Australians a chance against West Germany. The host team was packed with stars such as Franz Beckenbauer, Sepp Maier and Gerd Müller, and fired up, as Warren pointed out, "after being crucified by the media for their dull 1-0 win over Chile".
Once again the Socceroos performed with credit but without success. This time Schaefer was given the task of marking Müller out of the game. He told Rasic: "If I can keep him scoreless it will be the greatest achievement in my career."
Sadly, with virtually his only chance of the game, Müller scored with a back-header, completing a convincing, though by no means overwhelming, win for West Germany.
As the Socceroos flew south to Berlin for the final game against Chile, Rasic set Australia three World Cup finals tasks: win their first point, score their first goal, win the FIFA Fair Play trophy. "We must stop winning friends and start winning points."
The game, played in torrential rain so bad that Rasic claims he had to drag the Iranian referee on to the pitch for the second half, ended in chaos and confusion.
Fullback Curran was carried off after a vicious tackle. Teammate Ray Richards, who had been booked in the first half, was sent off - perhaps a victim of mistaken identity. The pitch was invaded by demonstrators protesting against Chile's right-wing regime.
With hopes of a win or of a Fair Play trophy gone, Australia grimly held on to claim their first and only point.
Rasic pronounced himself satisfied with the 0-0 draw, though he was to learn almost immediately that he would not be retained as coach.
Though that campaign now seems worlds - as well as World Cups - away, many of its features seem uncannily familiar.
Terrorism was a major threat. Drug testing had just been introduced. Television was bringing the game to millions worldwide (Socceroos games were shown live on ABC). Greedy players were being criticised for demanding outrageous salaries.
And, of course, back home in Australia there was heady talk of this being the breakthrough, the new dawn for soccer, the moment the world game took its place alongside, if not above, the other football codes.
It has taken a long time, but 32 years later, the Socceroos - and Australian soccer - return to Germany to make those dreams come true. Sadly, it seems only one of the 1974 squad, Manfred Schaefer, will be there to see it happen.


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Jewish World Review March 14, 2000/ 7 Adar II, 5760
Lawrence Kudlow
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What's more, eliminating the marketable Federal debt will not strengthen the Social Security system. Social Security is a separate problem, caused mainly by the fact that the worker-to-beneficiary ratio has dropped in recent decades from 16-to-1 to nearly 2-to-1. As a result, future payroll tax revenues are projected to fall short of baby boomer retirement benefits.
Contrary to what most politicians are telling the public, new incentives from across-the-board marginal tax-rate reduction -- including lower payroll tax-rates and personal retirement accounts -- would be the best medicine to strengthen Social Security. Lower tax-rates would increase employment, productivity and capital formation, thereby raising the volume of payroll tax revenues available for benefit coverage.
IRA-type personal retirement accounts generating a roughly 10% historic stock market return would reduce Social Security payout obligations for the Gen-Xers and sub-Gen-Xers.
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Perhaps a $750 billion debt reduction plan to reduce budget interest expense in the years ahead would be reasonable. But obsessive debt reduction should not be permitted to block tax cuts.
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Or sound advice given by my humanitarian aid friends: Proceed until apprehended.
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Especially for someone like me who likes beginnings, but not endings.General, Musings | Comments (2)
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Beth Cregan on
December 5, 2012
5:45 am
I love this cartoon too and have it by my desk.It's such simple advice but it always makes me smile!
Geoff Brown on
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Love this one Viv! So true and I love the "proceed until apprehended" idea from your humanitarian buddies. I'd add one thing … be prepared to stub your toe a lot along the journey and then keep on going 🙂


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If I Don't Speak Up Because It Didn't Happen to Me
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Oh wow...oh Ghana. SMDH.ReplyDeleteReplies
Yup, Ghana! So much in love with the 'dark ages'.Delete
- Kwame Mensa-Bonsu14 January, 2012
Neanderthals! In need of extreme cleansing, those thugs. We are in 2012 not 1981...1979!ReplyDeleteReplies
I agree that we're not in the dark ages. But haven't our national security enforcers been rather backward in their professionalism in at all times?Delete
- Kwame Mensa-Bonsu24 January, 2012
They've been always backward, yes...but the world is going forward! So should they, whether they like it or not. Sadly, the elite of the country don't see the urgency.Delete
when I heard this I was like what? Most of the times a few nuts who think they are doing the masters a hell lot of good implement what to them is the best way to serve the master. In the end they create more problems for themselves and those bosses. The hell of it is that they are hardly, if ever, punished. So that if this guy gets demoted, or even some months in prison, by the same outfit, and perhaps the same boss he thought he was pleasing, they'd think thrice when the chance to slap-slap arise again.ReplyDeleteReplies
Controversial, maybe. But the abuse of the police power of the State is as dangerous as the word can be. I advocate the immediate suspension of errant security officers pending investigations.Delete
I don't know whose account to accept on this tale. Some say it was state security that beat up the journo. The State security, the BNI to be precise, says it wasn't them but some brutes that belong to the side of the prime character in the scene the journo was interested in photographing!ReplyDelete
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Yes, no condemnation without evidence. Somehow, I find it difficult to believe it is anybody but those people. Radio comments I have heard from the security establishment - and non-contrite ones too - appear to validate our collective suspicions already.Delete
Regardless of the exact details of the incident, I agree with your sentiments especially "Any State that treats the fourth estate with the third degree because it sees them as the fifth column is crude. It's that simple". One thing I appreciate about living in present-day Ghana has been democracy that allows freedom of expression and the strength of the fourth estate. We cannot revert back to the dark days when things were different. We have come too far.ReplyDeleteReplies
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As you know, I have been very open about needing to raise $5,000 to help pay for our show's new expenses. So in an attempt to make it worth your while, instead of just a flat donation (which is of course ALWAYS welcome), we have decided to make a little raffle. Big Brother and Amazing Race favorites Jeff Schroeder and Jordan Lloyd will be calling in to The Baub Show on Sunday November 20th for the full hour and have graciously trusted me to connect them with a few of their fans! During that time, we will be pulling 5 names out of a bowl and calling 5 lucky winners (one at a time) who will have the opportunity to say hi, express love or ask a question directly to Jeff and Jordan. updated: Jeff has decided to up the ante and is throwing in 5 autographs from the couple as well. DOUBLE UPDATE: because many of you have expressed interest, but don't feel comfortable saying hi on the show, the winners will be drawn live on the air and the calls will be scheduled for a later time in private.
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I Love You Because
Nov. 28-Dec. 1, 2012
Directed by Adam Sahli
Music Direction by Robb Krueger
Scenic Design by Joel Schiebout
Costume Design by Kirsten Lerohl
Lighting Design by Mary Jane Olson
Sound Design by Anna Alex
The cast of I Love You Because (left to right): NY Man (James Ehlenz), NY Woman (Hannah Maslinski),
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BY MATT CARON, Theatre Graduate Assistant
"It's the ultimate date show," said Robb Krueger, musical director of the upcoming Minnesota State University, Mankato
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Despite both being third-year MFA candidates and sharing an office during their first year, this is the first time Krueger and Sahli have
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Sahli directed a short play written by Krueger for a playwrighting class. "I was really happy with what he did with it," said Krueger.
"He understood the pacing and grasped the tone." This helped make the decision to work with Sahli as the musical director an easy one.
"I had to think about it for about two seconds! I knew we'd have a good time. I knew we'd be on the same page."
In most other musical romantic comedies, people fall in love at first sight and the action of the play revolves around the struggle to be able
to be with each other. In I Love You Because, people fall in love by accident. Love strikes when least expected, much more the way it happens
in real life. "This love story is totally believable," said Sahli. "It is much more within the realm of human experience."
I Love You Because runs Nov. 28 through Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m. To purchase tickets, visit us online at MSUTheatre.com or call 507-389-6661.
The Theatre & Dance Box Office is open 4-6 p.m., M-F. Get your tickets today!
In "The Actuary Song," Diana (Rachel Howard) broke love
down by the numbers to Marcy (Cassie Johnson).
Austin (Ian Lah) tried to change his ways by stealing a box of wine while
on a date with Marcy (Cassie Johnson). The waiter (James Ehlenz) looks on.
Marcy (Cassie Johnson) and Diana (Rachel Howard) talk about
love with Austin and Jeff Bennet (Ian Lah and Steven Labine) as
the sources of their consternation.
The waitress (Hannah Maslinski) and bartender (James
Ehlenz) ask, "What Do We Do It For?"
In the end, it comes down to "I Love You Because."
Photos by Mike Lagerquist


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While training your dog, we also show you how to:
1) Show your dog how to do things you like. If dog doesn't know how to sit, how can she choose to sit?
2) Reward the behaviors you like, so that your dogs will do them more often and in the right contexts (commands).
3) Punish unwanted behaviors without using forceful tools like chokes, shocks, prongs, "alpha-rolls" or other outdated techniques.
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I am interested in the its never too late group training sessions. I have a very sweet but very bossy and stubborn Shiba Inu. We went to doggie basics training class a few years ago but I've grown lax and need a refresher. I want to work on recall and trust (my trust in her) so i can take her to the dog park, and appropriate greeting of guests, friendly humans and other dogs. I also want her to stop licking me when I ask her too and to stop air chomping to boss me around.
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Rip-roaring bush racing comes to town, Saturday, 21 November with the much loved Roma Cup bringing ute-loads of fun to the Maranoa – the gateway to the outback.
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Throw Your Caution To The Wind
Where would I be if I hadn't thrown away my caution, released it, let go of the string at the end of it and watched it fly away?
I adore the people who teach my son at school. They are all women, very Southern, and very pretty. We call them Georgia Peaches down here. He has been in school for three years now, and I no longer feel nervous as I open the doors to his classroom. I walk through those doors and beam with pride, "Oh, by the way, you wouldn't believe the schoolwork he accomplished this weekend. It's amazing, he can do so much." They are typically receptive, and it then comes the "but"… and all I hear is the Charlie Brown voice again. "Blahh whahhhh blahhhh wahhhh." It's all the same to me. Yes, my son is behind, but my god there is so much potential there. I want to shout at those women with their perfect hair and lipstick and yell:
Throw your caution. Throw it hard.
If only they would throw their caution up and let it go. If only they would say, "I know it's not protocol, but we are going to teach him this anyway. I know this goes against my training, but I will be wild and free and watch this child thrive."
I throw my caution. Sometimes, not always, it's like a boomerang and it comes right back. I catch it in my short, stubby fingers. My wide knuckles, my little hands with the chipped fingernail paint and cracks of dry skin. I want to drop my boomerang like a hot potato; I was always fond of that game growing up. It made me feel excited. I like feeling excited, feeling alive. I suspect that is what led me to drugs.
I wanted to feel alive. I wanted to feel excited.
Every time I go to one of those big stores like Target or Walmart — you know those big box stores that have everything — I see the game "Operation" on the shelf. I always say I'm going to buy it for my kids. It would be great for fine motor for my oldest son. It's such lie; I want it for me. I want excitement. I want to hold my hand steady and make sure that my tiny little tongs don't touch the sides or, oh, that buzzer goes off. My heart is beating fast and now I am really in the game. I am alive again.
I write now. I write all the time. I write in a journal I just bought. So beautiful with gold and green, a very Asian-inspired feel. I write in my secret electronic diary on my iPad. I write little notes to myself. I write in my blog and I write here.
Anne Lamont tells of her early years as a writer, a young writer, in her book 'Bird by Bird.' How amazing it felt to have her work recognized. When her first young poem won a contest and was published she writes, "My work was in print, it is real. This means I exist."
This is how I feel. When I am writing, hitting the keys, typing fast and furious, I am alive. I don't care in that moment if my grammar is right, if my punctuation is in the right place (it usually isn't). I am just writing. I am creating. I am bearing witness to my life and the beautiful and ugly things that live in it.
I write, therefore I exist. I write, therefore I am alive. I am excited.
I am throwing my caution up into space. I am writing a letter to that handsome German skydiver who jumped from a capsule into the atmosphere. I am going to ask him to go up one more time: This time, will you take my caution with you? Will you take away the caution that stunts my excitement, my willingness to take a risk, my willingness to be wrong or look bad?
When I hit publish and send these words out into cyber space, there's always a moment where I can't breathe. I wait for the negative comments to come in, the naysayers who want to say that I can't do it, just like the souls who keep pushing my son into a little box he won't fit in.
I don't care. I want to feel alive again. I want to fill up every part of me with blood pumping excitement. If I am there then I am not tired. The world doesn't care if you're tired anyway. If I am living free of my caution I am on my yoga mat, I am writing a new essay, I am willing to share my words with all of you, I am willing to look a fool.
My heart beats fast right now as I am typing. My laptop is getting hot on my lap. I feel good. I feel present. I feel my body. My mind is the engine. Suddenly I don't need a nap anymore.
This feeling is so incredibly unique for all of us. For some of us yoga is our energy life force, or cooking, or running 12 miles at 5 a.m. every day. It doesn't matter what it is, just as long as it's there.
Can you let your caution go, can you let it go in the sky with all the other caution balloons? Can you watch it fly away as your heart beats in your chest because you're scared now, you don't know what lies ahead when you have nothing to weigh you down?
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Don't Overfill That Crockpot, Spring Cleaning, And More From The Erwin Pawn Tradio Show
Another Saturday morning of bringing buyers and sellers together was accomplished last weekend. A good time was had by all. We even gave you some crock pot tips!
With last Tuesday being the first day of spring we expected tons of folks to be spring cleaning last weekend. Boy were we wrong! That was our Big Question. 18 of you were cleaning and 35 of you were not. You are some dirty people! I didn't do any spring cleaning either.
Our special Rule #6 was inspired by my adventure in cooking Friday night. I put on a bunch of pinto beans and pork roast in the slow cooker. I set it on "low" and went to bed. When I got up the next morning there was bean juice all over the place. Yep, I'd put too much in there. Rule #6: Don't overfill the slow cooker.
See you next Saturday for the Erwin Pawn Tradio Show!


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Rose Aromatherapy is an intensely fragrant tea rose.
Aromatherapy hybrid tea rose bush has beautiful pink blooms that really stand out.
The tall and vigorous rose bush is a prolific bloomer during summer and throughout fall.
Aromatherapy rose is
perfect for a cutting garden as the blooms are long lasting and wonderful for flower arrangements.
I also recommend to plant it in a flowerbed with blue low-growing perennials, such as hardy Geranium 'Johnson Blue' in front to hide the bare legs.
Hybrid tea roses, such as Aromatherapy rose, should always be underplanted, as their lower canes tend to be bare and not very attractive.
The handsome foilage is dark green and semi glossy. The growth habit is upright and bushy. Zones 5-9, height 5-6 feet.


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King Charles is set to release his second album 'Gamble For A Rose' on 22ndn January 2016, through Buffalo Gang via Kobalt Label Services.
King Charles is a different person to the one who released extraordinary debut album 'Loveblood' in 2012. Not only has his appearance changed, his long dreads cut perhaps as a symbol of the move away from his old persona to a new more mature Charles, but his music and outlook are underpinned by a need to return to find the root of his musical passion, the reason he started playing, and that all started with friends.
This year Charles took on his biggest tour to date, a 28 nights in 28 days extravaganza that would have broken a lesser individual, but ended in triumph as he headlined the London Forum. Emboldened, one of the first things he said to his friend Marcus Mumford was "I want to make the album I should have made five years ago." So, Charles and Marcus began demoing songs, declaring the whole idea of the project to be "music to my ears", Marcus said he would produce it and they decamped to a farm near Exeter to begin working up the songs, with mattresses pushed up against the walls to make vocal booths and old friends to jam with including Charlie Fink and Tom Hobden (Noah and the Whale) and Winston Marshall (Mumford & Sons).
The first song to be unveiled from 'Gamble For A Rose' is the album opener 'Loose Change For A Boatman', a passionate love song ("You say your love for me has waned from the storm, Your passions have fallen from the days of old, If ever you loved me, If ever at all, Our souls are tied."), which builds and builds before exploding into riotous, arena-leveling colour.
Charles' recording story began in 2010 when a few months after a near-fatal skiing accident he won Grand Prize at the International Songwriting Competition for a piece called 'Love Lust'. Soon after he signed to Universal in America and relocated to LA where he made his debut album 'Love Blood' with Matthew Wilder (No Doubt, Christina Aguilera, Kelly Clarkson). All was thundering along, but lingering problems from the accident remained. It was a remarkable time that produced a remarkable record, but it wasn't true to Charles' artistic roots, so he decided to leave his label and management to find out what was. The result is 'Gamble For A Rose', where his multi instrumental talent shines against the lyrical backdrop of his search for true love. 'Gamble For A Rose' is a passionate, honest record fit for a King.
'Gamble For A Rose' is available for pre-order in limited edition coloured vinyl, CD and download with special signed exclusives available at www.smarturl.it/kingcharles.


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I recently started using a really clever, helpful module I found on PYPI (all names redacted to protect the guilty). I found a small bug in it, so I emailed the author. He wrote back and told me the bug had been fixed, and new versions were available on launchpad. I assumed this meant in the development tip that hadn't been released yet. Instead, I was suprised to find that what was on PYPI was three major releases out of date. So I wrote back to him to ask him to push a new version - I even included the exact setup.py commands to run. This was the reply I got:
Yes I know, I should do this, but I hate such complex and silly technologues as easy_install and eggs and everything that transforms Python into a Java-like ugly piece of "programming-tool-for-the-dummy-masses" ;-)
I'm just stunned. Programmers certainly have a reputation for arrogance, but to see it so clearly on display from the author of a GPL'd module is just shocking. Why do we open source our code, let alone GPL it if not to have as many people use it as possible? Try as I might, I cannot get my ahead around this way of thinking.
I'm no fan of the current state of Python packaging, as I've written before. I don't like setuptools much either. Heck, I once gave a talk titled Using Setuptools: Your Head vs. The Wall. PYPI is better, but not much. Text search is barely functional (substring? really?), the trove classifiers are useless, it's cluttered with abandonware, and the lack of signed packages is a security disaster waiting to happen. Yes, I'm whining, and no, I'm not going to do anything about it - I can only fight so many battles at once. But for better or for worse, it's what we've got.
Therefore, in the spirit of Docs or it Doesn't Exist:
If it's not on PYPI, your package doesn't exist.
With the advent automatic dependency installation, no one is going to hunt around the web looking for the latest version of your package. Between various projects, I have tens or hundreds of third party modules in use - tracking all of those down by hand like the bad old days simply isn't feasible. PYPI and easy_install have made me vastly more productive - allowing me to create new projects quickly and automate deployments. Hardly the kind of thing done by the "dummy-masses" - and it all works only because developers post their packages on PYPI. Yes, the tools suck sometimes - but your package is not special enough to make me give them up.
Since a reminder is apparently needed, here's how you get your code up. This works with straight distutils (no setuptools needed) and requires a PYPI account:python setup.py sdist
python setup.py register
python setup.py upload
PYPI uploads: for $DIETY's sake, just do it.


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APEX Deployments
What you need to build a complete APEX platform at a very low cost to help you start with ORACLE APEX…
I am happy to share with everyone the slides I prepared and presented in our APEX Meetup in Calgary AB. Canada on Feb 25th, 2016.
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The audience is the individual that is just starting with APEX or those ones that are going 'solo' and no longer have the luxury of a company to help support and maintain a platform.
The focus is to help you establish a solid, complete, consistent and repeatable platform in which you can develop on it without all the headaches..
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Sept. 4 Art Walk: Late-breaking artist info
Navajo alabaster artist Cheryl Joe will meet the public at the Velez Galleries, 2508 W. Colorado Ave., during the First Friday Art Walk in Old Colorado City Friday,
Sept. 4 from 5 to 8 p.m. Making her home in Shiprock N.M., Joe carves animal and human figures from the rock. Also on display will be new Zuni and Hopi jewelry
and original landscape originals by Andrew Velez.
Here are other late-announced Art Walk activities (in addition to those noted in the Aug. 27 Westside Pioneer):
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Yvan Muller struck back in Donington Park in Great Britain, claiming a double victory and cutting by half his gap in the points from Rob Huff that is now of 15 points only.
The Chevrolet team is in perfect condition this season, re-writing the WTCC book of records, including 13 race wins and two back-to-back victories in the same weekend for the same driver (Huff in Monza, Muller at Donington).
Yvan Muller claimed his second pole position of the season in a qualifying that was full of drama because of the changeable weather. Despite the grip changed completely lap after lap, the Chevrolet team managed to keep everything under control and filled the top three positions of both qualifying races with Rob Huff and Alain Menu in second and third behind Muller.
Podium for the race weekend was also dominated by Chevrolet, Yvan Muller was first place for the two races, followed by Robert Huff, Alain Menu won third place for the first race and Franz Engstler of the BMW team won third for Race 2, claiming his first overall podium in the championship.
The championship will resume at Oschersleben, Germany, on July 31st for rounds 15 and 16.


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Don't tax your poor little brain about the Wiese issue
R3.7bn? That's the cost of two whole years of blue light convoys! Christo, you monster!
When Twitter read the first three words of the headline of the media's précis of the amaBhungane report, it spat its dummy so hard that it bounced off the wall of the echo chamber. Christo Wiese, he of the cash-stuffed suitcase, was allegedly dodging paying his taxes, and the world would never be the same.
To be fair to Twitter, R3.7-billion – the amount being sought by SARS – is a lot of money that could otherwise be used by the government. I mean, it's a full 13% of the R28.4-billion wasted, lost or stolen by South African municipalities last year. Just imagine: if Wiese had shouldered his full tax burden they would only have had to waste, lose or steal R24.7-billion of our money.
Then there's South African Airways, the airline that has traditionally carried this country's hopes, its ambitions, and anyone too incompetent to be redeployed to a functioning SOE. If Wiese wasn't so snoep it could easily get the R5-billion it asked for, to go with the R10-billion it got last year.
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What is a fact?
A fact is something that can be proved.
For example, Thanksgiving is a holiday in November is a fact. We can prove it is true by looking at the calendar.
What is an opinion?
An opinion is something we think or believe.
For example, Thanksgiving is the best holiday of all is an opinion. We can't prove it, and some people might agree and others might disagree.
As we read, it is important to think about what we are reading and determine whether statements are facts or opinions. Thinking carefully about what we read helps us to understand the text in a deeper way.
We did a lot of fun activities to practice understanding the difference between facts and opinions.
One activity we did was to make puzzles for our classmates to solve using the Stick Around app.
Here is a puzzle that Jillianne and Lainie made about facts and opinions about Tabby Cats.
Then, we worked together with a partner to research a topic that we found interesting. We wrote down facts and opinions about that topic, and used Book Creator app to write pages for a book.
We wrote one page with facts and one page with opinions.
Then we put them together to make a class book!The video below shows our class book set to music. Check out the facts and opinions about our topics.
Different opinions are a great way to start a discussion! It is fun to talk about opinions that we agree or disagree with. Can you choose an opinion from the video above and let us know if you agree or disagree with the opinion and why? We look forward to your comment.


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American Fire Protection Group believes in the importance of Apprenticeship Training as illustrated in this video produced by the American Fire Sprinkler Association (AFSA). AFPG actively participates in the invaluable programs offered through the AFSA.
Our Mission at American Fire Protection Group is to be the leading solutions provider within the fire protection industry always bringing our finest effort, exceptional ideas and incomparable character to every project. Paramount to AFPG's successful pursuit of this mission is the hiring of quality people whose values align with ours. Our values are strong and they produce exceptional results.
What are those values?
- Caring and enduring relationships with others
- Honesty and Integrity
- Excellence on all levels
- Fulfilling work
- Safety and Risk Management First Culture
At AFPG we are committed to each individual's success. We know our team members and we care about them, and it shows. Like our parent company, the APi Group, we are committed to helping each person grow through training, leadership development and advancement. We have well-defined career paths and training opportunities that help support the growth and skill sets needed to progress on those paths.
- United States Department of Labor approved Apprenticeship Program
- Foreman / Supervisor Leadership Training
- Project Manager Leadership Training
- Branch Manager Leadership Training
- Regionally based Leader Labs
- Strategic Level Leader Labs
- Emerging leadership training
We augment training by paying for and encouraging participation in job-related conferences, seminars and workshops. We also offer a tuition reimbursement program, along with a highly competitive benefits package that includes a 401K with matching and an ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Program).
If you're interested in joining our highly-respected team of professionals, start the application process today by submitting an online application via the Apply Now link for one of our open positions.
American Fire Protection Group, and its divisions, believes in Equal Opportunity for all and is committed to ensuring all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, have an opportunity to apply for those positions that they are interested in and qualify for without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic.
Fire Alarm & Special Hazards Service Sales Representative
- Self-generate new opportunities, calling upon Building Engineers and Property Managers
Highly motivated and enthusiastic with strong written, verbal, presentation and interpersonal communication skills
Develop and implement plans and strategies for acquiring new customers
Generate new business and foster existing customer relationships. Ability to analyze, assess and address customer needs, while clearly displaying American Fire Protection Group's core values
Dedicated, ethical and determined individual willing to assist the customer to satisfy all of their Fire Protection needs
Professional assertiveness
- Sales experience in Fire Alarm and Special Hazards is a requirement
High School diploma or GED
Ability to work in a team environment
Working knowledge of Word, Excel and Outlook software programs
Clean driving record
Able to pass company and state background and drug screenings
Bilingual is a plus
The primary responsibilities for this position include selling inspections, service work, and monitoring to new customers. The Salesperson will utilize all available resources to search out and obtain work with new and former customers. The Salesperson must be a highly motivated self-starter always looking for opportunities to increase our market share by selling not only our services but also our core values.
Medical, Dental, Life Insurance, Long-Term Disability, 401K, ESOP.
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Will of John B. Patten
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This is the last Will and Testament of me John B. Patten of
Grand Bank in the
I hereby revoke all Wills made by me at any time heretofore.
I appoint my wife Elizabeth, my son Samuel and
my daughter Sarah to
be Co-Executors of this my last will and testament
I give and bequeath unto my wife Elizabeth all my property absolutely, real, personal and floating of whatever kind soever.
Signed by the said Testator in the presence of us, present at the same time, who at his request, in his presence, and in the presence of each other, have subscribed our names as witnesses.
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