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As much as I hate to admit, it is that time of year again. Get your orders in before December 1st!
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As much as I hate to admit, it is that time of year again. Get your orders in before December 1st!
Learn more details over at our Etsy shop or email directly.
Not that I have all the time in the world this year to be crafting it up with new baby coming, but I do love these adorable advent calendars. If you don't feel like splurging on these calendars they are a great inspiration for a DIY version. Especially the Pottery Barn bucket idea, I would have adored that as a kid!
How adorable is my good friend Tara of Ink + Wit new 2011 calendar? I love the animals especially Mr. Fox but I especially love the little descriptions of the characteristics for each one. Great job Tara!
A pretty little fall table scape by my friend Cyd. Go show her a little bit of love over on City Cradle Design.
Everyone have a Happy Easter! I am taking off for the weekend, for some family time!
Download some Easter egg hunt cards and egg wrappers here!
.: Amy from Old Sweet Song has a blogger Crush on me! Little does she know I have a blogger crush on her, and so excited to be among some amazing bloggers on this little column she does!
.: how cute is this cake?
.: Loving the DIY contest on Ruffled, this is gorgeous.
.: i need one of these!
.: seriously, this is why Anna Bond is where she is, amazing, the talent is endless!
thats all happy easter!
It's almost easter, and my favorite candy is Peeps, you either love or hate, but I LOVE! Not to mention they are the cutest things in the world. Check out this amazing DIY my friend Cyd of The Sweetest Occasion found!
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Oh, Martha! Gorgeous Easter Eggs from Martha Stewart.
Did everyone see these already?? Gorgeous free download over on Papermash. They remind me of Candyland. Yes?? Makes you kind of feel all warm and fuzzy inside!
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How cute are these little hearts from Cox & Cox? The perfect little Valentines gift for a coffee or tea drinker, and who wouldn't want these pins? MINI hearts!
The Je t'aime card is a perfect way to tell your loved one on Valentines Day you love them! ( in french of course) Comes in a set of 6 cards with matching envelopes. They are printed in full color on 100 # cover on bright white recycled paper.


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Notre Dame Online Application and Writing Supplement
The Notre Dame Online Application for First Year Admission
The University of Notre Dame is an exclusive member of the Common Application. We encourage you to apply online by visiting the Common Application web site at www.commonapp.org. It's quick, easy, and secure.
The Common Application is an online-only application and is not available in paper form. After the application is submitted electronically, portions of the application like letters of recommendation and transcripts can still be mailed to complete your application. You will be able to print-preview the application, but please do not mail the print-preview to us. We recommend printing a copy of your completed application to keep for your files.
The Notre Dame Writing Supplement
You must submit the Notre Dame Writing Supplement in addition to the Common Application's First Year Application; this form is available to registered members of the Common Application and must be completed online. The Writing Supplement is submitted separately after the application.
The Writing Supplement for First Year applicants seeking Fall 2015 enrollment will include the following directions:
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Please provide a response between 150 and 200 words to the following question. (required)
- Why Notre Dame?
Please select two of the following four prompts and provide a response between 150 and 200 words to each.
- A good story starts with a good beginning. Get us hooked in the first 150 words.
- Blessed Basil Moreau, the founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross, described education as "the art of helping young people to completeness." How are you incomplete?
- Notre Dame students are encouraged to learn through discovery by interacting with the world around them. Describe your ideal intellectual field trip.
- Initiate an in-person conversation with someone whom you've never met but who you think might be interesting. What did you learn about that person or yourself?
You should submit the online version of the Common Application's First Year Application and the Notre Dame Writing Supplement no later than November 1 for Early Action or January 1 for Regular Decision. We will not review your application documents (e.g. transcripts, teacher evaluations, etc.) until we receive these two documents and the required payment or the confirmed fee waiver.

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The National Center for Civil and Human Rights has opened in Atlanta with design by architect Phil Freelon in collaboration with HOK. The design team aimed to create a "space for action," inspired by places such as the National Mall in Washington, Tiananmen Square in Beijing, and Tahrir Square in Cairo that are known for their historic civil and human rights events.
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"We looked at the seminal historical events and the public places where individuals and groups gathered — places belonging to everyday people," said Freelon, who leads Perkins+Will's North Carolina practice. "In these public squares, plazas and public parks, citizens from all walks of life came together to show a sense of unity and purpose."
Two curved walls form the façade, clad in architectural panels of varying size, color, and transparency to suggest individuals coming together to achieve a common goal. The center features entrances at grade and on the lower level, facing two separate plazas connected by a grand exterior staircase that wraps the building's east side.
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The architecture and exhibits encourage visitors to connect not only with each other, but also the stories of the civil and human rights movement. "The variety of spaces allows for communication around ideas and action through exhibits, performances, poetry readings, lectures, and global conferences," Freelon said.
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Each of the three levels features gallery and event space, with exhibits designed by David Rockwell of the Rockwell Group. The lower level features a special gallery dedicated to the Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. collection and a large multipurpose room overlooking the lower plaza. From the middle-floor lobby, visitors can access the civil rights exhibit and galleries. The civil and human rights exhibits culminate on the upper floor and open to a balcony and lounge.
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Snow removal and landscape management is all Herman Witte has ever known. Witte, who owns Witte Lawn Maintenance in Wyoming, Mich., grew up in the business started by his father, John, in 1957. That was a year after John, a hero of the WWII Dutch Resistance and a policeman, moved the family to the United States from the Netherlands. Witte purchased the assets and clients from his father in 1976, and has been at the helm ever since.
Today, his snow portfolio is comprised of a mix of seasonal contracts for commercial, institutional and residential clients, with commercial/institutional as the biggest piece.
"We are a little bigger in the winter than in the summer, and we have more employees on the ground," he says. "We have that mix because we don't want to put all of our eggs in one basket, especially in the commercial sector, where all that work funnels through property managers."
Owner: Herman Witte
Founded: 1957
Headquarters: Wyoming, Mich.
Markets: West Michigan
Services: Mowing maintenance, lawn care, landscape management, landscape design, landscape installation, snow & ice management
Employees: 20 during the landscaping season; 24-plus during the snow removal season
Website: http://www.wittelawn.com
While many green/white industry professionals often have a preference on which season they favor, Witte says he enjoys both. "The unique thing about our industry when you have a year-round operation is by the time I'm tired of one I'm ready for the other to start."
As winter approaches, Witte says this is the first year in which he probably won't regularly be behind the wheel of a plow truck. Instead, he'll be focusing on strategic planning and managing operations while his son, Mark, begins to oversee more operations in the field.
"I'm still fairly active in the business. My goal is to move out of it, but you have to have the right people in place. In the past, we had people lined up that just didn't work out and I stepped back in. Now with Mark and another manager, I think we will have good success."
Witte says he and Mark have talked about succession but nothing concrete is yet in place: "It's going to happen, but I don't have an end date in mind. I'm not as involved in the day to day, which gives me flexibility to be involved in different things. I can see us continuing like this for some time."
Part of Witte Lawn Maintenance's mission statement is to "acquire long-term business relationships by providing quality landscape management and snow removal services at a fair price."
Witte said a few factors - availability of quality labor, fuel prices and lower prices - have made his mission more challenging, but that he also has been somewhat insulated from some of the trends that have taken hold in other areas of the country.
Industry-wide, Witte has seen the gravitational pull of customers to the lowest-price providers. Even so, he has been able to keep a client retention rate of about 95 percent.
"The last few years with pricing pressure, people found out they could keep working the price down and contractors started taking it. Overall, client loyalty isn't what it used to be but we are above the norm. We might lose an occasional commercial client due to money. But, for the most part, those we lose either move or they die."
He attributes his ability to keep his clients to longevity in the industry and to providing a high level of customer service with honesty and attention to detail. Attention to detail is absolutely critical to snow and ice management service because public safety is on the line. Organization and training are huge in providing detailed services.
"You are only successful when you service clients to their expectations. To meet those you have to have equipment, and your people must be ready. Your people have to know what they're doing and how to do it. We aren't perfect, but we fix our mistakes. If you don't, word gets out and you won't be welcomed back," he says.
National service management companies have taken hold in many service industries, and snow is no exception. Witte says he is routinely contacted to quote that type of work and even experimented with the process during the summer. He came to realize that it's not how he wants to do business.
If you could start your business over again, is there anything you would have done differently?
Don't skip business and finance. When Witte was in high school, he says counselors focused more on college prep and were less open-minded about trade careers. Looking back, Witte wishes he had received more education in the landscaping and business fields. "My son got a four-year degree at Michigan State University and it's amazing what he learned in his first two years. Some of that took me a lifetime to learn."
What's the biggest mistake you made in getting to where you are today and what did it teach you?
Watch your own business. Noting that a mistake is something you could have avoided, Witte doesn't believe he's every made such a terrible one that it was a game-changer for his business. But looking back, if there is a lesson he has learned it's to protect your own interests. "I once had an employee come to me and say he wanted to start his own business. I should have said, 'That's fine. You can start today.' From every side, whether it's labor, clients, health care, watch your business because you worked hard to build it."
How are you viewing The Affordable Care Act?
Companies be gearing up for what's coming. Witte says his concerns about the Affordable Care Act are twofold: the uncertainty that still exists in the details and the impact on small business.
"We offer health care to our full-time employees, but during the winter we employ a lot of young people and college students. Their hours may no longer be exempt. There is a cost not only in the insurance piece, but also the 'taking care of business' piece. What more can you dump on a small business that doesn't have the office resources to manage all of the paperwork and reporting that will go into this?"
"I'm too old-fashioned and don't want to jump through hoops to do work, and there are a lot of hoops to jump through," he says. "The main reason I feel so strongly about not working for them is that they really don't know our market as far as what we get in snow [his market averages 70 inches a season]. I'm not convinced I could service my clients how I want through that type of presence."
Witte is passionate about looking out for the interests of those in the snow and landscape industries. He has long been active in professional associations at the local, state and national level. He is a member and past president of the Association of Grand Rapids Landscape Professionals and Michigan Nursery & Landscape Association. In March, Witte received an honorary certificate from Michigan State University's Institute of Agricultural Technology's Landscape and Nursery Management Program for his continuous dedication and work in the green industry. He also is a member of the Snow & Ice Management Association.
Active involvement in industry organizations is great from an educational and networking perspective but Witte says it's important that they advocate for the industries they serve by getting in front of legislators and keeping an eye on their movement on issues that impact the industries.
Two key issues in Michigan specifically involved a restriction on backup alarms on plow trucks that was struck down as well as a regulation on truck registration and weight classes that was changed to be less restrictive and more in line with other states.
"It's good to be involved because if you're not, things are going to happen to you that you don't like," he says. "So many people benefit from what the associations provide. Our industry is important and we have to be heard."
Cheryl Higley is a freelance writer and editorial director of Snow Business magazine, the official publication of the Snow & Ice Management Association.


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Could we have a place on the character sheet to list aptitudes please?
Aptitudes on the character sheet please
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Posted 24 August 2012 - 07:42 PM
I had my players write theirs on the long line below demeanour and description right above your characteristics.
Posted 25 August 2012 - 04:19 PM
It is a core part of the new system, it really should have a spot on the sheet.
I say, take one of the two Psychic Powers Columns. Heck, only one (highly volitile) career has power at all, and EVERYONE has aptitudes. Problem solved.


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LSC Links: Jonathan Adler and Floral Dresses
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Check out Erin's wonderful interview with interior designer and author Jonathan Adler. [Apartment 34]
Jo makes nature look stylish as she spends her day on a river bend. [Lost in the Haze]
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Eli, No! by Katie Kirk (Abrams Books for Young Readers, October 2011) is the story about a very adorable dog named Eli, who likes to get himself into trouble by eating too much, taking up the whole bed, and not always playing nice. His owners are constantly telling him, "Eli, no" as he runs through the house creating chaos, but even at his messiest, they love him very much. This story about unconditional love between dog owners and their pets, written and illustrated by Katie Kirk, is great for even the youngest of readers! In celebration of the publication of this title, some of my colleagues in the Children's Department have shared their own stories about their best friends.


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- Faculty teachers whose academic preparation includes the appropriate specialization for a general education course in the content areas listed below and/or six semesters within a five year time frame teaching in the content area.
Representatives shall be elected by faculty teachers of each content area. Faculty teachers of general education courses who teach in more than one content area and have appropriate specializations or experience as indicated above shall designate the area they prefer to represent and they shall vote only in that area.
Departments responsible for offering general education classes will be asked each year to provide the names of faculty teachers of general education courses (who fulfill the requirements below) to the Senate Office, and -if appropriate- which content area the faculty teacher will represent.
- Communication Skills - 2 (CAHSS)
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- Social and Behavioral Sciences - 2 (CAHSS & CEHHS)
- Faculty or academic staff whose academic preparation includes the appropriate specialization for a general education course in the content areas listed below and/or six semesters within a five year time frame teaching in the content area.
Representatives shall be elected by faculty and staff of each of the following areas as indicated:
- Health Enhancement and Physical Well-Being - 1 (CEHHS)
- Current program director - 1 (elected by current program directors)
- Student - 1 (to be recommended by the SSA)
- Advisement Center - 1 (elected by Advisement Center staff)
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- One runner-up from the faculty election in each content area in section 1.a. shall serve as alternate for that content area – 4
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- When the elected representative from a content area cannot attend, one alternate from that area will serve as a voting member.
- Alternates are encouraged to attend meetings when they do not serve. Since alternates cannot be presumed to know when they are needed to serve, any member who must miss a meeting should contact the alternate from his or her content area.
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- The committee leads the university in developing and maintaining a common general education standard for undergraduate programs in the university.
- The committee recommends to the Faculty Senate concerning standards for general education including but not limited to definitions, distribution requirements, and total credit hours.
- The committee passes to the Curriculum and Instruction Committee for review any proposals for substantive changes in the General Education curriculum, including any changes in category definitions and credit distribution. That committee may, according to its bylaws and practice, also make recommendations to the Faculty Senate.
- The committee monitors and responds to UW System-level developments related to general education.
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- The committee participates in and takes a leadership role in assessment and review of general education.
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So before we get into one of the most bizarre and interesting blog posts I've read in years, some caveats. First, the allegations against former Sports Illustrated writer Jen Chang are a) unproven, and so I urge you to take this with caution. Second, I strongly disagree with the decision to reprint verbatim email correspondence. I realize it provides better proof than the hearsay conversations, but it's still not cool.
That said…holy shit. Some background: @duncanjenkinsfc was the fakiest fake Twitter journalist of them all. He threw around transfer rumours with gusto, purported to love false 9s, was generally funny if that was your bag (it wasn't for me, really).
So I'll just give you the TL;DR, and then you should go read the whole thing with caveats in mind. Basically the persona (still unidentified) behind the fake twitter account was allegedly confronted by Chang and accused of having a "mole" within the club. When the person behind the Duncan account refused to confess, Chang allegedly resorted to some fairly nasty intimidation.
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Android users were able to get their first crack at the additive Angry Birds game this weekend and they're just as crazy for the game as their iPhone counterparts. How crazy? One million downloads in a day crazy.
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InfoComm 2011, the annual conference and exhibition for professional audiovisual buyers and sellers worldwide, held June 15-17 in Orlando, Fla., was the second-largest commercial AV show ever held, with 33,001 AV professionals attending from more than 90 countries. It is the largest event InfoComm has ever held in Orlando.
"InfoComm continues to be the one tradeshow where most professional AV service providers make their important buying decisions for the year," said Randal A. Lemke, Ph.D., Executive Director & CEO, InfoComm International. "The AV marketplace has enthusiastically embraced InfoComm as the place to make their purchasing choices, network with product and service providers, and enhance skills through our robust educational program."
Registrations for InfoComm Academy educational courses totaled 6,000. Super Tuesday, a full-day of advanced instruction for AV pros, attracted 572 registrants in 2011. The Institute of Professional Development (IPD) attracted 473 registrants. More than 4,600 attended seminars and workshops.
Attendees come to InfoComm for the diversity of courses on topics ranging from acoustics to videoconferencing. Popular courses were Technology Trends and AV Apps. Other popular classes included CTS Prep, CTS-D Prep, and Elements of AV Design. With two-thirds of all of the education sessions being new, participants flocked to classes on sustainability, net-centric AV and conferencing.
This year, 88 AV professionals passed the Certified Technology Specialist (CTS) exam onsite, a new record. Twelve passed the CTS-D and four passed the CTS-I. The new CTS Exam Guide sold out in the Show store, but copies may be purchased in online bookstores worldwide.
There were 925 exhibitors participating at InfoComm this year. Exhibitors occupied more than 475,000 net square feet of exhibit and special events space.
InfoComm, CompTIA Form STEP Foundation to Promote Sustainability
InfoComm International, the leading professional audiovisual trade association, s announced the formation of the Sustainable Technology Environments Program Foundation with InfoComm International and CompTIA as its initial sustaining members. This 501(C)(3) foundation will promote sustainable practices by the associations' members and their customers.
The STEP rating system will be a tool for owners and technology providers to plan for and implement sustainable practices in their technology projects. Successful projects will contribute to an organization's sustainability goals and will be recognized by STEP.
The STEP Foundation will raise revenue through member dues, sponsorships, donations, education activities, certification fees, and project fees. A robust education and communications program will provide interested parties information about the STEP program and sustainability issues. The foundation will not serve as a lobbying organization.
Management of the STEP activities will be led by an Executive Director, Allen Weidman, who will retain his role as Sustainability Officer for InfoComm International, and InfoComm will serve as the Secretariat to the Board to provide basic business functions and other operations necessary to support the policy directions of the Foundation Board.
"The development of STEP and the formation of the STEP Foundation is a reflection on InfoComm's commitment to making the electronic systems within the built-environment sustainable," said Randal A. Lemke, Ph.D., Executive Director and CEO, InfoComm International. "We are pleased that CompTIA is able to join us in promoting concepts that are both good for business and good for the environment."
"InfoComm already has made great strides on the universal and AV specific components of the STEP rating system, and now CompTIA will begin the task of developing IT aspects of the framework, such as data centers and the cloud, the role of managed IT and print services, cabling and product end-of-life issues," said Todd Thibodeaux, President and CEO, CompTIA. "Technology plays a key role in helping our society go 'green' and we're delighted to partner with InfoComm to help businesses across multiple technology areas build sustainable best practices."
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Similar to the W 'n W new balm stain I bought (see separate review), the package makes this product look more brown than it is. I'm not too crazy about the color (I really don't like pinky l/s), but it cost all of $1.99, so I don't feel bad about getting it. I think it will be a good summer color.
It's a swivel pencil. It feels moisturizing and nice going on. When I removed it, it left a dark pink stain. Comes in a variety of colors. Nothing ground-breaking, but at one dollar a pop, you really can't demand too much. I think it's better suited for a low-makeup day. Something you can keep in your handbag for emergencies. Will update if something changes.


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The Hibiscus (H. Sabdariffa), one of the most beautiful flowers in the world, is now being sought after by researchers, to help control blood pressure and lower cholesterol levels.
A research term from the Chung Shan Medical University in Taiwan found that Hibiscus flowers can help in regulating blood pressure, and cholesterol, while increasing circulation. Also, the high levels of Vitamin C in Hibiscus help ward off colds and chest congestions.
The study, which has been published in the Journal of Science of Food and Agriculture, states that Hibiscus flowers contain high antioxidants that significantly reduce the dangerous build up of fats inside arteries.
A member of British Heart Health Foundation, Dr. Grifith, in his study revealed that the naturally occurring flavonoids found in red wine, fruit, tea and Hibiscus has sufficient potent antioxidant properties that reduce the oxidation of harmful type of cholesterol, LDL.
On a study conducted to examine the benefits of Hibiscus tea on Essential Hypertension, the researchers prepared hibiscus tea adding a tablespoon of dried hibiscus tea in a quart of boiling water to achieve the lowering effect of blood pressure.
A study carried out in 2004, published in the journal Phytomedicine, states that people suffering from hypertension can actually lower their blood pressure levels by regularly drinking hibiscus tea. The study included 70 people, half of whom drank 16 ounces of hibiscus tea before breakfast daily or ingested 25mg of antihypertensive medication (captopril) twice a day. After one month, the diastolic blood pressure of hibiscus tea drinkers were reduced by at least 10 points in 79 percent of the participants, and the blood pressure in the medicated was reduced at least ten points in 84 percent of participants. The results being, more or less similar, suggests that this herbal tea is as potent as few blood pressure medications.
Hence, it has been concluded that besides lowering high blood pressure and cholesterol, this hibiscus beverage has numerous characteristics that makes it all the more valuable than conventional teas.
Dr. Andrew Weil, a pioneer in the field of holistic health, and Founder – Director, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, recommends hibiscus as the most promising herb for treating high blood pressure.
Dr. Weil points out that during two controlled clinical trials, which included people with high blood pressure, who went off their medication, were given two teaspoons (6gms) Hibiscus sabdariffa infused in 250ml water, or black tea thrice a day. After 12 days, the hibiscus group reported considerable drop in this blood pressure levels than the black tea group.
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I have been studying Ayurveda for almost three years and currently practicing it in California where I live. What Ayurveda says is that although we can help to heal by using herbs and remedies but if we our lifestyle is not harmonious for our body type, healing will only be temperary. If I were you, I would still go ahead and try different herbs that could be helpful lowering blood pressure, but I would also seek out help to find out what your ayurvedic body type is and what kind of diet and lifesytle is healthy for you. We are all different. But as a genral rule, of course, eating more vegetables, avoiding prepared meals such as canned or frozen food, eating the right amount of freshly prepared food, avoiding too much dairy (especially cheese) and drinking at least 6 to 8 glasses of water daily would be definitely helpful. None if these recommendations can be harmful for you or can have side effects – only, it is not easy to live in a balanced way. Yet, it is possible and if you can gradually change your habits, the change will bring you more energy, increased clarity and more happiness. And, of course, exercise is an important elemtent – with moderation. Depending on your type, you may something more rigorous or gentle like yoga stretching and deep breathing that calms the mind and the body as well.
One more thing, regarding ayurveda. High blood pressure can be caused by plaque that is hard and dry or inflamed (ayurvedically, it is a vata or pitta type of issue) or it can caused by the build up of fatty material (which is a kapha type of problem). These types need different treatments. Dryness need more moisture and lubrication, inflammation needs cooling and soothing substances, and excessive fatty material in the body needs cleansing. Good luck! Zsuzsanna -
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Starting Friday, four Cook County sheriff's police officers and a sergeant will be working the streets of Robbins at all times, a sheriff's department official said.
Cara Smith, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart's chief of communication and policy, announced the change and said Robbins officials didn't respond to Dart's earlier plan to take over the village's troubled police department. She called the department's staffing "less than skeletal."
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A legal squabble between two Southland cops over the bill for a $6,190 diamond engagement ring turned into a made-for-TV spectacle recently when the two officers turned to a reality show judge and his wisecracking bailiff to settle their dispute.
The case pitted Loren Beres against Hashi Jaco, both former members of the Phoenix Police Department, on national television. The two had been arguing over who would pay for Jaco's fiancee's ring, taking the dispute to small claims court in Cook County before going before the cameras on the "Judge Alex" program.
"People in your department right now are rolling in the squad room," Judge Alex Ferrer told the two officers on the show, comparing the scenario to the old police comedy "Barney Miller." "They are laughing their heads off."
Jaco now is the acting police chief in Robbins where he was among a new administrative team brought in by Mayor Tyrone Ward in August to reform that village's embattled police force.
In January, Cook County sheriff's police had discovered about 200 untested rape kits dating to 1986 in the Robbins police evidence room. The former police chief, Johnny Holmes, resigned that month after getting charged with his second drunken driving charge in three years.
Jaco was hired as deputy chief but was appointed as acting chief this past week after Chief Mel Davis, a former police chief in Phoenix, was sacked amid an investigation into an internal affairs officer's questionable police credentials.
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Beres, a police sergeant when he and Jaco worked together in Phoenix, filed a small-claims lawsuit against Jaco in March in Cook County Circuit Court. He contended that Jaco and his fiancee, Quanda, now his wife, had asked Beres to buy an engagement ring for them by using his credit. He was promised reimbursement as well as monthly payments but was never paid, Beres' suit says.
Beres and the Jacos then decided to settle the matter by appearing on "Judge Alex" in April, with the judge ruling that the couple owed Beres the money.
While Beres said he and Jaco became friends during their three years together in Phoenix, he was less than flattering about Quanda Jaco during their TV appearance.
"You know, you throw a pole out in the sea, you pick up a fish, you never know what you're going to get," Beres said sarcastically. "Woo boy, he got a good one."
Quanda Jaco referred to Beres as a "freaking pathetic idiot."
"He's crazy," she said on the show. "That's as nice as I can be."
Beres told Ferrer that Jaco approached him in March 2012 about co-signing for his engagement ring.
"I said, 'You know Jaco, I gotta tell you, you know as well as I do when money gets involved in a situation, friendship goes right out the window," Beres said. "He says, 'Beres, that's never going to happen.'"
Jaco said on the show that he thought Beres offered to pay for the ring during an impromptu wedding photo when he looked at Quanda Jaco's ring and said, "'I got this.'"
Ferrer was incredulous.
"You took that to mean 'I am going to pay the thousands of dollars for the engagement ring for the woman I hate?'" Ferrer said. "It could mean anything."
After hearing the arguments, Ferrer decided that the Jacos owed Beres.
Reached for comment, Quanda Jaco said the "show is all you have to see," before hanging up.
Beres said Ferrer's ruling was television puffery. He said the show had agreed to pay him back for the cost of the ring, but only if Ferrer ruled in his favor.
Jaco told the SouthtownStar that it was "just a misunderstanding" that Beres was charged for his wife's ring.
"It's not a crime to get paid to go on TV," Jaco said. "If anybody invites you to do a TV spot for a reality show, it won't be reality."
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Meanwhile, Jaco finds himself embroiled in a controversy over the hiring of Douglas J. Smith as the part-time internal affairs officer in Robbins. The now former chief, Davis, said Jaco this summer recommended that he hire Smith, who presented an impressive resume.
But Smith quit this week after the SouthtownStar disclosed that investigators with Illinois' police training agency were unable to verify his credentials and threatened him with criminal charges of impersonating a police officer and unlawful use of weapons if he didn't resign.
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There's a free barbecue every Sunday afternoon in summer; a somewhat scary dog lives on the roof, frightening the hell out of unsuspecting smokers; and an actual windmill stands in the adjacent park… The Windmill is certainly not your average music venue, but it's been revelling in its rough-around-the-edges eccentricity for years, its unprepossessing exterior a cloak for its dedication to new leftfield music.
The programming is biased towards alt.country, alt.folk, alt.punk and alt.rock, but even if none of these is your alt.bag, it's worth a visit just to pick up an 'I Believe in Roof Dog' T-shirt.
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U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson last week ordered the transfer of most black, Filipino and medically at-risk inmates from Avenal and Pleasant Valley state prisons because those groups are more vulnerable to the naturally occurring fungal infection that causes valley fever.
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Mariners prospect Vinnie Catricala working on defense, but it's his bat that will get him to the majors
Third baseman Vinnie Catricala was the Mariners' minor league player of the year last season, tearing up Class A and AA pitching. He says he's working on his defense now.
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PEORIA, Ariz. — For a self-described "perfectionist," Mariners third-base prospect Vinnie Catricala sure has let a couple of key items lapse.
The first concerns his birthplace, listed as Maui on a number of baseball-related websites even though he was born and raised in Sacramento, Calif. Catricala says the general manager of the Mariners' rookie-level team in Pulaski, Va., was preparing player bios and knew Catricala had gone to the University of Hawaii.
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Catricala tore up Class A and AA last season with the kind of bat the Mariners only dream of seeing at the major-league level.
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"It's weird, it got away from me in college," said Catricala, who opted to play at Hawaii rather than go pro after the Indians picked him in the 50th round in 2006. "When I was in high school, my defense was what I was known for. Now, in college, my bat was what I was known for. I think I'm getting closer to putting them both together consistently."
Catricala makes no excuses for his fielding.
"I got lazy," he admitted. "I played on the FieldTurf and got good hops every single time. Like I said, I got lazy, lackadaisical. I was in college, thought I knew it all. So it's taken a while to get back to the fundamentals."
There was an issue with his shoulder throughout last year, which wasn't rectified until Catricala embarked on an offseason rehabilitation and strengthening program. He said the soreness did impact some of his throws to first base, though his bat clearly wasn't affected.
That bat has made it impossible for Catricala to fly under anyone's radar any longer.
He hit .347 with a .420 on-base percentage and a .632 slugging percentage in 62 games for AA Jackson. Those were even better numbers than he had posted earlier in the year for Class A High Desert in its offense-inflating ballpark.
Catricala was named the Mariners' minor-league player of the year. And Seattle — for all its struggles in the early draft rounds the past decade — look to have gotten extremely lucky with this late pick.
Funny thing is, Catricala had pretty good numbers in college before the draft.
He says his approach hasn't changed at all. "I just had to learn how to hit with a wooden bat," he said. "Once I did that, everything was the same."
Catricala figures the fact he didn't play in a big-time conference like the Pac-10 or Southeastern worked against him. Mariners officials say playing in Hawaii — where scouts don't get over to see players as often — likely kept him relatively unknown.
The Mariners had a Pac-10 scout who did see Catricala and wrote glowing reviews. When he was still around in Round 10, they grabbed him.
Mariners manager Eric Wedge said Catricala will see outfield time this spring, but the team hasn't given up on him playing third. The Mariners have a number of potential third basemen of the future — Kyle Seager, Alex Liddi, Francisco Martinez and Carlos Triunfel among them — but none has put it all together in terms of offensive power or defensive prowess.
"We're going to see him a lot at third base in regards to the reps that he's taken," Wedge said of Catricala. "We want to get a good look at him there. We'll take a good look at him in the outfield as well. We like the way he swings the bat. We like his size.
"He has a presence about him that I think you have to like in any young player. It's his first camp with us, so we're not going to fast-forward anything. But we're going to take a good look at him."
And Catricala plans to give them a good look.
He dropped 5 pounds this winter and now sits around 222 on his 6-foot-2 frame. But he says he has maintained his strength even while adding speed, and plans to do what it takes to cut down on mistakes — wherever he plays.
"I'm a huge perfectionist," he said. "They say I'm too hard on myself. People growing up told me I'm too hard on myself. People tell me that Albert Pujols doesn't even hit every ball perfect off a tee, but I try to do that."
In school, he would get upset with himself if he didn't get straight A's. It was the same with his classes at Hawaii, where he studied speech communications in hopes of a future career in broadcasting.
"I try to be the best I can at whatever I do," he said.
Right now, the Mariners just need him to be somewhat competent at third base, or whatever position he winds up playing. If he keeps putting up offense like this, it's only a matter of time before the Mariners find a way to get his bat in their lineup.
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Ready for majors?Vinnie Catricala was the Mariners' minor-league player of the year in 2011, hitting .349 with 25 home runs and 106 RBI in 133 games at Class A and AA. Catricala, a 23-year-old third baseman, has hit .300 at each of his minor-league stops.
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Rolls-Royce signs Trent 800 TotalCare agreement with Singapore Airlines
Thursday, 11 January 2007
Rolls-Royce has signed a long-term TotalCare® services agreement with Singapore Airlines covering the Trent 800 engines which power its fleet of 58 Boeing 777s.
This new agreement is in addition to a current TotalCare contract for the airline's fleet of five Trent 500-powered Airbus A340-500s.
The package enables Singapore Airlines to hand over full responsibility for management of the engine fleet at an agreed dollar rate per flying hour.
Mike Terrett, President – Civil Aerospace at Rolls-Royce, said: "This decision is a further extension of the strong relationship between our two companies. Singapore Airlines is a valued customer and the application of a tailored TotalCare services solution to its Trent 800 fleet will enhance the efficiency of their operation. As the equipment manufacturer, we can deliver a reliable and cost-effective service based on a joint understanding of the customer's operation and our engines."
Total Care agreements, tailored for individual operators, offer a range of services extending to aspects of support such as latest predictive maintenance, asset and logistics management, as well as repair and overhaul. TotalCare offers the opportunity to remove uncertainties from engine management and provides airlines with greater financial confidence from managing predictable costs.
Meanwhile, at a special ceremony in Singapore today, Singapore Aero Engine Services Limited (SAESL), in which Rolls-Royce is a shareholder, celebrated five years of operation, during which time a total of 500 Trent engines have been overhauled.
- Singapore Airlines currently operates a fleet of 63 Rolls-Royce powered aircraft, including five Airbus A340-500s and 58 Boeing 777s, powered by the Trent 500 and Trent 800 respectively. The airline also has 10 Trent 900-powered A380s on order, as well as 19 A330s, for which it has selected the Trent 700.
- The airline's selection of the Trent 700 to power its forthcoming fleet of 19 Airbus A330s makes it the first airline to order four variants of the Trent engine family.
- Incorporated in 1999, SAESL is jointly owned by SIA Engineering Company (50 per cent), Rolls-Royce (30 per cent) and Hong Kong Aero Engine Services Limited (20 per cent). It undertakes the repair and overhaul of Rolls-Royce Trent aero engines around the world and forms an integral part of the Rolls-Royce aftermarket service.


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In 1691, the first Thanksgiving, where the protestant pilgrims thanked their Lord, Jesus Christ, for giving them a bountiful harvest, began. That could never happen today.
The ACLU and lawyers for non-Christian religions would have a court injunction prohibiting any and all reference to Jesus Christ because that would insult their sensibilities.
Our "public" schools, colleges, universities, and business entities have taken any reference of God or Jesus Christ out of all of our holidays (which were originally holy days).
Christmas is now called "winter holiday." Thanksgiving is now called "fall festival." Easter no longer celebrates the resurrection but is called "spring break" and celebrates bunny rabbits and colored eggs. Workers were given these holidays to attend church; now they work that day because it has become a day of "monster sales."
The military services are reducing or flat out removing anything that refers to God or Jesus Christ. Just today a judge in Santa Monica, California ordered the removal of a manger scene that has been displayed for years. A cross out in the middle of the Joshua Tree National Monument that was put up before it was a national monument to honor our fallen military ended up as a case of religious discrimination before our Supreme Court.
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Finding your way around Laporte county isnít very hard and generally any visitor looking for trade schools in LaPorte county will be helped by a kind citizen of this fine community. Many tourist find it fun and interesting to travel around the city by walking, riding a bike or even having a local show you around town. The Laporte school system is top notch and offers real small towns feel to raising your children or for young adults considering going to a local technical college in the Laporte County area. Prior to embarking on your education to find a skill or trade you might consider having a look around the city to ensure itís a place you want to live while training.
A trip to the local La Porte County Historical Society & Museum is definitely something you want to partake in. Learning about the culture of this place will give you insight into how it all works and came to be. The museum is handicapped accessible and the hours of operation are 10 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. Tuesday thru Saturday. You might even get Flo the local waitress whom sometimes offers tours around town to newbie visitors take you for some sightseeing. You may want to call in advance because sometimes Mel isnít too fond of Flo taking days off without advance notice because that would mean Alice would have to find a baby sitter for Tommy.
The tablet reads as follows: ď The Rumely Companies Meinrad Rumely (1823 Ė 1904). A German Immigrant, founded a blacksmith shop here in 1853, which grew into a dominant company Through reorganizations and acquisitions, Rumely companies in La Porte benefited from available rail transportation plus German and later Polish immigrant laborers. Products included a wide variety of agricultural machines.Ē
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Laporte county trade and technical schools offer the true old timer work ethic and brings back the good old days to the traditional education system in place in todayís world where you canít even allow your child to walk home from school, even if its 2 blocks from your house. This has really gotten out of hand with the overprotection of children witch probably leads children that are not as well rounded and with their freedom restricted for so-called safety concerns end up never learning and experimenting and making mistakes that we need in order to learn for ourselves. The good old days from my childhood saw me picking in some trash cans, taking out peopleís trash, selling stuff like lemon aid, candy door to door without any supervision and that gave me a tremendous drive in life to succeed. Ok got off on a little tangent there. Back to our introduction to the counties trade school offerings.
Iíll cover one last marker and its inscription then will update the site at a later date to include more information.
La Porteís Carnegie Library
Dedicated on June 5, 2002
Location ( Southwest corner of Indiana and Maple Avenues, La Porte)
La Porteís first public library was established in 1896. La Porte City school Board was awarded $27,500 Carnegie
grant 1916; by 1919 local support had been secured to meet grant requirements. Architect Wilson B. Parker
designed the Neo-Classical style structure. Library opened in 1920 with 30,000 volumes.
For more information on La Porte County and what it has to offer prospective students looking for trade schools or
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African aquaculture: development beyond the fish farm
KEY FACTS | Project
Building public private sector partnership to enhance the productivity and competitiveness of aquaculture in the ECA region
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1 Jan 2012
31 Dec 2013
Aquaculture's unrealised potential
Despite global hunger declining, the number of people going hungry in Africa remains high with 30% of people reported to be undernourished in 2010. Fish are an important source of food for many African people, providing around 18% of their animal protein, but with a growing and rapidly urbanizing population and capture fisheries largely reaching their limit, many African countries are now looking towards aquaculture to supply an increasing demand for fish.
Although the potential of aquaculture to reduce poverty and hunger has been recognised in Africa, growth in the sector has up-to-now been limited, providing less than 2% of fish production. In Eastern and Central Africa, the slow growth has been caused by a number of limiting factors, including a development focus on poor farmers, a lack of focus on the entire fish value chain (feed, seed, processing and marketing), as well as weak governance and policy environments.
Under a project funded by the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA), the WorldFish Center, alongside four partner organizations, is looking not only at fish production, but also beyond the fish farm to help enable the aquaculture industry in the region to reach its potential to reduce poverty and hunger. This project makes a contribution to the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish.
Connecting the links
By focusing not only on farming fish, but also on other operations that are vital to a more productive industry (feed, seed and marketing), this project is aimed at improving production, accessibility, profitability and consumption of farmed fish.
Through a participatory approach, WorldFish is working with Fisheries Research Institutes in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, as well as the Source of the Nile fish farm in Uganda and other commercial farms in Kenya and Tanzania, to bring together and address the issues limiting the broader aquaculture industry.
With a focus on the three linked value chains for production of feed, seed and fish, these issues will be addressed through collaborative research, helping the industry to adopt more efficient, equitable and profitable technologies, and enabling information to flow within and between the different chains. African catfish and tilapia have been chosen as the two most important cultured species to focus on.
The project intends to:
- Improved understanding of the aquaculture value chains
- Improve fish seed production through production guidelines, genetic improvement and optimal seed sizes for farmers
- Promote use of more cost-effective commercial feeds by fish farmers
- Improve fish production, e.g. through development of better tank-based catfish farming technologies
- Enable equitable development of regional capacity to participate in aquaculture value chains.
- Improve marketing through: development and promotion of value added products (e.g. smoked fish) targeted at poor consumers and trials of ICT-based market information systems.
- Improve environmental management of aquaculture, especially that of cages.
- Disseminate information on technologies and practices for all aquaculture value chains.
As the aquaculture industry develops in central and eastern Africa, to ensure that it remains sustainable in the long-term, project partners will ensure that technologies are considered not only in terms of productivity and profitability, but also for their impact on the environment.
Issues of governance
Members of the aquaculture industry in East and Central Africa have also faced barriers to production and marketing from the current policies regulating the industry. To address this, following a review of the policies affecting the aquaculture industry (such as those for land tenure, access to water, duties and taxes), recommendations will be made to improve the legal and institutional framework.
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This project will help to improve the profitability and production of fish aquaculture in East and Central Africa by addressing the current barriers to development across the industry as a whole. This will be achieved through improved policy, adoption of more efficient practices and technologies, building the regional capacity for development and providing ready access to information. By looking beyond the farm, to mesh together the needs of the different value chains, the industry as a whole, and the people who rely on it for food and income, will profit.


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[ 2 syll. cal-lum, ca-ll-um ] The baby boy name Callum is pronounced as KAEL-ahM †. Callum is used mostly in English and Scottish, and its language of origin is Latin and Celtic.
Callum is a spelling variant of the English and Scottish name Calum.
Callum is also a derivative of the English and Scottish name Malcolm.
Callum is rare as a baby name for boys. At the modest peak of its usage in 2011, 0.012% of baby boys were named Callum. It ranked at #847 then. The baby name has since suffered a marked fall in frequency, and is currently of sporadic use. Out of the group of boy names directly related to Callum, Malcolm was the most commonly used in 2012.
Baby names that sound like Callum include Calem, Callom, Calum (English and Scottish), Kallum (English and Scottish), Caalum (Scottish), Caelan (Scottish), Caellom, Caellum, Cailan, Cailean (Gaelic and Scottish), Cailen, Caillom, Caillum, Calam, Calan, Calen (English), Calhoon, Calhoun (English), Calhoune, and Calim.
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Nasal polyps may be the most common and form in the nasal passages or sinus cavities. Those with asthma or allergies seem more likely to experience these. They vary in size and can cause difficulties in breathing or infections in the sinuses as they become large enough to block passages. They are very rarely malignant. Cervical polyps often times can go undetected. They seem to be more prevalent in those that have had several pregnancies. If there are symptoms they can include unusual bleeding or an unusual mucous like discharge if they become infected. Colon polyps, like others, may go undetected and in some instances they may become malignant although in most cases they are not a serious health concern.
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