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Brain Power Smoothie (Blueberry Avocado Smoothie)
This Brain Power Smoothie (a.k.a. blueberry avocado smoothie) recipe is packed with delicious ingredients that are great for brain health. Plus, it only takes minutes to make!
Healthy eating month continues on Gimme Some Oven today with a smoothie I've been hooked on lately. It's basically a blueberry avocado smoothie recipe, but I like to call it my brain power smoothie because it's chocked full of tasty ingredients that are good for brain health.
And let's be real — I'm a total nerd, so anything smart and brainy sounds good to me.
Speaking of being nerdy, I'm not quite sure why this came to mind, but have I ever told you the story on here about me winning my 4th grade spelling bee? Oh yeah, I rocked it at my elementary school with the word "a-u-t-u-m-n, autumn". So I was sent to the regional spelling bee to represent the school, but unfortunately I got eliminated on the first round. My word? (Now please picture a packed auditorium full of parents and students with an awkward old man very dryly reading the words.)
(And yes, I asked for the definition.)
I think that may have been the most "scandalous" moment that spelling bee crowd had seen in years. But thanks to that darned "a", my spelling bee career didn't go much farther. At least I learned a new definition about "splits in rock formations". :)
But I digress…
So whether you're also into spelling bees, or (like me nowadays) would just like help remember where on earth you laid your keys, this brain power smoothie is here to help. It's super tasty and sweet, it's easy to make, and it's oh-so-good for you.
The 6 "brain health" ingredients you need are:
- blueberries
- avocado
- banana
- chia seeds
- pomegranate juice
- ice
Just google 'em. They are all fantastic "food for thought". :)
And making this banana avocado smoothie couldn't be easier. Simply add everything to a blender…
…and blend until it's nice and smooth.
Then dive into that yummy berry flavor and just feel yourself getting smarter. S-M-A-R-T-E-R, smarter. :)
This Brain Power Smoothie (Blueberry Avocado Smoothie) is packed with delicious ingredients that are all great for brain health. Add all ingredients to a blender and pulse until combined and smooth. If the smoothie is too thick, add more juice. If the smoothie is too thin, add more ice. If you make this recipe, be sure to snap a photo and hashtag it #gimmesomeoven. I'd love to see what you cook!
Brain Power Smoothie (Blueberry Avocado Smoothie)
This Brain Power Smoothie (Blueberry Avocado Smoothie) is packed with delicious ingredients that are all great for brain health.
Add all ingredients to a blender and pulse until combined and smooth. If the smoothie is too thick, add more juice. If the smoothie is too thin, add more ice.
If you make this recipe, be sure to snap a photo and hashtag it #gimmesomeoven. I'd love to see what you cook!
Be sure to check out these other great smoothie recipes too:
10 Favorite Smoothie Recipes from Gimme Some Oven
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Ha, that's the best story! I can't imagine how awkward that poor old guy must have felt when he saw the word on the card ;)
This smoothie looks so good – I am pretty sure my brain still thinks it's the holidays so it needs all the help it can get!
I am all about smoothies for breakfast. This one looks and sounds amazing. Filled with some of my favorite things, I know I would adore it. Of course, the brain boost would be much appreciated as well.
This sounds like a dream! I love smoothies like this.
Fabulous food for thought. I am going to make this for breakfast tomorrow. It looks absolutely delicious!
I think you should've called it brain food. Just sayin'.
Looks amazing, friend!
I too won my elementary school spelling bee (j-e-e-r, jeer) and lost in the first round of the regional bee. I'll never forget how to spell "malady", m-a-l-a-d-y! What 5th grader knows that!?
Can't wait to try this smoothie!
Great ingredients. Great blender. Great photography. Seems like I add chia to just about everything these days. Thanks for sharing!
I love it! Great pictures! I still haven't made a smoothie with avocado, and now I'm totally I-N-S-P-I-R-E-D! :)
Such a gorgeous color!! Loving this, Ali! These are some of my favorite foods!
And congrats on the spelling bee! :)
I've just recently discovered the wonderfulness that is putting avocado in smoothies. So good!
Hi! I found this page through a friend's Pinterest and was wondering if you could answer a question for me. What would be a good replacement for the banana? It seems that every smoothie recipe I come across is full of bananas and they just aren't my thing (that's actually quite an understatement, lol). Thanks in advance for your help! :)
1) You story just made my day!
2) I JUST discovered the ah-may-zing-ness that is pomegranates. Those babies make my eyes and my tummy happy!
3) I have always wanted to try avocado in my smoothies as I have heard that it makes them creamy dreamy smooth.
Trying this! Pinned!
Oh Ali…what a great story. I consider myself to be good at spelling, but I would have been mortified as a 4th grader to get that word! And now somehow, I'm forever going to connect smoothies with cleavage! My new year's resolution is to actually eat breakfast. It's the one meal I neglect. But smoothies like this are going to help me out greatly! This one looks fabulous!(Going to start bookmarking the other smoothies, too!) Happy New Year!
Oh lord, who would include "cleavage" in a spelling bee? I remember winning my elementary school spelling bee with the word "sandwich". It had been spelling incorrectly by two people before me, and when I won, my classmates cheered and lifted me up like I was a rock star or something. What excitement for a seven-year-old!
I just so happened to pick up pomegranate juice on a whim at the supermarket this week – I'll have to give this smoothie a try. :)
Teeheehee!! Cleavage! Hysterical, Ali! :) I was a co-winner of our high school (yes, high school…how embarrassing) spelling bee, but only because the other winner and I both kept spelling the words wrong, so the spelling bee had to keep going until one of us spelled something right. It never happened, so they finally decided to call it a tie. It was the longest spelling bee ever and the rest of the school pretty much hated us for keeping them bored in the auditorium for so long. LOL!
So, maybe I should've had one of these brain power smoothies that day and I would've been the SOLE winner. ;)
Just made this – or a variation of this. I didn't have any ice so I used mixed frozen berries instead. And I didn't have any juice so I used rice milk… SO good. And SO creamy. Thank you for a gorgeous recipe!!!
I need to try avocado in my next smoothie, and this is the recipe I'll try it in…love all the ingredients!
This smoothie looks amazing except I have a major aversion to bananas. Is there anything that I could substitute?
Ha, I love that story, how awkward for you. I can't wait to try this smoothie :) sounds delicious!
This smoothie sounds amazing! I would never think to put avocado in a smoothie but that's genius!
What are your thoughts on thee Blendtec blender?
I love this recipe and I'd love to utilize it, but I am very allergic to bananas! Any suggestions for a good substitution?
Can I replace blueberries for grapes? In my country don't have blueberries .. Or do you recommend me other fruits? thank you :)
instead of berry juice can I use something like Knudsen organic pear juice, because almost all other juices have added sugar and I only want naturally occurring sugars from the whole fruit which Knudsen pear juice is.( pressed whole pears)
I made this smoothie this morning, with the exact ingredients, and it was AMAZING. I loved it and I'm definitely making it from now on. It's one of the best homemade smoothies I've ever had. <3
i love it
This will be tomorrow's breakfast! I've added avocado to a chocolate smoothie, but haven't thought to add it to my daily breakfast smoothie. And the pomegranate juice… swoon!
How many calories is there in this smoothie? BTW tastes great!
I'm really digging the mugs in the blueberry smoothie picture.
Omg! I just made this and can't believe how delicious it is! I absolutely hate avocados and have been trying to find ways of getting them into my diet because of how healthy they are. I always taste them in whatever I mix them with but this was delicious, creamy, and couldn't taste it at all. Thanks for the awesome recipe :)
Hi, this looks very good. I am diabetic and wondering what the nutritional value (carbs, etc) is. Thank you.
The recipes and the presentation looks absolutely amazing. I try to make breakfast smoothies so thank you for these delicious recipes!
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Pool opening delayed by entrapment law
May 14, 2009
The Eudora Aquatic Center likely won't open for Memorial Day weekend as planned.
Parks and Recreation Director Tammy Hodges said a new federal law that requires all public pools to be retrofitted with suction entrapment detection device to prevent the number of suction entrapment incidents that lead to injuries and deaths.
The Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act was enacted in December after 5-year-old Virginia Graeme Baker drowned when she became stuck in the suction drain of a spa.
Hodges said she and former Eudora city administrator Cheryl Beatty were aware of the law and called engineering firm BG Consultants, who oversaw construction of the pool in 2007. BG said the pool was up to code.
However, Hodges said Richard Ziesenis, environmental health director for Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department, told her last week the pool would need to be brought up to code.
If the city were to have suction entrapment detectors installed, the pool would be in line with the law, Ziesenis told Hodges. The devices would cost about $1,500.
At Monday's city council meeting, Brian Kinsgley proposed a $35,000 project that also would install grates over suction drains in the pool.
Mayor Scott Hopson said he would like "all the information the city can get from all of the experts in the field."
City council members, Hopson, a BG engineer, Ziesenis and Hodges will try to meet early next week to come up with a solution.
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After 7 to 10 years in water storage, used fuel bundles have cooled sufficiently that they can be transferred to dry storage containers. At reactor sites which operate dry storage facilities, the bundles are transferred into concrete canisters and placed in storage buildings, or transferred to steel fuel baskets and, using lead-lined casks, are placed in concrete silos or vaults.
Current used nuclear fuel storage operations in Canada are:
Chalk River Laboratories (CRL) owned by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) and located near Deep River, Ontario is a nuclear research establishment with test reactors, fuel inspection and other facilities. CRL houses a dry storage area for used nuclear fuel which is comprised of a base slab and 12 concrete silos. Most of the used fuel bundles in the CRL dry storage area are from the Nuclear Power Demonstration (NPD) reactor in Rolphton, Ontario, which was de-fuelled in 1987.
The Whiteshell Laboratories in southeastern Manitoba were established by AECL in the 1960's. A dry storage facility at Whiteshell Laboratories houses used fuel bundles from the now shutdown Douglas Point reactor, and non-standard fuel waste. The facility is comprised of a concrete slab and 16 storage silos.
AECL's Douglas Point Generating Station (which was shutdown in 1986) is located in Kincardine, Ontario. The Douglas Point Waste Management Facility is adjacent to the power plant, and provides dry storage for the 22,256 used fuel bundles in concrete silos.
Hydro-Québec owns and operates Gentilly-2, a nuclear reactor located near the community of Trois-Rivières in Québec. Used fuel from the reactor is stored for a minimum of 7 years in Irradiated Fuel Bays, before being loaded into fuel baskets which are stored within concrete vaults.
A separate compound at the Gentilly site stores 3,213 used fuel bundles from the now de-fueled AECL Gentilly-1 reactor. The bundles are stored within eleven concrete silos inside a redundant turbine building.
The Point Lepreau Generating Station, 40 km. west of St. John, New Brunswick is owned and operated by NB Power. Used fuel at the station is stored first in wet Irradiated Fuel Bays and then placed in dry storage silos which are on reinforced concrete foundations, and are passively cooled.
Ontario Power Generation is responsible for used fuel produced by the reactors at the Pickering, Darlington and Bruce Power Generating Stations in Ontario. All used fuel is initially stored in Irradiated Fuel Bays at the stations. OPG began operating Dry Storage Facilities in 1996. OPG's dry storage facilities consist of dry storage containers (DSC's - each can store 384 fuel bundles) within storage buildings. There are two storage buildings at the Pickering Generating Station site and plans have been proposed to further expand capacity. All used fuel at Darlington is currently stored in Irradiated Fuel Bays at the station, and approval is being sought to establish a dry storage facility on the site.
Bruce Power, which has operated the Bruce reactors in Kincardine since 2001, has an arrangement with OPG to manage used fuel from the reactors. OPG is also responsible for the used fuel produced by the Bruce reactors when Ontario Hydro operated the stations. The bulk of the fuel from the Bruce reactors is stored in Irradiated Fuel Bays at the station. OPG received an operating license for a used fuel dry storage facility (the OPG Western Waste Management Facility) in 2002, and has recently started to place used fuel in dry storage containers there.
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Air Canada wants to cap special payments toward its pension fund deficit at $150 million a year for the next decade, a letter from chief executive officer Calin Rovinescu to Finance Minister Jim Flaherty shows.
The April 26 letter, received by Reuters on Thursday under access-to-information legislation, formally requested a cap of that amount from 2014 through 2023, as long as the pension fund remained in deficit.
Air Canada has already won approval from its labour unions and its pensioners for a cap, but as recently as Nov. 8, Rovinescu declined in a conference call with analysts to confirm that the amount of the cap he was seeking was $150 million.
Rovinescu said the $2.2 billion increase in Air Canada's pension deficit during 2011 was the result of a reduction in the discount rate used to calculate pension liabilities, to 3.3 per cent from 4.5 per cent.
"This is not sustainable in the current context, assuming no material increase in interest rates," Rovinescu wrote to Flaherty.
He said the increase brought the total deficit to $4.4 billion. The airline, Canada's largest, has subsequently revised that down to $4.2 billion.
Air Canada, like other employers with defined-benefit pension plans, has been badly hurt by the decline in the interest rates that are used to calculate solvency gaps.
All but seven per cent of Canada's federally regulated, private defined-benefit plans were underfunded at the end of 2011, the federal supervisor said on Oct. 5.
In his conference call with analysts on Nov. 8, Rovinescu said, "We have no assurance of being able to get anything along the lines of what has been asked" for a cap on the special pension payments. "I think that there were some references that were made in the arbitration materials that talked about the numbers along the lines of what you've indicated.
"We're not able to confirm that's been granted, and so we're hopeful of having funding that's satisfactory, but until it's done, it's not done."
Following approval by the unions and pensioners for the cap, the airline is now awaiting Flaherty's decision on whether to approve it. Flaherty's office has so far declined to hint when he will decide.
In 2009, Air Canada won agreement from the government for a moratorium on making any special payments to reduce its pension deficit through 2010, and then a cap on special payments that would rise from $150 million in 2011 to $225 million in 2013.
Justifying his request, Rovinescu told the finance minister how the airline had "worked diligently to address our pension solvency challenges." The pension plans have delivered top quartile performance in the past three years, he said.
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There are two or three comments which occur to me on the subject, as it bears upon the principle of ``natural selection''. But these matters lie beyond the limits of a note, & I will not enter upon them now. I earnestly wish your time, & your health, gave us more frequent opportunities of meeting & talking over these subjects.
I should gladly hear of any improvement in the state of your little Boy, as respects this singular form of malady. Let me know if there is anything which can be considered a change in the character of the symptoms
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Liberation Maiden was originally released last year as a Nintendo 3DS eShop game, however it can be purchased for your iPhone or iPad with some iOS enhancements, enhancements such as improved HD Visuals (including Retina Support), Game Center Achievements and responsive touch-screen controls.
Liberation Maiden allows players to take control of a female pilot named Shoko Ozora, whoose piloting a humanoid called Kamui. Its up to Shoko and Kamui to destory the enemy thats lurking around New Japan and restore justic to the country.
Liberation Maiden is now available from the iTunes App Store for $4.99 / €4.49 / £2.99 and the game requries iOS 5 (or higher) and is compatible with iPhone 4 (or higher) and iPad 2 (or higher). Furthermore the app is universal, meaning it will work on both the iPhone and iPad without buying the game again.
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BLOOMFIELD — After helping the Bobcats' baseball team win back-to-back District 1-3A titles, Bloomfield's Brandon Detrick will get a chance to continue his playing days.
Detrick has signed with Division II Eastern New Mexico University in Portales.
"It's a really awesome feeling. I feel like I've made all my coaches proud and made my father proud," he said. "I remember when I was 10 years old always looking up to the players in college baseball. I've never dreamed of playing pro baseball — it's always been college baseball."
Detrick filled a few roles for the Bobcats this past season, but was mainly a second baseman.
Bloomfield head coach Frank DeHoyos said the recent Bloomfield graduate's speed and defensive abilities will transition well to the college level.
"He plays great defensively, and he covers ground well," DeHoyos said. "He does a good job for us as far as being a field general. I think that comes from back when he used to play catcher for us. He sets the defensive tone, takes charge and we kind of go from there."
Detrick said he's aware that he'll still have to keep working on his game if he wants to crack the lineup for the Greyhounds as a freshman. He said he's looking forward to that challenge.
"My competitiveness will fit right in with them," he said. "I think they'll help me develop, and it will help getting pushed by the next-level guys."
Detrick's signing will provide a boost to the Bobcats said Dehoyos, who credited the competitive baseball in the Four Corners area for giving kids the opportunity to keep playing.
"To see him go and keep playing is big for us," DeHoyos said. "A lot of kids will be like, 'Whoa. I can do that. I can be that guy.' That's the thing about baseball in the Four Corners is you don't have to be the biggest, strongest or fastest guy, you just have to be consistent and work hard enough at it."
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Common Pleas Judge John S. Kennedy also ordered Smith to pay $3,500 in fines, perform 100 hours of community service, complete highway safety school, undergo a drug and alcohol evaluation and comply with all recommended counseling.
She must report to prison Feb. 3, according to court records.
Guilty plea: Smith pleaded guilty Nov. 8 to third-offense DUI, endangering the welfare of a child, careless driving, third-offense driving drunk at the highest alcohol rate, and driving with a combination of drugs and alcohol in her system.
It was an open plea, meaning it was up to Kennedy to determine the proper punishment, Mellott said.
Mellott said he was disappointed in the sentence, which he described as lenient. He said he had asked Kennedy to sentence Smith to one to five years in county prison.
Her defense attorney, Tim Barrouk, did not return a phone message seeking comment.
Prior cases: In 2010, Smith was charged with DUI, child endangerment, reckless endangerment and fleeing police for causing an alcohol-fueled police chase in Springettsbury Township, allegedly with a child in her car, according to court records.
Mellott said the child was her son, who was 3 years old at the time.
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Smith also was charged with drunken driving after a traffic stop in Manchester Township in 2009, records state.
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A document intended to inform discussion at a CILIP Council meeting in March 2012 has come to light. Within it, the reasons for and against having an official policy against the direct substitution of paid staff by volunteers is discussed. It has come as a surprise to the CILIP members I know that the body does not have a policy against substitution. Their response to the news was not a happy one.
The old Library Association used to have a policy that was explicitly against substitution. However, this was removed by CILIP in 2010 at the time it was increasingly aware of the growing number of volunteer-run libraries. The current policy was confirmed at the meeting and states:
"CILIP acknowledges the contribution that volunteers make to libraries, enriching the services they provide and helping to sustain their viability. In order to optimise the value of that contribution it should form part of a professionally managed public library service that has at its core sufficient paid staff to ensure the direction, development and quality of the service provided. Volunteers are not 'free' and need proper management, training and development. In many cases a volunteers' co-ordinator should be appointed to ensure appropriate management and recognition of the value of volunteers."
"Following the Ed Vaizey's evidence session [at the DCMS Inquiry into Library Closures] he committed to meeting with Annie Mauger to discuss the role of professional staff, a meeting in which Annie took a lead role. In the meeting Annie was very clear to the Chief Librarian, Arts Councils and the Minister that CILIP was not supporting volunteer run libraries."
- Are libraries still relevant? – TVNZ (New Zealand). More young people using libraries, exponential increase in ebooks in Auckland. Wellington physical usage slightly down but virtual visits are up. Christchurch has three temporary libraries since the earthquake and more virtual presence and mobile libraries, 600 magazines in collection.
- Hive to open in July – Designing Libraries. First ever UK joint public and academic library opens in July in Worcester. Great picture.
- Library services: library buildings – Envisioning the Library of the Future (Arts Council England). In the site's ninth posting, Kate Millin of Black Country Libraries looks at the future of library buildings in 2022. She foresees: (1) a single online portal for information, (2) libraries will be colocated with other services/meeting rooms/staff (or holograms of them) with (3) professional staff who can neutrally answer and support users.
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- Steven Bell: Future of librarians interview – Request detailed information (USA). Respected academic and high-tech librarian looks at libraries: bit technical for the non keyed-in librarian but interesting if you are already have a grasp of the main issues.
- Carmarthenshire – Pontyates Libary needs volunteers or it will close. Tumble Library now run by volunteers. Dafen Library run by volunteers with town council support. Llanelli Library and five others refurbished,
- North Yorkshire – Ayton Library reopened as volunteer-run Derwent Valley Bridge.
- Brighton and Hove – Brighton's Jubilee Library plans wifi to boost conference business – Argus. "Brighton and Hove City Council has begun work to install wi-fi in the Jubilee library. This is part of an extensive project which will provide a blueprint for the city's other libraries and potentially a wide range of users and locations. This will ensure that the best possible value is gained from any investment. The capital cost of the project to roll out the service at Jubilee Library is expected to be less than £10,000 and will have minimal running costs."
- Carmarthenshire – Communities pull together to keep their libraries going – This is South Wales. "Pontyates Library service has put out an SOS for volunteers to help keep its doors open. And elsewhere an army of public spirited book lovers are helping to man the libraries we love, with volunteers at Dafen, Tumble and at other branches." … "The move to get volunteers in to stamp books is a controversial one, since it can come in tandem with redundancies for regular staff." … ""We need around six people to come forward to make the running of it viable, but any more than that and we can look at increasing the services and hours we can open the facility.". Several libraries now run by volunteers. "investment has gone into Llanelli Library, which is looking fresh-faced after a recent overhaul. "Carmarthen Library has had investment over the last few years to improve facilities; libraries such as Llandeilo, Llangennech, Burry Port, Cross Hands and St Clears have either been refurbished or moved to new locations by the library service working in partnership with community groups.""
- Croydon – Upper Norwood Library public meeting to be held – Croydon Guardian. "Croydon Council has drawn up four potential options for the future of Upper Norwood's beloved library.Questionnaires regarding the four options can be filled in online or in hard copy from Croydon branch libraries. The deadline for the Council to receive these is May 20."
- Dorset – Balancing the books: Echo investigation reveals shocking library figures – Dorset Echo. "The cost of replacing unreturned library books is more than the amount needed to run an axed library for two years. It would take £95,896.04 to replace overdue library books which have been loaned out from Dorset Libraries in the same amount of time. But in 2009/10 and 2010/11 Portland Underhill library running costs were £23,033.10 and £25,808.27 respectively.". 1579 books are currently outstanding due for return in December.
- North Yorkshire – Volunteers booked up to run axed library – Yorkshire Post. Ayton Library reopened today as volunteer-run and renames as Derwent Valley Bridge.
- Stoke on Trent – Martin Tideswell: Libraries are much more than big buildings full of old books – This is Staffordshire. "They say you don't know what you've got until it's gone and, in the case of public libraries, I believe we have reached a tipping point. After years of under-funding and successive regimes of councillors taking the view that a little trimming of this non-essential service won't hurt, libraries in the city are barely able to function. Opening hours have been slashed, staff numbers dramatically reduced and – perhaps worst of all – there seems no cohesive plan for the future of the ones that are still open."
"… libraries are, and should be, far more than just big buildings full of old books. They are creative focal points and meeting places in neighbourhoods that have lost community centres, post offices and pubs. Libraries are places where friendships are made, skills are acquired and learning is, quite genuinely, a fun experience. Rich or poor, bereft of inspiration or aspiration, you can wander in and use or borrow books, music or films that will entertain you. You can meet people and take away ideas for life. This is a luxury we should never take for granted in the age of subscriptions and pay-per view entertainment. It is time we stopped butchering our libraries and put together a strategy to expand and develop the services they offer to make them even more relevant to diverse communities who, perhaps, have never needed them more."
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#1 written by Shirley Burnham
about 3 years ago
"The old Library Association used to have a policy that was explicitly against substitution. However, this was removed by CILIP in 2010 at the time it was increasingly aware of the growing number of volunteer-run libraries."
CILIP must, surely, have foreseen that removing the policy in 2010 would open the floodgates. With one's enemy a short distance from the gates it was wrong to have deliberately left them ajar — making it well nigh impossible to close them against the forces pressing up upon their feebly-constructed barricades in 2012. The introduction of a two-tier, postcode lottery library service is now well under way. This would seem to have been materially assisted by CILIP and the SCL going down the route of, at best, pragmatism and, at worst, compromise and appeasement. Frontline and junior management jobs have been acknowledged as expendable, whilst those fortunate enough to have secure positions in senior posts will reign over a service that has been mutilated beyond recognition. The production of a "discussion document" of this nature implies that the de-professionalisation of the service is not anathema to CILIP, nor to the SCL, and that their defence of the library service cannot be described admirable or robust. Why is a non-member commenting in this manner ? Because the service people rely on is in crisis.
#2 written by Alan Wylie
about 3 years ago
I totally agree with Shirley CILIP and the SCL should have come out with a strong message that they would under no circumstances support the replacement of paid staff with volunteers and the replacement of a comprehensive and efficient statutory service with a network of fragmented 'community libraries'
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So it's Wednesday and I'm watching the second night of the excellent Vietnam in HD series on the History channel while my Iroquois are locked in a quagmire against the Greeks in my game of Civilization V. They've got a veteran on and he nearly breaks down talking about how much it hurt him to be despised when he came home from the war. I thought to myself that at least one good thing that came out of Vietnam was that our country learned to distinguish between the political leaders who order wars and the fighting men and women who execute the policy. It's a point that the very same veteran ended up echoing on the last night of the series.
Meanwhile, also on Wednesday, a law professor was writing a screed objecting to a solicitation to send care packages to troops deployed in Afghanistan.
Let me say that again: the professor was pissed off that students were asked if they could send care packages to soldiers serving abroad.
Yeah, happy Veterans Day….
Suffolk University Law School professor Michael Avery unleashed a serious objection after the Suffolk Law staff solicited students for donations to troops in Afghanistan — even though the email also mentioned that a Suffolk Law student serving overseas would be the recipient of such a package.
Avery's response was reported on the Natural Truth by Michael Graham. Here's how Michael Avery starts:
I think it is shameful that it is perceived as legitimate to solicit in an academic institution for support for men and women who have gone overseas to kill other human beings. I understand that there is a residual sympathy for service members, perhaps engendered by support for troops in World War II, or perhaps from when there was a draft and people with few resources to resist were involuntarily sent to battle. That sympathy is not particularly rational in today's world, however.
The United States may well be the most war prone country in the history of civilization. We have been at war two years out of three since the Cold War ended. We have 700 overseas military bases. What other country has any? In the last ten years we have squandered hundreds of billions of dollars in unnecessary foreign invasions. Those are dollars that could have been used for people who are losing their homes due to the economic collapse, for education, to repair our infrastructure, or for any of a thousand better purposes than making war. And of course those hundreds of billions of dollars have gone for death and destruction.
You know, as an "anti-war" liberal, I don't have any problem telling Professor Avery to go blow it out his ass. I don't support the two wars we got into after 9/11. I think we should get out of Afghanistan. And I express those beliefs whenever I get an opportunity to do so at the ballot box. I've attended anti-war protests. When I get a chance, I'll scream about our war-mongering record on the internet.
And doing all of that is totally intellectually consistent with supporting care packages for our troops overseas — sorry, supporting the opportunity to ask people to send care packages to troops overseas. Avery seems to use the fact that these men and women choose to serve against them. He seems to forget that these people didn't volunteer to go to this war or that war. They volunteered to defend this country, in whatever manner they were asked to defend it by our civilian leaders. If you're pissed about where they are, blame the people who sent them there. I'm sure the vast majority of them would rather be home doing drills and studying military strategy than out in the theater of war getting shot at.
But they don't get to choose that. They gave up their right to safety when they volunteered to defend America. We can bitterly disagree about how the military is used, and Lord knows I have no desire to support America through my strength at arms, but I don't think those disagreements mean the men and women serving this country should be denied a freaking care package. PRISONERS get care packages. Jesus.
The key flaw in Avery's logic seems to be his next paragraph:
Perhaps some of my colleagues will consider this to be an inappropriate political statement. But of course the solicitation email was a political statement, although cast as support for student activities. The politics of that solicitation are that war is legitimate, perhaps inevitable, and that patriotic Americans should get behind our troops.
False. Sending a care package to our troops is not tacit agreement to the legitimacy of the conflict. I'm not even sure it's even particularly patriotic. I mean, is Hooters being "patriotic" when they offer ten free wings to veterans? Or are they just making people feel like it's "American" to eat fried foods and ogle big-chested women?
People can support the troops because they're patriotic or because they support the war, but they can also support troops because it's just a charitable thing to do. "Hey, you find yourself in Afghanistan in peril for your life while I find myself in law school studying for an exam, why don't we split this beef jerky?" It can be that simple.
In any event, Professor Avery goes on to sound whack-job crazy:
We need to be more mindful of what message we are sending as a school. Since Sept. 11 we have had perhaps the largest flag in New England hanging in our atrium. This is not a politically neutral act. Excessive patriotic zeal is a hallmark of national security states. It permits, indeed encourages, excesses in the name of national security, as we saw during the Bush administration, and which continue during the Obama administration.
Why do we continue to have this oversized flag in our lobby? Why are we sending support to the military instead of Americans who are losing their homes, malnourished, unable to get necessary medical care, and suffering from other consequences of poverty? As a university community, we should debate these questions, not remain on automatic pilot in support of the war agenda.
This guy's a law professor? That last bit sounded more like the kind of lecture you'd get from a homeless wino hanging around a T-station than a law professor: "Man, it's the flag, that's how they control you man. It's so big because it's hiding something, man. It's hiding… them."
We reached out to Professor Avery to ask him to clarify these statements, but he did not respond to our request for comment.
You can still support the troops by advocating relentlessly that they be brought back home to their families. But it is irrational to think that supporting the men and women who defend this country is tantamount to supporting the civilians who put them in harm's way.
UPDATE (11/14/11): What do the Suffolk University and Suffolk Law administrations make of Professor Avery's comments? Check out their responses.
UPDATE (11/22/11): Here is continuing fallout from the Michael Avery controversy.
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News Discussion / Re: Lawyers = Commodity?« on: June 03, 2011, 07:55:58 PM »
These positions will create a caste system of the have and have-nots within firms. The highly-coveted junior associates will still make $160K -- possibly more given that the firm has lowered the number of those positions. The "career associates" will be stuck in a rut with no skills.
... and that was where I was going with my plumber note. This could make (some) lawyers "tradesmen" instead of "professionals," with pay and status to match.
I might even see a full bifurcation of law schools, where some schools basically become trade schools - low tuition, courses aimed at doc review et al - and others remain professional schools, charging high tuition from the hopeful and teaching little of immediate value.
On a more immediate level (for me, anyway), this trend towards quasi-temp lawyering for basic stuff has caused a major problem for BigLaw. Combined with computer advances, this makes it very difficult for BigLaw to train its associates. Back in the day, junior associates spent endless hours reading documents, sitting silently in conference rooms, proofreading correspondence, and other semi-menial tasks that - while mind-numbing - provided immediate immersive training in the business and profession of BigLaw, all while charging the client $200/hour.
This work is mostly gone now. Some has gone to the outsourcers, and some has been eaten by computers. This has made the firms far more efficient, and allows them to provide higher levels of service to their clients at breakneck speeds, but it leaves precious few opportunities for legitimate billable training for junior associates. That means that junior associates are not as profitable as they were, which upsets the whole law firm business model while simultaneously choking off the supply of future high-billing-rate BigLaw partners.
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The offer was short of the listing price by $10,000 but the purchase contract contained a clause that was very attractive to my seller. It said, "Buyer is purchasing property in as is condition." That was important. My client was a single working mom, with barely enough equity in her home to pay selling expenses. The home wasn't in poor condition but it had some deferred maintenance. It was important the home be sold quickly without the time and expense of making the repairs that would likely show up on a whole house inspection. She took the offer.
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The offer was short of the listing price by $10,000 but the purchase contract contained a clause that was very attractive to my seller. It said, "Buyer is purchasing property in as is condition." That was important. My client was a single working mom, with barely enough equity in her home to pay selling expenses. The home wasn't in poor condition but it had some deferred maintenance. It was important the home be sold quickly without the time and expense of making the repairs that would likely show up on a whole house inspection. She took the offer.
Three weeks later I was reviewing an extensive list of repairs the buyer was requesting the seller make to her property.
"What is this?" I asked the selling agent when he finally returned my call. "We would never have accepted your lower offer without the "as is" clause. Now you're changing the contract three weeks before closing."
The selling agent explained what I already knew. Once in escrow, the buyer has an allotted time to inspect the property. Then the purchase contract gets renegotiated. Typically, the buyer submits to the seller a "Request for Repairs" of items that were discovered during the inspection period. If no agreement is reached between the buyer and seller regarding the repairs, the buyer has the opportunity of cancelling the contract with a full refund of their earnest money deposit. In our current market, the negotiating advantage lies with the buyer, who now was re-negotiating his original "as is" offer by requesting repairs, cash credits at closing or a lower price. We had been duped.
Neither the pest report nor the whole house inspection revealed any significant problems. I suspected the buyer was playing out his hand to see what concessions he could extract from my client. Another seller might have conceded simply to expedite the closing but my client was equity poor and could go no lower in price or afford to make the repairs. The risk we took by rejecting the buyer's requests was losing the buyer entirely. Without many options, my client held firm. Surprisingly, after threatening to walk, the buyer agreed to close. After closing, his agent told me he had played the same game with other purchase contracts.
Sherry, an agent in El Dorado Hills, was sharing with me her story that happened recently while representing buyers in a short sale transaction. After waiting three months in escrow, her clients finally received an acceptance from the seller's lender to proceed to closing. During the next 45 days Sherry's buyer performed all the typical inspections and went through the process of qualifying for a loan. Everything was proceeding as planned, until the sellers decided to file bankruptcy, cancelling the escrow. Later Sherry discovered that the sellers had listed their property as a ploy to prevent the lender from foreclosing. Their real intent was to stay in the property as long as possible. Sherry and her buyers were not only out four months of escrow but the costs of the property inspections and appraisal fee.
Short sales are ripe for abuse and fraud. "Reverse staging" is an example. The owners trash their house to knock down the property value. A buyer, with whom the owner is colluding, then comes in with a low-ball offer, buys it, fixes it back up and then flips it for its real market value.
Illegal flipping and non-arm's-length transactions happens on short sales when the delinquent homeowner attempts to sell the property to a family member or friend without disclosing the relationship to the lender approving the short payoff. It's often an effort for the owner to stay in the home and then buy it back at a lower price. Instead of making payments to the mortgage company they're making payments to the family member, as rent.
Secret undisclosed profits happen when the short sale seller accepts a low price from a related undisclosed party in order to receive a kick back after closing.
Agents representing lenders selling their REO properties have their challenges. The listing agents are often over-worked and under-compensated. They often deal with stressful situations and a variety of selling agents with different skill levels. A few agents have discovered ways to manipulate offers to their advantage.
REO listing agents have advance knowledge of the foreclosed property, its condition, probable listing price and unlimited access. Prior to placing the listing in the MLS, most REO agents will put out the For Sale sign with their personal phone number. Any property inquiries are passed along to their exclusive selling agents or team members. Questions regarding the property by other agents are delayed and any offers from "non- team" members get held back while the seller considers only the "in house" offers. After closing, the selling agent kicks back a portion of the commission to the REO listing agent. There are many variations of this illegal kickback scheme.
Taking advantage of lenders is viewed by many as a triumphant accomplishment. After all, weren't they responsible for this mess? During stressful economic times, poor behavior is often rationalized and occasionally celebrated.
In any game there are rules. Some games played during negotiations to gain an advantage are acceptable. Defrauding a lender is not. It is important that we all know the difference.
Ken Calhoon is a real estate broker in El Dorado County. He can be reached through his website at kencalhoon.com and via e-mail at [email protected].


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The brief ceremony will honor those whose lives were most touched by the tragedies of September 11, 2001, as well as people across the nation and around the world who were witness to and affected by the shocking events of that day. It will include remarks by Bellingham Mayor Dan Pike and the Rev. Kent French, Interfaith Coalition and First Congregational Church, along with remembrance readings by community leaders, presentation of colors by the American Legion Color Guard and a procession by the Bellingham Firefighters Pipes and Drums.
Community leaders confirmed to participate include: Bellingham City Council President Stan Snapp; Bellingham Fire Chief Bill Boyd; Vernon Damani Johnson, co-founder, Whatcom Human Rights Task Force and political science professor at Western Washington University; Dr. Greg Baker, Superintendent, Bellingham Public Schools; Rabbi Cindy Enger, Congregation Beth Israel; Ken Oplinger, President/CEO, Bellingham Whatcom Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Monem & Iman Salam, Bellingham Association of Muslims; Ted Carlson, Director, Bellingham Public Works, and others.
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Just got cut from the Chiefs. Had a down year last season due to the Chiefs new defensive scheme which he didn't fit at all and was burned on a regular basis as a slot corner. But the years before he was a very very good CB in my opinion. Just last year because of the scheme change he looked lost
Fans wanted another corner to play that outside role in the Nickel and if we were to sign him it would be a typical perfect Ozzie move. What do you guys think?
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So, without further ado, here are some photos from the (almost) start to the almost finish of my belly. I feel pretty enormous right now. I still have 9 (eek!) weeks to go so more to come...
PS--Can you tell I LOVE stripes? :) Part of it is that I've tried to wear the same thing in my photos so I could see all the changes in my body while wearing the same outfits. But, honestly, I really do love stripes!
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Approximately 22 Weeks - This was the beginning of the crazy growth spurt.
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Approximately 30 Weeks - see all those boxes? I'm in full nesting mode and decided that I needed to pack up half the stuff in our apartment and send it to storage to make room for our Little:)
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By the way, how cute is my husband? So cute that I had to share another outtake...
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- Seyma said...
oh dear god... this is awesome.. you guys look so happy and beautiful for real Monica.. i loved your belly, looks so cute :))
- April 29, 2010 8:26 AM
- Melanie's Randomness said...
aww this is wonderful. You glow. The smiles on your faces on the beach are so cute!! Best wishes!!
- April 29, 2010 9:13 AM
- elle moss said...
How sweet! You look amazing :-)
- April 29, 2010 12:06 PM
- Chic 'n Cheap Living said...
You both look great and so, so happy!
- April 29, 2010 12:35 PM
- Vanessa said...
Aw, mama bellies are the greatest! You look amazing... And I love the stripes ;-)
- April 29, 2010 4:11 PM
- Laura said...
You look so happy and amazing and I love these shots. Congrats to you both and it means a lot that you share them with us. Take good care of yourself!
- April 29, 2010 7:16 PM
- Kristin said...
Such a fabulous lookin' couple! I can't wait to see how cute that little bambino is gonna be!
- May 01, 2010 12:41 PM
- Erin said...
ok, you are the cutest preggo. i love all the stripes.
i've been meaning to ask you... do you do pregnancy portraits? and i don't mean self-portraits on the iphone ;)
it's erin mcgillivray btw... :)
- May 01, 2010 5:25 PM
- Cupcakes and Cashmere said...
these are so special, thank you for sharing them! can't wait to see the final shot (with your baby, of course!). x
- May 03, 2010 4:39 PM
- TheBeautyFile said...
These are great!! You're inspiring and reminding me to take WEEKLY belly shots....love the stripes, sailor!!
- May 03, 2010 6:56 PM
- ana {bluebirdkisses} said...
eek ok so I have been snooping a little in your archives and just found this! omg LOVE!! there's a little baby Lucia in that belly and now she's a full blown toddler. Pregnancy amazes me.
- September 25, 2012 10:16 AM