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First, thank you all for your supportive messages yesterday! I can't express how much I appreciate your support and hearing your stories about how you've found or are still finding your right fit. Change is not always a bad thing. It can be scary and overwhelming, but some of the greatest things in life wouldn't happen if it wasn't for change. I was nervous to share my story because I wasn't sure how others would respond, but I know what I need to do and I'm confident about my future plans.
The past couple of days I've had a pounding headache that comes and goes and nothing seems to make it go away. This morning I woke up absurdly early (the current trend is waking up at 2:30 – 3:30 a.m.) so I took advantage of the time to whip up a new pancake recipe (egg-free becuase we desperately need groceries) and catch up on our DVR… I think I've developed a new obsession with the TV show Scandal. Kerry Washington, the lead actress, was a great commencement speaker at The George Washington University's ceremony this past spring, but she's an even better actress.
1. In a bowl, add all of the ingredients and whisk until there are no clumps in the batter.
2. Spray a medium-sized skillet with non-stick cooking spray and place over medium heat.
3. For each pancake, spoon 2 generous tablespoons of batter into the pan. Cook each pancake until a few bubbles form and burst, approximately 1 to 2 minutes.
4. Flip the pancakes with a spatula and cook until browned on the underside, 1 to 2 more minutes.
5. Serve with your favorite toppings and enjoy!
As part of the Octoblog Challenge, I scrolled through my past posts and realized that I haven't done a "Favorite Finds" post since April?! I haven't met one person that doesn't like Pinterest (other than men who don't understand all of the hype), so I think it's about time for me to get back to my weekly posting routine and share some of my latest pins!
Good Food
Homemade Kettle Chips with Onion Dill Dip by Lauren's Latest
Sweet Treats
Healthy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Oat Bars by Ambitious Kitchen
Drink Up
Skinny Pumpkin Spice Frappuccino by Sally's Baking Addiction
Words of Wisdom
Laughing Out Loud
Health & Wellness
Body Weight Exercises for Every Body Part by Back on Pointe
My Style
For the Home
Places to Go
Wedding Wishes
Looking Ahead to Baby
DIY Projects
DIY Heart Shaped Elbow Patches by Lucky Pony
Education & Learning
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Mini Pumpkin Cheesecakes with Gingersnap Crusts by Life Made Simple
Tonight Ryan and I have a "fun date" to a local emergency care center so I can get a TB skin test because I need one for substitute orientation next week. Did you know that there's a nationwide shortage of TB skin tests? I called over a dozen centers before I found one, phew!
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Solutions for Chapter 3
I attended an oral presentation of a company's manager. He was explaining about the features of new product. He was credible but needs to improve his credibility because in his speech I observed that he was continuously talking about the disadvantageous of Competitor Company instead of explaining about the features and advantages of his company's product. Of course he is knowledge enough but when he was talking more about the disadvantages of the competitor's product, audience concentrate more on the other company.
His explanation was not clear. It shows he lacks competence and good communication skills. He needs to improve his communication skills. He should explain clearly what he wants to say, for this he needs more knowledge about the product.
Other than the above drawbacks, his speech was good. The way he was dresses, his body language and the way he spoke and everything was impressive. From this, I can say that he maintained professional image.
Even he has the ability to control the emotions. In his speech, he was not emotional; he was peasant and explained what he wanted to say. However, he focused much on the disadvantages of other product rather than the advantages their own product. Therefore, he needs enhance the knowledge about his product than he can explain clearly.
Of course his speech helped him to make good relations with the audience because all the audience heard his speech till the end. That means they attracted by the speaker and the speech was impressive. So by this we can say that he maintained good relationship with the audience which led to enhancement of good will.
Definitely speaker's credibility and ability to convey good will affects his persuasiveness because of his credibility and good will. Audience heard the speech and did not make any disturbance in the meeting. From this I can conclude that they have belief in him, that he is credible and trust worthy and with this speech he enhanced his credibility and good will among and with the audience.

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BORGER - Ricky Lynn Myers, 48, died Tuesday, July 15, 2003.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in Brown Funeral Directors Chapel of the Fountains with the Rev. Leonard Forsythe, pastor of Bible Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Cemetery.
Mr. Myers was a veteran of the Vietnam War, serving in the Navy. He was an acidizer for John Oates Inc.
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Name: Glenn Veahman
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Background Info: Veahmann played in the PIHL Open Class All-Star game Sunday at RMU Sports Island Center. He is the second-leading scorer for Ambridge with 17 points (9 goals, 8 assists). His best offensive game came back in December when he scored three goals and an assist against Canon-McMillan's Open team.
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The bright spot during the Colts loss to the Steelers was the defense. Quite frankly, the defense was what kept the Colts in the game, and played with tremendous heart. Three players who played well all game look to be cornerstones for the Colts for years to come, and deserve some special recognition.
And no, I'm not talking about Dwight Freeney and Robert Mathis (although they deserve it, they were unstoppable all night). No, the players that impressed me were a trio of young players: Jerraud Powers, Pat Angerer, and Drake Nevis.
Jerraud Powers: First, a disclaimer: I won't be able to fully assess Powers' performance until I get the game tape. It's difficult to watch coverage on a live TV broadcast. That being said, my first impression of this game is that the Jerraud Powers I expected in 2011 finally showed up. Powers was a beast in run support, and had a great pass defense on third down early in the fourth quarter.
Overall, I didn't notice him nearly as much this game as I did in the other games. And for a cornerback, that's a good thing. The long third down conversions were more the fault of the linebackers from what I could see. After a disappointing first two games, my first instinct is that Powers played very well against the Steelers. Again, we'll see more definitively after another viewing, but Powers getting it together certainly would be a good sign for this defense.
Pat Angerer: What can I say about Pat Angerer? The second year linebacker out of Iowa put on a show last night, racking up 21 tackles by the end of the game (12 solo, 9 assists, although some box scores only have him with 11 solo). 21 tackles was three times what anybody on the Steelers' defense totaled (James Harrison had seven). Angerer seems to play much better when put at middle linebacker than at WILL. It could be because he's a more natural fit at the position (he is) so he doesn't have to think as much. It could be because he's playing better than Gary Brackett at MLB right now (he is) so he looks good by comparison.
Either way, Angerer deserves the starting MLB spot. I'll understand if the Colts don't do so, just because Brackett is the defensive captain, and is much better in coverage (Angerer does need to improve there). But, I'd rather see Brackett rotating to WILL, or just taking snaps in pass situations. Nevertheless, the Colts have a good situation at linebacker, with Conner, Wheeler, Brackett, and Angerer all playing well enough to start. But Angerer takes the cake with his play last night.
Drake Nevis: This rookie defensive tackle is looking like another bulls-eye to add to the Polian's draft resume. Nevis received a lot of playing time tonight, due to the absence of starting tackle Fili Moala. He didn't waste his time, being a force in the Steelers' backfield.
Nevis ended the game with only three tackles, but was disruptive all night, consistently getting into the backfield to change the path of the running back. On one particular play, Nevis beat a double team by the guard and standout center Maurkice Pouncey, bringing down the running back at the line of scrimmage.
Overall, it was a good night for the young guys on defense. Not only did these three play well, but other players such as Kavell Conner, Philip Wheeler, Terrence Johnson, and Antonio Johnson stood out as well. Yes, there are mistakes (pass coverage on third down), but there is a very good base for building a defense to support Peyton Manning in his last few years.
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At 11am, a new chapter in the history of the New York Rangers will begin with the announcement of Alain Vigneault as the franchise's 35th head coach.
But Pat Leonard at the Daily News says the personnel in attendance could tell a lot more about the future…
"Richards is well-respected, and the Rangers would not put him in the position of standing at Radio City endorsing a head coach he never was going to play for. His presence, or absence, will shed significant light on what general manager Glen Sather has decided."
…obviously, as Leonard says, if Richards is in attendance it's pretty safe to say that he will not be bought out this summer (biggest jerkoff move in the history of sports if he is), but if he's not standing by Vigneault's side, I wouldn't automatically say he's gone. Could be busy training hard for next season. 😉
…to be honest, I hadn't thought about this scenario and it brings a little unexpected drama to the presser this morning.
Leonard notes another interesting plot line is if Mark Messier will be in attendance for the official unveiling of the man who beat him out for his "dream job."
…no matter what direction Messier decides (GM or coach), I really hope he doesn't feel disrespected by the Rangers organization and wants to stay. It would be a sad day to see him leave. Really hoping that he's at the press conference. Would be almost a slap in the face to Vigneault if he's not.
Finally, Leonard reiterates that Ulf Samuelsson and Newell Brown are the leading candidates for the assistant coach positions.
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WESTFIELD — One of the seasonal tasks of farm life in colonial days was sugar making in the maple woods. The production of syrup and sugar from the sap of the maple tree is the oldest known industry in America.
On March 4, from 2 to 4 p.m., the Miller Cory House Museum, 614 Mountain Avenue in Westfield, will present "Maple Sugar Sunday."
Rev. John Mills of Fanwood will talk about the technique of maple sugaring, explaining how the maple sap rises and flows, how it is collected using wooden buckets and handmade spiles, and how sugar and syrup are made from the sap. (Please note that no tree will actually be tapped).This program is appropriate for children.
Sunday's program includes tours of the restored, 1740 farmhouse. 18th century open-hearth cooking demonstrations will also resume in the museum's Frazee Building. Members of the cooking committee will prepare food using early American recipes, colonial era cooking tools and seasonal foods. The gift shop, which carries a variety of colonial toys, crafts, books and educational materials, will be open. Admission is $3.00 for adults and $1.00 for students; children under four are free.
Upcoming programs include "Irish Dolls Through the Centuries" on March 11, "Silhouette Craft for Children" on March 18, and "A Spot of Tea" on March 25.
The Miller-Cory House Museum is a nationally recognized living museum, listed on both the State and National Registers of Historic Places and as a site on the New Jersey Women's Heritage Trail. The museum is available for tours for school groups during the week as well as for scout troops after school on weekdays. Special programs may also be arranged on site for schools and other community groups. For more information, please visit the museum's Facebook page, call the office weekday mornings at 908-232-1776 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. The website is millercoryhouse.org.


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Grendel's Lair has closed. The history-making South Street night spot, which for 15 years provided Philadelphians with an exciting alternative to movies, has become the latest victim to "progress."
The building, at 500 South St., originally housed a clothing store. This was several decades ago when Philadelphia had (at least) five major theaters and dozens of nightclubs. Well, what goes around comes around, and when the doors of 500 South St. reopen, it will once again be a clothing store. Only now, Philadelphia doesn't have five major theaters. And the number of major nightclubs can be counted on one hand (with plenty of fingers left over to thumb a ride).


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I liked the demi bra so much that I decided to order the full coverage bras. They are scruuuumptious. I bought all three colors (and matching undies) in size one, and they fit perfectly. Because the fabric is so stretchy in the cups, it can accommodate smaller and bigger sized breasts. Genius. Why aren't all bras made this way?
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I really love this item, it's comfy, well-made and looks amazing. The sizing is not perfect though. I have a pretty 'common' bra-size, EU 75B, US 34B. I tried on size 1 als well as size 2. Size 1 had to small cups. Size 2 was okay in the cups, but fit on the last (tightest) hook. As bras stretch out when you wear them, it tends to get loose after several hours. You cannot tighten it as you're already on the tightest hook. It's a great idea to have a set of 4 (not 3) hooks in the back, but it would be great if the underband was a little tighter as well!
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US 412 near County Rd 65
Ash Flat, AR 72513
The drive-in is on the south side of US 412, roughly 1/5 mile southwest of County Road 65.
There was no Drive-in here in 1956.
That's the property Sam. I know it was open from at least 1978-1984 because I saw many films there as a kid. The Outsiders, Used Cars, Stir Crazy and FireFox that I can remember. We used to bring blow up rafts to lay on. Such a shame they had to close, as the weather down there is awesome for an outdoor theater.
This is the only drive-in I could find between those two citiies:
Hard to see, but shows up better in older views.
All I could find out is that the drive-in was not open in 1967.
Sure could use an address (the house?), a crossroad, and more info or photos.


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Standard & Poor's Ratings Services assigned its 'AA' rating and stable outlook to Lafayette, La.'s series ST-2012A and ST-2012B public improvement sales tax refunding bonds and affirmed its 'AA' rating, with a stable outlook, on the city's parity sales tax revenue debt. The rating reflects our opinion of the city's: Role as a regional retail trade and economic center; Deep and diverse sales tax base that has shown relative resilience through a national economic downturn; Pledged revenue, providing more than 2x maximum annual debt service (MADS) coverage; and 1.5x MADS additional bonds test. We believe the city's additional parity-debt-supported capital needs somewhat constrain the rating. A first-lien revenue pledge, generated by a 1% sales-and-use tax, originally authorized in 1961, secures...
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Branyan started the year with the San Diego Padres, but was released on July 28, after hitting just .197 with 7 home runs and 19 RBI in 61 games. He played just one game at Buffalo - ironically, against the Phillies AAA affiliate Ottawa Lynx - and went 0-for-4 in that game.
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In English, some French and Kinyarwanda. Non-profit organization that works with and defends the rights of the Batwa indigenous group in Rwanda. Includes background information on the Batwa, documents and reports, photographs and links to other resources. In 2007, Communauté des Autochtones Rwandais (CAURWA) changed its name to Communauté des Potiers Rwandais (COPORWA) because it became politically incorrect and illegal to work with communities drawn around ethnic lines due to the Rwandan Genocide. The organization's latest efforts can be seen at www.coporwa.org
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The 5 Greatest Movie Sex Scenes (Where Nobody Has Sex)
#2. Lost in Translation
So here's a movie with an incredibly minor plot. Bob (Bill Murray), an aging, disenfranchised celebrity, hangs out in Tokyo to shoot a terrible commercial. During his stay, Bob is taken with Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson), a sexy young woman who is sexy and young and a woman. Way too sexy and young for him. She is also disenfranchised, and the two of them float around Tokyo not being enfranchised. But that's OK. They have each other.
There are no grand acts of affection or sacrifice in this love story. This is a love we feel mostly by how intensely comfortable these people are with each other. In fact, the only thing that makes them uncomfortable is the fact that they're both married. At the end of the film, the two do kiss, and Bob whispers something in Charlotte's ear that we never get to hear, but that's not the climax for me. At that point we know that Bob is leaving. For me, the more important sex scene happened in bed the night before.
The Not-Sex Scene:
We don't want to see Bob and Charlotte cheat on their spouses. We're not even sure their love could last outside the bubble of its surreal Tokyo surroundings. But at the very least, we want to know that they know how much they mean to each other. We want the attraction acknowledged, somehow appropriately, even if not acted upon. Hence the utterly perfect gesture for this film and their relationship: the toe grab. Love embodied in one tiny physical gesture. If not for ScarJo coming down with toe crabs a week later, this moment would be almost too lovely to take.
Unfortunately, I can't find this scene on YouTube, but this incredibly awkward screen grab really conveys my point, don't you think?
#1. Skyfall
Have you seen Daniel Craig's best James Bond film? No, not Casino Royale. I mean Skyfall. The one that people like to say is his best. Y'know, all those people who like to be wrong and say things that aren't true, because Skyfall is in no way better than Casino Royale. I guess I've gotten off track a little. Have you seen Skyfall?
Although everyone agrees that Quantum of Solace is the worst.
Well, if you have or haven't, it's still a movie about a U.K. secret service agent who goes rogue and tries to kill lots of other U.K. secret service agents. His name's Silva and he's played by Javier Bardem. He's crazy and sometimes a bit gay. Like in this scene, where he attempts to mindfuck ultra-male James Bond with the possibility of some sort of gay sex torture. (I think I just increased the odds of this article popping up as a disappointing result in someone's Google search.)
The Not-Sex Scene:
Anyway, you'll have to check out someone's abysmal fan fiction if you want to see what actual Bond-Silva boning would entail, but the metaphorical sex and violence does reach a conclusion in the movie's climax. Silva is about to murder/suicide himself and M when Bond comes up from behind him, if you will. Oh, you will? Thanks for making this easy. Yes, Bond comes up from behind him and sticks it to him. Specifically, he inserts a big knife instead of his naughty bits, but you get the idea. Also there's no reach-around. Lastly, he throws the knife from a distance just to make sure you don't think he's that way.
Then Silva turns and falls to his knees while Bond stands before him, which reminds me of something. I'm just not sure what. It's probably nothing.
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SCE Federal Credit Union Sponsors 'Tu Mundo Hoy' Daytime Talk Show
Credit Union Professionals and Financial Experts to Offer Money Management Advice to Millions of Hispanics in Southern CaliforniaJul 14, 2014 | News & Press
IRWINDALE, Calif. (July 14, 2014) – SCE Federal Credit Union (SCE FCU) recently became a sponsor of "Tu Mundo Hoy!," a daily one-hour, Spanish-language TV show that takes an in-depth look at health and financial issues facing the Hispanic community. The show provides a weekly forum on Los Angeles TV station KJLA (Channel 57) for SCE FCU financial gurus to provide insights and advice.
"The U.S. has the second largest Hispanic population in the world and it continues to grow at a rapid pace. Our show provides engaging, informative content that's relevant to Hispanic families and arms them with the tools to make good financial decisions for home and business settings," said Gabi Barbarena, Principal, Hispanic Business News Network TV. "SCE Federal Credit Union is a strong advocate for the millions of Hispanics living in Southern California and is the ideal partner to provide financial education and information to this community."
SCE FCU is the founder of the Center for Financial Empowerment (formerly SCE Federal Credit Union Foundation), a nonprofit financial institution dedicated to educating communities in Southern California and Southern Nevada about personal finance. The organization, born from the credit union's desire to address the widespread need for basic financial education, partners with schools and community organizations to offer financial education, assistance and improvement programs.
"This partnership with 'Tu Mundo Hoy!' mirrors our goal of empowering people to make better financial decisions and achieve a higher quality of life. It's exciting to be a part of a project designed to help educate our local communities and to be a partner in their growth," said George Poitou, chief operating officer of SCE FCU and Center for Financial Education board member. "We're a resource people can turn to with whatever financial questions or concerns they may have and this platform provided by KJLA allows us to share our insights firsthand."
Hosted by local, Emmy-Award winning radio personality Carlos Alvarez and long-time TV news personality Ofelia de la Torre, "Tu Mundo Hoy!" airs Monday through Friday from 2:00-3:00 p.m. throughout Los Angeles and surrounding cities.
About SCE FCU
SCE Federal Credit Union was founded in 1952 and currently has approximately 50,000 members, $600 million in assets, several Southern California and Southern Nevada branch locations, thousands of shared branch locations across the United States, and nearly 30,000 surcharge-free ATMs available to members.
SCE FCU serves the Greater Los Angeles and Las Vegas areas, with membership open to individuals and businesses, and is a not-for-profit entity committed to improving the financial well-being of the communities it serves, especially people underserved by mainstream financial institutions. With a strong commitment to volunteerism, employees donate hundreds of hours to local community causes each year. Additionally, the creation of the Center for Financial Empowerment, formerly the SCE FCU Foundation provides much-needed financial education to the underserved and high schools in Las Vegas, Nevada and in Duarte, Baldwin Park, Boyle Heights, Ontario and Lynwood, Calif.
About Center for Financial Empowerment, formerly SCE FCU Foundation
The Center for Financial Empowerment is a non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable agency whose mission is to educate underserved youth and families in the principles of personal finance. The Center partners with schools and community organizations in Southern California and Southern Nevada to offer financial education, assistance, and improvement programs, giving people the power to make better financial choices and achieve an improved quality of life. Formerly called the SCE FCU Foundation, the Center changed its name in July 2013, to better reflect its mission.


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Former Dallas ISD superintendent Michael Hinojosa has resigned from his job as chief of a suburban Atlanta school district. He plans to return to Dallas in June and work for an education consulting firm.
Hinojosa has led Cobb County Schools since June 2011, when he left Dallas following a six-year stint as superintendent. He resigned at Monday night's school board meeting, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
He's been under fire in Cobb County over big budget deficits and the district's response to Atlanta's crippling winter storm. But Hinojosa cited his family as the reason for his resignation, saying he was ready to return to his home in Dallas.
"I've had a great run at Cobb for three years, but I'm a little homesick and I want to be with my family," Hinojosa said in a Tuesday morning phone interview.
Hinojosa said he and his wife would like to live closer to his mother and mother-in-law, who reside the Dallas area. The transition will be an easy one, he said, especially since he and his wife kept an apartment and car in Dallas. "It's like we never completely left," he said.
He will leave his job in Georgia at the end of May.
Hinojosa said he's been offered the job of senior vice president at an education consulting firm and would work in talent management.The company is not based in Dallas, but would allow him to work from home. He would not disclose the firm's name and said he hasn't yet accepted the position.
Hinojosa took a pay cut when he left DISD, but also walked away with an estimated $200,000-a-year Texas pension check. His exit came after he was passed over for a job in the Las Vegas area and then claimed he was "off the market" and ready to stay in Dallas, saying "our best years are still ahead."
At Cobb County, Hinojosa earned a base salary of $237,000 and perks that exceed $28,000 annually, according to the Journal-Constitution.
When Hinojosa returns to Dallas, he says he'll be active in community groups and volunteer opportunities. But he says he won't get involved with Dallas ISD.
"Once you're gone, it's someone else's show," he said. "Mr. Miles doesn't need the other superintendent around, so I don't want to be involved in Dallas ISD."
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Eating by Candlelightglutenfreegirl
The sun sets here right now at 4:16 pm. That means the dusk gathers about 3:30. We're in total darkness when we sit down to dinner.
Those summer days of eating dinner on the back deck, in our short sleeves, at 7 pm, feel like a long time ago now.
Danny and I noticed that our daughter's interest in eating dinner diminished with the light in the sky. After all, you don't really have the urge to eat in the middle of the night until college, generally.
Instead of struggling through dinner, urging her to eat for the energy she gets from food, we decided to make life easier. We put a cluster of candles on the table.
A good friend of ours is now living in Denmark, after marrying a Danish man. In the Scandinavian countries, darkness descends even earlier than in the Pacific Northwest, if that's possible. Her first winter there? She's surviving it thanks to hygge.
What the heck is hygge? It's a Danish word that can't be translated, of course. But here is the official Danish tourist board's attempt:
"Gather the family and invite over a couple of good friends. Push the sofas and chairs up close to the coffee table. Douse the electricity and light some candles. Better yet, light a fire in the hearth.
Serve plenty of food and drink. Raise a toast or two, or three, and feel the warmth flow around the table. Look at each other until you see the candlelight shimmering in each other's eyes. You've got hygge!"
That's what our friend Kristin told us about her life in Denmark now. "When you light a lot of candles and put them in the window, life feels better. And you're letting your friends know they are welcome to come in."
And so we lit candles at the dinner table.
Now, I'd love to say that we made a graceful arrangement of tasteful candles, carefully chosen. A table full of Glassybaby candle holders might make this photo Pinterest worthy. I don't know about you, but a table full of glass holders at $45 each just isn't feasible here.
Instead, we grabbed clean jam jars, tomato sauce jars, and half-pint mason jars. We plopped tea light candles from Ikea in each one and let our daughter help us light them.
She didn't care what the candle holders looked like. She just loved the light flickering against the darkness.
Lucy ate her dinner happily that night, all of it, chattering.
We've been lighting candles against the darkness every evening since. Danny and I both agree: we're pretty excited by this simple cluster of homemade candleholders too.
4:16 is too early for darkness. We make our own light this time of the year.
You can find more of Shauna and Danny's recipes, essays, photographs and words of comfort about living gluten-free at Gluten-Free Girl and the Chef. Shauna shares food ideas and answers questions on Twitter. She also pins photographs and recipes on Pinterest and Foodily. There's a great community at the Facebook fan page for Gluten-Free Girl and the Chef.


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Kaban & Company is a small bespoke accountancy practice dedicated to providing an innovative, appropriate and cost-effective service to a discerning clientele.
The firm delivers an integrated service from accounts preparation to taxation advice and compliance, including other tailored services along the way. That much goes without saying. However, we encourage our clients to regard this as merely the beginning for we believe that the real value is maximised only if there is another, overriding level to it all.
We expect, even demand, that our clients see us as the sounding board for their business ideas and deliberations. In turn, you will also often find us coming forward with unsolicited advice of our own with your potential interest in mind.
So the typical Kaban & Company engagement, over and above the particular services engaged for, has a presumption for open-ended business support and consultancy. We like this higher level rapport and so do our clients. That is probably why our typical client has been with us for over 10 years, many from our very beginnings.
The firm is also registered to carry out audit work and regulated for a range of investment business activities by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
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Dr. Alexa Alborzi has been practicing as an orthodontist in the Bay area for over 20 years. She is especially good at working with kids and teens, and she really knows what she is doing.
Because she stays up to date with extensive additional training and practice, Dr. Alborzi can thoroughly review all of the factors that are important to your child's orthodontic treatment and help you to select the treatment plan that will work best for you and your child.
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If Early Orthodontic Treatment isn't needed, Dr. Alborzi generally puts on braces when most or all of the permanent teeth have come in. The permanent or adult teeth usually come in between the ages of 11 and 13, though it can be earlier or later. Leave it to teenagers to be unpredictable!
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As a Premier Provider, Dr. Alborzi is one of the few orthodontists in the area with extensive experience using Invisalign and she is an Invisalign Elite Provider. She has successfully treated many types of conditions with variable levels of severity.
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I have not made any particular pattern too many times - twice is the record, I think. (Well, I did do the Green Pepper fleece socks 3 times, in 3 different sizes.) However, I have made a simple 4-gore elastic waist skirt a couple of times, out of 2 different rayon prints. It is one of the Simplicity "It's so Easy" patterns (no longer on their website). And believe it or not, I almost always get compliments on them. One was done with a matching top (as a 2-piece dress). Anyway, it confirms my belief that the fabric makes the difference. A simple pattern in a nice fabric is as effective as a more complicated pattern!
------With a great wardrobe that's still in the flat-fabric stage.
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------�Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig.� -Robert Heinlein and Ann's father. Thanks for the reminder, Ann.
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The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'
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Great topic. Every time I read that someone made something like 5 things from one pattern I am in awe! Since I've not been sewing that long I dont have a pattern from which I've made that many pieces but as I am discovering my style and comfort level I do have a few favorites which I have also made more than 2-3 times. Burda 3216 (one seam pants) PhotoKwik sew 3115 (yoga pants) �- I've made this thrice in cotton/lycra and once in Malden Mills Power Dry and I love each pair. I recently tweaked this pattern to a no side seam so the construction is even faster!Butterick 6843 - I've tweaked this pattern to make many lounge pants for DH and my brothers in law.One pattern which I've made twice only so far but I can see myself making these many more times is Textile Studio Santa Monica Tee because it fits me well and is a very quick construction. If you see all the above patterns you'll see that they are my favorites for two main reasons : Quick and easy construction and Well fitting garment. As I am learning more and more I am realising the value of fitting one pattern and going from there.
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The growth rate for e-commerce in markets like Mexico, Brazil, India and China is expected to far outpace that of the United States over the next four years. The combination of a struggling U.S. economy and maturing e-commerce market is forcing retailers to look elsewhere for the type of growth experienced domestically over the last decade.
"E-commerce is still very strong here, but it's moderating and no longer [growing] in the 30-40 percent range," says Joanne Bethlahmy, director of Internet business solutions for Cisco. "The rest of the world is taking off with e-commerce -- growth rates are still in the 25-40 percent range. Everyone is looking at these growth rates and wanting to participate; the question becomes 'how?'"
There are two basic approaches. Some retailers have one universal site, enabling shoppers from around the world with automatic currency conversion and global shipping from domestic facilities. This works well enough for domestic-only retailers, but Bethlahmy believes it doesn't fully capitalize on the market potential.
The other approach, appropriate for retailers that already have bricks-and-mortar stores in foreign countries, is to open country-specific websites with e-commerce operations abroad. "You can imagine [that] you'd rather buy from an American website and not have the product shipped from Japan," Bethlahmy says. "You'd prefer to buy from someone local. It's not shipped as far and you're able to pay in a more comfortable manner."
The global payoff
Some 20 percent of online shoppers purchase most from stores that have bricks-and-mortar outlets, so retailers that operate in foreign countries without a local e-commerce solution are missing out. "Some countries are even more multi-channel than the United States," Bethlahmy says, citing Korea, with the highest penetration of online buyers in the world, followed closely by Japan.
The payoff can be significant, according to Cisco's new report, "The Global E-Commerce Gold Rush: How Retailers Can Find Riches Overseas." The study, which is the result of more than 30 interviews with top e-retailers and consultants, shows just how significant the results can be.
"About 70 percent of the growth is happening outside of the United States," Bethlahmy says. "If you add in travel, global e-commerce is going to reach about $1.4 trillion in another four years."
This global gold rush is not just about U.S. retailers expanding into burgeoning new territories. Foreign players are entering the United States, and are expanding beyond their own borders into some of these rapidly growing countries, as well.
Learn from those leading the way Based on lessons learned from e-commerce pioneers, Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group created a list of eight universal principles for any company considering expanding into e-commerce around the world:
Base expansion plans on the facts. If a retailer already has bricks-and-mortar stores abroad, prioritize countries in which stores already are doing well. "The level of existing popularity is almost always the best indicator of your potential online success," Bethlahmy says.
But that is not the only deciding factor. A country's ability to support e-commerce is dependent upon the rates of broadband service available directly to homes or phones, the sophistication of delivery systems and online payment options. "Those are the three things that really need to be in place to do e-commerce," Bethlahmy says. "Secondarily, retailers need to look at the relative ease or difficulty of localizing products and creating a good shopping experience online.
Place staff where it makes the most sense. Retailers should manage e-commerce functions at headquarters that benefit financially from economies of scale or tasks that require standardization, like branding, core technology, core navigation and global partnerships. "Those are all things that benefit by leveraging the full-on size of the retailer," Bethlahmy says.
Not everything can be handled at headquarters, however. "Retailers need to be prepared to staff up locally or use current local staff for those functions that require feet on the ground or country expertise to be successful," Bethlahmy says. This can include buying and marketing or making minor changes to the website so that the look, feel and language appeal to local customs. It also may include bank agreements and delivery. "Sometimes you're better off doing local delivery carrier agreements if you don't have scale in a particular country," she says.
Use local buyers to match your country's preferences. While a master product agreement may be struck at the corporate level, local buyers should have the freedom to choose items from that wholesaler that are available in a particular country. "People in different cultures prefer to buy different things," Bethlahmy says. "You need local buyers to understand that, to respond to competitive pricing and to offer local promotions that those customers are going to respond to."
Use local marketing resources. Similarly, a retailer needs to handle marketing locally since there can be cultural or regional differences in the response to marketing tactics. "While a 20-percent-off sale can work well in the United States, it can have negative connotations … elsewhere," Bethlahmy says. "People [in other countries] may respond better to free shipping or free taxes." Local experts should also be involved in increasing site traffic through search engine optimization and the crafting of local offers that correspond to regional holidays or themes.
Make sure that the core website platform allows for local variation. It's not feasible -- or advisable -- for staff in each country to develop its own technology, or to choose a vendor that appeals to their needs. While information technology largely should be handled at the corporate level, it must have the flexibility to allow staff in different countries to slightly alter the look and feel in a way that fits better with that country's tastes and language. "Look at Amazon's various websites," Bethlahmy says. "You know they're all Amazon, but the homepage [looks] slightly different to tap into what that country prefers."
Be prepared to meet local expectations for delivery options. Not all Internet shoppers have the same delivery expectations, and some foreign markets may expect more than American companies are accustomed to delivering. "Much of the rest of the developed world has a more sophisticated delivery infrastructure, so retailers have to meet those expectations for speed and delivery options," Bethlahmy says. In Japan, for instance, customers like to pick up and pay for packages at neighborhood convenience stores, so a retailer will need to develop relationships with those stores. Customers in Japan, urban Australia and Korea have grown to expect same- or one-day delivery at a reasonable cost. Australia and the U.K. expect to choose a one- or two-hour delivery window -- even in the evening. "To be successful, retailers are going to have to meet local expectations while managing their costs," Bethlahmy says.
The same goes for payment options. In many countries, credit cards are not the preferred payment option. As with delivery, retailers will need to understand the cultural expectations and be prepared to meet them. "To really unlock the revenue in any country, you have to allow people to pay in the ways they prefer," Bethlahmy says. In Japan, many customers prefer to pay cash on delivery for a package at the same convenience store at which they retrieve it; COD is also popular in Taiwan and Mexico. In Germany, customers prefer online bank transfers, while PayPal is heavily used in other Europe countries and Australia. Of course, credit and debit cards remain a dominant payment method in many countries -- just understand they aren't the only ones.
Despite all this talk of country-specific customization, a global IT architecture is critical. Companies that commence e-commerce in one country may quickly find themselves expanding into others. This means creating a global IT architecture that can accommodate global e-commerce capabilities, like regional website templates or foreign exchange. "Similarly, you want to plan your data center so that you're managing costs and making the most of cloud technologies," Bethlahmy says. "Think about where to place data centers to deliver excellent online response times." There's no doubt that expanding globally can be daunting, but the numbers show the potential and the struggling U.S. economy has proven the need for businesses to diversify. "The good news is that some pioneers have been doing this for a while already and they've learned some very useful lessons which can be applied by close followers," Bethlahmy says.
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A car being chased Saturday evening by state police through Syracuse crashed as it tried to make a turn at an intersection in the heart of the city's Hawley-Green neighborhood, state police said.
The two men in the car ran from troopers as soon as the car came to rest, but one man was taken into custody, Sgt. James Moynihan said. The name of the suspect was not disclosed by troopers.
The car went onto the sidewalk in front of Hairanoia, at 101 Green St., and crashed through a public telephone, a fire hydrant and several oak barrel planters before smashing head-on into an SUV parked at the side of Green Street.
Troopers were setting up an Operation Impact road block at the Colvin Street entrance to Interstate 81 just before 7 p.m. when the car, a Chevy Lumina, turned onto the entrance at a high speed, Moynihan said.
Troopers waved the car to slow it, and as troopers walked to the vehicle to give a verbal warning on speeding, the car drove off at high speed up onto I-81, Moynihan said.
Here's how Moynihan described the chase that ensued:
With troopers in pursuit, the car got off I-81 at the Adams Street exit and drove around the hospital area before turning onto Almond Street headed north.
The pursuit continued across Erie Boulevard and onto Catherine Street.
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We are the 98.5% (and the 16%)
Posted on December 19, 2013 by Joel Marcey
On November 4th, the HHVM team went on a 3-week performance and parity lockdown. The lockdown officially ended on November 22nd. Overall, this lockdown was a qualified success. Success was measured on 3 vectors:
- Did we meet our 99% average unit test pass percentage goal for the 21 open-source frameworks we tested against?
- Did we meet the 15% across the board performance improvement gains?
- Were the razors put away for the entirety of the three weeks?
Going into lockdown, the team knew that awesome performance alone would not suffice in making HHVM a viable PHP runtime to be used out in the wild. It actually had to run real, existing PHP code reliably. So we made that a first class work item (as it will continue to be into 2014). Our first step into improving PHP parity was to look at Github, see which PHP projects were being used by many people (via their "star" rating) and make sure their unit tests would run successfully on HHVM.
Parity Results
Let's just get to the numbers. After over 125 diffs, here are the results of the parity portion of our 3-week lockdown.
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As you probably can see by the graph and a glance at the delta column, we were successful in our efforts to improve unit test parity nearly across the board:
- The team doubled the number of open source projects with unit tests that pass at 100% on HHVM (from 4 to 8). And we have 4 more that are very close in the 99%+ range.
- We had > 10% gains in Assetic, Symfony, Yii and CodeIngiter (I am not counting the Pear gain here since we did not have a nice baseline number to begin with).
- And all 21 frameworks are above 90% in overall unit test pass percentage.
Many of the diffs and updates that enabled our unit test parity increase are part of the HHVM 2.3 package. Some key improvements that had significant impact on our unit test results were:
- Make array not an instanceof
- The beginning of real
However, I am sure you have also noticed a few curiosities…
- Why did PhpMyAdmin regress? We are not convinced this is a regression in the "we are failing more tests than before because of some code we broke" sense. This actually may have to do with our testing framework script not actually loading all of the tests properly initially. We fixed this mid-stream. That said, we are looking into the root cause of this regression, just in case we broke something.
- Why the 90 degree cliff drop-off around November 24th? We submitted a diff that we thought was going to push a framework to 100%, but instead segfaulted the runtime. It was fixed soon thereafter.
Testing Framework
The 21 open source projects that were used as our initial baseline to increase our unit test parity were, as stated above, chosen on popularity. However, they were also chosen based on their use of PHPUnit and on how well they would work with our testing framework. Given the sheer number of unit tests that come with some of these projects (e.g., Symfony and ZF2 each have over 10K tests), we needed to come up with a testing framework that would allow us to run the tests for all of the projects in a speedy manner. So the team developed a script that would download, install and run the unit tests for all of the 21 open source projects in parallel. The script is still a work in progress, but it allowed us to run all 50K+ unit tests in 30 minutes to 1 hour (depending if the JIT is on) vs the many hours it would take to the unit tests serially. That script is located in the HHVM Github repository.
You may also notice that *your* favorite open source project is not currently in the list above. There are a couple of reasons for that. First, we couldn't cover all open source projects in a 3-week span. Secondly, while open source projects like CakePHP are very important, and we will add them to our testing framework, there were some setup and configuration problems (e.g., requiring of a database) that wouldn't allow us to add them in a short manner.
Finally, as discussed in our pre-lockdown blog post, the HHVM team created a bunch of "stickies" to help guide our work. The stickies were placed on a "number of failing tests associated with this sticky task" vs. "number of days to implement". So, we generally worked from top left to bottom right to get the most bang for our buck.
Assumptions and Caveats
It is worth pointing out some of the assumptions and caveats that went into to coming up with the statistics above.
- The final, overall unit test pass percentage (98.5%) is a straight, unweighted average of the individual open source project unit test pass percentages (i.e., add all of the percentages and divide by 21). So, a project like Paris which has 50 unit tests carries the same percentage weight as Symfony which has 10K unit tests. If we weighted these percentages (where Symfony and Zf2 carried more weight than Paris and Idiorm), the overall pass percentage would see a minimal drop (minimal because of the small variance in pass percentages for all of the open source projects).
- There are some unit tests that fail in HHVM, but also fail with PHP 5.5.x. We called these tests "clowny" and disregarded them in our testing framework.
- There are some unit tests that actually caused problems with our testing framework script (deadlocks, etc.). We "blacklisted" these tests and counted them as failures in terms of our pass percentage.
Submitted Project Pull Requests
There were times when code changes were necessary to the actual open source project in order to successfully run all of its unit tests. For example, a change may have been necessary in order to support our parallel testing framework. In other cases, there were actual bugs in the unit tests. A real pleasant surprise during our lockdown was how awesome the project owners/maintainers were in reviewing and, in most cases, accepting our pull requests.
Some pull request examples:
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Travis Integration
The announcement of HHVM 2.3 talked a bit about Travis CI Integration. Now that we are starting to consistently pass unit tests for open source projects, some have added HHVM to their Travis CI build (awesome!). Here are some open source frameworks that have added us to their CI build:
Thanks to the above for adding us so quickly. And we have many pull requests outstanding for other open source frameworks to do the same.
The performance team blew through their lockdown performance goal of 15% and ended up at 16% for running facebook.com.
This can only mean good things for other PHP code out in the wild. The performance gains came from lots of small improvements, and a few big ones. Some of the biggest wins were:
- Generating code for unusual function call patterns. HHVM already generates good code for ordinary function and method calls, so some less-common patterns had started to show up in our performance profile data. The two biggest ones were
static::method calls, which were both handled by the interpreter. Now we generate optimized machine code for each of those call types.
- Optimizing the layout of the HHVM binary. HHVM is a big program: the compiled C++ code of HHVM clocks in at just under 100 MB. The CPU's caches work better when the hot code footprint is small, instead of spread out across the address space, so we put the hottest functions together in one part of the binary. For an extra boost to I-TLB performance, we then mapped that part using huge pages.
- Using the interpreter to detect hot functions. HHVM interprets the first several requests to avoid wasting time and space compiling startup code. We added logic to the interpreter to find the hottest functions and compile them to a special part of the translation cache. Like the last optimization, this one improves code locality, this time for the dynamically generated code.
- Upgrading our regular expression library. Newer versions of PCRE include a JIT compiler for regular expressions, which gives HHVM a nice performance boost.
I am sure you are thinking to yourself, "all these gains and statistics are nice and everything, but what about the beards?!?" Right, you then remember that in our beginning the lockdown post that "shaving was discouraged". I am happy to report that we also succeeded in maintaining a state of minimal facial hygiene throughout the lockdown. And here are the pictures to prove it.
Did we meet our goals?
Remember the three success vectors that were posed at the beginning of this blog post?
- Did we meet our parity improvement goals for the 21 open-source frameworks we tested against => 99% average unit test parity?
- Did we meet performance improvement goals => 15% across the board performance gain?
- Were the razors put away for the entirety of the three weeks?
Here are your answers:
- Close YES! (using rounding to our advantage)
- Resounding YES! (no rounding needed)
- YES! Some of us are grayer than others.
The Future (2014)
Performance improvements will always be a core mantra for the HHVM team. That said, parity will be 1A on the priority scale for the team. We really do care about open source and the PHP community. 2014 will be a year where we go to great lengths to make HHVM first-class when it comes to both performance and parity. More unit tests passing for more open source projects and frameworks. Real world testing for PHP code out in the wild. Stay tuned for further updates on our progress and plans. Until then, Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!
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Consumers provided extremely positive feedback from their experiences in the first year of "Tee it Forward," the national initiative supported by the PGA of America and the United States Golf Association.
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