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Harley-Davidson has a longstanding brand connection with pets,
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Harley accompanied by her Boston bulldog, Trouble, in the sidecar
sporting a special custom sweater.
"To us, dog is family, and Harley-Davidson is a family-oriented
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The NFL was a little more colorful this past weekend, as hundreds of
players wore logoed customized cleats to raise awareness and money for
Players this season have been expressing their personality and
fashion tastes with colorful custom cleats – shoes that would also
violate the NFL dress code and draw a fine. For Week 13 of the football
season, the NFL called a détente on the shoe wars and concocted "My
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social causes. More than a third of the league – over 500 players –
donned cleats with custom designs representing a charity or cause of
their choice.
"While there has always been interest and adoption at the youth level
in sports, customized footwear has now taken the main stage in many
verticals such as sports with the NFL's Week 13 efforts or fashion with
UGG stores offering the opportunity on their famous boots," Josh
Ellsworth, general manager of Stahls'(asi/88984) CAD-CUT Direct
division, tells Counselor. Ellsworth noted the increasing demand for
personalization and advances in a number of decoration techniques,
including heat printing, direct-to-garment, UV printing and embroidery.
"They are helping to drive quality products and, therefore, profitable
new sales opportunities for businesses."
Traditionally, NFL players must wear shoes without brand names and
logos (beyond that of the shoe manufacturer) – it's a fine of $6,076 for
first-time infractions and $12,154 for subsequent ones. But the cleats
sported by players last week featured all sorts of colorful logos,
graphics and designs to raise awareness about issues such as domestic
abuse, animal cruelty and rare diseases. NFL Auction has also allowed
bidding on the shoes with 100% of the proceeds benefiting respective
Ellsworth says customized footwear meshes well with the promotional
product industry because it centers on memorability. "Custom branded
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who your customer is and what size they want."
Here's a look at several of the cleat designs that were worn by the players.
On Wednesday, streaming giant Netflix transformed over 200 coffee
shops across the country into the iconic Luke's Diner, the fictional
eatery made famous in the 2000s-era hit Gilmore Girls. Baristas
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Patterson – completed the illusion.
Fans of the show lined up bright and early to nab a free cup of joe,
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I realize this is a much bigger type of question.
First, specifically, what do we know about the neptune pluto cycles thru the eyes of EA?
I've been always fascinated that the conjunctions of these two move about 5 degrees forward each 500 years(about).
So, in the recent past we see:
-83(or 83 b.c.) first of series of neptune pluto conjunctions @ 17 degrees taurus
411/412 conjunctions @ 23 degrees taurus
905 conjunction @ 28 taurus 29
1398/1399 FIRST conjunction in gemini @ 3 degrees
1891/1892 Second gemini conjunction @ 8 degrees.
So, we can see that we, relatively recent, had ended a 3000 year era of the neptune pluto conjunctions in taurus and at about the turn of the century we move into the neptune pluto conjunctions in gemini.
I've always noticed how interesting that Johannes Guttenburg was born right around the first gemini conjunction-the invention of moveable type and the printing press certainly transformed society-and the following ages of discovery, age of reason, the inquisition, and the increase of duality especially in christianity seems to coincide with this shift, among so many other shifts.
Following the second conjunction in gemini, we witness the generation that brought us radio, automobile, television, airplanes, and the atomic bomb, the discovery of pluto and much more.
Now we say we are in the information age, but has this just begun??
And in light of these neptune pluto cycles, I've strongly felt the masses are using the "age of Aquarius" to give meaning to cycles that are beyond their current knowledge base-a misplaced meaning.
And so, I'd love to hear all your thoughts on this and the larger shaping forces of the collective reality.
And also,.....
my other burning question is...if we take this neptune pluto cycle back far enough we see it would have started in taurus @ 1600 b.c. This would mean that the neptune pluto cycle would have had it's 6 conjunctions in aries from 4600 b.c. to 1600 b.c. (approx.) And so, we see that at some point we had the neptune pluto conjunctions align with the procession of the equinox in later aries, prior to the procession of the equinox arrival at 0 aries, when it aligned with the tropical western zodiac and popped into the consciousness of the students at that time.
So, the question is: What does this mean? That the neptune pluto conjunctions aligned with the rising degree of our vernal equinox? And in late Aries?
I, personally, was considering this symbolic support for a real patriarchal society to become fully dominant.
What do we know about this? I searched the board and archives and couldn't find this already.
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That was "at the turn of the 15th century", relatively recent
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These cycles always herald, as you have pointed out, major Evolutionary Gates that metamorphose the existing nature of reality. Always. Why not do a giant research study on this ? It could become that basis of incredible information and knowledge for people that you could write about in published form.
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What a great idea, thanks Rad for the support and encouragement.
Yes, I'll have to continue with further research.
What first brought this to me was during a quarter of a class entitled "christian roots" and one of the faculty was an herbalist, so we studied 'medieval herbals'. One of the first things taught was that up to the 15th century in these medieval herbals there was a focus on the roots of plants and a recopying of older texts, years after years.
At this turning point(15th century), suddenly we see the start of a shift in new discovery about plants, new sketches, and a shift in focus to the flower(from the root).
Anyway, that was what got the marble rolling around upstairs, coincided with checking out Michelsen's "Tables fo Planetary Phenomena"
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You might be interested in the work of Palden Jenkins, who has a huge web site:
Among other things, he's a practicing astrologer, and he wrote extensively on these major outer planet cycles, Neptune/Pluto AND others, and you could certainly do your own research on these and update where he left off, and, as Rad pointed out, relate them to Evolutionary Gates.
The section called "Historical Ephemeris from 600BC to 2200 AD" will give you hours... days.. of "entertainment" and information:
Here's his brief description: "Astrological tables and historical timelines demonstrating the relationship
between world historical trends/events and planetary movements for the use of historians and astrologers
researched and compiled by Palden Jenkins"
And this: "Contrary to current historical ideology there indeed are identifiable cycles of change in history.There is a surprisingly clear relationship between slower planetary movements and historical events and trends.The deeper causative thoughts and beliefs of humanity often take time to manifest as events, yet their beginning-points are identifiable astrologically. Human free-will does affect the manner by which historical events and trends manifest and a study of astro-history shows the many ways this works.The events and changes of today, around Year 2000, actually have their roots in the 1890s.These are some of the many conclusions you're likely to come to after studying these tables."
I hope you enjoy his site as much as I have!
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Hiya Adina!
And welcome back. What a great resource you have provided with the work of Mr. Jenkins.
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Wow! Thanks Adina, this is really helpful.
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It probably if from the plant the chilli was grown from.
You know, it does look like a pepper leaf.
Sure does; I have some Oregano plants here that look very similar, veins are slightly different though. Your specimen is a little difficult to read because one needs to try an imagine it in a lighter," back to fresh" state and the pic is a bit under lit.
I grew a bunch of these a few years ago. They are real pretty, and they taste good too! I guess I'll have to grow some more now that spring is here. http://www.google.com/search?q=numex+twilight&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=RVeQUdKxCvTH4AP4yoC4Bg&ved=0CCwQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=616
I bet they are hotter than a fur coat in Marfa.
You have oregano plants with 2.5" pointy leaves? Are you sure they are oregano? My oregano leaves are 0.75" at most, and much more round in shape.
Craig,It it possible that what you have is a bay leaf? A bay leaf will usually have a rib in the middle that runs across the leaf to the tip. It is more visible from the underside of the leaf. Bay leaves can come in different sizes although their shapes will generally be the same.Peter
Craig,I am not sure what kind of leaf you found in the Calabrian chilies, but the leaf looks something like the leaves on my Serrano Del Sol pepper plants.Norma
That's funny...they used a picture of jalapeno peppers on your Serrano tag.
Bob,I am not a pepper expert, but think Serrano peppers do look like the photo that is on the tag. The Serrano peppers I grew before are just thinner and hotter than Jalapeno peppers. Norma
I've only had thinner one's that are called "Sport" peppers in Chicago and they come on an Italian beef sandwich. They are pickled in a jar and can be pretty hot...love 'em!
Sport peppers may be the same species as serrano (as are jalapenos, bell peppers, and dozens of others), but I'm pretty sure they are a different variety. What makes you think they are the same?
Also; on the La Preferida brand label, I believe their ingredient list shows "Serrano peppers".


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Dear Carmine, welcome to the forum. Beautiful pizzas! I also enjoyed your youtube video. What you've done with the electric oven is very impressive. Have a great day!Regards,Omid
Thanks so much for posting your workflow and recipe. You are producing beautiful pizzas with your little oven.What is your controlled room temperture?John
Great looking pies.Here's a link on our administrator's experience with this oven in 2004.http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php?topic=263.0
It's the hard part, You'll need a 220v one for the bottom, the two round on top are 110v connected in serial. try the service center at Obh Nordica or in Holland ask Italia4you
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Salt CAN kill yeast if you really push it. If you are new to pizza making I would not use ice water, try and match the temperature of the water and yeast and the salt towards the end of the mixing process. That's just my opinion.
Yeah, youre right, but in over 10 years of pizzamaking on a commercial level, it never has....we've even TRIED and the yeast was ok.....don't have an answer. We use ice simply to allow the dough to ferment for three days without getting overblown....but, he's right...most posters on here try to set the final dough at...what...80*?But, in all the NH places I've worked its ALWAYS with ice water....more in the summer, less in the winter...and again this is for NH style dough only.......don't know about the others. I know that Neo dough is made and used the same day, no??


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If I'm ranking fine dining experiences, "perfectly prepared sushi" falls just a tiny hair below "perfectly prepared dry aged steaks." And it might even be a tiny hair higher, given that I can grill steak at home but I can't make sushi at home.
Of course, government bureaucrats in New York City want to ruin this for everyone, because government bureaucrats can't stand it when they don't have absolute control over everything. Scott Rosenberg, the owner of one of the finest sushi restaurants in Manhattan, has had enough:
I opened Sushi Yasuda so that I could eat delicious sushi whenever I wanted. But now the cuisine I love is in danger: A well-intended but totally nutty provision in the New York City health code bars food workers from using bare hands when preparing raw food. […]
But all sushi chefs — if they are any good — use bare hands. When a health inspector pops in, the chefs slip on a pair of gloves, to the dismay of the poor customers who suddenly have to eat a meal made with latex gloves (at least until the inspector leaves).
As Rosenberg notes, preparing sushi is a skill—they're not frying up hamburger patties, they're preparing raw fish—and forcing chefs to wear gloves greatly reduces their ability to use that skill. They can't feel the oils, they can't sense the knife strokes. Besides, the process by which sushi chefs make their food aids in the effort to fight contamination (I had no idea vinegar water served so many purposes!). These are all commonsense reasons why it's idiotic to require sushi chefs to wear gloves.
The bureaucrat, like Hippocleides, doesn't care. The bureaucrat has a fiefdom to maintain:
Last week, New York City's Department of Health closed the popular, acclaimed East Village restaurant Sushi Dojo. The reasons, according to the official report and a statement provided by the DOH, were "a combination of bare hand contact and food out of temperature." The following day, the restaurant's Gansevoort Market offshoot, Sushi Dojo Express, was also closed. Somewhat surprisingly, in a statement provided to Eater, Dojo chef David Bouhadana — whose third restaurant, Dojo Izakaya, is still open — wrote that he was closed because of "BS rule, a rule I don't stand by. Sushi is being ruined [by] gloves, freezing fish and more issues."
I never used to be a "damn all the bureaucrats" sort of guy. But man. Between the effort to shut down Uber and the fight to keep tasty sushi out of your mouth (to say nothing of the efforts to require hundreds of hours of training in order to allow people to braid hair), I'm slowly being radicalized.


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strain extra water out of whatever you are using.
All, The good news is that I'm finally getting the hang of a good crust Malnati-type. The bad news is my sauce. I've basically been using a mixture of crushed tomatos, diced tomatoes, garlic, basil, and kosher salt (uncooked).The problem with this on my cheese pizza: The cheese bubbles up through the sauce layer in places, ruining my whole "sauce on top" thing. I'm guessing that I need more sauce in my sauce layer. But I also need something thicker and harder for cheese to bubble up and penetrate. Should I be mixing some tomato paste in for thickening?Anybody have a recipe for a Gino's East type sauce?Thanks for helping out a nube!


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This year is the 30th anniversary of the release in Japan of internationally loved ice cream brand, Häagen-Dazs.
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Have Your Students Filled a Bucket Today?
- Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8
While I work hard to ensure that I am providing my students with the best academic instruction on a daily basis, I also take time to teach the students in my classroom to be good citizens who care for and respect each other.
While I work hard to ensure that I am providing my students with the best academic instruction on a daily basis, I also take time to teach the students in my classroom to be good citizens who care for and respect each other. While the teaching of these "life skills" should certainly not fall solely on the shoulders of us teachers, I do believe it is important to help build good character in our students. Teachers can help students value themselves and each other when we encourage them to be helpful, compassionate, unselfish classmates. In my classroom, my teaching partner and I call these positive students "bucket fillers." As the Bucket Fillers Web site explains, "'Bucket fillers' are those who help without being asked, give hugs and compliments, and generally spread their love and good feelings to others." Bucket filling is a common act in our classroom and one that does not go unrecognized!
READ ON to learn how we teach and encourage bucket filling in our classroom, see PHOTOS of our bucket-filler chart, and download a PRINTABLE that you can use to promote bucket filling in your own classroom.
Background on the Bucket-Filler Concept
First of all, let me point out that this concept is not something I came up with! According to the site, "Carol McCloud first heard the idea that a 'bucket' represented a person's self-concept, or mental and emotional health, at an early childhood conference in the 1990s. It was in the 1960s that Dr. Donald O. Clifton (1924–2003), first created the 'Dipper and Bucket' story that has now been passed along for decades. Dr. Clifton later went on to co-author the #1 New York Times bestseller How Full Is Your Bucket? and be named the Father of Strengths Psychology." You can learn more about the bucket-filling concept and even order the children's book Have You Filled a Bucket Today? by visiting the Bucket Fillers Web site.
Introducing Bucket Filling to Your Students
At the beginning of the school year, many teachers take time to create class rules with the help of the students. It is during this time that we read the book Have You Filled a Bucket Today? The short book explains to students that we all carry an invisible bucket in which we keep our feelings about ourselves. When our buckets are full, we are happy; when they are empty, we are sad. It is important that students learn that when they fill a friend's bucket, they also fill their own bucket because it feels good to make others happy. At this time, we also introduce the concept of being a bucket dipper. A bucket dipper is a person who hurts other people's feelings, essentially dipping into their invisible bucket. Since bullying is a common problem in schools, the concept of bucket dippers is often referred to as bullying. (Visit the Web site above to learn more if this concept sounds confusing.)
After we read the book and discuss the idea of filling buckets, we brainstorm a list of ways we can fill each other's buckets both in our classroom and around our school. After making the list on chart paper, we type up the students' ideas and create a poster that is hung above our bucket-filling display. (You can see a photo of the bucket-filling display in the next section.)
Invite Students to Be Bucket Fillers in Your Classroom
I have to thank my teaching partner for bringing this great idea to our classroom! To promote the act of bucket filling in our class, each student is given his or her own real bucket. The buckets are kept in a hanging shoe rack that we cut in half and attach to a cupboard in the back of our classroom. Small, multi-colored pom-poms are stored in the top pockets of the shoe rack. When a student fills a classmate's invisible bucket, both the bucket filler and the person whose bucket was filled get to add a pom-pom to their buckets. (Remember, when a student fills a classmate's bucket, he or she is also filling his or her own invisible bucket because it feels good to make others happy.)
This activity is an honor system, so students do not need to report to the teacher every time they fill a bucket. The two students simply visit the bucket-filling shoe rack and add their pom-poms at an appropriate time during the school day. If we do have some extra time in the day, I will ask students to share their bucket-filling stories with their classmates as a way of building community in our classroom.
Should the Teacher Remove Pom-Poms When Students Are Being Bucket Dippers?
This decision is certainly up to the teacher. However, my teaching partner and I prefer to make this activity a purely positive one. While students may face other consequences when they act as bucket dippers, we do not remove pom-poms from their buckets. Our goal is to promote bucket filling and not use this activity as a way to punish students for their behavior.
What Happens When a Student Fills Up His or Her Bucket?
When a student fills his or her bucket, the pom-poms are removed and a sticker is added to the bucket to show that it has been filled up one time. By the end of the year, students often have many stickers on their buckets. However, there is no reward for filling up a bucket, and no student is the "winner" for filling his or her bucket the most times. The activity is designed to intrinsically motivate students: it's not a contest or a competition in which students earn an extrinsic reward.
Holding Students Accountable
You may find that you need to hold students accountable for their bucket-filling acts to make the activity most beneficial to you and your students. If you find that your students are just adding pom-poms throughout the day without a real purpose (not being sincere about their bucket filling), you may want to implement a system in which your students must write down their bucket-filling act so that you can read it before they are able to add a pom-pom to their bucket.
We did this for a period of time last year, and it worked well. See the photos below to learn how we used bucket-filler cards to hold our students accountable for their good deeds.
Next to the bucket-filler display in our classroom, we store bucket-filler cards printed on multi-colored paper. When students feel like they have filled someone's bucket, they put their name on the card and describe their bucket-filling act. Download the Bucket-Filling Form in MS Word or as a PDF.
The students can place their bucket-filler cards in the container above throughout the school day. My teaching partner or I quickly read the cards after the students leave for the day and return them to the students the next morning. When the students see their bucket-filler card returned to them on their desk the following morning, they can then add a pom-pom to their bucket. This is nice because it requires students to reflect on their actions, and we can compliment them on their specific acts of kindness.
Culminating Bucket-Filler Activity for the End of the School Year
At the end of the year, the pom-poms are removed from all of the students' buckets. The students then write compliments or positive messages to each of their classmates. The messages are written on small strips of paper that can fit into the buckets. Students add their personal messages to their classmates' buckets, and the students get to take their bucket full of positive messages home to read. It is a wonderful way to end the school year, as students love to hear the great things their classmates have to say about them! My teaching partner and I also type up personal messages for each student on address labels and stick them to the outside of the bucket.
Try It Out!
While this may seem "babyish" to some upper elementary teachers, I think you will be surprised how the activity truly helps students build stronger bonds with their classmates at any grade level. An atmosphere of respect and care for each other is quickly established and maintained throughout the school year. However, I strongly suggest reading the book Have You Filled a Bucket Today? before implementing this activity in your classroom. Everything will make much more sense once you completely understand the concept.
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I am excited to try this out in my classroom. I was wondering what size are you buckets and where to get them? Thanks for the great idea!
I love your bucket filling idea. I am a fifth grade teacher and I would love to try this. I was wondering if you could email me ways to fill your bucket and have you filled your bucket today posters?
Thanks again for the great idea.
I love bucket filling and use it at home and school. It works great with all ages. Check out "A to Z Character Education for the Classroom. " It is an activity book that goes great with the concept. :)
Any ideas as to how to implement this program in a high school classroom? I think these lessons can go a long way to promoting kindness and community, but I am concerned about infantilizing high school students with the "younger child" nature of this concept.
I've seen this done in a fifth grade regular ed classroom. They Love it. Every week it's an assigned student's job to ensure everyone has a bucket filler in their mailbox!
Bucket filling in a classroom environment can have a serious negative impact on young children. While the description of the method discusses how great kids feel when their bucket is full, the impact having an empty bucket can have on a child is serious. Young children do not always recognize that their kind acts are worthy of a pompom for their bucket. While teacher can help small children become aware of their kindness, this is very difficult to do with class sizes that are large. It is heartbreaking to hear a sensitive, caring and respectful child ask, "Why don't. I have any pompoms in my bucket?" Self esteem is very fragile in our young children and while bucket filling has a positive effect on many the serious. potential negative effects are often overlooked because the negative effects are on shy introverted quiet children who don't cause problems in the classroom.
I think if children are filling their own bucket rather than someone else's it avoids the negative consequences of an empty bucket, as children are in control of their own behaviour. The idea (if done correctly) is that their own 'invisible' bucket is filled when they do a good deed for someone and thus, are consiously learning the affect their behaviour can have on others.
It should not be a record of the nice things people have done for you, but of the nice things you have done for people.
I teach high school. Nonth grade. And i think I will use a form of this in my classes! I have more than 80 students, so the shoe racks would be too much, but I think I can use envelopes and cards that they fill out. I am always trying to promote positive thinking and community in my classroom. I think this idea would really work! Thank you!!
I have done bucket filling in the past. I saw your photos and wondered what you do when the buckets get full, so I actually READ THROUGH your blog. Hard to do when there is so much to look at. I really like the idea of adding a sticker to their bucket. I like that this is a student managed behavior. Thanks for sharing!
Hello there. I'm a second grade teacher ready to begin the school year this coming week. I've been searching the web and pinterest to find out what "bucket fillers" are. I've read about it and I totally want to implement this into my classroom. I understand how it works but my concern is that the concept may die out after the first few weeks of filling buckets. How do you motivate students to continue writing these notes all year long? Do once they put something in someone's bucket , do they get something ... like a marker or such (saw a pic on a website that looked like little markers) in theirs?
Please help me understand this better. Thanks.
Happy school year!
Could you give me some ideas on how to bring this to my sons school? Last year my son was bullied alot and i think this is a great idea as i have talked to many parents that they have faced the same problems with bulling going on here in our town.
Why don't you try going to your Parent Group? I am a PTA President and will be implementing this program at my son's school this year. Bring them lots of info on Bucketfillers, even volunteer to help out with it. You never know! If they are not receptive to the idea then try your Principal or school Social Worker. Again, volunteer to help. Maybe you can be the one that goes into each classroom and reads the book???
Good Luck!!
My daughter will be teaching one of the lower grades this year. She hasn't been told which one yet. My question is, can you use this concept as a group instead of a single child? The theme for the year is monkeys. We were thinking of putting a cloth banana tree in the corner of the room with stuffed fabric bananas connected to a stem with velcro. When a child performs a bucket filling act, he can remove a banana from the bunch and place it in a community bucket. When the bucket is full the children will have earned a specific reward. We are new to this idea and are researching ideas, but so far have only seen individual buckets. We are hoping someone will enlighten us on how this might work for a group.
For those wanting to purchase small buckets, Target it has them right now in their "dollar" section.
Where did you purchase the metal buckets and the shoe rack for the "Have you filled a bucket today?"
You can also typically find them at a Family Dollar store, especially the buckets in the summer season.
I googled "over the door shoe organizer clear", and many places were found where they can be purchased. You could cut the shoe organizer in half so that all students could reach it.
I am currently working with a class of 10 Preschoolers between the ages of 2 and 3. They need a lot of help with positive reinforcement and filling their personal bucket. What is the approach you would take with this age group? Thank you!
I use this with my Kindergarten class and it is a great concept that they can actually understand! I also get great feedback from my parents.
I think that is a good idea I will for sure use it in my classroom I love this website and probably use some other ideas on here also thanks for telling me about the bucket filling.
Okay I am hooked...the bucket filling idea sounds great ....and I wish I had had it for my 6th grade classroom this year...as we had a tough group of students. I will definitely set this up at the beginning of the school year.
Beth, I am wondering if you have read the book the Daily 5 and how you feel about it?
Again, I love your blog and will be on it constantly as I set up my new fourth grade classroom this summer. Thanks so much for being a true educator.
Bucket-filling is completely separate from my classroom economy/behavior management system. (My classroom economy serves 2 purposes: economic instruction and a behavior management system.) Bucket-filling does not include any extrinsic rewards because I want students to be instrisically motivated to fill each other's buckets on a daily basis.
Thanks for your comments!
Congrats on your recent additon to the family! I'm so glad you have enjoyed reading my blog this year! I wish you luck on finding a balance between your 2 passions: motherhood and teaching. It certainly isn't easy! Enjoy the rest of your maternity leave. I hope your are enjoying your special time with your little one!
Beth, I am currently on a mat leave and between changing diapers, feedings and nap time, I have religiously been on your website soaking in all your wonderful ideas. I have currently been organizing and levelling all my books and my hopes for september when I return to work is to implement a reading workshop as well as some other ideas of yours..I just want to say THANKS, THANKS, THanks for being such an inspiration... I also enjoyed reading your blog about balancing motherhood and teaching, it is quite the challenge but as you mentioned being both a mom and teacher are 2 of my passions. Thanks again for all your help and efforts!! Anny
Beth, Thank you so much for the hardwork and obvious dedication you show for the teaching profession. I read your blog all the time and every time I am blown away by your creativy in the classroom! Thank you!
I was wondering how you incorporate your behavior management plan into the classroom. Do students earn "Captain Cash" as an extrinsic reward or are students intrinsically driven with the "bucket filling"? Or is it a combination? Thank you again for everything you do!
Thanks for your thoughtful and informative comments! I look forward to reading the book this summer!
We have been a bucket-filling school now for years. We had the great bucket-filling assembly a few years ago and continue to have the bucket-filler staff return to our school each year to work with certain grade levels. I'm sure that I will love your new book, and I will certainly recommend it to the other teachers at my school!
Hi Beth!
Please let me know how you like the book! The stories are all very positive in their messages, and each bucketfilling character is someone I would like any of my five children to emulate. REAL people, not fictional characters, can be awesome role models if our children just know about them! Would love your feedback after reading True Bucketfilling Stories: Legacies of Love. By the way, Carol McCloud started out in the bucketfilling business by answering an ad in the newspaper placed by my father, Merrill Lundgren "The Bucket Man", the first person in the country to take this message to children. He is still teaching, too, at age 91! His picture and foreword are in the first printing of Carol's book! I worked with Carol for six months before she left and started her own company. She was a pleasure to work with, if only for a short time.
Beth, I am returning to the classroom in September after six years of literacy coaching. I have been a follower of your class webpage and blog for probably four years now and you inspire me DAILY.
It's so funny to read the comment about requests because that is exactly what I was posting to ask you! I was wondering how you manage discipline in your classroom. Is it partially through your classroom economy?
If you could post on the topic of discipline/classroom management for today's children, I would be forever grateful as I trust and respect your wisdom immensely!
Thanks so much for joining our discussion!! It's exciting to see your comment! I just purchased the book you recommended and look forward to using it with my third graders.
Thanks again, Beth
Marianne and Suzan,
While I do not have experience doing this with younger students, I really do think it would work. Of course you would have to do a lot of modeling to show your students what it means to "fill a bucket." Perhaps you (the teacher) could spend the first month of school recognizing students who you see filling other students' buckets before having the kids actually fill real buckets in your classroom. Also, the book "Have You Filled a Today?" is written in way that would make sense even to your young students.
Good Luck!
Hi Everyone! It's wonderful to read your exciting posts about bucketfilling. Have you seen the new book about bucketfilling for older students, 3rd grade and older? It is called True Bucketfilling Stoires: Legacies of Love. It has all 5-star ratings on Amazon and children and adults of all ages love it! Read it, and give me your feedback. Thanks!
Like Marianne, I'm curious: could you do the bucket idea with younger kids? I am teaching kindergarten next year and want to instill the desire to be nice to others without using physical rewards like treats or toys. Is the concept age-appropriate?
Thank you!
The bucket filling idea sounds great! Has anyone done this with PreK, 4 and 5 year olds?
Here is a link to Mrs. Walker's 4th Grade website with lots of great ideas for bucket-filling. Check it out! http://www.steveandcat.net/mrswalker/bucket_fillers.htm
I'm glad you like the idea! Be sure to get the book over the summer so that you can read it to your class in the fall:)
I love this idea! I think I will try it next year. Thanks
I actually like your idea of "blog requests!" Perhaps I will begin adding that to the end of future posts. I prefer to blog about what readers want to know, and I am always trying to decide what my readers want to learn more about!
I am planning to do a post on Math Workshop next month. I will add a "Math on the Water" section to that post so you can learn exactly what it is and how I use it.
Thanks for your suggestion!
Beth, I recently found your website and blog. Thank you so much for sharing your classroom and ideas! I was wondering if you take blog topic requests? I was intrigued by your "Math on the Water" bulletin board and wondered what your routine for math review looked like? Thanks again for sharing your teaching life, I've gotten many good ideas from you.
I'm glad you have found my website to be useful upon your return to teaching! I hope things are going well for you back in the classroom!
You asked about the Word Study Center activities and the word study program we use in our classroom. Last year my teaching partner and I created our own lists for each week of the school year. Each week a challenge list and a regular list is sent home based in students' performance on a pre-test. Students also have individualized words to study based on spelling inventories given at the beginning of the year. On the final test, students are given ten additional words that they were not able to study so that we were able to determine if they have mastered the application of the pattern taught for the week.
After implementing the program for one year, my teaching partner and I have been spending time reviewing each list and making some changes each week. Since the program continues to be a work in progress, we are not posting the lists online until I feel that they are "perfect." The books/programs we use to help us create the lists and determine our sequential teaching of specific patterns for our third graders are Words their Way by Donald R. Bear and Word Study Lessons (Grade 3) by Fountas and Pinnell Words their Way: http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_bear_words_3/ Word Study Lesssons: http://www.heinemann.com/products/002132.aspx
Many of our ideas for word study center activities come from common board games and card games. I just use tables in Microsoft Word to create cards for the games, and I use clipart from MS Word or Printshop to create the board games.
Some of our word study center activities also come from teacher resource books. Here is a link to the Scholastic Teacher Store: http://shop.scholastic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StoreCatalogDisplay?storeId=10001&catalogId=10002&langId=-1
If you search using the terms "centers" or literacy centers," you will find a variety of useful center materials!
I hope these resources help you out!
What a treasure chest your blog is! I taught for 13 years before taking 5 years off to be at home with my daughter, and I returned to the classroom in January. After years of teaching 4th and 5th grade, I have found 3rd to be a nice change, and I love seeing how you run your classroom.
I'm curious about the Word Study games and activities you mention on your class website. Are these commercial products or games you have created? As I start planning for next year, I would love to create a spelling program like the one you describe. Any resources you can recommend would be welcome. Thanks so much!
Lori L. (comment #4) mentioned a book called "How Full is Your Bucket? For Kids" I just checked it out, so I am adding the link to the book for anyone else who is also interested: http://www.amazon.com/How-Full-Your-Bucket-Kids/dp/1595620273
Thanks Lori!
Congrats on your new job teaching 3rd grade! I absolutely love 3rd grade, as I have been teaching it for the past 7 years. The kids are old enough to really do some great thinking and writing, but they are also still young enough to get excited about nearly everything we do! I taught 5th grade and 2nd grade in the past, and 3rd grade is definitely my favorite! Good luck with your new position! I'm glad that you have enjoyed reading my blog!
Thanks for posting your comments!
Just wanted to thank you. I've been reading your blog and just soaking in everything you do for the past two years. This year I taught kindergarten--my first year--and on Friday I found out I got the job I wanted teaching 3rd grade at another school! I am SOOO excited about 3rd grade. I have done writing workshop in my kindergarten classroom and the kids have done great, but I look forward to how much more 3rd graders can do and completely implementing the elements and structure of a full reading/writing workshop in my classroom. Thanks for being such a great mentor teacher for so many of us!
After I read the students' bucket-filler sheets, I return them to the students and they take them home. I like sending them home so that parents are also aware of the bucket-filling that is taking place in our classroom.
It's great to hear from other teachers who are doing bucket-filling in their classrooms. I'm glad my ideas will help you add to your own bucket-filling activities in your classroom. I'd love to hear about any different ideas you implement in your own classroom to promote bucket filling!
The fifth grade teachers at our school do bucket-filling too, and they agree that it is just as effective in the upper grades as it is in the lower grades. In fact, the 5th grade students are more able to thoroughly understand the concept and internalize the meaning of being a bucket-filler when they are older!
Thanks for your comment!
I love this idea and am going to try it. What do the kids do with the bucket filler sheets that get returned to them?
Beth, Our school has used the bucket-filling idea this year as well. Thanks for all of the addition ideas and ways to promote bucket filling. I look forward to adding a few things in next year.
I also found How Full is Your Bucket? for Kids by:Tom Rath to be a great book to read aloud as well.
I use bucket filling with my fifth graders. I agree that it may seem a bit juvenile, but my kids love it and it has really helped them think of the simple ways to make people feel good. I love using this in my classroom!
Thanks for sharing your creative idea for bucket-filling! I'm sure the students love getting mail!


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White Cane Day observed Oct. 15
LAKE CRYSTAL – White Cane Safety Day will be observed Tuesday, Oct. 15 . It is a national observance set aside since 1964 to celebrate the achievements of people who are blind or visually impaired, and the important symbol of blindness and tool of independence, the white cane.
A celebration at the Minnesota State Capitol begins at 9 a.m. in the Capitol Rotunda. A White Cane Day Walk begins at 11 a.m. For more information, visit www.msab.state.mn.us/News/whitecaneday/index.aspx
The mission of White Cane Day is to educate the world about blindness and how the blind and visually impaired can live and work independently while giving back to their communities; to celebrate the abilities and successes achieved by blind people in a sighted world; and to honor the many contributions begin made by the blind and visually impaired.
Jack Rupert of Lake Crystal was declared legally blind in 2009. He uses a white cane and guide dog for mobility.
"We're trying to encourage use of the white cane for people who are visually impaired or completely blind," Rupert said. "People with white canes have the legal right-of-way when crossing a street. It can be a big problem because lots of people don't know what a white cane means."
Rupert said his guide dog, an English black Labrador, is trained to guide him when walking across streets.
"My dog looks to see if traffic is coming. If she doesn't want me to cross the street, she puts her head in front of my leg when I'm on the curb," Rupert said. "I have low vision. I can also feel it in her halter when my dog wants to signal me."
The National Federation for the Blind (NFB) offers free white, light, fiberglass canes to anyone who is blind or visually impaired (has low vision), needs a cane for personal use, has not requested a white cane within six months, or is requesting one for a child under age 18 living in the U.S. or Puerto Rico.
It is estimated that only 109,000 of the 1.3 million legally blind people in the United States use a white cane, according to the NFB.
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By DAVID A. BROWN
Published May 12, 2007
Capt. William Toney grew up in Homosassa, as did three previous generations of kinfolk. He knows as well as anyone the angling abundance found in local waters.
But Toney knows a different side of this Nature Coast hot spot - a side blessed with the ambient beauty of Old Florida scenery. No doubt, fishing makes a fine use of one's time, but there's much more to see and photograph throughout area rivers and creeks, along with coastal marshes and backwaters.
Favoring the Chassahowitzka Wildlife Management Area and islands between Homosassa and Ozello, Toney said visitors riding to various fishing spots often enjoy the nature viewing as much as their angling objectives.
"You can see a lot of wildlife out here if you look around, " he said. "Much of this area is still wild, so there's a lot to see."
The critter list includes raccoons, squirrels, deer, hogs, manatees, alligators and otters. Bird life offers additional viewing opportunities. Majestic bald eagles usually remain tucked away in the river marshes, but bring binoculars or a telephoto lens and you'll enjoy the occasional candid glimpses. Others include brown pelicans, white pelicans (winter months), hawks and redwing blackbirds. The latter's crimson shoulder feathers, trimmed with a yellow edge, adds a splash of color to the typically sedate tones of river and coastal habitats.
Ospreys, the perennial favorite, are master fishermen. Blending speed with accuracy, these black and white anglers can spot a mullet or trout from high above and nab their meal with a talon-first power dive. With nesting sites ranging from tree tops to channel markers, the shrill-voiced ospreys usually sit still long enough for good photos. But when close observation makes them nervous, they will bob their heads side to side in disapproval.
Interlacing with the natural elements, Homosassa's cultural heritage enhances a visitor's experience. From Indian mounds to shrimp docks, the area's "feel" is just as enjoyable as its sights.
"Our area is rich in Native American history, Florida history and local small-town charm, " Toney said. "Commercial fishing is my town's heritage and it can still be seen every day from the men who work at the crab/shrimp docks to the men who pull the blue crab traps in the river on a daily basis."
At the end of a recent coastal fishing trip, Toney and I drove through the scenic backwaters of the Little Homosassa River. As we observed a bald eagle perched on the barren branch of a dead tree, Toney offered some insight on local eco tours. "Although birds and wildlife can be found in Homosassa throughout the day, early morning and late evening are best, " he said. "It's cooler then, so the animals are more active."
Low-traffic periods usually reveal more, Toney added.
"I like mid-week during the morning hours because there is no one around and I feel as though I have stepped back in time, " he said.
Viewing tips
Approach: Each creature has its tolerance zone and encroachment will send the animal running or flying to safety. Motor into general areas, but switch to a trolling motor, push pole or wind drift when moving into position. If your subject becomes fidgety or starts vocalizing, back off until the animal relaxes.
Vantage point: The bow usually is your most spacious position. However, because the back end of a boat sits the lowest, the bow is most affected by water motion. Even on calm days, that means an unstable position.
Stay in the boat: Not all coastal areas are pedestrian-friendly and some spots are privately owned. Making landfall reduces mobility. In almost all cases, pursuing a wild animal on foot just hastens its retreat and leads overzealous viewers into potentially hazardous environments.
Optics: Binoculars are rated by a two-number description. The first refers to magnification power, the second to the diameter of the front lens in millimeters. Given the balance of quality, price and model weight, binoculars with 8x40 or 8x42 ratings serve most casual viewing needs.
Photography: Assume you'll need zoom capabilities. More is better, but with careful framing and attention to light angles, you can capture nice memory shots with a lot of the point-and-shoot digital cameras. Lenses with image stabilization features are ideal.
For nature viewing tours, contact Capt. William Toney at (352) 621-9284.
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Anyone see this on Slice today?http://slice.seriouseats.com/archives/2011/05/portland-me-micuccis-sicilian-slabs.htmlThe main pic was in need of exposure correction, which I have included here.I think the restrained, arguably sparse, application of toppings looks very nice indeed....you could argue that the need to five punch downs over a three hour fermentation regimen is too much yeast and/or too hot a temperature (and too short a time), but that's talk for another day. 90% hydration ratio, according to the article. It does look pretty good from the pics. --K
K,Looks more like Pizza Romana than Sicilian, no?I'm Sicilian & this doesn't look like my nonna's pizza. Sicilian pizza is very bready & not nearly as hydrated. None the less it looks fantastic. Matt
I've had one Nonna in Little Italy tell me I must use semolina in my square and another tell me it is crazy to put semolina in it (and both are of Sicilian desent), so who can say? lmao
My parents and friends of the family each reported not seeing a single square shaped pizza being sold in Sicily while there (granted they were not pizza sluething).


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Southern Arizona VA Health Care System
January 23, 2014
Tucson, AZ – The Southern Arizona VA Health Care System (SAVAHCS) is pleased to announce that they will again be participating in the City of Tucson, Veterans' Affairs Committee (VAC) annual Four Chaplains Memorial Service, Scheduled for Sunday – February 2, 2014 at 1:00 p.m., at the Kino Veterans Memorial Park, 2805 E. Ajo Way. This park is located across from the Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium.
This memorial service honors four courageous World War II Chaplains; Lt Clark Poling – Dutch Reformed Clergyman, Lt. Alexander David Good- Rabbi, Lt. George Lansing Fox- Methodist Clergyman, and Lt. John Washington – Catholic Priest. On February 3, 1943 their transport ship the U.S.A.T. Dorchester, was torpedoed by the German submarine U-223. These gallant men gave out all the life jackets and helped the troops off the ship into life rafts. They gave up their own life jackets giving their lives that others might live.
This memorial service is to commemorate this act of heroism by these men of faith from different and diverse religious denominations, joined together in their gallantry to save others.
Veterans' service organizations are invited and encouraged to participate in the Massing of the Colors with their respective color/honor guards, and also to lay a wreath for their organizations honoring the four chaplains.
Jonathan Rothschild the Mayor for the City of Tucson will be participating and in attendance, as well as other numerous local dignitaries in this solemn memorial service.
Those SAVAHCS employees participating in this service will be: Dr. Martin Dresner, Master of Ceremonies and Chaplain John Zinck, Coordinator of Pastoral Care for the Medical Center.
The entire Tucson Community is cordially invited to attend this free program honoring these brave men. For further information on the Four Chaplains Memorial Service contact Chairman Dan Ross at (520) 730-6069 or Pepe' Mendoza at the SAVAHCS Public Affairs Office at (520) 792-1450 ext. 1819.


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These awesome retro photos offer a rare glimpse of fitness in the mid-20th century.
From Zumba to half-marathons to Instagram fitness accounts, fitness is nearly ubiquitous in today's world. But what about way back when, long before the advent of Jane Fonda and aerobics? To find out, we decided to travel back in time, to the era of black-and-white photographs. What we found was, well, pretty darn awesome.�For some 20th century nostalgia, take a gander at these fitness photos of yesteryear, which will make you laugh, inspire you and�above all�make you grateful for proper workout clothes and tennis shoes. 1. They worked out on treadmills! Several observations here. First off, these women look�way too well-dressed and happy for a treadmill (which is alarmingly short, by the way). And those shoes! Talk about blisters, right? Seriously, though, why are you guys smiling?!! "I love running on the treadmill in my heels!" �Said no one ever. 2. They used body shaping procedures! In this LIFE magazine photo, model Pat Ogden, below, tests out the latest craze of the 1940s�the so-called "Slenderizing Salon," a frightening-looking contraption that promised to blast away fat and remove one's problem areas. Judging from Pat's unamused expression, we're guessing that it wasn't the most enjoyable experience of all time. And you thought lipo was disturbing. And here's another body shaping machine. Again, she doesn't look terribly amused. "Get me out of here!"� 3. They did yoga! Was yoga the secret to Marilyn Monroe's sex appeal? Perhaps.�The bombshell Hollywood star reportedly trained under the iconic yoga teacher Indra Devi, who is widely considered the "First Lady of Yoga" for her pivotal role in disseminating the practice on a global scale. �4. They augmented their breasts! Before there were shake weights and boob jobs, there was the handy-dandy all-in-one "Figure Control" band. For a mere $1.98, you could stretch your way to a "newly-alluring" bosom while slimming your waist and shaping your legs. Talk about a bargain! 5. They lifted weights! Now here's a total kick-butt lady: Abbye "Pudgy" Stockton, pictured below, is considered the pioneer of female bodybuilding. During the 1940s, the professional bodybuilder wrote a column for the magazine�Strength & Health, in which she�encouraged women to get over their fear that weight-lifting would make them bulky and manly (sound familiar?).�Abbye was also instrumental in organizing the first female weightlifting competition in Los Angeles in 1947, earning her the nickname "The First Lady of Iron." 6. They went on fad diets! It's hard to imagine that being skinny would ever not be in vogue. But as these ads from the forties and fifties show, being thin wasn't necessarily desirable in the postwar era�a curvier, more buxom look was idealized. Gain ten pounds and all of the men will be drooling over you, the ad promises. Personally, we think all women, whether they're curvy, thin, or somewhere in between, are beautiful. 7. They did body-weight exercises. Calisthenics�an equipment-free exercise involving various stretching and body weight movements�gained popularity in the earlier part of the 19th century and was deemed an acceptable activity for ladies. This picture, taken in 1923, shows post office clerks in Washington, D.C., doing calisthenic exercises. Call it the advent of the lunch-break workout. Silk pajamas=the old-school version of yoga pants? Exercising in your jammies...we see you, girl. This article originally appeared as on Spry Living


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Strawberry, Melon & Avocado SaladNutty and slightly sweet sherry vinegar is a natural partner for strawberries. This composed salad makes a cool kickoff for dinner or a nutrition-packed lunch on its own. To toast sesame seeds, heat a small dry skillet over low heat. Add sesame seeds and stir constantly until golden and fragrant, about 2 minutes. Transfer to a small bowl and let cool.Serves: 6Preparation time: 20 minutes Ingredients 1/4 cup honey2 tablespoons sherry vinegar or red-wine vinegar2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh mint1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepperPinch of salt4 cups baby spinach1 small avocado (4-5 ounces), peeled, pitted and cut into 16 slices16 thin slices cantaloupe (about 1/2 small cantaloupe), rind removed1-1/2 cups hulled strawberries, sliced2 teaspoons sesame seeds, toasted Preparation1. Whisk honey, vinegar, mint, pepper and salt in a small bowl.2. Divide spinach among 4 salad plates. Arrange alternating slices of avocado and cantaloupe in a fan on top of the spinach. Top each salad with strawberries, drizzle with dressing and sprinkle with sesame seeds.Enjoy!Nutrition FactsPer serving:202 calories8 g fat (1 g sat, 0 g mono)0 mg cholesterol24 g carbohydrate3 g protein7 g fiber90 mg sodium503 mg potassiumNutrition Bonus: vitamin C (100% Daily Value), vitamin A (60% DV), folate (18% DV)
Paprika Shrimp & Green Bean SauteCrisp-tender beans add snap and color to the garlicky melange of shrimp and creamy butter beans in this Spanish-inspired sauté. Prepeeled shrimp can be worth their weight in gold for the amount of time they'll save on a harried weeknight. Rinse canned beans first in a colander under cold running water, as their canning liquid often contains a fair amount of sodium.Serves: 6Preparation time: 30 minutes Ingredients4 cups green beans, trimmed (about 12 ounces)1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil1/4 cup minced garlic2 teaspoons paprika1 pound raw shrimp (21-25 per pound), peeled and deveined2 16-ounce cans large butter beans or cannellini beans, rinsed1/4 cup sherry vinegar or red-wine vinegar1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley, dividedFreshly ground pepper to tastePreparation1. Bring 1 inch of water to a boil in a large saucepan. Put green beans in a steamer basket, place in the pan, cover and steam until tender-crisp, 4-6 minutes.2. Meanwhile, heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add garlic and paprika and cook, stirring constantly, until just fragrant but not browned, about 20 seconds. Add shrimp and cook until pink and opaque, about 2 minutes per side. Stir in butter beans (or cannellini) and vinegar; cook, stirring occasionally, until heated through, about 2 minutes. Stir in 1/4 cup parsley.3. Divide the green beans among 4 plates. Top with the shrimp mixture. Sprinkle with pepper and the remaining 1/4 cup parsley. Enjoy!Nutrition FactsPer serving:423 calories16 g fat (2 g sat, 0 g mono)172 mg cholesterol45 g carbohydrate36 g protein14 g fiber697 mg sodium0 mg potassiumNutrition Bonus: selenium (63% Daily Value), vitamin C (45% DV), potassium (41% DV), iron (40% DV), vitamin A (35% DV), calcium (20% DV)
Chunky Apple-Rhubarb Sauce with Dried CranberriesSweet, savory and tart, this sauce is a natural complement to roasted pork or chicken.Serves: 6Preparation time: 10 minutes Ingredients1 large green apple, such as Granny Smith, peeled and diced2 cups diced rhubarb (2-3 stalks)1/4 cup diced red onion1/2 cup unsweetened apple juice2 tablespoons dried cranberries1 tablespoon honey1-1/4-inch-thick slice ginger, peeled1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar, or to tastePreparation1. Combine apple, rhubarb, onion, apple juice, cranberries, honey and ginger in a medium saucepan. Cover and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the rhubarb is soft and the apple is tender but not mushy, 10-12 minutes. 2. Remove from the heat and let stand for 5 minutes. Stir in vinegar. Remove the ginger; serve the sauce warm, at room temperature or chilled.Enjoy!Nutrition FactsPer serving:76 calories0 g fat (0 g sat, 0 g mono)0 mg cholesterol19 g carbohydrate1 g protein2 g fiber5 mg sodium273 mg potassiumNutrition Bonus: vitamin C (15% Daily Value)
Southwestern Rice & Pinto Bean SaladThe slightly chewy texture of ruddy-red Wehani rice makes it perfect for salads. Serve it mounded on a bed of Boston lettuce or curly frisée.Serves: 6Preparation time: 20 minutes Ingredients 1 cup Wehani brown rice or brown basmati rice2-2 1/2 cups water2 teaspoons cumin seeds or 1 teaspoon ground cumin1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil1/4 cup sherry vinegar1 tablespoon chopped fresh oregano or 1 teaspoon dried1 large clove garlic, crushed and peeled1/4 teaspoon salt1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper2 15-ounce cans pinto beans, rinsed8 scallions, trimmed and sliced (about 1-1/2 cups)1 medium bell pepper (green, yellow, orange or red), chopped (about 1 cup)Preparation1. Combine rice and water (2 cups water if using brown basmati) in a 3-quart saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover and cook until all the water has been absorbed, 40-45 minutes. Remove from heat; let rest, covered, for 10 minutes. Spread the rice out on a large baking sheet until cooled to room temperature, about 15 minutes.2. Meanwhile, toast cumin in a small skillet over medium-high heat until fragrant and lightly toasted, 1-2 minutes for seeds, 1 minute for ground cumin. Transfer to a blender or food processor and let cool for several minutes. Add oil, vinegar, oregano, garlic, salt and pepper and process until the garlic is finely chopped.3. Transfer the rice to a large bowl and toss with beans, scallions and bell pepper. Pour the dressing over the salad and toss well to combine. Enjoy!Nutrition FactsPer serving:325 calories11 g fat (2 g sat, 0 g mono)0 mg cholesterol49 g carbohydrate10 g protein9 g fiber125 mg sodium513 mg potassium Nutrition Bonus: vitamin C (40% Daily Value), fiber (38% DV), iron (20% DV)


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Will there be any kind of forum to discuss the Lake Erie Monsters? I'm sure some pub for the site could make its way around the Q to the hockey fans.
If the site would need someone to write a little about hockey or something, I'd be happy to talk to you Swerb, or whoever's in charge of that. I'm a mass media communication and history double major at the University of Akron right now, so I have some sort of background.
Just throwing it out there, and understandable if that's not something you'd be interested in.


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CD Review: Sarah Jarosz, Sierra Hull
Given the ubiquity these days of performers whose acts seem to rely as much (or more) on technology as on talent, fans of genres like Americana can be forgiven for fretting that fretboards could soon wind up on the endangered species list.
Fortunately, there are still some up-and-coming artists who prefer manual tuning to Auto-Tune. And when they're as gifted as young instrumentalists Sarah Jarosz and Sierra Hull, acoustic music's future should remain in a solid state. Make that a very solid state, based on the evidence of each artist's fine second album.
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On October 17, Darwin and his four Santiago companions reboarded the Beagle with their week's haul of specimens. The ship spent the next two days completing a survey of the two northernmost islands and then, 36 days after arriving in the archipelago (during which he spent 19 days on land), the Beagle sailed for Tahiti. Although Darwin did not yet fully appreciate it, a revolution in science had begun.
Following in Darwin's path, one understands hardships that he overcame that are not readily apparent to readers of his publications. Trekking in the Galápagos, everything is dictated by how much water one can carry, which limits each excursion to about three days—or, for longer excursions, requires stashing food and water along a route.
To Darwin, such logistics would have been even more problematic, as he did not have the lightweight equipment, such as aluminum-frame backpacks and plastic water containers, that we have today. Assisted by his servant, Darwin would have brought his geological hammer, a clinometer for measuring inclines, a shotgun for collecting birds, a compass, plant presses, rodent traps, specimen bottles, spirits of wine for preserving invertebrates, a notebook, a sleeping bag, food and, of course, water. With a characteristic understatement (reflecting perhaps his excellent physical conditioning after extensive fieldwork in South America during the previous four years), Darwin wrote of the 3,000-foot climb to the summit of Santiago merely that the walk was "a long one." During our own climb along this route in 2004, when we were all packing about 70 pounds, one of my expedition companions was so overcome with heat exhaustion that he had to return to our base camp in Buccaneer Cove; another sprained his ankle on the treacherous footing but managed to keep going.
During a previous expedition, I and five companions came to appreciate, much more vividly than we would have liked, Darwin's comparison of Galápagos lava flows to an imagined scene from the "Infernal regions." We were on Santiago, where Darwin had camped for nine days, on our way to a region where tortoises could sometimes be found. Our two guides had suggested a shortcut across a coastal lava flow. What none of us could see from the vantage point of our boat's landing site was that our route involved more than eight miles of almost continuous lava rock—not just the mile or two that our guides had led us to expect. As we began our trek across this perilous field of jagged lava, we had no idea how close to death we would all come. What was supposed to be a 6-hour excursion became a 51-hour nightmare as we climbed over jumbled piles of blocks with razor-sharp edges, and in and out of steep ravines formed by meandering lavas and collapsed lava domes. Such flows, commented Darwin, who ventured onto several smaller ones, were like "a sea petrified in its most boisterous moments." He added, "Nothing can be imagined more rough or horrid."
During our second day on that Santiago lava flow, our water ran out. To make matters worse, our two guides had failed to bring any water of their own and were drinking ours. By the afternoon of the third day we were all severely dehydrated and were forced to abandon most of our equipment. In desperation, our guides hacked off a candelabra cactus branch, and we resorted to drinking the juice, which was so bitter that I retched. Before we finally made it to the coast, where a support vessel was frantically looking for us, one member of the expedition was delirious and close to death. He was subsequently hospitalized for five days, back in the United States, and it took him more than a month to recover.
On another occasion I accompanied Charles Darwin Research Station botanist Alan Tye on a search for the rare Lecocarpus shrub, which Darwin had collected in 1835. A member of the daisy family, the plant had not been seen by anyone in a century, causing some botanists to question Darwin's reported locality. The day was unusually hot, and Tye, after a few hours of hiking, felt the onset of heat exhaustion and asked me to take over the lead. Using a machete to help clear our way through the brush, I too became heat exhausted, and began to vomit. Heat exhaustion turned out to be the least of my problems. I had inadvertently cut the branch of an overhanging manzanillo tree, whose apples are poison to humans but beloved by tortoises. Some of the tree's sap had gotten onto a wristband I was wearing and then into both of my eyes. The sting from the sap was almost unbearable, and dousing my eyes with water did nothing to help. For the next seven hours I was nearly blinded and could open my eyes for only a few seconds at a time. As I walked back to our campsite, five hours away, I often had to balance, with my eyes shut, on huge boulders in a dry riverbed, and on the edge of lava ravines. Those were the most painful seven hours I have ever spent. Fortunately, Tye and I did find the rare plant we had been seeking, resolving a century-old mystery and establishing that San Cristóbal has two different members of the same Lecocarpus genus.
Darwin personally reported no untoward physical difficulties during his own Galápagos visit, although he and four companions on Santiago did complain about a shortage of fresh water and the oppressive heat, which reached 137 degrees Fahrenheit (the maximum on their thermometer), as measured in the sandy soil outside their tent. Darwin was twice reminded of the potentially lethal outcome of any excursion into the Galápagos wilds. The Beagle's crew encountered one lost soul, from the American whaler Hydaspy, who had become stranded on Española, and this stroke of good fortune saved his life. Also, Captain FitzRoy recorded that another sailor from an American whaler had gone missing and that the whaler's crew was out looking for him. One should not be surprised, then, that, while he was engaged in fieldwork, Darwin would have focused his attention substantially on surviving the many hazards of the Galápagos.
Legend has it that Darwin was converted to the theory of evolution, eureka-like, during his visit to the islands. How could he not have been? In retrospect, the evidence for evolution seems so compelling. Darwin tells us in his Journal of Researches, first published in 1839, that his fascination with the "mystery of mysteries"—the origin of new species—was first aroused by a chance discussion on Floreana with Nicholas Lawson, the vice governor of the islands. Based in part on differences in the shape of a tortoise's shell, Lawson claimed that "he could at once tell from which island any one was brought." Darwin also noticed that the mockingbirds seemed to be either separate varieties or species on the four islands he visited. If true, he speculated, "such facts would undermine the stability of Species"—the fundamental tenet of creationism, which held that all species had been created in their present, immutable forms.


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City councils, school boards planning meetings this week
By the Daily News staff
The Iron Mountain City Council will today at 6:30 p.m. in the council room of the city hall building, 501 S. Stephenson Ave. in Iron Mountain.
New business items on the agenda include street and parking lot closure for Zero Gravity action sports outreach motorcycle stunt show, request from the Dickinson County Board of Commissioners for endorsement regarding the 9-1-1 millage request, no charge for rental of the City Park Pavilion for the Golden K Special Needs Youth Picnic and establishing a public hearing for alley vacation request by Mount Olive Lutheran Church.
An executive session is planned to discuss collective bargaining.
The Kingsford City Council will meet Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. instead of today due to the federal holiday marking Martin Luther King's birthday. The meeting will be held in the council room, which is located upstairs of the city hall building, 305 S. Carpenter Ave. in Kingsford.
The agenda for the meeting includes proposals for forest management services under old business. New business on the agenda includes requests for proposals (RFPs) for storm sewer separation study for Kingsford Heights, request to complete specifications and take bids for a Department of Public Works pickup truck, and renew performance resolution with MDOT for M-95 right-of-way.
The Norway City Council will meet today at 7 p.m. in the council room of the city hall building, 915 Main St. in Norway.
Agenda items include approval of an extension of the tax payment deadline to Feb. 28, resolution in support of the 911 millage, and resolution for defining a day of work or hours a month for MERS retirement purposes.
The Norway-Vulcan Area Schools Board of Education will meet today at 6:20 p.m. in the high school library.
An organizational meeting will be held at 6 p.m.
The board did not meet last week Monday due to not having a quorum for the meeting.
The Florence County School Board of Education will meet today at 5 p.m. in the Room 215 of the High School.
New business includes a request for a Spanish class field trip during the summer of 2014, purchase of used metal working equipment, computer purchases, open enrollment policy second reading, school board policy on IKF graduation requirements and advertising for the Chamber of Commerce visitor guide.
A closed session is also planned to consider a specific student matter, personnel, and staffing/contracts/compensation/performance.


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by John MacArthur
So far in our series on the roles of men and women in the church, we've laid out the guidelines for male leadership in detail. If you're gifted to lead, by this point you have a good idea what your job is. But be careful not to jump into leadership and forget your place. You're a sinner saved by the grace of God, just like everyone you're leading. You have no reason to boast. Leaders who forget that wreak spiritual havoc in the church.
Many contemporary church leaders fancy themselves businessmen, executives, entertainers, psychologists, philosophers, presidents, or lawyers. Yet those roles contrast sharply with the symbolism Scripture employs to depict pastors and spiritual leaders in the church.
In 2 Timothy 2, for example, Paul uses seven different metaphors to describe a spiritual leader. He pictures the minister as a teacher (2 Timothy 2:2), a soldier (2 Timothy 2:3), an athlete (2 Timothy 2:5), a farmer (2 Timothy 2:6), a workman (2 Timothy 2:15), a vessel (2 Timothy 2:20–21), and a slave (2 Timothy 2:24). Each of those images evokes ideas of sacrifice, labor, service, and hardship. They speak eloquently about the complex and varied responsibilities of spiritual leadership. Not one of them pictures leadership as glamorous.
That's because it's not supposed to be glamorous. Leadership in the church is not a mantle of status to be conferred on the church's aristocracy. It isn't earned by seniority, purchased with money, won through style, or inherited through family ties. Its requirements are faultless character, spiritual maturity, skill in teaching, and a willingness to serve humbly.
God has ordained that leadership is to be a role of humble, loving service. Church leadership is ministry, not management. God calls leaders not to be governing monarchs but humble slaves, not slick celebrities but laboring servants, not charismatic personalities but faithful shepherds. The man who leads God's people must above all exemplify sacrifice, devotion, submission, and lowliness.
With the trends in the church where they are, nothing is more sorely needed today than a return to biblical leadership principles. Solid men willing to take on the true realities of leadership are appallingly rare, yet they are needed more than ever to stop the inexorable march of feminist values.
So, men, take the lead. Don't avoid leading or others will follow your example of cowardice. Set a good example by being faithful in prayer, living above reproach, maintaining a pure and orderly lifestyle, and humbly serving other Christians.
Next time we'll turn our attention to the role of women in the church.
But for now, think about the destructive power of pride. Have you seen pride blind you to the sin tucked into the corners of your life? How does a high-minded church leader negatively affect those in his care?
(Adapted from Divine Design.)
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Praise God. Thank you for this encouraging series. Leadership is humble service as a slave for Jesus Christ. I am striving to learn this and apply it to my life.
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Thank you for such a great series on leadership, headship and more! Looking forward to teaching on a woman's role in the church. There are women out there that not only agree with Pastor John on what God's design is for a woman, but want to thrive in that role!!
This should be read by every church that calls itself Christian. Great reminder for the pastor/teacher.
My God My God, So many leaders of the church today have strayed away from this description through the word about leadership. I live in a small city were there are churches galore and you can't follow the teaching because it just doesn't match up to the word. Thank God for Leaders as John MacArthur that are not afraid to teach the truth no matter the consequences. (The Tithe) I can't wait for the roll of women so that I will know my roll in God's agenda. Hallelujah!!!
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