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Mrs. Flinger: A work in progress
UPDATE TO Mrs. Flinger October 16, 2015
Because the Universe has a wicked sense of humor, after this delcaration, my blog threw up all over my last upgrade.
So I'm starting over using Craft. Turning 40 and kid entering Jr High next year, sometimes it's just time for a change. These archives will still exist in the way the last child goes off to college and their room is the same for 20 years, but it's just time to move forward.
The Universe is One Persistent Mofo Jul 12, 2014
Over a year ago, I started talking to someone about ADHD. I joined a group of other women and we talked about what it was like living with distraction, children, jobs, husbands, and the constant 32 TV monitors playing different channels in our heads.
One of the themes that started cropping up was the idea of mindfulness. Mindfulness, or the awareness of your thoughts and living in the present tense, has been shown to decrease ADHD symptoms. Meditation, it's practical companion, has been shown to help cancer and diabetes, fix marriages, and save the planet from impending astroids.*
The last one is a theory but I'm sure someone is researching that right now. Maybe.
It's been a year and a half now that the theme mindfulness has been cropping up. At first it was my women's group, then it appeared in books I was reading. (Granted, with titles like Mindfulness and the Brain and You Are Not Your Brain, I knew what I was getting in to) but lately it's picked up the pace of obviousness and is a bit more "in your face" if the Universe is like that, which it is.
Sometimes when you don't stop to listen, The Universe will start yelling.
Apparently the article in the Costco Connection this month was my last straw.
FINE FINE I GET IT NOW. I should probably start a mindfulness practice? And go back to Yoga?
Fine FIne Fine. Ok.
So today I went back to Yoga for the first time in nearly a year. A year of fighting the idea of stillness and breathing. A year of forgetting bout my core strength and my arms. A year of very few warrior stances or downward dogs. A year of being disconnected.
Luckily, my very favorite Yoga teacher started a new class down the street that has the best of both power and mindfulness. After some guided meditation, we started Vinyassa Flow. I started to remember I had muscles in my body somewhere. My arms burned and my belly got in the way during Karnapidasana, but the realization slowly sank in that regardless of how long I might ignore my own reality, it's never too far to get to a Yoga mat in the middle of a room filled with other people working on grounding themselves, too.
I hope you'll join me in this new series of Mindfulness Posts as I begin the journey to whatever it is that is Today. I'm ready to listen. Sometimes by sharing what I hear, the lesson sticks in my stubborn brain just a little bit more. And perhaps, maybe, I can help someone else who is not too far from their own message, whatever that might be.
*ADHD and Mindfulness
Alleviate stress and depression
Help cancer
Fix marriages
I thought I was more Sandra Bullock, but really I'm more Emmet Jul 11, 2014
I used to joke that when I wrote my famous novel about my life (because it's that interesting?) I would have Sandra Bullock play me in my movie. "I can see that!" friends I bribe with booze would say.
Lately the reality is setting in that I will a) never finish a book in a timely fashion and b) have zero original thought.
See, The Internet is awesome. It lets people express themselves. It allows us to connect on a global scale. It also takes all my brilliant ideas and squishes them because SOMEONE ELSE ALREADY SAID THAT.
I went to graduate school which means I understand I have no thoughts of my own and have to research everything to back up any claims I might make. Basically I paid a lot of money for someone to tell me I don't know anything.
I've taken this concept in to my professional life. I know what I know, I know there's a lot more to learn, and I know I have to use data to back up anything I might spout off if I want to be taken seriously. This means I spend a lot of time researching articles and reading ideas that have come before my own.
When I'm asked to submit an article to something awesome like HTML5Hub, I obsess over what I'm saying and ensure I'm not stepping on toes of ideas similar to mine.
This also means I have serious writer's blockage.
Stuart Firestein, in his awesome Ted Talk "The Pursuit of Ignorance," talks about this phenomenon. The more you know about a subject, the less you know about anything. It means that the more you go in your career or education, the more questions you have and the less likely you are to be confident that you know anything at all.
So at the end of all of this, my brain really feels more like an empty cavern without any original thought at all. The reality is I'm not Sandra Bullock, I'm Emmet.
In soft whispered voices Jun 30, 2014
Sitting on the edge of the bed of my seven year old he whispers to me, "I'm writing a book about a Koala and a bear. You know that bear that made us have a lockdown at school? Well, that baby bear and the koala have a story and I'm writing it. You would identify with the Koala, Mommy. It's a traveling Koala."
"Oh, I'd like that story, Bud."
"Yea, maybe you stay for a minute and rub my back?"
"Ok, I can stay another minute and rub your back."
"Wait, you can't leave yet. I'm not asleep. Maybe you go downstairs and do five minutes of work and then you come back and check on me? Then you can do the laundry. But five minutes of work, ok?"
"Ok, Bud. Five minutes and I'll check on you."
You won't be awake when we go in again. You won't see us peering over your sleeping face and smile softly to ourselves. You won't see us kiss your cheek or whisper "I love you" in your ear. But what you will do, which still amazes me, is somehow whisper, "I love you, too," in your sleepy stupor.
Some of my favorite memories are happening this moment.
There's Gold in Them Hills Jun 28, 2014
Two of my best girlfriends and I take an annual Moms/Kids camping trip. We started this at a "close-ish" park in 2009 with a toddler and a few pre-schoolers. We stuck close in case shit hit the fan and we had to call home for emergency needs like running another set of matches out because these ones don't work. You know, big things.
Of all the years we've been doing this now, there are a few stories that stand out more than all the others. Sure, there is the annual whip-cream shot after waffles in the morning. And yes, there's usually a craft and some roasting of things. There's some bike riding (and bike smashing that one year I backed up over my daughter's bike) and scootering. Kids learned how to bike while another learned to walk. But of all these stories the few we pass down each year go something like this:
"The Year of Raccoons"
The year we all slept in tents was an epic achievement. It was the first trip and I was daring this adventure with a newly turned two year old toddler. As would become the "norm", Michelle and Laura arrived first and had their shit together. I, probably after a wrong turn, arrived late and sweating.
We set up camp and successfully fed children and wore them out effectively. After kids were asleep in each of the three tents, Michelle and Laura's kids each in the smaller one near the edge of the camp and my two kids in Our Giant Red Tent Of Mansion. We sat in our pride sipping our beer when suddenly they came out of the woods; a thousand eyes. I kid you not, A THOUSAND EYES were glowing at us from the edge of the wood, not ten feet away.
We did the only natural thing any mom would at that point; squeal and jump on the table and call our husbands. The husbands did not find it necessary to save us from, what they assessed, were raccoons. Instead they sighed heavily and HUNG UP leaving us out in the woods with our raccoon perfect baby-meals and our gnaw worthy toes. I'm pretty sure one of us might have even said, "The Dingo is going to eat our babies!"
We had a very bright idea at this point, brighter than the sets of eyes closing in on us slowly. We grabbed the two older children and we placed everyone in the Giant Red Tent of Mansion. We crawled in next to the children to protect them, should a raccoon grow an opposable thumb and work the zipper, and waited until we fell asleep to the sound of tiny paws scampering by us to easier targets.
The children didn't even bat an eye when they woke up that we'd all slept in the same tent. The evidence of the night before was kept to a small bit of trash strewn about and the blood-shot eyes of three tired moms.
We decided that from then on, we'd never visit that camping site again. And we kept to that for exactly two years. But, once we did go back, we swore to stay in cabins only. "Because raccoons still can't unlock doors."
Not yet, anyway.
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"The Kids Gone Wild" year.
We still laugh when we picture Trev stripping to his intense whip cream buzz. You know what? A picture is worth a thousand words so let me keep this short. A video will explain it so much better than I can.
"The year I smashed Lauren's Bike"
This is a short story because that? Pretty much sums it up. "Mom, stop reminding me of my bike. It makes me sad," she used to say.
Now she says her new bike is too girlie. "Want me to back over it for you, hon?" She grins.
"The Year of The Weird Women Doing This :: GRIN ::"
It started drizzling. Then it started poring. The kids were neatly tucked in four beds, some sharing screens because let's face it; we're modern ladies and sometimes screens are OK. Like 10pm on a camping trip when moms want to not deal.
Trevor comes down to tell us of a Weird Lady he saw on the wall in our cabin. "She was doing this!" He scrunches his face in a weird grin and shuts his eyes. "You mean you could see that in the knots on the wall?" He looks perplexed. "Well, ya. On the wall." "Oh, no, did you tell the other kids? They'll be scared." "Er, yes… Um.. Ya."
We talk about what to do. Do we pre-empt a nightmare? Do we ignore it? They'll probably just go to sleep and not stare at the weird lady in the knots, right?
Fifteen Minutes Later Laura comes down from the cabin with something in her hand and she's laughing.
"This is the lady on the wall" she says breathlessly. She is wheezing from laughter. I look at the paper.
Dear god it's terrifying.
WHY was this on the wall? In our cabin?! We all dive in fits of laughter, us girls heaving and crying and laughing until we can't stand it. The whole imagery of the children sitting on their bunk watching the Lego Movie and noticing.. This.
Only to have your mom say something like, "Well, there are things on the walls. Don't read in to it."
"No, Mom, there is an actual picture of a weird lady doing THIS."
Reality is sometimes so much funnier than perception. Especially with these ladies.
I can't wait for next year. Or every adventure and tradition in between. We have so many now, it's hard to count. But the traditions of our friendship, the photos of the kids at various stages, keeps me grounded. Time really is slipping away, ever so slowly at first, and faster every stage. If not for the yearly traditions that staple me to the experiences of our friendship, I'd float away in daily chores and work and laundry. I'm so thankful for these families that remind me to live and breathe and laugh-
To laugh until I can't breathe and then finding a breathe again, sucking in the sweetest air of all life provides. "There's Gold in Them Hills." Thank you for the reminder, ladies. I hope to repay the gift.
Photos from the past five years. Oh, yes I did.
Reflections on A Talk, A conference, A week Jun 25, 2014
It wasn't what they were expecting. I called it the Oatmeal Raisin Cookie talk. I baked in a discussion about gender equality within the title "Creative Development." I think someone in the second row rolled their eyes.
It was probably the 8th or 9th time I've been on stage. It's always so hard to begin the speech you've been feverishly obsessing over. The last nine months, since Low asked if I'd speak, were filled of notebooks and research and outlines and more outlines. I was a proper freak stopping a TED talk or an audiobook to jot down a point I wanted to expand on or integrate in my talk. I spent more than a few meetings scribbling notes to myself in Evernote, only partially related to the meeting topic but relevant to a future conversation I would have with myself first, and an audience second.
After a few hiccups and akward moments, it began to flow. Stats, Stories, Ideas. Youtube excerpts. Comics. Scientists. I knew all the content, I just wanted to nail the delivery.
Perhaps I didn't "nail" it, exactly. It felt more like a piece of art hung on the wall with a sticky hook, but it was well received. I was so wrapped up in my own nerves that it wasn't until the fourth or fifth man that approached me for advice when I realized something shifted: They were asking about their girlfriends, wives, daughters, employees. They wanted to support their female companions, they just didn't know how.
At that moment I realized how at home I was in this community. This space, I've written about before, those "like brothers who buy you beer," were sincerely supportive. My mind relaxed in a puddle of gratitude. We expanded on ideas, I let them know all that I've read, or experienced, or heard. 100% of women developers needed a mentor to push them in the field. Was it necessary to be a women mentor? No. Could it be her father, brother, husband? Yes. We just wanted support and here they were: the fathers, brothers, husbands, asking "What can I do?"
In two words, "encourage her."
In many more words there we debates and discussion and ideas for more ideas. We talked long, long in to the night at the canal side at the favourite bar. We stood in the cold until our lips shivered and then we moved to the warmth of the shelter, where we watched the World Cup Football match a few days previously. It was there we finally called it a night, warm from booze and light and happiness and friendship. Men hugged an extra beat just to prove that it was possible and the ladies cussed an extra beat just to prove we were all alike.
I walked to my hotel room smiling stupidly. These days are always so high on the list of the Best Days of My Life. I bust in to a Green Day song once alone in my room. It doesn't really matter which one. I tied a ribbon to this night, to this week, and wrapped it in my tree of bests to hold on to when the waves of frustrations, deadlines, reality, insecurity, and distance wash me over again. For one week, for one day, for one night, I felt like I was making a difference beyond my own little world. Inside jokes, geeky code humor, and tearful laughter included.
In short, I fell in love with all the people, all the discussions, all the experience, all the things.
All the things.
For girls
Made With Code
…. adding on more soon…..
"You had to be there":
Holland Vs AU
Holland Winning in Holland
IT Crowd (After the clip I played)
Silicon Valley
Bossy Pants
All the things
Damien Rice
Alecia Keys
Women in Technology: A talk and proposed solution Jun 19, 2014
Today I am giving a talk about women in technology. This is something I've been preparing for since I first learnt Basic at age 13 on a Commodore 64. I've had several amazing men encourage me in this field and even in the age of feminism and women's rights, there is still a lot of speculation and discussion around women equality in technical and scientific fields.
As one of only two women in my Graduate program at Western Oregon where I studied computer science, the idea that more women weren't in the undergrad or graduate program boggled me. At the same time, however, I struggled with things like Java and building Server Sockets until I would vision jamming a knife under my large toenail as more enjoyable.
My Professor at one point noted, "You can get 100% of the logic on the quiz but you don't know your ass from a whole in the ground when it comes to the syntax."
I preferred to study PHP, which seemed to make more sense to me than Java. I pursued Python and Ruby and HTML/CSS instead of the huge, monolithic class structure of Java. Networking, routers, the IP stack; these are all things I found intuitive and interesting whereas the standard course for most computer science majors was the single hardest program for me to learn.
I figured I was not alone in this. I submitted a dissertation proposal in the winter of 2004, which was accepted at Oregon State University, and excitedly planned the research for my doctoral degree on women retention rates of undergraduates in the computer science departments and the correlation of programming languages taught.
This is a classic joke of mine that PhD was never finished because, being a quintessential woman in tech, I gave birth to my first child and never went back to school.
In the past decade, the topic has been given more press. Just two weeks ago Google announced its diversity numbers. A number of questions are popping up, "Where are the women?" "What can we do?" "Maybe women don't want to be in technology? Has anyone considered this?"
Today I stand up in front of 56 people, 5 of them women, and give my own story, those stories of other women developers I've talked to, and share my solution.
Special thanks to my Dad for teaching me Basic on a Commodore 64 in 1987. To my husband for funding my first tech certificate in 1999 and for supporting my efforts in grad school and keeping sharp objects away from me when I had to code Java. To Low for the opportunity to speak in a tiny town in Holland that includes some of my favorite memories ever.
Resources to my talk
Stereotype Threat:
Dr. Amen Studies:
Lord of the Flies
The Creative Process:
Impostor Syndrom:
J. M. George, "Personality, Affect, and Behavior in Groups," Journal of Applied Psychology75 (1990): 107–16; Blase E. Masini, Socialization and Selection Processes of Adolescent Peer Groups (Ann Arbor, MI: ProQuest Information & Learning, 1998).
Women in CS:
The Pursuit of Ignorance:
Fey, Tina (2011-04-05). Bossypants. Little, Brown and Company.
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The thing about the past? Jun 08, 2014
Today will end up being that day you look back fondly on and think, "Remember that?"
At seven years old, you're incredibly intelligent. I'd go so far as to say presidential even. Jun 05, 2014
#Life#Things Kids Say#Those Little People
Dear Buddy,
Tonight you blew our minds with your ability to spell an entire birthday card for your teacher and read your Dinosaur book without needing much help. You practically outdid most of my previous freshman college students with your math test and ability to speak adverbs properly. So yea, we're sort of expecting great things from you.
We chose a book called "The Human Body" to read tonight. To be honest, you couldn't decide between that, the airplane book and another dinosaur book but Mama can't take another book about the big ass lizards, and was way too tired to feign interest over airplanes, so Human Body it was!
We flipped through some of the pages and landed on the pregnancy page. You started asking questions about the babies in the pictures. While I read you absorbed everything and formed ideas.
"At five weeks a fetus is the size of a bean, and heart, lungs, and organs are developing. The baby gets its nutrients from the mother through the umbilical chord."
You interrupt with some facts: "So, basically, that baby is the size of a bean? Well, that tube there keeps it from getting lost so it won't run away."
"No, Bud, that's how the baby gets its nutrition. That's how its attached to the mom so it can grow."
"Well, yea, but it's really small and if it got lost, you'd never find it. Plus, did you know a baby Koala is like this big…." You hold up your fingers showing me the size a baby Koala is. It looks astonishingly the same size as a bean. "Yea, they can scream. Don't even touch a baby Koala because they screech a higher pitch than Lauren."
You rolled your eyes with an, "I dare you because I'll totally say 'I told you so.'"
"Wow, Bud, you know a lot of interesting facts!"
"Yea, well, basically I just remember everything I hear. Did you know your jaw bone is called a Patella?"
Your eyes got droopy, and your fingers instinctively rush to rub away the sleepy tears. "Hu, are you sure?" I asked as I covered you with the blanket. You were sure, very sure. In fact, you were so sure, it was either your mouth or the side of your skull that you laid your head down on the pillow to prove a point.
And promptly fell asleep.
I'll tell you about your kneecap tomorrow. Tonight, rest that Patella on the pillow and dream of tiny animals.
With love,
On the doing of Parenting Jan 30, 2014
I wonder if my children will remember me as constant motion. Not a specific task, like cleaning their rooms while we talk about their day, or how I make dinner when we discuss their homework, or the laundry that I'm constantly walking up and down with from room to laundry and back. No, more like a blur of my historic self, a gusian filter placed over the presence of me in their memories.
Like my own mother is to me in my childhood; Always moving: a presence, a tickle monster, a card player, a disciplinarian. She is a blur of the eighties, a wisp of the nineties.
I wonder if my children will remember how they helped me make dinner, or bake treats for our Christmas with friends. I wonder if they'll remember the countless card games and board games and wrestle games. I wonder if they'll focus on how we worked so many hours or how we made time for them in spite of deadlines.
I think of my days in this rocking motion, always moving, even when still, shifting, doing, thinking. Laundry for down times, dishes for noisy times. Lunches made during dinner prep and beds re-made and stuffed animals put away during bedtime routine.
If I'm not doing two things, I am not being effective.
Or am I?
Mindfulness is the constant repeating word in my days. Almost in the way you buy a white toyota van and see everyone has a white Toyota van. How did you not see that before? Everyone, everywhere, from a coffee shop to a co-worker casually saying, "Mindful," "Be mindful," "You'll find mindfulness." I actually pay someone to tell me that every other week in therapy to "Practice mindfulness." Here's my co-pay.
The question is, and it's not an outside question really, more an inside one, but can I not be "mindful" while I simultaneously do the dishes and math homework? While I pack lunches and serve dinner? While I shove stuffed animals in their bin and wait for a kid to brush their teeth? Perhaps this is my own mindfulness. Maybe this is my moving meditation. I am present because I can not be anywhere else, than here, with these animals, and teeth, and dishes, and laundry. I am at work because I have only so much time to have meetings, and code, and plan and re-capture and lead. I can do those things together because it keeps me there, in the moment, mindful.
Perfecting life's chores while being with the people I love and doing the job I adore? That to me seems pretty mindful. Even if there's no soothing music or Ommm sounds from anyone around.
I, Me, You, We: Overcoming Blog Performance Anxiety Through Community Jan 26, 2014
When I first started blogging in 2003, there were only a handful of blogs compared to today. We didn't understand the implications of over-sharing your journal on the Internet, we didn't fully grasp the complexity of the media. In fact, one day in 2004 when my daughter was about three months old, I wrote a post about her peeing on me and said something about us having just had our first mother-daughter standoff. Someone commented that I needed to find better material than just steeling Dooc'es posts. I didn't even know who Dooce was at the time (that was my introduction to her) and felt ashamed I posted something so similar to her story that she wrote the day after I posted mine. (I wish I could find this article now. And hers. Most of my archives have been placed quietly in a cabinet, especially ones about my family and/or anything that might embarrass them going forward.)
Throughout my tenure of blogging, this happened many times. I would read something that sounded very similar to what I just wrote, or I wrote something similar to what someone else wrote a month ago. I became more paranoid that I was going to be seen as stealing or copying these other women's thoughts. Obviously this is ludicrous. It's very very possible we were all having similar thoughts because we were that similar in our life's stage.
Instead of feeling community, I felt unoriginal.
Instead of being empowered, knowing others will understand and feel similarly, I felt like I had nothing to share that wasn't already on the Internet.
Over the past two years something incredible happened; I grew up. I haven't exactly "Arrived," but I'm a hell of a lot closer than I was at 35. I've taken a few years to chew on my thoughts. To be a little quiet and sit with them. I use paper to journal again and I try not to email in a heated frenzy. Again, I've not Arrived, but I'm closer.
During this time my brain has been soaking in information from a variety of sources. I've consumed a hundred books on every topic from ADHD Diets, Gluten Free Studies, Girls in Tech, Women in Leadership Roles, Moms in Western Working Environments, Becoming a Leader, Failing Hard, Overcoming, Working with Snakes in Suits, and more. During this time, I realize how many people experience things I experience but have a slightly different take. I've been learning from hundreds of people willing to share stories, research, results.
This weekend, while at She's Geeky, something clicked: I do have a unique voice AND there are others who express themselves in a way I resonate with. And that? IS OK.
The Improve: Asking Questions. Asking Questions. Ask Questions.
The Hiring: We're hitting on tools, not on decisions.


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HollywoodNews.com: Below is Oliver Stone's response to Leopoldo Lopez from The Huffington Post:
Leopoldo López, a right-wing opposition leader in Venezuela who supported the military overthrow of the democratically elected government there in 2002, complains about my film (South of the Border), saying "Mr. Stone argues that the assault on human rights is of secondary concern."
But my film argues the opposite. It's just that the "assault on human rights" in Venezuela has come from the right, from Mr. Lopez and his allies. One of the first decrees by the coup government that Mr. Lopez supported was to abolish the elected Congress and the Supreme Court. Protesters were shot, and officials of the constitutional government arrested. And the victims of political violence to this day in Venezuela are also victims of the right – mostly poor peasants organizing for land reform, killed by landowners.
The struggle in Venezuela is not so much about one man, President Hugo Chávez, as the right would have us believe. It is a political battle between the left and the right. Not surprisingly, as in the rest of South America, it is the right that has the ugly record on human rights and issues of democracy. And it is the right that represents the rich — López was former mayor of one of the wealthiest areas of Caracas — against the majority of the people, much as in the United States.
Mr. López offers a "Tea Party" view of Venezuela, in which everything that is wrong with the country is the fault of the left government, and Chávez — like Obama for the Tea Partiers — is a "dictator." López is very selective in his use of statistics. He does not tell the reader that since the Chávez government got control over the national oil industry, poverty has been cut in half, extreme poverty by more than 70 percent, and thousands of doctors added to the public sector now provide health care for the poor.
Some of his statistics are misleading. For example, the 650 percent increase in prices he refers to is an average of 19 percent annual inflation. This is high, but much lower than the pre-Chávez years, where inflation passed 100 percent in 1996. Most importantly, it is real economic growth, not the price level, that matters; and inflation did not prevent the country's record growth from 2003-2008 […]
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Oliver Stone's response to Leopoldo Lopez
HollywoodNews.com: Below is Oliver Stone's response to Leopoldo Lopez from The Huffington Post:

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Dr. Laurie Ann Levin is a clinical psychologist, founder and CEO of Moonview Sanctuary, a psychiatric and transformational out-patient institute in Santa Monica, California, USA.
Through the collaborative integration of medicine, psychology and neuroscience along with ancient wisdom and holistic healing arts, Moonview Sanctuary is the first of its kind in mental health.
Sixty-five practitioners come together, from diverse cultures and nationalities to share their knowledge and inspire new methodologies for the customized care of each patient.
Dr. Levin also created a new form of psychoanalysis, as well as a patent for self-transformation and for starting a collective endeavor, through Soul Communion™. Framing her practice on the foundation of life after life, Dr. Levin focuses on helping people use Soul Communion™ to explore new frontiers of health and spirituality.


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Topic: Seasoned PHP Developer switching to RoR - how much time to learn?
Hi Everyone,
I'm a seasoned PHP Developer with experience in C# and VB as well. I'm a heavy OO developer. We are developing a new app that has social elements as well as heavy database requirements. Just looking at RoR, I like the readability and elegance of the code. I'm also thrilled with the ability of videocasts, community involvement, and online materials.
Question for you Rubyist:
How long do you think it will take a PHP developer to transition to Ruby, with the parameters of being able to code well enough to be productive?


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(WFRV-TV) - Behind a game-high 29 points by senior Allie Leclaire, undefeated top-ranked Notre Dame handed the 5th ranked team in Division 3, Fox Valley Lutheran its first loss of the season Monday night.
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Snow Panther enters the radio control industry with different motors and electronic speed controls (ESC).
Snow Panther traditional brushed motors boast some great features for their price level, their rebuildable design, end bell design and ball bearings design to allow better performance.
Combined with many years of experience in building motors and ESC, Snow Panther provide a reliable source for quality R/C products.


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Effective July 1, 2012, Dr. M. Sylvia Fernandez began a two-year term as Chair of the Board of Directors for the Council for Accreditation of Counseling & Related Educational Programs (CACREP). The vision of CACREP is to provide leadership and to promote excellence in professional preparation, at both the Master's- and Doctoral-levels, through the development of standards and procedures that reflect the needs of a dynamic, diverse, and complex society.
The value of CACREP accreditation is that it is the recognized training standard for professional counselors by the Institute of Medicine, Tri-Care, and the Veteran's Administration; it promotes counselor professional identity; its curricula content areas are the required academic training for counselor licensure in most states making CACREP-accreditation a pathway to licensure portability; and it is recognized and attained by approximately 600 programs in the North American continent.
Dr. Fernandez began her 5-year term on the Board on July 1, 2010. She has a long history with CACREP to include being a CACREP site-team member reviewing programs across the country for 15 years; her last faculty position, prior to Barry University, was also in a CACREP-accredited program; and she holds a doctoral degree from a CACREP-accredited program.
Barry University's Master in Counseling specializations in Mental Health Counseling and School Counseling were first accredited in 1995, followed by Marital, Couple, Family Counseling/Therapy in 2000, and the Ph.D. in Counseling in 2009. All counseling programs were last reviewed in January 2011 and were re-accredited, once again demonstrating that the Counseling programs meet the national preparation standards of the counseling profession.
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2013-08-22 / Holden News
Church seeks yard sale donations
The First Congregational Church of Holden is seeking donations of merchandise to sell at its annual Holden Days Yard Sale on Saturday, Aug. 24.
Items can be dropped off at the church weekdays, 8 a.m. to 12 noon, or left on the back porch if the door is locked. Please: no computers, books, TVs, clothing or consignments.
Church volunteers will cook up a hamburger/hot dog/pulled pork BBQ from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. during Holden Days. Call 508-829-5411, 8 a.m. to noon weekdays, with questions.


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State of the State address
LANSING – Gov. Rick Snyder was preparing to ask legislators for billions of dollars to repair Michigan's pothole-riddled roads and aging bridges, a politically delicate task made even tougher by Republicans' aversion to higher taxes and Democrats' bitterness over last month's contentious lame-duck session.
Transportation infrastructure funding is expected to be among the top priorities in Snyder's annual State of the State address tonight. Even with GOP majorities in both chambers, the Republican governor failed last year to get a new infusion of money – and the task is likely to remain challenging despite widespread agreement that improvements are desperately needed.
Raising motor fuel taxes and vehicle registration fees, the two primary sources of road budgets, is never popular. Snyder and the entire Legislature are up for re-election in 2014. Even so, advocates for road and bridge improvements say the problem can't be put off any longer.
"Even with the anti-tax environment, there seems to be support by the general public – if they know what their tax dollars are being used for and they can see the potential for improvements to the system, they'll support those increases," said Mike Nystrom, executive vice president of the Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association, a construction trade group.
Snyder told The Associated Press on Tuesday his proposal will deal with raising additional revenue as well as how the money is distributed. Without providing details, he said he would make the case that generating cash needed for transportation infrastructure is a long-term investment.
"What we're going to propose is actually a way to save money in my view," he said. "It does cost more dollars but if you look at over a 10- or 20-year timeframe it actually reduces our cost compared to not doing something."
State Sen. Roger Kahn, a Saginaw Republican, said he would introduce bills offering a number of options, including boosting taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel and registration fees. Another possibility is boosting the state sales tax and using funds from the increase to pay for roads and bridges, which could be coupled with elimination of the fuel tax, he said.
Union members, meanwhile, still upset over Michigan's contentious right-to-work law signed last month are planning to protest outside the Capitol.
Union officials said the right-to-work law, which prohibits requirements that workers pay union dues or fees as a condition of employment, is designed to cripple their collective bargaining power.
Snyder and the GOP have promised the law, which will make Michigan the 24th right-to-work state, will create jobs, said Edward McNeil, a spokesman for American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees Council 25. The reality is the law will drive down wages and further elevate Michigan's poverty rate, he said.
"The middle class and alike will continue to fall farther behind," McNeil told the Associated Press.
The United Auto Workers and other labor groups are also planning to protest outside the Capitol.
In an announcement before tonight's protest, the UAW said Snyder will use his address "to justify policies that hurt the middle class." The UAW is calling on members to bring friends, neighbors, co-workers and kids to the protest to "send the message that we can't trust Gov. Snyder to tell it like it is for working families."
"That is part of democracy, so I appreciate that," Snyder told Mlive.com Monday when asked about the protests. "I know we've gone through some tough issues, I just hope we can do it in a respectful fashion."
Associated Press writer Jeff Karoub in Detroit contributed to this report


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Topic: Convert month to double-digit
I am using Ruby to generate a url within my Rails app...
http://domain.com/<%= @movie.year %>/<%= @movie.month %>/<%= @movie.file_name %>
The @movie.month is coming out as "4" instead of "04". Anyone know of a way to have this expressed as two digits so a leading zero is displayed?
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Today, we are pleased to re-launch the U.S. Department of State's official blog, DipNote. Welcome to our new readers as well as our returning ones; we hope you like what you see.
DipNote was the first-ever, U.S. Cabinet-level blog when it launched in 2007 and has become a key online platform on which senior State Department leaders can discuss foreign policy issues. However, technology has changed, and so we've redesigned the blog to include greater functionality and interactivity with an emphasis on visual content.
We remain committed to using our blog as a means to inform and engage the American people and those around the world, and by doing so, we will hopefully help make foreign policy a little less foreign.
One of the first ways we can demystify foreign policy is by defining the terms diplomats use. A "Dip Note," also known as a diplomatic note, is an actual term used for formal correspondence between governments or international organizations, such as the UN. As the primary foreign affairs agency for the U.S. government, the U.S. Department of State is in charge of maintaining diplomatic relations with other countries -- which includes formally communicating between the U.S. government and a foreign government.
And while "Dip Notes" represent a formal means of communication between two institutions, we hope this blog continues to serve as an informal platform for discussion among people. That's something we saw when we asked you, our readers, if we should change the blog's name when we gave it a new look. You, our readers, voted to keep the name "DipNote." So today we share the new DipNote, which incorporates responsive design to provide users the best possible viewing experience across devices, from desktop monitors to mobile phones.
We hope the redesigned blog signifies our commitment both to innovation and to engagement. We value your input and feedback, and we know that we must complement traditional foreign policy with the use of digital networks and technologies of today's interconnected world. Let's stay in touch.
About the Author: Mike Hammer serves as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs.
@ Asist. Sec. Mike Hammer,
As a member of the public who's been engaging with folks @ State since this blog was first up and running...this old dog is going to have to learn a few new tricks navigating through this new format..LOL! But I'll endeavor to muddle through.
I suppose folks @ Dipnote are still working a few bugs out of the revamped website, but what concerns me most is that none of the public commentary prior to the new format that was redily available for digestion on any given topic is available, though one can "reply" to a now non-existant public comment.
The "archives" of stories and commentary from 2007-on are seemingly gone, "up in smoke" ...disapeared into thin ethernet. This is personally really troubling to me, as if it's just gone for good, permanently, thousands of hours of personal effort trying to inspire my government (and a lot of other folks), to think; along with an unediited compilation of conversations, commentary, ideas, and no small amount of humor poking at the truth that if actually put into book form would be 3-5x longer than "War and Peace" and I've referred to by title simply as "The Cure for Political Stupidity and/or How Not To Go To War With America".
I'm concerned that there has been a destruction of intellectual property that was freely given to all concerned, and that dictators in general now no longer have a "idiot's guide" to help keep them the heck out of trouble! Or at least something to think about before causing trouble.
I hope you'll look into this see what might be done to retain Dipnote's rich history of public interactions.
Eric Jette - aka; "Eric in New Mexico" on the old Dipnote
@ Mike Hammer,
Just a couple suggestions that might prove helpful and more user friendly;
I'm still getting used to the new format, and obviously "plain text" simply runs a comment together with no spacing ( like my previous one above LOOL!), so perhaps "filtered formatting" should be the default selection when posting comment instead of "plain text".
State/Province selection reads "NOT LISTED" only.
Thanks for taking my question on "Conversations with America" the other day, I'm glad you had fun with that (chuckle). So I have a follow-up..
You said "a picture is worth a thousand words", and I would agree with that...and posit further that a video speaks more to a public audience than a transcript, as it contains more nuanced information than just the words on a page.
So why would the Dept of State edit a video of remarks between the Secretary and another Foreign Minister?
I'll give you a few thoughts on why I think they should all be raw and unedited. Let's take this one as example;
First of all I just gotta say that if folks can't do the audio properly then you're going to have a real hard time in general educating the public, whether that's at a press conference or in the daily briefing. It's a simple thing to make sure the mics are all working properly before-hand. Having worked in professional recording studios for years and run live sound it pains me greatly to see you'all having so many problems with this aspect so consistantly.
Second, as a member of the public, it's not easy to stay well informed in an era of "sound-bite" major media news reporting and the last thing I want to see is substantial remarks reduced to "sound-bites" via the Dept's vidio editing process. If we're going to watch, you might as well offer the whole enchilada for public consumption rather than spend the man-hours editing and putting the public on an info-diet of out of context remarks. I had to go read the full transcript to make any sense of it in this case. As well, it's probably not flattering to either participant to have their thoughts edited when they've got important things to say.
So my advice is simply to let the camera roll, and trust that the public will determine the value of the content. That should not be done via editing for the public.
Besides, in this case the American public would have had a real good understanding of just how hard the Secretary has been working and the respect he's earned among his peers for his efforts, had not this vidio been edited to exclude the Jordanian Foreign Minister's remarks in this regard.
One more thing...It would be a good thing I think for any new Dept. of State spokesperson to introduce themselves to the public by posting a thread on this blog, and "taking" a few questions from the public each week to be answered officially at the tail end of that week's daily briefings, or the the following Monday.
Sort of an "outreach program" to gage what's on the public's mind...it might be helpful to the press as well.


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The Local History Collection
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The collection is available to all interested persons whenever the Library is open. All the material in the Franklin Township Local History collection is for reference only and may not be checked out. A photocopier is provided in the Library for those who wish to make copies. A microfilm reader/printer is available to read and make copies of the newspapers on microfilm.
- Books
- Pamphlets
- Maps
- Newspapers. Digital versions of several local newspapers are available from computers at the library.
- Record (1948-1958)
- Franklin News (1954-1958)
- Franklin News-Record (1958-1998)
- Franklin Focus (1989-1997)
- Spectator (1992-1998)
- Strictly Somerset (1994-1997)
- Photographs
- Oral history tapes
- Manuscripts
The New Jersey Collection
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Local Genealogy
The following is a list of websites and documents that will aid the researcher in topics related to the genealogy and history of Franklin Township and its surrounding areas.
Click a link below to jump to the corresponding section.
- Somerset County-- Somerset County RootsWeb
- Migrations--The Dutch Migration from Franklin Township to Fulton County, Illinois
- Somerset County--Somerset County Geneaology
- Somerset County Web Archive
- Land Records--Somerset County Early Land Purchases
- Dutch Migration to Fulton County, Illinois
- Middlesex County--Middlesex County RootsWeb
- Church Records--Dutch Reformed Church Records
- Church Records-- Historic Dutch Reformed Churches of Somerset County
- Church Records--Historic Highlights of the Mt. Carmel Church, Somerset
- New Jersey--Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey
- New Jersey--Civil war--Record of Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Civil War, 1861-1865
- LoC American Memory--Washington's Headquarters at "Rockingham" (HABS-NJ-18); Judge John Berrien House
- Rockingham State Historic Site; Judge John Berrien House
- The Meadows Foundation--Van Wickle House
- LoC American Memoery Project--Symen Van Wickle House (HABS-NJ-479)
- LoC American Memory--The Cornelius Stoothoff House (HABS-NJ-674)
- LoC American Memory--Berrien-Pumyea House (c.1740) - (HABS-NJ-98)
- LoC American Memory--Wyckoff-Voorhees House (c.1745) - (HABS-NJ-447)
- LoC American Memory--Van Liew House-Franklin Inn (c. 1752) - (HABS-NJ-648)
- The Meadows Foundation--Franklin Inn/Ann Van Liew Homestead
- The Meadows Foundation--Van Liew-Suydam House
- LoC American Memory--Hageman House (1778) - (HABS-NJ-620)
- LoC American Memory--Nevius-Voorhees House (1799) - (HABS-NJ-673)
- The Meadows Foundation--The Hageman House and Farm
- The Meadows Foundation--Blackwells Mills Canal House
- The Meadows Foundation--the Wycoff-Garreston House
- LoC American Memory-- "A map of Rariton River, Milstone River, South River ... (1685)"
- LoC American Memory--"Map of Somerset County, New Jersey"
- The above two maps come from the Library of Congress' American Memory Collections which includes materials documenting the history of the American people. To search the maps collection click here.
- Franklin Township, NJ 1873
- Franklin Township Photo Archive
- The Franklin Township Photo Archive contains a number of maps of the area.
- Beekman Family -- History of the Beekman Family
- Bennet Family -- The Descendants of Willem Adrianse Bennet
- Blackwell Family -- The Blackwell Researchers Newsletter
- Blaw/Blau Family -- The National Blue Family Association
- Conover Family -- Conover Family Research
- Conover Family -- Conover Family Genealogy Forum
- Cortelyou Family -- The Descendants of Jacques Cortelyou
- Cowenhoven Family -- The Descendants of Gerrit Wolfert Van Couwenhoven
- DeHart Family -- The DeHart Family Homepage
- DeHart Family -- More DeHart Records
- DeMott Family -- Descendants of Michiel DeMott
- Dumont Family -- Dumont Genealogy
- Dumont Family -- The Dumont Genealogy Group
- Fonteyn Family -- Vantine/Vantyne Descendants of Carel Fonteyn and Catharyn de Baile
- Fulkerson Family -- The Descendants of Dirck Volkertse
- Fulkerson Family -- Fulkerson Family Genealogy Forum
- Hagaman Family -- The Hagaman Family Genealogy Forum
- Hageman Family -- The Ancestors of Isaac Hageman
- Hegeman Family -- The Descendants of Hendrick Hegeman, of Flatbush and New Lots, Kings County, Long Island, New York
- Hoagland Family -- Notes on the Hoagland Family
- Hoagland Family -- The Ancestors of Maria "Polly" Hoagland
- Huff Family -- The Huff, Hough, and Hoff Newsletter
- Mount Family -- Mount Family Genealogy Forum
- Nevius Family -- The Descendants of Johannes Neffius (Nevius)
- Piatt Family -- Piatt Descendants
- Polhemus Family -- The Descendants of Johannes Polhemus
- Runyon Family -- Runyon Family Genealogy Forum
- Schenck Family -- The Descendants of Roelof Martense Schenck
- Sebring Family -- The Descendants of Roelof Lucassen Sebring
- Skillman Family -- The Skillmans of America and their Kin
- Skillman Family -- Descendants of Thomas Skillman
- Smock Family -- Genealogical Report of Smock Family
- Soden Family -- Descendants of Garret Soden
- Suydam Family -- Suydam Family Genealogy Forum
- Terhune Family-- Terhune Family Home Page
- Van Der Veer -- The Van Der Veer Name in America
- Van Horn Family -- The Van Horn Family Page
- Van Horn Family -- Van Boskirk - Van Horn Roots
- Van Pelt Family -- La(e)nen Van Pelt
- Voorhees Family -- The Descendants of Coert Van Voorhees
- Voorhees Family -- (Van) Voorhees Family Association
- James Schureman (1756-1824) U.S. Senator 1799-1801 and Representative 1813-15
- John Macpherson Berrien (1781-1856) Attorney General of the United States 1829-31 and U.S. Senator 1825-29; 1841-52
- Theodore Frelinghuysen (1787-1862) U.S. Senator 1866-1869; 1871-1877,Vice-Presidential Candidate, College President
- Theodore Frelinghuysen (1787-1862) U.S. Senator 1866-1869; 1871-1877,Vice-Presidential Candidate, College President
- Peter Davis Oakey (1861-1920) U.S. Representative 1915-17
- Helen Westley(1875-1942) Actress
- Clifford Philip Case (1904-1982) U.S. Senator and Representative 1955-79
- Clifford Philip Case (1904-1982) U.S. Senator and Representative 1955-79
- "The American Revolution and the Post-Revolutionary Era: A Historical Legacy"
- A detailed account from the National Counterintelligence Center that gives a history of the counterintelligence movement (i.e. spies) from the Revolutionary war until after the First World War. The section linked here details some of the known spies during the Revolutionary Era, amongst which was Frankliite John Honeyman.
- "The Founding Fathers of American Intelligence"
- A lengthy essay from the CIA discussing the early American members of the intelligence community, amongst these was Frankliite John Honeyman.
- Obituaries:
- The (New Brunswick) Home News and The (Bridgewater) Courier News -- Obituaries (1997 to present)
- Lists from Early Cemeteries in and around Somerset County:
- Rootsweb's list of Somerset Co. Cemeteries.
Photograph Collections
Elton Wade Photograph Collection
About the Elton H. L. Wade Photograph CollectionView the Exhibit
Elton H. L. (Henry Lee) Wade was an amateur photographer who lived in the Middlebush area of Franklin Township for most of his life. The collection presented here is a small sample of the over 2,000 photographs taken by Mr. Wade during his lifetime. The collection, in the form of photographic negatives, was donated to the Franklin Township Public Library in 2009 by Mr. Wade's nephew, Robert Zimmermann.
Elton Wade was born on February 11, 1899 in Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey. He lived for most of his life in the Middlebush area of Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey. He married Sarah Totten. Mr. Wade worked at the New Brunswick Post Office for 46 years and rose to the position of chief accountant, and later Assistant Postmaster. He died on May 5, 1980 at the age of 81.
Most of the photographs in this collection were taken by Mr. Wade, although some were taken by family and friends. The collection captures images of Mr. Wade's extended family, as well as life in the Franklin Township area. Mr. Wade also took pictures during vacations and travels around New Jersey and nearby states.
Mr. Wade's most notable photograph was undoubtedly the picture he took on a summer day of his three nephews fishing and reclining on the banks of the Delaware & Raritan Canal. He entered that photograph in an Eastman Kodak international photo contest. Mr. Wade won the first prize of $100, representing New Jersey. His photograph appeared in a full-page ad on the back cover of the Saturday Evening Post July 2, 1932 issue.
Mr. and Mrs. Wade lived near many other members of the Wade and Totten families. Elton's older brother G. Harold Wade was married to Sarah's sister Marian Totten Wade. They were also residents of the Middlebush area of Franklin Township. The three boys in Elton's prize-winning photograph were Harold and Marian's children: George H. Wade, Jr., Alan T. Wade, and E. Leslie Wade.
Over time, Library staff will digitize the collection, catalog the photographs, and create exhibits of the photographs for display on the Library's website. Mr. Wade kept meticulous records about most of the photographs he took. He recorded information about the date of the photograph, the subjects, the lighting conditions, and more, and that information will be included in the Library's online exhibit. As additional photographs are added to the online collections, the Library will also provide genealogical information whenever possible to help document the extended family.
The Franklin Township Public Library is delighted to be able to share these photographs that document Mr. Wade's life and that of the Franklin Township community in the early 20th century. Please check back frequently as new photographs will be added monthly!View the Exhibit


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Winter: Everything You Need
Online activities, lesson plans, discussion guides, and other teaching ideas for celebrating winter
Extension Activities, Book Resources
The Jacket I Wear in the Snow Extension Activities
Grades: PreK–K, 1–2
Cross-curricular activities for the book by Shirley Neitzel
Writing Activities
Winter Is Here! Extension Activities
Grades: PreK–K, 1–2
Students use their five senses to explore snow (or crushed ice).
Fit to Print: December Bulletin Board Ideas
Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8
Need help brainstorming and designing this month's bulletin boards? These holiday and winter-related themes and ideas offer plenty of inspiration...
Today's Temperature Record Sheet
Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12
What's today's temperature? Have your class keep track with this printable.
Blog Posts
A Gingerbread Unit You Can Run With
Grades: PreK–K, 1–2
These gingerbread activities will help you plan for those crazy weeks before winter break.
Clip Art and Images
Perfect Clip Art for December
Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8
Dress up your classroom for the holidays, make a seasonal bulletin board, or personalize school-to-home communication with these 17 free clip-art...
Perfect Clip Art for January
Grades: 1–2, 3–5
Dress up your bulletin boards and school-to-home communications with these 12 clip art images for winter, Martin Luther King Day, and the Super...
Lesson Plans, Book Resources
Wonderful Wintertime
Grades: PreK–K, 1–2
Use Clifford the Big Red Dog to teach children about seasonal concepts through reading, expressive language, and art.
Extension Activities, Book Resources
Winter Poems Extension Activities
Grades: 3–5
Combine science and poetry in this lesson that explores snow.
Lesson Plans, Book Resources
When Winter Comes Teaching Plan
Grades: PreK–K, 1–2
Students use language, creative thinking, and social skills to create a class mural based on the book When Winter Comes.
Lesson Plans, Book Resources
The Biggest Snowball Fight! Lesson Plan
Grades: PreK–K, 1–2
Children will engage in a variety of activities to develop phonemic awareness skills, reading, and math skills.
Book Lists
Books for Teaching About Winter
Grades: PreK–K
Titles that highlight the seasonal changes of temperature, weather, animal behavior, and more
Book Resources, Books
The Mitten
Grades: PreK–K, 1–2
Jan Brett creates a dramatic picture book with the story of Nicki, a young boy who has lost a mitten in the snow and the animals who try to make a...
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Heirloom Tomato Collection, 4" Plant 6-Pack
- Summary
This six-pack of three sustainably grown classic heirloom varieties in 4" pots will supply tomatoes in a range of colors and flavors to enjoy throughout the season. Plant vining varieties at the base of a cage or trellis for support and easy harvesting.
Early Girl: Fast-growing, early ripening red vine tomato, bursting with classic tomato flavor. Layer them in BLTs or in caprese salads with fresh mozzarella and basil.
Green Zebra Tomatoes: Vertically striped yellow-and-green tomatoes ripen mid-season, boasting crisp, firm flesh and sweet flavor with subtle sharpness. Showcase this variety's dramatic color and delicious flavor in salads.
Brandywine Pink: Vining variety produce big boat-shaped fruit (up to 1 1/2 lb.), with firm, beefsteak texture and sweet-tart flavor. Great for slicing onto sandwiches and burgers. Late-season ripener.
- Early Girl and Brandywine zones 3–9; Green Zebra zones 3–10.
- Suitable for container or ground planting.
- Plant May–June.
- 3" to 4" high plants ship in 4" diam. grower's pots.
- Require full sun and regular watering.
- Six plants, two of each variety.
- Sustainably grown in USA.
- Agricultural regulations prohibit shipment to AK, HI, ME, MT and PR.
- Dimensions & More Info
Early Girl
- Vines grow 36"–40" long.
- Plant in full sun to depth of 3"; space 18"–24" apart.
- Matures in approx. 52.
Green Zebra
- Vines grow 36"–40" long.
- Plant in full sun to depth of 3" "; space 18"–24" apart.
- Matures in approx. 78.
- Vines grow 6'–8' long.
- Plant in full sun to depth of 4"; space 24"–36" apart.
- Matures in approx. 90.
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Mission Hills St. Lucia Foldable Storage Chaise Lounge
About this itemSoak up the sun and relax in this stylish lounger while also saving space.
Create the look of a luxury resort while also saving space with the St. Lucia Storage Chaise Lounge in shades of brown and tan. Designed with clean, sleek lines, this lounge will contour to your back, legs and body for maximum comfort and support. This chaise lounge can be easily folded up for compact storage.
The lounge is generously sized and is constructed with all-weather woven wicker and Sunbrella® fabric, which is soft and durable and will withstand instense sunglight, heat exposure and numerous cleanings. The wicker also cleans up easily with a damp cloth. The St. Lucia Chaise Lounge also has extendable side tables for your convenience, which can be enjoyed while you stylishly relax with family and friends.
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- Frame and cushion easily fold for storage
- Extendable side table
- Rust-resistant aluminum frame with powder-coated finish
- All-weather UV resistant woven wicker
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Catherine E. Meidl
NEW ULM – Catherine E. Meidl, 96, of New Ulm, died Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at the Oak Hills Living Center in New Ulm.
Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m., Saturday, February 16, at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity with Father Gerald Meidl celebrating the Mass. Burial will be in the New Ulm Catholic Cemetery.
Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Friday and from 7:30-10 a.m. Saturday at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home, NORTH CHAPEL, in New Ulm. There will be a St. Joseph-St. Elizabeth Catholic United rosary at 6 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. The Christian Mothers Society will pray the rosary at 4 p.m. Friday at the Cathedral.
To leave an online condolence for her family or to sign the guestbook go to: www.mvfh.org.
Catherine is survived by special caregiver niece, Joanne Schugel of New Ulm; sister-in-law, RoseMarie Zins of New Ulm; and many nieces, and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Raymond M. Meidl on December 1, 1978; sisters, Loretta Walters, Josephine Nelson, Anna Zins, Louise Penkert, Lucy Reinhart; brothers, Ray, Ben, Tony, Charles, Lawrence, Hubert, and Joseph Zins.
Catherine Eleanor Zins was born on July 3, 1916 in Nicollet County to William and Elizabeth (Machtemes) Zins. She attended Granby country school and graduated from Nicollet High School in 1932 at the age of 16. Before marriage she worked for the WearWell Garment Factory and the Ben Franklin store in New Ulm while helping her sisters care for her nieces and nephews. On September 1, 1938, Catherine was united in marriage to Raymond M. Meidl at the Visitation Catholic Church at Swan Lake, Nicollet County. After marriage she was a full-time housewife and active in her church. She held many memberships in Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, St. Elizabeth Catholic Aid Society, Legion of Mary, and Christian Mothers Society where she was a banner bearer for 15 years and finance secretary for 17 years. Catherine belonged to the Golden Age Club, Loretto Hospital Auxiliary having worked in the Good Bye & Coffee Shop for many years. She was proud to be a frequent Red Cross blood donor. In 2005, Catherine moved to Ridgeway on German and in 2007 she became a resident of Oak Hills Living Center in New Ulm. Catherine enjoyed traveling, bingo, playing cards, crafts, gardening, and taking care of her lawn. In July, 1981, Catherine received the New Ulm Journal's award for "Best Yard of the Month."


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Today, for your handbag peeping pleasure, we have Formula 1 Racing heiress Tamara Ecclestone, mixing it up with a very mod black and white outfit combo that includes the coveted Hermes Limited Edition So Black Crocodile Birkin! If you're not familiar with Tamara or her sister Petra Ecclestone Stunt, they're British socialites/models/insanely rich folk who probably buy Birkins like the rest of us buy fro-yo. Coincidentally, Tamara appears to be noshing on a cup of Tasti D-lite in this pic.
Seriously though - how glorious is that matte croc Birkin? Who can focus on Tamara's picture-perfect hair, make-up, and clothing (or that dashing Brit to her right) when that bag is in the picture? And this coming scarcely two months after we featured Tamara toting a gorgeous grey Hermes Crocodile Birkin! Some girls have all the fun. We weren't kidding about the Ecclestones' Birkin-buying habits either - each sister probably owns around a dozen. (We have proof.)


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Update: Arrests, warrants in investor fraud case
September 26, 2012
Four suspects connected to a real estate company in Grass Valley have been arrested and charged with securities fraud, conspiracy and elder abuse for allegedly operating a Ponzi scheme that bilked dozens of investors of more than $2.3 million, according to California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris.
Phillip Lester, 65, and Ellen Lester, 65, who are married, Susan Laferte, 58, and Jon Blinder, 58, were arrested on Thursday in Nevada County and booked into Nevada County Jail..
The arrest declaration alleges that Gold Country Lenders, a real estate company in Grass Valley, engaged in a pattern of theft and fraud-related crimes for more than eight years, Harris said in a news release. Investor funds were used to make interest payments to earlier investors or for projects in which the company's owner had a financial interest.
"These defendants exploited their personal relationships with these victims and emptied their bank accounts," Harris said. "Schemes that target the elderly are especially heinous, which is why prosecuting fraud and elder abuse needs to remain priorities for law enforcement."
Phillip Lester, CEO of Gold Country Lenders, the organization at the center of the alleged scheme, and Laferte, the firm's Chief Financial Officer, were charged with 66 felony counts of elder abuse, securities fraud and conspiracy. Laferte is Phillip Lester's sister.
Ellen Lester was charged with two felony counts of conspiracy and securities fraud. Blinder was charged with four felony counts of securities fraud and was released on bail Thursday.
The Economic Resource Council
Blinder is currently the interim executive director of the Nevada County Economic Resource Council.
In an email to The Union, Blinder professed his innocence while declining to specifically address the allegations.
"As I am discussing my situation with counsel, I have realized that it is not the appropriate time to discuss this matter," Blinder wrote. "I will answer all these untrue charges in due time. I do want to publicly thank the truly overwhelming support from my friends and associates who have responded to me on Facebook and by email. It is truly heartwarming and gratifying that the work I have done in this community is acknowledged with all the trust and love I have received and have deeply felt. My gratitude has no bounds."
Blinder has led the ERC since January, said ERC President Kimberly Parker in an email to The Union, who declined to provide any updates regarding Blinder's current employment status with the organization.
"The executive committee of the Nevada County Economic Resource Council (ERC) learned yesterday afternoon about the arrest of Mr. Blinder," Parker said in an email to The Union. "At this point we have very little information and need to understand the details before making further comment."
The ERC "has gained strength and momentum in addressing economic issues in our community," Parker said.
The ERC was recently awarded a $120,000 contract by the Nevada County Board of Supervisors to manage the county's effort to attract more tourists to the region.
Chairman of the Board of Supervisors Ted Owens said the board trusts the discretion of the ERC executive committee in making decisions regarding Blinder's future.
"As with many in our community, the Board of Supervisors was surprised to learn about the arrest of Mr. Jon Blinder," Owens said. "Because Mr. Blinder serves as a contractor for the Economic Resource Council (ERC), this is a personnel issue between him and the ERC Board of Directors. Going forward, the County will continue to work with the ERC Board of Directors and its Chair, Kimberly Parker, on current and ongoing projects. We are confident that the ERC Board will take the appropriate steps in dealing with this issue."
Case background
From January 2003 to June 2011, Gold Country Lenders sold securities on specific real estate development projects, promising investors annual returns of 8 to 12 percent, Harris said. These investments were supposedly secured by a first or second deed of trust on the property. In fact, some of the promised deeds of trust were never recorded, while others were recorded but subordinate to other loans, or were diluted by the repackaging and overselling of shares.
In October 2010, the Attorney General's Office launched an investigation in response to complaints filed by numerous investors.
The arrest affidavit alleges that investors were not told that Philip Lester had a partnership interest in some of the development projects he sold to investors, or that some of the land targeted for development had significant toxic waste issues, Harris said. Many of the victims are elderly and had known and trusted the defendants for many years.
Unbeknownst to investors, their investment funds were used to make interest payments to earlier investors or for purposes other than the development project they had invested in, Harris said. For example, victims' funds were diverted to purchase and operate the Auburn Valley Country Club, a prestigious golf course and clubhouse where the Lesters resided.
Agencies that assisted in serving today's arrest warrants include the Grass Valley Police Department, the Nevada County Sheriff's Office, the Riverside County Sheriff's Office and the Department of Corporations, Harris said.
"Protecting consumers and investors is at the forefront of the Department of Corporation's mission," said California Corporations Commissioner Jan Lynn Owen. "The Department of Corporations works diligently to strongly enforce and uphold California's financial laws to the fullest extent."
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Turkey Sweet Potato Shepherd's Pie
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 pounds ground turkey or chopped leftover turkey
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 teaspoons poultry seasoning
- 2 1/2 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed
- 1 onion, cut into 1-inch dice
- 2 carrots, peeled and grated
- 4 ribs celery, chopped
- 4 tablespoons butter, divided
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 2 cups turkey or chicken stock (recommended: Kitchen Basics brand)
- A few dashes Worcestershire sauce
- 1 (10-ounce) box frozen peas
- 1 very ripe banana
- A few dashes hot sauce
- 2 cups shredded sharp yellow Cheddar
DirectionsWatch how to make this recipe.
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
In a deep skillet or a Dutch oven heat 2 tablespoons oil over high heat. Add meat and break up with a wooden spoon, season with salt and pepper and poultry seasoning.
Place sweet potatoes in a pot, cover with water, cover pot, bring to a boil, salt and cook 15 minutes until tender.
Grate onions and carrots into the turkey. Add the celery and stir, cook 5 minutes. While vegetables are cooking, heat 2 tablespoons butter in a small pot over medium heat. Add flour to melted butter and whisk 1 minute then whisk in stock and season with salt, pepper and Worcestershire. Thicken a few minutes.
Stir the gravy into the turkey mixture. Stir peas into meat and turn heat off.
Drain potatoes and return pot to heat. Add remaining butter and melt over medium heat. Peel and slice banana and add potatoes to the pot. Season the potatoes with salt and pepper and a few dashes hot sauce. Mash potatoes and banana to combine, adjust seasoning. Top the meat with the potatoes. Cover potatoes with cheese and set in oven. Bake to melt cheese, 5 minutes.
Recipe courtesy of Rachael Ray, 2007
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im looking to join a team, it can be either scenario/woodsball or speedball. my setup works for both
teams in the north phoenix/Scottsdale Area?
Started by bmxwright, Mar 24 2012 07:30 PM
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Posted 24 March 2012 - 07:30 PM
Posted 24 March 2012 - 08:47 PM
The Arizona forum hasn't been up for long and doesn't get a lot of traffic yet, so you may not hear much back about teams looking for players. I'll keep my ears open and let you know if I hear anything though. Which fields would you prefer the team to play at? That might narrow it down a bit. I seem to remember hearing something about the new field Wild West paintball setting up a home team but they're in Mesa.
Posted 26 March 2012 - 04:59 PM
well i go to spatter ranch and cow town. but i do go to splatter ranch because its closer to where i live
Posted 15 April 2012 - 01:16 AM
hmm i go to fort adobe paintball field its by wet and wild if you're wondering. i might be interested in playing speedball or scenario for fun one day
Posted 25 June 2012 - 10:31 PM
Fort adobe has a few teams that go but not really woodsball (rec) but i go there all the time always fun. But call the store for seasonal hours theyre site hasnt been updated since it was made
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LINGUIST List 21.4058
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Calls: Historical Ling, Semantics, Typology/USA
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LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3!
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Date: 14-Jan-2011 - 15-Jan-2011
Location: The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; Semantics; Typology
Call Deadline: 01-Nov-2010
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The Department of Linguistics at The Ohio State University is pleased to
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held on January 14 and 15, 2011, in Columbus, Ohio. This event also
constitutes the 8th Annual OSU Martin Luther King Day Linguistics
The goal of the workshop is to bring together researchers working on
evidentiality from descriptive, formal semantic, cross-linguistic and/or
historical perspectives, with the goal of fostering a cross-disciplinary and
cross-linguistic discussion of evidentials and evidential systems. The
workshop will feature several local (OSU) speakers as well as several
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Discussion in 'Joyland' started by AnnaMarie, Feb 11, 2014.
I understand . . .I found it boring.
I know you love it and I think that's why I never gave my opinion!
Oh shoot girl! I have no problem at all that you didn't hook into it. Someday you might, or then you might not. It's okay to like or not like the same things. You 're still my bud.
Cool . . .did I ever tell you that I'm really not that fond of Cell!
Cell isn't one of my favorites either. At the time I liked it, because I'm so thrilled to get a new Stephen book. my eyes get a little cloudy to the truth.
You are all making me feel so brave.
It was Joyland.
She didn't fall for my setup...........
I can go one better (or worse depending how you view it) I didn't care too much for the shining.
@AnnaMarie each to their own, I have only given up on 1 story - secret window secret garden.
*GASP* We actually aren't the same person, Madam *SOB* Danse Macabre is one of my favorites. ALAS!
No hate here. I haven't read it, but from what I've heard its a bit different from what Sai King usually writes.
I am. I love me some Dark Tower...in fact, they were the first King books I read, if memory serves.
I wasn't crazy about The Talisman or Gerald's Game. The Tommynockers wasn't a favorite either. So far, the only King book I've never finished is Nightmares and Dreamscapes, but that' not because I don't like it. Its short stories, so I read one now and again before returning to a novel. I'll finish it someday though!
And its funny, many people who like The Dark Tower books didn't care for Gunslinger, but loved Drawing. Me, I loved Gunslinger, but found Drawing to be my least favorite of the seven (I can't count Keyhole, 'cause--gulp--I haven't read it.)
For me, i loved Joyland and fully intend to buy the ebook version as well. The book i had to abandon was The Girl who loved Tom Gordon, so boring. I had to return to Dreamcatcher as I failed to get into it first time round. I now love that book, but nothing could make me attempt TGwlTG again.
I also found Lisey's Story a bit of a slog. Other than those, I enjoy everything else.
I completely enjoyed TGWLTG. Found lisey's story a bit slow at times.
I agree, to a point, about The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. I did finish it, likely because it was short. I didn't hate it, but it was kinda dull in places.
I loved this book! Read it for the second time last week. There are some of his writings I am not all that fond of...just my taste, not his writing style. I did not like Lisey's Story or TommyKnockers much.
Try it again, it's pretty good. P.S the book thief is pretty good. but would recomment re-trying joyland. I am having problems with the talisman.
I also had trouble with The Talisman. I read about half of it then had to put it down for a while. I did like how it ended though.


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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- (March 5, 2012) -- Senior Adrian Gibbs is the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's best cheerleader and helped the University of Maryland Eastern Shore squad win top Co-Ed Division honors Sunday in the 2012 MEAC Cheerleading Championship.
Those achievements propelled the Hawk cheerleaders into a second-place finish in the overall performance category behind Morgan State University.
The cheerleading championship is the opening event at this week's 2012 MEAC Basketball Tournament being held at the Joel Coliseum in Winston-Salem, N.C.
According to MEAC championship organizers, the Lady Bears captured first-place "overall performance" honors for the second consecutive year. Howard University finished third in overall team performance. Morgan State, with 10 seniors, also won in the All-Girls Division.
UMES' win in the Co-Ed Division was a first for the university since the turn of the century. South Carolina State earned the silver and Florida A&M finished in third.
Gibbs, a 23-year-old exercise science major, won the individual gold in the All-Star Division, while Morgan State's Amanda Ross was second and Carmen Blunt of Hampton was third.
"This team has come a long way" Gibbs said. "I've never been on a team that worked so hard and deserved this more."
Co-Ed Division
1st place: UMES2nd place: S.C. State University
3rd place: Florida A&M University


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Thursday, May 29, 2014 - Text by Gayle Alleyne | Edwin Leung
The Badminton World Federation's membership has agreed to examine its scoring system as part of a wider move to embrace innovation and consider further improvements to the sport.
BWF Secretary General Thomas Lund said that, following the world-governing body's Member's Forum (below) and Annual General Meeting last weekend, members have expressed that they would like to discuss the matter and engage various stakeholders on the topic.
"Our members have reacted quite positively to this discussion. They have already raised some interesting points but there's still a long way to go. It is our responsibility, as badminton evolves, to continue looking at ways to enhance it. We want to hear from all our stakeholders and to consider the different views. This is the beginning of a consultative process which will take some months," he elaborated.
BWF, he stressed, is not at all close to making any decision on the matter but hopes to include other key groups – including fans, media and sponsors – in its deliberations.
"Who knows – the system may not change. We don't know and, even if the prevailing sentiment is that there should be some change, then there would need to be a consensus on what change and then a period of testing and evaluation," Lund noted.
The BWF Secretary General assured players' interests would be given the highest consideration in the matter. The BWF has already reached out to players at a meeting prior to the recent BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals in New Delhi, India, and via a questionnaire in which players' opinions were sought.
Keynote speaker at the BWF Member's Forum, Chair of the International Olympic Committee's Athletes' Commission, Claudia Bokel (right), also struck a chord regarding athletes, emphasising the importance of them preparing for the future while in the prime of their sporting careers.
The former fencing World champion cited the IOC Athlete Career Programme as one such initiative catering to athletes; opening doors to internships and training which can parlay into jobs after retirement from sport. There is also the Athlete Performance Management Tool which enhances an athlete's knowledge base of their sport and the IOC Athlete MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) – an online platform delivering free educational content to athletes worldwide.
Bokel also raised the issue of entourages around athletes and the influence which these persons, including relatives, coaches and managers, have and the need for them "to do the right things for athletes". Should they be found in breach of any regulations, they should face sanctions, she contended, especially regarding doping violations because "athletes want to play in a clean environment".
Speaking about the development of player pathways – plans which take athletes from "grassroots level to podium success" – Director of the World Academy of Sport, Chris Solly (left), said "athletes should be at the centre of everything we do" and the infrastructure should be in place to facilitate their progress. This set-up gives clarity to athletes, their entourages and other stakeholders. It's a major task at national level, he conceded, but it is possible.
Badminton Guatemala was held up as a success story, with association president Jose del Busto (below; addressing Member's Forum) detailing how they run country-wide coach education and grassroots programmes to scout talent youth. These players are recruited and relocate to the national training centre where all their training, educational, medical and other needs are met.
"Having this in place they can compete regionally and internationally and they are getting good results," said del Busto, noting that London Olympics 2012 Men's Singles quarter-finalist, Kevin Cordon, is a product of this system.
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I made these for my grandmother, who loves my muffins.
You know how wonderful it is to have someone request your food?
Your own personal recipe food?
Oh man.
You do not have to ask me twice.
Anyway, these are delicious.
I like my muffins to be on the healthy side, but not tasting like it.
You want something sweet and delicious.
So these little babies are full of oats and vegetables and spices and sweetness.
I use Splenda because sugar makes me feel horrible, but if you're against artificial sweeteners, you do what you have to do.
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Topic: Have you build your own SaaS app? Any tips?
Hey all,
I'm having problems finding work, believe it or not. Actually, I haven't really been looking all that hard. Honestly, I just don't like applying for jobs.. Makes me feel desperate. Regardless, what I'd love love love to do is build my own SaaS app, so I could fly solo. I've been thinking something along the lines of e-commerce, similar to Shopify, but probably with my own spin.
Anyone built and launched a SaaS app on their own? I'm sure having a few friends is useful, but I'm a loner, so that kind of advice is probably not as helpful.


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