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by John Chubb
Everyone agrees that America's high schools need to do a better job of preparing students to be "college- and career-ready." But the big problem is, how do we get them to do that?
One state has just come up with a bold solution – and it could serve as a model for education reform throughout the entire country.
California recently passed a law that reduces the weight of standardized test scores for ranking high schools. Now, crucial factors like graduation rates, attendance and student advancement will play a larger role in grading the ability of public schools in preparing students to succeed after high school
This law is a big step in the right direction — and it paves the way for other states to pass similar reforms aimed at preparing students for college and beyond.
Why the change? Since 1999, every California public school has been granted an Academic Performance Index, or API, score based almost entirely on how its students fare on a handful of standardized tests. Other states are also similarly reliant upon test scores to evaluate their schools' successes.
These scores help determine everything about a school's future — whether it receives funding, whether parents can move their children to a better school, even whether home values rise or fall. So the pressure to get a high score is enormous.
The intention, of course, has been to hold schools accountable for their performance and to give them incentives to improve. The problem is that the system puts too much emphasis on tests that don't necessarily predict how well a student will actually do after high school. In the end, students were being prepared to succeed on tests while they were in school, not to succeed beyond graduation.
Sure enough, a closer look at the numbers reveals that, when based primarily on these tests, a school's API score can be an unreliable predictor of how well its students will perform in college. A 2012 study conducted by Education Sector found that one school with the relatively high API score of 778 out of 1,000 had a 91 percent graduation rate but sent just 66 percent of its students to college. Meanwhile, a school with a score of just 698 had a graduation rate of 95 percent and sent 86 percent of its students to college.
The API's true shortcoming is revealed when the scores are applied to schools with a high proportion of low-income students. According to our study, three of the five high-poverty schools with the lowest API scores were among the top five overall in sending their graduates to college. And the school with the lowest API score had the highest postsecondary enrollment rate: 79 percent of its graduates in 2009 went on to a postsecondary institution, 5 percentage points above the state average.
Standardized test scores certainly provide one valid measure of student success. But it is clear that they are not entirely accurate in measuring whether students are really ready for life after high school.
And this problem has serious real-world consequences. Only 25 percent of high school students taking common college entrance exams in California are deemed college- and career-ready. And two out of every five college students must take remedial classes for basic skills before they can qualify for credit-bearing work. Our nation's high schools have been failing to provide the requisite tools for students before sending them out the door.
The new law does much to fix how California ranks its schools. It ensures that, as of 2016, test scores can count for no more than 60 percent of a school's API score, and it says that the state superintendent must add graduation rates and measures of college- and career-preparedness to the mix.
The reality of today's economy is that students must start preparing for life beyond high school from the moment they enter a freshman classroom. It's our job to make sure that our high schools are helping them do just that.
If we want America's students to arrive at college ready for postsecondary work, then we must improve our country's systems for evaluating high schools. California just put forward a great model for reform. What we need now is for the rest of the country to follow.
John Chubb is CEO of Education Sector, an independent think tank, and is a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.
We Must Complete the Circuit to Electrify the Job market
by Bill Johnson, Executive Director, Urban Economic Development Association of Wisconsin, Inc. (UEDA)
Two words have become prevalent in southeastern Wisconsin lately – skills gap. We are seeing it reported in the news, discussed by educational institutions and made the priority of local employers. We've also seen numerous reports, including by Tim Sullivan, Competitive Wisconsin, Inc. and The Public Policy Forum. These reports, studies and initiatives have provided in-depth analysis of the challenges facing the statewide workforce system. Now, we must develop real, tangible and actionable solutions to implement on the ground to address the problem we all know exists.
Individually, we have done a great job of identifying the need for a solution. I believe that for real change to occur and the skills gap to be addressed, the solution needs to be the result of leaders coming together and collectively creating an environment that fosters an open exchange of ideas. Established employers, entrepreneurs, small business owners and education and training representatives all have a role in addressing the complex issue of maximizing the inherent skills of jobseekers at all levels.
As opposed to recommending a "cure" for what ails our workforce development system, we need to engage in a dialogue that will focus on developing strategies that will lead to increased collaboration between and among the various workforce development partners that are already doing great things to address the skills gap. We must go beyond finger pointing and casting of blame and instead focus our energy on action steps that will forge more creative approaches that will drive hiring, support our struggling entrepreneurs and make the region more business friendly.
Previous Urban Economic Development Association (UEDA) summits were focused on action. This year's 11th Annual Summit, addressing the skills gap, will be no different. On November 8th, key stakeholders will come together with members of the community to discuss actions that are already underway and having an impact, brainstorm new strategies for further progress and come together on the most efficient way to maximize resources in our workforce system. Urban issues expert Carol Coletta, an accomplished city visionary and sought after national speaker, will help give a national perspective to our discussion, offering insights about Milwaukee and trends in other cities like ours.
We are issuing a call to action for those who want to be a part of the solution to our workforce challenges. To join us, visit,www.uedawi.org or call (414)562-9904.
Guardsmen battle in job market
Employers reluctant to hire 'citizen-soldiers'
by Chris Kenning, The (Louisville) Courier-Journal
Louisville — More than nine months after returning from a second deployment to Iraq, Kentucky National Guard Lt. David Doggette has been struggling to translate his broad military experience — ranging from driving a tank to leading a platoon — into a good civilian job.
Doggette, a 30-year-old from Park City, Ky. who wants a career in safety management, said finding a job in the tight labor market is made more difficult by his long deployments away from the workforce — and the possibility of more to come.
"Everybody's been very quick to thank me for my service, and nobody's saying outright they're worried about (future) deployment — but it's definitely an undercurrent," he said.
Unemployment for veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars remains a problem, even more so or National Guard members who juggle jobs and repeated deployments.
Although still higher than the overall jobless rate of 7.8%, the unemployment rate for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans dropped to 9.7% in September, down from 11.7% a year earlier, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The Kentucky Guard's "citizen soldiers" — who, unlike former active-duty troops, face the added difficulty of having to hold down jobs while being deployed overseas for what is often a year at a time — had a jobless rate last month of 16.3%, according to Guard figures..
Ross Cohen, senior director of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Hiring our Heroes program, which has held about 100 job fairs, said there's an array of new programs to help.
They range from Guard outreach directly to employers to job fairs put on by veterans groups, politicians and local workforce agencies.
One problem being addressed is showing vets how to bridge a "communication gap" as they try to translate their military skills into experience that employers can see will make them good employees.
Employers "need to know that you also learn to work well in teams, give and take orders, (can) be accountable for millions of dollars of equipment and respond to changing circumstances," Cohen said.
Ted Daywalt, president of the Georgia-based group VetJobs, said it's a national problem. While recent veterans are increasingly finding work, National Guard members — whose part-time role differs from full-time, active-duty troops, but who in the past decade have been mobilized at record levels — have faced steeper challenges.
Though few will openly admit it, "a lot of employers are reluctant to hire them," said Daywalt, noting that many will volunteer for another deployment to help pay bills at home. "We get thousands of calls a month, and easily 40 to 50% of them are in the National Guard."
New car buying by young rises after years of decline
Young buyers are inching back into the new-vehicle market after several years on the sidelines, helped by easing credit and a slightly improving job market.
"Younger buyers have returned to market at a higher rate than any other age category," according to a recent report by J.D. Power and Associates' Power Information Network.
The young buyer group from teen years through age 35 is a hefty 23% of so-called retail buyers, the highest since 2008, according to Power. The retail sales category excludes multiple-vehicle sales to fleet buyers, such as rental-car and taxi companies.
Data from Polk, which tracks new-vehicle registrations, not sales, found a similar trend, showing buyers ages 18 through 34 are 12% of all new-vehicle registrations from January through July this year, the highest since 16.4% in 2007.
Power's Thomas King, a senior director, says that high used car values could be helping younger buyers who have something to trade-in or sell. Credit is also easier to get, and "We are also seeing growth in longer-term loans, 72 months and over," which reduces monthly payments, he says.
Long loans, however, can lock buyers into long ownership. It takes years before the loan balance is less than the value of the car, delaying the next purchase.
Still, the rebound is huge for car companies, which depend on an influx of youthful customers as their lifeblood. Younger shoppers don't buy high-profit vehicles,at first, but if they can be well-served and kept loyal, automakers believe they'll move up to very profitable models as they get older and richer.
Big gainers with young buyers: Hyundai and Kia. Polk says together they had 11% of the new-vehicle registrations by young buyers, up from just 5% in 2007. European makers, mainly Volkswagen, also grew, edging up to 4%.
New America Media, Commentary, Earl Ofari Hutchinson
In an apparent off the cuff remark, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan gushed that he thought it was a "cool thing" that an African-American was president. But Ryan's rapture with President Obama didn't last past the first sentence. In the next breath he quickly added that he didn't like much else about Obama. The much else was how Obama has spent on health, education and job development programs that would help the poor and minorities. That spending has been fiscal heresy for Ryan.
His savage cost cutting plan is well-known. He'd cut tens of billions from Medicaid and Medicare, and more than a trillion from everything from food stamps to welfare over the next decade. The Ryan slash and burn plan mercifully hasn't happened during his tenure as House Budget Committee Chair. But as Vice President Ryan, he would be in a commanding position to make his cost cutting plan a nightmare come true for the poor and minorities.
The key to that is winning the vice-presidency. In distant times past, the vice-presidency was little more than a ceremonial, title-leaden position that carried little authority, and almost no power to make, shape or change public policy. Presidential candidates picked vice-presidents mostly to shore up their perceived political or ideological weakness, be it sectionalism, inexperience, image, or on domestic or foreign policy expertise. The VP was there to balance a ticket, and help a presidential contender win, and nothing more. But that was in the distant past.
The vice presidential pick has morphed into a high stakes game in the evolution of presidential politics. The VP is now much more than just a standard dressing up of the presidential ticket. He or she must be able to actually help a presidential candidate win first and foremost, or at worse not help him lose. There were times in past elections when VPs have made a difference. Lyndon Johnson in 1960 is the textbook example of that. He brought legislative savvy, he was a Southern then still in good stead, and he could deliver two or three Deep South states. He did his job. Bush Sr. also helped Reagan in 1980. He brought experience, insider connections, and as a transplanted Southerner, the regional balance that Reagan needed. And he was moderate enough to give Reagan a little edge with moderate Republicans. But the vice-president has become much more than that.
A vice president is now directly involved in discussing, implementing and even helping to formulate domestic and foreign policy. Vice-Presidents chair presidential committees and commissions. They are consulted and make recommendations on major policy decisions and changes. They are often the hit men on controversial policy issues and during elections they are on the campaign trail to say what the president often can't say. Clinton's VP Al Gore and Bush's VP Dick Cheney played the role of advisor and point man on key issues. Obama VP Joe Biden plays the same role. In any case, the VP is now often right in the center of presidential politics and the national political debate.
Ryan would be even more at the center of that debate and decision making. He was picked in large part not to balance the Romney ticket, but because of his budget hammering big stick. A Romney White House will not only listen to him, but rely heavily on him on policy decisions involving spending slashes, almost all of it involving crucial domestic programs.
This would come at the worst possible time for the poor and minorities. The poor are not only getting poorer, they are also more numerous than any time in the last half-century and have slipped even further behind in wealth and income disparities. Other reports repeatedly confirm that a disproportionate number of the poor are blacks and Hispanics. The single biggest reason for their plunge downward is the relentless pecking away at federal spending on enhancement programs in health care, education, job and skills training, and the massive cutbacks and downsizing in the public employment sector.
This has been coupled with a colossal leap in the fortunes of the rich and major corporations. Their wealth bounty has soared through a benign and porous tax and regulatory system that has given the taxpayer company store away to them. The Ryan plan would be a dream come true for them. It would shove out even more of the tax cut bounty to the wealthiest, and do absolutely nothing to insure that any of the tax cut giveaway go toward investment in new job creation. The cuts would leave the tattered safety net for the poor in even greater tatters. It doesn't take a soothsayer to predict that the number of poor will skyrocket even more under the Ryan plan.
Ryan knows he's in a commanding position. He told an interviewer during the Republican presidential candidate's debates that all the Republican candidates believed his plan was the best plan for the country. Tea Party Express leader Amy Kremer was in delirium in stating that selecting Ryan "proved" Romney was committed to their draconian economic hatchet plan. Unfortunately for the poor, in a Romney White House VP Ryan could make that nightmare happen.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and political analyst. He is a frequent political commentator on MSNBC and a weekly co-host of the Al Sharpton Show on American Urban Radio Network. He is the author of How Obama Governed: The Year of Crisis and Challenge. He is an associate editor of New America Media. He is the host of the weekly Hutchinson Report on KPFK-Radio and the Pacifica Network.
THE RACE IS ON: Obama/Biden vs. Romney/Ryan
At stake is the direction we as a nation move in on job creation, education, healthcare, the economy and too many other issues that affect our daily lives and future.
But over the next 83 days, campaigns, parties, and super-pacs will be on a "hundred-thousand-trillion", while many of our organizations and people will allow others to lead during this time of crisis.
There are however, many that are taking this crisis diagnoisis seriously, and in response have called a Code Red Strategy and Action Conference. Faith leaders, congregants, and concerned citizens will gather in Baltimore this week to learn how to and be certified to register voters, connect evangelism and mobilization, receive tech tools to protect voters and develop election-day plans.
This conference which is being called by the Empowerment Movement will be this Thursday through Saturday and will have the likes of Roland Martin, Bishop Vashti McKenzie, Rev. Freddie Haynes and myself providing strategy recommendations. But the real meat of the work will come from professionals like Barbara R. Arnwine of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, who will breakdown the attack on our voter rights and what we can do to hit back.
Family, this work is essential because the black church has an opportunity to be the difference maker, not just in this election, but in serving as the institution that serves more than its congregants, but truly the communities in which they reside.
Many churches have stayed back from political engagement because of the attacks by the IRS on their 501© 3 status. Others debate if the church can be the force we need it to be politically.
Barbara Dianne Savage, a brilliant scholar at UPenn stated in her book, "Your Spirit Walks Beside Us: The Politics of Black Religion": "In the first half of the twentieth century, the dominant political narratives treated African-American religion with despair and disdain.
The emergence in the late 1950s of a Southern civil rights movement with churches, church people, and church culture at its center was a powerful and startling departure from that story, rather than a natural progression. In many ways, the movement is best thought of not as an inevitable triumph or a moment of religious revival, but simply as a miracle. It was brief, bold, and breathtaking, difficult to replicate or sustain, and experienced firsthand by only a small remnant of true believers."
Perhaps that is why we so lift up those times and all that many people of faith worked to change in America. But now is not the time for debate on this history of black faith activism.
Now is the time to live what we want to next chapter to be. For more info or to participate in the free Code Red Conference go to www.Empowermentmovement.org<http://www.Empowermentmovement.org> if you want to do it your way…DO IT. We are all together.
The black church is as diverse as the black community that makes up its congregants and their political views are equally as diverse. Regardless of your political affiliation, shouldn't we and not a party or campaign be the front line of voter registration, education, GOTV, and protection? It's Code Red time, family. Will you be part of the team that sits back in crisis or the one that shows up? Your Call. As Always, I'm Jeff Johnson and that's my truth. –Commentary by Political and Social Commentator Jeff Johnson, courtesy of BlackAmericaweb.com.
Come and celebrate the hiring season for full and part-time seasonal job opportunities
Come and celebrate the hiring season for full and part-time seasonal job opportunities during at "JobFest 2012" being held at the Grand Avenue Mall Thursday, Aug. 2 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Mall's Center Court. The Grand Avenue is located at 275 W. Wisconsin Ave. Attendees are asked to enter the mall through the main entrance at Wisconsin and Third Street.
JobFest is an active hiring event and consists of only employers with immediate hiring needs. Some of the companies participating in the event are The Marcus Corporation, FedEx Smart Post, Interfaith Personal Care Plus, One Stop Wireless, (Version), Boston Store and more. There will also be resources on transportation, education and the Wisconsin Job Center.
JobFest is sponsored by Interfaith Wisconsin's Seasonal Workforce Coalition. The Coalition is a group of employers and community-based workforce agencies working together to coordinate 2,000-plus seasonal employment opportunities across the calendar year.
For more information about the event, contact Shannon Gallagher at [email protected] or call 414-220-8696.
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US Labor Department announces more than $20 m in grants for vets
The Center for Veterans Issues Ltd., Milwaukee , Wis. , receives $300,000 grant
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today awarded 90 grants totaling more than $20 million to fund job training and support services that will help more than 11,000 veterans succeed in civilian careers. The grants are being awarded through the department's Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program.
"Americans who have served their country should not find themselves without a home," said Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis. "The grants announced today will help these heroes find good jobs and take us one step closer to the goal of ending veteran homelessness altogether."
The Volunteers of America Greater Ohio center located in Columbus , Ohio received $300,000 and the Ohio Valley Goodwill Industries Rehab Center Inc. located in Cincinnati , Ohio also received $300,000.
The grants announced today are second- and third-year awards to state and local workforce investment boards, local public agencies and nonprofit organizations – including faith-based and community organizations – that demonstrated satisfactory performance during the past year. All 90 grants are awarded through the HVRP program, with some of the grants specifically set aside to serve formerly incarcerated veterans, and homeless female veterans and veterans with families. The grant recipients are familiar with the areas and populations they are serving.
Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program grants provide occupational, classroom and on-the-job training, as well as job search and placement assistance, including follow-up services. Grantees are expected to maximize available assistance and find good jobs for veterans by coordinating efforts and resources with the U.S. departments of Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development, and Health and Human Services, as well as other national, state and local agencies in accordance with the VA's five-year plan to end homelessness for veterans and their families.
In June, Secretary Solis announced the award of 64 grants through the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program. Those grants – which are separate from the 90 receiving funds today – are first-year awards totaling more than $15 million and aimed at providing about 8,600 homeless veterans nationwide with job training.
More information on the Department of Labor's unemployment and re-employment programs for veterans can be found at http://www.dol.gov/vets.
Overworking Is Bad For Your Heart
(BlackDoctor.org) — Putting in long hours at the office may help achieve satisfaction at your job, but a new body of evidence indicates that working 10 or 11 hours a day substantially increases the risk of serious heart problems, as opposed to clocking out after seven hours.
The finding, which was published in the European Heart Journal, found that individuals who regularly work beyond "the normal, seven-hour day" were up 60 percent more likely to suffer from heart-related conditions compared with those who didn't work that amount of overtime — even after factors such as age, weight and smoking that affect the heart were ruled out.
According to the data from a long-term investigation into the health of more than 10,000 London office workers aged between 39 and 61 over 11 years, the possibility of overworking affecting the heart occurs after working between three and four hours extra a day.
The researchers said there could be a number of explanations for the possible link between overtime and heart problems.
These include undiagnosed high blood pressure, stress, sleep deprivation, anxiety or depression, and being a "Type A" personality who is highly driven, aggressive or irritable. Employees who work overtime may also be likely to work while ill.
It is possible to be successful at work and not become blighted by long, stressful hours. The key is to work smarter, not longer.
Here are a few tips to help slow down your inner workaholic:
• Require downtime. One of the theories as to why overtime work can increase one's risk of coronary heart disease presented by this study's authors was that people don't get adequate downtime after work when they're working 12-hour days, which inhibits their ability to de-stress and get over workplace anxiety.
Schedule short breaks throughout the day and allow some time to relax after returning home.
•Take care of yourself. It is impossible to have a productive day if you feel sick, tired or depressed. That's because all of the facets of a healthy person — a healthy diet, getting plenty of sleep, exercising, keeping stress to a minimum — apply also to a productive person. When you feel good you will have the energy, mental capacity and desire to work efficiently.
•Stress. Relieving stress in your life can be one of the most challenging aspects, as we're all faced with it daily. Relaxation can help to calm your mind, soothe your emotions and create a state of deep relaxation in your body, to help you fall asleep faster and feel more rested in the morning.
•Organize and prioritize. Make a "To-Do List" of all your tasks for the day. If a task is large, break it down into smaller, manageable ones and list them separately. Once you have all your tasks down, prioritize them.
•Organize your workspace. Keep your desk and work area free from clutter. File papers that you don't need regularly, and throw away those that you won't need again. A good tip is to organize your desk at the end of each day so it's ready to go in the morning.
•Figure out your best work mode. Do you work best in the morning, afternoon or late at night? Do you need silence or does music help you concentrate? Do you think better sitting at your desk or taking a walk? Answering these types of questions can help you make the most of your day. For most people, the morning is when they work most efficiently. If this applies to you, get started on the most complex, thought-intensive projects first thing, and save the easier tasks for later in the day.
•Stay positive. If you have a tough day at work or feel you didn't get all that you should have done, don't worry. Everyone has these days, and the more you fret about them the worse it will make you feel.
• Make doctor visits as important as staff meetings. Although overtime workers in this study appeared healthy (they exercised, ate right, and got the recommended seven to eight hours of sleep per night), they were also less likely to take sick days, which suggests they could be ignoring symptoms of heart disease and not getting adequate preventive care. Make sure you get annual checkups, stick to a healthy diet, and don't smoke or drink excessively.
By Brittany Gatson, BDO Staff Writer


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Welcome to Bat Shooting game application. Find flying bats surrounding of you through Camera and shoot them by tapping orange button. Scanner will help you find bats.
Help Me Where can i find more android shooters like this,it reminds me of face raiders, cool but the camera doesnt work, i even tried to out smart the game by downloading a transparency app but the game wouldn't allow it. Also the bats wildly fly, impossible to strategically play correctly. please someone remake this game.
Crap Did not understand how to move the scope. Also the graphics are very bad.
Sucks No control over the sniper, flipping phone like crazy. No effect :( uninstall after 10min.
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They're keeping me busy!
I've been MIA lately because of several things going on, but mainly because the girls are incredibly mobile so my laptop has been moved to the dining room to keep the cord away from the babies! But I can't sit in here much at all, so little JM time for me!
It seems like Lilly is just one step behind Maddie in mobility but maybe a little bit ahead on some of the interactive things (like waving or saying simple words, like "Mama" "Dada" or "bye-bye"). Do you guys find the same thing with your twins? They're both now pulling up to standing, crawling quickly on hands and knees, and now Maddie is cruising between objects (like the coffee table and exersaucer) while standing. :jawdrop: I'm really not ready for this stuff. We have steps all over the house (I hate it!!), like one step into the foyer from the living room and one step into the kitchen from the living room and the girls have both figured out how to climb the step. We just got two baby gates for Christmas tonight so those are going up tomorrow! Especially since today Maddie tried to tackle going up a small flight of steps going up to the bedrooms! :eek:
It just feels like it's going by so fast :( I'll try to get some pics uploaded to post maybe tomorrow ...
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A&E used to go back and forth on who meet milestones first. Now, E seems to be just a little ahead in running and climbing and A is a little ahead in verbal skills. It's perfectly normal for them to do things are their own pace.
We don't have steps all over, but I taught the girls how to do the stairs the first day they learned to crawl. I wanted to make sure they were safe if we were anywhere there weren't stairs that could be blocked off. I would make it a game and try to get them to not go up the stairs until I was there, then I'd "chase" them up the stairs. They quickly started taking off to the stairs, but would wait for me before they climbed more than one. Today, they are up and down the stairs all the time.
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I'm with you on the steps. I really don't want too much to be blocked off in my house. My concern at the moment is that they can go up them but have no experience going down them. And the way our house is set up if they go up a step on the main floor, they're going to have to go back down a step to get to another room. ALL the rooms on the main floor (except for the kitchen to the dining room) have a step. I really hate it. I've been letting them play around with them a little bit, but Maddie is just too quick about it and then goes straight for the bigger staircase.
But I'm with you about trying to adapt the babies to the environment and teaching them how to maneuver safely within it rather than trying to pad my whole house to keep them safe! :)
Re: They're keeping me busy!
We live in a 2 storey, so we have 18 steps to the 2nd floor right in the middle of the house-the twins learned to get up and down them fairly smoothly. I won't lie, they each rolled down at least twice, but they've got carpet and a landing halfway, and they figured it out. I had been gating the bottom step at that early stage when they'd go up but couldn't get down.
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My twins aren't here yet, but my 10 month old is all over the place adn we had to put a gate up to block him in the living room because we have a 3 story home and I'm terrified he'll fall down the stairs into the basement or try climbing up to the top floor and fall down those :( He isn't a very coordinated little guy lol
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The EASIEST candy you'll make all season and will FOR SURE become a new favorite! This Outrageous Peanut Butter M&M's Fudge is so creamy and delicious and is topped with festive holiday M&M's! Perfect for Christmas!
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And here come the holiday M&Ms! I look forward to holiday candies all year long and then when the time comes…I put them on EVERYTHING. Because I can. And you should too.
This recipe for peanut butter fudge is outrageously good. You may be mad at me after you try it, eat the entire batch by yourself, and then find yourself wearing yoga pants for the rest of the year. #itsworthit
I've been introducing you guys to lots of EASY fudge recipes 'cause I know y'all will do anything to NOT buy a candy thermometer. You crazy. If you aren't adverse to actually cooking your candy, make sure to check out these Buttermilk Pecan Pralines I just posted – candy thermometer required.
Okay, so let's talk fudge. I love it more than anything in this world. Except for my kids. Well, I don't know. That's a tough call. If there were as easy to take care of as this fudge is to make…they'd for sure win.
So lets get right to the punch line here…this fudge is made with powdered sugar.
Stop the presses. I know that this is CRAZY and I have never shared a powdered sugar based fudge before, but trust me, now is the time.
Right now as I look at this crazy creamy fudge, I am sobbing inside for those of you with peanut allergies. Gosh darnit! Make this with a different nut butter and tell me how it goes!
All you need to do is melt the peanut butter, gobs of it, a bit of butter, and some corn syrup. Stir in the powdered sugar and vanilla extract and pour into a prepared pan. Top with M&Ms because, duh. M&Ms make everything better. You can see that I went all OCD on this fudge and made a pattern. It's Christmas people – live a little!
Into the fridge for a few hours and then BAM! This happens:
Now don't say I never gave you anything. This recipe IS your Christmas present this year. You're welcome. Now come and take a bite!
- ¼ cup light corn syrup
- ¼ cup unsalted butter
- 2 cups creamy peanut butter
- 1¼ cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup M&Ms
- Line an 8-inch square baking dish with non-stick foil and set aside. (If you don't have non-stick foil available, line with regular foil and lightly spray with cooking spray.)
- In a medium size saucepan, combine the corn syrup and butter, cooking over low heat until the butter melts, stirring occasionally
- Stir in the peanut butter and continue cooking over low heat until smooth. Remove from heat.
- Stir in the powdered sugar and vanilla and beat until smooth.
- Pour fudge into the prepared pan. Place M&Ms on top.
- Refrigerate for 2 hours or until firm. Cut into squares and serve.
- Leftovers should be stored in an airtight container.
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What would Tiana need in her purse for her adventures in the Big Easy? Well, if there's anything we know about our favorite princess/chef/restaurant owner, Tiana's a girl who's all about practicality. We'd imagine she's pretty busy running her restaurant, so a big sturdy tote like this one from ModCloth is essential.
For trips to the farmer's market, this shopping list from Rifle Paper Co. is great for keeping organized. Tiana is a pro at man-catching beignets and gumbo, but we bet she'd get inspired by other Crescent City chefs and keep their cookbooks on hand. Since Tiana is always saving for her next big dream, this coin purse by Dooney and Burke will keep her change safe.
As a nod to her amphibian adventure with Naveen, these frog earring from Max and Chloe are a cute reminder how how they fell in love. And for when she kisses her frog (also known as Prince Naveen), this Nars Lip Pencil is perfect for puckering up. To keep her B.F.F Charlotte close, these best friend wire bangles from Alex and Ani are a necessity. All Tiana needs her her paintbrush to go paint the town, and she's ready to make her dreams come true in New Orleans!


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the master say' i don care what they say blah blah... no typefont ? yeah
the master say' i don care what they say blah blah... no typefont ? yeah
i say kick ass
i really like the drawing, the style rocks my ass. based on the text you're probably expecting this, but the text just ruins it.
Great Illustration style, I would take off the type. Its a little distracting.
futura medium condensed!
kickass is definitely the right thing to say about this.
Awesome illustration and graffite style. Change the font for the word typefont or at least use it somewhere else and I'll give it a 5.
i like it. but im not ghetto enough to wear it. 5$
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Awsome Graf style but I think the illustration would be a lot stronger without the words and pen.
sweet sweet, but whats up with the "type font"?? lose it
k!cK as5
great stuff, wonderful linework
I'd buy it.
cool look, but i can't read the font at all
this is so badass i'm unworthy of wearing it. but i like it a lot. nice job. +5
super cool illustration!!5
I like it with the dragon in the background.
I usually dont say this but, lose the script. $5+++ print it!
This is bad ass! I would buy it if the text was removed, and it was just bruce in all of his awesomeness. love the illustration!
Very cool illustration!
That is beautiful. 5$. Put Jim Kelly on it and I would try to find a way to 6$ it. But that might be too much awesome for a T-shirt, anyway.
love bruce lee...i would by this...energee...plus he's left handed like me
OMFG.. yes this is fuckin AWESOME. I will BUY for sure.. and yo KEEP the text... peopel don't like text on this site for some reason. -_- It would look good on natural too
I'd like it without any of that nasty graffiti. Graffiti text says, to me, look how urban and streetwise I am.
i'd wear it!
Its got bruce lee, why wouldn't i buy this? 5dollasign
I LOVE this shirt
the graffiti is awesome, it's perfect the way it is, great colors
the orange really makes this pop so i say if youre going to touch the text, then only change it. Id keep the orange.
The text confuses and infuriates me. Nice drawing though. Explanation on the text please?
If Jim Kelly goes on then so should John Saxon!
Then we could call it Enter the Typeface Dragon!
But would that work?
Have some tea Mr Braithwaite!!!
good job
I'd drop the word 'typefont.' Looks out of place. That being said, I'd buy this shirt in an instant. About time I saw some serious graff influence up in hyuh. I also like that Jim Kelly/John Saxon idea. If this gets printed, I will own one. 5$
Awesome as it is $5
love the style, those colors are great
best design ive seen on threadless $5 and print indeed
yo yo, i love bruce lee..print ..print ..print.$5
please print... $5!
Please Print 5$
no type on teh master!!
I like it just the way it is. Keep the text. 5$
Everything perfect, plz print $5
^ mongo.incorporated, those are almost the exact words that came to my mind. I'd buy it, $5, Bruce Lee is love.
Holy crap One of my buddies would probably fight someone to the death for this shirt.
Please Print it cause I need some entertainment.
No text. and I'd buy it straight away
thank everyone who gave all those comments.. will take on board and also vote for me! ^.~ add oil
hah great sketch style..5$
Cool! great style! thanks for your vote too, $5


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This build is amazing it gives you survivability as well as around 940 AP at 18 and around 2.9k HP. Though it may look a bit noob with the double rod and archangels the stats you get at level 18 are worth it.
Honestly you dont have to get 2 Dorans Rings but i think its actually a viable option. It gives you a little bit more HP mp5 and AP for 475 and when you need the extra space it sells back for more than half. Having said that when it comes to getting 2 Rod of Ages thats a definite yes. The hp and mana you get from having 2 is amazing not to mention that it makes archangels give you all the more AP. Rabadons is a no brainer, 155 AP +30% bonus AP, yea ok enough said. Getting 2 archangels is also a bit awkward but is worth it in the end. The amount of mana you use spamming your spells definetly builds up and having 2 Archangels gives you an immense amount of mana and mp5.
Skill Sequence
I dont get Command: Protect till after both Attack and Dissonance are maxed, I honestly just put to get it at level 4 because it looks less noob.
Summoner Spells
You really dont need Flash as a summoner spell, but I just get it for the escaping possibilities. You never know when a gank is gonna happen and you can flash and dissonance to get away. Really you could get ghost just as easily. Ignite I must have on almost all characters, it helps to dps someone down faster and is great to use to get that last hit on someone.


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Seems like the ACs here are doing that. 92.9, as I mentioned earlier, is still sprinkling in the Christmas tuneage. Lite 98.7 in Hopkinsville is apparently doing the same. I'll keep listening, and let you know.Originally Posted by the golden boy
The FISH (Christian AC), however, started the Christmas tuneage a week before 92.9, and is still apparently all-Christmas. I'll keep you posted.


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Automation World published my first monthly column in November for its Automation Team department. The article, Lean Six Sigma Balance for Process Improvement, has already received praise from the magazine's readership. One reader wrote:
"Timely and informative articles that provide an excellent perspective on what is new in the industry…I appreciate writers/columnists like Marty Weil."
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BRITAIN'S remotest island community has issued an urgent appeal to fund a conservation project at its church.
The tiny congregation in the remote island of Colonsay has been hit with an urgent bill for £20,000 to make safe its 200-year-old church belfry.
As a listed building, the belfry will be fully restored at a total cost of £55,000 but the structure has to be made safe immediately, pre-empting the possibility of grant aid during the first phase of the operation.
Colonsay has only 135 inhabitants - 90 are either pensioners or schoolchildren, and it is 36 miles from Oban, the nearest accessible community.
The church congregations is normally around 12.
The islanders have only just completed a renovation of their little 1802 Georgian church.
This new work must start immediately, to dismantle the rather elegant birdcage belfry before storms can bring it to the ground.
Session Clerk Kevin Byrne said "The financial implications for this small congregation are serious.
"Although our church is presbyterian it has a completely ecumenical ethos and shares all services with the local Baptist congregation.
"It relies upon visiting volunteer preachers for pulpit supply and often welcomes ministers from other branches of the Christian family.
"The building is always open, it is available for suitable secular purposes and provides mortuary facilities regardless of creed.
"Almost incredibly, there are more than a million people worldwide with one or more ancestors who are connected to our church through a baptism, marriage or funeral. "We are hopeful that well-wishers will assist at this time of crisis and then visit Colonsay to see the result."
He added that two people with Colonsay connections living in the UK have already donated £2,500 within 24 hours of launching the appeal.
The parish church was built in 1802 at a cost of £444.15s.2d and is notable for its elegant classical design, and for a very fine coombed vernacular wooden ceiling.
The Royal Commission on Ancient and Historic Monuments in Scotland state: "There is a blind oculus immediately above the vestry, and the pediment is surmounted by a simple bird-cage belfry with ogival-topped canopy and ball finial; a bell remains in situ."
Colonsay is an island of 20 square miles in the Inner Hebrides, famous for its ruined mediaeval priory and for its wildlife, including populations of otters, grey Atlantic seals, corncrakes and chough.
It once had a population of almost 1,000, but during the early 19th century lost most of its population to clearance and emigration. The island was at the centre of controversy when residents voted to welcome employment opportunities offered by fish-farm operator Marine Harvest.
Details of a special appeal are posted at www.colonsaychurches.org.


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TP-CASTT. TP-CASTT. This is an acronym which is explained below. The TPCASTT method can be used as a format for writing a short analysis essay about a poem. Rely on what you find in the poem, what the words say, and how the poetic devices increase the meaning. A Girl by Ezra Pound.
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text: stopping by london for a few days on my way back from greece. anyone have advice on where to shop/look around? Savile Row is obvious... ive heard Kings Road isnt what it used to be. know of any tucked away gems/spots of interest? ill probably have spent most of my money in greece. id like to have a look around and hopefully pick up a thing here or there. probably no huge purchases, but i do like to window shop


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My Yoga
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The Yoga App provides Asanas for Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced Area. Users need to start from Beginners asanas and enter to intermediate. Advanced asanas are to be done with the guidance of trained practitioner/Yoga Guru. In the Goal based section provide asanas for people with Diabetic, Hyper tension. The application takes a result oriented approach. Spreading happiness to the whole world is our mission
Just the app to encourage me to get up and help myself. It had been so long I had forgotten how to breathe. After 2 heart attacks, family issues and a bout of self inflicted depression, I CAN relieve the stress, aches and pains. A quick reference to the app and it all comes back to me! Working for me.
Just a regular reference guide Don't work offline, don't cache any data, description text under images is unformatted and hard to read.
TRY THIS ONE Out of many similar apps, for me, this one stands out, a little better than most.
Good It is gud application i was searching for long time but i get audio of this would be very helpful
Didn't like it Does not look professional.
Excellent Simple and illustrative.. Nice work
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Fixed FC in android versions less than 4.1.2
Professional Yoga Courses and Workouts with 3600 Video and 600+ Asanas (Poses)
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COLAB was established in 1994 as a collaborative studio between architects and designers from four other disciplines who believe that a multi-disciplinary approach to challenging projects inspires innovation and lasting design solutions. Without sacrificing efficiency or style, COLAB uses the discipline and depth of architectural practices to provide hierarchy when including other creative talents. As a result, COLAB designers have arrived at a unique methodology for producing projects in a more comprehensive fashion. COLAB also collaborates closely with our clients. With the capability to visualize a project from simple sketches to detailed 3-D digital simulations, COLAB gives clients the ability to see alternatives quickly and efficiency. Ultimately, our goal is to achieve an original solution to match our client's specific needs. We believe that open dialogue between client and designer result in design solutions that have more depth, sophistication and beauty.
With the formation of three studios focusing on separate areas of design, COLAB maintains an agenda to produce a variety of design work, with emphasis in the fields of architecture, interior design, urban design, and entertainment based architecture and branding. Whether big or small, COLAB projects have a specific mark – collaborative, innovative, efficient and lasting.
Mark A. Engberg, AIA, LEED AP
Founding Principal, Mark Engberg's 26 years of experience in the design profession support the notion that COLAB Architecture + Urban Design, LLC is exceptionally qualified to continue diverse design work in the fields of urban design, architecture and branding. He was the recipient of the 1987 Boston Society of Architects sponsored Rotch Traveling Scholarship, which afforded him the opportunity to study urban architecture and high density residential architecture in fourteen countries from Great Britain to New Zealand. He received his Architecture and Urban Design master's degree in 1989 from Columbia University in New York City and has spent much of his career working on large-scale architecture projects. He has worked on projects in New York City, Chicago, San Diego, Los Angeles, Portland and Dubai that include Chicago's Central Station, LA's Union Station redevelopment plan Brooklyn's Metro Tech, Portland's Block 177, San Diego's Ball park District and Dubai's Port Rashid along with the Jumeriah Beach Redevelopment.
In 1994 Engberg established COLAB Architecture + Urban Design in Portland with the notion of diversifying the scope of the firm's design. The founding principal was: "Design Everything". As principal and lead designer of the firm, he has produced architectural designs for clients such as Disney, ABC Television, Dubai Holdings and Nike. COLAB recently designed a new retail and entertainment project in Dubai and has completed master plans for new residential mixed-use developments in Cairo. Engberg's design work has been recognized in publications and through awards, including awards form the Portland Chapter of the American Institute of Architects for Tube and Hub Optics. His residential work has recently been published in a book about northwest regional design.
Principal, David Gabriel's 15 years of experience are characterized by successful designs that span a broad spectrum of project types and scales. Mr. Gabriel received his master's degree from Harvard's Graduate School of Design, where his thesis focused on a critical approach to public space within multi-modal centers. Gabriel went on to work for small design firms on projects ranging from private residences and summer camps to student unions and campus master plans. The success of these projects earned several local and national design awards, and shared one common element: an intense and sensitive focus on the integration of site, climate and context.
Mr. Gabriel moved to Portland after finishing his travels that were the result of being awarded the Rotch Traveling Scholarship, a prestigious award given by the Boston Society of Architects. Since joining COLAB, Gabriel has worked as a project designer and manager for several large scale urban projects and high-rise structures in the U.A.E and Egypt. The urban projects have included ferry passenger terminals, marina support towers, yacht clubs and multi-use urban environments. He has also designed and managed retail hospitality projects for both local and national brands, such as the Ferrari store and showroom in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is currently assisting Oregon College of Art and Craft realize the first studio buildings of their 10 year master plan. Mr. Gabriel has also taught in the architecture departments of Portland State University and the graduate program at the University of Oregon.


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"Girl Impossible" was April 15, 2011 full release, as "visual control" director Zach Schneider works the first time directed the film a strong visual effects, intense action scenes and very attractive LORI force are subject to audience favor, and the film's story is also the audience that the "clouds", the popular audience controversial. The film is one to 50 years the background of the action film, the protagonist is a girl named Baby Doll. She was demonic father off in a mental hospital where, within five days she was removed prefrontal lobe will become a permanent dementia. In the course of imprisonment, in her own fantasy world and the real world out between the shuttle.
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Today's Halloween post comes courtesy of the Horror Writers Association. Head on over to their Halloween Haunts and check out my recommendations for horror films that may have flown under the radar – but that you should be watching this month. While there, stick around and read a few other posts. Halloween Haunts is HWA's […]
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Peculiar Genius: The Ghost Stories of M.R. James
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When the leaves change color and the wind cools, we find ourselves imagining what could be lurking in the shadows, what could be waiting in closets and under beds and inside dank, dark spaces. It's a time that, whether through tradition or the influence of pop culture, begins to conjure images of ghosts. And, if […]
A Return to the October Country
October 15, 2013
That magical time of year is here once again. The skies are a little grayer, the air a little chillier. Multicolored leaves dance their way down the street in the embrace of a cool wind. Candles flicker from inside the hollow eyes of a pumpkin and ghosts cavort across our television screens. And, perhaps, across […]


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I now have an ultrasound scheduled on April 30th, I will be 12 weeks. I hate that I have to wait so long but my doctor wasnt willing to budge. I told her that I had never made it to 12 weeks before but she still wouldnt move it. I am really glad that I have a date set but still kinda worried - whats the point if I dont make it that far. I just have to hold faith that in 3 weeks DH and I will be looking at beautiful pics of our baby and nothing bad will happen before then.
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Miscarriage at 17 weeks - December 7, 2011 (My sweet little Joshua had Achondrogenesis type 2)
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The data from Hans Rosling & gapminder.org is finally available to have a play with yourself! (go to the gapminder site and click the link that says 'gapminder world')
First off, if you haven't seen Rosling's first TED talk, you should watch this first:
The basic idea is that you can chart a whole range of data over time, including stats on health, the economy, life expectancy and so on. There's not much that relates directly to innovation (though there are several numbers that are peripherally related – like education, productivity per worker hour, and patents), but here's one that I made tracking patents against gdp per capita. To watch it pull the slider back to '1984', then hit play. As near as I can tell, there are two stories there – first that the European countries have started to patent much more extensively in the US since the 1990s, the second is that China is starting to patent more intensively as well. The latter supports a point that Mark & I have made in a couple of research papers – that the stereotype of the Asians economies being more imitative than innovative is rapidly become less accurate.
Despite there not being many innovation stories present in the statistics, this approach to showing stats is certainly innovative. And gapminder has been doing a fantastic job of making available statistics that have previously been relatively inaccessible. In any case,


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There are many benefits to working in an organization like Baylor University. Among them is access to expertise in a variety of fields. Over the next few issues, BaylorNews will share information and resources available through University departments that may be helpful in numerous areas of life and work.
An August 2013 ABC News poll estimates that fewer than half of Americans have a will. This important document can help protect your family and insure that your wishes are fulfilled in the event of your death.
"In creating a will, we take care of those we love," said Susan Wommack, JD '89, director of development for Baylor Law School. "We love our family and friends and a will helps us care for them, but there are also nonprofits that we would like to care for as well. These could be churches, educational institutions like Baylor University, or community organizations that have touched our lives or that we see making an impact on others' lives. You can support such organizations through a bequest. By making such a gift, you're able to use resources you no longer need as a blessing to others, to help change the world in a large way."
The Office of Gift Planning in University Development offers a helpful guide that walks you through the process of planning your will. The Wills Guide is a free tool that provides planning steps and questions that help you define your goals before beginning the process. It will also simplify the process and assist you in gathering the information your attorney will need to prepare the appropriate documents that accomplish your goals – without the meter running.
Pages in the guide help you collect pertinent family and financial information, assess and establish goals for your estate and understand the responsibilities of key contacts such as an executor or trustee. Other pages provide steps to assist you in planning for your future healthcare decisions and answer frequently asked questions about the process and terminology that may be unfamiliar to you.
It's never too early to start planning. In addition to fulfilling your desires for your family, you may want to consider your own Baylor legacy. For example, you may wish to designate a bequest for student scholarships, a chair, a professorship or an area of study. If this is your desire, it is important to contact development to ensure your goals and objectives can be accomplished.
To request your free Baylor Wills Guide, visit baylor.edu/giftplanning, call (254) 710-2561 or email email@example.com.


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As The Don (Trump) has always said, of whom I am a fan, "There is no such thing as too much advertising."
Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, Yahoo Answers, etc. Get into as many alleys as you can, network friends of friends, leave your facebook open when posting your hubs on your wall so it's not just your friends seeing them.
Open a blog, search out networks on Google searches, learn to market yourself because in this business if you don't do it for yourself, no one will unless you hire an agent. Do your own footwork. It's way more fun.
Oh, and answer questions here. Ask questions, get involved in the forums. :)
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The best way is to be as active as you can on HP and comment on hubs, ask and answer questions, get involved in the forums. Do this on a regular basis. This is a must. To maintain the interest of others you have to be prepared to do some serious HP work! I don't know if you're new or not but if you're new I'd say comment on a few hubs each day, this way hubbers will get to know your name and if they're interested enough will read your hubs and start to follow you.
At the same time write quality hubs, then make sure they're well distributed on all social sites.
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It's not often where you will find me in the kitchen making gluten-free cookies or coming up with recipes. Even though I need to incorporate recipes in my blog, I've found myself doing it less and less. Part of the reason is because I've decided to eat almost all natural now. I don't make many desserts or sweets as much which pretty much means I have less desserts to share with you! That's why I was super excited to get this cookbook and share all these recipes for you to win. I'll share with you my top 5 favorite recipes from this cookbook as well as a giveaway for how you can win 1! Good luck!
What the cookbook includes:
- This gluten-free cookie cookbook includes over 200 pages of bars and cookies
- A guide on how to make the ultimate gluten-free flour
- A guide for the ultimate gluten-free pantry
- A collection of the favorite recipes and stories of the contributors
Top 5 favorite recipes:
- Brownie Drop Cookies (Page 32)
- Carrot Raisin Bars (Page 45)
- Coconut Fudge Cups (Page 79)
- Peanut Butter Cookies (Page 184)
- Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies (Page 227)
My favorite things about this cookbook as a teenager:
- All recipes are gluten-free and need hardly any ingredients!
- There are more than just cookie recipes but recipes for bars too!
- There is a variety of over 200 different recipes that are all unique!
- No recipe requires multiple flours, super easy to make too!
Good luck at winning my giveaway! All these recipes are awesome and I hope you get to try them out!


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Nicole, a 2012 graduate from the prestigious Berklee College of Music, exuded a great passion for music early in life. At age four, she began playing on a toy keyboard and her fascination instantly turned into a deep love for music. She studied classical piano from age six through high school. She displayed effortless talent with a variety of instruments and other artistic outlets, including the violin, guitar, and dance.
Practicing diligently, Nicole's efforts were rewarded when she won the Charlottesville, VA CMTA-YOCA piano concerto competition performing Mozart's Concerto No. 21 in C Major. The youngest to ever win this competition to date, at only age 12, she was rewarded by performing the concerto for an audience of more than 1,000 at Old Cabell Hall in the University of Virginia. This experience profoundly touched and motivated Nicole to embrace a commitment to share music with others and pursue a career in music.
As a teenager, Nicole devoted countless hours to writing, recording and performing live shows. Between the ages of fourteen to sixteen, she was in the studio daily, self-producing her original songs. Drawing from a diverse list of genres - soul, pop, rock, hip hop and R&B - Nicole will be releasing her new self-titled EP in September 2015. The majority of Nicole's inspiration comes from personal experiences. Her songwriting has always been a "huge part of my healing process." She hopes her lyrics offer solace to those who have also experienced and overcome struggles. Her rich, soulful vocal style radiates a warmth of spirit that mends the broken heart. Nicole crafts an authentic and sincere sound that appeals across stylistic boundaries. On stage, Nicole incorporates multiple instruments including her electric violin and keyboard.
In addition, Nicole teaches private and group piano, violin, voice and songwriting lessons for all ages and levels. In 2014 alone, she performed 200 weddings, functions and club gigs as the lead vocalist of Them Apples band from Sugarbabies Inc. Now she has committed more to writing and recording material for her next album and helping others achieve their dreams.
In 2009 ILL DOOTS began molding its jam session origins into a small dorm room studio project which has since further evolved into a raging live beast of a band featuring two emcees, two guitarists, a bassist, drummer, percussionist, keyboardist and occasional appearances from a horn section, other emcees, and singers. They mix elements of jazz infused with the roots of hip hop to give life to their eclectic and energized sound. The 8+ piece band's vibe is organic because the band draws from a diverse range of experiences and backgrounds as individuals but maintains a shared musical consciousness. ILL DOOTS strives to collaborate with artists from all disciplines; cross-medium collaboration has been a constant source of inspiration. It's not just ILL DOOTS, it's a whole #ILLMOVEMENT
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- 28 weeks of fresh local produce mid-May through mid-November
- Share pickup location is at the farm: NE 55th & Killingsworth – Mondays or Thursdays 4:30-6:30pm.
- Cost is $610 ($160 due to hold your spot, and then the balance of $450 due June 1st, or set up a payment plan), payable by check, card, paypal, cash, or SNAP.
- CNF uses ecological and sustainable methods. We don't use any synthetic fertilizers or pesticides. We use organic practices such as cover cropping, crop rotation, purchasing organic seed, etc.
- We grow a wide variety of vegetables: basil, beets, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, celeriac, celery, collard greens, cucumbers, eggplant, escarole, fava beans, fennel, garlic, green beans, kale, kohlrabi, leeks, lettuce, mustard greens, onions, pac choi, parsley, parsnips, peas, peppers, potatoes, radishes, salad greens, scallions, shallots, summer squash & zucchini, swiss chard, tomatoes, turnips, and winter squash.
To sign up, click here.
Do you want to
- decrease the distance your food travels?
- eat nutrient-dense, fresh vegetables on a regular basis?
- be more connected to your food, your community, your place, and the seasons?
Joining a Community Supported Agriculture farm is a great way to do all of these things and more!
Cully Neighborhood Farm is pleased to offer our 6th season of CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). Become a member and enjoy ~28 weeks of fresh, seasonal, very local, and sustainably grown vegetables directly from our NE Portland farm. CSA is basically a way for eaters to directly connect with the farm. CSA members pay in advance for the farm's produce. Then each week the members receive a portion of the fresh-picked produce. We have space for 60 CSA shares this growing season that will include a wide variety of vegetables. We grow on ~1 acre in the Cully neighborhood of NE Portland using organic and ecological practices. You can read more about Cully Neighborhood Farm here.
For all the nitty gritty details of being a CSA member, read our Member agreement here: Member Agreement 2017
Shares are picked up at the main farm site (access through the parking lot of Trinity Lutheran Church @ 5520 NE Killingsworth). Your pickup will be either on Monday or Thursday. Pickup time is tentatively 4:30-6:30pm. The CSA will start in mid-May and go through November. It will be an every week pick up, except for the last 4 weeks, which will be every other week (basically the month of November).
At the CSA pickup, produce is set out on tables in bulk bins. There are signs telling you how much of each vegetable to take. CSA members proceed along the table, putting the appropriate amount of each crop into their bags (we'll have extra on hand if you forget). This method saves us the time of pre-packing members' bins, and avoids the vegetables being packed twice (once by us into bins and once by you from the bin into your bags).
If you are an employee of Oregon Food Bank we will most likely be delivering individually packed shares to your office location on NE 33rd. Please inquire for details: email@example.com
There is just one share size. Each week the share will include about 7-10 different vegetables. We grow 100+ varieties of over 30 types of vegetables. The share should provide enough for two adults who cook with vegetables often, one adult who is a voracious vegetable eater, or for a family of 4-5 who cook less frequently. If you are just one or two people that don't eat many veggies, you might want to find a friend or neighbor with whom to split the share. See below for more information on estimated quantities. Feel free to get in touch if you have questions about the amount of food to expect.
Here are some example shares for you to get a sense for the approximate quantities planned for the shares in different parts of the season. The photos are of actual shares (which always differ from the plan!)
Early June: 1 head lettuce, 1 bunch mustard, 1 lb fennel bulb, 1/2 lb green onion, 1/2 lb peas, ½ lb radishes, 3/4 lb turnips, 1 head pac choi
Here's an early June share:
August: 2 lb tomatoes, 1 lb eggplant, 1 lb carrots, 1 lb summer squash, 1 lb cucumbers, 1 bunch swiss chard, 1 lb fresh onions, 1 head lettuce
An actual share from August:
October: 2 lb potatoes, 1 lb sweet peppers, 1 bunch collard greens, 3 lb winter squash, 1 lb celeriac, 1 bunch beets, 1.5 lb leek, 1 head escarole
Here's one from October:
Please see our online newsletter history to get a detailed sense of what we have delivered to our CSA members in the past. You can scroll back in time through the 2016 season and even back before that as well. Also here is our projected harvest list week by week for 2017: HARVEST PROJECTIONS. Note this is just a projection we use for planning and actual shares will vary depending on many factors.
We focus on growing varieties that are delicious, productive, and resilient in our climate. Often this means heirloom varieties or varieties that have been bred locally by trusted breeders. I try to grow special varieties, some of which you might not easily find in grocery stores.
Joining a CSA is a bit like investing in a farm for the year, which is not without risk. Each growing season has its unique challenges. Sometimes a crop here or there may fail due to weather or other conditions beyond our control. And sometimes there may be a 'bumper crop' with greater bounty than expected. We are committed to growing a diversity of produce throughout the season to the best of our abilities, buffering against the occasional mishap.
For all the nitty gritty details of being a CSA member, read our Member agreement here: Member Agreement
This year's share costs $610 (this works out to $21.79 per week for 28 weeks). A $160 initial payment is requested to hold your spot. To sign up and pay, click here.
If you have SNAP/EBT, you can pay for CSA with SNAP funds thanks to the Portland Area CSA Coalition. Also you may qualify for matching funds which reduces the cost of a CSA share for people new to CSA by up to $200. See our sign up page for more details.
Nutrition – Cully Neighborhood Farm is committed to growing nutrient dense food by properly balancing the nutrients in the soil. We add organic soil amendments, compost, and cover crops to improve the soil health.
Sustainability – We are a small-scale farm working to decrease our ecological footprint. We do this by growing food inside the city, working with human-powered tools whenever possible, sourcing our inputs as locally as possible, picking produce fresh so we don't need on-farm refrigeration, and providing habitat and food for birds and insects. We envision a future in which every neighborhood has a number of small urban farms which provide healthy, sustainable, local food and meaningful, local work for residents.
Connection to Your Food – Want to know where your food comes from or how it's grown? You'll be able to talk to your farmer directly and visits to the farm can be a fun and educational experience. You will find that you are eating what's seasonally available, tasting the seasons of the farm and your bioregion.
Sustainable income for the farm – The CSA model help smooth out the financial wrinkles of farming. It also establishes a direct relationship between growers and eaters.
More info on the CSA concept can be found here.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:Will there be add-on items?
In 2016 we worked with Terra Farma to provide an egg add-on, which we hope to do again. Additional add-on items may be possible (TBA).What if I go on vacation?
Please read our Member AgreementCan I volunteer?
The short answer is yes! There are always plenty of tasks on a farm. All it takes is a willingness to do what's needed. We'll let you know of occasional workparties at the farm for you to jump in on. If you are interested in volunteering at other times please get in touch: email@example.com Gatherings:
I hope to arrange at least one gathering at the farm during the summer or fall for CSA members. Please let me know if you might be interested in helping to organize this.Can I buy your produce if I'm not in the CSA?
I'm hoping to host a weekly farm stand in 2017. Stay tuned to this website and our email list for more details as we approach May/June.Can I apply previous farm credit to this year's CSA price?
Yes. Please contact me for details.
CONTACT INFO:Matt Gordon – owner & grower Cully Neighborhood Farm 503-310-5766 email@example.com
Please do not hesitate to contact me with questions.


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Azme Bin Yunos android app is a grouping of real estates in Singapore. We provide complete details about the landholdings including their images in the image gallery and intact addresses in Google maps. You may also write us your queries and like our Facebook/Twitter pages for following new launches.


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The Suffering (2016), Property appraiser Henry Dawles must fight for his sanity when he's trapped on a rural farm inhabited by sinister beings overseen by a mysterious caretaker, Mr. Remiel.
Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Horror
Actor: Phil Amico, Nick Apostolides, Liz Christmas
Director: Robert Hamilton
Country: United States
Duration: 105 min
Quality: SD
Release: 2016
IMDb: 8.4
Sometimes when you're at a cross roads in life, you do some crazy, misguided things, like head to a rural farm owned by a creepy elderly shut-in. This is what happens in the new independent horror film "The Suffering." In the film, property appraiser Henry Dawles (Nick Apostolides) has a diminished bank account and a baby on the way with his estranged wife (Elizabeth Deo). Realizing his personal life is in shambles, he decides to take a lucrative offer from elderly shut-in Mr. Remiel (Phil Amico) to appraise his rural estate. Once he arrives, he explores the vast and beautiful estate only to discover that not everything is as it seems. Soon, he closes in on the dark truths of the land, and must fight for his sanity amidst sinister beings and Remiel's menacing, eccentric behavior. The series also stars Regen Wilson ("Veep") and Chad Eric Smith ("Squid Man"). Watch an exclusive clip from the film below.
The film is directed and co-written by Robert Hamilton, who previously wrote and directed "Key," about a forensic pathologist who finds a key in a suicide victim's stomach, opening a door to a world of obsession and insanity. It is also executive produced and co-written by Marco Sola, who previously worked on the Spike TV series "Blue Mountain State" and the film "Project X."
"The Suffering" will be released on VOD/DVD on August 2nd from Breaking Glass Pictures.


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A Place to Name Trailer (2015)
This place is where my grand parents, my parents, and I once lived. Even though I lose my memories and feelings of it, it does exist there and keeps to be in existence.
Watch the official A Place to Name 2015 trailer in HD below or find more A Place to Name videos on Vidimovie.


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Release Date: 1971
DVD Release Date: August 9th, 2005
PG|1 hr 30 min
Plot Summary
Along the Welsh coast lies a village called Llareggub -- or "bugger all" backwards -- which is peopled with eccentrics like Captain Cat (Peter O'Toole), a seafaring man who is losing his sight; the sexy Rosie Probert (Elizabeth Taylor) ; and Mr. Waldo, a jack-of-all-trades who is full of regret. Adapted from Dylan Thomas' 1954 radio play, this drama welcomes audiences into secret dreams of these curious residents over the course of a typical day in this atypical town.
Cast: Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter O'Toole
Director: Andrew Sinclair
Genres: Comedy drama
Keywords: Creative, Cheeky, Emotional, 1940s, Love


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For more information about the Women's Exhibition and Craft Sale visit the facebook page Swindon Suffragette.
Poppy Seed Kitchen is our tenth seller providing handmade, bespoke wooden height charts; relaxation gift sets; delicate clay butterfly artwork, and personalised work.
Sammi told us: I started Poppy Seed Kitchen after having my first daughter, Poppy, and wanted to spend as much time as I could at home. I left my job in Clinical Trials, moved to Swindon and started Poppy Seed Kitchen as more of hobby than anything else. It's now become more than a hobby and I love creating bespoke items for families all over the UK and coming up with new and exciting ideas. But more importantly, it has given me the opportunity to take control of my own life and given me a bit of 'me' time back.
If you can't make our sale you can buy through etsy:https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/PoppySeedKitchen…


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Letter from the President
Creating a better world for future generations.
Positive Planet has set itself a mission to help people across the world to create the conditions for a better future for the next generations and, in particular, for their own descendants. It is in the interest of those living today to help future populations, who in turn will continue the chain. Such is the definition of the positive economy.
To achieve its mission, Positive Planet aims to specifically accompany those persons lacking the means to improve the lives of their own descendants, by providing their children with the best environment to grow, learn and achieve their full potential. Drawing on its experience in microfinance and financial inclusion acquired when operating under the name of PlaNet Finance, Positive Planet aims to provide access to a healthy and balanced life for everybody.
Positive Planet mobilizes the support of all its experts for the poor and needy across the world, so that young children and their parents will have access to training and the financing of their projects in order to release their full potential, individually and collectively.
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Get ready for fun to take off with this engrossing travel game. Aeroplane boxes contain everything you need to play Eye-Spy while in the air or at the airport. Spot the most travel items on the travel cards to win points!
Watch as images seem to come to life as you position the thick cardboard pieces together. Chose from six titles - 48 or 100 piece puzzles
What can you remember in 10 seconds?
Let's Color, Let's Fold...Let's keep youngsters amused and amazed!
Ways to engage Grade One students - from simple sentence structure to making sense of money!
From Adventure Time Mad Libs to Grand Slam Mad Libs, there are plenty of titles to choose from.
From Happily Ever After Mad Libs to Pirates Mad Libs, there are plenty of titles to choose from.
From Slam Dunk Mad Libs to You've Got Mail Mad Libs, there are so many titles to choose from.
Hop on Pop to National Geographic Big Book of Dinosaurs can be found in this selection of books.
Oh The Places You'll Go to Star Wars Sticker Collection - The Force Awakens can be found in this selection of books.
The Doctor's In to What Pet Should I Get? can be found in this selection of books.
A selection of specialised workbooks for Kindergarten Kids.
If you're trying to decide who's buying the next round of drinks, let the Lucky Seven coasters decide for you! Can you flip them over to make to create a line of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or e.g. 5, 6, 7,1, 2, 3, 4, without getting stuck? The player with the least coasters turned buys the round! Lucky Seven is simple, fun and addictive!
Speed and accuracy and Grade 3 workbooks are in this section.
Set the wheels of fun in motion with this engrossing travel game. Little red auto bags contain everything you need to play 'Eye-Spy' while on the road. Spot the most travel items on the travel cards to win points!
Twelve mini milk cartons in a charming display is something to moo over! Spill 3 letter die from the milk carton and be the first to bellow a word that starts with the first letter, includes all green letters and excludes all red. Quick-thinking and boisterous play make it an educational, creative and challenging word game.
What's your IQ rating?
You have 30 minutes to
test your skill at solving 50 memory, analytic, abstract, spatial & math problems.
Are you adept or inept; take the test to reveal the answer! Find out how brilliant you really are!
Using color-coded number cards and colored dice, play the highest number card in the majority color to "win the hand and yell Shabang!"
Using the card on the table, one in hand and the roll of the dice, it's numbered fun you can bet on! Total '0' (diddly-squat), to win the hand.
Your number's UP! Popular letter & word games have moved up a notch by using numbers and math! These addictive tile-games stimulate and strengthen math & laugh skills. Play your tiles making math equations - a great game for the entire family!
A great and good-time introduction to math games for children 5 and up. Played like the popular letter word games, Mathable® Jr. includes number tiles that must be added to or subtracted from the numbers on the game board. With 2 bold and bright board game sides to play on, this is a winning game for EVERYONE!
Gather your weird yet wonderful friends and family around for an evening
full of wild and wacky fun. An edgy assortment of two puzzles, three games and one trivia test help make a memorable time for all!
Put aside talk of politics or religion and deal out a dose of FRIENDLY after-dinner FUN. Six trivia topics and six engaging games get people interacting together. Ideal for get-togethers, after dinner, parties...
An assortment of games specifically for youngsters. Each games is contained in a durable tin, instructions are included with each. Get ready for giggles as your kids decide who's the daddy of the gaggle, what they want to do when they grow up or who's the best at barking a song!
They're not crossword puzzles, they're cross-number puzzles! 120+ puzzles involving basic mathematical skills: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division can be played in five different ways. It is sure to keep the whole family occupied! Age 9+.
With six titles to choose from, our selection of games can be played with family and friends. They are delightful and entertaining for all ages!
Making words has never been so fun! Each player is given a number of letter tiles to use to make words and score points. As letter tiles keep getting added to the board, new words MUST be made and then marked down for points! Educational, creative and challenging Mark my Words™ is ideal for all ages. NEW PACKAGING FOR 2017.
Your number's UP! Popular letter & word games have moved up a notch by using numbers and math! This addictive card game stimulate and strengthen math & laugh skills. Play your cards making math equations - a great game for the entire family!
Let's make a toast to trivia! Fifty fascinating facts on wine: pairings, grape varieties, wine customs and wine movies. Test your knowledge on everythinggrape.
Are you smarter than you think? Fifty cards are included in each pack. Your job is to answer the logical, numerical and spatial tests to determine your IQ.
Is seeing really believing? Take the challenge & find out for yourself! With 50 illustrated cards in each pack, your job is to determine if what you see is what you believe to be true or is it an optical illusion!
Bright, bold and engrossing graphics trick your senses & test your spatial skills! Puzzles measure 7.87 x 7.87 inches when, or if, completed!
A selection of trivia games that are sure to be a slam-dunk! Covering all manner of subjects, from wining and dining to Superman and super tall buildings. Each sturdy tin contains 50 cards packed with information to whet your appetite!


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How I Got Over
- Reviewed by Andrew Greer Copyright Christianity Today International
- 2009 15 Sep
In a nutshell: Simultaneously launching a new record and BET TV series, Vickie Winans is one of black gospel's most successful music moguls. Having gained her famous surname as the former wife of Gospel Music Hall of Famer Marvin Winans, the singer can also tribute her ex with initiating her successful solo career. Now, over twenty years later with hundreds of thousands of records sold, the seven-time Grammy nominee releases her first CD through her self-owned label. Celebrating a personal season of joy after grieving her mother's recent death, Winans testifies to God's goodness via foot stomping, traditional gospel refrains and contemporary R&B motifs. Carrying the showcase with her rich, pastoral alto, Winans is sure to see continued success as she strikes out on her own.


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We stayed at "Trailers for Camping" and stood in line at "Will you take my picture plz" and watched the sunset at "Drnuk Tourists". Other than the fact that we weren't drunk this feels pretty accurate to me. Wish we could have afforded to stay longer than one night. And that we'd known you back then. Not that I'd like to experience the hassles you go through to stay there.


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Spire Engineering Website
Milwaukee-based Spire Engineering came to me in need of a website. They wanted something simple, but a site that also worked well with their existing logo. I opted for a design that utilized hi-res images of structural projects on the homepage along with a rotating featuring. The page also features a fantastic portfolio where their projects can be views and even filtered by category.Thanks for stopping by,


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Medabots: For Eva mine. by LittleMissSkuldWatch
©2008-2017 LittleMissSkuld
I got the idea from two fanfics I read. one here, and one on Fanfiction.net. I actually started this last month, but I hit a wall.
Anyway, this story revolves around Brass, serveral years after Medabots Spirit/Damashii and is getting fed up with Metabee, and just about everything that has to do with him. So she takes things into her own hands..
Anyway, this story revolves around Brass, serveral years after Medabots Spirit/Damashii and is getting fed up with Metabee, and just about everything that has to do with him. So she takes things into her own hands..
Awesome! I love how you draw them. I tried to draw metabee but I suck. LOL
Just keep at it hun, it took me years to draw Metabee right.
YES someone answered my prayers Medabots from Erika's point of view!
Thanks Well, it's more from Brass's point of view
Im making a comic familier to yours but is your comic a romance or something because mine is going to be a romance between brass and jonathan the bot I made up and I hope`ed im not copyrighting your story line but if I am then I`ll change the story line.
Does she turn itno a Ninja? But either way I'm ok with it For Eva Mine is just the first intallment of a looong story. So don't worry about it.
no she does not my story is about were brass is loseing hope about metabee falling in love with her then jonathan comes from space on a mission to destroy his evil twin but when there pafs cross jonathan falls in love with her
Now that's CUTE! I'm so going to read it!
If you want to look at my comic then keep a look out over the week pages 1,2 and maybe three will be put up. it may take longer my mind is fall of ideas and i just need to pick the right ones page 1,2 are done but im still working on three im achale working on page three right on
Your very good at drawing MetaBee. When I tried 2 draw him, I failed. But ur very good, and the comic is good 2 keep up the good work!
Thanks Though it took me a year of constant Metabee sketching to get him that good, and that was 7 years ago. Practice makes perfectXD
OMG!, Nice work here! your draws are awesome!
Neat-o mmm I wonder if you don't mind if I color it for ya I only now MetaBee's Brass's but I kinda forgotten Ikki's and...oh dang I forgot Brass's Medafighter's name --; awesome comic it