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Costa Rica is a small country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua, Panama, the Caribbean Sea to the east. It has a population of around 4.5 million, of whom nearly a quarter live in the metropolitan area of the capital and largest city, San José. Read more
Facts about the Amazon rainforest
The Amazon rainforest, covering much of northwestern Brazil and extending into Colombia, Peru and other South American countries, is the world's largest tropical rainforest, famed for its immense biodiversity. It's crisscrossed with thousands of rivers, the most exceptional being the powerful Amazon. Read more
Healthy Tropical Fruits and Vegetables
We, Btina and myself have re-discovered all the following amazing tropical fruits and vegetables here in Bolivia, South America. This is a quick recap of the last weeks blog post about the healthy tropical fruits and vegetables. So far I have published about: Papaya, Coconut, Potatoes, Cacao, Bananas and Avocados
Rurrenabaque: Digital Nomad destination
Rurrenabaque in the tropical region of Bolivia is a little village which is often mentioned as the door to the amazon. Read more
Challenge to find fruits and vegetables in Trinidad
More than enough junk food
It's a real challenge to find fresh fruits and vegetables in the city of Trinidad in the Beni region of Bolivia, South America. There is more than enough junk food with lots of salt or even more SUGAR but all the theoretical available tropical fruits are not easily available. Read more


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Name: LCRKI04 - Kiara Strap Corset
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Material: 98% polyester 2% spandex
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Beautiful corset with adjustable removable straps and made with our kiara print flock fabric. It fastens with a zip on the left hand side for easy access but also has a lace up cord back allowing you to create the perfect shape. This corset is soft boned and has a beautiful black braid trim around the top and bottom. Great steampunk or gothic top which matches all our kiara skirts.
- Sizes 8 - 18
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I was surfing by Blue Peter Marine Systems web site the other day and noticed that they have a new hull design program downloadable for free!
If anyone's interested in designing their own boats - check out:
Click on the the "downloads" link. This version (9s) is much better than their very old free version that was made for Win 3x. Best thing now is that I can actually print a hard copy!
There's also a version for Linux users.


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It would seem that you have all been out enjoying the fine weather this week and simply haven't had the time to blog, or you might have heard that it was me Kate Bentham in as your rubbish host and you thought you'd give me a break. There were 6 fabulous blogs submitted for week 23 – at least I think there were 6 and I haven't missed any, which has been known to happen before now, I didn't get the title rubbish host by being any good that this you know.
Anyway, let's have a look at that wonderful gaggle of blogs. We start with birthday corner and this week we need to eat extra cake and join Karen Hart in saying Happy 50th Birthday Charlie Bucket. Karen celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the children's classic book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and shares her connection with Charlie Bucket, with this particular Roald Dahl book being a constant throughout her life. Karen's blog appears on the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.
Next up in birthday corner is our very lovely usual weekly blog club host Janet Davis. It was Janet's birthday this week so a big hip hip hooray to Janet. This week Janet updates us on Ouseburn Community Art project week 10, which is the final week for this project. Janet not only talks about the outcomes of the project both for the community and for her personally, but also looks at the socio-economic, cultural and architectural history of the Ouseburn Valley, all of which present Janet with plenty of possible subjects for art projects in the future.
I absolutely loved Nineteen Eighty-Four as lived by Karl by Karl S Green.The blog includes extracts from a message book between home and nursery when it was 1984 and Karl was 3 years old. It highlights some of Karl's interests at the time (trains) and some things he was a little less keen on (food). It offers Karl a wonderful insight into a time of his childhood.
In Practice as research: Digital Archives and the RAM Museum, Louise Atkinson shares with us the work of the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter. Louise blogs about how the museums buildings have developed over the years and also how their approach to collections has changed over time, including an extensive digital documentation of collections, and also the methodology and framework to review quantities of collections in a timely and practical manner.
In our health section we have two blogs, first up is Reflections on #nhsscot14 by Selina Stephen and Jason Leitch on the Ayrshire Health blog. After two inspiring days at the NHS Scotland event, Selina and Jason have time to reflect on what they learnt from the event, and to also consider how everyone working within NHS Scotland can take the two key themes of strengthening and promoting the voices of patients and spreading quality across the organisation and partners forward into the future. The second health blog is The Value of Values by Julie Booth on the Dumfries and Galloway Health blog. Julie looks at Values within the NHS but begins by considering Disney as an organisation that provides excellent customer service, and how at the heart of the company is an enthusiastic and well motivated workforce who share the same values as the organisation. As 50% of NHS complaints are based on attitudes and behaviour Julie considers Value Based Recruitment as a solution to ensuring a workforce which is aligned to the values of the NHS.
So that's it. Six perfectly formed blogs. Having read them all I can recommend reading them all. You'll enjoy them and learn from them, promise. If you fancy writing a blog for week 24, then you can find out how on our About page.
If you want to have a go at being the Weekly Blog Club host and curator for a week, and let's face it, why wouldn't you, there's an easy step by step guide on how to on our Admin info page. Go on, give it a go. The lovely Louise Brown is your host for week 24, so until next time, take care of yourself and keep blogging.
Kate x
- The Value of Values by Julie Booth on the Dumfries and Galloway Health blog
- Reflections on #nhsscot14 by Selina Stephen and Jason Leitch on the Ayrshire Health blog
- Happy 50th Birthday Charlie Bucket by Karen Hart
- Practice as research: Digital Archives and the RAM Museum by Louise Atkinson
- Nineteen Eighty-Four as lived by Karl by Karl S Green
- Ouseburn Community Art project week 10 by Janet Davis


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While surfing the internet today I re-stumbled upon the lovely and talented Stamping 411 Operators at http://stamping411.blogspot.com/ I decided to take some time out of my day and create a card for the Saturday Sketch Challenge #185. I took some creative license in placing my sentiment which is from a new set again from My Pink Stamper--love those stamps! The tree was cut from the cricut using the Create-A-Critter catridge. I think it's time I put that baby towards the back of the shelf and show some love to my other carts. The solid color paper is Stampin' Up and the background paper is from a Die-Cuts-With-A-View stack--sorry I can't remember the name of that particular stack right now. Enjoy!
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
My take on A Stamping 411 Sketch Challenge
4 comments:
- Kerin said...
I love your take on the sketch, that tree is so cool! Great dsp too :) Thanks for playing along this week!
- January 13, 2011 at 5:37 AM
- gbarron56 said...
Great card, Sarah -- love that big tree! Thanks so much for playing along with the Stamping 411 Operators this week! keep up the great work! Blessings, Gretchen
- January 15, 2011 at 7:37 AM
What a fantastic card. Congratulations on being selected in the Stampers Showcase for the Stamping 411 sketch this week. Look forward to seeing more of your lovely work.
- January 16, 2011 at 3:43 AM
- Krista said...
I like this one a lot. Do you sell your cards?
- January 22, 2011 at 3:11 PM
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October and November were somewhat tumultuous over here. Between growing career pressures and husband being out of town, it was honestly a little overwhelming. For two months we only saw each other on weekends, during which we tried to pack in home improvement projects, trail runs with Sambo, downtime on the porch, meals with our families, and all the little things that need to be done around a household. Let's just say that I'm glad December is here.
Here's a peak at what the last couple months looked like around our house....
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Liveblogging a liveblogPosted by Andrew Weatherhead @ 1:46 am on April 7th, 2013
~9:30pm: Had idea for liveblog in kitchen.
~9:35pm: Am making pasta. Roommates all ate dinner before me and left, no one to talk about liveblog with.
9:37pm: Ostensibly checking noodles for appropriate firmness, but really I'm just eating wet noodles.
9:43pm: Felt idea for liveblog solidify into an inevitability, similar to how a rollercoaster reaches the top of its initial hill and goes over (the little cranking sound, the disconcerting staircase)
9:45pm: Thought about great moments in liveblogging history: AWP 2011, The Hobbit, Megan Boyle
9:46pm: Thought about an anthology of liveblogs — "Best American Liveblogs"
9:50pm: Began recording liveblog thoughts on a legal pad — does this count? Handwritten liveblog?
10:00pm: Finished pasta. Used a bagel to "sop up" leftover sauce. Felt excessive.
10:01pm: Vague, unfinished thought about how getting a colonoscopy is like a handshake welcoming you to middle age.
10:02pm: Awareness that liveblog liveblog is taking the place of time previously committed to exercise.
10:10pm: Did dishes. Thought about a piece of literature I read earlier and tried to formulate an opinion of it, couldn't.
10:12pm: "Toyed with" a theory I have that art that neither excites nor upsets could, and maybe, should be considered successful — not necessarily boring, but art that produces a calm indifference or zen-like lack of thoughts or opinions is reassuring in some ways. I don't expect people to agree with me about this, but I hope they do.
10:15pm: Briefly wondered if I would end up regretting this liveblog and concluded "undoubtedly yes," then recalled previous internet embarrassments and felt my asshole clench a little while a sudden weightlessness came over me.
10:17pm: Finished dishes, looked at phone.
10:24pm: Am watching Michigan – Syracuse basketball game on my computer via British stream of "ESPN America." The commercials are amusing. It's really early in the morning there (England).
10:30pm: Realized my liveblog legal pad and blue pen are Michigan colors. Go blue.
10:35pm: Just remembered that I had a really funny, poignant observation about time zones earlier but now I can't remember it.
10:42pm: I couldn't do the monkey bars as a kid but now I can do them no problem. Go figure.
10:43pm: Lol "go figure." Go fish. Go Fishkind.
10:53pm: I feel like they switched broadcasters at half time and I'm just now realizing it.
11:02pm: I like it when the bands play instrumental versions of popular 90's ska songs (Reel Big Fish, Mighty Mighty Bosstones) — that's funny.
11:20pm: Just realized I'm using my old macbook because I spilled whiskey on my new one which I took to get fixed today — god dammit, was trying not to think about that. Fuck.
11:24pm: Ugh. Whiskey. It went right in where the arrow keys are. Funneled right in. Liveblog.
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Creating a web application deployed to a multitude of servers (or even to 1 server only) will put you to the challenge to find out what are you actually looking at when opening its URL. At good old windows time you could "compile" a major/minor version string into the executable and at least check the exe-files properties. There is no equivalent if you open a website. You could choose to put a version manually at your page (the least advanced and error prone way) or you make your automatic build (CI) server (that also might deploy to test systems) to write a time and version stamp into a property file (which happens to be the MANIFEST.MF file which usually gets little to no attention) and make the web application self-aware of its version number and print it somewhere on the index page.
I came across a couple of online discussions with solutions using the InputStreamReader, but it didnt worked for me. Either it reads null or the manifest file of some other jar files in the classpath.
This tutorial cover 3 parts:
- Create a web application that reads from the manifest file.
- Extend the ant script and make Hudson adding the build number and ID into the war file.
- Create a ZK application that reads from the manifest file.
Information on the manifest file
- The MANIFEST.MF is a file inside the META-INF directory which is optional. The Netbeans IDE creates it. Actuall ant is creating it. Guess it became de-facto standard without many people really looking at this file(s).
By default it contains usually only one line "Manifest-Version: 1.0"
References: link1, link2
- Infos on the ANT manifest task (link)
Requirements for this tutorial
- Netbeans 6.8
- Glassfish V3
(earlier might work as well, but I did not test it)
Tutorial Part 1 (Create a web application that reads from the manifest file)
- Create a new Web Application VersionServletDemo
- Default MANIFEST.MF
The default file is under src/conf. It will be copied to the build path once you build the application.
Remark: If you change the file (in src) you need to build and re-deploy. Deploy on save would not populate the changes into the build.
- Create a scriptlet that reads MANIFEST.MF
We will read the default attribute Manifest-Version, since we didnt change the file yet.
Change the default index.jsp to this
<%@page import="java.util.Properties" %> <%@taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %> <%@page contentType="text/html" pageEncoding="UTF-8"%> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <% Properties prop = new Properties(); prop.load(getServletContext().getResourceAsStream("/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF")); String applVersion = prop.getProperty("Manifest-Version"); %>   <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>JSP Page</title>
Hello World!
 Version: <% out.println(applVersion); %>
- Alternatively read from a servlet
package servlet; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.PrintWriter; import java.util.Properties; import javax.servlet.ServletException; import javax.servlet.annotation.WebServlet; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse; @WebServlet(name = "VersionServlet", urlPatterns = {"/VersionServlet"}) public class VersionServlet extends HttpServlet { protected void processRequest(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException { response.setContentType("text/html;charset=UTF-8"); PrintWriter out = response.getWriter(); try { Properties prop = new Properties(); prop.load(getServletContext().getResourceAsStream("/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF")); out.println("All properties:" + prop.stringPropertyNames()); out.println("
"); out.println("Version: " + prop.getProperty("Manifest-Version")); } finally { out.close(); } } @Override protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException { processRequest(request, response); } }
- Change the source MANIFEST.MF
Use different attributes, rebuild and try to read them by yourself.


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EastEnders fans were thrilled to see one of the BBC soap's most iconic characters return to Walford last night.
Kathy Beale made a very welcome comeback to Albert Square on Thursday (7 February), and wasted no time in snogging the face off of Masood.
Read more: EastEnders star Dean Gaffney involved in late night car crash
The legendary Kathy, who has been on the soap since the very first episode in 1985, arrived back in Albert Square courtesy of a black cab.
And Masood was one of the first to notice her return and the smile on his face showed he clearly approved...
He wasn't the only one to notice how hot she looked, with some fans saying she "looked 10 years younger".
Read more: EastEnders SPOILER: Jean gets devastating news
I want the number for Kathy's surgeon, she looks amazing #EastEnders.
Just last month, soap fans had demanded to know the whereabouts of the matriarch...
The cafe owner, played by Gillian Taylforth, hadn't been seen on the Square in months and no one seemed to have realised she'd gone!
But now the fan fave has returned - and wasted no time in getting reacquainted with Masood Ahmed as they started a romantic relationship.
The pair finally decided to give it a go, and sealed it with a kiss!
Catching up in the restaurant, Masood admitted he had missed Kathy while she was away, and Kathy replied: "I want to give us a go. You and me.
"A proper relationship where we do proper things. Films, food, nights in, night out, putting up with Ian.
"But always with each other. What do you think?"
The answer was a resounding "yes" - with lips.
How will Ian react when he finds out his business partner is dating his mother? Who cares!? The fans went wild!
One said: "Ian better not throw a tantrum over Kathy & Masood, they deserve happiness
"Yaaaaas Masood & Kathy back on," said another, while one added: "Kathy and Masood finally together!"
"Masood and Kathy are great together," added one more romantic.
Others remarked on how youthful Kathy looked, saying: "Where's Kathy been? She looks 10 years younger!
Another said she'd come back "fit".
A third jumped to the conclusion that Kathy's appearance wasn't just down to rest and relaxation, tweeting: "I want the number for Kathy's surgeon, she looks amazing
While Kathy is loved up and looking good, she might turn a bit pale when Ian tells her the news that Bobby Beale is set for release...
Ian recently received a letter informing him his killer son will be free in June.
Enjoy your happiness while it lasts Kathy!
Do you think Kathy and Masood make a good couple? Leave us a comment on our Facebook page @EntertainmentDailyFix and let us know what you think!


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The Kingdom of Eswatini is a small, landlocked country covering a total area of 17,364 km² and is located in the southern part of Africa bordered by the Republic of Mozambique to the east and the rest by the Republic of South Africa. Within this small area each feature of Africa's terrain is found, apart from desert. The Kingdom has four topographical and climatic areas ranging from 400 to 1800 m above sea level, each with its own unique characteristics.
Most households derive their income from agriculture activities, either as small-scale subsistence farmers or as employees of the medium and large-scale farms and estates. They derive their livelihoods from engaging in the production of subsistence crops and rearing livestock. Maize is the dominant food crop in Swaziland and is primarily grown for subsistence purposes. Other subsistence crops grown include legumes, tubers, sorghum, horticultural crops, mushrooms and tobacco on a very small scale. Cash crops produced include sugarcane, cotton, citrus and woodpulp. There is also an observed increase in beekeeping. Livestock rearing plays an important role in the lives of the country's populace. Livestock production includes beef cattle, dairy cows, goats, sheep, poultry and pigs, producing products such as meat, milk, eggs, draft power, manure, hides and skins.
Due to persistent drought, erratic weather conditions and other factors like plummeting international prices, agricultural productivity on Swazi Nation Land is quite low. Food insecurity is a major concern in Eswatini, owing to low agricultural productivity, but also the increase of commodity prices and fuel crisis across the globe particularly in recent months. In reality hunger and food insecurity are some of the major challenges facing the nation, owing to persistent droughts and erratic weather patterns experienced in the country in recent years.


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Officers in Bournemouth are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after an alleged theft of a bag in the Winton area.
The incident happened at approximately 12pm on Wednesday 26 February 2014 on Wimborne Road.
It was reported that a woman in her twenties had her bag snatched by a man while she was waiting with her boyfriend to cross the road at the junction of Talbot Road and Wimborne Road.
The alleged offender then ran into the alleyway behind Natwest Bank being chased by the victim's boyfriend and a member of the public. He is described as white, in his late teens or early twenties and of slim build. He was wearing a grey hooded top and grey tracksuit bottoms.
The victim was not harmed in the incident.
Detective Constable Neil Third, of Bournemouth CID, said: "We are keen to speak to anyone who may have seen anything that can help with the investigation.
"In particular, I am interested in talking to the two male occupants of a silver Ford Mondeo which was waiting at the traffic lights at the time of the incident.
"I would also like to talk to the woman who spoke to the victim at the traffic lights immediately after the incident occurred.
"Witnesses and anyone with information are asked to call Dorset Police in confidence on 101."
A 26-year-old woman from Bournemouth and a 39-year-old man from Bournemouth were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to steal.
Witnesses and anyone with information should call Dorset Police in confidence on 101, quoting incident number 26:192. Alternatively, call the free and anonymous Crimestoppers line on 0800 555 111 where mobile phone tariffs may apply.


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Christian Matthews, the 6-foot-6 forward who committed to Georgia Tech this past weekend, feels like he can help out the ACC school in a hurry.
Trevor Brown, the high school coach at Maryland's National Christian Academy, said that Christian's potential and upside would help Georgia Tech get back to where they used to be in the ACC.
"From looking at the team last year, (Tech) had a problem with their wings and guards putting the ball in the basket," Brown told the AJC. "(Matthews) is one of those kids that can really put the ball in the basket from a lot of different ways. From the three-point line, to mid-range, to getting to the rim, he's a real scorer."
Matthews made up his mind about Georgia Tech two months ago, but made his official commitment on Saturday. When asked why he committed so early, Matthews simply replied, "Why wait?"
"If you feel that's the school you want to be at then nobody's stopping," he said. "And that's how I felt."
Even though he was getting looked at by Temple, Pittsburgh, West Virginia, Rutgers and Penn State, the race for Matthews was only between two ACC schools –NC State and Georgia Tech,
Matthews was initially attracted to the Wolfpack because he believed that he would be a great fit into their offense.
"The system they run up there at NC State is like built for a wing," he said, "The wings are the strongest part of their team and that kind of opened my eyes a lot."
Being in the ACC was a huge plus for Matthews because he believes it to be the best conference and he wants to compete on that level.
"ACC basketball is the biggest conference in America to me."
He was impressed by N.C. State's success in recent years, but favored Tech because of team chemistry and the challenge of helping Tech become a threat again in the ACC.
"NC State was really only talking about basketball. Like they really didn't talk about the bond the team has," he said. "Georgia Tech has that."
Matthews also did a little bit of homework on Tech's roster situation. He noticed that the team's top two scoring threats, Marcus Georges-Hunt and Charles Mitchell, are seniors this season. Thus it creates an opportunity to contribute early when he joins the Yellow Jackets for next season
"A lot of coaches were saying come right in and be an impact player," Matthews said. "Score the basketball,' that's what [Brian Gregory] told me. I got you here to score the basketball."
Matthews believes in the Gregory's vision for him at Tech.
Gregory's plan for Matthews is to allow him to be the scorer he believes the young forward to be. According to Matthews, the coach told him that he'll have to play transition basketball and run the floor. He'll use screens to get mismatches on defenders that are either too small or too slow to prevent him from scoring.
When Matthews steps on the floor for his high school team, he snaps into a zone that consumes him. His goal is to score and he could careless about whomever attempts to keep him from doing so.
When he's playing ball, Matthews is no longer the fun, chill person that likes to just hang with friends, toss the football around and go to parties. His competitive nature blocks that out and the scoring animal comes out.
"The only thing he cares about is scoring, winning games and just being the best he can be on the court," Matthew described himself. "Like, just killer instinct on the court."
Matthews says he feels unstoppable when he gets the ball in his hands.
"When I get the ball and I see a defender I'm ready to attack or shoot a jumper over him," he said. "I feel like nobody can stop me on the court."
Basketball is a big deal to Matthews, but so is education. He was attracted to Tech because of the academics. Almost parrotting his father, Chuck Matthews, Christian wants to be sure that he has an education to fall back on if the basketball plan doesn't pan out.
"My family really liked the school," Christian said. "Not just the basketball… I can excel at the academic side."
He still has plenty of time to choose a major, but he's narrowed it down to business management or telecommunications. His father said that the trip to see Turner Broadcasting and the resources available to students also had an impact on his son's decision.
"Just knowing that he can get an education there right so close to something that he would like to do as a major, really made(the trip) worthwhile," Chuck said.
The perfect recruiting visit to Georgia Tech over the weekend confirmed what Matthews already knew about his future plans. He felt welcomed as soon as he was picked up from the Atlanta airport.
"The visit was perfect," he said. "The coaching staff, the team, the players, the goal, academics. Everything was perfect."
Matthews stated that the highlight of his visit was being able to have breakfast, lunch and dinner with the team.
"They gave me a chance to hang with them and they actually really liked me a lot," he said. "It was a just a great experience for a high school player hanging with college players."
Interacting with his future teammates allowed Matthews to notice the difference in how they do things. He felt a bond being established that inflated his confidence about the life-changing decision he would soon have to announce.
Accompanied by his parents, Christian joined his future teammates and Gregory at a steak dinner on Saturday evening. Not long after he was done with his porterhouse steak, Gregory excused himself from the table to speak with Gregory privately. Matthews told the coach that he loved the school, but the jersey number was a big issue for him since his favorite number, 15, was already retired in honor of Matt Harpring.
Fortunately for coach Gregory, Matthews was joking with him and personally gave his commitment directly to the coach.
Matthews said that Gregory told him that "You made my night and my weekend and the rest of my life."
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Lea Daulan
Digital Marketing Manager
Léa Daulan is responsible for developing, implementing and monitoring ASL's digital marketing strategy, primarily through social media, site optimisation, and content creation. As part of her role, Léa also manages ASL's core product certification database, to ensure it supports ASL's certification programs and wider business objectives.
Léa has an international background, with bilingual fluency in English and French, a First Class BA in International Relations from the University of Montreal in Canada, an international exchange year at the National Taiwan Normal University, and an MSc in International Politics from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
Léa also has a strong interest in sustainable development: she wrote her masters research on US environmental politics, has previously worked in communication for international environmental NGOs such as Surfrider Foundation, and was awarded an Outstanding Delegate Award in the United Nations (U.N.) Environment Programme Delegate as part of the National Model United Nations in New York. Léa was also selected to be a Young Delegate at the 2018 U.N. Winter Youth Assembly in New-York on the theme "Innovation & Collaboration for a Sustainable World".
Léa is enjoying settling in the booming Dublin's technology hub and enjoys the great surfing that offers the wild Atlantic coast of Ireland.


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Artists from around the world are encouraged to create a visual representation of one of the below issues facing our forests. A judging panel, curated by Alpha'a, will select two winners from each category. The winning works will be displayed in a pop up exhibition in NYC during Brazil summer Fest 2019. Works will also be produced as prints and be sold through Alpha'a's online art gallery and partners, with a share of the profits benefiting the Rain Forest Alliance.
This event is part of the Food, Land and Nature-Based Solutions program of Climate Week NYC.


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Since 2009, SAS member Alice Trusty has been organizing study tours internationally. These tours typically last 2 weeks or more and are fully planned to include accommodations, meals, entry to sites and museums, etc.
2009 – American Southwest (including Chaco Culture National Historic Park, Mesa Verde, Monument Valley, Petrified Forest, Canyon de Chelly amongst others)
2011 – England & Greece (including Salisbury Cathedral, Stonehenge, Temple of Apollo at Delphi, Santorini, Delos, Mykonos, Athens Acropolis, and many more)
2012 – Scotland & Ireland (including Inverness, Orkney, New Grange, Skellig, Donegal, Aschill, Galway, etc.)
2014 – Italy (Rome, Sorrento, Paestum, Pompeii, Herculaneum, Mount Vesuvius, Bolzano, Pisa, and Venice)
2016 – England, France, & Holland (including Salisbury, Avebury, Dieppe, Bayeux, Normandy, Chinon, Sarlat, Arles, Versailles, Groningen, Amsterdam)
2018 – Coastal British Columbia (tentative itinerary included Victoria, Coombs, Cathedral Forest, Campbell River, Port Hardy, Telegraph Cove, Prince Rupert, Haida Gwaii, Masset, Skidigate Museum, Terrace, Nass Valley volcanic field, Nisga'a Museum, St. James National Historic Park, Whistler, etc.).
2020 – Malta and Sicily
Some of the participants of past trips were kind enough to write about their travels. See their member adventures below.
- Our Newfoundland Trip – Alice Trusty
- The Maier's Trip to Egypt – Gil Watson
- The Four Corners Adventure – Gil Watson
More information about previous study tours can typically found in past issues of the Saskatchewan Archaeology Quarterly.
Study Tour Group in the American Southwest (© 2009 Gil Watson)
**SAS Programs Refund Policy:
The SAS board recently approved the following refund policy.
For payment of programs and services:
• If a participant cancels before the deadline, they will receive a full refund minus a 10% administration fee.
• If a participant cancels after the deadline but more than seven (7) days prior to event, they will receive a 50% refund and donation receipt for the other 50%.
• If a participant cancels within seven (7) days of the event, there will be no refund, but a donation receipt can be issued for the amount paid.
• If a participant does not give notice, and does not attend the event (i.e., a no show), no refund will be given.
Extenuating circumstances will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
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COSHOCTON — The Coshocton Public Library and West Lafayette Branch Library will be closed Oct. 19 for staff training.
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I give you my promise that this is the best, most complete and results-oriented online English course for intermediate level learners from around the world.
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For those students on a budget, we do offer a monthly subscription option!
✅Is there a study plan?
Yes, there is a suggested study plan to complete 1 module (usually about 7 units) per week. However, as I mentioned, this is a self-study course so if you need to study faster or slower, you can.
✅What is the schedule? What are the dates and times?
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You gain an all-access pass as soon as you join.
We do limit registration dates to a few times a year. This is to help us to make sure no one gets lost, and to provide more support. You'll never feel alone, and you'll join the course together with a group of classmates.
✅ Do you give listening training for all different accents in English?
Yes! Inside the course, many students' favorite part are our listening lessons. In these lessons you'll get conversational listening practice with Gabby (me) talking with English speakers from all different regions of the US. These have subtitles and conversation breakdown explanations. You'll love them too!
✅ What level is the course for? I'm afraid my English is not good enough yet.
This course is for intermediate to advanced English learners. Usually, our students have studied English in high school or college for at least a year before taking our course, sometimes longer.
The course is 100% in English, so it can feel a bit difficult at first if you are used to studying English with a teacher from your home country, or with a textbook that explains everything in your native language. We invite you to jump into our immersive 100% English environment. With subtitles in English and our support, we are sure you will enjoy it and greatly improve your English skills, fluency and confidence in a short time with us.
✅ I don't have a credit card. How can I join?
Payment can be made with an international credit or debit card, or with PayPal. If you don't have any of these, many students ask a friend or family member who does have one of these to help.
✅ Is there a free sample I can see before joining?
Yes, I have made one of our listening units open for you to view to help you make your decision. Please keep in mind that there are over 260+ diverse lessons, quizzes, listening exercises, pdfs and much much more — and this is just a very small sample to give you an idea. You can take a look here: https://www.gonaturalenglish.com/fluent-communication-course-video-sample/
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As you can imagine, running the complete course is a lot of work for just one person.
So, I am proud to have assistants who sometimes help with creating course content and giving you support throughout the course. Rest assured, we are never too busy for you.
This is also why there are only a limited number of spots available each time we open the registration — I want to make sure I can give each of you the attention you deserve!
✅Are there subtitles & speed control on videos?
Yes, all the 260+ course videos either have:
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– White board with text
Some videos have subtitles, and all videos have text to help you understand.
All videos have speed control so you can speed up or slow down the video, too.
✅Do I get a certificate?
Yes, when you complete all the lessons, you will be sent a digital PDF certificate by email.
✅ Is there any differentiation of levels between students?
The entire course is for intermediate to advanced students. Some people enter the course with strong writing but weak listening, or vice versa.
It is a self-paced, self-study course and we let all students access all materials equally. All students are together in the Facebook community.
We believe that learning all together is best because in the real world we need to communicate with people of varying English levels.
Many students really enjoy having contact with other English learners from around the world. That said, connecting with your classmates is optional.
✅ Can I communicate directly with English trainers?
You can communicate directly with Gabby and the GNE team when you post in our Facebook group, send an email, or send an audio or video Whatsapp message.
We have found this to be the best way to practice speaking frequently, every day, even with a busy schedule. It's great to be able to ask a question or practice a quick sentence any time. It's like having Gabby & the GNE Team in your pocket!
✅ Who actually teaches the course? Do I get direct contact with Gabby?
In Fluent Communication, the recorded video lessons are taught mostly by me, Gabby, and some videos are created by the GNE Team. You get direct access and interaction with me, Gabby, in the 3 ways to practice mentioned above, and are also supported by the GNE Team.
I hope that this answers your questions! I think that now you'll be ready to make your decision on Monday morning when the course opens for registration. However, if you still have any doubts or questions, please let me know.
✅I am very shy. Can other students see me when I practice?
Here you have a choice. We have three (3) options for you to practice. Again, they are:
…privately by email (best for longer writing) with Gabby & the GNE Team
…privately by Whatsapp (best for speaking practice by audio / video or short text questions) with Gabby & the GNE Team, and
…socially in our private Facebook group for all course members with Gabby & the GNE Team (best for sharing with your classmates and getting to know each other).
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We have a one-time lifetime access price. This includes lifetime access to this version of the course, along with lifetime support, feedback and corrections. My goal is your fluency, and it is up to you how quickly you get there. The GNE team and I will be along with you every step of the way.
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Monday March 26, 2018
Breast Cancer Information Session, Hopewell Library, 245 Pennington-Titusville Road, Pennington, 609-737-2610 6 p.m., YWCA Princeton Breast Cancer Resource Center offers an informal presentation and Q&A on how to reduce your risk of breast cancer. Registration required., www.mcl.org
Monday March 26, 2018
Gotham Princeton will be hosting its one and only Business/ Social Networking dinner of the year at Princeton's lively new restaurant, Cargot Brasserie. The dinner will be paired with an excitingly assembled wine tasting that the executive chef and wine director of Cargot will select for the event, to be presented by one of the restaurant's chefs.
Gotham Networking is a premier networking organization, headquartered in NYC, with 48 different affinity groups and over 800 members. Gotham was founded in 1997 and operates by the motto, "It's better to give than to receive; but what goes around, comes around." Joshua Zinder of JZA+D is the chair of the local Princeton Group. Learn more at http://www.gothamnetworking.com. The dinner will be held at Cargot Brasserie at 98 University Place in Princeton, and the cost per attendee is $70. Payment cannot be made at the door, so please contact Gotham's Group Coordinator Marianna Schenk at (610) 624-3389 for further information, or visit this site: http://bit.ly/2IqmPbC
Monday March 26, 2018
The Conversation About Healthcare Decisions, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, 609-924-9529 7 p.m., Presentation on designating a healthcare decision-maker and outlining wishes for end-of-life care should we be unable to speak for ourselves. Susan Hoskins, executive director of the Princeton Senior Resource Center., www.princetonlibrary.org
Monday March 26, 2018
Lecturer of Physics
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Science on Tap is a new monthly public science lecture series at Triumph Brewing Co. on Nassau. This month Professor Bridgett vonHoldt will discuss how dogs evolved to become "man's best friend". If you are interested you can find more details in the attached flyer, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ScienceOnTapPrinceton, or via email at email@example.com.


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Blog Archives
Vitamix-ing Never Gets Old
Never gets old. I think it just gets better every time I make one of these smoothies with the Vitamix. The usual suspects of ingredients.
- Kale (1 cup)
- Red chard (1 cup)
- Broccoli (1/2 cup)
- Apple (1/2 – 3/4)
- Frozen blue berries (1/4 cup)
- Avocado (half of a small one)
- Raw almonds (6-8)
- Ground cinnamon (1 tsp)
- Pink Himalayan sea salt (a pinch)
- Heavy whipping cream (1 tbl)
- Coconut oil (1 tbl)
- Plain full fat Greek yogurt (1 tbl)
- Water (1 cup to start and add as needed)
- Coffee (1/4 cup previously brewed and cooled)
In a plastic zip lock bag I froze the red chard, the kale, sliced apple, broccoli, and the blueberries. Freezing a bunch of the ingredients has 2 benefits:
- Stays fresh frozen until ready for use. Thus avoiding wilting or rotting your awesome vegetables.
- Reduce (or eliminate) the amount of ice needed to make the shake. Therefore packing in more nutrients per smoothie.
Smoothie 4-4-13
- 1-2 Kale leaves raw
- 1 Red chard
- 2 broccoli florets
- 1 celery stalks raw
- 1 carrot stick raw
- 1 Fuji apple
- 1/4 cup frozen blueberries
- 1 Tbsp chia seeds
- 4 raw almonds
- 2 raw brazil nuts
- 1 tsp powdered spirulina
- 2 Tbsp coconut oil
- 1 cup filtered water
- 1/2 cup crushed ice
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp pink Himalayan sea salt
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1 Tbsp plain full-fat Greek yogurt
Vitamix or Blend Tec blender are touted as the best. I can't afford a new blender to I'm using the one we got off of a wedding gift gift card. Ours is a Cuisanart blender from William Sonoma I think.
Just blend till you get it all into a foamy liquid. It's better than juicing because it includes the fiber and all the nutrients the plant has to offer. Blending predigest the food so you don't have to expend energy breaking it down.
It makes 1 sippy cup for my youngest son, 1 insulated bottle with ice, and 1 glass worth. Drink the glass in the morning for breakfast, and the insulated bottle for 2pm lunch.
AVOID JUICING. A juicer removes the good fiber and leave you with basically a glass of sugar. Juice alone will spike your insulin and raise your blood sugar. If the fiber is left in, when consumed, it'll help buffer the sugar hit to your system, thus minimizing an insulin spike. So if you are pre-diabetic or diabetic, you really shouldn't be juicing. Also if you are insulin resistant, you're better off blending over juicing. Moreover, excess sugar causes inflammation in the body and inflammation is far from heart healthy. Lastly cancer cells are know to feed on glucose from sugar. If people walk around carrying cancer cells but don't know about it, it could be a matter of time under the right conditions that can make cancer cells grow. That condition involve feeding cancer cells what they want, glucose or sugar, and in the body's inflamed state caused by what? S u g a r. A recipe for a storm if you catch my drift.
Don't take my word for it. I'm not a doctor. But you know who is? Dr. Robert Lustig is. Google him and check out his book "Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease" and learn the truth.


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A quick update; I just heard from Butler coach Mike Newsome concerning all those offers that rising junior QB Christian LeMay is raking in, and he added South Carolina and Illinois to the list. But he also mentioned that he can't keep up with the total, and that LeMay "gets one almost every day."
Frost, also a rising junior, has not been offered yet, but is popping up on teams' radars.
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Monday, April 27, 2009
And those offers keep pouring in...
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On 2-8 December 2014, RECOFTC – The Center for People and Forests hosted "Application of Community Forestry in Rural Forestry Reform: China's Experience," a community forestry champions network regional workshop held in Lin'an Zhejiang Province, China. Marlo D. Mendoza, Assistant Professor at the Department of Social Forestry and Forest Governance and Associate Dean of the College of Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of the Philippines Los Baños, reflects on the positive land tenure reform made in Lin'an.
I am very thankful that I was one of the participants in the RECOFTC's workshop: "Application of Community Forestry in Rural Forestry Reform: China's Experience." Those working in the forestry sector are aware of the role that forest landscapes play in national development, especially in poverty reduction. Secure tenure rights and equitable access to resources by people living in and around forest areas play an essential role in addressing rural poverty, which in turn benefits sustainable forest management: rural poor will manage forests sustainably if their livelihoods are ensured.
And what I saw in Lin'an, China was exactly that: a successful working model based on the villagers having both tenure and access rights to their resource, as well as flexibility in how to use them. Through interviews with villagers, local government officials, members of farmers' cooperatives and private business owners, I learned that the principles of FAO's Voluntary Guidelines on the Governance of Tenure (VGGT) were vigorously pursued.
The Chinese government specifically instituted various policy and institutional reforms to help motivate the farmers to productively manage their land: land-use rights certificates, responsive extension services, livelihood support services, insurance coverage and the securitization of land resource assets, among other key innovations. These reforms, moreover, were supported by the private sector, all branches and levels of government, particularly the local government, as well as all stakeholders involved. The forestry bureau was also redirected and retooled and its role was expanded to respond to the new land tenure policy conditions.
The positive outcome of the tenure reforms was amazing to see. The villagers' ability to benefit from their resources was greatly enhanced by the possibility of raising loans based on the projected value of those resources. By receiving loans, the villagers can in turn improve the productivity of their resources by investing the loans into improving their resources. Prior to the land tenure reform, the state and village-owned lands were unproductive and degraded; but following the reforms, they were transformed into productive and profitable micro and small-scale agroforestry enterprises.
With the new wealth created by the rural population, the local economy significantly improved, creating jobs and allowing Lin'an to invest in other critical infrastructure and support services to encourage further investment in the community by the private sector. This, moreover, created further downstream opportunities and economic growth on a much larger scale: the establishment of several forest-based industries such as bamboo shoot processing, nut processing, furniture-making from wood and bamboo, and most notably, the China Roasted Nuts Food Mall, a multibillion yen, multi-use complex providing services to the growing Lin'an nut industry.
Secure tenure rights and equitable access to forest resources supported by all branches and levels of government helped villagers make the most from their resources. Effective tenure governance reform should not only be limited to Lin'an, however. We should push such reform not only in my home country, the Philippines, but also across the Asia-Pacific region.


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New options at the dining halls this fall
Jackson Mihm, Assistant Lifestyle Editor
September 10, 2019
The dining halls are new and improved this year. A number of efforts are underway to make the dining halls healthier and more appealing to students. The dining services crew here at UW-Whitewater are making healthy changes to the selection of food on campus. Rachael Omdoll, UW-Whitewater's dietician...


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HARTFORD — Latinas and Power, New England's largest and most influential networking and professional development symposium for Latinas, recently announced its 2019 keynote speaker: Dr. Betty Uribe.
Uribe is a banking industry veteran, celebrated author, and nationally-renowned speaker. She will address the 16th Annual Latinas and Power Symposium, which will be held on May 16 at the Hartford Marriott Downtown at 200 Columbus Boulevard.
As an Executive Vice President for California Bank & Trust, a division of Zions Bancorp, Uribe runs the Greater Southern California Division, which is a $3.5 billion business line covering retail and business banking.
During Uribe's tenure as Executive Vice President at CB&T, the financial institution has been named "Best Bank in Orange County," for three consecutive years by the voting readers of The Orange County Register.
"I selected Dr. Betty, because when I met her at a Latina event in Mexico recently, I was immediately taken by her authenticity and ability to connect with people," said Latinas and Power Symposium Founder Marilyn Alverio. "The Latinas & Power Symposium is all about identifying Latinas that are out here representing and articulating the important issue we face in today's world. Her optimism is contagious. After reading her book #Value, I knew she was the right person to bring to Hartford, CT for our 16th annual symposium."
As a significant thought leader in the financial and banking industry, Uribe is a recognized authority on the psychology of leadership, turnarounds, organizational structure, and peak performance. Her work is regularly featured on all forms of international, national and local media.
As an author, Uribe wrote #Values: The Secrets to Top Level Performance in Business and Life, which was selected by Inc. Magazine as one of the Top 60 Books on Leadership and also received an endorsement from the Vatican.
She has been honored consistently for her strategic intellect and humanitarian endeavors. Among the many honors bestowed upon Uribe are: First Woman in History to join the Rose Bowl Foundation Board; Fortune Magazine's Top 50 Most Powerful Latinas in Business (2017 & 2018); and Pepperdine University's 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award.
Registration and other speakers for Latinas and Power Symposium 2019 will be announced in the coming months.
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Year Published: 2009
This study was conducted in an attempt to repeat the findings of the previous project entitled 'Physiology of Heat Stress in Cattle and Sheep' that reported a weight advantage of cattle supplemented with water based electrolytes.
This project developed a series of farmer and adviser manuals for tropical and temperate small holder dairy farmers, in order to improve their management practices so as to increase the performance of Australian imported dairy heifers
This study was instigated by Livestock Export R&D Program, in collaboration with the Indonesian Feedlotters Association (APFINDO) and investigated alternative feedstuffs and feed treatment methods capable of reducing the feed cost of gain in Indonesian feedlots. A detailed listing of current and potential new commodity options and key conclusions and recommendations are presented.
In this study, the management of bedding on livestock export ships was reviewed and current practices were evaluated against existing literature from the intensive dairy, beef and equine industries and recommendations and guidelines for the management of bedding for cattle and sheep during the export of livestock by sea were developed. The report also identifies areas where further research, development and extension opportunities exist.
This report provides summary information about mortalities in sheep and cattle during sea transport from Australia in 2008 to allow industry, government and others to monitor mortality trends in the live sheep and cattle trades.
The objective of this study was to utilise video footage of cattle taken as part of the previous project entitled 'Assessing the Welfare and Feeding Behaviour of Horned and Polled Sheep and Cattle During Export' to make an informed estimation as to the proportion of the day animals spend performing certain basic behaviours. The report details common behaviours exhibited during a voyage of cattle.
This report outlines the findings of the literature review and industry consultation process related to feedlot Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD). The report also outlines recommendations for future R&D to examine morbidity and mortality in cattle undergoing live export from Fremantle to the Middle East.
An assessment of the success and value of Market Outlook reports prepared by ProFarmer and funded by the Livestock Export Program (LEP) was undertaken. The report assesses the outcome of the previous report entitled 'Developing a livestock export market outlook service'. The report details the findings of a survey and key recommendations to further improve the report format and content.
The aim of this study was to review the design of each of the three cattle restraining boxes (Mark 1, 2 and 3) and complete a comprehensive desk top assessment of the animal welfare and occupational health and safety impacts of each of the designs.
Year Published: 2008
This illustrative guide is designed to assist in the identification of the types of stock that should not be transported or that require special consideration and treatment throughout the export process. The guide is designed to ensure the health and welfare of livestock during transportation.
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* Public Health England (2014), Everybody Active, Every Day Framework
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- Increased opportunities for regular participation
- More young people motivated to engage in sport
- Improved health, social and psychological wellbeing
- Volunteers, coaches and teachers empowered to deliver training sessions
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Thursday, September 19, 2013
My Grocery Shopping Dilemma
At our place we eat three meals a day at almost fixed times. Our breakfast is a cereal, toast, coffee, juice type of breakfast. Lunch is some combination of soup and?or sandwiches . We also have raw veggies and fruit.
Dinner is a cooked meal. This meal usually lasts for a couple more days.
We eat well.
So if you eat like this you have to have the groceries on hand.
Now here's where things fall part. My manager looks through all the grocery fliers for the week and picks out all the specials and that's what's on the grocery list. So we get to the store. Oops, we can find the first special. After a while we find a staff member to ask about the product and wow, it didn't come in this week! The next item we look for and find that there's nothing on the shelf as they have run out of it. The next item we look for is not in this store but another store. Some more oops. The next product on special doesn't look too good so we won't buy it. So the manager gets about half the things on her list.
Then we look for the basics like bread, milk and fresh produce. Much the same thing happens here, but there's more to choose from.
I realize that there's more than one way to shop for groceries. I dislike my manager's method and every once in a while I whine about it. So I'm challenged by the comment, "Well, how would you do it?"
Well, this is my proposal. I would make a menu for the week. I would make a list of what is needed to produce this menu. There are some regulars like bread , milk and fresh produce. I would find these products and that's my shopping trip. Yes, I would have to pay attention to specials. Cold cereal is sometimes on sale and I can eat anything when it's cold cereal. There's usually some kind of jam on sale. My favorite soup goes on sale from time to time.
My key point is that the menu is where you should start your shopping trip rather than the grocery fliers that come in the paper.
Oh yes, I admit that I don't like shopping.
What do you think about grocery shopping? What method works for you?
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The method that works best for me is to not go when I am hungry ... I tend to not over buy if I go when my stomach is full. lol I know that doesn't help with having a list though does it !ReplyDelete
I hate grocery shopping and avoid it whenever I can. That said, when I do shop I write out a weekly menu and buy what I need to create that menu. And I never shop when I'm hungry.ReplyDelete
I am absolutely on your side on this. Your manager's way sounds frustrating and non-productive.ReplyDelete
I don't even make a menu for the week. I just shop, paying attention to things on sale that I regularly buy. I have meat in the freezer and cereal and other supplies in the pantry. I make up my meal plan each day.
I agree with you--I buy for what I plan to eat/cook. I don't like to grocery shop, but if I do, I try to figure out beforehand what I want to eat over the next week or so.ReplyDelete
I don't plan ahead. When we run out of something, I put it on the list for the next trip to the grocery store. I don't plan menus - and I don't always cook an evening meal. We just don't require the big meals much anymore.ReplyDelete
I rely on my hubby to get the basics and cook them. I get the extras and usually get a little bit each day on my way back from my workout. It seems to work out pretty well. I sure don't like your manager's style. :-)ReplyDelete
I dis like shopping. We go about once a month. 2 cart shopping. I have a list. Cameron gets the big stuff and his stuff. I get the groceries and my stuff. Then its about once a week to the little store in town for milk, eggs and bread. We live 75 miles from any big town. 25 miles from our small town.ReplyDelete
I wish I was even twenty percent as organised as you. Some days I forget to eat altogether.ReplyDelete
I too hate shopping with a passion. I do shop with a menu in mind and check the pantry for what I already have on hand. I only use specials if it's something I would normally buy.ReplyDelete
Interesting post :) Greetings and welcome to Us Patricia & DanielReplyDelete
Oh I know the approach well. My Manager adopts a similar one. Why is it that 10p Off something you didn't want is more attractive than what you did want at its normal price?ReplyDelete
I never, never shop for food when I'm hungry. I make a list and go to the store and get what I need. I buy things on sale if I need them and I shop early before most people are still having that second cuppa. ha,haReplyDelete
Oh I never use the flyers it may seem like you may save money but in the long run you waste a lot of time. BReplyDelete
It looks like you may end up doing both the shopping AND the cooking if you aren't careful Red. Kudos to your wife for doing the sale search! I am not one to menu plan I'm afraid!ReplyDelete
i'd never survive your boss's method, either. stores are too unreliable. i try to go to walmart when i need a ton of stuff as it is cheaper than my local store that is 12 miles away. but walmart cannot be relied on to have everything every time.ReplyDelete
i do try to stock up on dry goods when they're on sale - especially if i'm going to use them eventually. but i don't shop fliers.
I keep a lot of basics and buy meat when I need it, and whatever else rings my bell.ReplyDelete
I really dislike grocery shopping! I fail to use coupons because I am lazy. Half the time they do not have what I want anyway!ReplyDelete
I do about 99% of the grocery shopping, so I am the manager and taxi driver :)ReplyDelete
I think your idea is great. I tend to shop according to what I think I'll be cooking that week, but don't really stick to it too rigidly. I work with a budget rather than sales, and as long as I stay within it, I'm fine.
The specials that I pick up are usually the type that I can store long term. In other words, if canned soups, paper goods, cereals, rice, shampoos, etc, are on sale, I'll stock up on them for future use. I rarely run around picking up sales unless I'm going to buy in bulk.
My method is too avoid going at all costs and never complain about her choices. Unless she is sick and I fill in. Then I do a whole lot of impulse buying without a list focusing on the things I like and she usually doesn't....:)ReplyDelete
Hm, grocery fliers and coupons are not a regular part of our culture. We just go to the supermarket and serendipitously find something on offer. Or else we're at what's called the "wet market", which is a sort of wet, dirtyish farmers' market where you can haggle. In our family, our weekly grocery list is quite unchanging and we shop almost mechanically; if there's a sale on an item, great, and we might get it in bulk, but if not, we'll still get it anyway -- I NEED my broccoli and cheese lol!ReplyDelete
P.S. Very glad to have discovered your blog through Martha's :)
I think making a menu for the week would be brilliant, but it never seems to happen. I am the one who makes the grocery list, though. Because we prefer to shop in Cornwall (we like the grocery stores better than the on in our nearby tiny town), we have to plan out when, because it's a 30-min drive. If Gordon is working Cornwall, he'll often pick up the groceries. Sometimes we go together on the weekend. Sometimes I drive in and do it alone.ReplyDelete
I used to use coupons when I was younger but now I just don't seem to have the time or patience. We also shop a lot a farmers' markets around here, and I will buy, say, chicken from my neighbour who raises them humanely on her farm. But I think my life would be a lot easier if I planned out a week's worth of meals at a time and shopped accordingly!
You're funny!ReplyDelete
I don't do groceries. I make a list, when I run out of stuff.
Hubby shops nearly every day. Our silly frige is bad with veggies. I wing it!
We make a menu for about 10 days, 14 in the winter. We shop once a week. I buy the specials if I need them or not, like salad dressing, ketsup, peanut butter, cereal etc..If it will keep on my shelf and is something we use I buy it on sale. I hate grocery shopping so going once a week works for me. If we didn't eat veggies and fresh fruits I could go every two weeks:)ReplyDelete


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The domination of cats is now at an end, because I'm bringing out the heavy artillery.
Red pandas.
Baby red pandas.
Checkmate, cat fans!
The domination of cats is now at an end, because I'm bringing out the heavy artillery.
Red pandas.
Baby red pandas.
Checkmate, cat fans!
Beatrice says
I want to go and roll in the snow with that little panda.
christinereece says
PZ wins. Red pandas are the most adorable critters on the planet.
RW Ahrens says
This isn't just heavy artillery, its the nuke! Boom! Game over…
theophontes (坏蛋) says
That was soooo cute. (It is just like a little kitteh kitten;)
Kevin Anthoney says
Cute, but they have to do more than just jump on a pumpkin. The video suggested after that one was a kitten in a hamster bowl.
dexitroboper says
It's still a vertebrate. It's even a mammal. You've just raised the white flag with this one.
Audley Z Darkheart, reducing all men to their pee-pees since 1981 says
=8)-DX says
Beats kittens hands down, pants down.
'Tis Himself says
It's so playful, almost like a kitten but not as cute.
sc_5b5039dd39eec895ccc71934d4e6783f says
See, what's funny is that the red panda's binomial, Ailurus fulgens, literally means… shining cat. Checkmate, squid boy!
sc_5b5039dd39eec895ccc71934d4e6783f says
…which is not to say that red pandas are anything but the coolest animal in the world, which is definitely true. (Jackdaws are a close second.)
hillaryrettig says
I'm with dexitroboper. You just conceded.
hillaryrettig says
Kevin #5 – thanks, that was terrific!
aflac84 says
Well played PZ. Well played.
On another note… a question. Red pandas are related/ same family as raccoons, right? Or am I just making things up in my head.
pensnest says
I'm sorry, PZ, but adorable as the panda is, it cannot win. There's a webcam of seven two-week-old kittens which has had me making bat-like noises of Awwwwwwww since I found it earlier today. I… don't think it's beatable.
ChasCPeterson says
Red pandas are classified as the only extant members of their own family, Ailuridae. Their closest relatives are the families Procyonidae (raccoons etc.), Mustelidae (weasels, badgers etc.) and Mephitidae (skunks). This hypothesis is current, afaik.
ChasCPeterson says
oh, and all the taxa named are closer to dogs than cats.
earlycuyler says
This creature is not found in Ceiling Cat's bible: http://www.lolcatbible.com/index.php?title=Main_Page
So it does not really exist, this video is from Basement Cat to lead us into sin, and besides you were not there.
Cats win again.
Blondin says
That orange put up a helluva fight but the panda was victorious in the end.
aflac84 says
Thank you for the answer ChasCPeterson! :)
Ophelia Benson says
Ohhhhhh baby red pandas. We had them at my zoo – well not "mine" but the one where I was a zookeeper for a few years. Adults too, not surprisingly, and they're pretty damn cute themselves.
One time when I was on an evening shift I was taking a look at the outdoor gorilla exhibit when a visitor came up and asked me what's the little red racoon-like animal in the exhibit. Wha…? There isn't one. Where? He showed me where. The red pandas had escaped and crossed half the zoo and gone into the gorilla one.
Never a dull moment.
Ophelia Benson says
Are we sure that's a baby panda? That's pretty much what the adults look like.
Sili says
The red pandas had escaped and crossed half the zoo and gone into the gorilla one.
I guess that's a feature of these critters. Ours did the same thing years ago. Save for the fact that we don't have gorillas, so they just went to town instead.
drbunsen le savant fou says
Thanks, PZ. I needed that video today :)
There's a webcam of seven two-week-old kittens
Citation needed! :D
Aquaria says
Ever so cute.
I had a cat that looked close to this. Different shape of the head and ears of course, but the red body and striped poofy tail would be my Duchess Socks kitty all over again.
Hey–cut me some slack for the name. I was eight. It made perfect sense at that age to name a cat something so goofy.
Crip Dyke, MQ, Right Reverend Feminist FuckToy of Death & Her Handmaiden says
Aquaria says
Oh– a Scottish fold kitten. Not doing anything, no less and
The purring! OMG the purring! I'm dying of the cuteness!
Even when they're not playing or romping, kittens are SQUEEEEEEE cute.
So there.
Ava, Oporornis maledetta says
The red panda baby would lose to a Bengal tiger kitteh, my biggest want of all time.
mehitabel, wotthehell wotthehell says
PZ wins. Red pandas are the most adorable critters on the planet.
This is incorrect. Everyone knows that if cats have to lose to anything, it will be to baby pygmy marmosets.
The red panda is a shrewd move, but I followed Aquaria's link, and kittens still win.
magistramarla says
But not as cute as kittens by a long shot.
a3kr0n says
ellypemberton says
Okay, this is officially way cuter than anything my cats have ever done. It's not exactly fair though, because baby animals>adult animals any day.
And then he started attacking nothing at the end! So adorable!!
pensnest says
For drbunsen le savant fou:
Aquaria says
Shoot! I just realized I copied and pasted the wrong bookmark!
This is the one I meant:
Not that the other one isn't totally adorable, too.
Marie the Bookwyrm says
Aaarrrggghhhh!!!!! I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but any links I copy don't work. (Seriously frustrated here.)
Go to Almost Diamonds, then do a Search on Oh, Fer Cute.
Pallas Cats, Pallas Cats, Pallas Cats. That's all I have to say. :)
RFW says
Are red pandas like meerkats? Cute to watch, but beware: they bite and don't make good pets at all.
True, my cat Cuddles will nip your fingers when she's frantic for the cat treat you're holding between them, but she doesn't break the skin and she's vaccinated against rabies.
nonny says
It's in the order Carnivora. You're getting closer to cats all the time. Just like a black hole of cuteness, they'll suck you in.
It is adorable. So fluffy!
A. R says
PZ, if you ever run low on ammo, just go straight for sugar gliders.
Furr-a-Bruin says
Sorry, PZ; I'm with dexitroboper. You switched from squid to adorable furry mammals so I'd say you've conceded.
thorgolucky says
Fluffy tail! Fluffy tail!
cicely says
Red pandas are, indeed, adorable; they just aren't quite as adorable as baby kittehs.
They do run a good second place, though.
Tualha says
Best viewed on FireFox? Snerk.
fastlane says
Cute, but cute ranking still goes like this:
1) Kittehs
2) Baby Otters
3) everything else furry


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- Structural Building Components Association (SBCA). Since 1983, SBCA (then WTCA) has represented building component manufacturers, providing its members with educational materials/publications, technical resources, safety, certification programs, best practice recommendations and networking opportunities. SBCA maintains a detailed and accurate database of members and non-members tracking annual sales volume, products sold, location and employment.
Website: www.sbcindustry.com
- North American Industry Classification Service (NAICS). The NAICS is the standard used by Federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data related to the U.S. business economy. NAICS was developed by the Office of Management and Budget, and adopted in 1997 to replace the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC). NAICS produces summary data for specific industries every 5 years. The classification code for truss manufacturing is 321214 and the code for engineered wood members is 321213. NAICS data from 1997, 2002 and 2007 for these industries was used in our research and analysis.
- National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and NAHB Research Center (NAHBRC). NAHB analyzes and forecasts economic and consumer trends. NAHB Research Center conducts surveys to determine market share of various building products, including those manufactured by the building components industry. SBC Magazine has an agreement with NAHBRC with respect to how we are using their data in our overall analytical approach.
Website: www.nahb.com and www.nahbrc.com
- U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC). ITC Publication 3596, Conditions of Competition in the U.S. Market for Wood Building Components, gathered information on competitive conditions in the U.S. structural building components industry from 1997 – 2002.
Website: www.usitc.gov/publications/docs/pubs/332/PUB3596.pdf
- Financial Performance Survey (FPS). FPS is a biennial survey conducted by SBCA. Component manufacturer participation in the survey is free and the data is collected and summarized in a detailed report. It provides an income statement analysis, balance sheet analysis, and key operating ratios. Data is reported nationally and regionally, with the U.S. divided into six regions. Data from the last five Financial Performance Surveys was used in this report.
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We strongly encourage our customers to give feedback and share their experience of parking at Stansted. If you have used Stansted Click Meet & Greet and would like to tell others about it, please submit your review. Thank you!
Here are some comments that our customers have made about Stansted Click Meet & Greet
Great overall. The £2.80 carpark exit fee on return should be made clear from the start.
August 31, 2013
Great service, called 20 out of stanstead and they were there within 5 minutes of my arrival.
Got back earlier than expected and still only had to wait 10 minutes for my car to be returned to me. Will definitely use again on my next trip
August 15, 2013
excellent service, prompt delivery and pick up, with no stress of traffic wardens moving you on whilst waiting for pick up. will use again
July 8, 2013
We used Stansted Click Meet & Greet recently for a very early flight departure, and the return flight, and they provided a good service, and responded quickly to our calls on both occasions- very good value compared with other non meet and greet options, so would definitely use them again
June 16, 2013
Excellent service fron Stansted Click Meet & Greet. We had no waiting either when we arrived at Stansted or when we returned. Price was very good, better than other companies. We will certainly use them again.
June 9, 2013
Excellent service, phone was answered quickly when I dropped the car off and when I picked it up and someone was there to greet me and take the car from me, and then it was ready and waiting on my return. Would certainly use them again
April 16, 2013
Kept waiting for nearly half an hour for the car on our return. It was reasonably chilly standing around - I'm glad it wasn't raining or very cold. My little boy was getting quite bored. We booked the Meet and Greet so that we could get straight off after landing, so disappointed with the service.
April 13, 2013
The service was very prompt, both with meeting to collect the car before the departure and on our return. The drivers were friendly and proffesional. My only dissapointment was that my front passengers mat was covered in oil. There also was oil on the gear stick. This leaves me a little concerened about using the service again. Especially as I will have to replace the mat, which in turn means the whole set so they are co-ordinated.
April 12, 2013
"Meet and Greet" says it all! professional, prompt and polite. very good
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I am really pleased with the service. This is the quickest way to get to and from the airport. Good stuff. Thank you
July 11, 2012
Everything fine except car very dirty especially at the back - dirt with leaves, slugs and a snail in it's shell!
Very dirty carpets on driver and passenger side - had just cleaned them at garage the day before leaving car at Stansted with representative on 15th June. cannot rate 4 or 5 because of this.
July 10, 2012
Great service - we were badly delayed due to a serious accident on the motorway and they arranged to meet us directly outside the terminal at the dropoff point. Professional, considerate and courteous, I'd reccommend them to anyone.
June 20, 2012
Arrival was great and the service prompt - return service was poor in comparison had to wait for car to be returned as they were short of drivers..............
June 19, 2012
Everything worked well but it was poor on the paperwork side of things at drop off and pick up. There was no inspection report made and no receipt for the car handed to the driver. At pick up there was no ID required from me meaning that 'anybody' could have driven the car away. Suggest you tighten-up on this aspect of your process. Otherwise, 5/5!
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Excellent Service all around. Very responsive and helpful. We were due to come back at 2pm but arrived at 12noon and still were able to get our car delivered to the Airport in a few minutes. I would definately recommend and use again!
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June 6, 2012
good service and responce times.perhaps directions to pick up points both before and after could be better signed on the forms
May 23, 2012
Service particularly good on return when car turned up within five minutes of phone call. will definitely use them again.
April 9, 2012
I was very pleased with the service received - good value, courtesy, efficient and reassuring. My only regret was that we were unable to avail ourselves of the car valeting service due to a communications problem, but that was beyond the company's direct control I presume.
September 12, 2011