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The Design Activist's Handbook: How to Change the World (Or at Least Your Part of It) with Socially Conscious Design
Oleh Noah Scalin dan Michelle Taute
Will you join the ranks of design activists?
Doing good is too important to think of as work better left to those fictitious "other" designers. People more famous. More talented. More connected. Richer. Younger. Braver. (Insert your own mental roadblock here.) In truth, anyone can be a design activist.
It just starts with a commitment to yourself and your values. A commitment to making conscious choices and realizing how all the decisions you make as a graphic designer affect other people and the planet. It's about being awake instead of sliding by with the way things always have been done.
This book is for every graphic designer who's ever sat at a computer, thinking: Is this it? Isn't there more? It's a tool to help you figure out how to start making a difference and making a living at the same time--no matter where you live and work right now.
Just open this book and we'll help you start walking in the right direction. It doesn't have to be perfect. Little actions from a lot of people add up to big change. This isn't a contest about who's the greenest or the most radical. It's a movement, and we're inviting you to join right now.
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The Design Activist's Handbook - Noah Scalin
Noah Scalin: The Life of a Socially Conscious Designer
Do you want to be a hired gun who works for the highest bidder? Or to give a voice to people, causes and ideas that deserve to be heard? Noah created this image about freedom of expression for the international Poster for Tomorrow exhibition.
I attended my first protest rally in a stroller. At least that's what my mom has told me. The first one I remember attending was a march for the Equal Rights Amendment when I was a little bit older. I wore a large
ERA YES button while I roller-skated through the crowd. Suffice to say, I grew up believing that if you wanted social change you had to do something about it.
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At the first protest rally Noah remembers attending as a child, he wore a large ERA Yes button and roller-skated through the crowd.
So it came as a bit of shock, years later when I grew up, to discover that I was expected to put these convictions away in the name of making a living (not my parents' expectations, mind you, but pretty much the rest of the world's). I guess I had always assumed that one's values and one's vocation would somehow align. But when I graduated college I was suddenly thrust into a world where people hung up their ethics on the way into the office - and that just wasn't acceptable to me.
Even though my father taught graphic design throughout my life, I did not consider it a career path for myself until I was already graduating college with a degree in theater design. Somewhere along the way I found that making posters for plays was far more interesting than actually creating the sets or costumes. But shortly after deciding to make a living from graphic design, I realized the job I loved contributed to some of the biggest issues that concerned me: creating mountains of waste, reinforcing negative stereotypes, polluting the air and water, and encouraging wasteful spending. Graphic design had a hand in the marketing and promotion of a destructive way of life that I had no interest in supporting.
So how could I make these seemingly divergent interests - doing good, making a living and doing something I loved - into a seamless whole? Since I was asking this question in the midnineties, there were not a lot of resources for discovering whether other people had similar concerns, and if so, what they were doing about it? So I decided to create an experiment. I would make the type of business that I thought needed to exist and see if it would actually work in practice.
In reality, there were many other people across the globe with similar concerns. All of us were working in our own bubbles, making it up as we went along, wondering if we were the only people who cared. In those early days I found inspiration in books like the seminal Design for the Real World by Victor Papanek, which is where I first encountered the term
socially conscious design. In his book, Papanek introduced industrial designers to a new way of thinking about their career, a field that he deemed one of the worst from a societal standpoint. What did he consider to be even worse?
There are professions more harmful than industrial design, but only a very few of them. And possibly only one profession is phonier. Advertising design, in persuading people to buy things they don't need, with money they don't have, in order to impress others who don't care, is probably the phoniest field in existence today.
Talk about feeling guilty about my new career!
Then to my delighted surprise there was a sudden explosion of articles about socially conscious graphic design in the late 1990s. It seemed I wasn't alone after all, and I happily signed on to the newly rewritten First Things First Manifesto and wrote a letter of encouragement to Emigre magazine after they dedicated an entire issue (Emigre 49 1999) to how designers could address social issues. Sadly this heyday was short-lived. When I proposed more articles about socially conscious design, one magazine told me,
We've already written about that, as if having ethics were only a fad to be replaced by the next hot topic the following season. And in a way they were right. The attention of the masses shifted to other things, but in its wake a lot like-minded folks discovered they were not alone and began to connect and share experiences and knowledge online.
Even so, when I finally made the jump from working full-time as an in-house graphic designer to running my own socially conscious firm, there were plenty of people who thought I was crazy. Again and again I was told,
That's nice, but how are you going to make a living? Of course, that was generally preceded by,
You're starting a what? It was early in 2001 when I made the leap and terms like
corporate social responsibility and
triple bottom line were still not commonly used. Of course the term
greenwashing wasn't that well known yet either.
It was in this climate that I began my grand experiment. I named my socially conscious design firm Another Limited Rebellion, Incorporated, as a way of both thumbing my nose at the system that I was trying to transform and acknowledging my own hubris in attempting to do so. I created a short list of ethical principles that the business would follow and set out to prove the naysayers wrong.
Now here I am more than ten years later. And if the results of my experiment can be measured by the simple fact that my company still exists all this time later, it has been a success. I still have a roof over my head. And refusing to work on projects that compromise my beliefs has brought me more work, not less. Actually, I'd call all that a rousing success. Best of all, I'm now far from being alone on this journey.
I set up my company not only as a means to make a living doing what I love while doing good, but as a model to show others it was possible for them to take the same path. In that vein, I have been teaching a course on socially conscious design at Virginia Commonwealth University called
Design Rebels: Socially Conscious Design in Theory & Practice since 2003. In the class, my students are introduced to the ethical gray areas that designers have to confront when they begin to work in the
real world. They are also introduced to the powerful tools of persuasion that are in their hands. Then my students are presented with the choice I hope you will consider as well: Will you act like an assassin? Someone highly trained to kill and willing to shoot whomever they are asked to point their gun at if the price is right. Or will you be like a megaphone? Raising the voices of those who need to be heard above the din.
This book is really an extension of my class: an introduction to the concept of making a choice to work from an ethical perspective and the practical aspect of making a living while doing so. Consider yourself a newly deputized Design Rebel and dive in.
– Noah Scalin
Making a Difference and Making a Living
Everywhere you turn in the design world people are talking about
doing good. There's a never-ending supply of blog posts, magazine articles, books and conference talks. Looking for inspirational eye candy? Images of gorgeous nonprofit projects are a mouse click or page turn away. Not sure why all of this is so important? It's easy to read up on why designers should apply their talents to world ills like poverty, global warming and overconsumption, but no one tells you, in practical terms, how to make socially conscious design part of your day-to-day work life.
Sure, one of those
rock star designers might suggest you take on the occasional pro bono project or sign a pledge about your good intentions. But what if you feel like the only person at the office who cares about this stuff? Or a huge corporation that you don't feel 100 percent good about offers you a ton of cash for a freelance project?
These are tough situations for those who worry about paying the rent or making the mortgage and finding affordable health insurance. And that's a big part of why we decided to write this book. It's for every designer who's ever sat at a computer, thinking: Is this it? Isn't there more? We set out to help graphic designers figure out how to start making a difference and making a living - no matter where they live and work right now. It's time to translate all this talking and thinking into meaningful, widespread action.
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Venator Host Football Match in Aid of The Children's Foundation
Staff at Wynyard-based Venator held a football match on Sunday 13th January to raise money for The Children's Foundation. Venator are a leading global chemical company dedicated to the development and manufacture of titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigments and performance additives, with a regional office in the North East.
The game took place at Stockton Town Football Club with players and supporters doing a fantastic job, raising over £306 in sponsorship money. Venator have kindly donated an extra £150 to take the total money raised to £456!
We want to say a big thank you very much to each and every player who took part to raise funds for us! A special thanks goes to Kevin Thomas for taking the time to organise and run such a great event. The money raised will make a big difference to our work supporting distressed, disadvantaged and disabled children in the North East.

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Scientists have revealed the human brain has a 15-second lag that helps stabilize incoming visual information, which we don't notice bombarding us in the course of our everyday lives.
Eyes tend to receive an enormous information load from dusk till dawn, and as one opens his or her eyes in the morning, the brain starts its intensive work, processing incoming pictures from the surroundings, including imagery from TV screens and computer monitors.
A team of vision scientists at the University of California, Berkeley and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) revealed this secret of the human brain: To save us from insanity induced by a constantly changing torrent of pictures, shapes and colors – both virtual and real world – the brain filters out information, failing in most cases to notice small changes in a 15-second period of time.
It actually means that what we do see is, in fact, a mixture of past and present. According to the research, published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, stability is attained at the expense of accuracy.
"What you are seeing at the present moment is not a fresh snapshot of the world but rather an average of what you've seen in the past 10 to 15 seconds," said study author Jason Fischer, Ph.D., a neuroscientist at MIT.
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The discovery, called a continuity field, at first seems to be yet another optical illusion, good to explain why we miss errors in film editing.
"The continuity field smoothes what would otherwise be a jittery perception of object features over time," said David Whitney, associate professor of psychology at UC Berkeley and senior author of the study. "Essentially, it pulls together physically but not radically different objects to appear more similar to each other. This is surprising because it means the visual system sacrifices accuracy for the sake of the continuous, stable perception of objects."
However, according to the scientists, a continuity field is an advantageous mechanism, as it excludes visual 'noise'. "The changes that continuity fields cause us to miss are most often unimportant," Fischer said.
What is more, without such brain development humans would find the world an unsteady and frightening place to be. It might be similar to a person on hallucinogenic drugs experiencing sudden changes of color, a play of shadows and splashes of light. It would be just too overwhelming to live like this on a daily basis – a severe ordeal for the psyche.
"This is the brain's way of reducing the number of things we have to deal with in the visual environment," said psychologist Aaron Johnson of Concordia University in Montreal; he was not involved in the study, but was interested in its results. "If we were sensitive to every little change, our brains probably couldn't cope."
To establish the existence of a continuity field, the researchers conducted several experiments.
In one of them, participants were asked to look at a series of black-and-white bars, or gratings, that appeared at random angles on a computer screen every five seconds. Then they had to adjust the angle of a white bar so that it matched the angle of each grating they had just viewed. After hundreds of such attention exercises, the researchers learned that the angle of the three most recently viewed gratings influenced the picture greatly.
"Even though the sequence of images was random, the participants' perception of any given image was biased strongly toward the past several images that came before it," said Fischer, who calls this phenomenon "perceptual serial dependence."
In a controlled experiment researchers dispersed the gratings on the computer screen. Now that the gratings were far apart from each other, the participants didn't merge the angles together. This leads to the conclusion that the continuity field effect starts to work only when objects are close to each other.
Fischer and Whitney also underline that "the strength of this [brain] bias was modulated by attention." Quite obviously, the influence of the gratings lessened as more time passed.
It turns out lots of familiar objects and faces may not be as real as we are used to thinking. The human brain conceals lots of mysteries. Although it has a 15-second delay in perception, the brain can also work incredibly fast. Neuroscientists from MIT recently found that even if the eye sees an image for as little as 13 milliseconds, the brain can still successfully process it.
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All done. Loaded up on the trailer, and just need to book myself in at NHM for a suspension setup, and a couple of hours on the dyno to see how much more we can squeeze out of the standard engine. Now the rod bolts have been changed, I'm less concerned about caning it. And since I cured the overheating problem, we can keep running without having to let it cool down between sessions.
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An open house event on Tuesday was the official opening of the new AIDS?Care facility in Bath.
An open house event on Tuesday was the official opening of the new AIDS?Care facility in Bath.
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"Things could evolve from here, but what we're really trying to do is provide people living with HIV or with affected partners or others who are affected, with support," he said.
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"Once we can help people with basic needs, we get into more psychological and social issues. To that end we have people that coordinate care that help people navigate the systems ... to help people make sure they can mobilize their resources."
AIDS Care is also exploring the future possibility offering Behavioral Wellness/Mental Health and Medical Care at this location.
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Reviews of Donic Bluestorm Z2 (8)
Due to the 2.3mm sponge, this rubber delivers very spongy feeling upon ball contact. Sponge 47.5 degree combined with slight soft top-sheet and thin, sparse pimples prolongs the dwell time. This also helps to increase the feeling, thus topspin very easy to be executed.
I fell in love right after playing couple shots on Boll ALC. Very easy feeling to serve and top spin.
For pushing and short games, its performance is so-so, nothing special.
Weight: ~48 gram cut. Quite light for modern rubber. Durability: shall be updated (just playing it for 10 days); expected: 2-3 months on daily use basis.
Low sensitivity to rotation, high control, medium angle, pleasant sensation, high rotation, satisfactory blocking, easy to attack, medium weight, medium hard rubber, for advanced and professional use in BH, for medium level and beginners good for FH, it is the best rubber for BH, better than T05fx, I have tried many, high marks for this rubber.
This rubber now is my 4th FH rubber on Donic Otvcharov v1 blade. I would say this is my favourite once. FYI, before this i used from DHS H3(normal ver) to Andro Hexer Powergrip(my 2nd ch)oice) then bluefire m1.
This rubber spin well.
loop excellent with a ton off spin.
not a very fast rubber. controlable.
i satisfied with it.
Muy buen hule! Estaba usando Bluefire M2 para derecha y M1 para mi revs, pero al M2 senta que le faltaba potencia, adems de que me generaba curva ms alta que la que buscaba hacer en mis golpes de topspin. Pens en utilizar otro M1 para derecha, pero un amigo me recomend probar el BlueStorm Z2 con esponja Max+. El cambio se sinti de inmediato, en el golpe se senta la misma suavidad que la esponja del M2, pero con mayor velocidad, incluso algo ms que el M1 y con casi el mismo nivel de efecto, la curva del tiro dira que qued intermedia entre la que genera el M2 y el M1, y con una gran sensacin que permite cambiar fcilmente un golpe fuerte de lleno y uno fino en los topspin. Lo recomiendo para jugadores que no le gustan los hules de esponja medio duros, pero quieren mantener una buena velocidad en sus tiros, con buena rotacin y curvas no tan elevadas en sus topspins.
Love this one.Using it on my BH....helps to receive serves...so I feel its insensitive to incoming spin,great control and spin is pretty good too(less than Goldarc 8)..Speed is fast(less than Goldarc 8).So I love it on my BH.UPDATE(9 March,2018)--->super quality+long lasting rubber.Great for all shots,including loops+chops/pushes.
I had been playing with the Bluefire JP1 turbo on my backhand for a while now and felt it a great attacking rubber but something was missing. My UK Donic supplier Jarvis sports put me onto the new Bluestorm rubber. After a little research I went for the Z3 rubber, soft and full of control. To be honest I thought this rubber was consistent in loop attacks but lacked the final "punch" or killer shot that could be easily initiated.
When I swopped onto the Bluestorm Z2 there was an immediate improvement in accuracy, power and control,
I couldn't miss, my punch backhand shot winners were.... winners. I could chop well with this rubber and looping was a dream, the nearest rubber I could compare this Z2 rubber to, would be the Tenergy 05 although Bluestorm handles the new balls very well if not better than the Tenergy 05. Donic you have created a winner.
UPDATE! Hi All! I have been testing this rubber on both sides for a time now I loved it on FH and BH too, before that I was using M1. This rubber is faster, than M1, has a bit lower throw in some cases and feels more spongy due to the 2.33 mm thick sponge. Now I use it on both sides. Compared to the M1 in different strokes: Looping is more dynamic, easily varied and more aggressive, due to the spongy feel, riskier highly rewarding shots can be played close and far from the table. Really like FH and BH flicks. Counterlooping is the most notable feature of this rubber as it is very solid and fast. Dropshots are bit tricky, don't do passive blocks always direct the ball with small movements. Counterhits are good as any, the rubber feels a bit spongy, the throw is lower, but stable. The main DIFFERENCE is this spongy characteristic! Fine touch and passive strokes are harder to get used to, because the balls will fly further than intended. With this rubber you have to be more dedicated to the shot/touch to engage the sponge of the rubber to get the control over your shots. If you just hold your racket passively when handling the ball, you won't get any good results. But when you hit the ball correctly you can feel it sinking in the sponge and can immediately feel the control of your ball. Due to the spongy feeling you may feel like you are playing with the old 40 mm celluloid ball, but with a new 40+ poly. So to describe this rubber I may say that this is an M1 mixed with an Acuda Blue, a Rosena in beast mode, a T05 with more dwelltime and speed. Can recommend it to an allroud looping attacker, not for chopping but pushes are loaded with backspin. Excellent for different looping styles. Speedwise I was playing with a Waldner WC '89 OFF blade with M1, had to put that blade down bacause was not able to hit the ball on the table. Had to go to an OFF- blade to get the same speed. So take note, that this rubber is really one tempo faster!
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Dragon-Marked War God - Chapter 1934
Sending half-step Sovereign away with a Punch
Numerous disciples thought that Jiang Chen should stop what he was doing because it wouldn't be favourable to him. After all, he had already gotten the Longyang Pill. Everyone knew that Li Song was supported by someone very powerful. His grandfather was the one that Jiang Chen couldn't afford to offend.
"Wei Yun, go and get a chair for me," Jiang Chen said to Wei Yun.
Wei Yun turned, then went to the courtyard and returned with a chair engraved with the drawings of tigers and placed it behind Jiang Chen. Wei Yun and his comrades were utterly impressed by Jiang Chen. The incidents that happened today made their blood boil. Not only would they be loyal to Jiang Chen, but also regard Jiang Chen as their idol.
Jiang Chen sat down on the chair in a relaxed manner, and crossed his leg.
He was an intelligent man. He knew what he was doing and that there was someone powerful supporting Li Song. In fact, this was the reason he hadn't let them go yet. His objective of coming to the Immortal Court was to help Nangong Wentian, but after arriving here, he found out that the matters were more complex than what he had imagined.
Currently, almost everyone in the Immortal Court had regarded Star Sovereign the ruler as Heaven Sovereign had disappeared for too long. Not many people acknowledged the latter as their leader even though he had returned.
Jiang Chen was very clear that even if he found the Ancient Shape Bloodline in the Miniature Fengchi World, which would then help Heaven Sovereign recover to his peak state, it still wouldn't guarantee that Heaven Sovereign could rule the Immortal Court.
This wouldn't be an easy process. In order to regain power in the Immortal Court, one must start by crumbling the enemy forces indirectly, and gradually establish one's own forces.
This was why he wanted to cause more trouble for these disciples. He wanted the entire Immortal Court to be thrown into chaos. Only then could he have the chance to recruit potential allies.
All along, he had now no idea when this chance would come. But at the present moment, it seemed the chance had presented itself, hence he absolutely couldn't let go of it.
"Jiang Chen, you ignorant piece of s**t! You will pay a hefty price for what you did!"
Li Song bellowed continuously on the ground, but was unable to get up due to the pressure of Jiang Chen's qi.
"What a loser! If I were you, I would remain silent and pray for someone to save me," said Jiang Chen plainly as he stretched out his hand to pat Li Song's head.
Li Song spurted out another mouthful of blood. It was too suffocating. Given his identity and status, he had always been respected and admired by the other ordinary disciples. Today, he had encountered an audacious bastard who dared to pat his head like a dog. This was a grievance he wouldn't forget for the rest of his life.
"Brother Jiang, isn't this going a little too far?"
Lu Yishan, who was standing beside Jiang Chen, spoke carefully. Taking into account that this was their first day arriving at the Immortal Court, they shouldn't continue causing more troubles.
"Not to worry. Someone will surely come to redeem them. Later, we'll divide the ransom equally."
Jiang Chen spoke with composure. Given the status of Li Song in the Immortal Court, he was certain that someone would come in no time.
Lu Yishan shook his head, admitting to himself that he didn't have the nerve to demand such a ransom.
Just as Jiang Chen had expected. A few minutes had merely passed before a strong qi came rushing from the depths of the Immortal Court, reaching the summit in the blink of an eye. It was an elder with a cultivation base of half-step Sovereign. He must have a certain status in the Immortal Court just like Elder Han Feng.
His facial expression changed dramatically when he saw the scene on the summit, especially after seeing that Li Song was lying motionless on the ground.
"Son of a b****! What did you do to Li Song?" The elder snarled at Jiang Chen.
"Help me, Elder Kong." Li Song turned to the elder and begged.
"Jiang Chen has gotten himself into trouble this time. Elder Kong has always been a close follower ofLi Song's grandfather. He must have been informed of the news of Li Song. It seems like he isn't going to let this matter rest."
"That's right. Elder Kong is a mighty half-step Sovereign. No matter how powerful Jiang Chen is, he's no match for a half-step Sovereign. Of course, even though he has advanced a cultivation realm, I'm afraid that he doesn't have the nerve to do so. After all, his opponent is an elder."
"We'll see. This is getting more and more interesting. I'm eager to know the outcome of this."
The emergence of Elder Kong made the atmosphere tense. They all knew who Elder Kong was. He was an elder who was in charge of some of the daily matters of ordinary disciples. Although his status was neither too high nor too low like Han Feng, he was one of the representatives of the Immortal Court.
"What an ignorant kid! Release Li Song at once. I'm going to teach you a hard lesson today," said Elder Kong, fiercely.
"Stop giving out orders, old man…if you want them released, where's the ransom?" Jiang Chen stretched out his hand.
"What the f***!"
Numerous people were startled by Jiang Chen's action. Was this youth blinded by fortune? Although everyone was attracted to fortune, it was the elder of Immortal Court they were talking about. Didn't he know that he had gotten himself into a huge predicament?
Putting all other things aside, the disrespect he displayed to the elder would cost him a heavy sentence.
Not just the others, even Elder Kong himself was dumbfounded. Ransom? This bastard was demanding a fortune from him? Was he out of his mind?
"There are eight people in total, which cost 5.6 million Venerable Grade Immortal Meta Stones. You can redeem them if you have the amount. If you don't, scram and get someone who has that fortune here." Jiang Chen waved at Elder Kong with an impatient look.
Elder Kong rolled his eyes crazily.
"Kid, it seems like I must teach you a lesson today so that you know what the rules are."
Elder Kong was enraged. Without another word, he thrust an enormous palm at Jiang Chen.
Seeing Elder Kong's attack, Jiang Chen leapt from the chair, instantly turning into his dragon form and sent out a palm fiercely.
An appalling scene happened. The half-step Sovereign Elder Kong was sent out of the summit by Jiang Chen's palm.
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I have read a lot of books. I devoured The Chronicles of Narnia in fourth grade, made my way through high school requisites such as The Red Badge of Courage and The Great Gatsby, survived the deluge of required texts for my English degree that included The Canterbury Tales and excessive amounts of Shakespeare, and now read the books that I want to or that my current book groups choose. I have a great relationship with books and the books that follow are some of my favorites.
Have you read any of them? Would you put them on a favorites list? Or did you not like any of these?
As I made the list, I just didn't realize that all of them have female protagonists. This surprised me.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn: I've read this book twice now and it's still my favorite. It's Betty Smith's classic story of a girl, Francie, growing up in Brooklyn. Her life is analogous to the Tree of Heaven that grows through the cracks in the cement and it's a beautiful story of life persevering and conquering a broken world. The images still stick with me: Francie tucked inside the branches of the tree, reading her book from the apartment's windowsill; visiting the library and wanting the librarian to recognize her as the little girl who consumes books; the jar that she and her brother bolted to the floor in their closet to save pennies; experiencing her little piece of New York. Reading it is a rich experience with life.
These is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901: I read this for a book group and loved it. I loved it because of the history behind it: the author based the story on her own family memoirs; I loved it because Sarah is a woman of spirit and fire living in the harsh Arizona territories; I loved it because Sarah is a smart kid, then a defiant young woman, and then a loving mother; I loved it because her life was joyous and tragic and all of it poignant. I would be impressed with myself if my own journals recorded life with such beautiful words and were filled with as much adventure, love, fear, and history. It's the wild, wild west from the point of view of a strong woman.
The Elegance of the Hedgehog: the writing is absolutely gorgeous. In fact, it's writing like this that hits me with the reality that I could never write a book with such beautiful prose and filled with great philosophy because this is how it should be done. I do not have this level of talent. The book is the story of families living in a Parisian apartment building, families that are both great and good, but not often both at the same time. There is Renee, the concierge of the building. She lives like an actress: playing her role. She understands what is acceptable as the concierge and keeps her passions and hobbies a secret, if they cannot consolidate with this role. Meanwhile, Paloma, is the little girl living in one of the posh apartments and is disillusioned with it all. On her thirteenth birthday, she will end her life. Are you ready for this?
Their Eyes Were Watching God: A classic. A boy that I liked leant me this book to read my senior year in high school. He gave it to me with a disclaimer: it's slow going at first until you get used to the language. And it was true: it took me some time to adjust to the Ebonics of the natural language of the book's characters, but then my eyes were opened to their beauty. It's filled with love and cruelty and finds these strong characters who rise above those around them that are small of heart. Reading it will teach you a little about wit and pathos. Hurston's novel was far ahead of its time because of its strong female protagonist, who is black.


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Wella Professionals Changes International TrendVision Format
Wella Professionals have announced exciting changes to their always eagerly anticipated International TrendVision Awards (ITVA).
The sixteenth edition of the competition will feature a new, redesigned format which the brand hopes will take the creative excellence of competitors to the next level. With this new format the brand also aim to leverage digital technology and social media channels to connect an even greater number of hairdressing fans around the world.
Sylvie Moreau, president Coty Professional Beauty, commented: "ITVA is all about celebrating and elevating hairdressing talent and as such, it is an integral part of Wella's commitment to elevate hairdressers and hairdressing industry. Over the years, we've been updating the format to improve its reach and impact for the competitors. This year we are taking another big step, showcasing the best that our industry has to offer and truly leveraging digital to broaden the awareness of the competition, but also industry as a whole".
One of the changes that'll enrich the competition further will be to raise the global finals to a new level of creative hands-on experiences and mentorship. Instead of a three hour model preparation time from previous years, the competitors will experience a two day Creative Retreat with some of the top names in the indu
stry. During this time they will be challenged and supported to venture out of their comfort zone in various areas of hairdressing skills, craft and creativity.
Patrick Cameron and Sonya Dove are the first names to be announced as mentors for the creative retreat, with more names to be announced soon.
The new format of ITVA will have a strong digital element to allow the worldwide audience to experience the event as closely as possible. "The rise of digital engagement has enabled us to shine the light on hairdressing talent and reach more people than we could have ever imagined when ITVA started – last year with incredible 32 million impressions," says Laura Simpson, Chief Marketing Officer, Coty Professional Beauty. "We want to build on this great result with an even stronger plan, so that the Wella family and friends around the world can get together, spread the beauty of our industry and cheer on the ITVA finalists."
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FREMONT, Ohio — Fremont Mayor Danny Sanchez and Sandusky County Commissioner Scott Miller proclaimed this week to be Hospital Appreciation Week in the county as a way of making their appreciation for the local hospital known.
For nearly 101 years, Memorial Hospital, which is now operated by ProMedica, has served its community.
Recently, the hospital has added multiple new services to help treat chronic diseases that patients would normally have had to travel to Toledo to treat.
"We've found by bringing some of these services for our people who have these chronic long term diseases, that we can help manage it better so that they don't end up in the hospital," Pam Jensen, president of ProMedica Memorial Hospital, said.
The hospital has also recently finished one of the phases of their renovation plan by upgrading their Acute Care Clinic to now hold 18 beds, expanding their labor and delivery, and fully renovating the main lobby.
That was along with adding Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Congestive Heart Failure and Pulmonary Rehab clinics.
"It shows the commitment to the community, you know. ProMedica stuck a lot of money into this hospital, so I believe it is important for the community to show that same support back to the hospital," Sanchez said.
The planning for the next renovation phase of the hospital will begin this week.


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Op-ed: 'Frantz is no advocate for gun safety'
In a recent ad in this paper, Senator Scott Frantz took great pains to defend his voting record on seven amendments, three of which he introduced, to the 2013 bipartisan landmark gun safety law.
He states, "Common sense amendments that I introduced during the legislative process improved the chances of the bill passing while minimizing any safety compromises and maximizing bipartisan support."
The amendments were not necessary to the bill's passage, as the bill had widespread bipartisan support at the highest levels of the Republican and Democratic Parties. Clearly none of the amendments offered "common sense" improvements to bill as evidenced by the fact all seven were summarily rejected and the bill passed as introduced.
What is most chilling to us is that in choosing to support these seven amendments, Senator Frantz aligned himself with three of the most extreme anti-gun safety legislators in Connecticut: Senators John Kissel, Kevin Witkos and Joe Markley.
Senator Joe Markley has an A+ rating from the NRA. In 2014, he was the Connecticut Citizen's Defense League's (CCDL), an extreme gun rights group, legislator of the year. As the Republican candidate for lieutanant governor, he and his running mate, Bob Stefanowski, have earned a "D " rating from Connecticut Against Gun Violence (CAGV) one of the state's leading gun safety advocacy organizations. The Stefanowski/Markley ticket is endorsed by CCDL.
Senators Kissel and Witkos have both earned an "F" from CAGV and the 2018 endorsement of CCDL.
It defies logic that Senators Markley, Kissel, and Witkos would vote in favor of amendments to improve a gun safety bill or its chances passing, let alone one that put in place some of the most stringent gun safety laws in the country. And all three ultimately voted against the final bill.
Senator Frantz is no advocate for gun safety and the wrong choice for those of us who put protecting our communities and children as a top priority.
We are supporting Alex Bergstein. She is a Mom's Demand Action gun sense candidate and earned an "A" from CAGV. She will fight to keep us safe.
Meredith Bergman
Shiva Sarram
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Creativity, The Law of Attraction, & Networking
Hello Creative Entrepreneurs!I hope this finds you all doing well and living & loving your passions!Today I want to talk about creativity, the law of attrcation and networking.Let's start with creativity--YOUR creativity! Creativity is limitless.
Reminiscing About Your Past Can Stimulate Your Future
Have you ever thought much about how some of your past experiences and talents influenced how your life turned out? I sure have and I've found it not only interesting but valuable, too. Whatever the case, I believe we can all find value in reminiscing about our past.
Are You The Driver Or The Passenger?
In your journey through life are you the "driver" or the "passenger"?Let me be perfectly clear what I mean about this statement. In other words, do you take charge of your own life? Do you make the judgment and set the goals for what you want your life to be like? - Or - Do you let others influence you and follow in their footsteps?This is a very important question you should be answering.
How to Start a Conversation Effortlessly
The ability to converse effortlessly with those you encounter is a critical component of all your personal and business relationships.Good communication skills promote an image of self-confidence and intelligence.
Social Skills Training Can Positively Impact Your Life
Millions of people become anxious and insecure when speaking in public, starting a conversation, or mingling with others in a social setting.There are a large number of individuals who are extremely successful in their professional lives, but tend to shy away from meeting new people, attending social functions, and interpersonal communication.
6 Great Ways To Improve Your Social Skills
If you are looking for a way to improve your social skills, there are many resources available that will assist you in refining your social skills and improving the way you communicate with others.It's not only possible to learn how to improve your social skills; it's easier than you think.
4 Important Conversation Tips for Your Personal and Professional Lives
If you are searching for a way to improve your communication skills at work and in your personal life, here are some conversation tips that will give you a good starting point.Your personal and business environments may be very different, but the skills needed to communicate effectively are basically the same.
How To Master The Art of Conversation
The art of conversation is a skill shared by most successful people. Good conversation promotes an image of self-confidence, intelligence, and wittiness.
5 Simple Ways To Overcome Shyness
Shyness is nothing to be ashamed of and you can overcome it when you learn the right way to go about it. The problem is that you have not been exposed to accurate, proven ways to deal with shyness.
Listening Is As Important As Speaking
While engaging in conversations with friends and co-workers, how often do you feel that the other person has truly heard what you've said?If you want to succeed in social settings, relationships, and business, one way to ensure your success is to be a great listener.There are a few simple rules you can follow to help you become a better listener, therefore enhancing your conversation skills.
4 Helpful Ways To Beat Shyness
Over half of all adults identify themselves as shy. Shyness can get in the way of developing personal relationships and professional aspirations.
Plug in with a Pupose!
Imagine that each person on this planet carried with them a teaspoon of soil or rock from Mt. Everest.
Complete Self Acceptance
One of the most important parts of Personal Mastery is 'Self Acceptance'. This is much more than the usual 'self esteem' issues that we hear about, although that's a part of it.
Establishing Your Charisma Presence
An integral piece of charisma is establishing a presence, so let's examine 3 ways to establish your charisma presence, that will clearly tell all around you "I'm a player and a force to be reckoned with!".Your Mother Was Right: "Stand up Straight!"; "Head up!"; "Shoulders back!"; "Chest out!"; "Don't slouch!"; are some other things you heard as a child.
8 Powerful Tips to a Magnificent Life
Tip #1. Find your purpose.


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Let me just state before I get a lot of angry comments that I LOVE Lucha Underground. It is by far the most exciting product in wrestling today. It's developed an incredible television program with a great mix of wrestling and drama. HOWEVER, it is not totally in-excusable. There were a lot of questionable writing decisions that took place in season one. I'm going to take you through the five worst swerves in season one of Lucha Underground and recap each of them in depth.
Blue Demon Jr Heel Turn
One of the more frustrating angles for me to watch was the one featuring Chavo Guerrero and how "Mexico" was coming for him. It was revealed that "Mexico" turned out to be Texano Jr., who had turned face to get revenge against Chavo. Chavo berated Blue Demon Jr. (who he turned on at the start of the season) and got at Blue Demon for letting Texano fight the battles for "Mexico" instead of him. Blue Demon's response was to attack TEXANO and to turn heel, declaring himself to be "Mexico." All it took was one jab by Chavo Guerrero and Blue Demon was turned to the dark side. Wow.
Blue Demon Joins Forces With Chavo Guerrero
Unfortunately, things got worse in this storyline. So after Blue Demon Jr. turned on Texano, a match was made for Ultima Lucha. This was no disqualification, so the Crew got involved on behalf of Blue Demon. Chavo Guerrero then came out and it was teased as if he was going to hit Blue Demon with a chair. There was a few problems with this. Firstly, there was no reason to believe that Chavo would act as a babyface to save Texano. Secondly, you already knew where this was going if you've ever seen a Chavo Guerrero heel turn. Chavo hit Texano with the chair and it was revealed that Chavo had formed an alliance with Blue Demon Jr. The reason that this is a problem was that Chavo ALWAYS hits someone with a chair whenever he turns heel! Ask Rey Mysterio and well… BLUE DEMON JR! After an entire season of promises for revenge from "Mexico" and Blue Demon Jr, Chavo and Blue Demon joined forces. This was a swerve just for the sake of swerves. And it wasn't the only swerve at Ultima Lucha
Vampiro Revealed As Pentagon Jr's Master
As of me writing this list, season two of Lucha Underground has already started. At the moment in the series, I'm not too bothered by Vampiro being Pentagon Jr's master. After watching Ultima Lucha and the literal blood feud that Vampiro and Pentagon were having, I thought this swerve was so dumb. The idea that Vampiro was pulling the strings the whole time just seems like a waste of a legitimately interesting angle. You could have brought up an enemy of Vampiro's past or somebody new. Even Konnan would sort of be OK if you consider Konnan's feud with Vampiro. But VAMPIRO just seemed like such a downer of a swerve. Maybe I'll completely changed my mind later on in season two and I've sort of accepted it at the moment.
Davari Turns On Big Ryck
This was swerve THREE at Ultima Lucha. If this were to have happened on any other episode of Lucha Underground, I wouldn't have been too bothered. But this took place in the middle of THREE swerves during the show and it was a struggle to just care when Davari attacked Big Ryck. I don't think it matters anymore, as Big Ryck was killed off in the Lucha Underground COMIC BOOK! Yes, a wrestling character was killed off in a comic book. Let that sink in. However when looking back, I just struggled to see the point of it.
The Black Lotus Season Finale Swerve
The only reason why I was mad at this was because of all of the build that went into building up this angle. The angle of Black Lotus, who was training to take out Dario Cueto and his brother. All of this build and all the scenes filmed outside of the Temple. After ALL OF THIS… Black Lotus turned on her master. They had better make all of this worth it in season two. I would be so mad if nothing exciting happens with this.
A lot of these swerves actually took place in the last half of the season so maybe it could be put down to the writers losing their steam towards the end of the series. If that's the case, then it's probably a good thing that season two is expected to feature less episodes. I've always talked about the fatigue issues with writers in WWE and I really hope there's not similar problems in Lucha Underground. Please guys, keep the swerves to a minimum!


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It is without doubt that Uber is a giant in rideshare. The company provides a plethora of services tailored to suit different budgets and styles. In some cities where Uber launched, the service has met with opposition from local taxi drivers who feel that the ridesharing service enjoys unfair advantages in various markets. Uber apparently did this by introducing dirt cheap rates in these cities to the chagrin of local taxi operators.
This development has met with different forms of protests. In France for example, local taxi drivers took to the streets in an anti-uber protest that quickly escalated into guerrilla warfare. Local taxi drivers in America as well have protested the unfair advantage Uber has over them as Uber drivers don't have to pay license fees to operate and rides could be requested right from a mobile phone.
All About Arro Rideshare
Arro, a ride hailing app is partnering with CMT technologies to give local taxi drivers a fair chance at competing with Uber. Creative Mobile Technologies is a technology company that created the technology and media systems you find in some local taxis in America. Local taxi drivers who have the CMT technology installed in their cabs can be hailed by Arro users.
What This Means
Local yellow taxis will now be hailed on the streets as well as via the Arro app. Arro is an online based rideshare service that allows its users hail local taxis on-demand. The company operates in over 5 cities in the U.S including New York, Chicago, Houston, Boston and San Francisco. This is great for those who prefer to ride exclusively with yellow cabs. Now, you can request a cab right from the comfort of your home.
Not exactly a novel development
In a bid to assuage irate local taxi drivers in select cities, Uber also designed an API that allows its users request local yellow taxis. Arro has argued that its direct integration with local taxis makes it more convenient for both riders and drivers to request and accept rides respectively.
Features of Arro Rideshare
- No surge pricing
- Easy payments with in-app payment systems
- Local taxi drivers are said to be safer than other drivers due to licensing
- Hail taxis offline and online and still pay with app
- Faster arrival times
What we think
Arro still has a long way to go if it has its sights on toppling Uber in the cities it operates in. Not all local taxis are equipped with CMT technology and cabs that don't have this technology installed can't be hailed by Arro users. What this means is that there will be less local taxis available to Arro users and slower arrival times for drivers. It is been reported that Arro is in talks to partner with technology giant, Verifone in New York City. If this partnership is successful, there will be more local taxis operating on the Arro platform and then maybe Arro will stand a chance.
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I have a two week old Banks Monster exhaust that I'm thinking of selling for $300.00. It is less than two weeks old and on the truck now. If anyone is interested I will remove and clean it to factory new appearance and provide pics to show its condition. I live in Hampton Roads, VA and will ship at your cost. I still have all original packing as well as the unused heat shield. This is a great system, it just wasn't what I was looking for. Please PM me if you'd like to discuss this.


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Sometimes I wonder what I should answer when somebody asks where I come from. If I say from Finland, I feel that I am not telling the truth. If I answer from Italy, I feel the same way. Should I say I am a Finn from Italy?
The question is which country is my home country – Finland or Italy? I have lived here in Italy almost 15 years and my life is here. Here I know how to act in different situations; here I have my friends, doctor, hairdresser, plumber etc. People talk about the things that I know and I can express my opinions – positive and negative ones.
When I go to Finland, I sometimes feel as a stranger. People act in a different way, talk about things I do not know anything, but still there is a weird easiness in being there. Maybe it is that I can express myself in my mother tongue or maybe deep inside me that is the culture I know the best.
Maybe I have reached the point that I do not have a home country. I love Italy and its people – otherwise I would not live here. However, because I moved here when I was over 30 years old, I do not have any roots in this country. My roots are in Finland, but still I do not feel that Finland is my home country.
Maybe the right answer is "I'm a Finn from Italy".


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Study: My Understanding of Programs
Benefits Acquired From Occupational Therapy
The best type of therapy that is based on daily basis activities is the occupational therapy. The great importance of the occupational therapy is to assist the participation of different activities besides the mental and physical functioning limitations and impairments.The good example of these activities is like domestic and community, work, leisure and self-care activities. Many benefits are however got from the use of occupational therapy.
The first benefit you acquire after having the occupational therapy is the understanding more your condition.The patients are however given the chance to enable them to become well informed of the risks and advantages of their condition.Therefore, if you are overweight or obese when using the occupational therapy you will be able to reduce the stress on the legs exertion, back and joints by more weight.
Occupational therapy is able to provide knowledge adequately for choosing the best pair of shoes for the right foot care. Getting and understanding the knowledge about your condition you will gain advantage of learning the techniques about the therapeutic to assist you to lessen your pressing discomfort.
It is through exercising from the occupational therapy that you will be able to have enhancement of physical and mental health. Having the physical exercises as a result of occupational therapy you will be able to obtain the acceleration of quicker recovery. The occupational therapy, however, ensure more exercises to assist the treatment programs. It is from the patient condition that the occupational therapy will organize the program of exercise.
The effective thermal modalities technique is, however, useful in the occupational therapy. To be able to have the relief of pains, the occupational therapy ensure the use of heating pads and the ice packs.The the method helps in the relaxation of the spasm muscle that is found in the flamed joints around. The benefit of occupational therapy is however experienced when the joint is paining and pain of inflammation relief.
Again, the occupational therapy is great for the children who have disorders. Better philosophical and education approach is however employed when dealing with children having the problem of autism. The great benefit acquired from occupational therapy is the patient's assistance in the reduction of challenges when you have interest and the needs determination.
Children are able to improve their confidence after having the occupational therapy. The children with behavioral disorder are the one who benefits much from the therapy. Children, therefore, are given new skills to help them on how to handle their problem and live with no stress and from there ensure to gain confidence in doing their activities.
Again, those children having epilepsy acquire benefit from occupational therapy to help them to understand and learn together with other children.


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Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Etsy stuff!
Got some new goodies put in my etsy store, have fun shopping!
I am busy around here, I am working part time doing banquet set up for one of the big hotels here in Las Vegas, I will let you know how it goes and if I can survive! I am excited to make some money that I will use to travel with, not sure what our big trip will be in 2016, we are still kicking around some ideas!
I still want to see more of Italy and of Alaska and I have never been to Hawaii!!
Stay tuned for more fun in the Las Vegas thunderstorms, yes, we have had a few lately, but the sun is shining today and it is a good day to be working and living in fabulous Las Vegas!
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- Tanya said...
Darling, dahling! LOVE the anchor - you've been busy! Good luck on your first night of the job tonight!
- August 5, 2014 at 6:25 PM
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Systemate thigh deboner D40
The D40 thigh deboner can mechanically debone anatomical thighs at a maximum capacity of 2,400 products per hour. The thighs are supplied to the stand alone machine by using e.g. a belt conveyor. As an option, the machine can be fitted with a knuckle saw which allows the processing of drumsticks on the same machine.
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|Figure 1: Tate township, AR At least High School Education
|Figure 2: Tate township, AR Bachelors Degree or Better Education
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|Figure 4: Tate township, AR School Dropout Rate
|Figure 5: Tate township, AR Education Attainment Breakdown
|Figure 6: Tate township, AR Higher Education Attainment
|Figure 7: Tate township, AR Bachelors Degrees Field of Study
|Figure 8: Tate township, AR Bachelors Degree Obtained
|Figure 9: Tate township, AR Education Attainment by Level Comparison (Age 25+)
|Figure 10: Tate township, AR Education Attainment Detailed Comparison (Age 25+)
|Figure 11: Tate township, AR Detailed Education Attainment Breakout by Age Group (Age 18+)
|Figure 12: Tate township, AR Detailed Education Attainment Breakout by Race (Age 25+)
|Figure 13: Tate township, AR Detailed Male and Female breakdown of Educational Attainment
|Figure 14: Tate township, AR School Enrollment by Aggregate Categories
|Figure 15: Tate township, AR Overall Public vs. Private School Enrollment
|Figure 16: Tate township, AR Public vs. Private K-8 School Enrollment
|Figure 17: Tate township, AR Public vs. Private High School Enrollment
|Figure 18: Tate township, AR Public vs. Private College Enrollment
|Figure 19: Tate township, AR Public vs. Private Graduate or Professional School Enrollment
|Figure 20: Tate township, AR Total Enrolled in Schools
|Figure 21: Advertisement
|Figure 22: Tate township, AR Public vs. Private Preschool
|Figure 23: List of Schools in the Tate township, AR Area (2013)
|Figure 24: Tate township, AR School Enrollment (2013)
|Figure 25: Student to Teacher Ratios (2013) - Low Scores Are Better
|Figure 26: Tate township, AR School Racial Mix (2013)
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Big Dawg replied to Pequod's topic in Sales, Bargains, and GiveawaysI got one at the $90 Lowe's clearance, but to tell the truth, if I had to replace it, I would have NO ISSUE paying full price if I had no other choice! I've made 6-8 pizzas on it almost every Friday night for the last 2.5 years, and it's always performed well! One of the best "cooking tool" investments I've ever made!
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Big Dawg replied to Jack.'s topic in Accessories & Product ReviewsHey Jack...I cut my teeth at a very early age cooking on a hibachi cooker for the family. My Dad was not a grillmaster, and bought a hibachi for the family burgers, steaks, kielbasa etc., but wasn't the most proficient at cooking meat. When I was 10, he passed the grilling responsibilities onto me, and somehow, I learned to make the meat edible on the same type of device! You can do some amazing things with that cooker, and I appreciate your post bringing back some great memories for me! Good luck and enjoy!!!!!
Again...congrats on seeing a Legend! I've had the good fortune to meet and get to know a number of celebrities (musicians etc.) through the course of my life; Buddy is as talented and gracious as anyone I've had the good fortune to spend time with! I am so happy to see that he is still going strong!
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Big Dawg replied to Team PCBeach's topic in Kamado Cooking and DiscussionI've kind of gotten away from exotic rubs and tend to use just salt, pepper and occasionally, garlic powder. The flavor profile is still great, and I don't notice that much of a dfference.
water, salt, yeast & flour
Big Dawg replied to freddyjbbq's topic in Pizza and PastaThat's a good looking margherita pizza!
Hot enough to sear?
Big Dawg replied to Lewdannie's topic in Primo GrillsHeck, if you're nice to it, it may even tuck you in at night!
First Cook - easy recipe?
Big Dawg replied to therocketmanbk's topic in Char-Griller AKORN Kamado / King GrillerI agree with this, but with one addition which may make it easier. As long as you can keep your temp somewhere between 275 and 350, and have an internal thermometer, pork butt is simple and delicious. I normally pull my butts when they reach 203 degrees internal, and have never been disappointed, even if I had some fluctuating temps. Good Luck!
3-2-1 Ribs!
Big Dawg replied to chris13417's topic in Kamado Cooking and DiscussionThis right here^^^^^. I've been using Rob's method for quite awhile now (although I thought originally it was 275 degrees; I'm sure either one will work fine) with baby backs and it has produced outstanding results every time! Give it a shot; you won't be disappointed...
The Costco Brisket Meets Louie Mueller
Big Dawg replied to later4ya's topic in Kamado Cooking and DiscussionAl, if you can even approach Louie Mueller status, you're the man! I know the popular choice is Franklin's, but I'll take LM's brisket any day! BTW...if you can replicate the sausage from City Market in Luling, I'll genuflect! That said, if you want their sauce recipe, I'll try to find it and pass it on.
I bet I've seen Buddy play over 50 times...when I met my wife, she was living in downtown Chicago, and we went to Legends (Buddy's old club on Wabash) a lot! He's the real deal when it comes to Chicago blues. What I always loved about Buddy is how "real" he is! Whether he was playing guitar on stage, speaking with fans (I know I've had over an hour of personal conversation time with him) or cooking catfish in the kitchen, Buddy was always gracious and accommodating, he's the BEST! I'm so happy that he's still performing and that you got the opportunity to see him; it's not often you get to personally experience a LEGEND!
Sourdough Starter finally looking right
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t's one of the best cooking purchases I've made...we use it several times a week, along with the Blackstone pizza oven!
Thanks CK...I buy those loins all of the time for a cheap way to feed 7 (4 teenagers!). Most of the time I end up making chops sous vide with a finishing sear, however, we love sandwiches! I'll be doing this soon, and making pressed sandwiches on the Blackstone griddle. Outstanding cook!
My jerry rigged rain protection
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Look, we get it.
There's a lot of anger out there — some of it completely justifiable, some of it less so.
Our neighbours to the west in Alberta have taken more than their share of kicks to the teeth.
Some of them have come courtesy the federal government, some came from the former Alberta government led by NDPer Rachel Notley.
Some of them came due to the complex nature of oil markets, price differentials and production stockpiles.
Some are the result of inaction on pipelines in previous governments, some from the current government and some from obstructionist provincial neighbours, who seem to forget that tax money that funds the equalization system comes courtesy resources that are seen as dirty by some.
So it's not surprising to see recent polling has a quarter of Albertans looking at separation from the rest of Canada as a viable option.
It's also not surprising that a group of separation-minded individuals gathered for a meeting last weekend in Calgary.
But that doesn't mean that, a) separation is a viable movement and, b) that it's a good idea.
One meeting a movement doesn't make, no matter how many former Reform MPs one gets in a room.
The provincial political party actually lobbying for Alberta independence as part of its election platform in the spring vote didn't even crack 1% support among voters, and the party that did win is led by a staunch federalist.
To spark a separatist movement, one would likely need to see a groundswell of political support, either in a federal or provincial election.
Further, there's still not been a solid case made that separation will make Alberta's problems — chiefly, oil export — go away.
Canada, despite political differences, is still a country that sees its neighbours look out for one another, whether it's disaster relief, or fighting forest fires.
Provinces welcome residents from other provinces who come looking for career opportunities.
That said, there's nothing wrong with Albertans trying to get a message of discontent heard by the highest levels of the political class.
Failing that, there's nothing saying Albertans shouldn't push their interests in the federal election and even convince their family and friends across the country to ensure they do the same.


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RUNNERS say they are "heartbroken" after it was revealed that Bournemouth won't host a full marathon next year.
Just a day after 4,000 people took part in the 26.2-mile event, organisers of the Bournemouth Marathon Festival revealed the event has changed its name to 'Run Bournemouth' – and the flagship race won't take place in 2020.
A statement released on social media reads: "We're excited to announce that 2020 will mark the start of a new chapter with the introduction of a new series of events, Run Bournemouth.
"The 2020 event will offer the perfect vision of running as it should be, next to the sea, sun and surf along Bournemouth's promenade, award winning blue flag beaches and famous piers.
"Incredibly flat and fast routes hold the promise of personal bests for those taking part in the Bournemouth Half Marathon, Supersonic 10K and 5K races. "Sadly, after seven years, we will be saying goodbye to the marathon distance.
"Bournemouth is a forward thinking and enthusiastic location, constantly improving the seafront offering to the visitors who flock here every summer.
"This does make fitting in 26.2 miles of route fairly challenging, without moving away from the seafront and onto residential streets.
"We recognise that a hilly, residential route can be found anywhere, and it's not the running experience we want to offer you, our runners.
"As such, we will be focusing our energy on creating the perfect running holiday destination for you in 2020 instead.
📰 NEWS 📰— Run Bournemouth 🌊 (@RunBournemouth) October 7, 2019
We're excited to announce that 2020 will mark the start of a new chapter with the introduction of a new series of events, 'Run Bournemouth'. Please head to our Facebook page for the full statement & details on how to enter - https://t.co/3o73pczExK pic.twitter.com/GK6hhyMlGz
"We have been working closely with BCP Council to make the best decisions for the future of the event, and want to thank everyone involved with this.
"We're incredibly excited to invite you to join us for a jam packed Run Bournemouth in 2020, and know this marks the beginning of something very special."
On Saturday, October 3 2020, there will be a host of faster events, including kids' races, a 'dog jog' and the 10k run. The half marathon will take place the following day, October 4.
However, scores of runners have taken to social media to say they are unhappy to lose the marathon.
One said he was "absolutely gutted at this heartbreaking decision".
"I was really looking forward to next year and it's not that difficult to set up a tourist 'lane' along the seafront surely?" he said.
Another said: "This is a shame for the runners hoping to do it next year."
"Such sad news that a massive town like Bournemouth won't have a marathon next year and Run Bournemouth are wrecking such a great race," said one runner.
"I've run it every single year since it started and people come from miles around to run it too."


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Farmers in India face significant challenges especially while selling their produce. Due to illiteracy, they get tricked by the traders that buy farm products and sell in the market. Sometimes, a farmer is even unaware of the real price of his produces. As a result, they don't get the enough money to fulfill the daily needs of their family. On the other hand, the common people are getting the same farm produces at much high prices which creates considerable economical imbalance. Artificial scarcity created by some group of traders raise the value of farm products finally leads to inflation. Thus, we thought of using technology and creating an online market for farmers and buyers.
What it does
Jay Kisan is platform specially built for Indian farmers taking care of their exposure to technology. Here, they can easily get their products registered online or offline depending on their convenience and get a buyer to sell the products directly.
How we built it
For registering it offline, a farmer just needs to give a call on our phone number to give us a brief detail about him, his location, product harvested and the quantity, quality and his approximate (selling price)/(min amount) of the product. He then will be asked to send a simple pic of his products using Facebook, Whatsapp, Gmail, etc. whatever he feels convenient. Thus, he will be registered on the company's portal with the details shared by him. While on the other side, registered buyers would have a look at the products and the farmer's profile. If interested in purchasing a product, they click on 'Deal' button where he enters the quantity he wants to purchase. We then, using Exotel's API, send the inquiry sms to the farmer and finally get them both talking on phone using Exotel's contact customer to agent API and number masking feature. We help them negotiate finally crack the deal! We here used phpmyadmin, HTML5, CSS, mysql and Exotel's API to make this portal and also integrated Google Maps to this portal.
Challenges we ran into
The first and foremost challenge faced by us is getting farmer convinced to use our API for his own betterment. But after getting positive responses, we shall overcome this hindrance. Next, we face somewhat problems in designing the desired UI/UX. But as it is said, where there is a will, there is a way! :)
Accomplishments that we are proud of
We feel proud to successfully think of something that is actually a problem. We didn't just follow the flow and create something related to agriculture automation or something. After having talk with mentors during the Hackathon, we could get some good tips on how our idea could be bettered. We feel proud to hack under such knowledgeable mentors.
What we learned
What we learnt in these two days would have considerable impact on our thinking and perceiving a problem from the wider perspective, from the actual problem space and not just hover over the problem locus.
What's next for Jay Kisan
Next, we would be using Salesforce's APIs to make our portal smarter. We would love to talk to groundnut and wheat producers of Gujarat and share with them our vision to help them in getting the real value of their sweat and hope to see this startup in action!
Built With
- css
- exotel-api
- google-maps
- html5
- mysql
- phpmyadmin


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Scoping the potential for Islamic International Factoring
Shariah-compliant international factoring can work well within the wider context of a burgeoning global Islamic finance market. Yuce Uyanik, who is on the legal committee of FCI, the industry body for international factoring, explores the potential.
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Hey loves! I don't know about you, but I am SO READY for it to be Fall! Summer is great and all, but I am all about the boots, the warm lattes, and of course the makeup!
With that being said, I've already started to rock more Fall looks. I wanted to show you guys my go to look for Fall using all drugstore products. If there is one thing I recommend you getting, it's the Milani Earthy Elements eyeshadow pallet. It has all the right colors to bring you into the new season.
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