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One of the big downfalls of the iPhone is that it offers no functionality for effectively grouping contacts and then bulk sending SMS messages to groups. This is something I have decided to tackle in my first iPhone app release – Pin-Point SMS [iTunes] [free]. In this post I will go over the features I think the iPhone is missing and how they have been overcome in Pin-Point SMS.
The iPhone's native "Contacts" app provides great functionality for managing contacts and storing loads of information against each one. It allows you to store almost any piece of information you could want against a contact, not just phone number and email address but also expands into address, nickname, birthday and lots more. There is one thing Apple has overlooked through their design of the Contacts – there is no way to group contacts into useful lists and then use them throughout the phone.
This is the first feature I decided to add to my app. Decent contact management allowing the creation of contact groups and then selecting contacts to add to the group – any that have multiple phone number allow selection of a single number out of all saved. In Pin-Point SMS you are able to create as many contact lists as needed and select an unlimited number of people in each group (limited to 5 per group in the free version).
The next feature I felt the iPhone is missing is the ability to then easily bulk send SMS messages to the contact groups. This then leads to the functionality of being able to simply send an SMS with a placeholder for some personalised information for each of the contacts in the group. This functionality is the next thing I build into Pin-Point SMS and provides the ability to place almost any of the information stored in Contacts as a piece of information in a bulk text. For example, you could do the following:
Hey <<First>>, party at mine on saturday!
Dear <<Company>>, your contract is up for renewal, please contact us ASAP
Hi <<First>> <<Last>>, today's lecture has been cancelled
Due to restrictions imposed by the iOS API, unfortunately it was not possible to have a single user action to send all of the messages in the group. The user has to click "send" on every message individually. This is a restriction imposed by Apple but also provides the security of being able to check every message looks as the user would like before clicking send against each one.
Being able to manage contact groups and then send personalised SMS messages to the contents of the groups, it adds needed functionality to the iPhone in terms of personal situations and business situations. You can now manage clients and contacts easily through your iPhone and make sure that people get the personal service that they deserve.
I realise this post is not in keeping with my standard posts about PHP, MySQL and programming on the web. I will get back to those soon, and will soon post about my experience submitting an app to the app store – what I found easy and what I found hard. As always, if you have liked this post please take a look at some of my other posts and subscribe to my RSS feed to get future posts straight to you. Thanks for reading!


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In a speech about education policy today President Barak Obama talked about what he would like to see in educational practice – and mentioned the Met school in Providence specifically! (See the link to the video and the speech below). He says,
That's why we'll follow the example of places like the Met Center in Rhode Island that give students that individual attention, while also preparing them through real-world, hands-on training the possibility of succeeding in a career…That's how we can curb dropout rates and boost graduating rates. I have to point out, in the 21st century, high schools shouldn't just make sure students graduate — they should make sure students graduate ready for college, ready for a career, and ready for life. And that's why we'll foster what are called early college high schools that allow students to earn a high school diploma and an associate's degree or college credit at the same time. We want to learn from successful charter schools where students can take advanced and college-level courses…So government has a responsibility. Government can help educate students to succeed in college and a career. Government can help provide the resources to engage dropouts and those at risk of dropping out. And when necessary, government has to be critically involved in turning around lowest performing schools.
One of the battles he is proposing to fight is help stem the tide of high school drop outs. He has worked with Colin Powell's group, America's promise who has created an initiative called GRADNation.
Some statistics from the America's Promis Website:
- Every 26 seconds, another student drops out of school in America – more than 1.3 million students per year.
- Today, more than one in three students fails to graduate from high school. As a result, we lose an entire graduating class every three years.
- Among minority students, less than 50 percent of Native American and a little more than half of African American and Hispanic students completing high school on time.
- Young people who drop out are twice as likely as likely as graduates to be unemployed; three times as likely to live in poverty; eight times more likely to wind up in prison; and twice as likely to become the parent of a child who drops out.
- Of those who do graduate, only about one-third have the skills they need to succeed in college and the 21stcentury workforce.
- Watch the video and or read selections from the text. What are Obama's main points? do you agree or disagree?
- If you are in a Big Picture School, what does it mean to you to have the President to praise your type of school? What do you know about the Big Picture network.
- Write a journal entry about your own journey in school. What keeps you dedicated to finish? Why do you persevere?
- What do the stats about mean to you?
- Do a little QR – based on these stats, how many people drop out each quarter? From each state? (How many from your state)?

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Our overall objective is to promote high standards of educational achievement by the school. The day to day running of the school is the responsibility of our Headteacher and Senior Leadership team (SLT), who have professional and managerial responsibility for the school. Our role is largely strategic in helping the SLT to determine the direction and aims of the school, then monitoring and overseeing the actions that will help us achieve our objectives. Governors are meant to be a 'critical friend' to the school – a balance of a supportive but questioning and challenging approach. Our responsibilities are: -
Details of the roles of individual governors may be found by clicking on the links below:
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P.T. Barnum was reported to have said, "A sucker is born every minute."
It doesn't take long from the time those suckers are born to start consuming. From the minute a toddler can utter the words "Thomas" or "Lightning McQueen," another consumer is ushered into the world of advertising trends.
Just one example of this sad reality happened in my home recently. My kids went crazy for Hero Factory figurines. We had a few castoffs lying around in the toy bin that hadn't been touched in months. Suddenly it was Hero Factory all day, every day. My boys begged me to drive them to Target so they could look at Hero Factory. They combed through Amazon's offerings. They pleaded for an advance on their allowance. (Denied.)
Watching all this from the periphery, I thought the sudden Hero Factory fever seemed unusual. Like any good mother-sleuth, I decided to investigate. It turns out those marketing geniuses at Lego had sent my boys a "free" DVD in their Lego Club magazine. The DVD was an animated movie about, you guessed it, Hero Factory. Now my kids were willing to shell out 20 bucks for a figurine that meant nothing to them a week ago.
Another sucker born.
Now, Hero Factory is pretty innocuous, but this incident is the tip of the commercial iceberg. With each passing year, as my kids enter the teen years and move on into adulthood, they will be assaulted by smart advertising for food, gadgets, clothing, cars and homes.
One of our many jobs as parents is to teach our kids not to fall prey to every commercial whim. We need to teach them to be smart consumers and set the patterns of wise spending while they're young. Here are a few suggestions on how to do this:
1. As much as possible, keep kids away from TV. Saturday morning cartoons only feed them into an advertising machine. You may not be able to avoid TV altogether, but stick to commercial-free videos or PBS, where commercials are kept to a minimum.
2. Avoid the toy aisle at the store. Kids don't know what they're missing until they see it, right? My kids are perfectly content with their toys until they see the new lineup of Thomas trains at Wal-Mart.
3. Keep an open dialogue with your kids after they visit friends. Inevitably their friends will have cooler toys: the hottest new Legos or the latest snazzy Barbie. Talk about why your family doesn't buy every new toy. Help your kids see what they do have.
4. Teach kids about advertising, branding and packaging. Show them that when they buy a plastic Nerf gun, they're paying for the cardboard box that holds it, the fancy design and the Nerf name. My kids have had this lecture so many times they'll hold up a toy in the store and say, "You're paying for packaging on this one!"
5. If you give allowance, teach kids how to use it. Require them to save some, pay a tithe to their church and talk about purchases before they buy. If my kids see something they want at the store, I usually make them go home and wait a few days before buying it. This discourages impulse purchases and teaches them to think through how they spend their money.
6. Set the example. Do a litmus test on your own consumer habits. Do the blogs you read make you want the latest pair of sandals or sunglasses? Do you avoid the stores that suck you into buying? (Ahem, Target.) Do you come home from visiting friends and grumble about their new hardwood floors and stainless steel fridge? Do you assess the branding and packaging that go into the things you buy? Have you set up good spending habits that your kids can model?
Why does any of this matter? Because little consumers become big consumers. Americans spend a crazy amount of money on extraneous items. We also spend a great deal of time maintaining, organizing and rearranging the things we purchase. Just walk through a thrift store in your area and assess the stacks of toys, clothes and household items we eliminate every year.
Of course, smart consumers aren't made in a day. As I wrote this column, my oldest son sat by my side, reading over my shoulder.
"I've got a great idea for a photo to accompany your column," he said.
"Oh, yeah?" I asked. "What?"
"A picture of me and my brother sitting at the table playing Hero Factory," he said. He gave me a sly smile. "But first, of course, you'll have to buy me a new Hero Factory figure."
Looks like I have my work cut out for me.
Tiffany Gee Lewis lives in St. Paul, Minn., and is the mother of four boys. She blogs at thetiffanywindow.wordpress.com. Her email is [email protected]


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April 29, 2014
The SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, is a yearly meeting of techies and musicians all coming together to share new ideas and have a good time. It is a time for companies to premiere new ideas and products and get feedback. So who came out on top during SXSW 2010? Was Foursquare or Gowalla the […]
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In honor of the Discovery Space Shuttle's second to last mission on 11/1/10, NASA and location-based social networking service Gowalla have launched a new "item", the Moon Rock, which users can find in Museums, Libraries and other NASA-related points across the country. Source


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Mason Jars' have risen to become one of the most contemporary innovations in Glassware since the stemless wine glass! This beautiful 43cl Handled Glass Jar is perfect for serving cocktails, juices and even desserts and create a stylish and fresh image for your place.
Many establishments around Ireland are now opting to serve their drinks in these types of glasses. The trend is certainly not slowing down.
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Handled Glass Jars are perfect for serving cocktails, juices, beers and even desserts and create a stylish and fresh image for your place. Great serving option for bars, restaurants, hotels etc.
Hugh Jordan & Co has been one of Ireland's largest independent catering suppliers since 1947, specialising in everything from Crockery, Cutlery, Glassware, Barware, Kitchenware, Hospitality, Dining Room, Disposables, Food Packaging, Equipment, Hygiene and Furniture.


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A strong 2nd tier network ensures distributed consensus and reliable operation. Each betting type has its own unique type of transaction, and by having bets take place on the second tier of the network this allows us to ensure scale when it comes to creating consensus for determining winners and losers.
Wagerr uses a new type of smart contract called Application Specific Smart Contracts (ASSC). ASSCs are single purpose blockchain smart contracts that only accept fixed parameters. The advantage is that they are collateralized by an Oracle Masternode network, and quickly verified via consensus. This allows Wagerr to ensure the highest level of function without sacrificing network security or the immutable nature of Wagerr itself.
For Direct on Chain betting, Wagerr incentivizes betting on the other side when one side gets overweighted. This feature allows the Wagerr chain to ensure that it exposes the network to the smallest amount of payout liability. This creates many arbitrage betting opportunities (simultaneously placing bets on all possible outcomes) that in turn encourages outside sportsbooks to use and adopt Wagerr.
Strong earnings incentivize major investors to hold a significant portion of coins, resulting in market stability. Not only do Oracles receive a portion of the block rewards, they earn a significant 50% of betting contract fees for meeting the unique requirements consensus agents — that is, forming collateralized contracts, and gathering and verifying sporting game data.
Oracle Masternodes primary function is to regularly post new upcoming events in the sporting world so users can bet on their outcomes. Once events are finished, Oracles post the outcomes to allow for all bets to be resolved. Oracles can use three types of means to collect and post data; 1) a paid sport betting API, 2) a sporting site scrape script, and 3) manual entry. All data is converted to a submission format that allows consensus to be determined once posted.
Voting and Governance are important functions of Oracle Masternodes. These mechanisms safeguard the network from bad actors and help demote consistently inaccurate Oracles. Voting will also allow proposals for future features or functions to be added to the Wagerr ecosystem. Oracles will even be able to propose and vote on major fixes or proposed economic changes like increasing the maximum Oracle count or raising or lowering block rewards.
Oracles act as consensus agents that retrieve real world sporting event data and record the outcomes on the blockchain. This is then used to by the network to determine winning bets. They also act as Masternodes in that they exclusively forge betting smart contracts backed by their collateral. They form a strong second tier network backbone that efficiently processes bets and events.
Oracles not only collect 50% of the betting fees for their work, but also win a portion of the fixed periodic block award. What's more, the Wagerr tokens earned can increase in value as the Wagerr economy grows. Their status is so prestigious, that the number of Oracle Masternodes is limited to only 2000. This ensures fair compensation for their unique requirements.


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Recreation without barriers
Recognizing that our citizens face different challenges in their lives, from low-income to mental and physical health, the intention of Recreation without Barriers is to make recreation accessible for all and to put people first.
In order to achieve our mission of 'leading the development of a safe, vibrant and sustainable city' we need to build an active, inclusive city that has invested in its diverse communities. Building a strong and healthy foundation will ensure the needs of the community are met and will allow all residents the opportunity to enjoy the great quality of life that Kelowna has to offer.
When looking for recreational activities in Kelowna most organizations offer financial assistance such as Jumpstart, and KidSport.
The City of Kelowna supports over 40,000 families each year with our recreation opportunities.
Financial Assistance Hours
Tuesday & Thursday
Access to Recreation Office (located in Parkinson Recreation Centre)
The YMCA and H2O Adventure + Fitness Centre also offer financial assistance in childcare and subsidized facility/swim passes.
Check out our latest seasonal Activity Guide on the Programs & Registration page for an array of exciting adaptive programs.
There are many wonderful places to join a sport leagues or an activity for people with a disability. For the outdoor enthusiast there is CRIS Outdoor Adventures and Arion Therapeutic Farms, which offer a variety of programs for different disabilities.
Kelowna also hosts and supports Special Olympics, People in Motion and Canucks Autism.
No need to miss out on the fun due to a lack of wheels! We have transportation for every body.
HandyDart offers door-to-door pickup and drop-off for people in wheelchairs.
BC Public Transit has buses to transport wheelchairs as well as bicycles.
We also have a great network of walking, hiking and cycling trails in Kelowna. Check out Active by Nature for various levels of accessible pathways.
Looking for low-cost family fun? Kelowna has a variety of events and activities.
Check out our events calendar where you'll find free City-hosted community events like Park & Play, Dancing in the Park, Retro Roller Night, Family Monster Bash, Family Holiday Skate and more!
Check out the latest activity guide on the Programs & Registration page to find affordable programs and events for all ages.
The Boys and Girls Clubs of the Okanagan and the YMCA offer many opportunities to enjoy events throughout the year.


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�Common Core� Academic Requirements, a Fascist (Socialist) Effort.
Tuesday, February 25th, 2014 @ 2:27PM
Fascism, a sophisticated form of socialism, was created in Naples, Italy in 1922 by Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini, and made operational throughout Italy by 1929. Adolph Hitler liked the sneaky manner in which fascism is introduced (proxy voting by government employees of common equity shares held in government employee pension funds (as the USA does today)). It allowed total control of people but too slowly for Hitler. History is repeating itself in the USA under the fascist rule of Kenyan-born Barack Hussein Obama II, known for about 26 years as Barry Soetoro.
�Common core� is a USA Department of Education effort to apply Mussolini fascism, to control American people through education. Money will be withheld from 50 states if their dictates are ignored, they say. �Common Core� is not designed primarily to control curriculum. It�s goal is not to educate but to intimidate students, parents and teachers with fear, threats and lack of revenue; but, our Dep�t of Ed. has no authority to force its mandates onto any free American citizen. The Dep�t of Ed. may advise, recommend only; it has no authority to tax, mandate or withhold any money or anything of value.
The role of education belongs in the hands of the Department of Education of the 50 individual states; federal government grants to assist these states belongs to the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. Dep�t of Ed. personnel exceed the power and position of their appointed roles if they think or act otherwise. As the newly elected U.S. Senator from West Virginia I plan to explain this responsibility to fellow-Senators from the floor of the U.S. Senate.
Current �Common Core� efforts seek to legalize text-book content/control. Two specific examples: my MBA level text �Managerial Economics: Analysis and Cases,� 1984, and my �Readings in Managerial Economics� texts, beginning in 1973, (the best-selling book in its field).
For the U.S. Dep�t of Ed. control is the goal. Education is not the goal! Government controls all people easiest through education when it (1) requires/encourages students to attend school and (2) makes them read what government requires them to read (propaganda). Failure to repeat on exams what is taught in the textbook causes one to fail the course. Formal education is halted, resulting in a lessor lifestyle for the student.
Text book control creates successful �dumbing down� of American education in West Virginia and elsewhere: www.NationalJournal.com/domesticpolicy/west-virginia: �West Virginia Ranks Last for Well-Being � Again�, February 20, 2014.
My �Common Core� solution shall be explained in detail from the floor of the U. S. Senate. I must gain Libertarian Party West Virginia nomination at our convention in Charleston, WV on Saturday, March 8, 2014 to do so.
To win in 2014 WV Libertarians must unite, electing a U.S. Senator, and at least two U.S. House members. If they respond, we will win the WV governor�s office in 2016. We will win in 2016 ONLY if we are successful in these elections of November 4, 2014! www.coyne-assoc.com


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Yesterday our moderator gave us two choices, instructions on buttons, to cover them with crochet or edging our work inspired by crochet artists. My cardigan is not nearly done, so edging was not my choice. Had it been though, i would have chosen Olgemini, a Russian crochet miracle worker! She is absolutely fabulous, i couldn't stand in her shadow! When i get to finishing my piece, i most certainly will get inspiration from her!
Back to buttons:) I covered buttons of the preferred size, but they turned out far too big, like tulipbulbs... That was not going to happen!
I made the buttons from just yarn, i crocheted it with a hook far smaller than appropriate for the yarn, that way they got really sturdy. To attach them to the work is either with beads or sew them on. I intend to make some Irish loops as 'buttonholes'
Today's instructions were about filet crochet.
I crocheted my initials, i have used this way back when in my working years, and nowadays i use it to sign my paintings and drawings. It's nice to see it coming back in my freeform as well.


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I'm reviewing two dresses today, but I had enough pictures and things to talk about that I'm splitting it up into two blogs. This one covers my experience with a novelty print dress, while the other talks about the drawbacks and benefits of vintage rayon.
I'm a sucker for a good novelty print, so I couldn't resist this 1940's vintage bird print dress from Etsy seller CalenderGirlVintage. It seemed like a nice casual dress that could be worn year round in a warm climate, as well as layered under various cardigans during the coldest part of the year. As a bonus, it still had the original self fabric belt attached! I bought this using the same 44 – 36 – 46 measurements as the other vintage dress, so I had some room to move and so I wouldn't be putting any stress on the seams. Like the other dress, this one looks barely worn and is in perfect condition. It has nice strong seams and feels really sturdy.
This dress has some great vintage details, like pockets! It's definitely meant to be a more casual piece than the vintage rayon dress that I bought, but it feels like the perfect day dress for this transition into fall.
This dress also has these fabulous button and collar details that really turn it from something average into something special.
The little birds on this are adorable and I love that their latin names are included underneath each one. It's the kind of print that you don't see made anymore, which makes this a really special piece in my wardrobe.
The dress has a great shape and a nice drape to it as well, which is great when you don't want a super full skirt. It's a fabulous casual 1940's dress that I suspect I'll get tons of wear out of – it's nice to think of someone's design for themselves all those years ago coming back around to my closet.
How do you feel about vintage dresses versus reproduction vintage? Have you tried vintage dresses?


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Beautiful. Windy as Hell. I took first place female.
Beautiful. Windy as Hell. I took first place female.
Hari Garimella accompanied by his wife and young son, just returned to the White Rock area after successfully trekking the mountainous 56-mile Comrades Marathon in South Africa. A version of this article was first published on Advocatemag.com.
A few years ago I read a piece in Runner's World magazine about editor and former professional runner Bart Yasso's experience running the Comrades Marathon in South Africa.
Even here in The States, among the running community, Comrades is notorious. In Africa, beginning in 1921, it has reached Super Bowl — or World Cup, even — levels of acclaim.
The race involves running about 56 miles through the mountains of South Africa in under 12 hours.
It is more popular, say the editors at RW, than the Boston Marathon, with as many runners, from as many various nations; the entire country — anyone who isn't racing or spectating — watches the 12-plus hour television broadcast, they marvel.
After first reading about the event, I too was enthralled. Unlike our usually precise American races, the 56 miles is an estimate. "They change the course every year and no one minds," RW editor Amby Burfoot says. There seems less a spirit of competition than a spirit of community. A group of physically disabled students sing for the runners. Most participants, aside from some elites, aim not for a particularly fast time, but to strategically pace themselves to finish before the 12-hour cutoff. At 12:00:01 a course marshal fires a shot. Anyone who has not crossed the finish line at that point did not run (according to the official results, anyway).
At that point, runners stop where they stand and fall to the ground, often wailing, moaning and weeping from exhaustion and disappointment, one former participant tells RW.
To finish before that dreaded gunshot was the goal of 39-year-old White Rock Running Co-op member and Texas Instruments employee Hari Garimella, who just returned to the neighborhood after racing the 2014 Comrades ultra-marathon.
"During the course of my training and previous experiences of running a few ultra-marathons, which included tasting my first ever DNF (did not finish) on a 50-mile race at Palo Duro Canyon, I realized that I was going to have to get very disciplined on my training, as the Comrades run was going to be my longest-ever race," Garimella notes in his race report that you can read in full here.
Garimella says he trained near White Rock on Saturdays, with his running club. The rest of the week he ran with his dog, Dunbar or his friend Viresh Modi, who also was training for Comrades.
His preparations began with a New Year's Eve marathon followed by six months of daily runs, which included several long training runs of 21, 31 and 35 miles, and one day of rest per week.
When he arrived in South Africa last week with his wife and son, he says his appreciation for the historic event grew, following a trip to the Comrades museum and meeting a few renowned Comrades competitors. (Former Olympic runner Zola Budd — famous in the 80s for her bare feet and for becoming tangled with American runner Mary Decker during a disastrous 3,000 meter Olympic race in 1984 — was one of the top female competitors).
Garimella's strategy, he says, involved walking some on the uphill sections and running nonstop on the downhills. Despite temps in the near 90s and more hills than he ever could have imagined, he stuck to it. Mostly. With just 5k to go, fatigue forced him to walk, but a fellow runner motivated him to finish the last of the 89 kilometers fast.
"I felt this motivation come out of nowhere. I thanked my new friend, and all of sudden ran the remaining one-kilometer, and ran it strong. I got to the Kingsmeade Sahara stadium and could hear the entire stadium cheering for the runners," he says.
"I saw my wife and son on the sidelines and waved to them. I kept running strong and in a few seconds I crossed the finish line. I was done and had succeeded in finishing my first Comrades marathon in 11:13:12."
He says his wife, Nirisha, and son, Jay, are his biggest cheerleaders. "My son is going to be a better runner than me soon."
Garimella is home and intends to take a couple of weeks rest before resuming training. His plan? The 2015 Comrades, which will run the opposite direction (with more uphill than down) of this year's race. He says he will continue regular uber-long runs, which he thinks contributed vastly to his healthy condition at Comrades, and he will run more on hills and add weight training to strengthen his quads. Read more from Hari here.
Sidenote: Zola Budd reportedly has been stripped of her age group win at Comrades for failing to properly pin on her runner identification information.
I spent last Saturday night in front of my laptop watching the results of the Rocky Raccoon 100-miler.
My friend Nicole Studer won the women's race, for the second year in a row (Nicole fostered my dog Seamus and brought the two of us together, so I will forever be indebted to her; he is the best mutt in the world – just look at him).
The second-place female Kaci Lickteig began gaining on Nicole over the last several miles and the 16+ hour ultra came down to a near neck-in-neck with Lickteig just three minutes behind Nicole at the finish. Whew – what a day.
Worth noting: the ultra-running/trail-running community did a bang-up job on coverage with live streaming, tweeting, Vine-ing, blogging, etc. so kudos to irunfar.com and endurancebuzz.com.
Below is the write up I posted on Advocatemag.com about our area's kick-ass ultra-running women.
Ultra-running is a fringe activity that is gaining popularity, and women from the Dallas and White Rock area are proving to be leaders in the sport.
An ultra-marathon refers to anything longer than the 26.2 miles that is a regular marathon — 50k, 50 miles, 100 miles and beyond — and they typically are run on dirt trails (and frequently over mountains and other grueling terrain).
We wrote a year ago about White Rock-area resident and White Rock Running Co-op member Nicole Studer when she won the Huntsville Rocky Raccoon 100-mile race.
This year's Rocky Raccoon 100, held this past weekend, served as the USA Track and Field 100-mile Trail Championship, and Studer defended her title against an even tougher field of women than last year. She won again; she ran under 16 hours and beat second-place Kaci Lickteig from Nebraska by just three minutes.
Another neighborhood woman, Shaheen Sattar — who also improved last year's time by more than an hour — placed third.
Claudia Zulejkic, who you'll find most days working at Bikram Yoga Dallas on Mockingbird-Abrams, ran all day and night, completing the 100-mile ultra-marathon in a little more than 25 hours and placed in the top 25 women out of more than 100 who started the race.
The finishers all benefitted from the help of pacers and crew, they say, and therefore several members of the neighborhood-based Dallas Running Club and White Rock Running Co-op participated in that capacity.
Studer, an attorney by day, tells us her toenails are a little messed up, but other than that she's feeling good.
First published on Advocatemag.com, the website of the Lake Highlands Advocate magazine June 25.
Lake Highlands runner Nick Polito this past weekend completed the Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run in 28 hours 47 minutes. Yeah, so the guy seriously ran for almost 29 hours straight. Well, he would correct me there—he says he walked up the steepest hills (about 18,090 feet of climbing overall) and ran/walked the final 20 miles.
Before entering Western States, which began at 5 a.m. last Saturday at the base of the Squaw Valley ski resort and finished Sunday at a high school track in Auburn, California, Polito had to qualify by completing another endurance run in a certain amount of time.
Polito—who lives in Lake Highlands with his wife Sunny and sons Christopher, 14, and Luke and Campbell, 7-year-old twins—took up running several years ago and showed promise.
I met him through the Dallas Running Club way back when he was working to qualify for the Boston Marathon. He indeed ran the Boston Marathon and a year later ran it again in under 3 hours, which is a feat for anyone, but especially impressive for a guy in his 40s.
So, I guess he just needed more of a challenge. For Western States, he says he trained about 13 hours a week or 80 miles per week in the three months leading up to Western State. That's a time-consuming hobby for a father of three who also works full time, so support from the family was essential, he says.
"They are supportive and very proud. They do just about anything I need to accomplish my goals. They know that running is my passion and in many situations my social outlet," he says. "They give me the time and on race day they love to come out and support. For a 100 miler this means 24-30 hours of running around in the rain to only see me for three minutes at a time." Christopher served on Nick's Western States support crew.
During the race, Polito says he felt bad 30 miles in. "At the top of an 8700-foot climb, it started to hail, with gale-force winds," he says. By mile 30 he thought he might stop, "but I told myself I would not quit. They would have to pull me off the course and I didn't see anyone big enough to do that. After my climb up Devil's Thumb, mile 48, I had my strength back."
Today he feels a "little tired" but mostly high from the experience. "A lot of that has to do with all the support I get from friends and family."
For better or worse, he'll need to return to regular life for a bit now. "The reality is I am back to being dad and life with the family and work gets started right back up. I look forward to a couple of weeks of rest and no running."
He has another race, a mere 50-miler, planned for October.
The trail hates me.
That was my thought driving home from Rowlett Creek Preserve last week. I had run the ten-mile loop on several occasions and last weekend I planned to double loop for 20. Things went beautifully for a few miles. I was hanging back with a slower group, chatting and meeting new people. I anticipated the second half would be tough and I didn't want to be fatigued because having tired legs on the trail for me usually means hurting myself.
Unfortunately, our slower group wasn't exactly familiar with the trail, so about 7-8 miles in, we found ourselves standing in a field. Confused. Lost.
One of our sandbaggers, Alan, sprinted ahead, hoping to catch a glimpse of the more-experienced group. I stayed right behind him. I knew there were some even-newer-than-me trail runners in the slower group and I probably should have stuck with them, but at this point, for me, the pretty, laid-back trail run had quickly devolved to an every-man-for-himself sort of panic.
Within a 5-10 minutes, Alan hollered that we were on track. The faster group was just ahead of us. I fell in behind the rest of those bastards (sorry guys, that's just what I was thinking of you at the time) for the remainder of the first loop.
We stop briefly at the trailhead and then three of us take off for a second loop. The pace is fine, but I am a little flustered from the whole getting lost thing. My knee is throbbing a little bit, which adds to my grumpiness. I run at the back of our little line, which is a good thing, considering what happens next. About two miles into the second lap, I kick a root. Hard.
Now, let me take a moment to describe my footwear: Sketchers GoRun. The shoes are great and light and flex-y, but when you hit a tree in 'em, you might as well be barefoot. Ah! I yelled. You OK? My partners ask. Ah. Yeah. Fine. But my eyes were filling with tears and I could in no way land on my left toe.
So I run on the side of my foot for about another mile. Tired. Hurting. Frustrated. Off balance. Unable to land on my forefoot. Not surprisingly, this is where I belly flop into the hard, crusty dirt. (Later, our leader David would tell me, "I really thought I heard something break. You went down hard.")
I jumped up fairly quickly, but the loudness with which I had hit the ground startled my fellow runners. Everyone stopped. I brushed myself off. I'm OK. I say. Their faces register extreme doubt. "You're done," Julia says. "No, I can make it." We jog a few more feet and David says, "See that trail off to the right? You take that and the parking lot is less than a mile."
I take the detour and return — shamed, filthy and broken — to my car. At least I am not thinking about my knee pain.
Unsure if the toe was broken or just badly bruised, I took the week off running (I was no fun this week). I returned today for a 13-mile road run and my knee hurt, which means my toe is OK.
Ordered some trail shoes and I'll be back at it soon. Even though the trail hates me, I don't hate the trail. I will make you love me you stupid trail.
I registered yesterday for the Cross Timbers trail run (half marathon), billed as the toughest little trail run in Texas.
I'm only doing the halfer, while the other few people I know who are going are doing 26.2 or 50, so I sort of feel like a wimp, but, I don't want to bite off more than I can chew here. Just testing the trail-run waters.
This is all part of my resolution to not take myself or my running so seriously and exploring unchartered (for me) territory. I will post a race report next week.
Meanwhile, I did find a couple of years past race reports out in the blogosphere — in this report from "The Naked Runner", I learn for the first time that the course has a 5,500 elevation loss/gain.
This blogger says the five miler at Cross Timbers would be a perfect introduction for someone who has never run on trails. Five-13.1: close enough.


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The Undergraduate Program
The Mathematics Department serves a very large number of undergraduate students. We aim for excellence in our teaching of algebra, precalculus, and calculus, for all students taking mathematics. In addition to our teaching staff, we work with Learning Support Services to provide instructional assistance (tutoring) and the division administers Mathematics Placement in order to place students in an appropriate course. In addition to serving the campus itself with mathematical resources, we support a large number of undergraduate mathematics majors.
The Mathematics Department offers a Major program leading to a B.A. in Mathematics, as well as a Minor in Mathematics. A joint Economics/Mathematics B.A. is now possible, and administered through the Economics Department. Within the Mathematics Major, there are three tracks: Pure Mathematics, Mathematics Education, and Computational Mathematics.
The Pure Mathematics track is designed for students who value the study of mathematics, not only for application, but also for its own sake. Pure mathematicians focus on the big how and why questions of mathematics, and attempt to find new formulae and methods while utilizing insights from a tradition of thousands of years. The Pure Mathematics track is recommended for those interested in graduate study in pure mathematics, and those who seek a rigorous education that involves not only rote computational skills but also rigorous explanations of how mathematics works. To give a well-rounded education in mathematics, the Pure Mathematics track requires an introduction to proof class, and a balance of advanced coursework in algebra, analysis, and geometry. Majors who seek graduate study at top institutions often go beyond the required courses to enroll in graduate courses as well.
Our Mathematics Education track is specially designed for prepare students for a career in K-12 mathematics education. It shares a rigorous approach to advanced mathematics, but requires coursework that is particularly relevant to the K-12 classroom: number theory, classical geometry, and the history of mathematics. In addition, the Math Education track requires experience in Supervised Teaching. Many Math Education majors also participate in CalTeach, to enhance their experience and directly connect with local schools.
Our Computational Mathematics track offers flexibility to students who are interested in mathematics together with its applications – students in Computational Mathematics pick up skills in statistics, computer science, and mathematical modeling, among other topics. Much of the coursework for the Computational Mathematics track is offered outside of the Mathematics Department, offering an interdisciplinary experience.
The Mathematics Minor provides an excellent foundation in mathematics, which can serve a student well in careers that require quantitative analysis. The Mathematics Minor can also provide an enjoyable supplement for students who love mathematics but have already decided to pursue another major. The Mathematics Minor fits particularly well for students pursuing a quantitative major such as physics. We encourage students to consider a combination of major and minor involving mathematics with physics, economics, computer science, and environmental science, for example.
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Before you go diving at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, stop by the wood-plank beach house that's home to REEF, an organization that encourages citizen participation in the protection of reefs. Purchase an underwater survey kit and tally the yellowtail snapper, smooth trunkfish and other marine life you come across. When you resurface, send in your data and it will be entered into the organization's international species database.98300 Overseas Hwy., 305-852-0030, reef.org
2. Florida Keys Brewing Co.
In an enormous pastel-blue warehouse tucked away from Route 1, bearded Canadian Craig McBay brews beers inspired by his adoptive homeland: The Bale Beach is a hoppy American pale ale named after a neighbouring beach where illicit cargo regularly washed up in the 1970s. Locals gather at the reclaimed-wood counter when they're not playing a round of giant Jenga or Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots (like we did).200 Morada Way Islamorada, 305-916-5206, floridakeysbrewingco.com
3. Caribbean Watersports
Captain Dan, whose white mane is proof of his years of experience, knows everything there is to know about the spellbinding landscape of the Keys. You'll learn that mangroves, those trees with exposed roots, protect the coast – and are full of creatures. As he steers his zodiac gently through hammocks (tree islands in marshy saltwater) you'll spot crocodiles, iguanas and green herons. Bonus: He also knows where manatees hang out.Reserve directly at Playa Largo Resort and Spa or at 305-852-4707, caribbeanwatersports.com
4. Playa Largo Resort and Spa
Situated on 14 acres of lush forested land, this chic waterfront resort is three steps (built directly into the seawall) away from the turquoise sea. In the late afternoon, when the Sand Bar's clock beckons, settle into a hammock to admire the sunset with a cocktail in hand. At Sol by the Sea, sit on the large terrace that extends directly over the water and dive into tempura-battered rock lobster served with mango rum butter. For a more secluded stay, reserve one of the 10 bungalows, and Kaitlin Nutty, the "Bungalow Ambassador," will fill the fridge with your favourite snacks before you arrive.97450 Overseas Hwy., 305-853-1001, playalargoresort.com
5. The Fish House
Stuffed pufferfish, seashell string lights hanging from the ceiling and walls plastered with old-timey maps: A night at this local institution will give you a healthy dose of Keys kitsch. The menu options are many, but you can't go wrong with the classics, including an appetizer of conch fritters, crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside, followed by the catch of the day, lightly breaded and swimming in a butter, lemon and sherry sauce.102401 Overseas Hwy., 305-451-4665, fishhouse.com
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Since 2012, Kristie Thomas has run Key Largo Chocolates out of a neon-green bungalow decorated with pink flamingos. Try the dark, milk or white-chocolate truffles, stuffed with key lime cream.100470 Overseas Hwy., 305-453-6613, keylargochocolates.com
Chill out with a Key Lime Freeze, a cross between a milkshake and a float, at Mrs. Mac's Kitchen, a bustling restaurant with lamp shades made out of licence plates.99336 Overseas Hwy., 305-451-3722, mrsmacskitchen.com


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A Look Around College Football – Week Six
The 2012 college football season exploded with offense in week five. Six different games witnessed a first half in which at least 56 points were scored. West Virginia and Baylor led the pack in "shootout world," producing a 70-63 game won by the Mountaineers in which more than 1,500 total yards were posted. The very idea of a "shootout" must be couched in a new framework. Texas and West Virginia both needed a lot of offense to win their Big 12 openers on Sept. 29, and they'll need a lot more firepower this weekend when they meet in Austin, Tex.
Another shootout emerged from the Southeastern Conference, a league that ordinarily doesn't light up the scoreboard. Georgia outpaced Tennessee, 51-44, and needed a late turnover by Tennessee quarterback Tyler Bray to hold on. The Bulldogs lost receiver Michael Bennett to an injury in practice this week. They will need other pass catchers to step up as they go to South Carolina to take on the Gamecocks in the SEC East game of the year, a contest that will have a lot to do with the eventual division champion. There's really no way to read what will happen in the Palmetto State. South Carolina and Georgia were both extremely sloppy in week five. The Gamecocks and Bulldogs both won but looked horrible in the process of gaining 5-0 records. Offensive line play has been noticeably inconsistent for both teams, and that will be an issue since the Dawgs and Gamecocks both lay claim to having one of the best defensive lines in the United States.
Week five readjusted the Pac-12's list of contenders. Stanford looked awful in a four-point loss to Washington, but Oregon State emerged as a threat by winning at Arizona. Arizona State remained in the hunt with a win over California.
In the ACC, bad news dominates the landscape. Virginia Tech lost a second game to a Big East opponent this season, falling to Cincinnati on a 39-yard touchdown pass with 13 seconds left in regulation. Georgia Tech lost by 21 points at home to Middle Tennessee. Virginia lost at home to Louisiana Tech. These developments are depressing for ACC fans, but they're wonderful breakthroughs for the Big East, which has three unbeaten teams (Cincinnati, Rutgers and Louisville); the Sun Belt, which enjoyed several moments in the sun in September (especially Louisiana-Monroe's win at Arkansas); and the Western Athletic Conference, who might be able to put the aforementioned Louisiana Tech squad into the race for a BCS bowl berth.
In the Big Ten, Ohio State's one-point win over Michigan State established the Buckeyes as the best team in the conference. Since Ohio State is ineligible for the league championship, however, the result threw both division races into a state of advanced chaos.
The big games for week six: LSU at Florida; West Virginia at Texas; Washington at Oregon; Nebraska at Ohio State; Michigan at Purdue; Georgia at South Carolina.
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One bill
that would create a split speed limit in Connecticut is apparently dead,
but another is still alive in the General Assembly.
introduced by Rep. Brian O'Connor, D-Westbrook, would cut the speed limit
for tractor-trailers from 65 mph to 55 mph. The bill was still listed in
the Joint Committee on Transportation on April 8, and a spokesperson at
the General Assembly said no further action had been taken on the bill.
In addition, a spokesman for the Transportation Committee said the panel's
deadline to pass bills this year – 5 p.m. April 2 – had passed, effectively
killing the bill for this session. However, he said, such a measure could
be amended onto another bill on the House floor.
bill, HB6672, would also create a lower speed limit for trucks on many
of the state's highways, 55 mph as opposed to 65 mph for other vehicles.
However, that bill also called for automatic photo-radar devices to catch
speeders and raised the possibility that some exits on I-95 through the
state would be closed for safety reasons.
While HB6672
did pass the Transportation Committee, the vote in favor of it was narrow – 14-12 – even
though the committee created the bill, and one spokesman for the Transportation
Committee indicated the bill was controversial. If it does not pass, however,
the spokesman said its provisions could end up amended into another measure
later in the session. Currently, the bill is before the Judiciary Committee.
has spurred opposition among members of the trucking industry in the state.
Some industry officials spoke out against the bill during hearings and
in the media because of the split speed limit provision.
Dave Williams,
an OOIDA member from Penns Grove, N.J., told The Stamford Advocate that
the state's highways were too dangerous already without split speeds.
you take into consideration that the typical Connecticut automobile driver
is irresponsible and has no regard for motoring laws, if you split the
speed limit, it's only going to get worse," Williams told the newspaper. "As
it is now, I don't like to come to Connecticut. When you had tolls up here,
it was a good place to run. But now it seems like courtesy has gone out
the window and everybody has road rage."
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Nottingham Forest chairman Nigel Doughty insists his relationship with outspoken manager Billy Davies remains solid.
Davies has been publicly critical of the club over their failure to make signings, both in January and this summer, as well as claiming he had been kept out of the loop over the sale of James Perch to Newcastle. But Doughty is prepared to embrace and even encourage the Scot's demanding nature.
"Billy is a competitive man and the competitive flame burns a little too brightly from time to time. I have told him that myself and I told him I would say that publicly," Doughty told the Nottingham Post. "But I can have those sort of discussions with him. It is a game and we have to play it to the best advantage of the club."
He added: "When you work with talented people, they always want more. You wouldn't want to back a manager who is accepting of his lot. You always want people who are pushing the boundaries.
"We have a very good and stable relationship - one where we respect each other. We have a fantastic manager and one of the reasons he is fantastic is because he is demanding of everyone, including me."
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Norwich vow to keep stars amidst Hoolahan to Villa speculation
NORWICH chief executive David McNally has insisted that the Canaries have no plans to let players leave the club in January and instead hope to bolster their ranks in the current transfer window.
Wes Hoolahan has been linked with a move that would see him reunited with former Norwich boss Paul Lambert at Aston Villa.
And some reports suggested that Hoolahan had handed in a transfer request in an attempt to force through the move.
But McNally has emphatically denied that is the case and stressed that the club's intention is to strengthen in the coming month rather than lose players to Premier League rivals.
Speaking on the club's official website, www.canaries.co.uk, he said: "The club's focus is on improving the squad during this transfer window.
"As we have always said, no players will be sold against our will.
"We have received no transfer requests this season and have no intention of releasing any of our senior players.
"Our focus this January, as with every transfer window, is very much on improving the squad."
As we have always said, no players will be sold against our will.
The statement does not bode well for want-away striker Luciano Becchio who has been linked with Leeds, Blackburn and Derby, but appears to open the door to a potential move for Everton defender John Heitinga, after the Dutchman's move to West Ham fell through.
Despite a testing run of games that will see the Canaries face Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal, centre-back Ryan Bennett believes Norwich have what it takes to stay out of trouble.
He said: "We had a few more points this time last year and I think our form from now until the end of last season wasn't great - and we know that. But we have got games coming up now every month that we can win, and that's something we're going to have to do to stay in the league," Bennett said, quoted in the Norwich Evening News.
"I think everyone in the dressing room is in a positive mood and we can easily do it. You have got to be positive in every game.
"Obviously Everton have been in good form this year, they have only lost two games so it will be a hard place to go to, but hopefully we can go there and put in a positive and good performance, like we did against Fulham on Saturday, and beat them."


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Dr. Natalie McCulloch (left) and Lisa Ireland
Food and water are vital components in our overall health. Yet with the proliferation of diets such as the Paleo diet and the Mediterranean diet, celebrity-endorsed cleanses and media coverage about "Super Foods", it is difficult to clear up these myths and misconceptions and determine what we should be eating.
In our next session of The Commons, Dr. Natalie McCulloch, H.BKin., ND, of the Durham Natural Health Centre and Registered Dietician, Lisa Ireland, B.A. Sc., RD will talk about food, making healthy food choices, what the optimum foods for our bodies are and clear up the confusion about what we should eat.
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The Library will continue to provide a venue for compelling formal and informal presentations, community discussions, panel discussion and debates on topics that matter to local residents. Topics can cover social, political or cultural ideas; they can be serious or light-hearted, timely or timeless.
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|The Department of Mathematical Sciences at Binghamton University invites
applications for a tenure-track position in statistics at the rank of
assistant professor beginning Fall 2018. The successful candidate must
have a strong record of research and teaching.
The search is open to all areas of statistics. Applicants with backgrounds in data science, Big Data, statistical learning, network science, Bayesian statistics and large scale statistical computing are especially invited to apply. Current research in the statistics group includes semi- and non-parametric inference, spatial statistics, statistical learning, high-dimensional inference, biostatistics, bioinformatics, survival analysis, sequential analysis, and random matrix theory.
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Hoyts at The Entertainment Quarter is perfect for a day or a night out, in a leafy, out-door environment, within the eastern suburbs district of Sydney. This central location used to be called Fox Studios, and is right next to Centennial Park. This diverse venue also features the Horden Pavilion, restaurants, retail shops, and is frequently used for other special events.
The Entertainment Quarter is a multi-purpose venue, and is popular with both young children, families, and teens. For the very young children there is a clean and well-kept playground, an indoor play centre, and for the older generations, they can enjoy the pubs, bars and licensed restaurants within the complex.
If you want to catch up with friends or family members, or even if you're going on a first date and want to impress, head to The Entertainment Quarter, and catch a movie at the Hoyts Cinemas, because before and after the film, there will be plenty more to do and entertain, even for the most fussy person.
You can reach Hoyts EQ via Sydney public transport, as many buses run from the city along Anzac Parade. You can alight at Moore Park and Centennial Park, and this is a major stop, so the bus driver will be able to help you. This is also a major route for buses, so there is no need to actually view a timetable. Parking is also not a problem, and unless there is a major event on, you shouldn't have an issue. Just remember to get your tickets early for popular times and new releases, as Hoyts EQ is a popular destination.


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FLAC Applications
FLAC has been developed primarily for geotechnical engineering applications in the fields of civil, mining, oil and gas, and power generation. FLAC is also a valuable tool used for research in rock- and soil-mechanics, particularly of localization and evolution of shear bands in frictional materials. FLAC has also been used in the manufacturing field where the analysis of highly deformable materials is needed.
The explicit, time-marching solution of the full equations of motion (including inertial terms) permits the analysis of progressive failure and collapse, which are particularly important phenomena for mine design and geotechnical construction. Some example applications modeled using FLAC are listed below.


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I have been drawing again, and it has been really fun. From choosing the paper to which mark making tool I am going to use, it has been a fun journey. Drawing is my first love as an artist and nothing else can quite match it. Here are some of the reasons:
Drawing is immediate. I don't need to stretch canvas or set out mediums. I can just pick up the mark making tool of my choice, the surface I am going to make marks on, and go.
Green Gardens, 2013 Acrylic on cardboard, ink pen 8.5" x 10.75" available in my Etsy shop
Drawing is non toxic. Solvents and mediums are unnecessary. Unless I am drawing with chalk pastels, I don't need to wear a mask or respirator. I can draw with my children and not worry about them being hurt by the equipment, and generally I don't need to worry about them getting into something when I'm not around.
Drawing is tactile. I love the feel of different mark making tools. Pencils can be large or small barreled. Oil pastels can feel silky to the touch. Then there's the way they move across different surfaces. Harder dry pastels can have a skritchy feel, while oil pastels can be like drawing with lipstick.
available in my Etsy shop
Drawing is accessible. All you need is a pen or pencil and a sheet of paper. If you want to go fancier, you can, but it's not necessary. You don't need to live near an art supply store. It's available to anyone who wants to draw.
Drawing is flexible. Drawing can happen anywhere. It doesn't need a studio. It can happen at the kitchen table, at the dentist's waiting room, or while waiting for dinner at a restaurant. It can be as large as you want or as small as you want. It's portable. You can do it with friends, or alone. I love getting out the drawing pads and markers and just drawing with my children.
available in my Etsy shop
And, most importantly, drawing is fun. You don't need to do anything but make marks if that is what you want to do. The simple act of moving your hand across the surface can help calm and center your mind, and scribbles can become anything your mind can imagine.


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Jessica Sutta "Show Me": Idolator Premiere
Confession: Jessica Sutta was always our favorite Pussycat Doll. She's got a down-to-earth demeanor in interviews, as well as a playful, naughty side that comes out in her dancing (case in point: check Capra's "If I Was" video). So consider us ecstatic over getting to premiere Jess' brand new single "Show Me." We could talk on and on about the dance-pop jam, but let's just cut to the chase and send you down below to give it a spin, shall we? "Show Me" was written and produced by busbee, who has also penned tracks for Timbaland and Katy Perry ("If We Ever Meet Again") and Lady Antebellum ("Our Kind Of Love").
"Love is not a gimme gimme, if you're really with me, gotta show me, show me, show me, show me love," Sutta sings on the energetic, club-ready single.
We've been bumping to it all morning long, so it's about time we passed the pop infectiousness along:
[wpaudio url="//static.idolator.com/uploads/2011/08/Show-Me.mp3″ text="Jessica Sutta – Show Me" dl="0″] Meanwhile, if you're eager to catch more of Jessica's smooth moves, you won't have to wait much longer — the "Show Me" video premieres this Saturday (August 6) on ABCFamily.com. Following that, the song will be available digitally on August 23.
Jessica has now joined the ranks at Hollywood Records, whose roster includes Selena Gomez & The Scene, Joe Jonas, Miley Cyrus and Demi Lovato. This is her debut single for the label.
Are you digging Jessica's brand new jam "Show Me"? Hit us up below and let us know!


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Overview1st Playable Productions, LLC is an independent game development studio located in Troy, New York, and founded by CEO Tobi Saulnier.
The company's main focus is on handheld games for kids. Their goal is "to make games that build, not exploit, the entertainment brands that they represent." The company is a licensed developer for Nintendo Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Microsoft Xbox, as well as other embedded game platforms.
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I really can't pretend I'm a fan of pampering as such but I don't mind ever mind treating myself which in my opinion is pretty much my version of pampering. I've never really liked all the fussy girly pampering treats - a day at a spa has never been something that has really interested me I'd much rather a shopping trip as a way to treat myself.
I enjoy shopping and to me it's a treat especially if I'm shopping alone as I can browse at my own pace and on my own terms - I don't have to consider that someone else might be getting bored! Now I'm not saying I don't like shopping with other people, I do much prefer the company but if I'm having a bad day then I do just like to have a bit of a wonder into town on a whim and have a little look. It instantly cheers me up, gets me out the house and makes me instantly think of something else rather than the crap day I've been having.
Another way I treat myself is by just simply getting into my pj's, watching episodes of some of my favourite TV programmes such as; Alias, One Tree Hill, Pretty Little Liars and The Lying Game to name but a few. I like to lie in my bed, watch some TV, eat some crisps and just not think about anything else! This way I can just be sucked in by the world of TV and not have to think about anything else.
So although the ways that I see myself as pampering myself aren't maybe seen as being conventional to some I myself see this as being how I treat myself and relax and after trying and testing these ways out I can definitely say they do work!


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Amazing Entrepreneurs – Interview with Real Estate Investor Kelly Payne
November 27, 2012 in Amazing Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Investing In Real Estate, Videos
Busy Mom and Real Estate Investor
I have an interview for you today with Kelly Payne. Kelly is an entrepreneur from Tulsa Oklahoma, and she is a real estate investor, and a busy mom with 3 children aged 6 and under. She has closed 4 real estate transactions already this year and has just put her 5th house under contract since doing this interview. I really wanted to see how she manages to get everything done.
Kelly took a break from investing for about a year when her last child was born, but she didn't forget about real estate completely. She took that year to continue her education and also to blog about her journey. Her original plan was to wholesale houses and then eventually transition into having a portfolio of buy and hold rentals. What has happened is that she has moved into other strategies even quicker that she ever imagined; some almost by accident. I also want to point out that this busy mom not only invests in her hometown, but also in one other city. If there is one thing we have all learned not only in business but in life in general, it is that nothing really goes as planned. I'm sure you will love Kelly's story. Read the rest of this entry →


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: Body Fat May Be Bigger Health Danger Than Body Size
Posted March 12, 2016
By Amy Norton
HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, March 7, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- People who have more body fat -- regardless of their size - may have a higher risk of dying early than people whose bodies have less fat, new research suggests.
In contrast, having a high body-mass index (BMI) -- a measure of weight in relation to height, often used to gauge obesity -- was not associated with early death in the study.
The investigators said the findings support the idea that BMI is a fairly crude measure that may not reflect a person's body composition, or be a good indicator of health.
Someone with a lot of muscle mass, for example, may have a high BMI and, technically, fall into the "overweight" category, explained researcher Dr. William Leslie.
So the relationship between body size and health "is more nuanced than the number on your bathroom scale," said Leslie, a professor of medicine and radiology at the University of Manitoba, in Winnipeg, Canada.
"It's important to be attuned to what you're made of, rather than just how much you weigh," Leslie said.
The findings, published online March 8 in the Annals of Internal Medicine, may offer one explanation for the so-called "obesity paradox."
That refers to a counterintuitive pattern that's been seen in a number of studies: Overweight and moderately obese people with heart disease or other chronic ills tend to outlive thinner people with those same conditions.
But those studies have often relied on BMI, Leslie explained. And it's possible that higher BMI reflects greater muscle mass and fitness, or less weight loss from a chronic disease -- as opposed to some protective effect of body fat, he added.
For their study, Leslie's team combed through data on more than 54,000 adults, mostly in their 60s, who'd undergone DXA scans to measure their bone density. Those bone scans have the bonus of allowing an estimate of a person's body fat percentage.
It turned out that men and women with the greatest amounts of body fat were more likely to die over the next four to seven years, the study showed.
Men in the top 20 percent had at least 36 percent body fat. And those with highest body fat were up to 59 percent more likely to die during the study period, versus men whose body fat was in the 28 percent to 32 percent range -- which was about average for the group, according to the study.
The difference was smaller among women. Still, those with the highest percentage of body fat -- about 39 percent fat or higher -- were 19 percent more likely to die during the study period, compared with women in the 30 percent to 34 percent range (about average for the group), the study found.
In contrast, people with a BMI high enough to land them in the "obese" category didn't show an increased death risk. And they were actually less likely to die than men and women with the lowest BMIs -- lower than 24 or 25, which includes people in the "normal" weight range, Leslie pointed out.
In these older adults, he explained, a lower BMI may reflect waning muscle mass or frailty.
A researcher not involved in the study agreed.
"I think these findings help clarify some of the confusion around the obesity paradox," said Rebecca Shenkman, director of the MacDonald Center for Obesity Prevention and Education at Villanova University College of Nursing, in Pennsylvania.
More importantly, she said, the findings highlight the limits of BMI as a health indicator. "We really need to take a step back and look at everything's that going on the body," Shenkman said.
And it's not only about body fat, she noted. Fitness levels matter, too: Studies have found that people who stay fit through exercise typically enjoy a longer life than couch potatoes -- even if they're overweight.
And, Shenkman said, it's possible to be thin and out-of-shape.
"Healthy eating and regular exercise are more important than being skinny," she said.
Leslie made the same point. "In our society," he said, "there's been this mantra that thin is 'in,' and being heavy is 'bad.' But health is about more than the number on your scale."
He did not, however, suggest that people run out to have their body fat measured. Taking a tape measure to your waistline, for example, is a simpler way to estimate how much fat you're carrying, Leslie noted.
Women who have a waist circumference of more than 35 inches have a higher risk for heart disease and type 2 diabetes, according to the U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). For men, a waist circumference greater than 40 inches indicates an increased risk of health problems, the NHLBI says.
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Police believe an assault on a teenage girl in Northamptonshire who was wearing a hijab may have been religiously aggravated.
The 13-year-old victim was pushed over by a stranger as she was walking along Whiteford Drive, Kettering, just before 5pm on Wednesday, November 11.
She was left shaken by the incident and suffered minor injuries.
The man who pushed her over was white, fat, about 5ft 6in and aged between 40 and 48.
He had white hair with a bald patch on the top of his head and was wearing dark clothes.
After pushing over the girl he ran away towards Spring Rise.
Police would like to speak to anyone who may have witnessed the incident or has any information about the offender.
Witnesses or anyone with information should contact police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.


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It's probably time to start discussing my Guatemala trip and throwing photos at you. It already feels like a lifetime ago and a million miles away, well that second part is probably true. It's hard to remember what my expectations where before I left for Guate, but these words came to mind: unsafe, third world, dirty, colorful, busy city, and travel. About half of those turned out to be true, but some of those words were a bit off. The words I'd use to describe Guatemala now are, colorful, green, nice people, yummy food (NOT mexican food), adventures, green hills, volcanos, and third world/ bustling city, oh and crazy crazy drivers.
The trip was inspired by Cassie, who moved down there back in July. She had some things planned for our trip and I couldn't have been happier with their outcome. First, hang out in Guatemala City which most tourists skip and I'm so glad I didn't. Yes it's crazy, but also so great to see how another city functions or how their roads are totally whack or that I was definitely the only tall blonde person for miles. Next we went to Antigua for the day/night on our way to Semuc Champey. Antiqua is touristy, gorgeous and cobblestoney. Yes that's a word. Semuc Champey was way back in the outskirts of the wilderness, an 8 hour shuttle ride, up and down a windy, wet, slippery dirt road and on a partially flat tire. This was was Cassie best describes as "Indiana Jones" adventures. We could hear the Indian Jones theme song all day long, we road in the back of a truck with 15 people (standing), swam in bat caves, jumped off rocks, swam with a candle in hand and went as far back as we could go. I fell at one point which really shook me up. It made me realize that we are so vulnerable in nature and to be more cautious. The nearest hospital was 3 hours way on a dirt road. I didn't want to take any chances. And yes, I saw one bat hanging above, all snuggled in for the day. I even saw it strreeetch it's cute wing. After the bat caves we dove in the river via a rope swing. This was rad up until the point where this girl in our group almost didn't jump off the swing and could have seriously broken her back. We then tubed down the river and laughed at the three people from singapore who didn't know how to swim, and then feared for their lives when they did NOTHING to try and get to shore before the waterfall around the bend. Oy! THEN we had lunch. After lunch, we hiked to the top of the hill, which felt much more like a mountain, and took pictures of actual Semuc Champey, which was breathtaking, hiked down and explored the river. This was a major highlight of the trip, warm blue water, new found friends, green green hills.
It was the devil's birthday, so tradition has it that you burn a devil piñata in the street and rid your sins from the year.
This is Antigua, see what I mean about cobblestoney?
These tostadas need a whole post in themselves thats how good they were. If I could have one thing here in the states it would be these tostadas. Don't be deceived, it looks plain, but good lord its a slice of heaven, or a tortilla shell of heaven.
Here we stayed in Semuc in a cabina
Mayan tradition says you wear face paint, or the tour guide was playing a big joke on all of us.
This picture above does not do it justice, but it really looked like heaven on hearth at this moment
Totes normal.
After our trek back to the city, we drove our car up to San Pedro at Lake Atitlan. Having a car was glorious up until we got stopped by the policia and had to pay them $200Q ($25) for driving without a license. I had to take the wheel with my drivers license, Cassie's passport and another person's car registration, huh? Anyways, San Pedro was amazing. Quant little lake town with too much time on our hands. We ate, we drank, made amazing friends Katie and Steph. The highlights here are quiz night, Zoola food and hiking to the top of Indian Nose at 4am to watch an active volcano and sunrise over the lake. Epic I tell you. We ended up staying in San Pedro for the duration of the trip and skipping out on the beach. We packed in a day trip to Chichicastenango, where the huge Sunday market is. Pronounced "Chia-cast-eh-nahn-go"
This is such a brief summary on such a big adventure, but I'll let the pictures tell the story.
Lake Atitlan!
Also, totes normal.
Every.single.one of the tortillas in this country are hand made and I vote these tortillas for president!
Real life yo.
These are the girls we met in San Pedro, both Australian and both amazing.
This was the cemetery outside of Chichi and boy was it colorful
This lady here on my right made the shirt I am wearing.
We set fireworks off at the top of Indian Nose
See on the right how it totally looks like a face in the mountains, that's indian nose.
And lastly, this guy made my shoes!!!


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USDA to Ramp Up Drug Residue Testing for Meat and Poultry
I have commented a lot about the antibiotics in meat issues (and I'm not done yet!) That said, here is the news that came out today:
"The U.S. Department of Agriculture is beefing up testing for veterinary drug residues in the meat supply – and the new policy will take effect this grilling season.
The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service today will announce a new, more modern testing system that allows the agency to test for dozens of drugs, pesticides, and other potentially harmful compounds simultaneously, instead of only testing for one or a handful of compounds in each meat sample.
The change is a significant update to an often-overlooked part of the food safety system. For the last several years much of the focus has been on microbiological contamination, but much less attention has been paid to drug and chemical contamination in the food supply.
In 2010, the USDA's Inspector General published a report questioning whether the agency was doing enough to keep harmful drug and chemical residues out of beef products, but the issue has not received much media attention since.
"The new testing methods being announced today will help protect consumers from illegal drug residues in meat products," said Under Secretary for Food Safety Dr. Elisabeth Hagen. "By allowing us to test for more chemical compounds from each sample, these changes will enable USDA to identify and evaluate illegal drug residues more effectively and efficiently."
Using new multi-residue methods, FSIS will be able to test for 55 pesticide chemicals, 9 kinds of antibiotics, various metals, and eventually more than 50 other chemicals"
via USDA to Ramp Up Drug Residue Testing for Meat and Poultry.
What results it will have or how effectively it will be implemented remains to be seen. I still believe that consumer protests directly to the grocery store chains will have the most impact (like they did with pink slime). If you get a chance to sign a petition or express your position to Safeway, Trader Joes, Albertsons or other grocers about being willing to buy only antibiotic-free meat and poultry, I hope you will do so.


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Dana Schutz Talks Process & Approach to Artworks
"The thing that is so great about fiction is... you can reorganize the hierarchies of the world within it."
Young artist Dana Schutz shared that when she visited the Denver Art Museum in November for the opening of Dana Schutz: If the Face Had Wheels. We've also learned about questions she asks before painting scenes that literally can't physically occur and which artwork portrays "the worst thing" she could imagine.
The exhibition closes January 13. More insights she shared about her process and how she approached some particular artworks:
- "I didn't know what to do with color" until her work on the Last Man on Earth series.
- "I can't paint that. I'm not going to paint that," about How we would give birth, on view here. Schutz, who does not have children, said she thought while looking at a list of situations she could paint: "My husband said, 'You should paint it. You should paint it.'" She determined she "had to make an escape route in the painting not only for me" but for the viewer and her subject. The painting within the painting is that escape route.
- "It feels very physical when you're doing it" about painting vertical artworks.
- About The Autopsy of Michael Jackson, on view here: Schutz was "very uncomfortable" making the painting. She said she "moved to something else and then came back to it." She finished it in 2005. Jackson died in 2009. This artwork is in the collection of Vicki and Kent Logan, who have donated about 200 other artworks to the DAM.
- About her Verb series paintings, including Swimming, Smoking, Crying: "I was interested in verbs because I think they are difficult to depict. … They are poetic but also cancel each other out potentially."
- About Face Eater: "I started making this painting while I was on the phone of people eating themselves. She said she initially thought it was "too angst-y, bad therapy."
- About her I'm Into Shooting in Natural Environments: "I Googled 'I'm into.' I liked it because it's sort of a chilled out phrase." She said she found search results that were "very specific—freaky."
- She created the ink and gouache drawing Swim, Smoke, Cry #2 in 2010 after finishing the similar Swimming, Smoking, Crying oil painting in 2009.
Image credit: Dana Schutz speaks in front of one of her artworks at Dana Schutz: If the Face Had Wheels on November 8. Dana Schutz, Her Arms, 2003. Oil on canvas. 98 x 66 in. Collection of David Teiger. Courtesy of the artist and Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York.