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Dobermann and scotties breeder located in the middle of France.Scottish Terrier
Dobermann breeder in the UK.
Please browse our site, devoted to our passion - Dobermanns. We are small select kennel located in Latvia, East Europe, where we strive for excellence in all facets of the Dobermann breed.
International kennel with world wide show results, and since recently a working school for Dobermanns. Our web site is updated daily, with show and work galleries, new litters information and fun photos of our Dobermanns living worldwide.
Today our dogs are present in many countries and in almost all continents and every day from all over the world we get news about them. In the first place we aim to provide our dogs a good life, a good family, and that they are loved and cared for in the way worthy of a Dobermann. Our goal is to breed quality dogs of excellent health and character. Our wish is to preserve good and recognizable type of Altobello dogs and to work in this direction together with breeders and fans.
Kennel Dobgun's a FCI reg. Breeder of European line Dobermann, for conformation, work & K9-units. A compleat dog with soundness in temperament, health and strong ability to work. We have puppies and occationally young dogs for sale.
Welcome to our passion the DOBERMANN ! Kennel in France with the best europeen blodlines.This homepage is dedicated for all our dobermanns.Home of Multi.Ch Irinland Zara zeife Multi.Ch Fabius Pictor Renewal Vilander vaic V.G.W./victoria vilja V.G.W.
Welcome to us and our small clowns (Jack and Parsons Russel Terrier) allways happy and ready to play and please. Come and visit us.
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Dobermann and Manchester Terriers - We hope you will enjoy your stay and find the information you need otherwise feel free to contact us.Manchester Terrier
We breed dobermanns, zwergpinschers and malinois and train them. Invite to our site. You can find there videos, pictures and information about our dogs.MalinoisMiniature Pinscher
Unsere Welpen werden liebevoll aufgezogen und werden frühestens mit 8 Wochen abgegeben.
Sie sind von unserem Tierarzt geimpft und vom DV - Zuchtwart abgenommen. Mit VDH / FCI - Ahnentafeln.
Dobermann kennel "Irinland" from Russia (FCI) produce high quality and working ability dobermann pupps for breeding, show, work, sport and family . Our dobermanns have strong body, big bones, beautiful heads, nice topline and tailset, character is friendly with children, people, pets.


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"The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people, but the silence over that by the good people." Martin Luther King Jr.
I stepped into the doorway and was greeted with 6 angry faces. The manager's words directed that anger at me. "Sit down! Shut up! And let us work!"
Now, the ball was in my court. As the replacement project manager of a project that was in trouble, how should I respond?
Anger? That would permanently damage relationships that hadn't even formed yet.
Silence? That's how I used to respond. I would tell myself that I was big enough to handle the insults. The problem was, I wasn't really letting the problems go. I was storing them inside. And they were festering. They caused my temper to become shorter, my depressions to be greater. I wasn't doing anyone any favors by keeping quiet. Is silence really worth the cost?
Gripe and Compain? That's how most people that I know react. They start complaining and complaining about the situation to everyone that they know. They become all angry and self-righteous. The trouble is, all they're doing is complaining. They're hurting the target of their complaining. They're hurting themselves and they don't even know it. And, they're hurting everyone around them. They're not actually doing anything to solve the problem. That means that they're only making the problems worse.
In my mind, griping and complaining and silence are equally bad options that cause more damage then we'll ever realize.
So, what did I do?
I made the decision to take every thought captive and give them to Christ. That means treat people with respect – whether they deserve it or not.
So, what did I do next?
I listened to their problems.
I asked questions to show that I understood, that I cared.
I shared my experiences in dealing with this situation.
I shared solutions on how "we" could get out of the situation.
We brainstormed for more solutions.
We became a team.
We worked together.
We became friends.
We solved the problem.
Is silence worth the cost?
Is griping and complaining worth the cost?
What is the cost?
What is the cost of respect?
What is the cost of making new friends?
What is the cost of deepening relationships by working together to get out of bad situations?
What is the cost of taking every thought captive and turn them into opportunities to build something new through respect?
What is the cost of being able to work as a team with enough trust to openly share all of our creative solutions to solve challenging siutations?
"The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people, but the silence over that by the good people." Martin Luther King Jr.

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I finally remembered to get signed up for a library card. This was only after attending a Mommy, Music and Me class at a local branch weekly for almost three months. For some reason I never could remember to bring the application form, I had downloaded and completed at home, in with me to finalize the transaction. All is well, though, since I ended up finding a branch much closer to our house and we are now making weekly visits not only for books, but music and videos too. And, the one week limit on the videos is a God send! Between what plays for the Little Guy in the car during our weekly errands and what I allow at home, I end up pretty tired of whatever is the current obsession. Right now that would be Thomas the Tank Engine, otherwise known in our house as TOM!
Last week I decided that the Little Guy would not be the only one to benefit from our weekly excursions to bookland. I wanted to get my craft on and bone up on my sewing skills. Being late to the game on nearly every trend I also wanted to finally check out all those cool sewing books that have come out over the last few years by several trendy fabric designers, turned author. I guess I am the only one, which suits me just fine, since everything I wanted was right there for the taking! I was able to bring home Amy Butler's, In Stitches, Anna Maria Horner's, Seams To Me, Lotta Jansdotter's, Simple Sewing and one other I had not heard of before, Celine Dupuy's, Simple Sewing with a French Twist. Eye candy to say the least and if I had perused these in a book store I would have probably dropped a lot of cash just to bring them all home and really take some time with them. Fortunately, my library card saved me so much dough. Here is a quick review of what I have discovered so far:
Image taken directly from Amy Butler's Site
Amy Butler's, In Stitches has been a lot of fun to read through. Although it states that it's geared toward the beginning or intermediate sewer, I did find that some of the instructions and descriptions were a little difficult to follow. However, after reading through things a couple of times I could usually figure out what she was trying to convey. I just don't know if I could have gotten to that end point if I did not already have a history with a sewing machine. Otherwise, I really enjoyed how the book was stylized and of course it was all put together in a way that made me want to redo my whole house. Wah-wah…. Since we are not quite ready to sell, I decided that I would try my hand at the ruffled pillow on the front cover to spruce up our formal living room. She also included instructions for a pot holder, which has inspired me to get off my duff and create something nice for our kitchen, as well. I have been complaining for months that our oven mitts look like they are used for gardening and we are in dire need of a few trivet style hot pads for the table. Why it never occurred to me to make my own is, well… beyond me??? As soon as I get to those items on my never ending to-do list I will be sure to share the results. In the mean time, I would recommend her book and her site for inspiration of your own. I am also going to try to hunt down her other books soon!
Image taken directly from Anna Maria Horner's site
Anna Maria Horner is a designer I have been following for some time through her blog. Her life seems like that out of a creative person's dreamland. A lovely family, home and a super fun job! I'm sure it's not all hunky-dory all the time, but it's fun to live vicariously through her words and photos. Plus, like Amy Butler, Anna Maria creates some wonderful fabrics. I am currently reading through her book, Seams to Me, and it has really helped me come to the realization that there are much better ways to do some things. For instance, her instructions for binding a quilt were, at first, confusing, but when I realized where she was coming from it all clicked. For years I have been that person trying to match up the front and back sides of seam binding tape in order to catch both while stitching through the edge of a quilt. Outside of sewing the whole thing by hand it had never dawned on me to sew down one side with the machine and then hand stitch the other side for a nice finished look. I know, I know….you are all letting out a resounding DUH!, but I am totally self (and a little mom) taught, and it simply had not gone through my mind yet. Her instructions are very easy to follow and she adds some funny little quips throughout. I would highly recommend this book to someone that wants to sew, but has never attempted it before. I am not finished with this one yet, but so far I think I will be jumping on the Cozy Cubes and the Pin Cushion Caddy projects to help tidy up my sewing space. Plus, they are both easy projects that require little fabric and will help me incorporate some of my vintage bits into my space. Yeah! Free book, free idea, and with my supplies on hand, free item for my home! You know me and the budget…hee!
I hope to do more than glance through the other two books before the end of the week. As soon as I do, I will get the second part of this review posted. That is if I don't get to sidetracked by fun sewing projects between now and then. What are you guys working on this summer?
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Will I get a report?
Yes, full report will be sent to you after the work has been completed.
Why can't I do this myself?
You can. Well, in theory you can. The amount of effort necessary in creating these type of links to your website across dozens of platforms, creating unique content and video is a lot of heavy work.


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The time to fly has come! My immune system feels stronger than yesterday and my small suitcase claims to be ready...not sure about that though. I prepared it last night while feeling sleepy and this morning before I could even get my hands on some serious strong coffee!!
The one thing that I surely need is my passport and this has securely found its place inside my bag. I am doing my last minute preparations and I am off to catch my bus that will take me to Stansted Airport.
Have a great day and I will post again on Greek ground!!


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Very few managers in the years of the Premiership have come under as much scrutiny as Arsene Wenger.
I have always liked Wenger. Even when he was giving out or moaning, he always had a bit more about him than many of the other top managers.
In his time at Arsenal he has won plenty. He delivered titles, cups, but most of all his teams entertained. They played the game with a bit of style and were easy on the eye. No route one, they passed the ball and scored some brilliant goals. Wenger to his credit gave youth their chance, sometimes under fierce criticism from his own supporters. But it was his way and he stood by his beliefs.
Last weekend he gave an interview with Sky's Geoff Shreeves. He was pressed on many different issues about Arsenal this season and why they had run out of steam on the run-in. Like every other manager he bemoaned injuries to star players at vital times in the season and talked about the fixture congestion with having to play in the Champions League. Nothing new about any of that you might say, but it was when he was asked on his thoughts for Leicester City's success the direction of the interview changed. He believed Leicester were an interesting case.
He talked about a theory that he had heard years previous where in order to reach the absolute utmost of your talent you need to suffer in life. He added that when you look at the careers of the Leicester players, not one of them walked the red carpet at 18 years of age to play Champions League. At one time or another, many of these players were rejected by one club or another.
In concluding on Leicester, he said Claudio Ranieri had found a great balance, hungry players who had a dream and they were ready to fight for that dream. Wenger also suggested that there was a lesson to be learned from the current session: while Leicester were not the best team for their passing or overall play, they had found a way. Their mental and battling qualities had brought them to the top.
Wenger's thoughts say a lot about sport in general. While he questioned their ability to pass the ball, he never questioned their will to win. While he draws attention to the fact that many of the Leicester players might have been rejects or journey-men, they had, for one reason or another, bonded and their qualities, not only as players, but as men, had come to the top.
Very few managers, especially those under pressure in their own jobs, might have given such an insight into what they believed to be the reason behind Ranieri's success this year. Leicester are now one win away from being crowned champions in a season where Chelsea, the Manchester clubs, Liverpool and Arsenal have failed to reach the highs that everyone has come to expect.
Leicester are a team that only avoided relegation last season, and spent nothing in comparison to everyone else.
That a crowd of so-called rejects showed a bit of heart, hunger and no shortage of self-belief questions everything that we have come to believe about sport. We are told that teams can be prepared now to within an inch of perfection. Sport science gives us the opportunity to give players the best chance to be at their best every time they play. Huge amounts of money are invested into this idea. Soccer, rugby, hurling and Gaelic football have bought heavily into the idea, but yet one of the best managers of his generation practically pours cold water over that idea.
For the fourth year-in-a-row Dublin have lifted the Division One National Fooball League title. Dublin were always on top against Kerry and you always felt that if they wanted to move up a gear, they could do so at any time.
To be fair to Kerry they stayed with them for the hour, but with the sending off of Aidan O'Mahon,y their best chance seemed to have disappeared. Jim Gavin introduced a few fresh faces and they seemed to inject that bit of urgency that lifted the rest of the Dubs and they ran out easy winners.
While the National League started off with a bit of intensity and a couple of worthwhile games, it fizzled out like a summer shower. There seems to be this idea that in order to have any chance in winning the championship you cannot be seen to show your hand in the league. What escapes me is that the league is the best chance some teams may have to achieve success, yet some don't bother their ass.
The spin doctors within the GAA tell us year after year of the importance of the league. Maybe next year they might send a reminder to some of the managers involved. The league needs to be revamped or changed in some way to give it more appeal and make it more enticing so teams will have a real go.
It's not because Dublin won it again, but teams only seem to use it as preparation for the summer ahead and that just makes a joke of the league competition.


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Stories behind the stats – what's really going on behind the homelessness figures?
The leading cause of homelessness in England is private rented sector tenancies coming to an end – but why? CIH policy and practice research officer Yoric Irving-Clarke explores the stories behind the data.
The proportion of homeless households citing the ending of an assured shorthold tenancy with a private landlord as the reason they lost their home now stands at 30 per cent. This figure has almost tripled from 11 per cent in 2009 – less than 10 years ago. But what the data doesn't tell us are the reasons why these tenancies are being ended – so CIH spoke to a sample group of local authorities across England to find out what was happening on the ground.
As you might expect the answers we got were varied and the situation was not the same in every council. However, there were some common themes running through the responses. All the councils we spoke to told us that the situation with homelessness was getting worse – particularly in the last 18 months. Some had not used bed and breakfast for months or years but were now being forced to in order to house homeless families and other priority need cases. All the authorities we spoke to were finding that that the volume of approaches they were dealing with were such that they struggled to be pro-active in taking action to prevent homelessness – although the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 will force them to do so.
We also found that for most of the authorities we spoke to local housing allowance (LHA) rates were not meeting the actual cost of some private sector rents. CIH has published research on the gap between LHA rates and private sector rents and on the 50 areas where the gap is the largest. The shared accommodation rate (where help with housing costs for under 35s is limited to the amount they would receive if they rented a room in a shared house) is causing particular problems in most areas, meaning the impact on younger people is more pronounced. This will get worse now that 18-21 year olds have lost the automatic right to claim help towards their housing costs.
There were also issues relating to the housing market generally. Pressures that were once unique to London are spreading to other parts of the country. Landlords looking to increase rental yields are moving out of London and buying properties in cheaper areas. This is distorting the market in those areas and pricing low income households out of the sector. Unable to resolve their housing situations, they are forced to approach their local authorities for assistance.
And people who rely on housing and other benefits are increasingly seen as a high risk for private landlords who can easily let their properties to households who can afford the rents. Increasing house prices are locking these people out of ownership.
The research also highlighted the varied approaches taken by local authorities and the very different positions they now find themselves in as a result. For example, one council had in the past invested in hostels and temporary accommodation that were now largely defunct due to cuts to the Supporting People programme and local authority funding generally. This made dealing with homelessness in the area problematic. Another authority had invested in leasing large numbers of homes from private landlords. While it was still experiencing problems with housing the increasing number of homeless households, staff remained confident that they have a solution for some, as well as a strategy for providing further housing for homeless households.
Lastly, the research highlighted some strong examples of innovative approaches to dealing with the increases in homelessness. These ranged from working with private sector landlords to prevent homelessness or to house homeless households, to converting disused office blocks into accommodation. This was also sometimes linked to providing accommodation for under 35s under the shared accommodation rate.
Despite these difficulties, we found that all the local authorities were engaging with the issues and, in many cases, carrying out prevention work to keep people in their homes. Given that the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 is now law and once implemented will place a statutory responsibility on local authorities to prevent or relieve homelessness, it was heartening to find authorities "ahead of the curve" in this regard.
My colleagues Terrie Alafat and Faye Greaves have rightly branded current homelessness levels a national disgrace. We're calling on the government to use the Autumn Budget to make sure that councils have the resources they need to carry out their new duties under the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017, and also to establish an expanded 'Housing First' programme aimed at halving rough sleeping by 2022 and ending it by 2027.
These findings only strengthen those calls, as well as the case for more investment in genuinely affordable housing. They also highlight both the diversity of local housing markets and the importance of allowing councils the freedom to find solutions to suit local need.


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Color Atlas of Vascular Tumors and Vascular Malformations
Descriptif détaillé : Color Atlas of Vascular Tumors and Vascular Malformations
Hemangiomas and superficial vascular malformations are disfiguring birthmarks that can occur over 65% of a child's body. This atlas will focus on the classification, multidisciplinary approach, recognition and identification, and treatment options for this class of pathology. Vascular malformations, composed of malformed vessels, never regress and sometimes expand rapidly. They occur in any body part including viscera. They cause cosmetic problems, functional disability and can be life threatening and require radiologic imaging and pathology to recognize and perform differential diagnosis on various vascular anomalies. In addition, new techniques, including molecular biology procedures, have evolved allowing less invasive and a more effective approach to diagnosis and treatment.
• The first new book to review the latest ISSVA classification, diagnostic and treatment protocols for full body hemangiomas and cutaneous vascular lesions in almost 20 years • Illustrated with over 400 color photographs that review the latest imaging, pathological analysis and treatment options • Reviews the latest molecular biology aspects of treating these pathologies • Odile Enjolras, MD, the lead author, is a leading and world renowned researcher of these diseases and important member of the ISSVA
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Big cock (L 40 cm) black, with lyre-shaped tail. The species occupies mosaics of different habitats: open and sparsely vegetated land, woodlands bordering clearings, alpine meadows, plateaux, ect. Feeds on fruits, seeds and insects. Resident.
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Many local populations have declined in parallel with afforestation of heathlands and their conversion to agriculture. At present, habitat fragmentation and destruction , overhunting and disturbances are serious threats.
yellow = summer visitor
green = resident
blue = winter visitor
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325,000 / 740,000 pairs
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Over 600 million people pass through airport security every year while catching a domestic flight.
That's a lot of people, and there's also been a lot of debate about whether the security scanners meant to detect danger may actually be dangerous to your health.
On Wednesday in our KTLA Health Smart, we introduced you to a former TSA employee who blames her MS diagnosis on radiation exposure.
Since she's gotten sick, all airports have swapped out the old X-ray scanners with new technology.
The new machines have been tested and given the "bill of health," if you will.
The TSA took KTLA cameras inside Terminal 6 at LAX to show off the upgraded technology.
According to the union for TSA workers, several health complaints have been filed for concerns regarding radiation exposure.
"There have been complaints of radiation exposure-related illness made by Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) to the union," LAX chief steward said in an emailed statement.
"The complaints increased with the introduction of Advance Imaging Technology (AIT), also know as full-body scanners," the statement said.
In addition to health concerns, many passengers had complained that the old body X-ray scanners were a little too revealing.
The TSA says that the new millimeter-wave scanners can not only catch the bad guys better, but the radiation emitted is well below safety standards.
So what can you expect? Ticket holders still have to "assume the position" like the old backscatter machines.
But the new machines don't use X-ray, but rather radio-frequency waves that are considered safer.
The union for TSA workers says there is something called a dosimeter badge that measures radiation exposure, but they are not commonly used.
Right now, the government is holding a 90-day commenting period for the public to weigh in on the new scanners.
To give your thoughts, go to www.regulations.gov. You have until June 24 to give your feedback.


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In contrast, the Suarez event is more radical, more real, more disturbing, for it all happened within - the gaze of - the law. The law was not transgressed, it was followed to the letter, and thereby its failure - its groundlessness and absurdity - was revealed, its ultimate impotence laid bare for all to see.** As an arbitrary and violent imposition of order onto contingency the law makes the game (all games) possible but we need to be reminded of its all too human origins, that it is not all-powerful (is 'non-all') and cannot legislate for all eventualities. This opens up the possibility of our taking some minimal distance from it, appreciating once more that we, and not the gods, are responsible for the law, and that, at the end of the day, while "you've gotta take each game as it comes", you mustn't let that blind you to the fact that it is a game and as such reliant on an ineliminable element of chance (not to mention violence - as many Ghana fans would no doubt testify today).
Ergo, the Good Soldier Suarez is a radical hero!
* "Maradona lifted the World Cup trophy, ensuring that he would be remembered as one of the greatest names in football history. In a tribute to him, the Azteca Stadium authorities built a statue of him scoring the "goal of the century" and placed it at the entrance of the stadium" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
** similar arguments could be made about the Lampard and Tevez "goals" last weekend perhaps....?


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This bookmark makes a great little gift for St. Patrick's Day.
3.75 mm crochet hook
hunter green worsted weight yarn
* color is based on Red Heart Super Saver yarn
stitch marker
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Abbreviations Used:
ch --- chain
sc --- single-crochet
st/sts --- stitch/stitches
slp st --- slip stitch
trc --- triple-crochet
--- Be sure to move the stitch marker up as you complete each round.
Round 1:
ch 2
10sc in second ch from hook - 10sts
Round 2:
2sc in each st around - 20sts
Round 3:
slp st in first st
3trc in next st
slp st in next st
3trc in next st
* 1slp st in next 2sts; 3trc in next st; slp st in next st; 3trc in next st
* Repeat the previous sequence twice more. *
slp st in the last st
DO NOT fasten off.
slp in the first st of the clover
ch 60; pull each ch tightly as you work.
Cut two lengths of yarn 4-inches long.
ch 1; attach the cut pieces of yarn like fringe to this last ch
Fasten off.
Unravel the yarn ends to create a tassel; trim so it is even.
Tie off and trim all loose threads.
This pattern is my own creation, so please do not sell, distribute, post on any other websites or claim it as your own. If you wish to share my design with others, post a link to my page.
I do not care if you sell the finished item you make at a craft fair, fundraiser, or just give it away as a gift; but please do give me credit for the pattern.


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Early Deadline Near for Mid-America Aging and Wellness Institute
Indiana Ag Connection - 06/11/2018
The University of Southern Indiana and SWIRCA and More, the local agency on aging, will present the 11th annual Mid-America Institute on Aging and Wellness (MAIA) on the USI campus on Aug. 9 and 10, with a pre-conference workshop on Alzheimer's disease and dementia care scheduled for Aug. 8.
MAIA is a two-day gerontology conference for lay persons, nurses, social workers, older adults and professionals working in the field of gerontology. Each year, national and local speakers provide practical tools and ground-breaking information related to successful aging and gerontology.
The conference this year will feature four keynote speakers: Teepa Snow, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA; Ashton Applewhite; Jeff Speck, AICP, CNU-A, LEED-AP; and Bill Thomas, MD.
Teepa SnowTeepa Snow returns as a MAIA speaker this year, and is leading a special pre-conference workshop on dementia for direct care providers on Wednesday, August 8 at USI. As one of America's leading educators on dementia, Snow's philosophy is reflective of her education, work experience, available medical research and first-hand caregiving interactions. Working as a registered occupational therapist for over 35 years, her wealth of experience has led her to develop Positive Approach to Care techniques and training models that now are used by families and professionals working or living with dementia or other brain changes throughout the world.
Ashton ApplewhiteAshton Applewhite, a leading voice in an emerging movement dedicated to dismantling ageism and making age a criterion for diversity, will present a keynote on Thursday, August 9. The author of This Chair Rocks and a TED2017 mainstage speaker, she reveals the untapped possibilities of late life and debunks our culture's most pervasive myths about getting older. With her funny, straight-talking approach, audiences realize the often overlooked benefits of advanced age, championing the need for greater age-based diversity in the workplace and our institutions.
Jeff Speck, Principal at Speck & Associates LLC, in Brookline, Massachusetts, is a city planner and urban designer who advocates internationally for more walkable cities. As Director of Design at the National Endowment for the Arts from 2003 through 2007, he presided over the Mayors' Institute on City Design and created the Governors' Institute on Community Design.
Dr. Bill ThomasDr. Bill Thomas, is an author, entrepreneur, musician, teacher, farmer and physician whose wide-ranging work explores the terrain of human aging. Best known for his health care system innovations, he is the founder of a global non-profit The Eden Alternative, which works to improve the care provided to older people. He is the creator of The Green House which Provider Magazine has called the "pinnacle of culture change." Dr. Thomas has recently developed a new form of housing called the Minka, and he is currently partnering with USI for the MAGIC (Multi-Ability, multi-Generational, Inclusive Community) project.
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I definitely like Whisp, but I don't think she's unique enough for me to pay Ebay prices for her and I don't really like Valentine at all. I think he looks way too much like one of the CAM, just with rooted hair. Kinda disappointed this time around.


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Monday, February 18, 2013
making the numbers work....
15 comments:
- Wendy said...
You do say such sweet things! Even if you did out me and my 50 million WIPs ;0)
So excited about this book!
- February 19, 2013 at 3:20 AM
- Marj Talbot said...
That's a big job just to sort it all out. I think you're having too much fun. I was wondering if I sent enough, but I can see how you do it. So exciting - can't wait to see it all done. Thanks for sharing the pics in the process.
- February 19, 2013 at 5:05 AM
- Suztats said...
Oh, this is exciting seeing all the cards and wondering which ones will be in my book! Sorry for the added 'challenge' Jillayne. I thought all the cards were being popped into a half pocket on each book page. oops.
Thanks for writing such lovely things!
- February 19, 2013 at 6:49 AM
- Bead and Needle said...
You make me tired, just imaging the breakneck speed with which you get things done! These are gorgeous - and the work you've gone to just to separate, etc. astounds me. And, it appears I may have misunderstood the assignment, and should have actually MADE cards (that would have taken me into new territory, as I've never dabbled in paper) - I apologize, in advance, for my ineptness, ladies! You all ROCK - me, I took the cheaters way out. Don't hate me because I'm a little slow on the uptake! Happy Tuesday, Jillayne - XOXOXO Tanya
- February 19, 2013 at 7:01 AM
- Appleshoe said...
These are all so lovely. What a fun swap.
- February 19, 2013 at 9:09 AM
- Createology said...
Your swap methods have left me dizzy! I would have totally gotten lost but you did it and managed to have fun. All the cards are fabulous and it will be so great to see how you design and make the books. Thank you very much Jillayne Dear for doing this for so many. Creative Hugs!!!
- February 19, 2013 at 9:50 AM
- Dorthe said...
More wonderful cards to put into the christmas books, my friend,-so different all, and so sweet. I can imagine the difficulties sorting and doing the swapping. I think it needs a mathematic brain to do such,lol- no wonder you got mixed up, even if you have such a mathematic brain :-) dear Gillayne.
XO, Dorthe
- February 19, 2013 at 11:04 AM
- Draffin Bears said...
Hi Jillayne,
What a fun swap and lovely idea.
Love all the wonderful and creative cards from everyone and glad you got all the exchanges worked out.
Happy week
- February 19, 2013 at 2:35 PM
- The French Bear said...
Wow, that's really a lot of work!! You must be tired from all that math...and hard work! Now I feel bad that I didn't send some fancy cards that I made, wait, I don't make fancy cards, lol!!!! They all look lovely!
- February 19, 2013 at 2:40 PM
- Mary Walden said...
Jillayne, So wonderful to see all of the cards. So many wonderful ideas and all so lovely.
Can't wait to see the books.
- February 19, 2013 at 4:11 PM
- karen said...
it is FEBRUARY!!!!! and you have Christmas cards.....no comment!
- February 20, 2013 at 8:36 AM
- Mosaic Magpie said...
Mags cards are great! They remind me of my grandmother, every year she would create the tags for her gifts from last year's Christmas cards. Bits of yarn and pinking shears always added a nice touch. Thanks for the great memory!
- February 20, 2013 at 12:18 PM
- Mosaic Magpie said...
I had such a grin on my face when reading about your ordeal of swapping out the cards...and of the fact you wrote the 7's out twice. That my dear is something I, your kindred spirit would do.
- February 20, 2013 at 12:46 PM
- Roses, Lace and Brocante said...
Oh Jillayne
I'm sure your swapping and mixing up the cards was a wonderful system - how you ever worked it out I'll never know - that's priceless!!!!
All the cards are amazing - we are so lucky you gave us this challenge and thank you for being such an understanding host!!!
Shane ♥
- February 20, 2013 at 11:55 PM
- FredaB said...
It is such fun to look at the cards everyone made and doubly so when we receive our books. We certainly owe you for all your time and trouble doing this.
You are a great friend to all of us and thanks for the kind words. You made me blush.
- February 25, 2013 at 2:42 PM


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The 60s Scoop was carried out so stealthily that it remained an ugly secret for half a century.
But now the secret is getting out. The victims are stepping forward. The wheels of justice are creaking into action.
Like most baby boomers, I grew up knowing nothing about the 60s Scoop. I thought Canada was an enlightened nation.
Recently I started hearing whispers, rumours and anecdotes in the aboriginal community but nothing solid enough to report. Last Thursday, Stan Beardy, regional chief of Ontario's 133 First Nations, told me the whole story. He urged me to spread it widely.
Between 1955 and 1985, thousands of aboriginal children were taken from their homes by child welfare authorities without the consent of their parents. Under the cover of child protection, they were "adopted out" to white families or placed in nonindigenous foster homes. To ensure they never came back, death certificates were issued expunging any record of their aboriginal existence.
Beardy can't say exactly how many children were scooped. No one knows. The Assembly of First Nations estimates 16,000 infants and children were uprooted. Some aboriginal groups put the number as high as 20,000.
Most of the adoptees — now in their 40s and 50s — are unaware of their aboriginal heritage and have no connection to their biological parents — exactly as Ottawa and the provinces intended.
Luckily a few remember. One of them is Marcia Brown Martel, who was scooped at the age of eight. Social workers told her parents she was mentally handicapped. Before she left, her biological sister told her never to forget that she was a member of the Beaverhouse First Nation near Kirkland Lake.
Brown Martel clung to that fragment of knowledge, living as the daughter of a white family in Trent River, 180 km. east of Toronto. She subsequently moved to Texas with her adoptive mother. Today she is chief of the Beaverhouse First Nation and the initiator of a class action lawsuit against the government of Canada. The charge: Cultural genocide.
Brown Martel doesn't want money or an apology. Her sole objective is to ensure that what happened to her never happens to another aboriginal child. "We (the members of the class action) want this enshrined in Canadian law and enforced. We want Canada to protect aboriginal children and all children," she told the Star.
In September, the class action was certified to go ahead by the Ontario Supreme Court. But the Attorney General of Canada appealed the decision, arguing Ottawa was not responsible for the 60s Scoop (technically it was executed by the provinces) and should not be subject to punitive action. The hearing took place last week. "The government has 12 lawyers fighting us," Beardy said. A ruling is expected in the New Year.
Justice will not come quickly or easily. But the chiefs will press on regardless of the obstacles. If Ottawa blocks this lawsuit, Brown Martel has vowed to launch a new one.
What is at stake, says Deputy Grand Chief Denise Stonefish of the Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians, is nothing less that the modern-day equivalent of the Indian residential schools. "Placing our children in nonindigenous environments and households was a way for the government to continue with its assimilation policy."
First Nations are taking action on three fronts:
- They want a legal acknowledgment that the Crown failed in its duty to protect the culture and identity of aboriginal children, causing lasting psychological and emotional damage.
- They want the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to condemn Canada for violating the international Convention on the Rights of the Child, which requires signatories to respect the heritage traditions, language and culture of indigenous children
- And they want to rip away the cloak of secrecy behind which the government has hidden for decades and expose the hypocrisy of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's 2008 apology to survivors of Indian residential schools. He told Canada's Aboriginal Peoples "there is no place in Canada for the attitudes that inspired the Indian residential schools to ever again prevail," even as his government concealed the second chapter of the racist saga.
The harm cannot be undone. But Canada can make a clean and complete break from its shameful past.
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March 12, 2016
COLIN Waring recalls his first meeting with Bernadette Miles in 2006 when he arrived at Wonthaggi Library to take up the post of Bass Coast principal librarian. He'd been warned that she could be intimidating.
"She asked me what I was reading. Now that's a very leading question for a librarian. I'd lived in Japan for a while and I happened to be reading a book by a Japanese author called Haruki Murakami.
"'Oh,' she said, 'Murakami's my favourite author!'.
"We were friends from that moment," Colin says.
Bernadette worked at the Wonthaggi library, in all its guises, for 25 years. Many borrowers have memories of similarly esoteric conversations. My first conversation with her was in 2001. I have no idea how we ended up talking about Beau Travail, Claire Denis's dreamlike film about a foreign legionnaire.
She was impossible to miss in the library. Colleagues and borrowers alike looked forward to each day's extraordinary outfit. She wore anything from Lisa Ho to Target but she always made it her own. In her younger days, she had looked like Cher; in later years, she grew to look more and more like Edith Sitwell: serene, stylish and ethereal. Even at home in her gardening clothes, a long-sleeved, white, men's shirt and Blundstones, she looked as if she'd just stepped out of the pages of Vogue.
Her interests stretched from films, fine arts, literature and modern dance to architecture, fashion, photography and music. You might find common ground with her on Akira Isogawa, Pina Bausch or Hundertwasser, but you could also find yourself talking about Valentino Rossi because she loved motorbike racing.
She was the eldest of six children of Wilma and Tom Gannon, the second-generation editor of The Wonthaggi Express. Being a child of Tom was not always easy. Most small-town editors learn to go with the flow, but he was stubbornly true to his calling and managed to offend just about every person and organisation of any importance in Wonthaggi: the Catholic church; the Miners Union; the local police, who sued him for defamation; the Inverloch football club, which first gave him life membership then rescinded it; the local branch of the CWA, which blackballed him; and the many respectable citizens who unsuccessfully pleaded special circumstances for keeping their children's court cases out of the Express.
"If any of us had got into trouble, Dad would have made sure it was on the front page just to prove a point," Bernadette said.
Born in 1950, she recalled few if any story books in the house when she was growing up, nor was there a school or town library. She did recall one of her teachers at St Joseph's Primary School reading the class a story, a magic moment when the world of books opened to her with all its possibilities.
Strangely, for someone who was to build her life around books, Bernadette had trouble with reading. She believed she was dyslexic. Her handwriting was child-like, her spelling sometimes approximate. Even as an adult, she read with her Collins dictionary by her side, looking up and noting down each unfamiliar word.
Dispatched to the Academy of Mary Immaculate in Fitzroy when she finished primary school, she lasted just two miserable weeks before homesickness drove her home again, and she finished her schooling at Wonthaggi High School.
At art school she specialised in photography. Conrad Miles, a fellow student who became her husband, recalls she was an exceptional photographer, although lacking the talent for self-promotion of many others. "Her work was elegant, precise and very correct. She didn't fit the art student mould."
They married in 1972 and spent much of the next few years travelling, hitchhiking more than 5000 miles, driving to Marrakesh, and overland from Istanbul to Kathmandu. "Bernadette's willingness to see places sometimes overtook the sense of risk," Conrad recalls. "It was part of that naive quality she had." Years later, with their children Dominic and Amara, they bought a car in the US and spent four months touring.
After art school, Bernadette worked as a photographer and in film, including several years at Film House, the production company of celebrated director Fred Schepisi. She and Conrad had bought a weekender at Harmers Haven and in the early 1980s they moved down from the city full-time. She spent several years working as a wedding photographer, a fraught job in the pre-digital age, and waitressing, before she got a casual job at the Wonthaggi library (then in the arts centre) in 1990.
Quite by chance, she had found her calling. Working in a public library combined her respect for knowledge, her love of books and her inclination for order and precision. Like many librarians, she could be imperious with anyone who wrecked the serenity of the library, but she forgave anyone who displayed the slightest interest in reading or learning. She waived overdue fines for people she knew were struggling and possibly doubled them for people who were rude and obnoxious. She guided people towards books and DVDs she thought might interest them, and delivered books after hours to borrowers who were ill.
She formed two formidable library partnerships, first with Janice Coldebella from 1993 to 2004, when the library was in the old post office in Watt Street, and then with Colin Waring from 2006 to 2015.
Bernadette was delighted when the library shifted to its current home in Murray Street at the end of 2013. She was even more delighted at the way membership and usage has boomed and the library is now the busy hub of the town, filled not just with old codgers taking out books but with travellers, families and young people listening, laughing and learning in a multitude of ways.
In her 60s, she mused sometimes about giving up work but realised she would miss her colleagues and the borrowers, even the annoying ones, so rearranged her working life to make more time for three grand-daughters and travelling. In recent years she travelled solo to Japan, the US, Malaysia, Russia, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. She seemed to be working her way through the "stans" before illness cut her short.
When Bernadette was diagnosed with late-stage lung cancer last May, she declined all but palliative treatment, made little fuss and continued to find the world a fascinating place. She had so many hospital visitors that it was only after visiting hours that she could turn her attention to the pile of books, DVDs and CDs beside her bed.
Shortly before she died, she remarked to friends, "Wouldn't it be good if we just got smaller and smaller until we disappeared."
She disappeared from our view on September 11.
March 14, 2016
Brilliant story, thanks! (As ever!) I was delighted to find Bernadette was Tom Gannon's daughter. I never met either, but he wrote the most touching obituaries in the Times-Sentinel (maybe not exact name) in the late 1970s - early 1980s. My work included reading South Gippsland local papers of the era, and I loved his work.
Rob Youl, South Melbourne
Thank you Catherine Watson. A beautiful story about a beautiful woman. The sadness may diminish with time but will never end.
Bob Middleton, Jeetho West
Such a beautiful telling, Catherine. You have done Bernadette and her library proud. This is two degrees of separation - when I was a fill-in journalist for the ABC newsroom in Sale, Tom Gannon was a great support and generous provider of stories for our news bulletins. A remarkable family.
John Gascoigne, St Kilda
Thank you Catherine for a sketch of Bernadette's full life. It made me regret that her no-nonsense presence in the library made me afraid to get to know her better. Sounds as if I have missed much.
Felicia Di Stefano, Glen Alvie


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Maggots make most people cringe. Those fat little white larvae that eventually become houseflies, seen wiggling around in rotting food or in road kill, can be incredibly creepy. So we can't fault you if you don't want to read on, because this article is about maggots found in feeding tubes and wounds at nursing homes and rehabilitation centers.
Maggots are part of the cycle of life on our earth. Flies lay their eggs on food sources, the eggs hatch, and maggots emerge and begin to eat and eat. Frankly, there'd be no room for the living on our planet if insects such as maggots didn't "clean up." But, understandably, no one wants to think about the situations we are about to describe. It may make you uncomfortable, but the truth is the truth.
Maggots in an Ear
In a case from May of 2015, a judge ordered The Lutheran Home in Arlington Heights, IL, to pay $250,000 to a woman's family, because in 2012, 57 maggots were found in one of her ears. The woman was unable to communicate verbally with others, but apparently knew something was wrong because she kept tugging at her left ear. It was claimed in court that the maggot infestation started a chain of events leading directly to the woman's death a few months later.
Maggots in Feeding Tubes
A recent Medicare.gov investigation gave low marks to a nursing home chain in PA and MD, and for good reason. After various accounts of troubles, it was reported in October, 2015, that maggots were found in a patient's feeding tube in a nursing home located in Upper Allen Township, PA. The inspection report stated that a nurse found "worm like bugs found crawling all around the PEG tube and surrounding tissue."
The patient supposedly said, once the maggots were seen around the feeding tube's site, "Maybe this is why my stomach has been burning."
Multiple problems led to the maggot infestation. Feeding tubes were not changed often enough, pest control was insufficient, and patients were not kept properly hydrated. These and other deficiencies resulted in the shocking situation described in the inspection report.
Maggots in Bandaged Wounds
Two reported cases involved maggots found in wounds. One, in a Medicare and Medicaid residential provider in Bowling Green, KY, stated that the patient's wound has not had care for three months. Maggots were identified in the wound during September, 2014.
Also in 2014, in Bangor, Maine, a nursing home faced federal sanctions for maggots found in a chest wound. The inspection, done by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, found that flies had entered the building because of torn and missing screens on windows.
In Indiana, there were cases of maggot-infested wounds in nursing homes and assisted living centers in 2004, 2006, and 2007.
When others breach their duty, we keep ours.
Many nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Indiana are part of a larger chain. They have a full-time legal department and resources to routinely dispute abuse and neglect claims. Too often, they are focused on shareholder profits rather than patient safety.
At McNeely Stephenson we will work with you to hold the abusers accountable for the pain and suffering they cause. Your elderly loved ones deserve to live in safety and dignity. A lawsuit against an Indiana nursing home won't undo what has already been done, but it can recover the large sums of money you have paid the negligent facility and any medical expenses caused by the abuse.
If you suspect a nursing home has been neglectful or abusive to your loved one, contact Mike Stephenson at 317-825-5200, or use our online contact form to arrange a free consultation. At McNeely Stephenson, we believe justice matters.


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SEO is an acronym for Search Engine Optimization. SEO is the practice of generating high-quality search results by increasing the quality and quantity of your organic search engine traffic. Well-executed SEO ensures that your website ranks first on search engines when you type in particular keywords.
Here's a simple breakdown:
- The quality of traffic: Customers that are searching for Bell phone services are not the same customers who are searching for musical bells. Directing customers to the correct product or service is an extremely important facet of good SEO.
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- Organic traffic vs. Paid traffic: There are two kinds of links you can see when you go to a search engine.
- The first are at the very top of the page – these are paid ads. The ads right below, are organic ads. Organic ads that reach the top of a search engine for a particular keyword seem more trustworthy to clients, because they rely on high traffic from other people, rather than being paid for.
- You're much more inclined to purchase a product or service from a store that you can see other people purchasing from. Good SEO practices indicate that a company is reliable.
How SEO works:
Search engines are how we organize the endless cycle of information that is the Internet. Information is growing at an exponential rate, as contributors are constantly adding more content but less frequently deleting their virtual footprint. The only reliable way to sort the mass of information is through search engines. Ensuring that your website ranks at the top of that list is crucial to being found, and essential to creating a steady flow of new customers.


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|Branch Scars on Birch
Well, if you want to be scientific, they are the scars from branches and wounds which have healed over. However, the native peoples have several stories which tell how the birch tree got its markings, one variation goes something like this:
Naniboujou, was a powerful spirit. He lived when the birch tree was the most beautiful of trees, clothed in pure white bark. When he was a child, he wished to kill the big fish which lived deep in the water below the rocks in the big lake. He made a powerful bow and arrow, and asked his grand-mother what bird would have the feathers powerful enough to make the arrows fly strong enough. She answered only the Thunder-bird.
So Naniboujou, turned himself into a rabbit, knowing that the Thunder-bird would capture him and take him to the nest of young birds. When he was left there alone, he killed the young birds and stripped them of their feathers. He then jumped down from the nest, and ran back toward the village.
The Thunder-birds, discovering what had happened pursued Naniboujou, with thunder rolling, and lightning flashing. Naniboujou, as they swooped down, took shelter in a hollow birch. In frustration the Thunder-birds marked the trees with their mark-- the flying thunder-bird-- in memory of their lost young.
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Prepping for Pax South
Tis the beginning of the year, and we are now roughly three weeks away from Pax South, and I have to say…. I am a bit concerned. It is going to be an awesome time no matter what because right now I know of like a dozen friends that are going to be there… so going to have plenty of people to hang out with. What concerns me though is it seems like Pax South as a whole is a much less hopping place. By this time last year, all three days of the show were down to "low" rating, and Saturday and the Three Day Passes had been sold out for a very long time. Additionally they had already posted a picture of the convention floor and who was going to be inhabiting what booth space. As far as the passes, Saturday was still available on Friday… and just looking at the schedule there don't seem to be as many "big name" presentations as there were last year. Last year after all we had the world announcement of Guild Wars 2 Heart of Thorns happening, as well as I believe the first real information about Sid Meier's Starships. Now… what I see instead is very light on the game content and very heavy on the youtube and stream celebrities.
All of this said I am going to have the best time this year…. because what made last year so much fun was running around with Ashgar and Rae. This time around I will be running around with Ashgar, Rae, Thalen, Dallian, Damai, Lonrem, Helkim, Paragon, Tick, Rylacus, and hell probably several others that I am failing to rattle off on the top of my head. It is the people that make the place awesome, and it is my hope to meet up with as many people as I can over the two days I am going to be there. So if you are planning on going to Pax South please let me know. I did a poor job of actually connecting with people last year and I hope to fix that. The other thing that is going to make this year awesome is that I am no longer going to have to worry about somehow abandoning my wife. Last year she went running around during the day, utilizing the hotels shuttle service, and by all accounts had a lot of fun, or at least enough fun to want to come back again this year.
The problem being that I always felt guilty for leaving her at the hotel and felt the strong pull to rush home at night so we could go out to dinner and such. This time around we are also bringing one of her friends so she now also has someone to run around with and wander San Antonio. What is hilarious is… she feels like I am being awesome, and I think its awesome because I will feel less guilty all the time. This also means I will probably experience a lot of the nighttime content of Pax and go to the concerts and such, and maybe some of the after parties. Granted on Saturday night I don't want to be out too late… given that I will be driving the eight or nine hours home on Sunday. In any case…. if you read the blog or you listen to AggroChat, drop me a line and it is my hope to catch up with as many people during that weekend as I can. I will be getting into the hotel room late Thursday night, and I am staying about six miles away from the convention center out by the airport… in part because we had a great experience there last year…. and the whole free shuttle service to various destinations thing was awesome for my wife. So yesterday we did a bit of juggling to change our arrangements, and now have a double suite so it should be awesome. There was talk last night about maybe trying to get in together and see Force Awakens as a group while down there… since supposedly there is a theater a few blocks away.
One of the things I am really enjoying about World of Warcraft right now is the ability to fly. I realize that I was heavily in the "no flight in draenor" camp, and for the most part I still am. That said… having it makes everything so damned much easier, and questing through the zones is greatly improved. I feel like WoW content however desperately needs the grounding of players at the beginning of an expansion to keep folks from just blowing through everything instantly. In the past once you had a single character at the new level cap you could purchase flight for your other characters, and that was a great option…. but an extremely expensive one. I think personally I like the Draenor Pathfinder option because even though it was a pain in the butt to complete… now that I have done it the benefit can be used by every single character on my account. As a whole I am a huge fan of account wide unlocks and they actually make it far more likely for me to play other characters. In Final Fantasy XIV everything that I have exists on a single character, and as a result I am completely disincentive from trying any more characters. Same goes for games like Rift that while I have alts… I always tend to play the same main character because he has the best toys.
I feel like playing an Enhancement Shaman is a little broken…. in a good way. After having leveled several other characters, this one seems to be the easiest. I can just straight up shred most mobs without my totems, or heroism…. but then I always have those things waiting in reserve for big mobs and elites. The speed of killing things is just so damned fast, and since I have crafters that can feed me gear…. walking around with a pair of level 630 blue weapons really makes a huge difference. I still don't fully understand why the crafted blacksmith weapons start at 630 unlike the 640 that all of the other gear seems to start at, but in any case I am fine with it…. it is a huge dps boost over the weapons I am getting in the zones. The thing that I cannot wait for in WoW however is the new transmogging system. WoWhead, being the awesome folks they always are has put up a preview system to show you all of the transmog gear your characters are going to get granted from quest completion. I am really really hoping that the new system is account wide like Diablo 3, because there are certain characters like this shaman that simply don't have a lot of cool gear to work with yet. I guess I should farm more old world content to get him a decent set to run around in.


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In 2015, we absolutely cannot cap our pretentious dinner table conservation at what wines of the world we've tried; we're not peasants. Good news -- soon you can brag about the dozens of rare and exotic hot sauces you've tried.
DNAinfo reported that a hot sauce tasting room (New York's first!), focusing on lesser-known hot sauces from around the world, will open in Williamsburg this spring. The tasting room is the brainchild of gourmet hot sauce company Heatonist, which funded its Kickstarter this week with $21,467. According to the company, the tasting room will be located on Wythe Ave, and will feature a "charred oak hot sauce bar." Phew.
Heatonist started as a mobile-business at events and currently offers 75 sauces from 25 makers, but it has plans to expand to to 150 sauces from 50 makers upon the tasting room's opening. Most importantly, the tasting room's aforementioned charred oak hot sauce bar will be manned by "hot sauce sommeliers," who will teach you about hot sauce origins, ingredients, and recommended food pairings. Because if there's one rule you should live by, it's that you should never trust anything said by anyone who does not carry the title "sommelier."
Heatonist founder Noah Chaimberg -- who, according to the Kickstarter video, has a very cool loft with exposed brick -- is extremely passionate about helping people find the hot sauce that is "right for them," and notes that New York was lacking a place to taste hot sauces before you buy them (unless you count sneakily popping open a bottle in the supermarket aisle, which I've definitely never done). DNAinfo notes the tasting room will open April 18, so prepare your mouth!
Lucy Meilus is an Editorial Assistant at Thrillist. She only speaks to sommeliers, but if you would really like to try, you can follow her on Twitter.


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Very excited about yesterday's news that Kate Bush is going to perform live (I don't think you can call a 15-night residency a "tour") for the first time in 35 years. Having only toured once, back in 1979, this is huge news, and something that many people (most?) thought they'd never see. And in the world of 24-news, pre-announcements of pre-announcements, the fact that this came totally out of the blue, not an inkling anywhere, taking everybody by surprise, is wonderful. The anticipation is at fever pitch already, goodness knows what it's going to be like by August (and David Hepworth hasn't written a good little piece about that here).
Bush has always been something of an enigma, drawing an intense and loyal following since she so dramatically burst onto the pop scene in 1978 with the totally unique Wuthering Heights. But her withdrawal from live performance, the uncompromising and unusual nature and subject of her songs, her perfectionist tendancies and the increasing gap between releasese (12 years betwen The Red Shoes and it's follow-up, Aerial) have all contributed to the sense of mystery and intensity, sometimes obsessive, that surrounds her. Oh, being a little (to put it mildly!) easy on the eye might have helped her too!
Running Up That Hill was the lead single from her commercial peak, the Hounds of Love. I first remember hearing / seeing this performed on the Wogan Show (see clip). The song was a real return to commercial form for Kate after her previous album, The Dreaming, which was led by the totally bonkers Sat In Your Lap (I remember hearing that on Radio 1's Roundtable review programme and the whole panel being speechless!). Although it can hardly be said that this is a straightforward pop song. Underpinned throughout by a martial drum sound, overlaid with Fairlight-sourced synth sounds, it is a song that builds and builds and builds, hypnotic, drawing you into its world through sheer persistance. After Wuthering Heights, it's probably her most well-known track, and has resulted in a number of successful cover versions from the likes of Placebo.
So an obvious choice for ukulele then! Well maybe not, but it was the rhythms of the song that drew me to it, and I thought that maybe it might work. I think it does, although it takes a little work to get the rhythms right. I've taken the song down a semitone from the original, partly to make the chords easier, and partly to make it easier for me to sing! (if you want the original key as sheet music try here or here). I've also included some tab for the main riff (originally played on synth) that goes over the introduction and between the chorus and the verses (indicated on the sheet!). That riffs ends up being a bit high because it goes below bottom-end of the uke's range, but it still sounds nice.


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As a preface to the exercises listed below, it should be mentioned that the great majority of exercises performed for climbing are bodyweight only, and that while a facility such as ours may offer a wide array of specialized machines, bodyweight exercises demand control from the entire body, the execution of which reflects the full bodied nature of climbing.
Using a pull-up bar, hangboard, or any similar device, pull up above the bar and then, holding this altitude, move from side to side, pushing away with one arm while locking off with the other in an alternating manner. The core should be tight and controlled, letting the legs swing only minimally. The exercise focuses on the shoulders and back, which is beneficial especially in boulder-style sequences moving laterally that rely on upper body strength when the feet either cut or become minimal. See also, iron cross and gaston movement.
Frenchies are an alternate form of pull-ups, being more sustained and involved. From a dead-hang, pull up fully and count to three or five (according to the intensity of the workout), lower, and raise fully again, this time lowering until the arms are half-cocked at 45 degrees (acute angle), hold for time and lower. Repeat, pulling up fully and lowering to both 90 degrees, and 45 below 90 (obtuse angle), maintaining the lockoff count for each. After lowering to dead hang after the obtuse angle, this is 1 rep. Frenchies are a good power endurance workout, maintaining a constant strain over time and multiple positions. This is a staple workout across many disciplines.


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Aftercare or aupair? Weighing up the best after-school option for your child:
The high cost of living, interest rate hikes and the recent 1% increase in VAT is making the role of 'stay-at-home mom' almost redundant. "Mothers staying at home with their children is simply no longer the viable option of years past," says Tiffiny Thomas from Blue Bird Aupairs. As a result, parents are left with the critical decision of what to do with their precious assets in the afternoons – do they send them to aftercare or do they get an aupair?
"There is no black and white when it comes to choosing an after-school solution for your child as things like budget, schedules, ages and personality need to be taken into consideration," explains Tiffiny. She adds that even once you have made your decision, circumstances may change and you may need to seek the alternative which is why it is important to keep an open mind and make sure that you know what the pros and cons of each option are.
Aftercare Pros
• Children get to interact with their friends in an informal surrounding
• If the aftercare is part of the school, they can take part in extra-mural school sports
• Food and snacks are generally included in the cost of aftercare
• If the aftercare is based at their school, your child will not have to travel on the roads without you
Aftercare cons
• Very little (or no) supervised homework which then needs to be done in the evenings when your child is tired and less likely to concentrate
• Aftercare generally does not cover school holidays
• A full day at school can leave your child irritable and exhausted
• No personal, hands-on love and care
Pros of an aupair
• Your child will get plenty of one-on-one love, care and attention
• An aupair can do homework with your child and spend extra time of subjects they may battle with, doubling up as a tutor
• Aupairs can transport your child to and from various after-school activities, which is a great help for parents (and children) with busy or unpredictable schedules and extra-mural activities that are off campus
• An aupair can double up as a baby sitter during the holidays
Cons of an aupair
• It can take time for your child to get to know your aupair
• Not all aupairs have formal early childhood training
• You will need to make sure that the fridge is stocked up for afternoon lunches and be prepared to pay for other additional costs like petrol
"It is important to remember that no two aftercares (or aupairs!) are the same!" says Tiffiny. She adds that you should ask lots of questions for clarity and also make sure that you align your budget in terms of what you are able/willing to spend on a monthly basis for after-school care. "Both options can be affordable, provided you shop around," she concludes.
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Roasted Banana Ice Cream
A while back when it was cooler and I was running every other day, I decided that I wanted to prevent leg cramps by increasing my potassium intake through eating banana ice cream. Right after I made Roasted Banana Ice Cream (from David Lebovitz's The Perfect Scoop), I stopped running due to the early St. Louis summer heat and humidity. I lost interest in bananas and let Alex eat most of the batch before I tried it. I'm glad I didn't let him eat it all, though!
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Roasted Banana Ice Cream (via The Perfect Scoop (affiliate link))
3 medium ripe bananas
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 tbsp butter
1 1/2 cup milk (mine was either 1% or 2%)
2 tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 tsp lemon juice
1/8 tsp salt
Slice bananas into 1/2 inch pieces and toss them with brown sugar and butter in a baking dish. Bake at 400F for 35-40 minutes, stirring once, until bananas are browned. Scrape bananas and their syrup into a blender. Add remaining ingredients and puree until smooth. Chill. Stir the very thick mixture to loosen it, then churn in your ice cream maker.
This was an incredibly easy ice cream to make. If you didn't want to run your oven, I'm sure you could saute the bananas instead on the stove. Roasting the bananas made them very banana-y, and the flavor of the ice cream reminded me a lot of banana pudding. It's a perfect ice cream for sundaes. Just top it with fudge, strawberries, and a maraschino cherry, and you've got a banana split. I'm not a huge banana fan, but I was a little surprised at how much I like this ice cream once I tried it. I highly recommend this ice cream for anyone who loves bananas.


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Our activities are as broad as our subject matter. We produce or present performances by some of the world's leading magicians. We provide a wealth of resources to teach and, hopefully, inspire an alternative take on sleight-of-hand.
We publish books pertaining to all aspects of the craft including biographies of great performers, manuals of technical secrets, and reprints of rare treatises housed in private collections. We are also the publishers of the quarterly periodical Magicol, A Journal of Magic History and Collectibles.
We stage conferences, workshops and seminars for those experienced in the craft, and for some just beginning. We work with magicians, magic enthusiasts and magic historians worldwide who document and discuss this venerable art. We create exhibitions related to all facets of this performing art: performers, composers, writers, designers and builders of magic.
Magicana is also a registered charity and we are very proud of our work in the community. My Magic Hands uses the metaphor of magic to empower disadvantaged youth; Senior Sorcery brings the world of wonder to seniors. Tony Eng Youth Fund provides financial assistance to young people who want to learn more about magic while our Edwin A. Dawes Award for Magic Scholarship is a bursary for those individuals pursuing doctoral studies related to magic.
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A large tornado touched down on Monday in Moore, Oklahoma, a suburb of Oklahoma City, causing catastrophic damage to several housing developments and at least two schools in the area. A local television news helicopter tracked the tornado as it moved through the area, and then began to survey the extensive destruction to the region.
The Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Office has confirmed a total of 91 fatalities so far as a result of today's tornadoes, 40 of whom are reportedly children. Over 233 injured, including around 70 children, have been reported, with many of the victims being treated at two local hospitals.
Monday's storm appeared to be the deadliest tornado since 2011, and one of the worst in the last 20 years according to the Atlantic. The town lies in the center of 'Tornado Alley,' an area west of the Mississippi River stretching from north Texas to South Dakota, known for its frequent and powerful tornado systems.
Rescuers said their efforts had been hampered; even officers familiar with the area were unable to locate landmarks to navigate, especially after sundown.
Officials reported that 75 children and teachers took shelter at Plaza Towers Elementary in Moore, which had its roof torn off and was flattened by the passing tornado. The school was the site of a rescue effort for several hours after the storm had passed.
A first-year teacher at the school told a group of children to shelter in a restroom as the building was rocked by the force of the tornado, KFOR reported. All of them survived the ordeal, and were guided away from the devastated school by rescuers.
Rescue teams continued to sift through the destroyed structure on Monday evening, but no additional survivors were expected, according to local media at the scene.
Students at another local school, Briarwood Elementary, had been accounted for and moved to a safe location.
On television, both wrecked vehicles and survivors were seen sprayed with mud, while residents emerged after the tornado had passed to assess the damage and locate family and loved ones.
The National Weather Service initially classified Monday's storm as an EF4, the second-strongest type of tornado, with winds of up to 200 mph. Local reporters who were present for the 1999 storm, however, believe that the damage caused by this tornado is considerably worse.
A major utility company, Oklahoma Gas & Electric, has begun to assess damage to its electric grid following Monday's tornado, according to a spokesperson.
Below is video purportedly of a Moore family emerging from their storm cellar, witnessing the devastation wrought by the powerful tornado.
A severe storm system over the weekend generated baseball-sized hail, high winds and at least 28 tornadoes in the Midwest, including Oklahoma, Kansas and Iowa. Residents remain in hiding as meteorologists forecast that the severe weather conditions will continue to generate destructive twisters.
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin declared 16 counties to be disaster areas. Power companies reported that more than 57,000 outages left people in the dark. In Shawnee, Oklahoma, the body of a 79-year-old man was found lying in an open area of a mobile home community.
"You could be killed if not underground or in a tornado shelter," read a National Weather Service alert posted Sunday. "Complete destruction of neighborhoods, businesses and vehicles will occur. Flying debris will be deadly to people and animals."
In some regions, homes were destroyed, cars and trucks were flipped from highways, downed power lines were sprawled across neighborhoods, and trees were uprooted. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol shut down Interstate 40 after semi-tractor trailer trucks and several other vehicles were flipped by wind gusts, Newsok.com reported.
"It's tearing up everything. Just ripping everything up in its sight," a helicopter pilot told CNN affiliate KFOR, referencing a tornado near Wellston, Oklahoma. "Everything was just gone. Like you took the house, you put it in a gigantic blender, you turned it on pulse for a couple minutes and then you just dumped it out."
The state was littered with debris from damaged houses, trailers, and vehicles. About 300 homes were in ruins and at least 23 people were injured, according to Fallin and Red Cross spokesperson Ken Garcia.
Ethan Mignard, a staffer at a local newspaper, told CNN's iReport that the damage looked like something he had only ever seen on TV. In some areas, patches of dirt remained where mobile homes once stood, and children's toys were littered across the ground and hanging from trees. Mignard even came across a plot of land with nothing remaining but the front steps to a house that is now gone.
"It looks so out of place… To think that you would have taken these stairs to enter a home, but instead, you look around from up there and you see total destruction everywhere," he said.
Counties across Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Missouri were all placed under tornado watch late Sunday, and are expected to witness more damage.
"After over 300 reports of severe weather on Sunday, another round of dangerous severe weather is expected Monday with the greatest threat once again in the southern Plains targeting Oklahoma and parts of Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas," the National Weather Service reported. "However, severe weather is possible much further north towards Chicago and Madison as well."


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AmCan CH Balladair Follow Your Dreams x AmCan CH Dorianns Balladair Mystique
Here are Beck and Christie, 14 weeks old
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Christie is a wonderful combination of Grover and Mysti. When I look at her I truly
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show class at about 4 months old. She finished in a couple of weekends ending with
the 2003 Canadian Bichon Specialty weekend. Best in sweeps and reserve winners bitch
at the specialty, then winners and winners/best of winners the following two days at
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Department Veterinarian Honored with Prestigious National Award for His Dedication to the Health and Welfare of AnimalsReceived Honor at Event Aired on the Hallmark Channel, Photo Below and Video Here
State Agriculture Commissioner Richard A. Ball today congratulated Dr. David M. Chico, VMD, M.P.H., on receiving the 2018 American Humane Hero Veterinarian Award. This prestigious national honor is awarded to a veterinary professional who is dedicated to the betterment of the health and welfare of animals and the promotion of the human-animal bond. Dr. Chico, who has worked with the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets' Division of Animal Industry for 14 years, received the Hero Award � after getting tens of thousands of votes � at an event aired on the Hallmark Channel.
"It's tremendous to see a national organization like American Humane recognize a member of our Division of Animal Industry as a leader and an inspiration to others," Commissioner Ball said. "We are so proud of the work that Dr. Chico does for the State and of his dedicated volunteer work. His commitment to helping animals and their owners is extraordinary. We congratulate him on this award."
"When I started to be a veterinarian, I thought it was all about the animals," Dr. Chico said. "As I progressed in my career, I realized it was really about the people as well as the animals, and I think what I like the most is interacting with the people and helping solve problems, helping get a pet healthy and back in their home."
In addition to his work as the Division of Animal Industry's Field Staff Supervisor and Emergency Preparedness Manager, Dr. Chico works in private practice and volunteers for many groups, including the International Fund for Animal Welfare and the ASPCA.
Dr. Chico earned the national "Hero" award by going above and beyond his duties, providing free pet wellness clinics through another volunteer organization, Pets Are Wonderful Support, also known as PAWS. PAWS is an Upstate program that helps low-income people with HIV and AIDS take care of their pets.
Albany Damien Center PAWS Coordinator Diane Metz said, "The reason I nominated Dr. Chico for this award is that his heart is enormous and kind. He exemplifies the spirit of the Hero Veterinarian award's criteria of commitment to the betterment of the health and well-being of animals and fostering the human-animal bond in his community, nationally, and internationally. His caring goes far beyond the basic prevention and wellness he provides to PAWS member pets. He knows, in a population where stigma and prejudice are still alive and well, a member's pet may be both their family and best friend. Regardless of the challenges that our human members face, the care of their pet is everything to them. He knows that, as one PAWS member said, 'What you do for them, you do for me.'"
Albany Damien Center Executive Director Perry Junjulas said, "PAWS is a very special program that is helping so many in our community who are living in poverty and struggling with HIV and AIDS and going through some very difficult times -- and also their beloved pets. The program helps improve the lives of people who are living with AIDS, but it also helps pets, who do not get surrendered to shelters and have a better lifespan because of Dr. Chico's involvement. Dr. Chico's many years of volunteer service has helped us serve more people and pets than we could have ever have done without him. This is a national award and this work is being done locally. It's really inspiring to everyone here."
Dr. Chico launched the Damien Center's volunteer pet clinic 10 years ago and remains dedicated to it today, making emergency house calls at all hours and recruiting others to assist with veterinary care and donated medicine.
Dr. Chico also provides critical care to abused and neglected animals overseas through Animals Lebanon in Beirut, a U.N. non-governmental organization. After his first visit there, he transported 13 cats back to the United States for adoption. He adopted a disabled dog from Lebanon named Habibi, which means beloved. He also works as a private practice veterinarian.
President and CEO of American Humane Dr. Robin Ganzert said, "Veterinarians and veterinary nurses are heroes to our animals, and to us. These dedicated professionals work behind the scenes and without fanfare to keep these family members happy and healthy. We and the nation thank them, one and all!"
Dr. Chico has a degree in toxicology from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, a degree in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Master of Public Health from the University at Albany.
He has been recognized as a national veterinary leader and has served as the President of the National Alliance of State Animal Agriculture and Emergency Programs, a nationwide alliance that plans, prepares for, and responds to disasters involving animals. He is the Secretary of the National Animal Rescue and Shelter Coalition.
About the Department of Agriculture and Markets Animal Industry Division
The Division promotes sustainable animal production agriculture and the safety of the animal origin food supply. The Division also seeks to detect, control and eradicate communicable diseases in food and fiber producing animals, administers inspections at municipal dog shelters, and inspects the health of livestock at state and county fairs.
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She is no longer a birthday girl, and this shows her discontent at my failing to document two months worth of Daphne face time... see that admonishment!
It might have been a bit of a long winter...
And this poor girl had to put up/be entertained by her mommy a little more than she might have liked...
And, yes, we might get ants...
But, take a picture of a toddler and show them their own face- and you fully redeem yourself and you redeem fun!
Then, take a picture of yourself- and the light sparks again.
and then you get the laugh that can sustain you for another cold winter.
There is nothing quite like a mommy that is willing to humiliate themselves- and then post it online.
Too bad I can't share the laugh this one got on here. She actually cried tears of laughter.
Sorry for the posting delay- if you're still reading this! I'll try to behave as school slows down for the next two months and share these laughs and fun times more often.
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