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With the savage recent attack on porters and trekkers on Papua New Guinea's Black Cat Trail, I wanted to offer some insight, as limited as it will be, intended to help protect porters, tourists, and tourism in the future.
I advocate that we (visitors to New Guinea) recognize the high value of porters as team members. I believe this understanding can contribute significantly toward developing a healthy tourism culture. Within the context of tourism & climbing in West Papua, I hope that some of the practices described below help foster stronger porter care & appreciation, which subsequently leads to increasingly cohesive teams of tourists (trekkers & climbers) and support (porters). This subsequently can help to build a culture of unity, which can further culturally-appropriate tourism, rather than a culture of conflict, which can arise whenever one group is under-appreciated, taken for granted or misused.
A brief history of Carstensz Pyramid in West Papua as a tourism enterprise:
For the decade or so following the 1998 stepping down of Indonesia's second president, Suharto, greater democracy came to Indonesia and West Papua and the concept of developing tourism gained momentum. However, political volatility remained and Indonesia closed Carstensz Pyramid to climbers & tourists from 1995 to 2005. This was due in part to the Free Papua separatist movement of the Organisasi Papua Merdeka, or OPM, which has been fighting for independence from Indonesia since 1965.
After Indonesia re-opened West Papua to tourism in 2006, a steady number of people came to trek through the interior highlands to access the climb of Carstensz Pyramid.
Though no official data exists to track those who have reached the summit of Carstensz Pyramid, between the first ascent in 1962 and 2005, after which access to the peak was again granted, it had only been climbed by approximately 100 people. Now, with its popularity exploding in part due to the demand created by the new "7 Summits" designation, the mountain experiences scores (some cite hundreds) of successful ascents each year. Even so …
Does the jungle never end?
… climbing and travelling in West Papua entails a great deal of uncertainty and requires tremendous flexibility. In addition to the drum of equatorial rain and eventual venture to higher altitudes, political and bureaucratic challenges may exist right from the start to hinder the progress of an adventure. Numerous accounts exist of climbers denied Surat Jalans (local police & government permits) or access through tribal lands, of unexplained, cancelled flights into the interior, and of shady, unscrupulous commercial outfitters. On top of all that, accidents and injuries (usually of tourists & climbers) and fatalities (usually of locals & porters) along the trek are not difficult to uncover.
While the jungle trek is typically completed in just short of a week of arduous work, the jungle is, at least, exceedingly muddy and slick. I have had people tell me that this jungle trek can feel harder than Everest, though not necessarily because it's physically harder. Rather, there just isn't the same, developed infrastructure supporting access and climbing as there exists on Everest. People struggle with the endless muddy, rainy, dirty, steamy, way-out-there feeling the jungle can give. A friend was once asked, "Does this jungle never end?"
For many, if not most, the adventure becomes the experience of a lifetime. The satisfaction of having completed the trek & climb and returning home safely is hard to beat.
Porters as a vital link to the success of climbers:
Throughout the history of adventures, porters have served as a vital link to the success of climbers. My own personal adventures into the interiors of Tibet, Africa, and New Guinea simply would not have been possible without the efforts of porters who are, I dare say, a universally, under-appreciated group of people.
Here are three ways we, as visitors, can make a positive contribution toward porter care & appreciation:
Select a responsible commercial outfitter.
Start by letting the commercial outfitter you choose know that the treatment porters receive is important to you. Bottom line is that porters need fair wages, substantive meals, proper attire or equipment for the adventure, and warm, dry sleeping arrangements. The hallmark of a responsible company is how well they look after their porters on the trek.
Interact with your porters.
Talk to folks! Ask about their traditions and villages; share photos or stories of your family. Initiate the relationship by approaching them with appropriate interest. Even if you don't share a vocabulary of words, body language (a smile, head nod, hand shake, etc.) can express your sentiments well. If you haven't heard this before, it is well worth recognizing that porters want to be considered part of the expedition team, they enjoy interacting with visitors, and they want to learn and improve their service. In fact, in the sense that this is their land, they truly are the experts, and visitors who take the time & effort to have meaningful interactions with them can learn much.
Thank your porter.
Show your porters that you appreciated them. Thank them verbally and leave a tip of money or goods. I discuss tipping guidelines below.
What to discuss with a responsible commercial outfitter or tour operator regarding their porter practices.
Porter Wages
Porters must receive fair wages. When unscrupulous tour operators withhold promised wages, tension builds and chaos can ensue. No one wants to be ripped off! As with insurance, this is difficult to ascertain, but lower fees and a high turn-over rate can indicate compromised practices. In my post entitled, "Polite! Practical! And 1 for Fun!" I mention an usua me (good man) now working to advocate on behalf of porters to protect against non-payment, which has been a not uncommon and tumultuous issue.
In West Papua, in-country tour operators can provide porters with protection paid out to their families in the event that a catastrophe leads to permanent disability or death. This insurance works differently, even among different tribal groups, than it does, for example, in the United States, but they can be covered nonetheless. If a commercial outfitter offers a trip at a substantially lower fee than others, it could be that they are not diligently ensuring coverage for porters.
Weight Limit
The maximum visitor weight that a porter should be given to carry is 15 kg (33 pounds). On top of this, porters also carry personal weight of blankets, clothes and food. Generally speaking, an additional porter should be hired for every three porters in order to carry group equipment and food.
Meals & Sleeping Conditions
Porters are engaged in physically difficult and mentally challenging work. They are leaving the comfort of their villages and families to venture into the remote and inhospitable environment of the high limestone escarpment of Carstensz. You will be tired & hungry at the end of a day, and so will they. A responsible tour operator ensures that porters are appropriately nourished and accommodated throughout the entire adventure. In general, porters sleep together in groups, whether in huts, shelters, caves, tents or dining tents. However, truly responsible tour operators ensure that their porters have weather-appropriate shelter at higher altitudes. Porters come from the warmer, lower rainforests and, just like any visitor, are not accustomed to sleeping out-of-doors in the cold of the Sudirman Mountains.
Environmental Impact Education
Outfitters have a responsibility to educate porters on the environmental impact of a trip because porters' futures are directly tied to the future of the land. Latrine construction, cat-holing, trash management, camp clean-up and other such topics must be included in the vocabulary of every team member, visitor or Papuan. Ask specifically how waste – and especially human waste – is managed at villages, on the trek and on the climb of Carstensz.
Equip for the Future
Most of the porters look forward to future work opportunities and are also family bread-winners. Tour operators should inspire and equip porters to develop their skill sets.
Tipping and gifting
Tipping should be dependent on the quality of the service you received. However, even if the food was terrible and the porters couldn't communicate very well, they were probably still working hard to carry your equipment through the jungle.
In general, though it varies from tribe to tribe, tips and gifts should be given to the tour operator or lead porter in order that he takes charge to distribute tips and gifts to his team of porters. This honors the Papuan tribal tradition of a providing chief. This is absolutely true of money and even a good idea for gifts.
It is a wonderful truth that Papuans also love ceremony. For a closing ceremony, while tips and gifts should be given to the tour operator for distribution, it would be very kind and meaningful to speak good words to the porter team prior to their returning to their homes.


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Don't worry, I won't make this a rant about what dialect materialism is. If you as a reader are not aware of what dialect materialism is then feel free to google it before continuing to read this post. This will be about what is material fact in the US and the west in general in re-guards to the left.
In western nations (especially imperialist ones) there is a strong tendency among the left to throw logic and reality out of the window at every chance. The left is fractured, sectarian, ignorant of the masses wishes and desires. Most parties or groups in the Western nations believe they are leading the struggle for socialism. The US alone has about 10-15 self-proclaimed vanguard parties leading the revolution for communism!
But in reality the left in the US is completely unknown outside of the left in the US. The organizations in this country would prefer to criticize each other and bicker over everything then they would to unite and struggle for what the people desperately need; socialism.
Most all parties live in a utopian idealist setting where every time a group of people get upset they declare that socialism is winning and we are right around the corner from the revolution. Now lets be clear that no party in existence in the US is prepared for said revolution. Hell, most parties aren't ready to win 5% in a local election (with the exception of the socialist parties USA who just won a seat on a board of education in new jersey, congrats.)
See, in most all successful revolutions the party/organization leading the charge was not a specific ideology ready to split or kick people out for the smallest line difference at it's founding congress.
It is almost as if there was a secret meeting by all the leftist in the first world (with a few exceptions) where it was declared that all the left parties that are mainly unknown and not relevant whatsoever; must make their parties adherents follow and parrot a such sickly specific set of politics that the groups show little to no democratic potential. The "democratic" centralism practiced by most left parties in the US come off as drones who all mimic each other and have no thought process for themselves. So they take an already irrelevant group of organizers and then say to outsiders; 'you must follow our politics set by our leaders and parrot exactly what we say or else we will expel you from our group. Can we have your due's now.'
The left in the first world nations are so self defeating that it is depressing. We will literally split and fight over anything.
Socialist revolutions are won because the socialist of said nation are willing to put aside silly issues and unite with other socialist/communist in the name of... wait for it... SOCIALISM! The left (for privileged reasons of course) in the west would rather argue over shit that happened in a different time, place and under different conditions then they would debate what we communist can do today to win the ultimate victory.
The left is already irrelevant, fractured and unwilling to look at material conditions in order to fight for socialism.
Democracy is almost ignored, the masses can't connect to the parties because the parties set themselves apart from the masses by complaining about issues the masses don't care about. The masses don't know about socialism or anarchism enough to know rather there will be a state or not. Why do the elite/cadre of the left argue over things that only the proletarian masses will decide if a socialist revolution is achieved?
The left in the US, and the UK are psychotically sectarian (in the actual meaning of the word) to the point we have multiple parties with the same ideology that exist separately because they refuse to unite either for opportunistic reasons or worse; individualistic pride in their said group.
So there is the rant part now lets actually list some material truth about the left in the western nations.
We suck at showing the kind of democracy we want to enact after the revolution. It is confusing for the masses to see strict democratic centralism and then hear us speak of workers democracy.
The days of the one party/one ideology state/government are over. No one wants to be ruled by one clique of people. There will have to be greater democracy in any socialist revolution then there has been in the past.
Identity politics (while important to fight for on many issues) is not the end all be all. Just because your group goes to a LGBT rights event does not mean that the whole LGBT community in your area will now support socialism. Same goes for race etc. We need to make clear that under socialist society all people regardless of race, sex, hair color etc.will be equal and we stand for an egalitarian society based on co-operation and understanding.
We have an issue with complaining about the current thing that is upsetting leftist at any given time without putting forward a concrete unified statement as to why we as socialist oppose or support whatever it is that is popular at that time.
We have to get the hippie/pacifist element out of our revolutionary circles. It discredits us as a whole and every time something big happens the media just finds the hippie grouping and interviews them and instantly a whole movement is seen by the nation as a bunch of stoner peace loving hippies that have nothing better to do than to protest.
We are really bad at propaganda and using the media to our advantage. After the local occupy was put down (they literally singled out and beat the shit out of the radicals that were present) by the pigs, the leaders (of the leaderless occupy) were asked by a news station "what is occupy's response to the police actions here last night." and the guy said (no shitting you) "we were not able to reach a consensus on a statement for what happened last night."
Most groups are too single minded and only utilize one or two forums of organizing. Workerist are pretty plenty among the left but that is for a different post I suppose.
There are too many groups and parties ORGs etc.
The masses are scared right now. The job market is not stable, the state is poor and still starting and getting involved in conflicts and cutting welfare services. People are pissed. Where is the left? We are on the sidelines complaining about socialism in one country or if Lin Piao was actually guilty. Or if the Hungarian revolution was reactionary or not? Was Tienanmen revolutionary or counter? We should all quit as socialist and become professional historian debaters because it appears that that is all the left wishes to be. We in the west/first world are in such a privileged position that we have put the main goal (communism/classless stateless society) on the back burner and have forgotten all about it. Why should we fight for socialism today when we could argue about what happened yesterday? Forward to more obscurity comrades! Forward to make sure no one is lying about what we conceived to have happened almost a hundred years ago! Revolution will come! No need to organize, we must argue amongst ourselves first!
*disclaimer for this post; obviously this is a very generalized criticism and not every statement/comment applies to every group. First world privilege is a very real threat to the left in the first world. I am willing to work with most anyone who wants a future run and controlled by the masses for the masses.


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Reflecting on the Past, Looking to the Future
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In retrospect we find ourselves thinking of alternatives, asking challenging questions that seemed obvious, only after the fact and not in the moment in question.
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Relationships suck. While this may not have the same meaning as my last relationship article, which has somehow become a Call of Duty article, I am still confused about some of the "relationships" here. Not meaning the typical North Central relationship, ring by spring, and married before you can drink wine at your wedding. I've grown to accept that people will get married before they know what love is. It's one of those inevitable realities.
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After getting back into the swing of things in the school year, sometimes it's important to know what is going on, what is around, and what is inexpensive. There are seemingly unlimited possibilities to end the night after open dorms, and to beat writers block. Think North Central is boring? There's more to it than just playing signs and intramurals.
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After the release of their first album Enter, the band became prominent in the Dutch underground scene. It was not until 2001 that they became known to the general public, with the single "Ice Queen" from the album Mother Earth, which reached #2 on the Dutch charts. Since then, the band won the Conamus Exportprijs four years in a row. Their next album The Silent Force debuted at #1 on the Dutch charts, as did their latest, The Heart of Everything. In 2008, they released a live DVD and CD, Black Symphony, recorded with the Metropole Orchestra. This collection was followed in 2009 with An Acoustic Night at the Theatre.
The band's fifth studio album "The Unforgiving", to be released in March 2011, is released alongside both a comic book series and a series of short films that together encompass a story. The first single, Faster, was released on January 21, and the first short film, Mother Maiden, was released on January 31.


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Edra stepped out of the Turbolift and made her way to Security. She rounded the corner and smiled. At the desk where she used to see Henry, now sat Constance. She tapped on the door hoping to get her attention.
Constance was working on her idea to add a Marine unit to the Merc she was going through the training of each of her crew to see who would be best suited for this once she got approval from the Captain. She heard the tab at her door and looked up to see Edra standing there, "Come in."
She entered, "Hi. How are ya?"
"I am good glad to see your doing better I was worried about you."
Edra nodded. "Thanks. It was...scary, to say the least, but even just this short amount of rest is doing me a world of good." She sat down on the other side of the desk. "Look, I wanted to apologize for probably freaking you out when you found me down there. If I'd have have any other way to do it..."
Looking at Edra from across the desk, "I will admit I wasn't sure what was going on. You caught me off guard with your actions. I knew it wasn't like you to be so aggressive toward your friends, I even doubted if I had found the right person, but I knew there had to be a reason. There is always a reason why people do things or act a certain way. I knew you well enough to know that you were protecting me or your family from something. Otherwise I would have fought back."
Edra smiled. "Good. I figured you would understand enough, but I still wanted to say something. You know now how they were watching me?"
"I didn't then but I know now they inserted a implant into your brain to see what you saw and to send you instructions. If you didn't do what they said they would blow the implant up, killing you. I got the report from the Doctor about the device. Besides, I think Hayden reacted worse than I did." She laughed.
"Really? Hayden?" She grinned at that thought. "I was kind of hoping he wouldn't jump in when I grabbed you. 2 against 1 could have messed up my plan." She blew out a breath. "So when you say 'worse,' was he worried about you?"
"Yeah, he was. He called you a crazy bitch and held me to him, asked me if I was ok. You know, I'm starting to get feelings for him."
She smiled. "He has been hanging around you a lot lately. I wondered about him at first, especially being part Q, but he's been a great crew member these last few months."
"Yes he has. He saved my life actually. When I had that virus he found the cure and was by my side the whole time. I am so afraid to fall in love with him due to my step father. I don't want him to get hurt."
"I know the feeling. I am having to keep a closer eye on Karissa since I was found." She sighed. "I would say don't let it stop you, though. Be up front, but don't let fear get in the way of love."
"Yes my step father has taken enough from me by killing my mother cause she was a human. That's why he wants me dead, cause I'm half Romulan/half human. He thinks I'm flawed and I am. That's what's so great about being human, we're all flawed, nothing to be ashamed of."
She nodded. "Yes, we are all flawed." Prophets knew she was. "Well, as I said, I certainly understand, but if he is interested, still be up front about what's happening. It's hard to get over being strung along."
"I got to first find out if he's interested. Can I run an idea at you?"
"I have been doing some thinking. I was thinking about adding a Marine unit to security. They would handle the high risk stuff, go on missions, etc. Do you think the Captain would go for that?"
Edra took a moment to consider. "It's a good idea. I do think he'd go for it. Be sure to have some ideas for who you have in mind. I'm sure he'll have some input as well."
"Right. I have been going through the crew records see who would be best suited.
She nodded. "Good." She stood up. "Well, anything else? I need to get going."
"No that's it. I won't take up anymore of your time. Thanks for listening to me"
She smiled. "Anytime. Thanks for understanding."
You're welcome. You did what you had to do down there. I would have done the same in your shoes."
"Thanks. I'll see you around." Edra said as she turned around and left. She was glad Constance hadn't seemed too worried about their run-in.
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Few month ago I have been told the amazing news about my lovely cousin. She and her husband are waiting for their first baby! They are happier than ever…
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|a typical french pharmacie around the corner from us on rue st. andre des arts
if you're a product junkie like me, the parisian equivalent of a drugstore is a treasure trove of mysterious and seemingly exotic finds. the most ordinary items--cotton swabs, bandages--somehow seem more glamorous here. thinner. more refined. even earwax syringes--or poire, french for pear-- sound downright sexy.
before we moved here, my friend peggy sent me a list of french pharmacy finds from gwyneth paltrow's blog, goop. i couldn't wait to get to a pharmacy and check them out in person. so i searched, holy-grail style, enduring only occasional french-taunting (and, thankfully, no vaulted cows).
i've found that french drugstore clerks are not huge fans of the "just looking" types. especially the ones who can't think of the french phrase for "just looking" under the stern gaze of a french pharmacist. from the moment you enter and utter the requisite bonjour madame/monsieur, the clock is ticking. you then have approximately 30 seconds to make your selection and move toward the till. i don't perceive this as soup-nazi arrogance. rather, it's french efficiency.
in the spirit of that efficiency, i offer a small but mighty list of french pharmacy finds. some of them are my own faves from gwynnie's list and some are a few new items i stumbled upon myself. briskly, of course.
i hope you like the list and will share some of your own favorites, too!
marvis whitening mint toothpaste.
the best OTC whitening toothpaste i have ever used. i think they actually sell this brand in my grocery store back home. but being a crest girl (look ma, no cavities!) from way back, i never tried it til we moved here. the shiny silver tube looks glam in the bathroom. and i am convinced my teeth have never been whiter.
weleda amande fluide confort absolu moisturizer.
this was recommended to me by the pharmacist around the corner. my combo dry-oily skin is sensitive and prone to redness. this moisturizer feels rich without being too greasy for day. it absorbs nicely and leaves my skin feeling smooth and fresh.
a. zagorski rose shower gel.
our paris apartment is so full of pink toile and chintz, before we moved in, i liked to say that it looked like sister parrish threw up in here. but being bathed in a rosy glow has really grown on me. and i mean that literally. this rose shower gel is actually made by a pharmacist in my neighborhood. it's gentle to the skin and smells absolutely divine.
klorane gentle dry shampoo with oat milk.
this is one of gwynnie's recommendations and i can see why she loves it. i wash and blow dry my hair twice a week. this stuff really helps to extend a blowout. but unlike other dry shampoos i've tried, this one leaves absolutely no white powder residue. for a messy-chic, half-up, half-down hair trick that is more bardot than snooki-bump, spritz a little at the roots, back-comb gently and secure with a couple bobby pins. pull out a few pieces in front to add softness around your face.
embryolisse lait-creme concentre.
another gwynnie fave that is my new BFF. i use it after the shower as body cream and also as a hand cream. it instantly smooths rough patches on my elbows. it feels creamy, dreamy, and milky but not too greasy. and it has a light, fresh scent that doesn't compete with my perfume.
reminiscence eau de patchouli.
ok, this is number 6 and you can't find it in a french pharmacy. but since i was on the subject of perfume, it would be tough to compete with this one. back in 2001, while in cannes on business (my only other great french adventure), i picked up a sample of perfume at a reminiscence boutique on the croissette. it was called 2000 ans d'amour. for some reason, i didn't buy it, even though i fell instantly in love with it. over the last 10 years, i've sporadically searched for it but it remained an elusive elixir.
so you can imagine the pitter-patter of my heart when i spotted a reminiscence counter at my favorite fancy french department store, printemps. as fate would have it, 2000 ans d'amour has been discontinued. but the clerk produced this bottle instead and said it was very close to the original notes of 2000 ans d'amour. i never thought i was a big patchoui girl, but this one is a sophisticated yet subtle mix of what i love in a perfume: woodsy, sensual and exotic.
kind of like a french pharmacy.


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Washington Freedom defeats Atlanta Beat, 2-0
Abby Wambach assisted on Lene Mykjaland's first-half goal and scored on a diving header after the break to lead the Washington Freedom to a 2-0 WPS victory over the winless Atlanta Beat in front of 3,112 at the new, 8,318-seat KSU Soccer Stadium in Kennesaw, Ga. The Freedom (3-2-1) is unbeaten in three straight with one goal conceded. All WPS clubs will have next weekend off to avoid scheduling conflicts with the friendly between the top-ranked United States and No. 2 Germany on Saturday in Cleveland.
Steve Goff
May 16, 2010; 10:22 PM ET
Categories: Freedom , Women | Tags: Abby Wambach, WPS, Washington Freedom
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Freedom/Beat The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (apologies to Goff)
The Good
*Ramona Bachmann (and Rasmussen) -- the best in the world are in the WPS and it is fun to watch
*The KSU stadium, terrific pitch, stands, and serving beer to the patrons in their seats
*Abby Wambach -- assist on the 1st goal = SICK
*Nikki Marshall & Cat Whitehill = STONE COLD BEASTS
*Goebel's shorts. At the risk of Blattering -- the short shorts are cool.
*23 consecutive one or two touch passes by the Freedom in the attacking half on one sequence in the 2d half.
*Mark Rogodino = All-Pro
The Bad
*Empty stadium in ATL for Game of the Week.
*Bishop's scowl. Lighten up girl.
* Kia McNeil = hack job cement boots.
*Wash Post no away coverage of the only good pro soccer team in DC
The Ugly
* The Fox camera crew. I've seen better coverage from a high school dad on top of the press box with a handheld video cam (seriously). Are you schmooing me with that camera work? Horrible.
* Fox programming -- fun halftime spot about Abby and Sonia visiting the Coast Guard in DC and driving the boats -- and getting in their plug that the USCG is the only service branch in which every job is open to women> And then at the conclusion of the spot Fox cuts to a cleavage close-up on some bimbette in the stands. Boo Fox!
Posted by: OWNTF | May 16, 2010 9:28 PM | Report abuse
The Absolutely Ph'g Phenomenal --
Posted by: OWNTF | May 16, 2010 9:30 PM | Report abuse
Home from the game. Quick thoughts: Washington was clearly the better team, but I was pretty disappointed to not have something to show out of the first 25 minutes. Having Heath and Yamaguchi back soon will help alleviate a lot of the problems we had tonight, namely the lack of a midfield. Abby Wambach is huge. I'm really enjoying these games. Bachman is the chick Messi, but without her Xavi for now, she was less effective than she was earlier. Good night, folks.
Posted by: JacobfromAtlanta-ish | May 16, 2010 9:47 PM | Report abuse
Posted by: OWNTF | May 16, 2010 10:33 PM | Report abuse
First time i've seen Bachman, seemed like a ball hog.
Posted by: knape1 | May 16, 2010 11:13 PM | Report abuse
*Wash Post no away coverage of the only good pro soccer team in DC
Given the state of the newspaper business, this is inevitable. If Tenorio takes over the DCU beat while Goff is in South Africa, we may not even get much coverage from the 'Plex. But that is the nice thing about the wiki-like nature of this blog: we can supply whatever Goff and Tenorio cannot.
When I first heard about the Germany match, my initial reaction was that it was another unnecessary distraction in the middle of WPS' season, just like similar events last year. I hadn't realized that the league would be standing down next weekend. That is welcome news.
Posted by: universityandpark | May 16, 2010 11:26 PM | Report abuse
@OWNTF: Coverage. Like UP said, limited resources.
I'm also not ready to call the Freedom a "good" team.
The Atlanta attendance for the match was disappointing. I hope that it doesn't drop off.
Is "bimbette" a loving diminuitive. A little less harsh than "bimbo".
Props to the USCG (my dad's branch back in the day--they don't get enough love).
Thank God that the Natette are not playing Mexico. Again. And again. And again. I'm looking forward to seeing how the match with the Germans goes.
Posted by: yankiboy | May 17, 2010 8:56 AM | Report abuse
Freedom match v CWNT at GMU next Sunday 5PM.
"Abby Wambach broke the WPS single-season assist record -- in only six games -- with her seventh assist to go along with a goal for the Freedom." SA
Posted by: footballfan9 | May 17, 2010 9:00 AM | Report abuse
The Post should drop the away coverage of United games in favor of a team that's winning.
Posted by: I-270Exit1 | May 17, 2010 9:56 AM | Report abuse
Wow. I was sleeping on the Freedom-Canucks match. GMU? All the sudden the Soccerplex looks a lot closer to my Laurel home...
Posted by: yankiboy | May 17, 2010 10:29 AM | Report abuse
The Freedom did a great job shutting out the Beat. Wambach's assist for the 1st goal was brilliant! Nice to see Abby get the 2nd goal.Can't say enough good things about the other Freedom players. The Freedom backfield and mid field was awesome...Why no mention of Moros,Whitehill or other players who worked so hard and did so well through out the game?.. and why no mention of Sonia playing so well after having to come off of the field to get stitches after a head-klunher of a collison in the first few minutes of the game?... and no mention of Erin McCleod?!!- Could we have a more awesome goalie?!!
Agree that the Freedom need a better stadium and we should be treated like gown-ups and allowed to have beer while we watch the game sitting on REAL SEATS(not benches!!!!).
Agree that it was a cheap shot for Fox to show the cleavage bimbo after the equal opportunity plug for the Coast Guard.Agree completely that my 3 year old would probably have done better camera work that who ever is guilty of the incredibly poor camera job for Sunday's game.
WaPO,why don't you give more covereage to Washington's winning soccer team?!!!
Posted by: lsf07 | May 17, 2010 10:51 AM | Report abuse
The Soccerplex is within a Montgomery County Park, therefore alcohol sale is restricted to the Biergarten. No alcohol in allowed anywhere else in that park.
Posted by: I-270Exit1 | May 17, 2010 10:56 AM | Report abuse
The Soccerplex is within a Montgomery County Park, therefore alcohol sale is restricted to the Biergarten. No alcohol in allowed anywhere else in that park.
Yet another reason why this area needs a new SSS. Perhaps we've spent too much time importuning Will Chang; we should be targeting Maureen Hendricks.
Who is likely to replace Whitehill and Wambach against the CWNT on Sunday? (I assume they won't be available.)
Posted by: universityandpark | May 17, 2010 3:28 PM | Report abuse
"Who is likely to replace Whitehill and Wambach against the CWNT on Sunday? (I assume they won't be available.)"
Welsh for Wambach and Bock for Whitehill would be my guess. Given that this is a friendly, though, it's possible that Gabarra might let some of the benchwarmers play for once.
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To this day Moosejaw CEO Eoin Comerford can't look at his company's old website without cringing.
"We had suboptimal responsive design," he told attendees this week at the eTail West conference in Palm Springs, Calif. Responsive design is a method of building a website so that it adapts the display to the device the visitor is using. "We had a rather cluttered design," Comerford said. "It's certainly not the site of someone who thinks they're a leading-edge e-commerce retailer. We wanted to take that and put it together in a cleaner, more modern way."
And that's what outdoor apparel and equipment retailer Moosejaw, No. 273 in the Internet Retailer 2015 Top 500 Guide, set out to do in in June 2014 when the outdoor apparel and equipment retailer embarked on a website redesign.
"We wanted to improve our conversion rate and, more importantly, we wanted to improve dollars per session," he says. "We wanted to improve load speed."
With 25% of the retailer's annual sales coming during the month of December alone, the Moosejaw team had to work fast so that the site was done in time for summer 2015, giving the retailer plenty of "baking time" to get ready for the holidays.
Before redesigning its site, Moosejaw asked its customers to identify what they saw as the problems on Moosejaw.com.
The retailer put out a survey asking a simple question: "Have you ever not bought because of a site issue?" That survey generated 19,000 responses from shoppers, including around 4,000 "open form," or longer, responses.
Comerford, as he does with all customer feedback that Moosejaw receives, says he read every single one.
"Any kind of site redesign has to start with customer insights," he told attendees. "We got so much insight from this process that we boiled it down to some overarching strategies that informed our site redesign. You have to get that input from a wide range of our customers."
That feedback led Comerford and his team to focus on three areas: content, loyalty, and the mobile experience. Mobile, in particular, was a top priority.
"This was built from the ground up to be responsive," he says. "What this does is it's actually sniffing out the device type, sniffing out the page resolution, then it's changing what loads in what order based on those things."
In addition to making mobile shopping easier, the new Moosejaw site is now cleaner, has better images, and has better search functionality that enables shoppers to more easily find the products they are looking for, Comerford says.
The category-specific search functionality was another key change made largely as a result of customer feedback. Under the old model, the categories on the left side of the web page remained the same regardless of whether a shopper was looking for a tent or a T-shirt. Now, when a customer searches for a product, he sees a list of categories tailored to that specific product.
"The order, the type, the facets themselves are all category-specific," he says. "That's made a huge difference in the number of searches and the number of pages one of our customers visits to find what they need."
Customer response to the relaunched site, which went live in June, was almost immediate. Comerford says conversion is up 31% compared to the old site.
It's that kind of immediate impact that he says explains why he reads every comment from a customer, and why he thinks every e-commerce executive should do the same.
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Investing in Digital Currencies
Last summer, I got interested in a growing trend: Bitcoins. Bitcoin had its ups and downs since then, but now I start hearing about other digital currencies. I'm aware that more people use Bitcoin, the more it will become a feasible currency we can rely on. 6 months later, especially after I started seeing Bitcoin ATMs around, I'm looking into ways of investing in digital currencies. Let's take a look at the most popular alternatives.
Bitcoin is the first digital currency has a market cap of about $8 billion. Sold for around $656.73 as of now.
Litecoin is the fastest and second most popular with a market cap of ~$420 million. Sold for around $17.32 as of now.
Peercoin is known as the environmentally friendly alternative which has a market cap of ~$70 million. Sold for around $3.28 as of now.
Namecoin is a cryptocurrency which has has a market cap of ~$31 million. Sold for around $4.10 as of now.
If you are interested to know more about other less popular alternatives, you can check out this page.
Ways to Invest
1. Mine
The way all these decentralized digital currencies work is that there is no single machine that generates the coins. Instead, people are awarded for running a software on their computers – the process as known as mining – to power the digital economy to generate digital money.
When I was first considering mining Bitcoins about 12 months ago, you could generate digital money worth 20$ a day investing about $300 in mining hardware. Then this summer that amount dropped to $10 a day. Still not bad. However, the reason I didn't buy it was that at the time, there was one company called Butterfly Labs which sold Bitcoin mining hardware for starting from as low as $279. However, when you excitingly navigated to the checkout page, it said "Your order can take up to 12 months to ship." This sounded like a scam to me, but thinking about the Bitcoin craze at the time, it all made sense. The company couldn't meet the demand, whereas today they seem to ship most orders right away. I guess their orders have slowed down while they have reached efficiency in their supply chains. Doesn't matter for them though, they make big money anyways – regardless of Bitcoin's success! They've also started to face some competition from other mining hardware producers.
Another alternative was to build my own rig, which I was too lazy to even consider. Today, due to its reputation in faster transactions, I'm considering mining Litecoins instead, because mining Litecoins is more profitable as it's still in its earlier stages compared to Bitcoin. Also it is the up and coming digital currency, thus has a high probability of success. You can check the profitability of mining Bitcoins or any other digital currency by altering the variables here.
2. Buy/Sell
You can always buy/sell digital currencies using platforms like Mt.Gox, BTC-E, Bitstamp, etc.
Keep in mind that these platforms charge a minimal fee for each transaction.
Also, recently these companies have required verification of identity due to increasing fraud. So you might need to upload your passport or some other legit ID.


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I just caught the end of a Best Buy commercial which seemed to be telling young husbands that a great gift for the wife would be a computer. Has anyone else seen this?
Most commercials about buying gifts for women during the holiday season lean toward diamonds and jewelry and clothing – typical female stereotypes. The idea that a woman would welcome a computer for a gift is something I wasn't expecting to see in a commercial.
What I didn't have a chance to see was how the commercial portrayed the man giving a woman a computer, and whether that involved any gender stereotypes. If I see it again, I'll add something in the comments here.


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Hello there! how are you this monday? Hope very well and that you had a really nice weekend.
Ours was ok. We spent it doing stuff we HAD to do, so it wasn't that fun but, we got things done and that sure it's something good :)
I want to show you some images that have my mind wandering in beautiful places...
Little church in Iceland by Photographer Bragi Thor Joseffson, via Ruffled blog.
One of my dreams is to go to Iceland, i think it must be the most magical and beautiful place in the world. I feel so attracted by the austerity of its geography and the magnificence of its landscapes. I love this image, it's like a scene from a dream.
Via This Is Glamorous.
Rain in the ocean. I just realized that today i love like, dark places, and rain and fog, black painted churches and loneliness...hmm. I guess i'm in the dark side today, which i find very cool. Very inspiring.
By Shanna Murray.
Well, isn't this one sweet?!
I wonder, how are you feeling today?


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On June the 1st and 2nd I'll be at the annual Colony Teachers Conference in Watertown, South Dakota, hosted by the South East Education Cooperative out of Fargo, North Dakota. This year's conference theme is writing and I've been invited to come share Hutterite Diaries with the attendees. I'm grateful for this opportunity and am really looking forward to not only share my book, but also take in some sessions, and meet colony teachers.
My sincere thanks to the organizers, especially Gwyneth and Erika, for telling me about this conference, helping me get registered, and allowing me to set up an author table. Besides my own book, I'll also tell teachers about other beautiful Hutterite-written books.
Here are some other books written and illustrated by Hutterites, available at HB Book Centre and/or Amazon:
- Marty's Adventure – Elma Maendel and Cynthia Stahl
- Marty's Colour Adventure – Elma Maendel and Cynthia Stahl
- Playing Like Timothy – Johannes Waldner and Victor Kleinsasser
- Jewell Adventure – Gilbert Hofer and Victor Kleinsasser
- Es Lauft e Meisl – Karis Hofer
- Flowing Through the Seasons – Herman and Cynthia Stahl
- Hutterischa Bibl Tschichtlen – Linda Maendel
- My Hutterite Life – Lisa Marie Stahl
- Sarah's Journey: the Story of a Hutterite Woman – Debbie P. Stahl
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Stone Guard Guest House
Is a Victorian House in Alnwick Northumberland built at the end of the 1800's some of the rooms still boast original decorative features.
All of the rooms in our B&B are en-suite with tea and coffee making facilities in each.
Located on south road we are on the left as you enter the town. We are within 2 minutes walk to Barter Books. Alnwick Castle and Gardens are also close with less than 10 minutes walk.


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Hello my name is Ares Nikolopoulos and my experience simply comes from years of trial and error and traveling to many places and seeing different perspectives on training from many different cultures.
My passion as a young man was playing football,but due to being overweight and having asthma I was not much of an athlete. After football I fell in love with Thai boxing and made it my passion and pursuit. Along the way I traveled to Thailand and the Netherlands for training and had great coaching and training partners. Especially in the Golden Glory camp in Breda, Holland where I got to train with some world champions and train under Cor Hemmers for a short while.
Also met and trained with a hero in Ramon Dekkers who I still consider my favorite kick boxer of all time. Then from strength training to mindful work and all the way to breath work and cold adaptation all kinds of lessons and great teachers came to me in this crazy journey. This is a short list of my experiences and where my experience hails from.
-Kickboxing-Here in Las Vegas and stints in Thailand and Netherlands
-Amateur MMA work out of Las Vegas
-NASM Certified Personal Trainer
-Superhuman Certified Coach Through Ben Greenfield
-Strength Training Internship Through PSI(Philippi Sports Institute)
-Z Health For Mobility In Las Vegas
-Breath Work Via Breathology(Stig Avall Severinsen)
-CT(Cold Thermogenesis) Work Via The Wim Hoff Method and finishing his 10 week coarse
-Lower Acrobatics Via Systema Work
-Mindful Practices Through Nature
-FLOW With The Help Of The Flow Genome Project
-Epi Paleo Via Dr. Jack Kruse
That being said, I have one goal; to teach others what I have learned from my travels and experiences and help you understand what is solid and what is pure shit. From diets to how to get strong to how to find some peace in life with a quality mindset. The path to fitness along with general health and wellness is not easy, but nothing worth gaining ever is.


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Welcome back!
As you can see from the title, I have another Outfit of the Month blog post! It is slightly special. Since February is my birthday month and I took a lot of photos; I thought that I did a blog post dedicated to it! If you paid attention, I put "Outfit" and not "Outfits of the Month" cause I only wore 1 outfit! Hahaha!!
So today's post would be slightly different. It would be more of those diary type of blog post instead of those usual posts I do. I have never done this before and do not really know how to go about it. So if you feel that it is messy or anything like that, please do forgive me and try to understand.
So if you are not really interested in this post, you can click here to read my February's Outfits of the Month!
If you want to know what I did on my birthday, read on for more!
That ugly person beside me in the picture is my sweet boyfriend. He is going to complain when he see this. Hahaha!!! 😛
I always wanted to have a picnic so he brought me to Marina Barrage for a lunch picnic.
He prepared and make me sandwiches.
Clearly, you can tell that I do not care how I sit or look when I am in front of food. ^.^
So after lunch, it's photo time!! We did a mini photoshoot.
You can clearly tell that my body is not in shape. I have been lazy with my workout. 😛 But food are just so hard to resist! They are so amazing good! Literally, cannot live without it. Hahaha! Such a good excuse.
You could clearly tell how happy my tummy and I are! Hahaha!!!
But seriously, I miss my toned body and abs.
My boyfriend was disturbing and teasing me. I cannot remember what it was, though.
We are being matchy matchy.
Sort of.
This is what he got for my birthday present. Sort of. Let me explain.
He got a charm for me every month since the 1st month we got together till my birthday. So he sort of gave me this for my birthday. Hahaha!
He did give me another present.
I was actually trying to take a photo of the pandora bracelet in this picture. That you saw previous.
I regret lying on the grass that day. It made my back so itchy and red! Real life problems. Hahaha!! Thank God it got better throughout the day, though.
This is what you have to deal with when you take photos in an open area. I can totally tell that the wind did not like me that day.
Yah!! The wind listens to me for at least for 1 photo out of the x number of photos. -.-
This is 1 of my favorite photos that my boyfriend took of me. ♥
After the picnic, we did some shopping in town.
In the evening, we went back home for a simple dinner with my family but later than I know, they gave me a surprise birthday celebration! I was so shocked! My relatives were there singing the birthday song to me with my mother holding the cake. My uncles, aunties, cousins were there standing in my house. I totally did not expect this.
Thank you for my mother to arrange and organize everything!
I hope you enjoy this rare diary type of blog post and seeing the photos. If you like this kind of blog post, let me know me the comment down below! I will try to write more of them. Other than that, see you next time!


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Tyler Jaycees Group Folds; Fourth of July Fireworks May Not Happen
The Tyler Jaycees Civic organization is forced to fold due to declining membership, and this could be the end of community event favorites like the annual fireworks display.
The Tyler Jaycees a civic organization created for young people who are interested in growing their leadership through serving their community. Tyler's organization has recently disbanded, because their membership has fallen below the required minimum of 20 members. Another stipulation of the organization is youth. Members must be between the ages of 21 and 40 years of age.
Bobby Jones, prior Tyler Jaycees presiden,t told the Tyler Morning Telegraph, "There's no chapter. There are no more members. It hurts my heart to see that happen … I guess people don't want the responsibility."
Because the organization has disbanded, many favorite events in Tyler are in danger of disappearing. The annual fireworks display is one month away, and it's possible that it will not happen this year. The Jaycees are also responsible for organizing Tyler's annual Christmas parade and the annual Easter Egg Hunt for the Blind.
"A few of us past presidents tried to breathe new air into (the organization) in 2011 and 2012, but it did not seem to last very long," Jennifer Smith Cook, a former Jaycees president, told the Tyler Morning Telegraph. "It's a shame, too, because it is a great organization that inspires leadership while serving your community. Provides great networking and looks good on a resume. I have made many great contacts all over the world and some life-long friendships."
Some in the community feel that the organization may be saved if Tyler residents take an interest. For more information on the organization and how to join the Jaycees, visit their website, TylerJaycees.org.


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Game Credits
|Spirou (1995)
|(Production and Development Team for the original version)
|Terminator 3: The Redemption (2004)
|The Terminator: Dawn of Fate (2002)
|(System Engineers)
|Lucky Luke (1998)
|(Engine Programming)
|Spirou (1995)
|(Programmed by)
|Tintin in Tibet (1995)
|(Programmed By)
|The Smurfs (1994)
|(Programmed by)
|Looney Tunes: Sheep Raider (2001)
|(Thanks to)
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Corinn, an event planner & recent customer of ours, organized this fantastic-looking baking party using our Rolling-pin and Oven favor boxes. I can't imagine a baker of any age who wouldn't love a party like this!
Retro Oven & Rolling Pin Favor Gift Boxes
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Fourteen-year-old Alicia Bonnaud from France won the junior slopestyle competition at the 9th annual Burton European Open in Laax, Switzerland, this weekend. In the younger division, 13-year-old Emma Claire Bernard from France took the top spot on the podium.
In the girls junior division, Alicia took the lead with a front board to boardslide, a nose grab over the gap, rock to fakie on the mini ramp, 50-50 on the box, backside air on the QP and a nosegrab, frontside 3 and a mute grab over the 3 jumps. Silie Norendal and Kari Opsal completed the podium with 2nd and 3 rank with solid runs.
Over 100 riders aged 16 and under competed for top honors at Europe's premier snowboard event. Fourteen European nations as well as Japan, Canada, USA and Australia were represented in today's competition, where the younger kids charged hard – many attempting adult-sized tricks like backside rodeos, 900s and back-to-back 720s.
Slopestyle Girls Juniors Results
1. Alicia Bonnaud (FRA) 48.0
2. Silje Norendal (NOR) 46.2
3. Kari Opsal Maeland (NOR) 40.8
4. Mirabelle Thovex (FRA) 36.5
5. Aimee Fuller (GBR) 32.5
Slopestyle Girls Youth Results
1. Emma Claire Bernard (FRA) 26.5
2. Katarzyna Rusin (POL) 22.2
3. Chloe Trespeuch (FRA) 17.0
Find out more about the Burton Global Open Series.
All the lowdown on the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour.


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I woke up at 5 am on Sunday morning, to catch my 8:10 am flight out of Burbank, CA. If you ever get a chance to, you have to fly through this airport. I arrived at the airport at 6:45 am, and I was through security, and at my gate awaiting boarding time by 7 am. That was including a thorough check of my backpack, which often gets flagged, on account of all of the equipment, and "clutter" as the TSA agent put it.
Erica caught up with me at the gate, we grabbed some breakfast, and got ready to board. Along the way onto the plan I ran into Pam Bingham. It was already beginning. Connections from all around the globe.
We arrived at The Fairmont Hotel in San Jose by approximately 10 am.
As they were getting the rooms ready,
the gathering of the who's who in the world of QuickBooks began.
We hadn't even gotten into our rooms yet,
but the fun and the connections were already starting.
Then the Australian Connections began to show up.
Margaret (Above) joined us early.
At approximately 4 pm I attended the SalesPad Partner meet and greet.
I am not an official partner, but they were gracious enough to let me in.
@LaurieONeil and I are not paying attention @salespad 🙂 pic.twitter.com/CO0w11X6rB
— Nerd Enterprises Inc (@nerdenterprises) October 24, 2016
I crashed the @salespad partner / demo #QBConnect pic.twitter.com/ZSFaB92OQT
— Nerd Enterprises Inc (@nerdenterprises) October 24, 2016
Then at 6 pm the VIP Summit Welcome Reception began. I am honored, and humbled, of course to be included on this list of global influencers. All I did was make a bunch of videos. The rest of these people actually had to work for it 😉
I kid, I kid.
One of the things I learned last night, was the importance of the shoes you wear!
The theme was Andy Warhol, and as usual Intuit got creative with our photos!
The night capped off with a TSheets hosted event in the Fairmont lounge
It's always fun when you ran into @nerdenterprises @MMartinezEA @YMSBookkeeping @tsheets event! #QBConnect @IntuitAccts pic.twitter.com/1sbbvKrMUx
— Books LA (@BooksLA) October 24, 2016
Thanks to @MattRissell and his amazing @tsheets team for playing host tonight to the great mixer at the Fairmont #qbconnect pic.twitter.com/59SfKDLIqp
— Brad Celmainis (@BradCelmainis) October 24, 2016


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Healthy food for hungry people
After the Harvest rescues nutritious fruits and vegetables from going to waste and donates them to agencies that serve hungry people, primarily in Greater Kansas City. Our volunteers glean after the harvest, picking what's left in farmers' fields and picking up already harvested leftover produce. The majority of the funds we raise helps secure semi-truckloads of donated produce that might otherwise end up in landfills. After the Harvest, a
501(c)(3) nonprofit, is the largest local produce donor to Harvesters—The Community Food Network.
Our Team
Lisa's other nonprofit work included tenure at Foodchain – The National Food-Rescue Network, and many years of volunteer and pro bono work for hunger-relief organizations, providing communication and media services. She began her career as a newspaper reporter and worked in corporate communications, public affairs and media organizations before turning to the field of nonprofit work.
Emily's experience also includes five years of program coordination and volunteer management for a library and youth mentoring program in Tenants Harbor, Maine. While there, Emily served as an AmeriCorps VISTA member for two years. Emily has a BA in International Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and an MBA in Social Policy and Management from the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, Maine. When not gleaning, Emily is busy tending her own garden, cooking, traveling, and hiking with her dog.
After treating so many patients with preventable chronic illnesses, she became increasingly interested in how nutrition affects our health. In 2012, she completed a farm apprenticeship with Cultivate Kansas City and the Growing Growers program. In 2014, she successfully helped fundraise, advocate and organize events as a member of Nashville's Fair Food committee. Deciding to focus her passion for community and health in the non-profit sector, her previous positions include Vendor Program Assistant for The Contributor, Communications and Outreach Coordinator for The Anidaso Nsae Foundation and Public Health Intern for Hospital Vozandes in Ecuador.
Mariah loves working directly with farmers and volunteers and spending as much time as possible in the field in the sunshine. When not gleaning, she enjoys traveling, cooking family-style meals for friends and writing.
Sandy graduated with a BA from Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, majoring in communication arts with an emphasis in journalism. She has worked as a director or manager in marketing/advertising/event planning/promotions for advertising agencies, radio stations, Adam's Mark Hotel, Hardee's regional and ShowBiz Pizza corporate and many freelance clients. Her experience also includes advertising and marketing recruiting and building her own small food-related business.
Sandy has volunteered many hours for a variety of causes—most related to hunger relief. In her downtime during the growing season, she likes preparing fresh vegetables from her CSA weekly farm share. She also enjoys spending "floatie time" at little Nine-Acre Lake and traveling.
It is very important to her to work and serve in ways that make a difference in people's lives. She helped develop a local food pantry in 2008. As the volunteer pantry director, she has experienced the challenges and rewards of acquiring, storing and delivering food to hungry families.
She loves the relationships she has with the pantry guests and volunteers. Says Jane: "During distribution days, we not only share food with our friends, we share ideas about using unfamiliar foods and new recipes." Occasionally fresh produce donations overflow and she can be found drying, freezing and preserving fruits and vegetables so they can be distributed at a later time to people with limited access to transportation.
During her free hours, she loves spending time with her family and especially her four adorable grandchildren.


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premiere: TOPS :: Double Vision
TOPS are a bunch of weirdos, and I say this in the most affectionate way possible. Riley drums to a metronome for about 4 hours a day and would probably go for longer if he had his own studio, Jane laughs so loud that I can hear her even if I'm in a different building, usually when I see Tom he's buying weed from my roommates and David is just… indescribable really. Most of their music is really crazy and upbeat, but this song is super touching and quiet. It's not a single, but my favorite song on their upcoming record. — Grimes


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I stole the title of this song and this website from Jimmy Buffett, but he hasn't sued me yet. We were in Key West about a hundred years ago for an outdoor environmental benefit and Buffett said we were all there to keep Key West from becoming "some place else."
I wrote the song the next day. Later I was awarded a grant from the Monroe County Council for the Arts to record it.
Someplace Else


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Laurie Hernandez Income, Parents, Life and Success Story 2019
Laurie Hernandez is an American artistic gymnast. She has won a net worth of 2 Million Dollar. She was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey in June 2000. She is also a member of United States Women's gymnastics team for Rio Summer Olympics in 2016. She had been a member of the national team since 2012. She was committed to the Florida Gators Gymnastics Program at the university of Florida. She won a gold medal at the 2016 Pacific Rim Championships.
Laurie Hernandez Net Worth 2019 : 2 Million Dollar
Laurie Hernandez Life
Hernandez is the daughter of Wanda Hernandez and Anthony Hernandez. Her sister is Jelysa and she has a brother Marcus. She lives in Old Bridge Township, New Jersey. Laurie Hernandez is 5 feet 2 inches tall, Gymnast. She has Puerto Rican Descent. She is an American gymnast and Olympic medalist. She studied at the university of Florida and went ahead for NCAA eligibility in the year 2014. She became a professional Gymnast to compete in the Olympics. She also competed for the Monmouth Gymnastics Academy.
Recently, Hernandez and her pro partner performed a jazz to Michael Jackson's song The Way You Make Me Feel and both of them impressed the judges. She was declared as the Queen of Ballroom by Hough after receiving three 10 points from Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Junianne Hough. The famous Olympian turned into a dancer and was shocked by her appraisal in this field. She is honest in her work and she is trying to reach the heights of success.
Laurie Hernandez Career
Laurie Hernandez started taking gymnastic training at the age of 6. She was trained by her coach Maggie Haney at the MG Elite Gymnastics. She completed her first floor of training in the floor exercise in 2013 American Classic in Texas. She joined US Junior National Team. She was injured in 2014 and cut off from her job for six months. She came to track in 2015 and won the city of Jesolo Trophy and the US classic.
She made a great career debut in the year 2016 by winning gold at the city of Jesolo Trophy in Italy. She won another gold medal at the Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships in Washington. She represented the USA team at the Rio Olympic 2016. She won Olympic gold associating with her team members.
Laurie Hernandez Personal Information, Occupation & Net Income
Full Name – Lauren Zoe (Laurie) Hernandez
Age – 16 Years
Height – 5 feet 2 inches
Occupation – Gymnast
Head Coach – Maggie Haney
Net worth – 2 Million US Dollar
Parents – Wanda Hernandez and Anthony Hernandez
Date of Birth – 9 June 2000
Birth Place – New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
Nationality – American
Siblings – Jelysa and Marcus
Sun Sign – Gemini
Marital Status – Single
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By Clarissa Kell-Holland
staff writer
In response to U.S. lawmakers' call for greater energy market transparency, the U.S. Energy Information Administration has launched a new program, titled the "Energy and Financial Markets Initiative."
EIA Spokesman Jonathan Cogan said the agency's new administrator, Richard Newell, is spearheading this initiative aimed at generating a better understanding and analysis of what "drives energy prices" in an effort to bring some "transparency to the market."
"We're hoping that this (initiative) is going to help us to better analyze and forecast prices, to take into account things beyond our traditional physical fundamentals of just supply and demand and include some of the other factors that might be affecting prices as well," Cogan told Land Line. "We are also going to be looking ahead at the spread in different holders of options contracts on the NYMEX to help predict where prices may shift in the future."
In short, EIA is trying to get a better grip on energy price movements by studying other influences such as speculation, hedging, investments and exchange rates.
"Hopefully, this will help bring some more transparency to the market, which will hopefully be beneficial for everybody involved, whether it's consumers or producers or policymakers," Cogan said. "Our whole feeling is that better information can make better markets and better policies, and this is one way to expand our coverage."
EIA's September "Short-Term Energy Outlook" predicts West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil – the major benchmark of crude oil in the Americas – will average about $70 per barrel in the fourth quarter of 2009. That's an increase of $27 per barrel from its first quarter prediction. The forecast also has diesel averaging $2.47 for the remainder of 2009 and averaging $2.88 per gallon for 2010. LL


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Here's The Trailer For The Trailer Of The New 'Ghostbusters' Movie
February 14,2016
If you know someone who is a fan of the "Ghostbusters" franchise, and also trailers that don't show any relevant footage, have we got news for you!
Ghostbusters just gave audiences a glimpse into the newest installment - just a glimpse - in a trailer for the trailer.
Where are the ghosts? Where are the busters? Who are we supposed to call?
Apparently, the wait to see some actual ghostbustin' action will last until March 3rd, when the actual trailer drops.


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Utility Workers Union of America
Jim Anderson-President
The Pledge of Allegiance occurred.
A moment of silence was observed.
Roll Call was taken by Treasurer Cockrell. All present.
The previous month's general board minutes were read by Secretary Kowolonek. A motion to accept the previous month's minutes was made by Mike Hoffman. Second by DL Wallace. Motion passed.
The Financial Report was presented by Treasurer Cockrell. A motion to accept the Financial Report was made by Steve Kowolonek. Second by Randy Darby. Motion passed.
National Director Don Opatka sent a letter seeking members to
The complete Audit booklet from Hammerman, Graf, and Hughes was presented.
Compensation Committee- discussion occurred about compensation guidelines for board members. The committee would meet again to clarify questions.
Arbitration #367- President Anderson presented a letter from the company concerning arbitration #367. After discussion, Lori Warren made a motion to drop arbitration #367 if the company would clarify the reasons that the company would allow an interview team member to be excused. Second by Walt Dobbins. Motion passed.
Call Center- President Anderson, Vice President Warren, Delegate Wallace and Delegate Webster met with the new Call Center Reps.
Call Center- discussion occurred about the incentive pay in the Call Center.
Power Plants- discussion occurred about the sale of the company power plants and its possible effect on Union members.
UEIP- the percentage amounts for the annual UEIP were announced. For the members still participating in the traditional pension plan, the percentage payout is 1.69%. The members who are in the Cash Balance will receive a payout percentage of 3.54%. The payout will be on the March 7th check.
Membership meeting- the march Membership meeting will occur at the Bellevue Vets.
Delegate Dobbins-discussed the arbitration involving work within the Gas Department.
Delegate Webster-discussed grievance involving an exempt employee doing Union work in the Call Center.
Delegate Memering-discussed 3 members who are still displaced from their work classification.
Delegate Hoffman-discussed situation of Senior Meter Readers.
Secretary Kowolonek-presented how different local UWUA unions provide scholarships to their memberships. After discussion, President Anderson would like to pick a committee in March to look at presenting a Local 600 scholarship.
Cockrell-discussed Auditor Don Stewart and the fine job he has done for our
local. The local has saved over $3000 over the past few years using him
compared to our previous financial advisor.
A motion to adjourn was made by Lori Warren. Second by Lisa Webster. Motion passed.
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Umeko regularly emails me with photos of many things she has been making with our silicone moulds. It's lovely - I like to be able to see what others have been making. Umeko lives in France and makes a lot of soap with melt and pour soap base and more recently also making her own cold process soap.
Melt and pour soap is very simple to use. You literally just melt and pour - adding your choice of colour and fragrance oils. There is a massive range of cosmetic grade fragrance oils available cheaply and in small volumes on Ebay. Melt and pour soap sets in around 30 minutes and is ready to use immediately. We keep a large range of very easy to use silicone soap moulds. Those plastic ones are really difficult to get the soap out of !
Cold process soap is a lot more involved - heating oils and lye and adding caustic soda, then beating until it reaches a trace (kind of like beating double cream) before pouring into moulds. Cold process soap needs left for around a month to cure and then must be tested with litmus paper before it is safe to use.
I do fancy having a go with cold process soap making at some point - but given I've got a toddler who likes to help with EVERYTHING, I don't really want to start skiddling around at the moment with cold process. Still - I've done a lot of
work and fiddling around crafting and baking today and yesterday as my car is broken again. Boo hoo.
We've got this new design soap mould coming in a few weeks time. It's a double cell mould to create large bath soaps - one oval and the other rectangular. You will be able to find via this link HERE as soon as it becomes available.
Anyway, I digress. Umeko has just come up with the idea of making a honeycomb type soap and it's a genuis idea if I may say so. I liked it that much, I thought I'd have a go myself !
Basically, to get the honeycomb effect, Umeko simply lined her biggest soap mould with bubble wrap and then poured in the soap base. It came out with outstanding results - have a look at her photo below.
The size of the bar in Umeko's hand is roughly the size of the rectangular bar in our TWO BAR soap mould. Only problem with using a big rectangular wooden box mould to make this in is that you end up with loads of bars all in one go. Great if you are selling it - not so good if it is only for your own use !
Anyway, I melted some SLS Free opaque melt and pour soap base (about 150g) and added some honey, milk and oatmeal fragrance along with a couple of big heaped teaspoons of locally produced runny honey and a little colouring.
The darker the honey, the stonger the flavour. The honey I have at the moment is very light. It smelt good enough to eat - but unsurprisingly tasted a bit soapy (I KNOW - I just couldn't resist !!!)
For the first bar, I laid some bubble wrap on the bottom and then poured in the soap base, laying more bubble wrap on top. When it was set, I pulled the bubble wrap off.
As you can see, I could have done with adding a little more colouring and secondly using a NEW piece of bubble wrap rather than stealing a bit from the length Oliver currently has in his toybox for popping. What is is that makes popping bubble wrap so addictive ?
After that, I melted down some transparent melt and pour soap base and added a tiny bit of yellow colouring and some more honey. This was to pour over the top of the opaque base layer. Mine maybe is not so effective as Umeko's - but the transparent layer is sealing in the bubblewrap / honeycomb effect which will make it last longer and not wear the effect away so quickly. The colour shown above is what I used on my finished photo of the soap. The first attempt was a bit too orange.
I poured this over the top of the base layer after removing the bubble wrap. Once the soap was set, I released it from the mould and turned it over to repeat with the other side.
The base layer took several times longer than normal to set - I actually ended up popping it in the fridge. I can only think that this was due to the bubble wrap causing and isulate layer. Amazing stuff bubble wrap. I've used it a few times in the past to wrap up hypothermic foals. It's literally a lifesaver.
The first attempt - just a bit too orangey on top. Looks ok in the photo - but it's really bright in real life and hides the honeycomb effect too much.
This soap is really
yummy addictive. It's also very very slippy ! Ok - soap IS slippy - but I think this is really slippy and can only put it down to the honey. I adore it, it's beautiful to wash with. We've got one as a super big bath soap and I cut the other in half so Oliver can use it too. He loves the soap with "the bubbles in it" - but I've lost count how many times he's dropped it. It's that slippy he can't hang on to it washing his hands and drops his little bar 10x more often than a regular bar !
This is the second (lighter) coloured bar. I think the base layer needs to be a bit stronger coloured though, so I've got another hardening at the moment. This time I've added a little soy sauce to it too which is giving it a really nice caramel colour. I can't wait for it to finish hardening so I can pop it out !
Sarah-Jane Nash - http://www.siliconemoulds.com/ - silicone mould specialists - supplying worldwide


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IHM Goa grads Harsh Dixit and Mohit Savargaonkar came up with the venture in tandem with two friends and their clients include Ranveer Singh, Katrina Kaif, Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, among others.
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Board of Selectmen
Joint Meeting with Planning Board, ZBA, Conservation,
Master Plan, and Mark Bobrowski.
December 4, 2002
6:00 pm
1. Opening Remarks – Madame Chairman Shirley Mosczynski
2. 40 B Discussion
3. Zoning for Economic Development
4. Site Plan Review: ZBA or Planning Board
5. Adjournment
Board of Selectmen
Meeting Minutes
December 4, 2002
Approved August 5, 2003
Chairman Shirley Mosczynski called the meeting to order at 6:00 pm. In attendance were Selectmen Richard Preston, Ronald Forget and Edward Therrien. Also present were Executive Administrator Kenneth Mahoney, Attorney Mark Bobrowski, Town Engineer William Cundiff, Planning/Conservation Agent Stephen Zisk, Linda Brown, Marylynne Dube, Paul Peterson, Ralph Dudley III, Eben Chesebrough, Carol Gogolinski, Robert Werme, Daniel Heney, and Pam Holmes.
The Chair welcomed Attorney Mark Bobrowski and members of the various boards that were represented.
The majority of discussion centered on the issue of affordable housing. Attorney Bobrowski offered comments and suggestions and gave examples of what is being done in other communities.
• Some communities have passed the Community Preservation Act (CPA)
• CBBO Funds – grant to homeowner becomes affordable housing
• Make an affordable accessory bylaw with deed restrictions
• Develop subdivisions in five year instead of two years
• Put the homes up for sale or rent
• Town owned assisted living where each bed counts towards the affordable housing percentage
• Flexible development – build 30 regular and 5 affordable homes
He stressed the need for a Housing Authority and suggested the name of David Hedison, Executive Director of the Housing Authority in Chelmsford to contact for more information.
Question regarding Site Plan Review and which board does them were asked. Attorney Bobrowski said that in most communities it is done by the Planning Board as they are more familiar with design issues, subdividsion, drainage and sewer issues. The Canton, site plans are reviewed by the Zoning Board of Appeals, in Sudbury by the Board of Selectmen, and in Orleans by an independent design review board.
The Chair thanked Attorney Bobrowski and board members for attending. The motion to adjourn was made by Richard Preston and seconded by Ronald Forget. The vote was unanimous and the meeting adjourned at 7:30 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Shirley Mosczynski