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de la Garza - Cantu House
This property was once part of the large Spanish land grant made to Simon Arocha, a Canary Island descendant, by the Spanish government in ca. 1778. The ranch appeared on the list of Sindico Reports of the Bexar Jurisdiction, taken in the Year 1810. At this time, the ranch was known as Santa Rita de las Yslitas.
Herrera, Blas Ranch
The Blas Herrera Ranch, located in southern Bexar County, Texas, represents an important survival of an early 19th century homestead complex in south Texas. The structures comprising the compound reflect the simple character of central Texas vernacular architecture during the early 19th century and the simple Tejano structures which were common to the area. Historic built features throughout the ranch reflect the evolution and changing uses of the land, from active ranching, to one of scaled back ranching activities, to social and community events, to the simple pasturing of horses. At the heart of the ranch stand two jacales dating from the 1830s-1840s, the larger jacal having been one of two Herrera-Ruiz homesteads. Other structures include two wooden buildings, a pavilion and a few additional structures related to ranching and social activities. The jacals are indicative of the early Tejano construction techniques.
Padilla Ranch House - Demolished 2009
Padilla Ranch House – formerly located on Balcones Creek and I H – 10 near Bexar County and Kendall Counties line.
Perez, Ignacio Ranch
The Ignacio Perez Rancho Jacal is located in the Medina River Natural Area and Greenway in southern Bexar County. (15890 Highway 16, San Antonio, TX). The Medina River Natural Area and Greenway is operated by the San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department. The jacal is near the El Chaparral Trail and is visible from a distance as it is protected by a security fence. The Perez Rancho was located on the Spanish Land Grant awarded to Lt. Colonel Ignacio Perez in 1808. However, it is likely that Perez was occupying the lands prior to this time in the 1700s.
Presnall - Watson House / Land Heritage Institute
Presnall-Watson Homestead Distric
- Mailing address and location of main gate: 1349 Neal Road, San Antonio, TX 78264-3531.
The Presnall-Watson Homestead District includes six buildings, three contributing structures, and six significant archeological sites.
- The 188-acre Presnall-Watson Homestead District is part of the Land Heritage Institute (LHI) property, a 1,200-acre living land museum representing at least 10,000 years of occupancy by all the major cultural groups that shaped South Texas, including Native Americans, the Spanish, the Mexicans, and the Anglos as well as African-Americans.
Yndo - Thomae Property
This is the story of the old Yndo Ranch at Canada Verde, the house being built in 1868 by Miguel Yndo. The tract of land where the ranch is situated was bought by Mr. Yndo from Pedro Antonio Flores and wife, Melchora Yndo.
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Perez, Ignacio Ranch
The Ignacio Perez Rancho Jacal is located in the Medina River Natural Area and Greenway in southern Bexar County. (15890...


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Detective Kar had slept badly. He had eaten nothing during the long hours of interrogation at the NIS headquarters and the raw beef at dinner hadn't gone down well. His stomach was aching when he awoke. He didn't feel like getting out of bed but the phone had been ringing off the hook.
When we had finished tea, we went down to the beach. My host untied an outrigger canoe and pushed it out into the shallows. I rolled up my trousers and followed him, my backpack on my back. I tossed the backpack into the boat and climbed in. Soon we were out in the bay, the sea floor falling rapidly away beneath us, the water sparkling and clear. We paddled away from the land, and then he turned the boat to the north, following the line of the coast. It was a beautiful day, and it felt good to be out on the water.
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Excerpted from Asian Waters: The Struggle Over the South China Sea & the Strategy of Chinese Expansion by Humphrey Hawksley
John Richard Duffy, whom his friends knew as "Richard" or just "Duffy", was a successful thirty-three-year-old solicitor and businessman who in 1978 had been working in Hong Kong for eleven years. He was a man who elicited both hatred and affection, and has been described as "a Robin Hood character". He was openly bisexual, with, if anything, a preference for youths, a man who took innumerable sexual partners and who was contemptuous of the legal restrictions placed upon homosexuals in Hong Kong. In this, and some alleged in perhaps other areas also, he sailed very close to the line, but he did so with much warmth of character and a visible twinkle in his eye. He was, therefore, a popular man to many, although not in the police force, at whom he cocked a continual snook. He had friends across all segments of Hong Kong society, and didn't mind whether he mixed with taipans, barristers, high officials, or the poverty stricken, as long as he found them amusing.
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Why do people still sit spellbound through works of musical theatre that are dozens of decades old, written in and about times that have long passed from living memory? There is of course the music and the wonder of the unamplified voice, but opera is also, critically, about the story. There is love, passion, betrayal, pathos, death, hope. There is tension combined with, frequently, impossible choices. Our heroines are asked to choose between their families and their hearts, between a duty to country and a duty to themselves. Opera often poses universal questions—universal because there are no answers—and in that universalità there is unity.

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Yep. I am convinced His eye truly is, regardless of anyone or anything.
David… not Goliath. Israel, not the big-shot kingdoms of the day. Samaritans, rather than those quasi-religious Jews in Jesus' story-telling. Why? Why is it God throughout His Word seems to continually favor "the little guy", the poor and outcast, people on the margins?
I grew up in sparsely populated farm country, "in the sticks" as we say, then in and just outside of several very small towns.
The other day I took the scenic route through a part of Northern Illinois I'd never been through and discovered Irene. Irene, Illinois that is! Unincorporated. I counted exactly 12 houses and one of those was a bit removed from the others at an intersection as I drove through on the one and only road.
My mind went where it often does: "Wow, I wonder about the history of this tiny little spot in the road?" Of course there's a train track running right along side it that I believe connects Rockford and Chicago.
I wondered at the families living there now, if this is a simple quiet place where most work and attend school in nearby Belvidere or the Rockford area? Most likely.
There has always been some kind of allure to me in lonely places, small and often "off the beaten path", perhaps forgotten little enclaves where people are born but typically die someplace else. For example the "Big cities" of Burnett, Fox Lake and Randolph up in Wisconsin. Pumpkin Center outside of Beaver Dam… you won't find that on most maps. Bushnell, and really tiny Breeds in Illinois. Checkrow which is a place but is basically just that, a church and parsonage, a couple farms. I love them. Miss them too.
Then I think of that line in the Book of Hebrews- "Here we have no continuing city but we seek one to come". I have connections with -that- city far deeper than anywhere I've ever lived or traveled on earth. All in good time 🙂
Meanwhile, I think about places like Irene, Illinois and smile.
Do you at times feel forgotten, even by God Himself? If we notice people, perhaps off-the-grid or "coloring outside the lines" people and the places they dwell, do you really think God has forgotten any of them -or any of us?
As usual the sparrows were in our side yard garden today. We made a place for them including birdhouses in our garden.
The psalmist writes "Where can I flee from Your presence?"
This vid clip is 30 years old from a set at Cornerstone Festival done w. amazingly talented friends for Compassion International who work to help "the least of these".
It's a good thing to notice, even appreciate sparrows -especially in a world with plenty of hawks.
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ISG 110: What Can We Learn From The New Look Peninsula Kingswood?
May 27th, 2019 | 51 mins 10 secs
It's been six years of hard work and disruption and the process has not been without controversy but the new look Peninsula Kingswood Golf Club is officially open for business. We catch up with CEO Heath Wilson for some insight into what the merger might mean for the game more broadly, where the North and South Course are likely to rank among Australia's best and why the club is keen to host a big time professional tournament in the near future.


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For a while now, I've been moderately obsessed with getting my old body back. And I've restarted this challenge at least once a week and often even had the audacity to publicly announce my physical transformation.
Only to then never speak of it again when I dropped off the wagon of doing more yoga and working less. And instead didn't do any yoga and worked even harder than ever before.
So I never got "there".
Just yesterday, within days after cutting a deal with myself that these blog posts were going to be written in an hour, so that I had a chance of taking care of my basic physical needs with yoga, home cooked meals, daylight and a bike ride, I turned myself inside out at my writing desk and came up with a piece that stretched three hours and three decades.
Bye bye basic needs.
I did have a bike ride though, because I always clean the yoga studio on Tuesdays. So then the bike ride is work, which means there is a hundred percent higher chance that I'll actually prioritize it.
So I was in the city, and my day had went awol first because of the way too long blogpost and then by a draining but effective series of phone calls and paperwork for last week's creditcard fraude.
I was now walking the streets with an envelop, which I could not post anywhere because postal services have removed half of their mailboxes. To keep my spirits up, I was eating a double scoop of Belgian cream.
That's when I "ran" (I could not have been strolling slower, honestly. Looking around halfheartedly for mailboxes) into Disciplined Friend.
Like all Disciplined Friends I have, he has an irrepressible urge to downplay his own achievements and to remind you of how many times he slacked and didn't run, lift weights, or do yoga. Depending on which disciplined friend it is.
Disciplined Friend was in his running gear, and he was cooling down. So we had a little chat.
I confessed to him that whenever he posted his run on Facebook, it inspired me.
From what I hear that is an atypical response to workout updates.
There's even a meme:
"Unless you find a dead body on your morning run, I don't want to know about it."
I have that with family updates.
Unless we're talking life or death situations, or photos of your cat, I would much rather know if you worked out.
So I told him that I sometimes wished he would text me, to announce that he would go running. It would be crucial that he did this before he went, not after.
And then I would pause writing my lengthy blog posts, postpone calling creditcard companies, and do an amazing one hour super-intensive yoga session, that totally transformed my body and my life.
And I would do that three to four times a week.
And it would be amaaaayzing.
"And then of course I think: There's an app for that," I concluded my story.
I quickly started licking my ice cream all the way around because it was really hot and I couldn't afford having a conversation.
I saw the letter in my hand already contained ice cream stains as well.
We said our goodbyes, I found a mailbox, cleaned my studio, taught my classes, and sat myself down for my last hour of the day, which is sacred time. I clear out my running diary, go through all the notes of that day, transfer them to my diary or notebooks and cross off all the pages that don't contain relevant information anymore.
I could see where I had "lost" my resolution to do yoga: on days when I already have six hours of designated work, I can't afford writing a three hour blog post and then expect to do an hour of yoga as well.
But also; the eating.
It's not that I can't have an ice cream, but I knew I was slipping back into my habit of needing food in order to make myself keep up with everything I have to do. I use food as fuel. Whereas when I'm writing? Journaling? Taking a personal development training? I can go up to seven hours without needing food, water or Wifi.
So Monday and Tuesday are my most challenging days in terms of self-care but they also set me up for the rest of the week. If I don't do yoga then, I don't do it the rest of the week either.
Same goes for snacking.
If I drop my "diet" of three times a day all you can eat, in favor of Belgian ice cream on Tuesday afternoons, I will easily slip into eating whatever crosses my path, twenty-four seven.
And I thought of my ideal body, my ideal lifestyle, and that every year for the last decade I had slipped away further. I have a photo in bikini top and jeans, from my 40th birthday. I vividly remember having it taken and thinking:
"Hmmm… I can't believe I still fit into these pants. I'm way heavier than I want to be. But my belly looks nice. I hope this photo inspires me to take the extra pounds off."
That was five years and eight kilos ago.
And then, like a lightning rod, it struck me. A powerful vision of exactly the way I want my body to be.
It was as if my two ideal bodies, those of porn star Stoya and of escort Avery Moore mixed together with a new vision of Who I Wanted To Be, the second half of my life.
I wanted their photo model, bendy, beautiful pale bodies. What was different from all the resolutions I had before, was that I no longer felt resistant to work for it. For the first time in my life I saw my body as a commodity, something that could pay the bills.
Which isn't even that far off considering I am a yoga teacher, and the only offers I have gotten as a writer is to pose half nude or fully nude.
In "exchange for free publicity".
I don't know why I put quotation marks there, since it means exactly what it says. I said no, or hell no, or fuck no, but I do acknowledge that a writer with a killer body is definitely more newsworthy than a middle aged woman struggling to keep the pounds off.
It was clear to me that my decision to commit to this daily blog, and thereby get serious with my writing, could only be followed by a decision to be just that driven in getting the sex worker body to match it.
I wonder if there's an app for that.
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So today's been an interesting day! I hit the gym had a great workout and finishing my last set I got an email from a potential employer. I hopped on Skype and well, I'm moving back to Montreal! Later, I got to meet a ton of Oppos and catch Reitus and Cleitus Premiere which was just stellar!
The interesting thing about this whole mess is that I will be there, paying rent in Toronto as well and my girlfriend will remain here until I get through probation (3 months). So in that time I plan on visiting every couple weeks.
It's a 350 Mile drive on highways and I'll be leaving Friday after work and returning Sunday night. I'll need a car to do this as renting is great and all but if I'm doing this over Christmas where I'll get the week off .. I may as well bite the bullet and invest in a car for the next few years.
I view highway bombers as cars that are comfortable, that you feel a presence in and where you dont realize you're doing 100MPH and neither do others. A Rolls, Bentley or BMW 6 series coupes are perfect examples of just that. A GT car.
1) Highway speed and comfort - I know where every speed trap is on this drive and allegedly cruise at 92.5mph. That means I need stealth and yes, a blackout button is on the list.
2) I'm 6ft 3 and an athletic 225 - No I do not fit in a Miata. If only.
3) Return on investment - This will be my DD through this winter, however I plan to trade it in come spring or summer for a 2017 Camero SS or ZL1.
4) Gas milage - I'm not going to buy something that gets a good 21MPG. I'm looking closer to 30MPG.
5) Tops $14K Canadian but less is better - It must be reliable. I am not going to sit out on my cold ass in mid January in -60F.
What are your thoughts Oppo? This is a huge step for me, I've never purchased my own cars and driven them. Though I'm in my later 20s and purchased nearly 20 vehicles in the past few years I flipped them quick and growing up, I was fortunate to have parents willing to provide me with transport.
So far on my list:
This Buick - $15.9K (Negotiation)
2008 Saab 9-3 Wagon - IT BROWN! $9K
2011 Genesis Coupe - Make an offer of $10K .. it has warranty


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Lars Bonell
Lars Bonell García (Ph.D. University of Valladolid (UVa), 2016) is a lecturer at the University of La Salle in Madrid, Spain. His main lines of research are family-community-school partnerships for academic success and improved coexistence, and family-professionals partnerships in the field of intellectual disability to improve quality of life. His most recent research focuses on the analysis of barriers and facilitators for the participation in school of families belonging to vulnerable groups.
A systematic literature review of factors that moderate bystanders' actions in cyberbullying
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by Sarah Steimer
Posts Tagged 'bay leaf'
Meatless Monday: Fennel and carrot soup
Posted in Main dishes, Recipes, tagged bay leaf, carrots, fennel, food, maple syrup, Meatless Monday, onion, potato, recipe, Sarah Steimer, SoHungryBlog, soup, thyme, vegetable broth, walnuts, whipping cream on January 5, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Everything to Grain: Spiced basmati rice salad with raisins
Posted in Guides, Main dishes, Monthly themes, Recipes, Side dishes, tagged basmati, bay leaf, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, cumin, food, garlic, onions, raisins, recipe, rice, salad, Sarah Steimer, SoHungryBlog, walnuts on April 25, 2013| Leave a Comment »
by Sarah Steimer
Want One?: French onion soup wontons with au jus
Posted in Main dishes, Recipes, Side dishes, tagged au jus, bay leaf, broth, food, French onion soup, onions, recipe, Sarah Steimer, SoHungryBlog, thyme, wontons, worcestershire sauce on October 9, 2012| 1 Comment »
by Sarah Steimer
- 1 large sweet onions, cut into quarters then sliced thin
- 1/2 tablespoon butter
- 1/2 tablespoon olive oil (neither this nor the butter need to be exact)
- salt and pepper
- 1/2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- leaves from 3-4 springs thyme (or about 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme)
- 1 small dried bay leaf
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1/4 cup beef OR vegetable broth (if you want to go legitimately vegetarian)
- 1/4 cup finely shredded mozzarella cheese
- 10-12 wonton wrappers
Heat a medium-to-large sauté pan. When warm, add the butter and oil. Let the butter melt before adding the onions. Stir the onions so they are coated in the butter and oil, then add the Worcestershire sauce, thyme, bay leaf (be careful not to crush the bay leaf, you do not want pieces of it in your food), sugar and broth.
Turn the heat up to high to bring the liquid to a boil. Bring the heat back down to medium and let the liquid cook off and the onions caramelize — about 20 minutes.
Remove the onions from the heat and discard the bay leaf. Let the onions mostly cool before tossing the onions in the mozzarella.
Lay out the wonton wrappers. Working one at a time, wet the edges of the wrappers with water and spoon about a tablespoon's worth of the onion-cheese mixture in each. Fold over to make a triangle and seal the edges well.
Continue until all the wontons are made.
Heat more olive oil in a pan, just enough to cover the bottom. Add the wontons to the pan so they are sitting up on the folded edge, with one corner straight up in the air — not laying on their side. Let the bottoms brown. Add enough water to cover about 1/3 of the wontons and cover the pan. Let the wontons steam for about 2-3 minutes.
Remove the lid and let the water cook out while the wontons crisp back up a bit on the bottom. Remove the wontons with a spatula (they may stick a little, but I didn't have much trouble).
For the au jus:
- 1/2 cup beef broth
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 clove garlic, minced
Combine all ingredients and heat in the microwave for about 30 seconds. Serve with the warm wontons.
Makes 10-12 wontons.
Recipe adapted from: Iowa Girl Eats
* Want One? is our October guide that pays homage to the wonton, a traditionally steamed, fried, baked or boiled dumpling that can be filled with an array of goodies. We'll feature meatless, meat-full and dessert renditions.
Meatless Monday: Quinoa Mexican soup with roasted vegetables
Posted in Main dishes, Recipes, tagged avocado, bay leaf, chili powder, cinnamon, coriander, cumin, food, garlic, jalapeno, meatless, Meatless Monday, onion, poblano, quinoa, recipe, red pepper, roasting, Sarah Steimer, SoHungryBlog, soup, summer, tomatoes, vegan, vegetable broth on September 17, 2012| Leave a Comment »
by Sarah Steimer
- 4 cups low-sodium vegetable broth/stock
- 2 (14.5 oz) cans low-sodium fire roasted diced tomatoes
- olive oil
- 1 medium red onion, chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 poblano pepper
- 1 red bell pepper
- 1 jalapeno, seeds and ribs removed for less spice
- 1 cup dry quinoa
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon chipotle sauce (if you don't have it, you can skip it or use hot sauce instead)
- 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 2 bay leaves
- pinch ground cinnamon
- 1 avocado, cut into 1/2 inch cubes (optional)
Roast, peel and chop the poblano and red peppers. (see Caitlin's video if you need a how-to)
Heat a dutch oven or heavy, large pot over medium heat. Add enough olive oil just to cover the bottom and, once heated, add the onions. Cook the onions, stirring occasionally, until they have caramelized. Every once in awhile you may have to de-glaze the pan (keep the onions from sticking) by adding a little of the vegetable broth.
While the onions are cooking, combine the quinoa and 2 cups of water in a sauce pan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for about 30 minutes or until all water is absorbed. Remove from heat and set aside.
Add the remaining vegetable both to the dutch oven, along with the tomatoes, garlic, jalapeno, poblano, red bell pepper, chili powder, coriander, cumin, bay leaves, cinnamon and chipotle sauce. Bring everything to a boil (you may need to put the lid on for this, that's a lot of liquid to get boiling). Reduce the heat and let the soup simmer for about 25 minutes, uncovered and stirring occasionally.
Remove the bay leaves and add the cooked quinoa. Mix well and serve, topped with the cubed avocado.
Makes about six servings.
Recipe adapted from: Prevention RD
Spicy chorizo and chickpea stew
Posted in Main dishes, Recipes, tagged bay leaf, carrots, chickpeas, chorizo, food, garbanzo beans, garlic, onion, oregano, recipe, Sara Steimer, SoHungryBlog, soup, stew, winter on January 31, 2012| Leave a Comment »
by Sarah Steimer
- 1 pound ground chorizo – OR – 1 pound chorizo sausages, cases removed
- olive oil
- 1 large carrot, sliced in half and cut into half-moons
- 1/2 large onion
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- 1 can diced tomatoes
- 2 cups water
- dried oregano
- bay leaf
Cook the chorizo in a sauté pan until fully cooked. The meat may appear a little pink, but that's likely from the chorizo seasoning. Drain the fat/oil from the pan.
In a dutch oven or sturdy pot, heat a few teaspoons of olive oil. Once hot, add the carrots, onion and garlic. Sauté for about 5 minutes or until the onions are translucent. Add the chorizo, chickpeas, tomatoes and oregano, stirring to incorporate. Add the 2 cups of water and stir, adding the bay leaf to the water (keep it where you can see it).
Bring the stew to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cover for 30 minutes.
Before serving, remove the bay leaf from the soup.
Makes 6 servings.


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If Nani's arrival to Orlando City SC has provided anything, it's been an injection of energy to a club and fanbase yearning for some positive momentum to get behind.
With five goals and four assists through four games during the month of April, momentum is slowly building for the Lions. However it's not just energy and passion that the Portuguese attacker has brought to the Eastern Conference side.
Bobby Warshaw and Calen Carr look deeper at Nani's impact and how it effects the way James O'Connor's group plays. And with Nani back in the starting lineup for Orlando's Sunday afternoon clash against FC Cincinnati, you can see for yourself, too (3 pm ET | MLS LIVE on ESPN+ in the US and on DAZN in Canada).


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A parent who was observing in a Children's House (preschool and kindergarten) classroom was excited to share this story of what he saw unfold that morning.
A kindergarten child was working diligently on drawing and painting a continent map. When the colors went where the child did not wish them to go they became upset. So who helped?
Guidance and encouragement came from all. The teacher worked with the child to blend and shade the area to bring it closer to her vision of how the work should look. They next took the work around to show friends and share the story of the process. Classmates provided positive feedback for the finished product and the hard work that went into it. Some days are easier than others.
What we do when we struggle and how our struggles are guided and appreciated can make all the difference.


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Eric Hartman: Hello and welcome to Queen City Profiles, a podcast brought to you by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library. This is a show where we bring in prominent members of the Charlotte community for a conversation. My name is Eric Hartman and with me today is Mrs. Betsy Hauser Idilbi.
Betsy Hauser Idilbi: Hi everybody.
EH: Before starting Tech Talent South, Betsy ran a physical product developing company Little Idea which merged with a product development giant Inventis. Since starting Tech Talent South, Betsy has been named CIO of the Year by the Charlotte Business Journal, a leader under 40, one of the 25 people to know in Charlotte's startup scene, named one of the 7 people to watch in Charlotte in 2016 by the Charlotte Observer, and honored by the Charlotte Business Journal as a 2016 Woman of the Year. She is also one of this year's finalists for CBJ's list of the most admired CEOs. Betsy holds a degree in journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In her free time, Betsy loves hanging out with her husband and two kids. If she's screaming at her television set, it's probably over her alma mater, UNC Chapel Hill. She also digs jogging, scuba diving, all things Tar Heels, and is nothing short of dominant on a foosball table. Hello Betsy and welcome to Queen City Profiles.
BI: I'm excited, so Friday I get to watch my Heels in person right here in the Queen City.
EH: Excllent, excellent. We're super excited as well. So, let's start off here, pretty common question. Since it seems like no one is ever from Charlotte: where are you originally from?
BI: Charlotte.
EH: Okay, great! That makes things really easy. Where in Charlotte did you grow up?
BI: So, I read question number two and I believe it said "what brought you here" and I was ready to answer, well my mom and dad. Um, but, no, so I was raised in Charlotte. Um, and then I moved and lived in Chicago for a couple of years and Atlanta and then found my way home. It's been really exciting to see all of the changes the city has had over the last 30-something years.
EH: It's been pretty incredible even for the last 5 years that I've been here.
BH Look, I remember when I worked–when I was 16-years-old at Duke Energy over the summers and I could park for free.
EH: That's pretty incredible.
BI: Right.
EH: So, I know we've talked a little about it already, but tell me about your background.
BI: Yeah, so I obviously was a journalism major at UNC Chapel Hill. After school, I went to Chicago and I worked in PR, um, for the city doing event planning, etcetera. And then, um, following that, I really started developing my own products. Uh, and stumbled into a company here in Charlotte, I recognized my passion was helping people launch these ideas. And so, buddied up with a company here called Little Idea–little team of 6, engineers on staff, graphic designers, uh you walked in with an idea, you kind of name it, we helped you produce it. I always tell people we weren't in the business of judging ideas, we're in the business of executing them which, they are two wildly different things. Uh, it was an amazing ride and if I'm really honest, I still geek out more over a physical product, something tangible you can hold, than a digital one. That said, they are incredibly expensive to start and so I watched a lot of folks spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on their baby idea that may or may not have legs. So we ended up merging with a product development giant based right here in Charlotte called Inventis. Very few people know it's here. I believe that the CEO actually teaches some classes for Queens College, where we're sitting right now, but we merged with them and I thought "well, this has been awesome," but I had seen a lot of folks come through our doors with digital ideas. They wanted to build mobile apps, they wanted to build out a new web application, whatever it was, and I thought well one Little Idea wasn't equipped to handle that and two, I'm missing out on this huge market segment, and three, wow, if I could empower folks with the skills to code they could build out new companies for the cost of host and domain–like 40 bucks. So it was like a great equalizer in my mind.
EH: Absolutely.
BI: So I jetted off to Chicago, abandoned my husband for a matter of months and slept on my buddy's couch and went to one of the first code schools in the nation.
EH: So, that's, that pretty much leads us right up to starting Tech Talent South. Can you tell me a little about process on getting that started and then just a little bit more about the company?
BI: Yeah, so while I was in Chicago–and it was an amazing experience I actually went to a code school co-owned by the guys at 37-signals and the product base camp was developed by them and, y'know, they roped the computer language rail, so I can't even conceptualize what it's like to write a computer language. But good people to learn rails from, and I felt that this was an amazing experience. What would have been a little bit better for me is having built that network where I wanted to live, right? Like I knew I was going up for this experience, but was coming back to Charlotte. And I thought that I could do something similar and I could have a more community focus, so six months later we launched in Atlanta, and then we boot-strapped the company, so we didn't take on funding for four and a half years, by teaching kids codes camps. So we taught paid kid codes camps, which are now completely altruistic for us, even then folks would email in and say "hey I wanna code, but I don't have the 500 dollars" and Richard, my co-founder, and I would look at each other and "Well this is karma that I am just not O.K. handling, so hooray, full scholarship for you!" That quickly became altruistic for TTS and now we're focused on adults.
EH: Oh, good. Great. I noticed that Tech Talent South is a little bit different from the rest of the bootcamps about learning coding around the city and maybe in other areas. Can you maybe tell me a little more about the application process for students? What are you looking for when students apply to Tech Talent South?
BI: Yeah, that's a wonderful question. So we're not looking for pedigree. We don't need your SAT scores or, you know, your ACT. What we're looking for is drive and proof that you've been wanting this. So when we do an interview we typically look for have you been tinkering around online already? Do you really want to build something and have you been working towards that? Are you already in tech working in some capacity maybe you're a product manager or you're in sales and you sale these things and you really want to understand tech better. You want to understand web applications better so that you will be advantaged in your job. So those are some of the stuff we look for.
EH: Great. What drew you to learn code?
BI: Well, I love product development. So, as you might imagine I had a million things I wanted to build too so I'm definitely one of those people who has a notebook of ideas. I wanted a mobile app with this and a mobile app with that. And then, of course, like I said having my experience in product development at Little Idea, the concept that if I could teach people how to code, they really could build out all these ideas for essentially nothing. I mean, and you know, a 13-year-old can launch a company, that's so incredible to me.
EH: That is, yeah. Absolutely, especially with all the opportunity with apps. What kind of issues/problems have you run into when running Tech Talent South?
BI: Oh my gosh, I mean, look, any entrepreneur would tell you, if they could see the future they probably wouldn't start at all. A lot of differenthing things. One, I didn't know that code would become so hot. So, when I started I had a genuine interest in, you know, building my own application and helping other people do so, but I don't think the whole "everyone needs to learn to code–" it just hadn't hit mainstream yet. So all of a sudden, I found myself in the middle of a bunch of press–both good and bad. And that was something that I wasn't mentally prepared for, I would say. And also, it changed the game on our students' side. So, it opened the doors for some folks applying who maybe didn't have the right motives. Right, like, they heard an NPR story that if you learn to code, you'll make a lot of money. Well, we can all manage some expectations there. You don't sit in a class and become Mark Zuckerberg, y'know, there's a lot of hard work and a lot of kicking down doors and a lot of breaking applications before you get there. So, we really had to focus our attention, y'know, at the beginning of the company, I felt like a lot of our energy was spent telling the general public what the heck is a code school. And, as we evolved, and as code became this hot topic, it really became managing expectations. You're gonna learn the foundations, man you have a long way to go after that and you need to come in understanding that.
EH: How do you see Tech Talent South evolving in the future?
BI: Yeah, that's a great question, and it probably scares my employees all the time 'cause I definitely go out on tangents about what we should be doing in 5 years. There are a couple of things we're doing in the immediate future. We've done a lot of partnerships. So we've written some curriculum for universities and run some co-branded programs with them, which that's pretty exciting. We're also looking to launch, do some digital courses. So, we have never stepped into the online world and we are going to now with a couple of partners. But, long term, I don't really understand or respect the reason why this has only been code. Code schools came to be in this like immersion learning, but there are a lot of other things that can be taught in the same way. And it could really disrupt education and it should.
EH: Are you thinking also about potentially hardware as well?
BI: Hardware–I always use HVAC as an example and I actually heard an advertisement for, oh I'm still blanking on the name of the company and they just fixed my HVAC and they were amazing. Do you guys know the big HVAC company here?–Morris-Jenkins!
EH: Okay, yes!
BI: Fantastic customer service! I will plug them right now, I was blown away.
EH: Okay, good, all I could think about was the two guys sitting in the van at night.
BI: Aw, yeah, Bobby. But they are launching a program to teach HVAC repair internally. Makes so much sense to me, that you could go in, you can take–I don't know how long their program is, but let's say it's three weeks–you learn this skill set and then you're back in the job market versus scheduling courses over a two-year period potentially taking you out of work and delaying the time until you start a new career.
EH: Do you, you know as we see Raleigh being this new research triangle, do you vision Charlotte somehow fitting into that at some point.
BI: Yeah, I think Charlotte has been moving into that direction rapidly. I've certainly seen the tech seen evolve significantly since I was at Little Idea. You know folks like Dan Roselli and Packard Place stepping in and giving a central spot now I feel like all the co-working spaces have really impacted that too. I will say, we don't have, you know we have a lot of schools around here, we do not have 7, so that is an unfair advantage. But what we do have are amazing places recruiting talent down here that we should make sure when folks leave the banks and leave Duke Energy and go out on entrepreneurial ventures that we're supporting them. And that we create an ecosystem that really, truly does. And I think we're working on that. I don't think we're all the way there yet.
EH: Great, great. So, if someone came up to you today and said "I want to get into coding," besides applying to your program, what advice would you give them for a career?
BI: One, I would say you need to play around online first. There's an abundance of free resources out there and you should take full advantage of them and see if you like it. Once you, uh, establish that you do, you have a couple options. I mean, obviously you could go back and get a four-year degree or you could come to a bootcamp, but you should really evaluate those it's a big investment no matter what you do. Or, you know, some people really can teach themselves online. I certainly tried that before I went to a bootcamp, props to those people, I felt very frustrated and I really wanted to talk to someone and work through my questions. But there are so many resources. There are also local groups like Girl Develop It that run shorter classes. We run a lot of workshops that are free and open to the public, so we do a "Women Wine and Design," "Beer and Bootstraps" you can kind of test around and the meet-up community in general you can find a mentor and be plugged in.
EH: Ok, good, great. So, thank you for answering questions on Tech Talent South, I appreciate that. Switch gears a little bit, we're gonna talk about the city we all love so much. What do you feel is your vision for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area?
BI: That's a big question, Eric.
EH: Oh, I know.
BI: You know, I think it's changed over time. I have two kids now. So, my kids are growing up and I'm a public school kid, so I probably went to Cotswold Elementary. I certainly want my kids to have the benefit of, you know, the option of living in an urban environment with great schools too. And I want an ecosystem that truly supports entrepreneurs and doesn't just talk about it. Can we talk about accessibility?
EH: Absolutely.
BI: Oh, I really want more Linx and more–I want to be able to bike places.
EH: I totally agree.
BI: I tell you, when I lived in Chicago, I would, so I lived in Wrigleyville, I would bike all the way downtown 'cause I just biked on the water–10 miles. Amazing. Never had to step foot in a car–fantastic. And I think we should really push to have–keep extending the Greenway and make it more accessible for everyone.
EH: That sounds great. Well, I do know–I don't know if it's open already, but I believe the Blue Line extension should be opening soon, if it's not open yet. Do you know?
BI: I think it is open.
EH: Okay.
BI: So, my husband and I lived in NoDa for years, we bought before it was official so that's a good time to buy. And then, of course, we moved right when it was nearing completion, so unfortunately I didn't get to take advantage of it. But I'm very excited for what it'll do for the city and the connectivity between UNC Charlotte and Uptown is going to be amazing.
EH: I have seen city plans–they do plan to do a line from center city to the airport and then another one from center city to the Matthews area. Of course budget, y'know, budget considerations.
BI: I would love Lake Norman to make that mix too.
EH: Right? Right, yeah. So, we'll see about that.
BI: 77 is a different story right now.
EH: Right. So, so we talked a little bit about your vision for the city–what do you feel is holding us back from that besides just accessibility.
BI: Yeah, and I think there's been a big conversation about economic mobility as well. And making sure there are opportunities for all, um, obviously I think TTS plays a role in that especially within tech talent and, you know, we offer scholarships and we're–you don't need a four-year degree to become a developer which is a really great thing. But I think that, we have that luxury of one, that report, brought a lot of attention so I'm glad we were at the bottom because now we're going to do something about it. And similar with Amazon, everyone's talking about tech talent–it's almost a benefit when you lose out because I think you work harder to improve the things that people have said that are a downside to your community.
EH: Well, and that kind of leads to, you know, there's, you know, with tech talent there's been a lot of talk lately with women in the tech world having some issues. Have you noticed any of that adversity yourself?
BI: I've only really had one moment where I really felt like I've, folks were discriminating against me because I was a woman. It was early on at Tech Talent South and I'll never forget it. So my cofounder and I both RSVP'd to a meet-up. It was for developers only and the organizer promptly responded to me and said, "I'm sorry, this is for developers only." And not to my co-founder, and I quickly responded back and said, "Not only do I know how to develop and can I program in several languages, but also I train folks. I do that." And I never heard back from her and I, to this day, very much regret the fact that I didn't go to the meet-up. But outside of that, I feel that it's a great advantage to be a female in tech right now.
EH: Oh, absolutely. So many opportunities from even from a couple of years ago and–
BI: And company's recognize, you know, when we're making products for all people we need the voices of all people contributing to those products.
EH: That diversity, absolutely. When you're creating, coming up with ideas for your company, where do you find inspiration?
BI: Oh gosh, that's a great question. I mean my students. Certainly, I look to–my employees are amazing. I still have, my very first salaried employee's our CTO now. So, he's very plugged in to the tech community and always looking for trends as far as what we're teaching in class. The other thing we do to test new ideas for TTS–we run free programming. So we'll use, in Charlotte specifically, we have 3,500 members of our public meetup group. So, if we're thinking we're gonna launch a big IOT class, we'll start running some little free programs that are like "hey, program your Alexa" and we'll see how many people show up–is this something that really has legs? And then we'll go from there.
EH: What would you say is the most underutilized resource in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area?
BI: Should I, uh, formally say the library? I feel a lot of pressure here, Eric!
EH: You don't have to say that, but we'd love a plug.
BI: My kids go to the library every week, so, there you go. Um, I'm a working mom so they don't go with me so that's, that makes me want to add a little "womp, womp" at the end, but my family utilizes that heck out of the library. The most underused resource…I think it's the people. So, I recognized early-on, and one of the great advantages we have in Charlotte, over like Chicago and San Fran, right? The reason I wanted to have TTS here is because you can make very strategic connections in a very condensed amount of time. You can find those five people who are going to help you get where you want and all you have to do is send them an email and 9 times out of 10 they'll grab coffee with you. There is that southern hospitality and they will help you get to the next place. That is atypical and we should utilize that–everyone looking to move up or move on should be very comfortable reaching out and networking within this community.
EH: Excellent. Getting a little retrospective now here. If you could write a letter to your future self, what would you say?
BI: Oh my gosh, wow, why didn't you go to like Pharmacy school or something?
EH: I hear that field's not as great as it sounds.
BI: I know, I say that to my mom all the time. She's like, "You would be so bored!" I'm like, "No, it looks so great." I'd get to talk to people and make them better…I think I would've taken advantage some of the situations I was put in. I realize I grew up and had an amazing family and was given all the opportunity and there are a lot of folks that don't have that and I do think, you know, when you're 15 you take a lot of things for granted and I think I did too. Even at UNC, I think about all the programming they offered and the extracurriculars and I don't think I was as focused on that as much as I was a blue cup of "He's Not." And so I wish I could tell myself "hey, look around you and see all the awesome stuff that's happening and participate" earlier on.
EH: Great.
BI: And don't have two kids within the first four years of having a company.
EH: So, Betsy, what would you say is the most life-changing piece of advice you've ever received?
BI: I don't know where I read this, it's probably really cliche and everyone has seen it, but surround yourself with folks that are smarter than you. I recognize, I'm humbled all the time, with TTS and I recognize I've never taken a company from x million to x million, but there are a lot of smart people that have and I want them all around me telling me what I'm doing wrong.
EH: Absolutely. I find it encouraging myself. It kind of gets me motivated to do more. Yeah, absolutely.
BI: For sure.
EH: Strive to the next level.
BI: Yes, so very grateful for my team, they're amazing.
EH: Thinking back over the books and articles you've read over your adult life, what book or article has made the biggest impact on you?
BI: That's a great question. So, I can only think about within the last week or two because I have two toddlers. So I am sleep deprived at all times. So, I only think within kids books at this point. And I think I referenced this, maybe even in my bio, but I sing this song in my head all the time. So there's a book Pete the Cat and Pete the Cat–
EH: Very popular.
BI: Oh, it's amazing! So he's just, you know, he's walking along, singing a song and he just steps in all kinds of stuff. And at the end of it, at the end of every page, you know, just everything is groovy, keep going, keep moving and I have that running through my head all the time. Like, there are always gonna be bumps in the road, but you just gotta keep trucking.
EH: Absolutely, absolutely. Well, Betsy, I wanna thank you again for your time here today. Just kind of one last question here for you. How can listeners learn more about you and all that you're doing?
BI: I assume, probably, the best way is to follow TTS. I, nicely, have kind of pushed myself out of social media. I think you have to give up something when running a company, so I'm terrible at updating my own Twitter account so you can follow me, but it won't be exciting. And of course, you know, I've talked a lot about networking–if you're really interested in TTS or me personally, you should email me. I'll grab coffee with you.
EH: Great, excellent. Well, thank you again. Betsy, thank you so much for being a guest on Queen City Profiles. This has been a great talk. If anyone is interested in learning more about Betsy or Tech Talent South please visit their website at techtalentsouth.com. Thank you everyone for listening to this episode of Queen City Profiles. To learn more about this or any other podcasts, visit our website at digitalbranch.cmlibrary.org. Follow us on Facebook at Facebook.com/cmlibrary or on Twitter @cmlibrary. I also want to thank the Knight School at Queens University for their assistance with putting together this podcast and for also lending their equipment and other assistance. Thank you again, see you next time.


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Back to Journals » International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease » Volume 12
Prevalence and characteristics of asthma–COPD overlap syndrome identified by a stepwise approach
Authors Inoue H, Nagase T, Morita S, Yoshida A, Jinnai T, Ichinose M
Received 3 February 2017
Accepted for publication 19 April 2017
Published 20 June 2017 Volume 2017:12 Pages 1803—1810
DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S133859
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Review by Single-blind
Peer reviewer comments 2
Editor who approved publication: Dr Richard Russell
Hiromasa Inoue,1 Takahide Nagase,2 Satoshi Morita,3 Atsushi Yoshida,4 Tatsunori Jinnai,4 Masakazu Ichinose5
1Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, 2Department of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 3Department of Biomedical Statistics and Bioinformatics, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, 4Medical Department, AstraZeneca K.K., Osaka, 5Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
Background and objective: There is increasing recognition of asthma–COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS), which shares some features of both asthma and COPD; however, the prevalence and characteristics of ACOS are not well understood. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of ACOS among patients with COPD and its characteristics using a stepwise approach as stated in the recent report of the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) and the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD).
Methods: This multicenter, cross-sectional, observational study enrolled outpatients who were receiving medical treatment for COPD. Clinical data, including spirometry results, were retrieved from medical records. For symptom assessment, patients were asked to complete the Clinical COPD questionnaire and the modified British Medical Research Council questionnaire.
Results: Of the 1,008 patients analyzed, 167 (16.6%) had syndromic features of ACOS. Of the total number of patients, 93 and 42 (9.2% and 4.2%) also had a predefined clinical variability of ≥12%/≥200 mL and ≥12%/≥400 mL in forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1), respectively, and therefore were identified as having ACOS. Conversely, the number of patients who had either syndromic or spirometric feature of ACOS was 595 (59.0%, ≥12%/≥200 mL FEV1 clinical variability), and 328 patients (32.5%, ≥12%/≥400 mL FEV1 clinical variability) had both the features. Patients identified as having ACOS were of significantly younger age, had a shorter duration of COPD, lower number of pack-years, better lung function, milder dyspnea symptoms, and higher peripheral blood eosinophil values compared with patients with COPD alone. The rate of exacerbations in the previous year was not significantly different between the ACOS and COPD groups.
Conclusion: Using a stepwise approach, as stated in the GINA/GOLD report, the proportions of patients identified as having ACOS were found to be 9.2% and 4.2% (depending on the FEV1 variability cutoff used) among the 1,008 outpatients medically treated for COPD in a real-life clinical setting.
Keywords: obstructive lung diseases, airway hyperresponsiveness, respiratory function tests, differential diagnosis
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What counts as an Attempt on Khan Academy?
There are multiple reports within Khan Academy that use the term attempts, and in some cases, these refer to different actions—usually either an attempt by a student of an entire exercise or an attempt at a specific problem within an exercise. Below you'll find what this term means in each report.
Scores tab
In the Scores tab, the number in the colored box displays the best score for each assignment, so if a student completed more than one attempt, their score on the best attempt at the exercise will be shown. This does not take into account whether they took hints or guessed. In this view, Attempt indicates the number of times that each student completed the exercise.
The same is true for the meaning of the Attempts column that appears in this view when you click on an individual student's name, as shown below (e.g., Attempts is the number of times a student has completed an assignment).
Manage tab
This same meaning applies when you switch to the Manage tab and click the fraction under the Completed column. A modal (a pop-out screen) will appear, and in this modal, the Attempts column refers to how many times each student completed the exercise (see the image below).
As in the previous view, clicking a student's name in this view will show the student's assignments report, where Attempts also means how many times the student completed the exercises (see the image below).
In these reports, we show In progress in the Attempts column when a student starts the first problem of the exercise. Only after the student completes all of the problems in that exercise will the attempt be counted.
Students can always practice the exercise again after completing all the problems by revisiting the material and clicking Practice again at the end of the exercise. These will count as multiple attempts.
Exercise Report
There is another report that can be accessed on the Assignments tab that shows specific student data for each problem within an exercise (see below). In this report, an Attempt indicates the completion of an individual problem. In this report, we don't display scores—only whether the problem itself was completed correctly or incorrectly. Under Attempts, toggling to First will show you which problems a student or students answered correctly the first time they tried it. Toggling to Last will show you if the student eventually chose the correct answer (their last attempt at the problem) without using hints or skipping the problem.
For example, if a student got a problem wrong, they get to try again if they want by clicking Try again. They can also click Move on to skip the problem. If the student elects to try again, they are attempting the problem multiple times. This updates the Last attempt in the report page but does not affect any of the other reports.
Note: When a teacher creates an assignment, we assume that, even if that student has completed the assignment previously, the teacher wants the student to complete this practice. With that in mind, we consider this particular assignment to be complete only after the student has completed the material after it has been assigned. However, any work students do outside of the assignment will still impact their mastery levels. If the same assignment is required by more that one class (e.g., by a core teacher and a remediation teacher), completion of the assignment will count for both. However, this means that work that a student does before the teacher assigned the material is not counted toward completion of the assignment, and will not be displayed in that assignment's reports.
See also: What do First and Last Attempts mean in the Exercise Report?


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This work shows segments of three curves, namely a circle (the ends of the unfolded pages), a straight line, and the third curve is a conchoid of Nicomedes. It is formed naturally by the ends of the folded pages. I think it is remarkable that Nicomedes studied this curve before there were books.


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Hillary and Clinton (review)
THE PLAY: This extended conversation is set in some sort of alternate universe in 2008, when Hillary Clinton is conducting her primary race for President.
THE PRODUCTION: This peculiar show presents the personal discourse behind the political conversation that might have occurred between key figures. With something this cerebral, it's vital that the actors carry the wealth of the sometimes clever dialogue. Jeff Clevenger and Billy Christopher Maupin are downright brilliant in their development of magnetic personalities and their mastery of the sharp repartee. As Hillary, Patricia Alli can usually handle it, but doesn't rise to the level of commanding presence that the pivotal character should embody. Waleed Sami's newcomer status is obvious. Director Deejay Gray has managed the show's challenges with assured, simple direction, while his set makes beautiful use of the small space with an all-white hotel room to suggest otherworldliness. The abrupt switches in lighting don't work. Running time: 1:10
THE POINT: An interesting think piece.
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Wishing you all have a very Safe and Happy 4th of July! God Bless the USA!
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Build a world in a box
Natascha Rosenberg recently published photographs of her beautiful "world in a box" – a scene from Little Red Riding Hood depicted in 3d collage using fabric scraps, hand painted fabric and illustrations on card.
Cat Morley (who incidentally has an extensive collection of DIY projects on her site) has used a similar (if not the very same window box frame from IKEA) and came up with this:
She includes step-by-step photos and instructions for recreating this little scene, which is a great way of setting up a small, one room doll house.
Way back in 2004 when AJ was 18 months old, she and I made our own world in a box — which is a little different to the ones above but it took care of a rainy afternoon and we had a lot of fun.
All you need is an old cardboard box, scissors, some magazines, loads of sticky tape, glue, felt tip pens and some heavy parental guidance.
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kelli ann
i think your tagline should be 'kicking MS Kids' butt.' like kiddley very much.
madame butterfly
these are beautiful, I remember my Mum drawing a simple room on a page, just a 3D box and then together we would cut up junk mail and magazines and create gorgeous rooms.I think it's what started my love of making collage and probably decorating my house too!
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how is that i have never seen
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Hey I think that's a great Idea but what about something for a 2 year old??
Wow! What a cool project to while-away and enjoy the summer with. Living in 100+ degree
Texas, fun FROM the sun is exactly what I'm looking for (this might just lure away my 7 year old from the Nintendo DS!) Thank you so much.
I used to love making these, they are a great creative play idea for kids. Another fun option is to make an underwater scene with hanging fish, shells and blue cello phane at the front.
Hsien Lei
I think we used to call these panoramas in grade school and made them for book reports. Fun memories. 🙂
it is like the lauren child book, 'the princess and the pea.' every illustration was done with little models in a tiny 3d world.
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More silver at Hecla's most important mine
Last updated 4/26/2019 at 2:56am
Hecla Mining Company April 17 reported that its Greens Creek Mine in Southeast Alaska produced 2.23 million ounces of silver during the first quarter of 2019, a 17 percent increase over the first three months of 2018. The Southeast Alaska operation also churned out 14,328 oz of gold during the quarter ending March 31, which is up 9 percent compared to a year ago.
The Idaho-based miner said higher ore grades and increased recoveries, partially offset by lower mill throughput, are the reasons for the higher precious metals production at Greens Creek during this year's first quarter.
The mill processed an average of 2,298 tons of ore per day during the first three months of this year.
Greens Creek also produces appreciable amounts of byproduct zinc and lead. The exact amounts of these base metals produced at the mine near Juneau will be published in Hecla's third quarter financial report, expected next month.
Combined, Hecla's five operating mines – Greens Creek, Lucky Friday (Idaho), Casa Berardi (Quebec), San Sebastian (Mexico) and newly acquired Nevada Operations – produced 2.92 million oz of silver, 60,021 oz gold, 27.89 million pounds of zinc and 11.57 million lb of lead during the first quarter.
"Silver production was higher in the quarter due to the standout performance from our most important mine, Greens Creek, with higher gold and silver grades and recoveries than the first quarter of 2018," said Hecla Mining President and CEO Phillips Baker, Jr.
"Quarterly gold production was higher than last year, but we expect significant production increases from Casa and the Nevada assets in the second half of the year," he added.


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"It's Friday, I'm in love" – says the Cure and I know that I'm not alone when I say that there is something in that Friday feeling.
A special Friday buzz, special joy of thinking how great this weekend will be.
Every Friday with a special care I choose my outfits for the weekend, and I'm sure many of you are as well.
We are deep into the fall and every nice moment of sun is a real blessing. Taking a moment to celebrate the late autumn sun and few flowers that are still left to bloom before winter frosts don't kill them, is a true joy of life.
There is a hidden reason for my pictures with these beautiful hydrangea. I'm going to an event in Harrods today for a Dolce and Gabbana event and their new visuals include that rich and colourful flower.
It's not that I need a reason to wear floral but if there was ever time to wear it, it's now. It's "the" trend for the fall/autumn of 2017.
I've decided to combine it with my purple jersey boots as I feel they give extra life to the outfit. If I was going to a casual lunch I would wear this merry M&S dress with black combat boots for a dose of decadence.
The rest of the outfit I kept quite minimal with simple black blazer from Zara and my "go with everything" Chloe bag. This bag has been such a good buy, versatile, functional, and beautiful.
If you like this outfit, at the end of the post I've linked similar or the same things for you to buy.
Hopefully you like me in full bloom and please tell me what are your fun Friday outfits.
I hope you have a nice weekend everyone.


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And he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. And he was with the wild animals, and the angels were ministering to him.Mark 1:13
The "In My Father's Footsteps" devotions will return in September of 2019. Enjoy this devotion from the archives!
Living Scared
Imagine a world that runs on "being scared." This imagined world is powered by fear. The fear of what lies in the dark. Or the fear of what lies under our bed. The fear of what lurks in the back of our closets. Monsters, beasts, bogymen, all the things that make us afraid and scared power this world I've asked you to imagine.
That is the premise of the highly popular movie – and one of my favorites – Monsters Inc.
The world of Monsters Inc. is run on an economy of fear.
But that's just a movie. A fun movie, but still just a movie.
Or is it?
We live in a world of fear. We are living scared.
What scares you?
Not having enough money to retire?
A spouse that doesn't take care of himself or herself?
That you won't get into the college of your first, second or third choice?
That your cancer won't go away?
Actually, the list is virtually endless, isn't it? We live in a world of fear. We are living scared.
Wouldn't it be nice if we could live safe instead?
I've got some good news for you!
The good news is that Jesus' temptation can lead us to a life of safety instead of a life of fear.
Jesus could be tempted because Jesus has a human nature, just like us. We're tempted all the time, about which I'll touch on a little later.
In the Apostles' Creed, there are two states of Jesus Christ described. His state of humiliation and his state of exaltation.
The temptation of Jesus happened during his state of humiliation.
Jesus Could Be Tempted Because He Was Fully Human
Baseball is in the forefront of my thinking a lot. Many baseball athletes have two states. One as a player and one as a coach.
In the 80's, and 90's I went to quite a few baseball games on the Southside of Chicago.
The White Sox had an outstanding shortstop at that time, 1985 Rookie of the Year and three-time All Star Ozzie Guillen.
In 2000 his state as a player ended. He soon after took on the state of coach – going on to win a World Series title with both the Florida Marlins and, of course, the 2005 Chicago White Sox.
But for those who are not White Sox fans (and you know who you are), here's another example of two states of a baseball athlete.
In the middle '60s to the middle 70's there was an All-Star shortstop on the northside. True Cubs fans know who I'm talking about, right?
Six-time All-Star and two-time Gold Glove winner Don Kessinger. He had an even better state as a baseball player than Ozzie Guillen.
In 1979, Kessinger also took on the state of a baseball manager. He wasn't as successful as Guillen, probably because while manager of the 1979 White Sox, he was also their shortstop. His two states mingled.
Jesus Christ did not mingle his two states. They were distinct and separate. Jesus had a state of humiliation and state of exaltation.
His State of Humiliation
The Apostles' Creed describes Jesus' state of humiliation like this:
"Conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried."
At his conception by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Virgin Mary, the Second Person of the Trinity was literally "humiliated" – that is, he put on human flesh. This is also called the incarnation, by the way.
Part of being a human being is to face temptation. You and I face temptation all the time.
Our human flesh is tempted to eat food we shouldn't eat, or in quantities we shouldn't eat.
We are tempted to sleep when we should be awake [like in the morning, before church!].
Our human flesh is tempted to watch movies or internet videos that we have no business – as a Christian – watching.
And we are tempted to be our own gods instead of following God's ways – like Adam and Eve did way back at the beginning. We know what happened to them – which is the reason we are living scared most of the time today!
Jesus came to save us from all this. To do so, Jesus would have to put on human flesh and face the same temptations.
Which is exactly what he did.
Heavenly Father, help me overcome my fear by being assured that Jesus overcame temptation for me. In Jesus' name. Amen.
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Muslim worshippers circumambulate around the Kaaba Islams holiest shrine at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Makkah. (AHMAD ALRUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)
The Saudi Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and the Communications and Information Technology Commission have announced an initiative to provide a total of two million gigabytes for the two million pilgrims performing Hajj this year.
The initiative is in partnership with mobile operators Saudi Telecom, Etihad Etisalat (Mobily), Mobile Telecommunication Company Saudi Arabia (Zain), Virgin Mobile, and Etihad Jawraa (Lebara).
A statement said that the initiative was in accordance with the directives of King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman "to do everything possible to make it easy for pilgrims to perform the rituals of Hajj".
The gift is for those who have opted to use packages - Sawa Ziyara, AlZowar, Noor, Hajj & Umrah and Iman - provided by the kingdom's mobile operators. Each user of these subscribers will have access to one gigabyte for 48 hours.
The initiative intends to allow pilgrims to communicate with their families and enable them to access the digital services available in the Smart Hajj initiative in order to enhance their experience and allow them to take advantage of enhanced communication services.
Hajj, the Islamic pilgrimage, runs until Friday.


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