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Let's try to get started hard on the same day exactly this time the blast happened last year and the big question is OK we just and forces and I realize that goes
Kind quick that 1st reinforces but likely this week with static equilibrium we see all the same forces again so that will help would assume the different context but Figuring out all the forces of the object and asking yourself How do I know what I actually found all of that is a very reasonable question 1 big challenges so here is the 1 PowerPoint slide on good way now
You try this a little bit hopefully this will help you go back and do more of them and the ideas the following the 1st Maine step is to identify the object Roddick's of interest so Yeah we had this problem There are 2 objects potentially reduce sorrow and depending on the question we might only need to worry about 1 of Or we might only be asked What is this 1 billion but we realized with attached to this 1 day and their quest will need to about what Now you take each object 1 at a time mn identified its interaction End We only really have things and you just check each of these Carefully you all have found all the forces now that brings in a week so your doctor about that but you check for weight Work You checked as she and you have then check contact with every object abiding contact with obviously Yes the look using their purchases they're not but it'll state fertilizer Saying coefficient of friction And then you check for that string Roper bar that Mike connected to something and then you check for those things are really normal forces but we column pushing or pulling and that happens you think of that separately because here right it's sitting on the table and so we have the normal force friction the problems said somebody is pushing on it you know Often draw that person the problems are not feed the object pushing and that's why we kind The figures pushes and pulls the separately Citing questions on that so this slide posted And I recommend it as kind of a helpful way but it raises the question to predict the question for next week but I know found all the talk but you have to do step 1 identify all the forces which is why it's time leader review it And this is the big 1 identify where they act now there's a few but yet to keep track of Wait is always at the center of mass which for the objects we look at will be at the center of the object survivor being at the length L weight Exit point over 2 If I have you know a disk that uniform the weight acts At the center of their friendship is being a rope being or something like that but it acts along the road Now if it on pulling up occasionally have metal rods push on the object And then down and then refer to the normal forces act were ever year in contact so it might be missing contact with the wall than the normal force and friction and will act at that and I will see that our free body diagram And so those are the main 3 forces we get now course you could have things sitting on it so here there would be a normal force from its said in an interacting you have a person on it and you have to be told where they're pushing and the you know where The pushing forces questions on that The 3rd game of quiz but a club for Is of course the right-hand rule and I agree that some practice but we got 3 of 4 examples I'll be doing between today and Friday and will be given the right hand will each time the hopefully between me doing that yo yo get to see how that goes I am willing to to summit suggested when I do I do it like you face in the board figures my hand works and I could do that I'm summit escalated dot diagrams now I'm incapable of very very bad at that but like at the diagrams of the book they're better doctor
The best with the clicker Christ and by Agatha should ask any questions on any that stuff way Ghaor flickers out yes but is like Ike moved down a lot or have a like this so this is a warm-up quest to remind ourselves about George can be 0 force acts At the axis of rotation the force acts parallel to the mama are the 4th act perpendicular to moment both a and B or both we have a majority getting a correct Both of attacks at the axis were trying today Right to act at taxes or Our 0 by definition and I can't make a rotate about the door you push on the here you can't make the door rotate and the other 1 is if we sat parallel To the moment arm so keep in mind that my access heroes are here's my might have of course that is that direction which is parallel to the moment arm it will rotate right that's just pushing it at the edge of the door might push on my head to the door is not a right away I have ever component that Perpendicular vests or that will make it rotate so the answer This is D both a now they're the 3rd 1 was the 3rd way have no talk no force right that's kind of the trivial way for Questions on that so let's let's look at our 1st of our problems This is the 1 that was basically a beyond our Lanquist but it's worth going through and step by step The idea there is we have a being An interest in and to support Our call it a and B 8 5 meters long and it has a mass of 10 kilograms so it Wait the 100 new and 10 kilograms times Jeter meters per 2nd square that MG now a few things to start getting used to static equilibrium is the idea of resting on a support so it's just sitting there forces being attached to something Right if I'm just Iran's and something What is the only way the normal force point Up in this case So there is no other way I really move the being up and so At normal 8 0 0 Would mean I lose contact with the support and has to be up there vomit catch something right if I physically balls something here and now the force at this point Kimbrough go any direction And I literally means any direction got up down left right Arad an angle right so the bulk could make a force that way to make a force that way To make a force that way To make a force that way So physically attacked uniting get a force in any direction and will see a problem like that A little bit later But that's a key thing to keep in mind as we got it is the problem Any questions on that setting up stage that I guess I could set horizontal being but evidently slanted will tell you Right and slanted and Asia's rest because that attaches to do what I just slide off so that I could even be physically possible if it there's ever As always in the problems we try our best to make the English clear we occasionally fail so that the task and you're not sure you how could be horizontal could stretch Still You know ask those sort of things we were willing to clarify So let Look at these solutions So read-write here
Here's my being My and my being But and there is my 5 meters and here's my weight down now the 1st thing organ and it is dry what we call a extended free body diagram Animator X X Y and Now we use our right and rolled to make a right hand foreign assistance by figures go with acts curl and wife so my point out so Out of the board is my positively axes A new notation and this means out This is arrow coming at you you just see the point of I draw best in physics at means didn't Bezier abroad away from mutual feathers on me and that was the convention of I'd rather see you like this you know most of the time we know that that means out but Optical loosens take that look like it's going or you know you could have weird visionary things going on so This is invented this for out in the fur and we draw free body diagram we have 3 4 says weight which is in the middle said may have meters from either end and are call F a N f V for the a and B axis And now we write our forces in the x direction while there's none of those so that Easy they are forests in the wider accident while that FAA plus As B minus W equal 0 we 1 a flying these 2 forces so that said to 1 nuns lease 1 more equation if you recall this was a hundred new and it was our mass times gravity because we know what weight now here's what I want you to do I call this point a this point me and this point state and you're sitting over there Write down torque equation for talks about point So desperate that got you're writing Now you let your sorry You during B and then you guys in the City of God and do that but see everybody to write down tort equation But To remind all Wang is 5 meters The trip Upon them I want you define the sum of the torch around Point which is right in the middle ataraxis you're acts that we beat out yet So you guys The axes at point saying year lasted about rotating about 40 Everybody in the middle You have it acts as a point being Right in the center and you're writing Wadsworth wrote About the the center and everybody in there You have an axis at point C and you're writing toward rotating around . se Aug day But bloody time right now let me ask you this further matter whether you're a beer comedy toward do you have in your equations while 2 or 3 How may have what they know bristle had 1 comedy had to The breadth of the original comedy of Is not really want to be 0 If you're planning 1 being 0 OK having 3 right We use it count when the 0 Hideo state now derive a representative from Group 8 to tell me they're Georgia equation about thoroughbreds also yes After the or what None of this is toward around an axis at For a day Yet not the due to the force point because that doesn't mean it likely the access anyway right so this forest while I'm taking this as my access anyone wanting to me some torts about that was dipped group above smarter urban middle all sometimes forgotten anybody in the middle What a give me their charter grated or recover the same level of all the crew bad there's more argue somebody must have gotten it yes Make it a shot Look at it Up to But we don't know how many were the forces yet right Necessarily You have 1 from each side what are they Story of 1 from man and 1 from ever be cut away the tort The 1st times y If I got Attacks over Again with the authority to those cases they said 2 . 5 meters And that give me directions for to What I did
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As I was Saying earlier To maximize your experience in discuss that tomorrow you won't be as prepared as possible so For tomorrow there a 1 master in physics problem to go through it should take you according to master in physics about 15 to 20 minutes which is a lot of things to put front but it'll take you through all these right-handed things getting your trucks The right direction and then there is 1 of requested problem that is a lot like this freedom work through and think about and then they'll be the 1 to do tomorrow if you do that Pratt tomorrow will go much better now as I said The only real thing I kind of add those forces that I'll be at an angle this is of being it supported by Bolton the wall that a wire that forms of 30 degree angle so dry in the free body diagram are we to ask yourselves or dead But you can see things 1 is the direction of this forest we set is always longer wire so it's airing of data we haven't weight which is always in the middle And then the bolt can be in any direction and the way we almost always do that is what we set out components with throughout the XOY confronted many reactor They are reliever 1 word to describe the relation between them Yet they are perpendicular that is 1 word But they are independent of each other So If we have an unknown direction the way the handle that is to immediately turn it Intuit's X and Y component deal go separately now we haven't issue which direction to drop Now why do you think I drew the x component to the right The key is Not We know we want static equilibrium so be true about the sum of our Forces 0 do we have any other ex forces in this problem Yes which what That's a little tricky which does the wake give us any force in the extra direction now it A wire appalling and the direction which way Laughter right left so we want any chance of canceling a which waiters the wall have pushed right so we're pretty confident Now I drew a wide array A confident that has to be up Of What ever lighter Ray way down and take up so do I really know which needs more help Now Joke This is a a and you'll see as solve a problem and I could do I couldn't play The laugh and I still get the right and you'll see how but with the wider Rexon I really don't know which way to go I take it up just because I was positive it makes life easier Warsaw from there and see what happens Any questions on that now let's go clicker question for this problem And that help you the glitter question I will redraw the diagram As the top the list they cook cheese Critical that have wife and that effects So with this diagram Which of these equations for tort is valid But 0 8 It showed off tried again area so I'm going give me a bat measuring Davila lager this want to talk to the person that you really right at your equations for talks and see which of these is valid tighter we did before I wrote here in the sector now having you do all of together just it out When I say axes rotation on the left that's the last that's the right Not sure that The archery tour now was interesting Most of the year the majority of them are going with Only 1 of the 2 air beat some of you went with about another duet with above let's see if if you have a good reason why discusses 1 carefully trying to brother Ron and let's vote again that simply any ships elects like the people picking be back events go about
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The actor white and voted for the magnitude and direction that's fine but this was a problem exam alone you will need to tell me the whole Fort Belvoir using components for a magnitude and direction it will I get a solution for this so we had our means at our forces Warwick all that F. BY will go back to the boat notation s of the Act we at 10 with
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- By Lt. Tim McMillan
What It Really Means To Be Woke.
On October 30th, 1981, I was born in Alachua County General Hospital. A hospital that now only exist by a historical marker in Gainesville, Florida. For those who ascribe meaning to astrological signs, the day I came into the world, makes me a Scorpio. Another fun-filled potpourri fact is that the only well-known person I share the exact day of birth with is Ivanka Trump. Interestingly, Ivanka and I are both Covert-Jews, and most people wouldn't suspect us to be sharing Kiddush on Shabbat. I used to think, that having a birthday the day before Halloween, was the coolest of all birthdays around. That was until my son Gideon ended up being born on Halloween day. Because what's cooler than the day before Halloween, but Halloween itself.
Now, besides our birthday and religious faith, Ivanka and I share virtually nothing else. The two of us were born on the same day, yet worlds apart. I wasn't born wealthy. I was born into an unremarkably typical middle-class home, to two loving parents. In fact, I'm not inherently special by comparison to any other person in this world. I don't say that to suggest, I don't consider the life I've enjoyed thus far has not been abundantly blessed. In addition, I am proud of who I am and the life I've lived, including the ups and downs. Rather, I take great consolation in being a part of the collective of humanity and not considered an exception to it by any means.
In my opinion, the greatest view of life is from the inside and not from the outside looking in. It is from the inside that one is provided the most vibrant view and it is from the inside that one can appreciate a sense of belonging to humanity as a whole.
Now, it's taken me a long to time to realize it or to recognize it, but I have realized after thirty-five years of being a part of the collective… I'm tired. No… I'm exhausted.
I remember being only nine-years-old, on January 16, 1991, when I watched on the news the U.S. led coalition to began dropping bombs on Iraq to start the Gulf War. This was the first time I remember seeing war, as I was too young to have understood the invasions of Grenada and Panama. Over the next 42 days, the coalition would drop 88,500 tons of bombs on Iraqi soil and I remember, sitting in my room playing with a toy F-16 Fighting Falcon, dreaming that someday I wanted to be a fighter pilot and drop bombs too. At the time, I had no idea what exactly dropping aerial explosives actually meant.
I wasn't yet tired then.
Two years later, I remember sitting in my sixth grade homeroom classroom on the morning of October 5th, 1993. Every morning, homeroom classes throughout the whole school would watch Channel One News. Channel One News is a daily news provider specifically formatted for students and educators. The goal is to provide children with a means to be informed of major national and worldly events. On the morning of October 5th, 1993, I remember watching that morning's Channel One News broadcast, when they showed the charred and mutilated bodies of MSG Gary Gordon and SFC Randall Shughart being drug through the streets of Mogadishu, Somalia. The two men were U.S. Delta Force Operators, who had lost their lives trying to defend one of the two crashed Blackhawk helicopters that were shot down during the Battle of Mogadishu. A battle that has since been recorded in history by the book and subsequent movie Black Hawk Down.
This was the first time I recall feeling fatigue, however, I didn't realize that I was growing tired.
I remember skipping school on April 20th, 1999. I was a Junior in High School, that day was 4/20, you do the math.
I remember, being transfixed that day as I watched the live news broadcast as Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold murdered 13 fellow students at Columbine High School, before ultimately turning the guns on themselves. Harris and Klebold were both 18-years-old, the same age as me.
I remember when my girlfriend of the time woke me up on the morning of September 11th, 2001 and told me that a plane had slammed into the World Trade Center. I told her, "Ok… that's horrible" and I went back to sleep. Later, that early afternoon when I woke up and realized that it was no accident, and four planes had been hijacked and weaponized against innocent people, I said to my girlfriend, "Why didn't you wake me up!"
In truth, I hadn't woke up that morning because I was tired.
I remember, watching the "Shock and Awe" bombing campaigns in March of 2003. An aerial display of dominance that included 1,196 bombing runs and 504 cruise missile strikes, on the very lands I once watched bombed 12 years prior. By this point, I was a sworn law enforcement officer in the state of Georgia. The dreams of being a fighter pilot long since gone. In the following 14 years, I've seen more exploding bombs than I care to count. I've seen innocent children's lives taken away by bullets that tore through their innocent bodies. I've seen people murdered simply because they love people the same sex as them. I've seen people blow themselves up sending tattered pieces of the bodies coupled with shrapnel and ball bearings into the bodies of innocent men, women, and children. I've seen people murdered while worshiping in houses of God, simply because of the color of their skin. I've listened to the cries of an ocean of innocent blood as it screams up from the ground towards the heavens.
In only thirty-five years, I've seen a world that is horrific, cruel and wicked. A world that seems to have a never-satisfied thirst for carnage and chaos. A world that has a compulsive obsession with death. A world filled with inhabitants that are terrified by the inherent unknowns of their own death, yet so wantonly willing to take the lives of others.
And now… I am, beyond tired. I am exhausted. I am exhausted with this life. I am exhausted with this world. I am worn out by humanity and I am done. I am done with this reality.
Now, in a state of complete exhaustion, I no longer wish to be tired any longer. Instead, after thirty-five years, I have decided to be awake.
For thirty-five years, unbeknownst to me, I had been bogged down and suffocated into fatigue by a world filled with nothing but negativity. When people are drowning in an immoral world, they spend their lives running scared in their minds. They live in a state of constant fog that blinds them from anything but the fear of themselves suffering from the world they see around them. They become selfish, greedy, and develop a kill or be killed mindset in everything they do.
At the end of the day, this causes us to go through our entire life having never actually lived it. The reality is we never actually realize just how absolutely insane and nonsensical this actually is. A desire to exist in a "kill or be killed" world, this requires us to accept that eventually we will be killed. To aspire to be greedy and try to gain more than your neighbor means eventually you will be poor. Lastly, to willingly be selfish, means that one day no one will care about you either.
We must accept that we cannot ever eradicate bad in this world. Ultimately, good and bad are mutually inclusive and not exclusive. However, we as individuals can choose to see, appreciate and value the good that always exists in tandem with the bad. In every single one of those horrible events that occurred throughout my life up to this point, the only thing me… we, as people, ever saw was the bad. We saw the loss of life, the horror.
However, for each one of those events, what we never saw was the beauty that also ultimately existed as well. In each of those events, we could have seen people, strangers, communities, or entire nations surrounding those who had suffered loss and supporting them in their times of challenge. We could have seen entire churches, synagogues, mosque, or groups praying and singing out to God asking for mercy and love for their fellow human beings. In those wars, there were brave men and women, who ran selflessly towards danger to save others. Without guns or bombs, they ran into war zones to feed, nurture and heal those in pain.
In tragedy, we can choose to only talk about the fact there is pain and sorrow. Or we can also acknowledge there are equally messages of hope, optimism, and resilience. There is always messages that tell us to live our lives, appreciate the beauty and to be amazing.
Ultimately, I pose these questions to the rest of you, how many of you are exhausted as well? How many of you are tired enough that you are willing not let others control your happiness and your appreciation for life? How many of you are exhausted enough, to be willing to choose to be awake?
Lastly, I ask you all, what would the world look like if enough people were awake? Don't worry about your neighbor, worry about yourself. Because, when the world is covered in darkness, it triggers the body's response to being drowsy. However, when there is enough light, it serves as a message to the world it is time to wake-up.


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Cultivating Gospel-Centered Relationships as Brothers in Christ
Brothers Backyard BBQ
On behalf of the Men's Ministry here at Calvary Bible Church, I would like to invite men, and young men of all ages, to attend this year's "Brothers Backyard BBQ" hosted at John Rotunno's house on June 17th.
We are looking forward to a great time of fellowship with food and fun. It will be a great opportunity to cultivate gospel-centered relationships in an outdoor setting while competing in sports activities, as well as just hanging out apart from the normal daily routine.
We will start the day with a message from the word so that we can properly be fed nourishment to our souls. Then we will start a Wiffle Ball Tournament! Team captains will be chosen and all attendants have an opportunity to play, if they so desire. Other games will be going on as well. During this time there will be great BBQ food provided by Mr. Stephen Lockie!
We hope that this time will be one of encouragement and growth. We always want to continue to come alongside one another as a church body and individuals who will be the tools in which Christ grows and sanctifies His church. We all have a specific role that we must play with the special gifts given to us by God's grace. Please be an encouragement to someone by coming to this event.
Bring a friend, if you would like. This is a free event so don't worry about financial issues. Thank you, and can't wait to see you all there!
God bless!
Eddie Urquiza
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February 4, 2015
Arts Roundup: Drama, exhibitions – and 'The Way Black Machine'
Following up last week's full schedule of arts events, this week is equally packed. The School of Drama's production of "Twelfth Night" runs its final weekend, the Jacob Lawrence Gallery's exhibit, "The Way Black Machine," is now open and the School of Music presents a faculty recital with Douglas Cleveland on organ and David Gordon on trumpet.
In addition, the UW World Series presents eighth blackbird — a Chicago-based new music sextet–and American dance ensemble Urban Bush Women.
"Twelfth Night"
Through Feb. 8 | Meany Studio Theater
Beloved for its rebellious portrayal of gender ambiguity, William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night, or What You Will" is a comedy about a cross-dressing shipwreck survivor who finds herself at the center of a not-so-ordinary love triangle. Third-year MFA directing candidate Leah Adcock-Starr takes this delightfully comic tale of mistaken identities and weaves it into the jazz-infused world of The Roaring Twenties. More info.
"The Way Black Machine"
Through Feb. 28 | Jacob Lawrence Gallery
This special project, presented by the YAMS Collective, provides a fully-immersive, multi-media experience and an Internet archive of activism around black embodiment. The collective is composed of artists, writers, composers, academics, filmmakers and performers from around the world who collaborate across disciplines and cities. More info.
eighth blackbird
7:30 p.m., Feb. 7 | Jones Playhouse
Presented by the UW World Series, this ensemble combines the virtuosity of a string quartet with the energy of a rock band and the audacity of a storefront theater company. During this program, the audience will be taken on a witty, mind-bending and atmospheric musical road trip. More info.
Faculty Recital
7:30 p.m., Feb. 9 | Kane Hall, Walker- Ames Room
Douglas Cleveland, John Delo Faculty Fellow in Organ and David Gordon, artist in residence in trumpet, perform music for trumpet and organ of Baroque and 21st century composers. More info.
Critical Issues in Contemporary Art Public Lecture Series
7 p.m., Through March 12 | Henry Art Gallery Auditorium
The Division of Art within the School of Art + Art History + Design will host its annual public lecture series, now in its third year, at the Henry Art Gallery. Organized by Eric Fredericksen for ART 361/595, the course and lecture series are part of the Nebula Project, funded by the New Foundation Seattle and the College of Arts & Sciences. The program features artists who balance individual practices with collaborative and institutional work.
- Feb. 12– Mitch McEwen, Detroit
- Feb. 19– Gareth Moore, Vancouver
- March 12– Liz Craft with Pentti Monkkonen, Los Angeles
Object Narratives: Plumage and Pillage – The Millinery Fashion Trade
7 p.m., Feb. 12 | Henry Art Gallery
Join milliner Wayne Wichern for a conversation about the power and authority of bird plumage. Object Narratives is a multi-part series that introduces visitors to the historical and cultural contexts of objects included in the Henry Art Gallery exhibit, "Ann Hamilton: the common S E N S E." More news.
Urban Bush Women
8 p.m., Feb. 12-14 | Meany Theater
Celebrating 30 years as an unstoppable force in American dance, this ensemble continues to make visceral, politically-charged work that is electric and inspiring. With "Hep Hep Sweet Sweet," founder and choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar presents an earthy and provocative new take on the music and culture fueled by the Great Migration that emerged at jazz clubs in Harlem and Zollar's native Kansas City. More info.
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A hands-on lesson
More than 60 fifth-graders from Lake Tahoe Environmental Science Magnet School got their hands dirty Tuesday for a project at a swale near Baldwin Beach.
Throughout the school year, the students have studied the wet, low-lying area and the effect Eurasian watermilfoil – an ecosystem-altering, clarity-damaging plant – has had on it. According to fifth-grade teacher Bob Comlossy, the students first visited the swale in November and measured the swale and the population density. Since then, they took a couple more field trips to take photos and gather data.
"We adopted the swale, which represents a former level of the lake," Comlossy said.
Fifth-grade teacher Jorie Turner said the students drove the project.
"They did a lot of hard, tedious work before having fun and doing things hands-on," Turner said. "They even developed a slogan: SOS – Save Our Swale."
Tuesday marked the culmination of the students' education on the swale as they put their plans to curb milfoil into action. Students were wading into the swale, which is about 3 1/2 feet deep at its deepest part, to put down bottom barriers to starve the plant, while others were hand-pulling milfoil from the edges of the swale.
Forrest McCann, 10, was one of the students hand-pulling milfoil.
"We're setting bottom barriers and picking it from the sides," he said. "We learned what was native and invasive and how to get rid of the invasive species."
McCann said the students did an experiment in which they put milfoil in two test tubes, one that got sun and the other that was covered by tin foil.
"The one in the sun photosynthesized, and the one in the tin foil died because there was no oxygen," he said.
The students used that knowledge to devise a plan to get rid of the milfoil. Aquatic biologist Sarah Muskopf, who works for the U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, said they used two kinds of bottom barriers, a landscape fabric and a jute mat that will decompose on its own. Both block photosynthesis.
Summer Furrer, 11, was also hand-pulling milfoil from the sides of the swale.
"The Eurasian milfoil is not supposed to be here," she said. "It's not part of the original Tahoe."
Furrer said that one of the hard parts of pulling the milfoil was that the students had to be careful not to drop it back in the water because it spreads.
"I learned a lot of people add stuff that shouldn't be here," she said. "Humans should not destroy the environment."
Turner said this year the students focused on plant life, but eventually they hoped the project would serve a larger purpose.
"We're also going to remove the culverts so this all turns back to being a filtering system for the lake," Turner said.
Representatives from the U.S. Forest Service, Tahoe Resource Conservation District and Tahoe Regional Planning Agency also helped the students with their project.
Muskopf said the project was going well and the students got to see how agencies worked together to make things happen.
"By now they have a pretty good grasp on the problem," she said. "Your impact on the environment is something everyone should learn from a young age."
Muskopf said signs would be put up to inform visitors about the invasive species and the goals of the project.
"They're the voice that can reach parents and the community," Muskopf said.
Turner said this year's fourth-graders will take over the project when they enter fifth grade in the fall. This year's fifth-graders kept all their science data so future classes will be able to look at the photos and data and compare what has been done.
"I'm very proud of what they've done and how they've learned," Turner said. "I hope to get other schools involved."
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For the record. Nothing yet. No update, no email, no reponse to my "contact us", no DVD, no nothing.
Should I submit the order again?
PS: JaneL - fancy going on a date :-)
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My credit card was charged on November 2, yet my order is still showing as pending fulfillment. At this point, I have purchased a copy of Windows 7 elsewhere and just want a refund for a product that has not shipped. I called Mentor Media and was given the speech about how their website states that no refunds are allowed. I reminded the lady that their website also states that your credit card will not be charged until the order has shipped to no avail. This is extremely frustrating. My agreement with them was that I would receive my disk and would be charged once it was on the way to me. It is unacceptable to bill me and 2 weeks later still not have sent my product to me. Mentor Media tells me to contact Lenovo, Lenovo tells me to contact Microsoft. If they had shipped the order when I was billed as promised, this would all be a moot point because I would not have had to purchase the software elsewhere.
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My order was on October 24
Proof of purchase ackonwledged October 27
Payment passed on November 4
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Not a sign of life ever since.
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I'm in the same situation. I requested the upgrade on 18th October, here's my status:
Order No LENOVO04*****Order Status Fulfillment in progress Payment Status Pass (Payment Made)Payment Date Wednesday, November 04, 2009
I even sent a mail on 26th October to ask about the expected time of arrival. In the automated response there's written "you will hear from us within 1-3 business days." but I never got anything back!
Instead of paying for the EUR 17.61 shipment charges, they should pay me for the time I'm waiting!
The Lenovo banner on the Belgian website says "Windows 7 Upgrade the easy way". How dare them!!!
Unfortunately the Thinkpad is not for myself, otherwise I would have installed Linux and life was really easy!
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Well, my page on the upgrade site changed to 'Upgrade in Progress'.
Then I got an email, from which I will quote the most relevant notice:
Concerning the delivery of the Windows 7 Upgrade Kit, we are working extended hours to deliver the kit to you, however, it may still take up to 3-4 weeks to reach you.
So, by Christmas, maybe, the postal service package that cost $17 to send may arrive. Or not.
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Hang in there everyone! Again, I purchased my computer in JULY, charged on OCT 25th, email confirmation NOV 16th.
Confirmed with tracking number that the upgrade media has SHIPPED on the 16th via UPS, and is now in route to USPS for handling the last leg. Handoff appears to be Rancho Cucamonga, CA. Like many of you, I already bought Windows 7 full license separately, but for $17, I think its worth to upgrade one of the other Thinkpads.
Mine has changed to "Ready to Ship".
No doubt my 16 Euro has only bought me a slot on the next carrier pigeon flight, therefore maximising the profit for Mentor/Lenovo/MS et al, so might ask someone to buy me the upgrade for Christmas rather than hold my breath.
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Long time lurker here, but very saddened by both the Lenovo upgrade situation.
I requested my upgrade on August 11, and it was billed on October 25, but it never shipped, and states "Fulfillment in Progress." This is a violation of the terms of my purchase contract, which stated I would only be billed upon shipping.
I purchased a retail copy and installed it, and requested an order cancellation from Mentor.
I also received the "speech" from Lenovo's chosen business partner Mentor Media that although they did not honor the terms of the purchase contract, I must honor the payment.
Since I am an patent attorney (and closet tech geek) and admitted to the bar in the third district of NY, I am considering filing suit against Lenovo, Mentor, Microsoft, etc., regarding my $17.03.
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My dell recently died after 15 months suddently and I started hating dell from that day.
Then I bought a Lenovo and the laptop order fulfillment was nonsense...anyway....why do I have to pay 17 dollars for DVD shipping for the Windows 7 FREE upgrade program.
Is 17 dollars considered free?
I shipped one home DVD to Singapre and it cost be 3 dollars. Shipping a DVD from North Carolina to Georgia costs 17 dollars.
Now I hate LEnovo and would not recomned buying their laptops. Can we sue them?
The 20 LBS laptop was shipped for FREE and they charge 17 dollars for 2 OZ DVD. Shame on Lenovo.
I'll never buy their laptop ever again and I though Dell was cheap. Lenovo beats Dell is cheapness and dishonesh tactics by far.
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- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Roy Moore "should step aside" from his bid for a US Senate seat following allegations that he had relationships with several teenage girls when he was in his 30s.
- Last week, McConnell, who did not support Moore in the GOP primary, said the Alabama Republican should abandon his bid "if" the allegations were true.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday said Roy Moore, the Republican nominee for Senate in Alabama, should step aside from the race amid allegations that he initiated romantic and sexual relationships with teenage girls when he was in his 30s.
Last week, McConnell said that Moore, whom he did not support against Sen. Luther Strange in the GOP primary in September, "should step aside" from his Senate bid if the allegations were true. But on Monday, McConnell dropped the qualifier, calling on Moore to leave the race and saying he believes the women's allegations.
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Moore, a former Alabama State Supreme Court justice who was removed from the bench on two separate occassions, said he spoke to McConnell after defeating Strange in the primary last month.
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"He has repeatedly let down the president's agenda and the proof is in the inaction we see on ending Obamacare, toughening immigration laws, and getting tax reform on the road to passage," Moore said.
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"This is Alabama, not New York or California," SLF spokesman Chris Pack told AL.com. "Democrats would first need to demonstrate this is an actual race before anything is considered."
Moore is one of the most controversial Senate candidates in recent history. He has said that homosexual acts should be illegal, argued that some communities in the US are living under Sharia law, and shared videos claiming former President Barack Obama is secretly Muslim.
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Finance Minister Cristóbal Montoro has once again found himself at the center of controversy. On Monday, he announced a tax cut for working mothers, but he issued a correction just 35 minutes later.
Addressing the attendees of a business symposium organized by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Asociación para el Progreso de la Dirección (ApD), he had announced a number of tax reforms for 2014. "I am not ruling out a new, different tax," he said. "A negative tax on income, as we previously did in the case of women. We are the only country that did this and now we are in a situation where we can try once more to introduce significant elements such as these in the tax system."
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After he made the announcement, the secretary of state for finance, Miguel Ferre, informed the minister of his mistake during a private conversation. Montoro waited until the question-and-answer section at the event to clarify that the measure he had announced just minutes before is already in place.
"That already exists," he told the attendees. "The announcement that I have made is not exactly that, I'm sorry, I've not exactly triumphed here again. I'm incorrigible what can I do? We are here to do our jobs, not to make announcements, but to engage in politics," he continued. "We have a sexist tax in Spain in the best sense of the word," he joked.
Sources from the Finance Ministry later explained that in their upcoming fiscal reforms the government wants to include an improvement in conditions for families, and, as such, for working mothers. But the measures will also provide benefits for taxpayers who are taking care of seniors or family members with disabilities.
Words of criticism for Montoro were quick to arrive after the gaffe. The economic policy secretary of the opposition Socialist Party (PSOE), Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero, called the incident "a farce in very bad taste." She went on to say that the minister "has once again displayed his lack of seriousness and sensitivity with a subject as important as tax [ ]."
"Women are not happy when jokes like this are made at our expense," she continued. "The only announcement that the PSOE wants to hear about is for the government to bring back all the resources it has cut from the fight against gender violence."
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Graves Of The Innocent is the brainchild of Pat Garrett, an independent musician from Ohio. Mixing rock, metal and electronic music is never an easy task but it's one Pat does remarkably well on We Are Better Than This. Influenced strongly by what he thinks is wrong with the world today, this is a collection of music with meaning. To get the full story it's best to head over to the Gaves Of The Innocent YouTube channel HERE to watch the videos which accompany the tracks.
A guitar based instrumental album is always tough to make as they very often descend into a widdle-fest. Not here though. Pat is certainly a capable player but he's also one who knows how to use emotion and melody to strengthen his music instead of mindlessly shredding. We are treated to many brutal and catchy riffs along with beautifully phrased lead guitar lines.
Meathead is a real standout track. The riff kicking in at 45 seconds is thick and meaty (no pun intended) and it's followed up by more chunky riffing before things ease off and become far more chilled. This allows space for some of the best lead work on the album. The way it flows is really impressive and not an easy task to create.
Elsewhere on the album, things get much more electronic based. At times, this can feel like it clashes a little with the rest of the hard rocking album, but then the heavy riffs kick in again and seem heavier because of the contrast. Personally, I think it works but I can see some people being put off by the electronic elements.
The bulk of the album is made up of chunky riffs and soaring lead work. Pat's playing always very fitting for each track and it never feels like he's using the music as a way to show off his undoubted skills. It's refreshing to hear an instrumental album put together like this and something certain other instrumental guitarists should take note of.
One thing worth mentioning is how this album was made. Not only was it all written, played and produced by one man, it was also all recorded on an iPad. You definitely wouldn't think it when you listen to it. It's a remarkable achievement to produce such a diverse and full sounding album with this limitation and shows how skilled Pat Garrett is.
Rating 9/10
Graves Of The Innocent Official Links
Bandcamp – HERE
Spotify – HERE
Facebook – HERE
YouTube – HERE


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How to Make an Arcade Marquee Lightbox
Here's a fun Do-It-Yourself project for all you arcade lovers out there. Grab your favorite old school marquee and click on the Instructables link to download a PDF list of everything you need to pick up at your local hardware shop.
Best part is, this is a novice build! So even you those fans with limited wood working knowledge and poor electronic skills can complete it and please, subscribe to his YouTube channel. It's awesome!
DIY arcade marquee light box will look perfect lighting up your Man Cave or Game Room.
If you don't want to make it yourself, you can order one from us here!


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Gas leak - three homes evacuated
Rectory Road, Pitsea
02/02/2018 @ 15:44
Incident Number: 71417
In attendance: 2 x Basildon
Firefighters evacuated three homes after an gas pipe was damaged by a vehicle.
The fire crews worked with gas engineers to make the area safe and evactauted three properties as a precaution.
The engineers managed to fix the leak by 5:10pm.


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Artificial Intelligence Is Too Important to Leave to Google and Facebook Alone – The New York Times
Americans don't have to be beholden to the tech Goliaths to get the benefits of artificial intelligence. An alternative possibility is for government to provide the infrastructure needed for a technological future — through a public option for artificial intelligence.
Big tech companies have an extraordinary amount of data about how we behave, largely because they engage in widespread surveillance of much of our behavior. Because A.I. depends on data, these companies have a huge market advantage over start-ups and entrepreneurs — and it's a gap that will only get wider. The lax regulatory environment hasn't helped, either; instead, it has allowed the biggest tech companies to acquire their rivals, stifle competition and snatch up the best software engineers and data scientists. Together, these dynamics make it hard for start-ups, governments and nonprofits to develop and use artificial intelligence without relying on big tech companies, effectively ceding influence over this developing field to a private sphere distorted by anti-competitive practices.
The alternative is a public option for A.I. The public option, a term familiar from debates over health care, is a public program that provides universal access to goods and services, with a private opt-out. A public option for A.I. wouldn't prevent companies like Google from collecting and using data. But it would provide a pathway for start-ups and public-sector organizations to develop abilities and products that would compete with those of the tech giants. Although the Trump administration released an executive order on A.I. this year, we believe that a broader conceptual framework for the public option for A.I. — coupled with significant financial resources from Congress — is an opportunity for all levels of government to take control of technology for their constituents and engage them deeply in the development of the rules by which it is governed and used.
Our proposal has three components: The first is a public data pool that would make data accessible to registered users. Local, state and federal governments have sizable data resources that would seed this digital commons. Users would be verified to block foreign governments, hackers and others with ill motives from access, and users would be prevented from using the data to engage in racial or other forms of discrimination and for microtargeted advertising.
Some of the data may be very sensitive, and access to those resources would be highly regulated. We can imagine a variety of ways that regulation and technology together could protect privacy and still foster innovation: Data could be anonymized at the source; the commons could have an interface that allowed users to derive insight from the data set, while leaving the underlying information inaccessible; less sensitive data, like weather information, could be made available in a format optimized for training A.I. What's more, methods for safely sharing A.I. models without disclosing the underlying data are being developed today and could enable users of the data commons to collaborate on public-interest A.I. services. The federal government should also invest in researching new and better ways to protect privacy and prevent misuse.
Second, a public option for artificial intelligence would include a significant increase in research and development spending. Proponents of big tech celebrate private-sector research and are right to do so. But big tech companies, like all companies, have an incentive to fund research that will support their bottom line, and the profit motive doesn't always mean a focus on the most important problems.
For generations, government R&D spending has been one of the central engines of economic growth and technological progress in America. Yet China is projected to spend far more than the United States on A.I. research over the next decade. A sizable increase in research funding for companies, governments and nonprofits developing public-interest technologies would help expand the types of research taking place and give scientists and engineers the option to do groundbreaking work on a broader range of problems.
Third, much of government's A.I. work takes place in the military sector and is applied to national security problems. But health care, transportation, energy and other areas could also benefit significantly from A.I. The federal government should expand its A.I. procurement across all of these sectors as an opportunity to improve public services for all Americans. In addition, the government should ensure that its use of algorithms meets the highest ethical standards.
A public option for A.I. can't solve every problem related to technology and surveillance, and it would require careful thinking about public governance of these programs — including a commitment to privacy and awareness of biases. But it would help address the problem of a small number of companies having virtually all power over this technology. It would facilitate the conditions for a competitive market with many players and many new innovations, all while preserving our democratic values and improving our society.
Ben Gansky (@bengansky) is executive director of Free Machine and a researcher and designer at the Institute for the Future's Equitable Futures Lab. Michael Martin is policy director for Free Machine and head of communities at SignalFire. Ganesh Sitaraman (@ganeshsitaraman), a professor of law at Vanderbilt Law School, is a co-author of "The Public Option: How to Expand Freedom, Increase Opportunity, and Promote Equality."
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Published: Ember - May 30th, 2017
And I Darken is a historical reimagining of a female Vlad the Impaler trying to protect herself and her younger brother in a hostile foreign land rich with political intrigue and court drama. Lada is a complex, morally gray anti-heroine who fiercely fights for herself and her family and often turns to violence to suit her purposes. This is a dark, gritty and compelling book that will enthrall you and draw you into its world completely. Richly realized, this one is good for fans of Three Dark Crowns and Game of Thrones.


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Day 9 of the 2014 Lego advent calendars gives us some table decoration, a shopping cart and a Jedi Starfighter. See images and a review of the 9th day of mini builds after the jump!
Friends Advent Calendar (41040)
Today we get a candle in the calendar, presumably as a centerpiece for the table and chairs over the last couple days.
City Advent Calendar (60063)
This is obviously a grocery cart. I know this because having a baguette, though normally popping out of a sack, is the international symbol for groceries. This build oddly came with an extra wheel axle and green 1x2 plate with stick. I don't know if these will be used later in another build or if we just got extras for the heck of it. Neither are common or easily lost pieces.
Star Wars Advent Calendar (75056)
This Jedi Starfighter is a pretty cool little build. Based on Anakin's Jedi Starfighter (7669) from the Clone Wars series, this is a great representation in miniature form.


text: What are encounter level charges? Our list of encounter level average charges includes a low and high estimate. The encounter level charges are different from what's called a chargemaster. A chargemaster is a list of billable charges for procedures, supplies or drugs that the hospital can provide to a patient during their care. Given the wide range of services provided by hospitals, a chargemaster contains thousands of items. In an effort to provide more helpful information to our patients, NHRMC is publishing its average charges at an encounter level so patients can get an idea for the total charges for the visit/encounter. As most would not know all the line level charges that would be involved with their care. Health insurance companies contract with hospitals to care for their customers. Hospitals are paid the insurance company's contracted rate, which is significantly less than the charged amount. The insurance company's contract rate is the basis for determining the patient's actual costs. As an example, a hospital may charge $1,000 for a service, while the insurer's contract rate may be $700. If the patient's insurance plan indicates the patient is responsible for 20 percent of the contracted rate, the patient would owe $140 (20 percent of $700). In situations where a patient does not have insurance, our hospital has financial assistance policies that may discount the patient's responsibility. More information on these policies can be found by clicking here. Are charges the same for every patient? The list of charges is the same for everyone. However, the total charges for an individual often vary from one to another for a number of reasons, including: How long it takes to perform the service or how long it takes you to recover in the hospital Whether the service or procedure you receive is more or less difficult than expected What kinds of medication you require Whether you experience complications and need additional treatment Other health conditions you may have that may affect your care Why do some procedures have numerical levels with different pricing? No two patients or cases are alike, even when people have the same diagnosis, courses of treatment could vary. Patients could receive different of types of drugs or supplies, for example. A level 1 encounter is typically lower acuity, which should reflect a lower charge, compared to a higher level of acuity with a higher charge. What is not included in the list of charges? This list does not include charges for services provided by every doctor (or doctors) who treat you while you are at the hospital. You may receive separate bills from the hospital and the doctors involved in your care. Here is a partial list of health care providers who may bill you separately: Your personal doctor, if he/she sees you in the hospital The surgeon who performs your procedure The anesthesiologist who works with the surgeon The radiologist who reads your X-rays or other imaging Other doctors who may be consulted by your doctor during your time in the hospital Laboratory testing How can I know what I will have to pay? Information on hospital charges is not particularly helpful for estimating what healthcare services are going to cost you. If you have health insurance, the amount you will be expected to pay for your services depends on your specific health insurance coverage and your insurance company's contract with the hospital. If you do not have health insurance, you may be eligible for reduced costs under the hospital's financial assistance policy, or you may be eligible for Medicaid coverage. Do you offer pricing estimates? We want to help our patients better understand and plan for any out-of-pocket healthcare costs for upcoming services or procedures. To help achieve this, NHRMC will provide price estimates for many of the most commonly requested medical services and diagnostic tests. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of these price estimates, the charges associated with medical care and diagnostic testing can vary substantially, depending on individual medical needs and circumstances. We cannot determine in advance the exact total cost of a procedure, because we cannot anticipate all the charges that may be incurred during treatment. As a result, the final bill may be greater than or less than the estimate provided. For questions about your financial obligation, we encourage you to contact your insurance company to verify details of your coverage. If you would like a pricing estimate for a service, please call: New Hanover Regional Medical Center: 910.667.5458 Pender Memorial Hospital: 910.300.4351 Where can I find more information? If you would like more information about charges or cost of care please contact us for an estimate. NHRMC: 910.667.5458 Pender Memorial Hospital: 910.300.4351 We also have financial assistance options. You may also call Patient Financial Services at 910.667.7050. We recommend you also talk with your insurance provider to understand your insurance coverage; which charges will be covered; how much you will be billed; amount of any deductibles; and what you will be asked to pay.


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Last week, I got a letter from my past self. I wrote it the previous year, on August 5th, 2018.
This time last year, I had lived in my new town a mere month. I had no idea what the future would hold, nor what the school year would be like for the boys, nor how working remotely would work out for Mr. ThreeYear.
But I hoped and I wished. Here's what I wrote:
Dear Future Me,
What a surprise to get my second letter from the past today! This time last year, I had just come back to New Hampshire from South Carolina. I hoped to have spent my entire trip South there this year. It feels almost unbelievable that we've actually moved to North Carolina, that we actually live full time in the South now. We reached our goal a full year earlier. We've reached so many of our goals. We paid off our debt. My blog has continued to grow. I am a freelance writer. We have an exciting Disney trip coming up next month. We've improved our grocery spending.
In some ways, it feels hard to think about next year at this time. When so many goals and plans have come true, where do we go next? I know I'd like to find a way to make money that doesn't rob my focus on my family. Is that writing full-time? I hope I've figured it out by next year, that I've taken my time and figured out the right path.
I realize that when you're reading this, you'll be forty. I think you've done pretty well for yourself. There's no such thing as a "perfectly balanced life" but you're really close. You have an amazing husband who loves you, two great kids who are the light of your life, good relationships with your parents and siblings, a good financial situation. You're healthy and you're fit. You're inordinately blessed.
Just as I said this year, I hope you've gotten better at counting the blessings. There are so many. I hope you continue to be filled with hope and optimism for the future, that you face life with as bright and sunny a disposition as when you were a child. I hope this year in North Carolina has been good to you, that you're starting to make friends, that you're enjoying your neighborhood, that you've been able to travel. I hope I've remembered to put your health and wellness first, so you can continue to be well.
Happy forty-first year, Laurie.
As I referenced in the letter, I had written myself notes in the future before. I wrote the first one in 2016. Here are some excerpts (with our Blog Names inserted):
I have had a really good summer this year, Future Me. The boys and I spent a solid month in SC with the fam, and Mr. ThreeYear spent 8 days with us at the beach. It was such a great week. We went boating and spent time boogie boarding in the waves, making ice cream in the ice cream maker, crabbing, and eating boiled peanuts.
I haven't worked at all. Yay. Next year, I'll be working 6 hours a week at the boys' school, which hopefully will give me time to rest, think, and start a blog? I hope I will have started a blog by the time you're reading this. Just jump in and do it!! Right?
I hope I'll have been able to keep in budget with groceries, which has always been a long-time struggle ($850 a month!?). I hope, most importantly, that the boys, Mr. ThreeYear, and I are enjoying good health, and our extended families, too. I hope we've been able to stay in budget so we have extra money so we can bless others (our Chilean family). And travel, to Chile (at the end of the year you're reading this?) and on a family trip (Disneyworld, Ireland, Hawaii?).
Hope you're well, that you're enjoying deeply satisfying relationships, and that you remember to do just ONE thing per day. Keep up the good work, Future Me! I love you!
I did, in fact, start the blog, just after writing that letter to myself. I started it in October, meaning I'm coming up on three years of blogging. And, thanks to said blog, I was able to bring down our grocery spending by an average of over 20% for the 2018 year.
As happens when I reread my goals, I find myself realizing that some goals take longer than a year to accomplish. As I've said many times in this space, one year may not be enough time to accomplish something major, but three years is really an ideal timeframe to set, and reach, or almost reach, a challenging life goal.
After all, I didn't change my grocery spending by August 5th, 2017. It took an additional year of work. We didn't visit Disney until two years after writing the letter. We didn't bring my sisters-in-law to visit from Chile until three years after writing that letter.
Change takes time, and persistence. But if the goals you set are goals of the heart, i.e., they align with your deeply held values, and you keep doggedly pursuing them, then you can and will achieve them and change your life. Slowly, but surely.
What did I write in 2017? Here's an excerpt:
We have plans in place to move to the South in just under two years, when Junior ThreeYear graduates sixth grade. That means, when you're reading this, you'll have just under a year left. How does that feel? Have you gotten the house painted? Have you bought the shed?
Wow. I must have felt so overwhelmed at reading that paragraph. Not only did we get the house painted (but not the shed!), we had sold said house, bought a new house, and moved the entire family, a year earlier than I thought.
I suspect you have a trip to Disney World coming up soon, if that worked out. I hope you have an amazing time. Are the kids so tall? Junior ThreeYear is already so tall, and lanky. He's been so clumsy this summer. Got in a bike accident and skinned his whole left side. Little ThreeYear has been scared of the strangest thing (going upstairs alone, and that the bed will eat him). These are the challenges of childhood.
Yes, I did have a Disney trip coming up, one that took almost a year of planning. And yes, Junior ThreeYear was so tall last year, but now… now he's almost 5'3″ and soon, I suspect, he'll be taller than me. Little ThreeYear is still wrestling with his anxiety, and now, as the seasons change, and a new school year's approaching, he slips into the bed with us each night, because that feels so much safer.
I hope, FutureMe, that I have had the courage to take on some freelance writing work. I'd like to make money at my writing. I hope my blog has continued to slowly grow an audience. I hope we've been able to pay off all our debt, and start a taxable account with our extra $1400 per month. And I hope I've been grateful this year, and maintained a positive attitude, and cultivated deep friendships.
In 2018, when I read those words, I had, in fact, taken on freelance writing. And now, as I write these words, I have un-taken it on. Last year taught me that I need a nine-to-five. I need a workplace, social interaction, a boss. I'm glad for that hard-won knowledge, and I'm glad I have a Spanish classroom of my own in the coming year.
As for the $1400 per month, we don't save that much in a taxable account currently, given our new (higher) mortgage, but we'll be saving quite a bit more than that with my new salary. So, fingers crossed there. I've definitely developed new and deeper friendships since moving, and rekindled old ones, and that has been a balm to my soul.
Much love to you, FutureMe. Thank you for all the courageous decisions you've made this year, for your love for our family.
I am kind to myself in my letters, and that is always good to read. I'm hard on myself, and others, at times, but I'm glad that I remember to be grateful to myself for the choices I've made and the lessons I'm learning.
Life is a journey, and the more things change, the more they stay the same. My past self often has lessons for my future self, surprisingly enough, and I've loved reading the words of my heart, a year later, to see how they compare with what I'm feeling today.
I definitely recommend checking out FutureMe. It's a free service but you can make donations to keep it going if you feel compelled. I don't know if it's responsible for me achieving some of my goals, but writing down your dreams is powerful, especially when you'll read them again in a year or three to see if you've had the courage to act on them.


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For businesses to hire in greater numbers, Washington, D.C., must change course and adopt policies that foster stronger and faster economic growth, remove impediments to job creation, reduce uncertainty, and embrace proven free enterprise principles, said U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Thomas J. Donohue at the recent Jobs for America Summit 2011.This includes travel and tourism.
"Stronger and faster economic growth is the best way to successfully put Americans back to work," Donohue told the crowd of more than 350 business leaders at the summit. "The time is now for Congress and the White House to act boldly and restore America's reputation as a can-do country."
The results of a poll of more than 1,400 small businesses—(Most under $25 Million) conducted for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce by Harris Interactive—outlining why businesses are, or aren't, hiring showed the vast majority (84 percent) of respondents indicated the U.S. economy is on the wrong track.
"Economic uncertainty is the most important challenge facing small businesses, with 21 percent saying it's the top concern, and 49 percent ranking it within the top three. Nearly two thirds of respondents (64 percent) said they do not plan to increase hiring in the coming year," the Chamber said.
"The voices of these Main Street businesses are telling us plain and simple: To start hiring, we need faster economic growth and a change of course in Washington," Donohue said.
Donohue noted millions of jobs could be created quickly by simply removing impediments to growth. He said approving the pending free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama would save 380,000 American jobs and create thousands of new ones. Allowing the housing market to clear, investing in infrastructure, boosting domestic energy production, and promoting travel and tourism could put hundreds of thousands of people back to work. Congress and the White House could reduce uncertainty by reforming the regulatory system, particularly the permitting process so projects could get underway quickly, said Donohue. Nearly 80 percent of small businesses in the Harris Poll said that Washington should "get out of the way."
Donohue called on Congress and the White House to promptly reach agreement on a deal to raise the debt ceiling and on a plan that controls the deficit and the level of debt through major spending cuts and entitlement reform. "It's an unfortunate reality but it must be done," Donohue said of raising the debt limit. "Failure to do so would have grave consequences for Main Street businesses and families.
"The most important role the government can play is to remove the impediments and reduce the uncertainties that have slowed our growth and shackled our job creators," said Donohue. "By unleashing economic growth and freeing our job creators to do what they do best, we can and we will put America back to work."
For a copy of the Small Business Outlook Survey, visit