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Dry Tortugas Armory Window
I took this shot through the armory window of old Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas. I added an art filter in post-processing to achieve this design.
Fort Jefferson was built to protect one of the most strategic deepwater anchorages in North America. By fortifying this spacious harbor, the United States maintained an important "advance post" for ships patrolling the Gulf of Mexico and the Straits of Florida. Nestled within the islands and shoals that make up the Dry Tortugas, the harbor offered ships the chance to resupply, refit, or seek refuge from storms.
The location of the Tortugas along one the world's busiest shipping lanes was its greatest military asset. Though passing ships could easily avoid the largest of Fort Jefferson's guns, they could not avoid the warships that used its harbor.
In enemy hands, the Tortugas would have threatened the heavy ship traffic that passed between the Gulf Coast (including New Orleans, Mobile and Pensacola) and the eastern seaboard of the United States. It could also serve as a potential staging area, or "springboard" for enemy forces. From here they could launch an attack virtually anywhere along the Gulf Coast.
Poised to protect this valuable harbor was one of the largest forts ever built. Nearly thirty years in the making (1846-1875), Fort Jefferson was never finished nor fully armed. Yet it was a vital link in a chain of coastal forts that stretched from Maine to California. Fort Jefferson, the most sophisticated of these, was a brilliant and undeniable symbol that the United States wanted to be left alone. Though never attacked, the fort fulfilled its intended role. It helped to protect the peace and prosperity of a young nation.
During the Civil War, Union warships used the harbor in their campaign to blockade Southern shipping. The fort was also used as a prison, mainly for Union deserters. Its most famous prisoner was Dr. Samuel Mudd, the physician who set the broken leg of John Wilkes Booth.
Abandoned by the Army in 1874, the fort was later used as a coaling station for warships. In 1898, the USS Maine sailed into history, departing the Tortugas on its fateful mission to Havana, Cuba. Though used briefly during both world wars, the fort's final chapter as "Guardian of the Gulf" had long since closed.
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Give Lyrics Wins First Place at Startup WeekendBy Scott Kloustin on June 2nd, 2015 /
Startup Weekend for Social Entrepreneurs is over. Teams pitched. Countless tacos, Cintron energy drinks, and Dum Dum lollipops were consumed. Some remarkable ideas came out of the weekend, and below you'll find the top three teams and the community choice winner.
The judges chose the top three based on the following criteria:
Customer Validation: Did you make something that people actually want? Did you get "out of the building" and talk to customers?
Execution & Design: Did you establish a minimum viable product (MVP)? In other words, did you build a basic set of features to start collecting data and disproving or proving your business model assumptions?
Business Model Validation: How do you plan on making this business work? What is the competition doing? How will you generate revenue? How do acquire your first set of customers and then scale to a larger market?
Social Component: How will your company add value to the community or the planet? Have you addressed challenges around delivering your mission and measuring its impact?
And The Winners Are…
The judges' third place selection was Change for Change – a way to invest in socially-conscious businesses and receive a modest return of 0-5%. Over the course of the weekend, their business model shifted a bit, and they figured out that starting out as a public foundation would be the best way to avoid regulation and restrictions around accepting investments and making investments. This foundation would screen and perform due diligence on social enterprises and find people willing to make pledges to invest.
The second place selection was FulFill – no-package delivery in order to reduce cost and waste. Their model included starting with liquids like soap, shampoos and lotions with a minimum order of $10. In their customer discovery, they found more than three-fourths of people were comfortable with leaving empty bottles outside their door to be refilled or exchanged.
The overall first place winner was Give Lyrics – custom merchandise combining artists' lyrics with a social component. Ten percent of the proceeds from each sale goes to a customer-selected social organization; Give Lyrics and the artist split the remaining profit after material and fulfillment cost. This model was attractive to artists and the team managed to sign up seven artists for access to their lyrics over the weekend.
While the judges were deliberating each attendee voted for their favorite team, other than their own. The crowd favorite and community choice winner was Interview Rehab, a "team" with only a single member, a determined woman who worked hard all weekend and gave a passionate final presentation on helping job seekers. Leveraging her knowledge and prior experience, her Interview Rehab app intends to help people prepare for interviews and land jobs by offering easily consumable content clips to help them best prepare before an interview.
Per Startup Weekend tradition, after the voting and while the judges were still deliberating, attendees answered questions for small prizes, shared takeaways and lessons from the event, and gave thanks to the organizers, volunteers and coaches.
The next Startup Weekend Detroit will take place this fall. You can also find Startup Weekend events in many other cities throughout Michigan, the U.S. and around the world.

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Effects on the Human Body
Radiation can be briefly defined as energy that is emitted from the energy source in rays or waves, or in particles from radioactive substances. Human beings are exposed to radiation all the time, from the atmosphere, from electronic devices like televisions, microwaves, radios, cell phones, and computers, and every time we have an X-ray performed in a hospital or medical office. Radiation cannot be avoided completely and conventional wisdom says that the levels of radiation human beings are exposed to are generally not high enough to cause serious illness. But there can be long-term consequences to exposure to radiation, either from one acute single dose or from constant smaller doses over time. This article will define and discuss the consequences of environmental, medical, and nuclear radiation for the health of the human body.
Environmental radiation
Environmental radiation comes from many sources. Most people on earth are exposed to very small amounts of radiation from outer space. Sunburn is a form of skin injury caused by prolonged exposure or overexposure of the skin to the sun's ultraviolet radiation. As most people know, serious sunburns can often lead to skin cancer later on. In addition to cosmic radiation, human beings can be exposed to radiation caused by the decay of various radioactive materials here on earth, like uranium and plutonium. These materials are present in the earth's crust, and when they decompose, they can leave very dangerous radon in their wake. Radon can seep into houses, is usually found in basements, and can cause cancer to the inhabitants of the house after prolonged exposure.
Nearly every homeowner has encountered the term "radon" either during the selling or purchasing process. Homeowners have good reason to be aware of the potential presence of radon in their home, to test radon levels, and install radon ventilation systems if the radon levels are high. Many prospective home-buyers, however, choose to forgo radon testing prior to purchasing their new home, because they are uneducated or misinformed regarding what radon is and the detrimental long-term effects it can have on the health and vitality of their families.
What is Radon?
Radon is a naturally-occurring, colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is highly radioactive and extremely dense (nine times more dense than air!). It was discovered in 1899-1900 by two European physicists, Ernest Rutherford and Friedrich Ernst Dorn. Although there are many forms of radon, Radon-222 is the type that occurs most frequently in the environment.
Radon can be highly concentrated in groundwater and in the ground under where a building is constructed; the ingestion of this contaminated water, and the inhalation of the radon particles released from this water, are the two primary ways in which people are exposed to this radioactive substance. As radon decays, the particles attach to microscopic airborne materials, like dust, which facilitates its inhalation by humans.
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Dueling Lăowài is a new feature on Toshuo.com. Each "duel" will consist of four pieces by two writers: each writer will write one opening argument and one rebuttal.
Mark's Opening Argument:
As any student of Chinese knows, learning enough characters to really become literate is no small task. For some, such as myself, it's proving to be a sisyphean ordeal. Fortunately for me, and everyone else who isn't fully literate in Chinese characters yet, street signs and subway signs are often romanized. Operating under the assumption that signs are indeed romanized for the benefit of the people who need them, as opposed to purely for political ends, and drawing on my own experiences, I'll explain why it would serve the best interest of the most people to include tone marks on the signs.
Like many westerners, I arrived in Taiwan knowing a only a little bit of Mandarin. Communication of any sort was difficult. At the beginning, I had to stay close to other foreigners, my English speaking co-teachers, and I had to approach things with quite a bit of patience. After a while, though, my spoken Chinese improved and I was able to do things like ask people for directions and take taxis with confidence. Now, I very rarely have any serious communication difficulties, but my reading is still pretty weak.
I know I'm not alone in this. I know many, many westerners here who can speak well enough, but only read 1000-2000 characters. That's enough to get by in day to day, life, but there are many, many street signs that my western friends mentioned above can't read. We can all read pinyin, though. In fact, just about anybody who's taken even a single semester of Chinese can read pinyin and at least sound it out. Unfortunately, we don't get nearly the mileage out of this pinyin ability that we could.
As we all know, the state of romanization in Taiwan is less than ideal. I remember wasting an hour once asking people where "tingshi" MRT station was before realizing that what I was really looking for was dĭngxī (頂溪). In the end, I was frustrated, I was pissed off, and I'd missed an interview as a result of getting lost. A few months later, I found Mark S.'s useful site, Romanization.com, and never had a problem with saying the names of MRT stations again.
In the three years that have gone by since then, most of Taibei city's street signs and MRT stations have adopted standard (i.e. hanyu pinyin) spellings, and the whole nightmare of newcomers not knowing if they're looking for "kuting", "guting", "kuding", or "guding" MRT are over. However, I feel that there's one more step to be taken that's both inexpensive and useful to a large number of people for whom the romanized signs are intended, i.e., the people who can't read Chinese characters with full literacy- street signs should have tone marks above the pinyin.
Even with the current, standardized pinyin, there's no way for a person who reads "Guting" to know if the word is gŭtíng", gūtìng, gùtíng, or one of thirteen other possible tone combinations. In the case of the Guting MRT, this isn't a big problem. Even though character-illiterate foreigners will have no way of knowing how to pronounce the stop, there aren't any other stops with ambiguous names. Sometimes, though, we aren't so lucky. There are many streets, such as TóngĀn Jiē and TōngĀn Jiē[1], which share identical romaniations unless tone marks are used. In fact, I've personally wasted cab fares as a result of not being quite sure of the tone of a street name. While I haven't had this problem in quite a while, I don't have any sort of desire to see every new crop of beginning Chinese students here suffer all the same misfortunes I did.
The Costs of Adding Tone Marks
- Remaking road signs would be expensive. However, for new signs being made, adding tone marks would incur very few additional costs. The government is already paying consultants to romanize the signs to begin with. For anybody qualified to work as a "pinyin consultant", converting characters into romanized text with tone marks should be no difficulty at all.
- Adding tone marks above each syllable could increase paint costs by a small amount.
- People who don't know any Chinese whatsoever could just ignore the tone marks. However some may find the tone marks visually unappealing. Conversely, those who didn't ignore the tones might even pick up a little bit more Chinese through regularly seeing romanized Chinese words that they hear frequently.
The Benefits of Adding Tone Marks
- With tone marks, pinyin is a fully-functional writing system. Anybody who has learned pinyin, which takes orders of magnitude less effort than becoming character-literate, can read any Mandarin word written in pinyin.
- Many, many foreigners here would have a smoother time asking for directions and getting around the city.
- Tone marks on street signs would be a boon to students hoping to learn Chinese from the living environment here.
- Identical street names would be disambiguated.
In my opinion, writing Chinese words with the Latin character set and neglecting tone marks is the equivalent of writing English words with dots in place of the vowels. Yes, it's possible to guess the missing information from context, but it's not a very complete writing system.
Be sure to read Prince Roy argument in favor of not putting tone marks on road signs!
Tone Marks on Roadsigns Part II– Prince Roy's opening argument.
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Between weather, back-t0-New-Year reality and CHA prep, the first few weeks of the new year have felt like a 4-day whirlwind! I thought things would slow down post holidays.
Thank you to each and everyone of you who participated in the Season's Givings Blog Hop. I loved reading all of your responses. It sounds like we have a lot of great creative things planned! Congratulations to my winner Felicita Johnson! And, the best of luck to each of you on your crafty pursuits in the New Year!
After days of weathermen prepping all of Kansas for the 2017 Ice Storm, we woke up to this yesterday. Luckily, the temperatures never stayed below 32 long enough for my area to receive significant damage. Though much of our state wasn't so lucky… It did give me time to do a little stamping.
The feathers, dies and sentiment are all from Taylored Expressions. This would be a good resolution for myself the New Year – this and actually sending cards I make!
Stamps: Light as a Feather (stamp and dies) and Be Still – Taylored Expressions
Dies: Build a Tag 4 – Taylored Expressions
Cardstock: Sugar Cube – Taylored Expressions
Ink: Jelly Donut, Blue Corn and Sprinkles – Taylored Expressions


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Shadow for a day
A Shadow Day at Oakdale Academy gives your child(ren) the opportunity to observe and experience the welcoming culture of our school. Your family will report to Oakdale Academy by 7:50 a.m. and meet your student host for the day. Your host will bring your family to Opening Ceremony at 8 a.m. and to your child(ren) to classes for the duration of the day. Your child(ren) will have a chance to see our teachers in action, ask questions about our school, and meet other great students. Upper School students (7-12) attend the full day and Lower School students (K-6) attend a half-day.
Once your visit is confirmed, you will receive a detailed packet with more information about expectations for the day, including what to wear and items to bring.
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Every once in a while God does something to show his approval on the mission. About 4 years ago www.fightclub414.com was launched here in Goshen at our church. It began as a burden in my heart to reach men and God put wings to it by setting it into motion in the local church.
4 years later it is in 170 churches across America and by God's grace men's lives are being radically transformed with this discipleship tool. Jesus does the transformation, Fight Club is the tool. I have witnessed first hand the impact it has had on men and have witnessed some amazing resurrections.
Every new venture, mission, and vision, is tested and critiqued along the way and those are the very things that can make it better. We have made some adjustments along the way and are releasing a 2.0 version this year.
I believe with all of my heart that if you get the man, you get the family, you get the community, and you get the world for Jesus!
What was started to help the local church is now reaching men from Alaska to California to Florida and everywhere in between.
And there is nothing like seeing another Fight Club grad wearing his FC band in public. I have run into men in airports, at Pro Golf matches, at amusement parks, churches, and all over the country. But this week we got word that Justin Masterson a Professional baseball player for the Boston Redsox is a Fight Club graduate. I must admit that excites me.
So to all my Fight Club Brothers out there, how about a shout out to Justin and few prayers that Jesus will use him in a powerful way in the MLB!


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It's so good to know we aren't alone. As mothers, we are not powerless in this battle for our son's purity. First, we can acknowledge there is an enemy. Sticking our heads in the sand and pretending like lust, pornography, aggressive girls or premarital sex will never touch our good boys, is just plain ignorance. Second, we can pray and engage and we can also arm ourselves with resources.
In Your Boy: Raising a Godly Son in an Ungodly World, I was so encouraged by this fact: 88 percent of teens said it would be easier to postpone premarital sex activity and avoid teen pregnancy if they were able to have more open and honest conversations about the topic of sex with their parents. Amazing, huh? The problem is the same study showed that only 32 percent of adults believe parents have influence over kids regarding sex.
So, basically, kids want to talk to their parents but many adults are giving their influence to someone else. I want to do better than this.
I'm always hesitant and prayerful to offer parenting advice, since I'm in the trenches right along with you. But I'm not shy about reading really great books and recommending them. These 19 books (Amazon affiliate links) are a part of our parenting/kid library as we raise our son:
- Lintball Leo's Not-So-Stupid Questions About Your Body
- Sex Is Not the Problem (Lust Is): Sexual Purity in a Lust-Saturated World
- Preparing Your Son for Every Man's Battle
- Raising a Modern-Day Knight: A Father's Role in Guiding His Son to Authentic Manhood
- Five Conversations You Must Have with Your Son
- Your Boy: Raising a Godly Son in an Ungodly World
- Passport2Purity (book and tips to plan a weekend away with your son)
- Aggressive Girls, Clueless Boys: 7 Conversations You Must Have with Your Son
- Six Ways to Keep the "Good" in Your Boy: Guiding Your Son from His Tweens to His Teens
Besides the onslaught of inappropriate visual content hurled at our boys, there's also a strong tendency in our culture to emasculate males. We laugh at bumbling fathers and feminine guys. But God created our sons to become men. Boys and men love adventure, they love to be the hero, a warrior. They have an innate sense to take risks. Insert over protective mom here. [If you watch any given home video from my kid's early years, I say in a whiny voice about 1000 times "be careful."] But this is who they are.
"Our boys need a little bit of physical adventure to discover their purpose and to have an outlet for the desire to take risks and be aggressive." Dannah Gresh. And so, we need to let them be physical. Wrestle, play sports, get muddy. They can also find this sense of adventure thru books. It's hard to find clean, appropriate reading for boys, but when you do, turn off the screens and encourage them to escape to a whole new world. My list might not look like yours (I tend to let my kids read older fiction because they love reading. It also opens up great conversations with your kids).
- Hatchet: by Gary Paulsen
- The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (entire set)
- The Red Badge of Courage
- The Angel Experiment: A Maximum Ride Novel (Book 1) series
- The Giver
- Where the Red Fern Grows
- The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
- A Wrinkle in Time: 50th Anniversary Commemorative Edition
- Hunger Games (book 1) Don't let them read it unless you're willing to talk about it
Most of all, I recommend the Bible. It might sound trite, but it's the most adventurous book of all–from lust and lying to heads rolling and seas-splitting -it's the greatest life-changing story ever told.
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40 Days for Life – Each fall, Madison joins hundreds of cities across North America in conducting 40 Days for Life, an around-the-clock vigil to end abortion at Madison's Planned Parenthood abortion facility. Interested individuals can participate by serving as prayer warriors, who silently pray for an end to abortion, as well as sidewalk counselors, who are trained to reach out to women seeking abortion.
The Fall 2013 40 Days for Life campaign was again a 24 hours/day prayer campaign at Planned Parenthood (3706 Orin Road, Madison, WI 53704). It began Wednesday, September 25 and ran until Sunday, November 3, 2013. The next 24/7 campaign is being planned for September 25 through November 3, 2019. Contact Gwen Finnegan at firstname.lastname@example.com or 608-393-8545 with questions.
"365 for Life" – You may use the same scheduling tool to sign-up for our "365 for Life" initiative, which is the perpetual peaceful vigil campaign that we began in January 2011. Since then, we have had prayer warriors on the sidewalk in front of Planned Parenthood every day that the abortion facility has been opened… except when a blizzard hit. Prayer warriors are out rain or shine, winter and summer. Join us beyond the 40 Days for Life campaign with our "365 for Life" initiative. Contact Gwen Finnegan (see above) for more information. You may also check out more information on this initiative by selecting the "About" menu and selecting "365 for Life."


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Healthy Heart Secrets Revealed!
List of Cardiovascular Issues:
- Heart Diseases
- Blood Pressure
- Cholesterol Levels
- Triglycerides Levels
- Clogged Arteries
- Stroke
- Poor Circulation
- Varicose Veins
Information on how to maintain a healthy heart is widely available and has been discussed numerous times by leading cardiologists. However, that does not stop thousands of people around the world from dying daily due to heart diseases and related conditions ranging from high blood pressure, poor circulation and high triglycerides levels. What prevents people from having a healthy heart and how come all the efforts of healthy heart public awareness fall short from accomplishing this goal? Perhaps the healthy heart secrets are much simpler than we have all been made aware of.
Let's take a look at what plays the most vital part in maintaining a truly healthy heart for life.
First look at your diet! There is no surprise here. A healthy heart diet is believed to be a diet that is low in fats and high in fruits, vegetables and whole grains. While this is partially true, the dangerous effects of fructose in our diets are often overlooked pushing us to make wrong dietary choices. Did you know that even too much fruit can contribute to high triglycerides levels in our blood? Since fruit contains fructose it can adversely affect blood glucose and lead to obesity and multiple health problems. A healthy heart is achieved by eating ample amounts of organic raw vegetables, organic meats and moderate intake of fruits and grains of all kinds. Animal derived fats have been portrayed to be absolute evil for our hearts. However, if we do not get enough fats, our bodies can not synthesize hormones, restore cells and maintain a healthy heart in the end. Fats are a necessity in our diet, introduce a variety of vegetable oils like olive, grape seed and flaxseed oils and avoid frying with them. Organic cream and butter should also be added to your diet in moderation. Avoiding hydrogenated fats of all kinds that have become staples in many packaged goods is the key to avoiding clogged arteries.
Exercise. This simple word makes you frown upon…Not again! Have you always thought that we have to run marathons, lift heavy weights and become exercise maniacs to prevent heart disease? This could not be farther from the truth. On the contrary, running on a treadmill for prolonged time intervals, extra strenuous strength building activity and boot camp exercises are actually damaging to our heart in the long run. Our bodies are not designed to maintain aerobic activity for long periods of time. Just look at the examples from the nature. To survive most animals need to run for short bursts of time to catch a prey or escape from predators. Only humans unknowingly run for hours at a time thinking that this is the only way to achieve a healthy heart. Very often we think highly of aerobic activity and completely ignore anaerobic activity that is actually a natural way for our bodies to exercise. Anaerobic activity that actually triggers natural human growth hormone production keeps our heart healthy and contributes to personal rejuvenation. Finally, exercise should not be a chore but rather an enjoyable activity you can look forward to at the beginning of the day, the best time to exercise. Pick a form of exercise that will help unwind your mind and help strengthen your body like Yoga, Pilates, Tai-Chi or walk around scenic landscapes for incredible stress relieving activities. Exercising properly will help prevent many conditions like poor circulation and varicose veins.
Sleep well! Unfortunately, high paced modern society is not conducive to establishing healthy sleep patterns. People work long hours at work, travel overseas and work split shifts that can truly wreck havoc in one's sleep. Unhealthy lifestyles additionally contribute to lack of sleep and various types of sleep disorders pushing people to resort to dangerous sleeping pills. Getting enough sleep is essential for maintaining a healthy heart, normalizing blood pressure and keeping stress and cholesterol levels in check. We simply can not survive without enough sleep. Going back to the basics is often all we need to reprogram ourselves to go to sleep and wake up as the nature intended for us to do. Following natural rhythms of the Sun is an ideal way to establishing healthy sleep patterns. Keeping stimulants such as alcohol, caffeine and nicotine at a minimum or eliminating them altogether can additionally contribute to healthy sleep.
Health Care. Yes, proper health care! Millions of Americans with high cholesterol levels are continuously put on various forms of statin drugs in hope to lower their cholesterol and triglycerides levels. Statin drugs work by blocking liver cholesterol production. However, statin drugs have very serious side effects, including anemia, muscle disorders, impaired immunity and many more. Cholesterol is not evil but a necessity our bodies use as building blocks for cells, brain function, digestion and healthy heart in the end. In the end, Statin drugs do more harm than good depleting body's natural levels of coenzyme Q10 that is essential for healthy heart. Healthy diet is the only way to manage bad cholesterol levels naturally without resorting to hazardous drugs.
Stress Management. Utilizing various stress relieving techniques is the key to have a healthy heart for life. You can eat a healthy diet, exercise, never drink or smoke, however, if you do not take care of underlying stress factors, you can significantly damage your heart over time. There are various natural techniques available allowing you to release bottled up stress such as meditation, prayer, journal writing, special breathing exercises and many more. Choosing the type of stress reliever for you that works is important. Organizing your life and relationships can have tremendous de-stressing effects on your health and healthy heart in the end.


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Friday, 2 September 2016
I feel your pains, Buhari tells Nigerians
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said that his government is not unmindful of the pains Nigerians are going through as a result of the debilitating economic downturn. But he specifically pleaded with Nigerians bear with him as the government will evolve some policies to cushion them from the pains of recession. Buhari spoke in Oshogbo Osun State capital during his official visit. He spoke against the backround of the gloomy economic picture painted by the the report of the National Bureau of Statistics released three days ago, which confirmed that Nigeria has gone into recession, which happens a country experiences temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced. It is usually identified by a fall in GDP in two successive quarters.
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A healthy take on a classic diner burger
The oat topping channels granola with olive oil, almonds, and maple syrup, while the filling is barely sweetened, instead taking advantage of in-season berries.
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This honey-sweetened granola and rooibos-tea chia pudding are both worth making and enjoying on their own, but together with yogurt and a swirl of jam they become a breakfast you'll want to eat on repeat.
Who says oatmeal needs to be sweet? Prepare the oats as you traditionally would, but instead of adding berries and sweeteners, toss in greens and kimchi, then top with an egg, hemp seeds, and avocado.
A swirl of cinnamon-spiced pear compote runs through these protein-rich pancakes.
From fritters to bars and pie to bread, here's how to take your oats above and beyond.
My older daughter can put away some of these oatmeal cookie bites like it's her job. Gymnastics helps her keep active, which means she's often super hungry, and I love to have these on hand for when she needs a snack.
These super-moist and delicious cookies are made with a secret ingredient: banana!
With an oatmeal cookie–like topping, this easy dessert makes the best use of fresh, ripe, summer peaches.
Steel-cut oats have a chewy, hearty texture. Taking the extra step of browning them in butter gives the oatmeal a toasty, rich flavor and helps to keep it from sticking to the pot.
Using salted butter and resting the dough are the secrets to these crowd-pleasing cookies that are equal parts chewy and crunchy.
These hearty monster cookies have it all for nursing mamas.
This savory oatmeal is reminiscent of cheesy grits: very creamy and rich with little bits of crisp bacon. An egg on top is terrific if you like your lilies gilded.
Brown sugar and cinnamon are great, but I challenged myself to do something different with my morning bowl of oats.
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A Lisburn teenager who has overcome her battle with cancer is hoping to raise money for Friends of the Cancer Centre by abseiling down the hospital she was treated in.
Gemma Hannah (19) was diagnosed with Lymphoma when she was 17, in the middle of studying for her A Levels.
The former Friends' School pupil had to undergo specialist treatment for the disease at Belfast City Hospital.
Now in remission, Gemma plans to abseil down the very same hospital building on April 22 for the Friends of the Cancer Centre charity.
She said: "I have been in remission for over a year and I decided to do something to raise awareness for the good work Friends of the Cancer Centre do.
"I was treated on the top floor of the building where the abseil takes place. I am petrified of heights and have never done anything like this before.
"I am looking forward to it, I'm hopefully going to raise some money and bring awareness to the work of Friends of the Cancer Centre.
"You only realise the good work that Friends of the Cancer Centre do if you, or someone you know, has cancer. They helped me through my treatment and made it a lot less scary. They had a Lymphoma specialist who I could talk to and that helped.
"It's all the little things when you are there full time. There was WiFi in the ward I was staying in because of Friends of the Cancer Centre."
Despite undergoing treatment, Gemma showed incredible dedication to her studies and achieved an A* and two A grades in her A Levels.
She added: "I am currently on my gap year. I went travelling to Asia from November to January.
"I am going to university in September in Newcastle to study business management."
Based at the heart of the Cancer Centre at Belfast City Hospital, the charity funds life-saving and life-changing projects that make a real and lasting difference to the lives of thousands of local people affected by cancer.
You can help Gemma raise money for this great cause by donating directly via her fundraising page.


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Southeastern Heating & Air Conditioning is located in Fairhope, AL. Our goal is 5-star rating on each and every job. Please read the following recent reviews.
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I have used Southeastern for many years and have always had prompt great service. The few times my HVAC system has had problems, they have responded quickly on the same day. Pat and his crew are a pleasure to work with
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They responded quickly to our emergency and were fairly priced. As a out of town home owner, it is good to have a company we can trust.
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Talk about quick service--I had a perceived problem in the morning and a technician was in my house by 1 PM. Diagnosed the problem, briefed me very nicely that it was actually operator error and was on his way. Told me I needed to get a magnet., so if there any around would someone drop it off. Good job and thanks.
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Highly recommend! Did an amazing job! We needed to redue our HVAC in our house and I had previously called a different place to get an estimate. The other place came out and then Never got me an estimate or every called me back after 3 calls and 1 month later! So I looked up on Angie's list and saw Southeastern's reviews. They came out ASAP and I had an estimate within 24 hours with no prompting. They set up the appointment for details on their plan for the systems according to my convenience and as soon as was available for me. They set up the schedule on starting the project according to my schedule and as soon as available for me as well. The workers did a wonderful job! They worked fast and efficient. They even ate lunch on the job to speed it along! They ended up finishing a day ahead of schedule and cleaned my house everywhere they went (I would say above and beyond). I could not have asked for a better company. The system is working great!!! Highly recommended! Pricing was right were I expected!
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Technicians arrived on time. They covered their shoes and, being familiar with my house, promptly went to work. They cleaned, inspected and replenished as necessary. They reported in detail all findings. "See you in six months or call for any problems". They departed with no evidence of their presence other than all systems in order. Typical encounter with Southeastern Heating & Air Conditioning.
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Prompt, courteous, and professional. I have used them for severall years and they always go above and beyond. Excellent customer service.
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This company called us back immediately when another company never called or showed up for there appointment. I would say call this honest company!!!
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Southeastern Heating & Air Conditioning provides Great service!! They always respond in a very timely manner and do everything in their power to take care of your problem. Their technicians are very professional & respectful. Beau & Chris did a great job and cleaned up when they were finished.
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Saturday evening, the AC unit failed I called Southeastern, they were very prompt, took care of the problem fast. Very neat, the technician came to the door with shoe covers on.I definitely will use them again
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Lightbend and IBM are teaming up to develop a complete toolchain for Java and Scala developers building and deploying AI and cognitive applications in on-premises and cloud environments, the two companies announced today. As part of the move, IBM is taking a "major" equity stake in Lightbend, undisclosed at press time.
Lightbend, the company behind the creation of the Scala language and developer of the Reactive Platform, has worked with IBM in the past, most notably leading IBM's Big Data University's core curriculum. But this new relationship promises to accelerate the adoption of Lightbend technologies significantly, especially in cognitive/AI app development.
"This relationship becomes what you might call the tip of the spear, bringing the Java and Scala communities into the cognitive/AI world," Lightbend CEO Mark Brewer told ADTmag.
In the short term, IBM salespeople will be able to sell Lightbend products directly to their customers, Brewer explained. In the long term, IBM will be integrating the capabilities of the Reactive Platform across its cloud platform and portfolio of cloud services, including data analytics, cognitive and machine learning, and collaborative data science tools, which will extend new capabilities to Java and Scala developers.
The Lightbend Reactive Platform combines several products to support the development of reactive applications on the JVM in both Scala and Java. Conceptualized in the "Reactive Manifesto," which was co-authored by Lightbend CTO and co-founder Jonas Bonér, reactive applications are apps that better meet the "contemporary challenges of software development" in a world in which applications are deployed to everything from mobile devices to cloud-based clusters running thousands of multicore processors.
"We believe the use of the Lightbend Reactive Platform is essential to building today's modern infrastructures," said Bob Lord, IBM's chief digital officer, in a statement. "Lightbend represents IBM's continuous commitment to the Java and Scala communities. Java and Scala are the languages of cognitive and AI development, and cognitive development is the future. The collaboration between IBM and Lightbend can help enterprise developers build cognitive applications and accelerate the era of cognitive computing."
IBM and Lightbend will be working together to create new code and develop new tools and documentation to help developers build Java- and Scala-based applications on the Reactive Platform. Among the potential results of this collaboration going forward, Brewer pointed out, is that developers will be able to leverage existing Websphere investments to take advantage of the latest cognitive and AI technologies. The Watson Data Platform is another likely beneficiary of this collaboration, he said, as are the more than 150 services across cognitive intelligence, data analytics, Internet of Things (IoT), security, DevOps and blockchain that are available to devs through the IBM Cloud.
"This gives IBM a better way to own the AI and cognitive world," Brewer said. "Scala is simply a great language for building things -- whether it's an artificial intelligence engine, or some business application -- that are going to be dealing with data in motion."
Scala, which was developed by Lightbend co-founder Martin Odersky, is a general purpose, multi-paradigm language designed to integrate features of object-oriented programming and functional programming. Scala runs on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and is compatible with existing Java programs.
Lightbend estimates that there are currently 1.2 million developers in the Scala community. It's used by Apple, Verizon and Twitter among others. Several modern frameworks are written in Scala, including Spark, Kafka and Lightbend's own Akka.
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After the highly publicized Mother's Day festivities end, stores ramp it up for 'Dads and Grads.' Already dads are getting the short end of the remote with having to share their holiday with graduates, and the gifts are often, well, more frugal than what is spent on Mother's Day. Which is how my husband got this game a few Father's Days ago…
When I picked up our daughter from preschool and took her to Target, she picked this game saying she wanted a game to play with dad. Happy Father's Day!
Actually, that brings me to one of the many Father's Day vs Mother's Day comparisons. Typically, mothers want to spend Mother's Day away from their younger children and have a day to themselves, while fathers want to celebrate by spending time WITH their kids. Although, not necessarily playing with Dora the Explorer. But hey, extra dad points if you do!
And there have been some recent trends suggesting that even though people are likely to purchase more for mom, folks are getting thrifty with their purchases for both holidays. Check out how it's broken down in this infographic.
In our family, Father's Day had extra meaning because it usually happened on or around my dad's birthday. So there was no going cheap for this holiday! Although it did seem whatever we bought, dad had to return or exchange it because it wasn't exactly what he wanted. Kind of a bummer, but oh well. It is all about dad.
So please don't procrastinate if you have a dad in your life you want to celebrate. I'll end the blog with some words of inspiration from these celebrity dads:
- "There should be a children's song: 'If you're happy and you know it, keep it to yourself and let your dad sleep.'" -– Jim Gaffigan
- "When I hear people talk about juggling, or the sacrifices they make for their children, I look at them like they're crazy, because 'sacrifice' infers that there was something better to do than being with your children." — Chris Rock
- "Having children is like living in a frat house — nobody sleeps, everything's broken, and there's a lot of throwing up." — Ray Romano
- "Fatherhood is great because you can ruin someone from scratch." –- Jon Stewart
- "Just taught my kids about taxes by eating 38% of their ice cream." — Conan O'Brien
- "When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant, I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years." — Mark Twain
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These Color Lasers Mean Business
There's a color laser printer to fit every business. The past year has seen a proliferation of these machines for $500 and under with the speed and paper handling ability to make them viable for heavy-duty office printing. For businesses with particularly demanding printing volumes, more expensive color laser printers that can do it alland wellare available. And budget machines that do superbly at more limited duty for small or home offices cost just $300.
For an office that needs a workhorse machine for high-volume printing, a combination of speed and paper handling are key. For businesses with deep pockets, the Lexmark C534dn could fit the bill. It's fast, gives you excellent text quality, and is able to effectively handle a large number of pages per month. It prints very nice photos for a color laser as well.
There are great choices for a high-volume workgroup printer at half the C534dn's price. The Xerox Phaser 6180N gained our Editors' Choice for a solid combination of speed, output quality (especially text printing), and paper handling. In the same price range, the Dell Color Laser Printer 3110cn is reasonably fast and produces decent output, though not quite the equal of the 6180n.
The HP Color LaserJet 1600 is good either as a home printer (particularly if you're not a photo enthusiast) or a personal printer for a small office. Another low-priced laser printer equally at home near your office desk or in your home is the Konica Minolta magicolor 2500W. Though its output (particularly for text) isn't as good as the LaserJet 1600, it's faster in printing monochrome pages.
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This entry from Dell is solid and can handle high-volume printing. Its features and performance, though, are mediocre compared with the Xerox 6180n.
Konica Minolta magicolor 2500W ($299 direct)
Its price is right, but the 2500W is slower in printing color than the HP 1600 and its text quality is worse. For black-and-white text, though, the 2500W is more than twice as fast as the HP.
Lexmark C534dn ($999 direct)
Though not the cheapest printer around, the Lexmark C534dn is a good choice for an office that needs to print lots of great-looking text in a hurry. It excels at paper handling, between built-in duplexing, and regular plus multipurpose paper trays plus an optional extra tray to bring paper capacity to as much as 900 sheets. Its photos aren't half-bad, either.
HP Color LaserJet 1600 ($299.99 direct)
Though slow for a color laser, the 1600 is faster than the vast majority of ink jets. Output quality for text is great, graphics is very good, and even photos are better than most color lasers and fine for most business purposes. These factors, coupled with its price, make it an Editors' Choice.


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Many people start a blog these days. And no doubt, they all make the same mistakes.
Very often it's good to read about other people's mistakes, so you can try to avoid making them yourself.
That's why I list a number of them here.
Do YOU make these blogging mistakes?
I started my first blog as a part of a membership website of Kenneth McArthur.
He had some blog software installed that pretty soon appeared to be inflexible and only partial working. Besides that, I realized that I was only promoting his domain, not mine.
I told Ken I had to leave and go my own way.
A free blog elsewhere wasn't an option, I had to set it up at my own domain. So I did. I installed WordPress and entered my previous posts again. Fortunately, as I was only starting out, my blog was very small, so I had it done in no time, but that was my biggest blogging mistake.
I've made a lot more than that one, and no doubt, I'm still making some. That's why I'm always anxious to learn from other people's mistakes.
There are lots of other bloggers who openly admit theirs.
Dosh Dosh ran a project on blogging mistakes. Here's their Blogging Mistakes Project Roundup: A Checklist of Important Things to Avoid
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This game is not another pointless screen tapping bubble-burster. It features a simple but unique and balanced gameplay.
Game rules: clear the screen by collecting bubbles of the same color. Try not to pop bubbles of different colors because this will spawn more bubbles. You have to think and react really fast. The game is finished when there are too many bubbles on screen.
- Unique and balanced gameplay;
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"Gameplay is close to perfect for this kind of casual action/puzzle game. Three difficulty settings are nice to have. Graphically it's good – clear and uncluttered. The 8-bit theme is particularly cool. Touch controls are pretty much spot-on and work very well. Bubble inertia is subtle and adds to the strategic possibilities. It's really very good on an iPad." - Arcadelife rating: 88/100
"…a lot of work has gone into making the scoring system very interesting, and it's always nice to see this much work going into the scoring aspect of a game.
The graphics also have a pretty nice touch, as there's a nice, smooth, bubbly graphic style, and an option for retro graphics. The option for retro graphics is a great addition, and I think it actually helps players see the bubbles better, as well as looking cool. The music is nice, and changes between modern, and chip-tune when you change the graphic style of the game." - the-app-shack rating: 7/10
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Apple iOS will begin to face many more limitations compared to its new rivals, according to CCS Insight chief of research Ben Wood, but that Android will also face major challenges
The current version of iOS will be a pinnacle for Apple's mobile operating system, prompting a radical redesign.
Following its introduction in 2007, iOS has been successfully developed to introduce many disruptive innovations. However, like other operating systems, the rate of innovation has slowed as the platform has matured. Although capabilities and features of iOS will continue to advance, it will face mounting limitations compared with newer rivals.
Android's share of the smartphone market starts to fall in 2013. Android currently accounts for 58 per cent of the market. However, Google's mobile operating system faces major challenges.
Licensees are trying to reduce their dependence on Android and offer a more balanced portfolio of devices. Android has also started to attract a growing body of patent litigation cases that threaten to increase the cost of using it.
By 2013, these factors, and growing consumer interest in rival operating systems, will cause Android's share to dip for the first time.
Amazon's growing success in the tablet segment makes it the target of several patent lawsuits. To defend its position in the connected device market Amazon is obliged to buy companies with relevant intellectual property assets.
Recent frenetic acquisitions in the patent field leave the online retailer with few options, leading to speculation that it might launch a bid for BlackBerry maker RIM in 2012.


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So June is gone, and July is almost over.
We've been living in survival mode for nearly eight weeks now. I had hoped that things would calm down after the shows opened, but unfortunately, we had to replace an actor in the show, so we've been dealing with emergency rehearsals for the past two weeks. Will continues to work more than 60 hours a week (kinda like a lawyer, but without the pay), and I greatly overestimated the amount of work I'd be able to handle this summer, so not only am I performing seven shows a week, I'm also working 20 hours a week at my part-time job. Which was easy to do when I was in my 20s and 30s; not so much now that I'm pushing 40 and have two kids and a farm. I feel like I could sleep for three years at this point.
Survival mode is hard. Things around the homestead have suffered. I've really had to adjust my expectations and prioritize my values. Yes, prioritize my values. For example, I value making sure my family has good food to eat, and I also value having healthy, homegrown, home preserved food to feed them. Both are important, but only one is vital.
The garden has suffered from neglect to the point where we had to mow down the beets, carrots, and peas because the weeds had overtaken them, so we won't have homegrown beets and carrots this winter. I did manage to eek out some radishes early on, and the tomatoes, potatoes, zucchini, garlic and onions are all okay. Not great, but okay. Next year, if we happen to both be working again, we have to manage our expectations for what we hope the garden will produce when we don't have the time to care for it. Smaller garden, smaller harvest.
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Finally! First harvest from the garden! The garden is not thriving this year – things are growing very slowly, and we've had to re-seed a number of things. Cold soil temperature, we think. At least we'll have potatoes, onions, carrots, chicken, pork, turkey, deer, and moose (hopefully!). We won't starve. Will made me promise to go to the grocery store for food before we starve this winter – I told him I was a dirty hippy, and I won't let corporations control my food supply! #growyourown #garden #saskatchewan #huntyourown #radishes #vegetables #raiseyourown #smallfarm #homesteading #homesteadersofinstagram
We did manage to get the barn painted at the end of May, with a lot of help from my parents and my brother. It was an incredibly windy day, but we persevered. Poor Will had to climb three levels of scaffolding to get the top. He managed to save "A.J. Hill 1956." The barn looks really good now – I'm hoping to get the windows fixed up before winter (swipe or click the right arrow to see "after" photos).
Mama broody hatched her chicks. She did a good job of raising them, then kicked them out of her feathers to be on their own last week. The best part of having a broody hatch and raise her own chicks is that the flock immediately accepts them. Normally, I'd have to do a slow introduction so that the big chickens wouldn't peck the little ones to death.
The meaties are almost ten weeks old now. We were going to butcher at eight weeks, but I decided to wait two more weeks. I've been feeding them chopped grain with layer supplement, instead of full grower ration this year, and they are growing a bit slower. They're now at a good size, and still very active, so Monday is set for butching day. Fingers crossed we can get them all processed in one day ('cause that's all the time we have!)
I picked up a second batch this year. I'm raising them to sell to friends and family. I can barely keep up with demand. If only raising pastured chicken was profitable, I'd make it my full-time job.
That puts my total chicken count at . . . 92. Gulp. To be fair, 60 of those are meaties destined for freezer camp. So really, I only have 32 chickens. That's not that many, really. I could have more . . .
I'm loving the views around our place this summer. Lots and lots of sunny canola!
This is our second summer on the farm, and last summer was really hard too.
Here's where I need to adjust my expectations, and perhaps, my life philosophy a bit: as a city girl, I grew up with the expectation that summer meant vacation. Relaxation, time at the lake, travel, sitting in the sun, reading books. But as I become more attuned to the flow of the seasons, I have realized that, really, summer is not the season of rest. Winter is the season of rest. Summer is the season of growth and work. In order to rest in the winter, the work must be done in the summer. Other animals know this, but we human animals have lost touch with it, since we now outsource so much of our food growing and food preservation to corporations.
Part of what has made summer so difficult for me over the past two years, is the expectation of having time to rest and relax, and when I don't get it, or don't have time for it, it makes me angry. But if I adjust my view to accept winter as the time to relax, then perhaps, the summer work won't feel like such a burden. Perhaps.
And finally, yesterday morning, we said goodbye to our little foster baby Fred. Bittersweet. He went back home to his mom and dad, so we're very happy for their family, but damn we're going to miss that kiddo. We had a rough start, but every second was so worth it. It was pure joy watching him grow and develop into a healthy, happy baby boy. I hope he never forgets our love; if not consciously, then on a cellular level. We infused his every day with lots and lots of love.
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Little feet on the prairie. We dropped him off to his worker this morning at 8:45 and said our goodbyes. We cried in the parking lot and then went on with the day. I picked sour cherries and raspberries – a perfect activity to clear my heart and mind. As Will said,"We did good with this one." My heart is happy and sad all at once. #thisisfostercare #fostercare #fosterbabe #fosterparents #grief #happygoodbyes


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New test port for schools simplifies legionella monitoring and prevents vandalism.
Help is on hand for schools premises managers responsible for monitoring water temperature points in public areas which are traditionally concealed or positioned at height to satisfy health and safety, for cosmetic reasons or to prevent vandalism or tampering.
Temperature experts, TM Electronics (UK) Ltd now offer the TC Wall Port, a low-cost accessory which allows discrete fine wire sensors to monitor boxed-in TMV's, concealed pipes and covered water tanks up to 20 meters away.
What is a TC Wall Port? The new test port – measuring just 52 x 52 mm - is actually a temperature sensor monitoring point which facilitates spot checks on any water outlet with difficult or impaired access. This allows temperatures to be taken by simply 'plugging' in a standard thermocouple thermometer to tiny fine wire sensors. A much simpler solution than dismantling boxing below sinks or using ladders to access covered tanks necessitating working at height.
How does it work? - The TC Wall Port is primarily designed for use with fine wire probes which are attached to the temperature test point and left in-situ. These wires (available in a variety of lengths) can then be fitted into conduits or run neatly to the test port which is screwed to the wall, providing an unobtrusive and easy to install solution. Alternatively, it can also be used with a wide range of surface, clamp or immersion probes.
Paperless recording - For premises and facilities managers adopting a paperless recording system, less vulnerable to human error, the front cover of the test port is recessed to take an ID or barcode label for use with the company's MM7000 Bluetooth Barcode logging thermometer.
TM Electronics MD, Tom Sensier, says: "The TC Wall Port is as small and unobtrusive as a phone socket but its' simple yet efficient functionality is already making a big difference to legionella risk management wherever it is used."
What's a safe water temperature? To prevent an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease, the HSE's ACOP L8 recommends that hot water in a building should be stored above 60°C and distributed above 50°C, and cold water distributed below 20°C. Water outlets must be monitored – typically once a month – to ensure safe water temperatures. Older buildings; facilities like schools, hospitals, leisure facilities or offices which have a large number of water outlets; and accommodation used by those with impaired immune systems, are the kind of premises which present the most risk.
Trust the experts – With over 20 years' experience, TME are market leaders in temperature measurement equipment for the prevention of Legionnaires' disease, specializing in accurate, fast response thermometers and sensors which are robust and waterproof.
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Buckland Bridge Club is a small, friendly club, designed originally for novices but now catering for more experienced players.
A senior bridge club meets in the Reading Room, to play duplicate bridge, each Thursday afternoon, starting promptly at 2.15pm. For less experienced players there is a junior bridge club that meets each Tuesday afternoon, from 2.15pm until 5pm.
The two Clubs continue to grow in size, and the Thursday Club has recently invested in electronic scoring equipment, which takes a lot of the tedium out of scoring and allows us to see the results on the computer immediately all the hands have been played.
If you are thinking or coming along to either of the club sessions for the first time or would like to discuss your options please either send an email to Richard Wheen or call Richard on 01737 842082.
For more information about Buckland Bridge Club please visit their website.
If you would like to join a group to learn how to play bridge lessons aimed at beginners, are sometimes offered by East Surrey College.


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Case Studies
Insights Made Easy with Infographics:
Business Issue: Fusion Marketing designed and conducted innovative shopper research to understand the shopper decision tree and uncover key purchase drivers and barriers. In addition to the research report, the client asked Fusion Marketing to prepare an at-a-glance companion piece that could be used by a broad audience of growers, shippers, retailers and other category stakeholders.
Outcome: Fusion Marketing created a visually engaging, single-page Infographic, which captured and highlighted the key points of the study. This insights-at-a glance Infographic was well received by the industry.
Improve Communications, Increase Awareness:
Business Issue: To keep the fresh produce industry up-to-date on trends, Fusion Marketing created an Infographic to highlight key points succinctly with colorful icons and information that was easy-to-read and visually appealing.
Outcome: Members of the produce industry and media were made aware of upcoming trends; they planned strategies and published topical articles based on our information.
Category Management and Communications to Increase Sales:
Business Issue: A client asked Fusion Marketing to evaluate its category analysis and reporting activities to see if there was a more effective approach for measuring and driving category performance at retail.
Outcome: After listening to the client's challenges and objectives, Fusion Marketing designed an integrated category management and retailer communication program. This program featured easy-to-use, presentation-ready, reports tailored to specific retailers and industry stakeholders.
The response from the client: "When a major national retailer was asked for feedback regarding our reports, they replied, 'No other commodity … provides the level of data and reports that we provide. Reports are clear and concise and actionable recommendations are made to improve sales and profits.' We appreciate all (Fusion Marketing's) hard work!"
Target Your Promotions for Maximum Effectiveness and Return:
Business Issue: A client noticed their annual product was experiencing recurring sales slumps during the summer months. They wanted to understand the reason for this slump and find ways to boost sales of the category during the summer.
Outcome: Fusion Marketing studied seasonal consumer usage patterns for this item and discovered that frequency of use remained consistent throughout the year while the volume used dipped in the summer, explaining the summer slump in retail sales. Using this insight, Fusion Marketing designed a promotional campaign for the client that focused on favorite summertime foods featuring this item. By leveraging seasonal food preferences, the client boosted summertime sales.
Uncover Hidden Opportunities:
Business Issue: A regional division of a grocery chain was underperforming in a fast growing produce category. The client's merchandising director was seeking to understand why this leading retailer was not on pace in this hot category.
Outcome: Fusion Marketing obtained retail point of sale category data for this retailer and conducted an opportunity gap analysis. Fusion Marketing's analysis uncovered a retail display opportunity that was valued at $500,000 over the next six months. Fusion's analysis and recommendations were shared with the retailer who implemented the display recommendations and achieved the additional sales in the first three months!
Understand Your Competition to Build Sales:
Business Issue: A major national retailer was questioning their pricing, placement and promotion of a specific commodity and asked for the client's assistance in better understanding their opportunities. The client turned to Fusion to analyze this retailer's category and to identify solutions to accelerate the category's growth at this retailer.
Outcome: Fusion Marketing conducted a category review and competitive analysis, uncovering a number of opportunities related to the retailer's assortment and pricing in selected divisions. This analysis was presented to the retailer who, as a result, added the client's item to four new distribution centers, supplying hundreds of large-format stores. This win-win solution grew category sales and enhanced the client's leadership role in this category with this influential retailer.


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Birds appear to be able to sense a coming storm and fly away before it hits, according to research on golden-winged warblers in the United States.
"It's the first time we've documented this type of storm avoidence behaviour in birds during breeding season," said ecologist Henry Streby at the University of California.
"There's growing research that shows that tornadoes are becoming more common and severe with climate change, so evasive actions like the one the warbler took might become more than necessary." said Streby.
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Our HistoryA1 Van Rental and Leasing has been family owned and operated in Phoenix since 1982. We specialize in passenger van rentals and have one of the largest fleets of rental vans in the southwestern United States. We also rent minivans, cargo vans, wheelchair/handicap accessible vans, as well as a large selection of enclosed utility trailers. We have been renting to local businesses, churches, and schools in the Phoenix market for almost 30 years. A1 Van Rentals provides passenger vans and cargo trailers for groups, individuals or organizations that need transportation in and around Phoenix for business or pleasure.
The A1 Van Rental CommitmentWe take pride in giving professional, no nonsense hassle-free service with a personalized touch. We provide quality rentals at a reasonable price. Flexibility, versatility and personalized service are our trademarks.
What Can A1 Van Rental Do For You?Going to Mexico? No problem. We'll provide your Mexican insurance and all the necessary paperwork right here at our counter. Need luggage room? We can pull a seat out of your van or have a cargo trailer hooked up to your van in minutes. Need your van delivered? With a little advanced notice we can do that too.
A1 Van Rental LocationConveniently located at 2217 East Washington Street, we are centrally located near many of the valley's freeways. We are on the south side of Washington Street just one and a half blocks west of 24th Street just off of Interstate 10. To get a map on how to get to A1 Van Rental, please go to Driving Directions.
Leader in Van Rentals in Phoenix and the SouthwestA1 Van Rental is the leader in passenger van and enclosed cargo trailer rentals in the Southwest. Based in Phoenix, we are able to provide high-quality passenger van and trailer rentals to organizations and groups. Please give us a call in Phoenix at 602-275-7300 or outside the Phoenix metropolitan area toll free at 800-899-4320 for more details on our passenger van and trailer rental and leasing. You can also reach us with any passenger van or trailer rental or leasing questions that you may have through our Contact Us form.
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Travelling with a large group of friends or family can be a real adventure. Make the most of it by staying under one roof where everyone can gather together for a big dinner or fun games, yet each can get some privacy when needed.
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Amsterdam group accommodation is available for a number of occasions and in properties of varying sizes –from large apartments and big family homes all the way to whole ships for those who plan on going adventurous. Properties can sleep a small party of 6 people all the way up to a huge gathering of 50.
Whether you are planning a big family holiday or an important celebration like a wedding party, now you can gather all your beloved people and even extended family under one roof in stylish and comfortable lodgings.
Book a spacious party house for your Amsterdam hen do or a stag party so that you and your friends can make the most of your time together. We also offer accommodation suitable for business travellers.
Your business trip would be a lot more efficient when the whole team can gather together for a briefing or a dinner, yet everyone will have privacy.
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Holmes Dissertation Retreat and Research Symposium
The AACTE Holmes Dissertation Retreat and Research Symposium supports the research, academic, and professional development of Holmes Scholars and other interested graduate students. Participants will sharpen their research acumen through 2½ days of workshops, relationship-building activities, and peer-to-peer and student-to-faculty interactions.
Registration Fees
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1 Student rates include 3-night stay-in apartment-style housing, registration, and lunch. Student rates are based upon a double occupancy rate. Apartment-style accommodations include single bedrooms, WiFi, and dining- and living-areas.
2 Rowan University Student rates include registration, and lunch.
3 Faculty hotel rooms are available for $119 per night at the Courtyard Marriott- Rowan University.
Location: Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ


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A freeze warning is in effect for much of the Bay Area Friday night, but it's possible that the South Bay could be hit hard.
Temperatures this weekend will feel like single digits, forcing residents to bundle up if they dare to walk outside. For some, staying warm could save their lives.
Warming centers are set to open in a number of South Bay cities, including Morgan Hill, an area that is likely to feel the brunt of the chill.
At San Jose's Christmas in the Park, it looks like the holidays and on Friday it felt like it.
"I'm cold right now and it's not that cold – and I'm freezing," Taylor Stiddard said.
This, as business owners remain optimistic that not everyone will stay home, as they count down to Christmas.
"We're prepared, some of customers are pretty tough they can handle it," said Rosy Bergin, the owner of Rosy's.
PG&E reminded customers to think smart when fighting the freeze:
- Place space heaters on hard surfaces
- Turn off heaters when leaving a room
- Never use a stove or oven for heat
- Ensure fireplace flue is open


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Bump Lord Knows Freestyle, the latest cut from Ransom. It dropped on Thursday, March 29th, 2012. Ransom's horizons are broadening with each new release, and Lord Knows Freestyle is no exception. It's a worthy addition to a catalogue that has seen much growth since Ransom stepped foot in the rap game. We're looking forward to hearing more.
Check out Ransom on I'm A G , featuring Big K.R.I.T.. Check out Ransom's profile page for the most recent info, news, songs, and mixtapes.


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Oak is a light coloured, coarse or open grained hardwood. It is an excellent wood for a beginner to stain, because the open grain is an ideal characteristic for pigmented oil stains. Oak veneer is a thin top layer of oak that is applied over a cheaper building material and is commonly used in furniture. The oak veneer on your unfinished furniture piece can be coloured with a pigmented stain to achieve the dark finish you desire.
Skill level:Moderate
Things you need
Unfinished oak veneer furniture pieceTack clothPigmented oil stain, dark colourLint-free cloth
1 Wipe the surface of the unfinished furniture piece with a clean tack cloth to remove any dust or other debris.
2 Apply an even coat of the pigmented oil stain to the surface of the oak veneer on the furniture piece using a lint-free cloth.
3 Wipe the surface of the furniture piece to remove any excess stain with a lint-free cloth before the stain starts to dry.
4 Allow the stain to dry for at least 24 hours before handling the furniture piece or applying an additional top coat such as varnish or shellac.
Tips and warnings
Test the colour of the stain on an unseen area of the veneer on the furniture piece, prior to applying the stain to the whole piece.
Apply the stain in a well-ventilated area.


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Sunny Leone'S PROFILE
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- Date of Birth: 13/05/1981
- Ethnicity: Asian
- Height: 163cm
- Eye Color: Brown
- Hair Color: Black
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Sunny Leone is a Canadian pornstar by nationality who is Indian by ethnicity. She was born in Sarnia, Canada to Sikh parents and grew up mostly in that same suburb of Toronto. Both of her parents were born in India making Sunny a first-generation immigrant. Not being a very big fan of body art she has no tattoos at all and only a couple of piercings which are to her nipples and navel. Her breasts were augmented from their natural C cup size to her current double D size. Her family moved from Canada to the United States when she was still in middle school and she attended a Catholic school even though that is not her religion. Her parents are said to have felt it would be a safer school system and so opted for it over their other choices. Most of her time was spent on tomboy activities and she was very active in sports at that age.
When she was around eighteen years old, Miss Leone was already sexually active and had discovered that she really loved girls too. She would work a couple of part-time jobs to make pocket money and they were at an automobile shop and bakery. Her later studies were geared towards a career as a pediatric nurse but that all changed when she met Penthouse photographer Jay Allen whose work helped her attain Penthouse Pet of the Month for March of 2001. This was followed up by other magazine spreads including Hustler, Swank and High Society. She had become extremely popular through these venues and porn producers were chomping at the bit to get a chance to film scenes with her. This happened for the first time around the first month of January 2004 right after she had been named Pet of the Year by Penthouse magazine.
Sunny Leone signed a contract with Vivid Entertainment and she filmed several highly regarded lesbian scenes for the company. At least one of the films earned her an AVN award but all of them had the industry and fans wanting more. She went on from there to work with Matt Erikson with whom she performed her only hardcore fuck scenes with. Their first release called "Sunny Loves Matt" got more than one AVN award nomination. Sunny worked with several other studios after her Vivid contract ended and won several other industry awards while doing so. She has had sex toys molded from her body, started her own production company, hosted the MTV Awards on MTV India and has appeared on several other mainstream television projects. Her great porn scenes are available on Mr. Porn Geek so be sure to check out the hotness for yourself!


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Chicken with Apples and Calvados
Chicken was a Sunday dish when I was growing up, and a firmly-planted tradition in Grandma Annie's kitchen. This post was updated from 2007:
In college, I devoured young women's magazines, and somewhere along the way clipped an extensive article about Normandy. The accompanying photos of lace curtained windows, baskets of apples and bottles of Calvados formed my ideas of what a French kitchen should be, and I saved them for years.
I also saved a handful of recipes from the same feature article. Tonight, for the first time, I made a chicken recipe I've saved for more than 20 years. This is the first time I've prepared it.
It seemed the perfect time for apples and chicken: A sunny but coolish Sunday with heavy overtones of autumn all around, from the honking of geese overhead to the red-tinged leaves on the many maples in our neighborhood.
Chicken with Cider
- 1 3-to-4-pound chicken, cut up
- 1/2 cup flour
- 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 Tablespoon cooking oil
- 2 dashes fleur de sel
- dash freshly ground pepper
- 1/4 cup Calvados or brandy
- 1 3/4 cup apple cider
- 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 teaspoon parsley
Coat chicken with flour and brown in large skillet containing oil and butter. Place skin side down, and turn as needed to brown both sides. Season with salt and pepper.
Pour in Calvados and ignite, using a long match. Allow the liquid to burn until the flame extinguishes itself. Add cider and herbs. Bring to a simmer. Cover and allow to simmer over low heat for about 45 minutes.
Check breasts with a meat thermometer, remove if hot enough. Legs and wings will need to cook longer. Remove the chicken from the skillet, add a bit of flour to the remaining sauce and use a whisk. Pour over the chicken.
The chicken was moist and tender. The sauce had enough apple flavor to hold my interest. But I think I will add onions and shallots to the skillet next time. The flavor was way too subtle.
I served this with green beans amandine and herbed potatoes. Wine Pairing: A white merlot.