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Last summer, while I was pregnant, I took a water aerobics class. It was a great opportunity to make a lot of friends, stay fit, and beat the summer heat in our new home. My class even threw me a baby shower in August. When Jared was born I stopped swimming, but I decided a few weeks ago that I needed to reconnect with the class. When I called Rita, she invited me to the swim class Christmas party, which was going to be held at the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center, which is just a few blocks from our apartment. This morning I bundled Jared into the baby carrier, packed some diapers and a bottle, and we marched off through the rain to meet Jared's San Francisco grandmas. Of course he was the star of the party. You'll notice that Diane is holding him, but all of the other ladies are looking on longingly.
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Yillara Skye replied to Stephen of Borg's topic in The Cotton Candy FactoryDora The Explorer, again. By request of my girls, true as soon as I turned it on they happily came running to the TV and my oldest then requested Diego instead. LOL, I think she has a crush on him!
Yillara Skye replied to Vic's topic in Trek NewsOk, this is one I gotta look into :) And the holidays are coming up, YAY!
Yillara Skye replied to prometheus's topic in Star Trek: The Next GenerationIt might just be worth looking into... watched the series all over again via Netflix, and can agree it looks a lot different on the HD screen than it did when I was a kid!
Yillara Skye replied to DrWho42's topic in The Cotton Candy Factory"Pretty girls, pumpkin heads, make the chicken fly the coop!" -TicToc from Return to Oz.. what I just screamed as I walked down, um well waddled down the hallway. Not due for 35 days, C-sec is scheduled for 29 days from now, but kiddo is starting to try to make an earlier appearance.
Yillara Skye replied to Stephen of Borg's topic in The Cotton Candy FactoryMy 2yr old trying to put on tights, while my 11 month old is digging thru their dresser drawer and pulling clothes out. But TV wise something my hubby turned on that was on MTV. But getting ready to turn it over to Ghost Hunters for my mom & me.
Yillara Skye replied to A l t e r E g o's topic in The Cotton Candy FactoryMy little one taking 4 steps by herself :) She keeps taking a step or two, this is the most she has done so far. She'll be 11 months this weekend. That and my mom called for my dad to come out to the dining room for dinner, she called him by his nickname... where my 2 year old cupped her hands to her mouth then yelled out my dad's nickname LOL! And my unborn son is still doing well, so quite a few things made my day today.
Yillara Skye replied to Takara_Soong's topic in Ten ForwardIm guessing a writer or someone on WordWorld may be, watching an episode where Duck is trying to fill in for Pig and he is trying to prepare food for the feast. Supposed to spell out CORN, but grabs random letters and spells out Gorn AND Dorn. Made me think of Trek immediately.
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Yillara Skye replied to Q stole my bike's topic in The Cotton Candy FactorySong stuck in my head???!?!?! Uh yeah a couple song snippets actually that REALLY NEED to get OOOOUT! "Small Potato Rock! Small Potato Rock!" - Small Potatoes, this is the bit they show in the commercial and it is like brain worms I swear!! "Four, five, four five, four five" - that section of the counting song on Choo Choo Soul. Problem is my girls ADORE Choo Choo Soul and dance around to it, and it IS cute but argh.... Then the ones that get in my head that dont bug me a lot: "Squirrels in My Pants", "Izzies got the Frizzies", "Queen of Mars" and "Phinadroids & Ferbots"- from Phineas & Ferb.
Yillara Skye replied to Vic's topic in Trek NewsPutting it back on TV or via a site like Disney or NickJr does for several of their kids shows would be great too for those of us who do not have nor can really afford the iPad or dont exactly want our kids running around with an Android phone. I adored Reading Rainbow as a kid, but until it comes back to TV, website (other than just reruns you find in clips on YouTube), or Netflix/Hulu... guess my kiddos will have to just wait on it then. :(
Yillara Skye replied to VaBeachGuy's topic in Star Trek MoviesEveryone who remembers me from my first years as a member here... I was a diehard TNG and especially Data fan, had been since I was 7 years old. Soooo probably would be a surprise for me to say I honestly voted Star Trek (2009). I LOVED the cast & the movie. I know it pretty much took canon and threw it out the window, but I think the series needed a bit of a shakeup. Went back and watched my beloved TNG movies and series again.... and spent 99% of my time giving it the MST3K treatment. Been transitioning away from being a Data & Soong family fan since mid 2003 or 2004, and with the access that was available for a short time from Netflix I got to rewatch most of it. And yeah.... hands down I think Star Trek 2009 wins my vote!
Yillara Skye replied to Vic's topic in Happy AnniversaryDropping by real quick since I just noticed that I still had the link to the site here :) I know I am late in seeing this, but... Thank you for the anniversary congrats:) Been away doing stuff and keeping busy as I have my hands full with: one of my kiddos is turning 2 next month, one is turning 1 in November, and I am expecting a 3rd at the end of October. My husband & I are working on 2 1/2 years of marriage & in December we will celebrate 4 years of being together :) Plus Im also helping my parents make their doctor appointments. So busy busy busy. Also mostly not been frequenting message boards as of late, have taken towards facebook since a LOT of my family & my husband's family have joined there recently.
Yillara Skye replied to Itchygomba69's topic in The Cotton Candy FactoryMy leftovers from lunch yesterday. BBQ shredded chicken, mac & cheese & cole slaw from Winn Dixie's deli. I have gotten the hang ofmaking homemade pulled pork & beef, I gotta try to make pulled/shredded chicken or turkey one day! Dont know what Im doing for dinner tonight yet because Mom & I have to drive to pick my brother up from the airport, since he is returning from CA. Hoping either the airport has decent food, or we get something on the way there.
Yillara Skye replied to Q stole my bike's topic in The Cotton Candy FactoryAAARRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH!!! "Rescue Pack's Theme", "Backpack's Theme", "Map's Theme", "Click the Camera's Theme"! I have changed them to less than child friendly versions in my head now, because I am going batty hearing them all the time! I try hard not to sing or sign them out loud But I will admit I slipped once and paid for it since my 1 year old announced rather loudly the "a word +hat" in place of "Backpack" in the middle of the store when she saw Dora's backpack in the toy aisle. oops... But YES... those songs have been stuck in my head for MONTHS now!!! :(
Yillara Skye replied to Sam The Smuggler's topic in Ten ForwardI LOVE the song "White and Nerdy"!! My brother & I used to be able to sing it word for word! But then again, my brother & I sound a bit like the main subject of the song anyhow. LOL! Well, moreso when we were both younger we were a bit more nerdy. Can't say I am no longer a nerd, since my ex-coworkers used to pick on me because I was often seen/heard singing "eBay" in the break room & the pharmacy (I was a tech) when "I want it that way" would come on. Oh, well. Direct indirect references that are a bit more personal... though the inspiration for one of my daughter's names came from a character in two non-Trek movies, and my other daughter's name had other inspirations as well(inadvertantly mythological for both too, after I swore I was not going to do that on purpose). I realized recently my girls both have Trek related names. My younger daughter's is spelled different from a Trek character, and the other Trek character's name is a derivitive/diminutive form of my older daughter's name. LOL! Trek fan thru and thru I guess!
Yillara Skye replied to Takara_Soong's topic in Ten ForwardI had a myspace page for a couple years, and my screenname would change randomly... but I quit earlier in the year (as did most of my family. My hubby and his family still go there, but anyways). I quit facebook too, but when I became pregnant with my 2nd child all my friends and family wanted updates so I went back on Facebook. Since to find me it is my real name and has family info on it I won't post the link here on the public forum. If you want to add me there, I would prefer a PM here ok and then I can give you the link to it Especially since some of my family who have friended me on FB are still minors.
Yillara Skye replied to sea trooper's topic in The Cotton Candy FactoryA/C is broken here at my mom's house... so black shorts & green bikini top.
Yillara Skye replied to Takara_Soong's topic in Ten ForwardAt least a few of the guys who do Robot Chicken, though that probably has been mentioned a time or two (yeah a tad lazy and about to head to work so didn't re-read the entire thread). I think I have to go back and watch a few of the shows my daughter watches, because I swear it was a Nick Jr or Playhouse Disney character that referenced Trek somewhere
Yillara Skye replied to Kor37's topic in Starfleet Command DatabaseI just read the email sent out by VBG, I remember Joe! Very sad to hear what happened, my condolences & prayers go out to his family & friends (online & off). He was a very sweet person, and was happy to post alongside him here. Was a very cool guy. I knew he was about my age.. didnt realize he was only a few days older than me He will be missed!
Yillara Skye replied to Itchygomba69's topic in The Cotton Candy FactoryDude, that's awesome! Where is that? Agreed. Where is that! I would love to work at THAT pharmacy! My current career AND Star Trek, how cool would that place be?
Yillara Skye replied to BakulaBabe's topic in The Cotton Candy Factory9800
Yillara Skye replied to MrPsychic's topic in The Cotton Candy FactoryGetting ready to make a glass of low fat chocolate milk. Though my abovementioned McD's sweet tea sounds like a better option to me, I dont want to have to pack everything up and head over to the closest McD's to get it
Yillara Skye replied to sea trooper's topic in The Cotton Candy FactoryBlack shorts, black stretch pregnancy t-shirt that says "Touch The Belly Lose A Hand", and a baby. LOL ok, so I am wearing a Front Rider and she is sleeping in it.
Yillara Skye replied to 4456456's topic in The Cotton Candy FactoryYou are banned for noticing Kor was grammatically correct.
Yillara Skye replied to RikerChick's topic in The Cotton Candy FactoryJust saw the Q video in the first post!!! Laughed so hard I'm crying and almost peed my pants. Have to go to youtube now, find and favorite that one!!!


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Panthers miss out on treble to Tralee Imperials
Tralee Imperials avenged their National Cup final defeat on Saturday night when they took the final piece of silverware of the year after an outstanding display of defence to take the title by twenty points.
O'Loughlins Panthers were outplayed on the night with Tralee making sure they took something out of the season. The Panthers ladies will definitely look at their season as a whole after last weekend and not dwell on this League final loss for long.
This years achievements of winning both the National Cup and the regular season titles are above all the clubs expectations and will live long in the memory of everyone involved.
Tralee Imperials got off to the perfect start and were quick to set the pace of the game to suit their play. Portlaoise set up in their usual zone defence but they started slowly as Emma Sherwood picked up two quick baskets to settle her side.
Portlaoise responded with two shots from Catherine O'Sullivan but Tralee were winning the main battles the other end of the floor as they continued to pick off easy scores while taking offensive rebounds. Quick ball movement around the key by Imperials created opportunities on the weak side for Cassandra Buckley to score eight early points, sinking two three pointers and a backdoor lay-up.
Portlaoise were struggling to add to their tally and could only manage another four points in the quarter while Tralee continued to bombard the Panthers defence both inside and outside the key with last years Player of the Year Sinead Mackessy and Lynn Jones giving Imperials a big fifteen point first quarter lead on a scoreline of 23-8.
The second quarter saw a change in tactics for Portlaoise as they took a chance in defence by switching to man-to-man. The intensity was much higher and Tralee found it extremely difficult to break down the tight defence.
These sides know so much about each other at this stage and this game was always going to be low scoring affair. O'Loughlins Panthers held Tralee to just four points from Sherwood and Finnegan but could only manage to cut five points off Imperials lead.
Both defences remained on top with every basket as valuable as the next. Panthers scores in the quarter came from a three pointer from Catherine O'Sullivan with the other six from Sinead Nihill and Nicola Farrell. The half time score was 27-17 in favour of the defending League Cup champions Tralee.
The third quarter saw the emergence of Tralee's big three as Sherwood, Mackessy and Jones combined for their sides total of fourteen points in the ten minute period. Mackessy depended greatly on good ball being passed inside as Nicola Farrell and Tracey Fallon continued to keep her at bay.
Her accuracy from the free throw line brought her personal tally to thirteen points leading all scorers. O'Loughlins Panthers kept plugging away at the Imperials lead and two great baskets from Tracey Fallon following penetrating moves kept the deficit under double digits.
Portlaoise continued to rally with Sinead Melia adding two baskets in succession. Lynn Jones then hit a massive three pointer before a dubious call on the Imperials defensive end on Sinead Nihill was followed by a technical foul on Panthers coach Peter O'Sullivan which sent Mackessy to the line making three from four and extended their lead back out to eleven at the end of the quarter.
With the game still there for the taking, it would take nothing but a perfect start from Portlaoise to take the title as scores were hard to come by. The gap was all too much as Imperials continued to close out hard on Panthers offensive play and shots and lay-ups began to dry up for Portlaoise.
Tralee began to dominate just at the right time as they broke out on transition with the games MVP Emma Sherwood putting the game beyond reach with three late baskets to leave her as top scorer on sixteen points, proving to be the difference between the sides.
Portlaoise continued to try break down the Imperials defence but Tralee coach Liam Culloty had his homework done since the National Cup final as his side managed to shut out O'Sullivan sister Maeve and Catherine and Sinead Melia for long periods of the game.
They held Portlaoise to just three fourth quarter points in what was the Panthers sides lowest total scored this year by a mile. Tralee pushed their lead out to twenty points by the final buzzer and fully deserved their victory as they dominated for large parts of the game.
It's far from the finish to the year that O'Loughlins Panthers hoped for but the realisation that they competed at the latter stages of all competitions this season was evident at the end of the game.
Taking two out of three titles is an achievement that will be very hard to match again but the squad will look to build on their successes this year and bring them into the following season.
O'Loughlins Panthers Team: Deirdre Tomlinson, Sharon Regan, Maeve O'Sullivan, Jackie Coleman, Tracey Fallon, Sinead Nihill, Sinead Melia, Catherine O'Sullivan, Michelle Hart, Sharon Melia, Nicola Farrell, Grainne Tomlinson.


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Tuesday, March 8, 2016
On Tuesday 8th March, some of our fabulous year 6 children took part in the annual speech competition at Helena Romanes School. They prepared their speeches about the topic of British Values and also whether police should be armed. They spoke without notes and moved around the stage confidently.
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By Jesse Miller | December 2nd, 2015 | Featured, Spiritual Growth | No Comments
In the hectic pace of life that most of us live in today, most Christians spend little time in intentionally looking in the mirror at our own spiritual formation. When we do stop and think about how we are growing spiritually, we often focus on spiritual gifts such as prophecy and discernment or spiritual disciplines like prayer and scripture reading. While these things should be growing and evident in our lives, we often fail to stop and examine the most basic and vital part of our life in Christ…Love.
I know… you have heard it before. "The greatest of these is Love". Yadda, yadda, yadda, and so on and so on. We consider ourselves to be good people that love God so we assume that we got the whole "love" thing down. But if we are honest with ourselves, we are probably not as loving as we thought. So to tackle the thing that we think we know, lets look at the verse we think we know just because we have heard it at every wedding.
1 Corinthians 13
If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God's secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn't love others, I would be nothing. 3 If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn't love others, I would have gained nothing.
These verses remind us that if we work on all of the supernatural gifts and focus on faith and generosity so that we basically have superheroes powers; we are still an annoying irritating nobody. All of it is pointless. Your word of knowledge, your charity work, and the miracle that happened; it is all worth nothing if it wasn't done because of love.
Continuing on…
4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. 6 It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. 7 Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
We could go on for a long time examining all that these few verses can teaches about what love looks like but for the sake of "honest self examination" lets look at the following:
"And it keeps no record of being wronged."
We default to thinking that we love people, but we are so easily hurt, offended, betrayed. We say we forgive but in the back of our minds we still have a drawer full of wrongs committed against us just in case they hurt us again and we need evidence in our case to punish or cut people off. So we are cautious with them and we remember everything. It's the co worker who we don't trust and separate ourself from because last year they took credit for something we did. Or it's the family member that you have "forgiven" for the thing they said six years ago but you chose to only see them at Christmas that way they don't have a chance to hurt you again.
We are quick to justify this kind of "Forgivness" and say that we still love them… but it is completely contrary from the love that God demonstrates towards us.
But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. – Romans 5:8
He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west. – Psalm 103:12
Who is a God like You, pardoning iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in mercy. He will again have compassion on us, and will subdue our iniquities. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea. – Micah 7:18-19
You can not be waiting for someone to prove that they will not hurt you again and call it "love". What if God would wait for you to prove that you will not turn against him before loves and completely embraces us?
His love truly keeps no record of wrong…so why does ours?
If we want our spiritual gifts and the authority that we have in the kingdom to be worth anything, then we have to ask God to shape our love first. It all starts and ends with His love.


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Thanks for letting us know how much detail and time this process takes. When the reading experience is that good (and the art is still the best that I've seen!!!) it's so easy to forget how much efford goes into your work. I know how it is when you want to keep it as a hobby or a side project (PN started the same for me) and it catches on. As soon as you feel pressured into something you don't want to become a burden, you lose interest.
Don't let us rush you. Take your time. It takes how ever long it takes ;) I'll always be happy to see another page has been published and how the story unfolds. But I won't pressure you into anyhting ;)
I'm sure you'll keep up this amazing work!
Nìprrte' :) I didn't wanna rant or something, I know that there are artists out there who put much more effort into their projects, be it comics or whatever else, also that there are artists out there who work a lot faster than me. But well, since LY isn't my top priority in life (it simply couldn't be, because family always comes first for me, as a starter), it just takes its time ^^ I just wanted to clarify things, because transparency can only be helpful.
I feel happy because you can relate to that and also that smth you enjoy or even love doing can become a burden, and that the creators also have to work against that, doing smth against that to prevent it from building up more, at least. Speaking of which, I hope you haven't lost interest in PN completely :) Not only for your audience (which I am a part of), but also for yourself, because I'm pretty sure you enjoyed doing that, at least in the beginning. But if you did, that would not be a problem for me at all, because personal happiness is always more important than other's. Well, it should be, at times, at least. o.-
I will keep up LY, it's a project I really love and enjoy doing, even though I'm horrible at story telling, haha. I even got a comic artist practice booklet thingy for my birthday, which I use to practice and improve my comic skillz. x) But that I also do for my personal happiness. "Gesunder Egoismus" should never be neglected, because one can only give so much to other ppl as his/her body and mind allow (healthy egoism = sane mind on the long run).
And on a side note, I already started sketches for the next page, since I'm still on vacation, hrh xD


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The low-tech turbine, by Nikola Tesla who also loved cheap, and was shut down and marginalized for wanting to give the world low cost free energy, drawn from the Quantum vacuum flux in the fabric of space time, which is well proven to contain abundance of energy. But JP Morgan shut off his funding and his lab was ransacked and burn down.His turbine has been around for a while in the DIY solar community, a few high powered models have been proposed, but the big turnoff has always been the cost of building one. Here is the solution for a cheap Tesla Turbine.
Since 2014, Stefan Nyström, has been working, to redo the design, and possibly make the Tesla turbine affordable and readily DIY friendly.
Nikola Tesla has always been a great inspiration to me, despite the fact he has invented many of the technologies behind modern life, he is still not well known to the public, and many of hes technologies, is still kept under lid, and away for use of the common man. 3 phase electric energy transfer, the modern generator, radio communications, remote control of models, all leading up to what we use today as mobile phones, electric vehicles, yes it is hard to imagine some technology that has not sprung from the works of Nikola Tesla.
The Tesla turbine, is a set of spinning disc, that rotates at high speed, and provide opportunity, to make a turbine generator for closed loop steam systems, perfect for use with solar energy systems.
The innovation made from my part, is to make the manufacturing of the Turbine, way cheaper, since it reduces specialized machining and high grade materials for the casing.
Also i decided to integrate the generator inside the turbine itself, mainly because the discs is spinning anyway, and to have an external, generator just makes no sense when high temperature capable magnets, can be readily found on the markets.
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The generator is working with 20 Bar pressure, and has vacuum at the outlet, just as proposed by Nikola Tesla.
Boiler and condenser is a stainless steel plate heat exchanger that meets the required flow rate, heat conversion, and pressure demands.
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Rated Heat Transfer is 109 KW/H
Its possible to build heat exchangers on your own, but not as easy to make them meet specs, and efficiency, so for a bigger solar plant energy conversion unit, professional exchangers, condensers, would be a must.
For the turbine, all materials in metal is stainless steel 316L, Discs is laser cut, and stainless steel axle is used. For bearing, high temp bearing is used at the blind side of the turbine, and on the out take side, vacuum capable bearings is used. Note that the design is not fully understood, since projects have been repeatedly stalled by investors wasting my time, and promising me the moon, therefor i have decided to let others partake, in my discoveries.
For the turbine, estimates is that the cost lands at 300 USD and capacity is +10KW Boilers and condenser not included. Still this is at least a 5 factor improvement from the 5 KW generator turbines i have seen for sale for 1500 USD and upwards.
The main importance when building this concrete enclosed generator, is that when its casted, a jig would hold the parts in place, so the are perfectly aligned. Paraffin from candles, is used to create a thin encasing on all spinning parts, to protect them from the settling concrete. Later on, when the concrete has settled, the whole assembly is heated up, so the paraffin can be let running out, and an inner clearance has been created, letting everything spin freely.
The magnets is attached to the turbine disc, and copper coils is inserted to the mold inside a thin stainless steel tube, to not let pressure out, when the turbine is operating. Stainless steel is not affected by magnetism, and should work fine, other designs is possible. My main idea was to have the coils being adjustable, to be able to adjust output of the generator at different, speeds, and loads.
This would be done to draw the coils away from the magnets, and therefore altering the magnetic flux, from the inside spinning magnets. If an automatic adjuster, for example controlled by a Raspberry PI, would monitor the turbine, it could adjust the distance from the magnets, automatically for gaining higher overall efficiency of the generator part of the Tesla turbine. However this work is not done in an afternoon, and would require a big investment.
The good thing is that if the model need to be changed, its easy to crack up the concrete, and remove the high value parts, and redo the design, with other features.
Below is a picture of the Bowl Solar collector, and a small version of the Thermal battery, the battery design is 100 KW in this example, and is 180cm high, but in the picture buried below ground.
The Bowl Solar collector, pumps energy inside the thermal battery, which then is fed to the Carlson boiler, 20 Bar steam is produced, fed into the Tesla turbine, and at the exhaust of the turbine, another Carlson heat exchanger is used as a condenser, to collapse the steam, and driving the turbine from both ends so to speak.
Pressure at one side and sucking vacuum at the outlet, this is how Tesla designed his turbines, but i have yet not been able to see any proposed project using vacuum at the outlet, even governmental test by universities has failed to do this, and has always reported low performance for the Tesla Turbine, while not following the proposed diameters, or other specs that Tesla himself, revealed.
The discs in my generator design is 350 MM Axle is 25MM, i know its little bit oversize, but want a rigid design, built for durability over the long run.
Overview disc 350 mm number of disc is 6, for more torque additional disc can be added. The inlet pipe is interchangeable, so the nozzle can be switched for performance tests of different shapes.
Investors are needed, contact me for more information, many projects of this type and of greater magnitude is already developed. Lack of funds has stalled my projects.
As of this i release the technology for free, for anyone to use, more details can of course be added to the technologies, but for this i cannot maintain at no cost operation. So if you are prepared to add some funding in the mix many aspects of the development, manufacturing etc can be avoided. Feel free to contact me.
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Glee – What's all the fuss about?
The Glee TV series is taking the world by storm in all its white-toothed, harmonizing, bouncy glory, but how has this saccharin sweet comedy drama done so well for itself? Ah, that'll be the geek link then. There seems to have been a noticeable shift in recent years for TV shows based on the Underdogs in society (waves at the audience).
Stuff like the Big Bang Theory has been of note this past few years, and the Glee TV series has the same sort of appeal. It's a show aimed at the misfits amongst us, and if you're at this site, then I'm sure that's something you can relate to.
Why is it being written about here? Because I think the Glee TV series is a cool gateway show for young viewers to get into, and thus find other shows they will love in the future.
It's the same reason we don't have a problem with Harry Potter or Twilight, as they are all things that are great for younger audiences to be into before they move onto the proper stuff. The Glee TV Show may not be to our particular tastes, but it is telling a new generation of burgeoning geeks that they don't have to follow the herd. Don't stop believing, and all that


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WASHINGTON (AFP) – Those first few puffs on a cigarette can within minutes cause genetic damage linked to cancer, US scientists said in a study released.
The study is the first on humans to track how substances in tobacco cause DNA damage, and appears in the peer-reviewed journal Chemical Research in Toxicology, issued by the American Chemical Society.
Using 12 volunteer smokers, scientists tracked pollutants called PAHs, or polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, that are carried in tobacco smoke and can also be found in coal-burning plants and in charred barbecue food.
They followed one particular type — phenanthrene, which is found in cigarette smoke — through the blood and saw it form a toxic substance that is known to "trash DNA, causing mutations that can cause cancer," the study said.
"The smokers developed maximum levels of the substance in a time frame that surprised even the researchers: just 15-30 minutes after the volunteers finished smoking," the study said.
"These results are significant because PAH diol epoxides react readily with DNA, induce mutations, and are considered to be ultimate carcinogens of multiple PAH in cigarette smoke," the study said.
Lead scientist Stephen Hecht said the study is unique because it examines the effects of inhaling cigarette smoke, without interference from other sources of harm such as pollution or a poor diet.
"The results reported here should serve as a stark warning to those who are considering starting to smoke cigarettes," Hecht said.
Lung cancer kills about 3,000 people around the world each day, and 90 percent of those deaths are attributable to cigarette smoking.
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Quiet Mouse, Still Mouse. Children sit in a circle as the leader announces which child (eventually, you hope, all of them) has become a mouse by being very quiet and still.
Alphabet Shopping. Using the first letter, match the child's name with something to buy that begins with that letter. For example, "My name is Connor and I will buy a coat." This facilitates teaching categories and organizational skills by using alphabet animals, foods and places.
Storm Leader starts by wiggling fingers for the rain, this passes around the circle until everyone is wiggling their fingers. The leader then changes the action to other aspects of the storm, e.g. wind – arms waving, thunder – slap knees. End with the sun – mime a circle.
Weather and calander of the day.– Start the day off by asking what is the weather like outside or what day is it. Find some visual aids or printables that show days of the week or months of the year or weather symbols to help you talk about these things.
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His work has focused on security, technology, human rights, Brazil, and documents leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Previously, as a freelance journalist and multimedia producer, his work has appeared on NPR, Al Jazeera English, Bloomberg TV, and other outlets.
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dmdiroll brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 422 Designs von 68 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
BOX Packaging
Custom box and packaging manufacturer with great design, quality and fast turnaround.
Target a youthful, high tech audience like people that like Apple computer etc...
We want to be viewed as a HIP, COOL, HIGH ENERGY company with great design and tech savvy. NOT YOUR EVERYDAY OLD, BORING BOX COMPANY!
All companies that use boxes and want to deal with a company that is more than just a boring box manufacturer.
(NON-Traditional Logo)
1.) Absolutely NO LOGOS with boxes. About 90% of box and packaging companies everywhere have a logo of a box. We are different and want to show that.
2.) Primary Colors: Orange , Grey (light, dark)
Secondary Colors: White, Black
3.) The logo can focus on the mane BOX only or include Packaging. Maybe even the website http://www.boxpackaging.com.
If we can come up with something really cool and bold, I have no problem with the main part of the logo just being BOX and Packaging or http://www.boxpackaging.com can be smaller.
***The logo may also be used for an App button down the line. Not sure yet.
This shouldn't be too difficult. Work with the colors...
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Meet the secret millionaire mums running business empires who shun designer clothes and diamonds for school runs and ironing
These two women started up their own multi-million pound businesses, but you'd never guess
THEY shop in Primark, prefer Netflix over networking and still do their own cleaning.
Meet the unassuming mums running multimillion-pound business empires.
'My kids have no idea of my success'
Louise Ferguson, 41, is the founder of Skinny Tan. She lives in Tonbridge, Kent, with her husband Stewart, 37, the company's community manager, and their children Indiana, eight, and Jack, five.
She says: "My children have recently started at a new school and none of the other mums at the gate have a clue that I founded a multimillion-pound global brand. But why would they? Being flash and showing off just doesn't appeal to me.
Of course, I've met loads of entrepreneurs who love nothing more than making sure everyone knows about their success by driving fast cars and going on endless exotic holidays, but that's not for me. I'm more of a curry and Dinner Date type of girl.
Maybe it's because I started my business from scratch the same year Jack was born in 2011.
Until then I'd been a brand manager at a health and beauty marketing company, but I was looking for something more flexible.
At the time, I was living in Australia, having arrived 11 years earlier with the intention of only staying three months, but I'd fallen in love with the country.
Later that year, during a conversation with my friend Kate Cotton about fake tan, she mentioned she couldn't use it as it didn't mix well with her cellulite cream.
We both instantly had a light bulb moment and knew we'd hit upon a great idea for a business – invent a fake tan that could also fix cellulite!
After numerous phone calls, I found a manufacturer who agreed to work with us, and after six months of trial and error we had a finished product.
Kate and I invested around £44,000 from our own savings and credit cards into starting up the business, getting a website designed and paying for marketing.
In 2012, we struck a deal worth £150,000 with the Australian equivalent of Boots.
To celebrate, we had a bottle of fizz with our husbands that night before doing bath and bedtime with our children!
In no time at all Skinny Tan began flying off the shelves, and a year later we launched online in the UK after appearing on Dragons' Den.
We thought the show was the perfect platform for us to get expert advice from the Dragons – and hopefully some investment, too.
We were grilled for two long hours, but emerged triumphant with a £60,000 investment from Kelly Hoppen and Piers Linney.
Since then, Skinny Tan has gone from strength to strength. Last year, Superdrug began stocking the product, we're now in the US and Europe is next.
We have 25 employees working across three continents and our turnover is several million pounds a year. But I don't live a millionaire's lifestyle.
I'm an Essex girl originally, and in my opinion the high street beats designer clobber every time.
When I go to Primark I'm like a kid in a candy store, and Zara is my go-to shop.
Last September, Stewart the kids and I moved back to the UK for good. Kate stayed in Australia, and decided to leave the company to focus on her family.
Stewart is very supportive and proud of me, and has been vital in growing the brand.
Thankfully, our kids have no idea of my success – we live in a modest four-bedroom house and drive a second-hand 4x4.
I frequently tell them I can't afford to buy the latest must-have toy, even though I can, because I don't want them to grow up spoiled or entitled.
For me, running my own company is much more about the sense of achievement it gives me than showing off."
'People expect me to be dripping in diamonds'
Dawn Barber, 54, is the founder and managing director of UK Tights. She lives in Macclesfield, Cheshire, with husband Jonathan, 52, the company's technical director, and her children Kyle, 25, Callum, 23, Alex, 18, and Poppy, 11.
She says: "If you pop round to my house on a Saturday, you'll find me happily doing my ironing and cleaning.
Just because I can easily afford to get someone else to do it, doesn't mean I'm too proud to look after my own home.
And whenever I do the weekly supermarket shop in my leggings, top and pumps with my hair tied up, I look like every other mum, not someone who runs a company with a £2million turnover.
It used to annoy me when people would discover how much my company was worth and say I didn't look like a millionaire. Perhaps they think I should be dripping in diamonds with a briefcase of cash.
I never planned to be so successful.
Before I was pregnant with Poppy, I ran a telemarketing company from home, but I wanted to take a step away from that and set up an online shop I could run on the side while caring for my family.
Knowing that women would always need tights, it seemed like the perfect product, so in 2005 I spent £250 on stock and packaging from manufacturers and began selling it on at a profit.
My husband Jonathan designed the website and I invested heavily in marketing from the start, using the profits to pay for my business to
sit at the top of Google searches to drive customers to the site. Now it's there because it gets so many hits.
My company was only ever meant to be a small kitchen-table affair, but it turned out to be really successful, and today I employ 13 staff and have moved the company from my kitchen to a 4,000 square-foot warehouse.
I buy a variety of stock in large quantities from the UK, Europe and America and sell brands including Pretty Polly and Spanx.
Although on paper I'm a millionaire, I pay myself a salary of £30,000. I have employees earning more than me, as at the end of the day it's my nest egg and I need to keep money in check so I can expand the business.
We only have one family holiday a year – we've been to Mauritius and Egypt in the past – and I always do the school run.
Come Friday night, I love to watch films on Netflix with a glass of prosecco. To behave differently would just feel fake to me.
In my head I'm just Dawn, not a businesswoman with a global company.
If I seem ordinary it's because I am – and proud of it!"
If you liked this, you might be interested to read the story of a mum who left school with no GCSEs and started a multi-million company from her bedroom.


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Batheaston Parish Council is committed to working in a way which values and treats all people with respect and dignity, and celebrates diversity. The council, through its practices, will ensure that no member, service, user, employee, volunteer, job applicant will receive less favourable treatment or suffer unlawful discrimination on the grounds of age, colour, impairment, marital status, lifestyle and culture, nationality, race gender or sexuality, or on the grounds of economic or social status.
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Trying Calysta Labs Skincare
Hello and welcome back! Today I have a bit of a different post for you guys which is fun and refreshing. Today we are getting to look at some skincare from Calysta Labs. They were very kind and recently sent over 3 different things for me to try so I am going to show you all what they were and tell you about the experiences!
First up we are looking at 2 items that I feel like many would/could use on a daily basis and in most all skin care routines. One is an Illuminating Anti-Aging Serum, and the other is a Revitalizing Moisturizer. Before we get into how they preformed lets get a little run down of each product!
The taller one is the Revitalizing Moisturizer and we will chat about that one first!
Name - Revitalizing Moisturizer
Price - $45
Amount of Product - 50ml 1.7fl. oz
Ingredients - Emulsifix-205, Cyclomethicone, Lubragel® NP, Water
Directions - Apply to clean face in the morning and before going to bed.
Claims - Evenly soothes and moisturizes dry skin
My Experience - Right now my face isn't super dry or anything which is great but I could tell a difference. I just put one little pump on my finger and rubbed it in and it felt so nice and as I applied it, it felt as if nothing was there. It melts on the skin and just absorbs right up which I was super impressed with. There was no greasy feeling and I didn't feel like my face was oily after which is always a good thing. Its unscented and therefore there was no scent to get in the way and be all concentrated on my face. I don't know about you but I know I prefer no scents around my face, I feel like facial products that have heavy scents are just asking for a headache. I didn't really notice any flare ups of any kind in the sense of breakouts. It would honestly be hard to tell if what did appear was from it of just life stress ya know? So I'd categorize it as not an issue for this.
Here is a look at the nice little pump each have!
Name - Illuminating Anti-Aging Serum
Price - $69
Amount of Product - 30ml 1.0 fl. oz
Ingredients - Aloe Barbadensis (Organic Aloe) Leaf Juice, Retinol A Palimate, Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-3, Propyplen Glycol, Glycolic Acid, Azelaic Acid, Niacinamide,Damascena (Rose) Distillate, Cocos Nucifera (Organic Coconut) Oil, Glycerin, Emulsifying Wax NF, Stearic Acid, Simmondsia Chinensis (Organic Jojoba) Seed Oil, Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Water, Tocopherol (Vitamin E), vitamin C (ascorbyl tetraisopalmitate), Xanthan Gum, Salix Alba (Organic White Willow) Bark Extract, Azadirachta Indica (Organic Neem) Seed Oil, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Alcohol, Tetrasodium EDTA, (May contain sodium bicarbonate and/or citric acid as pH adjusters).
Directions - Apply a pea-sized amount on a clean face at bedtime. Use every other night for the first several applications.
Claims - boost radiance while fighting lines, dark spots and dullness
My Experience - Right off the bat I will preface this by saying obviously this is something that will have best results over time. It is meant to boost radiance while fighting lines, dark spots and dullness. I don't have any troubled areas at the moment that I would notice a difference in but I can say it feels nice it does also feel a bit greasy but at the moment I can't really a-test to a major difference. My mom is also testing it out at the moment so I'll try to have us check in and add an update to this post as we notice or don't notice anything after long time use.
Name - Clarifying Charcoal Peel-Off Mask
Price - $49
Amount of Product - 50ml 1.7 fl. oz
Ingredients - Activated charcoal powder, salicylic acid, polyvinyl alcohol, organic aloe leaf juice, glycerin, olive fruit oil, emulsifying wax, jojoba seed oil, DMAE,Hyaluronic acid, Green Tea Leaf extract, vitamin C, Provitamin B5, vitamin B3, organic white willow bark extract, pomegranate seed extract, vitamin E, sunflower seeds extract, menthol, lavender, Xanthan gum.
Directions - Apply Mask to face and let set for 15 to 30 minutes until completely dried. You may feel a slight tingling sensation. Peel off and wash face with warm water. Safe to use daily but recommended for use 2-3 times a week.
Claims - Removes impurities while infusing skin with brightening, tightening nutrients.
My Experience - I love face masks, they have become one of my favorite things over the past year and I have been wanting to try a charcoal peel one, I have a normal on that you wash off but had yet to try a peel charcoal one so this was exciting. I had a spot that was bugging me so I thought ooo this is a great time to use a charcoal mask so I applied it! I used a lil plastic spoon I usually use for scrubs and spread it out with my fingers. I wouldn't suggest that, it took forever, I think getting a in expensive ELF brush to dedicate towards mask would be a must for applying ones like these. Its so thick and goopy that finger take forever to clean after wards lol! Anywhooo I applied it and I feel like I did it kind of on the thinner side because I just have a tendency to do that so my dry time was A LOT less than what the packing said. So I say set a timer for the minimum time, but if it is dry before get started on removing. It has a very strong scent of tea tree oil, menthol and I would say a very slight hint of the lavender. I actually wish there had been more lavender scent to mask the tea tree oil because I'm not a big fan of tea tree oil. So moving on to while its drying. While it was drying it did start to tingle but I really think that is due to the mintyness and it also resulted in my face getting hot but nothing major and that was about 7 minutes in. At that point it was dry and it felt to hot to me so I went to start my hot water and peel it off. Not going to lie the peel was painful especially towards your lower cheek area. After it was all off I rinsed my face with water and I applied a cleanser that I used on a daily basis to kind of cool it down. After the removal every area that had, had the mask on it was red. Kind of looked like I had a sunburn which I have noticed happens with some mask, but this it settles and leaves you with a nice complexion and amazing feeling skin.
Overall I would say it was nice especially knowing what to expect the next time but I feel like its a lot more work that some others. It did help with the spot I was hoping it would, I think the next day it only needed a lil coverup and then the following day it was like it wasn't even there which was great. So in that respect I think I might continue using it more as spot treatment rather than my full face. Its not something I would want to use more than once a month really full on any way. I think its quite the intensive mask and I feel like you don't really need that intense level all the time.
Well that is it! I hope you enjoyed hearing about these products and my experiences. If you have any questions feel free to comment below with them and I will do my best to answer! If you to check out Calysta Labs you can on their site here!
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Warmth in masks can always be confusing. Sometimes it's totally ok and other times it's a sign of a reaction. I'm glad yours was no big deal.ReplyDelete
This is the first I've heard of the brand - thank you for the in depth review. It's always good to hear perspective and experience.ReplyDelete
I used the serum last night for the first time and realized after applying that I used more than I needed to. I'll wait until tomorrow to use it again but my first impression is a good one.ReplyDelete
I've heard of this brand but have never tried it. It's nice to have a review I can count on.ReplyDelete
I'm not familiar with this brand, but I appreciate your detailed review.ReplyDelete
A little rich for my blood, but sounds like a brand to keep tabs on!ReplyDelete
New to me brand but it sounds promising based from your experienceReplyDelete
I always love hearing about new skincare lines! I'd definitely give this a shot.ReplyDelete
peely masks are scary!ReplyDelete
I received 2 of these products, but I'm swamped with skincare products. From your review, I'm eager to start using them!ReplyDelete
Never heard of the brand..but the products seem pretty promising. Thanks for the detailed review..ReplyDelete
Not gonna lie I was hoping to see a picture of you wearing the mask. I bet you looked adorable! I'm interested to hear about your long term experience with the illuminating one. I'm at a point in my life where I could use some help looking "brighter" if ya know what I mean.ReplyDelete
Brightening serums are great for me - I am prone to hyperpigmentation.ReplyDelete
I really want to try the charcoal mask, I love them! I need to try out the serum too, my skin has a lot of hyperpigmentation.ReplyDelete
I've never heard of this brand before. Helpful review!ReplyDelete
That mask sounds kinda neato, but that sunburn feel scares me a little. But that brand looks like the perfect #treatyoself treat!ReplyDelete
I'm always looking for new serums!ReplyDelete


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it is a very humbling experience when anyone comes to me wanting to learn
see, i was the naughtiest kid in many blocks, often i got punished for not being like others and sometimes others got punished for being like me. still, what they called naughtiness i consider being creative. for instance, the number of times i got a physical whooping for running tests on how different windows sound different when subjected to different projectiles was say healthy. we were disruptive even then. so, it really is very humbling to have students come to our space.
the other fun part is meeting all the new people, and the way we often learn something new from them. in a recent diy IoT class i met among others … Shantanu formerly from zynga, Stefen from ace monster toys, Per from Yttibrium
Shantanu as he build his linux microcontroller together
a birds eye view of the class – i wonder what i was doing in the kitchen roof when i was supposed to be teaching
making small things big – old ways that have always worked such as a p air of holding hands and a lens
a newer ways of making things big with personalized documentation – a digital camera for assembly docs.
diy aquapnnic gardens … learning to water proof garden by using epoxy
we design and fabricate all the class gardens using a cnc router , at ace monster toys.
putting mini gardens together
an almost completed v1.3 controller interface board for the sensor and actuator. these appear as devices on the linux microcontroller.
the fun part, programming the IoT controllers kits and talking to them to control and monitor things remotely for you.
a side effect i never considered about teaching class is all the cute water bottles left in my classroom. like the blue on in this picture …it is now belonging to my bases 🙂
so feel honoured to be able to do this. … come one come all, lets ye learn all together.


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From Reuters:
Chinese police have arrested 10 people in an eastern province suspected of beating mentally handicapped people forced to work in brick kilns and treating them like slaves, state media said on Friday.
The case in Jieshou, a city in the underdeveloped province of Anhui, echoes a major scandal involving more than 1,000 people forced to work in brutal conditions at brick kilns in Shanxi province in 2007.
The state-run Xinhua news agency said police raided two kilns late last month and rescued 32 forced labourers.
China Daily looks at how the laborers arrived at the brick kilns:
Zhang [the brick kiln owner], 38, a native of Jieshou, allegedly bought some of the "workers" for about 300 yuan ($44) each from a taxi driver in the neighboring Shandong province, Zhao [Liang, a Jieshou public security bureau officer] said.
[…] Police are trying to find more clues to uncover a possible racket run by criminals to traffic mentally challenged people.
See Xinhua for more details on the story, including the challenges of returning the laborers home:
"All of them are mentally handicapped people aged between 25 and 45. Few of them can tell where they were from," said Gao.
He said the police helped 19 of them find their homes, and the remaining 13 had been temporarily sheltered in a welfare house in Jieshou, waiting for the families to pick them up.
"We have put their photographs on the bureau's website. Maybe their relatives are looking for them, and they may find the information on the Internet," said Gao.
See also a report from the New York Times.