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Monday, March 14th 2016
To thine own self be true, no? One example of scintillating adventure for me these days is sleuthing around as a self-ascribed elementary school journalist. Here is a nibble of my most recently submitted repast for our kids' school paper (Note that's my daughter directly below the performer's outstretched hand there):
On Monday, March 14th 2016, Maggie Whalen of Magpie Puppet Theatre brought her talents to our Children's House students. By singing some sweet songs, Ms. Maggie and the students were able to "wake up" the puppets to perform Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
On a charming set, and with audience participation, Mama, Papa & Baby bear each model healthy activities such as exercise, wholesome cooking, setting the table and making the beds. And even though Baby Bear doesn't *like* porridge, Mama Bear teaches him to *pretend* they like it, "because Papa Bear worked hard fixing it for us."
When the porridge is too hot, the bears go walking in the woods whereupon Goldie Locks –straying from her task of picking blueberries– enters their home uninvited, eats their food, breaks their chair and falls asleep in their bed. When she awakens to upset bears, she runs back home to her mother.
Importantly, when Mom finds out what happened, she tells Goldilocks that her behavior was inappropriate and you shouldn't enter people's homes and help yourself to their things without asking.
"I'm sorry mom," says Goldilocks.
"I know we all make mistakes," says the wise Mom, "What's important is how we fix them."
Mom sends Goldilocks back to the Bears' house to apologize, bring some nice blueberry pancakes they made and to fix the broken chair together. In the end, they sit down to feast together and Papa Bear sings a final refrain of his bluesy breakfast song with some tasty licks on a tiny guitar.
Afterwards the students were invited to ask some questions, and to see up close how some of the props and set had been constructed. For example:
Q: Why did Goldilocks go to the bears' house? A: She was curious!
Q: Why did Baby Bear say he made the beds all by himself [even though someone helped him]? A: I guess he wanted to impress his mother with the good work he did; it was a little lie.
Q: Did Goldilocks make the pancakes for the bears? A: Yes with her mother, as a gift.
This performance of MagpiePuppets.com was made possible with all our individual contributions through the generous work of Friends of Tobin. Thank you Friends of Tobin! Extra special thank you to Sachi Rhodes who helped promote, oversee and stage manage the whole production.
Oh man. As so often happens when I am ensnared in a vice… a loved one up and encourages me!
*Sigh.* I started to tell her not to encourage me, but then I thought better… and submitted THIS:
On March 14th (3.14), Head Chef Paul helped us celebrate math with his "Pi" shirt:
What is "Pi" you ask? Pi is the value of a circle's circumference divided by its diameter, which always comes out to 3.14159265358979323846… (the digits go on forever without repeating). This value is represented by the lowercase Greek letter called "pi" that looks like this: π
Thanks Chef Paul! Do you think next year on 3.14 we can do pi math on actual PIE? Yum!


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Make it Six Straight for Stanton
15 Aug, 2017
With the franchise record now under his belt, Giancarlo Stanton is taking aim at another MLB mark — most consecutive games with a home run — as the slugger homered for the sixth straight game on Tuesday in Miami's 9-4 loss to the Giants at Marlins Park.
The Major League record for the most consecutive games in which a home run has been hit by a player is eight (held by Ken Griffey Jr., Dale Long and current Marlins manager Don Mattingly).
"These kinds of streaks are fun," Mattingly said. "His has been prolonged. Mine was a little 'eight-dayer'. It's just one of those things, you're feeling good up there.
"I'd like to see him beat it, really, because that means the first two games in New York he homers, and he homers tomorrow. … We're trying to win games, and the last thing I'm going to do is root against him hitting homers. I'm all for it."
At 57-61, the Marlins are pushing to reach the .500 mark, and perhaps get into the National League Wild Card race. After closing out the series with the Giants on Wednesday, Miami opens a three-game series starting on Friday vs. the Mets at Citi Field.
Stanton connected in the third inning off 2014 World Series MVP Madison Bumgarner.
"That's always fun," Bumgarner said of the showdown. "I look forward to those. I might not go about those at-bats in the smartest way, but they certainly are fun though. He's locked in for sure."
Stanton's MLB-high 44th of the season was projected by Statcast™ at 432 feet with an exit velocity of 107.1 mph. The last player to hit homers in six straight games was Colorado's Nolan Arenado from Sept. 1-5, 2015.
Stanton is making a historic run, as he now has 11 homers in his past 12 games, and 23 in his past 35 games.
With 11 homers in August, Stanton already has established a Marlins record for the month. He held the old mark, with 10 in 2012.
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Dear Prospective Students & Parents:
Welcome to our website. I am the Head of School at Trinity and believe it or not, I know exactly how you might feel right now.
I attended three different schools before I found the right place for me. Each time I went to a new school I wondered if things would be different—if I would make friends quickly or if the teachers would be supportive in helping me learn.
At my first school I did not fit in and had anxiety about going each day. At the next school, it seemed like the administration was more concerned about rules and regulations than helping me academically. Thankfully the last school I went to had a different atmosphere.
The teachers took a personal interest in me and believed in my ability to succeed. This environment gave me the confidence I needed to believe in myself again after what I had experienced in the other schools. I got on track and soon found success academically and socially.
That success continued at the university level as I earned my Bachelors and Masters degrees. I know the power of a positive, encouraging learning environment because it changed my life.
My experiences in school, both bad and good, enable me to uniquely understand what you might be going through. This is the driving force behind TrinityPrep's safe, caring, and positive learning environment.
At TrinityPrep, you will be given every opportunity to excel in the classroom and gain skills to succeed academically and beyond. Whether you have been a mediocre or Honor Roll student, whether you have never felt accepted by peers or already have many positive influences in your life—you are welcome at TrinityPrep, a school that feels like a family.
I would like to meet you and your family so we can discuss how Trinity can help turn your dreams into reality. Please feel free to call me personally so that we can set aside some time to meet.
All the best,
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Our Mission and Goal
Trinity Preparatory School is a private school for grades 8 through 12. We welcome students from all backgrounds and faiths as we celebrate diversity of experience.
Our mission is to help students become the successful people God created them to be, so they can make the world a better place through their success. This involves helping students discover their unique learning style, and their passions, dreams, and talents so they can develop a vision and plan to reach their full potential as adults. With this in mind, we developed the concept of RISE:
Responsibility, Academic Integrity, Self-Awareness, and Engagement.
Our goal is for students to assume responsibility for their own academic success, embrace academic integrity, grow in self-awareness (their strengths, capacity, and learning style), and to engage in opportunities for growth and further development. By maintaining a positive learning environment, encouraging students about their potential, helping them discover their gifts, talents, and abilities, and inspiring them for a vision of their future—students find the success that is possible for them.
We want students to find success at TrinityPrep and to gain the skills to succeed at their next academic level and beyond the classroom.
Our History
Trinity Christian Preparatory School – established 1994
In the late 1980s, Bruce Corwin, a former high school teacher and football coach left his job with IBM to return to his first love: education. He launched an educational services and tutoring business in the SouthPark area of Charlotte that became highly successful. Because of that success, within a few years he was invited to consult with other educators across the nation, training them to help students learn more effectively.
It was at that time that Bruce began dreaming of starting a private school that was positive, supportive, and focused on helping students succeed academically and beyond. In 1994 he established a private, faith-based, high school serving the Charlotte region. This school would become Trinity Preparatory School (we call it TrinityPrep for short) in the late 1990s.
In 1998 Doug Corwin left his professional services career to join his father in developing TrinityPrep, eventually taking over as Head of School in 2011. During the past two decades TrinityPrep has become a valuable resource to Charlotte areas families, serving their educational needs and helping their students find success.
Over the past few years we have gained rapport among counselors and professionals working with teens because of the transformations that occur in our positive, encouraging, learning environment and the success of our college preparation program. It has been a wonderful journey so far and we are excited about the future of helping many more Charlotte area students find success in the classroom and beyond.
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The fight to free our ocean and coasts. Our nation is made up of more water than land. America's oceans cover nearly 4.5 million square miles, which is 23% greater than U.S. landmass. The coast is a top tourist destination with more than 100 million people visiting our nation's beaches annually. In fact, coastal recreation and tourism constitute 2.2 million jobs and contribute $115 billion to the nation's economy every year.
But clean water and healthy beaches are increasingly threatened by plastic and ocean pollution, offshore oil drilling, rollbacks to federal protections, development and rising tides. We each have a stake in taking action to ensure the places where we surf, swim, play and live are protected for this and future generations. Together, we are the United States and Oceans of America
Co-Author of Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have A Dream" Speech Clarence B. Jones and Surfrider CEO Chad Nelsen
We'd be honored if you'd help us make this new flag from Surfrider a symbol of love for our ocean, waves and beaches while encouraging people to think about their individual responsibilities and the part they play in protecting the future of America's coastlines.
Download our toolkit, share on social media and help keep our ocean, waves and beaches healthy and protected for generations to come.
"The land of the free, the home of the brave," that's what our national anthem proclaims.
But how can we be the land of the free when a vast expanse of America is being attacked and we're not protecting it?
The Atlantic. The Pacific. The Gulf. They are our oceans. And they need us now. To free them from pollution. From plastic. From oil drilling. From habitat loss. From overdevelopment. And climate change denial.
Just as this land is your land, this ocean is your ocean. Our waves are as American as our mountains. Our water as vital as our soil. If our ocean dies, so will our land.
We urge the American people to join us to start a new fight: the fight to free our oceans and coasts.
We are the United States and Oceans of America. The land and oceans of the free. The home and waves of the brave.
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Atlanta Commercial Board of REALTORS Celebrates 2017 Million Dollar Club Top Producers
Staff Report From Metro Atlanta CEO
Friday, April 21st, 2017
Each year, the Atlanta Commercial Board of REALTORS honors the members who have sold over $4.5 million dollars in commercial real estate through recognition in the annual Million Dollar Club. The 2017 Club included 501 members who produced a record of over $26 billion in commercial real estate transactions, the highest in Board history.
The 2017 banquet was held on Thursday, March 23rd, at the Ritz Carlton of Buckhead and included fine cuisine, a live band, the Morehouse Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps Color Guard, and a video appearance from Georgia Governor, Nathan Deal.
Top Producers:
Investment Category
Derrick N. Bloom and David C. Gutting with JLL tied, each with a volume each greater than $980 million.
Industrial Landlord Category
Tanner Hicklin with Prologis with a volume greater than $71 million.
Industrial Tenant Category
Tony H. Kepano of CBRE with a volume greater than $240 million.
Land Category
Norman V. Richie of Batson-Cook Realty, LLC with a volume greater than $106 million.
Retail Category
David Henry Poer, III of CBRE with a volume greater than $37 million.
Office Tenant Category
David M. Demarest, Josh Hirsh and Brannan C. Moss of JLL tied, each with a volume greater than $121 million.
Office Landlord Category
Jeffrey J. Keppen and Christopher C. Port of CBRE tied, each with a volume greater than $88 million.
Other Honorees:
The Alvin B. Cates Award was presented to Dave Demarest, Josh Hirsh and Brannan Moss with JLL, for the creativity, innovation, persistence, and initiative in completing the development, leasing, and financing of The Battery Atlanta. The challenges encountered in this transaction were incredible and all-encompassing, but the creative thinking and persistence in this endeavor ultimately prevailed and will leave a lasting and positive legacy in Georgia for years to come. The Battery Atlanta has already received international attention, serving as a model template for mixed-use sports-oriented development. This award was created to recognize members for a transaction that is considered to be outstanding, based on creativity, ingenuity and skill, rather than on volume.
Reeves Henritze of Colliers International was the L. Frederick Glass, Jr. Rookie of the Year recipient for her production in excess of $16 million. The Rookie of the Year Award was established in 1999 to recognize an outstanding Young Council member who produced the highest volume in the Million Dollar Club among the Young Council of REALTORS Million Dollar members.


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I think I have a leak... what should I do?Please be aware that if a leak/break occurs from the back of the meter towards your home or on any lines leading from the back of the meter throughout your home/yard cannot be repaired by the water department. We cannot repair lines that are considered "private" lines such as these. If the leak is on the front of the meter or is one of our main lines in the street, please give us a call as soon as possible. It is important that we repair this quickly to avoid the leak becoming larger and possibly further damaging the lines or homes. Please be aware that all water that goes through the meter will be billed accordingly. It is advised that you check your property frequently to inspect your pipes/sprinkling system for breaks/leaks.
Leaks in an irrigation system can occur in several places. Most leaks occur because a valve fails to shut completely, but leaks in system pipes are not unheard of. Broken heads, while not technically a "leak", waste water when the system is operating. Indications of leakage include overgrown or particularly green areas of turf, soggy areas around spray heads and aboveground hoses, jammed spray heads, and torn hoses. In drip systems, leakage problems may be the result of tubing or tape that have been damaged by foot traffic of gnawing and chewing animals. Common sources of leaks are a toilet that is running, a constant drip in a sink or outdoor faucet, a loose or dripping washer connection, a home water treatment unit, an evaporative cooler unit, or a sprinkler system. To detect a leak in your irrigation system, you must shut down all water use inside your home and be fairly certain that there is no leakage occurring indoors. Once you have done this, you can use your water meter to see if any water continues to flow into your system.
Method 1 - Turn off all water taps inside and outside your home. Record the meter reading and return in two to three hours to check for movement. If the meter reading has changed, you may have a leak.
Method 2 - Many meters have a small red (or blue) triangle on the meter face, designed to detect even small leaks. If this red triangle is moving when you have all water off inside and outside your home, you may have a leak.
Shutting off Water at Your Meter
Should you need to shut off the supply of water to your house (to repair a leak, etc.) there is usually a shutoff valve right at the water meter. The water meter shutoff valve typically looks like a brass bolt located on the pipe connected to the water meter. Often this bolt will have an arrow stamped into the top indicating the direction of flow. To shut off the water supply, use a large pair of pliers to turn the bolt 90 degrees. You can check to make sure that the water is off by operating a faucet or hose bib. To restore the water supply to your home, simply turn the bolt back to the position you found it. DO THIS SLOWLY AND DO NOT OVER TIGHTEN, this may break the valve. If you need help, don't hesitate to ask DVAWC to come turn this valve on/off for you.
Step 1 - First, locate your meter box. It is generally located near in front of your home. It's important to make sure the meter box lid is uncovered and visible at all times. A black square disc on the lid provides the signal to the meter reader with an electronic signal - a 'radio read.'
Step 2 - Turn all water-using appliances off so that no water is being used. This means turning off all water inside and outside the house including showers, sinks, washing machines, ice makers and any appliance that uses water. If you have an automatic irrigation system, turn off the controller. Carefully remove the meter box lid by using a tool such as a large screwdriver. Stand back. There are sometimes 'critters' inside the box that will be startled when the lid is removed. Give them a chance to get out of the way. The meter uses a straight-reading dial which is read similar to a car's odometer. The meter measures water use in thousands of gallons. The small pointer or dial near the center of the meter is the flow indicator and should not move if you are not using any water inside or outside the home. If the flow indicator is moving, you may have a leak. In leaky toilets, the flapper valve often needs to be replaced.
Step 3 - If there is no indicator and the actual meter dial hand is moving, water is running somewhere in your system and you have a leak – go to step 4. If the hand is not moving, note the position of the hand and wait 10 minutes. Check the meter again, if it has moved, you have a slow leak - go to step 4. If no movement is recorded, you probably don't have a leak. The meter may not be able to detect leaks in irrigation systems or pools.
Step 4 - To isolate the leak, turn the water off to your house. Your home's valve is usually located under the outside faucet near the front of the house. With all water turned off in the house, there should be no movement of the small pointer or any of the dials on the meter.
Step 5 - If the leak indicator or dial is still moving, water is flowing between the meter and the shut-off valve. That means you could have a leak between the meter and the valve where water enters your home. This is called the 'service line'. Consider that movement in your meter can also be caused by things like an automatic pool filler, a leaky irrigation valve, or an evaporative cooler.
Step 6 - Check your irrigation system. If you have leaks in your irrigation system, they may not be noticeable unless your system is running. Turn your controller on manually and walk your property looking for broken sprinkler heads, missing emitters (which will produce small streams of water) or breaks in irrigation piping or tubing. You can also have someone watch the meter and calculate the gallons per station while someone changes each sprinkler station in order to isolate the general area for a leak. Check for leaks inside the house including toilets, washing machines, faucets, etc.
Step 7 - To check a toilet for a leak: Add 2 or 3 drops of food coloring to the water in the reservoir or tank (as shown in Figure 1). Wait 15-30 minutes. If the water in the bowl changes colors, the rubber flapper needs to be replaced. In leaky toilets, the flapper valve often needs to be replaced.
Step 8 - Congratulate yourself! You have just completed a leak-detection investigation.


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All I wanted to wear was these shoes today, but I could not for the life of me come up with an interesting ensemble to compliment them. I was about to turn my closet inside out. You know those moments where you feel like you have nothing to wear and your heart sinks in frustration? Totally happened to me. Augh. It was like I was creatively constipated or something. I ended up wearing them anyway.
I bought some Dr. Scholl's shoe pads for these but they are still too uncomfortable. My heels feel fantastic but the balls of my feet huuuurt. I wish they were just a little longer in the toe area, in fact, reaching them, then they'd be perfect. But for now, they'll have to be a date option shoe only, where I'll be sitting more than standing. Le sigh.
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|March 10th, 2009 6:16 pm
those r ahh-mazing!
|March 11th, 2009 2:17 pm
Make sure you post of picture of what you wore today (wednesday).
Ya simple t-shirt and stuff.
|March 14th, 2009 12:34 am
In Soviet Russia, your feet do a favor for you!


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How It's Made - Racing Simulators
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CXC Simulations builds some of the most advanced racing and flight simulators in the world, but how are they made?
Take a glimpse into the process and passion behind what has made CXC the standard it is today.
This segment was filmed at CXC's Manufacturing Plant in Los Angeles, CA.
To learn more about the Motion Pro II Simulator and configure your own today visit: http://www.cxcsimulations.com/


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One advantage of not posting to the website for a while means that I have lots of photos that show progression of time in the garden.
The shade garden under the oak tree:
The Nassau Street side garden:
After a couple of years trying to get nutsedge weed out of my lawn, I gave up and agreed with Chris' plan to rip up the turf and start over. Of course, we initiated this project right before the month of storms that hit central Texas so this 'miniproject' became a long, drawn out process.
Once the old grass was removed, it seems as though we had to relevel the slope every time it rained:
And the granite that we put behind the pool got washed away a couple of times:
It was hard to live with a building site in the back garden:
but there's nothing like a power tool to let out some frustration:
once we had a weekend of sun arrived, the new sod was placed in an afternoon:
Followed by the important step of admiring our work with a glass of wine:
Last year, I didn't bother putting together any pots because of having our new puppy, Delilah, and her habit of chewing up all the plants (and sometimes the pots themselves). As Delilah has matured a little bit, I thought I'd take another stab at a combination of plants and bulbs in pots on the backyard patio.
With all the rains, some of the plants have overwhelmed their pots so I may have to move them into the ground:
A stone turtle traveled across the pond with me from Sylvia's garden and serves as a friendly reminder of our family's love of gardening:
My calla lily bulbs are finally pushing through:
A transplanted gladiola survived her move:
Climbing purple spinach was a Chris' purchase and he suggested using the royal crown ornament thingy that I had bought on impulse but never known how to use:
Peeping over the fence are the sunflowers and texas star hibiscus:
My potting bench shows off my blue storage containers and my tin mugs–thinking 'gardening mugs' may become my middle-aged English woman collectors item of choice:
Wollerton Old Hall rose blooms and needs to be trailed up the fence:
A begonia from our neighbors, Stephanie and Jill are guarded by a hedgehog (from Uncle Larry) and a very well-behaved, Delilah:
Upon our return from England in April, Linda had arranged some of the spring blooms into this beauty:
The front door surrounded by geraniums and the remains of buckethead, the beloved pet cow from Chris' granddad's farm:
My third or fourth attempt at growing hydrangeas. Katie has a number of these scattered throughout the Broxwood garden and they look lovely. They are really too delicate for Texas, but I thought I'd have a go in pots:
Uncle Larry is getting ready to sell his house and posted some photos of the garden. I spotted a bird bath that would be the perfect size for cloverleaf so I headed out and got my own:
The dining room window now has a couple of african violets and an orchid taking up space. Chris has done a much better job than I ever have at keeping orchids alive:
An oldie but goodie. These cannas were in the house when I moved in almost 15 years ago. I go through phases of thinking about taking them out but then they go and provide such a burst of color that I decide to let them keep going:
So, part of cloverleaf corner are now getting quite established where I am actually removing plants rather than adding them. Of course, there are always a few spots that need some new purchases!
I"m still amazed at how many plants I can fit in the mini, but when I know I'm going to splurge, I take Chris car:
And in order to find space for new plants, sometimes you have to thin out some of the more established plants. Tom made a sign to invite neighbors to take some extra sages and salvias…Tom was chuffed that someone decided to take his sign too:
The datura reseeded in multiple places this year. Here is a sad attempt at a transplant that amazingly resurrected and is now pride of place at a friends house:
And a purple datura went in opposite my more traditional white version:
You can never go wrong with an esperanza to fill in gaps and add a burst of color:
And an less common pink turkish cap fills in some of the shade garden under the oak tree:
Pottering in the garden at Broxwood is always enjoyable because I get to enjoy flowers that would never survive in Texas. This year, I've seen the Broxwood garden in winter, spring, and the start of summer. Here are just a few of the photos.
A snow storm hits the back garden and showcases the poppy from the Tower of London exhibit. I took this photo to show Tom and by the time I stepped back inside to send it, the sun was out:
It took Katie and I three attempts to be brutal enough with trimming down the roses in the back garden. We made our first attempt, watched Monty and then hacked off some more, and then got advise from Tony, Albrighton's Master Gardener, before ending up with this brutal result. Katie assures me they are back on track to be lovely again this year, but I haven't seen any photos yet:
March in England is always full of beautiful drifts of daffodils. Here are the first blooms from the Broxwood collection:
I always get mixed up whether these are primroses or primulas (or something else entirely?!). Here are a few shots of these lovely bright plants over a couple of months. They grew to be so big and vibrant and I think Katie may have to divide some of them for next year:
A couple of random shots: a vase of blooms from the garden, the newly painted garage door (thanks to handyman, Roger), and a pressie for me from the Codsall and Wergs garden center that now sits on the potting bench at Cloverleaf:
Katie told me the name of this shrub on a daily basis because it wowed us every morning when we opened the lounge blinds. Of course, I've already forgotten, but it looks lovely (Update–just got off the phone with K…it's a pieris). And Katie's tip is to take off all the flowers so you get the vibrant red foliage (although the pale pink blossoms aren't the end of the world if you forget):
Chris' first stab at runner bean architecture. The tradition continues (although we all thought that his structure was probably not up to the exact standards of previous years…):
I was hoping to see this bloom before I headed back to Texas, and it did:
I have six months of garden stories to catch up on as I realized my last post on here was from January 2015. The write-ups may be brief, but I am going to try to give you a quick overview on what has been happening on cloverleaf corner.
My Molineux rose…this has been a favorite of mine given it's connections to my hometown. It means even more to see it bloom so well this year. And right next to it are the Golden Celebrations:
A transplant from Chris' grandfather's farm in Knott, Texas:
Some blooms from bulbs I planted way back in October. It took a while to work out these were ranunculus:
Bluebonnets and yellow daisy-like flowers:
Orange mallow that I had difficulty finding until last autumn:
My garden gets by with a little help from my friends (Aaron gets a bit of weeding in–and if he's had a few beers, he's probably chuntering away to himself in a British accent):


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Next month, eshard will be introducing the new release of the esDynamic platform during CHES2017 in Taiwan. As CHES attracts the community involved in cryptography and embedded security, this conference serves as the perfect venue to demonstrate esDynamic.
esDynamic offers an advanced framework for side-channel analyses and researches. It can support all kind of traces and allows you to perform your signal processing and statistics. A complementary module implements a white-box crypto framework, which emulates binary, injects faults and creates traces.
The software can be easily installed with different configuration models to fit your hardware setup for high computations. Besides, it offers a new way of reporting through the notebook feature. With the notebook feature, you can create instant analytical reports through this ultra-flexible feature which allows you to edit and add text, write code or mathematical formulas straight into the platform, make notes, import data and share it in an instant. The collaborative nature of the platform offers new opportunities for sharing and going one step ahead.
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Beautiful News recently released the short-film of Kagiso Domingos who believes that he can change the world through inventing. He says, "It makes me feel proud to know that my inventions are helping people. Click here to watch his video: http://beautifulnews.news24.com/Beautiful-News/break-discover-create-inside-the-curious-mind-of-an-inventor-20171012
Domingos' parents couldn't have been happy when he broke the watch he was given for his birthday. Less so considering he'd already dismantled the television. It wasn't that Domingos was a destructive child. He was curious. How were people moving inside that box? What moves the hand of a clock? Questions drive the minds of inventors young and old. Domingos was just getting an early start.
While childhood was largely about discovering, through a fair amount of breaking, it wasn't long before he was creating. By Grade 10, Domingos had produced his first original work – a camera-aided dustbin that could automatically go around picking up waste paper. The contraption won him first prize at the school science expo. After matriculating, the next step was to pursue tertiary qualification through Orbit TVET College, but he dropped out after three months because his courses were too theoretical.
Instead, Domingos got his hands dirty again building a remote-controlled helicopter, a change of plan that his parents only caught wind of when they saw their son take the finished product for a spin. He's come a long way since then, having committed himself to a life of innovation. Domingos' latest invention is a mobile power generator that has the potential to bring much-needed electricity to people in remote areas and provide relief during load shedding. The young South African's dream is that the gadget will one day be used all over the world. As is fitting for an inventor, Domingos has no trouble thinking big and acting bold.
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Amanda Farley started her dance career as a youngster with the Burrillville RI Parks and Recreation dance program and then moved on to dance with the American Ballet Company in Pascoag, RI. Following those experiences, she danced for 20+ years, in all genres, with Physical Attitude in Pascoag, RI. She was a member of the competition team at Physical Attitude. She began as an assistant teacher at Physical Attitude in 1993 and shortly after began to teach her own classes. Amanda graduated from the Dance Teacher's Club of Boston's (DTCB) training program and has been a member of DTCB. By day, Amanda is a speech-language pathologist in the public schools in Massachusetts. She works with children from three years old through fourth grade. Amanda resides in Rhode Island with her two children, Keighan and Wesley, and her husband, Jared. Amanda is excited to be part of the PDC family and to share her love of dance!
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Vanderbilt increases presence in Edu-Scholar rankings
Jan. 9, 2019—Vanderbilt University has increased its presence in "Education Week's" annual listing of the most influential public scholars in education.
Vanderbilt education faculty to showcase research at AERA April 13-17
Apr. 10, 2018—The AERA annual conference, "The Dreams, Possibilities and Necessity of Public Education," will be held in New York City.
Vanderbilt faculty ranked among top influencers in education
Jan. 11, 2018—Seven professors on the faculty at Vanderbilt's Peabody College of education and human development are once again included in the annual Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings.
Vanderbilt faculty funded to train researchers to study school leadership
Sep. 6, 2017—Vanderbilt researchers are among those from 10 institutions to benefit from $6.5 million in funding by the Institute of Education Sciences to train and develop education scientists.
Vanderbilt's Heinrich named AERA Fellow
Feb. 21, 2017—Vanderbilt education professor Carolyn J. Heinrich is among 14 scholars selected as 2017 fellows by the American Educational Research Association.
Vanderbilt's Peabody College faculty among top education influencers
Jan. 13, 2017—Seven Peabody professors are in the 2017 Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings.
Haslam names second cohort for school leadership academy at Vanderbilt
Nov. 17, 2016—Tennessee assistant principals were named to a Vanderbilt fellowship that is building a pipeline of highly-trained school leaders.
Goldring selected for 2016 UCEA Lifetime Achievement Award
Sep. 14, 2016—The University Council for Educational Administration has selected Vanderbilt researcher Ellen Goldring to receive its prestigious Roald F. Campbell Lifetime Achievement Award for 2016.
Haslam talks leadership with aspiring principals
Jun. 20, 2016—Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam met with aspiring principals at Vanderbilt's Peabody College to talk about what makes an effective leader.
MEDIA TIP SHEET: Education researchers available to comment on Metro Schools' next steps
Jun. 10, 2016—Peabody researchers can speak on a wide array of topics, including talent retention, school turnaround and administrative leadership.
Vanderbilt education faculty named among top influencers
Jan. 6, 2016—Nine Vanderbilt professors were included in the 2016 Edu-Scholar Public Presence Rankings.
TN teachers report ongoing benefits from teacher collaboration model
Nov. 20, 2015—Tennessee teachers are reporting that a collaboration model implemented as part of a Vanderbilt study continues to show positive outcomes two years later.


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Our trip to Kenya was a spectacular experience. One of the things I cherish most from this trip is the diversity of the people involved. We four Americans were joined by a number of Kenyans during our trip. Three Kenyans in particular traveled with us almost the entire time: Joseph the pharmacist, Amos the lab technician, and Frida the nurse. Each of these Kenyan friends of ours were from different tribes and backgrounds, and the diversity of our team reflected the differences we witnessed in the people and places we were introduced to along our way.
After three long flights and twenty four hours of travel, our trip started early Monday morning with a stop at an established and thriving dispensary (medical clinic). This clinic in Murengeti was so successful, in fact, that they even had a computer for their record keeping! The computer was not well utilized, and frequent power loss rendered it unreliable, but this was the only dispensary we visited that had a working computer system.
After visiting Murengeti, we spent the rest of the day working with a nurse at Uplands, another working dispensary. This is also where we picked up Amos, the lab technician. The patient load was light, so we left early and stopped at the girl's orphanage in Limuru. This orphanage was built through the partnership of the Los Ranchos (America) and Limuru (Kenya) Presbyteries over the past few years. It's operating now, and the girls there love to have visitors! When we arrived, swarms of girls grabbed each of us and dragged us to different areas of the school yard. They called us "Uncle" and "Auntie." They braided Amanda's hair, swung from my arms, and taught us all sorts of songs and dances that we didn't understand. After a while of singing, we sat down in the grass. But the girls wanted me to swing them around again, and they started asking me, "Uncle, wake up!" I figured out that they were saying that to get me to stand up, but it was quite confusing at first!


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Welcome to the wonderful world of Andy Sidaris! Making his name as a TV sports director, winning several Emmys for his work on the Olympics, and directing "Wide World Of Sports" for 25 years – if you're wondering who pioneered "focus on a pretty girl in the audience of a sporting event", it's him – he also made a few movies in the 70s. He really went for it, though, starting in the mid 80s with a series of action movies usually starring former Playboy or Penthouse starlets, and usually filmed in Hawaii. It's this series, collected in the "Girls, Guns and G-Strings" DVD box set, that we'll be reviewing, and we started off with an absolute gem.
I feel I ought to get this out of the way first, but enjoyment of the movies of Andy Sidaris does not indicate agreement with what they do. Their occasionally sub-Neanderthal views of women and gay men are to be laughed at, not with, and provided you've got that fixed in your head (and have a high tolerance for nudity) I think there's a heck of a lot to enjoy. There's a sense of laid-back happiness about the whole enterprise, with a willingness to mock its own central character and plenty of weird little interludes.
This is also apparently a remake of a previous Andy Sidaris movie, made in 1973, called "Stacey". From what little information I can gather, that seems less sexist than this one, with the central character in that being split into two characters for this, with the woman remaining big-breasted eye candy and the guy getting to do all the actual plot stuff. But I digress! The star of this movie is Cody Abilene (Darby Hinton), a smooth-talking, handsome private investigator who we quickly establish, in quite a good running gag, can't shoot worth a damn. We first see him with his case, full of gun, bullets, earplugs and fancy shooting glasses, he sets up…and misses the target every time, actually damaging the firing range mechanism with his last shot. We also learn he's absolutely irresistible to women, and that is another message that gets hammered home (as it were) time and again. He actually refers to himself as getting raped a little later on when he goes to buy a new car and the owner of the car lot immediately shows him her breasts and demands he have sex with her; this is far from the stupidest thing this movie does.
The plot honestly feels like Sidaris had three unfinished scripts starring the same character and just decided to mash them together. Cody is friends with race-car driver June Khnockers (yes, that's the correct spelling), and is helping her with preparing for a big race…only when he drives away, June and her friend look on admiringly and talk about what a fantastic driver he is…er, June, you're a professional! Sorry, I can't get sidetracked this early on, there's a heck of a lot to talk about. Then that plotline gets dropped for about an hour and he starts a relationship with the beautiful Contessa Luciana (Sybil Danning), after she hires him to go and look after her friend Lady Lillian? This bit really made no sense. Lillian is rich and has tons of people living at her house, including a nephew, his wife, another woman whose relationship to the rest I totally missed, and the obviously bad-guy butler/chauffeur/house-boy, Shane. Pretty much by accident, he stumbles upon a plot to sell American computers to the communists, which is also being investigated by the female police officer he's gym buddies with. I think. Shane owes the guy involved in selling the computers a ton of money (gambling debts) so decides to have sex with everyone in the house and blackmail them all. Yes, even the husband, who's the worst-closeted gay guy ever (he gets done up in very good drag at one point and goes to visit his friend at a gay bar). Shane's set-up involves enormous cameras that anyone could spot, and recording onto Betamax tape! Oh, and one of the villains hires Art "Commandant Mauser from Police Academy" Metrano and his two body-building sidekicks to kill Cody, which doesn't go much of anywhere either.
Cody Abilene mentions his Dad a heck of a lot, a Dad who never shows up at any point despite apparently being around; there's also a pile of scenes with the Buffingtons, a family of rednecks who keep wanting to race Cody in whatever car he's driving at the time, and are the most amazing group of stereotypes you ever saw. And I'm still leaving stuff out – this movie is absolutely packed with incident, and none of it is boring (like Cody using a porn line operator as his phone service). It's certainly possible that Sidaris is laying groundwork for the rest of his cinematic universe – I notice his next movie has an "Abilene" in it, and a lot of his later films apparently feature the spy organisation L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies – but I'm really not sure. I think he was just having fun, and it's really refreshing to see a movie which never sticks with anything long enough to bore the audience.
The references to the one gay character as "queer" or "faggot" would be more troubling if they weren't coming from the mouth of the movie's main villain (who'd already had sex with him); although Cody, when he sees him in dull drag, sniggers before complimenting his legs. It's the amount of nudity and use of women as objects that ought to be the prime criticism of any sensible person, though. Virtually every woman in the movie throws themselves at Cody – the two gorgeous young women in the boat next to him, the woman who hires him, random women on the street, and so on – June Khnockers (never get tired of writing that name) strips off and tries to force herself on him while they're involved in a high speed chase with a helicopter! Apart from Lady Lilian, every woman in this movie, at least once, strips off and insists on sex with the nearest available man, and they're all, of course, hugely endowed. There's also the casual reference to one woman as "body by Fisher, brains by Mattel" that had my wife gasping in shock. But it's so relentless, that to me it passed through sexism and ended up in some weird new land. "Too daft to laugh at", as the local saying goes.
But the wonderful cherry on the crazy cake is the ending. After a series of events which don't exactly wrap things up, we're treated to a scene on Cody's boat where he explains the plot to the remaining cast members! Sidaris perhaps looked at his footage, went "well, this is confusing, even to me" and then revealed the "twist", which wasn't even hinted at in the events up to that point. Marvellous!
I really enjoyed "Malibu Express" (which was an at-best confusing title, too). Hinton is a fine slightly nonplussed leading man, the ladies all play it broad, and a good time is had by all. Films this fast-paced, funny and odd don't come along very often, and according to Sidaris fans there's even better films to come. Pick up the "Girls, Guns And G-Strings" box set and watch along with me, why don't you?
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A little about me
Short Bio: Patrick Holland has worn many hats in his life: director, playwright, filmmaker, editor, actor, photographer, barista, carpenter, movie usher, and bakery truck driver! He's been a tech enthusiast dating back to when he had a Tandy Color Computer as a kid.
Tech Interests: Cell Phones, Televisions, Digital Cameras, Tablets, Laptops, Car Tech, Software and Apps, Apple news and products, Microsoft news and products, Google news and products, Games and gear, Social tech, Deals, Latest tech news, Events and announcements, Community
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Dried leaves of English Plantain are used in herbal medicine as infusions (respiratory tract infections, allergies) and poultices with macerations. They can also be eaten cooked as vegetable.
Other names: English plantain, narrowleaf plantain, ribwort plantain, ribleaf and lamb's tongue.
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Latin name: Plantago lanceolata, Plantaginis lanceolatae herba
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Where To Download Free Theses And Dissertations: 5 Great Suggestions
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'Planet Earth: Blue Planet II' ocean exploration to get five-network launch in January
BBC America can't quite match the expanse of Earth's oceans, but it's doing its best with a five-network launch of the next edition of its Emmy-winning Planet Earth nature series.
Planet Earth: Blue Planet II will premiere Jan. 20 (9 ET/PT) on BBC America and four sister cable networks: AMC, IFC, WEtv and SundanceTV, AMC Networks announced Tuesday. Subsequent episodes will air Saturdays at 9 ET/PT on BBC America.
In its announcement, AMC Networks said the seven-episode series, presented and narrated by Sir David Attenborough and scored by Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer, "takes viewers on a revelatory and magical journey into the mesmerizing world of our oceans," which cover 70% of the Earth's surface.
The network group estimates that over four years of production, Blue Planet II teams conducted 125 expeditions and 6,000 hours of dives, visited 39 countries and filmed on every continent and across every ocean.
The series explores Antarctic icebergs, methane volcanoes in the Gulf of Mexico and the kinds of life that exist seven miles underwater at the deepest point in the ocean. Featured species include leaping blennies, which live almost exclusively on land; Giant trevally, a fish that can catch seabirds in mid-air; and the tuskfish, which "uses a coral anvil to crack open clams."
The finale of BBC's 'Planet Earth II' showed hawskbill sea turtles hatching in Barbados. But the heartwarming moment turned devastating when the sea turtles headed toward speeding cars. USA TODAY NETWORK
"Planet Earth: Blue Planet II is rare, event television, an extraordinary series we are so proud to launch as a premiere simulcast across all five of our national networks," AMC Networks chief operating officer Ed Carroll said in a statement accompanying the announcement.
AMC Networks says the show was the most watched natural history program in more than 15 years in the U.K., where it ran earlier this year.


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Original tape date: November 23, 2010.
First on ITALICS, we'll take you on a Flight to the Future Through Music and Art as we join ILICA, The Italian Language Inter Cultural Alliance on their 6th Annual Cultural Event held recently at the Lighthouse at Pier 61 at Chelsea Piers. With Art by Alessandro Marrone and Music by Pianist/Composer Cristiana Pegoraro propelling the event, Cav. Vincenzo Marra and ILICA honored the legacy of the Late Frank D. Stella, and presented their Award in his name to Anthony Julian Tamburri, Dean & Executive Director of The Calandra Italian American Institute/Queens College/CUNY, for all of his efforts in the advancement and study of the Italian language and culture.
Next ITALICS takes you to the Calandra Institute where an agreement was recently signed between Queens College of The City University of New York and The Universita Di Stranieri di Perugia in Italy to greatly expand the cultural exchange program that currently exists between both Institutions. For The last 15 years the Calandra Institute's CUNY-ITALY Exchange Program has been involved in student exchange with Perugia, but this new effort will exchange staff and resources between both entities and give each University space in the others' home facility.
On ITALICS NEWS BRIEFS we'll join CUNY Chancellor Matthew Goldstein and members of the CUNY Brain Trust on their recent visit to the Calandra Institute, watch as Bordighera Press announce their 2010 Poetry Prize Winner, and report on that penultimate victory in the AP Italian Test effort.
Guest List
Claudio Bozzo President, Italy-America Chamber of Commerce, NY
Matthew M. Cariello President, Bordighera
Roberto Dolci Universita Di Stranieri Perugia
Anna Fiore Scuola D'Italia di New York
Fred Gardaphé Distinguished Professor of Italian American Studies, Queens College/CUNY
Stefania Giannini President, Universita Di Stranieri Perugia
Daniela Gioseffi Poet & Founding Director of the Prize
Chanc. Matthew Goldstein Chancellor, City University of New York/CUNY
Jay Hershenson Sr. Vice Chancellor, University Relations/CUNY
Cav. Vincenzo Marra President & Founder, Italian Language Inter-Cultural Alliance/ILICA
Dr. James Muyskens President, Queen's College/CUNY
Cristiana Pegoraro Pianist/Composer
Paul A. Schaefer Actor
Cav. Uff. Joseph Sciame President/Chairman, Italian Heritage and Culture Month Committee
Hon. Francesco Maria Talo Consul General of Italy to New York
Cav. Anthony Julian Tamburri, PhD. Dean and Executive Director, The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute
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Bandhan-Konnagar, a not-for-profit organisation, registered under the West Bengal Societies Registration Act, 1961 celebrated its 'Development Day' today on completion of 18 years at ITC Sonar, Kolkata.
Commencing its journey in the year 2001, the organisation has transformed the lives of around 1.8 million families spread across 11 states of India – West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, Telangana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Assam, Tripura and Chhattisgarh. The organisation has 818 field offices spread across 10,793 villages. More than 2,300 employees are actively involved in the welfare of the disadvantaged families.
The Development Day event was graced by Mr. Craig L. Hall, Hon'ble U.S. Consul General, Kolkata along with many distinguished guests like Mr. Debasish Sen, Additional Chief Secretary, IT & Electronics and Chairman, HIDCO; Mr. Saurabh Das, Principal Secretary, Panchayat & Rural Development Department; Mr. Dushyant Nariala, Principal Secretary, Department of School Education and other luminaries.
In the welcome address at the event, Mr. Chandra Shekhar Ghosh, Founder & Mentor, Bandhan-Konnagar said, "All our development programmes are designed and implemented with the intent of supporting the underprivileged. The organisation is putting in honest and dedicated efforts to provide necessary holistic support to the marginalised. My heartfelt thanks to all our donors for reposing faith in us and to all those who support us in our journey of development."
A panel discussion was held on the topic 'Women Empowerment – Are we moving in the right direction'. Eminent journalist Mr. Suparna Pathak; Educationist & former Vice-Chancellor of Calcutta University, Prof. Sugata Marjit; Executive Director, Action Aid India, Mr. Sandeep Chachra; Danseuse-cum-social activist, Ms. Alokananda Roy and Chairman, West Bengal State Commission for Women, Leena Gangopadhyay participated in the panel discussion.


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Alternative Tentacles
is an indipendent record label based in San Francisco.
It was originally used as the label name by the Dead Kennedys for the self-produced single "California Uber Alles", and after realizing the potential for an independent label, they released records for other bands as well.
Dead Kennedys guitarist East Bay Ray and singer Jello Biafra formed the original Alternative Tentacles partnership, but the label is now run by Biafra, who became the sole owner in the mid-1980s. In addition to musical acts, Alternative Tentacles also publishes spoken word albums, many by Jello Biafra himself. Another common theme of Alternative Tentacles records over the years has been the long-standing artwork of Winston Smith, which has graced many of their records, their logo, catalogs, posters, and the famous Mona Mohawk shirt.
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Time for a personal update. 'Cause what exactly is my goal? I've been on this 'getting fit' journey for quite some time now. Let's look back on how I did so far and talk about what my goals are for the future:
My first instagram picture dates january 29, 2014. Some fruits on a plate with only hashtags in the caption. I can't remember if it really is the first pic I ever posted, maybe I've deleted a couple already. Anyway, it has been almost four years since I started my Sophia_Getfit account, dedicated to get fit. At that time, I just wanted to look fuller. I was very very skinny and wanted bigger boobs and a butt.
All I did (besides hours and hours of dancing) were Blogilates workouts. Cassey Ho was my big example.
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I never stuck to any workout plan for long, a couple of weeks and then I got off track or wanted to try something new. I loved to participate in challenges were you did a different pose every single day. After that I got into Insanity and some other online programs (BBG, Kayla Itsines, the BOD, …), I tried my own schedules, different e-books, got into yoga, HIIT, …
We bought a fitness machine and dumbbells 'cause I always worked out at home but wanted to spice up my workouts by adding weight. In february 2017 I got a gym membership, which I used for a couple of months. Then I got off track again and did nothing for a while.
We finished our garage gym in october and since then I'm doing my workouts there. I switch it up every couple of weeks and put the focus on different body parts along the way. This keeps it interesting and possible for me to stick to. I do not work out every single day, just 2 to 3 times a week. Besides the working out, I still teach dance one day a week and I follow dance classes another day in the week. So in total, I have 5 days a week where I do some kind of sport.
To recapitulate, it was hard for me to stick to a plan but I did reached some goals. I definitely got some more volume, thanks to working out AND just the normal growing older, getting my feminine forms. I'm very happy that I managed to get my stomach the way I wanted. It looks flat, I have my ab-lines but it doesn't look creepy skinny. I'm happy with my booty as well, it looks cute! 😀
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Future goals
Along with the more volume that I got, I developed some cellullite along the way. I never talk about this 'cause I really hate it and feel embarrassed by it. I do know that lots of girls have this problem, even the extremely skinny ones. But this is definitely an issue that I want to tackle in the future.
Besides the little cellullite problem, I want to work on my upper arms as well. They look too fluffy to me! I can probably fix this by eating healthier. That's a tricky one for me, 'cause chocolate is my best friend!
My fitjourney isn't over. And to be honest, it never will be. This is my lifestyle and I want to keep working on my body to be fit and healthy for the rest of my life. So I'll continue my workouts, spicing it up every couple of weeks, challenging myself with heavier weights, more stretches, new ways of working out, … I'm happy and looking forward to continue like this!
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As prep for a workshop on flower painting that I'll be giving this weekend, I took out my Lamy Safari pen (which I haven't used in a long time) and doodled some flowers on hot pressed Fabriano paper. Colours: Carmine, Cadmium Orange, Azo Yellow, Cerulean Blue and a bit of Cobalt mixed with Raw Umber for the darker green spots.
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Beautiful loose flower sketch so perfectly described by Fisher, Shari 🙂 i can enjoy their fragrance from here even though it's my hoya plant in full bloom beside me 🙂
Lucky artists in your flower workshop this weekend!
Line and wash are my favorite paintings. I am a forever hopeful watercolor artist. I will buy some pan watercolors, since the tubes I have never seem to find their way out of the tube. Hope springs . .. right? You are an inspiration.


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November Trend Pulse
It's the middle of the fall season and we're quickly heading towards winter. Obviously one of my favorite pastimes is shopping (much to the dismay of Ryan) so I am constantly taking in all the new lines and styles. These are a few of my favorite trends that I'm seeing that I can't wait to get in my own closet.
Blazers, loafers, long coats, sophisticated style, it's all coming back quick to take over not just offices but the streets as well. Think mid-2000s when girls were wearing ties as belts, like that, but classier.
Velvet, faux leather, satin, you name it we have it in metallic. These colors are so fabulous and really seem to have found their home in winter. Add a bulky wool sweater to a pair of metallic velvet pants or just go with one metallic party dress to wow everyone at Thanksgiving.
Warm earthy tones make this trend super approachable and flattering on so many people. Suede and leather are perfect for this trend, making you feel like a real life cowgirl. Statement jackets are so fun to wear, go crazy and pair it with denim and leather boots to balance it out.
I have no words except I need all of these in my life. RIGHT NOW.
Camel Sweater
This color is perfect for fall because it goes with any forest color you can think of! I love my camel cable knit sweater but this is the kind of sweater that you can get in any material and it will look great.
We all have a cardigan in our closet right now, whether it's long or short or bulky or not, it is perfect for layering for fall. Add a bulky scarf on blustery days or a light tshirt on warmer days it is a great choice to wear and always look stylish.
I feel like I don't even need to say this one? Booties are the best, duh. They are THE fall shoe. It's finally cool enough to wear closed toe shoes and warm enough that you don't have to worry about your feet freezing. Get your flat pair out to wear everyday and your heeled pair to dress up an outfit.
Jean Jacket
Perfect with a pair of black jeans and a bulky sweater, jean jackets are the ultimate fall jacket.
Red flannels. Green flannels. Blue flannels. Black and white flannels. Wear all the flannels. It literally could not get simpler. A nice pair of jeans, booties, and a flannel is like THE fall uniform every year.
Puffer Vest
I wear vests on the daily. They're great for not being too warm or too cold, but keeping you at a very regulated temperature. They're definitely a personal preference as Lauren is telling me right now that she doesn't like vests because her arms get cold. If your arms get cold too, be like Lauren, and suffer through it and complain the whole time.
Duck Boots
A wonderful boot to wear in the fall, on those dreary rainy days where there is mud aplenty, duck boots are the best for keeping your feet warm and dry. Another alternative would be Hunter style boots, but my Bean boots are my favorite cold weather footwear. (I have two pairs).
Transitioning from Summer to Fall
Can summer just go away already?? It is September 26th and I am MELTING in this heat. Anyone else just want to be wearing their cute sweaters, booties, and jeans? I have also decided to boycott shorts because shorts should not be worn this late into September. It is FALL and I want to fulfill my basic-ness and drink warm lattes, get cozy in sweaters, and wear closed toed shoes.
Alas, it is still 90 degrees out today. And it looks like the temp is going to be hanging out in the mid-80's for the next few weeks. So, if you're in a literal heat wave like me, I'm going to help you figure out how to dress for fall in this disgusting weather.
Wearing your hair down might be a stretch, but this super cute maroon skirt from Target is perfect for this hot weather. Corduroy skirts are totally in right now and it's a great fall material. Pairing it with a simple white tee makes it cool and light without sweating your butt off. I'm wearing my favorite Franco Sarto booties to bring in a little bit more fall but they aren't overwhelming.
My best advice for transitioning from summer to fall when it is hot as hell is to focus on colors and materials. I know you don't want to be wearing thick wool even though it looks suuuper cute, but maybe go for some leather details or suede shoes. Like I utilized corduroy, you can use different kinds of material to make a look more fall.
And purple/maroon (two very different colors I know), seem to be the color of fall every year. So grab your deep forest colors, think browns and deep greens and navys, and try to work them into your warm fall outfits!
Disclaimer: I had to learn how to spell corduroy to be able to write this post. Definitely will forget promptly.
Bomber Jackets are the bomb
My favorite trend is here. The bomber jacket. It's cool, it can be edgy, it can be sweet, it can be whatever you want it to be but it will always be a bomb look. I am honestly surprised I don't have like, 20, but hey my bank account can only go so low. These jackets look good on so many different body types and they're so versatile to any style. They're like the chameleon of outerwear. Oh also you can get light bombers for the fall ( like mine) or you can get heavy ones for winter!! BOMBER JACKETS FOR EVERYONE!!
If I were Oprah I would have all my readers look under their chairs rn and pull out a jacket. Alas, I am not Oprah and you have to settle for looking at these pictures (and following the links to buy your own).
I had my best friend Lauren take my pictures for me and let me tell you- having your best friend take your pictures is amazing because she knew all my good angles and was just complimenting me the whole time. It was so great.
I put my deep green jacket with dark wash jeans and a white tshirt so the jacket was the main focus of the outfit. It's definitely a statement piece with the large flowers and velvet material. I added my favorite Free People bra underneath to add a layer of dainty lace; the green bomber can look masculine but the flower appliques and lace peeking out makes it much more feminine.
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Fall Shoes
Ask any girl from the age of 18-29 what her favorite season is and chances are, it's fall. Fall is the best because it's not too hot anymore but it's not cold enough that you can't stand spending more than 15 minutes outside. Also the shoes are my favorite. I got these for back to school and now that it's September I can't wait to start wearing them!
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White Converse
Black Booties
Vince Camuto makes my favorite shoes ever. Literally every pair is so comfy and lasts forever and looks adorable. I will swear on Vince Camuto till the day I die because I just love their shoes so much. These are no exception! I looooove these black booties with the low cut out that makes them just a little different.
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One of those days
You ever have one of those days that's just, one of those days? You wake up, think everything is going to go great, then life smacks you in the face like "SUCKAHHH!!". Yup, one of THOSE days.
Well here's how my day has gone so far, as of 9:00 AM when I am writing this.
4:55 AM I wake up, brush my teeth, throw on barre clothes, and get in my car.
5:20 AM Drive away with purse, lunch bag, and gym bag holding work clothes for after barre.
6:00 AM I get to barre class and jump right in, there is lots of sweating today because damnit I WORK IT.
6:55 AM Get out of barre, feeling GREAT. I was energized, happily sore, and ready to SEIZE THE DAY.
7:00 AM I get into the bathroom to change, wash my face, and use some dry shampoo before I head over to work. I start to get changed into my salmon pants and white tee I freeze as I realize... I didn't bring a normal bra.
7:03 AM Standing there, in my sweaty grey Lulu top, red Nike sports bra, maroon leggings (hey I didn't do laundry yet this week don't judge), I am PANICKING. I am 40 minutes away from home- there is NO way I will drive all the way back, change, then fight traffic coming back to work during rush hour. I throw the salmon pants on, white tee over the red sports bra, my ratty grey sweatshirt on over that to hide my shame, and run out to my car.
7:04 AM I drive across the parking lot to Wegman's with the slightest hope that they would have something that could work- anything. And now I call Mom. Mom always knows what to do. I'm wandering around Wegman's when she answers and I tell her what's happening and she's LAUGHING AT ME. In her ever helpful way, she tells me why I made a mistake instead of first telling me how to fix it, by saying "Well, you were Facetime-ing Ryan as you were packing up last night and he must have distracted you!" Helpful. I remember that my cousin, who I work with, lives in Burlington and I start frantically texting her.
7:07 AM Mom and I decide that wearing my white tee over my grey tank top with the red sports bra is better than nothing.
7:10 AM I leave Wegman's empty handed and head over to Pressed Cafe to grab a smoothie to help me think.
7:15 AM I arrive at Pressed with the thought that they might have tshirts in their store... I was desperate okay??
7:20 AM I start googling stores around me that are open at 7:20 AM. I was right next to the biggest shopping mall on the Northshore but they didn't open until TEN AM.
7:25 AM Mom finally comes up with a solution. "Try Target, Walmart... is there a CVS around?" I checked Google: 10 am, 12 miles away, and... Open and 1 mile away!
7:35 AM Arrive at CVS, start scouring the aisles. I go through every single aisle, up and down until finally, I see "L'eggs" in the very very back corner of the store. I go over, and I see it- a black Hanes women's tee. And then to my surprise, a black Hanes sports bra too! I snag both and run up to the counter to check out.
8:05 AM Finally get to work, (thanks to all the construction everywhere), change, put some makeup on, dig a necklace out from the bottom of my purse, and I have saved the day.
I'm actually kind of glad this all happened to me. It was one of those moments that made me use my problem solving skills (before I found the shirts in CVS I was imagining wrapping my sports bra in gauze to make it look white), I learned that CVS carries some tshirts in case of emergencies, and my outfit is even cuter than I had planned. Plus- added bonus of being in the comfort of a sports bra all day too! Sign me up!
The moral of the story is that no matter how bad your day can be going, you can always turn it around. We all have bad days- that is not something people get exempt from! The people who you think are so perfect are not, in fact, all perfect. So don't put so much pressure on yourself to be perfect or to be someone you are not. Perfection isn't what you need to be worrying about, it's how you come back when you're down, or make a mistake, or are just having one of those days.
The First Fall Look
I know- it's July 18th. Believe me I KNOW how hot it is out. But with the Nordstrom sale and going back to school in a few weeks, I'm itching to get my fall outfits going! I miss big sweaters, booties, and cute jackets, and I'm so sick of shorts. So when I picked this outfit up at the NSale, I just had to wear it out! Portsmouth, NH is right on the water so when the sun is starting to go down, it cools down enough to wear jeans, and this button down is so light and airy that I was super comfortable. This outfit will be perfect for being back at school when you're running between classes into cold classrooms.
Also- I apologize for my white converse being so dirty... it's time for a new pair and Ryan and I went ATV'ing. He thought it was hilarious to drive through huge puddles and splash me but I thought it was hilarious because he was in front of me and blocked most of the mud and water!
Happy Tuesday everyone! Now get out there and start picking out your favorite fall outfits ;)
Tretorn Espadrilles
Comfort is so important to me. I am willing to compromise a bit when I have a special event and special heels that I know I won't be wearing for more than 6 hours, but every other time, I, just like every other sane person, enjoys a nice squishy soft sneaker. Tretorn's have my heart.
When you fist look at these, you might think they are stiff and make you super tall because of the platform but do not be fooled!! I swear the entire platform is comfort, and they really don't add a ton of height (tall girls rejoice!).
Espadrilles are trending right now, and I'm all about them. I love the look of the sandals but going into the fall soon, I didn't want to limit myself by having open toed shoes. Plus the look of the espadrille sneaker is unique and the pink adds a nice feminine flair to the rougher soles. The body of the sneaker is suede, one of my favorites, and is perforated so your feet aren't dying hot all day (which is SO nice).
I also wear these to work a ton- they look great with jeans, army green pants, and pastel chinos. They are a great way to wear a more stylish sneaker at work without looking lazy! I'll definitely be wearing these to class all the time in the fall, when I usually wear jeans to class with a cute top. (Are you even a girl if you don't say "jeans and a cute top" when someone asks what you're wearing out?)
I'll say it again and I'll keep saying it, I want to wear these everyday. They're cute, casual, and the fun pink just makes me happy.
Also, I am really interested to know what people from different places call these shoes; I call them sneakers because East Coast but going to school in the Midwest, I know other people call them tennis shoes? Or trainers? Let me know in the comments!
The Comfiest Linen Pants
Okay it is safe to say that I am crazy about these pants. Talk about super fun, cool, and casual!! They're from Old Navy and I seriously could not be happier about them. I'm wearing a size small (and honestly could have gotten an extra small), and they're just the right size to be flowy, cool, and super comfy.
If we are being honest- it's like wearing pajamas out in public and it being totally acceptable, so basically, my dream. They're pretty versatile too, I would say that you could dress these up super easy if you have platform wedges or espadrille sandals to make them not drag on the ground too much if you're vertically challenged like I am, and a nice silk or satin shirt would compliment the linen well to make it nicer!
I paired these with my favorite white v-neck from J. Crew, it's super light and fits pretty much anyone perfectly. My flip flips are just simple leather, Olukai brand, which by the way are SO comfortable and great for your feet. Any white sneaker or brown leather sandal would look super cute with these!
Have an amazing Tuesday everyone! And stay comfy :)
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Hot Pink Fringe? Yes, please.
Sometimes, we need a little color in our lives. Things get tough, we feel down, and everything seems dark. But when you find something as perfect and bright as these little earrings that make you feel happy. They're hot pink and make every outfit instantly sunnier and more fun.
The hot pink adds a fun pop of color to any outfit, whether you are dressing up a simple white tee or making a black dress more casual, they are super versatile.
Recently I have been in a funk with The Front Paige. I feel the need for change, and I'm not sure where that is going to come from. Fashion has always been one of my strongest passions, and a new outfit always has the ability to hit refresh on my life- it's like a new look on life. A new outfit has the power to make you feel so much better about yourself and so confident because you know you look FLY AS HELL.
This skirt has such a fun look too- the frayed uneven hem is fresh and unexpected. Everyone is wearing denim skirts right now, and I love them, but it doesn't hurt to stand out a bit too ;) .
So maybe if you're feeling in a funk, a new outfit is the way to go. It gives you a boost of self confidence, a fresh look, and a new attitude to attack the day with.
How do you guys deal with a long funk? Let me know in the comments below!
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Estella is upset when her mother sends her to New York to get her away from Resistance work and the dangers of war. However, the young and beautiful seamstress soon finds friends and sets up her own sewing business. But she is puzzled by many mysteries. Who is the handsome spy she keeps meeting? Who is Lena and why is she the image of her? Who is her real father? What does the tragic Evelyn Nesbitt have to do with it all?
Fabienne, Estella's granddaughter, also must solve mysteries. Who was her real father? What did Estella do in the Resistance?
This story sweeps between France, New York and Australia in a fast-paced manner and kept me riveted to the page. Natasha Lester deftly combines the worlds of Second World War fashion and the dangers of the Resistance. Esttella and Fabienne are lovely characters while the villain is frightening and the men are handsome and intriguing. I liked the way in which the historical information was cleverly intertwined with the story.
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Why don't you focus on understanding your own emotions and forget about trying to figure out why someone else is acting so weird? You need to take a new point of view regarding a difficult friend -- if they are pouting or being moody, just leave them be. Their problems, while annoying or troubling to you as well, are their own to solve. You can't fix their life for them, as much as you might want to. You're doing them no favors by offering advice that they're never going to take.
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Police announce Rs 5 lakh reward for leads on Pansare's killers
The Kolhapur police on Sunday announced a reward of Rs 5 lakh to anyone who can provide information about communist leader Govind Pansare's killers.mumbai Updated: Feb 23, 2015 22:29 IST
The Kolhapur police on Sunday announced a reward of Rs 5 lakh to anyone who can provide information about communist leader Govind Pansare's killers.
Pansare succumbed to bullet injuries late on Friday, five days after he and his wife Uma were shot at in Kolhapur by motorcycle- borne assailants, while returning home from their morning walk. The police have so far not been able to achieve a breakthrough in the case.
Struggling for clues, the Kolhapur superintendent of police announced a cash reward of Rs 5 lakh, adding that the name of the informer will be kept confidential.
Investigating officers have seized a motorcycle, which they think might have been used in the attack. The bike, which does not have a registration number, was found by Kolhapur resident Rajendra Patil, who saw it lying in the middle of the road near Pansare's home in Sagarmala, minutes after the communist leader was shot at.
Patil first clicked pictures of the bike and then alerted the police, who later seized it.
"I saw the bike lying unattended and called up the police control room," said Patil.
Based on the information shared by witnesses, investigators have prepared four sketches of the assailants.
Investigation officers, however, have not yet released the sketch because the police have been unable to record the statement of the prime witness in the case, Uma Pansare.
Meanwhile, a bandh was observed in Kolhapur and parts of western Maharashtra to protest Pansare's killing. The bandh, however, evoked a moderate response as markets in most cities, barring Kolhapur and Satara, remained open. The bandh was called by Leftist groups and supported by the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party.
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