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Aspen, Colorado - (Prenup Mess): Charlie Sheen's wife has hired LA celeb divorce lawyer Sorrell Trope after a nasty 'knife business' on Christmas Day.
Brooke Mueller Sheen told friends today she was a bit aggrieved at being told by Trope's office to 'wait in line' because the Nordegren/Woods divorce demands are taking up so much of the lawfirm's time.
"Hell, they'll have to hire another 100 attorneys to deal with what I've got in store for that lousy sonofabitch," Mrs Sheen explained helpfully.
Sheen meanwhile is crawling 'on his hands and knees' offering to go into sex rehab, cocaine rehab, Knife-wielders Anonymnous and just about every 12-step self-humiliation treatment going to save his sorry ass.
Previous divorces have cost him nigh on $50 million all told and the prenup insurance policy premiums have trebled since the Aspen holiday fracas.
Online spreadbetting agents Aintgottaptayer.con go 4/5FAV on Sheen getting 6 months in the slammer for the knife business and a total wipeout of all his $$$s savings in the divorce courts.
Ellen Nordegren could be worth $200 million by the end lof this year.


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Aerosmith And Slash Confirm US Tour [News]Posted by vBoogieMan in Guitar, tags: Aerosmith, Aerosmith Tour, Rock Legends, Slash, Tour News
Upcoming Tours: Rock legends to hit the road this summer.
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Mar 25 2014
Aerosmith And Slash Confirm US Tour [News]Posted by vBoogieMan in Guitar, tags: Aerosmith, Aerosmith Tour, Rock Legends, Slash, Tour News
Upcoming Tours: Rock legends to hit the road this summer.
Sep 17 2013
AEROSMITH Drummer To Personalize 'Rockin & Roastin" Purchases In Massachusetts TomorrowPosted by vBoogieMan in Blabbermouth, tags: Aerosmith, Animal Life, Canopy, Chemical Fertilizers, Coffee Blends, Coffee Line, Drummer, Grown Coffee, Hall Of Famer, Indigenous Trees, Joey Kramer, Migrating Birds, Organic Coffee, Pesticides, Providence Highway, Rock And Roll, September 18, Sumatra, Sustainable Practice, Walpole Ma
On September 18, AEROSMITH drummer and Rockin' & Roastin' creator, Joey Kramer, will make appearances at Big Y in Franklin and Walpole. In July, Kramer announced that his Rockin' & Roastin' organic coffee line would start gracing the shelves of all 29 Big Y locations throughout Massachusetts in August.
To celebrate this partnership, Kramer will hit up the two Big Y locations to mix and mingle with local shoppers and fans alike. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet, chat and pose for photos with Kramer, while checking out the latest offerings from Rockin' & Roastin'. Kramer also will be personalizing Rockin' & Roastin' purchases with his legendary signature, making it a delicious collector's item.
Available in whole-bean and ground versions, Kramer's trio of brews from Ethiopia, Guatemala and Sumatra are currently on the shelves of Big Y in Franklin and Walpole retailing for $7.99-$8.99 per 12-ounce bag.
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This event is complimentary to the public. With purchase of a Rockin' & Roastin' bag of coffee, Kramer will personally autograph it.
For more information, visit www.rockinandroastin.com.
Kramer is a coffee-loving Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer. The story of Joey Kramer's Rockin' & Roastin' organic, custom-roasted coffee blends begins in the field. Unlike "sun grown" coffee that's cheaper to produce but requires chemical fertilizers and pesticides and leads to the destruction of native rainforests, Rockin' & Roastin' coffee is lovingly cultivated using the traditional "shade grown" method, under a canopy of indigenous trees. This sustainable practice supports a wide diversity of plant and animal life, provides food and shelter to migrating birds, and helps to filter carbon dioxide from the air, reducing the danger of global warming. There is currently a trio of international blends offered: two Dark roasts, from Sumatra and Ethiopia; and, a Dark-Medium, hailing from Guatemala.
"I think the biggest hurdle that I'll have is getting the message out there that it's not just another celebrity lending his name to make money. I'm hands-on," Kramer told Union Leader. "I have a great team that I put together, and we're obsessed with bringing quality gourmet coffee to the market for a reasonable retail price."
Sep 16 2013
Former INFERNAL MAJESTY Frontman To Sing For CRADLE TO GRAVEPosted by vBoogieMan in Blabbermouth, tags: 11 Years, Aerosmith, Aggression, Bottom Feeder, Cavanagh, Cradle To Grave, Devin Townsend, Eps, Infernal Majesty, Itunes, Langley, Messiah, Miss Misery, October 19, Old Nick, Renditions, Tyrants, Unreleased Songs, Vocal Duties, Vocalist
After 11 years as a member of CRADLE TO GRAVE, founding lead vocalist Greg Cavanagh (ex-BOTTOM FEEDER, FALLEN DECADE) has left the southern rock-influenced Canadian metal band. The split was amicable and Cavanagh will focus on other endeavors.
CRADLE TO GRAVE didn't have to look very far to find a replacement; Brian "Messiah" Langley (ex-INFERNAL MAJESTY, TYRANTS BLOOD, AGGRESSION), who is the band's second guitarist, will take over vocal duties.
CRADLE TO GRAVE will release two separate EPs on October 19: a physical one that is entitled "Dust" and one that will be available on iTunes via Year Of The Sun Records entitled "Ice". Both EPs will feature the newest single "Ice". "Dust" will include CRADLE TO GRAVE renditions of AEROSMITH's "Last Child", NAZARETH's "Miss Misery" featuring Devin Townsend on vocals, and "Sufrira", a previously unreleased CRADLE TO GRAVE track from 2006. "Ice" will feature the previously unreleased songs "Old Nick's Blues", "Within Forever" and "The End Of My Life".
CRADLE TO GRAVE will perform at Funky's Thrasherbalt in Vancouver, Brtiish Columbia on October 19 to introduce the new EPs.
Sep 11 2013
Ex-AEROSMITH Guitarist JIMMY CRESPO Talks To 93.3 WMMR's Jacky BamBam (Audio)Posted by vBoogieMan in Blabbermouth, tags: Aerosmith, Audio Player, Chat Audio, God, Guitarist, Jacky, Jimmy Crespo, Joe Perry, Philadelphia Radio, Radio Station, Ruts, Touring Band, Tribute Band
Jacky BamBam of Philadelphia's 93.3 WMMR radio station recently conducted an interview with Jimmy Crespo about the former AEROSMITH guitarist's involvement with "When Rod Was God", the tribute band featuring the actual touring band that played and co-wrote many of Stewart's hits. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below.
Jimmy is best known as the man who replaced Joe Perry in AEROSMITH from 1979 to 1984. In addition to appearing on the "Night In The Ruts" album, Jimmy co-wrote the majority of songs and performed almost all the guitar on "Rock In A Hard Place".
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Sep 10 2013
STEVEN TYLER Says Doctors Are The New Drug DealersPosted by vBoogieMan in Blabbermouth, tags: Addiction, Aerosmith, Aerosmith Frontman, Betty Ford, Betty Ford Center, Bold Claim, Doctors, Dr Harry, Dr Oz, Drug Addict, Drugs, Ford, Journey, Opiates, Physician Director, Rock Bottom, Sleep, Sobriety, Steven Tyler, Touchy Feely
According to The Pulse Of Radio, Steven Tyler appears today (September 10) on the syndicated "The Dr. Oz Show" and talks frankly about his long battle with addiction. Tyler recalls key moments in his journey, hitting rock bottom, and checking himself into the Betty Ford Center. He credits Dr. Harry Haroutunian — the physician director of the center — with helping him recapture his life. Dr. Haroutunian touches on how the AEROSMITH frontman has written the foreword to his new book "Being Sober", and explains the message he wants readers to take away.
On the show, Tyler explains how he came to fall off the wagon after years of being straight: "I had a bunch of operations and simply didn't follow my program and I kept the drugs by the side of my bed so I just did more instead of doing what was prescribed. Remember, I'm a very good drug addict because I've done it for so many years."
On today's show, Tyler makes a bold claim as to who's to blame for getting drugs out to the masses these days: "Y'know who the new dealers are? They're doctors. The dealers aren't on the street. It's not a shady guy on the street. Y'know how many doctors I've gone to and said, 'I, I, I'm in a 12-Step program, I've been sober for. . .' He goes, 'Ah, good for you!' On the way out he says, 'You need something to sleep tonight?' And I'm trying to tell him that I can't take anything that's mood altering, 'cause if I do, I like to ride it. We all do, right? You get on a water ski, you wanna go again next week. Kiss her — I wanna do it again [laughs]! It's 'euphoric recall,' it's not so odd. It's what humans — y'know, we're all touchy-feely; even those that say that they're not and men that don't cry, they still want to be touched by their mothers. Skin is the biggest organ in the body. So, we like that feeling of, y'know, opiates."
Steven Tyler admits that he was left ravaged on every level from his years of addiction: "My sobriety cost me nothing less than everything. . . It's serious when you lose your kids, your children, your wife, your band, your job and you'll never understand why, because you're an addict. You can't figure that out."
Check your local listings for "The Dr. Oz Show" stations and times.
Sep 10 2013
Steve Tyler Joins Keith Urban for ZZ Top/Aerosmith Mash-UpPosted by vBoogieMan in Guitar, tags: Aerosmith, Intimate Club, Keith Urban, La Grange, Mash, Steve Tyler, Zz Top
Pair play Walk This Way/La Grange combo at intimate club show.
Sep 10 2013
SKILLET Becoming More Of A Family AffairPosted by vBoogieMan in Blabbermouth, tags: Aerosmith, Billboard, Bon Jovi, Carnival, Coopers, Family Affair, Frontman, Generations, Interludes, John Cooper, Korey Cooper, Madness Tour, Morrison Colorado, Nickelback, Ninth Studio Album, Shinedown, Skillet, Son And Daughter, Treadmill, Workout Studio
According to The Pulse Of Radio, SKILLET has always made music a family affair, with frontman John Cooper and his wife, keyboardist Korey Cooper, bringing their kids on the road for several years now. But the Coopers expanded on that recently by including both their son and daughter on their latest album, "Rise". John Cooper told Loudwire how that came out, explaining, "We were putting together these interludes, because we wanted to tell a story, and I thought the songs went really well together. I was trying to figure out what to do between these songs. In my house we have a workout/studio room. I was on the treadmill and my wife and daughter walked in. My daughter was holding a microphone. I asked what they were doing, and my wife said she had an idea. It turned out really, really well. It was something we weren't planning on."
Asked how his daughter felt hearing herself on the record, Cooper said, "She thinks it's really cool. Of course that meant we had to get my son in there somewhere, too, because he was really excited."
Cooper told The Pulse Of Radio that he enjoys seeing SKILLET fans now bringing their kids to the band's shows. "It's very cool to go to a concert and just see a dad with his 12-year-old son, and they're both rocking out to SKILLET because their dad bought our first record when he was in high school or whatever," he said. "You go to a BON JOVI show or a NICKELBACK show, AEROSMITH, that's what you see — you see generations of fans. And SKILLET is still, you know, quite young, but we have those generations. I think that that's really awesome."
"Rise", SKILLET's ninth studio album, is also the group's first concept record. It debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard album chart back in June and features the singles "Sick Of It" and "Not Gonna Die".
SKILLET is currently on the Carnival Of Madness tour with SHINEDOWN and other acts, with the trek stopping in Morrison, Colorado on Tuesday (September 10) and winding down in Puyallup, Washington on September 18.
The quartet will then head out on a month-long European tour as openers for NICKELBACK beginning in late October, with Russian dates penciled in for December.
Sep 04 2013
Video: AEROSMITH Frontman Performs With MARTI FREDERIKSEN In NashvillePosted by vBoogieMan in Blabbermouth, tags: Aerosmith, Aerosmith Frontman Steven, Appearance, Bluebird, Dream On, Frequent Collaborator, Good Friends, Nashville Tennessee, New Album, Nine Lives, Pleasure, Relationship, Singer Songwriter, Steven Tyler, Two Songs, Video Aerosmith, Video Footage
AEROSMITH frontman Steven Tyler joined the band's frequent collaborator, singer-songwriter Marti Frederiksen, on stage last night (Tuesday, September 3) at the Bluebird Café in Nashville, Tennessee to perform two songs: "Dream On" and "Jaded". Fan-filmed video footage of Steven's appearance can be seen below.
In an October 2012 interview with Examiner.com, Marti stated about his relationship with AEROSMITH: "I have been working AEROSMITH now since the late '90s. My first time was with the album 'Nine Lives' and I was the co-writer on that. And then I got to co-produce on 'Just Push Play'. And I have worked on a couple things between that and now. So I have been in the touch them and I became pretty good friends with Steven now and we hang out a lot. We just came around to write some more stuff for this new record and I was able to get five songs on their new album, three of them I produced with Steven. It's always a pleasure to work with the band."
Sep 03 2013
AEROSMITH Singer To Guest On 'The Dr. Oz Show'Posted by vBoogieMan in Blabbermouth, tags: Aerosmith, Cocaine, Daytime Emmy Award, Daytime Television, Dixie Cup, Dr Mehmet Oz, Dr Oz, Drug Addictions, Drugs And Booze, Drum Head, Fifth Season, Jack Daniels, Medicine Cabinet, Memoir, Nine Years, Rehab, Steven Tyler, Stint, Time Emmy Award, Vocalist
AEROSMITH singer Steven Tyler will guest on the September 10 episode of the three-time Emmy Award-winning, critically acclaimed and nationally syndicated "The Dr. Oz Show".
"The Dr. Oz Show", hosted by the two-time Daytime Emmy Award-winning host Dr. Mehmet Oz, is now in its fifth season.
"The Dr. Oz Show", which is currently seen in 118 countries worldwide, debuted domestically in 2009 with the biggest ratings in nine years in daytime television.
Speaking candidly about his past drug addictions with People.com, Tyler said in a 2012 interview, "I blew 20 million. I snorted my Porsche, I snorted my plane, I snorted my house in that din of drugs and booze and being lost." He added, "I kept my medicine cabinet on stage, in a 14-inch drum head, the bottom of which contained . . . one Dixie cup (paper cup) with a straw and blow (cocaine) in it and the other with Coca-Cola and Jack Daniels in it."
In his memoir "Does The Noise In My Head Bother You?", Tyler goes into detail in the tome about the stage injury that led him back to drugs and eventually another stint in rehab in late 2009, during which AEROSMITH flirted with the idea of hiring a new vocalist.
Aug 27 2013
AVENGED SEVENFOLD: Warner Bros. Records Question-And-Answer Session Available OnlinePosted by vBoogieMan in Blabbermouth, tags: Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Answer Session, Avenged Sevenfold, Burbank California, Creative Outlet, Current Rock, Deftones, Hail To The King, Nicole Alvarez, October 26, Question And Answer, Radio Station Kroq, Rock Acts, Rock Background, Rock Bands, Songwriters, Warner Bros, Warner Bros Records, Warped Tour
AVENGED SEVENFOLD took part in a question-and-answer session earlier today (Tuesday, August 27). The session, which was hosted by Nicole Alvarez of the Los Angeles radio station KROQ, took place at the Warner Bros. Records Patio in Burbank, California and is now available for viewing below.
AVENGED SEVENFOLD recently notched the fifth No. 1 single of the band's career with "Hail To The King", the title track of its newly released album. What sets AVENGED SEVENFOLD apart from a number of other current rock acts is that they have not used outside songwriters to help them write songs for the radio. In fact, singer M. Shadows told The Pulse Of Radio it never occurred to them. "I didn't even know many rock bands used other writers," he said. "I knew they did in the past — I knew Alice Cooper used to and, you know, AEROSMITH would use other writers. Coming from Warped Tour and the punk rock background that we came from, it never even crossed our mind. To us, it's like, we try to create our art, and if we don't have that creative outlet and it's not working, I'd rather just wait it out until something that we want to say and we want to put down comes. But bringing in another writer never, ever crossed our mind."
"Hail To The King", the band's sixth studio album, arrived on August 27.
The CD is AVENGED SEVENFOLD's follow-up to 2010's chart-topping "Nightmare".
AVENGED SEVENFOLD will begin a fall headlining North American tour on October 3 in Chicago, concluding on October 26 in Las Vegas. Support on the road trip will come from DEFTONES and GHOST.

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text: Subscribe to our newsletter Aug 30, 2016 Issue #24: The ROI on Risk Revue If you haven't seen it, a couple years ago Jim Carrey did an incredible commencement speech at the Ma James Costa August 30 · Issue #24 · View online A batch of thoughts, resources, and motivation from a friendly digital agency owner delivered every Monday at 6am ET. If you haven't seen it, a couple years ago Jim Carrey did an incredible commencement speech at the Maharishi University of Management. In it, he talks about his father being the funniest man he knew and how his dad hated his job as an accountant. When asked about risk and whether he should take the jump to be a comedian, he quoted his dad as saying "It's better to fail at what you love than fail at what you don't." This got me to thinking about risk. For myself, the risk of starting Phuse full-time was pretty low and the stars seemed to align pretty perfectly (in hindsight): I had just turned 18, become a full-time single father (though having become a father a year before), and quit the job I had. What was there to lose, really?We think a little too much about risk. As Tobias van Schneider said in his piece "What is there to lose?", we tend to take risk too seriously. Further, when dealing with risk we often don't always think about the possible outcomes, and instead let the fear of the unknown paralyze us from making any decisions. Sometimes by simply breaking down the possible outcomes we can see that decisions aren't as serious as we tend to make them. We've either been through worse, or forget that humans adapt to the situations we find ourselves in. Taking this a step further, I think risk is important and that we shouldn't discount failure as a return on investment that is acceptable. Failure teaches us that something we've done isn't right (at least right now), and allows us to try other options with new knowledge. We've heard this a lot, but we don't apply this to the precursor to failure: making a decision in the face of failure. As Thomas Edison famously said when asked about his failures in making the light bulb: "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."Risk therefore becomes realized in any decision we make. For many decisions we ignore the risk as it's low (such as ignition or melting of nightwear that apparently killed 9 people in 2000), but we make decisions that include risk every day. For example, anyone who has ever hired someone to handle sales for them (generally the last thing most CEOs hand-off) knows that there is a risk that it doesn't work out, . I've had this same risk in hiring our first project manager, and hiring someone to take on operations and in both scenarios I've been able to increase revenue due to their increasing productivity (though both positions are for the most part considered non-billable for our team right now). That doesn't mean I didn't make some mistakes along the way (i.e. hiring the wrong people), but it helped me learn what to look for.For others, risk comes in finding a new job. I can't express how many times I'm approached by people determining whether or not to take a lucrative job offer that they'd be unhappy with thinking it's a "step up", when it's more of a lateral move that moves them further from their long-term career goals (we'll talk about this another time). We're also worried about making the jump to a new job because it means a change of habit: it's scary! But there's a confidence in people who move jobs after the first few times in that they know the company they're looking for and the types of perks that are important to them.Often, the easiest way to approach and avoid significant failure as it applies to risk is by taking small steps in a particular direction; for hiring for a new role it could be hiring part-time or in a contract position, for starting a new job it could be moonlighting or trying it out for a week. While reducing risk by making the smallest decision isn't always possible, considering it allows you to also gain new knowledge in the factors affecting the decision, thereby improving your ability to reduce risk.And hey, even if it doesn't work out you've still gotten something back. You just can't let risk or failure stop you in your pursuit.PS: Sorry for the delay this week! I shot out a tweet about it, but I got hit with a heavy case of allergies on Sunday that had me sleep for 12 hours. 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Oftentimes when I am, I find a lot of things I'd like to read, but don't always have time to (especially in bathroom sessions). This is a great app for iOS that makes it easy to mail things to yourself for later by adding a button to the share menu. Simple and effective. Turns Out A $70,000 Salary Doesn't Always Buy Happiness www.fastcompany.com – Share Article (3 minutes) - Remember that CEO who took a (massive) pay cut to increase the minimum wage of his team to $70k? Well, it turns out that it caused a few problems for them in the short-term. Great read on the wage gap, paying people properly, and the way forward. Motivation "I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that's how you grow. 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Pavement princess's are women who, instead of working the corner, work truck stops. Truckers, stop workers, and just people passing through share their strange encounters with these working women. Who knew all of this craziness was happening at truck stops?
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"I used to travel from Texas to Minnesota on a harvesting crew. One night, I was the first truck to deliver my last load, and I was instructed to wait at the truck stop in Big Springs, Nebraska. At the time, I was 20 years old and naive to the world. I parked my truck at the far end of the lot and fiddled with my lights trying to turn them off while the truck was running. I got my lights off and hopped in the sleeper to relax and wait.
Five minutes later, my passenger door opened and a woman climbed into the seat. She looked to be around 30, and had probably been attractive in her earlier years, but had definitely been 'rode hard and put up wet.'
I asked her what she was doing, and she responded 'That's your call, baby.' I sat up as she climbed into the sleeper and sat next to me. I had no idea what was going on. She scooted closer and placed her hand on my knee, and commented on how young and 'fresh' I was. I told her I had no idea what was going on, and she must be mistaken.
'You're just nervous, I get it. You wouldn't have flashed me over if you didn't want it.'
At this point, I realized what was going on, and told her to leave. She was angry and demanded money for wasting her time. She eventually left unsatisfied, and not a penny richer.
It wasn't until I told the guys in my crew what happened that I truly understood what had happened. They filled me on in how I signaled her by flashing my lights. The next morning, I saw her climbing out of a truck as I walked by with coffee. I waved to her."
"I want to pay homage to my favorite woman I've met on the road, Snow White. I was not a trucker and never experienced her services. I worked at a rather well-known truck stop doing maintenance, specifically on the showers. I'd listen to truckers and sleeper leapers do it in the showers every day.
We had an old video game in the back that Snow White had figured out was broken (player two could play for free). We didn't have a sign telling anyone else. She used to pretend as if she was buying a game for a trucker in the waiting room and use that as her way in.
Well, on my lunch break one day, I asked if I could play. We continued that trend a couple times a week for the next few months. She told me all of her crazy stories including how she has used her body to get to nearly every state in America (including a flight to Hawaii).
One day, she didn't show up. Then another day passed. Then another. Then a sign popped up on the window. Missing: and It had her real name and Alias: Snow White.
It cut me deep. I sure hope she is okay. She was a good person. I hope she didn't finally get into the wrong truck. She was never heard from again."
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"I am not a trucker, but I did work at a truck stop. Do I have stories? It was a Sunday night. We just got finished with the 11 p.m. Sunday rush. As I'm walking back into the store, a truck pulls up. I turn around a little annoyed and start fueling the guy up. He's just messing with me, and the truck starts rocking. I stop fueling and ask him if he can stop the truck shaking so I don't spill.
The passenger side door opens up, and this 60-year-old looking woman stumbles out to the ground below. Torn jeans, ripped, white cotton blouse, high heels, dyed blond hair, smudged bad makeup and a dead fox wrapped around her neck. She joins us in the conversation. I'm almost done filling the truck up when the trucker and the woman say they're going to go in and eat. He asks for a shower key 'for the lady,' and I tell him to ask the cashier for it.
So she goes and showers, he follows her to pay and then follows her again to the shower. The store is a small store. The adult entertainment is next to the chocolate, and the motor oil is on the same shelf as the beef jerky. About five minutes after they get in the shower, you can hear her howling at the top of her lungs and he's grunting like he's starting a lawn mower that won't start. Then you hear her shout 'Yeah. Yeah, that's right! You bang my filthy cat!' The waitresses next door came over to find out what was going on. That's how loud she shouted that line.
So they finish up and go next door to eat. About a half hour later, I see her come out and use the bathroom. He comes rushing out about a minute later and says 'So long! Take care of 'er for me. Tell her sorry for not smuggling her into the US. I'm not going to jail.' He gets in his truck, throws her stuff out the door, and he's gone. I go out and pick her junk up off the ground and bring it to the counter.
She came out about 10 minutes after she went in. She looks out the window and back to us and says 'Aww. My ride left me. Such a sweet guy. Can I stay in here?' I say no and inform her of the company's policy. So she asks if she can stand outside until she finds a ride, and I tell her that'll be fine. She gets her stuff and goes out.
So 2 a.m. rolls around and she's still out front. I go out to take care of the late-night rush. She follows me to the pumps, and I tell her that she can't be at the pumps for insurance reasons. When the rush is finished, she asks me if I'll take her for a ride to the US. I told her that I can't because my shift isn't done and she says 'Aww come on. I'll give you a gummy or a grindy. Free of charge.' And she pulls out the left half of her teeth, top, and bottom. I walk into the truck stop laughing and struggling to breathe. Once I catch my breath, I tell everyone what just happened.
About a half hour later she found her ride. I never saw her again."
"I'm not a truck driver, but I was in logistics management for 12 years. I once worked for was a furniture transportation company. We picked up furniture at our warehouse in North Carolina, and then made deliveries on the way back to California. We would fill up another load for them in California and send them back out towards North Carolina.
I was the second-shift supervisor. So not only did I have to watch my guys, but I also had to make sure drivers coming in and out of our yard at night were dropping trailers in the right spots and leaving with the correct loads. I also was the guy to call if a driver needed a Comchek. For those that don't know, we used Comchek's to give drivers advances on their pay when they were on the road. It was common for drivers to call for a Comchek when they were on a long haul and payday is near. It was mostly owner-operators calling for them to pay for fuel.
One night, this specific driver calls for a Comchek. I give him $100. The next night he calls for another $100. No problem. I make it happen. The next afternoon, I am just showing up, and he is calling day dispatch requesting another $100. Day dispatch asks the other dispatcher and she says what the heck, I gave him $100 yesterday afternoon. I was like shoot, I gave him $100 the last two nights. In two days he had taken out four Comchek's for $100. The head dispatcher knew what was up, and gets back on the line with him. He says 'LEAVE THOSE FREAKING LIZARDS ALONE! No more money for you! Then hung up the phone.'
When he came back from his run, his wife was waiting for him. She heard through the grapevine and decided she was going to go out with him on his runs from then on. Well, he turned into one of our faster drivers once he had a babysitter."
"While attempting to call it a night in Atlanta, Ga., I stopped at a Petro. Unfortunately, the lot was full, but I always liked Petro because they had The Iron Skillet. Back when I was eating that stuff, their chicken fried steak was awesome.
On the street outside of the high, chainlink fence surrounding the property, a few fellow truckers decided to risk it on the street for the night. This old, toothless, black man with a long, gray beard approaches my driver side window. I'm just sitting there finishing my log book.
'Can I clean your rims?'
'No thanks, here's two bucks though.'
'Are you sure you don't want your windows washed?'
'Are you sure you don't need anything?'
'Are you sure?' (Starts pantomiming a handy)
That's when it occurred to me, I should get back on the road and give that Pilot stop a peek a few miles up. My girlfriend gave him a name 'Captain Gums McPricksuck.'"
"I was a driver from 2004-2007. I never had anything to do with lady lizards, and honestly, the runs I did usually took me to places where they weren't very common. However, I did have one encounter that stuck with me.
There's a huge truck stop on I-80 outside of Davenport, Iowa. It's normally pretty clean, and lizards weren't something I saw much of there. In February 2005, I rolled in there just ahead of a snowstorm that would be called a blizzard anywhere but the Great Plains. I hate putting on chains, so I stopped early, got a personal pan pizza at the Pizza Hut, and settled in with movies and my iPod until morning.
About 3 a.m., I was woken up by someone banging on the side of the truck. Since everyone from mechanics to DOT does this, you pretty much have to respond - you do not want to ignore a State Trooper. I went to the door, and it's a lady lizard, wearing six-inch heels, a mini-skirt about eight inches long, a tube top about four inches wide, hoop earrings big enough to put a baseball through, and so much makeup it looks like she put on Lowe's house-paint.
She also looked about 13 years old. And not in an 'aww yeah' kind of way - in an 'I am a victim of trafficking' kind of way.
'It's cold, can I get into your truck to warm up' is one of the oldest lines in the book, and I had roundly cursed a number of ladies who had tried to use this one on me before. But this one - I wasn't sure she wasn't 13. It could have been that scrawny, illegal substance look, but something about her didn't seem that hardened. So I told her she could get in, but only to warm up - she had to take a blanket, and she had to stay in the passenger seat.
After about 10 minutes, it was pretty clear she wasn't 13, but she wasn't much older either. She was 16, her name was Molly, she had run away from home in Missouri, and knew someone who made $800/night doing this. It was her first night, and I was literally her first attempt at turning a trick - I thought that might be a line too at first, but as we kept talking, it became pretty clear she had no idea what she was doing.
After about two hours of talking, I got her to agree to go with me to the ministry in the truck stop. They had resources on combating trafficking and were able to get hold of the right people from the state to help her get home.
I had to leave that morning, but I asked her to email me if she got home. She did. She still sends me updates now and then."
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"I was about an hour South of Dallas at this nonchain stop with a Wendy's. I'm walking back with my double and fries and see this fairly attractive woman knock on a truck door. She goes in, and 10 minutes later comes out with a bottle of Sprite. Knocks on the next door, 10-15 minutes later hops out of that one. Before she goes for her third, she squats down and 'washes out her business' with the Sprite.
This was at about 1 p.m., and I was driving midnight-noon. When my co-driver got back in, I told him to lock the doors before I went to bed.
I had strange dreams that night. I'd seen the unicorn. The chupacabra. I had seen an attractive pavement princess."
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"I am not a long haul driver, but I have had a few run-ins. Last summer, I had gone to a gas station with a coworker to fill up on gas. When I was on my way to walk inside, this woman with long red and matted hair kept just staring me down. I said 'evening, ma'am' and went inside. As I got inside, I turned and looked and she was still staring. I went about my business, grabbed a drink, and was fixing up a hotdog when I saw she was still staring.
I turned to my coworker and told him she was being a creeper. My coworker just replied with she was just admiring my young beauty until a few minutes later when he too noticed she was acting weird towards me. As we went to leave, I mentioned to the clerk that they had a doozy on their hands. The clerk said she had run some people off and had been there for three days prior to this one.
As I went to turn around and leave, she was pressed up against the doors holding them shut and staring at me. I motioned with my hand for her to move and she took a step back. I blew through the left exit door and sprinted back to the truck. The next night, I hadn't seen her before work and thought she had left but that night I had to get a pack of smokes and some gas. I entered and exited and never saw her until I was about to leave.
As I put the fueling pump away, I could feel somebody had come up behind me and it was her. I just slowly turned as I opened the door, and she tried to force her way into my truck. Luckily, another coworker was at the pump next to mine and forced her off of me, and a police officer was there to help assist and put her in his squad car.
Ever since then, I tend to stay away from that place. I'm a big guy, but Jesus Christ, I couldn't move an inch due to the sheer fear."
"I'm not a truck driver, but I am the son of one. My dad was a long-haul driver from Ontario, Canada. He would make two-week trips to the states all the time, and bring my brother or me along once in awhile.
I clearly remember (when I was about 8) being laid over in Boston for a night. He parked the truck behind the warehouse we were supposed to deliver to around midnight. We both got out to brush our teeth (water bottles and toothpaste) and go pee between the truck and trailer. I finished first and was waiting by the headlights when I notice this woman walking towards us. My dad quickly finishes before she gets there and sends me in the truck. I'm sitting in the driver's seat, and I hear him arguing with her, telling her to just go away, not interested, happily married. She finally leaves. He comes in and we crawl into bunk to sleep. About two hours later there are cops banging on the truck door.
Apparently, this woman had told the police that both my father and I had both tried to 'pee all over her face.' After about five hours of questioning, they let us go.
It was my first experience with crazy. I had never met anyone like that before, and I'll never forget it."
"I was in the southbound rest area on I-75 by Bowling Green, Ohio, with my Golden Retriever, Ozzy, as my copilot. That dog was the best copilot I ever had, although he did acquire a taste for lot lizards.
At 3 a.m. one night, a lot lizard bangs on the door, asks if I want to party, and then opens the door. That's when she found out my copilot was canine. Ozzy grabbed her by the wrist, and she slammed the driver's door on that dog at least three times before he let go.
I crawl over to the CB to let folks know there's a lot lizard opening doors on trucks when I hear this 'Don't go near that black Peterbilt, the son-of-a has a dog in there.' I responded by telling her she was lucky, a lot of drivers carry weapons.
Anyway, my dog never slept when I did again. When I'd go to bed for the night, he'd sit on the doghouse between the driver and passenger seat and watch out the windshield all night long. When I got up and the truck started moving, he'd crawl back in the sleeper and crash.
Like I said, best copilot I ever had."
"Memphis is a sketchy town after dark, so it's one of those cities I always tried to avoid sleeping near when possible. It's getting pretty late, and I am 70 miles outside Memphis, so I figure it is time to shut it down for the night. I pulled into a gravel lot (this becomes important) across the road from a truck stop I had been to before. I had been here several times and never had any problems before.
As I am backing into a spot in the back row, I see a girl walking towards my truck. She's a pretty, young petite with brunette hair if I remember correctly. She was dressed pretty much the way I expected. She was wearing a short spaghetti strap tank top with a thin white blouse over that and a short thigh length printed wrap like you would find at the beach for a skirt. She approached my driver's doors as I set the brakes and shut down the motor. I knew what I expected her to ask and I knew my answer. I looked down at her and she said 'Excuse me, do you have a bandage?'
That was not what I had expected. I must have had a strange look on my face because she pulled the blouse off of her right shoulder to reveal some cuts and scrapes. I turned on my work lights and got out of the truck. Using a cloth and bottled water, I cleaned up her shoulder and arm. Then from my first aid kit, I took some salve and bandages and patched her up.
I told her I had some iodine if she wanted to get clean her cuts. She asked if it would hurt? 'Ummmm yes.' 'Nope, just the salve and bandages please.'
We maintained a pleasant conversation about the injuries while I worked. Apparently, she had been thrown off the side of a truck that night. Some truckers just have no manners. When I thought I was done, she pulled the wrap down a few inches and there were more scrapes on the top of her hip bone, so I rinsed and repeated the process. While doing this, I noticed that she had pulled the wrap below her navel, and I recognized what I saw immediately. I asked her 'How many kids do you have?' Her, very angry 'How did you know!? Who told you!?'
I needed to calm her down ASAP. The last thing I needed was an angry lot lizard accusing me of anything. Who knew a herniated navel was so incriminating? 'My wife has the same belly button.'
She proceeded to tell me about her son, how old he was, and why she was in the profession. I told her I didn't think there was anything wrong with her job, but she might want to find a new job for her son's sake. It just wasn't safe for her. When all was said and done, she just turned around and walked away. I don't remember if she even said thank you or anything like that. I do remember being a little disappointed. I thought a discount was in order even though I still would have said no. I guessed she was done for the night.
I put everything away and climbed back into my truck. I proceeded to waste time doing something completely unremarkable. After an hour had passed, low and behold who do I see climbing into the truck beside me? Yep. Ms. Beach Skirt. It was right then that I realized something that I have remembered the rest of my life. I am so ugly I can't get hit on by a lot lizard."
"I am not a trucker, but I did have an encounter with a lot lizard when I was a kid.
I was with my dad, and we were driving out to West Texas to a deer lease when I had to use the restroom. The only place to stop was some dingy Love's truck stop. I went into the men's room while my dad was picking up snacks and drinks, and there was this really old skinny woman waiting by one of the stalls in there. She shooed me away saying 'Sorry honey, the bathroom is closed' or something like that.
I went back out to my dad and told him there was a strange woman in the bathroom that wouldn't let me pee. He gave me an incredulous look then went in to check. He came storming out 10 seconds later and was the angriest I had ever seen him in my young life. He went up to the front desk and completely chewed out the manager, then went and literally kicked the lizard and some guy out of the bathroom.
I went to the bathroom at the end and got free snacks, a couple of Dr. Peppers, and some Hotwheel cars for our troubles."
"As a solo female long-haul driver in her mid-20s, my lot lizard stories were composed entirely of me being mistaken for a lot lizard by other drivers. Drivers would walk past me really fast without making eye contact and whisper under their breath 'How much?'
Took me a while to realize what they were asking. I was like 'Are you talking to me? How much for what ?' Until I figured out - oh, they think I'm a lot lizard! Funny. Then I ordered myself all company gear from head to toe, with my company logo on there. All good after that.
It never bothered me much, as I know it gets lonely for men on the road and women of the night work hard for their money too. As long as it's not child trafficking and/or forced work, I have no problems with lot lizards."
"Not a trucker, but I work for a third party claims administrator that handles specifically trucking claims. Got a claim in where the guy burned his truck down.
'How did it happen?'
'Well, it was a lonely night. So I brought this lot lizard into my cab. I wanted it to be romantic and all so I lit a candle. We got to doing the stuff. And well, the candle managed to catch the cab on fire and then the whole truck. I was just lonely.'
Felt bad for the guy."


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Beach-Christie lounged in the oval office. Source: Twitter
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and I both had the same idea over the July 4th holiday weekend. Taking advantage of the warm weather and a few days off from work, I packed up a towel and a new book and booked it to the North Shore; Governor Christie grabbed a chair and some SPF and headed straight to the ocean. I had a wonderful day, and I suspect he did too. The only issue? At the end of the day, he was a meme. As everyone pretty much knows by now, two days before Christie kicked back and relaxed, he closed state beaches to the public following a government shutdown. So when pictures of him enjoying his empty expanse of shoreline quickly surfaced, photoshoppers couldn't help themselves.
He made his way to professional sporting events.
Source: Twitter
He even ended up on other beaches (in sandcastle form).
Source: NBC
Honestly, after braving the crowds myself at Wingaersheek, I can certainly see the appeal of trying to snap up a private stretch of land. I just might be a little more subtle about it if and when I do…
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5 things the feds could have spent $55 million on instead of Barry Bonds
The federal government spent at least an estimated $55 million to investigate and prosecute former MLB star Barry Bonds for obstruction of justice for allegedly lying about using steroids in 2003, ultimately securing a conviction against the slugger in 2011.
Whether or not you respect Bonds as a player, the argument that a government with trillions of dollars of national debt should spend $55 million on a legal obsession with a baseball player's truthiness is specious — at best. Even worse: After an appeals court overturned Bonds' conviction this week, the massive investment was — as it stands now — quite literally for nothing.
How could that $55 million have benefited the poor? Or schoolchildren? Or the sick? Or the elderly?
To throw some perspective on the sum, we rounded up five things that the feds could have bought instead of an overturned conviction that is, in the grand scheme of things, pretty pointless. As it turns out, $55 million can go a long way.
At least three 9/11 Commissions
In the wake of September 11th, the commission tasked with investigating the attacks was given $15 million to document what happened and recommend steps to protect the country. It cost at least three times that to decide if Bonds had lied to a grand jury.
10,000 Pell Grants
Students who qualify for a Federal Pell Grant can receive up to $5,775 each in financial aid. So the $55 million could have helped nearly 10,000 kids go to college.
10 Ebola treatment centers
The World Health Organization pegged the cost of running a 50-bed Ebola treatment for one month at around $900,000. The money spent on Bonds would have fueled 10 of these treatment centers for six months.
10 miles of highway
If the money had been spent on building new roads, it could have funded around 10 miles of two-lane highway.
Medicare for 5,000 people
The U.S. government spends an average of $11,200 per person on Medicare. So $55 million could have covered the costs of health care for nearly 5,000 people.
Better luck next time, federal government.


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The 'G2K' Getting To Know Series: Uniquely adapted musicals specifically for youth performers.
East versus West makes for a dramatic, richly textured and ultimately uplifting tale of enormous fascination. It is 1862 in Siam when an English widow, Anna Leonowens, and her young son arrive at the Royal Palace in Bangkok, having been summoned by the King to serve as tutor to his many children and wives. The King is largely considered to be a barbarian by those in the West and he seeks Anna's assistance in changing his image, if not his ways. With both keeping a firm grip on their respective traditions and values, Anna and the King grow to understand and, eventually, respect one another, in a truly unique love story.
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I'm fairly new to installing custom recoveries , ROMS and unlocking your bootloader. But i'm also a bit of a geek who wants to try out new things.
I'd like to install CyanogenMod 10 (stable) on my Transformer Pad and I also want to root my device.
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or reformat the hard drive. Maybe you can update hard drive driver or reformat the hard drive. What' more, many data recovery tools also can help. Bitwar Data Recovery helped me a lot.
Sort of like your message, only shows half details...
Tell more about what's going on.
What size drive?
What OS?
Shows half capacity where? Disk management?
Sure, I hope it' s not too late to reply you.
To update the hard drive, you should :
- Step 1: Click on "Start", then type "Device Manager" in Search box, then hit "Enter" to open it.
- Step 2: Click "Disk drives" to expand the category. Right-click on the hard drive which reports wrong capacity and select "Update driver".
- Step 3: Select "Search automatically for updated driver software."
- Step 4. If Windows doesn't find a new driver, you can try searching for one on the hard drive manufacturer's website and follow their instructions
Or you can try some free data recovery software.
If anything I can help, please let me know!
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I feel like this thread was just here to "yank my chain" OR, maybe I've stumbled on spies using a public forum so they have to talk in code.
Maybe I don't describe my problem clearly that makes you misunderstood.
Actually, I recently bought a new computer with pre-installed Windows 10 Home Premium. The HDD inside is supposed to be 1TB but Windows only shows 50gb available, of which over half is already in use. I checked from BIOS and it recognizes the drive as 1000gb.
So I don't know where is the problem and how to solve it.
I don't know if you're still looking for solutions, but if you're willing to lose data to format the drive Try This
1. Open CMD as Administrator
2. Type diskpart , then enter, and press yes to the prompt if asked.
3. type list disk , then enter.
4. Check if your drive shows up as 1 tb in there, it will be listed in gigabytes.
5. If it is, and all your data is backed up, type select disk x, replacing x with the number of your disk, enter, then clean, then enter. After that use Kyra's steps for the paritioning.
However, if this is the only disk in the system.
1. make a usb windows 10 install disk with media creation tool/rufus/etc
2. Boot into the disk and continue till you find repair my pc
3. go to advanced options, then follow the above procedure starting with 1.
4. Reinstall Windows.
I am not responsible for any data loss this might cause, please back up anything, as this will fully erase the disk.


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Dover boss Kinnear left cursing sloppy start after half time
PUBLISHED: 14:00 28 August 2018
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The Whites suffered a 3-0 defeat at Leyton Orient despite the game being level at the break
Dover Athletic boss Chris Kinnear was frustrated to see an encouraging first half performance count for little come full time at Leyton Orient on Bank Holiday Monday.
At the break, the National League contest was still goalless, although both teams had created plenty of opportunities to break the deadlock.
It didn't take Orient long to produce the opener after the restart, however, as captain Jobi McAnuff saw a cross deflected in by Kedell Daniel in the 50th minute.
The O's were in complete control after and added some deserved and justified gloss to the scoreline late on when Josh Koroma and Matt Harrold netted in the final 10 minutes in E10.
Kinnear admitted: "The second half was not very good at all, but first half I felt we edged it to be fair.
"We were a little bit the better side, but we let a goal in, again, straight after half time when we had talked about.
"Unfortunately that keeps happening and then you are one down and you have to take chances and they are a quality side, there's no doubt about it and can hurt you."
Orient's class shone through in the second period and they showed a clinical touch in front of goal which had been lacking so far this season.
For Dover, Kinnear was left to reflect on a good first period, but bemoaned the lack of big game experience in his current squad.
The incredibly experienced manager did insist, however, they won't mope about and will just get on with things.
"When you are 1-0 down against Leyton Orient it is tough because they are a good side, but first half we showed we have ability and it is just experience in games against big sides," Kinnear said.
"We will only get that by playing in these games and at the moment our players haven't done that much, so it has been difficult, but we will get on with it."
The Dover boss concluded: "In the first half you saw we matched them, but we have to do it for 90 minutes."
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NEW DELHI -- The road connectivity in the North-East will witness a major transformation as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to inaugurate on Friday the country's longest Dhola-Sadiya Bridge in Assam.
This bridge will reduce the travel time between Rupai, Assam to Meka/Roing, Arunachal Pradesh by around five hours.
This new, three lane, 9.15 kilometre bridge has been built at a cost of about ₹2,056 crore over river Lohit, a tributary of the Brahmaputra, linking Dhola in Assam to Sadiya in Arunachal Pradesh.
"The bridge will fill a huge connectivity gap that has existed in the region. Till now, the only means to cross the Brahmaputra at this location has been by ferry only in day- time and even this was not possible during floods," the Ministry of Shipping said in a statement.
The last bridge over the Brahmaputra was the Kalia Bhomora Bridge at Tejpur.
"This will, however, change from tomorrow with the Dhola- Sadiya bridge ensuring 24X7 connectivity between upper Assam and eastern part of Arunachal Pradesh," the statement said.
The bridge will also reduce the distance from Rupai on NH-37 in Assam to Meka/Roing on NH-52 in Arunachal Pradesh by 165 KM.
The travel time between the two places will come down from the current six hours to just one hour. This will result in saving of petrol and diesel worth ₹10 lakh per day, the statement said.
The Dhola-Sadiya bridge promises to usher in prosperity in the North-East, it said adding, it will provide efficient road connectivity to remote and backward areas which have poor road infrastructure.
This bridge will also give a major boost to overall economic development of the areas north of Brahmaputra in upper Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.
The government said it will also cater to the strategic requirements of the country in the border areas of Arunachal Pradesh, besides facilitating numerous hydro power projects coming up in the state, as it is the most sought-after route for various power project developers.
The total length of the Dhola-Sadiya bridge project, including the approach roads on each side, is 28.50 km. The length of the bridge itself is 9.15 km.
It has been constructed on BOT (build, operate, transfer) annuity basis at a total cost of Rs 2,056 crore, as part of the Arunachal Package of Roads and Highways under the Ministry's Special Accelerated Road Develoopment Programme for North East (SARDP-NE).
The objective was to bring the people of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh closer to each other, the statement said.
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Finally starting to recover after the busy weekend that we just had at Vogue Knitting Live in New York City! We met so many new knitters, got to hear so many amazing Koigu stories and were able to introduce many people to our newest bases Othello and Chelsea!
We had so much fun and to relive the weekend heres a little peak at fun we had!
This show allowed us to meet with many amazing knitters who have been knitting with Koigu for the last 25 years, some of whom are pictured above. Their stories inspired us to open a "contest" for the next 12 months which allows you to share your projects made in Koigu. Every project submitted will be posted on our Make It Koigu page for others to gather inspiration from! Whether you finished the project yesterday or 25 years ago with your first skein of Koigu, we want to see it!
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If you were at VKLive NYC, you may have seen Knitten Jens beautiful beads made out of Koigu yarn! Learn more/purchase here.


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Q: Dear Miss Conceptions,
My school is working to build a UDL environment, so what kind of technology should I be using? I already use technology in my instruction, so what do I need to change?
Thank you,
Mrs. Techanxious
A: First of all Techanxious, it is important to remember that UDL does not mean technology. Technology can be used as one of the many tools to provide students with accessibility to the curriculum. UDL is a planning framework â a mindset that guides how you plan your instruction. A UDL instructional approach refers to removing barriers in instruction and providing variety in how information is presented to students and how they would like to demonstrate their understanding. We are also reminded to consider how we can hook our students and keep them engaged. Some of the best tools are in fact low or NO tech!
One of the best ways to make your instruction accessible to all of your learners is to differentiate to their needs.
The following lesson requires no technology, yet is designed from the beginning to reach all of the learners using visual cues, tiered question sets and Multiple Intelligence learning centers:
The second piece to remember about technology is that it should be used with purpose. We should identify a need or a purpose and then search for a technology to fit that purpose â not the other way around. If using Powerpoint in your classroom works, and your students are engaged, donât stress about learning how to use a fancy new Prezi. However, if you find your studentsâ poster projects are getting dull, introduce them to Glogster. Again, it is all about knowing your students and planning with purpose. Choose one or two new tech tools or websites for the year and focus your energy on mastering them, rather than trying to juggle all of the latest and greatest!
Creating a âPositiveâ Classroom Community
Last week, a group of Pembina Hills teachers had the pleasure of hearing Dr. Jennifer Katz speak about her âThree- Block Model of Universal Design for Learningâ. The first block works to create a âcommunityâ within the classroom by addressing social and emotional learning and includes three practices: Spirit Buddies, Democratic Classrooms and the Respecting Diversity Program. Dr. Katz is passionate about understanding that stress levels, sense of belonging and connectedness all affect how students learn. Brain based research tells us:
âStudents whose life circumstances are constantly stressful become physically damaged. But the hormone does leave the system quickly when the stressor is no longer present. Half an hour after the car incident, the shakiness will pass. When our schools offer a safe haven for students under stress, their cortisol levels will reduce after they arrive at school, their stress will subside, and they will be better able to enjoy their learning. â(Page 28, âTeaching to Diversity The Three-Block Model of Universal Design for Learningâ)
Arlene Bujold of Westlock Elementary has already put âSpirit Buddiesâ into practice in her grade 5 classroom. She writes,
âIt was really touching today to see some of my shy and quiet students engaging in non-academic conversations (Spirit Buddies) and I was especially pleased to see the leadership roles that some of the students took on!â
Some comments from Arleneâs students:
MORE ABOUT âSPIRIT BUDDIESâ ⦠âSpirit Buddiesâ is a simple practice that ensures that every child starts their day on a positive note. Students self-select groups of three for the month or term; choosing partners that they donât usually spend time with. These groups spend up to 15 minutes a day sharing. This practice creates a classroom where everyone knows someone, feels connected and is welcomed.
WANT MORE INFORMATION ⦠For more information on âSpirit Buddiesâ and the rest of the âThree Block Model of Universal Design for Learningâ plan on attending the workshop offered by ERLC or pick up Dr. Jennifer Katzâs book, âTeaching to Diversity The Three-Block Model of Universal Design for Learningâ.
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November 21, 2012
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Great Collaborative Work!
We are excited about all the collaborative group projects that teachers will be involved with over the course of this school year. The AISI Researching Team thanks you for your active participation.
We have created a visual display with the feedback you have provided for us during the collaborative group meeting times.
The first link is a visual created from the Web 2.0 tool called Tagxedo. The display is a representation of the words that came from the feedback telling us what you enjoyed about the time spent in your collaborative group meetings
The second link is a visual created from the tool called Wordle . This display is a representation of the words that came from the feedback telling us your suggestions or "wants". It is loud and clear that time is something we all 'want' more of. The words that come out the largest are the words that were mentioned most often.
Finally, the last link is from the icebreaker on UDL that each group was asked to complete as a Think Tac Toe. We added some of what we heard from groups and one hot link to investigate/explore. Thanks Darcie Eamor for suggesting this J
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Collaborative Group Presentations
We are excited to be working with teachers in PHRD. The following links will be used in our initial collaborative group meetings to guide us through the principles of UDL/DI and facilitate the collaborative process.
UDL Framework Overview
Collaborative Group Reporting Form
AISI Cycle 5 Teacher Survey
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This blog and resources website has been developed through the work of various AISI coaches in PHRD. The lead collaborative teachers for the 2015/2016 school year, Cheryl Frose, Christine Quong and Tammy Tkachuk will continue to update this site. If you have resources you would like to share or would like to contribute to the blog, please contact us.
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WASHINGTON (CBSDC) – Robert Griffin III shook things up last week by simply answering honestly, when asked if he agreed with Mike Shanahan's decision to withhold him from Washington's remaining preseason games.
At the time, it appeared as though backup Kirk Cousins would fill his shoes just fine – at least, until he went down with an injury of his own during the Redskins' second preseason game against the Steelers.
Whether Griffin pushed to return sooner than initially expected because he felt obligated to his teammates or he felt the pressure of Cousins excelling in his absence is irrelevant at this point.
But Shannon Sharpe, an NFL analyst for CBS who won two Super Bowls playing under Shanahan in Denver, believes security shouldn't be an option for RGIII as the quarterback of the Washington Redskins, regardless of who's behind him.
"Should he ever be secure? No, because everybody's replaceable," the Hall of Fame tight end told 106.7 The Fan's Chris Lingebach on Tuesday.
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"That's just a part of the business," Sharpe would later add. "But at this present time, RGIII should be concerned with 1: getting healthy, 2: staying healthy, 3: being the quarterback of the Washington Redskins moving forward, and helping them get into the playoffs."
While Sharpe did not believe Griffin's intentions were to usurp Shanahan's position of power in any way, he did readily admit the two could have handled the situation differently, meaning better.
When asked if he felt Shanahan had finally found his next John Elway, Sharpe reluctantly conceded that Griffin could be the same type of quarterback as Elway – the type that makes coaches' jobs easier and makes it easier to win championships.
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Caracas, Venezuela (VA) –Venezuelan authorities discovered 2,500 kilos of expired wheat flour at a plant belonging to the US multinational Kraft Foods in the northwestern city of Barquisimeto. The wheat flour was imported by the food and beverage conglomerate using preferential dollars provided by the Venezuelan state, which are exclusively reserved for importing food and medicines.
According Gustavo Saavedra, union representative and inspector for the Superintendence of Just Prices (SUNNDE), the wheat flour expired because Kraft failed to make use of it in time.
For its part, Kraft denies responsibility for the loss, which it attributes to lack of raw materials necessary for the production process.
Saavedra has, nonetheless, dismissed the firm's claims, noting that it is "Kraft's irresponsibility" for failing to do a proper inventory of the materials needed for production.
The investigation will continue for up to 45 days, culminating in possible administrative and criminal penalties as determined by SUNNDE.
The hoarding of essential food and medical items as well as the diversion of government dollars marked for key imports is part of what Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has called an "economic war" allegedly waged by business sectors and the opposition against the leftist government.
On Saturday, a cache of 30 tons of corn flour were uncovered by Venezuelan Armed Forces officials in Zulia state as part of anti-contraband operations along the Colombian border.
In late October, the Maduro government announced a series of measures against speculation, including cracking down on retailers who base their prices on the black market dollar, which currently runs four times higher than the highest official rate.
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2016-17 NHL Season Preview: Boston Bruins
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We are 27 days away from the start of the NHL season. The scheduling of your Fantasy Hockey drafts have begun. The DraftKit is on sale and it is time to start previewing the 2016-17 NHL season. I will be previewing two teams every day and each preview will consist of: Projected Line Combinations, a breakdown of each team's…Continue reading...
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. . . who has a post up on the nature of myth:
Identity and values are embedded within communities. A community which does not have heroes who embody its identity and values is not really a community, it is just a collection of people. A practical corollary of that fact is: the first step in destroying a community is to destroy its heroes.
If a people lacks mythological coherence, they cease to exist as a people.
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This sentence from todays ODB is key, "Let's not think that because we can't repay God for saving us, we owe Him nothing.".
Paul knew he could not pay God for the salvation that He gave him but he was so filled with gratitude that he gladly preached the gospel.
What is it that prevents me from feeling the deepest sense of gratitude. Is it the little hardships that I suffer along the way that make me feel like I deserve the good I get. This sounds so ridiculous when written down but its actually what probably happens.
I don't want to be a person who God has to take things away from so that he realizes that "its all God".
What I can do to have more gratitude.
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Miniature versions of the ships you admire can make for great decorative art pieces in your home or office area. They can easily beat out other types of decorations as they look unique and are quite hard to find in most locations. Due to this, you can easily arrange a great looking view for anybody who visits your home or workplace, as well as indulge in this beautiful sight on your own when you have some spare time to pass.But before you start dreaming about the ways in which a model of the famous HMS Endeavour can make your interior look awesome, you have to make the initial purchase first. There are certain things you need to keep in your mind to ensure that you don't waste money unnecessarily. Here are they:
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Buying from the right shop is extremely important when purchasing miniature ships. You definitely don't want to skip this step: do your research thoroughly and find the best possible shops from where you can get your favourite model. It doesn't necessarily have to be from someplace nearby your location, more so if the shop can arrange for shipping services to facilitate delivery of your product. Thankfully, most shops of this kind are well-versed with quick delivery times, so you most likely don't have to worry on that front.
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One thing that you will soon notice is the fact that miniature ships are costly. You can easily spend a fortune to get the best and most detailed models you can get your hands on, but that may not always be possible if your expendable income is quite low at the moment. It is best to set up a budget so that you can avoid overspending and make your purchase reasonable enough.
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Shops dealing with the sale of miniature ships offer various useful services to their customers. You might want to ask them whether they deal in model boat repairs and accepting customer orders since these are two of the most common necessities that a collector of miniature ships will need.
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Class name: Polly
Date: July 18, 2017
Skittles Rainbow
Little Polly's love to start the day with fun activities like singing and dancing where they can express their energy and innate talents. School for them is all about having fun where they can socialize and be more imaginative. Today, they enjoyed the Skittle experiment where they watch with full amazement as the color spread like a rainbow. The little ones made a circle with different skittles on the round plate. The teacher assists them by pouring some water in the center of the circle. They watch as the color spread and for them it's just like a magic. This activity helps develop the cognitive skills of the young minds. They asked questions, make observation and explore the things around them.
Building Lego's
Playing Lego is one of the most exciting and favorite activity of the little Polly's. They are fully occupied with building their own imaginations. This activity promotes the fine motor skills of the children because LEGO bricks come in a vast range of shapes and sizes, which smaller hands need to learn how to assemble and take apart. These small twists and turns of their hands, fingers, and arms promote coordination and dexterity which children needs for handwriting, crafts, and independent dressing. It also develops creativity where they can build anything that ignite their imaginations. Children learn so much more through LEGO play because there is no fear of failure, LEGO creations falls down when you stack them too high, not all our creations quite work out as we planned, but they can always start again.
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So what's been going on with my partner Patricia Laffoon and I? Well, we are now over 11,000 words into the second draft of our first novel! It features our main characters from our two short stories, "Tears of the Mermaid" and "Heart of the Mermaid". I can also tell you that we've finally settled on a title for the series of which this book will, hopefully, be the first. The title is "The Realmwalker Prophecy". What in the world does that title have to do with mermaids and pirates in the 18th century? Hm ... an interesting question. You will need to read the book to find out. But, I can tell you, this book will not be what you might expect. Of course there will be adventure and romance in abundance, but there will also be twists and turns and hints to the bigger story of which these characters, as they exist here in this first book, are only a small part.
My personal goal is for us to be finished with this book in time to get in published by August, assuming someone will want to publish it. I'm hoping to go to the Romance Novel Convention that month and it would be awesome to be able to say we have a published novel and aren't just working on one.
And so now for the announcement - Patricia and I are joining once again with several other writers for the Sisterhood of the Traveling Blog Tour II. Starting on Wednesday, we will have guests blogging here and we will be guest blogging elsewhere! Our first guest is Stacy Moran, and the first week's topic will be, what characters from our works do we most want you, the readers, to meet and why? So please stop by and see what all of these great writers have to say, and join these other blogs which will be part of the tour starting Wednesday, January 23, and running every Wednesday through four weeks.
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Brighton Pavilion: photographed with a pinhole camera by Neil Lang (via Shutterstock).
On the banks of the Peak Forest Canal, where Romiley Board Mill are based, there is a lot of scope for photographic subjects. Whether you choose to photograph the wildlife or narrowboats, there is enough to tempt the photographer. Instead of using your digital camera (or a standard film camera), why not take a cardboard pinhole camera with you?
With a pinhole camera, you expose the pinhole lens for a few seconds (or minutes, depending on conditions). Then, after a period of exposure, you cover the lens. This could be good for scenic shots. You can buy plastic pinhole cameras, but a cardboard pinhole camera may be a cheaper option. Here's a few ideas.
The WikiHow website has a useful guide to building a cardboard pinhole camera. Their design resembles the Kodak Brownie Box cameras. There is also useful information on how to load photographic paper into your newly constructed camera.
On the Forbes website, we see how an Amazon box can assume a similar purpose. This time, there is no need to paint the box black, as with the previous tutorial.
We know how much of a pain in the proverbials how recycling Pringles tubes can be. This hasn't escaped the attention of the Exploratorium website.
So long as you don't mind exposing the sprockets of your 35mm film, Raymundo Panduro of Pixel Análogo has created one. This one has a 25mm focal length and an aperture of f/119.
If you don't fancy making a cardboard pinhole camera from scratch, you can buy a kit. These include the Sharan (which resembles a SLR). the Viddy (a box camera in cardboard form), and the Videre (which resembles a TLR).
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