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Starting something new... in light of all the sadness lately, felt like we needed a little lift...
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Random Acts of Sunshine
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Friday, October 19, 2012
Change is good?
Not always.
I'm not a fan of change when it's a result of something that didn't work out or a last resort. Right now there are too many changes happening at once and it's hard to adjust. I feel like I'm losing good people in my life and it just plain sucks.
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Friday, August 17, 2012
You're always there...
When I need a coffee date...
You're always there.
When I need someone to lean on...
You're always there.
When I need someone who understands...
You're always there.
When I'm sad and need some comfort...
You're always there.
When I need to get up and out!
You're always there.
When I need time to relax...
You're always there.
When I'm sick and stuck in bed...
You're always there.
When I'm grateful for my blessings...
You're always there.
When I need my best friend...
There you are.
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Sunday, June 24, 2012
A day of rest
Today was a LAZY day, not only due to the rain and wind, but also because I was hung. the. hell. over. We had one of those late nights out (which I realize I am just too old for) and my entire day was spent in bed, recovering. It wasn't just recovering from an alcohol induced frenzy, I was also suffering the effects of fried chicken. More on that later. Or maybe not. But the point is, I was in bed the whole day and guess who didn't leave me for a moment?
This guy....
He is such a sensitive soul and would gently put his head on my tummy, which must have sounded like a volcanic eruption. Every once in a while he would look up and lick my chin or cheek just to show his love...or perhaps make sure I was still breathing?
At one point in the day I sent him off with a note and said, "Give this to your Dad." He did so promptly and then rushed back upstairs to join me in bed. Such a good boy.
I had such a craving for some Raspberry Tapioca pudding and while slowly enjoying my bowl of pudding, again there's my loyal companion. He never once begged for a bite which is very unusual. But of course I did share a little with him. He loved it.
Later in the afternoon we experienced a "sun break" so I crawled out of bed and opened the doors to the deck to allow sunshine into the bedroom. Before I even got myself situated, Wrigs nestled in, right beside me. The sun's rays slowly started to make me feel like a being of the human kind and since Wrigs loves the sun as much as I do, we were both very content. I fell asleep for almost an hour and woke up refreshed and warm along with a nice sized rug burn across the side of my face.
So earlier in the day I had somewhat of an episode in the bathroom. (What kind of post would this be if I didn't mention this topic?) Anyway, Tom sees the sleeve of my sweatshirt soaking in the bathroom sink. He asks "What happened here?" I say, "Oh you don't want to know." Then he says, "Did you throw up on your arm or something?" Again I reply with, "I'm telling you, you don't want to know." And the rest went something like this...
"How bad can it be? It's not like you crapped your pants."
"No...not exactly."
"You crapped your sweatshirt??"
"I was on the toilet. My tummy was bad. I started to get sweaty so I took off my sweatshirt...not realizing, um...one of the sleeves fell into the toilet."
"That's disgusting!"
"You wanted to know."
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Thursday, March 01, 2012
At peace.
Our Sweet Chumley
(October 31, 1994 - February 26, 2012)
It hurts just as much as I always dreaded it would - we all miss him SO much and are trying to adapt to a life without him. At some point I will write about the experience and his final days with us. We are grateful to have been able to love him to (and through) death. Be at peace little man.
We love you.
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Arguments for eating less meat (or none at all) have long been waged along health and ethical lines, bringing together nutritionists and animal rights activists. Growing concern about climate change has lately folded environmental arguments into the mix.
For some people, going full-on vegan is a no-brainer for a healthy and sustainable future. For many others, decisions about eating meat—how much, how often, and what kind—are more nuanced. Late last month, several dozen chefs, policy wonks, entrepreneurs, scientists, and money mavens gathered for a summit at New York University to discuss ways to achieve a "reducetarian" solution, a gradual drawdown of meat consumption that might add up to lasting benefits for humans, animals, and the planet.
With diverse perspectives about eating meat abounding, participants at the summit acknowledged the challenge in finding workable solutions. They also emphasized that, while there's no quick fix or silver bullet for preserving the health of living things and our environment, the five strategies outlined below—undertaken both separately and collectively—will help build on the progress that's been made in reducing meat consumption since the 1970s.
1. Make Greener Investments.
The financial world is beginning to throw its weight behind plant-based food companies, whether they're new, mission-based outfits, legacy producers of meat and dairy alternatives, or food-industry giants looking to expand their reach to participate in market trends. For example, Boston-based mutual fund advisory company Green Century Capital Management filed a shareholder proposal with Tyson Foods in August 2016, highlighting rising consumer demand for meatless proteins. In October, Tyson bought a 5 percent share of Beyond Meat, manufacturer of veg-world darling Beyond Burger.
"No company will move without pressure," said Green Century shareholder advocate Marissa LaFave. Investors, she said, are "shifting the food ecosystem by giving large companies the opportunity to move" on worthwhile transactions, which leads to what she calls an "almost immediate movement among the competition." In turn, she added, this creates a more open market for newer, smaller, more veg-focused companies.
2. Train More Chefs to Cook Less Meat.
Giving the people who prepare food in restaurants, schools, and company cafeterias more tools for making plant-based foods taste delicious to a broad range of palates has ripple effects.
Jonathan Cetnarski is president of the Natural Gourmet Institute, a cooking school in New York City that trains chefs to cook without meat and dairy. Some of his graduates have gone on to teach in the Wellness in the Schools food-education program offered to public school children in four states.
"Employing chefs who are trained in plant-based nutrition, sourcing, and culinary techniques improves the chances of teaching communities the importance of eating a plant-rich diet," said Cetnarski. "This is especially true when it comes to educating children."
Meanwhile, Google's food services manager for the Americas, Kim Huskey, has been exploring ways to offer more veg-based choices to employees and guests. "We spend a lot of time thinking about how to support plant-based diets and nudge them forward," said Huskey.
The Google food team prepares 175,000 meals in 56 countries every day, and if even a small percentage of those meals are meatless, the numbers will quickly add up. It's all in the interest of managing the wellness of the Google community. But when one of the nation's leading tech companies changes its menu, other companies take notice. The company's food partners, "have other clients, and they always want to know what's going on at Google," said Huskey.
3. Get Food-Service Companies on Board.
"Doctors tell their patients to eat less meat," said Arlin Wasserman of food consulting firm Changing Tastes during his panel at the summit. "But they don't know how to get them there."
Enter the food service companies that provide cafeteria ingredients to hospitals. Some of them, like Compass Group North America, the North American division of the global food-service company Compass Point, are already working with veg-only partners such as Beyond Meat and Hampton Creek (of eggless Just Mayo fame) to reduce animal products on its menus. And others are also helping nutritionists at hospitals come up with dietary plans that doctors coach patients on before they're discharged. This provides patients with more plant-based foods while under care, and also educates them about healthier options they can seek out for themselves once they're back at home.
4. Work to Change Policy.
Policy change is also crucial to driving down meat demand or making substitutes available. "It's great to encourage individual choices, but we need to push policies that [ensure] those choices are easier to make," said Paul Shapiro, vice president of policy for the Humane Society. His organization has advocated for Meatless Mondays, a nation-wide program which the Los Angeles public school system implemented in 2013—to the tune of 650,000 meals on any given Monday.
But the success of this kind of policy relies on the food service companies that supply school cafeterias. If meat substitutes are expensive, they can be a tough sell. That's when policy becomes critical to the equation.
"The primary way the federal government makes animal production less expensive is with subsidies," said Shapiro. Remove those—or offer subsidies for alternatives—and meat substitutes become more affordable.
This is sometimes easier on the local level. The Oakland Unified Schools District increased produce purchases and decreased meat and dairy purchases for its school lunch program beginning in 2012, and discovered that the results were beneficial to the planet—and saved them money. Other large-scale institutions—including Los Angeles's school district—have followed suit with policies that mandate using taxpayer dollars to purchase foods that promote healthy eating and sustainability, as well as boosting local economies.
5. Make it Easy for People to Change.
Nary a panel at the summit concluded without mention of veg-friendly processed foods, especially the Impossible Burger. Todd Boyman of vegan "meat" company Hungry Planet and Monica Klausner of veg meal delivery service Veestro both spoke of the necessity for ease when it comes to encouraging consumers to make meat-related lifestyle changes.
If plant-based foods are going to become the norm for diners, "They have to be easily implemented," said Klausner. But is a high-end meal service, or a "bleeding" wheat burger, really the miracle plant-based-diet advocates have been waiting for? At $15 (with fries) at Momofuku Nishi, the Impossible Burger is out of financial reach for lower-income diners; a subscription to Veestro yields an average meal cost of around $8 per person (plus shipping), which adds up for a family on a limited budget.
"We won't be able to go lower until the price of raw materials drops," said Klausner. Which of course is the cue for lobbyists—although in that realm, policy shifts often seem to happen at a glacial pace. But if the mania for the Impossible Burger is any indication of the public's enthusiasm for meatless options, it's obvious that change can happen, even if it's slow.
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- Monday, June 19th, 2017Why stop there, I started fasting Monday & Tuesday, every week. If I get hungry, all I do is think about all the suffering caused by the Global Fail that is running the world & I loose my appetite
- Monday, June 19th, 2017This is still a wrong and simple minded discussion. The discussion should revolve around what's the most appropriate land use and what are the best ways to regenerate land and soil. There are very bad ways to grow crops,and raise livestock. There are also very good ways to grow crops, and raise livestock. There are many production systems in between these two extremes. Plus there are many ways to raise crops that rely upon livestock for healthy soil ecosystems. So we really should be focusing instead on what are the best methods of growing plants and raising livestock in the appropriate places, plus re-integrating livestock into cropping systems where livestock help rebuild soil. We should do this rather than simple mindedly labeling foods "good" or "bad" because food production isn't that simple.
- Sunday, June 25th, 2017Totally agree. Soil is the life of the planet and our food. We need to support the heroes of holistic range management practices and grass fed and finished meat and dairy. Climate change is your fork. Without animals we do not have soil. At one time five hundred million bison traversed the Great Plains stirring the soil and depositing there dung creating the bread basket of this nation. Consumer demand made organics more mainstream we can do the same with meat and dairy.
- Tuesday, June 20th, 2017This is really interesting.. I am wondering why there needs to be an expensive meat alternative like burgers made with wheat protein that look like they are bleeding?? ahaha.. There are many vegetarian cultures around the globe that have really inexpensive food. Why not beans and rice.. or other whole foods when combined together make a complete protein? Kale has more protein than meat and more calcium than milk. Also what about the options of schools buying meat from small local farmers than practice sustainable agriculture... So when there is meat in the school lunch it will be less expensive and healthier and healthier for the economy when you buy it directly from the farmer.
- Tuesday, June 20th, 2017Look at the amino acid profile of kale and that of red meat. Red meat has all 9 essential amino acids near daily recommended minimum requirements. Kale is lacking in many of these essential amino acids and to get the full daily minimum requirements, you have to eat pounds of raw kale. So any comment about kale having as much protein as meat is absurd, since you have to look at the amino acid composition of the protein instead of the grams. All protein isn't the same.
- Sunday, June 25th, 2017When and where can we get the awesome sounding meatless burger? I've read so much about it but never had an answer to when will it be widely available? I am in Canada BC and not in a large city.

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It seems logical that if you do something and it hurts that you stop doing it, right? It's kind of like that saying that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results. So why would you train through pain if all you're doing it gaining more pain? Training through pain or injury seems common place, especially in functional fitness and weightlifting, and yet for the majority of people, doing this only makes things worse.
It's understandable that for the most part we're all competitive – competitive against each other and ourselves. We want to progress and reach our goals at all costs. We often believe that training through pain or injury is acceptable and that we'll fight through it and training will win. Well, the truth is that it won't. Pain and injury will win. Even worse is that your training will start going backwards and reaching your goals will too.
We've personally seen a top national athlete come back from major injury, where he had surgery and was told he'd probably not even walk properly for a few months, let alone compete. He proved everyone wrong, worked hard, tried to avoid training his injured leg and eventually competed on a national level again to do better than he'd done before. So he did well, right? Well, kind of. He also took a risk and trained through pain at times and now is paying the price for his efforts. While he'd did very well, his body is now struggling to keep that pace and because of training through his injury, other parts of his body are taking major strain. He overstrained his shoulders, knees, and more.
He had massive determination to push through it and do so well in competition, but his short-term goals could possibly hinder his long-term goals. He now understands the effects of his rash efforts and has finally taken a back seat to recover from all his injuries properly. Now athletes are starting to overtake him and he'll likely not do as well at the next national event. If he is smart, he'll see what he did was not a good idea and he'll work to recover properly and train for the following year.
Injuries and pain come from two things in training: you'll either succumb to an injury through something sudden, like a strain or tear, or they come from overuse. The latter is common and because of it not being a sudden "incident" which occurred, people tend to ignore the pain and see it as something minor or a passing niggle. Understanding what your body is telling you will help you make the right decision to either stop training for a period of time or to train around the pain or injury in the right way. There is no problem with training around injury, if done properly, but training through pain or injury is a problem.
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Announcing the 2018 programme of events in the beginning of this year Paul Flynn, Programme Director of the Irish History Competition project "Breaking the SEAL", again emphasised why the project organisers enjoy focusing on a young target group: "Irish secondary school students are the most exciting and creative demographic that we have the pleasure to work with. We need to encourage, listen to, and support them as they offer us fresh, new perspectives on the past. We are delighted to announce that we are about to launch a National History Competition open to all 16-18 year olds in the Republic of Ireland and a second competition for students under 25 who wish to submit the research study reports that they completed while at secondary school."
Following the great success of the regional Galway History Competition that is organised by "Breaking the SEAL" and which again won awards and public recognition for its pedagogical design, the organisers are now looking forward to take the History Competition to the national level. As in previous years the choice for a focus topic will be open. The awards ceremony will take place in late May 2018.
Dr.Paul Flynn explains: "With this Irish National History Competition we are working against the current trend that endangers history education at schools. Irish students who study history in the final two years of second level education are brave. The curriculum is broad, the examination process is lengthy and is recognised as one of the most challenging of all subjects offered. High stakes outcomes force many students to consider, not whether they enjoy subjects, but rather whether they can score highly across a range of subjects that will provide them with an opportunity to attend their chosen third level programmes. In recent years this has triggered a decline in the number of students studying history between the ages of 16-18 years, with some schools only able to offer history as a subject when sufficient number of students have committed."
"Breaking the SEAL" recognises these challenges not as insurmountable barriers but rather as opportunities to innovate within one of the most challenging and tightly controlled education spaces in the Irish education system. Using a robust pedagogical model, "Breaking the SEAL" introduces participants to vital 21st century skills such as: collaboration; critical analysis narrative construction and technological proficiency through a scaffolded exploration of the past.
In 2016 the programme started out as a pilot project with an initial small group of students. In the first year the topic was not prescribed and allowed participants the freedom to choose period and fields of history that they were attracted to. This was not without its challenges as the students were aimed to support with artefacts from the Galway's University's extensive archive and library. Nonetheless, engagement was high and the programme was a success. In year two, the students' interest was increasing even more and the project was even over-subscribed. Because the organisers wanted to focus on a further development of the programme, they restricted the number of participants but continued with their previous setting to have the students choose their own topics. In the coming year, the programme was adapted to include a larger number of students by including more digital archives and repositories. The programme was once again very successful and won awards and public recognition for its pedagogical design.
Within the EUSTORY Network, the Irish Competition is one of the few which is leaving the topic open for the students to choose for themselves. Paul Flynn explains the reasons for this decision: "We recognise the value of approaches taken by some of the competitions within the EUSTORY Network to prescribe the topic for students. However, we believe that a sustainable future for the second level subject of history lies within the diverse interests of our teenage population and facilitating them as they challenge interpretation and established preconceptions. It is our desire that, within this facilitated process, students will learn valuable research skills, develop methods of critical analysis and gain narrative presentation skills both in written and verbal form."
For "Breaking the SEAL" the development of these critical skills and a deeper understanding of how to connect to the past are equally important for students who will enter this year's National History Competition and go on to be the next generation of Irish and European citizens.


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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
At an office, CEO Beau Childs is going over the company financial statements. There are a number of transfers that don't add up, and he goes to the company account, Paul Wemlinger. Childs says that almost a half million dollars in reinvested dividends is missing, and tells Paul to bring in a forensic accountant so that they can find the guilty party. He goes back to his office to call the Portland police, and Paul comes in and interrupts to say that he knows who is responsible. Childs hangs up without completing the call and Paul gives him a file... and then woges and kills him. Once he's done, Paul woges back, calls 911, and reports intruders killing Childs.
At the hospital, Adalnd holds Kelly and sleeps. Nick is sitting in the room, watching over her. Rosalee calls Nick out and he meets with the others. Nick tells them that Adalind and the child are fine, but Chavez is dead. He shows them the chess piece that belonged to Trubel, and he plans on going back to the factory to figure out who is responsible. Rosalee stays behind to keep an eye on the baby, and Nick says that he's named Kelly.
At the factory, the four men go inside and discover that the bodies and the blood are gone. Nick takes out Chavez's phone and explains how someone called and told him to keep it, and Wu takes it to check the numbers. They go to where the truck drove away with the one surviving killer, and there are no CCTVs. Nick figures that Chavez's people cleaned up the crime scene, and notices a section of wall where the mark he saw earlier was painted over. Hank wipes away the paint, revealing the four claw-like marks, and Nick says that they won't bring Renard in until they figure out what's going on. As they leave, Chavez's assistant watches them from the shadows.
Adalind jerks awake and realizes that Kelly is gone. Rosalee is there and assures her that the nurse took Kelly to the nursery so that she could get some sleep. Nick returns from the nursery and suggests that Rosalee leave Adalind. Outside, he tells her what happened and Rosalee says that the doctor has recommended that Adalind can leave. Nick figures that he has to let Adalind and Kelly stay at his home, and Rosalee promises to come over and get things ready.
At the station, Hank tells Renard about the baby. As Hank goes, Renard tells him that he's going to partner him up with Pogue until Nick gets back. He orders Hank to make it work despite the fact Pogue knows nothing about the Wesen. Pogue comes in and says that they have a body. Hank and Pogue arrive at the office, where Wu has already secured the crime scene. Wu tells the detectives Paul's story that two men broke in, killed Childs, and escaped. Hank and Wu figure that a Wesen is responsible, but can't discuss it in front of Pogue. Hank notices the blood on the phone and they talk to Paul. He says that he heard screams and saw two men running out of Childs' office. He tries to stop the bleeding but failed, and then called 911. Paul says that he washed his hands and then called Childs' assistant, Betty Frame. He suggests that they talk to Betty, who knew a great deal about Childs' personal life. As they go, Pogue points out that Paul doesn't look like someone who could rip out a man's throat.
Next, Hank and Pogue talk to Betty in the lobby. She's worked for Childs for 17 years, and says that Childs and Paul had a professional relationship. Wu comes down and talks privately to Hank. The cameras show no one coming in or out of the building except for Betty and the police. They figure that it's a Wesen killer
The next day at Nick's house, Rosalee and Monroe set the baby mobile up. Rosalee looks longingly at the mobile and tells Monroe that someday it will be them. Nick and Adalind arrive with Kelly, and Adalind thanks the couple for their work. Rosalee shows Adalind around and Monroe tells Nick that he has a bad feeling about the house after all of the death and destruction. Rosalee comes back and leaves with Monroe, and Nick directs Adalind to the guest room upstairs. He brings Kelly up and Adalind remembers the last time she was in the room with Diana. Nick tells Adalind that Juliette is dead, and Adalind thanks him for everything that he's done.
Nick goes to the master bedroom and takes out one of her dresses from the closet. After a moment, he puts it back.
At the station, Pogue confirms that Paul's background is clean. Hank wants to bring him in, pointing out that there's no blood trail and nothing on the cameras. Pogue points out that there's no sign of a murder weapon, and doesn't figure that Paul killed Childs with his bare hands. However, he agrees to bring Paul in and sweat him a little.
Nick is making lunch when Adalind comes down and says that she couldn't sleep. He offers her a sandwich and says that he's considering selling the house and finding some place safer. Adalind hesitantly agrees and says that the sandwich is good. As they talk, Hank calls Nick and asks him to come in and confirm if he has a Wesen killer. Adalind says that she'll be fine, and Nick agrees. As Nick leaves, Kelly starts crying and Adalind goes up to check on him.
At the station, Pogue shows Hank the ME report on Childs. It suggests that Childs was killed by an animal, and Pogue doesn't figure Paul as an animal. Nick comes in and slips into the observation room, while Wu approaches Hank and Pogue. He has a hit on the prints from the office, and they identify Paul as Simon Kincaid, a convicted embezzler.
In the interrogation room, Paul says that he was working on quarterly reports. Nick watches through the one-way mirror as Hank asks if there's any money missing from the company. Paul claims that there isn't, and the detectives ask him about Simon Kincaid. Hank accuses him of stealing money and killing Childs, and Hank slams him up against the mirror. He whispers that he knows Paul is a Wesen, and Paul woges as Nick watches. Paul denies it and demands a lawyer, and Hank goes to the observation room. Nick confirms Hank's suspicion and identifies Paul as a Quijada Vil. Pogue comes in and is surprised to see Nick, and takes offense that Hank called him in. He says that two U.S. Marshals came in to get Paul.
Hank and Pogue meet with the two marshals, Dan Reeves and Ray Durant. They have an outstanding warrant out on Paul for the embezzlement in California, and their warrant overrides the murder charge. As Pogue takes them to Paul, Nick comes in and says that he has to warn the marshals. As the marshals take Paul to their car, Nick tells them that Paul isn't what he seems. However, he can't tell them the truth. Paul woges briefly but only Nick can see him do so.
Back inside, Nick says that he's going to follow the marshals to California. Renard sees Nick and Hank explains why he's there. The captain calls them into the office and warns that Nick could lose his job if he interferes with the Feds again. Renard agrees to call the marshal's office and say that they have a death threat against Paul so that they beef up their security. He then tells Nick to go home and not come back until he tells him. Once Nick leaves, Hank tells Renard that it's a tough enough job without being unable to do anything about it.
Rosalee comes by to check on Adalind and Kelly. Adalind worries that Nick's feelings about her and Kelly will change, and Rosalee assures her that Nick won't walk away from them. The former Hexenbiest says that she doesn't want to be a Hexenbiest again because of what it will do to Kelly... or Nick. Adalind is sure that it will come back eventually, and she just wants a normal life like what Adalind and Monroe have. There's a knock at the door and Rosalee goes to answer it. There are two FBI agents, who flash their badges.
That night, Reeves and Durant stop at a gas station and Paul asks to use the bathroom. Durant takes him to a stall and steps away, and Paul kills him. Meanwhile, Reeves gets a call from his office and goes to check on his partner. He finds Durant, his throat torn out, and Paul kills him as well.
At the station, Pogue tells Renard that they have to connect Paul to the murder. Wu comes in and tells them that the two marshals are dead and Paul has disappeared.
Nick returns home and finds the two FBI agents waiting for him. Adalind and Rosalee take Kelly upstairs, and the agents say that Chavez has disappeared after Nick argued with her. Nick claims that Chavez thought he was involved with Weston's death, and says that he was at the hospital with his newborn. Before they leave, they warn that if Nick had anything to do with Chavez's disappearance then they'll connect him to it.
Hank and Pogue drive to the gas station and Franco takes them to the corpses. The restroom floor is covered in blood, and the same four-line claw mark is on the mirror in blood.
After the agents leave, Adalind comes down and asks Nick if everything is okay. He claims the FBI were checking an old case, but Adalind starts to panic at what will happen to her if Nick is taken away. Nick holds her and Adalind apologizes, saying that she doesn't expect anything from him.Hank calls and tells Nick what happened, and describes the mark. They figure Paul is tried to what Chavez was investigating, and Nick suggests that they track the money because it will lead to Paul. He heads to the investment firm to meet Hank there.
At the office, the forensic account says that most of the money was wired to offshore banks. He can't get the names and SSNs of the accounts, but he can identify the origin of the transfers. Every time a transfer was made, a phone call was also made to a Portland office. They send the number to Wu and meet him. He traces it and confirms that it goes to a PO Box. The calls went to a cell phone, and Wu has translated the location to Betty's address. They figure that Paul and Betty were working together, and Paul might be there.
The officers go to Betty's apartment and Nick hears someone inside. They break down the door and find Paul working with several banks of computers. Betty comes in and Paul takes her hostage, woging. He promises to rip out Betty's throat if they don't let him go, moves into the next room, and kicks the door shut. He ducks out the fire escape and Nick goes after him while Hank takes the stairs with Wu.
Hank goes after Paul and traces him to an alley. Nick meets him on the other side of a fence, and Paul attacks Hank. The Grimm jumps the fence and he and Hank attack the Wesen. Paul breaks free and runs off. Wu cuts him off and is forced to shoot him when he doesn't stop. While Wu calls it in, Nick and Hank go back to Betty's apartment. She deletes the files, including one with a photo of Renard, before Nick can stop her. Betty tells them that even a Grimm can't stop what is coming, yells a foreign phrase, woges, and jumps out the window to her death rather than risk capture.
At the spice shop, Monroe looks up the phrase and tells the others that it means to free the hidden. They figure it's the slogan of the group who left the symbol, and they go back to researching what the symbol means.
At the station, Pogue tries to work out how Betty and Paul died. Hank explains that they were working together, and claims that Betty killed herself once Paul died. Pogue makes the assumption Hank wants, that Betty and Paul were sleeping together.
At Nick's house, Nick checks on Kelly and a sleeping Adalind.
At the secret base, Chavez' assistant emerges from a cell containing one of the berserk prisoners. He wipes the blood from his face and tells the guard that it went better.
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Top 5 Places & Top 25 Ways to Weatherize Your Home
Excerpted from the Solar Living Sourcebook by John Schaeffer. See the book for a helpful cutaway illustration pointing out 42 places to weatherize that are discussed in this weatherization article.
Short of printing your own money, weatherization and insulation are the best bets for putting cash in your wallet — and they're a lot safer in the long run than counterfeiting. Weatherization, the plugging and sealing of air leaks, can save you 25 to 40 percent on your heating and cooling bills.
The average unweatherized house in the United States leaks air at a rate equivalent to a four-foot-square hole in the wall. Weatherization is the first place for the average home owner to concentrate for the most benefit with the least effort and expense. You'll save money and help the planet!
The following suggestions are adapted with permission from Homemade Money by Richard Heede and the Rocky Mountain Institute.
1. In the attic
- Weatherstrip and insulate the attic access door.
- Seal around the outside of the chimney with metal flashing and high-temperature sealant such as flue caulk or muffler cement.
- Seal around plumbing vents, both in the attic floor and in the roof. Check roof flashings (where the plumbing vent pipes pass through the roof) for signs of water leakage while you're peering at the underside of the roof.
- Seal the top of interior walls in pre-1950s houses anywhere you can peer down into the wall cavity. Use strips of rigid insulation, and seal the edges with silicone caulk.
- Stuff fiberglass insulation around electrical wire penetrations at the top of interior walls and where wires enter ceiling fixtures. (But not around recessed light fixtures unless the fixtures are rated IC [for insulation contact]). Fluorescent fixtures usually are safe to insulate around; they don't produce a lot of waste heat. Incandescent fixtures should be upgraded to compact fluorescent bulbs).
- Staple Radiant Barrier under the rafters or joists to reflect 97 percent of the radiant heat that strikes it
- Seal all other holes between the heated space and the attic.
2. In the basement or crawlspace
- Seal and insulate around any accessible heating or A/C ducts. This applies to both the basement and attic.
- Seal any holes that allow air to rise from the basement or crawlspace directly into the living space above. Check around plumbing, chimney, and electrical penetrations.
- Caulk around basement window frames.
- Seal holes in the foundation wall as well as gaps between the concrete foundation and the wood structure (at the sill plate and rim joist). Use caulk or foam sealant.
3. Around windows and doors
- Replace broken glass and reputty loose panes.
- Install new sash locks, or adjust existing ones on double-hung and slider windows.
- Caulk on the inside around window and door trim, sealing where the frame meets the wall and all other window woodwork joints.
- Weatherstrip exterior doors, including those to garages and porches.
- For windows that will be opened, use weatherstripping or temporary flexible rope caulk.
4. In living areas
- Install foam-rubber gaskets behind electrical outlet and switch trim plates on exterior walls.
- Use paintable or colored caulk around bath and kitchen cabinets on exterior walls.
- Caulk any cracks where the floor meets exterior walls. Such cracks are often hidden behind the edge of the carpet.
- Got a fireplace? If you don't use it, plug the flue with an inflatable plug, or install a rigid insulation plug. If you do use it, make sure the damper closes tightly when a fire isn't burning.
5. Around the exterior
- Caulk around all penetrations where electrical, telephone, cable, gas, dryer vents, and water lines enter the house. You may want to stuff some fiberglass insulation in the larger gaps first.
- Caulk around all sides of window and door frames to keep out the rain and reduce air infiltration.
- Check your dryer exhaust vent hood. If it's missing the flapper, or it doesn't close by itself, replace it with a tight-fitting model.
- Remove window air conditioners in winter; or at least cover them tightly, and make rigid insulation covers for the flimsy side panels.
- Caulk cracks in overhangs of cantilevered bays and chimney chases.


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The Affordable Housing Working Group is responsible for the priority area of Affordable Housing with Case Management.
A recent study found Weld County to be the fourth most expensive housing market in the nation. A Point-in-Time Count of those experiencing homelessness in Weld County found that 51% of those people had lived in Weld County their entire life. Due to our incredibly tight rental market, finding and maintaining housing for very low income households is very difficult. This suggests that as more people move to Weld County, more of our vulnerable households will be pushed into homelessness, unable to keep up with the rising costs of living. With more affordable housing options tied to case management, very low income families can move rapidly from homelessness to housing with limited emergency shelter stays.
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Ben Camerota joins me today to share his experiences with the B2B sales world, both in the traditional, corporate world and in his own businesses. We take a deep dive into the nuts and bolts of B2B sales and get an inside look at how to set up your business and your team for business-to-business sales. In today's episode, Ben shares his methods of harnessing the potential that B2B brings to ramp up your order size, overall volume and profits.
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In October 2013, Cohesion was formally selected to deliver ECM as a service to New Zealand government agencies. Fast forward to 2016 and Cohesion, Intergen's ECMaaS (Enterprise Content Management Service as a Service) is thriving with seven government agencies actively participating in the programme and two more about to join.
The Cohesion story is quickly becoming a vibrant and illustrious one. Developed on the ground in Wellington, by a local team for the New Zealand government, Cohesion is uniquely reflective of its kiwi origins in its style, disrupting traditional ECM approaches to rigidly managing information. Recently the Cohesion team held an Intergen Insight session focusing on the broader benefits of information management and how it can transform agencies, forever changing how they connect, communicate and collaborate.
The benefits of information management can be hard hitting and far reaching. At an enterprise level government agencies are aware of this, having seen a proliferation of multiple point-to-point 'siloed' solutions. The volume of these solutions often spiral out of control resulting in a large number of their information systems being redundant, not fit for purpose and not future proofed (1).
In this model, there is limited common capability and the effort and skills required to maintain such disparate technologies are almost impossible to sustain or afford. This results in there being no single source of truth, with the same information being duplicated inaccurately across multiple applications.
Finally, there is limited understanding of total cost of ownership, with a significant proportion of ICT spend going on shadow IT. The consequences can be crippling. Unsurprisingly agencies are starting to look at ECMaaS from a new perspective.
A successful ECM has always been understood as a connecting and unifying touchstone for any agency. Indeed, many of the names of our recent deployments reflect this heavily. Branding such as Piritahi (MPI: Coming together as one) or Tui Tuia (Statistics NZ: Integrate) come to mind. An ECM should be a reliable, easy to use one stop shop for information so that it is embraced and trusted by all. It should have an authoritative search so that discovering content is as intuitive as inputting content.
The potential to map existing business processes to an ECMS also present themselves solidifying its position as a single source of truth. As part of the deployment of Cohesion for the Ministry for Primary Industries we looked at the concept of special use cases, where systems and business processes could be mapped to their ECMS.
As a consultant on the Piritahi project, I oversaw the development of an emergency management portal, allowing the Ministry for Primary Industries, as part of its function of growing and protecting New Zealand, to rapidly initiate and on-board cross functional teams to help manage emergency responses to events such as biosecurity breaches. In the past, the emergency response function would have been facilitated by yet another unique point-to-point solution.
However, usability must be considered. The high-level benefits of ECMS and information management are underscored by being intuitive and collaborative, providing a digital workspace and home for the modern knowledge worker.
Traditional document management and records management solutions have suffered from poor usability and buy in. This can have a snowballing negative impact on an ECM, preventing it from becoming a single source of truth. Those diligent enough to use such systems and processes soon become disenfranchised in the knowledge that the vast majority of information lives elsewhere, squirreled away in shared drives, desktops and email folders.
But why is this so? Why have traditional document and records management systems failed and failed so spectacularly?
Canadian archival theorist Terry Cook predicted the demise and failure of such systems two decades ago. In his work 'Electronic Records, Paper Minds' (2), Cook argued that such approaches and solutions were designed within a paper paradigm. Indeed, it has been a hallmark of technological development that any innovation is described in the language of the technology that has preceded it. We only need to think of the perseverance of the floppy disk as an icon for save, having no currency with digital natives as a storage medium but universally understood as an icon for save. A concept echoed by a famous quote of Henry Ford's, "If I had asked people what they wanted they would have said faster horses". The real irony here being that those people still ended up calling cars horseless carriages.
Such paper thinking resulted in systems that were overly prescriptive, taxonomical and hierarchical, typically several layers deep with lots of folders (another paper concept in itself – but more on that later). These systems did not understand how to curate digital content and instead they were emblematic of a prescribed, one-size fits all, paper based view of the world.
As for users, instead of focusing on their business expertise, they were asked to become records management experts with an encyclopaedic knowledge of the filing structure. All of sudden, users were working for the solution instead of it working for them; with a large amount of content upload and search dependent on entering metadata that had no relevancy or currency to their actual job.
Our deployments place the user front and centre and are emblematic of a shift from traditional records management systems to collaboration platforms that seamlessly curate digital information in a way that is invisible to end users.
The focus on collaboration is important as it frames the value proposition for most information management systems to end-users. Yes, users may be aware of the critical importance of legislative compliance, and yes they may be appreciative of the broader strategic benefits such as common capability. But if an ECM does not add value to their working day then users will not actively choose to engage with such systems. The focus on collaboration is key and this is something which economists and industrialists have known for decades; the sharing and trading of assets is finite, the sharing of ideas however, multiplies their worth and is potentially infinite.
The need for usability drives us towards a "drag – drop – done" approach, which maximises adoption and ensures that compliance happens in the background. Cohesion supports this approach easily letting users drag and drop content, where metadata can be added effortlessly through the service's metadata extraction engine along with allowing for end-user tagging.
Meanwhile Cohesion's records management layer maps the appropriate retention and disposal to newly added content. Now you can tag and structure your content with terms that are relevant to you, terms that you know and understand as part of your everyday work. This approach lends itself towards a myriad of benefits such as virtual folders based on metadata, letting you create slices of information that are significant to you.
Social features such as following and subscribing give workers the information they need when they need it in a way that works for them. Then too, various content roll-up tools intuitively surround users delighting them with relevant content at their fingertips.
Suddenly users aren't thinking in a taxonomical manner and they no longer need to be filing experts. With the development of your taxonomy and metadata more sophisticated features such as autoclassification can come into play. Our goal is for Cohesion to transform government agencies information management maturity. We believe the drag – drop – done mindset is imperative to unifying agencies behind this goal.
1 https://www.ict.govt.nz/assets/Cabinet-Papers/Cab-Paper-ICT-Strategy-and-Action-Plan-June-2013.pdf
2 Cook, Terry. "Electronic Records, Paper Minds: The Revolution in Information Management and Archives in the Post-Custodial and Post-Modernist Era" Archives & Manuscripts 22 (November 1994)
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Still a work in progress, but here is the first rough draft of the rough draft of the new erotica book I've been working so diligently on. Please keep in mind this is simply a teaser and will be changed four hundred more times before it ever shows up on the book jacket. Before you guys head on go through the Books First the one source for all books and stuff for the readers who love to read.
So without further delay here is the very brief synopsis of the first book in my new erotica series; the Trice Burned series, I Should Have Known …
Don't let the past dictate the future. But how can you escape your past when those around you are determined not to let you forget it?
Ashton Michaels is a divorced mother of two. She keeps herself occupied with work and her children's activities but she longs to have someone to share her life with.
Then one day she meets Sam McCoy; a dark haired man with deep set brown eyes, boyish good looks and a charismatic personality. He's single, successful, and good-looking and best of all … he's never been married nor has any children. But he has a troubled past that he can't quite leave behind him. And the more Ashton learns the more it stretches the limits of her compassion and understanding.
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Over half of Indian workers overweightTuesday, May 26, 2015 l Source: Shine Jobs
Work apparently can wreak havoc on your waistline. According to a survey by CareerBuilder India, human capital solutions provider, more than half of Indian workers (52%) say they have gained weight at their current jobs, with 31% saying they have gained more than 2.5 kg. Only 11% workers say they've lost weight since working in their current position.
"Work-related stress, lack of sleep and overly packed schedules can often get in the way of healthy eating and exercise habits," says Premlesh Machama, MD, CareerBuilder India. "Poor physical health, however, can take a toll on mental health and work quality, so it's important for workers to stay active, even if it just means taking small breaks throughout the day to walk around or stretch," he says.
The national survey was conducted online on behalf of CareerBuilder India of more than 1,000 employees across the India. Sedentary roles, exhaustion and time constraints are the chief obstacles to staying fit. When asked what they felt contributed to their expanding waistlines, workers gave the following reasons. As many as 60% said it was sitting at their desk for most of the day; 37% said they got no time to exercise before or after work; 36% said they we too tired to exercise after work and 33% said it was due to eating out regularly.
As many as 28% said they were forced to skip meals because of time constraints; 26% said they were forced to eat at workplace celebrations; 24% said they were eating too much because of stress; 20% said they were under pressure to eat food co-workers bring in and 19% said they could not resist the temptation of reaching for the office biscuit tin every time they felt hungry.
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Our New Math Series
It was brought to our attention that some of the townships (Hamilton, Washington, Pike, Lawrence) have implemented a new math series called enVisionMath. It has always been Learning Time's goal to prepare our children the best way possible for their elementary school experience. We feel that implementing the enVisions program is one way to ensure their success for future learning.
The enVisionMath program teaches more than math skills and strategies. It helps children develop an understanding about how and when to use each skill to solve new and unfamiliar-looking problems. The children in our 4's through Kindergarten will be participating in this program.


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I haven't written about fun or exciting rooms in a while but I found some rooms that really stood out and definitely seemed worth pointing out and writing about. This isn't just one room but a couple very cool rooms all made by xKinkyKrisx. You can search on his name to find several great rooms but I wanted to show you four of them. There are a lot of fun and sexy rooms in imvu, but these rooms really stand out because they have such great style and very fun unique themes.
The first one is XXX Theater, and it's the best sleazy dirty adult theater like it sounds as soon as a fun place to hang out. You can get a little crazy as long as you don't mind other sleazy people watching. You know you wanna be sleazy sometimes. It's also such a cool room you have to come see it and have fun exploring it with a friend.
Another fun one to explore is Perv Park. It's a park but it's not for kids. Watch out for the dirty shack and some guy in a hockey mask. It's not quite as bad as the Theater but it's fun and a very different theme.
A fun Hole in the Wall is Padded Insanity, a padded cell room you'd expect to find Hannibal Lectur or some depraved and sex crazed person in. Do you have a doctor or nurse outfit, or if you're really brave how about a straight jacket?!
Finally there's the more classic Bondage Basement. It's a great example of a fun place if you're into or interested in playing a little bondage. even if you're not or are afraid to, take a look and try some of the poses. Just make sure you turn your location off before you go into these. But have fun and ham it up.
Copy and paste these addresses into your browser or search for xKinkyKrisx in your chatrooms.
Have fun with it
The default room is boring. Inviting people there is boring but it can be fun to surprise someone that invited you to the default room with something really different. When you change the room in someone else's chat your furniture doesn't show up. But some rooms don't need much furniture and can be very shocking and fun.
I have a dragon room for example (http://www.imvu.com/shop/product.php?products_id=2519402) that's very different and really fun. It doesn't have or need any furniture. Put on a scary demonic outfit and describe the sulfur smell and the beating of his wings as they feel your claws digging in into them a little. Yeah I know you're not supposed to hijack someone else's chat but it's fun to shake it up and have fun blowing their mind a little.
If you have any other really different room you can suggest, leave it in a comment!
IMVU Surfer Girls
My great friend Susan makes the most amazing rooms and made an awesome video that I think really highlights just a few of the amazing things you can do in here. I think Katy or someone said that this was like the early version of the Holo Deck on Star Trek and I can't help but think that and see it when I see things like this.
You really are only limited by your imagination in here. Do you wanna be a rock star, go sky diving, or just date that cheerleader you loved in school? Do you want to make an oval office room, dress up and make political commercials out of sound bites? Or have aliens land and take over? Wander around an alien space ship? It really is the holo deck and you can do anything or be anyone you want.
Even a dirty biker bar can be fun on IMVU
My goal with the IMVU Fantasy section and featured IMVU rooms is to be the spark of inspiration, and encourage you to make your time here more fun. One way to start this is to find (or create) an interesting room. I really liked Kalinka's Legs! Open 24-7 by Kalinka. Putting on the right costume and some appropriate music and it's very easy to start playing along with the story basically just flows. The trick is to just have fun with it, put energy into it and really ham it up.
I had to put the second half of the dirty biker video in the Private section since it's not appropriate for kids or the whole world. I also don't want my imvu friends to think I'm too crazy all the time. I'm sure they already suspect but at least this way I can keep just a modicum of respect. Hopefully you get the idea and this inspires you to create and enjoy your own adventure too. And please don't forget to tip your bartender.
You'll like this Creative Vampire Room
I love creative rooms and recently found one of the most fun creative rooms, Psy & Sanguinarian Vampyre Lab, by XIIIDrDeath. It's a vampire room from the description but it's ultimately just an ultra creative room you will have a lot of fun in. You'll want to go with a couple friends and just have a blast. Dress in something spooky or vampy and take lots of pictures! Here are a few of the ones I took. Send me yours and I'll add them!
Search for Sanguinarian.
(the link doesn't seem to work for rooms with a & in the name)
We all belong in The Psycho Ward
Psycho Ward, Insane Asylum by MyFriendBecah, is a must visit room for everyone in IMVU. It has to be one of the most creative rooms of all time. It is a blast to go to with friends and act a little crazy in. You'll also want to keep your camera ready because you're going to need it! There are a lot of pictures from here in my Christi Memories video, and I bet you'll take pictures that you'll enjoy and remember for a long time too. I recommend buying a straight jacket for extra effect. Oh and if you like fun music get the music from the shower scene in Psycho. (You can use this in your halloween mix and it's fun to have!)
IMVU is crazy, but this place is the craziest of the crazy, but you can't help but have a good time, trust me. Relationships aren't just built on passion. Go here and share some laughter and leave your own comments or thoughts below, or even send me a picture and I'll add it to the slideshow. Here are some pictures of my recent visit, as well as some previous visits.
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Pirate Fun at D&A Hidden Island
Well shiver me timbers if D & A Hidden Island isn't another one of my favorite rooms to play and explore. It's very creative and fun in a great Pirate-y way. Start with the island and then the ship and see what you can find from there. It's a great room to role play and maybe even bury your treasure in.
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Must see Creative Room: Carnival of Lost Souls
"Carnival of Lost Souls" by MrLinoge is one of my all time favorite rooms. It's a dark yet fun room full of toys as well as a lot of hidden things to explore. You have to go here with a friend or a couple friends and take lots of pictures. It's so creative and they keep changing it a lot too. At one point it had a big second upper level but I'm guessing it was too heavy. There is so much stuff here, you'll have a lot of fun exploring and hopefully role playing with it too.
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Meteorite almost hits Norwegian skydiver – FULL STORY
Source: www.youtube.com / Via: www.youtube.com
One day in 2012, Anders Helstrup was nearly killed skydiving as a meteorite fell inches from him. It wasn't until recently that he realized he recorded it. This is the first time anyone has ever filmed a falling meteorite in its rock form. Geologist Hans Erik Foss Amundsen claims the rock would have ripped Helstrup in half as it was traveling more than four times the speed of a bullet. The meteorite has not yet been found, but is claimed to be very valuable because of the film record of falling.
Viewers claim to think the video was fabricated saying the rock was falling way too slowly. The geologist didn't have anything to say about it though. What do you think of the video? Is it fake, or a very rare coincidence?


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The misadventures of an unapologetically inappropriate woman as she embarks on a Middle Eastern adventure.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Unless You've Done It
4 comments:
- Adam Rozenhart said...
It sucks to be lonely, Iris. But it's part of the integration process. Just so long as you don't let it get the best of you and you overcome it, you'll be right as rain.
Oh shit, except there's no rain in the desert. So what do they say? You'll be grand as sand.
- 13 March, 2013 09:43
- Iris Dias said...
Totally - I know this is just this phase, but it's the worst part of these types of adventures. Just so long as I don't runaway, I'll be ok.
I got nothing ... damn you and your rhyming sand!
- 13 March, 2013 09:50
- Iris Dias said...
I was trying to think of something with camel too. And then maybe an oasis, but I couldn't come up with anything.
Time is such an evil mistress. And that slut is the only thing that is going to make it better. SLUT!
- 13 March, 2013 10:05
It is weird leaving a 'past life' and watching from afar at how people
appear to move on. Edmonton has moved on from me long ago. Damn human
I can only speak for myself, but I assure you that
the space you filled here is still empty and lonely. It can't be
replaced, only filled with 'stuff'.
I complain on a very regular
basis to anyone that will listen about you leaving (yes, know that deep
down I am happy for you), but it
just sucks to not have you around.
I guess I was just spoiled for 5 years and now its another lucky city's
turn at the world door knob (I mean that in the nicest way possible) ;)
- 14 March, 2013 13:21


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Blue Bird Inn an Easton town fixture
I first visited the Olde Blue Bird Inn in the mid-seventies when I moved to the area. I recently visited the Olde Blue Bird Inn again and I swear it hasn't changed at all. I mean this as a sincere compliment because the OBBI is a touchstone of a time when Easton, Redding and Weston were frequented by artists, writers and people of long lineage who had lived here for generations. The Olde Blue Bird Inn is light years apart from the chichi boites and bistros and the affluent suburban life that now define the towns.
The OBBI is next to the Blue Bird Garage and smack dab in the middle of my favorite Sunday drive road: the magnificent stretch of Route 58 that starts at exit 44 off the Merritt Parkway and winds its way north until you get to Bethel. When I feel civilization crowding in, I take that drive, past the charming Aspetuck Orchard, the pristine reservoirs and the beautiful old homes built centuries ago. It is the perfect antidote to the visual clutter of Route 7.
The Blue Bird Inn was founded in 1919. It has changed hands and menus a number of times since then. It was originally a hot dog stand and, because of its popularity, a rival hot dog place opened up across the street calling itself (rather unoriginally) Blue Bird Hot Dogs. To retaliate, the original added "Old" or "Olde" (depending on what source you read) to differentiate it from the upstart weiner joint.
The rivalry and the hot dogs are now long gone. What remains is a place where locals and tuned-in tourists go for breakfast and lunch.
There are two dining rooms. In the sunny one with the big windows are charming ceramic knickknacks (blue birds) and a shelf of secondhand books for diners to read. The book shelf makes me happy to live in the proudly literate state of Connecticut. As one is encouraged to do, I grabbed a book off the shelf and leafed through it as I waited for my noonday meal.
As I have done for years at the Olde Blue Bird Inn, I stuck to the basics. A lady at the table next to me ordered the chicken curry salad, which she appeared to enjoy very much. A table of strapping young men tackled plates of omelets, and they did not leave a scrap. They do anything with eggs exceptionally well here. I ordered two omelets and blueberry pancakes with real maple syrup that comes at a bump in price, but for me it is well worth it. I don't know if she knows it, but I hate Mrs. Butterworth. As I am so accustomed to waiters thinking I have bulimia or a tapeworm, I also ordered three muffins, a side of corned beef hash and coffee cake.
The egg dishes were perfect, big pillowy omelets loaded with cheese and sauteed vegetables. The kitchen is not skimpy with bacon. These were hearty meals that would satisfy the hungriest soul.
Before I continue to list the other good parts of my meal, let me quickly mention two parts of the experience that were not so good. If anyone remembers the brilliant British TV show "Fawlty Towers," you will get the comparison. Like "Fawlty Towers," the dining service here can best be described as charmingly bumbling. Dishes were forgotten, and it was hard to get the server's attention. I would have been exasperated if when the food finally got to the table, the staff had not been so charming.
My second gripe was the corned beef hash. Corned beef hash is on my top 10 list of favorite foods. I ordered it here. I had high hopes and confess that even corned beef hash out of a can is satisfying. Readers, I will not belabor the point, but this was the worst tasting food I have come across in years. Blindfolded, I would have guessed dog food or some sort of liver pudding. When I asked my server what it was, she gave me the name on the can and exclaimed, "Everyone says they love it." I don't know about everyone, but count me out.
On a happier note, the pancakes were fluffy and generous. I got a short stack of blueberry buttermilk ones and enjoyed them. The big surprise was the baked goods. "Would you like your muffins and coffee cake grilled?" I was asked and when they were served they were indeed warm, browned and buttery. Delicious. The blueberry muffin was small, but so pretty it could have been a photograph in Bon Appetit. It was loaded with fruit and tenderly succulent. Similarly, the poppy seed muffin, the orange cornbread and the coffee cake were winners.
The Olde Bluebird Inn is truly a town fixture. There were a few tables of families celebrating occasions. Wrapped presents and good cheer pervaded the room. In many of the parties were very old ladies wearing festive corsages; they glowed with joy and looked like eating here is always their first choice. It is relaxed, personable and seems to suit the needs of everyone from high school jocks to writers like me who ordered half the menu and ate with my nose in a book. It's my kind of place.
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Jane Stern, a Ridgefield resident, coauthored the popular "Roadfood" guidebook series with Michael Stern. Join her each week as she travels Fairfield County finding a great meal in unexpected places for $20 or less.


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ChumpCar is running twin 7-hour enduros this weekend at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana where NASCAR likes to play twice a year. Here are a couple of the $500 competitors.
The Black Iron Racing entry (a hacksawed BMW) is looking very serious and fast.
This Jag grew a few inches in width since the last time it was on the track. A new wide body kit and some custom wheels makes this car a real threat, of course that is until it remembers that it is British and then the race will soon be over for it.
This late generation Integra looks a little suspicious. It has a considerable amount of crappy spray paint on it to make me think they are probably hiding something expensive underneath. Never-the-less it's a Honda product and its head gasket has a six and half hour time limit during a seven hour race.
Only time will tell which $500 crap heap will survive the 18 turn road course at Auto Club Speedway. We will try to keep you up to date as time and laptop batteries allow.


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According to the recently released Harris Allied Tech Hiring and Retention Survey, 58.1 percent of senior executives cite opportunities for professional growth and career advancement opportunities as a leading factor in retaining technology workers.
"Despite recent buzz about telecommuting and its impact on the work force, technology professionals that are agents of change within an organization or considered stars within their field place far more value on their future professional development as well as how much a company values their contributions over work-life issues," says Kathy Harris, managing director of Harris Allied.
The survey also noted that Wall Street companies are approaching the issue by offering tuition reimbursement, senior management mentoring, and leadership training supplemented by opportunities for internal and external recognition.
"Worth noting, only 7.3 percent said telecommuting was their most valuable retention tool, according to our recent Harris Allied Tech Hiring and Retention Survey," Harris says. "Culturally speaking, work-life benefits are not retention tools for Wall Street."
Other factors uncovered in the survey include a competitive salary (23.6 percent), benefits packages (4.5 percent), and bonuses (2.7 percent). Also, while increasing compensation can be a useful recognition tool for loyal employees, it was found to not be especially effective tactic for retention as it is perceived as a move of last resort.
"Technology stars feel appreciated and know that their contributions are valued when employers allow them to work in collaborative teams, offer them access to senior leadership, or have them interface with the business on a regular basis," Harris says. "They like to see how their work fits in with the overall business picture. At the same time, offering them that kind of access provides them with context for their technology solutions, as well. It's a sound business move for employer and employee alike."


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Things are coming together nicely for "Divergent."
Early tracking came online Thursday for the young adult sci-fi adventure that Lionsgate and Summit Entertainment are banking on becoming a franchise, and it looks on course to open with north of $50 million.
That's a strong number, particularly since the sci-fi adventure, based on Veronica Roth's bestselling novels and starring Shailene Woodley and Theo James, won't open until March 21. It has time to build.
Also read: Hollywood Take Note: Lionsgate's 'Divergent' Could be a Cost-Effective Blockbuster
And it's solid enough to withstand comparisons with "Twilight" and "The Hunger Games," two other book-based young adult films that turned into lucrative franchises. The studio has already scheduled sequels in March of 2015 and 2016 for "Divergent."
The anticipation over "Divergent," directed by Neil Burger, has been heightened by the success of those films and the failure of a string of recent book-based, teen-targeting movies like "The Host" and "Mortal Instruments: City of Bones," which their studios had hoped would launch franchises.
Lionsgate and Summit executives weren't talking Thursday, but they have to be happy with what looks like a strong start for "Divergent." The tracking numbers compare with the first "Twilight" movie at a similar stage, and they are also in line with the long-range projection of BoxOffice.com as well.
Also read: 'Divergent' Stars Shailene Woodley, Theo James Unveil New Trailer on Kimmel (Video)
The first "Twilight" movie opened to $69 million in November 2008. It eventually took in $192 million and spawned four sequels. Overall, the franchise brought in $3.3 billion globally.
In March 2012, the first "Hunger Games" opened to $152 million, and its "Catching Fire" sequel debuted to $158 million last year. Together, they've taken in $1.5 billion worldwide — with two more installments coming at Thanksgiving over the next two years.
"Divergent" is unlikely to hit those heights, but a $50 million opening would put it comfortably over $100 million domestically and on a path to profitability. It has an $85 million production budget and marketing will likely run another $40 million, but pre-sales of foreign rights have already brought in roughly $65 million.
Tickets for "Divergent" go on sale online starting Tuesday, March 4, at 9 a.m. PST.


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PHU YEN (VNS) — Phu Yen should speed up the project for building flood-proof houses for poor households, said Vu Xuan Thien, deputy head of the Department for Housing and Real Estate Market Management, under the Ministry of Contruction.
Thien said the project met the quality criteria, but was running behind schedule.
He led a working group to inspect and evaluate the quality of flood-proof houses in the central Phu Yen Province.
In line with Prime Minister's Decision 48/2014/QD-TTg, dated August 28, 2014, the province will provide financial assistance to build 420 flood-proof homes for poor households, with the total expenditure expected to be more than VND21 billion (US$963,000). About 336 of these houses will be built this year and the rest will be constructed next year.
The province has so far helped to build 110 flood-proof houses, accounting for about 33 per cent of the plan target.
The slow progress is to be blamed on state budget allocation, which happens so close to the Lunar New Year that poor households hesitate to build houses, and on the low disbursement of preferential loans by the social policy bank.
Thien said the state budget would allocate more than VND 5.8 billion (US$266,000) for the province this year to speed up the programme's implementation.
He said the province should build 420 flood-proof houses this year, instead of completing the construction over two years [2015-16] as planned, to improve the living conditions of poor households as well as to minimise the damage caused by floods and storms.
He also asked the province to make flood-proof houses for households that have not been classified as poor.
In 2013, Phu Yen piloted the building of 100 flood-proof homes for poor households along the Rivers Ky Lo and Cai in the mountainous districts of Dong Xuan and Tuy An. — VNS