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Matt is an adjunct faculty member for TNU, teaching Ethics and Biblical Perspectives in the MHR program. Matt and Keri are both graduates of TNU. Matt also received his Masters degree from TNU, and is pursuing a DMin in preaching at Aquinas Institute of Theology. They have 5 children; Bailee, Emily, Matthew Jr., William and Emmett.
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By this time, Dearest Maudie, together with Cecilia, Lettice, Grizzel and Tuffy, was ensconced in the bar of the Lyceum Theatre, and all five friends were getting quite quietly inebriated; they had taken a taxi from the Copper Kettle Tearoom, having eaten their fill of scones and pastries and drunk enough tea and coffee to keep the scones and pastries well afloat in their tummies; now they were on their third bottle of Pinot Rigio and were celebrating Tuffy Ladywood's Birthday which had occurred just two months before, with toasts and cries of "for she's a jolly good fellow," which none of them could deny; which was when, through a slight haze, or smearing of the lenses of her spectacles, Maude rather thought that she recognized one of the small knot of actors standing at the bar, drinking either whisky or Irn Bru – in this light, thought Maude, it was quite difficult to distinguish between the two; the actors appeared to be wearing their costumes for the current production of Gay's The Beggar's Opera, alternating with Brecht's The Threepenny Opera, performances of which Maude and Daphne had seen on consecutive nights just a week ago – oh, gosh, she reflected, so much has happened in the past week, it feels more like a month since we were last here, and she began to concentrate her attention on the one particular actor (or actress, the now non-pc appellation which, to be honest, came more readily to her mind and lips in the context of the theatre, than the non-sexist replacement, which she always felt more masculine in its tone) and tried to identify her familiar – and very strikingly attractive - face, and now reclining on the bar-counter, in a divine parody of dear Marlene Deitrich, and lo! for some curious reason she could not identify, she recalled meeting lovely John Gielguid when she was a very young student at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, before she realised that 'play-acting' (the pejorative her mother always applied to the stage) was actually, to be brutally frank with herself (not that she'd ever encountered a truly Brutal Frank deo gratia) was not quite her forte and devoted her energies and talents to History and a professional, as well as romantic, partnership with her beloved Darling Daphne, and she wondered where Daphne could be now, thinking that she will be disappointed to find she had missed this opportunity of an afternoon with some of their closest and dearest of friends; now why had Sir John popped into her head, as he had once popped into her bed – not for sex, she almost laughed out loud as he recalled the incident, quite like something out of a French farce, because the poor man wanted a Director to think he was straight and had come up with the proof of it, apparently seducing one of the pretty young girls from the Academy- when everyone knew that the boy, aged up by his make-up and wig, playing the Sexton in Hamlet (she gave an involuntary shiver as she remembered handling Yorick's skull backstage and having it whispered in her ear that it came from a murderer, hanged a few years earlier) was his true inamorato - but the Director never looked into the room and so the charade was all for naught, but still brought a smile to her lips and she remembered that the actress she had recognised was Bunty Longformacus, playing Polly Peachum in both productions and giving spirited, committed performances in each – they were the kind of roles Maude would have loved to play, if she had been talented enough, for she was, still, an extremely feminine woman, who loved to wear silks and satins, felt extremely comfortable in her afternoon Tea Dress, so different from her usual working clothes which, though not so rugged as those Daphne was obliged to affect – for how could one work on archaeological digs in a flowery print frock and sheer stockings – oh she rather liked the stridulation made when silk-legged thighs rubbed together as one walked, and how the sound could be increased in volume, just one of the many skills she had acquired at the RSAMD – were still chosen for practicality more than looks and style; Maude missed the backstage life, the wardrobe with its rack upon rack of costumes and clothes, shoes, boots, hats of every hue, suits of chain-mail (silvered string knitted by an army of out-workers) - which any dealer fingering the fabrics and paste jewellery, and giving not a whit for their place on the stage, in the people they clothed and the characters they helped create, would have valued them by sheer commercial floccinaucinihilipilification, as worth but a few sheckels a pound-weight, so sad, so sad – then the smell of greasepaint and all the wonders of modern make-up; was that it, she wondered and her eyes sought out the girl she had recognised earlier, found her and concentrated intently on her face- yes, she was sure, it was not really from the performances she had applauded last week that she recognised her – though that was still true - it was from the day that Daphne had been trapped in the oubliette far below the bustling High Street, when Maud had been sitting on a bench tackling a crossword; she remembered glancing up and noticing the girl – dressed very differently now, but with the same dramatic make-up, hurrying from the direction of the City Chambers, checking a wristwatch and then taking out from her handbag a mobile phone and answering a call; to Maude, she had seemed distracted, intent, and very determined – speaking quickly into her phone and then making another call, before turning on her heel and hurrying away in a slightly different direction from whence she had come; there was something in the little cameo that disturbed Maude, which had caused her to fold up her newspaper, replace it in her bag, and make her own way towards the door through which Daphne had entered the warren of store-rooms, closes, ancient dwellings and cells, down endless flights of stairs, in search of Daphne and desperately hoping all the while that she would be in time – she had encountered her niece Roxy Davidova and together they had followed a route which eventually led them to the trapdoor in the floor which was double bolted and, once opened, revealed her adored soul-mate - in what could, so easily have been her swan song, the very thought of which brought involuntary tears to Maude's eyes; so was this girl, Bunty Longformacus (that name, how strange, thought Maude) involved somehow; she closed her eyes briefly, opened them and scanned the group of actors and actresses, in vain – Bunty Lonformacus had gone!
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The Fabulous Ventures
Almost everything you would want to know about The Ventures, the most successful and popular instrumental rock & roll band in the world! Includes a complete discography, album cover art, album ratings and reviews, a photo album, and links to other related web sites.
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Your gifts are funding scholarships, educating our community, investing in Israel, fighting anti-Semitism and prejudice, caring for our seniors and those in great need, and securing the future of Jewish Omaha.
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Tanáiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Eamon Gilmore begins a three-day visit to France today, aimed at promoting trade and investment opportunities.
Mr Gilmore will also hold talks with French President Francois Hollande on the situation in Ukraine and also the progress in Europe on a banking union.
Ministers are departing to various destinations around the world over the coming days for the St Patrick's Day festival and to promote trade.
France is one of Ireland's largest export markets and the Tanáiste will attend a number of events to support Irish companies seeking business opportunities there.
Mr Gilmore will also meet French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault.
On Saturday, he will represent the Government at Ireland's crucial Six Nations rugby match against France at the Stade de France.


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An action packed agenda on the final day of the Starboard Severne US Windsurfing National Championships saw Freestyle, Slalom and Course racing come front and center.
First up was course racing and with 10 races in the bag the race committee called for 2 more races with a 12pm start. Much like yesterday the weather when the sailors left the beach was very different from the weather at the sound of the first starting gun. With a strong flood tide creating flat water and a just freshening 13-17 mph most sailors grabbed their 11 square meter sails while some wisely opted for the 9.5 or 10 meter sails.
By the time Paolo dos Reis lead the fleet around the first windward mark the breeze was a solid 20 mph gusting to 25 and the infamous San Francisco voodoo chop was just beginning to build.
dos Reis built an early lead and continued to extend it throughout the race. Aussie Phil McGain was trying to work the left side of the course but the normally present lift on that side eluded him while dos Reis sailed to a relatively easy race one victory.
By winning the race dos Reis clinched the US National and Formula North American title allowing him to not even have to sail the last race of the day. McGain took second while Wilhelm Schurmann rounded out the top 3.
As usual San Francisco delivered. With the best winds of the day on tap the 5 buoy slalom course was set up and the 10 racer strong Gold fleet was sent out. Starting at the boat end of the line Peter Bijl lead the fleet out. With superior board speed and flawless mark roundings he took the race one win.
Race two saw Aurelien Le Metayer show that perhaps his race 3 win over Wilhelm Schurmann the day before was no upset and that in fact the Frenchmen was a threat to win it all. Le Metayer came first, Bijl second and Schurmann third.
Race three started with Bijl again favoring the boat end of the line and again leading the fleet to the first mark. Unfortunately for Bijl his start was a little too good resutling in an over early disqualification and taking Xavier Ferlet who was also over early out with him. With Bijl out Schurmann was awarded the win with McGain taking second and Le Metayer third.
With the fourth and final race on tap Schurmann was determined to win one out right and that is just what he did. Bijl again started at the boat while Schurmann opted for a pin end start. This time the pin end worked out for Schurmann who took the win with Bijl in second and McGain in third. With no throw outs in play Wilhelm Schurmann became the new 2010 US National Slalom Champion.
Overall title:
New to this years event was the awarding of an overall title. Based on the cumulative performance in Slalom, Long Distance, and Course racing Phil McGain came out on top. Even more impressive considering a considerable amound of time having not sailed formula gear. Truly an impressive performance. The Overall Trophy was built an donated in the memory of one of San Francisco Bays most respected racers Bill Weir.


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My very tall and dark haired friends Georgie and Bronte live in what THEY think is the most wonderful garden in Sydney at Bronte House, an important colonial house made terribly pretty and comfortable by their mother Clare Strang. It's a winning combination; house, garden, pretty things, two handsome poodles and a warm welcome. The garden has been nutured and reinvigorated by the very clever Myles Baldwin.
Bronte and Georgie
Clare with Georgie in the Drawing Room
Clare loves a birdie birdie - the garden is full of them, she thought she would also bring them inside. They are on trays, fabric, wallpaper and in porcelain - ALL totally beguiling.
Georgie and friend Zorro in the Pink Room with the most charming Cockatoo fabric by Brunschwig
Georgie sitting beside a pretty decoupage tray from John Derian in New York. SHE says you m u s t check him out.


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Angela has been involved in Dentistry for over 15 years. She particularly enjoys building trusting relationships with her patients to help improve and maintain their oral health.
Outside dentistry she enjoys hill walking and eating out at restaurants in Manchester.
Along with the rest of the dental hygienists, Angela Sillett covers a wide range of dental hygiene work, which could include working on children's and adults fillings, scales and polishes and working on complex gum disease cases.
Angela creates a great rapport with her patients, who tend to keep to their regular dental slots, which are usually based around three months apart, during which she will provide a deep clean and check up any fillings or other tooth and gum cleaning treatments.


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Ozark County veteran was eye witness to harrowing WWII sites and an historic trial
Ozark County native Windell Cobb joined the Army the day he turned 18 on July 24, 1944. He couldn't know it then, but he would have an extraordinary view of some of World War II's most horrendous and historic sites and events.
"I wanted to join when I was 17, but my mother wouldn't sign for me," he said.
His mother, Lidy Owen Cobb, was married to his father, Martin Cobb. He was born near Tecumseh but ended up attending high school at Bakersfield, riding a bus driven by Rich Cobb.
He was inducted into the Army at Jefferson Barracks, near St. Louis, and was trained at Camp Robinson, Arkansas. Within four months, he was off to Europe, where he served with A Co., 405th Regiment, 102nd Infantry Division.
On April 15, 1945, F Co. of the 405th Regiment discovered the Gardelegen massacre, where Germans had forced more than a thousand slave laborers, many of them Poles, into a barn, closed the doors and set it on fire.
"The Germans had put straw around the building and poured gasoline on it," Windell said. Some of the prisoners had tried to dig themselves out, but the Germans had machine guns trained on them and killed them if they managed to escape the barn.
The massacre occurred April 13, 1945, near the German town of Gardelegen, just two days before the arrival of the Americans, who forced the German people living in the area to bury the dead. And they had to take care of that cemetery, Windell said.
While Windell's company didn't make the initial discovery, he arrived a little later and had a lot of pictures of the gruesome scene.
"The Germans knew they were losing, and they were still killing all the people they could," Windell said.
From that horrendous site, Windell's unit moved on to another one, arriving at the Flossenberg Concentration camp shortly after it was liberated by other American forces on April 23, 1945. Political prisoners and others forced to do slave labor had been kept at Flossenberg. The well-known theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer was hanged there just a few days before the Americans liberated the camp.
The Nuremberg trials
After the Germans surrendered, Windell's unit was getting ready to go to Japan, but "when the bomb was dropped, our orders were canceled," Windell said. Most of the 102nd Division was sent back to the States, but instead, Windell was transferred to the 1st Infantry Division at Nuremberg.
In November 1945 he was selected as a guard at the Palace of Justice, where the Allies were holding the Nuremberg trials to try major Nazi figures on charges of war crimes. Guards inside the court room had to be at least 6 feet tall, and Windell was just 5 feet 10 1/2 inches tall. So his job was to stand outside the door with the prisoners until it was their turn to go in.
"They would bring them down, six or eight at a time, 22 big-wig Nazis," he said. "I could have reached out and touched Herman Goering on the shoulder. The Nazis would come down in perfect step. They were soldiers to the end," he said.
Windell was released from the Army in 1947. Back in the U.S., he went to work for a steel company in St. Louis. Eventually he became the general foreman of the company and, with the general manager, had charge of the company.
He still lives in the St. Louis area, but he keeps tabs on Ozark County friends and relatives.
Last fall he attended the funeral of a fellow WWII veteran, Clifton Luna, in Dora.


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Los Angeles Wedding Photographer
"Let the beauty of what you love be what you do." I followed the great poet Rumi's advice because I love what I do, which is to capture life's most heartfelt moments through my lens. My name is Tomas Skaringa and I am a Los Angeles wedding photographer. I started my wedding photography company "The Big Affair" in 2010. Inspired by fashion and beauty The Big Affair photography is a fusion of timeless and editorial styles.
Hello, I am Tomas
Wedding photography is all about documenting the stories of love, emotions, happiness, and endless celebrations. I specialize in luxury weddings, capturing creative, elegant and timeless images with a modern appeal to it. As a wedding photographer, I am privileged to document the instants, breaths, happy tears of a bride and groom saying "I do, Yes, Si, Oui, Ayo, Shi, Taip…" to one another. Each wedding is unique in that I am fortunate to connect with happy couples in love and get to know them in person before their big day. I love hearing their story that led to their special day, as I have my own love tale to tell that led me to my beautiful wife, Agne. But this is not about me. This is about you, your celebration and your wedding photography. And my promise to you as your wedding photographer is you will have everlasting memories that are special to you as a couple. Every shutter release I see as a unique opportunity – a moment forever sealed in time – to capture your best bridal and groom portraits, candid moments and delicate details. I am 6'4", but I move like a flyweight and will document your wedding in a natural and non-obstructive way, so you can enjoy every minute of your celebration. As your wedding photographer, I also understand the importance of taking beautiful photos with sentimental details and traditional aspects that are unique to your wedding.
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"...I cannot express how happy my husband and I were with our engagement and wedding photos! Tomas truly captured all the joyous and special moments among our loved ones on our big day. We are able to relive all the feelings of love, excitement, and gratitude from our wedding day by looking through the incredible photos that Tomas took. He is not only a true artist with a talented eye for lighting, composition, and framing but also a genuinely sincere and thoughtful human being who is an absolute delight to work with..." Read More
Los Angeles is abundant of great wedding venues and offers a Los Angeles wedding photographer an opportunity to capture unique and inspiring imagery. I appreciate the variety of Los Angeles locations ranging from cozy and beautiful beaches, mountains and parks to a modern and luxury venues and estates. I feel privileged and blessed to work at some of the exquisite venues of Los Angeles and it's suburbs such as: Four Seasons Beverly Hills, Hollywood Roosevelt, Vibiana, Four Seasons Westlake Village, Four Seasons Beverly Wilshire, Hummingbird Nest Ranch in Simi Valley, The London West Hollywood Hotel, Taglyan Cultural Complex, Beverly Hills Hotel, Fairmont Miramar, Casa Del Mar, Hotel Bel Air, The Luxe Hotel, Metropol Banquet Hall, Shutters on the Beach, Braemar Country Club in Tarzana, Saddle Rock Ranch in Malibu, Calamigos Ranch, Hartley Botanica, Oviatt Penthouse in Downtown of Los Angeles, Hyatt Regency in Huntington Beach, Perch, Los Angeles Athletic Club, Hotel Figueroa, Walt Disney Concern Hall, Rancho Sol del Pacifico in Malibu.
With gorgeous sunsets and great weather throughout the year, Los Angeles is one of the best places in the world to get married. And, with such a large selection of unique wedding venues comes a great list of Los Angeles wedding photographers. That being said, after you had a chance to view my portfolio and meet me in person, I hope you will consider and choose me to photograph your special day without any second thought.
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• Multiple interface options. RS232, Keyboard Wedge, Wand, and USB.
• 3GL good read feedback
• Rugged IP64 rating, withstands multiple 6ft drops to concrete
• 3-year factory warranty included
The Datalogic PowerScan PD8300 performs excellently in any environment, from retail and warehouse to industrial and manufacturing. The PD8300 can decode all standard 1D linear and stacked barcodes, with options that allow it to read barcodes from 5 inches to up to 41 feet, depending on conditions. Includes patented 3GL technology, which allows for multiple good-read indicators, ensuring productivity in any environment. The PD8300 corded scanner is compatible with RS232, keyboard wedge, wand emulation, and USB interfaces.
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Datalogic PowerScan PD8300 Accessories
Vehicle Mount Kit (for the PS8300)
Hands-free stand for PD8300 and PD8500
Software Reference Manual (for the PS8300)
Spare Battery Slot (for the PS8300)
Removable Battery Pack (for the PS8300)
Protective Case-Belt Holster (for the 8000)
Protective Case-Belt Holster (for a Unit with Display)
MC-8000 4-Slot Multi-Battery Charger. Requires power supply (Part# 94ACC4595) and AC line cord (Part# 95ACC1113), not included.
Desk/Wall Holder For Powerscan 8000 Series Scanners, Sk
Universal Holster For Powerscan 8000 Series, Sk
Fixed Battery Pack (for the PS8300)
C-8000 Charging Only Base
Cable, ASSY, USB, TYPE A, POWER OF THE TERMINAL, COIL, 2.4 M
Cable, (15 feet, WE 9P F POT Coil)
Cable, (8 feet, WE 10RJ P POT 2010)
Cable, Assembly (12 feet, RS, 25P, Male, CBX800, External Power, Coil)
Cable, Universal Cable, Cable, Keyboard wedge, Coiled 3151, 347X and 378X
Cable, WE RJ6 MALE, COILED, 2.4M
Cable, (2.4 meters, WE Lemo LXE Terminal Coiled)
Cable, (Wand Emulation, 9-Pin Male, Straight)
Cable, (RS-232 25-Pin Female DCE Coiled) for the PowerScan 8300/8500
Cable, (Wand Emulation, 9-Pin Male, Coiled)
Cable, (3.6 meters, RS-232, 25P, Female, Coiled, E/P)
Cable, (7.6 meters, RS-232, 25P, Female, Coiled, E/P)
Cable, Coiled Cable (7.6 meters, RS-232 9P Female)
Cable, Universal Cable, Cable, 3.6 meters, Keyboard wedge, Power PS/2 Coiled
Cable, CAB-463 CABLE, Keyboard wedge, LAPTOP, COILED, SK
Cable, (12 feet, USB Type A POT LW) for the New PowerScan 8300/8500
Cable, Universal Cable, Cable, 3.6 meters, USB, Type A, Coiled, Full, SP
Cable, Universal Cable, Cable, 6 feet, RS-232, Straight, For the Motorola VRC 69xx
Cable, Universal Cable, Cable, RS-232, 9-Pin, Male, Coiled
Cable, (12 feet, RS-232 9-Pin Female, Coiled, E/P)
USB Cable for the Datalogic PowerScan 8500. Must use external power supply, see (Part# 90ACC1920).
USB cable (Type A), 8 ft. coiled, REQUIRES External Power supply (Part# 90ACC1920).
Cable, RS-232 9-pin female, straight, 6′ POT for 8300/8500
Cable, RS-232 9-pin female, coiled, 8′ POT 8300/8500
Cable, Keyboard wedge (PS/2) straight cable, 6′, for 8300/8500
Cable, Keyboard wedge (PS/2), coiled, for 8300/8500
Cable, USB cable (Type A), 6.5 ft. straight
BC-8030 Base-Charger (M-INT, 910 MHz)
Charger-Cradle (BC-8060 Base/Charger, M-INT/RS-485 910 MHz)
Power cord (120 VAC, US)
Power supply (without Power cord, 3-Pin) for Cradles (Suggested 3-Pin Power cord, 95ACC1113)
US Power supply, 12V, AC/DC (includes 90ACC1883 Power Brick, US AC Power Line Cord 90ACC1886). Also listed as PG12-10P55-US. Replaces 90ACC1897.
Power supply (AC/DC, PG12-10P55). AC line cord not included, see Part# 90ACC1886.
Power cord (EU 2-Pin)
US power cord (2-pin)
Power cord (UK 2-Pin)
METAL PLATE FOR Standard 10XX
Cable, OM-3000 RF B/DUAL-C M-int//RS-485 910 MHz
Industrial Take-up Reel
Heater Holder (36 Volt) Works with PowerScan/5300. (not for use with PBT8300-D/-DK models)
Heated Holder, 24V, For the PowerScan. (not for use with PBT8300-D/-DK models)
Heated Holder Assembly, 48V, For the PowerScan. (not for use with PBT8300-D/-DK models)
Tether Hook (5-Pack, for Top of PowerScan 8XXX/No Display)
Datalogic PowerScan PD8300 Warranties
Service, 1 YR, 2-DAY COMPREHENSV SRVC PM8300 SCANNER
Service Contracts, PD8300 POWERSCAN COMP SERV 2-DAY, 3 YEARS
Service Contracts, 2 DAY COMPREHENSIVE 1 YEAR RENEW POWERSCAN PD8300
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Educator Resources
Whether you're a parent, teacher or group leader, teaching kids about the importance of trees can be educational and fun! Look below for free, engaging lessons that correlate with state learning standards.
You may already know that trees help moderate climates, improve air quality, absorb carbon, harbor wildlife, prevent soil erosion, and reduce heating and cooling costs. But what you'll discover is that by introducing kids to the beauty of trees, Project Plant It! benefits our most valuable natural resource – our children.
The program culminates in April in honor of Arbor Day. To celebrate, you can request free seedlings so your students can experience the joy of planting a tree. Seedlings are provided by the Arbor Day Foundation and arrive with specific instructions for planting in schoolyards, residential areas or containers. For best results, plant the seedlings as soon as possible after your students receive them.
Seedlings are only available for request from the fall through mid-winter, but enjoy these educational resources on our website anytime, all year long!
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online fun?
Try these games on a rainy day when children can't be active outside.
Parts of a Tree (Grades K - 4)
Tree Terminology (Grades 5 - 8)
Tree Trivia (Grades 9 - 12)
Kick off your Project Plant It! experience with this helpful toolbox. You'll discover a suggested timeline, best practices, a participation certificate for students to proudly display and much more.
· Caring For Your Redbud Seedling
Check out these cool ways for students to explore the great outdoors. Using the unique blend of arts, science, math and physical activity, these activities will get students in the dirt and excited about Project Plant It!
The list below represents only a small sample of the available resources about trees. Library shelves are full of books concerning every facet of these woody wonders – including leaves, rainforests, plants and much more – so dig around here and then go exploring on your own!
For Elementary Students:
A Tree is a Plant by Clyde Robert Bulla
A Tree is Growing by Arthur Dorron
Be a Friend to Trees by Patricia Lauber
Discovering Trees by Douglas Florian
Flowers and Trees by Time-Life Books
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry
Leaves by Rena Kirkpatrick
Leaves and Trees by Elaine Pascoe
Mighty Tree by Dick Gackenbach
Outside and Inside Trees by Sandra Markle
Sky Tree by Thomas Locker
Trees by Martyn Hamer
Trees by Andrew Langley
For Educators:
Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv
Picture Guide to Tree Leaves by Raymond Wiggers
Science Project Ideas about Trees by Robert Gardner
State Trees by Sue Brandt
Tree by David Burnie (Eyewitness Book series)
Tree Almanac: A Year-Round Activity Guide by Monica Russo
Trees by Allen Coombes
Trees by Linda Gamlin
Want to do some research on your own and gain even more insight about our ecosystem? These websites concerning trees and the wonderful world around them will help your arbor knowledge take root.
Dominion Energy Resources
American Forests
Arbor Day Activities
Arbor Day Books
Arbor Day Crafts
Arbor Day Foundation
Arbor Day Teaching Tools
How to Plant a Tree
The Great Plant Escape
Tree Resources
Project Learning Tree
Virginia Department of Forestry


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Jim is new Chevrolet Colorado in Thailand exporter. Thailand's top new Colorado exporter of new model 2014 2015 Chevrolet Colorado and other pick-up truck 2012 models
2014 2015 New Chevrolet Colorado in Thailand is very popular among pickup lovers. Jim Autos Thailand is Thailand's top exporter of New 2014 2015 Chevrolet Colorado in Bangkok. Its mix of comfort, luxury and performance now wedded with its spanking new looks has revived the Colorado franchise and Chevrolet Colorado Single Cab, Chevrolet Colorado Extra Cab, Chevrolet Colorado Smart Cab and Chevrolet Colorado Double Cab are selling at a very rapid pace.
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Taking a break to post a picture of my writing buddy, who has been alternating between napping on my lap and my keyboard. He insisted on the coloured pencil filter, claiming it makes him look more sophisticated.
Introducing Tex, our dog-cat. Labeled as such because he likes to roll onto his back for stomach scratches and follow us on walks. I kid you not—one time Trenton and I tried to go on a bike ride, and he ran after us down the street howling. We had to get our address and telephone number engraved on his tag because he climbed into a UPS truck and the surprised driver almost took off with him. The mailman parks in front of our house and leaves his door open so Tex will have lunch with him. Neighbors introduce themselves to us saying, 'You're Tex's parents'. Sometimes when I'm writing I look out the window and see teen girls taking selfies with him. He's probably already an Internet sensation. For certain he's the coolest cat in the world.


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For The Love of Cookies
This weekend I'll bake Christmas cookies with mom, as I've done since I can remember. Back in the day we used to bake eight varieties. We would get started at around 7:00 a.m. and go until 10:00 or 11:00 that night. When I think back on it, I remember how sore my hands would be the next day from the mixing, kneading and dish washing. I would be tired for two days. But, oh, the smell! I would go home reeking of butter, vanilla and chocolate. Like that Yankee Candle I took a whiff of the other day, called Christmas Cookie. Yeah, I smelled like that.
One of my favorites was Spritz.
I sort of learned that you can't eat Spritz after you eat any of the others. For example, what some call a Wedding Cookie, and some call pecan puffs, they are those little round cookies with pecans, cinnamon and they're coated in powder sugar. If you eat one of those, then eat a Spritz, the Spritz falls flat. If you start off with Spritz, you can distinctly taste vanilla and butter. Otherwise, it tastes kind of like Playdough. 🙂 Anyway, we would bake Spritz, sugar cookies, fudge, pecan puffs, peanut butter balls (Buckeyes), some sort of bar cookie (more pecans, chocolate galore), these little candies like Mounds, and peanut butter cookies – which we made more festive my sprinkling red and green sugar on top.
To say we've scaled back is like telling someone to cut the heat down and later on you go by the thermostat and it's so low, it might as well be off.
This Saturday we will still do the peanut butter balls – but I won't be bringing any home. We will do peanut butter cookies, and sugar cookies too. Those I will bring home. Mom will make fudge and give me a few pieces because she knows how much I love it. But I won't bring a whole tin home like before.
One reason for the change is Hubby. After years, and years, and years, what do I learn? He's not a big cookie fan – peanut butter and sugar get a thumbs up – but he would just as soon eat a plain old rice cake as to eat the others. For a while there we were baking all these cookies like crazy, until I noticed I was hauling it back here, tin after tin loaded with goodies, and eating most of it all by myself.
Finally, one year, I got a clue when this conversation took place:
"Here try some of these, they're so good!"
"Nah, I'll just eat the peanut butter ones."
"Oooo, these are my favorites! Try these."
"Nah, I'll just eat some of the sugar."
"What? But, these are the best!"
"I don't really care for them."
Mouth. Open. And not to put a cookie in.
Well darn. So, I tell Mom this, and we have adjusted as time went on. Besides, with Dad not there to gobble them up almost as fast as we make them, she has lost some heart for doing a lot of baking anyway.
Brooke (my daughter) will be there as she has been for years now, too. And so, this tradition of ours will continue, minimized as it is, because it remains very special to me – and to Mom. Even if we only baked ONE kind of cookie, it wouldn't matter. It would never be a wasted effort if one considers the human aspect of it, other than consumption.
You see, I try not to think too far ahead, because honestly, it's too much for my heart. It isn't for the love of cookies at all, but for the love of Mom. For who she was with Dad, and who she is now.
It is very different this year, and yet, we carry on.
Do you have traditions you've long held with someone special?


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I am taking part in the NaBloPoMo challenge this month, which involves writing a blog post everyday. To help the process and also to add to the learning curve, I am trying out some regular blog features. Monday is Manhole day!
Manholes are indeed one of those "Only in Japan" phenomenons, but it's not quite as tantalising (or revolting?) as it sounds. You may not be surprised to hear that in Japan, with all it's beauty, you can find art on any street. You may be surprised to hear, however, that it is on the manhole covers. Yes, as in one of those things that leads down to the sewers!
I was here many years before I realised this (thanks to my cousin) and now spend a lot of my walks looking down. I get a thrill out of finding a new one, especially if it's in colour. I took a few this weekend to share today. The featured photo and the 1st photo below was taken in the Hiki District of Saitama. The other photos I took on a short walk, no more than 500 metres, around Fujidana in Yokohama yesterday. I was able to get two different types of covers plus a colourful street sign to share with you this Manhole Monday.
If you have ever posted about Manhole Cover Art in Japan or anywhere in the world, please do leave a link in the comments below. I really do enjoy looking at Manhole covers and I will link to them in next week's Manhole post.
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One of my favourite blogs for enjoying Shizuoka Prefecture Manhole Covers (and as a bonus the best restaurant reviewer in Shizuoka) : https://shizuokagourmet.com/category/manhole-covers/
The manholes of Osaka, a guest post of mine on a community blog: https://kajapan.org/general/osaka-manhole-covers/
THe manhole cover art of Ehime: https://mikankaizoku.wordpress.com/manhole-covers/


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Subject: Just Before the Black
Sat Jul 13, 2013 12:59 am
To start with, I didn't particularly mind James Franco before I read this story. He's one of those actors that seems to rise to the level of their director, though no higher, and he picks his roles well. For the most part. And he's cute! That never hurts.
One thing his fans like to shove down the throats of nay-sayers is that he's an intellectual: he has his MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia! And he's working on his doctorate at Yale! What they don't mention is that the Ivy League has a higher rate of acceptance from donations or legacy than from affirmative action (kind of puts all of those kids whining about how they didn't get in to Harvard because of affirmative action in perspective, eh?). Franco did not begin to attend Columbia until he was famous, which begs the question: did he buy his way in? Or is he another Natalie Portman, another Emma Watson, whose beauty and talent mask a very real and powerful intellect?
Well, the jury's still out, I guess, but one of his stories got published in
and let me tell you: he wasn't admitted on the strength of his portfolio.
Welcome to Just Before the Black.
James Franco wrote:
I sit in the driver's seat of my grandfather's old DeVille. It is night out and cool. Me and Joe, we just sit.
We're out in front of the Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course pro shop. It's a tan building with white trim. It's where Joe and I work during the day.
We're two paragraphs in and literally half of the sentences begin with 'it's'. This does not bode well.
James Franco wrote:
We sit here because it's dark here, and there are no lights outside this building.
This sentence is so redundant it's redundant.
Jamie F. wrote:
I often think about
off the side of freeway overpasses, just
Grandpa's old blue boat through the cement guardrail:
how do i tenses
Okay not to nitpick the grammar (just kidding, I'll spend quite a bit of time doing that) but how does Columbia justify admitting someone into their creative writing program who can't even use a progressive tense properly without slipping into the simple form? It shows a lack of control, if anything, and out-of-control is something a writer can only afford to be once they are
completely in control
Jam-Jam wrote:
I often think about driving off the side of freeway overpasses, just plunge Grandpa's old blue boat through the cement guardrail: The sculpted barrier crumbling about me and Grandpa's blue machine; a great moment of metallic explosion and heavy ripping and jerking and then release; a soft, slow dive of arcing color through the windshield, into a hard second of impact, just before the black.
Seriously though buddy, slow down with the run ons and the semicolons. Virginia Woolf you ain't. This one sentence could easily be three or four, and probably should be. To be fair I tend to lean a bit heavily on semicolons and run-ons in my own writing, but then again, I don't do this, either:
Franky J wrote:
What an adventure lies behind one quick turn of the steering wheel. A great screaming, and then, slip away.
First of all that first sentence needs to be a question or an exclamation point. I'm not sure it's grammatically wrong as-is but it rubs me the wrong way. Second of all I know for a fact that the second sentence is wrong: 'screaming' is a substantiated participle and as a result 'slip' should be too. For this sentence to be grammatically correct it would need to be 'A great screaming, and then, a slipping away' or at the very least 'a slip away'. I mean seriously James why the fuck are you using 'screaming' when the simple noun, 'scream' is three letters shorter, the root of the complex grammatical structure you chose to use for no reason at all, and an entire universe less awkward? The point is, this sentence is fucking broken.
Remember that he submitted this to a graduate-level creative writing class at Columbia and that this story was published in Esquire. Then weep.
Jimmy-Jimmy Eff-Eff wrote:
Joe and I sit and stare at the wall of the building. The building is beige, but the shadows make it shadow-color.
Hahaha holy shit fuck you too kid
James Franco wrote:
Joe smokes.
Possibly the one competent sentence in this mess.
JF wrote:
His window is all the way down, and he breathes his smoke out the black gaping gap.
Bless him, he's trying.
Joms Fronko wrote:
There is not much to talk about with Joe because he's such a moron. I don't know what he thinks he is, or why he thinks he exists. I guess in some lives lived, no one tells you what to be, and so you be nothing.
Unlike James Franco, who is brilliant and beautiful exactly who his director tells him to be and writes awful prose
in his spare time
as a vr srs academic pursuit.
Also 'lived' is redundant as fuck and he didn't bother to conjugate 'be' at the end. Which is a shame because he almost had some pathos going for him there.
ocnarf semaj wrote:
In the olden days you were born into it, all decisions made, and you farmed until you died, or cleaned the royal toilets.
I guess they didn't have toilets. Just stuck their asses out and shat in the moat. But someone had to wash out the hole.
As happy as I am that you know the past participle of 'to shit', James, what the
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He is large, and his weight spreads from his belly across the seat, like it
a plastic sack full of liquid, rolling in layers upon itself.
The simile was sloppy, like many written by actors in a halfhearted attempt to seem d33p. Also, bolding mine. Apparently we're in the past now.
In any case, our plucky hero and his sidekick Joe (who continues to suffer a bunch of narrative abuse from the 'protagonist' for no apparent reason) begin to discuss what they would have been, occupationally, 'in olden times'. Joe seems to think he'd be the king. The main character (who doesn't have a name, I don't think, and if he does I don't care enough to look it up) disagrees, which leads to this heartwarming exchange:
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"Fuck you, Joe, you're an idiot."
"You're an idiot."
"I know," I say. And I am. I am friends with a slug, and my other friends are pigs and wolves. I never make friends with nice things, just the shit.
"If you were king, I'd kill myself," I say.
The longer their conversation drags on (and lord,
it) the more it resembles the kind of notes I would pass to my friend Liz and I would pass in freshman algebra, but infinitely less clever in its cruelty. Joe tells him he might as well die, then, because he'd be king, and Liz rolls her eyes even though she's probably never read this story.
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And before I even know it, or can enjoy the new look on Joe's face, like a blubbery peekaboo face, so surprised, because I'm driving us right toward the vague beige shadow-filled wall,
Tell me, James, how is a wall vague? Few things are less vague than a wall. Even if you can't decide if it's beige or shadow-color or shadow-filled or some other shit you've shat (see? I can do it too) onto paper and called literature.
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and I can only see and hear Joe for a second, a high-pitched thing that cracks for just a second, and for that second
There are times when repetition in literature can be a great boon.
This is not one of them.
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"Why the fuck did you do that, Manuel?"
Oh, he has a name. Thanks for waiting until we're a third of the way in to tell us what it is. I don't like it. I'm going to call him Me, after what James Franco would say when asked what inspires him.
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I laugh like crazy, a laughter that bubbles out like popcorn, because he looks so fucking silly, and because my name isn't even close to Manuel, that's his brother's name, his equally stupid older brother.
What why I don't even
I mean fuck, what was the point of that? On the bright side, Me's nickname is now not only appropriate but completely necessary.
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Joe just looks at me with that stupid look, covered in flowing blood, going onto his shirt like ketchup randomness, so much messier and more random than I could ever plan.
lol sew randumb XD
Anyway Me drives around with his fucked up car for a while without getting it fixed and he runs into Joe at work and Joe didn't get his tooth fixed, either, because
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he stopped being mad at me after he figured out he wanted the gap,
Sort of like how she stopped resisting because she wanted it, yeah? Color me creeped.
Anyway the whole thing has become a funny story the two of them use to pick up chicks or something, and there's a little lamentation about the fact that the car crash didn't 'toss them into a new reality' or something else that makes no sense, and suddenly we're driving down the 280, which I know is a freeway because he tells me so and then things stop making sense for a paragraph:
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I think about that missing tooth, and that gap, and how there was never a gap in that place before, and about three dimensions, and how the gap was on the inside of his mouth unless he opened his mouth and how things, shapes, folded in on themselves, and four dimensions, and if time is variable, then how do I vary it, and why do I want to? Because everything just focuses in on me and I hate it.
God, it's always me, me, me with you, isn't it Me? Does your mother know you speak in the third person?
Seriously though 1.) where the fuck did
come from 2.) how is it at all relevant to the story at hand 3.) how do I know
blue is
blue and 4.) is it just me or is Me a complete narcissist? Seriously, in capable hands this might approach self-honesty or self-reflection or whatever but as we've established, these are not capable hands. tl;dr Me was toying with unlikability and now it's actually impossible to like the guy. For me, anyway.
Thank god we capitalize proper nouns, can I just say?
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"If you were an Egyptian, what would you do?" I ask Joe.
"Don't start this shit again, Michael."
"Remember when you called me Manuel?"
"I never called you Manuel, idiot. I would be pharaoh."
"No, you're too fat. Pharaohs are skinny," I say.
Oh, Me has a name now.
Also I don't know if I've accurately represented this in this snark thus far, but Me
harps on Joe for his weight. Like, a lot. Like, I-don't-think-a-paragraph-of-more-than-five-sentences-has-gone-by-without-mention-of-it a lot. Honestly, I'm not big into the Fat Acceptance Movement or whatever but this pattern has gone from kind of funny to aggravating to offensive to yet another black mark on Franco's writing in less than a page. Bravo.
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Joe is Mexican. His skin is an ashy light brown and his lashes are heavier than mine, and he has short fat eyebrows and shit-brown eyes, and thick hair that flops about his fat pumpkin head.
I wish I was Mexican, or Hebrew, I mean Jewish, I mean Israeli, or Mexican Jewish, or Mexican Jewish gay, because it can be so boring being you sometimes, and if you were the most special thing like that, it could be really great, but maybe some people say the same thing about you, and you want to tell those people: "No, you're stupid, it's no fun being me."
The Whitest Whine What Ever Whined
Seriously dude (and I'm not sure, now, if I'm talking to Franco, Me, or both) the fact that you think being in a marginalized group is interesting and special and anything but a sliding scale between a nuisance to an actual danger to your life has everything to do with your own unhappiness. You're a white straight thin likely-Christian male in America with a full head of hair and straight teeth. The world is your oyster.
Anyway Joe says that he doesn't like Egyptians because they cut out people's hearts or something and Me seems weirdly into it and now that Joe's Mexican he says 'Homes' a lot. Then they're waiting for a drug dealer and Me suggests that they sacrifice
heart and then he pulls a foot-long kitchen knife out from under his seat (!) and pushes it up to Joe's stomach but he's wearing one of those puffy jackets so it doesn't stab him or whatever, and Joe, understandably, is freaking the fuck out because he only signed on to buy some weed and not have his life threatened. And why does Me pull this shit, you ask? After a long paragraph of pseudo-intellectual drivel about the nature of time (holy shit do I wish I were kidding), Franco offers us this:
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...or maybe just have a little poking knife game because you want to know if the other person is really there.
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Suddenly we're smoking weed with Hector The Drug Dealer and I'm reminded of every single straight white dude in every creative writing workshop I've ever taken, writing stories about the abuse of mild euphorics and how miserable their life is. All that's missing is Her.
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We smoke more and we cough every time.
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I think about the little dragon that the bong is and I so wish that dragons were real, because it would mean that none of this shit was the end of everything, because even if you were high, this world only let you escape a little bit, it let you escape enough that you knew that there could be something better, but it wouldn't let you into that place; like standing on the cloudy threshold of heaven and seeing something so bright and tantalizing and warmy-womby-feeling but not being able to enter, just feeling the heat a little on your face, and you want to cry and smile, but instead you just stare and you can't do anything.
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Anyway Me says something to Hector about how Joe wanted to kill him with the knife which he has on his person for some reason, and somehow Hector and Me are on the same side now and start laughing at Joe who insists he did no such thing. Life is great when you're a piece of shit, I guess.
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"Would you rather be gay or be a girl?"
Oh, no.
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He chuckles a little. Hector can be cool sometimes. Sometimes he is wise.
"Neither," he says.
Ladies and gentlemen and all those in-between, Me's idea of wisdom.
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Joe, still looking at the dark dirt, says, "Both of 'em still have to suck dick."
"Exactly," says Hector. And Joe laughs a little, a chuckling pile of trash below me.
"Would that be so bad?" I say. "Don't you ever get jealous of those girls in pornos that get to be on their knees in the middle of all those dicks?"
Okay where the fuck is he going with this
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"I like to have a girl suck my dick, but I don't want to do it," says Hector.
"Me neither," says Joe, but he is mumbling.
"Why not?" I say. "What's the difference?"
"What's the difference?" says Hector. "Because I am going in, and she is being got inside of."
"And why is one better? Why does going inside make you better? Aren't you like on her turf inside her, isn't she in control of you? Like a mommy with her little baby making him feel good?"
"Because," says Hector. But he doesn't say anything else.
To give credit where it is due, there is a point buried in there, somewhere. It's just not nearly as profound as he thinks it is. Actually the fact that he thinks that this is some sort of life-altering realization (that maybe getting fucked doesn't have to be a demeaning thing) says more than the realization itself.
Anyway on the way home me is all 'Let's drive on the wrong side of the road!' because he's high and a crazy, narcissistic motherfucker and this is
story, remember? Joe mumbles something half-awake in assent and he takes that as the green light.
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And I think of the olden times, when knights would aim huge lances at each other and you would feel that when it hit you, feel that force of the momentum of the horses' pumping channeled into the lance, and for a second you might know that you were really alive. And a little ways down the freeway there is a gap in the center barrier, and I calmly turn the wheel and cross over.
Well, there you have it. An amalgam of tired freshman-year-writing-seminar whiny-white-boy cliches compiled into one handy 'what not to do' when writing a short story, sparing only Her, that feckless little lady at the back of every man's mind, and thank god, because we all know what happens when a twentysomething with misplaced sexual rage sets his pen on a female character.
And remember: a MFA student at Columbia wrote this. He is currently continuing his studies at Yale.
Thank you, James Franco, for proving that money really can't buy everything.
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Subject: Re: Just Before the Black
Sat Jul 13, 2013 2:20 am
Hey, this shit's normal for a college writing class.
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Sat Jul 13, 2013 2:30 am
Mr.Doobie wrote:
Hey, this shit's normal for a college writing class.
On the graduate level? At Columbia?
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Sat Jul 13, 2013 2:41 am
I wouldn't doubt it for a second, honestly.
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Sat Jul 13, 2013 9:37 am
Mr.Doobie wrote:
I wouldn't doubt it for a second, honestly.
Honestly, I'm not so sure. Most undergraduate writing programs are purposely structured to weed people out as they go. I've seen it happen, at least on the undergraduate level: the weak links drop off slowly until you're left with the cream of the crop, and then only the cream of
crop moves on to grad school.
What I'm saying is, he may have bought his way into a top program but money can't buy talent.
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Although I originally posted this on my personal website some time ago, the information is perennially relevant, so I thought I'd share here on the Classroom Blog, where posts of a more educational nature reside 🙂
There are a lot of online classrooms springing up here and there, and I think it will be interesting to see how they evolve over time. Some seem to provide little to no personal feedback at all, and instead simply drip scripted content to the user over time. Others, like mine, really are the online equivalent of a class, where students receive homework, do their homework, receive feedback on their homework, and also participate in discussions, sometimes with, and sometimes without the instructor chiming in. But, the instructor is providing that oh-so-valuable feedback! And, as an update, I'm happy to say that my Classroom now provides the best of BOTH worlds – those on a tight budget can still get the valuable information at a lower price, and those with a little more disposable income can participate in the discussions, still, at a reasonable price – something I'm proud that all the instructors here have stuck to.
As an instructor and coach, and as a person who actually has a formal education and degree in Science Education (and as somebody who taught in the public school system for a number of years!), the question of what makes a good coach is an important one that I think every person should consider. But it's not the only question! As lifelong learners, we all need to consider several factors when deciding what makes a good instructor or coach for US, personally.
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3-Stylin': Three Ways to Style a Long Vest
The long vest may go by many names (long waistcoat, sleeveless trench, sleeveless duster), but there's no doubt or confusion when it comes to its sartorial power. Much like a blazer, it can elevate any outfit (even a look that's as casual as a tee and jeans), thanks to its fitted, tailored silhouette and menswear-inspired qualities. But unlike a blazer, a long vest is incredibly versatile as a key layering piece, making it a must-have essential nearly year-round, from awkward in-between months in the spring to awkward in-between months come fall.
And to prove its versatility, we took one long vest by Theory ($225; theory.com) and styled it three fresh ways for the office. Treat it as a dress and layer it over a button-down, or create a relaxed summer suit look with a button-down shirt and wide-leg pants. On a more playful note, clash your separates with personality-packed prints, but then anchor them with a crisp white vest. Watch the video, above, to see the three looks, and then shop them out for yourself, below.
Styled by: Ali Pew, Video by: Tara Sgroi
1. Over a Button-Down
Shop the look: Theory vest, $225 (originally $375); theory.com. J. Crew shirt, $70; jcrew.com. Elizabeth and James bucket bag, $476 (originally $595); neimanmarcus.com. Miss Albright mules, $178; anthropologie.com.
2. With Mixed Prints
Shop the look: Theory vest, $225 (originally $375); theory.com. Topshop top, $65; topshop.com. Tanya Taylor skirt, $198 (originally $495); tanyataylor.com. Zara flats, $30; zara.com.
3. As a Blazer
Shop the look: Theory vest, $225 (originally $375); theory.com. Gap shirt, $40 (originally $50); gap.com. Won Hundred pants, $220; madewell.com. Pilgrim stud earrings, $12 (originally $17); asos.com. River Island pumps, $120; riverisland.com.


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Welcome to Mach-Tech the leading precision engineering company in Oxfordshire and surrounding counties.
We've been providing high precision CNC machining, CNC Milling/Turning and ancillary services to a variety of high-tech industries for over 20 years.
- Small batch / one-offs
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Mach-Tech offers full project management and turn-key supply for complex finished parts. Mach-Tech manufactures components in a wide variety of sizes, tolerances and materials.
- Metals and exotic metals
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Mach-Tech works in partnership with its customers to develop and produce the highest quality components and assemblies.
Mach-Tech works with High Tech companies who develop technology for Fusion Energy, Formula 1 Racing, Synchroton Applications, Nuclear safety, Space Satelite Applications and the Science & Technology Facilities Council.
Our service includes 'design for manufacture', value engineering consultation and assembly.
We understand the dynamics of high-tech manufacture and our management systems give accurate scheduling for reliable delivery to customer schedules.
Most of the components that we produce need to perform with pin-point accuracy or in extreme environments. The Mach-Tech quality system is fully ISO 9001:2015 accredited and our metrology department includes a state of the art programmable coordinate measuring machine. We pride ourselves on supplying 'right first time, every time'.
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Fed up commuters are posting photos of their least favorite traffic spots in New York City with the hope of catching the attention of city and state lawmakers.
David Moore, of Red Hook, loathes driving over the Manhattan Bridge into the city, where traffic slows to a crawl, especially during rush hour.
"It's pretty much chaos on Chrystie Street in the morning," Moore said. "Everyone's getting jammed up at all these crisis points. I don't think it's safe."
But instead of feeling helpless about the gridlock, Moore has found a way to vent. He takes photos of his leave favorite intersection -- the "particular pain point" of Chrystie and Canal streets -- and posts them to SmartParticipation.com.
The website, which is run by Joshua Brooks from Cornell Law School, provides a place for New Yorkers to post photos of congestion and discuss the causes of traffic problems, as well as possible solutions.
"If you think that figuring out how to solve NY's congestion problem should involve the people who live and work here, not just experts and interest groups, then you've come to the right place," the website reads.
Public discussion on the site is open through Dec. 1. Comments and photos will then be compiled and submitted to local and state officials and transportation authorities.
"We are going to take all the comments here and submit it to every lawmaker in New York," Brooks said.
The Smart Participation site has added urgency to the push by Alex Matthiesen at MoveNY, a group that wants tolls at East River crossings. MoveNY says adding tolls to East River crossings will help congestion and cut tolls at other MTA bridges across the city. The group predicts that their plan will add $1.5 billion in annual revenue and boost annual economic output by $2.8 billion.
"We are convinced the more the average New Yorker knows about the plan the more likely they'll support it," Matthiesen said.
But the plan has many opponents and it has also encountered Albany gridlock, known for being about as slow as the morning drive into Manhattan.


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Trashy novels aren't new, but thanks to a highbrow approach to Harlequin tropes, the people who buy them might be. This month, the online art magazine Triple Canopy is set to release "Headless," a salacious murder mystery that reads like Dan Brown while name-checking Georges Bataille. Delving into full-on erotica, Badlands Unlimited — the book press established five years ago by the 2014 Hugo Boss Prize-winning artist Paul Chan — will publish a series of three novellas titled "We Love Lucy," "How to Train Your Virgin" and "God, I Don't Even Know Your Name," the story of an artist who, fresh out of rehab, meets a Finnish curator through a dating app called Bangly. "Ideas about what sex is, and what pleasure can be, are changing, as they ought to," says Chan. "We wanted to publish works that respond to this new spirit."
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Action Homeless Sign Leicester's Homelessness Charter
Action Homeless have pledged their support to Leicester's Homelessness Charter.
On Monday 29th October Action Homeless CEO Mark Grant and Deputy CEO Karen Purewal joined with partners from across the city to pledge their support to Leicester's Homelessness Charter.
The charter aims to improve the way organisations and individuals work together to tackle homelessness in the city, and to harness the enthusiasm of those who want to get involved but don't know how.
More than 100 people from charities, the voluntary sector, local businesses and statutory organisations attended the launch, which took place at Leicester Cathedral.
The charter provides a vision, values and principles that can be shared by all of those working to prevent homelessness in the city, and to support those affected by it. It aims to reduce duplication, improve communication between those working with homeless people, and to raise awareness of services and how the public can help.
A draft charter was developed by a group comprising representatives from Leicester City Council, Action Homeless, SoundCafe Leicester and the Church of England's Diocese of Leicester, people who have experienced homelessness and practitioners who all met to share their thinking and all recognising the need for a charter.
As a next step, many attendees at the launch have signed up to join identified action groups around particular aspects of homelessness, with dates already fixed for the first meetings. People experiencing homelessness will be involved in this work.
A website will shortly be created, which will track progress and enable other individuals and organisations both to pledge their support and to join in in practical ways. This will mean organisations working together and others perhaps lending expertise or giving of money and time.
A copy of the charter is available here: https://www.leicester.anglican.org/exploring-faith/social-responsibility/housing-homelessness/
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No longer do you have to wonder how to get your hands on these special products that so often become the talking point of your breakfasts, lunches, dinners and snacks. Friends and loved ones are always interested to know that you've chosen quality local ingredients that reflect our amazing bountiful hinterland on the Sunshine Coast. And they taste so good! You can really tell the difference and you can enjoy the warm glow knowing that your choices have helped support local farmers and food artisans.
Where do you get this invaluable resource – The Noosa Foodies' Stockists Guide? You can always access it from the Slow Food Noosa website with this link –
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Terminos y Condiciones: Recarga de Celular Internacional Automatizada
Terms and Conditions of the service charge of the automated international mobile recharge promotion and the automated monthly international mobile recharge.
The following are the general conditions governing the operation and functioning of automated international mobile recharge service and the automated monthly international mobile recharge service from RingVoz, and it will complement the general conditions of service provision in RingVoz prepay. The conditions will be available at www.RingVoz.com
Purpose of the Service:
The automated international mobile recharge promotion service facilitates the customer to recharge an international mobile phone that is associated with the customer's prepaid account. The subscription to this service may be authorized verbally or digitally, thru www.RingVoz.com, to recharge international mobile phone numbers indicated by the customer, for the amount indicated by the customer, when a promotion occurs, in the country of destination specified by the customer. The customer can also subscribe to automated international mobile recharge monthly service, to the number specified by the customer, to recharge that number on the same day of the month by the amount specified by the customer, the subscription can be canceled at any time. For the automated monthly international mobile recharge service, the subscription charge is scheduled for 31st of every month, for those months that have only 30 days this charge will be made on the 30th of that month. For the month of February, which has 28 or 29 days, RingVoz will charge on the last day of the month.
Automated international mobile recharge programmed for promotions or scheduled monthly, execute the amount specified by the customer at the time of subscription recharge service, using the credit care previously registered by the customer on the account, and the recharge is triggered without the direct intervention of the user.
The recharges made to the international mobile user, are subject to a processing fee and regulatory fees may apply.
RingVoz LLC., reserves the right to unilaterally modify, at any time and without notice, the presentation, configuration and contents of the service, and the special conditions required for suing the service charge, which shall apply to subscriptions made thereafter.
In the event that the recharge is declined, the international mobile recharge number will be removed from the automatic system, for safety. The customer will receive an email indicating the event and may contact customer service center and request restoring the automated international mobile recharge service.
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The customer can program the automated international mobile recharge of the numbers they wish, by contacting RingVoz customer service center or by login they account through www.RingVoz.com.
RingVoz LLC., keeps a copy for your records in computerized form of the transaction.
In the underwriting process by telephone through RingVoz's customer service center , the competition of the telephone questionnaire and consent forms required for the user, enable s the activation of the service and will involve the full acceptance by User of these Terms and Conditions, of this particular service and all general conditions.
Once finalized, the subscription of the automated international mobile recharge service, RingVoz will send the customer an email confirming the activation of the automated international mobile recharge promotion service and the automated international mobile recharge monthly service. When the recharge occurs, the customer will be notified via text message and by email.
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In accordance with current legislation, the user must correctly and lawful use the service.
Under any condition, the user may not access or use the service and content service for unlawful purposes, violate the rights of freedom of other, or may impair damage or prevent in any way access to them, to the detriment of RingVoz LLC., or third parties.
RingVoz assigns a risk limit use of the service. This limit determines the maximum amount of accumulated reloads which RingVoz determines the period in which the user can make a maximum number and amount of recharges.
RingVoz LLC., reserves the right to take action, if there is evidence of fraudulent use of the service.
The form of payment is by credit card or debit card. If the payment is declined the customers' account will be unsubscribe as a security measure and the customer will receive an email. The customer can choose to restore the subscription. RingVoz reserves the right to remove the accounts of which there is suspected abuse in their use. In case of technical failure, that prevents the recharge to be made, RingVoz will contact the customer via SMS to confirm if the client wants the transaction to be executed. This procedure may change at the discretion of RingVoz.
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RingVoz informs the customer that your personal credit card will be transferred to financial institutions as appropriate for the collection of the service. Your personal data associated with the employment of the service including those arising from the recordings of the customer service may be transferred to the authorities for both administrative and judicial purposes under the laws in force in each enable case assigned. He/she shall notify RingVoz of any modifications of the data provided to contract the service from the moment it occurs.


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Oakland! We're back in 2 Weeks!!!
Ok Oakland! Sassy Family is back and ready to swap. Come out on Saturday March 14th to the Oakland Baha'i Center in Fruitvale for our next Kid's Clothing and Toy Swap. If you remember, you can swap any size kid's clothing (up to age 10), toys, baby gear, and even Maternity clothes. Of course, no personal items or dirty/broken/torn items will be accepted.
The cost for this swap will be $3 WITH CLOTHES before 10AM, $5 WITH CLOTHES after 10AM, and $8 WITHOUT clothes. If you don't have clothes, that's ok because you will receive a bag to fill.
Now if you know ANYONE who'd like to come to this swap, please let them know. But what Sassy Family really needs help in is advertising. If you'd like to volunteer, please email at firstname.lastname@example.com and we'll send you a color flyer to print and drop off anywhere in the East Bay.
Hope to see you all on March 14!
It's been a week since our second swap in Nashville and it was waaay better than our first swap...I mean way better. We quadrupled the amount of people attending. Thanks to advertising on radio station 92Q and community calendars such as Nashville Life, more people were aware of us. Also having the swap in a location with plenty of kids and diversity of families (those with abundance of things to give and those with an abundance of need) living next to each other was a good decision.
As I may have alluded to in the live updates on this blog, the swap concept is still kind of new here. Consignment sales are big here, which is awesome. Consignment sales, in my opinion, go along with the concept of Sassy Family, which is a community that helps families to get ahead a little. But consignment sales are different than swaps, especially swaps that allow you to take some of the items for free if you really need it. There were people who were surprised with this idea (some questioned if it was real), but they liked it.
The honest reason that we kept the swaps free here (compared to charging in Oakland) was the constraints of the venues that we have used so far. But this has turned out to be a blessing in disguise because Sassy Family has truly helped out some people who really needed it. At this last swap, I had a young mother come in who was due any day. She had a hard time getting things ready for her new baby and HER mom could only do so much. Being able to fill a bag with clothes that she needed brought a smile to her face and caused her to say, "This is really needed in the community. People helping each other out without any questions or any need for money. Not everyone can do this all the time, but when it's done, it's a good thing."
But to continue these events, we do need money. I personally rented the venue for this event, with help from some of the funds from the Oakland swaps. However, more funds are needed because Oakland swaps can't just support Nashville swaps. There are some plans in the works for more fundraising, but in the meantime, donations would be appreciated. Any amount would be great! Click on the Donate button below to help.
Founder and Operator of the Sassy Family Craft Fair and the Sassy Family Kid's Clothing Swap
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Amazon's Treasure Truck Pup Fest
Amazon's Treasure Truck Pup Fest
Little Italy Dog Park will Transform into a Doggy Paradise Saturday, Oct.
Little Italy Dog Park
254 W. Date St
San Diego, CA 92101United States
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Amazon's Treasure Truck Pup Fest experience in collaboration with Rachel Ray Nutrish Dog Food will welcome all pups and dog lovers alike to the Little Italy Dog Park in San Diego on Saturday, Oct. 12. It will be a fun-filled day jam-packed with dog-friendly activities, interactive photo opportunities, dog adoptions with the ASPCA, and so much more. Pups and guests can experience the following activities throughout the day:
- Dog Play Zones: With areas dedicated for big and small dogs, guests will be able to enjoy unleashed playtime with their pups while interacting with a number of toys and obstacle courses.
- Spiff-Up Salon: Guests can visit the Spiff-Up Salon for some light grooming, including brushing and nail trimming. The final touch for the pups is a branded Nutrish bandana wrapped around their necks.
- Real-Ingredient Kitchen: Guests will be welcomed to learn all about Nutrish Dog Food, including an education on what ingredients go into their products. Along with the product education, guests and pups can take part in a fun game to win Nutrish branded toys.
- Wind in Your Fur Photo Booth: Guests can make their pup a model for the day with the ultimate photo set up featuring a classic convertible and the open road in the rear view.
- Custom Collars: This interactive, DIY station will allow guests to bling out their pups by making their very own collars with an assortment of décor and personalization options.
- Dog Fun House: Guests will venture through an oversized dog house filled with fun house mirrors, allowing for fun surprises at every turn.
- ASPCA Adoptions: Guests will be given the opportunity to visit the ASPCA table, meet a bunch of new furry friends, and possibly take home a new family member in need of a loving home.


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PSConfig error at step 2 - Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException: User cannot be found
Recently, I had installed SPS 2010 in my laptop which was running with Windows 7. Everything went smoothly until the step 2 in the PS configuration wizard. It failed with an error message says that "user cannot be found". If we check the logs we can see that it was trying to find out some user information from the AD. I was logged in using my corpnet domain credentials.
If you are installing as an administrator but your account is part of a domain, you will need to make sure you have online access to the domain controller. Otherwise configuration will fail on Step 2 with "Exception: Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException: User cannot be found." This happens even though you select to install the standalone version. This bit me because I was installing on a laptop at home and was not on the corporate domain. I had to start my VPN and then I was good to go.
Refer this blog post for getting to know different issues that you may face while installing windows 7 and the solutions.


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So the sale of my home was approved and I can finally prepare to move. I have been staying with my parents while I looked for a home, bought it and then prepared it for my arrival. I painted the walls, changed out the flooring and cleaned it up the way that I would like it. But now the hard part begins. I have to pack up the belongings I have at my parents and take the belongings I have in storage and move them into my new home. I don't know about all of you, but I really dislike moving. Even though I should be used to it, constantly moving is something that you really never get used to. However, fortunately for me, this should be the last time, or at least the last time in a long time, that I have to do this, so that helps to motivate me.
Another advantage I have with this move is that my brother lives here and I know he will help me move. So at least I won't be relying on friends to help me move my heavy boxes or furniture. At times I think that I should just hire a mover, especially since I am well off and can afford it. But other times, I realize I don't have much going on in my life so I have plenty of time to move myself. And then I think that I can forego the movers and spend money on Cardinals memorabilia instead, and so I decided to end up moving myself.
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In soft mint green, the Burlington Mantis is a traditionally patterned blind with the contemporary edge of the vertically hanging louvres. The gentle curves of the pattern are intricately stitched, offering a feeling of depth and texture.
Opt for a cool colour palette in the kitchen to keep the room feeling light and airy by pairing the Mantis with pure whites. Keep the base of the room white, using matching mint hues to accessorise, and go for silver fixtures and fittings to complement.


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I have a new favorite workout gadget: the iPad!
I use it to download The Biggest Loser—and watch it, mesmerized, while sweating away. It makes the time pass so much more quickly…and I find that I can exercise for a lot longer than I could with just music! I am usually not much of a TV watcher; this is my first season, ever, watching The Biggest Loser (I download it from iTunes for just $20)—and I am hooked! It is so motivating! Plus, truth be told, I think I have a little crush on Bob Harper….
I know the iPad is expensive, but it's absolutely worth it. I already spent 80 minutes on the elliptical doing hills and adding resistance while watching the contestants do the same. I don't know about you, but I will gladly spend my money on anything that helps me get healthier and more fit!
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David and Belinda Bender, members of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Auburn, Wash., said they will fight a lawsuit initiated by their local school system seeking to require their daughter Alisha to attend public school.
The King County prosecutor's office brought suit against the couple earlier in the school year after Alisha failed to appear for her special-education class at Evergreen Elementary School.
The prosecutor's office contends that the couple is in violation of a Washington law that requires children between the ages of 8 and 14 to attend a public or state-approved school.
The Benders, who say they are teaching their daughter at home because they want to give her a Christian education, could face a fine of $25 a day up to $3,000 or be ordered by the judge to send Alisha to school if they are convicted in Aukeen District Court next month.
"We found the curriculum that followed along the school of the prophets," Mr. Bender said. The couple also teach another, younger daughter at home.--ab
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