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As a leadership and work-life balance coach, I am always open to new ways to banish stress and anxiety and sharing different techniques with others. In today's blog post, I will be discussing worry stones and the method of rubbing away stress and anxiety.
The practice of rubbing worry stones has been around for centuries. When I was a kid, instead of worry stones, there were pet rocks and colored stones. I have always enjoyed looking at rocks by stopping, picking up the stones and admiring them. Their beautiful shapes, sizes, and colors.
What are some other common names for worry stones?
Fidget stones, feeling stones, soothing stones, sensory stones and thumb stones.
According to Wikipedia the origins of worry stones:
As a folk practice implement, worry stones have many origins. Variations on the concept originate in ancient Greece, Tibet, Ireland, and multiple Native American tribes. The concept of a worry stone began by the simple action of picking a smooth stone and fiddling with the stone.[3] Worry stones made by sea water were generally used by Ancient Greeks.[4] Native American tribes would continuously give them to younger generations, creating a sense of connection from previous family members.[3] They also believed these worry stones were considered a sacred item and they were extra special if they were made out of quartz.[4]
What is a Worry Stone?
A worry stone is a smooth flat rock about the size of a thumb. When rubbing the stone between thumb and fingers, it has a calming effect. The stones are small enough to carry around in your pocket or purse. Stones come in all different colors, sizes, shapes and minerals. They can be river stones, crystals, sea glass, tumbled gems or a smooth flat rock from your backyard. You can purchase stones at craft and arts stores, amazon, mineral-rock shops and rock and gems shows. Some worry stones have an indent inside the size of a thumb. Other stones may have inspirational quotes, one-word sayings, affirmations, religious symbols, etc. Also, painting flat rocks is another way to relax and a way to make the stone more personal to fit your personality or style.
I recently watched a YouTube video called DIY Worry Stones on how to make worry stones from colored baked clay.
How Do You Use A Worry Stone?
Place the flat stone in your hand between your thumb and index finger and rub the stone back and forth.
Does Rubbing on a Worry Stone Help Reduce Anxiety and Stress?
A worry stone works as a form of reflexology or nerve pressure when rubbed. While rubbing the stone it touches the reflex areas in your thumb and fingers creating a sensation of relaxation and calm within the body. Reflexology is commonly known for applying gentle pressing on certain parts of the body, usually on the feet.
My stone:
It is a smooth clear thumb size stone. I purchased it at a mineral-rock store. I like the feel of it in my hand. I do rub it from time to time. When using the worry stone, I will switch up my hands while rubbing it. Using just your dominant hand is fine.
When are good times to rub a worry stone?
🦋 While sitting at a doctor's office.
🦋 Before taking a test.
🦋 Before giving a presentation.
🦋 When feeling anxious or upset.
🦋 While a customer is yelling at you on the phone.
🦋 Before delivering bad news.
🦋 While contemplating on a big decision or large purchase.
🦋 Before going to sleep.
Does it work?
For me, it is a pleasant distraction because I am focusing on rubbing the stone and it does help me gain a new perspective.
For others, I think it depends on the individual and being open to the process. When taking those few moments of rubbing the stone, it can settle the mind.
Carrying a worry stone around with you, especially when feelings of anxiety, anger, or frustration occur. By rubbing your thumb and fingers across the stone it will hit reflex areas and the movement relaxes your mind, body, and spirit.
Please share your answers to the following questions in the comments below:
🦋 Have you rubbed a worry stone?
🦋 What was your experience like?
🦋 When do you use your worry stone?
🦋 What color is it?
🦋 How did you chose it?
🦋 Share a photo of your stone.
🦋 If not, After reading this blog post would you try one?
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E.g. on zoom level 5 in Europe: In OSM render I have no idea where are the state borders.
Or compare Paris on zoom 8: Can you differ higways, main routes, trains and rivers?
Compare both cases to map1.eu. I think it beats in readability even Google maps, which is heavily focuses on roads (and e.g. rivers are hard to recognize).

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Children. They're still figuring out the world and things like manners and hygiene. It's up to you to keep them healthy and teach them healthy habits - because, let's face it, kids have some gross habits. It can be difficult for children to understand the idea of invisible germs that can make them sick, so start explaining early on why sticking their finger in their nose is a bad idea. More importantly, teach them how to wash their hands and keep antibacterial hand soap around. Get those germs off little fingers before they spread.
Nose picking
Ew. Keep tissues on hand and make your child use one whenever you catch them picking his nose or wiping it on the back of their hand. Explain that it's a habit most people find disgusting and rude and that it can spread germs that will make them sick. Then, make sure they go and wash their hands with hand soap.
Washing hands before mealtime
Children don't see the problem with sharing drinks, straws or any of their food with their friends. Even ignoring the problem of dangerous food allergies can be a bad habit that can sometimes spread illness. One way to combat some of this germ-sharing is to get children in the habit of washing their hands with soap before meals. This way they are less likely to spread germs to the food they're eating or passing germs on to others.
Picking at scabs
All children get bumps, scrapes and cuts when they're busy doing what children do. Some of them can be fascinated with their body's healing process. Convincing them to keep a bandage on the wound and to leave the scab alone so that it heals properly can be a chore. However, helping them to wash their hands frequently with hand soap and explaining that even small cuts or grazes can get infected if we pick at them should help them exert a little self-control. Maybe challenge them to let the scab fall off naturally and take bets on how many days it will take. As with all good hygiene, working with your child to understand that your body needs to heal is the best approach.


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Some car owners wash their car daily while others don't wash their vehicle until a stranger scratches the words, "PLEASE WASH ME", into the pollen, dust and mud that is caked on their car's exterior. The goal of washing your car is to keep it in excellent condition by maintaining its appearance and protecting its' resale/trade-in value.
Washing your car is extremely important. It prevents contaminants like dust, dirt, pollen, tree sap, bug guts, salt, air-borne pollutants from adhering to your vehicle. Many auto detailing and car experts recommend washing your car once a week to successfully prevent contaminants from damaging your paint and finish. You may worry that it is too expensive to wash your car every week. However, more and more commercial car washes offer unlimited wash deals for an affordable monthly fee.
If you do not have time to wash your car every week or need to be more budget conscious, then use the guidelines below to help you decide how often to wash your vehicle.
1. Location – Where do you live? Are your near industrial areas, oceans, areas with a lot of trees, construction sites or regions with a lot of bugs and insects? Is there a lot of dust? Are you in an urban area with a lot of pigeons?
2. Frequency and Distance of Your Drive – What is your daily route to work like? The more you drive your car, the more it is exposed to dirt, dust, mud, bugs and other environmental threats to your paints and finish.
3. Weather – What kind of weather is your car exposed to on a daily basis? Heavy rains, sun, heat, cold, snow, heavy winds, salt? Is there acid rain?
4. Storage of Your Vehicle – Do you store your car in a closed garage? Do you park your truck or car in the drive way? Do you keep your car parked on the street? Is it parked under trees?
5. Car's Appearance – Do you prefer for your car to look showroom shiny? Do you enjoy driving a clean car? Do you take pride in driving a well-kept car?
Exterior car washing and waxing your car keeps it clean, and more importantly protects your car from everyday environmental threats. Ultimately, you are protecting your car from etching, discoloration, fading, rusting and more by taking it to an automatic car wash on a regular basis.
Visit your local Big Splash Car Wash in Kansas City and Overland Park Car Wash and we will take care of your car washing needs! Our Unlimited Wash Membership saves you money if you wash at least 2-3 times per month.


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Our lamb treats are dark brown and rectangular in shape, with herbs (rosemary and thyme) and carrots visible in each one. They have a soft texture and smell meaty and herby. Yum.
Our fish treats are round slices, with a soft texture in the middle and slightly tougher outer layer. These treats give off a herby smell and you'll be able to spot the carrots inside.


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And it's not that I can't, it's just that I don't want to.
This is what it looks like outside right now, but it's an old photo. I used to go out in almost any weather to capture just about anything and I wasn't ever really too phased by the cold, or the moisture in the air, but wow...that's changed. I've changed.
Let's blame it on menopause...as it's kind of the answer for everything these days.
Anyhow, I used to think that I had to chase anything and everything and photograph it, especially nature, but I don't really do that in the same "oh my gosh, the snow and the birds and the clouds and the trees and oh, did you know I own a "big camera" so get out of my way, here I come" kind of way that I used to.
But when the weather is cooperative. And by cooperative, I mean warm. And by warm, I mean above 40 {who am I kidding, let's say 50} degrees and preferably with the sun warming my back, confusing me and making me believe that my favorite blanket is wrapped around my shoulders, off I go to get "lost" in the tiny world I see through my lens.
You might be saying, what?..."the tiny world you see"...and think I've totally lost it, but I truly believe the world, as huge as it is, is tiny when you get to decide what you really want to see, especially through a camera lens, what you really want to remember, what you really want to document and what you really want to talk about, even with strangers, when the day is done.
So, rambling the way I often do when I sit here and type, let's raise our glasses to what we see, our ability to share with others and what we find special enough to remember on any given day ...oh, and to menopause, which doesn't totally suck by the way.


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My gosh! What's this can of pumpkin hiding in the back of my pantry? When did I purchase this??? The expiration date is this month! I gotta use it up! What should I bake it with?
Yes, baking was the first thought that popped into my mind. Not pumpkin ravioli. Not pumpkin smoothie. And most DEFINITELY not pumpkin soup. Yep. It was either bread or cookies. I decided to reserve the bread option for later (post will come soon) because my mom is travelling to visit relatives and I wanted her to bring something sweet for them. I thought portioned treats are better for division. While I was 'rummaging' the rest of my kitchen, figuring out what else I could add to the cookies (since just plain 'ole pumpkin is just, well, boring), I found a half bag of chocolate chip in a container, next to random tea bags and jello mix. Please don't judge). So, why not add that for some sweetness as well? So there you have it, pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. These are chewy, moist, and very wholesome. Aside from the chocolate chips, it's really quite good for you. One or two would make a worthy snack to plow through the afternoon or midnight munchies.
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup canned pumpkin
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup bittersweet chocolate chips
1. Heat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a medium bowl, blend together the dry ingredients.
3. In another bowl, , whisk together sugar, oil, pumpkin, vanilla and beaten egg.
4. Gradually combine dry ingredients to the wet and stir until just combined, then stir in the chocolate chips. Do not over-mix.
5. Drop the dough by the spoonful. Bake 10-12 minutes or until slightly firm to the touch. Take tray out and cool.
PS My cousin ate the last three of the cookies today. He texted me from afar. 🙂


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At Kinetico San Antonio, we don't just install our quality water softeners – we also repair them if the need ever arises. When it comes to our products, Kinetico is the indisputable maintenance experts, and we are glad to assist you in keeping your water softener in top shape. Our highly experienced team has been installing and repairing Kinetico water softeners in San Antonio since 1970. If you have any questions about, or need assistance with, your Kinetico home water softener, just give us a call today!
My Kinetico water softener has stopped working. What do I do?
Thanks to your Kinetico water softener, your pipes, dishes, laundry, skin and hair have grown accustomed to proper treatment. After all of this pampering, a sudden failure in your system could leave you living in a bad dream of the times before soft water. You don't have to kiss your bright, fluffy towels, clear dishes, soft skin and shiny hair goodbye, however. If your home's water softener happens to malfunction, simply call the professionals at Kinetico San Antonio. Our experts are readily available to handle any water softener repair and get your home back on the track to soft water.
We repair every series and style of Kinetico water softener.
Each of our Kinetico home water softeners require varying degrees of maintenance, based on their series and style. Whether you're dealing with basic maintenance problems like too little salt, an excess of salt, a clogged resin bed, a clogged injector or something more serious, our friendly technicians are trained and ready to quickly diagnose and repair your softener. More times than not, your Kinetico softener will be repaired and supplying your home with clean and pure water the very same day. A faulty home water softener shouldn't leave you with hard decisions and harder water. We believe in our products at Kinetico, and, though malfunctions rarely occur, we're always ready and willing to solve any and all problems that may arise. If you suspect failure or any problems with your water softener, don't hesitate. Give us a call today at 210-656-7873! Don't forget to ask us about our affordable water softener rentals.


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Re-use Your Empty Prescription Pill Bottles
March 23, 2011 33 comments View all articles in Re-Use-It
Chances are you have at least one prescription bottle lurking in your medicine cabinet at this very moment. What are you going to do with it when you refill your prescription or no longer have to take your medication? Many curbside recycling programs don't pickup prescription bottles.
Fortunately, you can drop off your Type 5 prescription bottles for recycling at a nearby Whole Foods Market, or you can mail your bottles directly to Preserve's Gimme 5 program (visit their website for a mailing address and instructions). If those suggestions don't suit you, however, you could always try out some of the following tips for re-using and recycling your empty prescription bottles.
- Check with your local free clinic or veterinarian's office to see if they accept used prescription bottles. If they do, ask them for further instructions on how you can donate all your empty bottles.
- The American Foundation for Children with AIDS accepts empty, clean, amber/blue/green prescription bottles and sends them to Africa to be re-used over and over again at hospitals and pharmacies. Visit their website, AFCAIDS.org, or mail as many bottles as you have to:
American Foundation for Children with AIDS
6221 Blue Grass Avenue
Harrisburg, PA 17112
- Use empty prescription bottles to mix and store powdered, tempera, or acrylic paints. Just dab a bit of paint on the lid to distinguish the color.
- Larger sized prescription bottles make excellent first-aid kits. They're just big enough to squeeze in folded alcohol pads, Band-Aids, a miniature tube of antiseptic ointment, and one or two cotton balls.
- After you've painted or covered several empty prescription bottles with colorful paper, glue the bottles onto a piece of cardboard, and place them in a desk drawer to organize office supplies like pens, pencils, paperclips, thumbtacks, staples, postage stamps, rubber bands, etc.
- Keep screws, tacks, small nails, nuts, bolts, and picture hooks organized and in one place inside prescription bottles.
- Always have safety pins available when you need them by keeping them in plastic prescription bottles.
- Create a sewing kit for travel or the workplace by putting a needle, thread, straight pins, safety pins, and spare buttons in a plastic prescription bottle
- A great use for prescription bottles is bobby pin storage. The bottle is the perfect size for these hairpins and its secure lid will save you time looking in cupboards and drawers when you're running late.
- Q-tips and other cotton swabs fit nicely inside prescription bottles and can be used for bathroom storage or travel.
- Empty prescription bottles are ideal for storing BBs and air-gun pellets. The contents will be securely stored, and the child-proof lid might come in handy.
- Store-bought garments almost always come with tiny packets of spare buttons or snaps. You can keep these inside an empty prescription bottle so you always know where to find them.
- These bottles fit perfectly inside your car's glove compartment or door cubby, and they're great for storing change or small amounts of cash for garage parking, toll fare, or the Laundromat.
- New Christmas tree lights usually come with packets of spare bulbs and fuses. Keep these in one place and with your other Christmas ornaments inside an empty prescription bottle and.
- Keep track of fishing hooks and lures by sealing them in plastic prescription bottles. Organize your tackle box by using several bottles to sort and store different angling accessories.
- Prescription bottles are just the right size for keeping inside board game boxes and storing dice, tokens, and other small game pieces that often go missing.
- Little beads, clasps, hooks, and other jewelry-making supplies can be organized and kept from spilling if stored in a prescription bottle.
- Craft glitter, sequins, confetti, and sand art can all be stored in plastic prescription bottles so they're organized and kept from spilling.
- An easy solution for keeping matches dry on boating, camping, and canoeing trips is to store them inside a plastic prescription bottle.
- It's common practice in senior citizen communities to place a list of pertinent personal and medical information inside a prescription bottle, and store it inside the freezer with a note on the refrigerator door to alert paramedics.
- If you or someone in your household wears braces, conveniently store those tiny orthodontic rubber bands inside a prescription bottle to avoid misplacement.
Reminder: before re-using, recycling, or even donating your empty prescription bottles, it's a good idea to wash them thoroughly in hot, soapy water and remove all the labels.


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Family Mart subsidiary Famima Dot Com, which runs the stores' online division, and Sharp have reached an agreement to provide services for Zaurus PDA users at terminals currently stationed at 1300 of the company's 7616 Family Mart stores in the Tokyo metropolitan area. An additional 200 stores plan to have the terminals by June, the two companies said Wednesday.
Family Mart started providing services such as ticket reservations, music streaming and online shopping to its customers via "Famiport" electronic terminals installed at stores in late January this year, according to Masahiko Tanaka, a spokesman for Family Mart. The terminal functions have been prepared to be used by mobile devices such as PDAs, he said.
At first, it plans to distribute game software and electronic book contents for the Zaurus from Sharp's existing Internet service, called "Sharp Space Town," which is exclusively provided for users of all of Sharp's computer hardware devices. The convenience store terminals, unlike the Internet, do not charge a telecommunication fee and enable users to download one megabyte of content in approximately 10 seconds, the companies said.
The price of game software will range from 500 yen to 1,570 yen ($8 to $24) and the e-book from 100 yen to 840 yen, Tanaka said.
The companies hope to expand the service to offer more varied content and use more advanced technologies in the near future. At the beginning, memory cards will be needed for downloading, however, they plan to install Bluetooth wireless personal-area networks on both terminals and PDAs, according to Tastuya Kofuji, a spokesman for Sharp.
"It is now a matter of cost. The technology is ready but we need to produce a Bluetooth-embedded Zaurus at the reasonable price", Kofuji said. "It won't be longer than a few years".
In Japan, convenience stores are located nationwide and in cities can be found on almost every other block. The stores are usually open 24 hours a day, seven days a week and attract not only the young but many people who stop by on their way to and from appointments. It is therefore an ideal place for mobile PDA users to purchase content, Kofuji said. "Especially young businessmen, who often use convenience stores, are likely to be PDA users and even for older generations, convenience stores are easy to go in."


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Here is a day by day weekend guide for Friday, September 21 – Sunday, September 23
514 Center Ave
Arrive into town Friday evening in time to enjoy a meal at the Turtle Restaurant!
The Turtle Restaurant is offering a prix fix dinner before the showings of Always Patsy Cline 5:00-6:30 and Sunday Brunch 11:00- 2:00 featuring some of Patsy's favorite dishes. The specialty menu includes the following:
Choice of: Southern Clam Chowder House Salad with House Vinaigrette
Main Course Options:
Patsy's Braised Rabbit w/ Country Mashers and Farmer Veggies Patsys Favorite Fried Chicken Salad With Boiled Dill Dressing
Dessert: Hilda Hansley's (Patsy Cline's Mother) Three layer Black Walnut Cake
Pre-Fix of $18 per person excluding tip, tax and beverages Additional $9 for a big piece of Mrs. Hansley's Black Walnut Three Layer Cake with Cream Cheese Icing and chopped black walnuts.
Make an early reservation by calling 325.646.8200 so you won't be late the the show! The Turtle will also have available their full regular menu. If you are arriving late to town friday, but still wanting to make time for show grab a custom cocktail, or glass of wine at the Turtle Enoteca.
For their full menu, and to learn more about the Turtle Enoteca, Gelateria, and Restaurant visit: www.theturtlerestaurant.com
After grabbing dinner at The Turtle Restaurant walk over to the Lyric Theatre for a live preformance.
September 21, 2018
Always…Patsy Cline is based on the true story of Patsy Cline's friendship with Houston housewife Louise Seger. Having first heard Cline on the "Arthur Godfrey Show" in 1957, Seger became an immediate and avid fan of Cline's and she constantly hounded the local disc jockey to play Cline's records on the radio. In 1961 when Cline went to Houston for a show, Seger and her buddies arrived about an hour-and-a-half early and, by coincidence, met Cline who was traveling alone. The two women struck up a friendship that was to culminate in Cline spending the night at Seger's house—a friendship that lasted until Cline's untimely death in a plane crash in 1963. The relationship, which began as fan worship evolved into one of mutual respect. It is the kind of relationship that many fans would like to have with their heroes. Over a pot of strong coffee, the two women chatted about their common concerns. When Cline finally left for Dallas, her next job, the two women had exchanged addresses and telephone numbers. Seger never expected to hear from Cline again, but soon after she left, Seger received the first of many letters and phone calls from Cline. The pen-pal relationship provides much of the plot of the show. The play focuses on the fateful evening at Houston's Esquire Ballroom when Seger hears of Cline's death in a plane crash. Seger supplies a narrative while Cline floats in and out of the set singing tunes that made her famous Anytime, Walking' After Midnight, She's Got You, Sweet Dreams, and Crazy to name a few. The show combines humor, sadness and reality. It offers fans who remember Cline while she was alive a chance to look back, while giving new fans an idea of what seeing her was like and what she meant to her original fans.
Ready to call it a night? Find a place to rest your head for the night, by exploring our accomodations page.
September 22 at 9:00 am – 12 pm
700 Main Street
FIRST DAY OF MARKET FOR THE SEASON! The Artisan Market provides hand crafted, home baked, and locally grown items for the community on a seasonal schedule the 2nd & 4th Saturdays, 9-12. Come shop the first artisan market of the season and stroll through the many vendors! The Artisan Market is lead by Rebecca Morelock of Baked Artisan Goods.
Top Photo: Baked Artisan Goods, by Rebecca Morelock
Bottom Photo: Arrow & Oaks, with Owner Lark Terry
After shopping walk downtown to explore our boutiques, grab lunch at one of our downtown eateries, finish shopping and enduldge in gelato from The Turtle Gelateria, or grab a delicious cupcake from Flower Pour Bakery.
September 22 at 6pm – 11pm
2803 Austin Avenue
La Sorella + Rancho Loma Vineyards are excited to partner and offer wine tastings at La Sorella! The event will also feature Asian fusion cuisine from Josh Tye of the Chuck Dragon food truck and live music by Zak Webb. Tickets are $15.00 and do not include food, but does include 5 wine tastings of RLV wine!
September 23 from 1- 4 pm
If you are still around Brownwood, Texas on Sunday, stop by Spirit of Texas Winery for their wine bottle engraving event. For $5 get up to 7 words hand engraved (plus the cost of the bottle of wine). Free to their Wine Club Members. Need it shipped in Texas? Spirit of Texas Winery can do that too! Spirit of Texas Winery is a small winery located in outside of Brownwood. It's owned by Moira & Brian McCue. They both had separate careers and decided they wanted to do something together. They bought the property in July of 2016 and started working on turning an overgrown mesquite-filled property into a winery & vineyard. Wine bottle engraving is done by the Texas Scribe which makes the perfect gift for any occasion. Choose your favorite quote, occasion, names or special dates.
Before leaving Spirit of Texas Winery! Be sure to grab a photo infront of the "i love you & wine so much" and #VisitBrownwood.
Looking for more opportunities. Check our our Plan Your Visit interiery guide!


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Call to save our heritage in Weston
PUBLISHED: 00:16 27 January 2012 | UPDATED: 20:58 20 February 2013
The historic and archaeological importance of Weston Medieval Deer Park is hoped to be recognised by English Heritage, as Louise McEvoy finds out
An application has been submitted to have Weston Medieval Deer Park, which was once owned by Anne Boleyn, recognised by English Heritage in order to protect the land from development.
An area of the park has been earmarked for housing in the Stevenage and North Herts Action Plan (SNAP), which was published in 2007 by Stevenage Borough Council and North Herts District Council to accommodate 16,000 homes in the area.
While SNAP was shelved last year, it was not cancelled, and so to protect it from any development in the future, Roddy Pryor, who lives at the parks Weston Lodge, has applied to English Heritage for the park to be afforded national heritage designation, based on historic and archaeological reasons.
The earliest record of the park dates from 1231. Its historic importance includes the fact that in 1532 Henry VIII granted the manor of Weston, including the park, to Anne Boleyn. In 1536 it may have reverted to the Crown, but in 1541 some of it was leased.
Roddy explains, As one of the largest and most attractive of the deer parks in medieval Hertfordshire, it may well have provided the venue for some prestigious hunting events. The detailed history of those three centuries of the Weston deer park is brilliantly described in Anne Rowes book Medieval Parks of Hertfordshire.
He also says that for over three centuries the park would have played a vital role in the local economy. It would have employed quite a lot of people locally to kill the deer and take them up to London to be sold, and a lot of people would have been needed to keep the fences and hedges in good order so the deer couldnt get out, he says. It would have given employment to at least 30 to 40 people.
Roddy asserts that the creation of the park would have greatly influenced the pattern of settlement in the area and the development of the local road network, with much of the landscape around Weston having altered little over the centuries.
Archaeologically, earthwork evidence of how the land had been used during the medieval period has been preserved where pasture has survived.
Today, the park is made up mostly of arable land, with some pasture and quite a lot of woodland. Remains of the boundary of the deer park, which would have been a thick hedge on a bank, are clearly visible in several places, and it is possible that some of the oak trees date back to medieval times. The only buildings on the 380-acre park are a collection close to the lodge, where Mr Pryor was born. He says, The lodge will have been the most important building within the park in medieval times and was strategically located to give the parker extensive views over the park. It became a farmhouse in the 16th century and has probably been rebuilt several times. As well as Weston Lodge, there is an 18th-century granary, which was converted into a cottage at the end of the 19th century, and is surrounded by a large partly 17th-century thatched barn. Both buildings are Grade II listed and there are a further two barns and a range of stables and kennels on the site.
According to Roddy, the site has never been investigated or excavated. There may still be a considerable amount to be uncovered, and it affords a rare archaeological opportunity in a medieval deer park untouched by development, he says.
Asked what prompted him to apply to English Heritage for the park to be afforded national heritage designation, he says, At the time we first heard about SNAP, it did seem it was going to come awfully near us, and then Anne Rowes book came out about the medieval deer park in 2009. The existence of the deer park was not known locally until then. It seemed to me something that might well slow the development up.
Weve submitted the application and English Heritage are certainly looking at it, but they did say it would take quite a time because they have a lot of applications and they look at it in great detail. We really are waiting on them. Lets hope it keeps the developers off.
The application to English Heritage is supported by Joanna Cherry, who owns more than 350 acres of the park with her husband John, and by Weston Parish Council. We are very much in support of the application, says Joanna. Apart from anything else, it gives us a stronger case for not developing houses on the land.
Roddy concludes, The current recession makes it unlikely for SNAP to be revived until the current economic situation improves, but that will surely happen in a few years. There is a need for more houses in Stevenage, so we regard urban development as a serious threat which listing could help to avert. The threat is real and designation would emphasise the importance of Westons medieval park.


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Date: 04/29/2016 - 09/18/2016
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- For other appearances of Thrall, see Thrall (disambiguation).
Thrall represents the Shaman class in Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft.
Official overview[edit | edit source]
From his humble beginnings as a slave to his rise as Warchief of the Horde, Thrall has cut a path through the history of Azeroth through his courageous actions, unfaltering will, and his mastery of the Elements as a Shaman.
Thrall has been one of the most influential characters in the Warcraft universe; his intelligence, wisdom, and rationality has helped shaped the Horde into a unified force to be reckoned with.
Thrall founded the lands of Durotar and its capital city, Orgrimmar, as a sanctuary for orcs who pledged their loyalty to the Horde. Through his wisdom, Thrall has brought different races and backgrounds together under a banner of honor and strength, combining their might to give them hope for the future.
Tested time and again, Thrall has led his people through many pivotal points in Azeroth's history, including the freeing of the orcs and their journey to Kalimdor, the Burning Legion's attack on Mount Hyjal, and the fall of the Lich King.
After the Shattering of Azeroth that heralded Deathwing's return, Thrall took the noble and courageous path to bring peace to the raging Elements, endangering himself to save the lands and people he holds dear. Thrall entered the chaotic Maelstrom to stabilize the rift between the Elemental Plane and Azeroth.
Thrall, alongside the dragon aspects Alexstrasza, Ysera, Nozdormu, and Kalecgos, led the army that defeated Deathwing and prevented the final Cataclysm that would bring about the end of Azeroth.
Before the razing of Azeroth from the Black Dragon, Deathwing, Thrall made the decision to appoint Garrosh as Warchief of the Horde. This brought about a sudden shift to the Horde as a whole, and Garrosh's rash leadership only served to break the carefully forged alliances that Thrall worked so tirelessly to build over the years. Thrall's quest to end injustice and tyranny was seemingly never-ending, as someone he once considered an ally and worthy of leading took the Horde into a brutal, war-mongering direction within the normally peaceful lands of Pandaria and beyond. Nevertheless, Thrall is determined to overcome all obstacles and bring peace to his people and all allies to the Horde's cause.
Thrall is rarely without Doomhammer, a stout and imposing weapon that embodies the strength of the orcish people. Despite its intimidating name, Thrall brings hope to the orcish people when he wields it in battle.
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- "Thrall" was the moniker bestowed on the young orc Go'el in his first home--an internment camp created to keep the orc prisoners of the Second War from ever threatening Azeroth again--and the name could not be less fitting. When Go'el escaped his prison, he traveled in search of not just aimless freedom but his roots, eventually finding wisdom in the shamanic beliefs of his ancestors.
- Thrall's shamanism guided his actions as he re-formed the Horde, becoming its warchief and leading his people to settle in an arid land that he called Durotar, in honor of his father, Durotan. Thrall led the Horde through a seemingly unceasing series of trials: the lifting of the demonic blood-curse that had tainted the orcs, a Burning Legion attack on Mount Hyjal, and the fall of the dreaded Lich King. When Deathwing returned and shattered the world, Thrall stepped down from his role as the Horde's warchief, instead joining the Earthen Ring, a powerful shamanic group, in an attempt to put the elements to rest and stop the Destroyer. Thrall chose Garrosh Hellscream as his successor, and that decision continues to haunt him as the ruthlessness of the new warchief brings the Horde to the point of insurrection.[1]
Raised by humans as a gladiator, Thrall later escaped from Durnholde, and fought under Orgrim Doomhammer, the name sake of the Horde capital, Orgrimmar, to liberate the orcs interned after the Second War. During the liberation of the last of the camps, Orgrim fell in combat bestowing his black plate, the title of Warchief, and the Doomhammer upon Thrall. Thrall then gathered his Horde and sailed to Kalimdor, and settled Durotar, the new home for the orcs. After joining the Earthen Ring shamans to help repair the elements of the world from the Shattering, Thrall, with the help of the dragon aspects and a group of mortal heroes, used the Dragon Soul to destroy Deathwing, and save Azeroth from destruction.
Thrall was born as the son of Durotan, whom Durotar is named after, and Draka. According to the World of Warcraft novels, Thrall was found as an infant in close proximity to the slaughtered corpses of his parents by Aedelas Blackmoore. Blackmoore then named him "Thrall", which in human tongue is another word for "slave". Blackmoore then took Thrall to Durnholde Keep, raising him as a gladiator. Thrall had both the intelligence of a human, and the ferocity and savagery of an orc. Thrall grew to befriend Taretha Foxton, a human woman who can be seen in World of Warcraft at the Caverns of Time instance Escape From Durnholde Keep, in which the player aids Thrall in his escape from Durnholde. Taretha later allowed for Thrall to escape by creating a diversion with fire. Thrall was then taken to an internment camp, where he met fellow members of the Horde, and learned of the corruption of Gul'dan, an orcish warlock. Thrall, with the help of Grom Hellscream, father to Garrosh Hellscream, later created a Horde army, which he used to return to Durnholde and confront Blackmoore, only to have Taretha's severed head thrown at his feet.
As well as his close friendships with Rexxar and the troll leader Vol'jin, Thrall was also a great friend of Cairne Bloodhoof, before his demise at the hands of Garrosh.
- "My parents... murdered before I could know them! Betrayed… Gul'dan! If I must burn my way across the afterlife, I will find you in whatever hell you have hidden. I will have my revenge! Do you hear me?" - Thrall
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When viewed in the Collection, Thrall has the following flavor text:
- Thrall quit his former job as Warchief to save the world and spend more time with his family.
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Each hero has their own selection of audio and written emotes that are produced in response to specific events. For more information, see Emote.
|I thank you.
|Well played
|Well played.
|Greetings, friend.
|Mirror Greetings
|Good to see you.
|That's incredible!
|That was a mistake.
|The Elements will destroy you!
|Elements guide me!
|You win this one, friend.
|Opening remark
|For Doomhammer!
|Mirror start
|For the Frostwolves!
|Thinking [1]
|Thinking [2]
|I wonder...
|Thinking [3]
|Hmm... What to do...
|Running out of time
|There is little time!
|Almost out of cards
|I'm almost out of cards!
|Out of cards
|I'm out of cards!
|Error: Too many minions
|I have too many minions.
|Error: Generic
|I can't do that.
|Error: Hand already full
|My hand is too full!
|Error: Hero already attacked
|I already attacked.
|Error: Minion not ready
|Give that minion a turn to get ready.
|Error: Minion exhausted
|That minion already attacked.
|Error: Not enough mana
|I don't have enough mana.
|Error: Need a weapon
|I need a weapon.
|Error: Can't play that card
|I can't play that.
|Error: Can't target stealthed minions
|I can't target Stealthed minions.
|Error: Not a valid target
|That's not a valid target.
|Error: Must attack taunt minion
|A minion with Taunt is in the way.
|Selection in Arena
|Storm, earth and fire - heed my call!
|Lunar New Year Greetings
|Greetings, friend.
|Winter Veil Greetings
|Happy Feast of Winter Veil!
|Midsummer Fire Festival Greetings
|A festival for the elements!
|Pirate's Day Greetings
|Yar, matey. It be Pirate, uh, Day.
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|Sorry that happened.
|Good game
|Good Game.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
Thrall's art was chosen to emphasise his shamanistic aspects. As much of his earlier appearance more closely resembled a warrior, with its spiked plate armor, for Hearthstone the choice was made to use art which depicted him in his later more shamanic form, first seen in Cataclysm.[2]
Voice[edit | edit source]
Thrall is voiced by Chris Metzen.
Artist[edit | edit source]
Gallery[edit | edit source]
See also[edit | edit source]
Patch changes[edit | edit source]
- Patch 18.104.22.16874 (2016-04-24): Wow emote added. Sorry emote no longer available.
- Patch 188.8.131.5251 (2016-03-14): "Happy Feast of Winterveil!" changed to "Happy Feast of Winter Veil!"
- Patch 188.8.131.5256 (2015-12-04): Winter Veil emote added.
- Patch 126.96.36.19933 (2015-11-10):
- Mirror start emote added.
- Taunt error message changed from "I must attack the minion with Taunt." to "A minion with Taunt is in the way."
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Thrall - World of Warcraft Official Game Guide
- ↑ Gnimsh, iHearthU.com (2014-02-07). Interview with Hearthstone Developers: Eric Dodds & Ben Brode.
- ↑ DeviantArt.
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LDWF: Reality shows add to increase in gator violations
Violators tell law enforcement they were imitating TV
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says alligator hunting violations are rising, and one reason appears to be the popularity of reality television shows.
Col. Winton Vidrine, head of the enforcement division, says some violators told wildlife agents they were copying what they saw on reality TV.
The department says there were 60 gator hunting violations in 2007 and in 2008, 69 in 2009 and 2010, 80 last year, and 98 so far this year.
The History Channel's show Swamp People, which features alligator hunting, started in August 2010.
Vidrine says most violations are for possessing an alligator out of season, hunting alligators without a license and possessing an alligator without a license.
First-offense illegal possession can mean 120 days in jail and a $950 fine.


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How many of you have read the book The Secret? Well a featured teacher from the mega-bestseller The Secret, Marci Shimoff, has written a new book about why she loves The Sedona Method and is urging people to use this release technique to let go of negative thoughts and feelings in her new book, Happy For No Reason.
The Sedona Method is a simple and powerful technique that will show you how to uncover your natural ability to let go of painful or unwanted feelings. The Sedona Method consists of a series of questions you ask yourself that lead you to self-awareness of what you are feeling and guides you into the experience of letting go and really being happy.
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With their latest offering, Adult Swim restrains from the motley crew of wacky and zany characters and gameplay in favor of a more direct approach. Placing you in the trenches with their newest recruit Major Mayhem (who managed to skip a few ranks), he tries to save his girlfriend from the clutches of the Forces of Evil. Featuring an "on-rails" shooter mechanic and a host of weapons, does Major Mayhem live up to his name?
As you may have noticed, the plot behind Major Mayhem isn't exactly a page turner. Still, the simple story complements its casual gameplay. If you've ever dropped a handful of quarters on arcade shooter Time Crisis, you will immediately feel at home here. Movement is restricted, save for jump dodging and shooting, and you'll never find yourself lost as Major Mayhem's path has been predetermined.
Shooting is as easy. See an enemy, tap to shoot, then move on to the next one. It slowly turns into a whack-a-mole affair. Major Mayhem also boasts an arsenal of weapons that can be unlocked via in-app purchase or grinding away at levels until players collect enough coins. Aside from weapons, purchases can also be made towards supplies and clothing, with the former affecting gameplay. While not a fan of in-app purchases, thankfully, Adult Swim kept the option confined to the menu screen and never in your face.
So how does Major Mayhem score? While the on-rails shooter dish has been served before, Major Mayhem doesn't season the genre with new flavors. Though it lacks that Adult Swim magic, it's nonetheless brainless fun. Suffice to say, Major Mayhem won't be a memorable experience, but it will be fun one.


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Air Farce 1: Drugged-up man in underpants eludes security to party on Merkel jet
Police detained a 24-year-old bodybuilder known as Volkan T. on
the night of July 25 after he reportedly caused US$133,720 of
damage to the jet used by Chancellor Angela Merkel. The story hit
German headlines a month ago, but it remained a mystery how
Volkan managed to penetrate airport security with such ease.
A police report leaked to German press on Tuesday revealed how it took police over three hours to take the semi-naked party animal into custody. It also recommended that Germany ramp up its security in the wake of such a blatant breach.
"The investigation is focused on the charges of dangerous interference in aviation but also trespassing and damage to property. As part of that probe it's of interest how the accused got onto the site and into the plane," prosecutor Ulrich Bremer told Spiegel Online.
On the night of July 25, Volkan drove from his home in Cologne to the airport, reportedly high on drugs. He succeeded in slipping past a security post by saying he had been invited to a wedding party in the officers' quarters.
Once within the airport, Volkan scaled a barbed wire fence and located Merkel's jet. He clambered on to a wing and entered the cabin through the open emergency exit, whereupon he stripped down to his underpants and embarked upon a wild one-man party.
Volkan rampaged through the Airbus 319, setting off a fire extinguisher on the plush interior, dancing on the wing and deploying the inflatable emergency slide. The authorities eventually became aware of Volkan's antics at 8:40pm, when he inadvertently set off an alarm while pressing buttons at random in the plane's cockpit.
Police arrived on the scene at around 10:16pm, surrounding the aircraft and demanding that Volkan leave the plane. When the 24-year-old failed to emerge, officers sent in police dogs and the solo reveler was eventually taken into custody at 11:23pm with two bite wounds to his leg. He has since been held in a secure psychiatric hospital.
While her jet was being commandeered for a drug-fueled, one-man party, Merkel was hundreds of miles away, enjoying a rendition of the opera 'The Flying Dutchman' in the Bavarian town of Bayreuth. The chancellor is currently in Bavaria as part of her campaign ahead of September elections.


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Chill Out With Some Iced Tea — And Whiskey!
Turns out spiked tea pairs best with salty, smoky chocolate chip cookies.
I grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, where summers are hideously hot and humid, so we often had a pitcher of iced tea in the fridge. Appropriate, apparently, as it seems the beverage was popularized (but not invented — see internet evidence HERE) at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. (Other portable summertime culinary wonders popularized at this fair: the ice cream cone and the hot dog bun.)
I am currently packing up my apartment to move, a seriously sweaty task in New York City in August. Around the time I drank my eleventh glass of water one recent afternoon, I wondered why I didn't take a cue from mom and keep some iced tea around. I hit the grocery store, in hopes of finding some Numi Moroccan Mint, which was not available in spite of this wall.
So I went for Tazo Refresh Mint (get it?!) tea, because it was the only mint I saw that wasn't pure peppermint, which can be a bit overpowering. Mom used to make a spiced sun tea, leaving a pitcher on the brick wall by our driveway for a few hours. Since all I have is a not-especially-sanitary-looking NYC fire escape, I just boiled the kettle.
I put six teabags in the pitcher, and let it stand for about 5 minutes before I fished them out with a wooden spoon. I let the tea cool and then poured myself a glass over ice that afternoon. Lovely! Later that night, I wondered whether a spiked iced tea would be equally refreshing, and lined up a taste test - one with Old Overholt Rye Whiskey and the other with Goslings Gold Rum.
I preferred the Rye version, which was sort of like a subtler julep. It would have been better with Bourbon, but you know, moving. Gotta clear out the ends of the bottles. But the winning combination was this drink plus a cookie.
Before realizing just how much packing I had to do this weekend, I planned to spend the weekend with cousins at their lake house, and made a batch of Joy the Baker's Dark Chocolate, Pistachio, and Smoked Sea Salt cookies in anticipation. (These required extra trips to Dean and Deluca for smoked salt and Trader Joe's for shelled pistachios, and were worth every single step — though they may be one of the reasons I am running out of time.)
So, on the downside, I will not be floating on my back in a blue-green lake this weekend. On the upside, I will have an entire batch of these bad boys in my freezer as I pack boxes, along with plenty of ice for tea.
• Tea and booze possibilities are endless! Think of creative cocktail-inspired combinations. For example, the mint + rum combination could get very mojito-y given some simple syrup and seltzer.
• Make a whole pitcher for a party which is much easier than muddling juleps or mojitos to order.
• My boyfriend was "meh" on these. I think without simple syrup, the tea + booze can start to taste a little dry. Don't be afraid to sweeten a bit.
• Follow the tea's steeping instructions, lest it get bitter. (Though take them with a grain of salt. That Tazo tea instructed me to steep 3 minutes while "contemplating my favorite eternal mysteries." I contemplated how to pack a Kitchen Aid mixer.)
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What To Do When Tragedies Happen
What to do when tragedies happen? How do we respond to the growing terror? We pray for the victims, but what else? Imam Daayiee Abdullah responds.
God does not change the unfavorable conditions of a people until they change what is in them. Quran, 13:11
The terrorist attack in New Zealand has left many of us in shock. Of course, some in our communities are expressing sorrow, disillusionment, anger, while others continue anti-Muslim rhetoric towards the Islamic faith.
Observing our communities over the past several decades, there is a growing non-response to tragic events that relate to terror, especially when we look at responses from a community level. Instead of healing the underlying issues we tend to "pray for" victims in this location or that location. Whether a terrorist walks into a church in Egypt or Pakistan, or whether a terrorist walks into a mosque in Iraq or New Zealand, and kills people of faith in a place of worship, we continue to respond from a generic space.
The events in New Zealand immediately brought other events of a similar nature to my memory. I thought about the people who were killed by terrorists in churches in Egypt during Palm Sunday just two years ago. I thought about the many Christians killed in Church in 2013 in Pakistan. I thought about the Muslims killed in the mosque in Iraq in 2006.
I know there are many others of the same nature.
As stated above, the Quranic verse reminds us of our human need for inner and outer peace, which must be taken to heart and put into action.
Whether they happen in the East or West, what can we do to eliminate these types of barbaric acts?
I believe the answer is education.
"Do we really need more education?"
It is the reason why I started MECCA Institute. I believe we need a revolution that does not require more information but updates how we connect with information. We need Muslims and non-Muslims to work together to see our global problems solved in ways that are keeping up with the times.
The young man in New Zealand was driven by the same type of fear that was driven by the young men in other parts of the world. Instead of blaming this one type of fear, or pointing fingers at different kinds of fears, what we need more than ever is a community that works together as a community of humans. We need to invest in communal organizations that have the intention to move our communities forward.
At MECCA Institute, like many other organizations, we are focused on bringing a progressive Islamic interpretation to both Muslims and non-Muslims. We are working hard to bring our faith out of a place of being associated with terror and injustice to a place where it is associated with progressive messages of love for all.
Join us.
Imam Daayiee Abdullah is an American man who converted to Islam in China in the 1980s. He has lived in Jordan, Syria, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. He has appeared on major media networks worldwide, on behalf of LGBT Muslims. He is currently the Executive Director of MECCA Institute, a progressive Islamic institute with a think tank and a school.
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Last year, Tori, a scheduling manager with one of my favourite clients called me. "I know your usual topic is Accounts Receivable," she said, "but I was wondering if you also conduct programs on 'Accounts Payable'? I don't know the topics myself," she added," but how different can they be?"
Well, the short answer, as most of you know, is "A lot!" However, I am always preaching to folks about getting out of our comfort zones and expanding our knowledge, so for a number of different reasons, I accepted the assignment.
There are several hours of work involved for each half-hour in a program and there was a fair amount of work involved: reading, interviewing, general research and then putting together a program. But in the long run, it was a good investment.
Somebody said that the best way to learn about a subject is to teach it. My knowledge of accounts payable has increased. That is good on its own but it isn't the biggest benefit. As I have returned to the other side of the collection/bargaining table, my understanding and knowledge of what many of my clients and customers face is going to make me a better trainer and collector.
We often talk about trying to understand the other person's point of view, but most of the time (me included) it is just talk. We need to go 'walk-about' in our customer's shoes and the very best way to learn about a subject is to teach it.
You may find a benefit too, visiting your dark side. Perhaps it is staff and management of accounts payable you often deal with, but it could be others and you don't have to teach a course:
1.) Go to a seminar on 'Accounts Payable.' Embarrassed to tell 'em you're in collections? Tell 'em you're from a different department and wear a disguise if necessary 🙂
2.) Pick up a book or two on the subject, check sites on the Internet for Accounts Payable Associations.
3.) Sign up! Your 'dark side' could be small business, engineers, or the purchasing department. Some good advice I received was that you should always strive to belong to at least two groups – one of your peers and one of your customers.
4.) Take a walk down to the Accounts Payable department in your own company. Ask if you can share some information. After their initial shock wears off, you will soon find that it is a win/win situation.
What do you gain from a better understanding of their point of view? It won't be agreement, at least not necessarily. But you will have a better understanding of the other person's point of view and they will know you have listened to them!
You become stronger and perhaps it is best summed up by the philosopher Yoda:
'Powerful you have become, the dark side I sense in you.'


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Google me. No, really, I can wait. It's a visual aid for this story.
The first page of search results are a typical collection of links for any longtime writer: my personal website and other sites I run, my Facebook and Twitter pages, my LinkedIn profile, stories I've written for WIRED and other publications, and the like. Ignore all of that. It's the little box to the right that I want to draw your attention to. The one with my picture in it.
This box, officially called the "knowledge card," is a curated collection of facts that automatically turns up on Google for just about anyone with a decent internet or pop culture presence. For actors, this card will contain some well-known films they have appeared in. Athletes' boxes show teams they play on and their salaries. And then there's the box for people like me, who are far less well-known and wholly removed from the realm of TMZ and SportsCenter.
My knowledge card is actually reasonably comprehensive. In just a few lines it says I'm known for working at Drinkhacker and Filmcritic.com, worked as a blogger for Yahoo, and even notes the short film I made in 1997. It also notes that I'm happily married. Which I am. Just not to her.
You see, my first wife and I divorced in 2010, and I got married again in May of 2012. Everyone seems to have gotten the message except for Google, where time seems to have abruptly stopped.
Forget Me Not
Considering the particular agony of the protracted and extremely bitter child custody proceedings that followed my divorce (which took five years of court battles to finally resolve), this digital reminder of a now-distant past is especially painful. It took half a decade to wash my hands of all that, but there it is, taunting me while informing the world that history is written, not as Churchill said, by the victors, but rather by its chroniclers.
Headlines were made last year when the EU passed its already infamous "Right to Be Forgotten" legislation, which immediately sparked a response from an onslaught of child molesters, fallen CEOs, and disgraced politicians who finally had the opportunity to scrub the internet clean of their past misdeeds. The law doesn't actually remove information from the web, it just requires Google and other search engines to remove potentially embarrassing or defamatory information from their indexes upon request, but that's really just as good. With Google the de facto homepage for millions and millions of web users, it really doesn't matter if a bit of data resides on a non-indexed page. No one will ever see it.
For its part, Google says it has received tens of thousands of requests from people exercising their right to be forgotten.
But what then about the right to be remembered? And to be remembered accurately?
Setting the Record Straight
I naively let my knowledge card sit untouched for far too long. I just figured Google would catch up eventually. But the years went by and every six months or so I'd Google myself, and there it would be, taunting me.
Eventually I decided to take action and attempt to fix the card. If you look closely at the knowledge card, you'll see at the bottom a small bit of text that reads "Feedback." Hit this and you're offered the chance to "Click on the error" and to correct anything on the card. You can do this for anyone's knowledge card; it's just basic crowdsourcing. The first time I realized this was probably in 2013, and I dutifully flagged the outdated spousal information as inaccurate and provided the correct data. That would take care of things, I figured.
A few months later, I checked the card again and found nothing had changed. So I tried submitting the correction again. And again. I understand that Google doesn't like to make changes without supporting evidence, so I went to work building my case. I updated my Internet Movie Database listing (which, unlike at Wikipedia, is completely kosher) with my new marriage status and sent this along to Google with my change request. I even tried including a link to our The Knot wedding page. The sparse listing for me at Wikipedia doesn't list any marital details, so I couldn't include that as a source—but that also meant the page hadn't been used as one for the Google listing to begin with, so I figured that was a wash.
Months then years went by, and nothing took. The knowledge card was a stone tablet stuck in the past. Finally I did what any sensible yet obsessed person would do: I enlisted help from insiders at Google directly.
I asked a friend who was a former Googler for advice, and much to my surprise he said that he actually knew a guy who worked on that very product. An insider would surely be able to fix this with a few taps of the keyboard, right? Wrong. He checked the index and said that the actual source of my spousal information had been "lost in the mists of time," but noted that Wikipedia, IMDB, and other mainstream sites are typically used as sources. His advice: Submit the change again, include a link to my IMDB page as a source, and—critically—"enlist a few friends" to do the same thing. A multitude of similar reports would help "upvote" the information and get it before the eyes of some human curators.
I emailed two dozen friends and family members and just about everyone said they'd help me out. I figured that if half actually followed through, that would be more than enough support and that the new information would appear in short order.
That was February. Nothing has changed.
A Strain of Another Sort
I abandoned my quest after that last great push for accuracy. I began to take solace in the fact that I'm hardly the first person to be victimized by inaccurate information on the internet, and that really, I didn't have it that bad.
Remember how, in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, a bunch of redditors decided to figure out who the culprits were, and incorrectly named the late Sunil Tripathi as the mastermind? Google his name and nearly all that comes up today are stories about this unfortunate incident.
In 2011, a café called Coffee Rules Lounge suddenly found its Google Places listing had been incorrectly updated as "permanently closed," a common issue that cropped up around that time when it was discovered it only took a couple of people to report a business had closed (through a similar crowdsourcing system) in order for Google to accept it as gospel. Google seems to have made it tougher to virtually shut down a business only after The New York Times reported on it.
Then there's the case of noted author Philip Roth. In 2012, Roth discovered that the Wikipedia entry for his book The Human Stain stated that the book's inspiration was allegedly the life of writer Anatole Broyard. Roth explained to a Wikipedia editor that wasn't the case, and he tried to update the page with correct information himself. That's a famous no-no on Wikipedia, of course, and the site's editors declined to make the changes, claiming that Roth was not an appropriate authority on the subject. (I guess it's also true that on the internet, no one knows you're Philip Roth.)
Roth ended up writing a monograph about the madness for The New Yorker, providing the "secondary source" that Wikipedia requires. Today, the Wikipedia page for the book contains more information about the controversy than any other aspect of the work.
For the Record
My friend is still hopeful that the knowledge card will "update eventually," and maybe he's right. But whatever happened to "internet time," I wondered. I thought the year it took for my divorce paperwork to come through was an eternity. Somehow, Google is an even bigger bureaucracy than the American family law system.
I'm hopeful that someday my knowledge card will abruptly change, but I'm not holding my breath. The best I can do now is what Google always says to do: "[Create] high-quality [content] that users will want to use and share." In my case, that means making sure the facts are correct, clear, and appear frequently on credible websites.
So, for the record, my spouse's name is Susanne Bergstrom-Null (née Bergstrom) and we were married in May 2012 in San Francisco. Official details can be confirmed with the San Francisco County Clerk's office, but WIRED is a credible source, right, Google? Right?


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Earlier in the week, president-elect Donald Trump tweeted that:
"It is for the American people to make up their minds as to the truth."
And now we have the answer.
When CNBC's Podesta-panderer and Trump-denier John Harwood asked the question yesterday "who do you believe America?" we suspect he was not expecting the answer he received from over 84,000 American citizens...
Who do you believe America?— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) January 6, 2017
It would appear that "We, the people" have spoken once more and only 1 in 6 believe in the elite establishment-delivered narrative.
This merely confirms Lou Dobbs' survey from earlier in the week.
#LDTPoll: Who do you believe on the Russian hacking allegations?— Lou Dobbs (@LouDobbs) January 4, 2017
Once again the establishment has learned absolutely nothing from the campaign and election of Donald Trump, and refuses to listen to anything outside of the cozy echo-chamber in which they hamster-wheel their lives away in.


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Feminine dark metal act UPON SHADOWS today premieres a new single and music video titled "Fatal stigma of the realist", which drops on October 18th via all major digital distributors online.
Single has a special participation of Matti Torro on drums from Progressive Rock band Myon. Oil painted cover art has created by Ricardo Arocena (Uruguay)
Album were Mixed and mastered by Mika Pohjola at Soundmix recording studio, Oulu, Finland.
"Fatal stigma of the realist talks about the inevitability of foreboding. In an infinite universe, the finitude of our existence becomes present in every moment of our lives, in our projects, in our relationships, in our way of facing life. Talks about the presence of sadness always crouching in our mind, as a result of understanding. Not from a pessimistic point of view but from realism". -says Tamara Picardo
Video advance:
To celebrate the 15 years anniversary of the band, Upon Shadows is releasing a book that contains all Upon Shadows lyric, complete albums information, pictures and a detailed bio.
The bio was written by Kosta Bayss of Goetic Records (Canada).
The book can be ordered at Amazon.com or at http://www.lulu.com
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Zen Motorcyclist: Advancing is Perfection
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What's Your Dakar? – "Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood." – Khalil Gibran I once saw Kevin Muggleton, founder and president of Redverz Gear and Dakar Rally competitor, give a talk at RoadRUNNER's Touring Weekend. Kevin spoke […]
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Madeleine Cost is working to become the youngest person ever to win the Archibald Prize for portraiture. Her elusive cousin Tyler is the perfect subject: androgynous, beautiful, and famous. All she needs to do is pin him down for the sittings.
None of her plans factored in the Spires: featureless, impossible, spearing into the hearts of cities across the world – and spraying clouds of sparkling dust into the wind.
Is it an alien invasion? Germ warfare? They are questions everyone on Earth would like answered, but Madeleine has a more immediate problem. At Ground Zero of the Sydney Spire, beneath the collapsed ruin of St James Station, she must make it to the surface before she can hope to find out if the world is ending.
I'm not sure why, but I just didn't "get" this book. All the pieces were there, but they just didn't fit together somehow. It wasn't the characterization, though. I did enjoy Madeleine and getting to know her and watch her overcome some pretty steep odds. There were other characters I liked, too, especially Noi. However, at times I did have problems telling some of them apart, especially the gang of boys. I also had problems with the nickname usage, there were times when the author would switch to using a nickname without telling you who was being addressed. It took me a while to recognize Emily and Millie as the same person.
I think my major problem was with the plot. I don't want to spoil too much, but I found the plot very disjointed and random. It starts with the obelisks that land in cities and spew dust everywhere that makes people sick and turns the survivors either green or blue. Later on things happen to the spires, and other events, and it really doesn't connect much to the beginning. There's little foreshadowing of events to come as well, so every plot twist seems very "deus ex machina" with no other purpose than to challenge the cast of characters yet again. The pacing works well, the author has the timing down as to when major events need to happen, I just didn't feel like the events were plausible based on the knowledge given. Too bad, I really wanted to like this book and did love its portrayal of a transsexual and a homosexual relationship.


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Book: Loretta Summer - Summer Reads Collection by Catie Hayescategories: Book, Romance, Clean Romance, Historical 20th Century, Novella, Complete Story, Romantic Suspense
Catie Hayesabout this book: This story is a complete novella that builds to a dramatic conclusion with an unexpected twist. Set in the height of summer in 1950 in a sleepy American town, Loretta Summer is a mid-century romance with a twist. It embodies the feminine 50's with a dark edge. Loretta runs from Rio, Nevada, after tiring of her abusive husband who gambles every penny she earns. She arrives with a case of money int he trunk of her Chevrolet, money she believes is hers, but there are criminal connections to her ex-husband that she never knew about. News reports of an infamous robbery foreshadow the danger that follows Loretta. A quiet widower, Beau Denehy, attracts her attention. He embodies everything that she has never experienced since her parents died--strength, chivalry, honesty, and loyalty. Loretta had forgotten what family could be like until she met this attractive farmer and his two young children. Unless Loretta can get rid of the stolen money that ties her to her corrupt husband, she cannot find love, anonymity or safety. If you pine for the simplicity and style of the 1950s like I do, and favor slow burning true love, you will enjoy Loretta Summer. Catie Hayes 2016.
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Apple announced this afternoon at its quarterly earnings call that OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion will be released tomorrow. It's a $20 upgrade and my MacBook Pro is among the supported models. This past week, I've been preparing my Mac for tomorrow's launch.
First, I cleaned up my address book. This was more in preparation for my upgrade to an iPhone this fall than to Mountain Lion, however it was a productive activity to complete now anyway. I ensured that all my current mobile contacts are among my contacts on iCloud and deleted a bunch of contacts I'm never or have no intention of being in contact with.
Over the weekend, I spent a few hours cleaning up my applications and other data. I deleted several old games that haven't worked since before Lion because they required Rosetta support for their Carbon underpinnings and several other apps that I never use or don't want to license. Along the way, I discovered that Little Snitch has not been notifying me of updates because update checking wasn't added until version 2.5—and of upcoming version 3 to which up might upgrade after its release. I also updated a bunch of apps that have sat untouched for a while since I use my Mac so much less than my iPad, especially when school's not in session.
I also migrated my music from a separate partition on my hard disk to the same one containing OS X. For as long as I can remember since starting to use OS X over a decade ago, I have kept separate partitions on my hard disk for music, installers, and some other stored data. I can no longer remember why I once thought this was a beneficial practice. So, for Mountain Lion, I will be starting fresh on an erased, consolidated hard disk with only one partition.
After I download Mountain Lion tomorrow, I will clone my main partition (which now includes my music) and other stored data to my external drive, erase, install Mountain Lion, and restore my data. I expect it to be a several hour process and I'm looking forward to putting on music (with my iPad) and patiently working through it. I'm looking forward to exploring new features of OS X, including Notification Center and Mail VIPs.
I'll be tweeting along the way with the hashtag #MLupgrade and my tweets will also appear on Facebook. I hope you'll follow along.


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Sinister Eyes where Shadows Lie
The calendar has flipped and it's finally official — October 1st. With this comes news — haunt, horror, and Halloween news of course and there's plenty of it. This particular post celebrates the 7th annual Halloween themed Word of the Week, but before we come to that, I have a few notes to share. Due to shooting part of the Mud Puppets Halloween Special this past weekend I did not visit any haunted attractions. It was a bit painful really, but rest assured haunt fiends that this will not be the case this weekend. Friday night will mark the beginning of the haunt season proper with a visit to Erwin's Orchards in South Lyon, Slaughter House in Fowlerville, and if time permits a stop at A Nightmare on Elm Road in Webberville! These attractions are all new to myself and my merry band of haunters, so it is with a bang that we seek to kick off the month of October. A detailed post concerning this trip will be posted in a few days.
Another post to be made this week concerns the long awaited 2011 Haunt Awards! The 2011 haunt season was memorable for many reasons and I'll finally reveal the best from a record breaking season! There will be the usual seven categories: Rotten Pumpkin, Eerie Vibrations, Dark Horse, Killer Automatons, Monster, Pulse Pounder, and Haunt of the Year — in addition I will introduce two new exciting categories — Prop Master and Samhein. For those of you who may be unfamiliar with the awards fear not, each will be accompanied by a description and criteria for winning.
One final note before we get to the word — I'd just like to share that my preferred ritual of celebrating October 1st is with a viewing of Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, a classic.
sinister [si-nes-ter] – adjective: singularly evil or productive of evil, accompanied by or leading to disaster.


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Registration now open for SA Suite of Programs — Winter/Spring 2018!
View the SA Suite Workshops Calendar for Winter/Spring 2018 HERE!
This Winter/Spring 2018, Scarborough Arts is pleased to present our new suite of arts workshops! After a city-wide call earlier this year that attracted emerging and professional artists and arts educators from across the city, Scarborough Arts is happy to now be offering a diverse collection of creative, innovative, and accessible workshops to the Scarborough community.
Taking place each month in various locations across Scarborough, these workshops cover different art disciplines including: visual art, literary art, music, dance, photography, and participatory art. Workshops are categorized into four streams namely: SA Creates, SA Writes, SA Moves, SA Talks, and SA Kids. We invite everyone—artists or non-artists, audiences of all ages and skill levels—to explore their creative side and participate in these workshops.
Registration is now open for all workshops! For more information, contact Scarborough Arts at firstname.lastname@example.com or 416-698-7322.
Scarborough Arts members get access to all workshops for free! Become a Scarborough Arts member today.
January 25 (Thursday) — 6 PM to 8 PM
SA CREATES: Creating Repeat Patterns with Sarah Comfort
Creating Repeat Patterns is a two-hour workshop that will introduce participants to the subject of surface pattern design for fine art, printing and textiles. Participants will learn about different types of patterns, and explore various uses for repeat pattern in art and design.
February 5 (Monday) — 6 PM to 8 PM
SA MOVES: Spirit of Africa with Lesley Waldron
Spirit of Africa is a fun, exciting, and interactive workshop that uses dance movement, music and song to tell the story of the African people. This workshop will consist of a series of movements, song and drum rhythms from different parts of West Africa, followed by formal instruction of a traditional dance piece ending with a "cook-up" where participants are able to freely express themselves.
February 22 (Thursday) — 6 PM to 8 PM
SA WRITES: Zine-Building with Whitney French
This Zine Building workshop focuses on making a community zine using traditional cut-and-paste style as well as digital print-outs. Participants explore layout and design, editing and proofreading stories, and assembling works for zines.
March 15 (Thursday) — 6 PM to 8 PM
SA CREATES: Print a Fish with Charles Weiss
This Print a Fish workshop will teach participants about the Japanese form of printing on rice paper with real fish. Participants will explore this creative form of printmaking using the body of a real fish to transfer the surface details of these unique creatures onto paper using ink and paint. ($5 for non-SA members / FREE for SA Members)
March 22 (Thursday) — 6 PM to 8 PM
SA WRITES: Write Your Own Adventure Game with Chelsea Woolley
This workshop will give participants the basic skills needed to create their very own choose your own adventure story through the medium of a video game. Games will be text based and participants will be led through story-boarding, planning, and working with the interactive program Twine to create their unique game. Participants are expected to bring their own computers and are encouraged to download Twine for free before the workshop. ($5 for non-SA members / FREE for SA Members)
April 12 (Thursday) & April 26 (Thursday)* — 6 PM to 8 PM
SA CREATES: Tissue Paper Stained Glass with Krystyna Czereyska
Learn how to make beautiful tissue paper stained glass art for your windows! This workshop is great for kids and adults alike as participants will learn how create striking pieces of art that looks and displays like stained glass using simple materials. ($5 for non-SA members / FREE for SA Members)
*This workshop is offered twice. Participants are not required to attend both workshops as they will cover the same content, but if you would like to attend both please register for each separately.
April 19 (Thursday) — 2 PM to 4 PM
SA TALKS: Healthy Arts for Seniors Opening Reception and Anthology Launch
Come celebrate the hard work of Scarborough Arts' Healthy Arts for Seniors (HAFS) participants at our opening reception and anthology launch party! (FREE)
May 10 (Thursday) — 10 AM to 12 PM
SA CREATES: Overcoming Language Barriers with Dr. Catherine Raine
This workshop invites ESL learners who may be frustrated by language barriers to make a collage on the theme of "My Definition of Success" and talk about the meaning of their piece. The session's goal is to bridge the non-verbal realm to inspire verbal expression, thus building the participants' English fluency and morale. (FREE)
May 26 (Saturday) — 11 AM to 1 PM
SA KIDS: Project Kids & Cameras with Diana Nazareth for kids aged 9 to 13
Learn about the fundamentals of digital photography through fun, hands-on, project-based photo activities during Scarborough Arts Doors Open event. Discover the settings on your camera, learn about composition, lighting, and how to best capture the people and places in your neighbourhood. (FREE)
May 26 (Saturday) & May 27 (Sunday)* — 2 PM to 5 PM
SA CREATES: Modern Batik Art: Expressive Explorations with Deon Best
Join Scarborough Arts during our Doors Open event in learning about Modern Batik art during this two-session workshop. Explore the unique Modern Batik technique where wax is applied to fabric using water-soluble dyes. (FREE)
*This is a two-session workshop and participants must be able to attend both sessions. If you would like to attend please register for both dates.
May 27 (Sunday) — 11 AM to 1 PM
SA CREATES: Exploring Great Artists: Vincent Van Gogh with Carol Knowlton-Dority
This workshop will take place during Scarborough Arts Doors Open event and will allow participants to explore Vincent Van Gogh's painting, "Starry Night". Using the expressive mediums of oil pastel and a variety of papers, participants will explore the artist's feelings for colour, composition and subject matter. (FREE)
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When your parents donate to your political opponent
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images(MILWAUKEE) — One way for your parents to show they disapprove of your political aspirations is to donate – to your opponent.
That's exactly what the parents of Wisconsin GOP Senate hopeful Kevin Nicholson did, maxing out donations to his Democratic opponent, Sen. Tammy Baldwin, according to Federal Election Commission records.
Just months after their son announced his campaign to unseat Baldwin, Donna and Mike Nicholson each gave her $2,700 – the maximum amount legally permitted per election.
One person who wasn't surprised: Kevin Nicholson.
"My parents have a different worldview than I do, and it is not surprising that they would support a candidate like Tammy Baldwin who shares their perspective," Nicholson said in a statement provided to ABC News.
Nicholson, a relative newcomer to Republican politics, has been open about his ideological evolution, including his upbringing in a Democratic family and even his past as president of the College Democrats of America.
"I'm a conservative today not because I was born one," Nicholson said, "but because of the experience I earned as a Marine in combat, my experience as a husband and father, my choice to be a Christian, the schools I chose to attend and the decision to pursue the career that I have."
His mother, Donna Nicholson, has been just as committed to her liberal leanings, making several hundred small and mid-sized donations totaling more than $10,000 to Democratic candidates and PACs over the last 10 years.
And this is not the first time she has supported Baldwin: she donated more than $400 to her between 2012 and 2016, but nowhere near the $5,400 she and her husband donated in December.
Democrats tracking the race closely tell ABC News the political tension between family members – playing out on the national stage – raises questions about when and how Kevin Nicholson became a Republican and how he's connected with some of the biggest Republican mega-donors.
Some Republicans have questioned Nicholson's loyalty after he was caught on tape a few months ago criticizing House Speaker Paul Ryan.
Once backed by former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, Nicholson seems to have locked up unlimited support from Richard Uihlein, the founder of Wisconsin-based shipping company Uline. He has already funneled millions of dollars into pro-Nicholson outside groups, his aggressive spending helping to make the Wisconsin Senate race one of the most expensive so far this year.
Early in the election cycle, Uihlein dropped checks totaling $3.5 million to fund a pro-Nicholson super PAC called Solutions for Wisconsin. The super PAC has spent $209,056 to support Nicholson. Two other outside groups, also primarily funded by Uihlein, Americas PAC and Restoration PAC, have spent $1.9 million and $1.6 million respectively either in support of Nicholson or against Baldwin.
All told, super PACs and political nonprofits have spent more than $5.7 million in the Wisconsin Senate race so far this election cycle, all of it for Nicholson's benefit.
Baldwin, however, has been a prolific fundraiser in her own right. The Democratic incumbent raised a total of $2.8 million in the last quarter of 2017 and started this year with nearly seven million in her war chest. Nicholson's campaign has only collected $801,201 during the same period, leaving him with just a little more than half a million to spend and $40,256 in debt.
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