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French Chocolate Cake With Butterscotch Frosting Recipe
A delicious, dense, dark cake with a delicious homemade butterscotch topping recipe.
5 Tablespoons granulated sugar
10 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
¾ cup unsalted butter, cut into pieces
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
5 eggs, separated
¼ cup all purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt
Butterscotch Frosting
3 Tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
1 ½ Tablespoons milk
1 Tablespoon light brown sugar
½ Tablespoon black treacle (or blackstrap molasses)
1 ½ cups confectioners' sugar
½ cup chopped milk chocolate, for garnish
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
Grease a 9 inch spring form pan, sprinkle with sugar and then tap out any excess.
Place chocolate, butter and 2 tablespoons of sugar in a heavy saucepan and cook over low heat until melted. Remove and stir in vanilla extract. Set aside to cool.
Beat egg yolks one at a time into chocolate mixture, then stir in flour.
In a new bowl, beat egg whites with salt until soft peaks form.
Sprinkle 3 tablespoons sugar over whites and beat until stiff and glossy.
Beat 1/3 of egg whites into chocolate, and then fold in the rest. Pour into pan, tap sides to remove air bubbles.
Bake for 35-45 minutes until risen and starting to remove from the sides of pan.
Transfer to a wire rack, removing the side and leaving to cool.
In the meanwhile prepare frosting by placing butter, sugar, treacle (or molasses) in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water. Stir until the butter and sugar melt.
Remove and stir in confectioners' sugar. Beat until smooth and glossy.
Pour over cooled cake and top with chopped milk chocolate.


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A couple of week's ago I blogged about all the exciting things we have planned for Make:Shift 2017, and the great news is that you can keep up to date from the comfort of your mobile phone, tablet or PC. Of course we'll be having the usual face to face get togethers in the lead up to the event but by getting involved online, you can contribute to the development of this year's event between face to face meetings.
I'm sure that most of our Make:Shift network is on Facebook, but have you liked our Make:Shift page yet? All our blogs are posted directly there and Facebook is great way of us communicating and networking together and finding out what is going on in Wolverhampton and beyond. Do like our page and please let us know about anything you have going on and we'll give that a plug for you too. On a purely selfish note, the more people that like the page, the wider our reach, so please do give us a go: https://www.facebook.com/makeshiftevent/
For a number of reasons (I won't bore you with the details), we have switched the Make:Shift Twitter account from @makeshiftevent to @MakeShiftWolves, so if you were following the old account, please do transfer across to the new one. We'd love to see you there and we're planning to do much more on this channel in 2017.
Looking forward to seeing you in cyberspace.

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It's feeling a little like fall here in North Texas! That means a cool 84 degrees. Ha ha! Since it is starting to cool off a little I decided to take the opportunity to show you a little fall project I just finished this afternoon. I pinned a cute little felted pumpkin a couple of months ago and titled it "I am totally learning to do this!". And I did! I ordered this kit and started working on it last week. It is a great kit for beginners, including everything you need to make the little pumpkin. Instructions were super clear and easy to follow. I was squealing with delight within a few minutes. It was like making a felt sculpture.
I started with this...
followed the directions and ended up with this...
I had so much fun I decided to try a jack-o-lantern.
Really it's more of a jill-o-lantern after I added the bow to the hat I decided she needed to be a girl. Then the eyelashes were the next natural step. She is sitting on a vintage spool painted black and distress. My original intention was that she would be a little more primitive than cute, but as with most of my art projects, she kind of took on a life of her own once I had started. I'm going to give the prim look another try so check back soon to see a few more pumpkins.
If you are interested in felting I encourage you to try this little kit. It was really a fun way to try a new craft.


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Kellee Irwin became hooked on Africa three years ago after completing a motorcycle tour in Morocco. As gruelling as that trip was, she vowed to return, wanting to explore more of the continent by two wheels and get a feel for its cultures.
The 51-year-old Vancouver-based RSA Insurance Executive has never been one to shy away from challenge. Kellee grew up in a motorcycle family and began riding as a youngster. Most of it was off-road and racing enduros between ages 16-19 and 30-38. The last few years she's enjoyed more dual-sport riding on her KTM 350 and most recently has challenged herself with a Beta 200 trials bike.
Even with her experience, she worried about whether she was going to be a good enough rider, especially given she'd be on a new bike, different terrain, and riding with people she didn't know—on the left side of the road.
Kellee prepared with her personal trainer, boxing to improve upper body strength. "As a woman rider, it's a lot of riding," she says. "I wanted to make sure I was strong enough physically to ride a big bike in the gravel."
Spectacular South West Africa appealed to her because of its introduction to a new culture, animals, and, "As an off-road rider, I liked the fact that there were a lot of dirt roads, and there was a challenge technically. If you're going to go, go all in."
Namibia's scenery and hospitality made her time in that country the best part of the trip. "Every day was a new adventure fueled by kilometre after kilometre of spectacular views, " she says. "The lodges we stayed in were incredible, each one with its own personality."
Hiking the Sossusvlei dunes was a highlight, as was watching the sunset at Fish River Canyon. The partial cloud cover enhanced rather than detracted from the experience, liberating spectacular colours across the sculpted chasm as the sun went down. They all celebrated—with singing and jamming, expressing themselves freely. "I absolutely loved that experience because the whole group bonded," she recalls. "We made friends for life."
Kellee points out that this was "seeing Africa by motorcycle, rather than a riding trip." And she'll be back. Like others who have been there, she fell in love with Namibia.
For now, she's back in training, her sights set on next year's Mongolia trip.
Photo Credits: Kellee Irwin


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Dr Sketchy's Madison, round 2!
On the right: from this past Dr Sketchy's Madison. You should visit its pool, where there'll be more stuff from other artists.
Our model was Crackerjack from the Mad Rollin' Dolls, and boy, is she cuter than any of your buttons. She was a delight to draw, and moreso to just watch, frankly. Times like these when all I want to do is take pictures.
(As an aside, going to Dr Sketchy's invariably makes me want to be a life model. Dude. . . .)
Another cool thing to happen while Stacie and I were there was that someone came over and told us he had attended the workshop I co-hosted with Studio Antithesis at last year's Madison Zine Fest. He said it inspired him to get going with his comic, which was fantastic. He gave us his website link, but I'm afraid it's in Stacie's sketchbook right now so I can't point it out. But it was great to meet someone who remembered me — us — from that workshop!


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I used to think it was about balancing all the opposites within me, but slowly I have learned that it is actually "holding" things unreconciled that teaches us – leaving them partly unresolved and without perfect closure or explanation. – Richard Rohr
I love this photo. My cousins & I are on the steps of my great-grandmother's house. I have no idea what we're eating, what caught my attention was what I'm wearing. A skirt, dirt marks on my legs, tennis shoes that appear to be a bit muddy, & a necklace to top it off.
I spent much of my life trying to rid myself of paradoxes like that one. To be one way or the other. To fit into this label or that box. But I've discovered the freedom that comes from embracing the paradoxes; the grace to be unconventional.
The very name of this blog is a paradox. Cautious & creative aren't exactly friends.
But they're both a part of me.
A northern girl who has found a "long lost," "meant to be born here" home in the South.
A country girl who comes alive in the bustle of the city.
A grounded girl with a rebellious spirit.
A spreadsheet loving organization junkie with an artist's heart.
A planner whose soul is a dreamer.
A Type A who thrives on the spontaneous.
Quiet wallflower in a crowd who can talk for hours.
Lover of silence always listening to music.
A "slow life" savoring workaholic.
A homesick lover of travel.
A control freak who loves adventure.
I feel like I live with one foot on the gas & one foot on the brake at all times. But I'm learning that life isn't about "achieving balance" but about learning to maneuver the tight rope. It's about leaning into the tension of the paradox knowing that in the Creator's eyes the opposites belong.
We may not understand it today…or ever. But some how, in some way, it all belongs.


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Super Bowl premium tickets double to $2,600
NEW YORK (AP) — Super Bowl fans can prepare to pay double for the best seats.
The NFL says the highest-priced tickets will be about $2,600 each for 9,000 premium seats for the Super Bowl on Feb. 2 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.
That's more than twice the $1,250 cost for similar tickets at last year's Super Bowl in New Orleans.
NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy says ticket prices haven't been finalized, but the league is considering ways to "close the gap between the face value of the ticket and its true value as reflected on the secondary market."
The next tier of seats is expected to go for $1,500 compared to $950 in New Orleans. McCarthy says 40 percent of general admission seats will be under $1,000.
The Wall Street Journal first reported the increase in ticket prices.


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Some sources of information and action:
Local climate-change references
- Planning for Climate Change on the North Olympic Peninsula grant project
- Climate Change Database for NOP – from the above project
- Climate Change Impacts and Your Home
- Projected impacts on streams – UW Climate Impacts Group
- Projected sea-level rise in Clallam County – Ian Miller, WA Sea Grant
- Wildfire impacts of climate change – Bob Lynette, OCA member
- Water supply concerns (draft) – Ann Soule, OCA member
- Olympic National Forest & Park study of climate adaptation needs
- Olympic Peninsula glacial recession
- Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary climate change study
- Ocean acidification in the Pacific Northwest
- Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe study of climate impacts and adaptation
- Clallam County:
- Clallam County Climate Action Plan adopted 2009
- Clallam County Climate Adaptation Resolution adopted 2016
- City of Sequim Sustainability Resolution
- Jefferson County/Port Townsend Climate Action Committee
- Local 20/20 Climate Action Group, part of a grassroots Port Townsend group
Regional climate-change references
- Q&A from the League of Women Voters of WA
- Washington State Climate Policy Group: Excellent starting point for a layperson, including this summary report on Washington State's Integrated Climate Response Strategy
- University of Washington Climate Impacts Group: Compendium of science, analysis, and news about climate change, focusing on WA state, including Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation in Washington State: Technical Summaries for Decision Makers and this summary of expected impacts. State of Knowledge: Climate Change in Puget Sound is a comprehensive synthesis report summarizing relevant research on the likely effects of climate change on the lands, water, and people of the Puget Sound region.
- National Climate Assessment Regional Reports, including Chapter 21, Northwest
- Climate Change Effects & Adaptation Approaches in Marine & Coastal Ecosystems of the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative Region: Executive Summary
- Sightline Institute: researches best practices in public policy for a sustainable Northwest. Good analyses of proposed coal ports, etc.
- Municipal Research & Services Center of WA: information on climate science and policy, focused for local governments.
- Seattle Times series on ocean acidification.
- EarthFix: Great environmental news source for the Puget Sound area. Check out their series on climate change & human health.
National/international climate-action organizations
- 350.org. Founded by Bill McKibben, 350 represents the number of parts per million of carbon that the atmosphere can hold without a catastrophic degree of climate change; we are already beyond this threshold and need to get back below it as fast as we can.
- Climate Reality Project. Al Gore has tirelessly put together the pieces to explain the causes, effects, and prevention of climate change, and OCA has been trained to give Al's slide show.
- Citizens Climate Lobby is a national group advocating for a carbon fee-and-dividend. OCA has endorsed CCL and established a chapter in Clallam County.
- U.S. Climate Action Network. National network of groups (including OCA) working on climate issues; part of Climate Action Network International.
Science of climate change
- National Climate Assessment: latest summary for the nation & the regions
- Climate science summarized by the National Academies of Science & Royal Society
- Summary of climate risks from the American Academy for the Advancement of Science
- Extreme weather risks, from Union of Concerned Scientists
- NASA: Global Climate Change, Vital Signs of the Planet
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report (United Nations):
- Working Group I: The Physical Science Basis
- Working Group II: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability
- Working Group III: Mitigation of Climate Change
- Skeptical Science explains what peer-reviewed science has to say
- Hitchhiker's Guide to Climate Change, 2-page graphic by Ned Hammar of OCA
- Global warming explained in a 2-minute video (or try the 5-min. "long" version)
- Global warming explained in Q&A format
- Climate research 1-page summary
- Global temperatures since the last Ice Age, in one looong cartoon strip
- What's really warming the world?–series of graphs showing relative contributions
- Direct info from a group of climate scientists: RealClimate.com
- Great summary about climate change by HVAC contractor Roscoe Brown
- Public health impacts: podcast & article
- Teaching Resources on Climate and Energy
The path to a sustainable human society
- Reduce your – and our – carbon footprint
- Local Planning for Climate Change from the United Nations
- Climate Resilience Tool Kit from NOAA
- Guidelines for Considering Traditional Knowledges in Climate Change Initiatives
- How WA State can transition to 100% renewable energy for ALL of its needs
- Bright Future: How to reduce NW energy needs, cut carbon, and restore salmon
- Climate Solutions: Pointing the way to a new clean-energy economy
- Sustainable World Sourcebook and Engagement Circles Convener Guide
- OCA paper on sustainable jobs
- Bill Moyers' TV programs on climate change
- Carbon tax-and-dividend will cut carbon, add jobs
- Sightline Institute describes how carbon taxes work in five charts
- Carbon Pricing and Northwest Businesses
- Climate Justice Field Manual – how to get there from here!
If you have links to suggest, please contact us.
"If climate is what to expect and weather is what you get, climate change is when you're surprised." — Elton Homan, OCA member


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Evangelistic Encounter: 1/30/08
Last night at work my co-worker Mark [mentioned before HERE] told me about a conversation that he had with a Mormon. The Mormon had asserted that Mormons are Christians and that Mormonism is similar to Roman Catholicism [Mark is Roman Catholic]. I talked with Mark about some of the differences between Mormonism and Christianity- such as Christianity affirming the biblical doctrine of the Trinity, while Mormons teach that God was once a Man and that we can become gods- and tried to think of a way to use this to share the gospel message. Finally, I told Mark that any organization calling itself a church must be focused on who Jesus is and what He has done- that our great love and commitment must be to Jesus and that by asserting that people can become gods, Mormonism is man-centered rather than Jesus-centered in their outlook. At about that point I had to switch trucks I was working in and I began to speak to John, who had overheard part of our conversation. I asked John the question, "Who is Jesus in your life?" [A form of one of the opening questions used in Bill Fay's Share Jesus Without Fear.] John replied, "I guess I'd say He is my hero." At about that time I had to switch trucks once again and I was working alone. Tonight after work I am going to Steak and Shake with Mark and John. Hopefully another Southern Seminary student we've been working with will be able to go with us as well. Please pray that the Lord would allow the opportunity for Christ-centered conversation.
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text: I just brewed my 2nd batch of beer 2 nights ago. It was my first solo batch and also the first time I was brewing a recipe I developed myself. I had a few questions about things that came up.Congrats on your first solo effort- My only fermentable was 3lb of light DME in a 3 gallon (full boil) batch. This should put me at roughly 1.043 for my OG, but I measured 1.049. I just dumped a full 3-lb bag of DME into the pot without weighing it first. Is there generally a bit of overfill in a bag of DME? Should I have weighed it out first? Any other reason my OG would be so high?Either your volumes were off, the bag was a little heavy or you did not get a full and thorough mix so you got some stratification. all nothing to worry about. For the future if you mix i tup really well and still get a high OG you can dilute further with bottled water or boiled and cooled water.- All my calculations for IBU were based on roughly a 3 & 1/4 gallon average boil volume (start at 3.5 gallons, boil down to 3ish), but when I added my DME my brew kettle was probably closer to 4 gallons to start because of the added volume of the DME. Do I have to factor in this extra volume in my IBU calculations? Will I end up with a higher IBU than I calculated?I don't think it's going to make that much difference. The higher OG (if it is indeed higher, see above comments) will reduce hop utilization a bit if anything- My @$#%ing digital thermometer's calibration got all messed up while I was cooling my wort (I was wondering why it took so long to come down those last 20 degrees). So I ended up pitching a vial of WLP001 to wort that was about 59F. I have the fermenter in the warmest part of my basement (about 64F ambient). Last night (24 hours later) the wort was reading 64.5F and I saw 1-2 bubbles/minute coming through the airlock. I've read that WLP001 has an optimal temp of 68-73, should I bring the fermenter into a warmer room to get it to warm up a bit, or will it be ok at its current temp? It's fine at 64, great in fact. you can warm it up if you want but I wouldn't go above 70 beer temp and I would wait until you see it starting to stall which I suspect it won't doThanks in advance,Eric


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It's finally golf season here in New York and now is the time to start your list of must-play golf courses in the area. Our first feature focuses on playing golf on Long Island and when it comes to Long Island golf, there is only one person to turn to: Anthony Scorcia. The host of the Scorcia On Par radio show, Anthony was kind enough to take time out of his schedule and share the must play golf courses on Long Island.
5 Must Play Golf Courses on Long Island
1. Bethpage State Park (Black) and Bethpage State Park (Red), Farmingdale, NY
I'm putting the Black and Red together because if you're making the trip to Bethpage State Park you are not going to go wrong playing either course. If you're going for the historical experience and the pain, then the Black is your choice. You have seen the best players in the world play it and now here's your chance. You might not be able to play like a professional, but rarely does the public golfer get the same experience. The Red on the other hand is every bit worth your time. Another Tillinghast "big ballpark" design that will test you right from the word "go." It's a great layout and it's always in good shape. The Black's little sister may not get the same fame, but it should never be overlooked.
2. Tallgrass GC (Shoreham, NY)
Tallgrass GC in Shoreham is a fun Gil Hanse designed golf course. The avid golfer should recognize the name--Hanse was awarded the 2016 Olympic design in Rio and is also responsible for putting up with Donald Trump in the restoration of the Doral. Tallgrass is a unique experience in that it has all the look and feel of a links course, it just doesn't always play like one. Unfortunately, given the weather in the North East, it's difficult to replicate the hard and fast conditions of a true links track. Nevertheless, when the wind blows, you will need every shot in the bag to contend with this layout.
3. Montauk Downs State Park (Montauk, NY)
When the U.S. Open came to Bethpage in 2002, part of the conditions of agreement were that "the Downs" as locals call it, would get some (financial) love. Reese Jones came, saw, and added his two cents. Without question, Montauk Downs is a top track on Long Island. I would even argue that if were feasible, it could be in consideration for a Public Links Championship. Of course that's a moot point now that the USGA is discontinuing the championship. Still, no avid golfer who vacations at "the end" of Long Island misses a chance to play Montauk Downs.
4. Long Island National (Riverhead, NY)
Given that the Hamptons are another favorite vacation spot for Long Islanders and visitors alike, Long Island National is worth checking out. National was designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr. and from the tips, plays at almost 6900 yards with a course rating of 73.3/131. National is always in good shape and they are consistent with running specials.
5. Willow Creek GC (Mt. Sinai, NY)
Willow Creek GC is a golf course that doesn't get enough attention in my opinion. At 6,600 yards with a rating of 72.9/134, Willow Creek is a little bit of a resort style golf course that is always in good shape. Not only is it a fun track, but it always gives me the feeling that I'm in Florida when I am playing. There are palm trees with lots of sand and water. Another reason to play Willow Creek is that the staff "gets it." The friendly customer service definitely makes the golfing experience all the more enjoyable.
The Scorcia On Par Radio Show resumes April 13th! Visit his website for more information on Long Island Golf. Connect with Anthony via Social Media:


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Lindsay Lohan's home burglarized
Actress' Hollywood Hills house broken into SundayA publicist for Lindsay Lohan says the "Mean Girls" actress's home in the Hollywood Hills has been burglarized.
Spokeswoman Leslie Sloane-Zelnik says Lohan's home was broken into Sunday while the actress and her younger sister, Ali, were away.
Sloane-Zelnik says many of Lohan's "personal belongings were taken without remorse." Los Angeles police Officer Norma Eisenman has said authorities were investigating whether any items have been taken.
Sloane-Zelnik says police have been given the security surveillance video from Lohan's home.


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I am finally done with entering all 773 alumnus from Newtown High School Class of 1985 into a Google Doc spreadsheet. The geek in me could not stand constantly flipping through the yearbook looking for a particular first name. When the reunion coordinator needed volunteers to help out with the process, I raised my hand, sort of, to create the list. It's 2009, you must have a digital repository to work from.
It is handy to have all the names entered. Twenty-four years is a long time and many people changed their names since then. Not just the women getting married and using the husbands' names. A good friend of mine changed his last name to better match the Chinese pronunciation. I myself stopped using my original Vietnamese first name. As long as the people didn't change their name totally, I can fly around the xls to locate their own name. Someone may have changed her last name, but if she was the only person with a particular first name, bingo!
It was a good chance to put Google Doc through its pace. I look forward to the offline Google Doc because the only version, while easy to share with the World Wide Web, is a slowpoke. I had to slow down my typing to let it catch up. At least it has an equivalent of End + Arrow in Excel. If you have a big chunk of data to go through, in Excel pressing End then the arrow key in that direction take you to the next contiguous cell that is furthest away. With Google Doc spreadsheet, the key combo is Ctrl + Arrow. So if I am at alumni #1 and need to quickly jump to alumni #773, instead of pressing Page Down several times, Ctrl + Down Arrow takes me right there. Neat!
There were certain high school memories that I still remember vividly and then there were others that totally disappeared. As I went through the yearbook, time after time I would learn that 24 years ago I knew a certain person, because he/she wrote in my yearbook. Some of them would address me by some nickname, others knew that I was going to Cooper Union, etc. Scary, but the mind sure works in some amazing way.


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Tire Rotation in Austin, TX
Rotating your tires is an easy and inexpensive way to minimize wear and extend the life of your tires. This process of moving your tires from one side of the vehicle to the other, moving them from front to back, or a combination of both, will minimize wear that is 'position specific.'
We recommend regular tire rotations every 3 to 6,000 miles as a function of basic maintenance. But be sure to contact your service advisor for more information. Tire wear can be uneven for any number of reasons. But, you may be risking excess or premature wear as well as a reduction in overall fuel economy by not rotating your tires regularly. Even wear is essential to ensure consistent performance and to extend the overall life of a set of tires.
From a safety standpoint, uneven tire wear can reduce the "contact patch," the tire's actual footprint on the road and can contribute to vibration, shimmy or pulling; all conditions that can distract the driver and ultimately could lead to an accident. From an environmental point of view, uneven tire wear will cause tires to fail and could send them to a landfill prematurely
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Nadia ran to meet her daddy in a hallway after he came from work and announced with a sad face: I sneezed at school today and nobody said 'cheers'.
We're walking home from school and chatting. Me: "Who would you like to become when you grow up?" Nadia in a serious voice: "I don't know. I'll find out when I grow up."
We're role-playing with Nadia, I'm pretending to be Sven, a reindeer from Frozen and she is Rapunzel (and holding appropriate toys to imitate our characters). After a while me/Sven says wearily: "I'm going home Rapunzel, I'm tired." Nadia/Rapunzel rolling her eyes: "Men."
Nadia was gifted an empty house sticker book to fill in with household equipment, sat with it and wasn't seen for a long time. I thought it would be another quick to finish project with predictable moves but was surprised to find out that there was a whole story to this book - pillows flying in the air, glasses swirling without order and the human characters placed upside down trying to keep balance in the howling wind. She explained how the wind entered the house and played a huge part in rearranging the furniture. It had magical powers making the space look less harmonious but oh so interesting. What a great imagination!


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Premenstrual syndrome— much better referred to as PMS– consists of at least 150 various signs that run the gamut from irritation and fatigue to backaches and bloating, from herpes outbreaks and sobbing jags to sleeping disorders, sugar yearnings, and migraines. In order to alleviate exactly what ayurvedic physicians call a female's monthly dysfunction, it helps to understand exactly what causes it in the first place. Back in 1998, a research study released in the New England Journal of Medicine posited that PMS does not originate from a hormonal imbalance per se; rather a woman's unusual action to typical hormone levels is the culprit. Other research studies highlight the emotional element of PMS, saying that the intensity of signs might be straight related to what does it cost? stress and psychological upheaval a female has in her life. Still other scientists think a slow liver, vitamin B6 shortage, hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), or endorphin withdrawal may add to the symptoms.
Although you cannot truly define PMS as a single set of symptoms, a daily yoga practice and a couple of way of life modifications can help alleviate the results. Select your PMS nightmare– and its option– from one (or more) of the following 4 categories.
– Irritability, state of mind swings, and free-floating stress and anxiety– all which may be caused by your action to hormonal abnormalities. Forward bends and inversions (turning upside down) can help quell agitation and rebalance the endocrine system, which is essential for great menstrual health. For some females, going up into a headstand is too upsetting. If that's the case, attempt postures that get your hips up higher than your heart. Downward-Facing Pet (Adho Mukha Svanasana), above, or supported Bridge Pose (Setu Bandha Sarvangasana) are mild, effective choices. Resting your head on a boost during Downward-Facing Pet dog will cool the brain and alleviate any stress you feel. Forward flexes like Head-on-Knee Pose (Janu Sirsasana) ease stress and anxiety and irritability also.
– Sugar yearnings, tiredness, and headaches– all which take place because your body is more sensitive to insulin in the week or two prior to your period. Women frequently yearn for chocolate, which includes magnesium, a mineral known to decrease cramps and stabilize glucose metabolic process. Supported backbends, like Bridge Pose, can stimulate blood flow to the stomach and pelvic areas– without needing excessive effort on your part– which assists to tone the reproductive organs, ease carbohydrate cravings, and raise your spirits. The mild twisting action of Head-on-Knee Pose helps tone and trigger the reproductive organs, calm tension headaches, and eliminate stiffness in the hips and lower back.
– Anxiety, fuzzy thinking, and spaciness– all of which might occur due to the fact that of excessive progesterone. Again, any chest-opening postures and inversions will assist. Downward Pet and Bridge Present as well as any standing postures you have in your yoga repertoire will work marvels. If you struggle with tiredness too, do your standing postures at the wall and utilize a boost for your head in Downward Dog.
– Water retention, bloating, and breast tenderness– all of which might be brought on by estrogen level of sensitivity. Inversions, which change the pull of gravity and increase blood circulation, can relieve bloating. Doing Downward-Facing Pet dog with your legs broad apart or Reclining Big-Toe Pose (Supta Padangusthasana) can likewise ease pelvic pain.
Of course if you eat unhealthy food, drink caffeine, get hardly any sleep, don't work out, and decline to handle your sensations (especially the unfavorable ones), you can rely on problems, no matter just how much yoga you do. By merely regulating your everyday regimen and getting on your yoga mat, you can correct monthly imbalances and reduce PMS signs.
Head-on-Knee Pose (Janu Sirsasana)
- Sit on the floor with both legs extended out in front of you. If you cannot sit directly without rounding your back, rest on the edge of a folded blanket or boost. Bend your right knee and place your best foot up versus the inside of your left leg. Take the strap in both hands and loop it around the ball of your left foot and after that straighten your left leg. Turn your abdominal area and chest towards your left foot so that your sternum (breastbone) remains in line with the center of your left leg. As you exhale, bend forward slightly– from your hips, not your waist– and pull back on the strap, straightening both arms. Inhale as you straighten your spine and lift through the top of your head. Stay here for 15 to 20 seconds.
Head-on-Knee (Part 2)
- As you breathe out, begin to fold forward from your hips (not your waist), walking your hands down the strap, until your head and torso come to rest on your outstretched leg. Launch the strap and rest your arms on your sides or fold them under your forehead. If your outstretched leg appears miles away, do not press yourself to touch your go to your leg. Merely keep keeping the strap– as far down as you comfortably can– or place several pillows or a bolster on your outstretched leg and rest your head and torso on that assistance. You must feel no pressure on your neck, back, or hamstrings. Remain in the pose for 1 or 2 minutes, resting your skull, your eyes, and your mind. Slowly sit up and alter sides.
Bridge Pose (Setu Bandha Sarvangasana)
- Location one block vertically against a wall and have a 2nd one within reach. Lie on your back with your knees bent and your feet parallel to each other. Rest your arms, palms down, on your sides. On an inhale, raise your hips and chest as high as possible, supporting your lower back with your hands. Keeping your head and shoulders on the floor, lift your spine even greater to increase the arch in your back. Place the second block vertically under the fleshy part of your butts (not on the bony part of your spine). Stay there for a couple of breaths. If the block is too expensive to be comfortable, change it to a horizontal, lower level. Stretching one leg out at a time, rest each heel on the block against the wall (which ought to be the very same height as the one under your butts). Stretch your arms out on your sides and hold the pose for a minimum of 30 seconds to a minute.
Downward-Facing Canine (Adho Mukha Svanasana)
- Start on your hands and knees, with your knees under your hips and your hands a little in front of your shoulders. Location a folded blanket or strengthen vertically under you, in line with your breastbone. Spread your fingers wide, press your hands into the floor, and curl your toes under. On an exhale, raise your butts high in the air and push your thighs up and back. Press through your legs and bring your heels toward the floor. Keep your legs firm and your elbows straight. Rest your head on the blanket and breathe uniformly for 15 to 30 seconds.
Reclining Big-Toe Pose (Supta Padangusthasana)
- Location a strengthen about 6 inches from your right side so that the bottom edge is in line with your hip. Loop a strap around the ball of your ideal foot. Utilizing the strap, raise your leg directly to the ceiling. On your next exhale, gently guide your right leg out to the side and down onto the reinforce. Pull gently on the strap to include a little resistance. Don't allow your left leg to splay out to the side– press through the left foot as though you were standing on it. Rest easily, breathing evenly, for at least 2 minutes. To come out, bend your right knee, launch the strap, and hug both knees into the chest. Repeat with the other leg.


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Something for the weekend. To Canaan. One of the more bloodthirsty songs of our Civil War, it is based on this poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes, published in 1862: Continue Reading
Something for the weekend. To Canaan. One of the more bloodthirsty songs of our Civil War, it is based on this poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes, published in 1862: Continue Reading
Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring that "all men are created equal." We now practically read it, "all men are created equal except negroes." When the Know-nothings get control, it will read, "all men are created equal except negroes and foreigners and Catholics." When it comes to this, I shall prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty–to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, letter to Joshua F. Speed, Aug. 24, 1855
SHADOWED so long by the storm-cloud of danger,
Thou whom the prayers of an empire defend,
Welcome, thrice welcome! but not as a stranger,
Come to the nation that calls thee its friend!
Bleak are our shores with the blasts of December,
Fettered and chill is the rivulet's flow;
Throbbing and warm are the hearts that remember
Who was our friend when the world was our foe.
Look on the lips that are smiling to greet thee,
See the fresh flowers that a people has strewn
Count them thy sisters and brothers that meet thee;
Guest of the Nation, her heart is thine own!
Fires of the North, in eternal communion,
Blend your broad flashes with evening's bright star!
God bless the Empire that loves the Great Union;
Strength to her people! Long life to the Czar!
So Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote in 1871 in honor of the visit of Grand Duke Alexei, fourth son of Tsar Alexander II, as a good will ambassador to the US. He encountered in the Northern states a vast reservoir of good will towards Russia for its steadfast support of the Union during the Civil War. Russia and Great Britain were enmeshed in the cold war known as the Great Game for control of Central Asia. The Russians viewed the United States as a power traditionally hostile to Great Britain and viewed the Civil War with alarm as a possible diminution of the power of the United States, along with a potential Anglo-Confederate alliance if the South achieved independence. From the beginning the Russian government publicly proclaimed its support for the Union and its opposition to any attempt by other powers to intervene in the conflict. Continue Reading


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- n. A barbed metal hook used for catching fish.
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- n. a barbed hook, usually metal, used for fishing
- n. A jack (the playing card)
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. A hook for catching fish.
- n. A hook with a pendant, to the end of which the fish-tackle is hooked.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A hook for catching fish.
- n. A hook used with a fish-tackle. See fish-tackle.
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- n. a sharp barbed hook for catching fish
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More important to this work was the result of a "fishhook"--a query placed in my Times Magazine "On Language" column for the coiner of "Social Security is the third rail of American politics--touch it and you die."
"My sole worldly possessions are a stone hatchet and a hairpin fishhook."
Then we were on the road and I knew we were turns northwest, there is a place called "fishhook", where the road turns northwest.
I'm six foot, when I don't affect the posture of a fishhook, which is most of the time, but if I can remember to stand up straight, I'll tower over him!
The Belfair digs look out on the "fishhook" section at the south end of Hood Canal, where pollution and warm water temperatures pose a danger to sea life.
Dubbed the "fishhook" for its serpentine design, this rigorous on-the-road safety test measures your chance of rollover and is the first of its kind to be conducted by a government agency.
He showed them to Ed Davis, who said that he recognized the "fishhook" shaped formation as the area where he had seen a piece of the ark.
Simon Davies, the head of a group called Privacy International, put out a press release saying, "Google looks at privacy the way a worm looks at a fishhook."
Marlo had a tattoo on her neck, a fishhook in her eye-brow.
Some others are those ridiculous "You're stranded on Mt. Everest with nothing more than a fishhook and a Q-tip ...".
The Survival message board at OL is very active while the Survival School message board here at F&S has a total of 30 threads.


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More from the great master of PaperChild, 佐佐木雪之丞 / Yukinojou Sasaki, also check the original article for more information and art. This time it appears one of his pets reached the limits of her endurance whilst unable to go out in the recent heavy rains, and in an unrelated case a painful throat infection forced a rather awkward looking administration of a suppository.
The rain is pouring so we can't go out:
"Ho-hold on there, just where are you… !? It looks like she was holding it in because she couldn't get out for a walk. Should have realised…"
Rectal absorption:
"She caught a cold. Her tonsils swelled up terribly, and her throat hurt so much she couldn't so much as touch it. Since we had to administer her medicine, there was nothing for it but to try it as a suppository instead."
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MARINGOUIN, LA (WAFB) - A school bus carrying elementary children took a nose dive into a Maringouin bayou Thursday, in Iberville Parish. Twenty students were on board, four were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. The bus driver, also works for the Iberville Parish Sheriff's Office. They say there's a reason Goudet was banned from driving their units.
Emergency workers blocked sections of Highway 76 in Maringouin, as children were loaded in to ambulances. Children, who just moments before had to climb out of the back of their bus, that was stuck in the bayou.
"My son called....said somebody crashed into the house," said John Marsh. Marsh was not home at the time of the accident. But when he returned he found police cars in front of his house, a trail of tire tracks through his front yard and bricks scattered about.
Marsh says the driver, Mickey Goudet, told him the pedals of the bus got stuck and he wasn't able to take the curve.
Maringouin police ticketed Goudet for failure to maintain control.
"He drives too fast," said Clyde Scott, a father of two children who ride the bus.
Several parents here say Goudet is not always in control behind the wheel.
"Our kids were in car with us and he liked to hit us head on one time in a curve," said Recca Graves.
"He hit the pole one morning, I'm assuming he was tired and he hit the pole," said Tara Ashford, a grandparent.
Until August ,1 2012, Goudet was a patrol deputy with the Iberville Sheriff's Office. They say, in a period of 11 days - July 15, 25 and 26 - Goudet was involved in three separate accidents. Things like backing into parked cars. We're told the department considered that enough carelessness and moved him to dispatch.
They say Goudet was still in his dispatch uniform Thursday morning, while driving the bus. After a twelve hour shift, they say Goudet got off at 6:00 a.m. and started his bus route.
"He took this curve going too fast, that's the problem, need to slow down," said Mark Smith. "He was running late apparently."
Several parents say they've complained to the Iberville School Board about the bus driver, but nothing has ever been done.
As for Marsh, he's now left to clean up the corner of his house - where his grandsons room is.
"He's 12, and that's the bedroom he sleeps in. Probably won't want to sleep there no more," Marsh said.
The Iberville School Superintendent says he had no idea about Goudet's history with the accidents at the sheriff's office. He says while they are inspecting the breaks on the bus, Goudet will not be allowed to drive while they investigate.
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Value fashion and homeware retailer Matalan will recruit over 4,000 temporary sales assistant jobs in preparation for the busy Christmas period.
The extra employees will be hired across 216 stores to assist the retailer for up to 12 weeks. The quota is lower than the 5,000 figure from last Christmas.
Mike Jeans, Retail Director, said: "We're looking for individuals who will contribute a little bit of sparkle to our stores during the festive season. We will be seeking to hire those who are happy, helpful, friendly and cheerful."
Other retailers are hiring extra staff with Argos recruiting for 10,000 Christmas temps, down 12,000 from last year. Amazon is hiring 15,000 – up from last year's figure of 10,000.
Potential employees interested in joining the Matalan team can pick up an application form at customer services desks at their local store. Store locations can be found at www.matalan.co.uk


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This post has been made largely irrelevant by the excellent work of Jeff Sackmann over at the Hardball Times (Jeff is also perhaps the primary reason for the author's GMAT score – thanks again for the great blog, Jeff!). Even so, this subject deserves attention.
Akinori Iwamura has been posted by his team and is pretty much guaranteed to be on an MLB team next year. Earlier, we used the factors Aaron Gleeman developed for his Kenji Johjima projection in an off-the-cuff Iwamura projection. Today we'll be more rigorous.
Most translation systems include data from players who go both from NPB to MLB and from MLB to NPB. Instead, we will only use data from NPB players born in Japan who later played in MLB. The sample, unfortunately, is quite small: it includes Ichiro Suzuki, Hideki Matsui, Tsuyoshi Shinjo, Kazuo Matsui, Tadahito Iguchi, So Taguchi, and Kenji Johjima. We used data from their final three seasons in Japan and compared that with their first two seasons (assuming they had that many) in America. This was done using matched PAs; thus, in all cases, Japanese numbers were interpolated to match the number of plate appearances each player had in America. Summary data for each statistic gave us the following translations:
Stat NPB MLB Factor PA 6939 6939 N/A AB 6046 6251 1.0339 H 1912 1820 0.9519 2B 348 324 0.931 3B 30 41 1.3667 HR 300 157 0.5233 TB 3220 2697 0.8376 SO 948 927 0.9778 BB 718 516 0.7187 HBP 85 65 0.7647
To use these factors, simply apply them to an NPB line while holding PA constant (for instance, if player X hits 20 HR in 500 PA in NPB, he'd hit about 10 HR in 500 PA in America). The largest factor, by far, is for HR. Going to America is devastating to NPB home run hitters – they hit homers at roughly half the rate per plate appearance in America than they did in Japan. Interestingly enough, this group struck out less in America than in Japan, which indicates they probably changed their hitting approach significantly.
Akinori Iwamura
Here are his numbers for 2004-2006 in Japan.
Here are those numbers translated to MLB using the above method.
He loses about 20 points of AVG, 40 points of OBP, and 100 points of SLG on average. Yikes. Here's a 3-year weighted projection, pro-rated to 160 games played (as he was very durable in Japan).
That's a little better than my back-of-the-envelope projection from last week, but still not all that great for a third baseman. Basically, it's a slightly better version of David Bell. Here's hoping he can play second. He did win another gold glove this year, so that's something.
Tadahito Iguchi
Let's try out this method on some other players, even though it's cheating (you shouldn't apply a model to the data used in making it). Below are Iguchi's projected 2005 line (year in italics) and his actual line (below).
Not bad – I'll take a projection that is within 21 points of OPS anytime. Of course, we expected this to happen, since his numbers were used to make the model.
What about some other Japanese stars? Let's take a look.
Kosuke Fukudome
This star OF for the Chunichi Dragons probably isn't making the jump any time soon, but let's take a look at what he might do in the bigs.
As you can see, his skills transfer very well. Along with his good hitting numbers, Fukudome is an outstanding center fielder; he'd find quite a few suitors in MLB if he wanted to try his luck here. Sadly, he turns 30 next April, so we'll have missed the prime of his career if and when he ever decides to come over.
Shinnosuke Abe
Abe is the Yomiuri Giants' starting catcher. He'll never be posted, so we'll have to wait for him to come over via free agency if he wants to play in MLB (he won't be eligible for three more seasons). Here's his projection.
Abe slugged .630 in 2004, but hasn't come near that since, and it shows in his projection. His HR have gone 33-26-10 in the past three years. Pass.
Next week, we'll take another look at pitcher projections using homegrown translations that will hopefully be a little more accurate and/or believable.


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After Damaging Your Vehicle, The Installation Of These Devices Can Help Prevent Further Damage
It's a little embarrassing damaging your vehicle because of a simple oversight, such as backing into your garage door or side swiping a signpost in the parking lot of the mall. While your local auto body repair shop will be able to fix the damage and have your car looking like new again, it's up to you to keep it that way, and investing in some useful devices for your vehicle can reduce the risk of another incident that causes similar damage.…Read More »
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Local Author and third grade teacher Katie Smotherman hosted a book signing party for her new release, Our New World, which is a follow up to her first kid's novel, The Day we Saved the World, at Brew Unto Others, Thursday, Feb. 9.
Katie was accompanied by a large group of her students and said she wasn't nervous at all about having the event.
"We've been excited for weeks," she said.
Her students helped her with the book and gave her feedback when the book was in progress.
"I read this book to them as I was writing it," she said. "They got to hear it first-hand."
They didn't know the ending until it was finished.
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Lucas Andrade said he liked both Katie's books, The Day We Saved the World and Our New World equally.
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Lina Mulaney said she would recommend it to anyone and enjoyed The Day we Saved the World.
"It got interesting when Alex got in the car and the girl was still and she wouldn't move," she said.
Ruthie Turner was buying the books for her grandkids.
"One in Denver and one in Sydney Nebraska," she said. "They know Katie and they got the first one."
Katie worked for her in the past.
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Leslie Treat teaches third grade at Parkview Elementary School and Katie is one of her colleagues.
"I have been following her career with great interest," she said. "I am here tonight to support her with her book release party and also to get my own signed copy."
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"I would do it as a read aloud and what I found is a read aloud book like this, all the kids, regardless of their ability level, once they've heard it they can read it independently, so it really opens up to all the kids, so they can enjoy it," she said.
She hasn't read the new book yet.
"I can't wait," she said. "I'm going to read it first and then I am going to read it to my class."
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"I hope to have it done next month and release it in May," she said.
She said there is no rule-of-thumb regarding release dates.
"Typically, it's about a year, but I waited too long with this one, so I'm going to get the other one out because it ends on a big cliffhanger," she said. "You got to know what happens."
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Alpha Coal Project proponent seeks $US10b investment
The company that is developing Australia's biggest thermal coal project says it is working with a number of international groups to raise $US10 billion in capital.
Earlier this week, a report commissioned by Greenpeace labelled the Alpha Coal Project in Queensland's central west as "uneconomic".
Paul Mulder from the GVK Hancock Coal group says the research is flawed.
He says the company is working with transport giant Aurizon to help build investment capital.
"We've got a non-binding term sheet we're working with Aurizon for approximately $5 billion of that investment," he said.
"We're working with a number of international groups and users and strategies on the actual Alpha mine for them to invest."
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Mr Mulder also says the company cannot rule out becoming involved in future uranium mining in Queensland.
"It is looking to expand its global and natural resources platform so ruling, we wouldn't be ruling any of that out but, that said, that isn't our initial focus at all," he said.
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This is a guest post by Chris Faesi, a graduate student at Harvard, on behalf of the organizers of the conference described below.
To address the need for training in communication skills, and to enable future scientists to become ambassadors for their work and for science generally, members of the Astrobites and Chembites community are organizing a science communication workshop – and all graduate students at US institutions in any field of science and engineering are invited to apply to attend by this Friday, March 1!
The Communicating Science 2013 workshop will be held in Cambridge, MA, June 13-15 2013. This interdisciplinary workshop will give participants the chance to hear from expert communicators including journalists, press officers, educators, and authors about how they express complex ideas to their peers, experts in other fields, and the general public. More than 20 such expert panelists will be in attendance, including Emily Lakdawalla, Alyssa Goodman, Marcia Bartusiak, Kelle Cruz, David Aguilar, Christine Pulliam, and Rick Fienberg. Workshop participants will also produce an original written piece and interact directly with these professional science communicators to receive feedback. Additionally, there will be a technical session on the last day of the workshop for graduate student communicators from around the country to interact with each other and spawn new communication projects. To learn more about the panel discussions and activities planned for the workshop, visit the workshop website and see the flyer below.
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Digital producer Believe Entertainment Group has tapped a short-form veteran to lead a new studio division dedicated to producing digital-first original programming.
Brian Hunt has joined the New York-based company as executive vp and head of development. The former head of development at Yahoo will spearhead Believe's push into original series and branded content for over-the-top and digital distribution. He will be based out of New York.
Hunt joined Yahoo in 2007 as creative director and his role evolved to include oversight of development and original programming, during which time he oversaw launch of original programming in 2013 with projects including Ben Stiller-produced short-form hit Burning Love and Jack Black-produced Ghost Ghirls. He left Yahoo in October last year, a few months after the company unveiled plans to enter the longform scripted space with a resurrected Community and comedies from Paul Feig and Mike Tollin.
"Brian has an incredible track record of delivering a great creative product and has tremendous sensibilities when it comes to knowing what content is going to resonate with specific audiences," Believe co-founders Dan Goodman and William H. Masterson III said in a joint statement. "And because he comes most recently from the media delivery side of the business, he also has a keen understanding of how distributors can leverage our content and build successful strategies."
The new studio that Hunt will oversee launches with eight partners, including Maker Studios, Mashable, Time Inc. and The Hollywood Reporter and sister publication Billboard. It will also create an animated series with Marriott International. Believe is expected to release more programming details soon.
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Believe, which secured an undisclosed amount of financing from U.K. broadcaster ITV last year, has previously produced projects including Xbox animated series The Lebrons, YouTube series In the Booth with Tiesto and game show Money Where Your Mouth Is with Jay Mohr, which streams on Hulu.


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MeL Offers Newly-Designed Business GatewayContact: Martin Ackley, Director of Public and Governmental Affairs 517-241-4395Agency: Education
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LANSING – Michigan's eLibrary, MeL.org, is debuting a newly-designed Business Gateway (http://mel.org/business) featuring a video series designed to assist entrepreneurs in starting and growing businesses.
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"We need to come to know who we truly are, that uniquely beautiful person that God has made us. And to have the courage to live accordingly. Each of us is a unique expression of the divine goodness and beauty. If we do not live that and express it in our lives, it will never be expressed in this world for the glory of God and the up-building of the whole Body of Christ." — Breaking Bread, Basil Pennington
Your little girl. She's not perfect, but she's yours. You remember her frame growing in your womb, morphing from coffee bean to plum to watermelon. You remember wondering if she would look more like you or great-aunt Grace. If she would be rational like her daddy or spontaneous like her mama. Or maybe she grew in the womb of another, her first days or years weren't spent in your arms, but no matter, because somehow God directed you to her and now she's woven her way so deeply into the fabric of your heart you can't imagine your life without her.
Either way, this girl, though exasperating at times, is the most beautiful gift you could ever imagine. You have so many hopes and dreams for her you feel like your heart might burst right out of your chest and take on a life of its own.
When she is little, she throws on princess dresses and twirls around the room. You tell her she's the most beautiful, smart, capable person you've ever known. She could be president or an astronaut, a doctor or an inventor. The sky's the limit! And when she grows, shying away from unwanted attention (which translates to any and all), drooping her shoulders and trying to "fit in," you tell her to stand up straight and smile because she's the most wonderful thing that ever was. You cringe to think she would doubt her worth for even one second because she is your daughter — wholly and dearly loved, beyond anything she could dare to imagine.
This young girl, growing ever so quickly into young lady doesn't want much, she wants it all. At the end of the day, she wants all any of us really want — to be loved, to be known and to know we belong.
She's trying to figure out the world and her place in it. As such, she watches. And she waits. She studies those around her. She holds her breath to see how they respond when she enters the room. She takes her cues from others. Sweet mamas, she takes her cues — from you.
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Yes, you are her mother, but you are also a daughter. Because, at the end of the day, if we are in Christ, we are all daughters of the King! It sounds so glamorous, doesn't it? The phrase rolls of the tongue and looks great on Instagram, but what the heck does that even mean?
It is one thing to say we're daughters of the King, but it's another thing entirely to live like we are— to model such an identity so our daughters have an accurate blueprint as to how live into this truth on their own.
To be a mother means to provide, to nurture, to teach and to raise. To be a daughter means to receive, to be taken care of, to learn and be led.
For me, taking the role of mother seems so much "easier" sometimes because I don't have to be vulnerable or ask for help. I don't have to let my guard down and allow others in. As mother, I often vie for control. As daughter, I have to admit someone else might know better and have my best interest in mind.
One could argue that motherhood is really about daughterhood. It is only when we understand what it means to be a daughter, that we can truly be the mothers God created us to be.
As mothers, we wholeheartedly believe our children are fearfully and wonderfully made, so why do we have such a hard time believing that for ourselves??
May I suggest, asking the question and seeking the answer just might change everything.
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A Mother's Prayer
Dear Heavenly Father,
You are the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. You spoke a word and the universe came into being. You passed your hand over the waters and formed the earth. You breathed your spirit and formed me. In your image am fearfully and wonderfully made! I am your masterpiece, created to do great things for the glory of your name. And yet, I confess, I often doubt this truth. I wonder if I have much purpose or worth in the greater scheme of life. Forgive me for calling into question your sovereign and purposeful hand. Forgive me for dumbing down your existence in my life. Thank you for promising to never leave me or forsake me. Despite circumstances that often swirl in chaos, I know you are with me each and every day. Nothing is beyond your grasp. I pray you would plant your word and spirit so deeply into the tender soil of my soul that I have no choice but to explode with your beauty and grace everywhere I go. I pray my daughter would see in me a woman who knows who she is and whose she is because I am deeply rooted in you. I don't need to earn your love because I was created from it. I am your daughter — the daughter of the King!
**Inspired by Psalm 139, Ephesians 2, Deuteronomy 31