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THL Toolbox > Presentations & Training > Making Powerpoint Presentations For THL
Making Powerpoint Presentations For THL
Screenshot Desktop Setup
Do all work on single computer for consistency of look and feel.
- Make simple silver desktop without icons in case have to shoot several windows and desktop shows in background
- Get rid of ALL toolbars, favorites, etc. so that nothing clutters the top of the browser window - including the main toolbar with " back", "forward, etc.
- Make browser window a size that should accommodate most things - not too small, not too big. Zoom it so that all the toolbars etc. disappear and you are using as much of the screen space as possible
- Choose computer with intermediate resolution, not super high, but definitely not standard only
- Put task bar on auto-hide so its is not showing at all.
- Open main screen to maximum view. Go to intended page. Place cursor either out of screenshot or someplace on screen that does not obscure any words.
- Press "Print Screen" button. Gadwin screenshot application with the intended screenshot will open immediately. If the shot is satisfactory, click "Continue Output" button. Save to the following network folder (or change this to wherever you want to store the shots for easy retrieval): Microsoft Windows Network/THDL/Chris's Computer (DRACULA)/Shared Documents/Screenshots/
Using Gadwin Print Screen to Make Screen Snapshots
Use Gadwin System Print Screen (http://www.gadwin.com/products.htm?prnscr) for screen snapshots. Settings:
- Same image format as png
- Set at 100% quality
- Do of window, not of all whole screen - that is a setting not a manual operation. Thus the snapshot will be only the window free of anything else like other widnows, etc.
In Powerpoint
In all powerpoints, you need to:
- Focus entirely on content in action, namely show various aspects of our resources in dynamic operation, and NEVER just meaningless web pages
- The short caption should stress what activity is being shown
- Think carefully about the picture and whether its clear, and the wisest thing to show visually
- How to import images step by step.
- figure out how to do it so picture is standard size, and leaving room for caption below so germano can just type in the caption directly.
Want to create a screenshot suitable for saving or printing? Then just hit a key on your keyboard. Oh yeah, you'll have to download this program first.
There are several hotkey combos to choose from (PrintScreen is the default). Once you've chosen your favorite combo, head to the Destination tab and have the screen print out instantly, copy the capture to the clipboard, save it to a specific folder, or even send it through e-mail. You can perform full screen captures, or only capture a specific window.
There are also six different image formats to choose from, and each one can be resized. With all the customization capabilities, what more could you ask for?
Your computer desktop: In order for all our stuff to look consistent, let's clean up our desktops and make them look the same. Dump all your icons somewhere in a folder or something to clean up the desktop. Set the background color of the desktop. I set mine to the upper right of the gray boxes - R:128 G:128 B:128. And set the color scheme to Silver.
Your browser
Because some of us have annoying messages in our MSIE title bar from our ISPs, lets use Firefox as long as it renders the page nicely. Otherwise use MSIE. The only things I've chosen from the View menu in MSIE is Standard Buttons, Address Bar, and Status Bar. I'm not really sure of the shape for the window. I just chose something I thought pleasant, but we can discuss this. For the most part we will be taking screen captures of single windows, but sometimes we will need to configure multiple browser windows for maximum results.
Download and configure Snagit
Download the Snagit executable: http://www.techsmith.com/download/snagitdefault.asp Install. I just said to add all the add-ins. They might be useful.
You can create profiles in Snagit to easily select a window or the whole computer screen or a region that you select based on a crosshair. Snagit will add a prefix for file names. Create a Profile for autosaving a selected window as a PNG with a new name
- On the right side of the Capture window, make sure the Image button is highlighted.
- In the Input field, select "Window"
- In the Output field click the "…"
- Image File: PNG
- Automatic file name, click Options. In the Prefix text: add a unique prefix that suits your needs (like REF_01_0001.PNG, COMM_01_0001.PNG)
- Output Folder: Click on the folder icon and choose a good place to save the images. I put mine in My Documents > SnagIt Catalog > Images (a new folder)
- Click ok
- Click "Save Profile" and assign a Hotkey (I called mine "Window - PNG" and assigned Ctrl-F1
- Once this is saved, click the Input field and switch to "Region". You will see up above "Profile:" followed by some red text that says (Unsaved).
- Click the Save Profile button and then "Save as New". Call it "Region - PNG" and make a Hotkey of CTRL-F2 or something.
- Now you will see that you have 2 entries under My Profiles in your snagit screen. If you want to a smaller Snagit screen, you can choose from the "View" menu "Classic" or "Compact".
Taking screen shots with Snagit
This is the easy part. Set up the browser window(s) the way you want them. If you configured the Snagit profiles as advised above, click Ctrl-F1 to capture a window. It will let you choose either the whole window with menus or just the part of the window below the menus or just the menus. You can tell what is to be captured because there is a red box around it. If you are not happy with what you've selected, hit the Esc button. If you are, then left-click.
This will take you to the SnagIt Capture Preview window. If you like what you've got, then click the green check icon at the top left (it says "Finish (File)"). If you don't like the picture, then hit the Esc key.
2 Warnings: If your computer has a small, low res monitor your screenshots will be worthless. You'll need at least 1024x768 to set up a browser window with enough content. Also, make sure you have the browser window included like in the example above.
Using Powerpoint
There is a template, though we all agree it's not great. Open up "THDL_template.ppt". You will see that there are two tabs for viewing the powerpoint presentation as an Outline and as Slides on the left side of the window. There are 3 main types of slide: 1 introduces the overall powerpoint presentation, 1 is a section divider that introduces each sequence of images and 1 is a screen shot with a caption. Here's how to make your own!
Intro Slide
Use the one in the template. Top header is 40pt Verdana, the sections bullets are 32 pt Verdana.
Divider Slides
Use the one in the template. Top header is 40pt Verdana, the second header is 36 pt Verdana. The way the template is constructed, there is a divider followed by a sample content page. If you need more divider pages, copy one of the ones here. Content Slides: Screenshot and Caption
There is one with an image of the TLLR page and some text down at the bottom (something like "Resized at 60%…"). Click the thumbnail and you should see the slide on the right in its glory.
- You should also see 2 dashed lines serving as guides. If you don't, go to the View menu and click "Grid and Guides". Make sure "Snap objects to their objects" and "Display drawing guides on screen" are checked. In order to move a guide (which you shouldn't have to do), click on it and drag. The horizontal line should be at ".25" and the vertical one at "0".
- Click the screen shot. And delete it.
- You'll get the following image. Click the "Insert Picture" icon.
- Browse to where your pictures are and select the desired one. For some reason - perhaps this is a preference - it will be imported at 25%, which is small.
- Double-click on the image, click the "Size" tab and resize the image to 60%. You may have to experiment with the size. You want it as big as possible, but still leaving space for the caption at the bottom. However you can also experiment with moving the horizontal grid line.
- Click once on the image and you will see a number of white circles at the corners and midpoints. Line up the image so that the top-bottom midpoints are at the horizontal guideline and the left-right midpoint is at the vertical guideline.


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The Intersect Fund's microloan program for small businesses hurt by Sandy is getting an additional $450,000 from Capital One Bank.
Intersect, a non-profit community lender based in Newark, has so far made $500,000 in loans to 62 businesses, and will now be able to make about 50 more, according to Intersect chief executive Rohan Mathew.
Capital One is increasing its low-interest line of credit to Intersect from $100,000 to $400,000 and awarding the non-profit a $50,000 grant. Capital One Bank earlier had provided $150,000 to Intersect for Sandy small-business microloans.
"There are business owners out there that are still struggling and want to turn things around, and being able to access capital from organizations like the Interest Fund is really key to helping and assisting that recovery," said Daniel Delehanty, senior vice president for community development at Capital One.
Mathew said his goal is to make at least $1 million in Sandy recovery loans. The fund makes microloans of up to $15,000.
"We are still seeing a lot of demand," Mathew said. "There's a lot of businesses, especially down the Shore, that were waiting to see how the summer turned out to see if they would be able to go in on their own without financing. Now we're seeing business coming to us and saying, "It was not exactly what I was expecting for the summer sales, so I realize I'm going to need some help."
He said Intersect made a loan to a restaurant in Tuckerton that was wiped out by Sandy and had to rebuild from the ground up. The insurance settlement covered 90 percent of their rebuilding cross, but they needed a loan to finish the job and reopen the business.
David ("Chef D") Holmes, owner of It's-a-Wrap Café in Plainfield, got a
$10,000 loan from Intersect.
"(During Sandy) we lost power, we lost supplies, we had flooding and equipment damage," Holmes said.
Insurance, he said, didn't cover all his losses, and without the loan from Intersect, "We would really have been out of business," he said.
Delehanty of Capital One said that because of Intersect's "strength in making loans to Sandy-impacted businesses, they had increased demand for loans, so we wanted to make sure we were able to increase" their lending capacity.
He said a survey by the bank found that 36 percent of Sandy-harmed small businesses have partially recovered, and about 9 percent have not recovered at all.
"A lot of really remarkable entrepreneurs are coming through this struggle and turning the corner, and it's really impressive to see," Delehanty said.

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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 17th Jul 2007 09:53 UTC, submitted by drfelip
"An interesting patent application recently filed by Microsoft may offer a glimpse at the future of the Windows interface. The patent describes a 'method for managing windows in a display' that seems to describe a method of task switching that is neither Taskbar nor Expose, but something in between." It reminds me of a feature called 'iconify', where you can minimise windows into an icon on the desktop (as CDE has, for instance), a feature I miss in most modern desktop environments.
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Sept. 27, 2007
It may be Fall, but that doesn't mean that the Lipscomb softball program is just waiting around until Spring.
Saturday the Lady Bisons are hosting the Lady Bison Fall Classic. The Lady Bisons, Belmont University, Middle Tennessee State and Tennessee State will play in a round-robin tournament Saturday with a full day of activities.
"There will be a laid-back atmosphere," said Lady Bisons coach Kristin Peck. "But at the same time everyone wants to win, too."
At 9 a.m. Belmont will play Tennessee State followed by the Lady Bisons and Tennessee State at 11.
After lunch Belmont and Middle Tennessee State play at 1 followed by the Lady Bisons against Belmont at 3, Tennessee State against Middle Tennessee State at 5 and the Lady Bisons facing Middle Tennessee State at 7 to close out the day.
"Everybody in the Fall is playing around with their lineups," said Peck. "They are getting new players on the field and working with different combinations.
"It is a good test for everybody. Everyone is playing three games. No one is going to walk away thinking they didn't get anything out of it."
Like the other coaches Peck will be taking a closer look at her team. She will have Christen Campbell and Alaina Jacobson, a transfer from the University of Missouri, handling the pitching duties.
"Alaina is not a pitcher that is going to overpower a hitter," Peck said. "She has a great work ethic. She understands the game very well and understands what we are trying to do with each hitter.
"She knows her strengths and weaknesses. She is a movement pitcher. She is going to rely on her spins and her movement to keep hitters off balance. You want her on the field in big situations."
She joins Christy Grisham and Kim Jacobson, no relation, on the pitching staff.
"Christen took some time off during the summer because she was our workhorse for so long," Peck said. "She is hitting the ball really well this fall."


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What are some rare/lesser known dog breeds that you would want to see in an anime that you would create? The scenario would be whatever breeds are chosen would get so loved by audiences that they would go and buy it (and properly raise it because sometimes people will just buy a dog to conform to wanting the new hot item).
Besides wanting to promote the Hokkaido dog for American audiences (going with the word of aficionados of the Japanese breeds, only about 10 are in the USA), the one I want to promote is the very breed that my avatar represents.
First, some WikiPedia:
"Molosser is a category of large, solidly-built dog that includes several breeds, probably all descended from the same root stock. The name derives from Molossia,[1] a subregion of ancient Epirus,[2] ancient Greece, where the large shepherd dog was known as the Molossus.[3]
The proper noun "Mastiff", however, is used to refer to the English Mastiff, a breed that originated from Celtic dogs in England over two thousand years ago. Other terms include "Mastín" (Spanish), "Dogge" (Germanic), and "dogue" or "dogo" (Romance languages).
A Fila Brasileiro, showing the typical molosser build.
Breeds such as the Bullmastiff, Dogue de Bordeaux, Fila Brasileiro, Pyrenean Mastiff (Mastín del Pirineo), Spanish Mastiff, Neapolitan Mastiff, Tibetan Mastiff, and many others fall into the larger category of "Molossers", but are not "Mastiffs". Each is a separate and distinct breed.[4] The Boxer breed is also included, as it is a creation from other Molossers including the Old English Bulldog.
Molossers typically have heavy bones, pendant ears, a relatively short and well-muscled neck, and a short muzzle. Although some Molossers are used for search and rescue, such as the Newfoundland and the Saint Bernard, most are used as guard dogs, due to their deep voices and natural guarding instincts, or livestock guardian dogs for protection against large predators as well as poachers. Some breeds like the Greater Swiss Mountain Dog have also been used as cart dogs."
The Tibetan Mastiff is theorized to be the grandparent of a majority of the Molosser breeds.
Going to this article, this shepherd breed and the separate but similar Hellenikos Poimenikos (or Greek/Hellenic Shepherd/Sheepdog for convenient pronunciation) are held to be the parent breeds of most European Mastiff and other Molossers.
http://www.youtube.com/user/MolossosGR is a native Greek that breeds these dogs and has several videos.
An Arizona connection to him that I am thrilled with is his home city of Trikala (the birthplace of the Greek medicine god Asklepios. This god was son of Apollo who was also a healing god) is a sister city to Arizona's second largest city in area and population, Tucson.
Norwegian Lundehund
Also known as the "Puffin Dog", this little hound was kept by the Vikings and used as an agile hunter. They have amazingly flexible joints, and are recognized as having double dewclaws on all four feet. Unfortunately, this breed has a very serious digestive condition that makes the absorption of nutrients from food difficult and shortens their life spans.
It would make a great sidekick to be honest. It looks really awesome.
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Will you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful?
chrome, it's also a Spitz, which WikiPedia says "Spitz-type dogs (the correct German plural is Spitze, though Spitzen is commonly used in the United States) are a type of dog, characterized by long, thick, and often white fur, and pointed ears and muzzles. The tail is usually curled over the dog's back". This is the same family that the Hokkaido, Akita, Shikoku, Shiba, Kai, and Kishu, (all 6 breeds are the major Japanese. breeds)
personally i want an Alaskan Klee Kai
on my way to my DREAMS- your smile - through food
Korean Jindo Dog
dog days doggies...
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A Shiba Inu.
So what's that breed from: the scissors are going up that dog's...
and bump
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a wolf because they are manly like me
ps. Wolves are wild animals and should never be kept as pets
time to go down range
A cross between a Chihuahua and a greyhound
I'd actually use crunchryoll if its encodes weren't ass
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The 2005-06 wheat and oat season presented numerous challenges, including a dry fall that resulted in late emergence and vernalization issues, a late freeze, a very warm April, late rust pressure in Central Texas and a very dry spring.
These factors resulted in a lot of variability in yields and test weights across the state and within a given region.
When selecting a variety for the 2006-07 season, producers need to recognize the numerous abnormalities that occurred in the 2005-06 season and should not emphasize those results when selecting wheat varieties for the 2006-07 season. I strongly encourage producers to look at the two- and three-year averages for the varieties and to look at numerous relevant variety trial locations. Typically we conduct 20 or more wheat variety trials across the state each year.
Many locations showed good foliar disease ratings this year. Foliar disease resistance for wheat and oat varieties can and often do change annually. These ratings are the most current information on varietal resistance and should be used when selecting wheat and oat varieties.
Below are some general things to consider when selecting wheat and oat varieties.
Variety Selection:
Selecting the proper small grain varieties is one of the most important decisions a producer will make. This decision affects potential yield (forage and grain), seed quality (test weight and protein), disease and insect management, and maturity. It is important for producers to diversify varieties planted on their farms. Variety diversification spreads the risk associated with potentially devastating pests (rusts, Hessian fly, leaf curl mite, greenbugs) and yield loss from adverse environmental factors (freeze, drought, hail, etc.).
Producers should select no fewer than two varieties and preferably more. Variety selection should be based on a combination of sound data from university trials, county agent strip trials, and other reliable sources. Wheat varieties should be chosen based on multiple years of data (yield, pest package, test weight, and maturity). High yields over multiple years and multiple locations equates to a variety's ability to perform well over diverse environmental factors. Stable yield performance is the best variety selection information. One thing to be cognizant of is decreasing yields and disease resistance over the two- or three-year time frame, which may reflect a change in disease resistance.
Interpreting the Data:
Each location is statistically analyzed using recommended procedures. The statistical analysis provides the mean, percent coefficient of variation (CV), and LSD values. Without considering these statistics, you may be misinterpreting yield data.
The mean is another term for the average. So, the mean value is the average of all the variety yields within the trial. The percent CV value indicates the level of unexplained variability present within the trial. A high CV value indicates a lot of variability existed within the trial. Variability may result from non-uniform stands, non-uniform insect or disease pressure, variability in harvesting, or other issues. When CV values exceed 15 percent, data validity becomes questionable and usefulness decreases.
The LSD value indicates if the varieties performed differently from one another within the trial. If the LSD value is 5 bushels per acre and the Variety A yielded 36 bushels per acre and Variety B yielded 30 bushels per acre, then Variety A is significantly better. The LSD value at a 0.05 level indicates that Variety A would yield better than Variety B in 19 of 20 trials conducted under the same conditions.
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A Shawnee man was jailed and a 17-year-old girl was taken into police custody after an attempted traffic stop turned into a 74 mph police pursuit through local neighborhoods overnight.
A Shawnee man was jailed and a 17-year-old girl was taken into police custody after an attempted traffic stop turned into a 74 mph police pursuit through local neighborhoods overnight.
Nicholas Adam Blanchard, 31, was arrested Wednesday morning on complaints of possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of controlled dangerous substance, resisting an officer, eluding an officer, driving under suspension, failure to stop at a stop sign, possession of marijuana along with an outstanding felony warrant.
Blanchard was booked into the Pottawatomie County Public Safety Center, where he remained jailed Wednesday on $10,000 bond; formal charges have not been filed.
In addition, Blanchard also is being held without bond on a Hughes County felony warrant for trafficking in illegal drugs, court records show.
Blanchard was arrested after a series of events that began when Shawnee Police Officer Richard Ruiz attempted to stop a Hyundai Sonata on Ninth Street near Harrison just after 12:01 a.m. Wednesday.
The driver, later identified as Blanchard, allegedly didn't stop at a stop sign and then accelerated to turn eastbound onto Buck Drive from Harrison Street when the officer initiated his flashing emergency lights. While pursuing the vehicle, the officer noted the driver was going about 74 mph through the residential area.
As the pursuit reached the 1800 block of East Farrall, the driver crossed into the oncoming lanes of traffic and stopped the vehicle, the officer noted. Blanchard and a teenage passenger exited the vehicle and ran northbound.
Ruiz, noting what the driver was wearing, pursued him on foot and caught up with the suspect in a yard in the 1800 block of East Farrall. The report shows Blanchard allegedly turned to the officer with both hands in his pockets, prompting the officer to pull out his taser and order the suspect to stop and not move.
"Blanchard then got into an aggressive stance, pulling out his right hand from his pocket in a sudden motion at me," the report reads, so Ruiz deployed the non-lethal taser at the suspect.
The probes from the taser didn't properly stick, so Blanchard disconnected the taser and approached the officer in an aggressive nature, "with his hands balled up in fists," the report shows.
The officer attempted to drive stun the suspect with the taser but he fled northbound and jumped a metal fence. That's when the officer observed the female passenger with a pink purse hiding next to a house. She was detained by police.
Other officers arrived in the search for Blanchard, who was seen running into a house on East Walnut Street. The home's occupants allowed police to enter and Blanchard was taken into custody.
The vehicle, which was believed to be stolen but hadn't yet been reported as such, was impounded. Police found a syringe and Blanchard's ID card. Rifle and handgun rounds also were found in the trunk, reports show.
The 17-year-old told police that Blanchard held a knife to her and told her to put several items in her purse, then threatened to harm her unless she exited the vehicle and ran with him. A passenger who stayed in the back seat throughout the ordeal was released at the scene.
Police found drug-related paraphernalia in the vehicle as well as drug-related items in the teen's purse, including residue that tested positive for methamphetamine, the report shows, and some marijuana. The teen was taken to police headquarters and was later released to her mother with a signed promise to appear in court, the report shows.
The case will be turned over to the district attorney's office for consideration of any formal charges.
Court records show Blanchard previously time in prison with the Department of Corrections on stolen property and other assault charges, including assault and battery on a police officer, larceny of an automobile and use of a vehicle to discharge a weapon.
Watch for further updates.


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June 27, 2009
Financial Planning
Larry Meiller
talks with Frank Armstrong, co-author of "Save Your Retirement," published by FT Press.
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Inside Washington President Obama's State of the Union and the Republican response by Sen. Marco Rubio. A call for an increase in the minimum wage. D
8:00 pm
Shakespeare Uncovered "Henry IV & Henry V with Jeremy Irons" Jeremy Irons (who stars as Henry IV in the upcoming new GREAT PERFORMANCES film adaptation) uncovers the enduring appeal of Shakespeare's "history plays," from the facts of English history to the father-son drama that Shakespeare created. He discloses what Shakespeare's sources were - and how he distorted them. He invites the viewer behind the scenes at the filming of some of the most important sequences in the new GREAT PERFORMANCES adaptations of both plays, starring Irons, with Tom Hiddleston as Prince Hal. D
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In Search of Shakespeare "For All Time" Michael Wood examines Shakespeare's life in the era of King James I and unearths Shakespeare's neighborhood in London. Shakespeare's world is transformed in 1605 by the Gunpowder Plot and he wrote Macbeth, about the murder of a king. Part 4 of 4G
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Moyers & Company "The Fight to Keep Democracy Alive" As President Obama gave his State of the Union address on Tuesday, many wondered why there was not a word in the speech about taming the power of private money over public policy. There's no question that big money calls the shots, or at least tilts the debate, on many issues vital to America's democracy and integrity. On the next Moyers & Company, (check local listings), Bill is joined by Dan Cantor, Executive Director of New York's Working Families Party, and Jonathan Soros, co-founder of the "Friends of Democracy" super PAC and a Senior Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute. D
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OT*654 - Critical Inquiry of Scholarship
(3 cr.) This course is the first of a series of courses focusing on scholarship in the profession. Emphasis is placed on understanding the various forms of scholarship that are needed to drive the profession of occupational therapy forward and building a solid foundation needed to carry out a scholarly project. This course covers the scholarship process, with a focus on developing a question for scholarly exploration and ways of answering questions. Quantitative, qualitative, mixed method and participatory research methodologies are introduced. Every Year, Fall


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I was on my way to lunch with one of the partners at a prestigious law firm when we both heard it: a random person on the street yelling at me, "Terrorist … hey, terrorist!"
I was in the process of trying to secure a job. Like any other law school student, I just wanted to fit in at the firm where I was spending my summer. I smiled and changed the subject, avoiding what would inevitably be an awkward conversation, even though the taunts tore me up inside.
Sadly, what happened isn't a rare event. I can guarantee you that any man who wears a turban in the United States has been taunted, profiled or generally discriminated against at some point.
This year the dangers faced by Sikhs in America turned into tragic headlines: In Oak Creek, Wis., six Sikhs were killed just weeks before another hate crime in Seattle, in which a Sikh cab driver was brutally assaulted simply because of his appearance.


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All The Good Cookies by Gretchen Holt-Witt
The key to a successful bake sale? Stock your table with the most tempting and irresistible homemade cookies you can find. All the Good Cookies is just what you need for all your summer bake sales, and it comes with an extra bonus: every copy sold benefits Cookies for Kids' Cancer. This charity has raised thousands for pediatric cancer research through community bake sales — a testament to the power of a really good cookie when combined with a really good cause.
Quick Facts
• Who wrote it: Gretchen Holt-Witt
• Who published it: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Number of recipes: Over 60
• Recipes for right now: Mary Hickey's Toffee Bars, Cornflake Cookies, Lemon Perfection Squares, Maple Doodles, Perfect Chocolate Crinkles, Everyday Skinny Mints, Speculaas, Apricot & Raspberry Thumbprints
• Other highlights: The recipes in this book come with the reassurance that they have been tested many times over — and not just in the kitchen, but at the bake sale table, as well! You'll find a lot of old favorites in here, everything from lemon bars to chocolate chip cookies. There is also an entire section of gluten-free and allergy-friendly recipes.
I also appreciate all the tips for everything from cute packaging suggestions to smart pricing that are scattered throughout the book. You know these are words of wisdom from people with a lot of experience standing behind the table!
You'll also read a lot of stories in these pages: stories from kids who have survived cancer, stories from parents fighting grief to raise money for research, stories of fundraising goals and hope and working for something good. No matter what cause you are raising money to support through your bake sale, these stories will inspire you.
• Who would enjoy this book? People planning bake sales, bakers wanting a book of solidly good cookie recipes, people who want to support Cookies for Kids' Cancer
Find the book at your local library, independent bookstore, or Amazon: All The Good Cookies by Gretchen Holt-Witt
• Visit the author's website: Gretchen Holt-Witt
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Here's the rundown for the latest edition of Origins: CNS Documentary Service dated Nov. 22:
- Bishop William S. Skylstad of Spokane, Wash., outgoing president of the U.S. bishops' conference, reflects on the leadership and authority of bishops. (Subscribers: Click here)
- The situation in Iraq "remains unacceptable and unsustainable" says a statement approved by the U.S. bishops, who warn that the political and partisan stalemate in Washington over the war mirrors the dangerous political stalemate blocking national reconciliation in Iraq. (Subscribers: Click here)
- Bishop Thomas G. Wenski of Orlando, Fla., examines the moral questions involved in achieving a "responsible transition" in Iraq. (Subscribers: Click here)
- A new statement by the official Roman Catholic-Orthodox theological dialogue commission says both churches recognize the primacy of the bishop of Rome but have different understandings of how his primacy is to be exercised, differences that must be studied in greater depth if the churches are to be reconciled. (Subscribers: Click here)


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Exam PrepSunday, June 3, 8:00AM–4:00PM Student Representative MeetingSunday, June 3, 2:00–3:00PMHyatt, Shoreline A/B RoomThe invitation to attend this meeting requires being identified as a midwifery education program student liaison. First Timers' OrientationSunday, June 3, 7:00–8:00PMFREEIf you are a new ACNM member or are attending the Annual Meeting for the first time, be sure to attend this event! You'll make new friends, network with other members just like you, and get to know the leaders in midwifery.
Getting the Job YOU Want: A Workshop for Students and New Graduates Workshop 19, Half Day Monday, June 4, 11:45AM–3:45PMBreak for lunch at 1:45PMConvention Center, Room 202A
Debriefing: A Critical Communication Method Used to Solidify Student LearningEducation Session 4Monday, June 4, 8:00–9:00PMConvention Center, Room 103ABCStudent /New Grad Skills Update and Review Workshop 20 Half-dayTuesday, June 5, 9:30AM–1:30PMConvention Center, Room 202ATransitions: Making
the Move from Student to Professional Less IntimidatingEducation Session 1Tuesday, June 5, 10:00–11:00AMConvention Center, Room 104AExciting Learning Environments for a New Generation of Midwifery StudentsEducation Session 3Tuesday, June 5, 10:00–11:00AM Convention Center, Room 203ABCMidwives-PAC/GAC Student Liaison MeetingTuesday, June 5, 12:00–1:00PMConvention Center, Room 202BStudent Meeting with
ACNM Board and StaffTuesday, June 5, 1:30–3:00PMConvention Center, Room 202BStudent Liaison MeetingTuesday, June 5, 3:30PMHyatt, Shoreline A/B Room The invitation to attend this meeting requires being identified as a midwifery education program student liaison. Active, Collaborative, Problem-Focused Learning: Methods to Stimulate Student
LearningEducational Session 3Tuesday, June 5, 4:45–5:45PMConvention Center, Room 203ABCAwards Ceremony and Midwifery Celebration PartyTuesday, June 5, 7:00PM–12:00AMFree for meeting attendees, Guest Tickets $35This year, we're presenting the Hattie Hemschemeyer, Kitty Ernst, and Dorothea M. Lang Pioneer Awards at the Midwifery Celebration Party. Come be inspired by the stars of our profession, then hit the dance floor with them! The midwifery celebration party is always a huge favorite with annual meeting attendees.
Have a suggestion for student programming or events at the ACNM 57th Annual Meeting? Any and all ideas are welcome! Send them to Deborah Kaiser, ACNM Student Representative to the ACNM Board of Directors at [email protected].
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SMYRNA — A first-generation American who fostered the relationship between Cobb County and its South Korean sister county was awarded the Chairman's Award for Creating Community on Thursday.
Sunny Park, 71, was recognized at Thursday's Creating Community Awards hosted by the Cobb Board of Commissioners and the Cobb Community Relations Council at the county-owned Windy Hill Community Center.
Park was responsible for initiating the sister program that has seen success in Cobb. Political and business leaders from Cobb and Park's home county of Seongdon-Gu have visited one another three times each.
The counties are similar in size with Cobb having about 700,000 residents and the South Korean county having about 500,000.
"I thought Cobb County would be a great match," said Park, a former east Cobb resident who lives in Fulton County.
It's been a success, he said. Kennesaw State University has sent students to teach English to middle school students for the last nine years. Some South Korean high school students visit Marietta during summers.
The program allows youth to communicate and make friends with peers of different backgrounds, Park said.
County Manager David Hankerson said Park's civic work extends beyond Cobb County.
Park was appointed by President George W. Brush in 2001 as a commissioner of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific-Islanders. He has also been named an Outstanding Citizen by the state of Georgia twice and founded both the Korean-American School of Atlanta and Good Neighborhood Foundation.
"Sunny's really engaged … It seems like everyone in the state knows him," Hankerson said.
Four others were awarded a Creating Community Award. Each Cobb commissioner gave the honor to a different organization or individual they believe promotes diversity.
Commissioner Helen Goreham awarded SafePath Children's Advocacy Center and Telemundo for working together to fight child abuse and bring awareness to the Spanish-speaking community.
Georgia Community Support and Solutions Art & Food was awarded by Commissioner Bob Ott for its efforts in training adults with developmental disabilities to achieve independence through creativity.
Commissioner JoAnn Birrell awarded The Children's Bilingual Theater, which provides bilingual theatrical and literacy programming while working to teach tolerance.
Albert McRae III of Mableton, founder of non-profit Amateur Advocate Association, was awarded by Commissioner Lisa Cupid for his program that mentors youth through recreation programs.
About 20 groups or individuals were nominated this year. Award recipients were chosen by an evaluation council, which is separate from the Community Relations Council board, made up of business leaders, representatives from local universities and members of the Marietta Housing Authority.
The award ceremony was created in 2011 when the Community Relations Council was revived after a prolonged period of inactivity.
Chairman's award
East Cobb businessman Sunny Park for his efforts to foster the relationship between Cobb and its sister county, Seongdon-Gu, in South Korea.
Creating community awards
Helen Goreham: SafePath Children's Advocacy Center and Telemundo.
Bob Ott: Georgia Community Support and Solutions Art & Food
JoAnn Birrell: The Children's Bilingual Theater
Lisa Cupid: Albert McRae III
Source: Marietta Daily Journal (3/21/2014)


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Church of the Icon Mother of God «Seeking Out the Lost» (Kharkov)
The Kharkov regional union of veterans of Afghanistan has acted as the initiator of the offer on chapel erection to memory of the soldiers-participants perished of local wars and in honour of Russian soldier Yevgeny Rodionov martyred in Chechnya for refusal of acceptance of Islam. Consecration of site of building has taken place on December 3, 2007[1]. Summer of 2008 on blessing of the metropolitan of Kharkov Nikodim the decision to transform the chapel to temple on 250 persons was accepted. The church was offered to consecrate in honour of an icon of Mother of God "Seeking Out of the Lost"[2]. The temple complex should include also a belltower and a park at the church.
On August 23rd, 2008, in Day of liberation of Kharkov from fascist aggressors, the church has been consecrated.
Archpriest Alexander Zaika had been appointed as prior of the church.


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Launching the Climate Change Policy of the Hashemite Kingdom of JordanMay 14, 2013
His Excellency Eng. Ahmad Al Qatarneh, Secretary General of the Ministry of Environment, stated in his opening remarks "This policy is considered the first of its kind in the field of climate change in the Middle East, as the policy is developed through a national consultation process led by the Ministry of Environment in cooperation with the National Energy Research Center and the United Nations Development Programme as part of the "Developing policy-relevant capacity for implementation of the Global Environmental Conventions in Jordan (CB2)"project."
"We are we are interested in developing an integrated scientific methodology to address the effects of climate change and the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions and to move forward in the path of the green economy and building the capacity of communities and institutions in Jordan, taking into account gender issues and meeting the needs of those most affected to increase the flexibility and adaptation of ecosystems and water and natural resources with climate change." His Excellency added.
Engineer Qatarneh emphasized the ministry′s keenness to convert the plans into reality through the available institutional, legal and technical tools and to achieve the main objectives of this policy within the specified time frame.
UNDP Jordan Country Director, Ms. Zena Ali-Ahmad, emphasized the importance of the policy which is a result of the participation of more than 40 government institutions and non-governmental organizations and academia during through than 20 consultation sessions with all stakeholders.
The United Nations Development Programme in Jordan focuses on various fields of development for more than 35 years on ground through its projects that are nationally owned which is one of the most important principles UNDP's approach.
UNDP supports key development challenges in Jordan in four main areas: Poverty Eradication and achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Democratic Governance, Disaster Risk Management and Protecting the Environment and Climate Change.
The Environment and Climate Change theme is considered one of the main themes of activity that UNDP is specialized in. UNDP excels in reducing the effects of climate change through its initiatives and projects: "Enabling Activities for the Preparation of Jordan's Third National Communication Report to the UNFCCC (TNC)" project, "Adaptation to Climate Change to Sustain Jordan's MDG Achievements" Project, "Water Governance Programme for the Arab States" and "Developing policy-relevant capacity for implementation of the Global Environmental Conventions in Jordan (CB2)". The CB2 project aims, on the long term, to improve the policy and legal frameworks in Jordan in order to strengthen the commitment to the global environmental conventions. The climate change policy for Jordan is a very important step, but more importantly is to strengthen the policy with national strategies and plans to cope with or reduce the risk of climate change. The Country Director expressed the readiness of UNDP to begin direct support to the preparation of a national strategy to adapt to climate change is an urgent national priority.
In view of the climate change policy in Jordan, the policy covered key elements of the planning, management and adapting of climate change and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, with a focus on adaptation as the inevitable method in the context of natural resource management. The policy provides mitigation recommendations for specific socio-economic sectors, especially in the sectors of energy efficiency and development of renewable energy. In the area of adaptation, the policy focuses on the need to support projects in the sectors of water and agriculture with the recommended actions in other sectors, including health, food security, environmental management systems, coastal zone management, disaster risk reduction and tourism. The policy includes recommendations for institutional and legal frameworks, financing for development, and the integration of gender, education, public awareness and capacity development related to technology transfer. The policy calls for the establishment and strengthening of an enabling environment for research-oriented policy-making in the field of climate change.
Elite specialized in the fields of environment and sustainable development, water, energy, health and poverty and disaster management, tourism, agriculture, industry and meteorology from various ministries, universities and research centers concerned local and associations specialized in the fields of environment and sustainable development of different have attended the workshop.
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011
If you saw this cover art ...
Maybe I'll give it a try anyway.
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A number of West Virginia Civil War books are either privately published or small press with the usual associated production problems. I have David L. Phillips' biography of John McCausland, published by Gauley Mount Press, the cover of which makes this cover look like a Da Vinci. West Virginia does not get much attention from publishers. Mark Neely, in his "Southern Rights", complained about the lack of a single book explaining the origin of the state.ReplyDelete
I don't know anything about the author, but I did see his review of another self-published book by another West Virginia author on Amazon called "Another Day in Lincoln's Army: The Civil War Journals of Sgt. John T. Booth", by Marie Mollohan, the cover of which is a bit more choice.
- Joel ManuelJanuary 19, 2011
My goodness, that was good for a laugh this morning.ReplyDelete
Joel Manuel
Baton Rouge LA
I agree. With WV CW history we often have to take what we can get, although the Quarrier Press books have been consistently good.
I think there was a self-published book about the Moccasin Rangers released a couple years ago, which I avoided.
- Chris EvansJanuary 20, 2011
I have to say in my years of collecting Civil War books that is one of the strangest, silliest covers I have ever seen. I guess the smiling man was in the Moccasin Rangers, at least?ReplyDelete
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How To Attract Married Women
If you would like to meet a woman, but do not want to deal with the hassle of commitment, then follow these steps and learn how to attract married women. While some may consider it wrong to try to attract married women, it is really just a simple way of satisfying both your needs and that of the woman, without the burden of a long-term relationship.
To attract married women, follow these simple steps:
To attract married women, you will have to consider what may be missing in her marital relationship. Most women report that they miss the excitement and passion of dating, and that they would like to receive more compliments from their husband. That is where you come in. In order to attract married women, you have to be the one to give her what she is missing at home. Smother her with compliments and praise. For example, tell her that she is beautiful, comment on her hairstyle, or marvel at what a graceful walk she has. Or, if you feel bold, let her know that you find her sexually attractive. Even if she does not act right away, she will be thinking about the things you've said.
- Become her confidante. If you are already on friendly terms with the woman, you can spend quality time listening to her problems, and offer advice on how she can improve her relationship. Women are attracted to men that can sympathize with their problems, and they are naturally drawn to men that offer solutions. By being the strong man that she turns to when she is feeling down, she will come to see you as a sexual being.
- Remember that women are very emotional creatures. By tuning in to their emotions, and opening up a sensitive side of yourself, you can learn how to attract married women. Most women have extramarital affairs because they feel unfulfilled and under appreciated at home, thus, if YOU can make her feel good about herself, that may be the only thing you'll need to do to attract her.
If a woman is satisfied at home, there will be no need for her to look to the comfort of another man. Thus, don't feel guilty for wanting to learn how to attract married women. You will only be helping an otherwise lonely woman.


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Yeah that's a good question. If everything else is equal in the two candidates application, the caucasian would get a slightly better chance. It's just that the average LSAT score for asians is higher than caucasians (seems that way for all standardized test)...I will try to find the link and post it. I honestly don't know why the averages are different here. Anyways, law schools try to maintain certain ratios between all minorities, so what ends up happening is you end up competing against your own race. For something very anecdotal - Here is something from wikipedia that shows SAT scores (it's almost 10 years old though) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:1995-SAT-Income2.png
It's possible that your two asisan friends had something stellar about their application. This is not a blanket statement that every Asian is at a disadvantage 100% of the time. Maybe they had an awesome PS or extraordinary soft factors. I'm just saying that the average scores for Asians are higher than other races, which will tend to hurt rather than help an asian candidate, as the Asian candidate will be compared to the rest of the Asian pool in the respective law school. Just as African American admits are not compared to the average caucasian, but rather the average African American applicant - the same thing goes with Asians.
I don't think diversity is achieved by having a certain % be a minority as the sole criteria.....I'm sure everyone can agree that 50% White and 50% Asian would NOT be a diverse student population LOL....
I went to a magnet program in high school that was put at a certain school to bring UP the amount of white people at the school and even that program still had a very high percentage of Asians.
Quote from: queencruella on July 22, 2007, 10:06:29 AMI went to a magnet program in high school that was put at a certain school to bring UP the amount of white people at the school and even that program still had a very high percentage of Asians. That's funny...I went to a school where I was 1 of 3 non-black students. I also went to a school (in Japan) where I was the only non-Japanese student. Then, I chose to go to a historically black university for undergrad. I am going to Univ. of Houston in the fall (73% white). I may experience "culture shock!"
I'm popular everywhere I go! Kidding aside, yes I did receive a lot of attention. I lived in Kyoto, so there were quite a few tourists. However, when I stayed for a few weeks in Oita, a much smaller city, and definitely not a center of tourism, I received MUCH more attention. In fact, a small boy ran up and touched me while I was on my bicycle. It startled me, and I actually fell off the bike. Hilarious!


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Campaign offices at 2206 Pearl St., 1159 13th St. or 2995 Baseline Road
University Memorial Center at the University of Colorado
Longmont: Campaign office at 1811 Hover St.
Louisville: Campaign office at 1110 South Boulder Road
Doors were originally scheduled to open at 1 p.m. Thursday, but the campaign announced Tuesday that doors will now open at 4 p.m. Thursday. The free tickets will be available starting at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the University Memorial Center fountain, 2206 Pearl St. in Boulder, 2995 Baseline in Boulder, 1159 13th St. in Boulder, 1811 Hover St. in Longmont and 1110 South Boulder Road in Louisville.
Former President Bill Clinton also plans to campaign in Aurora and Denver on Tuesday.
Obama previously cancelled a Colorado Springs event Tuesday due to the East Coast storm. So did Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan, who had been due to speak in Greeley, Castle Rock and Canon City on Tuesday.
The storm has thrown the nail-biter of an election into even greater turmoil. With Obama grounded in Washington, D.C., he will be relying on the former president, known in political circles as "The Big Dog," to carry his message.
Details of Clinton's Colorado appearances on Tuesday have not yet been announced, but attendees are asked to sign up online to receive information when it is released.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Which crib bedding would you choose? Aesthetic or safe?
In the newest topic regarding crib safety, Maryland is considering regulations to ban the sale of crib bumpers. For many years, more and more emphasis has been placed on infants sleeping in safe cribs without any additional "stuff" in them. This has included the elimination of lots of former nursery staples. Baby blankets, stuffed animals, pillows and other loose items have been banned from the crib by safety experts for years. As requirements for cribs have required slats that are closer together, the utility of using a bumper to help a child from getting stuck between crib slats has been eliminated. More recently, the Consumer Product Safety Commission has developed even newer crib safety standards, including eliminating the use of drop-sides, and warned against the use of sleep positioners. Yet, despite the advice to put babies to sleep only on their backs in cribs empty of everything except a well fitting mattress and fitted sheet, many parents and caregivers persist in using other items in cribs. Now, with an increasing number of deaths associated with crib bumpers, Maryland is considering a stronger stance.
Danger of Crib Bumpers
The concern about crib bumpers is that there have been infant deaths associated with suffocation or strangulation and the use of crib bumpers. Some of the deaths are directly attributable to the bumpers (for instance a child found with their head wrapped in the ties of the bumper or their face pressed into the side of the bumper), while others are only potentially related to the bumper use but not definitively so (for instance, children whose death are classified as SIDS, but where bumpers were in use in the crib at the time of death and may have been a contributing factor in the death). This makes the discussion of the dangers muddy – with manufacturers claiming that bumpers are safe and advocates warning against their use to protect against suffocation.
Potential Ban on Sale of Bumpers
When the Baltimore Sun reported on the potential regulations, they mentioned something that gave me pause. They explained that if Dr. Sharfstein, secretary of the state Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, does decide to regulate this issue, the regulations will impact only the sale, not the use of the bumpers. While this makes sense from a policy perspective, the goal is not to punish parents who may not be aware of the safety risks, and from a enforceability perspective, the state cannot possibly enforce a regulation that requires knowledge of whether bumpers are being used in individual homes, the regulation of the sale of the item is going to have some drawbacks.
Will a State Ban Save Lives?
So here are my questions. Will regulations against the sale of these bumpers in Maryland make any difference in saving lives? In this day of internet shopping and wide availability of items through catalogues and easy interstate travel, are Maryland families going to forgo the crib bumper because they cannot be purchased in the local baby store, or are they still going to be buying the bumper with a set of nursery items on Amazon or through a national baby store? Will Internet or national companies without a store presence in Maryland be punished for selling a bumper to a person with a Maryland address? If so, then perhaps the word will get out that these items are dangerous and should not be used. If not, will parents even realize that the goal of the regulation is actually to curb the use of the bumpers. Either way, I guess that by decreasing the number of bumpers in Maryland homes, safety will be increased and perhaps over time, awareness will be increased and other states may follow suit.
Getting the Word Out
My other concern is that if there are parents who are still using bumpers, blankets or other items in their babies' cribs, is the issue one of parent education? Perhaps the real emphasis needs to be on wider parental awareness of the safety issue. There are lots of great resources available to learn how to put infants to sleep safely:
Since the early 1990s, the emphasis has been on having infants sleep on their backs. This has lead to a dramatic decrease in SIDS deaths since that time. The "Back to Sleep" campaign began in 1994 and continues to this day. However, when reading a 2005 paper from the AAP, I was surprised to read that SIDS deaths are more likely to occur when a baby who is used to sleeping on their back is placed to sleep on their stomach. This suggests that education needs to be of all potential caregivers since an occasional babysitter, grandparent or child care provider who is unfamiliar with the recommendations and the child's normal sleep position may place the child to sleep on their stomach and cause real risk.
AAP has made many recommendations since 2005 including that children sleep in cribs with only a fitted sheet and without any additional soft bedding. These recommendations have varied somewhat over time on the use of bumpers and sleep positioners. However, the overall advice seems to remain the same – eliminate all soft bedding items. Despite these recommendations, there are still images in popular media of nurseries complete with cribs with soft bedding.
What changes are still needed?
What changes are needed to get the word out? Do you think that there needs to be a stronger effort to change the marketing images for infant products? Do you think that a ban on the sale of bumpers will have a significant impact on child safety? What about an education campaign focusing on caregivers, grandparents and day care providers?
Related Posts:
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Generation 2 Worldwide and "ChildESIGNS" Drop Side Crib Brands Recalled; Three Infant Deaths Reported
Consumer Product Safety Commission vows to crack down on defective cribs – washingtonpost.com
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
The Jonze Store
One:: 1960's red child's basket chair. The perfect reading seat Two:: The beautiful illustrations of UK based, Lily Moon Three:: These adorable gift tag prinables from Kristin of domestifluff Four:: Top buns. In this house, we pile them high and watch them fly Five:: Madewell's Spotted Snowfall Sweater (they're sold out in this color way but the blue is dreamy, like a winter night-sky Six:: Shanna Murray's illustrated decals. So simple, yet so cute.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
thank you New England Home!
Thank you to the editors of New England Home for thinking of me. I was asked to join the roster of design bloggers that the publication has been inviting to guest post on their blog in recent years. How do you make, West Coast living relevant to East Coast readers? Read on....this coastal split was exactly what inspired my posting. You can read all about it here. And I look forward to submitting my second posting in a few weeks. Stay tuned.
Monday, November 28, 2011
We had a super mellow Thanksgiving. Which is sometimes the best kind. A little down time, a lot of food and walks on the beach.
We also took the opportunity, to hit LACMA on Saturday. If you haven't already seen it, the California Design 1930-1965: "Living In A Modern Way" exhibit is excellent. Highly recommend it.
party animals
L.A. based artist, Kristen Carter, illustrates adorable, "affable animals" giving them an air of dapperness via a monocle + top-hat. Carter prepares for her first gallery show on December 3 at The Hive's Apiary Gallery in Silver Lake. Must wear a top-hat for admittance.
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Friday, November 25, 2011
No matter where you are, here's hoping for a weekend of gratitude. Because no matter where you are, you are exactly where you're supposed to be. xoxo. M*
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011
This Week on The Skirted Round Table::Martyn Lawrence-Bullard
He's talented, he's gorgeous, his voice is pure heaven.....Martyn Lawrence-Bullard comes to the Skirted Round Table this week for a chat. Martyn shares with us, how he came to L.A. to be an actor and wound up decorator to the stars. He's warm, witty and...I'd better quit now or my husband will read this and get jealous. Just come on over, and have a listen as you prep for Thanksgiving. I know you'll love him as much as I did.
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Just another bit of work by the guy that brought us lifestyles of the painfully hip + sometimes famous. THE Selby ( becaus he's the original. Nobody else like him. All other's are frauds...did he give himself this moniker? god, I hope not. ) once again, focuses on a quiet, great looking, creative couple with really cool digs (and coffee maker) wearing Zara clothing (because, duh, guess who funded the flick) doing really great, creative things with their lives. Watch it and weep knowing that no way, will you ever be as cool. sorry. it's true. (p.s. it's also a beautifully shot film.)
Monday, November 21, 2011
I haven't done one of these posts in years, thought it was time to bring it back into the mix. For those of you new to the shenanigans, this is the post where I take an object ( or an outfit ) and create a room design. The deets......
- Elizabeth Taylor, "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof" 42 1/2 x 35 inch, screen print by Russell Young
- The Kennedy Chair, Jayson Home
- 1970s Coffee Table by Frédérique Brouard, 1st dibs
- Zebra rug, West Elm
- Elsa Perreti "Thumbprint Bowl", Tiffany
- Pair of Metal Peacocks, Dwell Studio
- Green Glass Spanish Mercury Bottle Lamp, Downtown
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
What's your favorite? My mom used to make a mean,
rutabaga rhubarb* + strawberry with a hint of orange rind. It slayed. Kinda excited to have my annual slice (or two ) of pumpkin with real whipped cream. Peace out and eat some pie people.
*Thank you anonymous for pointing out the spell check error. And for a good laugh this morning. Welcome to my brain on 5th grade math. Which I've been suffering through every week day afternoon. Definitely not turnips + strawberries! Although, knowing my mother, she'd probably have some special way to turn even that into 'tasty'.
*Thank you anonymous for pointing out the spell check error. And for a good laugh this morning. Welcome to my brain on 5th grade math. Which I've been suffering through every week day afternoon. Definitely not turnips + strawberries! Although, knowing my mother, she'd probably have some special way to turn even that into 'tasty'.
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Yesterday I was invited to take a tour of the newest West Elm store. Without skipping a beat, I was there, 2:30 p.m. on the dot. With bells on actually, practically pressing my nose against the freshly polished glass doors ( I'd so much rather spend a late afternoon, basking in the glory of good design, rather than work on 5th grade math. )
The store is an absolute wonderland of design. Housed in what was the former, Blueprint store. The space looks nothing like its former self. Structural beams cross beneath the rough hewn, vaulted ceiling, giving the feeling of urban 'warehouse' gone chic + sophisticated loft. You immediately begin imagining dinner parties with friends and evenings reading, curled up on one of the many sofas showcased in the staged vignettes, throughout the shop.
|a close up of their living wall. yes. those plants are real. just try, to keep your hands at your side, and touch with your eyes. impossible.
The centerpiece of the showroom, literally, is an area designated by iron framed multi-paned partitions that are 20 feet if not more.
This is where you'll find the seasonal shifts with handmade items and small gift pieces.
Fans of West Elm will see what we've all come to expect of the brand, such as collaborations with smaller artisans, reinventing and giving their work a fresh perspective while creating price points that are more, big box realistic.
And of course, as always, the incredible line of lamps that range from 'Figural' bases to those with a more ' Scandinavian' voice.
|one of the 'Figural' lamp bases. So chic and charming.
The bedding is always a great bargain for the design value, allowing the consumer to buy foundations and choose layering to season.
|beautiful, handmade from saris and at a terrific price point of $99.00. every one, unique.
|detail of the sari throw Can you tell I'm transfixed?
It really was so hard to walk through and not make a mental note of everything I NEED to have not to mention buy as gifts for friends and family. If you're in the area today, do stop by, they've worked so hard for the grand opening, and if only to walk through and ooh and aahhh, it's worth every moment.
West Elm - 8366 Beverly Boulevard (at Kings Road).
|not for sale, but need to be. Don't these remind you a bit of Confetti System? I think a collaborative effort needs to be on the books.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
1. Rodarte :: ( hella spenny )
2. Walden paper weight :: Felix + Dolittle $35.00
3. Pisu Bazaar Border Stripe Linen Scarf - Orange:: Orange + Pear $42.00
4. Metallic Pink Card Holder :: Freshly Picked $17.00
5. Butter Organic Nail Polish - Lady Muck
6. Gingham linen towel -gray :: small batch productions $20.00
7. Bottle stoppers- amethyst + crystal :: Rablabs $55.00 per
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
ok, I realize this might completely freak some of you out. But it just made me want to go through my kids' craft box and pull out all of the large Googlie eyes, on the bottom which never get used, and put them to work at our next dinner party. Because, fun is a good thing to have. And so are large, unblinking, googlie eyes.
From artist:: Brock Davis' flickr stream here.
Dowling|Duncan. If you don't already know, pretty much, this is what the city looks like the majority of the year. And if you love SF, you put up with it, even embrace it as moody, contemplative and cozy. Ahhhh. I can hear the lonely bellows of the fog horns, just looking at these.
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Friday, November 11, 2011
Running up to SF this weekend to see new babies and old friends. I'm so excited! Babies and friends of the bestest kind... Come follow my adventures on Instagram @beachbungalow8. Word to your mother. xoxo.
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011
OK, this is it for my crafty posts. With the holidays coming up, and my supply of gold paint pens.... this could have gotten totally out of hand.
I found the original idea for this bag over here ( there's a tutorial if you need further instruction - but I bet you can figure this out ). I originally was going to use this, bandaid colored, bag and give it a bright neon pink stripe. I tried it and just wasn't feeling the whole vibe. And besides, I have gold paint.....a lot of it - and have gold paint, nothing is spared.
This is a project for those of us in the 'Easily Distracted' category. It takes minutes to produce. The bag is from American Apparel, runs about $50.00. Lots and lots of colors from which to choose. But I'm liking the whole neutral trend right now, and this weird, doll skin color, worked perfectly with my 'Cosby for Zara', sweater. Paint is a Martha Stewart, super toxic smelling product called, 'Liquid Gilding' in 'Brass'. (note- the gold is starting to flake off. I, actually like it better, but you might try a spray paint that would adhere a little better if you want it to stay )
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011
I told you I was wielding the golden pen over the weekend. Standing in the middle of the room, looking for things to gild, nothing off limits. Actually, this project was the impetus to the whole crafty-girl weekend I had with myself. I originally saw it on a dedicated email that I get from The Glitter Guide.com (know of it? if not, check them out. They're doing a great job) . It's a rose vase/bowl, inspired by the kate spade, Cloverdale, rose bowl. These would make great centerpieces (a bit smaller maybe) marched down the middle of a long table or similar sized on a round table for 10. Also, what great vase to have on hand when you need to bring a friend flowers and want to give them something lasting as well.
1. Glass bowl via Michael's (ugh. sorry to make you go back to that stinky, crowded place.) $3.00 approx.
2. Sharpie gold paint pens - fine nibbled and broad nibbled
3. I used a template that I had on hand, but you could definitely, trace 2 different sizes of lids, onto paper and use those to trace around.
um. Honestly, you just trace, and color in. The whole project, takes under 15 minutes. I used two different sizes and staggered them. Didn't measure, just eyed it.
Guess, what. There's one more project that I'll post about tomorrow. I mean, it's ridiculous what sorts of crafty things you can come up with and create given a bit of inclement weather. No wonder I was always sewing and making stuff when I lived in SF and Boston.
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Monday, November 7, 2011
It rained in L.A. this weekend (and my kids were both gone AND my husband was consumed by football ) So I made stuff. First up was this little dish inspired by Waylande Gregory. If you're unfamiliar with Gregory, he was a pretty prolific ceramic sculptor from the early 20th century. It's said that he, artistically help sculpt much of the art-deco visual vernacular. But, I'll let you google him if you're at all interested. His stuff is great, both modern and primitive with a mod, sort of ethnic vibe.
Anyway, I've been eyeing several pieces of his work especially the Leopard designs. I was checking out Vivre on Saturday and suddenly realized I could probably whip up a reasonable likeness......and I'm totally happy with the outcome.
Also, I've tune in tomorrow as I'll show you what else happens when I'm wielding a gold paint pen on a lazy Saturday afternoon.......
Here's how it went down:
1. dish purchased at Goodwill for 99cents. I chose it for it's odd shape.
2. I drew the leopard design on first with a pencil. I think because this is a graphic and almost primitive interpretation of a leopard, and not photo realistic, most of you could do the same. Just remember, keep it fluid and rather amorphous. I then used a small brush to outline, in green paint (all colors and material are noted below) the leopard, and used a wider foam brush to fill the larger space.
3. Next, flipped it over and painted the underside gold (black might be cool too)
4. The details are the most fun part. Look at the original dot placement and copy that, using a black paint pen. Next us a red and draw in the mouth. Then ring the black dots using a gold paint pen. And you're done. I sprayed mine with a finishing coat of satin enamel.
materials used:
small white ceramic dish
small, foam brush
small, detailing brush
Golden brand , liquid acrylic in 'Iridescent Gold Deep (fine)"
Martha Stewart, Multi-sruface satin acrylic craft paint in 'Pesto'
Sharpie, fine point, black paint pen (make sure you get paint and not poster board pens)
Sharpie, fine point, red paint pen
Sharpie, fine point, gold paint pen
Friday, November 4, 2011
photo illustration:: samantha hahn. go here to see more of her glorious work.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
This Week on The Skirted Round Table::Leslie Sinclair of Segreto Finishes
This week, Linda, Joni and I sat down with Houston based, Leslie Sinclair owner of Segreto Finishes. To be honest, until I had seen her book, which is a catalog of stunning interiors and the varying finishes by Segreto, I had reservations about this idea of wall 'finishings'.
I've seen some pretty awful Venetian Plaster jobs and homeowner's weekend adventures with rag rolling and glazing. As you can see, by the image above, things have moved far away from the crackle finishes and do it yourself top glazing of the 90s. These days, newer homes are being given that antiqued patina that only an expert artisan can re-create and that's exactly what Leslie and her crew (of over 200) can do.
This is a really interesting conversation about the trends in today's wall finishings (subtle and subtle textured wins over vibrant color and layered obvious finishes) and how this business woman used her acumen to create a booming business. Actually, she reminds me a bit of Toby Fairley in her prowess for success in the design industry.
Come have a listen it was a great hour of information and if you're like me, you'll learn a ton. Also, leave a comment to enter your name for a chance to win her inspirational book.
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I-465 Traffic Shift & Restrictions Near I-65 on South SideMarch 19, 2014 No comments
Contractors for the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) plan restrictions this week on westbound Interstate 465 through the work zone at the south side Operation Indy Commute I-65 interchange improvement project.
On Tuesday and Thursday nights, the two left lanes of westbound I-465 will be restricted between Emerson Avenue and I-65 for work on the Sherman Drive bridge center pier. This work will take place between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. and will be postponed in the event of rain.
On Wednesday night, motorists should expect alternating multi-lane restrictions on westbound I-465 and temporary restrictions on the ramp from northbound I-65 to westbound I-465. The restrictions for painting lane markings are scheduled from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. and are also dependent on favorable weather conditions.
Walsh Construction Company, INDOT's contractor for the $40 million project, is shifting westbound traffic away from the median to provide workers room for pavement and bridge pier construction. Contractors are also currently constructing auxiliary lanes along I-65 to connect between the I-465 and Southport Road interchange ramps. A new two-lane flyover ramp from westbound I-465 to southbound I-65 is being constructed to replace the existing single-lane loop ramp. Sherman Drive remains closed until approximately Sept. 1 as the bridge over I-465 is reconstructed and lengthened to accommodate widening I-465 below.
Motorists, businesses and residents are encouraged to learn more about Operation Indy Commute I-65 & I-465 improvements at www.indycommute.indot.in.gov. Subscribe to receive project email updates by clicking the red GovDelivery envelope icon found on any INDOT web page. Updates will also be provided on the Indiana Department of Transportation: East Central Facebook page and on Twitter @INDOT_ECentral
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Hey, It's OK to Let Your Wires Show!
If you're struggling to hide your cables and cords from sight, it might be time to turn the proverbial corner and adopt a laissez-faire attitude to your wires. Let them show, and turn your extra slack and long, room-spanning cords into line art for the walls.
Yesterday on the link-sharing site Reddit, user BlueChainsawMan shared the photo of the Playstation above, with the caption "I wish I could've thought of this..."
It's a very clever design—tacking the extra lengths of home theater cables to the wall in a pattern that mimics the wire shapes found inside electronics—but it's not the first time we've seen unsightly wire slack turned into line art for the walls:
• Our founder, Maxwell, spotted some creative wire linework on the walls of an Italian wine shop. It's probably a solution formed out of neccessity, since it looks like those old brick walls would be a pain to break through.
• Artist Maisie Maud Broadhead turns cable spaghetti into a work of art, carefully crafting the slack wire from a lamp into a frame design above the fireplace. It's part of a series of installations called Cable Drawings.
If you want to try your hand at something like this, the toolkit is simple: You just need a hammer, a cheap pack of nail-in wire clips, and a creative spirit (or a stencil and a good eraser).
(Images: 1. Reddit, 2. Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan for Apartment Therapy, 3. Maisie Maud Broashead)


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THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 7, 1862 The ftpg. has a nice Civil War map headed: "The Campaign Of The Mountains. Map Showing the Blue Ridge Region, the various Mountain Gaps Recently Occupied by Our Troops, their Relations with the Rebel Army at Winchester & with its Line of Retreat into Eastern Virginia."
Among the ftpg. column heads are: "Army Operations In Virginia" "A Fight Between Gen. Pleasanton's Force & Stuart's Cavalry" "The Rebels Routed in a Handsome Manner" "Salem Occupied by General Bayard's Cavalry" "Defeat of Rebel Cavalry from Warrenton" "Advance of Gen. Grant's Army Against the Rebels at Holly Springs" "Occupation of LaGrange" and more (see). More war reporting on the inside pages.
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Nessus is a great tool designed to automate the testing and discovery of known security problems. Typically someone, a hacker group, a security company, or a researcher discovers a specific way to violate the security of a software product. The discovery may be accidental or through directed research; the vulnerability, in various levels of detail, is then released to the security community. Nessus is designed to help identify and solve these known problems, before a hacker takes advantage of them. Nessus is a great tool with lots of capabilities. However it is fairly complex and few articles exist to direct the new user through the intricacies of how to install and use it. Thus, this article shall endeavor to cover the basics of Nessus setup and configuration. The features of the current versions of Nessus (Nessus 2.0.8a and NessusWX 1.4.4) will be discussed. Future articles will cover Nessus in more depth.
Nessus is a public domain program released under the GPL. Historically, many in the corporate world have ridiculed such public domain software as being a waste of time, instead choosing "supported" products developed by established companies. Typically these packages cost hundreds or thousands of dollars, and are often purchased using the logic that you get what you pay for. Some people are starting to realize that public domain software, such as Nessus, isn't always inferior and sometimes it is actually superior. Paid technical support for Nessus is even available from www.tenablesecurity.com. Nessus also has a great community of developers anchored by the primary author, Renaud Deraison. When allowed to fairly compete in reviews against other vulnerability scanners, Nessus has equaled or outshined products costing thousands of dollars. [ref: Information Security, Network Computing]
One of the very powerful features of Nessus is its client server technology. Servers can be placed at various strategic points on a network allowing tests to be conducted from various points of view. A central client or multiple distributed clients can control all the servers. The server portion will run on most any flavor of Unix. It even runs on MAC OS X and IBM/AIX, but Linux tends to make the installation simpler. These features provide a great deal of flexibility for the penetration tester. Clients are available for both Windows and Unix. The Nessus server performs the actual testing while the client provides configuration and reporting functionality.


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My manager at work decided to have a team building activity by going to ElAin ElSokhna to spend a day. On Thursday, they decided to have it an overnight thing. I'm not really into those people I currently work with, and am definetely not into travelling with them and their families. This job is everything I ain't, and these people are everything I'm not. Somehow I agreed to join, since this was a work-related team building activity, but told them I'd be arriving late on Saturday since I have stuff to do in the morning.
Saturday morning, only had 3 hours of sleep, went to that Canada Day celebration on Friday night (Canadians are sure nice people), and for some reason stayed up till 5am, and had to wake up at 8am to go renew my passport before its too crowded. I take with me all the documents that could possibly be required for the passport; National ID, Military certificate, birth certificate, university certificate, old passport, and head to the passports office to realize that I only have two photos when they need 4. Fortunately, they have the office open until 8 at night to ease on the poor citizens of Egypt. So I go to Phillipe to make more photos of the picture they have in negative of me since 1997. The photos will be ready at 5pm for me to pick up and then I can make use of the late working hours of the passport office.
I go home, not having enough time to sleep, but just sit there idle drinking my cup of tea with cream and checking the newspapers, and then head off for that setup meeting arranged through a friend of my sister. My sister's friend is a nice lady who's been wanting to set me up for a while. So last week when I met her with my sister, we agreed to meet one of her candidates on Saturday morning. Well, the meeting went fine, spent an hour and a half or so with the girl, and my sister's friend and her little kids. Finally, I politely escape to go buy a new spare tire.
I've been driving without one since last December, since it was stolen. That sucker, broke the car window, and only stole the spare tire, nothing else. So I finally buy a new tire, and abide by my friend's saying; "farrat febnak wala tefarrat festebnak" (spare your child, but don't spare your tire). I don't like children anyways.
In the afternoon, I pick up the photos and go to the passport office again. About 25 people sitting there waiting. Doesn't look so bad. The officer takes the application from me and asks me to wait. I sit there waiting forever, then start to chat with this Sudanese looking lady, then her husband joins and we start joking while their little kid is jumping on their laps. I start to feel the exhaustion from the lack of sleep, the heat and the lack of ventilation in the waiting area and try to get a power nap while sitting, but can't. The guy three seats down is complaining to everyone about how they wouldn't take his copy of the Military certificate requiring him to get it officially stamped and how he had to run to two different places to do it. Then he endlessly complains about the slacker employee who's keeping all those people waiting.
I start a conversation with the guy sitting between us --a "normal worker" as his ID indicated. He then asks me if its allowed to smoke here, and I anxiously look for a "no smoking" sign, to fortunately find one and point him to it, telling him that he can smoke outside and that smoking is bad for his health! He concurs and asks me to fill the little slip for him as he can't write. Then this hip guy comes in, his boxer is showing and his pants are hanging half way down his butt, sits down for few minutes then stands up. Very restless guy. I mock him with my normal worker neighbor, "we've been sitting for an hour now, and it hasn't been a few minutes for him yet and he's already up." Then the hip guy pulls out a cigarette and I quickly call at him pointing to the "no smoking" sign, and my neighor tells him that he can smoke outside if he wants. I look to my neighbor and tell him, "poor you, he can't hold himself for a few minutes, and you've been sitting here for over an hour without a smoke, hehe".
Two hours later, the only employee in the office finally calls my name. I jump off my seat to hand him my papers. He looks at my photos and asks if these are recent photos. I tell him, sure, I've just gained some weight, and then think to myself, "did I really get that old that he can notice?! its only been 8 years!"
Can finally head to Ain AlSokhna now. Its almost sunset, I'm wondering why am I going. I'll be there at 9 and will leave at noon tomorrow. Oh well, they've already reserved a room for me, plus if I get one hour on the beach, that'll be good enough for me. I listen to Jebril's recitation of the Quran for the whole way there. God tells Moses to go to the Pharaoh of Egypt for he has indeed transgressed, but to speak to him mildly; maybe he'll take warning or fear (Taha:43,44). Why didn't He ask Moses to curse him, or to take bombs with him and bomb the hell out of the Pyramids?!
I arrive at the hotel in Sokhna, and my sister's friend calls me, so I tell her that there was no connection with the girl in the morning, so I can't meet her again. I didn't tell her though how I didn't like the way she spoke of the workers at her father's company, which she's running and using her management skills and experience (or lack of) in trying to make those workers productive.
AlAin AlSokhna is a good retreat from Cairo. I love the beach, love playing in the sand, and AlSokhna provides that with a wonderful sea just an hour away from Cairo. I arrived just at dinner time, my team mates are all sitting on separate tables with their families, so I take a table alone in the middle of the restaurant avoiding the company of any of them, finish dinner, and head to my room. My manager calls me to join them in the cafe, but I refuse and tell him I'm too tired and am already in bed. I hang up with him, jump off bed, put on my shorts, take my portable music player and head to the beach, light a cigarette, listen to the music, watch the sea and the stars (remind myself to get a book about astronomy to figure out which star is which), and enjoy. Boy, are we missing alot by living in this ugly city, Cairo.
An hour later, the batteries are dead, so I head to my room really wanting to jump in that swimming pool, but am too tired for it, so I order room service instead. Eat (again), and sleep till the morning.
My manager told me they'd leave at noon and won't do any group activities, so I skipped breakfast and headed to the beach in the morning. Took along my music, a book, and a cigarette pack. Enjoyed a nice swim, but not for long, as I didn't find an object to swim too, then sat on the beach for a few hours enjoying my music and three cigarettes lit from each other. Not sure why I cried when reading that chapter about "opression of thought" in Egypt!
After my second swim, I take a final dip in the pool, and decide to head home after listening to this song:
Won't somebody come take me home
It's a damp cold night
Trying to figure out this life
Wont you take me by the hand
Take me somewhere new
I don't know who you are
But I... I'm with you
I'm with you
I'm looking for a place
I'm searching for a face
Is anybody here I know
'Cause nothing's going right
And everythings a mess
And no one likes to be alone
Oh why is everything so confusing
Maybe I'm just out of my mind
Yea yea yea
I really enjoy my own company, but I've had enough of me for the day. I'm ready to head back now. I go to my car to find one of the tires flat! I've certainly bought that new spare tire on time. I replace it and drive on, to be stopped by a police officer on the road who tickets me for over speeding, and hands me the ticket saying in English "Have a nice day". I jokingly tell him that its not nice anymore, and he says he's used to saying that in English to the foreigners. I thank him and move on.
So I'm finally back, enjoyed the beach this morning, am ready to pick up my passport this afternoon, and some how I've lost 2Kg since last week.


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The basis of all life on earth is primary production, or the growth of plant material as a result of the capture of sunlight. Natural landscapes have higher above ground production when they have higher rainfall, temperature, and concentration of nutrients in the soil. However, these landscapes very tremendously in how much of this production gets eaten while still living by animals such as caterpillars or cattle versus how much gets decomposed after plants die by animals such as earthworm or by bacteria in the soil. For example, in ecosystems like the Serengeti in East Africa, more than 50% of production is eaten and the rest decomposed, transferring energy and nutrients to the most abundant and diverse collection of large mammals in the world. In contrast, in other areas with similar plant production, such as oak forests and savannas in the Midwest, less than 5% of production is eaten and nearly 20% is not even decomposed. Large mammals are ten time less abundant and are represented by 90% fewer species. Scientists still don't understand how and why such "fates" of production vary across environments with different water availability, soil fertility and temperature. My work at NCEAS is to devise theoretical explanations for how plant nutritional characteristics, which heavily determine animals' willingness to eat or decompose plant leaves and stems, might vary with water, soils, and temperature. I will then review large available sets of data and published studies in the scientific literature to test the predictions of different explanations. The possibly vital linkage between the environment, plant nutrition, and the ability of animals or even bacteria to consume production may be the key to understanding why the earth's ecosystems work so differently and contain different types and numbers of species around the world.