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Surgical treatment of glaucoma with laser iridectomy (program ID: 239589)
University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf
Martin SpitzerSpecialized in: ophthalmology
The chief physician of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf is Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Martin Spitzer, specialist in ophthalmology. The Department of Ophthalmology at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf offers diagnosis and treatment of all eye diseases in children and adults at the highest scientific level. This is the largest University Department of Ophthalmology in Northern Germany and therefore there is ensured high-quality treatment in all fields of ophthalmology. The treatment is provided by highly qualified specialists with academic degrees. There is performed a variety of operations in all fields of specialization.
Thus, patients are ensured to receive treatment from experienced surgeons, who have been dealing with specific problems in the field of ophthalmology.
The range of medical services of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf covers all eye diseases:
- Glaucoma
- Retinal diseases
- Cataract
- Corneal diseases and refractive surgery
- Plastic and aesthetic surgery
- Orthoptic office
The main objective and motivation of all doctors of the Department is the earliest detection and treatment of eye diseases. Innovative treatment techniques, including small-incision surgery and laser surgery, state-of-the-art operating rooms as well as the highly qualified team of doctors under the direction of Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Martin Spitzer ensure an optimal medical care to the patients of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf.Hide
Program includes:
- Initial presentation in the clinic
- case history collection
- general clinical examination
- laboratory tests:
- complete blood count
- biochemical analysis of blood
- indicators of inflammation
- indicators blood coagulation
- ophthalmologic examination:
- ophthalmoscopy
- gonioscopy
- pachymetry
- perimetry (visual field test)
- computerperimetry
- Goldmann-primetry
- fluorescein angiography
- thermography
- capillary microscopy
- testing for optic nerve damage
- tonometry
- intraocular pressure measurement
- preparation according to preoperative standard
- glaucoma treatment with laser iridectomy
- symptomatic treatment
- cost of required medications
- nursing staff services
- elaboration of further recommendations
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Knowledge Gained from Books vs. Knowledge Gained from Experiences
On the one hand, books hold all knowledge gained by previous generations. Basically, people inherited this holder of humankind's experience. This source of knowledge usually can not be changed, in particular history books that were written on real events and real people. For example, we can assess to information about 2nd World War just by use of books, not our experiences. Moreover, before make new discoveries in certain science, people have to acquire fundamental knowledge about the previous achievements from books. Thus, we can not create the Television without basic knowledge on Micro electric.
On the other hand, I think that "the truth comes from practice and experience". The knowledge from experience helps us as much as those from books. For instance, at old times people thought that Earth was flat, but it was concluded from observations and measurement that we are living on a global planet. There are a lot new inventions and new products which could not be found from textbooks. Our society and world are developed through continuous practices, those knowledge, never found in books, such as internet, e-business etc. are all developed through new practices.
In conclusion, I might say that people are continually assessing the creditability of the knowledge written in books and discovering new things by experiences. Both of these sources are important, and it is essential to know how to combine them
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Herr Expat knows I enjoy my wine and so my usual Valentine's treat is a nice bottle - and he didn't disappoint this year.
Stellenbosch region, well known for its sumptuous reds. We tried a Jacobsdal Pinotage 2010. Now it retails at a bit more than my usual bargain finds (about 12Eur according to Mr. E - and he found it in Edeka which seems to have a rather good wine selection if you can find a big enough branch - rather like the Co-op used to have in the UK - but I digress.....)
So to the vineyard. This pinotage hails from Jacobsdal - a family run wine estate in the Stellenbosch which has specialised in the production of Pinotage wines - almost exclusively - until the introduction of a Cabernet Sauvignon in 2004. And I must say that they do pinotage very, very well. This wine was bursting with berry flavours, soft, full and rounded on the palate - a shame we only had the one bottle to drink.....
I think Pinotage has to rate highly as one of my favourite reds, this wine and another SA stunner the Delheim (funnily enough that hails from another Valentine's day post....) are two that I can really recommend - but of course, the downside being that they come with a heftier price tag - worth it I'd say.


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Hancock, Van Treese shave beards for charity
Hancock, Van Treese shave beards for charity
LOUISVILLE, Ky. —
Two members of the National Champion University of Louisville Cardinals shaved their beards Wednesday afternoon to raise money for charity.
IMAGES: Hancock and Van Treese shave
Luke Hancock and Stephan Van Treese shaved to raise money for the American Cancer Society Relay for Life at UofL.
The players were trying to raise $10,000 a the event.
Raw video: Hancock gets beard shaved
Hancock and Van Treese grew the beards as part of the team's championship run, which had 16 straight wins, a second straight Big East tournament title, a second straight Final Four and the first National Championship since 1986.
Donations can be made at the event or online here.


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Minerals from the sea
The sea offers a variety of minerals, many of which are considered to be alternative sources of metals in the future. Among these are the placer deposits, which are mechanically concentrated minerals that originate from eroded onshore rocks. The near-shore waves separate the minerals brought by rivers and glaciers into heavy (sp. gravity >2.8) and light minerals, and concentrate heavy minerals on the beaches and estuaries (Fig. 37). Elements in native state (diamond, gold, and platinum) or minerals such as ilmenite, rutile, magnetite, zircon, monazite, garnet, and corundum are some examples of placer deposits. The ilmenite sands of Ratnagiri, monazite and zircon sands of Kerala, and garnet sands of Visakhapatnam are the better known placer deposits on the beaches of India.
Oolites are the inorganic chemical precipitates of calcium carbonate that form in hyper-saline, shallow marine environment (<10 m). Oolites are found on the continental shelf off Mumbai, Visakhapatnam, and Chennai. Phosphorites or sedimentary phosphate (>18% P2O5) deposits form on the continental shelf or upper continental slope by biogeochemical processes associated with organic-rich sediments (Fig. 38). Phosphorites occur both on the east and west coasts of India. The phosphorite deposits in Mussoorie and Udaipur in northern India were formed in marine conditions millions of years ago. Barite (BaSO4) deposits occur in deep-sea sediments in association with organic and biogenic remains and/or with volcanic activity. Zeolites are the alteration products of the submarine volcanic rocks in the deep ocean floor. Phillipsite, analcime, harmotome, and clinoptilolite are some of the zeolite minerals.
Ferro-manganese deposits form in the deep ocean basins (4-5 km depth) in areas away from the influence of terrigenous (from land) fluxes (Fig. 39). They occur as nodules (round objects upto 10 cm in size) and encrustations (as layers on rocks exposed on the seafloor). These are valuable deposits not because they have a high iron and manganese content, but because of their copper, nickel, and cobalt (total 2.5%) content. Manganese nodules grow at a rate of 1-3 mm per million years and occur on the ocean floor or a few centimetres below it. Crusts with high cobalt content (0.25% - 1%) usually occur on seamounts, elevated marginal areas, and mid-ocean ridges.
Hydrothermal deposits are formed by the interaction of seawater with submarine volcanic activity. They occur intermittently all along the midocean ridge system (especially Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Central Indian Ocean Ridge) and in the Red Sea. The hydrothermal fluids that gush out of the vents on the seafloor deposit metal sulphides (iron, copper, and zinc) and sulphate (barium and calcium) minerals. The sediments close to the vent are enriched with high content of iron, manganese, silver, chromium, lead, and zinc.
Gas hydrates are compounds where gas molecules are physically trapped inside an expanded lattice of water molecules. They can be present below the ocean floor on the continental slopes and deeper areas of high rate of deposition of sediments with moderate organic content (0.5%). Seabed gas hydrates could be an energy source of the future. A potential gas hydrate province covering an area of 1400 sq. km has been identified in the Krishna-Godavari offshore basin.
Seawater can be evaporated to produce sodium and potassium chlorides. In countries like Saudi Arabia where fresh water is scarce, salts are separated from seawater (desalination) to provide pure water for drinking. Treating seawater with calcium hydroxide precipitates magnesium hydroxide, which is used in the manufacture of magnesium metal. Bromine and iodine are obtained by treating seawater with chlorine gas.


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It's Hatch Chile Time!
Tina Ho/
Jul 19th, 2017
The biggest roasting event of the year is back! The Hatch Chile Roasting event kicks off Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, in Southern California at select Albertsons stores! Hatch chile aficionados can pick up a 25 lb. sack for just $29.99, roasting included. Considered New Mexico's premier chile pepper, Hatch chiles are favored across the country in restaurants specializing in spicy Southwestern cuisine.
When picked green, they are called long green Hatch chiles. When ripened, they are known as long red Hatch chiles, and food connoisseurs wait patiently each year for these delicacies! Add a kick to your salsas, sauces, casseroles, stir-fries, enchiladas, soufflés, omelets and just about anything else!
Try this refreshing Watermelon & Heirloom Tomato Salad with Hatch Chile Vinaigrette recipe.
2017 Hatch Chile Roasting Sales Schedule:
Saturday, Aug. 5 –
Chula Vista Albertsons – This roasting event has been rescheduled to August 12
Rancho Cucamonga Albertsons – This roasting event has been rescheduled to August 19
Saturday, Aug. 12
Chula Vista Albertsons – 720 3rd Ave., Chula Vista, Calif. 91910 – Phone: 619-498-5160
La Habra Albertsons – 1800 W. Whittier Blvd., La Habra, Calif. 90631- Phone: 562-697-6442
Bakersfield Albertsons – 2691 Mt. Vernon Ave., Bakersfield, Calif. 93306 – Phone: 661-872-3511
Saturday, Aug. 19
Rancho Cucamonga Albertsons – 8850 Foothill Blvd, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. 91730 – Phone: 909-484-7237
Arcadia Albertsons – 298 E. Live Oak Ave., Arcadia, Calif. 91006 – Phone: 626-446-1416
Saturday, Aug. 26
Carpinteria Albertsons – 1018 Casitas Pass Rd., Carpinteria, Calif. 93013 – Phone: 805-684-4815
Temecula Albertsons – 31960 Temecula Pkwy., Temecula, Calif 92589 – Phone: 951-303-1133
Reseda Albertsons – 19307 Saticoy St. Reseda, Calif 91335 – Phone: 818-772-0010
Saturday, Sept. 2
Montebello Albertsons – 2469 Via Campo, Montebello, Calif. 90640 – Phone: 323-888-2250
Palm Desert Albertsons – 74590 Hwy. 111, Palm Desert, Calif. 92260 – Phone: 760-346-2566
For more details about the 2017 Albertsons Hatch Chile roasting events listed, please contact the individual stores listed above.
24 Responses to It's Hatch Chile Time!
Pamela Bishop 20/07/2017 at 12:16 am
What About our Albertsons here in the high desert, Apple Valley,
Ruth rowe 20/07/2017 at 2:12 am
What about Santa Barbara and Goleta?
Y. Leon 25/07/2017 at 2:19 pm
8/5 date shows cancelled. These stores have no reschedule date? Are they not selling this year at all
N Todd 25/07/2017 at 3:42 pm
Is the August 5th date really canceled "due to weather"? That's two weeks away.
Victor 25/07/2017 at 8:01 pm
I live in Rancho Cucamonga. Two days ago the website said Aug. 5. Now it says Cancelled due to weather. Whats uo ?
edna 09/08/2017 at 9:02 pm
Will all stores have mild, med, hot and X-hot? Can we order in advance?
Missi 12/08/2017 at 3:31 pm
What about near McKinney, TX (the north Dallas area)?
Jacob A 15/08/2017 at 6:32 pm
Id love to have a Chile roasting event in/near oregon
Sheila Rich 17/08/2017 at 4:39 pm
I am in Northern California, looking for info to find local roasting events up here!
mandy 17/08/2017 at 8:33 pm
Hi there!
This will be my 9th year attending. Last year I went to Albertsons in Rancho Cucamonga Ca, they only had mild. What will this year Chili be? These past years I have bought Extra Hot.
Ann 29/08/2017 at 6:23 pm
When they (Albertsons or other distributors) say "Cancelled due to Weather" they mean the Weather in Hatch, New Mexico (not local weather) Sometimes excessive weather, (rain, ext.) delays the Chile Harvests in Hatch, NM. This is from a post on July 28, 2017 regarding Hatch Chile harvest "The field we've been following will be picked on Monday the 31st for the first time. There has been a bit of delay in the chile harvest due to rain. Some fields received their first harvest before the showers but it seems as the majority are a bit behind".
Yayy, See you in Palm Desert on Saturday September 2nd, 2017 🙂 It's worth the drive.
Ann (in San Bernardino) 29/08/2017 at 6:38 pm
Tuesday 08-29-2017 3:28pm (Pacific Standard Time) I called the Palm Desert Store and the Produce employee stated that they will know on Thursday what type of Chile they have received, either Mild, Medium or Hot. Feel free to call either Montebello Phone: 323-888-2250 or Palm Desert Phone: 760-346-2566 & ask for the produce dept. and they will let you know what type of Hatch Chile they received. Ahhhh can't wait to smell the Chile roasting. It's the scent of Autumn in New Mexico 🙂 enjoy everyone 🙂
Debra 08/08/2018 at 9:25 pm
Do you have any idea when they will be selling or roasting at my neighborhood Albertsons in Grand Prairie, Tx. 75052. ?? I believe they sold and roasted them here last year.


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For students looking for a way to focus their minds while studying, researchers at the Strong Foundation have an answer. Their website, Brain Shift Radio, launched after three decades of research on music-based therapy, is an alternative to common mind-focusing methods, such as use of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) drugs.
Brain-Shifting Technology
Users log into their personal accounts and choose from a list of mental states ranging from brain boost and focus to meditation and sleep. Rhythm and ambient tracks are played simultaneously to achieve the desired effect.
The tracks are created based on an algorithm that evaluates rhythm pattern. Strong said rhythm pattern is related to a sentence in which each word has its own sound and meaning.
"If you look at the characteristics of music and of rhythm, you'll notice that there are different instrumental sounds and different accents and tempos," Strong said.
Each of these parameters is assigned a value, which are eventually strung together to create an overall picture of the track's intensity, like words connect to make a sentence.
The algorithm was created based on research on Rhythmic Entrainment Intervention (REI), which has two underlying principles.
The first is auditory driving, the ability of an auditory signal to drive the frequency of the brain. The brain will match a rhythm's tempo if certain conditions are met, Strong said.
The second principle is complexity — the brain was built for an attraction to novel stimuli.
"When we encounter stimuli that are unusual, our brain keys in to decipher what is going on," Strong said.
The rhythms used for Brain Shift Radio were constructed so that the brain has something to "chew on," Strong said. The rhythm in each track is constantly changing and the brain is stimulated as it tries to decipher the music. As a result, the brain's activity level and focus increases.
The success rate for REI was shown to be 98 percent.
Skeptical Reactions
Boston University associate professor of psychology David Somers said the website was "possibly helpful, but mostly pseudo-science."
He said humans positively benefit from music, as it boosts arousal or alertness, filters out distractions and betters overall mood, but only under certain conditions.
Somers mentioned three factors that must hold for this to work — an enjoyment for the music, an ability to work over said music and a variety in the music.
Somers added that music-attention effects are often learned or acquired and that results are therefore unique for each person.
"I'm very skeptical … the site may not be a bad starting point," he said, "but it's going to be pretty far from optimal."
History of Therapeutic Success
Strong, who studied music at the Musicians Institute of Los Angeles, said his research is based on the therapeutic practices of drumming, which date back to ancient times.
The Shamanic cultures, which date back 30,000 years, used rhythm. This is where the tempo portion of REI comes from. Strong said they used slow beats to enter into an altered state of consciousness.
"The traditional technique used a four beat-per-second pulse," he said, "whereas we use much faster rhythms — usually around eight beats-per-second and up to 12.5."
The Yoruba tribe of West Africa also used rhythms in traditional culture to influence the listener. The complexity portion of REI stems from this, Strong said.
He said he brought his theories into a clinical setting when he began drumming for autistic children in 1992. His study involved 16 children who were tracked for 16 weeks.
"We brought each of the kids in a private room where I played live, and a psychologist took notes," he said.
They tracked each child's response to the rhythms and the tracks that prompted a positive outcome were put on a recording to listen to once a day.
Researchers noted an overall decrease in anxiety and seizures and an increase in speech ability and sleep.
Strong said he does not have a background in science, but doctors and professionals in the field jumped on board and a 10-year formal study began in 1994.
Healthy Alternative
Strong said Brain Shift Radio is not only a healthier alternative to ADHD medications, which are abused by 34 percent of students, but it is more effective.
A recent study suggested that REI techniques seem to be more effective. A 43-year-old man who used ADHD medication in doses of 20 mg had a reaction to REI music that was twice as effective as the higher dose of medication.
Brain shift radio also shields users from the side effects of Adderall and Ritalin. On USA Today College, a college student reports having nightmares, anxiety and shortness of breath after using non-prescribed medication. The drugs are especially dangerous for patients with pre-existing heart conditions and have been linked to deaths in these cases. They may also worsen behavior, increase aggression and cause lack of sleep, among other side effects, according to The New York Times.
"I'd expect that it alters synaptic regulation and brain networks," Strong said about ADHD medication.
He said the same benefits can be achieved without using the drugs.
Community Responses
Students said ADHD drug abuse is troublesome, but differed on their prescribed remedies for the problem.
Michael Snyder, a junior in Boston University's College of Engineering, said people do not want to put in the hard work that their courses demand because it is much too easy to be distracted by technology.
"Too many kids say, 'I can't study because I have ADHD,'" he said. "No, you just can't put your phone down."
Snyder said he is against the abuse of ADHD medication.
"It's the easy way out," he said. "It's a crutch. Just to have that crutch — it's terrible."
Some students said the problem is not the students, but the prescribers.
"It's prescribed too easily, especially to young children, and its widespread availability kind of makes the abuse inevitable," said Jasmine Elbarbary, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences.
She said that children have a lot of energy in general and thereby tend to have a difficult time focusing and taking things seriously.
"Not every kid actually has ADHD and needs that kind of medication," she said, "especially those at a young age."
Students said they would rather follow healthy methods to stay on top of their work. Zhimu Wang, a sophomore in CAS, said she tries to pay attention to what affects her studying ability- both positively and negatively.
"If I'm tired, I can't concentrate," she said. "Negative emotions can definitely affect my ability to study. I will take a rest if I'm tired or if I'm feeling bad, I'll go to the gym or watch comedies."
Qi Lu, a sophomore in CAS, said that she prefers safer methods. She added that music is her go-to concentration method.
"I like listening to classical music," she said. "Slow music is the best."
The Future
Strong said his main goal for the future is adding more material to the website. They began with 50,000 tracks, and now have 75,000. Their goal is to reach 100,000 by the end of the year.
Recent statistical analysis showed that the number of users is now in the thousands and 39 percent of tracks being played are focusing tracks.
The Strong Institute is now working on a mobile app that should be released by the end of 2013.
"As a person with ADHD," Strong said about the future, "I'm excited."


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Allen Ginsberg (3 June 1926 – 5 April 1997 / Newark, New Jersey)
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from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. a cyclical journey or quest undertaken by a mythical hero
Sorry, no etymologies found.
In Bone, the monomyth is encased in what has come to be called the high fantasy epic.
The documentary Finding Joe, directed by Patrick Takaya Solomon, is a heart warming and inspired retelling of Joseph Campbell's iconic Hero's Journey, one that lucidly walks us through perhaps the archetype of archetypes, the diagram for self-realization and psychological illumination known as the monomyth.
Jason Silva: Finding Joe Documentary Reminds Us of Our Hero's Journey
Campbell took what had been also described as the monomyth -- the universal story, told with the same basic pattern, by every culture, about the journey of the hero.
At the same time the game continues to explore the idea of monomyth, this time incorporating the influences of the Norse mythology into its narrative.
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Quoted sections come from the holy writ of collaborative metanarrative, Wikipedia, and full footnotes can be found on the "monomyth" page.
I had a notion - possibly terminally pretentious, or cleverly postmodern or so I like to convince myself - that the characters could spend some time discussing the 'monomyth' story structure, the Hero's Journey found in different cultures and delineated in detail by Joseph Campbell in Hero With A Thousand Faces.
Ralph's story seems to be some kind of monomyth plot or Gilgamesh-in-the-underworld-type scenario.
Joseph Campbell, in his classic book _The Hero with a Thousand Faces, _ showed how _all_ tales of heroic struggle fulfill the terms of what he called the "monomyth," the basic story of stories: "A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man."
"monomyth" idea - that all cultures share a basic form and structure when it comes to their mythology.
John McCain's own story was compelling, but against the monomyth in anxious times, it never had a chance.
A device to decipher a story with,
To break through the shell into the pith,
Is to look for signs
That the plot aligns
To the classical course of the monomyth.
There's quite a lengthy discussion on Wikipedia about the monomyth, its components and variations.


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He Said, She Said: Should We Believe Economic Data or Corporations?
Despite the temptation to oversimplify a complicated world by being a bull or bear, we are sticking with the Mixed Bag theme we laid out for our subs many months ago. In an economy full of both positive and negative events, there is no other logical conclusion.
One of the major confusions in a choppy economy is the differing perspectives from our primary information sources. Currently, we are seeing this play out on a weekly basis as macro economic data continues to flash warning signals while bellwether corporations offer a rosier view.
For example, yesterday the Commerce Department declared consumer spending and income remained flat month over month. However, this morning I awoke to an earnings report from Toyota (NYSE: TM) stating global market conditions are improving and they are increasing their financial forecasts for the year.
These are just two examples of the daily "he said, she said" between economic data reports in corporate earnings announcements. So, who should an investor to believe?
Only one opinion matters: Mr. Market's. In the case of a choppy economy, savvy investors know that each piece of big information has the potential to move the markets. If you look at a chart of the S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY), you can see that we've basically been in a trading range for the past year:
Notice how the markets took a spill from mid-April until earnings season started in early July. During that time, the sovereign debt crisis and other bleak macro economic data took center stage in the media. Then, as we all returned from 4th of July parties, surprisingly good and contradictory information came pouring out of companies such as Intel (Nasdaq: INTC), FedEx (NYSE: FDX), Ford (NYSE: F), Publicis, 3M (NYSE: MMM), Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), DuPont (NYSE: DD), and many more.
This information was only a surprise to those who were not paying attention to guidance and comments coming out of corporate America. While there was no guarantees that earnings season on Wall Street would be decent, we knew we had to position ourselves as the spotlight switched to corporate earnings season. Blindly following an uber-bear like Robert Prechter or a perma-bull like Jim Cramer was simply bad for our health.
As we have noted many times before, a pure play the bull market is when both the economy and corporations are humming along to the same tune. Conversely, a pure play bear market is when both the economy and corporations are screaming the same horrors. Apparently, we are not in a pure play market where we can simply go long or short and then "set it and forget it." Therefore, the winners in this type of Mixed Bag environment will be those who use a strong combination of common sense, agility, and the discipline to acutely listen to the message gaining the most attention in the moment.
So, the question is not necessarily whether we should believe one set of data over another. Rather, the question is who has the bully pulpit of the moment and what are they saying.
If you like our strategy and are interested in more details about our CHEAT SHEET™ framework, we invite you to enjoy a free copy of our flagship newsletter — Wall St. Cheat Sheet Premium. If you sign up today, you will get both our July issue and our fresh August issue when it releases this Friday evening.


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Hi People. I am back with MQM! I know you are all excited to play again. :D So here we go!!!
Jess: "Emily is terrific.
Harry: Yeah. But when I asked her where she was when Kennedy was shot she said 'Ted Kennedy was shot?'
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Today I did a lot of stuff.
I read some Jane Eyre (for the millionth time), took a walk to the beach which included what I like to call 'The Devil's Staircase', decided my cardio is really really bad, crafted some eye masks, sewed a silk sleep top, did some washing, ate leftover mashed potato on my homemade bread, vacuumed, read some more Jane Eyre, got a call from the bank (not a good one), started making Pulled Beef and Beer Pie for dinner albeit tweaked a little ...... then got hit by an enormous wave of exhaustion.
Anything can happen on Friday!!
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Greater Bridger Valley Chamber of Commerce Welcomes You
Welcome to Bridger Valley Wyoming!
Bridger Valley is located in Southwest Wyoming on the north slope of the Uinta Mountain Range. The Valley consists of three communities – the incorporated towns of Lyman and Mountain View and the town of Fort Bridger, all within a 6-mile radius of each other.
Bridger Valley is at the crossroads of Interstate 80 and Wyoming Highways 410 and 414. It serves as one of the primary entrances to the High Uinta Mountain Range and the Wasatch Cache National Forest where there is unlimited hunting, fishing, camping and hundreds of miles of trails for hiking, mountain biking, cross country skiing and ATV and snowmobile riding.
Mountain View is the gateway community to Flaming Gorge Reservoir and the north slope of the Uinta Mountains. Full service grocery store, gas stations and several restaurants are available to serve the traveler's needs.
The restored Fort Bridger historic site and museum is open year around and are the home of the Mountain Man Rendezvous over Labor Day weekend. Fort Bridger is where trails of the past converge:
-Oregon/California Trail
-Mormon Trail
-Pony Express Trail
-Overland Stage Route
Lyman is next to the crossing of the Oregon and Mormon trails and the annual 24th of July celebration is one of the largest pioneer celebrations outside of Utah.
Bridger Valley is located just:
-22 miles from The High Uintas and The Wasatch National Forest
-54 miles from Flaming Gorge Reservoir and the Green River
-121 miles from Salt Lake City Utah and Salt Lake City International Airport
-217 miles from Jackson Hole, WY
-267 miles from Yellowston & Teton National Parks


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Wabash Football 19th in Preseason Pollby Brent Harris • August 6, 2011 Share:
Wabash football returned to the national rankings on Friday when the 2011 D3football.com preseason poll was released. The Little Giants, who were in and out of the top-25 throughout last season, are 19th in this year's preseason rankings.
Wabash received a total of 175 points. Wittenberg, picked to win the North Coast Athletic Conference by the league's coaches, is one spot back at 20th with 165 points. Defending national champion Wisconsin-Whitewater tops the poll, receiving 16 first place votes and a total of 619 points. Perenial national power Mount Union ranks second with 6 first place votes and 606 points.
The Little Giants and Wittenberg are the only NCAC teams ranked in the preseason top-25 poll. Two other Indiana schools — Trine (22nd) and Franklin (24th) — also made the top-25. DePauw received 5 points among a list of 24 schools that garnered votes but did not receive enough to make the top-25 rankings.
Wabash returns 17 starters from a team that finished 8-2 last season with losses to Wittenberg and Washington-St. Louis. The game between Wabash and Wittenberg marked the only time the Little Giants were ranked in the top-25 and played another nationally-ranked team. The Tigers, ranked ninth at the time, defeated Wabash (25th) 34-17. One week later, the Little Giants knocked off 21st-ranked DePauw 47-0 in the annual Monon Bell Classic.
The Little Giants open their 2011 season on September 10 at the College of Wooster.
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"Stand in line! 3, 2, 1." There is a loud pitter-patter of paws and feet and constant chatters and whispers. The boys stand side by side All of them are draped in a gown of light fabric, drapery and jewels that leave little to the imagination and nothing in the back A single string in… Continue reading The Case for Diminished Dragonboys – Pohl
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Monster Girl (National Flash Fiction Day 2017)
"State your name for the press, please." "Y-Yumi..." "What?" "Yumi." "I can't hear ya, hon." "Yumi Joyce--I mean--Yumi Takahashi." The lady glanced from her screen. She had to do a double take! This girl....SHES A MONSTER! Six arms, three glowing eyes on the sides of her face and her entire body was covered in black… Continue reading Monster Girl (National Flash Fiction Day 2017)
A Flash Fiction a Day #5: President Ficus and the Downward Spiral
You are a president of your own land You raise the taxes You destroy private schools and put everyone in public school At lunch you hold a meeting with congress "I'm taking over this game!" People riot but your supporters scream back in fluffy horror Spectators soon flee to the other side of the world's… Continue reading A Flash Fiction a Day #5: President Ficus and the Downward Spiral
Flash Fiction Time: Diamond Boy
I'm back with another flash story! It's not for a weekly event or anything. It's for a book I want to do called Eden. The writing prompt I used is "she sings" from a list of 400 prompts but I changed it to "he sings." As always if you enjoy this, like and comment. Also… Continue reading Flash Fiction Time: Diamond Boy
Candy (A Flash Fic A Day #4.5)
"Hi! My name is S--!!" "I immediately don't care." Mr. Grumpy Wuss was stuck on a bullet train with a kid who never ever shut his mouth. The commute to his ten-year-old job was a long one. Long and arduous with this kid. The boy went on and on about candy and "the joys of… Continue reading Candy (A Flash Fic A Day #4.5)
AngelCry (A flash Fic a Day #4)
Ever wonder what happens to an angel that becomes corrupted by a demon? It becomes dark—blackened beyond recognition—a heart so icy and lustful that nothing could ever come of it. She loves me. She really loves me. It doesn't matter what they say about the demons. She's different. This is what Arcändor believed. He thought… Continue reading AngelCry (A flash Fic a Day #4)
It's Alright (A Flash Story A Day #3)
It was scary and rainy outside. The rushing water beats upon the old windows with such ferocity that it sounds like an invasion of bullets. The little girl is afraid. She holds onto Toy Chica's plastic arm tightly. The animatronic does not move. The only thing she does is huff. The girl is okay with… Continue reading It's Alright (A Flash Story A Day #3)
Initialize (A Flash Story a Day #2)
He expected the weird food cravings, the mood swings and other things human females are plagued with during pregnancy. Rinaldo was carrying his first egg and yet…he wasn't struck with the weird symptoms of pregnancy like he expected. He was moody, yes, but he wasn't craving any strange food. What came with the pregnancy was… Continue reading Initialize (A Flash Story a Day #2)
In Triola, love is not lost (A Flash Fiction A Day #1)
Atop the highest hill in Triola; Sylvio, Josh, Sylvio's mother Narcissus and her protecter Argolon sit in silence to enjoy the view. Even Talkven is there with them. He's busy making Narcissus and Argolon sip tea with him. Sylvio and Josh sit away from them. Together they watch the clouds as they sit side-by-side. Sylvio… Continue reading In Triola, love is not lost (A Flash Fiction A Day #1)
A Flash Fic A Day #0: S C R E A M S
I have begun a "flash fic a day" challenge and I swear to The Lord I will NOT fail. I originally intended to have only original fiction so I could expand upon my stories but it's too late in the night to post the story I want. Instead I am opening up with fan fiction… Continue reading A Flash Fic A Day #0: S C R E A M S
Short Story Saturday: Jerry and Marie
Every Saturday I will be adding a flash fiction story from the book. This story, Jerry and Marie, comes from Sector 7 (Chapter 7) of The Society On Da Run book. This is a comedy story. _____________________________________________________________ Jerry & Marie Fell off a Tree ____________________________________________________________ I didn't get away with it. But I wish I… Continue reading Short Story Saturday: Jerry and Marie


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The Domino Inspired My Home Contest Entry: LouiseMarch 9, 2009
I chose to show you all my bedroom for two of its Domino inspired features – my version of the "antlers" that frequent Domino's pages (and were recently blogged about on this site) and my solution for a tricky headboard situation.
My version of the antlers is actually a wicker bull's head that once belonged to my father. His mother brought it home from Spain back in the 60's and stayed on his bedroom wall for many years. If you look closely above its right eye you can see a rather large hole which was the result of a unfortunate incident with a dart. I love the sentimental meaning this item holds for me, and I especially love how "in" antlers, deer heads, etc. have become.
The building I live in is an old house divided into individual units. Mine is only 400 sq. ft. I love the charm, but I hate some of leftover features that were never removed, such as a couple of doors that lead to nowhere. One of those doors is behind the curtains I put up as a sort of headboard. My bed could only fit against this wall, so I had to find a creative solution for covering up the unsightly, and absolutely useless door.
Since I live on a tight budget and cannot afford an extremely tall headboard, I turned to Domino for creative ideas. In the July/August 2006 issue I found one fashioned out of hanging fabric. I used leftover curtains to try and create a similar look. I am very satisfied with the finished product! Seriously, you would never know there is a door there 🙂
As for the rest of the items you see in this photograph… Everything is a hand-me-down or a flea market find. Ok well maybe not the bed linens which I've had since college. Anyway, I've listed it out for you below:
Bed linens: Bed Bath and Beyond (circa 2004)
Gold zebra pattern pillows: The Sleepy Poet antique store, Charlotte, NC
Silk sage curtains: Pottery Barn, I think
Valance: Linens N' Things
Lamp: Hand-me-down
Bull's head: Hand-me-down
Sconce (far right): The Plantation Shop, Charlotte, NC
Side table: Hand-me-down
Bolster pillow: The Sleepy Poet antique store, Charlotte, NC
Green pillow: My first attempt at needlepoint
There are so many things I'd like to do to this room, if only I had the funds and the permission from my landlord! First thing would be some (colorful) wallpaper!!! If Domino has given me one thing over the years it is a newfound appreciation for wallpaper. Well, that and countless hours of pleasure reading. I'll miss you Domino!!!!
Thanks for entering, Louise!


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Farmington police respond to growing call load
The law enforcement landscape across the country has led to a change in how Farmington police respond to police calls today.
Rarely does a single police officer respond to the calls, according to Farmington Police Chief Brian Lindquist. He shared highlights of his annual police report with Farmington City Council earlier this month.
"The dynamics of law enforcement have changed immensely and the landscape is not the same as if was a few years ago," Lindquist said.
Lindquist said the turning point that changed the police landscape was the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., on Aug. 9, 2014. Brown, an 18-year-old black man, was fatally shot by Darren Wilson, a white Ferguson police officer who responded to a call about a man robbing a convenience store.
"We have become much more responsive to what we perceive as a potential threat — we do not carry what was once the authority of being told something to do something because you do what the police say you should do it, because many look upon that now with distaste," Lindquist said. "Rarely, do we send one officer — we have become very protective of our own backs because the clients have changed and a lot of these calls require a lot more than just one body."
Ten years ago, many police calls would require sending a single cop, but now these calls require a need to send two or three officers to respond to calls, the chief said.
Police video footage
The chief shared a few minutes of Farmington police video footage clips captured with the police body cameras. The first clip showed how Farmington Police stopped a drunken driver with three cars after the driver hit a telephone pole by CVS pharmacy off Pilot Knob Road.
Another police clip showed how officers need to rescue people who lose consciousness from a drug overdose due to heroin, opioids or some other dangerous drug.
"The Narcan kit has five steps where they put it in the nose and press the nasal mist, and then here they are doing CPR rescue," Lindquist said while the video footage rolled on the screen in the city hall chamber.
Farmington Council Member Terry Donnelly asked if this footage was from Farmington.
Lindquist said "We have hundreds of hours of that, and they (police) are doing their job and I am doing my job and we need to be very professional and very calm."
"Our criminal element is no different than any other community," Lindquist said.
Police body cams
A couple years ago Farmington police began wearing body cameras mounted behind the ear on clipped on their hats.
"The thought being, whatever I look at the camera is going to catch it," Farmington Police Patrol Sgt. Bob Sauter said.
Each officers wear a body camera worn.
"The cameras are on for a call or any action with the public, and I can turn it on and off for the start of a call and turn it off at the end of the call," Sauter said.
When the police body cams are turned on, the video footage captures the last 30 seconds prior since it is always recording.
Each police squad car also captures video footage on a camera mounted near the rearview mirror near the front windshield.
"I do think they have helped protect us, and it is nice knowing if we receive a complaint against us at least we have something to back up our story, and it keeps us honest, too," Sauter said. "It keeps us from saying things maybe we would have liked or may have said before."
With a recent police officer retirement, the Farmington Police is down to 23 positions. The police K-9 position is not filled now but will be in the spring. The department is split into four groups of three patrol officers and each group has a sergeant.
"So, anytime there are four officers available to respond to calls and they work 12 hours shifts with four on and four off," Lindquist said.
Calls for service are going up and traffic stops are on their way down, Lindquist said.
Farmington Mayor Todd Larson asked for an explanation as to the change in calls and traffic stops.
"There are a number of reasons why," Lindquist said. "We are dealing more with severe, individual mental handicap needs than we have ever dealt with in the past, and these calls take an extended amount of time."
For those who suffer from mental health issues, Lindquist said the officers are unable to take them to any Twin Cities facility that takes care of mental health care needs.
"We technically ended up taking them up to St. Paul and they are so overwhelmed that in a vast majority of time, they are back home that night," Lindquist said.
Despite the challenges with mental health calls and demands on the police force, Farmington received the ranking of the third safest city in 2017 by Safe Choice Security News.


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The brazen bank heist Wednesday that ended in gunfire was caught on surveillance video. It shows a gunman wearing body armor walking into the California Bank and Trust on Riverside Drive in Chino.
But just minutes prior to the hold up, Chino police said the suspect or a possible accomplice made a 911 call. In the recording, a man can be heard saying, "OK, I have a bomb a threat over at (inaudible) and there is one at 12th Street (inaudible). This is not a drill. Do you hear me? There is a bomb and I will explode it."
Investigators said they believe the bomb threat was a diversion to lure police to the opposite side of town. The call came from a pay phone near the bank.
"We had officers responding to the bomb threat and we also had other officers responding to various banks throughout the city to conduct safety checks to ensure that those banks weren't being targeted for robbery," said Chino police Chief Miles Pruitt.
It was during a safety check at the California Bank and Trust that a police officer encountered the suspect as he exited the bank with a bag full of cash.
"That individual immediately opened up, began firing at the officer patrol car, striking the patrol car several times," Pruitt said.
The wounded officer managed to drive his bullet-riddled patrol car to the Chino Valley Medical Center for help. That officer is now in stable condition.
The suspect got away with an undisclosed amount of cash, but dropped some of it in the parking lot. Investigators said the dark gray 2009-2011 Nissan Maxima seen speeding away may have had Arizona plates on the front and California plates on the rear of the car.
The FBI said the suspect is considered extremely dangerous.
"This case is particularly significant because anyone that will rob a bank is bad enough, but when you shoot a police officer who is just trying to do his job ? anybody could have been killed that day," said Don Robertson, an FBI agent from the Riverside office.
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Anyone with information was urged to call the Chino Police Department at (909) 628-1234.


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The Urge To Create: What Does It Mean To Be Creative?
To create something exceptional, your mindset must be
relentlessly focused on the smallest detail.
Giorgio Armani
A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do.
I'm going to argue that the word 'creativity' and the word 'fuck' can be seen (and perhaps used) as synonymous to one another. Mind you, not literally in the definition-sense of the word, but literally seen from a symbolic point of view.
Creativity is a funny little word. It can be used in almost every context, every landscape it encounters -and therewith being anything but little. A bit like the word fuck (with emphasis on 'a bit'), creativity and its many appearances (i.e. from being creative to actually creating something) can become meaningless over time and still bear so much significance with it. As demonstrated by the many ways fuck can be used within a sentence (e.g. "Fuck is probably the only fucking word that can be put every fuckingwhere and still make fucking sense", to demonstrate: "fuck you, you fucking fuck"), rarely actually meaning or directly referring to the act of, well, fucking, but -as we all mostly understand when being confronted with it- as a swear word. And in some cases the word fuck is just being used to fill up an otherwise empty space.
It's on the internet where the most important questions are being asked. Hugo -if that's his real name- wondered if there's "a succinct word for the 'itch' to do something creative? For example having a niggle in your brain where only doing something creative can make it go away?"
And it's also on the internet where the most valuable suggestions are being given to answer these questions. So, is there a word for the urge to do something creative? Well... : Procreative, insanity, inspiration (although the submitter thinks that it's a different idea, rather something that leads to the urge of doing something creative), stricken by the muse, creative drive, creative frenzy or variations on that with fervor and fever, creative impulse, the more poetic creative stir, which leads us almost inevitably back to just creative urge. It's in the question, really.
So is there a succinct word for the 'itch' to do something creative? Well, not really would be my answer. It all depends on how you approach this creative drive in the first place. The actual question that needs to be asked first might not be the word we're looking for, but the definition we attach to it. As FumbleFingers (lovely username) rightfully stated: "Define 'being creative'. How does the urge to be creative differ from a more general urge to do something?" You've got me there, FumbleFingers! So what's the distinction between the 'creative process' and the 'doing process'?
Believe it or not, but there's no one who's come up with a 'doing process'. Yet. Yes, 'to do' is often being mentioned within other processes or cycles (for instance: Kolb's learning cycle, to do: learning by experience). You could say that doing therefore can be seen as a step to get closer to something, but not the actual goal to achieve (tell that to all us procrastinators... *sigh*). You can show your creativity through doing something. Knitting a jumper, writing a book or idk painting chewing gum. "What's important is the creative process", said the chewing gum painter, but not a word is being spoken about the actual 'doing'. Because -and this is my guess- the 'doing' part is often being included within the idea of the 'creative process', it's part of it -by doing you 'visualize' the creativity (which can lead you to painting chewing gum).
There are however surprisingly (or better said: suprisingly to me) a lot of different cycles of creativity. It apparently happens to be a vivid research topic -or better said: research question- within philosophy, psychology and most probably some other subjects ending with -y. To get a good idea of creativity, we'll be needing some definitions... Within defining the definition of creativity, there's a distinctive difference made between 'creativity' and 'creative thinking'. The two are definitely linked to one another and one could claim intertwined, but they aren't the same thing. Or at least, they can be seen as two separate -yet intertwined- things (confusing, I know).
the bringing into being of something which did not exist before, either as a product, a process or a thought
OR the use of the imagination or original ideas, especially in the production of an artistic work
Both definitions are very similar. Both say that creativity produces something 'which did not exist before' and is thus 'original'. In the first definition there's no talk about how this is being done and emphasis on the result of creativity, namely 'a product, a process or a thought'. The second definition does state that creativity is made out of 'imagination' and 'original ideas' which 'especially' leads to 'the production of an artistic work'. Or maybe it's even the basis of the production of an artistic work. Artistic work thus can't be made without creativity. Which makes you wonder what 'artistic' actually entails, according to Google:
having or revealing natural creative skill. OR relating to or characteristic of art and artists.
OR aesthetically pleasing
Which brings us to art:
the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically visual form such as
painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated for their beauty or emotional power.
OR the various branches of creative activity, such as painting, music, literature, and dance
As I stated earlier, the visualization or the actual imaging of 'creativity' is blindly seen as being part of the 'creative process'. Creativity produces a product, process or thought which is being shown through the making of something -most probably art or artistic. Important to note are the different uses of creativity ('creative skill', 'creative activity') which makes the art/artistic products. And therewith not to forget the most overpowering word: imagination.
the faculty of forming new ideas, or images or concepts of external objects not present to the senses OR
the ability of the mind to be creative or resourceful OR the part of the mind that imagines things
(last definition most definitely being the most accurate yet most unexplanatory definition ever. What's imagination? That's when you imagine things. Seriously?).
Am I the only one who feels like walking in circles?
May it be clear that creativity in this sense is mostly seen from an active point of view. Creativity is seen as being part of producing something (through actually doing something to imagining something -which is essentially doing something but not visualizing it -to some extent). I personally think that being creative doesn't necessarily always have to be dependend or meaningful when it's actually 'performed' or 'done'. You can also be creative in a more passive manner, where there doesn't need to be a process going on of actually making this creativity visible in anyway (mental creativity is still creativity, right?!). And that's where the 'creative thinking' comes in.
Creative thinking
the process which we use when we come up with a new idea;
It is the merging of ideas which have not been merged before
Sounds familiar, right? Creative thinking has many similarities to the above mentioned words and definitions (especially imagination). Creative thinking isn't necessarily been made 'public' through visualization -however according to the first definition of creativity, this also doesn't always have to be the case in that sense (creativity can be shown through thoughts). Central to creative thinking however is the 'merging of ideas'...
a thought or suggestion as to a possible course of action OR the aim or purpose
Important within this definition are the words 'suggestion' and 'possible'. It's a sign of uncertainty. It's just an idea, it's just something that came from my imagination, creative thinking, a thought. Which can bring us to creativity and therefore perhaps the creation of art or something artistic, but doesn't necessarily have to. So the difference between the urge of just 'doing' and 'being creative' is that the one is part of the other. Doing is part of being creative, creating thereby being directly linked to that 'process' (however, as you can see in the definition below, without the pressure of it needing to be original or it relying on imagination).
bring (something) into existence.
a thing that is unspecified or unknown OR used in various expressions indicating that a description or amount being stated is not exact OR used for emphasis with a following adjective function as an adverb
OR to some extent; somewhat
the fact or state of living or having objective reality
the activities in which a particular person engages
a strong desire or impulse OR try earnestly or persistently to persuade (someone) to do something
an act of sexual intercourse OR have sexual intercourse with (someone)
OR ruin or damage something OR used alone or as a noun or a verb in various phrases
to express anger, annoyance, contempt, impatience, or surprise, or simply for emphasis
Creativity is a bit like the word fuck. It can be used in anyway, it can refer to anything, it can actually be anything and also nothing; who decides what's original and how do we know if the merging of our ideas have not been merged before? It's meaningless and significant at the same time. However, unfortunately, creativity is not as adaptive in its use within a sentence. Which is actually quite ironic since it can be described as a 'creative way' to incorporate the word fuck in such excess capacity...
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Crusader from Room 17 has been reading "Tongue Tied" by Paul Jennings and Darius interviews him about it.
"Tongue Tied" is one of 8 stories in an anthology and it may surprise you to hear these boys enjoyed it!
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Research emphases of the Institute include software architecture; collaboration; software security; open source software (OSS) development; large systems and large data; simulation; analysis; testing, debugging and maintenance; software acquisition; computer games and virtual worlds; privacy and personalization; computer-supported cooperative work; human-computer interaction; and sustainability.
ISR researchers are engaged in a wide variety of sponsored research projects Many are funded by the National Science Foundation. Other sponsors and supporters have included DARPA, DHS, FBI, U.S. Navy, San Francisco Symphony, Northrop Grumman, NTT, and The Aerospace Corporation.
ISR supports the research community through conference management services. ISR staff have supported conferences such as the 11th International Conference on Global Software Engineering (ICGSE 2016), iConference 2015, the 33rd International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2011), the 26th Annual ACM Conference on Systems, Programming, Languages, Applications: Software for Humanity (SPLASH 2011), and the 16th ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE 2008), to name but a few. ISR faculty, staff, and graduate students played key roles in these conferences.
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Its the 17th May so its time once again for the Waltzing Mouse Blog Waltz and the task this time was to make a masculine card. Yes anyone who visits here regularly knows how hard I find it to come up with cards for men and I was so wishing that I had bought Claire's cowboy stamp set, but as I hadn't, I had to make do with what I'd got. It turns out that I didn't have very much. Well I suppose the purpose of challenges IS to challenge yourself so I leapt in anyway and came up with this offering:-
I went with a kraft card base and stamped the chevron stamp from Offbeat Backgrounds in cream ink along one side and inked up the edges of the card.
I then cut a cream label from Nestabilities 14 and stamped it again in cream with a stamp from Holiday Labels. I over stamped the thanks stamp from Rescue Remedies Additions in Corduroy distress ink, folded it to make a tab and hung a sunshine charm from it.
I found a scrap of ribbon that just stretched across the card and stamped the other sentiment onto some cream card and inked and rounded the edges. I was really pleased how these two sentiments linked so well with each other. I found a manly looking brad and gave a little more dimension by raising it on pop dots. Not quite a CAS card but it is spare and plainish without a pink ribbon in sight.
Thanks to Crafty Math Chick who pointed out that Moxie Fab World are having a challenge to use chevrons, so I am entering this card.
Thanks for stopping by do enjoy your dance onto the next blog.
Carol x


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Yesterday morning was bright and sunny with clear blue skies and this morning is grey and blah....just like November is 'supposed' to be. I jumped out of bed this morning when I saw the snow. I love the first snow fall of the year and this one's a good one!
Technically this would be our second snow fall because we had a crazy 15 minute storm one day last week that left mini snowballs everywhere, but they only stayed a few hours so it doesn't really count in my books.
I was curious how Astro would react to the snow because she's so skittish about everything but she bounded out and played like she remembered it from last winter. It was so much fun to watch the dogs romp around in the snow. I haven't been out yet but I'm looking forward to a walk through the field with all the girls. It will be our first trip this year to the creek and I know it will be a barrel of fun.
I love our changeable weather – to me it's one of the wonders of this part of the world. I can't imagine every day being the same. I'll take sunny and bright one day and a storm the next any day over sunny and warm all the time.
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Let us question every century, above all the Christian centuries. They respond with a unanimous voice that this weapon is the Sign of the Cross! This weapon had been used by the most learned and holy men in the East as well as in the West. St. John Chrysostom says: "Do not ever go out of your house without making the Sign of the Cross. It will be for you a shield, a weapon, an inexpugnable tower. Neither man nor demon will ever dare to attack you, if they see you clothed with this armor." Origen says: "The Sign of the Cross is the invisible armor of Christians. Soldier of Christ that you are, wear (use) This Armor always during the day, and during the night, and everywhere. Without It do not undertake any task, whether it be sleeping or traveling, resting or working, eating or drinking, be always clothed with This Protective Armor. Adorn and protect every single one of your members with This Victorious Sign. At the sight of This Sign the infernal powers flee scared and stupefied." St. Augustine used to say to the Catechumens: "We must confront the enemy with the Symbol and Sign of the Cross; so that the Christian vested with these weapons may easily triumph over the ancient and prideful tyrant." St. Athanasius says: "By means of the Sign of the Cross the works of magic are made impotent; all the enchantments lose their efficacy. By means of It, the impetus of the most brutal will is moderated and pacified."
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To make a pig roaster, cut an oil drum lengthwise to form two sections, attach a handle to top section, drill ventilation holes, fix a grate, build a frame to hold the roaster, fit a rotisserie spit, and insert the roaster in the frame. Light a charcoal fire, and test your work.
Purchase an oil drum of desired length. Clean the drum with a rag and soapy water. Cut the drum longitudinally with an angle grinder to get two sections namely, the top lid and bottom cooking area. Place two brackets with hinges on the lid, and use bolts and nuts to fasten it to the bottom section. Use bolts to secure a handle on the lid.
Drill about 20 half-inch holes in the cooking section for ventilation. Measure the length and width of cooking section's opening, and use the measurements to purchase a grate. Position the grate on the top of the bottom section. If necessary, attach metal covers and a retaining screw to hold ash in place. After adding a grate and ventilation, cut eight pieces of steel as appropriate. Weld four pieces to create the top section of the frame, and then fix four legs.
On the outside of the grill, install two steel casters at the top and bottom of the drum, and fix a 1-foot steel rod on the top of the roaster to create the rotisserie spit. Attach a handle on the rod's terminal. Fix the roaster in the frame, add charcoal, light a fire, and roast your pig.


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A spokesman for Reliance Industries denied today a newspaper report that the Indian energy major was in talks to buy a stake in cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines. Mallya blames fuel taxes, high interest for KFA crisisbusiness Updated: Nov 16, 2011 14:16 IST
A spokesman for Reliance Industries denied on Wednesday a newspaper report the Indian energy major was in talks to buy a stake in cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines.
A newspaper had reported that Reliance might make a financial investment or pick up a stake through a preferential offer by the carrier, which could be followed up by an open offer to public shareholders.
Citing an unnamed person close to the airline, the paper said Reliance was understood to have engaged a merchant banker to carry out due diligence of the carrier.
Ravi Nedungadi, chief financial officer of UB Group, the airline's parent, had said on Tuesday it had been approached by strategic investors.
An official with one of Kingfisher's lenders had also said the carrier's chairman, Vijay Mallya, was talking to a potential strategic investor.
Kingfisher, which reported a September quarter loss of 4.69 billion rupees ($92 million) on Tuesday, cancelled scores of flights last week as it abruptly shut some routes. It has also been late paying salaries.
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Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Reid...lovin' his Big Wheel
14 comments:
- Craig and Angela said...
Hey Lauren. That video is too cute! I love how Reid doesn't use the pedals -- and Matt's sound affects in the background!
- November 6, 2007 at 9:23 PM
- Bex said...
i ditto the above comment! :)
- November 6, 2007 at 10:35 PM
- The Johnstons said...
Too precious! It sounded like Audrey enjoyed it just as much as Reid. You are right, Reid does look a lot like Jonathan! Love all of you!
- November 7, 2007 at 8:16 AM
- Gabe, Elizabeth, Perryn, and Teagan said...
I was a bit worried he was heading into the street, but OH SO IMPRESSED he made that big wheel make a turn!! He is adorable and I love seeing him grow each day. Thank you so much for allowing me to make his cake!!
- November 7, 2007 at 1:42 PM
- lauren w said...
haha! my favorite is audry flinging by in thecorner of the screen!
- November 7, 2007 at 9:51 PM
- The Durham's said...
AWWWWW, he's so cute! Happy Birthday to Reid:) How are yall? Let me know what's going on when you get a chance:) Love ya!
- November 8, 2007 at 3:05 PM
- Dionna said...
Oh, I had a big wheel and it was one of my absolute favoritest things. :)
- November 9, 2007 at 2:38 PM
- Ashie Nichole said...
Lauren.. he is so cute!! :) I like the last video too, he seems to really like trucks and such!! ha ha :)
- November 9, 2007 at 5:10 PM
- Isaac, Kim & Landen said...
Happy 2nd Birthday, Reid! He is precious!
- November 10, 2007 at 9:45 PM
- Liz said...
he is SO cute! he and ezra would be big buds....(ezra turns 2 in january)
little boys are so much fun, aren't they?
- November 11, 2007 at 10:56 PM
- Finally an Abrigg..... said...
i know where you are right now!!! and i am J-E-A-L-O-U-S!!!!!!!!!
- November 12, 2007 at 7:48 AM
- Raven said...
hey lauren! i'm not sure if you remember me but we met a couple weeks ago at church in matt's office.. i used to be in the same youth group as him in tc! i happened to come across you blog browsing off of the LPM blog so i just wanted to say hi! it was so great meeting you and yall's kids.. they are absolutely adorable! have a great week!
- November 15, 2007 at 1:09 AM
- A Place For Ministry Wives said...
That "Big Wheel" is WAY MORE FLASHY that ours used to be!
- November 16, 2007 at 9:47 AM
- Keri said...
Miss you guys!!!
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Editorial: Grover offers example for those wanting to be active in community
- Rosalind Redfern Grover. She earned a pair of awards this past week. The Library Foundation awarded her -- fittingly -- with the first Rosalind Redfern Library Benefactor Award. Like her mother before her, Grover has worked tirelessly and dedicated countless resources toward reading and education. Grover also was honored this week during the MS Society's Dinner of Champions.
- Flint Newman, of Stanton. The teen took home the top prize at the Houston Livestock Show as his steer, G.O., was selected as the grand champion steer. Newman's 1,335-pound Charolais was sold for $400,000, $40,000 more than last year's top bid, according to the Houston Chronicle. Newman's win was the second for the family. His sister, Dakota, exhibited the grand champion in 2005. We love to see area students have this type of success at the state level, no matter the extracurricular activity. We also hope Newman's triumph in Houston encourages more kids to get involved in 4-H, a very worthwhile program.
- For the Midland Chamber of Commerce. Its State of Education luncheon was a success. State Rep. Tom Craddick and state Sen. Kel Seliger spoke directly about education issues, including House Bill 5 and school finance, offering words Midlanders needed to hear (For more, see Our View in Sunday's and Monday's editions.)
For officials at Sunoco Logistics. They allowed us to use an office for a picture looking back down Big Spring Street at downtown Midland. It appeared in Sunday's Reporter-Telegram. We appreciate the cooperation.
- For more accolades. This week Midland made news as the only metropolitan statistical area in the nation during the month of January with an unemployment rate below 3 percent. This week, the Census Bureau said Midland's population growth was the third fastest in the nation. While growth does present some challenges, it beats what is happening in some other parts of the country.
- Sen. Ted Cruz. We were glad to see the senator in Midland last week. We appreciate the way he's made Washington change its ways and expect him to be a formidable political figure in the years, if not decades, to come. Our arrow is pretty simple. Cruz should have a West Texas office, and he should place it in Midland. Midlanders supported Cruz, by basically every standard, greater than any other West Texas community. And John Cornyn has his West Texas office in Lubbock. So we hope Cruz does the right thing and opens a West Texas office right in the middle of the oil patch. Having senators' West Texas offices in the middle of ag country and oil country makes sense to us.


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Moles and skin cancer facts
What do NON cancerous moles look like?
- A skin mole is flat or raised up
- Moles can be skin colored, brown, black, tan colored and even red.
- They are usually as small as a match head but can get as big as a CD.
- Moles may have hair growing out of them
What is a mole? What causes moles?
Moles also called melanocytic nevus or nevi (plural), they are usually not cancerous, they are small bunches of pigment cells ( melanocytes ) visible on the skin.
Moles can change in color with sun exposure and during pregnancy and even during certain times of the year. Moles are found on any area of the body. Moles are also found in all races, in babies and even in animals.
A Mole that develops in a person over the age of 30 should be observed closely, to make sure that it is not a cancerous mole.
What causes moles on skin?
- Genetic factors
- Sun exposure and sunburns
- Light colored individuals are more prone to getting moles
- Sun tanning beds can also cause damage just like the sun
Mole prevention
- Protect your skin from the sun with sun screen, wide brimmed hats, protective clothing and keeping in the shade as far as possible.
Types of moles
- Regular moles ( normal moles ) ~ Usually have uniform border and color and are small (about the size of a pea.) This is usually a raised mole
- Irregular moles ( atypical mole ) ~ These atypical moles have irregular borders and are usually bigger than a pea. These types of moles are also usually flat.
- Cancerous moles
The types of mole cancers
- Melanoma mole skin cancer ~ Usually caused by sun exposure and genetics
- Malignant mole lentigo maligna ~ Usually occurs in the face of older adults (also caused by sun exposure)
- Basal cell carcinoma ~ These usually bleed easily and is skin cancer of the basal cells.
Increased risk of a malignant moles
- The flatter moles are found to be cancerous, more often that the raised moles
- Persons with more than 25 Irregular moles have a higher risk of developing an abnormal mole.
- Persons with a mole that is larger than 10 inches may be at higher risk of developing melanoma.
- Irregular moles have a higher risk of turning cancerous than regular moles.
- Hairy moles ~ Do not scratch or pull the hairs out of a hairy mole, this could also increase chances of the mole becoming malignant.
- A bleeding mole could be a sign of cancer.
- An itchy mole may indicate a problem
- A suspicious mole that changes in any of the below ways mentioned…
Got some suspicious moles?
All moles should be checked regularly to make sure that they have not changed. The things to look out for…
A – Asymmetry (two sides must look similar)
B - Borders that are irregular
C – Color changes in moles
D - Diameter changes (is it getting bigger?)
E - Evolving ( anything new? )
How can I get rid of moles?
How to remove moles…
- Regular skin moles cannot be removed with creams, bleach, freezing or chemicals.
- Getting rid of moles at the doctor with skin mole removal procedures ~ Sometimes mole skin needs to be removed at the doctor's office using punch biopsy, surgical excision or shave removal. The cost of mole removal depends on the procedure done. Never try removing moles surgically at home.
Have a look through the skin cancer mole picture… so that you can see what skin cancer moles looks like
Home remedy mole removal ~ Natural mole removal
These have been found to work for some people to remove moles … It's always worth a try
- Apple cider vinegar applied topically (careful not to apply to surrounding skin). Making a cosmetic vinegar
- Garlic applied topically
What is a Hydatidiform mole?
A hydatiform mole is a growth inside the uterus that forms in the beginning stages of pregnancy. This is a gestational trophoblastic disease…also sometimes referred to as a mole pregnancy
Other pages on remedies for skin in connection with cancerous moles
- Warts
Getting rid of moles and Moles cancer questions…
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Few days back a debating championship was held in North South University (NSU). There i was debating with my new partner (Abir). Well at the beginning, i was quite afraid about my partner. Because it was his first time in debating. He was also worried about it. But later everything went fine. He did well. He performed outstanding. Thanks to Allah. Although we did win the championship but we learned a lot and we developed ourselves. Abir has a gr8 potential. Inshallah we will do better next time.
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I couldn't attach the audit on my blog so here is the link. It is appalling, shameful and quite disturbing and should be used to justify why NO more students are ever sent to these awful and harmful facilities……………………………
http://www.audits.ga.gov/rsaAudits/searchReports.aud Go to more search options and put in Keyword GNETS and should pull up DOE: Georgia Network for Educational and Therapeutic Support (GNETS)
Jaime Sarrio's AJC exclusive report on the Audit of GA's GNET programs, otherwise known as Psychoed Centers.
Practices of harmful and deadly seclusion and restraint at these facilities was also embedded in our Advocacy for the new Seclusion and Restraint policy.
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Yup… The time has come for Halloween! Today I will talk about the history of this famous day of October 31st.
Halloween originated long ago: it was even used by the Celts in modern-day England! It was influenced by folk tales, and later was even influenced by Christianity. It is the evening before the Christian holy day of All Hallows' Day, in remembrance of dead ones. The night before was called "All Hallow's Eve", which is where we get the Halloween name.
Halloween in some countries (including Mexico) is also known as the Day of the Dead, and is a time to remember those who have passed away. There are some symbols of Halloween, too. Pumpkins are one of them, and the carved pumpkin, called the Jack-O'-Lantern has a tale attached: A man named Jack caught the Devil and made him promise not to ever take Jack's soul. Jack lived a life of sin, and was denied access to Heaven after Death. However, the Devil kept his promise and refused him entry into Hell, so Jack roamed the Earth in the form of a pumpkin, looking for a place to stay forever. Halloween is also evidently focused on evil spirits, which have a lot to do with its symbols and customs!
I would imagine that the candy companies celebrate Halloween the most, probably because Halloween also has some customs; one of these is Trick-or-Treating, in which children dress up in various costumes and knock on other people's doors in order to gain candy, usually telling them "Trick-or-Treat". The usually idle "Trick" is if the person at the door refused them candy, in which the kids then destroy the person's yard in retaliation. I myself am going Trick-or-Treating this year!
Halloween may have originated from folklore, but it has come a very long way to its present state. It is now a symbol of tradition, and in some countries still a holiday to remember the dead.


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The modern picture of a human being, post scientific-revolution, has to be this complex dyarchy; both biological and personal. An atomic horde of selfish genes and a singular person with cares and worries and hopes. A perishable temporary bulwark of order, within a great entropic history, which remembers each moment of its fleeting existence. A chemical process experiencing nostalgia. A mindless, selective, adaptive coagulation of matter that has somehow produced mindfulness. Consciousness in a universe of brute atomic incidence.
There is some suggestion that this new viewpoint should, or even must, change our view of free will. We must realise that, since it is chemistry and biology determining our actions, we are not free. None of us are free. We feel free only because we are unaware of the actual way that our choices are determined. A great ocean of causation lies within us, a sea of atoms, signals and conveyers, shifting about and in so doing deciding our lives. You married that woman because of various ectothermic and exothermic processes in your central nervous system, or something of that sort. This view does not deny the reality of our consciousness, our feelings of agency, our emotions, our rationality and so on. Instead it provides an account for them, an explanation, an unseen causal chain operating beneath (and/or through) our cognition. Does this new model render obsolete former notions of free will?
Now the problem with this line of thought, as it currently stands, is that we haven't defined free will. Until we have done that, we cannot very well say* either that:
A) The new view of humanity can coexist with free will or,
B) The new view of humanity cannot coexist with free will.
* (Not that this stops people from trying).
To really understand free will, let's start by talking about limits. A choice, any choice, is inevitably hemmed in, constrained, by a variety of contextual factors (limits of logic, personal limits, geographic limits, we could go on). Consider a touch football game. I am limited by various logical factors, I cannot both be and not be on the field. I cannot both run and walk and not run and not walk and do all of the above without doing anything. But, sadly, my limitations go beyond this (team mates disagree with me about how far beyond). I have a certain top speed, a certain agility, a certain throwing range. I couldn't choose to run down the right wing at Mach 5 before throwing a nine hundred metre pass. It's not logically impossible, but it's personally impossible, for me. And if the weather is minus eighty, or we are playing in a vacuum, these limitations might be altered. We cannot contest the fact that yes, I am limited in my range of choices on the football pitch.
And yet, it seems to me that I have a variety of options. I can pass right or left, run with the ball, sit down, dig, throw grass petulantly, taunt, flee, and so on. There are many actions open. I feel very free.
Free will seems to be the ability to make a choice, from a set of possibilities. The fact that a choice exists implies here that the decision is in some crucial way undetermined. It has not been determined. It is a free choice. My laptop does not make such choices, code directs it in such a way that it has no choice, it is locked in, it is determined.
But, one might argue, our internal code, biological not mechanical, locks us in too. I think that I could have passed left or right but, really, my biology had already determined that I would go right. The decision which seemed undetermined – free – was in fact determined – unfree.
And there's a much bigger problem here. Undetermined, the word we have been using, means not determined (wow!) Something which is not determined at all, is entirely arbitrary. Think about it. Undetermination is total chaos (not chaos in the mathematical sense of the world). Anything, anything at all, could come as a result. So we must speak of underdetermination, the event being partially determined but somewhat undetermined. A dice roll, to the naive eye, looks underdetermined in this way. The outcome must follow the structure of the dice and so on, but a variety of outcomes within that structure are possible. Is that the sort of free will we want? Our choices are an arbitrary, undetermined bit of chaos within an underdetermined structure? Our view of free will now has it looking like arbitrariness. And the issue here, is that when people talk about being free, they definitely don't mean that they are arbitrary.
So, I suppose, a person claiming to have free will is really claiming that they self-determine their actions. The decision is not undetermined, it is not arbitrary, it was just determined by the self.
The modernist would want to clarify this a bit. For they argue that our self and our body are the same thing. We are our bodies. And our decisions are not mystical decisions exogenous to our physical system. Our decisions are the result of chemical processes in our bodies. And that self, that chemical machine, is entirely determined by the universe it which it exists, by the laws of physics governing the myriad interactions of matter within us.
Someone who believes that the body and self are overlapping but differentiable might say that our decisions are not *just* biological. There is some other self, some soul or soul-like operator, some conductor on the bus making decisions. It is him, or her, that makes the great undetermined decisions. But, then, if these decisions are undetermined, they must be arbitrary. So we modify and say that our conductor is determined, determined by inner values of some sort, and that hence these values, these central properties of self, drive the bus. The bus is self-determined, by the conductor, according to the properties of who you are.
Issue – where do the values/properties come from? Nowhere? Oh that's arbitrary. Somewhere? Oh, then they are determined extrinsically. That doesn't sound very self-determined. Maybe you aren't free after all?
You see there's no way out of this quandary. We either have external determination at some level of the regress, or arbitrariness. You don't get to be this undetermined choosing machine, not because of modern science and the modern view, but because the concept doesn't make sense. At some point down the rabbit hole (and we can drag this game out way more) you end with chaos or determinism.
Ahh, but Heisenberg, someone says, referring not to the drug dealer, but to the quantum uncertainty principle. One common interpretation of the quantum observer effect is that uncertainty is fundamental, that there is undetermination on the atomic level. And this type of undetermination is not arbitrary, they might argue. It's a probabilistic function, and perhaps our free will is likewise?
Well sure, if you think that their is a material difference here, that something probabilistic is functionally any different from something arbitrary. That argue would need to be made. But a deeper problem is that probabilistic undetermination is pretty dang close to determination. Add both together and we could say this – your actions are determined by the result of an arbitrary selection from a stochastic distribution, and in this sense only, are undetermined. That does not sound like free will.
Perhaps this undetermination stuff was a red herring. Perhaps we need a better definition, a more consistent understanding of what it is to be free. I would suggest that a being is free if it is able to make decisions which are consistent expressions of its nature. A being is able to be itself, without being constrained into being anything else.


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|Diversity Dialogue Series: The Muslim American Experience Tuesday, April 17, 2018, 11:45am – 1pm
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Diversity Dialogue Series: The Muslim American Experience
A series developed by staff, for staff — in response to concern over a lack of conversation, engagement and learning opportunities for staff around the topic of Islam. The series will comprise three panel discussions in 2017-18, one per quarter. Each panel discussion will be from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the multipurpose room at the Student Community Center. Lunch will be served at no cost. Registration required for each panel discussion.
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