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Well, it's been a few months since my last post about fonts and typefaces and since then I've done a lot more exploring into the vast world of typefaces and returned with some very interesting finds.
I am the Indiana Jones of the typeface world.
As followers of my site will know, I particular passion of mine is Graphical User Interface (GUI) design. Hell, I work on computers for many hours a day*, mainly my own, and have a lot of experience and interest in customising and theming Linux Operating Systems. I am, consciously and subconsciously, always seeking the perfect GUI for Operating Systems. And a very large chunk of what makes a GUI look so usable and appealing is in the choice of font used.
Fonts In The World of GUI
You only have to look at real-world examples to understand this. Apple's celebrated "Aqua" interface, used in their OS X series of Operating Systems, is one of the world's most recognisable, usable and beautiful GUIs available. Undoubtedly, a vital part of the Aqua look is in the font used – Lucida Grande. Such is the popularity and beauty of this font that it has become widely used as the body text font on websites all over the internet. It is, for example, Facebook's primary font. I also use it on my site.
In the world of Microsoft Windows, the release of their Vista OS also introduced a brand new GUI named "Aero" – featuring translucent 'glassy' windows, glossy buttons and a brand new system font called Segoe UI. Segoe UI is an excellent humanist sans-serif that has proven to be very popular and highly legible to boot. So successful was this font choice that Microsoft decided to keep it for their subsequent OS release "Windows 7".
Fonts In The World of Linux GUI
Linux, up until recent times, remained unremarkable when it came to GUI design. Really, it's been in the last 2-3 years that we have seen considerable advances in the GUI of Linux desktops. Ubuntu made strides forward with its "Human" interface – featuring subtle browns and bright orange icons. Similarly, SuSE and openSuSE became well-known for their primarily green colour scheme. But what was missing from the GUI of these two great Linux distros was a magnificent screen font. Many Linux distros, including Ubuntu and SuSE, adopted the DejaVu family of fonts, which is a nice family of fonts but certainly not on a par with Lucida Grande or Segoe UI.
But all of that is changing. With the release of Ubuntu's "Lucid Lynx" LTS OS, we saw a brand new UI, named "Light". Ubuntu Lucid shipped with two new default themes – Ambiance and Radiance – a new icon theme called Humanity, and a completely new branding overhaul, complete with a new logo and colour palette of white, orange and "aubergine" purple. The new interface was adored and hated in equal measure by many but more importantly, whether you hated the look or not, it signified a new direction from Ubuntu in particular and from Linux general and that was a move towards mainstream mass usage.
And, for typeface lovers like me, a further development announced in Mark Shuttleworth's post on the new Ubuntu UI was the immediate development of a new humanist sans-serif designed specifically for Ubuntu. It would simply be called "Ubuntu" and developed by the famous font foundry Dalton-Maag. The font itself was not ready for the Lucid release but we should hopefully see it in use for the forthcoming "Maverick Meerkat" release in October 2010.
Until that glorious day when the new Ubuntu font is released, I've been searching and experimenting with various typefaces on my desktop. I have accumulated here what I consider to be the best fonts for screen usage, as well as a couple of other fonts I'm fond of that are useful for print design. Even better is that these fonts are free.
Sans Screen Fonts
Aller Sans
Aller Sans was designed for the Danish School of Media and Journalism and developed by Dalton-Maag – the company currently working on the new Ubuntu typeface. Aller Sans is an excellent sans font for screen legibility – it showcases slightly thicker than average strokes and is readable at all sizes. The font package itself includes properly rendered bold and italic styles as well as providing two alternative variants as well – 'Light', a thinner version that works nicely for headers, and 'Display', a bold mixed-case style. It's been properly kerned and hinted for screen use as well. Curiously, in the few previews I've seen of the new Ubuntu font, Aller Sans and Ubuntu show remarkable similarities. Perhaps this typeface is the precursor to the new Ubuntu font?
The font is free for use non- and commercial use.
PT Sans
A typeface I found fairly recently, PT Sans is a remarkable humanist sans-serif with excellent legibility for screen use. The PT Sans family was "developed as a part of the project "Public Types of Russian Federation". The fonts of this project have open user license and can be freely distributed. The main aim of the project is to give possibility to the peoples of Russia to read and write on their native languages." It bears some resemblance to Aller sans, particular in the numerical characters where PT Sans has more uniform metrics than Aller Sans. PT Sans has extensive Eurasian language support and includes, as well as properly rendered Bold and Italic styles, a 'Caption' style for smaller uses and a 'Narrow' version for more economic purposes. Both extra styles are still excellent screen fonts.
PT Sans is free for non- and commercial use.
Droid Sans
Developed for the mobile phone platform Android, Droid Sans is undoubtedly one of the best humanist sans-serif typefaces to be released in recent times. It is practically flawless; the hinting and kerning of the font is perfect, it's readable in every size and it's very, very beautiful. Droid Sans is quickly becoming an extremely popular typeface to use, not just for use in Linux distros, but also many websites are now adopting the font for use in body text. The Droid font family also includes an excellent monospaced typeface and a serif variations as well. All bold and italic styles are properly rendered and hinted.
Use of the font falls under the Apache License.
M Plus
To this day, I still can't remember where I found the M Plus font family website, but I'm glad I did. This font family is huge. It contains, and I quote:
Basic Latin, Latin-1 Supplement, Latin Extended-A, and IPA Extensions. And most of Greek, Cyrillic, Vietnamese, and extended glyphs and symbols were prepared too. So the fonts are in conformity with ISO-8859-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, Windows-1252, T1, and VISCII encoding. In addition, proportional M+ P Type-1 and M+ P Type-2 fonts were completed with Latin Extended-B, Latin Extended Additional, and Windows Glyph List 4 (WGL4). And many Greek, Cyrillic, IPA Extensions glyphs, and symbols were expanded. Those additional glyphs are included in M+ C provisionality.
The font family contains 7 styles – M+ 1c, M+ 1m, M+ 1mn, M+ 1p, M+ 2c, M+ 2m, M+ 2p – and in a variety of different weights, from thin to heavy. It's a very readable font but you can tell it's still in heavy development – the kerning needs addressing (too much space between characters at around 10pts) to begin with. I would, however, definitely keep an eye on the development of this font family; improvements are being made all the time.
M Plus is completely free software.
For a while, CartoGothic STD was my preferred font of choice for GUI design. Its characters' shapes are very reminiscent of Adobe's Myriad Pro font family. It demonstrates a thicker than average stroke and provides properly rendered bold and italic styles. I feel some work still needs doing on this font though – the hinting for display use is slightly off and the y vertices needs addressing. Still, should this font continue to receive some love I can see it becoming a firm favourite. A commercial version, which includes more weights, is available on the developer's site.
CartoGothic STD is free for non- and commercial use.
Sans Header Fonts
Vegur is my typeface of preference for my company logo and with good reason. It is a gorgeous humanist sans font. As with CartoGothic STD, you can see the Myriad Pro influence. In particular, I adore the light weight of this font and it will easily add a sense of class and professionalism to any print design. More work is required before it's ready for display use, I feel, but the font version is only up to 0.601 and is still in development, so there's plenty of scope for improvement.
Vegur is free for non- and commercial use.
Serif Header Fonts
IM Fell Great Primer
Moving into the territory of serif typefaces, we chance upon an unusual yet totally awesome font project. The Fell Types is the work of Igino Marini, who seeks to digitally modernise and revive the work of a 17th Century Oxford Bishop John Fell, who developed the original typefaces. Marini has lovingly recreated each character in each typeface, compiled them into various font families and provided extensive hinting and kerning work to turn these ancient works into usable fonts. Of the ones currently available, Great Primer is my favourite, available in regular, authentic italic and small caps styles.
IM Fell's Great Primer is free for non- and commercial use provided that the required citation is present.
Light Sans Header Fonts
To cap off this post, I leave you with a typeface completely unsuited to screen use but brilliant for print design. Raleway is a light, neo-grotesque-inspired sans font suitable for headers in print design. It is a "display face that features both old style and lining numerals, standard and discretionary ligatures, a pretty complete set of diacritics, as well as a stylistic alternate inspired by more geometric sans-serif typefaces than it's neo-grotesque inspired default character set." It is available only in a light style but it does it very well.
Raleway is a free, open-source font.
To Conclude
Well, I hope you've found this post interesting and useful. Screen typefaces is not a topic touched on all that often but is a particular love of mine. Here's hoping that the new Ubuntu font will be awesome.
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New York, NY (PRWEB) November 18, 2008
Outcast, Inc. and BoardCentral Inc have entered into a content syndication partnership providing unique research, news and analysis of small and micro-cap stocks to visitors of BoardCentral.com's and numerous content syndication partners.
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Launched in September of 2005, Outcast, Inc. is producing analysis and research content focused on the needs of individual and institutional investors. The partnership with BoardCentral represents the next phase in its content distribution and monetization strategy to become one of the leading providers of information on small- and micro-cap companies.
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Here's the Greenwich Wintertime Festival at Old Royal Naval College! A fresh, new winter festival with a difference for all the family.
This event is suitable for: All ages
This event costs: £15 for adults and £10 for children
The inaugural Greenwich Winter Time Festival will launch this December, set in the stunning grounds of the world heritage-listed Old Royal Naval College, Sir Christopher Wren's riverside masterpiece. A fresh, new winter festival with a difference, the Winter Time Festival will offer a magical atmosphere, bringing together the contemporary and the traditional, in a unique Christmas experience for all.
Greenwich Wintertime Festival offers an alternative winter event to the seasonal market. A truly unique experience which embraces the traditions of the season with a modern twist, the event will host a bespoke covered ice rink, a winter market with many independent creative designers and brands, the very best of artisan festive food and drink, an art exhibition, plus an enchanting Father Christmas experience for all the family.
Find out more and book tickets for the Greenwich Wintertime Festival (Greenwich Wintertime Festival website)
Price: £15 for adults and £10 for children
Website URL: www.greenwichwintertime.com
Location: Old Royal Naval College, King William Walk, Greenwich, London SE10 9NN
Details are subject to change so please make sure you check with the venue before setting out. Thanks!


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Coco Dress Form
Coco is a wonderfully wired mannequin that is sure to get noticed at the party. Stuff her with vintage hankies, wrap her with green garlands and florals, or simply place her by the food table to deter hoarders of the hors d'oeuvres. Coco is both dainty and deliberate, packing a punch wherever you display her.


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Sea weed extract is the magic elixer of plant stress protection. There are active hormones in the extract that boost plants' immune systems. It's good to treat plants with this 2-3 times a summer (some have suggested that much more often than this may be detrimental).
At transplant time, flowering, or when plants are under particular stress (prolonged heat spell, or when you notice they are yellowing and you're going to need to side dress) are good times to spray the plants with this hormone mix, which they'll absorb through the leaves. It is not a fertilizer ( because it's applied at a great dilution), but will help the plants make better use of the available fertility. By boosting the immune system the plants will ward off diseases and insect pests better - one of the ways to be plant positive, rather than pest negative.
It's mostly my tomatoes that I spray with sea weed extract. I buy Sea-Com from Johnny's seeds, but there may be other brands available locally. Look for brands that say they have active cytokinens (though there may be good brands that don't say this).
update: As we're facing frost tonight I'm remembering that sea weed extract may confer a couple of degrees of frost protection, too, perhaps by strengthening the cell walls.
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- n. The stock in a firearm located in the rear of the firing mechanism where one's shoulder is held when shooting
Sorry, no etymologies found.
The recoil pad and buttstock both twist off without tools.
I don't look at myself when I shoot of course, but when I shoot offhand I try to neither have my elbow out at a 45 angle nor down against my ribs but rather at an angle, sorta southeast with a nice pocket in my shoulder for the buttstock.
If you want to retain a wood stock with an increased length of pull, you may want to consider Boyd's buttstock for the Lee Enfield and stain it to match the existing forend.
Im toying with the idea of purchasing an aftermarket modern style synthetic stock for an old Lee Enfield .303 British.The barrel
"Bullpups are firearm configurations in which the action and magazine are located behind the trigger and alongside the shooter's face, so there is no wasted space for the buttstock as in conventional designs."
What is a good factory load for a Savage model 110 chambered for 25-06 that is not too expensive? how hard is it to make a stock for a single shot stevans 16 ga, buttstock.
Mercury recoil reduciton devices fitted in the buttstock also reduce perceived recoil.
what is the lightest recoiling 12 gauge that is 3 inch on the market
Recoil was considerable but did not hurt because the buttstock was huge and padded.
No, The only AR series I would own is for personal defense. 20 - 30 round mag, Collapsible buttstock, aim point scope, flashlight mount, etc come in handy for that.
Weighing a scant 21 ⁄ 2 pounds, it is the ultimate breakdown .22, with the action and barrel unscrewing to fit inside the ABS synthetic buttstock, which floats in case your canoe capsizes.
If it happens again you might try tapping the receiver or the buttstock with your knuckles and then trying that second barrel again.


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The Emerging Garden
San Francisco, CA
This is a garden meant to make meaningful connections to the house, on multiple levels. The design is a simple study in ascending forms, rectangular shapes and floating planes with a quiet, graceful gesture of movement.
The garden emerges, revealing dazzling iridescent glass tile planters, lush plantings, sculpture and sky. Articulated steps and floating terraces arise, shift and appear to move, as they rotate up and around the garden.
Architect: Thomas Hunter, Architect
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The Birth of Brandi's Twins [COTW 8/8/11]
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... yeah I had the big eyes... by this time, I had pretty much decided I wanted a twin turbo kit, and I had more or less made up in my mind which kit I wanted... He wasn't too keen on the idea at first, as he hadn't seen much he was impressed with thus far...
Like me, he was blown away by the TTI/Granatelli Twins kit. He looked at the other kit as well, but kept going back to TTI/G.
I am ordering the axles and he will order the clutch... All of this is in preparation for the install and boost cranking of the TTI/Granatelli Twin Turbo Kit.
We are going to order the kit with 10 lb waste gate springs, since we can as much as double the boost with an e-controller. Rather than limiting ourselves with a 7 lb spring set up to 14 lbs max boost, we will start with 10 lb springs and be able to double it to 20 if things ever progress to that point...
Corey is figuring we can go to around 13 or 14 lbs of boost before we start running out of fuel.... Time will tell...
Out initial goal is for about 750 to 800 at the wheels, but those are just numbers,,, the proof is in the pudding and in the trap times and speeds...
The Shop, is Henderson Performance in New Braunfels Texas.
The block is being prepped and built by ERL,
The Twins are from TTI Granatelli
Exhaust from Magna Flow,
Axles still up in the air...
Clutch, up in the air...
More to follow...
Thanks Again to all who have stopped in....
10lbs of boost should get you 765 rwhp - lets see how close I get
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Richard Mundando left school at 14 to play the guitar. He believed that education had very little to offer him.
"Classrooms were overcrowded, I had little interaction with the teachers, I found the subjects boring as we had no books to help us understand what we were being taught," says Richard.
" I wandered around playing guitar and just hanging out," he continued. "I placed a very low value on education."
Books on the street
As the years went by Richard spent more time in Livingstone and every day passed street vendors selling self-education books for a few Zambian Kwacha. Street vendors are common in many African countries selling clothes, sweets, mobile phone cards and books. As most books are expensive (more than a months wages for a single book), street vendors sell small, pocket-sized books that are affordable for local people. "At first I started talking to the vendors asking them what was in the books and why would anyone buy them." A vendor then gave Richard a book on geography and that was a turning point for him.
" The small book was packed full of information. My reading wasn't so good at that time, so I bought a couple of small leaflets to improve my English and that's when I began to understand the importance of reading, the importance of education and how it is the bridge to allow you to take control of your life.
"I simply could not get enough of them," Richard continued. "I kept playing my guitar so that I could earn money to pay for more books. I then started to swap them with other keen readers. I even set up my guitar next to a bookstand so it would attract more customers. In return I could choose one small pamphlet."
Like most Zambians, Richard never completed his primary school education. He continued on his road of self-education and eventually managed to pass his primary school exams in his mid-twenties.
Learning from each other
Richard now runs the Adult literacy classes at the new Book Bus Reading Room in Dambwa, Livingstone.
|Alice attends weekly literacy classes
'There are so many in this community that cannot read or write," explains Richard. "I believe this just isn't right. It's always the poor that are at a disadvantage – unable to go to school and that means they'll be disadvantaged for life."
In the mornings Richard teaches children and in the afternoons he runs free adult literacy classes for anyone in the local community that wants to drop in.
Alice has recently joined the class. "I never learnt to read at school. Each time I go to the market I cannot read the signs on the stalls. I decided that I will now learn to read. I'm looking forward to the new classes in the Reading Room. It's great," she concludes.
Explains Richard, "The new Reading Room is a great asset for this community. We now have a cool, dry and safe place to hold our classes. The children see adults coming in for literacy lessons and the adults see the children immersed in the new library. My hope is that one will learn off the other and together we can help make our community literate. I gives me great hope for the future," he concludes.


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Operators want FG to float JVs equity on NSE
•Say action will reposition market for economic growth
Capital market operators have called on the Federal Government to dilute its equity holdings in the Joint Venture (JV) oil and gas operations in Nigeria and list some percentage of its shares on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), which lists companies' equities for daily trading.
This, they said, will relieve government of the burden of JV cash calls, estimated at $6-9billion annually, in addition to about $6.8billion in arrears for five years, which it is struggling to exit through a new funding arrangement.
Cash calls refer to the counterpart funding which the Federal Government, represented by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC), pays yearly as its 60 percent equity shareholding in various oil and gas fields operated by international oil companies (IOCs) and indigenous oil firms.
By mid-November last year, the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, announced the cancellation of the JV cash calls, following approval from the Federal Executive Council (FEC).
Prior to the announcement, the NNPC Group Managing Director, Maikanti Baru, had claimed the JV cash call debt burden had been reduced to $2.5billion in 2016, and also disclosed that the exit model government is pursuing becomes effective from January 1st.
According to him, the exit model, "guarantees government most of the revenue that normally accrues to it from the joint venture operations by lifting the royalty and tax oil upfront."
But NNPC spokesman, Ndu Ughamadu, could not confirm the development when contacted by The Guardian to find out if the exit model had taken off as envisaged.
Indeed, stakeholders who spoke in a telephone interview with The Guardian, argued that if some percentage of government's equity in "the IOCs JVs is floated on the Exchange, the market would strategise for economic growth and facilitate capital raising and mobilise savings for huge projects and investment."
They argued that the listing of the JV shares on the stock market will become a platform for capital formation and distribution of wealth as well as offer many Nigerian investors the opportunity to share from the profits of these companies.
Already, stakeholders had lamented that the oil and gas sectors, particularly the upstream exploration and production, are narrowly represented in the market, stressing that the stock market is currently in dire need of a broader variety of stock options.
They added that the listing of some percentage of government holdings in the IOCs would deepen the stock market and boost retail investors' confidence and participation in the market.
For instance, the President, Institute of Capital Market Registrars (ICMR), Bayo Olugbemi, explained that listing a percentage of the equity in nation's stock market would improve the depth of the nation's capital market and turn around the fortunes of the market
"Selling of government assets will definitely bring money into the National Treasury provided such income will be spent on capital project, which will bring about multiplier effect on the economy.
"As for the capital market, divestment such as this will improve the depth of our capital market and the benefits will be phenomenal and of course has the potential to turn around the fortune of the market and make it more active."
Corroborating his assertions, the former President, Independent Shareholders Association of Nigeria (ISAN), Sonny Nwosu, said: "Government do not have shares in the stock exchange. What we are asking is for the demutualisation of the exchange, so that all of us will be owners of the institution. For others, we have asked for the floating of the portion of capital of these corporations bearing in mind of existence of JVC; it the right thing to do."
The new President of ISAN, Adeniyi Adebisi, noted that across the board, shareholders have been clamoring for the deepening of the capital market.
According to him, if government can dilute its equity holdings in international oil companies and float some portions (of the equities) on the exchange, it will be providing a direct answer to the clamour.
"It has been said often that government has no business in business. If the government is holding equity for the purpose of generating revenue that will be wrong in the sense that it will be holding up itself in competition against the private sector.
"Moreover, government does not need to hold majority interest before it can control any foreign corporation as appropriate clause can be inserted to give required control. From what we know, government retains direct interest in companies not necessarily for the consideration of instilling good governance or anything of the sort, but usually to create more avenues that can provide further areas for patronage for political party supporters and cronies.
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The Ghost and the Peddler is a short adventure for three to five characters of level 3 to 5. You can play it any time the PCs need to travel through scarcely populated land for a few days.
Jack Flanagan is an apothecary traveling around the world to help those in need. Ever since his father died, Jack has felt unusually busy. The people around him experience strange accidents and suffer from unlikely diseases and parasites. Jack believes the ghost of his father is haunting him.
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As I've been working on this post, half of the times I try to write the word "vocation," I end up typing "vacation" instead. This is almost as funny a slip as when I told people at the conference that I was letting the dissertation "lie foul" for a while, when what I meant was I was letting it "lie fallow"! They had a good laugh at that.
Vacation implies time spent away from one's regular life, and I wonder if subliminally, I realize that thinking about vocation is not unlike a vacation, in that it implies luxury, an opportunity that one is lucky enough to have. In my small group discussion about "scholarship as vocation," one theme that emerged out of the disparate stories of a management consultant, a former singer, and a mom in a transitional relationship to academia is that we're all in a privileged enough place that we get to think about vocation.
Last week, in preparation for the weekend's conversation, I found myself reading Parker Palmer's Let Your Life Speak. In between nodding my head in agreement at his words, I spent the other moments trying not to throw my iPad across the room and holler, "I don't have time for silence! I don't have time to listen to the voice of vocation! I have diapers to change, a kid who I'm late picking up from school, and… and … ARGH!"
Yet despite the luxury I have to entertain thoughts of vocation, Palmer is right that it's not a vacation in another sense: finding one's path requires dark nights of the soul, and in his case, a crushing depression as he let the truth of his self catch up with the realities of his life.
Palmer quotes repeatedly from May Sarton's poem "Now I Become Myself," but I have a different one I want to share, to wrestle with, William Stafford's "The Way It Is."
There's a thread you follow. It goes among
things that change. But it doesn't change.
People wonder about what you are pursuing.
You have to explain about the thread.
But it is hard for others to see.
While you hold it you can't get lost.
Tragedies happen; people get hurt
or die; and you suffer and get old.
Nothing you do can stop time's unfolding.
You don't ever let go of the thread.
I first encountered this poem a few years ago, when I thought the thread was heading towards a particular conflation of my academic and outside interests, but those didn't come to fruition. A year ago, I could have sworn there was a thread about libraries and books. What I can't decide, and the book group in which I heard this first couldn't decide either, whether the thread is something you follow whether or not you're aware of it, like an unconscious pattern or stream running through your life. Alternatively, is the thread something you're aware of as you go through your life? Is it conscious or unconscious? That much is not clear to me, but that uncertainty might be part of the point. Sometimes you're aware, sometimes not.
As I've mentioned, this past weekend we had a session on "scholarship as vocation." And what became immediately, sadly clear, was the extent to which I was no longer sure if scholarship was my vocation. All I felt was muddle. I once was a part of this group, and could be again, if I wanted to – but did I want to?
I wanted bells, I wanted physical gates, or at least the music of French horns, something symbolic to see or hear that told me I'd arrived, that my vacation was over and the time of vocation had begun. Either I'm not there yet, or I'm still in the dark nights of the soul, the part where vocation is very unlike vacation.
In writing this post, I came across a poem by another poet I like, Mary Oliver, who writes of "The Journey."
One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice–
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.
"Mend my life!"
each voice cried.
But you didn't stop.
You knew what you had to do,
though the wind pried
with its stiff fingers
at the very foundations,
though their melancholy
was terrible.
It was already late
enough, and a wild night,
and the road full of fallen
branches and stones.
But little by little,
as you left their voices behind,
the stars began to burn
through the sheets of clouds,
and there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do–
determined to save
the only life you could save.
I don't know yet what I need to do, but the house is trembling around me and tugs at my ankles. Wade in the water. I'm still looking for my own voice, for the only thing I can do. I hope if I ever find it, I recognize it for what it is, with or without bells, trumpets, or clearly market gates.


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This position is with a world-renowned company that utilizes eye-tracking and eye control products to conduct various types of market research. The person in this role will work with key clients to design, manage and execute primary market research and user experience projects to meet the client's objectives, timeline and budget. The ideal candidate must be able to gain clients' confidence and to offer tactical and consultative expertise in research design, methods and analysis. Internally, the candidate will work with the sales team in prospecting and cultivating new business relationships and with the Training and Research Department on planning, analysis, and case development. This position will also initially include training and training support responsibilities.
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Use client RFPs to design a research plan to meet stated objectives, scope, timeline and budget.
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Write executive-level top-line Word/PowerPoint research findings promptly at the conclusion of research. Develop full reports that deliver actionable results and recommendations to clients.
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This is my last pregnancy picture—I'm being induced tomorrow at 39 weeks 2 days. It's not my preference and I'm still hoping to do it without pain meds (or a Cesarean section), but the baby is measuring over 9 pounds and my blood pressure has crept up enough to be troublesome. I will update as I can. Thanks for all of your good wishes and support!


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Social Policy in a Changing Society is a critical guide to theories about society, exploring the links between social theory and social policy. It considers a range of interpretations of changes in society, politics and the economy, and assesses their practical implications for social welfare. Social Policy in a Changing Society will be essential reading for undergraduates studying social policy and sociology.


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Texas Tech University offers classes abroad at centers in Seville, Spain. For additional information on those centers, go to TTU Center, Seville.
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I'm addressing the person who invented this ad; run, run as fast and as far as you possibly can but I'm still going to find you and when I do I'm going to crack open you cranium with a length of lead pipe.
For those of you fortunate enough not to have come across this ad, here's a little snippit that explains it perfectly. It's just a flash ad, with pictures of innane smily faces with obnoxious, chipmunk voices, reminiscent of South Park, that, every so often, screams, "OH MY GAAAWWWD!!!!" at maximum volume.
If you have these ads on your site, remove them. Seriously, I know you probably want to make money from your website but there are other ways, trust me. Sure, some people will click on the ad, invariably the sort of idiots who think "ring-ring-ring-ring-ring-ring-ring-banana phone!" will never get tired or stale, but the rest of us, by now, have already been caught out by the ad, and, click back or close the page the second we see it.
I've already come across dozens of people complaining about this particular ad on various blogs and forums. I'm only adding mine to the pile today because I just got ambushed by another gang of them just a few moments ago, shattering the silence of my workaday world and breaking my concentration to such a degree that I just had to drop whatever I was doing and write this in a fit of rage.
Seriously though, if I stood on the street and screamed at people at the top of my voice, odds are they wouldn't stop to see what I'm selling, they'd run away - quick, and maybe call the police. Yet on the internet this seems to be a standard selling practice. I'm sure the guys who made the ad make a lot of money off it, of that I'm certain. I'm also sure a lot of people also install the smilies and who knows what else with it. And as long as this continues these guys aren't going to stop. That's why it's up to individual webmasters to boycott these types of adverts, which, in my opinion, are infinitely more annoying than popups, because not only do they make the internet a more vexing place for all of us, but they also hurt the credibility of webmasters and the traffic their sites receive.
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Hubby gave me a beautiful card. He came home after work with a chocolate cake (and he even bought crayon-shaped candles 'cause he KNOWS how much I LOVE crayons! I really do!!!)
Making a wish!
Who needs cake? Just give me ALL the ICING and no one will get harmed!
Those flowers were delish, by the way!!!!hehe!
Then he gave me this beautiful butterfly chain, 'cause he knows how much I love butterflies!!!!
We went to the famous Kozy Korner restaurant here in Fort McMurray. We had Pan Fried Fish and fries. Yum!
And THEN he gave me THIS!!! A birthstone ring! I love it!
After all that excitement, we went to see Buddy Wasisname and the Other Fellers. It was a great show.I laughed so much!!!
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Ever heard of Dunbar's Number? According to British anthropologist Robin Dunbar, it's the cognitive limit to the number of people you can be friends with. The number is 150, meaning your brain can only handle that much friends, and – shockingly enough – it also applies to Facebook.
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|Pub: Electronic Arts
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|Release: Nov. 13, 2007
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Unfortunately, maintenance is a bit too simple, and managing your city will come too easily after a little experimentation. Once you've scraped up a solid workforce and a steady flow of income, any deficit can be quickly overcome by throwing up a few buildings. Most of these problems will be solved instantaneously, with exception of crime, which takes a bit longer to fight.
Placement is unimportant for the most part. This is probably an error in judgment on the part of the designers. If I need more Prosperity, I can build a bunch of fountains in the middle of the forest on the other side of the map, and my problem is still solved. While workplaces and venues still need to be accessible by roads, even this is largely simplified. You can pretty much throw buildings wherever you want, and as long as they exist in the right proportions, your city will function.
After a while the cities seem to run themselves, with abundant, clean energy seemingly readily available, and little micromanagement needed to keep afloat. Simply balance the books and watch the money roll in. The developers have addressed this issue in their latest patch, offering extreme new difficulty modes. These make the game far less forgiving, but they don't complicate the experience in any meaningful way.
To help break up the monotony, Societies awards medals to players who reach certain sets of goals. For instance, there might be a medal for a city that has reached a population of over 10,000 and uses 400 of a given resource and has a given number of happy people. The way these goals are designed makes them pretty attainable by just being patient and building, and don't really add a layer of strategy the way that missions do in some similar games.
For a game that attempts such a departure from its predecessors, it seems odd that it would be so plagued with a feeling of déjà vu. It seems that, while not what we've come to expect from SimCity, Societies' influences are all too transparent. Right down to the interface, this feels a bit too much like Roller Coaster Tycoon or Theme Park, without the fun of building rides.
Ultimately, I do feel bad that SimCity Societies is cursed to go misunderstood. It is less an attempt to steer SimCity in a new direction, and more an attempt to fuse a familiar brand and city building theme with another popular, accessible kind of gameplay. Unfortunately, being misunderstood does not mean it's a hidden gem. While it sports a well-designed interface, competent design, and likable style, Societies can get very, very dull, thanks to its low difficulty and lack of real variety. Fans of "Tycoon" games may find some entertainment value, but it lacks the addictive draw that this series has built its name on.
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- Combine and connect elements of your city like never before with the ultimate building block tool kit.
- This innovative, modular approach to city-building makes SimCity Societies accessible to players of all levels, while still providing tremendous new possibilities to veteran players of the SimCity series.
- Mix and match societal values-productivity, prosperity, creativity, spirituality, authority, and knowledge-to determine the core attributes of your city.
- Witness the evolution of your city as its appearance and sounds adapt to reflect these values.
- Choose from more than 500 unique objects which can be combined and connected in almost limitless combinations.
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- As your city evolves, you unlock new buildings to advance your society.
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Quite a lot has been happening and I'm told there are to be some changes to the web site as well as more new case QT videos and I'd like to welcome our new Campaign Team members on board.
We are still collating information for the new submissions and my legal team are making decisions on which are the strongest appeal points for the CCRC to make a referral to the court.
Unfortunately now all information has to be kept confidential so there's not as much new information I can update you with except to say that the case documents we have are now so comprehensive there is a lot of material to choose from.
I've also been very fortunate to have some really good people around me to help with typing of materials, splitting PDF's, carrying out research and drawing plans. All of this makes a huge difference to the new appeal case. I want to tell those people how much it means to me to have them working alongside me towards my freedom.
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Gold HuntDig a mine to find the hidden treasures! Destroy the blocks by matching blocks of the same color. Golden blocks and gem blocks give additional score!
Captain Flaggity MinesweeperSail across the oceans and complete your grand trip around the world! Using the red flags to mark the hidden underwater mines to clear the field.
Trans BlockiesTransform the poly, rectangle and oval figures to remove the purple baddies.This addictive physics puzzle game gets harder through more than 60 levels.
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
Dayton "Dirt" - December 21, 2012
Today is the first day of winter that is starting to feel like winter although the winters of the late 1970's were much colder with some days sporting a high for the day in the single digits! Besides the Christmas season winding down, this week has been finalizing the inventory of hard goods and plants so that when our new software is up and running, a live inventory will be available on line. With the constant and instant updating of inventory, what is currently "on hand" will be much more accurate; that is, as long as everyone cooperates as far as committing and deleting inventory with accuracy. Most inventory line items will then have a "thumb nail" icon next to each listing in which the viewer can click on to produce a clear, enlarged color photograph and a brief description of the plant. The amount of cut Christmas trees has dwindled although the Scotch Pine and Fraser Fir available are still quite nice. We're now discounting the trees in the amount of $10 less for the Scotch Pine and $20 less for the more expensive Fraser Fir. Grave blankets will still be available for pick up or delivery until 3 p.m. on Christmas Eve. In 4 days Christmas will arrive bringing in a day of joy, togetherness, peace and quiet and excitement all mixed together. Joyeux Noel Tom
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Friday, December 14, 2012
Dayton "Dirt" - December 14, 2012
With only 11 days until Christmas, the weather has been more like spring than December. The slow soft rain has rehydrated the ground from last summer's drought which will do well for the water table especially important for all of us that depend upon wells. Already the Christmas season is slowing up somewhat at the nursery as our tree selection is starting to thin and the grave blanket production is winding down. In just the past 10 days though the colored brachts on the poinsettias seem to have enlarged so much so that only a limited amount of foliage is visible. Bulb planting is still continuing after we planted 2,000 tulip bulbs last week only to be followed by more hyacinths and another 1,000 bulbs to go elsewhere on the grounds for late April and early May bloom. This past week while the weather turned warmer and sunny, we did apply some fungicide to the plant storage houses as well as a 20% bleach solution to the German Iris to prevent bacterial infections caused by the humid conditions. More improvements are still going on the grounds and building so that they may be completed before the busy spring which for us starts the last week of February due to our growing operation. Remember that since our selection of plants is limited at this time of year, a gift idea would be a gift certificate from Dayton's that never expires and never has a "service" fee that reduces its value. Stop by soon. Tom
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Thursday, December 6, 2012
Dayton "Dirt" - December 7, 2012
With the weather so mild for this time of year problems can arise in our plant overwintering huts from the fungus known as Botrytis. The disease is a gray mold that will grow on plants when the temperature is 29º F or greater and relative humidity is at 50% or more. The damage this fungus causes is quite severe from the destruction of foliage as well as the flower beds of some of the flowering plants. In order to check the spread of Botrytis, we ventilate the houses when temperatures will not drop to less then 25º F overnight. In addition, fungicides that prevent the fungus from growing are sprayed monthly as long as the temperature is just above freezing. More planting and construction is going on at the nursery before we are forced to move inside because of the inclement weather. Another relatively good weather project is the annual planting of between 1,000 and 2,000 flower bulbs of hyacinths, tulips and narcissus to our growing collection. One fall, winter came early and we were left with 10,000 daffodils that were packed in crates until February. If the bulbs were not planted by the first of March, they would need to be thrown away as the cold period required for growth and bloom in spring could not be achieved. The result was a sod cutter on a grassy muddy hill where the snow melted and three of us digging trenches 6" deep to plant the bulbs in long rows of about 100 feet each. What a miserable venture it was! The result in early May was a spectacular show of golden yellow daffodils and white narcissus with their cheerful orange colored trumpets making all the hard work worthwhile. Christmas trees, grave blankets, poinsettias are the norm right now before we close the last day of December until March 1st. The slow period is just what we need to get ready for the next spring. Tom
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As part of the 91301 Film Series, the Agoura Hills Cultural Arts Council (CAC) is presenting Elvis Presley's debut movie Love Me Tender under the stars at the Reyes Adobe Historical Site on July 19. The evening will feature a pre-movie discussion with Agoura Hills resident Allyson Adams, daughter of the actor Nick Adams who was one of Elvis Presley's first friends in Hollywood and best known for his role as Johnny Yuma on television.
The Santa Monica Mountains served as the outdoor set for Love Me Tender, filmed in 1956. The movie was originally going to be titled "The Reno Brothers" but when advanced sales of Presley's "Love Me Tender" single passed one million—a first for a single—the film title was changed to match the song. Presley had just exploded onto the American scene as a musician and was new to Hollywood. Adams, a struggling actor and part of the Rebel Without a Cause gang, was infamous for writing about his famous friends.
Allyson will discuss her father's recently discovered manuscript that chronicled Adams and Presley's adventures in Hollywood as well as the eight days the actor spent with Presley in Memphis and at his homecoming concert in September 1956. Adams died in 1968 at age 36. Upon discovering the manuscript in later years, Allyson published The Rebel and The King offering a rare glimpse into the friendship between Elvis and Nick. "My father tape recorded Elvis as he shared his thoughts during his controversial beginnings. Now, it's as if Nick and Elvis are speaking from the grave," she said.
Doors open at 6 p.m., the discussion begins at 7 p.m., and movie will screen at dusk. Admission is free; event donations are being taken to support the Reyes Adobe Historical Site. Patrons are asked to bring their own chairs or blankets. Picnics are welcome.
Reservations are recommended and may be made by calling 818-597-7361. The Reyes Adobe Historical Site is located at 30400 Rainbow Crest Drive in Agoura Hills. For more information call For more information about the program, please contact Jaime Goldstein (818) 597-7361 or [email protected] or visit http://www.91301.org


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Friday, November 18, 2005
This man, Harish Mahajan, from Punjab has been sitting in front of a restaurant "Chotiwallah" overlooking the Ganges in Haridwar for the past 4 years.
He has been meditating since. He got paralysed on one side, then decided to go to Haridwar to meditate. Now he told me he was much better, he can move his left arm a bit and hope he will be able to go home next year... He is a very nice man who used to be a science teacher.
I met him everyday I spend in Haridwar and we always had lunch together..
The swastika is an Hindu symbol. You'll notice the difference from the one used by the Nazis, this one goes clockwise. Symbol of LIFE.
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The Anatolian Shepherd Dog is a flock guardian dog breed from Turkey. Like many other livestock guardian dog breeds the Anatolian Shepherd dog has been bred for thousands of years in its native country of Turkey. As a livestock protection dog the Anatolian Shepherd in the past would have had to protect its wards against formidable foes such as lions, wolves and bears. Thus by necessity the Anatolian Shepherd dog had to be large in size and fleet of foot in order to be able to patrol a large flock of sheep covering a sizable area especially when the alarm was sounded.
The precise origins of the Anatolian Shepherd dog are not properly known but it is believed that this large dog breed is descended from a cross mix of Roman war dogs, mastiffs and the indigent flock guardians that were native to Turkey. Since as far back as 7000 B.C. man has owned domestic animals thus flock guardians are some of the oldest of all dog breeds.
Anatolian Shepherd Dog Temperament
Like most flock guardian dog breeds the Anatolian Shepherd is a big and independent minded dog. In other words the Anatolian Shepherd is not the type of dog that will eagerly participate in frivolous pursuits such as playing fetch and indulging the whims of its human companions. However as with all dogs any interaction with children, especially little children, should be carefully monitored. Also be aware that though the Anatolian Shepherd dog may be very compliant and trustworthy around kids within the family the same may not apply for friends because as far as the dog is concerned they are not part of its family.


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Parisian Macarons Recipe
This past weekend I was looking for a baking project that would not only challenge me, but that would incorporate inexpensive ingredients or items I already had on hand. The perfect opponent: Parisian macarons.
There is something so dainty and elegant about macarons. They come in beautiful colors, are filled with a wide variety of sweet flavors, and have that crunchy but soft texture that is so delicate. Oh, and I did I mention that they're expensive? Walk into any patisserie or sweet shop and you'll pay anywhere from $3 to $10 for a single macaron.
The ingredients may be inexpensive, it's only egg whites, sugar, and some almond flour after all, but the technique is tricky and they take time.
If you're feeling daring and want to challenge yourself with a baking assignment that will test your skills and reward you with a delicious, lighter-than-air treat, then try this recipe for macarons this weekend. Don't worry, if they don't turn out perfect the first time, tweak your technique or even your oven temperature and try again. Even the crunchy ones are tasty.
To read more about my macaron experience, the difference between French and Italian meringue methods, and get the recipe for chocolate macarons with an orange/white chocolate/mascarpone filling, visit Fun Fearless Foodie
Recipe adapted from Danielle of BeyondthePlate
Measurements listed in grams to ensure accuracy, use a scale if possible.
Tara O'Keeffe is a food writer and author of FunFearlessFoodie.com
Prep Details
Servings: Makes 28 medium sized macarons, or 14 sandwiches
90 grams (3/4 cup) almond flour
120 grams (1 cup) powdered sugar
2 grams (1/2 tsp) fine sea salt
70 grams egg whites(about) 3 large eggs, aged overnight, uncovered, at room temperature
3 grams (1 tsp) egg white powder(if using)
40 grams (1/4 cup) granulated sugar
4 to 5 drops red food coloring
Photo: Tara O'Keeffe
1. Sift the almond flour, powdered sugar and sea salt over a large bowl. If any large clumps of almond flour remain in the sifter, discard. Set aside.
2. Using a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment (or a hand mixer) whip the egg whites with the egg white powder (if using) in a large bowl until the mixture is foamy. Slowly add in the granulated sugar while the egg whites continue to whip until stiff peaks form and the meringue holds on the tip of the whisk (see picture). Carefully fold in the food coloring until it turns a vibrant pink.
3. Add the dry ingredients to the meringue and carefully fold them in with a rubber spatula until the mixture is just incorporated. It should look smooth and shiny and flow like lava when you tilt the bowl. This should take 25 to 35 strokes.
4. Fill a pastry bag fitted with a plain round tip 1/4 of the way with the macaron batter and pipe one small round onto a baking sheet lined with parchment to test the batter. It helps to pipe them in a circular motion, like a Hershey Kiss, for about 10 seconds. If the tip is sticking up gently press it down with your finger. If it doesn't budge, the batter was over-beaten. If it runs all over the sheet, your whites likely didn't come to stiff peaks. Correct batter and continue piping.
5. Gently tap the tray on the counter 3 or 4 times to remove any air bubbles in the batter then leave the piped rounds out to dry for at least 30 minutes or until a 'skin' forms. To test whether the batter is ready for baking, gently touch the top of each shell - there should be a soft impression but your fingertip should remain clean. If you come away with batter stuck to your fingers, leave the shells out for longer.
6. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Place pan on the top rack of the oven and bake for 12 minutes, rotating the pan and baking for an additional 8 to 10 minutes. The macaroons should be puffed, have little feet on the bottom and be firm to the touch when pressed lightly but give a little when you press harder. Remove the trays from the oven and let cool before detaching the shells.
7. Sandwich macarons with raspberry preserves or your favorite jam. Store any unused macarons in an airtight container in the fridge.


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Stephanie Fara Harris-Walent is Charles County's Teacher of the Year for 2011. (Submitted photo)
Walent, who began her teaching career with Charles County Public Schools at Somers in 2000, has high expectations for her students and strives to establish a positive learning relationship with them. She makes it a point to encourage her students to laugh as they learn and celebrates the successes of each student. The growth she sees in children is what Walent says makes teaching enjoyable and allows her to thoroughly enjoy her job.
Recently, a former student visited Walent to tell her that she was enrolling in college to study teaching. The student told Walent it was because of the fun she had learning in her class, her support and encouragement that inspired her to become a language arts teacher. Walents dedication to providing her students with the skills to become successful in life is just one of the characteristics that earned her the title of the 2011 Charles County Public Schools Teacher of the Year.
Somers Principal Stephanie Wesolowski said Walent personifies what an outstanding teacher should be and has a natural ability to foster a love for reading and writing in each of her students. She instills in her students the confidence to be successful. She consistently strives to make real world applications and connections when introducing her lessons. She is without a doubt the teacher of a lifetime for many of her students, Wesolowski said in a nomination letter.
Walent teaches seventh-grade language arts and has been the grade level team leader for the past seven years. She oversees the seventh-grade team and is the liaison between the team and school administrators. Walent holds monthly principals meetings and leads bi-weekly meetings with her colleagues. She is also the nomination coordinator for local, state and national recognition for students including the Ben Carson Scholar Awards and the Prudential Spirit Community Service Awards programs. In addition to being a teacher and taking on additional roles in the school, Walent says her favorite role is being a fan.
Teaching is truly fulfilling. To have a child tell me that I am their role model, it is deeply humbling. That is why I do what I do. When kids tell me I helped them learn, and thank me for being their number one fan, it makes what I do enjoyable and worth it each day, she said.
Walent is also humbled by her selection to represent the school system as the Teacher of the Year. Although she considers her award as a representative of Somers, she feels privileged to represent Charles County Public Schools. When Mr. Richmond came to Somers to share the news with me that I was selected as the Charles County Teacher of the Year, I was overcome with a myriad of emotions. I am deeply honored by this recognition and consider it a great privilege to be the representative for Charles County in this way, she said.
Caitie ODonnell is an eighth grader at Somers and had Walent for language arts last school year. She said Walent has a special way of inspiring her students to work hard and better their learning skills while enjoying grammar, writing and even learning about Shakespeare. One of the things she taught me is responsibility and to make the best out of everything. I learned to be responsible for my work and my actions as well. She made Shakespeare really fun for a lot of kids who were dreading reading his work. Ms. Harris did something that in my mind, takes a lot of talent to do. If anyone deserves this award it would be Ms. Harris, ODonnell wrote in a nomination letter.
Walents colleagues agree she is the ideal candidate for the Teacher of the Year award because of her determination and guidance to help all students realize their potential and how to do their best at any task. Kathryn Hunt, a gifted education resource teacher, works closely with the language arts department and said it is the personal connections Walent makes with her students that allows them to grow.
She begins the year off by having all of her students create a dictionary definition of themselves which each student then leaves it in one of her binders for the next years students to look at. Right there from the start, the students begin to feel like they are part of her family. After that the relationships grow, and no matter what happens, each student knows how important they are to Mrs. Walent, Hunt wrote in a nomination letter.
Last school year, Walent was also nominated by a former student for recognition through the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY) Sarah D. Barder Fellowship program. The program recognizes outstanding teachers and Walent was one of 15 nationwide teachers selected as a fellow. She was also nominated for Toyotas Working Woman of the Year award and received the first Difference Maker Award from the National Junior Honor Society at Somers. Additionally, she has served as a new teacher mentor for the past six years.
For Walent, teaching is all about the connection she makes with students and teaching them to thrive inside, as well as outside, the classroom. My kids and I are a team. Teaching is about seeing kids make a real world connection. It is exciting when parents contact me and tell me thank you for turning my child into a reader, Walent said.
Before joining Charles County Public Schools, Walent taught sixth- and seventh-grade language arts at a local private school, where she also served as the language arts department chair and senior class advisor. Beyond the classroom, Walent is involved with her church and enjoys traveling and photography with her husband, Jason, who is also a teacher.
Walent earned a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education from Salisbury State University and has taken graduate courses with a concentration in education at Drake University in California. She is also a member of the National Education and Maryland State Teacher associations and the Kappa Delta Pi Educational Honor Society.
As Charles Countys Teacher of the Year, Walent will compete for the Maryland Teacher of the Year award, which will be announced in October. The state winner receives a cash award, a new car, and will be considered for the National Teacher of the Year honor.
Source: Charles County Public Schools


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Police have found a 14-year-old girl who went missing in Leeds.
Ellie Etheridge was reported missing this morning (Thursday).
An appeal for information was made earlier amid concerns for her welfare.
But a police spokesman said she had now been found safe and well.
He added: "Members of the public and the media are thanked for their assistance in this matter.


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These Organic Toys
How organic are the toys you stock?
I make it a criteria, for all the soft toys that I stock, that the main outer fabric that's in contact with skin (it's usually cotton) is certified 100% organically grown/produced. On some of the toys, there may be smaller sections of fabric, for example, a backing material or minor trimmings, which aren't organic. Unfortunately, only a few specialist companies make toys which use organic fabrics inside and out, so not all of the toys I stock have organic fillings but the descriptions for each toy give detailed composition and production information, so that you know exactly what you're giving your child before you buy.
Watch out for false or misleading claims about organic composition
Please do beware of some retailers' claims that the organic toys they stock are 100% organic - quite possibly, they're not. A regular example of this is the MiYim brand which uses entirely non-organic conventional cotton for the filling. I've lost count of how many times I've seen retailers incorrectly describing MiYim toys as 100% organic. If you're opting for organic cotton because of the environmental benefits and to avoid the high pesticide use of conventional cotton, this misinformation will no doubt matter to you.
If you're specifically looking for an organic toy which also has an organic, or at least, a natural filling, please see the Natural and Organic Fillings category for these toys.


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For the past five years, one doctoral candidate from the Department of Communication Studies has been awarded the Patricia Kearney Doctoral Teaching Award each spring. The distinction was created by department chair, Matt Martin, as a tribute to the career of West Virginia University alumna Patricia Kearney.
Now, a $25,000 gift from Kearney means the award will continue to celebrate outstanding graduate teaching assistants for generations to come.
Kearney, a resident of Seal Beach, Calif., earned her doctorate of education at WVU in 1979. Her thesis centered on communication in instruction and the power a teacher has to shape classroom behavior through appropriate communication. Her dedication to this topic has continued throughout her career and become her hallmark.
"Pat is an outstanding teacher and mentor. She demonstrates all the qualities one would desire in a professor. It is quite the honor for any of our students to receive the Patricia Kearney Outstanding Teaching Award," Martin said. "Her research in instructional communication is considered to be seminal work in our discipline."
Throughout her 34-year career, Kearney received awards for her scholarship and spoke at numerous conferences. She also served for three years as the editor of Communication Education, one of the premier journals in the communication studies discipline. She has recently retired from California State University, Long Beach.
This contribution was made in conjunction with A State of Minds: The Campaign for West Virginia's University. The $750 million comprehensive campaign, which is being conducted by the WVU Foundation on behalf of the University, runs through December 2015.
For further information on the comprehensive campaign, please visit http://www.astateofminds.com or http://www.eberly.wvu.edu
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The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses, the Senate and the House of Representatives. Both senators and representatives are chosen through direct election.
Each of the 435 members of the House of Representatives represents a district and serves a two-year term. House seats are apportioned among the states by population. The 100 Senators serve staggered six-year terms. Each state has two senators, regardless of population. Every two years, approximately one-third of the Senate is elected.
Article I of the Constitution vests all legislative power in the Congress. The House and Senate are equal partners in the legislative process (legislation cannot be enacted without the consent of both chambers); however, the Constitution grants each chamber some unique powers. The Senate is uniquely empowered to ratify treaties and to approve top presidential appointments. Revenue-raising bills must originate in the House of Representatives, which also has the sole power of impeachment, while the Senate has the sole power to try impeachment cases.
The Congress meets in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
The term Congress is also used to refer to a particular meeting of the national legislature, reckoned according to the terms of representatives. Therefore, a "Congress" covers two years. The current 111th Congress met on January 6, 2009.
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Police have dubbed a wanted man 'the hide-and-seek champion of Paulsgrove'.
They posted a picture of the elusive Connor Gregory on Twitter on Saturday, in the hope of finally catching up with him.
This comes after officers from Kingston Police Station wrote an open letter to a female suspected of burglary, which went viral on social media.
In the letter to Tracey, they said: "We have a slight suspicion that you might be blanking us #Awkward. You don't text, you don't call back and haven't accepted our friend request."
Some accused the officers of shaming the woman, named Tracey Dake, while others commended the different approach to the appeal.
Police in Portsmouth say a prison cell awaits Mr Gregory, 24, although their brief message gave no details on why they want to trace him.
Officers asked people to retweet their message on Twitter to seek information about his whereabouts.