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While the holiday's are officially over now the memories I have of them this year are sick kids! I find it completely crazy to think we were never sick in England. Like ever! Now all of a sudden my kids are sick all the time. I cannot keep them healthy! I don't know if it has something to do with the three of them being so little and so close in age. I truly can't figure out how to keep them healthy.
We decided to have Thanksgiving with my sister at her house this year and on the drive up Ashley (who rarely gets sick) looked awful. I was pretty sure she had her first ever pink eye. Her nose wouldn't stop running. She kept whimpering softly in her seat on the drive up. I told Keri once we got to Shannon's house we needed to drop Cam and Buddy off and go right to an Insta Care with Ashley so that is exactly what we did. Turns out Ashley had pink eye and strep. Fabulous. The doctor said Ashy's tonsils looked awful! Well OF COURSE it didn't take long for Buddy to start to look awful... then of course Cam. This was all within a night. Cambree had the WORST cough. She is prone to bronchitis so I knew that is what she had. Buddy started to get the pink gross eyes and looked awful. I made the mistake of sleeping with Buddy and Cambree that night to keep an eye on them so of course I got sick. That weekend of Thanksgiving Cambree had trouble breathing. We were minutes away from rushing her to the ER in the middle of the night because she couldn't get breaths in. She kept gasping for air. I tried to calm her down and finally got her to take some deep breaths. I was so scared to go to bed after that. Our anniversary was the day after Thanksgiving and my amazing sister babysat the sicklings so Keri and I could go out and celebrate our five loooooooooong years of marriage. Well by the time we got home from Thanksgiving Buddy looked like death. We actually had to take Cambree to the ER because she was had trouble breathing again. The ER docs said she had *surprise* bronchitis. It was Buddy I was worried about however. I have never EVER seen him that sick. Under his eyes were black and blue and his eyes were all pink. We got the kids into the doctor and the doctor took one look at Buddy and said this is one very sick kid. She immediately gave him a shot of penecillian and an oral prescription for an antibotic. She said the infection is what was causing Buddy's eyes to buldge out and turn black and blue. It also turns out the ER doctors failed to mention Cambree's ear infection. She went home with a prescription for Prednisone to try and get rid of that pesky bronchitis and an antibotic. It took a good week for the kids to start to feel better.
Next came Christmas. This year we were able to fly home to Utah for Christmas! We were all so excited! (Well most of us lol.) Cambree kept counting down the days til we got on the plane. At first she was scared and kept insisting she was driving in mommy's van to Grandma's house but as it got closer she decided she could fly. Well a few days before we were due to fly Cambree started throwing up. OF COURSE. She had no other symptoms of the flu however.... she was just running high fever's and throwing up. Well I had no idea how we were suppose to take her on the plane throwing up. Luckily one of my friends had some children's phenegren she gave us! *Shew* We made the plane ride okay. Taking three kids that are 3 and under isn't fun! The twins weren't 2 yet so we were able to fly with them for free... the catch of course being they had to sit on our laps! Cambree had a small melt down on the plane but the twins were pretty great! Well we got to Grandma's house and Cambree started throwing up again so we had to take her to our favorite place..the ER. Turns out she had her first ever Urinary Tract Infection. Well a few days after that grandma got sick... then I got sick.... then *surprise* Ashley got sick. She kept throwing up all day long. She refused to eat or drink and didn't have any wet diapers.... can you guess where we ended up? The ER. We actually had the same nurse as with Cambree. (I swear I saw more of this nurse than I did my actual friends!) Ashy ended up having to be hooked up to an IV to get some fluids. Wouldn't you know once we got the IV in and the board under her arm to keep her arm still... she threw up all over. It was a quick wardrobe change and the IV had to be redone. We were probably there for 4 hours... we had this amazing guy that kept checking on us and even brought us drinks. KK was the one who was with me so we kicked back and watched tv while Ashy got her fluids. It was actually pretty relaxing which is sad. The day after the ER trip Ashy started to do much better so I'm super glad we got her in! Well the rest of the trip went pretty well. We had a great time. We took the kids to see Santa. KK and I took Cam Cam to see "The Rise of the Guardians" which I LOVED. KK and I went into gateway to do some shopping and went to see "The Forgotten Carols"... when we got home around 11pm Mom had the idea to go to Macy's for some late night shopping. We didn't get out of Macy's til around 1am. That was a fun memory of Christmas. I got to see so many of my amazing friends that I miss my dearly as well as a few relatives! Shaun, Keri, and I got to go see Les Mes. Well by the time we were due to leave Kelly was sick as well as my day so the night before we were leaving guess who was sick again? Cambree!!! (I swear they have no immune system!) The plane ride was downright awful. The worst trip home anyone could ever have. The kids starting crying from the second we got the airport. I don't think Ashley stopped screaming til we got home. She stayed up the entire time screaming her little baby lungs off. I have never been more frazzled in my whole life. A few days after we got home Cambree ended back up in the ER. We had been alternating tylonel with motrin all night and around 5am she was as hot as I have ever felt anyone. We gave her motrin and Keri took her to the ER and when she got there her temperature was still 102. They had a hard time getting her fever down. Ashley got sick next with the horribly high fever. The only one who didn't get sick... the one person who USUALLY gets sick..... didn't. That is a small blessing. Through all of this Buddy was the only one who didn't get sick. I'm holding my breath however.
Well by New Years Eve everyone was FINALLY feeling better!!!!!!!!! *Hallelujia* My only New Years resolution this year is to try to find a way to keep my kids healthy!!!!! I have no idea how to do it but I'm going to try. This mommy can't keep having sick kids. Buddy actually goes back to the ENT in a few weeks and he already told us we had to take the "next steps" with Buddy which is getting his tonsils out. I will do anything to keep Buddy healthy. He was sick the entire year of 2012. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that 2013 is a fun HEALTHY year!!!!! (Cross your fingers with me!)
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
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- Kayleen said...
Never ending stream of "Oh no!" and laughter reading your posts! Just love how you tell a story, Erin. When the kids are older you will be able to share these experiences with them and laugh again.
- January 8, 2013 at 8:06 AM
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1963 Chevrolet C2 Corvette Grand Sport: Engine and Racing
The Grand Sport version of the C2 Chevrolet Corvette appeared in 1963. It was a modified version of the stock "Sting Ray" that Chevy debuted that year, which featured a fastback look with split rear window, independent rear suspension, and non-operating hood vents. The Grand Sport was created to compete in Nassau that year in a "no holds barred" race. This competition allowed the teams driving C-Modified cars to show off and use the hottest new high-tech advances, which were prohibited in the normal club races.
The Grand Sport displayed a host of innovations. The engine was an
all-aluminum, 377 cubic-inch small block V-8 featuring 58mm side-draft
Weber carburetors. A newly-developed air-driven jack device (one of the
first on any racer) helped prevent damage to the car's delicate tube
frame and fiberglass body; the apparatus also helped to reduce pit
time. In addition, the Grand Sport was a visual wake-up call with its
hood scoops, wide wheels and tires, and flared fenders.
In 1964 the Corvette team featuring Roger Penske, returned to Nassau
for another week of racing. The Grand Sport that Penske piloted (in his
final appearance as a professional driver) now had an iron-block
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the Weber carbs. This Grand Sport also saw the air-jack system removed,
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Night Line: Kansas' Offensive Weaknesses Exposed in Surprise Loss to DavidsonPosted by EJacoby on December 20th, 2011
Evan Jacoby is an RTC columnist. You can find him @evanjacoby on Twitter. Night Line will run on weeknights during the season, highlighting a major storyline development from that day's slate of games.
Despite having two losses, Kansas had earned the right to be ranked No. 13 this week, thanks to some great wins (Ohio State, Georgetown, Long Beach State to name a few) and a consistent effort that's a staple of Bill Self's teams. But Monday night's loss to Davidson at the Sprint Center in Kansas City exposed some major offensive flaws for this team that should be concerning as they head into Big 12 play. The Jayhawks saw just three players —Thomas Robinson, Tyshawn Taylor, and Elijah Johnson — score in double figures, which is becoming a common theme for a team that doesn't have much scoring prowess elsewhere. And with five more turnovers tonight, the senior point guard Taylor is up to 4.4 per game, a rate that is second worst in the entire country of qualifying players. This is not the same KU offensive juggernaut of old, and the Jayhawks' run of consecutive Big 12 regular season championships (now at seven years) appears in jeopardy.
The Jayhawks lost 65.4% of their scoring from last year's 35-win team, including three early-entry NBA draft picks. That cause for concern finally reared its ugly head in Monday's 80-74 defeat against the Wildcats, a 6-3 team coming off a 23-point loss at Charlotte. The Jayhawks had trouble keeping up with Davidson's efficient offense, a problem that KU will no doubt have again going forward. The trio of Robinson, Taylor, and Johnson are the only three players that average in double figures for Kansas, with Robinson leading the way at 18.1 points per night. Travis Releford and Jeff Withey, the other two starters, are strong defensive players but each scores about eight points per game and have shown limited offensive games. Kansas teams are used to being loaded with dynamic young players off the bench, but that's not the case this year. The Jayhawks managed just six bench points on Monday, all of them from Connor Teahan's pair of made three-point shots. Outside of his 7.4 points per game, which comes mainly from the outside, no other bench player scores more than 4.6 points per night or has any defined role in the offense.
Davidson head coach Bob McKillop is nationally respected as one of the great minds in coaching, and he designed a perfect game plan to cause Monday night's upset. A methodical motion offense allowed the Wildcats to control the tempo of the game from the outset, and they were able to hit 11 of their 33 three-point shot attempts. They then used multiple defensive looks to keep the Jayhawks out of rhythm on their end. McKillop's team played much of the night in a 1-3-1 zone and forced Kansas into shooting 23 three-pointers, converting only six. Breaking down a zone defense like that starts with the lead guard's ability to penetrate and make good decisions. Taylor, as talented a scorer as he can be, just hasn't been the consistently heady point guard that Kansas needs him to be. Similar to the Duke loss in Maui, he had two of his five turnovers in the last four minutes of this game; Davidson, on the other hand, did not turn the ball over once in the entire second half.
Before Monday, the Jayhawks had only been beaten by the dynamite top-10 duo of Duke and Kentucky, both on neutral floors by 10 points or less. Credit goes to the tremendous coaching ability of Self for the fact that the Jayhawks were even ranked this high and playing so well at this point of the season. The strong defense of their interior players, plus the dominant inside force on both ends of the floor that is Robinson still makes KU a very tough team to face. But when it comes to putting the ball in the basket, Kansas doesn't have the offensive capabilities one would expect from the No. 13 team in America.
"That wasn't an upset tonight," said Self after tonight's game, and perhaps he's right in a way. Outside of Robinson, the Jayhawks aren't loaded with the superior athletes and scorers that we're used to seeing from his program. Tonight's loss was a reminder that these Jayhawks are a clear third in the Big 12 pecking order, as far as offensive talent goes, behind the currently unbeaten Baylor and Missouri. It's never smart to dismiss Kansas when discussing conference success, but the way things appear now, it will be rather difficult for this team to repeat as Big 12 regular season champs for the eighth straight season. Davidson has provided a road map that the rest of the talented teams in the Big 12 no doubt already have saved for further review.


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Energy and Water
Like other universities, La Trobe consumes a significant amount of energy in the delivery of its services to students and the local community. Energy consumption and related greenhouse gas emissions are monitored and reported annually:
- Over the financial year through La Trobe's compliance with the Australian Government's National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) scheme; and
- Over the calendar year through La Trobe's annual sustainability performance reporting.
Due to the 6 Megawatt gas-fired cogeneration power plant that operates at the Melbourne campus, consumption of natural gas accounts for the majority of the university's total annual energy consumption. At the Melbourne campus natural gas is used to generate electricity and high temperature hot water which, through absorption chillers, is used to heat and cool buildings.
La Trobe has set energy reduction targets to 2022. To assist in meeting these targets the university undertook a detailed facilities study through the Greener Government Buildings program in 2012/13. The findings from this study have been used in the development of plans to improve energy efficiency across the campuses and ultimately reduce La Trobe's energy consumption and related greenhouse gas emissions.
Find out more about the Cogeneration plant.
Water consumption at La Trobe University is also significant and is monitored and reported annually through the university's sustainability reporting. Landscape maintenance, cooling tower operations, construction and flushing toilets are responsible for the majority of potable water consumption across the campuses.
Similar to energy, La Trobe has also set water use reduction targets. Actions being undertaken that are helping to reduce the university's potable water consumption include modernising irrigation systems and increasing stormwater harvesting and reuse.
Water fountains
Bottled water can have negative impacts on both human health and the environment. Luckily in Australia we have some of the best tap water in the world which is perfectly safe to drink.
La Trobe has installed water fountains across our campuses to allow students and staff to refill and stay hydrated for free, so bring a reusable bottle and save some money and the environment by refilling.
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It's normal to look around your kitchen and daydream about all of the things you would change if you could just find the money to cover the cost. But what if it didn't have to? We live in the age of DiY, thrifting, and shabby chic! Why not use those skills to redecorate your kitchen? Here are some ideas to get you started. Before we get started: while they are expensive, it is a good idea to spend or borrow the money to replace old or worn out appliances. A great deal of home appliance shops work with third party financing companies like Crest Financial Services to help people use what they call "take home layaway" to afford the important things they need. PRO TIP: Sometimes financiers like www.crestfinancial.com will also lend directly to consumers. If you are super strapped for cash, this might be a way to afford your supplies for these projects.
1. Use reclaimed wood
Reclaimed wood can be anything from the salvaged floorboards of a school gym to driftwood you find walking on the beach. You can use reclaimed wood for everything from countertops to furniture to smaller items like cutting boards and decorations.
2. Paint it White
Paint the walls and cabinetry white and then choose brightly colored drawer pulls, cabinet handles and other smaller decorative touches to help them pop.
3. Leather
You can easily leather straps fairly cheaply at most craft supply stores. Switch out your current cabinet handles and drawer pulls for leather pulls that you make yourself.
4. Paint your cabinets
Giving your cabinets a fresh coat of paint or a fresh wood stain can liven up the space and make it feel new.
5. Clean it up
You would be surprised by how much a good and deep cleaning of a kitchen can freshen up the space. Really go to town.
6. Declutter
Take everything down and put everything away. Put the small appliances away in cabinets and drawers. Take everything off the walls.
7. Less is More
Put back the three you love the most and store the rest. You can switch them out to help do mini-remodels from time to time.
8. Use Shelving
Why not display your fancy blender, waffle iron, stand mixer, etc on shelves? It's pretty and organized at the same time!
9. Hang it On a Wall
Get some decorative hooks and hang your pots and pans on the wall for decoration.
10. New Floor Rugs
Replace old floor rugs and mats. It's a subtle change but a good one.
11. Tablecloth
A new tablecloth can dress up an old kitchen table in a jif! Alternatively…
12. Place mats
Take your old tablecloth off of the table and put down place mats instead!
13. Your Splashback
Putting up a new splashback can help change the look of your kitchen and is easy to do on your own.
14. Start at the Oven
Plan your kitchen's look starting with your cooking zone. Make that space comfortable and usable (putting items you use a lot within easy reach) and then decorate outward from there.
15. Pretty Jars
Instead of storing your pastas, rices, beans, etc in boxes or plastic bags, put them in glass jars. You can paint the jars if you want, but even leaving them clear will help add a decorative touch to your shelves.
16. Pretty Bottles
Use tiny glass jars for your herbs and spices instead of those terrible plastic bottles they're sold in.
17. Decorate up
Focus on the walls and leave your counter tops clean. Adding a couple of small prints, or a few small shelves on which you can place framed photos, bud vases, etc is a great way to add personality to a kitchen.
18. New Cookware
You can find great new sets of cookware for relatively cheap at Ikea, Target, etc. Pro tip: search for cast iron stuff at thrift shops like the Goodwill. Cast iron lasts for ever but is expensive to buy brand new.
19. New Plates and Cutlery
You can buy a matching set for around $20-$30 or you can dig through secondhand shops and put together your own eclectic set for about half that.
20. Use your windows
You can buy stained glass privacy film at an inexpensive price online. Use it to give your kitchen a decorative touch.
21. Lighting
One of the cheapest and easiest ways to give your kitchen "new" lighting is to put a floor lamp with a warm bulb in the corner of your kitchen to help soften your existing lighting scheme.
See? There are lots of ways to dress up your kitchen without having to spend a ton of money! Why not start planning right now?
Thanks for reading and thank you to my new partner for the post!
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Stampin' Up! demonstrator in the Cariboo - serving 100 Mile House and surrounding areas.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Petite Pocket
Yes, I am officially the world's worst blogger. I get a little side-tracked by the sun. July was the worst month EVER for weather (rain, EVERYDAY), so since the sun's been out, so have I.
However, I have made a commitment to myself to create at least 2 little projects each day and it seemed like the perfect time to try out this die. I love the size of it (perfect for a gift card or some cash - if you wanted to fold a scratch and win, they would fit too). I tried a few options out, but seem to have misplaced them and this is the only one I took a picture of. Hope you like it!
It really didn't take very long to put this little baby together. A few runs through the BS, punch a few scallops and crunch them up, add a little glue and voila! ( I love that word.)
I've got a few new fun things to play with this afternoon that I picked up on a mid-week weekend trip to Kelowna. I'd been trying to get into this store on the past couple of trips but I was always there on a Sunday and wasn't in town when she opened up. It's a good thing that this was my first trip in there or I'd probably be living in a box by now due to over-spending. If you're in the Kelowna area, or need a reason to go there, this store Ever After is a must see. The girl in there is just about the loveliest person you've ever met, and clearly passionate about what she does. Though I went in there telling myself I'd just buy a few sheets of paper, I somehow managed to come out spending $120. Hmmm.... Weird how that happens... Tomorrow I'll post some pics of the new things I picked up there.
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Events at Hanningfield Reservoir - Visit our Facebook page
The centre will also be closed on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Janaury for maintance. Access will be availabe to the reserve and toilets.
Providing panoramic views over the 870 acre reservoir. The visitor centre is set in mature woodland and has proved a popular bat roost, with a beautiful carpet of Bluebells in the spring.
A warm welcome will always greet you at Hanningfield reservoir visitor centre.The visitor centre is set in mature woodland and offers superb views over the 870 acre Hanningfield Reservoir. It is an ideal place to view the wildlife within the nature reserve and to receive the latest sightings news. The centre has full disabled access as does the Lyster Bird hide that is a short distance away. There are lots of gifts in the centre shop and a full range of binoculars and telescopes, as well as books and refreshments. So while you're enjoying a nice warming drink you can take time to enjoy the stunning view over the water and browse the display.
The nature reserve offers some beautiful walks through the woodland, taking in bird hides, ponds and views across the reservoir. The site is run in partnership with Essex & Suffolk Water and you can walk through the reserve to the Essex & Suffolk Water Fishing Lodge and the Cafe on the Water. The reservoir itself is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) due to the important numbers of wildfowl that use the reservoir in the autumn and winter, including Gadwall, Tufted Duck and Pochard. The spectacle of thousands of Swifts, Swallows and Martins feeding over the water during peak fly hatches is one of the delights for the summer visitor. 30 acres of the woodland are ancient in origin and spring flowers include carpets of Bluebells and Stitchwort.A colony of Soprano pipistrelle bats use our visitor centre as a maternity roost, spending several months here each year and delighting visitors in the evenings as they head out on their search for food. We run regular bat counts and events where you can learn more about these fascinating mammals.
There are some really good nature trails for all to enjoy and advice is always on hand in the visitor centre, to help identify wildlife and to inform visitors of the best locations to see and experience wildlife. A trail guide is available from the visitor centre to help you around the reserve.
In 2015 we installed the Wind in the Willows Trail for children. Buy the special map at the visitor centre and then head out to look for the five wooden Wind in the Willows sculptures on the reserve. At each sculpture you can use the back of the map to make your very own brass rubbings of Badger, the Weasels, Ratty, Mole and Mr Toad
Visitor Centre Facilities
Our facilities include a charming refreshment area and gift shop offering light refreshments, toys, books, birdfeeders and feed, greeting cards and an excellent range of binoculars and other optic equipment. We also provide toilets, a disabled access toilet with a baby changing facilities, a wheelchair and a high chair.
The viewing area gives superb views out over the reservoir and the feeding stations so you can relax and enjoy some refreshments while watching the wildlife.
Room for Hire at Hanningfield Reservoir Visitor Centre
An ideal venue for seminars, meetings, training workshops and corporate events. Set against the wonderful backdrop of an 870 acre reservoir and 100 acre woodland reserve! Seats 50 conference style and 30 board room style. Facilities available include: cloakroom, pull down projector screen, laptop and projector (subject to availability), teas and coffees available at £1.00 per cup. Approximate size: 9 metres x 5.5 metres. Phone 01268 711001 for further details and to book.
Species and habitats
- Habitats
- Meadow, Ponds, Woodland
- Species
- Bluebell, Long-tailed Tit
Nearby nature reserves
- Crowsheath Wood Nature Reserve
- 0 miles - Essex Wildlife Trust
- Shotgate Thickets Nature Reserve
- 3 miles - Essex Wildlife Trust
- Woodham Fen Nature Reserve
- 5 miles - Essex Wildlife Trust


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In the coming months we will be working on bringing Ireland's very first dedicated late night board game café to life in Cork city.
Board game cafés are popping up in cool cities all over the world, it's time Cork got in on the action! We love board games, we love conversation, good coffee, nice beers, and tasty treats. At tabletop we will be combining all of these loves!
We ran a successful Kickstarter early in 2017. Backers will be looking forward to some great rewards coming their way, from stylish tote bags to Gold Founder Membership. We are incredibly grateful to all of 146 of them for their help in bringing this idea to life!
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i have
I have McNothing to say
As I swipe my glance
The way that a cashier does
My debit/bank/atm card-
Careless are the way we are
In our routines.
He or she would have seen that my
Card says (CID) meaning-
"See identification."
But he or she can barely recall
My skin color much less my name.
I am not as upset (as I'd to be.)
Today, I rode in a semi-empty
subway car- there were exactly, 8
Blonds, 7 hispanics, 9 including myself
Blacks, 6 asians, 5 people i couldn't ascertain
Race and exactly only 1 nice person- me, myself
And I who said a friendly word to myself,
We all interfaced with each other but we dont talk.
In line at mcdonalds is an opportunity to be open
And unjudged because we all came to this
Moment for something.
The cashier did not smile.
i did not say anything to any one that isnt just
Trying to service me today,


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It's been six months since the Australian Maritime College and developer MAKO Turbines installed a tidal turbine in Tasmania's Tamar River for research and testing. Dr Tom Mitchell Ferguson has been working on the tidal turbine project since its inception. We caught up with him to find out how it's going — and what tidal turbine research actually involves.
What research have you been doing since the tidal turbine was installed?
We're looking at three areas: optimising the turbine, understanding its impact on the environment, and assessing the energy potential of the site where it's deployed.
For the turbine itself, we're looking at how it is affected by turbulence in the water and organic matter building up on it — called biofouling. These can affect the turbine's longevity as well as its performance. By taking measurements and observations over time, we can assess the impact on how much energy is being generated.
We're also running an environmental monitoring program to determine the effect, if any, the device has on the environment; we want to make sure that it's not detrimental to marine life. This involves noting interactions between marine animals such as birdlife with the turbine installation.
Beyond the turbine, we're also doing some research into the site where the turbine is deployed to determine its energy potential. We do this by measuring the turbulence in the water flow as well as the amount of water going past the device.
How do you actually measure these things?
To measure the energy in the water we use a device called an ADCP (Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler), which is installed on a separate mooring on the bottom of the river. It uses sonar (like sound waves) to measure the flow; from this we can calculate the potential energy.
On the turbine itself we have another ADCP. This allows us to compare the flow speed at the device with our other sensors located away from the barge.
It's less hi-tech, but we also use visual observations to monitor the biofouling. It's good for me because it means I get to go out on a boat to the site at least once a month. Here we simply observe the turbine and barge from the water and record any growth in organic matter that we see.
What else does your job involve on a day-to-day basis?
As well as monthly inspections at the site, I report on the data that we collect. All the data is stored on the sensors before being retrieved from the mooring by AMC's vessel FTV Reviresco and processed.
My work involves identifying poor quality data and determining the key information from the measurements before reporting these to the turbine developer, MAKO.
When do you expect to finish?
The turbine will stay in the water indefinitely, and we plan to continue collecting data for as long as necessary. But we'll be presenting the work and our results at the European Wave and Tidal energy conference in Cork, Ireland, in August.
What's the end goal for this project?
As well as all the data that can be used to optimise their turbine, we'll have developed processes and procedures for designing and installing the mooring that the turbine sits on. We'll also be able to share our experiences of working in high-flow environments with industry to help improve the longevity and performance of other turbines.
Why do industry partners work with AMC on projects like this?
We focus on research at AMC, but we also have all the practical capabilities to actually get stuff built and deployed.
As well as hydrodynamics and mathematics researchers, we have our own technicians and boats — we used AMC's FTV Reviresco to transport the turbine to the site and deploy the flow measuring instruments — and some of the best testing tanks in the world. This combination is pretty special and means a tidal energy company can draw on a broad range of knowledge and expertise.
What do you like about working on this tidal energy project?
It's really nice to see research that was first carried out here applied in the field. I was involved with this project from its initial tank testing in January 2016. Seeing the prototype now generating power in the Tamar is excellent.
Generally, working in tidal energy is rewarding. Tidal is such a reliable and predictable source of renewable energy and it has so much potential to meet some of our energy needs in a low carbon way. It's good to be able to make a small contribution to developing effective ways to capture the tide's power.
Generally, working in tidal energy is rewarding. Tidal is such a reliable and predictable source of renewable energy and it has so much potential to meet some of our energy needs in a low carbon way. It's good to be able to make a small contribution to developing effective ways to capture the tide's power.
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Contour and Strobe Lip Set - Bombshell & Ritzy 2ml, 1.9ml, 1.2g
Calling all Huda-holics: your newest obsession is here. These ultra-covetable kits contain all three of the lip products that have made this brand (rightfully) famous: mini versions of the liquid matte to end all liquid mattes and the stunning strobing gloss, plus a Lip Contour Pencil in the shade that complements both best – all encased in an utterly fabulous lip-shaped tin. With four shade options to choose from, we're racing everyone to the checkout!
Description What's better than Huda Beauty's seriously sought-after lip products? All of them combined in one stunning, lip-perfecting kit, of course! Featuring a full size version of Huda's multi-tasking liner-meets-lipstick, plus two of the brand's furore-inducing liquid lacquers – velvety Liquid Matte and super-strobing Lip Strobe – the Contour and Strobe Lip Set lets you create all kinds of looks. The long-wearing matte cloaks lips in a veil of conditioning colour, while the strobing gloss combines glistening glitter and duo chrome pigments for enviable gleam. Available in four shade options, the sets unite trusted trios that complement each other perfectly: 'Trophy Wife' and 'Shameless' (rose wood and rose gold flecked with lilac); 'Muse' and 'Angelic' (muted rose and gleaming peachy pink); 'Trendsetter' and 'Snobby' (brown nude and dusky rose flecked with gold); 'Bombshell' and 'Ritzy' (subtle pinkish nude and gleaming gold). Whether you use all three together or choose to create a matte or glowing effect, you can guarantee luscious, long-lasting lip looks.
How to use Lip Contour Draw a fine line just outside your naturally lip-line to create the illusion of increased fullness. 'Fill in' for a long-wear, matte lip look, applying a paler shade to the centre of the lower lip to further emphasise the volumising effects. Liquid Matte 1. Prep your lips: To improve consistency of application, gently exfoliate with a lip scrub. Blot off any excess oils. 2. For maximum impact, line lips using the Lip Contour and fade towards the center. 3. Apply a thin layer of Liquid Matte in the corresponding or lighter shade to fill in the rest. 4. Allow approximately 30 seconds for color to set and intensify to an opaque finish. Color appearance may vary based on skin tone. Lip Strobe Wear alone or on top of your favourite lip colour to grant otherworldly gleam. Can also be used on eyes for a strobing metallic look.


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|Arctic sea-ice extent, 4/22/2015, Red line is 2015
source: NORSEX SSM/I
The graph at the right shows a close-up of sea-ice extent data from NORSEX for the past few years, with the red line indicating extent for 2015 (see link). What caught my attention is the relative flat-ness of the red line, compared to most of the earlier years. The graph shows ice extent in millions of square kilometers on the vertical axis. The horizontal axis shows time in approximately 10 day increments (three increments for each month), with January 1 at the far left.
Is this normal, or unprecedented? Careful inspection of the graph shows that the light green line, representing the data for 2011, also had a similar flat trend over the same period. Therefore, the flat trend for this year has a precedent.
One can also speculate on the reasons for the ice not melting at the "normal" rate, where "normal" is provided by the blue dotted line. The blue dots represent the monthly average of the period 1979 - 2006. The slope of the blue dotted line from the maximum (roughly March 10th) to April 22 is (very roughly estimated) 15 million to 14 million, or a decrease of 1 million square kilometers. Yet this year, only (roughly) one-third that amount of ice melted. Could the reason be that CO2 in the atmosphere is not getting the job done? Are there clouds over the Arctic this year, preventing solar heat from hitting the ice? Are the ocean currents that enter the Arctic colder than usual this year? Is the black carbon soot that normally falls on the ice absent this year? Perhaps the Arctic winds are not blowing the ice floes to the south, where they meet warmer waters and melt.
I don't know the answer or answers. What I do know is that the ice is not melting this year, at least not at the historic rate.
Roger E. Sowell, Esq.
Marina del Rey, California
Copyright (c) 2015 by Roger Sowell


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Project Feeder Watch Week 3
Mostly the same birds as before, but the juncos have arrived (well, one anyway).
Female House finch
Carolina chickadee
And another
Downy woodpecker
White-breasted nuthatch
American goldfinch
Mourning dove
Female Northern cardinal
and a male - there were six of them (at least) and they chased each other a lot, but he couldn't get this chickadee to budge.
Northern cardinal sharing the water with a Red-bellied woodpecker
Red-breasted nuthatch
White-throated sparrow
The Red-bellied woodpecker eating a peanut
And at the small seed feeder
A blue jay
A Brown thrasher
Tufted titmouse sharing a feedwith with two House finches
The finches can eat at the feeder, while the titmouse has to take his seed away and crack it open on a tree branch
A Song sparrow
These are Purple finches - new this fall
A male Eastern towhee
And the female
And a Dark-eyed junco


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This Edition of Mikey Magazine
We are crazy for Crochet Bags in this edition. With 10 bags of awesomeness, most with matching tutorials to help you, you may go 'bag crazy' like we are.
We love that bags aren't really about wearing them. We don't need to worry about our sizes. They are universal and definitely practical. I think in many cases, uses Lily Sugar'n Cream by Yarnspirations allows the bags to be even stronger than the 'cheap' bags we buy to re-use. Here in Ontario Canada, it's almost taboo to get a plastic bag at a store. They charge you for the bags anyway, but it's a small thing but times it by millions of bags, plastic bags can be a big problem.
In this edition, we also announced the winners of the Feel Good Charity Challenge. Contratulations and the yarn is most likely on the way. We submitted the names on Monday to Yarnspirations to send out the yarn.
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Gone are the days where you get your coffee in an old cafe with hardly any human interaction other than placing your order.
In comes Spilt Milk Van, the Gold Coast's new go-to coffee spot & mental health awareness educator.
This weekend, Spilt Milk Van will be launching for their first official event at Burleigh Bombers AFL Club (111 Christine Ave, Burleigh Waters), serving coffee & donuts from 8:30am.
They will be hosting a range of fun activities including coffee yoga, mindfulness, face painting and jumping castles! A raffle will be held for people to go into the running to win 10 prizes, with one being a 6 month membership at F45 Nerang!
All money raised will go towards Spilt Milk Van to begin educating the Gold Coast community on all things mental health.
We can definitely get behind their motto of "Smooth Brews & Good Moods"
Make sure you head along!


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Prefabricated modular construction has become more widespread in commercial and industrial contexts of late, but that is where the concept has stayed, for now at any rate. The concept of individual modular residential dwellings is a market that has yet to get fully up to speed in the UK. Reticence exists at a fairly deep level among private home-owners in this country, who are perhaps not as comfortable as mainland Europeans are with the idea of buying a home that has evolved from a manufactured kit of parts, even if they are happy to work in an office or stay in a hotel room that has a similar factory-based origin.
In part, this could be due to a feeling that with everything in the pre-manufactured modules arriving on site in as near a finished state as possible, the opportunity for the people who are to inhabit the spaces to have any influence over their own living environment is limited. Modern modular houses are based on prefabricated, factory-produced, easy-to-transport units. Seeking to change perception, and allow individual participation amongst homeowners, is the next logical step in encouraging the UK residential market to adopt this form of construction.
A Dutch firm, Flexline, has now collaborated with a firm of architects to take forward an existing form of steel-framed residential modular construction in a consultative process that allows the owner to have an active input into the configuration of their home. The project is a development for the HBS Ons Belang Housing Association at Het Broek, Hengelo, in the Netherlands.
Flexline, like other systems, aims to minimise the cost of production, resulting in cheaper, energy- and waste-reducing buildings, by constructing them in factories using assembly-line production. Dutch developer Helgelose Bouwstichting (HBS) Ons Belang commissioned Architektenburo Willem Smid & Jim Peters. It evolved a process that allowed homeowners to influence the layout and design of houses to be built on a site in Hengelo, before the modular units went into production at the Flexline factory.
One of the problems with the modular approach to construction is attracting the occupier to the concept of modular living in the first instance. People like to see the end result before they sign a contract. To generate interest in the flexible concept, the first two 5rows of houses on the site were designed and built for tenants who chose their favourite layout from a number of options. When these two rows were built, prospective buyers could see the end result, and the potential for flexibility.
Interest was immediately there for collaboration in the layouts and sizes of individual units in the next row of houses. At this point, all the remaining houses were quickly sold.
As each house on the next phase of the development was sold, architect Willem Smid and his colleague Coraline Vester spent time with the buyers, agreeing the configuration of the interior layouts to suit individual aspirations. Location of doors, windows and openings is decided, along with room configuration and specification. 'Owners can have two or more bedrooms, depending on if they want to buy another box to add on to the system, ' said Smid, 'or perhaps they might want another unit at ground-floor level to extend the kitchen or living space.' The strong steel frame carries all building loads, leaving the location of the lightweight infill walls to be decided in collaboration by owner and architect. The only internal fixture which could not be influenced was the location of the stairs. The customised units arrived on site with everything from external facade to wallpaper and electrics in place, all configured under a simple, flat asphalt roof.
Flexline is a simple, adaptable building concept based on a lightweight, steel-framed box. When building a modular home, great care has to be given to the layout and strength of the floor which will, after all, carry the weight of the rest of the home.
Extra strength and stability to the Flexline steel frame is provided through the solid floor where reinforcement bars are added for stability, enclosed within a factory-poured concrete slab 80mm thick.
After the floor system is in place, wall panels are put up and electrical, plumbing and HVAC systems are added. After the wiring and piping is done, wall panels, roofing and external cladding are installed. At the same time, factory crews install windows, doors, bath and kitchen fixtures and floor coverings specified by the homeowner. Simple really.
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BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Baton Rouge Police Chief Dewayne White was fired Wednesday, after less than two years on the job, WAFB's Kiran Chawla reports.
Lt. Carl Dabadie, Jr. will serve as the interim police chief until Mayor Kip Holden hires a new chief. Dabadie, a 26-year veteran of the department, was most recently assigned to Chief White's Administrative Staff. He is the son of the late Lt. Carl Dabadie, a veteran Baton Rouge Police Department motorcycle officer who was killed in the line of duty in 1984.
Chief White said William Daniel, the Chief Administrative Officer for the Mayor's office, asked White to step down. After White said he refused, he says Daniel fired him. White says Daniel cited "a substantial disagreement" about the future of the police department.
"Give me some time, this is still unfolding," Daniel told reporters Wednesday afternoon when asked about the firing.
When approached at City Hall, Mayor Kip Holden would not give a specific reason for the termination and repeatedly told reporters "we are not going to discuss personnel matters".
White is represented by local attorney Jill Craft. Craft declined to comment on the matter, saying White indicated he will release a statement through her office sometime on Thursday.
White has ten days to ask the civil service board to review his termination.
White's termination comes after months of speculation that White's position was in jeopardy. East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Kip Holden told reporters on multiple occasions in the past several weeks that the chief's job was not in jeopardy.
Last month, the mayor told WAFB 9News he annually reviews the performance of all key positions in his administration and planned to do those evaluations soon.
Homicides in Baton Rouge were up 4.4 percent in 2012 compared to the year before. However, officials were pleased with progress made in the last four months of 2012 when the city began to have a decrease in homicides compared to the same months in the prior year.
During his re-election campaign last fall, Mayor Holden was targeted by an opponent's television commercial that questioned why so many Baton Rouge Police officers provided protection for Minister Louis Farrakhan during a visit to Southern University.
In responding to questions about the commercial, Chief White initially said only one officer from his department took part in the security detail and no overtime dollars were used. However, a report by the 9News I-TEAM last month revealed more than a dozen BRPD officers actually took part in the detail at an overtime cost of $2,456.
Chief White said one of the most important changes that needed to be made in his department was to improve relationships between BRPD and members of the black community. In October 2012, members of Mount Carmel Baptist Church in Baton Rouge presented White with an appreciation award. Church members said they wanted to recognize White's efforts to bridge the gap between the police department and the community.
Holden hired Chief White on May 27th, 2011. He was one of 52 candidates in a search that lasted nearly three months. It marked a return to the same department where he began his career.
When he first worked for BRPD, he spent nearly seven years in Uniform Patrol, Traffic and Motorcycle Divisions. White later went to work for Louisiana State Police for nearly 21 years where he was ultimately became Command Inspector of the Joint Emergency Services Training Complex, overseeing the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team, the Emergency Operations Center, training and Capital and physical security.
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Anyway, yesterday my final piece of McKenna's Starter Collection came!! WE HAVE NOTHING ON BACK ORDER ANYMORE!!!
It's gorgeous. I love it. So Kennie and I went outside for some pictures! The t-shirt isn't pictured, though.
I know nothing about gymnastics, so I apologize in advance if this pose is totally logic-missing. :)
Everything is very nice! The leotard is nicely made and GORGEOUS!! The colors look so pretty on McKenna! The shorts are fuzzy and nice and I think they look pretty accurate for modern styles. The hair accessories are awesome! It has blue and purple hairbands, two of each, and a really cool headband, which I love. And for the foot brace, again, I don't know anything about this stuff, but it was a little tight to get on and now she won't stand up evenly. -_- But otherwise it is nicely done.
Oh, and the sweater. It has Velcro in the back and is, well, only the most adorable thing ever. :)
The shirt is not pictured and I haven't put it on anybody yet but it also looks adorable and nicely made!
Well, for what I have seen, AG has done a very nice job with McKenna's collection. It's higher quality than I expected from them based on recent opinions. All of her collection (well, okay the three outfits that I have) are highly recommended by me! As well as the doll. If you were considering her, I would highly recommend this one! SHE'S BEAUTIFUL, DARLING!
That's it for my McKenna rants of the day! :) I love my darling Kennie girl.
Have a delightful day!
P.S. Miranda and I have state testing this week. ICK! :(


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The stamps are all from Jaded Blossom...the Autumn Panels and Kind Thanks sets. I also used Jaded Blossoms Card Mat Dies and Panel Dies. I used Copic markers to color my images and some brown/vanilla twine (I think I got it at PTI years ago). For the 'heartfelt thanks' sentiment I used either Pacific Point or Bermuda Bay ink from SU!.
Have a wonderful Monday everyone!


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It is Wednesday night 10:47 PM and I'm trying to wrap up my day. Just one more day tomorrow then I'm off for 5 days till next Tuesday. I just can't wait. I already saw some posts on Facebook that some people are already in New York for the Big Apple Roll. I'm gonna leave on Friday with Kajta. Hope she feels better by now so she can enjoy the trip.
Not much going on with my life. It just has been same for pretty much everyday. Little bit of struggling at work to explain about web development process because people just think website as Theme Forest themes and not realize how important to get the design customized on your product. Well it's kind of been my daily life at work anyways.
Always thinking for the ideas but so far no good. Nothing really catches my mind and gets me excited. I feel like I just need some break and this New York trip takes care of it hopefully.
Just quick note on my week. Monday, I went out skating with new wheels. I think I got the fastest average time per mile for 10 miles. 4:55 mins per miles. Tuesday, I got lazy just stayed at home drinking Mojito with J. Today, I went out for easy skating for 12 miles.
That's about it for today.


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Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Making Pottery
I love it when I find a double page sketch that will work perfectly with my pictures. I've been holding on to this set of pictures of Mylan making pottery. Not sure where they were but it was while on vacation in California. Both she and Kai made their pieces and it looks like they were having so much fun. This fantastic sketch that you see below is the latest challenge at
"Let's Scrap" you still have till midnight tonight to enter. Glad I made it because they have a great prize of a big stash of Washi Tape. Check it out HERE.
9 comments:
- Susanna Granroth said...
Lovely layout. Great papers you've used. Thank's for playing along with us at Let's Scrap.
- September 30, 2014 at 2:33 PM
- Carol Burger said...
Oh wow, fab layout!! Love your photos!!
Thanks for playing along at Let's Scrap!!
- October 1, 2014 at 1:02 AM
- Val Thorpe said...
I agree it is nice when everything comes together like this. Wonderful papers and colours and lovely photos. Thanks so much for playing along with us at Let's Scrap!
- October 1, 2014 at 1:17 AM
- Bridgie Myburgh said...
Lover your take on the sketch!
- October 1, 2014 at 1:18 AM
- Scarlett said...
Oh it does look like a grand time was had!! I love making pottery. :) This is a great spread, love those flower accents and how you carried the title from one side to the other. So glad you played along with us at Let's Scrap. :D
- October 1, 2014 at 8:28 PM
- Lori Apgar said...
What a pretty layout!! Making pottery looks fun!! I, too, love it when the sketch fits the photos I have!! Thanks for joining us at Let's Scrap!!
- October 2, 2014 at 6:37 AM
- Chriss America Real said...
How lovely! I really like the combination of paper that you used! Very pretty! Thank you for playing along with the Let's Scrap Design Team!
- October 2, 2014 at 1:49 PM
- Leslie Germain said...
You have been one busy lady! Love this two page layout! Just lovely!!
- October 2, 2014 at 5:01 PM
- Barbara Greenberg said...
Thanks ladies, I love it when I see a double page sketch I really like and then know exactly what pictures to use.
- October 2, 2014 at 11:00 PM


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Share Price S$17.09
Target Price S$21.50
DBS Group Holdings (DBS) was established in 1968 to provide financial assistance to the manufacturing sector so as to promote industrialisation. It was restructured as a holding company in 1999. It bought the Post Office Savings Bank (POSB) for S$1.6b in 1998, acquiring the latter's huge retail customer base. DBS acquired Dao Heng Bank in Hong Kong in 2001, which was integrated with DBS Kwong On Bank. DBS established its presence in Taiwan through the acquisition of the "good bank assets" of Bowa Bank in Feb 08. DBS was incorporated in China in May 07 and has 29 branches in 10 cities.
• New management team has solid track record. DBS has a strong management team led by CEO Piyush Gupta, which has demonstrated an ability to generate organic growth. It unveiled its nine strategic priorities in Feb 10. Since then, the blueprint has generated organic growth with net interest income and non-interest income expanding at a 3-year CAGR of 5.9% and 14.6% respectively in 2009-12. For 9M13, net interest income increased 3.1% while non-interest income grew 25.9%.
• Noticeable turnaround in Hong Kong. NIM in Hong Kong has improved through reduction of exposure to housing loans and a shift to corporate loans, including SME loans and trade finance facilities. DBS generated growth in non-interest income from wealth management and offshore Rmb (CNH) activities. DBS Hong Kong's net profit grew 14.6% to S$635m in 9M13, which accounted for 23.5% of group net profit.
• New initiative to build DCM. DBS plans to intensify efforts to build its debt capital market (DCM) capabilities. According to the Asian Development Bank, Asia needs to invest US$8t in national infrastructure between 2010 and 2020. Many Asian countries face fiscal constraints and will need to rely on the bond market to finance their infrastructure projects. Singapore is well suited to be an issuance centre given its vibrant fund management industry and indepth knowledge of ASEAN.
• Undervalued and likely to outperform. Current depressed P/B of 1.28x does not fully reflect the intrinsic worth of DBS. Our target price of S$21.50 is based on 1.51x 2014F P/B, derived from the Gordon Growth Model (ROE: 11.0%, required return: 7.8% and constant growth: 1.5%).
Source/Extract/Excerpts/来源/转贴/摘录: UOBKH-Research,
Publish date: 28/11/13


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Break-ups are always hard, but it is time for my boat and trailer to part ways — at least, for the time being. I am planning to apply bottom paint to the hull and perform some maintenance on the trailer.
It is possible to work on the dynamic duo without separating them. Searching online will give you many good and bad ideas (see sidebar) about adjusting the bunks, using car jacks, building stuff and many other ways to avoid removing the boat from the trailer. If that suits your fancy, then so be it. My 16-foot Duffield and I, however, are going sans trailer. I hope it won't be a bad breakup, because the boat could end up on my garage floor. And I will definitely be in the doghouse!
Before you initiate the separation, remember: Boats are heavy. Respect their weight and the damage they can cause. Like most of us, boats can afford to lose a few pounds. That is especially important for this project, so be sure to remove as much equipment and gear as possible to lighten the load. And don't forget about tankage.
Assuming that water and fuel weigh about 8 pounds per gallon, you should have very low or empty tanks (fuel, water, holding). Aside from the weight issue, you do not want your boat to become unstable because liquids are sloshing around in the tanks.
Get a Support System
Before constructing anything to support your boat, you need to consider its weight, size and hull shape. If you aren't sure about these specs, figure them out before continuing this project. Do your homework to avoid any injury and/or costly damage resulting from building a system that is not strong and stable enough to support your boat.
For my soon-to-be-single boat, I decided to use a PWC stand to support the stern. The stand has a heavy-duty metal frame supporting two 4-foot bunks, which are made from 2-by-4s and are covered with old carpet. The top of the bunks measures 2 feet from the ground.
To support the bow, I planned to use a large wooden block that I previously built for various purposes in my garage. I made the block 1 foot tall using crisscrossed rows of 2-by-4 slats. Each row had three slats. I determined that I needed 22 slats to build it up to 2 feet to match the height of the PWC stand and keep the boat level.
I bought three 2-by-4-by-10 pieces of wood and cut them into 16-inch sections to match the existing wood slats (picture 1). I secured each slat with 3-inch screws (picture 2). On the top row of the wooden block, I screwed the last slat into the middle slat of the previous row. I secured a rolled piece of thick foam to the top-most slat to cradle and protect the keel.
You can modify my setup to fit your needs. For example, if you have two heavy-duty PWC stands, you could possibly remove their bunks and join them with longer 2-by-4 or 2-by-6 pieces. The joined stands could then support the boat along the keel. Or, you could build larger wooden blocks with thicker wood to support your boat. Also, your system does not need to be as tall as mine.
Whatever setup you use, be sure it will support your boat!
Bottoms Up
Remember my warning about boats being heavy and dangerous? Be extra careful when removing the boat from the trailer and when working around the supported boat.
To transfer the boat from the trailer onto my support system, I positioned the PWC stand perpendicular to the stern of the boat. I lowered the trailer jack all the way down, which raised the rear of the trailer and the boat's stern.
I braced a scissor-style car jack between the bow-stop support beam andthe hull. As I slowly expanded it, the boat slid aft. When the transom touched the PWC stand, I used a jack to lift it onto the closest bunk on the stand. Then I continued using the scissor jack to slide the boat aft until it extended a few inches past the second bunk (picture 3).
Next, I used a jack to lift the rest of the boat off the trailer. All that stood between the boat and freedom was the trailer's axle and cross-members. I placed the wooden block forward of amidships to support the boat while I played a game of switcheroo. It took a few rounds of raising the bow, rolling the trailer forward, repositioning the wooden block, lowering the jack, and rolling the trailer forward before the two were separated. Afterward, I made one last adjustment to move the block forward to its final position (picture 4).
After checking the stability of the boat and admiring my work, I figured it was 5 o'clock somewhere and acted accordingly. Or, maybe I was just acting like a typical guy after a separation.


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Did you know that about 500 billion plastic bags are used worldwide annually? That comes to one million bags every minute!
Plastic bags look ugly yet it can take up to 100 million barrels of crude oil just to make the annual worldwide bags. They choke the animals when they clog water sources and they can take up to 1,000 years to decompose.
Incidentally it was the Swedish engineer Sten Gustaf Thulin who invented the plastic bag in the 1960s. It reached the US through its supermarket chains in the 1970s and it was San Francisco who was the first to ban the bags in 2012. They also came up with the Checkout Bag Ordinance, where customers were charge 10 cents for their compostable plastic bags, paper bags and reusable check out bags that have been designed to last 125 uses and are washable.
Then what about Paper bags? Are they your better option? Unfortunately a paper-bag manufacturer will use 20 times as much water as plastic and requires more energy to be recycled and when they degrade they will release methane. Not to mention the millions of trees it will take to make them.
Jute bags need a lot of water too, and we are already facing severe water shortages worldwide.
Kenya joined other African nations including Rwanda, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Mauritania, Cameroon, Mali and Guinea-Bissau to ban plastic bags as per the gazette notice on 28th February 2017. The ban starts 6 months from notice period. According to the United Nations Environmental Program, Kenyans uses about 100 million plastic bags annually, while 8 million tons of plastic leaks into the ocean every year.
In Kenyan style there was bill introduced to the County Assembly in July 2016 that was sponsored by Umoja MCA Njoroge Maina under the Nairobi City County Plastic Control Bill and Kayole South MCA Elizabeth Imanyala claimed to be the actual author of the bill.
The fate is now sealed. Environment Minister Judi Wakhungu says there is no turning back starting September and fines include customers being jailed for up to 12 months or pay 3 million shillings. In 2007 an attempt to clean up the country and ban the bags flopped.
The Kenyan manufacturers however have reported that over 60,000 jobs directly and over 400,000 indirectly will be lost with this ban. The dilemma prevails. This dreadful yet useful material poisons the environment worldwide and we are not the only country to face this challenge.
Let's talk about Kenya, since 2007 the attempts to ban these bags have failed. Well, there has been plenty of time since to come up with innovative solutions or after much research now at our finger tips to see what else can be done. The manufacturers should be playing a bigger role in changing the environment than profiting from it. They need to drive the change and not wait for the Government to come and close shop. Perhaps they tried too and since there is not much evidence on what they could have tried, there is only speculation.
What then can the plastic bags be replaced with?
This means a lifestyle change. That's right, how we consume, what we consume and where we consume will define the use of materials. Remember the milkman who brings fresh milk to your house, he pours it from his jerry can to yours? How about that happens here too? Imagine if you did not have to go shopping and ordered it online and they deliver from their bag to yours? Alright, so the malls will have no more supermarkets to sell their spaces too. Let's consider what can be done inside. Simple, the trolley which holds the shopping items remains with you till your car, where in the boot you have a box to fix the materials and then offload from trolley to box to home. Not a single bag needs to be used.
Thus, recycle the use of the trolley and not fill it up with the bags.
To carry your lunch boxes, extra items or just about anything try and see what else can you use. Just the way the school kids have a permanent lunch bag, even adults should adopt them and not misuse the plastic bags.
Human beings are at a major crux, should they be nature friendly and live like yogis or be materialistic and fulfill their objects desires? One is long term thinking and investment, the other is way shorter and more expensive. Feel free to choose the one that works best for you, we still have that say.


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Alrighty. The latest UFC on FOX card is under way, and the preliminary card will feature several, well established vets, including Jim Miller, Takeya Mizugaki, and Ovince Saint Preux, among others.
Below are the Fight Pass prelim results, and the play-by-play for the rest of the card follows.
Tim Means def. George Sullivan via submission (arm-triangle-choke) R3, 3:41
Diego Brando def. Jimmy Hettes via TKO (doctor stoppage due to cut ear) R1, 5:00
Chris Dempsey def. Eddie Gordian via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Aljamain Sterling vs. Takeya Mizugaki
Both men come out aggressively. Sterling looks for a takedown but can't get it. Mizugaki briefly takes Sterling's back. Sterling breaks away and is looking for another takedown. Sterling lands a few knees to the body. Follows up with knees to the leg. Ref breaks them up. Sterling fires a kick but nearly gets hit with right hands from Mizugaki. Sterling shoots in and briefly takes Mizugaki down. The latter gets swept to the mat, but once again, he gets back up. Sterling attempts a spinning backfist. Round ends.
Round 2: Sterling fires a head kick that gets blocked. The bantamweight follows up with a takedown. Mizugaki gets back up though. Sterling breaks away from the cage, changes levels, but Mizugaki sprawls. Mizugaki attempts a flying knee hat misses. The rugged vet follows up with a few punches. Sterling shoots a double. Mizugaki gets up but Sterling takes him down again. The American works around to Mizugaki's back. Round ends.
Round 3: Mizugaki is pressing forward. Sterling shoots in but Mizugaki defends at first. Sterling keeps working it and gets the vet down. Mizugaki gives up his back. As Mizugaki attempts to turn around, Sterling catches him with an arm-triangle-choke. Wow. Mizugaki taps. What a finish.
Aljamain Sterling def. Takeya Mizugaki via submission (arm-triangle-choke) R3, 211
Gian Villante vs. Corey Anderson
Anderson comes out and is keeping busy with kicks and punches. Villante plants a leg kick. And does so again. And again. Anderson changes levels but Villante defends the takedown. The latter fires off another leg kick. Anderson flurries in with punches and a kick. Anderson takes another leg kick but counters with a hard right. Anderson with a nice one-two. Villante follows up with a few more leg kicks. Villante goes high with a head kick and it grazes Anderson. Entertaining opening round. Anderson takes a couple more leg kicks. Villante fires off another. Round ends.
Round 2: Villante lands a jab and another leg kick to begin the round. Anderson is still moving forward. Anderson chucks a hard left. Villante chucks a few more leg kicks. Anderson responds with a couple hard punches. Villante eats a right. Both men are staying busy with punches. Villante follows up with three more leg kicks. Crazy. Anderson threatens with a takedown but Villante defends. Anderson checks a kick. The latter is fires off a nice combo. Round ends.
Round 3: Anderson checks another kick. Follows u with a high kick that's blocked. Villante loads up on a right. Anderson fires a nice jab, checks another kick. Anderson fires a spinning back fist and then a spinning kick. Villante has slowed down. Anderson comes in with a flying knee that's blocked. Anderson is keeping very busy. Villante lands a hook. Both guys are coming in with hard shots. Villante plants a right. Wow. Anderson is rocked big time and falls into the cage. Villante lands another shot and the ref jumps. What a finish.
Gian Villante def. Corey Anderson via TKO (punches) R3, 4:18
Patrick Cummins vs. Ovince Saint Preux
OSP throws a jab and a kick. Cummins attempts a right but takes a kick to the body. OSP wings a head kick but gets taken down. OSP jumps right back up. Wow. Cummins blasts in with a double leg, but OSP pops back to his feet. Cummins clinches up. OSP chucks a big knee to the body. Follows up with a jab. OSP chucks a big left, attempts a spinning kick but gets taken down. Yet again, however, OSP gets back to his feet. Cummins plants a right. OSP wings a couple hard shots. Cummins storms in but OSP moves away, lands a counter. Wow. OSP attempts a takedown attempt but Cummins defends. OSP drops Cummins with a hee-uge uppercut, swarms in, and puts the light-heavyweight with shots from above. Another highlight reel finish for OSP.
Ovince Saint Preux def. Patrick Cummins via KO (punches) R1, 4:54
Beneil Dariush vs. Jim Miller
Miller wings a right hook that misses. Miller follows up with a leg kick. Dariush with a leg kick. Both guys are winging some hard shots. Miller lands a good left. Dariush plants a hard leg kick; follows up with a Superman Punch that misses. Miller comes in but takes a knee for his efforts. Dariush is looking for a single leg but gets swept with a Kimura attempt. Wow. Beautiful. Miller transitions into a triangle choke attempt but Dariush gets out. Dariush is on top. Miller moves into rubber guard. Dariush backs out. Round ends.
Round 2: Dariush comes in with a knee and pushes Miller to the cage. Dariush gets the takedown and is looking for the arm-triangle-choke. Miller hits a fantastic sweep and drops back for a guillotine. Dariush gets out and moves into mount. Miller gives up his back. Dariush almost locks up an arm-triangle. Miller takes an elbow and gives up his back again. Dariush continues to hunt for a choke. Can't get it. Round ends.
Round 3: Miller comes out aggressively and Dariush changes levels. Dariush pushes Miller to the cage and then trips him to the floor. Dariush is still looking for an arm-triangle-choke, but changes approach, moves to north-south. Dariush is back in Miller's guard; then passes. Miller gives up his back again. Stand ups, tries to slam Dariush off his back but it doesn't work. Dariush is looking for a RNC but Miller continues to defend. Miller attempts another slam but this time he lands face down. Round ends.
Beneil Dariush def. Jim Miller via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)


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Torico has created the most adorable moving set, which we think will help to ease the pain of moving just a little! Most people do NOT like to move, and this super cute set has an image and sentiment for every occasion, whether you be the one moving, or if you are sending one to a friend or family member. With a major transition such as moving, a hand stamped greeting is JUST the thing to say goodbye, hello, or just a plain welcome to the neighborhood….and there's a DOG!!!!
On the Move is a 6x8 set that includes a total of 22 stamps and will sell for $24.00.
Would you like to win the new On the Move stamp set? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter's blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter's blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the 'it' blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter's Blog Hop Challenge post.
You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday, August 25th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.
I am so in love with this new set from Torico! The images are adorable and such fun to color. I had a hard time on deciding on just one image to use for my sample today so I ended up making a set of four address change postcards!
Each of the four cards have a different image on both the front and the back along with a cute moving sentiment. All that needs to be added is the new address on the back and the the address of the person it is being sent to (along with a stamp of course) on the front. Now when you move and you send out your new address, you won't have to worry about people forgetting it because who could throw away such a cute handmade note like these?? This would also be a great project to have kids help with!
All of the images were stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink, colored with Prismacolor pencils and blended with OMS.
Here is a close up of both the front and backs of these postcards-
And here are some close up images-
I have created a simple postcard address template for you to download if you would like to give this project a try! After you download both the front and the back templates, you print one, flip it over and put the paper back in your printer and then print the other template on the back. Each sheet makes four postcards and I made sure to check the USPS measurement guidelines so that these can actually be sent in the mail!
Click on the image above to download the front of the address template
Click on the image above to download the back of the address template
Now hop on over to visit the other Trendsetter's blogs to see their cards using this fun new set!


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NPCIL Recruitment 2017 – 150 Executive Trainee posts for Civil, Mech, EEE
NPCIL Recruitment 2017: Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited has released a recruitment notification on its official website npcilcareers.co.in for fill up the 150 Executive Trainee posts. NPCIL invited online applications from the eligible candidates and application should have a Valid NPCIL GATE Cutoff score. The unemployment applicants are looking for latest civil recruitment and government… Read More »


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"Silly Club Song No.3" kicks off in similarly sparing fashion. So when a classic rave piano suddenly bursts out of the murk (joined later by an equally nostalgic vocal), it's truly enlivening, and makes for the record's most enjoyable moment. "Silly Club Song No.4" is easily the most abstract of the quartet, its bare techno spine adorned with a seasick lurch of strings. Regardless, it will do as much damage on the floor as anything else in this effective package.
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Tue / 1 Sep 2015
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Kit Macdonald
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A1 Silly Club Song No.1
A2 Silly Club Song No.2
B1 Silly Club Song No.3
B2 Silly Club Song No.4


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No marijuana store will open in Des Moines – at least for now
by Jack Mayne
There will be no immediate retail marijuana store opening in Des Moines because the top-ranking applicant has not sought any of the necessary city permits for tenant improvements or for a business license, said City Manager Tony Piasecki on Thursday (July 3).
"We are probably a month or two or three out" for the store opening, he said.
A story in the Thursday (July 3) Seattle Times indicated that a store in Des Moines could possibly open next Tuesday (July 8).
The Washington State Liquor Control Board ruled that Des Moines gets a single retail marijuana store and then vetted two qualified applicants for the store. The top-ranking applicant is Greenside Group, for a store at 23407 Pacific Highway South, and that applicant is expected to open at that address eventually.
Greenside is opening another store elsewhere in the county and Piasecki said they are concentrating on getting that one opened first, then "they will turn their sights on Des Moines."
He said the city staff spoke with the Liquor Control Board about the application and "they told us that Greenside is probably the most professional, got their act together group they have been dealing with on the retail side. They follow all the rules."
The site of the store will be a "prettty nondescript building" on Pacific Highway, south of the Kent-Des Moines Road.


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I found this image online this evening and decided to write a bit of flash fiction using it as inspiration. Everything was going well when I realized something. I was writing something very closely related to another story I had started once but never finished. Realizing this, I went with it.
Fortunately, I happened to have this other story on my laptop (which I didn't own at the time of its composition). Normally I don't share my older writing, but I thought it was kind of interesting how a previous plot of mine had come creeping back into my brain. So I've decided to share both works.
The first link is the piece I wrote this evening; the second is the start of a story I began over two years ago and haven't really touched since. I hadn't even formally named it; I saved the document as simply 'Winter.' I imagine the newer work could be a scene that occurs as part of the same story as the first piece, just later on (and, of course, skipping a bunch of stuff).
Read them in whichever order you desire.


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January 2019 La Quinta Rent Report
Welcome to the January 2019 La Quinta Rent Report. La Quinta rents remained steady over the past month. In this report, we'll evaluate trends in the La Quinta rental market, including comparisons to cities throughout the metro, state, and nation.View full La Quinta Rent Report


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Global Shooting Ranges Market 2016-2020 is a new research report added by Sandlerresearch.org under the Defence category. Shooting ranges are specialized facilities designed for the training of military personnel, and for firearms practice. They can be indoor or outdoor and are restricted to only a few types of firearms, such as handguns and rifles. Training and simulation at these facilities improve the agility and shooting skills of soldiers and defense personnel, preparing them for battle. As a result, the defense authorities invest highly to attain cost-effective and efficient shooting range solutions. As live training programs are expensive and logistically difficult, defense authorities and governments around the globe are focusing on simulators and shooting ranges, which are affordable than other forms of training.
The analysts forecast global shooting ranges market to grow at a CAGR of 8.44% during the period 2016-2020.
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The report covers the present scenario and the growth prospects of the global shooting ranges market for 2016-2020. It provides a comprehensive overview of the market along with its segmentation by military and civil application, and growth prospects by region:
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Asia-Pacific (APAC)
Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)
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Meggitt Training Systems
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Range Systems
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Savage Range Systems
Theissen Training Systems
Market driver
Increasing demand for enhanced training
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Defense budget cuts
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Emergence of mobile tablet and smartphone training
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I can hardly believe I've just signed up to this forum, but I have. I promised my boyfriend I would not look at another website to try and self diagnose myself but then I found this one, and I feel, whether I suffer from BFS or not, infinitely better.
I am 27 and about two months ago noticed a thumb twitch that lasted for two full days. It drove me crazy. I drove my family crazy. I drove my GP crazy. After it stopped and my irrational fear or having some strange debilitating neuromuscular disease stopped, I felt fine. Then three weeks ago I started getting a twitch in my foot, then both then my thighs and my buttocks, my knee, my calves, and my triceps and it was constant. Here there and everywhere. Little twitches at different places at different times with either 60 seconds between each one, or one right after the other constantly. When I look at the place where the twitch is, I usually can't see it. Occasionally I have seen one in my foot, or my calf. I have felt my liver or something in my stomach, twitch occasionally. I started with the medical encyclopaedia again and MedLine, and read about everything I could on the Internet. I have a fear that it could be something debilitating and terminal and my anxiety levels have shot up to near crippling levels. ALS, Parkinson's, MS, they all have muscle twitching as symptoms. I saw my GP again and I was so wound up that I could hardly tell her what was wrong I was crying so much. I am not weak, my reflexes are fine. I had a blood test (fine also) and have an appointment with a Neurologist coming up. Meanwhile - I can't go about feeling this way. Last week I made the noble attempt to go back to the gym and stop being such a Cassandra. I have a history of hypochondria. I have gone to my GP having self-diagnosed myself with Cancer, Tubal-pregnancies, STD's, heart problems, lung-problems,etc. It almost seems silly to write all that. Imagine a young healthy person frightened of being sick? I don't' know why I'm like that. It's so self-centred. My GP thought I suffered from a lot of stress, which I should take into account (new challenging job, recent car accident - which I walked away from, but none the less..., boyfriend who works away for long periods of time, family who just moved to another province, etc.). I know she is right. So I made simple rules, work only 7 hours, take lunch breaks, banish negative thoughts. I noticed that the muscle twitching, although still there, was less pronounced and less frequent. I slept well for a few days. And then I woke up one yesterday morning with them again. I have a pit in my stomach and can't sleep. Its constant. Does BFS happen that frequently? But if I am moving around, I don't notice it. When I sit down, feel the twitching and think about it, it makes me VERY scared. I have freaked my mom and boyfriend out with some late night 'what's happening to me - am I going to die' sessions and I feel so selfish and self centred. So tonight I thought I would do one last look at symptoms and try and find something positive. I found this site - and if I have BFS, or something more sinister, I feel better. Many responses on this site to other people like myself who are scared and confused about how they should be feeling, are lovely. I have sat here reading for an hour, entranced by other peoples willingness to encourage others, strangers at that, to stop letting anxiety consume them and enjoy what positive things they have going on in their life. I should concentrate on the good in my life and be thankful I can sit here and write this email. I will try my best to take this negative energy and harness it for more positive things - stop making my boyfriend worry, take time to do sun salutes, visit a girlfriend, throw out the stupid medical encyclopaedia. This is lengthy, and it's really for my own peace of mind. I know what is happening is strange. But it isn't stopping me, and I'm not sick, and unless I learn otherwise, I will cross that bridge when I come to it. I feel stronger for having just visited this message board.


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Introverted, sensing, thinking, and judging. These four words, which are also known collectively as ISTJ of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), describe an individual who values productivity and is persistent, logical, and practical (Northouse, 2013). Furthermore, ISTJs tend to be realistic and more interested in the present rather than the future. They are observant and more focused on facts and details over concepts and theories. People with this personality type are more likely to be structured, organized, logical, and practical. Famous ISTJs include George Washington, Henry Ford, and Warren Buffett. Additionally, doctors, lawyers, and engineers are great career choices for individuals with this personality type (Cherry, 2013).
Northouse (2013) breaks down the psychological preferences by analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of each from a leadership perspective. Introverts, as opposed to extraverts, are likely to be quiet and reflective. The downside of individuals who are introverted is that they tend to be hesitant and are slow to decide. Sensors are opposite of intuitors. Individuals who are sensors are practical and action oriented; however, they tend to be less imaginative and more detail oriented than their counterparts. Thinkers, unlike feelers, are objective, rational, and good problem solvers. The leadership negatives associated with this preference is that these individuals are likely to be critical, demanding, and insensitive. Finally, judgers are inclined to be decisive, but are often rigid and inflexible. They are the opposite of perceivers.
The reason why I am so focused on analyzing the ISTJ personality type is because my score on the Psychodynamic Approach Survey at the end of Chapter 13 of the assigned text interpreted that I was one. For the most part, I think this is a fairly accurate assessment of me. Many of the characteristics listed in the previous paragraph do describe me. I believe that at times I can be quiet, practical, objective, and decisive. However, I do not agree with this assessment completely. Depending on the situation, I may display certain characteristics. For example, in a work setting, I may tend to be introverted as I prefer to think and reflect quietly. However, in a social setting, I am inclined to be extraverted and more outgoing and communicative. The degree of extraversion in these situations may have a direct relationship with the amount of alcohol I have consumed, but nonetheless, I may exhibit different functions of leadership depending on the situation.
That being said, I believe that the Psychodynamic Approach Survey contains various weaknesses. First and foremost, this survey is an extremely simplified version of the MBTI as it only contains one question for each psychological preference for a total of eight questions. I strongly believe that eight questions are far too few to interpret an individual's personality type. Furthermore, this survey fails to indicate a way to measure the strength of a preference. For example, if I rated the extravert sentence a 3 and the introvert question a 4, there is not a strong enough preference between the two. Therefore, Northouse (2013) states that you could include either preference. Finally, another weakness for both this survey and the MBTI is that they both fail to take situations into consideration. As mentioned in my personal example in the previous paragraph, people may display different characteristics depending on the situation. All things considered, the psychodynamic approach and the MBTI generally do a good job in analyzing the psychological preferences of how people perceive others and make decisions, but it will be interesting to learn alternate types of assessing leadership and personalities later in this course.
Cherry, K. (2013). About.com Psychology. Retrieved from http://psychology.about.com/od/trait-theories-personality/a/istj.htm
Northouse, P. G. (2013). Leadership: Theory and Practice (6th edition). Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications.


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- 1 shalot or small onion.
- 3 sprigs of parsley.
- 24 peppercorns.
- 1 pint milk.
- 1 ounce butter.
- 1 ounce flour.
- 1 bay leaf.
- 1 teaspoon sweet herbs.
- A very little mace.
- ½ teaspoon salt.
- 2 yolks of eggs.
Simmer the seasonings in the milk for three-quarters of an hour, strain, add the butter and flour, which have been previously mixed, stir until the Sauce thickens, add the beaten yolks of eggs, and it is ready for use. Care must be taken not to allow the Sauce to boil after the eggs have been added.
New Vegetarian Dishes, by Mrs. Bowdich (Year 1892)


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A Faithful Devotion,Energy & Interest in Workability Growth of Women makes Them Well Planned Businesswomen.
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I'm here with a late-day addition to Woman Crush Wednesday: The Global Fund for Women organized a hackathon last year, which brought ladies from around the world together to build apps that try to solve, well — all kinds of problems that women deal with on a day-to-day basis.
"Like what?" you, a troll, might ask. "Like street harassment, sexual assault, and dumb and infuriating obstacles to accessing necessary reproductive healthcare," I would respond — then I would shove you back under the bridge from whence you came.
Anyway, the women hackers came up with some genuinely great apps: One that logs and maps incidences of sexual harassment, one that turns reproductive healthcare into a video game, and one that lets girls in India — where sex ed isn't just nonexistent, but taboo — ask all their sexual health-related questions to counselors. The winner, announced this week, was an app that featured Yelp-like reviews of…
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