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Another postcard from 2009... and another one picked because it's vaguely holiday-related. No, I won't be going to La Palma or even the Canary Islands, but I will be going to Spain at the beginning of September. Me and my husband will be going to Benidorm for a week for holiday. I hope it'll be good and not too much like a touristy hell.. it did sound nice, though, with lots to do, and I'm hoping to visit some of the nearby areas that might seem a bit more "Spanish".. :P And it should be nice and sunny! :D Anyway, I wouldn't mind visiting the Canary Islands at some point, either. My grandma and her husband spent a few months on Tenerife last winter and will be going again this year. I'd love to be able to escape the cold winters as well... :P
La Palma is the most north-westerly of the Canary Islands, Africa. La Palma has an area of 706 km2 making it the fifth largest of the seven main Canary Islands. The total population is about 86,000, of which 18,000 (2003 data) live in the capital, Santa Cruz de la Palma and about 20,000 (2004 data) in Los Llanos de Aridane.
La Palma, like the other islands of the Canary Island archipelago, is a volcanic ocean island. The volcano rises almost 7 km above the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. There is road access from sea level to the summit at 2,426 m, which is marked by an outcrop of rocks called Los Muchachos ("The Lads"). This is the site of the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, one of the world's premier astronomical observatories.
The local economy is primarily based on agriculture and tourism. Platanos (or Bananas) are grown throughout the island with many banana farms on the western side of the island in the valley of Los Llanos de Aridane. Other crops include: Strelitzia (or 'Bird of Paradise') flowers, oranges, avocados and grapes (which grow well in the volcanic soil). The wine from the grapes is prized. Local ranchers herd cows, sheep and goats (from which they make goat cheese).
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There are times when I hear it in your voice that you feel less-than, bogged down and sad. Those are the times that I struggle with how to show you that you are actually everything. It's funny because I know you have the same experience when I come to you with sadness. This mothering gig is a roller coaster and sometimes words of love fall through the tracks on our down days, right mom?
Of course it took me becoming a mother to fully grasp the full magnitude of the lifeline flowing from you to me. It's during the nights when I am up all night with a sick kid that I remember all the times you stayed in my room and cared for me. I hear your voice when I tell my feverish child to just take a one sip at a time as I hold the cool washcloth to her forehead. Suddenly all of those times you held me come rushing back and I know that at the time I didn't fully comprehend what was happening inside your heart. How could I have known?
But I do now, mom. I do now.
And hey, I know it hurts you that we don't have much in the way of things. People looking in on our life would see that we struggle and strain to get by. And while that could make some feel down; I don't, mom. Because we have a different kind of wealth, you and I.
You carefully planted seeds of compassion, trust and forgiveness in me and now I find myself planting those same seeds for your grandchildren. This legacy of love and nurture all started when you rescued my brothers and me from abuse and it has grown abundantly over the years. Never doubt the power of that, mama.
So I need you to hear me when I tell you that I love you. Hear me when I say that you are the bravest woman I know and that it doesn't matter that we are imperfect because we are perfect for each other. My hope is that one day you see yourself through my eyes and the eyes of your grandbabies. Because if you did, you would know all the way down in your bones how lucky we are to call you mama.
Happy Mother's Day, Mama.
This is what happened when Hallmark asked me to put my heart to paper.
What would you say to your mom today if you could put your heart to paper?
Colleen Thoele is a social worker turned writer who can't seem to shake the advocacy bug. With one child with special needs and the other with food allergies, she's always wondering where she put her coffee down. She created The Family Pants in 2011 and has been writing ever since.
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I'm going to be embarrassingly honest.
It's a rainy, bleak, and blah Monday, and I'm musing about money-- or lack of, to be more specific.
Hubby has been unable to work for seven months now. I have been unable to find a job that will allow me to work outside the home while still working my other seven "unpaid" jobs (college student, homeschool teacher, mom, writer, caregiver, wife, homemaker).
Guess what? When you've been "self-employed" for over a dozen years, the call-backs just don't come in. Unless it's a writing job, I'm kind of unemployable. The last time I worked in an office outside my home people had pagers instead of cellphones and Bill Gates had just announced "Microsoft Bob" for Windows.
We blew through our savings just trying to survive the first five months. With our new "better" *heavy sarcasm* health insurance and its sky-high premiums, copays, and deductibles we were barely scraping by before hubby became unable to work. Now it's a battle zone of "Pay for healthcare?" or "Pay our mortgage payment, and utilities?" -- What's more important living or having a place to live? The struggle is real.
I sit here with a $250 electric bill and $2.17 to pay it. Now what?
I don't know about where you live, but around here? Giant monsters are scarce. I think our southern hospitality annoys them. Or maybe they've seen "Deliverance". Either way, fighting monsters for food just isn't a good plan.
I assumed there had to be a way for hubby and I to make some money from home to help fill in the gaps between the end of the month and the end of the money. It took a few weeks of research, but I finally came up with something legit that really does have a decent pay out for the time/effort spent.
Get ready to roll your eyes and sigh, "Yeah right", because you're not going to believe it. That's okay. I have proof for you. This works! In three weeks I've made almost $400.00 in my spare time. And if you follow this blog at all, you know I have very little "spare" time.
I'm going to walk you through the whole thing, so bear with me. I'm going to show you sites, tell you what they offer and what I do and how much I make, and then I'm going to tell you how to get started and give you tips and tricks that will increase your pay day amounts! This is going to be a long post, but well worth it if you NEED MONEY too. With the holiday season approaching, who doesn't need extra cash?!
Here's what you'll need:
- A desire to earn money in your spare time.
- A computer (or other capable device) with internet access.
- A "new" email account you'll use only for this (more on that in a bit).
- Ability to type, even if it's hunt-and-peck style (like my hubby).
- A little (or a lot) of free time-- it's up to you how long you "work" each day.
- Patience.
First of all: Understand that it will be up to YOU to decide which companies you want to work with, how many hours a day you spend on this, and what you are willing to do to earn some money. Don't worry, it's legal and legit. You've just got options, that's all. I'm going to share my favorite opportunities/sites with you, but there are plenty more legit ones out there for you to choose from.
What is this exactly?
It varies from site to site, but my favorites pay you for several activities, such as:
- Opening emails.
- Taking surveys.
- Playing games.
- Watching videos.
- Listening to music.
- Getting coupons.
- Completing tasks.
- Entering sweepstakes.
- Entering giveaways.
- Accepting offers.
- Referring friends.
- Signing up.
Sounds simple, right? It really is.
If you can open email, click a mouse, and work your way around the keyboard (no matter how slowly) you can earn real money from home in your spare time!
First, let me introduce you to the sites I'm using to make money.
#1 InboxDollars
|My favorite! InboxDollars!
What they offer:
Get paid to: open email, take surveys, participate in offers/giveaways, watch videos, listen to your favorite music, complete easy online tasks, play tv/movie trivia, use their toolbar/search box, refer friends, shop online, play games, sign up for deals, discounts, free samples, coupons, etc.
One of my favorite things about InboxDollars is they give you free-spins for everything you do! Spin the wheel and earn money, tokens, sweepstakes entries, and more. They give you a spin for every survey that you try to even if you can't complete (if you aren't qualified) so you still get a reward for your time.
I'm up to $23.09 in approved payments. You need to earn $30 request a payment. They pay you by sending a Visa cash card or a traditional check-- your choice. How long did it take me to get to $23 bucks? About 15-20 minutes, three days a week. On top of my $23 (so far) I have also won 106 sweepstakes entry tickets. They are pretty quick about confirming your earnings. I've not had anything "pending" for more than three days.
#2 CashCrate
|CashCrate is another great site!
What they offer:
You'll find the same type of opportunities and offers at CashCrate as you find at InboxDollars, but instead of spin and win, they have a "crate" game you can play for extra earnings and prizes.
I'm up to $34.10 there for about 6 or 7 hours of my time. You need to earn $20 to get a check. They tend to take a bit longer to confirm earnings, so I have about $78 worth of "pending" payments still waiting to be approved.
#3 SendEarnings
|Kaching- here's another one!
What they offer:
Again, they have the same kind of earning offers and opportunities as InboxDollars and CashCrate. They don't have a points/reward/game like spin and win or the crate game.
I've spent less time there (about 10 minutes a day a few days a week) and mostly just done surveys, search bar, and paid emails. I've earned $9.02 there. I have a few things pending, but they are pretty quick to credit you for your work. You need earn $30 to get a check.
#4 InboxPays
|Easy Money! I didn't even try to get this total!
What they offer:
Cash offers, surveys/studies, coupons, games, bonus offers, and paid emails.
To be honest, I don't pay that much attention to this one and was surprised to see my total. For this one, I've earned $9.30 this week by opening paid emails and taking the surveys they email me. That's it. I've spent more time at the other three and haven't put a lot of my time into this one yet. Easy money though- I mean, I'm almost up to ten bucks without really trying, right? What's really surprising is my accumulated total- this is the sum of my paid credits and those that are still pending:
|So Easy I Forgot How I Earned It!
$83.45!? What? How? I don't even remember spending more than a few minutes a day opening the emails.
Wow. If that all pays out, I'll have a hefty payment from this one.
You have to earn $50 here to get paid, and you are paid via PayPal.
#5 MindsPay
|Another Easy $ Site!
|$55.01 for about an hour of work? Bam!
This one offers surveys, bonus offers, studies, and paid email. You have to earn $50 to request payment, and they pay via PayPal.
I think I might spend about an hour or two a week on this one. Not much effort. I was kind of surprised to see this total too. This one is a "back burner" for me. I do this one when I run out of things to do with the others.
#6 Panda Research
|$81.89 for a few hours a week!
I've mostly done surveys and paid email here, but I did do a few of their "big" money offers (one was worth $45).
As you see, a big chunk of my earnings are still pending. They pay pretty well but not very fast.
You'll find surveys, studies, offers, bonuses, and paid email here.
You have to earn $50 here to request a payment, and they pay via PayPal.
|*No referral program with this one.
This one is an "extra" that I keep in my pocket if I run out of things to do on the other sites. They offer coupons, surveys, and secret shopper jobs.
I've made a little over $10 for opening their paid emails. The secret shopper option is neat if you like to shop, see movies, dine out, etc.
I've made a little over $10 for opening their paid emails. The secret shopper option is neat if you like to shop, see movies, dine out, etc.
You have to earn $25 to request a payment, which is paid via PayPal.
Surveys Email
|Newly discovered, but so far so good!
I just discovered this one last night, so I haven't had a lot of time to tinker with it (or earn) but it appears to offer the same as the first three I gave you, but with a jackpot game instead of spin and win or crates.
You'll need to earn $25 here to request a payment, which is paid via PayPal.
I'll probably be spending some more time here in the coming weeks, just for a change of pace.
Sound good so far? Great, let's get you set up to earn!
The very FIRST thing you'll want to do is go to your favorite free email (yahoo, gmail, hotmail, whatever) and set up a new account that is separate from your current account(s).
|Oh! That's a LOT of email!
You'll have an inbox full of offers and emails to open and read (for pay) and you don't want those cluttering up your regular email box. If you have a separate account for this you won't have to worry about searching through your inbox each day to find the money-makers.
Once you have set up your email be sure to make a note of your new addy and password (if you're like me you'll never remember it).
Now, you're ready to sign up for some money making opportunities.
Use the links above to go to anything that you would like to try out.
All of them will give you a sign on bonus. You can make more money by filling out your online profile with each site. InboxDollars, CashCrate, and SendEarnings will give you a hand "to do" list that you can complete to earn even more money.
Once you're signed up, your profile is completed, and your "officially" working, it's time to check your inbox.
Go through and confirm your email with each site you set yourself up with. Now, add the sender addresses to your contacts (this will help prevent all your money-makers from going to your spam folder).
Go ahead and click on any paid-email confirmations and any offers or surveys you'd like to complete.
Then, go through your spam email the same way. No matter how many times you add your money-makers to your contacts a few will still end up in the spam box.
- When
you've completed all your inbox-work, go ahead and delete all the
messages. You don't want them piling up. Keep your new email inbox and
spam box empty so that it's easier to find new opportunities to earn
- Use the same user name and passwords on anything you register, sign up for, or join. This will make it much easier on you when you return to complete more tasks or offers.
- Answer the surveys honestly. Many have trick questions to make sure you're paying attention and not just "click click clicking" through in hopes of making a dime.
- Take the top payout surveys first. Many fill up or time out and you'll miss out. If you have five offers to take a survey and they all pay 50 cents, look for the one or two that pay $1-$5 and do those first.
- Seek out the 100% free offers first. You can buy or join things if you want to, but I try to make more than I spend. I do all the free offers and leave the paid ones alone. I don't have the money to join a monthly book club today, but maybe later. These pay-for offers will still be there when you want to accept them.
- Bookmark each site you are going to work and give it the tag "money". Now, when you get ready to work you can open all of your sites and email at once and get busy.
- Get paid while you do other things. How? Radio Loyalty. Sign in to your favorite site, click on the "offers" and find the one that says "Radio Loyalty". It will open a new tab where you can choose your station. Let it play in the background while you play games, watch videos, take surveys, fool around on Facebook, check your email, etc. At a set time you'll need to look at that tab. (On CashCrate it's 30 minutes, on InboxDollars it's 10 minutes.) It's going to give you a little box/video with a box and an answer you'll need to type in. I set a timer on my computer for 25 minutes so I remember to go check for the "still watching?" question/answer. Can't "work" with Huey Lewis in the background? No problem See that little volume button under the song title? Just turn it all the way down. You can still hear your timer to check in every thirty minutes without actually listening. I enjoy the music unless I'm writing.
- Take advantage of the Referral Programs! Sign up your friends and family who want to make money by giving them your unique link! You will get a payment percentage on any thing they do as well as a bonus for each person you sign up. That way you can make some money even on days when you don't have time to do the work yourself. I am signed up under hubby's InboxDollars, and he's signed up under my CashCrate. This helps us both reach our totals faster.
- If you have a blog, post banners so that others can sign up. See mine over on the right of my blog in the sidebar? Blog about your success (like I'm doing here). Post about it on social media. Remember, the more people that sign up the more money you can make.
- Don't forget about bonuses and points! Most of the sites I've listed will let you earn points towards prizes. Use them. I saved 50% on my last Amazon order and used an earned gift card to pay for it. That means I paid NOTHING for the last book I ordered!
- Pace yourself. Set up a time to do this and don't over do it. Don't burn yourself out. Surveys are a super simple way to make money, but after entering your age, race, gender, and zip code a hundred times you kind of go a bit bonkers. Take a break. Do something else to earn money (like play a game) or stop for the day.
- Download and use the InboxDollars toolbar. It pays you to search (so do most the other sites- but they don't have a toolbar) and it also alerts you to when you've earned money, free spins, or have new paid email to open. It doesn't have anything to slow your pc down, and there's no spyware, adware, viruses etc.
While most the sites will ask you for demographic information on surveys, or for your email to send newsletters or coupons, or even your physical address to mail you free samples, never give out your person info or your social security, credit card numbers, etc. on any opened pop-up or sites that are not affiliated with the ones you register with.
My money-making is a direct result of what I've put into it. It is not a guarantee that you're going to make a hundred dollars this week, or that you'll be able to quite your day-job (if you have one). As with all things in life, you'll get out of this what you put into it.
If you accept any offers or play any games that ask you to download them, use at your own risk. I run EVERYTHING through my antivirus. I check out every site on BBB and online forums. Use all the above information to make your own decisions and use your best judgment. I'm not responsible if you download something "iffy". You're responsible for your own research. ;)
TAXES: You will need to read the FAQ sections at each site. You are responsible for keeping track of your income and reporting it on your tax returns. Check with each site to see how they pay, when they pay, and how they will report it.
I schedule this in just like I would any other job. I do my school work, homeschooling, and writing before I do this job. Once I have my other work finished, I approach this as a part time job.
I start about 3pm and work until time to cook supper at 6pm. Later on, if I find myself with nothing to do, I might go back in and do another hour or two of work on these sites. I rarely put in more than 5 hours a day on them. (My husband is doing them full time at about 8-9 hours a day.)
At 3pm, I grab a glass of water, a snack, and I log into my laptop. I settle into my favorite chair, open all my sites *using my bookmarks*, and go to the CashCrate tab to access Radio Loyalty. I click on the Radio Loyalty offer, and when it loads in a new tab, I pick my station, and set my timer for 30 minutes.*Note: If you go in through another site the timing is different- it's every ten minutes through InboxDollars.
Next, I open my email (the one I set up for this purpose). I go through my spam first. I choose all the paid emails and move them to my inbox. Then I look for any other surveys or offers I want to look at. I move them to my inbox. Finally, I look for anything that says "confirm". You'll need to confirm some registrations before you will be credited for them. It's as simple as opening the link in the email that says "confirm registration". So, I move those to my inbox too. Then I delete everything else in the spam box.
Now, I open my inbox and begin going through each one. I do all the paid-emails first. If they offer a survey or something that I want to do, I go ahead and click on it and have it open in a new tab. I leave the tab open and go beck to my inbox and delete the email and move on to the next one.
Remember, I'm earning money by doing the Loyalty Radio while I work.
I keep going through my mail until I've opened, done or deleted each one, and then I make sure my spam and inbox are empty.
By now, the timer is usually going off. I check the Radio page and enter the answer in the box, hit submit, and sometimes change the channel.
Now I go to all the open tabs and begin doing the task, offer, or surveys that were in my inbox.
When the timer goes off, I go back to Radio tab and plug in my answer.
Then I go to each site and do the daily surveys, check in, or whatever the to-do list items are.
When the timer goes off again, I know I'm an hour and a half in.
Now, I'll choose what I want to do next- play a game, do more surveys, offers, watch a video, etc.
I keep working, stopping each time the timer goes off to enter the answer on the Radio tab. I switch up activities each time so I don't get bored or burnt out.
When my time is up, I stop for the day.
(I've made money while writing this blog post by listening to Loyalty Radio while I worked.)
The great thing about the Radio tab, you can keep it open while you do anything else. As long as you check in every 30 minutes, you can just keep earning all day or night.
That's it.
My "work day" on these Money Makers is pretty simple. And it's better than making NOTHING for sitting on your butt scrolling through Facebook drama, right? If you're going to turn to your computer in times of boredom, might as well make some money and occupy your mind! Give it a shot.
Three weeks in, and once all of our pending stuff is credited, hubby and I will have enough to pay a house payment and our health insurance premium. I can't argue with that. Even if I do get tired of telling the computer my age, race, and gender. It's not a get-rich-fast scheme, it's legit work that will pay you for what little effort you put in. The good news is, the more effort you put in, the more money you can make.
What do you think? Will you give it a try?
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|D.M. Kilgore, Starving Artist
Snuggie Not Included.
I'm D.M. Kilgore, starving artist, and there's just too much month at the end of my money!
I'm making some cash by sitting in my recliner, wearing a hideous pink Snuggie, sipping Chai tea, and telling the computer I don't drink soda, I prefer pizza to subs, and I rarely shop at Macy's or go to the movies. It's just that simple. If I can make $100 bucks a week looking like this you sure can.


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Flashforward by Robert J. Sawyer
Soon to be a major TV-series! I must admit that was the reason I selected just this book from my TBR-pile.
The central idea is very interesting: Everyone on earth sees a short glimpse of what happens in future about twenty years later. After falldown of the event is sorted out (during the vision everyone passes out – tough luck for anyone driving a car, standing on the top of staircases, or on an airplane making a landing at that time.) the world naturally isn't the same anymore. First it isn't clear if the future is changeable or not, but soon it turns out that it is possible to make changes to the future which was seen in the visions.
The first third of the book is pretty good. The last part is a lot less so. Especially the chase which is supposed to be one of the culminating scenes, happening along the ring of Large Hadron Collider was pretty laughable and managed to very boring and anticlimactic. The supposed surprise murderer was obvious at least for me early on, and slight misdirection for the probable culprit didn't work at all. And the final ending which crossed to metaphysics was really, really bad. Writing wasn't best I have seen, and the characters seemed to be fairly stupid and not very realistic, especially as they were supposed to be Nobel-level scientists. Another irritant was the emphasis of Canada. When the events mainly happen in CERN, why all things Canadian must be so prevalent in the novel?
As conclusion: the idea of the book is excellent, but the execution was much less so.
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I know we're are almost a week into it now but Happy October! The Fall season is upon us and I'm actually really starting to enjoy it. It's a time for snuggly jumpers and lots of hot drinks (Cafe Nero's hot chocolate is now a firm favourite.)
But weirdly, I've actually started to feel the Christmas spirit and I even walked into John Lewis to see gingerbread and candy canes lining the shelves! I'll even admit to buying some mini chocolate Santa's on my latest trip in to town, (59p, student bargain!) and a pair of pyjama bottoms from Primark with the Grinch on them! I've already decided what presents I'm making and my Christmas card list is written and ready (more on that to come in November!)
In recent years, Christmas has become a time for giving rather than receiving, enjoying time with the people you love and being relaxed and cosy after a long year of work, uni, existing. I'm excited for the cold nights, Christmas walks, the potential for snow and cosy evenings eating my weight in delicious food.
But of course Christmas is not here yet and my Christmas spirit will have to take a little back seat while I try to get through my essays and any other university work that gets thrown at me.
I have so many other things to look forward to, including my 1 year blogiversary (eeek!) and many other surprises headed your way!
Have any of you started getting the Christmas bug yet? Or are you more excited for Halloween? Let me know in the comments!
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Recently, a well-traveled smoky quartz specimen was found in a section of land in South Park. The collection site was once a part of Sam Hartsel's sprawling ranch that he started to build in the 1860s. This single piece of smoky quartz (Figure 1) was washed out from a nearby mountain by glacial melt-waters. The smoky quartz chunk was tumbled and abraded many times during its journey by stream. Once it was washed out on a vast South Park field, fierce Pleistocene dust storms blew small particles of sand which struck the smooth surface of this tumbled mineral, leaving a frosted appearance on the surface. An examination of the smoky quartz specimen under a petrographic microscope revealed the pitted surface.
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Antitumor Effect of Water Decoctions of Taxus Cuspidate on Pancreatic Cancer
Chao Qu1,2 and Zhen Chen1,2
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The Taxus cuspidate has been used as a traditional Chinese medicinal herb and considered to affect various physiological functions in the body for thousands of years. As we know that taxol isolated from the Taxus cuspidate has been approved for the treatment of ovarian cancer, it has also shown its antitumor abilities against other kinds of cancers. But the antitumor activity of other components which are free of paclitaxel and hydrophilic paclitaxel derivatives from Taxus cuspidate has not been fully understood. In this study, we investigated the effect of the water decoctions from the leaves of Taxus cuspidate on pancreatic cancer cell proliferation and the potential mechanism(s); though its antitumor activity and mechanism in vitro remain to be elucidated, the water soluble constituents from Taxus cuspidate could be used in clinical for cancer patients.
......According to our results, the water decoction of Taxus cuspidate attenuates the inflammatory activation by downregulating the two important factors, but without affecting the stimulating inflammatory cytokines. In conclusion, traditional Chinese medicine could be used alone, or as an adjuvant in combination with chemotherapeutic drugs for cancer treatment, including Taxus cuspidate. There are many difficulties in studying the molecular mechanisms of water decoction of TCM which are totally different from the extract agent. Though the underlying antitumor mechanisms of water decoction from TCM are still unclear, future studies in vitro will be helpful to uncover it.
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Dear Child of Mine,
You should know that your mother can be crafty, but most of the time she chooses not to be.
I have scrapbooked, made jewelry, learned rudimentary knitting in college (haven't touched those needles since), and crocheted. My craftiness goes in spurts –which I attest to in my Occasional Crafter board on Pinterest — and the past few weeks have certainly been a crochet kick for me.
Freshmen year of college, at least half of the girls on my dormitory floor could be found watching movies and crocheting at any given time. I was riveted by this newfound craft, having only worked with yarn in the context of plastic canvas with Grandma Mary. One of my friends taught me how to half double crochet and I was off on scarf after scarf. I lost stitches left and right, but eventually completed a few rectangular, pattern-less projects.
I didn't crochet much after that year. But 2 and 1/2 years ago, when I found out my friend, Debbie, was expecting a little one I got the urge to try my hand at a baby blanket pattern. I tried my darndest to follow the instructions but all of the abbreviations (dc, slst, sc, tr, hldc) were lost on me. When my mother-in-law was visiting that fall, I asked her for skilled assistance. She is a very accomplished crochet artist, and was more than willing to give me a hand.
Pretty quickly into our mentoring session, we discovered nearly every step of my crochet process was incorrect. I held the hook wrong, I held the yarn wrong, I didn't yarn over correctly, and I had no idea how to read a pattern. Starting again from the very beginning was a very good thing, indeed. Within a few hours, I was improving my "crochet posture" (for lack of a better term), was using better tension, and felt increasingly confident in the rhythm of the craft.
I managed to complete that baby blanket in time for the birth of little Miss Hayleigh and though it wasn't perfect, Debbie tells me it was a favorite of theirs. :)
This brings me to present day. In the past week or two I have learned how to Front Post (and Back Post) Double Crochet, how to work an Adjustable Ring, and how to incorporate Double Crochet, Triple/Treble Crochet, FPDC/BPDC, and FPTB into a Cabling Pattern for this hat which I'm in the process of creating right now. I have also had a blast making five different Flowered Ear Warmers for a few special girls who made the request after seeing the one I had made for myself. I actually ended up combining two different patterns to create the end result (the band from this pattern and the flower from this one). I love these! I hope they do too!
More than anything I love NOT BEING AFRAID of a pattern! It's so exciting to learn and master new techniques and to watch the pattern take shape before your very eyes.
Looking forward to crocheting lovely booties and blankets and hats for you, My Child, and one day teaching you this ever-evolving craft.
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Things are finally warming up here (well 30 degrees is definitely warmer than -10!) and I've been working on a few new projects that I'm excited to share with you guys over the next couple weeks. Today I have a French chair makeover to show you, and this is one of those pieces that was really hard for me to say goodbye to! I just love the soft romantic look of it.
I found this at the thrift store on 50% off day. I love when that happens!
This cane back chair deserved an elegant makeover, so of course I chose a French theme. 😉 (I kind of have a French obsession since I've been fortunate to visit there twice.) I found the perfect fabric at Hobby Lobby. I centered it over the seat and cut it, leaving several extra inches around the sides.
Then I flipped it over and folded the fabric back before stapling, making sure not to cover the screw holes. (See this tutorial for another in-depth chair reupholster makeover.)
Don't forget to pull the fabric tight across when you're stapling. Here's the finished seat:
I already had some Annie Sloan Chalk Paint® and wax on hand – appropriately the color is called Paris Grey.
I gave the chair a couple coats of paint and it was looking pretty crisp.
To give it a more vintage look, I aged the chair by using both clear and dark wax. (Here is my tutorial for how to give furniture an aged look.) Then I screwed the seat back on and voila – a French masterpiece.
Here is a closer look at how I aged the chair in certain places. It just makes it look more authentic now- like it has a long and exciting history to share.
My husband surprised me and had these flowers delivered when he was on a business trip. (Thanks again honey!) They're a gorgeous burst of color in these photos.
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I love your French chair, it is perfect!
I love it!! Love the Paris material! The chair is beautiful!! Great job!!
Beautiful! Nice job.
So pretty! Did you also wax the cane portion. If so was that tricky?
Do you not have to sand down this wood furniture pieces before painting them? I notice you don't mention that stage on many pieces.


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Range from the pitcher's location to home plate: The game of fast-pitch softball places a higher emphasis on pitching since the pitcher throws from a range a lot better to home plate compared to in baseball. At the start degrees of youth softball, pitchers generally deliver pitches concerning 35 feet from home plate. At the greater degrees of play, pitchers toss spheres from 40 feet.
Base paths: The base paths in softball are a number of feet shorter than those in baseball. When bottles throw from 35 feet, the bases typically are 55 feet apart; when pitchers deliver rounds from 40 feet, the bases typically are 60 feet apart. The smaller base courses, in turn, develop a smaller sized infield location, which impacts the protection of the infielders.
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I reckon I need to simply sign off on most of January, February and March each year and go some where and sit out the health issues that every year bear down upon me.
I tend as a compensation to get caught up in the sedentary prospects offered by web activities as they are within my gambit when little else is for a good part of this period.
To some degree you lose it and it isn't a time to make decisions.
Now, touch keyboard, I'm through the worst of it. The coincidence of Summer and the end of the drought here has not been kind to me.
So elsewhere there is motion fro me on the web, but LOR here has fallen behind as it is more intimate than these other places.
But if you want to catch up with the remake check out my TiddlyWiki.
The irony is that despite how desperately handicapped I've been I've clocked up more "steps" during March than anytime before.
This logs the sort of determination I've been working on and the amount of exercise I've been investing to try to hold my physical deterioration at bay.
To do that a lot of effort is involved. so in effect I've had to approach athletic training mode. Thats' the level of my present desperation. Peking or bust!
But check out the TiddlyWiki and my other web projects -- I may be sedentary but they're moving.
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Vacations can be a magical way to recharge from the stresses of work and everyday life. That is, however, if the cost of the vacation doesn't bring on a panic attack.
It seems like Airbnb is looking at a way to alleviate some of the financial stress that comes with booking travel.
The booking site quietly began testing a flexible payment feature that allows some users to pay just a portion of the rental cost upfront and fork over the balance closer to the check-in date.
An official for Airbnb told Fast Company that the partial-payment option is part of a small test the company is running. Only select users will have access to this function while the company conducts the trial run.
Airbnb spokesperson Tim Rathschmidt remained pretty mum, telling Fast Company, "We're always looking for ways to make booking with and paying for Airbnb listings easier for guests, but have nothing to announce at this time."
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Fast Company writer Ruth Reader discovered the flexible-payment option while planning her honeymoon in Italy.
"Plotting out my destination, I was nosing through Airbnb and salivating over a darling house embedded in the rocky hills of Conca dei Marini, complete with a cracked concrete stairway that leads directly down to the surrounding cerulean waters," she wrote. "The price was agreeable, but I was still nervous about putting down my cash on this insanely beautiful property for a weeklong stay in July.
"The listing allowed me to put a deposit on the property for half the total cost of the apartment. I'll pay the remaining balance two weeks before we arrive… Not putting down the full amount up front felt like less of a commitment."
Airbnb's current policy requires guests pay the entire amount upon placing their reservations.
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The Grill was right on the beach, with a deck on the sand, facing the water. The air around the deck was hazy with moisture, and the dark tinted windows reflected the setting sun. It looked like the perfect place to decompress after a long day. We headed inside through the main doors, my stomach rumbling as we stepped in and I smelled beef grilling and the yeasty odor of microbrews. Burgers and beer. It didn't get much better than that.
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The origin of the word coffee is embraced by a traditional ritual which begins: "There was once upon a time the Qahwa..." The Qahwa is a word which in its classic Arab origin indicated a beverage which was extracted from the liquids and oils produced by various special seeds and was drunk as a thick red-brown wine which had as its affect stimulating properties. It was used for medicinal purposes as well as to fight lethargy.
The significance, as time went on, of Kava and the Turkish Kahve, therefore coffee in the true sense of the word, became applicable only to what we know today as the coffee bean. The exact scientific terminology is "Coffea Arabica" which is a derivation that is sometimes contested by those historians who insist that the word coffee derived its name from the area in Ethiopia where the plant grew spontaneously and without the need for human assistance. This area is still known as Caffa.
As with other plants and seeds, the discovery and widespread international introduction of coffee is tied into the history of wars, colonization and International Commerce. The colonial adventures of the various European powers were primarily responsible for the widespread diffusion around the world of coffee.
There may be some truth to some of the more fanciful legends surrounding the origin of coffee. In fact, it is historically proven that inhabitants of Abyssinia were able to harvest coffee beans; they would drive them in the sun and then they would roast them in salted butter in order to make aromatic bread which they consumed in nomadic voyages. The tradition of making dried coffee butter bread is still quite common among certain African tribes.
The ancient Arab Warriors believed that the consumption of this type of bread with coffee in it would render them more courageous during their battles due to the presence of elevated levels of caffeine.
If anyone is reading this Hub who has a coffee bar or a bakery, I have just handed you the next franchise which will dwarf Starbucks. Dried coffee butter bread! Just imagine the commercialization of a luscious, rich, savory bread which contains the aroma and delectable flavor of coffee and the unquestioned zap of the caffeine component. We are talking about definitely the single most powerful impact new food product of the second decade of the 21st century. But remember. If you get the idea from me, (and you just did) you have to call it Hal Bread!
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Opportunistic pathogens enriched in showerhead biofilms
Contributed by Norman R. Pace, July 29, 2009 (sent for review June 25, 2009)
The environments we humans encounter daily are sources of exposure to diverse microbial communities, some of potential concern to human health. In this study, we used culture-independent technology to investigate the microbial composition of biofilms inside showerheads as ecological assemblages in the human indoor environment. Showers are an important interface for human interaction with microbes through inhalation of aerosols, and showerhead waters have been implicated in disease. Although opportunistic pathogens commonly are cultured from shower facilities, there is little knowledge of either their prevalence or the nature of other microorganisms that may be delivered during shower usage. To determine the composition of showerhead biofilms and waters, we analyzed rRNA gene sequences from 45 showerhead sites around the United States. We find that variable and complex, but specific, microbial assemblages occur inside showerheads. Particularly striking was the finding that sequences representative of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) and other opportunistic human pathogens are enriched to high levels in many showerhead biofilms, >100-fold above background water contents. We conclude that showerheads may present a significant potential exposure to aerosolized microbes, including documented opportunistic pathogens. The health risk associated with showerhead microbiota needs investigation in persons with compromised immune or pulmonary systems.
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Author contributions: L.M.F., L.K.B., and N.R.P. designed research; L.M.F., L.K.B., and K.L.P. performed research; D.N.F. and J.K.H. contributed new reagents/analytic tools; L.M.F., K.L.P., D.N.F., J.K.H., and N.R.P. analyzed data; and L.M.F. and N.R.P. wrote the paper.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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A 31 year old man has turned himself into police following a collision between a trailer and a house this morning.
The collision occurred when the tandem axle trailer became uncoupled from the truck towing it. The trailer then went through the wall of a home at Avenue V North and 29th Street. The driver fled the scene but is now in police custody.
He's facing one count of Driving While Disqualified and one count of Failure to Remain at the Scene of an Accident, along with seven Traffic Safety Act violations.
He'll appear in court at a later date.
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The One Ring: The Darkening of Mirkwood
Elf-maid Adventurer
This young Elf-maid carries a bow that seems much too large for her slender frame, but her skill at archery is legendary even among her woodland kin. Of late, she has succumbed to wanderlust, and a recent visit to Dale is the start of her wanderings in the north.
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THE KINGMAKER, third in the Drummond adventure series, pits military lawyer Sean Drummond against a shadow regime. Drummond puts his life in danger when he takes the case of U.S. Army General William Morrison, a Russian specialist accused of selling American secrets to the Russians. John Rubenstein carries the listener from Washington, DC, to Moscow with impeccable character changes and subtle accents. The pace is fast and the action dramatic; however, the end is given away far too soon. Appropriate musical breaks denote scene changes. This serious yet humorous tale will grip the listener to the end. G.D.W. (c) AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine [Published: AUG/SEP 03]
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Vavaʻu is an island chain of one large island and 40 smaller ones in Tonga.
Don Francisco Antonio Mourelle was the first European to come to Vavaʻu, in February 1781. Captain James Cook knew about the island a decennium before, but the people in Haʻapai told him it would be no good for him to go there as there was no harbour. Apparently they did not want him to come, and Cook heeded their advice./Wikipedia/
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They fused the melodic modalities of the Irish music traditions with an American Folk rock feel. The sound was both unique, and familiar at the same time.
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Santos Woodrow Culpepper1
Male, #46744, (25 Mar 1928 - Dec 1978)
|Uhland Napoleon Culpepper1 (Dec 1882 - )
|Jennie Pierce1 (c 1900 - )
|Santos has been proven by DNA and genealogical research to be a descendant of Henry Culpepper of Chattahoochee Co., GA. DNA has also proved that Henry is a grandson of James Culpepper of Nash and 2-great-grandson of Henry Culpepper of Lower Norfolk, VA.
|Name Variation
|He was also known as Woody.2
|25 Mar 1928
|He was born on 25 Mar 1928 at Connecticut.1,3
|1930 Census
|1 Apr 1930
|Joseph and Santos was listed as a son in Uhland Napoleon Culpepper's household on the 1930 Census at Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut.1
|World War II*
|He enlisted in Fort Devens, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and served in World War II in 1946
(US Army.)4
|Santos resided at Washington Co., Rhode Island, in 1946.4
|between 1957 and 1977
|He married Mary (?) between 1957 and 1977.
|Dec 1978
|He died at Mobile, Mobile Co., Alabama, in Dec 1978 at age 50.3
Family 1
|Shirley J. York
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|Mary (?) (5 Apr 1932 - Jun 1981)
|between 1957 and 1977
|He married Mary (?) between 1957 and 1977.
|James Culpepper of Nash Co., NC : Descendant Chart
|Last Edited
|31 Dec 2011
- 1930 Federal Census, United States.
ED 48, Page 24A, Norwich, New London Co., CT
Rent=$15.00, Radio=N, Farm=N
Uhland Culpepper, Head, 50, md @ 23, GA, GA, GA, Auto Mechanic
Jennie Culpepper, Wife, 29, md @ 22, CT, CT, CT
Erma Culpepper, Daughter, 6, CT, GA, CT
Joseph Culpepper, Son, 4 10/12, CT, GA, CT
Woodrow Culpepper, Son, 2 1/12, CT, GA, CT
Agnes Culpepper, Daughter, 0/12 (New born), CT, GA, CT.
- E-mail written 2003-2007 to Lew Griffin & Warren Culpepper from Woodrow Wilson Culpepper (#47844), Charlestown, RI, Phone 401-741-0543, e-mail address.
- U.S. Social Security Administration, compiler, Social Security Death Index (SSDI), Online database at Ancestry.com.
- National Archives and Records Administration, compiler, U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Online database at Ancestry.com, 2005.
Santo W Culpepper, White, citizen, Single, without dependents, born 1928 in Connecticut, residing in Washington Co., Rhode Island, with 2 years of high school, enlisted as a Private on 28 Mar 1946 at Fort Devens, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts in the US Army Signal Corps.
- E-mail written 19 Sep 2003 to Warren Culpepper from Ronald Culpepper (#48251), e-mail address.
- E-mail written 30 Dec 2011 to Warren Culpepper from Gregory Allen Culpepper (#48253), e-mail address.


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Simon Brown taught us a lot in his session titled "Software Architecture as Code." From teaching us where Jersey is to how to extract architecture from code, Brown gave a riveting talk on bridging the gap between architecture and code. Diagrams for software architecture are often messy; one developer cannot distinguish another's way of thinking by looking at sloppy boxes and mismatched lines. Would we write our code this way? Our code does not map to the architectural views we created, and this is a problem.
Brown put forth that we need to work toward a common set of abstractions rather than a common notation. One way to accomplish this is with the C4 model, which looks at the following: system context overall, containers within the context, components in the containers, and classes within the components. This model allows for an architecture that translates well to code, and it also follows Shneiderman's mantra, which says to overview first, then zoom and filter, and get details on demand. To successfully bridge the gap between architecture and code, it is important for architects to realize that the developers themselves are the most crucial stakeholders because they need the most firm understanding of the architecture.
By using "architecturally evident coding styles," we will achieve the ultimate goal, which is to have our architecture in the code to the point that it can then be extracted from the code. We should be able to recreate the architecture, to an extent, by looking at the code. Brown then gave a flawlessly executed demonstration in which he showed how to extract the architecture itself from a code base. Do you agree with Simon's point about how to bridge the gap? Does the gap need to be bridged? Do you use architecturally evident coding? Tweet @simonbrown with any questions or comments and make sure to follow @SATURN_news on Twitter! #SATURN 2015
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This wonderful patinated cast bronze of a greyhound or greyhound crossbreed (lurcher) dog was originally done by French sculptor Jules-Edmond Masson (1871-1932), well known for his figurative and animal sculptures. The bronze is in very good overall condition, with great patina, minor pitting and light expected surface wear from age and use. Mounted on a black stone plinth, with a few edge losses and spots, and signed "Masson" on sculpture base. Dimensions: Bronze: 15 ½" h x 12" w x 2 ⅞" d, Base: 1 ¼" h x 20 ½" w x 10" d.
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Fringe – Tony Roberts Card Magic
I have a teenage son who is obsessed with card magic trucks. And to be honest I have endured the highs and lows of him learning this difficult trade.
So, when provided the opportunity to attend Tony Roberts' Adelaide Fringe show Card Magic last week I wasn't as excited as I should have been.
A man in front of an audience talking and doing magic card tricks – whatever!
Whatever indeed!
Whatever was I thinking?
Didn't I know how entertaining and fun card magic could be when there is a storyteller doing the magic.
And a great story was at the heart of Tony Roberts' performance.
Easy, relaxed conversation held my attention and just the right amount of fun audience participation meant the largish group enjoying the show felt part of the action all the time.
You can't help but like Tony – and that is something coming from me who while I love my son I don't really like most magicians.
I know the whole show was made up of tricks but Tony also shared something of his true soul and his life experiences.
He shared events and laughs that had brought him to that space at that time to share it all with us.
And it was this ability to tell his honest and unique story that turned me on to his magic. Which by the way was great!
He sure tricked me into being a fan!


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Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – A group of armed pirates recently attacked a Thai tanker in waters off Kuantan city, Pahang state of Malaysia, according to the New Straits Times.
The attack took place on June 23 with the tanker, carrying 3.8 million litres of oil, en route from Singapore to Songkhla, southern Thailand.
The attackers threatened the captain and crew members with guns and knives before destroying the ship's communication system. They stole 1.5 litres of oil then left. The crew members were unhurt.
The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency said it only received information of the incident on June 24 after the Royal Thai Navy reported to Malaysia's Maritime Search and Rescue Centre.-VNA


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- 7 May, 2015
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This week on Satan's Cabaret Rob has a visit from Chris Page. Chris is a singer/songwriter from Ottawa, Canada. Known for touring relentlessly and being a prolific songwriter, Chris has many stories to tell. Chris explains the multiple project that he has on the go and how they all tie … Continue Reading →
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Plush carpet, hushed tones. Few of us will ever get to walk the hallowed hallways of our biggest ASX companies.
From the outside, it looks like a world of privilege. Big salaries, company share options, and huge bonuses for those who make it to the top.
To those on the inside, though, it's a very different story. For them, it's relentless pressure to perform. If they don't, they'll soon be shuffled out the door.
Of course, it didn't used to be like this. There were times when CEOs' salaries seemed to only go up, even when the performance of their companies went down. It was this that so many investors found galling.
That was until the two-strikes rule reared its head. Under this rule, a company which has its remuneration report rejected by more than 25% of its shareholders at two successive AGMs, is in danger of a board spill.
If shareholders knock it back a second time, a spill vote is required. If 50% or more of the shareholders vote in favour, a full spill of the board has to occur within 90 days. As you can imagine, it's something all directors want to avoid.
But it often doesn't come to this. Being knocked back at the first AGM is often enough to put the wind up directors. What they'll fear is another knockback at their next AGM.
It's a tough balance to get right. If a CEO can add billions of dollars in value, shareholders will often consider a multimillion-dollar pay packet worthwhile.
But it's a subjective argument. How much is the current CEO responsible for the performance…or are they riding the wave of decisions made before?
For a CEO and their board, the remuneration report at the AGM is just one hurdle to get over. But there are more hurdles to come.
Shareholders no longer idle
Not only are shareholders playing a bigger role in executive salaries, they want a bigger say in how companies are run.
This is no more apparent that what's happening with our very own BHP Billiton Limited [ASX:BHP]. And that's the point…our 'very own' BHP has large swathes of offshore investors. And some, like the multibillion hedge fund activist Elliott Management, are strongly pushing for change.
Go back a few months, and few, if any, of the BHP board members would have heard of Elliott Management. Now, they'll be barely thinking about anything else.
As an activist investor, Elliott Management is pushing for some major upheaval. It wants BHP's incoming chairperson to push out directors Elliott believes have been in their positions too long. Those directors that oversaw poor acquisitions and share buybacks at the top of the cycle.
Of course, Elliott wasn't the first to make the call. Smaller fund managers have tried in the past to pressure BHP's board, but didn't get far at all.
While BHP initially dismissed Elliott's first overtures, the board of BHP now understand that they're in it for the long haul. Like other activist investors, Elliott is only interested in results.
In recent days, AMP Capital has entered the fray. It too wants to know what BHP will do with its shale oil assets, and is pressuring the board to lay out its plan.
What the action in BHP shows is that boards of public companies need to have their shareholders on side. A handful of large institutional investors can bandy together and push for changes in the board, and how management run a company.
It's something CEOs of other public companies will be watching like a hawk. Especially if they're a conglomerate with a broad range of businesses, or have a division that continues to underperform.
It's all about returns
With BHP, it's not a foregone conclusion that Elliott will win. However, what it does show is that capital is global, and that shareholders are no longer prepared to sit idle.
It's all about generating returns. A traditional fund manager aims to invest in well-run companies operating in growing sectors. And in doing so, tries as best as it can to avoid companies it believes are poorly run, or are in contracting sectors.
Activist investors go the next step. Rather than avoiding companies they think are poorly run, they are happy to get their elbows out and aggressively push for change. Especially when they see a stock price trading below what they perceive to be fair value.
If they can get in and get the changes they want — like closing down or selling off underperforming assets — it's a quick way for the stock to be re-rated and the activist investor to prosper.
The other interesting thing about the whole activist industry now is that passive managers — those that run index-hugging ETFs — are being pulled into the battle. With the massive growth in passive funds, ETFs are often among the largest shareholders.
Activist investors now need to pitch their plans to the passive funds, to see if they'll get on board. Passive? Maybe not anymore.
What is clear is that boards can no longer take shareholders for granted. The board and management of a company are losing their grip at the top of the food chain. Shareholders want the value of their holdings to be fully realised. If not, they'll look for management and boards than can.
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For Markets & Money


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The quake struck at a depth of 178 kilometres (110 miles) and about 58 kilometres northeast of the town of Port-Olry.
Vanuatu is part of the "Ring of Fire," a zone of tectonic activity around the Pacific frequently subject to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
Last year the island nation was rocked by a series of quakes, including some that prompted tsunami warnings.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)


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Interview with New York Times Assistant Managing Editor for Photography Michele McNalaly
Michele McNally — Talk to the Newsroom — The New York Times — Reader Questions and Answers – New York Times: Michele McNally fields reader questions for the New York Times and talks about what it's like to work as a photographer for their paper. An interesting read that touches on style, ethics and confrontation in shooting for America's most well known newspaper.
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011
I really need your help guys
I've truly been on edge for the past 24 hours. Yesterday after school, my ex texted me out of the blue apologizing for all of the crap he did to me during, and after our relationship (need I remind you he's never apologized in person. Just on Facebook, and through texts). He's done this a few times after we broke up, as well. Now he's seen me out with some mutual friends and a new male counterpart (whom I'm not with yet) having fun. And he's supposedly "engaged" remember? Yet, he watches me like a tv when he sees me on Saturdays when we go skating. When I got that text, my head started hurting like crazy ! I've had this nonstop migraine for the past 24 hours. I didn't even reply to the text because I didn't need his girl buggin' out because she thought I was trying to steal him from her. Help me out my fellow weirdos 'cuz this migraine is killin' me. What should I do? Should I confront him? Or let it go...?
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Ignore him. Or, if you must confront him on it, make sure to remind him that he's engaged and you're no longer interested in a relationship.ReplyDelete
I'd actually threaten to tell his woman about the whole thing. If he continues to bug you, then I'd start threatening a restraining order. It's creepy enough that he's watching you so intently.
This guy sounds like he refuses to think things through before making a decision, like the whole breaking up with you thing.
Yeah, He just thinks on impulse then regrets ther decision later. I might have to confront him today because it's gotten completely out of hand.ReplyDelete
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An unnamed defence official printed off secret images of asylum seeker boat operations, not to leak to the media, but to show friends what interesting work he or she did each day.
Then there was the stash of some 5000 confidential and secret defence documents inadvertently delivered to a Canberra commercial waste recycling facility in 2014.
A series of reports on Defence Security Agency investigations of security breaches, released under Freedom of Information, show the Australian Defence Force has its share of incidents.
However there's nothing remotely approaching US soldier Chelsea Manning's leaking of some 750,000 sensitive military and diplomatic documents to Wikileaks in 2010 (that we know of).
The most concerning incident appears to relate to a modification to a computer at the joint operations headquarters in 2013, resulting in omission of most audit events from the audit log for a period of some six months.
In theory that could conceal other activities on the computer, though the DSA reports give no indication anything improper occurred.
Neither could DSA say how this happened. Settings have now been restored and the number of senior staff with ability to make such changes has been reduced.
In the case of the defence employee at northern command (NORCOM) headquarters in Darwin who printed off images of asylum seeker boat operations, DSA found no link between this "show and tell" and earlier leaks to the media.
DSA recommended the commander of NORCOM take appropriate action against the employee. There's no indication of what action was taken.
DSA identified various security vulnerabilities within NORCOM headquarters, though those aren't identified in the redacted public report.
In the case of the documents taken to the tip, DSA found minimal potential for disclosure, though there was a breach of proper disposal procedure. Documents related to defence pay and allowance proceedings dating back to 2002.
More recently, DSA investigated how some defence members managed to access some documentation relating to the yet to be released 2015 Defence White Paper.
Those interviewed said they believed they had a legitimate "need to know" and readily accessed the supposedly restricted white paper files on the defence computer system.