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John, with simple vulnerability and daring, opens up his life for all to view. What we see is a personal war being waged for a soul God desired for Himself but a soul that kept giving itself to hollow and worthless pursuits. John highlights the choices he made which contributed to the downward spiral into an addiction cesspool. But we also see glimmers of the grace of God as John recounts numerous times he was spared from fatal disasters until the "hounds of God" captured him.
Hope is offered through reflections at the end of each chapter for those combating addictions. This story of redemption and deliverance challenges us to make good decisions lest we also entrap ourselves in addictive pursuits.
In the reality of John's story, we observe the necessity for sound choices, the consequences of poor choices, and the hope of the best choices in a life emancipated by the grace and goodness of God. Read it and find help for the choices you make today.
~ Keith A. Kettenring, Ph.D. Homestead House Ministry
I have known John Childress for almost eight years and for almost two of those years he and his wife, Sally, have lived with us in community. I knew of his history, and as he became more familiar with the concept of "Life Is Full of Choices" I kept saying, "You should write a book." In 2011 he started putting words on paper.
When he asked me to read his book I discovered the extent of his history and was blown away by how God had saved this man from the poor choices of his youth.
John is honest and forthcoming about his life and the power of his choices. This is a well written narrative. The high point of the book is when the redemptive power of God becomes a reality and the choices that follow are God-centered.
I highly recommend this book to anyone seeking release from their own addiction issues or dealing with someone who is addicted.
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noun, plural sad·dler·ies.
saddles, harnesses, and other equipment for horses.
the work, business, or shop of a saddler.
Origin of saddlery
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for saddlery
Historical Examples of saddlery
His astonishment increased as he recognised the saddlery to be British.With Haig on the Somme
D. H. Parry
This tobacco will hang in your dress, and saddlery doesn't interest you.The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition
Rudyard Kipling
The next day our saddlery and stable gear were served out to us.Trooper 3809
Lionel Decle
And——of course you've got your own saddlery and gear of that sort.On the Road to Bagdad
F. S. Brereton
Douglass had some saddlery matters to attend to and Grace's letter to answer.The Song of the Wolf
Frank Mayer
noun plural -dleries
saddles, harness, and other leather equipment for horses collectively
the business, work, or place of work of a saddler
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You know how you feel like you've got a cloud in your head and your brain's just too slow to think properly? That's how I feel today. This may sound as I've got a serious depression, but actually it's just a lack of motivation that's been going on for a few weeks now.
I am trying to motivate myself by reading motivational quotes and wise sayings and getting some little things done in order to feel like I've already accomplished something today. However, I feel like I need to find something that'll get me all excited and occupied for some time.
Do you sometimes have that same feeling, this lack of motivation? What do you do if this happens to you? How do you get yourself motivated again?
Xoxo, curious to hear about your experiences!
PS: I felt a little better once I had finished this post. I believe, because first I had accomplished something and second I used to write a journal every time I felt sad or depressed to help me feel better when I was younger.


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We are on a strict budget in our family, making me very mindful of how much "fun" money I have each month.
I saw this item at Barnes and Noble about a month ago and didn't impulse buy, due to the new budget restrictions.
However, I keep thinking about it and I'm going to buy it!
And, yes, I'm buying it for myself, though I suppose I'll share with my three year old -- I have always loved paper dolls and coloring, so this is just the best of both worlds.
And now I see it's $2 cheaper on Amazon!
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What is a Internet domain name really worth? Part One.
Value is a matter of individual appreciation. There is no such thing as a overall Market Value for a product or a service, and there is nothing like a Fair Market Value.
Value Estimation is just Estimation. Always subjective to opinions, thus never objective.
Any whatever third party value evaluation (appraisal) is just a opinion that can be rejected or accepted. Since a buyer always has a motivation to buy, the decision is De Facto subjective to the buyer. Idem dito for what concerns the seller.
Talking about subjectivity in domain trade is complete nonsense. However, there are systems to suggest a realistic estimation of the value for any Internet domain without revenue from any source. The basis is that all domains have a bottom purchase price, namely the registration fee. Here, the existence of a website is not taken into consideration. However, although numerics seem objective, the interpretation is individual - thus subjective.
If a domain is unregistered, it's intrinsic value is equal to the registration fee. If a domain is registered, then the value at any given moment is the intrinsic value plus any added value that is claimed by the current registrant of the domain and any other person. Indeed, domain and web elements that may appear to be positive to one person can just as well be considered not really good for other people.
Reference to an earlier sale of any domain can be a reasonable basis for negotiation. By example, if a domain was purchased for $8,000.00 then it should be acceptable to a number of people that the current owner is not likely to sell beneath that price.
Also, it is reasonable to expect that domain buyers will by any and all means try to make a serious ROI from their domain purchase. Usually, a domain seller does not know what the new owner will do with a domain, but some options are:
There are the part before the separator dot (name, SLD, Second Level Domain) and the part on the other side of the separator dot (extension, TLD, Top Level Domain).
There is the number of characters in the name (SLD).
There is the number of characters in the extension (TLD).
There is the total number of characters in the domain (SLD+TLD).
There is the extension that can be General (.com, .net, .org, .biz, .travel, etc.) or Country Code (.cc, .it, .to, .nl, .md, .fr, etc).
Why bother to have a short SLD if a longer TLD is wanted? Example: go.travel, fly.aero.
The SLD can be a word, a sentence, an abbreviation or an acronym in a language.
The SLD can be just random characters.
The SLD together with the TLD can have a meaning.
The shorter a domain is, the more easier it should be to remember it, but the less likely it will be a word or a sentence, and the lesser it will describe something.
The more words in a domain, the better it usually can describe something.
Many people find it important that the SLD has a direct relationship with their personal name, business name, product brand or use etc., location, slogan, mascot, trademark, etc.
A. Domains with random characters that do not necessarily have any meaning in any language.
B. If the SLD is descriptive (name of the founder of the company, activity, business slogan, abbreviation, acronym, etc.), the value may well move up.
C. If the TLD is relative to the SLD (go.to, sit.in, fabri.com, fish.net, on.tv, pain.sm, etc.) the value could be easily accepted to be even more higher.
D. If the domain has been sold earlier, then the highest selling price is likely to be accepted as a reasonable basis for negotiation.
What is a Internet domain name really worth? Part Two.
Let us remember that value does not depend of what is valuated, but of the opinions of the owner(s) on the one side hand and the people who do are interested in acquiring it. In fact, nothing is wordth anything if nobody is interested in it. Period.
Some people prefer small cars, some people only want big ones. Some people want to live nearby their parents, children, work, etc. while other people prefer a location based upon other preferences: Out of the country, beachfront, near the workplace, etc. Some women like tall sportsmen, while others prefer slim and smart guys. Some men prefer blondes, and others like redheads or brunettes. Some people prefer opera classics while others want rock-n-roll.
Preferences vary in place, time, subject, activity, mobility, and other somehow predictable or unpredictable factors. That makes any whatever decision subjective to theavailable information, and what part of it is used to base the decision upon, and furthermore the way things are interpreted.
People with somehow similar ideas often seek each others company, to exchange information and to improve their knowledge/skills in the field of their common interest, or to just feel better.
As a proverb says: Like attracts like. Groups often agree upon certain values, and often try to promote their ideas either for free as a hobby, sport, religion, belief, etc. or find a way to commercialize their activity. Thus creating a local business or a whole industry.
Anyway, it is a matter of Belief in the validity of a doctrine. The believer agree that their common viewpoint is reasonable or absolute truth. It is clear that all things in the Universe can be seen by every being in another perspective. Knowing this, it is easy to understand that there are groups that agree about certain viewpoints, while some other groups reject viewpoints.
Competition can be friendly or fervent. Leaving religious and moral doctrines aside, let us focus on business. And particularly on Internet domain name valuation. Domain name appraising issort of a spin-off industry from the second-hand domain name market: The Domain Name After Market or just the domain aftermarket.
Here, the appraising industry takes into consideration a number of objective domain-related factors such as the number of characters in the Second Leveld DOMAIN (SLD) and the Top Level Domain (Extension) that also can be a Country Code (CC).
An other factor is the meaning of the SLD: The domain name language and what it means. Is it a word? Generic or not? Singular or plural? Is it a sentence? Etc. etc. These are subjective factors. While the name itself remains the same whatever happens, the relationship of the word with the meaning (origin, source, item, address, business, brand, etc.) can change more than once.
Also, selling and buying motivation plays an important role. It is acceptable to believe that the effective selling price vary depending of elements such as a forced sale or acquisition. End uses often have other motivation and budget than resellers. While valuation arguments can seem just as valid for some resellers and for some end uses, it is not a rule.
Eventually, a domain is worth what the seller let it go for and what the buyer pays to get it. What other people want to pay for does not matter, once the deal is closed and the domain is gone until offered for sale again. Simple.
Whatever third party opinions based upon whatever argumentation, a deal depends upon the motivation of seller and buyer. And it is very likely that both the seller and the buyer will not make available all motivation details. Not to each other, not to outsiders and certainly not to appraisers.
It can be safely concluded that domain appraising is a unscientific approach for decision-making in domain selling and buying. Appraisers use all sorts of mathematical and wet finger models to compare domain elements insystems they pretend to be objective. However, since only the SLD and TLD are permanent and all other elements are variables, any and all conclusions about a domain are Instantaneous (valid only right now) and Local (by this appraiser).
If You really want something, negotiate but pay what it takes before somebody else gets it.You may want extra third party information, but what is good advice? Appraisers sell appraisals. They always win. Underpricing and Overpricing only exist between the ears of jealous people and manipulators. A price is what it takes to get something.
No more, no less. The basics of demand and supply.
So, then, away with the appraising industry? Not necessarily. Advice needs not to be accepted as obligatory, but can be a basis for negotiation. Especially if an appraiser forwards halfway the asking price and the budget of the candidate buyer.
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I'm entering hour five of my non-stop logic games binge but was sent a link to this youtube video which was made by a LSAT taker's brother to wish him good luck, its very cool, check it out here.
Its really nice to see family members supporting eachother – I think every person going through such a chaotic, scary, anxiety-driven experience needs a good support system.
In other news – Today marks 77 days until the June 2010 lsat. Double lucky 7's perhaps? I'm well on my way, I have completed the Powerscore Logic Games Bible (which I found extremely helpful) and am now taking (under timed conditions) every single logic game from preptest 1 to 40. I'm saving preptests 41 to 59 for full pretest practice rounds but wanted to focus on each type of logic game individually with hopes that approach will allow me to master one, move to the next, master it, next, etc. I'm hoping to have this completed by the end of March and the entire month will be spent on logical reasoning. In case if any of you would like to take this same approach, you should know that you do not have to spend an entire day sorting and separating the different types of games, they can be purchased in an electronic format (which is nice because you receive them right away plus its easy to make additional copies later) and they are already grouped for you. They can be purchased through Cambridge LSAT.
I feel more inspired than ever, perhaps because now I have officially registered and this is all becoming even more real – but also I had an email exchange today with a law professor at one of my top choice law schools. She specializes in Animal Law which is an area very dear to my heart. I made contact with her to find out more about opportunities that may exist for law students interested in advocating for animals and what exactly is offered at the law school in terms of classes relating to animal law. It really motivated me to get it in gear and work hard so that this particular school will consider me a worthy applicant.


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In order to produce a DSL for modelling simple inheritance relationships, the minimal language domain model produced by the wizard will have to be customized. This will involve renaming the name of the domain classes and domain relationships, adding a new domain property to store the class visibility (public/private etc.), and adding a textual decorator to display the visibility property:
- Rename ExampleModel to ClassModel.
- Rename the ExampleElement domain class to Class.
- Rename the Elements role to Classes.
- Rename the ClassReferencesTargets relationship to Inheritance.
- Rename the Targets role to BaseClass.
- Change the Multiplicity property of BaseClass to 0..1.
- Rename the Sources role to DerivedClasses.
- Add a domain property to Class, named Visibility of type String (will enable the user to specify the visibility of the class). To do this, right-click on Class and select Add->DomainProperty.
Finally, click the Transform All Templates button.
Template transformation should always be performed when anything changes in the model, so that the generated code reflects the domain classes and domain relationships on the diagram.


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According to a study by Colloquy, the average American household has 29 different memberships and loyalty reward programs. However, active participation in these programs has fallen by 4.5% since 2013. In other words, the typical family only uses 12 of these memberships.
This is partially due to the fact that companies aren't creating the best rewards in exchange for being a loyal customer. Here are three store loyalty programs that aren't worth it, and how you can tell which the difference.
When you sign up to the Sephora's Beauty Insider program you'll accumulate 1 point for every $1 you spend online and in their stores. While this seems like a good deal, you can only redeem these points for sample-sized beauty products from a select list, at a cost of 100 points. In other words, it costs $100 to receive a small sample that other beauty store usually give away free with each purchase.
What's more, is that as a Sephora Beauty Insider you can choose to redeem 500 points (costing you $500 to accumulate) for one full-sized product from their limited selection. Sounds like a bad deal. One good thing though, is that you can receive an additional freebie on your birthday, but I expect it will only be another small sample.
According to the Papa John's website, when sign up to become a Papa Rewards member you'll earn 1 point for every $5 of pizza you order online. Once you've earned 25 points you'll get a free large pizza with up to three toppings. But this is quite an expensive deal. Why?
If you're doing the math, a "free" pizza from Papa Rewards will cost you over $125 (25 points x $5 per point = $125). Another thing that makes this rewards program terrible is that you'll only earn points on purchases you make online, not in-store. If you order in person or over the phone, you'll earn 0 points.
In an effort to replace their old cardboard stamp card, the new Subway card program allows to use a branded card and earn 1 point for every $1 spent on Subway menu items. In order to redeem your points for a footlong sandwich, or salad, you must cash in 75 points essentially paying $75 for lunch. Or you can redeem 20 ($20) points for a fountain drink or 25 ($25) points for a bag of apples slices.
Unless you're a frequent customer, this rewards program is definitely not worth it. You do, however, get a special treat on your birthday.
Obviously not all loyalty reward programs are bad deals. Some are actually very beneficial. You just have to know how to distinguish the good ones from the not-so-great ones.
Here are three tips to keep in mind before signing up to any rewards program:
Check the earnings rate - Find out how much you have to spend in accordance with the number of points or rewards you'll earn. Ideally you want to earn at least 1 point for every $1 you spend, with the option of being able to boost your points through certain events or special discounts.
Review redemption details - This is probably the most important detail to check when participating in any kind of store loyalty or reward program. It's great if you earn points quickly but what really matters is how you can redeem them and what kinds of products are offered.
Pay attention to red flags - Always ask if there are any redemption fees or annual membership charges before signing up to any reward program. Read over the fine print to see what kind of restrictions there are, as well as what kinds of goods are offered for redemption. Keep an eye out for these red flags.
The bottom line with store loyalty rewards programs is to review the terms and conditions before you come under the impression that you're getting great rewards. In some cases it may still pay off to participate in the rewards program if you're a very frequent customer, but you may get better deals from other stores, so don't be afraid to compare.


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A 40 year old Asian Male was traveling [southbound] on FS Route 1 at an unknown speed. It appears the party lost control of the vehicle for unknown reasons. Subsequently, his vehicle collided with a tree causing traumatic injuries which resulted in fatal injury. Alcohol or drugs do not appear to be a factor in the collision. Name of deceased being withheld pending notification of next of kin and will be available through the Trinity County Sheriffs Department. The cause of the collision still under investigation.
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The New York State Technology Education Network had a mission to integrate math, science and technology into activities, which were developed in 1994-1996 at Hofstra University. The NYSTEN (MST) enhancement was funded by a 1.6 million dollar National Science Foundation grant and 2.7 million in additional industrial matching funds. The project trained 94 math, science and technology teachers, who then conducted over 150 staff and community workshops.
An implementation resource guide was developed which contained the MST integrated activities. The following laboratory based activities: Smart Dwelling, Filtering of Airborne Particles, Electronic Circuit Design/ Safety Light System and Designing Your Bedroom supported the technical areas of: computer control, bio-related technology, electronics and computer aided drawing and design respectively.
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In fact, promotional marketing service provider YA found that 85% of US internet users would try a new CPG brand if offered the product for free or at a discount.
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Hello, I'm Kim and welcome to Diverse Endeavors – a business that started because my daughter wanted a summer project. Several years ago, the stuffed dragons were one of those summer projects. I just kept making them and changing them. My daughter later gave up on this project because she only wanted to make a couple of them for herself and a friend. But I, however, kept going and soon everyone was getting a dragon for their birthdays and the like. Thank god for a large family. The next summer my daughter wanted to make jewelry. To be completely honest, she was content with just making a few things. But not me. I went crazy - I kept making more and more jewelry until I hit a point where I had all this jewelry but no cash. My sister-in-law then suggested that I do a craft show. So I did. It was only after my third event that I come up with the name Diverse Endeavors. What could be more diverse than a company that makes stuffed toys, jewelry, and Angels? So let me introduce my child safe friends(I know this due to the fact there are no small pieces to fall off and my husband gave them the fire test. I happily report they don't burn). Right now I am only making the small Dragons and the large Dinosaurs. I haven't worked out the kinks on the larger dragon and the smaller dinosaurs, but they are in the works and should come out in the spring 2015. When making them they are mostly sewn on a sewing machine, but are finished by hand. I finish every toy. We can custom create any animal to match your wants – we can even create animals to match your favorite school's colors. And don't worry if one of your creatures get's dirty – you can simply throw it in your washing machine on the gentle cycle and tumble dry. Now we come to the other fun part of my company - the jewelry. Each and every piece is handcrafted by me, and thus unique. I use mainly gemstones, crystal, minerals and glass. I also like to recycle old jewelry, since you just can't get some beads any other way. And to top it off, that's just fun to do. The main idea behind my jewelry is that everyone should be able to have quality gemstone jewelry without with a high retail price. I can do custom work, but I admit the I have a hard time copying my own work. But the good news is I love making new and different jewelry and I stand 100% by my work. If you need something made smaller or larger for the most part no problem. Because I do use some antique I may not have the parts to create a larger size. Also most of the rings can only be sized up about a half size and the only way to make them smaller is to completely redo them. So this is one item I really can't do much about the size. The other reason I rarely redo ring is I use a lot of my single beads so I can't reproduce them. Another thing that makes Diverse Endeavors different is that, it also has a unique handcrafted line of angels. Due to the amount of work that go into each angel they are sold as is. We will gladly work with you to create the perfect angel for your home. We feel that that angels are for all seasons not just the holiday season. But should you want to store them they need to be kept in a plastic bag that can totally closed. The reason being that the real feather wings make a wonderful meal for some insects. They also need to be stored in an area that has no drastic temperature changesRead More


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First – we did a dry run on the posting themes and schedule. Test drove our links to our social media accounts, and hopefully garnered one or two interested followers who are looking forward to rolling with us once we get things up and running in October.
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Spending the majority of my time on beach photos have really put me behind on posting all the other stuff we've been doing in July! Its been a busy month!
The kids have been begging to start Jocelyn on "real food" (you know, cause my breastmilk is just fake and all that). Its just not fun to watch a baby nurse or eat a bottle for 5 straight months. The big kids needed some excitement to go along with this baby.
When Jaina was an infant, the AAP recommended starting solids at 4 months with a single grain cereal being the preferred first food.
When Jayce was an infant, the AAP started to change their recommendation based on research evidence that suggested that waiting until 6 months would be good for families with severe allergies.
Now, 7 years later, the AAP recommends that breastfeeding be the sole source of nutrition for babies until 6 months. Also changed is the recommendation of rice cereal as the "perfect" first food. AAP recognizes that rice cereal is less likely to cause an allergic reaction, but also admits that it is nutritionally devoid except for the added iron. Nutritionally good first food for babies include avocado, bananas, and sweet potatoes.
(Just so you know, I don't always agree with the American Academy of Pediatrics. I totally disagree with their co-sleeping and bed-sharing statements. I also disagree with their immunization stance and schedule. The only reason I am spouting off AAP facts now is because it is the generally accepted source of information that pediatricians get their ever changing information from.)
Anyway, Jocelyn had become very interested in our food anytime we ate. She can hold her head up, sit up supported, and her tongue thrust reflex had disappeared. So I told the big kids that as soon as we got back from the beach, we'd feed Jocelyn some food.
Brian broke open the avocado we had bought from a local grocery store to find that it was ROTTEN! Ugh! I don't like avocado anyway, but to smell rotten avocado... gross!
On to plan B...
I bought a container of Gerber Bananas. I know, I know... the hippie in me says I should be making my own baby food. Or practicing child-lead weaning (more about this later). Honestly? The hippie in me is totally lazy so Jocelyn got purchased baby food from a store.
She didn't quite know what to think about her first bite.
Jaina, who had waited impatiently for weeks just to see this moment said, "EWWWW! That's gross! I think I'm going to throw up watching her eat!" Drama Queen much?
By the end of the feeding experience, Jocelyn thought bananas were OK. She ate 1/2 the container.
Ironically enough, she hates avocados. We've tried three times, mixing it with breastmilk to a soupy consistency. She does not like the texture and gags a bit when its in her mouth.
You know what she does like?
Rice cereal.
Just goes to show you that the AAP doesn't know everything :)
I wanted to mention another option for starting solids. Its called "baby led weaning" and can be attempted around 6 months of age. It basically skips the spoon-fed stage completely. You offer your baby bite size pieces of soft foods that your family is enjoying at the same time.
Why did I not go with this method for Jocelyn? Mainly because of tradition. Sometimes its just hard to change your ways. I started with spoon fed rice cereal with both my other babies and had a hard time veering away from that mentality despite having more knowledge about all that now.
I'll probably start her on finger foods much earlier than I did with my other kids and keep this pureed stage at a minimum. So I am learning. Just taking baby steps here!
(By the way, Jocelyn LOVES sweet potatoes now. She tolerates applesauce and green beans.)


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I hadn't visited my library since the end of December and I missed it so much. I made a point of visiting on the first day back to work. Good move -- it was a sane little island in the frenzy, chaos and cluster...stuff that is all part of a new semester.
Such a long break from my beloved doh-suh-gwan was actually a bad idea because I'm slated to read 50 library books this year in J. Kaye's challenge. I should have sense enough to be worried but it's the new year and I'm all shiny-new optimistic that I can get it back to good by December 31. (I'm also keeping it real. I'm keeping in mind that if I fall short in the waning hours, there's a nice assortment of picture books nestled on those shelves.)
No picture books yet, though. Here's what I kicked off the year with:
1. The Turn of the Screw - Henry James. My Tough & Cool Inner Bookworm frogmarched me past the 19th century guys. Hiya, Melville. Hiya, Dickens. Guess what I did on my winter vacation?
2. Fitzgerald and the Influence of Film: The Language of Cinema in the Novels - Gautam Kundu. I never connected F. Scott with cinema before, although apparently many others have. Should be interesting.
3. Dodsworth - Sinclair Lewis. This was an DNF from 2009. I'm not gonna mistreat old Red any more. Gonna get 'er done.
4. Virginia Woolf - Hermione Lee. All the talk about Woolf on the other blogs has made me ravenous to read this biography. I passed it up for a whole year but no more.
The self-checkout machine has gotten chattier. She used to say Please swipe your ID card and Please place the book as shown but *now* she also says Please press 'continue' or 'end' after I scan each book. I was all smiling and obliging and saying "Okay, here you go!" It's almost like we're getting to be friends. If I only knew her name.


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What's your beef with belts?
Let's back up for a sec. This is a tale as old as time itself. Oh, the ridiculous things you've made me do to avoid tight things just below or near my navel. (And no, I'm not talking about pantyhose. Those were just for feeling sexy, okay? Let's just keep that to ourselves.)
I'm talking, of course, about the waist position of my pants and shorts. I'm talking about those times when I was really young, when I couldn't bring myself to pull anything below my bellybutton. If it had two pipes for my legs, it had to fit just below my ribs. I was the quintessential geriatric juvenile. I was ol' Gramps Bezuidenthustra, only without the silly puns or dentures. Those who didn't know better probably thought I wore suspenders. Nope. Just pulled my pants up to my chin. Nothing strange to see here, folks. Move along. Gramps needs a nap.
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Either way, you're an ass. I can't wear a belt, sit down, and expect to remain relaxed. Impossible. And the older I get, the more I recognize the importance and utility of said belts. So what's a guy to do, huh, Tourette's?
Help me out here and explain the issue to me. Why do you hate belts? If you just tell me, maybe I can work something out. Strike a deal. Negotiate. Belts are reasonable people, you know. Except they aren't people. Let's not get bogged down by the details. Point is, you scratch my back, I scratch yours.
Actually, I think I'm already scratching your back. Pretty much all the time, too.
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I recently had the opportunity to work with Miss Maine Teen. The interesting thing is, the photos were not for her portfolio on anything related to pageants. She needed a photograph for her yearbook, and she didn't have one! As with any high school senior portrait, the teen is not the only person who needs to love the photo; we also need to carefully consider the tastes, desires and goals of the PARENTS! Since the senior portrait photograph marks such an important milestone (the next step is usually moving out, going to college or setting off to see the world, but certainly this begins the march towards total independence and adulthood).
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The book: "Cuba's Baseball Defectors: The Inside Story"
The author: Peter C. Bjarkman
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The pitch: Yasiel Puig and Aroldis Chapman made us read this.
So did President Obama, who paraded in with the Tampa Bay Rays onto Cuban soil this past spring for an exhibition game/demonstration of what ports of business American baseball can open.
Our curiosity about how this all plays into human trafficking also drew us in.
And, because it's Bjarkman, a writer for BaseballdeCuba.com and frequent SABR award winner in this field, we felt we were getting it straight.
For example, he's already won an award from the baseball super-research group for this particular effort.
Aside from his resume of biographical histories and encyclopedias, kids series books and baseball "scrapbook" series, he did, In 2014, did a history of Cuban baseball from 1864-2006.
In 2005, he did "Diamonds Around the Globe: The Encyclopedia of International Baseball" which also won a SABR award. In 1999, it was "Smoke: The Romance and Lore of Cuban Baseball."
Bjarkman writes in his intro that his attempt to "explore the daring and often tortuous migrations of some of the better-known Cuban stars who have abandoned low-wage celebrity status in their homeland to endure life-altering (and occasionally life threatening) pilgrimages in search of multimillion-dollar celebrity status on center stage in Norther American major leagues" is as complex a thing to watch as well as write about.
There are "proud successes" and "soft underbelly failures," not just of the Cuban socialist baseball structure but how the MLB operates and benefits itself.
Bjarkman most notably argues "our mainstream media – especially in the wake of Barack Obama's bold December 2014 efforts at placing a belated wedge in a long-standing United States-Cuba stalemate – has rather badly misconstrued and misreported the stories of Cuban ballplayers" flocking to the U.S.
"Popular press accounts have mostly gotten the whole story essentially backwards" and in the end, "Cuban talent drain may now haunt MLB's survival every bit as much as it haunts Cuba's own baseball future."
From the very first pitch, he senses our desires to seek the truth, or as closest to the truth as we can get, by making "The Essence of 'Puigmania'" the content of the first chapter. Bjarkman interestingly compares Puig's arrival in L.A. to that of pitcher Hideo Nomo, also considered to be a defector in his native Japan in the 1990s, but admits the Puig story "carried a different tone entirely" since he was not the first to have such a quick impact as a Cuban player. Bjarkman wonders if Puig was actually trying to defect while on a team trip to the Netherlands or whether he was detained on a shoplifting charge, which put him in limbo in Cuba for almost a year before he got off the island in April of 2012, soon signing a seven-year, $42 million deal with the Dodgers orchestrated in a Mexico City hotel by Logan White. This was happening along the same timeline that the Oakland A's were herding Yoenis Cespedes.
Bjarkman includes the accounts of Los Angeles magazine's Jesse Katz expose, and one soon after by ESPN's Scott Eden called "No One Walks Off The Island," as what we are led to believe happened with Puig's escape from Cuba's shark-infested waters and then the harrowing adventures in Mexico, held prisoner by a cartel, threatened personal harm and having more money demanded from him. But it's not an unusual tale — Bjarkman compares it to a story similar to what happened to a player named Leonys Martin in 2010.
Bjarkman doesn't seem to dispute the essence of these accounts. But he also points out that stories of these itinerant mercenaries go back to the sport's roots and is hardly a creation of the Castro regime.
There is much more for Bjarkman to cover, and it's incredible how so much is contained. The writing may not be as engaging as the stories themselves, but it resonates on many levels.
Bjarkman dials it back to a chapter entitled "The Best There Ever Was." In 2015, he did a story for a Cuban arts magazine with a local journalist about how he saw the strength in numbers of today's Cuban players. Cuban fans, however, were apparently not as aware as how the landscape had changed and how isolated they had been to concur with this premise, and the story was criticized. Bjarkman's piece made a case for Jose Abreu as one of the country's most productive players, well before he made a splash with the Chicago White Sox.
The book ties together in the end with a list of the 193 Cuban-born major leaguers (starting with Enrique Esteban Bellan in 1871 and including Chapman and Yasmani Grandal). There's also a list of the Cuban baseball defectors (Puig is No. 193 of 369) that Bjarkman can verify. But of course, there is likely more.
So is there a downside to all this player movement from Cuba to the U.S.? It is a one-way flow out, unlike Japan where some come to the U.S. then return as something of a hero.
Cuba's stadiums are crumbling and playing fields are becoming more crude, and this could lead to the country seeing its top-flight leagues go extinct like the U.S.'s Negro Leagues.
Or, Bjarkman flat-out asks: "Shouldn't we all heartily cheer on a much-delayed happenstance that finally sinks the rickety Castro ship and upgrades our own beloved big-league spectacle?"
These questions are "far more uncomfortable to ponder than they are difficult to answer" he writes. But with this book, which is more a requiem, they are brought up in a much clearer path that leads to better information rather than script that seems to blend "Escape from Alcatraz" with "The Jungle Book."


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The 2nd Annual Red Rock Hempfest™ – People lucky enough to make it to Sedona this weekend can listen to music, check out the latest hemp/cannabis products. There will be plenty of music from local and national bands throughout the day, along with guest speakers, vendors showcasing their products, dispensaries sharing their knowledge, food vendors and a beer garden. Yes, we are going to have a lot of fun.
Gates will open at 10:00am and will be held at The Collective Sedona, 7000 Rte 179, Sedona AZ 86351 – "The Heart of Sedona." People can purchase their tickets online for $30 or at the gate.
Kid friendly event – Kids 12 and under Free
September 28, 2017
Purchase your festival tickets online and have access to the VIP party
7:00 – Doors Open
7:30 – 8:30 Live music
8:30 – 11:00 Saffire Band
On Saturday, Sept 29: Let the Festival Begin
Gates open at 10:00am
Guest Speakers
Live Bands:
Saffire * Jacqui Foreman * Julia Grayling * Kill Babylon Coalition * Modest RA * Nubian Fyah * The Apaches * Torn at the Seams * The Harvest * Walt Richardson
Showcase and sell your wares, product, and hemp jewelry to the attendees.
What is NOT included?
Booth carpeting, furnishings, tables, chairs, displays, INTERNET CONNECTION, ELECTRICAL OUTLET ~ These are available for purchase on the website
What is included?
- 5 FREE ADMISSION COUPONS TO RED ROCK HEMPFEST™ & Friday VIP Party -Distribute to your clients, friends, and potential customers.
- Up to 3 EXHIBITOR BADGES – Per 10 x 10 booth staff (6 exhibitor badges for a booth larger than 10 x 10).
- RED ROCK HEMPFEST™ ADVERTISING – Links for your company and logos on our social media pages.
- FACEBOOK PRIZING OPPORTUNITIES – Gain valuable exposure by taking part in our Facebook contests and drive traffic to your booth
Rules – Always Rules:
Become a Vendor
Please Read the Vendor Rules
Red Rock Hempfest™ Festival Vending Rules
1. You will not sell marijuana or foods with marijuana in them or any illegal narcotic. No marijuana sales, active food sales will not be tolerated. Not even to authorized medical patients. Your booth will be shut down immediately. There is a zero tolerance policy that will be strictly enforced. All fees and your space will be forfeited.
2. All parties must be listed on this application. Sub leasing or transferring of booth spaces is not allowed.
3. You will have wood under your tires at all times, it's a safety issue.
4. You will not sell or sample Salvia, Spice, K2 or any other similar substance, you will be shut down and you will not be allowed to return. All fees and your space will be forfeited.
5. There is no camping allowed in the parking lot or surrounding parking lot areas, hotels or restaurants. You must exit the parking lot by midnight each night. You may not stay overnight in your booth. If you are in the parking lot after midnight you'll be required to leave.
6. Food sales are not allowed unless they are approved via application. All foods must be factory packaged and sealed. If I am sampling any type of food product, I understand that I must follow the additional food vending rules below.
7. For public safety reasons, vendors do not get strolling privileges and are not permitted to stand outside of their booths offering samples or products to people walking by.
8. To preserve the free speech aspect of our permit, no sound amplification is allowed. No bullhorns, speakers, stereos or amplification of any type is allowed.
9. I will not sell any merchandise using RED ROCK HEMPFEST's ™ name or image. HEMPFEST™ is Federal trademark
10. Vehicles of any type, including bicycles & Segways, are not allowed to be operated during the event. All vehicles are disallowed by permit and are not allowed in the parking lot during event hours.
11. Pets of any type are not allowed on site by permit.
12. No private ATM's are allowed on site.
13. No private generators are allowed on site.
14. Your booth tag must be placed in the upper right hand corner on the front side of your booth at all times.
15. I agree to stay within my 10×10×10 booth space. We are required to maintain certain distances from the paths. Moving or expanding your booth is in violation of our permit. This includes hanging items from trees or other structures.
16. I agree to remove all my booth materials from my area upon exit on Saturday night or Sunday morning. Everything I brought will leave with me. Pack it in; pack it out! I understand that if I fail to comply I will be fined $500 that will be automatically billed to the credit card on file.
17. Providing of medical recommendations at Red Rock Hempfest™ is not permitted.
18. Creating of private medicating areas within your booth space is prohibited. All areas of your booth must be open to all of the public at all times.
19. No staking is allowed. You are not allowed to put anything into the ground. All canopies must be weighed down with sand bags, cement blocks, water jugs, or other on ground weight.
20. If I am selling products that require the purchaser to be 18 or older, I will check ID's
21. Red Rock Hempfest™ bans Styrofoam. In accordance with this no Styrofoam may be brought on site.
22. I will not distribute any stickers for free. We've had to pay upwards or $2,000 in sticker removal fees as attendees love to put them in inappropriate places. You may sell stickers to attendees as our hope is that if they've bought it they will value it more. Help Red Rock Hempfest™ avoid more City fee's by stopping providing free stickers.
23. Hand held torches are not allowed .
24. I have general business liability insurance and will be able to produce documentation of such if required to on site.
25. Hate groups and hate speech are not allowed. You must conduct yourself in a courteous and professional manner at all times. No confrontational or aggressive behavior will be tolerated.
26. All cancellations will be charged a 30% cancellation fee. No cancellations will be taken after August 15, 2018. To cancel all or part of your order you must complete our cancellation form and email it to firstname.lastname@example.com.
27. Vendors shall provide general liability insurance in the following amounts: No less than $1,000,000 per occurrence for vendors with tent size of 10'x10' or smaller. No less than $2,000,000 per occurrence for vendors with large concessions, stage, fencing, tents bigger than 10'x10' and firms advertising for medical marijuana evaluations.
I agree and understand that
• All applications go into review once they are paid in full.
• The longer I wait to pay, the less likely the spaces I've selected will be available.
• I understand that I cannot select my space.
• I understand the map is subject to change. My booth may be reassigned or moved. I am not guaranteed any specific space number just a location within the price category for which I have paid.
• I am vending in a parking lot. This means I will be on asphalt.
• I am vending at my own risk. Red Rock Hempfest™ , Gigi Rock Productions, LLC and The Collective Sedona, their employees, vendors, local restaurants, stores, etc., makes no claims or guarantees as to my sales or condition of the ground that my booth will be set up. I understand there no guarantee of the safety for anything left in the parking lot overnight. If I choose to not load out my products and/or booth set up out each night, Red Rock Hempfest™, Gigi Rock Productions, LLC, & The Collective Sedona makes no guarantee of its safety. Vendors leave products and their booth at their own risk.
~~If you cancel before August 15th, you will receive a refund, less $100.00 for administration fees.
~~ If you cancel AFTER August 15th, there will be NO REFUNDS.
If we cancel: In the unlikely event that we were forced to cancel, we would refund as much of the vendor registration fees as possible, which could also mean we would be unable to offer any refunds.
If any act of God (including but not limited to natural disasters, such as earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, tornados, and fires or human events, such as wars, riots, or other major upheavals) forces an early closure, delay, or complete cancellation, refunds will not be distributed.
Guest speakers, celebrities and musicians are subject to change without notification. We are not responsible for guest speakers, celebrities, and musicians for not showing, becoming ill or even passing away.
• We love our pets, but please leave them home. Pets are not allowed on the grounds during the event, exception is licensed working dogs


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In a tight and scrappy match which saw the lead change several times, the Blues skipped away at the pointy end of the match in difficult conditions to secure a 16. 9. (105) to 10. 16. (76) win.
The game kicked off how it would end, with an early Northern flurry courtesy of Andrew Gallucci: the rookie kicked two goals in the opening minutes to give the Blues an early jump.
From there, Werribee dominated the majority of the opening term but couldn't get it done on the scoreboard, kicking only two goals from 10 scoring shots.
The muddy conditions reeked havoc in the first half with inaccuracy and inefficiency plaguing both sides.
Neither team was able to gain major ascendancy on the contest and it was left to a late set shot in the hands of Kye Declase to give the Blues what at times seemed like an unlikely first half lead.
The Blues stood up under pressure from their counterparts in the third term before nailing four straight goals to close the quarter to take a 15-point lead into a pivotal final quarter.
After copping a hard tag for the majority of the game, Nick Graham popped up at crucial stages of the last quarter to nail two important goals with the lead blowing out to 40 points.
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Is your Evolve skateboard sagging too much? Does it run out of juice before you've finished your ride? Is it just not holding it's charge anymore?
Sounds like you need a battery upgrade!
Sounds like you need a battery upgrade!
Right now I'm offering my services* to build Evolve skateboard owners a new 18650 Lithium-ion based battery pack to help alleviate those voltage sag woes.
The process is simple. You can either;
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- I create the pack and add all necessary wires & plugs, including the special 11pin evolve-only BMS balance lead connector, then all you do when you take delivery is solder two wires to your BMS and plug in the rest of the connectors. Full instructions given.
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For the Carbon boards the whole pack doesn't need to flex like the Bamboo boards, however the way I build them, they do have some flex to accommodate the small amount of flex in the deck.
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Last month's Christmas Cookie dessert recipes were.so.absolutely.amazing. I seriously ate more cookies than any person every should. May I recommend these Thumbprints from Vintage Zest, Snickerdoodles from Undeniably, Me, and these beautiful Christmas Wreathe Cookies from Feeding Big?
Alright, enough of this sugar talk, my mouth is watering.
Now it is time for this month's theme:
Healthy Eating
Now that the New Year's Resolutions have been made…many of us have committed ourselves to new "lifestyle changes" and kissed our
dieting goodbye (we hope). If you are already eating healthy, you inspire us all! If you are giving the goal of getting healthy another try and are like me, you think eating healthy sounds a heck of a lot easier than running. So, it looks like a good place to start. Right?
We all know that healthy eating and exercise are married, though.
You invite one into your life and you must grudgingly bring the other with it. If you start eating healthy and working out, you feel damn good, though. That, we cannot deny. The hardest part is getting started on all of it.
This is why this month's link up is going to give us all a place to look at, share and pin our favorite healthy recipes for our new starts.
We can do this!
Here is how Recipe Writers works:
At the beginning of every month we will introduce a new theme and all share our recipes here. The link party will close on the last day of the month. This way you will have time to share a recipe before and after the holiday (if there is one) so others can try it, check out other recipes to try yourself and impress your family and friends with the delicious flavors of the season. For example, November was Thanksgiving Favorites and December was Christmas Cookies!
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Remember, this link up is open until the end of the month and we will have a new one next month starting on the 1st. Don't forget to check in next month to see if your recipe was featured.
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Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1983-Nov
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An Approach to Designing Training and Development Programs.
Lashbrook, Velma J.
A systems approach to effective instructional design that is equally applicable to educational and organizational settings includes six components: (1) needs assessment, (2) systems design, (3) curriculum development, (4) organizational development, (5) feedback and evaluation, and (6) outcomes. The last component, outcomes, provides a context and goal design to help focus development efforts. The needs assessment gathers information necessary for designing appropriate instructional strategies: performer demographics; the time a performer spends on various activities; performer knowledge, skills, and attitudes; direction and consequences provided by a performer's manager; policies and/or systems that facilitate or impede performance; methods for monitoring performance; and factors that may affect performance. The design phase for training and development, based on the desired outcomes, derives its direction from the results of the needs assessment. Curriculum development focuses on instructional strategies used to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to perform a job. Organizational development entails the review and modification, if appropriate, of any policies, or procedures required to achieve an outcome. The feedback and evaluation component offers methods for monitoring the effectiveness of the total system and can take four forms: cognitive, affective, behavioral, and results. (HOD)
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Speech Communication Association (69th, Washington, DC, November 10-13, 1983).


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SSL – Secure Sockets Layer
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is a protocol developed by Netscape for transmitting private documents via the Internet. SSL uses a cryptographic system that uses two keys to encrypt data a public key known to everyone and a private or secret key known only to the recipient of the message.
Most Web browsers support SSL, and many websites use the protocol to obtain confidential user information, including credit card numbers. By convention, URLs that require an SSL connection start with https: instead of http:.
When a Web browser tries to connect to a website using SSL, the browser will first request the web server identify itself. This prompts the web server to send the browser a copy of the SSL Certificate. The browser checks to see if the SSL Certificate is trusted — if the SSL Certificate is trusted, then the browser sends a message to the Web server. The server then responds to the browser with a digitally signed acknowledgement to start an SSL encrypted session. This allows encrypted data to be shared between the browser and the server. You may notice that your browsing session now starts with https (and not http).
Another protocol for transmitting data securely over the World Wide Web is Secure HTTP (S-HTTP). Whereas SSL creates a secure connection between a client and a server, over which any amount of data can be sent securely, S-HTTP is designed to transmit individual messages securely. SSL and S-HTTP, therefore, can be seen as complementary rather than competing technologies. Both protocols were approved by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) as a standard.
SSL version 3.0 is based on the 1996 draft. In 2014, the 3.0 version of SSL was considered vulnerable due to POODLE (Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption) attacks. These attacks allowed secure HTTP cookies or HTTP Authorization header contents to be stolen from downgraded communications. Today, SSL 3.0 is considered obsolete and has been succeeded by Transport Layer Security (TLS), but it is still widely deployed.
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is the predecessor to Transport Layer Security (TLS). TLS is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards track protocol that is based on the earlier SSL specifications.


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Putting off that back to school shopping? In denial that the summer is coming to an end? Here are some great eco friendly kids' products that can help you and your kids get excited for the new school year.
Every "school supplies list" through 5th grade seems to require crayons and markers. And while a lot of the big art suppliers claim that their crayons and markers are non toxic, do we really know what that means? With Clementine Art supplies, you get 100% natural products. Founder Diana Mercer, an art teacher from Boulder, CO, wondered "is non toxic good enough for these magical children?" Concerned about chemicals, dyes and additives lurking in these supplies, Diana started making children's art supplies from all natural ingredients including flour and water. Now Clementine makes a full range of all natural, certified non-toxic and environmentally friendly art supplies.
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Speaking of backpacks, we are really loving our new "green it." backpack from Bennu. These backpacks are made 100% from recycled bottles! They are comfy, stylish and a great conversation starter. They come in two sizes, the standard is perfect for a preschooler or kindergartener and the large works well as a book bag for for my 3rd grader and 8th grader (did I say 8th grader – I have a kid in 8th grade? Eeks!).
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Kathey Marsden wrote: > Jean T. Anderson wrote: >> The release happened, but there's no reason you can't quickly follow >> up with another release with bug fixes. >> > Thanks Jean for the clarification that the release really did happen. > I honestly wasn't sure it had. :-) I think since a release happened, > I feel more strongly that we should keep release notes separate, not > merge Jira versions, etc. > > Kathey > I just downloaded it -- it's already out on mirrors worldwide. :-) The release happened, and was approved by the DB PMC. Now, given that it has been available for a week, if it's so broken that folks shouldn't use it, it might be wise to remove it, maybe update the website to indicate that those who have already downloaded should be aware of the two key bugs that are (or will be) included in 10.5.2.1. -jean
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