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Looking for a fun and exciting class for kids? Look no further than local retail stores. Many offer several kids classes a month. Parents, be sure to check the local stores' websites for classes and times as they may vary by location.
A.C. Moore
A.C. Moore offers kids arts and crafts classes on Saturday afternoons. Open the website link below and click on the "Click Here for this months event" link for current offerings.
Where: 157 Glen Cove Road, Carle Place, NY 11514
Contact info: (516) 294-8401
Where: 359 Nesconset Highway, Hauppauge, NY 11788
Contact info: (631) 360-6667
Where: 5801 Sunrise Highway # 1, Holbrook, NY 11741
Contact info: (631) 567-3821
Apple offers free youth workshops. Participants can compose a song in GarageBand, build a photo album, or create a compelling Keynote presentation. Kids ages 6 to 13 will work together to hone their Mac skills and use iLife and iWork applications to complete exciting projects.
Where: 518 Smith Haven Mall Lake Grove, NY 11755
Contact info: (631) 982-2500
Where: 160 Walt Whitman Road, Huntington Station NY 11746
Contact info: (631) 760-0160
Where: 1900 Northern Boulevard, Manhasset NY 11030
Contact info: (516) 734-2420
Where: 630 Old Country Road #1121b, Garden City NY 11530
Contact info: (516) 248-3347
Barnes and Noble
Barnes and Noble offers several kids events a month including storytime and crafts. Visit the website for schedules as there are multiple locations in Long Island, and each may offer different classes.
Disney Store
The Disney Store hosts many fun kids events a month. Kids may hear a story or find themselves in the middle of a dance party. Make some magic and memories at the Disney Store.
Where: 630 Old Country Road, Garden City, NY 11530
Contact info: (516) 739-0072
Where: 313 Smith Haven Mall, Lake Grove, NY 11755
Contact info: (631) 724-4509
Home Depot
Build. Learn. Create. Have fun with Kids Workshops. These are free hands-on workshops designed for children ages 5 – 12 and are offered the 1st Saturday of every month at all The Home Depot stores between 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Workshops teach children do-it-yourself skills, tool safety, and instill a sense of pride and accomplishment. All kids get to keep their crafts and will receive a FREE Kids Workshop Apron, commemorative pin, and certificate of achievement. Visit the website as there are multiple locations in Long Island.
Lakeshore Learning Store
Visit a local Lakeshore Learning Store for free Kids Crafts every Saturday from 11-3.
Where: 2079 Hillside Avenue, New Hyde Park NY 11040
Contact info: (516) 616-9360
Lowes Build and Grow Kids Clinics
Lowes offers free kids clinics several Saturdays a month. Visit the website for the current class schedule and to find locations as there are many in Long Island.
Michaels offers arts and craft classes for kids including scrapbooking, cake decorating, jewelry making, and much more. Be sure to check the website for dates and pricing. Visit the website as there are multiple locations in Long Island.
Pottery Barn Kids
Pottery Barn Kids offers several fun and educational kids events per month. Be sure to check the upcoming class schedule.
Where: 630 Old Country Road #2084b, Garden City NY 11530
Contact info: (516) 739-2688
Toys R Us
Toys R Us holds fun and exciting events for kids. Kids may just play an exciting game or have a play date with their favorite character. Visit the website as there are multiple locations in Long Island.
Whole Foods
Whole Foods provides a great variety of events aimed at improving kids health such as yoga and storytime. Check the website for events held at specific stores ans they may vary.
Where: 120 New Moriches Road, Lake Grove, NY 11755
Contact info: (631) 588-1466
Where: 2101 Northern Boulevard, Manhasset, NY 11030
Contact info: (516) 869-8900
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At the moment, I'm working on the project that I started on Jan. 1 of this year - Night Train. I'm also working on a quilt wallhanging called "Broken Bricks". When I finish these 2 projects (which should be in the next week or two), I'm going to devote myself to finishing projects that were started before 2008.
The projects that I'm going to try to finish are:
- 12 Days of Christmas by Teresa Wentzler - I'm on Day 2
- Heirloom Christmas Sampler by Victoria Sampler
- Wild Menagerie by Cross My Heart
- Memories - my own design, I'm designing it as I go
- 2 ornaments from the Just Cross Stitch 2007 Christmas ornament issue - they are stitched, just need to finish them somehow
- La Belle Dame sans Merci from Heaven and Earth Designs - this is really ambitious to have on the list but hopefully, I'll make some progress.
Happy Stitching!
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The perfect match - the Classic Cuff
The Classic Cuff has been designed to refect the captivating beauty of our minimalist Classic watches. With its casual yet tasteful allure, the aesthetics of the cuff is a true celebration to the impeccable craftsmanship behind all of Daniel Wellington's timeless designs.
Delicate and exclusive - the Classic Cuff brings out the very best of your Daniel Wellington watch and complements your every outfit. Make sure to let your personal style shine through by creating your own unique combinations. Everyone knows the beauty is in the details.
You can slightly adjust the size of your cuff by tightening or widening carefully. Always handle your cuff with care, to make sure it will last for years to come.


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Since the Federal Circuit decision in Wyeth v. Kappos, we have been applying greater scrutiny to the USPTO's interpretations of the Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) statute. While we previously reviewed the USPTO's calculations to ensure that the USPTO delays and Applicant delays were correctly counted in accordance with the rules, we find ourselves more frequently questioning whether the rules themselves are in accord with the statute. Just like the Federal Circuit determined that the USPTO's interpretation of 35 USC § 154(b)(2)(A) was inconsistent with the statute, I think that the USPTO's interpretation of 35 USC § 154(b)(1)(B)(ii) improperly excludes time that has nothing to do with an actual appeal to the Board.
Patent Term Adjustment
The PTA statute (35 U.S.C. § 154(b)) was created to compensate for delays in the patent examination process that can eat away at the effective term of the patent, now that patent term is measured from the earliest U.S. priority date rather than the patent grant date. The statute provides "guarantees" against different types of USPTO delays, and requires a day-for-day deduction of Applicant delays against USPTO delays.
The Wyeth Decision
The PTA issue that was the subject of the Wyeth decision related to the interplay of the different types of delay:
"A" delay accrues when the PTO fails to act in accordance with set timeframes (such as issuing a first office action within 14 months, issuing a second action or allowance within 4 months of a response, and issuing a patent within 4 months of the Issue Fee payment).
"B" delay accrues when the PTO fails to issue a patent within three years of the actual filing date of the patent application.
"C" delay accrues when the application is involved in an interference or appeal, or is subject to a secrecy order.
The statute provides that "[t]o the extent that periods of delay . . . overlap, the period of adjustment . . . shall not exceed the actual number of days the issuance of the patent was delayed."
Prior to Wyeth, the USPTO asserted that any A delay contributes to B delay, and thus "overlaps" with B delay. Under this interpretation, the PTO awarded PTA for only the longer of its A delay or its B delay, not both. The district court and the Federal Circuit disagreed with the USPTO's reading of the statute, and held that periods of delay "overlap" only if they occur on the same calendar day. Thus, many patents that experience both A delay and B delay are entitled to a longer PTA award under Wyeth.
PTA For Appeals
The section of the statute that provides PTA for B delay (also referred to as "3 year" delay) includes three exceptions. B delay does not accrue after a Request for Continued Examination is filed or for delays requested by the Applicant. Additionally, Section 154(b)(1)(B)(ii) excludes
any time consumed by a [interference] proceeding under section 135(a), any time consumed by the imposition of a [secrecy] order under section 181, or any time consumed by appellate review by the Board of Patent Appeals or Interferences of by a Federal Court.
As noted above, however, PTA for C delay can accrue for the delays that are excluded from B delay.
With regard to delays due to an appeal, PTA only accrues in cases where "the patent was issued under a decision in the review reversing an adverse determination of patentability." If an Applicant appeals a rejection and wins at the Board, B delay will not accrue while the application was on appeal, but C delay will. If an Applicant appeals a rejection and loses at the Board, it is not likely that a patent will grant from that application, so PTA is moot. But what happens if an Applicant files a Notice of Appeal and never gets to the Board? According to the USPTO, B delay does not accrue, even if it is the Examiner that delays the examination proceedings.
Notice of Appeal Practice
After filing a response to a "final" Office Action, an Applicant has to keep the application pending until the Examiner replies to the response. If the maximum six month response period draws to an end before the Examiner takes action, an Applicant will file a Notice of Appeal in order to keep the application pending. While in some cases the Applicant may end up pursuing an appeal to the Board, more often the Examiner will issue a Notice of Allowance or new non-final Office Action or the Applicant will file a Request for Continued Examination to continue prosecution before the Examiner.
When is an Appeal an Appeal?
We have had several cases where prosecution extended into the B delay period (more than 3 years after the filing date) and a Notice of Appeal was required to keep the application pending after a response to a final Office Action. We were surprised when the USPTO refused to award PTA for this time based on the B delay exclusion in 35 USC § 154(b)(1)(B)(ii).
As set forth above, this portion of the statute expressly excludes only "time consumed by appellate review by the Board," but these applications never reached the Board. Indeed, Appeal Briefs were not even filed in these cases. The USPTO's own rule, 37 CFR § 41.35, provides that jurisdiction does not pass to the Board until after all briefs and the examiner's answer have been entered. Thus, the USPTO seems to be once again forcing an interpretation on the PTA statute that the statute itself does not tolerate.
The USPTO notes that when an Applicant is credited for a successful appeal, C delay accrues as of the filing date of the Notice of Appeal. But this calculation is supported by different language in 35 USC § 154(b)(1)(C)(iii), which provides that when grant is delayed due to appellate review by the Board,
the term of the patent shall be extended 1 day for each day of the pendency of the proceeding, order or review, as the case may be.
An Appealing PTA Issue
While the USPTO favors absolute harmony between the time period excluded from B delay and that encompassed by C delay, I have a hard time getting past the plain language of 35 USC § 154(b)(1)(B)(ii). Can it really be that "time consumed by appellate review by the Board" means time consumed by an Examiner deciding why the Applicant's response did not overcome the rejection, conducting a new search to support a new Office Action, or preparing a Notice of Allowance? Will a court really agree that such an interpretation comports with the plain language of the statute?


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Been a crazy day so far, but this video made me literally laugh out loud. A little bit of language pops in from time to time, but it is from CollegeHumor.com so I think it is actually pretty tame considering the source.
FYI the way they portray Color Runs is exactly what I imagine in my head and why I haven't done one yet.


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|Tattered Lace on Hammered Copper Bangles
|Rubies with Black Silk on Hammered Copper Bangles
|2" Hoops with Black Tulle & Pink Freshwater Pearl
|Pink Tulle wrapped onto a Forged Brass Link
|photo used with permission
|Tattered Lace on Hammered Copper Bangles
|Rubies with Black Silk on Hammered Copper Bangles
|2" Hoops with Black Tulle & Pink Freshwater Pearl
|Pink Tulle wrapped onto a Forged Brass Link
Love them! Beautiful pieces.ReplyDelete
congratulations shannon - it was only a matter of time until they published this idea - it is wonderful... and you have created really beautiful pieces... i too love bangles and i am smitten by what you did with yours - it is so much fun when something stirs you to action...ReplyDelete
Just lovely! Congratulations on getting your work in Bella Amoire!ReplyDelete
What a fun look! Wherever you decide to put them, I bet they are snatched up quickly!ReplyDelete
Oh you are so in the ZONE! All of these are stunning and Congrats on the publishing! You so deserve it!
Kudo's and Yippies!!!!!
That's great news Shannon! I have been wanting to ask you if you are still offering your hammered rings tutorial? Wouldn't you use the skills for those to make bangles? I have been wanting to make copper bangles for-ev-er! Let me know or where I can find the information.
Thanks Shannon
ps: how's Mike? That wound on his arm was no joke!!
Oh.My.Gosh. Those are divine! Congratulations on getting them accepted for publication! They, and you, certainly deserve it. Props away!ReplyDelete
i love the way you think, miss shannon. that hoop inspiration is so lovely, so timeworn and comfortable. congratulations on the publishing! it is a dream of mine to be in baj someday. i look forward to seeing it!
enjoy the day!
Congrats!! Ohh I lourveee them so girly! Esp the last one! Send one with the birds in flight down to Texas! lolReplyDelete
Congratulations! They are so beautiful, I particulaly like the black tulle and pink pearl earrings. Hope you and your family is doing well. Good to hear from you.ReplyDelete
Wow! Belle Armoir is great! I'll be looking to see you there!ReplyDelete
Wow. These are stunning.ReplyDelete
Hi Shannon, I am so glad to hear your hubby is home, finally. You hang in there, sounds like its the quiet after the storm, always a reflective time, and the first deep breath. The bangles are so beautiful, a great way to channel some long penned up worry. Don't forget to breathe, deeply! Riki xoxoReplyDelete
Beautiful! Clever, yet simple and oh so feminine!!ReplyDelete
these look soooo pretty! I've been making a lot of bangles lately myself... i just love the feel of wearing them, the jingle jangle of rusty copper pulls my heart strings!
Beautiful job, I'm really also loving that bail you made for your rings pendant!
I love how these turned out. What a fabulous mind you have :0)ReplyDelete
Congratulations on getting your work published! These pieces are lovely.ReplyDelete
Your work is always so amazing. I love that you showed the inspiration for your jewelry line, that is so awesome. Congrats on the publication news!ReplyDelete


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Gruppo Mastrotto @India International Leather Fair, Chennai | 1-3 February 2017
Gruppo Mastrotto will attend the 32nd edition of the India International Leather Fair (IILF) which, according to the tradition, will take place in Chennai on 1 to 3 February. The trade fair, which attracted more than 400 companies from more than 20 countries in 2016, generating a turnover of more than USD 260 million, has always been a reference point of the sector and puts on stage the entire range of products of the leather industry, from raw materials to finished products. At the Chennai Convention Centre, Gruppo Mastrotto will present the wide range of leathers dedicated to footwear, leather goods, and accessories, which are capable of giving the necessary suggestions to brands and stylists for the creation of coloured and cherished models and collections.
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Five Things You Didn't Know You Wanted To Do In Barcelona
There is a reason why La Sagrada Familia, the Picasso Museum, and Las Ramblas are top of everyone's list of Barcelona's attractions: They are amazing. But maybe you want to sample something slightly different after you've arranged your Nova car hire for your next visit to the Catalonian capital.
In a city as exciting and eccentric as Barcelona, it's easy to find the kind of experience that remains with you long after you've left. With your Nova car hire package, you're free to venture beyond the usual round of Gaudi paellas and sangria and create your own unique Barcelona memories. See below for some ideas to get you started. And remember we have outlets conveniently located in downtown Barcelona, Barcelona railway station, and Barcelona airport.
Lose Yourself in a Labyrinth
Get away from the crowds at the Parc del Labirint in Horta. Located at Passeig dels Castanyers 1, the park's focal point is a delightfully intricate maze, designed in the 18th century by the architect Domenico Bagutti. This is a great place for kids, and it's cheap too: Entry is around 2 euros, and it's free on Wednesdays and Sundays.
Dine In Darkness
No matter how much of a gourmand you think you are, Barcelona's Dans le Noir?, Passeig Picasso 10, is likely to be a new experience for you. Blind waiters guide diners to a lightless room, where dining takes place without the benefit of sight. The food is superb, but it is the memorable nature of the sensory experience that makes this one of coolest things to do in Barcelona.
Meet a Mammoth
Barcelona's new Mammoth Museum, Calle Montcada 1, is full of prehistoric skeletons recently unearthed in the marshes of Siberia. Unlike the hushed atmosphere of most such institutions, a more relaxed feel predominates at the Mammoth Museum, where visitors are actually encouraged to handle the tusks and molars of woolly mammoths and the hide of a woolly rhinoceros.
Castles in the Square
You can't avoid castles in most tourist destinations, but there's a particular kind of castle unique to Barcelona and the rest of Cataloniathe building blocks are human. The so-called Castells are towering creations constructed by acrobatic brave locals according to a tradition dating back to the end of the 18th century in Valls, Tarragona, when rival groups of people called colles, began to compete against each other.
Visitors can watch the competitors training at their premises in Barcelona, near the Clot underground station (red line No. 1 or mauve line No. 2). Training sessions are normally on Tuesday at 19.30, Thursdays at 19.30.
Dali Museum, Figueres
With your Nova rental car, you are free to explore the many exciting attractions around Barcelona, and one of the most mind-blowing of these has to be the Dali Museum-Theatre in Figueres. Established in 1974 and designed by the artist himself, this museum is the largest Surrealist object in the world and is closest thing you can imagine to entering the mind of Surrealist genius Salvador Dali.
Inside you will find such oddities as an entire room based on the face of Mae West, with a scarlet couch representing her lips and blonde drapes framing the scene as her hair. You will need at least a day to appreciate the magnificent madness of it all, but the experience will tinge your dreams forever.


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|A delicious plate of Jewish donuts.
Some scholars of history believe that Napoleon conquered one country after another, in a quest to find the type of bagels he enjoyed in Poland, as a young boy**. Too bad he didn't have this recipe. If you think you can't make delicous bagels at home, that you have to buy them from a bagel factory... think again. You can. You don't need any special equipment or ingredients. And what you see pictured above, tastes a lot better than mass produced commercial bagels you buy at the supermarket -- especially in the frozen section. In fact, my guest thought they tasted better than the ones you buy at the bagel store. Whereas, I thought the texture wasn't right. The interior was soft and chewy, as it should be. But the exterior of at least some of them was too crispy, whereas they should be relatively soft.
That was partially my fault however. This was my first try at making bagels, so I had some mistakes to learn from. Namely, if you can't get them all on the middle rack, don't put them anywhere else! (I could not fit them all on one tray, and couldn't fit two trays on one rack. So some went on a rack near the lower heating element, some on a rack just above that. As a result, some were too well cooked, partly burnt, and others not cooked enough). Making home made bagels is really not that hard. It's a bit more trouble than no-knead bread, but much faster and they really are very tasty. On top of which... check out the ingredients. There are no dough conditioners there, no malt powder, no additives, no junk. Flour, sugar, salt, yeast, water and oil. That's a purer list of ingredients than most bagels you are likely to buy, supermarket or bagel store!
4 cups bread flour
1 T sugar
1 1/2 tsps salt
1 T vegetable oil
2 t instant yeast
1 1/2 c warm water
|Dry and liquid ingredients
|Dry ingredients (with oil)
|Step 1: Bunch up dough
before downward pressure
|Dough mixed, ready to knead
|Step 2: Preparing to flatten end
(apply pressure)
|Step 3: After flattening one end
with palm of hand
|Step 4: Dough fully kneaded
and formed into a ball shape
|Step 5: Cutting kneaded dough in half
|Step 6: Ball of dough cut into 8 pieces
|Step 7:
Forming 8 balls to roll into snakes
|Step 8: Rolling a snake of dough
|Step 9: Snake of dough, after rolling
|Step 11: Showing joint of ends
|Step 10:
Rolling snake to join ends
|Step 12: Fusing ends, preparing to join
|Step 13: 8 finished dough rounds
|Dough snakes become halos.
|Step 14: Seeded dough rounds before baking
|Bagel soup anyone?
|Sesame seeds
(pat down to spread on plate)
|Sesame seed bagel
drying after removing
from water.
|Jackpot! 8 perfectly baked bagels (attempt no. 2)
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While this chapter contains one of the most used and most well known verses in all of Revelation, the letters to the churches remain very consistent. Go ahead and turn to verses 15-16 where we read John say: "So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold not hot, I am about to spit you out of my mouth." These verses have always been taken to apply to us so that we would increase our fervor in respect to our faith. We can't just cruise along and coast and hope and think that all things are copacetic.
What would a letter to the church in Strasburg sound like?
And to the angel of the church in Strasburg write: I know your works and I hold you close to my heart. For many years you have followed the desires of the Lord even in the midst of struggles and challenges. You have been faithful in many things, yet I have this against you. There have been times of dissension and separation, but those times are behind you now. Put those experiences to rest and focus on the good that the Lord is doing in you midst. There is much that the Lord is doing, rejoice and be glad in it.
To those who would want to focus on anger directed to a false loyalty to a piece of cloth, or to those who would want to be divided by political factions and issues that God's Word does not address, I say that they will pursue these issues and not find any joy in life. Find joy and purpose on those things that Jesus spoke about and taught. Find joy and purpose in feeding the hungry, caring for the widow and the orphan. Find joy in uplifting the downtrodden and comforting those who mourn. The more we try to find joy in those areas where Jesus taught us to focus on, the more we will find the kingdom of God. Listen to what the spirit is saying to the church in Strasburg.


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Yippee! I love Fridays! I don't have to cook…and I don't have to work. I can start my weekend early :)
Another set of beautiful new fairies are headed your way from A Day For Daisies.
Today I have Fairy Flower Outing. A little lovely gathering flowers.
So first I colored my image with Copic markers. Then I painted over her dress with Twinkling H2O's in lime green. I also cut out a vellum wing, popped it up, and painted over that with sparkly, glittery, iridescent paint. I shaded around the lovely with Prismacolor pencils and oms. After I cut out the image with a deckled edged rectangle from Spellbinders, I sponged inside the die with Rose Petal from a Memento Dew Drop. The patterned paper is from the Victoria Gardens pad by Echo Park. Looks like spring! I guess we have to get through winter first…
Okay, off you go to see all of the magical samples the design team has to share with you today!
Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend!


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Why VITAL WorkLife?
You may be wondering, why should you partner with VITAL WorkLife.
With more than 30 years of experience and hundreds of thousands of covered lives, we're large enough to provide proactive and professional resources with broad geographic coverage for your organization. At the core, we're still a tight-knit group of professionals with a shared purpose and values, and commitment to personalized support.
At VITAL WorkLife, employees have a choice between face-to-face appointments and telephone counseling for themselves and their family members. In follow-up surveys with participants who have used our services, VITAL WorkLife averages 98% satisfaction.
Preventative & Proactive:
Improving Productivity and Reducing Healthcare Costs
Our goal is to help your organization and employees recognize and resolve problems before they become unmanageable and cause lost productivity through absenteeism (not at work) and presenteeism (at work, but not really "there" or being productive).
With early intervention, we not only can improve productivity on the job, we can also improve clinical outcomes. We have helped countless organizations reduce total healthcare, disability and workers compensation claims by intervening before individual claim costs skyrocketed. Only half of those suffering from Major Depression receive treatment- yet research suggests that 80% of these people will improve with treatment.
We look at the whole person, not just the presenting problem, and ask the right questions to make sure the real need isn't medical before proceeding. We also look at the person's whole life — providing a wide range of supportive work and life services designed to minimize distraction during work hours.
Behavioral Experts For the Workplace
Our Senior Consultants help your supervisors and managers understand how to not only deal more effectively with performance issues, but also help increase their employees' individual job satisfaction and engagement, as well as team, departmental and organizational effectiveness and productivity.
We offer onsite training and workshops for employees and managers on a wide range of topics from managing time and stress to dealing with conflict and more.
We also offer one-on-one consultation and coaching for managers — in addition to Supervisory Training which educates managers about the Employee Assistance Program services available to maximize the return on your EAP investment.
Companies with the most effective wellness & productivity programs report 40% higher average revenues per employee
Compassionate, Professional Care Available Nationwide
Our national network of over 50,000 master's and doctorate level counselors can provide comprehensive services to you, your employees and their family members. We let your employees define who is family to them without restrictions that would interfere with getting needed help. We also let employees decide when and how they'd prefer to meet, whether it's face to face, by phone or by taking advantage of our extensive web resources. Our goal is to quickly resolve any issues distracting your employees from their work.


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It was Tourist Day for Kindergartners on Friday. The kids really get into it.
Both big girls performed in Arf! the Musical. Mimi was Benny the Beagle and Bigs was ChiChi Chihuahua. They do so well on stage. No stage fright at all.
Mark's softball girls had Prom on Saturday and wanted the girls to come and take pictures with them. My girls thought they all looked like princesses.


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Want To Learn How To Do Blast-Beats? Get A Quick Lesson With Trivium's Nick Augusto [VIDEO]
Before you check out Trivium at this year's Trespass America Tour, check out drummer Nick Augusto giving some pointers on how to do the blast-beat technique.
The recently famed technique has become a metal phenomenon in the past decade, especially on the harder and darker side of metal.
You can be sure that there will be plenty of blast-beats when Trivium hits the Hub on July 24. Personally, I can't wait for this show!
Check out what Nick Augusto has to say about blast-beats and see if you can fulfill the requirements to bang out your own on your own kit.


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We were formally known as MDOneNet which reflected our beginnings in 2000 as a technology leader in the Medical field providing Practice Management software via remote desktop technologies and Managed IT Services to medical practices throughout the state of Arizona. We like to think we were offering Cloud solutions before Cloud was cool. We soon found ourselves providing best in class IT Services delivery to Federal and DoD Agencies focusing on Microsoft and VMware technologies. Due to the criticality and security needs of the many of the systems we were supporting and the requirements that they be highly available always on with geographically separated fail-over sites, the decision was made in June of 2011 to change the company from MDOneNet to On Technology to better reflect the type and scope of work we were doing.
Throughout the years we have been instrumental in delivering Microsoft, VMware and 3rd party solutions to our customers by following industry best practices and repeatable processes that provide consistent, assured delivery of IT solutions, which results in lower cost and less risk to our customers. Today, On Technology is leaning forward and adapting cloud technologies from Microsoft, VMware and Amazon. We are ready to work with you and your team to develop and implement a Cloud Strategy that is realistic, cost effective and provides the necessary performance, reliability and features that you demand.
We look forward to partnering with you and your organization and in assisting you in realizing the full benefits or your IT investment, whether it be On Premise, Hybrid or in the Cloud.
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Here is an interesting article about compressed earth blocks and how this technology is helping to rebuild towns in Nepal after the earthquake as well as provide business opportunities for people in Nepal.
Several Bridge to Nepal partners are currently discussing how this technology could be used on current construction projects in Tikapur.
Thursday, April 27, 2017
Rebuilding a Nepali village, one block at a time
Posted by Bridge to Nepal at 10:25 AM
Labels: Earthquake, Nepal
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Saturday, November 28, 2015
Blankets for Earthquake Victims
|Marian deliver blankets and other supplies to families in mountain villages around Kathmandu
Posted by Bridge to Nepal at 8:47 AM
Labels: Earthquake, Get Involved
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Nepal Has A New Constitution
Click here to read an article explaining how this may or may not bring political stability to this county.
Posted by Bridge to Nepal at 9:41 AM
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Political Unrest in Tikapur
With all the political unrest in the area, it's important that we understand the severity and reality of what is going on. Below is an article that was published recently by The Week on the events that are unfolding. The article also gives a short background to reasons behind the unrest. These are difficult times for our friends in Nepal, and we ask for prayer for them and all others caught up in the middle of this political strife.
|Protesters clash with authorities (Photo Credit)
Posted by Bridge to Nepal at 6:38 AM
Labels: Federalism, Nepal, Political Unrest
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Kathmandu: Tent City
With the magnificence of the Himalayas as a backdrop, the bustling city of Kathmandu has always been known for its allure to tourists, trekkers and those searching for a better understanding of the culture of Nepal.
In the aftermath of the earthquake, Kathmandu has a new identity, that of a tent city. This video, shot just a few days ago, shows the new Kathmandu, a city of rubble and ruin where people are now living on the sidewalks under tarps held up by ropes. Some have no homes to return to, others are just afraid to return home as strong aftershocks continue to rumble through the region.
Madan posted on his Facebook page last week "5.0 Richter scale earthquakes are just normal for us now."
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|Tent cities have popped up in open green spaces all over the city.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015
Another Relief Mission: Your Donations in Action
Today the team delivered relief aid to 50 families from the villages of Sankhu, Changu and Sundarijal in the Bhaktapur district.
This is the translation of the video above:
"God bless you and thank you for this help. We are from Changu in the Bhaktpur district mountain area. It takes us one hour by bus to get here. We hope we find a bus to get back today otherwise we will have to walk. We lost everything from the earthquake. We have nothing left."
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DAY ONE: I'm impressed. That's easy to do–after all, I think it's special when you get a napkin at dinner. But Reno's Truckee River Whitewater Park is truly remarkable. Forget the fact that I staggereed down to see the park for the first time at about 6:30 this morning–after wandering past all the casinos, of course–in just two years, this park has become a model for other cities to follow.
It's already such a success, that Jim Litchfield, the hydrological engineer who lead the local park-design crew, wants to add four more to the area. It would cost $2.4 million–roughly the amount that some of the boaters lost playing blackjack last night (As an aside, there's no truth to the rumor that a Dagger Nomad was anted up). For more on the whitewater park news, log on to www.rgj.com.
JACKSONS SHINE: For me, I'm impressed, and maybe a little thankful, that John even knows how to use a napkin. But even if it took a lot more to wow me, I couldn't help but admire what the Jackson Family is pulling off here in Reno. Father and three-time defending world freestyle champ, Eric, also coaches his offspring, Emily, 15, and Dane, 11, both of whom competed in Friday's open freestyle event. Emily was the top finisher among the women. She and two other amateurs, Lizzy English and Jesse Rice, advanced to Saturday's professional competition, where they'll go paddle-to-paddle with some of North America's hottest boaters.
"I'm super happy with how it went today," Emily said. "It's just great to be out here with all these women I've known for years."
Both Emily and Dane are referred to as "the future of whitewater kayaking" with good reason But despite all the coaching and the genetic good fortune (Their dad spanks boaters half his age), the bottom line is these kids have the talent and drive virtually unheard of in the sport. At this age, they seem like the Serena Williams and Tiger Woods of kayaking. Such labels are a lot for their shoulders, but Emily takes it all in stride.
"The only reason people call me 'the future of whitewater' is because I already compete as a women's pro boater and I'm in the community."
Don't forget, Emily, you're also strong, fluid, and technically sound.
After the men's open preliminary round, Dane was in second place and looking like a sure bet to qualify for Saturday's pro comp. Alas, he fell short of the final three (only the top three boaters advanced). Earlier in the day, Eric told me that Dane had already run a Class IV rapid by the time he was just three years old! I only wonder if he had his pacifier in his mouth.
IN OTHER NEWS: I guess I should mention that Stephen Wright was the top men's boater. Nick Troutman and Charlie Center also qualified. Wright's loops popped out of the water, and he deserves more words in this post, but the Jacksons truly reigned today.
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John Hewson has a good idea—at long last
Some people believe we can't handle more than one question at a time—try us!
Former Liberal Party leader John Hewson has called for a multi-question referendum dealing with dual-citizenship, formal recognition of Indigenous Australians and the republic to put an end to partisan disputes over constitutional issues.
When you read the article, "The 'I was stolen' season again" on this blog, you might well agree that one referendum containing several contentious issues of importance to most Australians is a great idea. It could clear the cluttered decks of social disquiet. It could return government to the business of steering the nation to improvement rather than impoverishment. And, all those that were duped into the SSM con might have an epiphany via better knowledge of subject.
Source: ABC
Q&A: John Hewson calls for broad referendum to solve citizenship, Indigenous recognition and republic
On a Q&A episode which touched on the Barnaby Joyce affair, Senator Jim Molan's sharing of Britain First videos, reform of corporate taxation and the ABC, the panellists also offered ideas about ways to end the citizenship dramas which have plagued both sides of Parliament.
Section 44 of the constitution prohibits members of either house from having dual-citizenship with another country and an eligibility crisis in the last six months has cost eight politicians their jobs, sparked two by-elections and seen more fall under the spotlight.
In response to a question by Robert Sutherland, a judge in the New South Wales District Court, Mr Hewson said a referendum which asked the Australian public multiple questions would be a way to end the political point-scoring on the issues.
"I don't do minimal, I would have a broad-based reform agenda on the constitution, a bipartisan agenda and raise issues like the proper recognition of First Australians, the republic," Mr Hewson said.
"Let's do it once and for all and do it properly."
On course for a referendum
Fellow panellist Linda Reynolds, the senator in charge of a bi-partisan Joint Standing Committee of Electoral Matters, said a referendum was shaping up to be the only way to deal with the dual-citizenship issue.
"We've heard from many of Robert's (Judge Sutherland) colleagues, many constitutional experts and not a single one of them has said that there is any other way bar taking it back to the Australian people for you to decide what you think is current and relevant today," Senator Reynolds said.
"Now in this case the law is 118-years-old and it may be a bit of an arse in the current circumstances but ultimately the committee will share with Australians what the issues are and we will have to have a national debate."
Senator Reynolds said other section 44 issues the bi-partisan committee was investigating were the forced resignation of public sector workers when elected and the difficulties faced by people who were adopted, from the Stolen Generation or had family who had fled war in satisfying the constitution.
The Australian political commentator Chris Kenny said he preferred not to change section 44, saying it was not too much to ask that politicians are loyal to the country.
Mr Kenny also argued that the wide-ranging question would not be appropriate given how few have successfully passed in Australian history, with only eight of 44 national referendums carrying.
"The more issues in the bundle, the more debate, the more cross pollination of arguments and the less likely it will be to succeed," he said.
"I think they're all worthy issues, we did the republic once before, we had a complete failure when it comes to Indigenous recognition.
"But they've got to be picked up one at a time."
Guardian Australia columnist Van Badham was in favour of Mr Hewson's multi-question referendum, and said dual-citizenship didn't create disloyalty.
"I love being a dual citizen," she said.
"My father died a few years ago and was born in New Zealand. That means continuing the link to my dad and the community he came from.
"That doesn't make me disloyal — I love this country, I live here, I pay tax here."
Ms Badham said she had faith that the Australian people could answer more than one question at a time.


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In my defense, this stack came from my husband for Valentine's day. Well, I did the selecting and ordering, but he told me I could for my Valentine's day gift! :) That's how we operate - so romantic, huh? I'm just not into flowers and would much rather have something that makes me happy - so what better??
I've actually had my eye on this fabric since I saw photos on blogs from last Quilt Market. I love the colors and think it will be a perfect quilt for ME! It is Salt Air by Cosmo Cricket for Moda.
Last summer, we bought a piece of land on a lake near us that we will eventually be building a lakehouse on. I'm thinking WAY ahead here - but, thinking this would be perfect fabric for a fun lakehouse quilt. Obviously, I first have to have the lakehouse! :) At the rate I get things done though - we should be good.
Then, I made a Fabric.com purchase for these 1/2 yard sets. This is Scoot by Denna Rutter for Riley Blake Designs.
And, this is Fox Trails by Doohikey Designs for Riley Blake Designs. Both of these are so cute for the boys and I'm excited to make something with them.
I can't even remember where I bought these, but I think it was either on etsy.com or Ebay. I found them for a good deal - and so there I went.....bought them right up! The top is Ruby by Bonnie and Camille for Moda. Middle is Circa 1934 by Cosmo Cricket for Moda. And the bottom is So Sophie by Chez Moi for Moda. Love this stack of jelly rolls!!
And, finally, one of my favorites.....a fat quarter bundle of Verona by Emily Taylor for Riley Blake Designs. (Sensing a trend here??? Yes, I think that Riley Blake is my favorite.)
These colors are gorgeous! I love this fabric - just need to come up with a project to cut into it. It is a sickness.....I know.


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I've shared one of my mothers pieces before, and I'm excited to share another!
My mom is working on a portrait series for me of all of the different places I have been on a mission trip. I already have Africa, and now Mexico! I love this one. When you see it in real life, it's like she is looking right through you. I can't wait to hang it up with the other one! And I really cant wait until I get my India portrait *hint hint mom* ;)


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Time again for another challenge over at Rhedd's Creative Spirit...My project this week is a large altered matchbox which are readily available here at Fernli Designs...
This project is a tutorial for the challenge this month..so please click on the link HERE and you will be transported to the page...
Would love to read your comments....Thank you for dropping by my blog....x
Saturday, April 1, 2017
Altered Match Box
7 comments:
- Sammy said...
Love this! Such a gorgeous grungy steampunk feel. Fabulous. x
- April 1, 2017 at 2:55 PM
- Anne (cornucopia) said...
Nice steampunk feel to this.
- April 1, 2017 at 8:13 PM
- Nora said...
So beautiful!
- April 1, 2017 at 8:58 PM
- Elaine aka Ellapu said...
hard to believe this was once a matchbox. Beautifully transformed too xx
- April 2, 2017 at 5:39 PM
- Rupa S said...
Such lovely effects and great alteration!
- April 17, 2017 at 9:42 AM
- butterfly said...
What a brilliant textural piece - the rusty dimensional embellishing is just amazing.
Alison x
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Hyderabad, Nov 15 (PTI) Alleging that the countrys economy is in chaos in wake of the demonetisation move, the CPI today demanded that the Centre should allow use of old notes till December 31 for all public utilities even as it pressed for action against "real black money hoarders" and those named in Panama leaks.
"If the Prime Minister is sincere, he should apologise to the nation and set right things by allowing people to use the old currency till December 31 for all public utilities like journeys, hospitals, medical shops, tax payments, phone payments, to purchase foodgrains, and essential commodities," CPI General Secretary S Sudhakar Reddy told reporters.
He said Prime Minister Narendra Modis comment that poor people are happy with demonetisation of high currency notes is far from truth.
"It is an insult on injury. Life has become miserable for a large number of people," he said.
The Modi government should explain why the black money stashed abroad could not be brought back even two and half years after being in power, the CPI leader said.
"Blaming opposition parties for anger of the people will yield no results. The nation needs a reply why black money stashed in foreign banks could not be brought back after two and half years rule of Modi, as he promised earlier. Explain why Rs 2000 notes are issued which will again help increase black money," he said.
As peoples anger rose Modi made emotional appeals, he claimed.
"As unending miseries due to cash crunch angered people, PM is resorting to emotional appeals as if his life is in danger. Commercial activity has crashed. Journeys are cut. Patients are facing difficulties in getting admission in hospitals and to purchase medicines. Modis dramatic move backfired as Indian economy is in chaos," he said.
The NDA government has failed to estimate the consequences of its decision to demonetise high-value notes and it is not ready to accept that the move was introduced without proper arrangements, Reddy said.
"Tears in Modis eyes cannot wipe tears of crores of people in the country. There are reports that black money holders found their way. The huge deposit in banks in the last quarter is abnormal and creates doubts how could they knew the upcoming move of the government. Vijay Mallya, Lalit Modi and Panama accused are moving freely while people are punished," he alleged.
"CPI demands strong action on real black money holders, including on all those whose names are exposed in Panama leaks," he said. PTI SJR RS DK AAR


text: MIT Colloquium on the Brain and CognitionMargaret Bidwell Memorial Lecture, Emergence of cognition from action Speaker(s): György Buzsáki America/New_YorkMargaret Bidwell Memorial Lecture, Emergence of cognition from action 2018/03/01 04:00:00 pm2018/03/01 05:00:00 pmSingleton 46-3002Matt email@example.com 1st, 20184:00pm - 5:00pmLocation: Singleton 46-3002Contact: Jamie WileyAudience: Public welcomeEvent BottomDescriptionA fundamental goal of the brain is to predict the future. More complex brains evolved multiple hierarchical loops between their outputs and inputs to make prediction more reliable in more complex environments and at longer time scales. With extensive training these prediction mechanisms have become 'internalized'. At the center of this model are self-propagating loops of neuronal coalitions connected by modifiable synapses that can be propelled forward without external cues. The implication of this conjecture is that brain networks are endowed with internal mechanisms that can generate a perpetually changing neuronal activity even in the absence of environmental inputs. I will discuss examples and mechanisms of this framework. Speaker BioGyörgy Buzsáki is Biggs Professor of Neuroscience at New York University. He received his M.D. in 1974 from the University of Pécs in Hungary, then earned his Ph.D. in Neuroscience in 1984 from the Academy of Sciences in Budapest. Buzsáki's primary interests are mechanisms of memory, sleep and associated diseases. His main focus is "neural syntax", i.e., how segmentation of neural information is organized by the numerous brain rhythms to support cognitive functions. He pioneered the experimental exploration of how coordinated, rhythmic neuronal activity serves physiological functions in the cerebral cortex. His most influential work, the two-stage model of memory trace consolidation, demonstrates how the neocortex-mediated information during learning transiently modifies hippocampal networks, followed by reactivation and consolidation of these memory traces during sharp wave-ripple patterns of sleep. To achieve these goals he has introduced numerous technical innovations from using silicon chips to record brain activity to NeuroGrid, an organic, comformable electrode system used in both animal and patients. Buzsáki is among the top 1% most-cited neuroscientists, member of the National Academy of Sciences USA, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Academiae Europaeae and an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and he sits on the editorial boards of several leading neuroscience journals, including Science and Neuron, honoris causa at Université Aix-Marseille, France and University of Kaposvar, Hungary. He is a co-recipient of the 2011 Brain Prize (with Peter Somogyi and Tamas Freund). (Book: G. Buzsáki, Rhythms of the Brain, Oxford University Press, 2006)


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Exegesis Volume 2 Issue #36
Exegesis Digest Sat, 13 Sep 1997
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 23:43:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: John Reder
Subject: Re: Exegesis Digest V2 #35
>From: "Carla M. Vorsatz" >Subject: Houses` systems > >I`d be very much interested in discussing houses`s systems, but as >I`ve tried to do so in another forum and was almost banished from >there, I would appreciate to know whether it is possible to do it >here, and whether is there someone interested in the matter. >Thanks in advance Carla M. Vorsatz Rio de Janeiro, Brasil >
It would be nice to start any discussion in this list. Maybe once a month there is something that comes through and that is it.
As far as being banished, that is typical of mailing lists. I got banished from one for not being sufficiently worshipful to the memory of Princess Di, when others were finding signs of sainthood in her chart. (I thought she was a spoiled little child).
Most of the astrology mailing lists are nothing more than chat groups with no real interest in astrological discussion. If someone wants to talk about Di, then the chart for the final car ride is a great source of astrological material. A combust retrograde Mercury square Pluto. What an indicator of all the spins that were going to get put on the story? But, the majority of astrology groups want to gossip and chat, not really get into a good examination of astrological principles.
I would love to get some discussions going on horary and event astrology, but it is almost impossible to get anything going. At least with this group, it is mostly silence. Which beats inane chatter.
If you want to talk about house systems, go ahead. I don't object.
John Reder
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RACE: Valvoline Runoffs: Saturday afternoon championship races
By N. Schilke - Motorsport.com Mid-Ohio - Saturday, September 22, 2001 - Sunshine, warm temperatures and lots of spectators greeted the afternoon races for bragging rights for the next year. AS Race 12: Forty cars took the green flag and going ...
By N. Schilke - Motorsport.com
Mid-Ohio - Saturday, September 22, 2001 - Sunshine, warm temperatures and lots of spectators greeted the afternoon races for bragging rights for the next year.
AS Race 12:
Forty cars took the green flag and going into the esses, cars everywhere. Andy McDermid escaped along with Kent Biddinger to take the lead. Several laps of good clean racing until Biddinger developed a motor problem and pulled off. That left last year's champion a nice lead and an easy cruise. Meantime Richard Ciochon went after Kelly Lubash and after more good clean racing, Ciochon took second. Lubash got challenged by Joseph Trapani next while the rest of the field was sliding off the slippery track or having motor problems. McDermid took the checker for his back-to-back National Championship.
Top three AS: McDermid, Western Michigan Region; Ciochon, San Francisco Region; Lubash, New England Region.
"Goodyear tires were incredible. Motor problems for Kent gave me breathing space," said McDermid as the first repeat winner this year. "Lots of oil on track -- slippery but I had a good race -- easy to driver the car," said the winner. When asked about the ability to drive these cars, McDermid said, Have to be smooth and stay on line. These cars are unforgiving when you fall off your marks." Second place finisher had a radio problem and had no idea of his position on track, "Radio wasn't working so I didn't know where I was. Knew I was somewhere in the front." "Car was perfect -- could place it anywhere i wanted. This is my first time on the podium," said Ciochon. First time on the podium for Lubash as well, he said, "The car kept getting slippery as the race went on -- my Goodyear tires kept me going -- and helped me to hold off the challenge from Joe."
SSB Race 13:
J Randolph Saucier held off challenges from the get-go to win the race. Good battles took place behind him; especially the one between eventual second place finisher, David Roush, and T.C. Kline until Kline had to give it up. Eric Morehouse kept himself out of trouble and avoided any pitfalls to bring it home third.
Top three SSB: Saucier, Oklahoma Region; Roush, Ohio Valley; Morehouse, California Region.
FP Race 14:
The race no one wants to win or finish -- the most dramatic race so far of the weekend. Steve Sargis takes the early race just to have engine problems on lap seven. Rick Haynes took over the lead and spun in the keyhole. Joe Huffaker takes the lead with Harold Flescher right behind him until Flescher parked it. In the meantime, Peter Morton's engine blew big time while several others spun, went off or developed problems. Daniel Snow moves up into third and then spun to give the position over to Mark Irwin. Huffaker kept it on the track ahead of last year's champion, Bill Niermeyer. Huffaker took his sixth National Championship (five of them in FP and one in GT5).
Top three FP: Huffaker, San Francisco Region; Niermeyer, Cincinnati Region; Mark Irwin, East Tennessee Region.
"Whole plan was to catch the leaders with perseverance and patience," said Huffaker. "I had on harder compound Goodyears and they make you work harder and when you work harder, you go faster." Niermeyer talked about the race that no one wanted to win. He said, "I come around a turn to see someone sideways or off the track. Follower Harold most of the race. Knew I couldn't catch him, so I just sat back and had a boring race since I had no one to race against." "I did have a great drive -- car was perfect. My family was cheering me on and my wife was giving me my pit signals," said Niermeyer. On his battle with Eddie Beal, Irwin commented, "It was nose-to-tail for a long time. I had him in the curves and he had me on the straightaways. Got the position with a little luck." All the drivers commenting on the slippery track on the straightaway and the keyhole. "Lots of cars were capable of winning. It was a good, clean start," said Niermeyer.
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Had a really enjoyable mooch despite the rain. An early find was a medieval tile enlivened by the animal that had walked across it 600+ years ago. A Museum of London archaeologist leading a foreshore school group kindly worked out it had decorated the front of a house. Now, I was just going to say the paw print was a dogs as I couldn't be bothered to check out paw prints on google. Passed around like after eight mints after our 'in the shed' Sunday lunch, the Millers decided it was definitely not a dogs. Between them they ruled out cat, rat, squirrel so at the moment we're left with rabbit. I spent a few minutes on google looking at paw prints but I'm not sufficiently motivated to trawl. Perhaps my animal loving sister who spent her youth plaster casting footprints as we walked around Britain can help us out - Laura?
|Mudlarking Find: Medieval tile with paw print
|Half the Millers Id Crew Sunday Lunching in the disco shed.
|Mudlarking Find: Small Victorian Bell
|Mudlarking Finds: Houses
|Mudlarking Finds: Flowers
|Mudlarking Finds: Patterns
I left the foreshore bathed in sun and blue sky and made my way to the wonderful Museum of London. They have a knack of displaying just enough to give a real feel for each period without overwhelming you. Wonderful selection of medieval pots.
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Contact: Dan Brown, 671-333-4051Join park rangers this month for a variety of fun and interesting interpretive programs. Park rangers will lead special guided tours of park sites and share personal stories of those who fought in the Pacific War. Programs provide visitors an opportunity to learn about park resources, the people we honor, and how events of the past still influence us today. In addition, park officials invite the public to join hundreds of volunteers participating in the annual International Coastal Cleanup (September 15) and National Public Lands Day (September 29). For specific program details, please see the attached schedule of events.
All events are free and open to the public.Most programs occur outdoors at different locations and vary in length from thirty minutes to one hour. Most hikes are moderate and short but traverse slippery and steep terrain, so wear appropriate footwear and attire.Visitors are encouraged to bring water, umbrellas, and insect repellant.In the event of inclement weather, programs may be delayed or cancelled.For more information or questions on specific programs, call 671-333-4050.
Every day in September - The T. Stell Newman Visitor Center hosts spectacular new exhibits that feature gripping stories and information about Guam's history, the Pacific Theater of World War II, and the beautiful natural resources of our island. Visitors can also watch a 10-minute movie in our theater and shop in the outstanding bookstore operated by Pacific Historic Parks, our non-profit partner that supports the park. The visitor center is open from 9 am - 4:30 pm daily and is located just outside Naval Base Guam main gate.
Saturday, September 1 - 2 p.m. at Asan Bay Overlook - "Soldier's Story" - Hear the story of one of Guam's sons, his World War II experience, and his harrowing return during the Battle of Guam. Did he really find what he was looking for? (30 minutes)
Saturday, September 8 - 2 p.m. at Piti Guns - "Guns Hike" -Meet at the Veterans Cemetery on Route 6 and we'll caravan to the short hiking trail that leads to 3 large coastal defense guns. Although these are the only guns in their original positions protected by the park, we'll discover another reason why they are particularly unique. (45 minutes)
Saturday, September 15
-7 a.m. at Asan Beach - "International Coastal Cleanup" - Bring your family and friends to be a part of this special day we hold each year to help keep our island beautiful. Hundreds of thousands of volunteers are working on this day around the planet - here's your chance to do something right here on Guam. Free t-shirts will be distributed while supplies last. The event is expected to last no later than 10 a.m.
-2 p.m. at Asan Bay Overlook - "Guam Ever After" - Guam's role in World War II didn't stop with its liberation. The years immediately following the war changed Guam forever. If you don't know how, you might be surprised to find out! (30 minutes)
Saturday, September 22 - 2 p.m. at Ga'an Point - "Ranger's Choice"-What's so special about the Agat beach line? More than you think! Come and find out from a park ranger. (30 minutes)
Saturday, September 29 - 9 a.m. at Asan Beach - National Public Lands Day - Across the nation volunteers will come together on National Public Lands Day (NPLD) to help care for our public lands.For over ten years, War in the Pacific National Historical Park has partnered with the Guam Girl Scouts to help care for our national park on Guam. Join park rangers and other volunteers at Asan Beach from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. for NPLD. Look for the green tent!


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Researcher looking for emotional causes of anorexia
However, she needs volunteers willing to discuss their feelings to help with her research.
Emmerling is looking for approximately 90 local participants, who are recovered or in recovery from anorexia, to participate in her research study, which will help her address what she sees as an oft-forgotten component in treatment, the emotional component of the disorder. Given previous studies on anorexia that have been conducted with small numbers of subjects, she knows that her goal is ambitious. However, by understanding more about the feelings involved with the disorder, she is hoping to give expression to the anorexic patients' pain, where currently, she says, no words can be found.
"I'm looking at whether the participants are even aware of what emotions are coming up or if they have the language to talk about their emotions," said Emmerling. "I'm looking at [the research] in terms of autobiographical memory. Are these girls able to have a kind of coherent life narrative and what are the memories from their past that they use to define the person they are today?"
Undefined self-identity and an inability to cope with emotion are reasons she believes that cause people to relapse, but prescribed treatments allow recovered anorexics to return to a more acceptable and healthy body weight. However, when underlying issues that have not been addressed begin to resurface or new stresses occur, sufferers of anorexia do not have established adaptive coping mechanisms built in to guide their behaviours.
"Anorexia patients often report feeling very lost, dissociated from who they are, trapped in situations," said Emmerling. "When the stressful situation comes up again, the patients resort back to the starvation mode (restricting food intake as a coping mechanism) because it's a way to avoid or distract themselves from having to deal with the stressful situation; it's a maladaptive solution to real-life problems"
Bottling emotions leads to destructive cycle of using food as a distraction from the overwhelming emotional response, notes Emmerling. The big step in resolving the emotional component of anorexia, she says, is getting those who suffer from anorexia to talk about what is going on, finding an outlet of expression that will allow them to share the inner chaos that may be caused by a variety of stressors, such as being abused or even being raised in an environment where emotions where not expressed or validated.
To facilitate her research, Emmerling is using emotion-focused therapy, a psychotherapy developed by Canadian psychologist Les Greenberg. Emmerling says that her solution is not a replacement for current treatments, but a complement to them. She believes that addressing the link between emotion and the sense of self in treating an eating disorder is critical in overall treatment and recovery.
Once her research is in place, she hopes to have a clearer picture of the issues that plague anorexics in overcoming their affliction. But first, she needs to find the voices that will help her accomplish this task, something she hopes more people will step forward to do.
"I'm asking questions about some of their memories who define who they are as people and their feelings, so really getting an understanding of the kind of things that are going on, beyond the physical, which is sometimes neglected in treatment," said Emmerling. "What I'm really doing is encouraging people who have suffered from anorexia to talk to me.
"I really want to be able to help and understand this [aspect of the disease] and try to make a difference for the treatments provided; not only for them, but also for other people who might suffer with this disorder down the road." Provided by University of Alberta


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So one of the things I did this summer was get a tattoo.
I've wanted a tattoo since the very idea of tattoos was introduced to me. I think I was about...eleven or so. The idea of being able to doodle on myself and then have it stay FOREVER was something I always found intriguing.
And my goal to get one when I was eighteen had been put on the back burner when LIFE happened.
I knew that I would eventually get one, and then a bunch, but I just never knew when I would have the time and the money simultaneously line up so I could do it.
Then my little sister, Kelly got an internship at Premium Blend Tattoo in Manahawkin. Then. They asked her to tattoo. Then. They asked her if she had any guinea pigs.
I was her second guinea pig.
The whole experience was something so surreal and so precious to me that I will never ever forget it. It sounds kind of cheesy, right? precious, getting a tattoo? You serious?
Hell yeah I am.
When I was younger, it was always my dream to be a tattoo artist. When I think back to it now, I'm not sure I would be able to do it. I mean, drawing something for someone else that they may or may not like, and then having to tattoo it on them, thus PERMANENTLY marking up their skin?
Not to mention, most people irritate me.
And watching my baby sister do it to my own arm, I've never been more positive that tattooing is just not for me.
I was an emotional wreck as well.
I'm not afraid of pain; never really have been. That's not what I was emotional about.
It's the fact that seeing my sister interacting with the other artists there, and without maybe even her realizing at the time, seeing her in her element, somewhere she should be and somewhere she has worked to be her whole life as an artist--making art and getting paid for it--made me feel like a proud momma.
I'm not saying that I raised Kelly, or that I am her surrogate mother or something, but there's just this wonderful proud big sister feeling that overcame me, and continues to every time I see a picture of a new piece she's completed.
So, with the emotional wreck and proudness out of the way, here's what I got:
And people have been asking me things like, "what is that?"
It's called an ampersand.
And then they ask, "Why would you get the AND sign as a tattoo?"
Well, the short answer would be that I'm a writer, and that the ampersand is one of my favorite punctuation marks, and because I'm a nerd like that, I got it.
The long answer takes more explaining. And here it is:
It's no secret that Amanda Palmer is one of the most inspirational artists to me. She has a song called "Ampersand".
There are a few lines that have always stood out to me:
1) I have wasted years of my life
Agonizing about the fires
I started when I thought that to be strong you must
Be flame retardant
2) Nobody deserves to die
But you were awful adamant
That if I didn't love you
Then you have just one alternative
And, of course, the chorus:
3) I'm not gonna live my life on one side of an ampersand.
These three lines have been haunting me since I first heard this song almost four years ago.
The first represents who I was Before.
Before what exactly? I'm not sure. Just Before.
When I was younger, a teenager, I had this idea that I didn't need anyone. That if someone were to come into my life and ask me on a date, I would proudly say, "No. I don't need that."
I had such a negative idea of love between two strangers that I thought it could never exist. I always thought it was a lie that adults made up so they could justify staying together or getting married or whatever else.
I thought men were evil.
I thought I would never be with someone, and I was happy about it.
I didn't have many friends, and even with them I was completely closed off. I only shared parts of me that I thought wouldn't be judged, parts that were safe.
Then I met Sara, and Amy, and others.
And they made it okay. They made me feel normal.
Then Al entered my life.
And without getting sappy and emotional and dumb, I'm just going to say that he proved me wrong.
He was there when I thought he wouldn't be. He stayed when I was sure I would make him run.
When I turned 21 and moved into my dad's house, all of this progress was erased in a mere two days.
Thus enters line number 2.
I had grown up most of my life not knowing who my father was, really. And I wanted it. I wanted a father daughter relationship. I wanted to know who he was and I wanted him to know me.
And I found him.
And he was scary.
Yet he craved my company, my love.
And I couldn't give it to him.
No matter how hard I pushed and pushed the walls of my chest apart, my heart would not let him in. And there was this unbelievable amount of guilt that came with these realizations. The realizations that I had no father, that he's not who he appeared to be, and that I didn't love him were crushing to me.
So when I moved out, I had to deal with the walls coming down and trying to bury me.
I can honestly say it was one of the hardest times of my life.
But I also learned from it. I learned that I can love people and let them in, but I had to be aware that sometimes I have to let go. I can't risk my mind, my heart, my soul just to feel love from someone who could not, and didn't ever really know how to give it.
So that brings us to line three: I'm not gonna live my life on one side of an ampersand.
It seems simple. Don't lean on people. Stand alone and be yourself and you only need you.
And that's part of it.
But the ampersand on my arm also represents the times where I do need to lean on someone. When I can trust people and love and not be afraid to.
So, the tattoo is a lot for me.
My sister, who went through a lot of the same things that I did with our father tattooed it on me.
Amanda Palmer, whose music has saved me on more than one occasion.
Al, Amy, and Sara, and my other friends who have been there to listen and relate. The people who showed me and continue to show me things that I never thought I was capable of feeling, doing, or seeing.
It's a reminder. It's a thank you. It's forever.
And every time I look at it, I think of all of these things at once and am over joyed and overwhelmed.
For everyone involved with it, thank you.
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"Colonialism is a terrible bane for a people upon whom it is imposed, but a blessing for a language. English's drive to exploit the new and the alien, its zeal in robbing words from other languages, its incapability to feel qualms over the matter, its museum-size overabundance of vocabulary, its shoulder-shrug approach to spelling, its don't-worry-be-happy concern for grammar - the result was a language whose colour and wealth Henry loved."
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Ok, so I finally ran out of my Bare Minerals foundation :( I'm a bargain shopper so I usually try to stick to drugstore products as much as possible.But when it comes to foundation I am willing to spend that extra penny. Last week I've been trying out my sister Amanda MAC Studio Sculpt Foundation and I loved it!!! She kept hiding it from so I won't steal it from her. However I wasn't planning on robbing her since she's like a shade lighter than me. So I thought about it and came to the conclusion I will probably spend more on searching for a foundation that I will like than buying the MAC foundation itself for 29.50. So yesterday I purchased my first MAC foundation in NC45. I have yet to try it myself but the sales person did put it on half of my face. I've been busy after work so I didn't get to play with it today. But as soon as am off at 3:30 it's on baby!
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The reading list used to be a top secret (if I tell you I have to kill you) list. But 2015 marked the first year that the Nebula Reading List became open to the public.
Nebula Commissioner Terra LeMay says "Even before I became the Nebula Awards Commissioner, I've always thought the Suggested Reading List was one of the best resources I've ever encountered for finding the most exciting new science fiction and fantasy works each year. It is a great privilege to have helped bring this list out to the public where any reader may benefit from it."
Here's the full article about the reading list going public.
Nominating for the list ends on Monday, so if any of you SFWA members have read books that you think should be on it, I suggest you hasten to the list. I added several myself that I felt were deserving of recognition.
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"Abstraction allows man to see with his mind what he cannot physically see with his eyes... Abstract art enables the artist to perceive beyond the tangible, to extract the infinite out of the finite. It is the emancipation of the mind. It is an explosion into unknown areas."
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I've been recieving emails about Google Nemesis since yesterday and too be honest It looks like a good product. It's by the team behind Day Job Killer and Google Assassin. In the past there have been some very good tips come out of these products and you can still see thwm being used today, so they must work.
The product seems to be a bit of software that automates and simplifies PPC campaigns and Indicate profitable campaigns. As I said It sounds excellent.
As I was going to buy it I decided to check up on the affiliate tools that they provide with it because if it's good and works I'll happily promote it.
It is while checking the Affiliate tools that i found something that concerned me…
Now it may just be that The DJK team are realists and know more about how customers think that I do or it might just be that I am completly naive and think that providing long term value is the way I should do business. Now remembe that the product is a piece of software ..
This is what it said..
Average pay-out: I expect each sale to make you a little over $100 based on our retention stats for Google Assassin. That's assuming average buyer staying signed up for only 2 months (3-4 months is more likely, but let's be conservative), and assuming the up-sell converts at 40%. As I say, these figures are very conservative, but you are looking at a very, very substantial recurring income from this.
Am I reading that right they expect the average buyer to stay signed up for only 2 months?? I am fully aware that most people don't take enough action but If you paid for a tool that does what Google Nemisis promises wouldn't you stay a member for much longer?
Even if the numbers are conservative surly you should be building software that people will want to use month after month? As I said previously it may just be that I am completly misunderstanding this and The DJK team are just tring to not hype to potential affiliates but as a prospective buyer It really does make me wary.
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"There are no Atheists in foxholes."
Well, let me fix this, since I am a Marine. "There are no Atheists in fighting holes."
Much better…
I have been an Atheist as far back as I could remember. It wasn't until a few years ago that I really took a stand and stood up for my beliefs and learned more about both sides of the coin. I took the time to learn about the different major religions in this world. I also learned more about Evolution and Science. Everything I could to really figure out what I believed and what I could accept as truth. It was pretty clear after all of it, I was still an Atheist.
Last year I was deployed to Afghanistan. It wasn't going to be a simple deployment. It was a combat deployment. In training we would have the thought of "life and limb being lost" pushed into our brains daily. This made me really pay attention during training so I could learn my equipment and learn how to detect IED's, baddies, etc… Because I knew, it would all come down to the person next to me and me, if I planned to come home.
Now, I never heard this saying before, not until I got back home. It made me chuckle at first, I never gave it a second thought. Then it hit me, I am an Atheist and not ONCE did I ever pray to God, ask God for help, or thank God for getting me through a tough time. Every firefight, IED that was searched for, I knew I had to be 100% on point or I might not come out alive. Through every round that passed by my head, I never once asked God to help me. God was never even a thought in my head.
I remember a vehicle behind me driving over an IED I just drove over. It went off and blew that vehicle up. Nobody was seriously hurt, but still, that's not fun. I look at my driver who is very religious and ask "How in the hell do we keep missing those?" to which he gestures with his pointer finger skyward. As if to say God is helping us miss those since it was our 11th that didn't detonate under us. So, God protects an Atheist, over the people who believe in him? Out of about 80, only 2 of us were free thinkers.
So, this myth is busted. I'm sure it has been busted many times over. In a pickle, I never asked God for help. I simply did my job with a clear mind. There are Atheists in fighting holes.
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First, Michael, thank you very much for your service.
Second, I'm curious--it sounds like that driver knew you were a non-believer, but were there situations where you were uncomfortable proclaiming your status to one and all?
--Take care,
Thank you for your appreciation.
Yes, everybody knew my stance on it. Mainly because of praying, wearing religious headbands, and other things like that. I've never been one to feel weird about it. I don't know why it never seemed that taboo to me. Then I see a bunch of people who have a hard time coming out to their family for fear of being disowned. It's wild.
I actually had one guy I was close with "I wish you believed in Jesus." and I asked "Why?" his reply, which was awesome, was "Because you're a really awesome dude, it sucks you won't go to heaven."...
Grown men. Grown ass men.
Not only were you an atheist in a foxhole, you weren't the only one. I know several former army, airforce and Navy members who were atheists when they served and are still atheists today. Thank you for your service. :)
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Building with Windows
Get the sources
The source of OpenClonk is hold in a so-called version control system. Put simply, this is something that allows programmers to coordinate their work - if you want, you can afterwards read the Git article to see how that works. For the moment, it's just a couple of files you want to download.
Install TortoiseGit
The notable difference to a simple download is that you need a special program to do it. Our version control system is Git, and we will use the TortoiseGit client. Follow that link and click "Download".
Proceed to the "Download" page and select the appropriate installer. If unsure, you probably want the 64-bit version:
And walk through the installation. Just selecting the default options should get you through.
OpenClonk team members: If you want to use PuTTY to push commits, make sure to select the appropriate option along the way. Do it again for the msysGit installation below.
You also need to install Git for Windows, which is what actually does all the work behind the scenes. Following this link will get you to another download page:
This installation will ask even more confusing questions. But again default options won't cause anything to break, I would just recommend deactivating some GUI options, as TortoiseGit already offers them:
After a bit of waiting and (if you're lucky) not a single request to restart your computer, this should have given you a working TortoiseGit installation.
Okay, now we are going to download the sources. Git calls this "cloning" because it's actually a lot more than just the sources. After you're done, you can check the Git Workflow page for how to work with your clone.
For now, just find a place where you want the source to be, open the context menu by right-click and select "Git Clone..." from the TortoiseGit menu:
A dialog will appear asking for the repository URL and the destination path. In our case, we want the source to be the OpenClonk repository. The URL you need is normally "https://github.com/openclonk/openclonk". Here's how it should look like (note that the screenshot is showing an outdated URL):
OpenClonk team members: Use "email@example.com:openclonk/openclonk" instead and activate the option to auto-load the PuTTY key for maximum convenience.
After pressing "OK", TortoiseGit will work for a while. After watching a progress bar for a while, it should finish. Congratulations, you now have the bleeding edge of OpenClonk development on your hard drive!
There is a lot of stuff and most likely you won't understand much of it. Here's a quick orientation guide of the actually important bits:
- "docs" - the sources of our documentation
- "planet" - these are the game resources - scripts, graphics and everything to explain how to make a game out of them
- "src" - all the source code of the game engine. Lots of C++ ahead.
Get it to Compile
This is nice, but we are interested in seeing the game run, aren't we? For this, we need a program that will take all those C++ files and make an executable file out of it. Unfortunately, programming is complicated stuff so even setting up the tools and the environment has become a bit of science. But this won't stop us.
Get Microsoft Visual Studio
You can say what you want about Microsoft, but they sure make nice development environments. And they are even giving a lot of it away for free. We will use Visual Studio 2015 Express for Desktop. Follow that link, then click on "Visual Studio 2015" and "Express 2015 for Desktop":
Run it, accept the licensing terms, click the big "Install" link and accept the UAC prompt. Then go make a coffee because the install will probably take a while.
Get Dependencies
Like most big programs, OpenClonk doesn't stand on its own. Some things (like opening PNG images) were already programmed by other programers far better than we could ever do. This is why we have to get a few so-called "libraries" before Clonk can be built.
You could expend some effort try to find, download, and compile all those libraries by yourself, but that would take quite some time. Instead, just download one of the packages we've provided for your convenience:
- the x86 package (we'll assume this one)
- the amd64 package
These packages are made for unpacking directly into the "openclonk" folder you created above, which will put a couple of DLL files into the root and create a "deps" folder. If you would like to organise the dependencies yourself, use the original dependency files provided by Isilkor (x86 and amd64).
Get CMake
Before all this becomes useful, we still need something that tells the compiler how all those sources and libraries should be compiled together.
For this, Visual C++ needs a project file. But there is none - we have to consult another program to generate it for us. This might seem confusing - but the point is that there are a lot of build environments besides Visual Studio, and having all those project files next to each other would become a problem in the long run.
What we need is CMake. Follow that link and download the installer:
You know what to do.
After the installation, start the CMake GUI from the start menu. Put the path you cloned the repository into the source code path field. You can set the build path to any directory you want, but it is important that the "deps" folder from the last step is also in that directory.
Now click the "Configure" button in the lower left. It will ask what compiler we want to use. Select the compiler you want to use; either "Visual Studio 14 2015" if you downloaded the x86-bit library package above, or "Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64" if you got the amd64-bit package.
If you get some error messages (in red), you're probably missing some dependencies. Don't worry if cmake complains about some missing paths, it shouldn't affect you.
The last step is to click the "Generate" button.
Your First Build
Okay, now we have everything needed to make OpenClonk run for the first time. Go into the source directory and double-click on the "openclonk.sln" file that should now have appeared:
Visual C++ should open and look similar to this:
We only want to build the engine, so select "openclonk" from the list, right-click and select "Set as Start-Up project".
Now press F5 (or, if you prefer, click the "Local Windows Debugger" button in the tool bar). Visual Studio will notice that you don't actually have a current compiled version of OpenClonk yet. Tell it to build one, and if you like also tell it to always just automatically build a new version using the check box.
If all goes well, after a couple of minutes you'll be looking at the OpenClonk main menu.
In case you are wondering why OpenClonk suddenly starts in some kind of pseudo windowed mode: This is because we just built a debug build (note the "dbg" after the version?). This build is a bit slower but allows you to get a better look at the internals of the engine while it's running. Maybe we'll have another article about that soon.