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Hot on the hooves of everyone else's mailing list messages comes my very own mailing list message! March is mailing list month, after all. It comes in like a postal truck in DC at Christmas and goes out like a delicious bhuna gosht. Anyhow, on to the news.
Just yesterday (Feb 28) was the official release date of the CD & LP by a new band I'm in, called VAURA. We in the band have agreed that VAURA is like Van Halen meets The Police meets Queensryche meets Dysrhythmia meets Kayo Dot meets Religious to Damn meets Weakling meets Krull (the movie) meets Ukelele (the instrument), and a few other things that I can't really remember right now. In any case, I'm in this band with Kevin Hufnagel (Dysrhythmia, Gorguts), Josh Strawn (Blacklist, Religious to Damn), and Charlie Schmid (Religious to Damn). People have been psyched about the album so far, and can I tell you, goddamn, it's nice to be in a band that people actually want to listen to! The album, "Selenelion," was released by WIERD Records, and is available to buy at their store... I recommend the colored vinyl for its delicious resemblance to black raspberry hard candy and its superior sound quality.
Nextly, and speaking of Kevin Hufnagel, he was kind enough to hook me up with a show this coming Sunday, March 4, at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, opening for Eugene S. Robinson (Ox Bow, etc) and Scott Kelly (Neurosis). I'm going to be playing solo keyboard and singing at this show, and it'll be my first actual SOLO performance ever! So, I hope you can come and witness the spectacle. You can think of me as a gothier, smaller Kevin Hufnagel who doesn't play guitar or ukelele. Eugene and Scott are large, tough, and manly, so rest assured my set will pretty much be the polar opposite of theirs. I'll be like the pickle, if you ate the pickle before the rest of your meal (why would you do that, though??)
Later in April is gonna be CHIPPYFEST at the Stone, curated by the meticulous Heung-Heung Chin. It's so much later, in fact, that I may email you guys about this again. I'm going to be playing three times within two days, once with Vaura (unplugged!), once with Stern (the new live musical band rendering of Chuck Stern's perverted fantasies), and once more as a super awesome special premiere of something totally new:
A new trio for myself (on voice), Timba Harris (Secret Chiefs 3 violinist), and Michelle Morinaga, who's choreographing what's essentially going to be like an ultra-slow-moving half-butoh, half-percussion piece. Consider the instrumentation to be voice, violin, percussion, visuals, and manipulations of ambient reverb? If that makes sense? We don't have a title yet, but the piece is going to be about parasites. It should be really weird (and good!) - April 21st, see The Stone's website for the full calendar with times, etc.
KAYO DOT spring tour! This is still in the works. Sorry we don't have more information at this time... but soon! If you're interested in hosting (for May/June) please send me an email.
And - If you missed it last time, KAYO DOT released our new album, GAMMA KNIFE, via kayodot.bandcamp.com at the beginning of January. If you haven't gotten it yet, please head over to the bandcamp page and check it out and buy it if you like it! It's cheap (5 bucks!) and every single purchase helps. The CD and vinyl version are coming in April via Antithetic Records. I'll email you guys again when we have photos and pre-order info. Here are some comments that people have been making about GAMMA KNIFE:
"It's good, but it's no maudlin of the Well" - Internet guy #1
"It's back to the band's roots, reminding me of maudlin of the Well at times!" - Internet guy #2
"It's the most maudlin-ish Toby Driver has sounded in years" - Internet guy #3
"For the first time since maudlin of the Well, Kayo Dot sounds relevant again" - Internet guy #4
"Toby's screaming again. Is that Jason Byron I hear?" - Internet guy #5
"Blight of River Systems is amazing" - Internet guy #6
Those guys will all be happy to hear that the Finnish label Blood Music is re-releasing the old out-of-print MOTW CDs, BATH and LEAVING YOUR BODY MAP, plus also issuing PART THE SECOND on CD for the first time ever. Those CDs go on sale tomorrow (March 1st)!
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
MOTW CDs are going to press / repress
Some text from the label, Blood Music outta Finland
There will be 300 copies of each, if they sell well, then we will also press "My Fruit Psychobells"
Bonus tracks on the 2 re-issues, and 100 signed copies.
Discs will go up for pre-order on March 1st (Thursday) and release date is April 13th."
There will be 300 copies of each, if they sell well, then we will also press "My Fruit Psychobells"
Bonus tracks on the 2 re-issues, and 100 signed copies.
Discs will go up for pre-order on March 1st (Thursday) and release date is April 13th."
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Sell me a Secret
If you're ready to go beyond the astonishing insights of What The Bleep Do We Know? (see my Aug. 3 post), you just might be ready for The Secret. This DVD is featured, among many other places, on the What The Bleep? web site. But for the real whiz-bang special effects, I'd go straight to the source if I were you. Or should that be Source, capitalized?
What is The Secret? you may be asking. Well, I could tell you, but then it wouldn't be a secret anymore, would it? But since you asked, let me let The Secret people tell you, for they tell it better than I ever could. This is from the "Synopsis" page on The Secret official web site:
The Secret has existed throughout the history of mankind. It has been discovered, coveted, suppressed, hidden, lost and recovered. It has been hunted down, stolen, and bought for vast sums of money. Now for the first time in history, The Secret is being revealed to the world over two breathtaking hours.
A number of exceptional men and women discovered The Secret, and went on to become known as the greatest people who ever lived. Among them: Plato, Leonardo, Galileo, Napoleon, Hugo, Beethoven, Lincoln, Edison, Einstein and Carnegie, to name but a few.
Fragments of The Secret have been found in the oral traditions, in literature, in religions and philosophies throughout the centuries. For the first time, all the pieces of The Secret come together in an incredible revelation which will be life transforming for all who experience it.
Some of today's greatest teachers will be presented in The Secret and will impart this special wisdom that has been known by so few. They include some of the world's leaders in the fields of business, economics, medicine, psychology, history, theology and science. Each of these teachers is living proof of The Secret; each of them a walking marvel of achievement and success...
The Secret reveals amazing real life stories and testimonials of regular people who have changed their lives in profound ways. By applying The Secret they present instances of eradicating disease, acquiring massive wealth, overcoming obstacles and achieving what many would regard as impossible.
The Secret reveals how to apply this powerful knowledge to your life in every area from health to wealth, to success and relationships.
The Secret is everything you have dreamed of... and is beyond your wildest dreams.
Are you excited yet?
It should come as no surprise that quantum physics is mentioned more than once in The Secret. Or at least in the promo stuff I looked at. Just in case you're wondering.*
I did find it surprising, or at least worthy of note, that even though we are told that The Secret has been known to a number of exceptional men and women throughout history, not one of the historical "great thinkers" mentioned in the synopsis is female. Nor are there any women among the contemporary "great teachers" whose mugs are featured on the home page. I thought I glimpsed an animation in which a pair of breasts and female genitalia temporarily sprout on Leonardo's "Ideal Man" – you know, that nekkid guy who's flapping his arms and legs – but it's a transient phenomenon. There are women in the movie, but the producers don't seem to think they are a selling point. (This despite the fact that the brains behind The Secret – and the person who actually "rediscovered" the big Secret in 2004 – is a woman, Aussie TV producer Rhonda Byrne.)
The amazing thing about The Secret revealed in this DVD seems to be that if you master it, whatever it is, you can be, do, or have anything you want to be, do, or have – and more. And there's no shortage of opportunities to experience The Secret right in your own living room, or, for a mere $4.95, right on your own computer screen for a limited period of time. Or you can just tease yourself by watching the trailer. And that's not all! The DVD is for sale** for an amazingly low price on numerous web sites of people who make a living showing people how to be, do, or have anything they want. Want to "own your life?" You can, if you own this DVD. Want to effect an amazing change in yourself and the world around you? You can, for seven bucks and change. (Or if you really want to change, you can fork over a thousand bucks or more to one of "today's great teachers.")
These days The Secret DVD is a hot MLM item on many sites. You know how MLM works; you experience The Secret (or whatever) for yourself, get all giddy about it, and then quit your day job to devote all your time to badgering your family, former coworkers and former friends to experience it as well, until they're ready to shoot you. Or themselves.
The real message in The Secret seems to be that you really can have it all, and the more money you give to the people who can show you how to have it all, the more of all of it you can have. It sort of brings to my mind the Wasis Diop tune that was playing in The Thomas Crown Affair remake during that scene where Rene Russo and Pierce Brosnan were getting it on for the first time. Or, rather, it brings to mind the title of that song, which is "Everything Is Never Quite Enough." Hot song, steamy scene. And then that naturally makes me think of the line in the old Doors song, "When The Music's Over": "We want the world and we want it...NOW!" Which, it goes without saying, brings to mind yet another Pierce Brosnan movie, the James Bond flick, The World Is Not Enough.
And to me that pretty much points out the problem with having it all, or paying thousands upon thousands of dollars for people whom you imagine to be more enlightened than you to convince you that you can have it all. Even if you think you have it all, there's always more to be had – for a price.***
As for movies...well, frankly, I'd rather look at Pierce's butt, and even Rene's breasts, than a bunch of great thinkers. So if you'll excuse me for a couple of hours…
* Here's more on the "science" in What The Bleep.
** Unless you happen to live in Australia, New Zealand or Papua New Guinea.
*** But at least you get had as well in the bargain, so someone benefits, anyway.
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Six Degrees Society LA Presents Social Media 101: The Good, The Bad & The Balance
Social Media is a constant in our lives--from grabbing your phone the second you wake up and checking your Instagram feed to scrolling through Facebook before bed. There are so many positives to Social Media but how can you achieve the balance without living your life around it/through it.
What's Happening? The night will kick off with two curated 15 minute matches followed by a presentation by Social Media expert Erika Adickman on how to optimize your usage of Social Media as well as consider the balance you need.
Matches: 2 curated 15 minute matches, handpicked just for you!
Food/Drink: Enjoy light bites and cocktails throughout the night!
Cost: $20-Early Bird, $25-Standard, $30- Day Of


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Living in a glass house
More than a few Northlanders raised a curious eyebrow when Reg and Chrissy Price built their glass house on a hilltop in rural Oakleigh, just south of Whangarei. Its large dimensions meant it was surely some sort of shed for storing farm implements. But that theory was dashed once the glass walls were fitted, at which point a few locals even wondered, somewhat wryly, if perhaps this Auckland couple was building a supermarket and nobody thought of living in a glass house.
In fact, this is the Prices' weekender, a country retreat with a design that defies convention. Living in a glass house with its floor plan is dominated by a central 16sqm glass atrium that immediately confounds the expectations of visitors at the main door. Thinking, not unreasonably, that they are stepping inside of living in a glass house, guests are perplexed to discover they've gained access to a
sprawling garden room.
It's a somewhat disorienting experience-like entering the outdoors. Reg and Chrissy never tire of living in a glass house and reading a blend of surprise, delight and confusion on people's faces. A small internal dividing wall allows a peep through a pair of traditional arched windows into the interior garden area - a faux porch effect that only heightens the intrigue.
Four garden beds of subtropical planting are set into plain concrete flooring. Thanks to the sheltered conditions, and temperatures that reach 35°C, growth is lush and triffid-like; banana palms and fig trees have already reached the high-pitched UV-reflective glass ceiling of this beautiful glass house.
"The weather isn't a consideration for us living in a glass house," says Chrissy. "We love pottering
in the garden in the heaviest downpour, just because we can. " A long-time admirer of bold architecture, Reg relishes "the ambiguity of the structure". So, is this living in a glass house space actually indoors or out? The answer is: it can be both. All nine of the 3.6-metre-high glass doors glide back, leaving an open-sided room beneath the translucent roof. "Its like an umbrella on top," says Reg. "We like an industrial look - materials such as concrete, glass and steel."
Back in the late 1970s, Reg briefly studied architecture and, though he realised the life of a professional architect wasn't for him, he still cherished the dream of conceptualising and building a home of his own. The Prices designed the glass house themselves and commissioned a draftsman to draw up the plans. Three cabins of their glass house open into the main atrium, each with a designated function - kitchen/living zone, master retreat and guest wing.
This is the glass house that Reg built - literally. Shedding the suit, tie and briefcase of his regular job as a management consultant, he took a year off from devising customer strategies and, in conjunction with a local builder, got hammering, sawing, drilling, lifting and digging - losing eight kilograms in the intensely physical process.
"For me everything was a challenge," he says. "The experience made me realize how uncoordinated I was." Digging two-meter-deep holes for each of the eight steel support posts was especially back-breaking. "That was torture, that was awful." But living in a glass house was worth it.
Personally laboring on the site helped keep the budget lean and mean and Reg also discovered he does some of his best thinking while doing hard graft for the worth of living in a glass house. So, when the great glass barn was completed in October 2008, he returned lo consultancy work reinvigorated and brimming with ideas and fresh business plans.
Reg was born and raised on this dairy farm - and given the seven- hectare site by his parents - so he was all too familiar with the vagaries of the climate. In fact, it was the exposed, wind-swept conditions that led to the central idea on which the entire home was based. If inclement weather made outdoor areas living in a glass house largely inhospitable, then why not bring the outside in? This seemingly improbable concept of living in a glass house was nonetheless founded on an unflinching logic.
Reg and Chrissy, who initially camped on the hill to determine the best building site, aimed to disturb the landscape as little as possible in the creation of their bolt-hole. "We had to take the top off the knoll but apart from that we wanted the house to look almost as if it had iust landed from outer space," says Chrissy. The grass has been allowed to grow right up lo the house and little
exterior landscaping has been done. She is a fan of the natural, rural vista. "I love seeing the blue sky all around. fluffy clouds then a green expanse from anyone point."
Chrissy used to have her own fashion label, Chrissy R, and her design background and critical eye were invaluable when furnishing the interior. "We tried to keep it really simple for our living in a glass house- no frills. We didn't want to be too 'decor'," she says, admitting it was a challenge to strike the right balance between understated country living and the modern luxuries they both craved. Ultimately, compromise was key. So, though kitchen has no dishwasher, there is a steam room - 'very relaxing and not as masochistic as a dry sauna" - in a corner of the atrium.
It turns out that people who live in glass houses - especially glass houses with a 360 degree panorama of the countryside and a view across the mangrove flats to the upper Whangarei Harbour - end up hosting a great many visitors how wonders what its like living in a glass house. Chrissy's mother often overnights here and city friends are lining up tor a weekend in the guest cabin. Reg's
parents and sister, who is also a neighbor, are always welcome —and locals regularly drop by unannounced bearing freshly made scones.
Heeling the pressure to conform to country standards, city slicker Chrissy has become expert in making fruit salad muffins and evidently her raspberry friands are already legendary in these parts.
"I've had to spruce up my baking," she says. Reg has also had to instruct her in rural lingo and etiquette; cows graze in paddocks not fields and seven-wire fences must be climbed adjacent to a sturdy post rather than mid-wire.
To achieve optimal work-life balance for living in a glass house and the bed room curtains in the morning to find 40 "very friendly" cows, the Prices aim to spend about a third of their time at Oakleigh. Chrissy simply adores opening staring right hack at her through the window. "After a few days, though, I start to hanker after the bright city lights and feel the urge to head back to our Ponsonby villa." It is really nice experience living in a glass house.
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I'm in vacations (yay for me!) so I can watch some animes, read and stuff.
I want you guys to suggest me a couple of good shonen animes not that long (over 60 episodes) with a good story and action ofc.
Avoid the typical ones than everyone have seen please.
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Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology and the College
Daniel Yurovsky studies how we learn from the people around us and especially how children learn language. He is interested in how children's rapid language acquisition emerges from the interaction of their learning mechanisms and the structure of their learning environments. His work combines behavioral and computational analysis of infants', children's, and adults' learning mechanisms with corpus analyses of the language children hear and the world they see.
His research has been published in the Journal of Child Language, Developmental Science, Cognition, and Psychonomic Bulletin and Review. He is an active contributor to Wordbank, an open data repository for developmental vocabulary data. Yurovsky is currently the principal investigator for the University's Communication and Learning Lab.
He received PhD degrees in cognitive psychology and cognitive science from Indiana University. Prior to that, he earned BS degrees in computer science and cognitive science from Carnegie Mellon University. He was a National Institutes of Health Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Psychology at Stanford University.


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Continuing our successful Sounds Of series, Sounds Of The Wheatbelt involved WAM taking ten Wheatbelt acts to a temporary professional studio, set up in a farmhouse between Dowerin and Wongan Hills. It was here that we recorded 10 amazing tracks that capture the life and land of the Wheatbelt.
WAM's Sounds of program provides musicians in remote and regional areas with the opportunity to professionally record their music, and in the process of recording, mentors both the musicians and locally-based engineers through song production and arrangement. It is this lasting legacy of the projects that we hope will continue to see the musicians in the regions continue to record and release their music.
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We are trialing a new model for our Sounds Of project and are selling the Sounds Of The Wheatbelt CD in the hope of developing a partly sustainable arts project and getting the team back to record some great new acts from the Wheatbelt region. If you'd like to buy a copy, please go Heartlands WA's website www.heartlandswa.com.au, or have a listen at: http://wam.org.au/what-we-do/listen/
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Feb 13, 2012
As an autism mom, I'm thankful for Ikea. I'm not just thankful for all their awesome but affordable products...the main reason I'm thankful is that my favorite home movie was captured at Ikea. My sister and my friend (who is also the kids' tutor) took my daughter to Ikea on an outing. They do outings sometimes to help them learn to act appropriately in their natural environment. Needless to say, Ikea was a little much for my daughter with her sensory issues. Here is what finally calmed her down. :)
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Religions that have come to provide a code of conduct and a model for living for humanity have, over the centuries, developed complex and sophisticated discursive theology with detailed compendiums of practices to guide the believers in many aspects of their lives. The accumulation of such a body of knowledge has made it necessary to train groups of dedicated individuals whose main objective is to undertake the acquisition of religious knowledge in order to assist those communities who wish to live a faith-based existence. The monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam have all developed recognized centers of learning to train future scholars and experts in their respective faiths.
In the Islamic context, the educational and intellectual activity of the community began during the lifetime of Prophet Muhammad(s) under his supervision. Ali ibn Abi Taleb(a), who was brought up and educated directly by the Prophet, acquired a high reputation in Islamic learning. He lectured and expanded on many aspects of Islamic knowledge. Ali (a) and his cousin Abdullah ibn Abbas rose to be the greatest intellectual figures of their age. Before the rise of the Abbasid Caliphate, Makkah and Medina were the most important intellectual and educational centers in the Islamic world. The famous Mosque of the Prophet in Medina maintained its predominance for many centuries. It is in the Medina of the Prophet that consecutive descendent from his progeny - the Ahl al-Bayt (a)- established their centers of learning.
The city was graced by the presence of such intellectual giants in all fields of Islamic knowledge. Such as Imam Ali ibn Husayn(a), Imam Mohammad al-Baqir(a), and Imam Jafar al-Sadiq(a). Even during the glories of the Abbasid Caliphate, Harun al-Rashid had sent his sons Amin and Mamun to Medina to obtain education in religion, traditions and language. From the four corners of the vast Islamic world students flocked round Imam Jafar al-Sadiq(a)in Medina in order to be enlightened by his scholarly discourses.
As the political circumstances forced the Ahl al-Bayt (a) to migrate from Medina, the city lost its predominance in knowledge.
New centers of learning sprung up across the Islamic world. With time, some of these centers of learning acquired great fame and prestige becoming the first universities of the middle Ages. Some of the most famous centers for religious instruction still exist today, though not in their original form.
These are: Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the University of al-Qarawiyyin in Fes (Morocco), Al-Zeituna University in Tunisia or the famous Bayt al-Hikmah (the House of Wisdom) in Baghdad. Gradually their curriculum of studies changed to incorporate the experimental sciences too. These institutions are considered by historians the precursors of modern universities and served as models for the European universities of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. As the body of knowledge expanded, a need for specialized centers of learning focusing explicitly on religious subjects arose, hence the emergence of various seminaries across the Islamic world.
In Shi'a Islam, such seminaries are known by the name of 'Hawza Ilmiyya' or simply 'hawza'. Today the most famous hawzas are in Najaf (Iraq) and Qum (Iran). Both places have maintained a degree of continuity since their official foundation around the 10th century CE. Presently, hawzas are also found in Isfahan and Mashhad (Iran), Lucknow (India), Lahore (Pakistan), Jakarta (Indonesia), Europe (London) and North America.
Undertaking the study of Islamic subjects in the Hawza Ilmiyya is a rewarding but equally demanding task and students who intend to become religious scholars will have to successfully pass through a number of stages and levels just like in a university. It is estimated that a proficient Islamic scholar would have spent at least 12 years studying in the seminaries. During a course of study the student is expected to acquire religious knowledge as well as Islamic virtues. Material acquisitions of privileges or degrees are not considered the correct motive to undertake these type of studies.
In his 'Introduction to the Islamic Seminaries of Qum', Hujjatul-Islam Dr. Muhammad Ali Shomali explains, 'Students in the seminary have a determined attitude towards learning and it is not one [which] rush [es] to finish. Students do not say: "I am going to the seminary for four years and then I want to find a job". On the contrary, many of the students are so devoted to learning that they interrupt their studying only for such reasons as being sent somewhere to preach because of the utmost necessity'.
There is a perceptible difference between the learning in the Hawza Ilmiyya and in other secular institutions. In the system of the hawza, despite modern restructuring, the transmission of knowledge has a personal aspect, in that the student has enthusiastically submitted himself to a chosen teacher. There is a type of reverence between the teacher and student, because, for the student, the teacher is their parent and ultimate authority. In this relationship, the teacher not only guides the student through his course of study, but acts as mentor and advisor in the personal areas of the student's life. However, as Dr Shomali explains: 'The reverence the student maintains for his teacher does not infringe on the learning process. In fact, teachers encourage students to question them and consider it essential to the learning process. Within the seminary, the barriers of censorship are virtually non-existent; students can question the arguments for the existence of God or the authority of the Qur'an because the goal of the seminary is to deliver understanding. This contrasts greatly with much of Eastern culture in which many subjects are considered taboo'.
A glance at the subjects studied at the hawza gives us an idea of the intellectual commitment required by its students. Knowledge of the Arabic language in its classical form is a must for any type of hawza study. Arabic is the language of revelation and many primary sources are originally written in Arabic, therefore intensive language courses are scheduled right from the beginning. Other subjects include jurisprudence and the study of its principles, the exegesis of the Qur'an, Islamic history, and theology, as well as intellectual sciences such as logic, philosophy and theoretical mysticism.
There is a distinctive favor towards the use of rational science in the hawza seminaries. This reflects the development within the Jafari school of thought through the teaching of the Imams of Ahl al-Bayt (a) with their distinct emphasis on the rational and intellectual approach towards the studies of Islamic disciplines.
One has to remember that the acquisition of religious knowledge can be for entirely private reasons that are to satisfy one's own personal desire to know. The finality of such acquired knowledge would be to serve one's own self-development and not necessarily to help the community. While the effort to obtain such knowledge is commendable, the use of it in a limited form is reproachable. As Prophet Muhammad(s) reminded us: 'The zakat (levy) of knowledge is to teach what one knows to others'. In this spirit, the student of the 'hawza' knows that every step that he/she takes towards the acquisition of knowledge becomes a step towards a greater responsibility. And this responsibility is multiplied when the successful student who has completed the full cycle of study decides to wear the traditional gown of the scholar, accepting the onerous duty of becoming an official representative of Islam and of Prophet Muhammad(s).
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I have been working on a new unit for TPT that focuses on the water cycling on earth. We have done many activities and investigations in my science classes. Here are some photos of things that we have been doing. It is a fifth grade NGSS Unit but can be taught in other grade levels.
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I got to visit the Habitat Montco house this past Saturday and took some photos of the room I'll be designing. It was hard getting photos of the wall with the windows so you won't see a photo of that (otherwise it would have been just a big bright spot on the screen).
This is the wall to the right as you enter the room. It has the only closet in the room.
This is the wall that is immediately to your right when you enter the room which is opposite the windows. The great thing about this house being freshly built is that there are plenty of outlets. Hooray for outlets!
Oh and that string that you see hanging down is to the attic/crawl space. Mmmm...I'll have to get creative with that or just tape it up there somehow.


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|Hugh Woattmeight
"Swiggity swoogity, where the fuck's the meth at?"
|Professional Status
|Prison inmate
|Previous Occupation
|Pawn Stars employee
|Base of Operations
|Jail, Las Vegas, Nevada
Hugh Woattmeight is one of the employees and is part of the main cast of the hit History show Pawn Stars. He is a childhood friend of Corey. Hugh is the shows sexual assault, drug, and gun expert.
In the episode not without my bunghole it is revealed that Hugh had a dead siamese twin whom he killed for trying to use the recently pawned dragon balls to revive Hitler.
Hugh has a secret crush for the old man and has come out as transgendered.
Hugh joined the JUSTice League on March 10th, 2016.


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This is the Quilty Hug I was quilting when I got my bad news Thursday. It's bond and ready to bring a little comfort.
As an added bonus I'm sharing how I quilted the above quilt. It is also a design from Whirls and Swirls.
I have found watching how she does it rather than just seeing the design really helps me. So I'm attaching the video.


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Monday, August 10, 2015
Ready. Set. Write! (Week 10)
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I am so intrigued by this WiP! I love the inspiration boards and I LOVE that excerpt! And so glad you were able to hit your goal this week. See - you CAN do it! And I just know you'll do it again. :) Hope you have a great week!ReplyDelete
Ooh, that excerpt is so good! And the inspirations board is so cool. Love it. Congrats on powering through and getting so many words done this week. Amazing! Hope you have another great writing week.ReplyDelete
Ah, that excerpt is brilliant! I want to find out more (was very disappointed when I ran out of excerpt!). I love your inspiration board too, so pretty. Congratulations on meeting your goals, even on difficult days, and good luck with this week!ReplyDelete
Wow, I love the idea of an inspiration board! The excerpt is really intriguing, too. Fantastic job with your goal this week! ^_^ReplyDelete
I love those boards! So much more personal than Pinterest boards :)ReplyDelete
I like your board!ReplyDelete
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A skill-based placement programme launched in militancy-hit Jammu and Kashmir will be replicated in worst affected Naxal districts of the country. "We want to start similar programme in the Naxal-affected districts of the country. These are all the entry level programmes targeting unemployed youths usually 10th standard passed or failed," Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said.
Rural Development Ministry, which has launched Himayat Programme--a Rs 237 crore placement linked skill development initiative for training and placement of one lakh Jammu and Kashmir youth in the next 5 years, said that it would start similar programme in Maoist affected districts.
"We want to start similar programme in the Naxal-affected districts of the country. These are all the entry level programmes targeting unemployed youths usually 10th standard passed or failed," Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said.
The Ministry has already started the initiative in Chattisgarh's Sukma, one of the worst Naxal affected districts of the country, Ramesh said.
It will be expanded to 34 other districts worstly hit by Maoist activities in Orissa, Maharashtra, Chattisgarh and Jharkhand, he said.
The Minister said that he has asked Chattisgarh government to organise a Yuva Sammelan in Sukma to mobilise and counsel the tribal youth.
He has also asked the state Government to set up a training centre in Sukma with a facility to provide training to tribal youth in sewing machine operations, electrical works and data entry operations. The institute will be inaugurated in 15th August, Ramesh said.
The Minister said he has also informed the Chattisgarh Government that a Rural Self-employment training Institute (R-SETI) can also be sanctioned for Sukma to identify, orient, motivate, train and assist young people to take up self-employment through promotion of Micro and Small Enterprises.
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Banks "beyond Vindhyas" and Eastern states are a laggard lot in extending credit to Women Self Help Groups (SHGs), while those in the South come out with flying colours, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said in New Delhi.
He was making a strong pitch for banks in north and east Indian states to be proactive in addressing linkage problem and releasing funds for such self help groups which help rural poor as also promote social development.
"Today, SHG movement is very much a part of the banking network. Last year, banks lent Rs 17000 crore loans to all the SHGs across the country though 80 per cent of the 17000 goes to the inevitable gang of four--Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala," Ramesh said at a conference attended by top officials of the major nationalised banks on Saturday.
"Now, the picture has to change. Because we are expanding the SHGs in Orissa, Rajasthan, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and we are finding that the biggest constraint in the SHGs movement today is linkage with banks."
"It is easier to start the SHGs. It is more difficult to establish the linkage with the banks and get the banks to actually lend money to the SHGs," the Minister said at the National Conference on Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETI).
Emphasising that the banks are crucial for SHGs, he said the Government wanted bankers to "look beyond Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala" to make the SHG movement a success in states, including Bihar, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, and Madhya Pradesh where it has already taken off.
One of the most important reasons why the SHG movement took off in the South Indian states was the presence of local banks such as State Bank of Hyderabad, Andhra Bank, Syndicate Bank, Canara Bank and Vijaya Bank, Ramesh said.
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New York--The education-research community has "come of age" within the past decade and now has a substantial body of information that could improve America's schools. But many in the field have failed to find ways of sharing their knowledge with the teachers and administrators who put research into practice.
This was the message of many participants in the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (aera), held here last week.
"We have miles to go to establish dialogue with practitioners," said William W. Cooley, the newly elected president of the 16,000-member organization.
"The gap between research and practice--between what we know and what we do--is one of the most crucial underdiscussed problems that face schools," added Milton Goldberg, a former acting director of the National Institute of Education (nie)--the Education Department's nine-year-old research arm--and currently the executive director of the National Commission on Excellence in Education.
Mr. Goldberg and others mentioned several reasons for the lack of communication between education researchers and those who face students on a day-to-day basis in the schools, including the style that many research papers are written in, the failure of education schools to transmit research information to their students, and widespread skepticism among teachers about the relevance of research to classroom practice.
"We need to put together research in a way that is interpretable to those in the schools," Mr. Cooley said.
The leadership of the aera endorsed several actions designed to do that. The organization will sponsor a series of seminars in Washington on national education issues such as the implementation of block grants and the effects of tuition tax credits.
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Mr. Cooley acknowledged that these plans are also designed to gain more public recognition and support for the education-research community in a time of sharp cutbacks in federal support to education.
Marilyn Rauth, director of the educational-issues department of the American Federation of Teachers, said at the meeting that until recently teachers were skeptical of education research because it often failed to be supported by classroom experience.
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Ms. Rauth also said teachers are "losing a lot of [research] information" because of inadequate dissemination channels. Other conference participants agreed, citing as examples research journals, state education-department offices, the National Diffusion Network, and the National Institute of Education.
"With a few exceptions, the state education department is the last place you would want to send research--they are so isolated from classroom practice," Ms. Rauth said.
"They are certainly not disseminators," she added.
She and others contended that communication between researchers and practitioners has been hampered because very little research has been conducted in schools until recently and teachers were rarely included in decisions about what to study.
The American Federation of Teachers is using a $200,000, two-year grant from the National Institute of Education to train 60 teachers who will test the classroom usefulness of new research and help other teachers apply the new material to their classrooms.
Judith E. Lanier, dean of the college of education at Michigan State University, said the "gap" between education research and its use in classrooms is caused in part by a "very serious lack of communication between researchers and education-school faculty."
This lack of communication, said Ms. Lanier--who is a former co-director of the Institute for Research on Teaching, one of 17 federally funded education-research laboratories and centers--results in a failure of education-school faculty to keep up with recent research. In turn, she said, the faculty members often fail to expose their students to the research.
Added Ms. Rauth: "Teacher-educators have the same problem as teachers: Research is done and it sits somewhere. They never see it."
aera members appeared in agreement that the quality of education research has improved markedly in the last decade, a period that roughly parallels the establishment of a significant federal role in the field, intensified with the founding of the National Institute of Education in 1973.
Among the areas in which researchers claim their work has made a difference in the quality of schools are early childhood development (through programs such as Head Start), school finance, and reading.
Participants here cited as potentially fruitful areas for future research the application of technology to the classroom, testing, education of the gifted, and literacy.
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A bare majority of likely Republican voters - 50.8 percent - approve of Graham's job performance, a new poll by Winthrop University and ETV found. ...While Graham has a healthy campaign war chest, a tough primary challenge (if one were to actually materialize) could deplete his financial resources. Now, if we only had a Democrat in the race.
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Tonight we had 'chicken chicken' with beans which went down a treat.
I make this quite often and have never considered posting it really as a blog, but for some reason it was super tasty tonight and I feel compelled to tell you about it. It really is such a simple concoction which requires literally no thought, in fact I do not think that it has a hard and fast recipe as it changes depending on the contents of the fridge.
Tonight I used - to serve four with leftovers:
4 chicken breast fillets
2 red/yellow onions
75g smoked pancetta
2 tins plum tomatoes
2 tins cannellini beans
1 bunch fresh herbs - marjoram, thyme, oregano, 1 bay leaf
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 Gubbeen fresh chorizo sausages(optional) (cooked and added afterwards for the adults as they are too spicy for the boys) These are entirely unnecessary as the pancetta adds a lovely mild smoky rich taste to the tomato sauce, the chorizo appeared as I am slightly addicted to it and cannot resist adding it to everything at the minute.
Soften the chopped onion in a little oil and butter in a pan. Add the pancetta and cook for 4-5 minutes.
Add the tins of chopped tomatoes and the bunch of fresh herbs which you have tied together for easy retrieval.
In a separate pan brown the seasoned chicken fillets and add them to the tomato sauce.
Place in the oven at about 170 degrees for 35 minutes, stirring once during cooking. About 5 minutes towards the end of cooking, open the tins of cannellini beans and rinse them thoroughly under running water. Add to the casserole, stir and place back in the oven for 5 minutes or so until the (already cooked) beans are heated through.
I cooked the chorizo for not more than 4 minutes in a small pan and then added a small glug of red wine. I reduced this to a smooth oily sauce and served these little spicy disks atop the casserole, calorifically unnecessary but otherwise yummy!
Serve otherwise with a spoonful of creme fraiche, a sprinkling of chopped parsley, Parmesan shavings and some crusty bread
Check out what is happening in the garden - these arrogant little shoots are appearing, everywhere!
It's official, Spring is here.


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Trump's reluctant gift bearer
Republican White House hopeful Donald Trump, receives a gift from a sullen-looking girl during a campaign stop at a school. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
ROUGH CUT - NO REPORTER NARRATION STORY: U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Wednesday (Oct. 5) visited a charter school in Las vegas, Nevada where he received a gift brought to him by a young girl who appeared to be a reluctant participant in the billionaire's campaign stop. School officials told the real estate mogul that they were gifting him a small piece of their school's foundation, which was handed over by a young African American girl. The nominee has struggled to capture African American voters who overwhelmingly support his Democratic rival, HIllary Clinton.


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Are you confused about what to feed your pet? Why are so many supplements available on the market if commercial diets are considered "complete and balanced"? Can you get the truth from the industry, your veterinarian, the pet food store employees? Are home made diets really bad?I will attempt to help you make an informed decision.
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1.Computers can interface with any other computer regardless of the
manufacturer or galaxy where it originated. (See "Independence Day".)
2.The more high-tech the equipment, the more buttons it will have. (See
3.Searches on the internet will always return what you are looking for no
matter how vague your keywords are. (See "Mission Impossible", Tom Cruise
searches with keywords like "file" and "computer" and 3 results are
4.You can also infect a computer with a destructive virus by simply typing "UPLOAD VIRUS". (See "Fortress".)
5.You may bypass "PERMISSION DENIED" message by using the "OVERRIDE"
function. (See "Demolition Man".)
6.If you display a file on the screen and someone deletes the file, it also
disappears from the screen (See "Clear and Present Danger").
7.Complex calculations and loading of huge amounts of data will be
accomplished in under three seconds. Movie modems usually appear to
transmit data at the speed of two gigabytes per second.
8.A hacker is always able to break into the most sensitive computer in the
world by guessing the secret password in two tries.
(Concept adopted From The Wall Street Journal)
Computers in MoviesPosted by Quintessence Of Illusion
1.Computers can interface with any other computer regardless of the
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- Samadrita said...
Lol you are so right!
- March 25, 2009 at 7:14 AM


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Radiator from swedish student Daniel Enoksson.
World's Largest Multi-Touch Screen: Designed by HP. The screen is 16 by 8-feet and allows multiple visitors to simultaneously control audio, video, photos and other multimedia content.
Because We Can has created an office based on 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea- detailed and fun design!
An amazing new brand all about American-Italian culture. The graphics are insane. GOURMET, is from Buscemi, Lucci and Johnsen, world renowned street wear designers. CHECK IT OUT !
FWA Hall of Fame to celebrate the FWA's 7th birthday
How to explain RSS the Oprah way.
Amazing new spirits range out of Sydney - tasted them all today. Vodka-O is smoother than Absolut, but cheaper than Smirnoff. Cheap, great bottles and chemical free.
The AUDUBON BIRD CALL is a small instrument made of wood and metal, with which one can create a curiosity in birds.
Produced since 1951.
'Encyclopedia Prehistorica: Mega Beasts' by Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart has it all: pop-up action, prehistoric beasties, what more could you want?
these nexx helmets are pretty cool.
Shyno ~ apparently the milanese company had the same ideas as Reactee, only sexier campaigns and shirt designs... put your username on a shirt, and people can sms you.
amazingly interactive portfolio of a romanian advertising and design company - Etcetera
The British artist Katie Paterson has made it possible to listen Vatnajokull glacier melt with one phone call.
Customize your glasses by stitching it. Seungyoub Oh's Stitch design won the 2006 Opus Design Award.
The first luxury flashlight - at $500, this is the Surefire Titan, titanium pinky sized variable outlet led flashlight.
A Miami based magazine featuring articles on Music, Art and People. Including one of a kind printed pieces by international artist. The magazine is available in print and online. Artist submissions are welcome.
Cool Hunting mentioned this SteriPEN Adventurer Handheld Water Purifier that uses UV light to sterilize sketchy water in under a minute ~ and i can't think of a more useful gadget to have around.
Forget diamonds or pearls.... if you stick a diamond in the oyster you get diamond IN a pearl... incredible carved diamond in pearl jewelry by Galatea.
White Stripes are releasing their latest album on what resemble mimobots of Jack and Meg.
Binth makes one-of-a-kind and limited-edition prints, unique stationary, and swank baby art. Yum.
Humanscale Design Studio's prototype for its new chaise lounge workstation. It was ergonomically designed for laptop computer support.
The Dog Cage. A great design to replace the usual, ugly crate. Designed by Peter F. Pracilio for Design GO!
Replate is an open-source food activism project (in which you may already be participating). Spread the word and join the movement.
Pantone has been making lots of cool things other than their color matching systems. Check out these stools, available now in limited supply..
Koji Yamamura created this beautiful animation about whales for Greenpeace. As well as being smart and majestic, this animation gives another reason why the big beasties should be saved. In Japanese with english subtitles.
Heavenly Sword is a PS3 game featuring Andy Serkis (doing some crazy ping-pong balled Motion Capture). But asides from that the character artwork is blimmin' lovely! (You need to register to download though - boo!)
Good old Safari is now available for Windows, nice and convenient for web designers! [Editor's Note: lets just hope they worked out all their css standards related kinks.]
via our buddies at MEDGADGET... something cool to get around in... the sexy porsche pegasus
This is an electromagnetically levitated lightbulb that is wirelessly powered. This piece will be shown at Sonar in Barcelona, June 14-16 created by Jeff Lieberman.
Issey Miyake's website has a great little animation, using rotoscoping.
Surrealien wallpaper is slapped onto walls, disregarding the surface. Windows, doors, switches rip holes - all transformed into continuous patterns
Soo-in Yang and David Benjamin (The Living)'s RIVER GLOW: a floating LED light system embedded in bodies of water to warn of water pollution (in addition to creating an ethereal glow at nighttime
FEATUREDThe classics go plastic in Dirk Winkel's "A Stacking Hommage" ~ Eames' Lounge Chair and Barcelona Chair in stackable plastic goodness.
FEATUREDHalf Time Clock ~ splits the time into its important bits... cuckoo+pendulum, and the other part. Its at newly launched Night-Lab, the store for boys, by BoyCraft
BoyCraft's portfolio UI is another interesting use of Grid layouts... love the vibrant colors and simplicity.
Spanish site DesignCode just relaunched, with a very fun bouncy grid product UI ~ not to mention products worth checking out as well.
Red Interactive Agency's sweet interactive victorian avitar-based chat/browsing interface is pretty slick and fun to explore. Make sure to try fun keyboard combinations.
Typography Design Contest between Chile and Argentina like a Futbol (soccer) game.
Incredible italian commemorative edition of Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea designed by Paolo Orsacchini. It's printed on waterproof paper and enclosed in a clear pouch filled with real sea water.
Shade Blades - The ultimate in designer UV protecting eye wear complete with visor and retracting lenses.
Brilliant and oh so true article by Bierut on the Sopranos and Design ~ tribute to the show that just ended last night after an 8 year run.
FEATUREDThe Alembic Bar ~ incredible identity and environment design by Nothing Something, and great drinks & food too.
"Lou Reed: New York" Exhibition at the Andy Warhol Museum. Amazing photos taken by the leader of the Velvet Underground.
Pupsam has made some beautiful images of people kissing themselves.
Science and graphic design marry for this gorgeous info graphic chronicling the effect that quitting smoking *right now* will have on your body.
A stone+steel ski stop in Portillo, Chile by dRN Arquitectos
i have a weak spot for things disguised as other things, so this ridiculous air purifier is kind of making me resent my sharper image one.


text: Hanging Lake, one of the most beautiful lakes in Colorado. Looking for a great hike to get out of the city? look no further, about 3 hours from Denver, this hike is definitely worth the drive. Anyone who's interested in going should read the definitive guide on this hike over at http://dayhikesneardenver.com/hanging-lake-colorado/ . And since you'll be close to Glenwood Springs you can always check out the hot-springs afterwards to relax. If you're a Denverite and heading back to the city, on your way make sure to stop and refuel at Annapurna restaurant in Vail, which has the best Nepali/ Indian food in Colorado.


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oh yes, i am alive & well. over a week of silence! i am so sorry. it's just sometimes those dishes & that pile of laundry & the growing to do list & two weekends away from home & a crazy schedule ahead means there aren't enough hours & the days are full.
a good full, though.
a few weekends ago, we had our annual war eagle weekend trip! it was a small group this year, but we had equal amounts of fun as any year! you can see the previous trips here & here. war eagle weekend is my favorite family tradition - one that involves the women from our family & lots of shopping, good food, laughter & relaxation. i always leave recharged, inspired & full of new ideas.
i purchased more than i ever have before. it's so exciting having a home that you see yourself living in for many, many years to come. i made a list earlier in the summer for the perfect items i just might find at war eagle. several goodies were crossed off the list, including a fireplace mantel & a few home decor bits (photos to come, i promise!).
this year the junk was good, the crafts wonderfully unique & the place popped with color. i thought i'd share some of my favorite finds...
- BOOK letters!! eeep! i purchased "L" & "N" for our home.
- little dresses for wee girls made from vintage linens & a table with clock faces! oh my, so inspiring.
- of course, this inspired me to make these with my sweet school gardeners. heart melt.
- and of course, i cannot forget my dear friend, vanessa's booth. my favorite booth of all. ever. this year i even had a sneak peek of her work in her garage the day before. i almost snuck over with a mask that evening & stole every little bit. it's just that good.
i came away with a necklace, a ring & mosaic seasonal trees. her jewelry is something new that she's been working on & it's seriously drool worthy. you can find her shop, the mosaic butterfly, right here. she's an amazing friend, an incredible person & a wickedly talented crafts lady. love her.
and of course, we couldn't go home without a stop in the old fashioned candy shop!
a wonderful retreat with my favorite ladies. let the countdown to next year begin!
p.s. happy halloweeeeeen!!


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My friend, Paul, took me for a spin in his new mini-van the other day. Aside from the fact that Paul surrendered and is now driving a grocery getter in anticipation of the imminent delivery of his firstborn child, I learned something else on the trip. Paul is frustrated by one of the vehicles accessories - or the lack thereof. Paul's vehicle, like many others, comes with a spot for coins. Just not a spot for the pennies.
There is one for quarters, dimes and nickles, but President Lincoln is just out of luck, I guess.
Naturally, I was compelled to check each of my vehicles. Turns out Paul isn't the only one that got short-changed (sorry - couldn't resist). My vehicles are similarly configured. My Dodge, in fact, even has a spot for fifty cent pieces, but nary a place for a penny.
Paul and I considered why that was so. I finally settled on this explanation: you don't use pennies for tolls and meters so the designers didn't include them. That was preferable to my more cynical conclusion - that pennies are just worthless. Turns out there are a lot of folks that think that way, including a congressmen and a biophysics professor from Berkeley.
Some think pennies are a waste of time. Others believe they are a waste of resources (they're made, mostly, of zinc now).
And yet, there is strong opposition to pitching them penny from folks who long for more nostalgic days and from those who love Abraham Lincoln too much to confine him to the five dollar bill.
Pennies might be worthless, or they might not be. The thing that I find striking is how some folks have the same attitude about people. Some look at their neighbor and find him or her a waste of time. Some think they're too much trouble. They're a waste of resources; they have no apparent purpose, but instead are just left over from the transactions that "really matter."
I'll admit that, while I've never consciously voiced that opinion or even consciously thought it, may actions have communicated, from time to time, that people don't matter.
But they do.
Every time.
All the time.
There are no useless people; no societal "leftovers." And while there might not be a spot for a penny in my mini-van, I hope there is always room for another person. Because people matter.
Come to think of it, I think I like pennies, too. Turns out that one of the leading proponents of keeping the penny is a guy named Mark Weller (a distant cousin perhaps?). His organization, Americans for Common Cents, lobbies in Washington, D.C. for the penny's preservation.
And, if we're going to lobby congress for the preservation of something as relatively insignificant as a penny, then I am certainly going to do all I can to preserve people.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Pennies, people, and things that matter . . .
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- Julie said...
Sounds like a great sermon idea. Have you ever read the children's book Penny: The Forgotten Coin by Denise Brennan-Nelson? Kinda that same idea.
Sounds like an exciting game.
It also sounds like Jonah did a great job and a good reason for you to be proud.
Kokomo, IN
Frank, Roger and I keep every penny, we do not even spend them, we collect them. He says someday they will not exist because no one cares.
Enjoyed your blog!
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text: D Bagwell, chess master, aged 78 years, lives alone in Bucharest. His only dream is to win a Championship organized in memory of his deceased friend, the great chess player Victor Ciocâltea. Along the following day, Bagwell is caught between battles on the chess board, waged against opponents much younger, the fear that has no sense in the world, and feeling that his high profile years turns it into an ineffective player.


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As divine intervention would have it, last night I stumbled upon an article that has the potential to help me understand my four-year old daughter better – an article I wish I'd been able to read when she was a baby.
Here's our back story: as a baby my daughter was happy, smiling constantly and crying infrequently, although admittedly she was a very light sleeper.
I don't remember exactly when things changed, but I do remember that by the time she was a year and a half old she was, for lack of better words, troubled. Frequently at night she awoke in uncontrollable screams and angry shrieks that left her dad and I feeling helpless and confused. By day she was hyperactive and very reactive, always quick to lose her temper and shriek in an aggressive and irrational manner that generally could be indicative of explosive or negligent parenting behind the scenes, which was not the case at all.
Well apparently my daughter was born with a Kanmushi, as it is referred to in Chinese medicine, otherwise known as a Sugar Bug, which is indicated by the bright blue vein exposed on the bridge of her nose.
A what?! I know, it's a first for me too.
At her birth, my very knowledgable lay midwife said that blue spot was probably a bruise from the birth canal and that it would fade and disappear. Obviously I soon realized it wasn't going away, and I have since always considered it normal. However, two days ago at a check up I found it odd that her doctor asked if it was a bruise; naturopathic doctors are extremely knowledgable and aware of the odds and ends of the human body.
So I say divine intervention because how funny that just two days later while scrolling through The Holistic Squid for some late night reading I see a picture that says, "Is your baby's blue vein a sugar bug?"
I was so surprised, I felt like the article was written about my daughter!
What exactly is a Sugar Bug?
A blue vein visible on the bridge of a baby's nose is called a "Sugar Bug", or Kanmushi. In Chinese medicine it is known that this vein indicates that the child will be very sensitive to sugar. It is considered a "curvy road sign", that forewarns parents to proceed into the future with caution in order to prevent physical and emotional/behavioral problems from manifesting as the child ages.
What makes the Sugar Bug child different from any other child?
As indicated, the Sugar Bug will be sensitive to sugar, and it is likely highly addictive for him/her, so the parent should avoid giving too many sweet treats, including fruit. Sugar Bugs are deficient in essential fatty acids and fat soluble vitamins ( as was my daughter, so much so that she has had dental problems ), among other nutrients, and will need a nutrient dense diet and quality probiotic to thrive.
The Sugar Bug has problems sleeping at night, has difficulty with focus, tends toward a trademark "shriek" and screaming, and is prone to being labeled with ADD and ADHD. For emotional health and to avoid behavioral roadblocks, the Sugar Bug will require continuous rhythm, structure and schedule in his/her daily life.
What causes a Sugar Bug?
It is not known exactly what causes a sugar bug, but the author theorizes that in short it stems from a maternal lack of nutrition, balance and good gut flora at the time of Sugar Bug's birth.
So wow, I feel like I've let my daughter down, and in addition I'm frustrated that as a holistic practitioner I've never heard of this "Sugar Bug" business!
Truth be told, until this last year or so, I've wasted a lot of time being rather unorganized and unscheduled in my parenting, lacking a natural knack for routine myself, and I know it's affected my daughter. I know we could have avoided a lot of trouble, frustration and worry had I known about the Sugar Bug sooner, or perhaps had I just been a more organized person.
Parenthood guilt never ceases, does it?
There is an upside!
I subsequently searched the internet, finding that apart from motherhood forums and the aforementioned article, nothing is out there on Kanmushi.
The upside is that the advice given for the Sugar Bug is the same exact advice that can benefit EVERY parent and child! Every child deserves as nutrient dense a diet as can be afforded, and as much structure and routine as can be provided.
If you're reading this and your baby has the telltale blue vein on the bridge of her nose, you have an opportunity to be prepared with understanding for your child during the restless nights and irrational shrieks. Or perhaps you become so prepared and proactive that you avoid these experiences altogether.
My search for information on the Sugar Bug is far from over, so stay tuned. Please comment your experiences if you have a Sugar Bug too!
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If you are looking for a special duck recipe for a holiday feast or dinner party, this fragrant crispy duck will be the answer.
In fact, this dish can be a perfect alternative to the traditional Thanksgiving classics. In many cultures, duck is considered a festive food ideal for special occasions and celebrations.
Fragrant crispy duck (香酥鸭) is made all over China with numerous regional variations. Although each of them produces a delicious bird with crisp skin and juicy meat, my favorite is the Sichuan version. What sets their dish apart from the rest is the wonderful Sichuan pepper salt, which creates magic when used as a dipping salt for the duck.
Sichuan pepper salt, known as hua jiao yan (花椒盐) or simply jiao yan (椒盐) in China, is an iconic ingredient in Sichuan cuisine. Although it is a simple mixture of salt and ground Sichuan pepper, it lends complex and rich flavors to meat and seafood dishes, especially deep-fried ones.
This fantastic dish is completed in two simple steps:
- Steaming. This process not only produces very juicy and tender meat, but also renders a lot of fat from the duck.
- Deep-frying. Frying briefly at very high temperature, around 350 – 375 °F (177 – 190 °C), creates beautifully crispy skin without drying out the meat.
I've tweaked the classic recipe by using duck legs instead of a whole duck. You can certainly use a whole bird if you have a large crowd to please and impress. Simply follow the same procedure and consider cutting the duck in half before cooking to make it easier to handle.
Fragrant crispy duck with Sichuan pepper salt
Makes 2 servings
2 duck legs, about 12 oz (340 g)
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon white peppercorns, crushed
1/2 teaspoon Sichuan peppercorns, crushed
1 teaspoon Shaoxing wine
Dipping salt
1 teaspoon Sichuan peppercorns (about 2.5 g)
3/4 teaspoon salt (about 5 g)
- In a bowl, mix the ingredients for the rub. Spread the rub over the cut side of the legs. Let marinate for 15 minutes.
- Place the legs in a steamer, skin side down, and steam for 40 to 50 minutes, or until the meat is fully cooked and tender.
- Transfer the legs to a wire rack to cool and dry. When they are cool enough to handle, wipe off the rub. Be careful not to tear the skin.
- While the legs are cooling, prepare the dipping salt: heat the Sichuan peppercorns in a pan over low heat until fragrant and slightly browned, about 2 minutes. Grind them into powder with a spice grinder. Heat the salt in a pan over low heat to remove any moisture, about 1 minute. Mix the salt and pepper powder in a bowl.
- Heat the oil for deep-frying to 350 – 375 °F (177 – 190 °C). Always be extremely careful and follow safety precautions during deep-frying. Pat the legs dry and deep-fry until golden-brown, about 2-3 minutes. Remove from the oil and drain on paper towels.
- You can leave the legs whole or chop them into smaller pieces as desired. Serve immediately with the dipping salt.
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Curry County, Oregon - Fine Art Prints of Historical Photos
Chetco River Railroad Bridge, Brookings - circa 1917This long, curving trestle was built in 1917 by the California & Oregon Lumber Company, headquartered in Brookings. Learn More
Opening of Isaac Lee Patterson Bridge across Rogue River - 1932This detailed view by Arthur M. Prentiss shows the crowd "waiting for the opening signal from President Hoover", according to a note on the back of the original print. Learn More
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text: These are the final screen prints (before cropping). They're successful as the colour came through the screen really well, and they are very informed designs. The primary and secondary concepts are both strong and it really depends how the viewer wants to see the concept. I left this up to interpretation on purpose. I think these designs will look a lot better once cropped, and then I will choose which will be the design that I submit, as some of these prints are quite off, as it was quite difficult to line three prints up perfectly. Luckily, before printing, I did put a border around each layer with a 3mm bleed, meaning there was room for mistakes, and the actual design didn't have to be too precise, as the original design was intentionally quite roughly designed so that it would appeal to children.


text: Google launched Google Insights for Search yesterday, a free keyword research tool that rivals for-fee keyword services WordTracker and Keyword Discovery. Regular readers know how fascinated I am with search behavior, so it should come as no surprise that I find Google Insights exceedingly cool. I've only given Insights a short spin around the block but I love what I see so … [Read more...]


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