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Quick Check-In: Setting boundaries is part of your self-care. How are yours?
It can feel pretty good to say yes, at least at the moment. But here's something to ask yourself: When you say yes, what are you saying yes to?
If you are living with a chronic condition, you're already the expert on the importance of making your own self-care a priority – being aware of your own needs, and your strengths, as well as the limitations that your condition may bring into your life, the good days and the not-so-good days.
So what happens on those days when your self-care ends up slipping a few notches on your list of priorities?
One important aspect of your self-care means setting boundaries. A boundary is basically rules or guidelines for what you need to have in place to be at your best – physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.
Not sure if you need to take a look at the boundaries that you are setting, or not setting? You might want to look at your boundaries if you:
• Have that vague sense that you could be doing something more productive or healthy
• Feel annoyed or resentful when you just said yes to something that you know you will enjoy for the moment but you also know isn't going to benefit you in any way
• Know you are going to be exhausted because you just promised away time that you had planned to use to take a break
• Wish that the energy you are using in taking care of other people was also being used to take better care of yourself
Think your boundaries might need some reinforcing?
I have some ideas to help you get started in my article in Living with Diabetes. Here is a link:
It would be great to know what you do about setting boundaries. Any ideas to share? Need some help?
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I spent 25 years as a CNA so I am very well aquainted with the demands others can put on us. I became very good at saying NO to my supervisors when they tried to "guilt" me into staying past my shift or working on my days off. I was also occasionally forced to work over time at one facility I worked in. The older I get the better I am at setting those boundaries. I have no problem saying no if I don't feel like doing what someone has asked of me.
Nice to hear from you!
Wow, you were a CNA? I can totally relate. I was a nursing home orderly during my college years. So I know what you mean about how easy it is to get more and more involved, to the point that you are completely depleted. And the work is so rewarding that it is hard to say no.
A good place to learn boundary-setting! When you don't, you certainly experience the results.
Thanks for jumping in here!
I was a CNA in the Hospital for 10 years and before that I worked in nursing homes for 20 years. I enjoy helping others so much, but since my back surgery I cannot do the heavy lifting involved in being a CNA. I've had lots of diabetic patients in the past, I remember taking some juice out to an annex one night, I got sprayed by a skunk on my way back into the nursing home. Needless to say they sent me home to bathe and change my clothing!
I also was a CNA for 10 yrs mainly as a home health aide. I got involved part time as a fill-in CNA, working in ERs, Medical wards & ect for 2 of those 10 yrs.
Unfortunately for me I had just been divorced and I needed the money so my boundaries were down. I believe my disability has its roots in my ignoring my limits.
Hi Dr. Gary,
I have boundaries and have had them for years. I am not going to run myself ragged for unappreciative people. I will help anyone willing to help themselves. For those who do not wish to help themselves, I give them the tools and let them fend for themselves.
People will take advantage of others help. They feel it is their right to call at any hour, make demands and get upset when they are told you cannot or won't help them. Boundaries keep them at bay.
I am involved with two different kinds of community organizations. One is strictly community based the other is both based on the community and police department. I am the President of the community and police based organization. I have found that setting boundaries, at the meeting keeps people from coming to the meeting simply to complain about what the police are not doing or what the city isn't doing in general and it prevents them from being disruptive. I will ask the person complaining what have they done to solve the problem. If they say nothing, and the complaint is about drug dealing, I ask did you call 911 they say no, did you call the district commander they say no. I ask if you have done nothing and this has been going on for months, why are you complaining now. The response most of the time is I didn't know I had to be the one to call the police.
People will also bring you their drama. I refuse to be a part of it. If your boyfriend is cheating on you, dump him, if your kids or out of control, learn how to discipline them effectively. If you thrive on drama, please stay away from me. I don't need or want to be a part of your madness.
Boundaries help protect your limits and realms of areas of helpfulness. If you don't set boundaries you will find you have no time for yourself. Over time, you and your health will suffer. There is nothing wrong with saying no to things you really don't want to do for someone. If you don't want to babysit relatives children, bake someone a cake or run them all over town say so. Don't allow yourself to be roped into things that takes time away from what you have planned to do.
There are also people who will continuously want your help without ever helping you when you need them. Boundaries will stop them if you have them in place and know this person will never help you when you ask them.
The key is to never regret you said yes or no to something. If you said yes then you wanted to do this at the time you consented. If you really aren't sure you want to do something simply say let me get back to you. When you do get back to the person, all you have to say is you have something planned for that day.
More importantly, never ever regret saying no to something because you have plans to do something for yourself. You are the most important person in the equation when it comes to rest, relaxation and your health. If you don't take care of yourself, how can you take care of others? I have no problem with saying no to a request if I have something planned that I want to do for me.
Thanks so much for sharing your esperiecnes and insight. You gave us some really great examples of setting boundaries.
I like the idea of rquesting that people discuss solutions and not just talk about problems. We can all learn from that, in so many areas of our lives. It's so easy to focus on what's missing, and not on what's working, or what could be done to make thing work better. Yes, there are a lot of drama-makers out there.
And I agree on maintaining a balance between giving to others and taking care of yourself. If you give yourself completely away, you just end up being depleted. We are not machines.
THe "let me get back to you" idea is a good one. It is a way of taking yourself out of the moment, and taking the pressure off yourself, so that have time to think things through. Get some distance before you make an automatic decision that you will regret.
Put yourself first and you will have that much more to give others, and you can give it joyfully.
Thanks again. I really appreciate this.
And take care,
Thanks Dr. Gary,
I take Brain Breaks. In fact I took one last weekend. I enjoyed every minute. A Brain Break is when you think about absolutely nothing. I had been in a 3 month battle with a city agency to remove a tree from a storm. I finally won that battle last Thursday and took off my boxing gloves and took a much needed Brain Break.
Someone did something really nasty to my sister and I and we made it over the first hurdle successfully, we will finish this Monday morning. The sad part is the woman was busy making our lives miserable while needing help. When you are so busy trying to destroy other peoples reputations for no reason other than you can, you end up destroying yourself. She has lost all the help she would have gotten from those of us in the community who could have helped her.
Boundaries can work in other ways. Some people have no boundaries when it comes to maligning others or doing what they can to hurt or cause harm. What these people do not learn is that you cannot do things to people simply because you have the will power to do so. Sooner or later Karma will come back and you will end up with nothing. This person is now homeless and almost friendless because she spent so much time attempting to destroy neighbors and the few friends she had in the community.
Life is bad enough at times without making enemies of people who may be able to help you or who may not be able to help but knows someone who can. I prefer to help and pay it forward.
Hi Joyce,
I appreciate your wisdom here. Brain breaks are a great idea. It gives us a chance to regroup, to get back to the 35,000 foot view, and to get a perspective on our lives. I think that we are more likely to have healthier reactions, and make more rational decisions, when we have perspective, and are not so caught up in the moment.
And you identived an important point here. While we are setting boundaries with other people, we also need to set them with ourselves, including being aware when we are falling into negativity toward ourselves and toward others, and catching ourselves before the negativity gets out of control.
So often, what we are felling toward ourselves gets projected outwards. Being aware helps us to keep the negativty in check.
Pay it forward is a great attitude!
Thank you!
Thank You so much for the link, I thought it was me being insensative by not meeting EVERYONE elses demands, when in reality when I am having a really bad day, it seems I am not believed. I suffer terribly with Neuropathy in both legs, it's chronic, never goes away. I've cried myself to sleep many nights. It has changed the quality of my life something aweful. I tell them that until they are in my in my shoes (literally) or educate themselves on this, I have nothing else to say to them. Seems they just do not understand how painful this can be and therefore they think I just do not want to help them that day, when in reality even when I am in pain I STILL do what I can for them…but I got to tell you, it has taken it's toll on me. When I push myself to help out, I pay dearly for it the next few days.
Here's hoping that more people in the world educate themselves and become more comppassionate towards people with diabeties and all that comes with it. That article helped me tremendously, thank you for sharing.
Maria G.
(Learning about my Neuropathy)
Hi Learning,
I am sorry to hear that you are so unsupported. I think that you are right. Nobody can understand what you are going through unless they are walking in yoru shoes. But still, we would hope that people could be more caring. It sounds like you are doing a whole lot of giving but not getting much back in return.
Sometimes family members just go into denial, and hope that if they don't think about how badly you are feeling, it will all just go away.
Thanks for sharing this with us. I am glad that you are here!
I had nueropathy so bad it woke me up at night. It wasn't until I was diagnosed that I found out what it was. I talked to my doctor about it and he told me once I got my sugar levels under control, it should go away.
I bought over the counter lotion and that helped some. It wasn't until I bought a pair of well cushioned tennis shoes that gave me the best results during the day. Once my sugar levels were under control, it began to fade. I no longer have the problem unless my sugar levels rise. I have never had medication for it.
I learned a valuable lesson from my aunt who had several strokes a heart attack and open heart surgery. The week she got out of the hospital from a stroke she went to Canada for a week. My mom and her other sisters didn't think she should go including the sister that was going with her and said she should get more rest. Her response was, I will get plenty of rest in my coffin. Until then, I am going to live life and not worry about my blood pressure, my heart or the fact that I had a stroke. If I wake up in the morning I will thank God, get out of bed and even if every bone in my body aches, I will do what I want and have to do. When you do this by the end of the day you will have forgotten about the pain. She was right. No matter how bad my feet and legs hurt at night and in the morning, I still went to work, to meetings, shopping and by the end of the day, I had forgotten about the pain. The point is, stop worrying about the pain and concern yourself with living through the pain.
I know a little of what you feel (legs and feet) Maria. Sometimes I can't sleep at night. I just recently was given a prescription to help with the pain but it doesn't take it all away. Sometimes I can't even walk. I've been taking the medication for a month 1/2. I hope that you can get some help.
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Last week the body of Nicole Madison Lovell, a 13-year-old girl from Blacksburg, Virginia, was discovered near the Virginia–North Carolina state line. Police have since arrested two engineering students at nearby Virginia Tech, David Eisenhauer, 18, and Natalie M. Keepers, 19, for the murder. Lovell's mother told police that she believes Eisenhauer met Lovell through social media, and Lovell's eight-year-old neighbors say that she showed them texts she had exchanged, using the mobile instant-messaging app Kik, with an 18-year-old about plans for an evening meeting hours before she disappeared.
According to news reports, Lovell had a disturbing history with social media. Friends and family say she was bullied in person and online, and at the beginning of the year she posted a short message on a Facebook group named "Teen Dating and Flirting," asking members whether she was "Cute or nah." Over 300 people commented, and, as to be expected, not all were positive. (The post appears to have been taken down.) A quick tour of "Teen Dating and Flirting" reveals that the group is not limited to teens. I quickly found a number of adult men; there was one guy who graduated in 1990 who told a teenage girl that she had a "nice ass" and a gray-haired man requesting cleavage shots. According to the Facebook page Justice for Children Without Voices, Facebook is shutting down "Teen Dating and Flirting" in response to Lovell's murder.
While we don't yet know what motivated Eisenhauer and Keepers to possibly kill Lovell, we do know that social media played a role. In a story in today's New York Times, Jenn Burleson Mackay, an associate professor at Virginia Tech who teaches social media use, told the paper her her "first thought is that this kid was really too young to have been using Facebook." "To be looking for boyfriends and dating advice on Facebook at age 13 just seems inappropriate," she added.
But a 2015 PEW report found that most 13- to 17-year-olds have positive experiences on social media. The majority said they use social media for flirting, and that social media makes them feel more connected to their significant others. That said, one-quarter of all teens (35 percent of girls and 16 percent of boys) have unfriended or blocked someone who was flirting in a way that made them uncomfortable, and 22 percent of teens say they had a partner who used the Internet or a cell phone to insult them.
"Why wouldn't she look for boys on Facebook?" asks Rena Bivens, assistant professor at the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University. "It's easy to demonize technology in these situations, but if you are a teenager looking for a romantic partner and advice on dating and sex, you are going to where it's available. The biggest threat here is not social media itself, but the anonymity." Bivens says that it's easy to put the blame on social media in part because it provides us with a record of events that real life does not.
Robert Faris, an associate professor of sociology at the University of California, Davis, agrees that it is perfectly normal for 13-year-olds—57 percent of whom are on Facebook—to seek romance online, though it's not without its risks. In "Being Thirteen: Social Media and the Hidden World of Young Adolescents' Peer Culture," Faris and Marion Underwood analyzed the social media activity of over 200 13-year-olds and their parents from six states from September 2014 to April 2015. They found that for many teens, social media is a mostly positive experience, but it can amplify or exacerbate pre-existing insecurities.
"Social media creates an almost addictive need for affirmation," Faris says. "We've got both qualitative and quantitative data on that. When teenagers aren't getting enough of it, they will go and seek it wherever they can find it."
While there haven't been studies linking rising social media use to an increase in pedophilila or sexual violence against teenagers, Faris said we shouldn't ignore how much easier it makes it for "men with pedophilic interest to find children."
There are a number of things concerned parents can do make sure their children don't end up in the more dangerous pockets of social media, including banning devices at night, only allowing them to use social media in their company, or sharing passwords with their kids. Overall, though, Faris says, "What really matters is that kids feel like parents are actively concerned about them, that they are trying and open to dialogue. This is what makes the biggest difference."

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| Eigenmannia sayona
Peixoto & Waltz, 2017
A new species of the Eigenmannia trilineata species group is described from the río Orinoco basin, Venezuela. The new species is distinguished from congeners by a unique set of characters including an ossified basibranchial 1; 198-217 anal-fin rays; suborbital depth, 21.3-26.1% HL; length of anterodorsal process of maxilla equal to the width of the posterior nostril; premaxilla with 17 teeth distributed in three rows; hyaline pectoral and anal fins; and number of scale series above lateral line, 9-10. It raises the number of species allocated to the Eigenmannia trilineata species group to 13 and the number of species within the genus to 18.
Keywords: Biodiversity; Electric-fishes; Taxonomy; Tuvira.
|Fig. 1 Holotype of Eigenmannia sayona, new species, MZUSP 96497, 131.8 mm LEA, Venezuela, Bolivar, Cedeño, río Orinoco, río Parguaza, near the community of Puente Parhueña. a. Lateral view of head and body; b. Lateral view of head.


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The Long and Short Reviews (LASR) have published my short stories written as Angela Adams. Although launched in August 2007, I found LASR in 2008 while doing a Google search to market one of my stories. Back then, their free short stories appeared every Thursday and, if I remember correctly, were called the "Thrifty Thursday" short story.
Feeling like a proud aunt, I've watched LASR grow from a small review site, with its weekly "PG-rated" short story, to a cluster covering all the various subgenres of romance – Eroticia, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Mystery/Suspense, and Young Adult. My last short appeared in July 2010. "Cracks in My Heart" told the story of Jeff, a soldier returning from war, and Susan, the woman he left behind.
Aside from the reviews and short stories, LASR also features author interviews. This past January, I had fun being interviewed regarding my short story, "Burgers and Hot Chocolate," which was published in the anthology, Winters Wonders.
Marianne Arkins and Judy Thomas are the creative geniuses and brains behind this fabulous website. LASR is also a great advertising resource. Often, when I'm looking for a book to read, I'll browse the ads and reviews to see what looks interesting. One of the aspects of LASR, which has earned my admiration and respect, is that it is a "snark free" review site (LASR's word, not mine). Reviews are honest, objective and polite.
You can find Marianne and Judy at http://www.longandshortreviews.comOr on Facebook at https://www.facebook/pages/The-Long-and-the-Short-of-It/99345674148
LASR's email is firstname.lastname@example.com
For archive stories and interviews http://longandshortarchives.blogspot.com
Among the many offerings, you'll find "Cracks in My Heart," (July 31, 2010) and my LASR interview (January 11, 2012).


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Things to do before you're too old
- Make more time for family.
- Write a book.
- Create a bucket list.
- Ride a stage of Tour de France.
- Climb a mountain.
- Try to enjoy golf.
- Design a football team crest.
- Catch a fish.
Things to do before you're 40 years old
- Attend The French Open, Roland Garros.
- Own a Simon Birch art piece.
- Build a stone BBQ.
- Complete an iron man.
- Own a Mercedes.
- Own a Bang & Olufsen integrated home with a Nest learning thermostat.
- Buy a house.
- Design a beer label.
- Eat sushi in Japan.
- Attend World Ski & Snowboard Festival, Whistler, Canada.
- Own a Herman Miller chair.
- Attend The US Open, Flushing Meadows.
Things to do before you're 30 years old
- Shoot a gun at a shooting range.
- Complete a triathlon.
- Improve your tennis game.
- Attend a live boxing fight.
- Try a boxing class.
- Start your own business.
- Do first tax return.
- Run a marathon.
- Drive a luxury sports car on the German autobahns.
- Attend SXSW – music, film, and interactive conference.
- Work in the technology industry in America.
Things to do before you're 25 years old
- Graduate from University.
- Work abroad.
- Move to London and work/play hard in the design industry.
- Meet someone nice /cc @hollydaniels_ .
- Run a 1/2 marathon.
- Start public speaking and maintain a design-led blog.
Things to do before you're 21 years old
- Attend art college, try be cool.
- Learn to drive & own a car.
- Travel the world – music, sport, food.


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OK, the "Celebrate Good Times" song was running through my head when I was writing the title, I can't help it. Maybe it isn't a big party, but I am celebrating right here and now about being around blogland for four years. (OK so it is a month late, but I had to finish those quilts and that takes time.)
Thank you all for meeting with me here and in this space. It is very special to me. I enjoy writing what I want, hearing what you all have to say and then visiting your own corner of blogland. It is a nice little circle we have going on.
To continue the "Good Vibrations" I am giving away three of my little quilts. I am keeping "North" for myself and "South" is going to live with a certain friend, "East" and "West" are looking for a home. If you would like them to come and live with you just leave a comment here and maybe leave your favorite party song too, that would be fun. I know my boys would love a new list of dance music.
Fiesta Forever!
Ha ha ha, the joke is on me, in my excitement and haste to post I forgot to add when I was going to draw the luck winners... how about Monday August 9th at high noon PST?


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Hi all,
Hope you are well. Here are some delicious recipes highlighting local, seasonal ingredients that are from my latest cookbook, Going Wild in the Kitchen. Please enjoy!
Also, I have some very exciting cooking classes coming up this February. Please go to Lesliecerier.com and click on cooking classes to see and register for my latest: Creative cooking with Sea Vegetables and Savory Baked Main Courses.
And I will be giving some free talks about eating local and eating well, AKA Nutrition Makeovers, Reducing Your Carbon Footprint and Eating really well from the local harvest! Come join me! For more info: Lesliecerier.com/ cooking class link
Butternut Squash with Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Sage
This dish is one of my Thanksgiving staples. It is also delightful served as a pâté on crackers or thinly sliced toasted baguettes. and if you are like me, and have dried your own summer fresh plum and cherry tomatoes… MMMMM!
Yield: 8 to 12 servings
1 cup water
1 1/2 cups sun-dried tomatoes
1 1/2 cups sunflower seeds
4 1/2 pounds (about 9 1/2 cups) butternut squash, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
7 cloves garlic, thickly sliced
4 cups coarsely chopped red onions
3 cups coarsely chopped white button mushrooms
4 tablespoons coarsely chopped sage, or 4 teaspoons dried
1 tablespoon chopped oregano, or 1 teaspoon dried
2 teaspoons sea salt, or to taste
1. Bring the water to boil in a small pan, and add the sun-dried tomatoes. Turn off the heat, and let sit 20 minutes, or until the tomatoes have softened. Drain and set aside.
2. While the tomatoes soak, place the sunflower seeds in a medium-sized unoiled skillet over medium-low heat. Stirring occasionally, dry-roast the seeds for 5 minutes,, or until they begin to pop and have a nutty aroma. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool.
3. Place the squash on a steamer basket set over boiling water. Cover and steam 15 minutes, or until fork tender.
4. While squash cooks, heat the oil in a medium-sized skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and onions, and sauté 5 minutes, or until the onions begin to soften. Add the mushrooms, and continue to cook another 5 minutes, or until they begin to soften.
5. Place the sunflower seeds in a food processor and grind. Add half the sun-dried tomatoes, half the squash, half the sautéed vegetables, and half the sage, oregano, and salt. Purée until smooth; then transfer to a large mixing bowl. Repeat with the remaining ingredients. Adjust the seasonings, if desired.
6. Transfer the purée to a serving bowl, and enjoy.
Orange-Scented Yams with Chestnuts
Presoaking the dried chestnuts results in a delicious smoky flavored stock in which to bake these orange-scented yams. Dried chestnuts are available in most Asian markets, specialty shops, and natural foods stores.
Yield: 4 to 6 servings
1/3 cup dried chestnuts
2/3 cup water
6 cups yams, cut into 1-inch cubes
1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped oyster or white button mushrooms
1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped onions
3 tablespoons dried orange peel
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/4 teaspoon dried cardamom
1. Place the chestnuts and water in a small bowl, and let sit several hours or overnight until the chestnuts have softened.
2. Preheat the oven to 400°F.
3. Transfer the chestnuts and soaking water to a large mixing bowl along with the remaining ingredients. Mix well.
4. Place the ingredients in a covered baking dish and bake 45 minutes, or until the yams are tender. Adjust the seasonings, if desired.
5. Serve immediately.
Bon Appetite!
and hope to see you in February for Hands-on Organic Vegetarian Cooking Classes… click back to the cooking class link on Lesliecerier.com for early bird discounts and registration


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Tim DeChristopher's Trial Wasn't About Fraud - It Was About Preserving Power
photo: Linh Do/CC BY 2.0
Tim DeChristopher was sentenced to two years in Federal prison and fined $10,000 yesterday for posing as a bidder in oil and gas lease auctions. At the time he had no money to pay for the leases, but managed to raise the funds through donations after the fact--a fact that was deliberately excluded from the trial. But any way, Tim's going to jail.
Throughout the ordeal, DeChristopher has been an articulate and exceedingly passionate speaker on the genuine and deep need for much, much stronger action and activism on climate change. His statement to the court at sentencing was no exception.
Here's an excerpt (Yes! Magazine has the full text) which really nails what the entire trial is about, power and maintaining power:
The reality is not that I lack respect for the law; it's that I have greater respect for justice. Where there is a conflict between the law and the higher moral code that we all share, my loyalty is to that higher moral code. I know Mr. Huber disagrees with me on this. He wrote that "The rule of law is the bedrock of our civilized society, not acts of 'civil disobedience' committed in the name of the cause of the day." That's an especially ironic statement when he is representing the United States of America, a place where the rule of law was created through acts of civil disobedience. Since those bedrock acts of civil disobedience by our founding fathers, the rule of law in this country has continued to grow closer to our shared higher moral code through the civil disobedience that drew attention to legalized injustice. The authority of the government exists to the degree that the rule of law reflects the higher moral code of the citizens, and throughout American history, it has been civil disobedience that has bound them together.This philosophical difference is serious enough that Mr. Huber thinks I should be imprisoned to discourage the spread of this idea. Much of the government's memorandum focuses on the political statements that I've made in public. But it hasn't always been this way. When Mr. Huber was arguing that my defense should be limited, he addressed my views this way: "The public square is the proper stage for the defendant's message, not criminal proceedings in federal court." But now that the jury is gone, Mr. Huber wants to take my message from the public square and make it a central part of these federal court proceedings. I have no problem with that. I'm just as willing to have those views on display as I've ever been.
The government's memorandum states, "As opposed to preventing this particular defendant from committing further crimes, the sentence should be crafted 'to afford adequate deterrence to criminal conduct' by others." Their concern is not the danger that I present, but the danger presented by my ideas and words that might lead others to action. Perhaps Mr. Huber is right to be concerned. He represents the United States Government. His job is to protect those currently in power, and by extension, their corporate sponsors. After months of no action after the auction, the way I found out about my indictment was the day before it happened, Pat Shea got a call from an Associated Press reporter who said, "I just wanted to let you know that tomorrow Tim is going to be indicted, and this is what the charges are going to be." That reporter had gotten that information two weeks earlier from an oil industry lobbyist. Our request for disclosure of what role that lobbyist played in the US Attorney's office was denied, but we know that she apparently holds sway and that the government feels the need to protect the industry's interests.
The things that I've been publicly saying may indeed be threatening to that power structure. There have been several references to the speech I gave after the conviction, but I've only ever seen half of one sentence of that speech quoted. In the government's report, they actually had to add their own words to that one sentence to make it sound more threatening. But the speech was about empowerment. It was about recognizing our interconnectedness rather than viewing ourselves as isolated individuals. The message of the speech was that when people stand together, they no longer have to be exploited by powerful corporations. Alienation is perhaps the most effective tool of control in America, and every reminder of our real connectedness weakens that tool.
Peaceful Uprising also has the full text of the statement. It's really worth a read.
More on Tim DeChristopher
Tim DeChristopher Calls for More Civil Disobedience in Climate Fight (Video)
Bill McKibben: Tim DeChristopher 'Should Be Getting a Medal, Not a Sentence' (Video)


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I couldn`t wait till tomorrow in order to share my work with you. And here it is..... the Limited Edition Kit from My Creative Scrapbook. As you could see the goodies are simply dazzling and magnificent!!!! I enjoyed creating with them so much!
Actually, what I used from the die-cut paper is the scalloped border. I cut a big circle from another WPs pattern paper and I distressed it. When I was ready with adding the lace ribbon I attached the distressed circle.


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How sick and basically anti-Semitic is Amira Haas?
Her writing explains it:
Her writing explains it:
"...the Jewish high priest sharpens his knife. And while you update the anti-Semitism index with another shattered tombstone and read out poetry on Friday nights in Ashkenazi and Sephardi style, your smug faces are reflected in the gleaming blade. And while you beam with joy at the cleverness of the grandson and youngest daughter and book seats for a show in London, the blade moves closer to the neck of the victim tied on the altar in Amona.
How can we appease you, Judeo-Samarian, how can we placate your wrath, god of vengeance, if not by destroying 10 times more and by the falsehood of symmetry. Kalansua. Umm al-Hiran. Issawiya. Beit Hanina. Jabal Mukkaber. But Moloch is not satiated. The demolitions there are easy prey. The horns of the altar shout: More. Harder. Bigger.
The knife moves closer and closer, the blade is shining, the saliva is dripping. It is not enough to destroy, people must be evicted, driven out, uprooted. Moloch wants to see the children wet themselves at night, the women waking up in alarm, the shepherds impoverished..."


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1. Use the Clausius-Clapeyron equation to figure out the average molar enthalpy of vaporization of a liquid inside the measured temperatures.
2. To master measuring saturated vapor pressure of liquid.
Vapor pressure is the pressure exerted by a vapor in thermodynamic equilibrium with its condensed phases (solid or liquid) at a given temperature in a closed system. The equilibrium vapor pressure is an indication of a liquid's evaporation rate. It relates to the tendency of particles to escape from the liquid.
The vapor pressure of any substance increases non-linearly with temperature according to the Clausius–Clapeyron relation:
Where R is gas constant, T is the temperature, p Is the pressure, Δvap Hm is the enthalpy of vaporization.
When the change of the temperature is small, we can assume the enthalpy of vaporization is independent of temperature, this equation can be integrated as follows:
where A is Δvap Hm/R , B is a integral constant.
According to the equation, we can get a line if we make (ln p)-(1/T) figure, and the slope "m" should be –A = -Δvap Hm/R. And then we get:
And the boiling point can be figured out by the figure.
1. An isoteniscope
2. A vacuum pump
Vacuum pump (right) and desiccators (middle)3. A barometer
1. Absolute Ethanol (A.R.)
1. Stet up the apparatus as below:
2. Leak detection:
Turn off the H valve, and open the I, F, G valves. Turn on the vacuum pump until the pressure reaches 25~30 kPa and then turn off the I, F, G valves, and then turn off the pump. Wait for a minutes and check the value of the barometer.
3. Heating:
Open the stirrer and adjust the voltage of the heater to about 160V.
An autotransformer
When the temperature of the hot water bath is over 50℃, the ethanol inside the isoteniscope starts bubbling. Keep the temperature at about 52℃ for 5 minutes by adjusting the voltage of the heater.
5. The measurement of vapor pressure:
Open the H valve slowly let air defuse through the capillary, until the BC phase is matched and is stable at least 1 minute. Record the temperature of the hot water bath and the pressure of the barometer. Keep heating the water bath and do the same things 6~10 times after raise about 2 degrees every times.
6. Finish:
Turn on all the valves, turn off all the electronics, and clean up the table.
Report Sheet
Data Processing
Fitting with an exponential function, y = a*b^x , on the P-T figure.
Figure 1
Linear fitting on the ln(Pa)-1/T figure
Figure 2From this fitting curve, we can get the enthalpy of vaporization by using the equation as follow:
Δvap Hm = - (8.3144621 J / (K mol) ) x (-5172.43 K)
= 43.0 kJ/mol
We can also get the normal boiling point from the fitting curve.
y = 26.29912 - 5172.43*x
ln(101325 Pa) = 26.29912 – 5172.43x
x = 1/T
=> T = 1/(((ln 101325) – 26.29912) /(.5172.43))
To compare with the literature datas
[1] 傅献彩, 沈文霞, 姚天扬. 物理化学, 上册欧4 版. 北京:高等教育出版社, 1990:144.
[2] 清华大学化学系物理化学实验编写组. 物理化学实验. 北京:清华大学出版社, 1991.
[3] Robert C. Wcast Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. Physics. 58th ed. Ohio: CRC Press, 1977.
[4] 朱文涛. 物理化学. 北京:清华大学出版社,1995.


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Monday, June 11, 2012
DDC #15 "Celebrate Dad" - Soccer Coach Layout
9 comments:
- TeenaBugg38 said...
I love how you get so many photos on a page.....this is awesome!!!
- Monday, 11 June, 2012
- Elizabeth said...
I love how you managed to get so many photos on this layout, but still managed a CAS feel! Congrats on the new DT:)
- Monday, 11 June, 2012
- Julie Tucker-Wolek said...
This is FAB!!! LOVING the colors, the photos, the stars and loving the soccer balls!! And I can't remember if I told you or not... but I am loving the new blog header photos!!
- Monday, 11 June, 2012
- craftin-dawn said...
this is GREAT!! Love how you used the digi darla image!!! And it must have been so awesome for your son to have Daddy Coach!!! Great LO!
- Monday, 11 June, 2012
- Heather Landry said...
Absolutely wonderfully designed page! I really love the red shimmery star border and the soccer balls rock!!!
- Monday, 11 June, 2012
- glassgraffitix2 said...
I think you ACED it! Love it!
- Monday, 11 June, 2012
- Missy Whidden said...
Wow! You totally rocked this awesome 2-pager. I just love all the photos & all the soccer balls...such a great design! Thanks for warming up with us at ScrapFIT :)
- Tuesday, 12 June, 2012
- Tracey Sabella said...
What an amazing 2-page LO. So many soccer memories captured here!! Love how you put everything together! Thanks for joining us for the Weekend Warm-Up at ScrapFIT! ~ Blessings
- Tuesday, 12 June, 2012
- Karen Wilson said...
Michele, you rocked this challenge and how exciting for your son! My hubby has coached Andrew before and I did last yr and he's coaching him again this yr. It's neat being that involved. Love your LO and that you're getting more comfy with digi's!!
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Those who cant cook, eat. I am one of those people, so when the opportunity to take part in a cooking class came to me, I was naturally worried.
Last Saturday, me and about fifteen other bloggers were invited to Soup Master Class with Chef KC. The class was held in Vineth Bakery in Panglima Polim. Upon seeing the Soup Master Class banner that morning, I was delighted. Chef KC is in fact a beautiful, young female chef named Karen Carlotta. Now who doesn't want to be taught by a hot chef?
The class started with introductions. We all shared some details about ourselves and our blogs. Chef KC also shared her story. Although she had fallen in love with cooking since early age, it was not until 2005 that she finally decided to pursue her passion. After getting her undergraduate degree in management from Universitas Tarumanegara, KC went to Singapore to study cooking. Not many people are bold enough to take such a drastic move, but KC knew what she wanted and she's not afraid to show that kitchen is really her world. It's where she belongs.
Chef KC explained to us about soups in general. Traditionally, you can divide soups based on its overall look, which is clear soups and thick soups. But, Chef KC also noted that there's also a third category called chunky soups. Sup buntut and bakso were two things that came in my mind.
To cook the perfect soup, you need to blend it with the perfect stock. People often rely on instant chicken or beef stock. But, if you're willing to go the extra mile, consider preparing bouillon. To make the bouillon, you need to prepare the meat (chicken, beef, veal, or whatever you want) and some vegetables (carrots, onions, etc). Roast the meat and the veggies in the oven for 45 minutes to an hour, and then boil it with two litres of water. Simmer it for six hours (yes, you heard it right) until the water is reduced to a litre. The result is a delicious-smelling bouillon.
The class was enjoyable due to the fact that most of us bloggers already knew each other. Our MC for the day, Icha Sasmita, had also helped to create a fun and relaxing atmosphere. Chef KC's instructions were also very nice and clear, so those who can't cook at all can still follow her examples.
Our first recipe was Mushroom Soup with Poached Eggs and Roasted Shallots. This recipe is pretty simple. I'll put in the recipe here, so you can try it out yourself.
Mushroom Soup with Poached Eggs and Roasted Shallots
Sup Jamur
Minyak untuk menumis
1 buah bawang Bombay, cincang
250 gr jamur kancing, cuci bersih, iris tipis
2 btr bawang putih, cincang
Thyme kering
600 ml kaldu ayam/bouillon
2 btr telur ayam
Minyak untuk menumis
3 btr bawang merah, iris tipis, taburi garam
Cara membuat:
Sup Jamur
– Panaskan minyak, tumis jamur dan bawang bombay hingga kecoklatan (pastikan dengan api besar). Tambahkan bawang putih, thyme kering, garam dan lada, masak selama 1 menit.
– Tuangkan air sedikit demi sedikit, masak hingga mendidih. Tambahkan kaldu ayam, aduk rata. Masak selama 10 menit. Blender hingga halus.
– Didihkan air dan cuka. Tuang telur ketengahnya, masak selama 1 menit.
– Tumis bawang merah hingga kecoklatan.
Cara penyajian:
Sajikan sup mushroom hangat dengan poached egg dan roasted shallots diatasnya.
Our second recipe was Soto Ayam ala KC. It's also quite simple. It tasted nice and light, and it's easy to make when you're in the mood for something warm and yummy.
Soto Ayam ala KC
Minyak ayam
250 gr daging fillet ayam, iris 2cm
Coating ayam
Kari bubuk
Tepung terigu
1 lt kaldu ayam
1 lbr daun salam
2 btg serai, memarkan
2 cm lengkuas, memarkan
1/2 buah lobak, iris 1cm
Bawang goreng
Daun bawang
Cara membuat:
– Rebus kaldu ayam, daun salam, serai, lengkuas, garam, lada, gula/penyedap hingga mendidih. Masak selama 15menit hingga harum
– Sementara menunggu, Masukkan fillet ayam ke dalam kantung beserta coating ayam, kocok rata. Panaskan minyak ayam, goreng ayam hingga kecoklatan. Sisihkan.
– Tambahkan lobak ke dalam kaldu, masak selama 10 menit hingga lobak matang.
– Tuang ke atas gorengan ayam sesaat sebelum menyajikan. Sajikan dengan bahan pelengkap.
Although we all had a recipe to hold on to, Chef KC also encouraged us to experiment with the ingredients. "Have fun with the ingredients and don't limit your imagination," she said.
The class was wrapped with group shots and the tweeting and followback rituals. I didn't burn anything, and I've picked up some really nice tips about cooking. All in all, it was tiring but very fun.
So, if I'm invited again to one of her classes, will I come? Yes, I will. *winks at Eno*
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The District Chief Executive, sort of like a Mayor, from one of the rural districts we fly over regularly came with a request for us to help an elderly lady in his area. It appears that she has had her legs amputated and now needs a wheelchair.
Currently we have some in the workshop where we are looking at whether we could manufacture something locally, and we were able to help.
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This weekend also included multiple trips to local walmarts, (our version of buying milk and eggs from friendly farms with dogs and pigs), a pitstop at the Black Bear winery (a winery that made wine from sorts of fruits and berries, but grapes), the Taughannock falls and icecreams the Cayuga Lake Creamery.
Of the Black Bear winery, I have to say that the girl pouring at tasting was most thorough, washing out the glasses after each tasting and providing some background on the wine as well. We didn't like any wine enough to buy, but it was a fun experience.
Taughannock Falls in Summer and Winter
The last time we were at the Taughannock falls was two winters ago when we drove up all the way hoping to see the Niagara falls frozen over. There too much water, flowing too fast in the Niagara for it to completely freeze over, so on the way back we stopped over at the Taughannock falls. On the same trip we ate so ice-cream at the Cayuga Lake Creamery, which we haven't gotten over since. Never did we imagine we'd be back to either of these places.


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Now I suspect that at some time in the future they are going to metamorphose into the next version of the PORTABLE WARGAME rules – a sort of PW2 – but until they do I need to give them a working title. I have had a few ideas … but to date none of them has sounded right. In the meantime I will just refer to them as my FUSION rules. (The Encarta Dictionary defines fusion as being 'the merger or a blending of two or more things such as materials or ideas', which is – after all – a very apt description of the origins of these rules.)
Tuesday, 23 August 2011
I need a name for these rules ...
Now I suspect that at some time in the future they are going to metamorphose into the next version of the PORTABLE WARGAME rules – a sort of PW2 – but until they do I need to give them a working title. I have had a few ideas … but to date none of them has sounded right. In the meantime I will just refer to them as my FUSION rules. (The Encarta Dictionary defines fusion as being 'the merger or a blending of two or more things such as materials or ideas', which is – after all – a very apt description of the origins of these rules.)
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Hi BobReplyDelete
Fusion is a bit too newagey and girly, if you know what I mean.
My suggestion is LASHED which has a nice barbaric ring to it..
I know exactly what you mean ...
LASHED sounds good, but for me it sounds just a bit too nautical. That said, it is certainly a 'runner' as far as a working title for the rules is concerned.
All the best,
What about something simple like Warchess??ReplyDelete
Ray Rousell,ReplyDelete
Another great suggestion ... but I understand that someone else has already used it!
All the best,
Hey There Bob,ReplyDelete
Like all truly great ideas; the simplest one is usually the best.*
How about, "Frontier Muskets" for a working title?
All The Best
*Which is a fortunate circumstance for me, since SWMBO insists that I'm a "simple guy"!
Possible names -ReplyDelete
The General Idea
Politics by other means
A damn'd serious business
A series of Catastrophes
Neither pay, nor quarters.
Hard Pounding
An inconvenience right considered
"Bob & Joe's final frontier"?ReplyDelete
Perhaps a nod to the testing ground for the rules (i.e. Cordeguay) as well as the French influence on the uniforms:
Banana Republique
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Brush and Ballistics, sir. That ought to cover the ground!ReplyDelete
Umm, maybe "Squared Off" or "General Squarepants"... forgive me, I am overcome by the spirit of the event...ReplyDelete
no need to respond!
I rather like your suggestion. Simple it may be ... but so are the rules!
All the best,
Conrad Kinch,ReplyDelete
You were certainly on a roll when you came up with so many good ideas for titles!
Some of them have been used before, but some are very definitely contenders.
All the best,
Tim Gow,ReplyDelete
Nice one ... but I suspect that the use of the word 'final' might imply to some people that they are the finished article ... which they certainly aren't as yet.
All the best,
What an interesting suggestion. I have added it to the pile of potential titles I will be considering.
All the best,
Nice one! It is certainly reflective of the location, the political situation, and the uniform styles in use by both sides.
All the best,
For reasons that I will not go into, I did consider calling it 'On the Square' ... but decided that the expression was probably not appropriate as it has another meaning that has nothing to do with wargaming.
All the best,
Square Go!ReplyDelete
Nice and simple Bob!!
Jim Duncan,ReplyDelete
Many thanks for your contribution. It is yet another excellent suggestion for a title!
All the best,
I like Chris' suggestion of . . . Banana Republique . . . it evokes the location (with banana) and the political and uniform style (with Republique).ReplyDelete
Banana Republique!
-- Jeff
Hi Bob,ReplyDelete
I like Tim Gow's title.
Or "Bob and Joe go to War"
Or "Preliminary Bob and Joe" aka PBJ. Preliminary (adj) being a prelude to something else.
Bluebear Jeff,ReplyDelete
Another vote for Banana Republique eh!
It is a good title but I have a feeling that someone else might have used it before.
All the best,
Jim Wright,ReplyDelete
Even more interesting ideas for a title!
All the best,
The title shouldn't be longer than the rules! ha haReplyDelete
I think the potential conflicts for which the rules seem suitable is too broad to be restricted by a title like Banana Republique (as good as that title would be for a more specific rulesset)
Square Wars?
Fast Battles?
Portable Wargame Rides Again?
Heh, on the square, familiar with it, the term that is. When I was a young parabat in the SA Army doing basics we used to go on a Saturday night for some gay-bashing to the City Square in Bloemfontein. Nuff said.ReplyDelete
You a quite right about the length of the name not being being longer than the rules themselves!
Another three excellent ideas for a title for these rules ... and I particularly like the last one, especially as I suspect that these rules will heavily influence the next version of the PORTABLE WARGAME rules.
All the best,
That is a new meaning for the expression that I had not heard before. I was actually thinking more of a quote from Kipling: .We met upon the Level an' parted on the Square'.
All the best,
I was hoping that taken some time would allow me to come up really clever but alas the Muse was absent. "Not your parade square" seems too long and clunky as is "A Touch of Joe" (in the night).ReplyDelete
Has "Squaring Off" been used before?
A connotation of boxers as well as of troops aligning themselves but also of course, the grid.
if it were a Colonial game I might have suggested "Bob's" (as in Bobs"
and lastly, given the context how about the simple "battala"
Ross Mac,ReplyDelete
Thanks for your contribute to this discussion ... and for coming up with such an apt and simple suggestion when you added 'battala' to the list. It is exactly the sort of simple, snappy title that I was looking for.
Many thanks,


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Installing puppetdb and postgres using modules
I an trying to install puppetdb and postgres using the models as recommended in the puppetdb documentation I'm only adding a few items in my manifest to fix issues like pointing to the correct path based on what the module definitions are, and adding a password for the puppet account in postgres.
class { 'puppetdb::globals': version => '4.1.2', }
class { 'puppetdb':
listen_address => 'puppettester.enphaseenergy.com',
ssl_dir => '/etc/puppetlabs/puppetdb/ssl',
database_password => 'a-really-good_password',
confdir => '/etc/puppetlabs/puppetdb/conf.d',
class { 'puppetdb::master::config':
manage_config => true,
puppet_confdir => '/etc/puppetlabs/puppet',
puppet_conf => '/etc/puppetlabs/puppet/puppet.conf',
This, however, does not get pupetdb connected to postgres, or working at all. I end up with 50
postgres: puppetdb puppetdb 127.0.0.1(48895) idle postgres processes, but thats about it.
FYI, I am running CentOS 6.7 on the server with puppet server V 2.4.0-1, puppetdb V 4.1.2-1, puppetdb-termini V 4.1.2-1 and postgres V 9.4
My question is just, Does the module install work? If so, what am I missing? If anyone has installed the most recent versions of puppetdb and postgres would you be willing to share the manifests you used that worked?
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With the 2017 season firmly in the rear-view mirror, it's time to reflect on what happened. What else are we going to talk about?
Previously: Front Row Motorsports, Richard Petty Motorsports, JTG-Daugherty Racing, Germain Racing and Leavine Family Racing, Roush Fenway Racing, Richard Childress Racing, Chip Ganassi Racing, Hendrick Motorsports, Team Penske and the Wood Brothers,
Points Position: 28th
Stage Points: 24
Wins: 0
Top 5s: 0
Top 10s: 1
Average Starting Position: 22.1
Average Finish: 23.8
Highlight: Patrick's lone top 10 of the season came at Dover in June when she finished 10th. That's a modest improvement from a year ago when she didn't finish in the top 10.
Lowlight: Yet Patrick finished 24th in the points standings a year ago. She was 28th this year. That's because of 11 DNFs this season. Yes, Patrick failed to finish nearly a third of the races this season.
Given that terrible luck — and her propensity to hit the wall at ridiculously severe angles — we totally understand why Patrick would've spent 2017 contemplating her future. After a win and some success in IndyCar, her success in NASCAR can be described as modest at best.
It's fitting that Patrick will end her racing career in May's Indianapolis 500. And that she'll end her NASCAR career in the Daytona 500. That team is to be determined. And, for Patrick's sake, hopefully her final NASCAR start doesn't end in a crash. If it does, it would just continue an unfortunate trend.
Points Position: 18th
Stage Points: 93
Wins: 0
Top 5s: 6
Top 10s: 13
Average Starting Position: 13.2
Average Finish: 15.5
Highlight: Bowyer had a nice spring run that made it look like he was going to be a legitimate playoff contender in his first year with Stewart-Haas Racing. He finished third at California, seventh at Martinsville and then second at Bristol two weeks after that.
He then finished second at Sonoma and Daytona over the summer.
Lowlight: Bowyer's inability to get to victory lane ultimately kept him out of the playoffs. As did an untimely engine failure at Darlington. Bowyer's car made it just 18 laps in the Southern 500 and he finished 40th. He entered the race 11th in the points standings and left 11th but lost 33 points to Jamie McMurray and 31 points to Matt Kenseth. Those two drivers ended up making the playoffs. Bowyer didn't.
Points Position: 14th
Stage Points: 126
Wins: 1
Top 5s: 6
Top 10s: 15
Average Starting Position: 11.8
Average Finish: 16.5
Highlight: This one is pretty obvious. Busch's first restrictor plate points win came in the Daytona 500 when he conserved enough fuel and drove the final laps without a rear-view mirror to get the victory. It was also the first Daytona 500 win for Tony Stewart (as a car owner) and locked Busch into the playoffs after Week 1.
Lowlight: It's fair to say the season went downhill from the Daytona 500. Granted, it's impossible to stay at that emotional high and success level over a 36-race season, but Busch was 18th in the points standings after the eighth race of the season thanks to a stretch of five finishes outside the top 20 in six races.
Busch got back into the top 15 by the time the playoffs rolled around but he was never a serious threat for the title.
Points Position: 3rd
Stage Points: 323
Wins: 2
Top 5s: 14
Top 10s: 23
Average Starting Position: 8.8
Average Finish: 11.1
Highlight: Harvick's first victory of the season came at Sonoma, where his pit strategy in the first road course stage race proved superior. Harvick led 24 of the race's 110 laps including the final 22.
His most important win was the one he got at Texas. Harvick's Sonoma win guaranteed him a spot in the playoffs, but he was already going to be there because of his consistent performance. The November win in Texas made sure Harvick would be one of the four drivers competing for the title. And by chasing down Martin Truex Jr. for that win, it showed Harvick could be a worthy threat for the championship.
Lowlight: It's hard to find a real lowlight for Harvick, who had four DNFs, all from crashes. Two of those crashes came in the playoffs, but he was good enough in each of the first two rounds to overcome them and advance in the playoffs.
It feels like nitpicking to say the lowlight came at Homestead, where Harvick didn't have the speed of Truex and Kyle Busch at the end of the race to compete for the win. Maybe the debris that gouged a hole in the front of Harvick's car played a role in that.
Or maybe the Toyotas were simply just faster like they had been over the rest of the season. Stewart-Haas never had consistent speed as a team throughout 2017. Yeah, Harvick was good and typically one of the fastest Fords on any given weekend. But Bowyer and Busch were too hit and miss and Patrick's season was a forgettable one.
The two Bs and the H are back for 2018 and joined by Aric Almirola in the No. 10 car. Almirola will likely find Stewart-Haas' equipment as an upgrade from what he's been driving at Richard Petty Motorsports. For the first time in the team's four-car history it's got a decent shot at all of its cars making the title. It's not a good shot, but it exists. We'll see if the team has the speed to make it happen.
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VOCAL is not your typical animal welfare organization. Made up of our board and staffed by volunteers, VOCAL was founded by passionate animal advocates who wanted to bring an end to the homeless pet problem in our community. This means working with the community and other organizations to help Marion County, FL become a No-Kill county. From the beginning, our goals and mission have been based solely on the needs of the Marion County area. We looked directly at the statistics at our county shelter when formulating our business plan. We believe the problems must be solved first at home.
The needs in Marion County can only be met through prevention. With the enormous numbers of animals being born into homelessness, the problem is just too large to simply adopt our way out. We knew when outlining our goals, that low-cost spay and neuter services must be available to every citizen in our county in order to cut down on the number of unwanted animals being born in our community.
As we have been fundraising to build our clinic, our organization has grown with passionate volunteers and foster parents. Our original intention was not to rescue animals until our clinic was built, but our dedicated foster parents saw an immediate need and wanted to help. We do not currently have a shelter to house the homeless pets, so we rely solely on an amazing group of people who open their homes to animals in need. All of the pets that are available through our foster and adoption programs come from Marion County Animal Services or Marion County citizens. We are often the last call for these animals, and pride ourselves on taking in dogs and cats that are often overlooked or considered "less adoptable."
All in all, VOCAL's fundamentals are community-led, positive, and purposeful. We are different because we are focused on solving problems and coming up with solutions rather than continuing and accepting the current circumstances of homeless pets in Marion County. We started our mission with a goal to make our entire county a no-kill county. Although we have not reached this yet, we know it is entirely possible to achieve our goal not only in Marion County but, down the road, in communities beyond our county line. All things are possible with cooperation from the community, from other animal welfare organizations, and of course, with the passion, teamwork, and creativity we value and strive for here at VOCAL every day.
Please join us on our mission, and make a difference for the homeless pets in our community today.
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Archive for October, 2009
CarbonFriday, October 30th, 2009
Most carbon fiber is a waste…
This is fucking awesome.
Read about it.
via Wes Siler for Jalopnik
*Thursday, October 29th, 2009
via Loudpop Voyager via A Time to Get
randomWednesday, October 28th, 2009
runawayFriday, October 23rd, 2009
Airplanes touching down on the runway. Rubber on the road is sweet every way.
photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand via But does it float
FLATBACK almost there…Friday, October 16th, 2009
the magic of movie makingMonday, October 12th, 2009
stuntman/fluffer/bodyguard/idiot/extra on a school shoot this Saturday
movie is about a moped gang
50cc's of FURY!!!!!
Fuck YouMonday, October 12th, 2009
via seanbonner via Richie.
ummm… yeahFriday, October 9th, 2009
Save yourself and turn off the audio before playing.
floorWednesday, October 7th, 2009
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Home > TJU > JCIPEINDEX > JCIPE > Vol. 4 > Iss. 1 (2013)
Collaborative Healthcare: Interprofessional Practice, Education and Evaluation (JCIPE)
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Jefferson InterProfessional Education Center is pleased to invite manuscript submissions for the Interprofessional Education and Care Newsletter. This is a peer reviewed bi‐annual publication produced by JCIPE for faculty, health professionals and learners from diverse fields and backgrounds.
It provides a forum to disseminate current information and innovative projects advancing interprofessional education, evaluation, research and practice in order to further this mission.
Manuscripts for the Interprofessional Education and Care Newsletter should highlight initiatives that are representative of collaborative interprofessional education and care and/or evaluation projects. The newsletter strongly encourages manuscripts that address exciting new innovations and rigorous evaluation for integrated models of education or care/collaborative practice.