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7 Simple Ways to Feng Shui a Small Kitchen
Category: Feng Shui Written by Lauren Silver
You don't need a big kitchen to apply the principles of feng shui. In the Chinese tradition of feng shui, the kitchen is considered the heart of the home, a place that reflects that state of your health and is among the most important rooms in the home for happiness and wealth. Feng shui can add a calming and positive vibe into your kitchen while inspiring your design and organizational choices.
Before you get started, you should know the basics of feng shui, which was established by the Chinese more than 3,000 years ago. "The idea is that we all respond to our environments," according to the Feng Shui Society. That includes natural light, views, colors, plants, images and materials. "Our response to the atmosphere of each room may influence our mood, thinking, energy levels and more. The aim of feng shui is to create a home where each room has the ideal characteristics to succeed in whatever we want to do there."
The kitchen is one of the key places to consider when implementing feng shui principles in your home. That's because feng shui energy interacts with fire and water, which are both found in the kitchen. Fire can lessen negative energy while the accumulation of water can be a source of wealth and abundance. Are you ready to feng shui your kitchen?
- Declutter and Clean Up
The first thing to do when starting to feng shui your kitchen is to clean up. Throw away or donate anything you don't need. Finally, get to work on that pile of bills you've been waiting to sort through. A messy kitchen is one that creates negative energy. To keep positive energy flowing through your kitchen, keep it clean and clutter-free. Everything should have a place in the kitchen, whether that's in decorative storage containers, drawers, hanging on the walls or hidden away elsewhere. You'll also want to ensure nothing is broken in the kitchen. Set the intention of taking care of yourself with well-maintained appliances, plates that are chip-free and sharpened knives.
- Paint with the Elements in Mind
Fire and water are represented in the kitchen, so keep away from fire tones like red, orange and bright yellow as well as blues and blacks that are reminiscent of water. These colors can cause imbalance and clash in the kitchen. White is a common kitchen color with its purity and clean feel. Neutrals like beige and off-white also work well to create harmony and warm feelings. As another option, pale yellow can promote socialization and cheer. No matter the size of your kitchen, the color is an easy way to apply the principles of feng shui.
- Separate the Sink from the Stove
If you have the luxury of keeping some distance between your stove and sink, consider the placement of these major kitchen appliances. The sink (water element) and stove (fire element) can inflict negative energy when facing each other. If these appliances need to be facing each other based on the size and layout of your kitchen, consider placing an earth element in between them. That can be as simple as leaving a small house plant on the floor or having a sand-colored rug on the ground between them.
- Consider Open Shelving
In the spirit of organization and decluttering, open shelving that can be used for storage is a great way to feng shui your kitchen. Just make sure that you use the shelving wisely, meaning you don't turn it into a spot for random items and junk in your home. The shelving should be used for decoration, storage and to display some of the nicer items in your kitchen. Keep the coloring light and aim to match it to your cabinets.
- Create Light
Having windows is a big plus in any kitchen as natural light is great. Even if you don't have natural lighting in your kitchen, aim to add lights–or potentially smart lights–to keep the room filled with light. You may want to consider multiple types of fixtures, sizes and levels of lighting to sense the change in energy each provides. Two to three types of different lighting can provide a boost in the feng shui of a small kitchen.
- Place a Mirror in the Room
A mirror can also help add to the feng shui of the kitchen if there's a fitting place to add one. Mirrors are called the aspirin of feng shui due to their ability to provide support of good feng shui energy, according to knowfengshui.com. Mirrors reflect your self-image, and a clear, clean mirror is important. You don't want to place a decorative or distressed mirror in the room. It should also be placed so that the tallest person coming into contact with the mirror can see themselves in it without being cut off. Have the mirror placed to reflect what you'd like to see more of in your life.
- Make a Kitchen Garden
Small plants, aromatic herbs or even fresh fruit can add to the renewed energy and feng shui in your kitchen. Parsley, dill, mint, basil, sage, rosemary and thyme are among the herbs that can grow effectively in a kitchen garden. Even if your kitchen is small, you can place a small bed of dirt and seeds near the window. Start small and see what you have space for. If plants or herbs are out of the question, try placing a bowl of fruit on the counter or kitchen table.
The size of your kitchen doesn't have to impact your ability to apply the principles of feng shui to the room. Simply keeping your appliances well-maintained, cleaning and decluttering on a regular basis and decorating with the right colors can set you up for a kitchen that's filled with positive chi. Loving your kitchen is another simple thing that can add to the feng shui of the room. So make sure that what you're adding and changing in the kitchen are things you're happy with. Your own positivity can go a long way.
Author Bio: Lauren Silver is a Marketing Coordinator for Abt Electronics, the largest independent retailer of consumer electronics and major appliances. Lauren oversees all content creation from their Glenview, Illinois Headquarters. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, yoga, and cooking for her family.
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of water that cools our tongue, to the immense riches of glory in eternity,) of grace, of mere favour, and not of debt, to ask, of God the reasons of his conduct. It is not meet for us to call him in question, "who giveth account to none of his ways;" to demand, Why didst thou make Faith the condition, the only condition of Justification? Wherefore didst thou decree, He that believeth, and he only, shall be saved? This is the very point on which St. Paul so strongly insists in the ninth chapter of this Epistle, viz. That the terms of pardon and acceptance must depend not on us, but on him that calleth us; that there is no unrighteousness with God, in fixing his own terms, not according to ours, but his own good pleasure; who may justly say, "I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy," namely, on him who believeth in Jesus, "So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth," to choose the condition on which he shall find acceptance; "but of God that showeth mercy;" that accepteth none at all, but of his own free love, his unmerited goodness. "Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy," viz. on those who believe on the Son of his Love; "and whom he will," that is, those who believe not, "he hardeneth;" leaves at last to the hardness of their hearts.
8. One reason, however, we may humbly conceive, of God's fixing this condition of Justification, "If thou believest in the Lord Jesus Christ, thou shalt be saved," was to hide pride from man. Pride had already destroyed the very Angels of God, had cast down "a third part of the stars of heaven." It was likewise in great measure owing to this, when the Tempter said, "Ye shall be as gods," that Adam fell from his own steadfastness, and brought sin and death into the world. It was therefore an instance of wisdom worthy of God, to appoint such a condition of reconciliation for him and all his posterity, as might effectually humble, might abase them to the dust. And such is Faith. It is peculiarly fitted for this end For he that cometh unto God by this Faith, must fix his eye singly on his own wickedness, on his guilt and helplessness, without having the least regard to any supposed good in himself, to any virtue or righteousness whatsoever. He must come as a mere sinner, inwardly and outwardly, self-destroyed and self-condemned, bringing nothing to God but ungodliness only, pleading nothing of his own but sin and misery. Thus it is, and thus alone, when his mouth is stopped, and he stands utterly
guilty before God, that he can look unto Jesus, as the whole and sole Propitiation for his sins. Thus only can he be "found in him," and receive the "righteousness which is of God by Faith."
9. Thou ungodly one, who hearest or readest these words, thon vile, helpless, miscrable sinner, I charge thee before God, the Judge of all, go straight unto him, with all thy ungodliness. Take heed thou destroy not thy own soul by pleading thy righteousness more or less. Go as altogether ungodly, guilty, lost, destroyed, deserving and dropping into hell; and thou shalt then find favour in his sight, and know that he justifieth the ungodly. As such thou shalt be brought unto the blood of sprinkling, as an undone, helpless, damned sinner. Thus look unto Jesus! There is the Lamb of God, who taketh away thy sins! Plead thou no works, no righteousness of thine own! No humility, contrition, sincerity! In no wise. That were, in very deed, to deny the Lord that bought thec. No: Plead thou, singly, the Blood of the Covenant, the ransom paid for thy proud, stubborn, sinful soul. Who art thou, that now seest and feelest both thine inward and outward ungodliness? Thou art the man! I want thee for my Lord! I challenge thee for a child of God by Faith! The Lord hath need of thee. Thou who feelest thou art just fit for hell, art just fit to advance his glory; the glory of his free grace, justifying the ungodly and him that worketh not. O come quickly! Believe in the Lord Jesus; and thou, even thou, art reconciled to God.
"Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man that doeth those things shall live by them. "But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise; Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above :)
"Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)
"But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith which we preach." Rom. x. 5-8.
1. THE Apostle does not here oppose the Covenant given by Moses to the Covenant given by Christ. If we ever imagined this, it was for want of observing, that the latter, as well as the former part of these words, were spoken by Moses himself to the people of Israel, and that concerning the Covenant which then was. (Deut. xxx. 11, 12, 14.) But it is the Covenant of Grace, which God, through Christ, hath established with men in all ages, (as well before, and under the Jewish dispensation, as since God was manifest in the flesh,) which St. Paul here opposes to the Covenant of Works, made with Adam, while in Paradise, but commonly supposed to be the only Covenant which God had made with man, particularly by those Jews of whom the Apostle writes,
2. Of these it was that he so affectionately speaks, in the beginning of this chapter; "My heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they may be saved. For I bear them record, that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. For they being ignorant of God's righteousness," (of the Justification that flows from his mere grace and mercy, freely forgiving our sins, through the Son of his Love, through the redemption which is in Jesus,) "and secking to establish their own righteousness," (their own holiness, antecedent to
Faith in "him that justifieth the ungodly," as the ground of their pardon and acceptance,) "have not submitted themselves. unto the righteousness of God," and consequently seek death in the error of their life.
3. They were ignorant, that "Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth;"-that by the oblation of himself once offered, he had put an end to the first Law or Covenant, (which, indeed, was not given by God to Moses, but to Adam in his state of innocence,) the strict tenor whereof, without any abatement, was, "Do this and live;" and, at the same time, purchased for us that better Covenant, "Believe and live;" Believe, and thou shalt be saved; now saved, both from the guilt and power of sin, and, of conscquence, from the wages of it.
4. And how many are equally ignorant now, even among those who are called by the name of Christ! How many who have now a zeal for God, yet have it not according to knowledge; but are still "seeking to establish their own righteousness, as the ground of their pardon and acceptance; and, therefore, vehemently refuse to "submit themselves unto the righteousness of God!" Surely my heart's desire, and prayer to God for you, Brethren, is, that ye may be saved. And, in order to remove this grand stumblingblock out of your way, I will endeavour to show, First, What the Righteousness is, which is of the Law, and what the Righteousness which is of Faith: Secondly, the folly of trusting in the Righteousness of the Law, and the wisdom of submitting to that which is of Faith.
I. 1. And, first, "The Righteousness which is of the Law saith, The man which doeth these things shall live by them." Constantly and perfectly observe all these things to do them, and then thou shalt live for ever. This Law, or Covenant, (usually called the Covenant of Works,) given by God to man in Paradise, required an obedience perfect in all its parts, entire and wanting nothing, as the condition of his eternal continuance in the holiness and happiness wherein he was created.
2. It required, That man should fulfil all righteousness, inward and outward, negative and positive: That he should not only abstain from every idle word, and avoid every evil work, but should keep every affection, every desire, every thought, in obedience to the Will of God: That he should continue holy, as he which had created him was holy, both
in heart, and in all manner of conversation; that he should be pure in heart, even as God is pure; perfect as his Father in heaven was perfect: That he should love the Lord his God, with all his heart, with all his soul, with all his mind, and with all his strength; that he should love every soul which God had made, even as God had loved him: That by this universal benevolence, he should dwell in God, (who is love,) and God in him: That he should serve the Lord his God with all his strength, and in all things singly aim at his glory.
3. These were the things which the Righteousness of the Law required, that he who did them might live thereby. But it farther required, That this entire obedience to God, this inward and outward holiness, this conformity both of heart and life to his will, should be perfect in degree. No abatement, no allowance could possibly be made, for falling short in any degree, as to any jot or tittle, either of the outward or the inward Law. If every commandment, relating to outward things, was obeyed, yet that was not sufficient, unless every one was obeyed with all the strength, in the highest measure, and most perfect manner. Nor did it answer the demand of this Covenant, to love God with every power and faculty, unless he were loved with the full capacity of each, with the whole possibility of the soul.
4. One thing more was indispensably required by the Righteousness of the Law, namely, that this universal obedience, this perfect holiness both of heart and life, should be perfectly uninterrupted also, should continue without any intermission, from the moment wherein God created man, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, until the days of his trial should be ended, and he should be confirmed in life everlasting.
5. The righteousness, then, which is of the Law, speaketh on this wise: "Thou, O man of God, stand fast in love, in the image of God wherein thou art made. If thou wilt remain in life, keep the commandments, which are now written in thy heart. Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart. Love, as thyself, every soul that he hath made. Desire nothing but God. Aim at God in every thought, in every word and work. Swerve not, in one motion of body or soul, from him, thy mark, and the prize of thy high calling. And let all that is in thee praise his holy name, every power and faculty of thy soul, in every kind, in every degree, and at every moment of


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After months of being open about their plans of tying the knot, real life couple Heart Evangelista and Senator Francis "Chiz" Escudero finally made things official when the latter got down on one knee to ask the former's hand in marriage.
The proposal happened on Saturday in the province of Sorsogon where the couple are currently vacationing with a bunch of friends.
News of the couple's engagement broke out on social media on Saturday night after their friends started posting photos of how the proposal actually happened.
Heart's friend Sebastian Mendoza took to his Instagram account to share the blow-by-blow account of the proposal starting from when the lawmaker got to one knee to the point to when he allowed her to read a reported message from Heart's father on his phone.
The proposal ended with a fireworks which was captured in a video by Heart's friend Lovi Poe.
The senator gave heart an apt heart-shaped engagement ring which the actress wore on her left finger together with what Sebastian claimed to be a promise ring.
The happy couple's engagement entourage included Sen. Chiz's mother, his children and Heart's friends Lovi, Rocco Nacino and Alessandra de Rossi, among others.
While they are yet to make official statements about their engagement and wedding plans, early this year, Heart was quoted in reports about being "certain" that she will be tying the knot next year.
Recall that the lawmaker opened up about their relationship in October 2012 after being introduced to one another by Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago. While they have been expressive about how happy and certain they are about each other, Heart's parents were anything but pleased about their relationship. But reports off late noted that Heart's father has been softening up to his daughter and that they are now back to being on speaking terms.


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The130+ acre DelCarte Conservation Area received major improvements that were completed in 2014. Large portions of the dam system were rebuilt. and the walking trails that wind around the ponds created by the dams have been widened and extended. Visitors now can enjoy picturesque views, several walking trails, a picnic area and a playground for young children.
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Here are videos of what you will find at the improved DelCarte Conservation Area:
Enhanced dam safety at DelCarte
The most expensive and necessary changes at DelCarte have addressed safety concerns with some of the seven earthen dams at the site.
Some of these earthen dams were overgrown with trees and woody plant growth. This is how the suspect dams looked prior to the rebuilding recently completed.
Earthen dams are weakened by woody vegetation and the erosion such plants cause over time (see download from FEMA). It was imperative that the destabilized dams at DelCarte were rebuilt before they failed.
The satellite images below show how the dams looked in 2003 compared to how they looked in 2014 after being rebuilt.
The new dams are substantial and seem designed to last a long time.
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The USDA's Testing guidelines for hemp can be found [here].
- Standard testing procedures are specified for samples taken in accordance with the Sampling Procedures for the USDA Hemp Program to measure the delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) concentration levels of those samples on a dry weight basis. Hemp testing laboratories are not required to be ISO accredited, although USDA strongly encourages adherence to the ISO 17025 standard.
- The results are intended to measure the THC content of composite hemp samples collected from a designated "lot" of hemp crop acreage designated by a hemp producer and as reported to the USDA Farm Service Agency as required under the USDA hemp production program. The purpose of the measurements are to determine whether the THC concentration of the tested material is within the acceptable hemp THC level.
- As required under USDA hemp production program regulation, laboratories conducting testing of hemp must conduct analytical testing for purposes of detecting the concentration levels of delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol THC and shall meet the following standards:
(a) Laboratory quality assurance must ensure the validity and reliability of testresults;
(b) Analytical method selection, validation, and verification must ensure that the testing method used is appropriate (fit for purpose) and that the laboratory can successfully perform the testing;
(c) The demonstration of testing validity must ensure consistent, accurate analytical performance; and
(d) Method performance specifications must ensure analytical tests are sufficiently sensitive for the purposes of the detectability requirements of this part.
(e) At a minimum, analytical testing of samples for delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration levels must use post-decarboxylation or other similarly reliable methods approved by the Secretary. The testing methodology must consider the potential conversion of delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCA) in hemp into delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and the test result reflect the total available THC derived from the sum of the THC and THC-A
content. Testing methodologies meeting these requirements include, but are not limited to, gas chromatography and high-performance liquid chromatography.
(f) The total delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration level shall be determined and reported on a dry weight basis.
(g) Any sample test result showing with at least 95% confidence that the THC content of the sample is higher than the acceptable hemp THC level shall be conclusive evidence that the lot represented by the sample is not in compliance with this part.
- Laboratories approved for THC testing must also be registered with DEA to handle controlled substances under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), 21 CFR part 1301.13.
- In order to provide flexibility to States and Tribes in administering their own hemp production programs, alternative testing protocols will be considered if they are comparable and similarly reliable to the baseline mandated by section 297B(a)(2)(ii) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 and established under the USDA plan and procedures. Alternative testing protocols must be requested of USDA in writing and approved in writing by USDA, provided they meet the
requirements of this guidance.
General Sample Preparation and Testing Procedures are as follows:
- Laboratory receives sample.
- Dry sample to remove the majority of water.
- Mill and "manicure" sample though a wire screen no larger than 1.5 x 1.5mm to discard mature seeds and larger twigs and stems.
- Separate sample into a test and retain specimens.
a. Test specimen: go to step 5
b. Retain specimen: package and store until needed. When needed go to step 5.
- Determine moisture content or dry to a consistent weight (meeting criteria).
- Perform chemical analysis.
- Calculate total THC on a dry weight basis. Test results should be determined and reported on a dry weight basis.
(A) Samples shall be received and prepared for testing in a DEA registered laboratory as follows:
(1) Once the composite sample is received by the laboratory, the laboratory shall dry all of the leaf and flower (not obvious stem and seeds) of the composite sample until brittle in a manner that maintains the THC level of sample. Samples are to be dried to a consistent loss (typically 5-12% moisture content) so that the test can be performed on a dry weight basis, meaning the percentage of THC, by weight, in a cannabis sample, after excluding moisture from the sample. The moisture content is expressed as the ratio of the amount of moisture in the sample to the amount of dry solid in the sample.
(2) The laboratory shall mill and manicure samples though a wire screen no larger than 1.5 x 1.5mm to discard mature seeds and larger twigs and stems.
(3) The laboratory shall form sieve a "Test Specimen" and a "Retain Specimen." One sample part shall be selected for analysis and labeled "Test Specimen". The other sample part shall be marked "Retain Specimen" and shall be packaged and stored in a secured place.
(4) The laboratory shall then determine moisture content or dry to a consistent weight.
(5) The laboratory will then perform chemical analysis on the sample using postdecarboxylation or other similarly reliable methods where the total THC concentration level considers the potential to convert delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCA) into THC. Testing methodologies meeting these requirements include those using gas chromatography and high-pressure liquid chromatography. High-performance liquid chromatography. Highperformance liquid chromatography (HPLC) or (LC) is a scientific method (specifically, a type of chromatography) used in analytical chemistry used to separate, identify, and quantify each component in a mixture. It relies on pumps to pass a pressurized liquid solvent containing the sample mixture through a column filled with a solid adsorbent material to separate and analyze compounds. Under the terms of this part, HPLC is one of the valid methods by which laboratories may test for THC concentration levels. Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography
(UPLC) is an additional method that may also be used as well as other liquid or gas chromatography with detection.
(6) The laboratory will then calculate total THC on a dry weight basis.
E. Small and H. D. Beckstead. 1973. Common Cannabinoid Phenotypes in 350 stocks of Cannabis. J. of Natural Products. 36(2): 144-165.
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime: Recommended Methods for the Identification and Analysis of Cannabis and Cannabis Products. ISBN 978-92-1-148242-3.
(B) Testing Methods
The total available THC, derived from the sum of the THC and THCA
content, shall be determined and reported on a dry weight basis. Alternative testing protocols will be considered if they are comparable to the baseline mandated by the 2018 Farm Bill and established under the USDA plan and procedures. Alternative sampling and testing procedures must be requested in writing and approved in writing by USDA. Laboratories shall use appropriate, validated methods and procedures for all testing activities and evaluate measurement of uncertainty. Laboratories shall meet the AOAC International standard
method performance requirements (SMPR) for selecting an appropriate method. The range of estimated uncertainty is reported as a ± value and is the same unit as the hemp THC threshold (0.3% THC), following best practices for significant figures and rounding. There are resources available for defining, guiding, and calculating measurement uncertainty.
They include the GUM, ISO, and Eurachem. It is necessary for the laboratory to determine the uncertainty of accuracy (ubias), repeatability (ur), and reproducibility (uR) for each validated
method. Once the expanded measurement uncertainty (U) is determined, then the confidence interval can be calculated around a designated threshold such as the hemp THC threshold (0.3%
Based on the aforementioned resources, the following equation is recommended:
u = standard uncertainty (standard deviation)
ur = uncertainty due to repeatability
uR = uncertainty due to reproducibility
ubias = uncertainty due to accuracy (bias)
uc = combined standard uncertainty
U = Expanded uncertainty = k = coverage factor, use 2 for a 95% confidence level
ISO 17025. General requirements for the complete testing and calibration laboratories.
Food and Drug Administration, Office of Regulatory Affairs, ORA Laboratory Manual Volume III Section 4, Basic Statistics and Data Presentation (current version).
AOAC Standard Method Performance Requirements (draft) AOAC SMPR 2019.XXX; Title: Quantitation of cannabinoids in plant materials of hemp (low THC varieties 4 Cannabis spp.).
JCGM 100:2008, Evaluation of measurement data – Guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement (GUM).
ISO/IEC Guide 98, Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement.
EURACHEM/CITAC Guide "Quantifying Uncertaity in Analytical Measurement" Second edition (2000). A Williams, S L R Ellison, M Roesslein (eds.) ISBN 0 948926 15 5. Available
from the Eurachem Secretariate.
(C) Test results exceeding 0.3% THC.
Any sample test result showing with at least 95% confidence that the THC content of the sample is higher than the acceptable hemp THC level shall be conclusive evidence that one or more cannabis plants or plant products from the lot represented by the sample contain a THC concentration in excess of that allowed under the Act. If the results of a test conclude that the THC levels of a sample are conclusively higher than the acceptable hemp THC level, the laboratory will promptly notify the producer and USDA or its authorized agent.
(D) Retest Procedures.
Any hemp program licensee may request that the laboratory retest samples if it is believed the original THC concentration level test results were in error. If this occurs, the laboratory shall follow the same procedures as described in paragraphs (A)-(C) above that were followed to conduct the initial test. The licensee requesting the retest of the second sample will pay the cost of the test. The retest results shall be issued to the licensee requesting the retest and a copy shall be provided to USDA or its agent.
(E) Information Sharing with USDA.
Laboratories performing THC testing for hemp produced under this program are required to share test results with the licensed producer and USDA. USDA will provide instructions to all approved labs on how to electronically submit test results to USDA. Laboratories may provide test results to licensed producers in whatever manner best aligns with their business practices, but producers must be able to produce a copy of test results.
For this reason, providing test results to producers through a web portal or through electronic mail, so the producer will have ready access to print the results when needed, is preferred.


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By Susan M. Goldberg
I was a twenty-year-old nursing student in 1968, preparing for a rotation through the pediatric unit. Compared to cardiac units or the operating room, how hard would this be? After all, I'd always cared for and played with children. This rotation would be a snap. I'd breeze right through it and be one step closer to graduation.
Chris was an eight-year-old bundle of energy who excelled in every sport he played. Disobeying his parents' instructions, he explored a neighbor's construction site, climbed a ladder and fell. His broken arm was casted too tightly, leading to infection, sepsis and gangrene. Sadly, his condition required amputation.
I was assigned as his postoperative nurse.
The first few days passed quickly. I provided Chris's physical care with forced cheerfulness. His parents stayed with him around the clock.
As his need for medication decreased, his level of awareness increased, as did his moodiness. When I saw how alert he seemed as he watched me bring in supplies for a sponge bath, I offered him the washcloth and suggested he take over. He washed his face and neck, then quit. I finished.
The next day, I announced he'd be in charge of his whole bath. He balked. I insisted. He was more than halfway through when he slumped down and said, "I'm too tired."
"You won't be in the hospital much longer," I urged gently. "You need to learn to take care of yourself."
"Well, I can't," he scowled. "How can I do anything with just one hand?"
Putting on my brightest face, I groped for a silver lining. Finally I said, "Sure you can do it, Chris. At least you have your right hand."
He turned his face away and muttered, "I'm left-handed. At least I used to be." He glared at me. "Now what?"
Suddenly, I didn't feel so snappy. I felt phony and insincere, and not very helpful. How could I have taken right-handedness for granted? It seemed he and I both had a lot to learn.
The next morning I greeted Chris with a big smile and a rubber band. He looked at me suspiciously. Wrapping the rubber band loosely around my wrist, I said, "You're left-handed and I'm right-handed. I am going to put my right hand behind my back and keep it there by winding the rubber band around my uniform buttons. Every time I ask you to do something with your right hand, I will do it first, with my left hand. And I promise not to practice before I see you. What should we try first?"
"I just woke up," he grumbled. "I need to brush my teeth."
I managed to screw the top off the toothpaste, then placed his toothbrush on the overbed table. Awkwardly, I tried to squirt toothpaste onto the woobly toothbrush. The harder I struggled, the more interested he became. After almost ten minutes, and a lot of wasted toothpaste, I succeeded.
"I can do it faster than that!" Chris declared. And when he did, his triumphant grin was just as real as mine.
The next two weeks passed quickly. We tackled his daily activities with enthusiasm and a competitive spirit. We buttoned his shirts, buttered his bread and never really mastered tying his shoes. Despite our age difference, we were playing a game as equal competitors.
By the time my rotation ended, he was almost ready for discharge, and ready to face the world with more confidence. We hugged each other good-bye with sincere friendship and tears.
More than thirty years have passed since our time together. I've encountered some ups and downs in my life, but I've never let a physical challenge pass without thinking of Chris and wondering how he would cope. Sometimes I put a hand behind my back, hook my thumb in my belt and give it a try.
And anytime I feel sorry for myself, for some petty grievance or another, I take myself into the bathroom and try once again to brush my teeth with my left hand.
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."
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David BMarch 13, 2011
So leave my "test bottle" alone? Did you know there is also a 2008 Cuvee 'M'. I had it the other night – very promising.
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In 2015, when I post notes from my 2010 visit, you'll have my take on it. ;-)
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The Hillstrom Museum of Art at Gustavus Adolphus College has been awarded a $6,000 Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage structured legacy grant through the Minnesota Historical Society.
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A version of this article by Dr. David Eifrig first appeared on June 15, 2019 in the Stansberry Digest, published by Stansberry & Associates Investment Research, an independent investment research firm. You can visit them at www.stansberryresearch.com.
Many Americans – average folks working to build a comfortable life – assume the "rich" have a secret – it seems they know something about "how the world works" that the rest of us don't.
If these regular folks could just figure it out, they'd be wealthy, too. They'd live with less stress, more time, and more money. And money, after all, gives you the freedom to do what you want.
It turns out that the wealthy do harbor a secret – three of them, in fact. And today, I'm going to share them with you.
These secrets (or "tenets") not only build wealth, they allow you to use it to live the life that you want to live. So if you're not happy with your current finances, then it should be obvious that what you've done so far hasn't worked. Your approach needs to change at a deeper level. If you'd like to understand how to truly build wealth, and use it to live freely, here's how you need to think:
The First Tenet is to Curb Your Spending and Save Religiously
Outside of a few things, spending rarely brings joy. Identify the things you truly enjoy spending money on and forget the rest.
Humans are notoriously terrible at predicting what will make them happy. "We expect the next car, the next house, or the next promotion to make us happy even though the last ones didn't and even though others keep telling us that the next ones won't," Harvard psychologist Dan Gilbert explains in his book Stumbling on Happiness.
We get a nice warm feeling when we buy a new television or pair of shoes. So we tend to search that feeling out. Retailers and advertisers have become adept at targeting it. But it's short-lived. The thrill of these things wears off quickly. The possessions don't change our lives in any way.
By contrast, saving money and using it to increase your personal financial freedom does make lasting improvements to your well-being and quality of life. Money saved generates future income. Income is what sets you free. And freedom is what truly makes us happy.
But many people do the exact opposite of saving. They don't just spend money they have – they spend money they don't have in pursuit of some unachievable happiness.
Folks in America like to "keep up with the Joneses." The problem is, the Joneses are financially irresponsible. They've got too much house, they've leased luxury cars, and they have credit-card debt. If you try to keep up, you'll get dragged down as well. According to the annual report from the Federal Reserve on the economic well-being of households, released last month, almost four in 10 Americans would struggle to come up with $400 in cash to fund an emergency.
When you see someone who seems to live too well for the job he has, he doesn't have a secret skill. He often has a secret pile of debt.
But you don't have to become a monk. One benefit of wealth is having money to spend on a few things that bring you joy. For me, I don't hold back when spending on books or travel. It's different for each person. Once again, a good rule of thumb is to choose one or two things you truly enjoy spending money on. Then cut back to just the basics on everything else.
For example, I still drive the same 15-year-old Hyundai. It serves me well and I don't have to make payments on it. Instead of laying out money for a new BMW that won't make me happier, I can spend the money that would have gone to a car payment to treat myself to a couple of really nice dinners each month.
When you learn to stop buying things that don't make you happy, you'll have the freedom to enjoy the things that do … like time or relaxation. All you need to do is give up the things that don't make you happy in the first place.
I think everyone should start by socking away at least 10% of your annual income. Try to bump that up to 15% as you get comfortable with your new spending habits.
The key to saving isn't about raising your income. It's not about saving a penny here and a penny there. It's about understanding yourself better and shaking all the frivolous desires from your mind.
Being a diligent and disciplined saver is a critical first step … but that alone isn't enough to put you on the path to wealth.
You Must Also Follow the Second Tenet –
Learn to Be an Investor for the Long Term
Think about this. Imagine you work hard and aggressively set aside 20% of your earnings in cash for 30 years. After that Herculean effort, you've saved up… six years of income.
Not too impressive. Twenty percent is a high savings rate. But it won't do squat to set you up for retirement if it sits in cash. If you don't invest the money, it's barely worth saving at all.
Why do you need to invest? Because real freedom comes from income. And income comes from invested savings.
"Investing" takes a lot of forms. Newsletter readers immediately associate the term with buying and selling stocks. And that is one common and effective form of investing. But the term applies to any activity that uses capital to create more capital…
If you own a small business, you can invest in advertising. Investing in education can build your skills and boost your income. Even investing time in learning on your own can help you get ahead.
Your car or a good set of boots aren't investments, though people like to use the term. Owning a home is an investment, but a particularly illiquid one. But for many folks, the primary means of investment is through public markets – stocks and stock funds.
Lots of people let a variety of hurdles prevent them from being successful investors: the jargon, the account types, the fees, and the number of stocks and funds to choose from… It's easy to put off getting your finances in order until next year.
Whereas starting to save is often a problem of priorities, learning to invest is a problem of inaction. You need to overcome that fear and inertia and get invested today.
The good news is, the simplest and most straightforward investing plans are ideal for beginners – especially when adjusted for fees and risk. Even if you lack a passion for learning about investing, you can still devise a simple plan out of three principles…
Invest in index funds: There are two types of funds. Actively managed funds have a portfolio manager who tries to find the best investments and beat the market. Index funds simply track the market.
Hiring high-priced experts may sound like a good idea. But it turns out, active managers are terrible. A 2017 study by Morningstar found that only one in five large-cap funds beat the market over the previous 10 years. Dozens of other studies have shown the same.
You don't need funds with active – and expensive – management. Index funds perform better and cost less.
Avoid fees and taxes: One of the reasons index funds work better for individual investors than actively managed funds is the fees involved. Fees and taxes only take a little bit of your money at a time, but add up to tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars over the years.
Investment funds charge annual management fees. For expensive funds, this can be around 2% of the account value. But index funds can charge as little as 0.16%. Use cheap index and tax-advantaged accounts like 401(k)s and IRAs when you can.
Make consistent investments at regular intervals: We've all heard to "buy low, sell high." But how do you know what's low or high? Investors have a million ways of trying to answer that question. But one simple way to take the calculations out is to invest a consistent bit of money at regular intervals, like once a month or quarter.
As a result, you'll necessarily buy more shares of a stock when markets are cheaper and fewer shares when markets are more expensive. Taking the calculations out by keeping your investments consistent lets the costs average out, which practically forces buy-low-sell-high success.
The entire concept of building wealth and freedom requires that you earn a return on your savings. Outside of a lottery prize or other financial windfall, a working individual can't merely save enough to become free.
And if your spending comes out of your savings, you'll never enjoy it. It's only when you hit the crossover point when the income you generate can cover your spending that you can truly enjoy the freedom that wealth can bring. But folks who invest too aggressively run the risk of undoing all their good work.
That's Why You Must Follow the
Third Tenet – Obsess About Risk
Many people who get started investing focus on the possibility of big returns. They're drawn to the chance (however remote) of doubling or tripling their money in a short amount of time. I could rattle off dozens of investments with the potential for a high return right now. Some readers would gobble them up.
But most successful investors pay far more attention to the other half of the risk-reward ratio… Return means nothing without considering risk.
It can take a lot of effort to save up $2,000 or $5,000. When you take big risks, you can wipe it all out in a flash. Risks lead to losses. Losses lead you to question the wisdom of saving and investing. You need to avoid risk by investing in high-quality stocks. But more important are the concepts of diversification and asset allocation. Here's why:
Diversify: You should never put more than 4%-5% of your portfolio into a single stock. When you invest in a basket of stocks with big upside, only a few need to go right to boost your returns. Likewise, if one stock falls quickly, your losses will be smaller. (Positions in funds can be larger because each share represents partial ownership of multiple stocks. It's another good reason to own index funds. They provide automatic diversification.)
As the stocks you invest in get riskier and more expensive, you should put a smaller percentage of your capital into them.
Having a diversified portfolio means you're not going to double it in one year – but it means it won't get cut in half, either.
Asset allocation: You also need to diversify across asset classes. Stocks, bonds, real estate, gold, and other investments move in different directions and are influenced by different economic factors. By holding multiple asset classes, you reduce your risk and increase the return you get per "unit" of risk you take on.
When you obsess about your risk, and not your return, you end up with a strategy that works over the long haul.
Now, it's important to find the perfect harmony here…
Why don't most folks get rich? Because they don't follow all three of these tenets at once.
As we pointed out, savings without investment don't grow – and worse, they'll get eaten away by inflation.
However, if you try to invest but save only a little, your balance will look too puny to keep you excited about it. And if you still love to spend, you'll soon find yourself tapping into your brokerage account. Finally, losing money will obviously wipe out your savings. But it may also discourage you from investing.
Only by following all three of these tenets can you successfully set yourself free from living paycheck to paycheck. Here's to our health, wealth, and a great retirement.


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Saturday, August 27, 2011
Pre-Novel Writing Month
But this year I am going to do it. Which means I have to FINISH The Golden Gryphon. I have set a deadline for myself of Sept. 30th to finish my revisions. Then I'm going to give it to a couple of beta readers, make a basket of reeds and send my baby out to sink or float on the great river of query slush.
Further bulletins as events warrant.
Are you planning to do NaNo this year? How are you preparing for it?
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I'm planning on it. Small Town Ghosts should be finished (actually finished and off to the agent) by then so I hope to be starting the next project by then.ReplyDelete
i just finished my wip last week, so i'm giving myself a month to see how far i get on my revisions before i decide if i'm doing NaNo again this yearReplyDelete
Congratulations Sarah!!! That is fantastic news.ReplyDelete
And you, too, Krista. Is that a story or a novel?
My, you two are making me feel ashamed of myself.
Hello from a new follower! I'm excited for you to hit he September 30th deadline! That is so exciting! I'm sure your baby will do great out there in query world. Can't wait to hear more. :)ReplyDelete
I don't know about NaNo. I may or may not do it. I did it last year with lackluster appeal. The timing will be right, though -- I'll have my current piece finished and looking for a new start!ReplyDelete
So maybe this year I'll partake in the insanity.
- Eric
I hope to join in again. I am going to work on my third novel. I wrote my second via NaNo last year and enjoyed every day. The deadline motivates me daily.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 4, 2011 at 5:35 AM
Thanks for stopping by and becoming a follower, Abby!ReplyDelete
Yeah so my editing progress is a big fat zero so far, but I'm up early on a Sunday morning so here's hoping...
Oh, just fling it at the betas. I just did. I found I could discount the extremes ("LOVE IT! You're a genius!" all right, not completely discount) ("What happened? I was confused from the first page. Also, I'm 87.")ReplyDelete
But there was some real agreement in the middle. Specifically, the same three places where everyone got mixed up. I like to leave some of the work to the reader, but if half the people are confused, I need to give them more information.
The worst thing is to polish and primp and putter and procrastinate. Put something out there, and let your readers help you.


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Today we're excited to highlight a show all about the delicious world of chocolate and the hidden communities behind it! Taking a deeper look into the creation of craft chocolate and telling the stories of the people involved at every stage of producing it.
This week we highlight Brian Ruggles and his show Chocolate Fascination
The podcast is a conversation on every aspect of the production of fine chocolate, from bean to store. Brian is passionate about bringing the chocolate community together and his show educates and entertains in equal measures. This podcast is perfect for every chocolate-lover out there! Here's Brian to tell us more…
What's your podcast website
What's the name of your show?
Chocolate Fascination
When did your show launch?
Aug 22, 2018
What is your show about?
Chocolate, in short, is my focus. But chocolate is so much more than candy. My mission – starting 10 years before this podcast – has been to share fine, craft chocolate with everyone. This podcast is meant to bring the bright lights of the chocolate community together to share their uniquely human stories with lovers of chocolate. From chocolate makers to cacao farmers to the educators and retailers who bring the best version of the greatest food to the world, right to you!
What makes your Point Of View unique in your niche/market?
I have run the Utah Chocolate Society for over 8 years, and in that time it has become the largest fine chocolate enthusiast group in North America. Now with 4 chapters and 2,500 members, we get together to experience different points of focus within the world of chocolate, ranging from cacao origins and chocolate makers, to styles of production across countries, we aim to learn craft chocolate, inside and out. I have the unique position of bringing people together like has never been done before. I have pioneered a new way of sharing chocolate to bring the esoteric nuances to anyone who has the passion and interest enough to learn.
Also, my podcast is very conversational in style, so it lacks formality, and it drops barriers. I want it to be fun!
What is one thing you've learned that you want to share with other podcasters?
Do your research beforehand! Develop content before launch, and launch with multiple episodes. Truth be told, I am still very green, but I am not lacking in passion or knowledge of my subject. Further, people have been reacting very positively to my unscripted style of conversation where my guests and I have fun and playful conversation – after all, it is chocolate! There are plenty of formal podcasts out there, and there is a level of professionalism that can really come across in that style. I am trying to show the humanness of the world of fine chocolate, and I want guards down and pretense out. We sound pretentious enough geeking out on snooty chocolate!
What is your podcasting superpower?
I have been networking for years, so I have some great connections. Also, I have some fairly vast experience in talking with people from all walks of life about all sorts of things – not least about chocolate!
What else would you like to share with the podcasting world?
Try to take the weight of the world off your shoulders and take a breath and enjoy it! Practice (i.e. in the editing phase) makes EASIER, and don't bother waiting on perfect. The listeners are eager, and they aren't looking for sterile perfection – they want something real they can truly CONNECT with. Be serious with your level of passion, but certainly don't take yourself too seriously!


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I got so much fabulous info from my last top 5 post – Things I don't know about preserving, that I thought I'd continue the theme, only this time I would concentrate on harvesting. A lot of the other inspiration for this post has come from L from 500m2 in Sydney who not only enlightened me about when to harvest blueberries but also shares my frustration with parsnips that break during harvest. Which not particularly co-incidentally is my number 1 this week.
- How do you harvest parsnips? Carrots I find are usually nice and easy to harvest, generally coming away from the dirt they are in relatively easily. Not so parsnips, which seem to cling to the soil and quite often break half way down. Much like the large one in the photo below. So how do you do it? How do you harvest parsnips to ensure they emerge from the soil unscathed and ideally free from fork damage?
- Does cutting some coriander leaves encourage it to bolt? It seems that everytime I start harvesting from a coriander plant it seems to bolt not long after. Now this might be more about the tendency of coriander to run to seed in Melbourne's climate but I wonder if the very act of 'pruning' it is accelerating the process.
- Does bandicooting potatoes effect total yield? For those of you who are unfamiliar with the term 'bandicooting' it basically means: to rummage around in the ground looking for early harvests while the plant is still growing. I have often wondered if this process affects total yield. I imagine that the yield is spread across the bandicooting period but is it affected beyond that. Do you get less potatoes (or more) if you disturb it by bandicooting?
- Will cabbages and cauliflowers ever regrow after harvest? Lots of plants can be treated as cut and come again. Lettuce, celery, broccoli, fennel and so on. With some of these you are only cutting part of the plant, but with others you can harvest pretty much all of it and it will still regrow (I am thinking about celery and fennel in particular here). My question is what about cabbage and cauliflower? Do they regrow at all? Or simply take too long to bother waiting for? Or is there some other reason you don't hear about it happening?
- How can you tell if a melon is ripe? Now this last one is part ambition and part hope. I have yet to successfully grow a melon. As in, have a vine set a fruit. Admittedly I haven't tried very often and those times I have I haven't really had them in the right place to succeed. I am considering trying again this year though. And if I do, and if one sets, how will I know when to pick it?
And now that I have revealed my ignorance on these harvesting issues and dilemmas I await your wisdom.


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Honors student, Abbigael VanDusen recently studied abroad in Italy with Professor John Caserta. Below is her comments on your trip as well as some pictures. Thank you, Abbigael, for sharing!
"Italy was definitely an experience. The lifestyle is extremely different than American lifestyle. The biggest differences were the lack of traffic signal reinforcement, the work day, and that ice is a luxury and water is not free! In Rome, traffic signals are merely suggestions. A stop sign is equivalent to a yield sign ad some large intersections do not have stop signs or lights at all! The road could span across large enough for 4 or 5 car, and there were no traffic lines to distinguish lanes. At times it seemed like a jumbled mess. The roads are much smaller than in America, which makes the cars smaller as well.
More so in Capri than in Rome, a work day ran as long as the shop owner intended it to be. At times between one and three in the afternoon, we found some shops closing, so they go eat lunch or spend time with their families. Entrepreneurs in Italy did not work an 8+ hour day like Americans, but rather a shorter 5-6 hour day.
Upon going into shops or restaurants, we quickly realized that water was not free anywhere. We were offered water with gas (sparkling) or no gas. And yes, it was always cold, but drinks were rarely served with ice. The couple times that we asked for tap water, we were laughed at and told that we had to buy bottled water. In Italy, a tip is not necessary because it's typically included in the meal. Sometimes the tip was included by a cover charge that was added to the bill, depending on the restaurant. Sometimes the charge would be more depending if you wanted to sit outside or not. And most of the time, the food was fantastic!
There was a lot to take in and learn on this trip. I knew Europe was different than America, but it's extremely different when you experience it for yourself. At one point on the trip, a group of us were exploring the island, and we had a local man from Capri walk around and show us the local way to the Phoenician steps. Italians are generally very nice and welcoming, and they want to bargain with you and have you buy from their shop. I would like to encourage this experience to others. Ciao!"


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Wolfenstein 3D. Doom. Quake. While none of the three connects narratively to the others, technological and gameplay through lines chain them together to form id Software's definitive trifecta of titles. Each established itself as the premiere first-person shooter of its day, and a technological tour de force that enticed players to upgrade their hardware so they could run and gun at blistering speeds.
But according to an interview I conducted with John Romero, id co-founder and jack-of-all-trades programmer and level designer, Quake, released 20 years ago this week, didn't start out as Doom's spiritual successor.
"For Wolfenstein and Doom, there was stuff we came up with, and we put it in and then took it out because it wasn't true to the essence of the game: run and gun, basically," Romero told me. "When we were doing Quake, we actually had a totally different design for it that was more like a medieval world. It wasn't even a shooter in the beginning. It was first-person, but not a shooter, and we were going to use other weapons."
Shaping quake as a quiet adventure set in a medieval world was an idea that predated Wolfenstein 3D. After wrapping up their Commander Keen trilogy of platformers for the PC, Romero and his teammates put together a design treatment for a fantasy game called Quake: The Fight for Justice. Quake would not only be the game's title, but the name of the protagonist, inspired by a character that John Carmack played in Dungeons & Dragons when the guys took a break from cranking out code and artwork for their games.
"Your main character would have had a big hammer, kind of like Thor," Romero explained to me. "Quake was almost like Thor, but he had a thing called the Hellgate Cube which was a companion that had its own personality. It would orbit you, and whenever you were fighting it would help suck the souls out of the enemies you were beating on. If you didn't kill stuff fast enough, or kill enough enemies, it would get upset and just leave, and you'd have to find it somewhere and get it back. That would have been an experiment to see how cool it would have been, and to see what kind of world we could have made around those types of combat concepts."
Quake: The Fight for Justice went through several design iterations as the id crew grew more experienced at making games. Seeking to change the world's perception of multiplayer gaming once again, they came up with a concept where players could sneak up behind opponents and knock them off of cliffs. From there, the player knocked from his or her perch would have to control his descent as he flailed and tumbled down the mountain.
Romero also outlined id's plans for view triggers, a mechanic best describe as a predecessor to scripted events like those seen in Valve's Half-Life in 1998. "If a view trigger was in your field of view, it would trigger just because you looked at it. Let's say you're going down a path through the woods. There's a cave off to your right. You look over and see red eyes peering out of the cave. Suddenly you hear growling, and the creature starts to come out of the cave just because you looked at it. That could have happened at any point, or it could never have happened because you never looked over there, or there could have been a second view trigger and walking through it would have triggered [the first]."
An image from an early build of Quake, courtesy of John Romero's blog. Click here to read his tribute to Quake's 20th anniversary.
Ultimately, technical difficulties and internal strife caused Romero, John Carmack, and the other principals at id to abandon Quake's design and get back to doing what their team did best. "It took so long to make the engine work at a good framerate, and the company was just too tired to innovate on the design and see if it would work. No one had the stamina to try and push through this possible new gameplay, so we went with the Doom-style shooter and finished it in seven months."
Not that that's a bad thing. Far more than just another FPS, Quake and its underlying tech were the seeds that led to a bountiful harvest of genre-defining technology, new game modes like capture-the-flag and Team Fortress, and online gameplay facilitated through QuakeWorld's graphical UI and methods of reducing latency.
All quotes come from an interview conducted by David L. Craddock for publication in Making Fun: Stories of Game Development, Volume 1, due out in paperback and electronic editions later this summer.
David Craddock posted a new article, How Quake went from a medieval adventure to one of the most frenetic shooters of all time
One of the only things I disagree with Romero about, honestly. Quake most likely would not have been good if they stuck with that hodge podge of random mechanics and ideas. I think id software released Quake at the exact right time with the right kind of gameplay, as simple and beautiful as it was effective.
Here's the source btw - http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.184992-John-Romero-Darksiders-is-What-I-Wanted-Quake-To-Be
Quake taught me about PCs, networking, lan parties, modding, typing really fast (since we didn't have
voip yet) and making online friends.
Every PC I have ever built, I always install quake.
Whenever somebody asks me about the best game of all time, I can point back to my younger years and
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It didn't take long for the first cracked screen report to surface, with our first confirmed crack being photographed and posted on our forums at 7:52pm on 6/7/09 (that's the day after launch).
It first appeared to be an isolated incident, but it quickly became apparent that this is not a unique problem. A fair number of individuals are reporting screen cracks originating from the center button, and then spider-webbing up the device. Thankfully, Sprint seems to be on the ball with the problem, and most folks are reporting replacement devices being handed out without having to go through the TEP or paying any deductible.
This is certainly not a good sign, with devices barely out of the box already showing some pretty severe durability issues. These are also not devices that are being dropped, and most folks are reporting just pulling the device out of their pocket only to see the massive crack. If you've encountered a cracked screen of your own, or know someone who has, please let us know in the comments! If this turns out to be a widespread problem, it could spell very serious trouble for Palm and Sprint alike.
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"As a global company, Delta is committed to giving back to the communities where our employees live, work and serve," said Tad Hutcheson, Delta's Vice President of Community Affairs. "I am proud of our employees for living out the Delta brand and donating their time and resources to improve the lives of others."
The 2015 Global Build volunteers include 46 Delta employees, representing 17 stations in four countries, four SkyMiles customers, two Delta retirees and 10 employees from Delta's Brazilian alliance partner GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes.
"Delta has been serving Buenos Aires, Argentina, for 10 years and we are strongly committed to the region," said Nicolas Ferri, Delta's Vice President of Latin America and the Caribbean. "For the first time we are working on a build with our alliance partner GOL and we are excited to work together to make a difference."
The joint Delta and GOL team will build the walls of six "seed houses" with families across the community. The seed house concept includes beginning the first stages in the construction of a house such as the foundations, the bathroom and kitchen facilities, and the first two rooms. Afterward, Habitat for Humanity Argentina will work with the families, providing training and guidance so that they can complete their new home with help from local volunteers, architects and engineers.
For the fifth consecutive year, Delta volunteers are joined by SkyMiles customers who bid for the opportunity to participate through Delta's SkyMiles Experiences online auction. Platinum Medallion member and Million Miler Flora Carruthers from Tallahassee, Fla., won the experience with a record bid of 601,000 miles, and is joined by her husband, Kent, who is a Platinum Medallion and a 4 Million Miler. In addition to the Carruthers, Diamond Medallion member Nhai Cao from Stoneham, Mass., also joined the build with his guest, Rick Cura, as he placed second and agreed to match the winning bid.
"Our work to help families around the world improve their shelter conditions can only be done with the support of partners like Delta," said Colleen Finn Ridenhour, Senior Director of Corporate, Foundation and Institutional Relations at Habitat for Humanity International. "We are grateful for Delta's commitment to provide a helping hand to families both domestically and internationally and encouraging its employees to join our efforts."
Through local and national support, Delta employees have helped build or rehab 207 Habitat homes in 11 countries around the world. Habitat is one of Delta's core community partners in its Force for Global Good, a program that encourages employees to make a difference in the communities where they live, work and serve. The homes in Argentina will mark Delta's 208 through 213 home builds in partnership with Habitat.
Delta employees from around the globe use vacation time and pay a portion of their expenses to volunteer on the Global Build and help those in need of simple, decent and affordable housing, while learning more about the country and its culture. Delta employees have previously participated in Global Build events in Chile, China, the Dominican Republic, Ghana, India, Mexico, the Philippines, South Africa and Thailand.
Delta offers one daily nonstop flight from Atlanta to Buenos Aires. In May 2014, Delta celebrated its 10th anniversary of uninterrupted service to Buenos Aires, highlighting its continued growth in the market.
About Habitat for Humanity International
Habitat for Humanity International's vision is a world where everyone has a decent place to live. Anchored by the conviction that housing provides a path out of poverty, since 1976 Habitat has helped more than 5 million people through home construction, rehabilitation and repairs and by increasing access to improved shelter through products and services. Habitat also advocates to improve access to decent and affordable shelter and offers a variety of housing support services that enable families with limited means to make needed improvements on their homes as their time and resources allow. As a nonprofit Christian housing organization, Habitat works in more than 70 countries and welcomes people of all races, religions and nationalities to partner in its mission. To learn more, donate or volunteer, visit habitat.org.


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There were plenty of things that Microsoft has shared during its Windows 10 event earlier today but the biggest of them all is definitely this: the brand new Microsoft HoloLens. As the name implies, HoloLens is a headset that is designed provide holographic (or some prefer to call it augmented reality) experience for users and the device has been claimed as the most advanced holographic computer that the world has ever seen.
Since the headset is still under development, Microsoft didn't reveal much about the components that the company has equipped into HoloLens apart from several vague descriptions such as see-through high definition lenses, spatial sounds capability, and advanced sensors. In addition to a CPU and GPU which have not been named, the HoloLens is also built with a third processor that Microsoft dubbed as the Holographic Processing Unit.
The HoloLens is apparently a self-contained device as it don't require tracking markers or external camera to function. Not to forget, it is also operates wirelessly without the need for a connection to a smartphone or PC. What made it even more interesting is that HoloLens will be released "in the Windows 10" timeframe which means consumers will be able to get their hands on it very soon.
Hence, holographic APIs have been built into Windows 10 as well in order to allow developer to come out with suitable apps and experiences for HoloLens. Furthermore, the universal Windows apps platform provides the ability for developers to implement holographic capability on their apps across various Windows devices.
As shown in the concept video above, HoloLens definitely can be used in so many fields out there regardless for serious work, learning, or entertainment. At the Windows 10 event today, Microsoft demonstrated HoloLens capability on stage by showing off the basic user interface for Windows Holographic and an app called HoloStudio which allows user to create 3D objects that can be turned into an actual objects using 3D printer.
Meanwhile, Microsoft is keeping the price tag for HoloLens as a secret at the moment but its CEO Satya Nadella has stated that HoloLens will be "priced for both enterprise and consumers to use it". Nevertheless, we doubt it will be cheap though, so maybe it is wise to start filling up your coin box if you are planning to get your hands on one.
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March Demanding Justice for Shantee Tucker Scheduled for Wednesday
New details have emerged in the homicide investigation of Shantee Tucker, a Black transgender woman who was killed on Old York Road last week.
This Wednesday, community members are planning a candlelight vigil to honor the memory of a Black transgender woman who was tragically killed last week on Old York Road.
Shantee Tucker, 30, was shot to death eight times in Hunting Park on September 5th by an unidentified individual in a black Ford pickup truck, who she was seen arguing with around 1 a.m. Since the preliminary investigation, new details have emerged involving a possible motive. In a press conference following initial reports, police claim that they do not suspect the cause of Tucker's death to be a hate crime.
"It's not a hate crime," Philadelphia Police Captain Jack Ryan said during a press conference. "[Tucker] wasn't targeted because of her gender affiliation or her lifestyle." Without giving any further details, Ryan added that police believe Tucker knew who her attacker was prior to the killing.
Several nearby residents of Old York Road claim that the area is known for sex work in the late hours of the night and suspect that Tucker might be a victim of an ordeal gone wrong.
"It's not very uncommon for girls like us to be over there late at night," said a Black trans woman to Philadelphia magazine who requested anonymity due to her current occupation. "I've worked the stroll on Old York Road this summer and have witnessed an influx of problems with trade who decide to go violent. I would not be surprised to hear that someone like Shantee was killed out there."
Tucker is the 19th known transgender homicide victim in America this year; most victims have been women of color.
Tucker's candlelight "Call to Action" march has been scheduled for Wednesday, September 12th, originating at Old York Road and Hunting Park Avenue at 8 p.m.
While police are hoping to have video to release of the vehicle at some point, they also believe they are not far from making an arrest. If you have information on the suspect, contact the Homicide Unit at 215-686-3334.


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"to say exactly how i feel inside, and make you feel it too"
The cd i made Jamie:
Her Majesty – The Beatles
Love You Madly – Cake
Sit Ups – Jude
Someone's Daughter – Beth Orton
All About You – Cindy Woolf
Blankets – The Gourds
Sweet and Shiny Eyes – Bonnie Raitt
You You You You You – The 6ths Featuring Katherine Whalen
Weatherman – Kris Delmhorst
Michael – Maggi, Pierce And E.J.
Essence – Lucinda Williams
Outloud – Dispatch
Tiger Bomb – The Presidents Of The United States Of America
Rock Me Right – Susan Tedeschi
A Big Gay Song – O'Doyle Rules
First Date – Blink 182
Don't Be Stupid – Shania Twain
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I've never tried to convey anything on a mix tape before – it has always been a purely musical exercise for me. I'm not completely sure how i feel about the result, but it seemed like the thing to do.
Sadly, that's the best i could do with links. (Links to bands mean the song is somewhere on the site, but i couldn't figure out how to link strait to it.)
Bonus Tracks:
Or, songs i really wanted to, but didn't, include, because i want the cd to stand alone.
While i think these are very romantic and rather relevant, i don't think that's readily apparent if you don't live in my head, and i was afraid they would be misconstrued.
Wrap Your Arms Around Me – Barenaked Ladies
Bad As I Am – Great Big Sea
The Not So Pretty Princess – Jude
Lady Brett
"Song For a Mix Tape" – The Ataris – and this one i didn't include only 'cause it's a bit too meta. But it is true.
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The Tips, Tools, Expert Advice & Connections You Need to Succeed
Victim Theory
You live longer once you realize that
any time spent being unhappy is wasted.
– Ruth E. Renkl
I was visiting with a good friend of mine last week, Ken Robbins of Response Mine Interactive.
Ken and I discussed victim theory and its power in marketing, messaging and our daily lives. It is far more powerful and easy to think of yourself as a victim.
If life happens to you, you aren't responsible for your own happiness.
But you must always remember that you are the hero of your own story.
The decision to be happy with where you are, what you are doing and how you are progressing is solely yours – just like the choice to step out of the norm and build a business of your own.
When I find myself disappointed with how life or business is progressing, I remind myself that the trials and tribulations I face make me stronger for new challenges.
What lessons are preparing you to climb that next summit?
Are you standing at the bottom dreading the challenge, unhappy with your situation? Or looking forward to the view on the way to the top?
Did you know? You can watch the show LIVE everyday.
See what happens behind the scenes on
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Portland Kmart slated to close
The Kmart store in Portland is one of more than 100 scheduled to shut its doors this spring, following a recent announcement from Sears Holdings.
The retailer, which has been dealing with declining sales, is planning to close 103 of its Sears and Kmart stores by April.
Alyssa Rodriguez, a sales supervisor at the Kmart in Portland, said store staff was notified of the closure Thursday. There are about 40 employees, made up of full-time and part-time positions, who will be affected.
The Portland store — located at 1400 Wildcat Drive — has been given a tentative closing date of April 8, but that will depend on how fast its sell down of existing inventory occurs. That will be scheduled at a later date.
"It could be sooner," Rodriguez said of the store's closure.
The Portland Kmart was the only Texas location listed for closure by Sears Holdings.