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Thank you very much for detailed information. I think it is very useful. Some strategies are familiar to me. I found more strategies, which I am going to use with my students.
Seven Strategies to Teach Students Text Comprehension
Comprehension strategies are conscious plans — sets of steps that good readers use to make sense of text. Comprehension strategy instruction helps students become purposeful, active readers who are in control of their own reading comprehension. These seven strategies have research-based evidence for improving text comprehension.
1. Monitoring comprehension
Students who are good at monitoring their comprehension know when they understand what they read and when they do not. They have strategies to "fix" problems in their understanding as the problems arise. Research shows that instruction, even in the early grades, can help students become better at monitoring their comprehension.
Comprehension monitoring instruction teaches students to:
- Be aware of what they do understand
- Identify what they do not understand
- Use appropriate strategies to resolve problems in comprehension
2. Metacognition
Metacognition can be defined as "thinking about thinking." Good readers use metacognitive strategies to think about and have control over their reading. Before reading, they might clarify their purpose for reading and preview the text. During reading, they might monitor their understanding, adjusting their reading speed to fit the difficulty of the text and "fixing" any comprehension problems they have. After reading, they check their understanding of what they read.
Students may use several comprehension monitoring strategies:
- Identify where the difficulty occurs
"I don't understand the second paragraph on page 76."
- Identify what the difficulty is
"I don't get what the author means when she says, 'Arriving in America was a milestone in my grandmother's life.'"
- Restate the difficult sentence or passage in their own words
"Oh, so the author means that coming to America was a very important event in her grandmother's life."
- Look back through the text
"The author talked about Mr. McBride in Chapter 2, but I don't remember much about him. Maybe if I reread that chapter, I can figure out why he's acting this way now."
- Look forward in the text for information that might help them to resolve the difficulty
"The text says, 'The groundwater may form a stream or pond or create a wetland. People can also bring groundwater to the surface.' Hmm, I don't understand how people can do that… Oh, the next section is called 'Wells.' I'll read this section to see if it tells how they do it."
3. Graphic and semantic organizers
Graphic organizers illustrate concepts and relationships between concepts in a text or using diagrams. Graphic organizers are known by different names, such as maps, webs, graphs, charts, frames, or clusters.
Regardless of the label, graphic organizers can help readers focus on concepts and how they are related to other concepts. Graphic organizers help students read and understand textbooks and picture books.
Graphic organizers can:
- Help students focus on text structure differences between fiction and nonfiction as they read
- Provide students with tools they can use to examine and show relationships in a text
- Help students write well-organized summaries of a text
Here are some examples of graphic organizers:
- Venn-Diagrams (29K PDF)*
Used to compare or contrast information from two sources. For example, comparing two Dr. Seuss books.
- Storyboard/Chain of Events (29K PDF)*
Used to order or sequence events within a text. For example, listing the steps for brushing your teeth.
- Story Map (19K PDF)*
Used to chart the story structure. These can be organized into fiction and nonfiction text structures. For example, defining characters, setting, events, problem, resolution in a fiction story; however in a nonfiction story, main idea and details would be identified.
- Cause/Effect (13K PDF)*
Used to illustrate the cause and effects told within a text. For example, staying in the sun too long may lead to a painful sunburn.
- Find more free graphic organizers >
4. Answering questions
Questions can be effective because they:
- Give students a purpose for reading
- Focus students' attention on what they are to learn
- Help students to think actively as they read
- Encourage students to monitor their comprehension
- Help students to review content and relate what they have learned to what they already know
The Question-Answer Relationship strategy (QAR) encourages students to learn how to answer questions better. Students are asked to indicate whether the information they used to answer questions about the text was textually explicit information (information that was directly stated in the text), textually implicit information (information that was implied in the text), or information entirely from the student's own background knowledge.
There are four different types of questions:
- "Right There"
Questions found right in the text that ask students to find the one right answer located in one place as a word or a sentence in the passage.
Example: Who is Frog's friend? Answer: Toad
- "Think and Search"
Questions based on the recall of facts that can be found directly in the text. Answers are typically found in more than one place, thus requiring students to "think" and "search" through the passage to find the answer.
Example: Why was Frog sad? Answer: His friend was leaving.
- "Author and You"
Questions require students to use what they already know, with what they have learned from reading the text. Students must understand the text and relate it to their prior knowledge before answering the question.
Example: How do think Frog felt when he found Toad? Answer: I think that Frog felt happy because he had not seen Toad in a long time. I feel happy when I get to see my friend who lives far away.
- "On Your Own"
Questions are answered based on a student's prior knowledge and experiences. Reading the text may not be helpful to them when answering this type of question.
Example: How would you feel if your best friend moved away? Answer: I would feel very sad if my best friend moved away because I would miss her.
5. Generating questions
By generating questions, students become aware of whether they can answer the questions and if they understand what they are reading. Students learn to ask themselves questions that require them to combine information from different segments of text. For example, students can be taught to ask main idea questions that relate to important information in a text.
6. Recognizing story structure
In story structure instruction, students learn to identify the categories of content (characters, setting, events, problem, resolution). Often, students learn to recognize story structure through the use of story maps. Instruction in story structure improves students' comprehension.
7. Summarizing
Summarizing requires students to determine what is important in what they are reading and to put it into their own words. Instruction in summarizing helps students:
- Identify or generate main ideas
- Connect the main or central ideas
- Eliminate unnecessary information
- Remember what they read
Effective comprehension strategy instruction is explicit
Research shows that explicit teaching techniques are particularly effective for comprehension strategy instruction. In explicit instruction, teachers tell readers why and when they should use strategies, what strategies to use, and how to apply them. The steps of explicit instruction typically include direct explanation, teacher modeling ("thinking aloud"), guided practice, and application.
- Direct explanation
The teacher explains to students why the strategy helps comprehension and when to apply the strategy.
- Modeling
The teacher models, or demonstrates, how to apply the strategy, usually by "thinking aloud" while reading the text that the students are using.
- Guided practice
The teacher guides and assists students as they learn how and when to apply the strategy.
- Application
The teacher helps students practice the strategy until they can apply it independently.
Effective comprehension strategy instruction can be accomplished through cooperative learning, which involves students working together as partners or in small groups on clearly defined tasks. Cooperative learning instruction has been used successfully to teach comprehension strategies. Students work together to understand texts, helping each other learn and apply comprehension strategies. Teachers help students learn to work in groups. Teachers also provide modeling of the comprehension strategies.
Adapted from Adler, C.R. (Ed). 2001. Put Reading First: The Research Building Blocks for Teaching Children to Read, pp. 49-54. National Institute for Literacy. Retrieved Nov. 1, 2007, from http://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/publications/reading_first1text.html.
so useful
As a future teacher, this information really help me to know more about the strategies to teach students
QAR is an excellent strategy backed by plenty of research! I use it for struggling readers all of the time. Google "QAR visuals" for examples of visuals to use when you teach QAR to your students. Use of this strategy has helped my 4th-6th grade students understand "how" to answer reading comprehension test questions. They have so much more confidence in themselves and their abilities.
Thanks for the organizers. I find that asking questions at the right time really helps students understand the story a lot better. They don't even have to be hard questions - usually I ask, "What just happened in the story?" and have them keep their answers to 10-20 words or less, and once someone gives the right answer we go on right away. One problem that still needs to be addressed is how to get students to read out loud expressively and effectively. Nothing drains a class's attention span like having a slow reader struggling to get through a paragraph.
The information you share is extremely useful to those of us who are deeply involved in finding instructional ideas that truly help to educate those who struggle to become educated.
Thank you so much, this is a great help to me for most of our students in rural have low comprehension..im surfing this morning and luckily i found this page. thanks a lot really.
I found this article to be a very helpful resource
I really like the graphic organizers,. This is very helpful.
That' s really great an article. I use both skim scan deep read and these reading comprehension strategies to help foreign intermediate llearners understand faster than ever titles, topic sentences, main/ideas, source to footnotes coherent relationship. Teach as simple and clear as possible, that's a source of motivation !
Great article. It has given me ideas how I might be able to teach reading to my struggling learners. Hope it will reduce my struggle in teaching reading.
Helpful website learned a lot!
Very helpful information Thanks.
Good strategies, makes things clearer and easier.
wow! very informative. thank you
Love that the article stated that we must explicitly teach these strategies. I think educators sometimes assume too much about our young readers - especially the strugglers.
Thank you for the article. Sometimes the same idea has to be expressed in many ways before the magic of comprehension sparks. However, once the fire starts there will be no returning to the darkness.
I am very disappointed in this article. Of the seven steps all but one pre-suppose the student understands the text. You fail to define any overt behavior that is relevant to comprehension other than "Summarizing requires students to determine what is important in what they are reading and to put it into their own words."
It may all sound good to inexperienced teachers grasping for some way to help their students read better but when they actually try to put this into practice it is not going to work very well.
Great review or strategies for any level.
Thank you for this is excellent resource. This will be very useful for my teachers and students.
this helps me a lot in teaching my 5 y/o son. thanks
Very good suggestions.I hope to use them in my classes.Thank you very much.
Gracias! This will assist our teachers who teach bilingual learners.
i am to give a talk on different strategies of teaching in our in-service training, and i find it very helpful for me to give them a variety of strat... thank you very much
thanks for this wonderful resources
much useful info. about reading context
Very helpful but are these strategies suitable for 11+ or grammar school comprehension based difficulties
Hi, It was really an amazing article, honestly it made me to teach reading comprehension strategies to my sudents effectively; the map orgainizers also are very nice
Thankyou. This has really helped me.
Thank you very much! I really can use these strategies!
This site is great. Thank you for this article.
Thanks you so much for this article....
I have found your guide to be very clear and it gives me much help in answering comprehension questions especially the "On your Own" Thank you,
nice site...informative...
Awesome info. Spot on, put in a easy to understand format. thank you!!!!
Great info!!!
really worthy tips to be follwed !!thank u
great information
Great resource for teachers. Graphic organizers are very useful. Thanks
It was very useful, thanks
this site helped me too much in my research.thanks.
Good work
useful info, you should do one on maths
this is good info
at last i found some tips on how to deal with reading comprehension thanks......
I found this website to be a wonderful resource. I am currently writing a research paper and it has provided me with a lot of information and given clarity in several instances. Thank you!
Great article, this is very helpful for me in the near future when i become a teacher. thanks for he tips, really enjoyed going through this for my reflection paper.
Thanks for the strategies in teaching reading. so useful
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So Dickie Attenborough is dead, at 90.
We knew him. Well, not so much knew him, you understand, as "We met him once".
Back in 1987, there was an election on. The Liberal Party, for which we campaigned, had entered an uncomfortable "Alliance" with a new political grouping called "The Social Democratic Party", which was essentially a small group of right wing rebels from a Labour Party that had been temporarily overwhelmed by the irritating forces of the trotskyite Left. The new "SDP" appealed to a sort of vaguely left of centre middle class consensus type – they'd be called "soccer Mums" in America or "doctor's wives" in Australia.
Anyhow, for some bizarre reason lost in the mists of time deep in the last millenium, the leaders of said Alliance decided to hop on a barge and meander down the River Thames one Sunday afternoon, ending up at Dickie's pile in Richmond. The vague plan was that there were a string of Liberal-SDP Alliance target seats in a row along the river, and this was a spiffingly good wheeze to make a news impact on all of them in one hit to try and shake loose a few of the seats that had voted Tory since time immemorial in that area. Needless to say, as a photo op it simply made the Alliance leaders look like a bunch of middle class numpties and it was largely ignored.
It is why, though, late on a lovely summer's afternoon, we came to be standing around in the Attenborough's charming little pied-a-terre, and standing around very uncomfortably to boot, given that we were unquestionably in the presence of the great and good … a sprinkling of theatre people, some famous politicians, a clutch of local grandees … and as we (and by we, we mean a bunch of local campaigners who had been invited to turn up to rub shoulders with the glitterati who had descended upon us) were dressed almost universally in jeans, odd t-shirts covered in campaign buttons and sporting scraggly beards, we felt somewhat out of place.
Since that time we have become more familiar with the questionable joys of small talk, clinking crystal and nodding with glazed eyes while not really listening. At that stage, however, the art form was unknown to us. So we stood near the front door of what was undoubtedly the grandest room on the planet, exquisitely furnished, and shuffled uncertainly from foot to foot, muttering darkly to one another about how we'd rather be out canvassing for votes on council estates instead of all this wank.
Suddenly, though, Attenborough himself swept through the crowd, making a beeline towards us with a tray of champagnes weaving memorably past the obstacles presented by overweight councillors and gesticulating theatricals. I am reasonably sure there were black-tied waters in attendance too, but for some reason he was doing the honours himself. "You chaps look like you need a drink!" he grinned, and his charm and bonhomie was infectious. We took a glass each and smiled uncertainly. "Yell out if you want another!" he cried, disappearing back into the maw of 200 or so of his closest friends. It was a gentle and kindly act, and perfectly typical of the man, apparently.
Richard Attenborough was one of the most famous and talented actors of his generation, with a string of credits that sound like a potted history of 20th century British and Hollywood cinema. Stolid and honourable in "The Great Escape". Menacing and psychotic in "Brighton Rock". Avuncular and deluded in "Jurassic Park". Pugnacious in "The Angry Silence". Utterly chilling in "10 Rillington Place".
As a director, he made some of the more important movies of the era, reflecting his own progressive view of the world, such as the memorable filmed version of "Oh! What a lovely war!" and in the historically accurate and star-filled exposition of the disastrous military adventure of Operation Market Garden in "A Bridge Too Far", tackling courage against the apartheid regime in South Africa in "Cry Freedom", and, of course, with "Gandhi", the triumphal conclusion of 20 years effort, for which he received two Oscars.
Less well-known is that during the Second World War, Lord Attenborough served with the Royal Air Force, and was seconded to the newly-formed RAF film unit at Pinewood Studios after initial pilot training. He appeared in the 1943 propaganda film Journey Together before qualifying as a sergeant and flying on missions all over Europe filming the outcome of Bomber Command sorties. He saw enough of the horrors of war to imbue "Oh! What a lovely war!" with a heart-rending immediacy, as seen so well in the closing sequence of the film, below. As we remember the 100th Anniversary of the First World War, we could do no better to show respect those who fell than to play the whole film on free-to-air TV in all the combattant countries. It is a theatrical tour de force, and deeply moving.
And when they ask us, how dangerous it was,
Oh, we'll never tell them, no, we'll never tell them:
We spent our pay in some cafe,
And fought wild women night and day,
'Twas the cushiest job we ever had.
And when they ask us, and they're certainly going to ask us,
The reason why we didn't win the Croix de Guerre,
Oh, we'll never tell them, oh, we'll never tell them
There was a front, but damned if we knew where.
As an aside, and notably, Attenborough and his wife Sheila Sim, who though stricken with dementia survives him after nearly 70 years of marriage, also co-starred in the original West End production of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap in 1952, which has since become the world's longest-running play.
Anyhow, the afternoon drew on towards evening and the champagne grew warm, and then leader of the SDP, Dr David Owen, who it must be reported had looked grumpy and perfectly bored the entire time – an impression he managed to give for his entire career, to our eyes – decided it was time to leave.
He bustled his way towards the door. Attenborough, seeing his star guest leaving, struggled through the crowd waving to get Owen's attention, seemingly unsuccessfully. In the end, he called out plaintively "David! David! Call you, darling!" but in vain: he was talking to thin air. Owen was gone.
I caught Dickie's eye, and he smiled and shrugged. He waggled his hand to indicate "Another glass of bubbles?" but we politely demurred. We were heading down the pub for a proper drink. He smiled again, good naturedly, as if in understanding, and turned back to tending to his other more civilised guests. Momentarily, I considered suggesting he join us for a hand of dominoes and a couple of pints, suspecting he might enjoy himself more, but I didn't dare.
Richard Attenborough may have been a luvvie, my darling Reader, but he was a ferociously talented and genuinely big-hearted version of that uniquely British theatrical caricature.
And that's why everyone loved him. A decent bloke: a life well lived. Our condolences to his family and innumerable friends.
In British use, luvvie is a humorously depreciative term for an actor, especially one regarded as effusive or affected. The reference is to a stereotype of thespians habitually addressing people as 'lovey'. When the OED revised its entry for 'lovey' in 2008, this sense, which had by then become established in the variant spelling luvvie, was made a separate entry. The earliest quotation found at the time was from author and actor Stephen Fry, writing in the Guardian in 1988:
Acting in a proper grown-up play, being a lovie, doing the West End, 'shouting in the evenings', as the late Patrick Troughton had it.
1988 Stephen Fry in Guardian 2 Apr., p. 17
The off-hand manner in which the term is used here suggests that the word may already have been somewhat established in this sense at the time.

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Parishioners worship in parking lot of destroyed Joplin church
Some of them hadn't seen each other since the previous Sunday morning's service, some were coming to the church to support friends and neighbors, but approximately 100 worshipers and members of the Peace Lutheran Church in Joplin joined hands and prayed together on Sunday in the parking lot of their ruined church.
Some worshipers had lost everything. Kathrin Elmborg lived across from her church and barely survived the destruction of her home. She held one of her two dogs on Sunday as she hugged her friends and fellow church members. The other dog is still missing.
"She wasn't even sure if she was injured," said Lana Nelson, who lives on the north side of Joplin. Elmborg has been staying with Nelson since the tornado.
Elmborg said she went to close her back door that had blown open, and she fell to the floor near her washer and dryer. Elmborg's refrigerator fell on the washer and dryer and formed a triangle that protected her when the rest of the house caved in.
Barbara Armstrong, Joplin, a long-time member of the church, said the house at 2727 S. Minnesota Ave. she shared with her husband, Bob Armstrong, was livable, but they can't move back in because they are handicapped and the electricity has not been restored. Their home was on the southern edge of the tornado damage track.
Armstrong said she and her husband rode out the tornado in a hallway. She said it wasn't their first brush with disaster.
"We just sat there and I kept saying oh God, oh God, help us," Barbara Armstrong said. "It's so devastating. I've been in tornadoes, I grew up in Nebraska. We moved here 15 years ago from Oklahoma City and my husband was on the fifth floor of the Murrah Building when it blew up. We had to get out of there and we've had a lot of close calls with tornadoes."
Stories like that were traded back and forth as the worshipers gathered in the parking lot.
At the northwest corner of the parking lot, the remains of the one-story church covered the slab foundation.
Cliff and Betsy Eighmy, who live in the Loma Linda area, have attended the church for 20 years. They remember details of the building that now live only in their memory.
"You know this north wall was a big concrete wall and we haven't found it," Cliff Eighmy said. "It was covered in crosses that people had brought in. It was a big collage of crosses and we haven't seen a one."
Peace Lutheran Pastor William Pape tried to put the destruction surrounding his parishioners into perspective in his sermon.
Pape said he had returned from his home in Kansas City and was planning to work on his sermon at the church on the evening of May 22, but decided to go walking at Wildcat Glades, a park and nature trail south of Interstate 44 in Joplin. He then decided to go to his motel room to work instead of returning to the church.
"Destruction came like nothing any of us have ever experienced before," Pape said. "In less than 20 minutes, lives were changed — some for eternity — people still alive were changed — buildings and houses were changed — Joplin was changed. And it will never be the same for any of us. I will live for the rest of my life wondering why I decided not to come back here to work. And I will wonder why I was spared and others were not."
He said Joplin was hit by "one of the groanings of the whole creation, just as, for example, Japan was hit a few months ago."
Pape said the parishioners at the church will persevere and rebuild and continue praise God.
"I am sure that Jesus is standing in heaven right now greeting those people from Joplin who have died and those who have lost their lives anywhere in the United States and the world and is saying to them, 'Here is a place I have prepared for you,'" Pape said. "In the meantime, we as members of the Peace Lutheran Church and those of you who have come to worship with us today, we have a task before us. That task is to help, and to be with, and to cry with, and share comfort with, and provide help to all who have and are suffering so much in Joplin. I know many of you are doing this. With God's help, Peace Lutheran Church will move ahead."


text: Bead Board Bathroom Makeover! January 12, 2011 DIY, Our House, Tutorials 28 Comments I'm FINALLY ready to reveal the bead board treatment we did last week in the upstairs bathroom. It took us awhile to compete all the finishing work (painting, new outlet covers, etc…). So before I show you the after, let's take a look at the before. We didn't change anything except for adding the wall treatment. First the chair rail went up. This is a miter box. It costs about $8 at a home improvement store. You don't need a fancy miter saw to install chair rail, and this box makes it easy. Visualization of how the pieces fit together can be a little complicated, but you'll get the hang of it. Fortunately the hubbs did most of the sawing, but I'm confident if left to my own devices I would have figured it out. Once we cut the pieces, we installed them by using a liquid nails adhesive and small brads. We don't have a finish nailer (I'm quietly shedding a tear…), so I just hammered small brads in most of the way. Then I used a nail punch to push it below the surface. Don't try to do this with a hammer alone, you will dent your molding! Not that I know anything about that…errrr… I spackled all the holes, and we proceeded to the paneling. Now I thought bead board would be an easy intro into wall treatments because I've used it before in the kitchen. It turned out to be a little more difficult than I expected because of all the obstacles. We had to cut around the window, wall unit, mirror, vanity, etc… Huge props to my super handy hubby, who despite trying to hide from me… Ended up doing a lot of the measuring and cutting. So here's the paneling all installed (using the liquid nails and brads). It looks pretty nice already, but you can't see the nail holes and smudges in this picture. My goal was to paint the paneling AND trim to create a bright white cohesive look. But before painting, I caulked around every edge. I like to use the caulk in the squeezable tube because I find I have better control than if I use a caulk gun. Now is a good time for the DIY pledge. Repeat after me: caulk is my friend, it will hide imperfections and make me look like a pro. If I do not use it in wet areas, I will end up with mold. And mold is bad. After the caulk set overnight, I carefully rolled slapped up a few coats of Glidden's off-the-shelf eggshell white, and here's the finished bathroom: So, what do you think? I'm really pleased with the results. It's not perfect of course, but it's definitely an improvement on our boring builder grade bathroom. Next I think I'll tackle some board and batten! *****Linked Up****** 28 Responses Amy with Good Day! January 12, 2011 WOW! this looks amazing lady! Major props to you and Mike. What a total transformation! Reply Rachel January 12, 2011 This is awesome, Rachael!! Stunning! Reply tammy January 12, 2011 looks pretty perfect to me, great job. Reply Megan January 12, 2011 Love it!!! Reply Jenn January 12, 2011 I think this look great! I'm always amazing at how a little bead board can completely make over a room. Reply kathleen January 12, 2011 I'm so loving the beadboard! Great job! Thanks for visiting and I'll be sure to stop by this weekend! Kathleen Reply Julie January 13, 2011 Looks like it really brightened up your room! Love the new bead board. & I'd love it if you'd link this up to my Paint Party going on now! http://lessthanperfectlifeofbliss.blogspot.com/2011/01/paint-color-party-link-up-your.html Reply Ami w/AliLilly January 13, 2011 WOW!! You did such an amazing job! It looks wonderful!!! Reply gail January 13, 2011 Love the new look of your bathroom! great job! gail Reply Tammy Sprinkle January 13, 2011 Your bathroom looks fabulous! You both did such a nice job and true true Caulk is a DIYers best friend, well that and paint. Reply Kate{Starr Family} January 14, 2011 Stand up job! It really looks fantastic, I am so impressed! And the wall color is beautiful! Reply Lisa January 14, 2011 Love the bathroom!!! The beadboard really made your bathroom color stand out! Found your blog from the paint party. Thanks for sharing over there. Reply BEADBOARD BATHROOM FURNITURE | Furniture Get August 8, 2011 [...] beadboard bathroom furniture lovelycraftyhome.com [...] Reply Jill August 15, 2011 You did such a great job! Wondering what the name of this color is? Reply Lovely Crafty Home August 15, 2011 The color on the walls or the beadboard? The wall color is Moody Blue by Sherwin Williams. I believe the paint color on the beadboard is an off the shelf white, but I can't remember which one I used. It's something on hand that I had that I touch up trim work with so it's a bit glossy. Hope that helps! Reply Bathroom Vanity Remix August 24, 2011 [...] we added beadboard paneling part way up the [...] Reply Tania @ Carnoustie Lane August 24, 2011 Hi, I'm a first time visitor and love your blog and projects. I am planning the same beadboard in my powder room and have a question: Did you replace the baseboard? How did you accommodate for the beadboard at the baseboard? Thanks! Tania Reply Britney November 18, 2011 I LOVE the beadboard, but I really love that cabinet! Where did you get it? Reply rachaelevans November 18, 2011 Target a few years ago! Reply Tracy March 15, 2012 The outlet/switch covers are fantastic; where did you get them? Reply rachaelevans March 15, 2012 Tracy- I got them at Home Depot! Reply Renu By Leviton April 30, 2012 [...] been in the house. Some of them I've changed to match structural elements, like the craftsman style plate in my bathroom and the tile plates on my kitchen [...] Reply black switch plate covers May 9, 2012 black switch plate covers… Bead Board Bathroom Makeover!… Reply Brandy August 14, 2012 Hi, I love your remodel. I am dying to know where did you get your lightswitch and outlet covers from? Those are so elegant and beautiful. I'm doing a remodel in beadboard in my powder room and am struggling to figure out how to make the outlets blend nicely. Thanks! Reply rachaelevans August 16, 2012 Brandy- Thank you so much! I got them at Home Depot, here is one of them: http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&productId=100485275&R=100485275#.UCz_MN1mSew Reply Gemma November 5, 2012 What type of beadboard did you use? Wood, composite or vinyl? Also, did you put it on plaster walls? Reply Rachael Evans November 5, 2012 It's the fiberboard/mdf style, comes in 4×8 sheets at Home Depot. My walls are all drywall, but I don't see why you couldn't put it on plaster. Just make sure you get an adhesive meant for that. Reply Stacy July 11, 2013 I love your bathroom! I have been telling my husband we need to do it to ours downstairs. Was it hard to get around the plumbing of the toilet?? We have a pedestal sink… I am afraid it will be hard to put on without taking out the toilet and sink first Reply Leave a Reply to Britney Cancel Reply Your email address will not be published. Name* Email* Website Comment


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Omega Constellation has been designed for people who love watches of different colors. It comes with a rose gold bezel. The watch has a two-tone bezel and comes with a date display. Made of sapphire crystal glass material, scratch resistant and therefore can be used for long periods of time. It has quartz movement and waterproof capacity of up to 100 meters. The watch has a steel case material and has a silver-colored call. It has a 2 year warranty.
Omega Seamaster is one of the latest watch models to be launched in the market. It comes with a chronograph and date display. This watch comes with a silver bezel and has automatic movement. It has a gray dial and two tone material items. Made from top quality sapphire crystal glass, it has a waterproof capacity of up to 100 meters.
The price of the Omega watch has been designed to keep in touch with buyer's spending capacity. A close look at all the special offers and discounts available online can help people to buy their preferred model watches.
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India's largest retail retail brand Prime has over 25 years of experience in retailing. It deals with watch brands like Omega, Tissot, TAG Heuer, Longines and more. They pay special attention to Omega watches because of their worldwide reputation, and also have the most watches in the country. The brand has showrooms located in cities like Kolkata, Mumbai and Jaipur. Users always want to buy watches from their stores because of their innovative spending and also because of their unimaginable bid on every purchase. The last thing to mention is their after-sales service. They handle this section beautifully so the buyer does not experience any difficulties. Omega Launches New Jam Range for Indian Buyers


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Looking Up: Autumn's stars are in view
The autumnal equinox was this past week, when at long last, we start having more night than daytime.
I understand. Most people miss longer days, and in fact I do as well as winter time approaches. For anyone who enjoys the night sky, however, there is somewhat of a conflict. As much the long period of summer daylight is wonderful, in early summer one has to wait long - after 10 p.m. - to see a dark sky full of stars. At last, more people will be able to get outside during the mid to early evening to welcome the first stars of the night.
The arrival of autumn brings another host of seasonal evening stars that are dominating the eastern sky and each night takes over more and more of our attention as summer's stars slip away into the west.
Autumn's constellations are for the most part faint but hold a bounty of interest no less than a cornucopia of harvest's blessings. Among those stars, you can find the great Andromeda Galaxy with eyes alone (in a dark, moonless sky), and with a small telescope you can track down glorious globular clusters, the star packed haze of the distant Milky Way Band and colorful double stars.
In mid-October, a strong meteor shower known as the Orionids sends bright streaks across the fall heavens. This year, brilliant planet Jupiter prevails like a champion reigning in the southern sky.
A few of the fall constellations are pictured as aquatic creatures, including Delphinus the Dolphin, Cetus the Whale, Pisces the Fish and Pisces Austrinus the Southern Fish. Joining them are Sculptor, Pegasus the Flying Horse, Andromeda and her boyfriend Perseus, Triangulum the Triangle, Aries the Ram, Aquarius the Fellow Carrying a Pitcher of Water, Lacerta the Lizard, and taking its turn riding high in the north over the North Star, Cepheus the King and his Better Half, Queen Cassiopeia.
There is only one very bright star among the autumn evening constellations, lovely blue-white Fomalhaut, the "eye" star of the Southern Fish, seen quite low in the southeast on a late September evening. Fomalhaut, which is known to be encircled by a broad, dusty disc, recently received another very unique distinction. The first exo-planet (a planet in another solar system beyond our own) ever to be directly photographed, was found in orbit around Fomalhaut. It appears to us as a minute point of light, between the disc's dusty bands.
Interestingly, these constellations did not always mark the arrival of fall. Thanks to the "Precession of the Equinoxes," millennia ago, whole other regions of the night sky took turns as autumn's stars.
Autumn and spring equinox occur when the sun, on its apparent path around the sky- the path known as the ecliptic - intersects with the celestial equator. The latter is that band of sky you would see from due east to overhead to due west, if you were at the Earth's equator. Because the Earth is tilted on its axis, the ecliptic line - where we see the sun as we go around it - is likewise tilted in respect to the celestial equator.
The Earth's axis, which points very close to the North Star, very gradually is moving in a circle, inscribing an imaginary circle on the sky once around every 26,000 years (as I said, "very"). In other words, our world wobbles like a spinning top. This in turn means the points (the Equinoxes) where the ecliptic and celestial equator cross, ever so slowly change. Eventually, the equinoxes travel all around the sky, and one day, your descendants will see what we currently call spring stars marking the arrival of fall (or vice-versa).
Or you can forget all that and just look up and enjoy the view.
Full moon is on Oct. 4 and is known as Harvest Moon.
Comments and questions may be sent to the writer at email@example.com.
Keep looking up!


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The Shiloh Shepherd is the most awesome rare breed of dog on earth, first developed in the 1970s by Tina M. Barber, who has been involved with German Shepherd dogs all of her life. She breeds American Kennel Club German Shepherd Dogs (AKC), trains and titles dogs for NASA Schutzhund and personal protection, lectures across the country, writes many articles for major publications such as the GSQ, publishes Shiloh Shepherd newsletter.
She started her own training kennel and breeding program in 1962. Thus began her quest to develop the ultimate companion.
The Shiloh Shepherds are meant to resemble the German Shepherds but their coats can be a variety of colors and color mixes. Shiloh Shepherds are larger and have a straighter back than most modern Alsatians and German Shepherds.
They are bred for their intelligence, size, and stable temperaments. Very gentle with little children, they compete in obedience and agility. They can baby-sit children, lead a blind person safely across the streets and do a lot of other chores. They work as therapy dogs, search and rescue dogs, livestock guardians and service assistance. They are often reared as family protectors.
In 1962 Tina had a dream. She was obsessed with producing the "perfect" dog. With no degree in genetics, she developed efficient genetic research methods. She went beyond research and theory. Here are her own words:
"I knew in my heart what I wanted to produce….. SUPER INTELLIGENCE…HUGE SIZE… GREAT HIPS!!! Those where my 3 'biggies' but I also wanted a specific 'TYPE'– a 'look' that would stop traffic!!! I worked very hard during those first 12 years, but I just couldn't get the 'package' I dreamt of! I would get HUGE size, but the hips would fall apart! I would get super intelligence, with good hips, but they would be small 'bitchy headed' ugly (foxy looking) dogs! I would get looks, with no brains! A few nice ones would raise my hopes, but then they would produce absolute nightmares!! I was actually about to give up the whole 'dream' as a totally unattainable fantasy! The money, time, and energy I expended didn't reap any kind of reward, only heartbreak! There was no such thing as a 'perfect' Shepherd type!!! After 12 YEARS of disappointments, I realized that without a 'miracle' my dream was about to die!
"… Nevertheless, I finally gave up my pride & invited Jesus as my personal saviour on 2/26/74. Being a rebellious child, the first thing I did was to start 'fleecing' my Saviour! Then one day while I was reading the story of Hannah, how she desperately wanted a child (she was barren) and how she went to SHILOH, to the house of the Lord to petition him for a son…promising that if he granted her desire, she would dedicate her son back to the Lord, etc… I realized that this was what I had to do too! So I went out to my kennel, and sat among my dogs, and grabbed a hold of the throne room, petitioning the Lord to grant MY DREAM!! Promising him that I would ALWAYS acknowledge him as my partner in life, as well as in the creation of these magnificent animals and that FOREVER they would carry his name, and the symbol of his provision (the Fish) as a testimony to him! It was on that day that I changed my Kennel name to Shiloh Shepherds™.
"The word 'Shiloh' appears in the Bible 33 times. Thirty-three is the number of PROMISE!!"
In 1990s, Tina's dogs entered the rare breed world as Shiloh Shepherds, named for the kennel of origin. She wrote the Shiloh Shepherd Breed Standard. You can view it by clicking on this link
"Illustrated Shiloh Shepherd Breed Standard"
The Shiloh Shepherd is still under development but stands as a model of what pure breeding is all about.
On March 31, 2012 my wife Assuntha and I with our son Subas, daughter-in-law Ligia and grandson Rohan were lucky to be at the Blossom Kite Festival on National Mall in Washington, DC. There, we saw a group of Shiloh Shepherds with their owners. They were huge and burly but looked benignly gentle, calm, and not a bark.
We were very much fascinated by these gentle dogs because this was the first time we have seen such fine specimens. In fact, we have not seen such a handsome breed in India.
One dog named Ender owned by a young man Kevin was the only one active among the 6 shepherds that were there; others were lying serenely beside their owners who caressed them ever so lovingly.
My grandson Rohan was exuberant when he saw those gracious, amiable and gentle super intelligent Shiloh Shepherds and got all agitated and we understood that he wanted to pet them.
The owners of the Shiloh Shepherds were glad when I asked them permission to photograph them with their pets. Kevin the owner of Ender was happy and eager to allow my grandson Rohan to pet his Ender.
Here is a video of my grandson and the group of gentle Shiloh shepherds.
Related articles
- "Illustrated Shiloh Shepherd Breed Standard" (shilohshepherds.info)
- About Our Breed Founder (shilohshepherds.info)
- Shiloh Shepherd Dog (en.wikipedia.org)
- Beloved Shiloh Shepherds (belovedshilohs.com/
- Blossom Kite Festival 2012 on the National Mall in Washington, DC (tvaraj.wordpress.com)
- Shiloh Shepherd Dogs (dogster.com)


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For nearly three decades Angela Johnson "the soprano" thrilled audiences with her professional vocal talent. But today, it is Angela Johnson "the sculptor" who is touching lives and hearts with her gift. MormonSoprano shares an exclusive interview with this artist who is a witness of the power and miracles of Jesus Christ.
I first heard of Angela during a Sunday worship service. The speaker told our congregation about a powerful sculpture exhibit of Christ that had been housed at the St. George Temple visitor center. When I heard; "…the artist was a former opera singer", I knew I needed to make contact with this woman! What followed was a lively and generous correspondence through email and phone. We shared an immediate bond. She has graciously provided the photos for this article. (click any image to enlarge)
Angela Johnson grew up on a dairy farm outside Columbia Falls, Montana, and currently resides in Gilbert, Arizona. She is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Angela and her husband Kenneth have been married for 31 years. They have four children and nine grandchildren.
MoSop: One of the most intriguing aspects of your story is that you have not been a sculptor all of your life – and in fact were a former operatic soprano. Where did you do your training? What roles did you sing, and where did you perform?
AJ:I began singing when I was 13 years old. I studied voice for over 25 years. Recitals, concerts and dramatic presentations were the outlets of performing that seemed to fit with having a family. I studied in New York, San Diego, Utah and Arizona.
Far more important than what I sang or what I wore was what was happening to my soul.
MoSop: What happened that made you consider leaving your singing career? How long did it take for you to make that decision?
AJ: One day in my late thirties when I was beginning to start my daily vocal exercises something inside of me collapsed. I shut the lid to my piano, and the Spirit led me. I grabbed my keys, and got into my tan van. I drove to the art store, bought a block of water based clay and one sculpting tool. Four hours later there was a portrait bust of a little girl on my kitchen table. I was stunned, in awe, absolutely taken with the intelligence in my hands. It was as though the finger of God had touched my heart and told me that it was now time for me to begin to develop a talent I didn't know I had. It was like being born again. I made the decision right there to begin to sculpt one thing after another. It wasn't long before people began asking me to sculpt private commissions.
MoSop: Had you taken sculpting classes, or done this kind of art before?
AJ: No, none!
MoSop: Was the transition from singing to sculpting difficult for you?
AJ: I love to sculpt! Being able to testify of Jesus Christ fits me so much better than pursuing an operatic career ever did. I still sing and love to listen to others sing. All that I learned through singing; the discipline, the focus, principles of music and performance, the importance of connecting with emotion, which is such a common bond between us all, breathing, projecting, all of it in some way or another plays a part in my sculptures.
MoSop: How do you get your ideas to create a certain piece? How long does a piece take, and what is the creative process like?
AJ:The vast majority of work I do is figurative. In 2003 it was the desire of my heart to understand what God wanted me to do with this gift He had given me. The concept of a sculpture garden depicting the teachings and miracles of Jesus Christ came to me. I have always loved Jesus Christ. I distinctly remember being a five year old little girl and adoring Jesus Christ. Even though I did not know how I would face the challenge of creating the portrayal of Jesus I had faith that it would happen. "It is I, Be Not Afraid" was the first scene I sculpted in the series of depicting Jesus.
MoSop: You have also formed a non-profit Foundation which envisions a sculpture garden. Please tell us more about that.
AJ:The concept of the "I Am the Light of the World Gardens" is that each of the scenes I have sculpted of Jesus would be increased to life size and installed in a majestic, serene garden setting where the sculptures are designed into beautiful landscaped settings and water features where people could come and ponder upon this witness in art that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, the Savior of the World. People have asked if it will be a place where people of other faiths will be welcome. Absolutely! My belief is that people have the right to worship as they choose and that we need to respect others beliefs as we want them to respect our own devotion to Jesus Christ.
MoSop: Do you have a location chosen for the garden?
AJ: There are several locations that are being evaluated but no specific site is yet determined. Architectural renderings are currently underway
MoSop: What's happening next?
AJ: My exhibit The Healing Power of Jesus Christ is currently in Oakland, California. I have about 10 – 12 more scenes that I need to create depicting Jesus.
MoSop: Do you still perform vocally? Do you think you will ever return to the stage?
AJ: I still sing, but have no desire to perform as I did when I was younger. I give many presentations where I always sing to testify of Jesus Christ. I am working with the brilliant composer Crawford Gates in creating "The Healing Power of Jesus Christ Oratorio" that will be performed in the Mormon Tabernacle in the near future. I know the awesome power of music and want to bless others lives with the expression of my love and adoration of Him through my sculptures and music.
MoSop: Is there anything else you would like to share with us?
This pain can literally torture the rest of their life. Being able to give that pain to Christ, let it go and replace it with creativity, sharing and love is part of what it means to follow Jesus Christ. I know personally the heavy sadness and bondage of evil but I also know the brilliant light of the love of God. Christ without fail turns beauty out of ashes.
I invite everyone to please visit my website to feel that love.
I also want people to know that each of us is unique and so important. The opportunity to learn and grow and share is so vital and important. No one should ever feel unimportant or insignificant. Following our own path and discovering our own gifts is a wonderful, exciting adventure!
Help The Garden Grow
Angela shared that very soon there will be small sculpture renderings – 6" and 12" – available for purchase specifically to help fund the Healing Garden. These sculptures will be priced below value, because: "I want people to feel that even in harder economic times when you believe in something and want to help, you still can".
Help make this beautiful dream a reality! Details are coming soon on her website!


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In conversation with Wim Wenders
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We sat down with the renowned director to discuss shooting the Spring/Summer 2018 campaign for Jil Sander.
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July 31, 2013
Zane Havens, '12, studied geology as an earth science major at Albion College, but he was always close to the water.
His grandfather Bill competed in canoeing events in the 1948 Olympic Games. His grand uncle Frank was a two-time Olympic medalist in canoeing. And his father, Keith, Albion's former swimming and diving coach, twice participated in the Olympic Trials in flat-water canoeing; he also provided instruction as Zane competed in swimming and diving at the varsity level and in canoeing and triathlon events at the club level in college.
Havens is now combining his love for the water, the environment, and adventure while serving as a quartermaster for the Hikianalia. Along with its sister vessel, the Hokule'a, the Polynesian voyaging canoe is making a 1,000-mile trip around Hawaii with stops at 30 ports through October before departing for Tahiti next year as part of a worldwide voyage.
"Hokulea'a is as traditional as modern law and knowledge of traditional rigging will allow," said Havens, who learned of the opportunity through his uncle Kirk, a member of the American Canoe Association's Board of Directors. "Much of the traditional knowledge of how voyaging canoes were built has been forgotten and had to be relearned. Also, in order to operate safely and legally, certain additions had to be included, such as VHF radio, running lights, etc. For these electronic devices, Hokulea'a has an array of solar panels mounted on her stern. However, she has been successfully navigated using only traditional methods (celestial, currents and swells, observation of birds, etc.) many times.
"Hikianalia includes many modern updates to her traditional double-hulled design, including prototype electric motors that run on solar power, GPS and AIS (automatic identification system), and even 110-volt outlets for charging of phones and powering of other devices," he added. "She is designed to be a companion to Hokule'a, embracing traditional design while still offering a platform to connect with the outside world and perform research."
Hikianalia is 72 feet long and holds a maximum of 16 people. While Havens' main responsibilities on the leg from Oahu to Hawaii included inventorying and keeping track of food and water, everyone assisted with keeping the canoe running smoothly when they were awake.
"A typical 24-hour period at sea consists of two four-hour watches," Havens said. "On the voyage from Oahu to Hawaii, I was on the 2-6 watch (a.m. and p.m.). If we were under tow, our responsibilities consisted of manning the sweep and basically being alert. While sailing, we had to trim the sail, man the sweep, and basically follow any orders from the captain."
Havens had a solid academic background before working on the voyaging canoes, having spent the summer of 2010 studying the cloudiness of the water in the Kalamazoo River with funding from the College's Foundation for Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity, followed by an internship with the Bureau of Land Management's field office in Colorado. Still, he reports that he finds himself learning more than teaching.
"Hawaii is in many ways different environmentally than the mainland United States, and I am realizing that areas of concern in the U.S. more deeply affect Hawaii, such as sea-level rise and ocean health," Havens said.
Havens, who completed a concentration in environmental science at Albion, has been impressed with the Polynesian Voyaging Society, which operates Hokule'a and Hikianalia, and its dedication to its core mission of caring for the Earth—the natural environment and all humankind.
"My favorite experience has been just listening to the legends who have been with the Hokule'a from the very beginning talk and share their stories," Havens said. "These voyagers are still involved and have seen so much. Every time they talk, the younger crew is sure to listen, because what they say is most likely gold.
"This experience really has been one of the best of my life so far," he added. "It is far from being over, but I feel that I have learned so much in the few months that I have been here, and I am sure to learn more. Seeing the world while contributing to such a noble cause was an easy choice for me."
Connect with the Polynesian Voyaging Society via the web and Facebook.


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I really have so many thoughts about egg salad but GIRLS is playing in the background, so naturally my mouth is agape and I'm feeling all sorts of awkward. Seriously, any second I might jump behind the couch to hide.
I mean, Hannah jumping around the club with that sort-of-shirt on in Duane-Reade…and her cutting words to Marni (she deserved it), sheesh…
This show really does make you feel like you're watching something you shouldn't be allowed to watch. Like, you're eavesdropping/snooping in on someone's very weird and pretty normal life. If you're crazy nosey (like me) then this is dreamy.
Egg salad…
Egg salad is usually the opposite of dreamy; it's usually way meh. I mean, how many times have you seen it in the grocery store ready-made section looking all clumpy and gross. Yeah, me too.
Egg salad always seems to have way too much mayonnaise (says the mayo lover) with eggs that are overcooked and not a hint of acid or bite in sight. It's just a big ol' creamy and mayo-ey and slimy mess. No. Just no.
My egg salad attitude was flipped forever when I ate what I think is the best egg salad sandwich in the whole wide world from the LA bakery, Euro Pane. They serve all sorts of breads, pastries and croissants, but their real killer is their egg salad sandwich. MAJOR.
The sandwich is served open-faced; and the bread—usually an olive bread—flirts with being so toasted it's almost charred. (I personally love char.)
There's a very important smear of sun dried tomato sauce that adds two things: a bit of sweetness and a bit of tartness. The eggs are boiled to the point where they're still creamy and almost runny. They're chopped and barely bound together with the slightest bit of mayonnaise and Dijon mustard.
Egg salad has never been so complicated…yet so simple to make. ever.
Egg Salad with Sun Dried Tomato Sauce
Sun dried tomato sauce:
- 1/4 cup sun dried tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 garlic clove
- Salt
- Freshly ground pepper
Egg Salad:
- 4 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- Freshly ground pepper
- 2 teaspoons fresh chives minced
Bread of choice, toasted
- In a small bowl, add the sun dried tomatoes and cover them with water. Allow the sun dried tomatoes to soak for 5 minutes. Drain and pat dry with a few paper towels. Add the sun dried tomatoes, tomato paste, garlic, olive oil, a pinch of salt and a few cracks of pepper to the bowl of a food processor. Blend the mixture until smooth; the consistency should be slightly looser than a paste and will glisten. Set aside.
- Add the eggs to a saucepan and cover them with cold water until it reaches about half way up their sides, about 1-inch. Place the eggs over high heat and once the water reaches a medium boil (between a simmer and a rolling boil), turn the heat off, cover the saucepan with a lid and set your timer to 8 minutes. This will give you an almost-runny, creamy, bright yellow yolk with whites that are set. Once the time is up, remove the eggs and run cold water over them and peel. Slice the eggs in half, quarter them and then cut those quarters in half, too. Add them to a bowl, along with the mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, a few cracks of freshly ground pepper and a pinch of salt. Gently toss the mixture together, making sure all of the eggs are coated in the mayonnaise mixture.
- To assemble the sandwiches, smear a layer of sun dried tomato sauce onto each slice and top with a few spoonfuls of egg salad. Garnish with a heavy sprinkling of minced chives and a few cracks of black pepper.


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The advent of heavier, longer passenger trains in the early 20th century called for a new type of steam locomotive. The 4-6-2 (or Pacific class as it came to be known) answered that call in 1901. It went on to become the predominant express passenger engine for over 40 years. Bachmann's new DCC sound-equipped 4-6-2 includes our Sound Value SoundTraxx® steam package with authentic prototypical chuff, short and long whistles, bell, air pump, steam release, and blower—all in 16-bit polyphonic sound.
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Ella, who will be 3 at the end of May, is officially potty trained. We have been off and on working on potty training for the past 2 months, but it wasn't until the last 2 weeks that we have seen progress. She is now at the point where she will tell us that she has to go to the bathroom, she stays dry all day and all night, and it seems like she is finally getting it. My goal was to have her potty trained by the time the baby was born, so I am thrilled (and knocking on wood at the same time!).
For the past 2 months, every time Ella will go on the potty, whoever is home will rush into the room and start saying "Yay!!!" and clapping. Everyone, even without telling them to, has been making a big deal out of her success and telling her how proud we are of her. Finally, on Saturday, she went on the potty and the whole family went in and clapped and caused a big commotion. With an annoyed look on her face, Ella held both of her hands up and said "Stop with the clappin'…stop with the clappin!" It was hilarious, like she was finally done with the over abundant amount of excitement and attention for doing something that she now knows how to do!
You know, I believe some things deserve a standing ovation, and in my opinion, being done with diapers is one of them! Another thing that deserves a standing ovation is blogiversary's. Nicole, who is one of my favorite bloggers, is the talent behind Art and Ailoi as well as Miss 'N Nick Designs. I absolutely love it when people who have an amazing creative talent take that talent and build a successful business out of it. Nicole, on top of being a loving wife and wonderful mother, has done just that. She creates beautiful stationary. Somehow Nicole also finds time to cook and maintain a wonderful food blog, which has just celebrated its 1st year. Congratulations, Nicole!
Nicole asked people to bring an appetizer or beverage for her blogiversary, but I decided to be different and make a cake. This Chocolate Covered Oreo Cookie Cake is so simple to make, so rich and delicious, and worthy of a standing ovation itself. If you want to use your Instant Pot for an Oreo dessert, give this Instant Pot Oreo Cheesecake a try!
Chocolate Covered Oreo Cookie Cake
- 1 18 ounce package devil's food cake mix
- 1/4 cup oil
- 2 eggs
- 4 baker's semi-sweet chocolate baking squares
- 1/4 cup butter cut up
- 1 8 ounce package Philadelphia Cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 cups thawed Cool Whip Topping
- 12 Oreo cookies coarsely crushed
- PREHEAT oven to 350°F Prepare and bake cake mix in two (9-inch) round cake pans as directed on package. Cool in pans 5 minute Invert onto wire racks; remove pans. Cool layers completely.
- PLACE chocolate and butter in small microwaveable bowl. Microwave on HIGH 2 minute or until butter is melted. Stir until chocolate is completely melted. Cool 5 minute
- BEAT cream cheese and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add the whipped topping and cookie crumbs; mix lightly. Place 1 of the cake layers, top-side down, on serving plate; spread with the cream cheese mixture. Cover with the remaining cake layer, top-side up. Spoon glaze over top of cake. Let stand until set. Store in refrigerator.


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Sept. 26 --
THURSDAY, Sept. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Women who take certain antidepressants during the first three months of pregnancy may have a slightly increased risk of giving birth to babies with heart defects.
Septal heart defects -- malformations in the wall separating the right side of the heart from the left -- were more common among women taking antidepressants in the first trimester, Danish researchers found. Some of these heart defects resolve on their own, while others require surgery.
The risks were seen in sertraline (trade names Zoloft and Lustral) and in citalopram (Celexa), both of which belong to the class of medications known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs).
Women who took more than one SSRI early in their pregnancy had a fourfold higher risk of having babies with this problem, said the authors of a study appearing online Sept. 24 in BMJ.
Still, the authors said the absolute risk is relatively low: 246 women would have to take such medication in order to see one septal heart defect. And 62 mothers would have to take more than one SSRI to see a problem in one child.
"A potential association with malformations must be considered in the choice of treatment of depression during pregnancy," said Dr. Lars Henning Pedersen, lead author and a research assistant in the department of epidemiology at Aarhus University in Denmark. However, "if our data is correct, the absolute risk is low, which must be balanced against the potential substantial risk of under- or untreated depression during pregnancy."
Other experts agree. "Early exposure can slightly increase the risk of heart defects, but the overall risk is still very, very small," added Dr. Jennifer Wu, an obstetrician and gynecologist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.
And discontinuing antidepressants also carries risks.
"The concern with pregnant women with depression, if you take them off their medication, they can have a relapse into severe depression and this could lead to self-destructive behaviors," Wu said.
Previous studies have found that pregnant women who stopped taking their antidepressant medications were five times more likely to relapse than women who continued with the medication.
In the United States, 13 percent of women have taken an antidepressant while pregnant, according to an accompanying editorial.
Recent research has indicated a higher risk of various defects, including heart defects, among pregnant women taking antidepressants, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) have issued warnings about possible birth defects associated with the use of the SSRI Paxil (paroxetine) by moms-to-be.
But existing studies have yielded conflicting results about dangers associated with specific drugs.
These researchers looked at almost 500,000 children born in Denmark between 1996 and 2003, a time when the number of pregnant women taking antidepressants quadrupled.
Although no overall association was found in this study between mothers taking SSRIs during the first trimester and birth defects in general, there was a doubling in the risk for septal heart defects for women using Zoloft and Celexa, but not Prozac (fluoxetine) or Paxil.
Pedersen recommended more and larger studies to explore the matter.
In August, the American Psychiatric Association in collaboration with ACOG recommended that women with major depression who are pregnant or planning to get pregnant can start or continue with antidepressant drugs, while women who choose to stop taking the drugs should consider psychotherapy.
"Ideally, you'd want to work closely with a psychiatrist and ob/gyn when planning a pregnancy," Wu said. "When you are suddenly pregnant, there's a lot of anxiety involved and other hormones, so it's probably not a good time at that point to try to go off medications, and it certainly should be supervised."
Patients who are relatively stable, on the other hand, could consider going off their medications for the first trimester, knowing that it will take four-to-six weeks for the drug effect to wear off and also knowing that the medications would be resumed at the first sign of a relapse, Wu said.
More information
The National Women's Health Information Center has more on using antidepressants during pregnancy.
SOURCE: Lars Henning Pedersen, M.D., Ph.D., research assistant, department of epidemiology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, and visiting scholar, University of California Los Angeles School of Public Health,Department of Epidemiology; Jennifer Wu, M.D., obstetrician and gynecologist, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City; Sept. 24, 2009, BMJ, online


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Overview of program:
The certificate program in Commercial Driving teaches and prepares students to obtain a Commercial Drivers' License (CDL) and employment as a truck driver and/or commercial driver.
Career information and outlook:
Truck drivers with a CDL can drive a tractor-trailer combination or a truck with a capacity of more than 3 tons. They perform maintenance checks on their vehicles, follow safety procedures for hazardous materials, and operate equipment such as CB radios.
Most of the freight in the United States is carried by trucks and as the economy grows so will the demand for goods. This is one of the reasons employment of truck drivers is expected to grow by 11 percent from 2012 to 2022.*
Topics Covered
- Driving safety
- Transporting cargo
- Transporting passengers
- Combination vehicles
- Tank vehicles
- Hazardous materials
What do students graduate with?
- High School Diploma from Career Online High School
- Career certificate in Commercial Driving from Career Online High School
*Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2014-15 Edition, Heavy and Tractor-trailer Truck Drivers, on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/ooh/transportation-and-material-moving/heavy-and-tractor-trailer-truck-drivers.htm (visited October 17, 2015).


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The ground cover twinflower would be a nice addition to just about any Northwest garden.
It's native to this area, forms a gentle, low-growing mat in the landscape and produces cute, bell-shaped flowers.
Just try finding it in the average nursery.
It's tough to find many native plants at big-box nurseries partly because many don't perform well in containers, said Shirley Doolittle-Egerdahl, owner of a small, native plant nursery in Woodinville called Tadpole Haven Native Plants.
That doesn't mean natives won't perform well in the garden. Quite the contrary. This is, after all, their home turf. Once established in the landscape, they require less water and offer better resistance to pests and diseases.
Take our native Pacific dogwood. The tree is a graceful lady in the garden, with beautiful delicate white flowers and oval leaves. But that same lady becomes a fussy princess when confined to a black plastic nursery container.
Doolittle-Egerdahl, a native plant enthusiast, would like to see more people replace "cookie-cutter" landscapes with plants native to the area. Homeowners can add native plants in the same way they would any plant from a nursery, she said.
Natives can be planted and cared for in a more cultivated way or they can be arranged for a more natural, forestlike look in the landscape.
She offers more than a hundred types of native plants at her nursery, including ground covers, shrubs, trees and perennials.
If you've ever struggled to grow something under the dry shade of a tree, here's your solution: salal, sword fern and Oregon grape.
When planting, adhere to the standard adage "right plant, right place," she said.
Think, too, about how large a plant grows and how fast. One of her favorite trees is the western white pine, which can reach more than 100 feet tall. The kind she sells is 90 percent resistant to white pine blister rust, which has devastated white pines.
She suggested thinking about planting in layers: a tree, an under-story of shrubs and trees, and ground covers. She likes to use a layer of woodchips on her beds, which holds in moisture, suppresses weeds and enriches the soil as they break down.
A strong sense of environmental responsibility guides Doolittle-Egerdahl. She's distressed by the march of development across the area.
The nursery is located on land her great-great-great grandfather homesteaded in the 1880s and farmed. She's been tied to the land since her childhood. Some of the plants she sells are from cuttings, seeds and starts from the property.
"I feel strongly the environment is overbuilt," she said. "People take up more space than they need to, and they destroy a lot. I've seen many changes in my lifetime."
For her, growing and planting native plants is a way to mitigate some of that change. They provide habitat for birds and animals. Native plants also are particularly good for the environment because they need less fertilizer and no pesticides, thereby improving water quality by keeping those chemicals from flowing into area waterways.
"Everybody is upstream from some body of water," she said.
Options to consider
Evergreen huckleberry:
Evergreen huckleberry:A stellar plant with urn-shaped flowers, perennial leaves and black-purple berries.
Salal: An evergreen shrub with edible berries and leathery, dark green leaves.
Pacific dogwood: This tree offers gorgeous white flowers in the spring and can grow up to 50 feet tall.
Red flowering currant: a popular garden shrub grown for its showy pink flowers; it needs well-drained soil.
Deer fern: a forest fern with lance-shaped fronds that resemble ladders; it grows best in shade.
Oregon grape: An evergreen shrub with leathery leaves that resemble holly; produce clusters of grapelike berries.
Twinflower: A ground cover that is not aggressive; forms a mat and produces cute, bell-shaped flowers.
Western white pine: a tall, stately tree that can grow to heights 100 feet plus.
Vine maple: Considered one of the best native trees for the home landscape; amazing fall leaf color and twisting, spreading limbs.
Cascara: The tree is best known for its barks medicinal abilities to relieve constipation; in the landscape, offers intense yellow fall foliage; grows well in sun or shade but prefers moist areas.
Indian plum: a shrub with dangling white blooms that appear before leaves emerge. Its flowers are the first thing blooming in the forest in the spring.
Camas: an important food service for native people, this bulb produces a stalk topped with bluish starry flowers.
• Tadpole Haven Native Plants in Woodinville is open on select days, including March 23, and by appointment. For more info, go online to tadpolehaven.com or call 425-788-6100. Sign up for an email list at email@example.com and receive information about upcoming nursery events.
• Washington Native Plant Society offers a wealth of information on the state's 3,000 native plant species. Check the plant society's website beginning April 1 for information about native plant talks, hikes and other activities. www.wnps.org.
• "Landscaping With Native Plants in the Inland Northwest," by Tonie Jean Fitzgerald, Washington State University Cooperative Extension. WSU-CE order number MISC 0267.
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text: The Herfurth Group was established in 1899 and is still a 100% family owned company. The Group grew organically by re-investing the profits in acquisitions, developing new activities and partnerships. Herfurth directly employs a staff of around 380 people, located mainly in Belgium, the Netherlands and Turkey. Besides the own offices, Herfurth has agents all over the world and is able to offer the same personal, tailor made and dedicated service where ever you need it.


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Artisanal Manliness For Fun and Profit
[There was a video here]
Do you have a Y-chromosome and also a keenly refined rustic aesthetic? Are you eager to go camping but hesitant to put yourself in a position where you could ever be out-of-doors? Do you have $40 to blow on a hand-stitched "masculine, yet understated" leather keychain?
Sounds like you're in the market for a fastidiously planned adventure.
The Wilderness Collective is a company that specializes in curating artisanal manliness by coordinating expeditions that invite robust young gentlebros "to find out what [they] are made of; to be measured by the wilderness." For $2,500 ($3,500 with bike rental), you can "reclaim masculinity through adventure." Included in the cost is a videographer on-hand to record the masculine rebirth for sick Facebook videos.
One such adventure was a recent expedition to California. We've assembled a quick highlight reel above, but it is highly recommended that you experience the full seven minutes for yourself.
Watch the video! Can you spot...
...the man wearing a giant turquoise ring?
...the French press?
...the cheese knife?
...the pears?
...the G and T's? *clink*
...the man blowtorching meat over an open fire?
...the blood bros for life?
"It's almost as if the wild was designed as a proving ground for men," the narrator begins, letting you know right away that what is about to happen is terrible.
It's almost as if nature were an extremely realistic CGI Mario-world for humans. Almost as if Earth were an elaborate obstacle course constructed in the backyard by mankind's coolest babysitter, God.
The men lock up their cellphones for an entire three-day weekend so that they can "be present"; they unload cars and set up a campsite even though no one specifically told them to do that.
Each guy wasn't told what to do but they found a job; they found a place where they could lead, a place where they could be responsible. It was almost called out of them by the situation we were in; we had to set up a camp.
And once camp is broken, out come the "craft cocktails and artisan food."
We were dead tired but our headlights guided the way through these twists and turns all the way through to this second camp. and when we showed up the craft cocktails and the Artisan food and there were such welcome friends under this endless starry sky.
As his wildebros assemble their craft cocktails, the narrator issues a gibberish call to arms against "eroding masculinity," which is under assault from those who depict men as "weak, and blundering, and misguided and shallow." Out here in the bosom of wild nature, he says, they can be "ever more intentional to carve out time for camaraderie, for adventure and introspection."
In the foreground, his ur-men are shown preparing grilled artichokes, tucking into a bowl brimming with store-bought strawberries, and carefully slicing into a wedge of cheese WITH A FANCY CHEESE KNIFE.
The video's dramatic conclusion finds our lonely heroes savoring the beauty of nature as they roar down a paved road, through a man-made tunnel, while beeping their motorcycle horns at passing automobiles. Emerging on the tunnel's other side (INTO A PARKING LOT), they hop off their bikes, smoke victory cigars ("the cigars were broke out"), and realize that "have quickly become a band of brothers."
This is a group of outdoorsmen who put the "Wilde" in wilderness. Who crave the danger of Eagle Scout camping, but lack the survival skills. Who bring a French press on a three-day camping trip.
At one crucial junction, the moto-caravan pulls over just so that its members can throw axes at wood.
Almost as if the wood was designed for axes to be thrown at it.


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Superchips Ford Mustang Install - How To: Tune Your Mustang With A Computer Chip
Superchips Has The Answer To Your Mustang's Performance And Driveability Concerns
We're deep into the computer age, and for the most part, we're better off for it. As I write this, computer magazines are touting 1-GHz CPUs, car stereos can now check your e-mail, and you can buy and sell stocks via your pager. These are just some of the conveniences that today's computer technology have awarded us. We've come quite the distance when you realize that your typical handheld electronic Rolodex has more processing power and memory than the earliest desktop computers.
The computer age has affected our Mustangs in the same manner. Early fuel injection systems were unforgiving and ill-adapted for performance use. Ford was able to make the components smaller, work faster, and cost less. This allowed more advanced processing systems into the Mustang, so the early EEC IV (even in the later years with MAF) was replaced with the more advanced EEC V in '94 V-6 applications, and then in '96 modular V-8 Mustangs. The EEC V computer has more processing power and a broader range of adaptability for performance use.
But no matter what system you have (EEC IV or EEC V), you can still easily surpass the performance window these computers have. When you do, the result is poor driveability, increased emissions, greater fuel consumption, and more. To fix these concerns would require reprogramming the powertrain control module. Unlike the EEC V, the EEC IV PCM is not flash-upgradeable. Unfortunately, only Ford's own SBDS, SBTS, or other device can download the PCM upgrade and flash your PCM at the dealer, and that's only if Ford requires a change (as in a TSB or recall). So what do you do? Your choices are slim. You can invest a large sum of money in a stand-alone engine management system, a laptop computer (if you don't have one now), and spend hours trying to figure out how to tune your combination without hopefully grenading the entire thing on your first full-throttle run. Your second choice would be to have a custom computer chip burned for your specific application to get rid of all your problems and even slightly enhance your performance.
We opted for the latter so we could enjoy the reliability our stock EEC V system offers and, of course, the price differential. We're lucky enough to have the Superchips headquarters only about 90 minutes from us. The company can direct you to its nearest dealer in your area, who will directly tune and burn a chip for you. Mail-order direct applications are also available via an owner-supplied spec sheet. Read on as we get rid of the spark knock, add some fuel, and keep our engine cooler in our Vortech-supercharged V-6 Mustang project car
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Spring is Fireball Season
March 31, 2011: What are the signs of spring? They are as familiar as a blooming Daffodil, a songbird at dawn, a surprising shaft of warmth from the afternoon sun.
And, oh yes, don't forget the meteors.
"Spring is fireball season," says Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Center. "For reasons we don't fully understand, the rate of bright meteors climbs during the weeks around the vernal equinox."
In other seasons, a person willing to watch the sky from dusk to dawn could expect to see around 10 random or "sporadic" fireballs. A fireball is a meteor brighter than the planet Venus. Earth is bombarded by them as our planet plows through the jetsam and flotsam of space--i.e., fragments of broken asteroids and decaying comets that litter the inner solar system.
In spring, fireballs are more abundant. Their nightly rate mysteriously climbs 10% to 30%.
"We've known about this phenomenon for more than 30 years," says Cooke. "It's not only fireballs that are affected. Meteorite falls--space rocks that actually hit the ground--are more common in spring as well1."
Researchers who study Earth's meteoroid environment have never come up with a satisfactory explanation for the extra fireballs. In fact, the more they think about it, the stranger it gets.
Consider the following:
There is a point in the heavens called the "apex of Earth's way." It is, simply, the direction our planet is traveling. As Earth circles the sun, the apex circles the heavens, completing one trip through the Zodiac every year.
The apex is significant because it is where sporadic meteors are supposed to come from. If Earth were a car, the apex would be the front windshield. When a car drives down a country road, insects accumulate on the glass up front. Ditto for meteoroids swept up by Earth.
Every autumn, the apex climbs to its highest point in the night sky. At that time, sporadic meteors of ordinary brightness are seen in abundance, sometimes dozens per night.
Read that again: Every autumn.
"Autumn is the season for sporadic meteors," says Cooke. "So why are the sporadic fireballs peaking in spring? That is the mystery."
Meteoroid expert Peter Brown of the University of Western Ontario notes that "some researchers think there might be an intrinsic variation in the meteoroid population along Earth's orbit, with a peak in big fireball-producing debris around spring and early summer. We probably won't know the answer until we learn more about their orbits2."
To solve this and other puzzles, Cooke is setting up a network of smart meteor cameras around the country to photograph fireballs and triangulate their orbits. As explained in the Science@NASA story What's Hitting Earth?, he's looking for places to put his cameras; educators are encouraged to get involved. Networked observations of spring fireballs could ultimately reveal their origin.
"It might take a few years to collect enough data," he cautions.
Until then, it's a beautiful mystery. Go out and enjoy the night sky. It is spring, after all.
See the ScienceCast of this story on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssMdlTbvHJk
Author: Dr. Tony Phillips | Credit: Science@NASA
|More Information
NASA's All-Sky Fireball Network -- check this website to view last night's fireballs
(1) A Study on the Relative Rates of Meteorite Falls on Earth's Surface -- by Ian Halliday and Arthur A. Griffin, Meteoritics, Vol. 17, No. 1, March 31, 1982
(2) Peter Brown notes that the antapex of Earth's way is highest in spring. The antapex is the opposite of the apex. It is the direction Earth is heading away from. Could the sporadic fireballs be coming from the antapex? "There's no evidence for an antapex source of fireballs. Precise details are still unclear, however, in part due to lack of fireball data from different latitudes."


text: Wave at the world's deepest hot tub, the AquaCiser. Wave quickly, because that guy looks like he is going down with his monoreme. The manufacturer, Ferno Performance Pools, claims that you can do triathlon training without even leaving the comfort of your own home—if cycling round the utility room is your bag, that is. Never mind the rowlocks, there's also a reversible treadmill on the bottom of the tub, which is 53 inches deep. With 57 jets, five pumps and throttle control valves, the AquaCiser comes in at a cool $17,000. [Ferno Performance Pools via Book of Joe]


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Visitors to Engel Machinery Inc. at NPE2012 (Booth 943), can sit in the driver's seat of the future, where you can activate control functions by lightly touching the car's center console. Functional elements are below a completely enclosed surface — smartphone-style controls instead of buttons and switches.
How does this fit into injection molding?
At the Orlando trade show, an Engel duo 350 injection press will mold the console using the Clearmelt process, which will integrate a capacitive foil using in-mold labeling. Magna Exterior & Interior Systems in Munich is supporting the processing side of the exhibit.
Using spin-stack technology, the black center console top is made of an ABS/polycarbonate blend is molded, while the pre-molded part made in the previous cycle gets overmolded with polyurethane in the second half of the mold.
The capacitive foil is inserted into the mold before the first component gets ejected.
Engel Viper 20 and Viper 40 linear robots handle the automation.
Engel also is offering a free seminar on its Dolphin and Clearmelt technologies during NPE on April 4.
Engel Machinery is based in York, Pa.
Tel. 717-764-6818, fax 717-764-0314, email [email protected].