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Lindsee tagged me for Seven Random Things and, true to form, I've waited way too long to holla back (am I too old to pull off Gwen?) at one of the most darlin' little college girls I've never met. (Never met yet I should add...San Antonio had better watch out!) So here's to you, Lindsee! May your hair retain that glossy lustre and your shoe collection increase one hundred fold.
(It was meant for me to do this today. I JUST got an email with the same tag from Robyn at 3 Girls Mom. So here's for you, too, my Alabama friend! :)
Here's my current list of randomness in, you guessed it, no particular order....
1. I was a rockstar for a day!
Apparently Boomama and I had the same idea about hosting a Garden/Spring Tour thing. When I found out she'd thought about doing one too I had a flash back from high school when the new girl dared encroach on the territory of the homecoming queen. Let's just face it, her blog can squish my blog like an insignificant little bug and I totally would have yielded. But, because she is Southern thru and thru, (and I'm suspecting the Jesus lovin' factored in as well) she graciously gave the party to me and even linked it so her gajillion readers would find it - the bloggy equivalent of delivering a freshly baked pound cake (or 1000 cakes as it were) with fresh berries.
I am certain it comes as no surprise for me to tell you that Sophie is no Mean Girl. Thanks again for being such a doll.
And, lest I forget to tell you, my stat counter called.
"Single digits, please? *cough* *wheeze* Can we return to the single digits?"
Oh poor, tired baby. You can rest soon.
2. My computer is even more awesome than I knew.
Y'all know that hubby surprised me with a new laptop for Christmas. Again, no real shocker that I haven't read the instruction book. I've just been using the basic functions because, hey, I'm a simple country girl.
I just figured out LAST NIGHT this fabulous piece of machinery has a slot for my camera card! No cords! Give Him Praise! I can put the camera card STRAIGHT INTO THE COMPUTER! And the pictures? They upload AUTOMATICALLY! Did y'all know this? And if you did, why in heavens name didn't you tell me? Is there anything else a computer manufactured since 1980 does that I should know about?
3. I am so sick of being cold.
This has been the year of Bone Chillin'. I don't know if it's my age or what, but I absolutely can not get warm. Today I went to McDonalds to write while The Girl was in Pre-K. (The Library was hosting Family Week for the town. Considering this is the loudest library in the history of Dewey Decimal, it's no surprise to me they would host a throw down in what is supposed to be a quiet place of study and contemplation.) Anyway, I promise the manager had the thermostat set on McArcticBlast. I typed for a solid hour and finally decided I could stand it no more when my fingers literally turned blue. I'm not exaggerating. I would never in a bazillion years exaggerate. But, even though I'd paid 2 dollars and 95 stinkin' cents to get online, I had to load up and take the whole operation to the Suburban so I could warm up. But, I did not leave! Oh no, I wasn't letting that precious internet time go to waste. So, I worked away in the
confines comfort of my truck. Pathetic, huh?
(Y'all are going to love that Chapter. I'm certain it will be, considering the environment and the spiritual state I was in, the most riveting of them all.)
4. My new shoes hurt like the devil.
But I don't care. They are adorable.
5. My hair is currently the color of a fire engine engulfed in flames.
Not really. But it was.
Before our women's retreat I wanted to get my hair done. I had this bright idea that I could have the same color as Eva Longoria. My hair is naturally dark and this time instead of light brown highlights, I opted for Eva's auburn loveliness. See there? Those tinges of auburn?
I got Auburn War Eagle auburn. Also known as orange. (You would have liked it, Vicki)
My hair? It was on fi-yah.
Now, let me be clear it wasn't my hairdresser's fault. I got what I asked for. The problem was that I had blonde highlights so the auburn tint wasn't brown enough to make up for the leftovers of lightness. Holy cow. That made no sense whatsoever. Is anyone getting this?
So anyway, you know who your real friends are when one of them drags you to the drug store hair color section and buys a box of color for you. Let's just say it's toned down tremendously, and both my friend and I are now happy. Er. Happier.
However, and unfortunately, no amount of hair color will ever make me look like Eva Longoria.
6. Alabama birds have excellent aim.
Luke came in today and said, "What in the world did you do to make the birds mad?" Amazingly, there is no poop on the rest of my car. Just the rear view mirrors on each side. I'm thinking there must have been some sort of birdy smack down going on. You know, a Team Aniston vs. Team Jolie type thing. Team Passenger won as evidenced by their coating of both sides of the mirror. Team Driver? Maybe next time.
And hopefully next time it is Luke's truck instead of mine.
7. I loaded those bird poop photos straight into the computer. With NO CABLES. (See #2)
Did I mention I'm loving the camera card drive?
Don't ever say I can't give you some random, girls. I'm supposed to tag someone, but because I'm a rebel and I never know who likes these things, I'll just ask you to tag yourself if this looks like fun to you.
Have a great Tuesday!
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In this guest post, Jessica Pardoe shares how she found her way into digital from Business & Public Relations university course, and her short but enlightening career path.
Did I ever consider a career in digital?
Well, digital was something I'd never really considered as an industry to work in until a few years ago. I associated it with the word 'digital marketing' with creating websites or something. A skill I knew very little about. It was only when I started seeking out internships in my second year of studying that I discovered just how many branches there actually were to the metaphorical digital marketing tree.
So how did I end up there?
I came across my now-employer Tecmark when seeking out work experience. They were an established digital marketing agency based in Manchester, and they offered me the opportunity to work for them one day a week to learn digital PR. I'd never done anything to do with 'digital PR' before, but with such a good opportunity at my fingertips, it was really hard to say no. I'd done internships in traditional agencies, which were really interesting, but I always felt as if there was something missing. I hated how you couldn't share coverage you'd achieved in a glossy magazine, for example. And at the same time as this, I was prepping for my dissertation which explored how to measure ROI for PR campaigns and was finding that in traditional PR, it was getting increasingly hard to prove value.
So I quickly became submerged in digital.
I soon learned just how fast things get turned around in the online media. And since then, I was hooked. I love the fast-paced atmosphere of working in digital PR, a job that can get my heart rate racing while simply sitting at a desk is the right job for me. I started off learning content marketing and the very basics of SEO, I then progressed to learning digital PR and in no time at all – I was selling stories to the press. I was still early-on in my career when I got my first piece of online coverage, it was in the Daily Mail and I don't think I'll ever forget it. The butterflies I felt then are the same butterflies I feel now, and that's why I think I'm set in a career for digital for life. There's nothing better than Googling one of your clients names and seeing the stories you crafted appear in top publications.
I've been working full-time as a Digital PR Executive for just over one year now, I was an intern for one full year before that. So in total, that's just over two years in digital. And since walking in on my first day, I've learned content marketing, SEO, digital PR, link building, and so much more. I've gone from going home after my work and Googling our clients to learn more about them, to managing those accounts. I give thanks to my progression in my career not only in my own personal ambition to do well and to grow, but also to the industry of digital marketing and PR for being so forward thinking, and for creating a habitable environment for the people who work within it to keep on achieving and getting better.
And now, I'm set for life…
I never thought digital PR is a career I'd pursue, I was always set on Events Management. However, now I'm here I think I'm rooted. To any graduates who may be reading this, digital PR may not be your first choice. You may have your sights set on those big London-lifestyle PR executive jobs where you spend your days going to events and Instagramming, which is fine. But it's also worth considering a career that allows you to progress and climb the ranks at rocket speed. One that's so fast-paced that you might issue a comment, and see it live in publications such as the Metro, HuffPost, the Sun, Daily Mail etc. within 20 minutes. And ultimately, one that's going to be around for a very long time.
This is a guest post from Jessica Pardoe — a Digital PR & Outreach Executive at Tecmark. After graduating from university (LJMU) in 2018 with a 1.1 degree in Business & PR, she's been working in digital PR and marketing ever since. You can connect with her on LinkedIn here. She can be found tweeting @jessicapardoePR.

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The Crumb Snatchers are really into Charlie Brown and Peanuts these days. When they saw A Charlie Brown Christmas...the world as we know it stopped to pay absolute homage for those blessed few minutes! They love reciting Linus' true meaning of Christmas speech and they love the Charlie Brown tree. Since we are so far behind the real calendar we thought it might be a good idea if we let them decorate a CB tree of their own so we did not have to drag out all the Christmas paraphernalia. Well, it was not a good idea...it was an outstanding, fantastic, "who was the brilliant person who thought up that?!" kind of idea! Watching them contemplate, heavily weigh, discuss, and analyze the selection of the actual tree and adornments then commence the decoration was like watching Benedict perform High Mass at the Vatican...it was that holy, serious and unforgettable. We may do this every year from now on. Forgive my pictures please. An elf who lives in Connecticut said I am receiving a super new camera in a couple days time...Woo Hoo! There will be no telling what will show up on this blog after that!
I so wish I was an award winning photographer. This tree truly looks, tilts, and sags just like the real Chuck Tree.
This star picture is actually pretty, but trust me, it is as tacky as they come. How do you like those cheap little red bows and sequin garland? Yep. I said sequin.
#1 had to have this one footed nutcracker "Cause I was one...am one, want to be a real one...". That my friends is another story altogether. I'll post it sometime soon. A little teaser would be this statement. Our son, who has been Superman for the past four years on Halloween decided to change his costume this year. It just happened to be the day after the Big Shooter and I were having the "are you sure he will have enough testosterone to get him successfully through puberty" question/discussion because of the whole testicle amputation thing at his birth. #1 chose that particular moment to adamantly inform me he was going to be the Nutcracker Prince for Halloween... I thought his dad was going to pass out on the spot. But the pictures I have for scrapbooking are adorable.
Someone familiar with Peanuts please answer this dilemma once and for all in our household please. On CS is completely convinced this decorated ornament is exactly like one on Chuck's tree. If any one has the answer/verification to this very pressing question, peace may reign again in our home. Thank you from the Head Supervisor of Homeland Security.
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1850 – 1860 – a minority of North Carolinians wished to secede from the United States of America and create a new government [Kemp Plummer Battle, 1916]. Battle, a 1861 NC Secessionist Convention county delegate from Wake County, classifies these people as "Original Secessionists." People who agreed with the grievances committed by the "majority of Northern states" in their actions to eradicate slavery (as Battle says "deprive citizens of the slave-holding states of the right to carry their property into the common territory") but who believed that a state did not have a legal right to secede from the Union plus held that war would destroy slavery and inflict mass suffering on the region were called Union men. Even these men did not believe that the Union possessed the Constitutional right to military might to bring a seceding state back into the fold. Most of them, according to Battle, supported the use of military means, as necessary, by withdrawing states to prevent the Union from bringing them back into it.
Obviously, all of these delegates vastly underestimated the willingness of The United States of America to go to war and prevent the country's dismemberment as well as the vastly superior resources of the Union to fight an extended war over those of the Confederacy.


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Orthognatik or jaw surgery improve the patient's face shape, function in the chewing and prevent damage to the jaw joint function. It helps improve the arrangement of the teeth and jaws of someone who has the disorder of the size of the jaw or jaw in a position that is not true. Because all procedures are performed in the inside of the mouth, the patient does not have to worry about a scar which may be incurred and will look on your face
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This requires the same skills as your question about selecting random items from a list. I'm sure there are many ways to do this, but here's one suggestion:Setup:1) Create a list2) Add each of the letter actors to the listTo shuffle:[Repeat] loop for number of items in the list Select random item (actor) from list Move actor to first position Delete the actor from the list, so it can't be chosen again[end of loop]Tip:To place the actors, inside the loop, move each actor to (e.g.) X = 100 + (item number * 40). Make the Y a fixed number such as 300.This will move the first actor to 100, 300 the second actor to 140, 300, the third to 180, 300 - etc.Before you start, break the problem down into steps. For example. Work out how to add actors to a list. Then work out how to create a repeat that will loop for each item in the list.
What Innes described is shuffling the letters.
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The Bible is a strange book sometimes. Sometimes the world in which the Bible stories with which we're so familiar take place—sometimes that world seems so different that it's hard to relate to those people, and it's hard to relate to the message.
And then again there are times when I'll read one of those stories and I'll be so struck by the similarities, and I'll say to myself, human nature hasn't changed all that much in 3500 years. And that's what really struck me in this week's story about Moses and the two prophets with the very curious names of Eldad and Medad.
I swear, if I had twins, I'd name them Eldad and Medad. They're really nice names, actually. Eldad means God has loved, and Medad means Beloved. In the Old Testament, the names of people and places usually mean something that's important, and these names are all about love, God's love.
So in this story, God has brought the people of Israel out of slavery in Egypt, and in the wilderness has provided them with water and plenty of food in the form of manna, and now they're complaining that it isn't enough for them. Basically, they're complaining about change.
Oh, things were so much better before we left Egypt. They were so much better when we were settled, before everything changed. Things were so much better back when we were slaves? That's really what they're saying. What an insult to the God who has delivered them out of slavery!
And never have I heard such a sad lament for garden produce: Oh, for those cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic!
So poor Moses turns to God to lament the burden of serving these ungrateful people. "I am not able to carry all this people alone," he says, "for they are too heavy for me!" Why have you made them my problem, dear God? They're too much for me! You do something with them!
And don't think that I haven't been at clergy meetings where the sad cries of my colleagues in ministry sounded a little bit like that.
But once again in this story, God hears the cries of the people. But be careful what you ask for, because they're going to get their meat—not just for a day or two, they're going to get meat "for a whole month," God says, " 'until it comes out at your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you, because you have rejected the Lord who is among you and have wept before him, saying, 'Why did we come out of Egypt?' "
The people will get their meat, and Moses will get the help he needs. God will give him other people to share the burden of his ministry. Seventy of them. Actually, seventy-two of them.
So Moses does what God tells him. He brings seventy leaders to the tent of meeting, where God takes some of the spirit that was on Moses and puts it on the seventy. And they prophesy.
So what exactly does it mean to prophesy in the Old Testament? It wasn't just about predicting the future, about being some sort of fortune-teller.
It was much more serious and much more important than that. When God's spirit fell on them, they spoke for God, they used the words that God gave them. They delivered God's message to the people, which was something that didn't always make them popular.
So the seventy in the tent of meeting became prophets, at least for the moment, to help Moses in the work of leading God's people.
And meanwhile, back in the camp … the spirit fell on Eldad and Medad, too. And those men who were named God has lovedand Belovedbegan to prophesy right then and there, and the leadership—at least at the middle management level—wasn't actually not too happy about it.
Joshua was Moses' assistant, he was the man who became Israel's leader after Moses died, and he didn't like this unauthorized prophesying at all. He begged Moses to shut these these guys up, but Moses didn't.
"Would that all the Lord's people were prophets,"he said.
"Would that all the Lord's people were prophets!"Would that they would all be more willing to help with the work of leading the community. I guess that's an age-old issue, and certainly it continues here. Would that they would all be willing to help with coffee hour!
So some people weren't happy to hear the voice of those prophets Eldad and Medad, who weren't in the tent of meeting—and they weren't in the official leadership group–but they had been blessed by God anyway to speak. They were speaking the truth.
And that's still true in our world today: the people who run things aren't always happy to hear from prophets who speak God's truth from the margins. So we have those voices in our own society, voices some people don't want to hear. Voices that often are ignored or silenced as they call for justice.
I want to say something today about the voices of the #metoo movement, and how it has affected people, maybe some in our own community. And I want to say this really in a pastoral context, in a context of caring and compassion.
I think the public conversation these last days and weeks has been very difficult for a lot of women because of the memories that it's raised for them, for them as individuals. For a lot of people, it's become a reminder of a time when they spoke and weren't heard, or when they didn't speak exactly because they didn't expect to be heard.
And over the past week especially, I've witnessed that this has been very disturbing for some people. For a lot of people, actually. It's brought back old memories, and amplified old hurts. And they're reliving things that they wanted to put behind them. I lot of people have said things—people I know—have said things that make me see that happening. And I don't want that upset to go unnoticed.
Some of us remember being touched when we didn't want to be touched, and some of us remember things much worse than that.
And I acknowledge that there are men in this category, too, although I think probably more women.
And I think this conversation that's been happening has been helpful in bringing this issue to light, and I really hope that things will be different, I hope things aredifferent for the generation of today. I hope that the courage of people being willing to speak out will lead to change, so that young people don't find themselves in that same situation of feeling that they must endure these things and can't speak.
But what I really want to say is, very directly, if you've been disturbed by this public conversation, and if you want to talk about it, anybody, I'm willing to listen. I will believe you. And if you don't want to talk about it but feel the need for healing, then I would invite you to consider coming to our Wednesday service of Holy Eucharist and healing prayer, where you don't have to say anything about why you're there, but it's an opportunity to experience healing, for those who need it.
Would that all of God's people were prophets.
Would that all of God's people would know that God's spirit is available to guide and strengthen them in the lonely and sometimes frightening business of truth-telling, whatever the subject might be.
Would that all of us would listen when the truth is being told, and lean on the Spirit to help us do what needs to be done.
Last week I quoted Steven Charleston at the end of my sermon, and it was a powerful quote about making the most of the present moment, making the most of the now.
So as I was finishing up writing this sermon, the same book was sitting there next to me, and I decided to see what would happen if I just picked it up again and opened it. And this is what I found:
I am never alone, for wherever I go the Spirit seems to follow me like a shadow, a quiet presence in all seasons, sharing in joy or sorrow, a wise counselor, a strong friend, a source of energy for the work that must be done. …We have the help of God every day. We have all the tools we need. No task is too great, no blessing beyond our reach, no love we cannot give.[1]
No truth we cannot speak. No hurt that won't be heard, and believed, and met with compassion, I pray. Amen.
[1]Arrows of Light, 89.


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Join us for a trip over mountains and on toward the sea as we explore hidden trails and all that the tourism mecca of Noosa has to offer.
Words: Adam Macbeth Photos: Tim Bardsley-Smith
For a lot of us in the southern states winter can suck a bit, right? Rolling over at 7am and dragging yourself out for a ride when the doona is SO nice and warm (and you know you have some bacon and hot coffee only half the house away) is often too much of a hurdle to overcome. And getting away isn't that easy either. Even if you could find a location with warmer climes and great riding, how are you ever going to get the time, especially if you also have kids? If only there existed somewhere that was worth the trip, just for the riding, but ticked all the family fun and childhood memory creation boxes at the same time.
Noosa is definitely worth some investigation. To be honest it had never been on my radar at all as somewhere to travel for a mountain biking holiday, but the amount and quality of trail riding is impressive and there are also loads of opportunities for less technical, more adventurous riding - most of which kicks off less than a 15 minute ride from the town centre. Throw this in the mix with pristine beaches, great accommodation and a chilled out family-friendly vibe and you're well on your way to selling this to the whole household.
Noosa is a piece of cake to get to by plane with our main domestic carriers flying regularly to the Sunshine Coast from capital cities and some bigger regional centres. We chose to fly in and out of Brisbane and stop off at some other trails on our way and you could definitely turn this into roadtrip with mates if you were less constrained by family obligations. If you wanted to take it to the next level you could drive there from most of the country's east coast and ride a tonne of stuff you may otherwise never visit - but you'd want to have a solid few days for travel each way up your sleeve.
Having never been to Noosa before I had a vision of backpackers everywhere and maybe a little bit of a drunken mayhem thrown in at night like some of the other places along this part of the coast. I was completely wrong. Noosa town itself has a super chilled out vibe, as you'd expect from a place where just about everyone is on holiday. And it's much more likely you'll be bumping into professional people making the most of some down time than recent high school leavers from the UK. The atmosphere is one of relaxation, sophistication, peace and - especially important if you're travelling with family - safety.
Geography wise Noosa is textbook holiday town material. We managed to get the drone out for a while, and from up high the images are postcard level gorgeous. Pristine white sand beaches where the water temperature hovers around 20 degrees and there's plenty of natural shade surrounding pretty much the entire precinct. Want to chill under a tree and read a book while the kids run around barefoot in super shallow, no shorebreak surf and know they're gonna be OK? Easy. But head inland just a little and the rivers, rainforests and dramatic, jutting Glass House mountains make for a wealth of outdoor exploring.
Like all holiday towns you have the full blown tourist strip and in Noosa it's Hastings Street at Noosa Heads which hugs Main Beach. There's bars, cafes and loads of shopping for those so inclined. Whether you want a great meal for the whole family or just to park up after a day on the bike, sip an ale and watch the extremely attractive world go by - then Hastings Street is the place.
Only a 10 minute drive from the centre of town, and not much more up the bike path, lie the Wooroi trails in Tewantin National Park. This network has gained a reputation as a must-ride in South East Queensland. Locals of all abilities and ages have helped make the government-funded project a success and even on a Monday morning there were a dozen cars parked at the trailhead when we arrived. Imogen Smith covered the trails extensively in AMB last year, but a lot of work has been done in the last 12 months and the trails have continued to evolve.
Spending the majority of my time riding in Sydney, the first thing that slapped me in the face at Wooroi was the flow. Oh, how I've missed this feeling. Pete Wilson of Trailworx has done as amazing job creating trails that will appeal to riders of all levels. At their core, however, is a huge amount of low-effort fun that will let the beginner have a great first experience, but also allow the experienced rider to hit things a little fresher, and a little harder, than they
may have otherwise.
A smooth, perfectly arcing berm leads seamlessly into a little kicker tabletop, then maybe another, and into another stunning corner and despite the relatively low elevation change the descents seem to go on forever as they traverse the natural lines of the terrain and require almost no effort to maintain speed. And that speed will not go to waste. There is more opportunity for 'wheels off the ground' fun at Wooroi than at any other trail I have ridden. You don't NEED to get airborne, everything is totally rollable, but the takeoffs are beautifully shaped, the transition to landing almost always smooth and predictable and even for a bit of a crap jumper like myself it's a confidence-inspiring place to have a crack. The climbing is similarly awesome as smooth, cambered trail snakes its way gradually back to the top of the ridge. Even those that hate climbing will be able to ride to the top of most of the trails at Tewantin while having a conversation with their mates.
Cleverly, the easiest trails are those closest to the carpark, making a casual afternoon jaunt a piece of cake. It also helps not scare off newer riders by making it a mission to get to stuff they can actually ride. Heading further out though is more than worth it, and can actually be linked back up with a very gradual, closed to cars, tarmac climb which is certain to put a huge smile on any gravity rider's face.
Everything is signposted and it would be pretty hard to get properly lost. The entrance to the carpark itself is not that well signposted, though, and there are no toilets, but it's just after a servo on the Cooroi Noosa Road and a quick Google will see you there without too much mucking around.
If a bit of exploring, and really experiencing an area from the seat of your bike, is more your thing then you will absolutely love the Noosa Trail Network. Linking together the towns of Pomona, Cooran, Cudgerie and Kin Kin the NTN was designed to give cyclists, walkers and horse riders an opportunity to truly get a feel for the area at a pace that suited them.
Made up of gravel road, forest double track, some technical 4WD track as well as mowed lanes through public land and some sneaky singletrack - linking it all together on your bike would give you about 140km of epic scenery, and a whole lot of delightful pain. It is broken down into eight recommended loops, though, the longest being 40 kilometres and there's plenty of opportunity to easily create a route that suits your ability and timeframe.
Views abound over farmland, out to the coast and then southwest into the mountains - and mixing all this beauty with some tough riding on new trails, where you're not sure what's around the next corner, is a great way to truly experience the Noosa area.
A big thanks to Noosa Tourism for hosting our crew, and to Isuzu Ute Australia for the loan of the D-MAX for the long weekend of driving and shuttling up north With a Yakima CrashPad it was the ideal vehicle to get bikes in and out of as we needed. I seriously cannot wait to go back to Noosa - and given that the trail is very well set up for camping on the route, make it a bikepacking adventure next time. "
I haven't been to places where such things actually come from, but the tacos at Bordertown Barbeque were absolutely nuts. As was the quintessenitally Queensland friendly service and Sierra Nevada beer on tap. That said, as you'd expect from a town that is all about enjoying your own piece of the good life, there is a lot of great food to be had in Noosa. Grab yourself some delicious fresh seafood and sit by the beach - there's loads of great spots for picnicing along Gympie Terrace and it's all linked up by quiet bike path. Maybe head to the Yacht and Rowing Club for a counter meal alongside locals or wander down to Hastings Street and browse some menus until something grabs you.
Again, the options are almost endless. From super basic motel accommodation to full celebrity-spec there is something for everyone and every budget. We had an awesome experience at the RACV Resort on the fringe of town. Plenty of room for bikes, and staff that were happy to accommodate them. And if you are travelling with family it's probably pretty hard to beat, with super spacious apartments and a full blown kids pool with waterslides and other stuff that they totally should also have for 'adults' like me.
We were only in and out to ride bikes and eat food, but Noosa is the kind of place you should budget yourself some time to spend out on the water. Whether it's fishing, kayaking, stand up paddling or something more adrenalin-fuelled like jetskiing or parasailing - the options for water based fun are numerous. There's also a tonne of hiking, horse riding, markets and some great roads for driving, so if you want to take a bike-free day there will be no shortage of options.
Regardless of your preferred flavour, the riding is great. There's lots of stuff for the family to do, both with you and while you're out on the bike for a few hours and it's not difficult to get to. Great places to stay, easy to get a good feed and the weather is amazing. I'd be willing to bet if you get the family up there once, it'll be their idea to go back the year after. And maybe the year after that as well. Head online for more details and put the doona back in the closet. visitnoosa.com.au


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Imagine you are looking through a telescope and you see a planet. Sure that is boring, but look closer. You see the beautiful, stunning color of the planet, making you gaze at it for many minutes. Then you look at another. You find blue, red and the yellow! The colors stunning, making your eye cling on to the telescope. Later on you ask yourself, "How did that planet get it's color anyway?" Today modern science can solve many mysteries about our world, and we have already unlocked one of the coolest ones, how our planets get their spectacular colors.
The Planet's Colors
The planet's actual colors are simple. Mercury is gray; Venus is a pale yellow; Jupiter is yellow with white bands; Mars is a reddish brown; Saturn is a pale gold; and Uranus and Neptune are both a pale blue. This means that some planets can get the same color, with the same substance or not. It is interesting to know these facts, but knowing how they get these stunning colors is a whole different story.
How the planets get their color
Planets can get their real color form rocks, clouds, and even gas. In this article, (Cool Cosmos ask an Astronomer) Cosmos states, "Planets get their amazing color from what they are made of, or what is around their atmospheres." That tells us that things that are around their atmospheres can also cause their color. Atmospheres are what is surrounding the planet. Mars gets it's color from the rusty rocks and dust that are on its surface. ( Planet's surface material).
Uranus and Neptune get their color from the methane gas. Methane is a colorless, odorless gas. Because those two planets both have the same color, the gas must be in both of their areas. Mercury gets the plain color gray from the rocks and dust that are on its surfaces. Jupiter and Saturn both get their color from the ammonia clouds, a colorless gas with a bad smell, that hang around their atmospheres, and those clouds cause planets to have the colors white or pale yellow. This shows that there are many gases in space, for instance methane and ammonia.
This is Neptune
Venus's clouds are not ammonia, but they also give the planet it's yellowish color, meaning that there are many other different clouds that give the same colors. For example, if another planet had a bunch of clouds surrounding it, and the planet was yellow, that would suggest that the clouds might have the same materials that the ammonia clouds do. According to Curios Astro, "The assignment of colors is somewhat subjective." That tells us that some people might see the planet's colors differently. Even though that is true, we can still get the general idea of what the planet's colors are.
This is Saturn
All those materials mentioned (gases, clouds, rocks, and dust) Make a huge impact on our planets. This is important because if they were not there, our planets would not be colored, they would all be a standard color. All those substances make colors, visible, to the human eye.
Fun Facts!
- Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun.
- Jupiter is the largest planet.
- Venus is the hottest planet.
- It takes Mercury 88 days to orbit the sun, but Neptune 164 years!


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Short North's Cub Shrub Closing its Doors
After just over three years in the Short North, children's boutique Cub Shrub, 749 N. High St., is closing its doors. A firm closing date hasn't been set, but the store will remain open at least through the end of the month.
It's not the end of the Cub Shrub brand, though. The Grandview location, which launched in April of 2017, will remain open.
"Cub Shrub as a brand and as a store and as a community of people who care deeply for the little ones in their lives is not going anywhere," said Niki Quinn, who owns the store with her husband Josh, in a blog post on the store's website. "We feel operating two stores within such close proximity of each other (they are less than 3 miles apart) has used a lot of resources that could be so much better spent."
The focus will turn to creating an even better Cub Shrub store experience and bringing the community together through classes, hangouts and more.
The original Cub Shrub location opened just doors down from the Quinn's original boutique, Tigertree.
"We so appreciate all the support that our Short North store has received over the past three years," Niki said.
"It was a hard decision," Josh said in a Facebook post. "This community has embraced us and helped nurture that brand into something pretty special."
The owners assured that Tigertree is staying firmly put in the Short North.
"At least for now, we know that we want one incredible Tigertree and one incredible Cub Shrub," said Josh. "Not having ambiguity around what that future looks like and returning to making these two single location brands everything they can be feels amazing."
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PHOTO: A vintage view
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Standing atop a ladder, Oliver Johnson, 7, of Picnic Point takes a peek inside a Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina aircraft Sunday, Sept. 3, during the Historic Flight Foundation's Vintage Aircraft Weekend at Paine Field airport.
Oliver came to the show with his grandfather, Jerry Rogers, who said Oliver is fascinated with all things planes, trains and automobiles.
After serving in WWII, the Catalina served on search and rescue missions and later was used fight forest fires.


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Friday was my last day of work at the Arboretum. You can read all about it in otherblog; I kept my emotions in check by staying fully busy up until the very last minute. Then I realized that while I cleaned out my desk pretty thoroughly, in my haste to leave I'd left my jump drive plugged in to my computer. So, less than 24 hours after saying "goodbye forever," I found myself trying to break back in. I wound up calling security, who watched me like a hawk, like I was a disgruntled employee looking to torch the place. That was disheartening; it was like a neon sign saying "it's really over now, honey! Move on!"
To cheer myself up on my first day of Arblessness, I decided to go to a movie by myself. And when I say by myself, I mean I was the only person in the damn theater. The movie (Baby Mama) was good, though, and it was pretty neat to have a private screening. That's never happened to me before.
The rest of yesterday and today have been spent working on my portfolio (hence the desperation for my jump drive) and watching the first season of "Prison Break." One of the characters said something like, "The point of solitary is to break you." At two in the morning, halfway through a weekend of seriously limited human contact in an already solitary life, this seemed like a sign to either start meditating on my existence or go out and get some friends. Now, it seems like a sign that I should stop staying up until four A.M. watching prison dramas, no matter how cute the dude with the tattoos is.
I've now forced myself to re-enter society, so I'm at Caribou (and testing out my wireless connection — this is the first time Internet-ing with the shinynewthing, so if the spacing in this seems weird, that's why). It's not exactly a social hotspot — the only other two people here are both on their laptops, too — but I did get to see some teenagers set off a car alarm, an Indian man talk to his cappuccino, and a little person say "I'm not a virgin!" at an uncomfortably loud volume. Perhaps this is why I stick to solitary confinement — all my ventures into the public turn into experiments in the awkward.


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"Take off your pants," he rasped in her ear.
She shivered. "Are you playing?" Her voice trembled.
He paused. "I'd never hurt you."
She knew that, but still, the words mattered. Her heart thumped hard, and feminine power flushed through her. "All right, badass. Let's see what you've got."
There's a lot happening in this book but I'm really liking it so far :)
I forgot to mention that I was looking to do double duty and have this work for Halloween Bingo. Even though the quote above doesn't show it, part of the storyline is dealing with a serial killer, hoping it will work forr the Mystery square!


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The government has announced plans to overhaul the NHS pension scheme to tackle widespread opt-outs and workers cutting their hours by giving staff more flexibility in their retirement planning.
It has proposed changes that would allow NHS workers to choose how much income they want in retirement and to adjust their contributions accordingly.
The consultation also asks if senior staff should be able to adjust their pension growth towards the end of the tax year, as they will then know how much they have worked over the previous year, and proposes phasing the 'pensionability' of large pay-rises for high earners.
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has launched the proposals in an attempt to address issues within the NHS scheme, which has seen an increased number of high earning staff opt out over the tapered annual allowance.
British Medical Association (BMA) consultants committee deputy co-chair, Dr Phil De Warren-Penny, said that the organisation was "encouraged" by the consultation launch, but that "while the options within this consultation will help alleviate the issues, they will not resolve it".
He continued: "To succeed we need to see NHS employers doing their part and recycling all of the employer contributions. If they don't it's still an effective pay cut for doctors for doing extra shifts.
"The real heart of the problem is the tapered annual allowance which must be removed along with the annual allowance and lifetime allowance.
"Only when these are removed can doctors return to working extra shifts to help remove waiting list backlogs and support colleagues where there are rota gaps, without fear of receiving huge tax bills."
In the consultation, the government admitted that the tax issues facing the NHS pension scheme meant that NHS staff had started reducing their work hours, with around a third of consultants and GPs expected to be unwilling to take on extra shifts.
In the proposal, the (DHSC) added: "Building on what is already available, the department is planning to commission a modeller to help individuals assess options for using these flexibilities tailored to their personal circumstances.
"The intention is to support affected clinicians and their employers to agree programmed activities and other contractual commitments equipped with a clear understanding of their pension tax liability and how the flexibilities can be best deployed to deliver the right balance of incentives."
Commenting on the announcement, Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, said: "Every senior clinician will be able to carry out life-saving work for patients, safe in the knowledge they have more control over their pension, their future and their retirement than at any point in NHS history."
Warren-Penny urged the government to act swiftly, saying: "Above all, the reform needs to happen at pace.
"It cannot wait for the current turmoil in parliament to be resolved and it cannot wait until doctors have been forced to reduce their hours so much, or leave the NHS altogether that patients come to harm.
"The government must not wait until the damage is done and patients have paid the price before it implements these much-needed reforms. By then it will be too late for thousands of doctors and too late for many patients."
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The government has announced plans to overhaul the NHS pension scheme to tackle widespread opt-outs and workers cutting their hours by giving staff more flexibility in their retirement planning.


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Being our second Halloween in Vienna, we felt much more prepared this year. We knew we would go trick-or-treating (weather permitting, and the weather did cooperate), we knew where we would go (near the American International School in Dobling, the 19th district) and we knew how we would get there (or so we thought — we got waylaid using public transportation AGAIN this year). So, we decorated treat bags for the kids and got them dressed in their costumes. We didn't go super elaborate on the costumes for the kids this year, and Dan & I didn't wear anything that would count as a costume, because last year, the average level of enthusiasm and participation was pretty mild. Of the adults, Jo was the most dressed up, with some devil's horns and a red feather boa, but I thought she might be a bit overdressed compared to the other grown ups that would be there.
But, wow, were we surprised. Even just since last year, things have changed. Vienna is catching on to this whole Halloween and trick-or-treating thing. We went to the same neighborhood as last year, and visited many of the same houses. We arrived earlier than last year (when we actually got quite lost on the way) and encountered WAY more people trick-or-treating — probably 10 times as many as we saw last year. The average age was a lot higher, too (particularly surprising because we arrived over an hour EARLIER than we did last year). Most of the kids we saw were in the 12-15 year old age range, with a few closer to 8 and a very few younger, like around 5. Other than one little girl we saw, our kids were definitely the youngest out trick-or-treating (although we saw several young kids helping to hand out candy). With our slight misadventure on the way (missing a bus which put us half an hour behind schedule) we definitely arrived later than we'd intended, but we were still pretty surprised to see so many older kids out, and so few young ones.
A lot more of the kids were in costume this year, and many of the costumes that we saw were remarkably elaborate. There were still a fair number of older kids not in any type of costume at all, but that didn't seem to get in the way of their candy collection. The average costume was more spooky rather than cute, even for the younger kids — some of the masks we saw were downright scary, and were probably being worn by kids younger than 10.
By far, most of the kids were out with none, or very limited (like parents waiting at the end of the block) parental supervision. There were a few moments where things got a little too rowdy for the littles ones (Liam and I were narrowly missed by a thrown snowball) and in general, there wasn't a ton of the "trick-or-treat etiquette" that we're used to at home (although maybe we've just been lucky). In general, the big kids weren't keen on waiting for the little ones to finish their slow process through saying "Trick or Treat!", receiving the candy, thanking the giver, and then admiring the decorations, costumes and/or treat bags. They didn't exactly push, but there was a lot of impatience. We also saw a lot of shaving cream and silly string that had been spread around liberally (even at houses that were giving out treats) even though it was really early in the evening.
Among the houses along the route, the conventions we're used to weren't followed, either. There were several houses with lit pumpkins and porch lights on where no one was home (or at least, they didn't come when we rang the bell) and a few houses that did give out candy that had no outward indication that they would do so — we only knew because we saw other people there, collecting treats.
We had a great time, and the level of enthusiasm we saw was really fun. Along with lots of extra trick-or-treaters, there were more houses giving out candy, and the ones that were seemed to be better stocked than last year. (We visited several houses last year that ran out unexpectedly early, and they seem to have been prepared for the vastly increased onslaught this year.) Several of the houses were much more thoroughly and spookily decorated (complete with elaborate scenes in the front yard, creepy music and costumes).
Trick-or-treating (and Halloween in general) are definitely catching on in Vienna, but most of the people we encountered, both trick-or-treaters and candy-giver-outers were still Americans, and those who weren't were mostly English speakers. But, there were definitely more German speakers participating this year than last.
In all, we probably visited about 15 houses that gave out candy — just the right number for a two and four year old who were walking the whole way. My boys did great — saying "Trick or Treat!" and "Thank you!" at every house, helping each other out and walking the whole way. (Liam refused my offers to carry him, even after we were done, and wouldn't let anyone else hold his candy bag — "It's mine!" he told us.) We had another fun Halloween trick-or-treat adventure in Vienna, and we feel like we're helping to blaze a trail and set the precedent.


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Creating Local Yum in Oracle Linux 6.3
Manual installation of Oracle required Packages is always frustrating one while installing Oracle Database in a Linux Box. Oracle Linux came up with a package named oracle-validated-preinstall to manage all installation prerequisites easily. To take advantage of it, you can configure local yum using those following steps.
First of all, create a empty directory and copy all packages from CD or ISO Image.
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A year after releasing her debut album, A Wild Rose, Julie Elias is back, devoting her sophomore effort to Christmas tunes. The former Hollywood actress presents six cover songs and four originals for the new project, titled Holy Night.
When it comes to the cover songs, Elias provides decent interpretations, which are, for the most part, what you'd come to expect from songs such as "Joy to the World," "O Holy Night" and her melding of "O Come, O Come Emmanuel/What Child is This."
Highlights of her covers include "The First Noel," which has a bit of a Gloria Estefan feel to it. Overall, the album has a bit of a 1990s CCM feel to it, and this song uses that most to its advantage.
Elias puts a Nashville, Southern rock vibe on "O Come All Ye Faithful" that's both unexpected and fun, and she shockingly ends her album with jazz, of all things. The piano, drums and upright bass give the classic "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" a jazz club vibe, and Elias' voice works well with it.
The original songs on Holy Night are definitely the highlights of the album. Although the instrumentation generally remains in the throwback arena, the songwriting is solid and the themes powerful.
"The Nativity Song" simply and profoundly tells the story of Jesus' birth in dramatic fashion—almost like it belongs in a Christmas musical or film soundtrack. The chorus is catchy: "You, you are the light / And you, you are the hope / And you, you are the newborn king."
There are some nicely written word pictures in "Call Him Jesus," such as: "Mary holds the Savior while Heaven holds its breath." The song is a delicate one that shows off the lower end of Elias' vocal register.
"The Blessing" is a definite album highlight. While not distinctly a Christmas song, the tender expression of love is especially gripping. Elias' drama background continues to show itself, as her voice takes on a Disney princess quality (yes, that's a good thing here) as she sings, "When you come to me and hold me close to you / I bless you, and you bless me, too." The song could be from a parent to a child, or from God to His children, as the singer declares that throughout the day, "My blessing goes with you."
Elias lauds the excitement of the season with "Glorious Day," but points to Jesus as the ultimate source of hope and delight: "Seasons come, seasons go, but one thing will never change / The baby born in Bethlehem is the Truth that will remain." There's a nice "Gloria, in excelsis Deo" interlude from "Angels We Have Heard on High," complete with horns.
Closing Thoughts:
As we pointed out in her initial offering, Julie Elias is an honest and artistic songwriter, deploying her dramatic gifts into song. And, it's true, she shines the most when she's able to sing the songs she herself has written. I'm not sure the cover songs quite captured her level of artistry that the original songs did, yet overall, Holy Night is a nice, easy listen, especially for fans out there who loved the sounds from golden age of CCM in the 1990s.
I think moving forward, I'd love to see Elias experiment a bit more with the jazz angle of things, as it seemed to work well on "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas," or more on the Latin-influenced end, as shown with "The First Noel."
There are some special moments on this album, for sure, yet the strength of this album really lies in its ability to play the background for setting a Christmas mood musically.
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"The Blessing" (Get it on iTunes here.)
You really should buy the Christmas album, Holy Night by Julie Elias. This worshipper will make you praise with her songs. And you really need to listen to her music. Let's adore Him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A nice album to warm up your Christmas with the true spirit of Christ's birth. Julie has a pretty voice and her music is very uplifting and inspiring. This is a good album to add to your Christmas music collection.
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I was having a conversation with an actor friend of mine right after he read my last article "Blue Collar Actor." We'll call him "Steve". When Steve finished the article he said, "You've inspired me to go out and do more student films. I would always get annoyed when people would tell me to go do student or low budget films. I would never even submit to them because I thought I was past that but now I'm at a point where I just want to act." Well, this started a long conversation about the positive aspects of working for free.
A lot of times, people move to LA and see and hear all of these stories of how someone just got here and hit it big. And then they think if they've been here for a certain amount of time and haven't hit it big, that they deserve more. They feel the time they've lived here is what designates whether they're "above" doing something for free or not. Now I also understand my friend Steve is struggling financially and sometimes the frustration of that is what makes one throw down the gauntlet and say, "I WONT WORK FOR FREE." In reality Steve doesn't have a list of credits, in fact his acting resume is just at a beginners phase. So after an hour-long conversation and looking at it from all sides, this is the solution I feel could perhaps benefit us actors and it is something I've always done without ever really analyzing it.
I have always worked for free at some point in the year and have never regretted it. Whether it was a play (and yes I consider the 9 dollars a show with the equity wavier contract, although appreciated, working for free), a student film, a film short, a web series etc. These are my reasons: I think it's healthy to always be meeting new people who are out there being creative. It's a jolt of new energy that gives you a new sense of something forward moving and positive. Every free job I've done has resulted in more work, more connections, and/or the best thing of all, a new friend. I can give many situations where I can connect the dots to how doing that free student film or play etc. led to this job and that audition. As well as one particular job I worked for free that is clearly the inciting incident that kicked off five TV contracts and a "paying" theatre gig. It all stems back from this one "free" job. If that free gig hadn't happen, the other 6 gigs wouldn't have followed. And the gift is still giving!
So here is the plan I came up with while talking with Steve. Do what's comfortable for you in terms of a percentage; if I broke it down, for myself, it's probably around 70/30. Approximately seventy percent of the time I work for money and the other thirty percent I work for free. I think everyone can come up with his or her own numbers. If you're new and really need acting reel and performing experience and are just hungry to act, make it 30/70. Meaning approximately thirty percent of the time you will get paid for your work (if you're lucky) and seventy percent will be for free. If you feel you have been working for free for eighty percent of the time and you just need to say no so you can establish yourself as someone who needs to get paid (and I've been at that crossroad) then do 90/10 and ONLY work for free on something that you feel strongly about. The rest of the time only submit/audition and put in the time for paying gigs, let people know "I need to get paid".
I had that shift myself at one point and got cast in a PSA. The producer told me we are under a SAG PSA contract blah blah blah no one is getting paid, yadda yadda, yadda. But I was at a turning point in my life and I was temping to pay the bills so I could risk the part by insisting to be paid. And do you know what happened? I got paid! No one else on the shoot did. But I was switching the percentages at that point in my life. I did that for a while, until I began getting more paying gigs and less non-paying gigs. Then I began to feel less resentful when there was never any money for the actors. Because here's the thing… if you're resenting it, you have to check in with yourself as to why, and maybe adjust your percentages. Never forget, you won't be doing anyone any favors by working for free if you're miserable. I get what goes into it… the time to sit down and go over the breakdowns for submissions. The juggling of your entire schedule to fit in the audition, having to do the audition "hair and make up prep". The money spent on gas and parking. The hour in traffic because you know you are going to be on the opposite side of town. Then you sit and wait for forty-five minutes to go in and audition. And then… YAHOO you got the part! Now the changing of schedule for the shoot days or the six-week rehearsal process and at the end of all this glory; not one dime. Like I said, I get it. But that last scenario won't make your stomach tighten if you are in a different mind space about it. Be responsible for the mind space you're in and do it accordingly. I think to refuse to do it completely is taking a part of your acting career journey out of the equation.
To tell you the truth, I think what we forget about as actors is that everyone works for free at some point. Lawyers take pro bono cases. My dentist just spent two weeks doing "Doctors without Borders". Within our industry, directors, camera people, casting directors, set designers, etc. all do free gigs either to volunteer their time or to do something they haven't had a chance to do yet. Maybe a cameraperson wants steadicam experience or a set designer always wanted to design a vampire movie, it's either for themselves or to get more experience in another area of their work. It goes on all the time but actors seem to think, "If I'm not getting paid, it doesn't make me legit." Now, that is true and believe me the IRS will remind you of your "hobby" and all your tax write-offs regarding it, if it happens too many years in a row. That's why I think you should come up with a number that makes you feel comfortable; a number that doesn't make you feel taken advantage of. Most important a number that excites you about the possibility of getting the gig. Maybe the only chance you'll get to play "Medea" is in the free theatre in the park. If you want to show your agent you can be a serial killer, you may only get the footage from a student film! Feed your mind, your soul, and your pocketbook. But know that most of the times that won't all come in the same package. Don't draw the line so deep in the sand that it cuts you off from the positive aspects of acting opportunities. Come up with your own way of doing it.
Perhaps for this month you will only submit for paying gigs and next month you'll do both and so on. Something magical will always fall through the cracks, but only if you're open to the possibilities. Money is just one way of acknowledging progress (and an important one at that) but don't lose sight of the fact it's only one way. Maybe you're only on that set to help this new director discover how to be a pro. Maybe the footage won't work for you and you were only there to serve this person so they will better understand what a working professional acts like. Maybe when the gig is done, you'll feel nothing great came out of it. But mark my words… somewhere, somehow, it will benefit you or someone else that makes the acting world a better place. So sit down, think about it, figure out your percentages and start ACTING!!!!
About April Audia
A native New Yorker and conservatory trained, April has performed in over seventy theatre productions. Musically she can be heard on the original cast CD for "L.A. Now and Then" as well as the LifeTime movie "A Teachers Obsession" TV work includes"Nicky,Ricky,Dicky & Dawn" "See Dad Run", "So Random", "Wizards of Waverly Place" and very recently the tv show VIP-LA, and many more. Additional work includes her first film "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" first starring role in an 80's cult classic horror film, "Night Ripper" and recently "Fighting Chance" which is available at Walmart and Target, as well as The Lifetime Movie "Seduced". She joined the web world starring in the series "The Playhouse Soap Opera", "Pregnant", as well as her own award winning web series "Long Island South Shore". April recently returned from NYC where she was working with an outreach program for acting at Rikers Island Prision.


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How do I up-vote posts on MakeUseOf Answers?
As of last week Monday, I could up-vote others' posts with no problems. I went on vacation for a week and now that I have returned, I can not up-vote anyone. I click the up thumb and it just does absolutely nothing. Not little processing icon, no up-votes, no nothing.
justinpotApril 9, 2013 at 9:55 pm
Upvote this comment. Just to test. It's a test comment. Upvote it. Now. #notspam
Chris MarcoeApril 9, 2013 at 10:53 pm
I'm home now...and its borked on this comp, too. So, NO VOTE FOR YOOOO!!
Chris MarcoeApril 9, 2013 at 11:08 pm
So, Ice Dragon didn't work at home, and neither did Firefox. Opera, for some reason, wouldn't even show me as logging in. Chrome, however, does work. I could upvote you, Justin. I'm so confused by all this. I really don't want to have a second browser open just to use MUO. That is tedious.
justinpotApril 10, 2013 at 12:10 am
Well I'm just glad to get the upvote. Now James: fix it.
Tina SieberApril 10, 2013 at 3:42 pm
Works after clearing cache and reloading the page. What I do to make you happy, Justin!
justinpotApril 10, 2013 at 4:03 pm
You sure it's working, Tina? Better upvote again, just to make sure.
Chris MarcoeApril 10, 2013 at 5:08 pm
The funniest part of this whole thread is that everyone has gotten upvote...except me!!! /le cry!!
And, its still not working.
Chris MarcoeApril 9, 2013 at 4:38 pm
Thank you both for the help. Is there some way I can make it work in Firefox? I'm not normally a Chrome user. But, I can now give credit where its due.
muotechguyApril 9, 2013 at 3:22 pm
Is this still not working for you Chris? Do you notice the number of points you have is being correctly displayed next to your profile?
Chris MarcoeApril 9, 2013 at 3:32 pm
No, it is not working. And yes, the total points are correct. And they are real time, also. (I just read an article about speeding up browsing and shared it, and the points changed by 5).
So, still no love.
muotechguyApril 9, 2013 at 3:51 pm
ok, I've changed some security stuff which has played up in the past. Can you try again? Sorry to be a pain, but it's working for me so very difficult to pinpoint the exact cause. Also, is this on a specific question or all questions? Are you able to vote up my answer here, for example? And do you see the checkmark icon above the vote-up one for this question?
Chris MarcoeApril 9, 2013 at 4:03 pm
There is no check mark. I believe (but didn't pay attention when it happened) that it occurred at the same time as the inability to vote.
No, I can not up- or down-vote your post here.
It is all questions. This one and every other one too.
Yer helpin my out so it not really being a pain. And thank you for that help.
Chris MarcoeApril 9, 2013 at 4:07 pm
Also, on regular posts, on articles, I can hit the "like" button and it actually works, giving that post one like from me. Not sure if that matters or not, but there it is.
muotechguyApril 9, 2013 at 4:22 pm
Just to be sure, could you try from a different browser, like an incognito window or a browser you don't normally use? Which browser are you using now?
Chris MarcoeApril 9, 2013 at 4:31 pm
OK, signed in with Ice Dragon (Is that too similar to FireFox to test?) and I still can't upvote. I'll try using Internet exploder...
Chris MarcoeApril 9, 2013 at 4:35 pm
OK, logged into Chrome and it worked. Any idears why that would be that Firefox/IceDragon don't work?
MakeUseOf TechGuyApril 9, 2013 at 4:47 pm
Hmm, a few possibilities. One, it genuinely doesnt work with firefox, which would be bad for me. ;( Two, just needed to clear you browser cache files again. Three: I have no idea what ice dragon is... but googling it I see some kind of comodo internet custom browser, is that right? In which case, I'm afraid that's a bit of fringe browser that I can't really help with. I'll check stock firefox to make sure there's no issues there though.
Chris MarcoeApril 9, 2013 at 5:17 pm
It worked before my vacation. After coming back, it didn't. I just moved to another computer and it seems it works with this computer and FireFox. So, I am guessing that it is something on my end on that other computer. Also, logging onto IUce Dragon on this (other) computer, I can vote here too.
Thanks again for the great help.
muotechguyApril 9, 2013 at 5:37 pm
You definitely cleared the IceDragon browser cache?
Chris MarcoeApril 9, 2013 at 6:29 pm
Yes. It didn't help. It is still seeming that it is this computer alone that is doing it.
macwittyApril 9, 2013 at 2:43 pm
I had the same problem in Chrome, even after empty the cache but noticed it worked well in Opera
Oron JoffeApril 9, 2013 at 12:46 pm
Hmm, Tina, I have just notice I have the same problem and resetting the cache does not help...
Tina SieberApril 9, 2013 at 9:29 am
I ran into the same issue, recently. Try to clear your cache and make sure you are properly logged in. Sometimes Gigya is buggy.
Chris MarcoeApril 9, 2013 at 2:29 pm
Is there a Cache on the site that I can reset? If not, what cache am I resetting?
Tina SieberApril 9, 2013 at 2:54 pm
Oh, I meant your browser cache. Sorry!
Maybe you also need to clear your cookies, i.e. deleting all stored login data and logging in completely fresh. Depending on your browser, you can selectively delete MakeUseOf-related cookies, so none of your other sites are affected.
Chris MarcoeApril 9, 2013 at 3:17 pm
I actually did that right after I replied to your first message. Its still not working. I signed out. signed back in (which, at times, fixes posting problems) and am signed in correctly now. Still no love for the upvotes. I ran CCleaner, too. Getting rid of cookies. Will go in now and see if there are still any associated with MUO.
Chris MarcoeApril 9, 2013 at 3:20 pm
So, I've removed all cookies associated with MUO. I had to sign back in. And I still can't upvote...


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Our Toys"R"Us added a Babies"R"Us, so today they had a Grand Opening. They had some characters there: a bear, cat in the hat, Geoffrey the giraffe, Spiderman, and Diego. Holden was most thrilled to see Diego from the tv show Go Diego Go. He kept saying "Go!". He was absolutely terrified of all of the other characters, besides Spiderman.
Here he is with Diego:
Here is the rest of the gang. Holden did not appreciate it when they walked by. He was sceaming and saying scary.
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Meeting Diego
Our Toys"R"Us added a Babies"R"Us, so today they had a Grand Opening. They had some characters there: a bear, cat in the hat, Geoffrey the giraffe, Spiderman, and Diego. Holden was most thrilled to see Diego from the tv show Go Diego Go. He kept saying "Go!". He was absolutely terrified of all of the other characters, besides Spiderman.
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Friday, October 12, 2007
Activity Time
Another Mom on one of the message boards I frequent posted some lesson plans. That really helped jump start some activities. On Wednesday we made a hand tree. It was a lot of fun. I was skeptical on whether Holden would like it, as he doesn't like his hands being dirty. But he really got into it!
Today I let Holden play an online game at noggin.com. The one we played was called Maisy's Blocks. It gave me an idea for an activity. We looked through a magazine for letters and then found pictures that started with that particular letter. This is our finished product:
Look at his cheesy grin! What a goofball!
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Saturday, October 06, 2007
Potty Time!
We received our Baby Bjorn Potty chair the other day. Holden was so excited when he saw the package so we opened it right away. He immediately wanted his clothes off. Not just his diaper and shorts... but EVERYTHING. LOL. He sat on the potty most of the evening. He went pee in it TWICE!
Here he is sitting on it while watching t.v. and having a drink.:-)
Clapping for himself. He was just pretending to go potty when I took this picture. When he actually went, I was too busy praising him to get a picture.
We still have a long way to go with potty training, but at least this is a start!
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Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Time Travel Tuesday ~ first home
This week we will travel back to our first home... was it your very own apartment, or a home with your new spouse? What memories do you have from that first home? How did you make that first house (or apartment) a home?
I don't have to think back to far for this one. We just purchased our first home a little over a year ago- May 2006. Holden was 16 months old.
When we first moved in we were excited. It was the perfect starter home. It was already painted beautifully inside. The previous owner was an interior designer, so it wasn't just plain ol' paint. In the living room there is a faux finish. In the entry way there is an accent wall with an adjacent wall that has vertical stripes. Very nice!
We've had some bad stuff happen in this house. 2 1/2 weeks after moving in our sweet dog Toby was hit by a car. It was DEVESTATING. Then I had a miscarriage. I had found out I was pregnant just days before Toby was killed. After that I got sick... many many months later I finally got a diagnosis. So there were definitely some bad memories. At times I even blamed the house. Feeling like there was some sort of evil curse. I know that is ridiculous, but I can't deny thinking that.
There have been good things as well. Holden got tubes put in his ears and they have been a miracle sent. My baby can hear now... and he says new words all. of. the. time. We went to the animal shelter shortly after losing Toby and found our dog Max. I hadn't planned on getting another Golden Retriever, but it was kind of like he found us. We were looking at another dog and these people were walking by with Max. They put him back in his pin. They had just taken him for a walk to see if they wanted to adopt him. We were immediately drawn to him. And the rest is history. So there has been good happenings as well. I'm confident that there will be many more good memories made in this house.
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