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Relationship Helpers is all about helping people improve their relationships. Our definition of relationship is broad. It covers family, friends, co-workers—the people we interact with. Because of this, our "A Better New Year's Resolution" series is about improving how we relate to people, rather than the tired, old New Years weight loss plan.
This is an eight-part series geared towards improving our inner qualities; the things that make us who we are as people. The quality of our lives tend to improve when we improve our relationships. Today's episode on generosity is the fifth in our series, so be sure to check out our other episodes on "A Better New Year's Resolution."
Giving of Yourself
We have a tendency to think of generosity in financial terms, but it is not necessarily just about giving money. You can be generous with the time you give others.
Being "present" with others is a gift. Just think how distracted and scattered our culture has become. It has become increasingly difficult to "be in the moment" with someone without them being on their smartphone or being distracted because they are multi-tasking.
To boot, many people feel lonely and could benefit from some one-on-one time with a friend. If you are making yourself available to another person, it is an act of giving.
What the Bible Says…
For Christians the better way to give is to be filled by the Holy Spirit and then let God's love flow through you. This means you are the person "bringing Jesus into the room."
Paul says in Galatians 2: 20, "I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life that I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." You're not only giving of yourself, but God is working through you. Your energy is not just coming from yourself, but from the source that is God.
Many people feel depleted, like they don't have anything left to give. Vincent asks, "Are you allowing God to work through you? Are you being nourished by the Bread of Life?"
In Luke 11:3, Jesus prays "give us each day our daily bread," and then in John [6:35] he says "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty."
Getting Your Energy From Jesus
In essence, Jesus is asking you to get your spiritual energy from Him each day. Jesus' spirit is "a deposit" that has been placed within us, as 2 Corinthians describes it.
Paul says in Ephesians 4: 22-24, "You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness." A great first start in following His lead is reading a daily devotional.
Not Holding Onto Bitterness & Resentment
You are not able to fully give of yourself if you hold bitterness and resentment in your heart. If we have hardened hearts, we are not able to empathize for others. For many of us this means working on forgiveness.
As therapists, we see how people get "stuck" often in denial and are unable to see how unforgiveness has created a wall that prevents them from being fully generous or empathetic. Or they may be "stuck" in not seeing how the anger that they hold towards someone is holding them back from good relationship.
Laura finds anger to be the emotion that most clients deny. So many people do not admit to anger or are afraid of it. This could be a cultural phenomenon.
Laura feels that many times men are allowed to be angry, but women aren't. It is more culturally acceptable for men to be angry than women. It is a false belief. Many Christians fall into this fallacy too because they forget half of the verse that says "do not sin in your anger." It DOES NOT say "do not get angry."
When people deny anger, bitterness and resentment build. This often plays out as passive-aggressive behavior, stonewalling or as negative body language. Being passive-aggressive really is lying to other people. It is not being direct and honest.
Sacrificing Something That You Enjoy, Your Resources, Your Time, Your Knowledge
Being generous is a sacrifice. You could be selfishly using your resources for you and you only, but being generous means that you channel your resources towards others.
Consider being generous of your knowledge. Do you have an area of expertise? Someone may need to hear the wisdom you have to offer. By holding back, you are not being generous with the gift you have.
Amy Carmichael, missionary
Amy Carmichael was a missionary to India for 55 years without furlough, during the late 1800s. She left Ireland in her mid-twenties to live there where she rescued children who had become temple prostitutes.
Many of these children were orphans or they were from poor families who sold them into prostitution. The priests of these temples made money off of these children. This broke her heart.
Ms. Carmichael was unorthodox in that she did not return to Ireland to ask for money to help her cause. Instead, she believed God would provide.
She eventually became crippled, but was able to establish an orphanage that supported these children. Amy Carmichael said, "It is a safe thing to trust Him to fulfill the desire that He creates." This is especially inspiring because she was a woman in the 1800s living in a country that opposed Christianity.
C.S. Lewis said…
C.S. Lewis said, "Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less." It's not about having a pitiful attitude or a poor sense of self-worth. It's knowing that you're a conduit of Christ and living like it.
You can't say you are worthless when you're a child of God. You're thinking less of your needs and wants and thinking more others' needs.
Realizing How Much God Has Given You And That He Is The Rightful Owner
We need to live in constant awareness that what we are given is not the result of our own merit. God gifts us what we have. Material possessions are fleeting and do not have eternal value.
There is a Chinese proverb that says, "The wise man does not lay up treasure. The more he gives the more he has." Jesus told us not to focus on the world, but to lay up our treasures in heaven. In Acts 20: 35, Jesus tells us, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."
These are great reminders to not be self-focused, but instead to let our generosity flow. We hope today that you feel encouraged to be more "present" with others, more generous with your wisdom, giving of your time, and more available to others.
You may have even identified some areas of resentment or bitterness that have been holding you back, as well. We also hope that you feel encouraged to use the gifts God has given you to help others.


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Cleaning and organizing is something the entire household should help with, it should NOT just be one person's job.
One Percent Changes
Changing everything at once does not work. Make small incremental adjustments that build upon each other toward your big change for a more sustainable outcome.
Donate, toss, recycle, shred, or re-purpose items. If you have not used it in the last 6-24 months it is most likely time to say good bye – be sure to set this limit ahead of time.
Small Projects
Do NOT feel like you have to organize the entire house or full room in one session. Do 1 drawer, 1 shelf, or 1 counter space. Enjoy the success and build momentum.
Know what organized looks like to you and have a plan with different milestones and deadlines to get you there.
Make sure the things you use the most are easy to get to and return to where you get them from. Some people need to see things in order to remember to use them, is that you?
Like with Like
Sort all of the same items at the same time (shoes, sheets, bills, etc). Then store like items with like items (allergy meds, cuts, etc to can items, cereal, pasta, etc).
Be realistic about what you can get done at one time, your ability to maintain it, and what will work for your household. Its ok to adjust when things do not work as you hoped.
Create a reward and/or consequence system and put it in place to help you stick with your 1% changes the majority of the time. No one is perfect!
Communication Central
Important phone numbers, meetings, chores, messages, grocery lists, etc. Create more communication, responsibility, and accountability while limiting whining and nagging.
For questions about or tips on how to implement any of these tips please contact Jessica at 203-915-0474 or Tap or Click Here To Send Us An Email we would love to assist you in your journey to getting organized!
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Here at homify, we like feasting our eyes on simple homes filled with unexpected surprises. One example is this white, wooden home from THE MAKER'S & UNITED SPACE ARCHITECT in Kuma Muto, which features a traditional exterior, but hides an ultra-cool decor inside! Why don't we take a 360-degree tour of this unforgettable property, shall we?
The white paint truly brings out the best of this seaside property. It doesn't just make the property appear big, but it also soothes the eyes! Plus, that patio is just so inviting!
The entrance to the house may be narrow, but they've managed to make it interesting with a natural stone wall and a cute, mint-colored locker!
As you step inside, you are greeted with a vast and stylish open-plan space. The kitchen, the dining area, and the place where you can watch TV are all in one space. The black railings emphasizes the coziness of the abode.
As you enter, you are greeted by this cool corner. Aside from the wall decorations, the space also shows a ladder vertically placed that doesn't only look cool, but also allows one to make cleaning and fixing of the light rail possible.
The view from atop gives you an alluring and peaceful sight of the living room.
The unique four seated dining table made of a wood beam ceiling material contributed to the warm and cozy atmosphere, where people share conversations and dine.
The kitchen counter has two sides: one for the vegetable sink and one for the stove top. The open pantry and the white stone countertop is perfect for meal preparations during big family gatherings.
The coolness extends to the toilet area, which boasts a white brick tiles and detached bathtub! The floor-to-ceiling windows also add to the ambiance by letting natural flow in.
This private room is fascinating in itself. The wood panels in fishbone pattern give it a distinct character one can always enjoy staring at. The black and metal designs add to the conventional function of this area.
The wood lattice ceiling and walls together with the steel-framed bed give the bedroom that distinct vintage touch.
Opposite to the bedroom is a mosaic of small things we call TOP. White cabinet doors are decorated with a pod that defines elegance. Louise got hold of a mirror frame and a Channel de Italia clear that added to its sense of sophistication. Quite a beautiful place for vanity!
This built-n feature of the bed maximizes a small but comfy sleeping area. That short and little climb designed for them has equipped this bed space truly for children!


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Paris cancelled the premiere of the "The Dark Knight Rises" Friday after a gunman killed a dozen people and wounded about 55 others, including children at a midnight opening of the Batman film in a suburb of Denver, Colorado.
The big event scheduled to be held in Paris at the Champs-Elysees was to include the director Christopher Nolan and stars Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Morgan Freemanand Michael Caine. They won't be there as workers pulled down the display Friday.
Warner Brothers also said it would cancel all media interviews about the blockbuster movie in the city, saying in a statement they were "deeply saddened" by the shooting.
The gunman was dressed in a gas mask and bullet-proof vest when he hurled a gas canister into the auditorium and opened fire on moviegoers about 15 minutes into the film.
Victims were screaming and pleading for their lives, saying, "I'm hit, help me," while some simply played dead to avoid being shot.
Police arrested James Eagan Holmes, 24, a University of Colorado medical student, who also booby-trapped his apartment with explosives, which required authorities to evacuate five buildings and create a perimeter for several blocks.
"The pictures are fairly disturbing. It looks very sophisticated, how it's booby-trapped," Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates told reporters.
Holmes was arrested without incident in the parking lot behind the cinema. He was carrying a high-powered rifle, a shotgun and two pistols, according to authorities.
"When we got out of the theater it was just chaos, Donovan Tate told KCNC television. "There was this one … guy, was on all fours crawling. There was this girl spitting up blood. There were bullet holes in some people's backs, some people's arms. There was this one guy who was stripped down to just his boxers. It looked like he was shot in the back or something. It was crazy."
A day of mourning is justified for the victims of this tragic shooting in Aurora, Colorado. But Paris went too far. Apparently Paris believes, "The show must go" and not that "The show must go on."
Don't blame the movie. Blame the shooter.
Shutting down the film is not the message that should be sent. Let's hope America movie theaters stand strong – similar to what so many of us did after other tragedies including Columbine and Virginia Tech shootings as well as after Sept. 11.
Yes, it's so sad to see Colorado go through this again. But they will recover as they did after the Columbine shootings. That state didn't stop sending kids to school nor did students decide to stop going to Virginia Tech just as our nation didn't stop living after Sept. 11 when terrorists crashed planes crashed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania, killing thousands of people.
In America, we don't let terrorists dictate our life whether it be foreign or domestic killers. After Sept. 11, we carried on. We went back to work; held massive concerts, and attended sporting events and concerts. We showed the world we aren't afraid to live in freedom.
That was a strong united message.
Let's hope we do the same with this latest horrific incident. And I will be the first to admit – much to the disdain of our Screen and Scene blogger Domenic Mezzanotte, who makes no excuses about being a Batman fanatic – that I'm not a fan of the Dark Knight series. Ironically, for my taste it's too violent.
I prefer the 1966 campy Batman series with Adam West as an overweight Batman with the comic-like balloons in the fight scenes that scream, "POW! and BAM!"
But this time I'm making an exception, I'm pulling for the Dark Knight to break box office records.
Count me there when it screens in my hometown. I'll be there for the victims – those brave innocent patrons who lost their lives and those who miraculously escaped when a mad gunman sprayed bullets randomly in the theatre. It's the least I can do.
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The Hush Post: A biggest robbery chain carried out by a gang has been cracked by the CIA staff of Jagraon Police. Four persons including a man claiming to be an Akali worker were arrested by Jagraon police today. The gang of four laced with weapons used to snatch motorcycles and commit robberies thereafter in the three nearby districts. The CIA staff of Jagraon Police has recovered 65 motorcycles and three pistols from the culprits. The police have claimed that this is the biggest ever recovery of motorcycles from Ludhiana till now. The police got a tip-off about some persons laced with weapons near an industrial unit near Bhamal villager. The CIA staff headed by Lakhbir Singh drove to the place. The moment the police party landed there, the gangsters started running helter-skelter. The police was however, able to round-up four of them — Joban, Sukhraj, Dilbagh and Tarsem. The cops were able to recover pistols and an intoxicant they would use on their prey.
During interrogation, it was also found that Dilbagh Singh was the president of ST cell of Akalis in Majitha. The gang has carried out robberies from two-wheeler owners in Ludhiana, Amritsar and Taran Tarn districts.


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Product Analyst at AdAction Interactive
Greater Denver Area
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Named one of Built In Colorado's 2019 Best Places to Work, AdAction Interactive is looking for a Product Analyst who can jump in and make an immediate impact on the business. Using your analytical and data-driven mind, you will help Product Managers perform competitive and customer based research, refine their questions into measurable indicators and assist in turning ambiguous data into insights about our customers. Your work will influence the direction of the product road map, helping to develop a strategy and vision to build and execute feature timelines from start to finish.
- Understand product vision and strategy
- Build and share subject matter expertise in specific areas as directed by Product Managers
- Collect, validate and manage product requirements
- Collaborate with Product team to groom, clarify and spec out product backlog
- Work with Product team and key stakeholders to define scope, specify requirements and implement timelines for updating existing products and implementing new products.
- Validate that software functionality meets product specification.
- Own and perform analytics and reporting as it pertains to product in collaboration with the Data Science team.
- Provide day-to-day support for internal stakeholders (eg Media)
- Bachelor's degree required, preferably in Math, Physics, Statistics, Computer Science, or other quantitative field
- 1-3 years experience in a business analyst or product related role.
- Experience in SQL and relational databases preferred.
- Proficient in Excel and bonus if knowledgeable in at least one scripting language (eg Python, R)
- You're a strong communicator with the ability to effectively synthesize, visualize, and communicate your ideas to others
- Excellent analytical, strategic thinking, and creative problem-solving skills.
- History of teamwork and proven ability to get the job done
- Have a natural curiosity that overcomes obstacles to get answers
- Well organized, detail-oriented and self-motivated
- Comfortable in a fast paced constantly changing environment
- A self-starter with a strong bias for action
AdAction celebrates individuality and we value each other's hard work by celebrating with exciting activities, lavish happy hours, complimentary meals, seasonal sports, and an all-inclusive staff retreat. We offer a flexible work schedule, including generous PTO, and a benefits package including health, dental, vision insurance and up to 6% 401k matching.
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So people say get over it, get over my sexual abuse. You just need to move past it and become better for it. It's one of the most frustrating things. It effects me every day. I have blogged previously about the decisions and thoughts that come up with my daughter and I am in fear of doing the wrong thing or feeling the wrong thing. But today I'm not going to talk about that.
Today I'm going to talk about my BRAIN OVERLOAD! I know some is partially brain fog from meds and my current ailment but some of this showed up right after being raped. I took like half the semester off my senior year. I couldn't function, my brain was on overload. I couldn't keep up with my classes, my homework, anything. My therapist said this was normal. Can we say, totally not normal!?!? But I guess, normal to people that have been abused.
So I left school but returned to find the same trouble. I couldn't focus. I could no longer multi task. And that is my problem today.
I can't multi task! You never even realize that you are doing 500 things at once until you've lost the ability. Now I know when I'm only doing 2! I used to write, study, listen to music, watch tv all at the same time. Now I can't even write with the tv on!
It's mind blowing. I get physically angry and upset and really hot. That's the first sign for me, didn't realize till now. If I scream (not ask) my husband to turn the fan on or ac up, I should stop. Stop whatever I'm doing and just go decompress. But we all know it's impossible for me to see it as it's happening.
So the second sign, yelling, cursing, screaming. Any and all! Not in a fun, I'm excited and frustrated I missed two fruits on my fruit pop app! But an I hate you, me and life yelling, cursing and screaming.
Third, any sound sounds like screeching, high pitched, nails on chalkboard to my ears. I squint and pull back at the sound of anyone or anything. And if you make a sound, I follow up with the second sign again, yelling, screaming and cursing at the anything and anyone making the sound.
Today my poor husband, I really wish he would see the signs and help me keep it in check but it is my responsibility. Maybe writing it out will help me step away and relax.
Anyways, I was on Facebook, designing business cards, making a word document, checking out images on our business website. But my husband had a game on, as loud as possible (why does basketball, screaming fans really have to be so loud…but I'm still in my dark room decompressing, at the angry stage but not yelling anymore). My daughter had her iPad on and up where I could hear. And my husband was talking.
Should have stopped with Facebook business meeting when the little chirps of everyone leaving comments was pissing me off. No. I plugged on. Finally finished my business cards, checking out and I have to ask my husband for his card. Then he proceeds to talk to me. I scream don't talk to me. I could kill you or me. He knows I don't mean this but gets. Don't talk or we are gonna fight!
I check out through the computer down and proceed to go upstairs. Argh, have to talk to him again! Grrrrrrrrrrr, no seriously I growl. He looks up says never mind. I get to the top of the stairs and know I have to ask a favor.
Does it matter that I am asking him a favor. NOPE! Yell at him my question, get pissed when he can't hear me, yell meaner. Then end it with fine never mind. I say make sure you don't come up here for 30 minutes or off with your head!
So I guess I am proud to say, I am learning. Ask me a few weeks ago, I wouldn't have warned him. I would have started full out war on my husband for him simple talking. Now I still yell but only to warn him I have no patience. And I knew I needed 30 minutes if my own time!
So now to pick up on my behaviors that can help me stay on green, not past the yellow or red mark! Today was probably orange. But first time I realized I have these triggers that are going to increase anxiety, frustration, anger…a break through!
But for those of you that say get over it, I say bite me! I had a hot head before. But I totally loose it now when there are things that are notable different after my rape. Things I can never put back to normal, things I can't change no matter how hard I tried.
Now I know I need to do as I did today and understand my limitations and figure out solutions to adapt to my "new" life. I've always known/said my life has never been the same since my rape and finally letting loose the truth of my incest abuse but I wouldn't choose to go back. I think it's easier for me to say that because of the years of the sexual abuse from my brother but I have always been much more aware of peoples choices, lifestyle, the reason why they are who they are. You never know what someone is going through and because of that you can never truly understand why they act the way they act or choose the way they choose. And until you've been in their shoes, you can never judge them for their choices.
And honestly now, I'm not like my parents, I'm not like random friends and family, I see raising my child differently. I think of the people that come in and out of her life differently. I am always aware of how anyone can be a predator, and I will honestly know I did everything in my power to keep her safe.
But there are no guarantees in life, I know my daughter could end up down the same road in life but I will understand, support and love her completely. I am not at peace about this, that's why I am anxious about child care, friends, family I have in her life.
As I know with my life my God isn't out to do harm but to love. But the devil is fighting back. All I can say without a doubt is bad things happen and God is always there to show us the light.
So I leave you in my brain overload I wanted to take the time to write this down but I'm really sorry if I confused you in my fragmented thoughts.


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6th Frankfurt Conference on Financial Market Policy: "European Financial Markets – Too Much Variety?"
About the Conference:
Ever since the First Banking Directive of 1977, efforts for integrating European financial markets have been on the European agenda. Arguably, the Single European Act (1986), freeing cross-border financial movements within the Union, provided the scene for the EMS crisis of 1992, ultimately leading to the common currency. The Great Financial Crisis that started in 2008 and, more specifically, the sovereign debt troubles in the euro area's periphery (2010-11) forced a banking union on the euro area, which before was deemed simply unfeasible as well as unnecessary. The call for more union in banking and capital markets raises the question whether there is too much variety in the euro area's financial markets.
The 6th Frankfurt Conference on Financial Market Policy is devoted to an assessment of where we are standing after all the institutional reforms that have been implemented since 2012. It focuses on Europe's evolving banking landscape, as well as on the pros and cons (or limits) of variety in finance.
The conference brings together policy makers, academics, and industry representatives. The objective is to foster an instructive debate about policy initiatives proposed, improving the public's capacity to critically evaluate arguments and make judgements of these initiatives possible.
Jan Pieter Krahnen & Hans-Helmut Kotz, SAFE Policy Center
Thomas Book (Deutsche Börse AG)
Luis de Guindos (Vice-President, European Central Bank)
Rainer Haselmann (SAFE and Goethe University Frankfurt)
Boštjan Jazbec (Single Resolution Board)
Hans-Helmut Kotz (SAFE and Harvard University)
Jan Pieter Krahnen (SAFE and Goethe University Frankfurt)
Katja Langenbucher (Goethe University Frankfurt)
Sabine Lautenschläger (European Central Bank)
Erkki Liikanen (IFRS Foundation and Helsinki Graduate School of Economics)
Jürgen Schaaf (European Central Bank)
Dorothea Schäfer (German Institute for Economic Research (DIW))
Karl-Peter Schackmann-Fallis (German Savings Banks Association (DSGV))
Rolf Strauch (European Stability Mechanism)
Dirk Schoenmaker (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Daniela Weber-Rey (HSBC Trinkhaus & Burkhardt AG)
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Ahna MacLeod
Professionally, I am:
a digital content & search engine optimization strategist, writer, editor, analyst, and designer.
I bring over 20 years of experience to the table; don't let my youthful face fool you– I got into web design in 1995 (shout out to Adobe PageMill). My academic background includes a degree in communications (with a concentration in professional writing), a diploma in radio & television arts, grad work on the intersection of learning theories and technology, and countless (well, I could count them, but I won't) certificates and courses in digital strategy / search engine optimization / digital marketing. If it's not obvious by now, I dig content.
My passion, though, is identifying root issues preventing the desired visibility of, and engagement with, content and combining content elements into a cohesive whole to ensure that each and every element is working together to communicate your message in an engaging and impactful way.
What're my "special skills"? Well, I…
- am creative and analytical
- see the both the big picture and notice the minutiae
- am a crackerjack inductive thinker — leading to insights & innovative solutions
- will make any project tighter, more cohesive, and more attractive
- am Ahna MacLeod, and I make things better.
Ahna MacLeod
Personally, I am:
a lover of cider, Stephen Fry, & gadgets. The Oxford comma & ampersands come in at a close third & fourth respectively. I am a student of rhetoric and a master of puns. In another life, I was a welder. My favourite burn scar looks like The Rolling Stones' lips.
In my spare time, I like to write about ciders for my personal review blog, add to my knitting callouses, and have passionate conversations about comics and books/80s and 90s hip-hop/French Impressionism/rhetoric and logic/Lynch and Cronenberg/puppies and kittens.
Song I'm Currently (Re)Obsessed With: Never Get Ahead– Bobby Conn


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It bears enough information about its user to get a conclusion of what he is doing or intend to do. The user can view conversations, audio and video calls being made through Skype. All the data sent and received through Skype can be seen and recorded. This is mostly used for conference calls and business meetings and is a good source. Using Tumblr screen recorder short videos and screenshots can be made.
When the target is active on Tumblr, your tracking app can record all the activity, and you can watch it via your BlurSPY control panel. It can be recorded and saved to keep a record. Messenger has now become a distinct app and is being used independently of Facebook.
Its screen can be recorded using BlurSPY tracking app. The user can see full activity and know about the people his child or employee is connecting. LinkedIn is a huge platform to find jobs and sell your expertise and skills. If you are doubtful about your employee and want to know if he is misusing his job title, LinkedIn screen recording is a great feature to help you a lot in this regard.
Tinder is mostly being used by young people to find their matches. If parents want to restrict their kids, they must know about what they are into. Screen recorder is very useful in this prospect. Spy on facebook messages, calls, shared images, with BlurSPY android spy app. You can see what they are talking about on yahoo chat through android monitoring app.
Tinder spying tool is one of the advanced spying app to monitor your target phone tinder chats, likes, etc. Track all the messaging and call logs on line app through Line Spy. Track Snapchat private conversations, Group calls, Save Stories through cell phone spy app. Track skype chats, share images, video call, incoming and outgoing calls with BlurSPY Android monitoring app.
BlurSPY that has been dealing with all your own and expert computerized wellbeing needs. BlurSPY Monitoring Software is the most advanced cell phone spying app with ongoing on the web and disconnected checking highlights. From area following to getting out the Target phone history, BlurSPY gives you Full access to all the data of your target device. All frameworks are skilled with BlurSPY Android monitoring App, from Android phone and Tablets, working frameworks are not an obstruction in its completely fledged working. BlurSPY Android spy software identifies and records bring in your objective android devices and make the contacts of your speculated individual obvious.
It records your targeted phone screen of the contraption in which you have introduced BlurSPY Android spy app and makes it advantageous for you to see their action for the duration of your targeted device hidden activities. The Surround recorder can be utilized in an amazingly valuable manner to ensure your dear ones or business.
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According to MillerCoors they say that the Steel Reserve Spiked Punch "serves up a perfect blend of cherry, orange and strawberry flavors." Upon first taste I think it tastes like Hawaiian Punch with an extra kick. It is similar to a Four Loko, but probably tastes just a tad worse. Can that be possible? It isn't THAT bad to drink, but make sure you down it quick before it stars to get warm.
Coming in at 8% ABV in a 24-ounce can it can give you the perfect punch to start off your night of drinking. I suggest starting off with just one can and you will get a nice buzz going before moving on to something different to drink. These retail for around $2.29 in my area and are about $1 more expensive than the standard classic 211.
While I gave the Spiked Punch some semi-favorable reviews, Jayman from IWS Radio did not agree with me. After we talked about the Steel Reserve Alloy Series on an episode of IWS Radio last fall, he took to YouTube with his own video taste test and review of this flavored malt beverage. He doesn't hold back any punches and gave his honest and unbiased opinion of the 211.
Since the release of Steel Reserve Spiked Punch in 2014, the brand has expanded with Pineapple and Margarita flavors as well to go with the original BLK Berry variety. We won't get into these at this time and will save them for another installment sometime in the future!
"Steel Reserve Alloy Series offers value-seeking consumers a beverage that they can actually afford. The introduction of Spiked Punch brings more variety into the Steel Reserve brand family and extends its reach with consumers."
"In Spiked Punch's packaging, Steel Reserve fans will recognize the familiar "211" and shield iconography, but with a colorful twist to appeal to consumers looking for flavors. The magenta color of the can provides a glimpse of the bold flavor they can expect when enjoying the product."
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Adrian Peterson getting his Purple Jesus on vs the Saints struggling defense? Yes, please.
Some fans may enjoy the hard-hitting action of a Steelers vs Ravens Monday nighter, and I did, but it's nice to get a prime time game built for the fantasy football geeks out there. Tonight we speak specifically of Adrian Peterson, Drew Brees, Reggie Brown and Lance Moore owners.
AD should be able to run all night. Drew Brees will take advantage of the Vikings defense weakness: pass defense. Doubtful Reggie Bush gets his yards on the ground, but you know he'll be used on the screen and Lance Moore has been a diamond in the rough.
Looking forward to this one. With apologies to Terrell Owens, I'm getting the popcorn ready. Prediction: Vikings 28, Saints 24.
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Skillz – "Murda Gram" (Uncle Murda Diss)
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text: Acta Medica Okayama 0303-7207 348 1 2012 Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor activity is involved in the osteoblastic differentiation regulated by bone morphogenetic proteins and tumor necrosis factor-ā┐. 224 232 EN Mariko Takano Fumio Otsuka Yoshinori Matsumoto Kenichi Inagaki Masaya Takeda Eri Nakamura Naoko Tsukamoto Tomoko Miyoshi Ken-ei Sada Hirofumi Makino Recent studies have suggested possible adverse effects of thiazolidinediones on bone metabolism. However, the detailed mechanism by which the activity of PPAR affects bone formation has not been elucidated. Impaired osteoblastic function due to cytokines is critical for the progression of inflammatory bone diseases. In the present study, we investigated the cellular mechanism by which PPAR actions interact with osteoblast differentiation regulated by BMP and TNF-alpha using mouse myoblastic C2C12 cells. BMP-2 and -4 potently induced the expression of various bone differentiation markers including Runx2, osteocalcin, type-1 collagen and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) in C2C12 cells. When administered in combination with a PPAR alpha agonist (fenofibric acid) but not with a PPAR gamma agonist (pioglitazone), BMP-4 enhanced osteoblast differentiation through the activity of PPAR alpha. The osteoblastic changes induced by BMP-4 were readily suppressed by treatment with TNF-alpha. Interestingly, the activities of PPAR alpha and PPAR gamma agonists reversed the suppression by TNF-alpha of osteoblast differentiation induced by BMP-4. Furthermore, TNF-alpha-induced phosphorylation of MAPKs, NF kappa B, I kappa B and Stat pathways was inhibited in the presence of PPAR alpha and PPAR gamma agonists with reducing TNF-alpha receptor expression. In view of the finding that inhibition of SAPK/JNK. Stat and NF kappa B pathways reversed the TNF-alpha suppression of osteoblast differentiation, we conclude that these cascades are functionally involved in the actions of PPARs that antagonize TNF-alpha-induced suppression of osteoblast differentiation. It was further discovered that the PPAR alpha agonist enhanced BMP-4-induced Smad1/5/8 signaling through downregulation of inhibitory Smad6/7 expression, whereas the PPAR gamma agonist impaired this activity by suppressing BMPRII expression. On the other hand, BMPs increased the expression levels of PPAR alpha and PPAR gamma in the process of osteoblast differentiation. Thus, PPAR alpha actions promote BMP-induced osteoblast differentiation, while both activities of PPAR alpha and PPAR gamma suppress TNF-alpha actions. Collectively, our present data establishes that PPAR activities are functionally involved in modulating the interaction between the BMP system and TNF-alpha receptor signaling that is crucial for bone metabolism. No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported. Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) Osteoblast Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha)


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An international team of researchers led by Monash University has received $27 million in funding for a project to revitalize slums in Indonesia and Fiji.
The five-year project aims to transform water infrastructure, water management and sanitation practices in informal settlements and will also deliver upgrades to housing in these settlements.
The research, to be carried out by Monash University, the University of Melbourne, Stanford University and Emory University in the USA, will focus on 24 slum communities, 12 each in Indonesia and Fiji.
The project team will include architects, engineers, sociologists, ecologists, medical researchers, epidemiologists and economists.
Head of Monash University's architecture department, Diego Ramírez-Lovering, will lead the architecture and design side of the project.
Ramírez-Lovering said slums are growing at a faster rate than ever before and governments in countries such as Indonesia and Fiji are not able to provide sanitation and water services to these communities, resulting in poor health – with children worst affected.
"We are trying to develop an integrated approach to revitalization. What that means is effectively new housing or upgraded housing and decentralized water systems for cleaning water and waste water [management] in these communities," Ramírez-Lovering said.
A process of community consultation will be used to deliver a range of site-specific initiatives to improve the environment of the informal settlements.
"Each community will be engaged in the process of co-design for the dwellings. The idea is we will be developing a series of templates and will then engage in a process of community co-design, working with the community to develop housing models that they want and believe in," said Ramírez-Lovering.
For example, many of the communities in Fiji are in coastal areas and go through daily flooding, meaning their homes need to be elevated off the ground. "It will likely be a lightweight timber construction," Ramírez-Lovering said.
However, in Indonesia it is more likely concrete framing and concrete blockwork or another kind of infill will be used.
One idea the team has been exploring is incremental housing, which would see the project team provide a partially constructed dwelling that includes wet areas and dificult structural aspects. The community can then build the infill into the structure.
[This way], they're engaged in the process of construction. It also means over time you can add to the dwelling, so you might add another storey or add another room to the back," said Ramírez-Lovering.
A team of health professionals will measure the impact of the project on the communities over a five-year period, with a focus on children under five years of age.
The project will be funded through a $14-million grant from UK-based charitable foundation Wellcome Trust and $13 million from the Asian Development Bank.


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It's late and I should be sleeping. I am so ready for school to start but one more day until it does. I am all about vegetables and cleansing my body right now. I have a bit of cravings still from eating sugar over Christmas. Wow my body really reacts to corn chips and pure sugar. I have to get back to last year when there was none of that in my house so then I wasn't tempted! I need to go grocery shopping so tonight I used up the last of my fresh vegetables and made Stir fry.
I cooked short grain brown rice in my rice cooker. (If you don't have one I highly suggest it! It's made my life so much easier in the kitchen and no more wasted burnt rice down the sink.)
Easy Stir Fry
3 T coconut oil
1/4 head of cabbage, shredded fine
4 carrot sticks sliced thin
1 c chopped Broccoli
1/2 head of cauliflower
1/2 red onion, sliced into strips-pole to pole
1/2 T grated fresh ginger(makes all the difference if fresh)
1 heaping T chopped fresh garlic
The key to good stir fry is keeping the pan hot. Turn on your pan to low with the oil in it while you chop. Then right before you are ready turn the heat to high. Then add your onions. Saute 2 min. Then add your veggie that takes the longest to cook like cauliflower or carrots. Saute 2-3 min. Then add your second veggie like the broccoli & sauté 2-3 min. Add your garlic and ginger. Once your veggies are done to your liking add the sauce but only cook a minute if you using arrowroot. You don't want to boil arrowroot or it doesn't stay thick. Serve over brown rice. This is a great recipe to use up whatever veggie you have in your fridge. You can add meat, chicken or shrimp. Just remove the veggies add more oil to your pan and cook the protein then add the veggies back in and add the sauce.
1-2 T soy sauce or coconut aminos
2 tsp maple syrup
1 tsp Mirin
1 tsp Rice wine vinegar
1 tsp + sesame oil
1 T arrowroot powder or corn starch
These are estimates cause I love to just throw it together and hope it tastes good. Oh did it!! So try it and if it's not to your liking adjust. I think the Mirin was particularly great in it. Find it in the Asian section of the grocery store.


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Copenhagen's northern harbor is transitioning from a purely industrial location to part of the larger city. During this transformation, former factories, loading piers and port terminals have become vacant while the rate of development catches up. Designed by local practice Arcgency, a project entitled 'made to move' introduces a temporary building typology to efficiently inhabit these vacant lots.
Design Conception
Stacked three storeys high, the used shipping containers are conceived as an experimental prefabricated scheme that challenges universal waste issues and traditional building techniques. The span between the units is utilized as flexible space for primary workspace functions, while interiors can be used for secondary functions such as meeting rooms, workshops and storage.
Drawings courtesy Arcgency
The container stack is wrapped with high performing insulated sandwich panels, which help protect against the harsh Scandinavian climate. The cladding is bolted directly onto the container frame – as are the windows, roof elements and internal floor slabs. Visible installations are used for water, electricity and heating, making it easy to set up and take down.
Construction Images courtesy Arcgency
From the 40 foot long spaces inside the containers to the triple height voids between them, the various spatial experiences and scales invite a range of uses. Different levels and large interior windows make it possible to create the feeling of working in a collaborative atmosphere, with teams inhabiting different parts of the building. Furthermore, large full height openings allow natural light deep inside the office throughout the day, minimizing the need for artificial light.
- Type: Container Office Building
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Have a sip of Horchata October 7, 2009Posted by Patrick in Muzak.
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Vampire Weekend's first single, Horchata, from forthcoming album Contra turned up online on Monday as a free download from their official website.
The track is named after what Wikipedia refers to as "several kinds of traditional beverages, made of ground almonds, sesame seeds, rice, barley or tigernuts (chufas)." Doesn't sound too appetising as a drink but as a piece of music I actually quite like it.
It's not too far removed from the stuff we're used to from the group's self-titled debut album, and it's a nice upbeat track that builds into a drum-filled crescendo while giving us a bit of strings and such along the way for good measure.
If the rest of the album sounds anything like this, then I'm looking forward to hearing it when it's released on 11th January, or indeed whenever it all leaks online.
Vampire Weekend – Horchata (download on the official website)
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I was talking to a friend this week and mistakenly identified Good Morning Vietnam as Robin Williams' film debut. I'd forgotten that seven years prior he was in Popeye. But GMV was definitely his breakout movie. Popeye's performance in the box office was dismal and he was stuck in TV purgatory once Mork and Mindy was cancelled. He did appear in a handful of forgettable B-movies, but once GMV hit the big screen, things took off for Williams. People now saw him as more than just a funny guy. He was an outstanding actor.
Most actors appear in a pile of movies (most of which none of us have even heard about) before they were able to experience the "break out role" like Williams did. It's always amazing to see someone debut with a memorable performance in an equally memorable movie. In this week's movie, Jacob Tremblay was not only cute, but delivered a performance I know I'll never forget. It wasn't technically his first, but it was at least his first feature-length film in which he is both seen (as opposed to lending his voice) and credited.
So, I decided to put together my own top ten greatest film debuts of all time:
10. John Cazale as Fredo in The Godfather (1972)
9. Jennifer Hudson as Effie White in Dreamgirls (2006)
8. Lupita Nyong'o as Patsey in 12 Years a Slave (2013)
7. Gabourey Sidibe as Precious in Precious (2009)
6. Natalie Portman as Mathilda in Léon: The Professional (1994)
5. Oprah Winfrey as Sofia in The Colour Purple (1985)
4. Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber in Die Hard (1988)
3. Julie Andrews as Mary Poppins in Mary Poppins (1964)
2. Christian Bale as Jim in Empire of the Sun (1987)
1. Orson Welles as Kane in Citizen Kane (1941)
Honourable mentions: Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross in True Grit (2010); Barkhad Abdi as Muse in Captain Phillips (2013), and Robert Duvall as Boo Radley in To Kill A Mockingbird (1962).
Admittedly, I've not seen some key performances in some very well known and influential movies. Judging strictly from what I've heard, these would be the top ten movie debuts in movies I haven't seen yet (in no particular order):
- Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode in Halloween (1978)
- Johnny Depp as Glen Lantz in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
- Barbra Streisand as Fanny Brice in Funny Girl (1968)
- Anna Paquin as Flora in The Piano (1993)
- Tatum O'Neal as Addie in Paper Moon (1973)
- Edward Norton as Aaron in Primal Fear (1996)
- Sidney Poitier as Dr. Luther Brooks in No Way Out (1950)
- James Dean as Cal Trask in East of Eden (1955)
- Owen and Luke Wilson as Dignan and Anthony in Bottle Rocket (1996)
- Tom Cruise as Cadet Captain David Shawn in Taps (1981)
Congratulations Room. This is your week.
Best Actress: Grace Kelly in Dial M for Murder. That's right Jamie, you uncultured swine!
Best Actor: Al Pacino in The Godfather.
Best Quote: "I am Iron Man." — Robert Downey Jr as Tony Stark in Iron Man.
Just a few interesting notes about Room. The producers wanted Brie and Jacob to bond early on before filming began so that they're mother/son relationship would come off more authentic. In the process, Jacob's mom asked him if he had any questions for Brie. He asked her 1) her favourite colour, 2) her favourite animal, and 3) if she liked Star Wars (1977).
And this may have worked too well. Even though he was a fine young actor, Jacob couldn't bring himself to yell at Brie at a point in the movie where his character is supposed to do that. The director had the entire cast and crew jumping up and down yelling until he was able to do it himself.
I love my new-to-me DVD's. If any of you know where I can get a copy of Downfall (2004) or High Fidelity (2000) for cheap, let me know.


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ALL THE WORLD'S BIRDS PART SEVEN Updates
On this page you can view how changes to the IOC bird list have impacted on the contents of this ATWB eBook since its first annual edition.
2019 edition -> 2020 edition IOC bird list v 8.2 -> IOC bird list v 9.2
The following families have modified English names:
Family: Psophodidae – Whipbirds
Family: Vangidae – Vangas & Allies
Family: Artamidae – Woodswallows, Butcherbirds & Allies
Family: Pachycephalidae – Whistlers & Allies
Part of Family Acanthizidae – Australasian Warblers has been revised and resequenced.
560/5471 Bicolored Mouse-warbler (highlands of New Guinea)
has been ascribed to a new genus and has a new English name:
560/5471 Bicolored Scrubwren Aethomyias nigrorufus
The following species have been ascribed to a new or different genus:
560/5465 Chestnut-rumped Heathwren Hylacola pyrrhopygia
560/5466 Shy Heathwren Hylacola cauta
560/5470 Rusty Mouse-warbler Origma murina
560/5472 Mountain Mouse-warbler Origma robusta
560/5478 Yellow-throated Scrubwren Neosericornis citreogularis
560/5473 Pale-billed Scrubwren Aethomyias spilodera
560/5482 Vogelkop Scrubwren Aethomyias rufescens
560/5481 Buff-faced Scrubwren Aethomyias perspicillatus
560/5474 Papuan Scrubwren Aethomyias papuensis
560/5483 Grey-green Scrubwren Aethomyias arfakianus
560/547E Spotted Scrubwren Sericornis maculatus (sc, sw, wc Australia)
has been split from:
560/5476 White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis (e, se, sc Australia)
The Psophodidae family has been divided into two:
Family: Psophodidae – Whipbirds (identifier number '592')
and new family:
Family: Cinclosomatidae – Jewel-babblers, Quail-thrushes (identifier number '593')
608/564E Albertine Sooty Boubou Laniarius holomelas (n, c Albertine Rift)
has been split from:
608/5644 Mountain Sooty Boubou Laniarius poensis
(Bioko Island, wc Cameroon, se Nigeria)
654/5830 Crested Shriketit Falcunculus frontatus (Australia)
has been moved from:
Family: Pachycephalidae – Whistlers & Allies (identifier number '656')
to new monotypic family:
Family: Falcunculidae – Shriketit (identifier number '654')
The 7 species listed below have been split from Little Shrikethrush, which has a new English name:
656/5875 Arafura Shrikethrush Colluricincla megarhyncha
(w, sc New Guinea, Aru Islands, n Australia)
The split species are:
656/583T Biak Whistler Pachycephala melanorhyncha
(Biak Island off nw New Guinea)
656/58F0 Variable Shrikethrush Colluricincla fortis (c, se New Guinea)
656/58F1 Waigeo Shrikethrush Colluricincla affinis
(Waigeo Island off w New Guinea)
656/58F2 Mamberamo Shrikethrush Colluricincla obscura (nc New Guinea)
656/58F3 Tagula Shrikethrush Colluricincla discolor
(Tagula Island off se New Guinea)
656/58F4 Sepik-Ramu Shrikethrush Colluricincla tappenbecki
(ne, ec New Guinea)
656/58F5 Rufous Shrikethrush Colluricincla rufogaster
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Zuma's TraineeKailey belongs to Tundrathesnowpup also known as Musicalmutt2 on deviantart
As a pup, Kailey was left on the streets when her mother disappeared while trying to find them some food, leaving her and her two brothers alone to fend for themselves. Kailey watched after her brothers, Rayne and Delta, until they were scooped up by a dog catcher while they were playing hide-and-go-seek. Distraught, Kailey wandered through towns before running into Bandit, where he lead her to safety at the Stray Pup Sanctuary. There she spent a few weeks sulking before she met Smoky. Though they separated after helping him find out where his brother was, they eventually met back up at the Lookout, when Kailey became a trainee under Zuma. They flirted awkwardly for a while before finally going on their first dates, and soon, they found themselves getting married. A few months after their wedding, they had a litter of two pups, the first being Trapper and Faith, and Kailey loved her babies to bits. Though unexpectedly, she found herself pregnant again around 6 months later. This time she only had one pup, a baby boy named Dodge, and despite his deafness, she loved him just as much.
Once those puppies grew up, she and Smoky found themselves with several grandpups, and they couldn't be happier spending time with them and their family.
dark brown and white Portuguese Water dog with golden/hazel eyes. She wears a dark royal blue colored uniform similar to Zuma's with a navy blue collar and sports a badge like Zuma's, but it's a light periwinkle hue.
On dates she wears two royal blue bows, one on both ears, and one large one at the base of her tail
Usually sweet and calm, but gets random spouts of hyperness that will make her run around like crazy. She can't sit still for very long- and absolutely loves to play and swim. She's very bold and doesn't tend to think before she does something- running straight into it before checking to see what she's doing. She's very fiesty when she has her mind set on something.
- She has a weakness for Sticks/balls. Whenever someone throws one, she just has to chase after it
- She thinks she can be subtle with flirting- but is really...really not. "I like your face"
- ironically- she's afraid of Wally
- She has a crush on Rocky's younger brother, Smoky
- when she was younger, she was playing hide and seek with her two brothers and they were captured by a dog catcher, along with their mother. She was never able to reunite with her family, but still holds hope that someday she will be able to meet them again. Her wish is granted on her birthday when her brothers save Captain Turbot and are introduced back to Kailey at the water park. She's thrilled to see her brothers again, but wonders
- Her best friend is Angel, Though Bandit is a close second since he took her into the Stray Pup Sanctuary
- Grateful to Ryder for adopting her and bringing her in, she absolutely loves her collar and never takes it off, unless for baths or if really neccessary
- In The Crack Ships Series she dates both Rusty and Med. For a while, everything was well between the three until Med started to get a little distant, no longer wanting to share Kailey. Kailey broke it off with Med and stuck with Rusty. The Twi stayed together and eventually went on to have a litter of puppies, Carrie, Jazzie and Gulliver. The pair couldn't be happier~
- Kailey's voice actress would be Auli'i Cravalho, the voice of Moana
- "Let's make a splash!"
- "Water we waiting for?"
- "Sink or Swim, i'm ready to dive in!"
Stories she appears in
Stories by me:
NoPresent Day:
- Pup Pup Fright Night
- Pups Save the Reindeer (mentioned)
- Pups and the Frosty Feelings
- Pups and the Big Birthday Surprise
- Pups save the Obstacle Course
Future Generation:
- Pups and the Big Proposal
- Pups make a Special Delivery
- A day on the Water
- Pups go to the Pound
- Pups and the walk down memory lane
- Pups plan a Picnic
- Pups and the Candy-swiper
- Pups and the Family Vacation
- Pups and the Allergic reaction
Third Generation:
Creepypasta: (Not part of fanon timeline):
Stories by others:
- A Smoky Past
- Pups and the Midnight Movie
- Pups and the Vampire
- Pups Go to Pup-School
- Pups go to Pup-School 2: Dodge
- Pups and the New Student
- Pups and the Carnival
- Smoky's New Addition
- Smoky's Surprise Party
- Pups and the Halloween Special
- Chase, the Werewolf
- Chase, the Werewolf (4)
- Pups meet a Spongebob
- Pups In Over Their Heads
- Pups In Over Their Heads (part 2)
- Pups and the Gift of the Magi
- Frozened Over
- Icy Adventures (series)
- Pups' Double Trouble
- Smoky, You're Fired
- Bandit's Life
- Crystalist's Special Delivery
- Pups and the flu
- Road Trips
- The Incredipups
- Trapper's Injury
- Pups and the Blind Date
- Pups Save a Concert
- The Legend of Kailey
- The Legend of Kailey (series)
- Kailey II: The Adventure of Smoky
- The Trainee Rescue
- I Love You More Today Than Yesterday (Smoky And Kailey Version)
- The Dawn of Love
- The Double Date
- A Klutzy Case of Puppy Love
- Marshall, the Vampire
- Pups and the Ascent to Heaven
- Pups and the storm of the century
- Smoky's Breakup
- Pups and the Jellyfish Rescue
- Dodge's Inspiration
- Pup Pup Panic!
- Pup pup storm
- Tundra's Loose Tooth
- Little Pups under the Big Top
- (Paw patrol) Pokemon: Road to Champion!
- Med and Angel's Sun Set Beach Date
- Falling for you
- For My Father! 📒
- Faith's Big Surprise
- Pups and the Father's Day picnic
- Up All Night
- Pups and the Weight-loss Angel
- Pups and the Resurrection
- When Trouble Looks Bleak, Dodge on Beat
- Smoky's Father's Day
- Pups save the Mentors
- Pups and the Fire
Song articles(by me and others)
Collaboration stories:
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Future Gen:
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This one is waaaaaaaaaay bluer than RotO normally goes. But it was a lot of fun.
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Parent reviews for The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom
Common Sense says
Engaging fairy tale spoof is clever and funny.
age 8+
Based on our expert review
This one is a Hero in our house!
This is one of those rare books that kept my 7yr old son and 6yr old daughter begging me to keep on reading! The story contains familiar princess/prince characters from the usual lot, but reinvents them in a huge, crazy, funny adventure focusing on not giving up, being brave and being loyal. There are a few fighting scenes, but nothing gory or horrible --just enough to keep my boy wanting more. It was really terrific!
This title contains:
Positive role models
Violence & scariness
This review...
Great new author
Engaging tome, that will keep them laughing AND reading. Well thought out and will help build their vocab skills.
Ps. Adults will enjoy it too.
Ps. Adults will enjoy it too.


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Two local schools are among 46 across the country to be named a "Green Ribbon School" by the U.S. Department of Education. The schools got this award for the many ways they're helping the environment in their school facilities, classes and programs.
Mt. Lebanon High School and Wexford Elementary School are being honored Sept. 19 in Washington D.C. for the incredible ways they're helping the environment.
We are featuring both schools, starting with Mt. Lebanon High School
Lunchtime at Mt. Lebanon High School is like a factory; 1,700 kids eating over 3 hours each day, but they don't just take the easy way out. They make the extra effort to help the environment, even though it takes more time, money and energy.
"It's not that hard to do. As long as you're aware of the impact you're making, it's easy to make a difference," senior Henry Silverman said.
The cafeteria provides reusable plates, trays and bowls to reduce waste, uses recyclable and biodegradable plates and cups in place of Styrofoam, provides locally sourced, healthy and gluten-free food options, and composts the food waste from the kitchen like rinds and and leftovers, which are given to a local farm and turned into mulch.
When the school was renovated in 2009, they designed it with a lot of windows to bring in natural light, not just for aesthetics but to reduce the number of electric lights, and those electric lights are all on sensors. But students are taking it one step further, working to get those electric lights to be LED.
"Me and my friends are working on a Powerpoint right now to present to the school board about switching the bulbs in the skywalk to LED bulbs, and we've already done the math, and it would save a bunch of kilowatt hours and money every year," senior Joe Albers explained.
"There's an initial cost to some of these initiatives, but in the long term, it certainly does save you money. We're spending less in utility costs. We're able to recycle much more than we were in the past. We really have some very interesting initiatives where kids feel connected to their environment," Mt. Lebanon Schools Superintendent Timothy Steinhauer said.
In addition to the green facility, pesticides are prohibited on the plants and garden. The school also supports a student-led environmental club and requires a full-year class in environmental geoscience where students learn about how their actions make a difference in the environment — good or bad.
"This class has changed my outlook on life more than any class in high school, probably," Albers said.
If you'd like to get your kids excited about STEM learning like these kids are doing, STEM week is coming up the week of Sept. 17 – 23. STEM Fest at the Mall at Robinson on Saturday, Sept. 22, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. will have all kinds of hands-on activities for kids of all ages. There will be everything from virtual reality and forensic science to stem-related career opportunities for high-school-aged kids.


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Those familiar with spudguns know that a volumetric propane meter typically uses two ball valves connected to a regulated propane supply. The first valve lets propane into a small reservoir of specific volume. That valve is then closed off and the second one is opened, allowing the propane inside the small reservoir to enter the combustion chamber to mix with fresh air inside. The spudgun is then ready to fire. My test rig does essentially the same thing, but consolidates the metering system into one little 3-way valve with some convenient features. It has a threaded portion below the button and it exhausts air (in this case propane) around the button. This valve is mounted at the back of the combustion chamber using those threads such that the button is inside the chamber. The test rig has a floating barrel portion/piston with a rubber seal. When the barrel is pushed back within the combustion chamber, it impacts the valve's button and causes regulated propane to enter a tiny reservoir. When the barrel is pulled forward again, the valve then releases that propane into the chamber to mix with fresh air that enters via a check valve and aided by vacuum caused when the barrel is pulled forward (assuming it has been loaded with a dart). The rig is then ready to fire. The spark is provided by a piezo igniter.
The video should explain this process more clearly: http://s237.photobuc...nt=MVI_2467.mp4
Note: That messy looking pipe nipple sticking out from the valve is NOT the reservoir. The schrader valve is not part of this either. I just put those on there to protect the ports from epoxy when I sealed everything off. The actual reservoir exists between the perpendicular port on the valve, and a hex plug that fits flush inside it. The reservoir is ridiculously small in reality. Propane is injected at 45psi. So far the rig has fired several hundred shots and the propane tank is still quite heavy.
(Actual fittings shown here)
It should be obvious how the firing cycle can be adapted to a bolt-action configuration with that barrel/piston plugging into a barrel extension on the forward stroke and exposing a breech on the backward stroke. When I have time, I will complete the rig and post more pictures. With an effective barrel length of only 3 inches, the rig gets consistent ranges of about 60 feet held horizontally four feet from the ground.
DISCLAIMER: This project involves PROPANE, HIGH VOLTAGE, and FIRE! Be aware of all risks involved when starting a project and DO NOT hold others [ME] responsible for whatever bad things may happen.
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Presseinfo: Spyderco - OUR INTERNATIONAL MAN ON THE GROUND
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Spyderco has one employee we term our far-away guy. Spyderco employs a full-time man on the ground who nurtures and grows our European presence. Meet Jurphaas van Rietschoten. Jur joined Spyderco part time twenty-two years ago and is based in Leiden, the Netherlands. After retiring from his career in the Dutch Air Force he began representing Spyderco full-time by traveling through Europe and meeting with dealers, distributors and end line users. He is our European steward and exhibits at a number of trade and consumer shows in the marine, outdoor sports, hunting and knife markets.
While spending time with Jur during the recent Amsterdam Meet and IWA trade show, we asked him a few questions about his perspective on Spydero and our place in the European knife community. We thought you might enjoy his insights as much as we did.
1. What is Spydercos position in the European knife market?
Spyderco is known all over Europe with an excellent reputation and is highly respected among European collectors, hunters, fishermen, professional users, Save & Serve personnel, security specialists and martial blade artists. Spyderco holds a strong position in the EU market as a premium brand, offering modern, high-tech, reliable, and extremely functional cutting tools.
2. Where do you see Spyderco in Europe 10 years from now?
I see Spyderco making maximum use of our newly built production facility being constructed now in Golden. I tend to believe that production of our moderately priced value folders and the byrd series will continue to grow. The current research & development team consisting of Sal and Eric Glesser will change at some point in time when Sal retires. I see Eric continuing R&D and keeping Spyderco a leader in the export industry. The byrd line will continue to grow. Sal and Eric showed some of the latest re-designed byrd models, a new Raven in G10, and the Meadowlark 2 and the Cara Cara 2 in titanium at the Amsterdam Meet and at the IWA Show in Nuremberg, Germany.
3. What are the advantages of having an employee on the ground in Europe?
Operating as Spydercos European representative takes me on the road constantly but keep in mind that Europe today consists of 51 independent countries, of which, 28 are members of the European Union. I travel and organize trade and consumer shows in Germany, Belgium, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Austria, Italy and France. I meet with our import dealers and distributors and assist store keepers, sales staff and end-line consumers. Spyderco makes high quality products with many very technical aspects to them; ergonomics, blade steel, handle materials, special production methods, and hidden technical or ergonomic design features. These features need to be pointed out and explained to our sales partners in order to enable them to offer adequate advice and support to their customers and the end- line user. My motto is: Have a Spyderco Knife, Will Travel.
4. What are the advantages of having Meets and exhibiting at trade and consumer shows overseas?
Being competitive is the key to our business. We are a small company but we have dozens of new releases every year. It is my privilege to present these new releases to the European market. Yes, I break ground for Spyderco and I am extremely persistent in that. I'd love to meet you too, either on my turf in Europe, or while being part of the Spyderco crew, at a show on your side of the Ocean!
Spyderco, Inc
820 Spyderco Way
Golden, CO 80403


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Ask Riot
Ask a question about League or Riot, and we'll try to answer it. Answers go live every other Thursday at 1:30 pm (PT)
Hire more devs, Rito
Hiring more devs for Death Recap, honor level decay, and merch in Latin America.
Let's talk hiring fallacies, death recap, honor decay, and getting merch into different regions.
Can you go down in honor levels if you don't play enough games?
Nope. There's no decay on Honor levels. The only way you lose levels is through a penalty or through the seasonal reset.
Riot talks a lot about prioritization and resources when answering questions about features people want — if there aren't enough people there to fix things like Death Recap or the old, out of date website, why not hire more? Are you really that limited on people?
Hiring is a powerful tool in the developer toolbox, but it isn't the best tool for every problem that comes along.
For starters, hiring takes a very long time, especially for somewhere like Riot where we want to make really sure that any new Rioters are aligned to our company missions and values. If you want to spin up a new team to tackle a problem, and then you need to hire a lot to staff that team, my rule of thumb is to expect it to take 6-12 months (and sometimes much more) before that team is staffed.
Second, just because you can hire more people doesn't mean you should. Having more developers requires more overhead. It requires a larger office space. It means changing your company processes and developing a deeper (and typically slower) hierarchy. Growing too quickly can put a huge strain on a company's culture as you struggle to get all the newcomers to understand the way you think about things. For example, Riot strives to measure what we work on in terms of gamer impact. But what that means can be really open to interpretation — it's not something that is easily summed up in an employee handbook. Instead, it has to be learned by working alongside folks who already get it. The faster you grow, the more that ratio of folks who already get it gets diluted.
More bodies just means that it requires more conversations to make sure all questions get answered. If you hire more junior folks, it means also hiring more senior folks who can manage them. I am a big believer that Dunbar's Number is a thing, especially in an organization that eschews a conveyer-belt style development methodology and instead thrives when people collaborate quite a bit on gnarly problems with ambiguous solutions. You will almost never, in this business, find developers who love working on really large teams. Instead, they will all pine for the day when their dev team was 15 people because it's just so much easier to stay in sync and to get shit done quickly when you're small. I'm not offering some huge insight here — it's the subject of tons of research into businesses and why they grow and how that often causes them to slow down.
Third, just because you have more people doesn't mean that the priorities of what you would work on would change. If we had six competent engineers magically appear, that doesn't mean that the best allocation of those folks would be on some neglected feature of potentially marginal value. It may make more sense to bite off a larger project or to make sure some big problem got solved faster. How we prioritize features or work is a larger question (and this is a long answer already), but suffice to say that we greatly value player impact, and we do try to make room for smaller quality-of-life requests and meme-killing things alongside major reworks, such as Runes Reforged.
Fourth, I should invoke the "mythical person month." Throwing bodies at a problem isn't a proven solution to make things happen faster. This gets into some of the points I already made above, but I just wanted to point out that business often acknowledge that more people isn't the answer to everything. Related, you wouldn't want to hire someone just for a three-month project and then fire them again. Some companies are fine with that approach (a lot of Hollywood still works that way), but Riot really wants to be a place staffed by lifers who want a long-term career here, not hired guns who jam out a project and then move on to the next gig.
Riot does not ship their goods to Latin America — why not put a store in Mexico and then make shipments to the rest of Latin America?
We initially tried direct stores in Latin America North and South but ran into a number of issues. We spun down those online stores because we weren't able to provide a good experience for players, and it wasn't a financially sustainable path.
Since then, we've been exploring different ways to tackle this better, including working with partners like Gameplanet (in Mexico), as well as Zmart and Microplay (in Chile) to bring merch to players through different channels.
But we've also run into a lot of roadblocks. Some countries in LAN and LAS don't have stores that would be a fit for us to work with, or there are tax/importation challenges that can't be readily resolved. Some countries have political situations going on that make bringing in merch and taking payment methods a no-go. We also did a deep dive exploration into whether we could manage an ecommerce store out of Mexico that would ship to every country in LAN. Unfortunately, it's not viable given the cost, tax/customs, and shipping considerations, especially in trying to supply to all 29 countries in LAN.
We're hoping to keep pushing forth with other partners and exploring other solutions for LAN and LAS, so we can continue to expand access to players. But the road is so challenging that we don't want to make promises in terms of when, how, or even if it'll be do-able.
We'll do our best to read every question, but we can't guarantee they'll all get answers. Some questions may already be answered elsewhere, and some won't be right for Ask Riot. This isn't the best place to announce new features, for example, and we might skip conversations on issues we've talked about in depth before (though we can clarify individual points).
We are listening, though, so keep asking. We'll make sure your questions are heard by the Rioters working on the stuff you're curious about.


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I spent not nearly enough time today in my thinking chair on the back patio thinking what it would be like to give up my compulsive behavior. I hasten to state that I am not OCD. I just have always been fussy about neatness and orderliness and things like that. I've been pretty intense since the light bulb went on around 10th grade. That's when I remember taking my school work really seriously for the first time. A little late maybe, but in time for me to start thinking about my life and where I was headed,
Indeed, the problem at the time was that I had no idea where was "where" and I had no compass to lead me there anyway. My thoughts hovered around teaching or practicing law. I wasn't too enthused about either one, but there was nothing else at the time that remotely sparked any of my wires.
For a good number of years I really wanted to become an airline pilot. I liked airplanes, loved going to the airport and thought being able to drive a huge building in the air would be one hell of an adventure. The only issue that stopped me from pursuing this career path was my math skills. I struggle with math and most techy-type stuff, exactly the kinds of tasks you'd expect a worthy airline pilot to be able to astutely handle, especially at a critical time.
Even while I was applying to colleges I still wasn't sure exactly what studies I should pursue. But thankfully the schools sent catalogs and I went through them page by page. That's when it happened—the big magical moment when fireworks exploded and my body filled with adrenaline. I was going through the catalog Penn State sent me and there it was, taking up most of a page: "Major in Broadcasting." I never knew you could actually go to college and take courses in broadcasting. That's exactly what I wanted to do. That's why I listened to the radio all the time—I loved it. Wow, I could go to school and learn how to work in radio. What a concept. Why didn't I think of that? It was a sensational moment of epiphany and I've never forgotten it.
So I spent the next four years at Penn State and after I graduated I got a job in public radio. My career had launched and while it went down a somewhat rocky path, it took me to retirement and beyond. Beyond…that's where I am right now. Consequently, I have time to sit and ponder the trip I've been on. I have come to realize my compulsiveness has been along for the ride the entire time. In fact, it probably drove most of the way. As my chauffeur, it took me down some roads I had no business going. But then, almost as often, it took me touring through places a lot more amenable to my backseat driving.
I should have grabbed the wheel more often, is what I am thinking now as I look back…or at least applied the brakes. So on this day that my odometer turns 71, I've decided to make the attempt to work on my compulsiveness. I should maybe park the damn car and get out and walk a little more, or at least take my foot off the pedal. I suspect I should spend some considerable time and effort working on this goal…but here I go again being compulsive.


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Hotels are adapting guestrooms for a new source of demand—people working remotely who need a quiet environment and place to get away from home.
REPORT FROM THE U.S.—Hoteliers are seeing new demand—and revenue-generating opportunities—from remote workers who don't necessarily want to work from home, and sources say this business might have staying power in the future.
Pre-pandemic, many hotels offered daytime rates for guestrooms and other services to corporate travelers seeking short-term stays—on flight layovers, for example.
A somewhat new demand for that service emerged as companies enacted work-from-home policies for their employees as a health precaution during the coronavirus pandemic.
The InterContinental Washington D.C. – The Wharf experienced an uptick in day-use and traditional overnight bookings by work-from-home-weary professionals, said Director of Sales and Marketing Cat Carter.
"There seems to be a strong desire to get out of the house and work in a relaxing, quiet environment. We see guests coming in with their laptop bags and files, pacing the lobby, taking calls and adding fantastic reviews noting their productive stay," she said by email, noting that standard pricing is applied and the window for these bookings is short (24 to 48 hours).
"We have found they truly just want an inspiring space to focus their efforts," she said. "They often request our … guestrooms featuring partial or full balconies to soak in the scenery and sunshine."
She said the hotel expects this service to "remain in demand until workers return to physical offices, assuming that working remotely doesn't stay in place when we see what our new norm looks like."
At the London West Hollywood at Beverly Hills, guestrooms are converted into "Offices at the London," which are booked on a monthly basis as fully equipped office spaces for that work-remotely guest segment, said Director of Sales and Marketing Greg Velasquez.
"We have seen an uptick in long-term stays for business travelers. We try to anticipate our guest needs, and we think that temporary, controlled office environments might be the next area of demand," he said by email.
Monthly rates for the Offices start at $5,000 for a 725-square-foot converted guestroom, each with a private bathroom and balcony but no bed.
Staffing required to service those rooms is minimal, with "periodic janitorial and cleaning service … provided by our existing staff," he said.
"Office tenants do not receive daily housekeeping service, nor do we restock and replenish typical guest supplies, such as bath amenities, towels, bottled water, etc. Without a bed, the rooms do not require bed linens to be changed. From a food and beverage standpoint, Office at the London tenants are able to order food from our various outlets, including in-room dining, so they enjoy access to our F&B services during all normal operating hours," he said.
Velasquez said future offerings of the service will depend on the need for it, noting that so far the hotel has pitched it only to its "existing corporate clients via direct marketing."
"We anticipate that this is a stepping-stone solution for companies who are not ready to bring employees back into their offices at this time," he said. "Given the fluid situation, it's impossible for us to say if we will be offering this product beyond 2020. We certainly hope that we can all return to more 'normal' operations sooner rather than later, but if the need for this service remains, we are here to provide it."
The boutique Washington School House Hotel in Park City, Utah, which reopened on 15 May, has gotten a good response to an in-room workstation amenity from guests "antsy to get out of their homes," said GM Jared Gentile.
He said the hotel's small room count also seems to be a comfort to guests seeking safe spaces to work remotely.
"With only 12 rooms, and plenty of space, we are well-equipped for the 'new normal,'" he said by email. "We already offer super-low density, no at-counter check-ins, plenty of fabulous schoolhouse windows that open to the fresh mountain air, and a team ready to customize each guest experience, with the overriding idea to stay safe."
Carter said her team at the InterContinental Washington D.C. – The Wharf sees challenges as opportunities.
"Everything is being reconsidered at this point; in a good way. What worked today will not work tomorrow, and that may change frequently so it's important to constantly innovate," she said.
"I'm very impressed with the way many industries are innovating and rethinking the way they deliver their services and products. I like to collect ideas all day; it's inspiring to see how determined and creative businesses can be," she said.
"Our pricing models are based on full capacities, so we have to rethink how we price per square foot with new and interesting services and amenities. Maximizing virtual reality technology, curating unique food-and-beverage experiences and providing a conduit for community activation on site are on my mind this week."


text: Okay. Coming across quality thai strains are like christmas for me, and this is like that one "big" present hidden behind the tree just when you think you didn't get what you "really" wanted that year. Its that good. Thai (purple, I hear) x AK47. Seriously a kick to the head that has every orifice in your head dripping but in that, "good god, this is what cannabis should be like" sort of way. VERY heavy, very intense head high that does segue nicely down through your body. Tends to linger in the groinal area, too- sex was Amazing for my girl and i, as we both found this plant to have several aphrodisiac qualities. Small warning, however: try to go in with a good mindset and you will be rewarded greatly. Negative vibes however, do not lend themselves well as the insensity only amplifies every last thing your feeling. Feeling down? Grab a bowl or two, your lady, a movie and laugh, love and be merry. Lifes too short. Fuck already. -Father Dope.