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Section 1. Declaration of Policy.
It is the policy of this State that its citizens receive efficient, sufficient and adequate water service at just and reasonable rates. This Act provides an interim rate mechanism to permit water utilities under the jurisdiction of the Commission to recover their investment in needed infrastructure improvements and relocations of existing facilities as a result of governmental actions. By allowing interim rate relief to these utilities for needed or required improvements, it is expected that the frequency, and therefore, the cost of general rate proceedings will be reduced.
Section 2. Amend Subchapter III, Chapter 1, Title 26, Delaware Code by adding a new Section 314 to read as follows:
"§314. Water Utility Distribution System Improvement Charge.
(a) The following definitions shall apply in this section:
(1) As used in this section, "DSIC Rate' refers to distribution system improvement charge.
(2) As used in this section, 'DSIC Costs' means depreciation expenses and pretax return associated with eligible distribution system improvements.
(3) As used in this section, 'DSIC Revenues' means revenues produced through a DSIC exclusive of revenues from all other rates and charges.
(4) As used in this section, 'Eligible Distribution System Improvements' means new used and useful water utility plant projects that:
(i) do not increase revenues by connecting the distribution system to new customers; and
(ii) are in service; and
(iii) were not included in the public utility's rate base in its most recent general rate case; and which
(iv) replace or renew water mains, valves, services, meters and hydrants serving existing customers that have reached their useful service life, are worn out, are in deteriorated condition, or which negatively impact the quality and reliability of service to the customer if not replaced or renewed; or
(v) extend mains to eliminate dead ends which negatively impact the quality and reliability of service to the customer; or
(vi) relocate existing facilities as a result of governmental actions that are not reimbursed, including but not limited to relocations of mains located in highway rights of way as required by the Department of Transportation; or
(vii) place in service, for the benefit of the customers of the water utility applying for the DSIC rate, water supply sources identified as "A list projects" in the Governor's Task Force Report dated December 2, 1999 to resolve the regional water supply concerns or subsequently added to the "A list projects" by the Delaware Water Supply Coordinating Council, all such added projects to have been so identified by the Delaware Water Supply Coordinating Counsel by December 31, 2002; or
(viii) place in service new or additional water treatment facilities, plant or equipment required to meet changes in state or federal water quality standards, rules or regulations.
(5) As used in this section, 'pretax return' means the revenues necessary to:
(i) produce net operating income equal to the public water utility's weighted cost of capital as established in the most recent general rate proceeding for the public water utility multiplied by the net original cost of eligible distribution system improvements. At any time the Commission, by its own motion, or by motion of the water utility, Commission staff or the Public Advocate, may determine to revisit and, after hearing without the necessity of a general rate filing, reset a water utility's cost of capital to reflect its current cost of capital. The DSIC rate shall be adjusted back to the date of the motion to reflect any change in the cost of capital determined by the Commission through this process;
(ii) and provide for the tax deductibility of the debt interest component of the weighted cost of capital;
(iii) and pay state and federal income taxes applicable to such income.
(b) Notwithstanding other sections of this Subchapter, a public utility providing water service may file with the Commission rate schedules establishing a DSIC Rate that will allow for the automatic adjustment of the public water utility's basic rates and charges to provide recovery of DSIC Costs on a semi-annual basis.
(1) The public water utility shall serve the Division of the Public Advocate's office a copy of its filing at the time of its filing with the Commission. Customers of the public water utility shall be notified of changes in the DSIC rate by including appropriate information with the first bill they receive following any change in the rate.
(2) Publication of notice of the filing is not required.
(3) The effective date of changes in the DSIC Rate shall be January 1 and July 1 every year.
(4) The public water utility shall file any request for a change in the DSIC Rate and supporting data with the Commission at least 30 days prior to its effective date.
(5) The DSIC Rate shall be adjusted semi-annually for Eligible Distribution System Improvements placed in service during the six month period ending two months prior to the effective date of for changes in the DSIC Rate.
(6) The DSIC Rate shall be expressed as a percentage carried to two decimal places and applied to the total amount billed to each customer under the public water utility's otherwise applicable rates and charges.
(7) The DSIC Rate applied between base rate filings shall be capped at 7.5% of the amount billed to customers under otherwise applicable rates and charges, but the DSIC rate increase applied shall not exceed 5% within any twelve month period.
(8) The DSIC Rate shall be subject to audit at intervals determined by the Commission. It will also be subject to annual reconciliation based on a period consisting of the 12 months ending December 31 of each year. The revenue received under the DSIC Rate for the reconciliation period shall be compared to the public water utility's eligible costs for that period with the difference between revenue received and eligible costs for the period recouped or refunded, as appropriate, over a one year period commencing July 1 of each year. If the DSIC Revenues exceeded the DSIC eligible costs, such over-collections shall be refunded with interest.
(9) The DSIC Rate shall be reset to zero as of the effective date of new base rates that provide for the prospective recovery of the annual costs theretofore recovered under the DSIC Rate.
(10) The DSIC Rate shall also be reset to zero if, in any quarter, data filed with the Commission by the public water utility show that the public water utility will earn a rate of return that exceeds the rate of return established in its last general rate filing or by Commission order pursuant to § 314(a)(5)(i) of this Title, if such was determined subsequent to the final order in the water utility's last general rate filing. Further, the DSIC rate shall be reinstated when such data show that the established rate of return is not exceeded and will not be exceeded if the DSIC rate is reinstated and reset.
(11) Any water utility filing for interim rate relief under this section must comply with all reasonable information requests related to its filing, or any other audits or proceedings conducted pursuant to this section and must do so on an expedited basis.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not be available to a water utility subject to a finding of the Commission that the water utility is unable or unwilling to provide safe, adequate and reliable water service to its existing customers.
(d) The Commission may adopt rules and regulations, not inconsistent with this Title, that the Commission finds reasonable or necessary to administer a DSIC.
Approved July 09, 2001


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Memorial Day Weekend is almost upon us! We are very excited to start of the Summer 2014 season and to see all of our customer! We have openings for Memorial Day Weekend. Be sure to reserve your stay early to get the best available rates and the best available dates for you and your family. We have a 3 night minimum, so pack up all of your pool and beach gear and come on down to Wellfleet and enjoy all of the great beaches and restaurants we have to offer.
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High-Quality Auto Locksmith Services in West Chester
At Nationwide Automotive Locksmith, we pride ourselves in providing the best-in-class services to our customers. Our locksmiths are capable of handling all kinds of automobiles and our experience in the field has allowed us to gain authorization and licenses to have replacement keys of leading car brands. In addition to auto locksmith services, we offer residential and commercial locksmith services, ensuring excellence and competence in every job we take.


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By Vern Weitzman
About ten years ago, the first BlackBerry Enterprise Server started supporting over the air contact synchronization with Microsoft Exchange Server and Outlook contacts, it did an exceptional job at field mapping. Almost every important Outlook Contact field was available and easily identifiable in the BlackBerry Address Book.
I am not certain that is the case with BlackBerry OS 10.2 running on a Z-10. A customer has just today reported that their BES 10.2 users are not seeing the "Other Phone" field on their smartphone. I didn't really understand how the field could be displayed in Outlook, and yet not appear on the BB10 contact. I was very curious so we tried our own in-house test on a BlackBerry Z-10. Initially I suspected that it was BES 10, but the problem also occurs using native ActiveSync on Exchange Server.
Next Test: Sync Field Mapping from BB10 to Outlook
Our next step was to edit the contact on the BlackBerry and add a number in the "Other" phone field. As you can see from the next snapshot, we added a dummy number (321-654-9870) on the contact.
We waited for it to sync and went back to Outlook. Where was the "Other Phone" field defined in the respective Outlook Contact?
As shown in the red circle, it mapped back to Outlook in the "Radio Phone" contact field! About ten years ago, that mapping would have made perfect sense if you were a Nextel user with Push to Talk.
As shown in the red circle, it mapped back to Outlook in the "Radio Phone" contact field! About ten years ago, that mapping would have made perfect sense if you were a Nextel user with Push to Talk.
Adding many more "Other Phone" fieldsSo we decided to experiment on the BlackBerry Z-10 Address Book. We again went into edit mode on the same smartphone contact and added five more "Other" phone fields with the values shown below.
We were expecting to see at least some of these in the respective Outlook contact. Unfortunately None of the fields synchronized back to the Outlook contact. Nada. The latest BlackBerry designers must have decided that they didn't need to have fields to exactly match Outlook. I speculate this simple mapping defect got overlooked.The small anomaly is problematic for some BB 10 users. Sometimes executives and deal makers have much more than the standard business and mobile phone.
Hopefully this will get resolved in a future update from BlackBerry. In the mean time, if you are using the Unified Contact Manager, you may be able to map that critical data to different Outlook fields so it does show up even on BlackBerry 10 address books.


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Do you reach for a Bale Breaker when you need refreshment in the great outdoors? We hope so. In fact, Outside Magazine recommends it. Check out these eight ski-inspired beers that are worth drinking now. High Camp Imperial Rye IPA may be "the most unique beer in this lineup." Keep it #freshofftheslopes and be sure to get yourself some.
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SEATTLE (WPVI) -- An effort to prevent meth users from contracting disease is under fire after volunteers in a needle-exchange program started handing out meth pipes.
The "People's Harm Reduction Alliance" in Seattle started the pipe distribution about 2 months ago, and now give out about 25 to 30 a day.
The group says it started doing this because meth users who didn't have pipes were turning to syringes, raising the risk of getting HIV, hepatitis C, and other diseases.
An executive director for the group says syringe exchanges have proven to be one of the biggest HIV prevention tools for injection drug use in Washington state and they are hoping for similar results with the pipes.
Volunteers say their encounters help them talk to users about information on addiction treatment.


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Happy New Year, everyone!
I thought it would be fun to take a look back at my best purchases from the last year. I've had fun scrolling back through my outfits from 2017 and identifying the items I have worn time time and time again, to the point where they are must-have, can't-live- without staples in my wardrobe!
Most of these exact items are still available, and I've linked up similar items to any that are sold out.
1. Lush Raw Edge Side Slit Tee :: One of the best tees I've ever owned. It's $24 and fits perfectly tucked in or out, layered or alone. I own it in four colors and wear them all constantly, year round!
2. Anthropologie Concentric Circles Necklace :: Hands-down my most worn necklace of the year. It's $48 and goes with EVERYTHING. Just look at my Instagram feed @laurenlefevre to see all the ways I wear it!
3. Gucci Marmot Mini Camera Bag :: This bag was a spurge but oh-so-worth it! I wear it all the time and love that the small size goes from day to night. It's actually big enough to hold my iPhone Plus as well as my little card holder wallet, sunnies and a lip gloss or two!
4. Halogen Tansy Studded Slip Ons :: My best sneaker purchase of the year…and so good I have them in two colors. I wear these year round with everything from shorts to casual dresses to leggings and jeans. They are SO comfy!
5. Spanx Moto Leggings. You can see from the above two pictures how I pair these ultra-flatter leggings with everything from sneakers to heels. These are my go-to's when I want to be comfy and still look chic. Best legging purchase you can make!
6. Trina Turk One Piece Ruffled Suit :: One of the most unique and flattering suits I have ever owned. I get compliments everytime I wear this! I love that it protects your shoulders from sun and also looks like a cute top to wear to a poolside cafe when paired with denim cutoffs/shorts. It also comes in a gorgeous solid fuchsia here.
7. Quay Aviator Sunglasses. The best $55 sunglasses I have ever purchased! I wore these fun sunnies ALL Spring/Summer long in both pink and the black frames. They also fit well under a baseball cap. If you haven't yet checked out Quay sunglasses, they are some of the best affordable shades around. This pair of Sonix sunnies, seen in pic #1 above are my other favorite sunnies purchase of the year.
8. Lush Ruffle Sleeve Tee Shirt Dress :: I found a new found love this Spring/Summer/Fall for the tee shirt dress due to this comfy, affordable one by Lush. Sadly, this exact one is currently sold out, but you better believe I will be on the look out for it to hopefully be restocked this Spring! In the mean time found a similar version here and here.
9. Sanctuary Cold Shoulder Camo Tee :: I love a good camo tee this cold shoulder version is one of the best I've owned! I love it paired with shorts and with jeans, and it's become a weekend staple. It's available in more sizes here.
10. Endless Rose Ribbon Tie Lace Top :: This is my favorite blouse purchase of the year! I bought it for NYFW in September and have worn it countless ways since. The back-ribbon detailing is gorgeous and it's truly a top that can be worn year-round. It's so pretty in person, it's hard to believe it's under $100!
11. Free People Embroidered Mini Dress :: This is my go-to dress for Spring/Summer. I own it in two colors and will most likely add a third color this Spring. I love it on vacation paired with flat sandals and on a night out with a wedge. It's perfectly flattering and comfortable and worth every penny. It's also on sale in a pretty hot pink right now!
12. Jeffrey Campbell Rayos Perforated Wedge Sandals. By far one of my best sandal purchases ever. These are comfortable, dress up or down and look fab with jeans, shorts, skirts and dresses.
13. Free People Jordan Burnout Tee. This is my other favorite tee purchase of the year. I love how it's super-soft, slouchy and that the front key-hole cut-outs add something unique. It's perfect worn alone with shorts/jeans for Spring/Summer and layered under jackets and cardigans for Fall/Winter. {I am wearing a size small.}
14. Barrington St. Anne Tote. My favorite tote EVER. I own it in three colors/patterns and pretty much always have it in my car with me. I use it as my lap-top/work back, travel carry-on and even sometimes as my gym bag!
15. Zella Hatha High Waist Crop Leggings :: The best under-$60 leggings I have found. I love the flattering high-waisted fit. I wear these comfortably for Orange Theory, barre and weight training and highly recommend!
16. Austrailia Luxe Collective Foxy Boots :: I got these boots last January and they have become my cold weather favs. I like them better than my Uggs because they are just as worm but so much more fun! These come in several colors, but I find this shade of gray to go with everything. I even wore these to a New Year's Eve party!
17. Good American Good Legs Jeans :: I was introduced to Good American jeans during the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale in July and the brand has been a go-to favorite since. Every pair I have tried on is so flattering and comfy…truly designed for a booty and curves. I particularly love the pair I am wearing here and have worn them constantly! Shop all the styles here. My other favorite jeans purchase of the year are these 7 For All Mankind Blair Jeans.
18. Free People Rainbow Thermal. I am all about a good thermal for Fall/Winter and this rainbow thermal is just so HAPPY! It comes in six color options and looks perfect alone or under a jacket or vest. It will be a fun piece to pull out each year!
19. Free People Laguna Thermal. Speaking of thermals, this $68 thermal comes in tons of colors and is another best purchase since it's such a fall/winter staple! Comfy, soft and can be layered with vests, scarves, jackets…you name it! It's worth stocking up on in a few colors.
20. Becca Crochet One-Piece :: Another favorite, can't live without swimsuit of the year! It's ultra flattering and comfortable! Get it and get ready for lots of compliments!
Stylishly yours,


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In many ways this isn't just about manufacturing, though the numbers are clear there.
Elsewhere there is a shortage in "cybersecurity", which, when you look at it, isn't so much about 'security, per se but basic IT systems and network management. It doesn't take a CISSP or CISA to be able to install and configure a network appliance that does fire-walling, spam/malware detection, DPS/egress filtering. The reality is that the vendors have made this all GUI based for the lowest common denominator. Unless you are a spoon-fed MSCE then following the vendor's instruction to set these up, to set up "Good Practices", and lets face it that applies to sysadmins as well as netadmins, is not taxing the brain.
Marcus Ranum, the inventor of computer firewalls (or at least the guy who pioneered coding them) once commented that vendor GUIs had so dumbed down firewall configuration that his cat could run it. I applaud his sentiments, but then I'm a CLI sort of guy 🙂
This article makes the observation that the hiring people are 'not efficient':
I've written before about the strange state of affairs in the job market.
Markets everywhere have become more efficient, thanks to technology and
brilliant new platforms that grant buyers and sellers of goods and services the
ability to meet one another online and agree on product and prices. And yet the
labor market has become less efficient. As the most recent JOLTS report
notes, there were some 5.6 million jobs open in the U.S. at the end of June,
up from 2.4 million in June 2009. If human resources professionals
could be 10 percent more effective at filling posts than they are, there would
be an additional 560,000 people working today.
The problem isn't so much a recession or that technology is making people
redundant, as that the hiring process is broken.
The article goes on to address, and the comments mention, the cost of training.
Back in the days when the west was a manufacturing powerhouse firms did do internal or at least sponsored training; not just for manual workers but MBAs for upcoming managers. It was considered essential. The idea that employees would take the training and go elsewhere made little sense given that (a) everyone sponsored training and that (b) the firm offered advancement for those it trained.
Eliminating the 'cost' of training is misguided. We can see with the airlines and few other service industries that stripping down anything that is not mandated only serves to make customers unhappy. I'm sure if it wasn't mandated by safety regulations stripping out things like the inflatable escape ramp, the drop down oxygen masks and oxygen tanks all to reduce weight and hence fuel costs would be a normal practice. We've already seen the airlines strip down the quality and delivery of food, making it optional or charging for it on some flights; other cuts and charges are now applied for luggage; leg room gets reduced to squeeze in more seats. The bean counters have taken over and quality of service and customer care goes out the window. And it becomes a Evolutionary Machiavellian race; if you don't do the same the others will get an edge on you.
So we have a downward spiral.
How to escape it?
I look at what the current US election is offering. The two candidates the parties have chosen don't offer a solution. Rhetoric and insults, yes, but not a solution. Perhaps Bernie Saunders offered a glimpse. We can see that a positive campaign like that of Justin Trudeau here in Canada inspires people and inspires positive change. That is lacking in the approach of both the candidates for the US presidency.


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who want to make a difference in their local community and who share a passion for service and friendship.
We Connect People
We Transform Communities
We Solve Problems
The Mission of the Rotary Club of Patong Beach is to build meaningful friendships and build members up while we serve our local community as well as the world at large. We affect real change with real people interactions. We believe there is value by meeting in person each week, serving locally through hands-on projects as well as monetary donations and serving internationally with human development projects.
Muhammad Ali once said, "Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything." One thing the Covid-19 pandemic has shown us is how deeply our friendships enrich our lives. Our Rotary Club of Patong Beach was a meaningful organization for not only its members but also for the local community.


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More big names announced for Australian Open
The field for next month's Emirates Australian Open just keeps getting better and better.
Three big names….all winners on the US PGA Tour this year have now added their names to the burgeoning field of hotshots for the November 27-30 Open to be played at The Australian Golf Club in Sydney.
Geoff Ogilvy (Credit: www.golffile.ie)
And two of them, Geoff Ogilvy and John Senden, are former Australian Open champions.
Throw in the ultra-talented Steve Bowditch and the Open is already shaping as one of the best in several decades headlined by defending champion and world number one, Rory McIlroy as well as number two, Adam Scott.
Scott, the 2013 Masters champion, came close to securing a historic triple crown of Australian events before McIlroy birdied the final hole to clinch victory last year.
American Jordan Spieth, a rising star in the world game who shone at the recent Ryder Cup, will take on the might of Australasia at The Australian Golf Club, Sydney, from November 27-30.
Ogilvy, winner of the Australian Open in 2010, recorded his eighth PGA Tour win in August with victory in the Barracuda Championship.
Senden beat Ogilvy by a stroke to win the Australian Open in 2006, the same year he made his breakthrough on the PGA Tour with success at the John Deere Classic.
The veteran endured an eight-year wait before his second victory on the PGA Tour, edging Kevin Na by a shot at the Valspar Championship in March.
Two weeks later Bowditch followed his countryman into the winner's circle in the United States with victory in the Valero Texas Open.
It was a popular first PGA Tour win for Bowditch who has fought a well-documented battle with depression.
The Emirates Australian Open, co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour of Australasia and OnaAsia Tour, will be broadcast live on the Seven Network in Australia across all four days.


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Shreve girls shut out Ruston
Captain Shreve overcame some early jitters and a pesky Ruston team to win 2-0 in the first round of the Division II girls soccer playoffs at Lee Hedges Stadium on Friday night.
"I think they had some jitters in the beginning,'' Shreve coach Nicholas Thompson said. "Ruston did a very good job of possession so our through balls weren't quite on point.
"As the first half went on, we picked up our possession which kind of took their possession away.''
Kelsie Payne and Laura Leigh Lawrence scored the goals for Shreve. Caroline Brakeville shut out Ruston as she turned away all 13 Ruston shots on goal.
"I was definitely pleased how the end (of the game) came out,'' Thompson said. "We'll travel to West Ouachita and do our best over there.''
Parkway 7, Cabrini 1: At Tinsley Park, the No. 10-seeded Panthers had no problem advancing in the Division II girls playoffs with a thumping of No. 23 Cabrini.
Opelousas Catholic 3, Evangel 2: At Evangel, No. 21 seed Opelousas Catholic upset No. 12 seed Evangel in the Division IV girls playoff opener.
North DeSoto 1, Morgan City 1 (North DeSoto advances on PKs): At Stonewall, the 10th-seeded Griffins advance in Division III on penalty kicks after the teams played to a 1-1 tie.
Country Day 8, North Caddo 0: At Metairie, No. 11 Country Day cruised to the Division I playoff victory over No. 22 North Caddo.
Bossier 3, International High School of New Orleans 0: At Tinsley Park, the ninth-seeded Bearkats opened the Division III playoffs with a shutout victory.


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Claremont , Wolfeboro Housing Developments Receive Financing Approval
BEDFORD, N.H. – November 22, 2010 – (RealEstateRama) — At a recent meeting, New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority's Board of Directors approved the commitment of more than $6.9 million in federal HOME Investment Partnership and other funds for two development projects that will add 24 units of new affordable rental units to the state's housing supply and preserve 162 existing affordable rental units. In addition, these projects will retain or create approximately 185 construction-related jobs during these challenging economic times.
Sugar River Mills Apartments, Claremont – Sugar River Mills is a 162 unit (studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments) residential property currently serving low- and very low-income seniors and families. The project consists of a converted mill and 10 other residential buildings, and these buildings will be upgraded and improved. Planned renovation work will preserve these housing units and increase their energy efficiency, thereby ensuring Sugar River Mills can continue to offer safe, decent, affordable housing to New Hampshire residents who need it. The project sponsor is Preservation of Affordable Housing, LLC.
Harriman Hill, Wolfeboro – Phase one of the project will add 24 units (one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments) of affordable family/workforce housing to the community, located a half mile from the Village of Wolfeboro Falls and a mile from the center of town. The town of Wolfeboro, following years of state mandated development suspension due to water and sewer issues, recently made upgrades to these systems so that new developments like Harriman Hill could be considered. Harriman Hill will provide much needed affordable housing to workers in the service sector. The project was brought forward by the Eastern Lakes Region Housing Coalition (ELRHC) and it will be operated by the Laconia Area Community Land Trust.
New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority is a self-supporting, public benefit corporation established by the state legislature. The Authority operates a number of programs designed to assist low- and moderate-income persons with obtaining housing. Since its inception, New Hampshire Housing has helped more than 38,000 families purchase their own homes and has been instrumental in financing the creation of more than 14,000 multi-family housing units. More information about its programs can be found on the agency's website at www.nhhfa.org.
Jane Law
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Fav4: A Simple Customizable Social Networking Start Page
Fav4 is a service that allows you to customize a start page for your browser. The page displays four (4) websites of your choice and is presented in the simplest way possible. The website is cookie based so you don't need to create an account in order to use the website and save your settings after customizing.
Instead of bookmarking your favorite website, which also works by the way, you can simply select four of your favorite social networking site or web service from Fav4's list. If your favorite website does not appear on Fav4's list, you can always offer a suggestion to make the site work better for you. You can also check out their pending suggested websites page to see if your favorite is already included in their list to avoid double posting.
Displaying only four websites on a start page is not for everyone but it's a cool website nonetheless. The huge 70 x 70 icons are hard to miss plus it makes your start page look nice and clean. Plus, you can access each site using your keyboard by pressing 1234 or asdf and c to bring up the config panel. Check out the introductory video below.


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What is in an Accurate Cheque Copy?
A door knock and there is a cheque machine at the other end of the table. You return to your table with an errant cheque clutched in one hand and the scanning machine at the other end. The table is covered with plastic protectors to prevent accidental damage. The scan indicates that it is a $1265 cheque. Its clearing agent has rendered you $1265, please repeat, please repeat that the check is valid and start filling in the details. Do not hit the space bar, thatamine check machine can give you a magnetic signature but not an accurate information.
What can you do now?
There are several kinds of cheques, but for our purposes, those boxes with Smart endorse on the back will do. A major difference between the now you have the 2 CDs, one with the same details printed on both.
You have waited over an hour, most probably in an overstressed state. You are now anxious if you are about to deposit a large amount of your hard-earned cash and you finally go down to the bank only to discover not one but many cheques are bounced. Your account is now down $1265.00 and all it took was four minutes and you could have saved $1,200.00. This is when you remember your Smart endorse. You figure, if this can happen to me, it can happen to you. Your Smart endorse reads Property Mortgage Advice No. 1265approved. It is dated 7/02/05 with account number 000-01- multiply 1 to 3 to find current interest rate, 1.11%. You read the monthly payment and it's $ REMORead it again because it does make a difference. It sits in front of you blankly. You look through your monthly statement and find the 2 outstanding cheques, both with $approved. You ask the scan of the cheque that is facing you, the one with $approved printed on it. You note it says balance payable less service charges, and you put a $0.00 in the "must pay" box, beside the autorent calendar. Your credit report will show you are in Cheque Default taxpayer.
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The Secret Saturdays
|The Secret Saturdays
The Secret Saturdays logo
|Created by
|Jay Stephens
|Developed by
|Directed by
|Scott Jeralds (also supervising director)
|Voices of
|Michael Tavera
|Country of origin
|United States
|Original language(s)
|No. of seasons
|No. of episodes
|36 (list of episodes)
|Executive producer(s)
|Jay Stephens
|Running time
|22 minutes
|Production company(s)
|PorchLight Entertainment
|Original network
|Cartoon Network
|Original release
|October 3, 2008 – January 30, 2010
The Secret Saturdays was an American animated television series created by Canadian cartoonist Jay Stephens (creator of the Emmy-winning cartoon Tutenstein) for Cartoon Network. It debuted on October 3, 2008, in the United States. The series follows the adventures of the Saturdays, a family of cryptozoologists that work to keep the truth about cryptids from getting out, in order to protect both the human race and the creatures themselves. The Saturdays travel the Earth searching for cryptids to study and battling twisted villains like the megalomaniac V.V. Argost.[2] The series is influenced by the style of 1960s-era Hanna-Barbera action series (such as Jonny Quest) and is combined with Jay Stephens' own personal interest in cryptozoology. The show finished its run on January 30, 2010. It aired reruns on Boomerang on December 5, 2011 until June 1, 2014.[3] The Saturdays appear in Ben 10: Omniverse episode "T.G.I.S." teaming up with Ben Tennyson and Rook Blonko in stopping the villain Dr. Animo who has revived the Saturdays' archenemy V.V. Argost. The episode confirms The Secret Saturdays and Ben 10 share the same reality (references to Ben 10 have previously appeared in a few episodes in The Secret Saturdays).
When Stephens first pitched the show, it was called Cryptids, after the monsters undiscovered by science. It involved a crack team of globe-trotting cryptozoologists that were uniquely qualified for the job because they were once cryptids themselves. Okapi, Komodo, and Megamouth, along with their 9-year-old human mascot, Francis, served as a sort of anti-detective team. They scooted across land, sea, and air in what Stephens called a Campercopter and their goal was to preserve the mystery of the Earth's strangest creatures before they were exposed by humans or destroyed by the cryptids' nemesis, Monsieur Dodo. This version got him nowhere with many networks, though they all did show interest for some time.[4]
Months later, the show was picked up by Cartoon Network, due to the network (at the time) wanting more action shows due to the success of Ben 10 and Ben 10: Alien Force.[5] 9-year-old Francis became 11-year-old Zak Saturday and many of the original characters were canned. For a time, the network wanted the show's name to be The Secret Adventures Of Zak Saturday, but it was later changed.[6][7] Unlike most mystery shows, the goal of the heroes of The Secret Saturdays is not to reveal the existence of cryptids, but to hide it.[8] The art style of the show was influenced by the artwork of Alex Toth and 1960s Hanna-Barbera action cartoons, such as Jonnny Quest and The Herculoids.[9][10]
In July 2008, Cartoon Network started a viral campaign for the show. Several commercials for a website called CryptidsAreReal.com aired on Cartoon Network.[11] Each commercial featured a pet of the Saturday family: one showed Komodo, another Fiskerton, and a final one showed Zon. One area of the program's website also held a "secret" document:[12] while most of the words on it were blacked-out, the names of Drew and Doc (two of the main characters) were revealed. The document also talked about a creature discovered outside of Nottinghamshire, England. Though the first word was blacked-out, the paper said a "phantom" had been the newly discovered creature. It was implied that the creature was the Fiskerton Phantom, a cryptid reported to have lived outside of Nottinghamshire and commonly done by this website, would be Fiskerton, a main character in the show. To back this conclusion up, Zak stated in one episode that Fiskerton was lucky because he was saved by Doc and Drew, also stated in the document. Typed at the bottom of the document was the name "Agent Epsilon". This is a character in the show. The website also showed a blueprint of the Saturdays family's airship. Another site was linked to CryptidsAreReal.com: the page for an organization called Ten Hero Tusk (an anagram of "the Kur stone"), which states that its explorers are "D. Blackwell, B. Finster, and L. Van Rook", all of which are characters in the show.[13] During San Diego Comic-Con 2008, booklets about a show called Weirdworld (the show-within-a-show) were given out, with the website for it on the back of them.[14] Unlike CryptidsAreReal.com, this one couldn't be traced back to Cartoon Network. Later, commercials for Weirdworld aired on Cartoon Network for a few weeks before a commercial for The Secret Saturdays itself was aired on October 3, 2008.
Zak Saturday and his parents, Doc and Drew, are a family of planet-saving scientists called "The Secret Saturdays." Living in a hidden base, they are part of a secret organization of scientists known as The Secret Scientists who protect mankind against the hidden and terrifying things of the Earth. In the series, folktales aren't just legends, but actual mysteries that the Saturday family must solve. Traveling all over the planet, the Saturdays explore ancient temples and bottomless caves, as well as battle with villains which includes the evil V.V. Argost (who hides his evil plans under his TV show Weird World) and a masked mercenary named Van Rook, who specializes in the capture of cryptids. Scouring the globe in search of cryptids, the Saturdays attempt to keep the existence of these unusual beasts secret, to protect both mankind and the creatures themselves. The Saturdays and their exotic cryptid pets are a loving bunch, trying to work through everyday family matters and squabbles in-between their adventures.[15] During both seasons the Saturday family is on a race against V.V. Argost to stop Argost from controlling Kur, a mythical all-powerful beast that can supposedly raise a cryptid army. Zak Saturday has special powers that can control these creatures.
A DVD featuring the first five episodes of the series (along with bonus features such as animatics) was released on July 21, 2009.[16] A second DVD with similar features was released on October 27, 2009.[17] An encyclopedia entitled The Secret Saturdays: The Official Cryptid Field Guide was released on August 11, 2009.[18][19] Graphic novels and chapter books were released by Del Ray Manga in Summer 2009. A video game called The Secret Saturdays: Beasts of the 5th Sun was released by D3 Publisher for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS and Wii on October 20, 2009.[20] Comic adventures of The Secret Saturdays appear semi-monthly as part of Cartoon Network Action Pack comic books published by DC Comics.[21] A line of action figures and play sets was released by Mattel.
- ↑ "The Secret Saturdays". Metacritic. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ↑ Jay Stephens (2007-08-04). "Cute Creeps From Pop Culture: It's Saturday". Monsterama.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
- ↑ "Boomerang TV Schedule". May 3, 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-05-03.
- ↑ Jay Stephens (2005-10-26). "Cute Creeps From Pop Culture: Mystery of the Cryptids Part 1". Monsterama.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
- ↑ Ukari Bakosi (2008-08-21). "Racattack Junction!: Cartoon Review— Interview with Jay Stephens". Ukracattack.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
- ↑ Jay Stephens (2007-08-23). "Cute Creeps From Pop Culture: Name That Toon?". Monsterama.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
- ↑ Jay Stephens (2007-10-16). "Cute Creeps From Pop Culture: Saturdays Are Back!". Monsterama.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
- ↑ Jay Stephens (2005-10-27). "Cute Creeps From Pop Culture: Mystery of the cryptids Part 2". Monsterama.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
- ↑ Jay Stephens (2006-02-09). "Cute Creeps From Pop Culture: Mystery of the cryptids Part 3". Monsterama.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
- ↑ Jay Stephens (2006-02-27). "Cute Creeps From Pop Culture: Mystery of the cryptids Part 4". Monsterama.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
- ↑ "Cryptids Are Real!". Cryptids Are Real!. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
- ↑ Top Secret Document!
- ↑ "Ten Hero Tusk". Cartoonnetwork.com. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
- ↑ "Weirdworld Show". Weirdworld Show. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
- ↑ "PR: The Secret Saturdays". News.turner.com. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
- ↑ "The Secret Saturdays— Vol. 1 DVD Information". TVShowsOnDVD.com. 2009-07-21. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
- ↑ "The Secret Saturdays DVD news: Announcement for The Secret Saturdays— Volume 2". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
- ↑ Jay Stephens (2009-04-24). "Cute Creeps From Pop Culture: Field Guide". Monsterama.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
- ↑ Network, Cartoon. "The Official Cryptid Field Guide (Secret Saturdays) (9780375857256): Golden Books: Books". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
- ↑ Jay Stephens (2008-09-25). "Cute Creeps From Pop Culture: Saturday Play". Monsterama.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
- ↑ "DCU | Comics". Dccomics.com. 2010-04-21. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
External links
- Jay Stephens' Blog
- Cryptids Are Real!, viral marketing website
- Weirdworld Show, website for the show within a show: Weirdworld
- The Secret Saturdays at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- The Secret Saturdays at the Internet Movie Database
- The Secret Saturdays at TV.com


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The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce launched a new national campaign to "Reform the SBA". The campaign is not a criticism of the Small Business Administration. It is a call to action to expand the mission, authority, and resources of the SBA.
There is a bipartisan recognition that the country is at a four-decade low in new business startups—a slow moving economic disaster that has developed during good and bad economic times. The COVID pandemic has made the problem worse.
Simply doing more of the same will not move our nation along fast enough, or possibly not at all, to correct this small business startup crisis.
This national campaign is derived primarily from insightful and tangible reform recommendations of business leaders and groups, entrepreneurs, lenders, and elected leaders.
Our nation's aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners—particularly minorities and women in underserved communities—need strong, singular national leadership to break down barriers to starting and growing small businesses.
"Reform the SBA" is a campaign to focus Washington's attention on the issue and advocate for the changes desperately needed.
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The Lonely Island is in the midst of promoting their new disillusioned-pop-star comedy Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, and the Andy Samberg-portrayed protagonist Conner4Real has it all: "32 people on his personal payroll," his "Connfidants" fanbase, and, as of today, actual songs.
Last night, Conner4Real teased from his Twitter account, "Me and @zaynmalik always have the same ideas. Midnight it goes down. #midnightshowdown," referring to Zayn releasing a new music video Monday evening. Now, The Lonely Island has premiered a couple songs from the film's soundtrack on Spotify, "I'm So Humble" and "Mona Lisa."
"I'm So Humble" was teased in the movie's trailer, which featured two hologram Adam Levines dancing provocatively with each other. The lyrics are of course right in line with Conner4Real's blissfully unaware narcissism: "Bar none, I am the most humble-est / Number one at the top of the humble list / My apple crumble is by far the most crumble-est / But I act like it tastes bad out of humbleness," going on to say that "The thing about me that's so impressive is how infrequently I mention all of my successes."
Inversely, "Mona Lisa" is a sort of antithesis to "I'm So Humble," as it is essentially a smear campaign against the painting and its subject: "Mona Lisa, you're an overrated piece of s*** / With your terrible smile and your dead shark eyes, and a smirk like you're hiding a d***."
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In Topic B, students apply their understanding of place value strategies to the addition algorithm, moving from horizontal to vertical notation. Their understanding of vertical addition starts with concrete work with number disks, moving to pictorial place value chart drawings, and ending with abstract calculation. Consistent use of number disks on a place value chart strengthens students' place value understanding and helps them to systematically model the standard addition algorithm including the composition of a ten. It is important to note that the algorithm is introduced at this level and is connected deeply to the understanding of place value. However, fluency with the algorithm is a Grade 3 standard and is not expected at this level. In Lesson 6, students use number disks on a place value chart to represent the composition of 10 ones as 1 ten with two-digit addends. The use of manipulatives reminds students that they must add like units (e.g., 26 + 35 is 2 tens + 3 tens and 6 ones + 5 ones). Lesson 7 builds upon this understanding as students relate manipulatives to a written method, recording compositions as new groups below in vertical form (as shown at right). As they move the manipulatives, students use place value language to express the action as they physically make a ten with 10 ones and exchange them for 1 ten. They record each change in the written method, step by step. In Lesson 8, students move from concrete to pictorial as they draw unlabeled place value charts with labeled disks to represent addition (as shown at right). As they did with the manipulatives, students record each action in their drawings step by step on the written method. In Lessons 9 and 10, students work within 200, representing the composition of 10 ones as 1 ten when adding a two-digit addend to a three-digit addend. This provides practice drawing three-digit numbers without the complexity of composing a hundred. It also provides practice with adding like units. As student understanding of the relationship between their drawings and the algorithm deepens, they move to the more abstract chip model, in which place value disks are replaced by circles or dots (as shown below right). It is important to note that students must attend to precision in their drawings. Disks and dots are drawn in horizontal arrays of 5, recalling student work with 5-groups in Kindergarten and Grade 1. This visual reference enables students to clearly see the composition of the ten. While some students may come into this topic already having learned vertical addition, including carrying above the tens, the process of connecting their understanding to the concrete and pictorial representations develops meaning and understanding of why the process works, not just how to use it. Therefore, students will be less prone to making place value errors.
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The line known as SKINGRAFT takes on a whole new embodiment of it's name this SS 2015 season. A skin graft in the medical world is of course just what the name states – grafting skin.The word "graft" is defined as a a portion of living tissue surgically transplanted from one part of an individual to another, or from one individual to another, for its adhesion and growth. I will spare you the graphic medical photos on this one.
I've had the pleasure of seeing Jonny Cota's line SKINGRAFT grow (no pun intended) ever since I first saw him present his collection in 2010 at LA Fashion Week. His style has slowly evolved from structured (borderline goth) leather to a lighter, sporty vibe. He still is very polished and his designs always keep me excited for what he will do next.
"Skingraft Spring is inspired by Santeria and Mexican prayer altars, and features a collaboration with NYC-based blood artist Jordan Eagles." – Jonny Cota
My Clinical Laboratory Scientist heart just fluttered at the idea of blood being used for an inspiration for fashion. I worked with stem cells for five years before moving to focus on hemoglobinopathy and electrophoresis testing. Basically, I work with human blood on a daily basis. Artist Jordan Eagles uses animal blood procured from a slaughterhouse. The collaboration with SKINGRAFT is just one more example of science influencing fashion and in this case, science influencing both art and fashion. I recently asked Jordan how he and Jonny collaborated to create the designs in the SS2015 collection:
"We used hi-res details of my works and then also de-saturated the blood images to produce a black and white crackle pattern, focusing on the organic nature and shapes of the dried blood…this was in contrast to the vibrant red from my "Life Force" series. We also used details of blood soaked gauze." – Jordan Eagles
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Cota also collaborated with shoe designer Cinzia Araia on sneakers for the collection.
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Front Row at SKINGRAFT included Perez Hilton, Whoopi Goldberg (I also saw her at Pamella Roland and Zang Toi), Ally Hilfiger, Stacey London, Skrillex, 2Chainz, and albino model Shaun Ross.
On a local note, Nashville has been seeing a number of our girls on the runways the past few seasons (Binx Walton @NEXT, Sarah Engelland @One Management, Renee Peters @Wilhemina). One of our girls from Amax Talent modeled for this Skingraft show. Congratulations, Shelby Priest @Trump.


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Dev·o·tee n. One who is wholly devoted; esp., one given wholly to religion; one who is superstitiously given to religious duties and ceremonies; a bigot.
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text: In Business Travel Trends 2010 – Part 1 we found that businesses will begin doing away with any needless or excessive business trips. Travel protocols may turn out to be less restrictive, while companies will ramp up attempts to control travel-related hazards. Consumers will depend on merchants to become a motivating force in discovering "green" solutions and technology will continue to enhance the business traveler's experience. Additionally, these significant business travel trends may evolve as well.Merchants will persist in seeking out discounted distribution overheads. Pricing pressures will not diminish for suppliers, especially legacy carriers dealing with escalating competition due to new participants. Airlines and hotels will opt to reduce credit card fees, offering discounts in support of businesses willing to make use of lower-cost debit cards and/or new forms of payment.Dynamic hotel pricing will soar. Revenue or yield management is expected to increase additionally within the hotel industry and dynamic pricing will turn out to be progressively widespread. Dynamic pricing could, however, put forward savings by streamlining the bid with regard to the proposal process as well as ongoing program administration.Various dynamics will influence the competitive landscape. Several indicators pointed towards the single leading force concerning the airline marketplace as being the EU-U.S. Open Skies agreement. In addition to deregulation, the new fuel-efficient Airbus A380 as well as the Boeing 8 aircraft will influence competition on international routes by reducing approximately 15% in per seat expenses. On domestic routes, discount carriers will persist in exerting downward force with regard to fares and drive growth. Consequently, airline competition will, as you might expect, intensify in the short-term and diminish in the mid-term, with vulnerable participants either becoming acquired or completely displaced from the market. Concerning the hotel marketplace, supply will continue to remain short in major cities for the foreseeable future, despite the recent addition of new properties. With regard to ground transportation, seasonal price fluctuations are expected to be emphasized and rates will increase, indicating the higher cost of new vehiclesMerchants will progressively compartmentalize services as well as employ exclusive discounts. Customer liaison administration will additionally become more complex as suppliers gradually segment the market, looking for fresh ways to enhance the customer experience as well as seek out higher margins. With regard to the car and hotel industries, businesses will aim at various categories of corporate travelers through differentiated brands while aspiring to build loyalty among individual customers by way of customized services. At this point, the fundamental trend will be suppliers endowing travelers with enjoyment of their personal lifestyle wherever they are, softening the line between business and leisure.Cooperation among industry participants will remain fundamental. Consumers as well as merchants have indicated the need for sincere dialogue in order to improve the industry. Consumers must be willing to appreciate suppliers' constraints in order to possess more realistic expectations, while suppliers must be more than willing to have travel managers provide essential input as well as feedback. It was recommended that companies must not be afraid to make known their concerns with a view towards advancing their businessesWill all of these predicted trends come to pass? It's hard to say. Certainly many significant variations are possible. Obviously only time will tell, but at the very least it should prove interesting.


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This is a stunning photo … the colors are muted yet lovely, the scene is peaceful somehow for a city
'It is not what you look at that matters. It's what you see.' – Henry David Thoreau
Edmonton – a cold sunrise, winter lingering on into spring, colours buildings and fog haze in muted and rich tones reminding of Russian narratives.
Bartholomew Scott Blair misses a trade show for book publishers. Boozy Barley Blair, life on a tangent, haphazardly and unwittingly finds himself in possession of serious, sobering prose; the film of this narrative takes you from Lisbon to London to Moscow and to Boris Pasternak's grave and Dacha in which Dr. Zhivago was written. That world is presented in much the same colours as this Edmonton image. The narrative explores the rambling of Barley's unanchored heart navigating forward recklessly in hope and unchallenged belief at a time of life when legacy is what should concern him. Barley's life becomes entangled – verifying story source and author, working within prescribed tradecraft and pursuing relationship. That relationship and possibility change the course of this narrative – hope and promise are honoured.
This Edmonton image looking out to Saskatchewan Drive high above the North Saskatchewan River surprises me in perspective, time of year and colour. These are the familiar tones and colours and climate of my childhood and youth cycling Edmonton city streets or walking and talking with friends. Likewise Moscow's tones, colour and climate as featured in the film of John Le Carre's 'Russia House' also surprise me because they are so strikingly familiar.
Listening to – Ernest Hemingway's 'A Moveable Feast.'
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RALEIGH, NC -- The Carolina Hurricanes and longtime radio broadcaster Chuck Kaiton are parting ways.
Hurricanes general manager Don Waddell says Kaiton informed the team Tuesday that he will not return for a 39th season following "a series of discussions" between the broadcaster, his agent and the organization.
The only radio play-by-play man in the franchise's NHL history, Kaiton debuted in 1979 - the Hartford Whalers' first season in the league. He moved with the team to North Carolina in 1997, when they became the Carolina Hurricanes and was behind the mic for the club's lone Stanley Cup in 2006.
Waddell said the team is exploring options for its radio broadcasts, including the possibility of simulcasting the audio from the Fox Sports Carolinas telecasts.
"We thank Chuck for his service over 38 seasons and appreciate everything he has done to represent this franchise for such a long time," Waddell said.
So what happens next with the radio broadcast? The likely move will be to simulcast the TV call on radio.
"We are exploring our options, especially the possibility of airing the audio (from the television broadcast). John Forslund is one of the top play-by-play men in our sport and we are confident his call will sound terrific on the radio as well," Waddell said.


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As you are getting closer to wrapping up your 21 Day Challenge to LOVING YOURSELF: MIND BODY AND SOUL….here is something to think about….
Day 16: Mind Musings on Monday
It is Monday…
We so often use Mondays to punish ourselves of deciding…ugh…I was terrible this weekend with not exercising…or drinking too much…or eating too late…or sleeping in…or not enough sleep…or not enough prayer….then we resolve to be too harsh on Mondays…
|Isn't this quote from Joyce Meyer so perfect…it doesn't matter if
you are a mom or not….it is a fabulous thing to reflect on…
Instead I want you to view Monday as a day to…
be Mindful…
Thus today….think of how you can respect yourself…love yourself…and not beat yourself up for be amazingly human and enjoying this amazing life we have been given.
If you need some extra encouragement…extra motivation on this Monday check out a great interview with Molly Galbraith on Mind Body Musings. Molly talks about truly respecting the body you are in. I love how she shares about she is curvy and how she had to learn to truly respect that and love it. She has friends who lean out in the legs naturally….she leans out in the waist naturally…some lean out in the arms more….etc….but the point is to love the body you are in, even when you are wanting to make changes to still love it right now!!!
You can also find out more about Molly at GIRLS GONE STRONG…this is one of my favorite websites to read and learn from….
Hugs and prayers always,
Day 14: Unexpected Changes
We all have moments where we set a goal and life decides to give us a curve ball.
What do you do?
|Use this bible verse today to reflect on curve balls you may have.
And instead of getting frustrated…lean on Him.
Do you stomp and have a tantrum?
Do you throw up your hands and say "fine"?
Do you push through even if it isn't wise?
I started out this year with setting a goal to train for a Spartan Race. This week was the week I was going to start putting into place my build up. Then I went to the doctor to just have him take make sure I didn't have strep…that it was just upper respiratory gunk.
Instead I received all sorts of other instructions of what I need to do for my health for the time being. One of them was the realization that training for a Spartan unfortunately is not the healthiest plan for me right now.
Part of me wanted to rebel…to say "I'm going to train anyways"…part of me wanted to defy the doctors recommendations and say "ah…it's not that bad"….but…
It is not about what I want….it is not about my desires…it is not about MY WILL…
It is about ensuring I can one day do a spartan when I am healthier….it is about being able to pursue other desires and dreams right now and putting that one on hold….and it is about abandoning my will AND TRULY LIVING IN HIS WILL!
I must remember God is in charge and and His wants…desires…dreams for me are greater!!!
Are you experiencing a Challenge within this 21 day Challenge that has had to make you pause and realize when you started this pursuit…or even another goal….that your challenge has taken a bit of a detour….a different route!?
Maybe…just maybe…when you pause take a moment…reflect…journal about it….you will find that God has some big plans for you…for your MIND BODY AND SOUL challenge!
Reflect…pray…and see how this challenge is drawing you nearer to Him in your pursuit of true self love of MIND BODY AND SOUL!
Day 10: Pedestal of Pressure!
I feel for the individuals who are in the profession…business…careers of health and wellness; whether it is as a doctor, a personal trainer, a nutritionists, those selling products/services in a store or an at-home business.
The pressure each of these must feel to have that "perfect" look according to the worlds visual standards; it must be overwhelming for some. After all we are bombarded each day with billboards, ads, movies, and stores to name just a few, of what we "should" look like. Therefore putting the pressure on these individuals to "look" the part because after all if you look thin then you must be healthy. After all if you have amazing muscles you must have a great gut.
And what about the pressure those must feel when they don't "look" the part? Is that doctor taken serious? Do we not take into account that the personal trainer is wanting to just relax for awhile and not look competition ready? What if the nutritionist is dealing with hormonal issues?
There is more important things to think about with our health than just "looking" healthy! Our health is deeper!!!
There are many women I follow about fitness, nutrition, health….they all advocate how having a healthy attitude…healthy gut…healthy mind…healthy strength….healthy movement….healthy love of self is so much more important than the ascetics.
I am sure they feel like a broken record….I know I do sometimes…..but I am passionate and committed to convince all individuals….especially women and young maturing girls to be HEALTHY in their MIND, BODY AND SOUL! To not focus on: pride, vanity, and ascetics…..and that should include all those who are in these professions. After all if they are walking the walk of true health then their presence alone will attract others to them to have a true, real, whole life, wellness attitude and approach to living a full and rewarding life!
And we as patients, consumers, clients, followers…need to not have the bar set so high or expect so much from these individuals that we put them on a pedestal of pressure!
What can you do today to take the pressure off of them…off of yourself to be "perfect"?
What scripture can you lean on that will redirect that focus?
Here are my top 10 women/sites I go to for motivation:
Joyce Meyer
Girls Gone Strong
Real Life At Home
Diane Sanfilippo
Sarah Fragosa
Dr. Sara Gottfried
Liz Wolf
JJ Virgin
Katie – Wellness Mama
Mind Body Green
***I purposely didn't add their links so you have to do a little bit of leg work yourself to find what fits you best for motivation. Plus some of the list names have several avenues of following them, therefore rather than limiting you to my pick…you pick!
Day 5: Food for Energy
During this 21 day challenge as you are learning how to find our MIND, BODY, SOUL connection of your FAITH, FOOD, FITNESS think about how you connect with your food.
Eat to the point of energy not fullness…not sluggishness…not for punishment.
Eat in celebration of nurturing your body properly.
CPDR: Cephalic phase digestive response….this is when you truly connect and are in the moment of eating. Thus eating when truly hungry…being present in your eating experience. Not running around while eating….not eating to the tv….not eating at the computer…not even eating while reading! By becoming aware when you eat your able to not only become present to celebrate your experience but you are able to recognize the signal of fullness, satisfaction but you are able to create a more efficient metabolism.
ENS: Enteric Nervous System. This is the interconnection of your brain to your digestion. This is when we listen to our gut brain; when our nutritional and metobolic needs are being met.
Day 3: Groove to the Gilmore Girls
|This was on a shopping back for a business in Colorado…
….I loved what it said!
I have learned exercising, fitness, movement has cycles and I MUST listen to what my body needs.
I approach raising my daughter in a very similar fashion. I take note of things she is interested in and use that to my advantage to accomplish a goal or growth opportunity I may want her to experience.
She recently has been interested in using her first morning hour before lessons to watch a bit of tv: Jesse, Once Upon a Time, or Gilmore Girls.
I have wanted her to have a bit more structured or consistance exercise in her every day life.
I have always enjoyed working out first thing in the morning before she wakes up. I usually work out while praying my rosary or watching something insirational or educational or both :)…..
Out of all that….ah…..the birth of my outside of the box approach of her recieving what she wants while I recieve what I want….and we get to do it together…bond…and have a built in support system for each other.
I have embraced the shift of my morning and am enjoying having the opportunity to remember to take each opportunity to learn and grow with and from each other.
So…this is what my morning looks like for now…who knows how long this season will last…but for now I love it…and am embracing it….
Upon waking I have been praying my rosary while "walking" throughout the house sweeping, mopping, laundry, dishes….meal prep. This gives me a great way to warm up my body with nice simple movement, get some household things done, all the while remembering how Mary truly walked away from her will inorder to live and breath ONLY God's WILL! What a beautiful and lovely way to start my day.
Then once I wake my dynamic daughter….I set up our living room for our movement/workout session to Gilmore Girls….or Jesse. It's perfect. It allows us to do a HIIT kind of workout. We rotate between the mini trampoline, stepper, weights, and/or body strength movements. I set the timer for 2 minutes and we have to rotate between stations every 2 minutes. We proceed to watch, laugh, move, sweat, and have lots of morning moving fun!
What can we all learn from this?
What do you like doing first thing in the morning? Can you add even 10 minutes of movement/strength in a HIIT fashion workout that gets you breathing heavy, moving fast, gaining strength and raising your body temp!?
Do you watch the news? Set a timer for 1 minute jumping jacks, 1 min push ups, 1 min. lunges….repeat 5 times….you've accomplished 15 minutes of a simple work out, caught the news and are ready to conquer the world.
Do you have to run around first thing in the moring getting kiddos ready, making lunches, convinced you don't have time for strength….a working out?!
From room to room, do lunges instead of walking. Do 10 burpees at each kiddos bed; jumping jacks while you are waiting for your coffe to brew.
When you make movement a normal part of your life, you feel normal, you feel alive, you find yourself not focusing on negative thoughts and not obsessing about unhealthy attitudes toward yourself.
Huge bonus to all of this? You are setting an excellent example for your children (especially daughters) how to love yourself and do something for yourself that includes them in your everyday life….your everyday way of nurturing yourself: MIND, BODY, AND SOUL!
Todays scripture to focus on is also a prayer….reflect on….
Selfies: 10 pound follow up!
|JANUARY 2015 – gotta love my daughters mirror!
I'm not a huge fan of selfies….
Yet, I was refelcting the other day of the time when Sarah Fragosa wrote a fabulour post "Own It". She was able to show all her hard work in the posting.
I recently shared about the difference of ten pounds and how it can or can't look on a body. I realized sometimes a person can talk and talk and share but another just won't believe it unless they see it. Oh how very doubting Thomas of us, right….lol!
Thus, here it goes…
This picture is of me when I met with Jason Seib back in July.
Last week I took the two pictures on the right with basically the same outfit.
I share this because WOMEN….GIRLS….LADIES….and even men…..I want you to understand YOU ARE NOT THE VALUE OF THE NUMBER ON THAT SCALE!!!
|JANUARY 2015 ~side shot…
Don't let that rediculous tool take hold of your happiness! I truly do not care what that number says. That number will not, does not, define my happiness.
I don't care if I am not "twiggy" this year….or ever again…..we are all unique and beautiful and amazing!!!
How about a unique and different kind of challenge; one that has nothing to do with how you exercise, what you eat, what you want to change physically…..
What if instead… for 21 days you challenged yourself to truly love yourself exactly where you are at!?
What if, first thing in the morning you said:
Then pick movement that inspires you.
Eat with passion not punishment.
The cool thing is you could start your 21 day LOVE MY BODY, LEARN FROM MY BODY, LISTEN TO MY BODY….this SUNDAY, January 25th! And complete it as a Valentines gift of love to yourself!!!
Google Marc David. He is a great resource to help you shift your mindset about eating for your body, mind, and soul. Check out all he has to say about the psychology of food. He has a fabulous book, "The Slow Down Diet: Eating for Pleasure, Energy, & Weight Loss". An excelllent read.
And then there is Dr. Sara Gottfried….she has a fabulous podcast….THE HEALTH BRIDGE….helping others learn and understand the psychology behind food as well as the hormones that effect our mind, body, soul experience of food, fitness, and fun!
I feel committed to help you with this journey so I will post something for 21 days, starting on January 25 thru February 14. I will post something short each day that will be encouraging, loving, inspiring for you on this journey of change….in all the different ways to love yourself through mind, body, soul experiences….whether it be with nurishing recipes, health changes, movement, encouraging scripture, great reads…..and so much more…
Join me for 21 days to not only change your body, but change your mind, to enlighten your soul!
What better gift to give yourself for VALENTINES DAY but to start loving yourself RIGHT NOW….EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE AT!!!


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The Wall Street Journal recently observed, unemployment is at "multidecade lows" jobless claims remain exceptionally low... providing evidence of a strong labor market. Our Hudson Valley counties are following that trend.
The state Labor Department reports the Dutchess-Putnam metro area at 3.6 percent in unemployment in May, the most recently reported period, versus 4.1 percent in May the year prior. Metro Kingston is 3.7 vs. 4.3.
With statewide unemployment of 3.7 percent, Columbia County was 3.2% third lowest in the state; Dutchess 3.6 (ranked 12th); Greene 4.4 (38th); Orange 3.9 (24th); Sullivan 3.9 (ranked 24th); and Ulster 3.7 (ranked 18th).
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Things are a bit ruff! in the bedroom when CBS' Mike & Molly resumes its sixth and final season this Monday at 8/7c.
In the episode "Weekend with Birdie," Mike brings home the titular stray puppy, which is a plenty heartwarming gesture, of course. But when the new addition results in someone getting kicked out of bed, there are words to be had, as seen in the sneak peek above.
As it winds down its farewell run, Mike & Molly starting next May 2 will air two new episodes weekly, on Mondays at 8 and 8:30 pm.
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Bibliography for Stephenville Integrated High School Project
"1200 Out For Stephenville Air Show." The Western Star. 21 July 1996.
Brosnan, Father Michael. Pioneer History of St. George's Diocese.
Cardoulis, John N. A Friendly Invasion. St. John's: Breakwater, 1990.
__________. A Friendly Invasion II. St. John's: Breakwater, 1993.
Gale, Frank. "43-Year Dream Fulfilled by Americans at Crash Site." The Western Star. 27 July 1989.
__________. "Memorial Site is Refurbished." The Western Star. September 1989.
"Harmon Field Day '90." The Georgian. 31 July 1990.
Lefevre, Charles. "Harmon." email@example.com. 21 February 1998.
Polenberg, Richard. "Lend-Lease." Grolier Academic Encyclopedia. Lorimer, Lawrence T., ed. United States: Grolier International, 1991.
Mackay, W. H. "Harmon Corporation." Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. Joseph R. Smallwood, ed. St. John's: Newfoundland Book Publishers, 1967.
MacLeod, Malcolm. "Peace of the Continent - The Impact of Second World War Canadian and American Bases in Newfoundland, Part II : Social Impact." The Newfoundland Quarterly. Spring 1986.
Morris, Don. "More Milestones in Stephenville History." The Western Star. 30 June 1990.
"Newfoundland's Acadian Village: Stephenville." The Georgian. 1 July 1997.
Pratt, Christopher. "Strip Mined - An Essay."
Ray, Wayne. "US Military Bases in Newfoundland, Harmon Recreation." Newfoundland Military Bases: Ernest Harmon Recreation.
"Returning Fighter Pilot Has Newfoundland Roots." The Western Star. 6 July 1996.
Smallwood, Joseph R., ed. "Harmon." Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. St. John's: Harry Cuff Publications, 1994.
"Stephenville International Airport." Stephenville International Airport..
Stephenville Library Board & The West Newfoundland Folk Arts Council. Stephenville History & Stephenville Harmon Air Force Base: Vol. I. Port au Port/Bay St. George Heritage Association, 1978.
"Stephenville - Newfoundland's Acadian Village." The Evening Telegram. 23 September 1968.
"Sunday Air Show Will Be a Highlight." The Western Star. 18 July 1996.
"The Town of Stephenville." Atlantic Chamber Journal. January 1990.
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Neuroscience and Free Will: Part 2: Why Neuroscientific Critiques of Free Will Appear Methodologically Unsound.
by metacognizant
In part two of this series, I will discuss the methodological problems with studies such as Libet's and show that there are alternative ways to interpret the data. It'll be part three before I sketch an account of a neuroscientific concept of free will, and part four before I offer any positive data for it.
Studies in the vein of Libet et al. do seem to pose a problem for free will. However, there is good reason to believe that–upon closer inspection–they are not methodologically sound. The first strong hints of this came in 2010, when a study surfaced that in the Libet paradigm, not only is there a readiness-potential (RP) before a conscious decision to move, there is also a RP before a conscious decision to not move (Trevena & Miller, 2010). This seems to indicate that this RP is not an unconscious neural determinate of a voluntary action–that there might be something in the experimental paradigm responsible for the RP rather than unconscious neural activity. Another two experiments by Miller, Shepherdson, and Trevena (2011) furnished further support for that idea. In their article, Miller et al. demonstrate through their two experiments–each with two conditions–that the cognitive activity of monitoring a clock seems to be responsible for the RP's occurrence. They found that in each of the two experiments, a condition where participants had to monitor a clock to report the time of their action, there was a RP before the action, but that RP was absent in conditions without the presence of a clock–indicating that these actions may have truly been self-chosen. This result–that cognitive activity of monitoring a clock or attending to an action in time–finds support from a very similar study, that showed that actions where the timing was unattended lacked an early-stage RP (Baker, Mattingley, Chambers, & Cunnington, 2011). These studies seem to show that cognitive processes heavily influence the RP, and that it is likely not neural activity of a chosen action before conscious awareness of that choice, but due to other cognitive factors related to the experiment. More research needs to be done in this area, but with three experiments indicating that the Libet study and experiments like it may be methodologically flawed by not accounting for cognitive factors specifically related to the experimental paradigm, there is enough reason to maintain skepticism for the claim that these studies have shown that choices arise prior to conscious will.
A quick reference to another two studies similar to Libet-type studies is necessary here, because the methodological issues that apply to Libet-type studies do not at first appear to apply to these other studies. Soon, Brass, Heinze, and Haynes (2008) performed an experiment that appeared to show that there exists a neural determinate of an action up to 7 to 10 seconds before an action is consciously chosen. This study was also replicated (Bode et al., 2011). These studies analyzed fMRI data with highly complex algorithms, and these algorithms were able to predict from the fMRI whether a response would be a right or left response 7 to 10 seconds before the response was consciously chosen with up to 57% (in the Bode study) or 60% (in the Soon study). However, a recent study has shown that these studies may have been flawed also because of cognitive factors (Lages & Jaworska, 2012). Lages and Jaworska note that most untrained individuals have an extremely difficult time creating truly random sequences, and the algorithms may have simply picked up neural markers of either intending to maintain or intending to switch responses. Indeed, using a purely behavioral version of the same experimental paradigm with the same inclusion criteria, Lages and Jaworska were able to predict with 61.6% accuracy–higher than that of either Soon's study or Bode's–the actions of participants before they made them. The studies of Soon et al. and Bode et al. thus seem to ignore cognitive factors related to whether or not a participant intended to respond in a certain way.
More research is clearly necessary in this area. However, given the methodological problems that appear to exist in neuroscientific studies purported to show that free will is an illusion, there is good reason to hold this purported claim in an air of skepticism–especially when there is strong evidence that we can choose our own actions (in part four, to come).


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