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I would prefer to remember my past in terms of the gratitude I owe to the people who helped me along the way (an idea I lifted from Marcus Aurelius' Meditations).
First and above all, I thank:
...the people who should be listed here, but whom I've inadvertently overlooked. (You know who you are, and I hope I do as well.)
And after them, I thank...
...my family, for everything.
...Mike Martin, for being such a forbearing best friend.
...Jerry & Pam Martin, for letting me make their home my home away from home.
...Mrs. Arlene Lucchini, for always having an encouraging thing to say.
...Jen Idlor Saulsbury, for all the letters we've exchanged.
...George Arroyo and Crystal Halbert, for being examples of what life could be.
...Chris Storey, for lighting up a fogbound town.
...Steve Gibbs, for running such a great newspaper.
...Jim Garrett, for having the courage of his convictions, and always insisting that I have the same.
...Mark Perison, Kevin Wells, and Brian Sullivan, for including me.
...Bill Simulcik, for three never-boring years rooming together on West Maynard Avenue.
...Laura Walton Crouch, for always being there.
...Anna Hatzitheodorou, for being such a great friend.
...Sherri Noxel, for those interesting stories.
...Gail Culler, for the late Friday night talks.
...Steve Kremer, for all those great talks about education, religion, women, and everything else under the sun.
...Kathleen Carberry Skestos, for the good ideas it took me seven or eight years to appreciate.
...K. Austin Kerr, for being the epitome of an academic adviser.
...Rebecca Woods, for demonstrating what listening to and reasoning with people can accomplish.
...John Hilbert, for demonstrating what leadership can accomplish.
...Karla S______, for telling me what I needed to hear.
...Thomas Gray, for great seats at bad football games.
...Chris Bellomy and Tom Urquhart, for introducing me to the coolness of radio.
...Pat Ensor, for teaching me how to work more effectively.
...Cesar Alvarado, for talking even when I thought I didn't want to listen.
...Lucy Bowen, for the entertaining gripe sessions.
...Lisa Baker and Steven Ring, for the always-open doors.
...Maggie Yackey and Camille Livingston, for reminding me how much fun life can be.
...Spencer PriceNash, for being so much help with my moves, and always having the Austin crash pad available.
...Jim Andrews, for being an all-around great guy.
...Karen Knox, for cheering me up.
...Mary Lynn Rice-Lively, for hiring me.
...Maria Gonzalez, for pointing me to the advertisement for my first librarian job, and encouraging me to apply for it.
...Jason at the Doghouse, for mixing many a great Rob Roy.
(excluding people I still work with)
...Suzanne Harold, for two Portland-to-Coasts, several New Years Eves, and many helpful chats.
...Dan O'Brien Muzyka, the best housemate ever.
...Brett Lear, Matt Wiesenfeld, and Javier Gutierrezfor having people to talk football and the South with.
...Marjorie Schreiber Lear and Sue Banks, for their encouragement.
...Don Allgeier, for allowing me space and time to recover from a string of bad years.
...Bridget Cain-Bushman, for inviting me to her warm house on several stranded holidays.
...Abigail Elder, for afternoons at the velodrome.
...Cindy Gibbon, for hiring me.
...Dave Morrison, for letting me into the house.
...N., for the best month of my life.
...Herbert "Train" Rutledge, for introducing me to "Whiz Wit", the vocal stylings of Yma Sumac, and a hundred other things I'd have never found on my own.
..."Dhanesh", for teaching me about logic and proper argument.
...Don McGregor, for suffering my quirks with such good humor.
...Gary W. "Goob" Smith, for making me laugh out loud when I needed to.
...Thomas Rooney, for being even funnier than Goob.
...Deke Arndt, Justin Greenfield, and Gary McManus, for knocking so much stuff off the shelves.


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Highland has many sports teams and well performing clubs and one of these is the highland swim team. They are a special group of people and one of the few teams that are joined by SPA (Saint Paul Academy) to create the Sparks swim team.
Recently, Dr. Tucker announced wishes to dissolve the relationship between Highland and SPA. Many athletes were displeased when hearing this and created a petition to collect signatures to keep their team together.
The reasons Dr. Tucker had to separate the teams was discussed with the swim team parents, and athletes, in a meeting that was held on Wednesday, December 12, 2018 in the Highland Park Senior High School auditorium.
Dr. Tucker prepared a document that explains his reasoning, and I have included a copy of it below. (Nothing has been edited these are all Dr. Tucker's words)
SPARKS Swim/Dive Team students and parents:
Highland Park Senior High School is moving to dissolve the cooperative partnership for the Swimming/Dive program with SPA for next school year.
While we respect the partnership with SPA and recognize that students from both schools have formed important bonds over the years, there are a number of logistical reasons for dissolving the sharing of the two programs.
These reasons include but are not limited to the following:
- Both schools have enough students to host their own teams.
- The current size of the team has resulted in many challenges, including having to turn away Highland Middle and Highland Senior students.
- The size of the team warrants multiple coaches, which is a financial problem to sustain.
- Continual turnover in coaching as a result of managing the two combined programs which has resulted in a lack of consistency.
- The logistical challenges in coordinating a team between two schools as well as the size of the team is very challenging and a deterrent for most prospective coaches.
- Saint Paul Public Schools has a practice of generally only having cooperative athletic partnerships with schools within the same district (there are a few necessary exceptions).
- The purpose of cooperative athletic partnerships is to be short term until both schools can build their programs. This goal has been accomplished.
Please note that some have felt that this change was our athletic director's decision. It is important to realize that as principal it was my decision to move forward with this change and as principal the responsibility rests on my shoulders.
If you are interested in hearing more about this issue and would like share you thoughts on this matter there will be a meeting in the Highland Park Senior High School auditorium on Wednesday, December 12 at 5:30pm.
Dr. Winston H. Tucker
Though Dr. Tucker's reasons are valid, the swim team had some reasons of their own. The following is from a petition created by SPARKS team members.
It has come our attention that the decision has been made to separate the Sparks and Trojans swim teams into two separate teams. For years, this co-op has flourished between Highland Park and SPA, both in and out of the pool. When we, the captains of both teams, were informed of this change, 'cultural differences' and limited pool space were cited as reasons for the split. These cultural differences are not a reason to divide the team—they are a key factor of what makes this team so special. The relationships and bonds formed between swimmers from both schools would never have been possible without the co-op. When it comes to the issue of pool space, we found a solution to the limited space during this past season, and believe that if the issue of space were to continue to be a problem, there are more viable solutions than to just separate the teams completely. This is not like the past where the teams were only separated while competing in conference meets (but could still compete in non-conference invites, dual meets, sections, and state together). The Athletic Department wants to separate us completely. We, the captains of both teams, and our fellow teammates believe that this is not in the best interest of either the Trojans or the Sparks in any way. While swimming together competitively the boys were able to come in 5th place in their 6AA sections and the girls were able to come in 7th place in their 6AA sections. If the teams were separated, like our schools intend to do, the boys team would have come in 7th place at their sections and the girls would have come in 8th place. The boys last year were able to get a new school record for their 400 free relay with two of those swimmers being from SPA and the girls were very close to breaking the 200 free relay record of which one person was from SPA. Additionally, a swimmer from SPA for the girls team broke a record that had stood for over 20 years in the 100 fly this past season. As mentioned previously, the teams as a co-op have been able to accomplish great things that they would not have and will not be able to achieve as two separate teams. We hope to have your support and for you to sign this petition in order to help us to keep our teams together.
If this article persuaded you believe that the swim team deserves to stay together, and to continue to develop the close bond they all cherish and want to continue, please click this link and help them by signing the petition: https://www.thepetitionsite.com/278/424/275/keep-our-teams-together/

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Netherlands appoint Ronald Koeman as manager
Former Everton manager Ronald Koeman has been appointed as manager of the Netherlands.
Koeman, who has been out of work since being sacked by Everton in October, will take charge for the first time against England on 23 March.
He has signed a four-and-half-year contract up to and including the 2022 World Cup.
The 54-year-old replaces Dick Advocaat who resigned after failing to guide the Netherlands to the 2018 World Cup.
A legend with the Netherlands national team, Koeman was capped 78 times as a player and won the European Championship in 1988.
He was sacked by Everton with the team 18th in the Premier League, having won just two of their nine league games this season despite spending £140m last summer.
He guided Everton to seventh place in his first season in charge last term and also took Southampton to sixth and seventh in the Premier League in his two years in charge at St Mary's.
The Netherlands were runners-up at the 2010 World Cup and finished third in 2014 in Brazil but failed to qualify for Euro 2016 and this summer's World Cup.


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Tuesdays with Morrie
I managed to read half of the book when I visited Deoksu palace. It was Chi Won's and she lent it to me for a light reading. hmmm..since my uncle's passing, the message in the book is much clearer to me now.
It is a book about death. How death affects our lives and how we perceive it.
Once I'm back, I'll definitely find this book. It's indispensable. It taught me that we are just human and one day we will die but we keep forgetting that fact. The most important person is the people around me and I need to treasure the moment.
Incidentally, Bun Sok's brother-in-law's father passed away too yesterday. We discussed a lot from death, mother's love, one of her wwoofers' story - Denise, her doggies and even about my love life. Hahaha..Chatting with Bun Sok over a pile of garlics would be in my memory forever.
It was 12 degrees and much lower before I went out for my morning walk.
This is where I stay, next to Joy and Bun Sok's home. WWOOFers stay in a separate house.
Pokok keembung. It grows here in the mountain. Shocked!! Hehehe, one of my favourite flowers cause it is so easy to grow. I'm not much of a green hand.
Bun Sok picked some wild flowers for her home.
We made some seasoned sesame leaf. It is sooooo delicious!
The ingredient = soy sauce, anchovies, radish, onion, garlic, hot pepper and kelp. Soak the sesame leaves for 1 week, drain and reheat the liquid and soak the leaves again for another week.
My breakfast - nurungbab (the crust of burnt rice). Bon Suk made porridge of that crust. Simply delicious and with side dishes fish fillet, kimchi, laver and anchovies.
Later in the afternoon, the weather was warm around 24 degree and we peeled the garlics to make winter kimchi.
Bun Sok in action.


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It's a shame for Tom Douglas that the USDA retired its food pyramid before the Pharaonic restaurateur could secure naming rights to its base level of bread and pasta. At Douglas' new trio of South Lake Union restaurants, the bustling kitchens have their way with grains, churning out a global array of carbohydrate-packed plates.
On the ground floor of the boxy brick building that houses all three eateries, the cooks at Cuoco twist and trim noodle dough into mops of spaghetti and sheets of lasagna. Upstairs at Ting Momo, Douglas' longtime Dahlia Lounge chef, Dekyi Thonden, folds dumplings. And on the other side of a Tibetan cotton curtain, at Brave Horse Tavern, bakers keep wire bushel baskets heaped high with chewy Bavarian pretzels. It's a stunning excavation of the world's bread box.
While the three restaurants share a roof (and, on the second floor, restrooms), the hydra doesn't function like a food court. Diners who opt for the civility of prosecco and lardo crostinis at Cuoco may have no clue that hundreds of Amazon employees are congregated overhead, pouring pints from sloshing pitchers of Olympia lager and settling office squabbles on the shuffleboard tables.
The setup is reminiscent of a cruise ship, where cheek-by-jowl themed restaurants operate as seemingly independent entities. And just as cruise passengers are fated to try the pizza parlor, steakhouse, and Asian stir-fry bar before docking, eaters situated anywhere near the thriving South Lake Union district are likely to visit all three of Douglas' Terry Avenue outlets. Here then is a tour of the 10th, 11th, and 12th restaurants in Douglas' Seattle portfolio.
Check out a "Food Porn" slideshow from Tom's SLU trifecta.
Ting Momo is the outlier of the building's culinary combo. It's open only for lunch, and doesn't feature any dishes for which neighborhood office workers are likely to harbor innate cravings. But much as grateful monarchs bestowed estates upon noblemen who led their subjects to victory in battle, Douglas has given Thonden a restaurant to show his appreciation for her work. There might as well be a giant red bow on the front door.
Traditional Tibetan cuisine centers on yak and barley, but Thonden leans heavily on a band of seasonings that are so critical to her cooking that a few of them are showcased in glass spice jars near the cash register (while the other restaurants also keep lunch hours, Ting Momo is the only one which offers counter service). There's tamarind, cumin, and orange zest, a mix that becomes monotonously familiar halfway through the restaurant's short menu.
Ting Momo serves three styles of dumplings; a grassy coconut milk–based soup with shiitake mushrooms and too-gummy noodles; and a daily special, which is often rather soupy too. The most popular order is an Azag Azog plate, crammed with one of each dumpling type, a teacup of underseasoned chickpea salad, and a skein of pickled cabbage as purple as Jane Fonda's workout tights. Visually, it's a captivating plate.
Like jelly spilling from a doughnut, a bit of tender yak meat pokes its way out of the crimped steamed dumpling, or momo, slender as a clam. Unfortunately, the dumpling itself is gluey and bland. A pork-fried dumpling, or samo, is greasy, and a rotund, soft steamed dumpling, or tingmo, stuffed with mushrooms and threads of bamboo, is a disappointingly spongy bun.
It's conceivable that Thonden has become overwhelmed by the crowds who pack the boardinghouse-style tables in her supremely energetic red-walled dining room. Lunchers wielding chopsticks are forever clanging elbows, and staffers struggle to keep up with the endless busing duties.
There are hints that Ting Momo will sparkle once the restaurant overcomes its opening jitters. A single potato samo was among the best things I ate at any of the Terry Avenue restaurants. Fried golden, the two-bite dumpling was an optical doppelgänger for a tiny chicken drumstick, right down to its rounded cloverleaf end. The gorgeous samo encased potatoes and peas dashed with a bright, aromatic curry, and tasted like a Himalayan shepherd's pie.
While the clientele at Cuoco skews older than that of Brave Horse and Ting Momo, I wouldn't wish the restaurant on anybody old enough to remember trading a radio for a television. The prices are often ludicrously high, and the portions are measly.
I don't mind shelling out three bucks for bread when it's as lush and nutty as the bread Cuoco produces. But I took affront at a $4 dish of three tightly wound fiddlehead-fern tops, each no bigger than a subway token, capped with squares of La Tur so tiny it was impossible to appreciate the Italian cheese's oozy runniness.
There's steak ($55 buys 24 ounces of dry-aged beef), fish, pork, and guinea hen at Cuoco, but the menu's dominated by 10 pastas, about half of which are made in-house. Here too, portions pose problems. The server on our first visit couldn't quite say how many pastas we should order. Since the dishes are priced between $12 and $25, we assumed one apiece would suffice after a smorgasbord of antipasti (this was pre- fiddlehead encounter), but the server advised sharing at least three or four.
A few of the pastas are excellent. The delicate lasagna, layered with béchamel and a faintly tannic Bolognese, justly surged with pride at transcending its potluck reputation. Tagliatelle decorated with sausage and kale had a fine chew. Yet when the noodles were gone, the bowl was disconcertingly shiny: Most of the pastas I sampled were drowning in butter and oil.
The glitch is accentuated in filled pastas, including a rabbit-and-veal agnolotti slick with marjoram butter and greasy, elastic gnocchi soaked in a primeval nettle pesto and bedecked with raw hazelnuts. Yet some dishes match the upscale earthiness of the candlelit room, smartly furnished with paisley table linens, terra-cotta-style plates, and a zillion little design touches that speak to Douglas' knack for creating restaurant spaces. A starter of jelly-textured cured beef vibrates with rosemary, and a duck-gizzard spiedini offers an enjoyably coarse riff on summer grilling. The skewered meat, bathed in oil-rich green-garlic vinaigrette, suns on a slice of bread waxed with rhubarb. There's much to like about a lark of a calamari preparation, featuring spicy sausage looped through pliable rings of bronzed squid and plated with fat cannellini beans.
For those collecting stamps on their Tom Douglas passports, desserts at Cuoco feel repetitive. All the desserts originate at Dahlia Bakery, so Cuoco serves rice pudding, same as Ting Momo, and a rhubarb crostata that's nearly indistinguishable from the cherry pie served at Brave Horse Tavern, the clear winner of this three-restaurant race.
The brave horse from which the tavern component of the Terry Avenue complex takes its name is apparently a muscle-bound quarter horse with flaring nostrils and a spurs-wearing rider (there's a picture on the restaurant's website). But Brave Horse Tavern's spectacularly on-target cuisine doesn't have anything to do with chaps or cowboys.
The horse the menu evokes is Brown Beauty, the mare that Paul Revere mounted for his legendary ride. Here is a noisy republican tavern with a small "r," proffering a cuisine—pretzels and pork and untold gallons of ale—that would have been recognizable to Americans when the vast majority of Anglos came from British or German stock.
It's possible to get a shot of Bailey's or bourbon at Brave Horse, but the food is engineered to pair with beer. There are more than a dozen on tap, but I never got past the malty, hoppy India Pale Ale brewed for Brave Horse by Schooner Exact Brewing Company in SoDo. The mahogany beer is nearly the same shade as the superlative pretzels, made with lye so the exterior bakes to a ravishing brown while the interior remains doughy and soft. The warm pretzels, glimmering with salt, have the clout of artisanal bread and the airy lightness of a silly snack tied in a knot.
Most everyone at Brave Horse ends up eating pretzels. Seating at the restaurant is communal and the restaurant is perpetually crowded, so it's impossible to avoid being in close proximity to a pretzel. For pretzel fans with aspirations beyond mustard, Brave Horse serves a pretzel with three dips: pimento cheese (made with such high-quality white cheddar that I imagine the prep cook winced when he had to muss the curds with jalapenos), a singed-tasting peanut butter and bacon, and a refreshing, oniony sour cream that could have been piled on a pierogi. There's also a selection of saucy, salty meat snacks for pretzel-swiping, including a trough of smoky cocktail wieners afloat in hot yellow mustard.
Brave Horse's burger could probably glide to greatness on the strength of its Dahlia Bakery–made bun, but the beef's not bad either. The patty is slightly thicker than a slider, and swamped with a tomato-vinegar sauce that was probably applied a mite too enthusiastically.
Yet I couldn't quibble about anything made with pig, including an appetizer of pickle-rich deviled eggs topped with ribbons of green garlic and bacon confetti. I adored a Teutonic slab of pork shoulder smeared with sweet onions, and immediately regretted allowing my server to take my plate before I'd cleaned it.
A meal at Brave Horse should end with the cherry pie, which pairs with beer as well as the courses which preceded it do. The personal-sized pie is flaky, sour, and exactly what Revere would order—assuming he could find a seat.
Ting Momo
Yak momo plate $9
Potato samo plate $8
Mushroom tingmo plate $8
Azag Azog combo $10
Cured beef loin $5
Duck gizzard spiedini $10
Gnocchi $14
Lasagna $19
brave horse tavern Pretzel $4
Deviled eggs $6
Burger $6
Pork shoulder $8


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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Askey Illustrations
13 comments:
Ohhhhhhhh I love these! So whimsical and sweet at the same time :)ReplyDelete
very nice.ReplyDelete
I like these alot :)
I like the one with the candy house...very Hansel & Gretel :) Sweet!ReplyDelete
I really do love those silhouettes. Off to visit Askey...ReplyDelete
Happy Thoughts!
What a lovely work,really good!
I like it very,very much!-)*
As a little magic...
Many love and hugs,
i love the detail int he gingerbread house, looks good with the silhoettesReplyDelete
Love the first one with the butterflies :-)ReplyDelete
CUTE! The gingerbread house is definitely my favorite :)ReplyDelete
Lovely silohuettes. Have a nice day!ReplyDelete
These are really cool. I always try to have a little whimsy in my life.ReplyDelete
HI Jen!!!!!ReplyDelete
I have not popped over here in ahile and thought I just want to look over at your wonderful blog!!!!
I too love Silhouettes, and I would love one of these.They are lovely!!!!
Have a fun wet weekend in southern, Ca, it is also wet and cool in warm usually sunny AZ.
Jamie--queen Mimi
I am loving that take on a silhouette. What fun pictures!ReplyDelete
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College expenses are not what they used to be as they increase every year at state and public universities. How will your grandchildren pay for school? A part-time job, loans, grants and scholarships may fulfill some of the expenses. So might a traditional 529 savings plan.
But another option – especially for high net worth individuals – may be an education trust; one that can last generations. If you want the trust to exist well after you die, you will have to seed it with a substantial amount of money. Even $100,000 may not be enough. The number be even closer to $1 million.
Some philanthropists look beyond funding the educations for their grandchildren, raising the stakes to help students throughout their communities and states. Education trusts are becoming more common among high net-worth grandparents. They may want to ensure that their young grandchildren won't have to worry about the financial resources to complete their education.
Things to think through
There are a number of things to consider when creating an educational trust:
- Since you must specify how the assets will be managed, find a dependable trustee who can manage the trust.
- Remember that the trust will provide you with some influence, giving you the chance to make an indelible mark on your descendants' education. Perhaps you hope they will attend your alma mater or a school within your home state. The trust can help get that message across.
- If the child does not pursue studies in higher education, you must include instructions as to how the trust funds will be used in an alternative way.
- Should the trusts provide equal benefits to the grandchildren? You may have a grandson attending a costly private school, while a granddaughter may be enrolled in a much more affordable public school. How do you weigh the competing dollar amounts without hurting feelings? That's why the trust should include specific instructions.
Think through this matter if you decide to pursue an educational trust. Do some research and turn to legal experts who can help. You want your money to help fulfill the dreams of college students – some of whom are your grandchildren.


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Exchange students do not have to pass a formal language examination in German in order to qualify for an enrolment at JGU. We do, however, expect language proficiency in German equivalent to B 1 (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages CEFR).[For students of Medicine and Dentistry: If you apply for the "Praktische Jahr" (PJ), you must proove language proficiency in German equivalent to C 1.]
In order to help exchange students improve their language skills in German, the JGU Foreign Language Center (Fremdsprachenzentrum) offers tailor-made courses for exchange students. Please refer to Programmstudierende / ERASMUS for more information and the application form "Sprachkurs Deutsch als Fremdsprache".
On page 2 of the application, your home university's exchange coordinator must confirm that you are officially taking part in ERASMUS or in another exchange programme.
The completed application form has to be submitted to the Foreign Language Center by the deadline specified in the application form.
Please note that exchange students cannot participate in the regular German language classes as well as other foreign language courses offered by the Foreign Language Center.


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Unbox: Newbie's Adventure Coming To Nintendo Switch In Q4 2017
Merge Games and Prospect Games have announced that Unbox: Newbie's Adventure will be coming to Nintendo Switch in Q4 2017.
Unbox: Newbie's Adventure is a 90s-inspired, physics-platform game where players take control of a cardboard box to bounce and roll their way through 3D worlds filled with scenic vistas, mountains, islands and the like. Newbie's lot in life is to prove his worth as a sentient, self-delivering package and in doing so save the Global Postal Service from bankruptcy.
As a living cardboard box, Newbie can explore epic worlds accepting missions and challenges as he goes. Along the way he'll meet new friends, discover a plethora of collectables and uncover oodles of super-secrets. Of course, there are unfriendly inhabitants out there too, the Wild Cards and their boss are out to ruin the GPS. Only by completing challenges and collecting reward stamps will Newbie be able to square up to menacing world Bosses!
In addition to a single-player adventure mode, Unbox: Newbie's Adventure also offers classic split-screen action. Up to four friends can gather together and challenge each other in madcap speed races and last-man-standing battles. Endless cardboard carnage awaits as players create their own customisable Tournaments, playing on dedicated multiplayer maps.
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Dalhousie student faces disciplinary action over Canada 150 post
'We're going to do everything we can to let Dalhousie know that this is not OK,' Masuma Khan says
A Dalhousie University student is facing disciplinary action over a post she made to Facebook in the summer about Canada 150 celebrations.
Masuma Khan said she was given the option to undergo counselling and write a reflective essay after the Halifax-based school conducted an investigation into a complaint about her online comments, but she says she refused.
"It was really offensive, to be honest, for the university to tell me that they're going to teach me how to talk about racism in a more collaborative way, when racism is very harsh … there's no nice way to talk about it," the 22-year-old Muslim woman said.
"We're going to do everything we can to let Dalhousie know that this is not OK and it's not appropriate."
Post in response to DSU decision
Earlier this year, Khan, who is a vice-president of the Dalhousie Student Union (DSU), put forward a motion that the group not participate in Canada 150 celebrations. The executive passed her motion, saying it wouldn't hold or endorse Canada Day events on campus, describing this year's events as an act of colonialism.
The student union faced a serious backlash over the decision and Khan took to social media in response, writing that "white fragility can kiss my ass. Your white tears aren't sacred, this land is."
The Facebook post has since been deleted.
It prompted graduate student Michael Smith to write a scathing op-ed piece in the National Post, which argued that DSU was censoring anyone opposed to its decision.
Khan's lawyer, Nasha Nijhawan, said the only formal and written complaint she saw was from Smith, but they were told the university had received up to a dozen informal complaints.
Khan said she doesn't regret the online post, but recognizes that it may have hurt some people. That wasn't her intention, she said; she was simply trying to reflect her own experiences dealing with racism.
Lawyer 'surprised' by university's actions
Dalhousie's vice-provost of student affairs, Arig al Shaibah, found there was enough of a basis to the complaint to conduct an investigation, according to Khan's lawyer, who has taken on the case pro-bono.
"It was the university's position that the complaint was founded and that Masuma's Facebook post constituted personal harassment under their policy, and that she should have known that her post would have been demeaning to people who identify as white," Nijhawan said.
The university moved to a formal discipline process after Khan rejected their informal resolution, Nijhawan said.
"I'm surprised, I have to say, that a university is taking this position against a student considering how entrenched and really well-established the right to free speech — especially political speech — [is] on university campuses," she said.
"I don't think that there was anything offensive about what Masuma said — even if she did swear."
University won't comment
A Dalhousie spokesperson said the university could not comment on the specifics of any allegations, saying that the matter is "ongoing."
"There is not yet a decision by the university," Janet Bryson wrote in an email, noting that the school's code of conduct ensures students can raise concerns about actions they feel may disrupt their learning environment.
When complaints of this nature are received and there is sufficient information to suggest a potential violation of the code, "we engage in efforts to resolve issues through informal, educational and conversational means," she said.
If that doesn't work, Bryson said the matter is then referred to the university's senate discipline committee, which conducts hearings into all complaints or allegations of violations of academic integrity and non-academic misconduct.
'I'm not apologetic'
Nijhawan said they were told the fact that Masuma was a student leader was a factor in the investigation, but the lawyer was quick to point out that DSU is a separate organization, meaning that Khan does not occupy a formal position of leadership within the university
Last month, a fellow DSU councillor brought forward a motion to seeking to impeach Khan, but it was shot down.
"I'm not apologetic for voicing my opinion and using free speech to tell my support systems on my own social media how I feel," Khan said.
"There's a lot of folks that feel that racism doesn't exist anymore, but I think I'm here to be frank and say, 'Hey, that's not reality.'"
A date for the hearing has not yet been set, Khan said. She's familiar with the process as she was a student panellist on the discipline committee, before being removed once her case was brought forward.
"I'm very comfortable with how the process is going to be, but I am uncomfortable with the subject matter and the fact Dalhousie is legitimizing this claim," she said. "Dalhousie has failed to do so in other instances where there was a lot of violence being created by their students and they did nothing to rectify that.
"I'm not scared, and if anything I'm more motivated to get more things done," she said. "Sorry Dalhousie, that's what's happening."


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- Background
- Linear State Space Models
- Introduction to Laplace Transforms
- Transfer Functions
- First-Order Behavior
- Integrating System
- Second-Order Behavior
- Lead-Lag Behavior
- Poles and Zeros
- Processes with Dead Time
- Padé Approximation for Dead Time
- Converting State Space Models to Transfer Functions
- Matlab and Simulink
- Summary
- References
- Student Exercises
Student Exercises
Solve for the time-domain output of a first-order transfer function to a step input change.
A second-order process with one pole at the origin has the transfer function
Find the output as a function of time, for a unit step input change. Sketch the expected behavior.
Use the initial value theorem to find the immediate response of a lead-lag transfer function to a step input change at t = 0.
Also, use the final value theorem to find the long-term response of a lead-lag transfer function to a step input change.
For the following second-order process with numerator dynamics, solve for the time-domain output response to a step input change of magnitude Du at t =0.
For kp = 1°C/Lpm, t1 = 3 min, t2 = 15 min, tn = 20 min find the peak temperature and the time that it occurs.
Consider an input-output transfer function that mimics two first-order processes in parallel
If the gain of g1 is positive and the gain of g2 is negative, find the conditions (relationship between gains and time constants for the two transfer functions) that cause a right-half-plane zero (resulting in inverse response to a step input change) in gp(s).
Consider the state space model
Find the second-order differential equation in y. Hint: first solve for x1 from the second equation, then take the derivative and substitute into the first equation.
Consider the following state-space model
Which has the following input-output transfer function relationship
For a unit step change in the input, u(s) = 1/s:
As a process engineer with the Complex Pole Corporation, you are assigned a unit with an exothermic chemical reactor. In order to learn more about the dynamics of the process, you decide to make a step change in the input variable, the coolant temperature, from 10°C to 15°C. Assume that the reactor was initially at a steady state. You obtain the following plot for the output variable, which is reactor temperature (notice that the reactor temperature is in °F). Use Figure 3-9 to help answer the following questions.
Match the transfer functions with the responses to a unit step input, shown in the figure.
Consider the following state space model:
As a process engineer, you decide to develop a first-order + time delay model of a process using a step test. The process is initially at steady state, with an input flow rate of 5 gpm and an output of 0.75 mol/L. You make a step increase of 0.5 gpm at 3:00 p.m. and do not observe any changes until 3:07 p.m. At 3:20 p.m., the value of the output is 0.8 mol/L. You become distracted and do not have a chance to look at the output variable again, until you leave for happy hour at a local watering hole at 6:30 p.m. You note that the output has ceased to change and has achieved a new steady-state value of 0.85 mol/L. What are the values of the process parameters, with units? Show your work.
Use the initial and final value theorems of Laplace transforms to determine the initial and final values of the process output for a unit step input change to the following transfer functions.
Consider the following state space model for a biochemical reactor. Since there are two states (the A matrix is 2 x 2) we expect that the process transfer function will be second-order. Show that pole-zero cancellation occurs, resulting in a first-order transfer function. Find the values of the gain and time constant.
Match the transfer functions with the responses to a unit step input, shown in the figure.
Consider Example 3.4. For an impulse input of 30 kJ, find the value of the vessel temperature immediately after the impulse input is applied.
Consider the following second-order transfer function
For a unit impulse input, find the output response as a function of time. What is the peak change and when does it occur?


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Brandenn Bremmer Suicide
A viral image about late prodigy Brandenn Bremmer got some facts right but also included mere speculation.
- Published
On 14 July 2016, the Facebook page "Creepy Nouns" published an image about the life and death of Brandenn Bremmer, asserting that the boy was a prodigy who took his own life solely so he could donate his organs to others in need:
The claim was disturbing, suggesting that Bremmer made one of life's most horrifying decisions for an unusual and selfless reason: so that others could live. Moreover, his tragic altruism occurred when he was just 14, well before he had a chance to truly put his myriad talents to use.
That the precocious Brandenn Bremmer lived and died is not in question: the New York Times profiled his life and sad demise in 2005:
At 18 months old, Brandenn E. Bremmer began to read, his mother says. At 3, he played the piano, finished the schoolwork of an average first grader and announced that he did not care to go back to preschool. At 10, he graduated from high school, his precocious accomplishments drawing the spotlight of the national news media.
This week, at 14, Brandenn died. Sheriff's deputies in his rural Nebraska hometown near the Colorado border said the gunshot wound to his head was apparently a suicide.
Noting that "Brandenn's life" held "enormous promise, like that of a handful of other child prodigies in the United States," the paper reported that Brandenn was euthymic and actively planning for his future when he unexpectedly killed himself and that he left behind "no note" nor any indication why he chose to shoot himself. In addition, his mother told the Times that Brandenn was "never depressed" and outwardly planning a career as an anesthesiologist (an undertaking involving several years of study).
Brandenn's mother, Patti, who found him shot when she and her husband, Martin, returned home from grocery shopping, said that Brandenn, who started college at 11, had been different, to be sure. But he had never been depressed, lonely or pressured to achieve.
"So many people will want to say he was maladjusted or not socially adjusted, but that's just not so at all," Ms. Bremmer said in a telephone interview. "It makes me mad. People need to understand. These kids are so much more intelligent than they are.
"We never pushed Brandenn. He made his own choices. He taught himself to read. If anything, we tried to hold him back a little."
Brandenn left no note, no goodbye. He had seemed cheery earlier in the day, before she left for the store, Ms. Bremmer said. She said he was busy with preparations to become an anesthesiologist, with his friends and with plans for the imminent release of a second CD of music he had composed, in the style, somewhat, of Yanni.
However, the paper went on to quote Ms. Bremmer's off-the-cuff inference in the immediate wake of Brandenn's death:
Ms. Bremmer, who writes mystery books and whose family raises and trains dogs, said she took comfort in her sense that Brandenn must have chosen his course because his organs — heart, liver and kidneys — were needed by ailing people.
"He was so in touch with the spiritual world," Ms. Bremmer said. "He was always that way, and we believe he could hear people's needs. He left to save those people."
The vital organs were donated the night he died, as he had long made clear was his wish, she said.
Ms. Bremmer didn't specify why she believed her son's suicide was expressly for the purpose of organ donation, merely that the thought was one that brought her comfort in what was undoubtedly the darkest time in her life. However, even Brandenn's mother didn't say he did kill himself to donate his organs, merely that she speculated that may have been the case. (And her remarks might have been addressing the manner in which Brandenn took his life, which preserved the vital organs most commonly used in transplantation, rather than the reason he took his life.)
While Brandenn's mother arguably knew him better than anyone, her comments were clearly made in a fog of grief just days after she discovered her son's body. Quite possibly she was not thinking clearly in the immediate aftermath of her child's tragic death.
A 2006 New Yorker profile of Brandenn shed no further light on why the boy opted to end his life, but it did provide a broader picture of his state of mind. In that article [PDF], Brandenn's parents discussed his plans for the immediate and distant future:
His suicide was a mystery to them. They had searched the house for clues, and found nothing. He had left no note, and they hadn't seen any warning signs. "Brandenn wasn't depressed," Patti said. "He was a happy, upbeat person. There weren't sudden changes in his behavior." Neither recalled him being particularly upset about anything in the preceding months. He hadn't suffered a breakup, or endured a personal rejection. He hadn't been giving away prized possessions. In fact, Patti said, he'd just added to what he called his "unfinished list": he was selling some old Nintendo games on eBay in order to buy a PlayStation 2 console. And they'd ruled out the possibility of an accident. "Brandenn knew way too much about guns for that," Martin said.
Although Brandenn's parents felt assured he was never "depressed," the scant group of peers with whom he was able to interact provided a different perspective to the magazine. A teen girl identified only as "K.," a girlfriend, shared correspondence between the two around Christmas 2004:
K. wrote to ask how Brandenn's Christmas had been. She said that she and her parents had spent the day at the movies. A couple of hours later, Brandenn responded that, aside from watching "Shrek 2," the Bremmers had done "nothing, as a family anyway." He explained in another email, "Yeah, that's kind of what it's like here, I mean, we're a close family … we just don't spend much … time … being … that … way … Yeah."
In the middle of their exchange, a gift for Brandenn arrived in the Bremmers' mailbox. It was the scarf that K. had knitted, in marled gray alpaca, with suede fringes. He wrote to thank her: Your timing couldn't have been better, for the past week or so I've been depressed beyond all reason, so this was just what I needed, thank you very much.
She wrote back:
Now, what's this about you being depressed all week? Talk to me, I want to hear about it. Because trust me, I've been there, done that and all I got was this lame t-shirt. ;) Just let me know okay? I want to help if I can, and it's really important to me that you're happy and all that jazz.
Brandenn replied:
Thanks . . . I'm glad there's someone who cares. I don't know why I'm so depressed, before it was just every now and then, and you know, it was just "bummed out" depressed. But now it's constant and it's just, "What's the point of living anymore?" I don't know, maybe I just don't spend enough time around good friends like you. But like I can. Not out there in the middle of nowhere. At least there's this family kind of near by that aren't "Cowboys," or else just plain idiots, that I can spend time with. But even still, that's only like once every other week at th most. Oh well. Well I should probably go, thanks for being such a good friend.
Brandenn and K. then fell out of touch for benign reasons, and in March 2005, the Bremmers came home from the store to find Brandenn clinging to life after he'd shot himself. In the New Yorker profile, Brandenn's mother revisited her statement that he had killed himself solely to donate his organs:
After the suicide sank in, Patti says, she became taken with the idea that perhaps he'd actually killed himself so that his organs could be put to use in those who needed them.
"Brandenn was so spiritually aware that if he sensed that people needed his help he would have helped," she told me once.
"So you're saying he had the ability to sense that people needed something from him and that's why he did what he did?" Martin put in, elaborating on the thought.
"Yes," Patti said. "I'm ambivalent about Christianity, but a lot of people have said he reminded them of Jesus. You know: 'He came, he taught, he left.'"
The profile also delved into Brandenn's overall development between the ages of 14, with his parents being guided largely by Linda Silverman, a guru of sorts to parents of gifted children. When the New Yorker spoke to Silverman, she (like Patti Bremmer) expressed belief that Brandenn's death was a function of the "supernatural" aspects of gifted children:
Hilton Silverman, who had been in the kitchen, brought a platter of Reuben sandwiches to the table. Hilton has a gray beard, a wrestler's posture, and a heavily lined forehead. He wore fleece pants, a zippered skiing turtleneck, and flip-flops with socks.
"Well, I can tell you what the spirits are saying," he said. "He was an angel."
Silverman turned to face me. "I'm not sure how much you know about my husband. Hilton is a psychic and a healer. He has cured people of cancer."
"It kind of runs in my family: my grandfather was a kabbalist rabbi in Brooklyn, and my father used to heal sick babies with kosher salt," Hilton said. "Brandenn was an angel who came down to experience the physical realm for a short period of time."
I asked Hilton how he knew this. He paused, and for a moment I wondered if he was pulling my leg and trying to think up something even more outlandish to say next. "I'm talking to him right now," he said. "He's become a teacher. He says right now he's actually being taught how to help these people who experience suicides for much messier reasons. Before Brandenn was born, this was planned. And he did it the way he did so that others would have use for his body. Everything worked out in the end."
"I'll tell you who else is an angel," Linda Silverman said. "I think Martin's an angel."
"Oh, Martin, for sure," Hilton said. "He has a positive spiritual alignment. He and Brandenn meet a lot when he's asleep."
Linda looked at me helpfully. "You see, we don't know how to explain these kids — not scientifically."
"Scientifically!" Hilton scoffed.
Silverman seemed to hold fast to her interpretation of events, even after she saw the unhappy email messages that Brandenn had written. She doubted they were representative, and suspected that they'd been taken out of context, or even manipulated.
Patti Bremmer, like Silverman, described Brandenn as an "indigo child" and informed correspondents on an e-mail list for parents of gifted children that several of her son's organs were apportioned in a somewhat miraculous fashion to the dying. But his friends and siblings told the magazine they "agreed that he had probably felt alone or sad or frustrated or some combination of those things, and was momentarily helpless to find a way out," adding that "unfortunately, he had been in a position to act on a suicidal impulse."
The only record of the reasons behind Brandenn's state of mind remain in e-mails exchanged with far-flung peers, during which a state of depression (and not a grand sacrifice) was the only revealing factor mentioned by the teenager before his suicide.


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Provision of Python wheels for zeroc-ice on Linux
On Windows, prebuilt wheels are available, making it possible to install IcePy easily with pip, which is absolutely fantastic and a great improvement upon previous Ice releases for Windows.
I'm writing to ask if you have considered also providing similar pre-built wheels for the various Linux platforms you also support, such as CentOS7 and Ubuntu 16.04. The reason for doing so would be to make provisioning of a new system faster, because compilation is not required, and also to avoid installing a compiler and development tools on machines which will only be used for deployment.
Currently, we have manually created our own wheel for CentOS 7 here: https://github.com/openmicroscopy/zeroc-ice-py-centos7/releases but it's something which other Ice users might appreciate having provided by default as part of the standard Ice distribution package set, so that it's possible to "pip install zeroc-ice" on any of the supported platforms and have it immediately installed without the need for building from source.
Thanks for your consideration.
Kind regards,
benoit Rennes, FranceAdministrators, ZeroC Staff Benoit FoucherOrganization: ZeroC, Inc.Project: Ice ZeroC Staff
Hi Roger,
This is something we'll consider looking into after the 3.7.0 release. See also my answer on this thread.
benoit Rennes, FranceAdministrators, ZeroC Staff Benoit FoucherOrganization: ZeroC, Inc.Project: Ice ZeroC Staff
Sorry, we didn't make any progress on this yet. Could you specify for which Linux distribution and python version you would need binary wheels?
Note that we already provide Ice for Python RPM and DEB packages for our supported Linux platforms. Did you consider using these packages instead?
One of the issue with building a binary wheel is that Ice requires OpenSSL. OpenSSL isn't part of the libraries of the
manylinuxplatform specification (see PEP-513 and PEP-571) . While it should be possible to bundle a specific OpenSSL version with the wheel, it's not ideal as potential security fixes to OpenSSL won't be available unless we release a new wheel and users update the installed Ice wheel as well.
Hi, @benoit . Sorry for the delayed response. The linux distributions I would need are the LTS Ubuntu versions (14.04, 16.04, 18.04).
I'm not surprised if it's not easy to do. There's atleast one example I'm aware of where many dependency libraries were built along with it, in addition to the main package's cypthon extensions itself. For example: https://pypi.org/project/confluent-kafka/0.11.4/#files
which has these bundled-in dependencies:
# pip show -f confluent_kafka | grep '\.so' confluent_kafka/.libs/libcrypto-0bb2f16a.so.1.0.0 confluent_kafka/.libs/librdkafka-6f63ed6f.so.1 confluent_kafka/.libs/libssl-3fdf0a9a.so.1.0.0 confluent_kafka/.libs/libz-a147dcb0.so.1.2.3 confluent_kafka/cimpl.so0


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Tuesday, 21 December 2010
Ghhat Varan
When I was newly married I wondered why my MIL boiled extra Toor daal and kept a big ball of it in the fridge. But being very vague about the quantities needed and totally inexperienced I kept quiet.
The reply to my question was in the evening when guests dropped in and were to have food. The way this ball of daal was transformed was amazing not only is it tasty, high in protein content it is also easily made.
The meaning of Ghhat is thick or hard Varan is daal in Marathi so in English it will translate as hard cereal?
Boiled toor daal (say about the size of a tennis ball)
1 or 2 Onions, chopped fine
1 tblspn thick tamarind juice
A marble sized ball of jaggery
2 tblspn oil
Red chilli powder
1. Soak the jaggery in the tamarind juice.
2. Mix in the onion and toor daal ball land salt.
3. Heat the oil add the mustard, jeera, hing/asafoetida, turmeric, lastly red chilli powder. This is the vagarni/phodni/bhagar.
4. Mix immediately in the bhagar.
5. Garnish with coriander and serve with chapatti.
Labels: Accompaniments, toor dal
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Looks so yummy..ReplyDelete
Looks delicious...ReplyDelete
looks really yummy and healthy daal...ReplyDelete
SUch a tempting dish..yumm!ReplyDelete
def be trying this...tempting recipe..ReplyDelete
Looks very delicious. loved the colour:-)ReplyDelete
first time here.... you have a nice blog dear.....ReplyDelete
frst time here..like ur space..this recipe new to me...ReplyDelete
glad to follow u!
Archana, regarding ur q"n about the design over the cookies, just press gently the top of the unbaked cookies with a fork,thats all..ReplyDelete
Lovely dal... bookmarked.ReplyDelete
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The Mad Scientist's Kitchen!! by Archana Potdar is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.
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I've noticed that for some reason, after you install Safari 5 on OSX, if you are to do a command where it creates an email out of a file. For instance:
Open a PDF in Preview and you want to email that to someone else, you go to File, and click "Email this PDF" (or similar) It'll create a new email message, but the background of the mail message will be black.
I've noticed this in Omnifocus as well, if I use a shortcut key to create a "To-Do" from another application by using the "Clipping" function, the background of the "To-Do" will be black.
Well, at least in Mail there is a fix.
If you want to keep the email HTML, Command -A will select the contents of the email, Cut it (not copy it), (command x), then repaste it with Option-Shift-Command-V (Paste and Match Style -- this is in the Edit menu). Or... You can change the email to Plain Text (which will get rid of the black box), Plain Text is in the Format menu. Or Command Shift T.
Plain Text is usually better anyway.
Joel Esler, Sourcefire, Snort, Immunet, ClamAV, Apple, and Network Security. This is my blog.
Thursday, June 17
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me too _$%^%# - do we have a fix?
- Tue Jun 22, 10:55:00 PM
- Joel Esler said...
not yet.
- Tue Jun 22, 11:30:00 PM
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Palm/Passion Sunday
March 25, 2018
Matthew 21:1-11; Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29; Isaiah 50:4-9a; Psalm 31:9-16;
Philippians 2:5-11; Matthew 26:14-27
As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, "Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me. 3 If anyone says anything to you, say that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away." Matthew 21:1-3
Hooray . . .
"A parade!" "Let's make a parade!" "Me first!" Children are so easily motivated – much like, I suspect, the first people that formed Jesus' Palm Sunday parade were. Everyone joined in the celebration without being fully aware of all the working pieces. Coming from one direction, the Romans astride horses, the source of power. Coming from another direction, Jesus on a donkey, the source of quiet authority. The Romans were bringing fear, the threat of war. Jesus was bringing peace and joy. Players in a scene that has been played out time and time again. The passion of Christ – his last week.
Palm Sunday, a day to remember when Jesus entered Jerusalem, obedient to his Father, thus fulfilling the prophets' visions. It started so happily, so joyously, who could not participate in a parade? This was the beginning of a series of events that would end with Jesus' death – and his resurrection! Thus we begin the week that was, the week that causes us to cling to the empty cross, the empty tomb, Christ resurrected. Our reason for joy, Christ resurrected!
Prayer: We love you, God. Thank you for loving us. Amen
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Some of our projects currently underway or recently completed.
262 Old Mount Tom Road – Bantam
In the beautiful setting of Old Mount Tom Road, we have started a shingle style home featering 5 bedrooms and 4 full baths. The house is sheetrocked and ready for the trim carpenters. This home will come onto the market in the early spring of 2021.
Kent – 104 Gorham Road
In the serene setting of St. John's Peak we started a new custom home. With it's winding drive and it's siting well off the road, this home becomes a very private sanctuary with nature all around.
Litchfield – Custom home Old Mount Tom
We have started construction on another, custom home at Shepaug Crossing. A 5 bedroom house that sits on one of the highest points at the road. The views are spectacular and the design will allow the occupants full advantage of this from just about every room of the house.
This contemporary farmhouse is another collaboration with design consultant Elaine Fay. It borrows the looks from the traditional with a modern twist. A modern interior with lots of glass complete this spectacular home.
Litchfield – Old Mount Tom Road
In Litchfield we have almost completed this modern farmhouse in a beautiful level lot. The back of the house has western exposure and with lots of windows the afternoon and evening light come streaming in. The interior features some very cool built-ins and a gorgeous custom kitchen.
Recently completed custom home in Litchfield. This house plan has been developed to full take advantage of it's location, a beautiful large meadow surrounded by woods with long views.
The exterior of the house features a combination of brick and clapboard combined with a slate roof.
Reminiscent of the grand old homes of yesteryear, but with a modern floor plan and all of today's conveniences incorporated.
Recently completed new home at Old Mount Tom Road in Litchfield. The exterior and interior of the home are based on old farmhouse designs found throughout Litchfield County. Elaine Fay is the design consultant on the project.


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I was only at Noctis about a week ago to see if there was a new GG but sadly for me it was the old one, previously blogged, so as soon as the notice came out about a super timely gift I was off over there and you can see by my outfit that was just this morning.
You get both wearable and rezzable versions of these wine bottle candles. It does come with a pose just not the one I'm using. Only 1 prim each so rezz away.
I love Noctis it's a shop, or two, packed with heavy Victorian/Gothic furniture and decor sets which are up to date with mesh and reasonable prim counts. I've always wanted a Victorian Mansion and although God knows, I own a few builds which come close to what I dream of so far nothing has grabbed me but the best thing is that one day I know I will. Anyhow check out Noctis and check out both shops as in the 2 shops you get 2 colours and so far I've just grabbed the red bottles and I'm not sure what the colour in the other shop is.
I've mentioned Orchard Heights before but I just wanted to give another MASSIVE SHOUT OUT! I'm still in the group but I'm going to have to leave it as there is so much put on for group members I really feel so sorry that I don't have the time to become more involved in this amazing group/sims/roleplay etc They have movie nights, dances, parties, breakfast mornings, coffee mornings, speed dating, even bloody GYM and YOGA sessions!!! They have 14 sim packed with things for you to do, cycling, fishing, bowling etc and undoubtedlyy because we're almost at the haunting hour there will be a massive Halloween event to top that all off. Every time I'm doing something and the notice comes out a large part of me twinges in disappointment that I just don't have the time to go.
Although I've given you the LM to the renter's office you DON'T have to be a renter to join them for any event and although "roleplaying" is in the title all they seem to want is people to come and spend time on their sims and just have a FABULOUS SL with them.
PS Just in case you're wondering the candles do give off a really exc glow, I just dimmed the picture for effect.
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In recent times, my heart has been drawn to events that are happening locally and internationally; mostly reflective of the choices we make as individuals and as communities and here are few of my thoughts:
1. When men try to replace God's design with their well-thought-out alternatives, unrighteousness and injustice become the only way to keep such alternatives thriving. Just as the Greek's democracy, and everyone after theirs, expelled valiant and just men to keep power in check, in the same manner, all alternatives to God's kingdom and ways would conspire to humiliate and expel righteous and just men. Righteousness and justice have a way of empowering those who live by them beyond the threshold of people's acceptance.
2. In this fallen world, there comes a season, when being just and righteous becomes a threat because its valor and virtue confer much power on those who live by them . . . Though such power is simply the ability to do more good, it somewhat becomes the disqualification for doing more, especially when the majority is lacking in such valor and virtue.
3. Democratic decisions hardly reflect righteousness and justice. I make bold to say that none of these two would thrive in a democracy. There would be a resemblance of them, such feigned values would dominate the rhetorics, but it would not be visible in the reality of the people. Why then do the world system favor democracy? Why do they jettison the rule of God as KING and the rule of men as kings and queens, knowing that their alternative is full of more evil than the misdemeanor of kings and queens or their lack of understanding of God as King?
4. The greatest idol of our time is self! It is the enthronement of ourselves above the design, plan, and purpose of God. We just want to have a say in how things are around us, drawing authority from none other, who is greater than us, but ourselves . . . This is why democracy thrives, despite all the dangers and evil it presents.
Unfortunately, when the focus becomes self, each person's background would start to influence the choices made, which would keep division stronger and wild. Aristocrats would hijack the corridors of power because they have the means to buy the will and choices of the less privileged ones, whose immediate need is food for their belly.
Soon, what is meant to be each person's power to choose becomes a commodity that the just and upright are unable to purchase; thereby, leaving politics and leadership to the worst of characters, who happened to have resources.
5. When intelligence is valued above character and virtue, despicable things would soon lose its weight of error in the wake of 'perceived' good deeds or progress made. Soon enough marriages would start failing because adulterous external partners are more intelligent than the spouse at home; loyalty would sink into oblivion because of the pursuit of happiness. . .
Soon enough, we start to attribute our failure to hold a high standard of righteousness and justice to destiny . . . we soon start to make acceptable excuses for failures; thereby seeking to re-write the narratives to project the glory and honor we seek. Tragedies then become our stories; we gradually enthrone idols as gods when we get to our wit's end and we lose control of all. Then, whatever was the advantage, the leverage and the progress made becomes the very reason for the destruction of all.
Indeed, there is no sustainability in whatsoever is not birthed or nurtured in God to align with His purpose and will. The ruin of old rebellions to God should remind us all that until it is done God's way, it will not stand!


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While the two parody brands are usually kept separate in most other instances, it is not uncommon to see these print-to-order hybrids pair the two. However, the subsets in 2018 Topps GPK Wacky Packages Valentine's Day still maintain their distinct styles.
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Halite: The Tastiest Mineral
Halite (next page) breaks into cubes (three cleavages at right angles) and tastes like table salt.
These five halite crystal fragments show halite's cubic cleavage (three cleavages at right angles). Note that minerals do not always break into perfect 6-sided cubes or even rectangles. Cleavage planes are zones of weakness, not destiny.
The white blobs are spots of paint on the bottom of the fragments.
Rock salt comes in a variety of dirty colors, depending on impurities. If you broke these up, you might get some good cleavage planes. The planes intersection would make little corners like those of a box (outside corner) or a room (inside corner).
The larger block of rock salt shows some reflections from either cleavage planes or crystal faces that suggest the cubic nature of halite crystals.
Blocks of halite found in the wild (normally only in deserts, for halite is very soluble) tend to look partially dissolved. This sample is from the Mojave Desert of California.
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As for the AT&T and Verizon versions of the Moto X, you can expect them to come with a locked bootloader, which means that those of you that want to unlock it, but also stay on either AT&T or Verizon, will have to get a Developer Edition handset for full price. However, the Moto X Developer Edition is still listed as "coming soon" on Moto's website.
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Academy for New Musical Theatre launches Online Holiday Auction Fundraiser
The Academy for New Musical Theatre is an organization that's close to my heart. I serve on their Board of Directors, and believe very strongly in their mission to foster the development of new Musicals.
November 28 through December 7, 2008, ANMT will be auctioning off some fun and unique items that you can bid on to help raise money for the organization. Many of these auction items will make great holiday gifts, so I hope you'll take a look.
The bidding starts at 8:00 AM/PST on November 28 so please come join in the fun! Your bid will help support the Academy do what we do best, which is to develop new musicals and new writers. Auction items range from exotic vacation getaways to one-of-a-kind items guaranteed to delight and surprise. So, tell your friends, family, community. With your help, we'll reach our goal and raise $10,000!
About ANMT
The Academy for New Musical Theatre is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization. Our programs include opportunities for writers, lyricists, composers, actors, singers, directors, music directors, and everyone with a love for new musical theatre. Learn more about us at www.anmt.org.
Photo is from ANMT's 2008 15 Minute Musicals featuring Elise Dewsberry, Barry O'Neil, Paul Wong, Kendra Munger, and Brent Schindele in KEEPING SCORE by ANMT writers, Yolanda Mendiveles, Chana Wise, and John Piraino.
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Reminding Residents 'If You See Something, Say Something'
The Cook County Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (DHSEM) and the City of Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC) are asking residents to report suspicious activity and packages to authorities. Both departments stress the importance of the "If You See Something, Say Something"™ anti-terrorism public awareness campaign, urging residents to report any suspicious activity by calling 855-RPRT-2-S4, the official local number of the campaign. This extends the inter-agency campaign and partnership that has been ongoing for the last two years.
However, if there is an immediate threat to life or property, the public is urged to call 9-1-1 or report it to on-site security.
"While there are no known credible threats to Chicago, we are reminding residents that they are critical partners in the fight against terrorism," said Alicia Tate-Nadeau, executive director of OEMC. "Law enforcement can't be everywhere all the time. Residents are our boots on the ground and we must work together to ensure the safety of our communities."
"People become more aware of their surroundings in the immediate aftermath of attacks both worldwide and here in the U.S., but we have seen time and time again that we must never let our guard down," said Mark Edingburg, interim executive director of the DHSEM. "Don't just walk past a suspicious package and don't assume someone else will report suspicious activity."
OEMC and the DHSEM launched the "If You See Something, Say Something"™ campaign in partnership with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in July 2015. Locally they have partnered with colleges and the faith-based community to help promote the program to residents in schools, at events and at other public and private spaces around the community. Additionally, the City and County launched a radio and digital campaign to reinforce the reporting number to Chicago and Cook County residents so they know to use it to report suspicious activity.
Beginning May 29 through September 17, residents and visitors will see an increased visibility of the "If You See Something, Say Something"™ materials at O'Hare International and Chicago Midway airports, on billboards leading into the city, on transit buses driving around the city, and in movie theaters. Additionally, digital ads and banners will appear on a variety of digital media platforms.
The Office of Emergency Management and Communications was established in 1995 to coordinate the City's delivery of Police, Fire and Emergency Medical Services resources. OEMC operates Chicago's public safety communications system, manages emergency situations and coordinates major events, 3-1-1 and 9-1-1 Communications Operations. For more information visit cityofchicago.org/oemc or www.facebook/coemc.
The Cook County Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management integrates first responders, their departments and resources from 134 Cook County municipalities, and serves as the central agency in Cook County for coordinating efforts to prevent, protect against, mitigate the effects of, respond to, and recover from all incidents, whether man-made or natural. For more information, visit our website at www.cookcountyhomelandsecurity.org