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Easter Day – April 12, 2009
The Episcopal Church of St. Paul
(the Rev'd Dr.) Elizabeth Kaeton,
rector and pastor.
Good morning! Happy Easter to you! It's always so wonderful to see the church full of happy people, all dressed up in your Easter Sunday clothes.
Okay, so some of you are not so happy. Let's face it, some of you were dragged here and you're not so happy to be in a tie that feels too tight or heels that looked so good in the store but now they are cramping your feet just a little. You know who you are.
I want to take a little time this morning to talk about Easter joy – which has nothing to do with obligation or guilt or even fancy new clothes.
I want you to understand the context of the joy we celebrate this day, so you will know and understand. My Easter prayer is that your joy will be so complete that you will tell the stories of our faith to your children and your children's children.
And joy, which is at the center of everything that is created, will live on in eternity.
In order for me to do that, I have to take you back a couple thousand centuries to the scene of this morning's gospel.
Actually, you know what? Let me take you back to the very beginning – where the earth was a dark void and, in the time before time, there was nothing but nothingness and emptiness.
Scripture tells us that God, our own God, was sitting among the other gods in the heavens. And God's spirit was moving over the earth, which was without form and void, and God gave the first gift to us – the gift of Light.
This is the story of our faith. The story evolutionary science tells us that there was in the cosmos, for some scientific reason, a Very Big Bang, And there was light which illuminated the cosmos and brought into being a new world which we call 'earth.'
Now, let me rush to add that I am not here to defend evolutionary science, and while I am certainly not a Creationist, I think the ancient stories of our faith help us to understand the mystery of our lives.
I cannot prove anything to you. That's not my job. My role as a priest is not to provide proof but to strengthen your faith, which does not rely solely on data and facts and figures. That is a matter for the intellect.
Faith is a matter of the heart, As Episcopalians who are members of the world wide Anglican Communion, our faith is informed by scripture, reason and tradition.
We read the stories of our faith through the lens of our own intellect, weighing and measuring, honoring and challenging all that has been said by those who have gone before us.
This morning, my friends, this Easter morning is a story from the heart of God which I hope will find a place in your own hearts and minds and souls. It is a story which is imbued with myth and filled with mystery and things which cannot be easily explained.
In the stories of our faith, we learn that God's first gift to us was light but God did not stop there. God then gave us a new world, with earth and water, wind and fire, and creatures to inhabit the new world.
And God created Adam – Earth man – and Eve, the first woman, and placed them in the midst of a garden which became known as Eden.
I know you know the story about the Apple and the Snake, and that's all charming and entertaining. For some, it is a story about how we were disobedient and lost our place in Paradise. Some folks build on this and point to it as evidence of how wretched we are, how sinful we are, and how God had to send his Son to die in order to redeem us.
Well, okay. That belief has carried many thousands and thousands of believers throughout the history of Christianity and informs their belief systems today. Actually, I have never found much redemption in that particular perspective.
To tell the truth, I really don't think that this particular understanding of the mystery of our faith puts God in a very good light.
I mean, God sounds kind of mean-spirited and pernicious to me.
I suppose that's why there are so many atheists and agnostics in the world. As Carl Jung reportedly said to an atheist, "If I believed in your belief in God, I wouldn't believe in God, either."
I couldn't agree more with that statement, and I think if you believe in that understanding of God, your new ties must feel pretty tight about now, and your new shoes are really beginning to pinch your feet. No wonder you don't want to come to church other than when you're dragged here. I wouldn't, either.
I believe that God came into the world in the form of Jesus, not so much to redeem us but to redeem God's own understanding of what God created. You see, I think when God, the Greatest Mystery of All, created us in God's own image, there was a little detail in the design that, perhaps, God didn't take into account.
And that is that we, as human beings, had become as much a mystery to God as God had become a mystery to us.
And so, God took on human flesh so that God would more completely understand what it means to be the human beings that God created.
Because of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, God knows us more fully, more completely, having had our experiences as human beings. God knows and understands our suffering.
God knows and understands our joy. God knows and understands the ordinary stuff of our lives – work and relationships, betrayal and sacrifice, creativity and intellect, love and peace.
Through Jesus, we know the true nature of God, but God also knows our true nature in a way God couldn't have fully known before the life, death and resurrection of Jesus.
You see – I believe, along with some of the ancient mystics of the church, that the redemption of the world through Jesus was also God's own redemption of our banishment in the Garden of Eden. And that, my friends, is the Paschal Mystery of Easter.
This morning's gospel scene is filled with this truth. We find Mary Magdalene weeping at the empty tomb. All she can see is darkness and emptiness and loss. And as she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb and, scripture says, she saw two angels. The ancient word for angel is 'deva' or point of light.
Mary, in the darkness of her despair, looked into the empty tomb and saw two points of light. And, in that light, she was able to see Jesus. Oh, she didn't recognize him at first; she thought he was the gardener.
I love that image of Jesus as a gardener. Jesus was in the form of God who had come back to reclaim and tend the Garden that was created at the time before time in a new way.
You see, God's first gift to us was light. God gave us that gift over again in Jesus, the Light of the World. If you follow that Light, the light of God in Christ Jesus, you will not find yourself sitting vigil at the empty tombs of life.
If you open your hearts to the Light of the World and allow your mind to find its own religious imagination, you will see God calling you to be in partnership, through Jesus, to redeem and reclaim the world.
That is the joy of this day, this Easter Day – not to prove or disprove the resurrection, but rather, to simply live it.
Look for the Light, my friends, whenever you find yourself sitting before emptiness and despair. Listen for the Spirit of God, moving over the formless voids that life sometimes is. When you see the light and hear the wind, it's that God is calling you beyond the limits of your intellectual understanding.
God is calling you live the mystery of faith.
And then . . . and then. . . you will catch a glimmer of the true joy that is Easter.


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Harbor Humane Society seeks help | Pets
Press Release:
(West Olive, MI) ~ Harbor Humane Society is preparing for Spring Kitten Season and needs help. Due to the gestational period for unspayed cats, the majority of kittens are born in the late spring/early summer months.
During the months of April, May and June, Harbor Humane Society will receive an average of four to five litters a day, equaling up to 30 cats and kittens. Some litters will be accompanied by their mother cat, but many will not. The cost to care for these unwanted felines becomes staggering. On a regular basis, more than 1500 pounds of cat litter are used each month, during kitten season, the numbers of supplies needed often multiplies faster than the cats!
Harbor Humane Society depends solely on the community for donations of cat food and supplies. In preparation for kitten season, there is an urgent need for: kitten milk replacement (KMR), wet kitten food, flea foam, kitten bottles, and non clumping cat litter.
More than 400 homeless pets find their way to the shelter on a monthly basis. This mass quantity of pets provides a serious challenge for Harbor Humane Society.
Your tax deductible donation of kitten food, litter or KMR is greatly appreciated. Donations can be dropped off at Harbor Humane Society located at 14345 Bagley Street, West Olive, MI 49460. For more information please log onto www.harborhumane.org or call 616-399-2119.
HHS is located at 14345 Bagley Street in West Olive, MI or online at www.harborhumane.org

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"Some Aspects of Federation History" is the title of Part I of a 1954 report by H. L. Lurie, entitled, "Jewish Communal Organization". The 'federation' mentioned in the title of Part I does not specifically refer to The Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York (FJP); as explained in the preface, "The term 'federation' is used as a generic term for all local communal organizations which have [as] their objective the planning and/or the financing of Jewish social welfare programs or meeting other common needs or local responsibilities on a city-wide or large area basis."
Lurie was for many years the Executive Director of the Bureau of Jewish Social Research in New York, which was a forerunner of CJFWF, of which Lurie was also Executive Director. Many of his publications from the 1930s are available online from the Berman Jewish Policy Archive at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University.
H. L. Lurie prepared this study for the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds (CJFWF) with a planned Part II which would "analyze and interpret the major aspects, basic problems and trends in Jewish community organization" as of 1954. The first chapter of Part I delves into a very brief and very general history of the Jewish population in the United States in terms of how its social and economic needs had been addressed and met – mostly through very small congregational, social, fraternal and mutual aid societies serving very specific parts of the community. By 1875 Jewish immigration to the United States had begun to expand tremendously. "With this growth of population we reach a stage of complexity of group organization where the need for coordination … becomes obvious to the … leaders in communal service."
The "Jewish Communal Register of New York City", published in 1918, listed an astonishing 3,637 separate Jewish organizations, according to Lurie. It was at this point that the welfare and relief societies began to merge, in order to better serve a larger and more diverse Jewish community. In New York City, United Jewish Charities was established in 1874 from the "merger of two congregational relief societies, two agencies operating under secular auspices, a neighborhood relief organization and an agency providing fuel to needy families. Other small relief societies later joined this merger …" This and other mergers in New York and elsewhere "did not result in federations; the several agencies were consolidated, losing their separate identities … Federation [was] defined as a coming together of agencies which continued their separate existence and autonomy but cooperate for a common purpose such as central fund raising or planning was a later development which was first initiated in Cincinnati and Boston in 1895."
This report, because it was published by CJFWF, will be transferred from the UJA-Federation of New York collection to the CJFWF collection, I-69, also at the American Jewish Historical Society.


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Current Role Play Updates
From The Isles of Adrasteia Wiki
Players please be sure to sign your update with your character name, so that players know who to get in touch with if they would like to get involved. Be sure to include a synopsis of the rp, and where possible a short interwiki link to a sample of the current story play to inspire others to join. Thank you. (See the wiki guide for linking directions)
Please check the Regional News Sheet page for In Character details of regional news about ongoing rp, and the Upcoming Role Play Events page for role play in the planning stages.
Realm Wide Global
- February- March '16
- A long, long time ago, in a kingdom far away, the rise of an empire almost led to the fall of a realm. The arrogance of a king, the deception of a god and the rebellion of a forbidden love, all wove together in a tale that ended with the growing human empire of Miriton and its capital city of Ankara, being swallowed by the sands; forever sealed and dammed to an existence that was not life, in the divine prison matrix that was their doom. In a twin realm of mercy and judgement, the spirits of the less guilty continued existence in the mercy of an illusion of the city long destroyed and separated from the world above, while the spirits of the offenders served their sentence in chaotic torment. All but forgotten by the realm and the gods who have ruled it for millennia, Ankara and its lost inhabitants are about to give the realm cause to remember them.. because only the dead should be forgotten. And Ankara has found a way to live, again.
Continental Adrasei
- February
- Life in the large, bustling metropolis of mainland Adrasteia has never been better. Every possible luxury and opportunity for entertainment and urban misadventure awaits in the city of Adrasei. From employment opportunities, to the possibility of establishing and operating your own business. Live life on the good side of town or descend into the underbelly of Old Town. Be a constable or a rogue, a theater actress or an arena champion. You are only limited by your imagination. If you are interested in developing a story arc for the big city, please contact Astra or Sela to share your ideas. We look forward to seeing this new addition to our world develop and thrive as a base for role play.
- December
- In the middle of the night, in the quiet streets of Lanmere, an attack began after a monstrous lycan unlike any seen before, snuck into the home of the local baker and his wife. Both were felled by the massive anthro, with many more falling victim throughout the evening. All wounded and dead have been taken to the Harborside Clinic to be treated by the head healer, Vayne Redrun. Any showing symptoms of lycanthropy are asked to remove themselves from the town of their own accord, least they be forced.
- February
- The arrival of Solaris, the ancient avian general and fallen God, by means of a rent in the fabric of time, has initiated a sequence of events resulting in the discovery of the ancient mysteries of the mountain top city of Astaria. It was actually designed and built to be a flying city fortress. The awakening of the pilot from stasis, has led to the launch of the city which now hovers airborne over the island of Haven. All aspects of the Astaren way of life are available for explorations, from roles in its political arena, to that of the military. Scholars, mages and philosophers all have a place in this most ancient of civilizations. Players interested in participation in Astarian life and rp can contact Ethan or Ihteram for information about the city and life there.
The Abyss
- February
- After the horrors committed during Insidia's reign, an end to it all has come. Cieo has overturned Insidia's Ordinance, sacrificed Insidia to Diiroehn himself in front of the drow population, and had every drow who helped carry out Insidia's horrific decrees sacrificed with her. Cieo plans on toppling the Three House system and replacing it with a matriarchy where she will sit at the head. So far, no one has challenged her newly claimed authority. Contact Cieo to get involved.
- The Abyss has been expanded to include more tiles and a bigger, more dynamic and playable world. There are Shops For Rent and Houses For Rent. Contact Astra or Sela if you'd like to ICly purchase a tile and contact Cieo or Angelo if you'd like to get involved in drow arcs.
- February-March
- Something is amiss in the rolling dunes and forest outskirts of the Miriton desert. The mutilated carcasses of an already scarce food supply have been discovered by hunting parties and by the travelling caravans of various tribes and town dwellers on their journeys and patrols. There are increasing rumors of strange noises echoing across great distances on clear, cold nights. Screams and wails that sound like no animal known, precede occasional earth tremors, and mysterious symbols and marks have begun to appear on what is left of above ground ruins of the once great Miritonian empire. Rumors abound within the tribal communities of the sands, and fear has begun to take root. The familiar is becoming the enemy; the lonely expanse of sand, a home to something that threatens to shake their way of life out of existence.
- February
- Soteri has taken a position of isolationism in recent months. No news has left the area, and no travelers have returned.
Ankou Ennis
- February
- A giant spire broke through the ground at the Old City Road and ever since, the Infected have either been dying off or gradually recovering. Some of them still try to bite, but their bites do nothing now. The rise of the spire caused an island-wide earthquake and shook every building, knocking over some of the weaker structures in the West as well as the East.
- Croix has met with the survivor city's district leaders (Mara) as well as their main leader (Jakec, pronounced 'Jack') to establish a good faith relationship. Supplies from the West are now delivered regularly to the survivor city, but resources do continue to be limited. The survivor city now owns two horses.
- Bands of people from the survivor city work day in and day out to help round up the infected and quarantine them off in buildings marked by blood-soaked banners under the direction of Croix. Soon, those buildings will be visited to care for those recovering and kill off those bound to die anyway. Contact Milon or Ahab for details.
- Croix has gathered another group of volunteers to help clear out buildings and fence them off with barbed wires to create safe, habitable places where her workers can eat and sleep in peace. Soon, the number of buildings acquired will expand, and she'll begin offering room and board to residents of the survivor city so that they can reclaim the rest of their land. Those who work for Croix are compensated with either free meals and a bed or in "crosses", coins that represent number of hours worked. Crosses can be traded in for extra goods brought over from the West. Contact Croix, Milon, or Ahab if you'd like to get involved.
Great Tal
- February
- All quiet. Boy, these elves need to get out more.
- February
- Role play has begun in the Fae regions of Illynfel island. If you have ideas for fae kingdom plot lines that you'd like to GM please send an Adra mail to Sela.
The Jangalan Sub-Continent
- February
- The following letter has been addressed to the public: To all interested denizens of the Isles: each year, the Jangalan Navy holds a tournament where participants test their strength, dexterity, and wit in a variety of water-based contests. Some take place on the shore, while others will be found beneath the sea. In the past, the tournament has been exclusive to Jangal, but this year, we are extending the invite to all Islands. If you seek to test your mettle beneath the waves, or if you simply wish to learn and improve, this tournament will likely have something for you. For non-Jangalan citizens, please send inquiries to the shaman Kumorohyou. May Sela guide you in safety.
-From the Office of Fleet Admiral Nazara, Jangalan Navy
- February
- Role play to establish the White Wraiths has begun! Check out War in the North for current details. Contact Skjaldbjorn, Ragnar or Freya to join in the rp fun!


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Browsing leisure activities within 10 miles of Wolds Edge Holiday Lodges
Pocklington Lily Trail, an innovative idea to encourage visitors to the town to visit the Burnby Hall Gardens and vice versa. Simply follow the metal studs in the footpath from the Gardens to the town centre and back!
Pocklington, Pocklington, YO42 2AR (4 miles, 6 km)
tel: 01759 305079
A walk around the Market Town of Pocklington
- 2 hours
Pocklington, Pocklington, YO42 2AR (4 miles, 6 km)
tel: 01482 391672
Wolds Gliding Club is the North's Premier gliding site, flying year round. We offer visitor flights and training courses to suit everybody. Gift vouchers are available. Please visit our website www.wolds-gliding.com for more information
Wolds Gliding Club, The Airfield, Pocklington, YO42 1NP (4 miles, 7 km)
tel: 01759 303579
Circular Route from Pocklington (via Millington, Huggate, Warter Wold, Warter, Nunburnholme and Burnby)
- On Road
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Pocklington, The Yorkshire Wolds, East Yorkshire, YO42 2JD (3 miles, 5 km)
tel: 01482 391672
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Pocklington, Pocklington, YO42 2AR (4 miles, 6 km)
tel: 01482 391672
Millington, Pocklington, YO62 5BP (3 miles, 5 km)
tel: 01439 770657
Thixendale, YO17 8HX (5 miles, 9 km)
tel: 01439 770657
Circular Route from Market Weighton (via Etton, South Dalton, Holme on the Wold, Lockington, Lund and Goodmanham Wold)
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Market Weighton, The Yorkshire Wolds, East Yorkshire, YO43 3AS (10 miles, 15 km)
tel: 01482 391672
Goodmanham, YO62 5BP (10 miles, 16 km)
tel: 01439 770657
Huggate, YO62 5BP (5 miles, 8 km)
tel: 01439 770657
2.5 mile walk around the parish of Fimber
pdf can be downloaded
- Cars can be parked on the village green
- 2 hours
Fimber, Fimber, East Yorkshire, YO25 9LY (7 miles, 12 km)
tel: 01482 391520
Circular Route from Malton or Norton on Derwent (via Birdsall, Thixendale, Wharram Percy Wold, Wharram Percy Village and North Grimston)
- On Road
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Thixendale, Malton, North Yorkshire, YO17 9TG (5 miles, 8 km)
tel: 01482 391672
Wolds Riding gives riders who have reached a reasonable level of competence the opportunity to hack out in open countryside in small exclusive groups on quality horses.
Stable Yard, between North Dalton and Huggate, Driffield, East Yorkshire, YO25 9xA (7 miles, 12 km)
tel: 07983765174
The KP Resort is home to a driving range and 18 hole golf course which has hosted various professional competitions, some of which have previously been broadcast on Sky Sports.
The KP, Millington Lane, Pocklington, East Yorkshire, YO42 1UF (3 miles, 5 km)
tel: 01759 303090
Allerthorpe Lakeland Park, set in over 53 acres of grounds and lakes, is a great place to visit and stay. Try your hand at our extensive range of water sports for all abilities as well as lakeside walks before taking a break in the cafe.
Allerthorpe, Near Pocklington, York, YO42 4RL (5 miles, 9 km)
tel: 01759 301444


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Durham University Northern Lights
What's your group name and on what date is your group's quarterfinal?
We are Durham University's Northern Lights and will be performing in the Edinburgh quarter finals on the 19 th of February.
How long has your group been around? Have you competed before?
Our group started 4 years ago under the name 'Palatinotes'. Yes, we have competed the last couple of years and last year we came 4 th in the semi-finals.
Why are you competing this year? What does your group hope to accomplish or get out of the experience?
This year, we are competing with the hope of beating our previous record, but also because competing is something our group really enjoys doing; it is a privilege to be singing alongside some of the best a cappella choirs in the country. We hope that the added pressure of competition will bring out the best of our abilities, and lead us to perform at the highest professional standard that we can.
How is your group preparing for competition?
We rehearse 3 times a week, paying particular attention to our vowel sounds and overall blend as a choir. We also plan to run a weekend boot-camp during the winter holidays in order to effectively practice our choreography.
If you were to describe your group, or the set your group is planning for competition with just three words, what would they be?
If I were to describe Northern Lights with 3 words, I would call us: Lotte's little minions.
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Shop:kryolan/Nubia Istanbul by Idea Architecture
Idea Architecture Presents The Kryolan/Nubia Istanbul Shop
Idea Architecture, the creative mind behind the displayed design Shop:Kryolan / Nubia Istanbul by Idea Architecture explains, Kryolan / Nubia Shop Design is in Istanbul's famous street. This shop includes more than 5 luxery make-up and skin care brands. So it was quite diffucult to seperate them and to expose together in a single space. Special design wall display, isle displays, vitrine displays and make-up units for all brands. We use different elements and details. The shop design start with the settlement. When brand's display units and visual displays settlement was ok,ceiling and lighting plan and front view have been designed. It was necessary to be visible showcase for being a little below the road level..
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GREENSBORO, N.C. — Muna Sharma saw the news Wednesday and thought, "That could have been me," according to the Greensboro News & Record.
Her sister is Palestinian, and her sister's husband Syrian. And they had been planning on living in the same condominium complex where Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23; his wife Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, 21; and Abu-Salha's sister, 19-year-old Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, were shot to death Tuesday evening.
"There is no justification for this," said Sharma, whose brother-in-law was a cousin of Barakat's. "Deah lived his life, helping everyone. That's how his family is. They just don't understand how something like this could happen."
As Chapel Hill police work to establish a motive in the slaying of three Muslim family members, Muslims in the Triad expressed concern over the slayings. Sharma was one of a few hundred students who gathered for a vigil Wednesday evening on the lawn in front of the Elliott University Center at UNC-Greensboro. A vigil was also held at Guilford College.
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Be an artwork at Museumfoto
While in Amsterdam, visiting the artworks by the Dutch masters is an absolute must. But what if you can become one yourself? At Museumfoto you will have a masterpiece and a great memory of Amsterdam, all in 10 minutes! Peter, the owner, would love to welcome you in his cute little photo studio next to De Nieuwe Kerk (the New Church) which is not even 10 metres from Damsquare. You will bump into the store if you walk around De Nieuwe Kerk!
Dress up and pose!
We will guarantee you will have a good laugh at Museumfoto: seeing yourself on a printed copy of a painting such as "The Milkmaid" or "Girl with a Pearl Earring" by Vermeer, as the self portrait of Rembrandt, or as "The Merry Drinker" by Frans Hals is hilarious! You don't need to be in the spotlight just by yourself.. It is also possible to take a picture in pairs (in the same or different clothing), or even in groups. Visiting Museumfoto is very suitable as a teambuilding activity, a family portrait, or just the end of a great afternoon in Amsterdam, you name it! Peter knows how to let everyone shine like the models in the paintings.
- 1 photo, 1 person, 1 print of 10x15cm or postcard: € 14,50
- 1 photo, 2 persons, 2 prints of 10x15cm: € 22,00
- 1 photo, 3-5 persons, 2 prints of 10x15cm: € 33,00
all photos and postcards will be reached out in a golden enveloppe. Extra print or copy by e-mail: € 5,00
Opening times
Monday 11am - 5pm
Tuesday 11am - 5pm
Wednesday closed
Thursday 11am - 5pm
Friday 11am - 5pm
Saturday 11am - 5pm
Sunday 1pm - 5pm
Adrdress and map
Eggertstraat 2, 1012 NN Amsterdam
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Outrageous! Obama administration banning potatoes in schools
Michelle Obama telling us what we can and can't eat. Potatoes are healthy. Now, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is going to ban potatoes from school cafeterias. This is absurd considering most schools still sell cookies, pop and chips in snack machines. Did a lobbyist for a competing food item get to someone in a high position of power at the Dept. of Agriculture? Here she is hypocritically showing off potatoes grown in the White House garden. Here is more from Ed Morrissey on how the USDA is banning food stamp recipients from buying potatoes (whatever happened to potatoes being considered the most basic food source?)
Outrageous! Obama administration banning potatoes in schools
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MK Dons' Connor Furlong has been called up to his second Training Camp with Scotland Under-15s in the space of two months.
The Under-15s player will link up with the Scotland U15 Development Squad Training Camp at the end of the month.
Alongside youngsters from clubs such as Manchester City, Celtic, Motherwell and West Ham, Furlong will train at the Forthbank Stadium in Stirling before returning to Milton Keynes.
Back in January Furlong spent two days with the side at a training camp in Glasgow.


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Publication - Advice and guidance
Caring for people in the last days and hours of life - Guidance
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- Health and social care
- 9781785440359
The 'Caring for people in the last days and hours of life' Guidance and associated 4 principles provide a framework for further planning and development across health and care settings in Scotland.
Section 2: Three Specific Areas of Importance
The report More Care, Less Pathway highlighted concerns about cases of inadequate care in the last days and hours of life for some people and families in England. Most of these cases were chiefly related to three issues. In providing good care in the last days and hours of life it is very important therefore to give these specific issues careful consideration:
1. Nutrition and hydration in the last days and hours of life
2. Recognising the uncertainty of a diagnosis of dying
3. Communication with people and families and between staff
These issues have already been mentioned in the previous section. Further brief information is provided below which is designed to reinforce key messages relating to these three areas.
2.1 Hydration and/or Nutrition
Those who are able to eat and/or drink (including thickened fluids) should be supported to do so, unless they choose not to. They should be monitored for signs of aspiration/choking or distress.
Good mouth care remains important during the last days and hours of life.
Decisions about the use and/or discontinuation of artificial hydration (i.e. drips and subcutaneous injections) must be based on consideration of the needs and circumstances of the particular individual person. Different people may have different needs (and these needs may change over time) and so there is no simple default which can be adopted. The best interests of the person should always be paramount.
The reasons for decisions and/or changes should be promptly communicated and carefully explained to family and carers. For example, where a drip is not started or is withdrawn because fluid is building up in the lungs of the person, it is important to explain carefully to the family that, as the process of dying continues, the body does not need the same amount of fluid and usually cannot cope with extra fluids from a drip. The family should be supported to understand that fluid from a drip can start to build up in the body including the lungs and make breathlessness worse, which is distressing for the person. Decisions to start or continue artificial hydration in the last days and hours of life must always be communicated with an acknowledgement that it will be reviewed and discontinued if it causes problems for the person.
2.2 Recognising the uncertainty of a diagnosis of dying
Diagnosing dying can involve an element of uncertainty. Whether or not a person is dying, and also how long it may be before they die, can be difficult to predict accurately, reliably and consistently. This uncertainty should be recognised by staff and should inform how care is provided.
Sometimes it may be uncertain whether an intervention aimed at reversing a deterioration in a person's condition may work. Depending on the wishes and preferences of the individual person, it may be appropriate to continue with some treatment interventions, recognising that the person may die if there is no response to treatment, whilst at the same time addressing any symptoms (e.g. pain, breathlessness) as well as psychological, spiritual and social needs.
It is important that communication with the person and their family includes open discussion of this uncertainty and clear acknowledgement by all of the risks associated with initiating or continuing with interventions aimed at reversing deterioration. Risks such as pain, side-effects or missing the opportunity to die in the preferred place of care must be explained in the context of this uncertainty.
Ongoing monitoring of a person's condition should take place. The care provided for the person should reflect their changing needs, based on regular assessment and team discussion.
2.3 Communication with people and families and between staff
Sensitive communication should take place with the person (where possible), family and those close to the person. This communication should include the person's condition, expectations relating to how their condition is likely to change (including the likelihood of their dying), the wishes of the person and their family (including preferred place of death), and the agreed goals of care that will be provided.
It may be helpful to make the family aware of certain physical signs that may occur as the person deteriorates and signs that can indicate death is very imminent. Family members who wish to be present at the time of death must be identified and enabled to attend if possible. However, it is important to emphasise to the family that sometimes death can happen without any further warning.
Communication between staff about the person's changing condition and management plan at any transition or handover of care between teams is essential. In addition to ensuring continuity of care, such communication also allows staff to provide up to date information to the person (where possible) and family.
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The accident happened on Rong Poh Takian Tia road in Tambon Takian Tia of Chon Buri's Bang Lamung district.
The woman, Paenghom Mai-ngam, 45, was killed in the driver's seat of her Toyota car.
Seven workers in a company bus were injured and rushed to a nearby hospital.
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Farmhouse White addresses the chief issue when using white – coverage. White is actually one of the hardest colors to paint with. However, don't be discouraged this white is sure to please the eye. Give me a try! White might require more coats of paint just so you are aware. This is especially true with milk paint, since it's thinner than modern paints. One quart of milk paint covers approximately 70 sq. feet. Simply mix this powder with water- it's that easy! A Milk Paint finish is unique and can range from a solid color to a stain, it all depends on how much water you add! It can be used on any porous surface without a primer. It will never chip or peel on porous surfaces as it soaks in and binds with the substrate.


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Featuring Travis Scott, the trio smoke blunts in the snow and burn out a car in Gucci's latest musical offering
Gucci Mane has dropped the video for his collaboration with Travis Scott, "Last Time", and the visuals feature very special guest and Gucci friend, filmmaker Harmony Korine.
The latest clip for his Woptober track is shot partly in night vision, and sees the trio set fire to a car as heavy snow falls around them – there's also a little blunt-smoking.
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The purpose of our practice is to support as many people as possible in their quest for health and to educate them about chiropractic, acupuncture, and nutritional solutions without the use of unnecessary drugs or surgery.
Located on Main Street in Center Moriches, Whitaker Chiropractic and Wellness has always been a family practice. Sister and brother team Dr. John and Dr. Jane founded the practice in 1986 with a strong desire to bring non-invasive treatment options to the community they grew up in, thrive in, and remain firmly involved with.
We are a family practice. We're a family of doctors who also treat families. Our patients' overall health and well-being are our top priority. From pre-natal care right through to increased mobility for patients in their golden years, we work diligently to ensure a better quality of life at all stages of life.
Dr. John Whitaker is a Chiropractor with advanced degrees in Acupuncture, Chinese Herbology, and Advanced Clinical Nutrition. He graduated with honors from New York College for Wholistic Health Education and Research, is a certified NAET (Allergy Elimination Technique) practitioner and is also trained as an Advanced Clinician in Nutrition Response Testing™.
By using alternative treatment techniques, Dr. Whitaker is often able to speed healing for hard to treat cases or address the needs of individuals looking to optimize their well-being with a comprehensive natural approach to health.
The success of his patient care, in tandem with his business partner and sister, Dr. Jane Whitaker, has proven that if you provide the body with the specific treatment plan it needs, you can better support its innate ability to heal itself.
Dr. Jane Whitaker is a Chiropractor with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from SUNY Geneseo and a Doctorate of Chiropractic from Life Chiropractic College. She is also certified in the Graston Technique.
Over time or through injury, myofascial tissue, which covers the entire body, can become scarred or tense. The Graston Technique lengthens myofascial tissue to reduce pain and provide a greater range of motion to patients.
The primary function of Dr. Whitaker's work is to correct vertebral subluxation and spinal joint restriction. In layman's terms, Chiropractic works with your body's natural healing process to re-align your spine and help you to move with significantly less pain.


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Nelson Peltz is Chief Executive Officer and a founding partner of Trian Fund Management, L.P. ("Trian Partners"). Founded in November 2005 by Mr. Peltz, Peter May and Ed Garden, Trian Partners seeks to invest in undervalued and under-performing companies and to work closely with the management of those companies to enhance shareholder value through a combination of strategic re-direction, improved operational execution, more efficient capital allocation and stronger focus. Mr. Peltz also serves as the non-executive Chairman of the Board of Wendy's/Arby's Group, Inc. (formerly, Triarc Companies, Inc. ("Triarc")). Wendy's/Arby's Group, Inc. is the third largest quick service restaurant company in the United States. Mr. Peltz is also a director of H. J. Heinz Company, a leading global branded consumer products company and Legg Mason, Inc., a global asset management firm with $682 billion under management as of December 31, 2009. In addition, Mr. Peltz and his business partner, Peter May, have various investments. From April 1993 through June 2007, Mr. Peltz served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Triarc, which during that period of time owned Arby's Restaurant Group, Inc. and the Snapple Beverage Group, as well as other consumer and industrial businesses. Mr. Peltz was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and a director of Triangle Industries, Inc. from 1983 until December 1988, when that company was acquired by Pechiney, S.A., a leading international metals and packaging company. Mr. Peltz began his business career in 1963 when he joined his family food business. Mr. Peltz is Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and Chairman of the New York Tolerance Center. In addition, he is a member of the Board of Overseers of the Weill Cornell Medical College and Graduate School of Medical Sciences, the Board of Directors of the Trooper Foundation and the Board of Directors of PAL. He is also a member of the Board of Overseers of The Milken Institute, a member of the Honorary Board of Directors of the Prostate Cancer Foundation (formerly known as CaP CURE), a member of the Board of Trustees of the Intrepid Museum Foundation and a member of the Board Directors of Avon Old Farms School. A native of Brooklyn, New York, Mr. Peltz attended The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.


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Liepāja tennis team has returned from European Senior Club Championship, which took place from September 21 to 26 in Spain. This was already the 3rd time, when tennis club from Liepāja has the honor to represent Latvia by winning in Latvian Club Championship.
This year the competition took place in south Spain – near from city La Manga – thank to the support of Liepaja City hall our team could travel to Spain.
This year our team in the 35+ group had very strong club teams from Netherlands, Turkey, Spain and Great Britain. But team Liepaja could show honorable resistance.
Team Liepaja thanks all supporters, especially Liepaja City hall and Liepaja Sport department, Liepaja Special Economic Zone and "Elektrons&Ko".
In European championship in team Liepaja played only formed students of Liepaja Tennis Sport school: playing captain Andrejs Koļesins, Eduards Grodskis, Andis Čerņecovs, Gints Rolis, Didzis Holštroms and Artūrs Eglītis. Two more former LTSS students Erlands Lazdāns and Andis Cirsis supported their team from home in Latvia.


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Practice Catchment Area
We accept new patients who will be permanently resident in our practice area for more than three months.
Our Practice boundary covers Inverurie, Kintore and the immediate surrounding area. We also cover Rhynie and the immediate surrounding area. Please see our Practice Boundary Map for further information.
If you are living outwith Inverurie, Kintore or Rhynie please contact the Practice before completing registration forms to ensure you are living within our Practice boundary.
How to Register as a Patient
You will need to complete the new patient registration form (GPR) and a New Patient Health & Lifestyle Questionnaire, both can be downloaded and printed from this page.
Please bring the following documents with you:
- GPR Registration Form: To be completed in full and signed. We request proof of identity for all new patients registering. This can be in the form of a photo driving licence, passport, bus pass etc. Parent's identification is adequate when registering children aged under 16. The GPR Registration form can be downloaded here, or is available from reception. All completed new patient registration forms should be handed in to Inverurie Health Centre for patients in Inverurie and Kintore. We cannot accept forms at Kintore Surgery. Patients living in Rhynie should hand their forms into Rhynie Surgery.
- New Patient Health & Lifestyle Questionnaire: We require information which will be held securely in your medical record. Please provide as much information as you can. The New Patient Health & Lifestyle Questionnaire can be downloaded here, or is available from reception.
Until you are fully registered with the practice, you will remain registered with your previous GP.
Until we receive confirmation of your past medical history and medication we will not be able to issue any repeat prescriptions. You should ask your previous GP for a supply.
Health Check
If you are a new patient and are taking regular medication it is important you are seen by a GP before your medication runs out. This allows the GP to meet you and arrange to get your medication set up for repeat prescriptions. All new patients registering with the Practice will be offered an appointment with a Healthcare Professional within six months of registration.
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Nigel Travis is the current Executive Chairman of the Board for Dunkin' Brands. Previously, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Dunkin' Brands and added responsibility as Chairman of the Board in May 2013. Dunkin' Brands Group controls nearly 19,000 Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins "points of sale" in more than 60 countries, from Argentina to Japan.
Previously, Nigel served as President & CEO of Papa John's, the pizza chain with annual system-wide sales of $2.1 billion and more than 3,300 restaurants throughout the U.S. and 29 international markets. During his four-year tenure with the company, Papa John's online sales tripled through the innovative use of technology.
Prior to Papa John's, Nigel served as the President and COO at Blockbuster, Inc. During that time, global sales increased over 50 percent and the international business was developed to encompass 26 countries with revenues of $1.8 billion. Nigel also built a worldwide franchise network of 300 franchisees in 15 countries with revenues of approximately $1 billion, and transitioned the company from a video rental store chain to a complete movie and game source. Nigel has also worked for Burger King, Exxon, Kraft Foods, Rolls Royce and Parker Hannifin.
Nigel's new book will be coming out on September 18th and it is titled, "The Challenge Culture: Why the Most Successful Organizations Run on Pushback"
Why a pushback culture?
Nigel says, "Pushback gives you more views, often different perspectives, builds greater engagement and probably alignment within the organization."
This culture gets the best from incorporating peoples' thoughts. You get the best solutions. This is the way to get people to truly by-in to a project.
Why is it hard to get pushback culture going?
How do you create a challenge culture?
Nigel's advice for employees:
- Can we do it better?
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Now that we've disposed of the ether question for light waves, we have to face the same question as regards the waves that make up matter. To do that right you're going to have to dig deeper into modern physics than I'm comfortable with, and maybe the answers involve quarks and maybe they don't. I'm going to have to adopt the age-old stand of chemists when talking to physicists – I just see what works. I will proceed on an operational level.
We talked before about how any space can be carved up any number of ways, limited only by your mathematical imagination. The digital pixel or the analog sine-wave collections are equally valid basis sets – orthogonal and complete as they would say in linear algebra. It is an array of "vectors" that describe space. On a flat map there are just two, latitude and longitude but in infinite space there is an infinite array of vectors, whether you use a set of points along a ruler or a set of waves of tunable frequency.
Let's talk about the wave-nature of protons or neutrons. They're like points in space, but not perfect, in that they have some size to them. Let's simplify by talking in 2 dimensions and say that whatever their shape, we can approximate them as a bell-curve shape with certain parameters TBD. Or maybe it's triangle shaped or box shaped – doesn't matter, you can still build up whatever shape wave pattern you want using whatever valid basis coordinate vector set you want. The thing I want to talk about is what happens when there are two or more of them in the same universe.
So, when drawing the picture of a neutron mass using sine waves, how do you proceed? First you throw out all waves that don't have the right symmetry, so you throw out all the sine waves that cross the axis at zero and keep the cosines that make humps at zero. Then you take a little bit of every wave with different frequencies. If you're stuck inside a space with boundary conditions, those wave choices are quantized. In an infinite space, the choice of frequency (wiggles per unit length) is continuous. But still, you build up the picture by taking a certain amount of each wave and adding them together. But that other neighboring particle must also be drawn up, and it is using the same basis set as the first particle. What do you have to do? Throw out a bunch of the low-frequency/long-wavelength waves that don't line up with the right spacing and use more of the high-frequency waves to fill in a picture that includes both bumps. In other words, the presence of that second bump puts constraints on which of the basis vectors you can use to "paint" the first bump.
Whatever the underlying mechanism, this seems to be a road to understanding inertia. To change the position or momentum of a wave packet, you don't just have to change it alone, you must deal with every other wave packet that is built from the same basis set. Now, if the wave packets are truly non-interacting and independent ("orthogonal" as they say in linear algebra) then you could move one without affecting the others. If the wave packets are interacting, like coupled harmonic oscillators are prone to do, then changing one involves changing all the others.
I would suggest that the resistance to change seen in particles, called inertia, is the result of interactions with other particles. The more their wave functions are coupled, the harder it is to get that particle to move. Understand this, and you're on the road to understanding mass and inertia. We just have to figure out how protons and neutrons are coupled to each other. And that puts us on the road to understanding gravity and making a universal field theory.
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How to Fold a Fitted Sheet Perfectly Every Time!
The Dreaded Fitted Sheet
One of laundry's most unpleasant tasks is the folding of a fitted sheet. We would all like to think that we can somehow manage the odd-shaped beast, but many around the world surrender daily to the sheet and end up rolling it into a wad and putting it away. If you are like most, you believe that the fitted sheet cannot be folded. That it cannot be mastered. That it was created to live in our homes in some bizarre, semi-rounded, puckered shape. I am here to tell you—no, show you—that it can be done!
I do not recall when I first began folding fitted sheets in this manner, but I have trained several people now to do it. Like me, these friends now consider the sheet to be tamed! It serves the master, the mentor, the guru, as it should. Follow the steps below so that you, too, can master this art.
Overview: How to Fold a Fitted Sheet
- Remove fitted sheet from the dryer.
- Place both hands in any two corners of the fitted sheet.
- Fold the sheet in half from top to bottom.
- Bring Index fingers and inner corner seams together.
With the hand in the lowest position firmly grasp the other index finger and the fabric.
- Fold one corner over the other.
- Smooth and pull the fabric of the corners on your hand to make sure it is smooth and darts are in line with each other.
- Begin to form the sheet into a rectangle.
- Lay the rectangular sheet on a flat surface.
- Fold the sheet lengthwise in 2 or 3 folds...
- Fold the long rectangle in half.
- Fold the small rectangle in half and smooth.
Congratulations! You folded a fitted sheet!
(Now let's look at each step in more detail... along with a helpful photo tutorial.)
Step 1: Remove Fitted Sheet From the Dryer
OK. These are "gimme" points. Anyone should be able to get the sheet out of the dryer. But, congratulations, you are one step closer!
Step 2: Place Both Hands in Any Two Corners
This is your starting point. Everything else will flow from here.
Insert your hands with index fingers of each hand at the end of the sewn darts at two corners of the fitted sheet.
Step 3: Fold It in Half From Top to Bottom
Place hands in the 2 corner darts of the fitted sheet.
Make sure that corner seams are matched on top and bottom half of sheet.
The index finger of each hand should be firmly pointing at the innermost corner of each seam.
With wrong sides of fabric together (right side of fabric on outside of fold), fold sheet in half from top end to bottom end.
Match ends of sheet and corners.
Step 4: Bring Index Fingers and Inner Corner Seams Together
Align the darts over your hands and bring your index fingers together.
Step 5: Firmly Grasp the Other Index Finger and the Fabric
With the hand in the lowest position, firmly grasp the other index finger and the fabric. This is one of the most important steps the folding process.
Step 6: Fold One Corner Over the Other
Carefully fold the top corner of the sheet over the corner on your lower hand.
Step 7: Smooth and Pull the Fabric of the Corners
Smooth and pull the fabric of the corners on your hand to make sure it is smooth and darts are in line with each other. Align the darts on the corner of the sheet with each other to make a smooth corner.
Step 8: Begin to Form into a Rectangle
Keeping your hand in touch with the elastic corner of the sheet, use your arm to support the sheet and form the top side of the rectangle.
With your other hand, push up under the layers of the sheet, and drag your hand from the corner to the outer end. This makes the other side of the rectangle.
There should be anywhere from 7-9 inches of elasticized fabric that are folding over to make the rectangle.
Step 9: Lay It on a Flat Surface
Smooth the sheet and even out the ends while the sheet lays flat.
Step 10: Fold It Lengthwise in 2 or 3 Folds
Make sure the elasticized sides are folded in first.
Use 2 folds for twin sheets, and 3 for larger size sheets.
Smooth the sheet with each fold.
Step 11: Fold the Long Rectangle in Half
Depending on the size of the sheet, you may need to repeat this step once or twice to get the sheet to a manageable size.
Step 12: Fold It in Half Again and Smooth
You are almost done!
You're a Master of the Fitted Sheet!
Congratulations! You folded a fitted sheet!
How to Fold a Fitted Sheet Instructional Video
As You Like It!
How many sheets do you have on your bed for sleeping?
It's the elastic that makes it a pain. I have just gotten a set of drawstring sheets and with the drawstring loose, it doesn't gather up so much and it will lay much flatter so the folding is more straight forward. And man do they ever stay on the bed, beating the heck out of elastic sheets. Every night I get into bed it's wonderful how nice and smooth the sheet is like the sheet was just put on. I included a link:
Great hub. I was looking to write one about folding fitted sheets, but alas, you beat me to it! Good work!
Wow! I did it!
Sigh! Okay I am going to try again. Surely, it is time I mastered the dreaded fitted sheet. By the time I put it away it looks like a pile of 4 sheets. But ok - here I go again. Thanks a million!
The flow of the writing was clear, the layout was easy to follow, and the pictures were just what I needed. I ran into my closet, grabbed the closest untidy bundle, and went through it line by line and picture by picture . It looks fabulous. I can't wait till my hubby comes home so I can ask him, "would you believe that's a FITTED sheet!?!" Will share with all my friends!!!
What a perfect read for me . . . I have always bought and used flat sheets, just force of habit. A few months ago I treated myself to some new bedding and accidently bought fitted sheets. They have been driving me mad when it comes to putting them away. In fact, they have ended up rolled into a sausage shape. After watching the video I got a sheet out of the cupboard - followed your instructions and VOILA ! A perfectly folded sheet. THank you so much.
This is very informative! Plus I love the pictures, Keep up the good work :)
Love the pictures with the descriptions! made it really easy to understand
all i can say is wow. you've helped me see the light and given me hope! :)
Nice Hub! Good content! Awesome Pics! You look Gorgeous!
Thanks for the Hub!
Wow... this is one of those things I never even thought there was a "right" way to do.
A neatly folded fitted sheet should fit into the sheet drawer better than the wadded up sheet balls I have stuffed in there now. I will definitely have to try this technique!
A very useful hub! Love the step-by-step directions!
No more excuses for wrinkly sheets now!! Thanks!
This is probably one of the most helpful Hubs i have ever read!
Wow... this is one of those things I never even thought there was a "right" way to do. I usually just sorta flap the fitted sheet around until it vaguely resembles a rectangle and then I toss it into the linen cabinet!
Thanks so much for opening my eyes, I will have to try this next time I do laundry!
Always wanted to be able to do this! I'm far from a neat-freak but I hate it when I can't fit my fitted sheets in my closet. Thanks for sharing, and explaining it so thoroughly!
It is the best and the easiest way:)
my kids need to read this .. and clean their rooms while they are at it
I have always been so bad at folding the fitted sheet that I take the sheets off of the bed wash them and put them back on instead of having to fold them! I can't wait to try this and actually use all those sheet sets in my closet. Great step by step directions.
I have always just fold it in half a few times and then tuck in the corners. Okay, it looks a little horrible, I know. But now that I know the trick, maybe I will have a nicely folded fitted sheet for a change.
Fun hub...and great information!
Thanks for the great tips! It will certainly be helpful in helping me create a neater laundry area.
Wow, is it that simple? At my age, it is only now that I am able to fold my bed sheet properly. I wouldn't have done it without your guide. Thank you for this very helpful hub.
Hi Kansasyarn, thanks to this hub, I think for the first time in my life, I've folded a fitted sheet correctly! The video was helpful too, I've never seen anyone so happy to fold a sheet, it was really cute. Thanks for sharing with us your knowledge and congratulations :)
Kansasyarn, this was so useful. Thank you for sharing this.
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This is the frequent and simple work. However you can do and show us how to fold it neatly by your warm and nice guidance . Thank you.
I already knew how to fold a fitted sheet that way but I read the whole article anyway. You are very cute and I enjoyed looking at the pictures of you from so many angles.
time saving
Great Tutorial
i love it
This was a very helpful article, because I am terrible at folding
My linen closet thanks you as well as me. I may just have to leave the door open when company comes next week.
Great Tutorial :)
Thank you for this hub. I always struggle with the fitted sheet and I think I can do it now.
Can't wait to share the great news!
Ha!! great hub! Looks like everybody on HubPages has been folding the fitted sheet about like me... into a ball and stuffed in a closet. Thanks for the info.
You make it look so simple. Great Hub!
Great tips! Love the step-by-step instructions with photos.
Should be mandatory reading for males lol!
Actually - going to finish the laundry now. :)
I think we are all feeling up to the challenge of folding sheets now. Thank you!!
Voted up and useful, fitted sheets are a pain. I always have a hard time trying to fold one, great instructions and video:)
This was interesting one. :)
I want some more! (Voted interesting and funny of course)
Never thought there was an answer to this very, very complex issue. I've been trying all my life to figure this one out. One thing is certain, this is probably the most useful Hubpage on Google. Thanks you!
I'm so glad that I found this hub. This is great! I will no longer be having a hard time folding the fitted sheets.
Thank you for sharing.
nice :P
Awesome! I have to admit, I'm one of those people who roll them in a ball and hope no one notices if everything else is folded nicely on top of it. hee hee. Now I'm going to fold to impress!
At last! I always have a hard time folding fitted sheets and never done it correctly. Now I have a guide. This is a nice article.
I'm going to do it! I'm excited. LOL!
Great instructions and fantastic easy to understand video. I can never fold these things. Thanks for posting!
Okay, I'm a single guy living by myself so, as you can guess, folding fitted sheets is NOT on the top of my priority list of important things to worry about. That being said, I am also a neat freak - everything in it's place and that sort of thing. I am constantly miffed at the condition of my linen closet because of - drumroll, please - those darn fitted sheets. I tried your method and voila - you just managed to neaten up a nightmare that I've had going for for nearly 30 years. THANK YOU! Voted up.
I just tried this and it worked perfectly. As a matter of fact, the fitted one turned out neater than the flat sheet! Thank you so much for this.
I tried it and its easier than it looks. My husband was impressed.
Thank you for posting this. My family thinks I am crazy for folding fitted sheets. I can't wait to show them this so I can prove them wrong and hopefully get them to fold their own sheets.
Yes! Love it! I can't wait to try it!
Great idea. I can't wait to try it!
I really hate folding sheets so I usually get my husband to help me, lol. Thanks for sharing your tips with us!
Beautifully spelled out! 1, 2 3! I have seen this done and forgot the steps..I have a 1/2 sloppy 1/2 looks ok method. lol Thank you for such a great hub!!! Now I will know how to again!!! I will probably need to print this one out!
My Granny taught me to fold fitted sheets when I was a little girl. Good memories!
I saw the title of this hub and I said this is a must read!! I thought I was the only wrestling with trying to fold those darn fitted sheets. So now I cant hurry up and throw it in the laundry bag before anyone sees he. Excellent hub, and should win hub of the YEAR, if we had such an award. Congrats on HOTD well deserved. Voted up!
How is it that such a simple thing can mean so much. Those fitted sheets have always driven me crazy and though it sounds ridiculous, I can't wait to do the laundry! (This hub should go far!)
This is surely the first time I've seen a teen fold there sheets properly......,
Wow, I am totally trying that! I just bundle mine up...
haha i've never even thought about there being a better way to do this. Thanks!
I must try this...Flat ones and pillow cases, no problem. But fitted sheets? All bunched up and stuffed into the linen closet. ty for the tip!
Yeah, brilliant hub. My mum taught me when I was growing up. I should have concentrated more though as I fight every week with this task. Aggggh... thank you. Hopefully I will master it for washing day tomorrow!
This is awesome. I no longer have to wait for my wife to come home to fold that darned last item - the fitted sheet! I always thought it took two; now I know I can do it myself.
Finally! Yippee...I can now fold a fitted sheet. I went right away to the linen closet and folded one of my fitted sheet to give it a try. It worked. I am now going to refold them all. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you.


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How to Make a Vegan Protein Smoothie
Packed with raw nutritional value and healthy benefits, this supercharged beverage is a great way to start your day. Whether you wake with a fitness routine or rise each morning preparing the family for work and school, the day ahead always begins with how you fuel yourself in the morning. This means beginning with a nutritional breakfast! The quickest and most efficient way to do this is by making up a power protein smoothie.
Without Protein, We Cease to Function!
Protein powder is a great option for consuming more protein in your diet. Shakes and smoothies are easy enough to make and clean up! There are various forms of protein made available on the market to suit whatever diet you follow. However, if you are vegan and have restrictions or intolerances to certain foods, that changes everything.
With the ever-changing ways in which we consume our foods, plant-based proteins have now been made available, and they contain all the macronutrients needed for a healthy, hearty breakfast. A collection of the right nuts, seeds, fruits and vegetables is all that is required for a protein-rich smoothie. Plants are a great alternate source for the recommended intake of protein and have been proven to be just as effective as other types of protein powders.
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- 1 tablespoon organic superfood plant protein
- 1 tablespoon raw organic vegan protein
- 1/2 tablespoon organic hemp protein
- 1/2 tablespoon organic maca powder
- 1 tablespoon organic linseed, sunflower seed and almond meal (LSA)
- 1/8 tablespoon licorice root powder
- 400 milliliters coconut water
- 1 organic banana
- 1 cup organic blueberries and/or strawberries
- Add the coconut water into the blender or nutribullet.
- Then add the superfood, vegan and hemp protein powders.
- Add the LSA, maca powder and licorice root powder before the fruit.
- Break up the banana and add to the mix, along with the organic blueberries.
- Blend all ingredients well until you have a smooth, creamy consistency.
- Pour into your favourite glass jar or container.
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Why Choose Plant-Based Protein?
Plants are biodegradable and create much less waste to the planet as opposed to animal protein. The manufacturing of the plant-based protein is much cleaner and healthier for the environment.
Plants are fiber-friendly, and they help with heart health. They consist of large amounts of both insoluble and soluble fiber, which have many great benefits. Insoluble fiber assists with the digestive system running smoothly and soluble fiber keeps us feeling fuller for longer.
When we sleep at night, our bodies rejuvenate, heal and repair; however, upon waking every morning we experience an imbalance of acidity. This acidity can also be caused by certain foods such as meats and carbohydrates. To counterbalance, the body will take minerals from our bones and other areas and distribute those minerals accordingly. Plant-based protein assists to combat these acidity levels. Plants have high amounts of chlorophyll, which provides the alkalinity that our bodies require.
Phytonutrients found in plants provide significant health benefits with their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Phytonutrients may also enhance immunity and intercellular communication, they are known to repair damage to DNA from the exposure to toxin, detoxifying carcinogens and alter the estrogens metabolism. Phytonutrient based foods such as fruits, vegetables, nuts, whole grains, legumes and spices can be found in various forms of plant-based protein powders.
No Hormones or Antibiotics
Plant-based protein doesn't contain hormones and antibiotics, and if you are concerned with pesticides, then there are always the organic options.
Maca Root Powder
Maca root powder is a medicinal plant that grows in the mountains of Peru. Maca root is very nutritious and high in its content of carbohydrates and protein. It contains many bioactive plant compounds and essential vitamins and minerals such as vitamin C, iron and copper.
Maca root powder is mainly known for its ability to raise the libido in both men and women. It increases and enhances fertility in men and assists in improving symptoms of menopause in woman by reducing hot flushes, and the disruption to sleep. Maca has the ability to improve mental well-being and mood swings by reducing depression and anxiety, this may also assist with menopausal symptoms.
When using maca powder as a supplement, it may boost exercise performance, energy and endurance. It is easy to incorporate into your diet and can be used in smoothies, protein balls and baked goods. Its availability is worldwide, and while it is considered safe to consume, care needs to be taken for those who have thyroid issues.
Licorice Root Powder
Licorice root powder can speed the repair of the stomach lining, restoring balance. This happens due to the anti-inflammatory and immune boosting properties of glycyrrhizic acid. Taking Licorice root supplement can assist the body in the production of healthy mucus. The production of clean, healthy phlegm keeps the respiratory system functioning without old, sticky mucus clogging it.
Those with high levels of stress that find the adrenal gland exhausted due constant production of adrenaline and cortisol, will benefit from supplementing with licorice root as it stimulates the adrenal gland, promoting healthy levels of cortisol for the body. Licorice root powder is only to be consumed in small amounts as it is known to cause high blood pressure, swelling and irregular heart beat.
Essential Amino Acids
Essential amino acids are the building blocks of the body. They regulate almost all metabolic processes in the human body and are essential to our health and well-being. When purchasing plant- based protein powder, it is important to check that all the essential amino acids are available.
Nutrition Information for Vegan Protein Smoothie
|Nutrition Facts
|Serving size: 1
|Calories from Fat
|% Daily Value *
|Fat 4 g
|Saturated fat 2 g
|Unsaturated fat 2 g
|Carbohydrates 19 g
|Sugar 0 g
|Fiber 4 g
|Protein 65 g
|Cholesterol 0 mg
|Sodium 0 mg
|* The Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet, so your values may change depending on your calorie needs. The values here may not be 100% accurate because the recipes have not been professionally evaluated nor have they been evaluated by the U.S. FDA.
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Chapter One
No matter how much she willed it to get here sooner, summer was still a couple weeks away. Ifit arrived on schedule. The temperature had already dropped several degrees since Paige left the house for her evening dog walk. Kind of had her rethinking the decision to forego a sweater. Her baby-doll t-shirt wasn't much insulation against the cool, early-June breeze.
Standing in one place didn't help matters. If only her dog would simply do his business instead of delaying the drop by turning the requisite seven pre-poop circles, she could get moving again. But no. In fact, he'd just added an eighth rotation to his routine. Good thing she loved the big lug, because his canine OCD was OMG crazy.
Once he'd finished—finally—Sasha rolled around on the lawn while she bent to do scoop-up duty. The disadvantage of a larger dog—really big, and frequently really smelly, poop. Seriously, what did he eat while she wasn't around?
A spray of cold water fell over them. Her dog lurched at the surprise, nearly dragging Paige onto her face in the poop-smeared spot on the grass.
"Oh my god, what the hell?"
Dark hair popped up from behind a dripping navy-blue pickup truck in the next driveway. A scruff-covered face and wide male shoulders followed. "Looks like you got a bit wet."
No apology, nice. Paige glanced down at her wet t-shirt, then back to the guy, who appeared completely amused by her newly dampened condition. "You sprayed me, now I'm soaked." Impulse overrode responsibility as she threw the knotted poop bag at the side of his truck.
He rose to his full height then—and holy hell, was he tall—and looked over the hood at the missile she'd launched. His gaze lifted to meet hers. "That spray was accidental, and it only misted you a little." One thick, tattooed arm brought the hose up from his side. He took aim, smiled mischievously and pulled the trigger. A clear shot. Direct hit. "Nowyou're soaked."
Utterly dripping, she shrieked. "You asshole…look what you did."
Dark eyes did just that, from head to toe and back.
Paige held her chin up defiantly, aware that her nipples were jutting through the now-transparent white jersey. She stepped forward to collect the baggie and spun on her heel to leave.
"Hey, hang on, you're freezing."
"Yeah, I noticed that you noticed," she said, over her shoulder.
He laughed. "Let me give you a towel or something."
The combination of his deep, husky laughter and the waterlogged shirt made her shiver. She stopped and turned.
He was leaning against the truck now, arms folded over an expansive chest. Legs casually crossed at the ankles. Jeans with honest-to-god tears showed off his long, thick legs. The man was one big muscle. One big muscle topped with a strong jaw, thick dark stubble, hair and eyes to match. He oozed attitude.
"Forget the towel, I'll take the shirt off your back."
"Seems fair." And off it came, peeled in one easy, multiple-muscle-flexing motion.
"Toss it over."
"You've got your hands full, you'll never catch it. Come get it."
Jerk.She stomped toward him with Sasha in tow. "Hold my dog—if he lets you."
Sasha, the traitor, sat contentedly between them while she yanked the massive black t-shirt over her sopping white one. Mr. Huge scratched behind the dog's ears, making the pit bull's tongue loll out of his mouth. Geez, her dog was practically smiling up at the guy. Make that traitor times ten.
"Shirt looks good on you." He passed her the leash, their fingers brushing during the exchange.
Another shiver rippled through her. He stared at her so intently, she might as well have been naked as covered in his giant t-shirt. Since he clearly had no problems ogling, she returned the favor.
Thick pecs and well-defined abs—he definitely worked out. A lot. Ornate tattoos decorated his shoulder and most of his left arm. Good god, he had nipple piercings too. Time to go, pronto, before she reached out and flicked one of those silver barbells.
"What's your dog's name?"
Beneath the dangerously sexy stubble, his lips curled ever-so-slightly upward. "Did you name him that?"
"Yes. After a Russian artist."
He snorted in response.
"Yup, first impressions are always right. You are an asshole," she said, walking backward.
The dark-haired guy full-out laughed this time, making his muscles dance.
She wanted to storm over there and slug him. Or fuck him. Possibly both, neither of which she had the guts to do. Damn it, she had serious issues.
She'd only gotten one house width away when he called out, "Hey, tell me yourname."
"In your dreams."
"Looking forward to them."
Her face was the traitor now, smiling when she should have scowled. She turned so he wouldn't see it, resisting the urge to look back until she'd put another house between them.
He'd returned to washing his truck, still shirtless, apparently unaffected by the cool evening breeze. Mouth-watering, even from a distance. Dark hair curled at the back of his neck. Tattoos crept out from under his arm to wrap around a monstrous back.
It was safe to say he'd be in herdreams.
"I still can't believe you broke up with Johnathon," Becka said, sighing as they chose a checkout line at the superstore. "A warning would've been nice. My current emotional state can't handle big surprises."
"Sorry. I didn't plan it, but when he suggested we move in together, I knew it was time to cut him loose."
"Just like that, after almost a year? You could've triedliving with him. He might've turned out to be The One."
Paige didn't answer. No point.
Her best friend desperately wanted Paige to join the ranks of the happily cohabitating. Legally married and knocked up would please Becka even more. She didn't understand how a serial monogamist could get so spooked by the idea of a permanent commitment. But Becka hadn't grown up in a household where one parent's recurring infidelity repeatedly broke the other's heart. Love did not conquer all.
So, as expected, the breakup had devastated Becka. She'd actually cried upon initially hearing the news, though she'd blamed the tears on pregnancy hormones being one hundred times stronger than the worst PMS. Paige had added that to the list of reasons not to alter her current heading from its childless-by-choice course.
Once Becka had managed to shut down the waterworks, she'd insisted they have a girls' night in. Chick flicks, junk food and non-alcoholic wine. Not as exciting as an evening watching male strippers from the front row, but Becka had nixed that idea immediately. The party pooper.
"Think I have time to run back to the chip aisle for some Cheetos?" Becka asked, poking through the contents of their shared shopping cart.
The opportunity was too good to resist. "If you could actually run, maybe. Since I haven't seen you do anything faster than speed waddle in over a month, I think you're going to have to make do with the Doritos, Pringles, and mint-chip ice cream you already grabbed."
"I won't be the only person eating them." Binge-eating justification at its finest.
"You don't even like Cheetos. When I put them out on New Year's Eve, you said they were gross and taste like plastic."
"I was two months along. Everything is off during the first trimester," Becka said, as if that explained everything. "I'm going to get some. Don't worry, I'll be back before we're at the register."
Minutes ticked by after Becka's departure. The line moved forward as customer after customer finished their transactions and cleared out. Shit, she and Becka were almost up.
Paige pushed the cart to the end of the checkout belt and began unloading the contents, piling Becka's at the rear to buy extra time. If her friend didn't hurry though, she'd be officially out of luck in the Cheetos department. She'd also owe Paige a chunk of change for paying for all her pregnancy crap.
"Hey, dream girl."
That voice. Paige turned—gravitated, really—toward the rich sound. Several people stood between her and the owner's twinkling brown eyes. She silently mouthed the words hey asshole, but her smiling face betrayed her yet again.
Without apologizing to a single person, he detoured around the customers separating them and deposited his armful of products behind her two piles.
"You just cut in front of four people."
"I wanted to be behind you." He took his time perusing her body before meeting her eyes again. "I'm sure nobody blames me for that."
"She does." Paige pointed at the shrunken-looking woman chirping at him in Italian. Or maybe Portuguese. Whatever language it was, the lady was definitely peeved.
He showed zero concern, didn't even bother to look. "Did my t-shirt keep you warm last night?"
"Very. Especially when I was lying on my sheepskin rug…watching it burn in the fireplace."
He barked out a laugh, attracting the attention of everyone in their line and beyond. "That was my favorite t-shirt."
"I don't think you'll miss it." She nodded at his current apparel—an identical plain black t-shirt.
He shook his head, still smiling. "Big attitude for such a tiny thing."
"I'm not tiny."
"No?" He stepped closer. Invaded her space with his massive everything.
"I'm average. You're just—" Her eyes drifted across his shoulders, then down. "Huge." Heat flared in her cheeks as the last word slipped from her mouth in a breathy tone that belonged in the bedroom, not the superstore checkout line. Shit. "Don't even go there."
He shrugged, a wolfish grin spreading across his face. "You said it, not me."
And now they both knew she was thinking about his cock. Awesome.
The cashier saved her with the obligatory, "Did you find everything you were looking for today?" while scanning the items in Paige's pile.
Chips, ice cream…and Becka was still nowhere in sight. Crap, where was she? Waddling down the candy aisle, probably.
"These too," Paige said, shoving Becka's items along to merge the two piles.
The guy at Paige's side chuckled. "Looks like you're very focused on nutrition."
She quit craning her neck in search of her absentee friend and blinked up at him. "This is for a party. I'm celebrating a big life change, Mr. Nosey."
He snagged the green bottle and inspected it. "With non-alcoholic wine. Don't get carried away and do something you'll regret tomorrow."
"Some people have to abstain, you know."
The clerk swiped Becka's prenatal vitamins and a parenting magazine. Paige scanned the crowded store again. Still no sign of her friend.
"Is that everything?" the cashier asked, with less-than-zero enthusiasm.
"Other than my friend and her wallet…I guess so." So much for attempted humor, the cashier stared at her completely stone-faced. "All righty then. Yes, I guess that's everything."
"Don't forget this." Her tall, dark stranger handed off the faux wine.
"Right, thanks." She focused on completing the transaction, but god, he was close. And hot. Or maybe that was her.
She loaded the bags into the cart and moved to the end of the aisle to wait for Becka. Okay, for him too. No harm in appreciating the scenery since she had to hang around anyway.
He paid for his items, scooped his single bag, then paused in front of her. "Are you waiting for a carry out? I can help you with those if they're too heavy."
What the huh? No sarcastic comments, no flirty come-on? And what was with the Boy Scout routine?
"Pretty sure I can manage a few grocery bags, but thanks. I'm just waiting for my fellow party animal." She grabbed the bottle of glorified grape juice and waved it while smiling.
"Have a good night. And…congratulations." As quickly as he'd popped into her day, he left it.
When Becka walked up a minute later, Paige was still trying to figure out what had just happened.
"Who was that giant guy?" Becka asked, stuffing Cheetos into her mouth.
"Somebody who lives in my neighborhood, a couple blocks over." Paige narrowed her eyes at Becka's bag of neon-orange snacks. "When did you get those?"
"A couple minutes ago. When I came back and saw you with the hulking hunk of tattooed beef, I ducked into the express line. I could practically smell the pheromones from six lanes over. That guy is so into you. He's good-looking, in a terrifying sort of way. How long have you known him?"
Not a bad description, all in all, and Becka hadn't even seen all of his ink, or the silver barbells through his nipples.
"I met him while I was walking the dog last night."
"Convenient," Becka said, winking. "What's his name?"
Mr. Huge, Mr. Nosey, Mr. Tall, Dark and Terrifyingly Handsome.
Paige shrugged. "I have no idea."
"Well, all I can say is—girl, you work fast. Bye-bye, Johnathon, hello handsome neighborhood dude, before you'd even had time to change the sheets. Guess I won't be sweeping up the pieces of your broken heart tonight."
"You may as well retire the broom. You'll never need it for me."
Time always flew in June. Some kids completely lost their shit at the end of the school year—once the realization that final report cards would soon be hitting their parents' mailboxes pushed through their hormone-rampant brains. Other kids practically vibrated with enthusiasm and high hopes. Either way, as the final days of the term approached, Westdale Collegiate's six-hundred-or-so students turned into a mass of frenzied energy.
Alex got a kick out of this part of the school year. Impossible not to catch the hyper buzz from his students. Not that he tried to avoid it. One thing too many adults forgot—life was meant for living. Since he'd come close to losing his, he kept that lesson front and center.
No better season for appreciating life than summer. A couple weeks from now, he'd have his days free to work on art—if his MIA muse ever returned. To play baseball and appreciate the beauty of July and August, including beaches and bikinis. And a cute neighborhood chick with a big dog and a bigger attitude, he'd hoped, until he caught a glimpse of her maternity supplies.
Wasn't that a big what-the-fuck? There'd been sparks both times he got close to her, no question. His radar usually picked up the unavailable vibe, and a pregnant woman definitely belonged in that bracket. Shitty. At least he'd found out before doing something stupid.
Knowing she was off-limits didn't keep her out of his damn head, though. A mental image of the spirited blonde with the nice curves and luscious lips had stayed with him all week.
From that first glance over the side of his truck, she'd zinged him. That was just from the visual. There was a definite correlation between her saucy mouth and the amount of blood that'd rushed to his cock. Feisty always did it for him, and the girl with the black pit bull did it for him in fucking spades.
He'd jerked off thinking about her lips wrapped around his dick the night they met, the fantasy progressing to much raunchier ground as the week progressed. Yeah, he was an asshole, jerking-off while thinking about some other guy's future baby-mama. But damned if he could stop.
He turned into the driveway and did the thing that had become part of his homecoming routine—scanning the street for a sign of her or the dog. Nada. Shit. He'd never seen her before the hose incident and only the one time since.
Maybe she didn't live in his neck of the woods after all. Maybe she'd been walking her boyfriend's dog that night. Maybe they usually hung at her place, somewhere off his grid, and meeting her was nothing more than a fluke. Maybe he should stop fucking wondering about some girl he couldn't have and get ready for tonight's game.
He tossed his work bag on the table. Shucked his I'm-a-respectable-professional clothes and dug his rec-league gear out of a dresser drawer. Black socks, pants, jersey—he loved this stuff. He'd frequented the batting cages plenty during the winter and spring months, as he always did in the off-season. He'd been out casually tossing the ball around since the snow disappeared from the fields. But nothing beat stepping onto the diamond.
Beginning of the season always got his pulse jumping. Seeing faces he hadn't laid eyes on since last summer's end-of-season tourney, scoping out the new blood on the opposing teams. The first crack of the bat, the crunch of gravel under his cleats. Just thinking about it put a smile on his face.
This is what he needed to take his mind off Dream Girl, as he'd nicknamed her. Sweating. Laughing with buddies. Checking out the available women at the bar afterward wouldn't hurt, either.
He scooped his black cap from a hook in the closet, grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge and headed out the front door. Game on.


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BUFFALO, NY — (August 18, 2016) — New York residents Michelle and Chris Talley are eager to open the doors of their new Kid to Kid store to the community of Tonawanda on Thursday, August 25th at 4:00 p.m. Everyone is invited for treats, activities, great deals, and fun.
"Kid to Kid is a great shopping alternative from big box stores," said Chris Talley, long time New York resident and store owner. "We sell both new and gently used name brands up to 70 percent off retail prices. People are able to buy items that they may normally not be able to afford otherwise."
Leading up to the event, Kid to Kid Tonawanda will be doing a "five days of prizes" event on their Facebook page starting August 20th. Starting August 25th, Kid to Kid, located at 1060 Niagara Falls Blvd in Tonawanda, will have a grand opening celebration for three days, featuring free ice cream, face painting, balloon artists, music, and a special minion character appearance. Customers can view the full agenda on their Facebook event page.
The store has been stocking up, buying gently-used clothing, footwear, toys, baby equipment, and maternity products from the local community. At the grand opening, the store's selection will be revealed and customers will be able to shop the new and like-new recycled name brand clothing and accessories at a great price. After the grand opening, Kid to Kid Tonawanda will continue to pay community members for gently-used apparel, toys, baby equipment, and maternity products in cash or offer 20 percent more in store credit.
With a desire to help the local community, Kid to Kid Tonawanda donates items to local charities: Clothe Me Co-op, Ken-Ton Closet and Seneca Street Methodist Church. These charities help woman and children in need, refugees locating to Buffalo, and survivors of domestic violence.
For more information about the new Kid to Kid Tonawanda store and the upcoming grand opening event, visit Kid to Kid Tonawanda on Facebook or visit the store website. For Kid to Kid franchise information, visit the Franchise Opportunity page.
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First edition of an invaluable collection illustrating the inventions of all the machines and instruments approved by the Academy of Sciences from its establishment in 1666 to 1735. This elaborate record of inventive achievements is significant as the first to describe and illustrate the technological development of science in the period. Many of the inventions included in this collection were to revolutionize the way we live. Communication, entertainment, agriculture, hydraulics, clocks, navigation, military, optics, acoustics, motorized machinery, and the calculator - - all are founded on the scientific knowledge and concepts of these early contributors. The great inventions made by Perrault, Huygens, Cassini, Pascal (the first published illustration of his calculating machine), Lepine, Clairaut, Gauger, Le Maire, De La Hire, Morland, Nolet, are but a few of the discoveries described.
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