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Fighting Attraction
Sourcebooks, Oct 4, 2016 - Fiction - 384 pages
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Sarah Castille continues her electric and emotional erotic romance series with a dark alpha hero
Shayla "Shilla the Killa" Tyler is now a top-ranked MMA amateur fighter. Zack Grayson is the man who wants to make her a star. As head of one of the country's most prestigious MMA promotion companies, he could take Shayla where he was never able to go—the top of the professional league.
Though tempted, Shayla is hiding from her violent ex and will never risk that kind of exposure. But business turns personal when Shayla and Zach grow closer, and she unleashes his dark side…
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In "Disasters Will Happen," Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about President Trump's trips to Puerto Rico and Las Vegas.
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Trump's Trips to Puerto Rico and Las Vegas
The first revealed the cost of a lack of political representation; the second showed the consequences of a lack of political courage.
Flip-Flopping on Free Speech
The fight for the First Amendment, on campuses and football fields, from the sixties to today.
The Humanitarian Disaster in Puerto Rico
Stymied efforts to deliver relief have led to apocalyptic conditions and demonstrations against the Trump Administration.
The Precarious Future of Sanibel Island
After Hurricane Ian, should the government help people rebuild, or help them leave?
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Welcome to the Let's Talk weekly discussion meme!
today's question:
How much time do you think you spend on blogging each week, including commenting on other blogs, participating in events, Twitter/Facebook blog talk, etc? Do you have a time management system that works well for you? We'd love to know!
Time management?! Bwahahahaha!
How much time do I spend on blogging and other social media? Oh mama. I don't know. I don't think I want to know. A lot ok??
I'm coming up on my 6 month blogoversary. Perhaps because I'm still in the honeymoon phase I'm all Blog/Comment/Twitter/Facebook crazy? Maybe? Sounds good to me!


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This is another rant by the Artist Taxi Driver, in which he asks the question, what David Cameron's legacy will be. He asks will it be the way he has given a banquet for the rich, and more poverty and misery for the poor, and then goes on to list nearly every wretched policy Cameron has passed, such as:
Shaming the poor on benefits, like the wretched TV show, Benefits Street, cutting services, selling off the libraries, parts of the fire service; the privatisation and marketization of the NHS; the academisation of our schools, tripling tuition fees, cutting benefits for the disabled; the work capability test, workfare, zero hours contracts, his shameless tax evasion and tax cuts for the rich, the Panama papers, the ability to lie without blinking, fracking, the Katie Hopkins-style demonization of refugees fleeing war in their homelands, including the vilification of those poor souls, who didn't make it, and now lie dead at the bottom of the sea; state surveillance, selling people's data, workers' rights, the abandoning of human rights, Brexit and the consequent small-minded racist isolationism, knocking down social housing, a 'home-owning democracy', in which few, in fact, can afford their own homes; the sale of the land registry, and the land itself, to billionaires resident in the Cayman Islands; his relationship with Rupert Murdoch, Rebecca Brooks and Andy Coulson; a man sent to jail for stealing a Toblerone; another man dying of exposure after being evicted for squatting; being part of that whole Eton, Bullingdon-boy culture, and wandering around during the 2012 riots wearing loafers.
This is just about everything, absolutely everything Cameron has done and stands for. It's a catalogue of just how much Cameron has brought down the country, although in fairness, it's not all his fault. He's just continued with the privatisation of the NHS, following on from Tony Blair, who followed on from Major, who took up where Thatcher left off. The work capability assessment was also another idea taken over from New Labour. And all the administrations since Thatcher, with the exception of John Major, were all over Rupert Murdoch. Major would have liked to have been too, but Murdoch switched his loyalty to the Warmonger of Islington.
What, therefore, is going to be David Cameron's legacy? After this long, list of evil and iniquity, the Chunky One concludes that it'll be Cameron inserting his private member into the mouth of a dead pig.
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Absense of Sound --a Librarian's Story
N. West Moss was the winner of the Post's 2015 Great American Fiction Contest for "Omeer's Mangoes," which, with "Absence of Sound," appears in her first short-story collection, The Subway Stops at Bryant Park (Leapfrog Press, 2017). This story first appeared in Neworld Review.
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COMMENTARY | Iran's threat to close the narrow Strait of Hormuz has drawn the attention of military forces around the world and ignited a buildup that could endanger the region. While the U.S. and her major allies regularly maintain a naval presence in the Persian Gulf, other countries have dispatched warships to send a clear message to Tehran.
UPI reported the Russian, French, British and Canadian forces are already on station in the Gulf, with additional forces in route. The U.S. Fifth Fleet is based in Bahrain and the USS John C. Stennis CVN-74 is currently patrolling the Gulf of Oman just outside the Strait.
The Stennis carrier group is quite capable of handling anything Iran might choose to muster in a show of force. With more than 70 attack aircraft, plus a screening vessels of various capabilities, the U.S. Navy would easily dominate any encounter. But it's nice to know that other countries care enough to ensure the waterway stays open for commerce.
The Russians have deployed the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, which is anchored at Syria's Tartus port on the Mediterranean. That action caused France to assign an air defense destroyer to the region as well. The Canadian Royal Navy announced Sunday the HMCS Charlottetown also departed for the Gulf.
Not to be left out, British Prime Minister David Cameron ordered a guided missile destroyer into the Persian Gulf, which will join the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle. That's a lot of naval power to deal with in the event Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gets a wild hair to try to close the Strait of Hormuz.
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey has said Iran could close the Strait for a "brief time," but he also reiterated U.S. determination and capability to insure that the seaway will remain open for international navigation. I seriously doubt Iran would want to engage the western powers in a naval confrontation that cannot win. But if they do, the Stennis will give them a moment of pause.


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One of my first attempts at journalism is an interview taken while covering the first of three Free Art Fairs, organised by Jasper Joffe and held from 8th-14th October 2007 just north of Mayfair:
Interview with Jasper Joffe
How has the exhibition been for you? Are you happy with the level of response from contributing artists and the public?
It's been a great experience, I feel really happy about it. The artists were brilliant, agreeing to give art even before we had found a space. The public response has been overwhelmingly positive, and I am still getting nice emails about it, asking me to do it again.
The Portman Estate have been very helpful with the show (as well as others). Had they not let you use the spaces, was there a plan B for somewhere to show the works?
The Portman Estate were great (hopefully they'll be happy with the way I filled all the holes we made in their walls). It all came together at very short notice, the Richmix centre in Shoreditch was a possible alternative.
The idea of time seems very important to me in this exhibition. Is there a dialogue you wished to promote from the outset, between the artists and the public who have both given up their time for this event?
I hadn't thought of the time aspect at the start. Although I am aware that artists work at different speeds, Alex Hamilton taking months to make his drawings, Harry Pye taking days to make his paintings, some artists finishing work in a few hours. I myself once painted 24 paintings in 24 hours. Time has always seems a silly way to judge the value of the work, you spend as much time as you need to, and more time doesn't necessarily make art better. Also in many ways the queue is not an idea I am that fond of, but it was the best way we could think of to allocate the work. Any other way would have been random ( a lottery) or relied on subjective judgement (some kind of competition). I am open to other ideas about the distribution of art if we do it again. In a way you have a meeting of generosity on one side from the artists and patience/dedication from the public, a meeting of virtues!
Do you feel that there is a greater value to the works because of the length of time people spent queued up for them? Have the works gained in importance, from your point of view as a contributing artist, because of this?
I think the point is more general. The people queuing up seem to have exposed the fact that people really love and appreciate art in general, and are willing to sacrifice their time for it. Individually I don't see an increase in the value of the art works (except in that they were part of the first Free Art Fair), more that we as artists rarely get to find out that people actually like and care about our art, and as an artist it is heartening to have this revealed so physically.
There were quite clear definitions between the three gallery spaces. Large format pieces were generally in one space, most sculpture and three-dimensional works in another, etc. Why did you choose to hang the pieces the way you did?
When hanging shows I always find it helps to have a concept, even a simple idea like big work in one room, small in another etc, otherwise you're just stuck with slightly random aesthetic judgements, which any two people will always disagree about. There was also the important element that we couldn't put work on the walls in one gallery which determined that we would use it for sculpture.
Was it easy to co-curate the exhibition with Harry Pye? Were there any disagreements?
Harry and I weren't co-curators. We worked together on the magazine (he did most of it. Myriam Blundell helped with the organisation and hanging of the show, and we didn't have any major rows.
You said the large piece you entered had taken two weeks to make. Do you feel differently about giving away a part of your creative energy and output, than about selling a piece?
I prefer selling in general, but The Free Art Fair had such a special feel, I forgot I was giving it away.
Referring to Steven Nelson's stolen jug, what do you think about something intended to be completely democratic gaining such a competitive agenda, such a form of 'one-up-manship'? Was this inevitable?
I think once the fair started getting a lot of publicity it was inevitable that it would attract some negative elements. I wonder what had happen if you were to give away work worth 100s of thousands, would the queue turn nasty?
In conjunction with the last question, you have shown the exhibition in the same week as the hugely well known large art fairs across London, and exposed the inherent elitism within them. In your opinion, has this been tainted by the 'first come first served' selectiveness of your own show?
Well, queuing seemed the most democratic method of distribution, especially on a Sunday, when most people would have time off. We were selecting recipients on the basis of geography (they had to be able to reach the area) and dedication (they were wiling to sleep there over night). Frieze has the criterion of ownership based on how rich you are, which happens to be the way most things are distriubuted in our society, so really although our method was selective it was different from the dominant method of exchange.
Do you think that the range of work you exhibited is representative of what is exciting in the contemporary art world?
Yes! We selected the artists for the reason of their excellence and because we think they are some of the most exciting artists around. We could have had a lot more artists involved, but weren't willing to compromise the coherence of the show.
Are you planning to make this fair a long-term annual event? Is there anything you would change in the future?
I am thinking about this. I think there are a lot of questions about the best way to give the art away. But the idea of giving people art they love for free worked out so well, I can see that we might do it again, perhaps in another country.
Matthew Reeves, October 2007


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On 6th January 2019, the 'Yellow Vest' protesters came back in power to the streets of France. They had an extremely violent confrontation with the police forces in many cities, breaking their way into the government ministry in Paris, with the assistance of a fork hoist truck. The Yellow Vest protestors are originally a group of people who started a political movement in order to get economic justice from the government.
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The inner ministry put many of those protesters behind bars on Saturday at approximately 50,000 compared with 32,000 other protesters taken in on the 29th of December, When the Yellow Vest movement started falling weak due to organizing "weekly Saturday protests". The protestors violently broke the wooden door to the ministry compound. This act of vandalism was intolerable and the attack on the republic was not acceptable. A group of these people, after entering the French ministry, broke two cars and some windows and then quickly escaped. However after the incident took place the police were trying to identify the mobs who committed this, with the help of the CCTV footage.
After this unfortunate event took place President Emmanuel Macron did not necessarily mention anything about the dreadful incident. However, he still decided to tweet his expression of disapproval towards the violent protests by the Yellow Vest supporters.
The question is will the Yellow Vest movement continue? Or will the government give the group economic justice? There are all sorts of possibilities, but which one is the right one and for whom? France has been in a peculiar state recently. Let's keep an eye on events in France in the upcoming months.


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Since the time when I wondered if Åsa was kind of floating away, I've talked with her as well as with Charlie, and it's clear that she doesn't want to distance herself from us. At the same time, though, it's clear that she has a conflict between the love for this jealous man and her stand that she is poly and bi and want to live as such.
I talked with her extensively yesterday, wondering about what kinds of limits were really at play (I had heard "no sex" earlier, but it wasn't clear what was emotionally included in that... to some, a kiss is sexual enough to trigger them), but also talked about what the situation looked like from my view point. All in all, it was a good talk, even though it was difficult, and I could hear on her voice that even though she could handle it, it was tough for her.
She and her boyfriend (I'll call him F for now) are coming to Stockholm tomorrow and will probably hang out quite a bit in Pride Park. I know that Åsa wants to take part in the poly picknick on thursday, and she, F and I are going to the jealousy workshop on friday and see if we can get some help for F's jealousy.
This will be a tough reconnection for me. To be able to say hi, hug, possibly kiss at least lightly, but still feeling that I have to hold back, kind of hold my breath while something out of my control happens, that's quite rough on my heart. But if it serves the greater good, it's well worth it.


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This week, I'm fast forwarding to refined sweeteners on since sugar and sugar substitutes are found in almost EVERYTHING!
Week 9: No refined sweeteners
– No refined or artificial sweeteners including (but not limited to): white sugar, brown sugar, raw sugar, sucanat, splenda, stevia, agave, corn syrup, high-fructose corn syrup, brown rice syrup, and cane juice.
Foods and beverages can only be sweetened with a moderate amount of honey or maple syrup.
Since I started having a fresh salad for breakfast almost every day, I have been using Kühne's salad dressings.
I am not surprised to find thickeners and coloring because this is a mass-produced item BUT I was surprised to find refined sweeteners!
1. Kühne's Yoghurt Dressing
Average Amount per 100ml/100g
Calorific value 890 kJ
Calorific value 215 kcal
Carbohydrates 8.4 (g)
Protein 1.0 (g)
Fat 19 (g)
Water, skimmed milk yoghurt (30%), vegetable oil, glucose-fructose syrup, spirit vinegar, sugar, salt, egg yolk, whey solids, thickener: pectin, guar and locust bean gum, parsley, lemon juice concentrate, modified starch, acidifier: lactic acid and citric acid, dill, natural flavour, seasoning.
2. Kühne's Balsamic Dressing
Average Amount per 100ml/100g
Calorific value 484 kJ
Calorific value 115 kcal
Carbohydrates 16 (g)
Protein 0.3 (g)
Fat 5.0 (g)
Water, 28% Aceto Balsamico di Modena IGP (Wine vinegar, grape juice concentrate, E150d colouring), glucose-fructose syrup, rapeseed oil, salt, sugar, grape juice concentrate, olive oil, acidity regulator: sodium acetate, thickener: carragreenan and locust bean gum.
3. Kühne's American Caesar dressing
Average Amout per 100ml/100g
Calorific value 994 kJ
Calorific value 241 kcal
Carbohydrates 5.0 (g)
Protein 3.0 (g)
Fat 23 (g)
Water, vegetable oil, buttermilk, spirit vinegar, grated hard cheese (4%), garlic (2.4%), salt, glucose-fructose syrup, egg yolk, whey solids, modified starch, sugar, spices, flavouring, thickener: guar gum and xanthan, soy sauce (water, soya, wheat, salt), lemon juice concentrate.
Looks like I'll have to make my own salad dressings…
Here are the high-glutamate vegetables TO AVOID:
X Eggplant
X Pumpkin – I avoid
X Sauerkraut
X Spinach – I eat a lot
X Tomato – I eat a lot
X Avocado – not so healthy after all
X Olives
X Pickled vegetables
Here are the LOW-GLUTAMATE fruits to enjoy 🙂
+ Apple – love
+ Cantaloupe
+ Figs – love
+ Grapefruit
+ Grapes
+ Honeydew – love
+ Mango – love but it's too acidic for my stomach
+ Pear – love Chinese pears
+ Rhubarb
+ Lychee – too much insecticide
+ Persimmon – love!
+ Blackberries
+ Blueberries – love
+ Watermelon – love
+ Coconut – love
Here are the high-glutamate fruits TO AVOID:
X Citrus fruits (orange, lemon, grapefruit, clementine, tangerine)
X Banana – my Mom's fav
X Cherry
X Cranberry
X Currant
X Date – my Mom's fav
X Loganberry
X Nectarine
X Orange – Hubs' fav
X Papaya – my Mom's fav
X Peach
X Pineapple
X Prunes – my Mom's fav
X Plums
X Raisins
X Raspberries
X Strawberries
X Fruit dishes,jams, juices made with restricted ingredients
Meat, Poultry and Fish
All fresh meat and poultry. Must be bought and cooked fresh.
All fish (unless fresh caught)
All shellfish
Leftover/refrigerated meats
Processed, cured or smoked meats
Plain eggs (ensure whites are fully cooked)
Raw egg whites (as in some eggnog, hollandaise sauce, milk shakes)
Fats and Oils
Pure butter
All vegetable oils and oils of allowed foods which contain no additives
Coconut oil
Meat drippings and fat
Homemade gravy
Homemade salad dressings with allowed ingredients
All fats and oils with colours or preservatives
X Prepared gravy
X Commercial salad dressings
X Hydrolyzed lecithin
X Spices and Herbs
All fresh herbs and spices are OK
No dried herbs
X Anise
X Cinnamon
X Cloves
X Curry powder
X Paprika/cayenne
X Nutmeg
X Seasoning packets with restricted ingredients
X Foods labeled "with spices"
X Nuts and seeds
All nuts should be eliminated for the first two weeks on the diet. After this period, nuts aside from those listed opposite may be reintroduced individually to examine tolerance. Begin with macadamias and chestnuts.
X Walnuts
X Cashews
All legumes should be eliminated for the first two weeks on the diet. After this period, legumes aside from those listed opposite may be reintroduced individually to examine tolerance. Even if tolerable, a maximum consumption of ½ cup legumes per day is recommended.
Breads and Cereals*
Total of ½ cup per day maximum of the following: Any plain, gluten-free breads, gluten-free oats, gluten-free pasta or other gluten-free grains with allowed ingredients only.
X Foods cooked in oils containing hydrolyzed lecithin, BHA or BHT Baking Mixes
X Dry dessert mixes
Milk and Dairy*
After two weeks on this diet, plain milk can be reintroduced if tolerable
All cheese
All yogurt (unless specifically cultured with low histamine probiotics)
All buttermilk
Recommended to only use when necessary and in minimal amounts:
X Honey
X Molasses
X Maple Syrup
X Pure jams and jellies
Homemade desserts with allowed ingredients
Flavored syrups
Prepared dessert fillings
Prepared icings/frostings
Spreads with restricted ingredients
Cake decorations
Commercial candies
All processed sugars
All artificial sweeteners
Apple cider vinegar
Baking soda
Plain gelatin
Corn starch
Gluten-free baking powder
X All chocolate, cocoa and carob
X All products made with artificial flavors or preservatives
Artificial colourings, especially tartazine (also found in medications and supplements)
Hydrolyzed lecithin
Flavored gelatin
Prepared relishes and olives
Soy sauce
Miso Commercial ketchup
Canned foods and ready meals
Pickled and fermented foods
Yeast and yeast extracts
Benzoates (also found in cosmetics), sulphites, nitrites, glutamate, food dyes
Still and carbonated mineral water
Tea made with fresh sliced ginger and hot water only (helps degrade histamine)
Alcohol is recommended to be consumed in minimal amounts, if at all. However, when necessary, plain vodka, gin and white rum are the best choices on this diet.
Low histamine wine
X Soda and carbonated drinks
X All tea (including green, black and mate)
X All drinks with "flavor" or "spices" Beer, cider and wine (unless specified low histamine wine)
X All other alcoholic beverages
* Starred food categories are not essential in your diet and should be consumed in minimal amounts or avoided entirely to maximize health benefits and symptom relief during your diet.
The low histamine food chart here is meant to show you which foods are safe to consume and which are best to avoid when you want to reduce your symptoms quickly and effectively.


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A new $125,000 grant program to help struggling businesses in Medford was so popular that it was effectively used up as fast as it became available Monday morning.
"The $125,000 was gone in 15 minutes," said Medford City Councilor Tim D'Alessandro. "We're really happy we could inject this little bit into the economy."
He said the city hasn't processed all of the applications yet to determine whether the businesses that applied were qualified, but the city received enough applications to exceed the dollar value of the grant program.
The money for the Small Business Assistance Grant Program came from cannabis taxes. D'Alessandro anticipates approvals will come in days, and the city has devoted extra staff to processing the applications.
"We're anticipating a really quick turnaround," he said. "This was a huge need in our community right now."
Based on the overwhelming need, D'Alessandro said he plans to ask the City Council to support another grant to help struggling businesses.
Applications were accepted starting at 10 a.m. Monday morning, and local businesses could apply for grants of up to $5,000 at www.ci.medford.or.us/Page.asp?NavID=4455. Grants would be provided on a first-come, first-served basis.
To qualify, a business had to provide a copy of an IRS form W-9, have a Medford business license, have no outstanding city liens, fees or code enforcement cases.
The business could have no more than 15 employees as of March 1.
The business would also not be eligible if it has been a recipient of the federal Paycheck Protection Program. Franchise business are not eligible.
The minimum grant is $1,500, and a business could receive an additional $500 for each employee, up to a maximum of $5,000.
D'Alessandro said that if the council decides to put more money into the grant program, those who have already applied would still be eligible.
Many local businesses that have been shut down for two months because of the COVID-19 pandemic are looking at limited reopenings Friday, while taking steps to minimize transmission of the virus.
Gov. Kate Brown's office strongly recommends the use of face masks for employees and customers.
The City Council earlier approved setting aside $100,000 in marijuana tax dollars for rental and nutrition assistance to help families dealing with fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.
The city disbursed the money to local nonprofits such as ACCESS, Rogue Retreat and St. Vincent de Paul.
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My kids love nachos but it isn't a substantial meal. I've found they like this just as much but it is much more filling. It can be modified to be healthier by using ground turkey and fat-free/low fat cheese and sour cream.
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Per serving: Calories 358, Total Fat 20g, Sat Fat 9g, Total Carb 31g , Fiber 4g, Sugars 2g, Cholesterol 78mg, Sodium 949mg, Protein 15
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1 egg
1/3 cup milk
3 cups cooked taco seasoned meat
1 can black beans
1 cup (8 oz) sour cream, light
1 cup colby jack, cheddar or mexican cheese, shredded and divided
1/2 cup onion, chopped
1 medium tomato, chopped
1 cup shredded lettuce
1 can sliced olives (optional, I didn't use)
In a large bowl, combine the corn bread, egg and milk until blended. Spread into an 8 x 8 pan sprayed with cooking spray. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes.
Combine taco meat and beans, spread over corn bread.
Combine sour cream, 3/4 cup cheese and onion. Spread over meat mixture.
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HOLLYWOOD – The Avengers: Age of Ultron hit the internet and things went weird so the Studio Exec FACT SQUAD watched it 3 times and her are the 5 FACTS that they gleaned from the latest outing for the amazing and fantastic Avengers.
1. NoThundercats! Despite an article in this esteemed publication (click here fore that) it appears that the Thundercats might not be appearing in the new film, although it could simply be that the publicity machine wishes to keep Lion-o and Jaga in the pocket for a while longer. Allowing awesomeness to build.
2. Iron Man has got FAT! Tony Stark must have been putting away the pies and always asking for seconds because Iron Man looks seriously pudgy. This could be one of those hero-out-of-shape subplots like they did with Batman in the Dark Knight Rises. Or it might be a result of serious indulgence as it was for Chris Pratt following his Guardians of the Galaxy success (Click Here for more on that).
3. James Spader isn't in it. Despite reports that James Spader would be playing Ultron, I couldn't see him. So obviously Marvel have fired him and gone with some sort of computerized effigy that they don't have to pay. Pity, as I like Spader.
4. Thor can't hold onto his hammer (drops it) and Captain America can't hold onto his shield (it's broken) and Tony Stark has lost his sense of humor (possibly due to eating too much and having indigestion). That is to say, everyone's getting old.
5. A city will be destroyed and people will stand around a traffic jammed road gaping at something in the middle and a bit up distance.
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Ryan Seacrest went all-out for his first Halloween episode as co-host on "Live with Kelly and Ryan." On Tuesday morning, Seacrest swapped out his regular suit and tie ensemble for a red-hot dress paired with red pumps.
The talk show host's first costume of the day was as a woman — more precisely, as Ripa. The two swapped roles for the opening of the episode.
Seacrest nailed his impression of Ripa, complete with a blond wig and glasses, and he even called out for Ripa's stylist to say his dress shrank.
Though he looked like one glamorous lady, it seemed as if Seacrest had a bit of trouble walking in the red heels as he was seen (and heard) clonking around backstage, with knees bent, slightly jogging.
Ripa may have to give him some pointers for the next go-around.
As for Ripa, she portrayed Seacrest by wearing a suited look, rocking facial scruff and his signature haircut.
Unfortunately, Seacrest's moment dressed up his fellow co-host was cut short, and they soon changed into their next costumes, which included Wonder Woman and characters from "Guardians of the Galaxy."
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In Kiev on the landfill found the body of a newborn baby
In Kiev on the landfill found the body of a newborn baby
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The child was two days.
In Kiev, in the Shevchenko district on the dump found a dead baby.
About it reports "Operational Kiev" in Facebook.
The police worked call area, and then the police ran over a man bringing news of a strange package.
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In Cherkassy region the woman on the threshold of the hospital sold her newborn baby
"Law enforcement officers looked inside and saw a child. They began to provide first aid and immediately called an ambulance. Unfortunately, the doctors just pronounced him dead," – said in the message.
The child was two days. Later it became known about the parents of the child who slept near the trash. They were in alcoholic intoxication.
We will remind, in Odessa region Podolsk died baby girl. Found her on the windowsill in the hospital. Police investigate the causes and circumstances of infant death, reported in the Department of communication of the police region.
Video surveillance Mallorca grandpa left 10-month-old baby in the heat in the car: the child died
Went for coffee and forgot about the baby. On the Spanish island of Majorca in the car killed 10-month-old baby. The girl inside the car he left his grandfather, he decided to go to a cafe. The child forgot, came only after 8 hours. When I got back to the Parking lot, the baby was dead. In Mallorca the temperature reaches 30 degrees. When the man realized what he had done, he became very ill, the doctors took him to the hospital.
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From Super-wiki
"Ships" refers to a relationship between characters, either one constructed by fandom or a canon relationship. It's usage has been traced back to The X-Files fandom in the early 1990s.
If a fan or fic writer pairs one character with another, they are said to 'ship' them, eg. I ship Jody and Donna.
Conflict between supporters of different ships can lead to shipping wars. A Ship that is privileged above all others is the OTP or One true Pairing.
Ships are usually granted a mashup name, which is a portmanteau of the characters involved eg Destiel for Dean and Castiel. The pairing may also be written with a slash (or "virgule") between them like John/Bobby - hence the term Slash.
See also
- Wincest
- Destiel
- and all entries in Category for Pairings
External Links
- Shipping as a meditation on love
- A linguist explains the grammar of ship names
- The Pros and Cons of Shipping by TVGuide, October 2012
- Shipping on Fanlore
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Neighborhood Eats: Romas
Long time neighborhood Italian restaurant Romas has moved a few blocks south on Greenville into the old Frank's Taco Grill space. New build out features an eight seat full bar and three areas to dine as well as a couple of patio tables.
Menu hasn't changed. You can still get just about every Italian dish ever created here.
Private room available as well as catering.
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(214) 373-0500
On a sad note, the nine and a half year old seafood restaurant Offshore's Nextdoor located at Walnut Hill and Audelia will close in early June. A post from their facebook page stated that the land had been sold and there are other plans for the space.


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January 24, 2019 - 11:32am
POSTPONED: Guest Speaker Series- Don Burkel
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Holland Land Office Museum's Board of Director's President Don Burkel will be speaking on "The Angel and The Warrior." The love story of Emory Upton and Emily Martin Upton, their long courtship and their short marriage. If you enjoy love stories with a bit of military history thrown in, this is definitely something you don't want to miss. The program will begin at 7pm and is $3 per person and $2 for museum members. UPDATE Wednesday, Feb. 25: Due to the inclement weather we have decided to postpone Don Burkel's presentation "The Angel & The Warrior: Emory & Emily Upton." We are very sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. We will be presenting this again April 10th.
Event Date and Time:
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"Sleeping in Church"
Love one another with brotherly love. Outdo one another in showing honor. Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality. Romans 12:10-13
One of my dearest friends in this world was a sainted man named Maynard Lueth. One time, when I was preaching a sermon on vicarage, I saw him settle in for the message. He wrapped his arm around the end of the pew, shut his eyes, rested his head on his shoulder, and didn't move until 20 minutes later, I said, "Amen."
Later that week I confronted him by saying, "I know not all my sermons are interesting, but you could at least give me a chance before you take a nap."
He informed me that shutting his eyes was how he listened.
When I laughed at that explanation, he proceeded to give me an outline of my message so perfect I could have used it to preach my sermon. I wish I could say the same for everyone who has ever shut their eyes when I started preaching.
In truth there are people who sleep in church. One such person is 42-year-old William Barker. When I say William Barker slept in church, I mean he slept in church. Let me explain.
Barker regularly attended Mass at St. Ann's Catholic Church in Arlington County, Virginia.
According to police, Barker "would wait until the evening hours when there was less staff around, pop a ceiling tile, use a ladder, crawl up to his own space in the attic, pull the ladder up there and occupy it until the next morning." In that attic Barker also had a guitar, food, water and extra clothing, which he hung from the rafters.
Now I found this story fascinating because Mr. Barker managed to pull this off for three years.
Three years when nobody noticed him. Three years when he was regularly one of the last people in the building. Three years when no one paid a visit to him in his home. Three years when nobody at church put him on a mailing list. Three years when no elder was made responsible for him. Three years when, well, you get the drift. I'm saying William Barker was not the only one who was sleeping at St. Ann's.
The truth is we are to love each other, help each other, encourage each other as the Lord has done for us.
That means we have to work hard at making sure people don't fall through the cracks.
The Lord has given us a wonderful message of salvation to share. That message of salvation through the Savior's blood does not begin with the pastor saying, "Grace, mercy and peace be unto you," and it does not end with his final "Amen." Most certainly, a sermon is incredibly important and is used by the Holy Spirit to touch people, but what everyone else says and does is also important.
THE PRAYER: Dear Lord, there are needy souls all around me. May I reach out to them with the Gospel message of salvation by faith in Christ. Let no one pass by my church -- and myself -- unnoticed or uncared for. This I ask in Jesus' Name. Amen.
In Christ I remain His servant and yours,
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The Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday it is investigating a multistate outbreak of listeria infections connected to Fresh Express packaged salads, which announced a recall of some of its products.
Ten people have become ill, 10 have been hospitalized and one person has died across eight states in the listeria outbreak. The illnesses stretch as far back as July 2016, with the most recent coming this October, the FDA said.
Fresh Express announced a recall Monday of some of its packaged salad products made at the company's facility in Streamwood, Illinois, because they have the potential to be contaminated with the bacteria listeria monocytogenes. The company advised consumers not to eat, sell or serve a long list of its products with the codes Z324 to Z350 printed on the package.
The recalled salad items were distributed through retailers in the Northeast and Midwest as well as in Canada, the company said.
The recall comes after the Michigan Department of Agriculture took a random sample test of a package of Fresh Express Sweet Hearts salad mix made at the Streamwood facility. The test was positive for listeria monocytogenes, the company said.
"Fresh Express immediately halted all production at the Streamwood facility and initiated a complete sanitation review," the company said in a statement. "Fresh Express has already been in contact with retailers who received the recalled items, instructing them to remove them from store shelves and stop any further shipments to stores from distribution centers and other inventories."
The FDA said the sample result matched the outbreak strain.
"We will continue to work with our partners and with Fresh Express to determine the source of this outbreak," said Frank Yiannas, the FDA's deputy commissioner for food policy and response. "We remain committed to transparency and providing updates as we learn more during our continuing traceback investigation."
Listeria monocytogenes is found in moist environments and can survive under refrigeration and other food preservation measures, the FDA says. When people eat food contaminated with the bacteria, they may develop listeriosis, a disease that, for most people, causes fever, muscle aches, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. The illness can be particularly dangerous and even fatal for the very young, elderly and immune-compromised.


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Alvandi, Roham (2014) Flirting with neutrality: the Shah, Khrushchev, and the failed 1959 Soviet–Iranian negotiations. Iranian Studies, 47 (3). pp. 419-440. ISSN 0021-0862Full text not available from this repository.
Despite the Eisenhower administration's strong support for the Pahlavi monarchy, tensions simmered under the surface of Mohammad Reza Shah's relationship with the United States throughout the 1950s. Following the Qarani coup attempt and the overthrow of the Iraqi monarchy in 1958, the shah sought to diminish the Soviet threat to his regime and reduce his dependence on the United States by exploring Moscow's offer of a non-aggression treaty. Drawing on American, British, and Iranian sources, this article provides the first detailed history of these secret Soviet–Iranian negotiations that ended in disastrous failure for the shah in February 1959.
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Netflix recently released a new documentary named Seaspiracy, directed by Ali Tabrizi. The documentary exposes the environmental damage caused by commercial fishing. Immediately, it received a lot of attention and backlash from the involved parties and interviewees due to the extreme claims made.
The documentary discusses environmental damage, species decline, and slavery all happening at the hands of the fishing industry.
The documentary is completely open to your own interpretation, but it is definitely worth the watch. Some scenes are alarming and controversial so be aware before you watch.
It calls for a major decline in the consumption of fish, which is hard for many communities that rely on fishing for their livelihoods. But if you are interested, give it a watch and start conversations with your family and friends!


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A bipartisan commission is recommending 5-percent pay hikes for Missouri's elected and state officials over the next two years.
If approved by the Legislature, the salary increases would be effective Feb. 1 and mark the first pay raise for the state's elected representatives and officials since 2004.
A similar proposed was nixed by lawmakers in 2017 and has already drawn opposition. Rep. Andrew McDaniel, R-Deering, who voted against the proposed 2017 pay raise for lawmakers, said he will file a resolution calling for the Legislature not to approve the salary bumps.
"Until we can keep our promises to the state employees across-the-board and to the teachers and stuff, I don't think any elected official deserves a pay raise," McDaniel told MissouriNet Radio. "That's pretty much the simple gist of it."
The Missouri Citizens' Commission on Compensation for Elected Officials last week submitted a budget request that outlines the proposed pay increases for the General Assembly and statewide officials.
The commission will meet Thursday for a final vote on its recommendations. If approved, the plan will be forwarded to the Legislature, which convenes its 2021 session on Jan. 8.
The commission recommends a yearly increase of 2.5 percent over the next two fiscal years. Under its proposal, most members of the state Senate and House would receive $37,711 a year by 2023 — up from about $35,000 now — while the Speaker of the House and President Pro Tem of the Senate would receive $40,336.
Statewide officials would see the same 5 percent salary increase over the next two years under the commission's proposal. The governor would receive $140,596 in the 2023 fiscal year, an increase of nearly $7,000 compared to the existing salary.
Senate President Pro Tem Dave Schatz, R-Sullivan, told MissouriNet that the commission's recommendations should not be viewed through an ideological lens.
"What I do believe is what it was designed to do was to not make it a political issue, where legislators weren't setting their pay," Schatz said. "But this commission has been charged with trying to address that in a fair and reasonable manner."
The commission, composed of 21 members selected by the governor and secretary of state, said the pay raises are warranted considering the Legislature's full range of responsibilities.
"The commission determined that although the legislator position may appear to be a part-time role in a citizens' legislature, the time required for the person elected to one of these positions is most often a full-time responsibility," it said. "The position entails more than just a January to mid-May, Monday through Thursday schedule. Constituents expect and need their legislators available for comments, concerns, and assistance year-round."
The pay increases would cost around $200,000 over both years, according to the commission.
"We noted that the statewide elected officials and legislators have foregone raises for the past 13 years," it said. "The commission believes compensation provides opportunities for a broad demographic of individuals in early, mid, senior, or retired career situations to service in these elected positions. Therefore, we feel it is important to begin a process of compensating these individuals as appropriate for their services. This is the first step toward resolving such inequities."
McDaniel said it is state employees and teachers who should receive a raise.
"When January comes around (for the session), hopefully it gets referred to committee right out the door and we get it all done and hopefully it gets to the Senate and they concur with what I believe and what probably the rest of the Missourians believe," McDaniel said.
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Gleaming brightwork is the eye candy that sets hopeless romantics dreaming about setting off over the horizon in a classic boat. But I know that transforming those fantasies involves a lot of work; with my partner, Capt. Rick Martell, I'm the co-owner of the 1935 Crocker ketch Land's End.
The reality is that varnish takes steadfast maintenance. If you'd rather spend more time sailing than sanding, a hull constructed of modern materials with brightwork accents — deck boxes, companionway washboards, grab rails — may be the more practical way to go (apologies to Capt. Rick). Or choose from among finishes that lend a snappy look to wood trim but involve less work. Heads will still turn and you'll be able to boast about the miles in your wake, too.
To get some basic pointers on proper varnish procedures, I sought out the advice of a professional varnisher. Michael Fletcher, of the yacht refinishing company Makai in Bristol, Rhode Island, cares for the likes of the Bruce King-designed White Hawk, the Herreshoff NY 50 Spartan and the W. Starling Burgess-designed Chips.
If anyone knows what it takes to keep tabs on a special fleet, it's Mike. If the high-luster look is what you're after, read on for his advice on how to turn your woodwork into artwork.
If you're not in the professional varnishing business, and don't have days on end to cater to trim and cabinetry, you'd still be wise to follow Mike's suggestions while considering alternative products that involve less application effort.
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- Before sanding and masking, the surface to be varnished should be washed with Joy dish detergent and water to neutralize any contaminants so they aren't sanded into the brightwork. Work in a clean area with clean tools.
- After washing, let the surface dry. Between applying coats, use a vacuum, tack cloths or cheesecloths and solvent to rid surfaces of debris.
- Mask transition points on the boat. This is where paint meets varnish meets hardware. Use masking tape. If possible, remove hardware — cleats, oarlocks, etc. Take your time to mask and do a good job.
- Consider weather and wind conditions before varnishing. In summer, varnish early, before it gets too hot and the sea breeze kicks in. In fall, the window becomes shorter due to late afternoon cooling. Give your freshly varnished surfaces sufficient time to dry so that the evening dew doesn't interfere with your anticipated glossy finish. In winter, varnish indoors.
- Choosing a one-part or two-part system is up to personal preference and product choice. Theoretically, two-part systems require more work up front but yield a more durable result and are meant to cut down on maintenance later. Some one-part systems help you keep the chore manageable by allowing application of multiple coats without sanding. Varnish alternatives are noted for their convenience of application but may not last as long in tropical marine environments.
- Carefully read the manufacturer's instructions before you start, and don't hesitate to call technical support.
- Thin the varnish enough to allow it to flow in any wind or heat conditions. Poke holes in the receiver trough at the rim of the varnish can so it drains back in. Take care to prevent any foreign matter from coming in contact with the varnish; pour varnish through a strainer to remove impurities, direct it to a clean paper or plastic pot.
- Between coats, sand or use 3M Scotch-Brite pads to give the next coat of varnish something to attach to.
- Before using new brushes, wash them with mineral spirits or paint thinner, and keep a few extra brushes in a clean container at the ready.
- After you've taken the time to varnish your brightwork, remember to take care of it. Wash with soap and fresh water after all outings, and follow up with a thorough wipe down with a chamois. Salt residue wreaks havoc with a beautiful varnish job and quickly reduces its longevity. If you don't have the time for a complete washdown, then at least give your boat a proper rinse.
Varnishing Supplies
- 3M 233+ Masking Tape: Good for general masking, good for teak; water and solvent resistant. Can be torn by hand. Use indoors.
- 3M 256: Marine outdoor green tape that can be used with two-part varnish systems. Treated flat-back surface has smooth, sharp edge. Retains shape when applied on horizontal surface.
- 3M 2080 Scotch Blue Painter's Tape: UV/sunlight resistant; low tack, holds strong, removes easily.
- 3M 2090 Scotch Blue painter's tape: Removes cleanly from surfaces up to 7 days outdoors or 14 days indoors. Recommended for interior and exterior painting projects.
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- 3M Scotch-Brite maroon (fine); gray (very fine)
- 3M Rubber Sanding Block
- 3M Stikit Gold Disc Roll Sandpaper
- Any sandpaper with 220, 320 grit
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- Seafit Tack Rags
- Disposable strainers
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Prepare your child ahead of time. "I wonder how long it will take us to play the Potty Game at Grandma's (the restaurant, the shopping mall, etc.)? Do you think it will take more time or less? Why? Hmm. What do you think we could do when we get there to go super fast?" When you arrive at a new destination, find the nearest potty, or count the number of potties to keep your Big Kid interested. So when it's time to go, your little learner will be confident knowing the location of the nearest loo. Be sure to pack your homemade Potty Book in your diaper bag. You can read the book together when trying out all the new potties on your journey.
For Longer Trips
Give your child the option to wear Pull-Ups®, even if they've been regularly wearing underpants. It simply helps decrease the travel stress for everyone. Using Pull-Ups now and again while on a long trip won't throw off your long-term potty training plan. Stick to it as much as is reasonable, knowing there might be setbacks when your family is off the usual routine. A child who is sometimes in undies but who will be going on a long trip might do best if Pull-Ups are used because "things are going to be so different today and sometimes we won't be able to play our potty game if the pilot says we must stay in our seats. So it's OK to use your Pull-Ups today." But a child who regularly wears undies might feel quite insulted at having to wear Pull-Ups again, and instead, parents should bring one along and have it handy "just in case" for use during the trip.
Regardless of your child's choice — undies or Pull-Ups — keep playing your potty games. You may need to let your child know when it may take longer than usual to find a potty, so don't let them feel discouraged. Here are some helpful scripts for taking the show on the road.
- "We're going on a trip today, and we will be in the plane/car for a long time. Will you feel more comfortable in your Pull-Ups, or in the underwear you've been wearing?"
- "When we play the Potty Game on the road, it may take a bit longer than usual to find a potty. So, the first moment that you feel like you have to go, let me know and we'll do our best to find a potty as soon as we can."
- "Sometimes, kids don't make it to the potty on time during long trips. That's OK. When we get to Grandma's house, we will be able to play our Potty Game again. No big deal."
- "How do you think we go potty in the airplane/train/bus? Do you think it will take longer or shorter to find a potty? Why? This should be fun, let's find out!"
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Did you know that students who study art are four times more likely to earn academic honors? Arts and crafts have been around for centuries, and there are many different ways that you can make art. From scrapbooking and sewing to painting, sculpting, and drawing, there are lots of different types of arts and crafts to enjoy, and you can explore many of them at home.
Take a Virtual Field Trip!
One way to really enjoy and appreciate arts and crafts from around the world is to take a virtual field trip to some of the world's most famous art museums. These tours can take you through museums and their collections without ever leaving home.
- Louvre Museum: Take a virtual tour through the Louvre and learn all about art and history.
- Smithsonian Learning Lab: Through this website, you can learn about art, history, and science using the Smithsonian's exhibits.
- LACMA at Home: Look at and learn about art with resources from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
- MetKids: Explore the Metropolitan Museum of Art by following a virtual map, hopping in their time machine, or watching videos.
- Museum of Modern Art for Kids: This website provides virtual tours for kids through an animated museum where kids can learn about art.
- British Museum of the World: This online tour will take you through time!
Interactive Art Games and Activities
A fun way to engage with arts and crafts is to try some fun games and activities online. These activities give an inside look at different types of arts and crafts, provide some history, and allow you to make your own art, too.
- A. Pintura, Art Detective: Solve a mystery while looking at famous paintings and learning about the different styles of famous painters in history.
- Create Your Own Picasso Head: Test your art skills by creating your own Picasso head.
- Tate Kids: Learn about art and history through fun activities and videos.
- Art History Puzzles: Play fun and creative art games and learn about famous artists and paintings along the way.
- Color With Leo: Use the portrait-making machine to learn how to draw yourself or someone you know.
- Beautiful Curves: Check out this interesting take on a classic free-drawing pad with vine-like lines.
- Thisissand: Create sand art online with this interactive tool.
Projects and Crafts
Crafts give art a little more dimension, rather than just a flat image. These projects can decorate a room or an entire home and make for an out-of-the-box crafting experience.
- Popsicle Stick Basket: Learn how to make an easy woven craft-stick basket at home and make it your own.
- Exoplanet Coloring Book: Get access to free NASA coloring pages to color in your own home.
- Hanging Rainbows: This project can be done with any leftover cardboard in the house and will brighten up any room.
- Clay Resist: Check out this website to learn how to make a unique clay project.
- Paper Plate Fish Craft: Make a beautiful paper plate fish to hang anywhere in the house.
- Clothespin Dragonflies: This website teaches how to make dragonfly clothespins that are cute and functional.
- Paper Plate Dream-Catcher: Make a colorful and unique dream-catcher out of paper plates.
- Jellyfish Salt Painting: Using salt, glue, and paint, this unique craft is sure to be a blast.
Drawing and Painting
If an individual wants something quicker and easier to make at home, drawing and painting are great options. One of the most basic options in art, drawing and painting can still be complex and beautiful. And there are plenty of resources online to help young artists learn how to draw and paint.
- Lunch Doodles With Mo Willems: Learn about drawing and create some art of your own with Mo Willems, author of Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! and other classics.
- Draw Mickey Mouse: This website teaches the steps to draw Mickey Mouse.
- How to Draw Faces: Take a beginner course on how to draw faces here.
- Colorful Tape and Watercolor: Grab a canvas, some watercolor paints, and some washi tape and get creative! This website teaches how to make some unique paintings everyone is sure to love.
- Popsicle Painting: A fun summer project is right around the corner with some easy (and easy to clean up) Popsicle paintings.
- Balloon Painting: Get creative by using balloons to paint.
Explore Careers in Art
If you've thought about a career in the arts, you have lots of different options to choose from. There are plenty of resources to help determine what options are out there and what might be the best fit for each person.
- Careers in Art: Check out this resource for some ideas on careers in the art field.
- Art Careers: This is a list of more than 150 careers in art.
- Career Paths in Art: This website provides a chart with art career options as well as an interview with a famous comic book writer about his career choice.
- Art and Design Careers: Learn about some of the most popular and unique careers in the field of art and design.
- Art Careers: Learn about different careers in different segments of the arts.
Additional Resources
- Art Supply List: Here is a list of art supplies to keep in the house to stay prepared.
- Recycled Crafts: If you don't have a lot of art supplies, you can still make art using things you might find around your house.


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(9:30 am - 4:30 pm)
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This training takes place over two sets of two days, approximately a week apart, 19-20 & 26-27 March 2019.
Trainer: Dr Philip McAleese, Consultant Clinical Psychologist
This four day course is open to those professionals who have undertaken Level 1 training and are beginning to use the principles and interventions of Dyadic Developmental Practice, Parenting and Psychotherapy in their day to day work. It focuses on gaining a deeper understanding of the theory, successes and barriers experienced by participants in applying the model in practice, more videos and discussion of DDP and the impact of participant's own attachment experiences.
It is helpful if participants have examples of their own DDP practice, such as case studies and/or recordings, to share with the group.
Recommended prior to attending the training: Attachment-Focused Family Therapy Workbook, Dan Hughes
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'RHOSLC' Star Jen Shah Says Kelly Dodd of 'RHOC' Is Her Least Favorite Housewife
Jen Shah is one of the new stars of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City that is causing waves across the franchise. The Bravo newbie has shown herself to be outspoken and not afraid to speak her mind, just like fans like it. Shah recently shocked viewers when she revealed that her least favorite housewife across all franchises was Kelly Dodd of The Real Housewives of Orange County.
Why does Jen Shah not like Kelly Dodd?
Shah has been a breakout hit as RHOSLC premiered on Bravo due to her outspoken nature. The Polynesian reality TV personality has a brewing feud with co-star Mary Cosby that seems to be heating up as the season moves along. However, the feud that no one else started was the one that she undoubtedly started when she called out Dodd.
During an appearance on Access Hollywood's Housewives Nightcap, Shah was played a game with the hosts. One of the questions was to say which housewife of all the franchises was her least favorite, something she answered without much hesitation.
"Least favorite would be Kelly Dodd," Shah said. "I don't know her personally, I'm just basing this off of what I've seen of her social opinions, coronavirus opinions, wearing a mask opinions, they're very much against of what my own personal beliefs are."
RELATED: 'RHOC': Shannon Beador Reacts To Kelly Dodd's Controversial Coronavirus Comments
Kelly Dodd causes drama with coronavirus comments
As the world came to a standstill following the breakout of COVID-19, there was little to no information about the virus available to the public. The novel coronavirus had only been identified a couple of months ago and there were no real statistics or numbers out there. However, that didn't stop the RHOC star from making controversial comments that were deemed insensitive by some fans.
"That many that die anyway, they would've died this year, they were compromised," Dodd wrote back in April 2020. "Do you know how many people died from the H1N1, the Swine Flu or Sars? It's 25%, get your facts straight. You are only hearing numbers, not the reality. It's God's way of thinning the herd. If you are vulnerable or compromised, stay inside. If you don't protect others by wearing masks and gloves, keep your distance and don't go out if you are ill. It's common sense."
RELATED: Lala Kent Calls Out 'RHOC' Star Kelly Dodd for Braunwyn Windham-Burke 'Rampage'
Kelly Dodd apologizes after backlash
There was undoubtedly major pushback from fans which in turn forced Dodd to publicly apologize for her statements. Dodd did her best to try to explain what she really meant but for many it wasn't enough to take her seriously again.
"I want to give a public apology," she started. "What I meant was, do these pandemics happen because it's God's way? I'm not God, I'm not insensitive. I feel bad for all the families who have lost loved ones. And I do think we should all stay home and protect everybody. That's not what I meant, and I want to apologize to anybody who got offended. I'm sorry."
RELATED: 'Disgusting and Desperate': Vicki Gunvalson Reacts To 'RHOC' Mention in Latest Episode
"I just feel bad," she continued. "My choice of words were stupid and I hope you guys can all forgive me for saying something so ridiculous and so stupid. Please accept my apology. And I feel bad for everybody out there that has lost loved ones. I hope everybody is safe and protects themselves against this pandemic."
The Real Housewives of Orange County airs Wednesday nights at 9 p.m. ET followed by The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City at 10 p.m. ET on Bravo.


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Monroe Central softball falls in sectional
All runs must eventually end, and for the Monroe Central softball team, that moment came Friday afternoon.
The Golden Bears saw their season come to a close at their own Class A sectional with a 4-2 loss to Tri in the title game. Monroe Central (15-13) had rolled through its first two sectional foes by a combined score of 22-3, but could not recover after falling behind against the Titans (11-10).
Tri pulled ahead early on a solo home run and steadily built the lead to 4-0 after the fifth inning. But the Bears fought back, and had two on early in the seventh down 4-1 before Tri held on. It was the second season in a row Tri ended the Golden Bears' season.
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Compost Bedding Pack Barns
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Compost bedding pack (CBP) barns are an interesting alternative to tie-stall or free-stall housing for milking cows. A CBP barn is similar to a loose-housing barn, except the pack is managed differently. In a CBP barn, the pack area is cultivated twice per day to keep the pack aerobic and composting. Some producers consider this option a less expensive alternative to free-stall housing; others consider it for cow comfort benefits (Figure 1).
CBP barn layouts have advantages and disadvantages:
- Cows can choose their lying position.
- Pack is very comfortable.
- Pack is designed to conver to 3-row free-stall barn.
- Total area is 14 m2 (150 ft2)/cow total area.
- Layout requires at least 9.5 m2 (100 ft2) of bedding space per cow.
- Sawdust bedding works best.
- Potential for udder health problems exists.
- Layout requires dealing with two forms of manure: solid and liquid.
Figure 1. Compost bedding pack barns provide excellent cow comfort.
Pack Management
Keeping the pack composting requires careful management. Dry, dusty sawdust is the best material for bedding, as it breaks down easily during the composting process. Some producers add chopped, dry wallpaper to the sawdust to increase the absorbency and aid in the composting process. Other producers use chopped straw for bedding. The straw must be finely chopped using a bale processor. It does not compost as well as sawdust. Other materials, such as soybean straw, corn cobs and corn stalks have been tried, but sawdust is the best. Cedar sawdust will not compost.
Add new sawdust whenever the cows appear wet or bedding starts to stick to the cows. Also add bedding to any wet spot that appears in the pack. Some producers add bedding every 2 weeks to a month; some add it weekly.
Cultivate the pack twice per day to a depth of 25-30 cm (10-12 in.) (Figure 2), using a spring tooth cultivator or a chisel plow.
Figure 2.Cultivate the pack twice a day, to a depth of 25-30 cm (10-12 in.)
Table 1. Conditions for composting
|CBP Barns
|Carbon to nitrogen ratio (C:N)
|25:1 to 30:1
|11.2:1 to 20.9:1
|Moisture content (% wet basis)
|Temperature (°C)
In a parlour barn, the pack can be cultivated when the cows are being milked. In a robotic milking barn, the pack is usually cultivated when fresh feed is added. Cows get used to the cultivation practice, and most will move out of the way when they hear the tractor.
Table 1 compares the preferred conditions for composting, compared to samples taken from eight different CBPs, from a study by Russelle et al., 2007.
The data collected, compared to the preferred conditions for proper composting, suggested that the pack material was not composting in the traditional sense. Even so, the researchers concluded that the heat and biological activity of the pack were sufficient to control environmental mastitis organisms and fly larvae.
Good ventilation is required in all dairy barns. Natural ventilation is usually used with many producers adding some form of supplemental ventilation to reduce heat stress. Supplemental ventilation is a must in CBP barns, as the pack gives off a tremendous amount of heat. Either basket or high-volume, low-speed (HVLS) fans can be used to reduce heat stress (Figure 3). The added ventilation also helps keep the pack dry.
Figure 3. Suppmental ventilation is necessary to cool and dry the pack.
Manure Management
Two types of manure are produced in CBP barns. Liquid manure is produced in the feed alley and can be handled by tractor or skid steer scrapers or by automatic alley scrapers. The CBP manure is a solid. Some producers will clean out the pack twice a year; others with limited access designs may only do it once. Never clean out the pack completely; leave some material to start the composting process when new material is added.
Composting requires nutrients, moisture and heat. Mastitis organisms also require nutrients, moisture and heat, so careful management is required to make sure the right organisms are growing and not harmful ones. Producers have experienced severe problems when they ran out of sawdust and the pack became too wet or the composting process got out of balance.
Another challenge is ensuring a steady supply of good sawdust for bedding. Wood products are also sought after for fuel, and this competition is making it more difficult to obtain good-quality sawdust in some areas.
Drawings are for illustrative purposes and are not intended for use as building plans.
Figure 4. Compost bedding pack barns can be designed to conver to free stall housing (1 ft. = 0.304m).
Cows in CBP barns are milked in either a parlour or robotically. The cow area resembles a free-stall barn with a pack replacing the free stalls. There is drive-through feeding, a feed manger, a feed alley next to the manger, then the pack. To maintain flexibility, design the barn so the pack area can be replaced with free stalls in the future (Figure 4). A pack area equivalent to the area for a 3-row free-stall barn works out well, giving each cow about 75 cm (30 in.) of manger space.
Pack Area - Design the pack to provide at least 9.5 m2 (100 ft2)/cow for Holstein cows (Figure 5). Anything less than this requires a lot more bedding to keep the cows clean and dry. More area is better, as it will improve comfort and require less bedding to keep the cows clean and comfortable. This type of housing is used by dairy producers in Israel. They use little to no bedding as the country is more arid, and they provide almost 18.5 m2 (200 ft2)/cow of pack area. Israel has the highest milk production in the world.
Figure 5. Drawing showing layout design of compost bedding pack barn.
Figure 6. Compost bedding pack barn with continuous access to feed alley (1 ft = 0.304 m).
Two methods are used to separate the feed alley from the pack.
Continuous Access - Continuous access allows the cows to move from the feed alley to the CBP at any point along the feed alley (Figures 6 and 7). This results in a drier transition area from the feed alley to the pack. It also results in a sloped front to the entire pack, which reduces the storage capacity of the pack. Roll-over or spring-loaded arm gates are used to separate the cows from the pack for cultivation or clean-out.
Figure 7. Continuous access keeps the transition between the alley and the pack drier.
Figure 8. Compost bedding pack barn with limited access to feed alley (1 ft = 0.304 m).
Limited Access - Limited access separates the feed alley and the pack with separate gated openings in a 1.2-m (4-ft) high wall. The wall allows the pack to build up evenly, resulting in more storage capacity (Figures 8 and 9). The access points will become wet and dirty if extra bedding is not added at these points.
Figure 9.Limited access allows more storage in the pack.
Waterer Location - Waterers are usually located at the edge of the feed alley next to the pack. They are protected by a wall or piping so the cows can only drink from the feed alley side. This keeps the pack drier (Figure 10).
Figure 10. Locate waterers so the pack stays dry.
Compost bedding pack barns are an interesting management alternative for dairy producers. Pack barns provide very comfortable conditions for the cow as she is free to lie down and rise as if she were on pasture. The pack is also very soft. Sawdust is the best bedding but is becoming more difficult to source as it is sought for fuel. Keeping the pack composting properly requires careful management or severe udder health problems can occur.
Barberg, A.J., M.I. Endres and K.A. Janni. 2007. Compost dairy barns in Minnesota: A descriptive study. Appl. Eng. Agric. 23:231-238.
Janni, K.A., M.I. Endres, J.K. Reneau and W.W. Schoper. 2007. Compost dairy barn layout and management recommendations. Appl. Eng. Agric. 23:97-102.
Lang, B., H.K. House, N.G. Anderson and J. Rodenburg. 2012. Free Stall Housing Manual. Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Guelph, ON.
Russelle, M., K. Blanchet and L. Everett. 2007. Characteristics and Fertilizer Value of Compost Dairy Barn Manure. Proc. of the National Compost Dairy Barn Conference. June 21 & 22, 2007. Burnsville, MN.
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Hatching at Woluwe-Saint-Pierre!
4:46:10 p.m.: the first 2022 Peregrine falcon chick is hatched at Woluwe-Saint-Pierre!
The hatching of the eggs was expected to happen around April 27, considering a "normal" incubation of 32 days, but as it was the case in Uccle and Brussels-City, the incubation period was extended by 4 days. This seems to confirm that the (very) low temperatures recorded in Brussels at the beginning of April, when incubation had started for only a few days, had an effect on the development of the chicks. Here is another example of the profound influence of the weather on the annual cycle of animals. If these meteorological "abnormalities" follow one another, we are in a context of phenological disturbances resulting from climate change.
Since morning, at least one chick has been cheeping while still in its eggshell. This is a normal phenomenon, it marks the beginning of communication between individuals. But it's always impressive and exciting to watch an egg yelling!
After hours of methodically work chiselling the shell on the side of the large end, the falcon chick manages to "pop" what is now an egg shell hood. Using its legs, it then pushes itself out of the other part of the shell. This last part of the hatching process is clearly visible in video 1. We even see a small wing stretching stealthily! The female raises herself up slightly for a few moments, probably to make it easier for her chick by giving him more space. Hence, the parents never intervene in the hatching process. They do not help their chicks. It must extract itself from the shell. On the other hand, at the very moment the chick has hatched, the mother falcon covers it and keeps it warm. It shouldn't get cold!
Still on video 1, we see another behaviour: the female eats the organic matter that remains in the egg shell! It's always like that ! We may think that it must be particularly nutritious substances! Listen closely, you can distinctly hear two kinds of cheeping, one sounding more dull than the other. A second falcon chick, still in the egg, begins to communicate with the outside world.
At 7:30 p.m., the male arrives for the first time at the nest since hatching occurred. He brings a blackbird to the female who raises herself up from the eggs and her chick, seizes the prey and flies away immediately. The male, perched on the edge of the balcony, discovers the spectacle. His first 2022 falcon chick is well and truly hatched. He looks to the left, to the right and takes over the incubation task. However, he does not feed the chick.
Twenty minutes later, the female returns. She enters directly into the nest, next to the male who immediately slips away. She doesn't feed the falcon either. It's not necessary ! In the last hours before hatching, it has absorbed the rest of the yolk (or "yellow egg mass"), a concentrate of energy, in its stomach. The phenomenon is most likely explained by the fact that in the event of bad weather and therefore the impossibility for the parents to feed their new-born young, the latter will be able to survive at least 24 hours without external food supply. And here again, we can discover the difference in behaviour between individuals. By comparison, at the cathedral, the couple tried to feed their falcon when it was only a few hours old. And it didn't work. Is it related to the inexperience of the cathedral couple? Or is it a difference in intellectual capacity?
Three eggs have yet to hatch in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, this will probably be for tonight and tomorrow. Patience!
Video 1. Hatching of the first 2022 falcon chick from Woluwe-Saint-Pierre.
Video 2. The male discovers his first 2022 chick.
Video 3. The female returns to relay the male while incubating the chick and the 3 eggs still to hatch.