When I was first introduced with the principles of Lean thinking, my coach started off by making it clear we are not talking about a way to lose weight. A few years later, I would like to revisit and challenge that statement. Having learned more about the Kanban principles since, I think there are clear similarities.
Since the eating process is generally defined by our biology, I'll focus on flow.
The starting point is late 2011, when I realized that unless I seriously change something I will continue accumulating weight. During my adult life I was always somewhat overweight, but at that point my weight was already a cause of grief and low self esteem.
We often eat for all kinds of reasons: schedule, habit, availability, social circumstances, boredom. None of those is directly related to a biological need: first comes one of those reasons, next we eat. A Push system. The result is Fat, the biological equivalent of Inventory. This is where we store over-production.
The natural Pull system is the Hunger mechanism. Our body needs more energy, so our minds signal "eat now".
I don't know how it is for others, but I find it hard to free myself from all the social and psychological layers hiding and tempering with the basic hunger mechanism, so I needed to establish an alternative pull system.
To create pull, I needed to adjust the calorie intake to be just enough for the energy I spend. Since I didn't plan to rely on hunger, I needed a forecast of the energy demand, and a way to adjust the estimation.
Smartphones are great. A calorie calculator app provided an easy way to estimate a daily calorie budget, to visualize my calorie intake and my weight reduction rate.
Keeping within budget meant I have an explicit policy. I would need to plan what I eat, and choose between alternatives in a conscious way.
Once the first signs of success started to show, and some eating habits were established, I was ready to change further aspects of my diet. Here are a couple of examples.
While tracking my calorie consumption against a budget, I noticed it was much harder for me to keep to the plan on weekends and holidays. I realized that some habits are harder to change, but they surfaced only after I got the work days under control. For example, I didn't really have to take a serving of every single dish on the table at family dinners. It is not really an insult to the host.
Two things that supported this journey.
Intention - I realized being overweight wasn't acceptable to me anymore while preparing to hold a workshop about Christopher Avery's Responsibility Process. One of the things he teaches is getting clarity on what I want. This was a strong motivator for me.
I managed to lose 18 kg (around 40 pounds) within a year.
I feel much better, can run faster and longer, and I'm proud of my achievement.
I can't say I decided to lose weight by applying lean principles, but I'm quite sure those principles were there to support me. Elements such as sustainable pace, explicit policies, visualization, continuous improvement, and discipline are common to both.


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Sven/Barman, Brainville at Night, First Draft Theatre Co. February 2013 – 3rd May 2014, Brockley Jack Theatre, London and Old Red Lion Theatre, London.
Suzanna Andler 1996 – 1997, Theatre Royal, Bath.
Marya 1989 – 1990, Old Vic, London.
Tuzenbakh, Three Sisters 1985 – 1986, Bristol Old Vic.
Composer, Henry IV, Part 1 1984 – 1985, Theatre Royal, Bath.
Chorus, Antigone, National Theatre 15th May – ? 1984, Cottesloe Theatre, National Theatre.
Brabe; Officer, Venice Preserv'd, National Theatre started 6th April 1984, Lyttelton Theatre, National Theatre, London.
Dr Kendall; O'Rorke, Typhoid Mary, Royal Shakespeare Company 3rd March 1983 (press night), Pit, London.
Dave (Bass), Jungle Music 1979, Contact Theatre, Manchester.
Music by, Savage Amusement, Royal Shakespeare Company 5th July 1978 (press night), Warehouse, London.
White Suit Blues 1977 – 1978, Old Vic, London.
The Crucible 1975 – 1976, Bristol Old Vic.
Tartuffe 1975 – 1976, Drama Department, Bristol University.
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Celebrating Saint Patrick's Day is fun tradition that has been carried on throughout the ages. It is so fun and easy to make or buy a card to give to a friend or a loved one. Why not use this day to share some joy and love with those in your life?
I have collected some quotes, blessings, sayings, and the like that might be suitable to put into a card. Some are funny, and some are sweet or thoughtful. I hope you enjoy, and happy Saint Patrick's Day to you and yours!
"May your paths bloom with shamrocks, and your heart ring with songs, and the sky smile with bright sunshine all this happy day long."
"Bless your little Irish heart - and every other Irish part."
"A wee bit O' Sunshine and Joy, that is what you are. Happy Saint Patrick's Day."
"May those who love us, love us more.
So we might know them by their limping."
"Kiss Me, I'm Irish! Happy Shamrock Day!"
"May you live as long as you want, and never want as long as you shall live."
"May the love and protection Saint Patrick can give, be yours in abundance as long as you may live."
"Tis a grand thing to celebrate the Irish. Here's to proud memories, warm feelings, and the best wishes one can send on Saint Patrick's Day and always.".
"There are good ships, and there are wood ships, the ships that sail the sea. But the best ships are friendships, and may they forever be."
"Wishing you the Luckiest Saint Patrick's Day ever."
"Here's to a long life and a merry one.
A cold beer, and another one!"
That stay with you all year long."
and guide you in whatever you might do.
May his loving protection be a blessing to you always."
"A true friend is like a four leaf clover - Hard to find but so lucky to have."
all the favors you are owed!"
"St. Patrick's Day is an enchanted time, a day to begin transforming winter's dreams into summer's magic. Happy Saint Patrick's Day."
"May you live to be a hundred years, plus one extra year to repent."
While love and faith abide."
"May you always walk in the sunshine.
May good luck pursue you each morning and into the night."
Be with you forever after."
Be with you this Saint Patrick's Day!"
Consider making a homemade card or note. You might be surprised how much joy it can bring to a person! Everyone loves to receive a card. At your local Hallmark card store and others, you can find Saint Patrick's Day cards as well.
I was first turned on to holiday cards when I found one for my Great Aunt, who is Irish. I have since made some of my own using rubber stamps and card making supplies. It is a lot of fun no matter how you give a card. It puts a smile on someone's face, and that is what is important. Happy Saint Patrick's Day.
Have you ever given or received a Saint Patricks Day Card?
Hello Denise, You and I have a few things in common, like being Irish, and loving the poem about the road rising to meet you.
I love hearing about people's family traditions like your corned beef and cabbage meal that your mother would make. In my family we have a lot of Irish and Italian, so that is something we have in common as well. Your mother sounds like a wonderful woman, like when she wanted to honor your father's paternal roots and that heritage.
Thanks for your visit here, your votes, and comment. I wish you a very Happy Saint Patty's Day!
I'm part Irish and have always loved the poem about the road rising to meet you.
My mother would make sure she had the St Paddy meal (corned beef and cabbage) and cards for my dad and kids. She was as Italian as The Godfather, but would always honor the paternal roots for my dad.


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Billing director at care provider arrested in Arkansas Medicaid fraud case by Eric Besson | August 22, 2018 at 4:30 a.m.
A former Preferred Family Healthcare billing director arrested on two felony counts of Medicaid fraud received pay from an Arkansas lobbying firm and a "separate" mental health care provider, according to court documents.
Helen Balding, 47, arrested Monday, was described in an investigator's affidavit as an "accomplice" to former company executive Robin Raveendran, who is accused of directing employees to improperly bill Medicaid.
Raveendran was arrested June 29 on two felony counts of Medicaid fraud. He told Preferred Family employees by email to file forged claims totaling $2.3 million between January 2015 and October 2017, authorities said.
Balding is accused of carrying out that order despite knowing it was improper.
Balding's last day of employment at Preferred Family was March 20, said company spokesman Reginald McElhannon, who did not say whether she resigned or was fired.
Balding was hired in November 2009 by Alternative Opportunities, which merged with Preferred Family in May 2015, McElhannon said. Preferred Family's name was retained, but Alternative Opportunities executives were installed in key positions, including chief executive officer and chief officers over finance, clinical operations, and operations.
Balding received $59,000 from one of lobbyist Rusty Cranford's firms and $85,000 from a separate, unnamed "mental health Medicaid provider" between January 2015 and December 2017, according to an affidavit signed by Rhonda Swindle, who investigates Medicaid fraud in the attorney general's office.
Balding also earned "at least $194,000" in that two-year span from Preferred Family, the affidavit says.
Cranford and Raveendran "arranged [Balding's] positions with these other entities," according to the document, which was filed in Independence County Circuit Court on Aug. 16. It does not address whether her non-Preferred Family compensation was related to the fraud accusations.
Cranford earlier this year pleaded guilty to bribing Arkansas officials as a wide-ranging federal public-corruption investigation continues in Arkansas and Missouri. Cranford also worked as Preferred Family's director of Arkansas operations and arranged kickbacks to lawmakers who directed money to the nonprofit, according to court documents.
Raveendran joined Preferred Family in 2014 as its director of program integrity, also serving as executive vice president and analyst. Before joining the behavioral-health provider, Raveendran worked as chief program administrator for the state Department of Human Services program integrity unit.
"One of Cranford's closest associates was Robin Raveendran," the affidavit says. "The full scope of their relationship is the subject of an ongoing investigation involving multiple companies."
Four former state lawmakers have pleaded guilty to or have been convicted of bribery, conspiracy and embezzlement charges stemming from two federal investigations, one in Arkansas and one in Missouri. Court pleadings have largely focused on Preferred Family, until this year one of Arkansas' largest providers of Medicaid-eligible outpatient mental-health services.
The state's Medicaid fraud investigation began in 2016 after the FBI contacted Attorney General Leslie Rutledge's office, documents say.
The attorney general's office filed the charges against both Raveendran and Balding in Independence County.
Though the FBI's initial tip fizzled because too much time had elapsed since the alleged crime, Rutledge's office said it learned that "several" providers under Medicaid fraud investigation -- mostly in the field of mental health -- were "all connected to a small group" of lobbyists and consultants, Swindle's affidavit says. So the attorney general's Medicaid fraud unit opened "one large investigation."
The Arkansas Department of Human Services discontinued Medicaid reimbursement to Preferred Family after Raveendran's arrest. The nonprofit, which operates in five states, has since announced that it is in negotiations to sell its Arkansas mental-health and substance-abuse facilities to TrueNorth, a sister company of a Russellville firm.
Multiple former Preferred Family executives were forced out as the investigation unfolded. Court documents implicated former members of the nonprofit's executive team in crimes involving Cranford and former lawmakers, but those executives have not been charged.
In Balding's case, a probable-cause affidavit says she fraudulently billed the free insurance program for children and low-income Arkansans despite knowing that state regulations require providers to verify that other insurers won't cover the costs.
Specifically, Preferred Family billed Medicaid when it could have billed Medicare, federally funded insurance for the elderly. Medicaid's reimbursement rates are higher than those allowed under Medicare, according to court documents.
Balding, a former Fayetteville resident, surrendered Monday at the Independence County jail and left after posting bond, said Cody Franks, a jailer. Rutledge's office announced the arrest Tuesday.
"The alleged actions of these former [Alternative Opportunities] leaders and employees do not reflect the integrity and values Preferred Family Healthcare represents, and which our current employees exhibit daily," McElhannon said in a printed statement.
McElhannon, citing multiple ongoing investigations, declined to answer specific questions about when company leadership became aware of the alleged Medicaid fraud scheme and when it ended.
Swindle's affidavit said current Preferred Family leadership has "fully cooperated throughout this investigation," including granting access to internal emails, notes and data.
A month ago, Balding moved to New Braunfels, Texas, about 30 miles northeast of San Antonio, and stopped communicating with investigators, the affidavit says. She did not respond to a message left on her cellphone Tuesday afternoon.
Metro on 08/22/2018
Print Headline: Billing director at care provider arrested in Arkansas Medicaid fraud case


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Outline of the Historical and Comparative Grammar of Latin represents an altogether novel approach to its subject. Most innovative is the format: instead of technical prose acting as an obstacle to non-specialists, each of the forty-five chapters consists of an outline providing exactly the information essential to the student and simultaneously acting as a ready reference tool. But this is no bare-bones work. Supplementing the outline are numerous penetrating notes with a wealth of additional information and important new observations and ideas. After initial chapters on Indo-European comparative philology, the history of writing in Italy, and the pronunciation of Latin, the book treats the language's entire historical phonology and morphology in detail, followed by a full and enlightening chapter on syntax—a topic that rarely receives the coverage it deserves. Thousands of textual citations from Roman authors of all periods firmly ground the data in their philological context. The broader linguistic milieu of ancient Italy is also covered, with a whole chapter devoted to Etruscan; and rounding out the book is a rich overview of the later evolution of Latin into the Romance languages. The result is the first truly comprehensive, accessible, and up-to-date history of Latin from its prehistoric beginnings down to its medieval and modern descendants. Clear, thorough, and exhaustively researched, this Outline will be essential reading for students and specialists in Classics and Indo-European studies for many years to come.
The book is accompanied by a blog which will post corrigenda and addenda on a regular basis.
Since receiving his Ph.D. in Linguistics in 1993 from Cornell, Michael Weiss has held teaching posts in the Classics departments at Yale and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and is currently Professor of Linguistics at Cornell. He is the author of a number of influential articles on Classical and Indo-European linguistics and etymology, and has special interests in the linguistic and cultural histories of Greek, Latin, and the Sabellic languages. Weiss has also recently authored Language and Ritual in Sabellic Italy (Brill, 2010), a lexical and cultural investigation of the Third Iguvine Table.
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#12: Legendary Encounters Alien, Descent (2nd ed), Video Game Crossovers that we want to see, Counter-Clock World by Philip K. Dick, and music news inc Accept & Rage
August 3, 2017 Meddlesome Meeples Show
In episode 12 we talk about the cooperative (well for the most part!) deckbuilder Legendary Encounters: Alien from Upper Deck, based on the Alien film franchise, and the classic dungeon crawler Descent: Journeys In The Dark (second edition) from Fantasy Flight Games. We talk about the video game crossovers we want to see, involving putting characters from one game into another and why. Richard talks about the scifi novel Counter-Clock World by Philip K. Dick (best known for Blade Runner), while Matt and Heather discuss new albums from Accept and Rage, plus some sad obituaries, in the music news. This episode is also available as an audio podcast from iTunes, Stitcher, and Blubrry, some links at the bottom of this post.… Read More
#11: Blood Of An Englishman, Robin, Best Host for Facehuggers & Chestbursters, Shadow Over Innsmouth, Music News
In Episode 11 we discuss the games Blood Of An Englishman and Robin (by Frederic Moyersoen, designer of Saboteur), the scifi horror novella The Shadow Over Innsmouth, and debate who would be the most terrifying host for a Facehugger/Chestburster from the Aliens film franchise. Plus, music news with releases from Edguy, Quiet Riot, Blind Guardian, Kryptonite and Empire, tour date info for Night Ranger and Tyketto, and more!… Read More
#10 – Biblios, Multiuniversum, Stargate SG-1, Hyperion, Mr. Big and more
The Meeples discuss the games Biblios from Iello and Multiuniversum from Board and Dice, the novel Hyperion by Dan Simmons, Stargate SG-1, Jack O'Neill and alternative uses for the stargate, and music news including Mr. Big, Saxon, DaVinci, Lionheart, Soul Enema and Warner Drive.… Read More
#9 – UK Games Expo, Aztec Century, Best Star Trek Crew, & Music News
We talk about our trip to the UK Games Expo 2017, as well as the games Legends Untold, Farsight, and Colt Express, the alternate history novel Aztec Century by Christopher Evans, choose the ultimate Star Trek crew, and in the music news we talk about TEN's new album Gothica, Mr. Big, All 41, and the latest UK concert news.… Read More
#8 Mansions Of Madness, Fahrenheit 451, Angelwings & Star Wars/Red Dwarf Mashup – Meddlesome Meeples
We look at the Lovecraftian sci-fi horror game Mansions of Madness (Second Edition) and discuss some it's criticisms, Richard presents the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Matt and Heather look at the music news including a review of the debut album by Angelwings, and we consider ways that Star Wars: A New Hope would have been different if Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker had hired the Starbug (Red Dwarf crew) to get them to Alderaan instead of Han Solo and Chewbacca in the Millennium Falcon.
0:17 – Intro
7:02 – Mansions Of Madness (The Quest Report)
22:42 – Mansions Of Madness – The Criticisms and the App Vs Descent App (The Quest Report)
44:47 – Music News and Angelwings "The Edge Of Innocence" review (The Bards Corner)
53:48 – A New Hope for a Red Dwarf in Mos Eisley (Tiny Meeples, Big Talk)
1:13:38 – Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (Tome Talk)
1:30:36 – Meeples Goodbye… Read More
Ep 7 – Rick & Morty: Totall Rickall, Room 25, Worst Heroes to Live With, Magician by Feist, & music news inc Jorn
6:03 – Rick & Morty: Total Rickall The Card Game
19:47 – Room 25 & Room 25 Season 2
36:03 – Music News: Jorn, TEN, Mr. Big, Blind Guardian & Edu Falaschi
41:36 – Which Superheroes Would Be The Worst To Live With?
1:16:13 – Magician (Riftwar book 1) by Raymond E. Feist
1:27:57 – Meeples Out
1:29:33 – Credits… Read More
#5: Archer, Vast, Eye Of The World, music news, and the Enterprise VS Star Destroyer
In episode 5 of The Meddlesome Meeples Show, we catch up with the Meeples, discuss the games Archer Once You Go Blackmail by AEG and Vast The Crystal Caverns by Leder Games, chat about the fantasy novel The Eye Of The World by Robert Jordan, present the music news with some exciting album releases, discuss who would win in a battle between the U.S.S. Enterprise and an Imperial Star Destroyer, worry about Matt pushing boundaries, suspect Heather of being a Disney Princess, and we receive a visit from a galaxy far, far away… … Read More
Meddlesome Meeples Show Episode 6
May 4, 2017 Meddlesome Meeples Show
In episode 6 we catch up with the Meeples and talk about the Discworld Ankh-Morpork board game by Martin Wallace and Game Of Blame by Warm Acre. Richard talks about Space Ranger, an early sci-fi novel by Asimov, Matt presents the music news including new albums from Warrant and Harem Scarem, and the Meeples discuss whether DC's The Flash really is the fastest man alive by putting him into hypothetical races with Quicksilver (Marvel) and Sonic The Hedgehog. … Read More
The Meddlesome Meeples Show – Episode 4
April 9, 2017 Meddlesome Meeples Show
The Meddlesome Meeples discuss the deckbuilding game Temp Worker Assassins by David Newton, Pandemic: Reign of Cthulhu from Z-Man games, Music news, including Goldray, Crazy Lixx and Adrenaline Rush, as well as the question "What would be the best pet from sci-fi/fantasy", and the novel Marrow by Robert Reed.
You can find lots of videos and audio podcasts here on our website.
This episode was hosted by Matt, Heather and Richard, and featured narration by Greyskarn The Black, The Herald and The Assassin, and features the following songs:
Evil Sword – "Goblin King"
Evil Sword – "Dance All Night"
Pipe Choir – "Ignite To Light"
Scott Holmes – "Happy Whistle"
Eidetic Seeing – "It's Brick Out"… Read More
March 23, 2017 Meddlesome Meeples Show
In this episode of The Meddlesome Meeples Show, Matt and Richard take a look at the board games Martians: A Story of Civilization and Tragedy Looper, Heather and Matt present a roundup of the album releases for March 2017, Matt and Richard discuss the novel The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell, and in a special segment of Tiny Meeples, Big Talk address the question "Which science fiction vessel would be the best to live on?"
This video is narrated by Greyskarn The Black, and features the following songs:
Astrometrics – " Ram It Up Their Snout"
Eidetic Seeing – "It's Brick Out"


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2960.3070 FOSTER PARENT TRAINING.
Subpart 1.
Orientation.
A nonrelative foster parent must complete a minimum of six hours of orientation before admitting a foster child. Orientation is required for relative foster parents who will be licensed as a child's foster parents. Orientation for relatives must be completed within 30 days following the initial placement. The foster parent's orientation must include items A to E:
emergency procedures, including evacuation routes, emergency telephone numbers, severe storm and tornado procedures, and location of alarms and equipment;
relevant laws and rules, including, but not limited to, chapter 9560 and Minnesota Statutes, chapters 245A, 260, 260C, and 260E, and legal issues and reporting requirements;
cultural diversity, gender sensitivity, culturally specific services, cultural competence, and information about discrimination and racial bias issues to ensure that caregivers will be culturally competent to care for foster children according to Minnesota Statutes, section 260C.212, subdivision 11;
information about the role and responsibilities of the foster parent in the development and implementation of the case plan and in court and administrative reviews of the child's placement; and
requirements of the licensing agency.
Subp. 2.
In-service training.
Each foster parent must complete a minimum of 12 hours of training per year in one or more of the areas in this subpart or in other areas as agreed upon by the licensing agency and the foster parent. If the foster parent has not completed the required annual training at the time of relicensure and does not show good cause why the training was not completed, the foster parent may not accept new foster children until the training is completed. The nonexclusive list of topics in items A to Z provides examples of in-service training topics that could be useful to a foster parent:
cultural competence and transcultural placements;
adoption and permanency;
crisis intervention, including suicide prevention;
sexual offender behaviors;
children's psychological, spiritual, cultural, sexual, emotional, intellectual, and social development;
legal issues including liability;
foster family relationships with placing agencies and other service providers;
first aid and life-sustaining treatment such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation;
preparing foster children for independent living;
parenting children who suffered physical, emotional, or sexual abuse or domestic violence;
chemical dependency, and signs or symptoms of alcohol and drug abuse;
mental health and emotional disturbance issues;
Americans with Disabilities Act and Individuals With Disabilities Education Act;
caring for children with disabilities and disability-related issues regarding developmental disabilities, emotional and behavioral disorders, and specific learning disabilities;
privacy issues of foster children;
physical and nonphysical behavior guidance, crisis de-escalation, and discipline techniques, including how to handle aggression for specific age groups and specific issues such as developmental disabilities, chemical dependency, emotional disturbances, learning disabilities, and past abuse;
birth families and reunification;
effects of foster care on foster families;
home safety;
emergency procedures;
child and family wellness;
sexual orientation;
disability bias and discrimination;
management of sexual perpetration, violence, bullying, and exploitative behaviors;
medical technology-dependent or medically fragile conditions; and
separation, loss, and attachment.
Medical equipment training.
Foster parents who care for children who rely on medical equipment to sustain life or monitor a medical condition must meet the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 245A.155.
Statutory Authority:
L 1995 c 226 art 3 s 60; MS s 241.021; 245A.03; 245A.09
28 SR 211
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Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes, 700 State Office Building, 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55155


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About Mem Fox
The story behind the story of The Tiny Star
Illustrated by Freya Blackwood
On Being a Grandparent Mem Fox 2019
We were among the last in our group of friends to become grandparents. Our daughter, Chloë, had been born almost 39 years before our grandson came into the world, but we remembered clearly the stunning joy of being brand new parents. I knew within minutes of Chloë's birth that I would kill to protect her from harm. And still would.
Our friends told us that being grandparents was a whole different thing. We wondered what could be so different, for heaven's sake, from loving one's own offspring and loving a grandchild. I mean, love-is-love-is-love, isn't it?
Then, ten weeks earlier than was expected, our grandson appeared. He weighed only a kilo. His tiny arms were the size of my index finger. He was, in retrospect and in photos, as hideous as a baby monkey, but when I saw him for the first time I was so dizzy with love for my exquisitely beautiful grandchild—the most gorgeous child ever born, that I had to hold on to the humid crib to stop myself from collapsing. On our daily visits we were outside the ward long before it opened 4'oclock, ready to break the doors open to get to the child. Chloë had ceased to exist. I believe this is a common feeling among new grandparents, which is deeply disturbing for their once-adored adult children.
Because he was so tiny at birth, Theo was kept in the hospital for two and half months. Knowing what I do about brain development, I was anxious that he mightn't develop as he should because he wouldn't be hearing all the sounds of language that a child usually hears in utero. So, from the second afternoon of his life I read to him daily. I chose the tiniest edition of any of my books, so as not to draw attention to myself in the crowded neo-natal ward. I would open one of the little round windows in his humid-crib and, crouching in close, and read the book in the same lilting, rhythmic manner every time, to comfort him, to tell him I was there, to help his brain respond in all the right ways, to develop his language, to show him how fabulous books are and, most importantly, to ensure that he and I would fall in love with each other.
I saw the faces of some of the others around me and realised they thought me crazy to be reading to a newborn midget infant who couldn't understand a word I was saying. But how will he ever understand words, I wanted to shout, if he doesn't hear them first? This is my constant cry to any parent, grandparent or carer who thinks it's all right to start reading to a child at two or three years old. No! Birth is the blissful best time to begin.
For the first two years of his life my husband and I were Theo's daytime carers. (Our daughter was a politician at the time.) We were like parents all over again, in our mid-sixties, except that this time around we had all the time in the world to just be. When the child was engaged in an activity we had time to be engaged in it too, to float along without a care, without
needing to stop and rush off somewhere.
There was ample time for the reading aloud of books and books and more books. The rewards were manifold. He was on the cusp of reading at the age of four and flew into literacy in his first few months at school. His speech also developed rapidly. Just before his second birthday, in an ecstasy of excitement, he said, 'We saw a bug! Climbing up the wall! It's very delicate. We can't touch it.' And he was similarly alight when he noticed that the moon was high in the sky in broad daylight. 'It's a half-moon,' he said. 'It's a very, very half-moon.' Our pride in him reached ridiculous heights. He was and remains the most beautiful, gifted, lovely-natured, perfect child who has ever lived. Just like every other grandchild in the world. That is, he's totally normal and un-surprising in everyone else's eyes except ours.
I observed, almost in disbelief in spite of myself, the thrilling, unexpected effects arising from his love of books, his love of me, and mine for him. We became so attached to each other that the thought of my dying and leaving him bereft made me want to sob. I still get a lump in my throat at the very thought of it. Which is where my latest book was born: The Tiny Star, a life-cycle story of tenderness and comfort for any child or adult whose aged grandparents or parents are, all once, no longer here. It does have a happy ending, I promise!
And here must be recorded my million thanks to the brilliance of the illustrator, Freya Blackwood, whose composition and palette has made this book into a heavenly star of its own. Hurrah!
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Hammond Lumber Co. closed its location at the property, at 2089 Bristol Road in Pemaquid, in July 2018.
A group called Friends of the Pemaquid Mill formed to try and acquire the property, which has five buildings, including the mill building.
The group included the Old Bristol Historical Society, the Damariscotta River Association, the Pemaquid Watershed Association, residents of the town, and others. They met 16 times between July and December 2018.
The group launched a fundraising campaign with an original goal of $380,000 and was able to raise $415,000 from about 400 donors, according to DRA Executive Director Steven Hufnagel.
The DRA now owns the property, which it will lease to the historical society for 99 years for $1, according to Hufnagel. The DRA closed on the property Dec. 21, 2018.
The funds not used to purchase the property will be used for its restoration, including $20,000 to remove traces of arsenic in the soil that had built up due to the storage of pressure-treated lumber, Hufnagel said.
Phil Averill, a member of the Friends group, led the tour into the three-story mill and showed how the wood used for the walls had been cut by an up-and-down saw, which was common in the 1800s. He explained how certain parts of the building had been added over time.
Averill said that while some history of the land and building is known, there are still mysteries to be solved, such as why there is plaster on the walls of the mill's top floor.
"We've got a lot of work left to do to figure out what happened here," he said.
According to a Nov. 15 article in The Lincoln County News by Neill De Paoli, park manager of the Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site, the land was home to Native Americans for over 5,000 years and English settlers since the mid-1600s.
By the early 1650s, English families began establishing farms in the area, and research suggests they could have operated a sawmill or grist mill in the vicinity of the property, he wrote.
In the 1670s and 1680s, there was an outbreak of Anglo-Wabanaki warfare in Maine, and the settlers did not return to the Pemaquid peninsula until the 1730s.
In the early 1760s, Robert Given established a farmstead on the lot immediately northeast of Hammond Lumber, De Paoli wrote.
The three-story wooden mill probably began operating during the tenure of Capt. Thomas Miller, who purchased the Given estate in 1823.
The mill was powered by a cast-iron turbine, De Paoli wrote. The Given and Miller mill provided New Harbor and Pemaquid Falls farmers with a ready means of processing corn and wheat into meal and flour, and sheep's wool into woolen textiles. Locals could have the mill cut their pine, spruce, and hemlock logs into firewood, lumber, shingles, and clapboards.
Miller's successor was Oakman Ford, who operated a retail store as well as a sawmill, grist mill, and carding mill over the next 30 years.
Oakman Ford's son, William P. Ford, assumed control of his father's farmstead and mill after his death in 1865. William Ford partnered with William Boyd, his brother-in-law, to operate the mill during the 1870s and 1880s. During those years, the mill cut timber, such as pine, oak, maple, and birch, into lumber, shingles, and laths. The Ford mill also continued to mechanically card sheep's wool for local farmers, according to De Paoli.
The property was most recently home to Poole Brothers lumber from 1923 until around 2010, then LaValley Lumber Co. and Hammond Lumber Co.
"The Pemaquid Falls mill remains an important icon of another time and place in Pemaquid's and Maine's past," De Paoli wrote.
After the tour, there was a meeting to celebrate the purchase of the property and discuss what was to be done next.
"It's been a very exciting time," Averill said of acquiring the property. He said the meeting was a "monumental event," because it meant the group was moving forward from the acquisition stage into the operational stage.
Averill said he considered the meeting to be the last of the Friends of Pemaquid Mill and the first of a new group: a committee of the Old Bristol Historical Society that will be tasked with molding the mill into whatever it is going to be. Averill will chair the committee.
Some ideas that have been discussed for the property are a museum showcasing the history of the town, an office for the historical society, a climate-controlled storage area for the society's archives, and a public park with a trail connecting to a nearby town landing.
"There's a lot of museums in Bristol, but there is no 'Bristol Museum,'" Averill said.
Bristol residents will vote at the annual town meeting on whether to give the Old Bristol Historical Society $9,500 toward the setup of its storage facility.
Margaret Brown, owner of The Art of Antiquing in Round Pond, purchased the building across the street from the mill and has agreed to allow a conservation easement on her property for public access along the riverbank, which could include a kayak launch, according to Hufnagel.
Averill said it has not been decided yet whether to maintain all five buildings on the property or to sell or take down some of the newer structures.
The new mill committee will form different teams to tackle different aspects of the upcoming project, according to Averill. The teams will be as follows: use of the mill building, history and archaeology, stream bank restoration, public access, public relations, and fundraising. Each group will meet independently from the main committee.
Averill said the committee's meetings will be open to the public, and the committee would like suggestions on where the project should go next.
The group discussed how some improvements have already been made to the site, such as the replacement of stairs leading down to the bottom floor of the mill.
Some steps will be to remove lumber racks added to the mill building in recent years, remove vines and poison ivy, and replace windows and the roof of the mill.
Averill said an application has been submitted to get the mill on the National Register of Historic Places, and the committee will be looking to apply for grants as well.
The group in attendance celebrated the mill's purchase and its potential to become something special for future generations.
The group presented Averill with a book on mills that they had signed.
Belinda Osier, co-president of the historical society, said she thinks it was wonderful how the process had been a collaborative effort between many people in the town.
Averill thanked Pat Porter, the chair of fundraising and publicity for the project.
"It wouldn't have happened without her," he said.
Averill also thanked Hammond Lumber Co. for giving the group time to raise the purchase price.
Bobby Ives, a director of the Old Bristol Historical Society, passed around paper cups and a jug of apple cider from The Carpenter's Boat Shop in order to make a series of toasts. He read a letter from a Connecticut resident familiar with the mill's earlier days. The historical society will interview the writer to gain insight into the mill's history.
He next toasted their great-great-grandchildren, whom he said will be proud of the work their ancestors had done when they celebrate the centennial of the project in 2119.
Donations for the mill project can be sent to the Old Bristol Historical Society at P.O. Box 87 in Bristol, with a note saying they are for the mill.


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Adi Da – Renaissance Man
My first encounter with Adi Da aka Franklin Jones was twenty years ago, when I read two-thirds of his religious autobiography, The Knee of Listening, self-published when he had lived a mere thirty-six of his eventual sixty-nine years of life. His regurgitation of Eastern nihilism is so dense and pompous, that I could never finish any of his books or audio tapes.
As requested by Marcus Dalton, here is the Alan Watts forward to The Knee of Listening by Adi Da:
by Alan Watts:
Although I do not know Franklin Jones [now Adi Da] personally, what he says, and says very well, is something that I have been trying to express for thirty-five years, but which most people seem quite reluctant to understands if it were too good to be true. The point, with which Krishnamurti and the ancient Chinese Zen masters also agree, is that there is no progressive method by which the liberated and awakened state (moksha) can be attained. This state of being and consciousness has innumerable names, mystical experience, enlightenment, self-realization, cosmic consciousness, union with God, not to mention Sanskrit, Chinese, and Arabic equivalents but none of them are satisfactory because it is altogether beyond words. Striving after this state blocks the understanding that it is already present, as does also a kind of purposive not-striving.
There are, for example, those who try to live completely in the present, the Eternal Now, by attempting to be fully concentrated on what is at this moment as in the Theravada Buddhist satipatthana discipline or Gurdjieff's "self remembering." I am not quarreling with this. Franklin Jones also tried many methods. But all along it should have been obvious that all consciousness, all experience, is of nothing else than the eternal present. Memories of the past and anticipation's of the future exist only now, and thus to try to live completely in the present is to strive for what is already the case. This should be clear to anyone. The same principle applies to striving for nirvana or union with God by means of so-called spiritual exercises. There is no actual necessity for a road or obstacle course to that which IS.
But there are two main reasons for the persistent attachment to spiritual methods. The first is that, being ignorant of what we have and are now, we look for it in the future, and therefore can be beguiled by all those gurus who pick our pockets and sell us our own wallets. They promise marvelous states of consciousness, ecstasies, psychic powers, and transportation to other levels of being. So what? If you were managing the entire universe which in one sense you are it would be absolutely necessary for it to appear that a lot of things were out of control. Does the ventriloquist want to dine every night with only his dummy?
The second is the beguilement of spiritual pride, which is also the same thing as a sense of guilt. "I am not worthy to attain this exalted state unless I have suffered, unless the teacher has beaten me, unless I have sat in a cold, dark cave for three years, or practiced zazen with my legs aching for hours." Anyone silly enough to think this way deserves all the pains he must endure. Nothing is more ostentatious than deliberate humility, nor more egocentric than projects to get rid of egotism. These are strong words, but not uttered in a spirit of condemnation, for those who undertake such projects may, by so doing, realize very clearly that they are futile. But then they may return as gurus thinking that this is the only way to realize the futility of spiritual ambition, and then "lay their trip" upon others without asking themselves, "Is this trip really necessary?"
As I read Franklin Jones especially the Epilogue, which is worth the price of the book he has simply realized that he himself as he is, like a star, like a dolphin, like an iris, is a perfect and authentic manifestation of the eternal energy of the universe, and thus is no longer disposed to be in conflict with himself. Dangerous wisdom and yet fire, electricity, and technical knowledge are also dangerous. But if you genuinely know this, it is nothing to be proud of nor humble about. It is just what is so, and there is absolutely no necessity to parade it by defying social conventions, on the one hand, or by coming on as one who is extremely holy, on the other. The hapless Rasputin was, perhaps, an example of the first case, and Meher Baba of the second though he had a jolly face and a lively twinkle in the eye.
It should be understood that none of this is to say that one should not practice yoga or any other type of meditation. I myself use some of these disciplines, not to attain anything in terms of spiritual rank, but simply to enjoy them, as if I were playing a musical instrument or preparing a Chinese dinner.
Now to say what Franklin Jones is trying to say is like drawing an asymptotic curve a curve which is always getting nearer and nearer to a straight line, but only touches it at infinity. Perhaps it could be said that his curve is approaching it a little faster than some others, knowing, however, that there is no hurry. Beyond words, in the silencing of thought, we are already there.
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Read how Alan Watts came to write the Foreward.
That's okay because his story did not end with that early Melrose Avenue incarnation. Now I am having a new relationship with Adi Da the digital artist and underwater motion picture cinematographer.
Franklin Jones has many different names; Bubba Free John, Da Free John, Ruchira Avatar Adi Da Samraj, etc. Franklin Jones wears many different colored hats; Melrose Avenue bookstore proprietor, guru, God-Man, costume designer, painter, digital artist, nature photographer. The foundational element tying it all together is the genius of Mr. Jones' creative vision. Franklin Jones was a master of the visual art form.
Staged Spiritual Theatre
Adi Da would have been a natural as a blogger with that camera. He already had a stockpile of excellent images ready and waiting to post on the Internet. Da could have invented and reinvented himself at the speed of electricity by using the Internet. This article was written specifically to showcase Franklin Jones skills at being photographed as an underwater cameraman. Notice how he is perfectly posed in the safety and comfort of his own swimming pool. Where are the production assistants for that huge camera? What is he photographing? Where is the camera person who is shooting Adi Da? Why is Adi Da wearing a wet suit in Fiji?
These photographs are pure spiritual theater with Da as the rock star. Photographers always have production assistants. I know because I use to be one for photographer Ron Harris in 1981. I would drive up and down Melrose Avenue as a starry-eyed production assistant, passing the sacred sites where Franklin Jones and Yogi Bhajan were creating their empires using staged spiritual theater.
Adi Da was engaged in industrial level output of his art products at the time of his relatively early passing at the age of 69 years. Photography was one of the first mediums that I worked in when I was young. I feel like I am having a professional relationship with Da. He makes me want to work hard and be productive with visual images.
Andy Warhol spent the final years of his life producing as much art and making as money as possible. Robert Mapplethorpe did the same thing when he knew that he was going to die, he cranked out as many photographs as possible and made as much money as he could.
New Religion
Could Adi Da or someone like him start a new religion in a bookstore again? Probably not. The next new religion will probably be created online. The religion that got me into religion was called the Church of Religious Science and it no longer exists as such. Now it is called, the Center for Spiritual Living.
Flat On His Back
Studying gurus, cult leaders and serial killers is my obsession. I usually have a true crime investigation playing on cable with the audio muted when I write these blogs. This is what I do to engage my world on a Sunday afternoon, write this spontaneous three hundred and fifty word blog post about Franklin Jones as Adi Da, the Melrose Avenue bookstore guru who made the big time. It was easy because all of these photographs were already saved on my hard drive.
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As part of a promotion, customers purchasing a Jura coffee machine will be offered a free taster pack of Jura whiskies, a pack of Jura coffee and a box of luxury chocolates.
Whyte and Mackay's master blender Richard Paterson has worked with the Swiss coffee firm to create the pairings, combining each of Jura's core expressions with a different blend of coffee.
According to Paterson, the "peat and spice" notes of Jura Superstition matches well with Jura's Impressa blend, which has flavours of bitter chocolate and burnt wood.
The "light and delicate" 10 Year Old has been paired with the "spicy roasted coffee" notes of the Indian coffee Malabar Monsooned.
The "rich and full bodied" qualities of Jura's 16 Year Old are said to complement the "fruity yet spiciness" of Fazenda da Lagoa.
While for an after dinner combination, Paterson suggests the 21 Year Old works well with the "chocolate, molasses and muscavado" tones of Jura's World of Coffee blend.
Paterson said: "It's long been recognised that coffee and whisky complement each other, so it's been a delight to work with our namesake - Jura Coffee – to help create these pairings.


Have you ever been out with your friends at a restaurant, only to find out you cannot eat anything on the menu? Do you skip straight to the bottom of a restaurant's menu to see if they offer gluten-free dishes or substitutions? Food allergies greatly influence where, what and how you eat. It can be hard to find a place to eat that you trust if you have food allergies in Atlanta, so we put together this list to make it easier. In part 1 of this blog series, we explored some options you may have been unfamiliar with; in part 2, we will look at some household-name restaurants that can accommodate your food allergy.
We know — The Varsity is probably the last place you think of when you think of food-allergy friendly dining in Atlanta because of their famous cheesy hotdogs and burgers. For out-of-towners (and Atlanta natives) that must have their fill of American food staples from the largest drive-in restaurant in the world, The Varsity offers on its website a detailed list of foods you can and cannot eat if you suffer from gluten, egg, milk, nut, soy or fish allergies.
Yeah! Burger offers gluten-free vegan burgers, onion rings, buns, sauces, shakes and sundaes. Add all the flavor you want without worrying about your allergies flaring.
Good Karma Coffee House, a breakfast and lunch restaurant on the east side of metro Atlanta in Avondale Estates, is a go-to spot for people with food allergies. Its menu of baked goods is gluten, dairy, nut and soy free and also has egg-free options.
Sally's Gluten Free Bakery as the name reveals is an allergy-friendly bakery in Atlanta. All of its food is gluten free, but it also has many dairy free, soy free and egg free options, such as their pepperoni pizza, pound cake and pumpkin bread. Desserts can be delicious and dairy-free, too.
There are many nut free, soy free and gluten free options on Café Sunflower's menus, such as the Organic Quinoa Stir Fry, Organic Black Bean Quesadilla and Sesame Chicken. With a location in Buckhead and Sandy Springs and different lunch and dinner menus at each, Café Sunflower is likely to have an allergy-free dish that you like.
Navigating the food scene can be hard when you have food allergies in Atlanta. Try some of the restaurants on this list and you will soon realize that eating out can be safe for those with allergies.


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QB Shea Patterson 'seeing field really good,' hitting his marks for UM
Angelique S. Chengelis
Ann Arbor — Michigan quarterback Shea Patterson is proving he's accurate and efficient. Really efficient.
Patterson was 14-of-18 for 237 yards, three touchdowns and an interception in a 45-20 victory over SMU on Saturday at Michigan Stadium. He connected with Donovan Peoples-Jones on all three scores, on passes that went for 35-, 7- and 41-yard touchdowns.
He is 46-of-65 for 589 yards — that's a 70.7 completion percentage — and has six touchdowns and two interceptions through three games. Seven players caught passes from Patterson in the win over SMU.
"He's seeing the field really good," Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh said. "He's making really good decisions. Receivers are helping out a lot. Zach Gentry kinda broke things open for us getting in the seam route and Donovan had another monster game. Everybody was running good routes for him and catching the ball.
"He's getting out of trouble and creating plays when sometimes there isn't one to be there. He's playing the position really well. And making the throws when they present themselves. He's hitting the short ones, he's hitting the intermediate ones, he's hitting the deep ones. Good quarterback play."
Gentry, a tight end, led the team with 95 yards receiving on four catches.
"It feels good to spread the ball around and make plays in the passing game and have some statistics there," Gentry said. "It feels good to get that going. It's improved every week since camp started."
He credited Patterson and the play-calling.
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"They're seeing stuff up there in the box," Gentry said. "Shea's the guy out there doing it. He's taking control of the offense and spreading the ball around, which is great. He's able to scramble, which is even better."
Patterson, who transferred to Michigan from Ole Miss last December and went through spring practice, has quickly acclimated to this offense. He credited the players around him for his efficiency.
"Trusting and believing in this offense and knowing the progression every play," Patterson said, explaining why he has been so efficient. "And an O-line that's really coming together and giving me time back there, so there's no reason why I can't complete every pass."
Patterson's interception came after Michigan reached the SMU 12-yard line. He went to tight end Sean McKeon, but said he had Gentry open and should have made that decision.
But Patterson's decision-making was sound with Peoples-Jones, who finished with 90 yards on four catches.
"He's a freak athlete," Patterson said of the sophomore receiver. "I don't think there's anything he can't do. Very smart, very fast, very football savvy as well. I know if I throw it up I've just got to put it in the vicinity. There's a lot of trust in him."
Michigan has three touchdowns all last season by the receivers. Peoples-Jones had three against SMU and said he was happier Michigan won.
"I just got a lot of teammates that make my job easy," Peoples-Jones said. "The O-line did a great job. Shea is out there delivering beautiful balls. Very easy to catch the ball and run."
Patterson said they've worked on the back-shoulder throws with Peoples-Jones that have resulted in touchdowns the last two games.
"That's something we work on pretty often," he said. "The whole fall camp after our practices we'd get about 10-15 back shoulder and just regular fade routes to get our chemistry and timing down."
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2015 Hoodie Blog Tour: Day 3 – Everything Your Mama Made & More!
Day 3 of the 2015 Hoodie Tour is full of talent! Rebel & Malice hacked the Zander to make it hoodless and zipperless. Manning the Machine did some awesome pattern matching across the asymmetrical zipper (which, believe me, can be kind of tricky). You can check out both posts by clicking on the pictures below!


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We are pleased to report that a representative of Verizon Communications will be attending the annual brunch this Sunday, May 3, to speak about the upcoming installation of Verizon's highly rated FiOS fiber optic TV and Internet service in our community. David Knights from the Princeton Forrestal Center will also be attending to represent Princeton University's office and research complex.
The brunch offers a great opportunity to meet and socialize with our neighbors. We'll also have an interesting program, with the Plainsboro Police Chief attending and guests now confirmed from the University Medical Center, Verizon and Princeton Forrestal Center. The management office tells us a big turnout is expected this year.


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Q: getting list index out of range from python code I am trying to build an SQL WHERE clause dynamically from a list of Columns and a list of Values. To do so, I have started with the code below:
sql_cols = ['description', 'height', 'weight', 'class' ]

sql_vals = [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ]

sql_test = " and".join( " f = :{}".format(x) for x in sql_vals )

print sql_test

This gives me the following results:
root@scar$ python testme.py
 f = :1 and f = :2 and f = :3 and f = :4

But what I am trying to get is something like this:
 `DESCRIPTION = :1 and HEIGHT = :2 and WEIGHT = :3 and CLASS = :4`

How can this be done?
EDIT:
changed code to:
sql_test = " and".join( sql_cols[x - 1] + "= :{}".format(x) for x in sql_vals )
and all worked

A: you can use this instead:
sql_cols = ['description', 'height', 'weight', 'class' ]

sql_vals = [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ]

sql_test = " and ".join("{} = :{}".format(*x) for x in  zip(sql_cols,sql_vals) )

print (sql_test)

A: Try this:
sql_test = " and ".join("{} = :{}".format(x[0].upper(), x[1]) for x in zip(sql_cols,sql_vals) )

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Discovering A Belt Of Carbon Dioxide
Story by Aries Keck | Visualizations by Lori Perkins Released on December 8, 2011
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Researchers discovered a previously unknown band of carbon dioxide pollution encircling the Southern Hemisphere.
When scientists got their first glimpse of satellite data showing the distribution of carbon dioxide throughout the atmosphere, they in part saw what they expected: an uneven distribution of the greenhouse gas over the globe, with higher levels in the more populated, more industrial Northern Hemisphere. But they also saw a dominant feature that was wholly unexpected. A continuous belt of higher carbon dioxide concentrations circled an area in the Southern Hemisphere that covered the tip of South America, Africa and southern Australia. Computer models that predict how chemicals move throughout the atmosphere did not predict this band. Scientists now think that strong thunderstorms and winds that flow around South America's high Andes Mountains lift carbon dioxide into what's called the "free troposphere." There it becomes trapped in the jet stream of the mid-latitudes, which propel it around the world. The sources of this belt are many: industry and power plants in coal-rich South Africa, electricity generation in eastern Australia and in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as well as plant respiration and fires. Watch the visualization below to see the first evidence of the belt, as detected by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite in 2003. AIRS now provides scientists with unprecedented global data on greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
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The highest levels of CO2 concentrations are in more populated and industrial areas of the world.
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Scientists cite coal-fired power plants like this one in Southern Australia as one of the sources of the carbon dioxide.
Aqua/AIRS Sees Belt of Carbon Dioxide in Southern Hemisphere
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Alas, Spring has sprung! There are daffodils beaming in the garden, birds and squirrels scampering about, driving Lola (my cocker spaniel) mad, and my favorite summer wardrobe staples creeping back into my closet. However, I often find myself confused with the weather this time of year. I think that I forget Spring is not Summer. I expect the sun to be full blast and for ice cream to be present every evening. Even here in LA, it is still a little bit chilly, which I feel guilty saying because I know that if California isn't hot right now, the East Coast much be worse. In fact, my mom called the other day from Santa Fe, NM where it was snowing. Yikes.
P.S. Michelle and I just got home from Thailand! It was the most incredible adventure and I fell in love with Asia. We're already daydreaming about how to go back. Stay tuned for content about our trip and our favorite crafts that we stumbled across in the colorful, vibrant markets.
Follow the recipe on my older post to make your sugar cookie dough. Roll out your dough onto a floured surface until it is approximately 1/4 in thick. In order to save money I used a glass to cut the round shapes rather than buying a new cookie cutter. Continue rolling and cutting until you have no dough left.
Using a knife, carefully cut a slanted rectangle out of your cookie. For this step it's probably best to just follow my picture because I realize "slanted rectangle" might not make any sense.
Place the cookies onto a greased baking sheet and bake in a 400º F oven for 8 – 10 minutes, until barely golden brown on the edges.
While the cookies are cooling, make your royal icing. Divide the icing into 2/3 and 1/3. Mix the color that you would like for the petals into the large half and the color for the flower centers into the small half. I used purple for the petals and orange for the centers. Divide the large half of icing (in my case, the purple) in half and mix a tiny bit of water into one of the halves in order to water it down.
Spoon all three batches of colored icing into separate ziplock baggies or piping bags. Cut a small hole in the corners.
Using the thicker purple icing, pipe the outline of the flower petals. Then allow to harden for about ten minutes.
Next, fill the outlines in with the runnier purple icing. Fill it as much as you can without it spilling over the edge.
Finally, pipe the orange icing into little dots in the center of each flower. Allow to dry and serve!


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used in order to either fend off the bidder or to raise the offer.
poison pills, crown jewels and others.
so the people who talk about this because this is kind of interesting.
why and how that potentially results in value creation.
We'll break down takeover defenses in two major areas.
that are actually takeover defenses that exist before the offer.
and then they wake up.
then they can use them.
can be done after the offer was made.
then this bidder is sort of treated in a discriminatory way.
So let's start with the pre-offer defenses.
Let me put it like this is takeover defenses part two pre-offer.
Well, one is staggered board.
one-third of the members each year.
the only way is to reelect one-third and then in the second year, another third.
Well, again, it's kind of strange, right?
Because you own this control.
But in the charter, it goes like this.
And maybe when there is no potential takeover, this is nice.
certain procedure and that becomes a problem only for the potential bidder.
it's fine to have the majority of voting stock.
80 percent of the stock.
other 30 percent of stocks or of shares of stock outstanding.
So that just becomes much more expensive.
Or maybe the so-called fair price.
then there is a certain formula that says that you have to pay at least that much.
and these, they just make the appeal of control much more expensive.
"Well, our charter is like this."
to the charter of the company because you become a shareholder.
and you realize what's going on.
Now, the next thing here is poison pills.
"I'd like to take your company over," then you say, "Fine."
being treated in a preferred way and say, "This isn't fair."
Well, it is, but it is sort of inside the charter of the company.
And so these poison pills are triggered only if there is a hostile takeover attempt.
the bargain basement price that is below the market.
effectively prevent the bidder from getting control.
buy this stock of the bidder on some terms.
becomes unfortunately more expensive and more headache for you.
this is so-called dual class recap.
So that is part of the broader class of strategies in M&A transaction.
This is restructuring or reorganization but dual class recap is as follows.
So there are various kinds of shares of voting stock.
but some have superior voting rights.
All that happens before the offer.
So this sits in their charter.
they normally belong to the big stakeholders in this company.
it is difficult for you as a bidder to buy stock from these special guys.
then still you cannot enjoy majority.
of the bidder as a way of takeover defense.
But they're all prepared before the offers.
if this company comes in and makes a tender offer.
we will go on and see what can happen after the hostile offer has been made.


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Nyaminyami's Revenge (ca. 1950)
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The Selous Scouts (ca. 1977)
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The Relleke Massacre (ca. 1962)
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African wild dogs used to range across Africa.
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Reading Zimbabwe
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Zimbabwe's Dying Languages
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Are Zimbabwe's languages dying?
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Muroyi Ndiani? (Who Is The Witch?)
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What does a family do when a child starts hearing voices and acts strange? Filmmaker Lawrie Zidyana's documentary looks back at how his family dealt with a mystery that dominated his life growing up in Zimbabwe.
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Are the half-human, half-fish sea creatures chronicled in Zimbabwean lore since time immemorial real?
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Neoboutonia Müll.Arg., J. Bot. 2: 336 (1864).
Neoboutonia africana Müll.Arg., J. Bot. 2: 336 (1 Nov. 1864).
Neoboutonia africana (Müll.Arg.) Pax in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(5): 57 (1890), nom. illeg.
Neoboutonia africana var. diaguissensis (Beille) Pax & K.Hoffm. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, VII: 75 (1914).
Neoboutonia africana var. glabrescens (Prain) Pax & K.Hoffm. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, VII: 75 (1914).
Neoboutonia africana var. mannii (Benth. & Hook.f.) Pax & K.Hoffm. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, VII: 75 (1914).
Neoboutonia canescens Pax, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 91 (1894).
Neoboutonia chevalieri Beille, Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 77 (1908).
Neoboutonia diaguissensis Beille, Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 125 (1910).
Neoboutonia glabrescens Prain, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911: 265 (1911).
Neoboutonia macrocalyx Pax, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 339 (1901).
Neoboutonia mannii Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 3: 317 (1879).
Neoboutonia melleri (Müll.Arg.) Prain, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911: 266 (1911).
Neoboutonia melleri var. canescens (Pax) Pax in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, VII: 74 (1914).
Neoboutonia melleri var. genuina Pax & K.Hoffm. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, VII: 74 (1914), not validly publ.
Neoboutonia melleri var. velutina (Prain) Pax & K.Hoffm. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, VII: 74 (1914).
Neoboutonia velutina Prain, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911: 266 (1911).


Moody's ratings can be bought.
yeah.. maybe they're angling to see if uncle sam will pay up.
More likely some increased regulation of Moodys.
As if Moody's had any credibility; seems they sold it a while back.
The ratings scale used by companies such as Moody's is such a joke.
"AAAA+++++++++ EXCELLENT RATE OF RETURN, WOULD INVEST AGAIN"