BOSSY BETTY: Takin' Out The Trash. Heroine in the Kitchen.
I know my readers have been unable sleep, just thinking about the Cookie Battle going on here in Betty's house. I am here to report that the man decided to make the cookies yesterday, shamelessly involving Evan in his process--desperately trying to encourage the boy to join the Sad Band of Men Who Cook Out of Bags.
Now, totally coincidentally, I just happened to have made some, oh, you know KILLER cookies earlier in the day--oatmeal cookies with dried cranberries, blueberries and cherries. I threw a little ground cloves in there and OH! it's SO STRANGE that they would be warm and gooey just of the oven just after a great meal I had also made for the menfolk.
Weird how these things work, huh?
Both Man and Boy were immediately, almost unconsciously, attracted to the Mom-Made cookies. One could see the evolutionary process at work as their eyes glazed over and were both reduced to brainwaves that transmitted only: "Mummmm. Woman make us food. Good. Warm. Sweet. We like. Mummmmm. We eat more.
What a shame it would be if the memory of these incredibly good cookies--close enough to Oatmeal Raisin to please fans of that cookie, but still Betty-ized enough to declare emancipation from all attempted "cookie rules" pathetically imposed by a certain husband --was still lodged in a portion of their brains as they attempted to "show me" by making the Bagged Mix Of Chemicals into cookies.
Though HOB attempted to jazz up the next batch with more oatmeal, some cinnamon, and some vanilla extract, it was clear that he was just putting lipstick on a dead goose.
Slick Bag to Storage Bag to Trash Bag.
Rest in Pieces and don't come back here no mo'.
Though HOB may not jump for joy when he views my next batch of Frosted Grapefruit Icebox Cookies, I do believe the man might have just developed a tad bit of appreciation for the art and craft of Cookie Making. My hope is this little adventure will cut the time of Man Sulking in half when a new variety of cookie is introduced in this household.
Observation: It's been about 20 hours since the males' little cooking-making spree.
Question: How long do you think it will be before the bowls and other utensils used in the process get washed and dried and put away?
I wait patiently and serenely.
Betty, all I can say is: YOU ROCK! Thanks for the ongoing infusion of smiles, guffaws, and teachable moments.
How long? Sadly, in my experience, until you give up and do it or remind them. But I know you're one strong Betty, so I'll be waiting for the next chapter.
Thanks for swinging by From blah to ta-daa!
I was wondering if trash day has happened yet? And did BB bake some more KILLER cookies as a reward?
What a great way to end the post!! I hope they did their dishes!! Your cookies looked amazing! I would love to see that recipe!!
Thanks for stopping by From Blah to Ta-daa!!
bb -- could you please bake up a batch of your super duper fabu oatmeal cookies for you colleagues next week? SOME of us LOVE them :) (vegan, please, if you don't mind)(double thanks)(you rock tha house).
I want to visit your house, those cookies look delicious!


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Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense
Jeeves & Wooster in
Perfect Nonsense
By the Goodale Brothers
Based on the works of P.G.Wodehouse
Directed by Syd Mannion
Season: 5th - 20th August
Join two of the 20th century's most loved characters - the effervescent but intellectually challenged, young aristocrat Bertie Wooster and his unflappable valet Jeeves, for an evening of genial jollity.
When a perfectly delightful country weekend takes a turn for the worse, Wooster turns matchmaker to rescue the engagement of his host's drippy daughter Madeline to his newt-fancying friend Gussie. If Bertie, assisted by the ever-inventive Jeeves, can't pull off the wedding of the season he'll be forced to abandon cherished bachelorhood and marry the ghastly girl himself!
Warning - No content will offend.
(In the 1930s they were just terribly nice.)
For many years Syd has been a regular actor, designer and director at the Dolphin Theatre, where he last directed Ibsen's A Doll's House. Working with many Auckland theatres, Syd has also proudly directed Shadowlands, Terra Nova, The Woman in Black, Improbable Fiction, The God of Carnage and the New Zealand premiere of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Syd is a long-time fan of PG Wodehouse, and this stage adaptation based on The Code of the Woosters took the West End by storm and is currently touring the UK.
Julian Toy-Cronin
as Jeeves
Julian is back for more at the Dolphin. Having appeared in Crimes of the Heart earlier this year, he couldn't let the chance to be part of Jeeves and Wooster pass by. Julian is loving the chance to stretch his comic muscles having never attempted a full-length comedy before, and all the very serious challenges it provides. In his spare time, Julian works for the University of Auckland and is a doting father to his two performers in training.
Henry Warner
as Bertie Wooster
Henry's debut at the Dolphin Theatre was in 2014 in The Fox on the Fairway where he won Best Newcomer Award. Henry has also appeared in many musicals including Guys and Dolls, The Wedding Singer, Oliver and Jesus Christ Superstar. Other notable credits include Sitting Pretty and Family 2.0, Blood Brothers, Romeo and Juliet, The Road and Grimm Brothers Fairy Tales. Henry is honoured to be performing the role of Bertie Wooster in one of his favourite British comedy masterpieces.
Ian Wilshin
as Seppings
Ian arrived in NZ from the UK in 2010 and has previously been in many productions in the South Island appearing in shows with Marlborough Repertory Theatre and Blenheim Musical Theatre. Although Ian does enjoy a dramatic role, he has been told that he does have a face for comedy. He's still thinking about that one. Ian feels he is very fortunate to have landed his first acting role in Auckland with the Dolphin, and in such a hilarious show.
Joan Miller
Christina Christopher
Chiara Niccolini
Pandora Carlyon
Costume Creation
Catherine Maunsell
Nova Jackson
Graham Morris
Michael Sanders
Acting Consultant
Dorren Tamihere-Kemeys
Set Construction
Peter Fleming
Colin Danby
Nick McInstry
Luis Lencioni
Sarochin Kamutsri
Claire Nelson
Rosie Elder
Carleen Craig
Bex McNaughten
Shari Brown
John Law
Technical Operators
Craig Rouse
Robyn Bull
Ray Gabites

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Will Arsenal, Chelsea and Man City do us proud?
The Champions League last 16 will include Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester City who will all be competing for the biggest prize in European club football.
Arsenal finished second to Borussia Dortmund in their group and faced the rather daunting possibility of paying some of Europe's biggest powerhouses in the next round. Fortunately for Arsene Wenger, Arsenal were drawn against French side AS Monaco, a club that Wenger used to manage over 20 years ago.
There is clearly no easy fixture in the last 16 of the Champions League. However, most Arsenal fans would have chosen AS Monaco as their preferred opponent of choice simply because it could be a very winnable tie for Wenger's side. Monaco currently sit in sixth position in Ligue 1, trailing league leaders Marseille by nine points. In terms of qualification for the last 16, Monaco finished top of Group C with 11 points as Bayer Leverkusen finished in second place with a tally of 10 points. Arsenal fans will be encouraged by the fact that they are playing the winner of one of the weakest groups in the competition. Although Arsenal may be pleased with the draw, they cannot underestimate their opponents.
Monaco have an experienced spine to their team, with former Chelsea defender Ricardo Carvalho and French international Jeremy Toulalan occupying spots in defence and midfield. Up front is the unmistakable figure of Dimitar Berbatov, who has found a new lease of life since he joined Monaco from Fulham last season. His nonchalant style has barely changed and the slower pace of the French league suit his game well. Although the spine of the team is an ageing one, it also has undoubted quality. Other players like Joao Moutinho and Yannick Carrasco have been impressive for the French side this season and they will undoubtedly pose a threat to Arsenal but the Gunners should have enough quality to see themselves through rather comfortably.
Slightly contrasting fortunes await both Manchester City and Chelsea in the next round of the Champions League. The Citizens face Spanish giants Barcelona in what is going to be their biggest test in European football to date, as they face a strike force of Neymar, Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez will be a defensive headache for Manuel Pellegrini, who may look to the experience of Martin Demichelis to partner Vincent Kompany in the centre of defence.
Manchester City's hopes may rest on who they have playing up front across the tie. There is no doubt that Sergio Aguero has been in fine form this season and Pellegrini will be hoping that the striker returns from injury sooner rather than later. City may find chances few and far between over both legs so they will need a world-class finisher up front if they really want to cause the Catalan giants problems. Although Pellegrini's side have done very well to make the last 16, a clash against Barcelona would have been something many City fans would have wanted to avoid. However, with Aguero in the team they have beaten the likes of Bayern Munich and the resilience shown in Rome could suggest that Manchester City are finally maturing into a top European side.
Finally, Chelsea will come up against French champions Paris Saint-Germain. The two sides faced each other in last season's Champions League and Mourinho's side were victorious over the two legs, with Demba Ba striking late at Stamford Bridge to put Chelsea through on the away goals rule and another close tie should be expected this time around. PSG are currently second in Ligue 1 and boast the likes of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Edinson Cavani up front. The tie will also see a return to Stamford Bridge for David Luiz, who completed a rather surprising £50 million switch to Paris in the summer. Since the sides last met, Chelsea fans will feel like they are a stronger team due to the additions of Cesc Fabregas and Diego Costa. The Blues have drawn one of the stronger second-placed teams but Mourinho will feel as if his current Chelsea squad have the players to overturn the Parisians once again.


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NetJets Transportes Aéreos Approved for Extended Range Operations
Dépèche transmise le 12 octobre 2010 par PRNewswire
LONDON and LISBON, Portugal, October 12, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- NetJets Transportes Aéreos, the operating company of NetJets Europe (), Europe's leading business aviation company, today announces that it has received approval from Instituto Nacional de Aviação Civil (INAC) (), the Portuguese Civil Aviation Authority, to conduct Extended Range Operations (EROPS) under commercial rules - meaning that NetJets Europe is allowed to fly its twin engine Gulfstream G550 aircraft 180 minutes flight time from an airport at any given point along a route. Previously the limit was 120 minutes flight time from an airport.
EROPS will result in more direct routes, less fuel stops, reduced overall fuel burn and a more seamless experience for NetJets Europe's customers. On some long-haul flights, tonnes of fuel and hours of flight-time can be saved - for example, on a flight from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil to Cape Town in South Africa, 2.8 hours of flight time is cut, as well as 12,075lbs of fuel.
NetJets Transportes Aéreos achieved this certification by going through a comprehensive application procedure with INAC, providing five years of historical information including aircraft records, engine records, company safety information and other operational data, all of which demonstrated NetJets sterling record for safe long-haul travel.
NetJets Europe is the first dedicated business jet operator to hold the internationally recognised IATA Operational Safety Audit certificate from the International Air Transport Association - the most highly regarded safety accreditation in the world. It recently announced planned investments of EUR750 million into its safety operations, including staff training and aircraft and maintenance facilities.
Mark Wilson, Chief Operating Officer of NetJets Transportes Aéreos, comments: "This is a great achievement by our operations team and highlights our world-leading safety record, credentials and capabilities. With extended range operations, we're now even better equipped to deliver a safe, hassle-free experience to our customers."
About NetJets Europe
NetJets Europe was founded in 1996 and today is the largest business jet () company in Europe. As the only pan-European operator with its own fleet, NetJets Europe, through NetJets Transportes Aéreos (NTA), is uniquely capable of delivering a consistent, world-class service with an unparalleled commitment to safety and security. NTA was the first business jet operator to be awarded the IOSA certificate, the highest safety accreditation in the world. NetJets Europe employs a total workforce of more than 1,600 and has over 150 aircraft. NetJets Europe is the marketing agent of NetJets Transportes Aéreos S.A., an EU air Carrier.
For more information on NetJets Europe and fractional business jet ownership (), please visit .
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With an assist from his grandfather, Antonio Singleton purchased a $300 roundtrip Amtrak train ticket from North Dakota to Chicago and took a shot at a dream.
On Sunday, in a Chicago community college gym, Singleton was one of two players among 100 selected for the Chicago team of the newly formed Junior Basketball Association. The JBA is the invention of LaVar Ball, who made waves in December when he announced that he was starting a professional league that would be funded by his sports apparel company, Big Baller Brand, and designed to allow high school players to transition immediately to professional basketball.
Singleton, a 2016 North Central graduate, is living in Bottineau, N.D., a community of 2,200 just 10 miles from the Canadian border. He played this season at Dakota College at Bottineau, a junior college where former North Central assistant James Hollowell is working as an assistant. Singleton, a 6-7 redshirt freshman, averaged 11.6 points and 6.3 rebounds for a team that averaged 91 points per game and finished 19-12.
It was a solid start. But Singleton was intrigued by the possibility of Ball's new league. He checked the JBA web site and saw the closest tryout for the projected eight-team league was in Chicago. Singleton's grandfather agreed to help pay for the train ticket to get him there and back to college.
Singleton has struggled academically. He signed at Butler (Kan.) Community College out of high school, but did not play.
There were other hurdles. One of his best friends, Donovan Clinkscales, was fatally shot outside a party in Terre Haute in October 2015. Singleton's sister, Faith Wilson, died a week later at age 10 after battling cancer. Faith was Antonio's biggest fan.
"I went through a lot my senior year of high school," he said.
Singleton approached Sunday's tryout as a golden opportunity. He said "about 100 players" showed up at Morton College, but it was quickly reduced to 15.
During a break in the action, Singleton grabbed a basketball and threw down a windmill dunk. Lonzo Ball, the Los Angeles Lakers guard and son of LaVar who evaluates the prospects at tryouts, took notice.
When the day ended, only two players were selected – Singleton and Chicago Simeon senior Kezo Brown. Singleton said he was told the JBA plans for another Chicago tryout to fill the eight-player roster. Four players were selected in Seattle, seven in Los Angeles, seven in Dallas, seven in Houston and five in Atlanta. Tryouts are scheduled for this weekend in Philadelphia and Brooklyn.
Ball told ESPN in December that the JBA would pay players $3,000 to $10,000 a month. Singleton said contract details were not discussed at the tryout. But he said he is "all in" on the JBL and plans to forgo his three remaining years of college eligibility.
The inaugural JBA season is scheduled to run from mid-June to September, according to the web site. Singleton said he was told that players from each city would be flown to Los Angeles for training camp in June.


If you're anything like I am you're feeling the post-holiday gluttony hangover, but are still craving holiday flavors. One of my favorite flavors is gingerbread- so why not carry over that warming spice blend into the remainder of your winter menu? With this Spiced Gingerbread Granola, you can do just that without feeling like you're once again overindulging in holiday sweets. Plus, when you have gingerbread for breakfast, there's no way to have a bad day!
As with so many granola recipes this recipe is easily changeable to fit your preferences- not an almond fan? Switch them out! Want to add in quinoa? Go ahead! Granola is wonderfully customizable for every diet, whether you're paleo, vegan, or a flexitarian like myself.
2 In a small saucepan on medium heat combine all wet ingredients- coconut oil, maple syrup, molasses, and vanilla extract.
3 In a large mixing bowl combine all of the dry ingredients. You have an option of adding the cranberries and candied ginger (want to learn how to make your own candied ginger? Check out this post!) post-bake if you'd like, but I added mine in now!
4 When the wet ingredients are all melted together, pour into the mixed dry ingredients. Stir to coat the oats.
5 Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and then pack the granola mixture onto the pan, smoothing with a spatula.
6 Bake for 20-25 minutes or until granola is nicely browned- the coconut oil can brown the granola faster than you may expect- so keep an eye on your granola as it bakes!
7 After taking the granola out of the oven, allow for the granola to cool completely. As it cools, the granola will begin to get the crunchy consistency we all love! If you saved the cranberries and ginger until last, you can mix them in before popping your granola into air tight containers to eat or gift!
What is your favorite seasonal flavor that you wish was more commonplace outside of holiday season? Would your favorite flavor do well in a granola like gingerbread granola? (I'm thinking of pumpkin pie?!) I'd love to know in the comments below!


1. Where can I find the Wellness on Wheels (WOW) Program schedule?
The Wellness on Wheels (WOW) Program schedule can be found on the monthly calendar. View Calendar or Full Schedule & Explanation of Services.
2. What is the phone number for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)?
Please use the phone number 320-963-6500 to contact the Wright County Community Action office and follow the voice prompts.
3. Where can I get my car seat checked?
Visit Child Passenger Safety. For questions or to schedule an appointment, call 763-682-7516.
4. Who do I contact regarding birth control?
Wright County Public Health has a confidential family planning program. Free pregnancy tests; education and condoms; clinic visits; and birth control may be provided at low or no cost. Call 763-684-8424 or visit our webpage for more information.
5. Who do I call if I have no insurance and need to go to a doctor?
St. Mary's Clinics are free and will discuss your finances. Call 651-287-7777 to schedule an appointment at one of their many clinics.
Mid Minnesota Family Practice Center in St. Cloud will discuss your finances and is free if you qualify. Call 320-240-3157 or 800-575-2982 for an appointment.
6. Where can I get a free or low cost mammogram or pap screening?
The Sage program by the Minnesota Department of Health provides free breast and cervical cancer screening plus follow-up services to eligible women. Women should be age 40 or older; uninsured or underinsured; income within our guidelines. Exceptions may be made for younger women with a family history of breast cancer.
Call 888-6-HEALTH (888-643-2584) to make an appointment with a participating local clinic or visit the Sage website for more information.
7. What is the Minnesota Child Passenger Restraint Law?
Children must remain in a federally approved, properly secured restraint until they reach 8 years old, unless the child is 4'9" or taller. For further details on the Minnesota Child Passenger Restraint Law, visit the Office of Traffic Safety.
8. What immunizations (shots) do children need and when?
Immunization information is available on the Minnesota Department of Health website.
9. What immunizations (shots) do adults need and when?
Immunization information regarding shots is available on the Minnesota Department of Health website.
10. Where can I find information on health issues relating to international travel?
Information regarding international health is available on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website.
11. Where can I find information on vaccine safety?
12. Who can answer questions on immunization issues?
Call Wright County Public Health at 763-682-7516.
13. Where can I get a record of immunizations that were given to me or my child?
Call your medical clinic where the shots were given, or call Wright County Public Health (WCPH) at 763-682-7516. WCPH has access to the Minnesota Immunization Information Connection (MIIC), the statewide registry.
14. Where can I recycle my expired or damaged car seat?


Paiton Demps during a practice for the Delta College women's basketball team. Photo by Paul Muyskens.
From nearby Elk Grove, the Demps family waits as Paiton Demps is set for her sophomore season with the women's basketball team at Delta College, while her older brother Cody Demps made the opening day roster of a new franchise playing in Stockton.
Cody Demps played both basketball and football at Sacramento State before joining the Reno Bighorns last season and averaging 7.4 points and 5.5 rebounds in 45 games before missing the rest of the season with a broken wrist.
Over the offseason, the Sacramento Kings moved the team's G-League affiliate from Reno to Stockton.
Despite an impressive high school career at Elk Grove that included playing in a state championship game, she went into her first season at Delta with low expectations, but far exceeded them as she was second on the team averaging 11.5 points per game.
"I came in with not a lot of expectations for playing, but I surpassed them and surprised myself," said Demps.
"One of the biggest things she brought to our team last year was her intensity playing," said Head Coach Gina Johnson. "She doesn't really get tired and she has a high motor. Defensively she gets her hands on the ball a lot, creates havoc and she finishes.
With both the Stockton Kings and the Delta Mustangs scheduled to have season openers on the same night, a plan was made for her dad to go watch her brother and the Kings while her mom would come to watch her and the Mustangs open the season at the Mancebo Classic.
Then both mom and dad would come to her games on Saturday and Sunday, as well as her brothers on Sunday before everyone would go watch Cody and the Kings on Monday.
Unfortunately, Paiton was injured in the opening minute of the season opener and it changed plans, but her shoulder injury isn't expected to keep her out for more than two weeks.
In the season opener for the Stockton Kings on Nov. 2, Cody Demps played 22 minutes and grabbed five rebounds to go along with three assists during a 124-89 loss against the Oklahoma City Blue.
The following night he scored seven points as the Kings picked up their first win of the season with a 108-106 win over the South Bay Lakers.


The, two organizations have identical objectives such as broadening and strengthening the community around and the adoption of enterprise blockchain technologies. The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance backs the development of specifications and standards for blockchain while Hyperledger fosters the development of open source software for connecting enterprise blockchain networks.
"This relationship will enable Hyperledger developers to write code that conforms to the EEA specification and certify them through EEA certification testing programs expected to launch in the second half of 2019. As members of each other's organizations, both communities will be able to collaborate across tens of Special Interest Groups, Working Groups, meetups and conferences globally, across hundreds of thousands of developers in both communities."
Launched in early 2017, the Ethereum Enterprise Alliance has grown to more than 150 members including the likes of a state government from India by mid-2017. By the end of 2017, the EEA became the world's largest blockchain consortium. The EEA's world-class Enterprise Ethereum Client Specification ensures interoperability, multiple vendors of choice, and lower costs for its members – the world's largest enterprises and most innovative startups.
Began in December 2015 as the largest industry-focused open-source blockchain effort at the time -The Hyperledger project released Hyperledger Fabric in July 2017, its first production-ready blockchain software for enterprises. The Hyperledger Fabric has been adopted in a number of industries, including the notable example of the world's largest shipping company Maersk deploying the blockchain software to track shipments.
Hyperledger community has already been moving in an Ethereum-friendly direction. Earlier this year, Sawtooth (a codebase contributed to Hyperledger by Intel) added support for the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) as a transaction processor. This made it possible to bring smart contracts developed for the public Ethereum blockchain over to Sawtooth-based networks.
"That effort", dubbed Seth," is now in active use, and the developers anticipate submitting it for conformance testing to the EEA Spec 1.0 as soon as possible. Likewise, support for the EVM is now available in Hyperledger Fabric"
Another example of EEA and Hyperledger's partnership is the EEA's Special Interest Group on Trusted Execution Environments, and a prototype implementation of those proposed standards - "Private Data Objects" being developed within Hyperledger Labs. This project combines community-driven open standards and community-developed, production-quality open source reference implementation and is a best practice of Internet-scale software development work.
Brian Behlendorf and Ron Resnick believe "this mutually beneficial relationship will encourage Ethereum developers to consider submitting their enterprise projects to Hyperledger and Hyperledger project maintainers to consider taking de-facto interfaces appropriate for standardization to the appropriate EEA working groups. This relationship will also enable Hyperledger developers to write code that conforms to the EEA specification and certify them through EEA certification testing programs expected to launch in the second half of 2019."


It's an early spring morning, and I'm cuddled up in bed with an empty stomach and blurry eyes. I'm playing a guessing game about how the next hour will go. I think the baby fell back asleep, but I'm not quite sure, so I can't fully relax but I'm not ready to leave my warm sheets either. The baked avocado egg boats I'm dreaming about will have to wait just a bit longer.
Our new life in this familiar town continues to fly by, the days merging into one another and developing their own rituals, many like our old life in Sacramento but with the mountains and ocean as backdrop. We still make smoothies in the mornings and play on the swing in the afternoons, and Daddy comes home at 6pm to the same delighted greetings he always has. But there are also new patterns to our day we didn't have before, the largest being that I'm working about 10 hours a week and exercising regularly.
I can't tell you how good this change is for my soul.
To be honest, and I've shared this a little bit here and there, Owen's birth really threw me for a loop. After dealing with (Jonathan's) cancer during Anna's first year of life, I thought I was ready for anything this time around. I also assumed because Owen is our second we'd have an easy time nursing and sleep training. But that really wasn't the case. Unlike Anna, who took well to a schedule and slept through the night at 10 weeks old (!!!) Owen did not. For the first six months of his life he took 30 minute catnaps, and when he was awake he would fuss nonstop unless he was being held. I'm a researcher and a planner so his sleep schedule drove me crazy because, despite my best efforts, I couldn't control him. Also, my arms hurt and I wasn't showering as frequently as I wanted.
I'm convinced that regular showers help keep people sane, and moms of infants don't get nearly enough showers.
Also, have you ever tried to vacuum with a 20+ pound infant strapped to your chest? It's not exactly easy.
The only thing that kept me from going crazy was choosing to believe that when he began solid foods, something might change. So when that didn't work, and when I began having major breastfeeding challenges on top of everything else, I started to crack.
By mid-February I was so tired and down and discouraged that I began seeing changes in my personality which really, really scared me. I remember holding my sweet baby, who was up again crying, and telling him: "I hate you." It'd be the first of several times I uttered that phrase over the course of three days.
What happened after I said those words is fairly common, I think. The guilt and shame arrived with full force. Guilt that I wasn't a good mom because good moms either have babies who sleep, or they fully embrace their waking with love and patience.
I entered this really bad cycle of anger and guilt, which lasted about a week before I called my favorite counselor, Lori, and cried on her couch a few times. She asked me if I was physically hurting my children, and I told her I wasn't. But I was afraid that if I didn't get some control over my anger then I might say awful things to him for years and years to come. This ain't something to mess around with.
Of course, the answer wasn't super simple. After a lot of thought I realized that Owen's needs threatened my desires for high productivity (because I simply couldn't get anything done!) as well as my desire for control (because he couldn't be controlled in the ways I thought he should be.) Both of these values are idols in my life, and they have been for a long time, so I had some thinking and praying to do. Lori encouraged me and said I needed to think about the space between my expectations and my current reality. "How can you close that gap," she asked?
Over the course of a few weeks in early March, I did a lot of thinking and praying and analyzing. I hired a babysitter a few times so I could get out and write, and you know what? I realized that having just five hours to myself each week made the difference between crazy and caring, lunatic and loving. I was actually shocked how much just five hours made an impact on my week.
I also decided that while a lot of babies can sleep through the night at 7 months old, my baby still needed to eat . And so Jonathan and I have been taking turns getting up with him each night while he quickly downs a huge bottle of milk and goes back to sleep. Instead of being bitter and angry about his waking, I am loving our time together again. I'm almost certain he will drop that feeding before college.
I am incredibly grateful that God grabbed my heart and mind, and helped push me to see a counselor because by the time our moving news came about, I was in a healthy place to take on such a change. He knew what was coming, and He made sure I was ready. How incredible is that?
If you're a mama who is experiencing anger, or who is in a tough spot raising young kiddos, I have to recommend a few things. First, please talk to someone–whether that's your husband, friends and/or a counselor. A book I read that I think every mom should read is, She's Gonna Blow: Real Help for Moms Dealing with Anger. (The cover and title are cheesy, but the content is great.) Tim Keller also has a great sermon on anger, which I can't seem to find online but maybe you'll have better luck.
Please leave me a comment if you are/or have been in a tough spot when it comes to raising young kids. I'd love to know how to encourage or pray for you. We're in this together, mamas!
Update: Those avocado boats? I made them after writing this post and they're amazing. Add them to your weekly breakfast line-up, ok?


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April 23, 2019 7:38 am You are here:Home Commentary Latinos in the Tea Party?
Posted by Editor on February 28, 2013 in Commentary | Comments Off on Latinos in the Tea Party?
A small minority of Tea Party advocates are beginning to look at Latinos as potential members and/or supporters for the Tea parties that exist around the country. Some Tea Party advocates are airing radio and TV commercials and printed literature as well as Internet websites in Spanish. Tea Party advocates are stressing that the Tea Party (and obviously by extension the Republican Party) believes in traditional family values and in the importance of immigrants. This is a far cry from where the Tea Party and the Republican Party were just a few months before. The real change has been of course the Latino vote.
This was one of the decision makers of the 2012 presidential election. This vote bloc helped to contribute to current U.S. President Barack Obama being reelected. There were other circumstances leading to Obama's reelection, but the Latino vote played no small part in that victory. Clearly this, and the fact that Tea Party advocates realize they simply do not have many Latinos in their ranks. This is why there is a sea change developing within the ranks of the Tea Party. They see Latinos as part of mainstream American society and part of America's future. They see that Latinos are not only here to stay but that there are already several generations of native-born Latinos who are very much part of this great country. Finally, their influence on everything from voting to business and sports to science is immeasurable.
There still remains considerable opposition within the ranks of the Tea Party to allow a vast number of Latinos in. Many Tea Party members simply do not want to see a "sizable Spanish speaking bloc." They fear that English will eventually be made irrelevant. The fact that almost all native-born Latinos know English and use it in everyday situations should alleviate that fear. But the bigger fear still seems to be allowing a "minority" into the ranks of the Tea Party. This view is one of the reasons why the Republicans lost the 2012 election, and may lose future presidential elections. Including racial and ethnic minorities is necessary for the Tea Party, and by extension the Republican Party, to survive and grow in this century.


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The Netanyahu Witch Hunt
Posted on March 3, 2019 by Victor Rosenthal
Demonization, double standard, and delegitimization: the famous "Three D's" proposed by Natan Sharansky in 2004 have proven to be a powerful tool to distinguish between legitimate criticism of Israel, and "new antisemitism," in which the Jewish state replaces the individual Jew as a target.
What these criteria do is reveal the irrational basis of the exaggerated charges against Israel, and help show how they are part of an emotional propaganda attack aimed at creating a strong antipathy in the listener which is not justified by facts.
These same propaganda techniques can be deployed in other venues for other purposes, such as in an attempt to damage a democratically elected political leader and influence an election. In a situation like this, the Three D's can help us distinguish between legitimate criticism of policies and behavior – even alleged criminal behavior – and a witch hunt.
Of course I am talking about the witch hunt against PM Binyamin Netanyahu.
The major complaint against Netanyahu today is that he is corrupt, as is charged in the three cases in which the Attorney General has said he will attempt to indict Netanyahu: accepting gifts of cigars and champagne in return for political favors, conspiring to obtain positive coverage from a newspaper in return for suppressing a competitor, and – most damaging – promoting regulatory actions that provided financial benefits for a media mogul in return for positive coverage on a website he controlled.
There are some serious problems for the prosecution in these cases. The first case is both trivial and vague (how many cigars is too many?) In the second, Netanyahu is supposed to have traded support for legislation to ban the free distribution of newspapers – a bill aimed at Israel Hayom – for positive coverage from the publisher of its competitor, Yediot Aharonot. But Netanyahu opposed the legislation, and Yediot didn't support him anyway. In the third, the website that allegedly provided positive coverage did publish several favorable articles, but overall did not change its slant.
In addition, all three accusations are based to some extent on the testimony of state's witnesses – people who have been given immunity from prosecution for their own illegal actions in return for their testimony against the Prime Minister. Testify the way we want, they are told, or you will go to jail! Could there be a greater conflict of interest?
But what I find the most egregious is the way the media – with the cooperation of the police and the prosecutor's office – has been trying Netanyahu in public for at least the last three or four years, in order to demonize and delegitimize him as Prime Minister. Netanyahu has been interrogated by the police at least twelve times for hours at a time in various cases, and each time there were sensational leaks that were gleefully reported on the evening TV news or in the next days' papers. Naturally, the reports stressed the most incriminating material. As far as I know, no one has been disciplined for these leaks.
There is also evidence of double standards. Arnon Milchan, who gave Netanyahu cigars and champagne was also friends with many other Israeli politicians, including Yair Lapid, one of the principals in the Blue and White party that is Netanyahu's main rival in the coming election. Lapid also supported legislation that would have benefited Milchan. But he was not investigated.
Further, 43 members of the Knesset – led by MK Eitan Kabel of the Labor Party – voted to ban the free distribution of newspapers, but none of them were investigated.
Politicians everywhere have always tried to trade favors for media coverage. The legal doctrine that treats this as bribery, however, is something new which seems to have been created just for Netanyahu.
Alan Dershowitz argues that interference by law enforcement in the relationship between politicians and media, except in cases of "clear and unambiguous financial corruption" is extremely dangerous to democracy, because almost every contact between them would be open to legal scrutiny. These questions are highly political, and therefore should be decided by the political process – in other words, the voters.
Avi Bell notes that there is a "new understanding of the traditional crimes of bribery and breach of public trust" in which media coverage is equivalent to a monetary payoff. This either implies that there will have to be "police oversight of nearly all interactions between media and public officials," or it is a one-time application of special rules to Netanyahu – obviously a serious injustice. Either way, it is a "severe crisis in Israel's democratic governance." Indeed.
These are not the first allegations against Netanyahu and his family that have been splashed across the media. There was a bribery scandal in connection with the procurement of submarines; it turned out that Netanyahu had no connection with the affair. There was the ludicrous "deposit bottle scandal" in which Sara Netanyahu was accused of keeping the money for bottles that had been returned after their purchase for public functions (she was not charged). She was indicted for misuse of public funds for ordering out for expensive meals when she had a government-paid cook (she is on trial now). There have been lawsuits concerning her alleged ill-treatment of employees and bad temper. And on and on and on.
The Attorney General has announced his intention to hold a hearing on the charges against the PM, after which a formal indictment can be issued. The hearing would take place after the election. The announcement has no other legal significance, but it certainly will affect the vote and the coalition negotiations after the election. It is very unlikely that the timing of this announcement was accidental!
The American Founding Fathers understood that the removal of a chief executive would be highly charged politically, and they created a political method for dealing with malfeasance or criminal behavior in office: impeachment by the House and conviction by the Senate. They did not leave it to policemen or lawyers, or even the Supreme Court. This has proven to be the right path, and it's unfortunate that Israel does not have something similar.
Netanyahu has been Prime Minister since 2009, and his opposition is frustrated to the point of hysteria. They have been unable to defeat him by the normal political processes, so it seems that they have chosen to tie him down with multiple legal threads, as the Lilliputians did to Gulliver, and stone him to death with innuendos. Bibi claims, and I think he is essentially correct in this, that pressure from media and the legal establishment – groups that are largely opposed to him – forced the hand of the Attorney General in deciding to move forward toward indictment.
Just as Israel's enemies wish to destroy international sympathy for Israel by demonization and delegitimization, Netanyahu's enemies hope to fracture his political support before the election.
Will they succeed? We'll find out after the 9th of April.
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Stuart Kaufman says:
"the media – with the cooperation of the police and the prosecutor's office – has been trying Netanyahu in public for at least the last three or four years, in order to demonize and delegitimize him as Prime Minister."
Sound familiar? The same type of yapping rodent dogs that are nipping at the ankles of President Trump are dong the same thing to Netanyahu. It may or may not be time for Netanyahu to hang up his cleats, but it is not the business of an AG in cahoots with unprincipled media to unseat him, any more than it is the business of unscrupulous politicians and "journalists" to join forces in an attempt to be rid of President Trump. I hope that the enemies of Netanyahu and Trump experience ignominious defeat. A plague on all of them.
Shalom Freedman says:
They have been hounding him and trying to get him. However as you indicate it some of what he has done is not what is expected of an example- setting leader of a free- democratic- Jewish and moral nation.
That unfortunately will probably be set aside by me when I vote again for what will seem to me the best possible, or perhaps more correctly, the least- worst, option.
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Other makes are available and there are cheaper ones from other companies but the challenge is getting a reliable one. The risk with the cheap ones is they may be more likely to fail and if you have livestock, do you want to risk them?
I have a single stage CO2 regulator from CO2SuperMarket I bought in 2012. Works fine, dead easy to get CO2 rate I desire and have worked faultlessly since then.
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Until Death () is a 1988 Italian made-for-TV horror film directed by Lamberto Bava.

Plot
Linda (Gioia Scola) and her lover Carlo (David Brandon) committed a horrible crime: eight years ago they murdered the woman's husband, Luca (Roberto Pedicini), while she was pregnant with his son. They hid the corpse and since then they are running a small hotel near a popular fishing lake. One rainy night a drifter named Marco (Urbano Barberini) arrives to the hotel, but he seems to know too many details about Linda's dead husband.

Production
Following the success of the film Demons and Demons 2 and other foreign horror films in Italy, the company Reiteitalia would announce in July 1986 that a series titled Brivido giallo which would be made featuring five made-for-television film directed by Lamberto Bava. Of these films only four would be made: Graveyard Disturbance, Until Death, The Ogre and Dinner with a Vampire. The films were shot between 1987 and 1988.

Until Death was based on an older script by Dardano Sacchetti. Director Lucio Fulci claimed to have created the original story for the film with a title Evil Comes Back based on the 1934 novel The Postman Always Rings Twice. Fulci claimed that Sacchetti then wrote it up and submitted it to several producers with Fulci's name attached, and then found it sold to Luciano Martino with only Sacchetti's name attached. Fulci stated he decided not to sue Sacchetti but broke off all relations with the screenwriter. Sacchetti claims that he was working on a script trying about sex and ghosts but couldn't choose which one to focus on and that Fulci asked him what he was working on which was a pseudo-sequel to The Postman Always Rings Twice. Sacchetti claimed that Fulci had taken it from producer to producer without it going into production and went as far as having it translated into English without Sacchetti's knowledge. While working on Brivido giallo, Sacchetti stated that Bava knew about the script and asked if it was still available for the series as they required one more episode.

Release
Until Death was released on home video in Germany in November 1988 before the film had its television premiere in Italy. The film was shown in Italy on August 15, 1989 on Italia 1. In some markets, the film was promoted as a sequel to the film The Changeling as The Changeling 2.

MYA Communications released the film for the first time ever on region 1 DVD in 2009 with the Until Death title.

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Breaking: Russian Central Bank Denies Licensing to Alpari and Forex Club
Thursday, 02/06/2016 | 15:29 GMT by Victor Golovtchenko
No further information on the reasoning of the decision has been provided.
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The Russian central bank has just published a communique on its website which outlines that Alpari and Forex Forex Foreign exchange or forex is the act of converting one nation's currency into another nation's currency (that possesses a different currency); for example, the converting of British Pounds into US Dollars, and vice versa. The exchange of currencies can be done over a physical counter, such as at a Bureau de Change, or over the internet via broker platforms, where currency speculation takes place, known as forex trading.The foreign exchange market, by its very nature, is the world's largest tradi Foreign exchange or forex is the act of converting one nation's currency into another nation's currency (that possesses a different currency); for example, the converting of British Pounds into US Dollars, and vice versa. The exchange of currencies can be done over a physical counter, such as at a Bureau de Change, or over the internet via broker platforms, where currency speculation takes place, known as forex trading.The foreign exchange market, by its very nature, is the world's largest tradi Read this Term Club have been denied a license. No further information on the reasoning of the decision has been provided, with the brokers awaiting for an answer from the mega-regulator for over 6 months.
Two of the biggest brokerages in the country as per the survey by Interfax have not been able to meet the requirements of the authorities. With Alpari being established all the way back in 1998 as one of the pioneers of the industry in Russia, the decision by the central bank raises eyebrows across the industry.
Commenting to Finance Magnates, a company spokesperson of Forex Club stated: "We are working on complying with the formal recommendations of the central bank and are soon resubmitting our application."
Alpari has issued the following statement on its website: "The Russian Central Bank had a series of clarifying questions and notes on the technical norms required for a company to become a licensed forex dealer complying with the current legislative framework. The company is expecting the full list of notes and questions from the regulator in the future and will be reapplying for a license. Alpari expects to receive a license from the Bank of Russia in the third quarter of 2016."
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Despite the official licenses, one of the three companies that have received authorization doesn't even have its website operational.
Currently, despite being authorized, the brokerages are still not members of any self-regulatory organization that meets the requirements of the Russian law, since such an organization still doesn't exist.
In its current state, it seems that the Bank of Russia's regulatory framework is established not to protect the interests of clients, but yet another branch of special interests.
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"I have drawn since I remember. There were colouring books first, but then I started to draw for myself. When I was about seven or eight I found my cousin's anatomy book; he was studying to be a doctor. He also had a human skull on his desk, and I remember touching it and not believing that it was real. I knew I was supposed to stay away from his college stuff, but this fascination made me want to have them forever. I think this book was the first major influence for my drawings. I grew up in a small town called Oswiecim (Auschwitz) in Poland. I knew what happened in the place but as a teenager, I used to hang around there with my friends looking for adventures. It's a very sad place, and you can feel that there is still something disturbing in the air. I think the time I spent there may also have had an impact on what I paint and draw now. When I'm drawing I feel like I'm entering different dimensions… And this is what matters the most to me.


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I need to map lots of geolocation records of moving customers. The records show positions of customers from various different services and devices. I was able to show these users and see the tracking paths of these users on the map over desired period. However, ever since I used tableau 10.x the detail paths are no longer apparent on the map and it appears to me that the locations are aggregated; hence lots of missing points on the map and losing granularity. I tried to play with shape size and duration but didn't seem to help.
Any clue why is this penning? Any suggestions or advice on how to show a detail positions on the map without losing too much granularity?
Is it possible for you to share a packaged workbook (.twbx) that shows what you're working on? Seeing the data really can make it easier to determine what's happening. My thought in the meantime is that you could disaggregate the data or change it to a dimension form a measure ( Disaggregating Data) perhaps changes to how data was interpreted in 10.0 or another version just switched the default.
Unfortunately it is sensitive data which I am unable to share in public. Given data set is quite large it is not easy to randomize and customize it for public domain. I need to find a way to generate dummy data set for this.
Nevertheless, I was finally able to figure out why this was happening. My data set spans over certain period of time and timestamped. Apparently level of details in time domain at desired time granularity was missing from the marks card that needs to be added. Once this is added detail paths reappeared again, otherwise tableau seems to use only one or a few samples of the data rather than the full set or bigger set depending on desired interval or granularity period.


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Die Thomaskirche war die evangelisch-lutherische Pfarrkirche von Sokolov (deutsch Falkenau an der Eger) in der Karlsbader Region in Tschechien. Bis 1918 bildete sie Teil der Evangelische Superintendentur A. B. Westböhmen, bis 1945 gehörte sie der Deutschen Evangelischen Kirche in Böhmen, Mähren und Schlesien, seither gehört sie der Evangelischen Kirche der Böhmischen Brüder an.

1899  als Filialgemeinde der Friedenskirche von Eger gegründet, wurde sie 1907 selbständige Gemeinde. Der Kirchenbau wurde in den Jahren 1903 bis 1904 durch den Leipziger Architekten Julius Zeißig in Formen des Späthistorismus mit Anklängen an die Formensprache der Neuromanik errichtet, unmittelbar anschließend entstand das benachbarte Pfarrhaus.

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FM frozen out as Norway switches to digital
Written by RadioToday UK - Reporter	 January 9, 2017 - 2:01 pm 2,523
Laurence Harrison, Market Development Director, Digital Radio UK, arrives in Norway for the big DAB event.
Dark but definitely digital
Having arrived in Bodø, Norway's northernmost city of 50,000 people, positioned right on the edge of the Arctic Circle, I can confirm (stop the press) it's dark and it's cold. The welcome, however, is an extremely warm one and the excitement is building towards the start of the world's first FM switch off on Wednesday. Plenty of eagles here but no polar bears. Instead, a pack of hungry press hunting down anyone with an opinion.
Given there is only three hours of sunlight each day, temperatures well below freezing and the remoteness of Bodø, you can imagine how important radio is to cheer the soul. Although the small population in the area no doubt made it an obvious choice to be the first of the six regional areas to switchover during 2017, it is by no means a simple task to bring the people of Bodø along too. First impressions are, though, that this is indeed what has happened. Our taxi driver Tommy tells us he has had DAB+ in his car for 5 years and then enthusiastically turns up the volume to his favourite station – Rock Radio, a station he could only get on digital.
Bodø is an amazing place. Dominated by the port, the fishing, the maelstroms (look them up) and the Northern Lights (I don't think we'll see them unless there's a band playing by the same name), it feels very modern and very clean. There is no doubt the attention that the switchover has brought is a boost for the city. As well as all the radio industry folk, the Government and media are here to boost the coffers of the local hotels. Our happy hotel receptionist Rude says that he has got a DAB+ digital radio at home but not in his car. 'I'll probably listen to radio on the smartphone and will get it done eventually', he says. Fair enough.
Tuesday sees a conference with the great and the good from Norwegian radio plus international guest speakers. Then follows on Wednesday morning at 11.11.11am (10.11.11am in the UK) the big FM switch off moment with the Norwegian Secretary of State, Bård Folke Fredriksen.
It is a big project with big challenges but it is happening and soon we'll hear just how ready Bodø is for the switch and if the rest of the country is following suit. Until then Ha det!
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Aamir Ali lives a middle-classed lifestyle in Mumbai along with his dad, Rashid; mom, Taranum; three sisters: Nargis, Shabana, and Falak; and a brother, Jameel. After his dad passes away, Aamir re-locates to Britain, studies, obtains a medical degree, and returns home. Upon arrival at Mumbai Airport, he is hassled by the Customs Officer and his baggage is searched several times. Finally, he is permitted to leave.
Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.


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'The Man in the High Castle: Season 2, Episode 8' - TV Review
As the series continues to hop from character to character, Episode 8 spends some time with Ed (DJ Qualls) and Childan (Brennan Brown), whose projects seem insignificant compared to the plots that Frank (Rupert Evans) and Juliana (Alexa Davalos) are wrapped up in. Though at times a bit oafish, Ed and Childan serve as reminders of the good, innocent people who could die if the Nazis destroy the city. Childan may be the most likeable character on the show; he certainly has the most personality as a cultured, charming businessman who overextends his attempts at social couth. At the same time, Ed and Childan are pretty useless as fighters, so once the showdown begins, hopefully, they will not be involved.
A major theme of this episode is deception. Juliana's spying, Smith's (Rufus Sewell) plan to free Thomas (Quinn Lord), the Nazi cover-up of Hitler's condition, and Smith's meeting with Heydrich (Ray Proscia) all serve as reminders that truth is often buried or distorted, and no one can be trusted. While the Reich is covering up Hitler's imminent death from public knowledge, ironically, it seems that Hitler remaining in power is the force preventing rebellion and chaos from breaking out. His death is likely to trigger a Resistance uprising and a fight between the Nazis and the Japanese. To add to the image of Hitler as a peaceful man is the televised video of him outdoors painting on a canvas with voiceover narration telling the audience that painting is his favorite pastime. This footage presents Hitler as a regular man with hobbies, a great contrast to the tyrant that the show's audience knows. He has succeeded in building a grand, opulent city, which also makes him seem rather industrious. Despite the positive spin on Hitler's character, executions and the law that requires Thomas be killed serve as reminders that the Nazi ideology is still discriminatory and heartless.
The way the show imagines Hitler's vision of Berlin is visually stunning, though. The grandiose, domed building, red flags rampant, and buildings mounted with gilded imperial eagles all contribute to making Berlin look prosperous and luxurious. The interior of Hitler's office contains swastikas on the decor (including the clock), marble walls, and bright red walls; likewise, Reichminister Heusmann's (Sebastian Roché) house is also grand and elegant, a perfect museum of Nazi paraphernalia and luxury. No wonder Joe (Luke Kleintank) won't leave; as a Nazi in Berlin with a big-deal father, he gets to experience palatial living, including being served fancy meals on a porch with pillars and a magnificent view of the dome.
This episode is gripping due to the pressures of time running out for many the characters. Hitler's death serves as the climax of the season, as the aftermath is likely to be violent and destructive. The death scene, though, is not as emotionally charged as it could have been. While Hitler dies at peace in a bed surround by Nazis, the scene lacks the emotional intensity that is found in the scene when Frank learns that Juliana and he are both fighting for the same cause, for example. As the climax, Hitler's death should have been more compelling. Now, though, it is likely an uprising or war is going to break out at last, which will hopefully finally bring the key players back together.
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