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Join us at our 2nd Retreat Sept 21 – 24, 2017 in Naramata, BC!!

My beautiful friend Jeanni and I are hosting our 2nd retreat this September 21 to 24.  We are once again in the beautiful Naramata Centre in Naramata, BC.  The theme of this event is “The Magic, Mystery and Wonder of YOU”.

We would love for you to join us on this adventure, to come explore with us and turn your dreams into reality.  Together we will:

  • connect with the magic you have already experienced in life
  • experience the magic inside you and start to share it with the world
  • learn how to put it to use in your daily life to feel more happy and fulfilled
  • stay connected with us through an on-line regular conference calls to keep you on the path to your dreams for a further 3 months

Jeanni and I have put together a magical, fun and inspiring agenda with ample opportunity to process, connect and unwind.  We have once again been mindful of budget and the “all inclusive” price of $627 includes lodging, meals and all retreat materials/activities.  At this point, we have 8 spots left!  Please email me at or text/call me at 306.831.9517 if you have any questions.

You can check out the beauty of Naramata by having a look at this website:

We will have ample opportunity for “free time” with several options whether you are interested in the beach, a quiet walk, a wine tour, meditating in the chapel, touring the town or whatever your heart desires.

The pictures below were taken last summer at the “Lake Breeze” winery which is just down the road… almost looks like you are in Italy!

Looking forward to experiencing a bunch of magic, mystery & wonder with you in September!

With lots of love and aloha,

Tips to help you keep goin’ and growin’ in your journey….

Have any of you noticed how many people are struggling right now?  Whether it’s dealing with challenges, obstacles, frustration, feeling stuck, financial hardship, anger, regret….you name it.  I have noticed.  I have faced a lot of these things too.  You’ve no doubt heard the saying that when one of us hurts, we all hurt.

I’ve had to learn some hard lessons.  I’ve written a lot about celebrating the contrast; we cannot appreciate light without darkness, joy without sorrow, success without failure.  We cannot fix everything or everyone.  At some point in our lives we all make poor choices and decisions and experience “shoulda/woulda/coulda” moments.  We question some relationships and ponder over people’s behaviors.  WHY?  WHY?  WHY!!!

We all have a lot in common don’t we?  Once we engage in honest and authentic conversations with people, we realize how very much alike we are.  We are definitely not alone and that it comforting.  I have discovered some things (FREE things!) that have significantly helped me and continue to help me as I navigate along and make the best of my journey.  Here is what I have learned:

  1. We can always learn and grow.  We all stumble, we all fall.  Never stop improving yourself.  EVER.
  2. We have control over something powerful……our thoughts, our words, our actions and our reactions.  Choose wisely and carefully.
  3. Everyone is doing the best they can with what they know and where they are.  Think about that.  We are all together in this journey, YES, but we are all unique.  Do not judge.  Respect one another.
  4. Optimism and gratitude are game-changers and create magic & miracles in transforming our lives.
  5. People are craving to be noticed.  A smile, a gesture, a sincere “hello” can change someone’s day or future.  Again, we cannot fix everything or everyone but we can influence hope and connection with kindness and compassion.   Even to those who we may think deserve it the least.  Again, refer to #3.
  6. People change, relationships change, it’s okay.  Celebrate the good memories, learn from the not so good, bless everyone and carry on.  Regret and resentment serves no one and takes up space in our heads.  Put a reserved sign on that valuable parking spot for goodness and growth.
  7. Celebrate the contrast!  Learn from mistakes and challenges, go forward the best you can through obstacles, grow, be better, be stronger.
  8. Trying new things adds major fun, whimsy and excitement to life.  Take that class, join that group, volunteer for that organization who needs you, learn that instrument, dance in your kitchen, wave to random people, sing in the grocery store… get the picture!
  9. Keep dreaming BIG, keep believing BIGGER, and by all means take action (BIGGEST) or that dream forever stays in your head.  Even if things do not go as planned, you tried and you will without a doubt……learn, grow and know!

Your journey.  The story of YOU!

In celebration, joy and love,

PS – YOU are definitely not alone….

Join us March 24-27 in Naramata, BC, Canada for a “Spring into Action” Retreat

After all this time dreaming and talking about it…………I’m finally putting on a retreat March 24 to 27 in Naramata, BC.  I’ve partnered up with my friend, Jeanni, who is lovely and full of life and we’re doing this and I would soooo love for you to join us!
The theme of the event is “Reflecting, Feeling, Connecting, Healing“.  The agenda is full of events, activities, presentations (and free  YOU time) to help anyone bring more of this into their life regardless of where they currently are in their journey.  We have lots of learning, growing and FUN planned and we are so thrilled for this opportunity.
I hope you will consider joining us (bring a friend/relative to share the experience with)!  We’ve been mindful of budget and have included absolutely everything in the price of $577 (other than getting here ).  Included are your accommodations for 3 nights (double including a private washroom – single available for a higher price), healthy meals/snacks, registration, a welcome gift, retreat materials including many inspirational keepsakes created by YOU for YOU, oodles of goodness, and JOY.  This truly is an “all inclusive” event ��
It would be a great road trip but there are several daily flights to and from Calgary, AB to Penticton, BC.  Naramata is very close and we will arrange to get you there.  The setting/venue is serene and breath-taking and is located along the Naramata Bench Road, which is abundant with wineries, vineyards & orchards and the weather will be incredibly amazing at the end of March!
So something awesome for you to think about.………….I would love to share this experience with you my friends!
With love, aloha and wishes of all things good,

The Red Sweater. A true and inspiring story……60 years later!

In the mid 1950’s my mom, Betty left her family home in Saskatchewan and ventured east to Montreal to live with her grandma, work and experience life.  I’m sure it was quite the contrast to her life and upbringing on the prairies of rural Saskatchewan.

She left several younger siblings back at home and one of them was her sister Irene.  In her best attempt at spelling and printing, Irene wrote my mom a letter thanking her for a gift and a letter she had sent.  How exciting it must have been for Irene to receive something in the mail all the way from Montreal!  In this letter, she also asked my mom for a red sweater with buttons down the front for her next gift.  As the story goes, my mom saved all her money she made from working to buy her mom and dad their first “refrigerator” which I’m sure was very exciting and incredibly appreciated.

My mom kept Irene’s letter all these years.  For Irene’s birthday this past December, my mom sent her a special gift.  There was a copy of Irene’s letter along with a beautiful red sweater with of course, buttons down the front.  Mom told Irene she couldn’t remember if she ever did send her one!

There were lots of tears and memories from this gesture.

This story is such a reminder of kindness, love and all the goodness in life that makes us feel grateful and happy.  Taking the time to bring joy to another person carries with it a ripple effect that inspires many others, ourselves included.  I encourage each one of you to keep spreading the kindness and love to others however you can, wherever you are and be a part of making this world a better place.

Here’s to friends, family, awesome stories and goodness!

With aloha,

It’s a small world after all…….

Love it, like it or somewhere on the opposite end of the spectrum, the song “It’s a Small World” written by the Sherman Brothers for Walt Disney’s attraction of the same name is claimed to be the most performed and translated piece of music on earth.  To that, I say wooohooo, haha and zip-a-dee-doo-dah!!

I am going to admit that It’s a Small World is one of my favourite Disney rides.  It never ceases to make me tear up, hearing these lyrics (yes, over and over and over again during the 15 minute or so ride) sung by animated dolls in their native language and seeing all the different countries represented with traditional costumes and unique cultural items.

Small World

The overall theme of the attraction is that of global peace and unity.  I’m sure most of you would agree that we need that more than ever in the world.  I recently read a statistic that stated there are 20 million people talking about what’s wrong in the world and approximately 2 million talking about what’s right.  How someone came up with those numbers, I’m not sure.  What it does indicate and I both hear and see signs of this far too often, is that many of us focus on the negative instead of celebrating the positive.  I am not saying there are not serious issues in the world; we all know that there are.  But by focusing on optimism, hope, love and compassion, and taking action with those values, we can create really good changes.

We are all so connected, there’s so much that we share and many of us forget that.  We get wrapped up in chaos that we sometimes create ourselves; in our lives of stuff and more stuff; we judge without seeking to understand; we don’t enjoy the present moment because we are focusing on the past or the future.  We forget that today is a gift, to be grateful, that goodness and kindness transforms lives, and that the people who cross our paths are just………us.  They have stories and struggles.  They laugh like us, they cry like us, they have fears like us and they have hope like us.

Despite the fact that mountains divide and oceans are wide, how often have you heard it said that it’s a small world?  I bet that most of you have at some point in your life with the people you have met or situations you have been in.  The kindness of strangers, or you meet someone who knows someone you know or has been somewhere you have been, or you cross paths with someone who has common interests, or your heart and soul is captivated, and perhaps changed by the stories of another person, group of people or culture.

I am going to close today’s writing with this powerful and amazing statement…….a smile means friendship to everyone.  What’s really awesome is that a smile is free, costs nothing, zippo, totally BONUS.  It’s the best accessory that any of us can wear and definitely a gift we give another person (plus it makes us feel super dooper happy!)  A smile is an international sign of peace and friendship.  It crosses all language barriers, generations and cultures.  So go on, give it a try.  Smile more often than you do now at those amazing people who you encounter today.  Be that “good change” the world needs because it truly is a small world and we are all in it together.

To global peace, love and good changes,

It’s not over yet baby:   I bet, I just totally bet you were either singing or humming “It’s A Small World” while reading this story.  Come on, admit it.  And right now you’re smiling, because you feel really, really gooooooood.   And yes, I bet the song is stuck in your head now……you may as well just keep singing it my friend…….just go with it………just go with it all!   You’re welcome 🙂

FLOWER POWER…….something to celebrate!

Welcome to Flower Power where the saying goes:  “Wear happy, share happy, be happy”.  Simple as that.  These happiness blooms are created with love and aloha by me!

For many years now, I have worn a flower in my hair.  Funny thing is that I am from the prairies in Canada and regularly started wearing a flower in my hair in the winter after a tropical holiday we took.  Totally non-typical and out of place.  I think that’s what I liked about it……it made me feel happy and reminded me that it truly is a good life, wherever you are!

I would get many comments from people when they saw me still wearing a flower months later.  I rarely went out in public without it.  The flower continued to make me feel grateful and happy, and I know it made other people feel happy too.  It’s at the point now where if I’m not wearing my flower, people who know me will ask if there is something wrong.  It’s as second nature to me as brushing my teeth and having random dance parties.

So this is where things get fun.  I have decided to share the happiness.  Cuz like who made the rule that says you should only wear a flower when you’re on a tropical holiday?  That rule totally needs to be broken!!

Each flower is on a clip so you can put them in your hair, on your hat, on your cat, on your headband, on your lapel, on your lampshade, or whatever flips your clip!  They are $12 Cdn (taxes in) plus shipping and packaged up all special and fun.  I have a large selection of sizes and colors depending on what flowers are available and make me stop in my tracks with stars in my eyes.  Oh and because you are so special and unique and awesome, each flower also includes a handwritten message of aloha just for YOU.  Baby, you’re worth it!

To order “A Happiness Flower” go to my website Projects/Flower Power.
There is information and a link for you there.  You’ll also see me out and about at markets, swap meets, craft shows, festivals, parties, parades and maybe one day, in my “happiness bus”.  Yeah, that is so going to happen!

Make sure you join my mailing list on the home page of my website so you will be updated of new merchandise launches and other “fun and happy” happenings.

Happiness.  Positively!  (Let’s keep this movement “moving” my friends….)

With aloha,

Ps.  I am sooooo excited to tell you that I am bringing in a huge assortment of tropical flowers from Hawaii and I will post pictures to let you know when those are available!

Celebrating moments that turn into awesomeness….

Some moments turn out way more awesome than we can imagine.

Fun things are fun!  Laughter is contagious!!  No permission needed for whimsy!!!  Some moments turn into unexpected awesomeness.  This was one of those times……

Laughter, fun and whimsy connect us as human beings, keep us YOUNG, release stress, build relationships and create all sorts of wonderful magic in our lives.

I was recently visiting my mom and grandma before a speaking event in Saskatchewan.  Mom and I try our best to meet at grandmas as often as we can (we all live in different communities).  Our get-togethers most often involve catching up, sharing in meals, a few interesting games of rummy (guess who wins most often?), a lot of laughs, a little bit of mischief, some naptime and simply sharing in our time together.

I decided we should all sport “a good life” shirt a get a 3 generation picture.  What happened next is something I can’t explain exactly.  You can see from the progression of pictures that it was an absolute explosion of uncontrollable laughter between my mom and grandma.  I decided to capture a few pictures of them in action before sneaking in behind them to get in on the fun!!  Thanks to my aunt Renee who was visiting for taking the group photos.  It certainly took a while for us to be able to compose ourselves and say “cheese”!

This was one of those moments that we will all remember for a long, long time.  Laughing until we cry, feeling the joy, celebrating being together and simply living “a good life”.

Celebrate on my friends,

Woooohoooo!  My 1st launch of “A Good Life” shirts are sold out!!  Thank you to everyone who purchased one.  The 2nd edition (new design and sizes) will be available very soon.  You can sign up to be on my email list on my website ( to receive updates on products and other fun stuff!

Listen to someone’s story.

Every week I get excited about all the things I could write about.  I regularly jot down (or text myself) ideas, words, song verses, conversations I’ve had with people, thoughts and situations that provide me with inspiration.  I just never know where or when something will present itself with a story…. and this is exactly what happened a few days ago.

One of the jobs I currently have provides me with the privilege of welcoming people into a resort and the opportunity to create a positive experience.  We have our regular coffee crew that starts our day with awesomeness.  Recently, one of these gentlemen came in and he and I had an extended visit that gave me a glimpse into his life and his story.

The exchange started with a cheerful good morning and a quick chat about the crazy amount of snow that had fallen.  Our conversation drifted to the date, that it’s supposed to be SPRING and then he told me about all his children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren that have birthdays in March.  He shared with me how much he loved kids.  “Drove a school bus for 39 years, I loved the kids as though they were my own”.

I was intrigued and could see him reflecting back on those times and I felt the love in his heart.

He told me about how the kids loved him just as much.  Of how excited the kindergarten kids were to get on the bus in December after receiving their graduation certificates so they could show him.  They would be clamouring at the bus door to get in first.  Some of them didn’t receive one, so they would be upset and crying.  He would sit them on his knee and console them until they felt just as good as the kids who had received one.  He told me of a family of 5 kids who would get on the bus and every day, their dog would try to come on the bus and latch on to the last child’s clothing and try to pull him off the bus.  That dog would be waiting (by the minute) to greet those kids when they got home!  He told me he loved his job but he loved all the kids even more.  He told me of a young boy who would sometimes fall asleep on the bus ride home and how he would carry him into his house from the bus.

Our conversation wasn’t long, but it was meaningful and lovely.  I felt as though I was there.  I thought about how cool it would have been to be on his bus.  I reflect on the amazing difference he made in people’s lives.  I think about life and people, about memories and moments, about slowing down and taking the time to listen, about “seeing the good” and “being the good”, about compassion and kindness, about love and gratitude.

What a beautiful way to start a day; despite the snow that was falling heavily when I typed this.  Take the opportunity to listen to someone’s story; be curious; wonder; feel; learn; understand; be connected; grow; enjoy.

Cheers to all of you “good” change-makers,

Hello…’s love, I’m here inside.

Prelude:  I am sending a special shout-out of awesome to the uber-talented Adele (and her team) for her amazing song and catchy tune.  These words came to me “just like that” while listening to her current hit “Hello” on a flight from Denver back to Canada…….

I recently attended and had the privilege of being one of the presenters at Love2016, a soul(full) retreat with 20 other women in the picturesque town of Breckenridge, Colorado.  Life has a magical way of nudging us in directions we never could have imagined, doesn’t it?  This was one of those opportunities that I can “feel” and “know” will be life changing.  I was finally able to meet with some women that I had only connected with from afar; to connect with new like-minded women and to create life-long friendships. The excitement and energy was beautiful!

Sara Ann, the founder and organizer of Love2016, deserves a standing ovation for this incredible event she dreamed of AND brought to life.  After she attended a lively and transformational event in Florida co-hosted by my special friend Leigh, Sara Ann knew she had a calling.  One of the beautiful attendees of Love2016 commented on how phenomenal it was that 21 people could be together, most not knowing one another and yet be so connected.

Love2016 was about learning how to love ourselves and others; celebrating and honouring ourselves and others; identifying, examining and releasing our blocks and fears; tapping into our joy; living in abundance; creating new stories; understanding the power of gratitude, kindness and forgiveness; identifying and respecting our uniqueness; relaxing, reviving and renewing.  All this happened through great presentations; engaging activities, done alone and in group settings; feeling supported, encouraged and “safe” to share; inspirational opening and closing ceremonies; a lot of fresh air; a lot of freedom to explore and to “just be”; a lot of tears; a lot of laughter; an amazing amount of hugs and a TON OF LOVE!!!  It simply does not get any better than that.  Shout-out of awesome, of goodness, of gratitude and of joy to you Sara Ann……from all of us.

What a wonder(full) life – we are each created of love and light.  Because of this we are all more connected than we realize.  Who will cross your path today?  Who can you reach out to today?  Who can you send love and light to?  I send it to me and I send it to YOU!

Together in the journey,


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How about putting those leftover wine corks to good use this holiday season? Here’s a craft that is not only easy but useful! Sometimes the best projects are the most simple, and this DIY place wine cork place card holder is an elegant way to dress up your Thanksgiving table.
Materials List
– 10 wine corks
– 10 3-½” x 2″ pieces of blank cardstock
– Utility Knife
– Marker, calligraphy pen or printer
– Ribbon or hemp string (optional)
Step 1: Decide if you would like your wine cork place cards to stand vertically or horizontally.

Step 2: If needed, level the bottom of your base by cutting off an uneven excess with the utility knife.

Step 3: Using the utility knife, cut a 1-centimeter notch on the top of your holder.

Step 4: Fill out your place cards using a marker, calligraphy pen or printer and place them in the holder.

Step 5 (optional): Tie a short piece of hemp string or ribbon around the place holder for some extra flare.

If you need a few more bottles to complete the set, here’s where you can find Gooseneck Wines in your area or purchase online.


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Shemen Godwin releases another single "Story Changer" just a few days after releasing his debut single "BIGGER".

The song STORY CHANGER came through the dept of Fellowship;  acknowledging the God who cannot be Completely defined and has all power to turn Situations and Destinies around...Every word in that song was inspired by the Holy ghost to Bless lives...

Story Changer
You changed my story
My perfection
You Take the glory
You are Jesus
That's what we call you
We can see you glorified.

You are Fire
Consuming Fire
Yet your love
Is so Amazing
You are so deep
Here we stand in Awe of you

You're the Lion
Still you are the Lamb
You are king
And you're my Father
You're Amazing
We call you Awesome
Every praises Comes from our Heart.

You Reign...
You Reign...
You Reign...
You Reign..

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The Governor Mifflin School District believes that students should feel safe coming to school. We believe that safe and successful schools go beyond security measures. The district uses an ongoing approach to assess our efforts to provide an environment that accounts for both the psychological and physical safety of our students and staff. Work is done daily to reaffirm our commitment to this ongoing and ever-evolving effort. The following is a dynamic representation of the work that is being done and that will continue to develop as we review our practices and further strengthen this commitment. We have divided the work into four key areas, each with efforts that are collaborative across buildings, departments, and staff:

  • Facilities that keep our students and staff secure
  • Education as our best prevention
  • Collaborating with our community
  • Learning, practicing, and staffing for our response

 As part of our safety plan:

  • Governor Mifflin School District maintains a single, locked entry procedure to school buildings throughout each school day. Entry security is enhanced at each building with video surveillance cameras and the use of the RAPTOR visitor management system in all buildings.
  • Staff is attentive to any suspicious behavior and encouraged to contact administration with any concerns.
  • Regular drills are conducted to make staff and students familiar with safety procedures and all staff members are required to complete the active intruder training.
  •  Building administrators and secretarial staff are vigilant at maintaining familiarization with custody agreements and other court-ordered restrictions limiting contact with students under their supervision.
  • Governor Mifflin School District’s on-staff school police officers maintain close working relationships with local municipal law enforcement and emergency response agencies. The school police officers continually evaluate building security and student safety throughout each school day.
  • By implementing a Peer Mediation and Peer Mentoring program, the Office of Safe Schools works closely with high school students to help them navigate conflicts and challenges in a productive and proactive way.
  • The Office of Safe Schools partners with the Pennsylvania State Police to complete a risk and vulnerability assessment of all school buildings.
  • In 2011, Governor Mifflin participated in a tactical drill with the Berks Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). As part of the Department of Emergency Services, CERT responds to crises everywhere in the county. CERT used the Governor Mifflin High School as training grounds for a simulation of a school hostage situation. School staff practiced their roles in aiding the CERT team during the crisis and learned what procedures to take in order to secure a building.
  • The Governor Mifflin School District is participates in the ongoing countywide initiative to standardize All-Hazard Plans for Berks school districts. This initiative is being organized through the Berks County Intermediate Unit in conjunction with county school districts, police agencies, first responders and the Berks County Mental Health Agency.

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Ireland's Privacy Watchdog Probes Facebook Data Breaches
Facebook's latest, inadvertent information exposure affects up to 6.8 million users.

Ireland's privacy watchdog is probing two data breaches at Facebook that exposed users' private information.

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The latest privacy gaffe by the social network was revealed Friday, when Facebook warned that for a 12-day period in September, up to 6.8 million users' private photos may have been revealed to 1,500 apps built by 876 developers.

"Our internal team discovered a photo API bug that may have affected people who used Facebook Login and granted permission to third-party apps to access their photos," writes Tomer Bar, engineering director at Facebook, in a blog post. "We have fixed the issue but, because of this bug, some third-party apps may have had access to a broader set of photos than usual for 12 days between Sept. 13 to Sept. 25, 2018."

Facebook's single sign-on system, called Facebook Social Login or Facebook Login, allows users to access compatible third-party website services or mobile apps without having to log in again.

Ireland Probes Facebook Breaches

Under the EU's General Data Protection Regulation, Facebook had 72 hours to alert EU authorities to the breach, which it says it has done.

Ireland's Data Protection Commission, which is the national data protection authority in charge of enforcing GDPR, tells Information Security Media Group that it is probing Facebook data breaches (see: Facebook Submits GDPR Breach Notification to Irish Watchdog).

"The Irish DPC has received a number of breach notifications from Facebook since the introduction of the GDPR on May 25, 2018," a spokesman for the DPC tells Information Security Media Group, leading to it launching a full investigation last week.

"We have ... commenced a statutory inquiry examining Facebook's compliance with the relevant provisions of the GDPR," he says.

Ireland's DPC takes the lead on all investigations under GDPR that involve Facebook. That's because Facebook has its EU "main establishment" in Dublin, and so it qualifies for a one-stop-shop mechanism under GDPR that ensures that only the privacy watchdog in the country in which it is headquartered conducts any privacy investigations.

Some other technology giants, including Microsoft, Twitter, and soon, Google, also have their EU main establishments in Ireland.

Facebook didn't immediately respond to a request for comment on the DPC's probe.

Follows Privacy Feature Hack

Facebook's inadvertent private-photo exposure follows the social network warning in September that attackers had strung together three separate flaws to gain access to 50 million users' accounts (see: Facebook Breach: Attackers Exploited Privacy Feature).

Facebook says the latest flaw was inadvertent, and it hasn't said there are any signs that it was actively exploited. "The only apps affected by this bug were ones that Facebook approved to access the photos API and that individuals had authorized to access their photos," Bar writes.

Even so, the problem has yet to be resolved, although Facebook says it will put tools designed to spot the image exposure in developers' hands this week. "We will be rolling out tools for app developers that will allow them to determine which people using their app might be impacted by this bug," Bar writes. "We will be working with those developers to delete the photos from impacted users. We will also notify the people potentially impacted by this bug via an alert on Facebook."

Facebook is notifying anyone who may have been impacted by its private photo-exposing bug via an alert. "The notification will direct them to a Help Center link where they'll be able to see if they've used any apps that were affected by the bug," Facebook says.

Facebook also recommends that all users review which third-party apps they allow to access their photos and cancel access for any apps that should not have it.

Definition: Private Photos

What does Facebook mean by private photos? Facebook says any app to which a user grants photo access is only meant to see the user's timeline photos. But this API bug potentially also gave developers access to photos users shared on Marketplace, via Facebook Stories, or to photos they had uploaded but either chosen to not post, or not yet posted.

Facebook says it stores any photo that a user uploads but doesn't post for three days - in case they choose to finish their post - before deleting it.

Single Sign-On Downsides

The private photo exposure again involves anyone who used Facebook Login, which is Facebook's single sign-on system, also known as Facebook Social Login. It allows users to access compatible third-party website services or mobile apps without having to log in again.

But some information security experts have warned that security-conscious users should avoid social networks' SSO systems at all costs.

Any attacker who is able to steal a Facebook Login access token can use it to log into a user's connected services. At least to date, Facebook has no ability to forcibly revoke hijacked tokens (see: Facebook Breach: Single Sign-On of Doom).

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Schwartz is an award-winning journalist with two decades of experience in magazines, newspapers and electronic media. He has covered the information security and privacy sector throughout his career. Before joining Information Security Media Group in 2014, where he now serves as the executive editor, DataBreachToday and for European news coverage, Schwartz was the information security beat reporter for InformationWeek and a frequent contributor to DarkReading, among other publications. He lives in Scotland.

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William Chumley talks about how his work in Colorado IT drives efficiency across the state by ensuring that tech is an effective part of the work agencies are doing to improve the citizen experience.

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“When I started, I wouldn’t have thought of changing and transforming the state, and I think now that’s a big part of my role,” said William Chumley, chief customer officer within the Colorado Governor’s Office of Information Technology (OIT)

At the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) Midyear conference earlier this week, Chumley explained that while the main focus of his work has been ensuring Colorado state agencies are aligned with IT’s priorities and goals, he’s now turning more toward the citizen experience and how OIT can enable those agencies to facilitate their own customer service. One of his long-term goals is to help create “virtual access to government anytime, anywhere” by creating alignment and efficiency across the state.

That Colorado OIT has a chief customer officer — Chumley is the second to hold the position — should come as little surprise given the increasing number of C-level public-sector titles, like data, privacy and even transparency officers across all levels of government.

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Yesterday, the Internet went bonkers for a Kickstarter project hocking rompers for dudes. The RompHim, which is currently dividing Americans in debate, has already surpassed its Kickstarter goal nearly seven times over (at the time this article was published they had made over $68,000 dollars in less than two days). That's a lot of cash for something that looks a lot like an adult onesie. You may not be that surprised to learn that the four co-founders behind the RompHim have yet to graduate business school, and that this project began as an independent study project.

They're now finishing up a course in "new venture development" which is "focused on helping startups build their brands and properly launch a product." Or whatever. We're pretty sure they'll pass, but can the foursome make male rompers something more than just a flash in the pan? Or is this something you're bound to receive from your bro-y cousin as a joke gift? One thing's for sure: the RompHim's wild popularity is evidence that the American man's thirst for comfortable clothing and convenience may never be quenched. To answer our many questions and calm our nerves, we spoke to two of the four cofounders, Daniel Webster Clark and Elaine Chen, from their headquarters at Northwestern University about their viral success and how they made rompers man friendly.

GQ: I see you're calling from a number at Northwestern University. Are you guys still in business school?

Daniel Webster Clark: We are! We're wrapping up our school year in about three weeks but we've been working on this as a passion project. Once we had prototypes and saw how many different types of guys liked wearing them and had fun in them, we said let's try and get this out in the world and see what happens. We graduate in June but we're currently still enrolled at Kellogg.

Why a romper for men?

Elaine Chen: I personally love a romper for women, and we were looking for something different that didn't already exist for guys. Daniel here was a little tired of wearing the same button down and pants so we got to talking about why we couldn't build a better product and make a romper available for men that's cool and fun and different and is a conversation starter at the end of the day.

So, what kind of conversations does it start?

Chen: You don't necessarily know what the conversation will be but it will be a new conversation and may end up being a brand-new experience or a brand-new friend for you. And that's the fun of it. We think this is a way for guys to have a new option in their wardrobe, to have fun, to feel unique, and take it wherever it goes. If they're comfortable with themselves in it then we think that's great.

What is the ideal environment for the RompHim?

Clark: We've taken them to festivals and the Kentucky Derby. We've also been wearing them all over Chicago, everywhere from brunch to hanging out down by the beach. Really the main issue is the bathroom. We were told by our female friends that it's not ideal in the romper. So we solved that at least partially for guys. We also provided a zipper in the back pocket for extra security which is something we heard guys were worried about.

So you made it pee friendly?

Clark: The thing that comes up for women is, well, "I hate wearing it in any kind of public setting where I'm going to have to use the restroom because I basically have to take it all the way off and it gets quite awkward." But what we found was for guys was we could work around that problem with a zipper fly. And that solved the vast majority of public restroom issues.

Chen: Personally I am very pro rompers and every time I put one on I know I am committing to it for the day. But I do so anyway because I love the way it looks, I love the style. But recognizing that that is a hindrance for women. We figured, why not solve it for men.

Just one more thing men can have, that women can't.

Chen: I'm actually jealous... that now all of the co-founders can wear a Romper much more accessibly than I can.

Do you recommend men wear briefs with the RompHim?

Clark: Yeah absolutely. Um, I don't know if that's up on our FAQs yet but if not it will certainly be added there. It's definitely one where the underwear selection is an important choice.

Editor's Note: Perhaps the most famous male romper was worn by Sean Connery as James Bond. But his was strictly for beach wear and he had to unzip it all the way to pee.

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She’s gonna raise Cain

Q: I just came across an old joke (but new to me): “Adam and Eve were the world’s first troublemakers. They raised Cain.” Which makes me wonder about the origin of the expression “raise Cain.”

A: The verb “raise” in this expression originally meant to conjure up something like a spirit or demon, a usage that’s been around since the Middle Ages.

In the 19th century, this conjuring sense of “raise” inspired the use of the verb in various figurative phrases meaning to cause trouble.

One of them, to “raise Cain,” an American expression first recorded in the 1830s, would literally mean to summon the spirit of the biblical killer of Abel.

The literal use of “raise” in its conjuring sense first appeared in writing in the late 14th century.

In this sense, the Oxford English Dictionary says, it means “to cause (a spirit, demon, ghost, etc.) to appear, esp. by means of incantations; to conjure up.”

The dictionary’s earliest example is from “The Yeoman’s Tale,” part of Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales (circa 1386):

“I haue yow told ynowe / To reyse a feend al looke he neuere so rowe” (“I have told you enough to raise a fiend, look he never so fierce”).

Spirits “raised” in 15th-century writings included “deuils” (devils), “the devull,” and a “nygramansour” (necromancer or sorcerer). And in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, they included ghosts, shades (apparitions), assorted dead notables, and “Grisly Spectres” (Milton, Paradise Regain’d, 1671).

In the 19th century, as we said, this sense of “raise” became figurative, which brings us around to Cain. To “raise the devil” or “raise Cain” came to mean, in the words of the OED, “to create a disturbance; to cause trouble, uproar, or confusion.”

The dictionary’s earliest example of “raise Cain” is coincidentally a version of that old joke about Adam and Eve:

“Why have we every reason to believe that Adam and Eve were both rowdies? Because … they both raised Cain.” (From a St. Louis newspaper, the Daily Pennant, May 2, 1840.)

However, we found a variation on the joke in a newspaper published two years earlier: “Why was Eve the first Sugar Planter? D’ye give it up? Because she raised Cain.” (From the Sangamo Journal/Illinois State Journal, April 7, 1838.)

If the phrase was familiar enough to be used in jokes and puns, “raise Cain” had obviously been around in common usage before those examples were published.

We’ll cite a handful of later 19th-century examples from the OED:

“They will feel that they have been raising Cain and breaking things” (from an 1841 collection of comic pieces, Short Patent Sermons, by “Dow, Junior,” the pen name of Elbridge Gerry Paige).

“Topsy would hold a perfect carnival of confusion … in short, as Miss Ophelia phrased it, ‘raising Cain’ generally” (from Harriet Beecher’s Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, 1852).

“I expect Susy’s boys’ll be raising Cain round the house” (from Stowe’s novel Oldtown Folks, 1869).

“If I get the horrors, I’m a man that has lived rough, and I’ll raise Cain” (from Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, 1883).

As for “raise the devil,” the OED’s earliest confirmed example is from 1841, but we found this slightly earlier usage in a Virginia newspaper:

“Wm. Colson came up, and says, ‘Don’t talk so loud, for there are a great many Albany people on board, and if they find out that I’m engaged in this business, they will raise the devil with me’ ” (from court testimony in a fraud case, published in the Richmond Enquirer, Nov. 3, 1840).

Other satanic specters were apt to be “raised” in the troublemaking sense. Some related expressions, and the earliest dates we’ve found, include “raise Ned” (1845, a euphemistic reference to the devil), “raise mischief” (1840, another euphemism for the devil), and “raise Hell” (1803).

On that last expression, the OED has this fascinating aside: “The slogan ‘Kansas should raise less corn and more hell’ is attributed to Mrs. Mary Ellen Lease (1853–1933) but proof is lacking.”

We’ll end with a musical rendition of “raise Cain.” It’s from Ella Fitzgerald’s recording of the 1932 song “I’ll Be Hard to Handle,” with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Bernard Dougall. Here are a couple of stanzas:

I’ll be hard to handle
I’m telling you plain
Just be a dear
And scram out of here
I’m gonna raise Cain.

I’ll be hard to handle
I’m no ball and chain
I’ll find some means
To call the Marines
I’m gonna raise Cain.

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Side Effects Of Drinking Too Much Tea

Tea is one of the most popular and common drinks around the world. Drinking this tea daily has very positive health benefits but unfortunately, it can have some negative effects as well. One of the main effects of drinking too much tea is called the Chinese coffee berry effect. This affects the body by increasing the amount of caffeine in your system and it is not uncommon for someone who is normally a healthy person to suddenly get sick and even have a stroke and even an aneurysm because of this. The good news is that this effect can be avoided by not drinking too much tea.

Some effects of drinking tea too much are dizziness, nausea, and diarrhea. These are usually only temporary effects and if you continue to drink your regular cup of tea you will probably not experience them as often. However, they are still effects that are unpleasant and must be dealt with so you need to know what they are and how to deal with them.

The first and probably the easiest way to deal with these unwanted side effects are to cut down dramatically on your daily consumption of tea. Many people do this by not having a cup of tea at all during the day or only having it when they have a certain special occasion or holiday. The amount of caffeine contained in one cup of tea is just way too much for most people. There are also many products on the market now that claim to reduce the amount of caffeine in your system but there are many of these that have not been clinically tested so you must be careful.

If you want to reduce the side effects of drinking tea too much then you may have to cut back dramatically on the amount of green tea that you drink. Green tea contains catechin polyphenols and these are the active ingredients in the tea. These are thought to be able to work against the chemicals that can cause the bad side effects of drinking too much tea. It is however important to note that these results have been contested by other studies and it has also been claimed that catechins cannot help you lose weight because you have to eat a lot of healthy foods as well.

Another side effect of drinking too much tea is insomnia. In the study, it was shown that people who consumed large amounts of tea when they were trying to get to sleep had much more trouble sleeping than those who did not consume any tea at all. This means that if you do drink tea, at least make sure that you have other things to offer you to combat the side effects of drinking too much tea. You may want to have some milk or perhaps chamomile tea next to you in bed at night so that you are less likely to have a terrible night’s sleep.

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Of course, another side effect of drinking tea too much is stomach pain. This is a common result for people who do not drink enough tea. If you have ever experienced stomach pain after drinking tea then you will know that this can be caused by the caffeine content of the tea. You should try and reduce your intake of caffeine if you are suffering from stomach pain but it is important to bear in mind that if your tea causes stomach pain you should stop drinking the tea immediately and see your doctor.

Many people like to start drinking black tea as a strong stimulant, especially when they are feeling stressed out or down. This is often because many teas contain a natural diuretic component that can help you feel energized when you are feeling low as it is the sedative effects of tea. But there is a downside to this. If you drink a lot of black tea, you can run into some serious side effects. Here is a look at just some of the things you can expect if you overindulge.

One of the possible side effects of drinking black tea too often is that you will have more headaches than usual. This is a side effect that affects about five percent of drinkers. A moderate amount of black tea drinking is unlikely to cause problems unless you already have a particular sensitivity to caffeine. Among the possible side effects of drinking black tea too often are stomach upset, migraine headaches, and occasional intestinal cramps. If you do get a headache from black tea, the headache may be triggered by the caffeine that you are drinking in excess. So if you want to minimize your headaches, reduce the amount of black coffee or tea that you are drinking.

Another of the possible negative effects of black tea too often is that you can become addicted to it. The reason that you may get addicted to black tea is that it can make you feel more alert and energetic. Overdoing it on the caffeine can cause you to feel jittery or anxious. You may also find that when you are feeling depressed, you turn to black tea to cheer yourself up.

Of course, you do not have to limit your intake of black tea to just afternoon coffee. You can drink it in any order, including tea and hot chocolate. However, the caffeine from black tea can keep you awake, which may mean you are also getting a hangover the next morning. You can combat this by drinking more water before bedtime. A cup or two of coffee with a glass of water works well.

Tea side effects also include heartburn. The caffeine in black tea causes a rise in stomach acid, which can contribute to heartburn. This will ruin your sleep or even prevent you from getting to sleep no matter what position you choose to sleep in, for instance, the couple’s sleeping positions. Some tea drinks will counteract this, such as green tea, but you may need to keep looking if you can find them. To counter this, simply drink a glass of water after you finish your tea.

You may experience dizziness if you are drinking black tea too often. Again, this may be due to the caffeine. However, it can also be caused by the lack of sleep that you are getting due to your caffeine consumption. One way to counter this is to take a warm shower before you go to bed. Another is to increase the amount of liquid you are drinking, which will help to make you feel fuller.

Some of these side effects can worsen the problem that you are trying to correct. For example, one of the side effects of stimulant tea that you may not realize is that it can cause fatigue. This can make it harder for you to concentrate on your work, which may result in an even more sleepless night than usual. While this side effect may not cause you any problems right now, it could in the future if you are drinking the wrong type of tea.

As you can see, many different things can happen to your body if you are drinking black tea. While each of these is rare, they do happen and should be prevented by taking caution when you are consuming this beverage. If you notice any symptom that you believe may be caused by tea, you should avoid drinking it altogether until you get a proper diagnosis from your doctor. It may sound silly, but you wouldn’t want to take any chance with your health! In addition to this, you should also make sure that you are not drinking more than one cup of this beverage at any given time.


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Railway budget to shrink by 36.87%
Railway budget to shrink by 36.87%

Budget allocation to the Ministry of Railways Development is to be reduced from GH¢518.42 million in the 2017 budget to GH¢327 million next year.

The reduction represents 36.87 per cent, sources familiar with the contents  have told the GRAPHIC Business.

When confirmed, the reduction could affect the pace of development of the railway sector, which the government has been identified as one of the sectors it expects to stimulate economic growth in the country.

The railway ministry was established last year in line with the government’s vision to systematically revamp the rail sector and get it to contribute to the development and economic transformation of the country.

The ministry is tasked with the implementation of railway master plan, which hinges on revamping existing lines, building new lines, procuring coaches and enhancing the capacities of staff in the sector.

The new ministry is structured under the traditional four-line-directorates, with additional directorates namely – the Railways Development and Services, and Railway Investment Management.

It is expected to provide the railway infrastructure and services as well as associated infrastructure as part of an integrated transport system which was aimed at facilitating the establishment of Ghana as a transport hub within the West African sub-region.


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Recently the Great Lakes Region completed its annual conference. Due to the continued issues related to the Covid-19, the conference was held virtually. The conference focused on re-imaging the spiritual community. We listened to speakers talk of the issues they have faced during this difficult time, how they responded, and how they were planning moving forward. We heard issues related to the Covid-19 lockdowns and the challenges of moving to a virtual environment. We heard issues related to the racial tensions and our efforts to confront individually and collectively to systematic racism and white privilege. We talked about these and many other issues facing our churches/centers, congregations, and movement and what were the next steps we needed to take. We heard from representatives from UWM, Unity Headquarters, The Urban School, and UWSI. We listened and we talked, questioned, and shared.

          Most importantly we listened to each other. We listened to our fears, anxieties, and doubts. We listened and shared our triumphs and our failures. We listened to our struggles as our communities had to adapt not only to the technological challenges but to our own struggles as we confront the hidden shadows of our past and present that now demand our attention and creative spirit-driven actions. We listened, we shared, and we heard from each other how we individually and collectively plan to move forward with this paradigm-shifting new reality.

          There is an old adage that when life gives you lemons make lemonade. The problem with this is we merely try to put sugar on existing reality. What I heard, now is not the time to sugarcoat anything. We, as a movement and as spiritual leaders are being presented with an opportunity. An opportunity to grow, expand, and take the lead in shifting our consciousness. It is time to embrace our shadows in a way that brings us clarity and healing and then step forward and lead a new spiritual renaissance and revival. This is a point in time where we, individually and collectively, can retreat into the comfort and safety of the past and how things have always been done, or step forward and lead in a new awakening of oneness, connection, and healing. It is time to choose.


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What are Surface-Feeding Insects?

Surface-Feeding Insects are insects that, live above the soil, feed on, and kill grass. These are insects that most people have never heard of, or even seen (they are very small and hard to detect). But, they can demolish a lawn very quickly. Some of the more common ‘surface-feeders’ are Chinch Bugs, Sod Webworm, Armyworm, Bluegrass Billbug and Hunting Billbug.  All of these insects can can wipe-out the healthiest lawn in no time by either chewing or sucking the juices out of the plants.

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While this is a Lawn Care Program, our Pest Control department performs these inspections – due to their expertise in finding hard-to-find pests. Our pest control techs are like Sherlock Holmes!

When Surface-Feeding Insects are found, Green Giant will treat your lawn to eliminate the current population (at no additional charge)

Repair any damage caused by Surface-Feeding Insects (at no additional charge). In the event that your lawn is damaged by Surface-Feeding insects, Green Giant will repair your lawn. This work is performed by Aerating and Over-Seeding the damaged area(s).

Note: To qualify for our Surface-Feeding Insect Program, a customer must have a lawn care program that includes a preventative grub application.

The Surface Feeding Insect (SFI) Protection program is designed to allow Green Giant to detect low levels of insect activity prior to significant damage occurring. Once the pest has been detected, a curative treatment will be completed as part of the inspection program.

Surface-Feeding Insects VS. Grubs

Surface-feeding insects feed on the parts of grass plants that are above the soil, hence the name, ‘surface-feeding’ insects.  Grubs live and feed below the surface – they eat the roots of the grass (and can do just as much damage as their surface-feeding friends). While both types of insects damage lawns, they are treated differently.

Do These Insects, Come Back Every Year?

The Magic 8-Ball says: “Highly Likely”.  Sod Webworms, Chinch Bugs and Billbugs will almost always come back if the food source (your beloved lawn) is still producing grass.  Army worms are more hit-or miss, depending on the weather – especially the winds that blow them from the southern part of the country to our area.

Even if you have had a thorough treatment to kill these insect populations on your lawn, many others from surrounding areas will be happy to devour your lawn again.

Will Grass Grow Back After a Chinch Bug Infestation?

If the infestation is identified early, and the lawn is promptly treated to kill the chinch bugs, the grass will most likely repair itself. (This is why the inspections are so important). If the grass is dead, the lawn will need to be aerated and re-seeded.

How do Surface-Feeding Insects Damage my Lawn?

In various ways – Here are two examples, Chinch Bugs are “piercing-sucking” insects. They pierce into the grass plant and suck out the moisture. To be even more nasty, they also inject a toxin into the plant.  Sod Webworms feed on the blades and other parts of the grass plant – they simply chew it off. In damaged areas, the lawn will look like it was scalped.  The small moths you sometimes see flying around when you walk across a lawn are the adult stage of the sod webworm.

What Causes Chinch Bugs in Lawns?

What attracts Chinch Bugs, Sod Webworms, Billbugs and other SFI’s to a lawn?  First and foremost, a lawn provides a very good source of food and habitat for these hungry bugs. Since the feeding kills the grass, they will continually move to adjacent areas to keep eating. A lawn also provides a good habitat for the insects to live – especially the thatch layer. This is why, an annual aeration is a very important part of a lawn care program. Chinch Bugs and Sod Webworm both also prefer sunny, hot locations.

Adult Chinch bugs are typically less than 1/8″ in size. Nymphs are 1/32″, making detection of this insect difficult. The image you see here has been magnified, as you may have noticed with the defined hand lines.

Was Surface-Feeding Insect control included in my lawn care program in the past?

In the past, preventative treatments were included in some of our lawn care programs to control SFI’s. However, due to governmental regulations, we can no longer treat SFIs, on a preventative basis. Preventative treatments are applied before turf-damaging insects are active and begin to feed on your lawn.

The regulations now require that the “target pest” is present prior to treating the lawn. As a result, the only way to determine if a treatment can be done is to perform inspections after the insects have developed a population that is identifiable – at which time there may already be some damage.

We no longer have the ability to prevent the damage before it occurs.  For these reasons, we developed this comprehensive SFI program which will minimize the chance of significant damage on our customer’s lawns and also provide treatments and repairs at no extra cost, while staying within the regulations.

All of our programs are based on the principles of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) which is an environmentally friendly and effective approach to controlling damaging insects, diseases and invasive plants. For more information about IPM click here.

Worried about Surface-Feeding Insects? Try Green Giant’s Surface-Feeding Insect Protection Program today!


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Good morning!

This Monday blog is for children who are self-isolating.

To keep up with what we are doing at school this week, links and resources are provided below. That means you can complete class work from home without getting behind!

Year 5

Monday: subtracting whole numbers with more than 4 digits (1)

Tuesday: subtracting whole numbers with more than 4 digits (1)

Wednesday: using rounding to estimate and check answers

Thursday: mental addition and subtraction (1)

Friday: mental addition and subtraction (2)

Monday – types of sentences

Tuesday – pronouns

Wednesday – tenses

Thursday – using the toolkit, boxing up and writers’ tips from last week, write your first draft of your own (invented) portal story. Remember there are also some examples of portal stories on last week’s blog that you can read to help you with ideas.

Friday – edit and improve yesterday’s first draft of your portal story ready to submit to me as your finished copy.

Words following are homophones. That means they are words which sound the same but are spelt differently and have different meanings.

past                    passed

proceed            precede

aisle                   isle

aloud                allowed

affect                effect

This week we continue to explore Earth and Space. All resources found on the following link:

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Key Question 5: How do geographers estimate how many plastic items there are on a typical beach?

Watch 5 short videos on the BBC about the problem of plastics – especially watch the video about the Great Pacific Garbage patch and what’s being done about it.

Background: Microplastic pollution is becoming an increasingly serious problem on beaches all around the United Kingdom.  It is particularly problematic in the United Kingdom because the country is an island – surrounded by seas and oceans on all sides.   Today every beach such as the one in Resource 20 has evidence of some microplastic pollution – but how do geographers go about getting a more accurate idea of how much is there? That’s what this lesson is all about. Today, you will work as a geographer does to find the answer to that very question.

Obtain the step-by-step lesson sheet and resources for this lesson below. Note you do not need to print anything – you can just look at each resource on the computer:

Week 6 Lesson

Resource 20

Resource 21

Resource 22

Resource 23

Resource 24

Resource 25

Resource 26 Sample Quadrats Set 1

Resource 26 Sample Quadrats Set 2

Resource 26 Sample Quadrats Set 3

Resource 26 Sample Quadrats Set 4

Resource 26 Sample Quadrats Set 5

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Different types of volunteer activities with children can include teaching them to read.

Choose a volunteer project with children if you have an abundance of kindness and patience, coupled with a determination to see all young people succeed.

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Portable Vario All Around Dance Flooring Black 65.4 Ft

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Top Features for Vario All Around Dance Flooring Black 65.4 Ft

  1. Foam padded backing
  2. Easily rolled and unrolled
  3. Matte surface does not reflect and is slip resistant (R10)
  4. Works well for dance studios, stage or touring events
  5. Reinforced floor is shock absorbing
  6. For cleaning, Use Vario cleaning kit
  7. Flame retardant: EN 13501-1/Cfl-s1
  8. Use Vario All Around Dance Floor Tape around perimeter and seams
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Dance studios, stage or touring events

NOTE: This item is a custom order and is not returnable.

is a portable professional dance floor developed in collaboration with a leading international dance company. The floor is manufactured with a glass fiber reinforced mesh which keeps it dimensionally stable and lays completely flat, a perfect floor for touring purposes. It also features a cushioned backing that reduces stress on the muscles and joints as well as a matte slip-resistant surface, all of which makes it the floor of choice for professional dancers. It works well for dance studios, stage or touring events. The matte surface does not reflect and is slip resistant (R 10). Lays perfectly flat and is easily rolled and unrolled.

The Vario All Around Dance Floor has strong elasticity and slip resistance. Dancers require a floor for touring that is readily portable and quick and easy to put in place in various types of venues, unrolling quickly and easily on top of any surface. The single panels can be joined with Vario Tape of the appropriate color. The extraordinary Vario All Around Dance Flooring 65.4 feet provides safety and comfort for dancers. Each roll is 78 inches wide x 65.4 feet long.

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1. Protective layer for easy cleaning.
2. Heavy duty transparent wear layer.
3. Floor color layer.
4. Color coordinated middle compact layer.
5. Color coordinated base layer with fiber reinforcement for dimension stability.
6. Color coordinated foam backing.

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Material Type Vinyl
Product Edging Straight
Thickness 3.5 mm
Width 6.56 feet
Length 65.40 feet
SF per Item 425.10
Weight 226.00 lbs
Packaging Shrink Wrapped on Pallets
Number of Pieces per Package Type 6
Non Absorbent Yes
Special Adhesives Yes
Interlock Loss 0.00 feet
Interlocking Connections No
Made In Germany
Surface Finish Matte finish
Surface Design Solid color
Installation Method Dry lay, tape seams
UV Treated No
Reversible No
Border Strips Included No
Manufacturer Warranty 1 year limited
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The Nuclear Man

Board member Tom Uhl
The Sands
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Tom Uhl has lived at The Sands, a 111-unit, 14-story co-op at 321 East 45th Street, for seven years, and has been on the board for five of them. And while the politics of a cooperative can often seem very important to the shareholders, the arguments over lobbies and assessments pale in comparison to some of the experiences Uhl has had. Like being a startup engineer at the Indian Point Nuclear Plant, for instance.

At other times during his 30-year career as an engineer at Con Ed, he was project manager for the Indian Point Simulator; worked on the DC Elimination Project; and was Con Ed’s spokesman for the Y2K project.

When he retired a few years ago, he recalls, “I thought I would continue my career as a consultant, but the downturn in the economy said, ‘No.’ There were more than enough people to fill the jobs. But I am now comfortably retired and traveling and enjoying it.”

Nonetheless, he has found that life on the six-person board as “the engineer” among the other “specialists” (a lawyer, a landscape architect, an accountant, and two IT guys) has allowed him to keep his finger on the pulse doing what he does best: getting to work on any engineering/technical problem that arises.

“Because I am retired, I have more time,” he explains. “Most members of the board are very busy with their careers. So they can’t necessarily meet with vendors or handle all the paperwork of getting out the RFP [request for proposals] or getting the proposals, sending them responses, and so forth.”

Uhl was able to join Ralph Davis, the co-op’s manager and an assistant vice president at ABC Realty, on a visit to see examples of what the company has done in many of its buildings “to increase [his] experience level, too.”

Uhl also worked with Davis on a new intercom system for The Sands. Although the property, located between First and Second Avenues, has a doorman on duty from 4 P.M. to midnight, there were concerns about his off-hours when the 56-year-old intercom was the only watchdog.

“The system was pretty much under continual repair because there seemed to be some internal wiring problems due to its age,” recalls Uhl. “In my own unit, I could release the door from my apartment, but I couldn’t hear the doorman or any guests on the phone and they couldn’t hear me. So it came down to the point where if I knew visitors were coming, they called me on the cellphone from the vestibule, and I released the door. But if I had a surprise guest or somebody was delivering something, and they didn’t have my cellphone number, it was a problem.”

The Sands is primarily made up of studio apartments. The average resident, Uhl says, “is somebody who has moved up in their career or perhaps has been renting an apartment or sharing an apartment early in their career. We have a number of single women. We don’t want any security problems.”

To pay for the new intercom, the co-op refinanced its underlying mortgage for $2.5 million, which included funding for the intercom replacement and other future projects. After much discussion, the board opted for an audiovisual system because “it would provide us with more security,” says Davis.

Uhl recalls that he “took the lead [in developing] the request for proposals, getting the technical specifications together. Then I did the technical review of the [five sealed] proposals that came back and scored them. The board accepted my recommendation, and we went with Academy.”

Matthew Arnold, the president of the winning contractor, Academy Mailbox, says he based his bid on utilizing intercoms from Aiphone, a provider of communications systems. The equipment consists of stainless steel panels, including a color camera with a 170-degree view, a microphone, and a digital keypad to page apartments. LEDs built into the units help identify visitors at night. The units in the residents’ apartments allow them to speak with visitors and zoom and tilt the front door camera to get a good view.

A key to keeping the project affordable was Academy’s ability to reuse the cable from the previous intercom: copper in a PVC sheath. “To rewire would have added another 25 percent and doubled the time for the job – you need to run a serpentine line through the building, through each apartment, from apartment to apartment – and the aggravation factor for those tenants and the time factor would have been a lot greater.”

The job, which began in July 2014 and was completed in August 2014, cost $73,000 and went smoothly, thanks, partly, to the presence of Uhl. “He was very talented and was able to help oversee things,” Davis recalls. “He was crucial in helping the installation.”

Next up at The Sands is a basic access control system Academy will install at the front entrance, allowing residents to use a key fob to enter the building without having to punch a code into the intercom panel. Uhl should have fun with that.

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