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Police: Teen used classmate’s name to threaten shooting at Aurora high school

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A teenager is facing a felony charge for allegedly using his classmate’s name this week to make an online threat of a shooting at an Aurora high school.

The 15-year-old boy was charged with disorderly conduct after he posted a threat against West Aurora High School on social media which was deemed “not credible” by several detectives specializing in internet crimes, according to a statement from Aurora police. The charge was later upgraded to a felony by the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office.

The classmate was unaware his name was used, and he and his family were cooperative with authorities, police said.

“These incidents are crimes not jokes,” police said in a statement posted to the department’s Facebook page. “We encourage parents to reinforce this fact to their children. We will prosecute anyone involved in these crimes to the fullest extent of the law.”

Anyone with information about the threatening post was asked to call Aurora detectives at (630) 256-5500. Anonymous tipsters can also call Aurora Crime Stoppers at (630) 892-1000.


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Girl missing from Heart of Chicago for 9 months

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Police are looking for a 16-year-old girl who has been missing for more than nine months from the Heart of Chicago neighborhood on the Southwest Side.

Araceli Granda was last seen April 16, 2018, in the 1800 block of West 21st Street, according to a missing person alert. Police previously issued an alert in June, and reissued the flyer Friday at her family’s request because of “a perceived medical condition.”

Granda was described as a 5-foot-2, 105-pound Hispanic girl with brown eyes, brown hair and an olive complexion, police said. She was last seen wearing blue jeans, a dark blue shirt and a black sweater.

Investigators think Granda may be in the areas near the 800 block of West 21st Street in Pilsen or the 500 block of South Fulton Avenue in Waukegan.

Anyone with information should call Area Central detectives at (312) 747-8380.

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For some people, the 156-mile Chicago River is best known for its scenic architectural boat tours and the green dye on St. Patrick's Day.

But, the river that flows through the heart of downtown Chicago, past forest preserves and parks, and all kinds of urban and suburban communities is the lifeblood of the region. It tells a complex and powerful story of Chicago’s history and growth, industry and resourcefulness, and environmental progress. The Chicago River stands at the intersection of urban planning, biodiversity, architectural majesty, recreation, transportation, clean water, and commerce. It is a river whose time has come.

We hope you take a moment to learn a little more about the river by exploring our website and visiting our McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum.  From our website, you can learn about the Tunnel and Reservoir Plan (known as Deep Tunnel or TARP); the river's plants, animals, and ecology; how climate change will impact the river; or just look at the geography of the river and see where it flows. You might just be surprised!


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The Summer I Turned Pretty

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Belly measures her life in summers. Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August. Winters are simply a time to count the weeks until the next summer, a place away from the beach house, away from Susannah, and most importantly, away from Jeremiah and Conrad. They are the boys that Belly has known since her very first summer–they have been her brother figures, her crushes, and everything in between. But one summer, one terrible and wonderful summer, the more everything changes, the more it all ends up just the way it should have been all along.

The Summer I Turned Pretty has been a series that I’ve had my eye on for a while. It’s just one of those typical summer reads which are easy to devour and fun to read without putting too much thought into it. The Summer I Turned Pretty did live up to my expectations. It was fun and easy to read. It did have some elements in the story which were darker than I expected, but this wasn’t a bad thing. It actually gave the book a bit more depth. This book was my first Jenny Han reading experience, but I know it won’t be my last!

This book alternated between past and present summers, telling readers Belly’s (Isabel) story. We get to know significant memories from Belly’s past summers, each told in a very memorable way and show readers how it’s turned Belly into the person she is. I don’t think Belly always comes across as likeable. She seems very selfish and immature at points, but I think this proved to me how real she was. God knows we’ve all been a bit selfish and immature at some point in our lives.

As I mentioned it does have some darker elements within it, which surprised me. The Summer I Turned Pretty also touches on divorce and cancer, so it’s not just a summer romance. That said, there is a lot of romance in this story, so if you’re looking for a summer lovin’ story, then this certainly could be the book for you.

Of course, this wouldn’t be a young adult contemporary romance without the boys! Belly’s main interests are Conrad and Jeremiah, family friends that she has known for years. Both boys now notice Belly, as she and they have grow up. I thought Jeremiah was incredibly sweet and Conrad just seemed moody. (He had a good reason, but he very much kept himself to himself and I found it hard to root for Belly to end up with Conrad). Throw in another boy, Cam, who noticed Belly when she wasn’t pretty and you’ve got plenty of male characters to drool/roll your eyes/laugh over.

Would I recommend it?:
Of course!

 I’d recommend this book to contemporary fiction fans or someone looking for a beach read with a little bit more depth! It can be cutesy, so if cutesy isn’t your thing…steer clear!

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Boxing, politics and romance collide in this fast-paced and colourful action film, which became the highest grossing film in the Caribbean.

This is the story of Derrick, whose dreams of becoming Jamaica’s next world boxing champion are hampered by the political war that’s dividing the garrison community where he lives in central Kingston. When his father forbids him from going to the boxing gym in a rival part of Kingston, Derrick defiantly follows his heart but is confronted by the local “don” who threatens his family.

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9 Yogis Share Their Surprising Fave Place to Strike a Pose

The best part about yoga is that you can pretty much do it anywhere. On vacation? The beach is your yoga mat. Camping with a bird’s eye view of the sunrise? Break out those sunrise salutations. Avid yogis love that they can do their practice anywhere.

In fact, some have gone above and beyond when it comes to seeking out new and interesting places to strike a pose. We asked 9 yogis to share their favorite, avant garde locations to practice yoga, and they didn’t disappoint. Here are some of the coolest views to vinyasa to:

On A Rooftop

“The serene rooftop of my Astoria apartment building is my favorite spot. I find both power and peace in the view overlooking the city.” -Madison Scott, 24, practicing for just over 6 years

In The Hot Tub

“My favorite place is hanging upside down in my hammock on my deck overlooking the ocean. I also like doing traditional yoga, unconventionally, in the hot tub.”Carmen Curtis, yoga instructor, practicing for over two decades

By The Water

“My favorite place to strike a pose is any place out in nature! This is where I feel my deepest connection to the source of my inner peace, power and love!” Melissa Jill, yoga instructor, practicing for 19 years

At The Taj Mahal

“My favorite place to strike a post is at famous landmarks and destinations. For example, I had my (new) husband snap some photos while we were at the Taj Mahal for our honeymoon. The setting was gorgeous of course, but best of all it inspired other visitors to strike their favorite asanas, too!” Jessa Mehta, yoga instructor, practicing for 12 years

By A Waterfall

“The beauty of practicing yoga outdoors is to deeply connect with nature. Your senses take in the smells, sounds, sensations of sunshine and a breeze on your skin, and you begin to feel present in that moment and fully alive.” – Yulia Sauter, yoga instructor, practicing yoga for 10 years

In the Outfield

“It’s hard not to stop, drop, and yoga when someplace fun. Our favorites? Graffiti and art walls, on a beach (obviously), and of course, any place that is unique — such as the outfield at Nationals Park.” -Amy Mitchell, founder of ProYOGA Corporate Wellness, practicing for 10 years

At The Museum Of Fine Arts

“I’ve taught yoga on a harbor sunset cruise on the Atlantic, Riverside on the Charles River, under a 60′ tall glass sculpture at the Museum of Fine Arts, under tents, and much more.” Sara Divello, yoga instructor, practicing for 16 years

Anywhere In Nature

“My favorite places to ‘strike a pose’ is definitely anywhere in nature. Us yogis love nature, the earth, and anything to do with the universe. We (particularly me) feel most free outside.” –Beth Fields, yoga instructor, practicing for 18 years

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“I adore my sacred daily asana practice and meditation, but I’ve been wanting something more silly, more playful, something to get me shook up, excited, and laughing. Sometimes you go deep with yoga (don’t get me wrong I love that) but it’s also good to stay lighthearted, and when I do acro yoga I access that ability to play. When I do acro yoga on a paddleboard I laugh hysterically while getting inverted in the air — and usually tossed into the water. You have no choice but to laugh (really hard) and be present in each moment. It’s amazing!” Kaela May, 27, practicing yoga for nine years

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Walk into a room and forget why you’re there? Forget already what this article’s about? Make sure you’re eating a diet rich in a mix of wholegrain foods such as cereals, wheatbran, wheatgerm and wholewheat pasta. One study found that women who increased their folic acid, vitamin B12 and vitamin B6 intake showed an improvement in recalling information compared to women who were not taking a supplement.

Binge on blueberries Research from Tufts University in the United States and published in the Journal of Neuroscience suggests that blueberry extract can improve short term memory loss. Widely available, so there’s no excuse!

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Tomatoes are high in lycopene - a powerful antioxidant There is good evidence to suggest that lycopene, a powerful antioxidant found in tomatoes, could help protect against the kind of free radical damage to cells which occurs in the development of dementia, particularly Alzheimer’s.

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Building Better Websites for AKC Dog Clubs

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The American Kennel Club launched a series of educational webinars earlier this year aimed at dog fanciers and clubs and I have been watching them with great interest.  I understand much of this content has been shared with the AKC delegate body, but I can’t say I had heard about these educational programs through my AKC member club delegate.  The last webinar for 2018 covered best practices in club websites.   The webinar covered the fundamentals of good website design,  including

  • Set specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and timely, i.e. SMART goals
  • Identify the audiences that you are trying to reach
  • Identify actions you want people to take on your website
  • Design for mobile usage
  • Have a content strategy
  • Ask for visitor feedback via surveys, forms, or email
  • Use web analytics to track activity on your site, and also collect other relevant metrics, like event entries or membership applications to measure the site’s effectiveness
  • Integrate social media sharing tools so visitors can share your content

The presenter strongly recommended using a Content Management System (CMS) and mentioned WordPress by name, as one of the complaints that AKC hears from clubs is that their sites are difficult to update and CMS frameworks make this much easier.   He also recommended that as clubs analyze where they are vs where they want to be, that they focus on optimizing the impact of change vs the effort to implement it and focus on areas that should yield maximum impact for the least effort.

Two national breed club websites were held out as good examples, the Golden Retriever Club of America and the American Shetland Sheepdog Association.  Both are WordPress sites, the GRCA site has multiple call to action buttons on the home page to attract attention and provide measurable actions, and also has Google Analytics installed as well as social sharing on Instagram and Facebook.  I would have liked to see some good examples from all breed clubs and clusters as well as local specialty and training clubs, but this webinar was a good start with an emphasis on fundamentals.

Out of curiosity, I decided to take a tour of all-breed AKC dog club websites, and to keep the task manageable, focused on clubs based in Michigan.  The AKC lists 24 licensed all breed dog clubs in the state and of those, 7 have an active website and 9 are represented by a site covering a cluster (multiple show giving clubs holding events on the same weekend).  A couple of the clubs have both a club site and are included in a cluster site.  It looks like 6 Michigan AKC all-breed dog clubs have abandoned websites, and 5 have no dedicated club website, dead or alive, that I could find.  A number of clubs, including some with no other online presence, have a Facebook page.  I’ll go into more depth about the use of Facebook by dog clubs after the AKC webinar on that topic scheduled for March 13, 2019. I could find only one all breed club in Michigan that had no dedicated website presence at all, but it is listed as being part of a dog show weekend by the all breed club that shares its show weekend on that club’s website.

The websites vary greatly in quality and the technology used to create them.  There are several modern looking websites created in WordPress (both .com and .org), some created in low cost website building tools like and and then a few created in vintage web building tools including FrontPage and Dreamweaver.  I found two sites created by companies that appear to specialize in the “dog club/dog breeder” space.

A difficult truth is that a significant proportion of active AKC dog club members and volunteers are Baby Boomers and dog clubs are struggling to staff and execute profitable events, which often means websites receive limited support and funding. The paradox is that younger generations, who love dogs and are interested in doing things with them, are looking for dogs, dog services, and dog activities online, but many clubs are not able to connect with this new audience through effective use of online tools.

To address this disconnect, the AKC will be offering webinars on social media strategy, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter in 2019. I have had success using Instagram and Facebook to promote the Bull Terrier Club of Metro Detroit, attracting new people to our events who then decided to join the club.   Several of these new members mentioned they had no idea there was such a thing as a local breed club and they were excited to find like minded dog owners; an online presence can be a valuable tool for clubs looking to expand their reach.

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The Questions That Were Never Asked

Andrew Montford’s FOI request for emails between the UEA and Outside Organisation ( who were represented by Neil Wallis, charged in the phonehacking scandal) has turned up a remarkable list of questions, the questions that should have been asked by one of the “investigations”, but were never answered. On February 22, 2010, Alan Preece, an […]

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OK, getting started here (after several frustrated - and frustrating - attempts using IE9 , which didn't work - now on Chrome and all OK, so far!)

My learning objectives for this week are:

1). Familiarize myself with OLDS MOOC - layout, material, and so on.

(Progress - ongoing.  Have looked , posted and encountered several technical difficulties which appear to be with the site/tools)

Uodate on 20/1/13 - I think this will always be 'ongoing' as new threads, sites and information grows exponentially. The MOOC certainly has a 'nature's excess' feel about it!

2) Identify project areas that I am particularly interested in and are relevant to my working context.

(Progress - ongoing. Checking Dreambazaar area on regular basis to identify areas of common interest and have now posted feedback on a few.)

Posted own project idea 'Unit 0'- this prompted some responses but then other commitments prevented quick follow-up so have decided to develop a Study Circle which includes and devlopes original idea with fellow colleague, instead.

Update 20/1/13 - Have now identified - and restricted myself to - a couple of areas of interest (including own joint Study Circle 'From Unit 0 to Publication') Think that will be more than enough to be involved in, in terms of available time. May also read (but not participate directly) in others of interest. Again, choices and decisions to be made.

3) Learn to create cloud/cloudscape in Cloudworks which I have not used to any extent before.

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Update: 20/1/13 : This is ongoing - need to understand howCloudworks structure and hierarchy works more.

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Well, here again nearly one week on!

Despite good intentions and commitment at the start, other 'life-concerns'  have had to take priority so detailed following of this MOOC has not been possible.

However, this does lead me to reflect on a few things:

i) The amount of material there is to check and lack of 'easy map' to find your way.

It soon becomes clear that 'finding your way' and avoiding overload within this rapidly-changing environment  involves developing strategies very quickly (which may also need to change) eg. waiting to see 'what rises to the top', focussing on particular aspects, trying to identify 'key' areas that are personally meaningful to concentrate on, making choices and decisions.

ii) Daily team updates, while being helpful in some respects (particularly the collating of links of where to look) do also add to the pressure to keep up (and , if that is not possible, the  pressure of being 'behind').

iii) The volume of material, places to work/look and speed envisaged for the MOOC does seem ambitious (maybe unrealistic). Remembering that students have full (time) commitments elsewhere and are 'creating' space for this, the time needed to absorb, reflect/comment on, the time necessary to set up teams etc. is very considerable in such a short space!

 A 'survival kit' might be needed - and should include flexibility, adaptability - and a certain tenacity - to see what will come of this!  Map and compass (ie. newly-provided suggestions about 'shortened' routes through the week's activities), I hope will help!

What sort of structures are needed to encourage 'freedom' and exploration in a cMOOC? Whose freedom are we encouraging - primarily the MOOC team's, the participants - or is it both?

What sort of learning can we expect to gain - is it the sort we anticipated/were looking for? Are there more effective ways of achieving the same thing?

Is crowdsourcing the way to go - or is it more flashmob?

This is an 'immersive' experience so results and learning are unpredictable, which is both a scary and, potentially, exciting situation, (although, of course, it might also be crazy, chaotic and, possibly, doomed)!

Watch this space!

I will now go and 'back-track' and see what I need to/can do next!

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Create an Android App to Recognize Face Contours With Firebase ML

Firebase ML Kit, a collection of local and cloud-based APIs for adding machine learning capabilities to mobile apps, has recently been enhanced to support face contour detection. Thanks to this powerful feature, you no longer have to limit yourself to approximate rectangles while detecting faces. Instead, you can work with a large number of coordinates that accurately describe the shapes of detected faces and facial landmarks, such as eyes, lips, and eyebrows.

This allows you to easily create AI-powered apps that can do complex computer vision related tasks such as swapping faces, recognizing emotions, or applying digital makeup.

In this tutorial, I'll show you how to use ML Kit's face contour detection feature to create an Android app that can highlight faces in photos.

To make the most of this tutorial, you must have access to the following:

  • the latest version of Android Studio
  • a device running Android API level 23 or higher

1. Configuring Your Project

Because ML Kit is a part of the Firebase platform, you'll need a Firebase project to be able to use it in your Android Studio project. To create one, fire up the Firebase Assistant by going to Tools > Firebase.

Next, open the Analytics section and press the Connect button. In the dialog that pops up, type in a name for your new Firebase project, select the country you are in, and press the Connect button.

Connect to Firebase dialog

Once you have a successful connection, press the Add analytics to your app button so that the assistant can make all the necessary Firebase-related configuration changes in your Android Studio project.

At this point, if you open your app module's build.gradle file, among other changes, you should see the following implementation dependency present in it:

To be able to use ML Kit's face contour detection feature, you'll need two more dependencies: one for the latest version of the ML Vision library and one for the ML Vision face model. Here's how you can add them:

In this tutorial, you'll be working with remote images. To facilitate downloading and displaying such images, add a dependency for the Picasso library:

ML Kit's face contour detection always runs locally on your user's device. By default, the machine learning model that does the face contour detection is automatically downloaded the first time the user opens your app. To improve the user experience, however, I suggest you start the download as soon as the user installs your app. To do so, add the following <meta-data> tag to the AndroidManifest.xml file:

2. Creating the Layout

You're going to need three widgets in your app's layout: an EditText widget where the user can type in the URL of an online photo, an ImageView widget to display the photo, and a Button widget to start the face contour detection process. Additionally, you'll need a RelativeLayout widget to position the three widgets. So add the following code to your main activity's layout XML file:

3. Downloading and Displaying Images

With the Picasso library, downloading and displaying a remote image involves calls to just two methods. First, a call to the load() method to specify the URL of the image you want to download, and then a call to the into() method to specify the ImageView widget inside which you want to display the downloaded image.

You must, of course, call both the methods only after the user has finished typing in the URL. Therefore, make sure you call them inside an OnEditorActionListener object attached to the EditText widget you created in the previous step. The following code shows you how to do so:

Run the app now and try typing in a valid image URL to make sure it's working correctly.

App displaying a photo

4. Creating a Face Contour Detector

You'll be running all the face contour detection operations inside an on-click event handler attached to the Button widget of your layout. So add the following code to your activity before you proceed:

To be able to work with face data, you must now create a FirebaseVisionFaceDetector object. However, because it doesn't detect the contours of faces by default, you must also create a FirebaseVisionFaceDetectorOptions object that can configure it to do so.

To create a valid options object, you must follow the builder pattern. So create an instance of the FirebaseVisionFaceDetectorOptions.Builder class, call its setContourMode() method, and pass the ALL_CONTOURS constant to it to specify that you want to detect the contours of all the faces present in your images.

Then call the build() method of the builder to generate the options object.

You can now pass the options object to the getVisionFaceDetector() method of ML Kit's FirebaseVision class to create your face contour detector.

5. Collecting Coordinate Data

The face contour detector cannot directly use the photo being displayed by your ImageView widget. Instead, it expects you to pass a FirebaseVisionImage object to it. To generate such an object, you must convert the photo into a Bitmap object. The following code shows you how to do so:

You can now call the detectInImage() method of the detector to detect the contours of all the faces present in the photo. The method runs asynchronously and returns a list of FirebaseVisionFace objects if it completes successfully.

Inside the on-success listener, you can use the it implicit variable to loop through the list of detected faces. Each face has a large number of contour points associated with it. To get access to those points, you must call the getContour() method. The method can return the contour points of several different facial landmarks. For instance, if you pass the constant LEFT_EYE to it, it will return the points you'll need to outline the left eye. Similarly, if you pass UPPER_LIP_TOP to it, you'll get the points associated with the top edge of the upper lip.

In this tutorial, we'll be using the FACE constant because we want to highlight the face itself. The following code shows you how to print the X and Y coordinates of all points present along the edges of each face:

If you try using the app now and specify an image that has at least one face in it, you should see something like this in the Logcat window:

Logcat window showing coordinates of contour points

6. Drawing Paths Around Faces

To highlight detected faces, let's simply draw paths around them using the contour points. To be able to draw such paths, you'll need a mutable copy of your ImageView widget's bitmap. Create one by calling its copy() method.

Drawing the paths by directly modifying the pixels of the bitmap can be hard. So create a new 2D canvas for it by passing it to the constructor of the Canvas class.

Additionally, create a Paint object to specify the color of the pixels you want to draw on the canvas. The following code shows you how to create a canvas on which you can draw translucent red pixels:

The easiest way to draw paths on a canvas is to use the Path class. By using the intuitively named moveTo() and lineTo() methods of the class, you can easily draw complex shapes on the canvas.

For now, to draw the shape of a face, call the moveTo() method once and pass the coordinates of the first contour point to it. By doing so, you specify where the path begins. Then pass the coordinates of all the points to the lineTo() method to actually draw the path. Lastly, call the close() method to close the path and fill it.

Accordingly, add the following code:

To render the path, pass it to the drawPath() method of the canvas, along with the Paint object.

And to update the ImageView widget to display the modified bitmap, pass the bitmap to its setImageBitmap() method.

If you run the app now, you should be able to see it draw translucent red masks over all the faces it detects.

App highlighting a face

With ML Kit's new face contour detection API and a little bit of creativity, you can easily create AI-powered apps that can do complex computer vision related tasks such as swapping faces, detecting emotions, or applying digital makeup. In this tutorial, you learned how to use the 2D coordinates the API generates to draw shapes that highlight the faces present in a photo.

The face contour detection API can handle a maximum of five faces in a photo. For maximum speed and accuracy, however, I suggest you use it only with photos that have one or two faces.

To learn more about the API, do refer to the official documentation.

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Really weird vibes or the power of suggestion

After I got home from running errands, I ate lunch. My ankle itched.

Hazel: Morgan! Come here and smell this!

Hazel: Morgan! Come here and smell this!

Since my encounter with the tick I don’t automatically scratch. I check to see what it is. It was my cat Hazel. She was intently smelling my ankle as if it was a piece of tuna. High quality tuna!

I shooed her away and went back to my lunch.

OMG! This is awesome! Did you have a lick?

Morgan: OMG! This is awesome! Did you have a lick?

She came back with Morgan, my other cat. I could hear her say, “See, I told you it smelled awesome. Do you think it is dog poo or rotten bird guts?”

Morgan responds, “Get out of the way and let me smell it good. Maybe moose poo. Do we have moose poo? I saw a moose on Animal Planet once.”

Now my whole leg was itching. Both cats were smelling and using their whiskers. They wouldn’t let me eat lunch. Their wet noses would butt my leg.

Mollie: I never smelled anything like that. Maybe it's catnip on a stick!

Mollie: I never smelled anything like that. Maybe it’s catnip on a stick!

I knew I was in trouble when they called Mollie out of her mid-morning nap (not to be confused with her early morning or early afternoon nap — often they all overlap) to investigate.

At first it was just my left leg. Then they moved to my right one. I didn’t use a different lotion. Nor had I met any animal who might deposit odors on me.

It wasn’t my shoes because I took them off. After investigating them properly for a possible poo-stepping incident, they went back to my ankles.

The only place I was (besides the old lady gym and Starbucks drive-through) was the grocery store. The produce section for heaven’s sakes! Vegetables, fruit, lettuce — no meat!

Well, I did buy bacon. When I buy it I bake it all at once. Then we nuke a piece as we eat it. Maybe some bacon juice dripped on my leg.

This went on for hours.

It was funny. Sort of. That is until I remembered about dogs smelling disease.

Then I remember that cat at a nursing home that when from dying patient to dying patient to comfort. If she jumped on your bed you were gonna die.

Am I gonna die? Can cats smell disease too? How do I tell my doc that I need a PET scan (no pun intended) because my cats smell something fatal? Should I take them along to demonstrate so he knows the exact spots?

This went on until dinner when I showered.

That is the power of suggestion…even from an animal.

Hey, what’s that on your nose?

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  1. I just wiped my nose.

    And yet! I disagree with your conclusions. It is a mystery and there must be some detail you have missed. Maybe you walked through tall grass? Maybe y stray cat brushed up against you and you are so used to this sensation that you didn’t even notice?

    And by the way, if a cat jumping on your bed meant you are going to die than neither of us would be having this conversation.

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  2. You got me nervous all of a sudden there, just before the end! Do give us some advance warning, please, if the cats do at some point actually smell your death. As a gesture of courtesy to your blog followers, I mean. Some of us have tender feelings.

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  3. Just be honest–did you at any point in time ask the Beloved Husband to sniff your ankles and try to figure out what was going on? Please share all pertinent details. As well as all impertinent details. Just share everything.

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    • Of course I did! (Did you forget we are the same?) It’s the first thing after trying to smell them myself. (All in the name of research for my dear readers.) He refused multiple times. I’m afraid it’s going to impact our relationship.

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    • From the intensity and repeated returns all day long, it had to be except I don’t know how it would have gotten there. Perhaps the plastic it was wrapped in dripped when I put it in the trash.

  4. The power of suggestion: 1) Hazel imagines she smells something. 2) Morgan thinks he smells something since Hazel did. 3) Mollie convinces herself she smells something. There’s obviously something smelly there since Hazel and Morgan smelled it. 4) You’re only the last in the chain to be sucked in.

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  5. I just sprayed my Sperry Topsiders that look very much like yours with Fabreze…twice. Boy, were they gamey, and I didn’t have a cat to tell me,

    Did you ever read that book about Oscar who jumped on those beds? I know I sent it to you and was sorry later…poignant, but who needs to be sad. sigh.

    Maybe they were just loving you, those girls.

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  6. A PET scan measures important body functions, such as blood flow, oxygen use, and sugar (glucose) metabolism, to help doctors evaluate how well organs and tissues are functioning.

    Hope your PET scan turned out OK!

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    • They used it for cancer checks when I was recovering in addition to the MRI. I’m guessing it can detect tissue masses too. I’m going to wait a few days to see if it was just moose poop.

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Random 5 for January 7 – Promotions, gym, flowers, weather, blogging

You can do better than that! – My birthday is in a few weeks and I’ve started getting birthday promotions from retailers. This week I received two from my healthcare company. One was to wish me a happy birthday and give me a tip on healthy living (no discount, no present, not even a tip I didn’t already know) and the other was an anniversary celebration of six years with them. That brought another healthy tip. Seriously?

Scene from the gym – The new gym has a locker room with lockers. You have to bring your own lock. On my first day I asked another woman if there have been issues with theft. She told me (in a New York accent) that she’s from the city and doesn’t trust anyone. She locked up her stuff. This week I came in when she was getting ready to leave. She had a magnifying glass on her lock so she could unlock the combination. She looked like Mr. Magoo. Way too much work for me. I would go old school with a key that I could put on an elastic wrist band.

Bummer! – We’d have record-breaking temperatures over the past few weeks. I realized that there will be no blue hydrangea flowers this year. Those buds are temperamental and freeze out below 20 degrees even in protected areas. Maybe this will be the year to replace them with something sturdier.

Note to Mother Nature – Enough with the cold and snow!

Note to bloggers and readers – For the past few years I’ve been posting four times a week. I’m cutting back to three. I’ll keep Random 5 on Sundays and Sassy Cats on Fridays with one essay midweek. There may be an emergency fourth posting in weeks where I run into stupid people who need a good flogging blogging! Also, for bloggers, the reader on WordPress hasn’t been working. Not sure what happened but now I rely on email messages when you post something new and it’s easy to miss. Hopefully this will all be temporary.

So how was your week?

73 thoughts on “Random 5 for January 7 – Promotions, gym, flowers, weather, blogging

  1. My first thought is to be impressed that you even get outside to GO to the gym in the cold you’ve been experiencing. And it’s only January! I hope that maybe you’ve experienced the worst of it! I hope your beautiful hydrangeas aren’t seriously damaged. We finally had to take ours out because the drought just made them impossible, and I will always miss them!

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    • Hydrangeas do love water. Even here I have to water them during any dry spell. Our coldest spell usually lasts through January. This morning it was back to my Michelin jacket again. By March it will be better — not warm but better.

  2. All the plants around here are doing their best to guilt trip their owners…”so limp, so sad, so bedraggled you gardeners – should be charged with neglecting dependents…” Hopefully the next cold blast will hold off until the weekend so I can rewrap/water those floozy palms. (Toddler herding a few more days…oh, my knees). It may be 68 tomorrow.
    I hate those company birthday mailings….like if you don’t ever get invited to dinner/lunch/coffee at my house, don’t call me by my first name and don’t send birthday greetings.
    I’m with you on the locker key locks. Never really good at combination locks…and those ones at the post office box (UGH I think those are designed to fail to open no matter how hard you try or how accurate you are.)
    Happy start of another year on the 14th. (I’ll probably forget, so saying it now…also sliding on blog postings..there just so much time…)
    Cheers ahead of time!

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  3. I stopped using gym lockers when I retired because I no longer shower at the gym (I used to go to the gym directly after work). But I think women tend to use lockers more regardless of whether they change or shower, i.e. locking up purses. – Marty

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    • I was going to ask where you parked your purse! 🙂 I’ve been locking some things in the car and not taking other things along but I’m using the lockers for coat storage. My gym doesn’t have a coat rack. I neither shower nor change there but there are a couple of working women who do.

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  4. The flogging/blogging cracked me up! I love hydrangeas, and we can’t have them here in Arizona. The other day the gardener had an HGTV show on about renting a place in Utrecht, Netherlands. There was a garden with the most gorgeous of what looked to be hydrangeas, but only a few were blue (and none white or pale pink, the colors I’ve seen on the east coast and Michigan). Most of these were brilliant shades of pink and purple and red. Have you ever seen those before?

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  5. We’ve been suffering the same frigid fate here in the frozen tundra. My husband said to me yesterday, “Yeah, I’m ready for winter to be over.” I reminded him we have a ways to go. I then told him that when we lived in Florida, I was ready for summer to be over by mid-June, because 90’s start by the end of April.

    Happy Monday!

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  6. Hope it warms up for you soon and your hydrangeas do OK with the weather. I love your blog posts and will enjoy whatever you post. Glad you are keeping the sassy cats and random 5 🙂 Wishing you just enough stupid people to act as blog fodder, but not so many that they wreck your days!

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  7. You just gave my hydrangeas an excuse for not blooming. I thought I was doing something wrong, because they haven’t even tried to bloom for the three years we have been here. This year I plan to enjoy the green leaves and not try to talk it into blooming.

    I was surprised to read that your blog reader is not working. Mine is fine, but it no longer sends me email notices. ?????

    Happy birthday when appropriate!

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  8. I just had my early January birthday and I’m glad to be done with it… bah. My husband made me “my” caramelized oranges cheesecake but, other than that, it’s hard to get too excited at my age.

    I’m amazed that you can pound out four posts a week… I struggle with one sometimes. I know you say that you’ll cut back to three posts but, judging from all the stupid people out there, you’ll have plenty of fodder for a fourth post. They are a public service after all.

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  9. Quality over quantity…a good thing.

    Supposed to get warmer. Hope so. This Eskimo wear in not my best look. I look as if I’m hiding something.

    Will meditate on your pond since, that means spring is here…well…in three months…four? Like Dorothy headed for the Emerald City…first we have to get through that poppy field…sigh

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  10. The week has been warm, and I am contemplating getting a third cold in three months. Meanwhile, that last cold I got is apparently a really amazing virus and is going around town. Not from me, necessarily, but from everyone who had it. So many postings on Facebook about bronchitis, steroids, and codeine cough syrup!

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  11. Oh my week is just been ducky! So over the cold temps….so over being sick….on a high note, Daisy had her yearly check up and is doing just fine. (She needs to lose maybe a 1/2 pound – but anyone who lives in this house, seems to need to lose weight!)

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    • Glad you are feeling better. A half pound isn’t bad. Hazel has lost some but has plateaued at 15 lbs. The vet will be happy but she should lose another 3. I don’t think it’s going to happen. She’s eating a normal serving for an adult cat and her weight won’t budge. Maybe slow metabolism. Can’t get her to the gym! 🙂

  12. Bit of a stressful week what with the dog and uncertainty as to when Mum’s coming out of hospital. Cryptic text message from Sis had a worried brother on the phone, so I was able to put his mind at rest as I’d actually talked to the hospital doctor that day. Bro in NZ and I chat via skype or phone so he’s aware of what’s going on (or not). Mum’s doing OK and is ready for discharge, just a question of when they can arrange it. Maggie doing OK too now.
    Birthday coming up huh? Maggie’s is the 17th.

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      • It’s so much worse for Bro. Even though it’s 7 and a half hours plus for us to visit, at least we could. He’s rung and spoken to Mum a few times, but she doesn’t usually know who he is, and if she does, wants to know when he’s coming to visit. Naturally he finds it upsetting and that’s when he calls me . We’re really close so we have a long chat and I can fill him in. We both just want Mum to feel safe and settled back in the home so that she’s not so anxious or more confused than she normally is, bless her.

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  13. Happy Birthday and many good wishes for sunshine and useable tips for healthy living. Your post is hilarious as usual. I am seeing your fellow gymnast trying to open her locker with a magnifying glass! 🤣

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  14. Laughed out loud at this: there may be an emergency fourth posting in weeks where I run into stupid people who need a good flogging blogging! — STUPID people is right!

    The weather has brought out the bad drivers — gah!

    Cheers to you! MJ

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  15. My gym always keeps the bolt cutters handy for their lockers. It could be because people forget their combinations or lose their keys in the pool.

    Or for the one woman in a hurry who put her combination lock on backwards and then couldn’t see the dial to get the combination right and open the lock.

    So embarrassing for the poor creature, to soaking wet and stuck standing around while the bolt cutters were fetched and all the women sniggered.

    I’ll never do that again.

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    • 🙂 I have been locking my stuff in my car although with the temps low in the mornings, I am going to find a padlock. I felt sorry for the woman as she chose the bottom locker and the lighting wasn’t bright. Then again, she’s been going there longer than me and should know better. Most of the lockers are empty so you can pick one at eye level. Back about 30 years ago I was a rabid racquetball player. That gym had keys in lockers so you put your stuff in and took the key. Guess that’s not considered safe these days. It’s good to know that they probably have bolt cutters.

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      • My gym used to have keys. But then there were thefts and a fellow volleyball player got her wedding ring stolen. Even though the signs warned you not to put valuables in the lockers, the volleyball player won her case against the gym because they hadn’t notified the members that there were thefts and that an ex-staff member might have taken a master key. She was reimbursed for her ring, and after that, the keys were removed. I only use the lockers there when I’m doing laps, though.

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  16. Our laundry room pipes froze overnight when it dropped to 0 degrees. ZERO. Zero here in central Virginia and 21 in Anchorage, Alaska. Eh, I guess it’s okay. I’ll just be that much more THANKFUL when spring rolls around.

    Too bad about your hydrangeas. The pale blue variety is such an interesting flower. The color is like a mid-Century designer’s color.

    Too bad about the (temporary, I’m sure) wordpress problem. The sidebar font changes color on the mobile version of my blog, making the sidebar hard to read. There’s always something!

    Heehee, a “floggin’!”

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    • We didn’t hit 0 but it was in the low single digits here this morning. I am sad about the hydrangeas. I’ve had years (last year was one) where it was a hedge of blue blooms. So beautiful but it seems that’s happening less and less. I’ve send an email to the happiness engineers. It’s happened before but usually clears in a day. Today is the third day I can’t use it. Accessing blogs by email is tedious! I’m ready for spring!

  17. I had a good week ~> I quit smoking!

    Before my last cigarette (on NYE), I smoked a few cigarettes a day and always outside. This cold weather has helped me “curb the urge” to head out and light up.

    Now I’m ready for the temps to rebound!

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    • We’re looking at bumping around 50. That will make me happy. We have had low single digits and I’ve had to make sure the pond has an open hole. I use a bubbler and a small heater (just heats a very small hole) but I’ve been getting an ice cap on the bubbler so it’s buckets of hot water.

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Winners, losers and really stupid people

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This past weekend there was a football championship playoff in a nearby large city. Most locals are fans of this team who overcame some big setbacks to get there. They were considered underdogs for the last several games, winning them all. With good humor they donned underdog outfits and embraced it.

As a fan I know firsthand how exciting it is to see a team who you thought had no chance of getting to the playoffs, go all the way to participating in the Superbowl. However, I did not do anything crazy. Nope. Nada. Didn’t break anything or hurt anyone.

Perhaps it’s mixing in alcohol that makes all logic go away. I read several articles on what the police and other security teams were doing to make the celebration safe for everyone.

First on the list was to grease the utility poles. They didn’t want anyone climbing them and getting hurt. Seriously? The maintenance crew was called the Crisco unit.

They did what is now standard procedure of using large garbage trucks to block cars from driving into the crowds that would congregate downtown to celebrate.

All local bars were advised to use plastic cups. No glass at all. Is this kindergarten? Perhaps sippy cups were in order.

There were other equally inane measures they had to take so that adults would not get hurt. Again seriously? Adults?

The only incident that got any publicity was a drunk guy who hit a police horse. *bangs head on desk* What was he thinking? If I had been that horse I would have at least peed on him and at most reared at him. (I know, horses are nicer than me.)

After an hour or so of jubilation in the streets the police did a sweep to get everyone to go home. There were no serious incidents although a few fans of the other team were bullied. (Come on, your team won! Be gracious! Did you flunk kindergarten?)

Sports, men (mostly), testosterone…what is it that make people act stupid? Someone will have to explain to me how winning equals out of control drunkenness, pole climbing, crudeness and all out bad behavior that most moms wouldn’t tolerate.

Kudos to all the police and other crews who kept the fans safe. They are the unsung heroes. Congrats to a football team who beat all the odds to get to where they are today. Boos to the idiots who were out of control and reflected poorly on a great city.

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  1. Well, as a Los Angeles native I’ve seen it all. Every time a major team is poised to either win OR lose, the city mobilizes. There have been some devastatingly violent actions, although I don’t think I’ve ever before heard of someone hitting a police horse! PLEEEZE! When I’m not appalled at a crowd’s behavior I’m surprised! LOL!

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  2. Not being a sports fan of any magnitude (maybe a soccer game once in a while or a skating championship) I really don’t understand this behavior. It has to be people who have no real lives of their own. I mean, they had nothing to do with the win or loss of their team, did they? Or am I missing something? Sorry the poor horse had to be the brunt of some idiot’s anger.

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  3. There were several horrible fan interactions at this game – it was a lot more than the idiot hitting the horse. Personal property thrown into urinals, toddlers being screamed at by adults because the child was wearing the ‘wrong’ logo.

    Certain cities have well-earned reputations for having fans who take their sports love to a level where fans of the opposing team have learned to stay away. There would be no game without 2 teams, and your great winner today may just as well be the Browns next year. The players all seem to get along, why must the fans behave like imbeciles? SMH.

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  4. This is all news to me–greasing utility poles? paper cups in the bars? What?
    I was a cheerleader in high school, which is only explained by the times I grew up in, when girls didn’t participate in sports much, so cheer leading was the next best thing. And I liked to dance. Since high school, I’ve only been to one or two sports events. If I’m going to contend with crowds, I’d rather see a play or a ballet.

    It’s fun to feel you’re part of a crowd but so easy for some crowds to become mobs and for the participants to stop thinking for themselves. I suppose this has been true throughout history.

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  5. We’ve had 2 killed (shot) in the last 3 years at “Football Parties”. Someone above said it, the social norms have changed. When you treat an adult, or all adults, like children, that is how they will act.
    My motto when dealing with people, has always been, “If you expect nothing, you get nothing”.
    We are protecting people from themselves, to death.

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  6. Fan behavior is but one of the reasons why my interest in sports has waned in the last many years. I think it’s more than alcohol and male testosterone, though. It runs deeper into a facet of changing societal norms on politeness and respect. – Marty

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  7. People die celebrating sports events around the world too often. Sports generate group social behavior (like the doing the wave in stadiums, singing team songs and cheers) which is lots of fun, but easily degenerates into mob think which drastically lowers the IQ of everyone involved. Add alcohol and the IQ is nearly a negative number. I think your city was wise to plan for it. 🙂

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  8. Too much craziness with sports. I don’t like to see horses used for crowd control. Too many horses spooked and injured with nobody able to make a humane decision about euthanasia. Feel the same way about horses on the track… nope. Officers, horses, and people all put in harms way for the sake of a football game. Just doesn’t make sense to me.

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    • I feel that way about dogs too although they do some great work. We have a local festival and they use horses for crowd control. Every year someone gets jailed for hitting a horse. So far no horse has been hurt because the person is too drunk but I too worry about a spooked horse rearing. I won’t even go to a rodeo.

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  9. As I have said before, I am not a fan of that team who won the right to a spot at the Super Bowl. But, will certainly cheer them on to victory for my many friends who are. I am also not a big fan of that city they play for. However, sports fans behaviors (no matter what city, or sport or team) perplex me! Where is there joy in violent behavior? How does destroying property make it a more joyous occasion for the winning team? How does hurting your fellow man or a horse make it good for your team. How is a black eye a badge of victory????? The pole greasing….how pathetic that those measures had to be taken.

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  10. I agree with all the above common sense. In my day, and I’m not 400 years old although I look it today, if your guys won, people jumped up and down and yelled YAY and maybe waved their arms and got drunk and felt all justified that their manlyman bunch had beat the other manlyman bunch. There may have been some small brief tussles between the less-mature losing fans and the less-mature inning fans, but eh. I think it’s fascinating what the town has learned seems necessary, with the crisco and this and that. I am sure it makes sense, and as a parttime stage manager, I applaud it, while still thinking that it is too bad that some folks are beyond knuckleheads–

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Let's Talk About Moisture!

It's that time of year! Time for your favorite riding boots, dark lipsticks and the thing we fear the most…DRYNESS. If you’re like me, your skin and your hair suffer the most dryness during the fall and winter seasons. Each year we stress ourselves our trying to create new routines to cope. Well fear no more! Here are some ways to hold on to that moisture.

Skin Care

  1. Don’t Skip Steps- Sometimes we’re on the go and leave the house without taking the time to nourish the skin. This creates a pattern for your skin to automatically lack moisture and glow.
  2. Adding Oil-  Adding oils to your body care and even your face routine can make a huge difference. Oil seals in moisture and can help balance the skin. So before bed after lathering on your favorite moisturizer add some oil. My personal favorite is coconut oil, but definitely check out our favorite multi-oil of the moment!
  3. Day and Night Routines- *sings* “I only moisturize on two occasions… that’s day and night” and you should too! Don’t just moisturize because you’re leaving the house, do it for the good of your skin. Having a routine truly helps build your skin’s health.

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  1. Deep Condition- If it isn’t apart of your routine already, make it a priority ASAP. This is one of the most efficient ways to retain moisture in your hair during the cold months. My favorite as of right now is  MIELLE ORGANICS Babassu Oil & Mint Deep Conditioner. It gets your girl right every time.
  2. LOC Method- A YouTube naturalista’s favorite term, but it is so necessary! “L” stands for Leave-in conditioner, “O” stands for oil and “C” stands for cream moisturizer. These steps assist in moisture retention as well.
  3. Protective Styles- Whew chileeeee, whatever you do please protect your edges too but protective styles such as braids, twist, crochet, and wigs is a great way to put your hair away and allow it to grow healthy on its own. Whatever you do, don't forget under hair care while it's in these styles to ensure your hair remains healthy.

Let’s get ready to flourish and glow this fall! No dryness formed against us shall prosper.

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There are now thousands of tokens listed on numerous worldwide exchanges, however, after initial ICOs (initial coin offerings), very few tokens are supported by an underlying ecosystem or related trading platform - specifically facilitating and promoting the use of such tokens as a medium of exchange.

On the other hand, Two lucrative business sectors in the Southeast Asia region, that have an unmet demand, are those businesses operating both within the exotic durian fruit growers market, and the area of the supply of bird nests - a luxury edible product, highly sought after by the wealthy situated throughout China, and associated regions. When demand is high with less supply, there will be an increment in prices. Apart from that, durian fruit farmers are finding difficulties supplying grown durians. However, this issue is unsolved and unconsidered.

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CCE is actively building a community of buyers and sellers within the area of these closed-market high-value items using the CCE token to assist buyers to directly trade with durian farmers and bird nest harvesters; bringing enhanced value to local markets, promoting growth, and solidifying the CCECOIN as the preferred medium of exchange.

What is CCECOIN?

CCE Ecosystem Limited(“CCE”), the company registered in Hong Kong, that has developed the CCECOIN, has a divergent range of investments and business interests, largely situated throughout the Southeast Asia region, and has worked at both the government level, and with assorted business associations throughout the region. A key area of the development of the CCE business network is to encourage and foster continued business growth throughout the Southeast Asia region by implementing a trading network between local vendors and assorted clients.

CCE has established the CCE International Durian Lover’s Club, and has interests in vertical food farming, which provides a healthy source of income for CCE.

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There is a very real economic reason why we choose to promote swallow bird nest as one of the areas of economic development for the long run. One of the most expensive supplements in the world.

  1. Supply limited.
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  5. Processing them is labor intensive.
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The second picture depicts a typical harvest of weigh 10 kilograms. The wholesale value is USD $4,500.00 per lb. That show roughly $100,000 worth of this product.

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How’s Your Foundation?

277 years ago, a man named Jonathan Edwards gave what was probably the most influential sermon in American history. Titled “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” it played a critical role in the First Great Awakening—a religious movement that swept across Britain and America in the 1730s and 1740s.

A couple years ago I wrote a condensed paraphrase of that classic sermon. You can read my version here.

What impresses me most about Edwards’s sermon is the vivid language he used to describe the imminent danger unrepentant sinners are in. Here are excerpts from my paraphrase:

“We are all on the brink of eternity. Who knows if our next step will be into the next life? Unconverted sinners walk over the pit of hell on a rotten covering, and there are many places in this covering that are weak and unable to bear their weight. They have no idea when they will step on one of these weak spots and plunge to their deaths. God doesn’t need a miracle to send us to the next life—he can easily send us there anytime.”

Clearly, Edwards believed that unsaved people were all in mortal danger. He urged everyone to come to Christ before it was too late. And sure enough, his message sparked a massive response; countless people decided to repent after hearing his stern warnings.

Here’s another paraphrased excerpt:

“Think of it this way: your wickedness makes you sag downward like a heavy object toward hell. If God were to let you go, you would immediately plunge into the bottomless gulf. Your physical health, your own precautions, and all your righteousness wouldn’t hold you up any more than a spider’s web can stop a falling rock. If it weren’t for the sovereign pleasure of God, the earth wouldn’t sustain you one moment, for you are a burden to it.”

Obviously this sermon had a harsh, frightening tone, which was common in the Puritan era. I suspect most of us would cringe if we heard a message like this in our church, and I’m sure a lot of us would take issue with the way Edwards depicted God as fierce, angry, and vengeful.

Nevertheless, thinking about this influential sermon and all its dire warnings about being outside of Christ makes me appreciate the sure foundation that we have in Christ.

He is our foundation.

Therefore our foundation is firm, unmoving, steadfast.

Unchanged by our struggles,
unmoved by our mistakes,
uncompromised by our sins.

Many times I feel disgusted by my shortcomings. I try hard to discipline myself and stay away from sin, but of course I often fail. Regrets pile up daily. During the bleakest moments, it feels like my salvation is slipping away.

But then I remember that my salvation was never meant to be about me or based on my merits. Neither is yours.

If you are in Christ, then your salvation is settled. It’s finished. It’s done.

Our Lord Jesus Christ…will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful… | 1 Corinthians 1:7–9

No more rotten, weak foundations. No more danger of plunging into hell. No more fear of eternal doom.

God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are his.” | 2 Timothy 2:19

Friend, you are spoken for.

You’re totally secure.

You are in Him.

O I am my Beloved’s,
And my Beloved’s mine;
He brings a poor vile sinner
Into His house of wine!
I stand upon His merit;
I know no other stand.
I’m hidden in His presence
And held by His own hand.

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