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Friday, May 15, 2015

Final Final

I finished my last final of the semester!!!!

Promptly after I returned to my room at 8:45am, I took a nap. Yes, I took a one and a half hour nap first thing in the morning. I didn't plan on doing that, and had even gotten a good night's sleep the night before, but it was like I finally let down after the exam was over. Like I said, I still have other responsibilities, but this was just one great weight that was lifted. That nap was glorious.

Fun fact: Today was the last day that the scent of burgers came wafting into my room first thing in the morning.

Every Thursday is Big Burger Thursday in the cafeteria. Since my room is near the vents to the down to the kitchen, I inevitably smell burgers every single Thursday morning. Not my favorite thing to wake up to, but it's been reality for the three semesters I've lived in this room.

Two days from now, I'll move out of this room forever though.

I'll be living in the campus apartment housing next semester, and I will actually be able to cook for myself, which will be incredibly helpful. Moody's meal plan does allow me to eat gluten and dairy-free, but it has been hard finding enough nourishment in the cafeteria with both of those restrictions. I have had my fair share of spinach, broccoli and rice meals!

It will be a challenge, but also a privilege to get to cook my own food next semester and to live in an apartment instead of the dorms. I'll be taking one more step towards "adult" living. Whoa. Things are changing!

With my last exam, and my last burger-scented morning, the end of the semester is really drawing near. It's strange. I don't like that goodbyes have to be said, and yet I am excited for what's ahead. I'm sure I'll miss parts of living in the dorms, but I'm obviously looking forward to living in a slightly more "home-y" environment with my two roommates. Change is good, though bittersweet!

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Next event: A Walk in Rowntree Park

We still have a few places for our next event, which is on Friday evening 7 July 2017: A Walk in Rowntree Park, with Alison Sinclair. Booking is essential for this walk because of limited numbers. To book a place please contact Clements Hall on 01904 466086 or email  You can become a member […]

Pawnbrokers: the poor man’s banker

Pauline Alden has been looking at local pawnbrokers, after finding a local man appealing against conscription in 1916. Bertie Vowles, who lived in Colenso St, Clementhorpe, succeeded in his appeal, because of his job. Pawnbrokers played an important role in helping poor families to keep their heads above water, and were a common feature in […]

Walter Brierley – the architect of Scarcroft School

Friends of Scarcroft School invite you to an evening talk by Edward Waterson about Walter Brierley, the man who designed Scarcroft School. Come and find out why English Heritage describes the school as his masterpiece. Wednesday 28th June from 7pm to 8:15pm in the Upper Hall. The talk will be followed by questions and finish […]

28 Nunnery Lane – an off licence for over seventy years

Martin Reagan is a follower of our website and contacted us with some information about his family: “My late father lived on Nunnery Lane as a child, on the junction of Nunnery Lane and Price’s Lane.  Their house, along with a few others, was demolished some years later, to make way for the current junction, […]

Five Streets: the Early History of the Scarcroft Road Estate, York

This Friday evening, 10 March 2017, Mark Service will be talking about Five Streets: the Early History of the Scarcroft Road Estate, York. Mark first presented some of his research at a very popular meeting here four years ago, and we’ve invited him back again. It’s based on his York MA in the Archaeology of […]

Teddy Boy attraction on Bishy Road

During much of the last century, one half of the premises now occupied by Trinacria on Bishopthorpe Road was a gentleman’s outfitters. In the 1920’s it was Tom Dixon, and then from the 1930’s until the mid 1960’s it was John Shillito Piercy. However many people will still remember Leeming & Salisbury, which lasted from […]

Historic Pubs : a conservation issue pioneered in York

We take pride in our wonderful heritage pubs in York, with their celebrated historic interiors, including the Swan and the Golden Ball in our own local area. But did you know that the campaign to save Britain’s historic pub interiors had its origins here in York around 40 years ago? In 1978 the local York […]


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Flood Risk on the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers

Mississippi River at Quincy, IL, on May 26, 2013.
Mississippi River at Quincy, IL, on May 26, 2013.

The heavy rainfall across the Midwest in recent weeks has increased the risk of flooding on the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers. Rainfall totals were highest in western Illinois, northern Missouri, much of Iowa, southeastern Minnesota, and western Wisconsin, and ranged from 6 to 12 inches in the last 30 days. See the MRCC map below.

The National Weather Service produces forecasts of river levels based on current conditions and precipitation over the next 24 hours. At Quincy Lock and Dam, the Mighty Mississippi River is expected to be in “major” flood by sometime Thursday (first graph). See the latest forecast for this site here.

It is a similar story on the lower Illinois River. The current and forecasted river stage at Hardin, IL (second graph) shows that the river will reach “major” flood stage by next Monday. See the latest forecast for this site here. Of course, more rainfall in coming days will change these forecasts.

Mississippi River at Quincy Lock & Dam 21

Illinois River at Hardin

Memorial Day Weekend Rains Push Illinois Records

More rain fell over Illinois over the Memorial Day weekend. The heaviest amounts were in the central part of the state and ranged from 2 to 6 inches (yellow to dark red in the map below).

Right now the statewide average rainfall for May stands at 5.03 inches, based on preliminary data. More rain is forecasted for today and much of this week. So this total is likely to increase as we go through the week. By contrast, Illinois received only 2.5 inches in May 2012.

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County Level Tornado Tracks in Illinois

Tornado risk has been on a lot of minds after the events in Moore, OK. For the first time that I can recall, the local TV station (Champaign) ran an advertisement for pre-constructed storm shelters.

In 2011, we produced county-level tornado track maps for all counties in Illinois to measure the historical risk of tornadoes across the state. These maps were based on data from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center for the period of 1950 to 2010. For example, below is the map for Cook County that shows tornado tracks and touchdowns, color-coded by (E)F-scale.

To me, the strongest reminder that a strong tornado can pass through Chicago is the April 21, 1967, Oak Lawn F-4 event that killed 33 and injured 500.  Here are some pictures of from the Oak Lawn Public Library of that event that look a lot like the damage in Moore, OK.

You can see the rest of the maps on the Tornado Maps page at the Illinois state climatologist website.

Tornado tracks and touchdowns in Cook County. Click to enlarge.
Tornado tracks and touchdowns in Cook County. Click to enlarge.

Nation Cut in Two by Drought

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The latest US Drought Monitor map from May 14, 2013, shows a Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde nation when it comes to drought. Much of the country to the west of the 96° longitude is in some stage of drought while the country to the east of that line is largely drought free for the moment. Hardest hit have been the Plains states which in some cases are in year 2 or 3 of this drought.

By the way, the US Drought Monitor began about 13 years ago to provide one, unified map of drought across the United States. It is produced in partnership between the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration with lots of input from scientists, state climatologists, state and local agencies, university extension, landowners, farmers, etc.  Maps are updated weekly and released on Thursday mornings.

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The precipitation pattern so far this year reflects these differences between east and west. The map is the current year to date departure from average precipitation produced by the NWS. Areas in green and blue are 2 to 8 inches above average and include much of the Midwest and Southeast. Areas in yellow are 2 to 6 inches below average. Hardest hit so far has been the West Coast with departures more than a foot below average.  There are large areas shaded gray which show near-average conditions. However, much of the west needs many more months of average precipitation or even above-average precipitation to start a recovery from their current drought situation.

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The National Climatic Data Center has a product that gives a rough idea of the amount of precipitation needed over the next 6 months to recover from drought. I say “a rough idea” because the timing and intensity of the precipitation is important as well. The effect of getting 3 inches in 30 minutes is different than getting 3 inches over 3 days. The first will cause lots of runoff while the second will have a better chance of recharging soil moisture. As you can see, it will take a considerable amount of precipitation in the Plains states to get out of their current situation.

May Precipitation In Illinois – Wet in the West, Dry in the East

Here is the latest map of May precipitation in Illinois through the morning of May 16, showing the generally wetter conditions in western Illinois and parts of southern Illinois. Amounts were on the order of 3 to 6 inches with a few heavier amounts around White Hall. Areas in the southeast, east-central and much of northern Illinois were drier with amounts of 0.5 to 2 inches common.

There was a strong relationship between temperature and precipitation this month (second figure). Areas with heavier rainfall amounts (western and southwestern IL) had temperatures 2 to 4 degrees below average. Meanwhile areas in east-central and northern Illinois had temperatures near to slightly above average.

May 1-16, 2013 precipitation.
May 1-16, 2013, temperature departures from average.
May 1-16, 2013, temperature departures from average.

New NWS Outlooks for June and June-August

Today, the NWS Climate Prediction Center released their temperature and precipitation outlooks for June and June-August and beyond. You can see their full suite of outlooks here.

There isn’t much to report for Illinois (below). We are in the EC zone which means we have equal chances of above, below, and near-average temperatures and precipitation for the next three months. The only exception is that far southern Illinois has a slightly higher chance of above-average temperatures for June-August.

NWS Climate Prediction Center outlooks released May 16, 2013.
NWS Climate Prediction Center outlooks released May 16, 2013. Click to enlarge.

All Quiet on the Severe Weather Front

As of May 8, 2013, the severe weather statistics for Illinois this year are relatively low (see first map). There have been 2 tornado reports (red dots), 25 hail reports (green dots), and 62 wind damage reports (blue dots). By this point last year, we had 22 tornadoes including the deadly February 29 tornado at Harrisburg, IL, that killed 8 people.

Harold Brooks of the NWS has an interesting post on the current “tornado drought” in the US for the period from May 2012 to April 2013. He says,

The 12-month period from May 2012 to April 2013 was remarkable for the absence of tornado activity and tornado impacts in the United States.

The number of tornadoes in the US was the lowest on record (197) and the number of deaths (7) was the second lowest during this 12-month period. Brooks’ looked at tornadoes that were rated EF-1 or greater. Those tornadoes tend to be better documented over time than the relatively weak EF-0 events. Those records go back to 1954. The number of tornado deaths were based on records going back to 1875.

A possible explanation for the low numbers during this May 2012 to April 2013 period was that much of the central US was in drought in 2012 (see second map). This was followed by a late, cold spring in 2013 (see third map). Both of these conditions seem to produce fewer severe thunderstorms, at least in Illinois.

There has been lots of discussion about whether the low numbers this year or the high numbers in 2011 either prove or disprove climate change. It is hard to track historical climate changes in the tornado reports in Illinois and the US because of major changes in how the data were collected over time. Furthermore, climate models used for understanding future climate change are not designed to simulate severe weather at such a small scale. As a result, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change last year stated there was “low confidence” in finding historical trends or making projections of possible future tornado activity (IPCC, 2012 pdf). You can find a short discussion on historical tornado trends in Illinois on my website.

While these are interesting statistics, it’s important to keep in mind that things can change in a hurry. All it takes is one day with the right conditions, especially now that we are finally getting warmer, and Illinois could be faced with another tornado outbreak. Stay alert!

Severe weather reports for 2013 through May 8, 2013. Figure courtesy of the NOAA Storm Prediction Center.
Severe weather reports for 2013 through May 8, 2013. Figure courtesy of the NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Red dots are tornadoes, green dots are hail, and blue dotes are wind damage.
Map of percent of average precipitation for May, June, and July of 2012. Areas in yellow or red are drier than average.
Map of temperature departures from average for February, March, and April. Areas in green are below average and areas in blue are much below average.
Map of temperature departures from average for February, March, and April. Areas in green are below average and areas in blue are much below average.


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Readers Meet Authors and Bloggers

Just joined this group.

Jo Robinson

I started a Google+ community a while ago called Readers Meet Authors and Bloggers. The aim was to promote interaction between bloggers (who aren’t always authors), and readers who had other passions to promote (photography, art, cooking, knitting, animals, personal healing, funnies – you name it), but still loved to read. Probably due to my own fault – I’ve had a whacky and seriously stressful couple of years – I’ve neglected it, and community moderators have lost interest and stopped going there. My fault, but still a viable community.

These days it’s become pretty much an “Oy Buy My Book” spammy kind of place. I still believe that it has potential though, and with three thousand, five hundred odd members, I think that it has the potential to be a good place to market as well as interact with other writers in the future. Rules need to be put…

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Reading Habits

Like a good little writer, I read a lot. You might say obsessively. All things considered, I guess I read between 2-4 hours a day. I read widely, across a lot of platforms and topics, but mostly in the sport, lifestyle, travel and paranormal areas. These are the areas I usually work in, so being knowledgeable helps me follow trends and keep my finger on the pulse.

Yeah, I know they are going out of style, but I’m keeping the dream alive. For me, The Times is the best newspaper out there. I don’t agree with all their politics. In fact, I usually skip those sections. But they have excellent writers and the articles are usually not only newsworthy but informative and often a bit quirky. There’s something quintessentially British about The Times, and I love how it treads the line between broadsheet and tabloid. My ‘happy place’ is a quiet pub on a rainy afternoon, with a pint of craft ale and a copy of The Times.

If I can’t get a copy of The Times, the Guardian will do. Or the Observer on a Sunday. I never get The Sunday times because it’s like a metre-squared fucking Argos catalogue. My tabloid of choice is The Sun. It gets a lot of bad press (ho ho!) but it serves a purpose and the sports pages are outstanding. Wales on Sunday and the Western Mail are my regional newspapers when I’m in Wales but I rarely buy them these days. The quality of local journalism has nosedived. It’s largely due to less people reading newspapers and consequently their resources taking a hit, but you could argue that one reason less people are reading newspapers is because the quality of the product isn’t what it used to be. It’s the chicken or the egg scenario. My most hated newspapers would be the Metro, because it reads like it was written by a bunch of 6-year old’s, and the Daily Mail, because that’s why.

Ten years ago, there were eight or more different magazines I bought religiously every week or month, depending on their frequency. Sadly, most of them are gone now. Of the few that remain, the only one I subscribe to (and I have done for twenty years or so) is Fortean Times. I like the crazy. I also buy Classic Rock almost every month, and either GQ or Esquire. Both are slightly pretentious, but they are the closest thing remaining to FHM and Loaded, and they make decent toilet reading. I also like going to large newsagents and impulse buying whatever catches my eye. I grab Kerrang! Empire, Fighters Only and Mojo semi-regularly, along with the occasional travel title or hobbyist writing magazine. One day I woke up hungover, fully-clothed in my bed, covered in about £35 worth of mags. What a glorious day that was. When in London, I make sure I pick up whichever free mag is being distributed that day, Sport and Shortlist being pick of the bunch, with Escapism and Red Bulletin third and fourth.

I spend a lot of time surfing the net, but there aren’t many websites I use on a regular basis apart from Facebook and WordPress. Does Wiki count? How about Bet 365? Otherwise, MMA Fighting, Louder Than War and BBC News are probably my most visited. I habitually used Wales Online a lot until recently. But this outlet is suffering in much the same way as the print products Media Wales oversees is. In an effort to maximise profits, the quality of reporting has declined to laughable levels and the site is literally clogged up with advertising. It often takes several minutes to load, and when it finally does you are inundated with pop-ups. Sometimes you have to participate in a survey before you can even read the article you clicked on. I understand they have to (try and) make a profit, but that’s just intrusive. Life’s too short.

I try to read widely, both fiction and non-fiction. I love sports autobiographies, travelogues, and rock memoirs, along with a healthy dose of true crime and the occasional tale of survival-against-the-odds.

The fiction I read is almost exclusively in the horror genre (as broad as that is). If there are no ghosts or zombies, or at least a demented serial killer on the rampage, I get real bored real fast. I’ve never been the kind of person to read one book at a time, but only when I wrote this post did I realize how bad things have got. I really should show some more composure, but there are just so many books and so little time. At the moment, I have no less than seven on the go. For the interested, these are:

Physical copies:

Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen

Everyone Loves You When You’re Dead, Neil Strauss

PDF’s on the PC:

DOA 3, various authors

Wild Talents, Charles Fort

And on the Kindle:

Sinister Scribblings, Matt Hickman

Unit 731, Craig Saunders

Battlefield, Amy Cross

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C Question

Why does scanf require &?

I want to read a number from stdin. I don't understand why

requires the use of
before the name of my variable:

int i;
scanf("%d", &i);

Why does
need the address of the variable?

Answer Source

It needs to change the variable. Since all arguments in C are passed by value you need to pass a pointer if you want a function to be able to change a parameter.

Here's a super-simple example showing it:

void nochange(int var) {
    // Here, var is a copy of the original number. &var != &value
    var = 1337;
void change(int *var) {
    // Here, var is a pointer to the original number. var == &value
    // Writing to `*var` modifies the variable the pointer points to
    *var = 1337;
int main() {
    int value = 42;
    return 0;


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thnkwthprtls thnkwthprtls - 11 months ago 85
C++ Question

Qt - Clear all widgets from inside a QWidget's layout

I have a

in a dialog. Over the course of the program running, several
QCheckBox *
objects are added to the layout like this:

QCheckBox *c = new QCheckBox("Checkbox text");

This works fine for all the checkboxes. However, I also have a
called "clear" in my dialog, which when it is pressed should empty everything out of myWidget, leaving it blank like it was before any of the
were added. I've been looking around online and in the docs but I am having trouble finding a way to do this. I found this question which I thought was similar to my problem, and tried their solution like this:

void myClass::on_clear_clicked()
while(ui->myWidget->layout()->count() > 0)
QLayoutItem *item = ui->myWidget->layout()->takeAt(0);
delete item;

This however did not seem to do anything. It's worth noting that I'm not sure if this is translated from his answer correctly; it was a bit unclear how the function given should be implemented, so I made my best educated guess. If anyone knows what I can change in the above to make it work (or just a different way that would work), it would be greatly appreciated.

Answer Source

The wonderful thing about layouts is that they handle a deletion of a widget automatically. So all you really need is to iterate over the widgets and you're done. Since you want to wipe out all children of a given widget, simply do:

foreach (QWidget * w, ui->myWidget::findChildren<QWidget*>()) delete w;

No need to worry about layouts at all. This works whether the children were managed by a layout or not.

If you want to be really correct, you would need to ignore the widgets that are child widgets but are stand-alone windows. This would be the case if this was in general-purpose library code:

foreach (QWidget * w, ui->myWidget::findChildren<QWidget*>())
  if (! w->windowFlags() & Qt::Window) delete w;


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Wednesday, August 2, 2017

The Crosses of Tlaxcala

The churches of Tlaxcala are rich in colonial architecture, arts and artifacts, examples of which we have singled out in earlier posts.
   One of the earliest groups of regional artifacts is that of carved stone atrium crosses, some dating from the 16th and 17th centuries. Most of the Tlaxcala crosses follow those of neighboring Puebla in form, with long, slender arms and shaft, often decorated with rosettes and other foliar motifs, and capped by ornamental INRI plaques.
La Malinche volcano
In this post we focus on a distinctive group of crosses in the hinterland of the city of Tlaxcala, some in the shadow of the Malinche volcano. They follow the same outline and all are densely carved with small scale Passion symbols in relief, set within raised borders. Especially notable are the hirsute, frontal faces of Christ at the axis.
   This regional cluster suggests, as in the case of the Puebla crosses we saw earlier, the work of a local, itinerant group of skilled stone carvers in the late 1600s.
San Pablo Apetatitlan                                   San Luis Teolocholco *

Magdalena Tlatelulco                                   Santa Isabel Xiloxoxtla (dated 1670)
Belén Atzitzimititlán (Place of the Star Goddess)
San Matías Tepetomatitlan embedded wall cross (crosspiece only)
*  Breaking News...
The magnificent atrium cross at Teolocholco was recently broken into several pieces by an unidentified agency.  Hopefully it will be repaired and reassembled soon with only minimal damage.
see some of our other posts on Mexican crosses:
text and graphics © 2017 Richard D. Perry.   all rights strictly reserved

Belén Atzitzimititlán cross photograph by Judith Hancock

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  1. What a pleasure to see so many Tlaxcalan crosses together for companison. There is a similar stone cross in front of the Templo Expiatorio de Nuestra Señora Guadalupe in Chiautempon. The cross is painted white with the passion symbols highlighted in gold paint (like a stone cross in Cuitzeo), but the style of carving is like the crosses shown above. Unique, however, is an additional brilliant sun on the stem of the cross.


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The Heart and Science of Positive Horse Training

team-photoShawna, Hannah and Rachel welcome you to Connection Training – an online resource for positive horse training!

What is Connection Training?

Take a look at our Home Study Courses!

Great horse training always uses communication, so in a nutshell our aim is to teach you a clear, science-based approach to connecting with your horse. All horse owners from time to time experience a difficulty in communicating with their horse, whether it is during ridden training or ground work. Our approach to bridging the gap between equine and owner is a positive, reward based method of connection.

Most training problems arise from confusion, anxiety or a lack of motivation in the horse, but if you can consistently ensure that training is clear, fun and rewarding for you both, then you can swap these negative behaviours for relaxation, mutual understanding and enthusiasm. We aim to encourage the horse to respond positively to your requests and when they do so, you reward them for their efforts – simple! Clear communication and plenty of rewards result in a willing and enthusiastic approach to riding and training for your equine partner and an enjoyable time spent together!

No two horses will follow the same path through Connection Training, as every horse has an individual personality and behaviours, just as we do, so we try to avoid training becoming mechanistic. There are Home Study Courses to follow and give you guidance, but within them we help you to understand your horse and adapt your training to help him be the best he can be.

dibble“Hi Hannah, Rachel and Shawna,
I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoy the Connection Training website!
I particularly like the in-depth theory presentations and how you show different horses at different stages in their training. The structured courses and Study Groups have helped me focus and be more particular in my training.
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Always on Time

27 01 2011

The long-awaited (and much prayed for) I171-H came in the mail on Monday!! This was the last piece of the puzzle that we needed to be able to send our dossier to Ethiopia. It was a reminder from God that He is sovereign and completely in control of our adoption journey. It’s a bit of a long story, but here it is (for anyone that wants to know):

We have been praying, and praying, and praying some more that we would be able to complete this “paperchasing” phase since October. My human spirit wants to hurry…..and wait……and hurry…….and wait. God has revealed to me my “lack” factor – trust!! and also my short-comings – control issues!! Life is very easy and seems to go a lot smoother when I am in control, but I have had NO CONTROL over this adoption process. I have had no other choice but to pray and trust the Lord; after all, me telling Him what to do hasn’t worked out so well for me.

All of our part of the paperwork was collected by August, and I had been hoping to submit the dossier by October 6. Obviously, I have had to push the date back again and again. Insurance changes. Home Study Hold-ups. Fingerprints. USCIS. Every month I begged God to just be done….

After a very hectic holiday season and roller coaster of emotions, I just told God that I was done telling Him what to do. I relinquished any notions of control as we waited for the last government form to come in the mail. I started submitting prayer requests to our church prayer team. I asked them to pray that we would receive the form quickly – I would like to send the dossier before the end of January. (But I wasn’t going to be devastated if it was later.)

On Monday, Morgan went to the mailbox at 5:00 pm. She dropped the mail on the counter and went to the living room to play with Reagan. I was thumbing through all of the junk and bills……and there it was!!! I started screaming and jumping and crying, all at the same time. I called John and told him I was headed off to FedEx to get the dossier in the mail.

I’m sure the man at Postal Web Plus thought I was terribly insane. My heart was racing and my hands were shaking as he notarized the final copies and filed them into manila envelopes. He asked about options to send it – overnight, of course! Should I pay $95 to have it there by 3:00 or $125 to deliver by 10:30? I went with the later option, received a tracking number, and rushed home to email our agency with the good news.

On Tuesday morning (at 10:30), I called Emily (our family coordinator) to make sure that she received my email. I could sense her smile as she answered “….your dossier is on my desk right now.” WHAT?!?! It wasn’t supposed to get there until 3:00?!?!??! It left Houston on Monday at 6:30….and was on her desk by Tuesday at 10:30?!?!? It was with her next statement that the Lord reminded me that He is in control…..

“We send out dossiers to Ethiopia on Fridays only. They must be in our office by 11:00 am on the Tuesday before so we can process them to send them out by Friday. Your official DTE date (that’s adoption lingo for Dossier to Ethiopia) is THE LAST FRIDAY OF JANUARY 1/28/11.”

Yes, I lost it on the phone…..and once again, God saves the day (or date). It was at this moment that I was humbled, knowing that the God of the universe is significantly involved in the very details of my insignificant life.

Thank you Lord for showing your power, You are always right on time, please remind my doubting heart of this EVERY DAY of my life!!

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27 01 2011

OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a GREAT God story… His timing, His ways… aaaahhhhh! LOVE to hear stories like this. It reminds me that YES he knows our hearts and desires and is working “all things for good”. *tears*

29 01 2011
Laura McFarland

What a sweet story. Isn’t our God amazing?! I know exactly how you feel. Waiting for the I-171H form was grueling. I am so excited to share your DTE date, and I do hope we will get to travel together!!
God bless your growing family!

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New Orleans and Charlotte Await. Parrot Tickets Sold Out!

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aWe’ve got Crawl In Boston team members heading south this weekend. One group heading to Charlotte and the other to New Orleans. Perhaps they’ll bring back some extra Mardi Gras swag for Valentine Gras on February 7th. We’ll have plenty of pictures for you.

Pirate Crawl 2015 tickets are now on sale. Limited tickets available. Our Early Parrot tickets sold our earlier this evening.

Much more info here including 6 years of pictures. Arrrrggghhhhh!!!!!!!

Last batch tickets for Valentine Gras on 2/7/15 are going quick. We’re so looking forward to seeing you soon. We’ll have 9 bars in total.

Here are just some pictures from years pastIMG_6796

Valentine’s Crawl – 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011

Mardi Crawl – 2013 and 2011

And here are some ideas from our Pinterest page

Valentine’s and Mardi Crawl

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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

{Cover Reveal} Second Chance at Love by Tara Paradise

Smart, sexy and spirited, Brooke Cates is the type of woman every man dreams of.

But Brooke has already found the man of her dreams – tall, dark and ruggedly handsome cowboy Logan MacKenna.  Once young and in love, they never imagined that a devastation betrayal would lead them down different paths.  Now, when tragedy strikes, Brooke must return to her hometown of Angel Ridge, Montana.  Once there, she is forced to deal with old hurts when Logan tries to make her remember the past she has chosen to forget.

Logan MacKenna can have any woman he wants, but his heart has been reserved for Brooke since they shared their very first kiss.

Time and distance have done nothing to change that.  When chance random encounters abound, it’s as if fate is pushing them together, and Brooke decides that she doesn’t want to fight the undeniable sexual tension that exists between them.  When it’s played its course, she will simply go back to her life.  But Logan has no intention of letting her walk away from him a second time.

Will Brooke be able to put her fears aside and trust in Logan enough to give him back her heart?

And if they succeed in rekindling their love, can their new relationship withstand the force of Brooke’s longtime secret, one that could tear them apart for good this time?

 He didn't know if he'd misread the signals. He didn't think so. Only one way to find out, he thought. Logan came up behind her, pressing his body firmly against hers. She felt one hand cover her hip, while the other reached up to brush the dark mass of hair away from her neck. His movements were slow, deliberate. The pressure of his fingers on her hip intensified as he trailed soft, whisper-like kisses across the nape of her neck, and down to her shoulder. He couldn't say why exactly, but the sudden tremble he felt course through her gave him the tiniest bit of satisfaction. She turned, breaking contact between their bodies for only a few brief seconds. Oh yeah, this is exactly where I want her, Logan thought. Pressed against him, her breath catching softly in her throat and her body humming, she was his to do with as he pleased. He placed both hands on her hips and held her there. He massaged gently, yet deeply, and Brooke could do nothing else but give in and accept the wonderful sensation of his highly skilled hands on her body. Her own hands came up to rest lightly against the broad expanse of his chest. The hard muscle beneath her fingers thrilled her. She loved the feel of him. She always had. His lips, warm and seductive, continued their assault down the long, slender column of her throat. Her skin was so tender there. He changed direction, working his way toward her ear. When he caught the sensitive flesh of her lobe gently between his teeth, a low, husky moan escaped her lips. God, that feels so good. Brooke heard the words echo through her head, over and over, until she could think of nothing else beyond that moment.

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My name is Tara and I am a wife, mother, lifelong reader, and author of Contemporary Romance fiction. I live in beautiful Upstate New York in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains, on Great Sacandaga Lake.

I've been reading romance novels since I first picked up one of my mother's paperbacks at the age of 16, and writing since I could first hold a pencil. I have always had a vivid imagination and I love creating characters and stories that readers can fall in love with. My debut novel, entitled Second Chance at Love (Book One of The MacKenna Born & Bred Trilogy), is the stormy, sexy and sweet story of Logan and Brooke and I can't wait to share it with you.

I have many goals, and one of them is to visit Italy with my amazing husband, Matthew, whose family comes from the Old Country. I have two sons ~ Braden, 10 and Jordan, 9, who are the loves of my life. They are very bright and very clever and keep me on my toes! In my spare time (what is that, really?!), I enjoy spending time with friends and family.

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Wednesday, 14 August 2013

Bed time routines

One of the things that you hear a lot, when it comes to raising children, is the importance of routines.  Children apparently thrive on a set routine, so they know what's coming and when.  The thing is though, it isn't really my style of parenting, I've always been more interested in the child led approach. We do baby led weaning, I demand feed, and breastfeed until they've wanted to stop.  So routine?  It's not really my thing.

There's one routine that I've always been keen on though, is the bed time routine.  I've always done the wind down, story and then bed for the kids.  But the routine that really counts, is the one that starts around 8 pm, but if I'm lucky it's a little earlier.  First thing is to rush round and get the few toys that are still lying around back where they belong, make sure that everything is sorted for the evening.  Then I put the kettle on, and find something chocolaty or at least sweet in the cupboard, then it's feet up and put the tv on.

Of course it doesn't always work, sometimes little miss has other ideas and I don't get to spend the whole evening relaxing.  But when I do, I feel great and ready to settle down for a good night's sleep.  Sadly of course I don't always get that either.

Bedtime routine?  Really important.


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October 5, 2010

Fall - Hello

 all via tumblr

I wanted to upload my own pictures, and actually participate in a fun post but blogger doesn't let me upload my own pictures today so I kind of gave up. I know, I shouldn't and all but constantly waiting and then getting error messages isn't fun. So I had to give in.

However, these pics are awesome!!
Aren't they?
I'm trying to find a new nail polish and I think gray may just be the color this month.
And well...this month couldn't be more colorful and weird...sometimes it rains, and sometimes it's so hot I think summer's around the corner or so. :)

Happy Tuesday everyone.

Nap time here I come!!!
Yes, it's been a looooooong day!

♥ Selma ♥

Crazy Shenanigans said...

I love the Hello October photo! Too cute! I too love that nail polish!

Kelly said...

Mmmm! Love those photos! I just bought a gray nailpolish from Rimmel and it is the best. You may even say that those could be my fingernails in that picture, the color match is almost the same! Hoooowever, I just chipped off all of my polish this morning at work!!

Enjoy your nap! :-D

Krystal said...

grey is very pretty =) or you should put on a vampy red to cheer yourself up!

samnhal said...

I love that nail polish. this officially made me want to paint my nails that color. I really like it. Too bad it doesn't say what color it is.

Elle Sees said...

loving the color! my current nail color is on my page today!
and there's a giveaway!

Mara said...

I think gray is such a pretty nail polish color! You should find one :)

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I don’t remember much about Doctor #4 other than he advised me that he had gone to medical school and I had not.  I reminded him that I respected his decisions as a doctor but I also believed that there was no person in the world more interested in my well-being than myself.  Doctors are doing a job each day and I am just another patient.  I was never raised to accept what I was given without doing my own research.  I would think a good doctor would appreciate my involvement with my own care.

Sitting in bed one night, I told my husband that I was finished with Crohn’s.  My decision was not being treated any longer.  I hadn’t been on medications for over a month and seemed to be doing ok.  I was drinking a rice milk and banana shake daily and my weight was stable.  Honestly, I have no idea how I am so fortunate but maintaining my weight has not been too much of a struggle.  The first few months were tough but since then, I’ve done well.  My husband talked me into trying ONE more doctor.  He called his step-mom and asked her for her opinion on doctors in the area.  He explained that he needed a really good one because I was only trying one more doctor before calling it quits.  She gave him the name of a practice and her opinion is that any doctor with this group would be amazing.

I called and set up an appointment.  I explained the first appointment how rotten of a patient I can be.  My new GI specialist recommended Entyvio and asked me to research it and give him an answer in a few weeks.  I agreed to starting Entyvio.  Doctor #5 seems to order tests without me asking.  I almost never have to advocate for myself because he seems to have everything taken care of before it is an issue.  I think I may have found a doctor that I can work with for awhile.  I hope this is long-term but I really don’t want to get excited yet.


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Youth Crop Scouting Competition

About the Competition

    The purpose of the competition is to

    • Provide students an opportunity to learn crop scouting and principles of integrated pest management (IPM) for corn and soybeans in Nebraska,
    • To obtain knowledge and skills that will be helpful in future careers
    • Demonstrate newer crop scouting technologies.

    • First place- $500
    • Second Place- $250
    • Third Place- $100
    • Top 2 teams will them compete at a Regional Competition in Indiana August 27-29, 2017.

    Print Program Details and Registration Form!

    2017 Competition is Sponsored by:

    • DuPont Pioneer
    • Nebraska Independent Crop Consultant Association

    Brandy VanDeWalle
    Extension Educator
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    Colfax County 4-H'ers won the 2016 Competition.
    Nebraska Extension is pleased to offer the 4th annual Crop Scouting Competition for Nebraska youth at the UNL ARDC building near Mead, Nebraska on August 1, 2017.
    • Program for 4-H or FFA Youth who have completed 7-12th grades.
    • Team coaches can consist of extension faculty/staff, ag teachers, agronomists, or interested community members.

    2017 Registration Open!
    Click here to register your team (limited to 10 teams)

    Competition consists of the following

    • Written Test
    • Field Stations (corn/soybean diseases, abiotic/biotic problems, soybean/corn insects, corn/soybean growth staging, weed ID, nutrient mgmt., research and general scouting)

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    Nebraska Crop Scouting Youth Winners to Advance to Regionals August 4, 2017

    Five teams of talented youth crop scouts recently vied for the state title. Congratulations to all who tested their skills and good luck to the Colfax County 4-H and Kornhusker Kids 4-H Club of Cuming County who will move on to regionals.

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    Agronomy Youth Field Day August 9 at Curtis July 27, 2017

    Youth ages nine to 14 years old and adults are invited to the 2nd annual Agronomy Youth Field Day at the campus of the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture on August 9. Participants will gain important life skills while discovering the science behind Nebraska crop production.

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    Form Your Teams & Start Preparing for Youth Crop Scouting Contest May 9, 2017

    Registration is now open for the 2017 Youth Crop Scouting Competition to be held this August in eastern Nebraska. The contest is open to FFA and 4-H club members and will help  those interested in crops test their skills and those new to crops better understand crop production.

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    Kornhusker Kids 4-H Club of Cuming County, Nebraska
    Figure 1. The Kornhusker Kids 4-H Club of Cuming County won the Innovative Youth Corn Challenge for the 2016 corn production year. All the winners were honored at a banquet in Lincoln in January. Pictured, from left, are members James Rolf, Angela Rolf, Payton Schiller, Kaleb Hasenkamp, Levi Schiller, and Boone McAfee of the Nebraska Corn Board. Not picture is Matthew Rolf.

    Youth Corn Challenge Offers Real-World Experience, Rewards January 24, 2017

    Winners of the 2016 Nebraska Innovative Corn Challenge for Youth were recently announced and the top prize went to the Kornhusker Kids 4-H Club of Cuming County. Challenge participants learned valuable lessons in production ag, research, teamwork, and problem-solving while competing for cash prizes made possible by the Nebraska Corn Board.

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    Sixth Annual Innovative Youth Corn Challenge January 10, 2017

    Are you a youth who enjoys being outside? Learning new things about crops? Are you considering a career involving crops, insects, diseases, soils, water or more? Do you want to help figure out how to feed the world’s growing population sustainably? If so, the sixth Innovative Youth Corn Challenge offers you an opportunity to learn by doing while competing for cash prizes.

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Something out of nothing

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Many of us buy lottery tickets in the hopes of cashing out big time. More often than not, our numbers don’t match the winning ones and we toss the ticket into the trash (along with our million dollar shopping spree dreams). Well what happens if we collected all of those discarded lottery tickets? Two graduates in Rhode Island got the idea to use old lottery tickets to recreate what many people dream about doing after winning a jackpot.

Here’s Dream Home made from $70,000 worth of discarded lottery tickets. The coordination of colours and patterns on the walls is pretty amazing.

Next to a dream home, I’m sure a lot of people would purchase a fancy ride. Dream Car, below, is made from $39,000 worth of lottery tickets. Loose change, I’m sure, when your bank account just gained a whole lot more digits.

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Baz Luhrmann directing WICKED!?!

From time to time, Daddycatcher visits the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) to get quotes from films or to see any development on future productions. Today, as he was looking up credits for Australia, he noticed that Baz Luhrmann’s name was attached to the upcoming film production of the Broadway musical, Wicked.

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Two of Daddycatcher’s favorite films are Strictly Ballroom and Moulin Rouge. The idea of a Baz Luhrmann directed Wicked is quite appealing. A Luhrmann film is quite dazzling and full of action. Wicked could lend itself well to Luhrmann’s vision. Daddycatcher wonders what a Baz Luhrmann Nine would look like?

Casting is still up in the air. Would Idina Menzel and Kristen Chenowith may able to recreate their roles on screen? Do they read too old for the big screen?

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Most importantly, will Daddycatcher be able to see Joey McIntyre recreate the role of Fiyero, the love interest of both women!?! Joey was a replacement after original cast member, Norbert Leo Butz, left the show.

Daddycatcher and Miss Jenn swoon!

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An Augustana Treasure

Catching Up With Terence

  1.    Since when have you been working here?

Since January 2015.

  1.    What is your favorite part of the job?

Most likely the students and faculty I get to deal with.

  1.    What do you like about Augustana?

Augustana is a small local community so you get to interact with people you normally wouldn’t get to.

  1.    What have been your most memorable experience here so far?

So far…ummm. It has to be SCORE. Because it brings in local usable stuff. Nothing gets thrown out. So it’s a good thing for the community.

  1.    What would you recommend everyone to try at Café? Why?

Try our espresso, or like an Ice Latte or Cappuccino. The espresso comes from Transcend in Edmonton. So it’s local and good.

  1.    Which is your favorite type of coffee?

I like Americanos because it’s with espresso and water.

  1.    What is your favorite food?

My favorite food. It has to be Pasta. I am a Pasta guy; I love Italian meals.

  1.    When are you happiest at work?

At work… (laughing) usually at the lunch rush because there is lots to do. Keeps my attention focused somewhere. Lunch rush is the best.

  1.    Tell me about a difficult situation and how you handled it?

Difficult…. I don’t know if I had too many difficult experiences. The most challenging thing I do in a day is trying to make a good special. Try to make a sandwich that everybody likes and which suits different food groups.

  1.    Where would you like to travel this summer?

This summer, I kind of want to go up to Great Slave Lake and do some fishing. It’s a great place to do some camping and see the Northwest Territories at the same time.

  1.    What do you like to do in your spare time?

In my spare time. I like movies, I like to make things, I am not into TV. I have been a year and a half off the internet. So, trying to find things that we used to do, to keep ourselves busy without smartphones and androids.

  1.    How are you surviving without the internet?

I am doing really good and you know like I am not living up to someone else’s expectations now that I have a lack of social media. So I feel things that I do in a day are relevant. They are actually adding up to something opposed to just checking out what somebody else did in a day. So it’s interesting but not using google… it was so easy to just google a question and find the answer. Now I actually have to think about it or research it. So, it’s a little different and then maybe start writing letters again.

  1.    What was the first dish you ever prepared?

The very first thing I cooked was wieners and beans and I was 6 years old and I stood on a chair and I stirred the pot and had to put my arm in the pot because I was so short.

  1.    What is your funniest experience at Augustana?

Monica and I were making a special. We did a pita that we didn’t warm didn’t even taste. Like, usually we taste it. And we just rushed through the rush. We found out later on that nobody liked it and so when we tried it, it was the worst special we had made. And so now we don’t make them but Monica and I laughed hours about that special; all we had to do was try it and we would have realized it’s taste. We never had that bad of a special.

  1.    Your words of advice for students?

Keep your head up. You know, a lot of you think less of yourselves during exam time. Studying for exams is only retention, so just retain the information and you will do fine. Our brains naturally recall so this should be less stress if you are paying attention in class. Studying should be just fine.

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24 Signs That Your Date Is Bad News, Based on True Events

One for each year that I’ve been alive! Honest to higher powers if they exist, I did not make up any of these. I experienced the majority of the incidents below, and added a few from my close friends. All happened for reals.

Please, think carefully and consider running for the hills if any of the following occurs. Don’t repeat a known mistake and waste any of your time. See below for why I have several contacts listed in my cell’s phone book as “First name DO NOT PICK UP.”

1. Avoiding or deflecting get-to-know-you questions. For instance-

Q: “How about you? Where did you grow up?”

A: “The South. I loved it. I hate living in California.”

Q: “Oh ok… why do you hate it?”

A: “Why do you care? It’s not important.”

2. Explaining that they’re “only looking for fun and friendship.” Yeah, you know what else starts with the letter F?

3. Letting you pick up a large check at a cash-only place since they didn’t have any bills, promises to pay you back later, and then never did when a miraculous modern invention called the ATM exists.

4. Telling you that he’s currently crashing at his friend’s place because his ex just broke up with him so he had to move out of their apartment.

5. Taking pictures of you without you knowing, only for you to see it on their friend’s phone later. It doesn’t even have to be a scandalous photo. It’s just creepy and they could have just asked.

6. Expressing the statement “I could be with any other girl right now, but I’m here with you instead” in a non-sweet but self-pitying way.

7. They have horrible nicknames for you. Such as “Kiddo” even though they’re only one year older than you. Also this way they don’t have to remember your real name.

8. When you realize that your date is trying to impress strangers harder than they’re trying to impress you. Imagine the following scenario- In the middle of their singing in front of an unfamiliar crowd at a karaoke bar, they take out a harmonica from their pocket for a obviously well-rehearsed solo. You compliment them when they get off the stage purely out of politeness, and they respond with “This place is way too busy. I wish I could do a few more songs. That guy before me was super good.”

9. Asking “Are you sure?” after they asked if they can come up to your apartment after walking you home, and you said no nicely already. You know, just to double-check in case you changed your mind in the last 15 seconds.

10. Forcing you to do anything physical is bad, but forcing you to slow dance with him in public on a street corner against your will is on a whole new level. I’m all for Hallmark/Broadway musical/Disney/romantic comedy moments in real life, but the key word here is CONSENT, y’all.

11. Stating something like “I am really mature for my age.” Some comparable lines would be: “I am really tolerant and open-minded considering my upbringing.” and “I am really funny.” Show it, then there won’t be a need to say it.

12. Being openly insensitive about your background or known insecurities. Such as making fun of the cab driver’s accent when they know that your parents are immigrants whose first language is not English.

13. Speaking for you. Like when the waiter comes by at the end of dinner and asks if you two would like to see the dessert menu, your date says no for both of you without consulting you.

14. Insisting that you’re “crazy” or really drunk, or anything else that you’re not when you have already told them that um you’re not. Sample conversation:

Date: “I like you- I can tell you’re crazy.”

Me: “Um…no, I’m actually not. To be honest, I think I’m overly logical and kind of a Type A control freak.”

Date: “A-ha! That’s how you’re crazy.”

15. Flip-flopping on an answer. For example,

Q: “So how do you know my coworker?”

A: “ Oh let’s not talk about him- he sucks.”

Q: “…Why are you friends with him then if you don’t like him?”

A: “Because he’s awesome!”

16. Comparing you with other women, right in front of you. Exhibit A-

Date: “This feels weird, doesn’t it? I guess your kissing style is just different from other girls I’ve been with before.”

17. Trying to have lengthy conversations with you via text messages, but never asking you to hang out in person.

18. Blaming you for a bad kiss. Sample line: “Your mouth is just kind of small, so I feel like I’m slobbering all over you a bit.”

19. Asking you important questions repeatedly that you already answered before recently. Chances are that he’s seeing so many other girls that he doesn’t remember you specifically, or he didn’t think your reply was important enough to be retained in his memory.

20. Telling you that they “like” you with something attached to the sentence.

(a) “I like you, but if I really like you, then I would actually date you.”

(b) “I like you enough.”

21. Suddenly hailing a cab unexpectedly and wants you to get in the car with them without ever discussing where you’re going first.

22. Preemptively excusing himself, like “I just have never been a good boyfriend.” or “I have always been emotionally detached since my bad childhood.” Saying that that’s just the way you are does not make for a get out of jail free card or a legitimate reason for bad behavior.

23. Responding to your confessional question of “So what are we doing? Are we just friends? Because I’m really attracted to you.” with “…I mean, if it makes you feel better, I am really attracted to you, too.

24. Walking away from you in the middle of the street, without any explanation or saying goodbye.

I totally understand that sometimes there’s just no chemistry between two people, and the date might be bad in the sense that it was boring. BUT there is a huge difference between that and someone just being insensitive, insulting, or condescending. And ain’t nobody got time for that.

Now go out there and date someone better!

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  1. Some of these are painful…

    My first date EVER: The guy said he wanted to “ask [me] a question” while watching a movie in a theater. I said, “sure” and got a tongue down my throat instead. You can imagine the utter horror. He was a terrible kisser, and since it was my first experience with that sort of thing, it took me several years to work up the gumption to kiss another guy.

    (Also, you don’t know me…I just find your blog hilarious, and we are the same age!)

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Stefanie Gerdes | Gay Star News | January 26, 2016

When World War Two ended, one of the prime concerns of the British, American and Russian forces was to liberate Germany and Austria of all traces of Nazism and the Third Reich.

But despite concentration camps being liberated and prisoners being freed, not all of them were really allowed to walk free.

According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, some of the men interned for their homosexuality were immediately sent to prison again, forced to serve the Nazi sentences.

It didn’t matter if they had, theoretically, already served their time in Hitler’s camps – they were still considered criminals, even by their liberators.

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More progress

Because I love things that come in threes, here’s three updates on my own quasi-happiness project.

Less Closet Clutter
The mission to de-clutter my room continues! Last Friday I got out of work a little early since I’d logged extra hours with all my traveling. It gave me two hours to lose myself in my closet. I’d managed to already pull out some clothes I didn’t wear anymore, but this time I was ruthless. I threw out 16 shirts. Not donated or saved – literally put in a trash bag and promptly in the dumpster to not regret my decision. They were primarily workouts shirts and tanks that shouldn’t be worn by anyone, so there’s been no remorse so far.

While the grungy shirts were more or less no-brainers, the other clothes were a bit harder to tackle. Somewhat taking advice from the book, I started small with my Goodwill pile. I’d had a small bag started from a few weeks ago, so my first run-through I just found a few shirts that I could part with. Then I went through the closet again, finding more clothes that I don’t wear or that don’t fit right. I did this about three  or four times, each time pulling out shirts that (when I honestly asked myself) I never wear. Before I knew it the Goodwill pile I started with had tripled. And instead of feeling sad to see so many empty space in my closet, I actually felt energized. It’s great to be able to go through my closet knowing that I’d wear any one of those shirts.

The professional clothes is the final hurdle I’m facing in my closet – at least clothes wise (don’t get me started on the totes and boxes that line the shelves…). I suffer from a problem where, if I know I need black dress pants, I’ll go out and end up buying black dress pants even if they don’t look that great. I haven’t built up a wide array or good stock of dress clothes yet, so I’m hesitant to throw anything out just yet. But what’s the point in having black dress pants that I hate wearing because they look like crap on me taking up space in my closet?

Reuniting with the Elliptical
Last week about this time, my body hated me. It’s only day two of the fresh start I wanted, and I literally feel a million times better. Heck, just walking into the gym last night made me feel better. In a few weeks it will probably be old and I’ll have to convince myself to go, but being back on the elliptical and not facing a heat index of 115? Not having just three pieces of exercise equipment to choose from in a hotel gym? Pure joy! It’s time for me to start logging some real miles and topping my Juneathon accomplishments.

Getting in Touch with Old Friends/Bosses/Etc.
This was a new thing I decided to try based on the Happiness Project book. My roommate is attempting it too, and I have to admit that first I didn’t know what to think of it. While cleaning out keepsakes and finding old cards from bosses and work samples, we both commented that we wished we would have stayed in touch with people. Well, there’s no time like the present.

Last night I wrote a greeting card to one of my old internship bosses. I actually wrote about her in my graduate school application and she’s the one who initially gave me the ambition to run my own nonprofit someday. Watching her operate on a day-to-day basis years ago amazed me, and to this day I still try to model a lot of her work traits and skills. This lady is absolutely fantastic, but I don’t know that she ever knew how much she impacted the direction of my career.

Soon she will, though. Like I said, it was kind of weird at first. How do you start a letter to someone you haven’t spoken to in a couple years? But dropping that card in the mail today left me feeling like a million bucks. And if it reconnects me with someone who was that influential to me, then it will definitely bring some extra happiness to my life. Now it’s time to plot who the next recipient will be.

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Food love

It’s been awhile since I posted, but you know I couldn’t let a holiday pass without doing at least something a little creative.

I’ve always been a sucker for Valentine’s Day, in part because I’ve never really connected it to being a singles awareness day or anything like that (probably because when I was growing up I woke up to cute cards from my mom on the bathroom or kitchen counter).

When I spotted this on pinterest a few weeks ago, I knew it would be perfect for work. It was a bold move nixing the chocolate, though other co-workers made up for that. Plus I love a good pun and play on words. I opted for a larger tag so that I could write a brief note on the back for each lady, which I thought would overpower the fruit, but I think it turned out cute.

The food indulgences continued into the evening with a “Drinks, Dips & Dessert” potluck (because who doesn’t love those three things, especially when you’re sharing it with fabulous friends)? It was hard to narrow it down to just one dip, but in the end I opted for a warm caprese dip.

caprese dip

This dip was fantastic! It was great with both french bread and also crackers, though I think near the end we were all just stealing bits of the cheese. Next time I’d add throw in a few kalamata olives, but otherwise I thought it was the right combinations of flavors.

I fully intended to just make the caprese dip, but as I was grocery shopping the night before I decided to throw caution to the wind and started googling.

I’d had my heart set on some type of cheesecake dip for whatever reason. This cherry cheesecake dip was the starting point, though mine ended up being quite different. First, I cut the cool whip in half since other recipe had equal parts cream cheese and whipped cream. Since I wanted it to be a dip, I nixed the graham cracker crust as well. The final change was that I used strawberry pie filling, primarily because it was $2 cheaper but also because that sounded a bit sweeter than cherries.

So really, I mostly came up with my own recipe. It doesn’t look all that fancy or nice, particularly in my tupperware, but it was a-mazing! Just looking at the picture is making me crave it. Even the lady who doesn’t really care for sweets loved it. Success!

We thought about making cute pink or red drinks, but you know what else is red? Wine. Why make it harder than it needs to be?

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Song Title: We Beautiful People

Artist: Divine Suns

Song Produced by: Dan Johns

Video Directed & Edited by: Daniel Johnson & Laquan Davis

For the People. By the People.

Video Description: If God were an artist, he’d paint in vivid, dripping, and swirling colors. He’d embrace imperfection and find the beauty in our collective ugliness. He’d paint you in front of a mirror, admiring all your flaws and embracing how they come together to create the picture of you. He’d sculpt you as a giant, towering over your piles of bills and stepping over your mountain of regrets. He’d hum blues tunes about the struggle and belt gospel songs about your triumph. He’d paint and sound just like you. He would look like us.

Fresh off the seamless patchwork, Chaos Theory, and a sanguine visual for Scarlet Letter; Divine Suns return with We Beautiful People, an homage to what is perfect within us all. Be advised: this really is a Movement.

The Suns are in rare form. Sporting their We Beautiful People t-shirts and b-boy swagger, the Suns trade bars in the W.A.L.L.S. and along Atlanta’s Beltline. Street art and graffiti cross-cut with scratches from South Carolina’s DJ Prince Ice fit perfectly with the song’s message and the video’s gentrified setting. Think the Humans of New York blog set to a thumping bassline and sharp, introspective lyrics. Best of all— they brought friends and family along for the ride.

The message should be clear. We are scarred. We are flawed. We’ve been branded; and yet, one thing remains true: We Beautiful People. Even the intentional absence of “are” acts as an announcement (a la The Declaration of Independence). For the People by the People.

In preparation for their new album, inCOREporated, Divine Suns also present, an interactive website where fans can keep current with new releases and custom design their own We Beautiful People apparel.
We Beautiful People is the lead single for Divine Sun’s next project, inCOREporated.

With production and scratches by Jonyfraze, “No Debatin That!” Is a return to the signature Dan Johns sound. Tell us what you think!

Divine Suns – “Scarlet Letter” (ft. Attallah ES Mariposa):

Song Title: Scarlet Letter

Artist: Divine Suns ft. ANON The Griot, Dan Johns, Plex Long, The Hunch Punch Champ & Attallah ES Mariposa

Song Produced by: Dan Johns and Magnesium

Video Shot, Edited, & Directed by: Dan Johns

We’re Gifted yet Different

Video Description: There was once a time when Hip Hop was not widely popular. Since it was only available in limited markets and under crazy time slots; fans became musical survivalists equipped with backpacks and cassette tapes, hell-bent on capturing any stray musical morsel falling to the ground. At the crossroads of Franz Kafka and Nathaniel Hawthorne, Divine Suns document the evolution of the emcee and their unyielding commitment to the craft.

Directed by Dan Johns, Scarlet Letter is both ode and battle cry. Rather than moan over the current state of Hip Hop (which has become so popular lately), the Suns prefer to offer intimate insight into their respective histories and love with the culture. Borrowing from the classic novel of the same name, Director Dan Johns blends a dreary backdrop and washed-out frames to accentuate a pop of red, symbolically sewing a scarlet A onto the fabric of the video. Simply stated, be it popular or passé, these brothers bear the mark of the emcee with pride.

The airy background vocals of the track are perfectly matched by the angelic glow of Attallah ES Mariposa, both visually and vocally. Yet, it is the unified vibe of family that sets this video apart. Dan Johns seamlessly stacks a cookout with jutting shots and performance scenes to piece together a puzzle representative of the emcee. While the market floods with formula and format, the Suns happily stick to their own script. This isn’t about what’s wrong. This is about what is right and undeniable. “Since we will not conform, we wear the Scarlet Letter.”

 Scarlet Letter can be found on the collective’s Chaos Theory, available on iTunes, Google Play Store, and Spotify. Check out Divine Suns Music  on Facebook for the Hungry Arms, Black Magnum, Divine Suns, and Oxygen Mask videos, as well as constant updates on everything Divine.

Wrestlemania 31 is this Sunday, and I am going to share my uninformed opinions and predictions with you all.

4-Team Tag Team Turmoil match:

With the Usos being out of this match due to injury, I am not overly excited about this match. Safe money would be on Kidd & Cesaro retaining, but I could see an angle where the Uso’s interfere to cost the champs the titles.

AJ & Paige vs The Bellas:

AJ & Paige win, with some bad blood spiced in, leading to a triple threat match down the line for the Diva’s title.

Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal:

I think this should be used to elevate someone from the lower card to mid-card status. I could see this being used as a way to rehabilitate Jack Swagger (if he’s even in the match), or they could plug Sheamus in here for a big pop for his return. (although I think it would be best if Sheamus came back as a heel and sided with the Authority). With people like Mark Henry, Big Show, and Kane in this match, I am almost certain that they will put over someone from the lower card. The winner of the NXT 4-man tournament is the likely choice.

Intercontinental Ladder Match:

This is clearly designed for Daniel Bryan to add value back to the IC Title, but I wouldn’t be totally shocked if Barrett somehow came out of this on top. I like the suggestion of my Getting Networked partner, Dustin Spencer, of putting the title on Bryan and having a ‘best of 7’ series with Bryan and Ziggler. Personally, I say put the IC title on Bryan, and the US title on Cena, and give them long runs, then unify the titles at Summerslam.

Rusev vs Cena:

Cena has done a lot for the company this year, including getting destroyed by Lesnar, a part-time champion, on several occasions. Plus, having Cena be the one to end Rusev’s winning streak gives Rusev some rub too. As I said earlier, having bigger stars compete for and hold the U.S./Intercontinental titles would add value to the titles, which will make them valuable assets when grooming tomorrow’s world champions.

Bray Wyatt vs Undertaker:

Now that Lesnar has ended “The Streak,” conventional wisdom would lead one to think that Wyatt comes out on top here. I disagree, because having Wyatt beat Taker would devalue what Lesnar did. Also, just being IN a Wrestlemania match with Taker adds to Wyatt’s credibility. And if somehow they have a classic match, Wyatt losing will not matter in the least bit.

Randy Orton vs Seth Rollins:

I feel like Orton goes over here, especially if WWE follows their tried-and-tested ‘even Steven’ booking strategy. This could very well be the match of the night, and a feud that could continue on and off for a while. If Rollins goes over here, there’s no way that he leaves Wrestlemania as the Champ.

Triple H vs Sting:

I don’t see how any outcome other than a Sting victory could be booked. If it was my decision, I would book this like Triple H/Undertaker 2, where Trips brutalizes Sting for the entire match, but the Stinger finds a way to win. I really dislike how Trips takes all of these losses at Mania (Taker, Lesnar, probably Sting), but it’s the smart play.

Lesnar vs Reigns:

Lesnar’s gonna get paid big time by either WWE or UFC, and I think that the outcome of this match will be based purely on if Vince McMahon or Dana White’s signature is on his next paycheck. I predict that Reigns goes over here, in a BRUTAL match, leaving the door open for Rollins to cash in and become champ.

Rollins leaving as champ would set up a 3-way title match between Rollins, Reigns and Orton (who would have beaten Rollins earlier on the card).

Or Lesnar could re-sign, and destroy Reigns…which would bring tears of joy to the IWC. I don’t see it happening.

***UPDATE: since I typed this blog, Brock Lesnar has signed a multi-year deal with WWE, so now all bets are off for the outcome of the main event. I suspect the timing of this was not coincidental!***

Dan Johns Bandcamp site

Posted: March 23, 2015 by danjohns in Uncategorized

This week, Dustin and I break down McMahon vs Austin in a steel cage, and Rock vs Mankind in a last man standing match. We also fight off two monster head colds in a tag team grudge match…sort of.

This week, Dustin and I discuss 4 different episodes, ranging from WWE, Mid-South, GWF, and WCW. The discussion ranges from hilarious, to heated, as we address how African-American wrestlers have been treated in the industry of professional wrestling. Even if you aren’t a die-hard fan of pro wrestling, this is a must listen!

“Scarlet Letter” is my favorite song from Chaos

Posted: February 17, 2015 by danjohns in Uncategorized

Produced by yours truly, with a thick bassline courtesy of Magnesium and his bass guitar, “Scarlet Letter” is my favorite record on the new Divine Suns album.

In 2007, I told you all that “the world keeps spinning; there’s no rewinds or going back to the beginning.” In 2015, it still holds true. Still, while we cannot go back in time, we can definitely handle unfinished business from years gone.

The Divine Suns (or DME as we were known then) formed WAY BACK in 1997, when we were all freshmen at Morehouse College. Spirited freestyle ciphers, low(no)-budget studio sessions, and epic emcee battles help us all forge a bond that has survived life and its many twists and turns. Ironically, despite all of our individual successes as artists, we have never completed and released a project as a collective before.

So, as ANON The Griot calls it, “Chaos Theory” is the ‘reunion album to the album that never happened.’ The album title lends itself to the creative process when 9 (and sometimes more) different opinions and views are thrown into the mix, blending into a creative stew.

The music reflects the natural growth of men. The fierce emcees have become fathers, and the ferocity once reserved for dismantling another emcee is now dedicated to providing for and protecting our families. Conceptually diverse, “Chaos Theory” showcases our various skill sets, without ever sounding forced, or as if someone had to TRY and fit onto a record.

A solid 19 tracks of music, ideas and theory (see what I did there?), this is project that we are all proud to share with the world. So proud that we invite you all to not only listen to and/or download the project, but we are confident that you will contribute to the cause. We understand that your contribution could come in the form of a monetary donation (where you set the price) or by spreading the word about the Divine Suns movement. Basically, there’s no reason that like-minded individuals should not have “Chaos Theory” in their collections!

We welcome you all to embrace the chaos, and join us at

HomeGrown” Song Perspective

Dan: When we got the ball rolling, Hunch and Anon started sending out a TON of skeletons that they had done together that were unfinished. I wrote and recorded a verse to “Home,” and we dug it. However, Billy had lost all of his beats from this time period due to a hard drive crash, meaning that there was no way to properly mix this version of the song with an unmixed mp3 as the only files for the production.

We decided to send out an acapella of “Home” to different producers, asking them to remix the record, so we could include it on the project. Two DOPE REMIXES came back from Maverick aka Adrian Wilson (another fellow c/o 2001 Morehouse Brother) and Encore (who produces a ton of my solo stuff). Anyway, we decided to use both of their beats, but for different tasks. We re-recorded Home to Encore’s beat, and did an entirely new song to Maverick’s beat on the upcoming “inCOREporated” album.

I put down my re-record first, taking some liberties with the hook that Hunch had originally written by editing out just a tad bit of the profanity. When I sent it to Hunch and Anon, they decided to leave my first as the lead off (I was originally in the second slot).

Hunch: Billy had sent some beats to Anon for a session we were about to have. Cycling through a beat came up that instantly grabbed me. Anon started muttering something about home and I urged him on. Before we knew it the framework for the hook came through and I assisted on the adlibs, soon after bars came down. Fast forward a year and a half we were struggling to find a replacement for the beat we originally had because stems were not available for mix. When we found the beat we decided to each do a new hook and pick the best out the three. Dan dropped his first and the competition was over. Didn’t even get off the starting line. Can’t lie, I’m still a bit tight about that as I type this.

Anon: Tight? Let’s be honest, Dan went body bag on us! I felt like the one-hit wonder whose single gets so hot that a legend gets on the track. Problem is— a lot of guys don’t rewrite their verses and the additions outshine their originals.

Lemme explain: Dan takes the idea of home and home improvement as the parallels for his whole verse.
Mind you, these were bars Hunch and I worked on like 6 years ago. So I guess it shows staying power. Honesty, it was one of the best moments for me; knowing that as good as I aspire to be, I’m still ripe to need CSI when my brothers get to eating. And that original Billy beat was monster, but Encore came through in the clutch!

Hunch: Anon’s place in the space time continuum is never fixed so he perceives time a bit different than the rest of us. We came up with the premise for this song on my son’s second birthday. He’s four now. Four.

Dan: Might I also add that no one felt like I caught a body on the original version. It wasn’t until we did the re-record over Encore’s production that I started to hear this body bag talk! I will concede the fact that the chemistry that I have with Encore’s beats is undeniable. I let my homie DaCaptain hear this when we were filming for the Divine Suns video, and he said “there is something about when you rhyme over Encore’s beats.”

Hunch: I think it was the crispness of your delivery and the bravado you bought on you second try that sealed it. And that hook? Had me asking for you to adlib my verse with some of that flavor. The beat gave room for a better attack than the original laid back beat. Instead of getting in the pocket, we were forced to rip out of it

Dan: What’s crazy is I still feel like your verse is the perfect bookend for the song. The underlying theme of your rhyme being that you never strayed too far away from ‘home,’ yet intruders came in and got comfortable like your spot belonged to them covers a lot of ground! Think about it from the perspective of a man trying to get things accomplished for his family, or an emcee who steps away from music to deal with everyday life issues.

Hunch: That’s what I love about this song; we all had a different but relevant take on it. I was listening to this song late one night when I realized how big of a record this was. I thought this was truly showing our growth as a crew. I think this is when I also realized we might have gotten bodied. Lol

Mikchek: Though I’m not on the song this was the joint that set it off.  There have actually been several circles of divine talking about reuniting over the years but Hunch, the Griot, & Billy were the only ones that actually put something down.  and didn’t tell nobody I might add.  It was dope to hear Hunch again because he kind of went MIA on some grown man stuff early in college and this music is and always will be home for us.  I love this joint.

Hunch: Funny you say that, cause when me and Anon went with this round of recording I sent the track out knowing it was going to spark cats. Nope. No responses. I remember thinking “Ok..this might be whack.” Lmao

Dan: I know that the first time that you sent me this, I really was going to hop on the record, but I was in the middle of a ton of recording, mixing, and just LIVING. Everything does indeed happen for a reason.

Anon: Yes. Time space continuum never fixed.  Always changing. I guess its cause we had so many joints in the bag, I got lost. Bottom line— I was happy with my verse; I felt like I let loose with delivery and content! So— yes, Encore helped with the bodying, but on re-listen, everybody get blood on their hands with this one!

Hunch: Anon’s verse was probably my favorite. It was colorful and descriptive and I felt he got a lot off his chest. It ran a little long but personally I didn’t care, it was the perfect set off initially. With the new version Everyone essentially switched spots which made his verse a perfect bridge to me and Dan.

Plex: My favorite lines:

“I wasn’t even home; I was with this jawn around the co’ne (corner)…”

“So I’m looking at my phone, no ring, Karl Malone…”

“Just squatting til the King reappear, man I’m standing right here, get out my mutha fuckin chair!!!”

That verse gets me amped every time, no lie.


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Hollow House cover reveal!

The plans for Hollow House have been unveiled with the release of the cover art for my debut novel!

Hollow House Full Cover-small

I put the wraparound art together with feedback from Omnium Gatherum publisher, Kate Jonez. We’re both really happy with how it turned out. It’s creepy and contemporary.

Things are progressing really quickly with not just the cover art, but an advanced reader copy is expected to be ready for reviewers by the end of May. I’d very much like to thank my editor Janet J Holden, who has been working hard to finish off edits on the novel.

I’ve also managed to entice three award-winning authors to read an ARC of the novel with the possibility of providing a testimonial. The very thought of this trio reading my book, let alone providing a blurb for it, makes me very nervous. As this will be my debut novel, I can’t help but worry, but with everything going so smoothly, I feel that a fair bit of good luck is on my side.

Hollow House is expected to be published by Omnium Gatherum in paperback and digital formats in October. For more information, visit OG’s website.

About darkscrybe

I am a dark fiction author and artist from Central Queensland, Australia. I've penned four novellas: Torment, The Noctuary, Vaudeville and The Last Night of October. I also illustrated the Bram Stoker Award-winning graphic novel, Witch Hunts: A Graphic History of the Burning Times.
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  1. So happy for you, Greg! That’s great news! Love the cover!

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Manic Monday – 08/07/17

Manic Monday

Training For: Charlotte Covered Bridges Half?

What Was Planned vs. What Happened

Monday 07/31/17: CrossFit | CrossFit
We did a strength WOD with thrusters, then a 12 minute AMRAP 40-30-20-10 double-unders, kettlebell swings, kettlebell snatches, and kettlebell overhead squats. Woof!

Tuesday 08/01/17: 5k Run | Rest
True confession: I didn’t run because I washed my hair that morning and didn’t want it to get all sweaty before a date night with Ben. #priorities

Wednesday 08/02/17: Rest | 5k Run
It was fairly hot and humid, but I got in a lunchtime 5k regardless, and was glad I did.

Thursday 08/03/17: 4 Mile Run | Rest
I had a phone call scheduled for the middle of my lunch break, so I opted not to run. And then the call was rescheduled at the last minute. Whomp whomp.

Friday 08/04/17: Rest | Rest
I thought about running, but a) it was hot, and b) I had my rescheduled phone call to make.

Saturday 08/05/17 : CrossFit | Rest
I had way too much to do Saturday morning, then a three year-old’s birthday party and getting ready for the last performance of Dogfight on Saturday night, so it just didn’t happen.

Photo Aug 05, 1 19 59 PM

Sunday 08/06/17: 8 Mile Run | 3.1 Mile Hike
My best friend and her husband were in town to see the show, so we spent the day together hiking, eating ice cream (twice!), cooking delicious food, and playing games. It was an excellent day.

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Photo Aug 06, 3 27 53 PM

Thanks for the flattering photo, Vinny!

One CF class and one hike is certainly better than nothing, but I think attempting to do anything more would have just ended up making me a stressed out, tired mess. I’m excited because now that Dogfight is over, I can get back to going to classes and running more regularly, eat dinners at home, and see my family more. Yay!

Have you ever stopped for ice cream twice in one day?

6 thoughts on “Manic Monday – 08/07/17

    • Rae says:

      Lol, yes, I think eating an entire pint in one sitting counts! I haven’t done that in ages, but I have a coupon for a free pint of Halo Top sitting around, so it’s kind of inevitable 😉

  1. dgobs says:

    I love the hair priorities. I would have done the same 😉 I don’t think I’ve ever stopped for ice cream twice in a day, but now I want to! #snackgoals

    • Rae says:

      Well, Mandy had never had a maple creemee before, so we stopped at the place closest to where we were at the time. But then the place with the BEST ones was literally on the way home, so we HAD to, right? 😉

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Email & Printing

Two recent areas of difficulty have been student email for grades 5-12 and printing. If you’re having trouble with either of these, we would like to hear about it:

Printing? We are changing to a different printer distribution system, so if you are having issues with your printers not showing up, please submit a Work Order.

Email? Please send contact Kim or Howard with student email issues. Over the next two months, we will be examining potential solutions and talking with students and staff members to determine our next steps. Here’s what we have planned so far:

  • Trials at DMS and DHS using alternate email applications and collaboration tools
  • Student surveys and interviews at DMS and DHS regarding how they use email
  • Staff surveys and interviews regarding email use, collaboration, and resource sharing

For the foreseeable future, we’ll continue to use ePals for email. If you are finding it difficult to communicate with students using ePals, we can offer some alternatives for the interim:

  • For sharing information: Moodle or your web page
  • For sharing files: Moodle or J drive
  • For transferring files between home & school (students): Moodle or flash drives
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