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1 Titration of Sodium Carbonate

2 Carbonate Chemistry CO2 in atmosphere and dissolved in water
Major global buffering system Industrial sources limestone: CaCO3(s) + heat  CaO(s) + CO2(g) trona (Na2CO3) deposits Air/Water Equilibrium Ionization in Water

3 Sodium Carbonate As a Base
Commercially important source or base or carbonate for industrial processes washing soda (automatic dishwashers) Carbonate is a moderately strong base Soluble Salt Ionization as a base Ka2 for H2CO3

4 Titration of Na2CO3 with HCl
Step 1: Na2CO3 + HCl  NaHCO3 + NaCl Step 2: NaHCO3 + HCl  H2CO3 + NaCl Overall: Na2CO3 + 2HCl  H2CO3 + 2NaCl At Ve1: Phenolphthalein pH At Ve2: BCG Ve1 Ve2 Equivalents of HCl added

5 Titration of Sodium Carbonate
CO32 HCO3 H2CO3 pH [CO32] = [HCO3] pOH = pKb,CO3 pH = pKa1 pH = pKa2,H2CO3 Equivalents of HCl added

6 Derivative Plots Raw data Spreadsheet
Derivative plots can be used for accurate location of the equivalence point Raw data Spreadsheet First and Second Derivative Plots Click on “Derivative Plots” tab Raw data: pH vs V 1st derivative: d(pH)/dV 2nd derivative: d2(pH)/(dV)2 2nd derivative

7 Determination of Carbonate in a Sample
A g sample containing sodium carbonate and inert material was dissolved in water and titrated to the bromcresol green end point, requiring mL of M HCl. Calculate the % Na2CO3 in the sample. For the BCG endpoint, the reaction is Na2CO3 + 2HCl  H2CO3 + 2NaCl % Na2CO3 = 14.59%

8 Effects of Carbonate Equilibria on Titration of Carbonate
Shift in Phenolphthalein Endpoint Boiling to Enhance Second Endpoint

9 Effect of CO2 Absorption on Phenophthalein Endpoint
Reaction of CO2 with carbonate solutions CO2(g) + H2O(l) + CO32(aq)  2HCO3(aq) Let 1 mmol CO2 react with 1 mmol CO32 For titration with HCl to BCG endpoint to form H2CO3 Initial 1 mmol CO32 would require 2 mmol HCl Resultant 2 mmol HCO3 requires 2 mmol HCl Net effects Volume of HCl require to reach phenolphthalein end decreases This effect may be avoided by excluding air from the titration system. Volume required to reach bromcresol green endpoint is not affected. Recommendation Use BCG endpoint to calculate amount of carbonate in your sample

10 Effect of Absorbed CO2 on Titration of Na2CO3 with HCl
Ve1 Ve2 Ve1 decreases Ve2 is not affected Use Ve2 for calculations Before After CO2(g) + H2O(l) + CO32(aq) 2HCO3(aq)

11 Boiling to Enhance Visual Endpoint in Titration of Na2CO3 with HCl
Na2CO3 + 2HCl  H2CO3 + 2NaCl NaHCO3 Boiling removes H2CO3 as gaseous CO2 NaHCO3 + H2CO3 H2CO3(aq)  CO2(g) + H2O

12 Summary: Titration of Sodium Carbonate
Titration of Na2CO3 with strong acid yields two equivalence points At phenolphthalein end point Na2CO3  NaHCO3 At bromcresol green (or methyl red) end point All carbonate is converted to H2CO3 pH of carbonate solutions may be unstable due to exchange of CO2 with atmosphere.

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Why Can't I Post on Craigslist Due to Certificate Errors?

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Certificate errors may indicate problems with your computer security setup.

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When you log on to your Craigslist account to create a free or paid ad, the Web address you see in your Web browser should start with "https," signaling a secure connection that protects your personal information. If your browser alerts you to a certificate error instead of loading the Craigslist website, however, check your system for problems that may interfere with your online activities and signal broader deficiencies in your computer security.

Secure Sockets Layer Encryption

Online destinations that deal with large volumes of private information offer assurances that you've landed on the legitimate websites of your financial institutions, retail merchants and other sites that ask for personally identifiable details about you and your business. Many of these sites display their SSL, or Secure Sockets Layer, certifications at the bottom of every page they load in your browser. These certifications result from the authentications they receive through third parties that vouch for their legitimacy. Evidence of current certifications helps you validate that the information you transmit and receive remains safe from interception and misappropriation.

Bogus Certificate Errors

Like most large businesses, Craigslist goes to great lengths to assure that its SSL certification remains up to date. If you see a certificate error when you visit Craigslist, the problem almost certainly results either from temporary site maintenance or a problem that compromises your computer. Craigslist provides a system-status page on which it tracks ongoing coding problems and updates (see Resources). If the site doesn't report a malfunction that could interfere with your ability to post, don't try to override the certificate warning. Instead, check your computer for problems on your end of the transmission process.

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Hackers often register domains that at first glance look like the addresses of legitimate, familiar domains, but use subtle misspellings to catch the site-loading attempts of people who mistype their intended destinations. Although Craigslist maintains a commercial website, its address uses a ".org" domain that reflects its not-for-profit culture and mission. Check your Web browser to verify that you've entered the correct URL. Additionally, verify that your system displays the correct date and time so it can interpret the date information on the Craigslist certificate properly. If your anti-virus software definitions have fallen out of date or you haven't verified your computer security recently, shut down your Web browser, validate your malware protection and, if necessary, repair your system.

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Video monitoring of the beamline

The video widget allows users of all macromolecular crystallography beamlines at SSRL to view real-time video streams of samples and beamline equipment, for general purpose sample and instrumentation monitoring. Live video is avilable from the hutch, sample and screening tabs in Blu-Ice, as well as Web-Ice. The Sample, Hutch and Robot cameras are located inside the experimental hutch; the Panel camera is outside the hutch.

  • The cameras can be turned off, ensuring privacy, by pushing the power switch to the "off" position on the "Server/Camera Control System" module in the main control rack shown in this picture. Note, however, that the Sample camera is used by the crystal centering operations (click to center and automated loop centering) and must not be turned off.

  • The camera can be turned to a blank wall if privacy is wanted momentarily. Note In this mode, the camera is still active and can be moved by staff or other members of your group by using a passive Blu-Ice client or from Web-Ice.

The Hutch and Robot cameras show videos of the equipment inside the experimental hutch. The panel cameras show pictures of the electronics rack outside the hutch.

Video Filters

Several video filters are available from Blu-Ice. Sometimes they can be useful to locate difficult to see samples. The video filters can be activated on any video feed in Blu-Ice by right clicking on the video and selecting an appropriate filter. It is possible to select more than one filter at a time.

The filters available are:

  • Grayscale: "Back and white" display
  • Exposure 2X: Simulates an exposure value of 2.0.
  • Gamma 1.5 and Gamma 1.6: See The gamma corrections tend to brighten the dark pixels.
  • Edge tracing: Detects the edges in the video and traces them.
  • Equalize colors: Equalizes the presence of all portions of the color spectrum.
  • Custom color curve: This filter tends to increase the contrast of the image.

Hutch Presets

Several preset views of the experimental table (Overview, Cryostream, Phi, Kappa, and Omega) can be selected from the Hutch tab. On some beamlines, the Hutch camera also shows views of the Robot.

  • Overview shows part of the hutch table, including the detector positioner, sample, cryostream and diffractometer. This can be useful to check if there will be any equipment collisions.
  • Cryostream shows the end of the nozzle, front end tail, beamstop, and the guard shield. This is useful to monitor ice formation around the sample and to view how far the cryostream and beamstop are from the sample.
  • Phi shows the phi motor scale for the goniometer. The scale value does not match the Blu-ice value normally since Omega is normally set at 270 degrees. The scale value in this case should read 90 degrees less than the 'true' phi value in Blu-Ice.
  • Kappa shows the kappa motor scale for the goniometer. You will only see the kappa scale when omega is set to 270 degrees. The true value of kappa will be 180 degrees less than what is shown.
  • Important: In Blu-ice, if Kappa is set to a value other than zero, you should collect data with Omega.
  • Omega shows the omega motor scale for the goniometer.

Robot Presets

Preset views under the Robot tab include Overview, Hutch Door, and Blank Wall. On some beamlines the Robot camera does not exist, and these presets are available from the Hutch camera.

  • Overview shows the robot during all stages of sample mounting.
  • Hutch Door - If the door is open, data cannot be collected, certain motors may not be moved from outside the hutch and the robot will not operate.

Panel Presets

The panel presets show various modules in the electronics rack.

  • Hutch Key shows the hutch key lock in control panel.
  • The key needs to be in the panel and rotated 180 degrees to allow beam in the hutch, as shown in the picture.
  • Stoppers shows the beamline stopper indicator lights. Lights must be green - indicating that the stoppers are open - to get beam in the hutch. When lights are yellow (as in the picture) the beam stoppers are closed and it is safe to go inside the hutch.
  • ShutterControl shows the shutter control panel. If the red light is on (as in the picture) the shutter is open and the beam is hitting the sample. The switch should be set to auto.
  • IonChambers shows the I0, I1, I2, Ibeamstop values. This can be used to monitor beam intensity.
  • CryojetControl shows the cryostream temperature and airflow. Temperature should be approximately 100 K.
  • FilterControl shows the status of the beamline absorbers.
  • Adding or removing a filter will change the value of attenuation in the hutch tab. A red light should be on if there is a filter in place, as seen in the picture.
  • SpearMonitor shows the current in the SPEAR3 ring in real time. This shows any current messages about SPEAR3 operation and can be used to monitor beam refills.

Taking snapshots

The Video Snapshot button can be used to save a jpeg image of the video preset displayed in Blu-Ice. Upon clicking the button, the program will open a window to browse and select the directory and file name the snapshot will be saved to.


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Wednesday, 28 March 2007 00:00

Saying goodbye: Job Corps staff will miss their work

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Sinquarious Graham, a 16-year-old Job Corps student from Alabama, was pulling on his coat to go to breakfast at 6:30 a.m. last Thursday when his roommate came in and told him class was canceled, he could go back to bed.

At first Graham didn’t believe it, but then thought better of it.

“I said ‘Man, you don’t got to tell me twice,’” Graham recalled before turning back in.

As the morning wore on, students roved aimlessly around the Job Corps campus, an isolated cluster of dorms and classrooms just inside the entrance to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park outside Cherokee. The predominantly urban, African American youths came to Job Corps for a second-shot in life — namely a GED and training in a trade.

But last Thursday, they listened to their iPods, played basketball, flirted around the vending machines, and shuffled back and forth between dorms in clothes that were too tight or too baggy depending on the gender.

Students tried turning to their teachers and dorm supervisors for answers — like why class was canceled — but the staff were equally clueless, operating on the same rumors as the students. It wasn’t until the Asheville Citizen-Times posted a news bulletin on its Web site at 10 a.m. that those rumors were confirmed.

Head honchos from the Job Corp national and regional offices had rolled onto campus unannounced that morning to close down the center. They were temporarily waylaid by an entourage of local leaders who also rolled onto campus unannounced hoping to stave off the closure. They spent all morning sequestered in a meeting, but were ultimately unsuccessful.

When they finally emerged, students and staff were called to the gym for a campus-wide assembly.

“I am concerned about the safety and health of students trying to get an education at this Job Corps Center,” announced Esther Johnson, the national director of Job Corps. “We have come to the conclusion there are a lot of problems and issues that need to be addressed. I don’t want you in an unsafe environment. I don’t want you in a cafeteria where the roof is leaking and there is mold on the wall. I don’t want you getting an education in a dilapidated building. I don’t want my girls sleeping in dorm rooms with no doors. That is not why we brought you to the Job Corps program.”

Johnson told the students they would be shipped out to other Job Corp Centers within a matter of days.

Students had mixed reactions. Some were ecstatic, cheering and clapping during Johnson’s speech. But others weren’t so happy. When the speech was over, many students filed off the bleachers and into the arms of teachers and dorm supervisors they’d grown close to in recent months. Several teachers and dorm supervisors were crying as well.

“What’s ripping us apart is we love these kids,” said Rosalie Rowell, an on-site nurse. “They’re our children. We get attached to them.”

Linda Fowler, a dorm supervisor known as Momma Linda, has a Job Corps graduate living with her now at her home in Bryson City. The student didn’t have any family of her own, so Fowler took her in when the student graduated.

“I have kids from four and five years ago that still call me,” said Fowler.

While Rowell and Fowler are now staring at unemployment, their over-riding emotion was for the loss of the students.

What now?

Some students felt left in the lurch by the announcement.

Jeanette Maynard, an 18-year-old from Fayetteville, had been at Job Corps for six months working on a high school diploma. Every day, she traveled by van to a classroom at Southwestern Community College where she got one-on-one help working her way through the high school curriculum. She was a few months away from a diploma, but now she was distraught.

“I came here and started something and now I can’t finish,” Maynard said. “I came to Job Corps for nothing. Nothing.”

Maynard would be transferred to another Job Corps, but she worried it would have different books.

Jeffery Harris, another student earning his high school diploma, worried about who his new teacher would be.

“I love my instructor to death,” Harris said. “I won’t be able to find anybody who can train me like her.”

The most troubling case was eight students who nearly completed their on-the-job training at a local nursing home.

“They were most of the way through the program. If they moved to a new location, they would have to start over again,” said Jane Kirby, the health occupation instructor. “These kids have worked so hard.”

So Kirby went to bat for her students. She got all eight on the priority list to be transferred to the Job Corps Center in Macon County. Every morning, those students will be driven to the nursing home in Bryson City where Kirby will meet them to finish out their training.

‘Out in the woods’

Other students were eager to be transferred to other Job Corp centers, hoping the grass was greener there.

“I’ve heard about the other Job Corps and they are way better,” said Shawn White, a student from Charlotte. “This is like a prison, I mean for real.”

Sinquarious Graham from Alabama, and Craig Murphy from Philadelphia jumped in to share their complaints about the Job Corp Center. The nightly curfew topped their list of complaints.

The students also said they didn’t like being in the middle of nowhere. They were used to urban areas. Here, they were surrounded by wilderness, they had no cell reception, no television and it was a 5-mile walk to the nearest fast food joint or convenience store.

“It kind of freaked me out. I didn’t know we were going to be out in the woods,” said Murphy. “This school is not what I expected it to be.”

They did get to see wild turkeys for the first time, however.

“The only good thing about this place is you get to see lots of animals,” Graham said.

Students are continually getting in trouble and getting sent home: breaking curfews, disappearing off campus, doing drugs.

“Some people are just doing dumb stuff to get sent home on purpose,” Graham surmised.

Graham, White and Murphy are all getting their GEDs. They said that part of Job Corp was good. But they didn’t like the job training. Specifically, there weren’t enough options.

White wanted to learn brick masonry and auto mechanics, but neither were offered at the Job Corps site here. Graham wanted to do culinary arts, but again, it wasn’t offered at this Job Corps.

Instead, Graham was learning carpentry. White was learning cement. Both said they thought they could get jobs doing those skills when they got out, and both figured they could make pretty good money doing so, but it wasn’t the job they preferred.

Students get a small allowance while at Job Corps. It’s enough to buy toiletries, gum, soda and the occasional new shoes.

Not all that

Interviews were conducted with students in the lead-up to the closure, and many apparently found plenty to complain about. They didn’t like the curfews. They weren’t taken to Wal-Mart enough. Some students apparently complained that the rules were always changing, prompting this comment from Johnson during her speech announcing the closure: “I don’t want my young men not knowing from day to day what the guidelines and rules are.”

But in a subsequent meeting, staff challenged Johnson’s assertion.

“They know exactly what the rules are,” a dorm supervisor told Johnson.

Johnson replied that’s not what she understood based on focus groups with students.

“It sounds like you are believing the students over the staff,” another employee countered. Staff said they should have had an opportunity to respond to the complaints lobbed against the center by the youths. Staff felt like it was yet another attempt by the top brass to find things wrong with the center, legitimate or not, to justify the closure.

There might even be a good reason for curtains instead of doors on the girl’s dorm rooms. At least that way, the dorm supervisor can hear what is going on. During a tour of the campus, a group of reporters watched out the cafeteria window as a male student walked up to a window on the rear of a dorm, looked around to see if anyone was watching, raised the window, climbed inside and shut it behind him.

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Wednesday, 15 February 2012 13:37

Earning the right to indulge myself

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I was recently among a group of friends who were discussing habits — what they are and why we have them. Something I noticed pretty quickly is how those of us participating in the conversation, me included, tended to justify those habits we want to keep no matter how destructive they are for our health or emotional wellbeing.

“I don’t do this, so I should be able to do this,” the line of reasoning generally went. Or, to bring the thought from the abstract to the concrete, the logic seemed to follow this pattern: I gave up smoking (substitute your favorite addiction) so I don’t worry about eating five gallons of ice cream a night. If that’s what it takes not to smoke, oh well, I earned that right.”

The problem with this sort of reasoning is that there’s no great scorekeeper in the sky keeping tabs on our giving-ups with our substitutings. Just because I quit smoking the two packs of cigarettes a day I once smoked doesn’t mean that devouring bowls of ice cream or eating entire packs of cookies won’t kill me, too.

I have what’s commonly referred to as an addictive personality, mixed with an attractive sprinkle of obsessiveness. Anything I like a little, I soon find myself overdoing and wallowing about in excess. This extends to the obvious habits: smoking, drinking, food. But I have to be wary of over-exercising when I’m exercising, or reading one book by an author only to find myself trapped in having to read every book ever written by that author.

Which brings me to a digression: If you have a personality similar to mine, do not, I warn you, make the mistake of  “sampling” Henry James. I fell into this trap because I long felt a certain need, an itch that needed to be scratched, of filling a James gap in my education. I’d read and enjoyed James’ The Portrait of a Lady in college, but that was about my only exposure to this great writer. That being the case, last summer I decided to read “a bit” of James. Four or five months later, and I’m trapped: James was horrendously long-lived and prolific, with three distinct writing periods that included some 20 novels and what seems an endless number of shorter works.

It took me — and I’m a fast reader — about eight weeks to wade through The Wings of the Dove. I’m still not sure I even liked the damned thing. I’ve been eyeballing The Golden Bowl, but haven’t yet been able to make the mental commitment to read it. But given my personality, this isn’t as much about choice as one might think and hope. This last James novel must, at some point, be read — and I might as well admit it and start.

Recent scientific studies show that some people literally might be hardwired for addiction.

The BBC last week reported on a study of addiction that recently finished up in the United Kingdom. The news service noted it long had been established that the brains of drug addicts have some differences to those of other people. But experts were unsure whether drugs changed the wiring of the brain or if drug addicts’ brains were wired differently in the first place. Researchers studied the brains of cocaine or crack addicts with brains of  “clean” brothers or sisters. They found abnormalities in both, suggesting, they said, that addiction is in part a “disorder of the brain.”

But the study, by revealing identical abnormalities in both the addicts and their “clean” siblings, indicates more than just hopeless acceptance in the face of addictions: self control plays a role, too. The non-addicted siblings had very different lives despite sharing the same susceptibilities.

Cocaine and crack use aside, where the application of these findings are obviously of the greatest import, the study I think contains hints about behavior for the rest of us.

It’s easy for a person like myself to simply give in to my wants. But like it or not, there is an element of self-control at play. I might want to eat a pound bag of gingersnaps, yes — but do I have to? Do I need to? Of course not. And nor have I “earned” the right to eat a pound bag of gingersnaps by not having done something else. Something to perhaps chew on the next time I get a late-night eating urge.

(Now if only I could reason my way to not reading that final, very long, James novel ... of course, maybe if I do read and finish it, I’ve earned the right to eat those gingersnaps after all …)

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On This Anniversary

On This Anniversary
On this anniversary, I take this opportunity
to thank you from the bottom of my heart for
being my partner, spouse, lover and friend!
Happy Wedding Anniversary!

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Should I Come Back Again..”
"Ego" is the only requirement to destroy any relation...So be the bigger person , skip the "e" and let it "go' :)
'Aaj "Titanic" ki 98th Anivrsry hai.....

Plz Sub Pyar Karne Walon Se Request Hai,

"DOOB" k Mar Jayen...
* Thank You *'
How true my feelings were I found out to be The best thing in my life Was when you married me
Thank you my loving wife(loving Husband), For the years we share I know one thing for sure We make a wonderful pair.
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Iss dunya mein
Tum he sab sey haseen ho
Mein aur kahon jhot kitna
Khe tum ko yaqeen ho
Marriage is that relation between
man and women in which
the Independence is Equal,
the Dependence mutual and
the Obligation Reciprocal”.
Best wishes for Happy Wedding Anniversary.
Hoping that the love you shared years ago Is still as strong
today as it was then Bringing you much joy , love and happiness
To celebrate again.Happy Anniversary
( Sunday, August 14, 2011 )
Lo Ji!
Abhi Ghor Kiya to pata Laga

Pepsi Aur Pakistan Dono 65 k Ho gaye hain. :-)

From Home to home, and heart to heart, from one place to
another. The warmth and joy of Christmas, brings us closer
to each other.

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Bells are ringing the wishes of christmas day the
flying snowflakes send my most sincere blessings to you
merry christmas.
When ALLAH gives us ‘NO’ for an answer Keep in mind that there is a much great...er ‘YES’ behind it. His ‘NO’ is not a ‘REJECTION’, But a ‘REDIRECTION’ ?
On this special day,
best wishes go to you,
that this wonderful love u share,
lasts your lifetime through.


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Apr 29 2008 - Communication Tools for Adaptive Management Workshop, Auburn

Apr 29 2008

This workshop was one of two designed to:

  • build working relationshops between SNAMP participants to inform the next steps in Adaptive Management development;
  • provide tools to support effective communication between SNAMP partners; and
  • prepare participants for the next Integration Team meeting (May 27 in Davis).

Open to the Public!
1:00 PM -1:00 PM Tuesday April 29, 2008
Auburn, CA (map)


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Snapp Crackle and Pop-Pop

Family Fun and Pictures!

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Colt's Salad

Friday, May 21, 2010

Happy 3rd Birthday Sylvia

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Homemade Hamburger Buns

I made this recipe yesterday for meatball subs. It was so good I made these for hamburger buns for tonight. It is really easy if you have a bread machine. Recipe here

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Lots of Salad Stuff from the Garden Tonight

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Happy Anniverisary Pop Pop

We were married on May 12th, 1973. I have lived with you longer and known you longer than than my own parents.

We have raised three babies together! I love you dearly

Thursday, May 06, 2010

How I Spent My Day

Made 36 pancakes, 2 loaves white bread, 2 loaves French bread and 18 brown and serve rolls:

Monday, May 03, 2010

We Played Farmville all Weekend

Didn't get any golden eggs or treasure but did get a good tan. We planted 30 tomatoes and 35 peppers. Put in 8 24 foot rows of sweet corn, a second planting of spinach and lettuce and fed all the plants in the early garden.

Sunday, May 02, 2010

What a Difference a Week Makes!

Saturday, May 01, 2010

Went to the Garden and Brought Home a Salad


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Friday, December 27, 2013

A Cava Christmas

It really is amazing to think that this time last year we were in Kiev, Ukraine. Our family had said "yes" to adopting Cava and he said, "Da," that he wanted us to adopt him. Our Christmas last year was as a family of three with a future fourth. All we could think about last Christmas was this Christmas and spending it with Cava. How quickly that year has passed between Christmases and how exciting it was to see Cava's reactions to everything that was new with his first Christmas in the States.

This holiday season was filled with firsts for Cava and he was delighted by all of them. He loved counting down the days until Christmas Eve on the Advent Calendar and telling us numerous times each day about how many days were left. As Christmas Eve drew closer, his excitement over anticipation grew and grew until he was electric with giddiness. Along with counting down the days, he counted each new present that appeared under our Christmas tree. He counted how many were his, how many were Benjamin's, and how many there were total. He vacillated on how many presents he was going to open on Christmas Eve and how many he was going to open on Christmas Morning.

The day before Christmas Eve, Cava began to withdraw a little. At one point, I found him in his room and he was rocking on his bed.

"You okay?" I asked.

"Yeah," he replied, unconvincingly.

"Are you sure?"

He finally admitted that he was nervous.

"Pretty overwhelming, isn't it?" I asked him.

"Yeah, it is for a lot of people, including adults. But remember, you were nervous about Halloween and that was fun, wasn't it?"

"And you were nervous about your birthday party, but you enjoyed that, didn't you?"

"And Thanksgiving, too, and you liked that, right?"

"Just watch, you'll love Christmas."

Just going into a store and seeing not only how its brightly decorated but all of the items one can buy (especially the toys) must be thrilling and overwhelming for a child who's grown up with nothing and has lived in orphanages his whole life. Not to mention all of the activity and the break from normal, daily routine. Talk about your sensory overload!

When Christmas Eve arrived and he could barely contain himself. He and Benjamin repeatedly asked us, "When can we open presents?"

"After dinner," both my wife and I replied.

"Can we eat dinner now?" they asked.

"Not for breakfast, no."

For the boys, it seemed like the time to open presents would never come. They wolfed down their food in the hopes that would speed things along, but Danelle and I had told them we weren't going to hurry through dinner and they would just have to wait until we were done. Seeing that this was true, Cava decided to have seconds and thirds (we fixed the Ukrainian dumplings Danelle had gotten at the international market).

Finally, when we had washed off our plates and put them in the dishwasher, the excitement could no longer be contained any more than one can push lava back into an active volcano.

Danelle played Santa and handed out the boys' presents.

It never ceases to amaze and depress me how we spend so much time finding the perfect gifts, then wrapping them, setting the gifts under the tree, and how it is all over with in a matter of minutes (10 minutes to be exact). Of course, we spend on both boys what many people probably spend on one kid. The key is not spending a lot, but on thinking through what gift will be most appreciated by each person.

For Cava, this year, it was all about Spider-man.

From us, he got Spider-man pajamas:

That he immediately had to put on:

And from Santa:

A Spider-man mask:

A Spider-man clock, wristwatch, and an umbrella:

And a Spider-man spin-brush in his stocking:

Later, when we went to my sister's house on Christmas Day, Granddad Bob and Evette gave him a Spider-man comforter, sheets, and pillowcase.

With Benjamin, it was electronics components:

Jurassic Park (a t-shirt and the DVD trilogy):

Dr. Who (he got the complete series six on DVD) and a t-shirt (that was sooooo Benjamin because it was both Dr. Who and computers):

 For those who don't know the show, its CTRL, ALT, and a Cyberman who are notorious for exclaiming, "Delete!"

Throughout the Christmas holidays, I have tried to imagine how big and overwhelming it all must be for a child who has never experienced any of this. So much of what we have taken for granted: Christmas music, Christmas specials, seeing stores and homes decorated, getting to decorate our own house, presents wrapped in festive paper, and even the story of the birth of Christ was all new to him. We got to share so much with him and see the season through his eyes and just how miraculous Christmas really is.

When I asked Cava what his favorite thing about Christmas was, he replied in Cava style, "All of it!"

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  1. I can't believe how big Benjamin got......he suddenly looks so grown up!! Cava is filling out too *sigh* they grow up too fast!!!!!


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Support Groups for Adult Kids

  • Adult Children of Alcoholics
    Welcome to ACA. Adult Children of Alcoholics is an anonymous Twelve Step program of women and men who grew up in an alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional homes. We meet with each other in a mutually respectful, safe environment and acknowledge our common experiences. We discover how childhood affected us in the past and influences us in the present. We take positive action.
  • Adult Children of Narcissistic Parents
    A discussion group on Yahoo. The group is restricted and self moderated. It is "intended to be a nurturing place for learning, validation, and thoughtful discussion."
  • Estranged From My Parents
    Dr. Joshua Coleman's forum for adult children estranged from their parents. Coleman is a speaker, psychologist and author of When Parents Hurt and other books.

Support Groups for Parents

  • You're Not Alone: Estranged Parents of Adult Children
    For all who have suffered the loss of a child to the pain of estrangement.
  • Parents Who Walk Away
    A group for parents of estranged adult children who are tired of waiting for them to grow up/get real. Comprised of strong, wise survivors, this group is made up of parents who either have walked away or are considering walking away from the disrespectful actions of their abusive adult children. Straight talk, tough stances and the free exchange of ideas/opinions can be found here. Everyone is Welcome! (Note: This is the new link to PWWA which formerly was hosted on Daily Strength.)
  • Parents of Estranged Adult Children
    When Adult Children are Estranged: Support and Information
  • H. E. R. Groups
    HEALING ESTRANGED RELATIONSHIPS, INC. (H.E.R. Group) was created for women who are experiencing an estranged relationship from an adult child. Our purpose is to provide each woman with a safe environment in which to share what is in her heart; and to be a place where hope, encouragement, support and resources will enable healing in her life.
  • Estranged Stories
    A place principally for parents experiencing family estrangement to find support, hopefully peace, and some understanding. Currently has over 5,000 members.
  • Christian Parents of Estranged Adult Children
    Estrangement makes it difficult to talk about with family, friends, neighbors and church members. Christians are NOT immune to broken families. Talk about your experiences with those who know how you feel and get positive support through your Christian faith. (Note: This group is the same one that had been hosted on the Daily Strength site. When DS made its recent changes, this group and others moved off of DS. This link will take you to the current location of the group.)

Support Groups for All

  • Al anon
    A Twelve Step group that offers strength and hope for friends and families of problem drinkers. There is likely a meeting near you. Learning the Twelve Steps and following them can make a great deal of difference in your life, no matter whether the issue is with someone who has a drinking problem or some other serious problem that affects them and everyone around them.
  • BPD Central
    BPD Central Randi Kreger, author, advocate, and owner of, established Welcome to Oz in 1996 to enable family members with a borderline or narcissistic loved one to support each other and share tips and techniques.
  • Co-Dependents Anonymous
    Welcome to Co-Dependents Anonymous, a fellowship of men and women whose common purpose is to develop healthy relationships. The only requirement for membership is a desire for healthy and loving relationships. CODA is based on the Twelve Step program. It is much more broad based than Al anon.
  • Narcissistic Personality Disorder Forum
    Narcissistic Personality Disorder Forum on
  • Out of the Fog Forum
    Out of the FOG was launched on November 1 2007 to provide information and support to the family members and loved-ones of individuals who suffer from a personality disorder. FOG stands for Fear, Obligation and Guilt.
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Defend Israel

The Patriots Call
The Black Robe Regiment - The Patriots Call

Democrats party of Racism
Racism of the Democrat Party
Herman Cain - The DNC has BRAINWASHED most of the Blacks of this Nation
Racism - the Nemesis of the Democrat Party
Democrats invented racism and democrats HATE all blacks
The Snooper Report articles on Democrat invention of racism

The March on DC
Callin’ All the Clans Together
Sick and tired - marching towards the Constitution of the United States
We. Are. Finished. With.  DC.
We. Are. Finished. With. DC. - Addendum Part 1

Civility: The Leftinistra Own None Of It
Civility: The Leftinistra Own None Of It Part 2(?)
Civility: Leftinistra Own None Part Three
Obama, Civility and The Clansmen of Dumb
Brain Dead Leftinistra: Their Stoic Civility
Libtards Have No Class - Civility Escapes Their Brain Deadness
The States Will Be the Next Battlefield in the Fight Over ObamaCare
War Is Coming: Blood On Our Own Streets - Thanks Democrats
Civil War…
We Are In The Midst of Chaos and Civil War
Live Free Or Die
Live Free Or Die Trying
State’s Sovereignty or Live Free Or Die
Live Free Or Die - The Movement Marches On
The Country Surrounds The City

When They Came
Is The Left Still “Proud To Be a Left-Wing Extremist”?
Be It Known - Attention Unconstitutional Congress
Obama: One Big Ass Mistake America
Do Birthers Rock and Roll or Stop and Drool?
Good vs Evil…It Is Your Choice
I Apologize For My Nation
Obama’s Civilian National Security Forces (CNSF)
Obama’s Brown Shirts - Civilian National Security Forces
What Is It About The American Liberal?
The Plan To Destroy America
Another Soldier Has Been Given the Haditha Treatment!
Callin’ All The Clans Together
Callin’ All The Clans Together Show
A History of the List of 45
Constitutionality: The Movement
Vindication: Iraq’s Saddam and Al Qaeda Links Revealed
Redefining The Center or the Moderate
The HIC (Hoax In Charge) Going To Copenhagen
We Didn’t Start This Goddamn War!

Copy Cat Frauds of the IAVA

Contract With America
Snooper’s Declaration of Independence
Thanks Obama

Contract From America

Timothy McVeigh
Thoughts To Ponder and Reflect Upon
Snooper Report Vindication: Al Qaeda, TWA Flight 800 and OKC Bombing
Clinton alludes to 1995 bombing, says words matter

Missing 13th Amendment
TITLES OF “NOBILITY” AND “HONOR” - The Missing 13th Amendment

The Coup
Military Coup Against Obama

The United States Constitution
Our founding document wasn’t set in stone for a reason

Deepwater Horizon
Did Hugo Chavez Sink the Deepwater Horizon Oil Platform?

The New Right

Arizona Rising

Texas Wars

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Future President Sarah Palin Crushes Time Magazine Over their 'Lies'

Sarah Palin's recent email to Time Magazine Congressional Correspondent Jay Newton-Small started off congenial enough. The mood soon shifted dramatically when Gov. Palin attacked the magazine over the "total lies" that had been published about her. Included in her email is not only a call for a retraction of the false stories, but a demand for an apology to Fox News' Sean Hannity and Christina Aguilera who were both included in the story Time ran. The text of the email follows: "Subject: Great job, MSM! - Jay - pls tell your bosses there at Time Magazine thank you for the invitations to attend the upcoming functions. I'll sure put a lot of thought into those invitations. Then, have your editors retract Time's most recent ridiculous lies about me supposedly giving Sean Hannity a radio interview wherein I supposedly talked about Christina Aguilera (that I slammed her for her Nat'l Anthem mistake, and called for her deportation, etc). You guys were fooled into running a fake story that even US Weekly pulled and apologized for their blunder. Total lies - and you guys (once again) even put quotation marks around things I have never uttered. Then, Time needs to run an apology to Christina along with the retraction. (Add Hannity in your apology, too...those good folks don't deserve to be in a caustic, untrue story about me.) Thanks much - keep up the great work, Time Magazine."

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Saturday, January 31, 2009

I have a problem.....

I have talked about it before. I get hooked on something and I just can't quit. Kinda like the whole red and kraft paper thing. Before that it was the TAC Oh How set! Recently is was the Valentines Cards. Now it is still Valenines...but I have added something!

I LOVE the script background stamp from TAC! My angel friend, Stacy, made a card that sold me on this stamp! It was sooo cute! Click here to see it! So, of course, the stamp was on my next order!

I made 4 cards today, all different but with that stamp! I have to say that I was inspired to use this stamp and make these flowers that you will see, from The Angel Company contest winner, Melanie Montes de Oca.

This first card is made with Scarlet Red and Aspen CS from TAC and brown bazzill. I used Burnt Umber Palette for the distressing on the card and L'Amoure Red Palette on the heart! I added some red scrappers floss and pop dots for the diminsion!

This next card is a weird size. I think it is 3 3/4 x 5 1/2. I used brown bazzil and aspen cardstock again! Burnt Umber for the words and the distressing! I used the Marvy flower punches, some ribbon and brown scrappers floss to finish!

These next two cards are my fav's! I used the same supplies on this one that I did on the last one! The only thing I did different was the stamping technique! It is called reverse masking! My angel friend, Bridgett, sent me an email to teach me this one!
I punched out the flowers on a scrap piece of cardstock, then laid them down on the Aspen CS and stamped over them with the script background. Then I took a sponge and just dabbed around the punch out until the edges were darker. Did a little masking for the second flower and I was just tickled pink! I hadn't done that technique before and it was really fun! The eyelets are from CTMH. Aren't they adorable!!
This last card was alot of fun too! I used my Cricut to cut out the hearts, stamped and distressed them with Burnt Umber and attached them to the green cardstock wtih glue and the middle one with pop dots! It may be hard to see but I used Mini Bet to stamp "LOVE" on the last heart! My husband says he wants to buy this one for my Valentines Card this year! :)

Well, if you have questions you can always email me! Remember this script background stamp is only $7.95 ! Email me at to place on order!
Also, the new Magalogue is going live on Monday! Call me and I can get a copy to you right away! Thanks for looking!!

Answers to Questions about my space!

Thanks for the comments and emails about my "space"!

The question most asked was about my nestie storage. They are actually attached to magnetic business cards! One side is magnetic and the other side is sticky! Since I have those lovely 1970's style mirror tiles, I just peeled the back off of the magnetic business card and stuck it to the mirror! You can see I have 5 sets and they are all within reach! I used to do the same thing but inserted them into CD cases. I would almost forgot about them everytime! This was they are right next to my work space and I use them alot more!

Next inks are stored in an old cassette tape holder. I painted in white and they all fit easily for the most part! I got it off of ebay a couple of years ago!

The kitchen cart was from Walmart, probably, about 10 years ago! It am sure it was cheap! I look for cheap things for easy organization! Just always keep your eye out for fun containers!

Thanks again! Hope that helps!!

Thursday, January 29, 2009

My Scrapbook Space

I was going through old posts the other day and realized that my scrapbook room has changed drastically! Of course those pictures were from a year ago or more! So, I thought I would update them!

I was telling friend the other day..."Do I love to scrabpbook or do I just love to organize?" Well, I can tell you for sure I love both! Everything has a home and that makes it so much easier for me! For 10 years, I lived out of my Creative Memories Rolling tote, the bag that goes on top and a Rubbermaid tote! I didn't have a place to crop! I hated pulling it all out and then having to pack it up! Or I would set it up at my parents and leave it there for 30 minutes away didn't help that!

So, I do love my scrapbook spot now! It is alittle retro! I have some fantastic '70's style mirror tiles on the wall! And the floor is covered with a beautiful peal-and-stick! :( Oh, there is also some orange carpet on the ceiling! I have no idea where that came from! One of these days, I will talk my husband(dh, right Jen?) in to remodeling for me but for now I am just happy to have my own "space"!

I added some text into each picture to tell a little about what I keep and where! Hopefully I have some helpful ideas for your scrapbook room and if you see anything that would help me out....remember I love to organize!!

Thanks for looking!

Friday, January 16, 2009

Another Valentines Project.....

Ok, I made one Valentines Card and now I can't stop! I am going to be passing out alot of Valentines this year!

So, here is another project I made! This is an adorable box I found on PTI! So easy to make! I used TAC's Scarlet paper and lined the box with white CS. I used the Love Doodles set on the inside! It is the perfect size to hold 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 cards! I love it!

So, then I had to make matching cards! Of course!

I have been thinking about the girls who say to me....I am not creative.....OR, I don't have time! I hear alot of that! I always tell is so simple and it only takes a few minutes of your time! I have been asked multiple times to design some cards that take only a few supplies! So, I have made 5 cards here that are ridiculously simple! They require only a few supplies:

*White cardstock or pre-made cards from HL, Joann's or any craft store.

*Ribbon-I am using red ribbon from the wedding section at HL....99 cents for 20 yards and it is usually 50% off!! Cheap!!!

*One stamp set-I am using Love Doodles from TAC, which I said in my last post is only $5.48 right now!!!

*I used two different inks-L'Amoure Red Palette and a Pink Chalk Ink.

*Scor-Pal, for a little decoration!

No glueing, no layering, no punching...Not alot of time involved! SO simple! So here they are! The five I made with these supplies and, of course, you can make soooo many more than 5!

I hope you can see the Score lines ok.....each card is scored around the images!

So, then I added the box...which I made with the Scor-Pal! And I have a great gift or Valentines Day holder! Take the cards out and add a Candy Bar or a little gift of any kind!

And here it is all put together!

Thanks for looking!

Thursday, January 15, 2009

2 Challenges/Valentines Day Cards

I made this card today using Heather's Sketch and Kristina's colors! I couldn't come up with anything on my own, so these 2 creative girls helped me out! I thought this was a fun card using more non-traditional Valentines colors. Here is the first using both:
I used the TAC Love Doodles set! It is such a great set! You can do so many things with the stamps! The background is a Cuttlebug embossing folder! I haven't used this one much and I really like it! I wanted to use Swiss Dots but I had to try something new!

This is the same card, different colors! More traditional Valentines! I used PTI's Pure Poppy CS and Pure Poppy Palette! Love these colors. And of course, I had to stick some of my fav Kraft CS is this one! OH, and stickles for the heart in the middle!

I stamped the Love circle for both cards and cut it out with a 1" Marvy Circle Punch and used Pop dots to give it more dimension!

The one thing I would have loved to add was RIBBON! I don't make cards without it but I had to step out of my box, I guess! :)
Remember, The Angel Company's 50% off all T-coded stamps is still on! It goes until January 26th! This Love Doodles set would be $5.48 for the set of 12 stamps!!
Email me at if you have questions or would like to see a catalog!
Thanks for looking!

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Card to Crop

Well, I finally decided to turn some projects in for a contest! Unfortunatley, I didn't win but it was a really fun project to make! It got me back in the mood to scrapbook!

This is a 6x6 project page and a card to match!

They both use Red Bazzil, Reece Paper (TAC) and Brown CS. I used the TAC's Little Things Stamp set, as well as, Curls and Swirls.

I used the corner rounder on 3 corners and left one square. I was NOT in love with my corner rounder for years and now I can't put it down! I think it adds a nice touch!
I also used the Scor-Pal to score lines on 2 sides of the card and scrapbook page! That tool does alot! It is great to have for cards and scrapbooking!

So, I might have to try another contest one of these days! Maybe I will get lucky and win one!
Thanks for looking!

Friday, January 2, 2009

In the mood to Scrapbook.....

By this time in Rylee's life, she already had 3 scrapbooks! Brody is now 4 1/2 months old and I am making his third (ish) page! Poor guy! And he is too cute not to scrapbook! (Coming from the mom!)

So, I am now SO in the mood to put some pages together! As I sat at my table and started to "create" I realized (even though I have used my stamps on pages before!) just how great these stamps are just to add a little to each page! And the great thing is, you can make your own embellishments with the stamp sets you already have, thus saving money!

So here is Brody's page...or 3rd page of his life! (Sorry is the pic is kinda blurry!)

I thought at the last minute to use the date stamps.....which is why I bought use on scrapbook pages! :)

I used some of the leaf stamps in the TAC Spring Time set to cover the circles at the bottom, then attached them with pop dots!
And of course, THICKERS! Which i {heart}!!
So, next time you sit down to put together a layout....pull out your stamps! And remember, right now TAC's T-coded stamps are 50% off! :)
One more thing I would love to share! Many of you have been to my house, and many of you have commented on how much you LOVE my scissors! Well, I have some! If you would like a pair call me and I can set you up! One pair for $8 or 2 pairs for $14! These are the best scissors ever! They can get into the tighest spots with a very sharp tip! Email me at and let me know if you would like some!

Thanks for looking!


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Monday, June 19, 2006

"[T]he only attempted suppression we see is of the candidacy of Ken Blackwell."

From Investor's Business Daily:
"Registering voters is crucial to expanding the number of citizens who vote," says state Rep. and House Democratic leader Joyce Beatty of Columbus. "Sadly, there is ample evidence that Ken Blackwell has manipulated the elections system to disenfranchise voters."

Sadly for Democrats, there is no such evidence, despite Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s attempt in Rolling Stone to resurrect the charge that the GOP and Blackwell stole the 2004 Ohio vote.

If there were any problems, such as long lines and insufficient voting machines, they were in districts controlled by Democrats where this "suppression" took place. Also, Ohio's electoral process is managed on a bipartisan basis, meaning that widespread cheating by the GOP would have to be aided and abetted by the Democratic Party.

As it was, total turnout in Ohio increased by 600,000 over 2000, and the black vote rose by 25%.
This is one for the hard drive, folks. We're going to be fighting this crap off since the Ohio Democrats don't have any real ideas and this is all they think that they have...

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One Direction star closing in on English soccer debut

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This is undeniably a publicity stunt, but credit Doncaster Rovers for taking their exploit to the next level. Rather than be content with One Direction member Louis Tomlinson signing a non-playing contract on English television this fall, the second-tier English club are ready to give the boy bander a chance on the field, saying the 22-year-old will debut for his hometown club “in the next month.”

That debut will come in what’s essentially a reserve league match, with Tomlinson expected to be named to the Rovers’ squad for an upcoming Final Third Development League game. Understandably, that relatively low-level didn’t prevent the club from touting the singer’s debut, with Doncaster Chief Executive Gavin Baldwin expressing his club’s excitement about the upcoming event.

From the team’s web site:

“We are very much looking forward to Louis making his Rovers debut and I know that he can’t wait either.

“Louis has an incredibly busy schedule and we have been working hard with him to ensure we can get a date in his diary for the game.

“Louis is lifelong Rovers supporter and he comes to watch the team whenever he can, so it will be great for him to put on his Rovers shirt and make his debut for us.”

To a certain extent, Tomlinson has already made his soccer debut, having briefly appeared in a fall charity match for Aston Villa’s Stiliyan Petrov. That day ended badly for Tomlinson, however, with an injury inflicted by Villa’s Gabriel Agbonlahor delaying the singer’s Doncaster debut.

Baldwin’s hoping the incident hasn’t diminished excitement about Tomlinson’s soccer career.

“I am sure that the Louis’ appearance for Doncaster Rovers will attract lots of attention from One Direction fans and I hope that we will generate lots of new Rovers supporters.”

According to Doncaster’s web site, details about Tomlinson’s upcoming debut will be available next week, conveniently giving the club another chance to get its name out there next to their famous supporters’. That, after all, is the end game here, though Tomlinson and his fans will undoubtedly get a lot of entertainment out of the ordeal.

MLS roundup: FCD, POR thrill in 2-2 draw; Sounders’ epic comeback

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With eight MLS Saturday afternoons/evenings officially in the books, only 26 more to go…

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FC Dallas 2-2 Portland Timbers

For the third straight week, we were a matchup featuring two of the top three teams in the Western Conference. After Sporting Kansas City beat Portland two weeks ago, and Dallas topped Sporting KC last week, it was FCD’s turn to host Portland on Saturday. Thankfully, the third game of the early-season round robin did not disappointed, and delivered a higher level of entertaining, attacking soccer (each of the first two ended 1-0).

Fanendo Adi opened the scoring to conclude a cagey opening 30 minutes, and out the window went all semblance of structure and discipline from either side. FCD needed a full 30 minutes before they’d draw level, courtesy of Maximiliano Urruti, a goal that set up a fantastic, frantic final half-hour.

Sebastian Blacno’s first MLS goal put Portland ahead for the second time in the game, in the 71st minute, but the advantage was short-lived, as Tesho Akindele’s 80th-minute header brought FCD back to level terms once again.

Seattle Sounders 3-3 New England Revolution

Game. Of. The. Day.

Seattle found themselves 3-0 down to New England, at home, after 54 minutes. In 13 minutes’ time, from minute 75 to 88, the comeback was on. There’s not much to be said of this one. Just sit back, and enjoy.

Orlando City SC 2-0 Colorado Rapids

Five home games, five wins for Orlando City. The best home-field advantage in all of MLS might just reside in central Florida, and the summer humidity is yet to reach full effect.

Saturday’s victory over a truly awful Rapids side was more labored than you might have expected — all of 70 minutes passed before Carlos Rivas scored the breakthrough — but the result was never in doubt. Colorado managed all of three shots (one on target) over the course of 90 minutes, and Kaka marked his return to action (hamstring injury) with a goal in the 91st minute. All is very, very well in the City Beautiful.

New York Red Bulls 2-1 Chicago Fire

Dax McCarty’s return to Red Bull Arena, following the trade that sent him to Chicago during the offseason, was more than a little bittersweet for the box-to-box bulldog when spent five and a half seasons with New York.

After falling behind to Bradley Wright-Phillips’ opener in the 37th minute, McCarty assisted on Nemanja Nikolic’s 59th-minute equalizer — the spin and lay-off were perfectly executed. The evening ended in disappointment, though, as Kemar Lawrence broke the deadlock in the 71st minute and secured all three points. That’s back-to-back losses for Chicago, who were unbeaten in their first three games since Bastian Schweinsteiger‘s arrival. On the other end, three straight wins for New York, and they’re within two points of first-place Orlando in the Eastern Conference.

Columbus Crew SC 2-3 New York City FC

When two teams with zero desire to play the game at a non-frenetic pace, and no clue how to slow things down and control the game, get together, fireworks are to be expected.

Columbus and New York City meet the above criteria, and were happy to prove as much on Saturday. Jack Harrison put the visitors ahead with the deftest chip in the 8th minute, but Federico Higuain’s equalizer 21 minutes later was just as impressive.

Ola Kamara put Columbus 2-1 ahead in the 49th minute, and all Gregg Berhalter’s side seemed to be in total control. 15 minutes, later Angel Herrera’s header made it 2-2, and Jack Harrison completed the comeback in the 76th minute. Few victories in MLS this season will deserve greater praise than this one, achieved without the services of David Villa (illness).

Sporting Kansas City 3-0 Real Salt Lake

When Sporting KC get themselves a lead, it’s game over. In the four games in which they’ve scored this season, they’ve won 12 out of 12 points possible. On the season, they’ve conceded three goals in eight games, and haven’t conceded multiple goals in a game yet this season.

Of course, scoring has been the majority of the problem, as Peter Vermes’ side has already been blanked four times themselves. It wasn’t a problem on Saturday, though, as Benny Feilhaber, Dom Dwyer and Gerso Fernandes were each stellar from beginning to end, and each bagged a goal in Sporting’s 3-0 win over RSL. An inability close out games has haunted this team in the past, but they’re a perfect 4-for-4 thus far in 2017.

Montreal Impact 1-2 Vancouver Whitecaps

Someone’s giving Colorado a run for their money as the worst team in MLS. With just a single win to their name this season, Montreal have to make the most out of 1) home games; 2) games in which they lead, if they’re to mount any kind of playoff challenge in 2017.

They did neither against Vancouver, throwing away an early 1-0 lead — Marco Donadel opened the scoring in the 9th minute — by conceding goals either side of halftime, to Andrew Jacobson and Cristian Techera. In truth, Vancouver were the better side over 90 minutes and fully deserved the three points, and it’s a crushing result for a Montreal side with just one victory (and zero clean sheets) on the season.

Minnesota United 0-1 San Jose Earthquakes

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LA Galaxy 0-0 Philadelphia Union

Ligue 1: Level on games played, Monaco go 3 points ahead of PSG

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PARIS (AP) Monaco warmed up for its Champions League semifinal against Juventus with a 3-1 win over Toulouse to move three points clear of Paris Saint-Germain at the top of the French league on Saturday.

Teenage striker Kylian Mbappe, the new wonder of French football, scored his 14th league goal this season.

Kamil Glik and Thomas Lemar also got on the scoresheet for the hosts.

Mbappe has been unstoppable in recent months, scoring 22 goals in his last 20 starts in all competitions.

Having turned 18 just four months ago, Mbappe has scored 24 goals in 38 games in his first full professional season to become one of the most sought-after players across Europe.

Both Monaco and PSG, which travels to third-placed Nice on Sunday, have four league matches left to play.

After rotating his team in a 5-0 loss to PSG in the French Cup to save his best players for Wednesday’s Champions League clash, Monaco coach Leonardo Jardim switched back to his usual starting lineup. His players made a slow start but ended up scoring three goals – their average this season.

Toulouse, which upset Monaco 3-1 in the corresponding fixture last October, had the first chance in the 10th minute when the unmarked Andy Delort sent a header inches wide at the far post from a free kick.

Monaco gradually worked its way into the game and took a firm grip near the half-hour. Following a one-two with Thomas Lemar, Bernardo Silva dribbled past a defender and forced `keeper Alban Lafont to make a good save to his left.

The youngest player in French league history to reach 10 goals in a season, Mbappe was then perfectly set up by Nabil Dirar’s long ball down the left flank but saw his effort deflected by a last-minute tackle from Toulouse skipper Issa Diop.

Struggling to break a well-organized defense, Monaco kept peppering the box with teasing crosses but lacked a cutting edge.

Monaco found itself trailing against the run of the play just after the interval following a blunder from Jemerson. The Brazilian defender fluffed the ball in front of goal, allowing Ola Toivonen to beat Danijel Subasic with a clean finish.

The goal spurred Monaco on even more and Glik put the teams level with a beautiful header into the top right corner from Joao Moutinho’s cross.

Mbappe made it 2-1 in the 64th minute after Bernardo Silva set him up on the right side of the area, rifling a shot into the net from a tight angle.

Lemar completed the win in the 75th minute from Dirar’s clinical cross.

New York Red Bulls introduce space at RBA for autistic families

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HARRISON, N.J. (AP) The Red Bulls have announced plans for a permanent sensory-friendly space at their stadium for families impacted by autism.

Formerly executive offices, the space overlooking midfield is a calm area that is free from the crowds and the noise of Red Bull Arena during matches. Families can use it for free.

The team announced the new space on Saturday before the Red Bulls were set to host the Chicago Fire. It was Autism Awareness Night at the stadium.

“Families deserve to feel welcome and comfortable each time they step foot into Red Bull Arena, not just one night a year,” Red Bulls GM Marc de Grandpre said in a statement released by the club. “We hope all sports teams and entertainment venues are inspired to take similar action to provide comfort for families with loved ones on the autism spectrum.”

League Two game restarted in empty stadium after fans storm field

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LONDON (AP) An English soccer game restarted in an empty stadium after a pitch invasion led to the crowd being told the fixture had been abandoned.

There were five minutes remaining in Leyton Orient’s fourth-tier game against Colchester on Saturday when a sit-down protest was staged on the pitch by Orient fans against Italian owner Francesco Becchetti.

It forced the referee to take the players off the field. The protests lasted for more than an hour before the crowd was told the game had been abandoned and the stadium eventually cleared. The teams came out and finished the game.

Leyton Orient lost 3-1 a week after its relegation from the English Football League was confirmed after 112 years.

“A decision was taken with the police to announce that the game had been abandoned as it was felt this would help clear the pitch, which proved correct,” the EFL said in a statement. “However, it was deemed appropriate that the game needed to be played to a conclusion in order to maintain the integrity of the competition.”


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Components Of Internet Marketing

There are a variety of different components that combine to create internet marketing campaigns. Essentially, internet marketing needs to involve all or at least the majority of these components in order to be effective and worth the time and effort that is involved in creating it. This article will discuss the different components and how they all come together to create an effective, worthwhile marketing campaign that any business owner can be proud of.

The first step in an internet marketing campaign is to create and set up your website. Your website will include a lot of text, some images, and perhaps even audio and video elements. This gives visitors a clear picture of your message that you are sending about your company. It will show potential customers the features and the benefits of the products or services that your company is offering. Some websites include lead capture for customers or even sell their product or service directly through the website. These websites are essentially the same as brochures or mail order catalogs. They are a wonderful way to start establishing your business and getting noticed.

online marketing for small businessSearch engine marketing is another component of internet marketing. This means that a website is marketed through search engines by improving the ranking of the site through search engine optimization, pay per click advertising, or pay for inclusion listings in directories. This is similar to offline advertising that is done through listings in the yellow pages.

The next component is email marketing. This distributes information about your products or services or is used to get feedback from your customers about your products or services through your email. Customers and prospective customers can supply their email addresses or you can choose to purchase email addresses through lists. There are various email methods that are used including newsletter distribution or mass mailings or even offering your customers special things related to your company’s products or services that are being offered. This is basically the same as direct mail advertising that is done offline.

Banner advertising allows for placement of advertisements on a website for a price. There are many providers that are offering banner advertisements on their sites. It can be a very effective part of your internet marketing campaign and can increase your traffic. Newspaper and magazine ads would be the offline comparison to banner advertisements.

Press releases on the internet require a story being written about a company, products, services, or website. These stories or articles must be newsworthy and very attention getting. If you are not attracting attention, you are not going to get traffic or sales to your website. There are many sites on the internet that are centered on press releases.

The next component is blog marketing. This is where you post comments, share your opinions, or make announcements on forums. This can be done through hosting a blog of your own or by adding comments and URLs in blogs that are related to your business and what you have to offer online.

The last component of internet marketing is article marketing. This means that you write articles that are centered on your business and then publish them on different internet sites that relate to articles. Articles are normally passed around the internet and shared with others. Article marketing can give you a huge boost to your business and to website traffic. This can get you a much more targeted audience because your articles are specific to what you have to offer.

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Jamie is the Founder and President of Social Climb a full service marketing agency located in Englewood Colorado. Jamie's expertise is in search engine optimization and strategic marketing solutions. With more than 15 years of website design and internet marketing Jamie is an advocate for small businesses across the U.S.

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New Seawater Desalination Process to Resolve Global Water Crisis

Posted by on July 8, 2013 in Entrepreneurship, Health, Tech, World

logo1With a world population in excess of seven billion, the world’s water resources are already stretched. As per UN population forecasts, another two billion human beings will be added to the planet over the next four decades. This is an alarming situation, which needs to be addressed effectively at a global level. Many communities around the world are already facing the challenges of limited access to fresh water due to both natural and manmade causes. This is where seawater desalination technology can help tide over the global water crisis.

The basic challenge with the existing seawater desalination technologies is that they are expensive, which makes fresh water unaffordable for an average household. A team of chemists at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Marburg in Germany has come up with a promising solution. The team has introduced a new desalination process that involves creation of a small electrical field that removes salts from the seawater. The researchers say this new method is dramatically simpler than traditional techniques and consumes less energy. In fact, the process can be conducted with a store-purchased battery.

The journal Angewandte Chemie has published details of this technique, which is called electrochemically mediated seawater desalination. The researchers apply a tiny voltage of 3.0 volts to a plastic chip filled with seawater in order to achieve desalination. The chip has a micro-channel with two branches. At the junction of the channel an embedded electrode neutralizes some of the chloride ions in seawater. This produces an “ion depletion zone” that enhances the local electric field compared with the rest of the channel. This change in the electric field is sufficient to redirect salts into one branch, enabling the passage of desalinated water from the other branch.

The researchers have already achieved 25 percent desalination with this process, and believe that the goal of 99 percent desalination to make the water fit for drinking is not beyond reach.

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Game Art and Design Program Takes Creativity and Turns It Into Business Savvy

Success in the videogame industry is dependent upon making titles and hardware appeal to 34 million core gamers in the U.S., according to a new report released by the market research company the NPD Group. The 34 million that NPD cited in its report, spend an average of 22 hours per week playing video games and five or more hours a week on a PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PC, or Mac. Games they play cover the action, adventure, fighting, flight, massively multi-player, racing, real time strategy, role-playing, shooter and sports genres. It takes some creative minds to keep up with the ever-evolving industry — whether one works in Canada or the U.S.

Centennial College’s game design program — officially called Game Art and Design — trains students over a span of two years (of sixteen consecutive months) to be prepared for careers as: character modelers or animators, level designers, environment and effects artists, texture artists and game concept artists. “Now that I’ve finished the program, I can definitely look back and say that everything I’ve learned is relevant and has been applied where I’ve worked,” says 2007 program graduate Helen Thatch.

Because industry professionals and instructors developed the offering, it takes a forward-thinking approach towards the next wave of interactive games. As such, students receive hands-on training that allows them to express their own creativity while building 2D and 3D art assets for games, and developing game environment and characters. Learning occurs at the Story Arts Centre, which is Centennial College’s campus for all of its creative programs within the School of Communication, Media and Design. This location houses up-to-date computer labs, where students use the latest software to enhance their learning. Among courses that student attend are: Creativity in Context, Composition and Colour, Game Theory, Architectural Design, Unreal Editor, Life Drawing, Digital Painting, Character Design and many others.

A supplemental feature is the program’s field placement during the last semester. To make the experience as realistic as possible, students must send their portfolio to the company of your choice to show their work and be considered for a position. Once they find a placement, students work alongside professionals, and get to apply their knowledge and encounter real life scenarios.

As with most schools game design, Centennial’s has admission requirements. Academically, students must have completed an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent, or have mature student status (19 years or older) and Grade 12 English C or U, or equivalent (minimum grade required) or take the Centennial College English Skills Assessment for Admission. Additionally, students must demonstrate a passion and basics skills through the submission of a portfolio that may include 10 to 15 pieces such as life drawings, sketches, paintings, sculptures or digitally produced artwork.

Emma, the author who wrote this article, notes that because Centennial College’s game design program takes two years to complete, it offers a thorough overview of the industry in addition to practical application.

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Design Meets Data Creativity and data may seem like an awkward pair, but when blended together as a recipe for designing a great social game , the two become inseparable ingredients. As the Creative Director for Zynga's …

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SPP History

In February of 2008, the SPP Executive Committee approved the establishment of the position of SPP Historian and a History Committee. The initial committee (listed below) consists of a cross-section of generational representatives in the history of SPP. The History Committee will guide the collection and archived accessibility of historical material for researchers and students.

As one of the charges to the History Committee, the History Pages will provide information on the founding, development, and activities over time for the Society, and will provide resources on the vibrant field of pediatric psychology. These pages will eventually present historical milestones, articles on SPP and pediatric psychology history, photographs and artifacts from different eras, conference programs, white papers, task force reports, and other publications of SPP.

The History Pages are a work in progress. As part of their initial development, we invited anybody with photographs and other materials to submit materials for inclusion here, especially photos and documents from the early years of SPP. This invitation is still open. We look forward to hearing from you.

SPP Historian: Anne Kazak, PhD

Third Decade History Committee: 1989 - Present

  • Ronald Brown

  • Gerald Koocher

  • Anne Kazak

  • William A. Rae

  • Lawrence J. Siegel

Second Decade, History Committee: 1979 - 1988

  • Dennis Drotar

  • Annette La Greca

  • Gary Mesibov

  • Brian Stabler

  • Gene Walker

  • Sue White

First Decade History Committee: 1968 - 1978

  • Donald Routh

  • Carolyn Schroeder

  • Diane Willis

  • Dennis Drotar

In 1989, as part of the celebration of “Coming of Age” for the Society of Pediatric Psychology when the organization turned 21 years old, Phyllis Magrab (SPP Historian) collected these Recollections (PDF, 21MB) from the then Past-Presidents of the Society (and the photographs were presumably from the year in which the President served his or her term).

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