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summary: green chili omelette revisited; archives; shopping photos; how much editing is too much editing? (click on image to see larger views and more photos)

omelette Hmmm, can we really call this a green chili omelette? These red chilis tasted fruity and sweet, in spite of being firy hot. The omelette was wonderful of course.

But I have to say that I think I like it just a little better when it’s made with green chillis.

It’s such a simple thing too: just onions, green chilies and coriander leaf. Oh yes, and salt and pepper. The omelette is best with flat bread but any toast-like object will do.

I’ve mentioned before, ad nauseum, that I first tried this omelette in a cafe in Calcutta and couldn’t believe how fabulous it was. I also couldn’t believe that I was eating so many hot chilies. I still can’t believe that I want so many hot chilies in an omelette.

Because I’m pretty much of a wuss when chilies are concerned. At least in comparison to the resident fire eater. We were talking recently about green chili omelettes and noting that they are ideal for introducing people to eating hot chilies.

I urge you to try it even if you are afraid. Use just one chilli the first time, but buy lots of green chillies. You’re going to want more. They’re addictive….

I was going through my archives to find the post with the photo of the green chili omelette and see that I have featured green chili omelette twice for the wonderful event EoMEoTE. Ah, EoMEoTE!! I long for the good old days.

No. Wait. Jeanne was talking about expecting participants to accompany each EoMEoTE post with a new chapter for Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales – in Old English, of course! I’ve changed my mind. I’m GLAD that EoMEoTE is on permanent hiatus. :stomp:

But I’m just as glad that my ovoliterary efforts are still available for view in all their glory. Those gems (cough) alone should be answer enough for Katie, who recently wrote the following:

My question is: What to do with the old posts? Re-post with new photos and let the old posts slowly disappear? And/or delete the old ones?

– Katie, Thyme For Cooking: Do old posts ever die?

Personally, I like the idea of leaving the archives alone and revisiting posts. It’s nice to see the progression. Or lack thereof. (Heh. Glancing through my archives, I see that my photos haven’t changed much and I’ve just become more verbose. Clearly I require an editor. :stomp:)

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with editing an old post but I do think it’s nice to know that it’s an edit with a note saying when the edit was made. That’s what I try to do.

And speaking of editing…

We have never taken a photo of a green chili omelette with naan. Even though we had green chili omelettes with naan on numerous occasions. So I played fast and loose and shopped together two photos:

Rogan Josh (& Naan)
March 2008
+ omelette
Green Chili Omelette
April 2006
= green eggs and naan
for September 2005’s
Green Eggs and Naan

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As I was wandering through my photo archives with folders that are filled with horrible shots, many of which are out of focus, it got me thinking about this archiving thing further…

A while back I heard a photographer talking on the radio about how digital photography has changed the way people archive. He talked about going through his archives from when he first started taking photos 20 or so years ago. He went through his “reject” folder – photos that he had rejected as a young man but kept because of course, everything was on a roll of negatives. Looking at these same photos today, he said he saw a number of really interesting shots that he rescued from the reject folder AND some of the ones that were ones he loved at the time, he found quite dull in comparison (I hope that made sense!! I wish I could remember when I heard the interview AND who was being interviewed).

The photographer was bemoaning the loss of archives. He told about seeing a photo of a ball player’s famous (at the time) fumble. The photographer went back into the photo archives of the game to see photo after photo of this same ball player catching the ball. Proving that it was an aberration for him to fumble it.

Nowadays, when we don’t like a photo we simply delete it. If we don’t like how we look in the photo, we delete it. If we don’t like how the food looked, we delete it. Even if we loved how it tasted.

There is no archive. And few of the surviving photos are ever printed. (How many photo albums are on floppy discs that can no longer be read by newer computers?)

Imagine how difficult it’s going to be for future generations to discover who we were and what we did. So much of what we create is digitalized. I can just imagine the comment now when someone comes across a stack of CDs: “Wow!! Look at the size of these poker chips!”

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Review: Biofeedback could help treat a number of conditions

Headaches among the ailments with strong evidence

Veterans Affairs Research Communications

A literature review by a team at the VA Portland Health Care System and Oregon Health & Science University found evidence that biofeedback can be a helpful treatment for several conditions. Studies show that biofeedback can reduce headache pain, improve both urinary and fecal incontinence, and aid in stroke recovery.

Dr. Karli Kondo of the VA Evidence Synthesis Program and OHSU, first author on the study, explained how the research could advance the use of biofeedback: "We are encouraged by the positive findings and the additional findings of potential benefits for a wide range of conditions. Biofeedback is a low-risk, cost-effective intervention. We hope that this report will help to make biofeedback more widely available to veterans across the U.S., and that it will serve as a roadmap for future research in the field."

The results appeared online Aug. 14, 2019, in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

Biofeedback refers to using instruments to measure and provide real-time feedback on patients' physiological responses. It can help patients learn to control and change those responses. Since biofeedback does not involve medication and is relatively noninvasive compared to other treatments, it could benefit patients with a low risk of any adverse effects, say the researchers.

Biofeedback measures include muscle activity, heart rate, blood pressure, and brainwaves. It is often paired with treatments to change behavior, thoughts, or emotions. For example, using electromyography (EMG) to measure how muscles tighten in response to a medical condition may help patients consciously control those muscles.

Biofeedback increasingly is being used as a complementary or alternative treatment for a wide range of conditions. In 2017, about 70 VA facilities reported offering some form of biofeedback.

However, the evidence on how biofeedback is used and its effectiveness is scattered across studies on the individual conditions. Because of this, the practice is not well-integrated with usual care.

Kondo and colleagues created an "evidence map" to get a high-level overview of the research available on biofeedback. They searched for previously conducted systematic reviews and studies on biofeedback to summarize what has been found so far. In total, the researchers used 16 systematic reviews on the topic.

The review showed clear evidence that biofeedback is effective at reducing headache pain. A variety of biofeedback measures have been used for headache, including EMG, skin temperature, and blood pressure monitoring. These techniques appear to help decrease the frequency, duration, and intensity of both migraine and tension headaches. The largest improvements were in decreasing frequency of headaches. Moderate-confidence evidence shows that biofeedback can also improve secondary outcomes of headache, such as medication use, muscle tension, anxiety, and depression.

Strong evidence also exists showing that biofeedback can help with urinary incontinence for men who have had their prostate removed. In this case, EMG is used to assist with pelvic floor muscle training. Adding biofeedback provides both immediate and long-term improvements beyond those seen with muscle training alone.

The evidence map shows consistent evidence that biofeedback helps with several other conditions, although with fewer trials than were found for headaches or incontinence. EMG biofeedback can help with fecal incontinence in both older people of both sexes and in young women who recently gave birth. Adding biofeedback to therapy for lower-limb activity after stroke also appears to help patients. Stroke therapy can include several different types of biofeedback, such as platforms that measure weight distribution to help with balance, sensors to measure the angle of the joints during walking, and EMG to record muscle activity.

The researchers found studies on biofeedback use for several other conditions, but no compelling evidence that it was effective in those cases. Reviews showed no benefits from biofeedback for urinary incontinence in women or for high blood pressure management. However, the studies covering these conditions were limited. Likewise, the review turned up insufficient evidence for the use of biofeedback for other conditions, such as bruxism (grinding or clenching the teeth, often while sleeping), labor pain, and Reynaud's disease (a condition involving reduced blood flow to the extremities).

The researchers point out that their evidence map, in addition to showing several conditions for which biofeedback has been proven useful, also shows areas of uncertainty where more research is needed. They identified several targets for further research: balance and gait training, fibromyalgia, and intradialytic hypotension (a decrease in blood pressure that can cause a number of symptoms, including nausea, dizziness, and anxiety).

Overall, the evidence map gives a "lay of the land" that shows what evidence exists for using biofeedback to treat medical conditions or symptoms and what research is still needed.

The study was funded by the VA Office of Research and Development Quality Enhancement Research Initiative.

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Be Here Now, an interaction design course here at ITP, emphasizes the the present to build devices or services. This week we had to come up with a final project concept idea. We will use the rest of the semester for prototyping this idea.

Our concept idea is based on the following parameters:

Design an ambient device or service that can be used to display information from a network in real time.

My group includes Sarah Hallacher, Valentina Comacho, and Bruna Calheiros. We will be building our tentatively-titled project Twit-Knit.

The basis of the concept is to use information for an unconventional method of data visualization to allow people to see the physical manifestation of tweets.

The Twitter Motor will use a knitting-machine, an Arduino Uno, and a stepper motor to create an endless scarf based on the tweets mentioning the weather in a particular area. For example, the more tweets about the weather being cold will keep the stepper motor turning, and the knitting-machine will churn out more scarf. The Arduino is delivering instructions to the stepper motor after parsing tweets using the Twitter API for a search term, like ‘#cold’.


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Yoder v. Commonwealth (U)

Evidence was sufficient to affirm the appellant’s conviction for driving after forfeiture of her license, her third such offense within ten years.

When asked for her identification during the traffic stop, the appellant provided the deputy with an “ID card.” Possession of a special identification card supports the finding that the appellant did not have a driver’s license in her possession. A reasonable fact finder could therefore conclude that the appellant’s production of a special identification card during a traffic stop signifies her knowledge that her driver’s license was revoked at that time.

Yoder v. Commonwealth (U), No. 1023-17-3, Dec. 11, 2018. CAV (Decker) from Augusta (Ludwig).

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Welcome to The Wolfpack's SOY Fundraising Page!

Feb 23, 2020

We are nearing the end of our Campaign!  Only ten days left.  We've had a great time, learned a lot, and are on track to make our $75K goal!

However, we won't give up.  We are Hunting for a Cure!

Update Week Two

Jan 29, 2020

Thank you to Team Wolf Pack!  (First Row:  Luke Torres, Ethan Moore, Candidates; Second Row: Abby Torres, Lauren Richner, Cassidy Oyer, Comelia Soltanirad, Megan Grimshaw;  Third Row:  Noah Estevez-Curtis, Lily Podolan, Jimmy Sauder, Brady Cloyd).

We are Hunting for a Cure!  Team Wolf Pack consists of eleven Worthington Kilbourne High School students, a few parents and friends -- all working together to beat cancer.  We are making  great strides towards our goal and appreciate the support we are getting from our friends, family and the community!  With your help, we’re bringing the world one step closer to a cure for cancer.

Welcome to The Wolfpack's SOY Fundraising Page!

Jan 16, 2020

We are so excited to have the opportunity to raise money for such an amazing cause. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is doing a lot of life changing work in the cancer field. Not only are they furthering the research being done and bettering the treatments available, they are also improving the quality of life of patients and their families! LLS is doing everything they can to better conditions for cancer patients during and after treatment. This is very important to our team!

The Wolfpack is led by our Candidates, Ethan Moore (left, back row) and Luke Torres (right, back row). Ethan is running in honor and memory of his grandma, Susan Shue, who passed away due to Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. He remembers everything that she and his family went through because of the cancer and he doesn't want anyone else to have to go through that pain. When Luke was seven, he developed acute lymphoblastic leukemia and went through three and a half years of treatment. He lives with many side effects that will affect him for the rest of his life. He wants to help improve cancer research so that no one will have to deal with these side effects.

Since the early 1960s, five-year survival rates for many blood cancer patients have doubled, tripled or even quadrupled. And many LLS supported therapies not only help blood cancer patients but are helping patients with other cancers and serious diseases. In fact, drugs first approved for blood cancers are now approved to treat patients with stomach cancers, skin cancers, and autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis.

We really are changing the face of blood cancer!

All donations are greatly appreciated and are tax deductible. They'll not only support LLS-funded research but will help provide critical information and support for patients, and support advocacy for laws to ensure patients can access the care and treatments they need.

Please visit our website often and bring friends who would also like to donate!

On behalf of blood cancer patients everywhere, thank you for your support!

For more information about LLS, please visit

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Photo Play Kringle & Co. Folio

Hi Everyone, and welcome back! I hope your first week of September has been good, and hopefully all of my friends in the Southeast are staying safe. I am thinking about all of you, and hoping the hurricane slows and quickly dissipates.

Today I’m sharing the finished photo folio we began two weeks ago on the 7 Kids Customers Create live Facebook demos. (You can find the original version with cutting guidelines HERE.) Below you will find Parts I & II for the video demos of our time together.

Isn’t this paper so pretty! It is Photo Play Kringle & Co. from 7 Kids Crafts, and I love that it is a little modern for Christmas with black, red, white, and even those cute Santa gnomes. I used the paper, stamps, and tags, but I think it may be sold out already. However, I think Kelly has it on reorder so check back to the store for availability.

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Lots of ribbon, grommets, and gold helped bring this folio to life.
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Isn’t this new Tim Holtz Merry Christmas die so pretty?

I shared an easy way to use the Nuvo Gilding Flakes using Scor Tape for this Tim Holtz Merry Christmas die sentiment. The gilding flakes add a beautiful, shiny touch to almost anything, and I love to use it during the holidays.

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I adore these Santa gnomes!
I added pretty ribbon to the tags and popped these into the pockets for interest.

I gifted this album to Perla P. the first demo night to celebrate 7 Kids Crafts‘ anniversary, and I mailed it to her this week. I hope you enjoy it Perla! Join me again tonight for another live demo at 8 PM EDT. Love and crafty hugs!

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7 Senior Jobs That You Will Enjoy

Entering retirement might be something that you’ve been looking forward to your whole life. Finally a time where you can relax, pick up some fun hobbies and enjoy your later years. You may even move to a senior apartment complex or retirement community to be surrounded by others who are in your same position. These communities are a great place to spend your retirement because they have many inclusive activities that foster lasting friendships.

But not everyone over the age of 60 is ready to jump into retirement. You might be ready to give up your current job for something a little more relaxed, but that doesn’t mean that you want to quit working altogether. Luckily, there are plenty of jobs that cater towards seniors. Even if you previously weren’t working before, it is never too late to join the workforce.

One of the major complaints of senior citizens is that isolation and loneliness can be all consuming. If you are far from your family and have lost a spouse or partner, you might be living alone in your home, wondering what to do and who to speak to on a daily basis. There are plenty of ways that you can combat this loneliness, and one of those ways is to get a job that you go to full-time or part-time. Keeping busy during your senior years can make you happier and healthier overall.

Because you are of a certain age, you shouldn’t put too much pressure on yourself to work a taxing, full-time job. A twice-weekly volunteer opportunity or a part-time local job might be just right for you. Let’s explore some great job ideas for senior citizens so you can choose one that is right for you.

  1. Part-Time Teaching/ Substitute Teacher

If you were previously a teacher and decided to give up the Monday through Friday routine, it might be a great idea to look into part-time or substitute teaching. If you decide on a part-time position, you might be working a few days a week, or everyday, just shortened hours. You can discuss with the principal of the school what you are looking for and then they will try and accommodate your schedule. If you want to go the substitute route, then you could be called at random from a number of different schools that you are registered with to come in and teach when their current teacher is out sick. You will usually get a phone call the night before or early in the morning, so it is best to always be prepared. If you don’t have your teaching degree, you can always explore tutoring opportunities that don’t require certificates. This can be a great way to interact with students and fill your day with meaningful activities.


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If you’ve just woken up and it’s already raining try not to let it ruin your day.

Met Éireann have told us that while things will be wet and rainy to start off with, the weather will clear up later on and we can expect sunny spells and a dry end to the day this afternoon.

Tomorrow’s weather is set to be much the same as today with scattered showers and outbreaks of rain countrywide.

Temperatures are also expected to be a little bit cooler dropping between 13 and 17 degrees Celcius, but once again things will dry up in the afternoon with the sun coming out for a while.

The weather for the rest of the week is expected to be unsettled with a mixture of rain, wind and lower temperatures, though things should improve towards the weekend.

So be prepared, arm yourselves with raincoats and umbrellas, but don’t be surprised if things clear up in the afternoon!


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Rekindled Marriage

Dr Eva Orsmond’s relationship status went from married to single in 2016, when she announced that she and her husband Wyatt had parted ways after 21-years of marriage.

At the time of her marriage breakdown, Dr Eva admitted that while things were hard, she had left her marriage on the best terms possible and the couple remained friends.

Then, earlier this year, that friendship status changed as the couple decided to give things another go!

Opening up about her rekindled relationship on the Ray D’arcy Show, Dr Eva admits that the split was the best thing for their relationship and that they both have a ‘deep love’ for each other.

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Dr Eva Orsmond. Pic: VIP

Eva confessed to the Sunday Independent that the break up was a ‘wake up’ call for them both and made them realise that they needed to listen to each other’s needs and stop them taking each other for granted.

Nowadays, the couple, who run a doctor’s surgery together, takes time out each evening to spend quality time together by going for a swim in the sea.

Dr. Eva Orsmond. Pic: Gareth Chaney Collins

‘We are 5km from the sea,’ she says, adding: ‘We go in just before the sun sets and it is just magical. And then we could go for drinks afterwards.’

Eva revealed that the ups and downs of her relationship will be featured in a new reality show on RTE during her interview with Ray D’Arcy.

The three-part series will see the couple working together to rebuild an old hotel in Portugal which will be turned into a retreat for people to come and lose weight.


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Outlook India-Evolet Hawk Faired Electric Motorcycle: Image Gallery

A closer look at the upcoming fully-faired electric motorcycle

Evolet Hawk Faired Electric Motorcycle: Image Gallery

The Hawk gets a full fairing. While the Revolt RV400 and RV300 are the first electric motorcycles to be launched in India, the Evolet Hawk could very well be the first fully-faired electric motorcycle to be launched here.

The front fairing and headlamp design looks similar to the previous-generation Suzuki Gixxer SF 150.

It gets a sporty mass-forward design with a sharp tail section. The number plate holder looks ungainly and out of place on the motorcycle.

You get premium looking 3D emblems that feature a brushed aluminium finish.

The headlamp has a projector setup. For added sportiness, you have a sharply raked windscreen and fairing-mounted mirrors.

The Hawk gets a proper clip-on handlebar setup. The full-digital instrument console looks similar to the one on the previous generation Suzuki Gixxer.

The battery pack has vents on the side for better airflow. While Evolet has not divulged technical details about the bike, we expect it to be closer to the Revolt RV300/400. This could mean a range in the region of 150 to 180km. Expect the hub-mounted electric motor to deliver a top speed in the region of 80kmph.

Suspension setup includes telescopic forks and rear monoshock. Interestingly, the motorcycle gets twin discs at the front and a single disc at the back. When launched here, the tyres could be locally sourced units from the likes of MRF.

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cc:Betty: A cool web app you may want to block

by Bharat Suneja

If you haven’t looked at Palo Alto-based cc:Betty yet, perhaps you should. cc:Betty promises to keep everyone on the same page. Still in beta, it’s a useful web app that helps users organize their email communication, collects email content, catalogs attachments and files, and also maintains your contacts.

It’s also amazingly simple to use. Besides adding content on the cc:Betty web site, users can simply add [email protected] as an additional recipient (To/Cc/Bcc) to email they send, and it shows up in their cc:Betty account – email content, attachments, et al. With the click of a button, users can publish the discussion to their Facebook feed.

Figure 1:With the click of a button, cc:Betty posts your discussion to your Facebook profile

And therein lies the threat to your data!

Although it’s an impressive tool for personal use (the usual caveats about personal information and privacy apply), organizations and IT departments must consider the consequences carefully. Many small businesses and organizations operating in unregulated industries or locales may not consider themselves to be at risk and actually welcome such services.

If your organization isn’t one of them, consider that simply adding another recipient to all email messages results in data leakage. How’s this any different from adding any other recipient to an email? Unlike other recipients, the sole purpose of cc:Betty is to facilitate further sharing of email content outside an organization. Email can contain sensitive information— including high business impact (HBI) data or personally identifiable information (PII). Transmitting and storing such information outside the organization, with no control over the content or its security, could expose your organization to multiple risks.

Content scanning and privacy
It’s important to consider what services such as cc:Betty do with your information. cc:Betty’s privacy policy is not very different from Gmail’s privacy policy— email content is scanned to display relevant ads. Some would argue that similar content scanning is also performed by antispam and antivirus software and services, and that this isn’t something to be concerned about.

Regardless of whether you find content scanning by an automated process acceptable or not, the bigger threat is data leakage.

If usage of cc:Betty and other such services is in violation of your organization’s policies, your users must be informed. If your organization’s policies don’t address such services and usage, perhaps it’s time to consider a policy review. You may also want to consider blocking outbound mail to domains offering such services.You can easily block outbound mail to a domain using transport rules or a Send Connector. Exchange 2010’s Information Rights Management (IRM) features can also help you prevent data leakage.

What can cc:Betty do to help organizations?
How can cc:Betty help organizations protect themselves from unauthorized use of its service? As a web-based service its success lies in widespread adoption of its app. More users, more user content accumulated, more sticky the service proves to be, and more pageviews it racks up. As such, there’s no incentive to actually stop users from joining or posting information. In fact, it may directly impact its success.

However, cc:Betty and other such services may gain a lot of goodwill and more acceptance if they work with organizations to help prevent data leakage. One way of doing this may be to block email from organizations that register with it. When a user signs up for an account using your organization’s email address, he/she gets a polite message about your company not allowing use of the service. Email sent from your domain can also be bounced back with a polite NDR.

Some organizations may choose to allow their users to use the service, but with appropriate policy guidelines and controls in place. [Update: According to cc:Betty, an enterprise version of the service is in the works.]

Does your organization allow the use of or similar services?

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Rick Serafino December 9, 2009 at 9:15 pm

So you raise the flag, then pull excerpts from the privacy policy, and then…

you find nothing wrong with the privacy policy, finding it to be like Gmail? The takeaway? If you let people in your org send email to any user on gmail, you should be fine letting them Cc:Betty.

Reading this was 2 minutes of my day i'll never get back. Maybe I'll write a blog post about how to block my employees from reading this blog.

Bharat Suneja December 9, 2009 at 9:21 pm

@Rick: The takeaway as far as privacy policy comparison is – if your users use services such as Gmail and your organization doesn't have any issues with it, you should be fine with cc:Betty.

If compliance is important, you may want to address usage of such services – in your policy and implementation.

hosted exchange server August 13, 2010 at 8:46 am

I think that compliance is key to every implementation that we have. The threat is not really the data scanning but the leakage of information. Not all users have our mindset.

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Casey’s CEO Terry Handley leaves

  • Push-out Score determined
  • After about three years in the position
  • Praise, thanks and good wishes for Handley
  • Darren Rebelez taking over
  • Handley said 68 words

(exechange) — Ankeny, Iowa, June 5, 2019 — Terry Handley, chief executive of Casey’s, leaves. As announced by Casey’s General Stores Inc. in a news release on Wednesday, June 5, 2019, Terry W. Handley leaves his post as Chief Executive Officer at the chain of pizza restaurants and convenience stores after about three years in the role, effective June 24, 2019.

Among the 3,000 largest publicly held companies incorporated in the U.S. based on market capitalization, the average tenure of the CEOs who departed over the past 12 months was 7.7 years, according to data compiled by exechange.

Terry Handley’s duties will be taken over by Darren M. Rebelez, currently President of IHOP Restaurants, a unit of Dine Brands Global Inc.

The fact that Terry Handley’s successor is brought in from outside suggests that the board may seek to stimulate change with fresh ideas and new initiatives.

In general, an outsider does not have the constraints of an insider when it comes to leading painful changes or making unpopular decisions.

“Impressive track record of driving performance and innovation”

A reason for Terry Handley’s imminent departure from the CEO post was not explicitly provided. H.Lynn Horak, Chairman of the Board, said: “Darren brings a remarkable combination of leadership experience in the convenience store, fuel and restaurant industries, and he has an impressive track record of driving performance and innovation.”

Precise information regarding Terry Handley’s future plans was not immediately available.

Casey’s said: “Mr. Rebelez will succeed Casey’s President and CEO Terry Handley, who will retire from the Company and Board, after a 38-year career with Casey’s.”

Share price increase since May 2016

The announcement follows an increase in Casey’s General Stores, Inc.’s share price of 18 percent since May 2016.

Chaired by H.Lynn Horak

Casey’s General Stores, Inc. is chaired by H.Lynn Horak.

In the position of CEO since 2016

Terry W. Handley has been the Chief Executive Officer of Casey’s General Stores, Inc. since May 1, 2016.

Handley’s bio reads as follows:

  •  President and CEO (2016-Present)
  •  President and COO (2014-2016)
  •  Senior VP – COO (2006-2014)
  •  Senior VP – Store Operations (2003-2006)
  •  Various operational and management positions (1981-2003)

Handley is a 37-year veteran of the Company, having held critical operational, marketing, executive and other leadership positions.

Over the years, he has been instrumental in the growth, development and culture of the Company.

Push-out Score determined

The Push-out Score™ determined by exechange gauges the pressure surrounding the management change on a scale of 0 to 10.

exechange reached out to Casey’s and offered the company the opportunity to comment on the score.

Read the full story in the exechange report 23.2019 ($).


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August 2, 2017

Philadelphia, PA: The Wharton School’s Aresty Institute of Executive Education has announced a new tuition benefit for eligible University of Pennsylvania alumni beginning July 2017.

The University of Pennsylvania has a reputation for excellence across its four undergraduate and 12 graduate schools, producing leaders in the fields of engineering and applied science, social policy and practice, nursing, medicine, education, law and communications, among others.

“Wharton is excited to make our world-renowned business curriculum available to the broader Penn community at a tremendous value,” notes Jagmohan S. Raju, Vice Dean of Wharton Executive Education. “The University of Pennsylvania’s culture of innovation, entrepreneurship, and interdisciplinary collaboration is well established, as is the large number of non-business degreed alumni who work with distinction in fields such as management consulting, corporate finance, marketing and sales. We believe Penn alumni in all disciplines can enhance their leadership skills and achieve long-term career goals with Wharton’s executive education offerings.”

The tuition benefit for eligible Penn alumni is a 25% discount on select Wharton Executive Education’s Open-Enrollment Programs. Wharton Executive Education has an extensive portfolio of programs that cover the topics of finance, leadership, marketing, and strategy & innovation.

Ideal candidates for Wharton Executive Education programs are successful professionals, at least 10 years out of undergraduate school, who are at a point in their careers where they may be taking on a new leadership role within their organization, or looking to make a transition to a job in a different organization or new industry.

One Penn alumna who has found Wharton Executive Education programs beneficial is Denise McNulty. The Penn Nursing graduate attended the Wharton Nursing Leaders Program, a four-day class held on Wharton’s Philadelphia campus. McNulty, who is the department chair of the Ave Maria University Nursing Program in southwest Florida, says the Wharton program was highly relevant and timely for issues she was facing in her occupation.

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She adds that the negotiation skills taught by Wharton faculty were particularly relevant since her biggest challenge as a health care leader is “how to persuade finance leaders, who are not in the nursing discipline, to see the value of our programs.”

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An escape

No matter where you are in the world, sometimes you just have to get away.

On Saturday, we decamped for a night just a few miles down the road at Lakka.

We’d always fancied staying at Tommy’s Paradise Guesthouse, our favourite beach place, but didn’t think it’d be worth overnighting so close to home.

However, we’d had a bit of a week.

The poor Flump has been teething, meaning broken sleep for everyone. The One With The Common Sense had been suffering with her dermatitis, while my blistered feet had erupted into impressive and very sore abscesses.

My job-hunting had been frustrated by a lack of decent WiFi seemingly anywhere in Freetown. So I was stuck at home for long hours in a house reaching new levels of stickiness thanks to rising temperatures and lingering wet-season humidity.

Cooling off has been made more difficult by the faltering electricity supply. Our cooking gas ran out mid-noodles on Friday then, on Saturday, a plumber who was trying to sort out our dodgy emergency tank managed to sever supply to our downstairs.

So it was with some relief that we dumped our bags at Tommy’s basic but comfortable bungalow ($40B&B), set in a lovely garden overlooking Lakka beach, clambered into a hammock and inhaled the sea air.

I say “we” but while I swung lazily on the verandah, the One With The Common Sense was using every last ounce of energy stopping the Flump drowning herself in the surf. (I had special dispensation, given I wasn’t feeling too well.)

Spending the night at the beach is so much nicer than a day trip. At day’s end, you avoid the full ferocity of the sun and can truly relax in and out of the water.

There’s nothing quite like watching the sun go down as you dine to the sound of waves lapping the shore.img_20161126_1738011

And the beauty of a beach bungalow is that you can put children to bed and sit outside, chatting over the music from parties at rowdier establishments further along.

Not that there was anything muted about the PA accompanying a record launch by a Nigerian artist that kept on until 4am just around the headland.

But it didn’t stop us sleeping and we felt sufficiently rested to enjoy our breakfast of toasted bread and omelette – accompanied by a massive flask of tea – out on the sands.

Normal water supplies might not have been restored on our return home but our spirits certainly had.

That didn’t last long for me, as a visit to the corrugated metal “cinema” to watch Everton lose yet again sent my blood pressure soaring once more.

If that abject performance hadn’t left me miserable enough, my worst-ever case of the trots left me confined to the bathroom for much of the following night.

Spare a thought for the One With the Common Sense, though. If she wasn’t woken by my dashing to-and-from the loo, then she was jolted awake by the Flump who, delirious with fever, would burst into a verse of Baa Baa Black Sheep at any moment.

Unsurprisingly, none of us were in condition to venture far the next day. We kept Flumpo off nursery, while the One With The Common Sense worked from home to allow me to catch up on some sleep.

Trust me. It doesn’t sound any better at 2am.

Our confinement to quarters could have been a whole lot worse. Miraculously, our power supply didn’t cut out all day.

Nearby roadworks have undoubtedly contributed to an increasing fragility of our supplies. However, given that power elsewhere appear has been relatively stable, there have been suggestions that someone locally might have annoyed a bigwig at the supplier.

I’ve no evidence for this and would dismiss it as nonsense, were it not for credible reports of a shopkeeper paying a bribe to secure a daily 22 hours of power, and a senior official guaranteeing supply to himself and close neighbours.

Still, we have the luxury of being able to turn on a generator. Spare a thought for those left sitting in the dark.

Times are especially hard for ordinary folk just now. A near 100% hike in electricity prices has been followed by the removal of a government subsidy on fuel.

Whatever the wisdom of subsidising petrol in the first place, you can imagine how hard the population is hit when prices go up by 60%.

While those like us who drive, or fire up diesel-hungry generators, might find our (hardly excessive) “first world” lifestyles increasingly uneconomical, we’re not likely to go hungry.

However, it’s caused chaos for the general population. Cab fares have risen 50% (from Le1,000-1,500, about 12p-18p), which sparks rows over a lack of Le500 coins for change. Cookeries are serving up smaller portions, while ever more of the weakening currency is required to buy imported staples like rice.

Unsurprisingly, people are angry. However, attempts at protest have been quelled by police on grounds that they did not have the prior approval required by law.

I can’t see that helping matters.

One day the other week, many businesses and most NGOs shut up shop over the prospect of an illegal protest. A WhatsApp message doing the rounds had suggested students were calling for violence against any vehicles out on the street that night.

It was exposed as a hoax in advance but the unusually empty streets, combined with apocalyptic thunder and rainfall, lent the city an uneasy air.

One student was later arrested on suspicion of sharing the message and locked up for five days until a coalition of lawyers working pro-bono negotiated her release

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This represented victory for the 100 or so students outside the court who risked protesting against what they saw as denial of free speech.

For most Sierra Leoneans life goes on, just harder than it already was a few months ago.

We felt awful telling our watchmen that we’d be leaving in a month or so, rendering them unemployed.

It won’t be easy for them to find work, no matter how glowing the references we leave behind. We can only hope the bit of help we give them on departure will give them a chance to further their prospects through education or training.

While we’ve tried to treat the lads well, I’ve generally been more reluctant to splash cash too readily in other ways for fear of appearing flashy or leaving myself open to exploitation.

However, I’ve recently taken to leaving change with street traders more often than previously. It’s particularly appreciated just now.

The bread vendors who spend days carrying crates high on their heads will make Le1,000 go a lot further than I will.

So tasty I’d nearly finished it before I thought to take a photo

And it’s worth paying over-the-odds for the delicious fluffy Fula bread rolls or – my favourite – chewy baguette-style tapalapa (made with ground wheat, millet, maize and black bean) smothered in condensed milk.

It’s possible I embarrassed myself with ecstatic moans as I munched in the street when I first tried it.

With the clock ticking on our time here, I’m keen to taste more of Salone’s simple culinary pleasures but still haven’t come across half the street food mentioned in our Bradt guidebook.

I only noticed mention of Scotch eggs for the first time the other day and I’ll bet they’re different here from at home. I can’t believe fiery chilli doesn’t figure for a start.

I walked out of the gate the other week to find the assembled watchmen sucking on plastic bags containing something called “pap”, apparently a ball of sweetened rice.

So that’s another one for the list, along with porcupine soup, pounded corn and these little round cakes of something or other I keep seeing sold at the roadside that I’ve never got around to trying.20161124_1310401

I’d had plenty of fiery home-made ginger beer in bars but never from the street before one scorching day last week, when I bought a bottle from a coolbox. Served frozen, it melted into a sort of adult Slushy and cooled me down nicely as I walked up the hill.

It tasted fantastic.

Even as I drank, it did strike me that the old water bottle it was served in might previously have been fished out of our bin. And it was probably made with tapwater, which isn’t generally kind on foreigners’ guts.

Indeed, perhaps it was to blame for my weekend wildies. Perhaps not.

But then at least I was able to get away and escape life for a day or two at somewhere more comfortable.

Others aren’t so fortunate.

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Flight Operators

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local and international flights

Oman’s national carrier, Oman Air, operates local and international flights from and to the Sultanate from various locations in the Middle East, Europe, Asia and more.

Several other airlines also operate direct flights to Oman on a daily basis, including British Airways, Turkish Airlines, KLM, Qatar Airways, Etihad Airways, Emirates Airline and low-cost carriers such as Salam Air.

Further information on flights to and from Oman can be found on the Oman Airports Management Company website.

How to get around in oman

here are plenty of options available for easy travel through the Sultanate – perfect for travellers looking to explore the country’s unique culture, amazing nature, authentic heritage and great food. For some harder to reach locations, guided tours can easily be arranged by one of the listed travel agents or tour operators.


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Persia in Palermo

Illustrating the Persian-Middle Eastern influences on Arab-Norman architecture, the mosaic designs of the Sala di Re Ruggero (King Roger’s Salon) inside Palermo’s Royal Palace (Palazzo dei Normanni) are splendid. Unlike their siblings in the Cappella Palatina (just downstairs in the palace), these mosaic designs are secular in nature, depicting hunting and natural scenes featuring trees, birds, deer, and lions, among other such subjects. Their exact construction dates are thought to be around 1170, during the end of the reign of William I, son of King Roger II.

The Sala di Re Ruggero is another monument that is part of the patrimony of the Arab-Norman gems of Palermo UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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  1. Persian art is some of the most unique and detailed art in the world. I have a friend who’s from Tehran, and she literally lives that art in her home. And that includes the food, too!

    1. Yes, the food is presented like art. The flavors are exquisite like their craftsmanship. It’s so true. This morning in New York I came across a store that specializes is Persian art and jewelry. No kidding. I didn’t go in, but a gazed at the details on the pieces through the window. Just exquisite!

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Last week Twitter sent me a notification in my online feed that my son had Tweeted something, for the first time in a while, and attached the quote of that tweet.

He so rarely engages in social media postings, so I was naturally curious.

Without quoting the entire comment, it was a tweet about “falling off the bandwagon and forgiving yourself for the failure”.

I went into an immediate panic!!

I sent a text to my son right away asking if everything was okay. And then I waited, my heart racing, my brain trying to process the possibility of another addiction relapse in our family.

I waited for what felt like an eternity before he replied.

What Twitter didn’t mention was that my son’s remark was a comment he made as part of a feed on someone else’s tweet. They were looking for helpful quotes.

My son had not relapsed from his Video Gaming Addiction. His sobriety continues.

In hindsight, I could be upset with Twitter for sending such an alarming notification to me, but it’s not their fault that it triggered me. Instead I spent time reflecting on what lessons this brought to me.

At that time I was 3,000 miles from home, visiting my aging mother. She required my focus then, so returning home for a family emergency would have abruptly halted our visit. And that would have seemed so unfair.

But this is truly what life is like when you have an addicted family member.

Your life becomes consumed by their addiction.

Parents live in fear all the time and often feel like prisoners in their homes and in their lives. That is exactly how I felt so many times – fearful, overwhelmed, panicked, and focused on one thing – getting my son to admission and then through addiction recovery. That tweet brought this all back to me, so crystal clear.

For so long,  juggling my life, outside of his addiction was a challenge.

At times I put my business on hold and said no to many social events, so I could be available to monitor his every move. He had lied and covered up his addiction while away at university, so we were still rebuilding trust. And he was in denial that he had a problem with managing his life around video gaming.

I slept very poorly, often waking in a panic if I heard any little sound in the house, freaking out about the possibility that he was up in the night gaming with his friends again. My days were often spent in an insomnia-driven state of exhaustion, my level of distraction at an all time high.

When I was out with friends, I needed to have my phone available, with the sound on full volume, in case my son sent a text or called, needing me while he was struggling with detox.

Each relapse sent me spinning into a state of defeat; I felt hopeless and, at times fantasized about walking away and giving up. But I couldn’t, I wouldn’t.

There were moments when this all-consuming addiction negatively affected my marriage, as well as my son’s relationship with his older brother. It was life altering for me and my family.

My son is now fully detoxed and follows a recovery plan that includes having a network of support from his family. He understands that if he’s struggling, we are just a text or phone call away. I am committed to this agreement. If that morning’s tweet was a call for help, I would have been on the first plane that would have returned me home to him.

Addiction and recovery are not linear. Just as it takes time to become addicted, it takes time to maintain complete sobriety. And that line is never a straight one. Relapses can happen. The addiction doesn’t disappear. Knowing this is a stark reminder for those who rally around the addict, whether they are fully engaged and unable to acknowledge or stop their addiction, or if the addict are falling off the bandwagon into another relapse.

It is all consuming, it is exhausting, it is a labour of love. And it’s good to be reminded now as I speak to others, sharing our family’s journey and as I coach parents through their child’s video gaming addiction.

I truly understand this and know the level of comfort and support that a parent needs.

It’s been almost two and a half years of sobriety for my son. It’s easy to become complacent and comfortable, as his parent, when his life is moving in a positive direction, free of his addiction.

But my moment of panic helped remind me that addiction recovery is a lifelong journey, and I’m not going anywhere.


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Please Think Again 12 Feb 2018 (Eynsham Village) County Cllr Charles Mathew exposes the flaws in a £215m ‘housing and infrastructure package’

As the six Districts consider a government deal recommended by Oxfordshire Growth Board, could commonsense yet prevail for the A40? We share the correspondence below.

11/02/2018 Supplementary Question

It would be courteous of me to thank the Growth Board for their response, but I find myself severely disappointed by the negative approach adopted.

The problems of traffic on the A40 and access to Oxford, as well as its role as a national ‘trunk’ road, requires an innovative blue sky thinking approach today; tomorrow with the 16,000 plus new houses to be built by 2031 in the Carterton - Witney - Eynsham corridor, no loop roundabout road from the A40 to the A44, a Park and Ride at the wrong end of where the congestion is and able to accommodate only some five per cent of daily passing traffic, the prospects of the current plans achieving an improvement to the flow on the A40 are nil.

Clearly the West Oxfordshire economy is throttled by the current situation. Your response indicates to the residents of Oxfordshire that you are not really interested in solving the current A40 problems for now or the next decade.

Would the Growth Board therefore at least support a comprehensive and constructive review of the most effective possible options to this major bottleneck, which is such a nightmare in the lives of local residents, and through traffic equally, since the present plans merely spend public money through government funding without any prospect of it achieving any improvement to the flow of the A40?

01/02/2018 Growth Board Response

The A40 Project to which the question refers was approved by the County Council prior to the existence of the Growth Board, and is now a confirmed and funded project, subject to the submission and approval of the final Business Case.

The Dukes Cut proposal (A40 - A44) scheme is a separate proposal under consideration as part of the wider growth and infrastructure planning for Oxfordshire.

The reinstatement of the old rail line as a transport corridor has also been previously considered. However, the County Council’s assessment is that this would be an extremely challenging and very costly scheme, primarily because the previous rail alignment (which was only a single track) has been built over at several locations. Consequently, it is not a priority for rail development or investment for either the rail industry or local authorities within the current planning framework. Instead, other investment that would support the A40 transport corridor - for example to further enhance and upgrade the Cotswold Line - is being taken forward. There will be a joint analysis of rail development opportunities in the Central Oxfordshire area as part of the next phase of the infrastructure studies that we are undertaking.

26/01/2018 From Cllr Charles Mathew

I represent the division of Eynsham, which covers the A40 from Barnard Gate to Cassington. This section of the main road to the west from Oxford is subject to constant daily traffic jams on a rush hour basis and often more – and a source of constant and exasperated complaints from local residents. Eynsham Parish Council is strongly in support of this solution.

Plans to install a Park and Ride at Evenlode for 500 vehicles (and maybe extended to 1,000, I understand) and a bus lane on the north side to Duke’s Cut have been proposed, although not finally funded; there is also a declared wish to extend the dual carriageway from the Witney by pass to the Park and Ride and further to mirror the aforesaid bus lane on the south side. None of this has been consulted with local residents, nor has the HiF bid, currently awaiting a decision from Government, been consulted on. The total bill for these plans amounts to some £250 million plus to be spent on the A40. In addition the housing planned in the Carterton - Witney - Eynsham corridor will ensure that any improvement to the access to Oxford via the A40 will be negated by the volume of traffic increase from that housing. In short, these taxpayer funds are in danger of being spend with no effect to the flow of traffic on the A40 and therefore will be money down the drain.

The argument is given is that all this has already been consulted; however the documentation, some three years ago, accompanying this discussion, some three years ago contained a serious error in that it claimed that traffic going straight through on the A40 was less than 20 per cent, when the actual figure is estimated at double that; there is an argument to say that plans based on wrong data will inevitably produce the wrong solution.

The first ‘improvement’ to this road should be a new road joining Duke’s Cut to the Loop roundabout to carry all traffic heading north before meeting the Wolvercote and Cutteslowe roundabouts and that is now needed urgently.

As the total funds reflect the almost identical estimated cost of a light railway/ Wuppertal option/ tram predominantly along the old railway line from Carterton through Witney and Eynsham to Oxford (perhaps via Long Hanborough), surely that should be pursued in preference as it would draw passengers off the A40 and negate the necessity of spending any money on that road.

Was this seriously considered before you in the Growth Board approved the A40 plans and the HiF bid and if not, will you now do so urgently as this is the only way the current and future problems of the A40 will be met?

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Moxy Chelsea, New York

At Moxy Chelsea, the hotel’s restaurant, lounge, and rooftop have been conceived as places of discovery, surprise, and rejuvenation.

We love Feroce Ristorante – the restaurant is entered at street level and organized as a series of choreographed rooms culminating in an outdoor terrace. Apothecary candy jars and bottles hover on delicate glass and brass shelves creating an unexpected juxtaposition.

Cordless lamps, Carpyen

Suitable for both indoor and outdoor use, we love these rechargeable induction battery lamps. Made from alabaster, and designed and made in Barcelona, Carpyen  are leading the way in cordless designs.

Polperro Winery, Melbourne

The ultimate in food and wine pairing, Polperro is a boutique winery that offers an on-site bistro, luxury accommodation and intimate cellar door showcasing their wine.

The Bistro creates a synergy between the vineyard and kitchen, incorporating the seasonal harvests from the Polperro garden. Earthed on a collaborative partnership between winemaker and Chef, the menu is centred on seasonal flavours and share-plates providing food which is fresh, textural and tasty, to best complement the wines.

Studio Proba, New York

Founded by Alex Proba, Studio Proba creates multidisciplinary art, product and furniture designs. Her recent work includes wallpapers and murals which we absolutely love.

White & The Bear, Dubai

Sneha Divias Atelier has swapped stereotypical primary colours for neutral tones inside this Dubai restaurant, designed specifically for children. White & The Bear is a multipurpose space featuring a restaurant, shop and entertainment space and is all decked out with neutral colours and materials that, according to the studio, will foster children’s curiosity.


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Back to Chicago

After four years living in Evanston, and a year away, returning to Chicago was strange. Very strange. I am sad that I didn’t take more photos of the city, with its architecture and its urban landscapes, but I am glad that the reason why I did not do it was that I had too many people to see.

We stayed at Hannah’s grandma’s place downtown.

We started our trip eating ramen with these two.

It had been a while since we were all in the same room.

It was Friday, so we walked with Leon, who keeps Shabbat.

I don’t think its legal for him to be in these photos.

Heels were not conducive to long walks. We stopped more than once.

Hannah took my camera from time to time.

As usual, Maduro insisted on making pancakes and brunch for everyone.

The old roommates wanted a photoshoot. I tried my best.

However, I still like the candid shots better.

Leon works at the Cards Against Humanity office now. It is a really cool space.

Jeff made us coffee, and then left for a call. He didn’t make the picture.

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Letter from my Hubby to the Local Newspaper…

My wife, Angela, is an amazing person. She has overcome so much adversity in her life. She was sexually abused as a child. She started dating me at the age of fourteen, got pregnant and had our first child at seventeen. We got married and then three weeks later her brother committed suicide.

That is just the beginning. Our second child was born before she even turned twenty one. He had to have surgery at the age of one to have tubes put in his ears. By the time he was eighteen months he had an accident at daycare and broke his jaw. He needed reconstructive surgery on his face. A year later, our first born became very ill. She was diagnosed with a life threatening disease that landed her in hospitals around New England constantly.

This is still the beginning. My wife was the glue holding this family together. She took on the privilege of raising her niece when she was just ten years old. Then she started taking her nephew every other weekend from the time he was six months old. He is now over thirteen years old.

Often times our two children would get sick at the same time. A few of those times both children were hospitalized at the same times and sometimes, in separate hospitals. Angela was and still is a trooper through it all. She has the amazing ability to keep a positive attitude and still make everyone around her smile, no matter how tough life gets.

Years of this in and out of the hospital lifestyle, missing time from work and falling behind on bills consistently, yet still nothing was going to bring her down. And then I had an accident of my own. I jumped to catch a football that my son was throwing me one day when I got home from work, and when I landed, I wasn’t able to move. After an ambulance ride and a hospital stay, it was discovered that I have a rare muscle disorder and am permanently disabled. It took three years of no income at all before I was approved for financial help.

So along with her needing to take care of our special needs daughter, our son, our niece and nephew, she was burdened with having to help me as well. Of course she will never consider it a burden, but it has to be.

She had to work two jobs to keep up with the bills and relied heavily on her family for financial help. As our children were growing it seemed the load was getting lighter…a little. But then our son got a major concussion, then another and another. He ended up being diagnosed with seven or eight of them in the last two years of high school.

He missed most of his last two years but with online help and the teachers at the school being absolutely amazing, he was still on track for graduating. He suddenly became very ill, unrelated to the concussions. And then our daughter was ill once again. Both kids were scheduled for surgery in different hospitals in the same week.

Angela started missing more and more work to help care for the children. The past fifteen years or so was catching up to her. She lay in bed one day and couldn’t get up. She missed a lot of work and then her doctor put her out for the foreseeable future. She was diagnosed with severe depression, anxiety, stress and chronic fatigue.

She kept trying to get back to work but then she would fall three steps back. There was nothing I could do to help her. There was nothing anyone could do. The State of Maine held her job for one year and then had to fill her position. They really did more than they had to and she holds no grudges. She never does.

We lost our home to foreclosure. We lost our car and couldn’t afford to replace it. We own a truck that has been paid for but we can’t afford the upkeep or gas. But does this stop my wife? No way. Once she was feeling better, she started looking for a job. Nothing was falling into her lap, so she started volunteering at our local hospital and now she has started facilitating support groups. She also created an online blog and Facebook page to do scheduling of the groups and to offer support in whatever way she can.

Her newest adventure has been doing public speaking. She tells her story to anyone that wants to hear it. This is her calling. By telling her story and helping others that have been through any of the things that she has makes her the happiest. She is so kind and compassionate that people just fall in love with her immediately.

She is still actively seeking employment, but she is so scared of leaving me at home alone on a full-time basis that she is hoping that offering her public speaking will be enough to sustain us financially. Yes, she wants to earn money, but she thrives on helping others get through the toughest of times.

Community Impact

No matter whom Angela shares her story with; she is helping someone in the community to know they are not alone. Her experiences throughout life affect people in such an inspirational way. The public speaking aside, her starting up local support groups for suicide survivors and sexual abuse victims has had a huge impact. They know that they are not alone.

She also helps teach self-esteem building which in turn helps children and adults become more compassionate which leads to less bullying and less bullying leads to less angry and hurt kids out there contemplating a school shooting or suicide.

There is no way to know an exact number of people she has helped with her words, she touches people’s hearts every single day as she walks through life with her head held high.

Warning Signs of Bullying

This post was copied from http://www.stopbullying.gov and I thought that it was so perfect that I didn’t want to change a thing. Please visit their website for a whole lot of great information on bullying. 🙂

Warning Signs

Teacher meeting with parent and studentThere are many warning signs that may indicate that someone is affected by bullying—either being bullied or bullying others. Recognizing the warning signs is an important first step in taking action against bullying. Not all children who are bullied or are bullying others ask for help.

It is important to talk with children who show signs of being bullied or bullying others. These warning signs can also point to other issues or problems, such as depression or substance abuse. Talking to the child can help identify the root of the problem.

Signs a Child is Being Bullied

Look for changes in the child. However, be aware that not all children who are bullied exhibit warning signs.

Some signs that may point to a bullying problem are:

  • Unexplainable injuries
  • Lost or destroyed clothing, books, electronics, or jewelry
  • Frequent headaches or stomach aches, feeling sick or faking illness
  • Changes in eating habits, like suddenly skipping meals or binge eating. Kids may come home from school hungry because they did not eat lunch.
  • Difficulty sleeping or frequent nightmares
  • Declining grades, loss of interest in schoolwork, or not wanting to go to school
  • Sudden loss of friends or avoidance of social situations
  • Feelings of helplessness or decreased self esteem
  • Self-destructive behaviors such as running away from home, harming themselves, or talking about suicide

If you know someone in serious distress or danger, don’t ignore the problem. Get help right away.

Signs a Child is Bullying Others

Kids may be bullying others if they:

  • Get into physical or verbal fights
  • Have friends who bully others
  • Are increasingly aggressive
  • Get sent to the principal’s office or to detention frequently
  • Have unexplained extra money or new belongings
  • Blame others for their problems
  • Don’t accept responsibility for their actions
  • Are competitive and worry about their reputation or popularity

Why don’t kids ask for help?

Statistics from the 2008–2009 School Crime Supplement show that an adult was notified in only about a third of bullying cases. Kids don’t tell adults for many reasons:

  • Bullying can make a child feel helpless. Kids may want to handle it on their own to feel in control again. They may fear being seen as weak or a tattletale.
  • Kids may fear backlash from the kid who bullied them.
  • Bullying can be a humiliating experience. Kids may not want adults to know what is being said about them, whether true or false. They may also fear that adults will judge them or punish them for being weak.
  • Kids who are bullied may already feel socially isolated. They may feel like no one cares or could understand.
  • Kids may fear being rejected by their peers. Friends can help protect kids from bullying, and kids can fear losing this support.

Why Some People are Bullies…

This is the big question, isn’t it? Why do they bully? Why am I the target? Why couldn’t their parents put an end to it before they turned so BAD? So many questions, and unfortunately there isn’t enough answers available to go around.

Is bullying something you are born with? NO.

Could a person stop bullying? YES

Can a person that is being bullied, some day turn into a bully themselves? YES

Bullying is a LEARNED behavior. It is not a disease. And it does not only apply to children. Grown adults can be bullies and be bullied as well. Is there anything that we can do about it as parents or as a community? ABSOLUTELY!

I feel very strongly about this. There is help out there and it isn’t in a pill form. I will say this one more time, bullying is not a disease, it is a learned behavior.

I wish that I could claim to cure bullying in the world and all will be well, but that is not even practical. But if I can help one person that is a bully or is being bullied, then at least I will feel like I have done something.

People die from being bullied. Bullying in one form or another is one of the leading causes of suicide. Did you know that?

Can I cure bullying? NO

Can I set someone in the right direction and help them along their way? YES

I can’t cure anything on my own. It takes work from both sides, but I can be here to guide you. I want to help. I think I was put on this earth to do just that. Nothing makes me happier than helping someone either by just listening or sharing my own experiences or whatever else that particular individual may need or want.


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Sunday Sermon Edition The Last Wagon Ride Edition

Raphie took me on what will probably be our final wagon ride Friday. Starting Monday he’ll be too busy with pre school to indulge me again. Of course I knew it would be coming and in the days leading up to it I figured that I would probably be crying my fucking eyes out Friday night. It didn’t happen. I actually felt pretty good. Grateful. Thankful. I will admit that as I type this part of your sermon Saturday evening as I wait for the Twins game to start that there is a starting (partly vodka induced) stream. But it feels good and I definitely want to wake up tomorrow. Thanks Raph for helping me to believe that I have done more good than harm in my life, that I am glad that I was born. Now it’s your turn.

So what if I’ve posted this already. I like it get over it.

And not only that I won’t be hearing “can you wipe my butt?” in the near future.

Friday – Phillies 8 Padres 4 | Saturday – Phillies 3 Padres 5

Time might be starting to run out for the Phillies. 500 ball won’t cut it for them.

Friday – Nationals 2 Brewers 1 | Saturday – Nationals 14 Brewers 15 (F/14)

The Saturday game must have been entertaining, The Brewers go ahead with a four spot in the ninth . The Nats tie it in the bottom of the ninth. The Brewers go ahead again the top of the 13th. The Nats tie it again in the bottom half. The Brewers go ahead by two in the 14th, The Nats fall one short in the bottom of the 14th. 28 hits including 11 dongs.

Friday – Pirates 3 Cubs 2 | Saturday – Pirates 0 Cubs 2

The Cubs hang on to a share of 1st with the win on Saturday. How does the tie breaker work if the Cubs, Cards and Brew Crew finish in a three way tie.

Friday – Yankees 3 Indians 2 | Saturday – Yankees 6  Indians 5

WWWWEEEEE!!!! Looks like the Twins  game is finally starting and they just said the Injuns lost 6 – 5. Win one by 14 on Thursday and lose the next two by one each. Clevelanders you have been assimilated. God is good.

Friday – Blue Jays 7 Mariners 3 | Saturday – Blue Jays 3 Mariners 4

I hope these teams prospects are looking good.

Friday – Red Sox 9 Orioles 1 | Saturday – Red Sox 4 Orioles 0

Have you noticed that the Orioles have been mathematically eliminated from winning the AL East.

Friday – Cardinals 13 Reds 4 | Saturday – Cardinals 1 Reds 6

The NL Central 500  club continues to go down to the wire. The Cards and Cubs are tied for first and the Brewers are only one back.

Friday – Tigers 2 Rays 0 | Saturday – Tigers 0 Rays 1 (F/13)

The Tigers pitch like the 1968 Tigers and hit like the 2019 Tigers

Friday – Dodgers 8 Braves 3 | Saturday – Dodgers 3 Braves 4

I won’t say anything bad about the Dodgers I’ll just say I’m glad the Braves won Saturday.

If the damn Twins game doesn’t start soon I’ll be a blubbering mass who won’t be conscious past the fifth  inning. Anyhow here’s an immigration control proposal from Ilhan Omar’s  ‘rodent and crime infested’ congressional district that me and Raphie have been braving during out wagon rides. Sorry, but when I been drinking and a  utterly immoral, trash TV  star moronic buffoon talks shit about where I live I get pissed. On election eve 2016 Raphie’s dad who is a French citizen, alarmed, asked me if I thought someone like Trump could actually be elected. I responded with the Nate Silver polling stat head estimate that he had between a one in three and one in four chance. What I was really thinking and should have said is never underestimate the stupidity  of the American people. Now I pray, never underestimate the heart of the American people.

Friday – Twins 4 Rangers 3 | Saturday – Twins 12 Rangers 7

Where no where is heard a discouraging word and the Twins are up by 2 1/2

Friday – Royals 4 Mets 1 | Saturday – Royals 1 Mets 4

Switcharoo. I guess the Mets have cooled off.

Friday – Rockies 3 Marlins 0 | Saturday – Rockies 11 Marlins 4

The Rockies are in last place but they aren’t terrible. The Marlins are.

Friday – Giants 10 Diamondbacks 9 (F/11) | Saturday – Giants 11 Diamondbacks 6

There were 14 dongs in the Friday game, 7 for each team including 3 by Yastrzemski.

Friday – Athletics 3 Astros 2 (F/13) | Saturday – Athletics 8 Astros 4

The Astros have lost five straight and the Athletics refuse to go away.

Friday – White Sox 7 Angels 2 | Saturday – White Sox 5 Angels 6

Time to depart the service. I think of this as a father’s song.

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  1. Whelp, the football season approaches and one good thing about being a Feesh fan is you don’t need to wait to watch the Dollfeens fumble away a game; you can watch the Teal Terriors do it for a lot less money per game. They lost 7-6 to the Rocky Mountain Oysters to conclude the sweep. They’re now suppurating at 33 games beneath the attractor and headed for Atlanta to face the Barves, whom they held to a draw last week. After given up a crapton of dingers to the Bums earlier in the week, they got sheschmettered again by the long ball in Denver – though, I gotta admit, allowing a home run at Coors Field is kinda like allowing a blowjob at Stdio 54.

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Has Freddie Freeman Been Worth His Cost?

Note: All stats are as of August 31, 2014; Labor Day stats are not included. Although, considering the Braves were collectively no-hit by the Phillies, there wouldn’t be much to change, anyways.

Let’s back up a few months: In March, Freddie Freeman was a borderline third round pick, according to ESPN’s draft data. He was coming off a fantastic season, in which he set career highs in batting average, on base percentage, and RBI, while tying his career high in home runs by swatting 23 home runs. Freeman’s power ceiling was in question: How many home runs is a reasonable expectation? Can he possibly get near 30? His contact ability wasn’t, though. The latter has been fine; the former, not as much. But maybe that’s alright.

In Freeman’s first 114 plate appearances – taken from March 31 through April 30 – he hit six home runs, posting a .416 wOBA. In the 492 plate appearances since May 1st he’s left the yard only 11 times, posting a .370 wOBA. Make no mistake about it, Freeman has still been good. But his power – which was already in question compared to his peers – has taken a step back. So, the question is: What should we do regarding Freeman next year?

The components of Freeman’s game haven’t changed very much. He’s walking more than ever, thanks to the lowest swing rate of his career; although, as Dave has pointed out, he isn’t letting strikes sneak by. His strikeout rate remains virtually unchanged. And, lastly, his ISO is right in line with his career line. He’s hit fewer flyballs, but his line drive percentage – which, admittedly, isn’t the best of stats – is tops in the league.

Freeman’s batted ball distribution hasn’t swayed much throughout his first four seasons. And, at this point, it seems like 2012 was an outlier, as far as his BABiP is concerned. Freeman’s batted ball profile has been very consistent in general, but his distribution on balls in the air has changed a little.

Year Pull% Pull HR Oppo% Oppo HR Center% Center HR Overall AVG FB Distance
2011 29.2% 7 37.2% 2 33.6% 12 293
2012 27.2% 11 34.4% 2 38.4% 10 289
2013 30.8% 12 32.7% 4 36.5% 7 294
2014 29.4% 7 31.7% 5 38.8% 5 297

When hitting the ball in the air, Freeman has gone the other way a little less frequently over the past two seasons, trading opposite field balls in play for ones of the pulled or up the middle variety. One interesting note (which sort of relies on the fickleness of the line drive stat), though: When pulling the ball this year, Freeman has hit 56 line drives, compared to 19 flyballs. That fact, which is somewhat backed up by his spray chart, could be why he’s pulled fewer home runs. Back to balance: It has has allowed him to showcase power to all fields, even if that power hasn’t been of the light-tower variety.

Since 2013, not many people have excelled more than Freeman has using all of the diamond, which could help explain why more balls in play have gone for extra base hits this year than ever before.

Pull wRC+ Rank Center wRC+ Rank Oppo wRC+ Rank
Freeman (2013 – 2014) 78th (172) 9th (203) 12th (191)
2011 441 32 21 12.0%
2012 432 33 2 23 13.4%
2013 439 27 2 23 11.8%
2014 404 37 4 17 14.4%

Freeman’s skill set is important, and versatile. When you’re slow, spreading the ball around is important. And it goes without saying that being less predictable for the defense opposing you is important, too.

As many have written before, it’s not the typical slugger profile we still expect while evaluating corner infielders. But, honestly, typical slugger profiles don’t exist quite as much anymore.

So, About Next Year…

Despite his power drop-off, Freeman’s still been roughly a top 60 player in standard leagues. (For some reason, that shocked me. I had guessed he’d be closer to 75th.) He’s provided positive value in every category, excluding stolen bases.

As of today I can confidently say I’d choose: Jose Abreu, Miguel Cabrera, Paul Goldschmidt, Edwin Encarnacion, and Anthony Rizzo over Freeman next season. After that, it gets a little dicey. Sure, Victor Martinez is nice, but are you banking on his power staying, despite his age? I could maybe lean towards Carlos Santana in an OBP league, but never in a standard setup. Adrian Gonzalez will be a year older; ditto for Albert Pujols, Mike Napoli, and David Ortiz (if he’s eligible).

It really isn’t hard to see a scenario in which the first six men mentioned above are taken before pick 40 or thereabouts; meaning Freeman’s draft position isn’t likely to change all of that much. Looking at the surface, it might seem too high, but it might not be. The most reasonable scenario I see: Freeman’s a mid-fourth round pick next year. His power hasn’t grown, or even stayed the same – if we’re only talking about home runs, of course; his ISO is fine – yet he’s nearly returned his expected value. And it feels like he has more in the tank. Maybe he does. Maybe he doesn’t.

Barring a huge finish, Freeman isn’t quite going to be worth his original price tag. And he’s likely going to be somewhat overpriced next season, but when you factor in his consistency, his production shouldn’t be too weighed down by his cost.

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I have owned Freeman in a keeper league since before he was even called up and look forward to having him in 2015 as well. What he lacks in power, he makes up for in consistency – he’s not prone to prolonged slumps and is one of those guys you can plug into your lineup and forget about. There aren’t a ton of guys out there about which that can be said. Keeping in mind that he’s not quite 25, his best power days could still be to come.

He has 69 RBIs and 17 HR at 1B. That’s a liability.

He’s also 1st in runs at 1B – that’s not a liability.

Last year he was 4th in RBI’s at 1B. So he’s demonstrated he can deliver RBI’s when the guys ahead of him get on – it just so happens that the guys ahead of him this year have not been so good at getting on-base.

Finally, he’s gold in OBP leagues! He’s a top 5 1B in OBP this year.

If you get stuck thinking that he doesn’t fit the mold of a 1B because he’s not hitting 35HR’s every year you are going to miss out on production he gives you everywhere else.

Brad Johnson

The bigger issue is the Atlanta lineup, which just can’t figure out how to find a leadoff or two hole hitter. Get the proper guys in front of Freeman and he’ll give 100 RBI. Has nothing to do with him.

Additionally, since his last HR, August 15th, he has hit .259 with 2 RBIs.

That’s called a pretty big slump, friend.


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Cotton Subsidies in Bryan County, Oklahoma totaled $244,310 from 1995-2019‡.

Programs included in cotton subsidies

Program Total Payments
Counter Cyclical Payment - Cotton$55,112
Direct Payment - Upland Cotton$50,607
Production Flexibility - Upland Cotton$49,491
Market Loss Assistance - Upland Cotton$25,950
Market Facilitation Program - Cotton$22,884
Cotton Ginning Cost Share Payment$7,115
Cotton Transistion Assistance Program$2,993
Loan Deficiency - Upland Cotton$338
Deficiency - Upcotton$246
Advance Deficiency - Upland Cotton$103

‡ Data for 2019 is incomplete and only includes Market Facilitation Program payments made between January 1, 2019 and October 31, 2019.

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In case you hadn’t noticed…

It’s February and that means love is in the air. Designer Showcase’s February round is a smorgasbord of date night outfits, impressive gowns, fun in the sun casual gear, and sexy lingerie. WellMade falls under the sexy lingerie category with Scarlett.

Tragic Endings

Scarlett comes with a bra, thong, and ultra sheer robe, and for variety’s sake, a hud holds five color options. Want to see? Click here for your lift to Designer Showcase.

Outfit: WellMade Scarlett Bowtique @Designer Showcase
Hair: Wasabi // Clover Mesh Hair – Style 1 @FaMESHed
Jewelry: Lazuri Marzia
Body Parts:  Maitreya Mesh Body Lara 4.1 and Lelutka Simone Bento
Pose: Foxcity Night Owl 1
Location: Days of O

“We never go out of style”

I’ve been on a Taylor Swift kick lately. I never thought I would write that! Swift’s actually a brilliant lyricist. I had no idea! Sorry, Tiffany Celestials as you told me about her some time ago lol.

Whenever I blog, I listen to songs that go along with what I’m wearing. Sometimes, well…most of the time, I listen to that one song on repeat. The song of the day is “Style” because I’m seriously in love with my husband. Granted we aren’t off and on like the song, but we love certain ideas (okay fine…I do have a “good girl faith”) when it comes to the other, so our coupling will never go out of style.

We never go out of style

Speaking of which, Dani Plassitz‘s newest release Lindy will never go out of SL style. Lingerie always has its place, especially if it offers the option to get appliers for mesh bodies and traditional SL clothing layers. Styles by Danielle’s Lindy lingerie is available in red, beige, white, black and pink, and blue.

And I got that red lip classic thing that you like

Also, you can opt for standard SL clothing layers. standard layers plus Appliers all-in-one layer, Maitreya Mesh Body Applier/HUD with six options for wearing (no standard layers), and Belleza Mesh Body Applier/HUD with six options for wearing (no standard layers).

Watch us go round and round each time

Don’t forget to wear your group tag because there is a 30% discount for inworld Styles by Danielle group members.
Oh, group members, there is a simplified version of Lindy Black And Pink as a Summer Group Gift!

Click Styles by Danielle for an in-world lift or if you feel like shopping out of world, click here for Styles by Danielle on MP.

Styles by Danielle Lindy Black and Pink Group Gift
Hair: **ARGRACE* Akane – Dark Brown
Body: Belleza– Venus *SlinkFit
Eyes: Vita’s Boudoir closed eyes makeup
Jewelry: Maxi Gossamer Earrings – Venice White Diamond
Sascha’s Designs – Cheeky Black Shoe
Slink Female Feet (AvEnhance) – High
Pose: Glitterati – Floor cushion // baroque

Styles by Danielle Lindy Red
Body: Belleza– Venus SlinkFit
Hair: Emo-tions Stephanie
Pose: Vestige Creations Stacey 7
Location: Beyond Persuasion

Styles by Danielle Lindy Red
Body: Belleza– Venus SlinkFit
Sascha’s Designs – Cheeky Red Shoe
Hair: *ARGRACE* Urei and Haruka – Dark Brown
Pose: DeePosed Centerfold 14
Location: Beyond Persuasion

Post title pinched from Taylor Swift “Style”