Fred had 7.0 dimes in his bank. His sister loaned Fred 3.0 more dimes. How many dimes does Fred have now? Answer:

The oldest dynasty still ruling in which country ?
The oldest dynasty still ruling in which country ?
Answer : 3 Japan Explanation : Answer: C) Japan Explanation: The longest-surviving dynasty in the world is the Imperial House of Japan.

A man was murdered in his office. The suspects are Ericson, Maggi, Joel, Benny, Sona, Patick. A calendar found near the man has blood written 6, 4, 9, 10, 11. Who is the killer?
A man was murdered in his office. The suspects are Ericson, Maggi, Joel, Benny, Sona, Patick. A calendar found near the man has blood written 6, 4, 9, 10, 11. Who is the killer?
Answer : 4 Joel Explanation : Answer: D) Joel Explanation: If we consider the given numbers 6, 4, 9, 10, 11 to be the month number then we can easily find the killer.6 – June – J4 – April – A9 – September – S10 – October – O11 – November – NHence the answer is JOEL.

Which of the following is a Non Renewable Resource of Energy?
Which of the following is a Non Renewable Resource of Energy?
Answer : 3 Natural Gas Explanation : Answer: C) Natural Gas Explanation: Natural Gas is a Non Renewable Resource of Energy because that does not renew itself once used, unlike the other choices. It is a resource that will not be naturally replenished.

What are the Monomers that make up Proteins?
What are the Monomers that make up Proteins?
Answer : 1 Amino acids Explanation : Answer: A) Amino acids Explanation: Proteins are long chains of Amino acids. That is in brief, Amino acids are the monomers of Proteins. Amino acids are compounds which contain both an amino group and a carboxylic group. Proteins are made up of 20 essential amino acids.Monomer means a small molecule of an organic substance i.e, building block in general.

Which of the following is a secondary air pollutant?
Which of the following is a secondary air pollutant?
Answer : 1 Acid rain Explanation : Answer: A) Acid rain Explanation: Secondary pollutants include ozone, which is formed when hydrocarbons (HC) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) combine in the presence of sunlight. Whereas Primary pollutant are those pollutants that are directly emitted from their sources, like CO2, CO, SO2 as these gases are directly emitted form burning of fossil fuels. Acid rain, which is formed when sulfur dioxide or nitrogen oxides react with water, sulfuric acid etc. Hence, Acidrain is a secondary air pollutant.

A vending machine that only accepts dimes and quarters contains 36 coins totaling \($7.20\). How many of each coin does the machine contain?
Adeline has \($250.00\) made up of \($5.00\) and \($10.00\) bills. If there are 30 bills altogether, then how many of each type does she have?
A car wash cleans cars for \($9.50\) each and trucks for \($15.00\) each. If there was a total of 75 vehicles, and the total cash collected was \($811.50\), then how many of each vehicle was washed?
Ray has 5 more dimes than nickels. If the sum of the coins is \($3.05\), the how many of each coin does he have?
Talia has twice as many dimes as quarters. All together they total \($5.85\). How many of each coin does she have?
A school ordered a total of 95 math and science books for a total bill of \($8075.00\). If a math book costs \($75.00\), and a science book costs \($100.00\), how many of each text did the school order?
A box contains 25 pencils and pens. If the pencils are worth \($1.00\) and the pens are worth \($2.00\), then how many of each are there if the total value of the pencils and pens is \($45.00\)?
There are 8 more \($5.00\) bills than \($10.00\) bills. The value of the bills is \($310.00\). How many of each bill are there?
Cecilia has twice as many nickels as quarters. She has a total of \($1.40\). How many of each coin does she have?
Julia sold three times as many student tickets as adult tickets. She made a total of \($330.00\). If student tickets cost \($2.00\), and adult tickets cost \($5.00\), how many of each ticket did she sell?

Hemavathi cut a cake into two halves and cuts one half into smaller pieces of equal size. Each of the small pieces is fifteen grams in weight. If she has nine pieces of the cake in all with her, how heavy was the original cake ?
Hemavathi cut a cake into two halves and cuts one half into smaller pieces of equal size. Each of the small pieces is fifteen grams in weight. If she has nine pieces of the cake in all with her, how heavy was the original cake ?
Answer : 1 240 gms Explanation : Answer: A) 240 gms Explanation: The nine pieces consist of 8 smaller equal pieces and one half cake piece.Weight of each small piece = 15 g.So, total weight of the cake = [2 x (15 x 8)]g = 240 g.

Which warship has become the India’s first warship to install solar panels on board ?
Which warship has become the India’s first warship to install solar panels on board ?
Answer : 2 INS Sarvekshak Explanation : Answer: B) INS Sarvekshak Explanation: Indian Navy’s survey vessel INS Sarvekshak has become the India’s first warship to install solar power system on board. The solar power system works on sunlight and hence is 100% per cent reliable for power source that can be used for communication equipment, battery charging and general lightings onboard round the clock with battery outputs during night. The system is maintenance free.

Math Question If you have gone 4.8 miles in 24 minutes, what was your average speed in miles per hour? A. 5.0 B. 10.0 C. 12.0 D. 19.2 E. 50.0 The answer is C. 12.0. See below on how to solve the probelm. Congratulations to today’s winner Nina Fang.

A country boy is walking down a road when he comes upon an old man selling a donkey. “Hey, do you want to buy my donkey?” asks the old man. “How much?” the boy replies. “$200, and she’s all yours.” The boy agrees and gives $200 to the old man.
The old man says the donkey won’t be ready to be picked up just yet but the two agree to meet again the following day so that the boy can take the donkey home with him. During the night, the donkey dies.
The next day, the boy and the old man meet on the same road as agreed, but the old man has nothing to give the boy but the dead donkey. “This isn’t fair,” the boy protests, “I want my money back.” The old man argues that nature has taken its course, and he is not responsible. “A deal is a deal.” To the old man’s surprise, the boy loads the dead donkey into his truck and starts whistling as he drives away.
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The delta region of the eastern coast is frequently struck by cyclones.
Answer: The Bay of Bengal is the centre of various pressure changes and hence there is always a chance of development of cyclone.
Due to this, the delta region of the eastern coast is frequently struck by cyclones.

Question: To dye a single Easter egg takes 7.5 minutes if you leave it in dye. How long would it take to dye 3 eggs?
Answer: 7.5 minutes. Do them all at once.

This was inspired by a Twitter exchange with High Heat Stats and James Gentile. Evan Gattis had .480/.291 = 1.65 this year. Javy Lopez had a high ratio in 495 PAs in 2003, but that was not a qualifier. He 1.82 that year (.687/.378). Now maybe I should have used relative SLG and relative OBP. Maybe I will do a post on that in a day or two.
How Well Do OBP And SLG Explain WPA?
I took all the players with 5000+ PAs since 1945 and found their WPA per PA using the data from Baseball Reference.
Baseball Reference only has WPA or Win Probability Added going back to 1945. The idea is that every hit, walk or out a player makes either increases or decreases his team's probability of winning. Players who hit well with runners on base or in the late innings of close games will tend to score higher.
Notice that the coefficient for OBP divided by the one for SLG is 1.85. That is pretty close to the 1.73 that Tom Tango shows at Blast From the Past: Proof of the Modified OPS.
The r-squared was .915 and the standard error was 0.0006686 or .468 over 700 PAs.
I also checked to see how each guy was predicted by the equation. Then I calculated how many more or fewer wins they had than predicted. Click here to see the list.
Sandy Alomar, Sr. had the biggest positive differential. I plugged in his RELOBP of 76 and RELSLG of 91 (both are below 100 and therefore, below average) and it predicted a WPA/PA of -.0034 but he actually had -.0015. So that means he actually hit better the more important the situation, the closer and later it was, the more outs there were and the more men that were on base.
Over 700 PAs, that is 1.33 wins. That means his teams 1.33 more games per season than we might have thought based only on his OBP and SLG.
Click here to see Alomar's career splits at Baseball Reference. He batted .297 in high leverage situations with a .341 OBP. Medium leverage, he had .240 & .286. Low leverage .232 & .275. Maybe being a switch hitter helped so that teams could not get the platoon advantage on him. He his followed Eric Davis, McCovey and Berra.
But his overall OPS over the years they have play by play data was 1.158 vs. righties and .915 vs. lefties. In high leverage cases, it was 1.104 and .884. So he declined against both lefties and righties, and more in absolute terms against righties.
But Williams is not the only great player near the bottom of the list. The bottom 11 includes three other Hall of Famers: Musial, Boggs and Kiner. Robinson Cano is there, too.
Click here to see my post from July which shows all the teams that did it. Even if we looked for teams with a pct < .375, the last to do it was the Blue Jays, 1977-79 with .335, .366, and .327. So the Astros are performing at the level of a new expansion team these past 3 years.
Who Held The Single Season WPA Record Before Barry Bonds Came Along?
Baseball Reference only has WPA or Win Probability Added going back to 1945. The idea is that every hit, walk or out a player makes either increases or decreases his team's probability of winning. Players who hit well with runners on base or in the late innings of close games will tend to score higher.
Barry Bonds has the three highest WPA totals ever. Our player in question has the 4th best. Bonds had 12.95 in 2004, 11.48 in 2001 and 10.49 in 2002. So in 2004, the Giants won 12.95 more games with Bonds than they would have if an average hitter were in his place.
He was MVP in the year he broke the previous record.
The player whose record he broke is also in the Hall of Fame and was also MVP the year he set the record.
Our player, not surprisingly, led his league in SLG and OBP.
Our player is also among the all-time leaders in WPA.
He batted .349 with runners in scoring position in his record year.
His SLG was .678 with runners on base.
In close & late situations, he batted .390.
In close & late situations, his SLG was .792.
Is The Year Of The Great Fielder?
Tied with Terry Turner at 5.4. Click here to see the rankings at Baseball Reference. Manny Machado is tied for 10th at 4.2.
Has Andrelton Simmons been in a fielding slump the last 12 games?
Andrelton Simmons field WAR was 5.1 12 games ago and it is 5.1 now. I think that means he has been just average the last 12 games if I understand how Baseball Reference does it. Suppose he has been like a .400 hitter as a fielder this year and a .250 hitter is average. I used my Excel program to calculate the binomial probability of a .400 hitter getting 12 or fewer hits in 12 games (48 ABs). It gave me 2.2%. Is that significant? Is that low enough to say he is in a slump? Or would we expect a .400 hitter to have an occassional run of 12 games only hitting .250?
Are The Yankees The Luckiest Team This Year?
A little better with RISP but terrible when it is close and late. As you can see in the next table for pitchers, they do better with runners on but it does not seem really big. Their improvement when it is close and late is about at the league average for this year.

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WAUSAU – The All of Us Research Program and Marshfield Clinic Research Institute will host Human Genetic Research in the 21st Century to celebrate National DNA Day, promoted by the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health, in April.
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• Greet visitors in a friendly and professional manner. We don’t get loads of visitors, but we try to treat them like royalty when we do.
• Answer telephone calls promptly and courteously. Again, it’s 2019 and we’re a digital agency, so it’s not like the phone is ringing off the hook—in fact, it hasn’t rung once since I started writing this. Nonetheless, calls need to be screened, transferred, etc.
• Receive and distribute incoming mail and packages. Yup, we still get mail!
• Prepare and posts outgoing mail and express envelopes daily. And we occasionally send it too.
• Perform office management functions including ordering agency lunches, client meeting lunches, making restaurant reservations, coordinating travel, making rental car arrangements, running errands and handling ad hoc requests.
• Maintains orderly appearance of reception, storage, kitchen, conference rooms and common areas on a daily basis and orders and stocks office and kitchen supplies. Part of this task will involve regular friendly guilt-tripping of the rest of us to clean up after ourselves.
• Provide administrative support to team members such as coordinating large-scale meetings, managing expenses and making travel arrangements.
• Proactively address and resolve problems associated with all building services including- maintenance, printer services, parking, and conference rooms.
• May occasionally provide clerical and administrative support on various projects throughout the agency.
• And if you’re good at something else, we are always thrilled to build part of your role around that competency or passion.
• You like dogs, because there will usually be one or two wandering the office.

The Disneyland staff does it bigger and better every year and I'm kind of embarrassed to say we haven't been in years despite the fact that we don't live terribly far from the park. One of my favorite family memories is when D and I (along with 15+ other family members) took Sweet Pea for her 5th birthday. We had a blast and even though she was too small to experience some of my favorite rides it was pretty awesome to watch her little face light up at all the fun experiences, sights and sounds.
We also had the pleasure of taking her for the Halloween and then Christmas celebrations and she just marveled at all the twinkle lights and the parade and then, the piece de resistance.......SNOW! In So Cal!!
It's just so fabulous and I've been thinking that I want to take Baby Ninja this season so he can experience it and because I think we're long over due for a Disney day. It also helps that he's only recently discovered / developed a love for Mickey Mouse a(and subsequently Mickey Mouse Clubhouse) so I think the time is just right for our first to the house of mouse as a family of four.
The thing about going to Disneyland as a mom (and theme parks in general) is mastering the art of layered dressing. You know you're going to be there all day, getting on and off rides, chasing after the kids and consuming copious amounts of frozen lemonade and churros, so you want to be comfortable but you still want to look cute for all those precious family photos you'll be snapping. My go to look for any amusement park in cooler weather is always jeans, a tee and sneakers.
I get creative with my tee (always some cool graphic type) and try to keep the accessories to a minimum but obviously still be wearing something. No earrings makes me feel naked so those are a given but you never want to wear anything that may catch on a headrest or something.
A sweater is needed as the day turns into dusk and the weather grows cooler (a light jacket is also great for layering). Yet, another reason for the backpack. No one wants to lug a huge purse through the park and being mom means not only carrying my gear but that of everyone else too. And since we're out of the diaper bag stage but not yet into the no-need-for-anything-extra-except-jackets stage a decent size bag is a must. Lastly, a scarf is a practical just in case addition as you never know who might need an extra layer. Of course I'll probably top all this off with an additional layer and it varies between a leather moto jacket and a cargo jacket.
So many friends have already begun to experience the magic and post photos and I can't wait to share similar majestic moments with my crew!
Have you ever been to Disneyland / DisneyWorld during the Holidays? How was it?
You're quite a Mommy. I don't live in southern California but I do live in California and I am tired of warm weather and will be glad when I can wear a coat.

Q: What do you get when you cross ancient four-legged creatures and a Scooby-Doo-style haunted park?
A: The ZiGong Dinosaur Museum!
Last weekend, as a part of my ongoing CLO outing series, I spent Saturday about three hours outside of Chengdu in a city known for its spicy food, its salt production and its dinosaurs. (What a combination!) I’d like to report that all three meshed together well, but although we did have spicy bullfrog for lunch, there was no dino meat to be had and spice made much more of an appearance at our table than did the salt.
For a year now, I’ve been hearing about how great the ZiGong Dinosaur Museum is and that I definitely needed to take a trek out there before leaving Sichuan. So, with such strong recommendations to back it up, I planned a Saturday event to go see what all the fuss was about. Our travel group included lots of kids, some of whom were dressed in head to toe dinosaur swag, ready to visit the heart of their obsessions.
The ZiGong museum is actually a highly rated center, as it holds the distinction of being one of only three dinosaur museums in the world to include a dig site. (The other two are Vernal, Utah and Alberta, Canada.) CNN rated the ZiGong Museum as one of the top ten dinosaur museums in the world, but I think whoever wrote the article did their research from a distance. The thing is, there are some amazing fossils at the site, which sits atop the Dashanpu dig area, including eighteen complete skeletons in a burial site and a huge number of partially intact remains. Plus, having the actual dig site as a part of the museum, where patrons can walk through the area and see the bones still in the ground is awesome.
But, the greatness can be easily overlooked by the other randomness around the fossils. For example, in the fossil hall where the dinosaurs have been recreated in diorama-type exhibits, an inordinate number of them showcase the carnivorous meals of the various creatures. (Yes, I know the killing and eating of other animals is a part of Simba’s Disney-taught “circle of life,” but I’m not sure it needs to be the focal point of so many exhibits! We get it! Dinosaurs ate one another!! At some point, I began to debate the possible merits of dinosaur meat vs. the bullfrog that showed up at lunch…) I had to laugh when I first walked into the hall because I was standing in the doorway, excitedly taking in the huge displays, when I looked straight up to see a dinosaur skeleton dangling from the mouth of another dinosaur, directly above my head. Eww! I also particularly liked the display that had a tiny (in comparison), quick-looking dinosaur speeding away from the one behind it that was baring giant teeth. The sign in front gave information about the time period that these creatures lived in, as well as details about their habits. It then ended with the words, “Speed is life.” Yes! For that little guy, speed is definitely life!
Wandering on from the various displays and digs, I was about ready to call it a day for my inaugural visit, but before I could make my way out of the building, I spotted the highlight of the trip- a dinosaur you could ride! That’s right! It was a rubberish-feeling, horse-sized dinosaur with a metal saddle mounted on its back. With a rickety wooden stepladder as leverage, I quickly clambered to the top for a photo-op to commemorate my fantastic journey through the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. Because really, what historical museum outing doesn’t end with a ride on a long-extinct giant reptile?
3) ZiGong Dinosaur Museum- See above!
But, the most important thing I learned on Saturday came from one of the younger members of our excursion. As we walked towards the main exhibit hall, through a series of hillsides covered in dinosaur statues, he scurried up behind his mom, exclaiming, “Mom, I need to stay in the middle of the herd, that way I won’t be eaten.” It’s brilliant advice from one so young- if you’re little, stick with the herd, for the young and weak are the most likely to become lunch. When I’m back in the classroom, this will be my new field trip rule- stick with the herd, or be eaten! Easy enough.
Fall. It’s a four-letter word in my book.
I know masses of people love fall more than anything, but I am not one of them. Yes, I can appreciate the beautiful colors of the leaves changing (although, in Chengdu the leaves just go from gray with a green undertone to gray with a brown undertone, so there is no rainbow of earth tones to stomp through here), and I get that some folks love the cooler weather (again, I’m a fan of a cozy hoodie- for about three days and then I am ready to go back to tank tops and shorts), but overall, fall is just not my thing.
Fall also means summer is over. I love summer. Even now, when I’m not teaching and don’t get the whole thing off. I love the when it is dark and still warm enough to sit on the deck at a restaurant. (Or, more fittingly for my current situation, on a plastic stool on the sidewalk.) I love getting an ice cream cone and going for a walk after dinner. And I love cute sundresses and sandals, neither of which is practical when I can see my breath in the morning air.
But, as much as fall is not one of my favorite things, this year, I’ve decided I’m going to enjoy every minute of it, as it will be my last fall for…well, who knows how long. For at least two years, in Kuala Lumpur, there will be no need to pack away the skirts and sandals, and then 2016 could bring anything from the bitter cold of Nuuk or Ulan Bator to more time on the equator in Antananarivo or Nairobi. With KL only a few months away, I’m contentiously avoiding sweater shopping online. Old Navy and Maurice’s send me tempting emails on a nearly daily basis, but I’ve been diligent about deleting them without opening their percentage upon percentage off deals.
To that end, I’m looking at all the great things fall in Chengdu has to offer. I’ve already ordered several new pairs of fun colored tights to brighten up the hazy days that have settled on our basin and this weekend I’ll make the dresser drawer transfer, moving my long-sleeved t-shirts and sweaters into the regular rotation and putting the summer clothes to rest in the spare bedroom. I’m guessing there is hotpot in my very near future and the fruity teas have reappeared on my desk at work.
Fall is here, but it is going to be okay. I’ll wait patiently for the fan-shaped leaves of the gingko trees to turn yellow; I’ll throw a big Halloween bash at the consulate and have my heart warmed by the adorable toddler costumes; and I’ll enjoy the coziness of snuggling up in a hoodie, fuzzy sock and a throw blanket to watch hours of Netflix in an attempt to avoid death by pollution.
Dream Girl is the first in what will be a series of books by S.J. Lomas. As is the case with many inaugural books, much like TV show pilots, this narrative is very character focused, building the back stories of the characters who will reoccur in the following books, creating a strong foundation for future narratives.
While character-focused books often go a bit slower than action-oriented ones, Dream Girl doesn’t get bogged down by the scaffolding needed to create a series. Right away, readers connect with Christine, our good-girl protagonist who is drawn to Gabriel, the darker, mysterious boy who is worth a bit of extra time. Not long after Christine meets Gabriel, through their part-time jobs at the local library, she experiences a terrifying incident where she is drawn into a dream world that she doesn’t understand and can’t break free of on her own. These jumps to another realm continue the more she gets involved with Gabriel, and it doesn’t take long for her to see that there is more to him than just a troubled young man.
Written with teenage girls in mind, the love story plot of the book is immediately obvious and soon twisted into a bit of a triangle, as the young man meant to help Gabriel and Christine break free from the danger of the dream world becomes an additional possible love interest for Christine. Up until this point, I was pretty onboard with the narrative, but the turn towards a Twilight-esque love triangle left me a bit disappointed. I’d like to give teenage girls a bit more credit- having a strong female protagonist doesn’t require her to be attached at all times. Even though Gabriel is a major player in the book, I’m not sure many teenage boys would stick with this book to the end; the romance plays a little too heavily.
Between work and travel, I’ve been terrible about posting book reviews lately, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been enduling at my normal rate; I’ve just been too busy (lazy) to do write up my thoughts on them. Recently, I’ve been reading a lot of YA literature again, missing my middle school roots. Skin and Bones by Sherry Shahan is one of those recent reads and is definitely different from its counterparts.
Shahan’s book focuses on teenage eating disorders, but earns it’s distinction in that the main character struggling with anorexia, is male- Jack (aka: Bones). His “sidekick” throughout the book is a boy on the opposite end of the eating spectrum, who has nicknamed himself Lard, as he says it is better to give yourself the nickname then let others dictate it. So often, young adult fiction that zeros in on the world of eating disorders focuses only on the anorexia/bulimia side of that world and within those boundaries, looks primarily at female sufferers. The fact that the two main characters are male is this book’s saving grace.
That is where my love of this book ends. There are just too many gaps in the storyline and too often I felt like I was missing a page of the book. For example, early in the book, just after Jack checks in to the eating disorder unit (EDU) at his local hospital, he attends a group therapy session, where everyone is given a writing assignment. After the session, he is invited to spend time with some of the other patients, but says he wants to go to his room to write. The next thing we know, he falls asleep and it is suddenly morning. The flow of the timeline is just off. As I read this section, I felt like I had skipped a page somehow. I even checked and rechecked the page numbers on my e-reader to make sure I hadn’t flipped too many at once. But no. There was no in between action.
There was one plot point that really caught my attention, and then only earned about four sentences of exploration. When Jack’s parents come to the family day held by the EDU, his mom makes a comment about having starved herself for a week to try to understand what Jack was dealing with. She then mentions how at first she was hungry, but as the week went on, she felt voices encouraging her to be strong and felt a bit of power at denying herself the food. This seems like it could be a fascinating look into the psychology of eating disorders, but it is quickly swept under the rug. Disappointing.
Skin and Bones takes place over the period of just a few weeks, which also makes the transformation of the main characters a little too convenient. People who really struggle with eating disorders don’t suddenly change all of their habits and thought process in such a short period of time. At times, the narrative seemed a little too convenient.
You can read the first entry by clicking here.
Once again, you bundled me up in a manila envelope to ship me around the world. While I love getting to visit ancient ruins, beautiful shorelines and see all the amazing sites the world has to offer, I do have to say that envelope-travel isn’t that fun. For a few weeks, all I see is a haze of brown and I get jiggled all over the place. Sometimes I even feel like I am flying! Do you think the mailman throws my envelope? But, in the end, the less than stellar travel is worth it so that I can help you learn about lots of cool places.
This round of travel was centered in southern Europe. I started my travels in Rome, where I am afraid I missed the whole first day of touring, as my guide forgot me in her carry-on, so I spent the day resting up at the hotel so that I’d have lots of energy the following day.
Once I finally made it out of the hotel, I got to see some spectacular sights, including the Vatican City, where I discovered that the guards wear some awesome yellow and blue pants that look like they are made of ribbons. I wonder if we should start wearing those in American. It is a pretty fun look! (It’s a good thing they had big spears with them, otherwise I don’t think they would have made for very scary guards.) At the Vatican, I also got to walk through the huge museum system and then visit the enormous St. Peter’s Basilica. The church is so huge that when I was inside, I felt like I was the size of an ant!
A trip to Rome wouldn’t be complete without visiting the ancient sites as well, so I next asked my guide to take me to the Roman Forum and Coliseum. I had to fight my way into the Colisuem! As you can see, I was stopped by some gladiators who wanted a battle; they had full outfits of armor and giant swords. But, luckily, I convinced them that I was just Flat Hailey, on an adventure to see the world, so they let me pass. Thank goodness!
Next up on my travel agenda was to head south: Pompeii and the Amalfi Coast. I was fascinated with the ruins at Pompeii. It is amazing how big the volcano, Mount Vesuvius is. And, it sits so close to the city! I think I would be a little afraid to live there. But, it is a beautiful mountain and easy to see why it’s eruption caused such a problem all those centuries ago. After walking around the ruins in the hot sun all morning, I thought lunch and some relaxing at the beach was a good way to spend the afternoon. Lots of pasta later, I strolled along the pebbly seashore, taking in the sunshine and blue skies. Beautiful!
My guides spent a day out at Pisa, which I went along for, but because it was raining, I decided to stay on the bus. Because absolutely no bags are allowed inside the Leaning Tower of Pisa (including purses!), they were worried I’d get ruined in the rain. I’m sad to have missed the tower, but glad I’m in one piece to continue my travels.
Italy was great, but it wasn’t the last stop on my tour of southern Europe. With Rome, Pompeii and Florence under my belt, it was off to Athens, Greece. I only had a couple of days in the capital city, but I loved getting to see the Temple of Zeus and the Acropolis. I even got to sit in the exact seats were Greek comedies and tragedies were acted out. Amazing! One thing I learned while in Athens was that all of those white, marble statues of the gods and goddesses that we see in photographs were actually painted in bright colors! Whenever we see them, they are a gleaming white, but hundreds of years ago they were fully colored. I loved seeing the recreations of what they would have looked like when they were created.
But alas, all good things must come to an end and that includes my little vacation. I’m now back in Chengdu, getting my envelope packed to come back to Idaho to tell you more of my travel tales. I’ll be in the mail on Wednesday, so expect me home the first week of November. I can’t wait to see you soon, Hailey! Thank you again for sending me off to see the world. I love it, but I will always come back to you.
To begin with, I’d like to dedicate this blog post to the woman sitting in row 09, seat C on the KLM flight from Athens to Amsterdam last week. Without her sharing her lovely germs with me, I’d be at work doing my CLO thing, rather than curled up in my pajamas, under a blanket, on my couch, coughing up a lung. I’d suggest raising a toast to her, but considering this is the same woman who waited all of five minutes after takeoff before opening her purse and hauling out multiple travel-size shampoo bottles filled with alcohol and lined them up on her lap tray, I’d say less drinking in her name would be for the best.
I like Argentinians. My brother spent two years in Argentina, and for the most part, they treated him well. When we went to visit, we enjoyed dinner with a lovely Argentinian family in their humble abode and felt welcomed by all of his friends. (I’m serious when I say humble. This home was made of construction site quality plastic wrap. As we sat on benches eating our meal with the family, a litter of adorable puppies crawled in and out of the house, between the plastic and the dirt ground.) I hadn’t yet met an Argentinian I didn’t like…until Daniel.
From the time I was in middle school, I’ve loved tales of Pompeii and have always been fascinated by what it must have been like to see Mount Vesuvius erupt, so needless to say, I was especially excited for our daytrip out of Rome to see the mountain and visit the ruins. Nothing could dampen my giddiness at walking through history that morning. Or so I thought. Then, I met the chaos that is Daniel from Argentina.
Thad and I were part of a three-person tour group. Daniel was our third. Daniel spoke very little English, but it was no problem, as our tour guide spoke both English and Spanish, but I should have known it was going to be a long day when the van hadn’t even pulled away from the hotel before Daniel was complaining. His first (of many!) complaints for the day was about the headrest of the seat in front of him. Apparently, it was too high and he couldn’t see out the front window well, but then when Roberta, our tour guide, tried to take it off, he hollered at her to stop because she was going to break it.
But whatever…it was early. I figured this odd duck of a companion was just not an early bird.
Things did not get better. Throughout the morning, whenever Roberta would turn to give us some information about an area we were passing or just to make a passing comment, Daniel would immediately demand that she translate everything she just said into Spanish. Which, to her credit, she was doing with the cultural and historical facts, but if I asked about a restroom, that hardly needed translated for everyone! Daniel was terrified of missing out on something, even something as mundane as asking about a road sign we passed.
Once we reached Pompeii, Roberta handed us off to Hector at the site of the ruins. Hector was this amazing older man who spoke a handful of languages and had served as a guide to Pompeii for twenty years. We quickly bought our tickets and headed up the steep stone path to the entrance of the ancient city. Before we had even made it to the top, Daniel stopped Hector to complain about the language issue. We had not been at the site for more than ten minute and Daniel was yelling (not an exaggeration!) at Hector, saying he had paid for this tour and expected it to be in Spanish. He went off about how Hector was talking to us for four minutes in English and him for only two in Spanish, so he thought he was being ripped off. I felt a bit like we were watching the eruption of the volcano that lurked just a few miles from where we stood. It got awkward!
Finally, Thad had me tell Hector to just do the tour in Spanish and then I translated the gist for Thad. (I must admit, I learned some great new Spanish vocabulary about volcanoes and Pompeii!) Hector would still jump back and forth between languages, but with me helping to translate, it took a lot of pressure of him because Daniel was just a jerk.
The, as Hector was doing his best to make Daniel happy, Daniel spent the bulk of his morning hitting on our main guide, Roberta. He kept regaling her with stories of other places he had been and forcing her to scan through hundreds of pictures on his iPad- all while we wandered the remains of Pompeii! Several times, Hector had to holler at Daniel to get his attention, like a parent would do to a misbehaving child. Again, awkward!
*Forcing the driver to stop multiple times along the narrow road that runs along the Amalfi Coast. Daniel insisted on getting the perfect iPad photo, regardless of the safety of the driver, guide or himself. Several astoundingly beautiful photo-ops were declared “ugly” and we would have to wind up the mountain a few more curves and try again. Ridiculous.
*Constantly hitting on Roberta, our guide, who was a good twenty years younger than him. The woman was as graceful as possible in the situation, but Daniel was just not getting a clue. At one point, he expressed interest in not returning to Rome for the night, but rather staying in Pompeii to hike Mount Vesuvius the following day. Roberta and I jumped on board with that one right away, telling him what a great idea it would be. I was doing it to get a quiet ride home. She was doing it to avoid another date proposal.
*And my favorite of the day: Daniel announcing that the worst part of Argentina is the Argentinians. At this point, I thought I must have totally misunderstood our conversation earlier about where we each were from, because he went off on how Dominicans are so much better than Argentinians. I finally leaned over and asked, “But, aren’t you from Argentina?” And yup, sure enough, he’s from Buenos Aires.
Our day with Daniel was more than a little annoying, as he really was a terrible human being, but it looked up when he finally decided he *would* stay in Pompeii to hike the mountain the next day. With no efforts to change his mind, Roberta quickly found him a hotel for the night and we dropped him off before he could questions the decision, making our three hour trip back to Rome much more pleasant than it would have been otherwise.
So no, Daniel, Argentinians are not the worst part of Argentina. You are. Go back there. Stay there. Your behavior is an embarrassment to your beautiful country.

In our class “After the Fight”, we delve into subjects other schools rarely talk about. In fights of squad size and higher, the team must be well trained in immediate action after the shooting stops. Many actions will need to be immediately implemented including posting security, treatment of wounded/recovery of dead, dealing with prisoners, ACE reports, etc. We will cover all of the aspects of what needs to be done following an engagement.
In our class “After the Fight”, we delve into subjects other schools rarely talk about. In fights of squad size and higher, the team must be well trained in immediate action after the shooting stops. Many actions will need to be immediately implemented including posting security, treatment of wounded/recovery of dead, dealing with prisoners, ACE reports, etc. We will cover all of the aspects of what needs to be done following an engagement. This is must have knowledge for the serious student in advanced firearms training. You’ve no doubt learned from taking classes that we fall back to our training in stressful incidents. The same is true AFTER and not just DURING a gunfight. A well trained, cohesive unit will immediately switch from “engagement” to “after engagement management” without missing a step. This obviously is only possible with solid leadership, a well trained team and repetitive training.We start with training in each subject that must be covered such as security, are there wounded (friendly/ enemy), are their dead (friendly/enemy), intel gathering, threat of counter attack, ACE reports, etc. Once all aspects have been covered we start with live fire rehearsals with a heavy emphasis on actions after that last round is fired. We work out the kinks of the team and end the course with scenarios involving live fire drills and after engagement management. This is a must have course for the serious team that consistently trains together or the individuals tasked within their team to learn exactly this style course.


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There were two twins. One of them was sleeping 8 hours a day, and the other one was sleeping 6 hours a day, every day.
They were living like this until they turned 72 years old.
How many years did each of them spend sleeping?
Answer: 24 and 18 years.
The first one was sleeping 8 hours a day, so he was sleeping 1/3 of his life, so in total he was sleeping 72/3 = 24 years.
The second one was sleeping 6 hours a day, so he was sleeping 1/4 of his life, so in total he was sleeping 72/4 = 18 years.
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These are some more photos that I took yesterday in the first day of the storm. Although the waves haven’t been so high today, they have still been a bit wallopy. The photos have all been adjusted so you can see them. I took them from my balcony. Well, my balcony doors were open, but my camera was on its tripod in the kitchen.
I can’t believe I caught these. A lorry went past barely a second or two before this.
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That’s quite a storm you’ve captured Al!
LOL Thanks John 🙂 And it is so still today. At the moment anyway. It is due to pick up again later. So I am going out now.
And it is still raining…… great pictures!
You are right, still I try for a quiet weekend. Wishing you a happy Friday!
I was going to ask you if the phoitos were off the storm that is currently hitting Britain then read in the comments that it is. Things sound very scary over there. I have family in Cork city Ireland and the city is currently being sandbagged. I hope you are all safe and that the weather settles soon.
Awesome pics too, really do demonstrate the power of nature.
Over here half the state of Victoria, Australia is threatened with bush fire. Many people across the state are warned to evacuate right now. I am in no danger where I currently live but am listening to the radio and hearing announcements about towns and even streets near where I lived about 5 years ago. My heart goes out to every one there.
SCARY!!! I would love a balcony!
Magnificent. What body of water is this? Is that a dumb question?

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The children of the labourers came back in the schoolbus to the dusty, grey shacks in the quarry where they are living. I waited for them, and started the children’s club in the shadow of the only tree. When the children’s club ends, most fathers return from their work. Then I continued with a Bible study geared towards the adults. I only had one hour between the return of the men and the moment they would be drunk again.
But it was mainly the women who came and listened. They had very little in their dreary lives, and this seemed to offer a glimmer of hope. But in the course of time one by one they disappeared. One found another man and left her family. One came to the church once, but never returned. One was disappointed God did not cure her AIDS. In the end only one became a member of the church. For a while the light of the Gospel seemed to break through in the darkness of this factory. But the people loved the darkness more than the light. That was the end of one of the few openings I ever had in the great mission field of Bangkok’s factories.
A few million Isaan moved to Bangkok and surrounding provinces for work. Most of them hold manual jobs. In many factories, the majority of the workers comes from Isaan. Because they make long hours and do not have time off on Sundays, factory workers are not often reached with the Gospel.We would love to find people who think of creative ways to start Bible study groups in factories or in the apartments of the workers.
As Isaan labourers become Christians in Bangkok, a link can be made with the ministry in Isaan itself. In that way the relatives of the new believers may be reached with the Gospel as well.

Why Does Your Tooth Hurt When You Walk?
A typical toothache can throb for hours on end with no relief, but what does it mean when one of your teeth hurts only when you walk, run or jump? Although these painful jolts can be worrisome, and you should always consult with your dentist, they may not indicate a problem with your tooth at all. These are four possible causes behind your walking toothache and how to help relieve the pain.
Whenever your tooth hurts for no obvious reason, your first suspicion should be an infection inside the tooth's pulp. The bacteria living within your mouth will take any opportunity to worm their way through your tooth enamel and eat away at its sensitive core. This damages the nerve, leading to pain whenever that nerve is irritated. During the early stages of a cavity, you might only notice the pain while you walk or engage in other physical activity. Cavities grow progressively worse with time and may need root canal surgery to correct, which is why you should visit your dentist as soon as you notice any tooth pain.
If your upper back molars hurt while you walk, there is a good chance that it is simply the result of sinus pressure. Sinus cavities sit directly over your upper molars, often resting against the roots of your teeth. While suffering from a sinus infection, allergies or an illness, the sinus cavities swell up and apply force to those sensitive root nerves, leading to pain for one or two weeks after you get sick. Physical activity not only pushes your tooth's nerve into those sinus cavities, but it also stimulates your sinuses to produce even more phlegm, making the problem more apparent.
A toothache while walking suggests an issue with your tooth or its surrounding area, but there is a chance that your spine could be causing all of the trouble instead. The relationship between your teeth, jaw muscles and spinal column is a complex one, and an aching sciatic nerve can be felt in many surprising places, such as within your teeth. If you experience other symptoms of sciatica like lower back pain or difficulty walking, consult with your dentist for possible solutions to take that pressure off your tooth.
Not everyone needs to worry about wisdom teeth, but many people have jaws that are simply too compact to handle another set of molars. Once your wisdom teeth start to come in, they can cause inflammation and crowding that only registers during physical activity. This pain will grow more pronounced until your wisdom teeth are removed, so don't hesitate to schedule a dental examination and have them taken out.
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The organizations of St. Titus Parish are the embodiment of our parish community. They are where people learn and teach, get help and give help, and demonstrate their faith as active members of the community.
You are invited to join with the individuals of these organizations in helping make our Parish community a better place to worship and find fellowship. To find out more about any of these organizations, see the list below for names and numbers you can contact.
On May 1, 1850, the first conference of Christian Mothers was held in Lille, France, the society found its way into America in 1881.The purpose of this organization is to uphold the dignity and responsibility of women as wives and mothers, aunts, godmother etc. and to assist women in the Christian formation their minds and hearts. CCM and WG is under the special patronage of the "Mother of Sorrows"
What is the goal of Our Confraternity?
in practicing our Catholic virtue. By Catholic instruction at regular meetings, we strive to encourage and show our members the importance of being a Catholic woman and to inflame them with zeal for their faith. Our aim is to show our members a way of attaining not only their own sanctification and that of their families, and friends, and to help them to become useful members of society ensuring their temporal and especially their eternal welfare.
The Confraternity of Christian Mothers and Women’s Guild here at St Titus preforms many acts of charity in and around the parish. We hold a monthly canned food drive, collect cancelled stamp and old cell phones, as well as prepare dinner once a year for the poor and lonely though Manna Soup Kitchen. We contribute to various organizations, such as Girls Hope in Baden. We send cards to veterans at local VA hospitals, provide gifts for the residents at area nursing homes and so much more!
All meetings for 2018 will be held the first Sunday of every month.
The Holy Name Society inspires people to begin or grow their personal relationship with Jesus through awareness, reverence and devotion to the Most Holy Name of God and Jesus.
Disciples of the Holy Name Pray, Learn, Unite and Serve in Jesus' Name: "Holy Name PLUS."
Promote devotion to and respect for the most Holy Names of God and Jesus.
Encourages frequent reception of the Sacraments of Confession and Holy Eucharist.
Promotes daily Mass attendance, prayer and spiritual reading.
Participates and sponsors Eucharistic and Marian Processions and Vigils.
Sponsors, coordinates and participates in spiritual conferences, weekend retreats and days of recollection.
Visits the sick and the dying.
Helps the aged and handicapped.
Provides financial support for Seminarians and Catholic Education Students.
Sponsors converts to the Catholic Faith (RCIA).
Encourages Stewardship during parish and diocesan fund raising drives.
Responds to requests from the Archbishop/Bishop.
Serves on Parish Councils and as Parish Trustees.
Coordinates and supports Parish Youth Activities.
St. Titus HNS meets every second Sunday of the month after the 10:00 a.m Mass in Titan Hall.
Change in Scheduled meetings during the summer months: Formal meetings for HNS are suspended during the summer months of June, July, and August.
However, St Titus HNS will still attend the 10:00am Mass as a group on the 2nd Sunday of the above mentioned months as well as praying the rosary and Holy Name prayers before Mass at 9:20 AM. Meetings will resume on Sunday, September 9th, 2018 after the 10:00 AM Mass and will continue on every 2nd Sunday of the month thru MAY 2019.
The St. Titus CMF, is a chapter of the Catholic Men's Fellowship of Pittsburgh, a "lay apostolate". Responding to the call made by John Paul II, and now Pope Benedict XVI for a new evangelization, particularly the reinvigoration of faith among Catholics.
The Catholic Men’s Fellowship invites all the men of St. Titus to join us every Saturday, from 9:00-10:00 a.m., so that we can be formed by Christ and his Church to meet the challenges we face every day.
If you have any questions or would like to join please contact Pete at petemas@comcast.net or Bill at Yuhacarbill@msn.com.
Since the early days, St Titus has sponsored a Conference of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. Through this Conference we perform Corporal Works of Mercy by feeding and clothing those in need. Volunteers make home visits in our area and assess needs for furniture, clothing, household goods, food, rent, or utility payments. Several times a year we distribute food baskets to 25 to 30 needy families in our area. If the client wishes, we may pray together or leave inspirational material.
How You Can Help: If you feel an attraction to the Society and its ministry, the reward will be a joyful deepening of your spiritual life.

The players from the 2015 NBA Draft are surprising fans and card collectors as not only are there more with superstar potential than expected but they are producing at a high level already. Kristaps Porzingis, Devin Booker and Myles Turner are just some of the rookies who but Karl-Anthony Towns rookie cards may wind up as the best of this year’s class. While D’Angelo Russell, Emmanuel Mudiay and Porzingis received a lot of attention early on, Towns became a consistent force in the middle for the the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Like Tim Duncan, Towns is a center with all the fundamental skills. At the All-Star break of his first season, he led all rookies in rebounding– the only first-year player with at least 10 per game.
Towns’ first NBA cards were in the 2015-16 Hoops issue. His first autograph was in the Hot Signatures insert (#HS-KAT). Towns also appears in the Kobe’s All-Rookie Team insert set.
While very early into his career, when the big card releases have yet to appear like Flawless and National Treasures, several Towns cards have sold for over $1,000. As of this writing, Towns’ top sellers have been a Totally Certified Holo Blue 1/1 Jumbo Patch that sold for $1299, a Totally Certified Rookie Auto Gold that also soared well past $1,000 and a couple of Prizm Gold (non-auto) which sold pushed into the $1,000 area. Panini Contenders autos showing him in his college uniform are among the other early higher end cards on the market.
Other sets with lower-priced Towns rookies include Complete, Prestige and Prizm. The 2015-16 Prizm release has an extensive parallel card set to collect, and if someone was able to find the 1 of 1 Black card they could assemble fifteen versions of the same Towns card Totally Certified is also filled with Towns parallels to collect. 2015-16 Panini Court Kings features Towns cards with artistic designs.
A player that collectors can use as a guide to possible prices for Towns cards is Anthony Davis, another Kentucky center who went at the top of a draft. Towns is statistically having a much better rookie season than The Brow did for New Orleans a few years back. Many Davis rookie year cards go for over $2,000 so Towns cards in premium products, as well as other low-numbered cards, will likely reach lofty figures. The card that many will consider to be the must-have Towns rookie card is the National Treasures RPA, Rookie Patch Autographs. The numbered base cards and parallels in NT will be ones to watch.
You can check out his current ‘most watched’ cards via the live list below.
Minnesota has been a magnet for young stars, going back to Kevin Garnett, who has come full circle with the Timberwolves. Playing alongside last year’s top pick, Andrew Wiggins along with slam dunk champ Zach LaVine will keep the national spotlight on the small market T-Wolves.
He entered the NBA, after only one year of college, with all the skills and also a mindset to put in maximum effort.
For the next decade—or maybe two—it’s a good bet we’re going to hear a lot more about Karl-Anthony Towns rookie cards, especially if the T-Wolves can build a perennial contender. Based on the growing interest, it appears KAT is definitely out of the bag.
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2015-16 Panini Luxe Karl Anthony Towns Rookie 4 Color Patch Autograph RPA # /25.
PSA 9 Auto Karl Anthony Towns 2017-18 Panini Immaculate ShadowBox POP 1!
KARL ANTHONY TOWNS 2017-18 Crown Royale SP AUTO. Timberwolves! 10/10!
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Thich Nhat Hanh teaches us that we all have the seeds of compassion and the seeds of cruelty within us. We aren’t born kind or cruel but rather have natural proclivities towards both ways of being. What matters is which seeds we choose to water, or in psychological terms what matters is where we put the balance of our psychic energy. When we frequently water the seeds of cruelty those seeds grow and thrive, leaving little room for other types of plants in our gardens. When we frequently water the seeds of compassion those seeds grow and thrive, leaving little room for other types of plants in our gardens.
But as much as we obsess over individualism in the West, as much as we like to think of ourselves as freethinking, rational, separate entities in charge of our own unique destinies, we are products of our environments and societal conditions tend to pull out the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors necessary to support and strengthen those societal conditions. When we go against the grain, when we swim against the current, when we start thinking, feeling, or acting in ways that contrast sharply with given norms and values we risk being ostracized, we risk being cut off from our fellows.
But most of this occurs unconsciously anyway. At bottom most people don’t question the specific conditions of their existence but rather take those conditions to be self-evident, to be indicative of the way things are and should be in the world. We can think of all human conquest as the incessant psychological need to force the boundaries of narcissism outwards so that more and more of the external world aligns with the inner subjective experience, which validates that subjective experience as true and real, as it were.
Our point here is that in general, although there are always many individual exceptions of course, a culture in which compassion is ‘in the air’ will produce more compassionate people, it will pull out compassionate thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, even from those who were headed down the path of cruelty. And a culture in which cruelty is ‘in the air’ will produce more cruel people, it will pull out cruel thoughts, feeling, and behaviors, even from those who were headed down the path of compassion. We can almost think of the cultural milieu as a giant gardener who stands above the masses and waters certain chosen plants while weeding out others.
All we need do to confirm the above is look at the rise of hatred and cruelty in our own times, look at the increasing meanness, vulgarity, and divisiveness, and ponder how this change is affecting the state of our own psyches. For most of us the slow but steady effect is increased callousness, it’s the inability to generate compassion for those we see as the perpetrators of injustice. It’s secret fantasies of wrongdoers getting what’s coming to them. It’s a whole lot more hostility and anger to carry around with us than if environmental conditions were focused on peace, inclusion, brotherhood and sisterhood. And this hostility and anger takes a tremendous toll on our own psyches, on the health of our relationships, on our chosen projects, on how we are in the world.
What this all comes down to is that if we’re interested in being our best Selves we’ve got to take charge of our own gardens. This is especially true when societal conditions are less than ideal since we don’t receive the unconscious assist from the giant gardner and are in fact unconsciously compelled to move precisely in the other direction, towards becoming a part of and in fact supporting cruel conditions by adding our own cruel thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to the mix. We can’t fight cruelty with cruelty just like we can’t fight fire with fire. ‘Sometimes you’ve got to fight fire with fire’ is one of the most misguided sayings ever. We all know adding more fire to a fire only increases the strength and power of that fire. We fight cruelty with compassion, just like we fight fire with water. And we can’t be our best Selves when we allow ourselves to sink down to the depths of cruelty and meanness that our adversaries use as weapons. Be aware of and call out that cruelty and meanness? Yes. But meet it with cruelty and meanness? Not if we want to protect our own mental health and well-being, not if we want to protect the sanctity of our own destinies, and not if we want a more compassionate world.

Rumour has it Anna Wintour has permitted Kim Kardashian to attend this year's Met Ball as a guest of her boyfriend Kanye West, who is performing at the event.
It won't come as a surprise that Anna Wintour doesn't suffer fools, especially when they are famous for a homemade blue movie and come from a family in which every female is inexplicably initialled with a double K. No prizes for guessing who that is.
Wintour has reportedly been vocal about her dislike for Kim Kardashian, saying that the reality star would score a Vogue cover "over her dead body", snubbing her at Paris Fashion Week, and supposedly banning her from last year's Met Ball, despite the fact her boyfriend, Kanye West, was attending as a star guest.
Thank you for the effort you have made in creating this blog, better shared information that's also one of the values of democracy ... if I can do anything to help this site I'd be happy .. Good luck!

Loebsack was first elected to Congress in 2006, when he defeated Jim Leach, a Republican who had served in the House of Representatives since 1977.
Loebsack was an underdog when he entered his race against Leach. No Democrat in the 2nd District collected enough signatures on a nominating petition to appear on the ballot in 2006, so Loebsack was selected during a special Democratic nominating convention. Loebsack went on to beat Leach, a 15-term incumbent, 51-49 in the general election.
In his statement, the 66-year-old Loebsack did not say what his post-congressional plans are.
Thanks for all your good work, Dave! I also appreciate your decision to retire from the House at this point and offer your wisdom in other ways. And, I hope, to just enjoy some measure of retirement, which is truly wonderful. Here’s to our district’s continued commitment to governing for the common good!
Good riddance! Oilman Dave has hurt us by being so pro-pipeline!


Sam found 35.0 seashells on the beach. Joan found 18.0 seashells. How many seashells did they have all together? Answer:

Joe’s code has 20 bugs. If Joe fixes 2 bugs per hour for 8 hours, how many bugs does Joe’s code have now? Answer: 27.

The cakes change each month. Cake 1 has been made in August, Cake 2 in June, and Cake 3 in May. In what month has Cake 4 been made?
Answer:April. The number of chocolate lines on the cakes indicates the month.

Josh sold 465 bottles of apple cider and 605 bottles of wine. He made $10,050 altogether. If he sold 465 bottles of apple cider and only 586 bottles of wine, he would make just $9,822. How much did the 605 bottles of wine sell for?

If a farmer buys chicken feed for £4 per tonne, pig feed for £3 per tonne and cattle feed for 40p per tonne. How much of each would he have if he had 100 tonnes for £100?
Answer: 8 tonnes of chicken feed, 12 tonnes of pig feed and 80 tonnes of cattle feed.

There are five frogs sitting on a log over a stream. Four of the frogs decided to jump into the stream. How many frogs are left sitting on the log?
Answer: Five! Deciding to do something is not necessarily actually doing it.
Moral of the story? Don’t analyse a task to death or procrastinate; just do it!

1. Where do frogs usually live in the hot season?
Answer: Buried at the bottom of ponds.

When is it spring in the Southern hemisphere?
When is it spring in the Southern hemisphere?
Question: When is it spring in the Southern hemisphere?
Answer: From September to December.

John is three times younger than his father, but two times older than his brother Jim. How old is John if Jim is 40 years younger than his father?
Answer: John is 16 years old.
Let X be John’s age, F be father’s age, and J be Jim’s age. Then, 3X=F, X/2 =J, and J+40=F. Solving this system of three equations for X, we get X=16.
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Question: A hobo picks up cigarette butts from the ground and can make a cigarette with 4 butts. If he finds 16 cigarette butts, how many cigarettes can he make?
Answer: 5. He makes 4 cigarettes with the 16 butts. Then he smokes them and has 4 more butts to make another cigarette.

How many grams of NH3 can be produced from 10.4 g of H2?
Answer: 58.99 grams of NH3.
4. Find the ratio of de Broglie wavelength in first and third excited state of H atom.
5. Arrange H+, D+, He2+ and He+ in descending order of their e/m ratios.
6. Number of waves made by Bohr’s electron in one complete revolution in 3rd orbit is?

When were calories first discovered and when did people start caring about them?
Answer: Calories were discovered in the 1800s. Small calories are a measurement of heat and large calories are a measurement of food.

Example: For Nora's birthday, her mom bought a cake. Nora's mom made 6 equal pieces of the cake and Nora ate 2 of the pieces. What fraction of the cake did Nora eat?
Answer: Nora ate 2 out of 6 pieces. Therefore, she ate 2/6 fraction of the cake.
Q 1: Sam brought 7 pencils to school in September. In June he had two left. What fraction of his pencils did he have left in June?
Q 2: Sam brought 7 pencils to school in September. In June he had two left. What fraction of his pencils did he use up during the school year?
Q 3: An apple is cut into four pieces. One piece has a worm so you throw it away. What fraction of the apple is left.
Q 4: Emily has 8 favorite books. Four of them are Harry Potter books. What fraction of them are Harry Potter books?
Q 5: Anna has 8 dolls. Three of them are Barbie dolls. What fraction of the dolls are Barbie dolls?
Q 6: There are six math problems on the board. Jamie gets 5 of them correct. What fraction of the problems did she get correct?

A man was lying in the middle of the desert dead, with a ring on his finger. There was no wounds on the victim. How did the man die?
Answer: The man died by not pulling the parachute ring soon enough so he fell to his death.

It is 37.7 miles according to Google Maps.
How far is Santa Barbara California from Oxnard California?
Answer: Santa Barbara is about a 45-50 minute drive from Oxnard.

5. Out of the remaining 22 nomads, 50% were men.
Can you tell the total number of members in the group and the number of males?
Answer: There were a total of fifty nomads in the group out of which 29 were male.

Question: There are these polar bears. And one day they decide to go fishing. So they go out on the ice, they cut a hole, and they sit around it. They catch 2 Karp and 7 Blue Gill. They say, that was some good fishing. Let's roll the dice. They role a 4 and a 3. How many polar bears were there?
Answer: Look at a die. If the "polar bears" cut a hole in the ice, it would be in the center. Every mark around the center represents a polar bear. So if they roll a 4 and a 3, there are six total marks around the center. A mark in the center does not count.

You bike 12 miles/hour for five hours. How far have you biked?
You are pedaling your bike up a hill. Each time you pedal, you go 6 feet forward, but also roll 2 feet backwards. How many times will you have to pedal before you travel 24 feet up the hill?
If there have 28 bike wheels, and you put them into equal piles of 4, how many wheels would be in each pile?

Question: Miss Mary's father had 4 kids: Joseph, John, and Jordan. What was the 4th kid's name?
Answer: The 4th kid is Miss Mary.

Machine A, operating alone at its constant rate, produces 500 feet of a particular fiber in 2 hours. Machine B, operating alone at its constant rate, produces 500 feet of the same fiber in 3 hours. Machine C, operating alone at its constant rate, produces 500 feet of the same fiber in 6 hours. How many hours will it take machines A, B, and C, operating together at their respective constant rates, to produce 1,000 feet of the fiber?
Machine A, operating alone at its constant rate, produces 500 feet of a particular fiber in 2 hours. Machine B, operating alone at its constant rate, produces 500 feet of the same fiber in 3 hours. Machine C, operating alone at its constant rate, produces 500 feet of the same fiber in 6 hours. How many hours will it take machines A, B, and C, operating together at their respective constant rates, to produce 1,000 feet of the fiber?
Lets find per hour work ..
Machine A, operating alone at its constant rate, produces 500 feet of a particular fiber in 2 hours. Machine B, operating alone at its constant rate, produces 500 feet of the same fiber in 3 hours. Machine C, operating alone at its constant rate, produces 500 feet of the same fiber in 6 hours. How many hours will it take machines A, B, and C, operating together at their respective constant rates, to produce 1,000 feet of the fiber?
Machine A, operating alone at its constant rate, produces 500 feet of a particular fiber in 2 hours. Machine B, operating alone at its constant rate, produces 500 feet of the same fiber in 3 hours. Machine C, operating alone at its constant rate, produces 500 feet of the same fiber in 6 hours. How many hours will it take machines A, B, and C, operating together at their respective constant rates, to produce 1,000 feet of the fiber?

How many apples do Jim and Wanda each have ?
Jim and Wanda both have some apples.
they will both have the same number of apples.
Jim will have twice as many as Wanda.
How many apples do Jim and Wanda each have ?


Mike has 87.0 baseball cards.  Sam gave Mike 13.0 more baseball cards.  How many baseball cards does Mike have now? Answer:

Chris Tanzillo has met most of his goals in his two years at Merced College, but two glaring holes remain in his Blue Devils' resume.
The water polo star has never qualified for the state tournament and the MC sophomores are a collective 0-7 against Cabrillo College in the last two years.
Both can be rectified as the Blue Devils host this weekend's NorCal tournament.
MC is the sixth seed in the tournament and will open up Friday afternoon against No. 3 Cabrillo.
"We couldn't have asked for a more perfect first-round match."
The Blue Devils have faced Cabrillo three times this season, dropping all three by a total of seven goals.
MC lost 10-7 in overtime at the end of October and then dropped a bitter match 8-7 last week in the Coast Conference tournament.
"We had two chances in the final seconds of the game and just couldn't get the ball in," Tanzillo said. "We need to take care of business this time."
The winner of the matchup face No. 2 Diablo Valley in the second round.
The winner of that game will play for the NorCal title, the loser will play for third place.
The Blue Devils basically need two wins to make that state tournament, with the key being making it to Saturday.
"I like our chances," Tanzillo said. "The team really came together last weekend and we play so much better in our own pool than anywhere else."
Bill Russell isn't a man easily impressed, but he had to admit he was pleased with his men's basketball team's start to the season.
After falling to Foothill 71-60 in the opening round of the San Jose City Tournament last weekend, Russell's young team ran off consecutive victories to win the consolation title.
Sophomore Lavell Shipman led the Blue Devils with 16.3 points per game and freshmen Logan Wiens and John Lowe each chipped in 10.3.
A scheduling conflict with the Lassen College women's basketball team left MC coach Allen Huddleston with a hole to fill for the Lady Devils Coca-Cola Tournament, which gets underway today.
Knowing most teams would already have their schedules set with about a month to go before the start of the season, Huddleston turned to some of his former players to help fill the void.
The Blue Devils will open the tournament tonight against a club team comprised of former MC stars like Maria Garcia, Rachel Martinez, Lakeya Sears and many more.

How might your mail be arriving in the future?
How might your mail be arriving in the future?
Answer: in a self-driving mail truck.
But don’t worry, there will still be a person in the truck for your dog to bark their head off at.
The United States Postal Service (USPS) released a report last week stating that the agency plans to integrate self-driving tech into its fleet of 228,000 vehicles. In partnership with the University of Michigan, USPS plans to build an Autonomous Rural Delivery Vehicle and start using it on 28,000 rural routes as early as 2025.

Q: How many corrugated boxes are in each case of $244.13?
A: 50 wine boxes come to a case. These make a beautiful gift!

Rose and John each had 2 K's.
RJ had 1 K and 3 HR in his rookie debut. Karen had 3 K's.
This was the only game of the day.

Getting WA in ATM, can someone help?
The problem statement states that the account (y) should have enough money for both the transaction amount x and bank charges 0.5. i.e. x+ 0.5 >= previous balance(y) in bank. As you are checking only in the cases when x > y, you will give wrong (actually negative ) answer (-0.2) for the case x=10 and y=10.3. This satisfies x>y but x+0.5 is not greater than 10.3.

Dave is selling parachutes to airlines. Jeff is sucking in whey protein. Mike is making an instrumental karaoke bar. The Nation is always there when you need them. This week's closing tune is from Mai Khoi & the Dissidents!

Christians are supposed to be big hearted, kind and loving—right?
I’ve been a Christian for many years and the truth is, the longer I serve in ministry, the more I realize I need to guard my heart against becoming hard.
Like a police officer who sees crime and tragedy on a regular basis, he develops a way of dealing with the pain. This is a healthy and natural by-product of the job. Hey, it might even be a by-product of life. But if we don’t monitor things carefully, our hearts can become hard.
A hard heart isn’t an attractive attribute. In the Bible, we read that Pharaoh had it and the Pharisees specialized in it. And we’re all familiar with the Grinch, who’s known for having a heart two sizes too small. Not exactly the greatest company!
You no longer believe the best in people. Even when you first meet someone, you’re thinking what could go wrong rather than being open to learning about the person.
You find it difficult to celebrate and you don’t really cry.
Much of what’s supposed to be meaningful feels mechanical. This means work, personal relationships of family and friends.
Passion is rare. For anything.
Time in prayer is numb or nonexistent.
Your focus is on performance and patterns rather than people. People have certain predictable ways. Cynicism can develop when you only see symptoms and patterns rather than the people beneath them.
You stop looking for what’s good in people and situations. Life is full of trials and disappointments; and people are, well, people. It’s easy to slip into the trap of looking at the shortcomings and problems.
You over-protect a broken heart. People mess up. Trust is broken. Hopes are dashed. This is life. These things happen to us all. It’s easy to stop trusting and believing by building barriers that hurt cannot penetrate. The trouble is, not much else will penetrate either.
You accept a hardness of heart. Let’s face it, sometimes when we’re angry and/or hurt, we want to be that way. We don’t want to get over it.
It’s very simple, really. But what’s simple isn’t always easy. Give your hard heart to God.
I spend time in prayer, Bible reading and worship daily. You’d think this would prevent me from developing a hard heart. Well, that just isn’t the case. It wasn’t the case for Jonah, king David, or for many others, we read about in the Bible.
We’re human and we must guard our hearts (Proverbs 4:23.).
I remember realizing there was a disconnect in my prayer life. God brought to my attention an area of hardness towards someone I love. Let me stop here and say this: God is a good God, and only brings things like this to our attention to help, not condemn. Even still, I didn’t like it!
The hardness was causing separation between myself and God and was bleeding out into many areas of my life. It always does. So, after wrestling with God a lot on this issue, I finally cried out for His help.
Me: God forgive me. I know this isn’t working. I need a new heart like in Ezekiel 36:26, a clean heart like David (Psalm 51:10).
God: What would a new heart look like?
Me: Since it’s new, it wouldn’t have grudges and things that make it hard.
God: You cannot have a new heart and hold onto old grudges and attitudes. The truth is, you want it both ways. A new heart and old ways. I cannot do that for you. I make beautiful things that play together like harmonious music. What you’re asking for is discordant.
Me: Lord, what then? What can I do?
God: Oh child, give me those things. The grudges, the hurts, the anger.
Me: But God, if I give them to You, it’s like they never happened. It’s like saying it’s okay that I was hurt. It let’s those who hurt me off the hook. Also, I don’t want to get stepped on again!
God: What good are those things really doing you?
Me: (long pause) Those things are making me sick, bitter and keeping me from moving closer to You, God.
God: “I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart.”(Ezekiel 36:26) Daughter, you must be willing to give me your old heart. It’s an exchange. Give me the old heart with its grudges, stains, and attitudes. Then I’ll give you a new, clean heart. You’ll never find a better bargain.
When you recall the old ways, (and you will) I want you to visualize whatever it is, but behind it, I want you to see with the cross. It will be an exchange: your old way of handling the situation with mine. My way is the cross.
It will take conscious effort, but every time you do this, your heart will grow deeper roots in Me.
So, how’s your heart? Is this something you struggle with too?
Beckie — thanks for the share — like most people and or Christians I too acknowledge I have had a hard heart from time to time. Today’s society I think contributed to my feeling that way at times. It’s really no longer safe to help someone stranded along a road or help someone who might need help in fear of getting sued or assaulted. I have to adjust my compassion at times and soften my heart. I know God will take care of me but sometimes I lack the proper amoun of compassion because I let outside circumstances influence me. I work on it daily. Thanks for the post.
Del, I agree with you. It’s becoming more and more difficult to guard our hearts in today’s society. We must walk closely with the Lord to recognize when we are becoming hardened and cynical.
It is all too easy to allow our hearts to grow cold and hard. Only God can create a clean heart within us, as you’ve said here Beckie, but we absolutely have to turn it ALL over to Him.
Thanks, Martha. As you said, it’s a daily exercise of turning things over to Christ.
Angela, the thing with a hard heart is, it happens little by little. It’s so important to stay close to the Lord to recognize the signs. You brought up a valid point about those who have a background of abuse. Out of self-preservation, a hard exterior is built. In this case, only the Lord can help us to learn He can be trusted, and He can give us wisdom to trust in others again.
I’m so pleased this was a helpful post to you. Your comment means so much.
Wow, I needed this, Beckie. Thank you! I have some attitudes that need corrected at the heart level.
Jamie, I’m so glad you found this post helpful. Keeping our hearts soft requires regular maintenance found only through the Holy Spirit. Quite honestly, it was helpful for me to write this post.
Thanks for your transparency, Jamie. Lord, Jesus, we thank you that You can make our hearts brand new!
Your post was very timely! I struggle with finding the balance between showing mercy and guarding my heart from the damage other people’s baggage can cause. Seeking God’s guidance in some tricky friendships!
Michelle, I’m lifting you up in prayer for God’s guidance, wisdom, and love in how you relate to the friendships.
This post is practically instructive. I first noticed a professional hardness of heart with nurses in my place of residence. The older ones in the profession had lost empathy. It was so bad being in a situation and getting terrible comments of inconsideration thrown at you.
Followers of Lord Jesus should guard their hearts diligently and remind one another that love is the way. This will guard against the hardness of heart by sin.
I will keep in touch, hope you will too.
E.Luminous, thanks for taking the time to comment. I’m glad this post resonated with you. You are so right, we must diligently guard our hearts with the help of God’s spirit.

Harley Davidson has 360 football cards and 432 baseball cards.How an he place all the cards in staks of each type?
Looking for Calculus tutor. Tutor needs to be able to log on at9EST May 28 2013 so I can send them problems.

Tim has some books and boxes. If he puts 7 books in each box, 3 books will be left. If he puts 9 books in each box, 35 more books will be needed. How many books does Tim have?

Dennis got 8/9lb bag of dog bones. He ate 1/3 of them. How many are left?

Angie had 24 books. She divided them equally between her 2 sisters. How many books did each sister get?

cupcakes. How many cupcakes do they have total?
did Ms. Smith give away?

Teddy has 160 more stamps than Mark.
After Mark gave Teddy 40 stamps, Teddy had thrice as many stamps as Mark.
(a) How many stamps did Teddy have at first?
(b) How many stamps did Mark have at first?

Craig checked out 28 books at the library. He read and returned some books. He still has 19 books checked out. How many books did Craig return? Draw a tape diagram or number bond to solve.
Cindy says she found a shortcut for doing multiplication problems. When she multiplies 3 × 24, she says, "3 × 4 is 12 ones, or 1 ten and 2 ones. Then there's just 2 tens left in 24, so add it up and you get 3 tens and 2 ones." Do you think Cindy's shortcut works? Explain your thinking in words and justify your response using a model or partial products.

quarters than dimes. James has a total of $11.80.
How many of each coin does he have?

Baseball cards -- Juvenile fiction.
Baseball cards -- Juvenile fiction.
Baseball cards -- Juvenile fiction.

Working together, Max and Mandy painted the living room in six hours.
Working together, Max and Mandy painted the living room in six hours. How long would it have taken for Max to paint the room by himself?
(1) Mandy paints twice as fast as Max does.
(2) If Max had left when the job was half finished, it would have taken Mandy hours 4 1/2 to finish the job by herself.
1) Mandy paints twice as fast as Max does. So Mandy takes half the time that Max does.
no need to solve further as we already have two equations. SUFFICIENT.
Working together, Max and Mandy painted the living room in six hours.