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Assisted Living Facilities
Assisted living facilities are facilities that provide assistance to people who are unable to live on their own. When it comes to assisted living, there are a lot of things that people should consider. These things include the location, cost, and whether or not Medicare pays for the services.
assisted living facilities
Assisted living facilities provide housing for elderly people who need help with daily tasks such as toileting, bathing, dressing, and eating. Typically, an assisted living facility offers one or two “levels” of care.
Assisted living residents typically live in private apartments. They have a bathroom and a kitchenette, and they share common areas such as a dining room and lounge. Some assisted living communities offer on-site healthcare.
Assisted living is a good choice for older adults who need a little help, but want to be independent. In some cases, Medicare or Medicaid may cover some of the costs. However, in other cases, it is up to the resident to pay for assisted living.
Assisted living facilities are regulated by each state’s Department of Social Services. The facilities are monitored to ensure that residents are safe. This includes making sure they are free from communicable diseases and that their activities are not threatening to others.
does medicare pay for assisted living
If you are considering assisted living facilities, you may wonder whether Medicare covers the cost. For most seniors, it is not the case. However, there are options to help with the cost.
One way to pay for assisted living costs is through a life insurance policy or annuity. Another option is to use a combination of savings and Social Security payments. Some older adults also sell their home to cover their expenses. Whether you choose one of these methods or another, it is important to plan ahead.
Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that provides health care coverage to eligible low-income adults. It can also provide financial assistance to elderly residents of assisted living facilities. The coverage depends on the type of service and income qualification.
how much is assisted living
Assisted living can be expensive, but there are ways to find an affordable option. For instance, if your loved one has a retirement account or Social Security benefits, they can cover the cost.
There are also public payment options, such as Medicaid. These may not cover the entire amount of a move-in fee, but they will help get you on the right track.
A nursing home will usually provide 24-hour care. However, it’s important to remember that the services in a nursing home are much more expensive than in an assisted living community.
An all-inclusive assisted living structure includes all the amenities and services you need. For example, you’ll get a daily nutritious meal, clean rooms and bathrooms, and access to social and cultural activities.
who pays for assisted living
Assisted living facilities offer daily life care, including help with bathing and dressing. However, not all assisted living residents need the same level of assistance. Some facilities use a point system to determine the level of care a resident needs.
The cost of assisted living varies by location, level of care, and the types of services offered. It is important to know what funding sources are available.
Medicaid is a joint federal and state health insurance program that can help cover some assisted living expenses. But it can be complicated to obtain. You’ll need to fill out an application. If you qualify, you may receive a monthly benefit.
Long term care insurance is another option. Some policies cover the costs of assisted living at a lower rate than other plans.
assisted living vs nursing home
Assisted living and nursing homes are two different types of senior care facilities. They are designed to help older adults with their daily tasks and provide an atmosphere of security and community.
The services offered vary, but the basic amenities include shared or private rooms, laundry, housekeeping, medical care, social activities and a meal plan. There are also memory care and Alzheimer’s wing options.
A skilled nursing facility, also known as a nursing home, is a type of residential care facility that provides patients with round-the-clock, comprehensive health care. It’s a good choice for those with chronic illnesses or injuries who require 24-hour medical attention.
Nursing home residents are usually bedridden or have serious health conditions. Many elderly adults move to a nursing home after recovering from a hospital stay.


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Social media influence
The real credit for the rapid rise and widespread use of social media networks goes to, naturally, students. When social media came into prominence, it was primarily due to student power- popularity amongst students. Over time, it became popular and now social media is pervasive amongst all age groups. It is empowering, enriching, and progressive. So, one would wonder, with all the mass proliferation of social media and networking websites, what sites are currently the most popular amongst the school and college-going population?
The popular social media platforms
Facebook is currently the most popular social media network amongst all ages including students. A study by the University of New Hampshire confirms that 96 % of students confirming that Facebook is accessed at least once every day. Youtube also accounted for 80% of students’ usage. Blogs and Twitter pulled in a comparatively lower percentage of students.
However, recent trends show that Facebook has started losing its sheen. The Global Social Media Impact study has demonstrated that Facebook usage is in decline amongst people between the ages of 16 to 18 in eight countries over 15 months. This was admitted by even Facebook’s CFO.
This is because Facebook has become very popular amongst adults of all ages, with the result that the feeling of exclusivity preferred by teens and young people is lost. Young people are using it to keep in touch with their family and relatives.
However, Instagram and Snap chat along with Twitter and Whatsapp are increasing in popularity as they are also easy to use and fast, mobile communication tools. In addition, they are simpler to use and have fewer controls as compared to Facebook and give more privacy and space to carry out personal communications.
Given the way things are going, the trend for social media usage in students seems to be in the direction of simple but effective communication, without too much control and much more privacy.

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Found this in my journal, so this was made in middle school. And I don’t find myself to be an artist by an stretch of the imagination, but this is one of my favorite pieces I’ve ever done. It appears I had some skills back in the day! Enjoy, and I’ll be back to blogging more regularly soon!
WOW!! Kenny! This is awesome! I love it!
Thanks, Glad you do!

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When I create a new source file in a project, it will create a xxx.c under the current folder.
How could I set the CW10.4 so that when I create the source file, it will create it in specific folder?
It will use the folder you right click on as the default.
If you want to use a specific folder, either type the path or use the browse folder:
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Welcome to the final installment of the For Aslan Christmas Gift Guides. This guide will help you find a great gift for your evangelical theology nerd loved ones. This list is a mixture of really great books you can get for cheap and multi-volume collections that most theology nerds are too poor to buy for themselves. These are all great gifts for your pastor, youth pastor, poor seminarian, theological blogger, or armchair theologian.
THEOLOGY NERD GIFTS – $0-$25
A Little Exercise for Young Theologians by Helmut Thielicke – $7.19
If you know someone in seminary or Bible college, I implore you to buy them this book. This book is a swift kick in the gut to pride that can swell up when people get a semester’s worth of theology and Greek under their belts. Thielicke provides a great reminder that the study of God produces humility when done properly.
The Explicit Gospel by Matt Chandler – $8.99
Matt Chandler is one of my favorite preachers alive. He is an excellent example of biblical preaching, and he has glorified God throughout his suffering with cancer (Don’t Waste Your Cancer an Interview with Matt Chandler).
Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life by Donald Whitney – $10.87
Most young Christians that ask their youth pastor how to grow “deeper” in their faith will receive an answer somewhere along the lines of “Pray and read your Bible.” This is true, but Donald Whitney provides very real and practical steps in this modern classic.
Knowing God by J.I. Packer -$11.99
Other than the Bible, this is my favorite book on earth.
Martin Luther Bobblehead – $18.95
Does anyone really need a Martin Luther bobblehead? No. Would many people appreciate it as a gift? Yes.
Studies in the Sermon on the Mount by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones – $19.48
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones was a brilliant expositor of the Bible. This is a very long book, but it is worth the price and the time needed to read it.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Biography by Eberhard Bethge – $32.34
This is the exemplary biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Everyone loves Bonhoeffer, conservative evangelicals and theological liberals alike. If you want to get them an actual Bonhoeffer book, go for Discipleship or Life Together.
THEOLOGY NERD GIFTS – $25-$50
Spurgeon’s Sermons, 5 Volumes by Charles H. Spurgeon – $49.99
Spurgeon was amazing. All theology nerds get a bit geeked out about Spurgeon. Plus, this set looks great on a bookshelf.
THEOLOGY NERD GIFTS – $50-$100
God, Revelation, and Authority, 6 Volumes by Carl F. H. Henry – $96.99
Carl F. H. Henry founded Christianity Today. He was one of the great evangelical voices of the 20th century, and this is the pinnacle of Henry’s scholarship.
THEOLOGY NERD GIFTS – $100+
Church Dogmatics, 14 Volumes by Karl Barth – $129.99
I love Karl Barth. True, we have some major theological differences, but I respect him a ton. This work usually costs upwards of $400, however, in recent years this publication has come out for much cheaper.
The Early Church Fathers, 38 Volumes – $229.99
So…this is wicked expensive. Most of these works are available online now. But we all know reading a book on real paper is 1,000 times better than reading on an e-reader or computer screen. This would be a great gift for someone if a bunch of people pitched in, but I personally think it’s a crazy amount of money to drop by yourself.
Until later friends…
Happy International Literacy Day.
Today is International Literacy Today. If you are reading this, you are literate. Many people in the world (even many in the US) are illiterate. I love reading, and I am thankful that my parents raised me to love reading. I think literacy-building programs are great. I used to help elementary kids that struggled with reading, and I recommend for you to do the same. It is not that difficult to help, and if you have the time, volunteering your time to help the next generation is a very honorable thing to do. In honor of International Literacy Day, I would like to give you a list of ten of books that I have enjoyed over the past couple of years.
Ten Books I’ve Enjoyed in the Last Two Years (and You Might Like Them Too)
(In No Particular Order)
1. Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Non-fiction/Theology)
2. The Final Solution: A Story of Detection by Michael Chabon (Fiction/Mystery)
This is a great detective story. Michael Chabon is a superb writer. There were times that I would interrupt Jen from whatever she was doing to read her a paragraph from this just to share the wonderful prose Chabon had produced (nerdy I know). This is a detective story set during the Holocaust era (hence “Final Solution). The detective is a once-great, now old and feeble detective (meant to be Sherlock Holmes), and this is his final case (hence “Final Solution”). It is a very short book, and it is well worth the time to read it.
3. American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House by Jon Meacham (Non-Fiction/Biography)
I am not an American history buff, so I can’t really critique the history of this book. I can say that I enjoyed it, and that it won the Pulitzer. I have blogged at least twice about the manliness of Andrew Jackson. Although I differ from Andrew Jackson in some ways politically, I respect him as a man and a leader.
4. That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis (Fiction)
I just recently read C.S. Lewis’s Space Trilogy. I have been wanting to read them for almost 10 years, and I finally got around to it this summer. I was not disappointed. I recommend reading all three. That Hideous Strength is the third volume, and, I think, the best. It is a book about the clash of worldviews and the academy. It is very entertaining, and Lewis’s pithy humor shines forth throughout.
5. A Severe Mercy by Sheldon Vanauken (Non-Fiction/Auto-biography)
6. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (Fiction)
I loved reading the entire Harry Potter series (even though most of it was via audio-book). And yes, I am a Christian and I like Harry Potter. Deathly Hallows was a great book. It tied the story together well, and it was LOADS BETTER than the movies.
7. Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity by Mark Noll (Non-Fiction/Christian History)
This is my favorite general Church History book. Mark Noll is a superb historian – and a friendly person. I have recently been in some correspondence with Mark Noll, and I have found him to be extremely personable. This book is a great introduction to Christian history. I have read it twice in the past three years, and I recommend it to anyone interested in Christian history.
8. The Code: Baseball’s Unwritten Rules and Its Ignore-at-Your-Own-Risk Code of Conduct by Ross Bernstein (Non-fiction/Sports)
If you like baseball, you’ll love this book. It answers all the great questions like: “When should you charge the mound?” or “Is it ok to steal signs?” I love the cover too. Nolan Ryan is a beast. There are a score of great stories in this book from former and active players, coaches, and umpires.
9. For the Soul of the People: Protestant Protest Against Hitler by Victoria Barnett (Non-Fiction/History)
Victoria Barnett’s work on the Confessing Church is great. This book details the resistance of people like Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Martin Niemoeller, and Karl Barth to the Nazi regime. It has proven invaluable to my research, and I heartily recommend it to you history buffs out there.
10. When Chicago Ruled Baseball: The Cubs-White Sox World Series of 1906 by Bernard A. Weisberger (Non-Fiction/Sports)
I love history, I love baseball, and I love the Cubs. So, this book was a great purchase for me. It is very interesting reading about a World series where tickets cost less than a drink at a MLB game now. This World Series featured Tinker, Evers, and Chance, as well as Mordecai Brown and other great players.
Happy International Literacy Day. Go read a book.
Until later friends…
Links to Get These Books
- Life Together
- The Final Solution: A Story of Detection
- American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
- That Hideous Strength
- A Severe Mercy
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity
- The Code: Baseball’s Unwritten Rules and Its Ignore-at-Your-Own-Risk Code of Conduct
- For the Soul of the People: Protestant Protest Against Hitler
- When Chicago Ruled Baseball: The Cubs-White Sox World Series of 1906
On Friday I posted a short post about the new Harry Potter film featuring an artistic rendering of my patronus. I have not yet been able to see the movie. We spent all weekend studying for the GRE, which went really well (although I can’t blog about it or its contents for fear of losing my soul based on all the things I had to sign before I took the test). After the GRE, Jen had her wisdom teeth removed – all four of ‘em. She is still recovering, but is doing much better today. We have made a double-date with some friends of ours to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. 2 on Thursday, and I am pumped.
I am very excited about this movie. I resisted the Harry Potter craze as long as possible. The first book came out when I was in middle school, and I can recall some lady at one of those traveling book fairs waxing eloquently about how it was such a great book blah, blah, blah. I was a burgeoning teenager in no need of more childish literature involving magic and wizadry. I ignored Harry Potter. By the time I was in high school, Harry Potter was a full-blown phenomenon. I, however, was a Tolkien fan. I rigidly stood against the Harry Potter series as a childish challenger to the great Tolkien and Middle Earth. Plus, I was (and am) a devout evangelical, and many people in my circles of influence saw the “sorcery” of Harry Potter as suspect at best.
In college I had a whole heap of friends that geeked out over Harry Potter. I watched half of one of the films with some of them on a trip, and although interesting, I did not get hooked. To me it simply was not nearly as epic as Middle Earth (and I use the term epic intentionally as a literary term, not like all these half-ignorant teenagers that constantly spout “epic fail”). This all changed once I got married. My wife liked all the Harry Potter films, but had never read the books. She asked me to watch the films with her before Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince came to theaters. I agreed, and I enjoyed the films this go around. I enjoyed each film more as the plot took on darker and more adult themes (and I mean adult in the common sense of the word, not in the perverted sense employed by the moral Cretans that run “adult bookstores”).
Being the book-nerd that I am, I decided that we had to read all of the books before the next film was released. Being a seminary student, I really did not have much time to read for pleasure. So, we borrowed the audio books from the Louisville Public Library in order to listen on trips to Tennessee. We loved listening to these readings by Jim Dale (although i will forever hate his rendition of “Weasley is our king”).
We completed the series shortly before the Deathly Hallows Pt. 1 was released, and we greatly enjoyed the entire experience. This series is spectacularly written (although I do still prefer Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings). I have no qualms about being a Christian and enjoying this series of books and films centered on wizadry. In the midst of going through the books and watching the films, I have never once thought, “I should look into practicing magic myself.” Some people may think that, but they are already mentally unhinged. Some of the fears that some Christians have about the popularization of magic may have some merit, but the fact that the vast majority of the anti-Potterites also love the Narnia series or Tolkien is hypocritical.
Harry Potter is not a Christian series. It does not have a hidden allegory of the gospel. But like all good literature, it bears marks of common grace. Virtue is lauded, although one will not find a perfect character in the series. Self-sacrifice and love are also lauded, and to quote Jesus – and Bagheera from Disney’s Jungle Book – “Greater love has none than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” For these reasons, and many more, I heartily recommend the Harry Potter series to anyone. I also recommend that you read this great post from Christian songwriter Andrew Peterson on reading Harry Potter as a Christian, it is the best I have read yet.
Until later friends…


The traditional media outlets in Washington, D.C., and New York City have told us for months that there was an Anonymous staffer inside the inner circle of President Trump controlling issues and messaging from the inside in a noble effort to save the country from an uncontrollable Donald Trump. Anonymous has even written an entire book explaining how he/she is protecting Americans from disastrous decisions that the 45th President has wanted to make. All of the political establishment in Washington has been abuzz with speculation as to who Anonymous really is. The New York Times assured the public that Anonymous was definitely a Senior Administration official.
When speculation became rampant that Anonymous could be a Trump Administration Cabinet official, the New York Times continued to tell us it was a Senior official.
On Wednesday we learned that Anonymous was Miles Taylor. My first reaction was, “Who is Miles Taylor?” As it turns out, nearly no one knew who he was or where he worked. As we learned more on Wednesday, we learned that Taylor was a policy staffer at the Department of Homeland Security. He definitely wasn’t a Senior Administration official, he didn’t work at the White House, and he for sure didn’t have the ability to stop President Trump from making decisions.
So how did this hoax get perpetrated on the American people for so long?
Nearly every media organization reported regularly that Trump appointees like Anonymous were concerned about President Trump’s decisions and were working to undermine him. The mainstream media celebrated these insiders as heroes.
But it was all fake. To be sure, there are Trump appointees who aren’t fully implementing the President’s agenda and are thwarting his decisions. But Anonymous and his supposed power were totally made up. The mainstream media created a powerful Anonymous player because they want someone on the inside to stop President Trump from implementing his agenda.
It’s shameful. And dangerous. It undermines our democracy. But mainstream media activists don’t care. They think the ends justifies the means.
The power of the media to create a partisan political narrative, like the Russian collusion hoax and the Anonymous hoax, is a growing problem for journalism in America. Reporters and their news editors have decided to go all in and use every power they have to defeat the President’s conservative agenda.
The reason they are willing to become political activists is because President Donald Trump is aggressively changing the game in Washington. The mainstream media want the system back where they control the public through their daily reporting. They want to define the issues and they want politicians who will play by their rules.
They want the Left in power.
Richard A. Grenell is the former Acting Director of National Intelligence and former U.S. Ambassador to Germany.
As President Biden is wrapping up his first overseas trip as President of the United States, he is portraying himself and the United States as weak. One of the outcomes from the summit has been to let China get a free pass for the leading theory that COVID-19 was leaked out of a lab in Wuhan,
In April, America witnessed the highest number of migrants illegally crossing our Southern border in history. U.S. border patrol agents encountered 178,622 migrants during that month alone. Vice President Kamala Harris’s team has gone into panic mode as leaders on both sides of the aisle are...
We’re starting to see mask mandates being lifted around the United States as more Americans are getting vaccinated. However, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi refuses to remove the mask mandate from the House Chamber, despite the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updating their...
One often hears the statement, “Elections have consequences.” That political aphorism is such a given, it reminds me of another one from my Army career: “That is a blinding flash of the obvious!” However, just as important and true is this maxim: “Policies have consequences.” Whatever the motives...


Ruiz didn't score in the first game of the season this year, and as I watched the second game while wrapping up the story, a team official jokingly told me, "If Carlos doesn't score tonight, we're banning you from the stadium." At least I think he was joking; Ruiz didn't score that night against Real Salt Lake, nor did he the next game. Various schedule conflicts kept me away from any games since, but even with me gone it still took Ruiz until the sixth game, nearly a month later, to finally score.
Since then, the guy has been unstoppable. He is leading the team with six goals and has scored in a team-record five games in a row, but more important, he has four assists. Last week he scored a jaw-dropper from near the midfield line and garnered the Goal of the Week award. Last night at New York, Ruiz was both aggressive and—I never thought I'd say it—unselfish, dishing the ball time and time again.
One particular play proved to me his pledge to be a changed man this season is for real. At the top of the box, Ruiz took a hard foul as he charged goalwards and went down. Instead of sprawling and writhing in dramatic agony as in seasons past, Ruiz popped right up again and managed to attempt an awkward shot. To me, that said it all about Ruiz's new attitude—but he was far from done. He set up the first goal in the come-from-behind victory with a superb pass, and minutes later left a defender in a tangled heap with an incredible double spin before nailing the winner.
I'm leery of going back to Pizza Hut Park for fear of breaking the streak, but with Ruiz and Dallas playing like they are right now, I'd be crazy not to. --Rick Kennedy


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DIY Arduino Board and FTDI Programming
OK! So I have received my first free gift from Jaycon Systems, a 5V FTDI programmer and a DIY Arduino kit. Both these products you can find in these two links:
Now let’s go through the parts included in the kit:
Atmega IC Microprocessor 328P (32Kb)
16 MHz Crystal Oscillator
22pf Capacitors (2x)
Push button (to be used for resetting the board)
0.1uf capacitor (reset capacitor)
10K Resistor 1
330 Ohm Resistor 2
One more note before I start: On this assembly you need quite a few breadboard jumper wires. Some very cheap and very good ones you can find here on this link: 140-Piece Wire Kit
Or you can use any kind of wire available to you.
Important note:The IC is POLAR SENSITIVE!!!! So be extremely careful how you fix this on the breadboard (the position of the small circular indicator and the letters both starting from the left! (Really pay attention to this! I burned a considerable number of IC to get this! You have the chance not to!)
In this tutorial. I will be showing you how to construct a fully functional Arduino board. This you can do on a prototyping breadboard or even a PCB.
One thing that you should never ever forget if you are planning to solder this baby, you need to use a 28 DIP socket. I’ve seen amateurs solder the IC directly to their PCBs without using any kind of socketing. While some people may argue that this is not so wrong, look at it this way:
Soldering needs HEAT! HEAT damages the IC!
More importantly, if you ever need to change the IC, how are you going to do that when the thing is soldered on your PCB?
One more thing:
In all my tutorials, you will find that I use Black Jumper cables for GND and RED jumpers for +ve voltage – unless specified otherwise.
This is a common electronics principle, and using it will most likely help you be organized, and make your circuit way more easily understandable. So, anywhere you see BLACK jumper cables, that means I am connecting to GND and anywhere you see RED jumper cables, it's +ve.
So let’s get this thing running!
"Connecting the IC to the Breadboard (BB)"
There really is no special way to do this, but REMEMBER!
ALL breadboards work the same way, so never forget that the rails of the breadboard (talking about the main ones – yes the ones that are inside the breadboard and not the 2 horizontal rails) are connected VERTICALLY! This means that if you connect an LED like this, it will not work:
When you connect the GND from the battery to the black wire and the red one to the +ve of the battery, you will be correct! But if you have connected the two – on the breadboard – horizontally, there is nowhere for the electricity to go (the circuit is OPEN)!
Pretty straight forward? You will be surprised how many people make this mistake, and then wonder why the thing does not work.
One more thing about the breadboard. If you haven’t already noticed, there is a line on the center (the one that looks greyer on the image above). Through that line there is no current flowing, plus this line was designed to be able to take your IC without short-circuiting it. So the first thing you need to do is connect the IC as such:
GOOD! Now let’s move to something more interesting.
"Connecting the Jumpers"
For this step, you need:
6x RED jumper wires
6x BLACK jumper wires
1x GREEN jumper wire
1x BLUE jumper wire
1x ORANGEjumper wire
4x YELLOW jumper wires (to be used later)
Step 2 is all about connecting the jumpers to the board, so let’s start with my favourite ones…. RED.
Do you remember the top HORIZONTAL rail that we were talking about earlier? Yes that one on the breadboard that you are now holding…. THIS rail is connected all the way through horizontally. Well this is exactly the property that we are going to exploit here in order to make our life easier on looking for a power source. So pick up your 6x RED jumpers and connect them on the top rail as such:
For now, just leave them hanging just like I did until we connect the smaller electronic components on the board.
Great! Now that we have the first jumpers added to the Breadboard, let’s move on to making a bigger mess on this breadboard just as I personally like it! Move on and connect the BLACK jumpers like this:
Very straight forward. Now take the remaining jumpers according to the colors, and connect them like this:
"Connecting Components to The BreadBoard"
We have completed step 2 that was all about wires, and now you have ended up with a messy breadboard. It’s about to get a little more complicated, and even messier.
For this part of the tutorial, you will need ALL the electronic components that came with the kit.
Ok let’s start with the easy ones. Find the reset button. The push on button is the one that is responsible for resetting the board, so connect that on the first pin of the IC as follows:
Now find the 3x capacitors and starting from left to right on the image below, connect the 0.1uF and the 2x 22pF like this:
At this point it seems pretty random. But don't worry, it will all come together!
So now we have the capacitors and the reset button connected. One thing to note - so that we start getting a little familiar with some of the electronic components that we are seeing and playing with here: Capacitors are rather amazing and they are used everywhere….when I say everywhere I LITERALLY mean EVERYWHERE! I won’t go too much into explaining what they are made of and what they CAN or cannot do, but I will give you a little bit of an experiment for you try in your own free time… I hope this makes you understand the riddle of capacitors better... well at least it worked with me when I figured it out.
Side experiment: Take the capacitor and connect it to a battery source… preferably the largest capacitor that you can find…. connect the capacitor DIRECTLY to the battery, and allow it to rest there for as long as you like, it doesn’t really matter... the point is to get some flow running and charge it. Now find a metallic object and CONNECT BOTH THE PINS OF THE CAPACITOR TO THAT METALLIC OBJECT. Because metal is the perfect conductor, notice what will happen. Try this with both CERAMIC and ELECTROLYTIC capacitors... take note of what just happened.
The capacitor is exactly what it says.... IT HAS CAPACITY! And by that I mean it acts as a little tiny battery that – depending on the capacity of the unit – withholds some voltage. There are 2 kinds of capacitors that are most familiar, the electrolytic and the ceramic. What you have here are 3 ceramic capacitors. They are used literally everywhere. In TVs, laptops, as means to delay switches on lamps of large factories etc. etc. BUT mostly small value capacitors are used to FILTER electricity passing through the boards.
So now that you have a bit of background knowledge, it is time to get back to work, and that involves nothing more than looking for the resistors and the LED that you have. So, 2 resistors (330Ω – for LED and 10K) will be connected as such on your breadboard:
I know, I know…. Things ACTUALLY started to get complicated…. bear with me here and I’ll make it much easier for you. So what I have done here is simply connect the 2 resistors and the LED. The LED is the basic indicator that this is:
Working well; in the sense of uploading some code in there and testing.
So what have I done and what connects where. To all you that are afraid of resistors and their deadly colors.... I really feel you. I find it hectic to understand and realize how to figure out the numbers on the resistors.
The program that I am using to make the schematics and the images that you see above, FRITZING, allows me to just type in the value and it informs me the true colors of the resistors.
To make a long story short, what you are seeing on the breadboard is: the bottom resistor is the 10K and the one on the top part connected to the LED is the 330Ω.
At first I found it very interesting that the LED resistor is actually connected on the GND side of the LED.
I will give you a small explanation incase you have not figured it out already:
One of the reasons why the LED and the resistor are connected in such way is that current flows through the +ve side of the LED.
But the current also comes out of the GND –ve Side of the LED!
The Resistor is then connected on the opposite side of the LED than what you already know because we need to make sure that no more current than what we need is going to the IC.
So we have connected mostly all the components of the Kit on our breadboard. Now the last thing to do is find the Crystal Oscillator….
Yea that’s it….the small silver looking thing that has the carving 16.0UH09 on its top. Let's connect it!
At some point I have mentioned 4x YELLOW Jumper cables… well this is the time to use them. But pay attention because now is the part where you REALLY need to focus…connecting the crystal can be tricky, so make sure that you follow the image below AND the written instructions:
From the right lower side of the IC, count 6 pins, or DIPs if you prefer, and then add 1x jumper. Connect the other side of the jumper to the left side of the oscillator crystal.
Now do the same from pin 5 of the IC and the right leg of the crystal. From that leg, pull one more jumper wire and connect it to the filtering ceramic capacitors as shown below.
Finally pull one last jumper from the left side of the crystal to the left leg of the second (top) ceramic capacitor.
"Connecting the Jumpers to the IC and finalizing the installation"
You have finally connected all Electronic Components and the IC to the Breadboard. Now it is time for the final step of the hardware setup for this small DIY board.
We have added some Colorful jumpers on our BB. Now it’s time to connect them. Pay attention to the image below and connect them as shown:
I know it looks complicated....bear with me.
Starting from the top HORIZONTAL rails of the breadboard, take the first black and red jumper wires and connect them as shown.
TOP horizontal rail, 2nd from RIGHT RED jumper wire. Connect that on the +ve of the LED.
Moving on the 3rd from RIGHT RED jumper. Connect this on pin 5 of the IC (starting from the top right side). That is the pin where you have added the resistor
On pin 6 of the IC, connect the last RED jumper.
TOP horizontal rail, where the BLACK GND is located (there's only 1 left). Connect it to pin 7 of the IC.
BOTTOM horizontal rail. Take the first BLACK GND that you find (from the right) and connect it to the LEFT leg of the LOWER RIGHT capacitor.
NEXT BLACK from RIGHT connect to bottom pin 7 (Counting from right to left) of the IC.
The RED jumper, located DIRECTLY below the BLACK one you have connected on 7 should be connected to pin 8 of the IC, right next to the previous one to the left.
Almost there! Now the last cable that you are going to connect is one of the remaining BLACK GND jumpers. It really does not matter which one you choose as long as they are both connected to the HORIZONTAL BOTTOM GND rail. So take one of them, and connect it to the LEFT leg of the push/reset button that you installed previously.
That’s it....You're done assembling this awesome kit!!
Now that we have finished connecting I want to draw your attention to 2importantthings:
For the loose cables, you need to know the following:
DTR, TX and RX are the signal and communication ports that you will be using to control and program this IC. This is the second important thing, and this is step 5!
"Connecting the Programmer and Uploading the First Test sketch"
This is the FTDI Basic 5V. It is the device you need to program the IC, and once you get to know it, you will also think that it’s pretty cool. Maybe a little complicated to figure out and maneuver around with at first, but very cool and powerful once you get to understand it.
This kit comes in 2 parts. The pin headers that are perfectly made and perfectly bended to avoid people like me who are clumsy, breaking them into millions of pieces and the actual FTDI programmer. The only thing that you need to add here is a micro USB cable. You definitely have at least one of these cables lying around in your house, as those are a standard used for smarthphones.
So now that we know what the kit includes, there is only one major problem here: you need to solder the pins in position!
I personally am not so keen of soldering, and I try as much as possible to avoid it. However there’s no chance you can avoid it here. You need to be VERY VERY CAREFUL.... you are dealing with very sensitive microcontrollers and microchips here.... besides, the material base that the headers are made of is PLASTIC! This means that it will melt if you try and leave the solder on for a long time, and if you have no more pin HEADERS like those, you would have done all this for nothing....
The FTDI board specification sheet (or datasheet) clearly mentions:
"Do not leave the solder on the BOARD for more than 3 seconds"
This is the mistake that most of us, including me, MUST do at least once.... leave the solder iron on the board for more than 3 seconds and you literally have no board… SO BE, CAREFUL. Now as much as this will provide a challenge for you and I know that we all love challenges you need to add the PERFECT amount of solder… too much or too little will not do....
"OVERDESIGN IS AS BAD AS UNDERDESIGN"
This makes it sound bad, but my point is: be careful! If you are, you won't have any problem soldering the pins into place!
IF you hold the FTDI board as shown on the image above, you will notice from RIGHT to LEFT that pin inputs are labelled DTR, RX, TX, 5V, CTS, and GND.
But we only have 5 free cables!!!
Yes that’s correct…because we only need 5 inputs to be able to program the 328ATmega.
Orange, Green, Blue and Red jumpers need to be connected to DTR, RX, TX, 5V respectfully. Finally connect the remaining BLACK jumper to GND.
You are ready to fire this up. To do so, you first need to connect the USB cable to your computer. If you are using Win 7, as I am, you will notice that the drivers will download and install the plug and play device automatically for you so you do not need to mess with that. Now the real challenge is if you are using different kinds of Windows or other platforms. However I trust that you know your stuff, so here’s the link where you can find the drivers for the FTDI BASIC 5V programmer:
Now that you have downloaded and installed the drivers, you are ready to test this (and I am sure you are so eager to do so). Once you have connected the board to your PC open the Arduino C console.
The first thing that you need to do is define how you will use your hardware setup. I find that for this chip, the best way to define the programmer is an mkII, because that is how this works, it acts exactly like an mkII programmer and it should be defined as such. In order to do that, you need to go to Tools>Programmer and from that dropdown, choose AVRISP mkII. DONE
Before you start coding and testing, what you need to do is DEFINE what kind of BOARD you are using. And just to make things easier for you; and here is an ego booster for you as well:
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! YOU JUST MADE YOUR FIRST UNO!!!!
So to define that, go to Tools -> Board and select the Arduino UNO!
Important note:TOP RIGHT of the IC…. THIS IS ARDUINO PIN 9!!!!
So just to make things a little more challenging for you, do you think that you can experiment with this board and find out where the other pins are?
I will not go into testing this board, I will leave you to it, however I will give you some really good tips on how to do this, which is also an overview of my next tutorial.... SERVOS!!!!
So you want to test this board SOOOOOO much.... here’s what you should do:
DOUBLE CHECK THAT YOU DID EVERYTHING AS MENTIONED, AND AS SHOWN.
TRIPLE CHECK THAT YOU DID EVERYTHING AS MENTIONED, AND AS SHOWN.
Get your servo – there are 3 wires on the servo.... a BLACK, RED and possibly WHITE or YELLOW.... doesn’t really matter. The thing is, BLACK is GND, RED is 5V and the other one whatever colour it is, is SIGNAL!!!!
Connect GND to GND HORIZONTAL RAIL on the BB
Connect RED to RED Horizontal RAIL on the BB
Now connect the SIGNAL to PIN 9 of the board you just made
In the Arduino programming console, go to FILE>EXAMPLES>SERVO>SWEEP
Once you have the code in front of you, hit CTRL+U or upload to the board.
You got a servo turning 180deg to -180deg
Do not pay too much attention how this works for now I will be back with a very interesting tutorial on multi servo control very very soon.
I have to admit that I really am having fun playing around with this particular 2-part kit from www.jayconsystems.com. I have also been informed that the video accompanying this tutorial will soon be available to watch with the other videos on the site.
Have fun developing and building your prototypes on this board. Do not be afraid to play along and make mistakes. Some very interesting topics that I will cover are coming up pretty soon, so make yourself familiar with what we have so far and make sure you return strong for what is to come.
This is Mike and this is the end of tutorial 2 on FTDI and the setup of the Arduino Breadboard Kit. Hope that you have as much fun as I did composing this. If there are any questions, please feel free to contact me at, email@example.com.
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With a grand total of $5 billion USD (or £3 billion) spent by visitors in the London Luxury Quarter, London is now upping the ante even further with a slew of glamorous shop openings and loans of Burberry raincoats.
London is well-known for its unexpected rain showers—in addition, of course, to first-class shopping opportunities. In an innovative pairing between Burberry and the five-star Claridges Hotel, visitors can now borrow catwalk-worthy raincoats from the hotel concierge. Meanwhile, each Christmas a luxury brand is invited to create the Claridges Christmas tree; its past guest designers include Dior and Lanvin.
With shopping by international visitors on the up, luxury brands are keen to capture the attention of shoppers even whilst they are in their nearby hotels. Global Blue, the tourism shopping tax refund company, recently revealed international shoppers in the London Luxury Quarter spent 12 percent more in 2013 than they did the previous year. A network of 51 London streets and lanes encompassing Mayfair, Picadilly, and St James, the London Luxury Quarter takes in world-class auction houses, art galleries, jewelers, fashion stores, restaurants, and hotels.
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Shoppers from China account for the largest proportion of the total purchases made in the area – 25 percent. A separate Global Blue report found that 83 percent of shoppers from China claimed shopping is their favorite activity when vacationing in the UK, which prompted one British newspaper to suggest this group could well be more interested in shopping than the British royal family—often thought to be a major driver of international tourism to Britain.
On the heels of China are Russia, the US, and Saudi Arabia, which account for eight, six and five percent, respectively, of total international spend in the London Luxury Quarter. The average spend per transaction is $1,600 (or £935), though the numbers are not without their outliers—one shopper on Bond Street recently is reported to have spent $105,000 (or £62,000) in one morning. Perhaps it’s hardly surprising. Wandering down Bond Street on any given day, in less than a minute it’s not unusual to pass a Chagall painting, a Chihuly glass sculpture installation, and millions of pounds worth of high-end jewelry and watches. For each transaction they make, Chinese shoppers spend an average of $2,700 (or £1601). Americans part with an average of just over $1,300 (£792) each time they key in their pin number, and Qataris, $2,500 (£1494).
Against this backdrop, glamorous new stores and record-busting property deals involving the likes of Chopard, Victoria Beckham, and Parmigiani are ensuring London stays at the top of its game. Chopard recentlly signed a deal for an expanded Bond Street store at a monthly cost of £1300 per square foot, breaking all previous records for rent paid in Britain. Victoria Beckham opens her first ever store this fall on Dover Street, where her neighbors will include a heady mix of high fashion boutiques and art galleries. On Mount Street, connoisseur watchmaker Parmigiani Fleurier have opened their first European boutique, located alongside Chistian Louboutin, Marc Jacobs and Stephen Webster.
Global luxury powerhouse
London’s position as a global luxury powerhouse is well-established. In the 1920s, the Indian maharajah of Patiala commissioned a set of five teak wood traveling trunks, one for each of his wives, from Asprey on Bond Street. Each one was fitted with solid silver washing and bathing utensils including silver soap dishes and silver bottles for pouring hot water. When Edward VII died in 1910, many of the ruling heads of state traveled to London from round the world for the funeral. A member of staff at Asprey at the time remarked that there were sometimes three or four heads of state in the store at a time.
Christie’s opened in the neighborhood in 1766, Tiffany in 1868, and Cartier in 1902 – all in close proximity to St James’s Palace, Kensington Palace, and Buckingham Palace, and in a neighborhood that was historically a residential area for noblemen and politicians.
Today, in the London Luxury Quarter, temptation abounds. In 2010, one visitor to Sotheby’s on Bond Street parted with a staggering $7.6 million (£4.5 million) bracelet. Once owned by the Duchess of Windsor, it remains to this day the most expensive bracelet ever sold at auction.
“The London Luxury Quarter is the most important market for jewelry and art in Europe,” says Patti Wong, chairman of Sotheby’s Asia. “At Sotheby’s on Bond Street I joke that I worry about our carpet. Massive amounts of people come through during the big sales. The Sotheby’s café on Bond Street has queues and we’re not even in the restaurant business.”
The appeal of the London Luxury Quarter lies not just in the big fashion houses Chanel, Hermès, Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior and Jimmy Choo, but also in the lesser known seek-and-you-shall-find vibe found at the likes of British watchmakers Bremont. The business’s custom-made watches are due to appear later this year in the Hollywood movie Kingsman: The Secret Service, which stars Colin Firth and in which Bremont co-founder Nick English will make a cameo appearance (as will Lady Gaga and Sir Elton John). Then there’s the fashionista haven Dover Street Market and the showroom of former lawyers-turned-fashion advisers Rous Iland, and the hip fashion and jewelry designers waiting to be discovered at Wolf & Badger.
“It’s the unique and rich diversity of what’s on offer in the London Luxury Quarter that continues to attract international shoppers to London from round the world,” says John Ayton MBE, owner of jewelry brand Annoushka and part owner of Bremont.
—June 25, 2014
Claire Adler writes on luxury jewellery and watches for the Financial Times and consults luxury brands including De Beers and Fabergé. www.claireadler.com


Homes still without power following Storm Arwen will be reconnected by Tuesday at the latest, Boris Johnson has said.
The prime minister said he spoke to the chief executive of Northern Powergrid on Monday, and that he had been told of the new target. But a deadline set on Wednesday last week had already been missed as MPs heard there was something “seriously wrong” at the supplier.
On Wednesday, Downing Street said properties affected by the power cuts caused by Arwen should have supply restored “by the end of the week”, but more than 1,000 remained cut off on Monday.
Earlier on Monday, the energy minister, Greg Hands, said it was “completely unacceptable” that about 1,600 households were still without power.
Following a call with the boss of Northern Powergrid, Johnson said he “was assured [that affected properties] would be reconnected [by Tuesday] at the latest”.
The PM tweeted: “I also asked for assurances that the energy supply companies were putting in place measures to limit any potential further disruption to households as a result of Storm Barra.”
Northern Powergrid has handed out survival packs consisting of a small blanket, hot-water bottle, mug, pair of socks, glove and hat – but “no logs, candles or batteries”, he added.
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) said power had been restored to all 135,000 of its affected customers by Sunday.
The Met Office has issued a yellow ice warning from 9pm on Monday, warning of potentially hazardous conditions on roads and pavements in western Scotland and north-west England.
Storm Barra was due to hit on Tuesday, according to the service. While the west of Ireland will receive the worst of the storm, yellow wind weather warnings are in place across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Yellow snow warnings are also in place in southern and western Scotland.
The Met Office has warned that gale-force winds of 45-50mph on Tuesday could make it more difficult for engineers to reconnect homes, but spokesman Stephen Dixon said that winds would “gradually weaken” as they move east and should have petered out by Thursday.


Peel Community Active Transportation Project
In 2014-2015, the Region of Peel retained the Toronto Centre for Active Transportation (TCAT) to increase active transportation through the creation and implementation of a community based pilot program as identified in the Peel Active Transportation Plan (2011).
The program connected with local organizations and residents to build their cycling knowledge and capacity, while co-creating new programs and services available to the community. The 2015 pilot model included the following three initiatives:
PedalWise is a mentor-based program that pairs existing cyclists with potential new cyclists. The duos then share their local community and cycling knowledge with each other. Group bike rides help new participants become increasingly more comfortable on a bicycle.
The BikeWrx garage is an 800 square foot bicycle repair garage established to repair and refurbish bikes donated by the community, and to train community members in bicycle maintenance and repair. Community members built work benches, set up a garage, and repaired bicycles.
- The Community Bike Centre
The Community Bike Centre is the new cycling focused branch of an existing community non-profit, the Community Environment Alliance (CEA). Through it, CEA developed and delivered programs to educate, empower and enable people to develop utilitarian bicycling and mechanical skills.
PedalWise Pilot Program 2015 Results
- Mode share of Work/School/Shopping trips by private motor vehicles dropped from 54% to 42% for the PedalWise Program cohort.
- Cycling mode share increased from 5% to 25%.
- Participants averaged 177 minutes of cycling per week exceeding Canada's Physical Activity Guidelines of 150 minutes per week.
- Participants' willingness to spend on bicycles and accessories increased from $139 to $292, demonstrating increased perception of the value of a bicycle.
- Changes in mode share, minutes of weekly activity, and willingness to spend compared favourably to the control group, indicating that the program had a strong impact.
BikeWrx Pilot Program 2015 Results
- 110 bicycles were refurbished and put to use in the community, 67 of which were given to children at the All People's Church first CycleFest event.
- A Build-A-Bike-Earn-A-Bike program was developed and established.
- A Bike Maintenance Clinic was developed and established.
The Region is looking into opportunities to develop and expand its community based cycling programming and services. Contact email@example.com to be kept up to date on developments and opportunities.


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THE DELANEYS OF SANDPIPER BEACH: A family business with room to grow.
So many frogs. So few princes.
Eloisa loves a Cinderella twist in her stories, and three short stories with this theme are digitally publishing in one volume!
Marie Bostwick weaves together the unforgettable story of four very different women whose paths cross, changing their lives foreverů
When someone attempts to assassinate a Saudi Prince on U.S. soil, FBI Agent Kord Davidson and CIA Operative Monica Alden head up a task force to keep the Prince safe and find those responsible to avoid an international incident that could have devastating consequences.
Working late has its rewards
Formerly a private investigator in Chicago and New Orleans,
Sean Chercover has since written for film, television, and print. He's also worked as a video editor, scuba diver, nightclub magician, encyclopedia salesman, waiter, car-jockey, truck driver and in other, less glamorous positions. He lives in Chicago and generally stays out of trouble. Big City, Bad Blood is his first novel.
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What does e mean in music4 min readReading Time: 3 minutes
In music, e can mean different things. The letter e is the name of the fifth note in the musical scale, and it can also be used as a musical symbol to indicate a higher pitch.
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What does E stand for in Music?
What does E stand for in Music?
The letter "E" stands for a variety of things in music. Most notably, it can represent the musical note "E." This note is the fifth note in the major scale, and it has a pitch of approximately mid-range. The "E" note is also often used as the root note in chords.
In addition to representing the musical note "E," the letter "E" can also stand for other things in music. For example, it may represent the key of a song. The key of a song is the tonal center that the song is written in. Additionally, the letter "E" can represent the time signature of a song. The time signature of a song is the rhythmic pattern that the song is written in.
What E means Spotify?
Spotify is a music streaming service that gives users access to millions of songs. The service has both a free and paid tier. The free tier has ads, and the paid tier removes ads and offers other features.
E stands for "enhanced." The "enhanced" tier is the paid tier of Spotify. It offers ad-free listening, higher quality audio, and other features.
What does the E next to my Music mean?
The "E" next to your music library on iTunes means that the song is in the "Elevated" format. The "E" format is a higher quality audio format that was introduced in iTunes 11. It is available for music that was purchased from the iTunes Store and for music that was ripped from CDs.
The "E" format is similar to the AAC format, but it uses a higher bit rate and it is encoded with Apple’s Lossless Codec. This results in a higher quality audio file that takes up more space than an AAC file.
If you have an "E" song in your music library, you can play it by clicking the "E" icon next to the song’s name.
What is the E symbol in Apple music?
The "E" symbol in Apple Music is the icon for the iTunes Store. When you see the "E" symbol in Apple Music, it means that you can click it to open the iTunes Store.
What pitch is e?
What Pitch is E?
The pitch of the letter "e" is a mid-level tone that is neither high nor low. This makes it a good letter to use in the middle of words to help with pronunciation. When speaking, use a mid-level tone when saying the letter "e" to ensure that it is pronounced correctly.
Who made the E note?
The E note is one of the most commonly used notes in music, and is found in a variety of music genres. While the pitch of the E note may vary depending on the instrument or genre, the note is typically played at a frequency of approximately 165 Hz.
So who made the E note? The answer to that question is a bit complicated, as the E note has been around for centuries and has been used in a variety of different music styles. However, the modern E note was first standardized by the European Union in the early 1990s. The note is defined as having a frequency of 165 Hz, and is designated by the letter E.
Prior to the 1990s, the frequency of the E note varied depending on the instrument or genre. For example, the frequency of the E note on a violin is typically higher than the frequency of the E note on a guitar. However, the European Union standardized the frequency of the E note in order to create a more unified music industry across Europe.
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What does C mean in music?
In music, C is the first letter of the musical scale. It is also the name of the note that is played when the key is pressed on a keyboard. C is also the name of the chord that is made up of the notes C, E, and G.


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Our homes have been supporting Mental Health Awareness Week this week – encouraging residents and staff to think about mental health and to support the work of the Mental Health Foundation.
The theme for the week is Anxiety. Homes looked at how anxiety is a normal emotion in us all, but sometimes it can get out of control and become a mental health problem.
By focusing on anxiety for this year's Mental Health Awareness Week, we raised awareness and understanding of anxiety by providing information on the things that can help prevent it from becoming a problem.
Homes took part in Wear It Green days and also got crafty, making green paper ribbons to wear – some found it easier than others!
There is lots of information about Mental Health Awareness Week and anxiety on the Mental Health Foundation website.
Please scroll through the gallery of images below to see how we took part across our homes.
Our residents have a superb choice of meals each day provided by our talented kitchen teams.
We are proud to be part of our local communities and encourage continued involvement with events and activities

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Twin Cities Republicans aren't confident the so-called Marriage Amendment will make its way into the constitution after Tuesday's general election.
In a flash poll issued Friday to Patch's panel of Republican politicians and activists, the majority believed the amendment, which requires a "yes" vote to be added to the constitution by voters, would fall short.
About 57 percent of the 33 survey responders said the amendment would fall short.
Our Republican panel also felt Barack Obama, running to remain president, had conducted a better campaign in Minnesota, a state he's favored to win in Tuesday night's election.
"It's going to be exceedingly close, on the Presidential race and on both amendment questions," one pundit said.
The Repbulicans were confident they would get a victory with the so-called Voter I.D. amendment, which would force residents in Minnesota to show photo identification at the polls in future elections. In comments, they said Voter I.D. could pass by a "wide margin."
One GOPer said Minnesota would go to Obama, but it would be "one of the few states he will win. At least it won't be as embarassing when Minnesota was the only state that voted Democrat for Mondale."
The majority of our panel thought the two amendment questions would have little to no effect on the presidential turnout, and vice versa. Romney's success might give the "Vote Yes" campaign on both sides a bit of a boost, they said in comments to Patch.
The Red Twin Cities Survey
Our surveys are not a scientific, random sample of any larger population, but rather an effort to listen to a group of influential local Republican activists, party leaders, candidates and elected officials in Minnesota. All of these individuals have agreed to participate in Minnesota Patch’s surveys, although not all responded to this story’s questions.
Patch will be conducting Red Twin Cities and Blue Twin Cities surveys throughout the 2012 election season in hopes of determining the true sentiment of conservatives and progressives on the ground in Minnesota. If you are an activist, party leader or elected official and would like to take part in periodic surveys that last just a few minutes, please contact Associate Regional Editor Mike Schoemer at firstname.lastname@example.org.
Red Twin Cities Roster: Sara Anderson (candidate for State House), John Anderson (campaign chair, Palmer for House), David Arvidson (SD 46 candidate), Rep. Mike Beard (HD 35), Bryan Bjornson (Republican activist), Joe Blum (District 52A candidate), Mike Boguszewski (Congressional Dist. 4), Reed Bornholdt (Richfield GOP), Christopher Burns (Woodbury), Nick Caron (campaign mgr. Tuschy for House), Roger Champagne (SD 46 candidate), Matt Chase (treasurer Dist. 46), Steve Cherney, Janalee Cooper, David Cote (Honeywell CEO), Jennifer DeJournett (VOICES of Conservative Women founder), Rep. Bob Dettmer (39A), Don Dickerson (Roseville GOP), Bob Erickson (Lakeville School Board), Kelley Fenton (GOP deputy chair MN), Chris Fields, David FitzSimmons (HD 30B), Mark Fotsch (HD 66A), Hal Fotsch (Dist. 39 organizer), Sen. David Gaither, Stan Genadek, David Gerson (Candidate for Congress), Dennis Gilliespe (Richfield), Richard Glasgow (Washington Co. GOP), Sen. David Hahn, Tim Hall, Sen. Dan Hall, Garold Healy (Hopkins mayoral candidate), Mike Held (SD46 GOP), Dale Helm (candidate 41A), Rep. Mary Liz Holberg, Jeanne Holland (STMA Schools), Sue Holman McCarville (Hopkins GOP), Karin Housley (SD 39), Terry Jacobsen (House Dist. 49B), Arylahn Johnson (HD 49B), Mark Johnson (chair of SD 56), Reid Johnson (candidate for HD 45B), Mike Kaess (SD 51 chair), Emilie Kastner, Rep. Andrea Kieffer (HD 56), Rep. Mary Kiffmeyer (SD 30 candidate), Former Sen. Amy Koch (former majority leader), Jon Koznick, Don Lee, Sen. Ted Lillie (Woodbury), Sen. Warren Limmer, Terry McCall, Rep. Joe McDonald (Delano), Mike McGinn, Mike McCllean, Cory Merrifeld (Save the Vikes.org), Gary Mertz (SD49 Communications), Former Sen. Geoff Michel, Dan Morehead (GOP activist), Andrew Mullin (Wayzata city council), Rep. Pam Myhra (Burnsville), Richard Novack (delegate), Kevin O’Donovan (Richfield GOP), Jon Olson (former campaign manager for Chris Fields), Laura Palmer (HD 41), Sarah Patzloff (Edina schools), Jeff Pauley, Rep. Joyce Peppin (Rogers/Maple Grove), Roz Peterson (Lakeville), Camden Pike (Party chair, SD41), Lt. Col. Alex Plechash (head of MN Org. of GOP Vets), Bill Pulkrabek (Washington Co. Commission), Dwight Rabuse (SD 52 candidate), Erik Radtke (staffer, Emmer for Gov.), John Rheinberger (Wash Co. GOP), former Sen. Claire Robling, Mitch Rossow (SD 61 secretary), Chuck Roulet (SD 32 co-chair), Bron Scherer (MN GOP treasurer), Donna Schmidt, Al Schneider (Kline for Congress), Paul Scofield (HD 46), Joe Slamon (SD 53 chair), Chris Soukup, Mark Stefan (HD44B challenger), Rep. Kirk Stensrud (H 48A), Brett Steven (SD 62 secretary), Tom Swain (former mayor of Lilydale), Sen. John Swanson, Lynn Swon, Sen Roy Terwilliger, Sen. Dave Thompson, Blair Tremere (Golden Valley ex-mayor), Paul Tuschy (HD 52B candidate), Shaji Varghese (HD 51A chair), Lynn Wardlow, Tiana Wells (national delegate), Aramis Wells (Ron Paul for Pres.), Mark Westphal (HD 39 chair), Tim Wilkin (former state rep.), former Rep. Kelby Woodard (Northfield), Mark Zasadny (national GOP delegate), Hannah Zasadny (local delegate), Dennis Holman (SD 45), Candace Oathout (District 45 GOP), Jeff Kolb (Fields for Congress) and Rep. Kurt Zellers, Speaker of the House.


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It’s Official: Political Neutrality Is Neither Good Nor An Effective Teaching Tactic
The world is naturally chaotic and stressful, after all, the struggle of all things alive is what keeps the balance in nature. It can get too much, and one might even prefer to shut themselves in and stay in a grey area and stay neutral. Political neutrality, however, is not good and should also not be taught both in practice and theory, according to a research done in Michigan State University.
So no, staying in your safe spot away from heavy decisions on who to vote or which political party to side will not do you or the society any good. This is contrary to what some US teachers actually teach in schools after feeling an immense pressure to remain neutral after the results of the 2016 elections in the US. Hence teachers often refrain from discussing politics in the classroom.
However, Alyssa Hadley Dunn chimed in on the matter, “teachers are enacting the opposite of neutrality by choosing to maintain the status quo and further marginalizing certain groups. Education is inherently political.” Hence, she argues that teachers refrain from being politically neutral since it creates a marginalized group of students. She also added that the 2016 election results prove the futility of political neutrality.
There is also the fact that the classroom and pretty much anything else is always part of the outside world and that it should not be treated as a separate apolitical place just because elections and politics are happening outside. Nevertheless, some teachers do feel that Trump being president calls for a change in traditional social norms since picking a side has become a “moral imperative,” with the president being a danger to American society.
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Note: This is Part 3 of a three-part series titled, “How to Find Your Perfect Word of the Year.” See Part 1: How to Choose Your Word of the Year and Part 2: 211 Word of the Year Ideas.
So you chose your word of the year. Now what?
By picking your word, you’ve set your intention or focus for the year.
To experience the magic of this practice, it helps to keep your word top of mind.
You want your word to peak out at you from several places often so you can start to condition your brain think differently. Your words and thoughts directly influence your experiences in life.
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Here are 7 creative ways to help you remember your word of the year:
One – CREATE YOUR OWN BEAUTIFUL WALL ART.
Or just use mine! I created this gorgeous six-pack plus a blank you can write your own word in. You can create your own in any graphics software program such as Canva, PicMonkey, or Photoshop.
Once again, you can DOWNLOAD this gorgeous printable six-pack I made for myself and then decided to share with my readers. Grace, Believe, Joy, Renew and Thrive are included in the pack, plus a blank sheet for you to write in any word you choose. These are 8.5×11 sheets that can be printed in different sizes.
Two – DOODLE YOUR WORD AT THE TOP OF YOUR BULLET JOURNAL OR PLANNER PAGE.
Use your word of the year to inspire you to journal or reframe your thoughts and ideas through the lens of your special word. You can also DOWNLOAD and print out my Word of the Year Wall Art printables and punch to fit in your planner or binder and use as a title page before your journal page.
You can print out any of the pages at a reduced percentage to fit many planner sizes. I use the full 8.5×11 inch size for my Big Happy Planner and also for any standard size three-ring binder I have and I print it at 82 percent to fit in my Classic Size Happy Planner.
Tip: Get a pretty pen to write or doodle on your printables.
These are four pens I recommend for writing on printables, planners and journal pages:
- Pilot G2 The Original – Ok, this the OG of the planner community. I’m just sayin’. Planner girls GO WILD over this super-affordable refillable gel ink pen with comfort grip. It’s known for it’s smooth writing and it lasts long. It comes in four points and 27 colors.
- Pilot G2 Brilliant Metallics – I really like the original Pilot G2 (but my favorite black artist pen is coming up). However, this is the Pilot G2 pen that’s on my wish list: Brilliant Metallics. You can get an 8-pack for a few dollars in amazing colors. With long-lasting, refillable gel metallic ink that’s “infused with micro-metallic pigments that are engineered to bind to the writing surface instead of being absorbed, resulting in crisp, clear writing with a beautiful and unique shine.” I need these now.
- Pilot Erasable Frixion – Planner ladies love these erasable pens! They give a crisp line and come in so many stunning gel colors. I do want to try these but I live in the South and I have seen reports that the ink disappears in the heat. If, you, like me, want to try this the fun, erasable pen, just don’t leave your planners in a hot car or out at the beach.
Note: I’ve also heard that you can “bring back the ink” if you place the item in the freezer. Hmmm.
- Faber-Castell Black Artist Pens – This is my pen of choice. I love this pen in all it’s heavenly, smudge-free perfection.
It features rich, black ink and an array of point sizes and I have purchased different sized packs. This is the pack I would recommend if you don’t know your favorite point size. I use more than one every day.
- This the 8 PITT Artist Pen – Black that contains a variety of nibs that can be used for bullet journals, planners, painting, just about anything:
- Extra Superfine (XS) – .1 mm
- Superfine (S) – .3 mm
- Fine (F) – .5 mm
- Medium (M) – .7 mm
- Soft Calligraphy (SC)
- Bullet (1.5) – 1.5 mm
- Soft Chisel (SC) – 1-3 mm
- Soft Brush (SB) .5-5 mm
- Chisel (C) – 2.5 mm
- Brush (B) – 1-5 mm
- I’ve used these pents for at least two years and I still can’t say I know what my favorite points are. I like the nuance. Sometimes I want a small, sometimes a fine, sometimes a medium, sometimes a calligraphy point. And you can always use a bold. I use all of them interchangeably.
I love the feel of the pen, the way the pure black ink glides onto the paper. It’s fun to draw a heart or emoji with it. Obsessed with these pens. Can you tell?
Please note: They do have a tendency to dry out fast if you don’t keep the cap on. So the tip is please put the cap back on tightly, even if you walk away for a few minutes.
Three– SKETCH IT OUT!
Sketch it out on a blank 5×7 inch blank card and use your favorite colored markers, pens (See Tip Two for my recos.) and stickers to decorate it. Tape it on your bathroom mirror, pin it on your pin board or tuck in under car’s sun visor to keep your word of the year top of mind.
Four– DESIGN IT IN A FUN TOOL
Use Canva, PicMonkey, Google docs, PowerPoint or other similar programs to design a 4×6 inch or 5×7 inch card you can print out on glossy photo paper. Use a cute font and creative elements like this one I made for free in Canva.
See the one I made in Canva below:
Five– FIND SOME CUTE ITEMS WITH YOUR WORD
Home Good, Ross, TJMaxx, Target’s Dollar section and even the Dollar General store offer tons of decorative items that might feature your special word but it’s fast and easy to do a search on Amazon in the home or handmade sections for cute items with your word on them.
Here are some examples I found:
BREATHE – JUST BREATHE BRACELET
GRACE – SMALL SIZE RAW STEEL UNPAINTED
FLOW – COFFEE CUP
CLASSY, SASSY or A LITTLE BAD-ASSY – ETCHED TRAVEL TUMBLER STEMLESS WINE GLASS WITH STRAW
JOY – CHOOSE JOY THROW PILLOW
Six– SEARCH YOUR LIBRARY OR AMAZON FOR BOOKS
While you are on Amazon, search the book section for titles that contain your word. You can also search your library’s database.
GRACE – Book: Live in Grace, Walk in – A 365-Day Journey Love by Bob Goff
LUCK (or GOOD FORTUNE) – Conscious Luck: Eight Secrets to Intentionally Change Your Fortune
Ohmygoodness – I love this book. I am reading it now.
A blogging friend was doing a book challenge on Gay Hendricks’ book, “The Big Leap,” which ended up being a vibe-changing experience for me. It is the best book on changing negative thinking I’ve ever read. It’s a really fun read too.
It sounds crazy, I know, but since reading “The Big Leap,” I have so much positive energy freed up energy to channel into everything I want to do.
The Big Leap led me to Mr Hendricks’ other book, which I’m going to place under the Word of the Year: Joy.
JOY – The Joy of Genius by Gay Hendricks
CHANGE (OR Habits) – Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
Badass, Sassy, Fierce – You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life by Jen Sincero
Money or Wealth- You are a Badass at Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth by Jen Sincero
Seven– PUT IN ON A VISION BOARD
You can just search Google and Pinterest for your eye-catching graphics of your words and print them out and cut out words or phrases from magazines. Paste the words on a vision board.
You can make a vision board with poster board, a fabric memo board, planner pages or vision board printables.
This wraps up this series: How to Choose Your Perfect Word of the Year.
I hope you enjoyed!
If you missed Part 1 and Part 2, you can read them here.
To take the word of the year concept to the next level, I’m writing a blog post on creating a vision board that really works.
I find so intriguing the idea of retraining our brains to think more positively, creatively and intentionally and I can see where one can live more often in a state of grace and ease and in flow state by doing this kind of work (and for me, it begins with choosing a word for each year).
Thoughts are so powerful. Thoughts and words really are things.
So, that’s what’s next – figuring out some simple, creative, fun ways to vision board out dreams and goals. And of course, I’ll share some pretty printables I create for this purpose.
So that’s what’s COMING SOON . . .


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But there are ways to help children cope with the effects of the pandemic.
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The pandemic has taken a huge toll on people’s health mentally and physically across the globe, and among all age groups.
It is particularly worrying for the younger ones as the first years in life are important for their long-term health, development and wellbeing.
With the pandemic, are our children getting that stimulation they need to develop accordingly?
TRP speaks to Xin Yee, an Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) Therapist at Fit In Child Development Centre to discuss the impact of child development in this day and age of a pandemic.
Common issues children face during the pandemic
One of the common issues children face during the pandemic begins with their parents.
The more time spent with children at home has made parents notice developmental delays in their child which has seen an increase in the number of parents signing up their children for screening and assessment post-pandemic.
According to Yee, the first issue is that children rely on their parents to support their daily tasks and to regulate their emotional processes – that is their ability to manage and respond to an emotional experience.
Because of the pandemic, children may receive inconsistent or less support because of parents’ increased responsibilities.
The second issue is that children may need support in dealing with anxiety caused by the sudden change in the environment which could lead to increased behavioural and emotional problems.
The third issue Yee points out is that children may have trouble understanding the complexity of the pandemic and accept the change in daily life due to their limited cognitive abilities – this leads to a perceived lack of control and insecurity.
Yee says studies show that there are long-lasting negative impacts on a child’s social and emotional well-being, including elevated levels of anxiety, worry and distress in children.
The unprecedented changes in lifestyle due to the pandemic may also lead to an increase in domestic conflict and limitations in physical activity. The latter is quite detrimental to a child’s development as it suggests longer screen time, unsteady sleeping patterns, and less healthy eating habits.Xin Yee to TRP
Screen time: good or bad?
Raise your hand if you’re a parent that has knowingly given your child a tablet or phone to keep them busy for a few hours just so you can get some work done.
While Yee doesn’t encourage long screen time. she did indicate research showing interactive media helping children 2 years and older to retain information.
However, children of the age 2 and younger are unlikely to learn from screen time as they will have trouble distinguishing what they watch on screen from everyday reality.
This in turn may hinder executive function, which is essential for helping children to develop interpersonal skills, decision-making and critical thinking skills, adaptability, and emotional intelligence.
The fast-paced content the children are consuming daily may be cumulative and negatively impact their development.Xin Yee to TRP
The effects of early screen exposure of more than 7 hours a day, for example, is correlated with impaired executive function, academic skills, attention, and cognitive development, as well as delayed language use and acquisition.
In addition, screen time also reduces the quality and amount of interactions with parents and distracts the child from play.
What parents can do to help their children
Despite the continuing variations of MCO in the country, continuing to stall activities that contribute to a normal development will only inhibit that development. In short, adding structure in a child’s life gives them a sense of knowing what to expect which can increase their sense of safety and help them feel less anxious.
Other key points she shared are:
- Model good behaviours at home.
- Reinforce children with favoured activities when they display commendable behaviours.
- Prepare a list of play and academic activities to keep the children occupied with meaningful activities. (e.g. sing, stacking toys, ready storybooks for toddlers)
- Go for walks around housing areas or outdoors (where possible)- these family events offer an opportunity for children to maintain some normality in their lives and work through stress.
- Help children stay connected with family and friends through social media and the Internet to ease their feelings of loneliness.
- Spending at least 20 mins of playtime a day with your child. This will help them feel less anxious and more confident.
Parents speak out
TRP also spoke to some parents who have had to endure the impacts the pandemic has on them and their children. Here’s what they had to say:
We as parents will face struggles especially being at home all the time. Arguments and fights are inevitable. This would also affect the child’s development and at the end of the day we just have to do our very best day in and day out, because how they turn out, depends on us.Hafiz, father to his 1 year 9 month daughter
The social aspect the pandemic has affected seems to be a recurring theme for many parents. Melanie, who is a stay-at-home mother to two children ages 5 and 3 says it would have been her eldest child’s first year in school had it not been for Covid-19. Although she’s sad that her child won’t be able to interact with his peers, she’s thankful that both her kids are playing together.
“I appreciate the time we have with them but it’s been a bit much. I suppose years from now, we’ll look back and appreciate that it could never be too much”Melanie, stay-at-home-mum to children ages 5 and 3
Working mum Ruzian told TRP that she chose to send her kids to daycare despite the risks as she feels it’s more important to be around people who they can play with rather than be at home and be shouted at by their parents.
At one point, I felt that this would be much worse for them because feeling negelected and unloved by your own parents can lead to a bunch of other developmental issues in the future.Ruzian, working mum to children ages 4 and 1
TRP’s very own Social Media Manager Hakeem chimed in as well, saying that the lockdowns has caused his 1 year old daughter to get anxious whenever she even sees another person.
Kid’s should be out and about picking up twigs and rocks but instead are stuck in four walls. It’s a shame they don’t get to run around freely as that is key to their development. Learning danger and safety. Fun and wonder. Being stuck at home also creates a safe bubble that she is so curious to get out of, but she doesn’t get enough of it and as parents all we do is worry.Hakeem, father to 1 year 8 month old Sophia
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"I know it is a cliché, everyone says this about their kids, but she was one of the really good ones though. She was good."
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Early Saturday morning Tyrina Medley woke up to a frantic phone call. On the other line was her daughter's close friend telling her that 22-year-old Tynaz Shorter had been shot.
"She said that they pulled into the gas station on Chicago Avenue and Hamlin, and a black car pulled up on the side of them and started shooting," Medley said.
Police say the shooting happened around 4 a.m. Saturday on the city's West Side.
Shorter was struck by at least two bullets as she sat in the backseat of a friend's car.
The young woman's family shared photos of a black Infiniti she was sitting in that is now riddled with bullet holes.
"Once they pulled off Tynaz started screaming, 'I am hit.' That same car was following them constantly shooting at the car," Medely said.
Shorter was struck in the right leg and buttocks, according to police.
The car Shorter was in took off and later crashed in the 3700 block of West Chicago Avenue.
Witnesses said the driver and another passenger got out and ran off.
"They left them in the car. They left the two girls in the car," Medley said.
Shorter was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where she later died.
A 23-year-old man was also shot in the right forearm. He was taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition.
Shorter was a college student studying to be a teacher while also working a full time job.
"Beautiful girl, energetic, loves to laugh and dance," her mother recalled.
Now, her family is trying to find out who is responsible for the senseless violence.
"I know it is a cliché, everyone says this about their kids, but she was one of the really good ones though. She was good," Medley said.
No one is in custody. Area 4 Detectives are investigating.


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