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California HMBP Reporting
As a diverse industrial hub, California is host to numerous businesses that manage and utilize hazardous materials. California has rigorous Tier II chemical inventory reporting to improve community right-to-know and hazmat incident preparedness across the state. To manage the risks associated with hazardous materials, California has implemented the Hazardous Materials Business Plan (HMBP) program. This comprehensive state-mandated initiative is designed to ensure that businesses dealing with hazardous materials have robust emergency response and training plans in place.
Understanding California’s Tier II Reporting Requirements
Who Needs to Report?
Facilities that handle hazardous materials (including hazardous waste) in California at reportable quantities must file a Hazardous Materials Business Plan (HMBP) with their local Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA) if the reportable quantities are equal to or greater than:
- 500 pounds of a solid
- 55 gallons of a liquid
- 200 cubic feet of a compressed gas
- A hazardous compressed gas in any amount (highly toxic with a threshold limit value of ≤ 10 parts per million)
- Extremely hazardous substances above the threshold planning quantities (TPQs)
- Unlike other states, hazardous wastes are treated the same as hazardous materials and should be included on the HMBP chemical inventory
California’s HMBP additionally requires facilities to report information about:
- Aboveground and Below-ground storage tanks
- Recyclable Materials: Hazardous materials that are designated for recycling are exempt from HMBP handling and inventory reporting requirements. However, to qualify for this exemption, the hazardous materials must be recycled at the same facility at which they are generated. If hazardous materials designated for recycling are transported to an off-site recycling facility, they are subject to full HMBP reporting requirements like other hazardous materials.
- In March 2022, a document was released by the California Hazardous Materials Business Plan (HMBP) Technical Advisory Group that detailed how facilities should report various types of batteries in California
- All other information on California’s HMBP exemptions and thresholds can be found here
Types of Facilities Subject to HMBP Reporting
Here are some common examples of facilities in California that would need to submit a Hazardous Materials Business Plan (HMBP) based on the chemicals they handle:
- Gas stations – For gasoline, diesel fuels, and lubricating oils.
- Auto repair shops – For brake fluids, solvents, paints, oils, antifreeze, and battery acid
- Hardware stores – For paints, cleaning chemicals, pesticides, and fertilizers
- Medical facilities – For medical gasses, radioactive materials, disinfectants, and lab chemicals
- Printing shops – For inks, solvents, film chemicals, and adhesives.
- Manufacturing facilities – For acids, bases, solvents, coatings, cleaning agents, compressed gasses, and more
- Warehouses – For a wide variety of chemicals stored and distributed
- Dry cleaners – For perchloroethylene, spotting chemicals, and detergents
- Pest control businesses – For insecticides, rodenticides, and fumigants
- Swimming pool companies – For pool chemicals like chlorine, muriatic acid, and sodium hypochlorite
- Agriculture operations – For diesel fuels, lubricants, pesticides, and fertilizers
- Many other businesses are not listed here
According to HMBP regulations nuances exist within California’s HMBP that are not followed by EPCRAs requirements for Tier II reporting, for example:
- Local CUPAs conduct regular inspections of facilities to verify HMBP compliance
- As part of the HMBP businesses must provide ongoing training to employees responsible for handling hazardous materials or responding to emergencies
- The implementation of and enforcement of the HMBP Program can vary between local CUPAs. For example, some CUPAs may have lower reporting thresholds for their chemicals.
Need help sorting out tricky thresholds, exemptions, or submitting reports for sites or facilities in California? Learn more here about how you can partner with Encamp to save you and your team time and hassle this reporting year.
California’s Electronic Tier II Reporting System (CERS)
Overview of the California Environmental Reporting System (CERS)
CERS is an online statewide reporting portal to report hazardous materials and wastes in California. It was developed by the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services to streamline reporting under several state and federal laws. Facilities use CERS for reporting:
- Tier II chemical inventory under EPCRA
- Hazardous waste generation (Biennial Reporters)
- Underground storage tanks (USTs)
- Aboveground storage tanks (ASTs)
- Hazardous Materials Business Plans (HMBPs)
How to Submit a Tier II Report in California
Here are the key steps for submitting a Tier II chemical inventory report in CERS (California Environmental Reporting System):
- Register for a CERS account if you don’t already have one. You will need your EPA ID number and business information.
- Log into your CERS account and click the “Tier II” module. Select “Add New Tier II Report” for the current reporting year.
- Select your facility and enter the calendar year for the inventory you are reporting. Click “Create Tier II”.
- Complete each section of the Tier II report with your facility information, contact details, chemical storage locations, and the chemical inventory.
- For each chemical, provide the CAS number, chemical name, physical state, storage types, locations, and aggregate quantities on-site during the year above reporting thresholds.
- Estimate maximum daily amounts if exact inventory fluctuated. You can save and edit the inventory list as needed.
- Attach Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) for each chemical. Upload or link them in CERS.
- Certify that the Tier II information is complete and accurate. Generate a submittal batch.
- Officially submit the completed Tier II report to your Administering Agency (CUPA or PA) found here:
- Pay any applicable processing fees to the CUPA. Retain confirmation of filing. Fee information.
- Submit Tier II updates within 30 days if you exceed thresholds for additional chemicals. Revise annually.
It’s important to notify your CUPA of HMBP changes within 30 days. This ensures first responders have up-to-date information in case of an emergency at your facility. You should also train employees on the new hazardous materials and post the amended HMBP for workers.
Deadlines and Timelines for HMBP Reporting
Annual Reporting Deadline
CUPAs have specific due dates to submit an HMBP although March 1st is the set annual HMBP certification deadline for California businesses handling hazardous materials to comprehensively review, update, and resubmit their plans.
Additional Reporting Requirements
An HMBP is required to be updated within 30 days of any of the following changes:
- 100% Increase of a Previously Disclosed Hazardous Material: A 100 percent or more increase in the quantity of a previously disclosed material.
- Previously Undisclosed Hazardous Material: Any handling of a previously undisclosed hazardous material subject to the inventory requirements of this article.
- Change of Business Information: Change of business or facility address, changed of business ownership, or change of business name.
- Substantial change in the handler’s operation: A substantial change in the handler’s operations occurs that requires modification to any portion of the business plan.
Tips for Effective HMBP Reporting
Maintain Accurate Inventory Records
It is important to maintain accurate inventory records in California because of the strict regulations required under the Hazardous Materials Business Plan (HMBP). If there are changes at your facility an updated HMBP may be required.
Understand State-Specific Reporting Requirements
Facilities must submit an HMBP report into CERS. No additional submissions are necessary.
Keep Copies of All Submitted Reports
In making sure your facility stays in compliance with California’s environmental reporting requirements it is important to maintain records of your facility’s HMBP report. In the California Environmental Reporting System (CERS), you can generate a PDF document of the certified HMBP submission for your records.
Common Mistakes in HMBP Reporting and How to Avoid Them
Incorrectly Estimating Quantity of Reportable Substances
- Incomplete or missing chemical inventory – Document all hazardous materials over thresholds. Include all required details like chemical names, quantities, and locations.
- Not reporting new hazardous materials or increased quantities within 30 days – Routinely review inventory and update HMBP as needed. Don’t wait for annual certification.
Not considering hazardous wastes
Unlike in other states, hazardous wastes are treated similarly to hazardous materials and should be evaluated against applicable thresholds.
Make sure to check if your substance is a reportable amount by checking the reportable quantities at the top of this page.
Failing to Keep Up-To-Date with Changes in Regulations
Failure to comply with California’s Hazardous Materials Business Plan (HMBP) requirements can lead to significant penalties, enforcement actions, and other consequences including bad press.
Penalties for Non-Compliance with HMBP Reporting in California
Potential Fines and Legal Consequences
Penalties are assessed based on the nature, extent, gravity, and circumstances of the violation for example:
- Civil Penalties – Financial penalties up to $2,000 per day can be assessed for major violations. Minor violations may incur $500 per day fines.
- Criminal Penalties – Willful and knowing violations are misdemeanors and may result in fines and/or imprisonment.
- Permit Suspension – The administering agency can suspend permits or block operations until compliance is achieved.
- Agency Inspections – Lack of compliance triggers site inspections and increased scrutiny from agencies like the fire department.
- Public Relations – Some agencies publish names of non-compliant businesses as additional incentives to follow regulations and avoid bad press.
- Litigation Risk – In case of any release or accident, noncompliance will likely lead to harsher outcomes in civil litigation or criminal prosecution.
- Competitive Disadvantage – Compliant businesses may avoid working with non-compliant companies, costing business relationships.
- Decreased Access – Lenders, insurers, and landlords may restrict access to capital, insurance, and real estate for non-compliant operators.
- Community Distrust – Customers and neighbors lose trust in businesses disregarding safety regulations.
Impact on Community Safety and Emergency Preparedness
- Proper hazardous materials reporting through the Hazardous Materials Business Plan (HMBP) is crucial for community safety and emergency preparedness. Here are some examples of the potential impacts of inadequate HMBP reporting:
- Firefighters unknowingly exposed to unsafe chemicals during a fire at a facility that failed to report hazardous materials in their HMBP. Proper reporting could have better prepared first responders.
- A railroad accident resulted in a toxic chemical spill and evacuation. A nearby facility had not disclosed similar chemicals in their HMBP, delaying coordination of the evacuation zone.
- Emergency responders are unable to quickly locate and shut off gas lines due to inadequate site maps and information in a facility’s HMBP during an emergency.
- Delayed or improper medical treatment for injuries caused during a chemical explosion, because first responders lacked full awareness of chemical hazards from a deficient HMBP.

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A common phrase in the military is “Been there, done that.” It’s an overused statement but it relates a kinship of shared experience between people with a common perspective, at least in part. People who use this phrase generally have credibility with the listener so both parties can share stories, laugh, cry or commiserate about the shortfalls of the experience. But this post is about the opposite of a shared experience.
Heres the advice: If you’ve only heard about something–an experience, an organization, an activity–don’t pretend you understand it. Don’t complain about it. Don’t make suggestions about how to fix it. Don’t spread rumors about it. Instead, learn about it. Listen to understand. Ask questions. But ask them with a bent toward comprehension of the subject, not critiquing it.
If you haven’t been there or done that, be quiet and learn about it. Otherwise all you’ll do is lose credibility and make people mad.

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Written by Kelsea Siter, Americorps KEYS member
Looking for safe sunscreen options for this summer? You have come to the right place!
Sunscreen is one of the most important steps in protecting and preventing our skin from harmful levels of radiation, sun damage, and skin cancer. Many of us buy sunscreen based on the SPF or the common brand names that we see in stores. But are these sunscreens doing us more harm than good? The lack of regulation around sunscreen allows producers to add and keep toxic chemicals that have been linked to many negative health impacts. Many sunscreen labels revolve around false advertising based on outdated and incorrect research causing consumers to believe these products are harmless. According to the Environmental Working Group, sunscreen regulations have not been updated since 2011. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recognizes only 2 ingredients in sunscreen as nontoxic and effective: zinc oxide and titanium dioxide. These 2 ingredients have been proven both safe and effective in preventing sun damage. Many other ingredients such as Formaldehyde, Oxybenzone, Homosalate, Sulfates, and others that are common in over 60% of sunscreens, need additional research and testing according to the FDA.
Chemicals such as Oxybenzone have proven to disrupt hormones, absorb deeply and rapidly into the skin, and have been detected in blood, breast milk, and urine. Oxybenzone is also extremely dangerous to the environment, in particular coral reefs, and has been heavily linked to coral bleaching. In 2019, the FDA released that Oxybenzone could no longer be considered harmless and effective, and that their current research on oxybenzone was linked to harmful side effects. With all of these known negative health impacts linked to chemicals common in sunscreen, it is both unclear and unfathomable why these chemicals are still put into our sunscreens. The FDA also released information about SPF, and how higher SPF is misleading and does not offer additional or even longer protection. The FDA has proposed to limit SPF at 50 in 2011, and later in 2019, at 60 SPF. These claims were never passed, and it is uncertain if higher SPF sunscreens will be taken off the market in the future.
As spray sunscreen becomes more popular around the country, it is important to highlight the negative impacts these products can have. Over 25% of sunscreens are available in a spray form, and they continue to be a common choice because of the rapid and easy application. Sprays do not ensure full skin protection, and oftentimes lead to exposed areas of the skin. According to a study completed in 2016 from the Journal of Drugs in Dermatology, only 69% of the 540 surveyed dermatologists advise their patients to use spray sunscreen. Spray sunscreen also poses concerns for respiratory health and can contain harmful chemicals that can easily be inhaled and absorbed in both kids and adults. Chemicals such as titanium oxide, commonly found in sunscreens, are linked to cancer when inhaled in great quantities. While titanium oxide is safe and effective when used on the skin, when inhaled, small particles stay trapped in the lungs and can cause asthma and allergies. Avoiding spray sunscreen, especially for kids, and swapping in a sunscreen lotion, can assure more evenly and protected skin, as well as decreased exposure to aerosols and chemicals inside spray formulas.
So what sunscreens are both safe for your body and protect your skin from the sun? Look for sunscreens that do not contain the harmful chemicals listed above such as Formaldehyde, Oxybenzone, Homosalate and many others. Titanium oxide is effective and harmless in lotion sunscreen, but avoid it in sprays. The Environmental Working Group has a full list of ingredients found in sunscreens and their concerns that can be found here. Steer clear of sunscreens with SPF over 50, which are proven to be deceptive and useless, compared to lower SPF sunscreen. Based on EWG’s ingredient list, Women for a Healthy Environment recommends Alba Botanica, Pacifica, Raw Elements, and Kabana Organic Skincare. If you are concerned about the environment, look for the “Reef-Safe” label on sunscreens, and avoid products with oxybenzone and mineral oils. The Environmental Working Group has a ranked report of sunscreens that meet their criteria and are better for you, your health, and the environment. Find the list here and don’t forget your safe sunscreen this summer!


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Molecular staging of prostate cancer in the year 2007
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Numerous attempts towards improving patient management by molecular staging have been fruitless so far. No single molecular parameter is routinely analyzed in prostate cancer tissue. This may be partly due to genuine properties of prostate cancer that may make this tumor a difficult target. Furthermore, inherent logistical problems result in a shortage of prostate cancer tissue for research purposes. For the future, it can be hoped that the availability of more powerful molecular techniques in combination with better tissue archives will allow more rapid progress. Powerful DNA array and proteomics methods allow the systematic analysis of virtually all genes of a cancer on the DNA, RNA, and protein level. Although such approaches are sometimes labeled as “fishing expeditions,” it cannot be totally disregarded that the simultaneous analysis of all genes has a high likelihood of identifying significant new information. In future, one of the major scientific challenges will be the validation of several potential biomarkers in large enough and clinically well-characterized patient cohorts. In particular, studies on needle core biopsies and hormone refractory cancers are imperatively needed for investigating the natural history of the disease or to discover potential predictive markers for radiation therapy and new therapeutic target genes to answer the clinically most important questions for optimal clinical decision making in prostate cancer patients: which patients will not require local therapy? If local therapy is needed, what is the treatment of choice? What medications should be given if metastases are present?

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In Seattle, food has always meant more than a meal. The city’s journey from the earliest oyster middens to the modern four-star restaurants is a reflection of Seattle’s geography, history, and people. Edible City: A Delicious Journey serves up the story of how people eat in Seattle, and how urban palates have developed over the years.
For nearly two centuries, Seattle has been a region whose culinary traditions, like its people, are distinguished by the confluence of cultures, the wise use of natural resources, and the willingness (and oftentimes necessity) to try something new.
Discover the secret history of the Pacific Northwest’s favorite foods: learn the origins of the Rainier cherry, see treasures from the long history of Pike Place Market, get acquainted with the man behind the city’s first sushi bar, and debate Seattle’s signature dishes.
Curated by two-time James Beard Award winner Rebekah Denn, Edible City will be a main course on the city’s cultural buffet.
In this short film, Edible City: A Delicious Journey’s curator, award-winning food writer Rebekah Denn, leads you on a virtual tour to discover what makes Seattle food distinctive. See how our Northwest geography and its iconic ingredients, as well as the city’s taste for innovation, have had a hand in shaping how Seattle eats. Along the way, meet some of the influential groups and individuals who have been involved in this rich history and in the contemporary culinary scene.
Puget Sound residents are invested in homegrown food, sustainability, and food equity. One of the few historically preserved farms in Seattle, Marra Farm is a four-acre oasis in the South Park neighborhood whose programs include community gardens, harvesting produce for local food banks, and educational projects.
Seattle high-tech jobs have made its residents look at cooking in a whole new way, leading to some groundbreaking food-tech endeavors. HomeGrocer.com trailblazed the way for online food shopping, and promised to do away with the drudgery of supermarket shopping as a luxurious option in the 1990s.
How do Seattle foods compare from earlier years to today? Delve into some of the surprising and delicious answers with Rebekah Denn, curator of Edible City: A Delicious Journey, and a panel of the city’s prominent chefs, restaurateurs, and producers.
Celebrate Seattle’s passion for food and culture with Edible City Month, April 1-30, 2017. Experience a month of culinary exploration in this citywide salute to Seattle’s innovative urban palate.
What is a Seattle food? Is it seafood, wild mushrooms, berries, or foraged foods? Try out some of Seattle’s signature recipes as tasted by Edible City curator, Rebekah Denn.
While the original Dutch Baby recipe invented by Manca’s Cafe is a secret, a version printed by Sunset magazine became one of its most popular recipes ever.
This version is by Sharon Kramis, a founding member of Seattle’s chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier, and her daughter, food consultant and stylist Julie Kramis Hearne.
Makes 2 servings
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
To prepare the Dutch Baby, melt the butter in a 12-inch cast iron skillet over low heat. Mix the eggs, flour, and milk in a blender on medium speed until just blended, 5 to 10 seconds. Pour the batter into the skillet with the melted butter.
Place the skillet in the oven and bake until the top puffs up and is lightly golden, about 25 minutes.
When the Dutch Baby is done, drizzle the melted butter over the top, and then sprinkle with the lemon juice and dust with the powdered sugar.
Cut into six wedges and serve immediately.
The creative chefs in the Modernist Cuisine cooking laboratory use scientific tools to figure out the hows and whys of great food.
At lab dinners, a centrifuge is used to make this carrot soup, but a pressure cooker alone will work for this home version. The baking soda in the recipe helps caramelize the carrots.
Core the carrots by quartering them lengthwise and slicing away any tough or fibrous cores. Cut the cored carrots into pieces 2 inches / 5 cm long.
Melt unsalted butter in the base of a pressure cooker over medium heat.
Stir water, salt and baking soda to combine, and then add with the carrots to the melted butter.
Pressure-cook at a gauge pressure of 1 bar / 15 psi for 20 minutes. Start timing when full pressure is reached. Depressurize the cooker quickly by running tepid water over the rim. Make sure you are familiar with safe operations for your pressure cooker before use.
Blend the mixture to a smooth puree. Pass the puree through a fine sieve into a pot.
Bring carrot juice to a boil in a separate pot, and then strain through a fine sieve. Stir into the carrot puree. Add water, if necessary, to thin the soup to the desired consistency.
Blend Stove-Top Carotene Butter (or additional unsalted butter) into the soup by using an immersion blender until the butter has just melted.
Season, and serve warm.
Healthful and colorful, this is one of the most popular salads in the PCC Natural Markets deli case-and one of the longest lived.
“I’ve been with PCC since the days of pencil and paper recipes and nobody seems to recall the first batch,” said deli merchandiser Leon Bloom. He thinks the mix of flavor and nutritional value is what made it such a hit: “You feel great after you eat it.”
Serves 8 to 10, as a side dish
Bring 3 cups salted water to a boil; add rice. Bring back to a boil, cover, and reduce heat to simmer. Cook until the water is absorbed, 60 to 65 minutes; remove from the heat and let cool.
Whisk together oil, lemon juice, garlic, salt and pepper. When rice is cool, toss with dressing.
Remove tough stems and ribs from greens, and chiffonade (cut into ribbons). Combine with peppers, fennel, green onions, and parsley.
Just before serving, toss veggies with dressed rice.
Kurt Beecher Dammeier has led a charge to make Washington cheeses as successful as Washington wines.
Dammeier’s own Beecher’s Handmade Cheese in Pike Place Market has won top national awards and wows Market visitors with a close-up view of cheesemakers at work.
Serves 4 as a side dish
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Oil or butter an 8-inch baking dish.
Cook the penne 2 minutes less than package directions. (It will finish cooking in the oven.) Rinse pasta in cold water and set aside.
Combine cooked pasta and Flagship Sauce in a medium bowl and mix carefully but thoroughly. Scrape the pasta into the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle the top with the cheeses and then the chile powder. Bake, uncovered, for 20 minutes. Let sit for 5 minutes before serving.
Note: If you double the recipe to make a main dish, bake in a 9-by-13-inch pan for 30 minutes.
Makes about 4 cups, enough for a double batch
Melt the butter in a heavy-bottom saucepan over medium heat, and whisk in the flour. Continue whisking and cooking for 2 minutes. Slowly add the milk, whisking constantly. Cook until the sauce thickens, about 10 minutes, stirring frequently. Remove from the heat. Add the cheese, salt, chile powder, and garlic powder. Stir until the cheese is melted and all ingredients are incorporated, about 3 minutes. Use immediately, or refrigerate for up to 3 days.
Note: A single batch of sauce makes enough for a double recipe of macaroni and cheese.
Sunset magazine’s first-ever pesto recipe came from Angelo Pellegrini in 1946.
Less a recipe than a loosely written narrative, it was the first time many readers had heard of the now-ubiquitous preparation. The version below is from his classic book, The Unprejudiced Palate.
The recipe for pasta al burro is exceedingly simple. While the pasta is draining, melt a third of a pound of butter (for six portions) in a large kettle. Keep it over a slow fire, and toss the pasta in it briskly until the butter is evenly distributed. During the tossing, throw in three or four spoonfuls of cheese. Add, if you like, some minced parsley. Serve very hot with plenty of cheese over each serving.
For pasta al pesto, proceed as above, adding to the melted butter the following herb sauce: For a pound and a half of pasta, mince four cloves of garlic and enough fresh basil to fill a cup. The traditional method is to reduce them to a paste in a mortar and pestle, with the addition of small quantities of olive oil as needed. I have never used these implements, but I have achieved, I am sure, the same results with a sharp, heavy, straight-edged knife. A bit of patience and a little time are required, for the mincing must be thorough.
Jon Rowley originally developed a version of this recipe for Anthony’s restaurants, finessing it with a team that included then-executive chef Sally McArthur.
When Sheila Lukins (co-founder of the famous Silver Palate cookbooks) visited Seattle, she ate Rowley’s shortcake on a strawberry-picking trip. She was so taken with it, she included a version of the recipe in her U.S.A. Cookbook as the best ever. Rowley recommends using Shuksan or Hood strawberries that have been picked the same day.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease a baking sheet.
Stir all the dry ingredients together in a large mixing bowl. Cut the stick of butter into small cubes, and work the cubes into the dry ingredients with your fingertips until the mixture resembles rough meal. Stir in the milk until the soft dough starts to pull away from the bowl.
Spoon the dough in six equal portions onto the baking sheet. Brush the tops lightly with cream. Bake for 15 minutes, or until golden brown. Cool completely on a wire rack.
*The aluminum phosphate used in most baking powders leaves a bitter, metallic aftertaste.
Rinse and hull the berries. Set aside six small, whole berries for garnishing. Slice the berries into a bowl. Add 2 to 4 tablespoons of sugar, and let berries macerate for at least one hour.
Using an electric mixer or wire whisk, whip the cream with sugar until it forms soft but slightly firm peaks.
Slice a biscuit in half. Place the bottom half on a plate. Top with a layer of berries and their juice. Add a big spoonful of whipping cream. Cover with the top half of the biscuit. Then add another layer of berries and cream, in slightly smaller quantities than the first layer. Drizzle a tablespoon of juice over the whipped cream, and top with a small whole strawberry.
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This book. Wow. I have no clue if Harper knew how big of a movement #iAmWillow would be, but it has easily taken the lit world by storm, and it's so easy to see why. Harper Sloan always puts her heart into her work, you can tell just by reading her words, but with PI, it was a book that evoked the true spirit of such a wonderful woman. These were words being pulled straight from her soul. These weren't just words put onto a page to sell some books, these were HER words, HER heart, and HER soul.
While Locke had always been my favorite of Harper's books, given the beauty of that story, PI has blown right past even that as Harper's finest work so far. The raw emotion that Willow and Kane bring out, the pain that Willow brings forth, and most importantly- the all consuming love that Kane shows her- they're are no words.
To imagine that someone has lived a life filled with so much self doubt, so much hatred from her "family", it makes you wonder how they could even survive. How did they continue to breathe in that stifling cocoon that was their existence? Well, Willow did. Beautifully. Was it all peaches and cream? Of course not!! But then again, nothing worth having is ever easy to obtain. Willow fought like hell to get to where she is, and while Kane helped her blossom, he most certainly isn't the sole reason for her success. She did it on her own. She discovered herself, and just happened to fall in love with a wonderful man along the way!!
It's not often that books reach us on a soul-deep level, as most read them because of the steamy scenes, or that they're the hottest new thing on the market, or even the author themselves. But PI is different than that. Because, we are all Willow. There has been a time in every person's life that we have had the same body issues as she did, that we've felt the same lack of confidence that she had, or even the same self loathing. So, yes, we are all Willow. And, I thank Harper for bringing this issue to light, and having us all embrace it. 5 HUGE stars!!!!
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Mirror, mirror ... who's the fairest of them all?
I still cringe when I hear that line. A fairy tale that had girls pretending they were the fairest, the most beautiful, and the most entitled. A fairy tale most couldn't grow out of turned my haunted childhood memories into a living nightmare. Girls who grew up believing that pile of garbage became the meanest of all 'mean girls.'
And those mean girls were right - it was a line meant for all the beautiful people in the world - and I knew the answer would never be me.
The women with long legs, flat stomachs, and perfect chests.
The type of women Kane Masters gravitated toward.
Well, that's definitely not Willow Tate.
No. That will never be me.
Because I'm completely imperfect.
And ... I hate myself.
I have no idea what Kane could possibly see in someone like me when he could have them.
“Are you nervous right now?”
“Tell me why.” His demand, steady and calm, gives me the courage I need to tell him. To open a vein and bleed my insecurities.
“I’m not perfect,” I whisper.
“And neither am I, Willow. I don’t want perfect. What so many see as perfect, to me, is fake. Perfect isn’t achievable naturally. No one, and I mean no one, is perfect.”
I’m shaking my head before he’s even done speaking, but one long finger comes up and presses against my lips before I can speak.
“No, let me finish. There isn’t beauty in perfection. It’s as fake as the image the word projects. Beauty is found in imperfection, Willow, because to admit you’re not perfect means you’re admitting you’re not whole and absolute. When I think of myself, I see someone willing to admit he’s as far from complete as it gets because, in order to get to that perfection, I need to find the other part of me who will make my life better. To take all the faults I have and fill them, and only then will I be there. You see, the way I see it, the only way to become perfect is to find that perfectly imperfect person who brings it out of you.”
When he stops, I swear I might have stopped breathing. How am I supposed to respond to that?
“Do you trust me?” he asks, his voice strong and sure.
“Yes, Kane. Nerves or not, I do.”
“Then let me show you what I see when I look at you.”
He brings his hands up, framing my face once again in a way I’m quickly becoming addicted to the feeling of. His warm eyes implore, begging me without words to let him continue. I do not intend to stop him, regardless of the butterflies currently taking over my system. I’m all in.
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Harper lives in small town Georgia just a short drive from her hometown of Peachtree City. She (and her 3 daughters) enjoy ruling the house they dubbed 'Estrogen Ocean', much to her husband’s chagrin. Harper has a borderline unhealthy obsession with books; you can almost ALWAYS find her with her eReader attached. She enjoys bad reality TV and cheesy romantic flicks. Her favorite kind of hero--the super alpha kind!
Harper started using writing as a way to unwind when the house went to sleep at night; and with a house full of crazy it was the perfect way to just relax. It didn't take long before a head full of very demanding alphas would stop at nothing to have their story told.
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Date: January 10 to 12, 2018 Location: Novotel Bangkok, Thailand
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With rapid rising population growth globally, food will need to be more sustainable and more nutritious to feed the world. At the Food for Health conference, it aims to cover emerging knowledge and innovation that can improve the health and wellness, safety and sustainability of the future food supply.
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After rocket ride of development, Robinhood heads to the market
After a rocket rise the place it launched tens of millions of folks to investing and reshaped the brokerage business, all whereas racking up an extended checklist of controversies in lower than eight years, Robinhood is about to take the leap itself into the stock market.
Robinhood Markets and three of its executives are promoting up to 60.5 million shares of its stock in an preliminary public providing, with buying and selling anticipated to start on the Nasdaq Thursday.
It’s an enormous second for the fast-growing company, which is sticking to its mantra of making an attempt to “democratize finance” by reserving many of the shares for its personal prospects, quite than simply huge skilled traders. Can Robinhood persuade them to embrace its stock, simply because it helped a technology of traders tackle buying and selling shares, choices and cryptocurrencies?
Here are some things to take into accout forward of what’s one of the most anticipated IPOs on Wall Street this year:
HOW DOES A FREE SERVICE MAKE MONEY?
Robinhood’s income soared 245% final year to $959 million. It then hit $522 million in the first three months of 2021 alone, greater than quadrupling from the year-ago degree.
Robinhood does not cost buying and selling commissions or require prospects to carry huge balances—one purpose why it is so widespread. It makes the bulk of its money—81% of income in the first quarter— by funneling traders’ orders to huge buying and selling corporations, similar to Citadel Securities, which take the different facet of the commerce. They additionally give a cost to Robinhood.
The follow, referred to as “payment for order flow,” has drawn criticism from lawmakers and regulators. The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission has questioned whether or not it prevents traders from getting the finest value doable for his or her trades and whether or not it impels brokerages to encourage prospects to commerce extra steadily than they need to.
But authorized consultants say tighter regulation could also be tough to result in. Brokerages want to make money one way or the other, and if Robinhood cannot get it from cost for order move, it might return to charging buying and selling commissions, mentioned Joshua Mitts, a legislation professor at Columbia University. That might make politicians even much less widespread than they already are.
“I think investors in many ways are pricing that in,” Mitts mentioned, “and there’s a pretty good sense that Robinhood is going to be OK.”
WHAT IF THE TRADING BOOM FIZZLES?
Even if cost for order move sticks round, Robinhood’s dependence on the follow might be a problem. During regular instances, Robinhood might get about 75% of its money from transaction-based income, roughly triple what some rivals get, mentioned Tom Mason, senior analysis analyst at S&P Global Market Intelligence.
Robinhood earns a mean of 2.5 cents for each $100 traded. That it means it stands to lose if customers begin buying and selling quite a bit fewer $100 blocks on its app.
Robinhood says its income might fall in the July-September quarter compared to the April-June interval, when income rose an estimated 124% to 135%. Besides seasonality points, Robinhood mentioned it expects to see decreased ranges of buying and selling exercise, significantly in cryptocurrencies, which accounted for 17% of income in the first three months of the year. Prices of Bitcoin and different cryptocurrencies have been typically falling since peaking in April.
Among different dangers, Robinhood’s prospects might spend much less time on the app if a fading pandemic means they will go on with their lives and do different issues with money.
Robinhood additionally hasn’t all the time stored prospects glad: Its platform has had some high-profile outages, and early this year it briefly barred traders from making trades in GameStop, when manic actions in its stock have been the discuss of the market. That might have performed a task in the roughly 600,000 prospects that emptied their accounts throughout the first three months of the year. The company has 18 million funded accounts.
Counterbalancing all that could be the robust model Robinhood has created, which has allowed the company to entice new prospects with out spending a lot on advertising and marketing. And Robinhood’s benefit over rivals is an intense concentrate on prospects, which pushes it to roll out in-demand merchandise in a short time, mentioned S&P’s Mason.
TRUSTING CUSTOMERS AS INVESTORS
Robinhood is taking the uncommon step of permitting customers of its buying and selling app to purchase up to 35% of its IPO shares earlier than they start buying and selling. That’s the largest portion by far of pre-IPO shares to be designated for retail traders in an underwritten providing, says Matt Kennedy, senior IPO market strategist at Renaissance Capital.
Typically, solely institutional traders and company insiders can purchase shares in corporations earlier than they go public, and atypical traders miss out on any first day pop. Between 2001 and 2020 the common U.S. IPO returned 14.5% from the supply value on day one, in accordance to Renaissance Capital. The return this year is an even-better 25% when taking a look at IPOs that increase a minimum of $100 million.
The greatest threat, Kennedy says, is that retail traders are extra seemingly than institutional merchants to flip their shares for a fast revenue, elevating the chance of elevated volatility on the first day of buying and selling. For its half, Robinhood has warned that customers who promote IPO shares inside 30 days of the IPO might be restricted from shopping for shares in IPOs on Robinhood’s platform for 60 days.
Robinhood sees valuation of up to $35 billion as public co.
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What began as an emergency solution to provide housing for California’s homeless population during the coronavirus pandemic has turned into a more permanent solution.
The housing program, initially called “Project Roomkey” secures hotel and motel space for individuals experiencing homelessness. When California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the state’s revised budget Monday, he devoted $900 million to buying hotels, motels, tiny home, pre-fab homes, and apartment buildings to facilitate a permanent version of the program, now called “Project Home Key.”
So far, more than 14,000 people have been provided with a place to live and access to support services through the initiative, according to Newsom. Other states, including Connecticut and Hawaii, are looking to replicate the same program, he said.
The funding comes from a state partnership with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, as well as private donations. Newsom credited Blue Shield and Kaiser for providing $45 million in funding for the project.

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In the Soviet Union in 1922, men who had been counts under the Tzar were either dead or in exile, with one exception. Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov, who had returned to Russia from exile to participate in the 1918 revolution, was brought before a tribunal, and when his answers were found wanting, he was confined on penalty of death to The Metropol, Moscow’s largest hotel. Why was he spared the firing squad? A revolutionary poem published under his name in 1913.
Count Rostov has little choice but to make the best of his situation. As it turns out, this gentleman displays¬¬ all of the attributes one would normally assign to that title, and thus accomplishes the necessary adjustment with relative ease. Even when he contemplates suicide, it takes no more effort than showing up for his weekly trim at the hotel’s barber.
The irony of a gentleman confined to a hotel during thirty plus years of life in the Soviet Union offers Towles a large playing field that he exploits with entertaining side stories, many focused on food. The story line that will win over many readers is how Rostov becomes the parent to a six year old and raises her to become a concert pianist. This situation is used to justify Rostov’s compliance with the request of a high level communist to provide him insights based on his life in France, as later that official aids the count during a crisis in the life of his adopted daughter.
Yet to entertain the reader with Rostov’s survival story, Towles downplays the milieu in which his gentleman lives. Yes, his adopted daughter’s parents are sent to the Gulag and are never heard from again; yes, his friend, the poet Mishka, who it turns out was the real author of the poem that saved Rostov’s life, is similarly punished. But two cases don’t convey the horror and the death toll experienced by millions under communist rule.
For example, we don’t hear from Towles what happened to people who wished to practice their religion under communism. Rather we learn that people lined up for miles upon Stalin’s death, many of them crying. Why? Stalin, we are told, helped defeat Nazi Germany and converted a backward country into a world power. Stalin did those things––not the soldiers who died in the tens of thousands nor the factory workers who were worked to death¬¬!
Also missing from the story of the count’s life are money and religion. Towles doesn’t seem interested in the role religious belief played in the lives of Russians prior to the revolution. His count gives up whatever religion he might have had prior to the revolution without a second thought. Nor do we learn how he is able to pay his bills, although lack of currency right to the end is never a problem.
The ending? Rostov could escape the Soviet Union, but doesn’t. We are left to imagine that a gentleman can go to the village near his family’s estate and that his gentleman’s personality will dissuade locals from turning him in or making him join them in the fields.
A Gentleman in Moscow is an enchanting story as long as one is ignorant of the real history of the Soviet Union and is not foolish enough to try Towles’ technique for survival in places like Cuba, Argentina or China.

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Volvo is one of the world`s leading carmakers concerning the implementation of semi-autonomous driving, with lots of high-end models to adopt the system on local market Sweden and Europe as well.
However, the carmaker has recently declared that intends to move production of the standard S90 from Sweden to China, and that because the Asian market seems to be extremely profitable.
Hakan Samuelsson, CEO of Volvo Car Group has also declared that “China will play an important part” in the company`s “global manufacturing ambitions” and that Volvo`s factories there “will deliver world-class products for exports across the globe in coming years”, which will have a major impact on the carmaker`s “objective of selling up to 800,000 cars a year by 2020”.
The decision comes handy, especially since Volvo has announced the introduction of the all-new S90 along the high-end S90 Excellence, at the 2016 Guangzhou Motor Show, with production to start right away in Daqing, China.
The Volvo S90 Excellence might be considered the company`s most luxury car, coming with lots of technology implemented by Volvo itself. Amongst the top features we should mention the semi-autonomous driving assistance system as well as the already known “Large Animal Detection” system, “CleanZone” air quality system infotainment system with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto and much more. The same systems are also set to equip the standard S90.
Besides the aforementioned technologies, the S90 as well as the S90 Excellence also feature the company`s new Lounge Console, placed on the front passenger seat and offering increase comfort to the rear. Additional features as standard refer to the new entertainment system with wide display, built-in refrigeration compartment with handmade crystal glasses, heated and cooled cup holders and much more.
In the engine department, the S90 is equipped with the T4 and T5 petrol burners, these ones being found on the S90 Excellence as well. The latter one will also add a plug-in hybrid system with a 2.0-liter turbo flat-four which will develop around 301 horsepower. Full prices in China will be revealed at a later date.


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Missed out on tickets to SITG? Or just can’t be bothered to battle the 18 hour drive up to Byron Bay? What ever your reason may be for missing the festival, you can still get a slice of the SITG action sans tent pegs, gumboots and over-priced beer.
With his charismatic stage presence, Ben Caplan might remind you of a you of a young Freddie Mercury (though significantly more hirsute.) His powerful lyrics and woodsman aesthetic make him quite the entertainer. In his first ever Australian show, Ben will showcase ballads and blues, turning his hand to guitar, banjo, piano and melodica.


According to the top medical adviser to the American White House, Anthony Fauci, it will take two weeks to investigate the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus properly.
This includes research into the infectiousness of the variant and the extent to which it may be resistant to existing vaccines.
The Omicron variant has not yet been found in the United States, but according to Fauci, it is “inevitable” that it will also appear there soon. However, he said he believes existing vaccines likely provide “a measure of protection against severe cases of Covid-19”. Fauci, therefore once again emphasized the importance of administering booster shots in the fight against corona.
US President Joe Biden will give a press conference on Monday about the American approach to the new virus variant. On Monday, there will also be an emergency meeting of health ministers from the G7, the group of rich industrial countries, to discuss the international fight against it.


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One of the things I want to change about how I eat is to start bringing lunches to work instead of buying them, and also eating smaller meals throughout the day instead of waiting until I’m ravenous and then gobbling down too much at once. The problem is that I’m not generally organized enough to plan ahead for what to bring, and I’m also not happy eating sandwiches every day. On Thursday of last week I brought an easy and successful lunch with me, and it didn’t involve any planning ahead since it basically involved grabbing a bunch of stuff from the fridge in the morning and tossing it in a bag.
I took a chunk of baguette, a tub of hummus and a tub of Tofutti french onion cream cheese (was unsure of which I’d feel like eating so I took both!), a couple of dill pickles that my dad made, a chunk of store-bought roasted red pepper. I also found some hot pepper spread in the office fridge that was left over from a lunch meeting where hoagies were provided. I brought an apple along too although I didn’t end up eating it that day.
I ended up eating the cream cheese and saving the hummus for later. Spread a chunk of bread with the cream cheese, a little bit of the hot peppers, and a few chunks of the roasted red peppers. Yummy. I tried eating a little bit whenever I felt hungry, even if it wasn’t the proper “lunch time.” I felt like eating like that made my energy levels much more consistent throughout the day. I’ll definitely be repeating this experiment!


Nearly 200 Hollywood actors and executives, including Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger, have signed Creative Community for Peace’s pro-Israel, anti-Hamas open letter. “We, the undersigned, are saddened by the devastating loss of life endured by Israelis and Palestinians in Gaza,” the missive states. “We are pained by the suffering on both sides of the conflict
The body of missing 23-year-old yeshiva student Aaron Sofer a”h was found in the Jerusalem Forest, where Sofer was last seen this past Friday. Read the latest media reports for continuing coverage: The Yeshiva World Arutz 7 Ha’aretz Jerusalem Post
The Prime Minister of Israel issues a letter of gratitude to Jewish communities around the globe for their continuing support of Operation Protective Edge:
Our instinctive response to crisis and tragedy is to look for people to blame and to think they are the sole cause of our difficulties. We say to each other, “If only they would have acted differently, things would have been different.” But this is a mistake. The underlying cause behind everything is G-d. Things
When Yeshiva University senior Ari Rosenberg signed up for a summer school course on the Arch of Titus, he was just trying to fulfill his last history requirement with what sounded like an interesting class taught by Dr. Steven Fine, a professor who was clearly excited about his work and sharing it with his students.
Reposted from The Jerusalem Post online. The major hassidic groups in Israel will not run the usual summer vacation programs for students from the Fast of the Ninth of Av to the beginning of the Jewish month of Elul because of the current military campaign several hassidic spokesmen said on Tuesday. The large Gur, Belz,
The Orthodox Union’s Solidarity Mission to Israel, led by Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb and Rabbi Steven Weil, was well received at the many different visits they made. Below you’ll find reports from the mission, including video and written recaps of the inspiring journey. Video clips from the OU Solidarity Mission to Israel: Rabbi Weil
Jerusalem, July 23: An estimated 30,000 Israelis from all over the country paid their respects to Max Steinberg ז”ל who was buried in Jerusalem’s Mt. Herzl military cemetery today. He was 24 when he was killed in action in Gaza on Shabbat, July 19. He was proud to be a sharpshooter in the Golani Brigade.
Solidarity Mission to Israel to Show our Support Thursday, July 24 – Monday, July 28, 2014 Join us as we embark on a solidarity mission–from this Thursday Evening through Tuesday morning–that will include hospital visits, shiva visits and expressions of support to our soldiers who are risking their lives for Klal Yisroel. We will be
Tensions are gain running high in Israel as Hamas rocket fire and IDF strikes in Gaza have again resumed. Renewed calls for violence against Israelis is being partially fueled by the alleged attempt on the life of Muhammad Deif, the Hamas commander in Gaza. The following news sources are providing up to the minute updates


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Burundi is in crisis again! Eight of our Burundian men met me in Rwanda last week as we hosted a leaders training conference. At that time they asked for prayer for their country. The crisis has arisen because the seated President has served his constitutionally allowed two terms, but acting like the dictators many African leaders are, he announced last week he will serve another term regardless of the Burundi Constitution. Violence broke out as thousands tried to protest.
Our staff fled the country with their families. President Pierre Nkurunziza has used force to arrest over 600 protesters. What I find most interesting is that President Nkurunziza has repeatedly declared he is a born again believer, yet his faith does not seem to impact his politics nor his sense of democracy. Yet, before we run to criticize or condemn let us here in America acknowledge how we twice elected a man president who has promoted gay marriage, abortion, and many other anti-biblical policies. His politics do not reflect his so called Christian faith. Yet, we the people voted him President.
I call this to attention because God cares deeply about how leaders lead. As a nation’s leaders go – so goes the nation. The church for far too long has been passive in the political arena. As the saying goes, “You get what you tolerate.” Thankfully, in America, we can still protest against our leaders through free speech and the power of the voting booth. That is seldom true in Africa. Those in power in Africa still act like kings and refuse to relinquish power once they have it. So, join me in praying for the church in Burundi and intercede for peace that the Gospel can dispel the darkness in what is still a dark continent.


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Museum of Love — the duo consisting of Pat Mahoney (drummer for LCD Soundsystem) and Dennis McNany (a.k.a. Jee Day) — made one of my favorite albums of 2014.
So, needless to say, I was very excited when they sent me a DJ mix they made to play on my show last night.
It’s an engrossing mix highlighting their love of house music, featuring modern classics like “Rushing To Paradise (Walking These Streets)” by House of House and Art of Tones’ “Take Me Higher”. It’s also easy to hear how the tracks they selected fit into the vibe of what they do as Museum of Love.
You can catch Museum of Love performing live TONIGHT along with New Build at the Regent Theater. Don’t miss it!
Museum of Love KCRW Mix — Track List
1. Dionigi – “Tears From Heaven”
2. Francesca Lombardo – “Sofiel”
3. Mario Basanov – “We Are Child of Love (Mario’s Redub)”
4. Art of Tones – “Take Me Higher (Original Mix)”
5. Maxxi Soundsystem – “Criticize”
6. House of House – “Rushing to Paradise (Walking These Streets)”


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Sunday, August 29, 2010
Chinese Style Street Noodles (another chef Brad dish)
2/3 cup creamy peanut butter
2 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
2 1/2 tablespoons grated fresh ginger
2 tablespoons sesame oil (reserve 2 teaspoons for noodles)
1 tablespoons soy sauce
2 teaspoons white vinegar
2 teaspoons chile oil or red pepper flakes *substituted 2 Tbsp sweet chili sauce
2 teaspoons sugar
1/2 cup warm freshly brewed black tea or warm water
Salt to taste
12 ounces spaghetti *we used Chinese rice noodles
1 cup chopped cucumber
2/3 cup cilantro leaves *omitted
3 scallions, thinly sliced
1 1/2 cups shredded cooked chicken breast (optional but desirable)*didn't add any
In a large bowl, blend the peanut butter with the garlic, ginger, sesame oil, soy sauce, vinegar, chile, and sugar. Stir in the warm tea or water a little at a time to make a fairly smooth sauce with the consistency of pudding. Taste and add salt, if needed.
Cook the spaghetti in boiling salted water according to the directions on the package, usually just over 10 minutes. Drain in a colander, rinse under cold water, and return to the cooled pot. Toss with the reserved 2 teaspoons sesame oil. Pour the spaghetti into the peanut sauce and toss well.
Divide between 4 bowls and serve at once. Pass bowls of cucumber, cilantro, scallions, and chicken separately and let diners add what they wish.
Brad made this dish & it came out delicious. He's more likely to use fresh ingredients than I am. I would have used ground ginger & minced garlic from a jar ;)


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When Jim Hawkins sets off as a cabin boy on the Hispaniola, he looks forward to searching for buried treasure. But spine-chilling adventure awaits him on Treasure Island, including murderous struggles with Long John Silver and his cut-throat pirate band.
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I’m thrilled to be able to offer as a giveaway this beautiful handmade latter that would be great as a cheese tray, sushi platter or for any other food presentation. This unique, minimalist serving board is made from re-purposed remnants of domestic New England hardwoods.
Ray Bachand’s furniture design is guided by the unique character and temperament of each piece of wood. The uniqueness of the grain patterns, the shape and size, the color variations etc. all contribute to how a board will be used. Often defects become attributes and sections that might otherwise be cut out or discarded become spectacular. This allows that each finished piece is indeed unique and can truly be considered one of a kind. A mostly self-taught artisan he has attended workshops at The North Bennett Street School and Chair Making Workshops in New Hampshire. He has a background in music with a BA in percussion performance from San Jose State University and has done graduate work at UCLA. His performances ranged from The San Francisco Opera to Dave Brubeck to Frank Zappa and he was a faculty member of The Berklee College of Music.
After founding, running and then selling a music software company Ray became impassioned with wood and has never looked back. He is now the proprietor of 60nobscot Home a showroom & gallery featuring custom furniture, unique art & handcrafted home goods in the restored barns at the historic Mahoney Farm in historic Sudbury Massachusetts.
Here’s a few examples of Ray’s work:
I think this piece would work in so many settings and decor styles and thank Ray for offering this piece to a ::Surroundings:: friend and reader.
In order to win, please visit Ray’s website and Houzz pages and come back and post here to tell us which piece is your favorite. Extra chances to win if you also “Like” Ray’s Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/60nobscot and mine here: https://www.facebook.com/LindaMerrillDecorativeSurroundings
Email addresses must be included in order to win – if you use yours to sign into disqus, then that’s okay for the purposes of entry, or include in your post, or email it to me separately after you’ve commented and reference your comment. Only continental US mailing addresses, please. Let me know if you have any questions. Random drawing to be held on May 12th.
NOTE:When I moved the post to day, the previous comments didn’t come with the post, but not to fear – I do have all the comments noted separately! Thank you!
And, we have a winner! Congrats to Patrick Madden!! Please note again that some of the entries didn’t copy over when I reposted this post to today. However, I had a record of each comment posted to the prior blog post, plus each like on FB, etc. I wrote each name on a slip of paper (1 per comment, 1 per each like on Ray and my FB pages) and drew out of the pile of paper slips.


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Seven aspirants contesting the All Progressives Congress governorship primary in Ondo State have called for the postponement of the exercise scheduled to hold today.
The aspirants are Isaac Kekemeke, Sola Iji, Olayide Adelami, Bukola Adetola, Olusola Oke and Jumoke Anifowose.
They spoke at a meeting with the Chairman of the Election Committee for Ondo APC primary election, Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, on Sunday night.
The aspirants said they demanded the postponement of the primary because they had not been given the list of delegates that would participate in the exercise.
The aggrieved aspirants added that it would amount to injustice if the party goes ahead with today’s primary without issuing them the delegates’ lists.
They also wondered why the delegates’ list had not been presented to them 24 hours before the primary.
In his remarks, Bello said he had no power to postpone the primary.
He said, “I don’t have the power to postpone Monday’s primary. We will go ahead with the exercise. There is no perfect election anywhere, even in advanced countries like the United States.”


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Wednesday’s “Journey” finale will spotlight the Big Ten championship game. Get all the details inside!
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No one can argue the stakes for Ohio State are bigger than for any other Big Ten team this bowl season. But Iowa has the most to prove of any Big Ten squad this postseason.
Injured Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett and his ex-girlfriend made 911 calls on Tuesday morning alleging each attacked the other.
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There were five Big Ten hoops games on Tuesday night. Catch up on all the action!
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Already in the market for a head coach with Brady Hoke being fired, Michigan is in search of a No. 1 wideout with Devin Funchess turning pro.


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Monday, April 1, 2013
Review: This Is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith
G emails E by accident and the two strike up a never-ending interaction that both feel is one-of-a-kind. There are only several problems that the two of them can’t work out. First, G is Graham Larkin, the hottest new Hollywood star with a bevy of teenaged female fans all around the world and an almost equally large crowd of paparazzi following him everywhere. And E is Ellie O’Neill, a dreamer-poet living in Middle-of-Nowhere, Maine, who has her own reasons for wanting to avoid the spotlight.
I was head over heels for the first 25% of the book, and then meh for the rest of it. Oh, there’s nothing wrong with THIS IS WHAT HAPPY LOOKS LIKE at all, but immediately after the two main characters finally met up, the romantic anticipation fizzled and there was a sense of “what next?” floating among readers and the narrative.
Don’t get me wrong: Graham and Ellie are adorable, separately and together. They are the kind of people you want dating your best friends: they’re nice and well-read and like sunsets and cute animals and hand-holding. Yes, things in this book’s world are a bit tame, especially Graham’s oh-so-cutesy humor, but hey, I’m not going to hold that against the book: it’s rare that we find a YA romance where at least one party is not either TSTL or a jerk.
For the most part, THIS IS WHAT HAPPY LOOKS LIKE is a dream come true for readers who, like me, wished their whole lives for a squee-worthy romance between a nice movie star and a nice ordinary girl. But then, as in most Jennifer Smith novels, there’s the extra dimension of family problems. Again, there’s nothing inherently wrong with including family issues into a contemporary romance, but it just wasn’t what I wanted to read about when I picked this book up. I wanted the never-gets-old sparkly tension of falling in love with someone new, of gradually getting to know them through cheeky emails, of the first time seeing them and thinking to yourself, “Oh. I have been waiting for this my whole life.” Only all of that happened in the first quarter of the book, and then the rest of it didn’t seem to add much more to Graham and Ellie’s relationship. It just didn’t do it for me.
Nevertheless, I would still recommend THIS IS WHAT HAPPY LOOKS LIKE to readers looking for a light romance. The characters and the picture-perfect setting of small-town Maine make this the YA romance that a lot of readers are looking for.
Cover discussion: I really like how Jennifer Smith's last two contemporary romances have gotten these related but still distinctive covers. They stand out from the stock-photo covers of other YA contemporary romances for their originality.
Poppy / April 2, 2013 / Hardcover / 416pp. / $17.99
e-galley received from publisher and NetGalley.


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Man, dog hurt in Londonderry crash
The man had to be airlifted to a Boston hospital, and his dog was taken to a Manchester veterinarian for treatment of injuries suffered in the crash, police said.
According to a press release, police were called to the area of 393 Mammoth Road for a motor vehicle crash at 6:18 a.m. and found a vehicle on fire with the driver trapped inside. A Londonderry man, identified as Earl Wickline, was using a fire extinguisher he had gotten from a local resident to try to put out the flames.
Police Sgt. Patrick Cheetham and Officers Jake King and Adam Lane helped Wickline and another Good Samaritan, Apryl Norris of Londonderry, free the driver from the vehicle, according to the release.
Londonderry fire department personnel helped transport the injured man to the parking lot of St. Jude Church on Mammoth Road, where he was taken by Boston Med-Flight to Brigham and Women's Hospital.
His condition is not known and police are not releasing his name until his family is notified.
Police said an initial investigation indicates the man was driving southbound on Mammoth Road when the vehicle veered off the northbound shoulder and into a tree. Police noted the roadway did have a layer of snow at the time but it was unknown if that contributed to the crash.
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Flashbelt: Day 1
18 June 2007
I’m at Flashbelt this week. Some interesting talks so far. Of particular interest to me on the first day:
- Craig Swann presented a passionate discussion that concluded with an exhortation to fuse the physical and digital using sensors and microcontroller technologies (Arduino, etc).
- Jeremy Thorp presented work resulting from his uniquely methodological, biologically-inspired practice and left us with a reminder that developing tools in programs like Processing can help counter big box bloat.
- Joshua Davis presented work from his beautiful algorithmic design practice. He encouraged us to develop our own tools and resist the temptation to look at other people’s work too much.
In general I hope speakers will move towards presenting more novel ideas, more illustrative images and less code. Ideas must lead, code will follow.

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31st December 2015
Time : 17.30 - 19.15
Venue : The event will take place in the Grotius Library at the Institute (1st Floor of Charles Clore Building, Russell Square).
The seminar will cover a variety of issues, including the recent developments relating to automotive liability, as well as the issue of autonomous vehicles.
Professor Ina Ebert, Munich Re;
Tim Smith, Harden, Wells & Smith (Stuttgart);
David Kidman, BLM; and
Iwan Parry of TRL.
26th March 2018 | LONDON
PLF Meeting: Funding Product Liability & Group Claims
27th March 2018
The Use of Force in Relation to Sovereignty Disputes over Land Territory
12th April 2018 - 13th April 2018 | LONDON
Short Course: Public International Law in Practice
23rd April 2018 | LONDON
15th Annual BIICL International Mergers and Antitrust Conference
24th April 2018 | LONDON
Public International Law in the Courts of the United Kingdom


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At Sunnyside Nursery we strive to increase Attainment within Literacy. We have selected 15 core books which will remain out on our bookshelf for the entire year. This allows children to become familiar with the different characters and events in stories, and begin to use what they have learned in different ways.
After consulting with the children, we focus on a book for four weeks and explore it’s context. Staff choose three words for the children to focus on within the book – developing their language and understanding skills, using Concept Cat. As a Nursery, we promote child led responsive planning so the children take control of their own learning. All activities linked to the 15 core books come from the children. Our most recent story is The Disgusting Sandwich. We discussed these characters, made some of our own disgusting sandwiches (edible of course) and even created our own stories about them!
As well as developing our reading skills, at Sunnyside Nursery we have began a new interest in Jolly Phonics. This has encouraged more children to develop their understanding of both, identifying and recognising phonetic sounds/letters. Some children have built up their confidence within this area of Literacy, that they have began to independently write their peers names on their group board. This has also encouraged children to mark make in different ways other than drawing, such as beginning to write their name. As well as learning the new songs and actions that relate to each alphabetical letter.
Welcome to our Virtual Nursery Library. These are the 15 core books that we have chosen. Please click on the books to listen to all our stories.
” Reading is a passport to countless adventures” – Mary Rose Osborne

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