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"On April 19th, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments to decide whether groups like The Navigators, InterVarsity, Campus Crusade and others can be removed from college campuses because they require their officers and voting members to share their core religious commitments. According to some universities these core religious beliefs violate their affirmative action policy.Please pray... This is a HUGE decision that could change a lot of what we take for granted - it's a step one that could have far reaching implications either way. I think that religious freedom for Christians is going to become more and more limited. I wish I could articulate it, but times are changing. The U.S. is not a Christian nation and we cannot be passive and just assume that because Christians have always had religious freedom that that won't change. That is ignorant. We have to stay on top of what is happening.
Seventeen organizations and 13 state attorney generals are working together on this case. Pray for the justices to rule on the side of religious freedom. For more information on how to pray, go to http://www.intervarsity.org/news/campus-faith-freedom-alert. This case has far reaching implications for religious freedom in all areas..."
This is not a political party thing - but a shift in culture. Yet, who we elect into office matters. Whoever Obama choose to fill the open Justice position this summer matters. Faith and politics are becoming blended because politics could affect my faith more than it does already in determining who I vote for based on stances on issues I care about. Politics could start limiting my faith - and if you think I am being over dramatic, look at the quote above.
Why can any other group based around religion limit leadership based on faith except Christians? Why can every other religion have a temple, mosque, etc. on a secular college campus but Christians have to meet in dorm rooms or the student union and cannot have a church? Why? Ask and answer that honestly.
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As a kid I had this really cool TV. it was a Bentley with a 5″ Black and White screen and ran on AC power or 9 "D" batteries. It went all the way up to Channel 83, so if I hooked it up to the cable today, I would get the Big 10 network, MTV, and Disney. Yeah, Black and White, but sometimes you have to go old school. Joost is no Bentley, but they might have finally pulled into a niche here. Last week they made an iPhone app for the Joost service. It's not the best thing in the world, but it's better than nothing.

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You think the Michael Jackson trial is a little weird, what with the key witnesses being fifteen and thirteen years old?
The Albert Smith murder trial in north-west Arkansas is even weirder. Not only was a witness called yesterday who was only five years old, but they wouldn't actually let the witness into the court-house to start with, ostensibly because the witness, one Murphy Smith, was a dog.
Called because the defendant had written Murphy a letter while in jail (like that makes it more normal? Can this doggy read??), Murph was eventually allowed in after his guardian, Albert's brother Darrel, showed the deputy on the door the subpoena. They went in, met with the prosecuting lawyers, and were allowed to go. Murph didn't take the stand, more's the pity.
Somehow though, with all these high-profile court cases, it reminded me of one I'd almost forgotten about. No, not Saddam -- that hasn't started yet, of course -- I was actually thinking of Slobodan Milosevic. Remember that case? Huge fanfares in February 2002 as he was put on trial for war crimes - the biggest trial of its kind since the Nazis. That was back when I used to work for QAS, which seems a long time ago now. Since then, Milosevic has managed to be ill, drag questioning out, avoid personal responsibility (which sets an interesting precedent) and in addition, the US has decided that it (the US) isn't answerable to such a court (final paragraph of that link) in case such charges were ever to be brought against Americans. Which means the whole thing has dragged on into a fourth year now, no sign of an end in sight, and Milosevic himself looking redder in the cheeks than ever. Chances he'll get found guilty? More likely he'll pass away first given that his rate of blood pressure growth seems to be hugely outstripping the rate of progress of his case. The case has already outlived the judge who began proceedings all those years ago. Even the BBC News site, respected for its up-to-datedness and thorough handling of global events, hasn't updated its official Milosevic Trial site since August 2004.
Which begs the question, why didn't they just tell Milosevic this at the start of the trial? "Pending further developments, Mr Milosevic, we sentence you to come to this courtroom every day for the rest of your natural life." Some people might find that even more scary than prison. Although coming from a family of lawyers, I shouldn't really say that.
Solution to all this? Well, if they got a few dogs in to the Milosevic or Jackson cases, at least it might speed things along a bit.
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Saturday, July 03, 2010
RRC: Food Preparation
"Keep in mind that you should conduct yourself in life as at a feast."
RRC: Food Preparation
Suggested By Sherrie, of the blog, Sherrie's Stuff
Food... YUM. For me, the only thing better then eating food, is preparing food! I LOVE IT! Cooking is one of my most relaxing creative outlets. I create recipes, as well as, hunt them down on the net. I like to try new techniques for preparing just the right dish for the meals Alan and I eat. Oh, don't get me wrong, I enjoy a good frozen pizza from time to time, but I really love making my own pizza from crust to crowning cheese glory. I like that I get to control how fresh the ingredients are, and how many calories I get for my buck! The only downside might come when I have trouble with the arthritis in my hands, but Alan always jumps right in to help out. I am so grateful he enjoys cooking as much as I do!
We planted a nice garden this year, with all kinds of wonderful salad fixings. I was hoping it would be ready for presentation for this RR challenge, but unfortunately the only fresh ingredients ready for prepping is the beautiful lettuce. But that's ok, it will work nicely as the base for a recipe I have been developing. Here is the recipe, and the prep. I hope you like them both!
Balsamic Apricot Grilled Chicken Salad
w/Creamy Apricot/Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing
2 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
Balsamic/Apricot Marinade/
1 Cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1/3 Cup Balsamic Vinegar
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground pink peppercorns
1/3 cup plain fat-free yogurt
3 tbs. Low Sugar or Sugar Free Apricot Preserves
In med. bowl combine Olive oil, vinegar, salt, pepper, and SF Apricot preserves. Halve the mixture and pour one half into a large ziploc bag. and reserve the rest in a chilled mixing bowl placed in the refrigerator. Add the chicken to the bag and toss to coat both sides. Marinate 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, grill the chicken breasts for about 8 minutes or until no longer pink inside. When internal temp. has been reached, remove chicken from the grill and let stand for about 10 minutes.
For the dressing; Take the second mixture of marinade and add the plain yogurt. Process until smooth. Prepare two dinner salads to taste. I use a mixture of red/green leaf lettuce, fresh spinach, chopped tomatoes, avocados and chopped strawberries and apricots. Slice the cooled chicken breast into strips and arrange on top of the salad mixture. Top with chopped, candied walnuts and the creamy Balsamic Dressing. Serve immediately. Enjoy!
A Dinner Salad In Preparation...
Starting with lettuce fresh from the garden
Guest starring Alan as "The Chef"
Now, go see what other Robins are preparing!
Linking List as of 12:00 AM, PT/MT 07/03/10
Sherrie... Sherrie's Stuff
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Linda... Mommy's Treasures
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Karen... Outpost Mavarin
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Jenn... Shutter Happy Moments
(Welcome, New Member) -Posted!
Be sure to come by the official Round Robin blog tomorrow, to find out what our next challenge will be!
7 comments:
- ShutterHappyJenn said...
It's sad that here in our country, we can't really have fresh apricots.. your food looked so delicious!
It's my first time to join the Round Robin Challenge, and my take is posted HERE. Happy weekends!
- fredamans said...
That looks delicious!
- Sandy said...
It all looks absolutely delicious!!!
- Karen Funk Blocher said...
Now see, I really admire a person who can do what you do with food. The world would be a duller, less colorful and tasty place without people like you, who look at food with a truly creative eye.
I can't decide which of the first three shots is my favorite. They're all great!
- Gattina said...
Looks all delicious ! you can make a cook book with pictures !!
- Linda said...
Your fruit made me so hungry!!! And don't you love that George Foreman Grill--perfect to grill food without having to fire up the outdoor grill. Thanks for visiting my site, too. My recipe for Mexican Bean Salad can be found here:http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/mexican-bean-salad/Detail.aspx
- Rich said...
Nice job on your recipes.
Your pictures have made me feel very hungry.


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The Frito Conundrum
What is the Frito conundrum? It's simple-why do they even make regular size Frito's anymore? Regular size Frito's are of little to no use. There's structural problems with Frito's that were remedied with Frito's Scoops.
I have another problem with regular sized Frito's, I can't shove them in my mouth hole fast enough, and when I do get a mouthful they cut the roof of my mouth. There are far too many angles in a big bunch of Frito's going into your mouth at one time; it's a terrifying mouth accident waiting to happen, complete with salt to put on the wounds. Wait there's more problems here, home come I can't get the few different Frito flavors in the Scoops variety? Scoops, provide the right serving size to the jam in your face. Scoop's are thicker, crunchier and I could swear may even be a little saltier. Regular Frito's are not an efficient use of my time. In fact, I can't even give it up for regular size Frito's in a Frito Pie anymore, I STILL prefer the Scoops to lovingly cradle that hot chili and gooey cheese.
Lastly, don't bet me started on Frito "Twists"; I'm pretty sure that they are listed in the Bible as "an abomination unto the Lord". Yeah, there's no real good reason for Frito Twists to exist. Just put those flavors on my Frito's Scoops please.
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Sometimes, I'm really scared of my face. Sometimes I'm afraid to check mirrors because I don't recognise myself, I don't know what I'll see and how I feel and what I should feel about what I'll see. Sometimes I look and think it's an average sort of face, the face of the type of person you would never look at twice- not majorly deformed but certainly not a drop of pretty, or even really pleasant. It's just a face. My forehead and nose and mouth and eyes aren't especially big, nor small, nor is there any poetry or grace or even character about where and how they sit. No beauty- conventional nor based on soul and personality. My skin is fair, a bit freckly and I usually have a spot knocking about somewhere. Average. Forgettable. Which to me is a terrifying mix, even during these moments when I don't believe I'm especially hideous, because the concept of average, the idea of being forgotten and forgettable, keeps me up at night. And then sometimes I look and I'm repulsed. I can't put my finger exactly on what is wrong with my face, because the features are all so dull. But it's like I was created by Frankenstein, parts innocuous when belonging to others, forced and mangled together to create a monster. Ugly. Utterly repulsive and unnatural, a being that terrible that it should never have been possible.
There's so much beauty in this world. There's the beautifully terrible, like the funeral of a friend you hadn't seen in too long and the reunion of old friends, in grief. There are the beautifully sweet moments when a child wraps their arms around you and tells you completely frankly that they love you. Hearing a song that takes you back to a beautiful time. The bittersweet beauty of catching a movement out of the corner of your eye and the excitement for that second when you think might be the person you know it just can't be, it can't be, it can't be. There are 50th year wedding anniversaries and babies and catching a person in a moment of serenity or bliss and sunny days and cups of tea and taking your high-heels off. There's so much that I think it's OK that I'm not beautiful, there's so much that I ought to be able to just be happy that I live in a time and a place and around people that create such beauty. Or maybe beauty works like the salt water and the potato, an osmosis effect. I'd rather be surrounded by beauty than be beautiful, I think. I'm realising.
Don't misunderstand me here, this isn't purely an eating disorder thing- you don't get an eating disorder because you want to be beautiful and you don't keep that level of pain at a certain constant so as to be beautiful. But make no mistake, there's so much beauty in the world but there's also so much ugliness. The things we do, the things I do and have done; parts of my life have been ugly and I responded by making myself and my life and the world around me more ugly. This kind of illness is like having a pair of glasses welded to your face, which distort everything and make the world appear decaying, diseased and hopeless. Although the disorder is not really about beauty at all, it's too easy to fall into deep pits where it seems the only way to create some breathing room from the crippling ugliness of the world would be to strip back parts of your being, your flesh and your consciousness- less of you equating to less ugliness in the atmosphere. Which is ironic, of course (as well as completely wrong, since there isn't a finite amount of beauty/ugliness, obviously), because the world becomes more ugly as the eating disorder glasses bore tighter into your being. God, there's so much beauty that I feel like I'm only just glimpsing, after everything. So close to seeing it properly, I hope.
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I installed this yesterday morning on my ipad I took it with me for a walk outside, we walked to the grave of our dog who we had for 8 years, he died 3 months ago, sadly my husband backed over him. Ghost Radar said "blood" right away. As we walked back to the house a truck went by, it said "traffic" when I got to the back porch with my hand out to open the door it said "house". My cat Rusty was out he is a 25 pound orange Maine Coon with pointy ears and large fluffy tail, Ghost Radar called him "fox". I went back into the living room, my husband came in having just gotten up with work boots in hand he sat down to put them on Ghost Radar said "work", if you knew my husband that is a perfect description of him. I work from my home and it proceeds to describe the downstairs where I work. Last night it was talking about "Ben", the dog we had that passed. This morning I was on my computer first thing and it was trying to suggest that I should get more exercise! I do not know how this could work but it does. When I first turned it on there was a very large red blob that stayed for a few hours, since then I have not seen any that large or that stayed so long. I could write so much more that happened but am afraid I am getting to long this is so amazing and interesting to me.


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In the absence of family at the holiday, I needed to make an extra effort to make sure that our dinner companions knew the effort was the same as if they were blood relatives. It was important to continue a tradition with this extended family around our table. This year, there is a piece missing, a big piece. We are in a country that doesn't celebrate Thanksgiving and most people don't even understand what the significance of it is. We are not celebrating with friends. Tradition is out of the question for the most part. It does leave an emptiness, which is not the holiday itself, but the loneliness of not having friends with which to share the day with. Well, okay, the kid in me does miss the parades on television and my own tradition is to watch "It's A Wonderful Life" every year. Then the Friday after Thanksgiving, Ron and I would spend the day at the Sonora Christmas Fair, downtown Sonora, and Jamestown, quaint old gold mining towns that get one in the Christmas spirit with the decorations, a Christmas parade, and lots of little shops that are not franchises, in which to browse.So what did we do for Thanksgiving? For obvious reasons, nothing was closed, hours were not shortened and everything was running on schedule like any other Thursday, here in Amsterdam. The Rijksmuseum Museum was in the top five list of things to do in this beautiful city and this was a wonderful day to go. The museum was built in 1885. The section of 17th century Dutch paintings is what the museum is famous for, but there is a plethora of other treasures to tickle the senses. After reading "Girl With a Pearl Earring", I was very interested in seeing more of Vermeer's work, though the title painting is in The Hague, but 'Maidservant Pouring Milk' and others were here in the Rijks. Their collection of Rembrandt's work is spectacular and worth the visit just to see his work. Who could not look at the 'Night Watch' and not stare with admiration at this man's talent. For those of you who remember the Dutch Masters Cigar box, back from the 50's and 60's, the painting from which the box cover was taken is exhibited in this museum also. We took the tram to the museum and disembarked at the stop behind the museum, so we had to walk through the bicycle tunnel to the front entrance and went in. After having been to this museum six times in the past, the entrance could have been that of an entirely different museum for all I recognized. The Twilight Zone music started playing in my head and I thought I was having more memory lapses. Nothing was familiar and I had examined my pictures of this museum from past trips as I was packing the photo albums before leaving. What was wrong with this picture? What I had remembered was the entrance had long panels of beautiful stained glass with each panel dedicated to an area of the Arts and Sciences. They were not to be found. The current exhibition was on Rococo work in the Dutch court during the reign of an earlier King. Rococo reminds me of some of the pieces my grandparents had in their home before they decided that the depression was not going to return and they could afford to modernize their surroundings without having to go to a debtor's prison. I did not find the colors or flamboyance appealing then and I still don't think it is that attractive. After we looked at the different pieces for about an hour, Ron announced that he had had his fill and was ready to see something else. Gratefully, I agreed that I was ready to move on too, not wanting to be the first to cry 'Uncle'.When we found the Dutch masters, we went our separate ways to view the art at our own pace, but first I needed a cup of tea and a cigarette. When I went out the door and wandered, I realized that we had entered by the West entrance. The entrance that I had always used in the past was the East entrance. Upon re-entering, it was the familiar surrounding I had held in my memories all of this time and that creeping fear of senility faded away. We spent another two hours gawking, admiring, staring, and observing other's reactions to the works of art. It was wonderfully fulfilling and hours more could be spent there, but there is a problem with cultural overload. Residents are lucky that they can do this in sections at a leisurely pace since it is in their own city. When we regrouped, we discussed what we had seen that impressed each of us individually and then brought the other back to share in it. It is such an incredible place to spend time.Ron wanted to check some concert information for Sunday. There were a couple listed in the month's events newsletter, but the costs or where to buy tickets were listed. He waited in line and I went to a souvenir shop. After a three quarters of an hour passed I was afraid the shopkeeper was getting nervous with me hanging around for so long, but Ron had not appeared. When I went back to the tourist agency, he was still in line, same place in the line I had left him in. Exacerbated, he decided to come back later and that we should go for coffee in the meanwhile. The bakeries here have such an assortment of sweets, rolls, and breads that you could develop a hunger just from looking. The cakes are mostly some variation of apple. Apple pie, apple strudel, apple Danish, apple tarts, apple cake, apple with crumbs, apple without crumbs, apple with and without raisins are common in just about all of the bakeries. Then there are the cheesecakes with fruit and with chocolates, tortes, bombes, muffins, and the list goes on and on. On the savory side, they sell sandwiches on small tube rolls, small pizzas with fruit and with meat, cheese, and sundry other things. It is a wonder that people can make up their mind as to what they want. I would have one of each if I could taste, so it is fortunate for my waist that I cannot. Ron asked the woman behind the counter if they ever had pumpkin pie? She said that they didn't, because pumpkin is not used in Holland. The woman was really enjoying the conversation and continued to say that the cooking shows on television are always promoting it in soups, cookies, and cakes, but pumpkin is hard to come by and it is expensive. At which, she said this is a holiday in the States isn't it? We went on to explain to her the significance of Thanksgiving and how pumpkin pie was a tradition. Both she and her co-worker had never tasted pumpkin.Venturing back to the tourist bureau, Ron fell into place once again. I roamed the street again returning after a good portion of time. When he finally arrived at the window, the young clerk who had remembered him from past visits smiled and commented, "Oh, it is you again!" She was pleasant, but could not find any information about the concert he was interested in. Our saving grace for a holiday dinner was the Hard Rock Café. They are the only restaurant in the city that was advertising a Thanksgiving dinner with turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, vegetables, and gravy, but no pumpkin pie. They were not taking reservations; it was first come first served. We arrived at 8:00 pm and were told that it would be an hour and a half wait for a table. They encouraged us to sit in the bar and have a drink, so they could find us easier. Instead of taking names, they gave each waiting group an album cover. Ours was a Bob Dylan album. We took this opportunity to purchase the pins for our collection. Being the capitalists that they are they had special pins for Thanksgiving. A fat brown turkey was playing a guitar while wearing his Dutch wooden shoes and his guitar had Thanksgiving 2001 on it. We each had to have one and then a specific Amsterdam pin in addition. We did submit and go to the bar for a beer. Exactly an hour and a half, we were told our table was ready. Warned that the Thanksgiving dinner would take at least a half hour, we were encouraged by the waiter to order a starter. The meal looked very traditional with the addition of snow pea pods. The turkey was a turkey roll, so it was only white meat the preference of us both. Ron said the meal was very tasty and I certainly enjoyed the textures, but the visual appeal was enough to satisfy me, but no turkey sandwich with mayo and stuffing for snacks later. We should have ordered an extra dinner to go. Hindsight is 20/20. We both longed to be surrounded by friends and loved ones, but we did enjoy each others company and were thankful for being where we were and knowing that all of you are in our lives even when not in our presence.Making our almost daily pilgrimage to EasyEverything, we found an e-mail from our friends Myrtis and Randall, who are living in the northern part of Slovakia. Myrtis is very excited about our plans to rent an apartment in Budapest for two months. It is not far from where they are living, so we just might get to see them more often than when they were living in San Francisco. Knowing Myrtis, though, she maintains a full social calendar regardless of what country, city or hamlet she is in, so that may not come to fruition until we move to Slovakia later in 2002. As well, Sandy and Leinani, two of Ron's former co-workers are making plans to come visit us also. Any other takers? The apartment we are planning on is two bedrooms and fully furnished. 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Make a harness so that you can monitor the duty cycle, and better yet (if possible) the EHA current while driving. This will allow you to see what is happening.
If you set the mixture with the O2 sensor cold, it may not be on the correct mixture while driving. You should be getting a little enrichment on acceleration (lower duty cycle, I think), going back to 50%.
EHA current should be near zero at idle, go positive on acceleration, then go to -20 or so on closed throttle deceleration (shuts off the fuel). If you have no change on acceleration, you aren't getting acceleration enrichement.
That is usually the result of a bad potentiometer -- it "tells" the computer you are moving the throttle and airflow is going up.
You should also check the base position of the flap in the mass air flow sensor -- must be at the base of the cylindrical section at idle -- and your base fuel mixture. You can unplug the EHA and see where the duty cycle goes -- without the EAH plugged in, there will be no feedback, so the O2 sensor just sees the current mixture, doesn't change it. If the duty cycle changes off scale with the EHA unplugged, try to set it to 50% and see how it drives.
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Saturday, June 9, 2012
The Night
One of the things I do most in a day, is think. I don't think there's ever been a moment where I wasn't thinking about at least something. In school I'd often get in trouble for daydreaming all the time. It's a gift, and a curse I suppose. On one hand, my imagination is always running wild. On the other, I'm always so caught up in my own head, that I don't realize what's going on around me. So make of it what you will. I am the way I am, and to be honest, I love it. Ever since I was little, and I'm talking as young as 5 or 6 years old, I would sit outside at night, stare at the stars, take in the night air and just think. I would do this until my mother ordered me to come in for bed. There was always such comfort in sitting in silence, "thinking" about things, and just enjoying the amazing display God has created for us. Nature. Ironically enough, I'm 25 years old, and sitting outside at night right now. Where I live, it's about 1:30 in the morning. The night air is filled with the smell of burning wood, and there's a cool gentle breeze to give us all a break from the 90 degree weather we had earlier today. No humidity. Just perfection. Some things never change. I still look up at the stars, and take a deep breath of the night air. This is who I've always been. People change in many ways, but to the core, we most definitely are who we are. Like when I was young, I could turn around, look inside my house with its lights on, and the busy activity going on inside. I remember I used to see my mom standing at the sink, washing dishes. Right now, my husband is sitting inside at his computer doing his regular online gaming. Laughing away as he talks to friends on Skype. Some things never change. This next thought, is of course due to me thinking probably too much, and maybe someone else out there feels this way. We've all lost touch. That's it. Confused? Well, the more I go outside, sit out at night, watch the animals, bugs, plants, and humans themselves. The more I feel like we've have completely and utterly lost touch with nature. Everything now is synthetic, will give us cancer, and more "convenient". Oh the price we'll pay for these things some day...and while it's all alluring. I mean who doesn't like to go to a restaurant, order their food, and it's done in say..5 minutes? Who doesn't like going to the movies, shopping, watch TV? Play video games? I do. Every single one of those things. However, I can't help but feel, that the more I sit on my couch, the more I watch commercials, the more I shop, the more I lose touch with what's really important in this life. Oddly enough, I think that's the point to all those things. To distract us. Kind of like...the food chain. Make great TV shows, but the more you watch TV, the more food commercials you see, the more you eat, you become fat, get health problems, need to see the dr. more often, spend way more $$$ than ever though necessary...and the list goes on. When really, we should be focusing on taking care of ourselves, and dang it, I'll say it, living off the land. I'm not saying I'm "Miss Survivalist", or anything, but my husband is, and I think it's important, especially the way our economy is, that we all learn, to hunt our own food, grow our own crops, make our own clothing from natural resources, because let's face it...the way things are going, who knows where some of the lower class will be years from now? As Americans, we're spoiled. Everything is about convenience. I fear the day that a device is made where we can control devices with our minds' or something crazy like that, because we'll never have to move. We'll just get lazier and lazier, and buy more and more meds to keep our bodies in check...and don't get me started on meds, that can be a different discussion on a different day. I understand they can be essential, but I like to let my body do its own work. Our bodies are so complex and amazing, and so many people are so quick to rely on a little pill to "fix" their problems. Ay, like I said, different discussion, different day. I'm wondering does anyone else ever feel this way? Maybe it's a big government conspiracy, to distract us with all this garbage, and I'll admit, fun garbage, to make us mindless zombies? Or to help in the chain of events that I described earlier such as laziness, health problems, then relying on health care/meds.? I can only be suspicious, because obviously, I don't really know. Clearly, I also have some trust issues, because in the end, you really are the one person you can trust most. All anyone else has for you, is words, sometimes action. Either way, I'll just continue living my life. Wondering what the truth really is out there. Trying to be the best I can be, do what I know is right, and not change. After all, I love being the girl sitting alone on her deck looking into the sky at night...just "thinking". Have a good night everyone, write soon.
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I had intended to do much more with this post, but given it's length, I will stick to answering one question;
why do I remember?
Remembrance day was always something that we participated in at school. By that, I mean that we sat silently at a special school assembly and listened to an elderly gentleman, usually from the RSL, talk about how important the day was, and how important it was to remember. This was followed by the last post and a minute silence, filled with coughing.
Clearly, this service never meant anything to me. Try as I might, I could never really grasp the idea of remembering men (and women) who had died many years ago. To me, they were dead, hence, our act of remembrance could do nothing for them.
So, once again, why do I remember?
April 2013/4- I finally understood what it is to 'remember them'. I got up early and attended the (over before dawn) dawn service at my local RSL. I stood in respect for the families who have lost loved ones through war and other military activities. I attended for the families. I mourned for the families. I still did not understand fully why we remember those who have fought and died. I remember also those who have survived, and the horrible things that they have experienced. The horrible and challenging things that they still must face. Yet still I wondered, why remember the dead?
June/ July 2014- My trip to the Western Front. (If you are interested, leave a comment below and I will describe my trip for you.) This trip changed things for me. I find it difficult to describe, but somehow, it almost feels like the soldiers are waiting in their graves to be visited. It's like they sit together on the grave stones and wait. They wait for us to visit and mourn. They wait to be remembered. It is one of the oddest things to feel and think, and I understand that I sound a little bit crazy, but it's like that.
Here is an extract from my journal-
"Oddly, I some how feel that these men are still present. Not in a spiritual way etc. But when we go to the graves, it is almost as though they are there, waiting for us, joking together and being remembered, This is really odd ... but it helps me to feel better about the [multitude of] graves."
Of course, we must not forget the many names of the missing engraved into stone walls.
"I have had this great desire to honour each individual man [(buried, missing, or returned)] by reading his name and learning his story. Throughout this journey, I have struggled with the impossibility of this task, feeling as though each story deserve[s] to be told."
Perhaps, it must be enough that someone is remembering them, be they family, other, or all of Australia. Each of these soldiers are special. They each deserve to be remembered. As do their families.
This year, I wear a poppy for each of the soldiers, be they Australian, New Zealander, or of an other nationality.
Before I go, I wanted to share with you my first attempt at nail art- poppies.
Let me know what you think. :)
Sorry that it is a bit blurry..


text: logging in or signing up Origin of life & Evolution aSGuest27079 Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Let's Connect Share Add to Flag Embed Email Add to Channel Copy embed code: Embed: Flash iPad Dynamic Copy Does not support media & animations Automatically changes to Flash or non-Flash embed WordPress Embed Customize Embed Use HTTPS URL: Copy Thumbnail: Copy The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 2285 Category: Science & Tech.. License: All Rights Reserved Like it (1) Dislike it (0) Added: September 29, 2009 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... By: ranjitt (102 month(s) ago) Very very informatic. Saving..... Post Reply Close Saving..... Edit Comment Close Premium member Presentation Transcript Zero Error workshop of Biology onOrigin of Life & Evolution : Zero Error workshop of Biology onOrigin of Life & Evolution By Prof. A K MUDGAL GOVT. COLLEGE ARON M.P - INDIA Origin of Life : Origin of Life Biogeny vs Cenogeny Biopoiesis by Pirie Oldest rock 4.3 b yrs 3.9 b yrs rock ( carbonates) Most Primitive cell: Cynobacteria 3.2 b yrs Theories : Theories Special Creation Spontaneous creation Biogenesis Cosmozoic( Richter) Origin of Earth : Origin of Earth Big-bang theory 15 b yrs Thermonuclear explosion 4.5 b yrs solar system was created Nebula Central part : sun, Periphery planets Origin of earth : Origin of earth Kant 1753 Ylem: condensed mass of cosmic matter Atmosphere of Primitive Earth : Atmosphere of Primitive Earth 4.5 – 5 b yrs ago Heavy elements in core : Fe. Ni Surface: H N C in gaseous form No free Oxygen & no oxidation Atms was reducing. Surface temp 5000-6000 c No ozone, uv present Bio-kinetic Zone : Bio-kinetic Zone Taq Chemical finger printing Chemo -synthetic theory : Chemo -synthetic theory Original idea by Haeckel A.I Oparin 1923, JBS Haldane 1928 4.2 b yrs back life originated from inanimate matter Chemogeny : Chemogeny 4 b yrs <100 c temp N was in the form of ammonia C was in the form of methane Oxygen in the form of H2O No free oxygen Formation of organic compounds : Formation of organic compounds Temp 1000 c CH +CH HC CH CH2 +CH2 H2C CH2 HC CH +H2O CH3CHO Formation of complex molecules : Formation of complex molecules Fatty acids + Glycerol HC+NH3+H2O+ energy Amino acid Hot dilute soup of Haldane Mud instead of ocean Sources of energy : Sources of energy UV Sun Ionizing radiations Electric charge Heat Formation of complex org. molecules : Formation of complex org. molecules Sugar mole combined Polysaccharides e.g Starch, Cellulose, Glycogen Amino acids Polypeptide chain Primitive enzyme Exp done by S.FOX Experimental evidence : Experimental evidence H.UREY Stanely Miller 1953 18 days Miller's Exp : Miller's Exp Methane, ammonia hydrogen 2:2:1 75000 volts Problem of Condensation : Problem of Condensation Hot soup was dilute Energy and Evaporation Biological Evolution : Biological Evolution Miller 3 Conditions Replicator Mutation Energy & Isolation Protobionts : Protobionts Coacervate Microsphere Exp by S.Fox Protobionts : Protobionts Light absorbed by Chromophores Electrical potential develops around the membrane Probionts became a energy transducing device First & Best candidate : First & Best candidate Protein Carbohydrate Lipid DNA RNA RNA : RNA Ribozyme Viriod Virusoid Clay Genes(smith 1971) Progenote: RNA---DNA Slide 27: RNA genetic system: Exons Introns in majority seq. No regular cell growth Evolution of RNP RNA genome copied to DNA Eobiont : Eobiont 3.8-4 byrs Membrane bound( NA, protein, carbo) Cognogeny : Cognogeny Anarobic Heterotroph Chemosynthetic , Fermentation of organic molecules Starting deviding transferred to bacteriochlorophyll Anarobic Photosynthetic 3.5 –3.8 byrs First aerobic photoautotroph 3.2-3.3 byrs First cell : First cell J.W Schopf 3b yrs old rock with a cynophycean Archaespheroids barbertonensis Eukaryote 1.6 –1.8 byrs Slide 31: Self replicating molecule : Self replicating molecule AATE Amino-adenine triacid ester Slide 33: Iron sulphide honey comb by J Whitfield Human Evolution : Human Evolution The wise man History : History 1863 T.A Huxley- Man's Place in Nature 1871 C.Darwin- The Descent of Man. Led to idea – man has developed from Apes. 1921- C.Dawson- Piltdown man Connecting link First human fossil- E.Dubois- solo river in Java Classification : Classification Kingdom:Animalia Phylum:Chordata Sub-Phy- Vertebrata Section-Gnathostomata Super class- Tetrapoda Class- Mammalia Sub class- Theria Infra class- Eutheria Slide 37: Order- Primata Sub order- Anthropoidea Family- Hominidae Genus- Homo Species- sapeins Origin of Mammmals : Origin of Mammmals Jurassic Period-195m years back from Cynodont reptiles Were shrew like Highly adapted Place of origin : Place of origin Africa , Asia and Europe Central asia Significance of forest in Pliocene Characteristics of man : Characteristics of man Cranial capacity Development of forelimbs Bipedal Pelvic girdle Skull on the top Vertebral column Lumber curve Teeth, Simian gap Slide 41: Orthognathous vs Prognathus Chin Social and speech Binocular vision Reduced fertility THUMB Evolutionary trends : Evolutionary trends Increase in brain capacity or skull Bipedal locomotion Modification of forelimb Opposable thumb Loss of oppsability of great toe in hindlimb Erect and lumber curve Reduction in incisors and canines Loss of jaw power Slide 43: Reduction in ridges of eye brow and semian self. Development of chin Broadening of pelvic girdle Development of speech and social life Ancestors of Man : Ancestors of Man 60 myears ago in oligocene Three off shots from insectivorous mammals Elephant shrew: only rods in retina Nails absent V shape jaw Primates: Procimions and anthropoids Slide 45: Procimions : Lemurs, Loris Tarsiers Anthropoids: Monkey, apes and Man Monkeys: old world and new world Comparison of monkeys : Comparison of monkeys Old world Tail short Narrow nose U-shape jaw 2123/2123 Mensturation cyclePrsent Rhesus,baboon New world Tail long Flat nose U-shape jaw 2136/2136 Mensturation cycle absent Spider monkey Apes : Apes Great apes: Chimpanizee- 400cc Gorila - 500cc Orantagon – 400cc Modern Ape– Gibbion –100cc Similarities between man and Apes : Similarities between man and Apes Tail absent Erect posture Grasping hands Hair on body More cranial capacity Facial musle prsent Mensturation cycle prsent Slide 49: Blood group of A & B antigen Haemoglobin Chromosomal similarities: Man-46 Ape –48 DNA same upto 99% Same banding pattern Chromosome no 3 & 6 are 100% same Differences : Differences Ape Semi erect Shorter neck More hair on body Brain 600cc long fore limbs Chin absent Parallel thumb Man Complete erect Long neck Restricted 1800cc Short fore limbs Chin Present Thumb opposable Evolution of man : Evolution of man Propliopithecus: fossil of ape from Egypt.30-35 m years Dryopithecus: Early miocene, D.africanus also called Proconsul. Common ancestor, found in India Shivapithecus from shivalik hills Slide 52: Oreopithecus: more man like,teeth and jaw like man, erect Ramapithecus: Ancestor of man:also called Kenyopithecus from Africa. 14-15 m , shivalik hills teeth , limbs like man Slide 53: Australopithecus: first fossil of Man ape Small with erect posture Dental arch parabolic Canines reduced Semian gap absent Brain- 450- 600cc A.africans, A. afranses Australopithicus : Australopithicus Gracile: carnivorous Robust:Paranthropus are of two types Zijanothropus: Tanzania Megathropus :Java Pre-Historic man : Pre-Historic man Homo habilis: Handy man Fossil discovered by Leakey 2m years Africa Cranial capacity-680-720cc Chin absent Used stones as tools for hunting Homo erectus : Homo erectus Java man: solo river in Java Lived in caves Tools of bones and stones Cranial capacity 940cc ( 800-1000cc) First man to use fire Chin absent Complete erect , 5 feet tall 70kg Slide 57: Peking man: from china 6 lakh years, lived in caves Cranial capacity: 1050cc(850-1300cc) Chin absent, complete erect Used sharp stone tools and bone tools Omnivorous used fire for cooking Slide 58: Heidelberg man: Europe, massive lower jaw Chin absent Homo sapiens : Homo sapiens Neanderthal man: Origin and evolution before 30000-100000 yrs Fossils from Germany Lived in huts Cranial capacity 1300-1600cc Complete erect Slide 60: Buried dead bodies Clothes of animal skin Chin not developed Speech centre developed Omnivorous Slide 61: Cro-magnon man:30,000yrs back Fossils in France Lived in caves Cranial capacity 1650cc Hunter , domestication of animals 180cm tall Painter of caves Slide 62: Homo sapiens sapiens: 25000 yrs ago distributed in whole eorld in 10,000yrs ago. 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CCAB launches anti-money laundering guidance
Long-awaited industry guidance has been issued on how to report money laundering, as the countdown begins to the introduction of new rules that mean accountants who fail to do so could face jail.
Link: Money laundering rules see fresh changes
The Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies (CCAB) said its guidance aimed to help accountants avoid unwittingly committing offences that can carry a jail term of up to 14 years.
From 1 March, this will become a possibility under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and the Money Laundering Regulations 2003.
The CCAB said that after discussions with government, several changes had been made to its initial interim guidance of May 2003.
These included dual reporting systems, with abbreviated reports for matters of lesser intelligence value and the assertion that speculation and higher than normal risk factors do not, in themselves, lead to a need to report.
An electronic version of the Guidance can be found on the CCAB website at www.ccab.org.uk


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In the wake of President Obama's recent announcement that he plans to deploy 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, I've noticed a lot of my liberal leaning friends (and a lot of liberals in general) are up in arms. There have been accusations that Obama is acting no different from his predecessor and that the U.S. has no business fighting wars in Afghanistan. I like to remind them that is exactly what they voted for when they cast a ballot for Obama.
One of Obama's major platforms while campaigning for President was that he wanted the U.S. out of Iraq. At the same time, he did always say that he felt the U.S. needed to finish the job in Afghanistan. Somewhere along the line, a lot of his supporters started seeing Obama as a peace sign flashing hippie that was going to pull the U.S. military out of every foreign country they occupied. Many focused so strongly on the fact that he wanted out of Iraq that they completely ignored his constant reminders that he planned on being aggressive with Afghanistan. Now they are all crying foul. And I just like to remind them that this is exactly what they (and I) voted for.
Personally, I don't believe the U.S. will leave Afghanistan until Bin Laden's head is on a stake or that intelligence can confirm that he has died of natural causes. But, even with the head of the snake removed, there will still be a push to make sure his successors are eliminated. With the tragedy of 9/11 weighing heavily on our collective minds still and for years to come, I believe no President, regardless of political affiliation, is going to want to stop going after Al Queda on their home turf of Afghanistan until there is concrete evidence they have been defeated or at least had their resources so badly depleted that they cannot be a threat for the foreseeable future. So, instead of bitching and moaning that Obama "lied" or is committing some great injustice by doing EXACTLY what he said he was going to do, let's just hope that we really do get the job done in the 3 year time frame he has predicted.
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The White House released the memorandum written by the Justice Department detailing the legal support for his deferred action program. Through this memorandum, President Obama's legal counsel provides analysis on whether it is permissions for: (1) the Department of Homeland Security to prioritize its resources to target undocumented aliens who are criminals; (2) the President to issue deferred action to parents of U.S. citizens and permanent residents; and (3) the President to issue deferred action to parents of DACA recipients.
Interestingly, the Justice Department concludes that while it is permissible to issue deferred action to the parents of U.S. citizens and permanent residents, it would not be permissible to do so for parents of DACA recipients. The distinction appears to lie in the fact that U.S. citizens and permanent residents have a legal status, whereas DACA recipients do not.
The release of this memorandum would seem to indicate that the President will not expand his deferred action program to cover the parents of DACA recipients later, as some have surmised. To do so would clearly contradict the advice from his own Justice Department.
It is also interesting to note that this memorandum does not cover the spouses of U.S. citizens or permanent residents. This is not to say that such undocumented aliens would be ineligible to receive deferred action, merely that this memorandum, and presumably the President's program, will not cover such aliens at this time.
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We carry out direct numerical simulations of two-dimensional turbulence with forcing at different wave numbers and resolutions up to 32768^2 gridpoints. In the absence of large scale drag, a state is reached where enstrophy is quasistationary while energy is growing. In the enstrophy cascade range the energy spectrum has the form $ E(k) = K \epsilon_{\omega} ^{2/3} k^{-3} $, without any logarithmic correction, where$ \epsilon_{\omega} $ is the enstrophy dissipation and K is of the order of unity. However, K is varying between different simulations and is thus not a perfect constant. This variation can be understood as a consequence of large-scale dissipation intermittency, following the argument by Landau (Landau \& Lifshitz 1959). In the presence of a large scale drag, we obtain a slightly steeper spectrum. When forcing is applied at a scale which is somewhat smaller than the computational domain no vortices are formed and the statistics remain close to Gaussian in the enstrophy cascade range. When forcing is applied at a smaller scale, long lived coherent vortices form at larger scales than the forcing scale and intermittency measures become very large at all scales, including the scales of the enstrophy cascade. We conclude that the enstrophy cascade with a $ k^{-3} $-spectrum, is a robust feature of the two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations. However, there is a complete lack of universality of higher order statistics of vorticity increments in the enstrophy cascade range.
Two codes have been developed and implemented for use on massively parallelsuper computers to simulate two-dimensional and quasi-geostrophic turbulence.The codes have been found to scale well with increasing resolution and width ofthe simulations. This has allowed for the highest resolution simulations of twodimensionaland quasi-geostrophic turbulence so far reported in the literature.The direct numerical simulations have focused on the statistical characteristicsof turbulent cascades of energy and enstrophy, the role of coherent vorticesand departures from universal scaling laws, theoretized more than 40 yearsago. In particular, the investigations have concerned the enstrophy and energycascades in forced and decaying two-dimensional turbulence. Furthermore, theapplicability of Charney's hypotheses on quasi-geostrophic turbulence has beentested. The results have shed light on the flow evolution at very large Reynoldsnumbers. The most important results are the robustness of the enstrophycascade in forced and decaying two-dimensional turbulence, the sensitivity toan infrared Reynolds number in the spectral scaling of the energy spectrumin the inverse energy cascade range, and the validation of Charney's predictionson the dynamics of quasi-geostrophic turbulence. It has also been shownthat the scaling of the energy spectrum in the enstrophy cascade is insensitiveto intermittency in higher order statistics, but that corrections apply to the"universal" Batchelor-Kraichnan constant, as a consequence of large-scale dissipationanomalies following a classical remark by Landau (Landau & Lifshitz1987). Another finding is that the inverse energy cascade is maintained bynonlocal triad interactions, which is in contradiction with the classical localityassumption.


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Monday, June 30
Things That Go Bump!
My 4 - almost 5 month bump picture.
1 comment:
- Aluciel said...
Awww! Baby bump!!! I get all twitchy with hormones and maternal craziness every time I look at this blog!
- July 3, 2008 at 6:10 PM
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Spent the morning playing in the mud under the guise of weeding the gardens. After that awful hail, rain,thunder and lightening storm yesterday and last nite everything was sodden. I was up early again this morning,didn't wash my hair but now wished I had cuz I feel yukky.
Bathroom is looking even more amazing. The pot lites are up and there will be absolutely no excuse for nicks on the legs now. The wall tiles are up -- grouting to be done hopefully tomorrow. As I write this Ron is putting the vanity together. It is absolutely dreadful outside -- raining and only about 15 and all I want is a hot shower ( sniff sniff).I'm hoping he is done soon so I can have my lick and a promise bath in the laundry tub. I may even have a little lay down.


text: With Red Hat OpenStack 12, Fernet keys are now the default. In this guide, I'd like to show you how to not only rotate your decryption keys on the controller, but how to debug any issues you may encounter. This is really meant to be a guide to managing fernet decryption tokens as a whole.