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Another sketch for YOU! It's time for Inspired Blueprint's sketch #54, I really like this week sketch to incorporate buttons my fav and bird! 🙂 Come join us with attractive prizes for you!
As I really like swirl flower that I made, I decided to use it on the tree that I am going to create! Green swirl to make up the tree 🙂 What do you think? I like color combo that I used too – brown, yellow and green. And I string a couple of different color buttons together and add them to the side. In addition, I add a black bird rub-on from Maya road and stamp some clouds and add a ribbon. Lastly heat embossed my card title with white embossing powder. For the next card: – Wish Big –
This Smile card – I used the entire collection from Sassafrass – Indie Girl – I really love their collection 🙂 Instead of hoarding, I have decided to put it to used to create a card. First I used a aqua mist cardstock, add the pattern paper and did a plait of a strip of cardstock and adhere it down and tied a twine across it. I love martha stewart punch as well esp. the butterflies 3in1 and started punching and layer them up and put a pearl on top. As you know I can't live w/o hand-made flower, I did a glittering one and stamped on polka dot on my PTI's die flower 2 to create and add 2 leave behind. To finish the card, I glue dot each co-ordinating color button to the pattern paper 🙂
Hope you like what I shared with you.
[Wish Big Card Supplies]
Paper: White, Lemon Tart, Vintage Cream, New leaf and Dark Chocolate cardstock
Stamp: Star Prints and Up,up away from papertreyink and Unity KOM Jun 2010 Fly Free
Ink: Colorbox chestnut roan chalk ink and Fresh Snow from papertrey
Others: Maya Road birds black rub-ons, buttons, Embossing white powder, Twine, Scallop punch and berry sorbet ribbon, In Bloom impression plate
[Smile Card Supplies]
Paper: Aqua Mist cardstock and Indie Girl from Sassafrass
Stamp: Mini Scrapbook series : Tabs from papertreyink
Ink: Versafine Black Onxy, Melon Berry from papertrey
Others: Green Twine, buttons, beautiful Bloom die, leaf, 3 in 1 butterfly punch from Martha Stewart and pearl from e-line Prima


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SAN BERNARDINO >> The judge in the San Bernardino County Colonies bribery trial Tuesday allowed jurors to hear a recorded interview of key defense witness Adam Aleman that included statements outside the focus of the case against the four defendants.
Defense attorney Jennifer Keller said the ruling "sandbagged" her side, calling some of the statements from Aleman "highly prejudicial" and outside the evidence being presented in the trial.
Among the items jurors heard was a claim by Aleman, a former county assistant assessor, that former state assemblyman and senator Jim Brulte and defendant Jim Erwin each expected 1 percent of the Colonies $102 million settlement with the county in return for their work to help bring about the deal that ended the case.
No evidence has been introduced in the 6-month-old trial to prove that claim, nor was the allegation included in any of the charging documents in the criminal case.
Erwin, also a former assistant assessor, is not charged in connection with Aleman's 1 percent claim. Brulte, who was a witness in the trial and is chairman of the California Republican Party, is not a defendant.
Brulte, who worked with Rancho Cucamonga developer Jeff Burum on the Colonies matter from December 2004 to March 2005, denied Aleman's assertion in an email Tuesday.
"This is a lie. Adam Aleman is a someone who has falsified information to a grand jury and lied to investigators," Brulte said. "So it seems like he is continuing to tell lies."
Aleman is testifying under a plea agreement with prosecutors. He was an aide to Bill Postmus when he was a county supervisor and was assistant assessor for Postmus after he was elected assessor in November 2006.
Aleman said Tuesday that Postmus, an admitted methamphetamine addict, was high "25 percent" of the time while he was supervisor and assessor, with Aleman increasingly covering for Postmus, who has said he has been sober since 2012.
Prosecutors allege three county officials each took $100,000 bribes, which were reported as campaign contributions, from Burum to gain approval for the $102 million court settlement over flood control work at Colonies Partners' 434-acre residential and commercial development in Upland. Burum is a co-managing partner of Colonies Partners.
Defendants include Burum, Erwin, former county Supervisor Paul Biane, and Mark Kirk, the chief of staff for former Supervisor Gary Ovitt.
All the defendants have denied any wrongdoing, saying the contributions, which were from Colonies Partners, where Burum is one of the managing members, were public donations to legal political action committees and were part of the Colonies' attempts to mend fences after the contentious legal dispute and were available online for public review.
During Deputy Attorney General Melissa Mandel's redirect of Aleman on Tuesday, jurors heard Aleman in a Nov. 1, 2008, interview describe the $100,000 amounts that went to the various PACs. Aleman called them campaign contributions and did not characterize them as bribes when talking to district attorney investigators. But he later agreed when one of them described the contributions as "payoffs."
Aleman said Burum gave a $100,000 campaign contribution to Erwin's Committee for Effective Government PAC, which he misidentified as "Committee Against Corruption," a PAC controlled by political consultant David Ellis, a witness in the case whose testimony was quashed.
Postmus' Inland Empire PAC received $100,000, as well as Kirk's Alliance for Ethical Government PAC, Aleman said.
"Kirk and Bill were tugging at who could deliver this for Burum," Aleman said of the Colonies settlement.
Aleman said Colonies also contributed $100,000 to Matt Brown's San Bernardino County Young Republicans, which prosecutors say was secretly controlled by Brown's boss, Biane, who benefited from the contribution. Brown was Biane's chief of staff at the time.
Kirk paid himself a $10,000 consultant fee from the contribution, which angered Postmus, and used some of it for his run for Hesperia City Council, Aleman said.
The two juries in the case began hearing an extended audio passage of Aleman's Nov. 1, 2008, interview by investigators after Judge Michael A. Smith allowed Mandel, against Keller's objections, to play it.
It was Aleman's first interview after agreeing to turn state's evidence in an effort to strike a plea deal over corruption charges he faced from activities in the Assessor's Office.
Aleman and Postmus entered into plea agreements with prosecutors within two years of one another in 2009 and 2011, respectively, for crimes connected with the Assessor's Office and the Colonies settlement. They both agreed to testify against the defendants and cooperate with investigators in exchange for lighter sentences.
On re-cross, Keller again attacked Aleman's credibility, challenging the consistency of his prior statements to investigators and under oath and grilling him on his prior testimony about a reimbursement of more than $3,300 for a trip he took to China with Postmus in 2006.
Aleman had an American Express card for Postmus' campaign account and charged $3,314.40 in airfare on the card, then requested reimbursement from the county. He previously told Mandel that, after receiving the check, he reimbursed Postmus' campaign.
But Keller introduced a copy of the check, which showed it was made out to Aleman and deposited into Aleman's personal Washington Mutual bank account.
Keller asked Aleman if he did in fact reimburse Postmus' campaign account, but Aleman said he could not recall.
"You never reimbursed the campaign for this $3,314.40, did you?" Keller asked, also asking if he listed it on a campaign 460 report form. Again, Aleman said he couldn't recall.
Keller asked if what he said was "just another lie."
"No, those are your words," said Aleman, adding, "I may have reimbursed the campaign committee."


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Monday, November 9, 2009
Girl Talk and Tough Chicks
Most people reading this probably know I am not one for much conversation when running. You see I do nothing but talk at work, so when I leave the office, my mouth gets a break and honestly I know my job so well, I could talk confidently for hours straight, but it is for work.
When on the trails one might hear some yes and no's with a few three word sentences thrown in from me,but nothing of much concern or consequence. I make fun of my wife when she gets on the phone and talks for an hour straight. I couldn't fathom what they could talk about for that long, but hey, that's girl talk right?
Well, I honestly do not know what happened, but Sunday I somehow ended up girl talking for an hour and a half! It's true.....I went to Bradbury for what I planned to be an easy, semi long trail run. I wanted an hour or so of running at no specific pace but not tempo or race pace.
Val and Linda were the only ones there when I arrived, no one else showed up so off we went. Linda was a bit worried as we started out, she had not run on these technical trails since September when she fell and hurt her back. She was apprehensive about falling again and we assured her that we would keep the pace managable.
Linda remarked that my slow was equal to her fast, then I said that Val's slow was my fast........somehow we let Val lead??......I know, it didn't make much sense but actually it worked very well and Val did and exellent job of not leaving us behind.
So a mere minutes after hitting the trails, we are suddenly talking up a storm and I couldn't seem to keep my mouth shut. We talked about a mother's feeling when raising kids, all kinds of stuff about being pregnant and having multible chidren, empty nest syndrome, Etc.
Suddenly, it dawned on me........this was ..well..girl talk! Now don't get me wrong, I am not being sexist or anything, but when the subject matter hinges on mother's emotions and such......well, most men are distanced from those conversations. Not because we don't care but probably we don't understand.
Not being a girl, I am sure I said many things that probably didn't make sense. Val and Linda were very kind and didn't bring my attention to it. Now we did hit on other subjects like coyotes, dogs and running, but still, I talked for the whole time.
These two are some tough chicks, Val second guessed a mud pit and smashed her knee on a large tree root. I could see by the look on her face,that it hurt pretty bad. She got up, checked to make sure her knee was still pointing in the right direction and went right back to running ......Damn, I am pretty sure I limped with psycological pain for at least 10 minutes.
Then Linda went down hard as a root grabbed her foot, she not only got right back up, but she also won the battle as she managed to rip the root right out of the ground. Hey, I want these two around for my next bar fight!
In the end, I had a perfect run and perfect company. The pace was just what I bargained for and I felt great....well except for over dressing, but who knew it was going to be summer for one day? I should have been wearing shorts, one less layer of clothing and no hat.
I know Linda felt she was pretty fatiqued near the end but when I looked at the splits, I understood why. We acually picked up the pace in the last three miles and she was working much harder than she thought. We ended up with a good workout and with almost negative splits.......any coach would be proud.
Total miles:
7.24 @ 1:32:54 (12:24 pace)
12:03....140-153 (average HR and Maximun HR)
12:10....145-154 (last .24)
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2 comments:
- trailgrrl said...
Loved this post... your blog posts are insightful (and just plain enjoyable to read)..girl talk can be interesting and yep we chicks can be tough cookies..
- November 9, 2009 at 7:25 PM
- vja said...
You'd never know you were new to girl talk! It was a great run. I think you had some great training tips in there, too. Thanks.
- November 10, 2009 at 8:01 AM
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Monday, February 1, 2010
What Time is It?
Coming out of the locker room.
As they run out onto the floor for warmupsLayup line is a sea of orangeWSU player introductionsOn the bench still showing their support for Ally's Army
Our gang with "the Wolf" in our impromptu Ally's Army section (thanks BG!). Note that Carly is nowhere to be found as she is DEATHLY afraid of the Wolf. He was nice enough to come up for a picture moments after I had assured Carly that there was no way possible the Wolf could get to our section. I'm not sure she has forgiven me yet.
Ally had the entire team sign her shirt after the game. Here she is with one of her (or is it her Mom's?) favorite players, Vaughn Duggins.
Couldn't quite get the color right on this one, but here's our rockstar with her boys
Our good friend Brad who we can't thank enough for a great day for Ally. For every missed Christmas or party or other everyday event that the poor girl seems to miss out on, there are days like Saturday where people go out of their way to make her feel more than special. I'm so thankful she felt good enough to experience and enjoy the day.
Three of my favorite members of the Army. I have to give Evan and Carly both credit that they never seem jealous of all of the attention their sister gets.
There is also another picture I'll have to have Janel add at another date of Ally out on the floor with a lady who does various basketball tricks including spinning multiple basketballs. She had Ally hold a pen in each hand and spun a ball on each pen while Ally held them up. Very cool and very heavy according to Ally!
Our day actually started with an earlier game, Evan's first official basketball game this season. He played hounding defense but alas neither scored nor got a rebound. Don't worry, we came home and practiced outside in the 20 degree weather so I'm sure he'll get a double double next game. Ally was extremely excited to run the scoreboard and, as you can see in the picture below, always has Tim Horton's on hand just like her mother.
Evan's in the foreground in blue clearly doing all he can for the rebound.
Ally (with a little help from Joshua) running the scoreboard
We had a great weekend even without Mom but we are definitely ready to have her back!
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Jerad..so proud of you. I'm so glad that the weekend turned out well and that Ally continues to feel good. I was proud to wear my Ally's Army t-shirt at the WSU game, and got choked up seeing all of the players with their shirts on too. Beavercreek is a very supportive community. I'm glad I live here.ReplyDelete
After your weekend, you are entitld to some relaxation too! Ally has some amazing parents.
p.s. I had to remove the comment above due to a typo. You know I can't stand that!!
Jerad, great job, it looks like all 3 of the kids had a great weekend. You both are amazing, but I already knew that. How awesome for all those guys to wear the shirts but to keep them on the entire game. I wished I lived closer so I could have seen it in person, but the pictures are terrific. Take care and may you have a good week.ReplyDelete
What an awesome weekend! That coach really seems like a great guy. Thanks for sharing the pics, you are an wonderful Dad for getting the troops to all of their events and having fun in the process.ReplyDelete
What a great show of support by the Wright State Men's Basketball Team. Congratulations Coach Brownell, for demonstrating and exemplifying how small things can make such a hugh, lasting impact on others. I can only imagine how excited Ally and the family were to see such a show of support. GO WSU. Jerad, sounds like you did a great job. Janel, hope you were able to re-charge. Thanks for keeping us all updated. :)ReplyDelete
Jared- thanks for the post...and Janel-so glad that you enjoyed your trip. All of the WSU and Allys Army fanfair makes me want to move back to the Creek. So thankful for a good weekend! Here's to another strong week and Evan's double double. :-)ReplyDelete
Love to see the pics of her and the team and Coach B! All so awesome for doing that! Great great day!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 2, 2010 at 9:17 AM
Jerad, I am so proud to have you in my family. You are awesome even if you always give me a hard time. Wish I could have been there to see it all but thanks for sharing the pictures.ReplyDelete
What an awesome show of support! They must be awesome guys as well! Glad all went well and that Ally was feeling good for the weekend. All of you are so special. Love,Miss LisaReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 2, 2010 at 7:07 PM
Sitting here with tears!!! Amazing pictures of MY FAVORITE team wearing their Ally's Army t-shirts. Janel - good for you!!! to take this trip. Jerod - YOU are a rock star!! I would have given ANYthing to have been there wearing orange as well - but followed the game on the computer as I always do and saw everything - and the pictures were amazing and brought big joyful tears......ReplyDelete
SOOO Proud to be a far-away-but-still-big part of Raider Nation.:))) ~ Jenny G.
What a great day! Those WSU players were so nice, I almost feel bad that they will be going down on Saturday when they come to Indianapolis to play the Butler Bulldogs. :)ReplyDelete
So glad Ally felt well enough to attend the special game.


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Next Episode of How to Make It in America is
not planed. TV Show was canceled.
How to Make It in America follows two enterprising Brooklyn twentysomethings as they hustle their way through New York City, determined to achieve the American Dream. Trying to make a name for themselves in New York's competitive fashion scene, Ben Epstein and his friend and business partner Cam Calderon use their street knowledge and connections to bring their ambitions to fruition. With the help of Cam's cousin Rene, who is trying to market his own high-energy drink, and their well-connected friend Domingo, the burgeoning entrepreneurs set out to make it big, encountering obstacles along the way that will require all their ingenuity to overcome.
In the premiere of this comedy about Brooklyn entrepreneurs hustling their way to prosperity, Ben and Cam need a quick infusion of cash to pay off a loan to Cam's cousin Rene, who just got out of prison. Meanwhile, Ben's ex, Rachel, is moving on with a new boyfriend, while his old high-school friend, David, could be an important investor.
In debt, once again, to Rene, Ben and Cam search uptown and downtown for a manufacturer to help them get their 1970s-style jeans line off the ground. Meanwhile, Ben meets Rachel to discuss the events following a recent gallery opening.
Ben and Cam find a tailor who's willing to make their jeans sample, but only if they can scrounge up the cash first; Rachel contemplates her future in interior design with Edie after meeting with a college friend who's in the Peace Corps; Rene comes up with an alternate marketing plan for his energy drink.
Dismayed by the prospect of attending a dinner party for Rachel's birthday---with a guest list that includes her current boyfriend---Ben decides to make good on a promise to Kaplan for a night out at an exclusive club.
Feedback from a Japanese buyer forces Ben and Cam to take another look at their business model; Rene's access to a hidden stash of cash is threatened by a relative's divorce; Rachel's desire to spice up her relationship with Darren gets mixed results.
Ben and Cam struggle to satisfy a buyer's demand; Rene prepares for a confrontation with an allegedly thieving contractor; a business trip to Connecticut gets personal for Rachel.
Rene's parole officer wants to see what his client's up to at a meeting with Rasta Monsta's Jamaica-based owner; Rachel is irked by Darren's business proposition to her and Edie; Ben and Cam curtail an obligation to Rene to pick up their shirts from the silk screener.
In the first-season finale, Cam mulls confronting Rene about a recent theft when it involves his and Ben's product. Meanwhile, Rachel makes a life-changing decision that has a major impact on Ben, Edie and Darren.
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She's been there, done that. She left her rural home in the Midwest, went to New York, moved in with a boyfriend, had a couple of abortions, survived a suicide attempt.
This all happened years ago, in the early 1970s, when Jeanette Meyer was just a young woman. Now she's 63–old enough to remember it all, young enough to turn her life around. And that's just what she did.
I read Jeanette Meyer's amazing story in a report by Dave Hrbacek in The Catholic Spirit, the newspaper of the St. Paul-Minneapolis Archdiocese, and quite a story it is. It's come to fulfillment in Pregnancy Choices, the shelter for young expectant mothers she serves in Apple Valley, Minn. She's been the executive director since 2010, and there she greets newcomers to the shelter with her presence, her counsel and her truth. And with her love.
"By loving and accepting them," she says, "we enter the wounds of Christ, as holy mothers, to greet the potential in each person, mother and child. For many of the clients, it's an awakening to view their past lives and abortions with hope rather than despair."
That's quite a far cry from the life Meyer was leading in New York 40 years ago, when a controlling boyfriend forced her into one abortion–and then another. The only way she knew to forget was with too-generous doses of alcohol, and one night she ran from a bar and was ready to dart into fast-moving freeway traffic when the boyfriend pulled her back.
The healing came in time, and proceeded slowly. It began with her confession to an understanding priest and continued when she returned home, to her native Iowa. Then, at a prayer meeting, she met Marty Meyer, the man she would marry in 1975, and with whom she would have five children. Eventually the Meyers moved to the Twin Cities.
Women come there from all walks of life, and counseling them can take a variety of turns. To some (who ask) Meyer will tell her own story; to others she simply listens. "I want them to have a voice," she says. "I want them to know about options." She explains that it's all part of her mission to be "a woman of mercy," where listening and the passage of time are major parts of her calling. Her clients come to know they are not alone, she says, and time enables them to consider all the options at their disposal.
Meyer relies heavily on her faith and the example of Jesus in living out her mission. A favorite Bible story is the one in which Jesus forgives the woman taken in adultery, a reflection of his mercy and love.
The women who come to her are never far from her mind. "The first thing they need," she says, "is love." And in Jeanette Meyer, they can find it without end.


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Massage is a perfect elixir for good health, but it can also provide an integration of body and mind. Massage can provide emotional and spiritual balance, bringing with it true relaxation and peace.
The Benefits of Massage:
Relaxing massage that helps to restore balance to your body and mind. Based on the style of a Swedish massage, this treatment is personalised to your requirements to allow relaxation, invigoration, toning or de-stressing.
Reflexology helps to balance the body and stimulate the body's own natural healing abilities. Treatment involves pressure point massage to the reflex areas on the feet which correspond with the various parts of the body.
The upper back, upper arms, shoulders, neck, scalp and face (all energy centres where tension is most likely to accumulate) are gently or firmly massaged until the pressure begins to simply melt away, leaving you with a feeling of wellbeing.
Deep tissue massage that efficiently relieves aches and pains that can arise from repetitive day-to-day activities or from periods of prolonged inactivity. These include back pain, stiff necks and frozen shoulders, posture related problems and headaches. It can also be very effective for conditions such as whiplash, sciatica, and muscle related joint problems.
Muscle tensions in the back, neck and shoulder areas will be eased. This massage will leave you feeling exceptionally relaxed.


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Scosche Announces revive II - Dual USB Chargers Feature iPad-optimized USB power port
Scosche Announces revive II - Dual USB Chargers Feature iPad-optimized USB power port
Chargers feature dual USB ports to power iPad and another USB powered device at home or in the car
Innovative chargers join iPad accessory line that already includes kickBACK case and stand and five earphone models
Oxnard, CA, - April 07, 2010 - Scosche Industries, an award-winning innovator of iPod, iPhone and now iPad accessories, is proud to announce two new additions to its quickly expanding iPad accessory line - reVIVE II Dual USB Chargers for home and car. Each of the two reVIVE II chargers features a 2.1 Amp (iPad) and 1 Amp (iPhone or any other USB powered devices) port so iPad users can power their new iPad and another handheld device simultaneously from one wall outlet or car power port. According to Pew Researche's Internet and the American Life the average consumer owns between 3 and 4 gadgets, which makes the additional USB port on both reVIVE II models a welcome addition for most consumers.
"The new chargers and kickBACK P1 case are just the tip of the iceberg for our iPad accessory line," said Kas Alves, executive vice president of Scosche Industries. "We will be announcing several industry first products via our Twitter and Facebook pages in the coming weeks, so become a follower and fan today so you don't miss anything."
Should users confuse the two USB ports the iPad will charge slower in the 1A port and other devices will simply charge at the same rate in the 2.1A port - no devices would be damaged by mistakenly plugging the wrong device into the wrong port and the ports are clearly labeled to help avoid any confusion.
The reVIVE II chargers will retail for $24.99 (car) and $29.99 (home) and are available now for preorder on scosche.com and in shipping late spring.
The two chargers join the much-anticipated kickBACK P1 for iPad, which will be available for preorder on Scosche.com for $44.99 and shipping early summer. The shatterproof polycarbonate and rubber hybrid case provides superior protection for Apple's new iPad tablet. The case's patent pending locking kickstand enables both vertical and horizontal viewing and has a low angle setting for the optimal typing position.
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Saturday, February 7, 2009
Little Fruit Bowl
This is a small 5"x5" painting of a bowl of fruit. I like all the vivid colors of the tangerine, grapes, and lemon together.
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Beautiful! All of your still life paintings are awesome!ReplyDelete
really terrific!ReplyDelete
thanks everybody for the great comments!ReplyDelete
Lovely still life. The dark background really makes this one pop and the blue strip in the bowl is a wonderful addition.ReplyDelete
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|April 23rd, 2007, 12:30 PM
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The Value of HD
Maybe I'm missing something, but I often see videographers who offer HD price it $500-$1,500 more than their SD package. Beside render time and perhaps the cost of Blu-Ray (which is not necessary) I don't see why they mark it up so much. I'd rather do it at the same price as other's SD work and let my demos kick butt. I shoot exclusively in HD, so I may be missing something. Thoughts?
|April 23rd, 2007, 12:58 PM
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......then why ever raise one's prices on packages?????
The more money a company can get for their packages......more power to them, and this goes for anyone, anywhere, at any time.
The question is....why not????
If a particular company has been offering SD packages at lets say 2000.00, and then they upgrade in all HDV equipment including edit bays.......why should they give this away at the old prices when they just spent a lot of money to upgrade.
Point is.......the more money you can get for your packages....all the better. Work smarter...NOT harder.
More money is better than less money......how could this be argued? I'm sure someone will though.
One's market is key to the rates they can charge.....
Quality Wedding Videography in general is so underpriced imo compared to other vendors.......keep the rates going up if you can, why sell yourself short....unless you have to.
|April 23rd, 2007, 01:26 PM
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By the way, if you're not using Blu-ray or HD-DVD to deliver finished HD project to clients, what are you doing? Just making those discs is inherently more expensive than SD DVDs for now, so there ought to be at least a minimal extra fee for that.
|April 23rd, 2007, 01:42 PM
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Time is money and there is a significant amount of extra time required to edit and distribute HDV.
Now if you shoot in HDV and edit it in SD the cost should be the same. I charge clients the price of HDV tape if I shoot in HDV and edit is SD considering there isn't any extra time required.
Now, if they want HD, as their final product, I do charge extra.
Options for HD include:
Windows Media HD
Blue Ray DVD
edited M2t File
If you are already charging your clients a premium for your service, maybe it should be included. I however, do not charge a premium and I am very competitively priced for my area. There is no room for any freebees, especially HD.
|April 23rd, 2007, 01:45 PM
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Thanks Joe,
I'm all for that, and agree that lo-ball videographers hurt the industry by driving down value and not showing the power/capability of good videography. Thus, we are seen as an afterthought.
IMO, people pay me for:
1. My talent
2. Problem-Solving Knowledge
3. Time
4. Gear
I think a lot of people put 'gear' at the top. The problem is that when technology surpasses them, their self-valuation decreases. My prices reflect the industry's appreciation of my contribution to their wedding. I had to start thinking this way when clients wanted to play art director and/or decided they didn't like the end product and didn't want to pay. So I began seeing myself as a consultant more than anything else, and wrote as much into my contract. It's a George Foreman approach to sales.
Back to HD...Upgrading is a factor, but it hasn't been that expensive for me. The learning curve has been the larger part. That's one thing I haven't factored in.
|April 23rd, 2007, 02:20 PM
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Any expense in this business should start paying for itself very very soon if not right away. Be it raising prices or saving you time. Otherwise, it's just another toy. Which I proudly own many :)
|April 24th, 2007, 04:06 AM
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HD is what it is, and you can charge what you like.. in the end, how much is YOUR STUDIO'S service worth to you? (ie, your skills, experience, equipment etc)
Now factor in how much growth you intend on having with this format and the means in which you are going to market the format.
Now consider whether or not the profit margin is worth your investment in time and resources and whether its wise to undercut yourself before you are steadily established, then consider whether or not you are setting a precedent for yourself and others in the industry..
|April 24th, 2007, 06:54 AM
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Raise the price / hdv
I second all the raise the price - comments.
Taking the old debate of price - Wedding video's vs Still photograpy in
consideration, it is my firm believe that the new format (HDV) can be
used to adress and level and even better the financial income scoreboard
between the mentioned two practices.This statement obviously reflects on
wedding video deals where the client is prepared to spent more money on
the stills vs the video.
Glorious footage / Good skills and hours of rendering = more money !
|April 24th, 2007, 08:14 AM
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For us, there is more rendering time, the editing process itself is much slower, capturing is much slower as we need to convert to a different format on import rather than taking it directly from a firestore as with DV. There is also the issue of saving the files and making an HD copy down the road. If all the extra hassle and time (and we are talking about a lot of extra hours here) isn't worth anything, I don't think you can be successfully self-employed.
By offering HD at another companies starting price, to me, it makes your product look cheap and devalues it. A $2k HD video with pretty much full coverage and editing doesn't sound like something that would 'kick butt'. As far as I recall, your still fairly new to this, so that partially explains it, but even if you don't want to add a surcharge just for HD, how about one for your time. I find it hard to see how you can fit all of that into a package at that price AND include HD.
|April 24th, 2007, 03:53 PM
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I'm in my fifth year, but I haven't done weddings until this year. Your the first to question my price, but I appreciate your frankness. I don't anticipate really making money until I've got things rolling, and at that point we'll adjust for supply and demand. I didn't throw out my prices in my post, but I'm surprised that 2K seems cheap. I know it will be once I've built my following, but I've got to get there first. Would you do it differently? (BTW, I will be charging 4k+ when my referral base is strong enough).
|April 24th, 2007, 04:11 PM
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One way to deal with this is to make sure you don't include HD in your least expensive wedding package, so couples understand this is a premium feature. If someone wants HD either charge them extra specifically for that or make them get a more elaborate package.
|April 24th, 2007, 05:24 PM
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That's a good idea.
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MICHAEL Ball was on his way to Glasgow Airport when he phoned wife Amanda to tell her he was about to sign for Birmingham.
When the pair next spoke a couple of hours later the former England international was in Amsterdam, ready to begin work for the Dutch coaching maestro, Guus Hiddink.
"It was quite funny really," recalled City's new 27-year-old capture.
"After I had spoken to Amanda, my mobile rang again - and it was Guus.
"There had been a few players and a few scouts at PSV Eindhoven who had seen me play, so he phoned to see what I was doing.
"When Guus rings you listen to what he has to say, so I changed flights - and by the time I was able to speak again, I was in Amsterdam. My wife called immediately, got the foreign ring tone and said 'Where are you?'. She wasn't too impressed at the time - but she was soon really up for it.
"The schools in Holland were fabulous for the kids too, and in the end we all really enjoyed it."
The travel mix-up was back in 2005, after which former Everton and then Rangers player Ball enjoyed a superb first season in Holland - winning the Dutch title and reaching the domestic cup final as well.
Unfortunately, Hiddink's departure last summer heralded the arrival of Ronald Koeman - who quickly made it pretty clear Ball was not part of his plans.
So after a frustrating six months on the sidelines, Ball was happy to accept the offer of a trial with City - where he impressed enough to earn a short-term contract until the end of the season.
"I have to admit; I was a bit in awe of Hiddink," said Ball.
"He is out at training every day, and his demands are very high.
Really tough
"Training was really tough, but it was all football work. He is certainly a great manager. I don't think anyone could say a bad word about him."
Ball admits he may have to ditch some of the changes to his game Hiddink instigated as he adjusts to life back in the Premiership.
It is a measure of how long the defender has been away from England that his last league appearance in this country before his City debut at Portsmouth last weekend was in a 2-2 draw against Sunderland in May 2001. His last FA Cup tie was an instantly forgettable 3-0 home defeat to Merseyside rivals Tranmere.
After leaving Goodison Park for Rangers, Ball initially did not see eye-to-eye with Dick Advocaat.
Then after Alex McLeish arrived at Ibrox, Ball was struck down by a knee injury which ruled him out for almost 18 months.
By the time he was fully fit, Rangers were in such dire financial trouble Ball effectively had to pay in order to play - handing Everton a sum of money for each appearance when a clause in his contract should have seen the Glasgow giants pay another instalment on what was supposed to be a é6m transfer.
Although he does not regret moving to Scotland, Ball is now looking ahead to a brighter future and is expected to be part of Stuart Pearce's City side to tackle Preston at Deepdale tomorrow for a place in the FA Cup quarter-finals.
"I am grateful to have been given this chance at City - and while for the moment I don't want to look any further ahead than the next game, ultimately my aim has to be to try and earn myself a longer-term contract."
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MICHAEL Ball was on his way to Glasgow Airport when he phoned wife Amanda to tell her he was about to sign for Birmingham.


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I bought a pocket microscope at Radio Shack for about $12 (? I think) that has been very handy. It is lighted by 2 AAA batteries and has a maginifaction range of 60X-100X and will easily fit in your shirt pocket. It is very handy to see things like looking at the crown of a riffle. This little thing has come in handy many times since I bought it I checked the crown of a riffle today and it had a small fiber from a cleaning patch sticking out of the bore. It looked like a 1/2 inch rope in a well casing. It has been handy several times since I bought it.
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The DOE has stated that the effective dates (May 1, 2013 for furnaces and January 1, 2015 for air-conditioners) are installation bans, therefore eliminating "Grandfather" provisions that have marked previous standards increases and leaving distributors to liquidate inventory before the effective date or risk it being stranded.
Additionally, the DOE has laid out three different enforcement approaches that they are considering. All three approaches put unprecedented burdens on distributors and clearly represent why HARDI opposed this regulation in the first place.
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WAT-016 - Girl Friend 3
Description: I always thought Miya Manma (12, formerly Miya Kuroda) had great potential, but her videos are of variable quality and hard to find. This one is from early 2009, the most recent of hers that I know of (is she still in the business?). I recognize the other girl as Hikari Sakai, but her name on the DVD is Hikari Katou
The first half of the movie is shot in an unflattering location, home-movie style. However, both girls still manage to look sultry, especially Miya-chan, whose sensuous gaze always gives me the impression that she knows exactly why we watch her videos. Plenty of role-play and "stripping" make up for the the film work. The latter part is better presented and has a nice leg massage scene. A small filesize because I only made it 30fps.
Release Date: December 23, 2010
Title: WAT-016 - Girl Friend 3
File Size: 592 MB
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I kinda lack self-esteem at the moment. It is not that I wouldn't know I am not worth being loved or respected. I know I have my qualities as a human being, I know I have some abilities and skills other maybe don't have. But I seem to be not able to show everything to other people as I would sometimes like to anymore. At least thats why I think people seem to more or less have dropped me from the time I didn't obligatory see them nearly every day anyway.
I think the reason for that is that I started being very depressed in my last school year due to several heavy weighing life events which happened all in a short time. In that time I could see how friends at school seemed to drift away from me. I never talked with someone about my problems, and I think people didn't understand why I behaved different. I isolated myself from others slowly, and others didn't try to help me either.
Now I always try to think to myself that I am a love-worthy person and that I just have to trust other people again, but I am not able to. I realize that even the most stupid idiots have friends which are more or less helping him, and I don't have. I know I am better than those idiots, but I am not able to show other people much of it because I am so closed into myself and isolated. And the knowing of it actually makes it even harder to get out of it like a doom loop.
It is not the thing that I don't know what to do without other people, but it nags on my self-esteem and it hurts me to be left alone by all people which I liked, and that those people actually do care for other people but just not for me.
I currently have not much energy to do anything. I sometimes have ideas what I would want to do, but I cannot bring me to start things very easily. I need someone to push me, but then mostly I actually manage to do things. At least.
I know I sound very sad and negative in that post and apologise for it, but thats actually how I feel right now. It helps me a bit to write about it.
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PersonalityPage can probably explain this better than me:
Think of the people who are closest to you. As you think of each person, tell yourself "this person has their own life going on, and they are more concerned with their own life than they are with mine." Remember that this doesn't mean that they don't care about you. It's the natural order of things. Try to visualize what that person is doing right now. What things are they encountering, what thoughts are they having? Don't pass judgment, or compare their situation to your own.
You're probably right. You're friends probably didn't understand why you isolated yourself. Perhaps, they saw this as a form of rejection and were thus hesitant to reach out because they never saw any signs that you wanted help. Obviously, I don't know the details or understand everything perfectly. I am just trying to give a helpful perspective.
And that absorption is what's tripping you up by feeding you ideals, judgments, and priorities. You have to get OUT of your thoughts to appreciate yourself, to see yourself as you really are with strengths and flaws, and to accept the fact that you have flaws without being embarrassed or trying to hide them or justify them. Self-esteem grows from being honest. Not honest in an intellectual way where you take mental notes about who you are, fit yourself into some psychological framework (MBTI, for instance) or compare yourself to others to delineate your differences. Honest where you step out of your mind and be with yourself, feeling what you're feeling right now (even if it's just confusion) without trying to get anywhere, without trying to modify yourself, without trying to enhance yourself so you match some mental ideal.
You may want to check out this book.
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Once, right after high school, I was in a bad place because my plans for my life fizzled in a horrible way. I was down on myself because I felt like I should be doing SOMETHING, but I didn't know what. I broke away from a hiking expedition and climbed a mountain all by myself. I spent a wonderful afternoon listening to the wind and gaining some perspective on my life realizing that I was sick and tired of doing what I should do according to other people. I took the LOT of heat for going maverick but it energized me somehow.
Currently, I need another mountain to climb because once again I am without direction, every usual social network has been removed from my life by circumstances I have had no control over. A friend just told me yesterday, you are the kind of person who can't just live day to day. You need some sort of purpose to feel like your daily existence means something. It was like an epiphany!
Find what out what ministers to your heart and gives you the passion to want to work hard and your self-worth will follow.
It doesn't necessarily have to be people. When I lack self-worth, it's hard for me to feed people, it just clouds the air with their problems and prolongs the inevitable.
Don't worry, you'll find it.
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Oh, and most importantly . . .
I hear that. Forgiving oneself is a hard task indeed....
Try reframing some of the things that are bringing you down. Self-doubt is a big part of not appreciating yourself. What you perceive as something negative in yourself or your life can often be a positive if you only look at it from a different light.4w5, Fi>Ne>Ti>Si>Ni>Fe>Te>Se, sp > so > sx
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I may not agree with what you are feeling, but I will defend to death your right to have a good cry over it
The whole problem with the world is that fools & fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. ~ Bertrand Russell
IDK.. for me, self-worth ties in with feelings of guilt vs. no guilt. It's hard for me to separate it from my values/principles. In other words, if I do something that I know will hurt others, I'd feel like complete shit about myself. If I do something where I think will benefit the majority of the people, then I feel better. In a way, it has more to do with feeling as though I'm treating others in a more egalitarian way? Verses being motivated primarily by self-interest/selfishness/greed? I think having a healthy balance of taking care of myself/others is what keeps my self-worth in check. I see human relationships as integrated with one another. How we treat each other effects how other parts of society/social aspects function within the whole.. even though it's not as evident from a superficial point of view.
Simple, but confusing- golden rule for me I guess? Yeah..
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In terms of creating balance and harmony for a bedroom, a separate feng shui colour diagram known as the map bagua can be used to not only determine where each element resides, but also add the feng shui colour symbolism of each corner in that space. You can use the bagua to map out areas of your life that you would like to improve and make a few subtle changes to the associated area of the bedroom. By doing so you create good feng shui, which will in turn be reflected in your own life. Start by working on a bedroom and then work your way to every other room of the house.
In the last few decades, Feng Shui has gained a lot of popularity in western culture. Feng Shui is an old art dealing in colour and arrangement, understanding the balance of energy within a living space.
Beliefs are not essential for the understanding of Feng Shui principles. Trial and personal experience of a more efficient working environment may lead you to the basics of our human nature to spend time more pleasantly.
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With global architectural development and multimedia communication, the spirit of Feng Shui is no longer just for ancient civilizations; it has obtained relevance to current lifestyles in many western countries. The strength of Feng Shui ideas is relevant to working spaces such as offices, homes and other residential places. Supported by the ideas of equivalent energies deeply associated with nature and environment, Feng Shui endeavours to generate positive energy flow in your most important vicinities of life. To experience the positive aspects of Feng Shui it is essential to survey some of the most used places in a house or business.


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Canada: Marc Emery Leaving U.S. Prison, Returning Home Tuesday
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By Steve Elliott
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Marc Emery, the self-styled Prince of Pot who got a five-year federal prison sentence in the United States for selling seeds, will get to return home to Canada on Tuesday.
Emery is scheduled to be flown from a Louisiana jail to Detroit on Tuesday, escorted in shackles by U.S. marshals, then turned over to Canadian officials, his wife Jodie Emery said on Friday, reports Gordon McIntyre at The Province.
He had been sentenced after pleading guilty to selling cannabis seeds through the mail to U.S. customers through his Vancouver-based company.
"It's very exciting," said Jodie. "It's been a long road."
Jodie said supporters will be waiting in Windsor, although it's not known exactly what time the Prince will be crossing the border. The Emerys are planning a press conference at Windsor City Hall as soon as Marc is released, "likely sometime after 12 Noon ET," according to Cannabis Culture.
She said their lives will then pick up where they left off when Marc went to Seattle to plead guilty before serving his "hard nickel" (under federal sentencing rules, prisoners must serve 85 percent of their time).
"Our life is about our activism," Jodie said. "We'll be getting right back into it."
"Our first priority is to jump into the [federal] election campaign, even though it seems far away," Jodie said.
Elections are tentatively scheduled for October 2015, and Emery has vowed revenge on the Conservative party, which was in power when he was turned over to American authorities, reports Kevin Brooker at The Province.
Speaking to CBC Radio from a private deportation facility, Emery said: "My own government betrayed me and I'm going to wreak an appropriate amount of political revenge when I get home and campaign against the Conservative government."
It's little wonder that Emery is steamed at the Conservatives. According to The Province, they "acted vindictively, and politically, by bringing in U.S. drug warriors and seeing to it that Emery was renditioned to a place where he would serve a far harsher sentence than any Canadian court would deliver for such an offense."
Ironically, marijuana is now sold legally in Seattle, where Emery was sentenced, and throughout the state of Washington (along with Colorado). Voters in both states in 2012 approved measures which legalized, in a limited way, the possession and consumption of cannabis by adults 21 and older.
Emery said he was "chained and shackled every inch of the way" during his imprisonment, although pictures from a federal prison near Yazoo City, Mississippi where he was held showed him playing bass guitar in a prison rock band. The Prince of Pot reportedly got in a bit of trouble for those pictures and was placed on restricted privileges.
He hopes to turn the next federal election in Canada into a single-issue referendum on legalizing marijuana. Emery and his supporters plan to campaign for the Liberals, apparently in a case of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend." He had previously described himself as Libertarian, and had contributed to Ron Paul's run for President of the U.S.
Political observers say Emery's money, along with his martyr status, could be an asset to the Liberals in next year's elections. "The prospect of him stumping for their brand could do the Liberals a huge favor, whether they admit it or not," The Province offered.
Since Emery was imprisoned in May 2010, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Conservatives have increased penalties for marijuana busts and made medical cannabis laws much more restrictive. Meanwhile, the Liberal Party became the first mainstream political party in Canada to come out in support of full marijuana legalization. According to Jodie, the Emerys plan a cross-country tour in support of the Liberals.
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It was hot and humid Sunday afternoon of November when bells began ringing in a sing-song manner in St. John's Cathedral, Hong Kong. Parishioners, mostly women in their 20s who are busy chatting in Tagalog and Visayan languages, started to occupy the few remaining seats in the pew. Six middle-aged women wearing "volunteer" IDs ushered newcomers to vacant seats and distributed missals printed in green bond papers. A group of around forty women, all dressed in white cassock with red hood, started to form a line at the entrance of the church. The leader carries a long brass cross, while two others carrying huge and thick candles positioned themselves on her sides.
A man emerged from the sacristy. He was wearing green vestment with a red chi rho embroidery, a superimposition of the letters P and X which means Christ in Greek. As he walked down the aisle of the cathedral to the formation near the entrance, some women reached for his hand and placed it in their forehead. He cheerfully responded to their kind acts, asking how they are or their relatives, remembering them with their first or nick names.
The church organ started to play a joyous melody. The leader lifted the brass cross and started walking towards the altar. Behind her is the priest, the man in the green vestment, carrying a bible. The rest of the women who are all choir members followed them in two lines. The Aglipayan mass has begun in the Gothic-style century-old cathedral in Central.
The celebrant is Reverend Father Dwight Q. Dela Torre. His family name is a Spanish phrase which means "of the tower," which aptly describes his position as the Philippine Independent Church's first Chaplain of the Mission for Migrant Workers in Hong Kong, like a beacon that guides the sea of distressed Filipino workers in a land far away from home.
Fr. Dela Torre was born in Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental province in southern Philippines sixty years ago. After finishing his Associate in Arts and Bachelors in Theology degrees from St. Andrews Theological Seminary in Quezon City in 1978, he was ordained as a priest of the Philippine Independent Church, popularly known as Aglipayan, a catholic denomination independent from Rome. He finished his Bachelor of Science in Psychology in 1994 from Trinity University of Asia, formerly Trinity College of Quezon City.
After his ordination, he was assigned to different parishes all over the country from the town of Alubilid in Misamis Oriental and Cagayan de Oro City in Mindanao, to Bacoor, Cavite in the island of Luzon before becoming the Executive Assistant to the Obispo Maximo or Supreme Bishop, the highest leader of the Church.
When the Mission for Migrant Workers (MFMW) was organized in 1981, General Manager Cynthia Abdon – Tellez said she handpicked Fr. Dela Torre to lead the congregation because she has high regards for him. At that time, a member of the clergy is needed to substantiate the mission's presence in Hong Kong. Thus, in 1994, Fr. Dela Torre started his new job as the Chaplain of Filipino Christians in Hong Kong and eventually, of the Mission for Migrant Workers, including Indonesians and other nationalities.
Church and Personal Mission
"The problem with many Filipinos is they easily forgive," said Fr. Dela Torre in between sipping soup from a bowl of Chinese noodle and checking his iPhone for incoming messages. He was wearing a light blue polo-barong, the short-sleeved variation of the Philippines' national shirt for men, commonly worn in offices and schools. His clerical collar gives him the aura of dignity and respect.
"So even if their employers wronged them, did not give what is due them, they tend to forgive them (employers) easily. They always think it is better to keep their jobs even if there is injustice than to see their families starving back home," he continued in Tagalog language as he wiped his mouth with a paper napkin from the cozy restaurant below Cheung Kong Center in Central.
Parallel to his church's character, Fr. Dela Torre is a fighter for the oppressed. It has been his advocacy to seek justice for the abused, maltreated, wrongly-accused, and physically-assaulted migrant workers in Hong Kong. The Aglipayan church, founded by activist Isabelo Delos Reyes in 1902, has a reputation of being radical. Fr. Dela Torre believes that he advances the causes of the church if he stands for truth and seek justice.
"I will not be true to my ministry and the history of the church [if I will let people suffer]," he said
"Once there was a group of 40 airport construction workers," he shared. "They signed a contract with the agency, and they are receiving a fairly big salary for their work. But what they received is less than what was stipulated in their contract. We found out that the agency deducts certain percentage from their wage, which, if you will compute, will amount to large amount of money too."
"These are the kinds of cases we lobby in arbitration courts here in Hong Kong," he said.
Since the start of the mission, Fr. Dela Torre and his team have helped more than 34,000 cases of migrant workers, ranging from petty issues such as accusation of theft, to more serious ones like sexual harassment and rape. In an average, the center handles around 1,000 cases per year. Their services include person-to-person, social media, and telephone counseling, giving shelters for displaced workers, giving advices for labor and immigration-related problems, and pastoral care and religious services.
He has only four fulltime staff and more than 30 volunteers in the center, mostly other migrants that the mission has helped, and students from some prominent Hong Kong universities.
The Grumpy Priest
"He gets irritated easily," Virginia Castro, a parishioner for 17 years, said while laughing. "When you are given a task, and you did not accomplish it on time, expect that you will be verbally reprimanded."
She shares the same opinion with MFMW's Tellez and Esperanza San Diego, a university professor in the Philippines.
"He becomes grouchy if the client is not transparent," said Tellez, referring to the abused migrant workers they are helping who do not reveal all the facts of their cases.
In his sermons during masses, Fr. Dela Torre would usually seize the opportunity to lecture parishioners on proper decorum while inside the church, reminding people not to leave when the mass is not yet over.
"I have known Dwight since our college days. He's a perfectionist and gets irritated when he can't accomplish his goals, but it is also easy to pacify him," said San Diego in a phone interview from the Philippines. She also said that despite his grumpy attitude, Fr. Dela Torre is very caring, intelligent, and a supportive friend.
Castro also confirmed Fr. Dela Torre's kind nature. She said the priest is very easy to approach when one needs something, be it financial or spiritual advice.
And while many would be intimidated with the authoritative nature of Fr. Dela Torre, Tellez said he is friendly and a lot of people are surprised to find out that they can exchange jokes with him.
Retirement Plans
"Do I look old?" he jokingly asked while brushing his short white hair with his hand. "Maybe I should also trim this and have my hair dyed," referring to his white stubbles prominent with his brown complexion.
When he has spare time, he would spend it watching Youtube videos of Simon and Garfunkle, Peter, Paul, and Mary, James Taylor, and Jim Croce. He is also fond of reading books of John Grisham, Tom Clancy, Lee Child, and David Baldachi.
Fr. Dela Torre is married to Estella, who is currently in the Philippines. They have no children.
He plans to retire by the age of 65, and if his health would permit, he would serve parishes in the Philippines and probably teach in the seminary.
"In few years, I will retire. But as long as I am here, I will fight for the cause of migrant workers," he said.
"As long as there are more windows in POEA (Philippine Overseas Employment Agency) than the number of lawyers fighting for our oppressed migrant workers, as long as there are illegal recruiters who benefit from the injustices done to others, and as long as there are no just-paid work in the Philippines, there will be forced migration, prone to abuses and exploitation."
"Migrants should stand up for their rights," he concluded.


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Shelby.TV Comes Closer to TV By Turning Your iPhone Into a Remote
A new iPad app wants to give users a new way to control YouTube content on their television sets.
"I don't use the term web video," explains Shelby.tv founder Reece Pacheco, "because it's all just video."
Pacheco thinks that connected TVs will soon similarly blur this line for more people, and the latest addition to his online video player demonstrates how closely an online viewing experience can resemble an offline one.
At the Consumer Electronic Show next week, Shelby.tv will launch a gesture-based remote function for its iOS apps that turns mobile devices into remotes. While their Shelby.tv video queues play through Apple TVs, users can simply swipe the screen to move on to the next video, move to another channel, like a video, pause or fast forward.
The feature, Touch Play, makes what are actuality queues of YouTube videos collected through a bookmarklet or friends' social streams seem more like television channels. For now it will only work with an Apple TV, but if rumors that Apple is releasing a connected TV this year pan out, it will likely work with that as well.
Boxee's iPad app and startup Squrl also allow users to beam online video through Boxee and Apple TV while using a mobile iOS device as a remote. Neither has turned the remote into a true clicker, however — instead replicating the mobile app screen on the TV screen.
Pacheco demonstrates the new feature in the video below. Let us know in the comments whether you think a gesture-based remote improves the viewing experience.
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- Comprehensive, statewide child and youth data and reporting system that would lead to development of a "Readiness Passport" for every child and youth enrolled in Massachusetts schools. I do not know if this will be in addition to, or simply replacing, the MCAS "report card" for student, school, and district. What it does sound like is the typical understanding among politicians that more paperwork is the key to improving schools. Every student will get a new id number, and all education staff will be expected to fill out new forms and arrange new folders rather than, you know, do their job. Re-work the MCAS if you want this...I don't need some campaign gimmick that goes along with this initiative's brand.
- Immediately create, by means of an executive order, a Task Force to establish a statewide birth-to-school age strategy to ensure the healthy development of children. Worthy idea, but I'm unsure of the money source, and surprised that this is being given to education rather than health.
- Continue to work toward reducing class size in K–2 classrooms in high-needs school districts. Sure. How? Who pays for the teachers? Where do the other classes meet? Plenty of schools have "class" in the cafeteria or gym.
- Increase availability and accessibility of state Adult Basic Education and English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) programs. Again, nice idea. Money? People?
- Launch an Urban Schools Early Warning and Dropout Prevention Pilot. I'm disappointed that this approach is limited to urban schools. Anyone familiar with education through visiting schools -- rather than watching movies -- knows that there are plenty of rural and suburban schools with dropout issues as real as urban schools. They're on their own, it seems.
- Place Student Support Coordinator(s) in every low-income school to assist teachers, connect students and their families. Again, a good idea. Not sure where the money comes from.
- Establish a Commonwealth Child and Youth Readiness Cabinet Seems harmless enough.
- Achieve universal pre-kindergarten, beginning with the FY 2010 budget. I have no idea where the money comes from, or where the children go. Where is this going to be housed?
- Continue state support for high-quality, full-day kindergarten in every high-need district. Universal pre-kindergarten, but not universal full-day kindergarten? What?
Can't fault this on a lack of ambition. We're talking more people, more space, more paperwork...more money. This "readiness passport" gimmick is the only manifestly bad idea on this list, but one thing they all have in common is a demand for more funds. I worry that this will become another No Child Left Behind...a list of new obligations without the money attached. And this doesn't get into his new union-busting proposals, or other dreams.
One last word. On Patrick's side is a crew of people called "readiness representatives", who signed up to promote his plan starting months ago. They were trolling for more "readiness reps" at the breakout session on public education at the Massachusetts Democratic Convention. Few things have brought home to me the blind faith Patrick continues to inspire in some people that he had people ready to promote his plan...without even knowing what it was.


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I got this in my email today....thought it was progressive for Greensboro to advertise using email. My guess is that my blog is not well read. :)
Here is the text from the email----
The City of Greensboro has produced four ads promoting water conservation and we are seeking low- or no-cost ways to share the information with the community. I know that your blog is well-read in Greensboro, and if you can place one or more of our ads on your blog, we can be sure that we reach even more people with the message that conservation is vital during this statewide drought.
I have attached the ads for your convenience. We sincerely appreciate any assistance you can provide.
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Today is National Strawberry Sundae Day.... who comes up with these things? Can I make up a national day?? Is there a national day of sleep? That would be great!
So I thought I was being productive last night. I put all the things for dinner today in a slow cooker last night. I put my cut up beef, cream of mushroom soup, egg noodles, and milk in the pot and put it in the fridge overnight so I could just hook it up and turn it on this morning and it would cook the entire day while I was at work. Then, I could come home to a wonderful smelling house and dinner would be ready. I thought it'd be a great idea since hubby has a meeting tonight and I wouldn't have time to thaw and cook any food. Well..... I forgot to take it out of the fridge this morning. It doesn't work very well if you forget to hook it up and turn it on. At least I didn't just hook it up without turning it on, cuz then the food would be bad from sitting out all day. At least its still in the fridge. I have dinner planned for tomorrow now.... if I don't forget about it again. I don't know what we are going to have tonight, though. I'll figure something out. I made some shrimp and crab low mein. Hubby liked it, but I thought it tasted very... fish-like. I think I put too much crab in.
Speaking of food... my 'diet' that I had planned on doing isn't going very well. Its very difficult during the summer. Everyone is having cookouts with hot dogs and hamburgers or BBQ's.
Since food seems to be the topic of this, I will continue on about food.
Zach is eating his baby food like crazy. I haven't found anything that he doesn't like or anything that he is allergic to. Someone told me the other day to try to see if he'll eat eggs. Cook 'em and squish 'em up real good. I don't know about that just yet. Maybe in a couple more months or so, I'll give it a go. I'm sure he'll do fine with it, though. His favorite food so far is bananas. I just started him out on meat this weekend and he's loving it.
I've come up with a way to get rid of my excess soft taco shells after we make tacos at home. I always buy too many shells. I take either pizza sauce or just regular tomato sauce and spread it on a shell and add cheese. Heat it to melt the cheese. Add pepperoni sometimes, if we have any.... and Lilly gets a pizza taco for dinner!! She loves them. She has this at least once a week now. Its easy enough for her to make and the extra shells get eaten. Its a win-win. And, **coming up with your own food and inventing new things** is my awesome thing for today! I do this all the time.
Just got a call from day care telling me Lilly isn't feeling well. So.... I might have to leave to go get her... and if I do, I can turn on the slow cooker!! She'll be fine..I think she's just getting too much sun these days. She gets sunburnt at least once a week now. She's outside all time and day care takes her everywhere. They've been spending a lot of time at pools.


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The Echo Lake Stone Lodge ("Chamber") Analyzed... Again.
If you follow this blog you will know that I have already exclusively covered this site twice. However, with reflection and time, more insights about this site have come to my attention, so I have no problem posting about the same sites, time and again, if I am analyzing different angles or have new perspectives about "the same old site".
First of all, Echo Lake is the headwaters of three major water-ways in this region- the Charles, Blackstone and Sudbury Rivers. This is no doubt the reason why the general, broad area around Echo Lake and it's tributaries (hmm, tributary... tri... 3... we got the real deal here) seems to be one of the hot-spots for stone-works (such as cairn sites) in the state of Massachusetts. The Sudbury River meets up with the Concord and Assabet Rivers (and the Concord area, which is researcher Peter Waksman's home turf, is another hot-spot) which flow into the mighty Merrimack River, which goes past the more well-known "America's Stonehenge" (aka "Mystery Hill"- see my posts on this site from January 2015) and other sites, before flowing out into the Atlantic Ocean. The point is, that in pre-colonial times, the major way of travel by native people's was through the water-ways (this is especially true of the "Maritime Archaic" cultures of NorthEast America who were very sophisticated sea navigators going back as far as we know, even up to 11,500 years ago- see the "Hidden Landscapes" series and the "smoking gun" fluted point artifact they found by the Old Champlain Sea in Vermont). So it makes sense that spots along head-waters would be "ground zero" points of civilization, ceremony, and culture. It should also be noted that the Echo Lake area is the highest point in the immediate region of it's locality.
I first started looking for sites by immediate the Echo Lake area with open-minded and sincere state archaelogist and anthropologist Curt Hoffman- we indeed did find intricate cairn sites along the hill-side (which must have served a significant function, again see my January/Febuary 2015 posts) and other noteworthy things such as Propped Boulders. After going back to the area by myself for further exploration, I came across the ruins of several significant altars and eventually the Stone Chamber/Lodge.
I noticed that Curt refers to the main Echo Lake structure as a "Unique Structure" in his notes. In trying to rationalize the structure myself, words such as "Chamber", "Temple" and "Shrine" went through my mind. This structure does have similar elements to stone chambers in the area, such as the feel of the entry-way and it's slabbed roof. Although the Echo Lake structure has the feeling of entering into the Earth, it is not built into a hillside and thus is not subterranian the way most Chambers are, and it is not dressed up with smaller boulders the way most Chambers are- instead the structure is worked into a split-boulder.
Further studying this site I have concluded that the appropriate designation for this structure should be a pre-colonial "Stone (Medicine) Lodge", or simply "Stone Lodge." To call it a Stone Chamber perhaps is also fine, although this site is a bit different. Below I will once again present pictures of this site and I will explain through pictures and words what is going on at this site to lead me to conclude that this site is a "Stone Lodge":
View Of the Entrance of the structure:
A good pic, seeing into the back of the structure here:
Showing off the roof slabs. Note how the roof-slabs are stacked up to be centered:
Okay. On the nearest hill directly over-looking the Stone Lodge is this boulder with a large, flat stone slab placed on top. When I first saw this, I thought it looked like an arrow pointing to the Stone Chamber/Lodge. This is still true, of course- but more importantly I now realize that this stone slab probably functioned as an Altar. My interpretation is, before entering the vicinity of the main site, an offering was probably placed on this stone slab:
A close-up of the stone-slab:
Directly outside the Stone Chamber/Lodge is this ceremonial stone circle. This could have served more like a petro-form (symbolic- like a protective circle) or it could have been used for purification (burning tobacco/sage) before entering the lodge/ before ceremony:
Stone Circle View B:
The side of the Stone Lodge (the boulder itself looks to be modified/ worked-out) with the Stone Circle on the ground in the fore-ground:
The slabbed-stone stacked into what we can see today of the back of the structure. There are no modern quarry marks on any of the stones, indicating that this structure was indeed built in ancient times. Also note how the soil and trees have sprang up on the ground, disrupting some of the stone-work:
Another view of the back, showcasing how destructive these trees are to the back of this stone structure. I would really like to know what this originally looked like without the disruption from these trees:
Back to the front entrance, looking up:
Nearby the ruins of another Stone Altar, this one having a fish-effigy. This is just over one of the hills from the main site/ Stone Lodge:
On the nearest bedrock outcrop from the "Fish Effigy" altar is this other Altar/ offering spot with a circular petro-form motiff:
Another (perhaps clearer) pic of the ceremonial stone circle directly outside from the entrance of the Stone Lodge/ Chamber:
At roof height, a view of the roof slabs of the Stone Shrine/Lodge/Chamber. This just crys out deep antiquity here:
Still, questions remain about this spot, such as the specific functions of the Stone Lodge itself. I could rap about this back and forth, but it would all be speculative, so better not to post any of those thoughts up, and with respect to the Native Ancestors. What I can do is show off the stone ruins themselves, along with some obvious insights. For instance, the nearby Stone Altars and the ceremonial Stone Circle by the foot of the Stone Lodge should put this site into a stronger context and perspective, as well as the site location (and when compared to other similar sites in the region, especially along water-ways, a broader perspective is realized). This site must have looked much more spectacular in it's day (perhaps even wooden poles/ fences were incorporated into the site).
A link to my blogpost about the intricate hillside cairns around Echo Lake:
Comparing the Echo Lake Chamber/Lodge to other Chambers in the area (the strongest resemblance I have seen, structurally, was with the Webster Chamber):
Link to the September 2014 post I made about the Echo Lake Stone Lodge/Shrine-


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Arts advocates hoping for Legislature's support on Kansas Creative Industries Commission
For Music Theatre of Wichita, grants from the state have never made up a very large portion of the budget.
Wayne Bryan, producing artistic director, says his organization usually receives between $3,000 and $8,000 in state grants each year as part of a $3 million budget.
But that doesn't mean it didn't hurt when the state of Kansas stopped funding the Kansas Arts Commission at the beginning of the fiscal year, he says. And if Music Theatre loses a National Endowment for the Arts grant — the endowment has said Kansas is ineligible for continued federal support of the lack of state funding — that would hurt even more. Bryan expects to hear soon about the national grant, which usually ranges from $20,000 to $40,000.
"We are committed to doing the five shows (announced for summer 2012)," Bryan says. "We will do them to the best of our ability, but if the funding does come, it would help us greatly."
Bryan's story is fairly typical of Kansas arts organizations, says Henry Schwaller, chairman of the advocacy group Kansas Citizens for the Arts and a commissioner on the arts commission.
He says Kansas Arts Commission funding was not the primary funding source for any organization. Kansas Citizens for the Arts surveyed arts organizations in the fall about the impact of the state funding loss, Schwaller says. Ninety-seven of 160 organizations responded. Only 17 percent said they have been able to make up the lost funding from other sources, he says.
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That's why Schwaller and other arts advocates are watching hopefully as the Legislature debates what could be a new vehicle for state funding of the arts.
Gov. Sam Brownback proposed in January establishing the Kansas Creative Industries Commission. It would replace the Kansas Arts Commission and the Kansas Film Commission and would focus on economic development.
Brownback would give it a $200,000 budget, but legislators had agreed before beginning a spring recess last week on a $700,000 budget. That plan has yet to be formalized, however, because budget negotiations fell apart last week over an unrelated education issue.
"This would be quite adequate to get us back to functioning," Schwaller says.
Meanwhile, he and other advocates insist the status quo is not adequate.
Under the current system, the Kansas Arts Commission still exists, but without paid staff. Brownback last year created the Kansas Arts Foundation, a private organization, to raise funds to be distributed by the commission. Linda Browning Weis, who leads the foundation, wasn't available before press time to detail the organization's fundraising progress, but its website lists more than 100 donors and supporters.
The Kansas House also has approved a checkoff on the state's income tax form that allows citizens to contribute to the arts, and the arts commission is trying to sell $100 arts support license plates.
Those programs might help some, Schwaller says, but "they're not ways to run a state agency."
"Fundraising is a skill," he says. "Volunteers cannot raise the kind of money we would need to raise."
What: Kansas Creative Industries Commission (House Bill 2766)
Replaces: Kansas Arts Commission and Kansas Film Commission.
Governor's proposed budget: $200,000.
Legislature's proposed budget: $700,000.
Status: Approved by House. Referred in Senate to Ways and Means Committee.
A previous version of this story included incorrect information about the price of arts support license plates being sold by the Kansas Arts Commission. This version has been corrected.


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Isaiah 5:7
by Pastor Timothy Smith on Monday, November 12, 2007
7 The vineyard of the LORD Almighty
is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah
are the garden of his delight.
And he looked for justice, but saw bloodshed;
for righteousness, but heard cries of distress. (NIV)
Sometimes the prophets used wordplay to make a point. Here Isaiah contrasts justice (Hebrew mispat) with bloodshed (mispah), and righteousness (sedaqâ) with distress (se'aqâ).
We are witnessing the Lord's grief. His pain, his agony over us, was already there before he spun our blue world around the precious sun. In the forever that was before the universe, God wept. He didn't want sin to come into his creation, but he knew it would. The freedom he would give to his world would turn on him and yes, kill him. But love moved him forward. His vineyard, the garden of his delight, was not really a place. It was a people. It was mankind.
He spoke, and the first week's dawns and dusks blazed more beautifully that anything in the Louvre, but scarcely had he declared his work "very good" than his walk in the garden didn't happen across his best work. The man and the woman were hiding their shame. He could have exploded in fury. He could have condemned instantly. The Word could have said anything. But he wanted his people to talk to him, to trust him, to confess to him. "Where are you?"
His spirit made its way through Jerusalem—the city of Promise, the place of Peace—looking for justice. Looking for righteousness.
He saw bloodshed. "Help!" someone cried.
The Word came crashing into his creation in person, but not riding at the head of an army. He came humbly, gently, and in love. He came to rescue us from our hiding, from our fear, from our mistakes; from our sins. He gave us himself. And he gave us peace.
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"These are for the needy families who don't have anything to play with," she said. "Since they don't have anything, Santa wouldn't have anything to put their stuff in. So we're decorating these stockings for them."