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I think I'm DIYed out today. I'm working on my bubbles for the guests, and I'm sort of at a stand still. This is what I have so far. They look sort of boring to me, but I don't know what to do to them.
Fiance prefers the blue ribbon over the red. I'm going to tie a loop of twine (pretty blue/white twine) around the neck so I can hang it from the chiavari chair with the programs. Is that the missing element?! Thoughts? I'm not a feathers and sparkles type of girl, I like things a bit more simple, but I'm just not feeling these yet….


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LIGHTHOUSE POINT -- Ted McLaughlin has resigned from the Lighthouse Point City Commission and has been replaced by lawyer Bill Sullivan.
McLaughlin, who had been a commissioner for seven years, announced his resignation late Tuesday at a commission meeting. He said he and his wife were ``spending more and more time out of town and a commissioner should be here on the scene.``
McLaughlin, 51, and his wife, Barbara, spend summers in Pennsylvania. He would often commute from Pennsylvania to Lighthouse Point for summer commission meetings, his wife said.
``It`s too much trouble scheduling my life around commission meetings,`` he said.
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Jenna F. The 10 things I would put in my shoe box.
1. Two collars of my two dogs because they are my best friends.
2. A picture of my family because I love them.
3. A picture of the binoculars that belonged to my Grandpa from World War 1 and World War 2.
4. A picture of my fairy garden because they are very kind.
5. My beads from my fairies because they are very pretty.
6. I would put my favourite book in Princess Poppy because it's about ballet and I like ballet. I love dancing.
7. I would put my cousin's CD because she is famous. She sings beautifully and she sang with Cheryl Crowe.
8. I would put my favourite DVD because I love it.
9. My picture of a princess in because it is a pretty picture.
10. My certificate from my build a bear because I love her.
If YOU came to MY town
If you came to my town there are lots of thing's to do there is Ratanga Junction there are lots of games there is the Crocodile Gorge you have to steer a boat, there is a monkey ride and you have to do nothing. There are lots of thing's to do at Ratanga Junction. It would be great to visit Kirstenbosch. We could go to the MTN ScienCentre as its really fun. I would take you up Table Mountain and we would see the whole of Cape town from above. On the week end we could go on a bicycle ride and we could go to the Virgin Active Gym in Constantia. We could go in the swimming pool and I would like to take you horse riding because it is fun.
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After three years of waiting, Iggy Azalea finally released The New Classic with the help and guidance from T.I. Her emergence came in the summer of 2014 and Iggy Azalea found herself in a media-promoted feud with Nicki Minaj. However, the two both say they have no personal issues with each other, nor should they.
The latest edition of this psuedo beef was to continue tonight at the 2014 American Music Awards, airing on ABC. Tonight is the battle of the booty, with Iggy Azalea set to perform alongside Jennifer Lopez on "Booty," meanwhile Nicki Minaj does "Anaconda." Also, due to Nicki Minaj not yet releasing her album , she is not up for Best Rap/Hip Hop Album.
Iggy Azalea celebrated her win for Best Rap/Hip Hop Album tonight and it is her first career award win. She is overly excited about it and she beat out powerhouses, Drake and Eminem, with her win. This led to the fans on Twitter to react in several different ways, ranging from congratulations to laughs.
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Here's footage from Derry which shows cars floating under the bridge of a main road in Drumahoe after a night of heavy flooding in several parts of Northern Ireland.
The video, captured by Craig Lamrock showed the car floating down the road is what can only be described as turbulent weather conditions.
It's been viewed almost 100,000 times since it was uploaded 12 hours ago.
Posting the video to his Facebook page, Craig said that cars in a nearby park and ride facility were also being "washed away" down the river.
Elsewhere in Co Donegal, houses were destroyed, trees were blown down and roads were washed away due to the force of the floods.
Donegal County Council was forced to implement an emergency action plan as hundreds of people sought help following the flooding.
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Monday, July 5, 2004
Last night we went to the County Fairgrounds to see the fireworks, just as we always do. Before the show, my three-year-old son was desperately excited and kept running around saying, "BOOM! Fireworks say BOOM!" The minute the BOOMS actually started, however, he was dismayed by the noise, and his chin started to quiver. But DH scooped him up and held him in his lap, and he relaxed and began to enjoy the show. In fact, he exulted in it by clapping and yelling "HURRAY!" every time a firework went off. Three-year-olds have a great time wherever they go... it's a fun age!
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the hotel was right at the center of Taksim square so although we visited Istanbul with a group we were able to skip it and have a walk to the center. Located in a really safe area. Hotel was very clean and also nice breakfast.
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I will be heading out on a road trip – with a bit of luck, that will include observing a spectacular total eclipse in the beautiful state of Oregon, U.S.A.. If all goes well, I will blog about that later.
That will take some time away from blogging, so I am presenting a piece that I wrote quite some time ago (late 1990's), concerning my attempt to "beat the horse races", with the applications of computing power, data analysis, intelligence and dogged determination. I did ok for few years, and learned a lot of statistical techniques (via concurrent courses in multivariate analysis). I certainly learned plenty about the pluses and minuses of data mining, and the wisdom behind the notion that one should be careful about post-hoc analyses.
Plus, I had some fun – there is nothing quite like a big score on a long odds horse that your system predicted, that hardly anybody thought had a chance.
And some of the photos are old, so the quality isn't great, but they are authentic, so there's that. The better photos are from google images.
And some of the photos are old, so the quality isn't great, but they are authentic, so there's that. The better photos are from google images.
Horse Racing Days (1)
I – The Early Years
My family has long had a fascination with risk taking behavior in general , and gambling in particular. We have not been notably good at it, but many of us have been diligent, losing money consistently for decades. The main vehicle for this has been the horse races, although casinos, sports lotteries, and bookies have also seen their share.
I have not been seduced by gambling to quite the extent of some of my brothers, but I have had two major intervals in my life where it has obsessed me. The first was in my late teens. It was during the summer between my first and second years of university. I had most of the month of August free, as I had quit a railroad construction job in early August when it had become too difficult to continue. The story behind quitting that job was a long one; suffice it to say that the job was hot, dangerous, isolated and low paying, not things that the average nineteen year old has much patience for.
Upon my return to the city, I innocently accompanied my older brother Jim to the racetrack one Saturday afternoon. I had been aware that this place held a magical and morbid fascination for him, so I was curious to see the attraction. It turned out, as it so often does, that I had a spectacular case of beginner's luck. I knew next to nothing about the sport, so I hit upon the strategy of betting the jockeys with winning records. It is a common enough delusion among beginners, one that I now know would never pay off in the long run. But it held that day, and for several more weeks; long enough to feel the magnetic tug of money without work.
I still remember the name of some of those horses, twenty years later. Pampas Host, Winning Red ; names that are forever etched upon my mind. If my memory serves correctly, the jockey who was my favorite at the time was later discovered murdered in the United States, where he had moved on to race after his early Canadian success. It was widely believed to be the result of some racing skullduggery, although the murder is still unsolved.
My favorite memory of that period was on the final day of the racing meet, early in September. I had already won a good sum of money that month, but not quite enough to pay for my next year of university. I had picked the winner of the feature race, but it was short priced, winning less than even money. That netted only about a hundred bucks, so I still had some ways to go to win my tuition and university expenses. But I was feeling that the cosmic forces were with me. The tenth race was widely reputed to be a scam, so rather than even attempt to handicap it, I decided to bet that two of the three longest shots on the board would come in first and second. Technically, this is known as a three horse quinella box to the longshots. It is a highly unlikely event.
I sent a friend of mine to make the bet, promising that he could have one-third of the winnings. The race was among horses looking for a final payday before being sent out to pasture, or less romantically, the glue factory. As such, it would not have been notable, but for the fact that my horses came in, paying over 500 dollars on a five dollar bet. Even after giving Marvin his one third, it put me over the top in my effort to 'earn' enough money to attend university. I sat for a long time in the upper deck of the grandstand, waiting for all of the other spectators to leave, before I got up. I wanted to be the last person to leave, ruler of the domain, King of Northlands Park. It was a glorious feeling for a nineteen year old.
My racing career for the next few years was sporadic and undistinguished. I had my good runs, but naturally the bad ones overshadowed them. It was to be a long time before I was to have another meet as triumphant as that one had been. A lot would intervene – university, marriage, a child, several jobs, and move halfway across the continent, to a city that lacked a racetrack. This stopped short my racing career, but eventually the racetrack would reclaim me.
Real life is pretty interesting, at the track, but fiction can be almost as good. So, here's a short story that I wrote in those early years, about a horse-player and the devil (probably).
A Dark Horse
Just what might a gambler give up, to go on the winning streak of his life? Even he can't know for sure. Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus legend is given a Damon Runyon spin, in this short story. For those who aren't familiar with it, the Faustus legend is about someone who sells his soul to you know who, for fame and fortune. Things are not nearly so simple for the character in the story, though.
This is a short story of about 6500 words, or about 35 to 45 minutes reading time, for typical readers. It is only 99 cents.
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That's right, last night was bowling night. It's clear that I have potential but I'm very inconsistent. Time to take it up a notch so I'm getting my own ball.
Her name is MooLatte! She hasn't arrived yet, but will be here soon. I wonder if they make cow print bowling shoes?
Merry/Happy [insert politically correct holiday] and Happy New Year!


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Congo militia threaten to execute UN peacekeepers
Congolese militia linked to gunmen holding seven Nepalese U.N. peacekeepers hostage on Monday threatened to order their execution after clashes last week.
But some U.N. sources questioned whether the group of gunmen holding the peacekeepers would take orders from the militia issuing the threat.
The men were taken hostage last month during clashes between the U.N. and gunmen, highlighting the insecurity in eastern Congo one month before historic elections are due to be held.
Militiamen loyal to Ituri warlord Peter Karim have issued a range of demands, including ransoms and the release of fellow militia fighters being held by the government, but the U.N. has called for the unconditional release of their men.
The Revolutionary Movement of Congo (MRC), a loose coalition of gunmen in the lawless northeastern district, issued the execution threat on Monday following clashes between government forces and militiamen late last week.
"If there is another such attack, the ... MRC will feel obliged to order the pure and simple execution of these hostages," the MRC said in a statement.
The MRC, which was set up in neighbouring Uganda last year and brought together various ethnic groups, said the clashes took place when the U.N. and government forces tried to rescue the hostages.
But a U.N. spokesman denied any operation to rescue the hostages had taken place and said he understood it was the militia who had attacked the Congolese government positions and no U.N. peacekeepers were involved.
"Negotiations (to free the hostages) are ongoing," Major Hans-Jakob Reichen, spokesman for U.N. forces in eastern Congo, said on Monday.
"During this period U.N. forces will not conduct actions that could endanger the success of these negotiations. (But) this time of negotiations can't be considered a time of impunity," he added.
Ituri has been a bloody corner of Congo where ethnic violence and clashes between militia groups vying for control of mines and taxation have killed 60,000 people since 1999.
Long accused of not doing enough to protect civilians and prompted by the killing of nine Bangladeshi peacekeepers, the U.N. tried to crack down on the militia groups last year, launching joint operations with government forces.
Thousands of gunmen signed up to a disarmament programme but abuses by government forces sent to Ituri and the failure to offer former fighters new opportunities has allowed militia numbers to swell again.
Both Hema and Lendu ethnic fighters joined the MRC but alliances in Ituri are fluid and some U.N. sources questioned whether Karim's men would obey orders from the MRC.
Ituri is just one of several parts of eastern Congo where violence continues despite three years of official peace and the presence of the U.N.'s largest peacekeeping mission.
The July 30th presidential and parliamentary polls are meant to draw a line under Congo's 1998-2003 war, which sucked in six neighbouring countries and has killed four million people, mostly from hunger and disease.


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May 31, 2016
TO: SDSU Faculty and Staff
FROM: President Elliot Hirshman
Provost and Senior Vice President Chukuka S. Enwemeka
Vice Presidents Mary Ruth Carleton, Tom McCarron and Eric Rivera
Vice President and Graduate Dean Stephen Welter
the summer begins, we have many accomplishments to celebrate and much
information to share as a community. We write to provide updates on some
of the important developments.
Graduation and Enrollment Update
few weeks ago we celebrated our 117th Commencement – the highlight of
our academic year and one that underscores the profound impact of SDSU
on our greater community. Some things have changed since that first
class of 26 graduates – the Class of 2016 contains nearly 9,900
graduates, and they were feted over four days at eight ceremonies. The
pride of the graduates' family and friends – 47,000 attendees this year –
was once again evident as they cheered, recorded the moment in photos
and videos, and shed the occasional tear. Under the guidance of our
faculty and staff, the Class of 2016 left an important legacy. The
number graduating with honors increased by nearly 5 percent, and class
members raised $45,000 for an endowed scholarship to benefit future
students – donors wore red-and-white cords at Commencement. We saw the
birth of another commencement tradition when mechanical engineering
graduate Austin Owens, founder of our Mechatronics Club, received the
first Zahn Spirit of Innovation Award and a $25,000 cash prize funded by
SDSU supporter Irwin Zahn. Austin is headed to his first job at SpaceX.
to the future, enrollments remain stable, and we recruited another
strong class. This fall we anticipate enrolling 3,400 new transfer
students and 5,000 freshmen (average freshman GPA 3.72 and average SAT
score 1119). Students of color will make up 60.2 percent of our freshman
Financial & Budget Update
budget outlook remains stable. We will finish the 2015-16 fiscal year
with the budget balanced, and we project another balanced budget for
2016-17. The biggest change in our 2016-17 budget will be increased
compensation for our faculty and staff. Governor Brown has proposed $148
million in additional continuing state funding for the CSU, and his May
budget revise added $25 million in one-time funding for initiatives to
increase graduation rates. The final budget will be determined by
negotiations between the governor and the Legislature that will conclude
by the end of June. Additional state funds will be used to support
mandatory cost increases (e.g., increases in employee health-care
costs), enrollment growth of 1 percent and a portion of the referenced
compensation increases.
Strategic Plan Update
we near the end of the third year of implementing our strategic plan,
"Building on Excellence," we wish to share our community's
accomplishments in several areas.
Aztec Scholars Initiative has increased enrollment and retention of our
African-American and American Indian students. For fall 2016, the total
number of African-American applicants who intend to enroll has
increased 12.3 percent, and the total number of Native-American students
intending to enroll increased 17.8 percent. Retention rates and overall
GPA have risen for participants in our Harambee and Elymash Yuuchaap
student success programs.
number of students enrolled in commuter student learning communities
increased this year to 730, and our new Sophomore Surge peer-mentoring
program enrolled 235 students.
newly remodeled Pride Center and new Women's Resource Center are
providing expanded programming and additional student support.
number of students obtaining internships increased by 22 percent to
3,430, and the number of participants in the Aztec Mentor Program, which
pairs students with alumni mentors, increased 63 percent to 1,350.
experiences are an important part of the SDSU experience, and 93
faculty members will lead study-abroad programs in 2016-17. Nine
students earned Fulbright scholarships for next year; 85 have earned
Fulbrights since 2005.
to the Moxie Foundation and the Zahn family, the Zahn Innovation Center
has been transformed into the Zahn Innovation Platform (ZIP). ZIP
includes the ZIP Launchpad and the new ZIP Laboratory, which will use
design thinking to facilitate collaborative problem-solving. In
addition, the Zahn Professor of Creativity and Innovation is currently
being recruited.
have made important progress in support for academic programs. We are
in the third year of our five-year plan to hire 300 new tenure-track
faculty members. When this year's searches conclude, we will have hired
approximately 180 new tenure-track faculty members in the last three
years. Six academic units are receiving support from the first Provost's
Innovation for Excellence Award to improve student success through
innovations in pedagogy, curriculum development and extracurricular
activities. In April, the inaugural Provost's Distinguished Lecture
brought Dr. Richard Schrock, a Nobel laureate in chemistry, to our
initiatives in Research and Creative Endeavors are paying significant
dividends. Recent awards include a $16.5 million award from the federal
government to Caren Sax in the Department of ARPE & the Interwork
Institute to establish a training center for state workers who serve
individuals with disabilities. The NIMH awarded public health researcher
Susan Kiene $2.9 million to develop in-home HIV testing and links to
care in the developing world. Psychology researcher David Marx received a
$1.5 million NSF award to create a role model program for young women
in STEM fields, and NASA awarded biology professor Walt Oechel $1.2
million to monitor carbon dioxide and methane fluxes in the Arctic as
part of a climate change study. In addition, an interdisciplinary team
was awarded a $10 million NIH endowment to build the research
infrastructure needed to reduce health disparities in underserved
communities. Our Arts Alive SDSU initiative hit a high note this spring
with our "Downtown" mega-concert attended by over 2,500 community
members at Copley Symphony Hall.
Campaign Update
Campaign for SDSU has reached the $695 million milestone, which
includes $135 million for scholarships. The Campaign is enhancing our
academic program through gifts like the classics endowment from alumnus
David Stepsay that funds a post-doctoral fellow and the gift from former
Jack in the Box chairman and CEO Linda Lang and husband Tom – both
alumni – that establishes the Linda Lang Lecture Series to bring notable
businesswomen to campus. We have seen a large increase in planned
giving, with significant gifts from our extraordinarily generous faculty
and staff. Former Undergraduate Studies dean and English professor
emerita Carole Scott made a significant planned gift to create an
endowment for Love Library and to support the Susan and Stephen Weber
Honors College Endowed Scholarship. Athletics employee Nora Dawson and
her husband, Mark, made a bequest to support sports medicine, new
initiatives and scholarships in Athletics. Some $26 million has been
pledged in bequests, charitable trusts and insurance in the current
year. We anticipate that planned gifts will help double our endowment
over the next 10 years.
Construction Update
continue our efforts to enhance and renovate our academic and support
facilities. We are pouring the foundation for our Engineering and
Interdisciplinary Sciences Complex and expect to top off the structure
with the last beam in early fall. South Campus Plaza is on schedule to
open student housing in January and retail space in the spring of 2017.
Our College Square facility on College Avenue underwent a major
renovation and now provides classrooms for our College of Extended
Studies. We also will pursue a large number of classroom and laboratory
renovations this summer.
are grateful for the hard work and extraordinary dedication of our
faculty, staff and students. All of these efforts are creating the
community achievements that will be a significant legacy for SDSU. We
wish everyone an enjoyable and productive summer.


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Can I just say that I'm a little tired of the snow and cold. I love looking at the snow when there haven't been any footprints or nastiness from the road to mess up the whiteness and it just being pretty. I also like it when I don't have to drive in it. At this point in the game, I'm ready for it to be warm. We got our new tent and I'm ready to put it to use. I'm ready to be outside and not bundled up like the abominable snowman. I don't really know if the kids would second my thoughts on this one. They like the snow, although I think they are also tired of being cold. I know Cody is ready for spring. The cold and snow is also messing with the morning routines. I have enjoyed the extra time at home with the kids in the mornings when we have delays (and there have been a lot of them), but it throws a wrench in the routine. The kids and I are creatures of habit and the delays help us work on staying flexible. I'm sure my place of employment is not happy about this, but what's a mama to do? Cody asked me this morning if I was working on becoming a stay at home mom. Honey, you have no idea how much I wish that were the case.
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Latest jobs report shows positive signs for manufacturing The latest BLS jobs report: Highs, lows, with a side of salt. Job openings have hit an all-time high. That sounds good, but many experts are heeding caution. Meanwhile, the manufacturing sector is performing at an unexpectedly robust level, continuing a pattern that has now powered through […]Continue reading
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Brentford will check on Toumani Diagouraga and Shaleum Logan ahead of the clash with Exeter. Boss Uwe Rosler expects Diagouraga to shake off the knock which forced him to miss Saturday's 2-1 defeat at Yeovil, while right-back Logan is edging closer to a return following a hamstring injury.
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No. 2 Clemson Tigers (4-0 SU, 3-1 ATS) vs. No. 12 Virginia Tech Hokies (4-0 SU, 3-1 ATS)
College Football Week 5
Date/Time: Saturday September 30th, 2017. 8:00PM (EST)
Where: Lane Stadium Blacksburg, V.A.
by Jay, NCAA Football Handicapper, Predictem.com
Point Spread: CLEM -7/VT +7
Over/Under Total: TBA
The biggest game of the weekend will take place in Blacksburg, Virginia when the no. 12 Virginia Tech Hokies host the no. 2 Clemson Tigers inside Lane Stadium. College GameDay will be on hand and all eyes will be watching to see if Clemsons reign atop the ACC can be sustained. Just two weeks ago, the Tigers dismantled Lamar Jackson and the no. 14 Louisville Cardinals in a game where they showed the nation they still should be given some respect following last years National Championship run. However, the Hokies have quickly emerged as a potential contender thanks to a few dominating performances against inferior opponents. On Saturday with the nation watching, perhaps we will see just how good this Virginia Tech team truly is.
The Hokies blew away Old Dominion last week 38-0 to pitch their 2nd shutout of the season. Now respected defensive coordinator Bud Fosters defense will get the luxury of trying to shut down one of the nations better offenses in Clemson. So far this year, the Tigers have amassed the same production that they did in 2016 despite the losses of their starting quarterback, running back, and two leading receivers from last season. Going into the season, most people thought Clemson would regress because of the loss of talent. However, quarterback Kelly Bryant has proved to be an exceptional talent and has sustained production for the Tigers offense. Meanwhile, the Clemson defense has been one of the best units in all of college football.
Still, last week we saw Clemson struggle for the first time all season in their 34-7 victory over Boston College. For 3 quarters, the Tigers amassed just 7 points and were tied with the Eagles despite being favored 33 points. Quarterback Kelly Bryant struggled to throw the football which has been the case for most of the year. Bryant is most effective as a runner and Clemson needs him to develop as a passer for their offense to fulfill their potential. Still even with the struggles, freshman running back Travis Etienne provided the highlights on the afternoon. Etienne turned 9 carries into a 113 yards and 2 touchdowns creating a spark for the rest of the offense. Bryant would also finish the afternoon with more than 100 yards and another 2 scores on the ground. Needless to say, it may not have been the most appeasing offensive effort but the Tigers still exuded big play potential with their young talent.
The question this week becomes can Clemson sustain their success without having much production throwing the football? Bryant is an undeniable threat with his feet and perhaps Etienne can continue to produce big plays. However, the problem with that line of thinking is that Virginia Techs defense is designed to play well against the run. The Hokies have allowed just 108 yards per game (24th in FBS) this season and I believe Bud Foster will keep the front 7 close to the box in effort to stop the run. Add in the home crowd advantage and this could be a tough scenario for Clemson to overcome.
The good news for Clemson is they still have one of the best defenses in the country to lean on. The Tigers have racked up 16 sacks (3rd in FBS) in their first 4 games this season and rank 3rd overall in scoring yielding enemy opponents to just 9.3 points per game. Therefore the true test will be for Virginia Techs offense. Can they make enough plays to win the game. Personally, I believe Virginia Tech has the personnel to attack Clemson in an upside matchup. Quarterback Josh Jackson is a really solid passer who has completed 65% passing with 11 scores and just 1 pick on the year. Furthermore, WR Cam Phillips is a big play threat and reliable guy in clutch situations. Phillips has already brought in 34 catches for 523 yards and 5 touchdowns this season. I know Virginia Tech typically favors running the football and that is something they do fairly well. However if they are going to beat Clemson, it will be because passes are completed down the field.
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This particular crisp is dairy-free, so The Girl can enjoy it, too. With the usual generous butter in the topping side-stepped, it also becomes low-fat: four grams fat per serving, compared to twelve in my standard fruit crisp recipe.
(PS I like to double the cinnamon and add a touch of nutmeg.)
Fruit layer:
- 6 cups fresh or frozen fruit (sliced apples or pears, cherries, raspberries, strawberries, peaches, blueberries or any combination of above)
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp quick-cooking tapioca (not whole pearl)
- 1½ rolled oats or Grape-Nuts cereal
- ¼ cup unbleached white flour
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 egg white
- 1 Tbs canola or other vegetable oil
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 2 Tbs unsweetened apple or orange juice
In a bowl, mix together the fruit layer ingredients. Pour the fruit evenly into a non-reactive 10-inch pie pan or a 9-inch sqare baking dish and set aside. In a large bowl, combine the oats, flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon. In a separate bowl, whisk together the egg white, oil, vanilla, and fruit juice and then stir into the dry ingredients until thoroughly combined. Carefully spread the topping over the fruit (be sure to cover the fruit entirely). Cover and bake for 20 minutes, then uncover and continue to bake for another 20 to 30 minutes, until the fruit is soft and bubbly and the topping is crisp and golden.
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The Talk Wisdom post contains just a short excerpt from Hal Lindsey's WorldNetDaily article that was written back in August, 2007.
If you read through the comment thread at the Talk Wisdom link above, you will notice that a blogger named "Aaron" took me to task for agreeing with Lindsey's article. He perceived the following portion from Lindsey's original article at WorldNetDaily in 2007 to mean something different than how I perceived what Lindsey was actually saying:
We live in much greater stress and anxiety because of the "exponential rate of change" that is accelerating in our world. The world into which I was born ceased to exist a long time ago. But the change was gradual enough to allow me time to adjust. The world into which people were born in the year 2000 is already disappearing. It will not exist by 2012.
I think that commentator "Aaron" saw the statement "it will not exist by 2012" as a statement that meant that Lindsey believed that the entire world would not exist by that date. However, that does not fit with the context of what Lindsey stated next:
Just try to figure what the impact of the following facts will be. There are 3,000 new books published every single day. We've gone from information overload to information explosion. More new information will be generated this year than in the previous five thousand years.
The way I perceived what Lindsay was saying is that the specific way that the world existed in the year 2000 will not exist by 2012.
Look at the huge changes our nation has experienced due to the election of 2008! Of course, Lindsey could not have predicted (and didn't try to) who would win the election. However, our nation has ALREADY experienced that "exponential change" that Lindsey predicted for the future year of 2012!
Now, the following paragraphs are speculation, on my part. However, if you will allow me to think out loud for a moment, we could see how prophetically accurate Lindsey really was in his prediction for "exponential change" in the year 2012.
While walking my dog this morning, several thoughts occurred to me.
1. I thought about a post I read (will locate links later - time constraints right now) over at RepubX that claimed that the voting machines in many states can be rigged to achieve a positive outcome for the party already in power. This could affect both the 2010 congressional elections as well as the 2012 presidential election.
Let's say that by 2012, the American people want to vote out the current administration. However, the rigged voting machines keep Obama in office. Is there any doubt that there would be a civil war here in America??
2. I also thought that perhaps the 2012 election would include a three-way race between Obama, Palin (as an Independent), and a Republican candidate. Perhaps the split between Palin and the Republican candidate would give Obama his second term. I absolutely SHUDDER to think what American will look like if Obama stays in office. The nightmare that we are currently experiencing will look like a fairy tale compared to the tyranny that would be inflicted upon us in his second term.
3. Before the 2008 election, I read an intriguing comment by a Christian writer over at The Nein Blog (hope I can find it again) that contained a prediction that George W. Bush will be the last American President. If it is true that Obama was ineligible to be POTUS, as many of the lawsuit plaintiffs have claimed, then that could be an accurate and true claim - especially if my fourth comment of speculation (God forbid!) came true.
4. With the public becoming increasingly alarmed at Obama, his creepy czars, and his terrible policies (plus the fact that Congress will most likely [hopefully] change its majority to Conservative Republicans in 2010), it seems to me that he could never be re-elected legitimately again. In 2010 or 2011, Congress will investigate his British citizenship and see that he is not a natural born citizen (see sidebar for information about this). What such a discovery could lead to is any one's guess. However, if we still see the refusal of the liberal leftist courts to take the case, Obama and his cohorts would have to rig the election (with far more powerful methods than ACORN and SEIU in 2008) or just basically declare himself as a tyrannical dictator - similar to what Hugo Chavez did in Venezuela.
*End of speculation comments.*
The outrage that most of the public feels with Eric Holder's announcement of trials for 9/11 terrorists in a N.Y. civil court - rather than through the proper channels of military tribunals - might just be the straw that broke the camel's back.
There was a good back and forth commentary between O'Reilly and Karl Rove on The O'Reilly Factor last night. Bill asked why the Bush Administration didn't push through the military hearings on the terrorists. Karl said that the ACLU lawyers held up such proceedings. Now, with a radical liberal-leftist administration in there, the ACLU has finally gotten it's way to move the trials into civilian court.
What a travesty of justice!! 96% of people in a Fox News poll said that they thought this was the wrong move by the Attorney General!!
Back to Lindsey's article.
Even though it has been only two years and three months since the writing of Lindsey's article, what he predicted in it is already coming true!
Here is the rest of the 2007 article:
The technical knowledge explosion is governed by Moore's Law, which says computers will get twice as smart every 18 to 24 months. It takes four years to get a technical degree. By the time a student graduates, his education is virtually obsolete.
The prophet Daniel was given visions of the world as it would exist in the days leading to the Second Coming of Christ. The Apostle John was time-traveled forward to be an actual eyewitness of the final days of this age. Unfortunately, both men also suffered from the same communication difficulties. There were no words in their vocabularies to describe what they witnessed.
How could a man of the first century A.D. who has never seen a machine describe the technical marvels of the 21st century? John was told to write about what he saw. I think he did an inspired job.
Today, Daniel and Revelation are among the most discussed and debated books within the whole canon of Scripture. More expositions have been written in the past 10 years focusing on Daniel and Revelation than probably any other books in the Bible. It's as if the words of these books were sealed up until the time appointed.
Even 60 years ago, most of what Daniel predicted here didn't make sense. These things certainly did not make sense to the generations prior to the 20th century. Daniel, directly taught by Heaven's highest angel, Michael, said as much. Daniel asked the archangel, "As for me, I heard but could not understand; so I said, 'My lord, what will be the outcome of these events?'"
Note very carefully the archangel Michael's reply, "Go your way, Daniel, for these words are concealed and sealed up until the end time. Many will be purged, purified and refined, but the wicked will act wickedly; and none of the wicked will understand, but those who have insight will understand."
This was the second time Michael told Daniel that the words were to be sealed until the time of the last days generation to whom they were addressed. The archangel concludes with special instructions to Daniel: "But as for you, Daniel, conceal – or encrypt – these words and seal up the book until the time of the end; many will go [travel] back and forth, and knowledge will increase."
Knowledge has greatly increased. And as we've seen will increase even more. Also, just as predicted in this verse, the limitations of time and space to travel have been exponentially decreased.
This has unlocked the encrypted prophetic messages that were intended for this generation. Current events have unlocked them further. All of these things point to the fact that the Lord Jesus Christ is coming very soon.
Don't put off your decision any longer. Time is rapidly running out for you to get ready to meet Him when He comes. Just recognize you are a sinner, and accept the gift of pardon He purchased for you in His own blood. He is coming, and soon.
Whether you are ready or not.
Hat Tip:
WorldNetDaily: Hal Lindsey's "The Words of Daniel Finally Unsealed.
For more about Hal Lindsey and his writings see his website:
The Hal Lindsey Report


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My daughter fell yesterday playing with her friends trike. Brave little girl got right back up and wanted to play more - I had to force her in the house to get her boo-boo cleaned up and bandaged. Normally I wouldn't worry, if it's just a small scratch or something, but instead it was this:
On the beautiful porcelain skin of her arm. And I just know her elbows and knees will look like this all summer - my knees were always bandaged when I was little. I am SO not looking forward to it!
Can you believe that brave little girl didn't even cry? I'm quite sure I would've cried if it was me!
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
No idea if any of this is true, but it certainly makes for a good story.
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
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- davidjcairns said...
Solfest, I only had time to watch the first ten minutes of this...but I would say I'm very much in line with this guys thinking. I've heard of his work, and it's pretty well respected amongst a lot of academics...whatever that might me to anyone.
Since I don't have time to comment on all of this, I have a question: Do you think it's right for foreign investors to pay national soldiers? As seen in Nigeria where we have Esso, Shell, and Chevron Texaco are "topping up" Nigerian soldiers' wages with large bonuses?
- March 5, 2009 at 12:51 AM
- Solfest said...
Of course the other side to this story is if the west did not lend these countries money and help them build utility infrastructure they would be criticized for not "helping" these developing nations.
As far as paying soldiers I think that all countries have an obligation to provide a legal framework for their people and businesses to work in. This means a police and judicial system that works. If a country cannot provide this what do you as a company do?
If they all pack up and leave what happens to that country? We have pirates stealing oil tankers and holding them for ransom.
So do I think it's right to pay soldiers to protect a companies assets?
In a word, yes. It seems it is necessary.
- March 5, 2009 at 5:18 AM
- davidjcairns said...
Yes, I see your side of the story. But do you think that there is corporate social responsibility? To invest where they pull the resources from?
But also an interesting development is that in the last fifteen years is that China has had as much or worse levels of abject poverty than most African nations...but we don't send aid there...and look how they are doing financially now.
- March 5, 2009 at 1:46 PM
- Solfest said...
No they don't have any responsibility to invest in the country where they pull the resources from. The govt of that country has a responsibility to negotiate fair compensation from the company for their resources. That govt then uses that money to invest in their own country. However if that govt is corrupt? It all breaks down.
The govt also has a responsibility to insure that the company mining the resources follows proper environment practices.
The company's only responsibilities are to follow all local laws and to provide the shareholders a return on their capital.
If there is no return the capital leaves, if there is no capital the resources stay in the ground, if the resources stay in the ground there are no jobs and no taxes.
If that is what your country wants then that is fine. Do not allow any development.
It's a very left wing liberal way of thinking to assume that the "natives" don't know what's good for them. They are autonomous; they make the decisions for themselves and for their country. It is not for us to question these decisions.
There are also many examples of companies coming into a country and spending billions of dollars to develop an industry only to have that nation expropriate all those assets at the point of a gun, or the point of the pen freshly minting a new "bill".
China is a strange example of what a dictatorship can accomplish. They can trample human rights faster than any evil "company" and there is no one to stop them. If they want something done, it happens, no discussion.
So while remaining a communist country China has changed dramtically, they have adopted some very capitalist ideas about growing their economy.
In order for business to flourish there has to be a rule of law. It appears that any kind of rule of law will work as long as it is not corrupt.
Or at least not too corrupt.
- March 5, 2009 at 2:37 PM
- Solfest said...
Oh yes one more thing, the more I listen to John Perkins the less I believe him.
But it's still a great story. Which I'm sure sold a lot of books, and will make a good movie.
Hint Hint.
He has an agenda.
- March 5, 2009 at 2:54 PM
- davidjcairns said...
Well, you've made some good points, but one more thing that I'll throw out there is that many of these countries do have corrupt governments -- and multi-national corporations do not have the responsibility to somehow stop it...but then, does anyone the responsibility to alleviate abject poverty?
- March 5, 2009 at 8:57 PM
- Solfest said...
You and I have the responsibility, you and I.
Corruption is the issue that is the hardest to see an answer to. We could send the Americans into every country to bring peace and democracy, but we know that doesn't seem to work.
We the world get mad at them when they do that, and we get mad at them when they don't.
The UN seems to be almost useless in this.
So I don't know. You know we support micro finance and I believe it is one answer and something, albeit very little, that we can do.
You, you're young, you can change the world.
Go for it.
- March 6, 2009 at 6:47 AM


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Recently made a purchase from a friend and fellow collector out of Germany an East German Kampfgruppen field jacket and trousers from the 60,s as well as a AK-47/Makarov pistol cleaning kit.
In the same lot was a East german issue AK-47 Bayonet and scabbard the bayonet it self is a M59/2 it fits any standard AK-47, The Bayonet is quite hefty and the carbon steel blade with serrated spine is sharp measuring in at 5 3/4 inches.The handle is manufactured from non-electricity- conductive synthetic material.One other small point of intrest on the handle of the bayonet it has one unique characteristic not seen on any other AK-47 bayo . The scales on the handle of the knife are black plastic (synthetic) rather than some variations of red,reddish brown or brown plastic as found on thoes from other countries .When serial numbers are present they are pen engraved on the left side of the crosspiece. The East Germans designated this bayonet the "M59/2"
The scabbard is a type two and is manufactured from steel and then has a protective coating of non-electricity-conductive synthetic material covering it as well . The tip of the scabbard sports a piece of High carbon steel which is to be used as a cutting edge in the notch cut out at the end of the tip so when the Bayonet and scabbard are combined together they make for an excellant set of wire cutters being that they are non conductive to electricity and the fact that the high carbon content of the steel makes for a durable cutting edges.
The belt hanger is detachable from the scabbard do to the hook and ring construction making it easier to use the pair as wire cutters as far as I can tell the hanger leather comes in two colors field grey and dark brown .
As to why they are considered transitinal as far as I can tell so far it is only do to the fact that they were mating type one and type two componants together from existing bayonets and scabbards that were stockpiled in military storage ?
Regards Mark K


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The ghost of Jack Kevorkian for President's Physician: 2016
I should know, I tried to crack into the franchise restaraunt insurance market. It was one of my focus groups for about 1 year. Never got a McDs, but I got a few DQs, and Subways.
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I don't see how. Policy is in place for a reason. And a company as big as McDonalds opens themselves up to all kinds of exposure if they start selectively discarding policy.They could still encourage their employees not to be heroes, yet honor his claim.
I would tend to agree. Still doesn't shore up the case for discarding corporate policy though.I doubt anyone else would be discouraged from following the policy, as most people aren't thinking about workers' comp when they make these kind of decisions.
There is a case to be made for his claim being honored as a "good samaritan" act that was done in the best interest of the company. However, simply being injured on the job does not entitle you to workers comp benefits. If you are:Besides, I don't see why they would not be legally obligated to honor this claim. He was injured on the job.
- engaging in behavior that is not a part of your job duties,
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The company has a very solid defense with which to challenge your claim.
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It's not for me to say whether or not Haskett is telling the truth in this case; there's no way for me to know. I imagine that you will maintain that he is lying, so let's assume that he was in fact told that he should not be a hero "in the event of a robbery or anything like a robbery."Originally Posted by Haskett's Lawyer
Careful words. If he was told only that he should not interfere with a robbery, that clearly does not cover this event, as it was not a robbery. Case closed. If it were McDonald's policy to tell employees that they should not interfere with the physical assault of another person on the premises even if they feel like they could prevent or put an end to the assault, then that's that. Case closed. But McDonald's would never have such a policy, because it would be a PR disaster. Accordingly, that haven't claimed that Heskett was told that during orientation. In consequence, it appears that they've chosen to employ a seemingly innocuous phrase that they hoped might be ambiguous enough to cover an action that they were not willing to explicitly prohibit. Pretty shady. Will it hold up in court? I suspect it won't, but we'll see.
If we're talking about a company's money, and the company that employs me is asking me to allow their money to be taken in the event of a robbery, which nearly all retail companies do, that's different - it's their money. That's a smart policy. In the event of an assault on a person on the premises, I would argue that expecting me to not attempt to stop violence against another person if I feel I can do so is an unreasonable request. Why? Because that's what we've been taught decent human beings do. If you feel you have the power to stop senseless violence against another person, you do so. As the article states, the courts have come to the same conclusion a number of times.
I'm not sure what I would do in such a situation, as I've never been in one like that, but if I felt like I could stop a victimization and accordingly chose to interfere in an attempt to keep another human being from sustaining harm, I would be stunned to learn that I could be disciplined or fired for such an action, and I would be very surprised that my worker's comp policy does not cover me for acting in a way that is widely thought of as honorable and entirely reasonable behavior, unless that policy specifically stated as much. And if it did, I would probably not be working for that company.
One human being taking a bullet for another... such bravery is uncommon these days. I don't really care what McDonalds does... I don't need further proof to know its status quo. What I would care about is if a corporation were telling employees not to do this sort of thing. Of course it shouldn't be EXPECTED that someone take a bullet like this, but there shouldn't be a corporate policy against such a human act.
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First, I love what the employee did. No question he has an exceptionally good heart.
However, having said that, reading the description of what he did looks like he was outside the scope of his employment. It would be one thing if he took the woman and locked himself in a bathroom with her to PREVENT the guy from continuing to attack her. But he physically assaulted the guy. To me, he went overboard, IMHO (that's what I would argue if representing McDonald's ). I can't blame McDonalds for rejecting the workers comp claim.
Again, I think what the employee did was truly exceptional, but he could have protected this woman in a better manner than he did.


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Ahhh, Angela. They are gorgeous.
Beautiful, your plants look happy! :-)
Beautiful blooms, Angela. Interesting that your Den Pinwattana is blooming at the same time mine is even though we are on the opposite side of the world. The first picture is probably a Renantanda or Mokara with a Renanthera and Vanda Josephine van Brero in its parentage.
I love the color and shape on the first flower and agree it looks like it has some Josephine in there. I'm afraid i'd have to buy this one if I ever ran across it. Gorgeous!
Just lovely, Angela. I would agree with Yew Sung on the JVB parentage. It has the distinct coloring.
They are all beauties. Thank you for sharing.
Nice Angela.
Gorgeous !! I loved the first one.
They're all just lovely, Angela, and one of the photos gives, I believe, a small glimpse of your greenhouse space. I think my orchids, my husband Phillip's bonsais and orchids, and WE would be very happy living there. Can we come live in Barbados with you? I can't think of a more heavenly place to exist at the moment. (Just kidding about coming to live with you, but boy, next door to you would be really nice....)


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A cult for Chinese furniture: Susan Moore on the controversial sect behind Christie's New York sale on Thursday
By Susan Moore
Financial Times [London (UK)]
17 Sep 1996
Leaders of esoteric sects are usually thought to have a penchant for apocalyptic predictions and expensive motor cars and for exploiting - sexually and financially - their brainwashed acolytes. They are not generally known for amassing museum-quality art collections, cultivating award-winning dessert wines or staging productions of Sophocles.
But Robert Burton, who founded Renaissance, a community in the remote and unpromisingly scrubby foothills of the Sierra Nevada, appears to be no ordinary esoteric guru. Burton, a former Bay Area elementary school teacher, founded the Fellowship of Friends in 1970. It is a non-proselytising, publicity-shy sect and its spiritual or philosophical system is difficult to determine, but Burton is known to have steeped himself in the writing of the Russian-Armenian mystic G.I. Gurdjieff and his disciple Peter Ouspensky, whose works have shaped the modern human potential movement. [ed. - Burton has told those close to him he never read Gurdjieff''s works.]
Gurdjieff and Ouspensky maintained that man needs to keep focused on his higher goals, spiritual and cultural, to awaken his true consciousness. For Burton, this involves concerning himself with music and the arts, good food and wine at Renaissance, one and a half hours north of Sacramento.
The fellowship's members - reputedly some 1,500 worldwide - are predominantly affluent and middle-class. They pay a "tithe" of 10 per cent of their incomes and are "awakened" by working in the fellowship's 365-acres of terraced vineyards, its gardens and its wood, print and auto shops. In their spare time they study art and literature in the libraries of Renaissance's Goethe Academy - a mock French chateau surrounded by formal gardens designed and built, of course, by fellowship members.
Some 30 full-time residents are housed in the Court of the Caravans - 25 sun-dazzled aluminium Airstream trailers. Another 250-300 members live off-site locally. Burton's Renaissance home is a 3,000 sq ft house designed by Aaron Green, a disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright, and built for the guru by the fellowship.
In the late 1970s Burton began collecting Old Master paintings, ranging from a 15th-century cassone or marriage-chest panel by the Florentine Jacopo de Sellajo to still-lifes by Osias Beert the Elder and, possibly, Caravaggio. Then, in Paris in 1988, he saw two typically spare, minimalist Qing-period Chinese armchairs in the Ming style and the direction of the fellowship's collecting changed in a revelatory flash.
"I immediately recognised that this furniture was second to none," he said. "Both in its serene beauty and its intelligent design, which combine to evoke a contemplative state of mind in those who behold it."
At the height of the market the Old Masters were sold off at significant profit - a pair of 17th-century biblical scenes by Bernardo Cavallino fetched almost $2m at Sotheby's New York in 1989. Dispersed, too, was the collection of Chinese ceramics. With the proceeds, Burton began to acquire 17th and 18th-century Chinese classical furniture. "It was", says London-based Chinese furniture dealer Nicholas Grindley, "a very good time to buy."
Burton bought heavily from Damon Spilios, of Florida dealers Ming Furniture, who certainly believed that classical Chinese furniture was undervalued. Burton also made significant purchases from Hong Kong dealers Grace Wu Bruce and Chan Shang Kee.
As with anyone building a collection on whim with little or no knowledge, mistakes were made. The initial group of 300 or so pieces was gradually refined down to just over 100. Curtis Evarts rose through the ranks of fellowship members to became its self-taught curator.
Grindley now rates Evarts "as good a judge of Chinese furniture as anyone in the world." In less than a decade the collection established itself as the world's pre-eminent holding, public or private, now known as the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture and housed in the Goethe Academy and Burton's house, and open to the public by appointment.
Burton's intention was to construct a purpose-built museum on site and he commissioned designs from a leading Beijing architect. It seems that he failed to raise the funds. Last year the collection went on show for nine months at the Pacific Heritage Museum in San Francisco.
There were also rumours that it was for sale - at a reputed initial asking price of $25m. A number of people tried to negotiate its purchase either whole or piecemeal. Instead it was sent to Christie's New York, its consignor not the Fellowship of Friends but Johnny Chen, scion of an established Taiwanese family who is based partly on the West Coast.
Robert Burton is now said to be interested in moving into 19th-century French Salon painting and antiquities, and to be concentrating the fellowship's resources on its wine production, which has already absorbed about $10m of funds. There were also allegations that some members had withdrawn payment of their tithes.
A whiff of sensation follows the furniture to Christie's on Thursday. What makes the auction so exceptional is not only the quality and rarity of the top lots and the near encyclopaedic range of the collection but the fact that the market for Chinese furniture has hitherto been dominated by some half-dozen dealers worldwide. Rather like Chinese antiquities, relatively few pieces come to the west with any provenance.
If the collection is sold on its published estimates, and raises $6m-$8m, the pieces will probably be sold for less than the fellowship paid for them. The scenario, as anticipated by auction house and dealers is that a whole new price structure for classical Chinese furniture will be established, with auction records broken as much as seven or eight times over.
The current auction record for a piece comparable to anything in this collection is for a huanghuali folding horseshoe chair which fetched $176,000 at Sotheby's New York in 1990; the Christie's chair is rarer and finer, and comes with an estimate of $300,000-$400,000. The auction record for any piece, set at Christie's Hong Kong in 1992, is $250,000. If the sale is a success, private individuals and the trade might well start consigning important pieces to the auction-houses.
No doubt the eight or nine exceptional lots will go to established collectors, primarily in the US and the Far East - and go way over estimate, not least because the supply of good pieces seems to be drying up. As one dealer put it: "One would have to say to a client: 'this is your one and only chance. Bid till you run out of courage.' The majority of pieces, however, will probably be bought by people who we have never seen before and will never see again."
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"Robert C" wrote on the Fellowship of Friends Discussion blog, December 1, 2007:
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Indeed I was there, through the early 80s. I was certainly not as aware as you were of the nuance, being a little naive about such things, but there was plenty that set off my bullshit detector, and towards the end my eyebrows were in a state of almost continuous 'raisedness'.
Certainly I saw that either a) some sweet young thing, or b) some wealthy person, would appear and be instantly swept into the 'inner circle'. This just stank to me. This was supposed to be a conscious school, and how in the world would that fit in? It didn't inspire further confidence that the wealthy persons would not infrequently bail from the Fellowship with no advanced warning. Decidedly curious.
Then there were the requests for gifts for our 'beloved teacher'. Those requests were not nearly as nauseating as the great example posted above (419 Purchasing Awakening) concerning the purchase of Abundance, but still they were setting me off.
Finally I tilted at the Ming furniture donation. Here the people on salary at then Renaissance were living in relative poverty in inadequate housing while working their asses off and being underpaid, and what we were raising money for was incredibly expensive Ming furniture for a present for our teacher? And of course there was always the unspoken implication that if you were not generous it meant that you did not value the school or the teacher or your work enough.
Of course the general explanation/excuse for this sort of nonsense was that it was for the civilization, the ark, that we were creating. But what decent civilization would not take care of the people who needed taking care of most.
To my eye, there is just no getting around the fact that if you observe the behavior of Robert Burton carefully, you will see that he is acting in the interest of none other than Robert Burton, and that the bizarre behavior he exhibits can be explained best by unrestrained monomaniacal greed. No reason to beat around the bush on this.
And I say to you, dear reader who might still be in the Fellowship, don't refuse to look, and buffer by thinking I am just being negative. Look for yourself. The path to awakening must come through our own experience. It cannot come through believing what others say.


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Based on my understanding, I have two questions:
1) Is there a manual way of sending data to NAL.DB ? If yes, I could make
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to update the db.
2) Please teach me how to make an Application Object that will run when the
Screen Saver starts.
Thanks for any answer,