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Norbert Dentressangle announced that it has opened a national UK distribution hub at the redeveloped International Freight Terminal in Brownhills. The hub is for its Specialist Services operation, which provides specialist handling and distribution for businesses supplying high value, delicate or large commercial items.
The warehouse features 20,000 sq ft of fully racked high bay storage space and a 23,000 sq ft cross-dock facility with a total of 22 loading bays. There is also an office area of nearly 10,000 sq ft for the centralised customer service team and Norbert Dentressangle has invested in a new IT system there. A team of over 50 drivers, warehouse operatives and administration staff are based at the site.
The site was chosen due to its transport links via the M6, M6 toll, M42 and A5, and the fact that as well as meeting current storage and distribution needs it has the potential for significant future expansion.
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Generative Fathering
Along with my friend and colleague, Alan Hawkins, I have developed a web site called FatherWork that includes about 300 pages of materials intended to help men become better fathers. The site includes ideas, activities, stories, metaphors, and other kinds of material. Part of what we will be doing in family life coaching is to go through these materials together.
One of the models in helping clients in called Generative Fathering. This is a process of fathers turning their hearts to the children to bless the lives of children, their own lives, and their communities. Generative fathering is hard work that falls into seven categories:
- Relationship Work -working to create a healthy relationship
- Stewardship Work -providing for the physical needs and safety of children
- Development Work -changing to meet changing needs
- Ethical Work -teaching children values and helping them to relate with others in moral ways
- Spiritual Work -working to help child obtain purpose and joy
- Recreation Work -helping children relax and have fun
- Mentoring Work -helping older children learn skills to be a successful parent
Being generative is often a difficult task but one that brings much satisfaction to adults and necessary care for children. You can read more on this in our theory div.


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The Muñoz-Mazpulez saga is a collection of pictures that record family images of the seven children of the marriage of Jesus Muñoz and Julia Mazpulez. To a limited extent, pictures of grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and other family are included. While we were recently delighted to receive a picture of Martina Muñoz, our paternal grandmother, we are chagrined to report that there are no available pictures of the paternal grandfather, J Refugio Muñoz G. So we will use what we have, including two funeral notices, and then proceed with photos of the maternal grandparents, Higinio Mazpulez Gutierrez and Maria de las Nieves Gonzalez.
J REFUGIO MUÑOZ G- There are no pictures of our paternal grandfather available. Below is a copy of the funeral notice announcing his memorial service. He died at age 77 in October of 1938, which means he was born in 1861. The "J" may indicate that his first name was "Jose" or possibly "Jesus", both common given names in Catholic culture. The "G" at the end of his name indicates that Refugio's mother's maiden name began with that letter. Gonzalez? Gutierrez? Don't know.
J Refugio Muñoz' Funeral Notice
MARTINA HERNANDEZ MUÑOZ- Here is the only known picture of our paternal grandmother, Martina. Below that is a copy of the funeral notice announcing her memorial service. She died on September 15, 1921 at age 55 in El Paso, Texas, where she is entombed at Concordia Cemetery. In her short life she had given birth to 10 children! She was born in 1866, 5 years after her future husband was born. Since our father, Jesus, was born in 1901, that would mean she was 35 when he was born. If he was one of her youngest children, as we understand he was, that means she began having children at a very early age. The "H" in her name stands for Hernandez, her maiden name.
Martina's Funeral Notice
J Refugio Muñoz G and Martina Hernandez Muñoz were the parents of ten children, three daughters and seven sons. At this point we guess/know that the oldest child may have been named Jose, after his father. After that came Benjamin (an exceptionally tall man who was murdered during the revolutionary unpleasantries in Mexico), then Daniel, then another boy who was a stone mason (name not yet known), then sisters Elena and Guadalupe (Lupe), then brother Manuel, sister Josefina, brother Leandro and finally, the youngest child, our father, Jesus.
The Wandering Spaniard– This is the earliest known picture of Higinio Mazpulez, who was born in Spain in 1874. He was orphaned at age 12 when his mother died and was left to look after his two younger brothers (whose names we will add later) with no assistance from an uncaring society. Higinio, was a tough, resilient, intelligent young man who joined the Spanish army at age 18 and later became a member of the Spanish Guardia Civil (Civil Guard), a respected branch of Spanish law enforcement. As a young man his life was difficult as opportunities for bettering his life were scarce at that time in Spain. So, after marrying Maria de las Nieves Gonzalez and fathering three children, a son, Emilio, and two daughters- Julia and Consuelo– he saved what money he could with the intent of some day leaving Spain. He checked out nearby countries but eventually emigrated to the US and came with his family to Virginia.
More Wandering and a Settlement- (Most of this section has been revised to reflect facts revealed in the book Borderline Life, the unauthorized autobiography of (and by) Jaime F. Hervella, who was Higinio's first grandchild. The book, which tells the story of J. F. Hervella's life, is available on the internet.) In 1910, the family settled in Norfolk, Virginia where Higinio and his son Emilio worked in the shipyards, operating steam shovels. To be fair, we must note that Emilio has to have been in his very early teens at this time but, though underage, worked in the shipyards with his father. The Mazpulezes may have thought they had reached the promised land but at about that time some US immigration act put the kibosh on certain immigrants by putting a quota on Spanish immigrants. So in 1913 the family had to ship out to Veracruz, Mexico. The family made the treacherous overland trip from Veracuz to the north during the 1913 Mexican revolution, which may have made them wish they had stayed in Spain. But they earned safe journey to the north and eventually arrived in Juarez, Mexico, across the Rio Grande River (Rio Bravo) from El Paso, Texas. Then the family moved to Tyrone, NM and later Morenci, AZ where together Higinio and his son Emilio worked in the copper mines. At this juncture, 1913 or so, Higinio would have been 39 years old. Emilio maybe 13, Julia 8 and Consuelo barely 5 years old. The family saved as much money as they could during three years of hard work with the intent of returning to Juarez. Around 1916, Higinio moved the family back to Juarez where they rented a large home and opened a store. The business prospered and Higinio finally felt settled. But a mere year later, when Pancho Villa's rebel forces took over Ciudad Juarez, the insurgents arrested Higinio because a "federal" troop had taken refuge in his corral and shot two rebels. Higinio was, at one point, moments from being summarily executed by a firing squad in the courtyard of his very property. But a dramatic show of hysteria by his young son, Emilio, who literally ran up to his blindfolded and handcuffed father, wrapped his arms around him and pleaded for mercy from the Mexican ruffians, saved Higinio's life. The firing squad had relented in the face of such a display of unbridled passion. Unfortunately, while sparing his and his family's life, the rebels set fire to the Mazpulez compound and, in a flash, destroyed everything Higinio and his family had worked for so many years to put together. Fearing for their lives, the family crossed back into the US and, with the help of the Spanish consul, returned to the copper mining communities in New Mexico to start over, which they did. Another several years of hard work and self denial and Higinio had put together the capital necessary to return to Mexico, by then a more tranquil country. This time he bought property across the street from where his prior business had been and not only built a big adobe house there but also opened another store. He then proceded to expand his operations to include farming and other interests as well as becoming a sort of justice of the peace in his neighbohood. The house he built for his family is where he lived for the rest of his life.
The Inevitable End- Higinio was said to be a free thinker and not much interested in the teachings or practices of his culture's dominant religion. Using his intelligence, persistence and self discipline, he was successful in improving his family's situation to the point where they enjoyed a very good life. Sadly, Higinio was felled by cancer on February 10, 1952 at the age of 78, leaving behind his widow, Maria, a daughter and a son and 11 grandchildren. The Muñoz children had always known him as Papa (puh-PUH) Gordito. His passing caused great sadness, of course.
As noted above, Higinio Mazpulez Gutierrez and Maria de las Nieves Gonzalez were the parents of three children, a son Emilio, the oldest but we don't know his DOB, and two daughters, Julia, born in 1905, and Consuelo, born in 1909.
MARIA de las NIEVES GONZALEZ MAZPULEZ
Mama Maria- Above is one of the most recent photos of Maria de las Nieves Gonzalez de Mazpulez. The "de las Nieves" was part her given name. The "de Mazpulez" was (is) the cultural norm in Hispanic societies and indicates that a woman is, in a sense, the property of her husband, in this case Mr. Mazpulez. Maria de las Nieves Gonzalez was a blue eyed redhead from the northern province of Spain now called Cantabria but once known as Santander. The photo above was taken in Juarez, Mexico in 1951 when she might have been in her early 70s. She married Higinio Mazpulez in northern Spain (Santander Province) in the late 1800s and there they had three children, Julia, Consuelo and Emilio whom they raised in the small town of Coo. In the early 1900s they left that little village and emigrated to North America, not once but twice. Mama (Muh-MUH) Maria, as we called her, was a relatively devout Catholic but pretty much devoted to her husband and children and not much into the gossiping and clique mentality not uncommon for women in her culture. She was a loving wife to Higinio and she died on August 5, 1959, about 7 and a half years after her husband's passing.
Higinio's Brother and Cousin
Jesus Muñoz Hernandez
Jesus, the son of J Refugio Munoz of the state of Jalisco, Mexico and Martina Hernandez de Muñoz, also from Jalisco, we presume, married Julia Mazpulez in El Paso, Texas in 1935, when Jesus (Heh-sooz) was 35 and Julia was 30 years old. Jesus was born on June 30, 1901 and died at age 64 on September 5, 1965. He was the father of the seven Muñoz kids and intent on making it an even dozen when Julia laid down the law. He himself was the youngest of 10 children, all tall and skinny. The Mexican revolution (circa 1910) disrupted life for the Muñoz Hernandez clan in Jalisco as a result of which Jesus and his brother Leandro were sent north to avoid being conscripted by the rebel forces then running rampant in Jalisco. The brothers were denied an education as a result of the relocation. Both spent their young adulthood in Juarez and the rest of their lives pretty much in El Paso. Each brother found a wife in time. Jesus found Julia while Leandro, an Errol Flynn lookalike and a snazzy dresser, found Marina for a bride. Jesus worked for the railroad during World War 2 and ran his own oil distribution company after the war. He later owned and managed the Uptown Courts, a motel at 3231 Alameda Avenue that was converted to an apartment complex once tourist and trucker traffic was diverted from Alameda Avenue to the Paisano Drive bypass. He was a quiet man who did not share much information about himself. As a result of his quiet ways, little else is known of his youth.
Julia Mazpulez Muñoz
This picture shows Julia Mazpulez as a young girl, probably six years old. This picture may well have been taken in the village of Coo in what is now the province of Cantabria in northern Spain. Julia was born in Santillana del Mar (St. Julia of the Sea) in that province in 1905. The town records at the municipal building there still contain the document that registers her birth. The family soon moved to Coo, a nearby village where Julia, her sister Consuelo and their brother Emilio frolicked in rural splendor before their idyllic childhood was disrupted by the family's departure for the United States.
Julia Mazpulez de Muñoz
Julia Mazpulez, not yet "de Muñoz", is shown here at age 23 in 1928. First daughter of Higinio and Maria de las Nieves Mazpulez, she married Jesus Muñoz Hernandez (Hispanic cultures are big on last names) in 1935. In rapid succession they became parents to Maria Yvonne (Sept. 6, 1936); Herminia Alicia (August 4, 1937); Enrique Horacio (January 8, 1939); Graciela Irene (Nov. 5, 1940); Ricardo Artemio (Nov. 6, 1941); Corina Lilian (July 6, 1943) and, last but certainly not least, Armando Carlos (July 26, 1946.) Poor Mom, she must have been tired after all that. Julia was born in Santillana del Mar, once Santander but now Cantabria, Spain on February 10, 1905. She passed away on July, 6, 1987. Her life had many interesting chapters including two voyages as a young girl from the old world to North America.


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Many people build their own homes though; what does this have to do with prepping and modern survivalism?
Building our own home actually involves prepping in two ways: planning for the home and living in the home.
1) Planning for the home
Part of modern survivalism is financial preparedness. By paying off debts and saving money we're moving to a position where we'll eventually be able to afford to build this home.
Secondly the things we're doing now are preparing us to live there. For example, I'm reducing our electrical use because I want our dream home to eventually be off-grid. Getting us used to energy conservation now will help us adapt to our new home.
Currently we use about 1200KW a month, but in our new energy efficient home I estimate that we will use between 5-700KW. Amazingly, despite being a larger home with more gadgets, thanks to energy efficiencies our needs will be less.
My family and friends might think I'm nuts obsessing over things like CFL bulbs, my small vegetable garden and organic lawn care but they don't see the big picture. Each one of those things are little preparedness steps to freedom!
2) Living in the home
Once we build and start living in this dream home I'm hoping to start living the prepper dream!
I don't think I've clearly stated it before but I'm hoping this new house can become a "homestead" that will provide for most of our needs: electricity, heat, food, water.
By being super-energy efficient my goal at first is to greatly reduce utility expenses. Eventually I'll upgrade the system with so we'll be able to comfortably live during a winter power blackout and hopefully eventually reach the point where we can live off-grid.
For budget reasons I plan on starting with a minimum of 5 165W solar panels tied to the grid. Over time I'll add more panels and a battery bank so we can have power during blackouts. We'll also look into if a windmill generator is feasible. Eventually I'd like to be able to live off-grid so we won't cut off the grid totally because in case of emergencies it can be our backup.
Secondly, if we do things right we'll actually be able to make money by selling excess electricity to the grid!
We'll also save a lot of electricity by switching our stove, fridge and dryer to ultra-efficient propane models and cooking when I can with a solar oven. If I can convince my wife, we'll cook with an old-style kitchen woodstove (but with modern technology) to be truly off-grid.
For a number of reasons I want a minimum of 4 acres for our dream homestead. One of these reason is because we want to install geothermal heat exchange to heat our home and water. The pipes used in this system are often installed horizontally beneath the frost-line so we'll need room to do this. The pipes can also be installed vertically but we don't want to limit ourselves to one option.
Geothermal is very energy efficient however it needs electricity to operate the heat pump so we'll include a wood stove as a back up source of heat for on the very cold nights or when the power goes out. Hopefully much of our wood will come from our own property. Another great thing about geothermal is that it can also be used to efficiently cool your house in the summer by just reversing the pump!
Heating our water will be done using an instant-on tankless water heater. Geothermal will also be used to pre-heat the water to further reduce the energy use. I'll also look into solar water heating, especially for the planned indoor pool/sunroom. It's possible that solar heating and geothermal could provide most of our hot water apart from the coldest winter months!
Lastly, we plan on building our home with Insulated Concrete Forms. There are kinda like big styrofoam Lego-blocks that you build a home with. After you make a wall with them they're filled with concrete. This makes a very sturdy and energy efficient structure, (also water/air-tight, bulletproof, fireproof and hurricane/zombie resistant). With an R-Value of 45 ICFs will greatly reduce our energy needs.
I'm currently learning all I can about organic gardening and permaculture. I don't knock those that use fertilizer and weed chemicals, however, to me that seems like a lot of work that you have to do every year. I'd rather do it all naturally and although it might not look as pretty, at least it will be self-sustaining and low-maintenance.
My plan includes, a small orchard, a greenhouse, a number of raised bed squarefoot gardens, a goat to "mow" the grass and possibly milk and maybe chickens and bees.
With enough acres I could also start hunting or allow other to hunt there in exchange for some of their game.
These won't be enough for us to live completely off of but every little bit is less that I have to rely on the grocery store for and less sales taxes to the government. It all equals more money in my pocket!
As I've mentioned before, living in a rural area will allow us to have our own well and avoid paying municipal utilities. However, having and managing your own source of water also means that you must become a conservationist.
We plan on installing dual flush toilets and a grey-water recovery system in our homestead. This will save the water from the sinks and bathtubs to use for things like flushing the toilets or watering the lawn.
We'll also install a rainwater harvesting system to save all the water that falls on our roof.
Not only will this prevent our well from drying out, but it will also save electricity by using the water pump less and it will extend the life of our sceptic system.
Our homestead plan will probably change and it may take longer than expected but one thing is for certain:
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I knew it. I KNEW IT. As soon as the words "never one of the lads' mags" tumbled out of her plummy stuck-up little mouth, I knew that Grace would eventually do the deed in a desperate bid for fame and popularity. I just didn't think it would be this soon.
How sad. How pathetic that this stupid holier than thou, up tight, public school, jolly hockey sticks, sloan whore would actually go back on her own much-touted morals just for a bit of wonga and (male) attention.
I'm actually seething… can you tell? To be honest, there's so much I want to say about this little tart and her utter utter hypocrasy that I can't actually be bothered. But if you want to know what I think on the matter, then visit my good friend Superficial Princess. She's got it down to a T (which is more than can be said for our Gracey). [Thanks for the pic, too, luv!]


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Wednesday, August 06, 2008
5 comments:
- K19 said...
What hapened to the little fellow? Poor little guy- you didn't leave him alone for like, 2 minutes, did you?
- 8/06/2008
- Sydney said...
What did happen to that little foot? My favorite picture is of him bossing around the neighbor kid! Classic. A little foreshadowing for the future
- 8/07/2008
- c jane said...
You know I love CJ right? Well, I need to confess something, ever since you single handily destroyed your mothers swanky necklace at the pool party I've been falling in love with you too. Which leads me to say "sorry about the limp."
Auntie c jane
- 8/08/2008
- Hailey Happens said...
I love Toad! And give me tips on how to garden. Mine bit the dust
- 8/08/2008
- Thaddeus Gunn said...
My wee little babby is now 21. But your photo essay took me back to his early days. Thank you.
I'm wandering around checking out the blogs of other other copywriters like myself. I wanted to find out what copywriters write when they're not writing copy.
For the sake of introduction, here's my professional life in a nutshell: 20 years in copywriting; currently Senior Copywriter for MRM Worldwide (McCann-Erickson), Seattle. Private life: I write. I hike. I blog: www.deargregory.com.
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http://www.facebook.com/fortsmithmarketI Just scheduled myself for this show in Fort Smith for September 15th. If you have never set up at Gail's market at the mall, it is INCREDIBLE!!! Come by and visit, and bring a buggy. You will need it to carry off all the great things that you will find. I went to it a couple of shows ago, and it is amazing at the things that the vendors bring.
For those of you who come to our show in Conway, some of those vendors are at this one. This is my first time to set up, and hopefully not my last. Come by and visit. 8-4 at the Townsend mall. Check out her site I have listed above..
Backwoods in Arkansas. Pictures and Recipes from the hills of Arkansas.
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Daily Berry Patch Devotions in 2016 - Day 108
Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a You Tube video of the hesitant walk of a chameleon and it's ability to change colors … and THEN THIS LINK to hear Chris Tomlin leading in worship and singing Here I Am To Worship,… declaring confidently, with the body of Christ coming together to worship the God of the universe
Highlight Passage: Acts 2:46-47 [NKJV] …
46 So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, 47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.
… The early church grew in spite of persecution and doubts.
Highlight Context – Acts 2:42-47 [NKJV] … USE THIS LINK …
… The church, right after Pentecost, marched forward, though carefully in persecution, but confidently, growing steadily.
Reference Passage #1 - 1st Corinthians, Chapter 1 [NKJV] … USE THIS LINK ...
… By the time Paul was planting new churches throughout the word on his journeys, the church began to falter, as we read when he wrote to the church he had helped found in Corinth.
Reference Passage #2 - Hebrews 10:19-25 [NKJV] … USE THIS LINK ...
… God exhorts the church to move forward - in faith - with confidence in the Gospel and in the body of Christ
My Journal for Today: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Lawrence Darmani, creates an interesting word picture in his devotional entry for me this morning, comparing the modern-day church to a chameleon's crawl (see the attached photo and the first You Tube video above). Darmani pictures today's church, like the chameleon, walking hesitantly through the world, changing colors as needed to blend into the worldly colors it encounters.
The early post-pentecostal church, however, … though moving forward cautiously after Pentecost, due to Roman persecution, walked confidently in their faith in the Gospel and Christ, meeting daily and sharing the Gospel message with others in the known world at the time (see the highlight passages from Acts, Chapter 2 above). And they grew steadily and robustly in their walk.
However, by the time the Apostle Paul was writing many of his epistles to the early churches, many of which he helped found, some chameleon-like hesitancy had crept into the church, fostered by false teachers and Jewish legalism. And so, as one reads in the first chapter of 1st Corinthians, linked above, Paul was urging the early church to unite in the Gospel of Christ. And we read in the letter written by the Author of Hebrews [see Hebrews 10 above], the early church was being exhorted by God to gather in unity as the body of Christ and encourage one another.
But now, in this post-modern era, we see a body of Christ, acting like and walking like the chameleon … blending in with the world and walking so hesitantly, trying to avoid being seen as different from its surroundings.
My friends, we need to take in the exhortations of Paul and the Author of Hebrews … to march forward CONFIDENTLY as the body of Christ, standing out as different - WAY DIFFERENT - from the world, and stepping forward, marching to the drumbeat of the Gospel, doing all we can to brazenly follow Christ (see my oft quoted passage in Luke 9: 23 - look that one up yourself!).
My Prayer Today: O, Heavenly Father, … help Your body to come together and walk confidently in your Kingdom-building gospel truth. Amen
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Capacity field of 16 for 2018 Queensland Oaks: Waller has 5Betting | Fields & Form | Horse Racing Today | News | Race Previews | Winter Racing |
A capacity field of sixteen fillies will line up...
Jockey Ben Melham has revealed he is not all-together confident in-form sprinter Smokin' Joey will perform to a high standard from barrier 3 in this weekend's featured Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) at Eagle Farm.
Charging home down the outside to win the Group 1 The Goodwood (1200m) at South Australia's Morphettville Racecourse, Smokin' Joey is a noted performer when leaving from outside barriers; not enjoying running when caught inside competitors.
Partnering the Encosta De Lago gelding to his sole victory at the highest level of Australia racing last time out, Melham told AAP he is hoping for a fast tempo early to play into the strengths of Smokin' Joey on Saturday.
"I would have preferred him to draw off the track because he's a horse that resents horses being outside him," Melham said.
"I have probably got no other option but to go back and we're going to be last probably.
"He just turns it up in amongst them and won't go at all. I think that is our only option unfortunately we're left with, and get him to the outside.
"The only thing in our favour is the Stradbroke is always a high-pressure race and hopefully they can break themselves up front early and give us every chance to get over the top of them."
Claiming a total of six victories and seven minor places from 38 competitive race starts to date, Smokin' Joey was a standout performer over the 2013 spring carnival; strolling home to win the Group 3 TAB.com.au Stakes (1400m) before almost causing the season's biggest upset when finishing a short nose behind talented miler Boban in the Group 1 Emirates Stakes (1600m) on November 9th.
Steadily building to the task this time in, the six-year-old out of Dalzing overcame disappointing starts in the Group 1 Futurity Stakes (1400m) and Listed Super Saturday Stakes (1400m) with a fighting sixth amongst classy company in the Group 3 Victoria Handicap (1400m) prior his Goodwood triumph.
Charged with carrying just 55kgs in the 2014 Stradbroke Handicap, Smokin' Joey is currently offered at generous $17 odds for success, or $4.40 to run a place.
Aiming for her sixth consecutive race win, Srikandi has opened as and maintained favouritism in betting markets, currently offered at even $5 odds, ahead of Hucklebuck ($5.50), Spirit Of Boom ($7.50) and Rebel Dane ($8.50).
Sign up at leading online bookie Ladbrokes.com.au today to claim a bonus bet of up to $250 in time for the Stradbroke Handicap!
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A few weeks ago I realised that most of the rings I lusted after were ridiculously expensive and I was sure I could do something cheaper. I bulk bought some ring bases from eBay and looked for inspiration. First up button rings. If you have a ring base, these are the easiest things to make, all you have to do is superglue buttons to the ring base. No joke, a 30 second job.
I'm going to raid charity shops for some cheap buttons for some more exciting buttons but check out my first attempt:
Not too bad I don't think. I'll be playing with more designs, also going to buy some cheap stud earrings for the same effect so I'll keep you updated!


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My 10 month has been EBF, refused to take milk from a bottle/ cup & would only breastfeed. She has always loved feeding, it's always been on demand with not a single issue since day 1. I have loved & enjoyed every second, even the at times hourly wake ups!! I struggled massively with my first child and stopped at 4 months. So am over the moon that I have been able to stay off work longer this time & successfully breastfeed.
I started weaning at 6 months but she still took 6 feeds per day/night until Monday. She refused to feed. No warning. I tried to get her to latch but she just bit me. She's never done this. I presumed she wasn't hungry & didn't think much.
She had been whiny with an on/off temperature for a day or so, so I thought that maybe she was sick & didn't want milk. However this has continued now for 3 days & she is back to her usual happy self, except for total refusal of my breast, arching her back away from me & biting me if I persist!
She is taking water from a sippy cup (she started doing this a few days before the breast refusal started) & I have just managed to express 2 oz (only one breast would let down). She couldn't drink it quick enough & got very frustrated when it finished.
I am absolutely devastated, I'm not ready to stop! I know that sounds awful and selfish but it has happened so suddenly with no warning. My OH has made it clear that we will not be having anymore children so maybe that has made this sudden refusal worse.
Has this happened to anyone? Is it just a quick phase? Or has she self weaned? Any advice on how I can get milk from the breast that won't let down? I have a Medela Swing electric pump.
I don't really know what I'm asking I'm just feeling really horrible and hoping someone can give me a miracle solution!!! Or tell me (nicely) that my baby wants to grow up!
Thank you for reading, I didn't expect this to be so long!
Is she drinking a lot of water from her sippy cup? Maybe she's filling up on that?
I have no idea - but well done for getting this far, even if she does stop, you've done great.
I posted on here a month ago with the same issue - except DS3 is 8 months old though is otherwise v similar to your 10 month old. Others posted to tell me their stories and said its often pain stopping them feeding - either teething or ear ache - and to just practice lots of skin to skin, not to push nursing (offer the boob but dont force it), pump to keep up supply and get milk in them however you can (cup/syringe/whatever). It turned out DS3 had a bad bilateral ear infection - one course of antibiotics and 5 days later he started to feed again one morning while having a morning skin to skin cuddle and is happily feeding again. Kellymom.com has some good articles on nursing strikes and suggestions of things to do.
My dd did exactly the same, Everytime I tried to drop feeds before 10 months, she'd go crazy and then at 10.5 months that was it, she completely lost interest one day! Same bottle refusal too. I think my dd had a sore throat that triggered it for her and then she was just done. It made me feel sad for a week or so - read about the hormone crash.
Thank you so much for the replies. It's definitely not an ear or throat infection as I took her to the doctors yesterday due to on & off high temperature (google suggested the refusal & high temp could be one of those reasons but no, she is fine!)
I am giving her water from the cup after she rejects the breast.
I will have a look at Kellymom now, try some skin to skin over the next few days & not force her and hope I can re-establish but I think like Gen95 she has had enough!
Hopefully my pumping can improve, I have never pumped before today as I haven't left her alone for longer than an hour since having her. It was horrible watching nothing come out! She won't even latch on the other breast to let me pump!
Thank you again for replying, I definitely need to read up on the hormone crash! I feel like my world has ended but know I should be happy I lasted this long!!!
My dd gave up at 10 months. She'd never really been a star nurser, unlike my other dc who bfed almost to 2 years old. At 10 months she was eager to eat food with the family and I guess she just filled herself up. She's not really much of a cuddler either so any attempts I made to instigate BFing was met with a withering look and a wriggle to get down!
I did feel upset as she is my last baby but I can't halt progress if that's what she wants.
Dd also loves food! You should be really proud of getting this far, it is hard on you when they just stop but she's set up for life now so take pride in that. I felt down for at least a few weeks, that's why I looked it up. One of my favourite memories, and dh's, was seeing dd's smiling face when she was fast asleep with a full tummy after a long early morning feeding session. There are many other compensations as you go along though but this was one of the first and best!
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Lakewood's Private Orthodox Jewish Schools are planning to proceed with a "no-busing" drill today and Thursday. According to the Lakewood Scoop, Rabbi Moshe Zev Weisberg, said that while progress is being made in talks with the Lakewood School Board and the New Jersey Department of Education, they need to show how the elimination of courtesy busing will impact the Township every day.
In a quote given to the publication, Weisberg said, "Similar to a fire drill, this is no cheap stunt. Rather it is a real life simulation of what may actually happen in September on a daily basis. While we regret the inconvenience it may cause to residents and those passing through the town, it is in our opinion, the best way to prepare for the very real possibility of almost 10,000 children (both public and non-public) taking to the streets or their family cars in September."
Township Police are also gearing up for what could be a traffic nightmare. Police Chief Rob Lawson told the Lakewood Scoop "that officers will be stationed at more than twenty key intersections to make sure they're not blocked and that the flow of traffic is uninterrupted. The Ocean County Sheriff Department will be on hand to assist with the traffic, the Police Chief said."
Cuts to courtesy busing for public and non-public school students from grades 4 to 12 are a part of a $151 million dollar school budget approved by a state monitor who was assigned when the district announced a $5 million dollar budget deficit.
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A blog about making model trains, little boats and both real and model automobiles. Typed by someone with painty hands, oil under his fingernails and the smell of solder in his nostrils.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
P Class ready for paint
The chassis runs under its own steam. All the bits have been glued to the body. well, apart from the cab roof which is seperate 'cos I'll need to poke a paintbrush around in there.
Those buffers coulds do with a few stokes of the file too. Hadn't spotted that until I looked at the photo. I should get points for fitting the correct set though.
Then it's time to break out the Humbrol.
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- lnrmodels said...
Absolutely superb build, Phil
- Phil Parker said...
Thank you. It's not perfect, but I'm happy with it.
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Links to charities mostly to Red Cross in different countries are up, also included Jet Li's One Foundation if you are his fan & also it is a dependable charity. Donation to Help Panda will go to Wolong Nature Reserve where some is to ensure the giant pandas will not go hungry as they soon be running out of food & water. You may think I am callous to be thinking of the pandas more than ppl. I am not but usually in a natural disaster, animals suffer just as much as or even more than humans.
Some news that David after returning from Shanghai has shut himself up in his home for 2 days to work on his song. However his name has appeared in nationwide charity appeal in China however details are sketchy on when or where the event will be staged. There are already many charity concerts also in Taiwan & HK happening this weekend. Some fans arguing abt whose idol donated more *roll eyes* Vry tiresome I know, who cares so long as they donated. To be honest, most of these activities are merely 'feel good' stuff, done so most ppl can feel relieved that they did something abt it. China will have to bear the consequences of the earthquake for a very long time as they have to rebuild entire towns, roads, infrastructure for electricity & water supply, houses, schools, hospitals, etc.


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Oops I did it again.....
I went Shopping !!!!! :)
Now I didn't just buy these products alone but I'm sure you don't want to read about the cotton buds, soapboxes and boring hand washes I bought.....
From left to right: Sensodyne toothpaste, Lush sex bomb bath bomb, Lush lettuce face mask, Boots essential curl cream.
Now my reason for buying the Sensodyne toothpaste is that It does not contain SLS therefore I am one more step away from an SLS free lifestyle, I am yet to find a hand wash and it's so annoying because there are so many pretty looking bottles of hand wash out there. I thing I will eventually turn towards some lush soap to supplement hand wash but this would be rather pricey :(
I think this toothpaste cost me around £2 in Superdrug although I could probably get it cheaper in discount UK if they sold it. I like how it comes it a more personal sized tube. All my beauty and care products are almost separate from the ones my family use so there's no point in me buying family sized toothpaste when it's going to take me forever to use and take up space in my wash bag. Funnily enough the smaller tube was more value for money than the bigger tubes of the same brand.
Next the Bath bomb, XD
This was my first time ever purchasing anything from lush and the shop was practically empty which is worrying since I've heard rumours of my most local one closing down :(. But never the less I was absolutely mesmerized by the smell and presentation of the place when I walked in. It honestly felt like I was in a christmas/gift shop and toystore all at once, It was magical.....
Even though Easter is over I wanted to have the Easter egg bath bombs simply because it was still April but they stopped selling them so I went for the biggest baddest, (and closest) bath ball I could see.
The SEX BOMB !!!!
this is definitely are more mature lady's smell which isn't really my thing as I prefer more girly youthful scents even with perfumes. My family however really loved the smell of it. Maybe it will smell different in the bath but this big ol' ball was £3.20. and let me say it was a tremendous effort to breake it up. I had to use a small electric chain saw thing (which I can only describe as something scary out of my dad's toolbox) To cut it in half and then a hammer to break it into more pieces so I could use the bomb more than once. I was rather upset at the pink dust I managed to get everywhere but I managed to recover most of it into the paper bag.
Next the Lettuce Love face mask.
this was given to me as a free sample and I thought wow I got something for free !!! until I smelt it :(......I think I would've rather not have it because it looks like an ugly green monster was blended and put into a pot. I'm not to keen on the smell either but my sisters rather liked it or didn't notice it. I must have the nose of a hormonal pregnant woman because I am so picky and seem to sense things differently to others.
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I will be trying out all of these products over the weekend and should have my reviews up soon. <3


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Bad-good-bad-good. That has been the story of Green Bay Packers' season so far in a nutshell. In Week Three's inept offensive performance against Detroit, I noted that when many commentators were asked to place the teams in NFC North, most put it the Bears-Lions-Packers, in that order. Unfortunately for those who believed that the Bears replaced the Packers as the "class" of the division—since Detroit was still considered too "unpredictable"—on the road against the Chicago was just the cure the struggling Packers needed for their woes—at least their offensive ones. In Week Four's contest, neither team displayed any semblance of defensive competency in the first half, trading long drives that ended with the Packers leading 21-17 at halftime.
In the second half, the Bears continued to grind-up the Packers defense, especially on the ground, gaining 235 yards rushing all told. Fortunately for the Packers, the Bears were undone by costly mistakes—including two Jay Cutler interceptions—and failed to score a single point after the half; the Packers scored 17 additional points on short fields to win in deceptive "blowout" fashion, 38-17. Despite a more "characteristic" Aaron Rodgers' performance, a closer examination of the means to victory still leaves some doubt in the mind. The Packers defense was still shredded for nearly 500 yards and 33 first downs—and just as worrying is the fact that Packers still have been unable to establish a running game, with Eddie Lacy gaining but 48 yards on 17 carries—only 2.8 yards per attempt.
Nevertheless, if neither the Packers nor the Bears could be said to have quieted doubters in this game, what of the current division leader, the Detroit Lions? On paper, the Lions and the New York Jets led their respective conferences in fewest yards allowed on defense, but the Jets once more demonstrated for the third week in a row against teams from the "down" NFC North that this mattered little when you have a quarterback who has a habit of giving away short yardage to the other team. And unlike Rodgers last week, Matthew Stafford was able to take advantage of a questionable Jets' secondary even with an ailing Calvin Johnson barely making an appearance. The Lions could afford to keep Johnson sidelined (he was only targeted twice), because Golden Tate proved with the Lions as he did with Seattle Seahawks last season that he was an adequate No. 1 receiver if called upon.
On the other hand, Geno Smith for the third straight game was ineffectual for long stretches of when he wasn't serving the ball over to the other team on a silver platter. Once Jets fans were convinced that Smith was the "answer" merely because he looked the part of the "athletic" quarterback, and his name wasn't Mark Sanchez; now in another home loss, the evidence before their eyes now dissuades the impulse to find blame elsewhere, and the chants for Michael Vick have become more pronounced. Coach Rex Ryan probably wishes to go the "backup" plan option sooner rather than later (despite the façade he is obliged to maintain), but ultimately the decision to bench Smith will come after those who are really making the decisions start feeling the wrath of fans upon themselves.
The question then is if the Lions are "for real." This may be their season if the Packers and Bears continue to play a Jekyll and Hyde act, and the Lions have certainly played more "consistently" this season; on the other hand, we have seen this from the Lions before, with those late season swoons. But wait—wasn't that the Vikings who lit-up the scoreboard against the Atlanta Falcons with their latest new quarterback? Tied for "second" in the division? Talk about confusing.
Elsewhere, last Thursday, Kirk Cousins breathed new life into Robert Griffin III diehards by throwing four interceptions in a very embarrassing loss to the New York Giants at home; perhaps he was trying to drive the final nail into the coffin of RGIII partisans—only he left his brain in the locker room and did some major damage to his cause.
Meanwhile, the San Francisco 49ers somehow managed to escape with a victory in yet another example of how Colin Kaepernick and company cannot tolerate good fortune. Despite completely dominating the Philadelphia Eagles in every offensive category, the Eagles didn't lose the lead in the game until the fourth quarter despite not scoring a single point on offense. 49er blunders on special teams and a Kaepernick interception returned for a touchdown gave the Eagles a 21-10 lead which was only very gradually allowed to melt away. But even down 26-21, with the Eagles having been stifled for 130 yards of total offense, they manage to somehow put together a 90 yard drive to the one-yard line late in the game, yet were undone by Nick Foles resuming his inferior play of the prior minutes of the game. Yet the Eagles still had a chance just 20 seconds later, but then the officials got involved, calling two inopportune penalties and setting up a fourth-and-24 which naturally led to a game-ending interception, saving the 49ers from another humiliating defeat not cushioned by even the bizarre nature of it.
Last week after the Denver Broncos lost to the Seattle Seahawks in a game that Seahawks almost gave away due to offensive ineptitude in the fourth quarter, the Broncos' Chris Harris–who intercepted a Russell Wilson pass that led to an easy Broncos' score—proclaimed afterward that he didn't "understand" why anyone could possibly believe that Andrew Luck was a "better" quarterback than Wilson. Now, if the Indianapolis Colts had a defense (and noisy home crowd) like the Seahawks, he might be singing a different tune. After two tough losses that could have had different results had the ball bounced the other way, Luck has gotten into a groove that actually does make him appear to be the "natural" successor of his predecessor in Indianapolis that people thought he would be.
After a productive game against the admittedly "Luckless" Tennessee Titans, Luck is now after just four games 115 of 167 passing for 1305 yards and 13 TDs. Indianapolis currently leads the NFL in points scored (136) and average points per game (34). Luck's production is 50 percent higher than Wilson's, and he has shown that he is much more capable than Wilson of moving the ball through the air. Nevertheless, as they "say," teams that can rush the ball and play great defense can overcome just adequate quarterback play, and it is Wilson's good fortune to be on a team where this axiom has prevailed.
In regard to the "luckless" Titans, quarterback Jake Locker did not play due to a sprained wrist. Since being a surprisingly high draft pick in 2011, there have been plenty of doubters about his capacity to be an NFL quarterback; he certainly wasn't the top tier college quarterback that many expected him to be. It was that people saw in his "athleticism" the "potential." Locker was the projected starting quarterback for the Titans since day one, but he has been "out" for half of all the team's games due to injury. He has had shoulder "issues," he has had hip "issues" followed by knee "issues. Then he had foot "issues," and now it is wrist "issues." Practically every part of his body has had "issues." The surprising thing is that the Titans still don't have "issues" about the ability of Locker to stay upright long enough to play something like a full season. It seems more and more doubtful all the time, and other than one or two good games, one wonders when the team is going to get around to asking the question "what's the point?"


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Em Português ou Inglês, ou ambas as línguas, conforme o estar e o lugar.............................. In Portuguese or in English, or in both languages, depending on the mood and place...
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gor=girl :( Sorry!
This is an extraordinary photograph with a lot of tenderness in it! Just love it! bjs
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Dearest DeeDee
by Anonymous-Writer • November 19, 2016 • * Safe for Work *, To You • 0 Comments
I need to say some things. I wish I could do so in person but you made it clear that it was far too upsetting to talk the last time I saw you.
I don't know any more what you felt. I've shared our story many times as I searched for the reason why. Friends and therapists all can only agree that I'll never know the truth.
Did you love me? I know I loved (and still love) you.
No one made me feel like you did when I saw your smile. The way your face lit up in happiness mad life seem a lovely thing.
It was so hard to hold back out of respect for you. The time I almost kissed you is forever burned in my memory…I regret not kissing you and always will.
life has been hell since i saw that look in your lovely eyes….
To answer your question. Yes my love….you were my favorite. I'd give anything for your embrace one more time


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Cute, cute, cute!!!
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Julie - Love the new site look!! So fresh and easy to read :) Can't wait to see how your tile comes out too!!
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A few weeks ago, French President François Hollande announced the "Calais Jungle" refugee camp would be dismantled, leaving thousands of destitute refugees, including unaccompanied minors, in northern France with nowhere to go. Although many have since been able to submit an asylum claim, it still remains that for months on end these refugees from countries such as Syria, Afghanistan and Eritrea relied on the help of small-scale NGOs and the public, with no assistance from the French government.
Amélie Jacques, a famous French blogger who grew up in Paris and Rome, has lived in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and now resides in Soweto, South Africa. Following the tense situation with refugees in Calais, in a short essay on her blog "Ubuntu" she voiced her concerns about the French government's harsh policies limiting refugees' entrance into the country.
She also contrasted how easy it is for her to travel with a French passport with how difficult it is for people from other countries: "No matter whether they're refugees, asylum seekers, economic migrants, if they're fleeing war, persecution, or simply looking for a better future … all migrants should be able to come to France and to elsewhere in Europe. There's no moral reasoning not to allow people to come and live in another country.
"What's this prejudice and inequality based on? French people are no more worthy of rights than other men and women. More than rights, these are privileges. What's more, such privileges are based on where you're born because in our world, you're either born with the right passport or not. Such inequality of rights is devoid of all morality. We either take a step down on the ladder of privilege and confine each person to the country where they were born, or we allow every human being the right to migrate and move out of their own land."
France has long been a nation of immigration with debates surrounding assimilation and secular identity, in particular concerning migrants from former colonial nations such the Maghreb region of Algeria, Morocco and North Africa. However, in the light of the recent refugee crisis, France's response has been rather poor, unlike its European neighbour Germany.
The French government originally committed to welcoming refugees from Syria, but in practice is not a main recipient of refugees from Syria. The UK and France have in fact been locked in a battle of wills in an attempt to pass off responsibility for welcoming refugees. France maintains that these refugees want to reach the UK, whilst the UK government neither wants to fully open its doors.
As a whole, Europe remains divided on the issue of resettling refugees from war-torn countries, and some members of the European Union continue to express hostility to the idea. — Globalvoices.org


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H&H Soul Food is known as the kitchen that fed the Allman Brothers, and Mama Louise as their chef. More than 40 years ago, she started going above and beyond to nourish their band's palates and their souls. Our Yvonne Thomas spoke to Mama Louise as she remembers the Allman Brothers.
An ordinary day in 1969, Louise Hudson, known as "Mama Louise," welcomed a few out-of-the-ordinary guests into her Cotton Avenue restaurant. "I was looking out the window one afternoon and I said, 'Janie...' She said, 'What is it, Louise?' I said, 'Here comes a crowd of hippies!'" said Mama Louise.
Those hippies turned out to be Duane and Gregg Allman, along with the rest of the Allman Brothers band. Mama Louise could tell they were new in town and knew just how to make them feel at home. "They came on in. They were hungry, so I fed them and I just got to be their mama. I enjoyed them boys," said Mama Louise.
Soon, the H & H Restaurant became the group's home away from home.
When the road trips ended, they'd come to see "Mama," as they called her, craving fried chicken, collards, everything she cooked. "Yeah, I stayed in touch with them," said Mama Louise.
PHOTOS: Gregg Allman through the years
They flew her to some shows over the years and talked often. More than 40 years later, the memories still hang as heavy in the air as the chicken grease at H&H. "We turned out to be a family."
But now, members of her family have passed on -- first, Duane Allman in 1971, and now, Gregg Allman. "It was shocking. I got so many calls the other night about it I just burst out crying," said Mama Louise. Mama Louise says she's hurting but wouldn't change a thing about the journey and believes her boys are rockin' and rollin' in a better place.
Mama Louise says she does plan to attend Gregg Allman's funeral. There's no word yet his funeral arrangement, but his manager confirmed Gregg Allman will be buried at Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon.


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Thomas Cook has reported an increase in bookings and revenue over the first quarter of the financial year.
The figures
In the three months to 31 December, revenues increased by seven per cent to £1.75bn.
Gross profit was up £16m to £376m, while the gross margin of 21.5 per cent was down by 50 basis points compared to the same period of the previous year.
Net debt at 31 December was £1.3bn, an increase of £71m over the year.
Bookings overall were up eight per cent.
Shares were down more than two per cent in early trading.
Why it's interesting
This time last year, Thomas Cook was dealing with the impact of terror attacks in Belgium and Turkey, which contributed to a volatile year of trading and prompted a cautious outlook for the group.
However, today the company said trading for 2018 "so far is encouraging", and it expects full year results to be in line with expectations. In part, Thomas Cook said, this was due to continued recovery in its German airline, Condor.
Meanwhile, noting that net debt had widened in the first quarter, the firm said this was largely due to non-recurring payments totalling £88m to The Co-operative Group - in 2016, Thomas Cook agreed to buy the Co-op out of its joint venture. Excluding these payments, and the effects of currency change, net debt improved by £65m, the group said.
What Thomas Cook said
"While it remains early in our sales cycle, we've got the year off to a good start. From all that we see so far, customers' appetite for a summer holiday abroad shows no sign of slowing down," said chief executive Peter Frankhauser.
"This remains a highly competitive - and, at times, unpredictable - market, as the disruption in the airlines sector in recent months demonstrates. However, based on current trading and the continued progress we are making on implementing our customer-focused strategy for profitable growth, we expect to deliver a performance in line with current expectations for the full year."


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Gypsies are believed to have arrived in Europe from northern India in the 1400s. They were called Gypsies because Europeans thought they came from Egypt. This ethnic minority is made up of distinct groups called "tribes" or "nations." Most of the Gypsies in German-occupied Europe belonged to the Sinti and Roma tribes. The Sinti generally predominated in Germany and western Europe, and the Roma in Austria, eastern Europe, and the Balkans. The Sinti and Roma spoke dialects of a common language called Romani, based in Sanskrit, the classical language of India.
The research of racial scientist Dr. Robert Ritter and his associates served both as instrument and justification for the Nazi regime to isolate and eventually destroy the German Gypsy population.
By studying Gypsies, Ritter, who was a psychiatrist, hoped to determine the links between heredity and criminality. With funding from the German Association for Scientific Research and access to police records, Ritter began in 1937 to systematically interview all the Gypsies residing in Germany.
To do so, he traveled to Gypsy encampments and, after the deportation and internment of Gypsies began, to the concentration camps. Ritter developed detailed genealogies—family histories to distinguish "pure" Gypsies from those of "mixed blood" and to root out assimilated Gypsies from the general German population.
|1938. A Roma woman and child in a camp during an investigation by the Racial Hygiene Research Center at the Reich Bureau for Health.
|1938. Eva Justin interviews a Roma woman about her family and ancestry.
|1938. Dr. Robert Ritter conducts an interview with a Roma woman.
|1938. Dr. Ritter takes a blood sample from a Roma woman.
|1938. Sophie Ehrhardt of the Racial Hygiene Research Center conducts an interview with an elderly Roma woman.
|1940. A woman runs outside a Sinti encampment targeted by the Racial Hygiene Research Center.
|May 1940. A Roma man in Asperg, Germany, prior to deportation to a camp in Poland.
|May 22, 1940. Sinti are marched down the street in Asperg on their way to Hohenasperg Prison prior to their deportation to camps in Poland.
|May 22, 1940. Sinti in the courtyard of Hohenasperg Prison prior to their deportation to camps in Poland.
|May 22, 1940. Sinti are rounded up by police in Asperg, Germany.
|May 22, 1940. Sinti board the train that will take them to a concentration camp in Poland.
(All photos by Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images, via Mashable/ Retronault)


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Amber, my name twin over at Beauty Junkies Unite had the scoop on the new fall collections from Zoya. Out July 15th, the Fall shades are comprised of two collections: Truth and Dare. The Truth collection is made of bright, metallic shades, while the Dare collection is made up of dark, creamy shades.
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It's been a while since the last post! Things were quite tough back then but we still have to move on, right? Haha...I'm so pleased to continue posting about delicious food on this blog so hope you'll like it! By the way, now I have my own DSLR camera to capture beautiful food photos! Yihaa! It's NIKON and I'm gonna learn taking better photos with it.
Amid my busy daily activities, I am lucky to have a little time doing my hobbies. I also have a great mother who always provides her family nutritious meals everyday. Sometimes she likes to do some experiments too. A few days ago she made steamed buns (again) but with special filling. She scattered some dried fruits, such as wolfberries and raisins, on the rolled dough. Wolfberry is fine but raisin...! Oh no, not for me!
My mom said they were good for health. I know wolfberry, or goji berry, can help prevent vision-related diseases, which means it is good for eyes. While raisins...hmm, I myself prefer fresh grapes to the dried ones but since my mom loves it, I tried to accept it. Well, this was how the buns looked like, came out freshly from the steamer!
Surprisingly, the taste was not as bad as I thought. Quite delicious! Maybe the sourness of the raisins was slightly covered by the sweetness of the bun and wolfberries. Suitable for breakfast and snack time, indeed!


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David Coupland's cult novel (at least for geeks :) at last translated to Turkish. If you haven't read it, don't miss this opportunity
Nerds over focus. I guess that's the problem. But it's precisely the ability to narrow-focus that makes them so good at code writing: one line at a time, one line in a strand of millions.


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Gilbert Parra, the bigger-than-life Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department homicide detective who inspired characters in motion pictures from "Freebie and the Bean" to "Mulholland Falls," has died. He was 65.
Parra died Oct. 19 in Los Angeles of liver cancer, said his friend, Floyd Mutrux, a Hollywood producer, director and writer credited with producing the 1974 "Freebie" and creating the story for the 1996 "Mulholland Falls."
"Gil was part of the tapestry of at least 10 different movies," Mutrux said Sunday. "He worked 23 hours a day. He loved being a cop."
Mutrux said he first met Parra when the detective was on duty outside Hollywood's Whiskey a Go Go in 1970, soon befriended him, and infused him into the future San Francisco cop comedy "Freebie and the Bean." While most insiders viewed Parra as the inspiration for the character Freebie, played by actor James Caan, Mutrux said Parra actually was the prototype for both Freebie and for Bean, played by Alan Arkin.


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Clash with the Titans: Moffat County basketball opens league play
Girls down Coal Ridge 86-28; boys outdone, 63-61, in overtime
December 17, 2015
Thursday night will be a memorable one in the ongoing mythos of Moffat County High SchoolMoffat County High School basketball. basketball.
Moffat County High School basketball.
The MCHS boys and girls varsity teams met with their first opponent within the 3A Western Slope League, the Titans of Coal Ridge also their last match of 2015.
The Lady Bulldogs have already had some sizable victories to begin their season, but Moffat County girls must have wanted to see how high they could get the scoreboard after a 42-10 first half, and only after taking 32 points in the third quarter did they start to slow down, finishing with a win of 86-28 to improve to 4-1 overall and 1-0 in the conference.
Titan girls are 1-3 and 0-1.
The Bulldog momentum carried on from there as the boys began their game with the Titans, hungry for a win to start the league schedule on the right foot. The guys finished their first quarter ahead, 20-11.
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Coal Ridge started to gain a little more steam in the second quarter, and the two groups went into the locker room with the score 26-22, Moffat County.
A close third started to make the Dogs sweat, despite being up 42-40 heading into the final period. Or, what they thought would be the final, as Titan Brandon Herrera sunk some well-timed free throws to tie it at 57.
The ensuing overtime minutes were as narrow, and while MCHS looked as if they would take the win, Herrera sank a three-pointer to push Coal Ridge to 63-61 and their first WSL win, 2-2 overall, with the Bulldogs now 1-5 and 0-1 in the conference.
Moffat County basketball will start up again in two weeks, as boys and girls C-Teams will host Coal Ridge on Jan. 5 and Baggs, Wyoming, on Jan. 7. The varsity squads will jump back into WSL play with back-to-back games against Gunnison on Jan. 8 and Olathe on Jan. 9, all of which will be at home.


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FiendPuncher meets us in medical, arms crossed, looking furious. "Apparently I'm the only one smart enough to actually run from one of the most terrifying people in the city."
Jailbait flips her off. "I was actually helping. Thanks for making us look bad."
"It all just happened so fast," Caffeine says, with a shit-eating grin.
Their teammates are busy getting treated, and both just groan at us from beds on the opposite side of the room.
"Twice in one day?" Time says, "really, Travis."
She looks over the scrape and cut on my cheek, but doesn't do anything to it. I really wish I'd gotten someone whose powers didn't interact with hers. My cheek feels like a branding iron.
"Next time," Psybeam says, quietly, almost into my ear, "we should go over evacuation procedures or something."
Next time, I think I'm going to literally inject the kids with beacons, and make them carry extras, and get someone to sign me out an emergency teleport for each and every one of them.
"Whoa," Caffeine says, "when did you get here?"
Jailbait looks at him quizzically, too.
"I brought him," FiendPuncher grits out. "I thought this was obvious. The people who can move fast move fast and carry along whoever they can with them."
"Huh," Caffeine says. "I guess."
"Enigma Machine can move at almost 100 miles per hour, and can carry at least one person while doing it," FiendPuncher hisses, "and you, you can move how fast?"
Caffeine shrugs.
"Well, let's say faster than that, anyway, and I doubt it would slow you down all that much to carry someone," she spits.
"Can't," Caffeine says, shrugging again.
"Can't?" FiendPuncher snaps.
Caffeine shrugs again. "I can't take anyone else with me. Not allowed."
"You're not rated to take anyone with you, Caffeine," I grumble, "are you seriously saying you're going to adhere to that in a fucking emergency?"
"Didn't see you doing anything," he tells me.
I put a hand to my head, and let the kids go back to fighting each other.
Of course, I get debriefed by no less than three separate people, and I'm sure more will show up later, or over the weekend, or on Monday.
And, of course, the good doctor demands I see him at my earliest convenience.
And, of course, the rumor mill is up and running, and I have no idea how many times I say I'm fine, but it is a lot, and it is to a lot of people. Including people I have not seen nor talked to in years. Not including my parents, fortunately, although yes including my uncle, who I kind of have to beg not to tell them. And send photographic proof that I'm only mildly injured. And also he's pulled the incident report and the medical report (on the kids, not that he didn't try to pull mine).
Who are fine, as it turns out, shaken up, but fine. Playing checkers in the gym with Dr. Skye. Hunch comes by to turn on that little feed for me while I wait in administrative purgatory.
Saint comes by to refresh the patch on my cheek, grumbling about how even if it doesn't bother me I'm still setting a pretty bad example. It goes numb.
Sensei Domino comes by to ask me if I want him to take over training for a little while, if the kids are even going to show up next week, because I can always tell them to take some time off, and should do it myself if I need to. I decline. Then he sits with me for a while, dealing out a couple hands of cards. Vector is playing, too, and Bartok. I think we play Gin.
Or maybe Go Fish. I don't know.
Eventually, some little machine in the corner beeps and I drop all my cards in my lap and curse and try to catch my breath. I guess I'm not a memetic hazard, though.
Someone tells me this weekend someone else will be dropping by to comb through my head.
Someone hands me a cup of coffee.
Someone warns me about upping my security measures at home for the time being.
Someone gives me a ride.
Darren's at the door supporting me once I get there, already having gotten the updated threat level, already having set up the extra precautions, already having checked to see that I was okay, and, I assume, sent the necessary messages to friends and relatives about being careful. I wonder if he texted me. Or called. Or emailed. I hope I mentioned to him that I was fine.
"Travis?" Darren says, again, and I nod at him, and my head hits the pillow.
I'm asleep within minutes.
I dream of Klepto singing nursery rhymes, counting rhymes as he points to body after body. I recognize the gravesite, I've seen enough pictures. The bodies don't look like bodies, though, they look like little zombie dolls blown up to life size, and sometimes they grin and sing along. I shoot them and shoot them but they don't go quiet or stop laughing and I realize that I'm aiming wrong but I can't remember where I'm supposed to hit, the head or the heart.
I wake up crying in the middle of the night and it takes Darren sitting through almost the entirety of Night of the Living Dead with me before I can go back to sleep, and even then only after tea and then soup and then cocoa and only because he threatens to call Dr. Waters.
And only because he stirred a sleeping pill into the cocoa and led me back to bed.
I wake up late on Saturday and can only remember dreaming about whales.


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The review of a contract between a middle school and its neighbor began a discussion about the Tuscaloosa City School District's liability for students at school-sponsored off-campus activities at the district's school board meeting Monday.
The board tabled a vote on approving an agreement between Tuscaloosa Middle School and the University Church of Christ after finding that the church's legal "hold harmless" clause in the contract between the two could leave the district open to liability.
The church has been letting TMS use its Graham Ball Field for free for a few years, said Principal Ann Hewiit. But in return the church's "hold harmless" clause of the contract asks that it not be held liable in case a child were to be injured due to the maintenance or structure of the ball field.
Softball games and practices have been held at the field in the past under the contract.
But after review of the contract, board attorney Dave Ryan said that could lead to a gap in student insurance coverage.
"It's only got to happen one time to have a devastating effect on your budget," said Ryan of a possible injury and potential lawsuit in that situation.
Staff will review the contract again and try to find a solution or new options, said district spokesperson Walter Maddox.
"Considering the scarcity of our fiscal resources, we have to do everything we can to protect them," Maddox said.
Board members discussed having the team use Northridge High School, which is covered by the school board's insurance, for its practices and games instead. But they said transportation could be a possible obstacle.
Board members also discussed the idea of a blanket insurance policy that would cover the district and its students in such situations, but Ryan said such a policy could be prohibitively expensive.
The board also acknowledged local athletes and artists for state-level achievements, and recognized Alabama Teachers of the Year and Jacksonville State University Teacher Hall of Fame School winners.
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