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They will benefit up to 200 people that could attend public or private universities.
With an investment of 5,000 million pesos , the District today launched the Reparation Fund for Access to Higher Education for victims of armed conflict , residing in Bogotá in strata 1 , 2 and 3.
The fund will help some 150-200 people victims of armed conflict who want to study a career.
The Secretary of Education of Bogotá, Patricia Buritica said pay up to 6'700 thousand pesos per semester scholarship .
Submissions will be accepted until May 23, 2014 , on the website www.educacionbogota.edu.co
The eligibility requirements for this benefit are:
1. Citizenship / a Colombian / a .
Two . Not have additional financial support to further higher education studies in the professional, technical or technological university levels from development banks or other agencies.
March . Having no university-level professional degree
April . Being included in the Register of Victims or recognized as such in the failures of Justice and Peace . The identification with the applicant in the notice of the Fund falls , must be the same one that is registered on the RUV and must be updated .
May . Being admitted to an institution of higher education recognized by the Ministry of Education or be pursuing a semester of higher education in an institution of higher education recognized by the Ministry of Education.
6. District officials Ser graduate schools at levels 1 , 2 or 3 and / or be a victim woman living in the Capital District for a period of not less than four years.
7. Having the proof Saber 11.
8. Having your own address .
9. Subscribe via ICETEX website or District Office of Education .
Credits will exonerables if they meet the following conditions:
a. Meet the entire period of study and successfully completing them.
b . Get the respective title or degree issued by the Higher Education Institution .
c . Participate in the program accompanying the District Department of Education , the High Council for the Rights of Victims , Peace and Reconciliation and / or the Special Administrative Unit for the Integral Care and Repair Victim


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Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward ****
Imagine my surprise when I found out that this building had only just opened last year. The original house, which had stood there for many years, was completely destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Biloxi had painstakingly rebuilt it to look exactly like it had before.
As we drove along the main drag we noticed several blank spaces in between other homes & businesses. It was then that the destruction that Katrina had unleashed on the gulf coast really hit home for me. Being from the middle of the US & not having much experience of being around the ocean I never really could wrap my head around the images I saw of the post-Katrina apocalypse. Being there made it much more real.
Salvage the Bones is about the days leading up to Katrina & it's immediate aftermath. It's the story of Esch, a 14 year old girl living in poverty in Bois Sauvage, Mississippi. Her mother died 6 years ago giving birth to her little brother. She lives with her drunken father & her 3 brothers: Randall, the oldest who takes care of everyone; Skeetah, who loves his pit bull China more than most people; & Junior, who's lived his life not knowing his mother & being raised by Esch & Randall.
The family lives in extreme poverty on a patch of land called The Pit just outside of town. Never is there any reference in the book to there being a female that Esch calls friend. It's just her & her brothers & their friends--that's the whole circle of her world. She's in love with Randall's best friend, Manny, who uses her for her body & then never acknowledges her otherwise. She discovers that she's pregnant just as Skeetah's dog China gives birth to her first litter of puppies, & from that moment on her story, China's story, & the story of Medea (she is reading Bulfinch's Mythology for school) all become intertwined as the book unfolds.
I'd never heard about this book before, even though it won the National Book Award a few years back. I wonder if maybe it's because of the references to & descriptions of dog fighting, which has come more into the spotlight since Michael Vick was arrested for it. It's such a horrible sport, but the way Ward describes the bizarre way in which these boys love their dogs, yet fight them so brutally, is mesmerizing.
Love & death. The two eternal mysteries, told in a compelling & touching way by Jesmyn Ward. Katrina the destroyer--it's the stuff of mythology.
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Sunday, August 5, 2012
Swimming in Mud
Over 3 months. I can't say I haven't read anything, but what I've read has been rather light. It's been hard. I don't know why exactly, other than maybe I've been depressed.
Funny how writing about what I've been reading & how I've been feeling go hand in hand. Maybe because you have to be in a mental place, a good place, to read & analyze what you think of a book. I haven't been clear of head to make the effort to figure out what I think of anything I read.
Trying to figure out why I feel this way seemed complicated. But once I started thinking about it, it was rather simple. There has a been a firing spree at my job & it frightens & disturbs me. I've worked at the same place for 15 years & in that time I've formed relationships with my fellow workers that transcended the normal acquaintanceship. It has to do with Puppy's traumatic birth & first 5 months of life. He was born at the hospital I work at & in that time period he was hospitalized there 11 more times. During those stressful months when Dog & I didn't know if Puppy would live or die, the people I work with acted as a huge support to us. They bought us dinner & brought it by our apartment. They collected money on Christmas Eve & one of my coworkers blushingly brought a card by Puppy's hospital room with the unknown-to-us cash inside & just said, "Merry Christmas". Over $100.00 spontaneously gathered in a matter of a couple hours. When my ETO ran out, they donated their own to me. It was a large check, one that helped us buy a house. In short, they were another family to me. A bizarre, dysfunctional family filled with some very odd people, but then again don't all families fit that description?And now some of them are effectively dead to me. I've never been one to have a lot of interaction outside of work with my co-workers. There are always a couple that are closer to me, but most are just people that I truly enjoy talking to while doing my job. So when I come to work after being off a day & find out that someone I've worked with the whole time I've been at this hospital has been summarily fired, even though they may have worked there for more than 30 years, it's like they're gone. I didn't communicate with them outside of work, so it would be odd to contact them now. But I so miss them.
And so I've been grieving. And I've been scared. There hasn't been a firing since May, but that might not mean anything. I try not to take it personally or get too worked up about it, & I've been doing a pretty good job of that lately. But a part of me has been hurt badly.
So just in the past 2 weeks I've felt like the swimming has gotten easier. I've started a book I have to think about deeply in order to grasp, so we shall see what happens. If anybody is still out there, thanks for hanging on.
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We have a beautiful house full of beautiful things. Most of which still have a payment. That is something different for us. But we needed this stuff...seriously, we had no furniture...but did we have to get a livingroom set with a payment plan or could we just do as we always do and buy used? Oh conviction. Oh sweet conviction! I ask God what he would have me to after hearing my husband's heart about the "stuff" we have and how our giving have gone down since getting this "stuff". I heard immediately "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me." Ouch! Conviction! Lord, please dont make me give up my washer and dryer :)
Paul said that the biggest thing that has been bothering him is our livingroom TV. Really?! I dont even understand why he didnt tell me. I force myself to sit in front of it and watch it because it has a huge payment and costs so much. I am proud of him for telling me he wants it gone. This isnt us! We are going to sit down with the kids tonight and explain why this week we will be giving back our "stuff." We will look for stuff we can pay for with cash. I am calling compassion and getting our kids back! Compassion was nice enough to give us a
Look I am not saying this for pity or pats on the back, I dont deserve either. I am just laying it all out. This is real, this is me, this is raw. I have sinned. I have not denied myself but indulged it. I have forgotten I am made to live not of this world. Shame on me! God, forgive me. Forgive my weaknesses. Help me to live a life wholly and completely following hard after you. I forgot my purpose. A song comes to my Lord, a song I never equated to this subject until you brought it to me. "I know I'm not strong enough to be everything that I'm supposed to be I give up I'm not stong enough Hands of mercy won't you cover me Lord right now I'm asking you to be
Strong enough Strong enough For the both of us. Lord help me to deny myself. Help me to raise my family to believe in denying ourselves. I want them to know that we are not here for stuff but here to serve. God help us. Thank you for the break in the car, thank you for convicting both my husband and I and thank you for allowing Paul to express to me how he feels. Help me to take the criticisms that I know will come from this. Help to always remember my purpose here. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.
And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. Luke 9 23 and 24
Can I tell you all what just happened? My husband went out to check on the car and there is no leak. Why was there a leak at church? I think it was a wake up call we desperately needed. Thank you Jesus!
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Hi everyone! Donna is our go to Girlfriend this week over at the Little Red Wagon. She wants us to share some Summertime goodness. I decided to have a go with a beachy Tiddley Inks image, Wryn Beach Babe -
Looking forward to seeing your Summertime creations. Just link up at Little Red Wagon blog.
Image: Tiddley Inks Wryn Beach Babe
Sentiment: LOTV sentiment stamps
Paper: Doodlebug Sunkissed
Accessories: Target bakers twine, MFT Scenic Safari Dynamics (sand), Sizzix Hello Life dies, WPLUS9 sun die
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While to gain long term and permanent control over premature ejaculation, men need to learn how to control their sexual response, re-train their ejaculatory reflex to naturally last longer, and learn some other critical information about ejaculation control. However, there are moments where a quick, in the moment fix is needed when getting too close to ejaculation. Here are a few techniques that can be used to instantly last longer and delay ejaculation.
* Focus on short, shallow penetrations. This will stimulate the vaginal entrance, where the majority of a woman's nerve endings are, giving them more pleasure. This will help women become aroused more quickly, which helps the man get his partner to climax quicker. Most importantly this will make it less stimulating for the man, effectively prolonging your pleasure and hers.
* Slow down the pace and take some slow, deep thrusts. This will decrease how much stimulation your penis is getting while not having to stop intercourse. When you are deep, try grinding your hips and wiggling your pelvic bone. This will reduce your stimulation even more while still stimulating her as your pelvis will be in direct contact with her clitoris.
* Focus on your partner first before worrying about yourself. By making sure that she has an orgasm first, a lot of the pressure will be released, allowing you to relax some and not be so overwhelmed, which can affect how quickly you climax.
* If you do happen to climax before your partner, don't get discouraged and stop everything. Keep focusing on her and after a few minutes you will be ready to go again (round two). Most men last longer the second time around anyway and your partner will appreciate the extra attention.
* Switch it up and have her on top. Your penis will be less stimulated from this position, allowing you to regain control again. Ask her to go nice and slow at first to extend it even longer. This position will give the woman control and she will be able to move exactly the way she likes, making it easier for her to climax.
* There's no shame in having to just completely stop and compose yourself. If you can, try to stimulating her entire body while you reset so she is not left lying there. Also, if she is still getting pleasured, she is much more likely to reach orgasm when you resume intercourse or even climax before you resume and then your thrusting is an added bonus to her.
* Wear a condom, not only do they immediately reduce stimulation and friction to your penis, but they are a good safety measure. Many condoms now come with lubrication that warms up with friction and this may also assist your partner in climaxing quicker, masking any premature ejaculation.
Remember these are quick fixes, Band-Aids, not solutions to premature ejaculation. To master your time to orgasm takes effort but once conquered you will have a new found confidence that woman will recognize the minute you enter a room. We have found www.mensresults.com to be a helpful resource for information on how to cure Premature Ejaculation and last longer bed.
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Hogbetsotso festival ranks as one of the most popular festivals in Ghana. Also known as the festival of exodus, Hogbetsotso is annually celebrated on the first weekend of November by the people of Anlo in the Volta region. The Anlo's constitute 36 towns on the coast including keta, Afife, Dabala, Afiadenyigba among others.
It's a week long festival to celebrate the escape of the Anlos led by the "Red Hunter" from the tyrant King Agokoli of the walled city of Notsie (present day northern Togo) to their current home in Ghana. The ceremony precedes with the purification of the traditional stool, then the peace-making period and ends with a grand durbar of chiefs. The date for the Hogbetsotso festival 2016 is the 5th of November, save it.
Try to secure a hotel or place on time to avoid disappointments, that's if you intend spending a day or more at Anloga to experience the festival. If you're not able to book any accommodation in Anglo, you can opt for an accommodation in one of the neighboring towns (Sogakofe, Keta or Dabala) and drive to Anloga to witness the festival. Here's another tip, it will be awesome if you travel in a group for the event (exactly how I'll be going).
For those going to miss out on this years festival, I've got your back, just keep following up with this site. I'll feed you with all the info, lots of pictures and a video when I return. Just like I did with the Chalewote festival and the Fetu Ogua Afahye festival, no one does it better. Don't hesitate to say hi when you see me, would love to meet you there. Untill then, stay awesome and have fun.


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Tuesday, September 11, 2007
no not the musical, unless you insist
yes, I know it looks like it could use a trim, all thin and straggly on the ends, but sadly it will still look that way, no matter how many inches I take off.
No this post isn't about that, or about how incredibly bushy and frizzy my hair gets at the shore.
No, this post is about, GREY HAIR!!! AAAHHHHH!!!!!
I need help
First off let me say that we grey early in my family. We start at 16. (my 11 yr old son has already had his first grey hair). By nature we are a salt and peppery bunch. I pluck out my grey hair on top, have been doing that for years, I used to pluck it all over, but now there is so much grey in the under layers above my ears, that I fear I will be bald.
Which is essentially how my dear brother fixes this problem, he is shaved so close on the sides (with just a little more length center top), people always assume he is in the military.
Color the color
I tried one of those rinses ( a year ago) and it washed right out of my hair, didn't hold at all.
I once used a permanent dye, it dyed all my brown hair, a solid dark color, and didn't change the grey at all, so then the grey really stood out. (also I am afraid of dyes because my hair is so coarse and frizzy)
I guess I am still okay plucking the top layer out for now, but I still am concerned I shall have bald patches soon.
That is all, just sharing hair fun.
(but if you know of a solution, non-military or Britney, please do share)
by the bye,
I rotated that top picture. I don't know why it turned itself back.
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- Vesper said...
Your hair looks beautiful, why complain?
Your greys seem to be "stubborn". You have to try other dyes, permanent ones, there are some that pretend to offer 100% grey coverage.
- September 12, 2007 at 7:26 AM
- Taffiny said...
Thanks, I choose a good hair day for the post. (you shouldn't see it now)
Sooner, or later, I know I will have to try to dye it again.
The grey hair is crazy though, wiry, and very independent minded, I don't think I will be able to tamp it down, or color it. At least for now I can still pull (a lot of) it out.
- September 12, 2007 at 10:14 AM
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ok, i'm not coder nor have i ever studied c++ but...
even i know that
{(float)x,(float)(y+h), 0.0f, 0.0f, yourcolor},
{(float)x,(float)y, 0.0f, 0.0f, yourcolor},
{(float)(x+w),(float)(y+h), 0.0f, 0.0f, yourcolor},
{(float)(x+w),(float)y, 0.0f, 0.0f, yourcolor}
one those number has to be changed to changed to change the transparent
i'm just gussing here, but i think 250= completely see through and 0 =invisible... so try idunno.. 200
Great now my menu goes after 1 game.
Please press thanks if I helped (:
Portal for Combat Arms
Now i have half a border and no box ,
Does this mean i know c++?,
Nah i know i dont know c++ but i finally got it,
i though u ment change a color to a witch ofcse u cant do
No one wants to help you make hacks for your website /, and at your other comment was just ridiculous, at least give learning c++ a chance, its a cool language and it can be used for more than making hacks for stupid games.
Dont ban me
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This thread is full of lulz.


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Under current Utah Law, our favorite Weber County County Commisswioner Candidate, Caitlin Gochnour, is now poised to become our next Weber County Commissioner.
Farewell to the Weber CountyGOP "Good Old Boy's Club,." we hope
Weber County Forum thus endorses Caitlin Gochnour for Weber County Commission, we do say!
Go, Caitlin, GO!
Update 3/22/16 11:43 AM: Undeterred by crackpot Weber County GOP political hacks urging her to "obey" the Crackpot Weber GOP, Caitlin Gochnour, WCF's favorite commission candidate, launches her own uninhibited 2016 County Commission campaign:
Bravo, Mrs Gochnour!


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Norah's Vintage Afghan
I am back to working on Norah's Vintage Afghan. This is a project which is comprised of 20 different blocks and they all include beautiful cable designs. I have not worked on this project in several months but this project has resurfaced and I have recently finished two blocks. Here is Block #3. I love how it turned out. It was fun and not too difficult. The only problem I encountered was an error on the chart. I printed out my pattern back in November or December 2015, and a new corrected version was published sometime in 2016. So if you are encountering any problems with Norah's Vintage Afghan, ensure you have the most recent version of the pattern. You can download the pattern for free from Ravelry. Here is the pattern link (click HERE).
If you would like to see my other posts about Norah's Vintage Afghan, click HERE.
We have been having a beautiful fall here in Southern Colorado. I go for walks with the dogs every morning at sunrise and I take photos nearly every day. I don't know what to do with all of these gorgeous photos. I'll share one here!


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I hope you all had a lovely time ringing in the new year! We had a lovely evening playing board games with some friends. This is actually quite a deal at our house, because it's been simply forever since we even had the night off together. It was really nice and I had a lot of fun. We haven't had a lot of Pennytime together lately because of the holidays and I am really looking forward to settling back into our routine without tons of me not being at home.
Yes, I am the traveller, the one who has to run a couple of states away while my dearest stays home and works. It's something that has happened for so long I barely remember what we did before Penny had a job that required people to work over the holidays. Oh well, whatever works, right?
I did pretty good with my holiday depression this year. I didn't go in as deeply as normal which was great! I got a really bad cold with fever and cough for Christmas (thanks Santa) and so I am just now feeling normal. I was sure to share with Penny (cause that's what happens when you're married, you share everything) and so FINALLY we are both starting to feel better and not be so irritable and short with one another (got to be my least favorite thing about being sick at the same time).
I mention holiday depression because (well first because it happens to me) I know it happens to a LOT of people. And it happens for different reasons. Mine is tied to family and how our traditions have changed and missing those that we can't be with anymore.
That is just me, I am not trying to drag anyone else into my personal thing here, but sometimes people just need to know that it happens to someone else.
I don't have a lot of resolutions this year, mainly to be healthy and I have some crafty ones, but they don't really apply here LOL!
Acceptance is something I really learned about int 2010. I hope that in 2011 that I can not only learn how to show more acceptance to those I know, but to those I don't know. I would like to think that as I meet new people in the world that they will know that I mean what I say and I treat others as I wish to be treated no matter how they present.
Happy New Year.


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I know that I have already posted to my blog this week; however, I found something too important to wait. On Tuesday, our country crosses the milestone of the 6th Anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center. I just became aware that there is a September 11th Memorial on the World Trade Center SIM.
The memorial honors and remembers the 2,996 people lost on 9/11/01 at the World Trade Center, Pentagon and on Flights 11, 77, 93 and 175.
The names of these individuals, from 82 countries, have been listed according to their location on that fateful morning. If available their photos have also been compiled and carefully adorn the inside wall.
Winfried Ferraris is the landowner and Liam Kanno is the designer. Their hope is to offer the families, friends, loved ones and visitors from all over the world a place in SL to come and pay tribute to the victims. A place to gather with those affected and share as a way of healing and honoring those who lost their lives.
You can obtain a white rose and leave it on any spot you wish on the memorial. Donations help the cost to run the plot the memorial is placed on.
Please visit this memorial by CLICKING HERE. (World Trade Center 175, 79, 26)
Monday, September 10, 2007
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If the Slipper Fits…
Sarah Noble Ives, "Trying on the Slipper," from Cinderella. Watercolor, pen and ink, ca. 1912.
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This exquisite watercolor drawing of a humble but elegant Cinderella trying on the glass slipper is one of a set of drawings done by artist Sarah Noble Ives for a McLoughlin picture book version of Cinderella issued around 1912. Ives portrays Cinderella as a Pre-Raphaelite beauty who commands center stage despite her simple dress.


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51. The Great Showdowns
Calling all movie buffs. This one is for you.
There is no great story that does not have a conflict or struggle that needs resolution, and this little book showcases some of the great showdowns in movies. This book has no text. The showdowns are represented by lovely, whimsical watercolors, and you really have to be a movie buff to get all the references. There are quite a few I did not get. This is a fun art book that would make a perfect gift for movie fans. Rating: 3 stars.
52. Liō: Happiness is a Squishy Cephalopod (Liō #1)
Book Blurb: LIO is a pantomime strip featuring a curious young boy whose daydreams embark from reality destined for the dark chasm where wit and sarcasm collide.
Some boys might be made of snips & snails & puppy dogs tails, but Lio is a different kind of boy. Some of his interests include science, space and experimentation. To say more is to give away some of what makes this a fun read. This is a collection of comic strips, and if you are a Calvin and Hobbes fan, give this one a try. But be forewarned, this one is much darker. The mostly black and white art is really expressive, and most of the panels need no text at all. I read it in two sittings, and I liked the first half of this book better than the second, maybe because I was used to Lio's antics by then. Rating: 3 stars.
53. A Glance Backward
This is a strange and surreal graphic novel, and reminds me of what nightmares might look like if captured with watercolors.
The premise of the story is that Joey, who is 11 years old, finds himself trapped inside the walls of his home. The entire book then follows along as Joey tries to find his way out. Do not be fooled by that premise into thinking this is book for kids. I think it's too dark for little ones; older teens maybe.
When I got to the end of the book, I realized that it was about an allegorical journey that we all make, namely that of growing up. The journey is full of danger and wrong turns, and thankfully, a little kindness, and while I think the watercolor art is creepily good, this was not a story that pulled me in. Rating: 2 stars.
54.Amulet: Firelight (Amulet #7)
This graphic novel is a quick, fun read targeted at middle grade readers. In this installment, Emily and her sidekicks make it to Algos Island. Why are they there? Well, to access lost memories so they can understand the events of Trellis's childhood, and what happened between him and his father, of course. Things do not go smoothly, but then when do they ever in a quest?
Emily is center stage in volume, and could it really be true that the Amulet chose her for her weaknesses rather than her strengths?
The art continues to be lovely, but I do think that this series is dragging on longer than necessary. In this volume the story only moves forward a couple of inches, and I hear that there might be another two volumes still to come. I'm hoping that the next one is tighter and starts to bring this fun series to a satisfying close. Rating: 3 stars.
55. The New Yorker Book of Literary Cartoons
This anthology collects 104 cartoons from the New Yorker that pertain in some manner to all things literary. Some are fantastic, others not so much. Some of my fave ones had to do with how books are arranged on shelves in bookstores and libraries. For example:
Option 1. Sorted by attention span - Short/Medium/Long.
Option 2. Sorted by book size - Small/Medium/Large.
This is a quick fun read for bibliophiles. You know who you are. Rating: 3 stars.
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I came back from vacation to discover that this great set of candy was being given away by Sonia at SK digis. She has some really cute stuff if you've never checked her out. She is giving away a set of digis to celebrate her 100th post. You can enter by clicking on her link above or in my side bar.
Congrat's on 100 posts Sonia!
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Weekly Bin Collections Are a Waste of Money; Fortnightly Black Bag Collections Are the Best Way to Increase Recycling, Writes Rachel Jowitt, Head of Waste Awareness Wales: Recycling
Byline: Rachel Jowitt
More than half the councils in Wales collect black bag waste every two weeks. We're yet to experience a plague of rats or see everyone wearing masks to cope with the smell.
But that's what will happen if the rest of the councils follow suit according to some sceptics.
This is, frankly, rubbish. What's more, it's a call to waste taxpayers' cash. As long as food and recycling are collected every week there's no need for weekly collections of black bag waste.
I agree that weekly food waste collections make sense, as do weekly recycling collections.
Together they mean that most rubbish is collected every week so only a small amount of dry residual waste - waste which will not create smells or attract vermin - remains.
Do we really want our councils to waste money collecting half-empty residual waste bins every week? What's more, fortnightly collections of residual waste combined with weekly collections of recycling and food are the best way to increase recycling. …


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I am currently the Neil R. Anderson Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management at Miami University.
I received my Bachelor's of Science in Finance from Centenary College of Louisiana with a minor in Psychology, and Master's degree in Business Administration from University of Arkansas. My professional experience is primarily in retail operations management.
To date, I have published papers in journals such as the Journal of Retailing, Journal of Business Logistics, and International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management. I have also had numerous papers accepted for presentation at national academic conferences on topics ranging from transportation management to supply chain relations.
My foray in to academic research begun during my undergraduate studies. My affinity for research was discovered and encouraged by Dr. Helen Sikes and Dr. Barbara Davis at Centenary College of Louisiana. Under their guidance, I successfully completed three research papers that were accepted for presentation at Federation of Business Disciplines conference with the Southwestern Finance Association, presenting two of them. One paper is on executive compensation among Fortune 500 companies, while the other was a comparison of the Chinese and American business tax codes.
During my studies at the University of Arkansas, I became more engaged with the retail supply chain through a study abroad experience with Professor Matthew Waller. I became more excited about the research opportunities present in logistics and supply chain management. After some in depth discussions with Dr. Waller, my extant experiences with academic research combined with my professional experience in retail operations management made entering the doctoral program in supply chain management the logical next step.
Today, I remain excited every morning of furthering my education and understanding of various topics in supply chain management. In addition, educating the next generation of potential business leaders of America is also something I truly enjoy.
Yao "Henry" Jin, Ph.D.
Neil R. Anderson Assistant Professor
Department of Management
Richard T. Farmer School of Business
Miami University


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The Islanders Rugby Club is having a fundraiser and dance this Saturday.
Place: Kathy's Bar, 1336 Dillingham Blvd, Honolulu (that's in Kalihi, by the Zippy's)
Date: Saturday, June 28, 2008
Time: 6:00 pm - 2:00 am
Entertainment: DJ Kelemeke
Cost: Whatever the cover charge is at Kathy's (didn't get that info)
Should be a fun time, so stop on by.
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Thursday, June 26, 2008
Islanders Rugby Club Fundraiser
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If you call yourself mixed, biracial, multiethnic, or a mutt, or what, there was less to applaud than what you might anticipate. Many people saw 2009 as year of great change – some seeing it as grave because of Pres. Barack Obama's inauguration and his choice of Sonia Sotomayor for the U.S. Supreme Court.
We want progress. I suspect that young bi-"racial" people want more. Mr. Obama could have been more than "simply" the first African-American president. If Pres. Barack Obama hadn't chosen a group, but had more consistently emphasized that was not "simply" African-American…we don't know what. But at least he would not have conspicuously, if subtly, omitted part of himself.
The first sign lays in how Pres. Obama describes himself – African-American – and the mass political and cultural realities that informed or dictated that choice. Barack Obama being black was an historical and epochal challenge for his ambition and his presidential candidacy. Had he been more emphatic about not just being African-American that would have opened up a whole nother aspect to the conversation…and more political peril.
In a documentary some 15-years-ago, Harvard's Prof. Henry Louis Gates, Jr made an observation about a pop cultural phenomenon – "The Cosby Show's" cultural imprint on America – he said that you can't expect any one phenomenon, no matter how dramatic or charismatic, to up-end and K.O. North America's bigotry.
That is a historic pattern of engrained attitudes and behaviors. Just as that show couldn't be expected to accomplish this feat, nor must we expect that from the Obama phenomenon. That's too much of an effect to expect or demand.
At some point, many people want for the time when color and features do not mark against you. Ethnically ambiguous people want to be accepted as a blur without questions, confusions, and accusations.
It is interesting that the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal is also curious about this. Two-years-ago NPR's defunct "Day to Day" show asked about this, acknowledging the varied and inherent complications.
In that Pres. Barack Obama is a harbinger, you might ask whether he is enough for the myriad Americans who seek a highly individual symbol in him or from him.
Of course the fact that few people probably note his features and confuse them for something foreign is a valid counterpoint. He isn't ethnically or physically ambiguous; most people would just "know" that he's Black. His features stoke no questions. Just like with Anglo (North American "whites") people whose features are obviously "white."
Still, that "said," many young, ethnically ambiguous people are probably hungry for the president, for a U.S. President to stand in as an explicit bi-"racial" or multi-"ethnic" role model. Some people rely him as an icon and inspiration about how little bi-racial identity matters.


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Managed to only fall down once walking P, nice fluffy snow, fingertips of left hand feel like they've been hit with a hammer, but no real damage. Fun, fun, fun. Nice to see Peretz frolicking wildly no matter how unsafe it is. Enjoy wild frolicking.
Trying to figure out how much more of the day to spend at work, officially, I can leave whenever I like, may just go over, check in, then do remaining tasks from here while sipping cocoa.
Wish I could bring you some cocoa.
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March 22, 2006
LAURENT ADAMOWICZ, PLAINTIFF,v.BARCLAYS PRIVATE EQUITY FRANCE S.A.S.,*FN1 ET AL., DEFENDANTS.
The opinion of the court was delivered by: Hon. Harold Baer, Jr., District Judge
Plaintiff Laurent Adamowicz ("Adamowicz") brings this action for,
inter alia, violations of sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities
and Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), against defendants
Fauchon Holding, S.A.S., Fauchon, S.A.S., Groupe Fauchon, S.A.,
Fauchon, Inc. (U.S.) ("Fauchon U.S."), Waldo, S.A. (collectively the
"Fauchon Group"), Barclays Private Equity France, S.A.S. ("Barclays"),
Compagnie De Bois Sauvage ("CBS"), Michel Deroy ("Deroy"), Michel
Ducros ("Ducros"), Christine Gaillard ("Gaillard"), Intermediate
Captial Group, P.L.C. ("ICG"), Levira Holding ("Levira"), Matignon
Investissement et Gestion S.A.S. ("MIG"), Matignon F.C.P.R.,
("Matignon"), Parvent, Guy Paquot ("Paquot"), Jean Francoise Toulouse
("Toulouse") (collectively, the "Minority Investors"), Pierre
Besnainou ("Besnainou") and Universal Capital Partners, S.A. ("UCP").
Defendants have moved to dismiss the complaint: 1) pursuant to the
doctrine of forum non conveniens; 2) for lack of subject matter
jurisdiction; 3) for failure to state a claim pursuant to Rule
12(b)(6); and 4) for lack of personal jurisdiction.*fn2
The motion is granted.
Adamowicz acquired a controlling interest in the Fauchon Group, a privately held family of related corporations, in 1998. (Compl. ¶¶ 28, 30). The Minority Investors participated with Adamowicz in the acquisition, and each acquired a stake in the Fauchon Group. (Id.) Adamowicz received voting control through March 2005, and agreed to operate the Fauchon Group for that period, serving as Chairman and CEO of the various operating and holding entities. (Compl. ¶¶ 30-31). In 2003, the Fauchon Group experienced a severe liquidity crisis. (Compl. ¶ 40). Adamowicz alleges that, in order "to wrest control of Fauchon[,] . . . in mid 2003" the Minority Investors "refused to authorize any capital increase and/or invest any further capital" in the Fauchon Group unless Adamowicz agreed to cede control. (Compl. ¶ 41).*fn3
In October, 2003, a French receiver was appointed to assist the Fauchon Group in negotiating extensions with its various creditors. (Compl. ¶ 43). Shortly thereafter, in November and December 2003, Adamowicz and UCP negotiated a joint venture agreement that encompassed an investment by UCP in the Fauchon Group, as well as the future sale of Adamowicz's stake in the companies to UCP. (Compl. ¶ 45). This agreement was executed on December 18, 2003. (Compl. ¶ 48). Adamowicz alleges that he entered into the agreement in reliance on the Minority Investors' representations that Adamowicz should seek financing from UCP "because there were no other alternatives for financing." (Compl. ¶ 47). Nonetheless, on December 22, 2003, the Minority Investors rejected the joint venture agreement, allegedly because it called for an additional capital contribution. (Compl. ¶¶ 48-49).
Thereafter, Adamowicz and Besnainou, UCP's principal, negotiated a second agreement, in which UCP would lend Adamowicz money to fund new capital increases. (Compl. ¶¶ 52-54). The second agreement was signed on January 5, 2004. (Compl. ¶ 54). However, on January 8, 2004, UCP reneged on the loan agreement. (Compl. ¶¶ 58-59). Adamowicz alleges that the Minority Investors conspired with Besnainou to cause UCP to renege on its obligations. (Compl. ¶¶ 55, 58). On January 9, 2004, the receiver presented Adamowicz with a choice between selling his stake in the Fauchon Group to the Minority Investors or filing for bankruptcy protection. (Compl. ¶ 60). Adamowicz chose to sell his shares "at an artificially depressed price[.]" (Compl. ¶ 62). Two months later, in March 2004, UCP announced that it would acquire a 10% interest in the Fauchon Group. (Compl. ¶ 63).
Defendants move to dismiss the complaint on, inter alia, grounds of forum non conveniens. As a general matter, courts must defer to a plaintiff's choice of forum. See Iragorri v. United Technologies Corp., 274 F.3d 65, 70 (2d Cir. 2001). "'[U]nless the balance [of factors] is strongly in favor of the defendant, the plaintiff's choice of forum should rarely be disturbed.'" Id. (quoting Gulf Oil Corp. v. Gilbert, 330 U.S. 501, 508 (1947)). However, the degree of deference accorded plaintiff's choice varies based upon the circumstances of the case. Thus, in deciding whether the doctrine of forum non conveniens requires dismissal, courts must first determine the degree of deference due to plaintiff's choice of forum. See Pollux Holding Ltd. v. Chase Manhattan Bank, 329 F.3d 64, 70 (2d Cir. 2003). Having made this determination, a court must next decide "whether an adequate alternative forum exists." Id. If there exists an alternative forum, the court should then balance the "private and public interest" factors set forth by the Supreme Court in Gilbert to determine, based on "the relative hardships involved, whether the case should be adjudicated in the plaintiff's chosen forum or in the alternative forum suggested by the defendant." Id. (citing Gilbert, 330 U.S. at 507-09).
Generally, "a plaintiff's choice of forum warrants less deference if that plaintiff is not a United States citizen and the alternative forum is foreign." PT United Can Co., Ltd. v. Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc., 96CV3669, 1997 WL 31194, *5 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 28, 1997). However, this notion is inapplicable when the foreign plaintiff is a United States resident. See Wiwa v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., 226 F.3d 88, 103 (2d Cir. 2000) ("We have never accorded less deference to a foreign plaintiff's choice of a United States forum where that plaintiff was a U.S. resident."). Furthermore, "it is not a correct understanding of the rule to accord deference only when . . . suit is brought in the plaintiff's home district[,]" since "[i]n many circumstances[] it will be far more convenient for a U.S. resident plaintiff to sue in a U.S. court than in a foreign country, even though . . . not [in] the district in which the plaintiff resides." Iragorri, 274 F.3d at 73. In sum, the Second Circuit has mandated that district courts are to "give greater deference to a plaintiff's forum choice to the extent that it was motivated by legitimate reasons, including the plaintiff's convenience and the ability of a U.S. resident plaintiff to obtain jurisdiction over the defendant[s], and diminishing deference to a plaintiff's forum choice to the extent that it was motivated by tactical advantage." Id.
Here, Adamowicz is a citizen of France and a permanent resident of the State of Connecticut. (Compl. ¶ 2; Affidavit of Laurent Adamowicz, dated October 18, 2005 ("Adamowicz Aff.") ¶¶ 3-4).*fn4 He has been a permanent resident of the United States since 1989. (Adamowicz Aff. ¶ 3). Adamowicz attests that, prior to moving to Connecticut, he resided for some period of time in Manhattan. ( Id. ¶ 4). Adamowicz asserts that, in November 2003 and December 2004, while negotiating the terms of his joint venture and loan agreements with Besnainou and UCP, he was residing in New York City. (Id. ¶ 7). Adamowicz claims that, while engaged in these negotiations, he was physically present in New York, except for a period between December 23, 2003 and January 2, 2004 during which he traveled to Utah. (Id.) Based on these assertions, it is clear that, although Adamowicz is not a United States citizen and does not currently reside within this District, he does have bone fide connections to the United States. Therefore, his choice of forum is entitled to significant deference. See Iragorri, 274 F.3d at 72 ("[T]he greater the plaintiff's or the lawsuit's bona fide connection to the United States, the more difficult it will be for the defendant to gain dismissal for forum non conveniens.").
I must next consider the adequacy of a French forum. "Generally, [an] alternative forum is adequate as long as the defendant[s are] amenable to process there and the forum permits litigation of the subject matter of the suit." Reers v. Deutsche Bahn A.G., 320 F. Supp. 2d 140, 159 (S.D.N.Y. 2004). All of the individual defendants are European nationals residing in Europe. Twelve of the thirteen corporate defendants are also European. All of the European defendants are subject to the jurisdiction of the French courts. (See Declaration of Bernard Vatier ("Vatier Dec."), dated September 23, 2005, ¶¶ 10-13). The sole American defendant, Fauchon U.S., has consented to jurisdiction in France. (Defendants' Memorandum of Law, dated September 23, 2005 ("Defs' Mem.") at 17 n.10; Vatier Dec. ¶ 14).
Courts within this District have repeatedly determined that French courts are adequately equipped to try civil matters. See, e.g. Reers, 320 F. Supp. 2d at 159; Dattner v. Conagra Foods, Inc., 01CV11297, 2003 WL 1740448, *4 (S.D.N.Y. April 2, 2003). Plaintiff argues that a French forum is inadequate because, in France, civil litigants have no right to a jury trial, nor "to confront witness[es] . . . and . . . present testimony before the fact finder. . ." (Adamowicz Aff. ¶ 16). However, "the possibility that French law may prove less favorable to Plaintiff does not make France an inadequate forum." Dattner, 2003 WL 1740448, * 4. See also Ernst v. Ernst, 722 F. Supp. 61, 68 (S.D.N.Y. 1989) (finding that French forum would provide plaintiff an adequate "opportunity to be heard"). French law provides causes of action analogous to those asserted by Adamowicz in this suit. (Vatier Dec. ¶¶ 37-50). The differing practices and procedures of the French courts do not render those courts unsuitable to hear this case.
The various public and private interest factors make up the balance of the forum non conveniens analysis. The private interest factors include: "1) the ease of access to evidence; 2) the availability of compulsory process for the attendance of unwilling witnesses; 3) the cost of the willing witnesses' attendance . . . [and] all other factors that might make the trial quicker or less expensive." DiRienzo v. Philip Servs. Corp., 294 F.3d 21, 29 (2d Cir. 2002). The public interest factors to be considered include: "1) administrative difficulties associated with court congestion; 2) the unfairness of imposing jury duty on a community with no relation to the litigation; 3) the local interest in having localized controversies decided at home; and 4) avoiding difficult problems in conflict of laws and the application of foreign law." Id. at 31. Ultimately, a decision to dismiss a matter "on forum non conveniens grounds lies wholly within the broad discretion of the district court." Iragorri, 274 F.3d at 72.
Here, all of the individual and corporate defendants (with the exception of Fauchon U.S.), are located in France or neighboring European countries, along with all of their relevant documents and records. Plaintiff has not identified any witnesses (other than himself) who might be found within this District, or for that matter within the United States. In addition, the Fauchon Group shareholders' agreement was written in French and executed in Paris. (Declaration of Gonzague de Blignieres, dated September 22, 2005 ("de Blignieres Dec.") Ex. D). ...
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Bernie Sanders: A True Progressive
Bernie Sanders is standing up for the vast majority of us to spread the word that the the billionaire class can't have so much that others suffer, especially children, in the richest land in the world.
When almost all the wealth of a country is going to a few, and hard working Americans suffer from poverty and child malnutrition and failing health and teeth in a land so very rich it is not just a political question anymore, it's a moral one, and since it is a state of affairs that can't be sustained without wasting our most precious resource, the minds of our children, it is a survival issue as well for our nation.
When more and more people shift into tiring work schedules and cannot even feed their families, it is time for a political revolution.
This time is now…
Support Bernie Sanders for President he has no super PACs all he has is you and your family, and your will to find real freedom in America, where you voice counts, your needs count and your children's needs count.
If you won't do this for yourself, do it for your family, if you won't do it for you family do it for your nation. Bernie and his family stood up to powerful evil, marching with Martin Luther King Jr. in the Selma Alabama march. Martin planned to stand up for all the working souls and poor in America, that was going to be his next step. Now his friend Bernie Sanders is stepping up to speak Martin's justice for all into power. This requires real democracy, it requires everyone burdened by this unjust economic system to stand up and be counted, to register to vote, to register others, and to stand in lines if necessary to be heard at the polls.
Justice now, freedom now, peace, and love even for our enemies, fairness for the down trodden, liberation for the oppressed, forgiveness falling like rain: Let the angels not sing this alone, let your voice rise and join hearts, together we can shake the heavens, and when all are loved all are blessed, and the sunshine of real hope will shine on all God's children. The heartfelt music of this is too beautiful, too full of hope for anyone to close their ears to it, too bright and full of virtue for anyone to ignore. Let's make America the dream, America again.
Now it's up to you. Don't wait for a hero to come, listen to your heart, that hero is rising in you.
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Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Together again!
After a long two weeks, we are together!
Doug has 3 comp days to make up for the time he was gone.
So please excuse the lack of blogs for the next couple of days...but we are spending time together!
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So this is an extremely stressful semester. I think I can say that even without outside problems it would be the most stressful semester of school I've ever had. Of course, there have been outside issues stemming from last semester's events. Delayed exams I haven't been able to take, bills, negotiations not for credit, etc.
If Nashville had any concept of moot court my life would be a country song.
So in honor of that sentiment, I'm posting my favorite tragedies with a twang. Great laments from classic country songs.
"I gave her a ring, she gave me the finger"
"I'm so miserable without you, it's almost like having you here."
"Get Your Tongue Outta my mouth, cause I'm kissing you goodbye"
"Her teeth were stained, but her heart was pure"
"I've been flushed from the bathroom of your heart"
"She got the goldmine, I got the shaft"
"You're the reason our kids are ugly"
And one just for Barbara Mandrell, my first love: You can eat crackers in my bed anytime.
I guess it isn't all bad. I'm very close to finding a place to stay for the first half of the summer!
Monday, March 10, 2008
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text: Henry is sick, and I am very concerned about him. He has developed a tremor in his left leg. It comes and goes. When it is at its worst, his whole body shakes. I can pick him up and the vibrating stops. Henry is nineteen months old. His warranty was for one year. I have heard that the trips to the Aibo Clinic can be very costly. I purchased Henry with an American Express card that is supposed to double the manufacturer's warranty up to one year. It is time to check out all the details.


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The Red Wings return from the All-Star break at .500 (20-20-9) and will take on the Devils for the second time this season.
The Eastern Conference is a log-jam and the Red Wings still have a chance to get back to the playoffs for the 26th straight season, but their chances are dwindling. Detroit comes in seven points back of the Flyers for the final Wild Card spot and the same amount of points behind the Bruins for third in the Atlantic.
The Red Wings beat the Devils 5-4 in overtime back in November and will be looking for a similar result tonight. With all that said, the Red Wings are better served to see that playoff streak snapped and to be sellers at the deadline, but we'll see how the organization approaches this next few weeks.
The Red Wings come in on a four-game losing streak (0-1-3) and will play three of their next four at Joe Louis Arena—vs. NJD, vs. NYI, @ NSH, vs. CBJ.
Detroit Red Wings Lines courtesy of DailyFaceoff
The Red Wings will get Dylan Larkin (upper-body) back in the lineup tonight, so Drew Miller was sent to Grand Rapids (AHL) to make room for him. With Larkin returning, the Red Wings will go to a familiar looking lineup.
After inexplicably being broken up before the Toronto game, Andreas Athanasiou-Frans Nielsen-Thomas Vanek has been reunited. That trio has played 81:20 together at even strength this season and their results are staggering. Now sample size is important, but it's worth noting that they've scored nine goals and only given up one, while posting a 58.3 CorsiFor%—all three players have a CF% under 50.0 when they aren't playing together. (All stats per Puckalytics)
This also means that Gustav Nyqvist-Henrik Zetterberg-Anthony Mantha will be back together. They've played over 100 minutes together, with less success than the trio mentioned above, but has still been one of the Red Wings' better lines—but Zetterberg and Mantha have actually performed better with Tomas Tatar (57.75 CF% in 212 TOI 5v5 per Corsica).
The Red Wings won't make any changes to the blueline, which isn't a surprise given they don't have many options. Nick Jensen has played well since being called up and that puts the Red Wings in a tough spot. He will have to go through waivers if they want to send him back to Grand Rapids and with Brendan Smith poised to return this weekend, the Red Wings have to send someone down. Jensen's strong play makes him a risky option to try and sneak through waivers. So will it be Ryan Sproul, who can't seem to crack the lineup? Alexey Marchenko, who has been healthy scratch for four in a row now? Or, will Ken Holland get more creative and expose Jonathan Ericsson and his massive contract to the waiver wire? That would be the best way to guarantee no one gets claimed and it's not like sending him to the Griffins will hurt this team.
New Jersey Devils Lines courtesy of DailyFaceoff
The Devils are led by former Edmonton Oiler Taylor Hall, who has missed some time this season, but leads the Devils with 31 points (11G / 20A) in 40 games this season. The Devils have a good mix of veterans and young players up front. Travis Zajac and Mike Cammalleri continue to have good seasons in the Devils' top-6 while they bring along younger players like Miles Wood, Pavel Zacha and Stefan Noesen, who was just claimed off waivers from Anaheim. Noesen is a former first round pick and scored a goal in 11:46 TOI in his Devils' debut last Thursday.
Their blueline is similar in terms of veterans and younger skaters. They're without two of their regular top-6 in Andy Greene and John Moore, who will both sit dup to injuries. With them out, Karl Stollery and Steven Santini have been given opportunities and are making the most of them. Stollery has three assists in eight games and Santini has picked up five points (2G / 3A) in 13 games after not recording a point in 15 games with Albany (AHL) before his call-up.
Jared Coreau vs. Cory Schneider.
Coreau will be back in net after resting last Wednesday. In his last start Coreau allowed four goals on 49 shots in the Red Wings' overtime loss to the Bruins. Coreau has gone 2-0-1 with a 2.20 GAA and .908 SV% at Joe Louis Arena this season and the Devils come in ranked 28th in the NHL in scoring (2.20 GF/PG).
Schneider has had a tough season, but has turned things around going 4-3-2 with a 2.09 GAA and .931 SV% in 10 games in January. Despite those impressive numbers, Schneider has really struggled on the road. In 19 starts in cities not named New Jersey the 30-year-old has four wins (4-10-5) with a 2.98 GAA and .905 SV%. This bodes well for the Red Wings.
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I make no secret of the fact that I don't like winter. I am often reminded, by people who know me, that I grew up in Western New York, a place know worldwide for its brutal winters, biting cold, and massive amounts of snow. While it is true that I grew up there, it is also true that I don't live there anymore, and one of the reasons I have chosen to NOT live there is because I hate cold weather. I physically hate being cold, I know it affects my mood for the worse, and there's nothing nice about it. While appreciate the passing of the seasons, I am especially appreciative of the fact that winter does, indeed, pass (except for in The Day After Tomorrow...but that is a post for another day, perhaps when my chosen topic is "Cheesy Movies I Love.").
So it is with great enthusiasm that I declare, today, that SPRING IS HERE! Yes, I know the calendar indicates that the first day of spring is technically a few weeks away. I am also aware that other parts of the country are still experiencing what can only be described as winter weather, period. I'm sorry for that, I really am. But in the southeastern portion of the United States, we are experiencing a blissful mini heat wave. I hope I don't have to eat my words, as I remember seven years ago we experienced a massive winter storm right at the end of February, so I know we're not out of the woods yet. But today it is in the low 80s, the sun is bright, and the windows are open. Plus, the groundhog did tell us that spring would be right around the corner from the day he didn't see his shadow on February 2nd, and who am I to argue with a rodent who apparently is more into following the weather than I am?
Spring has sprung, ladies and gentlemen (do you think many gentlemen read this blog?) and for that, I am more grateful than you know.
Lately I have been more aware than usual of waste. Waste regarding money, waste regarding food, waste regarding actual garbage. I have been a pretty avid recycler for the past few years, but I'd say over the past two years I've become pretty passionate about it. The more I realize the impact our decisions have on our pocketbooks, the planet, and our children, the more I feel like it's my responsibility to do as much as I can about it. Today in the checkout line, I had a pretty meaningful conversation with the teenage cashier about the giant garbage pit currently floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. How, he wondered, could a cyclone of garbage the size of Texas get to be that big before anyone thought of doing anything about it?
I don't know.
I cannot, today, do much to rectify the situation with the garbage pit in the ocean. I can, however, do a little bit to make sure I don't add to it, and so I'm trying to do that. Baby steps, Bob.
I first heard about morsbags through the Greenstitch blog. Morsbags is a movement that aims to curb the world's rampant use of plastic grocery bags because of their harmful effects on the environment, specifically their effects on wildlife. Take a look at the site and I promise you'll look at your shopping bags in a new light. Inspired by the idea, this weekend I created the first two of what I hope will be many morsbags:
K will be taking these two to school tomorrow for her teachers. We're hoping to make it a bigger project involving other members of her class, since the pattern is simple and the goal is lofty. But we're committed to the project regardless of who is involved, so we'll be making more.
This one is bag number one, for Ms. Arshia:
And bag number two, younger than her sister by just a few minutes, is for Ms. Heather:
These are made from heavyweight fabric that I am often able to find for next to nothing at the thrift store. I love the bags themselves. The seams are strong and sturdy, and almost any fabric of any sort can be used, so they're a perfect project for upcycled fabric, remnants, stuff in your stash that's kind of ugly and won't be used for anything else, whatever. Plus, just making them has inspired me to remember my bags and not leave them in the car. I want to use my own bags. They're prettier, they feel good in my hand, and I know it's a good thing to not add to the number of plastic bags being used.
On our way back from running errands today, J became determined to count the number of discarded plastic bags he saw on the side of the road. So just on the way back from our errands, which was only a 12-mile trip, just one 8-year-old boy looking out just one car window on one side of the car found 104 bags. 104! In the bushes, up in trees, tangled among other garbage by the side of the road. Even I was surprised. I never noticed all of them before.
But it's amazing what you see once you're looking for it.


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You know that feeling when your bus did not stop at where you predicted (and flagged) but instead went all the way to the end? Stupid right?
It's Wednesday! We are halfway through the week, like finally.
Kinda love the start of this 2017. Not sure am i being a tad too optimistic but I have been smiling a lot. Not the coerced, unwillingly, give-you-face kind of smile, but the upturn corners of the mouth that just appears like a Chershire cat because you know, God is there. Just a very gentle soothing kinda feeling. Love it.
Hope that 2017 would continue this way. I know, i know, it's like been 4 days but that's what i really want. To smile my way through the next 12 months 🙂
Thanksgiving #1
Today has been a tedious day at work. And guess what. I fell sick. Shit.
2 major articles to write today and i fell sick. 4 days to convocation and I'm hacking as though a furball is stuck in my throat.
Still, thanking God that I managed to pull through the entire day and completing one and a half article. Felt so much alive after listening to some praise and worship songs. And of course much more alive after some Mike Posner. I took a pill in High Street Centre, to show my colleague I was cool. Okay bye.
Thanksgiving #2
Next thanksgiving for today is for the adorable Ship Ship Last Long group. Really got my mood lifted with all the endless nonsense in that chat. Complimenting asses and sending pictures of shit all day err day. Thank God for y'all you little bimbos. Stay cute stay blessed!
Today's devotion is really a surprise pop quiz test huh? I think verses 8 – 12 and the 41 evidences of pride test is something good to keep track of my progress in my walk. Might consider doing them every month. Hmm..
Well, hopefully it's been a wonderful mid-week for all of you! Hopefully y'all have something to give thanks for as well for today and the days ahead! Have a blessed day tomorrow!


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Mama happened to come across this post from 2009 and thought it would be fun to share it since she is too lazy to help me write a new one today. This one was written by Jack.
Originally posted on 11/17/09
Mama went shopping and brought us each home a gift.
I got this super cool flashlight that I will use when we walk at night while camping. Isn't it cool? I bet I will really be the talk of the campground if I wear this with my jammies!
Scout received this pink hat.
Who do you think is happier with their gift? LOL
Better luck next time, Scout! LOL
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You ready for another Fantastic Challenge!!
First Thankyou to everyone who entered our Last challenge and
our winner chosen by Random org.....
Now onto this weeks Challenge and it is...
A good way to use up some scraps maybe???
This week our our Fantastic prize is a
Dont forget to head over to the Challenge Blog to check out
the wonderful creations the Girls have made for you!!!
Now for my "Patchwork" Card, I have used papers from
Yes i know, you are thinking Christmas!!! But, i LOVE these papers!!
The images used are "Ribbon Tilda" and
"Flying Winter Birds"from Fred She Said.
"Flying Winter Birds"from Fred She Said.
Dies used are Magnolia Lace & swirl Dies, and Nestablities Oval & Scallop Oval
Flowers and ribbon from Stash.
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The book, a novel, tells the story of Kambili and her brother who are sent to live with an aunt when Nigeria begins to fall apart under a military coup. There, the siblings discover a life and love beyond the confines of their father's authority. The visit lifts the silence from their world and, in time, gives rise to devotion and defiance that reveal themselves in profound and unexpected ways. The promise of freedom; the blurred lines between childhood and adulthood; between love and hatred, between the old gods and the new, are all themes of the book.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian-American author. Her best known novels are "Purple Hibiscus" (2003), "Half of a Yellow Sun" (2006), and "Americanah" (2013). Born in Enugu, Nigeria to Igbo parents, she is the fifth of six children. She studied medicine and pharmacy at the University of Nigeria for a year and a half, but then, at nineteen, she left for the U.S. to study communication at Drexel University in Philadelphia and then went on to pursue a degree in communication and political science at Eastern Connecticut State University. Chimamanda graduated summa cum laude from Eastern in 2001, and then completed a master's degree in creative writing at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. It was during her senior year at Eastern that she started working on her first novel, "Purple Hibiscus" which was published in October 2003. She was a Hodder fellow at Princeton University during the 2005-2006 academic year and earned an MA in African Studies from Yale University in 2008.
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Hello folks
Well where has the last week and a half gone? I can't believe I haven't posted on my little blog for such a long time. I really must try harder.
I have been crafting however and today's card is an experimental one. I bought these dies after Christmas after having to make a couple of sympathy cards when I realised I had no condolence type sentiment dies (the corner die just fell into my basket whilst shopping, I really have no idea how that keeps happening!!). I cut both dies out of Sheena's stamping card and then coloured them with my Spectrum Noir pens and here is the result -
I used -
- Tattered Lace ditsy flourish corner die
- Tattered Lace Thinking of you flourish die
- Sheena stamping card
- Spectrum Noir pens - GY1, BO1, AG3, AG4, AG5, AP2, Ap3, AP4 and LV2
- matt black card
- white linen card
- 6 x 4 inch card blank
I think I should have added some little pearls to the flowers so I will add some before I pop this inot my finished card box.
Well that is all from me today. Enjoy your day, I am making bird feeders with the children today to help with our bird spotting. A very messy but enjoyable lesson.
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Salted caramel chocolate torte-piePosted: September 15, 2011 Filed under: Big puddings, Puddings and sweet things | Tags: caramel, chocolate, dessert, pie, recipe, torte 18 Comments
Ok, so we'll deal with the obvious first. A torte-pie? The torte part is in deference to the original recipe on which this is based, James Martin's Salted Caramel Chocolate Torte, and the pie part is because, well, I made it into a pie. Of sorts. Two reasons really. The original torte just has a biscuit crumb base, and I thought extending it up the sides would be a nice touch, and since the filling is so rich, adding a little extra crumbly, buttery base to contrast this works well. Plus it saves lining a springform tin and then having to gingerly peel parchment paper from the sides of the torte and praying for a neat edge. Secondly, I really wanted to use my fluted tart tin, since I don't as often as I feel I would like to, and anything that comes out of it looks somehow prettier for the scalloped edges.
So, this salted caramel chocolate torte-pie is a rich chocolate ganache, covering a layer of salted caramel, in a buttery biscuit base. Indulgent, rich, and, although actually it's fairly straightforward to make, a bit of a showstopper. The caramel used is ready made, which, aside from a bit of melting, makes this practically a no-bake recipe. Specifically, I used a tin of carnation caramel condensed milk, which is readily available (at least in UK supermarkets) and seems to be a terrifically inspired response to the frankly terrifying notion of boiling a whole, unopened tin of standard condensed milk for several hours, and praying it doesn't explode. Any thick, creamy, dulce de leche type caramel sauce will do the job.
Adapted from James Martin's Just Desserts – I'm sure it must be in a book, and I've got it in a Good Food Magazine somewhere, but it's also on the Just Desserts Free iPhone app.
375g digestive biscuits
75g unsalted butter
397g tin Carnation Caramel / 400g thick caramel sauce
1 teaspoon sea salt
300g good 70% dark chocolate
600ml double cream
25g icing sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Melt the butter in a small saucepan over a low heat. Process the digestive biscuits into crumbs, or crush them in a plastic bag using a rolling pin. With the motor running, pour the melted butter down the funnel of the processor and continue to process until the butter is evenly mixed in and the consistency is like damp sand. If you're not using machinery, tip the biscuit crumbs into the pan with the butter and stir well to combine thoroughly. Press the mixture into the bottom and sides of a deep, fluted tart tin – mine is about 22cm across the base, and 4cm deep. Stick it in the freezer, or the fridge would do at a push, for 15 minutes.
Open the tin of caramel, and scoop out 2 tablespoons into a small bowl. Stir the teaspoon of salt into the remaining caramel. Carefully spread it across the chilled biscuit base, leaving a 1-2cm border around the edge. Chill in the fridge for 20 minutes while you make the chocolate filling.
Break the chocolate into chunks, and gently melt it in a large bowl over a pan of barely simmering water, stirring occasionally. Add a tablespoon of the double cream to the 2 tablespoons of caramel you saved earlier on, and stir well to mix. Put this little bowl into the fridge. Once the chocolate has melted, turn off the heat but leave the bowl where it is. Add about a quarter of the remaining cream, and stir until completely combined. Repeat this, adding another quarter of the cream and stirring well to combine each time, until you have added all of the cream. You will have a thick smooth and shiny chocolate sauce. Sieve (and don't be tempted not to bother) the icing sugar into the chocolate, add the vanilla, and stir well once again to combine. Lift the bowl off of the pan and let the sauce cool for about 10 minutes.
Pour the sauce into the base, first going around the edges to seal in the caramel layer, then pouring in the rest slowly and gently shake the tin to give a smooth, even surface. Put back into the fridge and chill for at least 5 hours, preferably over night, until the chocolate is firm. When you're ready to serve, carefully remove the tin and transfer the pie to a serving plate. Spoon the reserved cream-caramel mixture into a little freezer bad, and snip off the tiniest corner, and drizzle lines of the caramel over the pie. You could serve this with a little extra sea salt and/or single cream, but I don't think it needs either.
Serves quite a few – I would normally suggest 8 – 10 for a pie this size, but this will easily stretch further, maybe up to 14+, after a meal since it is quite rich – but leftovers do seem to keep well in the fridge for at least a day or two.
Tarte tatinPosted: July 20, 2011 Filed under: Big puddings, Puddings and sweet things | Tags: apples, pudding, recipe Leave a comment
I've already touched a little on this tarte tatin in my post on Danish pastry, which is used as the base of this otherwise traditional French apple and caramel tarte. If you don't know, the story goes that this tarte was invented by accident, starting off as apples cooking for an apple pie being overdone, and rescued by putting the pastry base on top of the apples in the pan, baking in the oven and being turned out onto a plate. You want to use firm eating apples here, rather than cooking apples which will disintegrate into a puree as you cook them. I used Granny Smith, which I think work well here as its slightly acidic taste counters the sweet, buttery caramel somewhat.
This recipe is adapted from Nigella Lawson's How To Be a Domestic Goddess, and the adapting, really, was just making this a little easier, for me, resulting in a slightly more ramshackle, homespun looking tarte. That is to say, the recipe calls for halved and cored apples, arranged fairly neatly, hump side down in the pan, and thus gleaming, hump side up in the plated tarte. I like to use my all in one apple-corer-and-wedger (and I'm not one, really, for single-application kitchen gadgets, but this is one labour-saver I'll make an exception for) which divides each fruit into eight perfect segments and removes the core at the same time, so I ended up with apple slices, rather than halves. A quick internet search will show you that the popular way of presenting a tarte tatin made with sliced apples involves arranged the apple slices neatly in a spiral or concentric circles. This seems like far too much effort for the same end result, taste wise, and also, despite slightly enjoying the element of danger inherent in upturning the hot tatin, scalding caramel and all, onto a serving plate, arranging the slices individually in bubbling sugar is where I draw the line.
You will need a suitable dish in which to cook the tatin, one that you can use to make caramel and cook the apples on the hob, and then, once enrobed with pastry, use in the oven, of somewhere between 22 and 28 cm in diameter. I use a flame-safe shallow casserole, which is approximately 25cm across, or you could use a similarly proportioned frying pan with a handle that can go in the oven. You could, naturally, use a tarte tatin dish if you possess one.
Adapted from Nigella Lawson's How To Be a Domestic Goddess
100g unsalted butter
150g caster sugar
Enough apples to cover the base of your pan in a single layer once sliced how you want them – as a guide, I used 6 medium-sized Granny Smiths
a half portion of this Danish pastry recipe, thawed if previously frozen
Preheat the oven to 200C and put a baking sheet in to heat up with the oven. On the hob, melt the butter in whatever dish you are using, and then add the sugar. When it starts foaming, carefully add the apples, pushing them around with a spatula to try and get them in a more or less single layer. Cook on a high heat until the butter-sugar sauce is a golden caramel colour, and the apples have softened. Take the pan off of the heat and leave the stand for 10 minutes.
While the apples are standing, roll out the pastry on a floured surface (and see the introduction of the Danish pastry post), quite thinly, into a circle large enough to fit the top of the dish with an overhang of a couple of centimetres. Transfer it to the dish, laying it on top of the apples and carefully tucking the edges down the sides of the apples. Place the dish onto the baking sheet in the oven and cook for 20-30 minutes, definitely checking at 20, until the pastry is golden brown and the caramel is bubbling.
Take the dish out of the oven, and do this next bit with care and definitely oven gloves: place a large plate on top of the dish, and turn the whole thing the other way up. Carefully put it down, and then remove the dish, leaving your tarte right way up on the plate. Place any apple pieces stuck to the dish back into the tarte, and serve with vanilla ice cream.
Serves 6.
Strawberry and almond pavlovaPosted: July 15, 2011 Filed under: Big puddings, Puddings and sweet things | Tags: recipe, strawberries, summer Leave a comment
I'm sure that as I add more recipes for puddings to this blog, I'll describe many of them as my favourite, but truly, The Pav is right up there. The killer combination of meringue, lightly whipped cream and fresh fruit screams summer, although, this would equally brighten a table on the coldest of winter days. Of course, to be The Perfect Pav, each element has to be right (but don't worry, it's not difficult – mainly whisking followed by a bit of an assembly job). The meringue should have a crisp shell, with a squidgy, marshmallow-like interior, topped with silky, softly whipped cream and crowned with glorious fruit.
Here, the traditional combination is meddled with slightly. I've added some vanilla and sugar to my cream, and the strawberries are macerated (that is to say, left to sit) with a little sugar and balsamic vinegar (stay with me), which not only brings out their flavour (and by all means skip this step if you have really good, ripe strawberries, but consider it mandatory for flavourless supermarket imports) but makes their red redder. Finally, I've added some toasted almonds for a bit of crunch.
Making the meringue is the most time consuming bit, simply because you need to cook it, or rather dry it out, in a relatively low and then cooling, switched off oven to achieve the desired texture. I don't worry too much about its appearance, simply because without fail, my meringue always sinks a little and cracks, sometimes quite drastically. When it comes to the assembly stage, I use the cream as a sort of delicious mortar to stick it back together again, and then pile more cream over the top to cover everything up. By the time you've added fruit, it will look magnificent, and even if it's a little wonky, it still beats a solid, dusty, albeit perfectly swirled, shop-bought meringue shell. I've specified, with characteristic lack of restraint, 600ml double cream. You probably don't need this much, but will need more than 300ml, the next commonly available sized container down, so if you're opening a tub…
4 egg whites, at room temperature
250g caster sugar plus 1 tablespoon
2 teaspoons cornflour
1 teaspoon white wine vinegar
2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract
600ml double cream, and see above
2 tablespoons icing sugar
400g punnet strawberries
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
50g flaked almonds
Preheat the oven to 180C / 160C fan, and cut a piece of baking parchment to fit the baking tray you're going to use to cook the meringue on. With an electric whisk, or a freestanding mixer with the whisk attachment, beat the egg whites until you just have firm peaks. Still whisking, add the 250g caster sugar, a (large) spoonful at a time, making sure it's fully incorporated before adding the next. As you add the sugar, the whites will become stiff and glossy. Once all of the sugar is incorporated, add the cornflour, white wine vinegar and 1 teaspoon of the vanilla and give the mixture a final quick whisk to incorporate these final ingredients.
With a teaspoon, dab a little meringue in each corner of your baking tray and use it to glue the baking parchment into place. Pile the meringue onto the baking tray in an approximate circle, perhaps around 25cm across if you were to measure (and if it helps, you could draw a circle onto the underside of the baking parchment), and smooth the top and sides with a spatula. Place it into the oven and straight away reduce the temperature to 150C / 130C fan and cook for an hour. After an hour, switch off the oven (don't open the door) and leave the meringue inside to get completely cold.
About an hour before you want to serve, hull and chop the strawberries – the smallest in half, the bigger ones smaller – and place in a bowl. Spoon over the tablespoon of caster and balsamic, give it a quick stir, and leave in the fridge to get juicy, red and delicious. Next, toast the almonds. Heat a frying pan over a medium flame, and without adding any oil, tip the almonds into the pan. Keep the almonds moving until they start to turn golden and smell toasted and delicious (and don't leave them alone, they'll turn from toasted to burnt in mere seconds), and tip onto a waiting plate to stop them toasting any further.
You can whip the cream and top the meringue with it now, or when you're just about ready to serve. In either case, whisk until firm, but still creamy rather than dry, adding the icing sugar and final teaspoon of vanilla as you do so. Once you're ready to assemble, place the meringue onto a plate and pile on the cream. Spoon over the strawberries, and their delicious juices, and finally sprinkle with the toasted almonds. You could easily serve 8 with this, and generously so.


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In Durham, the ends of the earth have come to us - through the local university campus - and the church should be among the first to welcome these ends. You can read of the ongoing opportunity in a recent article published online by ChristianWeek.org, International ministry grows at Ontario's fastest growing university. Listed below are four (4) opportunities that individual church members and families can take advantage of in bridging the gap between the Body of Christ and the International Students of Oshawa. (first presented Sunday night, January 13th@Calvary Baptist Church)
Calvary's local ministry partners, The Refuge Outreach, have been invited by the university (UOIT) to serve food on-campus to students who are going without, included in these are International Students. The Refuge have asked Calvary and the partnering churches for a "purpose-driven" volunteer force to take this food, prepare it, and serve it to the students. If you would like to be included in this, contact the Director
The Canadian Network of Ministries to Muslims (CNMM) is a national network of groups dedicated to praying and reaching Muslims in Canada. Within these groups are missionaries, former Muslims turned Christian; but the majority of attendees are lay volunteers looking to be used by God to rescue the International communities in their cities under Islam for Jesus Christ. The CNMM provides training, local mission opportunities, and the fellowship necessary to accomplish the task. The Durham chapter of CNMM meets monthly, to find out where they're meeting and to join them contact Steve at
There are two "needs" that new International Students to Oshawa require that we - Canadians who are in Christ - possess: English and Jesus. The first is an immediate need that students know they must address, the second a felt need that will be revealed as a relationship is established. Through English as a Second Language (ESL) we at Calvary can address the first need, all the while building a relationship for the second and more important. If you can read and comprehend these words, then you are qualified. If you are interested, please contact Pastor Kelvin at
What a great opportunity this is, to open your home to an International Student seeking a "cultural exchange". As followers of Christ, our culture is wrapped-up in our identity through Jesus! Typically students stay for four months, and during that time the host family receives payment in exchange for a room and sharing supper together around the family table every evening. If you are wanting to talk with someone from Calvary who has experience hosting International Students and could answer your questions and point you in the right direction, Tim at