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This dress is VERY J-Lo.
We'll leave it up to you to decide whether that's a compliment or not.
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This dress is VERY J-Lo.
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That was my exact thought: this is so J-Lo! I guess she's done worse.View Comment
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There really is nothing to describe this dress but J-Lo. I don't like it but it is her style and I respect that. My main issue is that I think I saw a hint of a nip slip while she was presenting. Did anyone else notice that? I know I wouldn't have if I wasn't watching in HD.View Comment
Lose the sleeves and it's not bad.View Comment
My viewing team also noticed a little areola, we thought. But we loved the dress, especially the rear view! I thought she looked gorgeous.View Comment
I like the dress; however, wish JLo would abandon this tight bun hairdo that she's worn to death. She looks beautiful with a soft up-do.View Comment
I wanted to vomit in disgust during the telecast when she said a dress should be loose enough to show you're a lady. I hate the whole misogynist overtones of being a lady, but there was some serious hypocrisy going on because while she said it I was almost sure I could see her areola.View Comment


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This is a short clip from the Miss Reef beauty contest going on in Chile. Just some nice eye candy, nice asses in thongs for you perverts to enjoy. Too bad this wasn't in Columbia they have much bigger booties.
It's a tie they all win
Good G"reef" !!!!!
I'd say "Ouch!! my dick is so hard it hurts" but.. no, nevermind..
Tightness of the bum requires the squeeze test.
Sweet no overgrown gorilla ass. Thanks for not fucking up my day. Once you go white you wont go black. I mean back or is it black. Anyway white ass rules.
I wish I had smell-o-vision
Nice Fart at 0.33 and 0.44 lol
Look at them Candy Yamms :-b....
You sexist pigs! That's it in 24 hours I'm out lol
I thought it was the Miss Georgia contest, with all those peaches.
Ive spermed thrice to each anus.
that`s when a fella wants to be a midget...
I know that look.. That's the look of consent
reef or queef
A whole line of beautiful, lovely, and wiggling glutes, we will enjoy this movie thank you Dave.
Sincerely, Robert Hallock
the truckingman.
all top shelf
All top shelf.
@ouch: the honeymoon is over?
@happyjack before you say something my post is not the same as your post mine has a period at end.
Meh, the internet has jaded me....
Now thats a nice row of turd cutters. Giggity.
This is a racist contest...
Where are all the brown sugar contestants???
I've spermed far to many times today
@Ugggggggg I'm surprised you're not shooting dust. Give your balls a rest.
I'll try myKejp BUT its always "pointy" :(
So many asses and I only have one face....It's not fair! LOL
Man, I'd suck a fart outta those chicks asses... NICE!

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I just took Birch to the vet for his annual check-up. He tested positive for FIV - feline immunodeficiency virus. Basically, he has cat-AIDS.
At last year's check-up, they told me Birch had tartar buildup on his teeth and that his gums were all swollen and red. They recommended I get Birch's teeth cleaned (a veterinary procedure that requires them to knock him right out with anaesthetic) but said I might be able to avoid the expense by giving him special crunchy cat food designed to bust off all that tartar. So I've been sprinkling a handful of "crunchies" on his food every day for the past year.
Unfortunately, this time around the vet said his gums were still inflamed...and that this might indicate an immune system issue keeping him from fighting off the infection. She recommended I get him tested for FIV and feline leukemia. She also said that I need to get his teeth cleaned, and that this will cost a minimum of $800. If they find a lot of damage once they get in there, they might have to pull some or all of his teeth(!) and that will cost more.
The next day, the results of the blood test came in: Birch is FIV+ (but no leukemia, thank god!). The vet prescribed a two-week course of antibiotics to help him fight the gum infection, and also a tube of this weird vitamin supplement gel he's supposed to take twice a day to boost his immune system. I think she said I should give him the gel stuff every day for the rest of his life, but it's possible I misheard her due to being shaken up by the bad news. I was in a bit of a haze that morning.
So, to recap: Birch's mouth has been hurting for the past year or more(!) and he can't get better without expensive medicine and dental treatment. Also, although he otherwise seems totally healthy and normal right now, he has an immune deficiency: just like a human with AIDS, he's at risk of getting really, really sick if he so much as catches the sniffles. Luckily, Birch is an indoor kitty so he's not likely to be exposed to cat-colds or cat-flus - but I'm still anticipating that in the future he'll need medicine more often than a cat without immune issues.
I'm feeling sad. And freaked out. And I'm still jobless and living off my savings, so all of this is a big financial strain, too - which is why I am now offering custom digital pet sketches in my Artfire store for just $5 each. You send me a good clear pet photo, I "cartoonify" that sweet li'l face and email you the result. Here are some examples:
I've gotten about 14 orders within the first two days of this project, thanks to some wonderful people sharing the link on Facebook and Twitter. Let's keep that momentum going! Please share this link with all the pet lovers in your life: http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/product_view/4958676 or submit it to Reddit or other, um, big...information-sharing...thingies (I'm kind of clueless about that stuff, as you can probably tell).
Here's some of the feedback I've gotten from my pet sketch customers:
-Two thumbs up from me! I sent two photos and quickly received two very nicely drawn pieces of art (which I will now affix to various household items such as mugs and coasters).
-Wow, that was fast! LOVE them!
-My cat picture turned out amazing! I'm gonna print it on a tote bag so I can take him with me everywhere I go. :)
Needless to say, any purchase from my Artfire store will help my financial situation, so if you're not into pets but you like something else I'm selling, now would be an excellent time to buy. Just sayin'.
I'm gonna go hug my cat now.


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I always wear bright lip colours so I chose an orange shade, a pink and a red. When they arrived they all looked quite similar in the packaging but as you'll see they look different when you apply them. I also got a nail polish but only one as my nails are pretty rubbish so I don't paint them very often. I chose 'bright and early' which is a peachy coral shade. I really love the names of all the products. Tanya explained in one of her videos that she named them after all her favorite things. I think I'll have to get the nail polish called mischief managed just because I'm a huge Harry Potter fan :)
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- birdwoman said...
We await your words of wisdom with baited breath. Honestly. Ate a really weird sandwich, and my breath is quite... baited.
glad you made it home in one piece.
- Carson Day said...
Evolution will go down in the history of ideas as the goofiest notion ever peddled by credentialed quacks in the history of the world.
Long before any fish's gil would ever become a lung by gazillions of micromutation, the gil would morph into something quite foreign to the rest of his organs, and the system would cease to function because of this half-gil, half-lung jalopy.
Imagine a mechanic faced with the problem of replacing every single part of a car, piece by piece, with the caveat that he must do so while keeping the car running the entire time.
Not gonna happen. SO why would anyone think this would be possible only when the mechanic is deaf, dumb, blind, and quite random in his efforts?
I do not know what evolutionists are drinking, but I am quite sure it is at least 180 proof.
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Skyline International Development's CEO is stepping out of the boardroom and into the stables for the new W Network series Undercover Boss Canada. Michael Sneyd, the man behind the wheel of such projects as the King Edward Private Residences, Port Mcnicoll Resort Village & Yacht Club and Horseshoe Resort & Village will get to experience just how difficult it can be dealing with the high pressure and fast paced environment of resort and hotel services.
Skyline International Development CEO Michael Snyed, photo courtesy of W Network
The show will see Sneyd working at Skyline's Horseshoe Resort in Barrie and Deerhurst Resort in Muskoka, waiting tables, making snow for the hills and even hauling hay for the horses. For anyone whose seen the show you can bet he'll be donning a — somewhat — disguising costume, although from the few episodes I've seen it looks like the makeup team might need some help with the application of the faux-moustaches they're so keen on using.
Deerhurst Resort and Village, image courtesy of Skyline International
While the show purports to attempt to create a stronger bond behind the suits and the workers, its value lies in bringing the management down a notch, and realizing the real effort the often ignored and unseen employees invest into the company. Looking back on the experience, Sneyd commented:
"To be successful in our business, we have to create partnerships with our employees, guests and owners. That won't change no matter how many high-tech tools we embrace. What has changed significantly is the business of hospitality."
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HOLIDAY INN; WILLIE AND MARIA KIMBROUGH vs. HOLIDAY INN OF LIONVILLE, INC. AND HOLIDAY INN OF LIONVILLE
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In this case, defendants present a challenge to an experimental program instituted by the Department of Justice to test the feasibility of compulsory arbitration in civil suits. Plaintiffs, husband and wife, brought this diversity action
seeking damages in an amount less than $ 50,000 for personal injuries allegedly suffered by the wife during an assault when she was a business visitor at defendants' hotel. Defendants demanded a jury trial as permitted by Fed.R.Civ.P. 38(b). Pursuant to Local Rule 49, however, the case was referred to arbitration. Defendants now move to prohibit arbitration and to vacate the order of referral.
Through the addition of Local Rule 49, this court adopted a compulsory, nonbinding arbitration system on February 1, 1978, for a trial period of one year.
It did so as part of a Department of Justice experiment,
the express purpose being to test a plan which will "broaden access for the American people to their justice system and to provide mechanisms that will permit the expeditious resolution of disputes at a reasonable cost." Statement of Attorney General Griffin B. Bell before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Improvements in Judicial Machinery, April 14, 1978. Basically, this arbitration system provides that certain types of cases
with money damages of $ 50,000, or less shall be automatically referred to arbitration, an arbitration hearing held in 30 days in most cases, and an award entered. Unless a party demands a trial De novo within 20 days after the entry of the award, the arbitration panel's decision becomes a final, nonappealable judgment. To discourage frivolous appeals, Local Rule 49 imposes upon the party who demands a trial De novo and fails to obtain a more favorable judgment, exclusive of interest and costs, the amount of the arbitration fees and imposes upon the defendant interest on the award from the time it was filed.
Defendants contend that by making arbitration a mandatory prerequisite to jury trial, Local Rule 49 violates the parties right to a trial by jury, is inconsistent with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and denies litigants equal protection of the laws.
Defendants first argue that application of Local Rule 49 will violate their right to trial by jury as at common law, a right guaranteed by the Seventh Amendment and by 28 U.S.C. § 2072.
As early as 1897, the Supreme Court noted that the aim of the Seventh Amendment "is not to preserve mere matters of form and procedure, but substance of right." Walker v. Southern Pacific Railroad, 165 U.S. 593, 596, 17 S. Ct. 421, 422, 41 L. Ed. 837 (1897).
The high court has consistently held that:
The command of the Seventh Amendment that "the right of trial by jury shall be preserved' . . . does not prohibit the introduction of new methods for determining what facts are actually in issue, nor does it prohibit the introduction of new rules of evidence. Changes in these may be made. New devices may be used to adapt the ancient institution to present needs and to make of it an efficient instrument in the administration of justice. Indeed, such changes are essential to the preservation of the right. The limitation imposed by the amendment is merely that enjoyment of the right of trial by jury be not obstructed, and that the ultimate determination of issues of fact by the jury be not interfered with. Ex parte Peterson, 253 U.S. 300, 309-310, 40 S. Ct. 543, 546, 64 L. Ed. 919 (1920).
The Court's most recent pronouncements regarding changes in the common law right to trial by jury as possible Seventh Amendment violations have been concerned with the number of jurors required by the constitution. In Colgrove v. Battin, 413 U.S. 149, 93 S. Ct. 2448, 37 L. Ed. 2d 522 (1973), the Court held that a local rule providing that a jury trial shall consist of six persons does not violate the substance of the Seventh Amendment, the requirements of 28 U.S.C. § 2072, or the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
Colgrove provides several clues regarding Seventh Amendment substantive rights as contrasted with procedural changes.
The Court interpreted the Seventh Amendment language that the right of jury trial be preserved as protecting the right to jury trial for cases where it existed at common law rather than as preserving various incidents of trial by jury. Id. at 152-56, 93 S. Ct. at 2450-52. The Colgrove Court, following Williams v. Florida, 399 U.S. 78, 90 S. Ct. 1893, 26 L. Ed. 2d 446 (1970), where the constitutionality of a statute providing for six-member juries in certain criminal cases was upheld, found no difference between trials by juries of twelve and trials by juries of six which would affect the substance of the Seventh Amendment right. Id. at 158-60, 93 S. Ct. at 2453-54.
In Ballew v. Georgia, 435 U.S. 223, 98 S. Ct. 1029, 55 L. Ed. 2d 234 (1978), the Court had the opportunity to reevaluate its holding in Williams v. Florida, supra, when presented with the issue of whether a state criminal trial with a five-member jury deprives the defendant of the right to trial by jury guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments. There, the Court balanced harm to defendant in the reduction of jury size with the administrative benefit to the state and held:
While we adhere to, and reaffirm our holding in Williams v. Florida, these studies, most of which have been made since Williams was decided in 1970, lead us to conclude that the purpose and functioning of the jury in a criminal trial is seriously impaired, and to a constitutional degree, by a reduction in size to below six members. We readily admit that we do not pretend to discern a clear line between six members and five. But the assembled data raise substantial doubt about the reliability and appropriate representation of panels smaller than six. Because of the fundamental importance of the jury trial to the American system of criminal justice, any further reduction that promotes inaccurate and possibly biased decisionmaking, that causes untoward differences in verdicts, and that prevents juries from truly representing their communities, attains constitutional significance. Id. at 239, 98 S. Ct. at 1038-39.
Although Ballew dealt with a criminal trial and the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments, the Court's evaluation of the factors amounting to a change in the right to jury trial of constitutional proportions is equally applicable here. A change in the right to jury trial is substantive where there is a substantial likelihood that the outcome of the trial would be influenced by the change and where no significant advantage accrues to the government by virtue of the innovation. Cases dealing with arbitration as a prerequisite to jury trial hold that such a preliminary system to trial greatly aids the efficiency of the trial system yet does not influence the outcome of the final verdict for any individual.
The Supreme Courts of the United States and Pennsylvania have both held that a procedure for nonjudicial determination prior to jury trial does not constitute a Seventh Amendment violation. In Capital Traction Company v. Hof, 174 U.S. 1, 19 S. Ct. 580, 43 L. Ed. 873 (1899), Congress, acting as a legislative body for the District of Columbia, passed a statute providing for trial in civil cases of moderate amount before a justice of the peace with a jury of twelve or less, allowing either party the right to appeal, upon posting of security, to a court of record for a trial by jury. The Court found no Seventh Amendment violation in this system as long as the right to trial by jury was preserved through the appeal. In commenting that the Seventh Amendment sought to preserve the Right to trial by jury and not trial by jury, the Court noted that "it does not prescribe at what stage of an action a trial by jury must, if demanded, be had; or what conditions may be imposed upon the demand of such a trial, consistently with preserving the right to it." Id. at 23, 19 S. Ct. at 589.
The leading case upholding the constitutional validity of a compulsory arbitration system is the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's pronouncement in Smith's Case, 381 Pa. 223, 112 A.2d 625 (1955), appeal dismissed sub nom. Smith v. Wissler, 350 U.S. 858, 76 S. Ct. 105, 100 L. Ed. 762 (1958).
In Smith's Case, a challenge based on the Pennsylvania Constitution, Article 1, § 6, which provides that trial by jury shall be as heretofore, and the right thereof remain inviolate,
was brought against a local rule of court authorizing compulsory arbitration pursuant to a Pennsylvania legislative enactment providing for such arbitration in all cases involving claims less than $ 1000.
The court in Smith's Case construed the Pennsylvania constitutional mandate of trial by jury to be consistent with the U.S. Supreme Court's interpretation of the Seventh Amendment in Hof, and held that "(t)he only purpose of the constitutional provision is to secure the right of trial by jury before rights of person or property are Finally determined. All that is required is that the right of appeal for the purpose of presenting the issue to a jury must not be burdened by the imposition of onerous conditions, restrictions or regulations which would make the right practically unavailable. 381 Pa. at 230-31, 112 A.2d at 629 (emphasis in original). The court also emphasized that the burden imposed on parties by compulsory arbitration was far outweighed by the benefits of a speedy, less expensive, and more efficient trial system. Id. at 229-30, 112 A.2d at 629.
While conceding that court-mandated arbitration is in general constitutional, defendants seize upon the exception noted in Smith's Case and claim that Local Rule 49 creates a burdensome, onerous condition to jury trials, i. e., since the arbitration limits are so high, $ 50,000, there must be a ...
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Mar 14, 2017 - "Bel-Loc Diner To Close March 26 after 53 Years" by Rachael Pacella on baltimoresun.com Note: Bel-Loc Diner has taken its place on the "Oldest Restaurants in the Baltimore and Annapolis Area" list.
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Today they are knocking down Rick's Drive-in in Pasadena. Rick's was the originator of the spuderito, which I suppose you would describe as a french fry burrito , which as a description is sort of like saying a diamond is a compressed piece of black coal. that is, it's a really amazing food item far greater and more wonderful than the sum of its ingredients. The food (including Spuderito) lives on Bobby's Place (opened by a former employee) but I will really miss Rick's the original.... It was a wonderful and humble and enjoyably distinctly southern california experience. Very sad to see such a fine shack get the business end of the wrecking ball...


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Name: Medicinal Rhubarb (Rheum officinalis)
Otherwise known as: Chinese Rhubarb
Habitat: A perennial member of the Polygonaceae family growing in rich moist soils in most temperate climates, it has a thick, multi-branched rhizome with long, stemmed leaves which are broad and deeply veined and reddish in appearance with multi-branched stems containing cluster of dull white flowers.
What does it do: This variety is not the usual plant (Rheum x cultorum) we serve with custard. It is believed to be the ancient Sanskrit remedy 'Soma' for courage, wisdom and longevity.
Rhubarb contains anthraquinones, calcium oxalates, rutin, tannins and fatty acids; this makes it laxative, astringent, gastric-stimulant, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, tonic and stomachic. Tincture of rhubarb was once the world's most popular laxative and yet taken in small doses it is a cure for diarrhoea. It definitely has an affinity for the bowels; apart from treating the former, it is a traditional Chinese herbal treatment for dysentery, Crohn's disease (chronic ulceration and inflammation of the gut), diverticulosis, (weakness of the colonic wall), and toxaemia arising from gluttony and gastroenteritis. It cleanses the liver, treats jaundice, gall bladder problems, fevers, abdominal pains and disperses blood clots. Applied topically it is a used to treat boils, ulcers and burns. R. raponticum is a known stimulant for the production of oestrogen and therefore may have value for those women experiencing the menopause.
Recent research in China suggests it will inhibit some cancer cells.
Boiled rhubarb leaves will remove rust and other stains from pans, it is particularly effective in cleaning stained aluminium, the root yields a yellow dye and the dried rhizome is used to polish brass
While all the stems are more or less edible, the leaves are toxic. Victorian gardeners valued solutions made from boiled rhubarb leaves as an effective insecticide.


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The party forum will approve the "fifth generation" of Chinese leaders that will hold power during the next 10 years.


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I realized that the less time I spend on my laptop, the less I blog. I guess it isn't that much of a surprise when I think about it. I mean, I don't really like to blog in public places, so it makes sense why I only blog on my laptop. However, I don't like to use my laptop as much anymore because it's so slow and laggy half of the time, which is why I use the school's computers a lot more in this past year.
And it sucks, because sometimes, I think about a something to blog about but then forget it by the time I get home. Or I completely forget to blog for a long time because I'm so busy doing homework and such on the computer instead.
Such is the way life is I suppose. :P Hopefully I will get more time to blog and have more interesting things to blog about!
So much has happened these past few months. I've been on the job hunt looking for internships this whole semester since it's a requirement to grade for my major, and this is the only summer I have available to intern if I want to do the 5th year graduate program at Mercer. For the past month, I've had interviews with Blue Bird, ESG, Goodwill, and AT&T.
I feel like, with every interview, I slowly got better. I know that I was totally unprepared for Blue Bird's interview, since it was my first one, so I wasn't surprised when I got rejected. Plus, Patrick, one of my friends in the major who is really good at graphic design, was way more qualified for the job.
Then ESG's interview was full of problems. I realized an hour before the interview that I had accidentally left my dress pants at home, so I was calling all of my friends to borrow some pants, but all of them were at work or off-campus, so I had to go to the mall and buy a pair of pants. By that time, and because of the extra time it took to go back on campus to change and get ready, there was traffic, so I was 15 minutes late to my interview. To make it worse, they gave all of the interviewees a homework assignment that was due a week from that day as well. We had to redesign one of their executive summaries in InDesign, and it was just a lot of effort in a little amount of time. I didn't get to spend as much time as I wanted to work on it, so I knew that they wouldn't pick me, which they didn't.
I didn't think that I made that nice of an impression for the Goodwill interview, but at least I was prepared, and the interviewer was impressed with my work. I guess that's why they wanted to hire me. That reminds me! I need to reject them tomorrow since I got hired by AT&T yesterday! :D
Since Spring Break, AT&T was looking for some Mercer instructional designers, because they heard great things about us. I actually missed the deadline to apply, but thanks to talking to Alejandro the day of his interview with them, he gave them my email when they told him that they were still looking for another instructional designer intern. After going through the application process, I was accepted yesterday! \o/ I still have to finish the paperwork and take a drug test, but I'm in! :D
So yeah, the internship struggle was so real, and I was so busy that I didn't apply to as many places as I would have liked, but I really lucked out with AT&T and am so grateful for the opportunity. I just know that I have to step up my game and do my best while interning with them, because they offer really awesome benefits that I want to keep.
Also, Bearstock was last weekend. Most of my friends weren't that excited for it since the headliners were Relient K and Timeflies. That, and because Shelle was the one driving that day, we kind of had to follow her around, and she didn't want to stay the whole time.
We got there early to eat at Margarita's, and that was a long affair itself, lol. We told Meethu that we'd meet up with them at noon, but we didn't even get there until one. Then, one of my friends texted me to hangout since he didn't know his way around Mercer, so we spent the longest time trying to find him (he told us that he was at the tennis courts but didn't specify that he meant the tennis courts at the park, not at Mercer -__-"). Then Jackie, who drove separately, since she was running late, finally made it, and I had to instruct her on how to get to Marg's from the Stetson parking lot and meeting up with her near the end since she was getting confused, lol. Then we spent around an hour and a half eating and goofing off before finally leaving. XD
We walked around and bought Bearstock tank tops and shirts and listened to one of the day bands before going to the mall to buy Kyle some shorts and stopping by Sonic's, since it was happy hour and super hot. Then we went back home since we were all tired. It was a really hot day, okay, lol. I do kind of regret missing out of the rest of Bearstock, because I finally listened to Timeflies the next day and saw their Mercer free style rap on Facebook, and they were really good. But it's okay, I've been to four Bearstocks already, and I will probably go to the next two Bearstocks, since I'll still be attending Mercer. :P
I've also been spending an inordinate amount of time with my usability group working on our usability test this semester. We've done work for over seven hours at a time before! There's so much stuff to do for that class! We needed to write a test plan, administer usability tests, give a presentation, and write a formal report. Now we have to do all of that again minus the presentation, and all within one month instead of two like the last one. D:
And in between all of that stuff, I've been spending as much time as I can with Dahveed, because I love him and stuff, lol. It's just fun and relaxing being with him. I can't believe how much of a sap I've become because of him, lol. We've been competing on the sappiest pet names for each other lately. XD
I also got my read on during the middle of Spring Break, lol. I started reading The Iron King by Julie Kagawa during the second half of the break, and continued to read the series once school started up again, but now that things have become even busier, I've stopped reading again. :\ Hopefully I'll start reading again when I'm on the plane to China.
Oh yeah, I don't think I've ever mentioned it: I'm going to China with my class! We leave the day after the last day of finals and are going to be there for two weeks! It's going to be so fun! We're going to be staying at a couple different cities and touring lots of places. But yeah, the plane tickets have been bought for a while now, and our visas came in a few weeks ago, so we're pretty much set!
So there you have it! Everything that has happened in the past few months! I'll try to keep you updated better, lol.


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Driving the red roads
I went to Russia some years ago and went out with the Russian Police. It was an experience.
None of the front line troops possessed a car, they simply couldn't afford one. You had to be about the rank of colonel before you had your own car. Everyone lived in a flat. The job sent a truck round collecting officers from their flats at the start of the shift, and dropping them off at the end. The basic patrol car was the Lada, though the Gucci boys in the Moscow Traffic Police had nice shiny Ford Crown Victorias.
The road safety was somewhat different to the UK. In my time there we came across 2 fatal accidents. The body from one was laying in the central reservation as the traffic filtered through. It remained uncovered. And this was during the incident  and after the police arrived. No road closures, no scene preservation. Small shrines littered the roads, areas marked by small fences, almost like a personalised grave, they often contained parts of the vehicles, like steering wheels or tyres, presumably driven by the deceased.
Many drivers in Russia are now fitting dashboard cams to capture evidence in case they are involved in an RTC.
Security Guard Brawl
Beware the angry man
I think this is a couple of years old but I've not come across it before.
and the guy was spoken to after the event…
Just a little bit of light entertainment
Don't attack cops
So a cop pulls over a car for speeding with two North American Indians on board, they attack him and get shot. Apparently both were imprisoned and the cop found to have acted lawfully.
People like this are behind the wheels of cars on your roads
Hat's off
This one is entitled "Ex marine knocks this fool out, what an idiot".
I have no idea whether the guy is an ex marine or not, but he showed some remarkable restraint. Sometimes speaking to someone in language they can understand is the only way.
More people should see this
Officer Jeremy Henwood was killed in an unprovoked attack just six blocks from the McDonald's, making it the last place he would have been seen alive, according to NBC San Diego.
Henwood is seen purchasing cookies for a 13-year-old young man who had approached him and asked him questions about his job — a small but generous act that speaks to the character of the fallen hero.
While Henwood's patrol car was stopped at a stop sign, the driver of a black Audi signaled with his lights, apparently to draw the officer's attention. The driver then pulled alongside the cruiser, lowered his front passenger-side window, leveled a shotgun and fired, striking the officer's head.
The driver of the Audi, later identified as Dejon Marquee White, 23, turned out to be a suspect in a shooting minutes earlier in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant in nearby El Cajon.
There is no evidence Henwood knew about the incident, authorities said.
Check out this vid
This is a video by fellow police blogger Minimum Cover. It's rather well done, and the music is great.
Bike cop survives
This motorcycle cop was escorting an ambulance in Holland in 2009. He was seriously injured but survived.
I've never arrested a polar bear
but this guy has…
You can imagine this in the UK, can't you?
I'm not sure if we've had this one before, but to be honest I'm in such a hurry today what with one thing and another, that I've not had time to sort out anything for the blog.
Home truths
I've been at work most of today so I haven't seen any news coverage. How did we get on, lots of good coverage?
This is what it's about. One of the most telling comments in the below vid is where a police inspector says that he would no longer encourage his son to join the job. perhaps if everyone felt the same and the message got passed on to the next generation of would-be-cops, the government might fonally get the message?
Is that unleaded?
Not the sharpest tool in the box
Must be time
for another police chase…
I don't want to be protesting I just want to be a cop!


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Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Jules Theft
Julia Bradbury.
Not a megastar. Not an A list UK celeb. But kind of always there. Grafting away. And in my opinion delivering some of the Beeb's higher quality programmes. Lakeland Walks and the more recent Railway Walks spring to mind. If you're an avid hillwalker – always out and about with your waterproofs and your mountain boots – these programmes are an invaluable source of ideas and inspiration. And if you're a hillwalker who's strapped for cash these shows offer the opportunity to enjoy the pastime vicariously from the comfort of your own armchair.
Julia also co-presented the Beeb's Watchdog, a show that tracks down and grills wrong doers – particularly of the corporate kind – and gives a voice to the little man when he has been wronged.
Alas Julia disappeared from Watchdog a few weeks ago amid reports that a friend of hers in the air industry had been bunging extra air miles onto Julia's account (either with or without her consent) as a way of doing "an old pal a favour".
Or so rumour has it.
I don't know the ins and outs of it and don't rightly care. Julia immediately withdrew from Watchdog and is staying off the show until she has cleared her name.
Personally I reckon she's innocent. Anybody who champions Wainwright has got to be a decent honest person in my opinion. Us hillwalkers have got to stick together (unless we're actually hillwalking in which case a bit of solitude is the unstated prerequisite). She's also a brunette. A fact sure to win my unswerving loyalty. And she has a great voice. Sort of smoky and chocolaty at the same time. That proves her innocence. No further evidence is needed.
More importantly though she's a darn sight better looking than her Watchdog co-presenter, Nicky Campbell – a man who has no right to look so damned smug and constantly superior after presenting the God awful Wheel Of Fortune on TV in the previous century.
But I'm digressing.
My point is this: do we expect our TV presenters to be totally squeaky clean all of the time? Absolutely 100% above board and bangs to rights?
Simple logic dictates that we should but – even though I don't doubt Julia's innocence in this case – wouldn't we all have accepted a few extra air miles from a friend if we had one in the commercial flight industry? Wouldn't we accept a favour from a friend whatever industry they work in? A discount on a pine dining table? Some hardback books at cost? A few pennies off a burger (hold the mayo)?
I mean a few air miles are hardly on the same par as Angus Deayton's much publicized coke fuelled liaisons with some of London's finest scarlet women a decade or so ago. Or Richard Bacon's scarlet-women-less coke fuelled adventures a year or two before that.
And it's not like Julia is a politician, wielding power enough to change the lives of every man, woman and child in the country. Does her character need to be as pure as a saint, impervious to all attempts of bribery and corruption?
Like our actual politician's are that anyway...
It seems to be a lot of fuss over nothing. Or am I just being biased simply because I like Julia? I admit if it was Campbell accepting a "free gratuity" from the Bell's Whisky company I'd be calling for his head on a pole. But who wouldn't want to see that period?
So apologies for the nature of this post once again. This post has no point other than to register my demand with the BBC that Julia Bradbury be reinstated immediately to augment my television viewing pleasure.
And to demand that Nicky Campbell's skull be surmounted on a brass topped spike and displayed over the gatehouse of Warwick Castle (I can't afford the train fare to see it at the Tower Of London).
To be honest, part of me thinks that this air miles baloney is just a smokescreen created by Campbell and his other Watchdog cronies anyway and Julia is currently being held hostage in the boot of Campbell's car, her smoky, chocolaty voice brutally muffled by Campbell's sweat stained sporran.
Scotland Yard should be informed immediately. Interpol should be alerted. A cell should be swept clean (or unclean) at Guantanamo Bay ready for Campbell's imminent arrival.
I pay my TV license fee for emergencies of this kind and I expect to be obeyed!
13 comments:
- Reluctant Blogger said...
Ah well, I don't know who she is but she looks kind of sexy.
But I have no real interest in celebrities (other than Keeley of course!). I can't see why they have to behave any better than anyone else, they just have to accept that because they live in the limelight, when they do something inappropriate, everyone who reads about celebrities will know about it. Seems like a fair deal to me. I don't think they should lose their jobs over silly stuff like this. If what they do is illegal they should be treated like everyone else.
- Wednesday, April 01, 2009 3:30:00 pm
- French Fancy said...
I seldom watch UK tv these days and didn't know of the lady in question, but I reckon if most presenters, or indeed anyone in the media, were investigated they would be found wanting somewhere or other. and don't get me started on the good old MPs.
- Wednesday, April 01, 2009 4:04:00 pm
- Andrew Glazebrook said...
I was thinking of suggesting to the BBC a series called Julia Bradbury's Railway Stalks, in which I follow her while she walks along railway tracks !! :)
- Wednesday, April 01, 2009 4:45:00 pm
- Steve said...
Exactly - on all points Gina. Being a celebrity shouldn't bring you extra freedoms but neither should it put you forward for extra censure - not unless you're presenting yourself as an ideal of moral perfection of course but precious few celebs are stupid enough to do that or clever enough to get away with it. And Jules is definitely kind of sexy. But this did not influence my opinion at all. No. Not at all.
FF: none of us are saints at the end of the day and I bet most politicos are right devils when the dirt finally gets dished.
Andrew: LOL. What a wonderful idea. Tell you what you can stalk her along the railways and I'll take her (ahem) in the Lakes. I quite fancy leaping from crag to crag chasing her like Gollum chasing Frodo in LOTR. And please, no jokes about Julia being a ring bearer please. She's not that kind of girl. (Not unless she can be tempted by a bag of coke, that is - Angus assures me it's hot shit.)
- Wednesday, April 01, 2009 6:47:00 pm
- Tristan said...
I suspect they discovered Julia is actually a man - big hands and an adam's apple are a dead giveaway, mate.
- Wednesday, April 01, 2009 11:16:00 pm
- The Sagittarian said...
Wait a minute...you're telling me there is a grown man calling himself "Nicky"? Good grief, no wonder the economy is crumbling!
No idea who that brunetter is either but I'll go along with your theory as you haven't put me crook yet. Let me know when the petition to free her needs signing....
- Thursday, April 02, 2009 12:30:00 am
- Steve said...
Tris: how dare you impugn Julia's gender. She's clearly a wo-man. I'll have you know I can spot them a mile off and have never been wrong yet.
Amanda: I personally blame the state of the entire world's economy on Nicky Campbell. I wonder if his mates used to sing Prince's "Darling Nikki" to him in the eighties...? I do hope so.
- Thursday, April 02, 2009 8:12:00 am
- Brother Tobias said...
There's a wicked sense of humour lurking in that intelligent grin. Personally I'd forgive her treason, regicide and breach of parking regulations. Can't remember much about her programmes though; I just look at the pictures.
- Thursday, April 02, 2009 3:21:00 pm
- Steve said...
"Personally I'd forgive her treason, regicide and breach of parking regulations."
Brother T, I'd applaud her let alone forgive her...! ;-)
- Thursday, April 02, 2009 3:36:00 pm
I have started a new website called http:/www.lakelandwalks.co.uk and I would definitely give Julia Bradbury a job on our website which is aimed at helping all walkers of all abilities.
Anyone can upload their own personal walks to this website and you do not have to be Julia Bradbury, although if you do read this blog Julia please get in touch with me as would love to go on a walk together and with anyone else who wishes to accompany lakeland walks up to the top of Blencathra anytime soon.
- Tuesday, August 10, 2010 2:49:00 pm
- Steve said...
Lakeland Walks: congratulations on the spiffing new web site - I may well make use of it myself. As for Julia Bradbury - she doesn't, alas, frequent my blog or, if she does, she has never made her presence known. However I live in hope. Should she ever contact me with a hillwalking invite I shall of course accept immediately and suggest we check out what your web site has to offer. Best of luck for the future!
- Tuesday, August 10, 2010 3:40:00 pm
A few air miles doesn't sound bad, does it, but when it equates to more than £20k ...? Also, it wasn't a 'friend' doing her a favour, it was her sister, who owned a travel agency, and just happens to be married to Paul Fox, who is ex-boss of BBC1. Nepotism perhaps, to sit alongside the fraud?
- Wednesday, April 20, 2011 7:28:00 pm
- Steve said...
Anonymous: but you make it sound like such a bad thing.
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Monday, January 9, 2012
A Case Of The Mondays
Mumbai Science are on some of that other shit. These belgian youngsters simply have a sound carved out for themselves that's unlike anything out there. Its somewhere in between techno and electro that escapes exact definition, but whatever it is there's no doubt that it's freaking LARGE. Their newest EP came out today, and it's already received support from Boys Noize, Tiga, and Crookers just to name a few. That should tell you pretty much everything you need to know about it. Here's one of the two songs on it, but be sure to grab the full thing off of beatport.
download: Mumbai Science - Researchers (Original Mix)
Dark and deep analog vibes pulse along all the way through this one, making me feel a bit like I'm lost in the basement of a berlin discotech every time I listen to it. Our friends over at Volta Bureau came out with this remix a couple months back and it managed to slip under our radar a bit, but I don't know how because it's absolutely incredible. Honestly, comparing this with their hit "Alley Cat", it's amazing how versatile these guys are. Definitely a group to watch in 2012 if you aren't already. This song is honestly too good, I'd feel guilty giving it away for free - make sure to buy it off of Beatport.
[Stream Only]: Pat Lok - No Shame (Volta Bureau Remix)
I recently came across a band called Computer Magic, and I've completely fallen in love with their sound. It's a dreamy, retro-styled approach to electronica that makes me think of summer days and summer haze. Play this one on the next sunny day. Be sure to follow her soundcloud for some more jams.
download: Computer Magic - Grand Junction
Lastly but definitely not least, more Grum is always good for you. I feel like listening to this song is pretty much exactly what doing cocaine in the 80s must have been like........
download: Keenhouse - Ari-es (Grum Remix)
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Arielle's blog is such a breath of fresh air - her writing style is so light-hearted, witty, and fun, and her dog is just too adorable!! :0)
love cc, she is such a good writer, and we share an obsession of binge-eating large quantities of fruit. yeah arielle!
good choice!
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p.s., you forgot these two gems:
Aw, thanks Tina! You're pretty awesome yourself! Definitely one of my favorites.
And thanks to all of you above, too...although I am so not responsible for fig obsessions :)
Arielle definitely stands out spectacularly in this food blogging world :)
I started reading Arielle's blog about a month ago and it is like a daily dose of humor. She's really original and rockin, I love it!
So glad you have her on your blogroll because that's how I found her!
love the couch cubicle.
can I call her c-squared?
Haha I adore Arielle's blog. She is hilarious and awesomee!


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Friday, 2 June 2017
The League of Big Sisters
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- Anonymous11 June 2017 at 12:30
I loved this story, especially regarding her feelings about her breasts and her adaption to the bra. Small insights like that ad to realism. The reveal about Hazel and how it was her idea all along was fun and also the take on a middle sex, a third gender as you put it, and how that could serve to balance sexuality in a male-dominated society. Thanks for the entertaining, new slant. I do think, however, that it would be an easy role judging from how society still treats transgenders negatively instead of being the gift of diversity they are.ReplyDelete
Glad you liked it! I do really believe in trying to get the small insights and details; I think that's a vital part of this whole capping thing - trying to get the little details to make it seem real.ReplyDelete
I do like the idea behind the LOBS and their philosophy; it seems like a nicer version of the whole 'evil feminists on a mission to enslave and sissify all men'. We may well see more LOBS caps in future.
You're right, in that the LOBS recruits would not have an easy time of it in the current world, but things have changed a lot in just the past five years regarding trans-acceptance, in a decade or so, hopefully, your comment will be a lot less pertinent.


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Taly got her first shots yesterday. I only cried a little as she grabbed my hands with terror in her eyes, looking at me like "Why are you letting them do this to me?!?!" I stared back, saying, "It's not me, it's the crazy lady with the needle!"
Minutes later, my tough girl was fine. Here's a picture of her booboos.
Deja vu? Three years ago, I took this picture:
Saturday, September 20, 2008
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- Stephany said...
Awww! What a cutie! She's such a touch little girl! Good for her. . . and good for YOU! Those stupid doctor visits are the hardest on Mommies!
By the way, I saw you working your way to the cry-room on Sunday and I JUST LOVE your new hair-cut. . . it suits you well! Super cute!
- September 22, 2008 at 9:14 AM
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... just as the choice to adopt "modest" dress does not live in a vaccum, neither does the choice to wear "revealing" clothing. There is a lot of pressure on young girls to adopt a particular style of dress. ...
Raunch culture guilts and shames women into putting on a sexual performance for men, whether they want to or not. It sets up a "right" way to express sexuality, and by pushing the notion that men are entitled to sexual gratification, even if it's just in the form of women wearing low-cut shirts, it ignores the fact that true sexual liberation comes from people being able to make choices about what makes them happy without being guilted and/or shamed into acting a certain way. In that way, it is very much a part of, and a method of perpetuating, a sexually negative culture.
The political Right (as I noted in an earlier post) is sometimes schizophrenic on this. The neoconservative side of the brain waxes eloquent about the oppression of women under the burqa-enforcing yoke of Islam, but the social-conservative side of the brain thinks women ought to stay covered up. But what really matters is our freedom to set our own limits.
In a Purim-related post in 2004, I wrote:
Vashti, the queen of Persia, commits an open act of defiance against the King. After seven days of feasting, King Ahasuerus, in his cups, commands that the his wife the queen be brought before all the men "wearing a royal diadem" – and nothing else, as the traditional interpretation has it. Queen Vashti, furious, refuses this degrading order.
The king is so taken aback that he has to consult his advisers as to what to do next. An official named Memucan opines that Vashti's insurrection will "make all wives despise their husbands" and that therefore she must be exiled immediately, lest there be "no end of scorn and provocation." This edict, he continues, should be promulgated "throughout the lands of Persia and Media," after which the king should take another bride "more worthy" than Vashti, so that "all wives will treat their husbands with respect." King Ahasuerus does exactly as Memucan instructs.
Let us notice the implications. It is the king's honor, and not the queen's, that is of concern here. In fact, simply by insisting on her own dignity and autonomy, the insubordinate queen is a threat to his honor. And finally, the king, as ruler of his country, has an obligation to uphold this patriarchal value system lest it infect the lower classes.
What is the right that was so important to Vashti? Simply put, it is the right to wear clothes. It is the right to define her own boundaries, and to claim her body as her own. It is her right to exist.
It is also the right to present herself to the world in a fashion of her own choosing. Beyond the need to keep warm, beyond our basic instinct for decency, we wear clothes to express ourselves. Getting dressed is the first creative act we do every day. There is something so fundamental about this need that people will risk punishment for it. In contemporary Iran, some women deliberately wear colored socks, or allow a forbidden strand of hair to show, simply to assert their own autonomy in the face of Islamic totalitarianism. ...
I also argue (as does Tekanji) that our right to choose our mode of dress is intimately linked to our gender expression: 'By covering ourselves, we create the possibility of defining our own relationship to gender. Transgendered individuals, like the defiant Iranian women, have often risked harrassment and physical violence in order to dress according to their own identities. Those of us who do not identify with our socially dictated "assigned gender" can identify with that Persian queen: Vashti's right to wear a dress is my right to wear a dress.' (See also my post on the Kabbalah.)
Go read Tekanji's full post at the link. And don't forget to bookmark Alas, a Blog.
Somewhere between totalitarianism and anarchy there is a world where we are free as individuals to define our own boundaries. It's a world where we can express ourselves - and conceal ourselves - without fear of persecution or exploitation. It is a free world, a world that we can make a reality.


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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Easter Peep Packages
I had been planning on dipping some peeps in chocolate for the longest time and finally had some creative energy leftover to tack the project. Yay! I got my Easter projects done before the fourth of July! ;-) I think they turned out pretty cute. I made the scalloped tag using my Sizzix Big Shot machine and circle die then used a couple of stamps that I picked up at Hobby Lobby with a gift card I got from my sister in law for my birthday. I inked the edges and cut out the little bunny and attached it with dimensional adhesive spots. I also just received my bakers twine from a Stampin' Up order I had placed and so used that to attach the tag under the big pink ribbon. See, straight forward craft. All I did for the peeps was melt some white chocolate melts with a teaspoon of Crisco, dipped them, added sprinkles and allowed the chocolate to set. Voila! Happy Easter!!
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Yesterday was "break time over, get out of Dodge (or in this case, Coos Bay, Oregon) day." So I yawned, stretched, packed and left.
I took a series of buses from Coos Bay to Florence, Oregon. Then I tromped down to the corner,
by Highway 101, sat down on my pack and put my thumb out.
The usual band of idiots drove by, along with the normal (and worthwhile) people. The truckers
blew dust at me, one woman (no doubt, a "crack Ho") stopped her "burnt-the-original-paint-off" stolen Toyota pickup and shouted her whiskey-ruined voice, across the road at me.
"I'm only going six miles" she croaked, already eyeing my stuff. I just smiled at her and shook
my head.
"Well" crackled the hag, "Good luck hitchhiking, you bitch."
Then she turned her truck around and drove away.
I sat on my backpack and smiled even more. "She wished me good luck" I thought. And in the
end, good luck is exactly what I got.
A woman, with the most beautiful Pomeranian dog that I have ever seen, stopped her car and
offered me a ride. She ended up taking me to her house. I spent the night there and we shared
a great conversation, good food and played with the puppies (she has several).
I showered, slept, did my laundry and then she drove me to Newport, Oregon. I am almost
done drinking a one liter bottle of Diet Dew (which, once it kicks in, will keep me awake
for hours) and the nice lady fixed me a good lunch that I will enjoy, later.
Yes, I got good luck, alright. And the "crack Ho"?
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Memorial Day Tri: Swim, Bike, Eat
(I apparently need to actually buy a camera, because Someone decided she wants her own camera back. Sheesh. Kids.)
Maybe you've heard? Swimming isn't my strong suit? I kind of sort of actually hate and detest it? Maybe I haven't actually blogged about swimming. I think maybe I only FaceBooked about the hate-on I have for swimming. Well, to make a long story short: I have this swim coach, she's great, she kicks my ass, I'm tossing up a lung in her workouts, I almost quit, I didn't, things got better, and well, we'll see.
I mean, I want to be challenged in my swimming. But there's challenging and then there's impossible. It's as though my track coach just suddenly told me to run 7 min miles. That's a fine goal, but you know, I'm not going to get there for a long, long (REALLY LONG) while. So I explained all of this to my coach, and voila, or viola, at last week's swim lesson I got to wear flippers. (And those things rock.) So, we'll see.
Anywho, I had to FORCE myself to do this open water swim thing, as usual. We had some nice OLDTP-ers on hand to guide us (thanks Ed and Simon!) and they gave some great pointers. I worked hard on sighting and on swimming, and on swimming, you know—near other people. Like REALLY close. We practiced Mass Starts, which I have successfully avoided up til now. It wasn't so horrible as I thought. We did variations of swimming from this buoy to that one over and over, gradually increasing distance, culminating in a nice long 800 m swim in the lovely Chesapeake Bay.
As usual, it was awesome. I didn't drown (my latest new terror? That I'll be the one who has the heart attack in the water that you read about at every triathlon. It's always something, isn't it?), and I kept a decent pace. It's possible that the wetsuit helped.
After all of that fun, we had a leisurely transition and hit the bikes for another FANTASTIC ride. We did about 16 miles, headed towards Annapolis. Beautiful day, birds singing, the smell of honeysuckle, cut grass, and barbecue in the air. What made this ride fun and different? Well, I kept up, for one thing. And we rode in a pace line for another. These are monumental things in my puny little life. I remember this trip last year, when a 40-mile-bike ride pretty much broke me. So great to see progress. Plus? The New New Triathletes were terrific.
On the way back, one of the NTP-ers got a flat and a few of us stopped to help her fix it. I provided the tube, Simon provided the brawn. And the skill. (Although I could have done it. Eventually.)
Anyway, the point of this little story is, I fell behind everyone, but I was determined to catch up, and catch up I did.
After a mile or so, I met up with Simon, who was nicely waiting for me and then?
It. Was. On.
It. Was. So. On.
(Simon is half my age and an Ironman. So yeah. It wasn't really on.)
Simon at New Jersey Tri last year. Sorry big guy.
I needed to catch a few people. I needed to SHOW a few people how to do this thing. (Heh.)
Apparently I started riding. After a bit Simon pulled up to me and said, "You know you're doing about 18 mph?"
What? Exsqueeze me?? This thing only goes 15 mph. (And no, I don't have a bike computer. On purpose. Why depress myself more?)
I kept going. It felt great!! Simon told me later I hit 20mph (and if he was lying, I don't want to know). Ed even told me I had a nice cadence! (Some women like to be told they're beautiful. Then, there's the rest of us.)
I say it over and over: It's the little things in life, people.
These little victories and people telling me I'm getting better just mean the world to me. I mean, I was high after hearing that!
I just hope I remember to do the same for others.
Afterwards, we headed to Cantlers for the traditional crabcake feast
Me, Ed, last year at Cantler's. Yum.
No better way to spend a Memorial Day.
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- Runner Susan said...
Oh Jeanne, why not have both? You're beautiful AND fast!
- Catharine said...
Hilarious post, Jeanne.
My first thought when I saw that familiar pic: Geez, Jeanne takes every opportunity she can get to hug Simon...and get photographed doing it.
You MUST get a bike computer. Here's why. First, it is cool to see how fast you're going. Just this morning I was peddling along at an easy pace when I looked down and saw I was going 17 mph without breaking a sweat. I remember going about half that speed at this time last year. Such an ego boost when you see how much you've improved.
Second, if you get one with a cadence meter, it will really help you determine well, your cadence. You want to shoot for 80-100 rpm, and you probably know that if you do that you are better off for the run. It has really helped me. So go shopping. Now.
- 21stCenturyMom said...
I get every word of this post. Keeping up is everything!
- 21stCenturyMom said...
Also - what Catharine said is true. Having a bike computer really helps because you can force yourself to do intervals and stuff.
- Jank said...
Avoid the bike computer! Why know?
And the crab cakes? Genius. I need to make sure I start ending rides at lobster shacks...
- Kahnee said...
I love your blog. It's so inspirational. I want to do a triathlon one day, but I'm so scared of the swim part. ---
- Black Knight said...
Annapolis, there is the Navi Academy, isn't it? I miss the Navy.
- Calyx Meredith said...
20 mph? SO COOL! You need to have a bike computer so you can see that for yourself! And boy, oh boy, do I love MD crabcakes!! My favorite part of college was the food.
- Maryland Girl aka Michelle said...
Gott a get the bike computer! I love seeing that I was going fast a few times during a ride! Soon we will conquer the Thursday hills with such speed......
- Gina said...
That sounds like a great day, Jeanne! Your posts always crack me up - I love your sense of...humor! Really! And keep up with the swimming, too.
- Petraruns said...
See - isn't it good you didn't give up on that stupid swimming? You're going to BEAT it.
Look at you on that bike - zooming along like Lance Armstrong. Even thinking you can change tires now..
That post-workout meal looks sooo good. A nice hug with a nice man in tights is also gooood. Well done Jeanne - you lead by example..
- Jade Lady said...
I'm not big on swimming either...Tried flippers, and wish I could wear them for a race!
Sounds like you had a great MemDay!
- Rainmaker said...
I'm glad to see you incorporate the most important sport (eating) into the day. Cause otherwise the whole tri thing is just kinda wasted calories burned. :)
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Celebrity adoption should never be a motivation to adopt, yet, I
always am pleased when celebrities speak to the joys and desires
of adoption.
Posted: October 1, 2012 byJenny Schafer
Golden Globe and Grammy Award-winner and Academy Award-nominee
Queen Latifah stars in the Lifetime Original Movie Event,Steel
Magnolias, set to debut Sunday, October 7 at 9pm ET/PT on
Lifetime. The singer-actress appears in and executive produces
the film, a television adaptation of the iconic play and 1989
film of the same name.
In a conference call, theChicagostar opens up to Celebrity Baby
Scoop about playing a mom inSteel Magnolias, working with iconic
TV mom "Clair Huxtable," and her plans to adopt in the future.
On if she plans to adopt:
QL: "Are you trying to get the scoop girl? You can't get that
[laughs]. Trust me. When you see me with the baby, you're going
to know I've got the baby. And it's going to be my baby. It will
maybe be a niece or nephew, but you can blame the baby on me.
Honestly, I've always wanted to adopt since I was a child. I saw
an ABC special and I've always wanted to adopt since I was a kid.
I also love the showEight is Enough.
I've always loved the idea of having a house full of people where
you're the parent, and everybody can come. If something goes
wrong the kids can crash there, and you just make sure you call
their parents to say they are safe there.
That's just kind of how I envisioned things. And I know I'm
running a little late, but I've had a couple of things to do. I'm
the parent to many people, whether you realize it or not. It just
doesn't look like it from the outside world.
But I would absolutely adopt. That's something that I definitely
see in the future because why not? I mean, it doesn't have to be
a baby; kids need a home. So hopefully that will be a possible
thing. But I can't speak on anything particularly right now."
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Filling the agenda is the first order of business (after a bite to eat, of course!). Participants make invitations to a particular room at a particular time to:
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EdCamp participants ARE the resident experts and because you are the expert, you know what you need and what is working for you. If the session you are in isn't meeting your needs, you are free to find another session.
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Last night I went and picked up my first batch of produce from my CSA. Although, it seemed a little less this year because of the oddly cool weather we have been having, it was still just as exciting. It is cool to see the dirt on the plants and even the roots left on the arugula. Here is what I got this week:
-1 bunch of arugula
-2 leeks
-1 bunch of lettuce
-1 bundle of asparagus
-1 bunch of pea shoots
-2 quarts of strawberries
-2 stalks of rhubarb
-1/2 dozen eggs
When you get fresh produce, it is important to store it away properly to ensure that it stays fresh for the longest period possible.
For certain vegetables such as lettuce, I like to place in a salad spinner and remove all the dust and dirt and then place in a paper towel-lined air-tight container. That way it is ready whenever I need it.
For herbs like dill I place in a glass of water and place in the fridge.
For the strawberries, if I am not using them right away I place them in the refrigerator on a paper towel-lined plate. Strawberries - especially local ones are very fragile and can easily get crushed in quart containers. Do not wash them until just before using them.
If you haven't seen pea-shoots, this is what they look like - so pretty:
Here is the menu I am planning to do this week:
-Rhubarb Strawberry Pie
-Sesame Pea-Shoot Salad
-Quick Strawberry Jam
-Quick Dill Pickles
-Strawberry Walnut Salad
I made a Spanish tortilla with asparagus, leeks, and potatoes last night. Here is a simple how-to on making a Spanish Tortilla (which is an egg and potato dish). Click here for a version from Everyday Food.
Preheat oven at 375 degrees.
Get a few potatoes and slice thinly. Salt and pepper generously. Heat olive in a non-stick or cast-iron skillet. Place potatoes and cook until tender crisp, about 10-15 minutes. Stir occasionally so the potatoes are rotated from the heat.
In the meantime, slice the rest of whatever you want to put it the skillet. I sliced up the asparagus and leeks. Place in the skillet and stir together and cook until tender.
Take 5-8 eggs (depending on how eggy you like it). Salt and pepper and put a generous dash of hot sauce and whisk together. Place egg mixture in skillet of the potatoes - the eggs should not cover all the potatoes.
Place in oven and cook for about 12-15 minutes until eggs have set and top becomes golden. Slice and serve with hot sauce on top.


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Business Law - Chapter 18
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Define employment-at-will doctrine
Either party may terminate the employment relationship at any time and for any reason ("at will")
Define wrongful discharge
Whenever an employer discharges an employee in violation of an employment contract or statutory law protecting employees, the employee may bring a suit for wrongful discharge.
What is the Davis-Bacon Act (1931)
Requires contractors and subcontractors working on federal government construction projects to pay their employees "prevailing wages"
Define Walsh-Healey Act (1936)
Requires firms that contract with federal agencies to pay their employees a minimum wage and overtime pay
Define Fair Labor Standards Act (1938)
Extended wage and hour requirements to cover all employers whose activities affect interstate commerce plus certain other businesses. The act has specific requirements in regard to child labor, maximum hours, and minimum wages.
What is the worker adjustment and retraining notification (WARN) act
Applies to employers with a least one hundred full-time employees and requires that sixty days' advance notice of mass layoffs be given to affected employees.
What is the state layoff notice requirements
May be different from and even stricter than the WARN act's requirements
What is the occupational safety and health act
Requires employers to meet specific safety and health standards that are established and enforced by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
What is the family and medical leave act (FMLA)
Requires employers with fifty or more employees to provide employees with up to twelve weeks of unpaid leave during any twelve-month period.
What is family leave
May be taken to care for a newborn baby, a newly adopted child, or a new foster child
Define medical leave
may be taken when the employee or the employee's spouse, child, or parent has a serious health condition requiring care
Define military caregiver leave
May be taken to care for a family member with a serious injury or illness incurred as a result of military duty
What is a qualifying exigency leave
May be taken to handle specified non-medical emergencies when a spouse, parent, or child is in, or called to, active military duty.
What are state workers' compensation laws
Establish an administrative procedure for compensating workers who are injured in accidents that occur on the job, regardless of fault.
Define social security
The social security act of 1935 provides for old-age, survivors', and disability insurance
Define Medicare
The social security administration also administers medicare, a health-insurance program for older or disabled persons.
What is the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) of 1974
Establishes standards for the management of employer-provided pension plan
What is the federal unemployment tax act (FUTA) of 1935
Created a system that provides unemployment compensation to eligible individuals. Employers are taxed to cover the costs.
What is the consolidated omnibus budget reconciliation act (CORBRA) of 1985
Requires employers to give employees, on termination of employment, the option of continuing their medical, optical, or dental insurance coverage for a certain period.
What is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Establishes requirements for employer-sponsored group health plans. The plans must also comply with various safeguards to ensure the privacy of employees' health information.
What is the employee privacy rights?
When determining whether an employer should be held liable for violating an employee's privacy rights, the courts generally weigh the employer's interests against the employee's reasonable expectation of privacy.
Employer must notify the employee if they're being monitored.
What are the two most common things that employees see as invasive of their privacy rights?
Electronic performance monitoring
Drug testing
What is Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Prohibits both intentional (Disparate-treatment) and unintentional (Disparate-impact) discrimination.
What is Disparate-Impact discrimination and when does it occur?
Unintentional discrimination
When an employer's practice, such as requiring a certain level of education, has effect of discriminating against a protected class.
What are some remedies for employment discrimination and what sort of damages can be awarded for disparate-treatment discrimination?
Reinstatement, back pay, retroactive promotion.
Compensatory and punitive may be awarded or intentional discrimination
What act protects discrimination based on age?
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA): Prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of age against individuals forty years of age or older.
What act protects discrimination based on disability
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): prohibits employment discrimination against persons with disabilities who are otherwise qualified to perform the essential functions of the jobs for which they apply.
How can a disabled plaintiff succeed in a case against an employer
Show that she or he has a disability, is otherwise qualified for the employment in question, and was excluded from it solely because of the disability.
How must an employer accommodate the needs of a disabled worker?
modifying the physical work environment and permitting more flexible work schedules
When does an employer not have to accommodate the needs of workers with disabilities?
Individuals who pose a definite threat to health and safety in the workplace or who are not otherwise qualified for their job.
What are some defenses to employment discrimination
Discrimination was required for reasons of business necessity, meet a bona fide occupational qualification, or to maintain a legitimate seniority system.
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Fellil was a Twi'lek female Jedi Master who served the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic during the Cold War. Assigned to the planet Alderaan to aid House Organa, Fellil was hunted by the Sith Lord Mahish, but Fellil and a group of Advozse mercenaries hired by Organa ambushed Mahish in the mountains of Kaamos Territory, killing him. However, Imperial forces stormed the mercenaries' camp in the Fornaak Falls Cavern, killing Fellil and the mercenaries.[1]
- Star Wars: The Old Republic (First appearance)