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Running through the undeveloped lot across the street from my home, a hurled dirt clod crumbles as it strikes my back. After our makeshift war is complete, we stay out until sunset riding bikes and exploring the nearby reservoir. A few days later we visit my grandparents' home on Foothill boulevard—Route 66 that is—across the street from a car repair shop. There are no other buildings for miles.
That undeveloped lot across the street from my house in southern California back in the 1980s has since seen homes built on it, children generally don't explore the outdoors far from home as freely anymore, and my grandparents' home has made way for an outdoor shopping mall and freeway expansions. Much else has also changed in these southern Californian towns and cities, on the outskirts of Los Angeles. Suburban sprawl has been accompanied by quickly shifting demographics as decades worth of mostly unfettered immigration across the southern border have passed since Reagan's amnesty.
In a mere thirty years, the Hispanic population of California as a whole has doubled, while the Asian population has close to tripled. Some of this can be explained by higher birthrates among immigrants, though subsequent generations of immigrants mostly regress to the native fertility rate. Most of it is due to new waves of immigrants, both legal and illegal.
How much these changing circumstances have affected Californians depends to a large degree on their own socioeconomic status. There is a wealth of research that confirms that increases in diversity are corrosive of social cohesion and trust in communities. But given the de facto segregation that occurs along racial and economic lines, much of the upper-middle class and rich, living in gated communities and suburbs, never have this diversity touch them up close. So while the face of California is rapidly shifting, it's possible to be mostly insulated from its negative effects. There are still many racially homogeneous white communities throughout California, and the strain on social services and the downward pressure on jobs and wages for workers on the low end of the scale don't adversely affect the affluent tech and Hollywood elite or the upper-middle class.
But for the native working class especially, the effects of steady, unchecked immigration can't be so easily ignored. All the aforementioned effects—strain on social services, jobs lost to low skill competition, wages depressed—smack them square in the proverbial jaw. As do the deleterious effects of quickly rising diversity on social cohesion and trust in local communities. While the economic upside of the equation is enjoyed almost exclusively by the immigrants themselves and the corporations who profit off cheap labor. A boon to GDP perhaps, but that's mighty cold comfort to those on the short end of the stick.
On this matter Californian immigration restrictionists find an unlikely ally in Cesar Chavez, a famous Mexican-American civil rights activist to whom is dedicated a California state holiday. He was committed to restricting immigration in the interests of native farm labor. Going so far as to lead a protest march to the southern border in order to protest illegal immigration and reporting illegal immigrant strikebreakers to the equivalent of ICE. Recognition of the economic realities of immigration can cut across racial lines.
Meanwhile, on the other end of the skill spectrum, workers on H-1B visas, entering the country to take jobs in areas of technical expertise, also provides competition to native workers. As the home of Silicon Valley, California takes on more than its fair share of H-1Bs, as tech firms dubiously claim they can't find quality native engineers. Scandals like those at the link go unaddressed by immigration doves, or are treated as some distinct, separate issue while American workers suffer.
The political effects of immigration have also been dramatic. 63% of hispanics in California are registered Democrats and only 16% are registered Republicans. This makes the following chart, showing the county level breakdown of the results of the last ten presidential elections, unsurprising.
The change in southern California is particularly noteworthy. The small county south of Los Angeles is Orange County, where I recently lived for about 8 years. It is a notorious enclave of affluent Republicanism, having produced none other than Richard Nixon. While it's somewhat difficult to make out on the map, it remained red for all nine of the elections before 2016, finally succumbing that year and delivering an all-blue southern California for the first time since FDR's win in 1936. While whites are still the largest group in the county at 44%, the city of Santa Ana is one of the most Hispanic cities in the U.S., and its swelling ranks are paradigmatic of shifts throughout California.
This transformation of California—home of frontier settlers, gold miners, and independent farmers representing a rugged individualistic character—into one of the bluest states in the country and an exemplar of political dysfunction and mismanagement, is obviously disheartening. And the role that immigration has played in this is undeniable.
The realization of the urgency presented by demographic change is part of what fueled Trump's rise, at least among thoughtful supporters. Any other single item on the conservative agenda becomes impossible to achieve once a couple states like Arizona and especially Texas flip blue.
Of course, as a reactionary I don't believe GOP politics, or democratic politics, or for that matter politics at all, will save us. But fostering the sort of culture amenable to reactionary, or even merely conservative, ends, is not generally compatible with a large influx of third-world immigration into a bloated welfare state. This demographic transformation is a problem even from a right-wing anti-democratic perspective, as the people are a critical factor in determining a nation's character, even aside from the question of political power.
California's history as the location of numerous Spanish missions, founded in the 18th and 19th century, around which much of its current culture grew (Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco were all formed around or near Spanish missions), places it in a unique position. This history attenuates some of the more egregious problems associated with assimilation. But while immigrants from Mexico and South America are predominantly Roman Catholic (thus evading the more severe downsides of the Islamic immigration in Europe, for example), this fact is often given more weight than it merits. Religion is important but race, language, and social norms and expectations are similarly important factors to consider when looking at cultural assimilation. But, perhaps more to the point, assimilation itself is not the only pertinent question. Whether even assimilated immigrants from a particular group are desirable or a net positive is itself open for debate.
One way to measure just what it is that is being assimilated (or not) in immigration is to look at racial breakdown of crime rates. Some claim that immigrant crime rates are equal to or less than that of natives, but that's basically impossible to verify given the lack of data that separates out immigrants as a category. These claims are mostly baseless. But we do know that immigration to California is overwhelmingly hispanic, and when we look at the data, while blacks are significantly disproportionate in each category of crime, hispanics are also overrepresented. Comprising 37% of the population in California, they commit 40-50% of the crime in each category. While whites and Asians are significantly underrepresented in each. Mexico's infamous drug cartels and gangs, and their attendant violence and social pathologies, are not anything the U.S. should want to assimilate even if it could.
As mentioned above, diversity injected into communities sows distrust and acts against social cohesion. This is a truth that, while data backs it up, is also understood intuitively by those in the communities it happens to. A 14 year-old girl recently wrote in the L.A. Review of Books about this happening to her own community:
This is immigration. Immigration to me is an invasion. An invasion of a life we once had, of a community we grew from. It's a process of kicking people like me out of our lives.
"How dare LARB give that little xenophobic Nazi a platform! For shame!" Bottle that indignation, dear reader, as I have just pulled a fast one on you: that isn't what the little girl wrote. She wrote that paragraph but I replaced the word "gentrification" with "immigration." Suddenly the integrity of ethnic community and angst over its dissolution took on a degree of reasonableness, didn't it? Imagine that.
The point, of course, is not that the little girl is wrong just as immigration restrictionists are wrong, but rather that both have completely legitimate concerns. Changing demographic profiles, whether of a state or local communities, bring with them costs and benefits and to assume the benefits always outweigh the costs, in the face of much evidence to the contrary, is pure fideism. In both cases there is a particularist attachment to a people, a land, and a set of cultural traditions and norms that are valued and which they reasonably want to preserve. The alliance of Capital and Progress combine to uproot all particularist attachment and define it as "reactionary" (used as an epithet). Whether in the name of revolution or freedom, the result is the same: the old ways must die and the new must be ushered in. This is not with eyes fixed on some greater end, but change (which is actually destruction) is the end itself.
Some might be inclined to point out that between Native Americans, Spaniards, Mexicans, and European settlers, California has often undergone transformation in the recent past, for better or worse. What proponents of immigration tend to gloss over here is the fact that such changes can be resisted; that it is not simply a matter of fate. The mere fact of a history of demographic change is not evidence that natives were wrong to see in large influxes of outsiders a danger to their way of life. Native Americans did often intuit that just such a danger was afoot, and were ultimately proven correct. Those who are native now are just as justified in perceiving the shifting dynamics of people groups entailing a disruption, if not a threat, of their settled modes of life. The contemptuous dismissal of their concerns and grievances as "reactionary" or "xenophobic" by elites can only be due to the elite's own grim worship of the gods of Capital and Progress.
California will surely continue to change as it's shaped by large-scale forces of history, economics, demographics, and culture. But it will also be shaped by the choices of people, in the halls of power and outside of them. What they are willing to accept and what they refuse to; what they decide to implement and what they fail to; what they pursue and what they don't. Change is inevitable—but not all of it.


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The NWCR Centre comprises a network research groups from across the NW of England who work on basic and translational aspects of cancer biology.
Two places are available on the NWCR Centre Ph.D. programme each with a generous 3-year NWCR-funded stipend starting at £19,000 per annum. The deadline for applications is Sunday 17th December 2017. Short-listed applicants will be interviewed in late January 2018. The successful candidates will start their Ph.D. training at the beginning of October 2018.
The following two projects are available for Ph.D. study:
This is a combined program supported by NWCR and the Universities of Liverpool, Lancaster and Bangor. We have considerable experience in providing high quality Ph.D. training based on the exceptionally strong research expertise within the Centre. Work at the NWCR Centre is supported by international centres of excellence, including the: NWCR Institute - University of Bangor, Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Lancaster University, MRC Centre for Drug Safety Science, Wolfson Centre for Personalised Medicine, Centre for Genomic Research, Centre for Preclinical Imaging, LBIH Biobank, Instrumentation available through the Technology Directorate, UoL.
The NWCR Centre will support two students with three year studentships (currently starting at £19,000 per annum, tax free), course fees (home/EU rate), travel and research funds. Applicants should be recent graduates or final year undergraduates who have to get a first or upper second-class honours degree or equivalent, and have laboratory or research experience. All applicants must satisfy the appropriate University English language requirements. You will be expected to be able to work both in a team and independently and develop expertise in new areas as required. Travel expenses for interview will be covered for UK and EU students but candidates from non-EU countries are likely to be required to pay their own travel expenses.
To apply please send a covering letter outlining your reasons for applying, a curriculum vitae and the names, addresses and telephone numbers of at least two referees to NWCR-UoL Centre Administrator, Mrs Dawn Kohler: [email protected] Please note that due to the large volume of applications received, it is not possible for acknowledgements to be provided for each application.

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Becoming an organized entrepreneur is the key to getting more done and being more successful. We all have 24 hours a day, nobody can create more time; we can only control how well we use it.
"If you are disorganized, then it's very likely your business is too"
One of the great traits of entrepreneurs is that they are always full of ideas. The downside is that this can sometimes also manifest as chaos in your business.
Even if you have been smart enough to employ people around you who are super-organized, ultimately the business will still reflect how well organized you are (assuming you are the main one running the business).
Successful organized entrepreneurs, those that manage to breakthrough and have several businesses that grow into solid established ventures, manage to combine their creativity with the mental discipline needed to be well-organized.
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
My Biggest Grocery Savings to Date!!!
Here is what we got:
4 boxes of Cheerios
3 boxes of Honey Nut Cheerios
3 boxes of Cookie Crisp cereal
5 pk of Kotex pads
4 boxes of Pyramid Lipton Tea bags
1 box of Luzianne tea bags
3 Yo-plus 4-pks
5 4-pks Fiber One yogurt
4 boxes Taco Bell dinner (an item I did NOT have a coupon for--I know, shame on me. LOL)
2 Velvetta cheese spread (mexican flavor)
2 pints Starbucks Ice cream (Caramel Macchiato kind--yummy)
2 loaves of garlic bread
2 boxes of breadsticks
I used a $5 off $30 coupon I got in the mail from Publix (I think that should make up for my not having a Taco bell q LOL).
Summary from my receipt:
Store Coupons: 9.50
Vendor Coupons: 24.65
Advertised Specials (BOGOs): 67.58
Your Savings at Publix: 101.73
Grand Total: 35.64
I just tried to explain to my husband that the Cheerios alone are 4.99 a box--I got 7 boxes of them so we could say, I paid full price for the cereal and got everything else for free. He is about impressed as the cashier was. LOL Oh well, I will bask in my savings victory!!
Honestly, I don't think I have ever saved this much on groceries. I have when buying clothes on clearance at Penneys or in the big Target Toy Clearance but on groceries, this is a new one on me.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Bird Feeder Update
We managed to shoo the cats away and finally the birds came. Alexander has enjoyed looking at them and trying to figure out what they are. The birds are now used to seeing movement at the screen door and don't fly away as quickly as they did at first. Even the baby, Gregory, gets excited when he sees a bird at the feeder.
(Jeff did make the holes a little bigger for the seed to come out easier.)
Here are a few pictures of the birds we have seen.
Female House Finch
Both female and male (the red headed one) House Finch
We also have a family of cardinals that have been coming. It looks like a male, female and 2 babies. We need to research it a little but I think that cardinals are the kind of birds that will continue to come back to the same feeder for a long time.
We have also had a chickadee come but we haven't gotten a picture of it yet. Also the doves are starting to show up more since the other birds tend to fling the seed all over the porch looking for their favorite kind. LOL
I think that the feeder was a good project for Alexander. I felt bad that it took so long for birds to come but once they did, he was thrilled!!
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Twitter Party!!
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Our weekend
On Friday, dh came home and mentioned that it was warmer in here that usual. I told him that it also was very hot. But he reminded ME that the a/c shouldn't be working as hard as it is. He used to work on a/c units so he started fiddling with it and discovered that the fan motor was red hot and that was all she wrote. We were at the end of June, in Savannah, Georgia, with 10 people in our house, and no a/c. *thud* Not a major problem though because as I said, dh is handy and in his words, "It is an easy fix. Just needs a new motor."
We spend a hot night in bed but it wasn't completely unbearable. I woke up with a migraine which is typical for me when under stress.
Saturday morning, Jeff started calling supply places for a new fan motor. Now we are having a problem, it seems the supply places that would have a motor, are closed on Saturdays. Again, not a problem because Jeff's boss, Jim has a couple of window units we can borrow until Monday when Jeff can fix the a/c.
Jeff tries to call his boss but there is no answer. He is having a yard sale so not close to his phone. Jeff decides to drive out to his house. He and our oldest son load up and take off. About 10 minutes after they leave, my phones rings. "The truck died," states my husband. "Try to call Jim's house. We might need to call a wrecker."
I sigh and try his boss a few times. I call Jeff back and he says to just call a tow truck. So I find one that will take my credit card info over the phone because dh has no cash nor debit card. I call him back and tell him that help is on the way.
About an hour later, the wrecker comes with the work truck, Jeff and Jeffrey. They seem in good spirits. We all eat lunch and Jeff decides to head out to Jim's house in our van to get the window units. It is now early afternoon in Savannah, and we are pushing 90-93 in the house.
Jeff is gone about an hour when my phone rings again, "I am on my way home but we might want to see if we can afford a battery for the van. Jim had to jump start it when I went to leave." I remind Jeff that my Mother's Day gift last year was a new battery so it should still be good. LOL He says that he will see me when he gets home....BUT about 45 minutes later the phone rings again, "Van's dead. I am at Habersham and Derenne. You need to come jump me." *shaking my head*
I get our son's truck and drive to rescue Jeff and the van. We make it home...barely. But thankfully, he has the window units!!
Jeff installs one in the living room and one in the dining room. It is still hot but it starts to get a little cooler. We know where we will all be sleeping this night! In the Living room.
After the a/c units are installed, Jeff and I take the van to the mechanic who agrees with hubby, it is the alternator. Great.
For those keeping score it is: one printer, one work truck, on a/c, and one van. We are having a GREAT weekend.
We know we aren't going to be able to cook with the air out because it will make the house even hotter. So I run to the store (in my son's truck which also has no a/c) for lunch meat and other easy things. We are looking on the bright side--we get to watch movies and enjoy some time together.
Saturday night we got 3 twin mattresses and the mattress off our bed and lined them up in the living room and dining room. Our oldest 3 each got a twin, the next 4 slept on our mattress sideways, the baby was in the playpen, Jeff got the couch and I had the love seat. It was cozy and we all hoped that the person farthest from the bathroom didn't have to go because there were a lot of people to walk over to get there!
Sunday morning we all woke up and enjoyed day old donuts from the store. I grabbed the milk from the fridge to take my RA medicine and said, "Honey....this milk is warm." He came to see and sure enough, the fridge was warm. I wanted to scream!!!
Being the kind of person I am, I changed my status on Facebook to reflect our new mechanical failure. Jeff and I began to figure out a plan for getting ice and stuff to keep from losing too much. He fiddled with the fridge (since he is handy) and determined that it was (again) an easy fix. But now it was Sunday and again, no parts places were open. About the time we were trying to decide what to do, there was a knock on our door.
To our great pleasure, a friend of ours was there with 3 coolers full of ice, bottled water and cans of coke. He raided his father-in-laws automatic ice machine for us! We were very grateful.
After lunch, the mechanic called to tell us the van was fixed! And it would only cost us about 360.00. LOL Before Jeff and I could go to get that, another friend from church stopped by to deliver some chicken dinners. Sunday was our church's Patronal Feast Day---which we missed. But they were nice enough to bring us some leftovers from the luncheon.
Oh and did I mention that Sunday was also our Andrew's 6th birthday? LOL Poor kid, he gets a do-over later. LOL
Things are looking better by Sunday night: the van is fixed and the fridge is cold again but we still have no air and a broken work truck in the yard.
Monday morning, Jeff's boss picks him up for work. He has left me specific instructions for what to get from the supply place. I call the first one, they don't have the part. Second place, no they don't either. But they gave me the number of another, BINGO! They have it. My two oldest sons and I jump in the van to get the part. Success! The part is bought and we are back home.
Jeff comes home from work a little early Monday evening. He replaces the fan motor but in the process, breaks the old motor shaft in the fan blade. He tells me to go get another. Supply place closes in one hour---can I make it. Success!! I return with a new fan blade. Jeff hooks it all up, turns the breakers back on and Ta-Da...still no a/c. Crap!
He says to me that it must be the capacitor. But the capacitor they gave me with the fan motor is not the same as the one we need. So guess what I get to do Tuesday morning? And guess where we are all sleeping again on Monday night??? *sigh* At this point, I am wondering who we made mad!
Another night with all 10 of us in the living room and another day of keeping very active little boys from generating more body heat in the house.
Tuesday I go ASAP to get the new part. The guy knew immediately what I needed. He said, "Yea, this isn't supposed to look like this." LOL Jeff had told me that this part would be at least $40 (later he told me it would be anywhere from 40.00 up to 140.00). So I was prepared to pay a lot. The parts guy gave me a total of 8.82. I said, "80.82 ?? " thinking I had misheard. He said, "No, 8.82." I was so thankful!!!! And relieved!
On the way home, I called Jeff to tell him I had the part. He said that as soon as the concrete guy left, they would run home and put it on. At lunchtime, Jeff, Jeffrey and Jim, the boss, all showed up. They fixed the a/c and then enjoyed their lunch in the living room with all of us.
Tuesday night, we all slept in our own beds!! *woot*
Lest you think things are looking up, Jeff is still fiddling with the a/c because it still isn't working quite right. He is pretty sure it is the fan blade they gave us but he doesn't know how to make it work better. We are waiting on the part for the fridge and the drum for the printer still has not come in...which really irritates me.
Tonight though, I really need to focus on the positives because I am starting to get a little cranky. And why am I cranky? Because of all that happened this weekend, I was unable to get to my Publix list until this evening. Because I have been lax in getting my coupons filed, it took me a while to hunt down my bbq sauce and mustard ones. By the time I was done, it was 8:30. Too late for me to go to the store. So I am cranky! I wasn't really cranky when the a/c went out, or the truck broke down or the van...no I get cranky because I couldn't get cheap condiments!!
How lame is that????
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Publix 6/23/09
I was holding on to cereal coupons hoping for a good BOGO sale at Publix and it paid off yesterday. So did holding on to all those Yoplus coupons.
This is what I managed to score at Publix yesterday for less than $40!!!
10 pks of Yoplus yogurt 1.25/each and I had 10 .50 q's which my Publix doubles so .25 for yogurt is pretty good, huh?
Starbuck's Ice cream 1.89/each--I only had one $1.50 coupon, not as good as .81 cents on clearance at Target a while ago but still OK.
Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream 1.89/each--I can't remember but I think I had 2 $1/off coupons
4 boxes of Frosted Mini-wheats 2.10/each--used 4 $1/off coupons
4 boxes of Golden grahams; 1 box of Cookie Crisp; 1 box of Lucky Charms 1.89/each--used various coupons $1/3; $1/2; 50 cents
Nabisco Graham Crackers 2.00/each---used 2 $1 off coupons
Ritz Crackerfull Cracker sandwiches--1.37/each No coupon but they looked soooo good. LOL (And they are LOL)
2 Gallons of milk 2.79/each
3 bottles of coke--2 for my shopping helpers and one for the babysitter at home.
My Savings Summary:
- Store Coupons 5.50
- Vendor Coupons 17.00
- Advertised Specials 46.48
My Savings at Publix: 68.98
Grand total: 35.37
In the words of Tammie, the cashier at Publix yesterday, "I love Coupons!!"
Monday, June 22, 2009
Flip Camera Give-away
Go here to see her review of the camera and your chance to enter.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Target Air Fresheners
I went last night. I still had my air freshener coupons in my holder so I thought that I would check that aisle to see if they were still cheap. The shelf tags indicated that they were back to "normal" prices--11.99, 8.99, etc. So I sighed and put my coupons away. THEN.....I saw the end cap with its "Temporary Price Cut" sign!! SCORE! LOL
1 Airwick iMotion 5.99-3.00 peelie coupon=2.99
1 Lysol Nutra-Air starter kit 5.99-4.00 Q=1.99
1 Airwick Essential Oils starter kit 4.99-4.00Q=.99
2 Glade Sense and Spray 5.99-4.00Q=1.99/each
2 Glade Lasting Impressions 5.99-4.00Q=1.99/each
7 air fresheners for about 14.00 so average about $2/each. Not bad. I will add them to the stash I already have.
What does one do with a box of air fresheners?? Well, some very good friends of our are getting married next month and then 2 weeks later moving to Wisconsin so the bride can begin graduate school. Getting married, moving very far away and going to school can leave a new couple broke! So my plan is to dig through ALL my stash and make a goodie box for them. I will even ship it for them since room in their car will be minimal. Maybe between now and then I will be able to find some more stuff to bless the new couple with.
While at Target last night I also did the Huggies, Viva deal (buy 3 get $5 GC):
Pull ups 8.99-3.00=5.99
Diapers 8.99-2.00=6.99
Viva paper towels 6.99 (no Q but we needed them)
about 19.00-5.00GC=14.00
so about 4.50 average each thing--not as great as free but still OK especially since I am on the last bag of diapers from the Walgreens+$5 coupon buying spree a while ago. LOL
Yesterday I took a trip to CVS. I had three transactions worked up but realized that I really only needed to do one to roll the expiring ECBs.
Here is what I got:
4 boxes of Kellogg's cereal (1.88/each)
2 Dry Idea roll on B1G1 (5.29/each)
2 Excedrin (4.49/each)
1 Schick Quattro (7.99/each)
2 boxes of mac/cheese (needed it for supper LOL 1.79/each *thud*)
I used 6 $1/off coupons; 2 $2/off coupons for the Dry Idea; 1 $4/off Schick and my $16 ECBs.
Total oop: 4.13
ECBs earned: $7
So I lost 9.00 in ECBs but I think I got some good deals on stuff we actually use. We discovered that my husband LOVES the Dry Idea roll on. I am glad I printed off all those $2 coupons and even more glad that they don't expire until November!
I was going to do the sunglasses deal but there were none priced lower than 9.99 at this CVS I went to so I passed on it. I will continue to look at the other ones but if I can't find any of the 5.99 ones, I will probably pass.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Crafting With Daddy
Alexander is our crafter. Along with Moriah, he loves to create and draw and all that good stuff. He is always collecting things and wanting to make stuff. His latest thing is making "people" out of coke bottles. He will tape yarn to the lid for hair, tape paper on for clothes and set them up to play with. When I cleaned their room a few weeks ago, I found a bunch of these people. LOL
My parents were here this past week and Grandpa sprang for coke in 2-liter bottles. When we emptied them, Alexander asked if he could have them. Grandma asked what he would make with it and he told her, "People." She went on to explain how MY Grandma Boring (my Dad's mom) would make bird feeders out of them. His eyes lit up. Something that Alexander likes as much as crafting is birds! He immediately asked if we could do that.
After googling "bird feeder from 2 liter bottle", we found a set of instructions that would work. Then for the next 24 hours, he asked constantly when we would make it. LOL CONSTANTLY! LOL
On Saturday, he talked Daddy into making the feeder part with him. Mom told him that we would get the bird seed on Sunday (We didn't--I was ill. But I told him tomorrow for sure. LOL).
Daddy is a construction worker so of course he got out the drill to make the holes for the skewers and seed to come out. I figured that Jeff would just do it himself but then I heard, "Hold it right here so you can feel how it is. OK now pull the trigger..." LOL So Alexander got to drill the holes himself. Then they added bamboo skewers for the perches. We still have not gotten the bird seed but will since Alexander asked every five minutes. LOL
I will post a picture of the finished product.
4 boxes of cereal $2/each
1 Bayer Quick Crystals 2.00
1 Schick Quattro for Women 8.99
4 $1 coupons
$5 ECBs (I was running low on ECBs)
Paid 10.65 oop
Got back:
$2 ECB for Bayer
$4 ECB for Schick
$10 ECB for doing a survey a few weeks ago *woot*
Not bad. I need to get back into my blogging and dealing. So many distractions and just pure laziness.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Publix 4/8/09
I am really beginning to LOVE Publix!! Even though today they were out of some of the BOGO stuff (mainly cereal), I still managed to get quite a bit and save a lot too. I also didn't remember until I was done getting my list and coupons together that Publix's ad doesn't switch until Saturday rather than Thursday like normal. But I still went on since I had some coupons I wanted to use that were expiring soon.
4 Lipton family size tea bags BOGO
4 Wheat thins Artisan crackers BOGO (and I had BOGO coupons--they were all free!!)
2 Breyer's Ice cream BOGO
4 Kraft Mayo BOGO
2 Kraft Dressing BOGO
4 Emerald Almonds BOGO
4 Swanson Broth BOGO
2 Ragu Pasta Sauce BOGO
6 I Can't Believe it's Not Butter BOGO
2 Chex Mix BOGO
2 English Muffins BOGO
2 Cake mixes BOGO
2 Mentos gum (priced 99 cents and I had $1 coupons)
Non-dealy things:
1 Cake frosting (but I did use a q LOL)
1 melting chocolate (my 16yo is making a dessert)
18-pk Coke (cans)--they were 4.99 and had $1 coupon on them so 3.99
Bag of Sugar--on sale 1.99 used coupon
So from the bottom of my receipt:
Vendor coupons: 22.61
Store coupons: 4.25
Advertised Special Savings: 59.82
Advantage buys: 1.00
My savings at Publix today: 87.68
Total out of pocket: 44.87
My favorite part of today's trip was when the cashier and bagger both said, "Wow, you did GREAT!" I hear the often at CVS (LOL) but it is nice to hear other places too.
And in all honesty, this is only my third serious couponing trip to Publix...and I think I am hooked. I never shopped there before because it seemed so expensive, but now that I am learning how to shop the sales better with the help of many blogs and other ladies. I am really starting to LOVE Publix!!
To see more Publix SuperSavers, check out FiddleDeeDee!!
Saturday, April 4, 2009
A Non-Deal Post
For those of you who may have popped in here from elsewhere, let me tell you a little bit about myself.
I am Rebecca. I live in Savannah, Georgia with my husband of 19 years, Jeff. He is a construction worker and full-time student working on his English degree. He blogs too but rather infrequently. He is the witty and deep one of the family. But right now, most of his time is spent working 8 hours then coming home and working on school for 4-5 hours. We met in New York right out of high school. We lived in Kissimmee, Florida for several years before moving to Georgia.
We are the proud parents to 8 great kids. Our oldest, Jeff Jr, just turned 18 this past December. Oddly, I was more emotional when my oldest daughter turned 16 than I did when he became an adult. He works full time with Jeff is the construction business. He is thinking of going to tech school in the fall or spring. Right now he is working on his GED.
Next in line is our 16yo daughter, Amanda. She is the second mom in the house. She is a great help with the little boys. She also loves to write and bake. Her latest obsession is Broadway musicals. Our next step with her is to get her driving permit.
The third child is Moriah. She is 13. She is different from Amanda yet in some ways very similar. She is our fashionista. She LOVES purses and going shopping. She is truly a girly-girl. Where Amanda doesn't really care about wearing make-up, Moriah asks all the time when she will be allowed. She also is my crafter. She likes to knit, stamp and bead.
I love both my girls. They are so special to me. They are truly growing into lovely young ladies. I can't wait to see where God takes them from here.
Timothy is our fourth child. He is 10 years old. He loves his family. He is the one who will bring me water when I am sick or offer a hug when I am down. He also loves his video games. LOL He is also Jeffrey's shadow but Jeffrey doesn't mind and THAT I love. Timothy has recently discovered a love for reading and is reading just about everything he can get his hands on.
Alexander is next. He is 8 and shares a birthday with Moriah. Alexander is so very sensitive. He collects roly-poly bugs but the thousands (well it seems that way LOL). He likes to draw and color. He has said for a few years that he wishes to be an artist when he grows up.
(Only three more left LOL)
Andrew is our 5yo and first red-head. He is a sweet boy. It took him forever to potty train but he is still a sweet boy. LOL He loves Legos and playing on the playstation. He is pretty "active" and can often be found running back and forth in the living room battling invisible bad guys.
Symeon is 3 years old and our 2nd red-head. LOL He is so cute. LOL I know I am probably biased but he is!! But he is a rough and tumble little boy. He is ALL boy. He can be very shy or he can be very loud---just depends on his mood.
And lastly we have Gregory. Gregory will be one on April 17th. He is trying to walk--well, he walks if no one is looking at him. He has two volumes: loud and louder. He just likes to "talk" loudly. He is a cutey too.
If you lost count, that is 6 boys, 2 girls. We didn't really plan a large family but I am very happy that God chose to give me one.
We don't have any inside pets. We have a cat, Baby, that was given to us by Andrew's Godfather. He is an outside cat now who has taken a "wife" and fathered 3 kittens with more on the way. *shaking head*.
Other things of interest about our family...
I homeschool the children and have from the beginning.
We are Eastern Orthodox and attend a Greek parish. My husband is an Ordained Subdeacon and teaches the Jr High Sunday School class. My oldest 2 boys serve at the altar. I am a member of the ladies group, Philoptocos Society. I serve on the board and am in charge of special coffee hours.
I like to sew and crochet although since being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis this past October, I haven't done much of either. I am not a good cook--well, I can be a good cook, I am just too lazy. LOL I know that my family appreciates when I cook well and add new things to the menu so I should do that more.
We are a family that loves football, basketball, hockey--any sport really, EXCEPT Nascar and baseball. Our favorite though is football and in the fall we can be found watching the Gators or Buckeyes on Saturday and who ever we can catch on Sundays.
My latest obsession is couponing. I have always used coupons but in the last year or so, I have REALLY gotten into it. LOL Jeff says that I am like an addict and when people bring me their coupons he jokes that they are "feeding my habit" LOL I got into shopping CVS a little over a year ago. My girls are usually with me when I hit CVS or do any clearance shopping. They know that if toothpaste is more than 50 cents--we are NOT getting it. LOL We laugh at 15 or 30 percent off clearance at Target.
I love reading other blogs about deals and shopping. I am a fairly new twitterer and I am on facebook. If you want to read more of my boring life or to see pictures, pop over to my old blog and take a look around.
In addition to deal posts, I will add some of our life stuff and I will try to not be boring. If you read this far, thanks and I hope you stick around.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Publix 3/25/09
Saturday, March 21, 2009
.50 Bandaid
Walgreens 3/21/09
Monday, March 16, 2009
Menu Plan Monday
Friday, March 13, 2009
Walgreens x2
I went to Walgreens twice this week (and might try to go one more time). I laid out my plan and hoped that I wouldn't get any cashier's who would scrutinize every move and coupon.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Using a Coupon Database
You can search for coupons for a certain item. You can even search by source or store. Searching by store is helpful for those who don't have a lot of stores to choose from and don't want to wade through a lot of information. The coupon database is also helpful in finding where the printable coupons can be found.
You can also trade for coupons that you might need that someone else doesn't. You might wonder why you would want multiple coupons for something. If something that you use is on sale, multiple coupons will help you stockpile that item at a low price. For example, for the last few weeks several stores have had Progresso Soup on sale. Food Lion had it for $1 a can; Walgreens had it for 1.25; even Target had it on sale for 1.40. This is something I stockpile for Lent for my husband's lunch. (He claims that the Lentil soup is THE best he has had. LOL). I had several coupons from inserts that came in my paper and some that friends brought me, plus several printables. I was able to get a bunch of soup for anywhere from 25 cents to $1 a can!!
Speaking of Target and printables, you simply MUST check out the Target Coupon Generator at HotCouponWorld. If you print coupons on-line, you know that some sites print one coupon per page. Or print a coupon on the top and then the bottom has a recipe or ad or something on it. If you print multiple coupons (which you should), you end up with a lot of wasted paper and ink. The Target Coupon Generator prints multiple coupons on one page--you can even print more than one of the SAME coupon!
Using the example of the soup again, let's say that on the Target Coupon Generator there is a soup coupon and I have manufacturer coupons for soup, I can use BOTH at Target. At most stores, you can combine a store coupon with a manufacturer coupon to get even more savings---pair those with a store sale and you are on your way to really saving!!
There are so many resources out there to help you lower your grocery bill. It is a shame not to use them. I am not as good as some people who might be able to feed their families for less than $50 a week but I am getting better! I think that feeding my family of 10 for less than $100 a week proves that! LOL
While you are at HotCouponWorld using the coupon database and the Target Coupon Generator also check out the many resources that they have complied there for you.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Survey Sites that Pay!!!!
HotCouponWorld has made a list of 19 survey sites!! These sites are legit! They are a good way to earn extra money because they really do pay out! And even better, you won't get bombarded by a ton of spam---although some sites still send a little, you won't be overwhelmed.
Something I have done to help with spam and to keep on top of my surveys is create a separate email (from a free site like GoogleMail or Yahoo) just for surveys.
Not only are online surveys a great way to make money or earn points which can be redeemed for gifts but you might also be chosen to test new products!!
Check out HotCouponWorld's list of recommended survey sites and start earning some cash today!!
Friday, January 30, 2009
Quick trip to CVS this week.
1 Pert shampoo
5 Gillette Shampoo
1 Blade deoderant
3 Listerine Smart Rinse
2 Mentos
3 Bayer (one was a bonus pack)
2 Kids Throat Cooler
Total before coupons: 66.84
Used Coupons: 16.54
Used ECBs: 50.00
Oop: 1.42
Earned: 37.98
ECBs I have now: 53.06
Walgreens 1/24/09
On my first visit, I got the Ragu, Skippy, Pepsi and Kotex. I earned $21 in RR. I told the cashier, "I will be right back to use those in a minute." We took the stuff out to the car and came back in. On the 2nd visit I got the Lipton tea bags, Pantene shampoo, Kotex and Lever soap. I used several q's for all of it. After those my total was $41.xx she then tried to use my RR and they wouldn't work. She said, "You should have used these first." And I am thinking, "YOU should have put them in first since I handed them to you that way." She tried several time and they would not work. *grrrrr* So she handed them back to me. I still save almost $30 on that trip but wanted to use the RR to lower my oop. I also earned another $10 RR.
So from the two trips me oop was about $70 and I earned $31 RR. Frustrated, I decided to just go spend the RR the next week.
I stopped in on Tuesday, the 27th and got this:
6 packs of diapers. They were on sale for 5.99. I have 2 in diapers (one I need to start potty training). So this is helpful and something that I needed. I also got 3 cokes for my shopping helpers. LOL My oop was 11.26 (probably should have only gotten 5 packs but I like things to be even. LOL)
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
I wrote down a few things to look at but when I got there, of course, no shampoo and a few other things I was hoping to get. So here is how I did...
4 12-pks of Pepsi products
3 bags of chips
1 Clairol Hair Instincts
2 CVS allergy med
3 American Greetings cards
2 Maybelline Mineral Powder
3 Sambucol immune system support
Total before: 95.49
used 2.00 q
used 64.26 ecb
oop 30.58 (more than I really wanted to spend oop but I was flustered and in a rush LOL)
Earned: 65.08 in ECBs plus 4 computer coupons
So I actually ended up with more ECBs than I started with, which I wasn't planning on but is OK by me. Hopefully I won't sit on these ones...come on CVS give us some good deals!!!


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Sweden Moves Towards Gender Neutrality [Support Thread]
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It's not about the word itself. In English, the word equivalent to "hen" is "they," as in: If a person jumps of a cliff, they will likely die. No one is complaining about that. If this was all about the word, no one would care, although since Swedish has its own version of "they," it's unnecessary anyway.
I can sympathise with those who are opposed to the idea of changing words. It'd be like insisting that "history" be changed to "theirstory" to remove the masculine implication. Bottom line, it doesn't make any difference, it's just inconvenient to change something because a certain group of people feel that it somehow discriminates them. You can make equally valid and equally pointless arguments about something like "wife-beater."
What Sweden is doing is attempting to eradicate the differences between the genders, pretending that genders are merely a social construct that can be eradicated by having boys play with dolls in toy catalogues, as if biology suddenly doesn't apply any more.
Yeah your right. How dare those Swedes think for themselves and not by into this nonsense, they should be trying to conform to what you think is right.
The pathway to Hell is paved with good intentions...
Might have been said already, but the Finnish language have never had a word for "he / han", or "she / hon" - we have always used the word "Hän" which would mean in English then "it" or "one" whichever was discussed, or as they are implementing in Sweden now, the word "Hen"
So it's hard to understand what the fuss is about, considering all of Finland have survived so long without a "he/she" word. :)
I really don't see the point of this and think what is wrong with saying him/her are those who proposed this ashamed of their gender? I feel this course of action is stepping around a pothole to then fall off a cliff. I'd be more offended if you didn't acknowledge my gender. Yes gender equality is good, but there ARE differences between genders (brain chemistry for one thing). There should be no issue if your doing something whether you are a man or a woman but equality is only achieved when it doesn't matter not when trying to sidestep the issue by using a different set of words.
Now with the word 'hen' to me that means a gathering of women after all we have hen party's and stag do's so I have to say from an english speaking perpective not the best word to use for gender neutrality.
I may get a warning for this post but I'd rather promote discussion than have a topic full of yes-men (ok here we might need a gender neutral word for this particular word, though I like toady).
See, it's here that you made your first mistake, you assumed I necessarily want masuline words to be the standard, which si completly wrong. I have no issue addres´sing the clock as a she, or mankind for that matter. In Swedish, we usually say something like "Humans have always been dangerous since she discovered fire" and thus having a standard human being a she. Do I have trouble with this? Nope. Would I have if we'd change it because of gender roles? Yes.
Personally, I can't stand this sort of excessive naval gazing from the "-ism" Taliban. I find it breathtaking anyone could be so arrogant as to believe they have a right to impose their niche beliefs on an entire language or society. Still, checking out the links, it is clearly one of those "point and laugh at the extremists" news items that crops up and can be safely ignored.
I feel like I'm picking on a couple of posts in response to a whole thread of bad, misinforming posts, but since that's pretty much all I can do in an 11 page monstrosity like this.
Firstly, that's a misuse of the term "gender". If there were differences in brain chemistry or "biology" between men and women, those would be differences between the "sexes". Gender refers to the social dynamics which exist around sex, it does not refer to sex itself.
Secondly, there is one, and only one, meaningful chemical differences between the bodies of men and women, which is that men tend to have higher levels of androgenic hormones. Androgenic hormones don't affect "brain chemistry", they affect the actual development of the brain, although not in ways which are, at this point, particularly quantifiable. We know, for example, that male brains tend to be larger, but this is simply a side-effect of the steroidal function of androgenic hormones. It explains (to an extent) why men seem to be more prone to dementia, but little else.
The notion of hormone-driven neurological differences which translate into behavioral trends, however, is at present completely unproven. It's a popular idea and one which has many supporters (among both scientists and lay people), but it is not in any way scientifically demonstrable at this point. Even the age old assumption that testosterone is linked with aggression is highly, highly disputed and has never been repeatably demonstrated.
..While it is likely that there are some behavioural effects to varying levels of androgenic hormones, the idea that these fit neatly into discreet sexually dimorphic sex differences is highly simplistic. We all have varying levels of androgenic hormones, if these differences exist they will be a natural continuum across our society. Not all men and women will exhibit the same behavioral trends, they will certainly not exhibit identical tendencies towards complex or social behaviors. One of the problems with measuring "aggression" for example, is that it's simply too complicated in terms of how it is socially expressed. Even if testosterone could be shown to link to "aggression", that would not create any kind of behavioral expectation.
So in short, noone, in the 21st century, deserves to be treated as if they have anything in common with anyone else on the basis of their sex. There is no basis in either science or ethics for such a thing.
That's a semantic argument. The secondary meaning of the word gender refers to sex. Even if you were to establish that gender was completely inappropriate in this context, you've proved nothing. I could spend twenty minutes going through your grammar and spelling mistakes and that'd be equally fruitless.
For someone who seems to be aware of the highly contested nature of this science, you sure do seem to think yourself somewhat of an expert on the subject. Moreover, what are you even talking about? Your entire post seems to be aimed at a straw man found in neither of the quotes you opened this response with.
Also, you've not succeeded in explaining away the biological differences between the sexes. Last I checked, genetics was still part of biology. It doesn't matter what these differences are, it's really only interesting from an academic perspective or for the sake of medical science and such.
You write that as if someone's suggested otherwise. Feminists and feminist-sympathisers tend to see everyone else as having that belief; because we accept that the genders have differences, we must think that they deserve unequal treatment. That's is a faulty assumption and we're not responsible for what you understand, only for what we say.
Sweden finally has an "It/es" which will most likely just be used to refer to inanimate objects as opposed to the prior Germanesque "er/sie" system?
I'm not sure if I should say "What took them so long" or if I should say it's too far, because of some weird gender thing where it depreciates a person's humanity by merely making them an "It". I can certainly see some pros and cons here, but it seems to carry the implication that it could be used to refer to a person.
And to be frank *I* would feel a bit insulted if I was called "it" because it carries the implication (at least in the English language) that I'm as human as a coffee cup, but then again, maybe Sweden has a significant enough transexual population that this is needed for people who identify as neither (but even then I find it a bit dehumanizing).
I tried to use the word but it just sounds silly when I say it. And as I see it language is about comfortably conveying meaning in the best way. If it doesn't feel natural to say then I don't say it.
Here's roughly how my brain processes it
And so on and so on, there is no need in my mind for an extra pronoun.
No. It doesn't. It only works like that if you are actively claiming that "gender" proceeds directly from sexual differences, which is an incredibly silly thing to argue at this point in time.
There is nothing about "gender" which refers to sex. They are entirely different things, which is why "gender studies" does not encompass the study of sex differences, and why a "sex-role", for example, is a completely different thing from a "gender-role". I recognize that in colloquial usage the two terms are sometimes used interchangeably, but if you're trying to actually make a point they are not interchangeable. If you use the the wrong term, it completely changes the meaning of what you're saying.
More so than people who wheel out grandiose notions of "biology" or "brain chemistry" to support ludicrous social premises, because that's not really contested outside of the pages of Heat magazine.
Well, because of the way you phrased your criticism, it doesn't actually mean what you think it means.
"What Sweden is doing is attempting to eradicate the differences between the genders, pretending that genders are merely a social construct that can be eradicated by having boys play with dolls in toy catalogues, as if biology suddenly doesn't apply any more."
What you said here is that the "genders" (the social and behavioural categories of male and female) proceed directly from "biological" sexual differences. There are absolutely no scientific grounds for believing that, in fact it's almost certainly untrue. If it were true, then the last half-century of enormous social change around gendered practices could not have happened.
So is that what you meant, or did you mean to say "sexes", in which case you might need to substantiate precisely how Sweden is attempting to claim that sexes are a social constructs. It has been done, but it's quite a radical position even in academia and I'd be interested to hear about how the Swedish government is attempting to push such a view.
Why would I be trying to do so?
The idea of "sex" actually describes a series of "biological" distinctions between human beings, by using the word "sex" at all you acknowledge that those differences exist. The point is that these cannot be translated cleanly and distinctly into social identification. Anyone claiming they can is either working on flimsy evidence or, more likely, just making shit up.
Thus, if you want your argument to make coherent sense, you need to do one of the following:
a) (if you were actually talking about sex) show how Sweden is attempting to deny the existence of biological sex.
If you simply assume that the two things are the same, well, that's not a scientifically supported position in any way shape or form.
I have not mentioned inequality. I'm sure you believe deeply that you are a champion of social justice and equality. Everyone does.
I'm interested in precisely how you are getting to the notion that the "genders" have quantifiable differences. Because phrased like that it's true, but not in the way you're suggesting at all.
This reminds me of the most strawman ("strawwomyn"?) critiques of feminism.
I don't think it actually makes a difference whether you have gender-neutral pronouns, it doesn't necessarily reflect a more equal society. Bear in mind that most European languages don't have a neutral gender (at least, the Romance languages don't, I know German and English do...) but to artificially introduce this is weird, like Mussolini banning the formal 3rd person because he found it "effeminate". ("lei" also means "she" in Italian)
Tagalog (Filipino) and Spanish both have a gender-neutral formal pronoun ("po" and "usted" respectively) and I don't think that this necessarily reflects gender equality in those societies.
Besides, Sweden. Meh.
Hm, it has the connotation of being either non-human or an object, so I can see why it would be insulting.
OT: Good news and stuff, maybe next we should have unisex bathrooms and disregard clothing rules. I can see bathrooms easily turned into law, but no idea about the clothing stuff...
Well, one of the purposes of legislation is to set the example, or the standard for what is desired. We have laws against murder, the example is to not kill people (There's a joke in here, tee-hee), but people will still commit murder. The point being the state says "This is what we want our people to be like, we want to move in this direction", even if it's not happening immediately, think of it like long term goal setting.
You just brought up 3 distinct differences with men and women in regards to our brains. Quantities of androgenic hormone, brain development and brain size. So clearly you do agree that we have brains that are dissimilar from those of the opposite gender. Putting aside all of the mountains of as yet incomplete data sets science is still trying to puzzle out in regards to what this all translates to(and the resulting theories that are still being considered and awaiting further research to either prove or disprove), you are aware and acknowledge that differences do exist. Do you honestly believe that these differences serve no function? I'm willing to consider that possibility, but i admit to finding it an unlikely one. Nature usually has reasons for what it does even if just to experiment.
Now i'm not arguing that these brain differences will necessarily be a causative link to traditionally masculine/feminine behaviour at this stage(maybe, but too early to know for sure). But the physical brain differences themselves do separate us into a nice neat sexual binary. These are defining physical characteristics of our brains that separate us and is reflected in mature brain size. It isn't the result of choice or social conditioning, it simply is. Even those with ambiguous sexual characteristics fall into one or the other when it comes to mature brain size.
Is any of this even a remote justification to treating people differently. Of course not. But i do suspect that many in the "gender is a social construct" crowd are afraid that when scientists do start figuring out more of how these physical brain differences affect human behaviour,they fear that perhaps some discoveries will lead to further generalizations being made against them based on gender which will set them and their hopes for equality back. I don't believe that any such discoveries will do anything except illustrate tradeoffs between genders that are not so extreme as to be insurmountable on either side. We already have numerous physical differences in many other places in our bodies that only affect our relative general aptitudes and often with trade offs with exceptions on both sides overcoming them. And even with all our other physical differences that we acknowledge, we are still moving towards equality.
All right, Don Quixote, I seriously doubt you're worth my time.
Unisex bathrooms? Are you mad?!
Have you seen the queues outside women's bathrooms? Why do you want men to suffer that too?!
Androgenic hormones (the only one of your example which might theoretically count as "chemistry") are primarily produced in the gonads. It's not a difference in the brain at all. My point is that any differences which do exist between the sexes have to be explainable as the direct product of androgenic and estrogenic hormones. "Gender" is not one of those things.
No, I agree that brains are often dissimilar from those of the opposite sex, but I'll get onto that in a minute.
Just as two men producing different levels of androgenic hormones during development will also have brains which are in some ways dissimilar. It is not a simple binary switch, in this regard. There are many factors which can cause two people's brain development to be dissimilar, none are accorded the social importance of sex/gender.
That depends what you mean by "function"..
If what you're saying, however, is that social trends must be explainable through reference to untested assumptions about relatively small neurological differences, then no. I don't accept that and neither should you.
Not every difference between the behavior of human beings manifests simply in the brain. I'm not going to say you couldn't one day find the root causes of certain behavioral trends in the general population, but pretending you can connect the specific social and behavioral roles of men and women to these very slight developmental differences in the brain is ludicrous.
No. Just.. no..
God, in his infinite wisdom, did not sit on a cloud somewhere and decide that there would be these two categories of people and that they would have different brain size.
What actually happens is that brain size correlates to body size, because the the same mechanism which cause bodies to grow larger also cause their brains to grow larger. In this case, the relatively high levels of androgenic hormones (which are steroids) in the male body lead to increased growth in both the brain and the body in general.
This does not mean that all men have similar brains or that all women have similar brains. It means that men's brains tend to be in proportion with their larger bodies. However, there are many other reasons why people may grow large bodies, which is why some women are still very tall or massive. Those women will generally have brains proportionate to their body size, which does not mean they have "male" brains.
Brain size is not a definitive male trait.
..Is what I would say if I couldn't answer. Fair enough.
I allowed you to define the parameters of the discussion based on your own observation's and now you are attempting to backpedal out of it. I was willing to settle on your 3 distinctions rather than bring up some of the other known distinctions(number of neurons, ratio of white/grey matter to name a couple). Honestly even one observable distinction is enough to prove that a gender binary does exist. It just seems that now your attempting to twist the observations to prove otherwise when these were your observations in the first place.
While androgenic hormones are not produced in the brain, the fact of what happens to some brains (greater hormone exposure) and less to others is a brain difference. I never made a case as to how it affects it. It is simply a distinction relative to gender that i allowed you to frame without argument.
As to what i mean by "function", I made it clear that i do not know. Not sure how i could have worded that more clearly that i'm not jumping to conclusion's. On the other hand i'm also not choosing to be dismissive by labeling a possible outcome as "ludicrous". science has no room for such biases outside of theory. And typically theories like that tend to be bad ones.
And i'm sorry but bringing up god in a discussion about science is a little out of place don't you think. Biology is not a matter of faith. However now that you have tipped your hand as to the desperation you are willing to go to defend your position by invoking god, i'll just stop discussing this here as i see your position is one your simply unwilling to look past and rationality is not something you are willing to limit yourself to. Good luck to you and your agenda.
Your ideas are fringe and politically motivated. The idea that "gender" refers strictly to social roles is a modern interpretation and not as universal as you like to think.
"I'm sure you believe deeply that you are a champion of social justice and equality. Everyone does."
The fact that you think so says a lot about your limited view of the world.
Being a Swede, I will never use the word hen. Ever. Unless I'm joking about how silly it is.
It's just a silly word and I don't care.
you know what.....thats just fucking stupid.
Sweden, the nutbar of europe. just put on a hot dog hat and a gender neutral diaper and run around welling "JEELY BEAN MANIA!!!" because that makes as much sense as anything thats ever done in that country.
Also, everyone who has ever learned anything in school knows that true equality is the embrace of differences, not the annihilation of identity.
ironically in english, HEN is a female chicken.
then again, i guess calling everyone 'cock' just wouldnt fly at all.
Ohkaaaay. I am confused. I mean beyond how anyone could possibly think this is a good idea that wont result in what all efforts of politically correct speech always end up doing in creating division and even more hostility than what it was trying to fight, but I do not understand how this would somehow destroy gender in society and why anyone in their right mind would actually want to. Removing a word from public documents is not some how going to alter gender, the functions they serve or its place in society. It is not going to lead magically to some more "enlightened" world because to even attempt to do this requires extensive layers of delusion in order to keep this going.
Here, you really want to make the world a better place? Present an idea that causes people to grow skin thicker than Kleenex so we can call things what they are instead of crafting overly intricate unneeded layers of ineffectual language trying to pretend like differences dont exist because of the cataclysmic tragedy that would result at someone somewhere getting their feelings hurt. THAT would be something worth supporting, and the species would be so much better off for it.
You know, i really woudl love them to do that here. At least in English you got "it". Here we only have a "He" and "she". so a table would be a "he". This is why i often call inanimate objects he or she here, it just doesnt... translate right.
Yes, in fact if you pop up Northern England, "Hen" is a pretty old school term on endearment for women, similar to "love", "doll" etc. in London. Coincidently this the very sort of harmless, historic liguistic peccadilo that the "-ism" Taliban want to excise from English through social bullying. Is that chap up there honestly arguing that unisex toilets should be legally impelled? I mean really? Quite funny how a tiny minority hijack the language of development("progressive", "advancement") to call for the repressive and aggressive legal imposition of a niche philosophy on to an entire nation's means of communication. I think this is probably the biggest failing of the far left (which is where this nonsense is generated), misguided, zealot-like belief in one's one intellectual and moral superiority leading to a dicatorial desire to impose your unimpeachable beliefs on society. Bigotry is bigotry.
Personally, I think it's best to look at the fruits of a society, culture, or country's actions and track record. According to the first paragraph of the Slate article, I'd say that Sweden seems to be doing something right.
From Slate:
I would like to see more data on children being raised in "gender neutral" ways once they are grown, to see if it actually reduces things like sexism and conflict between genders. I'll try to be humble enough to admit that I don't *know* what the effects of raising a new generation in a "gender neutral" society would be, so it will be interesting to find out from my perspective.
So far Sweden seems to be doing very well in quality of life, health care, gender equality and dozens of measures of citizen health and happiness. If they wish to embark on this bold new experiment, why not. Also - why would we mind having a gender neutral pronoun for people who want to use one? As people from Finland have been pointing out, they've been using a gender neutral pronoun in their language for quite some time now. Finnish society seems to be functional despite this. ;)
Well,i dont think any nation in europe has a guaranteed right to free speech, so they cant ever say "fuck you" to a politician, something i like doing on a regular basis.
But im tired of everyone trying to make everyone equal, when they only be equal in the sense they have all the basic human rights everyone else does, go too far to make people equal and everyone gets shit on and society falls apart or worse, cultural backlash and you start getting gang or race wars and an increase in hate crimes.
I don't really see this catching on.
That is unless I misread this and it's a plural pronoun, then I can see it catching on.
Larger brain = more neurons. Is that really hard?
The "ratio" of white matter to grey matter is about the same in males and females, meaning that males, in actuality, have more white matter and grey matter (if anything, they tend to have a slightly higher proportion of white matter). The often-misquoted study responsible for this weird internet misunderstanding never claimed otherwise, instead it claimed that the areas responsible for "general intelligence" in women were more heavily composed of white matter.
There are quite a lot of controversial areas in this research, most notably the attempts which have been made to to apply it to cognitive ability, which are generally just outright wrong. It was claimed, for example, that this research would explain the gender gap between men and women in subjects like mathematics and languages, ignoring the fact that these particular "gender gaps" only exist in the United States and a small number of other countries.
This is actually a good example of what I'm getting at, in terms of the basic problem of assuming that a sexual differences translate directly into gender differences, even when very basic evidence exists to the contrary. Knowing how a brain is structured is very important when you're trying to treat a brain injury, it's (as of yet) completely insignificant, however, when it comes to explaining sociocultural trends.
See above.
This is really not difficult.
a) "Women, on average, spend 2.6 hours a day on housework, whereas men spend 2.1 hours."
..is a gender difference.
b) "Men's brains are approximately 10% larger, on average, than those of women"
..is a sexual difference.
Now, are you seriously making the case that statement A is directly caused by statement B. Because that's what it sounds like you're saying, and if it is then it is absolute rubbish. If that's not what you're saying, then please explain how what you are saying is in any way relevant to this discussion.
I guess we can't discount the possibility that astrology is true, either, but that doesn't make it a valid scientific premise. "Ludicrous" is not the same thing as impossible, but what it means is that, within the current paradigm of how we understand the laws of the universe to work the notion simply does not make sense to a degree which makes it a comical thing for anyone to seriously believe.
The notion that a person's path in life is influenced by the constellations which appeared in the sky when they were born is silly, just as the notion that the crude process which produce sexual differences carry detailed sociocultural data is silly. If at some point some of the original assumptions involved become explainable, maybe we can reconsider it. Until then, I'm afraid such assumptions do have a place in science.
I'm pointing out that you basically did just that.
"Nature" is not a person. It doesn't "choose" anything. It doesn't "decide" anything. It doesn't have "reason" for anything. We cannot inflect things about it by trying to understand its "reason" or "motive". If you insist on treating nature as if it is a conscious being, I will continue to compare your beliefs on this subject to religious beliefs, because they basically are. It's still crude magical thinking.
Just because a given social phenomena exists does not mean that nature "intended" for it to exist, or "designed" it in just such a way, particularly not when most of the phenomena under discussion are not particularly transhistorical or transcultural.
Well, let me know when you manage to publish to journal while misusing the word gender.
Bonus points if you claim to be "politically neutral" whilst doing so. ;)
In what sense?
Everyone thinks that the social order they support is equal, natural or fair. Even people who openly want to restrict women's social rights and confine them to the domestic sphere will absolutely insist that they're acting in the best interests of women by doing so and that the society they produce will be genuinely equal as it will recognize some kind of natural role complementary.
Personally, my feeling is that if you genuinely think everyone who says they support social justice or equality must be telling the truth that probably speaks something as to the limitations of your view of the world. People will happily propose things they have not actually considered the implications of and then deny those implications furiously by pretending that they somehow don't equate to those logical outcomes, or that those logical outcomes actually meet the criteria for equality, or fairness, or justice, or freedom, or any other valued concept.
It's shit, but it happens. Very few people in this world genuinely believes that they're evil or antisocial people just because they do, say or support evil or antisocial things.
I don't know about this. I heard about this being tried in Norwegian kindergarden as as well. I don't know becuse if you telling someone a story it helps that you can distinguish between female and male. I don't really know how this would be implemented but the way I understood it would make that hard.
Larger brains do not necessarily mean more neurons. Neurons are more dense in certain areas of the brain than in others. If there is a difference in the relative sizes of those areas within a brain than it would have an effect on the number of neurons on a brain as a whole even if the brains were the same size. Larger brains simply have a greater overall likelihood of increased amount of neurons if they are identical. But one observation does not guarantee the other. For someone who likes to call out others for any jumping to conclusions, you sure aren't shy about doing the same.
The cerebral cortex alone in humans has 19 billion neurons in women and 23 billion in men on average. And even accounting for the 10% increase in the size of men's brains overall, it would not account for such a large increase. Men have a 10% increase in brain mass but a relative 20% increase in neurons in the cerebral cortex. If it was merely a similar 10% increase in neurons relative to brain size we would be looking at 19 billion in women and 21 billion in men on average. Also we have more neurons in our cerebral cortex than an elephant which has a much larger brain and only around 11 billion neurons. Size isn't as relevant as you believe.
And on the subject of my use of the term nature: i was using it in the abstract which i'll admit, is a bad habit. I do not believe that nature has a consciousness or is a single force that makes decisions. But since we are bringing up god and nature as beliefs, i'll just leave this here: http://www.naturalnews.com/023055_brain_God_the.html . Also this because i happen to like this as well and its loosely related: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGpLbQ1RLgo
So here we have an example of a clear distinction in the brains of some individual that leads to rather obvious differences in our behaviour on a fundamental social conscious level. And this is a distinction that is even more minor than those found between the sexes, and you're really going to just refuse to acknowledge the possibility that maybe there is a relationship between brain distinctions and behaviour?
My position on sexual brain differences is "needs more study", yours is "How dare you imagine a possible cause and effect relationship." I find your position to be anti-intellectual and dangerous. I'm sure you see my position as equally dangerous, and that puts at an impasse. I'm not afraid to follow the truth even if it leads to the conclusion that i'm so inevitably flawed as to be worthless. I'm not so burdened by ego that it robs me of objectivity. My sense of self worth is based on what i do, not what i am. I actually find myself to be a better person when i do what i do, despite what i am.
As i stated before, no matter what the results of the research are, it won't retroactively prove men or women from being any different from what we already are.It won't change the social outcomes or be used to march one gender or another off to the gas chambers or slaughterhouses. It wont suddenly justify 2nd class citizen treatment. It is only a possible explanation of why we ever developed differences in the first place.
I've little care for matters such as these, I think that they neither hurt nor improove anyone´s lifestyle. I guess cool for sweeden, but I'm sure they'd live either way.
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Here's proof of the permit :-D (Took a lot of work to get it, had to drive to some ulu place.)
However, in getting this permit, DBKL collected a rental fee of RM200 from me, so I'll need to raise the entry fee to RM30 per team, which is still reasonable, considering all the time I put in, and the value of the prizes to be given away!
Prices for badges and drinks will remain at RM2.
A new game will be played at NERFTOUR2: Each player may pay RM1 to shoot 6 darts at the NERFTOUR target board. Person with highest score at the end of the tournament will get a NERF Camouflage Ammo Pouch including 50 Streamline darts - a RM80 value!
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Green's Endeavour Dubbel Ale
The dubbel style originated in Belgium, possibly as a "second style" offered for sale by monastic breweries. Green's Endeavour Dubbel is the world's first version of this style made with no barley – it is produced from all gluten-free ingredients. In the classic dubbel fashion, a hint of dark-sugar and toffee flavor; and a traditional Belgian yeast bouquet.
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GAO recommends improvement to therapy caps system
Providers are praising a finding from a recent Government Accountability Office that calls for a clinically based payment system for Medicare therapy services to ensure that elderly beneficiaries have access to the rehabilitative care they require.The finding is is an argument against the Medicare therapy caps that limit the amount of therapy beneficiaries can receive to about $1,750 per year of physical, occupational and speech therapy. The caps are scheduled to take effect again Jan. 1, when a moratorium is set to expire. The Senate budget bill is calling for a one-year extension on the moratorium now in effect.
"The cap on Part B Medicare therapy services was intended as a cost control mechanism, but instead has punished the most acute Medicare patients – primarily those residing in skilled nursing facilities," said Bruce Yarwood, acting president and CEO of American Health Care Association.
The Department of Health and Human Services is exploring the possibility of creating such a system, the study said. In a statement, the AHCA said it supports a condition-based payment system for therapy services that would provide an aggregate condition limitation that is risk- adjusted for setting and other clinically appropriate variables.
The full GAO report, "Little Progress Made in Targeting Outpatient Therapy Payments to Beneficiaries' Needs" can be viewed at


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RL.5.2 Worksheets
"Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text."
These worksheets can help students practice this Common Core State Standards skill.
Panchatantra: "The Fish that were too Clever"
Panchatantra: "The Foolish Friend"
Panchatantra: "The Broken Pot"
Panchatantra: "The Gold-Giving Snake"
Find the Main Idea: Peter Rabbit
Reading Comprehension: Stuffed Elephant
Who Is Peter Pan?
Book Casting Call
Identify the Main Idea
Illustrating Cause and Effects Reading Log
Head to Head Fiction: Protagonists and Challenges
Head to Head Fiction: Problems and Solutions
Head to Head Fiction: Themes
Writing a Fiction Summary: The Wind in the Willows
Fiction Summaries: Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then
Poetry Reflections Reading Log
Theme, Cause, and Effect Reading Log
Literature Response Reflection Cards
Literature Response Prompts
Thinking About Themes: Reflection Cards
Rudyard Kipling: What's the Theme?
Hyperbole in Poetry
Wacky Limericks
More Hyperbole in Poetry
Practice with Problem & Solution
Transition Words in Fiction
Glossary: Problem and Solution Practice
Vocabulary Cards: Problem and Solution Practice
Summarizing with Key Words
Using Noun Phrases for Character & Setting


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The very first episode of Radio Tilling is now online - click on the link under "Radio Tilling Podcast Episodes" in the menu on the left.
The podcast has been submitted to iTunes and should be available on there shortly.
Tuesday, 26 February 2008
First episode online now!
Posted by Paul Bines at 16:05
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- nancy b t said...
I just listened to the First Episode - and enjoyed it very much. You did a great job. Looking forward to the next episode.
And, Au Reservoir to you too... :-)
Miss Leg, of Durham Square
- 27 February 2008 at 19:05
- Siriami said...
Great to hear you, Paul - and, yes, we want MORE! Always good to have any Benson news, gossip etc.
Au res from Scotland,
- 28 February 2008 at 09:56
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With hepatitis Announces Results of Phase 2 Study Of Lead Compound MitoQ Antipodean Pharmaceuticals, announced at the European Conference for the Study of the Liver , the positive results of a Phase 2 clinical trial with its lead MitoQ in liver disease. The study, conducted by Dr. Edward Gane, Associate Professor of Medicine, New Zealand Liver Transplant Unit at Auckland City Hospital, successfully. Primary clinical endpoint, the reduction of elevated liver enzymes.– authors of of the ACER security, 'Gender Differences to Friends ' influences. Adolescent Drink: A Genetic Search epidemiological Epidemiological Study, 'was: Jason L. Pagan and Candice Holliday at Washington University, Louis, Richard Viken and Richard J. Rose out of Indiana University, Leah Pulkkinen of the University Jyv skyl, Finland and Jaakko? Kaprio University of Helsinki and of the National Public Health Institute, Finland The study was funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the Academy of Finland and by the Finnish Center of Excellence program..


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The development is a long time coming. ""Superhero' books -- long thought by mainstream audiences to be banal, stultified stories, typified by capes and adolescent boy fantasies -- have made serious in-roads in mainstream consciousness," says Dustin Harbin, manager and webmaster of local comic haunt Heroes Aren't Hard To Find. The graphic novel format for comics has grown in popularity to the point that Harbin predicts they will "replace periodical or "pamphlet' style comics within the next 10 years."
The revolutionary idea of creating comics as "novels" didn't fully evolve, says Harbin, "until Will Eisner began creating original works like Contract With God, Dropsie Avenue and The Building -- all novels in the classic sense in terms of pacing, characterization, theme and plot. . .the real distinction was that these were graphic novels, told in the language of sequential art." Eisner took the "kid candy" superheroes and monsters out, and pushed the comic industry to a new level by "focusing on the very normal and seemingly mundane."
Local comic aficionados agree that the genre has long been proven as a valid literary/artistic device. Michael Kobre, a professor at Queens University, says that "comics have always been a vital and distinctive part of American pop culture, but their emergence into respectability seems to have begun with revisionist takes on super hero myths. Pieces like Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns and Alan Moore/Dave Gibbon's Watchmen, along with Art Spiegelman's Maus proved that (the medium) could take on even the most difficult subjects; and with the Pulitzer Prize and MOMA exhibit in 1991, the artistic potential of the graphic novel was confirmed."
Harbin adds that "the comics medium may be the most experimental and creatively untapped form of expression out there, and in order to present anything resembling a complete collection of literature to the public, comics simply must be there".
The past 10 years, and particularly the past two, has seen movies take on the comics realm (Spiderman, Batman, X-Men, From Hell, The Crow, Ghost World, The Road to Perdition and the upcoming Daredevil and League of Extraordinary Gentleman, among others). These adaptations have brought an under-appreciated artform into the spotlight, at least for a time.
Melanie Huggins, Youth Services Director for the Main Library, says their comics project has been in the works for quite some time. "Teens have been calling for comics for years, and we've finally got them," Huggins explains. "We went with a mix of high quality and public demand so that we're promoting reading while upping our "cool quotient.'" Regarding the literary merit of comics and graphic novels, Huggins states, "We're not trying to validate whether they're good or bad -- we're just trying to keep people reading. Our city is so concerned with literacy rates; it will be interesting to see how much resistance there is to this program. But they've complained about everything from Catcher In The Rye to The Bible, so nothing will be a total surprise."
For more information contact the Main Library at 704-336-6214 or visit online at www.plcmc.org.


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The Metolius Safe Tech Comp Harness is a light harness for sport climbing. Built with safety the main priority, it's strong yet supportive with narrow components that still allow plenty of movement. The harness has been CE and UIAA certified and the speed buckle at the waist is auto-locking, but be sure to make sure you know how to use it, it won't cinch down quite like a normal speed buckle. You'll have to separate the plates to increase or decrease the length in the webbing. The four gear loops are reinforced and ready for snagging gear at a moment's notice, unless you're in the XS size, then you only get two loops. Shafted.
So sorry, but only 4 items are allowed for comparison, so we're comparing the first 4. I blame the gnomes and so should you.
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'BIP': Corinne Olympios' Boyfriend Breaks Silence — She Has My 'Unwavering Loyalty'
Corinne Olympios definitely has a strong support system behind her! Her boyfriend Jordan Gielchinsky just spoke out for the first time regarding the 'Bachelor in Paradise' scandal.
Following the news that Bachelor in Paradise filming had been halted due to an investigation involving Corinne Olympios, 24, and DeMario Jackson, 30, TMZ revealed that Corinne actually had a boyfriend at home. Jordan Gielchinsky reportedly was okay with her going on the show for her career, but not to hook up with guys. Now, he's revealed that he will always have her back.
"I have known Corinne for over 10 years and as a friend or boyfriend, she will continue to receive my unwavering loyalty and support until I decide that there is a legitimate reason not to give it," he told E! News. "Anything the public may perceive that is coming from me is pure speculation. There is an ongoing inquiry that must follow a course to its conclusion before I can fully comment."
After Warner Bros. revealed that production would start back up again, Corinne's attorney Marty Singer announced that her team would be holding a separate investigation, which is most likely the "inquiry" Jordan is referring to."It comes as no surprise that Warner Bros., as a result of its own internal investigation, would state that no wrongdoing had occurred," Marty said in a statement. "Our own investigation will continue based on multiple new witnesses coming forward revealing what they saw and heard."
Jordan also added, "I pay very little attention to the media and try to ignore all the conjecture surrounding my relationship with Corinne. The only two people who know the true disposition of our relationship is Corinne and I." Neither Corinne nor DeMario are set to return to Paradise.
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starting to get bigger into YouTube steaming and have been looking for Royalty Free music to play during my streams. Unfortunately I have been hit with copyright claims even when I use the free Royalty Free ones. Does anyone know of some RF music I can use on my streams and keep my adsense enabled on that video?


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It's been raining a lot around here. I mean really raining. Really, it seems that the rain will never go away actually. To share a bit, my husband has slowly built up a hate for the rain. Although he has lived in Washington his whole life, in the Seattle area mind you, he has come to realize that he hates the rain. Too much, too often for him basically. For me, it's a bit of a downer too, but it doesn't quite get to me like it does him. I mean, fall is my favorite season. There isn't a warm and cozy coat and scarf that I wouldn't adore. And umbrellas? Well they are just one of those special little accessories that I love to sport...even if my husband and others seem to think they are a little silly. And to top it off...the thought of a puddle jumping party? Kind of makes me giddy. Don't get me wrong, at this point in the year, I am really starting to look forward to some sunshine. It's like my body is craving it. I know it will even help me be a better mom to the Coopster...more motivation to get outside and play! I think I just take it in stride at this point in my life. A rainy forecast is nothing out of the ordinary for a day in the Northwest. Rain you say? Oh well...life goes on.
I found this little dose of inspiration, and it was a good reminder for me. Life is all about attitude and perspective (Thanks Melinda!) I am to shine His sunshine, His light, everyday, no matter the weather, no matter the circumstance. Am I going to approach the rain (or insert any other issue that is causing you grief today...your job, your financial situation, your relationship, your sickness, your responsibilities, your anything) with a defeated attitude and a negative perspective? Or can I claim my life, my every bump and hiccup in the road for God? He can handle it. There is a purpose and opportunity to grow in God in every moment of our lives...especially those when it seems to be raining cats and dogs. God is faithful when we are celebrating, but He is ever faithful and present in the downpours of life as well. Seek Him. Try to approach your life with an attitude and perspective of sunshine.
On a day like today, where it is a bit gloomy outside and the rain continues to drizzle down our windowpanes, I want to take a moment to be grateful for a man that brought his own sunshine. Thank you Lord for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Thank you for the dignity, leadership, and courage he shared with those of his time and the kindness, wisdom, and faith that he exemplified for all the world to see. We are all better, for the light that he shined, and we will be forever grateful for his teachings and the life of honor and praise that he lived.


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Wall Jaunt has a thing for living spaces, so do we!
Here I am, lover of art, words and living spaces… all of these great loves come together nicely in the awesomeness that is the Wall Jaunt's collection of works.
We've been asked often, what are we trying to achieve with this? What does this mean? For us, it's a body of work that's inspired by our love for words, and our inherent belief that they're the foundation of everything. Big. Small. Mundane. Wall Jaunt is an art shop that's dedicated to inspiring inhabited living spaces. We understand that the majority of life's moments will be formed in spaces you inhabit.. We will provide you with the right form of art aesthetics to build the life you have always wanted.
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Christian men everywhere desire to walk a victorious life in Christ Jesus and overcome their weaknesses and daily temptations. Here at Batavia Assembly of God, the Men's Ministry desires to connect with men in order to come alongside, challenge and empower each other to be the men God has called us to be.
To reach out to fellow believers in Christ and to men in our community, and help create in them a passion for Jesus Christ.
We desire to build relationships centered around Christ, that as we grow in our walk with Christ we may become all that He desires us to be. The world must see Christ in us, in all that we do. In our home, at work, and in the community, our lives must be a living testimony of what Christ can do in each one of us and also in a lost and hurting world.
Let us work together to serve Christ by serving others. Let us be the example to our children, family, neighbors and to each other.


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Grand Canyon Area Map
Jump to: North Rim Maps --- Park Publications with Maps
Grand Canyon Area Map
Grand Canyon Panorama Map
South and North Rims with everything in between. (1.6 MB PDF File)
This is the "big picture," a generalized overview. Distant features are shown at a smaller scale than foreground areas.
South Rim Pocket Map and Services Guide (1.1 MB PDF file)
This is the map that you will receive when you enter the park and it shows the location of village parking areas, shuttle bus stops, and how to access scenic overlooks and visitor services. Information about services, facilities and overlooks are printed on the back side of the pocket map.
The South Rim - including
Desert View Drive and Desert View
(237kb PDF File)
Introduction to Backcountry Hiking Brochure and Map
This foldable brochure is for day and overnight inner canyon hikers. It gives information about hiking the Bright Angel, South Kaibab, and North Kaibab trails, as well as permit, planning, Leave No Trace, and Hike Smart information. It is distributed at park visitor centers and backcountry information centers.
The web version of this publication is formatted to print on standard 8.5 x 11 letter-sized paper. You may download Introduction to Backcountry Hiking (680kb PDF file)
North Rim MapsThe North Rim has a short season with lodging & food service available May 15th through October 15 of each year.
North Rim Pocket Map and Services Guide
As of December 1, 2015, Grand Canyon National Park discontinued the Grand Canyon Guide newspaper. In place of the newspaper, the North Rim Pocket Map and Services Guide is now being distributed at entrance stations, visitor centers, lodges, campgrounds, stores, and out-of-park locations. Download it here...
Interactive Grand Canyon Geologic Map
By Arizona Geological Society and United States Geologic Survey (USGS)
Grand Canyon Association Field Institute
2018 Schedule of Classes (1.19 MB PDF File)
For More National Park Maps visit:
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Sandalwoods EO Blend Details
A pure, concentrated blend of sandalwood essential oils including East Indian Sandalwood, West Indian Sandalwood, Indonesian Sandalwood, Australian Sandalwood and African Sandalwood.
Indian Sandalwood costs continue to rise; this blend is ideal for soaps and will provide better performance in the finished product with considerably stronger odor than Sandalwood alone. Soapmakers have said that they like the odor of this blend even better than straight Indian sandalwood (which is about 4 times the price).
This blend does not contain carrier oil.
Method: Steam Distilled
Fragrance: balsamic, sweet, woodsy
Blends Well With: bergamot, clary sage, clove, coriander, cypress, fennel, frankincense, galbanum, geranium, ginger, juniperberry, lemon, myrrh, palmarosa, patchouli, pepper, peppermint, rose, spearmint, vetiver
Aromatherapeutic Uses: skin care (most skin types), acne, eczema, cracked and chapped skin, respiratory ailments, laryngitis, cycstitis, nausea, insomnia, pre-menstrual syndrome, depression, stress-related disorders
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In support of those who served our nation, Harford County will host a resource fair for veterans and their families on Saturday, October 7 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Bel Air Armory. This FREE event will be a one-stop-shop for information.