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Mixed feelings about Whitehouse use of outside email accounts.
2 Comments · Posted by lance in Free Speech, Internet, Legislation, Online Privacy, Surveillance
I have been following a number of stories like this,Congress Follows Email Trail – WSJ.com, about the Whitehouse use of RNC controlled email accounts to discuss the firings of federal prosecutors. The law appears quite clear. Official Whitehouse email is a document that must be retained. Discussions of firing federal prosecutors sounds official to me. Therefore the Whitehouse was wrong to use outside email addresses to keep the discussions secret.
I am not comfortable with the law in the first place. Email and other electronic communication media like chat and IM are often used more like casual conversation than formal memos. Few would argue that the President's every word should be recorded at all times. It would make discussion and debate next to impossible. In the process of thinking through an issue one may consider many potentially unpopular ideas, if only for the purpose of argument. Free and unconstrained give and take generally leads to be best understanding and decisions. Free and unconstrained debate can not take place with the world looking over your shoulder and scrutinizing every word.
If we accept that email and chat are used like conversation to hash out ideas, then it is very damaging to the process to place heavy recording and monitoring requirements on it. At the same time, having no oversight substantially reduces accountability. It might even facilitate corruption.
This really shows in a microcosm the greater question of general communications privacy vs. law enforcement access. It is a hard balancing act because there is very little middle ground. Basically you are either monitored or not. Having monitoring of a random half of the messages is going to make everyone unhappy.
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Richard · June 1, 2007 at 4:09 am
Hi Lance,
Great to see you blogging! When I decided to look for an anonymizing solution for our business, I did some light reading about your past and discovered your pioneering efforts in the field.
About the Whitehouse email accounts… I'm sure the administration feels the "hot breath" of scrutiny just like the rest of us do. If they can't express their thoughts in private conversation, this country is truly in deep….
Truly free speech is dependent upon anonymity!
I'm just a private citizen, but I find myself measuring my words carefully, any time I write to a politician or even complain about an unsatisfactory product or service. And that (I'm sorry to say) doesn't qualify as free speech.
We live in dangerous times, and unsung heroes like you are shouldering more than your share of the burden.
I wish someone (maybe Anonymizer?)would release a product for truly anonymous email. Or a pay-for implementation of TOR.
As long as I've hijacked this far…how about a discussion of the pressure that you've come under as a result of being a bastion of free speech? 🙂
Thanks again for the blog,

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How to play the Bb (B flat) chord on the ukulele.
Would you like a video to show you how? Here you go:
I find it easiest to play Bb (said B flat, not 'bee bee';) by twisting my index finger towards the headstock. You need the index finger to press down on both the E and the A strings in the first fret, whilst your middle finger is on its tip on the C string in the second fret and the ring finger is on the G string in the third fret. I find this tricky to do if all your fingers go straight on, as when you put the second and third fingers down, the index lifts up.
There are a lot of songs with Bb in them, in the Ukulele Wednesdays Songbook. Give some of these songs a try to help you practice:
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California Dreaming
City of New Orleans
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For the first time, he told reporters that he worried whether he was going to make it.
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As HuffPo reported, Chance believes he was given another chance to live in order to spread the message about the dangers of texting and driving. He, along with several family members and friends, have founded an organization called UnSend. According to Today.com, Chance hopes that this organization will help people think twice about pulling out their phone while they're behind the wheel.
"They just need to understand, don't do it. Don't do it. It's not worth losing your life," he said. According to the organization's website, distracted driving kills nearly 6,000 people every year.
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She`s a nurse who works nights.
Because she`s also a single parent, that means her two daughters wind up at her mother`s five nights a week.
``It`s a hassle for my mom but she understands that I`m not working nights because I want to. Truthfully, I`d rather be home with my two little girls,`` she said.
She`s not alone.
``As it turns out, motherhood and careers happen to a woman at the same time in her life,`` said Davie day-care center operator Terry Santini.
And because women working in many of those careers, such as nursing and computer programming, often must work nights there is a real need for a nighttime version of day care.
Recognizing that, Santini extended until midnight the hours her Childrens Pre-School, Kindergarten and After School Center is open.
That was Oct. 19. To date not one child has been enrolled at night.
``Before we opened at night, we did some market research and the way people talked we thought we were going to have to turn kids away. When it didn`t work out that way I went back to some of the companies that had expressed an interest in having evening hours at a day-care center. I wanted to find out why I didn`t have anyone from their companies signed up,`` Santini said.
What she found out surprised her.
``At some of the companies and government agencies I went to they told me they had decided not to tell their employees about the center`s extended hours because they were afraid of being sued in the event one of their employees took her child there and something happened,`` Santini said.
Others, including one large Broward County hospital, simply refused to tell their employees about the program.
``Forget it; that`s what one hospital administrator told me,`` Santini said. ``He said it wasn`t his job to find day care centers for the nurses. `If they want it, let them find stuff on their own,` was the way he put it.``


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Dallas has three players that have not practiced thus far this week, according to the team's website. Those players are safety Jeff Heath (thumb), defensive back Tyler Patmon (knee/ankle) and linebacker Dekoda Watson (hamstring).
Wide receiver Terrance Williams, quarterback Tony Romo, defensive tackles Josh Brent, Tyrone Crawford and Nick Hayden, tackles Doug Free and Tyron Smith, and linebacker Rolando McClain were all full participants in Monday and Tuesday practices this week.
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A federal judge in Portland has postponed for a second time a deadline for a plan that meets his standards for balancing operations of Columbia River Basin dams with threatened or endangered fish runs. At a December hearing the judge, James A. Redden of Federal District Court, moved the deadline for a third biological opinion to March 18 from March 1 but threatened unspecified consequences if he rejected it. On Tuesday he extended it to May 5, said Brian Gorman, spokesman for the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration Fisheries in Seattle. Judge Redden has thrown out two opinions as inadequate and wrote in December that a draft of a third effort looked little better.
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Top sprinter Pretend, one of the stars of the 2014/2015 All-Weather Championships, is due to return to Lingfield Park for the six-furlong £45,000 Listed Betway Best Odds Guaranteed Plus Cleves Stakes on Saturday, February 4.
The six-year-old is unbeaten in two visits to the Surrey course, having followed up an impressive display in the Listed Hever Sprint in March, 2015, with another dominant victory in the £150,000 All-Weather Sprint Championships Conditions Stakes on Good Friday the following month (pictured).
Pretend made an exciting return to action on his first appearance for more than five months at Kempton Park on January 11, when he ran on strongly to score easily by a length and a half in a six-furlong Polytrack conditions race.
His trainer Charlie Appleby said: "I was delighted with the performance of Pretend at Kempton Park and he has come on for that run. He had a canter on Friday morning and his work-rider said that he feels a lot sharper.
"He will head towards the Cleves Stakes at Lingfield Park on February 4 and then we will look at the Hever Sprint (5f) at the same course on February 25.
"The Hever Sprint is a Fast-Track Qualifier but it will be his third run anyway, so he should qualify for Good Friday whether he wins or not.
"He showed how good he was on Finals Day a couple of years ago and the horse he beat that day, Alben Star, won last year's Sprint Final.
"I couldn't have been any happier with his run the other day and he looks to be back to where he was before."
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My position as a Personnel Administrator for a local chapter of NYSARC, involves hiring "severely disabled" individuals to work alongside non-disabled workers on an industrial sewing line that makes products for the US military. Right now, we are making a pouch that holds three mags of ammunition for the M-4 automatic rifle. The soldiers attach the pouch to an ammunition belt that they wear in combat. This sewing work is part of a contract from the Federal Government, in a program called "Source America", and in New York it is referred to as "Ability One". The work is competitively bid, and the non-profit organizations that win this work are required to have the majority of direct labor hours in the operation performed by those who meet the program guideline definition of "severely disabled". (As an aside, the Source America guidelines and their definition of "severely disabled" differ substantially from other Federal program guidelines).
No one is paid less than the NYS minimum wage of $8 per hour no matter their productivity. However, participation in the Ability One program requires that all workers hit a target of at least 60% productivity, relative to the amount produced by a trained, skilled non-disabled worker doing the same or similar work, as measured by time studies and industry standards. The Military offers no allowance for poor quality, cost overruns, or an organization's inability to meet production schedules. They want what they want, when they want it, without errors or excuses. Such pressure differs greatly from the experience of most disabled workers in a traditional "sheltered workshop" operating under a 14(c) exemption from the fair labor standards act, (FLSA).
This brings me to a topic that I know many of you are very passionate about, sheltered workshops that are exempt from the minimum wage requirements of the FLSA. I copied the following three paragraphs from the Federal Labor Department website just to be able to understand a few pertinent points about the history and application of the exemption:
"Section 14(c) of the FLSA authorizes employers, after receiving a certificate from the Wage and Hour Division, to pay special minimum wages – wages less than the Federal minimum wage – to workers who have disabilities for the work being performed. The certificate also allows the payment of wages that are less than the prevailing wage to workers who have disabilities for the work being performed on contracts subject to the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA) and the Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act (PCA)"
"A worker who has disabilities for the job being performed is one whose earning or productive capacity is impaired by a physical or mental disability, including those relating to age or injury. Disabilities which may affect productive capacity include blindness, mental illness, mental retardation, cerebral palsy, alcoholism and drug addiction. The following, taken by themselves, are not considered to be disabilities for purposes of paying special minimum wages: education disabilities, chronic unemployment, receipt of welfare benefits, nonattendance at school, juvenile delinquency, and correctional parole or probation"
"Section 14(c) does not apply unless the disability actually impairs the worker's earning or productive capacity for the work being performed. The fact that a worker may have a disability is not in and of itself sufficient to warrant the payment of a special minimum wage."
Many ARC's that were formed decades ago do continue to offer vocational opportunities, even though much of the funding for those programs has long ago been cut or drastically reduced. The reason for this is simple – many of the individuals and their families count on the workshop experience for vocational opportunities and life supports such as case management and counseling. It is often at such workshops that the constellation of necessary services are accessed for so many disabled individuals.
Many ARC's often came into existence decades ago by the sheer will and determination of parents and families determined to advocate for and create opportunities for their developmentally disabled family members who had long been denied educational, vocational, and social opportunities within their communities. Many of their family members had been institutionalized from a very young age in what were called, in later times, "Developmental Centers'. I don't think I need to relate to any of you about the abuse and indignities that many were subjected to. They were out of sight and out of the public consciousness, and the treatment and neglect they endured is a stain on the record of our so-called enlightened society. It is in this context that ARC's were formed, and began to offer programs and services that allowed developmentally disabled individuals to finally enjoy lives of dignity and worth. Often these organizations struggled mightily (and still do) to provide vocational, residential and medical services for disabled individuals in an economically challenging, and ever changing regulatory environment.
Having worked in the field for nearly 35 years, I can assure that in my experience sheltered workshops offered a vocational opportunity for many of those formerly ignored and neglected individuals to have a chance, often for the first time in their life, to do productive work, and earn a paycheck.
I do not mean to in any way to minimize the concerns and perspective some people share relating to the issue of sub-minimum wages paid in sheltered workshops. Recent comments about the "million dollar" pay for National Goodwill Executives, while at the same time disabled workers are earning less than a dollar an hour, does raise important questions that need to be addressed by those in the field.
Our collective organizations are striving to provide new and expanded vocational opportunities that meet the expectations and requirements of disabled individuals in a new regulatory and funding environment. This will mean not only finding jobs for such individuals in the community, or in Affirmative Businesses, but also advocating for appropriate and sufficient funding so that organizations can continue to provide supportive services for those individuals. This is true whether those individuals are working in competitive jobs, supported employment programs, and yes, for now anyway, sheltered workshops.


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- Title
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Atlanta, Deep Ind. & KEW Ind. to list on monday
Monday is going to be a day full of action for IPO investors as 3 IPO's are getting listed on the same day. Atlanta will list on BSE as well as NSE while Deep and KEW will get listed on BSE.
Atlanta IPO was priced at Rs. 150 per share. The competitors are currently currently qouting in a PE range of 15 -21. The issue was subscribed 10 times. The stock is expected to list in the range of 190-200.
Deep Industries was priced at Rs. 36 per share. The IPO price do not provide scope for appreciation . However, it may spring some surprise given the market sentiments.
KEW Ind was priced at Rs. 30 The IPO was offered at a PE of 12. The stock may list in the range of 36-38 before settling at lower levels.
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Dear Mr.Soni
I got allotment of Atalanta 52 and ACE 50 shares.Kindly advice sell or retain ?
Best regards
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- September 24, 2006
- Rajesh Soni said...
You are very lucky Mr. Kale. Atlanta is listing on Monday. I would advice that you see how it lists. If the listing is above 200 you can immediately book profits. Retainig would not be a good idea for atlanta as it will be overpriced above Rs. 200+ levels. So take listing gains and enjoy !
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The opening episode of Northern Exposure's fifth season is even more surrealistic than usual, which is saying quite a lot considering the quirky goings on in the Alaskan village of Cicely. Said opener is "Three Doctors," in which the town's New York-bred doctor, Joel Fleischman (Rob Morrow), aspiring Native American filmmaker Ed Chigliak (Darren E. Burrows), and newlywed Shelly Tambo-Vincoeur (Cynthia Geary) find themselves enmeshed in a cosmic game of hide and seek. Other memorable season five episodes include "Jaws of Life," in which everyone's nerves are on edge in anticipation of the annual visit by the dentist (Jay O. Sanders); "A River Doesn't Run Through It," wherein sexy 31-year-old mail pilot Maggie O'Donnell (Janine Turner) is asked to be the local high school's homecoming queen (and as a bonus, one of the students is played by Jack Black!); "Rosebud," featuring director Peter Bogdanovich in a story built around Cicely's first film festival; and "A Cup of Joe," in which Shelly's husband, Holling (John Cullum), and storekeeper Ruth-Anne (Peg Phillips) discover that one of their grandparents ate the other one during the "Blizzard of '97." And there's more! The town's resident gay couple, Ron (Doug Ballard) and Erick (Don R. McManus) decide to get married; Shelly gives birth to a daughter named Miranda, who is promptly designated Cicely's 844th citizen; the whole town conspires to cure the redoubtable Walt Kupfer (Moultrie Patten) of his galloping depression; and in the season finale, "Lovers and Madmen," eternal outsider Joel finally resigns himself to the fact that he is a true Son of Cicely. ~ Hal Erickson
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So, I surprised Ryan by planning our Valentine's date. :) I picked him up at work after sitting in 45 minutes of traffic and we headed to the Seattle waterfront. Our first stop was at Ivar's where I'd requested a table by a window on my reservation. We were promptly seated and greeted by our waiter, who was a nice, older gentleman. We settled on bacon-wrapped prawns as an appetizer (they were delicious) and a seafood trio for our main entree. Ryan ordered a porter and I ordered a glass of wine - a nice 14 Hands Cabernet (my go-to cab). We put our phones away, except to snap a few photos and had some nice conversation. The seafood trio was probably the best seafood entree I've ever had with fresh wild salmon, halibut and grilled prawns over a bed of wilted spinach and mashed sour cream & green onion potatoes. I was so stuffed it hurt. So naturally, we ordered dessert - bread pudding with a creamy whiskey sauce and a small scoop of Snoqualmie vanilla gelato. We devoured it and pronounced it the best we've ever had. Seriously, he almost had to carry me out of there. So. Full.
From the restaurant, we headed to the Seattle Center and walked around. It had stopped raining and it felt so good to walk around after that meal. We walked past where all the rides used to be and felt sad for a moment that our kids would never experience them since they were all torn down. We ended up at the International Fountain and we walked over to a certain spot. The spot where he proposed to me. I remember how he fidgeted with his hands in his pocket for our entire date that evening long ago. How his palms were sweaty all evening and he seemed so nervous. I can still see him on his knee with big, wide eyes - asking me to make him the happiest man in the world. It was exactly how I'd pictured being proposed to since I was a young girl. Anyway, last night...we reminisced for a bit and chuckled at our luck that the fountain wasn't running due to, what looked like, repairs. Then I pulled out a short letter I'd written and read it to him. I'll post it at the end of this post. I cried through the entire thing. Then we toasted to our next 13+ years (I snuck in a flask of bourbon and 2 shot glasses...shhhhhh). It was so nice. We've been needing a date like this. I'm so awesome. ;)
We wandered around Seattle Center for a bit and then headed back to our car.
13 years ago on Valentines Day, Ryan and I made the decision to get married. It was a lengthy conversation that happened after a Rock Church Valentines Banquet where Ryan and I were the only unmarried couple. I remember the conversation well, as we drove in the car on I-5. Ryan proposed a couple of weeks later.
I wanted to make our date particularly special because the last few years have not been easy on us. Especially the last one. We've lost our church, stumbled a little bit in our faith, taken things out on each other and have felt beat up on by life a little. But I finally see us coming through the other side. Not completely unscathed, but definitely wiser and tougher. We've strengthened our resolve to be better people, better parents and better spouses to each other. We're thankful for friends and our parents who have been there for us - especially during the most recent changes. When we felt at our lowest and felt like we were in crisis-mode, it became apparent who our true friends and biggest fans are. It is true that crisis, although horrible and painful, can bring about beautiful things. I feel strengthened, encouraged and hopeful. Those are things I haven't felt for a long time.
I'm so thankful for my life. My husband and my 3 little babies. And while we still have some painful things going on in our family, I'm positive we'll come through them and everything will be beautiful once again.
14 Feb 2012
Dear Ryan,
13 years ago, on this day, we decided to get married. a few weeks later, at this very spot, you asked me to be your wife. i never had a moment's hesitation about marrying you. you were perfect for me -- the man of my dreams.
If I could go back 12 years and tell that young, naive 21-year-old girl with stars in her eyes ANYTHING, I would tell her this:
Brace yourself.
Marriage is hard. Life is tough. You're going to hurt each other. You're going to feel angry sometimes. You'll go through relational, spiritual, financial and physical hardships.
You're going to feel the pain of losing close friends, but gain some incredible new ones.
You're going to gain an amazing, wonderful family - The Barrans.
Your church -- the one you're planning and dreaming right now, is going to close one day, leaving you to face a journey that will be difficult and painful. It will cause you to question your faith and force you to find your own path. You'll also find out who your true allies are.
You're going to lose that cute little figure - both through neglect and childbirth. Yes - You're going to be a mommy. After many tears and prayers (and years)...You're going to have 3 beautiful little children.
I would also tell her she made the right choice.
I would do it all over again if I knew at the end, I would have you and our three beautiful children. Sure, I would've done things differently if I had another chance. I would've taken better care of my body. I would've been more aware of my sarcasm and cynicism. I would've loved more, forgiven more and fought less. But I would still have said yes.
I married the right man. I've never doubted that.
You're a good man. You love me. I know you do. And you love our kids. I want this moment to be a starting point of something new. I want to make new vows and promises. I'm looking forward to sharing the next 13+ years with you. I can't even imagine what these next years will bring, but I imagine there will be some tough times. They might even make the last 13 look like a cakewalk. But let's do it together. Let's stay strong in a society where walking away when it gets hard is so easy. Let's grow old together. Let's take care of one another. Let's pray for one another. Let's compliment and reward one another.
Let's be an example to our babies and raise some incredible little people. I love you. And I mean it.
I would do it all over again.


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These reproduction studs are made for the M35, M40 and M42 Chinstrap. They secure the chinstrap to the helmet liner. Made of steel and like the originals will rust if left in damp conditions. Two are supplied.
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These are a pair of WW2 German M37 Chinstrap's. These chinstrap's are replicas of the early transitional model straps used on M36 and M37 Helmets.
Each strap consists of two pieces, the buckle assembly and the chinstrap assembly. Both of these parts are connected with carbine clips, used on the late WWI German helmets and latterly by parade helmets in WW2 and adopted by the German military for use on these early German paratrooper helmets.
The helmet was secured by passing the chinstrap's under the chin and fastening with the buckles. As you can imagine this was quite a difficult job and these were superceded by a later version of the same chinstrap and then by the M38 chinstrap assembly in 1938. Original M37 chinstrap's are impossible to find, these are the next best thing.


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Lloy Ball has announced that he is stepping away from his playing career when his current season in Russia is finished.
"I will take a year off to reconnect with family and friends," Ball said via e-mail of the year following his departure from Russia. "I will also take this time to reflect on what path my life will take next."
Ball, 39, listed several reasons for his wanting to step away from the court, at least as a player.
"One is health; this year I have had many more aches and pains than in years past," he said. "Plus, recently I have had a knee injury that will require surgery after this season."
Ball is currently playing for the Russian club team Zenit Kazan, which is in the finals of the Super League playoffs. It is his fifth year playing for the city of Kazan, which he has led to three Russian Super League titles.
While Ball has had a great deal of success with overseas club teams, it usually separates him from his wife, Sarah, and their children, Dyer and Mya, who live in Angola, Ind., when they cannot be with Ball overseas.
"It has become more difficult to balance family and this career," he said.
Ball was named the Most Valuable Player and Best Setter of the 2008 FIVB World League Final Round as the U.S. Men won their first World League title ever. That set the stage for the team's success in Beijing, where it won eight straight matches to take the gold.
"He was great," McCutcheon said. "I look at his performance in the year and a half he was with us. There were so many great matches where he got the job done. I cherish the working relationship he and I had."
Ball lists his three favorite memories of playing with the U.S. Men's Team as :
1) Winning a bronze medal at the 1994 World Champ.
2) Walking in at the open ceremonies at the 1996 Olympics.
3) Winning the Gold in 2008.
When asked what advice he would give to players on a boys' high performance team, Ball responded, "Work every day like someone else is trying to take your position; because THERE IS!!!!"
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The TNI Commander : Al Qur'an teach us the affection among mankind
It was delivered by General Gatot Nurmantyo as TNI Commander on the anniversary of Nuzulul Qur'an 1438 Hijriyah, with the theme "be the boon of Nuzulul Quran 1438 Hijriyah as a Means of Increasing Faith and Piety , Concern and Togetherness of TNI With People To Create Professional Powerful Warriors and loved ", at the Panglima Soedirman Mosque, TNI Headquarters, Cilangkap, East Jakarta, Wednesday (14/6).
"Nuzulul Quran that we commemorate every year is not just the ceremony, but to deepen the meaning of the Qur'an to be a provision for us to increase faith and piety to Allah SWT," General Gatot Nurmantyo said.
On that occasion, General Gatot Nurmantyo reminded the women, the wives especially to always be filial, patient, and obedient to her husband. If a believer's wife really cares about her duty to husband, she is guaranteed to enter the heaven.
"Allah promises to give the heaven in the Qur'an to wives who are faithful and obedient in carrying out obligations to her husband," he asserted.
Meanwhile, the famous ulama from Ciamis, KH Syarif Rahmat in his speech delivered the key of life happiness. Do not eat illicit goods, be aware of the 'third person' that usually a close friend or not an unknown person and always keep and be Qur'an and Hadith as our guidance.
"To establish a sovereign state, we must involve all the components and a kindness mass leader, Why? As a proverb says a smile is more satisfying than a drink, a word is more delicious than a million meals and the blink of an eye can be more piercing than a serving dish, " KH Syarif Rahmat said.
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I first had the pleasure of working with Jenna when she responded to a model call for a little girl. She brought her daughter in and we had so much fun! I was thrilled when Jenna told me she was expecting and then booked her maternity and newborn sessions with me! Here's a little Q&A I had with Jenna after her session and of course some beautiful photos from her maternity session!
What is the first thing that ran through your mind when you found out you were pregnant?
We were really excited and happy.
The most memorable part is knowing that this baby is going to be coming home with us. I was previously a surrogate and I really had to disconnect myself so that I wouldn't be so attached to the babies. Yes, it was twins!
In this pregnancy, I have been having cravings for ice cream or basically any sweets.
My favorite part of the sessions are that you have the clothes already there! It's so helpful and there's no stressing out about what to wear! Also, how you tell me how to pose. I would have no idea how to pose myself!
I do! My favorite one is of me in a white dress and I am cradling my belly.
To try and relax as much as possible. Also, try and make things easier on yourself like getting your hair done so that your not stressing out the day of your session. Anything, that is going to be relaxing for yourself.
When I went to look at the final images, I went in thinking I will be glad if there's a good one of just me and one of my husband and I. However, there was so many they were so great it was really hard to choose!


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Father Simon Gaine, OP
Fr Simon Gaine was born in London in 1968, and began studying theology in 1987 at Oxford, where he became a Catholic in 1989. He received his doctorate (on the Neo-Scholastic theology of uncreated and created grace) in 1995, and the same year entered the novitiate in Edinburgh. After studies at Blackfriars, Oxford, he was Catholic Chaplain to the University of Edinburgh from 2001 to 2003, after which he returned to Oxford to teach theology, where he was also Vice-Regent, and then prior from 2006 to 2009. After two years at St Dominic's, London, where he was subprior, he became Regent at Oxford in 2012. He is the author of Will There be Free Will in Heaven? Freedom, Impeccability and Beatitude (2003) and Did the Saviour See the Father? Christ, Salvation and the Vision of God (2015). He is about to begin writing a textbook on theological anthropology.
More about Father Simon Gaine…
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Maius est illuminare quam lucere solum, ita maius est contemplata aliis tradere quam solum contemplari
Il est plus beau d'éclairer que de briller seulement ; de même est-il plus beau de transmettre aux autres ce qu'on a contemplé que de contempler seulement
Saint Thomas d'Aquin, Somme de théologie (ST IIa-IIae, q. 188, a. 6, co.)
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I'm not sure why, but I am drawn to this combination of fabrics. I LOVE the vintage-y looking flowers with the olive polka dots. So pretty.
My best friend tells me all the time that I am very good at putting fabrics together. I think this comes from all the years I spent scrapbooking and the 12 years I taught card-making & scrapbooking classes.
This pouch is available in my Etsy shop, however if you'd like to order a pouch similar to this, but with different fabrics head over to my shop and place a custom order. You can choose the colors/prints/fabrics and I will try to find fabric as close to what you request as possible. Please note that I cannot guarantee that I can find exactly what you would like, but I will do my best.
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Here are the ten Neapolitan proverbs that Florenzi had to try and understand:
1. Washing a donkey's head wastes soap and water. (It's no use flogging a dead horse.)
2. Fry fish in water and get married with dry figs. (When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!)
3. Pay and die as late as possible. (Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow.)
4. Be wary of someone who has two faces, he'll kill you and he'll embrace you. (Be wary of someone who says one thing and does another.)
5. The fish stinks from the head. (Bad things start with those at the top.)
6. He only has a head to divide his ears. (He has nothing going on between the ears.)
7. With one hand in front and the other behind. (Between a rock and a hard place.)
8. The world is the world: there are those who get to the top and those who fall to the bottom. (That's life: you sink or you swim.)
9. When you are an anvil you're still, when you are hammer you strike. (Be passive when you need to be passive, then strike while the iron's hot.)
10. Go on with feet of lead. (Proceed with caution.)


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Yes, well. Lazy day yesterday, hot cross buns, chocolate, etc. So it's not surprising that my weight's back up a bit more to 205.0 pounds (14 stone 9 pounds, 93.0kg).
Not sure if I'll be exercising this evening or not…
Yes, well. Lazy day yesterday, hot cross buns, chocolate, etc. So it's not surprising that my weight's back up a bit more to 205.0 pounds (14 stone 9 pounds, 93.0kg).
Not sure if I'll be exercising this evening or not…
Warning: this post contains scenes of extreme geekiness and probably requires a general familiarity with Doctor Who for it to make any sense at all. You have been warned.
Woo Who![1] At last, the wait is over! It's been a long time coming – I'd given up all hope of Doctor Who ever returning after the one-off TV movie staring Paul McGann didn't lead to anything. So when it was announced back in 2003 that a new series was to be developed by BBC Wales[2] under the general control of the excellent Russell T Davies[4] I could hardly believe it.
After the announcement came the speculation. Quite apart from the major issue of "would it be any good" was the question of who would play the Doctor. Many names were mentioned, but like a lot of people, I was surprised when I heard that the role had been given to Christopher Eccleston. He's a serious actor. He's done some very good TV work, including Our Friends in the North and a modern-dress adaptation of Othello a few years back. Not the obvious choice. But he had worked with Russell before, and more to the point, he wanted the job.
Now there are a number of ways the new series could have gone:
Another warning. If you're expecting an objective, calm, reasoned review, you're on the wrong site :grin
Well, having seen the first episode, I'm delighted, no ecstatic, no, errr, dammit, can't think of a word for it, but you get the general idea, err, where was I? Oh yes, I'm happy[5] to say that they seem to have got it right. Really right. About as right as it's possible to get.
It started nicely with the title sequence. A nice "time tunnel" effect with the TARDIS moving through it – new, but recognisable as a descendant of the various versions used in the past. And the music! A reworking of the classic theme, but closer to the 1970s version than the rather naff electronic version used in the later years of the original series. Quite wonderful.
Then we meet Rose Tyler (played by Billie Piper, previously best known for some icky pop songs and being married for a while to Chris Evans[6]). We get a high-speed run-through of her fairly typical day at work in a London department store[7]. At the end of the day, she goes into the basement in search of a colleague. After the traditional running around in the dark, Rose is menaced by some rather more mobile than usual shop dummies. Long-time Doctor Who fans will recognise these as Autons, who first appeared in Jon Pertwee's first story Spearhead from Space in 1970. Rose, obviously not being a Doctor Who fan[8] assumes they're students playing a trick on her.
Rose is rescued by a tall stranger with a disarming grin and a well-worn leather jacket: The Doctor. He briefly explains that the dummies are not in fact students, but are being controlled via a transmitter on the roof, which he intends to destroy. Rose leaves just in time to see the shop explode in suitably dramatic fashion[9].
The next day, with no job to go to, what with the Doctor having blown up the shop, Rose is sitting around at home when the Doctor arrives. He is tracing a signal, and wonders why it has led him to Rose's flat. Cue some malarkey with a severed Auton arm doing the strangling routine only to be deactivated by the Doctor's Sonic Screwdriver[10].
After being rebuffed by the Doctor, Rose researches him on the Internet[11], eventually finding a stereotypically geeky conspiracy nut who has found images of the Doctor at many points in history. While Rose is talking to him, her boyfriend, who she'd left in the car has an interesting encounter with a wheelie bin.
Soon enough, the Doctor is back, rescuing Rose from the Auton replica of her boyfriend. And at last, after a lovely double-take (Rose runs into the TARDIS, runs out, looks all around it, before finally stepping inside), we see the new TARDIS interior. Wow. Gorgeous. Big. More organic than the offspring of a gothic cathedral and a planetarium we saw in the 1996 TV movie and a lot more fun than the rather sterile and cramped (but much-loved) control room of the original series.
The usual fun and games follow, with Rose playing a crucial role in defeating the Nestene intelligence that controls the Autons. All too soon, we reach the end of the story – but it's just the beginning, as Rose runs to join the Doctor on his travels…
Eccleston's portrayal of the Doctor manages to be uniquely his but with echoes of earlier Doctors – for a start, he's got a grin to rival Tom Baker's. He also manages to convey a nicely alien feel – his concerns are on a much larger scale than the petty issues of individual people, making him seem a little callous to Rose's eyes. But his impassioned plea to the Nestene to spare humanity is impressive.
There are some nice humorous touches – Rose asks the Doctor why, if he's really from another planet, he sounds like he comes from the North. His reply is quite lovely:
Lots of planets have a north!
And of course, the TARDIS is still stuck in its old form as a 1950s Police Call Box. Rose (not being a Doctor Who fan) has never seen one before, and asks what it is. It's obvious that the Doctor is fond of his TARDIS and probably wouldn't change it even if he could get the Chameleon circuit[12] working. Once again, he flashes that grin and sounds a little defensive when he replies "It's a disguise!".
Billie Piper is actually rather good as Rose – miles away from most of the passive screamers who used to accompany the Doctor. She's bright, funny and (unlike her boyfriend) not reduced to a gibbering wreck by her alien encounter.
Cardiff is very good as London, too. Apart from some Embankment location shots, most of the action was filmed on the streets of Cardiff – all it took was the odd red bus and some signs[13].
All in all, a strong start to the new series. The choice of the Autons as the first enemy was a good one – quite symbolic really, as they ushered in the Pertwee era and the move from black and white to colour TV all those years ago.
Of course, what we're all looking forward to are the Daleks, who'll be coming up later in the series
[1] Who rather than the usual Hoo, for obvious reasons
[2] Basks in reflected glory[3]
[3] I'm Welsh! I'm entitled!!!
[4] Creator of Queer as Folk, well-known Doctor Who fan and generally much respected TV writer
[5] Understatement
[6] Irritating DJ, TV presenter, etc
[7] Played by Howell's in Cardiff
[8] That would be a little too self-referential
[9] Much to the alarm of any Cardiffians watching: they've blown up Howell's!!!!
[10] Woo hoo! Apparently one of the many toys to go on sale for the Christmas market will be a replica of this. I want one, OK?
[11] As you would
[12] It's supposed to disguise itself to match its surroundings, but sort of got stuck that way in 1963…
[13] Apparently there's an Underground station in Queen's Arcade, who knew?


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I am grateful. To wake in the morning is to be reborn. Nothing is to be taken for granted, certainly not life itself. The first word of prayer is perhaps the most important: מודה, "I am thankful." The essence of prayer is the grateful acknowledgment of the gifts we have been given.
--Rabbi Reuven Hammer
Who is rich? Those who are satisfied with what they have, as it is written, "When you eat from the toil of your hands, you are fortunate and it is good for you" (Psalm 16:32).
--Pirkei Avot (Teachings of the Sages) 4:1
May we all feel grateful and satisfied for what we have in this season of Thanksgiving.
The horrible attacks we have seen in the last week have shaken us. They have undermined our sense of safety, our feeling that we can rely on the world and the people around us. They have plunged us into darkness. They have instilled fear. We have seen some manifestations of that fear in the U.S. in xenophobic reactions against refugees from particular parts of the world or of particular religions that would make the Statue of Liberty weep. Such reactions deepen the darkness and the fear rather than relieving it. How can we find light? We can find it in the deeply human and caring reactions that we saw in France and across the world in response to this violence. We can find it in the reaffirmation of our most basic Jewish values - the preciousness of life, the holiness of each human soul - in the face of those who would desecrate those values. And we can find it in reaching out to each other to reaffirm our connections and the meaning and comfort we draw from being together in community. May this Shabbat show us the way out of the darkness and into the light.
Praise God with harp and lyre, with drum and dance, with strings and pipe, with the clashing of cymbals... (Psalm 150)
Music is a central part of Jewish life. From ancient times, the worship in the Temple, the words of Torah, and the recitation of prayers were all set to music, and the Bible is filled with descriptions of musical instruments and their use (think of David and his harp). It is no coincidence, then, that there are many musicians and music-lovers in Jewish communities, and we have many talented ones in ours. In the last few years, we have been working to create more opportunities for us to hear and play and sing music together, both inside and outside the context of services.
This year, we are introducing a monthly music series toward that end called "Shirah b'Kehilah" ("Music in Community"), and we are beginning this Saturday night at 7:00 PM with "Music Cafe" - a musical jam session. If you are a musician, bring your instrument and your favorite music and come play with us! If you are a music lover, bring your open ears and come listen (or maybe dance)! We will provide beer and snacks and an informal atmosphere for us all to enjoy.
Next up in the series: Klezmas Eve on December 24 with Ken Ulansey and his band playing klezmer music and Yiddish dance master Steve Weintraub leading us in Eastern European dance! Get your tickets now!
With our visitors from Beit HaGefen in Haifa last Shabbat for the Charry Weekend, we began a series of exciting speakers that will be continuing in coming weeks. I want to encourage you to take advantage of these opportunities to learn from some amazing people whom we will be privileged to host in our community.
This Sunday: Benji Lovitt - "Exploring Israeli Society through Comedy"
Come hear this comedian and historian of comedy (shown at left) at 10:00 AM in the Quitman Library, as part of the Tough Social Issues in Israel class. You are welcome to attend just this one class ($15 fee).
Sunday, Nov. 15: Prof. Arie Rimmerman - "Disability, Civil Rights & Social Policy in Israel"
Professor Rimmerman will join us from Israel via Skype, also in the Quitman Library at 10:00 AM.
Sunday, Nov. 22: Devora Greenberg - "The Masorti Movement: Blessings & Challenges"
Devora Greenberg is visiting the U.S. from Israel as a representative of the Masorti (Israeli Conservative) movement. Come hear the latest news from Israeli progressive Judaism, also at 10:00 AM.
Friday & Saturday, Dec. 4-5: Maharat Rori Picker Neiss
Maharat Neiss is one of a small group of female ordained Orthodox clergy (and the niece of GJC member David Picker). She will be our scholar-in-residence for Shabbat, speaking at a potluck dinner on Friday night (on "Dialogue and Confrontation" using the work of Soloveitchik), giving the d'var Torah in the Charry Service on Saturday morning (on "Lighting the Darkness"), and teaching at a Tisch after services (on "Breaking Walls, Opening Doors" about the ordination of female Orthodox clergy). Come learn with one of the bright lights of progressive orthodoxy!


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Framing Options - Acrylic Float Frames
Use A Reputable Professional Framer?
There are of course many framing options so I recommend you visit an experienced framer or consult with your photographer about the best choices. Some choices will be purely aesthetic - what you like the look of and what will best suit the particular print considering its subject matter, size, print media, intended uses, colours, texture etc. and then of course you need to consider the visual aspects of where the print will be displayed. Other choices will concern physical and practical matters such as size vs weight or perhaps whether the print is seen as a short term display or as a family heirloom expected to last for generations. Cost would of course be another huge factor. However, it is logical to expect that cheap ready made frames are unlikely to be suitable for long term display of cherished valuable prints. The old adage "you tend to get what you pay for" is often true. So, for those important prints, it is wise to use a well regarded professional framing company. Another factor is that professional framers are going to provide great advice and back-up should anything go wrong.Therefore seeking good advice on your particulr circumstances is a wise decision.
Acrylic Float Frames - A Stylish Option
Given the huge variety of options, today I will limit my comments to just one which I think would be perfect for many business applications but also in the home. More recently I've become a fan of the Acrylic Float Mount. This can be put into a frame but it need not be. Indeed, as shown in the image below, a border can be incorporated into the print to give the illusion of a frame. However, in most instances the print remains "borderless" and due to a hidden frame structure behind the print, the borderless image seems to "float" off the wall. For a really sleek modern look, this is often an excellent choice.
As stated this Acrylic Float Mount would be an excellent option for my Commercial Clients - Acrylic Wall Mount Display PrintsA great display option for commercial & corporate clients architects, builders, property owners, etc. - who often show large wall prints of their best projects. For example; a few years ago, I helped a large consulting design and engineering company - Hyder Consulting - obtain acrylic prints for their offices around Australia and these beautifully display their projects. A sample photo is shown at left.
Another client was the committee of a Residential Strata Block. They commissioned me to shoot artistic architectural images of their building for display as a set of three in their foyer.
Foyer Display PrintsMetallic Photo Prints mounted in 6mm Acrylic Float Frame
This client was absolutely delighted with the finished results and tells me they get many wonderful comments from owners and visitors. If you haven't seen this type of photographic display, it is very striking. This display was particularly suitable here as the foyer wall had been built with such a display in mind, with three rectangular wall niches for the images (see photo). Acrylic Float Mounts is definitely one framing solution well worth consideration!