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Well I fell for it again. One of my friends told me about the site where she met her husband and I got all misty eyed and gushy inside and said awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww I gotta try it! So I post a pic & write fifteen words or so and I start getting matches! Well whaddya know they all look like motorcycle murderers! I swear to Jeezy this shit ain't for me! Now every time I get a match, instead of thinking "Hey! Maybe this is The One!" I am thinking "What the hell does HE want?" and I'm just SURE he's up to no good and he does NOT see me for who I really am! I think I might need to go back to just being friends with guys who in meet in the real life…and see where it goes from there. This paranoia thing is a beeyatch! Sweet & Sour Bipolar Over & Out!
Monthly Archives: February 2013
How I Achieved My Lifelong Dream of Becoming Bipolar-Part III
At my work, I'd managed to stay in the same job without getting fired for almost five years! A new record. I wasn't so in love with my job, though. Instant Segue: I've never really liked working and have managed a few breaks from work in my life and those times when I could just be creative have been the happiest times of my life. I really wish to the bottom of my heart that I could figure out a way to not work at all, just live the free life where I could stay home or go to a studio or have a studio in my home where I go to be creative every day. That would be Heaven for me.
So, back to my job, one paragraph later. Sorry, I was overtaken by my passion for the creative life. The thing that was really burning me up about my job was that my boss had submitted me for a promotion, and those higher up than him had turned it down. They gave some concrete suggestions as to what I could do to qualify for the promotion and suggested that he resubmit the papers again in six months. So, that's exactly what we did. I followed their suggestions to become stronger in my job performance, my boss documented this and then resubmitted after six months. Again, we were turned down, and with an absolutely nonsensical explanation.
Now have I told you that I can come to a boil at times? That I am a true Ragin' Cajun? Times like, when I am being bullshitted? Well, yes. This was one of those times. When all my power is taken away. When I have done everything according to the verbal agreement, and come to collect on the debt, and those in power suddenly change the rules and say, no, now THIS is what you have to do! En-rages me. So, I did the only logical thing. I packed up my desk and left my job that very day. No notice, no. Because my only power was to say FUCK YOU by leaving them in the biggest of lurches. Ah, yes. Impulsivity. I did the thing that everyone wants to do, but doesn't, because it's unwise. Well I fucking did it! And that's what you call….Wiseitivity.
What Is Executive Functioning?
Finally…a name for what I am missing in what my life!! This is what I beat up on myself about ALL THE TIME!! I do not have good EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING. And I'm practically a damn executive!! Let's face it, my shit don't match.
How I Achieved My Lifelong Dream of Becoming Bipolar-Part II
At age 30 I hit a Bipolar Addict's Nirvana: I was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder and prescribed..wait for it…Dexedrine!! Yes I became one of Dexy's Midnight Runners! And oh Siouxsie did that fix my life for a few years! I could go all day AND all night!! In between worrying about dying of a heart attack, I was getting a lot of shit done!! STILL I was impulsive and spending money like it was the LAW but shit I was making loads of it! And I was so HAPPY on that damn Dexedrine that I couldn't give two shits about much in life! I was skinny! I was semi-rich! I drove a hot red sportscar! Hell, even I was hot! This lasted for about four years. And then the abuse began.
The pills the doctor prescribed weren't enough. So I began shopping for and buying pills over the Internet. And believe me, shit was getting expensive! So with my cagey criminal mind, I began seeing more doctors, and getting MORE prescriptions for MORE ADD medications. Yeahhh that's the smart solution! And with more and more speed in my system, more and more uncontrollable compulsive behavior popped up. The worse was the picking at my skin.
My face was covered with blemishes. Something had blasted my liver to hell, probably a month's worth of Cylert (now off the market due to its toxicity to the liver) taken within two weeks. My liver enzymes were so high, I had what's called Chemical Hepatitis. My skin on my back, chest, neck and face was in a state of eruption. It looked like the worst case of acne you'd ever seen, on a thirty four year old woman. I couldn't stand to be in public at all and have people see my face. I just wanted to hide. I also had extreme fatigue, and would sleep through entire weekends, only waking occasionally to go to the bathroom and drink some water. It was a lonely, and alarming experience. I wondered if I was dying.
Eventually my liver rallied and said "Wake up, bitch!", and I complied and made my way back to life. I had Kaiser insurance (or whatever you call that shit) so I had to wait FOUR MONTHS to see a dermatologist to get a measly Flagyl prescription for my skin, which cleared it up in no time flat.
On my thirty fifth birthday I had what for me has been the most devastating event of my life. I was on a houseboat at Lake Powell in Utah to celebrate my birthday with my boyfriend and some other friends. On the morning of my birthday, my boyfriend woke up on the wrong side of the bed after having a few too many the night before. He began verbally abusing me, saying unbelievably mean things to me. I couldn't believe what I was hearing, on the morning of my birthday, coming out of the mouth of a man who proclaimed to love me! What started as verbal abuse escalated to physical abuse. It was a surreal experience to see this man who I had loved so much and shared so much with, come at me like a boxer, with his arms up, hands clenched into fists, and then start punching me. He punched me in the face and I'll never forget the sound I made, an exclamation of such hurt and horror that this terrible pain was being inflicted upon me from someone that I had loved and trusted completely.
Just to clear up the inevitable question and answer session to come: It happened once. The physical violence. It happened once, I went home and put out all of his belongings, and that was the end. Forever.
It literally rocked me to the foundation of my being to have this deep violence commited against me. It wasn't just the physical violence, but the psychic violence, the murder of love and trust and feelings of safety in my body and in my world. This lead to a very long and extended period of mourning and isolation, which further contributed to deep depression, further abuse of amphetamines, and a return to drinking alcohol after fifteen years of sobriety. Things were headed straight downhill for me.
Embracing Mama Nature
Thank You, Broken Light Photography Collective!!
Boulder Blizzard
I have such a hard time being in the moment when it's winter. I don't like winter! I'm a Spring & Summer gal, having grown up in the semi-arid desert of the San Joaquin Valley of California. But, living in reality, in the now, I live in Boulder, Colorado, and we have winter! Today we are having one hell of a blizzard. I am experiencing it in all its glory. So I bring you….Snowy Buddha! I am enjoying watching the blowing, blustery snow outside my windows as I sit inside my cozy warm house, grateful for a hot, spicy, hearty breakfast, and the hot coffee whose delicious aroma nearly brought me to my knees this morning, it smelled so good! Sometimes life is just so acute, so real, so THERE, it can be so satisfying! I am grateful. I will have a good, quiet, putzing day at home, absolutely no reason to leave the house, nothing I must do but only what brings me pleasure. And no I don't mean masturbation. Ok well maybe later!
How I Achieved My Lifelong Dream of Becoming Bipolar – Part I
The road to being diagnosed as Bipolar 2 (now I don't make that distinction, I just say Bipolar) was a long, rocky and painful one. For me it started in college. My greatest struggle has always been around impulse control, and the biggest painpoint has been money. Money, you bitch! But I love you, money. There. There's my relationship with money in a nutshell.
I had ZERO control over how I spent my money. As a very young child, I took that ten cents and spent it all! And then I ate the candy in one fell swoop. In Elementary School, I spent that two dollars a week as soon as I got it and then tried to borrow more from my sisters. In High School, I babysat for money, which, can you guess? I spent almost before it was in my hands. In college, when I got my student loan money, it was just a spending binge until it was over. And then, always, remorse.
In college I went on my first antidepressant. It was a tricyclic, desipramine. I went to the doctor with the complaint that I was falling asleep in class, hard, like with dreams! ( I also was known to let out a honk or two when I really got snoozing. This was not my sexiest co-ed moment). Nobody at that time was diagnosing sleep apnea, which I had then and would have intense sleep attacks where I had to fall asleep immediately, no matter where I was. So, not asking the right questions, the doctor diagnosed me as depressed. Here, have a drug, he said. I said ok. I loved drugs!
So I went on my merry way with my new drug. About a year later, I developed the theory that I had Bipolar. THIS was the reason I couldn't control my spending, which was getting worse and worse. I was having manic episodes! I didn't know that "lack of impulse control" also fell under the classification of Bipolar, and that was my real problem.
In addition to the impulsive spending on shopping trips, I also was doing something else that was highly stimulation-seeking and impulsive on those same shopping trips: Shoplifting. It was always just one thing here and there, and I thought I was smart. Oftentimes I'd take it in plain sight, as if I was just forgetting to pay for it. I figured, who is going to accuse this white, upper middle class woman of taking anything? I know now that I was stupid, and lucky.
Eventually I was causing myself so much pain with my spending that I went back to the college's student health center and saw a psychiatrist and conveyed my concerns and my suspicions that I was Bipolar. I must be really smart because the psychiatrist agreed and broke me off a prescription for Lithium, The Headache Giver. I started taking the Lithium and not only did it have zero impact on my impulsivity, it caused about a two-week-long headache. So, I quit the Lithium, thinking that was it for me and Bipolar. If only I knew…
I'm grateful for . . .
Ohhhh I said I wouldn't do it! And I'm doing it. Just a little!! So…I'm grateful for a family birthday celebration for February birthdays (two siblings have February birthdays) and a Cajun feast to look forward to. Did I tell you I come from a long line of Ragin' Cajuns? Why yes, yes I do. That fiery blood is the cause of all of my bad behavior. HA!
So I have red beans in the pot, oh yes! I am going to rock some Red Beans & Rice. Wish you were here to sample it. You might fall in love with me. That good. Are bipolars grandiose? No, not at all.
People of the world! Have a great day! And a fabulous weekend! This is my wish for you.
The Sweet and Sour Chronicles, Volume II
I think I've been on a bit of a negativity binge. Everything that happens at my job pisses me off. Everything that happens there proves me right. See?? This place IS dysfunctional!! Ok for sure the place does work people into the ground. But! They gave me a job and they give me an awfully nice paycheck every two weeks. If I don't like it I can quit, right? Oh lawdy jeez methinks I might need to remove the shit-colored glasses… and just when I was really gettin' cookin!
My first clue as I sat at my desk today looking out my precious window (where I can watch a juvenile hawk come and dive-bomb the little birds) was that I tried to think of what to be grateful for, and then I said, "No." Uh, Hello! Time for an attitude adjustment my friend!
In my 20's when I had a bad boyfriend who crashed his car into my car, on purpose, and was so scary that I had to go stay in a safehouse, and then caused me to be evicted from my home, my best friend made me call her every day and tell her ten things I was grateful for. My life was in the shitter on Shit Street in Shitsville and I had to come up with ten things to be grateful for! Well let me tell ya, I think it got me through. So, if it worked then, it'll work now.
I'm not going to torture you with my self-absorbed and very probably stupid list, (who knows, I might say I'm grateful for my teeth, or my boobs) but I will say that I shall make a list every day for the next week, and then check back in.
And that's it! From the Sweet & Sour Chronicles, feelin' a little sour but willing to let that change.
Oh Spring, Where Art Thou?
It's snowing today and the high should be in the 20's. I'm sorry but this shit is getting OLD! I just had to post a pic of spring flowers from last year's garden . . . maybe if we all visualize really hard, we can bring that early spring that the otherwise useless Punxsutawney Phil predicted. Whatcha think? DOWN WITH WINTER!! ON TO SPRING!! What a natural mood elevator. I need it now!
Moments Like These
So worth the read!!!
Sunshine Sneaks in to This Heart of Mine
What is it that happens some mornings? Nothing has changed, but my heart is full of gratitude, and I'm thanking Lawd Jeezy for all I have in the plus side of my column. Granted, I still don't love my job, but the plus is that the job has become the small part of my life, and the rest of my life overshadows it. I have my writing, which is lighting me up and making me shiny and new. I have an upcoming trip to Florida to soak up some sun. I have strong, close bonds with family and pretty much monthly birthday celebrations to look forward to (with six kids in our family, brothers and sisters in law, and eight nieces and nephews, we have a rich birthday celebration schedule). I have a trip to look forward to this summer that fulfills some of my life dreams. Life is…Good? YES! Don't be scared, little one. It's ok to be happy! Right now in this moment, this is happy. Not manic, just quiet contentment and thankfulness. I am going to try to carry this in my heart throughout the day. Sweet! Hope you all have a great day.
Three Minute Fiction
I am somewhat obsessed with National Public Radio's Three Minute Fiction contest, perhaps because I entered it this time. They are posting some of the entries on their website. So far, I think these three are outstanding.
I still hope that I can miraculously win. Please Lordy Jeez.
The Hard Smile
That's me on the right, with Mr. Magnet Man (great idea!), doin' The Hard Smile. That's when you stick your teeth out for all you're worth. At a certain age in childhood that's what kids do when told to "Say Cheese." They literally say cheese and stick their teeth out with all their might. They think that's what smiling is.
These days I still employ my hard smile and stick those white chiclets out. The hard smile is a way of saying I'm ok when I'm not. It's a way of saying "Yeah, I'm getting' along! Everything is fine!" The important thing to know is when to employ the hard smile, and when to set it aside and do some truth-telling. Because the hard smile, and "being fine", is seductive. It's employed on Facebook all the time Let's face it. The world runs on lies. "How are you?" we ask. "I'm fine, how are you?" we answer. What a load of shit! Oops, sorry. It's that truth seeping out again.
Here, on WordPress with my fellow Bipolars, I am able to put the hard smile aside. I let my face droop a little and say, "Hi! I'm a fuckin' mess!" And ya know what? I don't hear an echo. And for that, I am grateful. I hear love and support and kindness reflected back. Thank you.
My Five Faves
So…one of my fave bitches asked me to post five of my favorite bipolar blogs. This is such a great idea, I'd like to ask ALL OF YOU to do the same, and post a link here in the comments to YOUR blog posting so we can go and look and see all kinds of new blogs that we've been missing! I looooove reading the blogs but I do get in a rut of just going to the Reader and looking at blogs tagged "Bipolar". So creative and intuitive I know. I'd love to compare lists! Here are mine, in no particular order . . . oh by the way…Happy VD People!!!
Broken Light: A Photo Collective (includes other mental illnesses, be flexible)
Crazy Jay – The Ultimate Chameleon! "A spark of genius quenched in misery." Unmedicated and Unrestrained!
P.S. — I just realized I'm trying to start a chain letter! I totally bust myself!!!!! Oh well let's still do it!! Ok ready set go! First one there gets a tuna san!


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I saw a little dandelion sway,
As the wind blew across the field
It bent just a little
And seconds later
Stood tall again
Back to how it was-
Strong,vibrant and firmly holding its ground
But that wasn´t the end…..
Back came the wind,
This time it blew harder
Bending the small flower over completely
Until it touched the moist soil
Forcing it to flow in its direction
Yet a minute later
It started to rise
Constantly moving
As it fought back
But that wasn´t the end…..
This time the wind blew harder
And it didn´t come alone
With it came the rain
Strokes of lightening
and branches that fell
Uprooting the little dandelion
And carrying it along
To a place that it had never been to before
Was this really the end?
Maybe it was
I thought to myself…
Turning back towards my car,
I started walking
Thinking about the small yellow flower
The way it fought back against the storm
The way it gathered all its strength and decided to rise
Even though it knew that it stood no chance
Knowing that things may never be the same again
Was this really the end?
Seconds later, the wind blew again
But this time it didn´t take anything away
Instead it left the little dandelion
Lying next to my feet
I picked it up
And kept it in my pocket
Respecting the courage that it had shown
Realizing that I had always thought wrong
There´s always a time when things come to an end
But an end could lead to a new beginning
Just like it did for the small dandelion
That would now adorn the little glass vase that laid on my desk…….

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Big Al
El Jefe
Allan Beardsell has been tinkering with guitars since childhood, building since 1996. After several years of repairing guitars and pickups, he spent time under the tutelage of Sergei deJonge and Philip Davis, and has been creating his own brand of axes ever since.
But here's something many folks don't know: Al brings years of experience as the head of guitar repair at Songbird Music in Toronto in the '90′s. In the past 10 years he has worked solely as a builder, only repairing instruments for a handful of Winnipeg musicians – including Greg Lowe, John Samson and Stephen Carroll of the Weakerthans, Cara Luft and Del Barber. Now he is offering repair services to the general public.
Repairs are by appointment only. To make an appointment or to discuss an estimate, call the shop at 204-772-5780 or email email@example.com.
Roger Dodger
Plucky Upstart
As the son of a respected local producer and sideman (and half of the supremely talented duo Roger Roger) Lucas Roger (a.k.a. The Friendly Giant, a.k.a. The Towering Intern-o) comes by his musical passion honestly. Since he was knee high to a... well, truth be told he hasn't been knee-high to much of anything for quite some time. Let's just say since he started having to duck under low-slung doorframes, Lucas has been playing guitars, fixin' cars, and playing in bars with the abandon of a young man on a mission. He's worked with several local guitarmakers, and is currently working on his own models. Did we mention he's the grandson of one of Manitoba's most legendary wood-carvers as well? Bottom line: dude is tall, he's heard the call, and, under the careful supervision and tutelage of Mr. Beardsell, he's ready and willing to fix axe for y'all. (Just give him a call.)


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Dad's Belgian Waffles
— Dad's Belgian Waffles, Friends of the Middle School, Iowa, Tama, Tama County, Tama-Toledo Lions Club, Toledo, waffles
The Tama-Toledo Lions Club is sponsoring a "Dad's Belgian Waffles" breakfast at the Reinig Center, 1007 Prospect Drive, Toledo, Iowa, on Saturday, April 11, 2015 from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. They will be serving all you care to eat waffles, sausages, toppings, & beverages. Carryouts are available. Tickets are $7.00 – children age 5 and under are free. Proceeds will benefit STC Friends of the Middle School.


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Savanna Oaks Community Center is a registered non-profit 501(c)(3)
#80-0089170. Savanna Oaks was formed in 2004 with the vision that this very visible site serve as a "sign post" for the Community of Fall River. The Board of Directors feel that preserving this building and picturesque land as a worthy goal for a Community Center for a meeting/conference place, outdoor concerts, trails in the oak savanna and tours of the sorghum harvest. (A lost art, using old fashioned equipment and harvesting.) The large deck gives a very gracious view of the landscape and all its wildlife, including our two very special cranes. The majestic oaks and wildlife of this 17 acre gem, make this an excellent spot to relax, walk the nature trails or enjoy the concerts held during the summer months at Savanna Oaks. The large beautifully renovated banquet room which can seat 225 is bright and airy with large windows to the front and a view through to the deck. With the guidance of the Aldo Leopold Society the spring of 2017 will see the development of new walking trails and beautiful plantings on the grounds. Our state of the art commercial kitchen allows us to provide in-house catering for your next banquet or party at the Oaks. All our funds are raised through fundraisers, donations and much hard work from Board Members and Volunteers. We adhere to the belief that Volunteer and Student involvement results in retention, improved performance and leadership into our communities and affects positive change. Volunteers are always needed and always welcome. Our present Board Members are: Gary Errthum, Dennis Buchda, Mike Lubenau, Pam Duborg, Judy Robbins, Charmaine Schultz, Tyler Letlebo, Sheldon Benzine and Gary Taurick.


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If I were to choose the best combination of the dress on you blog post, I will choose dress number 4 with skirt number 18 and the hat number 8. The number 4 dress really looks classy especially now that it is spring time. I think girls dress are more expensive than Men clothing.
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Huawei also announced two new tablets this morning in Barcelona. That's the MediaPad M1 and the MediaPad X1. Both of which come with 4G LTE connectivity. We'll start things out with the MediaPad M1. Which has a 8-inch 1280×800 resolution display, 1.6GHz quad-core processor, 758MB of RAM, 8GB/16GB of on-board storage, 4,800 mAh battery, Android 4.2.2 – Jelly Bean along with 4G LTE. Definitely not a high-end tablet, or even one that most of us would think about buying. But it would be nice to see KitKat on it, since it can run KitKat. It's said to set you back about £250 which translates to $415 USD.
Now the MediaPad X1 is a bit more interesting. It's sporting a 7-inch 1920×1200 resolution display, similar to the Nexus 7. Along with a 1.6GHz quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, 13MP camera on the back and a 5MP front-facing shooter, 5000mAh battery and 4G LTE support. Although we don't know what version of Android it's running, it will probably be running Android 4.2.2 as well. So far there's no pricing details on the Huawei MediaPad X1, but it's said to be available in the second half of 2014. I'd expect it to be around £400 though. And I'm not too sure about it launching in the US just yet, anyways.
The MediaPad X1 is definitely more interesting, but still maybe not interesting enough to get my money. While the MediaPad M1 definitely looks like the HTC One with a larger display and a different skin on there. It's got front-facing speakers and everything, except for the specs. That's really the only downside.
Huawei has said they are coming to Mobile World Congress to amaze everyone again. Well I don't know about you, but I'm not really amazed by these announcements. Just a couple of mid-range tablets, and a mid-range smartphone. How many of you are interested?


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Jill always knows what suits the DT's style and always gets it bang on target when she send out my DT kit.
So this is what she sent me.
and this is what I made :0)
Together is a Wonderful Place To Be
Find Joy In Every Day
Sweet Life - Tell Your Story
Uniquely You
And because Jill and Mel are so generous with their DT kits I was also sent a selection from Bo Bunny's Firecracker range.
I used it, not for fireworks and 4th July as it was intended, but for a beach themed page!
{Hello Summer}
ATDML have lots of new stock in, including gorgeous Bo Bunny Christmas ranges.


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March 30th releases
House of Mystery
March 30th, 1934 - Monogram Pictures released 'House of Mystery', directed by William Nigh. I'll be perfectly honest in that I've never actually seen this film, so I really don't have a clue in terms of what it's about or whether or not it's any good. From what I can tell it appears to be some sort of killer ape movie. Doesn't surprise me considering 'King Kong' had been released a year earlier and the sequel had just come out as well. I know that William Nigh remade this film 6 years later in 1940 under the title 'The Ape', starring Boris Karloff. Unfortunately I've never seen that film either...
Bloodbath at the House of Death
March 30th, 1984 - Goldfarb Distribution released 'Bloodbath at the House of Death', directed by Ray Cameron. This horror comedy sets out to spoof a great number of horror films from that time period and even some non-horror film as well, such as "E.T. The Extra Terrestrial". The movie is sort of like an early day Waynes Brother 'Scary Movie' type of film except not nearly as popular. Vincent Price, who was obviously hurting for money at the time, plays the role of a 700 year old Satanic priest known as "Sinister Man". I'm not sure how big of a box office draw this film had in the United States, but I'm guessing it must not have been too popular.
Watch the trailer!
March 30th, 1988 - Warner Bros. Pictures released 'BeetleJuice', directed by Tim Burton. Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis play a married couple who unfortunately meet their demise in a deadly traffic accident. They are condemned to spend the rest of eternity in their old house which is fine by them, until the Deetz family moves in and totally renovates the place. They are eventually forced to call on an evil ghostly figure by the name of BeetleJuice in hopes of getting rid of the Deetz's once and for all. The film premiered in 1,000 theatres across the United States, coming in #1 it's opening weekend, taking in over $8 million dollars. The film was a massive hit, earning more than $73 million total at the box office and it's popularity would result in the creation of a Saturday morning cartoon and an exorbitant amount of merchandise.
Watch the trailer!
March 30th, 1994 - October Films released 'Cronos', directed by Guillermo del Toro. This original take on the vampire mythology revolves around an ancient spider-like device that unlocks the key to immortality and a thirst for blood for one lucky (or unlucky) antiques dealer. Despite a huge amount of praise from film festivals around the world, the film managed to only get a small theatrical release, opening in just 2 theatres. 'Cronos' took in a measly $17,538 it's opening weekend before expanding to 28 screens where it would take in a total of $621,392. The film co-stars Ron Pearlman, who of course would go on to star in the 'Hellboy' films also directed by Guillermo.
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No, honestly. Don't listen to the children. One snow day is plenty. Especially considering that, thanks to teacher conferences and Thanksgiving, we haven't had a full week of school in the last three weeks, I think the children really ought to be exercising their minds.
Three days ago my children saw a wishing well. Their grandmother, a wonderful woman who loves to indulge her only granddaughters, gave them each a dime to make a wish. A dime. Each of them. Can you guess what they wished for? Snow. I'll have to remind her that, from now on, a penny is ample for wish-making. Apparently when you combine two holiday-inspired little girls with a wishing well and 20 cents, that's some pretty powerful juju.
The layer of ice beneath the three inches of snow is an inch deep and has proven impenetrable to salt and sand. A new weather system is slowly moving in, determined to dump anywhere from three to six inches of fresh snow on top of this mess and, then, about midnight tonight, the meteorologists predict that freezing rain will come in to top it all off like a rotten birthday cake. Which, I suppose is perfectly okay if you're Oscar the Grouch, or a kid who is not particularly interested in going back to classes until next Monday, but I don't happen to be either of those.
I happen to be a mother whose husband is currently in South America, working, visiting friends, eating like a king, and basking in the sun. A woman whose Christmas shopping is not done, who hasn't even actually purchased Christmas cards yet, much less begun to address them. A woman who was desperately looking forward to having two hours for tea with her best friend tomorrow morning while the children are all AT SCHOOL. 'Scuse me. I think I need to go meditate. Or is that medicate? Hmm, I'll let you know which one works...Until then, toss a quarter in a wishing well for me, eh? You know what to wish for!


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Welcome to our community!
We are the Anglican Church at Yonge and Centre Streets in the Village of Thornhill, City of Vaughan.
On this website you will find much information about a worshipping and serving community that has been making a difference in Thornhill, Ontario, since 1830.
What started as a monocultural community of people from England is now one of people who come from 28 countries across the world.
We have grown to be a people who understand our role in the Mission of God. A few years ago, after some intense reflection, the following Mission Statement emerged.
"The mission of the people of Holy Trinity Anglican Church is to be a vibrant, welcoming Christian community flourishing in God's love through fellowship, outreach, worship and spiritual growth in an atmosphere of compassion and mutual respect."
We are a Church that is engaged when gathered and relevant when scattered.
We invite you to come and share in our life if you live in our city or come and worship with us if you ever are in town.


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1120hrs Compression optic neuropathy: when "glaucoma isn't glaucoma" - Kimberley Cockerham, MD/
for POAG,
- fam Hx, elevated symm IOP, slow progression but can snuff out near end, classic optic nerve cupping
Cupping of optic nerve NOT synonymous with glaucoma
- wegeners can do it too for example
Need to think of glaucoma as just one of those optic neuropathies
Compressive Optic Neuropathy
- typically no fam Hx glaucoma but still can have
- elevated ASYMMETRIC IOP, but of course if pituitary, can cup OU
Just because lots of red Xs on HRT, does not mean glaucoma
Classic teaching its optic nerve and not brain:
- originates blind spot
- not respect vertical meridian but does respect horizontal
- all these things not exclusive to glaucomatous optic neuropathy
Central scotoma:
- although classic for compressive, she found lots of tumor patients without central defect
Look for warning signs:
Could this be altered outflow?
Listen, look, palpate
- listen for complaints, look with room lights on, palpate eg thyroid, meningioma, CC fistula - can have resistance to retropulsion
Warning signs not glaucoma
- decreased vision
- colour desaturation
- nerve more pale than cupped
- atypical VF defect
Intracranial problems
- pituitary, meningiomas, other parasellar mass/infiltrate
Orbital problems
- TED, Optic nerve sheathe tumour,/infilration
- orbital tumor (eg cavernous hemangioma)
Gives patient example
- more damaged when first seen 2 years ago than expected for glaucoma
- ordered an MRI at that time which showed a massive pituitary adenoma that was interpreted as normal
Another patient:
- slowly progressive VF defect
- intermittent eyelid puffiness: episcleral outflow to orbit altered
- longstanding ocular migraines - when looked laterally, vision blacked out! this is not ocular migraine
- increased resistance to retropulsion one eye
- MRI showed large ON meningioma; responded to radioTx seven years out now
Another patient with sphenoid wing meningioma shown next
- suspect with pain, numbness, eye movement issues, ache or fullness feeling, loss of vision earlier than would expect for just glaucoma
- 75% such patients have ocular hypertension even in primary gaze
- optic nerve can be normal, have a cavitation, and not have swelling, or other compression signs
Warning signs of altered venous outflow eg CCF:
- retropulsion res, proptosis, temp fulness, eyelid edema, injected vessels
- listen Hx of high BP, valsalva, listen for fistula, look for blood in schlemm's canal
- kind of allergic looking eyes in low flow as opposed to corkscrew vessels
ON can be normal or cupped, can have venous dilation, dot/blot heme, etc
- can see enlarged superior ophthalmic vein on US, CT, MRI
Indications for intervention:
- decreased function, pain, inc IOP, disfigurement
- embolization techniques (coils, glue, particulate matter)
- note rounding of eyelids may be only finding around eye
- can have raised IOP even in primary position, but remember check IOP in restricted fields of gaze
- optic disc typically normal but cavitation can happen over time
- VF testing, like other compression ON, central scotoma is classic but often other findings....arcuate, step, etc
- ancillary tests: TSI or TSH receptor here, or Thyroid index (at VA hosp)
- indications for decompression:
--> inc IOP, VF loss, etc
So, how to distinguish: check for the warning signs
- could this be compressive optic neuropathy or altered EV flow
- look, listen, palpate
- look at the scan yourself or have someone you trust look at it.


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MANAO Research team
Melting the frontiers between Light, Shape and Matter
- Leader : Pascal Barla
- Type : Project team
- Research center(s) : Bordeaux
- Field : Perception, Cognition and Interaction
- Theme : Interaction and visualization
- Partner(s) : Université de Bordeaux,Institut d'Optique Graduate School,CNRS
- Collaborator(s) : IOGS
Team presentation
The manao project aims at studying how light, matter and shape act together in synergies, at the convergence of Optical Science and Computer Graphics, providing for more powerful representations of appearance. Such a high-level approach is to contrast with the main trend of modern Computer Graphics that study these light, shape and matter separately. The manao project aims also to take into account the communication processes from real world to virtual world (acquisition), from computer to observer (restitution). The resulting representations, algorithms and unified optical/digital systems decrease the required computational resources in order to provide fast communication between the real world (original data, human users and sensors) and the digital 3D world and in order to develop new uses of Computer Graphics for scientists (mostly from Optical Science), artists, and industrial.
Research themes
To achieve its goals, the manao project is organized around four main research axes, depending on how we take into account optical phenomena issued from light, shape and matter interactions:
- Analysis, Simulation and Rendering
- Systems for acquisition and restitution
- Visualization and Illustration
- Digital Creation and Edition
Keywords: Acquisition & Computational Optics Computer Graphics Expressive & Plausible Rendering Geometry Processing & Modeling
Research teams of the same theme :
- AVIZ - Analysis and Visualization
- EX-SITU - Extreme Situated Interacton
- GRAPHDECO - GRAPHics and DEsign with hEterogeneous COntent
- HYBRID - 3D interaction with virtual environments using body and mind
- ILDA - Interacting with Large Data
- IMAGINE - Intuitive Modeling and Animation for Interactive Graphics & Narrative Environments
- LOKI - Technology & Knowledge for Interaction
- MAVERICK - Models and Algorithms for Visualization and Rendering
- MIMETIC - Analysis-Synthesis Approach for Virtual Human Simulation
- POTIOC - Popular interaction with 3d content
- TITANE - Geometric Modeling of 3D Environments
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The graphic designer and ethics
I don't believe it is my job to morally or ethically judge clients products and services nor, by extension the customers that use them. I believe in educating consumers about the choices available to them and allowing them to make their own choices. This isn't just a graphic design debate, but this is something that seems to be becoming more and more prevalent in our society; 'helping' others by legislating our own morality I think it is a dangerous trend. The legislation around smoking I understand, but why should you not work with a company that supplies a product that some people want, to market that product in an appropriate, truthful way? But it hasn't stopped with smoking. Now it's the same thing with fast food processed sugary foods, alcohol. Also ethically divisive services such as abortion and euthanasia. Shouldn't our role as communications professionals be to advise our clients on how to communicate truthfully and openly, for any product or service that is legal in the country they find themselves in? It seems to me that refusing our services to select customers impedes their freedom of expression and as such, is tantamount to censorship. So I would say, yes, if you are declining purely on the basis of your personal morals, then you are engaging in a form of censorship in a context where the product is legal, the message is not misleading and the customer is employing the designer to make their communication more efficient either esthetically or strategically.


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A lawsuit filed in Ohio claims that at least 13 people who have posted bond are still in jail because the county ran out of monitoring units. The lawsuit says Martin has posted bond, but he is required by a judge's order to wear an electronic monitoring unit and all of the units are currently in use. According to the lawsuit, the sheriff's office has told Martin's family that he is 13th on the waiting list. Read the full story here.


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This is Hazel's new look. Seriously. She screams if the monkey comes off her neck even at night, or the face mask slips while she's eating. I gotta give it to her credit. It's a fab look.
- Allison Muir is a San Franciscan writer, artist, and interior designer. During her varied career she has designed D.I.Y. projects for ReadyMade Magazine, coordinated postproduction for clients such as Industrial Light and Magic, Dreamworks and Pixar, and produced and written for Al Gore's Current TV. She likes restaurants with themes and gimmicks.


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May 24th 2014 Orchestral Concert
Songs of Time
This work was performed in September 1997 in St Mary's Church, Dorchester, by the Imperial College Symphony Orchestra, soprano soloist Jenny Hockey, and the Occasional Singers, all directed by Richard Dickins. Just before the performance was due to begin, the principal horn player was unable to play. Consequently the rest of the horn section had to step up to the mark, and it is the fourth horn part which is missing.
As it happens, a few weeks before this performance, whilst I was in London wandering around near the back of the Albert Hall one afternoon, I heard a horn section practising in one of the rehearsal rooms of the Royal College of Music, and this music sounded quite familiar. After a while I realised why – it was my music, the Songs of Time, and I felt a little bit taller as I went about my business for the rest of that day!
In the sixth movement, To His Coy Mistress, one of the percussion players responsible for some huge cymbal crashes miscounted the number of bars before his entry, playing his part with splendid enthusiasm but in entirely the wrong place! I have attempted to minimise the shock of this using some clever sound editing software, with partial success. It is just one of those things that can happen in a live performance.
1 The Heritage
2 Life
3 The Flower Girl
4 It Is Not
5 Inward Light
6 To His Coy Mistress
7 Eternity
8 Everyone Sang
Songs of Time
This work came into being as a result of a successful application to the Arts for Everyone scheme (part of the lottery grants) whose idea was to bring together the
Occasional Singers
, the Imperial College Symphony Orchestra (with Richard Dickins) and an original, new score, a group (in this case quite large) of expectant performers, and even for the first time in my life, a small fee. It was very hard to find enough quality time, energy and concentration that composing a full-scale work demands, on top of my work, but the tremendous opportunity of writing for so many eager and talented performers helped hugely. I set my alarm each night for about 3.30am and worked for three uninterrupted hours every day for months.
I researched many texts and made several decisions, even starting composing: (the Rime of the Ancient Mariner; the Eve of St Agnes; Oberon's Palace; Goblin Market; An Hymne to Heavenly Beauty (Spencer); etc). Copyright permission to set TS Eliot's Ash Wednesday was refused; I made up a collection of poems entitled "The Conversation Of Prayers" comprising poems of Dylan Thomas, William Blake and Henry Vaughan, but found the Thomas too lyrical to set to music (although some years later I did set Fern Hill). In the end it was the sheer urgency of the spring months flying by that helped me to select the poetry which comprises Songs of Time, but the decision to stay even with these texts and commit myself to the composition was certainly not an easy one to make without the panic of the September deadline.
The texts have a strong common theme, expressing much of my own philosophy: the passage of Time add our mortality dictate a necessity to get on with and enjoy, if possible, the "here-and-now", most eloquently put by the Andrew Marvell extract (To His Coy Mistress). Dylan Thomas too, in one of the poems of his that I came near to setting, used some of the same imagery:
wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
and learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
do not go gentle into that good night.
Much of the language of the poems in Songs of Time concerns flowers and song; my music attempts to highlight these symbolic images.
Of the eight movements, six have been written since early June 1997, in time for the first choral rehearsal in mid July. Two of the songs are re-workings: the Flower Girl was written in 1988, without the chorus part since added, and Inward Light dates from 1995 and was originally an unaccompanied motet. I invested much thought into the integration of all the movements into a unified whole, and there are consequently numerous cross references – melodic, harmonic, and a germinal motif that occurs in many of the movements. I have linked literary ideas from different poems by using common motifs, (motto themes), in a way first tried by the 19th-century Romantic composers (Berlioz with the
idees fixes
, Wagner with the
). The coming together of these ideas is carefully considered and helps unify the individual songs into a collective whole.
One often hears complaints in choral/vocal music about clarity of some of the text. It has always seemed to me that the text itself will often be unclear, especially when set, for example, in a polyphonic, contrapuntal style with different bits of text in different voices at the same time. Of course the texts (especially in Songs of Time) are hugely important, but it is the
of the texts that should be borne in mind; the music is directly related at all times to the meaning of the text, and as one becomes familiar with the music, the full relationship will become better understood. I do not think it is valid, in this sort of work, to expect to hear all the words.
The soprano soloist is Jenny Hockey [now 'Bartlett'] who had been a student at Weymouth College and who went to Cardiff to develop her fabulous singing technique. I have all but lost touch with Jenny, as she went abroad with her husband to do missionary work. But how grateful I am to her, as, along with Richard Dickins' splendid Imperial College students, she produced a flawless and wonderfully expressive performance of my work.
[to be continued....]
(c) 2017 Rick Birley


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Cultural Village Foundation-Katara in collaboration with The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) bureau in Doha, inaugurated on Sunday the Cultural diversity festival at Katara Drama theatre.
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The festival will amuse Katara festival with the participation of over 20 countries from all over the world who will showcase their traditions and heritage. The opening ceremony of the Cultural diversity festivities inaugurated with the folkloric performance by a Qatari band and will continue with a band from Philippine that will perform on Monday Katara esplanade, the front of the amphitheater.
The event kicked off to start with the presence of presence of the General Manager of the Cultural Village Foundation-Katara, HE.Dr. Khalid bin Ibrahim al sulaiti, Under Secretary of Ministry of Education and Higher Education in the State of Qatar, HE Rabia Mohammed Al Kaabi, Anna Paolini, The Director of UNESCO bureau in Doha, and Ali Abdullah Khalifa, Vice President of International Organization of Folk Art (IOV). Representatives of diplomatic missions in Doha were also present during the opening ceremony of the diversity festival.
In his opening speech, the General Manager of Katara, said: "We meet today, at this forum in bid to convey the message of love and peace to the world. We are really proud of the fact that Katara is a prominent cultural edifice in the Middle East. This is due to the fact that Katara obtains an international cultural vision that vividly illustrated through hosting grand cultural events and festivals from all over the world."
"Undoubtedly, Katara has always been distinguished for organizing local traditional events that sought to revive the original Qatari heritage. We are looking forward to enforce international cultural partnerships and mainly with UNESCO."
Under Secretary of Ministry of Education and Higher Education in the State of Qatar, HE Rabia Mohammed Al Kaabi said that the festival that will continue for six month, will definitely contribute at fostering cultural and human interaction and dialogue.
Addressing attendees during the opening ceremony, Anna Paolini, The Director of UNESCO bureau in Doha said: "This festival is a great opportunity to promote cultural diversity. I am really delighted to see this edition of the festival here in Qatar. On behalf of UNESCO, I would like extend gratitude for Katara for their contribution at the organization and preparations for the festival."
She noted that UNESCO is committed to protect cultural tangible heritage which is a treasure that we all have inherited from our ancestors.
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My best friend is getting married this coming Saturday, June 9 and I finally decided to sit down and write it. This isn't the first time I've had to write a speech for her. Myself and another friend did it during our high school's homecoming when she was up for Homecoming Queen.
So I was going to play on that until I found this speech...how cute and perfect!?
So I think I may switch my speech around to encompass some of her "lucky" numbers. What do you think?


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We recently caught up with Oisima, who has just released his long-awaited Nicaragua Nights LP and will be touring it later in the year. He talked the album creation process, Adelaide warehouse parties and why he chose to put a Rihanna sample into one of his singles.
Okay, I'm going to jump straight into it. We first got word of Nicaragua Nights a few years ago, so when did the album idea start to form in your head?
Well I guess I started writing the skeleton of it pretty much straight after Goddess (his 2012 debut EP) was released a few years ago. And it just took along with that definition.
So Vivid Live just started in Sydney, I have the light shows in my head. What are you envisaging for your live tour of this album?
Yeah, I'm pretty much working on the album release at the moment. And the tour is going to be around the end of June, early July. So yeah it's just putting it all together, I have no idea right now how I'm going to do it. It's going to be different and special and I'll have some good guest artists coming with me on the tour so it should be a lot of fun.
Will those guest artists be the same as those who you collaborated with on Nicaragua Nights?
Potentially, yes. I don't want to say too much yet.
So I have to ask this, have you been to Nicaragua?
No, no I haven't. It might be happening at the end of this year. I have no idea how it all came along – I think it was when I was watching a documentary and I fell in love with the vibe that I got through the TV and what I thought it would be like.
I've been listening to Lapalux's Lustmore recently and I saw you posted his track "Closure" on your Facebook page. I'm sure you get over-asked about your influences, but what other artists or albums are you digging at the moment?
At the moment I've been thrashing the new Hiatus Kaiyote record, I'm a huge fan of those guys, just loving that. I love Bonobo The North Borders (2013) which kind of came out during the process of making the record, so it had a big influence. A lot of Lapalux. I don't listen to heaps and heap s of electronic stuff, it's kind of a bit more like jazz and afrobeat.
That description reminds me of this trip hop band I saw in France last year – Chinese Man – they mix sampling with live jazz instruments.
I'll have to check them out.
This probably won't apply to our readers, but what can you say to convert the last acoustic snobs to electronic music?
I love particular straight electronic acts. I guess the way I put it together this album – I was pretty conscious on this new record of making it sound very live and a lot of the elements, the majority of the elements, are recorded with actual instruments. I don't know, there's an art form to being an electronic producer with no instruments, and to not master an instrument, but I don't think they're any different really.
Why did you originally put down your guitar to work on production?
I have no idea. I never had any intention of doing any of this kind of this stuff. I just met two guys down here in Adelaide, Slamagotchi and a guy called How Green, and we literally just sat in my studio, the three of us, and kind of fooled around for the best part of a year. That's where I met Sebastian (Slamagotchi.) I'd never actually seen an audio program or anything like that.
I feel like that is part of a bigger Australian narrative in the electronic music scene – experimental artists now rising in popularity. Maybe if we heard your album 10 years ago, it would have been received differently.
Yeah I reckon so, for sure. With my latest one, during the creation process, I was really conscious of writing it to be able to be performed without any electronic instruments. I got some big plans of having lots of people on stage and doing all live versions of my music. As much as I loved when I started making electronic music, like with bass stuff, I guess I've kind of grown more towards song-writing, like guys like Bonobo. That's kind of what's become more interesting to me.
Sydney and Melbourne seem to get all the press – tell me about the Adelaide music scene. What's happening down there that we wouldn't know about?
Adelaide's crazy. It's full of extremely amazing, amazing artists, from everything – from jazz, we've just got an insane amount of incredible jazz musicians like Ross McHenry. Our house and techno scene has Luke Million and all that kind of stuff. There's so much going on down here. Over February to end of March we've got the Fringe Festival down here and WOMA Adelaide and lots of warehouse parties. I guess it's slowly getting exposed to the rest of the country, but a lot of it is kept here. But it's an exciting place to be – it's very understated.
You've played the Red Bull Music Academy stage at Splendour, so how do you change your set from an intimate gig to a festival?
I do enjoy when I play a clear difference between the record and music I perform live. I end up making my live shows completely different to my record. In that sense, my live sets are very mixed up and upbeat. When you start playing bigger rooms and bigger festivals, you don't want everyone just standing still.
Well from my side, it seems like you're already getting a lot of praise for the record.
Yeah it's been crazy. It's always hard to put it out there and to be judged.
That sounds like Chet Faker talking about Built On Glass, when he scrapped a whole album in the process.
Totally, I mean every artist knows that the hardest part of what we do is actually letting things go. Once it's out in the world and on the Google machine, you can't change anything and get it back.
So what would you say to someone aspiring to make electronic music, to the wannabe amateurs who are reading this?
Don't just try and make it to triple J – keep being expressive. With the electronic thing at the moment I find that there are a lot of bands who are kind of creating for that rather than something that they really want to express. I feel like that is getting caught in the hype that is "my song playing on the radio." But it would be nice for people to express themselves and being okay to make something a weird.
Well I did actually hear "Take Your Time" today on triple j, but it's not a particularly commercial track.
Yeah no it's not. It wasn't a conscious decision. A lot of the tracks have been played on the radio, which has been really nice, and especially with "Take Your Time." Yeah, it is very strange because my stuff doesn't sound like anyone else's.
Ok what was the thinking behind putting the Rihanna ("Russian Roulette") sample on "Take Your Time?"
The thing was, when I was making that stuff I was literally just making it with a shitty vocal sample that I had on my computer. I just pitched that particular one down and I was actually just going to leave it as a reference and I was going to go back and record it and sing it myself or get someone else to sing it. It just kind of ended up staying. It's so weird – I didn't think people were going to pick what it was but so many people have. So it's a bit embarrassing.
It's kind of cool, like Cyril Hahn "Say My Name" – you would not think of Destiny's Child on deep house.
Yeah but there's something about the acapellas from a lot of R&B music that especially in electronic music it just kind of fits. And it's really funny listening to a vocal like that in a completely different context. And then trying to make it work, it's fun.
What are you looking forward to in 2015?
I have been waiting to put this album out, it was meant to come out at so many different points in the past and that changed. And I've got a tour at the end of June/early July in Australia and New Zealand and then trying to get over to the States later in the year and give that a crack. I'll start writing for the next record which takes up a lot of time and writing the music for Annabel's (Weston) solo. And yeah, I'll be taking it as it comes.
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Hunting is an ancient tradition passed down from the earliest times of man to the present day. Hunters participate directly in the natural world and care enough to make sure that it continues in all of its awesome beauty and diversity.
Safari Club International is a U.S.-based organization of more than 50,000 hunters dedicated to protecting the right to hunt and to promote wildlife conservation worldwide. Between SCI and its sister organization, the SCI Foundation, we have put more than $70 Million on the ground for conservation since 2000. In the U.S. and abroad, hunters are part of a system that keeps the rivers, forests and fields intact and maintains the wildlife.
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Hunting is under constant attack by anti-hunters who introduce legislation and use the courts to stop hunting. SCI employs staff, contractors and volunteers in a team effort to fight for hunting. SCI operates in the U.S. Congress, in the state legislatures and wildlife commissions, in Canada, in the European Union and elsewhere internationally.Learn More
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Safari Club International Chapter In Partnership To Improve Public Land Access In Montana
The Great Falls, Montana chapter of Safari Club International joined with Lewis and Clark County Open Lands Program, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, the Land and Water Conservation Fund, Montana Fish and Wildlife Conservation Trust, Bass Pro Shops, The Conservation Fund, The Conservation Alliance and the Mule Deer Foundation in a project to purchase 442 acres of private land containing prime wildlife and riparian habitat.About SCI Chapters
Scammers Offer Fake Lists Of SCI Members, Exhibitors01/17/2019
Safari Club International does not sell lists of its Convention exhibitors nor of its members. Beware of scurrilous scammers who are attempting to profit by offering to sell what they purport to be lists of SCI exhibitors and members. "We do not…
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke To Leave Trump Administration12/15/2018
Interior Secretary Zinke will be leaving his post at the end of the month, according to a tweet sent out by the President early Saturday morning. In his tweet, President Trump said that Zinke "will be leaving the Administration at the end of the…
Once More to the Courts for Grizzlies12/14/2018
SCI and the NRA filed a Notice of Appeal in the case that will determine the validity of the delisting the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) grizzly bear population. SCI and the NRA joined the State of Wyoming, that had already noticed its…
2018 Farm Bill Passes House, Senate – Sent To White House For Signature12/13/2018
Safari Club International supports provisions in the Farm Bill, which is expected to be signed by President Donald Trump next week. In the final days of the 115th Congress, the 2018 Farm Bill Conference Report officially passed when the House voted…
Piers Morgan Pooh-Poohs Conservation12/04/2018
Safari Club International (SCI) is serious about legitimate wildlife conservation and we are willing to use any platform available to sing the praises of the great things that are being accomplished around the world by hunters. With that in mind,…
SCI Mourns The Passing Of President George H.W. Bush12/03/2018
Safari Club International joins hunters and others around the world in mourning the passing of former U.S. President George H.W. Bush, who also was an Ambassador Life Member of SCI. SCI's President Paul Babaz issued the following statement to honor…
SCI maintains two blogs. Hunt Forever chronicles the exciting worldwide hunts SCI members take and covers subjects of importance to all hunters. First For Hunters chronicles SCI's work to defeat anti hunting attacks.
.416 - Best Bet For The Biggest Big Game09/06/2019 Hunt Forever
Boddington and PH Mark Haldane with a Mozambique buffalo taken with a scoped Rigby Big Game in .416 Rigby.The morning air was chill as we poled silently down the channel, hearing the dawn chatter of birds and monkeys as we glided past palm…
Waterfowling Wonderland In Mexico09/05/2019 Hunt Forever
Regardless where they are conducted in the world, bird hunting safaris truly are special. They afford a kind of relaxed, yet attentive, lifestyle and camaraderie that is unique to them. Hunters who have been on bird safaris know what I mean, and…
Hornady's New A-Tip Match Bullet09/04/2019 Hunt Forever
Hornady's new A-Tip bullets feature a precision machined aluminum tip.Not quite ready for the SHOT Show, the Hornady folks waited for this year's NRA Convention that convened April 24 to introduce their new A-Tip Match Bullet. The "A" stands for…
Join The Ultimate Private Outdoor Lifestyle Club09/03/2019 Hunt Forever
Wing & Barrel Ranch members have access to 24 hunting fields spread across nearly 1,000 acres of upland bird hunting fields. The ultimate shooting club offers seasonal pheasant, chukar and quail hunting from October to April, with access to…
Hunting The Mackenzie Mountains Of Canada's Northwest Territory09/02/2019 Hunt Forever
The Mackenzie Mountains of the NWT cover a vast stretch of absolutely wild and untouched land (54,000 square miles or 34.6 million acres) running east of the Yukon border and west of the Mackenzie River, and unfolding their breathtaking beauty…
Sandhill Cranes - Ribeye of the Sky08/30/2019 Hunt Forever
This wing shooter was first turned on to hunting sandhill cranes while on a Canada hunt with Saskatoon Waterfowl Outfitters. Grain fields around Saskatoon offer up ideal staging grounds for cranes as they begin their southerly migration across…
SCI Members Share Their Hunter Pride!
Once again SCI members are sharing their successful hunts from all over the globe. The data they provide in their Record Book entries helps compile one of the largest databases of information on sustainable species in the world.
SCI Hunt Auctions Sneak Peek
The 2020 SCI Convention is on the horizon and excitement is mounting for the return to Reno, NV. Auction donations are already starting to roll in and they are bigger and better than ever!
SCI Members Show Their Hunter Pride
SCI Members are currently hunting all over the world, and they love to share their successes through their entries in the SCI Record Book.
SCI Corporate Sponsors
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It doesn't have to be Thanksgiving to show your gratitude. At LAURA ANN, we believe a hand written note of appreciation in personal correspondence and business goes a long way, and others agree. Guy Trebay in the Fashion & Style section of The New York Times recently penned on the cultural art that the "boring stuff your parents made you do never actually goes out of fashion" ("The Found Art of Thank-You Notes", April 4, 2014). Not only is it proper manners, but he brings up studies linking the old handwritten note to health benefits such as better sleep and stress reduction - who knew!
Similarly, Regina Lewis reported in USA Today's weekly Money Quick Tips that a handwritten thank you note is helping individuals stand out in today's digital world of over communication ("Handwritten Notes making a comeback", March 22, 2014).
Here at LAURA ANN, where penmanship comes in many calligraphy styles, we believe in the art of personal communication, and helping our clients and customers communicate their own personal style and touch. How sweet is it to pick up a saved note from an old friend or loved one and hear their voice in you mind as know them by their handwriting? For my part, I know that any message written out to Laura Ann is from my parents, the only people who have ever called me by my full name.
It is with gratitude and thanks to friends and family who have supported LAURA ANN from its early days that the LAURA ANN online shop goes live with its first retail product category - Greetings and Thanks. From the bottom of my heart here in NYC, thank you for your interest!


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Heat shrink tubing is used on several different types of electrical joints, including soldered joints and crimped connections. The tubing goes over the connection, then when heated with a heat source, shrinks down around the connection, creating a tight connection. Occasionally, you may realize that the heat shrink needs to be removed to redo the connection or cut the connection apart. Doing so can be done in many different methods, but one of the most basic involves minimal tools and very little time.
Step 1
Locate the end of the heat shrink tubing, on either side of the joint. Carefully cut a slit in the tubing using the razor blade, making sure not to cut the wire or wire shielding underneath. The heat shrink tubing is quite delicate and responds easily to the razor blade.
Step 2
Place the tip of the needle-nose pliers onto the end of the tubing and pull it away from the electrical connection.
Step 3
Cut the tubing using the razor blade while using the pliers to keep the heat shrink away from the connection. Continue cutting until the tubing is completely away from the connection.


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Boko Haram, gruesome violence in Northern Nigeria
Posted Aug 26, 2013 by
Frank Kaufmann
New, more gory details have emerged in what was reported first as the killing of 35 Muslim worshipers and the wounding of 14 last week in the town of Dumba village in Borno State, Nigeria.
Imam Abubakar Shekau, Boko Haram leader
News of the tragedy was slow to emerge because area is remote and because Internet and phone lines had been cut off by authorities in the attempt to disrupt the activities of the group Boko Haram, suspected of the perpetrating the massacre. It was the second such incident in this month.
This morning's
now indicate that 44 victims had their throats slit, and the remaining victims had their eyes gouged out. The official of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA),
on the condition of anonymity explained that the group adopted this method of killing as a strategy to avoid sound from gunfire which attracts security forces.
The common reference for Boko Haram in virtually all reports this morning "Islamist extremists," or
in some cases
"Islamist insurgents," probably due to reliance on
AP wire service
for details as they slowly come to light.
Borno state is located in the northeast of Nigeria, bordering Niger, Chad, and Cameroon is the headquarters of Boko Haram, which now has members in these surrounding countries as well.
The name Boko Haram combines Hausa and Arabic language. Haram of course is the Qur'anic concept referring to that which is "forbidden," as it may to apply to any number of religious, moral, and ethical prohibitions. The term Boko is less clear. Since the group has now also adopted the all Arabic name Jamā'at ahl as-sunnah li-d-da'wa wa-l-jihād, meaning the Congregation of the People of Tradition for Proselytism and Jihad, the commonly presumed translation for the group's name Boko Haram is "Western Education is Forbidden," but
Hausa speakers
know the word Boko to mean animism. This brings the roots of Muslim opposition to far more distant origins when Islam was confronted and repulsed by Traditional African religions practiced in Borno's small villages.
modern roots of Boko Haram
began in 1995 as Shabaab, Muslim Youth Organization. Its founding leader left to continue his education, and
Mohammed Yusuf
took over the group's leadership, reorienting it to political purposes. Under Yusuf officially founding Boko Haram in 2002 the group's the aim became the establishment of a Shari'a government in Borno State. It remained relatively peaceful for 7 years, and in 2009 that the group became violent in response to a Nigerian government investigation into the group's activities following reports that its members were arming themselves. Since then death estimates caused by what now has become an intensely violent group range from
AP's 1700
to others
as high as 4000
It is accurate to identify Boko Haram as Islamist, as its self-expressed purposes involve the establishment of a Taliban-like Sharia state, but it is mixed in its make up and sources of extreme violence. It is anti-government having for example, bombed the United Nations (UN) House in Abuja and other government owned structures. It has non-Muslims as its members, and has attacked prominent Muslims, mosques, and has killed Islamic religious leaders.
Boko Haram violence is acute, and should function as a bellwether for an emerging center of instability and breeding ground of extreme militant purpose and organization.
The massive destabilization of the region was greatly exacerbated by the US and British led invasion of Libya.
U.N. Security Council
reports that weapons smuggled out of Libyan military stockpiles last year, results in the influx of arms from Libya to organized criminal groups and terror networks. Since May Boko Haram insurgents have been fighting the army with
sophisticated weapons from Libya


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I'm not sure about you, but I've been renting for over 10 years. We wish we owned our own home, desperately, mostly because I would get the chance to decorate the shit out of it, but also because we wouldn't have to deal with the world's most annoying neighbors. Our current house is literally sandwiched in between two crazies.
While we adore our landlord and our two floor Victorian in the West end, I dream of owing our own home every single day. Not an easy feat to accomplish however when you realize we live in downtown Toronto and house prices here are astronomical. Plus we are not condo people - I want a house, with a front door, and a backyard oasis. Ok fine I will settle for just having a backyard....it doesn't have to be an oasis.
When you live in a rental, sometimes you really have to get creative. You can't just start rewiring cables, putting in new floor tiles, or adding in custom window treatments (well you could, but it's so expensive and a waste of money if you can't take it with you). So you start to make sacrifices and you begin to live with things that bother you on a daily basis.
One issue we have been battling (and not just of late) is that we have pretty much no lighting in our small kitchen. It's mostly windows, which is great during the day, but at night, and especially in the winter, it's almost impossible to see and can be a hazard when you are trying to chop vegetables. There are two pot lights, and one hasn't worked in ages. We need to get an electrician to fix it, but our temporary solution was a plug in lamp. It's worked for a few months, but sadly, it met it's demise recently.
So now I'm on the hunt for an alternative plug in lamp, and in the meantime, I've decided that I would present you all with some pretty awesome options since I've already done a bit of research anyways. These would look great beside your bed, in a living room near a reading chair, or hey, maybe you are experiencing your own lighting dilemma and perhaps one of these guys would work there as well. Feel free to click on each product to access pricing and additional details. Can you tell I have a type here?


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Glaucoma: Detection is Important as There Are Few Symptoms
Our eyes are one of, if not the most, important of our senses. "There are many things that can go wrong with your eyes, so take care to recognize some important symptoms," states Niki Silverstein, MD of Silverstein Eye in Chester. She adds, "Different diseases and conditions may have the same symptoms. Only an eye […]
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Predictions for People Born on October 2, 11, 20 and 29
Zodiacal Influence on People Born on October 2, 11, 20 and 29
For Generalised predictions for month of October please Click Here
The basic foundation of your character and disposition is described in preceding pages for persons born in October.
You will have a strong gift of inspiration In whatever career you may follow, with a keen sense of intuition in any great emergency. You will be able to visualize the outcome of your plans and having done so you will carry them to execution in spite of every opposition.
In ordinary matters of life you may be inclined to be too sensitive and feel criticism keenly, but the call of emergency will bring the strong side of your nature into action. For this reason you should be careful to decide on important issue when you are along and free from the influence of the minds of others.
At times you will be likely to sifter from moods and severe fits of depression and inclined to be doubtful of your own power of execution. At heart you will have a very affectionate nature, and feel the need of love deeply, but you will be so sensitive about such matters and so over-critical, that you will be liable to miss good opportunities as far as your affections are concerned.
Persons born on the 2nd, 11th, 20th or 29th often do not marry unless they do so early in life. Those born on the 29th of the month at the commencement of the incoming Sign of Scorpio will be much influenced by their opposite sex and have many romantic episodes in the run of their lives. They will also be intensely fond of travel and living in countries or places far from where they were born. They will be fond of the ocean or broad expanses of water, but are likely to experience considerable danger of drowning or accidents during travel.
If you were born on one of these dates in October, deep in your nature there will be a sincere appreciation for music, painting, poetry and all the fine arts; should your career lead you to such things you would find considerable success would attend your efforts. Whether a man or woman, you will have great taste in clothes, also a desire for luxury and the approbation of others.
A person born on October 20th, when the Sun is entering the "cusp" of Scorpio, will be more self-confident than persons born on the 2nd or 11th. Those born on October 29th will have still more self-confidence, with greater chances for success, especially in art, literature, music, poetry or the drama.
If you were born on any of these dates in October, in your early years you may not feel robust or have much strength physically. Mentally you will be overactive and your daydreams appear as realities. You will be inclined to suffer with some peculiar weakness of the back or spine and liable to slouch instead of keeping yourself straight and erect. You will be prone to catch cold easily and unless you take precautions you will be likely to have trouble with the throat, lungs and passages of the nose and ears.
Important numbers and dates
Your most important numbers and dates are the series of "twos", and "sevens", and you should endeavor to carry out your plans and engagements on the followings dates in any month, such as the 2nd, 7th, 11th, 16th, 20th, 25th and 29th.
You should be guarded against doing anything important for yourself on dates making any number of the series of "four, eight or nine". To increase your magnetic vibrations, you should wear in some part of your clothing the colors of your most favorable planets, which are: All shades of greens, creams and whites, All shades of blue, from the lightest to the darkest, All shades of dove-grays, pastels and electric shades. Your "Lucky" jewels are green jade, pearls, moonstones, topaz, amber and turquoise.
Your most important or climacteric years are the 2nd, 7th, 11th, 16th, 20th, 25th, 29th, 34th, 38th, 43rd, 47th, 52nd, 56th, 61st, 65th and 70th. You will be much attracted to people born in the series of two, and seven, such as on the 2nd, 7th, 11th, 16th, 20th, 25th and 29th in any month of the year. Your interchangeable number of the 1-4 will also cause people born in that series to have much to do with your life and career.
This will not be a favorable matter unless you develop more self-defense against persons trying to take advantage of you. Commercial businesses and routine work will be distasteful, but you may make money and success from your great gifts of imagination and inspiration in the call of emergency.
If circumstances allow you to do so you will travel a great deal and take an interest in foreign countries, and meet success in connection with them.