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Date published: April 20, 2016
Resit examination applications now open for students residing abroad
Applications are now open for those of you living outside of the UK, either permanently or just for a placement, to take your re-sit examinations in your home country.
This year's resit examination period falls from Monday 22 August until Friday 09 September and during that time you may be able to take any written resit examinations at an approved overseas centre.
We're aware that you're yet to receive your exam results, but the process opens ahead of any announcements due to the tight deadlines that the administration of overseas resits have to comply with.
The overseas resit application form can be downloaded here and it must be completed and submitted to your school office by the deadline of Friday 24 June 2016.


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Cyrille Martraire – DDD Games: to discover DDD in practice
Dive into some of the key points of Domain-Driven Design (DDD) thanks to some simple games. With pen and paper and in your IDE, discover the concepts of Ubiquitous Language and Bounded Contexts in a more concrete way!
Explanations and examples are mixed with the hands-on games to complement the learning.
105 minutes
Detailed schedule
Games with pen and papers
Then a coding exercice
Non developers may leave after the first half
What will you learn?
You will have a concrete introduction to some of the key points of DDD
Some curiosity about the business domains and how to communicate with business people
What's next?
Pay more attention to the language used by PO, BA and users
What if you already had distinct Bounded Contexts waiting to be discovered in your current project?
Go further with the book by Eric Evans or with the brand new book: "Implementing DDD" by Vaughn Vernon.
Do the attendees need a laptop?
Yes with just a basic IDE in a language they're familiar with

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Indian Village
The Matchapungos (members of the Algonquin people) had several villages on the Eastern Shore. One of these villages was located at or near Wachapreague. The name roughly translates to "Little City by the Sea."
Nathaniel Bradford received a patent to the area in 1662. The 1000 acres were referred to as "Watchaprege." The first European family to settle in the area was John Teagle's. They sold several small-acreage plots which made the nucleus of a town and retained 328 acres for their own use.
In the 1820's the Teagles sold their land to Capt. John Finney. Wachapreague was already a busy port which he improved by constructing a road through his plantation to the waterfront. In the mid-1880's the Finneys sold part of their property to the Powell brothers. The Powell brothers re-named the village "Powellton" while building up a good sized mercantile and shipping business carrying farm produce as far North as New York City. They also developed and sold lots adding to the population.
By the 1880's, an account of the day said: "Powellton is delightfully situated on the seaside; and with proper hotel accommodations [recently constructed] cannot fail to attract a large crowd of visitors during the summer months."
Eventually Powellton switched back to its previous name, Wachapreague, due to mix-ups with another town of similar name.
Wachapreague Hotel
The hotel which really put Wachapreague on the map was the Wachapreague Hotel built in 1902 by A. H. G. Mears. It was one of the largest hostelries ever opened on the Shore and attracted hunters and fishers from all over the country which provided work for charter boats and guides.
This landmark and hub of the local economy burned in 1978. Following the Second World War, the charter fishing business had begun to decline-the introduction of affordable, trailer-able boats a major cause.
The Town still enjoys a beautiful site and remains focused on the surrounding waters—an active charter fleet. Tourism survives as well as marinas, commercial fishing and seafood processing, and an annual summer carnival.


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Water Safety
1) 100% water safe. First and foremost, no person is truly 100% water safe which is why it is best to never swim completely alone – this includes adults as well.
2) A child with limited swim experience. A water safe child can, in the most basic terms, act as his or her own lifeguard, with the ability to deal with a variety of situations and surprises adeptly. This can only be achieved with three things: a) emotional maturity b) physical maturity c) years of swim experience.
3) Under the age of 8. A 3 or 4-year-old child – NO MATTER HOW WELL THEY SWIM – is not in any way water safe simply because they are not emotionally seasoned enough to handle an unknown variable calmly and rationally. Anything that surprises a young child, that is out of the norm and can throw them off, can lead to panic and a potential drowning situation.
4) A child who holds their breath while they swim. A child who holds their breath while they swim is not a safe swimmer. They are constantly in near-panic mode because they are anxious about getting to the side so they can breathe. A really confident, safe swimmer breathes while they swim which allows them to relax and enjoy swimming, so they can make better judgment calls and decisions about their own safety.
5) A child wearing a floatation device. Children who swim with floaties are the least safe children in pools simply because there is a false sense of security when wearing one. The child thinks they can swim and doesn't understand it's because of a device and the parent often thinks that when the child is wearing a device, he's fully protected.
1) Experienced!! A child's swim education begins in infancy and continues on through their early elementary years; particularly in Southern California where swimming is incorporated into so many summer activities. Swim instruction should ideally be a full summer experience, even better if it begins in spring and carries on through early fall. Swimming is a complicated and nuanced sport and set of skills and children need extensive practice over and over to fully learn and remember the skills they've been introduced to. It's also normal for children under the age of 5 to forget from year to year what they learned previously so it's so important to refresh skills and keep lessons going until age 8.
2) Relaxed! It's a paradox I know, but the children who are the safest are the most relaxed and casual about being in the water, particularly deep water. As children get older they can absolutely take ownership of their own safety and should know skills and practice drills to remain safe but the focus for younger children (under the age of 5) should really be on proper skill execution, breathing, floating and most importantly FUN! Do not discount the component of fun for children since that is the element that keeps them invested in the process. Additionally, lessons should mimic what a child will be doing when they are not in lessons and when children are swimming recreationally, they are not swimming laps, they are playing. Children need to learn how to play safely in the water as much as they need to learn proper freestyle technique.
3) Always being watched by an adult! Is it anxiety producing for a parent? Absolutely. Is it exhausting? Totally. Is it fun? Not in the slightest. Is it still the single greatest water safety protection our children have against drowning? No question. Watching your child means a whole series of 'no's' – no talking on the phone, no talking to other adults if you're looking away, no reading, no drinking alcohol, no more than a two-second distance from your child should they need you. Eventually, this phase passes and you can resume those lovely, enjoyable activities that go hand in hand with pool time but during the earlier years of your child's swim life, please stay alert and watchful. Better yet – just bite the bullet and get in with them. Play, engage, have fun and be hands-on. This is really the best assurance you have.
4) Adaptable! A water safe child can swim in any pool, no matter the size, shape, temperature and even color (pool bottoms that are dark can scare young children in the deep end). If your child is still only comfortable in their own pool, that's normal and fine and don't try to push them beyond their comfort zone if they're really not ready. That's their own way of protecting themselves and eventually, this phase passes too.
5) Aware Of Their Limits! Okay, not 100% of the time but generally older children do know what they can and can't do in terms of skills and are more able to say 'I can't do that yet' while a younger child may not have that awareness and will try things that look fun, cool, exciting.
1) Begin in infancy! Parent/child classes are ideal. They are fun, encourage bonding and skill development with parent interaction and are economical as well. This class continued from 6 months until age 2 can absolutely result in your child swimming independently by the time they are 2 years old!
2) Resist the urge to take the 'fast track' for learning to swim with intensive programs for children under the age of 4 or 5. These programs do not teach long-term safety or proper skill development and they can in fact, have very adverse effects on a child's relationship with the water.
3) Do incorporate recreational swim time as often as possible with family and friends. The more children play in water, especially with parents, the more they want to participate and are incentivized to do more. **If you are in the water with your child, please do not use a floatation device. Let them swim with you in the natural state of body awareness so they get comfortable with that feeling. Using floaties slows down the process of learning to swim.
4) When you swim with your child for fun, try not to give them instructions, let them lead. If they want to 'play swim class' that's fine but if they just want to hang around with you on a floating raft or toss a ball in the pool, that's fine too.
5) Think of this process the way you approach learning to read with your children. It takes years to learn the many levels of reading that result in true comprehension. Swimming is very, very similar. Starting in infancy with the basics and familiarity of it all and then incrementally adding more and more layers and complex skills until finally, around age 5, you have a very competent, water skilled child. Then by age 8, you have a strong, able-bodied swimmer with excellent skills and strong water confidence.
1) At any social gathering where children will be around a pool, even if there is technically no swimming, it is best to hire a lifeguard.
2) If you are considering having a pool party for your child, I strongly recommend not having one for children under the age of 6.
3) If you do have a pool party for a much younger child, it should be mandatory that at least one parent of each child accompany them into the water AND you should still hire a lifeguard.
4) If you are planning a trip or visit to relatives or friends who have a pool that is NOT gated or covered, I strongly, strongly advise either not bringing the children to that location or you must expect to not take your eyes off your child for even one second while they are there.
5) Do not talk on the phone while your child is in the pool.
6) Do not allow large floating rafts in the pool during parties where very young children are in attendance.
7) At hotels or public pools, if your child is active and enjoys being in the pool but is not a safe swimmer, that would be the time to use a floatation device such as a puddle jumper. I STRONGLY advise against arm floaties.
8) One parent watching more than one child is not advised if the children are young and beginners or non-swimmers. Either have both parents or a caregiver, friend or relative assist.
9) Do not allow older siblings to carry or swim with younger ones.
10) Teach older children what to do in case their younger siblings are in trouble. They should not jump in themselves (unless of course, they are much bigger and stronger, but if the age/weight range is too close it's not safe for either child). They should scream and call for help or use the phone to call 9-1-1. They can also use a noodle or safety device to try and reach out for the child to grasp but only from a lying down position on the deck and no further out than chest level.


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So I just got my hands on the new Firewarrior sprue, and I must admit that even though there are only bits to make 10 warriors, the sprues are nice. Reluctantly, I will admit that I think they are worth the $50.
Pictures of the sprues are at the bottom of the blog, but here is a list of what is on them.
First, there are 12 of each of the three different weapons -12 rifles, 12 carbines, and 12 blasters. There are also several pulse pistols (one in a hand).
13 sets of legsAnalysis:
10 torsos
10 of the standard Firewarrior helmets
10 of the breacher helmets
6 bare heads, including one female
10 standard backpacks
10 breacher backpacks
10 standard shoulder pauldrons
10 breacher rounded shoulder pauldrons
1 extra of each weapon (rifle, carbine and blaster with no arm)
a lot of pouches and grenades
a new style bonding knife, markerlight, and handheld drone controller
one Missile Turret with SMS or a Missile pod
2 drone heads with parts for either 2 gun drones, 2 shield drones, 2 marker drones or 1 guardian drone.
The female bare head is a nice touch, and five others is pretty good. The extra shoulder pauldrons are also a nice touch. I will use the ten for the breachers on them, and then replace those few oddball firewarriors who are missing theirs. Expect to see shoulder pauldrons on ebay cheap after this week, if you need some. The market will be flooded.
The only down side is that the kit is short two torsos for making a full 12-man Firewarrior Strike Team.
Legs? check!
Weapons? check!
Heads? check!
Torsos & backpacks? two short!
Other than that, these sprues are packed. Nicely done GW.
Here are pictures of the sprues:


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Back in my January post Three Cheers for Infanticide! I applauded an abortionista for her candor in admitting that "the fetus is indeed a life. A life worth sacrificing." Well, it seems honesty is catching on in the pro-death camp. Fast-forward to the 5:15 mark in the video below of pro-life testimony by Ashley Granger. Listen for the chorus in the background.
Author Archives: Nate Savage
A Sign of the Times
- a 14-year-old can be arrested for wearing an NRA t-shirt to school and
- a seven-year-old suspended from school for nibbling a pastry into the shape of a gun and
- a 14-year-old suspended for hugging a classmate and
- a six-year-old boy hauled into the principal's office, written up for sexual harassment and reported to the police for smacking a girl's hiney and
- 166 elementary school children in Maryland suspended in one year for sexual harassment, including three preschoolers, 16 kindergartners and 22 first-graders…
then how is this not child abuse…
USMC: From the Halls of Montezuma to the Mores of the PC
I was in the car earlier today shouting back at a local newsreader delivering yet more bad news from my radio, when a military recruiting spot interrupted my deranged soliloquy. The ad was rather uninspiring—learn life skills, be a part of a team, blah, blah, blah—so naturally I assumed it was just another ho-hum plea for warm bodies by Army, Inc. But I about blew a jarhead gasket when I heard the pitchman wrap with "We're the Marines and we're looking for a few more to join us."
A few more to join us? Sounds like an invitation to a party. Which is actually timely given today's breaking news that the Corps will allow "Marines" to sashay in their Dress Blues in San Diego's deviant gay pride parade this weekend.
Today there are many—too many—brave Marine warriors in harm's way. I have no doubt that the young men we've sent to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan are as brave and tough as their forefathers at Khe Sanh, the Frozen Chosin, Inchon, Iwo Jima, Tarawa, Belleau Wood, the halls of Montezuma and the shores of Tripoli. But they are so because they answered the recruiting call of an uncompromising Corps committed to making better men of them—a Corps that epitomizes manliness and the warrior ethos. There is a very distinct reason why the Corps has always attracted the best raw recruits and turned them into the best warriors. And it isn't because of a commitment to fad, social experimentation or political correctness. The Corps has historically promised nothing more than grueling training and the opportunity to be the "first to fight" in the bloodiest wars—which, in turn, produce an esprit de corps without equal among fighting men.
It has long been claimed—mostly by Marines—that Army Gen. John J. "Black Jack" Pershing, who led the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I—famously inquired, "Why in hell can't the Army do it if the Marines can? They are the same kind of men. Why can't they be like Marines?" The answer is that the Marines have never looked "for a few more to join us." They've always just needed "a few good men."
Whither the Transgendered?
While the rest of homosexuality has been formally commemorating the Department of Defense Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month, those pesky party boys over at Metroweekly just had to slip a turd in the Pentagon's rainbow punch. The DC area website for finding the nearest bash where "men in underwear drink free," quite accurately reports that DoD's annual LGBT celebration doesn't actually include the Ts.
The DoD memorandum announcing this year's celebration of sodomy and sapphism states, "We recognize gay, lesbian and bisexual service members…for their dedicated service to our country." The trannies were intentionally left out because as national security reporter Paul Shinkman points out in his June 21 headline in U.S. News & World Report, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell Still Applies to Transgender Service Members."
Talk about an inconvenient truth. Where's Al Gore when you need him?
And Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel conspicuously ignored the Ts in his formal LGBT Pride Month remarks. "Gay and lesbian soldiers…can serve openly," stated the SecDef. "This makes our military and our nation stronger, much stronger." You'd think that Chuck would have some empathy for the trans crowd given that he's recently completed his own metamorphosis from courageous Republican maverick to Uncle Sham's lapdog.
So where to next? It's telling that DoD has so quickly adopted the radical homosexual agitprop if not its complete agenda. The Pentagon may not be quite ready to integrate the apparently complex group that is "transgender," but I'm sure the top brass and civilian leaders in whom we've entrusted our young combat warriors are working hard on their plan to enlist the agender, bigender, third gender, pangender, ambigender, non-gendered, gender-fluid, intergender, genderqueer, androgyne, transsexual, pansexual, polysexual, asexual, cross-dressing, drag queen, drag king, transvestite, two-spirit…
Memphis Belle to Get a Nose Job
The thought police over at DoD are at it again…
WASHINGTON, DC, June 20, 2013/Dayton Herald-Post/ She survived 25 bombing missions in Europe in World War II, shot down eight Nazi aircraft, earned the stateside mission of touring the U.S. with her flight crew promoting war bonds and inspired the making of two major motion pictures. The Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress nicknamed Memphis Belle is perhaps the most recognizable historical military aircraft in the world. Her fame is due not only to her combat accomplishments, but also to her iconic "nose art" depicting a curvaceous Belle in a tight-fitting swimsuit and heels.
For some, the vintage art arouses a range of emotions from pride in the flyboys who waged war over the skies of Europe and the Pacific to general nostalgia for a bygone era known for its big bands and the "greatest generation." But for others, the "cheesecake" on the side of an American military aircraft, even one that is no longer in service, is a painful reminder of a patriarchal and misogynistic tradition that still exists in today's armed services. In a turn of events that surprised veteran Pentagon reporters, the Department of Defense has apparently sided with those that hold the latter opinion.
So, like jeeps, c-rations and the prohibition on women in combat, the zaftig Belle and her swimsuit, will soon be a distant memory. Reaffirming DoD's commitment to addressing sexual harassment and assault in the military, Deputy Undersecretary of Defense Richard Stilton announced today that the famous, but offending, artwork will be removed from the nose of the aircraft. "While the Department of Defense honors the proud heritage of Memphis Belle and her brave crew," said Stilton, "we feel that the art on the foreword fuselage is demeaning to the 200,000 plus women serving honorably in the U.S. Armed Forces and contravenes current DoD policy regarding sexual harassment."
The most famous of the United States Air Force bombers in Europe, Memphis Belle was named for pilot Robert Morgan's girlfriend, Margaret Polk of Memphis, Tennessee and the image is based on a pinup drawing from Esquire magazine's April 1941 issue. After the war, the aircraft was saved from reclamation by the city of Memphis for a mere $350, and was then parked outside the Tennessee National Guard armory well into the 1980s. Slowly deteriorating from the weather, souvenir hunters, scavengers and vandals, Belle was eventually donated back to the Air Force. The aircraft is currently undergoing extensive restoration at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio.
As part of the restoration process, the swimsuit pinup images will be carefully removed by technicians using the slowest and safest chemical solvents, including Methyl-Pyrrolidone, which dissolve paint from the top layer down. The technicians will not touch the other painted images, including the 25 bombs (one for each mission), eight swastikas (one for each German aircraft shot down by the plane's crew) and the crew names stenciled below station windows.
Memphis Belle is only one of many existing WWII aircraft depicting voluptuous women in various states of undress, but most are privately owned and beyond the reach of the DoD. In addition to Memphis Belle the National Museum of the United States Air Force holds Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby, also a Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress. This aircraft's artwork includes the backside of a topless woman in half a swimsuit, which is scheduled for removal after work on Belle is completed.
OK, enough. Yes, I made up this story. But tell the truth, you believed it for awhile, didn't you?
G.I. Jane Reconsidered
Don't walk to the latrines alone.
This advice to women soldiers from Margaret Carlson, Bloomberg and syndicated columnist and women-in-combat booster, in her latest treatise on military effectiveness.
And Ms. Carlson is not flying solo. The web-o-sphere is all atwitter over the sexual assault "epidemic" in the military.
So, let's stipulate that all the recent numbers regarding sexual assault in the U.S. military are accurate—even the outrageous 26,000 guesstimate by the Department of Defense itself—and that all the accusations are legit. And let's agree, of course, that not one of these incidents should have ever occurred and that all perps are brought to justice. Now, stipulations stipulated and agreements agreed, let's revisit the notion of women in combat in light of the epidemic.
You can't go to an action-movie these days without watching a 98-pound lass giving several muscle-heads a proper drubbing, but back in the real world women are still not warriors. Women—including women soldiers—are vulnerable.
The press, the Congress, the military and the women soldiers themselves admit as much. In fact, they insist that women soldiers are vulnerable—not to the enemy, but to their own male comrades. Further, they say that women soldiers are "victims." And so confirms the DoD, which uses the word "victim" 3,553 time in its 729-page 2012 Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military.
Now, in my brief stint in the Marine Corps infantry, including combat, I can count on exactly no fingers how many times one of my comrades or I referred to a Marine as a victim. I can only imagine the reaction should any Marine ever claim to be a victim—of anything. The very concept is (or was) anathema. If you read E.B. Sledge's With the Old Breed, a grunt's very honest and gruesome account of Marine warfare on Okinawa and Pelelieu in WWII, you will find the word "victim" only once and it refers to an enemy soldier on the receiving end of a Marine's bayonet. And let's not ignore the Army. Scouring Bataan Death March: A Survivor's Account by Medal of Honor recipient Lt. Col. William Dyess you will find "victim" 16 times in 196 pages and the term largely applies to those who died or "fell victim" to dysentery or diphtheria or in horrific accounts such as, "The victim had been bayoneted. His abdomen was open. The bowels had been wrenched loose and were hanging like great grayish purple ropes…" and "During the afternoon the three victims stood naked and shivering in the downpour. The rain cleansed their wounds and bodies at times, but the Japs (sic) opened new wounds with the whip as often as they thought they could do so without killing."
So, if women soldiers are so vulnerable that they can't physically fend off men in their own barracks, who presumably are less likely to fight them to the death than, say, Afgani tribesmen or Al Qaeda-in-Iraqis, isn't it reasonable to reassess the rush to rush women into combat? If women are unsafe walking to their own latrines well behind friendly lines, doesn't that suggest they will be far less safe a few klicks forward? Why the eagerness to send women into worse harm's way?
The American public has been continuously assured that as man jobs are opened to women military readiness will never suffer. But this has proven to be the nonsense that men who'd fought in war predicted it would be. Former Virginia Senator and Vietnam combat Marine Jim Webb was dead-on back in 1979 when he wrote Women Can't Fight for Washingtonian. "Men fight better," asserted the Navy Cross recipient. "We can try to intellectualize that reality away, and layer it with debates on role conditioning versus natural traits, but it manifests itself in so many ways that it becomes foolish to deny it." Gen. Robert H. Barrow, 27th Commandant of the Marine Corps and also a recipient of the Navy Cross—for heroism at the Frozen Chosin—was incredulous as he testified in 1991 before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Women in Combat: "It's uncivilized and women can't do it!"
And worse, not only is readiness suffering, but the warrior culture itself is under attack—by its own brass and the DoD. The aforementioned Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military lists such horrors as:
- Male victim alleged that he and female subject were at a farewell party when subject slapped victim on the buttocks.
- Multiple male victims alleged that female subject grabbed buttocks of multiple males.
- Male victim alleged that male subject touched his buttocks.
- Male victim alleged that male subject touched his inner thigh and made suggestive comments then grabbed his buttocks.
And reports Robert O. Work, Undersecretary of the Navy, "Many individuals are now more comfortable reporting long prior sexual assaults, and we see gradual progress in the proportion of male victims now coming forward."
Oh, joy. The men upon whom we rely to "locate, close with, and destroy the enemy with fire and maneuver, and to repel the enemy assault by fire and close combat" are now much readier for the grist mill of war because we've created an atmosphere in which they feel comfortable admitting to the world that they are victims of buttocks-touching.
After a decade plus of wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, there are some indications that the American public might be up for a national discussion about our country's use of force in the world—perhaps even a closer look at what truly constitutes national security. This is good and overdue. But the U.S. is unlikely to disengage anytime soon. And, alternatively, if men like John McCain and Lindsey Graham have their way, we'll be at perpetual war in places where American women aren't typically held in high regard. So, if we really care about women, we'd re-prohibit them from serving not only in combat, but anywhere near combat.
Closing on a note of sanity, here's a longer excerpt from Gen. Barrow's riveting testimony:
Those who advocate change have some strange arguments. One of which is the defacto women in combat situation…that women have been shot at, that they've heard gunfire…well, exposure to danger is not combat…combat is a lot more than that, it's a lot more than getting shot at or even getting killed by being shot at. Combat is finding and closing with and killing…the enemy. It's killing, that's what it is…It's uncivilized and women can't do it…and I may be old-fashioned, but I think the very nature of women disqualifies them from doing it. Women give life, sustain life, nurture life. They don't take it.
Hear, hear, General! A society that sends its mothers and daughters to war is serious about neither society nor war.
Caitlin v. George: A Tale of Two Tillers
It didn't take long for Caitlin Tiller's story to get bumped—not only off page one, but out of the news cycle entirely. According to Google, the last two major media accounts of the teen mom appeared on HuffingtonPost.com and Examiner.com on May 6, four days after the story broke. And Caitlin's cause is conspicuously absent from the torrent of cyber-opinion, where stories develop, crusades are launched and offenders are held accountable. In case you're not familiar with Ms. Tiller's story, here's a brief recap from ABC:
A high school student is fighting back after her senior photo was pulled from the school yearbook. The photo shows North Carolina senior Caitlin Tiller holding her now one-year old son. The school asked students to have their picture taken with something that best represents them or an achievement. Tiller chose her son because he represented her drive to stay in school. The school didn't see it that way. Caitlin says she was told the picture promoted teen pregnancy. She sees it as a symbol of responsibility and love. "They should be proud that the students are willing to stay in school and graduate and make something of their self and not try and hide it," Tiller said. School officials would only say the yearbook should be all about the student and not an extension of the student's family.
So, where is the outrage from the champions of "choice?" Here's a young woman who made a brave decision to keep her baby and finish high school, but nothing from Maureen Dowd, Cecile Richards, Rachel Maddow, Ilyse Hogue, et alia? Meanwhile Sandra Fluke continues to grab favorable headlines on an almost weekly basis even though Rush Limbaugh hasn't called her a "slut" since February, 2012.
A search on Slate.com for "Caitlin Tiller" produces one result…for George Tiller, the notorious late-term abortionist who was murdered in 2009. A search for "George Tiller," of course, produces seven pages of results, including glowing stories like, "The Bravery of George Tiller" and "What Made George Tiller so Special?" Other news and commentary outlets that carry water for the abortion industry have lots of positive stories about "Doctor" Tiller, as well, but here are the stats for Caitlin:
The Nation: 0
The Village Voice: 0
Salon: 0
The Kos: 0
The New Yorker: 0
Mother Jones: 0
The New Republic: 0
Feministing: 0
Planned Parenthood: 0
MoveOn.org: 0
A case could be made for the downside of publishing a photo of Caitlin with her one-year old son in the yearbook, i.e. promoting teen pregnancy, but no one seems up to that task. And there was a time when any birth out of wedlock, much less a teen birth, was kept quiet to minimize shame and scandal. But in these "progressive" times, it is absolute hypocrisy that those who try to badger and bully the rest of us into celebrating promiscuity, buggery, late-term abortion and other "choices," simply ignore the choice of young Caitlin. Abortionistas are quick to accuse pro-lifers of having a "love affair with the fetus"1 while doing nothing to support women with "crisis" pregnancies or children who are born into poverty. This is complete nonsense, but not the subject of this post, so I urge you to visit the Pregnant on Campus Initiative or any major pro-life website for proof and elaboration. On the flip-side, however, when it comes to supporting women who choose life, there is a deafening silence in the pro-abortion crowd.
1. Incredibly, this moronic quote came not only from an M.D., but from the M.D. in 1994, President Bill Clinton's Surgeon General, Joycelyn Elders.
Gun Safety
Some Reproductive Toxins are more Equal than Others
No doubt the irony of placing these two articles next to each other is lost on the editors of the Miami Herald and fans of intentionally giving harmful products to 15 year-old girls.
Back to the Future
A luxury of living in our modern enlightened times, is that we can all proudly boast that we would never have condoned—much less participated in—the cruelties and barbarisms of our ancestors.
Just fill in the blank yourself: "I would never ______________!"
enslave my fellow man
consider a person of color inferior
allow children to work
accuse someone of witchcraft
close my eyes to genocide
burn someone at the stake
watch two men fight to the death
feed people to lions
stone an adulteress
crucify my Lord
Well, not so fast. The pro-life bloggers and Tweeters that got the media and the nation to finally pay attention to the trial of late-term abortionist "Doctor" Kermit Gosnell have re-exposed a legal barbarity that is very much still with us.
Lest one think that Kermit's house of horrors was just a one-off in an otherwise beneficent women's reproductive health industry, at least 15 states have launched investigations over the last three years into abortion providers for inferior and/or improper "care." Reports Denise Burke, vice president of legal affairs at Americans United for Life, "In seeking to advance their own financial and political interests, Virginia abortion advocates blatantly ignored evidence of substandard conditions in Virginia abortion clinics, refusing to even acknowledge, and failing to contradict, evidence presented to the commonwealth's board of health."
And let's not forget the details of the various legal late-term procedures themselves. Here they are in brief, but please do click on the links for more details:
Dilation and Evacuation (D&E)—inserting forceps into the mother's womb the abortionist grasps and dismembers the baby by twisting and tearing the parts of the body. Because the baby's skull has often hardened it sometimes must be compressed or crushed to facilitate removal.
Saline Injection—the abortionist inserts a long needle through the mother's abdomen and injects a saline solution into the sac of amniotic fluid surrounding the baby. The baby is poisoned by swallowing the salt and his skin is completely burned away. It takes about an hour to kill the baby. After the child dies, the mother goes into labor and expels the dead baby.
Prostaglandin Induction—prostaglandins prematurely injected into the amniotic sac induces violent labor and the birth of a child usually too young to survive. Typically, the violent contractions crush the baby to death, but if not, and it is delivered alive, it will usually die within a few hours from exposure. Often salt or another toxin is first injected to ensure that the baby will be delivered dead.
Intracardiac Injection—abortionist injects medication into the fetal heart to stop it beating.
Caesarean Section—the abortionist cuts the umbilical cord while the baby is still in the womb, thus cutting off his oxygen supply and causing him to suffocate.
As disturbing as these legal methods are, Planned Parenthood and other abortion enthusiasts continue to bemoan the proscription of intact dilation and extraction (aka partial-birth abortions) and would gladly bring back the gruesome practice, which is described by one abortion M.D. thusly:
The surgeon introduces a large grasping forcep through the vaginal and cervical canals into the corpus of the uterus…he moves the tip of the instrument carefully towards the fetal lower extremities. When the instrument appears on the sonogram screen, the surgeon is able to open and close its jaws to firmly and reliably grasp a lower extremity…and pulls the extremity into the vagina…the surgeon uses his fingers to deliver the opposite lower extremity, then the torso, the shoulders and the upper extremities. The skull lodges at the internal cervical os. Usually there is not enough dilation for it to pass through…At this point, the right-handed surgeon slides the fingers of the left hand along the back of the fetus and "hooks" the shoulders of the fetus with the index and ring fingers. Next he slides the tip of the middle finger along the spine towards the skull while applying traction to the shoulders and lower extremities…While maintaining this tension, lifting the cervix and applying traction to the shoulders with the fingers of the left hand, the surgeon takes a pair of blunt curved Metzenbaum scissors in the right hand. He carefully advances the tip, curved down, along the spine and under his middle finger until he feels it contact the base of the skull under the tip of his middle finger…the surgeon then forces the scissors into the base of the skull…spreads the scissors to enlarge the opening…and introduces a suction catheter into this hole and evacuates the skull contents. With the catheter still in place, he applies traction to the fetus, removing it completely from the patient.1
Now, if that doesn't make you cringe and get you to recalculate the actual altitude of your moral high ground…
Of course, the pro-aborts are always ready to help us realize that the pro-life movement uses deception to make the gullible public unreasonably squeamish. As an example, Amanda Marcotte writing for RH Reality Check a website focusing on "reproductive health and justice issues" warns
Anti-choicers' best weapon is exploiting the disgustingness of surgery, any surgery. (If you described root canals like they do early term abortions, and put up doctored photographs of the results, you could get half of Americans to freak out and agree to be "pro-tooth"). But late term abortion is by far the grossest, most distressing of abortion procedures. They really do remove fetuses that are very close to the baby stage…
You see, it's just gross and distressing because it's surgery, not because it's killing a baby. But a baby is what he or she is. The more honest abortionistas are admitting as much these days. Not convinced? Go visit a couple "preemie" websites or read this post from the Associated Press: Tiniest preemies growing up healthy despite odds. Or follow the work of Dr. Edward Bell, a University of Iowa pediatrics professor who runs an online registry of the world's tiniest babies and reports that "survival of infants born weighing less than 400 g [14 oz.] is rare but increasing."
And if you'd like an additional look inside the minds (and facilities) of today's late-term abortion providers, be sure to watch the new Live Action undercover videos in Washington, DC and the Bronx.
We can continue to deny the personhood of our progeny in utero—even when they are "very close to the baby stage"—and employ euphemisms to disguise their humanity, but science and God urge us to do otherwise. So, what will our enlightened descendants say about us in the future?
1. Martin Haskell, M.D., Dilation and Extraction for Late Second Trimester Abortion, Presented at the National Abortion Federation Risk Management Seminar, September 13, 1992


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I know I have been a little MIA this week, but for a good reason. Fall 2013 New York Fashion week has been in full swing! With all of the upcoming amazing content to share with you and little time to do it, I am doing a NYFW instagram post. I have been able to instagram, tweet and vine amazing pictures and videos of all of the awesome shows I was able to attend this season ( by the way I am so OBSESSED with the VINE app). As today is the last day I will be able to start posting more and more of my NYFW adventure xoxox


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Those kids will break that trampoline
or an arm; Margot's roses are coming
along strong; the Fernandez are
rowing again—about what?; and Bob's vintage
Mustang has had so many spare parts it's
barely old but still he tinkers as she
kneels here naked in the window, aware
anyone could see her if they weren't so
preoccupied, just looked up, as hands
tilt her hips just so and a
blunt tool expels the air from her lungs
in a fine mist on the windowpane
obscuring her from
prying eyes.
(Image used by kind permission of Holden-and-Camille.com to whom I am most grateful and you should go visit. The poem is my imagination and is not a reflection of their lifestyle)


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The Betrayer
(Crossing Realms #3)
By Rebecca E. Neely
Book 3 in the Crossing Realms series ~ Sacrifice or salvation? A chosen psychic few may be both. As Keepers battle Betrayers to save the human race, all's not fair in love and war.
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I've been watching the price of oil lately (what, don't you do that also?). I just read this on Bloomberg this morning, which implies further declines in the price of crude through 2015. The question is why. Typically we only see this sort of sustained decline in the face of an economic downturn. There's a lot of subtext that I'm missing here though, and I'm hoping some of my readers can fill in the gaps for me. Continue reading
VW's platform trouble: when streamlining actually isn't
I wrote about VW's vaunted platform streamlining process about a year and a half ago (you can read my post here), and predicted at the time that it would eventually cause them grief.
I just read this article which describes how their platform is already backfiring on them. I had though it would take a few years for this to happen, but the auto industry evolves rapidly.
I'm not sure my reasoning was 100% accurate for why things aren't working out there, but it still brings up an important point – a streamlining process can result in massive over-specialization based on the way things work today. That can have severe ramifications when the underlying model changes, because it can slow down the ability for an organization to change later on.
In addition, the actual process of streamlining can involve large organizational change, and as we all know, change management can be a tricky task.
Net neutrality should be about user experience
I just read this article about how Cisco believes that net neutrality rules need to allow for bandwidth shaping.
I believe they're missing the point entirely.
Right now the issue is that infrastructure owners are playing games with the prioritization of bits, in order to provide leverage for charging tolls to content providers (I'm coining the word "trollboothing", if it doesn't exist already, to describe this). The result is a loss for consumers of content, because their internet experience is degraded (sometimes severely). Continue reading
That was quick…
Usually it takes a bit longer between when I predict something in writing and when somebody actually invents it.
Last year I wrote a short humorous SF story (you can read it on my other blog here) that features a spacecraft that uses weak magnetic fields to guide plasma around its surface.
I just spotted this story on Slashdot.
Okay, okay, they're talking about a slightly different use case, and they aren't speculating about physics.
Decomposing the Bus
If you take public transit, this scenario will be familiar to you.
After a lengthy wait in the freezing cold (or sweltering heat), the bus finally arrives. It was likely held up by rush-hour traffic.
You fight your way onto the bus through a mob of people trying to get off. When you eventually get on, you find yourself packed in like a sardine in a can, with somebody's heavy bag poking into your back.
As the bus lurches away (throwing everyone into each other), you see a crowd of angry people, through the window, who couldn't make it onto the bus.
So here's a thought for you:
What if it was possible for you to get on the bus before it had even arrived?
What if it was possible for all of those other people to get off of the bus after it (and you) had already left?
The strategic implications of tiered network access
This week, the US Supreme Court struck down the FCC's ruling on network neutrality, which defines telco companies as common carriers, who are therefore forced to treat all network traffic equally. In theory, this opens the door to things like tiered network access (where certain kinds of traffic get higher priority), or even attempting to bill large web media properties (i.e. YouTube and Netflix) for the traffic which they carry over their network.
I believe that the telcos are unlikely to move quickly on this, and will likely initially do some small (and very quiet) experimentation on a local basis.
The reasons are three-fold – firstly, the FCC may yet respond with an updated ruling that complies with the Supreme Court (this is apparently well within their power); secondly, large experiments run the risk of a massive consumer backlash; thirdly, the ultimate strategic outcome is actually quite hard to predict.
The third item on this list is most interesting from a business strategy perspective. Let's try to game out some possible longer-term outcomes, shall we? Continue reading
Google buys Nest
Google just announced that it has bought Nest (producers of smart thermostats, and now smoke alarms too). Both sides (for now) are indicating that they'll take privacy seriously.
Its clear that Google is chasing a strategy with the "internet of things". Willing to bet they'll make further purchases or create new products along these lines in the very near future – think connected burglar alarms (Rogers won't be happy), smart door locks, or light bulbs that compete with GE's connected product.
Its also clear that this is going to push other large tech competitors to do much of the same, for fear of falling behind. Expect much investment and many buyouts in this sector this year.
Rock, Paper, Scissors
I recently read an interesting book called Dogfight, about the war between Apple and Google over the cellphone market. If you haven't read it, it covers some of the background behind the development of the iPhone and Android, and the strategies that both companies employed to fight each other.
The major IT companies have long been converging, in the sense that their offerings overlap more and more over time, and the strategic maneuvering of the past few years has gradually made way for something more like trench warfare – gradually improving their products in the hopes of outselling the rest, while relying on the entrenchment of their own platforms. Obtaining a new customer in this environment is zero-sum – the customer must be leveraged away somehow from a competing platform. This is one of the reasons why I wrote some while back that I was bearish on big tech companies in the immediate future. So far, the results of my predictions have been mixed, but I think we've already seen them start to play out. Continue reading
Direct magnetic drive
I've been thinking about alternative power-trains lately. I believe I've come up with something that is at least partially novel, and that might have applications for nanotechnology (I don't think it scales up, unfortunately).
The basic idea is a modification of a standard electric motor (linear or rotary – I'll show examples with use-cases below). The thought I had was whether it was possible to make the "fuel" for the motor directly power it, rather than using electromagnets powered by electricity. Continue reading
Partial automation of self-driving vehicles
Take a look at the scene below, and imagine it from the perspective of a self-driving car.
There's a lot going on.
- There's the outlines of the road (i.e. potential paths, some of them legal routes for the vehicle to take);
- there are traffic lights and other signs, all of which need to be identified (and then also checked for context – i.e. "does this sign apply to me?");
- there are other cars on the road and pedestrians (each of which may suddenly change direction);
- as well as innumerable other non-traffic-related distractions (trees, shops);
- and (perhaps most importantly) the desired destination of the passengers, which may also change rapidly ("hey, there's a sale on in that store", "you just missed a parking spot!" etc).


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Göran Broberg
Göran work on documentary projects all over the world. He hunts monocrome pictures in a world full of color. He kills moments of time.
Photography Awards
Winner Swedish Design Awards 2014
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Winner The Golden Egg Award 2016 photo craftmanship
Winner Getty Images 2017 best Swedish photo craftsmanship
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Rhythms of Grace: Calling All Volunteers/
Rhythms of Grace Houston (in the Heights) is a weekly ecumenical worship service and playtime for special needs children and their families.We meet every Sunday at 2 PM in the Parish Hall. Helping hands are always welcome:
Music Leaders – Once a month, provide simple music for our service, leading songs and transitional music (we have a guitar!).
Greeters – Once a month, greet our families downstairs and direct them to the Parish Hall.
Worship Leaders – Once a month, assist the priest as a chalice bearer during communion.
Set-up Helpers – When you are available, help with set up of the service from 12:30- 1:30 in the Parish Hall.
Service Assistants – Once a month, come and help welcome families, assist with crafts and monitor the exits.
Prayer Partners – Put Rhythms of Grace and the families that worship with us on your regular prayer list.
For more information on how you can help, contact Lisa Puccio.


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Shonda Rhimes on 'Scandal': No comparison to real politics
The sixth season of ABC's "Scandal," slated to begin 9 p.m. Thursday on KFSN (Channel 30.1), will reveal the results of the election that served as fodder for season five. Viewers will know who is the new president, Mellie Grant (Bellamy Young) or Frankie Vargas (Ricardo Chavira).
Because the series returns just after the real presidential election, series creator Shonda Rhimes keeps getting asked if there are any similarities between fact and her fiction.
"I don't really equate the two. I mean, that's not really the goal, obviously. If that would have been the goal, we would have waited until after the election to write about an election," Rhimes says during an interview at the TV critics tour. "The goal was really just to tell the story that we had been telling and had been on the journey to tell the entire time, and we are continuing to tell it."
The closest connection is that the season debut got delayed a week for a special edition of '20/20" that focused on then President-elect Donald Trump.
One reason for the comparisons is that one of the candidates happens to be a former first lady. That creates a natural comparison to Hilary Clinton's run for the White House.
The winner will be revealed in the first episode of the new season. The rest of the season will be flashbacks to what went on with certain characters during the campaigns and election night.
When asked about any comparisons she sees in the fictional and real-world politics, "Scandal" star Young takes a very diplomatic approach.
" I think what I can say is that I, too, keep it pretty separate because our world is a complete fiction. I can tell you that when we came together first in July and read those first five scripts, they were so beautiful. I'm so grateful to have this job anyway with these beautiful people, but that sort of storytelling to find a new way in season six made me so humbled and proud and grateful.
"You can't help but be a human and be alive and have things resonate as the world has changed since we filmed it. But that's how Bellamy feels and not how Mellie feels, and you probably are less interested in that."
In a 'Good Place'
It is nearly impossible to go to a restaurant or clothing store in Los Angeles and not meet at least one person who has spent years trying to get their big acting break.
It took Jameela Jamil , who plays Tahani in the NBC comedy "The Good Place," one audition.
"I was so sure I was not going to get the role but I thought at least I would get to meet 'The Good Place' creator, Michael Schur, to talk about a writing job," Jamil says. "I think I got the part because I was so relaxed. The idea of acting was so ridiculous to me. I was completely myself and that maniac gave me a job."
Before landing the role on the comedy, the English-born actress worked as a writer, DJ, model and radio host. She moved to the United States to work as a writer and to get away from the cold weather in England. Her goal in life was to move to California before she turned 30.
As soon as she arrived in Southern California, Jamil got a writing agent. The agent suggested she should try acting but she initially refused because she didn't think she had any talent. She was convinced to go on an audition and that's how she ended up in "The Good Place."
The character Jamil plays on the show, starring Kristen Bell who accidentally ends up in the "good place" after she dies, is full of confidence and commands a room just by walking in the door. Jamil smiles and says that in real life she is the opposite.
"And, I am not as vain as Tahani," Jamil quickly adds.
In addition to her broadcast work, Jamil has been involved with a TV ad campaign for Maybelline and has done numerous fashion shoots for U.K. Vogue, In Style and Esquire. She has her own clothing line.
"The Good Place" airs 8:30 p.. Thursdays on KSEE (Channel 24.1).
Other news
A dog's life – As the "Puppy Bowl XIII" canines get ready to play in this year's game, Animal Planet catches up with nine past players to look at their road to the big game, how they're spending their retirement and their adventures with their forever family. "Puppy Bowl: Where Are They Now?" debuts at 9 p.m. Friday.
It's the law – Jane Lynch ("Glee") has been cast in the Discovery Channel series, "Manifesto," set to air later this year. She will portray former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno.
The series will tell the story of how FBI agent Jim "Fitz" Fitzgerald (Sam Worthington) deployed a radical approach to intelligence gathering to take down Ted Kaczynski (Paul Bettany), also known as the Unabomber.
Rick Bentley: 559-441-6355, @RickBentley1


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Left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Starc led a strong Australia bowling performance and set up a comfortable six-wicket win against South Africa in the third and final Twenty20 international at SuperSport Park on Friday.
South Africa struggled to 128-7 after being sent in. Aaron Finch hit 39 and Shane Watson 35 as Australia cruised to victory with five overs to spare.
Man-of-the-match Starc started with a maiden and dismissed Hashim Amla in his second over, which cost only three runs. He came back later and bowled big-hitting Albie Morkel to finish with 2-16 in his four overs.
South Africa captain Faf du Plessis admitted South Africa were always in trouble after limping to 34-2 in the six power-play overs.
"It's important to get a good start in the power play," he said. "We lost too many wickets and it's always difficult to recover."
Opening batsman Quinton de Kock, who made 41, was the only South Africa batsman to shine. The 21-year-old left-hander saw his more experienced teammates fall cheaply before he was sixth man out with the total on 81.
Australia won the series 2-0, with the first match rained off, and move onto the World Twenty20 in Bangladesh as one of the favorites for the tournament.
"Obviously the conditions in Bangladesh will be difficult, but we'll take some confidence into the World T20," said captain George Bailey, who praised his bowlers for a "fantastic" performance.
Batting conditions were not easy on a pitch that had spent much of the previous two weeks under cover because of almost continuous rain. The wicket was slow, but offered movement for the seamers and turn for the spinners.
Starc was well backed up by off-spinner Glenn Maxwell, who took 2-19, and veteran left-arm spinner Brad Hogg, who claimed the key wickets of De Kock and A.B. de Villiers at a cost of 31 runs.
Australia got off to a rapid start, with Finch and Cameron White putting on 43 for the first wicket before White slashed Wayne Parnell to third man off the fifth ball of the fifth over.
Australia were already well ahead of the South Africa scoring rate and kept the score moving quickly despite a good spell by leg-spinner Imran Tahir, who took 2-21 in his four overs.
Tahir dismissed Finch, who made his 39 off 27 deliveries, and Watson, whose 35 was scored off 28 deliveries. They were deceived by the flight and were caught going for big hits.


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Friday, December 30, 2011
Dock Street Beer
701 South 50th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19143
One of the best parts of going to Philadelphia for work was getting to see old friends. M & K moved to Philadelphia recently so it was great to see their (palatial) new apartment and also find out about their first pregnancy. We decided to have dinner in their neighborhood and they suggested Dock Street Beer - I can't remember which beer I had with dinner but it was pretty good, and dinner itself was a lot of fun. The fried calamari above plus a mixed basket of fries, sweet potato fries and fried leeks was a nice way to kick off a feast. I then had a roasted beet salad in an attempt to get some actual nutrients (but M's sausage pizza was far tastier). Not sure if I'll be back in Philadelphia any time soon, but I would recommend this place to anyone who's a bit closer...
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Chickie & Pete's
Philadelphia International Airport
I'd never heard of Chickie & Pete's before, but as food options in the airport were quite limited on a Sunday night, I gave it a try. I have no idea why the above basket of fries are called World Famous Crabfries, but they were decently crisp and crunchy and came with a cheese sauce for dipping that at least tasted of cheese. I also ordered a jumbo shrimp cocktail (I love how big shrimp are in the US!) and they were fresh and bouncy, which was a surprise for airport food. Don't make it a point to go here, but it was a more pleasant experience than I expected.
Friday, December 23, 2011
Oscar's Wine Bar and Bistro
27 Swinegate
Since we were in York for W&W's wedding, we thought it would be a good idea to explore the city a little bit and see some sights. Of course, that also means asking for recommendations for food, and A's friend J said that he had a pretty good burger at Oscar's. When we dropped by during the lunch hour, the place was packed, so we decided to come back after 3pm when burgers went on special, 2 for £10. The picture above shows what we got when we ordered cheeseburgers - I'm ok with grated cheese, but I would think the only reason for doing that is to make the cheese melt better, so if you're not going to serve it warm enough to be melted, what is the point? The bun was overly large and dry, and the meat cooked to well done. Chips were clearly from a big bag of frozen. All in all, disappointing, but then again, also only £5, so I suppose I shouldn't be that surprised.
Monday, December 19, 2011
Diwana Bhel Poori House
121-123 Drummond Street
I really dislike being so behind with blogging, but all I can do at this point is attempt to catch up. This was a dinner with F, H and S after an interesting talk regarding speech and brain patterns at the Wellcome Collection. Apparently the three of them had been to the restaurant before and really enjoyed it, so I happily tagged along. It's vegetarian, but South Asian food is one of the cuisines that I don't miss meat in - I ordered the dosa pictured above and it was enormous and crisp and spicy in just the right way. There was a fantastic starter too, of tiny little puffed balls of dough that you broke into and then spooned in a sweet/sour chickpea sauce. If I find myself looking for food around Euston again, this will certainly be on my mind.
Labels: Central London, cheap, Dinner, South Asian, Vegetarian
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Matthew's Spicy Sauteed Corn
Holy cow, if ever there was a recipe that I would scream MAKE THIS NOW, this is it. It is so so so easy, and so so so delicious, that I ate the entire bowl in one sitting and that was my dinner. And now, when I want a quick and easy dinner, this is what I have. The browned, buttery nubs of corn pop in your mouth and just release the most amazing flavor, and the lime juice cuts right through and sings. I love corn, and now I love corn even more.
Matthew's Spicy Sauteed Corn
Adapted slightly from Spilled Milk and Orangette
3 Tbsp. unsalted butter
Kernels from 3-4 ears fresh corn (I used frozen with good results)
1 small birds eye chilli, seeds removed if desired, minced
2 Tbsp. water
1 Tbsp. freshly squeezed lime juice, plus lime wedges for serving
Heat the butter in a large skillet over medium-high until bubbling. Add the corn, scallions, and jalapeno, stirring to coat with butter. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the corn begins to brown and stick to the bottom of the pan, about 10 minutes. (You might hear some kernels popping toward the end.) Add the water and stir, scraping the bottom of the pan to dislodge any extremely delicious brown bits. When the water has boiled off, add salt to taste. Remove from the heat, and stir in the lime juice. Serve immediately, with additional lime wedges.
Heat the butter in a large skillet over medium-high until bubbling. Add the corn, scallions, and jalapeno, stirring to coat with butter. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the corn begins to brown and stick to the bottom of the pan, about 10 minutes. (You might hear some kernels popping toward the end.) Add the water and stir, scraping the bottom of the pan to dislodge any extremely delicious brown bits. When the water has boiled off, add salt to taste. Remove from the heat, and stir in the lime juice. Serve immediately, with additional lime wedges.
Labels: Dinner, Recipe, Vegetarian
Saturday, December 10, 2011
The Britannia
44 Kipling Street
Mr. AB had his birthday drinks here on a Saturday night - it was quiet as anything but meant that we could all have a nice conversation without shouting, which at our age is something we value ;) Anyway - since it was clear that we should eat something while downing pints, we perused the dinner menu and I have to say, considering the state of the other meals, I chose well. My grilled fish was fresh and crisp-skinned, and the pile of chips underneath was cooked, at least. Others had the burger which was a sad, grey puck of meat surrounded by overly large, stale buns, and Mr. AB even had undercooked chips with his meal. Basically - don't go here to eat - go here to have a drink and try one of their whiskies, as that is what they excel in. We asked too much and in return received too little.
Labels: cheap, Dinner, Pub, South London
Wednesday, December 07, 2011
Hotel Chocolat Christmas Choccies
It's cold outside and time to get ready for Christmas again! Hotel Chocolat very kindly sent this Signature Dark Collection to me for review. These rich dark chocolates should do the trick for anyone who likes the bittersweet goodness of high quality dark chocolate - my favorites being the ones spiked with chilli and the ones with gooey caramel filling. The packaging is beautiful as well, which makes it a lovely gift to take to a Christmas party; the hosts are sure to thank you. Of course, not everyone loves dark chocolate - but that's ok, Hotel Chocolat makes all different kinds of chocolate collections - check out their Christmas gift page if you need some inspiration. I'm celebrating my first British Christmas this year, and I think some Christmas crackers would be a nice addition to the traditional dinner - or this adorable reindeer would be an excellent stocking stuffer.
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Saturday, December 03, 2011
Delhi Grill
21 Chapel Market
P had raved about this place a while back, and I had also heard wonderful things about it, so it was an easy choice when we were thinking about places to go for dinner. I do love Tayyab's but the wait and the atmosphere can leave much to be desired - and now that I have found a place that is polite, clean, and also serves a fantastic mixed grill, there is no need to drag myself out to Whitechapel anymore! We enjoyed gnawing on the bones of that giant pile of meat and also treated ourselves to dhal and aloo gobi - all of this with pilau rice and a couple of beers came to just a little over a tenner a head, which is also just as much of a bargain as Tayyab's - so long live Delhi Grill, you've taken over as my go-to place whenever I need some tandoori lamb chops.
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Meet MacKenzie and Zach! They have been married for ten months and live in Macon, GA where MacKenzie is a wedding and portrait photographer, and Zach is an Environmental Specialist for Triple Point Engineering.
When I asked MacKenzie what three words she'd use to describe Zach she said: servant-hearted, energetic, and kind. Zach said: creative, patient, faithful.
On any given Saturday you could find these two at the pool soaking up some rays, then watching a movie, ending the day with some grilling ("Zach can grill like a boss" - MacKenzie) and having a fun dessert!
What do you love about your marriage most?
MacKenzie: I love that we compromise so well. We both feel called to go to Africa. We are so in step with one another. We are focused on the same goals.
Zach: We are focused on our relationship with Christ. I like how we can learn from one another. She teaches me something new everyday.
What advice would you give to someone who just got engaged?
MacKenzie: I would advise them to go to premarital counseling. A lot of people getting married today take a lot of time planning for their wedding day and not enough time planning for their marriage. Marriage is hard and what a transition it is. It really takes effort and hard work. People don't talk about it and you can talk it through and get wisdom on that.
Zach: I would also advise it. I would tell them to also read You and Me Forever by Francis Chan. It is everything marriage should be. Even if you're married you should read it.
How do you honor your spouse in conflict?
MacKenzie: I need time to think through it. We try to realize this about one another. If I get quiet Zach will leave me alone for a few minutes to let me think through.
Zach: I want to talk it through right then. And she'll try to think through it quickly to help me get through it.
Tell us something goofy about your relationship.
MacKenzie: We love snapchat. We love just doing weird things on SnapChat. One time, Zach did a dating show and used all the different filters and had a different voice for each one.
Zach: We just do weird things no matter who is around. We are pretty goofy in general.
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Because in April me and my parents moved to a new house, I threw on Tuesday a party with some of my friends. We (all of us as I noticed) had a lot of fun! We played a game, danced, ate BBQ, drunk beer, talked and this kind of stuff. Have a look:
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Elizabeth C. Woomer, of Grove Street, Sinnemahoning, died Sunday, January 29,2012, in Elk Regional HealthCenter, St. Marys.
Born in Sinnemahoning, she was the daughter of Anthony and Anna PiperFulton. On June 30, 1939 in Emporium she married Clark Emerson Woomer whodied September 28, 1959.
A lifelong resident of Sinnemahoning, she was a graduate of Emporium High School.
She was employed for 5 years as a tube tester by Sylvania Electric in Emporiumbefore she was married. Later she served as Gibson Township Tax Collectorfor 50 years and was Secretary for both GroveTownship and Gibson Townshipfor many years. She was also an Avonrepresentative for 10 years. In 2007 she was the recipient of theNational Weather Service JohnCampanius Holm Award and was recognized by the agency for over 30 years ofdedication and outstanding service in the Cooperative Weather ObserversProgram.
Mrs. Woomer was a Minister of Music and a member of the Sinnemahoning United MethodistChurch where she was thepianist for many years, a member of the Ladies Auxiliary, and served asTreasurer. She was also active in local politics and was a DemocraticCommittee Person.
Survivors include: two sons, Emerson K. Woomer of Sinnemahoning andAllen A. Woomer of Tionesta; one daughter, Mrs. Reed (Lisa) Moritz ofPleasantville; seven grandchildren; and four great grandchildren.
She was predeceased by 2 sons, Neil Woomer in 1998 and Clark Woomer in2011 and two brothers, Keith Fulton in 1978 and Neil Fulton in 1984.
Friends will be received in the Sinnemahoning UnitedMethodist Church,Friday, February 3, from 10 until 11 a.m. at which time Funeral & CommittalServices will be held with the Rev. Timothy Rogers officiating.
Burial will be in CrumCemetery, Sinnemahoning.
Memorials, if desired, may be made to the Sinnemahoning UnitedMethodist Church.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Coppersmith-Condon FuneralHome, Emporium
William Anthony Villella, 63 of West Andover, Ohio passed into the arms of his Savior, surrounded by his family and friends after a long, hard battle with metastatic prostate cancer on Friday January 27, 2012.
Born October 1, 1948 in St. Mary's, Pa., Bill grew up in nearby Emporium. He was the son of the late James Villella (died 1976) and Genevieve Villella. He is survived by his wife Nora Ames Villella, his children - Rachel Villella of Evans City, Pa. and Douglas (Amber) Villella and granddaughter Natalia of Aliquippa, Pa. Also survived by his mother Genevieve of Emporium, Pa. - sisters Patricia Villella, Virginia (Karl) Kelm - and his nephew Brian - all of Erie, Pa., half-brother James (Monica) Ludwig of Keating Summit, Pa., and half sister Marian (Jack) Barrett of Augusta, Ga. - plus numerous nieces and nephews.
Bill's dream of becoming a pharmacist was realized when he obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in the School of Pharmacy at the University of Pittsburgh in 1971. In 1989, he completed courses at Rorer Managed Care Institute at Kellogg Business School of Northwestern University. He was a licensed, registered pharmacist in New York State as well as in Pennsylvania.
Bill was published for the Evaluation of Warfarin Therapy in a Managed Care Setting in 1996 and for the Pharmacoeconomics of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in a Managed Care Organization along with several of his colleagues. He was employed by Strong Memorial Hospital at the University of Rochester, N.Y. from 1971-1973. While at Hamot Medical Center in Erie, PA 1973 -1975 Bill worked in the capacity of Supervisor of Pharmacy Technicians and IV Additives.
In 1975 Bill met and married Nora Ames of Andover, Ohio. She was one of the IV therapy nurses employed by the hospital and on January 31, 2012 they would have celebrated their 37th wedding anniversary.
From 1975-1992 he was the Associate Director of Pharmacy at Rochester Medical Group Association. In 1992 he accepted and became the Director of Pharmaceutical Services for Health America in Pittsburgh, PA until 1996. From 1996-1998, Bill was employed by Parke-Davis/Warner Lambert as Healthcare Management Senior Medical Liaison. From 1998-2002, Immunex/Amgen hired him as a Senior Manager Medical Liaison where he won several awards including a trip to Rome. Most recently Bill worked for Novartis Pharmaceuticals as Director Managed Market East/South and Therapeutic Team Director Bone/HRT/URO from 2002 until 2011.
His proudest accomplishment was raising two children, his son Douglas A. Villella and Rachel L. Villella and joyfully watching them become responsible adults. Also his granddaughter Natalia born in 2008 was the pride of his golden age and she brought him three years of love and enjoyment. Bill loved kidding and tormenting family, friends and total strangers. His favorite joke to cajole waitresses was to order "a bowl of chicken, easy on the bananas" or tell them their earrings didn't match. He enjoyed winter's arrival to feed the many birds that would frequent his feeders.
Driving his Rhino ATV across the empty fields and railroad tracks was exceptionally fun for him. He especially enjoyed it when accompanied by his cousins, nephews and neighbors. He was an avid weather watcher and was teased constantly by those who knew him that he was a frustrated weatherman and had 'missed his calling'. Semi-annually he would fish with his buddies after driving deep into Canada's interior, and return home with his quota of walleye to prepare a shore dinner for his family. He enjoyed camping in the 5th wheeler he purchased in 1992. He loved target shooting, driving his sport cars, and appreciating the outdoors. But most of all, he loved spending time with his children, grand-child, nieces, nephews, neighbors and church family.
Bill treasured traveling with Nora to Europe, the Caribbean, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and most of the United States. They toured Alaska in June and July of 2011 on a land-cruise. He was an avid cook, and attempted to duplicate the many delicious dishes consumed on those trips. Since his illness began, he could be found restoring his 1972 Corvette as well as tidying up and mowing the five acres of the 50 he lived on in Andover, Ohio. He worshipped at Bethel Bible Church in Jefferson, Ohio. for the last 3½ years. He was an extremely generous person, and had many opportunities to help people over the years. He was loved and will be deeply missed.
A funeral service celebrating Bill's life will be held on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 12:00 Noon at Baumgardner Funeral & Cremation Service, 134 Prospect St., Andover, Ohio, with Pastor Joseph Laing of Bethel Bible Church, officiating. Burial will follow in Maple Grove Cemetery, Andover, Ohio. Calling hours will be on Monday, January 30th from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the funeral home and also on Tuesday from 11:00 a.m. until the time of service.
The family suggests memorial contributions to Hospice of the Western Reserve, 1166 Lake Ave., Ashtabula, OH 44004. A guestbook with online condolences is available at www.baumgardnerfuneralhome.com
Margaret L. Hornung, 95, of Emeritus, 2009 Rosebank Way, Hagerstown, Maryland formerly of 413 Vine, Emporium, died at Emeritus Medical Center, Hagerstown, Maryland on Sunday evening.
She was born October 13, 1916 in DuBois a daughter of the late William E. and Dorothy Brissee Droney.
She was married to the late George F. Hornung. Her first husband was William Caseino who died in 1948. Mrs. Hornung graduated from SS. Cosmas and Damian Catholic Church, Punxsutawney. She retired from Sylvania in 1979 where she had worked for many years. She was a member of St. Mark Catholic Church.
Daughter: Paula, Mrs. Ernesto Rodis, MD, Phoenix, AZ and her children: Stephanie, Angel, Melissa, Jonathan & Elizabeth
Daughter: Dorothy Caseino, Clearfield and her daughters: Kimberly & Joey Lynn
Daughter: Ruth, Mrs. Hugh Lauer, Concord, MA her children: Will, Jennifer & Allison
Daughter: Frances Mehalek, Boalsburg
Daughter: Letitia "Tish", Mrs. William Mehalow, Smithsburg, MD and her daughter: Adrienne
Son: Stephen Hornung and his wife Roxanne and his sons: Casey & Christopher
Brother: Paul Droney, Florida Sister: Jean Tangren, Punxsutawney
Preceded in Death By
Parents: William E. and Dorothy Brissee Droney
First husband: William Caseino who died in 1948
Second Husband: George F. Hornung who died in 1992
Grandson: Arthur Lauer and four Sisters
Visitation will be at the Barnett Funeral Home on Wednesday from 4-7 PM.
Mass of Christian Burial will be Celebrated at the St. Mark Catholic Church, 235 East Fourth Street, Emporium onThursday, February 2, 2012 at 10:30 AM with Rev. Paul S. Siebert, Pastor, as Celebrant.
Burial will be in the St. Mark Catholic Cemetery, Emporium.
Memorial Contributions may be made to St. Mark Catholic Church, Care & Concern Committee, 235 E. 4th Street, Emporium, PA 15834
Online Condolences may be placed at www.BarnettFuneralHome.net
BARNETT FUNERAL HOME, Inc. entrusted with arrangements
Susan V. Zito, 87, of 501 E. Second St., Emporium, died at her residence on Saturday morning.
She was born January 29, 1924 in Emporium a daughter of the late Anthony and Amelia Nicolo Zito.
Susan graduated from Emporium High School. She retired from GTE where she worked for many years. When she retired she was the only women to hold a patent at GTE Sylvania. Susan was a member of St. Mark Catholic Church.
Sister: Theresa Dixon, DuBois
Sister: Jean Zito, Emporium
Brother: Gus Zito, Emporium
Niece: Mary Jo, Mrs. Erik van der Kaay, Kennebunk, Maine
Numerous Nieces and nephews and Numerous Great nieces and nephews
Preceded in Death By
Parents: Anthony and Amelia Nicolo Zito
3 Sisters: Nancy Connors, Stella Zito and Margaret Anderson
5 Brothers: Frank, Dominick, Joe & Tony Zito and Joe in infancy
Visitation will be at the Barnett Funeral Home on Tuesday from 2-5 PM.
Mass of Christian Burial will be Celebrated at the St. Mark Catholic Church, 235 East Fourth Street, Emporium on Wednesday at 10:30 AM with Rev. Paul S. Siebert, Pastor, as Celebrant.
Burial will be in the St. Mark Catholic Cemetery, Emporium.
Memorial Contributions may be made to the charity of the donors choice.
BARNETT FUNERAL HOME, Inc. entrusted with arrangements
Ann Z. Malizia, 91, of 405 N. Pine St, Emporium, died at Pinecrest Manor, St. Marys on Monday, January 23, 2012 morning.
She was born August 19, 1920 in Sykesville, a daughter of the late John and Theresa Martinek Zbailey. She married the late John M. Malizia
Mrs. Malizia retired from Sylvania were she worked for over 18 years. She later worked at the Market Basket for several years. She was a member of St. Mark Catholic Church and had been a member of the C. D. of A. Years ago she was active with the Emporium Little League Auxiliary.
Son: John Malizia and his wife Ellen, Emporium
Daughter: Judi Sherman, Emporium
Daughter: Debra Kovach and her husband Gregory, Mercer, PA
9 Grandchildren and 11 Great Grandchildren
Sister: Madeline, Mrs. Lamar Puyda, DuBois
Preceded in Death By
Parents: John and Theresa Martinek Zbailey
Husband: John M. Malizia who died Oct. 5, 1989
Son: Richard Malizia
3 Brothers: John, Steve and Joe Zbailey
3 Sisters: Julia Brown, Marge Jacob & Mary Fedeli
Visitation will be at the Barnett Funeral Home on Thursday from 4-8 PM.
A Christian Wake Service will be held starting at 3:45 PM.
Mass of Christian Burial will be Celebrated at the St. Mark Catholic Church, 235 East Fourth Street, Emporium, on Friday, January 27, 2012 at 10:30 AM with Rev. Paul S. Siebert, Pastor, as Celebrant.
Burial will be in the St. Mark Catholic Cemetery, Emporium.
Memorial Contributions may be made to the Guy & Mary Felt Manor, Activity Fund, 110 East 4th Street, Emporium, PA 15834
BARNETT FUNERAL HOME, Inc. entrusted with arrangements.
Isabelle F. Hastings, 75, of 324 W 4th St.,#217, Emporium died at her residence on Saturday (January 14, 2012) afternoon following a lengthy illness.
She was born September 15, 1936 in Wilkes Barre a daughter of the late Loren W. and Eva Jane Garris Thompson, Sr.Isabelle enjoyed spending time with her children and grandchildren.
Daughter: Diana M., Mrs. David Groome, Emporium
Son: Stanley G. Hastings, Jr. and his wife Dorothy, Emporium
4 Grandchildren Brandon and Kaleena Alloe and Brian and Stephanie Hastings.
Sister: Mildred Gardner, Winder, GA
Several: Nieces and nephews
Preceded in Death By
Parents: Loren W. and Eva Jane Garris Thompson, Sr.
Grandson: Eric in infancy
3 Brothers: Wallace, Edwin and Loren Thompson, Jr.
3 Sisters: Zelma Whiting, Marie McDaniels and Betty Shields
There will be No Visitation. Relatives and friends are invited to attend a Memorial Service at the Barnett Funeral Home 207 E. Fourth Street, Emporium on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 11:00 AM with Rev. Rock Pifer, Pastor, Free Metholist Church, officiating.
Burial will be in the Carverton Cemetery, Luzerne County, PA
Online Condolences may be placed at www.BarnettFuneralHome.net
BARNETT FUNERAL HOME, Inc. entrusted with arrangements.
Charles L. Leavitt, 81, of 6706 Beechwood Rd, Truman died at Elk Regional Health Center, St. Marys on Monday (January 9, 2012) afternoon.
He was born October 2, 1930 in Truman a son of the late Charles and Cecil "Dolly Dill Leavitt.
On March 3, 1949 in Moore Hill United Methodist Church he married Dolores Skillman Leavitt, who Survives.
Mr. Leavitt graduated from Emporium High School. He retired from Philips where he worked for many years. Then he went to work at Caldwell Corporation for over 10 years. He was a member of the Christian & Missionary Alliance Church. He enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren and repairing most anything.
In addition to his wife Dolores Skillman Leavitt
Son: Joseph Leavitt, Truman
Son: Richard Leavitt and his wife Linda, Truman
3 Grandchildren Mike, Carrie and David
3 Great Grandsons Nathan, Aiden and Owen
Brother: George Leavitt and wife Sis, Austin
Sister: Pauline Kelley, Williamsport
Preceded in Death By
Sister: Betty Smith Parents: Charles and Dolly Dill Leavitt
Visitation will be at the Barnett Funeral Home on Wednesday from 11:00 AM-11:45 AM, followed by the Funeral Services at 12:00 PM with Rev. Mark Conklin, Pastor, Christian Missionary & Alliance Church, officiating.
Burial will be in the Moore Hill Cemetery, Emporium.
Online condolences can be made at www.BarnettFuneralHome.net
BARNETT FUNERAL HOME, Inc. entrusted with arrangements.
Mary A. Hansen, 74, of 240 Arch Drive, Emporium died at Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio Monday morning (January 9, 2012) following a lengthy illness.
She was born April 14, 1937 in Beaver Falls, PA a daughter of the late Arthur and Patricia Magee Gordon.
Mary's parents moved to southern California where she lived many years. She always had Pennsylvania in her heart as she made frequent trips to Ellwood City, PA where she later lived and worked. She also enjoyed making many trips to Sinnamahoning with her late friend Bertha Bonzo. While in Sinnamahoning she met her soulmate, of 17 years, Harold Johnson. She made many friends while living in Sinnamahoning. She will be sadly missed by all who loved her.
Companion: Harold Johnson, Emporium
Daughter: Rita Hammond, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Son: Joe Cioffi, Springfield, OR
7 Grandchildren Andrya, Camille, Andrew, Robby, Stacy, Vincent & Amelia
4 Brothers: Bud, Bob, Dan and Tim Gordon
Preceded in Death By
Parents: Arthur and Patricia Magee Gordon
Daughter: Terri Cioffi
Sister: Peggy Zurga
Brother: Pat Gordon
There will be No Visitation
Memorial Service will be held at the Barnett Funeral Home, 207 E. Fourth Street, Emporium on Saturday at 10:00 AM with Rev. Paul S. Siebert officiating.
Burial will be in the Miller Cemetery, Sinnemahoning
Memorial Contributions may be made to American Cancer Society, Cameron Unit, P.O. Box 62, 135 W. Fourth St., Emporium, PA 15834
Online Condolences may be placed at www.BarnettFuneralHome.net
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Eileen J. "Cissy" Wortman, 94, a resident of Elk Haven Nursing Home in St. Marys formerly of 179 E. 4th Street, Emporium, died on Thursday, January 5, 2012 at Elk Haven Nursing Home following a lengthy illness.
She was born July 28, 1917 in St. Marys, a daughter of the late Gervase and Kathryn Stockman Rigard.
She was married to the late Regis "Wheatie" Wortman, who preceded her in death in January of 2000.
Daughter: Mary Ann, Mrs. Jay Schenck, Edinboro
Son: William Wortman and his wife Gina, Bellefonte
Son: Timothy Wortman and his wife Sherry, Huntington Beach, CA
7 Grandchildren
2 Great Grandchildren
Sister: Priscilla "Teddy" Sterbank, St. Marys
In addition to her parents and her husband, she was preceded in death by 3 brothers; Melvin, Gervase and Cletus Rigard and 2 sisters; Evelyn Moriarity and Valerie Sulkowski.
There will be No Visitation.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend a Mass of Christian Burial which will be Celebrated at the St. Mark Catholic Church, 235 E. 4th Street, Emporium, on Monday, January 9, 2012 at 11:00 AM with Fr. Paul Siebert, as Celebrant.
Burial will follow in the St. Marys Catholic Cemetery.
Memorial Contributions may be made to St. Marks Catholic Church, 235 E. 4th Street, Emporium, PA 15834 or to St. Joseph Monastery, 303 Church Street, St. Marys, PA 15857
LYNCH-GREEN FUNERAL HOME is handling the arrangements and online condolences may be placed at www.LynchGreen.com
Alvera J. Stuckey of McAllen Texas, formerly of Farmers Valley, PA, passed away Friday, Dec. 30, 2011 at home following an apparent heart attack.
Alvera was born on August 7, 1950 and is a daughter of Ray M. Fink and Cleda L. (Hovey) Dudley. Alvera was formerly married to, Jon I. McFall.
Alvera is a graduate of Port Allegany High School Class of 1968. She attended BOCES in Olean and received a Nursing Certificate in the 1990's. Alvera worked for a Home Health Care Agency for a number of years in the 1980's and 1990's. She moved to McAllen, TX in 2007. Alvera enjoyed sewing, knitting, crafts, and especially her grandchildren.
Alvera is survived by her mother, Cleda L. Dudley of Port Allegany; three daughters, Debra Rae McFall, Pamela A. McFall, and Terri K. McFall all of Olean; four grandchildren, Jake T. Weitzel, Amanda L. Mattys, Nicole R. Mattys, and Willow J. Chase; one great grandchild, Zackery C. Johnson; one sister, Leona (Dwain) Ostrum of Emporium, PA; two brothers, Ed (Sheryl) Fink of McAllen, TX, and Lloyd (Barb) Fink of Port Allegany, PA; and several nieces and nephews.
Alvera was pre-deceased by her father, Ray M. Fink, in Oct. of 1969.
Friends will be received Monday, January 23, 2012, at the Letro-McIntosh-Spink Funeral Home, 646 East State Street, from 3 pm to 5 pm with funeral to follow. The Rev. Gerald C. Piper, Pastor of the Knapp Creek United Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be at the Fair View Cemetery in Port Allegany, PA.
In lieu of flowers, memunder the direction of the Letro-McIntosh-Spink Funeral Home, Inc. #646 E. State Street, Olean. Online condolences may be made by clicking on the above button. orials may be made to the Genesis House, 107 South Barry Street, Olean, New York 14760.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Letro-McIntosh-Spink Funeral Home, Inc. #646 E. State Street, Olean
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