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An Taoiseach
Questions for An TaoiseachPosted November 1st, 2012
Need for a Junior Minister for Pensions – 4th February 2014
To ask the Taoiseach if he has considered the establishment of a Junior Minister with special responsibilities for pensions, as in the UK, to tie together the disparate Departmental elements across Finance, Social Protection, Health and Public Expenditure and Reform that are responsible for pensions, in view of the looming pension crisis, the complexity of pension arrangements here, the need for ongoing changes and reforms in the pension sector and difficulties being experienced by private pension arrangements.
An Taoiseach (Enda Kenny):
The appointment of a Minister of State is a matter for the Government under the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1977.
The Department of Social Protection has lead responsibility for pensions policy.
However, given that it is an issue with broad implications, including across a number of Government Departments, there is an Ad Hoc Ministerial Group on Pensions, similar to a Cabinet Committee and which I chair, which ensures broad consideration of pensions policy and related issues as required.
Employment practices in the civil service – 12th February 2013
To ask the Taoiseach if there are any retired public sector workers from his Department, or any other part of the public sector, currently on his Department's payroll, for example, for sitting on a committee or preparing a report, but not exclusively these two areas; the number on the payroll; the cost to his Department; the services that are being delivered for this money; and the way that the positions were originally advertised.
An Taoiseach (Enda Kenny):
One person who previously retired from the public service is employed in an unestablished position by my Department. The person concerned is the Government Press Secretary and I selected him for this position in accordance with the usual procedure for appointments to this post. His annual salary is €119,795 per annum and his employment contract will cease when my term of office as Taoiseach ends.
Public Sector rostering – 6th November 2012,
To ask the Taoiseach the sectors of the public sector that are currently employed on a roster basis and if there are any plans to remove employees from the rostering system.
An Taoiseach (Enda Kenny):
No staff in my Department or the National Economic and Social Development Office, which is the only agency under the aegis of my Dpeartment, are currently employed on a roster basis.
The number of staff in the Department's redeployment pool – 26th June 2012,
To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons in his Department's redeployment pool, including agencies responsible to it, that is, those persons who are to be redeployed as their current role is no longer necessary, but have not been redeployed as of yet.
An Taoiseach (Enda Kenny):
Both my Department and the National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO), which is the only agency under the aegis of my Department, are within the limits set for staff numbers in our Employment Control Frameworks. Accordingly, neither my Department or NESDO have submitted any posts for redeployment to the Resource Panel which is administered by the Public Appointments Service.
Public sector staffing numbers – 12th June 2011,
To ask the Taoiseach the percentage of staff working in the public sector, including in the civil services, that he deems to fall into the category of frontline staff, administrative, management, elected representative and any other relevant categories; and the way the pay budget is allocated across these categories in percentage and real terms in terms of as a proportion of the Department expenditure on salaries.
An Taoiseach (Enda Kenny):
My Department's mission statement at this time is to help the Government and I to resolve the current economic crisis, to implement the Programme for Government and to build a fairer society and a better future for Ireland and her citizens.
By its nature, the work of my Department mainly entails close engagement with other Government Departments and State agencies, other representative groups, Northern Ireland political representatives , civil society groups across the island, international organisations, other Governments etc.
My Department has limited interaction with the general public other than in its reception area, my office, the offices of the Ministers of State assigned to my Department and the Government Press and Information Service. Of the 179.61 whole time equivalent staff (wte) employed by my Department at the end of May 2012, 40 (wte) were employed in these areas. In addition, 8 staff from my Department who are assigned to other duties during the week, work on the Saturday tours of Government buildings.
The 2012 estimated pay costs for staff working in these areas is €2,573,086, which is 23% of the total estimated 2012 pay costs for my Department.
In addition to the two Ministers of State at my Department and myself , approximately 42% of staff are in management grades (Assistant Principal and above) and 56% are in administrative grades. The estimated pay for my Department on this basis is set out in the table beneath.
Estimated Pay
% Estimated Pay
Elected Representatives
The abolition of the Seanad – 24th April 2012,
To ask the Taoiseach the time frame for the abolition of Seanad Éireann.
An Taoiseach (Enda Kenny):
Work is proceeding on the preparation of proposals for a referendum on the abolition of the Seanad. The proposal to abolish the Seanad is contained in the Programme for Government and the Dáil and Seanad will have an opportunity to fully debate the necessary legislation when it is published.
It is intended that the referendum on abolition of the Seanad will take place as soon as practicable, consistent with the Government's other referendum commitments.
Number of barristers awarded briefs by the Attorney General's office – 24th April 2012,
To ask the Taoiseach in line with commitments given in the Programme for Government, if he will provide information on the number of barristers briefed and the number of briefs per barrister awarded by the Attorney General's office since 2011 as well as the number of those who applied to be briefed and were not selected, broken down by senior and junior counsel.
An Taoiseach (Enda Kenny):
Seventy nine Senior Counsel have been briefed in 334 cases since January 2011 to end March 2012 while 235 Junior Counsel have been briefed on 2,400 cases in the same period. It should be noted that both Senior and Junior Counsel may be engaged in the same case. The following table shows the breakdown of counsel briefed:
The Offices operate a system of panels based on legal specialisms. It is open to any counsel who wishes to do so to apply to be placed on each panel appropriate to their expertise and it is from such panels that nominations of counsel are then made. All members of the appropriate panel can be considered as the work arises. As such, counsel do not apply for any particular brief so it would not be correct to state that counsel applied and were not then selected.
Number of cases Senior Counsel
35 1
18 1
17 1
14 2
13 1
11 1
10 1
5 to 9 15
1 to 4 56
Number of cases Junior Counsel
136 1
103 1
97 1
83 2
77 2
62 1
50 to 59 3
40 to 49 7
30 to 39 9
20 to 29 12
10 to 19 22
1 to 9 174
The Office of the Attorney General and the Chief State Solicitor's Office have put arrangements in place to increase the number of Junior and Senior Counsel briefed by the State pursuant to Section 7 of the Prosecution of Offences Act, 1974. These arrangements are designed to ensure an equitable distribution of State work to counsel and to avoid situations where a small number of counsel earn very large sums from the State. The arrangements are being monitored on a monthly basis by the Attorney General and the Chief State Solicitor.
The Offices operate a system of panels based on legal specialisms. It is open to any counsel who wishes to do so to apply to be placed on each panel appropriate to their expertise and it is from such panels that nominations of counsel are then made. All members of the appropriate panel can be considered as the work arises. As such, counsel do not apply for any particular brief so it would not be correct to state that counsel applied and were not then selected.
The selection process for the Constitutional Convention – 27th March 2012,
To ask the Taoiseach the way citizens are going to be picked to be on the panel for the constitutional convention; and the way a variety of viewpoints will be included without pre-screening or prejudicing potential candidates.
An Taoiseach (Enda Kenny):
The Government's proposals for the Constitutional Convention, including its composition and the topics it will consider, have been made public on www.merrionstreet.ie.
It is proposed that the Convention should consist of 100 members, including a chairperson. 66 will be ordinary citizens and the remaining 33 will be made up of Oireachtas members and one parliamentarian from each of the political parties in Northern Ireland which accept an invitation to be represented.
It is envisaged that the electoral register would be used to select the 66 citizens and that a polling company would be used to make the selection so that it is as representative of society as possible. It is also proposed that the involvement of citizens from Northern Ireland, and of Irish people abroad, will be facilitated by electronic means. Such technology should of course also facilitate the engagement of citizens at home.
In its proposals the Government has said that, rather than appoint experts as members of the Convention, an Expert Advisory Group will be established to provide the Convention with information and advice. This Group would be made up of political scientists, constitutional lawyers and academics. The Convention would be able to call on different experts from this panel according as different topics are examined. Persons on the panel will be expected to give their services 'pro-bono'.
I have met representatives of the Opposition parties and the Dáil Technical Group to consult them on the Government's proposals for the Constitutional Convention and they have reverted to me with their views. A further meeting is envisaged when these have been been considered. The Government proposes that the Convention be set up by Resolutions of the Houses of the Oireachtas and these will be introduced in the next session.
Consultancy Fees in the Department of An Taoiseach – 11th october 2011,
To ask the Taoiseach the amount that he intends to spend on consultancy fees in 2011, in particular those contracted to identify value for money in Government Departments.
An Taoiseach (Enda Kenny):
Since March 2011 my Department engaged QTS Limited, to carry out an annual risk assessment and update the Department's 2011 Health & Safety Statement at a cost of €1,271. Procedures are in place in my Department for ensuring the expenditure undertaken on consultancy is necessary and that relevant guidelines are being followed.
How can citizens become involved in the constitutional convention – 19th July 2011,
To ask the Taoiseach the mechanisms that are to be established to involve persons who are interested in assisting with the constitutional convention.
An Taoiseach (Enda Kenny):
Work has commenced on the preparation of detailed proposals for the establishment of the Constitutional Convention and, when ready, these will be considered by Government. The proposals will address matters such as the structure, composition and working methods of the Convention.
The national census and autism – 7th June 2011,
To ask the Taoiseach the steps he will take to ascertain the number of those affected by autism; and the reason a provision for collecting this information was not included in the recent census.
An Taoiseach (Enda Kenny):
As part of the preparatory work for the 2011 census, the CSO conducted a public consultation on the topics to be covered; all Government Departments were contacted for their input and a notice calling for submissions was published in the national press. Over 90 submissions covering 31 topics were received in total, among them submissions on the subject of disability, and in particular on the subject of autism.
All submissions were considered by a specially convened Census Advisory Group which was representative of central and local government, the social partners, universities, research bodies and other users of census data along with the relevant CSO personnel. A specific sub-group was convened to consider the disability questions on the census form.
This sub-group was composed of representatives from the National Disability Authority, the Equality Authority, the Disability Federation of Ireland and the National Federation of Voluntary Bodies. The proposal to list specific disabilities within the disability question, namely to make specific reference to autistic spectrum disorder, or Down's syndrome, in the category 'A learning or intellectual disability' was considered at the second meeting of the group.
The group concluded that it would not be appropriate, nor would there be enough room on the census form, to list all individual disabilities. However, in order to go some way towards accommodating this request the existing (2006 census) category 'A learning or intellectual disability' was split into two categories 'An intellectual disability' and separately 'A difficulty with learning, remembering or concentrating'. The group felt that this approach narrowed the categories and thus helped address the issue of autism, while allowing the question to remain as inclusive as possible.
The topics that were ultimately included in the recent census were agreed by Government at its meeting on 11 December 2009 and Question 16 of the 2011 census distinguished the two categories as described above.
The National Disability Survey, which was carried out in 2006 following the Census of Population that year, found a prevalence rate for autism of approximately 4 per 1,000 among children aged 0-17 years. However, international clinical studies generally find higher prevalence rates and this is indicative of the difficulty in measuring autism by means of household surveys or censuses. There are no plans for the CSO to repeat the 2006 National Disability Survey.
A stand alone Oireachtas Human Rights Committee – 19th April 2011,
To ask the Taoiseach his plans to establish a Human Rights Committee as a stand-alone committee within the new Oireachtas Committee system.
An Taoiseach (Enda Kenny):
I am currently preparing proposals for a Committee system for the 31st Dáil, for consideration by the Government. Once the Government has approved proposals, I will consult with the Opposition Whips in relation to them.
In view of this, I am not in a position at present to comment on the detail of these proposals.
A State visit to China – 19th April 2011,
To ask the Taoiseach when he will make a State visit to China.
An Taoiseach (Enda Kenny):
The Government attaches great importance to developing our trade and bilateral links with our Asian partners and in particular with China. We look forward to building on the excellent bilateral relations that exist between our two countries and further enhancing our trade, investment, education and tourism links with China.
In this context, I very much hope to be in a position to travel to China, perhaps later this year, though of course this is a matter for agreement with the Chinese authorities. Contact between our respective administrations is continuing, including through our Embassy in Beijing, to see if a visit can be confirmed on mutually acceptable dates.
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A new short film by Crystal Moselle called THAT ONE DAY and commissioned by Italian high fashion women's clothing and accessory brand Miu Miu (a subsidiary of Prada) has just been released as the 12th installment of their Women's Tales series and it stars Bustin Boards NYC Street Crew rider Rachelle Vinberg and accompanied by her lady friends the Skate Kitchen. The video is pretty fun overall and if its goal was to empower young women through skateboarding and friendship, then we think it achieves it's goal quite nicely. If its goal was to also show off some radical Miu Miu threads we think it succeeded in doing that as well.
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Last week saw high profile hospitality professionals and young chefs gather at Rofuto for an exciting Chefs' Forum event. This was the highest Chefs' Forum ever to have taken place, occupying the 16th floor with a 360-degree skyline view of Birmingham and beyond.
Young chefs from University College Birmingham (UCB) joined forces with learners from HIT Training to produce some excellent canapés, showcasing the Rofuto menu as well as taking part in a sushi masterclass delivered by Japanese Sushi Chef Antonio (Tony) de Garcia. Level one UCB students did a fantastic job of working front of house and serving the canapés.
The Chefs' Forum launched its Birmingham chapter last February at UCB and returned to the second city again to welcome its students to Rofuto for a day of employer engagement, networking and new skill acquisition.
Neil Rippington, Dean of the College of Food at UCB joined Chefs' Forum Founder Catherine Farinha in welcoming the guests to the prestigious hospitality industry event.
Speaking about the success of the day, Neil said: "I am extremely proud of my students today – It's great to see them networking with employers and receiving offers of trial shifts and learning the art of sushi. This is the third Chefs' Forum event to take place in Birmingham and it is a stunning venue in which to hold the meeting. I look forward to welcoming The Chefs' Forum back to UCB as we stage a further Chefs' Lunch in early 2018."
The Chefs' Forum is all about bridging the gap between education and industry and giving young hospitality professionals the chance to engage with employers and secure work experience and training opportunities. The event saw guests from Tom's Kitchen, Harvey Nichols and Park Regis Hotel offer the young participants the chance to apply for various vacancies, inviting them to drop their CVs into the various high-profile venues.
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FC: How INSPECT Shaped Society
1: Ideas What ideas changed America to how we see it today? One idea is the thought of | kicking the Native Americans off their land. The colonists relocated the Indians to different areas. The Natives had to go through the Trail of Tears. They were forced to leave their ancestors land and everything they've known.
2: Another idea is the creation of the American System. This is a plan to build roads and canals, stimulate trade, and make a national bank to control inflation and lend money. The person who came up
3: with this plan is Henry Clay. He believed that all three parts of this plan would work together. All three parts would play a different roll that would help out the economy. However, most people didn't agree with this project. Jefferson thought the American System favored the wealthy manufacturing classes of New England.
4: The last idea is settling into Oregon. The settlers began settling into Oregon in the late 1830s. Many people settled there because of the economic troubles in their home land.
5: National Geographic: Most of the settlers lived east of the Appalachian Mountains. As the population grew many families started spreading west of the mountains. When Ohio joined the Union, congress built a road going | into the west. The farmers usually traveled by wagon, but there were other means of transportation. Rivers were a big part of transportation because they were more comfortable. This river system had two main problems though.
6: Firstly, most major rivers in the region flowed north-south, not east to west; which is where most goods were headed. Second, traveling upstream by barge was difficult and slow. Boats still had their advantages and they made shipping goods less costly. because of this many more states joined.
7: Social: In 1816 James Monroe was elected president, and James Madison was elected Monroe's predecessor. Madison called for tariffs to protect industries, for a national bank, and for other programs. Political tension seemed to fade away causing a Boston newspaper to call this the Era of Good Feelings.
8: The Era of Good Feelings didn't last long. Conflict arose between north and south. South | wanted slaves, but North apposed slavery. So when the issue of admitting Missouri arose, the South | thought it should be a slave state, but the North thought it should be free. The Missouri Compromise fixed the problem.
9: Political: from 1816-1824, the U.S. had only one political party. this party was called the Jeffersonian Republicans. However, conflicts arose. Monroe was in his last year as president. Four people were running for presidency at the time.
10: They were William Crawford, Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, and John Adams. None of the candidates received more than half so the House of Representatives voted for Adams. | In 1828 they divided into separate parties, Democratic-Republicans and the National Republicans. In the next election Jackson wins presidency.
11: Economic: Jackson decided not to run a third year, so the Democrats selected Martin Van Buren. He was inaugurated in 1837. The Country then entered an economic depression. Land values dropped sharply investments declined suddenly, and banks failed. | Many people couldn't afford anything, so they put signs up saying, "Bread, Meat, Rent, and Fuel!Their prices must come down! The Voice of the People will be heard and will prevail!"
12: Cultural: In the 1830's a small religious group was formed called the Mormons. They came to Utah to fulfill their visions of the Godly life. Joseph Smith founded the first Mormon church. He had visions that led him to start a new Christian church, and he wanted to use
13: these visions to build an ideal society. Smith formed a community in New York, but their neighbors disapproved of their religious views.
14: Technological: without technology the Industrial Revolution could not have taken place. Inventions such as the spinning jenny, the water frame, and the power loom made it possible to | make cloths by machine faster, saving time and money. Most mills were built near rivers because they were water powered. The cotton gin was a simple machine that quickly removed the seeds from the cotton. Congress then passed a patient law giving the inventor sole legal rights
15: Cause and Effect: What were the causes of past events? We live in a generation where technology is a big part of our society. Those machines have made life easier and less costly.
16: Using the Past: How is the past different from the present? The past was just starting to use technology, but today we are using machines that they never dreamed would exist. We use machines for almost everything we do now, but back then they didn't have any of the cool things we have today. We live in a more modern society.
17: Through Their Eyes: How did people in the past view their world? They viewed it as a world just starting a new age. They didn't know about the technology yet, so they thought they had good lives. They had to work hard for what they had. Most people were farmers, and grew crops.
18: Turning Points: How did past decisions or actions affect future choices? If the people wouldn't have selected Jackson as president, then maybe the Indians wouldn't have been removed from their home land. If that wouldn't have happened then the world would be a whole different place. We might have had a whole new society that tied into the Native American culture.
19: Change and Continuity: What has changed, and what has remained the same? Society has become more technologically advanced and we have less farmers. Religious beliefs haven't changed much. theres still Catholic, Mormons, Lutherans and many other religions.
20: Work Cited Appelby, Joyce, Alan Brinkley, Albert Broussard, James McPherson, and Donald Ritchie. The American Republic. Student ed. McGraw-Hill Companies, 2005.670.Print.


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Sign of the times: Museum of Liverpool update
14 January 2009 by Sam Vaux
Image courtesy of Liverpool City Council – Transition: The People's Celebration.Thousands sing chorus to George Harrison's 'Here Comes The Sun'
In the lead up to Christmas and the New Year, as Marketing Officer for the Museum of Liverpool I was beavering away to install a huge sign, seen here in the background facing the canal, in time for the staging of Transition: The People's Celebration to flag up the new Museum of Liverpool to the imminent thousands at the Pier Head. More images can be seen in the Museum of Liverpool flickr group.
This task presented a few challenges, not least due to the cold snap, braved in sub zero temperatures by the painters and sign company who rapidly transformed the white hoarding line to a colourful dark blue and vivid cyan.
We produced a sign in the largest vinyl letters the space would accommodate, visible from both land and sea to visitors to the Pier Head but also passengers aboard the Mersey Ferry and cruise liners. If you look closely you can discover facts inside each alternate letter about the new Museum of Liverpool.
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DanceHouse ended its 2013-14 season last night at the Playhouse with the final performance of Rocco, choreographed by Emio Greco and Pieter C. Scholten of ICKamsterdam. The work is loosely inspired by the Luchino Visconti film Rocco e i suoi Fratelli, in which the recently demobilized title character (Alain Delon) and his boxer brother, Simone (Renato Salvatori), having moved to Milan from the south with the rest of their family in search of a better life, come to blows over their mutual love for the beautiful prostitute Nadia (Annie Girardot). Not that you need to know any of this to appreciate Rocco as a work of dance-theatre.
That's because Greco and Scholten use the metaphor and the movement vocabulary of boxing to explore not just the themes of comradeship and competition between brothers, but also the physical parallels between the pugilistic and the virtuosic dancing body. In both cases, it would seem, one must always be on one's toes.
This was certainly the case with our four performers last night (Dereck Cayla, Quentin Dehaye, Christian Guerematchi, and Arnaud Macquet). As the audience files into the theatre, two of them are already in their respective corners (red and blue) of the boxing ring that dominates the stage, legs splayed wide on their chairs as they smoke herbal cigarettes and attempt to stare down their opponent. Additional on-stage seating allowed select members of the audience a more intimate view of the proceedings, which begin with a countdown and then the sound of a bell. However, the men in the ring don't immediately move. Instead, two additional dancers, clad all in black and sporting boxing gloves and giant mouse masks descend from the two house aisles, punching the air and skipping their feet and occasionally pausing to spar with a spectator or two. Eventually these two "shadow boxers" climb into the ring, meet in the centre and promptly collapse onto the mat without even throwing a single punch.
Another bell rings and round two begins. This is the cue for the dancers in the red and blue corners to now engage each other. It is in this sequence, which unfolds in a slowly widening circle under a single spotlight that gradually expands its visual reach, that Greco and Scholten anatomize (quite literally) the kinesthetic links between dancing and boxing. What surprised me, however, was not the expected focus on fast footwork and virtuosic timing; rather, it was when the choreography was slowed down and the dancers, often with their backs to each other, carefully and precisely extended a leg and let it pulse on the floor, that I was able to see dancing's and boxing's shared bodily language of preparation, extension, and release.
Our shadow boxers come back in round three, in which the stakes are raised choreographically and conceptually. Gradually shedding their masks, their gloves, and their outer black costumes, the dancers enjoin each other in ever more complex unison movement and ever tighter clinches. I confess that after the surprising lack of direct bodily contact in round two between the dancers in the red and blue corners (remedied somewhat by the witty gender play that accompanies a later lipsynched musical duet), I was waiting for some explicit partnering to take place. We get that in abundance in this final section of the piece, and as the dancers whipped each other around with lightning speed, the sweat flying off their glistening torsos, I was reminded of two things: first, that boxing, among the most "macho" of sports, requires of its participants a bodily intimacy that necessarily approaches the eroticism of dance; and second, that at the end of a boxing match and at the end of a dance piece, all the physical training and mental preparation essentially boil down to one thing: endurance.
This last point applies, as well, to the audience. At the end of Rocco I was both exhausted and elated.
Sunday, April 6, 2014
The Brothers Rocco: Boxing and/as Dancing
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Wheel of the Year: Mabon
Most pagans live their lives by the turning of the year. We pay attention to nature and attune our bodies and minds to the cycles of the seasons. I'll be adding blogs posts all year about the seasonal celebrations we observe. Some, like Mabon, are lesser observances. You know Mabon as a solstice or equinox. Most folk pay no attention at all. September is the time when kids go back to school. Stores are full of Halloween and Christmas decorations in an attempt to lure people into spending money.
Pagan "holidays" or celebrations are called esbats and sabbats. Esbats are the lesser observances, sabbats, the greater celebration.
This is our wheel of the year.
In September, the harvest is our focus. The abundance of food is slowing down and the focus is on crops of the vine. Days are warm and nights cool off. There is plenty of work to do outside during the warm and often windy days. Brush must be cut and stacked in and around the firepit. It will be nice and dry and ready for the Halloween bonfires.
Weeds will be pulled a final time and stacked in the compost heap. My strawberry patch is finally weed free for the runners to grow unencumbered and I have circles the plants with oyster shell for extra calcium to enter the ground over winter. Clothes can be hung on the line and the winds whip the wrinkle free. Bed linens are washed and the warmer blankets come out of the cedar chest, filling the house with that subtle scent. Tomato vines are pulled and the green tomatoes left to ripen in a sunny window. Herbs are gathered and hung to dry. The parsley is cut back and the sage, the chives and lemon balm. Russian sage is cut and put into a glass vase to spread its scent. Potting soil is mixed with vermiculite and put into a tub for easy reach when starting seeds in the spring. The rest of the garden is cleared.
It's also a time for planting. root vegetable can have a second plating. Carrots and beets and kale can be planted in early September and grow until the snow flies. This year I read about "fairy carrots". I'm going to try it. You can plant 3 or 4 carrot seeds in mason jars. By thanksgiving, you will have baby carrots for your dinner. This will be great to show the little kids how root vegetables grow. Some herbs are actually better for having cold winter months to germinate before they pop up in the spring. This year, I am adding aconite to my plants. Aconite is better known as wolfsbane, a deterrent to werewolves and I thought the grandboys would get a kick out of planting this. We whall see what comes up in the spring.
I've spent a lazy summer sitting in the shade reading books. The heat just tires me OUT! This weather energizes me. I still read outside in the cool evening, enjoying the crickets songs. The hens will be ready to lay eggs in about 4 weeks. They go to bed earlier now. By 7:30, they are in the roost. My bird friends also go to bed earlier. Now they are flocking and I can hear so many of them in the trees at night. They are getting ready tor their long journeys. Geese fly overhead in formation in the evening hours. They have practice runs now, also getting ready to fly south. Their cries mark the official end of summer and the readiness for the cold changes to come.
Yes, I have been incredibly lazy this summer in the stifling heat and humidity. With the changes, I become energized. I begin to make links and jumpring rosettes for projects I will work on this winter.
I begin to craft some fall jewelry. Here are some beads I won in a giveaway from Terra Rustica Designs. Perfect fall colors. I made them into such a pretty necklace! Her sandblasted pendants are gorgeous and these beautiful beads with terra cotta color, green and amber remind me of fall's gorgeous color palette!
today, I took some of my new ripe tomatoes and made a big pot of chili. Every September, when I do this, I think it is the best chili I EVER made! I can almost taste the sunshine. I put it in the freezer. It will be my Mabon feast meal along with home made bread. And the wheel turns.
Bead Peeps Swap N Hop
What a great bunch of ladies in my Facebook group, Bead Peeps! Linda Anderson, organized a bead swap and blog hop for this month. We each got a partner and swapped some beads then had to get busy and design some pieces with what we received. This is what I sent my partner, Shaiha Williams.
She sent me a bunch of really cool beads. You can read about them here.
My muse took a break and left me after the Build a Line Challenge and I was worried I would never get done! But, it's finally time and here's what I finished!
The first pieces I made were from the gorgeous goddess pieces she sent me.
I turned this into two necklaces. I made a short choker type with just that little blue square. The center hanger is sterling silver and I can reverse this piece and wear it plain. That focal came from Clay Impressions.
This longer piece can be worn with the above. I used that awesome little goddess charm and painted her blue and purple sky colors with lumiere paints. and put her on a charm holder with a tiny spellbook, a candle I made from bone and beadcaps and one of my own bronze charms that says Blessed Be. The blue glass pony beads have silver bead caps and smokey amethyst faceted crystals. Silver infinity chain links are handmade by me. These pieces are mine!
Shaiha sent me some little lampwork bows made by Mandrel 2. Now, the first thing I thought of when I saw those bows was how many "bad hair days" I have. The least bit of humidity and my head looks like a dandelion gone to seed. No lie! So, I made a little polymer lady with "bad hair" as my focal. I wanted to keep the bead level simple and focus on the bows so only used a few beads, some hunmetal links and chain that Shaiha sent. I"m not totally happy with the lady's face. . It does not seem to be defined enough. I got to figure this out. But she is ready enough to show here.
I had a totally different idea when I started this piece. Shaiha sent me beautiful magnesite beads and some gorgeous blue butterflies that she painted herself. I love the colors. I also love butterflies flying around the flowers in the summer. I wanted to make a resin piece. So, using a picture frame bezel I got from B'Sue Boutiques and a picture I got from Graphic Stock, this is what emerged. One butterfly lurking around the flowers and one emerging from his Hill Tribe Siilver cocoon. The darker beads are Swarovski glass pearls and the wire and bead caps are copper. I'm keeping this one too. LOL
Remember when I said this little elephant from Okawa Beads was adorable but I do not do adorable and he would be my biggest challenge? I sure had a time coming up with an idea. I researched the significance of the elephant in African lore and Indian lore and came up with dignity and integrity and some other stuffy and honorable traits. Well, this little guy, with his flowers and happy face was ready to party. He wanted to prance and parade through the town! I wanted beads that would bring out his flower colors so I used some ceramic beads I had and some sari silk for a festive look. I loved the beads Shaiha sent, but these worked better for what I wanted to do. Don't you think he looks like a happy little guy?
Short side note to Shaiha: I have a toddler grandson who loves to work with me. He was fascinated with this little elephant. Somehow, the tip of that jaunty little hat was broken when I next took it out of the bag That is why there is a bead cap on the tip of his hat. (I expect he might have had a run in with "the Justice League or some Transformers or perhaps a giant anaconda). With a touch of silver Gilder's Paste on the trim, it almost looks like it belongs there.
Because the beads I used for the elephant were so large, I could not incorporate the little elephant clasp. And he is so cute! So I made some sari silk bangles and still thinking about Africa, I used bright colors. This is a set and he is perfect for a charm. I'm going to put some bells on these bracelets too.
Anyhow, you can see I had a good time. Please stop by Shairha's blog and see what she made with what I sent to her. Here is a list of the rest of the hoppers. Check them out.
Be Thankful Blog Hop
Man, seems like I've had a bunch of blog hops this month!
Marybeth Rich, of Forest of Jewels challenged us to this one. We all got the same exact beads. Each of us has their own style so it's going to be fun to see what all come up with. Of course, I forgot to take pictures of the beads when I got them, well DUH……that's how I rolled this month, what can I say? The beads were shades of greens and browns, really pretty, looking lots like that last hangers on of summer, you know, when the grass and plants and pods are that muted green? We have to design a piece about what we are thankful for…..family? friends? money? fame? world peace? So let's get to it.
I am most thankful for my faith, my spiritual connection. My life has been like a B movie, one thing after another. Believe me when I say, in the Great Tarot that is Life, The Tower (a card of catastrophe and chaos) has been prominent.
I am Wiccan. I became pagan when my firstborn died at 2 weeks old. I had a hard time accepting phrases like "it's God's will" and "she's an angel now" or "god needed an angel so he took her home". I searched for some help and I found it in earth based religion. Many of you don't know about pagan religions. We have a dual god/goddess and are closely connected to earth. I'm going to focus on the Mother for this hop.
You all know I cannot do a post without some mood music to listen to as you scroll. This is Wendy Rule's Circle Song, honoring the Four Directions, the four seasons, the four sections of the Circle of Life.
My faith has seen me through terrible times. Lisa's death. An abusive husband and breakup that left me alone with two little kids. A new relationship with my soul mate, Alfredo. That didn't last long. We moved to Ohio so he could find work and when times got rough here, he got mixed up with serious drugs. Years ago, heroin addicts were almost unheard of in the Midwest. He was one of the first. I had to ask my soulmate to leave and I was alone in a strange city with the Dope Man knocking on my door wanting money that my husband owed him. I had no job. My husband had taken the car that was in my name so I had no transportation. Most days, the only way we had food was because I roamed the river banks and found enough pop bottles to cash in and buy milk, bread and eggs. I was scared and shaky but I prayed and out of this mess came light. The Dope Man brought me groceries (some light spilled over into his life I guess). He helped me find a job.
I struggled with 4 kids but we were never hungry again and we had fun together. Then my oldest boy was in an accident while I was at work. He suffered head trauma and was in a coma. I prayed harder than ever. He lived but at age 13, now had the mental capabilities of an infant who had to be fed, could not talk, and could barely walk. My child, who could read before he ever went to school, could not put enough words together to make a sentence. Through faith, things were sent to me, wonderful teachers who helped me learn how to help him, steadfast friends, and always my faith that it would not be like the doctors said, that he would forever and always be 13 years old. Now he is in his 40's, has a job he loves and kids who are smart and good.
Years went by. We have a great family. All of us help each other. My daughter has finished police academy and is doing her internship. In two weeks, she will be a full fledged peace officer after finishing high school and the academy with two young children. In two weeks, I will be taking 3 finals toward my Bachelor's degree. My middle son will be graduating and going into the Marine Corps to start working on his dream to be a marine and an MP. Ben was found 8 days later, murdered and tossed into the Miami River. The Tower again, utter and complete chaos, our whole world turned upside down. Our whole circle of friends crushed Our family broken and scarred. Standing in the ashes of our dreams, we begin again.
We survived this. I never finished my degree. Believe it or not, I'd still like to do it. I needed only 9 hours of electives, but I had PTSD and for a long time, could not even remember people's names, people I had known for years. It's been a few years. Another murder. The "son of my heart", my daughter's husband Tim, robbed and shot to death by five guys who jacked him up at the chicken place where he went to pick up some friend chicken for supper. Unbelievable! And we thought we were safe, had paid our dues. Again, the feelings only homicide survivors can know. BUT through faith and prayers, our family got stronger, we kept on going.
Time goes by. My middle son, who never did go into the Marines, was helping a friend when the parking block they were moving fell off the truck and crushed his foot. Unable to work, 3 little kids, unable to get any public assistance, do you believe that crap and they took his foot.
I am struggling now with excruciating pain from 4 bulging discs and degenerative disc disorder. Every day is pain.
All these things, life changing things, hard times and what do I have to be thankful for? I am so thankful that I have had an abiding faith that helped me be strong, overcome and grow. Of all my friends, I am the one who has the least, a rackety old falling down house, a beat up car, a crappy job that pays minimum wage BUT I am the richest person I know and probably the happiest. This is not a pity party people. Nobody here say "sorry" for your luck. I am strong, I am happy and surrounded by the most awesome family that knows how to stick together, that loves strongly and deeply. I have friends. I have respect. I have so much love in my life and I am blessed.
Okay. Now you know why I am thankful. Let me show you what I made. I took that goddess piece from Bead Freaky and changed up the color just a tad because it was all green. I used a bit of pinotage Gilder's Paste and a touch of Inca gold and now it looks richer and matches those earthy green beads. This piece wanted to be LONG. I've been watching the Borgias and the Tudors and all the old religious pieces from way back in the day seemed to be long and ornate. I used gold which has always been a symbol of richness, of wealth. This meant I could not use the copper clasp that was sent as part of the bead kit. It's a great clasp, but just not large enough for the heavy hammered bronze chain I forged.
It just would not work with these links. I saved it to use next time I make copper links.
I call this piece, Root and Stem, Leaf and Bud. It's from a prayer.
By root and stem, by leaf and bud, by flower and fruit, by all the Earth, I call to you Great Mother. I ask for guidance, to live and reflect your generous wisdom, to enrich the lives of all I touch as you have enriched mine. I ask that I never forget the bounty you provide, that I never be afraid that my needs will go unfulfilled, that I ever be thankful and that I walk on this earth with footsteps as gentle as the spring rains you send. So mote it be.
Please stop by my friend's blogs and see what they are thankful for. And may you have as many blessings as I
Gina Hockett of Freestyle Elements
Carolyn Lawson of Carolyn's Creations
Shaiha Williams of Shaiha's Ramblings
Lisa Knappenberger of LiRaysa Designs
Bianca Medina of Medibeads
Lee Koopman of Strega Jewellry's Blog
Mowse Doyle of Mowse Made This
Linda Anderson of From the Bead Board
and, of course, our hostess, Marybeth Rich, of Forest of Jewels who also has a giveaway on her blog. Be sure to check her out.
Since I could not use the copper clasp, I would like to mention Cobalt and Copper. Check out her Facebook Page. I'll be posting a shot of that clasp as soon as I get my design finished.
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Oh, one more thing. I got a really pretty lampwork bead as part of my kit. It seemed too big with all the smaller beads. My daughter fell in love with it so I hammered out a bronze neck ring to showcase it all by itself. She took it home yesterday. I'm thankful I have such a good daughter and could make her happy with this bead.
Pagan Blog Project: Imagination & Inner Sanctum
One tool I find invaluable in practicing my faith is imagination. I could not do active visualization without it. When I want to work on healing, I visualize a walk through a field, climb a hill and discover a hidden cave full of healing crystals.
One of my favorite exercise in visualization was to create an "inner sanctum" in my higher mind, a veritable workshop where I could relax and do spiritual work. This is an exercise in autohypnosis. Anyone with imagination and visualization skills can create this inner sanctum, breathing, sitting still, relaxing and relaxing some more. Use all of your sense to visualize, hear, see, touch, taste and smell.
One must first think of their mind as a very tall building, or mountain or house at the top of a mountain. You want to get as high spiritually as you can go. Once inside the building/mountain, whatever, you enter an elevator. Mine is an old fashioned Otis elevator.
Inside this elevator are only 2 buttons. One for UP and one for DOWN. You will use the "down" button only once. Take it to the lower corridor where all your baser instincts reside, where greed, revenge, envy, sloth, the 7 deadly sins, if you will. Don't get off the elevator, just let the door open and look down the hallway…..
this is where you do NOT want to be, at the lowest level of your mind. Hurry and close the elevator doors, tape over that button or smash it with a hammer and vow you will not go back. Push the UP button. Go as far up as you need, relaxing your body as you go. When you feel calm and ready, let the elevator door open. You will enter a hallway that is clean and smells of wood polish. There is a sign that says……to Theta. (Theta is the deep area of your mind where hypnosis or autohypnosis takes place, where you go when you dream) Count 10 steps down this hallway, relaxing more and more as you take each step. At the end of this hallway is a door. Relax as you stand there.
Once you open the door, you will be inside your highest mind. The room where you work will be available any time you want to relax. You can decorate it any way you want to. With practice, you can go here any time you wish. I'll tell you about my room. Just inside the door is a comfy leather chair that faces a large gothic fireplace.
To the right of my chair is an old rolltop desk where I can write messages if I want. Sometimes, I like to write a letter to someone who has crossed over to the Otherside, like my dad or my son. I use a quill pen and parchment paper, then put that message in a bottle and toss it into the Sea of Universal Consciousness. Sometimes, I write down a blessing or a wish.
There is a curio cabinet, right full of medicines, herbal cures for any and every illness. There are powders and potions for all kinds of things.
And to my left are glass doors that open on a beautiful beach where there is shining sand and a gorgeous sea…..the Sea of Universal Consciousness. I can walk down that beach any time that I wish. Sometimes I write in the sand…..maybe I write to a friend who is far away, just a quick, I love you. Maybe I write to a sleeping child or a child who is far from my physical realm. I write in the sand and watch the waves take my message out into the sea. Somewhere, it is received in the mind of the person to which it is sent.
I always find peace here.
Hex and Hex Signs
According to Wikipedia, a hex is "a magical spell, usually with a melevolent purpose, such as a curse". We all know this. And, even if you are not pagan, you know some sort of way to offset a hex, you have a charm or amulet or lucky clover or you wear certain gemstones or your lucky shirt or carry a lucky penny. What fascinated me, when I started thinking about hexes, was a group of very seriously Christian folk who use pagan practices as part of their everyday life.
Early in the 20th century, these signs became a common sight on barns in Pennsylvania. Their simple folksy beauty became quite popular and their use spread. This type of art became well known all over the United States. I'm talking about the Hex Signs.
You've all seen them somewhere, particularly the distelfink. Distelfink is a German/Dutch word for goldfinch, a very common bird in this area. A distelfink in a hex sign is a symbol of good luck or good fortune.
So, who ARE the Pennsylvania Dutch? In the 19th century, and ending about 1863, a great influx of immigrants came to this country, not from Holland but from southwestern Germany, the Rhineland and Palatine areas, Baden-Wuttenberg, Alsatians, Swiss and even French Protestants. They came here seeking religious freedom. They spoke German or Deutsche and became known as the Plain Dutch (obviously a corruption of Deutsche. BTW, the German word for Germany is Deutschland). Plain Dutch differed from the more affluent Dutch (from Holland), who more easily assimilated themselves into mainstream America. Groups of these folk have become known as the Amish, Dunkers, Shakers and Mennnonites.
They live somewhat apart from others and have a closed society so not a whole lot is known about them.
Not much is known about their practices and beliefs outside of their own culture. They appear to be strict Christians who do not embrace "worldly" practices nor technology. If you look a bit closer, you will find that their folk magic is an integral part of their everyday lives. The tradition of Pow-wow goes back a long way into their past. Pow-wow is an Algonquin term and was borrowed from that native culture. For American natives, a pow-wow is a gathering of Indians and particularly medicie men.
For the Deutsche, the term pow-wow refers to a collection/study of European magic spells, folk remedies and recipes. The formulas mix Christian prayers, magic words and simple rituals to cure simple domestic ailments and rural troubles. The tradition is also called Speilwerk. (Hey, that looks suspiciously like "spellwork" to me) Its adepts are sometimes called hexenmeisters. The tradition of hex signs painted on Pennsylvania barns in rural areas is believed to relate to this tradition and some think the symbols for pentagrams were talismanic decorations.
The hex signs do have symbolic meanings. They were used to decorate indoors until the early 20th century Quilts and wooden household items were decorated with these designs to protect the home and hearth. When paint became more affordable, the decorations moved to the barns. After that, they became popular and now can be found even in jewelry items.
The nex daddy sign keeps away plague, famine and the evils of the world.
This hex sign uses both the distelfink and the Irish four leaf clover for luck and long life.
Pow-wow doctors use the Bible, the 6th and 7th books of Moses, a magical text which clams to be a sort of sequel to the biblical books of Moses, the Penteuch, and teh Egyptian Secrets of Albertus Magnus along with a book called the Long Lost Friend, (Der Lange Verborgene Freund, published 1820). An excerpt from the 6th and 7th books of Moses: ……….".we must first become Christians before we can perform cures by Christian methods." But some cures , expecially in the Urlasswe practice speak of deities such as Holle, Frost Giants, Wudan (Odin), Dunner (Thor), and Ewicher Yeeger (the Eternal Hunter).
Some cures, have a definite pagan resonance such as this charm for cataracts
Es Wassaer, des salz
Es Wasser,des salz
Des Salz iss am vergehne
glaarer binnich yetzs am sehne
Die Holle schteeht geeich yeder schaade
Kummt sie mir un heift mir graade
"the Water, the Salt
The Water, This Salt
The salt is ceasing to be
Clearer now do I see
Holle stands against every harm
she comes to me and helps me now
and pagan folk, how about this hex sign, the Eternal Oak which stands for strength in body and mind….remind you of the Oak King?
I know this isn't strictly a pagan post but I did think it was interesting that folks we think are SO very different from us have roots in the very same pagan belief systems that we do.


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BARACK OBAMA ran for president promising change. Unfortunately, a look inside the stimulus package reveals that "change" mostly means spending vastly more on domestic programs without necessarily improving the way they operate. Nowhere is this clearer than in its provisions concerning education, particularly Head Start.
America's most vexing educational problem is the achievement gap that puts low-income, mostly minority children far behind their peers on a host of important social and cognitive measures. The achievement gap stems from many sources, including historical discrimination, the abysmal condition of many schools serving low-income children and the child-rearing styles of many poor families.
Head Start and similar prekindergarten programs could truly help disadvantaged children, but many studies have shown that Head Start, as it is now managed, is failing them.
In 1998, Congress required the Department of Health and Human Services to conduct the first rigorous national evaluation of the program. The Clinton administration took this mandate seriously and initiated a 383-site randomized experiment involving about 4,600 children. Confirming previous research, the study found that the current program had little meaningful impact.
For example, even after spending six months in Head Start, 4-year-olds on average could identify only two more letters than children from similar backgrounds not in the program; 3-year-olds could identify one and a half more letters. More important, no gains at all were detected in more vital measures like early math learning, oral comprehension (very indicative of later reading comprehension), motivation to learn or "social competencies" like the ability to interact with peers and teachers.Continue reading the main story
Researchers aren't the only ones who see that the program is slumping — so do parents. From 1997 to 2004, even as Congress gave Head Start enough money to increase enrollment by 22 percent, the number of children in the program increased by only 2 percent. So many poor families now use other programs that Head Start has, for all practical purposes, run out of poor 4-year-olds to serve. Rather than try to make the program more attractive to families, Head Start advocates persuaded Congress in late 2007 to raise the income eligibility ceiling, from essentially the poverty line to 130 percent of poverty.
Lack of money is not the problem: to keep a child in Head Start full-time, year-round, costs about $22,600, as opposed to an average cost of $9,500 in a day care center. And that's the big failing of the stimulus bill. In area after area, it does not require any real change in return for vast piles of money.
Under the House version of the bill, Head Start would get an additional $2.1 billion, no strings attached. For education spending in general, states are to get tens of billions from Washington with Congress asking almost nothing in the way of reforms.
With the stimulus bill still being negotiated, what can be done? A good step would be to identify effective Head Start centers — yes, there are some really good ones — and require less-successful centers to follow their example. This is going to be difficult, however, because in 2007 Head Start advocates persuaded Congress to eliminate the program's new National Reporting System, which would have measured how well individual centers were doing.
Throwing money at the program without demanding reforms will not help children, and will weaken the White House's bargaining power with the states and unions as Mr. Obama seeks to reform the No Child Left Behind law. We need change, but the Head Start and other education money in the stimulus bill is only going to cement the status quo.Continue reading the main story


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Late on Wednesday, the attorney for the man accused of creating what prosecutors described as a "bomb factory" said he would not appeal a judge's ruling that the burning of the home proceed as planned.
The burning of house in unincorportated Escondido is now expected to go on Thursday morning as planned, barring a change in weather conditions.
George Jakubec's attorney, Michael Berg, filed the appear on Tuesday, arguing that there were items inside the house that the defense needed to get out to help prepare their case..
A judge on Wednesday, however, denied an emergency motion to stop the burning of the home, which is packed with explosives. Judge Larry Burns said every day the wait there is a risk of something going wrong.
George Jakubec's attorney, Michael Berg, said there are items inside the house they need to get out.
Pictures taken inside the home show stockpiles of homemade explosives.
Somewhere in all of that stuff, Berg claims there may be evidence to help his client, including a book on mining and some graph paper with notes on it, among other things. He said the items might be located on a coffee table in the living room; the same table bomb experts are calling ground zero. The table has detonators found buried beneath stacks of paper.
One of the FBI bomb technicians who has been inside the house testified that even trained experts should not be walking around. He called the backyard a "minefield" and said one agent already set off a minor explosion just walking.
The technician called Jakubec "very lucky" for having lived in the house, without getting hurt.
Prosecutors say there is also evidence of other explosions at the house before the one that injured a gardener last month.
The judge eventually said it's just too dangerous to go back inside.
Berg called that "unfair." He said he would be considering an emergency appeal to the 9th circuit court of appeals, but that would have to happen very quickly.
San Diego Sheriff Bill Gore says he is pleased with the judge's decision.
Explosives were found in the house at 1954 Via Scott in unincorporated Escondido several weeks ago after a gardener was injured in the back yard in an explosion.
An indictment was filed Thursday in federal court against Jakubec, 54. He pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges that he knowingly made and possessed destructive devices, including nine detonators and 13 grenade hulls with unknown quantities of high explosives, including Hexamethylene Tiperoxide Diamine (HMTD), Pentaerythitol Tetranitrate and Erythritol Tetranitrate.
Jakubec pleaded not guilty to all charges on Monday.
Sheriff Says Burn is Still Scheduled for Thursday
If the weather cooperates, dozens of homes will be evacuated and thousands of vehicles detoured as authorities burn the structure to the ground in an effort to "cook off" the explosives safely, rather than having them detonate, according to the San Diego Sheriff's Dept.
Officials said on Tuesday that the residents of a couple of dozens homes inside an evacuation zone around the Via Scott location in Escondido will have to be temporarily relocated and the occupants of about 100 other houses were issued orders to shelter in place to avoid exposure to any chemical pollution created by the burn.
Officials installed signs along Interstate 15 on Tuesday, alerting travelers that the roadway will be closed in both directions while the burn is conducted.
If the burn goes ahead as scheduled, the CHP will begin shutting down the freeway (from state Route 78 to Centre City Parkway) at about 9 a.m. on Thursday. They are hopeful the I-15 will only remain closed for an hour, but it could be longer, depending on how long fire officials say the situation is unsafe.
While there will be detours onto city streets during the closure, the CHP is urging drivers to leave early for their commute on the day of the burn and to stay out of the area during the closure if at all possible.
On Tuesday, sheriff's deputies handed out fliers around the neighborhood, informing people of the evacuation plans.
According to a map on the sheriff department's website, some businesses less than 1 mile away will not have to be evacuated, nor will they be inside the shelter-in-place zone.
Just two days before the burn, David Mizell, the owner of Killer Pizza from Mars, did not seem to fully understand what was expected of him during the burn.
"So, I'm not sure if we're going to have to shut down or if we're going to maybe just be open and be a refugee camp for those who have to leave their houses," Mizell said. "So it could turn out good, it could turn out bad -- I don't know."
Jeanne Tillery, a co-owner of Sisters Gifts, said she is planning on remaining open during the burn.
"My only concern is just to make the neighbors safe and get it done... I'm not afraid of it," Tillery said. "The firemen and all seem to say that is the only way to do it."
Deputies will start going door-to-door about 7 p.m. the night before the fire to make sure everyone knows the plan.
Residents affected by the burning of the so-called bomb house are being to called 211 about 3 p.m. on Thursday to find out if authorities have given the OK for them to return to their homes.


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That's called consulting and it costs money.
That's Called Consulting and It Costs Money.
Some time ago I was at Cohere when Angel (our curator, madam and founder) came in with a story to tell.
In a pizza shop today a customer came in and asked the owner if he could "pick his brain about how to own a pizza shop." The owner, not looking up from rolling out pizza dough says, "that's called consulting and it costs money."
We then discussed how people like us – freelancers, business owners, creative people and so forth – need to take this attitude more often. It's interesting how often people want advice and how seldom they are willing to pay for it.
Think about it, why are you asking me to advise you or inform you or teach you if you aren't going to apply that information to make your life better? And if applying that information is going to make your life better shouldn't it be worth money? Or a six pack? Or a meal.
Do you think I don't have anything to do other than advise you? Those of us trying to run a business and mastermind our personal and professional projects and have a life value our time just as much as you do. If you value my input so much as to ask for it then don't insult me by indicating that my knowledge, experience and time have no value.
This shouldn't be understood to say that I'm expecting everyone to pay me money for the privilege of talking to me about the weather (though I'm game for that idea) but don't expect me to give you valuable information for free any more.
Neither does this mean I'm closing the door to trade and collaboration. But when you show up wanting information based on years of experience I've had in photography or video or theatre or Lightroom or computers or any of the gazillion things I've failed at be ready to show me you are serious by shelling out some green. Especially when I have no reason to believe you are going to work with me.
One of my biggest screw ups happened about two years ago. Someone I know was interested in making videos for her business and at some time in the future a full length movie. I spent about five hours researching the cost to do this and how to go about doing it and had a meeting where I turned over all this information and gave my opinions and advice.
You can guess the rest. Was I brought on board to make a video? Nope. Not a dime for my time.
The next time you wanna know what's involved in making a YouTube video for your business . . . that's called consulting and it costs money.


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HACKETTSTOWN, N.J. – A first half goal by freshman Sarah Racine was the only goal of the afternoon as the Coast Guard women's soccer team fell in their season opener 1-0 to Drew Friday at the Cyclones Kickoff Classic hosted by Centenary University.
It was first game of the season for the two teams and also the first meeting between the two teams.
The Rangers scored the game's only goal in the 33rd minute as junior Caroline Kelly fired a shot on goal. Junior goalkeeper Rachel Boohar was able to make the save but the shot went right back to Kelly who slipped Racine into the penalty box. Racine collected the pass and fired her first collegiate goal into the back of the net.
Neither team mustered much offense in the second half as the two teams combined for only two shots on goal in the second half making the final score 2-0.
Rachel Boohar (0-1) made five saves on six shots on goal allowing the one goal in the 32:19 minute.
Freshman Madison Dudziec (1-0) got her first career start in goal and the opening season win making two saves on two shots on goal in the first half. Junior Brielle Castanheria played the second half facing zero shots on goal.
The Bears are back in action tomorrow, September 2nd, when they take on Lehman at 3:00 on day two of the Cyclones Kickoff Classic.


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All through April, I'm participating in WEGO Health's Health Activist Writer's Month Challenge. In addition to my usual posts, I'm going for 30 days of activisty content. Today's assignment is writing a letter, either to an older me, or to my illness. Since I'm a rebel, I chose to write it to younger me.
Dear 20-year-old Alissa,
PUT DOWN THE CEREAL! Don't give me that look. I know you are elbows deep in some Apple Jacks right now. Or maybe it was Froot Loops. Or Count Chocula. Doesn't matter. I'd bet my meager yearly wages that as you read this, you are nomming on some kid-friendly breakfast fare, even though it's 11 p.m. and you should probably be writing that paper for class. I realize this is the first meal you've had today, since the cafeteria was closed for some mysterious reason and you couldn't stand the thought of a food-court dinner again. But you are killing yourself slowly, darling.
Are you laughing at me? You shouldn't be. I know all about you. I know about your "nervous stomach." I'm very familiar with the B-12 injections you get whenever you're home, the iron pills you have to toss back like TicTacs. I can tell you the tally of Z-Packs you've been on, because I know it takes two hands to count the sinus infections you've had since the beginning of the school year.
Ooh, I struck a nerve, did I? What about the laundry list of symptoms you take with you to the doctor's office? I know every trip you make - at least quarterly - you have a small, folded piece of paper with your complaints stuffed in the pocket of your hoodie. I know that the doctor gently chides you for being a high-strung hypochondriac. I know how even though that hurts to hear, you believe it.
Would you believe me if I told you it was going to get worse before it gets better? Would you believe me if I showed you the bottles and bottles of pills you were taking for illnesses you didn't have? What about the "white" diet you got put on to ease your symptoms? Nothing like dry toast and crackers to soothe what ails you ... except it's only getting worse. I could tell you about your rupturing cysts, but not in great detail - just know that on one June morning in 2010, you are going to feel like you are dying (you aren't). Or maybe about that week in 2011 that you make not one but two trips to the ER for fluids. You'll probably never eat sushi again, but it wasn't the California roll's fault.
Now that I've got your attention, heed my words very carefully: Find a new doctor. You are not okay. This is not in your head. Go on, do it now. I'll wait. You've got some amazing things coming up in your life. I'd hate for you to miss them because you're in the bathroom.
Yours in amaranth,
Older (but not old, dammit) Alissa


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The Irvine Valley women's volleyball team had a signing day for its five sophomore standouts that are headed to four-year programs last week.
Taira Ka'awaloa (Hawaii Hilo), Gabi Lau (Western New Mexico), Olivia Aguilar (Cal State San Marcos), Diamond Brogan (Cumberland) and Megan Ramseyer (Butler) will all be featured in releases this week.
The Lasers went 27-0 and won the second state title in IVC program history last fall.
Ka'awaloa, a star outside hitter and two-year starter for Irvine Valley, signed with Hawai'i at Hilo.
She has been a first team all-Orange Empire Conference Player with indoor the last two years.
Ka'awaloa has also been a two-year starter and top player on the Laser women's beach volleyball team. She was named first team all-conference in beach last season and is playing on the No. 1 pairs team this season.
This past fall with the indoor team, Ka'awaloa was second in the conference in kills per set at 4.12 per set. She ranked No. 10 in the state in kills per set.
Ka'awaloa was second in total kills in conference at 367. And she ranked fifth in hitting percentage in the conference at .321.
She recorded 15 kills in Irvine Valley's state title 23-25, 25-16, 25-20, 25-16 win over San Joaquin Delta in the title match at Solano College on Dec. 23, 2017.
On the season, Ka'awaloa also averaged 2.52 digs and was fourth on the team in aces on the year.
Ka'awaloa is headed back home to play college volleyball in Hawaii.


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Today - 20th April 2018 - marks ten years since the Ageing B-Boys Unite! blog came into existence. Nope, I can't believe it either (I actually thought is was 11 years...).
Why did I start it?
Well, at the time there were a fair few hip-hop blogs around and after a few months of reading them I thought it was time to do one from a UK perspective. Also I had let my creative writing passion continue its' long-term hiatus ever since the days of Juice Fanzine in the 90s.
After seeing the banner written on an early Fat Lace Magazine which stated, "the magazine for ageing b-boys..." I reckoned I could use that. Well, c'mon, hip-hop is built on biting!
The links to every music file I ever uploaded are most likely all dead - mostly because I used the once-great file-sharing platform, Rapidshare which sadly became defunct in 2012. Many of the blogs I used to visit also relied on Rapidshare, too, which meant that all their content went the same way.
What's the future?
Who knows? Anyone who's been a regular over the years will know how quiet ABU! has been of late. Last year I even thought it was all over but, like the great Pete Tong says, we continue. We're not quite done and we limp awkwardly around here in 2018 not quite knowing what we're doing like a senile uncle. If it's okay with you we'll just put our collective feet up on this stool and sit quietly in the corner of the room sipping tea and dunking biscuits until the nurse comes over to administer the medication.
Will we be celebrating in another 10 years? I don't really want to have to think about that as I'll be heading towards a rather large milestone in my life.
But chances are, no.
I made some useful acquaintances over the years through the blog and I'd like to take a minute, just sit right there and I'll tell you that a guy named Supreme was a direct influence because of his blog. This now sounds completely lame because I cannot for the life of me remember the name of the blog he used to run. It did disappear a few years back in my defence.
I remember he once posted links to grab a tonne of (digital) Battle Breaks on one blog post years back which I thought was odd as the concept of digital DJing was still quite a new thing and I didn't rally understand how it worked. How times have changed?
Waxer and Disco Scratch came along pretty early on and we became a worthwhile alliance. This was early social networking.
Another blogger, Warlord seemed to be the epitome of that (awful) 'Tubthumping' song in that every time his blog got busted he came back again and refused to stay down. Although he has not been active for a while now.
And lastly, Ramses has been a long-time follower and I can remember knocking around with him in the golden days of the oldschoolhiphop.com forum. I would say 'R.I.P.' but the board is still going although not like the heady heights of the old days.
The reason for all of life's back luck and anger can be laid at the feet of one thing: Facebook.
Many people jumped ship and now use social media for their everyday news and music links - me included, so I can't complain. I just wish that Blogger had incorporated Facebook into it's design a bit more then it may have given it a longer shelf life.
Anyhoo, this is me, Repo, wearing a party hat, blowing a plastic horn and about to cut a slice of birthday cake. Want some?


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And then their were 10 days of Christmas…
Janeen from Quilt Art and I have teamed up to bring you a special event of giveaways. We've each created 12 patterns to giveaway over the next 11 days. Two days have passed. I hope you didn't miss the tree from yesterday or Janeen's extremely cute penguin. If you missed mine, you can still pick it up in my Payhip or Craftsy shop as it will be available as a single till the end of the year.
Today's pattern is Tree 06..
Artwork by Diddybag
Be Sure you Stop In To See Janeen Today To
and on thursday, you can enter for a chance to win a wonderful cd of the Jolly Holly Artwork from DJ Inkers


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Art Fraas joined RFF as a Visiting Fellow in April 2009 after serving in senior positions within the federal government. In 2008, he retired after 21 years as chief of the Natural Resources, Energy, and Agriculture Branch, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget. Much of his work has examined the federal regulatory process, with a particular focus on the impact of environmental regulations.
At RFF, Fraas will work on a variety of issues related to energy and the environment, including projects looking at the tradeoffs between using biomass in transportation and in electricity applications, the treatment of uncertainty in regulatory analysis of major rules, and the potential regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.
Before joining the OMB, Fraas was a senior economist at the Council on Wage and Price Stability, a staff member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly, an assistant professor of economics at the US Naval Academy, and a staff economist with the Federal Reserve System.
He graduated from Cornell University in 1965 with a bachelor's degree in engineering physics, and earned his doctorate in economics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1972.
- PhD in Economics, University of California-Berkeley, 1972
Fields of Concentration: Money and Banking, Econometrics
Dissertation: The Impact of the Policies of the Second Bank of the United States on the Economy of the Ohio Valley: 1814-1829
- BS in Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, 1965


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First up is a card I created for Colour Q challenge. I used Stampin' Up inks to watercolor, which I don't do often. But it works! The color palette . . .
Here is my card . . .
And my sequins matched up pretty nicely too. I love it when things come together.
And then next up is a little something for Paper Smooches Challenge. I've not participated in one for a while, and I started out creating a wreath using one of their stamps sets. I was inspired by their inspiration photo . . .
But it went in a different direction, as you'll see below.
I was inspired to cut pieces of my wreath with a circle punch, and then piece it all back together. If you look closely, I did match up the pieces. It's tough to tell . . . but I swear. It was puzzle time for me.
I hope you find some time to create today.
Supplies Used - Grateful Heart
Stamps: Happy Scenes (Stampin' Up)
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, Hello Honey, and Old Olive (Stampin' Up); Versamark; Black Embossing Powder (Ranger)
Paper: Solar White (Neenah); Acetate (Graffix)
Accessories: Hearth & Home Thinlits Dies (Stampin' Up); Autumn Harvest Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)
Supplies Used - Thanks Friend
Stamps: Natural Beauties (Paper Smooches)
Ink: Glacier, Sweet Leaf, Bamboo, Poppy, Goldrush, Saddle and Buttercup (Close To My Heart)
Paper: Desert Storm (Neenah)
Accessories: Bronze Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh); Circle Punch (Fiskars)


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District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray has ordered a freeze on hiring and pay raises because of concerns that city government agencies are overspending.
The order was issued Wednesday and took effect immediately. It was made public on Friday.
Under the order, the district government is barred from hiring new non-essential employees. It also mandates a freeze on promotions, pay raises, bonuses and awards. Travel for city workers has also been restricted, and workers are barred from attending conferences or seminars unless they're in district government facilities or they pay their own way.
The order is meant to address potential "spending pressures" -- warnings issued to city agencies that they are overspending their budgets. The city is required by law to maintain a balanced budget.


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Nvidia Quadro Notebook Graphics Driver 332.21 for Windows 8/7/Vista 64-bit
Driver update in Graphics Cards. Operating system support: Windows Vista / 7 / 8.
More about this driver
This is the initial release for the R331 drivers, the sixth 'Optimal Drivers for Enterprise' [ODE]. ODE branches are dedicated to relatively long term stability for ISV certification, OEMs, and Enterprise customers.
What's New:
Existing Support: Learn more.
What's New:
- First ODE driver to support Windows 8.1
- Added CUDA 6.0
- OpenGL
- Added support for OpenGL 4.4
- Workstation Features
- Mosaic
- Improved Mosaic setup times for HDMI display devices
- Added default topology and display numbering in the NVIDIA Control Panel->Mosaic setup process.
- NvWMI - Updated to version 2.15*
- New API that supports creation of multiple default display grids with a single call. Also, supports creation of multiple default + custom grids, with a single call
- New API that supports validation of multiple default display grids with a single call. Also, supports validation of multiple default + custom grids, with a single call
- Mosaic
- Discontinued support for Windows XP.
- NVIDIA Control Panel Changes
- Workstation->EDID Management
- Added controls to improve productivity by providing a way to force an EDID on multiple connectors at a time, instead of one at a time
- Display->Change Resolution
- Added controls to import or export customs resolutions. Allows users to create a custom resolution and then export it to a file which can be edited and/or imported for recreating the same set of custom resolutions on the same system or across systems.
- Workstation->EDID Management
- Workstation application compatibility fixes. Please read the release notes for more information on product support, feature limitations, driver fixes and known compatibility issues.
- If you would like to be notified of upcoming drivers for Windows, please subscribe here.
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During the "golden age" of this blog, I was driving an hour to work and an hour back. Work provided me a laptop, so I could compute in my practice area. And, to be honest, work was not taxing my skills. So, I had a lot of time to consider music and guitar, and a lot of time to write about it.
Now, I'm working much closer. I have no laptop. And I am coding my hindquarters off.
Once the new issue of Premier Guitar showed up, a few weeks ago, I thought about writing something about their article on picks. I really planned to write about it. But I never did.
I've been writing some on my other blog, /var/log/rant, but that's mostly ranting on computer-related-issues, and nothing nearly as much I wrote here.
Simply a status report. See you later.


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Fold Over Tortilla Bake
1 tablespoon safflower oil
1 medium onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
15 oz. can tomato sauce
24 oz. jar picante sauce
1 1/2 cups textured soy protein or 1 lb. veggie crumbles
10 tortillas
4 oz. can chopped green chilies
2 tubs vegan cream cheese
1-2 cups vegan jack-style cheese
Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
Brown onion and garlic in oil. Add tomato and picante sauces, plus textured soy protein or veggie ground round, and heat for a few minutes.
Pour about half of this sauce into the bottom of a rectangular dish. Warm tortillas then spread with cream cheese and 1 teaspoon green chilies, then fold in half. Place filled tortillas in overlapping style into dish (fold side down) and top with remaining sauce.
Sprinkle top with shredded "cheese" and bake for 25 minutes.
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