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Guide to Labette County, Kansas ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
The County was named for a creek which runs through the county; the creek had been named for an early trader, Pierre LaBette.[2] The County is located in the southeast area of the state.[3]
Labette County Courthouse
501 Merchant Street
PO Box 387
Oswego, Kansas 67356
Phone: 620-421-5255
Labette County Website
County Clerk has birth records 1885-1896 and death records 1885-1889.
Probate Judge has marriage and probate records from 1870.
Clerk District Court has divorce and court records from 1870.
Register of Deeds has land records from 1875.
A yearly county census was taken 1915-1979. [1]
Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. This information should be taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the county and/or the state government agency.
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:[6]
|Unincorporated communities
|Historical populations
|Source: "Wikipedia.org".
Kansas became a territory in 1854 and the first territory census taken was in 1855. It was also enumerated as Kansas Territory in the 1860 Federal Census, although there were 15 counties that were marked with "no population" in them. The state continued to take state censuses after it was admitted to the Union in 1861.[7] See links listed below.
The 1870 Census was the first Federal Census taken for Kansas after it became a state in 1861.[8] For links to Federal Census indexes, see Kansas Census.
Most church records are held by individual churches. For contact information, check a phone directory, such as SearchBug or Dex Knows. Some denominations are gathering their records into a central repository. For more information about these major repositories, see Kansas Church Records.
Labette County Courthouse
501 Merchant Street
PO Box 387
Oswego, Kansas 67356
Phone: 620-421-5255
Labette County Website
Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.
See Kansas Land and Property for additional information about early Kansas land grants. After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were usually recorded at the county courthouse, where records are currently housed.
The Labette County Register of Deeds Office has land records from 1867.
An additional resource is: 'Deed records, Labette County, 1868-1877, Kansas by the Daughters of the American Revolution, Oceanic Hopkins Chapter (Pittsburg, Kansas) and Margaret Grandle. Available on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah and FamilySearch Centers worldwide.
Online Land Records
For more information see Kansas Land and Property
Local histories are available for Labette County, Kansas Genealogy. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories, see the wiki page section Kansas Local Histories.
See WorldCat to locate the following materials: [Note: some digital versions are available online.]
Brotherton, Mike, and Mattox, David. Labette County. Arcadia Pub. , 2011.
Canfield, Thomas H. Business Directory of the City of Oswego: Labette County, Kansas, Containing a History of the Town from the Beginning, with the Present Business of the Place, Together with an Outline Map of the City and Its Surroundings, Its Population and Its Railroad Facilities, Present and Future. Oswego: Printed by Colver & M'Gill, 1870.
Earle, Jonathan, Ted Wilson, Norman Saul, Paul Kelton, Stephen Hasiotis, and John N. Mack. Swords into Ploughshares: the Struggle to Build an Ordered Community of Liberty on the Southeast Kansas Frontier 1867-1876. , 2009. Internet resource at KU Scholar Works.
Graue, Bertha I, and Norman R. Peters. The Bartlett Book: A Collection of Newspaper Articles Containing a History of the Many Families Who Have Lived in the Southern Part of Labette County, Kansas, 1850-1977. Washington, D.C.] (Box 21117, Washington 20009: N.R. Peters, 1982.
James Lincoln Stice Papers: Scrapbooks, Letters, Newspaper Clippings, Photographs. Fayetteville, Ark: Special Collections Division, University Libraries, 1999.
Kinton, Maxine L. Some Ohioans to Labette Co., Kansas. Mansfield, Ohio: M.L. Kinton, 1980.
Labette County, Kansas. S.l.: General Books, 2010.
Lightfoot, W H. Our Heroes in Our Defense: Labette County, Kansas. Parsons, Kan: Printed by Commercial publishing co, 1921. Digital versions at Internet Archive and Hathi Trust.
Nixon, Ruth. History of Big Hill and Old Mt. Zion. Cherryvale? (Kan.: s.n., 1982.
Parsons, Labette County, Kansas Years from 1869 to 1895 : Story of "the Benders". Parsons, Kan. : Bell Bookcraft, 1970. Digital version at Internet Archive.
Online County Histories
The David Rumsey Map Collection website has digitized atlas maps of Labette County, as well as the cities of Altamont, Chetopa, Dennis, Labette City, Mathewson, Montana, Mortimer, Mound Valley, Neosho Falls, Oswego, and Parsons. The maps' source is "The Official State Atlas of Kansas compiled from government surveys, county records and personal investigations" Philadelphia. L.H. Everts & Co. 1887.
The WorldCat website provides holdings details for the following publications and archival materials:
Civil War Veterans to Labette Co., Kansas. Kansas?: s.n, 1900.
Hollingsworth, Patricia Merrill. World War I Draft Registration Cards Labette County Kansas. Mariba, Kentucky : P.M. Hollingsworth, 2003. (Available at FamilySearch centers.)
Kinton, Maxine L. Some Civil War Veterans to Labette Co., Kansas. Mansfield, Ohio: M.L. Kinton, 1980.
Mack, John N. "A Second Revolution: The Struggle to Define the Meaning of the Civil War in Southeast Kansas, 1867-1876." Kansas History. 32.1 (2009)
Memorial ... Parsons, Kansas. Parsons, Kan.?: s.n., 1970.
Nixon, Perry O. C. [Civil War Memoir of Perry O.C. Nixon, Sergeant, Company C, 10th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 1861-1865]. , 1907
These collections are unique to Kansas. You will find nationwide databases for military records on U.S. Military Online Genealogy Records and Kansas Military Records.
Collections Covering Multiple Wars
Civil War
Spanish-American War (1898)
World War I
World War II
Korean War
Vietnam War
For further information see Kansas Military Records.
For more information, see Kansas Newspapers.
Kansas Newspapers Online
Kansas Newspaper Catalogs
Current newspapers in Labette include the Altamont Journal, Chetopa Advance, Labette Avenue, Oswego Independent-Observer, and Parsons Sun.
Historical newspapers: The Kansas Historical Society holds the following newspapers on microfilm: [for dates and additional information see the Newspaper Index at their website.
Altamont Gazette, Altamont Journal, Altamont Saturday Item, Altamont Sentinel, American Crank, Anti-Monopolist, Arbitrator, Bartlett News, Blade-Democra , Breeze, Chetopa Advance, Chetopa Advance Reunion Daily, Chetopa Advance-Clipper, Chetopa Clipper, Chetopa Democrat, Chetopa Herald, Chetopa Statesman, Chetopa Times, Coffins Business Directory, Daily Eclipse, Daily Eli, Daily Evening Star, Daily News, Daily Out-Look, Daily Pilot, Daily Republican, Democrat, Dennis Hustler, Dennis Leader, Edna Enterprise, Edna Independent, Edna News, Edna Star, Edna Sun, Evening Herald, Evening Journal, Eye Opener, Farm Talk, Golden Rod, High School Sentiment, Independent, Infant Wonder [many variant titles], Kansas Advocate, Kansas Christian Advocate, Kansas Democrat, Kansas Farm and Home, Kansas Messenger, Kansas State Alliance, Kansas Workman, Labette County Democrat, Labette County Statesman, Labette County Times, Labette County Times-Statesman, Labette Record, Labette Sentinel, Labette Star, Mills' Weekly World, Mound Valley Herald, Mound Valley Journal, Mound Valley News, Mound Valley Times, Oswego Bee, Oswego Blade, Oswego Courant, Oswego Daily Bee, Oswego Daily Independent, Oswego Daily Republican, Oswego Democrat, Oswego Independent, Oswego Independent-Observer, Oswego News-Blade, Oswego Register, Oswego Republican, Oswego Weekly Blade, Oswego Weekly Republican, Our Home, Parsons Advertiser, Parsons Broadaxe, Parsons Business College Journal, Parsons Daily Eclipse, Parsons Daily Journal, Parsons Daily News, Parsons Daily Republican, Parsons Daily Sun, Parsons Eclipse, Parsons Evening Globe, Parsons Independent, Parsons News, Parsons Palladium, Parsons School Reporter, Parsons Sun, Parsons Sun and Semi Weekly Herald, Parsons Surprise, Parsons Visitor, Parsons Weekly Blade, Parsons Weekly Eclipse, Parsons Weekly Globe, Parsons Weekly Herald, Parsons Weekly Star, Parsons Weekly Sun, Pilot , Railway Employee, School Reporter, Senior Annual, Sentiment, Settler's Guide, South East Kansas Independent Observer, Southern Kansas Advance, State Alliance-Workman, Sun, Times-Journal, Union Blade, United Labor, Weekly Clarion, Western Enterprise, Western World, White Banner, Wilsonton Journal
Voter Records
In most counties in Kansas, probate records have been kept by the county judge. They include wills, inventories, claim registers, legacy records, inheritance records, and dockets. The records are available at the county courthouse.
The FamilySearch Catalog lists films of probate records. To find the records for this county, use the Place Search for Kansas, Labette and click Probate records.
Online Records
Kansas tax records complement land records and can be used to supplement the years between censuses. Tax lists were usually made every year, however, there may be gaps of several years. For more information, see the wiki page Kansas Taxation.
Vital Records consist of births, adoptions, marriages, divorces, and deaths recorded on registers, certificates, and documents.
A copy or an extract of most original records can be purchased from the Kansas Office of Vital Statistics or the County Clerk's office of the county where the event occurred. See also Kansas Vital Records. For information about restrictions and costs for certificates, see the CDC Where to Write for Vital Records site.
The Labette County Clerk's Office holds the following records:
In addition, birth, marriage, divorce and death certificates are held by the State of Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Office of Vital Statistics. Post-1940 records are not public; to obtain copies one must be named on the record, or be an immediate family member, or need the record for legal rights. Pre-1940 records may be requested by an individual related as at least a cousin. Records held by the state are:
The Kansas Historical Society has the following on microfilm:
The WorldCat website has information on holdings of these published and archival materials:
Family History Centers provide one-on-one assistance and free access to premium genealogical websites. In addition, many centers have free how-to genealogy classes.


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Controlled environment horticulture (CEH) is the most modern and sophisticated form of greenhouse horticulture. It is sometimes referred to as "controlled environment agriculture". CEH combines high technology greenhouses with hydroponic (soilless) growing systems. CEH makes it possible to consistently and reliably control or manipulate the growing environment and effectively manage nutrition, pests and diseases in crops.
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Missed early opportunities came back to haunt No. 4-ranked Tommie Football in Saturday's 25-22 road loss at UW-Stout.
The Blue Devils (2-0) outscored the Toms 11-0 over the final 25:00 on the game clock. Stout took its first lead of the day with a touchdown and two-point conversion pass in the final 2:00. That erased a 22-17 Tommie lead.
In the final 90 seconds, St. Thomas gained one quick first down but had a dropped snap to lose five yards. UST was stopped on its final three passes in its last bid to tie or win.
St. Thomas had two long winning streaks halted -- 10 road wins, and 24 regular-season victories. UST came into the game 19-0 in regular-season non-conference contests in 10 seasons under Coach Glenn Caruso.
The Tommies had three turnovers, had a field goal blocked, missed a PAT kick, had nine penalties, and converted just 2-of-16 on third downs against an inspired Stout team. UST halfbacks Jordan Roberts and Tucker Trettel were held to 90 rushing yards on 24 carries.
QB Jacques Perra threw one TD pass, ran for another and threw for 215 yards, but was sacked four times and was picked off twice.
Logan Petersmeyer and Mark Dowdle had interceptions, and Blake Weber had a sack, forced fumble and fumble recovery. On special teams, Emitt Peisert had a 65-yard kikoff return.
The Toms start MIAC play next Saturday at Carleton.


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By Mirabelle Koh
Nothing beats the feeling of receiving praise for lending your friend a helping hand – or so I thought. But when you have to juggle schooling, a part-time career and maybe some extra co-curricular activities while being that first friend that all your buds turn to for help, exhaustion will eventually get the better of you.
Take some time to go through the things you have done for the past two weeks. Is your hectic lifestyle taking a toll on your life? And when you did really feel good about yourself? Did it come from pleasing your superior or getting compliments from your friends?
More often than not, we base our self-esteem on the expectations others have of us, and how we meet them. Guilty as charged, I too, find myself unhealthily attached to other's approval of me. I would always try my best to please others or get positive feedback for the effort, and that has caused me to be over-reliant on approval from others.
It's natural to like receiving praises. However, when you start to determine your self-worth based on others, it could turn you into a self-doubting wreck. The underlying fear of rejection may push you to over-exert yourself as you try to meet everyone else's needs for the sake of their approval.
Interestingly though, it seems like my circle of friends who are chronic approval-seekers are often high-achievers themselves. As perfectionists, it's never "good enough", until maybe someone comes along to openly offer them praises for their hard work.
Maybe my intense need for approval stems from my own childhood and family experiences. I only felt like a "good kid" when my parents praised me for getting that A grade in my examinations, or for helping them with house chores. It gradually gave me the idea that acceptance is conditional upon doing the right thing and by pleasing those whom I love.
This snowballed to my part-time career when I suffered from praise withdrawals from not getting any feedback at all. The mental debate started. "Could I really accomplish this? Maybe there's someone better suited for the role." I was full of self-doubt.
I have come to realise that I thrive on positive feedback, but not all environments and settings could do just that. If you're working in a big company with a lot of employees, you can't possibly expect to receive constant praises from your boss. But I have also come to terms with the fact that I wanted to regain control and feel confident about my own capabilities.
If you're constantly on a lookout for praise fuel, or if you find yourself dependent on feedback from others, you may be an approval junkie yourself. It's crucial to start identifying what triggers the self-doubt or approval-seeking behaviour. And that ultimately starts with recognising that it is an issue that needs to be tackled.
It didn't come by easy for me, but I spent sleepless nights on redoing design projects because of my nagging insecurities and self-doubt, and it only stopped when I am acknowledged by others for the work I have done. It took a toll on me mentally and physically, and I knew I needed to start changing my own self-talk.
Similarly for all other approval junkies out there, it's important to give yourself recognition and practise detachment when you need to. It's not always about pleasing someone else, and you don't always have to care about what others think.
It's human nature to want to gain approval from those around us, but don't fall into an obsession for it. These are all mind games, and as long as you play your cards right, you will be bigger than your self-doubt and thrive when your praise fuel is running low.


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Monday, June 7, 2010
Stuck in the Sand
It has been rainy season here which has made flying in the mountain areas of Guyana a real challenge. Along with the rainy weather, of course comes wet airstrips, bad weather, awesome waterfalls and the bugs. A couple of weeks ago I was flying health care workers, Bible workers, medical emergencies and supplies, all in one day. At one short strip, as I was taxiing to take off with 3 people on board, I suddenly found myself stuck in the wet sand. We had to shut the plane down and push it out. Everyone got out and some villagers came to help. While I was up front trying to pull and steer the plane I noticed some oil on the front of the engine cover right behind the propeller. I looked on the other side and there was more. There is not to be any oil in that area at all. I knew I had a problem on my hand and a prayer went up asking for guidance. We got the plane out of the soft sand and I taxied it back to the other end of the strip so we could get it off the runway. As soon as I had it off the runway, I took the engine cover off to see where the oil was coming from. Earlier that same day, I had been at this same strip and a local commercial plane came in with supplies and left. They usually come in there only once or twice a week. While I was looking for the oil leak, the people said here comes another plane. It was the commercial plane coming back to pick up some more passengers. It's very unusual to it come in twice. With the top cover off, I could see oil all over the front of the engine and that it was running down inside the front cover as well. It looked like the front oil seal had blown out of our new engine. I knew it could not be flown until fixed, and I was 200+ miles from home in the bush. I went over and asked the other pilot if he had room to take me out as my plane was grounded. He said was full, but made room for me. I hurried and closed the plane up, and climbed on board for the trip home. When I got to Georgetown, I asked the 2 airplane repair shops if either of them had a front oil seal for my engine. Neither of them had one, and there were none to be found in the whole country, plus it would require special tools to install it. Now what Lord? I have lots of people needing flights and the plane is stuck in the bush? No worries, God already had it planned out. He had already gotten me back to town in an expedited way. I called my friends at AWA and they said, "Hey we have an airplane mechanic leaving Canada in 2 days. Get the part number and he can bring it." I raced home and got the numbers and emailed them to him. This was Thursday evening. He got the part on Friday, and left Sunday, arriving here Monday morning with the part. AWA flew me and the mechanic straight out to the bush to work on the plane. When the mechanic saw it, he said, "You are right, looks like the front oil seal." So we removed the prop and engine covering etc so we could access the seal. When we got it opened up, we discovered the seal was dry and there was no oil on it. Where did the oil come from? There is a little oil pressure switch on the front of the engine and it had oil on it so we started the engine, and sure enough, out spurted the oil. The mechanic said, "For some reason, when I packed last night, at the last minute, I threw a 1/4 inch plug in my bag--not knowing why-- but just in case". It was the exact size and thread we needed. We installed it, and we were ready to go.
If I had not gotten stuck in the sand, I could have lost all my oil out over the bush, and not known it, until it was too late. It could have caused engine failure with no place to land except on 200 foot tall trees. God is so Good! He provided the ride out, and the mechanic coming in at the right time, with the right part. What an awesome God we serve.
We are so grateful for your prayers on our behalf. God does hear and answer them! Without them, we would be in real danger.
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The new season of Doctor Who will be upon us before you know it.
Official release from BBC America:
:Watch the exclusive, just-released trailer for the all new season of DOCTOR WHO, premiering this Fall on BBC America!
"Who killed all the Daleks?"
"Who do you think?!"
"We'll get through this, I promise. Don't be scared."
Boasts Amy, "Scared?! Who's scared? ... Geronimo!!"
The new season will see the last days of the Ponds, with Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill making their final rollercoaster voyage with The Doctor (Matt Smith). Amy (Karen Gillan) and Rory (Arthur Darvill) have been at the Doctor's side for more than two seasons but what will he do after their heartbreaking departure?
New guest stars so far confirmed to star will include David Bradley, Rupert Graves and Mark Williams. Season 7 will then see a dramatic turn of events when The Doctor meets a new friend - the recently-announced new companion, played by Jenna-Louse Coleman. Prepare yourselves for thrills, adventures and dramatic surprises as the show builds towards its enormous, climactic 50th anniversary year.
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News and music to start your week!
NewMusicBox takes on the importance of hearing, well, new music. It also gives readers ways to advocate for hearing works by living composers! (We can also add, that some of these tips, like writing the orchestra administration to thank them for a performance, are also applicable to works by women composers and people of color.) Read on here.
Advances in technology continue to help close the many literal and figurative divides – and we heard this week of a story of a woman who has designed a 3-D printed violin that can make music and music education more accessible. Learn more about composer, designer, violinist, and neuroscientist Kaitlyn Hova at the Smithsonian Magazine. BTW, if you watch the video, the interview (which covers topics including her synesthesia) with Hova takes place at the very end of a full-day event, "The Long Conversation." She demonstrates her violin starting at 11:50.
Esteemed and pioneering composer Joan Tower turned 80 in September. In honor of the occasion, William Robin of The New York Times has a profile of the composer, including a great playlist of the breadth of her oeuvre.
The candid interview also includes the composer's confession of her lack of confidence in herself in her early years, and how she gradually overcame that, and also became an advocate for women.
Also in The New York Times is this review of the American Composer's Orchestra concert, "Phenomenal Women."
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The only reason I later got a phone was because the cellular company offered $20/month discounts on one line for employees and my wife was dying to have one. There have been periods since then that I have been without any type of phone service. In fact, if I could have my way, I wouldn't have one now.
Because I am a substitute teacher, most of my job assignments are gained by receiving an early morning phone call. As much as the sound of that phone rakes on my nerves, it also means money, so I tolerate it. Plus, having a teenage daughter, I like to occasionally know her whereabouts. Once I am permanently employed and she is moved out of the house, I will probably cancel my phone service once again.
People have heard me gripe about my disdain for phones for years. When I started at the cellular company, I worked in the tech department and since it was a locally owned business, we could fix phones right there on the spot. I saw all types of people with different phone needs, but had the following conversation a thousand times:
ME: Ma'am, it looks like your (insert random piece of circuitry) has gone bad.
CUSTOMER: What does that mean?
ME: Not to worry. I can fix it!
CUSTOMER: How much is THAT going to cost me?
ME: Not a cent. I can do it right here.
CUSTOMER: Well, aren't you a wonderful, handsome young man.
ME: My mother thinks so.
CUSTOMER: Tell her she did a fine job!
ME: Thank you, ma'am, I will. Here is your service ticket. I should have your phone ready by noon tomorrow.
CUSTOMER: (surprised) Tomorrow?
ME: (proudly) Yes, ma'am! We try to be fast. One day turn around.
CUSTOMER: (flustering) Well...what am I supposed to do until then?
ME: Excuse me?
CUSTOMER: What am I supposed to do without a phone for a whole day?
ME: The same as you normally do, but without a phone.
CUSTOMER: (angrily) Listen, you ugly little cretin, I'm supposed to go to my mother's tonight.
ME: (confidently) Well, if you are going to be at her house, then you won't need a phone. You can talk directly to her.
CUSTOMER: Are you trying to be smart?
ME: One of us has to be.
CUSTOMER: (feigning shock) How dare you! Do you know who I am?
ME: (proudly) Yes, ma'am, I do. You wrote your name on this invoice.
CUSTOMER: I'm going to call your manager!
ME: (apologetically) You won't be able to reach him until tomorrow afternoon.
CUSTOMER: And why is that?!?
ME: You won't be getting your phone back until then.
|No signal!!! Should we just die now?
People went on dates without having a phone, they drove across the country, kids went to school and somehow the human race survived. I am not an advocate for getting rid of phones. I don't care for them, but if someone wants to have one that is their right. It is the ridiculous notion that a person will not be able to function without one that I object to.
Regardless of the opinion I have had of phones for many years, this blog was sparked by the fact that my phone has been ringing more and more lately. For several years, my phone (when I had one) rarely rang. My friends and family were very aware that I would rather chew on bloated dung beetles than get tied up in an involved phone conversation. Any time I handed out my number, I carefully explained that if the need ever arose to call me, they were to say what they had to say and then let me go. Do NOT call me 'just to talk.' Do NOT get off topic and NEVER, EVER call me and then say, "Hang on, I have another call." I guarantee I will not still be on the line when you come back and probably won't answer when you call the next time.
Only a very few people abide by the rules I request when I hand out my number, therefore, over the years when I moved or got a new phone, the number of people to get my number greatly decreased. I moved to central Illinois a year ago and got new phone service when we hit town. The new number was given to less than a dozen people. I hate talking on the phone so much, I didn't even give it to my girlfriend, who now lived more than two hours away due to my recent move. My reasoning was fairly simple. I knew if I gave her my number she would abuse it, by doing things like...calling, wanting to talk, etc. Needless to say, we are no longer dating. Unfortunately, nothing in this paragraph is a joke.
I was never irritated that she called me before the number change. I was irritated as soon as I heard the phone ring that ANYONE was calling me. A ringing phone is an intrusion into my peaceful abode. It grates on my nerves, my hair stands on end and I feel stressed as soon as my phone starts to ring. It doesn't matter who is calling me. I hate it. I don't know why I feel this way, but I am acutely aware that I do feel it.
A few people, knowing how much I hate phone conversations, will text me. This is great as long as they can text and I can respond and then be done. If it goes back and forth more than three times, then it is now more nerve-grinding then just talking. A 10 minute texting storm could have been completed in 60 seconds by voice.
For those of you that have my number, please know that I do not screen my calls. If you call me and I do not answer, it is not because I don't want to talk to YOU. Don't take my not answering personally. Me not answering is usually because I am done with my phone for the day and have turned it off or it is in the other room and do not feel like going to find out who it is. If my daughter is safe at home, that is usually the case. If you leave me a message, and I know that I will be seeing you in the next few days, I will wait until then to conclude the conversation. If you don't leave me a message, then I will assume that it wasn't that important and I am grateful I didn't pick up the phone in the first place.
I am not anti-social. I like people and LOVE good conversation, but I highly prefer it face-to-face. If you have a problem with the blog I have written today, leave a comment, send me a Facebook message, email me, take me to dinner to discuss it or drop by my house, but do not, under any circumstances, CALL ME. Especially if we will run into each other anytime in the next year. We can catch up then.


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Gate 2 episode 02
God bless the Gate series. My god… I knew I was right about this show as soon as I finished watching the very first episode. I knew then and there that it was going to be good. Did I think that it was going to be this good? No. It has exceeded my expectations.
It's a shame I'm still in the middle of this season's 'busy' period because I think that this particular episode deserves a big post since it was epic. There is never a dull moment in Gate. If they're not fighting than they're exploring or on some other adventure. This is how it should be done, Japan. Learn from the author(s).
That moment where Youji gave the order to his men to open fire inside the castle and in front of that cocky king? Priceless. I watched that scene over and over again. I never got bored with it. I just continue at some point because I wanted to know what would happen after that. Well done! It's about time that Japan got a little bit more aggressive since they got attacked first.


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The first issue of 'Gothic Nature: New Directions in Ecohorror and the Ecogothic' will be published in 2018. Please see our CFP below.
"Horror is becoming the environmental norm." — Sara L. Crosby
Gothic and horror fictions have long functioned as vivid reflections of contemporary cultural fears. Wood argues that horror is 'the struggle for recognition of all that our society represses or oppresses', and Newman puts forward the idea that it 'actively eliminates and exorcises our fears by allowing them to be relegated to the imaginary realm of fiction'. Now, more than ever, the environment has become a locus of those fears for many people, and this journal seeks to investigate the wide range of Gothic- and horror-inflected texts that tackle the darker side of nature.
As we inch ever closer toward an anthropogenic ecological crisis, this type of fiction demands our attention. In 2009, Simon C. Estok highlighted the importance of 'ecophobia' in representations of nature, emphasising the need for ecocriticism to acknowledge the 'irrational and groundless hatred of the natural world' present in contemporary society. Tom J. Hillard responded to Estok's call 'to talk about how fear of the natural world is a definable and recognizable discourse', suggesting that 'we need look no further than the rich and varied vein of critical approaches used to investigate fear in literature.' What happens, he asks, 'when we bring the critical tools associated with Gothic fiction to bear on writing about nature?'
Gothic Nature seeks to address this question, interrogating the place of non-human nature in horror and the Gothic today, and showcasing the most exciting and innovative research currently being conducted in the field. We are especially interested for our inaugural issue in articles which address ecocritical theory and endeavour to define and discern the distinctions between 'ecohorror' and 'ecogothic'. We welcome academic articles from a variety of different subject backgrounds, as well as interdisciplinary
Subjects may include, but are by no means limited to:
- Ecohorror and the ecogothic: theory and distinctions
- Ecocriticism and horror literature/media
- Ecocriticism and Gothic literature/media
- Gothic nature/ecophobia
- Global ecohorror/global ecogothic
- Environmental activism and horror/the Gothic
- Human nature vs. nonhuman nature
- Rural Gothic
- Landscapes of fear
- Legends of haunted nature/Gothic nature and mythology
- Monsters in nature/natural spectres
- Climate change and Gothic nature
- Environmental apocalypse
- Animal horror
- Gothic nature in art through the ages
If you are interested in submitting a piece for our inaugural issue, please send an abstract of 300 words, a 2,000-word writing sample, and a short academic bio to firstname.lastname@example.com by March 15th, 2018. Articles of 6-8,000 words, using Harvard referencing, will be due by May 31st, 2018.
Our current editorial board includes Dr Elizabeth Parker, Emily Bourke, Dr Bernice Murphy, Professor Simon C. Estok, Professor Andrew Smith, Professor Dawn Keetley, and Dr Stacy Alaimo.


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Took a look the print module this morning. The API is woefully under-documented! Solved a print issue and extended print-setting options. Formatted printing is still a long way off as the current API required Cairo to draw to a printing context which is then sent to the printer. My hunch would be that if anyone coding in Gnocl really needed sophisticated printing support, then it would be more quickly processed using a custom C module. Alternatively, export data to an Abiwidget and print out from there.


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|Mejorana (Salvia ballotifora)
Photo from: Kim & Lynne Weber
OCast malgilana, mayorana, albahaca morisca (Moorish basil), Arag marduix,.moradux, moraduix, Basq mayorana, Cat morduj, malgilana, L.Origanum majorana, Ar. 'Anqar, Fr. marjolaine, origan, Eng. sweet marjoram, knotted marjoram, annual marjoram. Although a native of Berbery, the plant spread to the northern Mediterranean in early times. Monks cultivated the plant in English monasteries from the 13th C. This herb is a member of the mint family and difficult to distinguish by the taste. The leaves and pink or white flowers that normally bloom in summer. If they are removed, contrary to mint, they will grow new buds that bloom in the fall. The plant is dug up and dried in the shade or kept fresh for culinary use.
Marjoram oil contains terpenes and tannins, used to flavour salads, sauces, vinegars, cooked dishes and herbal liquors. To preserve the sweetness and freshness of milk, leaves were placed in milk pails especially on stormy days.
|Boiling Fava Beans Seasoned with Marjoram
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In Al-Andalus it was thought ideal added to bake goods and animal fat. It is used also in perfume lotions, creams and soaps. Greeks planted it around tombs to help the dead sleep in peace.
Although a Mediterranean plant, medieval ladies, throughout Europe, demanded its importation for the smell. They rubbed floors and furniture with the leaves, added it to laundry water and stuffed sachets with them. People believed that the scent of the plant guarded one from misfortune and illness.
It cured the damage caused by Cupid's arrow. The leaves contain thymol, a powerful antiseptic. Greeks and later the English used it medicinally for spasms or convulsions and as an antidote for poison. The juice was put in the nose to purge the brain and was used to remedy urine retention and dropsy. Culpeper advised that it to be stuffed up the nose in powder form, which caused the patient to sneeze. He also recommended marjoram as an anti-inflammatory for bruises and swollen eyes.
Marjoram was not known in the United States until G.I.'s took it home after World War II. Today marjoram continues to be taken for its calm warming effect, insomnia, stress, high blood pressure, menstrual pains, respiratory problems and fever.
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FRESH FAVAS IN ALMOND MILK ADAPTED FROM SENT SOVÍ CXVI QUI PARA CON SE APARTELLEN FFAVES TENDRES AB DE AMELLES[1], p 141
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1 lb peeled fava beans
1 qt almond milk
⅓ c olive oil
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When tender add chopped herbs, duke's powder and vinegar. Just before serving, garnish with ginger.
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Having lived in Canada for my entire life, I've always raised an eyebrow at the "Canadians are so polite" stereotype. I mean, sure, we're nice—one time the cashier at Tim Hortons "accidentally" made my mom a medium tea and charged her for a small, and another time I ran into a moose on my way home from school and it complimented my snow shoes (kidding). Seriously, though, Canadians are nice. But from my experiences, we're not nicer than people in other parts of the world; people just think we are.
Reports of our kindness have been greatly exaggerated. Canadians being polite is an easy trope for Canadian news stories to fall into, because it's such a prevalent stereotype. Such was the case with the recent 'Tell America It's Great' campaign, an attempt by a Canadian marketing company to infuse some much-needed positivity into the lives of Americans. It is easy for people to assume that Canadians did this to fulfill the stereotype of being Canadian and oh, so polite. In fact, this is exactly what the author of a Vice Canada article did.
After explaining that Americans don't care about what Canadians think—news to me, and, I would think, to the Americans who were moved to tears by the video—the author proceeds to declare that the "campaign is a thinly disguised excuse for Canadians to pat themselves on the back about how nice they are." Not to be rude, (I am Canadian, after all) but, um, pardon?
This isn't about being Canadian; it's about being human. It's about the 46 per cent of Americans who, according to an ABC News poll, have found this election to be a serious source of stress. It's about bringing a positive message to social media, which has been plagued by toxicity during this election cycle. It's about having the opportunity to do something small to bring a smile to people's faces.
The problem with brushing Canadians' kindness off as, well, a side effect of our nationality is that it puts a shadow over the kindness. Obviously, one video isn't going to instantly cure all Americans of the stress that they are under. But if it helps at least one person, which it clearly has, then so what? Why would you ever discourage someone from saying something positive?!
The moral of the story is this: be kind to people, and encourage kindness when you see it. After the horrible, hurtful things that have been said in this election cycle, we absolutely need more empathy and compassion in this world—no matter what our nationality is.


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It is vital that you activate your account by following the activation link before you attempt to login using the temporary password. You will then be prompted to input a new password.
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Matsui Jurina was discharged from the hospital on April 12th, 2012.
Here is the update from SKE48's official blog:
Good evening.
Sorry I was not able to update the blog often.
Thanks to all the warm comments from everyone, they gave me energy and now I am out of the hospital!!
I'm very happy to share this news with you.
But I am not 100% recovered.
I would really like to get back on stage in front of you guys as soon as possible...
I want to see everyone...
So I will get better as soon as possible.
I will also start stretching so I can move better.
I'll update again soon.
Shimada Haruka was also discharged from the hospital on the same day, and updated her g+ to share the news with everyone:
Long time no see.
I was released from the hospital today.
I am not in perfect condition, but I am able to eat a little bit of food and I'm working hard to get backon my feet.
And sorry about all the troubles and inconveniences I caused.
I am very grateful for everyone and for my parents.
It's part of my job to make sure I am in good condition.
Hope to see everyoen soon.


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San Francisco local Trevor Timm, an activist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, discussed the high-tech components of drones that can make in-home surveillance easier.
"Not only do these have high tech cameras that can watch people for hours or days at a time but they can also attach infrared cameras to them, heat sensors, facial recognition cameras and even cameras that can eventually see through walls," Timm said.
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If the previous updates of Google under the moniker of Penguin have left you stirred, the latest one will leave you shaken! Google has readied the Penguin 3.0 update and it is getting into action sooner rather than later. The previous updates spelt doom for spam links and websites that used such links to boost their SEO division. Reading the signs, many webmasters have taken great pains in removing every single spam link that was part of the spam shadow. With the 3.0 update coming up, it is again a time for every webmaster to take a quick look in their backyard before moving forward.
The first question you have to ask yourself is whether the previous Penguin updates affected your website. How do you know the answer? You tally your web traffic to the dates when these updates rolled out in the past. Do you see a drop in traffic that corresponds to these dates? If the answer is yes, you have to worry about the Penguin 3.0 update! However, if the answer is no, you have no reason to celebrate! You still have to do a quick check to disavow or remove any spam link that connects to your website. This is the first step toward escaping the sword of Penguin 3.0.
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NEWARK, N.J., Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Late foul shots from J.J. Barea and Luke Ridnour, along with a steal by Ricky Rubio, brought the Minnesota Timberwolves a 108-105 win over New Jersey Friday.
New Jersey came back from an 11-point deficit in the third period to turn the game into a tense battle but the Timberwolves made the plays down the stretch to win for the fourth time in six games.
The Nets were trailing by five when Anthony Morrow hit a 3-pointer with 23 seconds remaining. He was fouled by Wesley Johnson on the play and the resulting free throw brought New Jersey within one.
Barea then made two foul shots with 18 seconds to play and, after Kris Humphries scored on a dunk for the Nets, Ridnour hit two more.
That gave Minnesota a three-point cushion and the Timberwolves held on for the win when Rubio stole the ball from Morrow to prevent New Jersey from getting off a potential tying long-range effort.
Minnesota won its third straight road game, something the team had not done since April 2009. Nikola Pekovic had 27 points and 12 boards off the bench to lead Minnesota while Kevin Love had 20 points along with 10 rebounds.
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Champions on drive to shape their own legacy
Clare are hungry for more and a league title is the next stage of their grand plan, writes Damian Lawlor
Shortly after Christmas, when the Clare team had completed the last leg of their holiday in New York, selector Louis Mulqueen logged on to their WhatsApp group.
The cover picture featured a sandy beach with palm trees, depicting a team still in holiday mode. But just hours after they touched down at Shannon Airport, Mulqueen changed that picture to a snap of the Liam MacCarthy Cup sitting on the dashboard of the team bus. Holiday time was over.
Towards the end of January, on their first night back at serious training, Davy Fitzgerald waited in a dressing room in UL. The session was set for 7.30, but Fitzgerald clocked in at 5.30, waiting to see if any of his players would lay down a marker. Colin Ryan arrived at 6.0. That night, in an internal game, a player had his fingers broken. If the manager wanted a sign that his men were back at work, he got it that night.
Little wonder then that Clare are firmly in the groove again, aiming for a title they haven't won since 1978. After the events of last year, most observers thought they would be happy to survive in this year's league.
"Well, I think the first target was to maintain Division 1 status and take it from there," says Sean O'Halloran, the former Bord na nóg chairman who implemented Clare's dynamic underage structures which have helped yield the county's recent successes. "But results have kind of flowed and while reaching a semi-final has been a bonus, you can tell from the fellas that they want more – semi-finals are for winning. So now there's another big push on.
"Would I have expected them to be in the hunt for the league? No. But it's the type of fellas they are. Gifted hurlers with a superb attitude. Did I expect them to come right back down to earth after the All-Ireland? Yes. They know there is no grey area when it comes to discipline. Davy laid that marker down at the very start. If they mess, they are out. But they don't. They are a super bunch. We are very lucky to have them. And Davy knows that too."
They never worried too much about these guys taking their foot off the pedal as over the winter, the players behaved themselves impeccably as All-Ireland winners. Some abstained from alcohol at the post-final banquet, preferring to wait until they returned to Ennis with the cup. Most spent the next few days meeting friends and family. They did take a week to themselves to let their hair down, but after that it was back with their clubs.
In New York, the day before they flew home from their break, the players and partners took in some last-minute shopping. Back at the team hotel a Clare man living in the city arrived with a bunch of kids looking for a few hurleys and shirts to be signed. The entire squad was downtown in Manhattan at this stage, but Mulqueen issued an SOS looking for some of them to return and help. Within an hour Brendan Bugler was back at the hotel, happy to oblige.
Once home, they brought the cup far and wide but never forgot there was a purpose to what they were doing. They hit over 100 schools in a month, leaving leaflets promoting the importance of proper nutrition, and anti-bullying. "They didn't just go to schools with the cup," says one camp member. "They went with a purpose."
There has been no problem coming back down from the incredible high of last September because they never got too carried away. Within weeks of resuming hard training, they were back logging every detail of their sporting and private lives on the team's Metrofit system. Injuries were logged, weight sessions were registered and rated and players resumed the process of seeking advice on nutrition, right down to the best brands of organic porridge available.
Last week, full-back David McInerney attended a media event at Croke Park and confirmed what we suspected – these lads are not just content to bask in the warm afterglow of an amazing championship win. They are intent on ensuring a legacy, perhaps like Kilkenny who have managed five league and championship doubles under Brian Cody.
"I'm a good bit hungrier in training this year but there's a brilliant squad there," McInerney said. "I think there's going to be a few changes. We've used 27 or 28 lads over the course of the league and I've seen some of them – like Jack Browne, Paul Flanagan, Cathal McInerney and David Reidy – really stepping up. There's a lot of tough decisions to be made by Davy Fitz."
The league to date has seen some roadblocks, but those were surely inevitable. They beat Kilkenny, lost to Dublin, destroyed Waterford, drew with Galway and ran rings around Tipp before being pushed hard by Division 1B side Laois in the quarter-finals.
O'Halloran, currently the Clare PRO, says he's impressed with how the squad has reacted to winning the All-Ireland. "They are 100 per cent committed and willing to live the life required apart from being blessed with unbelievable talent and speed."
They are continuing to change hurling's landscape as well, with even the likes of Laois, coming from a lower division, visibly trying to play the ball intelligently out of defence rather than lump it high and long.
To a large extent the game has changed anyway and is no longer centred on big physical men – more about skill, speed, movement. Of course there will still be physicality but these days more teams are looking to place the ball or move into space, rather than contesting a 50-50 in the air.
Will Clare get that space and freedom against Tipperary today after cleaning their defence last time out? Or Kilkenny if they happen to meet again in a league final? Unlikely. But if Fitzgerald had six game plans last year, you can bet he will have more this year to stay ahead of the posse. They can go with six forwards or just three. They can go man to man on a full-back and isolate him, like they did to Tipp's Paddy Stapleton. They can refine their game plan at short notice because most of the squad can play in a number of positions.
Another big advantage is that many of the squad are based locally. Better still, there is a chunk of teachers and students which ensures they can almost devote their summer to the cause. John Conlon and Cian Dillon, for instance, are primary teachers, Colin Ryan and Brendan Bugler are secondary teachers and others are in Mary I in training. As a squad, as players graduate and find work elsewhere, they won't always have it so easy, however. Those are the among challenges ahead.
Remember that when Fitzgerald took over, Clare were in Division 1B and hadn't won a championship game in Munster for years. "What has happened here since 2009 at underage level has been immense," O'Halloran adds. "When I went looking for volunteers back in 2000 they were hard to find. A lot of people wouldn't commit. We were slated for not capitalising on the 1997 All-Ireland win, but a few people were working very hard. The problem was it was the same old few. I believe a lot of work was being done but we didn't get a break or have the required talent. We have it now with this exceptional bunch; a team we may never have again. But not so long ago there was a lot of apathy out there and people were just not prepared to give the time. We didn't have the support networks but we do now."
These are glorious times for Clare hurling, and they are still nowhere near the end destination.
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Microsoft is pushing the Surface Pro 3 as the tablet that can replace your laptop. The one laptop often compared to the Surface Pro 3 is the MacBook Air.
How serious a threat the Microsoft Surface Pro 3 is to replace your MacBook Air depends on who is doing the comparison.
Mac users not loving Surface Pro 3
A recent comparison of the Microsoft Surface Pro 3 to the MacBook Air in Business Insider mentions the Surface Pro 3 is better than the MacBook Air, in areas such as display quality and a touchscreen that also supports pen input, which the MacBook Air does not offer.
Through her words and pictures, the Business Insider author illustrates that the Surface Pro 3 does not work as well as the MacBook Air, when trying to use it on your lap, especially when trying to cross your legs wearing a short skirt while typing.
The animated photos of the author doing the cross your legs while typing comparison of the Surface Pro 3 versus the MacBook Air support her conclusion to choose the MacBook Air.
Sounding like the perspective of a Mac user looking at a Microsoft Windows device, the Business Insider article concludes with reasons why the Surface Pro 3 does not stack up to the MacBook Air.
Surface Pro 3 the winner
A comparison of the Microsoft Surface Pro 3 to the MacBook Air done by NoteBookreview.com, also mentions the Surface Pro 3 has a better display, and active pen support. Choosing the best device purely from the perspective of a laptops, the MacBook Air wins out with a better keyboard and trackpad.
In their conclusion, looking at each device from the perspective of a tool to get work done, NoteBookreview.com picks the Microsoft Surface Pro 3 as the winner.
New battleground for Microsoft versus Apple
With both the Microsoft Surface Pro and the MacBook Air in $800 to $1000 price range, they are not competing for the cost conscious crowd where many of the Google Chrome and Android devices sell. The two articles mentioned here are a representative sampling of recent comparisons between the two products.
The lifelong Apple users will be hard to convince that a Windows based computer stacks up well against an Apple computer.
Just mentioning that a device made by Microsoft using a Windows operating system is a serious threat to compete with an Apple computer product should be seen as a victory by Microsoft.
To someone without any brand or operating system loyalty looking for a portable business productivity tool, the Microsoft Surface Pro 3 stacks up well to the MacBook Air.
We constantly dig through the technology news to help put the buzzwords into simple terms, on our mission of geek speak made simple.
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Latest update on on-site sales bills
I understand Farrar's bill better now: It's a compromise that was crafted with the help of BAT, soomething I didn't realize until I read this great article in Texas Watchdog. The basic difference: Farrar's bill would make the take-home beer part of a brewery tour package, whereas Burnam's would allow straight-up sales to the public. Presumably, that gives it a better chance of passing, which Burnam acknowledged, saying that he'd be happy with Farrar's bill as long as something allowing on-site sales gets passed.
But I said better chance, not a good chance. While BAT supports Farrar's bill, WBDT was still against it, and the latter is the more powerful lobbyist. Read that article and you'll get an idea of why it's still likely dead in the water.
I just don't understand WBDT's don't-give-an-inch mentality. When on-site sales for wineries was allowed, there was actually an uptick in sales for wine distributors. Do these guys really believe that I'm going to stop going to my neighborhood store and instead drive 53 miles out to Blanco to get my supply of Fireman's #4?
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- Dan Keeney said...
Thanks for the report. You are right about the Texas Watchdog investigative report -- should be required reading for any fan of Texas craft beer. My understanding is that the key players who will decide if HB 2094 gets out of committee will be Mike "Tuffy" Hamilton from Southeast Texas- http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist19/hamilton.php and Representative Charlie Geren from NW Tarrant County- http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist99/geren.php
If anyone out there lives in their district, please let them know of your support.
- Jeffrey said...
Sadly, they probably do believe you will drive 50 miles instead of stopping at a store near your home.
- Steve said...
They seem to object just for the sake of objecting. I guess if you employ that many lobbyists, you need to keep them busy, whether its something that really affects them or not.
I can still hear his "It will turn the three tier system on its head" spoken in that great Hank Hill accent of his. Cracks me up.


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[THE INVESTOR] Talent market platform startup Aroundus on October 1 said it is launching a new web variety show in partnership with T.cast, Taekwang Group's media subsidiary, and production firm BucketON.
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Poster of "Kwon Hyuk-soo's #WhoAreYou"
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Wow, I'm approaching two months of blog-neglect....pretty shameful. As I fully enjoyed the culmination of a beautiful summer and transitioned back into my son's 2nd grade school year - all while juggling a full interior design client load - I guess something had to give. But with the Fall spirit welling up inside me, a new energy has swept in comprised on one hand of the pull to hit the road before Winter sets in and the opposing feeling that it's time to hibernate inside with my inner creativity. First on the agenda alongside resumed blogging efforts: Fall foliage road trip!!
Thursday, October 18, 2012
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Oval face shape
First of all – Oval face shape.
One of the principles for the correct make-up, hair cut or hair do is the face shape distinction. "Face shape" definition is much broader than we can think. It includes such features as the face unique details, person's character and individuality, etc.
The oval face is the most versatile face type. The shape of this ideal face is the basis for the variations of all other face shapes.
The contour of the face: the length of the face is about half as large as its width that is taken from the brows' area. The forehead is a bit wider than the chin.
Oval-faced woman is the one who looks good with all kinds of the hair-do and make-up when we don't take into consideration such factors like glasses, length & form of the nose or the profile shape.
Celebs who share your face shape: Kate Hudson, Jessica Alba, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jennifer Aniston, Cindy Crawford, Cox Arquette, Sharon Stone, Julia Roberts, Uma Turman.
The other face shapes are to follow…
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Ducktails - The Flower Lane
- Malcolm Jack
- 17 January 2013
Departure from Chillwave sound results in close cousin to Real Estate's Days
Where some band members use a side-project to veer off at a radical tangent, Ducktails - aka Real Estate guitarist Matthew Mondanile -- increasingly operates in ways complementary to group pursuits. His fourth album doesn't fly far from the nest - at times it almost resembles an appendage to Real Estate's exquisite Days - but it's a fine and varied standalone concern too.
The lo-fi, chillwavey sketchiness of Mondanile's earlier stuff is but a hazy memory, as this once solo bedroom mess-about becomes a considered collaborative studio endeavour, with contributions from Daniel Lopatin (Oneohtrix Point Never) and Madeline Follin (Cults).
'Letter Of Intent' sees Future Shuttle's Jessa Farkas and Big Troubles' Ian Drennan lushly trade vocals over Mondanile's twinkling electro groove, while 'Academy Avenue' is Kurt Vile-style transcendent acoustica. The woozy jangle of 'The Ivy Covered House' and the title track are close cousins to Real Estate's stoned reverie - though, if The Flower Lane shares one trait with Days more than any, it's the way it owns your stereo without apology.


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For background, via The Atlantic:
California police spent Thursday morning on a statewide manhunt for Christopher Jordan Dorner, an ex-LAPD officer who they suspect is connected to the shootings of three police officers today and two killings over the weekend. The search for Dorner resulted in two innocent bystanders — newspaper deliverywomen — being shot, but the most frightening part of the mayhem that's currently shutting down the California just system came before any bullets flew: Dorner warned of the attacks in a lengthy, winding screed accusing dirty cops of maintaining Rodney King-era tactics — and warning of more attacks to come.
According to The Los Angeles Times, Dorner "wrote an online manifesto on his Facebook page, threatening to harm police officials and their families, law enforcement sources said." That unedited screed, which was published on Monday, is about 11,000 words long — part suicide-style note, part political rant, maybe even part target list — and has finally surfaced online. It may be the ravings of a fired officer gone on a rampage, but it also raises questions about what's wrong with the LAPD — or at least what the police could have done to prevent the killings, and where Dorner might be headed next as the search now extends from Las Vegas to LAPD headquarters, where snipers are currently on the roof in case Dorner returns.Breitbart.com goes into what the media is, for the most part, not telling America about this loon's manifesto.
What is being reported as Mr. Dorner's manifesto not only endorses Hillary Clinton for president in 2016 and vigorously defends Barack Obama and the Democrats' current gun control push; he also savages the NRA's Wayne LaPierre while expressing all kinds of love for some of the biggest stars in the left-wing media -- by name.
Chris Matthews, Joe Scarborough, Pat Harvey, Brian Williams, Soledad Obrien, Wolf Blitzer, Meredith Viera, Tavis Smiley, and Anderson Cooper, keep up the great work and follow Cronkite's lead. I hold many of you in the same regard as Tom Brokaw and the late Peter Jennings. …
Willie Geist, you're a talented and charismatic journalist.
...When it comes to defending Obama, Dorner sounds like he's been watching an awful lot of NBC News:
You disrespect the office of the POTUS/Presidency and Commander in Chief. You call him Kenyan, mongroid, halfrican, muslim, and FBHO when in essence you are to address him as simply, President. The same as you did to President George W. Bush and all those in the highest ranking position of our land before him. Just as I always have. You question his birth certificate, his educational and professional accomplishments, and his judeo-christian beliefs. You make disparaging remarks about his dead parents.
Mr. Dorner's gun control views make it sound as though much of his thinking has been affected by CNN. In a paragraph that mentions Sandy Hook, Dorner writes:
If you had a well regulated AWB, this would not happen. The time is now to reinstitute a ban that will save lives. Why does any sportsman need a 30 round magazine for hunting? Why does anyone need a suppressor? Why does anyone need a AR15 rifle? This is the same small arms weapons system utilized in eradicating Al Qaeda, Taliban, and every enemy combatant since the Vietnam war. Don't give me that crap that its not a select fire or full auto rifle like the DoD uses. That's bullshit because troops who carry the M-4/M-16 weapon system for combat ops outside the wire rarely utilize the select fire function when in contact with enemy combatants.
Those sound just like Piers Morgan's talking points, no? Well, surprise-surprise, Dornan agrees 100% with Morgan on gun control, though he does worry that Morgan is hurting the cause:
Mr. Morgan, the problem that many American gun owners have with you and your continuous discussion of gun control is that you are not an American citizen and have an accent that is distinct and clarifies that you are a foreigner. I want you to know that I agree with you 100% on enacting stricter firearm laws[.]
This is not to say that Hillary, Obama, et al are responsible for Dorner's insanity, only he is. The issue here is, once again, the double standard. Keep in mind that the same Obama Lapdog Media, including Piers Morgan, who ignore these details of this manifesto couldn't wait to blame Sarah Palin and The Tea Party for the tragedy in Tucson, AZ in January 2011, simply because Palin used a surveyor's mark to "target" Gabby Gifford's House seat for defeat. This was done despite the fact that the nut that committed that horrific act, Jared Loughner, had no links to Palin or the Tea Party. The only political influence on the Tucson shooter that was noted by some who knew him, was an obsession with a documentary called Zeitgeist. Robert Stacy McCain, writing at the American Spectator, was one of the few who brought this fact to light.
Divided into three parts, Zeitgeist begins with a half-hour assault on Christianity as a myth. The film asserts that Jesus is "a literary and astrological hybrid… a plagiarization of the Egyptian sun-god Horus." This is a thesis promoted in a series of books, including The Christ Conspiracy (1999), by author D.M. Murdock, who writes under the pen-name "Achyra S."Murdock served as an adviser on Zeitgeist, and the film's popularization of her "Christ-myth" ideas has brought it to the attention of Christian writer James Patrick Holding of Tektonics Ministry. He notes that many viewers ofZeitgeist claim it has "shown them the truth for the first time," and that it evidently appeals to those"disaffected with the status quo." Holding said Zietgeist"also seems to have appeal among what I call 'fundamentalist atheists' who are deeply hostile to Christianity."
Deeply hostile, indeed, as the film tells viewers:"Christianity, along with all other theistic belief systems, is the fraud of the age." This idea of fraudulent mythology is then carried over into the film's second segment, about the 9/11 attacks: "A myth is an idea that, while widely believed, is false. In a deeper sense, in the religious sense, a myth serves as an orienting and mobilizing story for a people." That 35-minute segment ends with audio of a speech by John F. Kennedy talking about a "ruthless and monolithic conspiracy." Of course, JFK was talking about communism, but after a half-hour of claims that the U.S. government was responsible for the 9/11 attacks, Kennedy's words about "infiltration" and "subversion" take on a different meaning for the intended audience. And that segment ends with scenes of Kennedy's 1963 assassination in Dallas.
What follows in the third segment of Zeitgeist is a mélange of conspiracy-theory stuff about "ruthless banking interests," in which such usual suspects as the Rothschilds make their appearance. The narrator declares the income tax "completely unconstitutional," despite the 16th Amendment, which specifically authorizes it. U.S. involvement in World War I, World War II and Vietnam are all denounced as the results of secret plots, and Prescott Bush — father and grandfather of presidents — is portrayed as a Nazi collaborator. Finally, Zeitgeistpushes fears of a government scheme to implant communications chips into people to track their whereabouts, and concludes by warning of a "surveillance society," a future "where everyone is tracked, everyone is on camera and everyone is subordinated."Indeed, the film's narrator tells viewers in the closing monologue,"social manipulation" has already "completely inhibited the culture," creating "a controlled population utterly malleable in the hands of the few."
This is the paranoid worldview that Jared Loughner absorbed as he watched Zeitgeist obsessively. He was not the only one obsessed with it. The film has created a worldwide"movement" with thousands of followers, in which the director, Peter Joseph, has joined forces with Jacque Fresco, promoter of the utopian "Venus Project" that promises a currency-free"resource-based" future.But all that was overlooked because the character assassination of a potential GOP Presidential candidate, who not only is the most articulate conservative since Ronald Reagan, but also threatened what passes as modern feminism, needed to be conducted by the Obama Lapdog Media.
The same media who ignore the ravings of this lunatic, because it doesn't fit their political narrative of "blame the right-wing figure or group."


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Previously we have discussed the three footwork actions and the 4 pushing actions in The Walk. Today is the first of the five turning actions (wherein we turn more than 90 degrees during a step - 90 degree turns are covered in the previous work.)
This first turn has been called uchi mawashi gaeshi - the inside sweep&turn...
- The action of this turn most closely and obviously resembles release #1 - alternately called hon soto hanasu or chudan aigamae in different clubs.
- This action begins with a drop step and an outward hip turn. Make sure that the knee and foot are pointing the same direction and working in the same plane by the time that foot is weightbearing. This is important for knee safety and strength, and it is also probably the most common mistake in this motion.
- As the body turns, the unbendable arm rises straight up the centerline and does not arc off to the side. This sort of feels like pushing something upward and stepping under it or wedging your own hand and foot apart as you step your center between them.
- At the end of the turn, you rise up onto your toes and emphasize the upward push. This serves a couple of purposes. First it is a simple momentum/balance check - if your momentum is out of control during the turn and you raise your center like this, you will fall over or have to make an extra step to catch yourself. Secondly, it illustrates that you cannot lift and turn at the same time - if you are going to lift, you have to make the turn then lift.
- Interestingly, we were taught to do 4 reps of this turn but only 2 reps of all the others. I've asked and gotten a couple of different answers about why - perhaps this was to make this turn conform to a regular 8-count like the rest of the kata, perhaps it was some extra practice for some class in the past that was sucking at that movement and the extra reps just became codified in the exercise. I personally like to think that we do twice as many reps of this movement because it represents release#1, which is the basis of all the releases, which in turn are the basis of all of our aikido. So, in my mind we do twice as many reps of this exercise because it is the most important turn.
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The Friday workshop is aimed at scholars affiliated with CSWS in social sciences and qualitative natural sciences and those working toward the social science end of the humanities spectrum.
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Mr. Lawlor was formerly in house counsel with a number of brokerage firms where his responsibilities included creation and organization of the broker-dealer, including establishing compliance and operational guidelines for institutional government securities firm and retail equity business; prosecution and defense of a variety of litigated claims; regulatory compliance, including financial reporting and record keeping; broker training with respect to options sales practices and regulations and margin compliance; and has acted underwriter's counsel with respect to numerous public offerings of securities. Mr. Lawlor has previously held the following securities licenses: Series 4, Series 7, Series 24, Series 27, Series 53, and Series 63.
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Obama knows McCain's intentions better than McCain?
(Published Oct. 20, 2008)
Though both presidential candidates have spoken at length about how they would change the American health system, they've carefully avoided offering many specifics about Medicare, the government's huge health insurance program for the elderly and disabled.
For good reason: Medicare is financially unprepared for the surge of retiring baby boomers, meaning future administrations and Congresses will have to consider making tough tradoffs, like cutting benefits or raising taxes. That's hardly the kind of stuff a politician would willingly highlight in stump speeches or on a campaign Web site.
It is the sort of thing you just might accuse your opponent of favoring. And Barack Obama in recent days has tried to do just that, portraying John McCain's health plan as filled with looming spending cuts for Medicare's nearly 45-million beneficiaries.
"It turns out, Senator McCain would pay for part of his plan by making drastic cuts in Medicare — $882-billion worth. $882-billion in Medicare cuts to pay for an ill-conceived health care plan, even as Medicare already faces a looming shortfall," Obama said in an Oct. 17, 2008, speech in Roanoke, Va. He repeated the charge the next day, in St. Louis, declaring that under McCain's plan, "you would have fewer places to get care, and less freedom to choose your doctors. You'll pay more for your drugs, receive fewer services, and get lower quality care."
The Obama campaign also has turned the charge into a TV ad. Obama might be hitting hard on a sensitive topic, but in the process, he's offering more specifics about McCain's plan than McCain has.
The $882-billion in cuts Obama cites comes from an analysis of McCain's plan by the Center for American Progress Fund, a left-leaning think tank headed by John D. Podesta, the former chief of staff to President Clinton. The analysis, in turn, is based on an estimate by the independent Tax Policy Center that finds McCain's overall health plan would cost the government $1.3-trillion over 10 years — a figure the McCain campaign doesn't dispute.
Because McCain's campaign says the health plan would be "budget neutral" — meaning it would be paid for by savings from Medicare and Medicaid — the Center for American Progress automatically assumes the savings would come from cuts to the big health programs. The center performed a series of calculations to determine how much McCain would have to reduce both programs' projected spending growth, and concluded McCain would have to pare the program by roughly 13 percent over a decade, or $882-billion.
All fine, except that McCain has never talked about Medicare benefit and service cuts to pay for his health care plan. Instead, his campaign says it would achieve the necessary cost savings by overhauling Medicare reimbursement policies, streamlining treatments for certain chronic diseases, cracking down on fraud and waste, expanding the use of lower-cost generic drugs and assorted other steps. McCain's senior policy adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin has talked about further policy changes, including extending tax credits so some low-income Americans wouldn't have to enroll in Medicaid, the federal-state health program for the poor. But he has stressed that the cost of these changes could be covered without cutting benefits or services.
McCain's campaign responded to Obama's Roanoke remarks, saying the Democratic front-runner was committing "Medicare malpractice" and spreading lies by perpetuating the Center for American Progress Fund analysis.
It's unclear whether McCain could extract sufficient savings using the methods he's outlined to achieve his "budget neutral" goal. Still, the Center for American Progress Fund analysis flatly assumes McCain will cut Medicare benefits and services when McCain has not even broached the idea in speeches or statements. Obama is overstepping by repeating the analysis' conclusion and portraying the dollar amount of the cuts as part and parcel of McCain's plan. We rule his claim False.