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Boozman to Obama: Stop it NOW!
Hat tip: ARRA News Service
Representative John Boozman, Arkansas' only Republican lawmaker released the following statement yesterday.
Boozman Statement on White House Internet Monitoring
Washington, Aug 7 –
U.S. Representative John Boozman (R-AR) today issued the following statement regarding White House Internet Monitoring efforts:
"The Obama Administration has requested that e-mails and internet materials produced by private citizens that are critical of the President's policies be reported to an e-mail address at the White House.
The White House website states: "If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to firstname.lastname@example.com."
American citizens should be free to criticize the policies of the President or any other elected official, including me, without fearing that the criticism will be policed and monitored by the government.
The First Amendment specifically protects speech, and our Constitutional rights must be protected when we use the internet.
I call on President Obama to disable this e-mail address and I ask that he stop soliciting this kind of surveillance on private citizens."
No such press release was issued by Arkansas' three Democratic Representatives or two Democratic Senators. I guess Marion Berry, Vic Snyder, Mike Ross, Blanche Lincoln, and Mark Pryor have no problem with our President soliciting American citizens to spy on their neighbors and inform government officials of any dissent to official White House policy.
You can help Rep. Boozman get his message across to Obama and The White House by clicking this link and email it to email@example.com.
Arkansas GOP launches Health Care Action Center
Finally! It looks like the Arkansas Republican Party has decided to use its new website for more than a fancy newsletter. Yesterday the state party announced its Health Care Action Center which places weapons in the hands of voters to war against Democratic attempts to impose a government run health care system on the American people.
You'll find phone numbers to every Congressmen's and both Senators' offices along with pdf files containing suggested scripts for phone calls. Another pdf file on that page lists "Health Care Talking Points" to combat the non-stop rhetoric spewed from the White House and their Democratic allies.
Another page linked to the Action Center is a file containing 5 sample letters to the editor. You can take one of these word for word, use it as a starting point to write your own, write some combination of the 5, or start from scratch, but please take the time to communicate your desire to stop the government takeover of our health care system to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in a letter to the editor today.
You can also find email links to every member of Arkansas' congressional delegation in the Action Center. We need to overload their email systems and make them understand we don't want a government run health care system. The party has included a link to suggested text to include in your emails, tailored to each Representative and Senator. (I just spoke with Congressman Ross' office in Pine Bluff and was told there is no truth to the internet rumors that Ross has sold out to the Obama administration.)
The President and his Socialist allies are pushing this power grab hard. Obama was rumored to have told one Democratic Senator who opposes Obamacare, "You're going to ruin my presidency." Look for full-scale Chicago style politics on Pennsylvania Avenue over the next few weeks. To combat the sure to come mob style strongarm tactics they'll employ, we need everyone to do their part. Make Arkansas Democrats afraid to sell out to Socialism by letting them know they'll be out of a job in 2010 if they do!
Obama camp wants me to pressure Senators on health care
Oh, I'm pressuring them alright!
Here's the email I received from Obama's permanent campaign website:
John —
Take a look around Arkansas, and you'll see small business owners struggling, overwhelmed by skyrocketing health care costs. They're not the only ones — but as the backbone of our economy, they're a key constituency with the ear of our elected representatives. And their voices are absolutely critical to our campaign.
Every day, special interest lobbyists in Washington spend millions to pressure your senators, Senator Blanche Lincoln and Senator Mark Pryor, to oppose reform. But we can counter their influence by demonstrating that the folks who drive our economic growth are depending on them to deliver reform in 2009.
I'm a small business owner, and I'd like to add my name to a letter declaring my support for health care reform.
Not a small business owner? Chances are, you know one. It could be a family member, friend, or neighbor — or the person who cuts your hair, or owns the local hardware store. Forward them this email, or reach out personally. Talking to someone you know has more power to persuade than any television ad.
In recent years, small businesses in Arkansas have been paying more and more for insurance that covers less and less. Small businesses are essential to the nation's economic recovery, but they can't grow and create jobs if they're bearing the weight of skyrocketing premiums.
Getting more signatures on our small business letter will have a tremendous impact. We'll bring the signatures to public events and show the letter to members of the press — and believe me, your senators will pay attention.
Small business owners have a crucial role to play in this debate — can you spare a minute to help enlist them in our campaign? And if you own your own business, add your voice today.
Thank you for your continued support,
Jeremy Bird
Deputy Director
Organizing for America
P.S. — Not a small business owner? In addition to passing this message along to any you know, sign your name in support of the President's health care principles today.
Perhaps the President should think about putting together a workable health care reform package instead of remaining committed to cramming a government run program down our throats. It's a certainty that if Lincoln and Pryor's constituents supported Obama's health care takeover, the Senators would already be lined up to support it as well.
The President needs to remember he works for us.
Why Won't They Sign?
UPDATE 3:16 PM CST (7/24/09)–1 more Republican signed (87 so far), ALL Democrats still refuse to sign the pledge!
UPDATE 8:09 PM CST (7/23/09)–3 more Republicans signed (86 so far), NO Democrats have signed the pledge!
UPDATE 7:23 PM CST (7/22/09)–2 more Republicans signed (83 so far), still no Democrats taking the pledge.
UPDATE 12:18 PM CST (7/22/09)–3 more Republicans signed today, still no Democrats taking the pledge.
UPDATE 3:39 PM CST–78 Republicans have now signed, still not a single Democrat
UPDATE 1:17 PM CST–Statement from Senator Blanche Lincoln (see below)
As of 12:16 pm CST, only 76 of the 535 members of Congress have signed The Responsible Health Care Reform Pledge being promoted by Let Freedom Ring, Inc. Here's the pledge:
It's simple and straightforward. Read and understand the yoke you are placing around our necks and give us ample time to examine it for ourselves before you limit our choices and place our health care system at the mercy of federal bureaucrats.
Not a single Democrat has signed the pledge! Ask yourself why?
We also need to ask why every Republican hasn't signed yet. Call your Congressmen and Senators and ask what's keeping them from taking this pledge.
Early this morning, I contacted the offices of both my Senators, Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor, and my Representative, Marion Berry. I identified myself as a constituent and a blogger and was referred to their press secretaries. None of the three were available so I left a detailed message on their voice mail asking for a statement as to whether they intend to sign the pledge and, if not, why not. Three hours later, I have yet to receive statements from any of the three.
I'll update this post if I hear from any of the three.
Statement from Senator Lincoln's office
"Senator Lincoln shares the concerns of most Americans about the outcome of the current health care debate. As a Member of the Senate Finance Committee, she is working on a daily basis to write a health care reform proposal that will stabilize health care costs, quality, and coverage for all Arkansans and all Americans. This process will leave her well-versed on any proposal put forward by the Senate Finance Committee. This committee is charged with the responsibility of paying for health care reform and Senator Lincoln has made clear that she will support a plan that does not add to the deficit and does not raise taxes on hardworking Arkansas families."
*Thanks to Senator Lincoln's Press Secretary Katie Laning Niebaum for responding!
Still no pledge to sign, and no explanation why not but at least the Senator's office makes an effort to her constituents.
AR: Democrats Sitting on Fence, Republicans Standing on Principle
As the President and his super majority in both houses of Congress lead us farther and farther down the perilous path toward Socialism, the American voters are beginning to arise from their slumber and realize this isn't the change they thought they'd get when they voted last November. Recent polls show Obama's approval numbers plumetting, Americans trust Republicans more than Democrats, and a majority of voters willing to vote the Republican ticket for Congress in 2010 in a generic ballot.
The shift in the American mood has caught many Democrats from conservative states flat-footed. Following Obama's January inauguration, these politicians bought the party line that the election gave them a mandate to completely reorganize the United States into something more closely resembling Venezuela, Cuba, or the old Soviet Union. Self-proclaimed Blue Dog Democrats marched in solidarity with the left-wing radicals of their party as they quadrupled the federal deficit and helped enslave future generations to mountains of new US debt. As you might imagine, the public's evaporating approval of Obama is rubbing off on those Democrats who want their constituents to believe they're fiscal conservatives. So what's a Blue Dog Dem to do?
Judging from my Congressman and Senators, they're sitting on the fence until the last possible moment. Yesterday I called the offices of Congressman Marion Berry (D-AR-01), Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR), and Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-AR). I asked for each of their positions on the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA aka "Card Check") and the Health Care Reform legislation currently making their way through Congress. Their responses were noncommittal and vague, worthless really. Pryor's office informed me the Senator was waiting to see what came out of committee before making any statement. The young lady I spoke with in Lincoln's office informed me the Senator had not made a public statement on either of these pieces of legislation. Congressman Berry's aide with whom I spoke told me Berry was waiting to see what happened with "Card Check" legislation in the Senate before taking a position. The best news I received from any of the three was Berry's office's response on the House Democrats' health care bill. I was told they were reading the "chronically long" bill and wouldn't be able to take a position until they'd sorted through the 1,018 pages to see what's inside.
At least Berry's reading the bill. That's the best I could get from both my Senators and my Representative, all Democrats, on two key pieces of legislation. Even when asked what conditions would need to be met to earn or lose their support, none of the three would step up and give specifics. Best I can tell…they're not taking a stand, at all. Their sitting on the fence as long as they can in the hopes of correctly judging the dominant political winds at the last possible moment.
To me, such a political strategy demonstrates a lack of conviction. I want elected officials who will stand on principles rather than sit on fences. So I thought I'd ask some of the potential Republican candidates who will challenge Lincoln and Berry next year to see if they're standing up for their principles or polishing the top rail of this fence as well. I emailed Rick Crawford, Curtis Coleman, and Tom Cox and asked the same questions. Crawford has announced his intent to run for Berry's seat next year, while Coleman and Cox are interested in unseating Lincoln. Though I haven't heard back from Cox, Crawford and Coleman quickly responded. Read on and you'll see these two Republicans who wish to represent you in Washington aren't fence-sitters. They're willing to take a stand based on principle. To avoid redundancy and for brevity, I'll cover Coleman's response to the Health Care legislation and Crawford's response to "Card Check."
I knew Coleman had posted on Obama's desire for a government health insurance earlier on his website, but that post dealt primarily with the inevitable end of private insurance if Obamacare becomes reality. Today Coleman informed me of a new, more comprehensive post he released on the subject. Here, he blasts Senator Lincoln for cosponsoring the original bill with Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) in the Senate during the 109th Congress. He goes on to state the government "will completely control your health care." Coleman also notes something in his paper that inexplicably escapes virtually every Democratic politician. Though the Dems like to try and sell their Socialized medicine saying the government will pay for everyone's health care, Coleman emphatically states "Of course the government won't be paying for your health care–you will be. The government only has the money it takes from you."
Health care needs to be reformed, not destroyed. And destruction of the finest health care in the world is exactly what this seemingly harmless little "public health insurance option" will do.–Curtis Coleman
That doesn't sound like Coleman has any doubts where he stands, unlike his Democratic rival and her Democratic colleague. Now let's take a look at what Rick Crawford has to say about the inappropriately named Employee Free Choice Act (aka "Card Check").
In Crawford's reply to my questions, there was no hesitation, no equivocation. "I do not support the Employee Free Choice Act, or Card Check. I'm against denying anyone the right to a secret ballot – a critical element of a representative republic such as ours. That's the fundamental issue – a secret ballot," he states. This one statement displays a glaring contrast between Rick and his opponent, Marion Berry. While Berry sits on the sidelines, waiting for the battle to be nearly over, waiting to make up his mind, the left-wing zealots pushing this legislation are gaining strength in their efforts to force virtually all American workers to pay extortionists in the form of union organizers. Vocal, steadfast opposition from Berry would show courage and conviction in standing up for his constituents. The worst part is that Berry isn't hesitating in order to make the right decision, but to make the decision that involves the least amount of political risk. That's not leadership, it's self-serving political preservation devoid of the hindrance of any principles or moral base. Crawford, on the other hand, stands tall and clearly states his position based on his belief in what is best for the country and his would-be constituents.
The Republican candidate for Arkansas' 1st Congressional District described the adverse economic impact Card Check will impose also–especially on low-income Americans. The suffering Americans will endure will come in the form of higher prices and higher unemployment when American companies are forced to 1) raise prices for their products, 2) move their operations offshore, or 3) both. If we force companies and jobs overseas through this legislation, the federal government will see a net decrease in tax revenues as a result. Then where do you think they'll come to make up their shortfall? That's right, us! So even though Card Check won't directly charge us a tax, in the end it will cause tax rates to increase to cover the cash crunch created by the Democratic geniuses who pushed this through.
Crawford closed his response to my questions with the following statement that addresses the history of union thuggery that will almost certainly be encouraged if this bill becomes law.
If pro-union groups are so convinced that a union shop is the best choice for American workers, it ought to be an easy sell. Rather than implement strongarm tactics, let workers enjoy the sanctity of the secret ballot without fear of reprisal. If unions are such a great deal, pro-union groups should have no doubt what the outcome would be. –Rick Crawford
I think we can safely infer from Crawford's response that he's not sitting on the fence either.
Unlike their Democratic incumbents, Crawford and Coleman know where they stand on these important issues and they're not afraid to let the people know. We need real leaders in the Senate and House, real leaders who will stand for what's right, not just what's politically expedient. Our Democratic Senators and Representatives are showing themselves to be anything but leaders. They've voted too many times as lap dogs for Pelosi and Obama, instead of conservative Blue Dogs. It's time we had real conservative leaders representing Arkansans' conservative values.
Contact Berry, Lincoln, and Pryor and let them know if they won't stand up for Arkansans, there are folks who are willing to send them home when their terms are up. Next year for Berry and Lincoln, 2014 for Pryor.
Congressman Marion Berry
2305 Rayburn H.O.B.
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-4076
Senator Blanche Lincoln
355 Dirksen Senate Building
Washington, DC 20510-0404
Phone: (202)224-4843
Fax: (202)228-1371
Senator Mark Pryor
255 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: (202) 224-2353
Fax: (202) 228-0908
John Allison III
Cabot, AR
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Rally for Troops–Arkansas Pols Invited
President Obama's silence on the senseless murder of 23-year-old Pvt William Long and shooting of Pvt Quinton Ezeagwula outside a Little Rock recruiting center has been well documented. ARRA News Service, Michelle Malkin, and The Conservative Pup have all written great articles wondering why Obama would immediately express his outrage at the murder of an abortion doctor one day, but completely ignore the murder of a young soldier just out of boot camp by an American citizen who recently converted to radical Islam. Well, he finally acknowledged the slaying of this young soldier today. He's "deeply saddened by this senseless act of violence." That's it, deeply saddened. The killing of Dr. Tiller, who was well-known for performing late-term abortions, made him "shocked and outraged." But the murder of a young soldier simply saddens him.
Not that I condone the killing of Dr. Tiller, because I certainly don't. But how is it that the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces assigns such greater weight to his murder than that of a young man who signed over a portion his life to the service of these United States? The only plausible explanation is that the President holds the prior in much higher regard than the latter.
Yesterday we learned the organization, Secure Arkansas, was putting together a rally to show support for our troops at the scene of the heinous crime against the two soldiers. I spent this morning calling Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor and 2nd District Congressman Vic Snyder's offices to inquire as to whether they wished to issue a public statement on the terrorist attack and if they planned on having someone from their offices attend the rally.
Stunningly, none of these elected officials knew anything of the upcoming rally. Even more stunning were the responses I received from Senator Pryor's and Representative Snyder's offices. Pryor's spokesman told me the Senator was still examining the information and would issue a statement once all the facts were known. I was unable to reach Kelly Neal, to whom I was directed to find out if anyone from the Senator's office would be attending the rally. Snyder's press secretary, Betsy Barrett said the Congressman had not yet issued a statement on the matter, but asked for more information on the rally. I emailed her the requested information, but received no further response from his office.
Senator Lincoln's press secretary, Katie Niebaum, seemed much more concerned and far more helpful. She assured me the Senator had the soldiers' and their families in her thoughts and prayers and was praying for a speedy recovery for Pvt. Ezeagwula. When I pressed further and asked if Senator Lincoln considered this a hate crime as defined in HR 1913, which was passed by the House and now is before the Senate Judiciary Committee, she promised to get back with me. I also asked her to find out if the Senator thought an amendment should be added to name veterans as a protected class under the bill, such as that Congressman Rooney attempted while the bill was still in committee in the House. Ms. Niebaum promptly responded with the following:
Hi John,
Thank you for your call this morning. Senator Lincoln takes seriously our country's commitment to ensuring the physical safety of all Americans, and she has voted for the hate crimes bill (which has taken various forms) in past Congresses. The bill introduced this Congress is currently pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee, of which Senator Lincoln is not a member. Senator Lincoln will thoughtfully consider all amendments to the bill if and when that debate moves to the Senate floor.
Senator Lincoln is grateful for all of our military service members and the sacrifices they and their families make to keep our nation free. Earlier today, she discussed the senseless tragedy in Little Rock with Arkansas news reporters, and said that her prayers were with the family and loved ones of Private Long and that she prayed for a full and speedy recovery for Private Ezeagwula.
Senator Lincoln has consistently supported initiatives that expand the benefits for our military service members and veterans and their families, and I encourage you to check out her website for her work as recent as last month:


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Thursday, November 24, 2011
Happy Thanksgiving! 2011
First and foremost I am thankful for my health, because as everyone probably knows, without your health you have nothing. Also, considering that we have been dealing with illness in this family for almost an entire year now, I need my health to sustain the family. I also need to stay healthy because we have crappy health insurance at the moment (soon to change, and I'm thankful for that as well).
I am thankful for my husband. Our 2nd wedding anniversary is coming up. Hearing Christmas music on the radio makes me think of our wedding, and I can't help but smile. I love the way DH is so easygoing with any of my ideas, like when I told him that "everyone who's anyone does New Year cards now" and he just went along with it. DH is also really funny and says things that gets us both going on these laugh attacks until we have tears running down our faces from laughing so hard.
I am thankful for Libby and Mae, our rays of sunshine in rainy Oregon.
I am thankful for my family and friends, who make me feel like what I have to say is important.
I am thankful for my job, in a time when jobs are so hard to come by.
Now that we've covered the obvious items, let's be thankful for little things. Like aromatherapy and sleeping babies. And of course I'm thankful for all kinds of material things. The house we live in. Our cars. Steve Jobs, who gave us a bunch of material things we didn't even know we wanted but now can't live without. The Internet. Amazon.com. (Side story: the mom that I'm working with for Christmas told me she had never used Amazon before. My response, after picking myself up off the floor: It's like you're a cave person!!) Disneyland. Coffee. My Keurig coffee maker.
As predicted, everyone is awake now. Here we go to attack turkey. Everyone have a great day.
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We've always joked that Rayna was born a bad sleeper. At 6 weeks old, she was sleeping less than her 2-year-old sister. Seriously. She didn't consistently sleep through the night until she was around 9 months old. And it's never been totally out of the norm for her to wake during the night for some reason or another.
Now don't think our daughter's terrible sleep habits are because of our lack of effort. I think we read every sleep book ever written trying to "train" her to be a better sleeper. And she did get better. But never great.
Well lately, some of her bad sleep habits have returned. She's having a really hard time settling down at night and is rarely sleeping through the night. It's not uncommon for her to get up between 3 and 5AM and not be able to go back to sleep. She tosses and turns and cries--but she doesn't sleep. At first, I just assumed it was "Rayna" but then some other symptoms developed. She's always snored a little, but her snoring has gotten worse and she's been having these "episodes" where she stops breathing. This happens every night and during her naps. So I talked to her (awesome!) pediatrican about it and she referred us to an ENT, the sleep center for a sleep study, and she said that if everything was clear she would even refer us to a sleep specialist to help us to help her to sleep peacefully. I could have hugged her. I just knew that she was going to send me home with a copy of Healthy Sleep Habits, but she took our concerns seriously and got the ball rolling.
Well, thankfully we got an answer at our first stop! We had an appointment with an ENT (ears, nose, and throat) specialist who said that Rayna has enlarged adenoids which is causing her snoring, mouth breathing, and sleep apnea. He feels like this is the root of her sleep issues.
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Police in Santa Barbara County, California raided a massive illegal cannabis cultivation site last week, with deputies finding so many illicit plants the enforcement operation took four days to complete. The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office said on Saturday that 350,000 cannabis plants had been destroyed and 20 tons of processed cannabis had been seized from the site.
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Back Creek Books, between State and Church circles on Main Street, is such a place.
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Nace Butler's mother was enslaved by love
I ran away in February 1785 …
Thus begins the story of Nace Butler, a young man born to a bold Irish indentured servant and an African male slave.
Nace's mother Eleanor Butler, known as Irish Nell, arrived on one of the ships of Charles Calvert, the fourth Lord Baltimore.
Chef John Moeller introduced Chesapeake flavors to the White House
The president of the United States represents people across our 50 states and leads the free world, but while in office, he lives in our neighborhood. So when a White House chef like John Moeller introduced the "fresh and local" concept, our local bounty found its way to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Help scientists track these invasive fish
What's big, blue and whiskered and doesn't belong in the Chesapeake?
If you guessed blue catfish, you're right.
Four weeks in the world of online dating
Imagine walking into a bar where all the people wear T-shirts listing their age, salary range, likes and dislikes. Some walk up, look at you and walk away. Or maybe wink at you but say not a word. Welcome to the world of online dating.
I entered that world via a $5 Groupon for Match.com. What single woman in search of could resist a discount of 80 percent? Not this separated 30-something with two kids and now her very own Match account.
Love is great medicine when you're fighting for your life
"Love is about when things look like they cannot get any worse and you still manage," says Debbie Gurley of Edgewater. For 17 years, Gurley and Mike Kinnahan have managed bad and worse with love leavened by hope and laughter.
Grab your binoculars and start spotting
Cardinals devouring holly berries; nuthatches scooting down sweet gums; tundra swans hooting on the Bay. Get ready to count them all during the 17th annual Great Backyard Bird Count, February 14 through 17.
Citizen scientists all over the world count birds for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in conjunction with the National Audubon Society and Bird Studies Canada. Developed over the four-day period is an annual snapshot of bird population trends.
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text: Guest Deleted Posted January 10, 2018 Im not sure if this question has come up here or if Im just missing it, but Ive done my best to search for it and havent come up with a conclusive result. I have noticed that many English concertinas have a naked finger rest. That is, without leather dressing. In fact most do not have leather on them. In the case of antique instruments, it makes sense that the leather had deteriorated away over time, but I see most musicians play ECs with an exposed metal finger rest. My lachenal has such a rest, but I find it incredibly uncomfortable due to this small metal ridge that hangs over the edge of the rest. It digs into my little finger and makes playing awkward and distracting. When trying to search for information on this, I decided to check concertina-spares.com to see what might be standard, but I didnt find the answer I was looking for. They list two types; brass simple rests with no ridge, and ornate nickle rests like mine, with the ridge: My first guess is that this was designed to add some sort of extra adherence to the leather when it covered the rest, preventing squirm when playing. Perhaps it was intended to add a slightly noticeable bump when leather covered it, adding a bit more grip from the hook against the finger. Apart from the issue, I like the aesthetic and idea behind a metal rest, without leather, but am not into the edgy metal. I might grind away and polish the ridge (unless that falls under the do no harm clause) If anyone can shed some light on finger rests differences and ergonomics like this, Id greatly appreciate it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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The Patterns of Sooke Harbour
Looking across the Sooke River Flats towards the Town of Sooke.
Simple lines at Sandcut Beach
Beautiful Light near French Beach
Spirit Boat
Caught between sea and sky.
Fog Bow
A seagull, centered in a fog bow at Sancutt Beach.
A subtle wavelet repeats the lines in the sky at Beecher Bay, East Sooke Regional Park.
Sunrise, Sooke Basin
The pastel colours of a fall sunrise on Sooke, Basin.
A rainbow at Sooke Basin with Sooke Hills in the background.
Winter Waves
Winter waves at Sandcut Beach.
Wave Study
Sandcut Beach
Horizontal Lines at Sandcut Beach
A study of green and blue lines.
The power of green waves.
Wave Study II
Fog patterns on Sooke Basin.
Into the Mystic
Fog patterns on Sooke Basin
Fishing at the Dawn of Creation
Sooke Basin
The misty horizon catches fire and creates a portal to the cosmos.
Smoke on the Water
As the sunrises, the fire is extinguished and only the smoke remains, hovering over Sooke Basin.
Yugen is from Japanese aesthetics and relates to the mysterious and to the subtle, a suggestion rather than the obvious.
Wave Bow
The rainbow on the horizon at French Beach is obvious. Subtle is the wave bow just below it.
Winter Waves II
French Beach
Here is something special.
Pastel Spring
Muir Creek
A rock wall at Iron Mine Bay, East Sooke.
China Beach
An S curve of light on China Beach
Subtle Reflection
Follow Me
Into the light at China Beach.
Smoke in the Trees
Clouds, snagged by the trees in the Sooke Hills.
A study in violet, Sooke Basin.
Dead Man's Island
Also called floating Island or Disappearing Island, Sooke Basin
A simple Line
Muir Creek Beach, low tide.
Morning with Low Tide
Muir Creek Beach
Tidal Pool
Breakwater at Muir Creek beach
Repeating shapes, Muir Creek Beach.
Muir Creek Beach.
Circle of Life
A 22 degree Sun Halo over Sooke BAsin
Are You Lookin' At Me?
Bald Eagle over Billings Spit
Lines and Colours
Cedar drift log, Billings Spit.
A Morning Smoke
Morning mist in the Sooke Hills
Tidal pool abstract, French Beach.
Tranquility Seascape
Billings Spit.
Tranquility Part Two
Sooke River Estuary


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Hello ladies,, how are youuu xDD~~
I do really miss my blog.. My thesis was confiscated my time T_________________T
Today I would like to share some review about My favorite brand "Dolly Wink". My aunt was bought me this pencil eyeliner. There's no pencil eyeliner that can stand my oily eyelid so far. But I'll give a try for this one. Well, I thought it's not bad trying this cute pencil eyeliner. lol
See? The packaging is really cute ^w^ I do really love the soft pink color and those dots, and the packaging pattern that looks like an edge of lace are so girlie. Lovely <33
This eyeliner has two color. Black and brown, but I choose the black one. The pencil is very smooth and easily applied. I put this eyeliner on my skin, then I smudge it, pour it with water and smudge it again. It still stay ! It's waterproof and smudge-proof.
But when my eyelids get-oh-so-oily this pencil eyeliner start to fade around my eyes. Buahahaha xDD~ I do really love this pencil eyeliner but when the pencil start to blunt, I try to sharp it with my own sharpener, but the result is really bad. The pencil was broken. Eeeeeerrr~ so I decide to buy the specific sharpener from dolly wink to sharp the pencil eyeliner.
- Ultra CUTE packaging
- Smooth texture
- Smudge-proof!
- Water-proof!
- Natural black color
- Easy to apply
- Doesn't stand mt oily eyelids
- Need a specific sharpener
You can find this eyeliner in SOGO or any Kay Collection in your city. If you're living in Surabaya, you can find this cute eyeliner on Galaxy Mall or Tunjungan Plaza Mall.
Anyway I just plan to make my very first giveaway. Whoaaa,, actually I am not confident, but finally, I decide to make my own design as my very first giveaway. I am not sure that it will sound interesting for my readers. But I'll try it >.<
Lately I do really love with SKIRT. So I'll design some skirt for my giveaway and will post it on my next post. I'll choose three winners for this giveaway. So, hope you guys like it, and see youu ( ̄▽ ̄)ノ
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Support of the Elderly
On Spring Day, Waterfall College students traditionally bring potted plants and bunches of colourful spring flowers from home. The HOPE committee then visit the Waterfall Retirement Village to present these to the elderly residents in the Personal care Unit during their tea time.
Support of Vulnerable Women and Children
Activities in this area include the collection of clothes for homeless families in our community and 'carebags' for the Jes Foord Foundation. These are handbags filled with specific items that had been personally purchased by parent and student donors for the foundation to pass on to rape victims.
The HOPE Committee with the collection of carebags for the Jes Foord Foundation.
Waterfall College also support 'The Baby House' with collections for babies and toddlers as well as Hope's Closet with second hand clothing.
Waterfall College students have spent Friday afternoons at a crèche in Shongweni playing games with the children. The iThemba Academy children have enjoyed an Easter egg hunt with our HOPE Committee.
Support of Animals in Need
Waterfall College students have helped to care for animals at Mazarat Kennels in Waterfall on Friday afternoons. Just walking and petting the animals, many of whom have are rescued or abandoned, provides welcome love and support. A number of students also help at various branches of the SPCA.
Support of The Environment
Waterfall College students have participated in beach clean-ups after school to help in the protection of our environment as well as the 'Keep Hillcrest Beautiful' initiative through picking up litter in our community. This area counts towards the Environment Portfolio of the school as well.


text: Jkilla41 2 Posted August 2, 2010 Do any of your players out have any interesting stories behind the name of their ship? Ours is named the Twisted Van Cook, which is the abbreviation of a Vanilla Cookie Twisted frosty from Wendy's as it appears on a reciept. Looked at the reciept, loved it, using it! Anybody else got an interesting one? -J Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Calling all kids! East Dunbartonshire Police are on the hunt for a budding young artist to design the front of their Christmas card. The contest is open to all primary school children up to the age of 11.
Entries must be hand-drawn or hand-painted and the theme is "A Police Christmas Safety Message." Hand in entries to Kirkintilloch Police Office, 45 Southbank Drive. Include your name, age and telephone number. The contest closes on December 5 and the winner will have his or her design used for the festive card. Winner and runner-up will receive a prize donated by Art World Online of Lennoxtown.


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That is what the Houzz.com article stated. The decorator side of me agrees, but the Realtor side is a little more hesitant. I can't tell you how many times I have walked into a house, and be astounded by the things people do to their homes.
While this is the extreme, if you love it and plan on being there for the long term 10+ years then sponge paint away. If however, you are like most of us and have no idea where life is going to take you, there are certain decisions that do need to be influenced by resale value. We all know that, after location, the Kitchen and Master are what sell a house. If you are planning to remodel either of these and may be selling within the next 10 years, resale is important. These are expensive remodels and I can't tell you how many times I've shown a house to a client with a brand new kitchen and the buyers hate it. For most of us, it's hard to justify tearing out a brand new kitchen because it's not your taste. Plus, the cost of that new kitchen is usually reflected in the price.
My advice, if it's just a coat of paint, go for it! paint it whatever wacky color you like, as long as you are willing to repaint it before you sell. If it's anything more, call a decorator. In the long run, they will make you lots of money at sale time. Most buyers do not want to live through a remodel and will pay big bucks to have it all done, as long as it is done well and correctly. There is a reason house flippers make money.
I have had sellers tell me, "In this market I don't need to do anything, my house will sell" Isn't that the thought of most FSBO properties. They are right, it will sell, but not for as much money as it could with just a little pizzaz. When I am listing a home I go through and tell sellers, as your house sits now, it will sell for X but if you do these few things we can sell it for Y. Y is always higher and usually will cover all of the selling costs and sometimes more. A well appointed home will sell faster and for more money than your average house. Logically, it does not make sense, the furniture and fixings are not part of the sale. But when people walk in, they get that feeling, you can see it in their faces and they are hooked!


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Copyrite are a fantastic 4 piece cover band playing the hits from the 80's through to todays favourites. Our promise to you is, we'll deliver a great live performance and not some glorified karaoke night. Hear the difference!
The current line-up has been together for over 8 years however the band members are vastly experienced having played in bands locally and internationally. Each band member individually has over 20 years of live stage experience.
Our line-up is:
Andy (main vocalist)
Tony (guitarist & vocalist)
John (bass & vocalist)
Guy (drums)
Copyrite play a fantastic variety of songs with energy, which generates into a great night for the patrons. Our performances will generally leave you feeling like you've attended a great live rock act.
Solid backbone beats, tight grooves coupled with quality vocals. We invite you to hear the difference.
We just love what we do!!


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A Simple Guide to Home Decor That's All but a Bore
Some people have the wonderful talent of being able to create items people would love to look at, often even to the extend of wanting to have them in their home. Other people, on the other hand, have a different type of talent which has to do with being able to arrange some of those items in an aesthetically pleasing way.
Decorative items have a very prominent role, even though they might be the last thing homeowners thinks about, meaning in order to be able to decorate, you first need to have everything else ready. But these items have the power to add a lot of character to a space, without spending too much money. That being said, let's talk about three specific homewares that when used together can both complement each other and add a lovely oomph to a living room. Read More →
Simple Guide to Buying Home Furniture Online
It's no surprise buying online has continued to grow in popularity over the years; it provides you with the chance to take care of shopping in an instant, neither wasting of your time, nor effort.
Of course, this has been the case with shopping for smaller items, as opposed to the bigger still prefering the old-fashioned way. However, the trend with online furniture purchase isn't an exception either, as it has seen significant increase as well.
You must admit, having the chance to buy home furniture online sure is appealing. Why rush wasting time making trips to local stores, when you can shop 24/7, quickly taking a look at a wide range of products from leading manufacturers, meticulously organised in categories, filled with product information, at the furniture online stores.
Along with getting great value for your money, and the chance to get great deals with quality pieces, when you buy home furniture online you can also count on hassle-free, and secure shopping experience. Here are a few headsup so you can make the most of this kind of purchase, and have the makeover of your dreams done in no time.
If you want to be sure on the quality, it's always advisable to do a bit of search. Look for reviews of the store, manufacturers, brands, and products of your interest. Also, looking into a stores About Us section so you'd find out more information about them beforehand.
For instance, you'd get to know their warranties, shipping fees, delivering (preferably door-to-door), return policies, whether items are assembled or not, and see if maybe they have a showroom that you can check out when you've set your eyes on some items. When they aren't assembled, you can even count on better deals, saving a few dollars assembling them yourself.
Sure, it's always better to take a look at items physically, but when buying online, you learn how to be more attentive, paying attention to a product's description, particularly that with the information about the materials it's made of. Some stores offer you the possibility to take a closer look at the materials, and fabrics, by zooming in the products.
Most stores note other bits of information such as size (width, height, depth) of furniture pieces, and colour, so you wouldn't have to wonder based on a picture, whether a certain item is too large or too small for your space, is dark brown, or actually black.
Pay attention to all of this when shopping online, and you can get your peace of mind what you pay for is what you get. Fun shopping!
A Simple Guide to Designing Your Hallway
Hallway is the first thing visitors see when they enter a home and the last when they exit. Yet, in terms of design, it is often neglected, and even forgotten part of a house. Yes, its main purpose is storing shoes, coats and other accessories (such as umbrellas, rain coats, etc.) but even storing can be stylish and fun. A cabinet with hangers or a storage ottoman (which you can also use as a chair), are just some hallway furniture pieces that perfectly combine functionality and fashion.
Industrial Furniture: a Beautiful Interplay Between the Past and the Future
If you are someone who is interested in keeping your home updated, then you probably already know something about industrial style furniture. It's a style that seems to be popping up everywhere from interior magazines to blogs and much more. Many of you might not know what industrial style is, how it working, and if you will like it. Below we will go into an in depth look at this style so you have a better understanding of what it is and how to spot it. You can find industrial furniture online and in stores and knowing what it looks like will make spotting it a lot easier and adding it to your home a breeze.
The Only Bed Frames Guide You Will Ever Need
"A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor's book". It is no news that we spend one-third of our day in the bed -it is the place where your day ends and begins. And we definitely want to feel the ultimate comfort while in it. So, when it comes to finding the right bed for your bedroom, it is not just the mattress you need to pay attention to, the frame of the bed plays an important role as well; it helps establish the design scheme in the room and it is a crucial element which provides the needed bed support. With the wide range of bed frames available, it is a must that you are familiar with all the different styles, sizes and materials before you buy one in order to make a more informed decision.
Think about it – do you sleep alone or you share the bed? Do you have a small or a master bedroom? The answers to these questions should help you determine the right size for your bed frame which will leave you enough room to freely move around and place other furniture pieces. Read More →


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RAVENCLAWS!!!!!!!!!! I am so prepared with my Ravenclaw book recs, because my best friend is a Ravenclaw. And I'm an expert at giving her books she loves.
I hardly ever fail
but when i do it takes 13337665 days for my pride to regenerate itself
in conclusion I'm definitely qualified for this Top Five Tuesday. I'm feeling *extremely* confident that all Ravenclaws will be pleased with this list and we'll instantly be friends.
I also made a Gryffindor book recs post last week!!
(((UPDATE: though the Gryffindors got an aesthetic board, unfortunately the Ravenclaws don't get to have one because I'm a mess. for example, I just took a drink of water and spilled it all over myself because I can't even hydrate like a decent person)))
1. Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
I'm buddy reading this with Julianna from Paper Blots (((who I love and adore sm))) and this book!!!!!!! IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL??????
It's written with Quality Talent and the vibe itself is 100% Ravenclaw, the prose is so flowery and precise at the same time.
Celeste Ng quietly picks apart everyone's life, with scientific attention to detail, and it's elevated me to new heights. we've reached untold levels of ~wit~and ~creativity~
This story is also taking me awhile to read because the sentences FORCE me to calmly think about what the characters are doing/saying.
which is the kind of shit a Ravenclaw would do while chuckling intellectually.
2. Vicious by V.E Schwab
I will forever stand by the fact that Victor Vale and Eli Ever are Ravenclaws. They studied so hard at college????????
And they're so into experiments!! and clever schemes!!
This just goes to show you that nerds are dangerous and should be feared. nerds have had it up to here and *will* start doing crazy things. JUST WAIT.
[says Eli everyday in the mirror]
3. If We Were Villains by M.L Rio
phhhhhhhhh i love this book so much.
IT'S JUST SO PRETENTIOUS and emotional and gay !! I read it back in December, and I've yet to read a single book that meets this Standard.
What Ravenclaw can physically resist Shakespeare geeks becoming so enmeshed with their studies that they get involved with actual murder??
4. The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
The main character, Stella, is like the Ravenclaw archetype. She should truly be the leader. All she really wants to do is math and computer problems??? And solve important world things through the power of numbers?
She's also logical, introspective, and independent, and only she can truly nurture the Ravenclaws the way they deserve.
5. You Asked For Perfect by Laura Silverman
Academic stress, bro. If you have ever felt 1) like openly crying over a bad grade, because the world should know that tragedy 2) the pressure to be The Best Student Ever 3) you both want to learn but you also hate this freaking class
then you will 2000% relate to this adorable m/m romance.
Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers by Deborah Heiligman
Bonus book! I had to include a non-fiction, even though I typically don't get into this genre. BUT I think a true Ravenclaw would like this occasionally? when the mood appears
This is a platonic love story between two brothers, Vincent van Gogh and his brother, Theo.
It's based on their letters to one another, in which they basically Vulcan mind meld and bond *intellectually* until they're soulmates.
which is such a Ravenclaw thing to do.
Do you agree with these Ravenclaw book recs?
Who is your favorite character that belongs in Ravenclaw?
*Top Five Tuesday is hosted by Bionic Book Worm! 🙂


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Teen Leadership programs are a hallmark of the YMCA. We believe this is the age to join your peers and experience opportunities to deepen your interests and understanding of the importance of becoming a leader.
Y Teen L.i.F.E. at the Northwest YMCA
Y Teen LIFE helps develop youth ages 12-18 as leaders while fostering a culture of service. With adult advisors, teens have role models and mentors who will provide a positive impact on their lives as they grow in their desire and ability to be a positive force in the community. Teens are encouraged to participate in community service projects, monthly workshops/seminars and other Y events.
Teens will:
- connect with peers and adults who care about their success
- participate in skill-building workshops and seminars, including guest speakers and field trips
- experience college and career day and visits to colleges for campus tours
Junior Lifeguard (11-14)
Teens have the opportunity to learn 5 major areas of lifeguarding: injury prevention, emergency response, physical fitness, professionalism, and leadership. More information
Leaders in Training
YMCA Leaders in Training provides teens opportunities to volunteer, explore career possibilities, work in groups and make new friends. Participants also receive introductions to technology and art.
Lifeguard Training
Teens over 15 who pass a qualifying swim test have the opportunity to participate in the American Red Cross Lifeguard Training. Class includes certification, CPR, First Aid as well as AED.
Teen Leadership Program (12 – 18)
Get your teen active! Technology, arts, and creativity help teens become active in the community and prepare them for the future. Join us for our school semester programs or our weeks of summer camp!
Teen Nights
Teens in grades 6 through 9 come out for an evening of fun and excitement in a safe environment. Teens enjoy a night filled with dancing and competitive active electronic games.
Y Leaders & Jr. Y Leaders
The YMCAs Y Leaders program provides Teens in grades 7 through 12 the opportunity to become a voice for their generation and make a difference in their community and world.


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" Whether they're individuals or organizations, we follow those who lead, not because we have to, but because we want to. We follow those who lead, not for them, but for ourselves. And it's those who start with 'why' that have the ability to inspire those around them or find others who inspire them."
What. How. Why. These are the three key words that make up the golden circle of great leadership. In the Simon Sinek TEDTalk, he begins with a simple three-ringed circle drawn on flip-chart paper. He starts with the outer most layer and labels it 'what', then labels the second most inner layer and labels it 'how', and then he labels the inner circle with 'why'.
Sinek's TEDTalk made a clear point that people usually know what they are doing, some know how they do it, but often people don't know or state why they do it. He mapped out this circle to prove a main point: "People don't buy what you do, they buy why you do it." He uses this tactic to explain how inspirational leadership and genuinely good leadership comes from starting with your 'why', because once you start wit your why everything else falls into place.
Simon Sinek also uses examples like Apple, the Wright Brothers, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. because all of these people and companies start with their why to become successful. People believe in you as soon as you stand strong for why you're doing something or why you're fighting for a cause or why you want change. People don't listen about what you want, they listen about why you believe it because it shows that it really means something to you. I really love this TEDTalk because I couldn't have said it better myself. Believe in yourself and your leadership skills, and so will others.


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Public Policy Forum Blog
Race relation-omics?
The Forum's public opinion survey on race relations released late last year found race relations in SE Wisconsin are poor and not perceived as getting better. But we also found that in areas of interpersonal relations, such as marriage, adoption, friendship, etc., attitudes toward people of another race have improved across the board since we last surveyed on the issue in 1991. How can one survey find such disparate results? The answer may lie in economics.
A recent column by Tim Harford in Forbes magazine highlights the research economists have done on racism and concludes:
Economists tend to assume that people respond to the incentives they face. If that's true, we have to face up to the fact that young black Americans are facing some lousy choices. There is a lot of work for all of us to do.
Turns out economists are making a distinction between "taste-based" discrimination and "statistical" discrimination. The former is when discrimination occurs because of a dislike of minorities, the latter is when race is used as a marker for a trait to be selected out. Harford explains:
Non-racial statistical discrimination is actually rather common: An insurer will consider your age and your sex when deciding how much to charge for auto insurance. Why? Because the stereotypes, however crude and however unfair to individuals, contain a bit of extra information.
Harford's pessimistic conclusion arises from the realization that statistical racial discrimination by employers could be an economically reasonable position, if race is, in fact, a relatively reliable marker for something such as the quality of school attended. In that case an employer will respond to the positive incentive resulting from discrimination:
A racist who turns down workers even though he knows them to be competent will take a hit to the bottom line, but statistical discrimination could improve profits, which makes it harder to stamp out. As long as an employer can learn something extra from an applicant's race that he can't learn from looking at a résumé...then the worrying possibility for profitable discrimination exists.
So, the longer most minority children are attending the country's worst schools, the more reliable race is as a marker for quality of schooling. Even more troubling, however, is evidence that statistical racial discrimination based on an unreliable marker can cause the marker to become more accurate.
[Roland] Fryer and two colleagues, Jacob Goeree and Charles Holt, showed how statistical discrimination could easily lead to a vicious circle. They used computer-based classroom games that assigned students the role of employers, "purple" workers and "green" workers. Students in the role of employers quickly jumped to the mistaken conclusion that purple workers were uneducated, and that view became self-fulfilling, as purple workers abandoned hope of getting hired and stopped paying for education. Once the downward spiral set in, a color-blind employer would actually lose money.
"I was amazed," recalls Fryer. "The kids were really angry. The purple workers would say, 'I'm not investing [in an education] because you won't hire me', and the employers would respond 'I didn't hire you because you weren't investing.' The initial asymmetries came about because of chance, but people would hang onto them and wouldn't let them go."
Thus, if people feel that the instances in which they make distinctions based on race are not due to dislike of that racial group, but to a racially-relevant factor, we can find individuals reporting that their own attitudes about race have improved while race relations overall continue to be dismal. Because, if you're on the receiving end of the discrimination, does it really matter what label an economist has given it?


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Morten Kjaerum, Director, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights: "In the European Union, many Roma EU citizens settling in another Member State in search of better conditions continue to experience racism, discrimination and exclusion. Of particular concern are reports of hate-motivated incidents against Roma, and racist rhetoric reported in a number of States. The EU and its Member States need to adopt targeted policies on integrated rights- and equality-based standards promoting social cohesion."
Thomas Hammarberg, Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe: "Roma migrants are faced with a double jeopardy: migration makes life even harder for those who face a plethora of serious, discrimination-related problems. The protection of human rights of Roma on the move in Europe should be placed high on the agenda. I believe that the joint conference in Vienna is an excellent contribution to these efforts."
Janez Lenarčič, Director, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights: "The cross-border migration of Roma in Europe is a reality, and the challenges related to such movements must be handled by all authorities involved in full compliance with international human rights standards. At the same time, governments must do more to eradicate pervasive discrimination and other factors driving Roma away from their homes in the first place."
Knut Vollebaek, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities: "The recent migration of Roma entails a wide range of challenges, including considerable security implications for both the Roma and the receiving communities. Only by addressing the underlying reasons for migration and creating the appropriate conditions for cohesive societies, will we be able to tackle this security and human rights issue. This is the challenge for this conference."
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Galatians 2:1 Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also. 2 And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain. 3 But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised: 4 And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage: 5 To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you. 6 But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man's person:) for they who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me: 7 But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter; 8 (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:) 9 And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision. 10 Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do. 11 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. 12 For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision. 13 And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.
Paul suffered much from the legalists. He defended the true gospel of grace against the Judaizers
who promoted strict adherence to the works of the law to attain or ensure salvation.
When he returned to Jerusalem for a conference with the Apostles, they at first acted as if they were in complete agreement with his ministry, rejoicing with him that Gentiles were being saved. But when the legalists came around demanding that gentile believers jump through Jewish hoops, the pillars of the faith suddenly switched their tune to appease these legalists. Rather than standing with Paul in defense of the gospel of grace, they remained neutral and didn't have Paul's back in the debate regarding grace vs works.
This infuriated Paul and he had it out face to face with Peter for his wishy-washy fence straddling in order to appease men.
It got so bad that the cat-got-your-tongue disciples caused even Barnabas, a true grace guy, to be persuaded toward legalism.
To dissemble is what happens when a person bites their tongue when they are compelled speak up. It causes them to act as if they are in league with the enemy to keep the peace.
Obviously, there is a time to speak and a time to shut up. But when the gullible are in the balance, the truth must be voiced with conviction, lest the weak get carried away with the error.
And that brings us to you and me today, in our realm of influence. We should be vigilant and conscious of the need to boldly speak up when error is presented and others are in danger of being drawn into heresy.
As Paul indicated in Gal 1:10, His job is to persuade men and please God, not the other way around.
I see it played out on social media. When a person posts some innocuous picture of a birthday party or anniversary, the "likes" pop up like prairie dogs in the summer sun. However, post a gospel friendly meme and the prairie dogs give way to crickets.
What to do? Dissemble and hide who and what you are and what you stand for to placate your FB acquaintances? Or do you continue to be a witness, attempting to persuade others to come to faith in Christ?
At work, at the break table, when the filth starts flying, do you speak up for decency or do you meld into the furniture like a chameleon into the foliage? To become invisible when you ought to show your colors is cowardice. When a matter arises and your convictions are challenged, do you capitulate or do you express what you know is the truth?
I am certainly not suggesting a believer act like a jerk, I am saying we must speak the truth in love when it is called for.
Ecc 3:1,7 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: …a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;


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SAN FRANCISCO, April 3 - I.B.M. plans to announce an alliance on Tuesday with a small Silicon Valley company that has designed a flexible microprocessor chip intended to perform tasks like video processing using less than a tenth the power of today's chips.
The microprocessor was designed by a group led by a pioneer in the personal computer software industry, Andrew Singer. His company, Rapport, is one of a handful of Silicon Valley start-ups that have pursued reconfigurable computer hardware designs, a technology long thought by some computer designers to have great promise, but so far slow to find uses in more than niche applications in the computer industry.
The Rapport technology, known as Kilocore, will initially be aimed at portable applications like digital video delivered to cellphones. According to Mr. Singer, reconfigurable logic promises better energy efficiency, which has become a watchword in large computer data centers as well.
Mr. Singer said Rapport, which raised $7 million last year and is based in Redwood City, Calif., licensed a computing design from researchers at Carnegie Mellon.
That approach has permitted Rapport to create a chip with 256 computing elements that can be configured on the fly to adapt to different software problems. A follow-on version of the chip will have more than 1,000 computing elements and will contain a version of I.B.M.'s Power PC microprocessor.Continue reading the main story
"We picked the PowerPC because of I.B.M.'s experience building multiprocessors," Mr. Singer said.
An I.B.M. executive said the Rapport technology was a clever extension of several design ideas that I.B.M. had already proved in its Cell microprocessor to be used by Sony in its next-generation video-game console, PlayStation 3, and by I.B.M.'s own BlueGene-based supercomputers. "You begin to see hundredfold improvements in power efficiency," said Bernard Meyerson, vice president and chief technologist in I.B.M.'s systems and technology group.
At a computing conference scheduled to begin in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, Rapport will demonstrate the chip processing a stream of video images. While a standard industry microprocessor chip, the ARM 7, can process 3.3 images a second while consuming half a watt of power, the new Rapport chip will convert 30 frames a second while consuming only 100 milliwatts, about one-fifth the power.
He said that was a power-efficiency ability roughly 50 times the current industry standard component. The power savings are obtained by radically lowering the energy used in conjunction with each separate computing element in the system.
One Silicon Valley analyst said that the challenge for companies like Rapport is to show that the technology will work across a broad range of software problems.
"The problem is always the software development," said the analyst, Peter Glaskowsky of the Envisioneering Group, a research firm.Continue reading the main story


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Our Chairman, Mike Ward, has just been presented with the EH long Service Award for 2018. We would like to congratulate him and his is a short resumé of achievents listed by England Hockey.
- Played for 3 different hockey teams and was a member and is a Vice-President of Bournemouth Hockey Club (1965 to present).
- Fixture Secretary for 25 years and Secretary for 15 years and a former SCHUA umpire and currently Hampshire HUA assessor and coach (1978 to present).
- Co-founder and first Secretary, then Chairman of the Men's South Hockey League for 47 years (1971 to present), being the first and still largest hockey league in the country of some 650 teams.
- Hampshire Men's League Secretary for 47 years (1971 to present) and President of Hampshire Men's County Hockey Association and currently Chairman of Hampshire County HA, for 42 years (1976 to present).
- Only member serving throughout the ten-year existence of the HA/AEWHA joint/merger committee and co-writer of the English Hockey Association (EHA) constitution (1987-1997).
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Former national security adviser Michael Flynn initially failed to tell the government ethics office and the White House about speaking fees he recently received from three Russia-connected firms, a new financial disclosure document shows.
As NBC News reports, in an initial filing submitted just days before he left the Trump administration in February, Flynn did not provide an itemized list of the companies that paid him to speak — including RT, the Kremlin-backed television network that U.S. intelligence services have described as a propaganda outlet.
But in the amended disclosure, dated Friday, Flynn names RT and at least two other Russia-linked firms as sources of income in a section for nongovernment earnings that exceed $5,000 in a year.


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I have to start this with a big ....
GO BLACKHAWKS!! Great job winning that Cup!
Now onto the business at hand...
I have been "off" from working out the last couple weeks. It's been slight torture. I've still had pain so it hasn't been bad being unable to do it physically. However, mentally it's wearing on me! I am starting to feel "fat" (for lack of a better word). I am definitely ready to get back into action!! It's been frustrating having to rest. I'm not good at resting.
Last night I tried a run. I made it about five minutes before I quit. I was going to just walk, but I was pressed for time (had to get to my Grandparents' for dinner). I'd have had enough time to run, but not to walk. Obviously I walk at a slower pace, and with my legs hurting, I know I'm going to be even slower than usual. BLAH!
So running? Is a big fail. For now.
I guess I was expecting to be able to do more because after my surgery last year, I was right back at it about this time. I had a different form of lipo on my legs, so that may contribute... As well as the swelling taking longer to go away due to no compression garment on the bottom. I blame the capillaries for all of it! Well, maybe not, but it seems that that's where it started. I will allow myself to heal and won't try to run for a little while longer. I can feel the pain when I walk, so I know it's going to be there when I run. I knew that yesterday. I just didn't know, or think, it would be quite so intolerable.
Today's plan is to do a short DVD and take a walk. I really need to get over my fear of the lawn mower and mow the grass, otherwise I'd do more. I suppose at this point a 30-35 minute DVD and at least a 30 minute walk is probably good.... I KNOW I should start a little slower but I've missed it. I want to jump right it. Fortunately I'm going to see how it goes with the mower so there won't be time to push too hard... Wish me luck in not hacking off my foot or something when I mow - seriously I have NEVER used a push mower and the thought frightens me. This will be the first time mowing my grass on my own, someone else has always done it for me, so I'm slightly afraid of the contraption. Also, the thought of it is not appealing to me. I try to look at it as a little extra exercise. However, that? Is not fun like other exercise.
I think I will do a JM DVD and see how that goes. I'm thinking I'll do Ripped in 30. That's a good mix of cardio and ST (as most of her workouts) and should be light enough that it won't bother my legs too much. If it does, then I'll stop and just walk tonight. I won't want to accept doing less but I will. Begrudgingly, of course. I have to try to see what will work! I absolutely have to find some sort of exercise, in addition to walking, to do as I continue to heal.
My thinking is that a few days a week I will get up early to do a shorter DVD. After work I will attempt TF, and then after that (or even later, after dinner) I will walk.... Time will depend on the temperature. I will, most likely, take my dogs since they love walks. I can't take them out if it's too hot. Plus after dinner walks can be nice sometimes!
I think I will wait to incorporate TF until next week. Tomorrow I have a birthday dinner to attend so I will probably do the DVD in the morning and take a walk after work/before dinner. I'm happy to be back into planning - it feels good!! My eating has been good the last couple days, and after that short time I'm already feeling better about myself. I wasn't super unhealthy when I was off, but I did eat out a lot more often than normal and things weren't cooked to my usual slightly obsessive healthy preference. It wasn't all bad but it wasn't all as good as it could have been. If feels good to be on track with planning, eating, and drinking my water (that suffered a bit too). Now I just need to get back into an exercise routine! I'm for sure looking forward to it!!
In fact, I'm looking forward to it so much that I'm going to go out and attempt this mowing situation and then come in to do a DVD. We'll see how hungry I am when I finish. I might have dinner then walk later. If I'm not hungry, then after the DVD I'll leash up the dogs and head out for a walk. I'm super excited to be doing something, even if it isn't running right now!!
Hope you are having a fantastic week!!!


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[Allen Ginsberg testifies - chanting at the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention - illustration by Nathan Gelgud]
Check out all eight episodes (so far), including this, the most recent one, "The Court Objects to Allen Ginsberg" - here
& another delightful Allen Ginsberg moment that just last week (re)surfaced - From back in the election year of 1972 - Allen famously instructing the avuncular, Walter Cronkite - on meditation and mantra-chanting!
Fellow CBS news anchor, Bob Schieffer, vividly, recalls it -
Cronkite: ("That's a pleasant sound. That's not bad at all - AH! - very relaxing.") .- here
AG: "After I met Chogyam Trungpa, for the rioting after the Hanoi Harbor and the increased bombing under Nixon about 1972, he suggested using the mantra "AH" instead of "OM", because "OM" was much too foreign-sounding, while "AH" was just a good old American Fourth of July sound, like, "Ah, fireworks!" . Also it goes out as purification of speech and a measure of the breath. I did try that."
(Allen Ginsberg (in) "The Vomit of A Mad Tyger")
[Allen Ginsberg & Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche, Mackey Auditorium, Boulder Colorado, May 1972. photo: Bob Morehouse]
Two great reviews - ("The Last Word on First Blues" continues to get great reviews)
Mike Jurkovic, in Elmore magazine
(on the recently-released Allen Ginsberg 3-cd box-set):
"This is far more than your run-of-the-mill cultural artifact or satanic scheme to add a few cents to the poet's estate" [ - damn right, Mike! - ]."What Ginsberg does here is what he fearlessly always contributed - the dark corner truths behind our national lunacy. A lunacy that, at the moment, has either reached its predictable heights or its bottom-feeding sewer-sucking noir. Allen never shied away from either..".."Ginsberg, who was never beholden to any cultural convention or societal paradigm, adapts that modus operandi to his songs and strips back America's sick layers (at times better than any songwriter working the boards today dares to transmit).."
and John Paul in Pop Matters:
"…though these recordings span more than a decade, there is a coherence that speaks to Ginsberg's consistency in both thought and approach to everything he laid his hands on. Cut through with humor and social commentary, it's an alternately amusing and troubling collection of ideas. Ultimately, "The Last Word on First Blues" is an exhaustively comprehensive collection featuring the original album and, on the collection's third disc, live and other period recordings. It's all the Ginsberg, musician, you could ever hope to have and more."


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Discipline: Economics
Also known as: Wicksell effect
The theory which holds that, in a perfect market, the marginal product of capital would be lower than interest rates, since the price of production factors might change due to changes in the interest rates.
Wicksell's theory of capital is named after the Swedish economics Knut Wicksell (1851-1926).
The theory is contrasted with the marginal productivity theory of capital, according to which, under perfect market conditions, the interest rates and the marginal product of capital will be equal.
Also see:· marginal productivity theory of capital