text: Charlie Wells3,819 posts since 26 Nov 2003 Moderator 18 May 2016 9:12am Anglia (West) Look East (West sub-opt) I do wonder whether the timing of these closures is slightly political. It's worth noting that the creative review states that it "sets out a route to a more focused and distinctive service". With the BBC being told by the government via the white paper to be more distinct I wonder if they're using BBC Online to illustrate what might happen to TV & Radio if force to make distinctive programming. Personally I'll miss the travel section as I've always used it as my first call. I guess the BBC's argument is that this is already covered by the likes of the AA. I guess the food website was somewhat inevitable, though it's good to see they've now announced it'll migrate to the Good Food website. With the local news site's it's a shame to see they plan to move to just a local live page. When they trialled it last year I didn't like the appearance of the pages, and was glad when they reverted back to the current look. The closure of iWonder does seem slightly odd, as it was part of the new 'Knowledge & Learning' product. It'll be interesting to see whether articles move to the other existing Science & History sites, or whether these might also quietly close. "Listen, we've all got something to bring to this conversation, but from now on what I think you should bring is silence." - Rimmer Permalink


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I was(/am?) bulimic for about six years (since I was 14) and recently started recovery on my own. I was failing in college and felt like bulimia was ruining my life, so i told my mom all of it, which was something i would have never imagined doing ever!
I have started recovery 39 days ago and haven't BP since. I have been eating a lot though, or at least it feels like it. I am trying to stick to eating 6 times a day, which is working out most of the time. However, I am still very bloated (not just my stomach)! And the gas doesn't seem to subside either. This is really very annoying and not to mention demotivating!
I was wondering why it might be taking this long for my body to go back to normal. I am reading about people who were bloat-free after 3 to 4 weeks and relapsed from time to time. This whole process is making me really sad, since I feel like I am trying very hard and nothing is changing.
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I always pictured recovery was 'just getting over those binge urges' but I could not have been more wrong! It has been really challenging for me, but I am very certain it will all be worth it.
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Former International Cricket Council (ICC) boss Ehsan Mani feels it is best suited for all, including players and officials, if Pakistan do not play their World T20 match against India in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh. Mani has come up with such suggestion after voices were raised from several quarters, demanding the venue be shifted from the state.
Even politicians from the state have protested against it and want the BCCI to shift the venue.
The scheduled March 19 India vs Pakistan World T20 clash at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala, has been grabbing headlines ever since some sections of society in the state protested against it.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra singh has even written to the Union home ministry on its inability to provide security for India vs Pakistan match.
Despite such dark clouds over the match, BCCI chief Shashank Manohar is positive the security issue will be sorted out soon. Mani wants Pakistan to take such threats seriously, and has also said had such cases arisen with a team like Australia, they would have pulled out.
"I would advise the PCB to take these threats seriously. Because it involves the security of our players, officials, people and media who will go to India for the event," PTI quoted Mani as saying.
"If this match had involved the Australian team I am sure by now they would have pulled out of the match. They made their position on security for their players clear when they pulled out of the ICC Youth World Cup in Bangladesh earlier this year," Mani said.
The BCCI has not made any announcement of the venues being shifted, but if it does, Mumbai or Kolkata could be awarded the India vs Pakistan match.
Along with politicians, groups such as Himachal Pradesh Ex-Servicemen League had also requested for the venue to be shifted. In fact, they were the first ones to start such a protest, and the others gradually joined the chorus. They want the venue to be shifted as a sign of respect for soldiers from the state who lost their lives during the terror attack at an air base in Pathankot.
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Ahead of the curve A Malaysian company has
issued the first sukuk backed by future payments made on real
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SkyWorld has issued Malaysia's first sukuk
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Whats new in GrowFX 1.9.9 Added full compatibility with 3ds Max 2016 (64-bit); Added the Cache mode. Now you can bake the growth or wind animation of your model, and then use the cache files in other projects. The recording process is multithreaded, so it works more faster for a whole animation than usual tree […]
Euclideon was formed in May 2010 and is the sole owner of the "Unlimited Detail" method for displaying unlimited point cloud data in real time.
Chaos Group has released V-Ray 3.0 beta Faster ray tracing A new user interface with toggleable basic, expert and advanced modes A new progressive production renderer based on V-Ray RT path tracing technology New quick settings and production presets Support for VRmats to allow materials to be transferred between different applications New skin, raytraced SSS […]
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Spoiler alert: The mystery behind Microsoft Hardware's "Say Goodbye to Laser" teaser appears to have been solved, in record time.
Readers of sites including Engadget and Gizmodo have uncovered references to and photos of a new Microsoft "Blue Track" mouse on sites including the German version of Amazon.com and the YouGame online store. Among other things, the logo on the front matches the image at the end of Microsoft's teaser animation.
Here's how the YouGame site explains the technology. (This is a rough machine translation from the Italian-language description.)
Microsoft is pleased to announce the launch of a new mouse tracking technology is revolutionary than optical that than lasers. … Microsoft Bluetrack offers excellent performance and accuracy on most surfaces (raw wood, granite and carpeting included) allowing you to control your computer from anywhere you want. … This mouse is ideal for notebooks for its small size. Its elegant design, the blue luminescence and metal finishing side will give an exclusive style. Accurate and fast, is rechargeable through the appropriate base.
All of this appears pretty solid, but I've asked Microsoft for a comment, and I'll update this post depending on the response.


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Have you heard that Bishop Robert Morlino of the Diocese of Madison, WI recently fired Ruth Kolpack, the Pastoral Associate of St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Beloit, after she gave 35 years of service to the parish? Her termination was apparently based on a series of anonymous letters and her 2003 Masters of Divinity Thesis about the use of inclusive language in Church services.
Anybody familiar with Call to Action, this blog, or Church justice in general realizes that there are roughly 1,000 ways to approach this situation, and none of them will lead us to the conclusion that this is the right or Christian thing to do.
Right off the bat, we have John Paul II reminding us, "The obligation to earn one's bread presumes the right to do so. A society that denies this right cannot be justified, nor can it attain social peace." It's not too much of a stretch to think that this right shouldn't be contingent on passing an ideological litmus test. Would the Vatican support Boeing if it fired a worker from its passenger airline division because she thought it was morally wrong to shoot missiles at civilians?
Then there is the Church hierarchy's increasingly obsessive anti-feminism that has been on display far too often in recent weeks. One month ago, Ruth had little in common with a 9-year-old rape victim's mother in Brazil besides her femininity and her shared position to the west of the original 1493 Line of Demarcation (shout-out to Pope Alexander VI for starting 500+ years of European colonialism). Now Ruth and the Brazilian girl's mother have been subject to the hierarchy's new position on disagreements between bishops and the laity: "If you're a woman, you're wrong."
There are so many layers of hypocrisy going on here, it makes my head spin. Raping your own children from the age of 6 is bad, but performing a medical procedure with the intent of saving an endangered life "was more serious," at least according to Archbishop Jose Cardoso Sobrinho. Exploring the complicated intersection between your gender and your faith was rewarded with a master of divinity degree from a Catholic seminary, but you should take a false oath discrediting that work six years later if you want to keep your job at a Catholic parish, at least according to Bishop Robert Morlino.
Ruth Kolpack was given six years of recognition for her feminist, spiritual academic endeavor, and then she was banished from her job for it. A girl in Brazil was given six years of childhood before her father raped her, and now the Church hierarchy says that she should have given up her life and the two lives inside of her, because rape isn't as bad a sin as saving a little girl's life. And all of this happened within days of International Women's Day!
I'm afraid we have reached the point of spiritual bankruptcy that prompted God to come to Earth in human form the first time around. The Church has become an institution that is more concerned with the letter of the law than the spirit of it. The men of the Church hierarchy feel no obligation to respect a feminist viewpoint they couldn't possibly understand, to empathize with a mother's concern for a child's life that they couldn't possibly understand, or to follow their own basic teachings of workers' and women's rights. They do, however, feel obliged to exile those who complicate their neat and tidy sets of rules.
This was exactly the state of the Sanhedrin at the time when Jesus took human form. I'm pretty sure if Christ took human form and began working on this Earth today, the Church hierarchy would find a way to excommunicate Him, fire Him, and for good measure, they'd probably crucify Him again too—Especially if He was a She.
Bill Przylucki is a community organizer in Westside Los Angeles. He is a former Jesuit Volunteer and a graduate of Boston College. He believes that you gotta pray like only God can do it, and act like only you can do it.


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Music enriches the daily round of worship for every Cathedral in this country, including here at Exeter Cathedral.
At Evensong each day, weekly at the Sunday morning Choral Eucharist, and at countless other special occasions throughout the year, the Cathedral Choir and music team continue to play their part in an ancient tradition that dates back for hundreds of years.
Without financial support from the Music Foundation Trust there would be no music at Exeter Cathedral.
The Music Foundation Trust has contributed to the costs of providing Cathedral music and everything associated with it for 30 years since it was founded in 1987. The Trust helps to fund:
- Salaries for the Director of Music and the Assistant Director of Music (who lead the training of the Cathedral Choir and playing the organ, respectively)
- Scholarships for Choristers, Choral Scholars and Organ Scholars
- Robes and sheet music
- Maintenance of the historic Cathedral Organs.
- Choral outreach work in Devon and further afield.
The annual cost of providing these music services in 2016 was £292,553. The Trust donated £125,000 to the Cathedral, and increased this amount to £145,000 in 2017.
How you can help
- Purchase tickets and programmes for organ recitals and concerts
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- Sponsor an organ scholarship or choral scholarship
- Consider leaving a legacy or making a donation.
Donate to support Music at Exeter Cathedral
Exeter Cathedral can now accept donations online to support the musical tradition that dates back over many centuries.
Monies donated to the Dean and Chapter 'for music' (including using the button below) will be passed into the stewardship of Exeter Cathedral Music Foundation Trust.
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Monthly Archives:' February 2015
Book Review: A School Girl's Hero
This is the story of a school girl who has to write an essay about her hero – any guesses for who she chooses?!
"For a couple of days the same question continued puzzling Anum; "Who do I aspire to be like?" Then, whilst she was busy helping her mum with chores it suddenly came to her. It now seemed so obvious, and she couldn't believe it hadn't come to her earlier. She told her family about her idea and they were all really impressed. but Anum then began having second thoughts…"
A wonderful read aloud with younger children, or for the older ones to devour on their own!
Meet Chris...
Remember No Hands, No Legs, No Worries?
Meet Chris, another amazing person who has not let his setbacks define him either…
Jummah Mubarak!
Little boy asks his dad to pray :)
This is so cute! And i love the verse that Towards Jannah used which sums it up perfectly: As the Almighty tells us in S.Shams, 'And by the soul and He who perfected it' 'He inspired the soul to know what is wrong and right' (91:7-8)
May Allah help us to keep blowing that flame inside their little hearts Inshallah!
Wudhu Series - Idea 8: This wudhu song!
This is a great rhyme to sing with our children as we act out the actions… it has been often used in Madressa classes with success!
(To the tune of Here we go round the Mulberry bush!)
We Are Muslims 1 – WUDU' (Lyrics)
| Vs. 1 This is the way we make wudu',
make wudu', make wudu'.
This is the way we make wudu' before we say our prayer.
Vs. 2 This is the way we wash our hands,
Vs. 3 This is the way we wash our mouth,
Vs. 4 This is the way we wash our nose,
Vs. 5 This is the way we wash our face,
Vs. 6 This is the way we wash our arms,
Vs. 7 This is the way we wash our head,
Vs. 8 This is the way we wash our feet,
Vs. 9 Now we are Muslims nice and clean,
Lyrics by Noor Saadeh
Wudhu Series - Idea 7: Flashcards
This idea from Towards Jannah fits in perfectly with our wudhu series! Check it out in detail through the link below:
Salaah Club!
Ooh my, it's a good day for great articles and ideas out there:)
Check out this one on a Salaah Club for children!
5 Tips to raise a child with a strong Muslim identity
I love her blog and I love this article…
It is on a similar vein that Buzz Ideazz was born, to try and raise our children with a strong Muslim identity and a deep love for the faith. May He continually guide us to so help nurture that in our families, Inshallah!
Stadium chants praise of the Prophet (SAW)!
I don't know about you, but this gave me goosebumps – in the best possible way! Love it!
Personalised books for Muslim children
I was SO excited when i came across this yesterday! I love personalised stuff and have always wished more things like this were out there for young Muslims…
Check it out! They are on facebook too!
Salah in the Deep Ocean
We've seen someone pray in space, now it's time to see someone pray in the ocean!
Subhanallah 🙂


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Latin American Women Earn Less Than Their Male Counterparts
Although women in the region are as educated as men, salaries are lower.
Nov. 13, 2012 -- At ABC/Univision, it's our responsibility to inform you about what's going on across the southern border. And we invite you to take a look at the events that shape politics, the economy, drug wars, and culture in the region because it affects us, too.
Here's our roundup of the most interesting news in Latin America.
Latin American Women Earn Less Than Their Male Counterparts
A recent study form the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) claims that although Latin America has reached gender parity in terms of schooling, women are still paid at least 17% less than men throughout the region. Women are still mostly employed in lower-paid occupations such as teaching, healthcare, or the service sector, like restaurants. In high-profile careers such as law, architecture or engineering, women only hold a third of the jobs with a wage gap of up to 58%. There has been progress in recent decades, the study says, but the gender gap still prevails, mostly for cultural reasons.
Is Mexico's Televisa Network Laundering Drug Money in Central America?
According to Nicaraguan investigative news website Confidencial, the leader of 18 Mexicans accused of posing as a Televisa journalist while smuggling millions of dollars in cash throughout Central America, made several phone-calls to the media company, namely to vice president Amador Narcia. Papers supposedly signed by Narcia were also found within the two Televisa vans used by the alleged journalists. Eighteen Mexican nationals who claimed to be Televisa employees where detained on October 20 while crossing Nicaragua-Honduras border with $9.2 million dollars in cash. The Mexican media giant denied any connection whatsoever with the group.
Middle Class on the Rise in Latin America but no Middle Class Societies so Far
A new World Bank study reveals that Latin America's middle class grew 50% from 2003 to 2009, passing from 103 million to 152 million people. However, the growing middle class does not necessarily mean that Latin American countries have become middle class societies. Most of the new members of the middle class have been characterized by The Economist as a members of a "vulnerable lower middle-class" that can very well fall back to poverty.
One Out of Three Mexicans Works in the "Informal Economy"
Official numbers from the Mexican government statistics agency INEGI show that close to 30% of Mexico's employed population works within the underpaid, under-protected, "informal" economy, without job contracts or a guaranteed wages. INEGI claims that every day more than 2,145 Mexicans join the "underground" economy.
Panama City's Construction Boom Threatens Local Environment
Panama City's development is threatening the region's mangroves, environmentalists warn. Panama is Central America's fastest growing economy and its capital has experienced an unprecedented construction boom in the last few years. However, environmental groups say that this comes at the cost of the stability of one of the World's richest ecosystems and habitat for a vast number of North American shorebirds.
Evo Morales' Ponchos are Worth $100,000 Dollars
In an ironic response to critics questioning his personal wealth, Bolivian President Evo Morales estimated the value of the ponchos he has been given by supporters during his time in office. The Bolivian president figures that since he was elected in 2006 he has received approximately 500 of these handmade garments, often made of Alpaca wool, which cost around $200 each, meaning that Morales' poncho collection is worth a whopping $100,000. Controversy over Morales' personal wealth has increased in Bolivia, after Morales declared that he had personal assets worth $389,000 when he filed his taxes in October. This sum is more than ten times larger than the Bolivian President's annual wage which is just $28,000 per year.


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On a side note, even though I don't really know what this year will bring, one thing I can be sure of is that whatever does go on I get to be with and share these moments with my favorite person in the whole world!
Monday, January 02, 2012
Here's to 2012
The morning of January 1st I was standing in my kitchen thinking about this new year and how in theory this should be a pretty big year for Jonathan and myself. I began to make a the list in my mind about what could be expected, goals I have, plans we've made and what we hope to accomplish in 2012. It all sounds so exciting but the older I get the more I realize how unexpected each year really is and how important it is to be remain flexible with dreams. I've decided that even though I have high hopes for 2012 and lots of goals to get working on I must remind myself to stay grounded and allow myself to adapt to any chances that will come.
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3 comments:
- Nessa @{Casa Braaflat} said...
yes we all have such grand plans. and sometimes the best things in life are the surprises. (sometimes the worst too) but we won't think about that!
- Emme said...
those sound like really great goals. thanks for sharing. and thanks for pointing out that we need to be flexible. a very good thing to remember.
- the {Postscript} blog said...
:) agreed, everything with your loved one is always better
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I wasn't really sober. I was drunk on my new control. The next nine months of my life were spent in directing all the destructive power that had been my drug addiction inward instead of out. Having passed my high school equivalency exam, I went to community college, volunteered at a local detox center for psych credit and developed bulimia. I had a 4.0 average, I was clean now, and, finally, I was thin.
With several months of sobriety under my belt, it had never occurred to me to go to twelve-step meetings. I rationalized that, since I had decided I believed in the Goddess rather than a male patriarchal god, I could find no home there. I justified that my own process would be private, inward, empowering. At the detox center, I met people who were sober, all of them members of AA or NA and became curious. An older counselor one day sat me down with the local paper to show me a section called "You are Not Alone," which listed every type of twelve step and support group in the county. Apparently, I was fooling only those who didn't know what to look for. To her mind, I was visibly unraveling–a tightly woven fabric run through with fear, brittle and weak.
At detox, I met a man who had bitten his tongue in half during DT's. Another man had eyes yellowed with jaundice from his alcohol-soaked liver. Most striking, a young woman arrived, coming off of heroin, whose face was picked and scabbed from a night on meth. After several hours, she left abruptly, announcing her intention to return to the San Francisco Tenderloin and score within the hour. The men informed me gravely that she had been as beautiful as I was only months before and was hardly any older. Again and again, the same men and women appeared. The same movies played. The Lost Weekend. Less Than Zero. Clean and Sober. Despair and redemption. Vomit and whiskey and hope. I cleaned bathrooms, talked to clients, folded towels. The kitchen was covered with greasy scum to which I applied bleach and a scrub brush.
I met a man there, also a volunteer. He was twenty-nine and three months clean, and I was still seventeen. He became my boyfriend. Like all adult addicts, he was a child, but to me he seemed clever and wise. At first, I hid my problem from him. Then, as we sat in a hot tub one night talking about various things and the conversation somehow led to weight, I said to him,
"I would rather be dead than fat."
"I know," he acknowledged simply.
Within days, I found myself telling him the truth and he was unsurprised. With his support, I was determined to stop. The weekend of my eighteenth birthday, he took me camping. I had to get away. The significance of the age of eighteen threatened to pummel me. Adulthood. We camped near the ocean in Sonoma County by the rugged coastline, a gorgeous and private landscape hewn out of granite, sea foam and cypress. Once there, though, I could not stay awake. I was freezing. I spent hours lying in the tent, clawing at consciousness, attempting to get a hold to no avail. After we ate dinner, I found myself vomiting in secret in an outhouse. And then again after our breakfast.
Returning home from our trip, I shortly learned that my thyroid had almost completely failed and that I would need medication for the rest of my life. I visited an anorexia and bulimia support group, at which all of the attendees looked like faint vestiges of humans. They were accompanied by parents who clung desperately to hope and to the bodies of these children who would pay for beauty with life. I could easily have imagined them all dead within the year. Coming home, my boyfriend ordered us a pizza with extra cheese and I became hysterical. I had put together 20 days and then blew it.


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- Transfer applicants must submit official transcripts to PCA&D from all previously attended post-secondary schools as well as course descriptions of all courses taken. Please submit a list of in-progress courses if they do not appear on the transcript.
- Course descriptions may be copied from a college catalog or website.
- Credit is awarded based on an evaluation of the student's portfolio, course descriptions, and college transcripts, provided the student earned a grade of "C" or better in a 100 level or higher courses.
- Transfer credits should be from post-secondary institutions with one or more of the following types of accreditation: regional, state, or professional.
- Applicants may transfer up to a maximum of 60 eligible credits toward completion of the BFA degree at PCA&D.
- Students enroll in six studio art courses, two art history courses, and two liberal arts courses throughout the first-year Foundation program at PCA&D. Transfer students must have completed comparable coursework to be considered for advanced placement within a major.
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To better encourage and facilitate transfer admission from other colleges to Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, PCA&D and these colleges have established 2+2 articulation agreements with one another.
- Students must complete the designated degree and graduate with a 2.5 cumulative GPA over all/3.0 cumulative GPA in studio course work.
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BSB41415 Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety consists of 10 units of competency made up of 5 core units and 5 elective units.
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Trust and The Great Pretenders: Experts & Technology
Technetos is the Greek stem meaning "artificial".
The synthetic radioactive metallic element, "Technetium," was so named, because it was the first element artificially assembled. This technetos designation stands in contrast to that which occurs "naturally." Technetium is both artificial, and not so safe.
It is also worth noting that our words: technology, technical, technician, technique and even art, are linked to:
This contrast between that which is natural,
And that which is artificial or synthetically contrived by man.
Artificial, hydrogenated, processed, glutamic acid laden, genetically modified, synthetic, toxically preserved, and pumped with steroids—
Or naturally home grown….you choose.
It is interesting that in these days of social justice mantras and human rights advocacy chants, there precipitates a recurring theme of natural rights versus artificial or progressively changing fabricated rights. Poverty and Progress are both relative terms, so political doublespeak is bound to morph as material goods multiply and redistribute.
The pillar of traditional conservatism, parliamentary Statesman Edmund Burke (1729-1797), speaks to this dangerous reality prior to, through and post, the French Revolution, when Progress was guillotining its opposition, its dissenters, its bystanders, and its own:
"When I hear the simplicity of contrivance aimed at and boasted of in any new political constitutions, I am at no loss to decide that
The artificers are grossly ignorant of their trade, or grossly negligent of their duty."
"Everybody is satisfied, that a conservation and secure enjoyment of our natural rights is the great and ultimate purpose of civil society;
And that therefore all forms whatsoever of government are only good as they are subservient to that purpose to which they are entirely subordinate.
Now, to aim at the establishment of any form of government by sacrificing what is the substance of it; to take away, or at least to suspend, the rights of nature, in order to an approved system for the protection of them . . . is a procedure as preposterous and absurd in argument as it is oppressive and cruel in its effect."*
Which brings us to one of the great Progressive Pretender speeches: Franklin Delano Roosevelt's CommonWealth Club Address of 1932, running for presidential nomination, written by FDR's Brain Trust member, Adolf Berle, under the influence of Progressive John Dewey.
"Clearly all this calls for a reappraisal of values…Our task now is not discovery or exploitation of natural resources, or necessarily producing more goods.
It is the soberer, less dramatic business of administrating resources and plants already in hand, of seeking to reestablish foreign markets for our surplus production, of meeting the problem of underconsumption, of adjusting production to consumption, of distributing wealth and products more equitably, of adapting existing economic organizations to the service of the people.
The day of enlightened administration has come.
…The Declaration of Independence discusses the problem of Government in terms of a contract. Government is a relation of give and take, a contract, perforce, …Under such contract rulers were accorded power, and the people consented to that power on consideration that they be accorded certain rights.
The task of statesmanship has always been the redefinition of these rights in terms of changing and growing social order.
New conditions impose new requirements upon Government and those who conduct government."
Franklin Delano Roosevelt CommonWealth Club Address 1932
Really? More "enlightened administration" as in despotic societal planning? In essence, the Progressive Experts have not only redefined The Contract but also Trust. They have done this doublespeak without the Consent of those being "governed" programmed, planned, redistributed, consumed, regulated, adjusted, and whose rights are being redefined continually under the new social contract updates.
Too bad most citizens had not read Edmund Burke…or Piggie and Gerald, to be on the lookout for such enlightened Pretenders sabotaging the contracted benefits of trust enforced by moral and mundane justice.
In Mo Willems' book "I'm a Frog," of the Piggie and Elephant series, Piggie is teaching Gerald about the naturalness of pretending to be something one is not. Piggie, who is a pig, is pretending to be a frog. Gerald is greatly distressed with this inconsistency in Piggie, thinking that he, too, will have to change who he is to match his friend's new social behaviors. Gerald just can't see himself as a frog, hopping, squatting, and catching insects with his tongue.
Gerald: "I DO NOT WANT TO BE A FROG!!!!"
Piggie: "It's okay Gerald. It is pretend."
Gerald: "IT IS THE –END!?"
Piggie: "No, Gerald. Pre-tend. I am pretending."
Gerald: "What is 'pre-tend-ing'?"
Piggie: "Pretending is when you act like something you are not."
Gerald: "Wow….And you can just do that?!…You can just go out and pretend to be something you are not!?"
Piggie: "Sure. Everyone pretends."
Gerald: "Even grown-up people?"
Piggie: "ALL the time."
Ahhh, wise Piggie. Piggie too, has met the self-credentialed enlightened experts of societal planning; the grown-ups pretending to be Someone they are not.
Which brings us to trust and technology. Trust is engendered by personal relationship; attunement in communication, empathy, common interest, loyalty, honesty, mutual understanding, shared values and shared experiences.
Evidence abounds that Trust is at an all time low, in all sectors, and across all age demographics.
The fruits of "enlightened administrations" of governments have poisoned citizen trust of: education, healthcare, politicians, politics, media, personal property, communication, entertainment, national security, technology, transportation, civil justice, and commerce. The breaches of trust are rampant across nearly every sector regulated, inspected, administered and accountability verified, by said "enlightened" administrators.
Ranging from IRS scandals targeting conservatives and political action groups, nationalized education edicts, rewriting of American Exceptionalism, proposed removal of First Amendment Rights of Freedom of Speech, government paid propaganda on National Public Radio, forced housing of illegal immigrants, national databases, healthcare rationing, release of known terrorists, denial of and disregard for national security intelligence, to the redefining of marriage, life, citizenship, and of liberty; and disregard for The Rule of Law, in said contract with the American People.
It appears the "enlightened" have long been living in the dark–and getting darker while partnering with Progressive use of technology.
Which brings to light why the youth of today, having been fed the fodder of artificial education and artificial relationships via the synthetic means of globally socializing digital media, are suffering an all-time low in their Trust of anyone, any institution, and of any future. Isolated in a sea of artificially connected terabytes.
The herd has been corralled in technomedia fantasyland, just like other eternal youthlings of Progressive indoctrination. A fantasyland in which one can pretend to be something one is not. Youth today can practice multiple personality disorders, morphing to whatever is trending, getting likes, makeover Apps, tweets, hits and highs, while venting, fabricating and fashioning an isolationism heretofore only noted in the chronically mentally ill, in despots and monarchies of intermarriage. (may all be synonymous)
Despite "expert" evidence demonstrating digital technology media's profound havoc on minds, senses, families, and morals– the government entitlement and education systems pass out social media poison in the form of digital media, cell phones, i-pads, laptops, e-learning, tracking, testing and aligning databases.
The UN Convention on Rights of The Child (UNCRC), which the United States has signed, but not ratified, although the president threatens to do so…states that children shall not be denied access to technology and on-line media.
Which precipitates another word from Statesman Edmund Burke.
"The pretended rights of these theorists are all extremes; and in proportion as they are metaphysically true, they are morally and politically false….
The rights of men in government are their advantages; and these are often in balances between good and evil, and sometimes between evil and evil…
Men have no right to what is not reasonable, and to what is not good for their benefit."
Russell Kirk goes on to comment,
"….if it fails to accord with justice, it ceases to be a right….
In social compacts, the chief purpose is to facilitate this administration of justice…. But a surrender in trust, one notes; although a man cannot enjoy civil and uncivil rights simultaneously, when he gives up anarchy, he receives in its place a guarantee of justice.
Violation of that trust can justify resistance, but nothing else can.
Not only the dictates of justice bind men to mutual dependence,
but the dictates of general morality also."
So, if there is no morality, and no justice, in mutual adherence to The Constitutional Contract, The Rule of Law, then the trust is broken and one can understand that Experts, Pretending to be God, have forsaken Him Who defines the word "Trust." God.
Both the first letter and the last letter of the word "trust" hem the word in, lift it up, and provide a visual cross on each end to remind as to Who protects the "us" that lies central in a trust relationship….and Who metes out Justice, pours out Mercy, undergirds, and demonstrates the cost of true friendship….up close and personal.
Go build some anchoring trust, friendship, truth, and hope that will pull the plug on the crisis fomenting, expert pretenders who feed off of the scent of fear they artificially synthesize in the sea of megabytes.
"A friend loves at all times…"
Proverbs 17:17
I Samuel 18-20 provides one of the most powerful examples of friendship– that of David and Jonathan. We continue to see this sacrificial love demonstrated by Judeo-Christians across the globe and our military who continue to lay down their lives to protect our lives, security and liberties in our own nation. The unheralded Statesman heroes, faithful defenders of faith, family and liberty under God in Whom we Trust. Thank you.
*Edmund Burke, Tracts on the Popery Laws Works VI [bold emphases mine]
The Conservative Mind by Russell Kirk
I'm a Frog by Mo Willems
www.cwfpac.com Gary Bauer's Campaign for Working Families
www.frc.org Family Research Council
www.heritage.org Heritage Foundation
www.hillsdale.edu Hillsdale College Constitution 101 and Constitutional Reader


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2014 Year In Review
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Hey folks, thanks so much for supporting the BagPack for Hands Free Groceries. It's something we still use every time we go shopping, and there's a growing number of BagPack users out there who do the same. 2014 was a pretty good year and we hope 2015 will be even better.
BagPack Update
When we started, our mission was to help folks be green in a way that was naturally easier and cheaper than driving. The BagPack is just that product. It really works.
You might have noticed we're kinda quiet on Facebook and this blog. Well, it's true. Maybe we haven't done everything we could have to promote our product. In retrospect maybe we should have kickstartered it. But we did what we knew to do at the time, and set up this site, and folks are still hearing about the BagPack and supporting it with their purchases. That word of mouth is everything we could want.
So if you don't see any activity here, know that we're still here, and we're ready to send you your easy green BagPack (typically we ship the same day we get an order).
Global Warming Update
For those of you that follow this kind of thing, Wikipedia has a great article recapping the scientific discoveries of 2014. Here are the highlights as they pertain to climate:
- Globally, 2013 was tied with 2003 as the fourth warmest year on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
- All studies point to people as the cause of global warming, in particular our carbon emissions.
- Globally, June 2014 was the hottest June since records began in 1880, according to latest data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). So was August, September, and October.
As with everything, though, household economics matter a great deal in decision making. You can't buy a Prius if you can only afford a Corolla. You won't walk to do your shopping if your hands will fall off carrying those sharp plastic bag handles.
Anyway, this is why we're proud to keep selling the BagPack, and happy that you take the time to support us.
Happy New Year.


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Expanding the range of tourist offer in a LAG area by supporting a small farm to diversify into horseback riding and therapeutic riding.
Projects & Practice
The 'Terroir Moselle wine and architecture route' is a 'preparatory' cooperation project gathering six LEADER areas, five wine growing areas from four regions and three countries.
Organising a series of educational events to raise awareness and interest about the environmental functions of the peatlands in Brandenburg.
A subsistence farm used RDP support in order to become commercially viable by investing in organic production.
An agricultural cooperative invested in setting up organic apple orchards with anti-hail nets. They also acquired agricultural machinery to support the production of organic beef.
An example of sustainable cultivation of olive trees and extraction of olive oil using innovative ultrasound techniques.
An organic mountain farm uses indigenous breeds to produce high-quality meat, while preserving the local environment and genetic resources.
Ensuring the preservation and restoration of species and habitats in Saxony, by offering free advice and relevant qualifications to land users.
A land consolidation project helped restore the functionality of vineyard terraces and thus maintained a landscape which is a habitat of rare species.
Setting up the first transnational LEADER region in Europe, thus allowing the elaboration of a common strategy between LAGs, and include provisions for more sound financial management of and implementation of TNC projects.


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CBS Television Distribution has opted not to pick up a second season of the syndicated The Arsenio Hall Show.
The distributor renewed the late night talk show for a second season in February, but changed its mind after several major station groups downgraded the program's timeslot.
In a statement, CBSTVD said, ""Arsenio is a tremendous talent and we'd like to thank him for all the hard work and energy he put into the show. We'd also like to thank Tribune and all our station group partners for their support of the show."
Hall added, ""When I started this adventure with CTD and Tribune, we all knew it would be a challenge — I'm gratified for the year we've had and proud of the show we created. I'd like to thank everyone on my staff for rallying around me and striving to make the best show possible every night."


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Dental Lab Job Opportunities
Working at Noel Laboratories means being part of an innovative team, where each employee makes a difference. Positions that may be available from time to time will be posted below. Qualified positions receive medical, dental, vacation, sick, and holiday benefits. If you are interested in applying for a job at our dental lab, please download an application here. (Job application requires a PDF reader.)
Denture Technicians: Positions Open
We seek experienced Denture Technicians with a minimum of 5 years experience. Candidates must have enthusiasm, willingness to support our business needs, and have a growing desire to succeed in our Removables department. If you enjoy variety, fun team leaders, meeting deadlines, producing high quality cases, then you may be the person we need on our team. Please download our application and submit it with a resume and salary requirements.
Reline/Repair Technicians: Positions Open
The Removables department is in demand of experienced Reline/Repair Technicians with 2-5 years experience. This is not a trainee position. If you can multitask, meet deadlines, have attention for detail, are a self starter, a team player and organized, you may be the technician we seek. Please submit your resume to be considered for this position. Download our application to submit with your resume. This is a full time position, with many opportunities for advancement.


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When I was around 12 years old, my friend Jason had a trampoline in his backyard. We would jump on it for hours. We couldn't separate from the trampoline. It was as if the trampoline was a part of our life.
Jason asked his mom if we could use some blankets and sleep on it for the night. Sleeping on the trampoline bed was an awesome experience, but it was cold!
Today, there is a new trend among trampoline owners: A trampoline tent and bed. It's a tent designed to integrate with your trampoline. It's now possible for you and your kids to have a camping experience straight from your backyard.
Buying a tent for trampoline
The good news is there are trampoline brands that make trampoline tents. Let's take a look at a few that make it easy for you to get that trampoline clubhouse.
1- JumpSport BigTop Trampoline Tent
If you own a round JumpSport trampoline, you have the option of adding this tent extension. The tent is meant for JumpSport trampolines that are over 12 feet in diameter.
If your children love to camp outside but you don't want them going into the woods then this is perfect for you. Children love to have their friends sleep over and now they can sleep outside in their trampoline tent on those warm summer days!
- Plenty of room.
- Keeps out outdoor elements.
- Easy to setup.
- Will not work on other trampoline brands
Is It Right For You?
Unfortunately, this tent will not work with other brands. That's because the tent hooks on the safety enclosure net. The tent only works on the JumpSport brand.
Just like the DIY hanging tent, you do have the option of creating this yourself; it depends on how crafty you are.
Propel Trampoline Club House, Multicolor, 15′
This trampoline tent works with both propel trampolines and kinetic trampolines. This model of tent is 15ft which can fit most trampolines by hooking onto the poles. This brand also makes other sizes in trampoline tents.
It comes with screened windows and a zipper door to keep bugs and animals out. The walls are water resistant but the top will let water in when it rains. Super easy assembly all you have to do to hook it on and wrap it to the other side.
- Kids love it!
- Keeps heat of the trampoline on hot days.
- Easy assembly with instructions.
- Rain water will come in the trampoline.
- If something lands on the top like a tree branch the roof will rip.
Is It Right For You?
Trampoline tents are a good buy for many different reasons and this company has been making trampoline and trampoline accessories for years. Some reviewers have issues with this tent because rain does come in through the ceiling. So if you live somewhere where it rains a lot you might want to rethink this tent.
3- Propel Trampoline Club House Cover, 12-Feet
Another great product from propel! This trampoline tent comes in the size of 12ft! Now remember everything we said above about the 15ft tent still apllies to this 12 ft one.
A great thing about propel's tents is that most of the time it will fit on any trampoline you have as long as it is the same size as the tent it should most likely fit. Of course the propel trampoline is the best fit for the tent.
- Fits to size.
- Easy assembly.
- Fun for whole family.
- Easily torn by outside elements.
- Rain water comes in through the roof.
Is It Right For You?
This is a good trampoline tent with of course some issues but its super easy to take down so if its storming I suggest quickly taking down the tent so it doesn't get ruined!
Is a trampoline tent and bed a DIY project?
The beauty of the trampoline tent and bed concept is that is can be implemented two ways:
- Buy special trampoline tent accessories
- DIY – Do It Yourself
DIY – Trampoline Bed
Are you ready to build an awesome trampoline bed that your family will love? If you love a new backyard project, then this will be right up your alley.
The first thing to note is that you will not be using the frame of your trampoline. The trampoline will be hanging like a hammock.
We recommend that you refer to your trampoline's instruction manual. It's also a good idea to call your trampoline's customer service if you get stuck along the way.
Once the frame is removed, the next step is to find at least three supporting beams (see image). They will come together like a Native American tent. Once the supporting beams are secured, you will need to get some strong rope.
The toughest part will be attaching the rope to multiple points on your trampoline's outer frame. This will require at least two people; the hardest part is making sure the trampoline is level. It's easy to have a trampoline that gets tilted.
At this point, you should have a stable trampoline that is hanging, much like a hammock. Now, it's time to provide shelter and decorate the new trampoline tent.
You can get as creative as you like during this process. The most important factor is that you new tent will be able to cover and keep you warm. Extra points for those that make their trampoline look special.
Have you built a trampoline tent and bed before? Let us hear it below!


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Hopeless Romantics
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In an age of internet dating, speed dating, blind dating and Tinder, isn't it harder not to find someone these days?
Alan doesn't think so. And he should know; aside from the girl with the pigtails and the lisp in Primary School, he's spent his entire life as a "non-elective celibate." Or to put it another way, he's single. Very, very single.
Which wouldn't be a problem, but his sisters are all living romantic dreams with their various successful partners.
So when his judgmental parents invite the family together for an anniversary dinner, Al does something rather reckless – he asks Zoe, a girl on work experience, to pose as his girlfriend for the night. Unfortunately for Al, Zoe's got romantic problems of her own… amongst other things!
Will it be the start of a beautiful friendship or the end of the world as they know it?
Written by Nick Lane, writer of hit comedies My Favourite Summer and Me & Me Dad, along with brilliant new female voice Fiona Wass.
Presented by Reform Theatre Company / Harrogate Theatre in association with Middlesbrough Theatre
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Format: Mobi
Release Date: June 28, 2013
Publisher: Central Avenue Publishing
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Genre: New Adult - Fantasy
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The Greek gods never actually existed. Did they? Sophie Darrow finds she was wrong about that assumption when she's pulled into the spirit realm, complete with an Underworld, on her first day at college. Adrian, the mysterious young man who brought her there, simply wants her to taste a pomegranate.Soon, though she returns to her regular life, her mind begins exploding with dreams and memories of ancient times; of a love between two Greeks named Persephone and Hades. But lethal danger has always surrounded the immortals, and now that she's tainted with the Underworld's magic, that danger is drawing closer to Sophie.


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Universal Pictures made its presentation to theater owners today at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, and Steve was onhand to get a look at what Universal has planned in the near future. While he'll have his recap of the footage online a bit later, we wanted to share a couple of news tidbits that were announced during the panel which include updates on the Snow White and the Huntsman sequel and the next Bourne film. Hit the jump for more.
Universal Pictures chairman Adam Fogelson hosted the studio's presentation at CinemaCon, and he revealed that they are currently aiming to release the sequel to Snow White and the Huntsman in 2015. After the fallout from the behind-the-scenes drama on the first film and a sizeable yet unremarkable box office (at least for a film budgeted at just under $200 million) for the Rupert Sanders-directed fantasy pic, movement on the SWATH sequel has been fairly slow. Star Kristen Stewart confirmed that she would be returning for the follow-up in December, and Fogelson affirmed just last month that Sanders would not be returning to direct.
With a possible 2015 release date looming, we should expect to hear news about a writer, director, and/or returning cast for Snow White and the Huntsman 2 soon. If SWATH 2 does indeed meet that date, 2015 will really be one massive year for movies as The Avengers 2, Ant-Man, Finding Dory, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2, Pirates of the Caribbean 5, The Fantastic Four, and possibly Star Wars: Episode VII are all currently slated for a 2015 release.
Not dissimilar to the Snow White and the Huntsman sequel, movement on a follow-up to last year's The Bourne Legacy has been equally ambiguous. The Jeremy Renner-fronted film failed to match the box office haul of its predecessors, but Fogelson announced today that Universal is "actively working" on another Bourne movie. Whether that means a Renner Bourne film, a Matt Damon Bourne film, or a Renner/Damon Bourne film is unclear, but Damon has been adamant in the past about the fact that he won't return unless director Paul Greengrass comes back to the franchise as well with a story they feel is worth telling.
Tony Gilroy wrote and directed The Bourne Legacy and made no secret of the fact that he would like to continue on with subsequent films, so it'll be interesting to see what kind of direction Universal is taking with the follow-up.


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Sorry in the Sand Card
Have you hurt a loved one? Apologize sincerely using this free printable card that features the word sorry with a heart beside it and written in the sand. This is the perfect card for couples who needs to patch things up with their boyfriend, girlfriend, wife or husband. It can also be a great card to give to a friend you have hurt or even a child to receive from an adult or to give to each other. Of course make sure to add a sincere apology inside the card and tell your loved one why you deserve to be forgiven. This is a simple card, but it's quite beautiful in its own way. Always own up to your mistakes and apologize; these printable greeting cards can help.
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