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well. we can always take real life evidence. The evidence points to black people being failures at all levels, in all places of the world. I'll give examples
Black people are more likely to be in prison
Black familiese are horribly broken
Black neighborhoods are filled with crime
Black cities inherit all the problems of black neighborhoods as well as having broken city budgets (look at Detroit)
Black countries are crap. Countries that were prospering under colonialism or apartheid are breaking down to extreme forms of poverty without their white benefactors.
The fact is, is that black people prosper no-where on this earth. Racism or colonialism isn't sufficient to explain this because other countries that were also colonized and have non-white populations are prospering in their own way.
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To declare that a personal, inner experience gives certainty about the workings of the universe is to assign far too much value to one's subjective sense of conviction.
I'm not that arrogant.
The brain, marvelous instrument though it is, isn't infallible. It can misfire, seize or hallucinate, and it can do so in a way that's utterly indistinguishable from reality to the person experiencing it.
Wrong. The correct statement is 'poor people are more likely to be in prison, commit crime, have broken families'. White people in similar socioeconomic circumstances have pretty much identical incidences of violence and crime.
You're also vastly oversimplifying. Africa was the most recently colonized and deconolized of the continents, of course it's going to be worse off.
Do no harm, but take no shit.
It's not really up for debate though, as those terms are considered archaic by the greater scientific community. Even with those who argue on the side that's opposite of mine. Raw brain size btw, varies more by sex than it does by geographic population or "race". Brain size and intelligence are only related when the brain size is abnormally large or small for a human's body-mass, indicting malnurishment, mental disabilities, or physical deformity. Brain structures matter far more than encephalization quotients. The capacity for language (one of the few universal requirements for intelligence in humans that separates us from animals according to many) is rooted in brain structures, neural pathways, the connections between axons, and other important physiological requirements.
Actually, no. Most of that was buying slaves from locals and shipping them away. Sure; not all African civilizations were so crude and nasty... But a fair number of them wás. You can try to sugar-coat it all you want, but the Mayans ate people and burned down rainforests, the Zulus traded in slaves, and the Norse made clothing out of Christians. We've all got things down the line of our ancestors that we're not proud of; maybe we shouldn't romanticize them too much.
It's just plain stupid to label those who address racial issues RACISTS, but that's how it goes on most internet resources.
They just fear. That's a shame and the reason racial differences raise hatred in some cases.
If it was allowed to speak freely - it would not grow teh hatred that much. When you feel you can not even discuss the point which concerns you, you feel everybody's against you and start hating.
Don't worry, damn those who label you racist, unless they're a court.
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I wasn't being smart. Just clarifying i am indeed talking about slave trading. That slaves had different "values" in different societies is a different matter.
They were taken from villages, enslaved and sold.
The Europeans in Africa weren't actually enslaving people as in "capturing" them themselves. They were dealing with the African elite, that was selling them already enslaved people.
It's history, not opinions.
And also, here in Russia, we never had blacks as slaves, we never insulted them for just being black, that's why us calling them Black or the famous N-word is NOT AT ALL AN OFFENCE. It hurts to meet rage when you call them the N-word in the internet, not meaning ANYTHING bad.
And we lol at those who call them afro-americans, for lol, they're propbably not even from america and good guys, why are they offended?
Because people are idiots.
It's okay to hold your own species in higher regard than other species; human-animals
It's not okay to hold your sub-species in higher regard than the rest of the species; different ethnicities
Double standard pave the way for a lot if not most people.
Actually the Zulu weren't that heavily invested in trading slaves to Europeans, when compared to Nigerian and Ghanaian groups. The two main groups who shipped the majority of the descendants of Black American and Afro-Brazilians. Your accusation that I'm "sugar-coating it" and "romanticizing things" is incorrect as I've already acknowledged that there was indeed trading going on.
Well; it's not entirely true.
I would again like to refer to 'We are our Brains,' a book written by Dick Swaab, who also touches on the point of brain development and the effects of neglect, solitude and information (or a lack thereof). The brain needs to do things in order to develop. The less it has to do, the less it physically develops.
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Give your favorite vanilla cupcakes a makeover with a cookie bottom, granola center, chocolate glaze and granola sprinkles.
Remember the granola clusters I made from muesli a while back when we were on Bali?
The first batch didn't turn out so great because I got distracted swimming in the pool…oops. But I tried again, watching the oven closely this time, and they came out wonderfully.
The fact that my husband and I gobbled them up all in one afternoon attests to how much we liked them. And we didn't even feel too guilty as they are quite a healthy treat.
That is to say there were still a few when I was making cupcakes the same day. It gave me an idea to incorporate them and give the cupcakes a crunchy center. But before that I had already decided to give the cupcakes a cookie bottom.
You can skip this part or use any smallish cookie that you like (home-made or bought) that is about the diameter of your cupcake liners. These were the cookies I used:
They were store-bought chocolate chip peanut cookies.
Next time I would probably use a cookie that complements the granola clusters. Or make granola clusters complementing the cookies. So for these cookies granola clusters with peanuts and chocolate chips would have been perfect.
To add a granola center to your cupcakes cut a cylindrical hole about 2/3 deep into the cupcake. A small knife works well but I prefer the reverse side of a medium-sized icing tip. I did the same for my apple caramel cupcakes and it worked like a charm.
Crumble apart a granola cluster (this works best if they weren't baked until too crunchy) and fill the center with about 1/2 a granola cluster. Push in a little bit but don't press too tight. I made that mistake with a few of the cupcakes and those ended up being difficult to cut or bite into.
To close the center again use just the very top of the cut-out cupcake part.
To finish off the cupcakes I thought a chocolate glaze would be wonderful. It keeps the cupcakes moist and adds a chocolaty sweetness without being too overwhelming. I used my absolute favorite and so simple to make chocolate glaze from my Zucchini Brownies.
Any leftover glaze can be used to make hot chocolate or chocolate milk.
- cupcake batter for 12 vanilla cupcakes (your favorite recipe or from a box mix)
- 12 smallish cookies
- 6 granola clusters
- 3 tbsp cocoa powder
- 2 tbsp margarine
- 1 cup icing sugar
- 2 tbsp milk
- ¼ tsp vanilla
- Prepare granola clusters. You will need only about 6 clusters for 12 cupcakes.
- Preheat oven according to directions for your cupcakes. Prepare cupcake batter. Line a cupcake tray with paper liners. Place one cookie at the bottom of each liner. Fill liners to ½ or ⅔ mark with cupcake batter and bake as long as recipe requires (usually around 15-20 minutes).
- Let cupcakes cool fully. Using a small knife (I like to use a turned around, medium-sized icing tip) cut a hole into center of cupcakes. Pull apart a granola cluster and fill into center. About ½ cluster, dont press in too tight. Use very top of the cut-out part to close cupcake top again.
- For the chocolate glaze, melt cocoa powder and margarine in a small saucepan on medium heat; put aside to cool. In a bowl stir together icing sugar, milk and vanilla. Mix in cocoa mixture. Dip cupcakes in glaze or spoon glaze over cupcakes. Sprinkle with a few remaining granola bits.


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Royal Bank of Scotland's new boss, Ross McEwan, was given a taste of the challenge he faces as the bank's shares slid despite it reporting the first two-successive quarters of profits since its £45bn taxpayer funded bailout.
His predecessor, Stephen Hester, 52, bowed out by reporting total, first-half profits of £1.4bn against losses of £1.7bn during the same spell last year.
However, the shares finished the day down by 11p at 322.5p, leaving them with a mountain to climb to get even close to the 500p at which the Government paid to "buy in" on behalf of the taxpayer.
That stands in stark contrast to Lloyds, the other state-backed bank, whose shares leapt after its results and largely held their own yesterday to finish at 73.73p, still within an ace of the Government's buy in.
RBS and Mr McEwan immediately sought to address what is potentially the most incendiary issue facing them in the wake of his appointment, saying he will be paid £1m a year, £200,000 less than Mr Hester. He will take no annual bonus for two years.
But despite this, the 56-year-old will still get an additional £350,000 instead of a pension plan and be eligible to participate in the bank's lucrative, long-term incentive scheme from next year.
These share-based payments can represent by far the biggest component of a top executive's pay, assuming they meet various performance benchmarks, eclipsing even annual bonuses by orders of magnitude.
The bank's chairman, Sir Philip Hampton, who plans to step down after Mr McEwan has got his feet under the desk, sought to dismiss speculation that RBS had been turned down by external candidates, saying Mr McEwan was the only person offered the job.
"Ross is very aware of the pressures on bankers' pay from the press, politicians and the public and wanted to make a gesture," he added. Mr McEwan will officially take over on 1 October.
Mr Hester, presenting his swan song, said he did not believe RBS would be ready for a sell-off next year and warned that RBS was "roughly a year behind Lloyds in rebuilding our capital ratios".
"That means we would be ready for privatisation towards the end of 2014, but whether the share price and the stock market is where the Government would want them to be then is another matter," he warned. Under his tenure a bank that was "reputationally and financially bust" when he arrived in 2009, slashed its balance sheet by £720bn, gutted an investment bank that had represented 60 per cent of the business leaving it at just 20 per cent, and cut costs from £17.5bn to £13bn.
That was in part achieved by axing more than 50,000 jobs, leaving a workforce of 122,000. As with Lloyds, his final results presentation came with stings in the tail, including an additional £185m provision for compensation to people mis-sold payment protection insurance policies, bringing the total to £2.4bn.
Disturbingly, there was also a charge of £385m for unspecified "regulatory and legal actions".
Sir Philip said that talks with the Treasury over splitting RBS into a "good bank" and "bad bank" were in their early stages. However, the Government will not be able to vote its 81 per cent if it opts to proceed with such a split.
Dark horse: Relief as 'boring' McEwan takes over the reins
For a bank that has had more than its fair share of mis-steps, RBS was finally in receipt of some applause yesterday over its appointment of Ross McEwan as chief executive.
He was rated as a 25-1 outsider for the job by bookmaker Ladbrokes and his profile is so low he doesn't even have a Wikipedia entry.
However, he has been quietly winning over analysts and investors who had been smarting at the way his widely respected predecessor, Stephen Hester, was jettisoned, seemingly with the connivance of the Government.
McEwan, 56, has been in retail banking for more than 10 years. Before assuming the role of head of RBS's retail bank he had spent more than half of that time at Commonwealth Bank of Australia. There he oversaw an impressive rise in retail banking profit, which grew by 50 per cent over five years and saw the bank garlanded with awards.
The married father of two has been lauded in the City for his "straightforward" approach and willingness to eschew grandiose pronouncements and big ideas in favour of getting the job done.
That may make him seem rather boring, and that is one thing Mr Hester never was, with his tendency to commit gaffes such as getting photographed leading the foxhounds at his local hunt. But a bit of tedium may be welcomed in RBS.
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Thursday, October 28, 2010
christmas quilt
Done. done. done.
I DO need to quilt it.
So technically it's not...
done. done. done.
I blogged about making the trees here.
As usual, I get excited about the top being complete
and I want to share it right away!!
DO you do that too??
This one uses a lot of scraps.
Most of the Christmas fabrics in my stash came from my
"quilt Mom", Gerda.
The scraps are kind of "dated", but the little scraps look great
when you update them with something
comtemporary like that black.
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Honey contains potent antioxidants such as flavonoids and phenolic acids. according to an article in the October 2002 issue of the "Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry." The article also notes the presence of the enzyme catalase, which converts harmful hydrogen peroxide molecules into water and oxygen. In addition, honey contains antimicrobial properties, according to the article in "African Health Sciences," which may explain its use as a folk remedy for the topical treatment of wounds to prevent infection. Other health benefits attributed to honey include fighting cancer and building immunity, but there is not scientific data to support these claims.
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May 3, 2012It knows how to infect a gamer for the long run.
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What is this stuff and how.....
OK, I've done a really dumb thing here. I've got my '46 Chevy Panel truck and getting it ready for painting. When I got it I was the fourth owner since it was built. The last two guys did several things but stopped short of finishing it. Well the roof had the high build primer on it, so I (like a dummy) assumed it had been stripped and primed already so I was just going to sand it down and add some fresh primer over it and paint. I started to sand it down and found that the primer was over the orginal 1946 paint and alittle surface rust. Now heres my BIG problem, the rest of the truck is primed and ready for sanding and everthing I use on this paint loads up on the sand paper and even the grinding discs(and I mean really bad). With the rest of the truck done chemical stripping it out totally, won't even consider it!! Anybody know what this stuff is and how I can get it off???? Help me PLEASE
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3M makes a strip and clean disc that has worked really well for me on heavy layers. You can find them at some of the home building stores. They are purple in color, do not load up and come with 5/8 or 1/4 arbors. You would think that something from a home store could not work for automotive, but they work great. The finish comes out smooth enough to epoxy prime over, but I would still DA with 120 or 180 prior to priming. The DA is more to remove small nib type stuff and help uniform the finish. I think they are about $10.00 a piece. They are recommended by 3M for strippping car paint as well. 3M also has a brown scotchbrite for a 7" angle grinder that works awesome. I have only been able to get these from work so I can recommend where you can buy those. By the way, on a 46 Chev truck roof, 1 disc will do it. Maybe 2 for the length of the panel version, that is from my memory and guestimate ofcourse. Very fast by the way. If you try it, let folx here know how it worked. Try and run it with moderate pressure and about 5000 rpm. Good luck on your project.
Can you give me a 3M part number for the stripping disc. I read about it on here just lately and had not heard of it before. Sounds like a good idea. I tried a regular red Scotchbrite pad on a 3000rpm sanding pad and it would not work. I'd like to find this 7" pad and try it on a grinder. Anything that would strip paint well, not generate heat, and not cause alot of unnecessary grinding disc scratches would be great. If you would supply a 3M part number, I can probably locate it.
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I don't have a part number but it is called a 3M Surface Conditioning Disk. They can be had both for a drill arbor or for a 4" grinder. You'll want the 36 grit, purple one. I buy mine at Lowes Home Center. And YES, they are about the most amazing thing I've used for removing paint and old bondo. You will want to use at least a dust mask.
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I do not rermember the part number either. Sorry about that. Even though it is a coarse disc number, remember it is a different type of abrasive. They are generally an impregnated nylon if memory serves me right. Anyway, very good stuff for removing old layers of paint quickly. I highly recommend a 4" grinder set up with a 5/8" arbor. If you use the full size 7" or 9" type, you will know what I mean. Heavy for that amount and kind of work. Oh, by the way, the color purple is correct. Just screw it on and have at it. Dust mask is important here. And as Julmer said, keep it flat, at about a 10 degree angle will do it. Let us know how it works for you. I would aslo do a light scuffing with a DA afterward.
I bought a couple of big ones but the only source I can find for them is Eastwood and I don't like being stuck with mail order for things I tear up occasionally. They do get heavy pretty quickly, too. If you had a LOT of Bondo to remove, the big one might be worthwhile but the 4" is much easier to use. One of the big advantages of using them is that you really have to try to hurt the underlying metal. With a flap disk or a coarse grinding disk, you can burn the steel in a flash. With the 3M ones, you end up with a nicely cleaned, almost polished surface.
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Now here is a film that I'm looking forward to seeing. Hell and Back Again follows a Marine, Sergeant Nathan Harris, as he is fighting a war in Afghanistan and then gets shot from a machine gun bullet. The film then follows Sergeant Harris as he returns home and has to deal with the struggles of civilian life, one that's not easy after having been at war. The documentary sounds very interesting to me, being a Marine myself and having a brother that is currently in the Marines. Well check out the trailer below as it will do a better job then I did description this film. And right below the trailer we have links to screening dates where you can check out Hell and Back Again yourself, which you should.
From his embed with US Marines Echo Company in Afghanistan, photojournalist and filmmaker Danfung Dennis reveals the devastating impact a Taliban machine-gun bullet has on the life of 25-year-old Sergeant Nathan Harris. The film seamlessly transitions from stunning war reportage to an intimate, visceral portrait of one man's personal struggle at home in North Carolina, where Harris confronts the physical and emotional difficulties of re-adjusting to civilian life with the love and support of his wife, Ashley. Masterfully contrasting the intensity of the frontline with the unsettling normalcy of home, HELL AND BACK AGAIN lays bare the true cost of war.
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THIS Sunday, scores of men — some celebrated actors, others appendages to famous glamour-pusses — will expose themselves to the scrutiny of the world and, more alarmingly, Joan Rivers as they stride the red carpet at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood.Read the rest here.
Most are likely to be clad in what is surely among the more foolproof dress uniforms ever devised: the tuxedo. Yet few will manage to get it right. Why is that?
"Men take advantage of their advantages in general," Fran Lebowitz, the humorist and herself a tuxedo wearer, said recently. "But not with this."
Despite being given what Ms. Lebowitz termed "this perfect thing to wear," both stars and arm-pieces are certain to commit sartorial blunders at the Academy Awards. They will wear their pants too long and puddled on their shoes, as Brad Pitt did at the recent Screen Actors Guild awards. They will wear businesslike four-in-hand tie knots, as men like Robert De Niro routinely do, and not the requisite bow tie. They will turn up in suits that fit as though borrowed from Dad, or in shirts with wing collars best left to maîtres d'hôtel, or in colors that make them look like Steve Van Zandt.
"That whole black shirt thing is terrible," said the designer John Varvatos. "When you're talking about these kinds of awards shows, with the elegance of most of the women, the men should be a counterpoint to that."
Often enough these men display their "renegade" natures by adding loopy improvisations: sneakers or Samuel L. Jackson frock coats or open-necked shirts.
They will monkey around in some way with monkey-suit perfection — unless, that is, they happen to be George Clooney. Mr. Clooney always looks Rat Pack immaculate.
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How to Wear a Tux (or why do most men insist on dressing like a shlep?)
Warning, this article is not very flattering to the male of the species. Which is to say it offers some rather pointed and generally accurate observations about the way men tend to dress.
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- The Archer of the Forest said...
Well, is this really a man thing, or is this really a "Hollyweird" thing.
- John (Ad Orientem) said...
In my experience it is most definitely not limited to Hollyweird.
- The Archer of the Forest said...
Maybe I am from a more formal section of the country, but how do you screw up a wearing of a tuxedo?
Tip for men: buy a copy of Dressing the Man. Study it. Memorize it.
- Matushka Anna said...
The need to be a renegade is a dreadful temptation - an attention-grabbing stunt. Carrying yourself off with elegance and grace is far better than "making a statement".
(I think you can only screw up tux-wearing on purpose. It's fool-proof. I guess it's just not idiot-proof.) - 2/24/2012 9:58 AM
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Premier League teams may look to strengthen in the final days before the summer transfer window closes on Friday.
Arsene Wenger has plenty of options in the front three but - much to Mikel Arteta's frustration - none of them are RVP. While Wenger decided against replacing Alex Song with Nuri Sahin, Arteta admitted that Van Persie was simply "irreplaceable". Let's hope Olivier Giroud and Lukas Podolski took the attempt to relieve the pressure on them in the spirit it was intended, eh?
So with the Gunners content to dream of Jack Wilshere reacquainting himself with a football some time soon, it may be that the only arrival at the Emirates Stadium comes in the form of a defensive squad-man - with Ajax defender Nicolai Boilesen among those mentioned. Of course, that would be somewhat curious given that there have only been two goalless draws in the Premier League so far this season and Arsenal were involved in both of them.
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The euphoria that greeted Alex McLeish's sacking at Villa Park lasted much of the summer but the steady realisation that not all of the club's problems have gone away with a mere contract termination is now sinking in. New boss Paul Lambert has the goodwill of the fans but he has work to do in the transfer market if the opening two defeats are any indication.Darren Bent has cut an isolated figure in attack and Villa appear keen to address the issue by bringing in raw Belgium international forward Christian Benteke. The club's interest in Charlton's Dale Stephens also suggests Lambert is determined to stick to his policy of going with potential rather than big-name buys. That could make for a difficult season given that Villa look to be a side in need of experience all over the park.
The word 'need' hardly seems the right one after the summer spending spree Roman Abramovich has embarked upon. And yet, the Blues squad does appear imbalanced. While it seems unlikely that new boys Eden Hazard, Oscar, Marko Marin and Victor Moses could ever be accommodated in the same team, Chelsea remain vulnerable if Fernando Torres were to be injured.Both Edinson Cavani and Hulk continue to be linked with a move to Stamford Bridge and the European champions will need to consider the benefits of strengthening their squad against the risk of unsettling Torres just when he seems set to step out from Didier Drogba's formidable shadow.
Everton's Phils - Neville and Jagielka - have each spoken out in recent weeks to reveal the destabilising effect that transfer windows have had at Goodison Park in the past. David Moyes will be anxious to avoid anything so damaging as Mikel Arteta's deadline day exit in 2011 and looks likely to be focusing on bringing players into the club instead.The Toffees have been linked with a bid to take Charlie Adam across Stanley Park, while young forward Johnny Russell is believed to be a target. Moyes is determined to ensure he has quality back-up on the bench this season... but the Scot draws the line at returning Michael Owen's calls.
The Cottagers have scored seven and conceded three in their opening two matches and look likely to entertain this season. But there is still a little uncertainty surrounding this squad with Moussa Dembele attracting interest from various clubs and the Clint Dempsey saga yet to reach a resolution.With the impressive Mladen Petric likely to need support at the age of 31, Martin Jol appears keen to bring in another forward with West Brom's Peter Odemwingie a target, as well as Lyon's Bafetimbi Gomis and Evian's Yannick Sagbo. With versatile Sunderland man Kieran Richardson also linked with a switch to Craven Cottage it could be a busy week in West London.
Brendan Rodgers has reshaped the Reds midfield as he seeks to introduce his much-vaunted passing style at a club that used to be rather good at it themselves. The defence was miserly last season but if Martin Skrtel's brainwave on Sunday was anything to go by then adapting to the new approach could take time. Howlers aside, scoring goals will still be Liverpool's biggest concern.A tally of 47 Premier League goals last season - one more than Bolton but one fewer than Blackburn - was miserable. But Rodgers' only forward acquisition so far has been Fabio Borini, a player with a grand total of nine goals in top-flight league football. Raheem Sterling has vast potential as well but his career can still be spoken about in terms of minutes rather than goals.
Whether the Reds will be delving back into the transfer market remains to be seen. Clint Dempsey will certainly be hoping a Premier League investigation isn't all he has to show for his summer dalliance with the Anfield club.
Man City
What Manchester City truly need depends on which corridor at the Etihad Stadium you happen to be walking down. Messrs Marwood and Mancini see this one rather differently. What seems clear is that a striker will not be joining after the City boss conceded that signing Van Persie was "impossible" with four strikers (and some chap called Roque Santa Cruz) already at the club.Scott Sinclair looks set to take up the seat Adam Johnson was good enough to keep warm for him on the City substitutes' bench and if stories of interest in Javi Garcia are accurate then he could be joined on the sidelines by another talented Englishman in Jack Rodwell.
Aside from collecting midfielders, the priority for the Premier League champions would appear to be a strengthening of the defence. It's an issue that has gathered greater significance following Mancini's surprise switch to a back-three this summer - one that has seen the Italian press the hapless Kolo Toure into action and doubtless seen Marwood press the panic button. Don't rule out a top-class centre-back arriving before the end of the month.
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Rebuilding the United midfield has been a familiar refrain from the Old Trafford faithful since the days when Paul Scholes was a retired footballer. The arrival of Shinji Kagawa has at least shifted the debate back a few yards - it's no longer Wesley Sneijder who is required but a ball-winning midfielder, apparently.The Roy Keane fixation could be assuaged by a late move for Newcastle's Cheick Tiote but whether Sir Alex Ferguson has identified this as quite the problem position fans believe it to be is unclear. The Red Devils boss was quick to rubbish strong rumours linking the club with a move for Mexican midfielder Hector Herrera and it will be interesting to see whether United are tempted into some late activity.
The Magpies have been flirting with Mathieu Debuchy for much of 2012 without being willing to consummate the thing. Right-back still looks to be the position most in need of strengthening with Danny Simpson's contract remaining an issue. With Debuchy adamant he wants to leave Lille the romance may have at least another week to run.Another former flame still being linked with the Toon is that man Andy Carroll. It's a different world at St James' Park from the one the 23-year-old left when the team was built around the likes of him, Joey Barton and buddy Kevin Nolan. But Alan Pardew may be tempted by the notion that Carroll may save his best work for a Newcastle shirt and he would certainly provide a different attacking option.
There have been plenty of new additions at Carrow Road this summer and some of them have never even played for Leeds. That's not stopping Chris Hughton's drive to add more signings before Friday's deadline. The former Birmingham boss wants a striker.Hughton has ruled out a move for Michael Owen and distanced himself from reports linking the Canaries with a deal to bring in Manchester City's John Guidetti. But the loan exit of James Vaughan has depleted the club's forward options and a pacey alternative to the twin battering ram that is Grant Holt and Steve Morison could prove useful.
Mark Hughes' ambitious attempt to forge a group of ageing mercenaries into something resembling a team simply by using the word 'project' on a regular basis has had an inauspicious start. Still, the whirlwind of excitement at Loftus Road continues and - perhaps stirred by their opening day mauling - it would be a major shock if the Hoops don't make significant moves in the market.One of those could be goalkeeper Julio Cesar who is apparently being lined up to replace Robert Green - the previous well-remunerated keeper purchased in the dim and distant past that was June. If that is indicative of the forward planning at QPR then the abortive attempt to take Michael Dawson off Tottenham suggests they have the funds to press on regardless.
Expect defensive arrivals before the window closes as Hughes seeks to provide reassurance to supporters who may already feel they are five points - and one Joey Barton - worse off than where they thought they'd be at this stage of the season.
As impressive as the Royals' ultimately futile efforts against Chelsea were, there remains the nagging suspicion that Brian McDermott may need to do more business in the transfer market. The Reading boss laughed off reports linking the club with Marseille man Jordan Ayew but quality is needed from somewhere. Perhaps Osasuna midfielder Raoul Loe could help stiffen up the midfield.But goals could be an issue too. The Championship winners of last season achieved that feat despite scoring just 69 times - fewer than any of the top five and the same number as Ipswich who finished in a lowly 15th. Much will depend on Pavel Pogrebnyak staying fit if McDermott does not go looking for some more creativity before the week is out.
It's been an exciting summer to be a Saints fan even if the club appear to have spent much of the past few weeks trying to find out who exactly does own Bologna winger Gaston Ramirez. If nothing else it suggests Nigel Adkins has money to spend and a fair bit of it too.With that in mind, agents from all over Europe will be troubling the switchboard at St Mary's and part of the challenge for Adkins will be not getting too giddy at the volume of exotic players offered in their general direction. Nicolai Boilesen and Maya Yoshida are the latest to be linked.
If the opening defeat by Manchester City offered hope, the home reverse to Wigan was an eye-opening reality check. Southampton need pace and quality in the centre of defence and in attack. The challenge for Adkins is sifting through the agents' phone numbers on his desk and picking the right option.
After frequently utilising central defenders at full-back in recent seasons, latest defensive signing Geoff Cameron featured as a midfielder against Arsenal. But one area of the pitch where Potters fans are hoping even Tony Pulis won't be tempted to convert a defender to play there is centre forward. Stoke need a goalscorer.Pulis' men scored fewer goals than any Premier League team last season. Yes, even Alex McLeish's turgid Villa rabble and those woeful Wolves. What's more, the popular Ricardo Fuller has left since then too.
Although there has been vague talk of pairing Peter Crouch with old partner Jermain Defoe and rumours abound that Michael Owen will deign to hobble onto a football pitch again, the former looks unrealistic and the latter is more of an impact substitute than the Jonathan Walters upgrade that is required.
The most important thing for Martin O'Neill will surely be for expensive acquisitions Steven Fletcher and Adam Johnson to make an instant impact. The new arrivals have reignited Sunderland fans' enthusiasm for the new campaign after a summer in which they could have been forgiven for worrying that their manager had bumped into Stuart Pearce and was now convinced he could build his attack around Fraizer Campbell.The chief concern now will be the more mundane matter of ensuring they have adequate defensive cover with Kieran Richardson expected to follow Michael Turner out of the Stadium of Light and injury doubts over Wes Brown. More low-key additions could be imminent.
Swansea chairman Huw Jenkins has been unimpressed with Manchester City's handling of the proposed transfer of Scott Sinclair but the feeling persists that Michael Laudrup is relaxed about the situation and could well be eyeing up the latest bargain replacement from Spain.Although Sinclair has had to be content with a place on the bench for the aggregate 8-0 whippings of QPR and West Ham, the Welsh side are not so naïve as to believe that reinforcements will not be useful when the winger finally does walk away. Middlesbrough forward Marvin Emnes is one who has been linked with a move to the Liberty Stadium and expect arrivals before the Swans' next Premier League exhibition.
While Daniel Levy no doubt revels in the club's new 'partnership agreement' with Real Madrid - the one that sees their best player finally leave with just days to find a replacement - Tottenham fans may be more sceptical about the chairman's unique approach to the transfer window.New boss Andre Villas-Boas has a tough job on his hands as it is with many already seemingly willing to cast him as a failure if he cannot deliver a top-four finish. As a result, who could blame him for being desperate for players? And who could blame the clubs in possession of those players for being fully aware of Spurs' desperation?
So expect the boot to be on the other foot for Levy as clubs demand a premium for the likes of Leandro Damiao, Hugo Lloris, Willian and Loic Remy. Even so, things will look an awful lot brighter next week if Spurs have a new attacking talent and a goalkeeper the right side of 40 in their ranks.
West Brom
Such is the Baggies' management structure that chairman Jeremy Peace may be more concerned by the prospect of sporting director Dan Ashworth taking a job with the FA than he is by the ongoing rumours of star striker Peter Odemwingie leaving.Ashworth's squad-building has constructed a playing staff that is one of the more stable in the Premier League - some would say too static. A bit of pace wouldn't go amiss but Peace does not do rash marquee signings so Albion fans may have to be content with some defensive cover at left-back and/or centre-back before the window shuts.
West Ham
Hammers boss Sam Allardyce has already ruled out anything beyond a loan deal as he bemoans the budget restrictions at Upton Park. It's a hard-luck story that would garner a little more sympathy if Allardyce hadn't just blown north of £10million on winger Matt Jarvis.Jarvis loitered on the flank for all 90 minutes of West Ham's chastening experience at the Liberty Stadium against Swansea on Saturday. Hammers fans may be wondering what the point is of signing a winger if the rest of the team are unable to shovel the ball his way let alone him provide service to the forwards.
The newly-promoted side look pedestrian and with the supposedly reliable acquisitions of Jussi Jaaskelainen and James Collins erring against the Swans, Allardyce may be tempted into a loan market gamble to inject some more urgency into this side.
The sale of Victor Moses to Chelsea has bolstered Roberto Martinez's transfer kitty and will presumably spark attempts to add to the squad before the end of the month. But the Latics boss has been making confident noises about strength in depth at the DW Stadium.The loss of a versatile forward leaves a significant gap but nobody does faith in his players quite like the Spaniard and it would be little surprise if Wigan invest in a future prospect instead - with Martinez encouraging the likes of Albert Crusat to fill the significantly bigger boots of Moses in the short-term.
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Monday, February 13, 2006
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As reported in the media today (read or listen to NPR's coverage online) the House's report investigating the government's response to Katrina is to be released Wednesday. The minority Democrat's have already released their response to the report, which can be found on Rep. Charlie Melancon's (D-LA) web site. When the majority report of the committee is available we will post it to this blog.
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Friday, November 30, 2012
rabbit brooch { painted fabric pin }
I've been making and selling fabric pins !!!! Cats and weird girls and now a rabbit
this rabbit and a few cats are in my shop now
have a great weekend !
6 comments:
- The Quintessential Magpie said...
How adorablle! Sandy, this is just as cute as can be!
Sheila - November 30, 2012 at 8:40 PM
- Cynthia Myers said...
what a wonderful idea.
love them!
especially the cat ones. - December 1, 2012 at 9:34 AM
- Ellen said...
they are really lovely little characters :)
- December 1, 2012 at 12:19 PM
- Robin Kent said...
Yours look great! Would love to see some of the others. I did little face pins years ago. They were fun to make (a different proportion) and I was sometimes startled to see one staring back at me at town functions.
- December 2, 2012 at 8:36 AM
- Lisa Graham Art said...
Hi Sandy...I just happen to stumble onto your blog and your dolls and pins are so unique and fabulous. Such strong work you do.
Greetings (and Merry Christmas) from Wichita, Kansas! - December 10, 2012 at 9:44 PM
- A Magical Whimsy said...
Just checking in to say hi, Sandy. Letting you know I am thinking of you.
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No Offense: Charges Dropped Against Accused Kingwood Flasher
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The sucky thing about being a registered sex offender is that, anytime some dude whips out his weiner in your neighborhood, the police are eventually going to look in your direction. Such is the case with Kingwood resident/creepy guy Jose Gregory Moore, who had been charged with indecency with a child in June, despite the fact that he had the time-tested, legally airtight "I Was in Lexington, Kentucky At the Time Alibi," wherein the defendant claims that he or she was in Lexington when the crime occurred. (As one might expect, this strategy doesn't work so well in Lexington). The charge was dropped earlier this month.
Moore's attorney, Colin Amann, told the Atascocita Observer this week that Harris County prosecutors continued to pursue charges against Moore even after they were provided with "airplane tickets, baggage claim tickets [and] boarding passes," indicating Moore wasn't in town when two teenage girls said a man exposed himself to them while they were riding their bikes.
"When, from the first day, the prosecution knew it could not have been [Moore], the time and effort they spent focusing on him instead of the real person wasted a lot of time and resources," Amann told the Observer, adding that investigators were :"on a witch hunt."
More accurately, they were on a sex-offender hunt, so it's kind of easy to see why they would have looked at, um, sex offenders -- a club to which Moore belongs. Moore, whose occupation is listed as "athletic trainer," entered into the Texas DPS sex offender registry in 1999, following a 1994 misdemeanor conviction for exposing himself to a 14-year-old girl. (Amann told the Observer that he's been fighting to have Moore removed from the registry, saying "indecent exposure could be something like peeing on the side of the road.")
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And Amann also said his client has been unfairly targeted by the Mills Branch Village Community Association, which has posted Moore's record on its website -- a record with previous indecency/exposure charges dating back to 1983. Amann is also upset that the Community Association has not removed a June "Crimewatch" notice of Moore's arrest.
Amann told the Observer that the arrest cost Moore his job and "his privileges at the gym where he used to do his training...."
However, the most upsetting aspect is that neither investigators nor the Community Association appear interested in finding out who the real flasher is. Maybe Moore could help them out. Since he lost his job, he probably has a lot of time on his hands.
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Newcastle today confirmed that talks between manager Kevin Keegan and the club are ongoing.
After a day of intense speculation over the 57-year-old's position on Tyneside, the Magpies have reiterated that the former England boss has not been sacked, nor has he resigned.
A club statement said: "Newcastle United Football Club can confirm that discussions are ongoing between the board and Kevin Keegan.
"Both the club and Kevin would like to reiterate that Kevin remains as manager.
"He has not resigned nor has he been sacked, as has been confirmed in respective statements made by Kevin and Newcastle United Football Club."
The latest statement, which followed one released last night amid reports that Keegan was no longer the manager at St James' Park, will simply serve to increase the intrigue over a situation which is remarkable even by the standards of a club with an astonishing capacity for attracting headlines.
Keegan is understood to have taken legal advice and contacted the League Managers' Association over his plight.
Keegan is known to have been unhappy with the way summer recruitment plans were handled with owner Mike Ashley implementing a policy which targeted up and coming players rather than the statement signings for which Keegan had hoped.
In addition, Newcastle's efforts to reduce the wage bill by attempting to offload some of their highest earners, and James Milner's £12m switch to Aston Villa, did not go down well with a man whose squad was already under great pressure because of both a lack of numbers and injuries.
Some reports have suggested Keegan's continued presence at St James' Park is simply the result of his need to sort out a compensation package ahead of his inevitable departure.
That prospect attracted a furious response from supporters who gathered outside St James' as the rumours grew yesterday, and there was little doubt on which side of the fence their loyalties lay.
Ashley and executive director (football) Dennis Wise, the man the billionaire employed to head up the club's recruitment department, bore the brunt of the anger, and the club can expect more of the same if Keegan does eventually sever his ties with the Magpies.
Keegan arrived back on Tyneside to a hero's welcome in January after Ashley sprang a major surprise to appoint him as Sam Allardyce's successor.
At the time, the fans settled back and waited for the millions to start flowing and the big names to arrive.
However, that has not happened - indeed, most of the noises coming out of St James' since have suggested a new frugality.
Harry Redknapp suspects Keegan's second spell at St James' Park is over and urged the Newcastle boss to walk away if he has been shown a lack of respect.
Portsmouth boss Redknapp, who was approached to take over Newcastle when Allardyce was sacked, claimed Keegan's "pride" is at stake.
"Only Kevin would know if he's been undermined. From an outsider's point of view we don't know what's happened," said the Portsmouth boss.
"But Kevin knows. He's a proud man and if he feels he's been undermined then he must make a decision over his future.
"Pride's at stake and if he feels he's not been treated with the respect he deserves then he'll have to walk.
"Only Kevin knows if players have been sold without his knowledge but it has happened to a few clubs recently.
"Hopefully there's a way of getting everything back on track but I wouldn't bet on it now."
Redknapp admitted he was surprised by the rapid deterioration of Keegan's relationship with the club following reported clashes over Newcastle's transfer policy.
"It's been an amazing turnaround in football so far this week," he said.
"If you're a Man City fan you're probably delighted by what's gone on.
"If you're a Newcastle fan you're probably very disturbed by what's happened.
"Suddenly yesterday Kevin seemed gone and no-one really knew what had happened. Only he and the chairman truly know.
"The owner's a nice guy who has put his money in and bought the club.
"So is Kevin - he's a popular and passionate guy and everyone loves him."
Former England midfielder Jamie Redknapp insisted Keegan's position had been rendered "untenable".
"The situation at Newcastle is a little bit of a worry because Kevin is someone that everyone has a lot of respect for," he said.
"The sooner it gets resolved the better because Newcastle is a fabulous club that shouldn't be getting the press it does.
"What's happened makes it difficult for him - his position is almost untenable now.
"I hoped it gets sorted out as soon as possible because Kevin Keegan is a fantastic football person and he deserves better than that."
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What courses? French (often offered as part of a joint honours degree with a multitude of other subjects)
What do you come out with? BA, BSc or MA in Scotland
Why do it? "A degree in French gives you the edge in today's global job market, whether you are considering a career in business, finance, diplomacy, media, interpreting, translation or teaching. Studying French enables you to develop a high level of oral and written competence in communication skills, and enhances your inter-cultural awareness. Courses in French deepen your understanding of the social, political, economic and cultural environment of France and Francophone countries and strengthen your research and analytical skills. Today, as a graduate of French, you will have the knowledge and skills employers require and the high level of employability amongst graduates of French means you will stand out from the crowd." - Ariane Bogain, senior lecturer in French studies, Northumbria University
What's it about? You study the language, literature, society and culture of France. French single honours seems to be going out of fashion, as many students now combine it with another subject – perhaps another language or business studies, as is increasingly popular these days. Few universities will offer a simple French or French studies degree. In Scottish universities you will be able to combine French with Gaelic and Celtic studies, while many institutions in England and Wales will give you the option of studying the language together with both humanities (geography, history, anthropology) or maths and economics. Learning methods and assessments vary among essays, presentations, oral and written exams and a final dissertation at the end of the fourth year. Most of the courses will also provide practical translation workshop to give you a concrete insight into French translating.
Study options: A degree usually lasts four years, one of which is spent abroad. Each institution offers different perspectives for students who want to travel in a French-speaking country for one year to improve their skills. Most of them give you the chance to spend an ERASMUS or Socrates year studying in numerous French cities, Canada or on the French islands of Reunion or Martinique. Other institutions instead will offer you the chance to spend a year as an English teacher or working in a French company.
What will I need to do it? You will need French, and any other relevant subjects e.g. another foreign language, history and English. Generally, it is required to reach a B grade or above in French and a C grade in English and maths at GCSE. Edinburgh and King's College require AAA, while Oxford will only take into consideration applicants with three As, before an interview and admission test.
What are my job prospects? Good – graduates with a degree in French are pretty employable. Whether they go into business, diplomacy in international relations, development or sales, you can be certain they'll have that little bit of je ne sais quoi to help them through. According to The Times' Good University Guide 2012, seven out of ten graduates are in graduate-level jobs or further study within six months of completing their undergrad, and only 6 per cent are unemployed – a figure much lower than the average. Starting salaries are not bad too, averaging around £20,000 for graduate-level jobs.
Where's best to do it? Oxford, St Andrews and Durham reached the top three in the Complete University Guide 2012, followed by Cambridge, UCL and Warwick. However, students said that courses at Northumbria, Birmingham and Cambridge were the most satisfying, closely followed by Oxford, Ulster and Leicester.
Related degrees: German; Spanish; Italian; English; Celtic and Gaelic studies; Chinese; Arabic and Middle Eastern studies; African studies.


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Ever since the release of the ATI Radeon 9700 in October 2002, NVIDIA has been in the unfamiliar position of playing catch up in the high-end video-card market. The mistake that was the GeForce FX 5800, and the competitive but decidedly second-fiddle GeForce FX 5900/5950 cards have taught NVIDIA a lesson, though: Don't make the same mistake three times in a row. With the new GeForce 6800 Ultra, NVIDIA regains the performance lead in a very big way.
What's New?
Weighing in with an unprecedented 220 million transistors, the GeForce 6800 Ultra (formerly codenamed NV40) possesses an entirely new core with new and forward-looking features. What's causing the massive performance increase (we'll get to the charts later) is the better architecture, including a 16 pipeline design, full speed 32-bit floating point shading, and complete support for pixel shader 3.0 (which is in the upcoming DirectX 9.0c). Other improvements include an on-board but separated video-processing unit, which allows for hardware encoding/decoding of MPEG videos, HDTV output, and more, all without using the more traditional processing core of the chip.
The inclusion of support for the shader 3.0 model is certainly forward-looking, but it may just be the power behind future games. Major changes include support for much longer shader programs (from 256 instructions to 65,535) and branching, or program flow control. In simple terms, this allows one shader program to handle multiple situations without having to rewrite the shader for each particular difference. In an example we saw, a single vector shader program that displayed flowing lava was able to automatically determine the height and distance of a mountain in real-time. This meant that as the height and various valleys of the mountain changed, the lava flowed through them and over them accordingly, all with the same program recognizing the differences on the fly. While this was a cool demonstration, it's a demonstration of features that aren't yet found in games and probably won't be for at least 12 or more months.
For current games, however, the 6800 Ultra increases performance like nothing before it. This increase in speed is a combination of having 16 pipelines (the 5900/5950 cards had four) and the screaming fast 256 MB of DDR-3 RAM running at 1.1 GHz. In fact, games that used to be employed as benchmarks such as UT 2003 and Dungeon Siege are now CPU limited rather than GPU limited, especially when running at lower resolutions without any features turned on. This means that the video card can go faster, but the CPU cannot send the instructions fast enough.
Other changes include an entire new driver set (although it's still in beta), the next generation of UltraShadow, a shadowing technique that allows the GPU to calculate shadows instead of relying on the GPU, and an MIMD (multiple instruction/multiple data) architecture. The new driver set features Game Profiler 2.0, which allows for specific settings to be applied to games at their launch, as well as improved support for PCI Express and native 64-bit support. UltraShadow, while an interesting feature, has to be written for, and currently, the only major title that comes to mind that utilizes this is the unreleased DOOM 3. The MIMD architecture allows instructions to be sent to the GPU concurrently, even if the instructions are operating on completely separate pieces of the video output. For example, one set of instructions can be working on a shader program for a particular texture while another set of instructions might be handling fog levels on a separate texture.
Of course, there are a few remaining questions on the GeForce 6800 Ultra. When will they be available? Considering that the NV40 requires the beta drivers, and those drivers are scheduled to go retail in mid to late May, I'd say mid to late May. How much will it cost? The standard of $499 for the Ultra version is expected, although the non-Ultra version will be an estimated $299. The major differences between the two cards are that the Ultra has 16 pipelines vs. the non-Ultra's 12, the non-Ultra only requires one molex connector, and the non-Ultra is single instead of double slot card. The RAM core and speed for the non-Ultra are yet to be determined. We should also note that we only had an Ultra for testing purposes. What about the mid-range cards? They aren't even named yet, and they will most likely become available a month or two after the release of the big boy. Just how fast is this thing? OK, let's get to the numbers.