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Lyons sentenced
Kris Lyons of Moose Lake was sentenced by Judge Robert E. Macaulay Jr. for one DWI count from last August on Monday, February 11, in the Carlton County court.
Lyons, 59, had been arrested on August 15, 2012, and charged with two counts of DWI. She pled guilty to one count on January 2, 2013, and the other count was dismissed. The count was a gross misdemeanor.
Lyons was sentenced to the Carlton County jail for a term of one year, with the time to serve as 90 days. The remainder of the sentence was stayed for 275 days for two years. She received one day credit for time served.
The sentence will be staggered. She will serve the initial 30 days with credit for one day as arranged by probation. She will report to serve the balance of 60 days on September 9, 2013, with a review hearing at the same date and time.
Lyons will remain on supervised probation for two years, until February 11, 2015.
She was fined $1,500. With additional fees, Lyons paid a total of $1,615.
The conditions were given: No alcohol/controlled substance use, no possession of alcohol or drugs, random testing, follow all conditions set forth in the Probation Agreement, abide by all Special and General Conditions of the Probation Agreement, contact with probation, follow all instructions of probation, sign Probation Agreement, attend Alcoholics Anonymous, DWI clinic, Victim Impact Panel, no alcohol-related traffic offenses, make all future court appearances and appear for Review Hearing on September 9, 2013, and comply with the Ignition Interlock Program.


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Sox can't pick up Danks during Minnesota derby
MINNEAPOLIS -- Every time the White Sox rallied to make it a close game Thursday, the Twins poured on more runs, completing a sweep of Chicago with an 8-4 win at Target Field.
The sweep marked the first time since Sept. 14-16, 2010, that the Twins swept the White Sox in a three-game set.View Full Game Coverage
MINNEAPOLIS -- Every time the White Sox rallied to make it a close game Thursday, the Twins poured on more runs, completing a sweep of Chicago with an 8-4 win at Target Field.
The sweep marked the first time since Sept. 14-16, 2010, that the Twins swept the White Sox in a three-game set.View Full Game Coverage
"It's frustrating," manager Robin Ventura said. "I know for the guys, [the team mentality is] the toughest part. It's hard. The game is hard enough when you're playing well. When you're not playing well, you can see all the warts and everything else. You can see how hard the game is. You don't take it for granted, you keep playing hard. Eventually, the sun comes out."
While Minnesota jumped out early -- hitting four home runs off left-hander John Danks -- Chicago made it a game in the sixth with back-to-back homers for only the second time this year -- the first since a 4-2 win over the Twins on May 14, also at Target Field.
Paul Konerko hit a two-run blast to left to score Alex Rios, who led off the sixth with a single. Adam Dunn followed with a shot to right to make it a two-run game.
But the White Sox offense couldn't make up for Danks' rocky start. The lefty gave up six runs on 12 hits through five innings.
"With Johnny, it's just one of those, he throws a couple pitches in there," Ventura said. "The home runs hurt, but we aren't helping him defensively -- any of the pitchers. You've got to clean that up to give yourself a chance to come back and score like we did."
"You just have to tip your hat on them hitting pitches that you're supposed to hit," Danks said. "I just felt like the few times I was able to get ahead, I wasn't able to put them away. I didn't have maybe what I needed to put them away, but nonetheless, there's no reason for me to throw the ball where I did. ... I gave a few guys some cookies, and they did what they were supposed to do."
Minnesota got to Danks early as Oswaldo Arcia kicked off the home run fiesta with a solo shot to right with one out in the second. Three batters later, Brian Dozier joined in with a two-run, two-out blast to left off the front of the second deck, scoring Clete Thomas, who singled and moved to second on a throwing error.
"It was a nice sweep there," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "Some good things happened, with the bottom of the order coming up with some big ones and Dozier, too, with another one to get us to an early lead. So we kind of hung on from there."
Chicago got one back in the fourth, loading the bases before a throwing error from Minnesota third baseman Trevor Plouffe allowed Jeff Keppinger to reach and Konerko to score.
Just as the White Sox got on the board, the Twins added on. Thomas and Eduardo Escobar hit back-to-back home runs for a 5-1 lead. Arcia came up with his second hit of the day an inning later, an RBI single that scored Plouffe.
Chicago closed the deficit to 6-4 an inning later, as Konerko and Dunn went deep, but once again the Twins responded. Right-hander Matt Lindstrom took over for Danks in the sixth and retired two batters before loading the bases. Justin Morneau -- the lone Twin without a hit on the day at the time -- came up with a two-run single to score Joe Mauer and Ryan Doumit, who each reached on a double and a fielding error, respectively.
"It always helps when everyone in the lineup is hitting, 1 through 9," Dozier said. "Everything is flowing really well right now."
Twins starter Scott Diamond worked through 5 1/3 innings and gave up four runs -- three earned -- on seven hits. He walked one and struck out two.
Right-hander Jesse Crain notched a franchise-record 28th straight scoreless appearance for the Sox in the seventh inning. He gave up just one hit and struck out one against his former team.
"I just go out there and I take it day by day, pitch by pitch," Crain said. "I feel like you get better every year, you learn something. I'm trying to put everything together this year. So far it's worked out."
Despite Crain's personal achievement, the White Sox fell to 29-41 on the season and have just one win in their last nine games.
"Trust me, if we knew, we'd be out of it already," Crain said of the skid. "It's been pretty frustrating. ... We can't think about previous days. We have to go out there and act like our record is 0-0 and try to win."
Kelly Erickson is an associate reporter for MLB.com.

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* National broadband network's future hinges on election
* Telstra big winner from opposition Coalition plan
* Coalition election victory could open door for Huawei
By Jane Wardell
SYDNEY, July 16 (Reuters) - The future of an ambitious
project to connect almost all Australia's far-flung inhabitants
to high-speed internet, the largest infrastructure enterprise in
the country's history, is hanging on the outcome of an upcoming
federal election.
The Labor government and conservative Liberal-led opposition
have vastly differing plans for the A$37.4 billion ($34.2
billion) National Broadband Network (NBN), potentially hurting
some business stakeholders and opening the door to others,
including China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd.
"It will be a significant shift, we are talking about
completely changing the idea of the rollout," Melbourne-based
RMIT University electrical engineering expert Mark Gregory said
about a possible Liberal-led coalition election victory.
"There will still be activity, but there will definitely be
winners and losers."
A national high-speed network is central to Australia's
plans to become one of the world's leading "digital economies"
as it seeks alternative drivers of growth to replace a fading
mining investment boom.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's Labor government has promised to
deliver Internet speeds of up to 100 megabits per second (Mbps)
to 93 percent of premises by 2021 using fibre-optic cables, with
the remaining remote locations served by satellite and fixed
The planned network, which takes the fibre-optic cable
direct to households and businesses, would be one of the most
advanced in the world.
But just three years in, the 10-year project is plagued by
problems, including delays that led the government-owned NBN Co
to seize back control of construction in the Northern Territory
from Syntheo, a joint venture of Lend Lease Corp Ltd
and specialist construction firm Service Stream Ltd.
NBN Co's chief executive Mike Quigley quit last week after
the interim targets for the number of premises connected in the
rollout were lowered three times.
The government has promised to connect 8.5 million premises
to the network by 2021. By June this year, just 163,500 had been
hooked up, less than half the downwardly revised interim target.
The delays have opened the door for Rudd's challenger,
Liberal Party leader Tony Abbott, to lambast the project as too
expensive and unnecessarily complex.
Abbott instead promises a A$30 billion fibre-to-the-node
network. Under this plan, high-speed fibre would be laid to
streetside "nodes" but the final connection to homes and
businesses would rely on Telstra Corp Ltd's ageing
copper wires, with much slower download speeds than fibre.
The Liberal Party says this would provide 25 Mbps minimum by
2016 and 50 Mbps for the "vast majority of households" by 2019.
Abbott argues that is "more than enough for the average
household", dismissing critics' warnings it would leave
Australia with an outdated network that would only be as good as
its weakest, copper links. The opposition would also use
satellite and fixed wireless for remote locations.
Rudd has until the end of November to hold an election and
the NBN is shaping up as a key battleground. Opinion polls show
Labor and the Liberal-led coalition running neck-and-neck.
Should the coalition win office, Shenzhen-based Huawei,
which Labor has banned from bidding on any NBN contracts because
of cyber security concerns, could be one of the big winners.
Coalition communications spokesman Malcolm Turnbull has said
a coalition government would take another look at advice from
spy agency ASIO that led to the ban on the private Chinese
"Huawei has a fibre-to-the-node solution and I imagine they
are in there giving Turnbull as much guidance as possible,"
Gregory said.
Huawei declined requests for comment.
Any entry by Huawei into the bidding for future work could
take business from current lead contractor, France's
Alcatel-Lucent SA.
Another potential winner from the coalition's plan is
leading telecommunications firm Telstra, as the speedier rollout
would mean quicker payments for the switchover of customers from
its copper network.
Deutsche Bank analysis suggests Telstra will retain its
broadband market share of around 47 percent, instead of a slide
to 35 percent under Labor's project.
Telstra would also keep its hybrid fibre coaxial cable for
Pay TV delivery as a competitor to the NBN, a scenario that does
not sit well with Singapore Telecommunications Ltd's
Australian unit, Optus.
The coalition plan could also marginally reduce business for
Silcar, the 50:50 venture between Germany's Siemens AG
and Leighton Holdings Ltd's Thiess, which is
focused on fibre optics.
But if Rudd pulls off a victory, it will be business as
usual to a certain extent for current contractors.
Still, Service Stream is likely to exit after confirming its
foray into the project had left it with "material losses."
($1 = 1.0933 Australian dollars)
(Editing by Stephen Coates)


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Category: General News
Fire Near Omak Destroys Two Homes; Eight Other Structures
OMAK, Wash. (AP) — Lingering smoke and the proximity of a wildfire that has burned two homes and eight other structures have prompted officials at an Indian school in north-central Washington to cancel classes for the rest of the week. Fire spokesman Mark Grassel says the fire that grew rapidly in strong winds on Tuesday didn't grow much yesterday. It has burned across nearly 8 square miles, on the Colville Indian Reservation, and past the historic St. Mary's Mission and the Paschal Sherman Indian School.


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October 23, 2011
It's been a year since ....
11 comments:
- Jeanette said...
My daughter would envy you those cactus Val. She love them. Always trying to talk me into buying her more. Gorgeous goodies you've made for the stall. Hugs,
- October 23, 2011 at 2:55 PM
- Solstitches said...
All of your makes are lovely and I just visited your FB page. Lots of gorgeous things there also.
Beautiful pictures of your cactus garden.
- October 23, 2011 at 4:50 PM
- Allie said...
Wow look at those flowers, amazing! I love love love all the goodies you're making Val...so very sweet. Your attention to detail is incredible! Every stitch is just perfect!
- October 23, 2011 at 5:32 PM
- Fiona said...
Cactus's always amaze me... lovely to see yours in bloom and I do love the little goodies you have been making...
- October 23, 2011 at 6:31 PM
- KaHolly said...
Love those little scissor fobs! Good luck with your craft show!
- October 23, 2011 at 8:55 PM
- Roxanne said...
Beautiful cactus flowers. Going over to check your fb page now.
- October 23, 2011 at 10:33 PM
- Rosi said...
Felicidades de verdad los cactus son bellisimos, a mi hijo Jesus le gustan mucho, y al ver estos los disfruto, gracias por compartir tus lindas fotos y tus creaciones tan originales, se nota el amor por tus trabajos, en hora buena y lo mejor para tu semana.
- October 23, 2011 at 10:51 PM
- Sharon said...
Such lovely blooms! Thank you for sharing! Your crafts are adorable as always.
- October 23, 2011 at 11:48 PM
- annmarie said...
I'm so jealous! Your cacti are just gorgeous! I've tried & tried to get mine to bloom with no luch - must be that I live in northern Wisconsin! Thanks for sharing the beauty.
- October 24, 2011 at 12:02 AM
- Quiltin' Sandy said...
Hi Val- that year has gone by so fast. I do remember when you said that you had found the place you wanted!
Your Cacti are gorgeous, I have a rats tail cactus flowering at the moment, the first time for a few years!
Lovely work as usual, those needlecases are extra cute. :) Sandy.
- October 24, 2011 at 6:36 AM
- Vicki ♥ said...
Beautiful flowers Val and cacti have some really gorgeous flowers. Love all your projects you have been busy with too. Hugs Vicki x
- October 24, 2011 at 11:48 AM


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1Haruhi-Yume no Mori, Kiyosu, Aichi
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You can search the museum for each location or category.
We will display Japanese artists in the same area as the museums we showed.
In addition, we will introduce the landscape, culture, customs in the same area as the museum that we displayed.


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It was a busy weekend for the young members of the Royal family as Prince William, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry travelled to northern England to attend the start of the 101st Tour de France.
"Hundreds of spectators greeted the royals in the Yorkshire village of West Tanfield," reported People magazine. "On a cool, sunny day, the Duchess of Cambridge, 32, looked refreshed in her beloved nude LK Bennett pumps and green coat dress."
And even though Prince George was not with his parents and uncle, he was still a part of the day.
"Prince George was acknowledged by the famous cycle race's organizers and gifted with his own mini yellow jersey, the item given to winners throughout the Tour de France," reported Hello! magazine. "Royal fans, who lined the Yorkshire streets to cheer on the cyclists, were also keen to talk about George, with one little girl asking where he was to which Kate replied 'he's asleep in his bedroom.' The Duchess also gave an insight into what the little Prince enjoys playing with, telling one well-wisher that George is "interested in helicopters and anything with wheels."
According to the Wall Street Journal, this is 20th time the Tour de France has started outside France: "Reflecting a growing enthusiasm for cycling in the U.K., organizers are holding the first three stages in England before returning to France and hitting classic territory for the famously gruelling mountain stages. (The bikes will get to France by boat.) This year also sees forays into Belgium and Spain."


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Sunday, May 21, 2006
46 comments:
- Lou said...
Very powerful piece. LOVE IT! Great job!
- Sunday, May 21, 2006 5:52:00 PM
- carla said...
Very dramatic, and sad. You have such a way of choosing a moment in for your paintings...osten the whole story is mysterious, but always there is a strong feeling that the viewr gets. This one seems to have a story, but all we see is this moment, and it's sad. Great work!
- Sunday, May 21, 2006 7:18:00 PM
- michael dailey said...
nice quote by poe i think it fits the piece well if u see the pic from that point of view. very pwerful and moving. i like the placement of the ring and how the lighting draws ur attention to it then holds it there.
- Sunday, May 21, 2006 7:40:00 PM
- Brenda said...
Thanks for the comment. Anyway, great illustration. It's very intriguing.
- Sunday, May 21, 2006 10:29:00 PM
- Katili said...
Great feeling about this one. Very powerful and dramatic. A frozen kind of a moment really saying sorry. Wov!
- Monday, May 22, 2006 3:56:00 AM
- georg said...
An amazing image. It's strong, simple - only the most important is showed, and yet we recognize and understand. Great.
- Monday, May 22, 2006 4:12:00 AM
- AndyDoodler said...
Great painting- poetic- says a lot with a little. Is the red anger? or bad? or love? Is the green/blue apathetic? or good?
Love use of color to convey meaning- the darkness and the light and colors of light - with a yin yangish seed of each hand's accent color on opposite sides of ring/circle of love/circle of insanity?
- Monday, May 22, 2006 10:30:00 AM
- MsDabble said...
Well this is handy dandy. Well done. Also, puts me in mind of Humphrey Bogart in "The Caine Mutiny" where the character's insanity was shown with him playing with marbles. Thanks for commenting on my sorrowful hand.
- Monday, May 22, 2006 10:56:00 AM
- tim said...
Wow really impressed by how you've left so much to our own imagination. Great work :)
- Monday, May 22, 2006 10:58:00 AM
- Michael O'Connell said...
great work here… so much emotion… the color and lighting are amazing… the subject very powerful…
thank you for visiting my site and the kind words…
- Monday, May 22, 2006 11:06:00 AM
- gudbrandsdottir said...
This is such a strong picture, and sad... Great work, as always!
- Monday, May 22, 2006 12:27:00 PM
this is a terrific piece...it really hits you. Great lighting and colors chosen.
- Monday, May 22, 2006 1:08:00 PM
I also meant to add that I liked your signature...M...so fitting given Poe's line.
- Monday, May 22, 2006 3:13:00 PM
- Teri C said...
Wow, this is powerful and touching. The story behind it is left to the viewers-that is so neat. Wonderful job on this theme.
- Monday, May 22, 2006 8:01:00 PM
- Wee Cottage said...
I agree with everyone above that this is a very powerful image. Wonderful use of color too.
- Monday, May 22, 2006 8:09:00 PM
- creative kismet said...
An amazing piece!! I love the darkness & depth! Stunning!
- Monday, May 22, 2006 8:15:00 PM
- pip said...
I love that the eye quickly zooms into the centre of this painting where the focus is, and that you have used so little to say so much.
- Monday, May 22, 2006 10:36:00 PM
- Twisselman said...
Yes, you've painted another story, one that needs no words. Great red and blue highlights on the fingers. Beautiful.
- Monday, May 22, 2006 11:21:00 PM
- grumpy said...
Thnaks for dropping by my site and commenting ... and I am enjoying all the painterly thrills of yours. Have you read The Poe Shadow by Matthew Pearl ... its an excellent spooky Poe based mystery ... full of secret socities and evil murders.
- Tuesday, May 23, 2006 4:47:00 AM
- ...Kat said...
OUCH! Wow! Hardwax, That is the Ultimate Sorry!
Beautifully done!
- Tuesday, May 23, 2006 8:59:00 AM
- TXArtcGal said...
WOW! Amazing piece!! So telling...and, the lighting is perfect!! FANTASTIC!
- Tuesday, May 23, 2006 9:58:00 AM
- Jaimie said...
this is beautifully done. powerful
- Tuesday, May 23, 2006 10:56:00 AM
- Lu*** said...
I love this wonderful drawing! mysterious...
- Tuesday, May 23, 2006 12:38:00 PM
- chocolat said...
reminds me on the lord of the rings.
a very good painting!
- Tuesday, May 23, 2006 2:13:00 PM
- steve said...
Very well done--I'm sure many people have gone through this moment at one time or another. I like how you left any explaination out here too.
- Tuesday, May 23, 2006 3:31:00 PM
- melanienyc said...
well done. intriguing.
- Tuesday, May 23, 2006 4:32:00 PM
- the heartful blogger said...
Wow...so thought-provoking, also made me flinch a little. Great work.
- Tuesday, May 23, 2006 5:12:00 PM
- IdiotHead said...
Wonderful illustration. It's even better when looking at the larger size. I especially like the details such as the reflection of the gold on the top fingertips. I had to look at your category entry was surprised to see this was a digital inage. I though for sure this was a painting.
- Tuesday, May 23, 2006 5:46:00 PM
- Geninne said...
WOW, this is so powerful! Amazing!
- Tuesday, May 23, 2006 6:36:00 PM
- AnastasiaC said...
Awesome and has a very strong impact!! I love it although its very sad and sorry isnt it??
- Tuesday, May 23, 2006 7:23:00 PM
- Alina Chau said...
Very emotionally take on the theme and your illo is very powerful too!!
- Tuesday, May 23, 2006 9:52:00 PM
- murphy girl said...
all angles covered by everyone else's comments, so: what they said!
- Wednesday, May 24, 2006 9:11:00 AM
- Aravis said...
This is incredibly powerful, and all the more moving for its simple starkness. Amazing work!
- Wednesday, May 24, 2006 3:25:00 PM
- Princess Pepper Cloud said...
compelling statement, the lighting on this digital painting is stunning!
- Wednesday, May 24, 2006 4:55:00 PM
- faeorain said...
Very stiking! Catches the eye immediately, and one can easily sense the pain behind it. Great work!
- Wednesday, May 24, 2006 6:20:00 PM
- Amy Zaleski said...
How very sad, but maybe its for the best? This is so simple, but so fitting for the topic and a very meaningful illustration.
- Thursday, May 25, 2006 8:26:00 AM
- Lee said...
one of my favorites you've done...really poignant!
- Thursday, May 25, 2006 9:11:00 AM
- Hotwire said...
as much as i like your wonderful illo, the addition of the Poe quote really emphasizes your work.
- Thursday, May 25, 2006 1:31:00 PM
- Kaya said...
A powerful image, it tells a story. Boy "sorry" can hit pretty hard, let's hope for a happier topic next week!
- Thursday, May 25, 2006 5:23:00 PM
- miragee said...
Wow, this illo has a very strong and impressive visual effect! Very profound meaning too!
- Thursday, May 25, 2006 7:25:00 PM
- scribblesk said...
Delightfully sinister!
- Thursday, May 25, 2006 10:44:00 PM
- MargaretR said...
Those hands are fantastic, the highlights bring out the strength in one and the femininity in the other.
- Friday, May 26, 2006 4:52:00 PM
- AscenderRisesAbove said...
Another wonderful painting. Enjoyed the hot and cold highlights on each hand; which tells the story about the return of the ring.
- Wednesday, May 31, 2006 10:33:00 AM
- The Tart said...
Oh boy, this one makes me want to cry. Dark & somber, hope apology was accepted!!
Thoughtful smooch,
The Tart
; )
- Wednesday, May 31, 2006 4:37:00 PM
- Sea Angel said...
It's amazing how this piece tells so much. There seems to be a whole story contained in a single frame. It's... incredible. I can't even describe how much it tells me. Fabulous painting.
- Monday, June 05, 2006 10:16:00 AM
- ahmed said...
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rdbell necesitaba un nuevo diseño de botón o icono y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 52 diseños de 17 diseñadores freelance.
iStudy is a series of iPhone flash cards apps which help users to study various topics of interest.
Target audience includes iPhone and iPod touch users.
I need a 512x512 icon that's scalable to 57x57. I'm looking for a vector-style, fun, cutesy, cartoony design.
My vision for the icon is this: An owl with some kind of graduation cap and/or glasses, or anything else that makes the owl look smart. He's pointing with a pointer, possibly to a blackboard with some writing behind it.
These guidelines aren't strict, and the designer should feel free to be artistically creative with the project. If you have any ideas which don't explicitly involve what I've mentioned, I'd still love to check it out. I consider all submissions.
Think: Cartoony, cute, fun, clean, web 2.0.
Some logos to get stylistic inspiration from: Mint.com, Twitter.com, 9rules.com, Dropsend.com, and similar.


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Welcome Back
Last week I reviewed the Me To You (Tatty Teddy) CD and mentioned there wasn't a crop tool and that although there were options for square project templates, some of the background papers I wanted to use were rectangular on the; All Occassions CD. Well I had a play and found a solution. So today I'll share a tutorial for how to make square paper from the rectangular one supplied.
You Will Need
- A computer and a mouse or graphics tablet.
- Me To You CD with Docrafts digital Designer installed on your computer.
This is simple, promise, it only looks long as I'm writing EVERY step. Just in case this is your first time with the program.
- Double click on your Docrafts designer to open the program
- Open your blank square page or blank square card by clicking on it from the on screen list
- On the right you see your discs, choose one and click on it. From the list of items on the disc, choose background papers. Pick the one you want to use and drag it onto your project.
When you first bring on a paper it is often larger than your project. Notice the brad like buttons on the corners and edges of the paper, you use these to alter the size. To stop the design on the paper (or image, the same goes for them too), from distorting you need to drag from a corner, any one will do. Lets use the top left corner to keep it simple. Drag by clicking on the 'brad' and while holding the mouse button down, move toward the right.
If your background paper is rectangular and you want a square then do the following.
- Say you want to keep a white border around the card and the paper is a mat. Drag the corner to reduce the background paper's size. You will need to move the paper around on your project, until you have it lined up with the top, the left and the right hand edges.
- Click on the OPTIONS tab. (It's on the top right of the screen.)
- At the bottom of the list in the options tab is a section called COLOUR OPTIONS.
- Click on the DOCRAFTS DIGI PUNCH ( It has a little butterfly on it).
If your Digi punch and other buttons are grey and don't work. You just need to select your paper again first. Do this by just clicking on your paper, on your project, then the buttons will work 😉
- After clicking the DIGI PUNCH button a new window will open. From the list choose BASIC SHAPES
- From the shape images, click on the square. It will have a blue box round it when you have clicked on it.
- Click on SELECT
There is now a pink square on your background paper, this is the punch. It will be in the top left of your paper.
- Look for the 'brads' in the corners of the punch and drag the bottom right corner down to the right. Do this until the right edge of the punch meets the right edge of your paper. As long as you didn't move the punch from its starting point, this will now give you a perfect square.
- At the bottom of the page you will see the following buttons; Cancel, Inside, Outside, Done,
- Click on INSIDE then DONE
There you have it square paper 🙂
Hope that helps you 🙂 Check out the Digital Docrafts site for their own tutorial videos.
Best wishes and thanks for reading, see you soon.
Billie 🙂


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Beautiful.I have not read the book but I have been meaning to.
I'm reading it right now, and it is full of treasures.
On the topic of Elder Ephraim's writings, does anyone know when the translation of his book on Elder Joseph will be ready?
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This has to be one of the simplest desserts to make yet is always greeted with delight. If you can open packets and chop things, you can make an awesome banoffee pie. You don't even need an oven!
I suppose you could make this into more work – if you really wanted to – by making your own caramel. I know you can do this by boiling a tin of condensed milk for several hours but I've heard stories about the tin exploding if you don't keep it covered with water. I really didn't fancy steam cleaning my entire kitchen this weekend so I bought my caramel!
The CCM (Caked Crusader's Ma) declared banoffee pie to be in her "top two desserts". When I enquired as to the other she admitted that she hadn't thought that far ahead but felt she should leave some leeway for other great desserts!
My love affair with the crushed hobnob biscuit base continues – it works very well here giving some oaty crunch to an otherwise soft dish.
Whilst making this I pondered the name: banoffee. It's a contraction of 'banana' and 'toffee' but why? The dish contains no toffee – it's caramel. Why isn't it called Banamel pie? Or Caramana Pie?
My extensive research (ok, so I googled it – that still counts!) revealed that toffee and caramel are different (see here if you're interested) mainly because toffee contains no milk or cream. Banoffee pie only ever contains caramel. So why does toffee get the name check and steal the glory? The campaign to rename the dish starts here….
300g oaty biscuits (I used Hobnobs )
120g butter , melted
397g tin Nestlé Carnation Caramel (or any other caramel – I used Dulce de Leche) – save a little to drizzle over the cream
3 -4 bananas, sliced
350ml double cream
1 tbsp icing sugar
Chocolate to sprinkle over the top – I used 2 crushed Flake bars
How to make
- Crush the biscuits in a food processor or by placing them in a bag and hitting with a rolling pin.
- Add the melted butter and pulse to combine.
- Press the mixture into a 24cm tart tin or pie dish. No need to grease it – the biscuit base is buttery enough not to stick.
- Chill in the fridge until the base is set.
- Retain two tablespoons of the caramel and spread the rest over the biscuit base and return to the fridge until the caramel firms up – about an hour.
- Slice the bananas and arrange over the caramel.
- Whip the cream and icing sugar until you reach the soft peak stage then spread over the bananas.
- Drizzle the retained caramel over the cream.
- Crush the flakes and scatter over the top.
- Chill until you wish to serve
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Chargers linebacker Manti Te'o has experienced plenty of things in the past six months. Some good, plenty not so good.
As he learns at the Rookie Symposium how to deal with the challenges of being an NFL player, Te'o realizes that he can relate.
"The best thing about my whole situation is that when they talk about overcoming adversity, I've been there and done that," Te'o told Alex Marvez and Jim Miller of SiriusXM NFL Radio. "A lot of things [being stressed] are, 'Don't be afraid to reach out. Don't be afraid to tell somebody if something is wrong.' I've been in those dark places."
Te'o has emerged, by all appearances, stronger. And while things may have worked out well for him in any of the other various NFL cities, there's a sense he's in the right place with the Chargers.
"What everybody is seeing in San Diego is who I am," Te'o said. "What everybody is seeing is what everybody at Notre Dame has seen and what my parents have known me to be as.
"I just keep my head down and work hard. If that's all they know me as, I hope they know me as that. I didn't say much or talk much, but somebody who loves the game and keeps my family as the most important thing in my life. Someone who will work hard and overcome anything."
He has overcome plenty in a short time, and he has handled himself very well in recent months, as the shock and the scrutiny of the scandal subsided. Already, it feels like ancient history. If he emerges as a great player, it'll be like the situation never existed.


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Owner1 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 77 diseños de 27 diseñadores freelance.
Toki Post - http://www.tokipost.com
The website is a year+ old and currently adding content to it for gaming, anime, phones, wallpapers.
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We like our current logo + anime girl/chick but want something that will blow out the current design. We are going with a NEW layout and need something to match this templates header = http://organicthemes.com/demo/magazine-blue/
1) Would like a Sexy Professional/Business like Anime Chick. It would be nice to have the chick go along the left side of the websites background while the Toki Post words be up top left and blend in somehow.
2) Would like to be able to change her outfits every season or month.
3) When were not using the anime chick for the left background, would like her small up by the Toki Post words.
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Now we will count to twelve
and we will all keep still.
For once on the face of the earth
let's not speak in any language,
let's stop for one second,
and not move our arms so much.
It would be an exotic moment
without rush, without engines,
we would all be together
in a sudden strangeness.
would not harm whales
and the man gathering salt
would look at his hurt hands.
Those who prepare green wars,
wars with gas, wars with fire,
victory with no survivors,
would put on clean clothes
and walk about with their brothers
in the shade, doing nothing.
What I want should not be confused
with total inactivity.
Life is what it is about;
I want no truck with death.
about keeping our lives moving,
and for once could do nothing,
perhaps a huge silence
might interrupt this sadness
of never understanding ourselves
and of threatening ourselves with death.
Perhaps the earth can teach us
as when everything seems dead
and later proves to be alive.
Now I'll count up to twelve
and you keep quiet and I will go.
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I have the free version of WinMerge, and when I tried to compare two files of about 200 pages (the font size is 12) I got blacked out panels and that strange dialogue box that says: "Server Busy", then says:
"This action cannot be completed because the other program is busy. Choose 'Switch To' to activate the busy program and correct the problem."
Switch To... Retry Cancel
I'm just wondering if there is a problem because I have the free version or is this a problem with the paid version also?
I did just read online, from a non-official source, that for files the limit is 500 MB and folders are unlimited. Both my files are about 22.5 MB.


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Dufresne needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
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Level 1 Homes, Inc.
I am a former home builder that has been selling real estate for the last 15 years. Most of the people I meet want a home that is only one level. I live in beautiful Colorado Springs and most of the homes I see are poorly designed, don't live well and have alot of stairs. I want to change that. I want a logo that when people see it, they will remember it and understand what we do.
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My target audience is anyone who wants more convenient living. Typically our customers will be over 45, tech savy, and looking for comfort yet practical living.
The name tells it all. I want to center the design around the number "1". It is in our legal name and URL. Please use color.
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Greetings from beautiful dynamic Charlotte, NC. Ok, Charlotte's so-so and I'm not actually IN it, but close enough.
I was raised funny-mentalist (church of gawd, what a pretentious name) and I love parenthesis. Escaped at 18 and never looked back. I flirted with Buddhism and Zen, but never understood the sound of one hand clapping.
I've been diabetic most of my 52 years and had a major heart attack 5 or so years ago. Had lots of time to think, and that led to the epiphany that the only scenario that made sense was no deity.
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The Clock Inside You
You probably wear a wristwatch to tell the time of day, but did you know that you have a built-in clock, too?
In fact, the bodies of all living things have ways of keeping track of time. These inner, or biological, clocks control how long to sleep and be awake, when to grow into an adult, and how long to live. They tell birds when to fly south and bears when to hibernate. They let tadpoles know when to change into frogs. They even tell flowers when to blossom. In all forms of life on Earth, biological clocks are marvelous mechanisms that keep life running on time.
See how some inner clocks tick!
A butterfly's inner clock lets it know when to change from a caterpillar into a butterfly.
Pet parrots can live to be 100 years old—which is nothing to squawk about!
Pet hamsters have 3 or 4 years to run on that wheel! And they do keep busy: females can have 18 babies a year!
Dogs live from 7 to 12 years or more. Big dogs develop more slowly than small ones, but small dogs tend to live longer.
From fuzzy duckling to old age, ducks live 7 to 12 years. Within 36 hours of birth, they can run, swim—and quack!
Some female tarantulas live 30 years, though a male's life span is shorter.
Goldfish can live as long as 10 years!
Horses live from 20 to 30 years.
All racehorses have their official birthdays on January 1, regardless of their real birthdates.
On average, people live into their 70s. The oldest person on record lived to be 122 years old!
The tortoise may be the longest-lived animal; some live well past 150. Let's hear it for life in the slow lane!
- As you read in this article, different kinds of animals live to be different ages. Think about the similarities amongst the animals who live to be about the same age. Can you find any patterns? Why might a horse and a tarantula have about the same average life span? Explore your ideas in a short paragraph.
[anno: Answers will vary. Students might have theories, about the size of an animal or the number of offspring, relating to the animal's longevity. In relation to a horse and a tarantula, the tarantula is a predator and this might help its survival. The horse is a large mammal that eats only vegetation.]


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Pat Robertson Says Stupid Shit. Hooray!
People have been forwarding me this video of the Rev. Pat Robertson stating that the recent horrific and deadly earthquake in Haiti was the result of a pact with Satan entered into by the Haitian people.
It's fucking hilarious. I understand why this upsets people. It should. But on the other hand, it just shows how Rev. Robertson continues to marginalize himself and make himself and his cause look more and more ridiculous. This, I think, is a great thing.
In the 80s I was really worried that guys like Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell were going to establish themselves as powerful political figures in America. That never happened. Even G.W. Bush's association with the religious right was small beans. I know people will argue about this. And it's fine if you do. It's great that people still care about this and it's one of the ways the religious right will continue to become more marginalized and powerless.
I'm not saying the religious right is powerless yet. But compared to 20 years ago, they ain't nothin'. I know folks will argue about that too and say they're stronger than ever. But, y'know what? They aren't. They really, really are not. So there.
You can see this in just the simple day to day interaction of real people now as compared to 20 years ago. Look. I got hassled and threatened in high school because I was known to be gay. I wasn't actually gay. But I was known to be gay and that's all that mattered. These days Wadsworth High School has openly gay and lesbian students. This would have been absolutely unthinkable when I went there. They would have had the shit beaten out of them. Literally. And this would have been acceptable. Maybe not legally acceptable. But socially acceptable. They would have been seen as having deserved it.
Look at Lady GaGa with her fetish oriented videos. Great stuff! And also absolutely impossible to imagine getting shown anywhere in the 1980s.
Things have changed a whole lot. And mostly for the better. If the religious right were as powerful as some folks fear, these real tangible social changes could not have happened.
There are plenty of other examples of the waning in power of the religious right. But I'm not gonna waste time citing them.
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Once upon a time there was a worry on how they'd squeeze everyone under the cap once they got their huge pay raises (Sid, Geno, Staal MAF).
Staal's gone and I believe Sid, Geno, MAF are at the point were their salaries will now just adjust to match the increased cap.. so although more $, it should fit in nicely.
The only guy left for a big pay raise is Letang.
Just trying to estimate things real quick in my head, it makes sense that they can go for 1 big guy / sign him to a long term contract and still have room for Letang in 2 years, but NOT 2 guys.
I just don't see how they could go out and lock up Parise / Suter (or similar big name guys) and then be able to eventually to fit in Letang's big pay-day.
I know its not sexy to look that far in advanced, but I'm sure Shero is which is why I'm expecting Shero to go for 1 big name guy and then fill in roster with 2 year contracts that will be off the books when Letang's contract runs out
I know the whole "trade Martin and can fit 2 big guns in here!" but anyone else feel as if the Letang situation will have an impact in preventing this strategy?


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SharlaPatrick necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 53 diseños de 20 diseñadores freelance.
I'm behind the scenes on this project but have my dad who is a Multi-Millionaire and my brother who is only 25 and working on his first Million will be teaching "the world' how to have the Mindset and know how of Titans, Tycoons, Billionaires and Millionaires-with this new online business.
We want to attract the young and "seasoned", educated and not so educated...to help them with wealth building principles to thrive even in this economy. We want to attract people who are sick of being broke, living paycheck to paycheck. We want to attract people who want to learn legal and honest ways of earning money, start a new business, learn to invest, and to make changes in their life so they live a more successful financial life.
We want something simple, clean and memorable (doesn't everybody:))
We don't want any cartoons please
We like the colors of blue, red and green.
We would like the name of our website in the logo-in very easy to read print.
We like the simplicity/look of this site logo
We are open to your creative ideas and can't wait to see them!
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Pricejn2 needed a new other design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 44 designs submitted by 8 freelance designers.
State of Wind
I'm working on an upstart kiteboarding store in which I am re-branding existing kites on the market. The theme of the brand 'State of Wind' is "SOW3: yourself, others, and the earth".
This is definitely an existing market but participants range from 18 - 40+. The vast majority of kiteboarders are in the 18-30 range. This is a beach sport and in many ways is like a surfer culture. The sport can be done independently or with others. Many times you will see groups of kiteboarders riding in the same place.
I need a kite design/layout that captures the spirit of the company and the sport. I would like a form of the logo and SOW3 text to be included on the kite.
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Miscues down Staples baseball in loss to Ridgefield
With a four-run seventh inning, the Staples High baseball team momentarily overcame the mistakes that plagued them early Wednesday against Ridgefield.
But, after the Wreckers rallied to tie it, the same problems plagued them again.
Following a hit batter, a wild pitch and two walks, Ridgefield walked off with a 7-6 win at Ciuccoli Field when a potential force out at home resulted in a throwing error.
"I think it was a war of attrition today," Ridgefield coach Paul Fabbri said. "We just made fewer mistakes, bad plays than they did."
Staples, which has now lost three of its last four games to fall to 4-3, committed four errors in the loss.
"They played a little smarter baseball than us," Staples coach Jack McFarland said.
Staples left-hander Chris Speer pitched the first 6 1/3 innings and allowed six runs (five earned) on four hits and three walks. Justin Gallanty entered in relief with one out and none on in the seventh, but quickly loaded the bases without allowing a hit.
With the infield in and the winning run at third base, Ridgefield's Devin Martin hit a ball that was fielded cleanly at third. The throw home for a force out, however, bounced in the dirt, allowing the Tigers to slide in safely.
"When you make people make plays, that's what happens," Fabbri said. "With the infield in, it's a bang-bang play. Fortunately for us, the throw was a little wide."
"I was trying to hit something in play, at least," Martin said.
Ridgefield (6-2) also capitalized on mistakes in the third inning, when it plated four runs on only one hit. After a walk, a single and an error -- all with no outs -- right fielder Robert DePalma drew a bases-loaded walk for a 2-0 lead. A balk by Speer and a sacrifice fly by designated hitter Kevin Ash accounted for the Tigers' third and fourth runs. Martin made it 5-0 on a ground out.
The Tigers finished with just four hits, but capitalized on the opportunities that they were given.
"You've got to take advantage of it," Fabbri said. "We did that enough to get that lead. ... That's a good win against a quality pitcher."
Those runs nearly weren't enough, however, as Staples rallied from 6-2 down in the seventh inning to tie it.
After a single and a walk to lead off the inning, center fielder James Frusciante singled off Martin to make it 6-3. Martin then gave way to reliever Joseph Ammirato, who allowed a bunt single to second baseman Nick Vega. A throwing error on the play made it 6-4.
With the next batter up -- and runners at second and third with no outs -- Ammirato threw a wild pitch, which enabled Frusciante to score. Vega attempted to score from second base on the play, but was tagged out after the catcher located the ball and threw home.
"He's trying to make something happen, but it's just the wrong time," McFarland said of Vega's attempt to score.
Catcher Noah Yokoi eventually tied the game with a two-out double off Christian Petersen, but Frank Vartuli was thrown out at home on a close play attempting to score the go-ahead run.
Martin earned the no-decision for Ridgefield after allowing seven hits and three walks in six-plus innings. The right-hander struck out five.
"I was just mixing up a lot of pitches against a pretty good team like that -- fastball, slider, curve, change up," Martin said.
With the Wreckers looking to get back in the win column, McFarland knows that his team must put an end to its miscues.
"They're pressing," McFarland said.
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Records: Staples 4-3; Ridgefield 6-2
Batteries: S -- Chris Speer, Justin Gallanty (7, L) and Noah Yokoi; R -- Devin Martin, Joseph Ammirato (7), Christian Petersen (7, W) and Collin O'Meara.
Doubles: S -- Bryan Terzian, Yokoi; R -- Kevin Ash. Triples: S -- James Frusciante.


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Interview with Alfred Opp (Part 3)
Conducted by Rita Opp Marchildon
3 February 2008, Richmond, British Columbia
Transcription by Connie Dahlke, Walla Walla, Washington
Teplitz Community Life
Now we're going to talk a little bit about the town of Teplitz in your childhood. Briefly describe how your town was set up.
Actually, by the time we left in 1940, the town had a population of about 2,600 souls. Our town was set up with a main street that was about 60-70 meters wide, with two rows of houses going up and down. And over the years they built an alley on after that. The town was a nice town, with a lot of greenery - trees and so on, although not too many bushes - but trees. That was good, because in the summer time they gave a shadow. But we had dirt roads. I mean, the main street and the sidewalks were all dirt roads. All our footwear and everything we wore if we were going out of the house had to be adapted to it. We had no cars - I mean we had 2-3 cars in town, but other than that, everything was horse and buggy. So the people dressed themselves up in what is called a dustcoat - a duster. It was the same as in the early times here with the automobiles when they had no roads. They went out with a duster on, with a cap over them. The ladies, they too dressed accordingly. That was the way of our town.
Also, if you were going to somebody else's property, it was the same thing - all roads were dirt roads. When it was the rainy season, there was mud all over the place. So every house had a mud scraper. What this was is a piece of metal with two posts on it. You'd ram it into the ground, and you'd clean your shoes before you came into the house. That's how much mud we had. Well, we had those by the door, and inside we had a scraper mat that was made out of any kind of material - mostly of corn husks - and we braided them together and made mats out of it. Whenever they got used up, we threw them out and made new ones. Usually the boys and girls did this craft in school, or sometimes poor people made them. They also did basket weaving, the poor people did, and sold it for a few cents to the public. That's what the town was.
But the town was very, very clean. I have to say this. Every house that you looked at, the people had done it with whitewash. The window frames or around the window - a lot of the window frames were done in white oil paint. Or the frames around some of them had blue, and some of them had green paint on them, to point out the window. The windows on all those houses had ornamentation on them - the better houses had such decorations so that the house looked a little better.
Every house had a wall up at the front of it, with two pillars, and there was a little bench that people going by could sit and have a chat. This was very, very good, because the one end of the town to the other was over 2 kilometers. Now my dad had a step-sister that lived right at the other end of the town. So when you walked along, especially the older folks, they could sit down and have a rest, and then go on. And some people came out and had a chat with them. The town was very social, very social that way.
Tell us about some of the leaders in your town.
Well, the leaders were always chosen from within - that was usual. They were the smart people, and the well-educated. In the beginning, before 1900, a lot of people couldn't read very well. They managed to read the Bible, but after that a new schule - school system - came in. The Russians - that was still the Russian time there - forced the school system onto the people. The people had to go to school and learn a little bit more. That helped a lot. But the leaders were always chosen from within. They were always voted in anywhere from one to two to three years. And usually they were respected, aggressive people. They were good people and good farmers, you know - they had a very good reputation. The main thing was they had to give a good account of their work.
So when anybody made a deal, or said something in trust, you shook hands and that sealed it - ein Mann und ein Wort. That means "a man on his word - it's good." That was highly protected. My grandfather was very strong on that, even though he sometimes got the short end of it when someone didn't keep his word. Usually it was not people from in town, but rather people from out of town. He figured, Well, he's just as honest as we are - but they weren't.
They voted on who was to be the Schultz - in Germany this is called the Bürgermeister. We called him the Schultz, that is the Mayor. Now the Mayor up until 1918 held all the authority. Every decision had to go before him to be approved. Or if anybody did something that was wrong, that person had to see the Mayor who decided how many straps he gets. So how it was, he had to come over to see the Mayor, and the Mayor gave him a lesson that what he did was wrong. And usually that was just bad behavior: drinking in public, or acting mischievous, or the guy got a little drunk in pubic and sang a song loudly and made a nuisance of himself. Or maybe an older person was poor and had a few kids and stole a little bit - things like that. The accused had to go over to the hall, and there he had to lay over a little stool, where the Mayor took either a rope or a stick and he gave him what he had decided - usually 25. He called it a "twentyfiver" - twenty-five. In some cases, when it was a repeated sentence, the guy was then told to go home and come back a week later to thank the Mayor and to say, "I deserved the punishment that you gave me." Believe me, that hit home. Because even the pain you got on your back was not that bad, but to walk around town with everybody looking at him saying, "He's one of those" - to walk with shame and die with it was very sad. And the folks in town never let him forget. Even my mother - she lived to 90 1/2 here in Vancouver - she always said that if a boy was ever to get married, folks said, "Oh, his dad had to go to the Kanzlei - to the hall - and get a beating." Or his mother or grandmother was a slop - meaning when she put the washing out it was not quite clean, or she was not good in saving or running the household, and so on. I mean, the gossip in all the town - you wouldn't believe it! So that's what kept everybody in line. Really! It was an unwritten law, but it was a law. You didn't want to be an outsider looking in, or live being called on something.
So the second thing was that the Mayor had Beisitzer - people sitting with him -usually about three or four people. They were advisors that he had asked about various matters. And then we always had a court, which was a very good thing, that we had a court. But the court was different than you might think. It was not for when a guy stole, or a guy beat up on his wife or whatever it may be. The court was to settle an estate. Now those people - my great-grandfather Erhard Mueller was one of them - what he did, for instance - if somebody got married in our time, he or she had to go to the hall and report what he or she is going to bring into the marriage: so many Dessjatine - a Dessjatine is like a hectare or acres - so many Dessjatine of land, so many household items, three sheep, one cow, one pig, five chickens. All of that had to be put on paper before they got married, so there would be no dispute or anything else. And the court had to look after the orphans. They had to look after the people that had no children or died. All the estate had to be looked after. Oh, they were very good at it. None of them was a lawyer. They always had to go from experience. But what those people had! The knowledge! They really had the knowledge of what was needed in town. Oh, sometimes they put out a sentence, or made a decision, that most of the people didn't understand. But the result worked! There was often a twist to it, to avoid trouble from any disagreements. They always added a twist to it to make it work. But our people were very good at it. And not only that, when they brought us all back home to Germany, we found that's the way they did it in some of the small towns in Germany. And everything worked! Why did it work? Because everybody listened and showed respect. Respect was number one in our town: to the parents, or to a person who was ten years older. If you went down the street and there was a person you met, you took off your hat. You had to take your hat off. This was showing respect. All you want is respect, honesty and dignity - everything else falls into place. So that's why all the people were happy. There were the odd ones that it may not have worked out quite well, because all the character of the people was not the same - we're no different than the rest of the world. But what worked for us was respect, dignity and honesty. And that's what our people lived by.
And then, to bring it together, we have the Bible on one hand, to read up on it - the Bible was the textbook on morals. Now, I want to tell you something about the Bible and the law and the Ten Commandments. My great-grandfather was very, very strict. Very strict. His twenty-three year old son came home one day and said, "Dad, I want to get married. My girlfriend is expecting a baby." That really took the lid off of him. He was so mad, he went outside, wet a rope, came into the house, and told his other three boys, "you sit down here." He took a chair and put it in the middle of the room - don't forget the son was twenty-three years old - and told him to bend over. He took that wet rope and beat the guy up until he urinated himself. Then he held the rope up and said, "That is a lesson to you guys. Never, ever - you put the family to shame. I'm ashamed." But he took the law into his own hands. And that poor guy died five years later. He married his girl, had three kids, and died of kidney failure. It was murder. But it wasn't, because he took the law of God in his own hand. That was so instilled in him. That is, "I have to live by morals, bring my family up morally, lead on with morals, to be honest, to be good. This is a sin!" But you know, to have a human heart is not a sin. His son was just like we all are. He had a feeling, but he was punished for it. And that's the way life was.
When there was some really big news in your town, how would that get communicated across the people?
That's a good question. The news in town was communicated by the town crier. Anytime that they had a meeting - a town meeting on community matters, say - all the fathers, the elders, were called in. These meetings were held outside the hall. They were all standing around, and the Mayor stood four steps up and he made a count to see - usually he could tell if everybody was there. Now some of those that were there were also widows - ladies - they were standing behind. They didn't have to, but that's the way it was. They were standing behind, or they had maybe their brother or their uncle, or somebody else doing their voting for them. And then the town crier swung his bell, then he said, "Hear you, hear you!" or "Hear me!" Then he read out what the discussion was about. Well then everybody that was there, raised their hand, yea or nay. And that way he could count the vote. And that's the way it was done. Nobody from the back - the bystanders - were allowed to shout in or participate. But they were allowed to observe the meeting.
Other news was communicated by the town crier also. He was the Mayor's voice. He always went ten houses and rang his bell and then read out whatever there was to be reported or to be done.
Now for instance, I'll give you an example. We had quite a few ground squirrels. They were always doing a lot of damage to the grain that we planted. So the town had to get together and get volunteers out with a hook and a pail of water, to take the squirrels out and kill them, because we had that many.
Or there was some community work that had to be done. Or news was coming out, such as any news that the public had to know.
But the other thing was, when somebody died for instance, the church rang one big bell. And if that was outside the time for church (the church bell rang out warnings) or for prayer meeting, people knew somebody had died in town. On the next day, there was a piece of paper sent out that came around, with, let's say, "Jakob Hohloch died. His funeral will be on such an hour and such a date." So that went from one door to another. But the funny part was, when they started this out, it went door to door, from one lady to the next who usually had greasy hands. She wiped her hands on her apron, and then read the paper. And then it went on to the houses up and down the street. Sometimes neighbors would stand there an hour talking about the person who died, discussing the whole thing. By the time the note got down to the end of town where my mom lived, you couldn't read the paper. And the stories from that! It's amazing! Like a dog chasing a cat! I mean, it's absolutely amazing what came out from that! But still, that's the way that they did it - from house to house. You might tell me something, or your kids might say something, or relatives would go to the other end of town to tell somebody else some news. But for the general public, it was from door to door.
Now we had no radio. We had two telephones - one in the hall and one in the store. The store was a general store - I want to mention that. You could buy anything, pretty well, that one would need. But you could not buy ready-made clothes. For that, you had to go to a bigger town. But you could buy yard goods - that's all the ladies wanted - buy yard goods, buy different threads, needles, and so on. Their whole life they had no electricity. All they bought was coal oil, salt and pepper, and so on. You could buy maybe a pair of shoes - just the basics.
But the news got around. But also, so did the gossip! You know if there is talk, somewhere there is gossip. Oh, how people really made a big deal of that - they had this fault - to make an elephant out of a mouse. I mean, that was absolutely crazy at times - and also there were suspicions, and things like that. I want to tell you something. The thing with suspicion and witchcraft goes back hundreds of years - something that our ancestor brought with them. Now they lived very strictly religious lives. But sometimes there was something that prayer didn't quite help, or so they thought. Then we had these Gypsies who were going through town quite often with their wagons. The Gypsies were good at reading your hand or the cards to tell your future. They would help you with whatever sickness you had. They always had a little bit of powder in the pocket, or a rub remedy, and people thought that would help. Believe it or not, sometimes it did. But even if it only helped one out of a thousand, people still went for it. So if somebody had a real serious problem, that's when people went to see the Gypsies, looking left and right to make sure no one sees them. The Gypsy woman then mumbled something - making a prediction - from her cards or from reading the palm of your hand. And then they walked away with the cash Now why they did it I couldn't tell you.
My mother had a very interesting story. We had a cow once, and the cow was not feeling well. It had a cow disease of some sort. Who knows from where Mom got this idea! She went a few houses down to somebody who had a healthy cow, picked up the healthy cow's manure in a little box, came home and smeared it over the top of the entrance that the cow was in. So I asked my mother - she told this story a couple of times - I asked, "Now, how in the heck did you ever get that idea? Why did you think it helped?" She said, "I don't know, but the cow got better." Now you ask me! The cow got better! There is not the least chance for me to know - Oh, the little stories that got around! And it only needed one, or someone had one, and the people fall into it.
Tell us about some of the other superstitions you might have had in . . .
Oh, well, I didn't have any, but my mom and grandmother would always tell me some. For instance, someone didn't want to go at night by a particular house. Because at that house somebody committed suicide or had an accident. So they didn't go down on this side of the road. They went all the way across the street and walked up that side.
Some of them carried different things in their pocket - all that believed in ghosts - to scare the ghosts away. They have good ghosts and bad ghosts. That's what they believed - but not all of them, just some of them. So they put something in their pocket - I don't know why they had all these oddities in their pocket - so that when they walked beside this house, or that one, they figured, well, that would chase away the ghosts. Now what was in their pocket, I have no idea. Now my mom believed, mentioned, about old bread. Now I cannot relate to it. I just mention it to give you some of the ridiculous ideas. But something to do with the bread - very, very, very dry bread. She mentioned something about that bread in the pocket of a particular person.
Now, we were in a small town, and nobody went out of the town much, and you know it created a culture of its own. And people come up with different ideas - from hearsay. It does not always work out nice, or look very nice, but that's the way a little town was.
Tell us about some popular health remedies.
Oh, gee whiz - to tell you! Those people had health remedies for people and animals just the same. A lot of that stuff was brought in way back from Germany, and a lot of that was how you believed in it. Now this was the thing - we had a very high rate of death with children early on. Hygiene was not practiced that well. In other words, you wiped your hands down on your apron - that was more or less all the disinfection that was known to them. That's why a lot of people - little children - died, even in childbed and of various other things. Now if a mother died while giving birth to a baby, it was often in an abnormal position and she couldn't give birth - this you understand was in rural countries that did not have access to full medical services - and the mother died with the baby. But a lot died with Gelbsucht (Jaundice) - they turned yellow, like my mother with her second baby - my brother next younger to me - he died of that sickness. And my mother was yellow - she was yellow in the face, but she didn't die. She was alright because she had a strong body - her body was strong to resist these things. So a lot of children died, until 1927 and then we had a doctor. Now the doctor cut the child deaths right down by 50%, by educating the people. But do you think this doctor could get the women into his office for their own needs? No way! They would not go in. Like my mom always said, "You think I'm going to let him feel me up? No way!" It was like live or die by it. My great-grandmother died because she didn't want to see a doctor! She had a gallstone problem. She didn't have to die. But she didn't want to go to a doctor, because she didn't want him to touch her up somewhere.
But the worst sickness we had was tuberculoses, because the men making wagons in sweaty shops worked hours on end, laboring hard. No fresh air. They later realized the vitamins and the minerals that the body needs for such work was not recognized until this doctor, Andreas Franck, came in. He tried to teach the people that they had to go on a different diet. But to convince those people that this was helpful - that took a long time to come.
And also, in the late 1850's, to tell them - the farmers or the people, "Your child needs an education" - because they sent them to school whenever there was time or they felt like it - that was hard to change. Then they made a law, and you had to go to school from six or seven, otherwise you paid a fine. And it worked!
Now with the health, it was the same thing. The people didn't go because naturally they had to pay. We had no health system like today, so they had to pay. And a lot of people, you understand, didn't want to go because of the cost. But the ones who could afford it - or really had to go, money or not - some took a while because they thought, Well, the old wives' tale - remedies - work just as well. So what they did was a lot of massaging. They did a lot of things with cold compresses, or warm compresses. That means wrap a big towel on your chest or head. They had no shots or pills. Forget about that! They didn't have that. What they did when somebody had back pain, they put some glasses on it. They had an ethyl-alcohol burner, and they would heat the glass up and put them onto the back - six or eight of them, and when you looked at the glasses, you could see a little bulge in them. So they believed it pulls the pain out. My mother believed it worked. It may work or it may not. Like I said, "If you believe on it, it may work!" But the rubbing of their muscles, rubbing your feet, hot and cold tea, helped. Also they believed in soups. They believed in a diet that was very good. I have to say, even with my mother caring medically for me, those diets, those soups, those teas, and those massages - they worked!
Especially if a woman was expecting a baby, she was not allowed to get out of bed after childbirth for ten days. Matter of fact, she was not allowed for three days to even move her leg. You know how bad that is with modern medicine. But what my grandmother did with my mom, she would massage her legs - that was good! And after three days she could get up and go - use the pot, you know. We didn't have any toilets in the houses. There was a pot underneath the bed with a nice lid on it. She put that on and lifted it up and the pot underneath and she did her thing.
I want to mention about the lids on those pots - they looked quite fancy in some people's houses. And there was one for Sundays, and one for visitors, and one for everyday. You may laugh at it, but it was very important. During the weekdays we put the old one on. When somebody came to visit and happened to spot the pot underneath - there was a nice lid on it.
Whose job was it to empty the pot?
Well, naturally, the man never did it! It was the woman's job.
Now this is not something that they would just open the door or throw it out the window like they did in the middle ages. At my house, at least, my mom took two and three of the pots - like the kids, and my dad had one, and my mom had one - she put it all into one pot if there was enough room. She would put it out in the outhouse, or put it out in the garden, although our garden didn't need any fertilizer or anything like that. Everything - there was plenty - so she put it in the outhouse, and my grandmother did too. I never saw it emptied in the yard - I didn't see it.
I'm wondering about some of the social events in your community.
Well, you know the older people - their social thing was getting together to have a prayer or singing carols. That was the old folk. When they did that, it was quite a social event. The younger people came together for talks. Like my folks, they visited; his brothers and sisters, my mother's sisters - a lot of that was just to visit each other.
We had, as far as the young people were concerned, we always had a big Maypole. That was quite something! The young boys and girls got together to set the pole up right in the center of the town - sometimes if the town was long, they had two Maypoles - and the boys and girls decorated it. There were two or three rings on it, all larger and larger, with trinkets and ornaments on them, or wreaths on it. There was a string around, a colored one - there was also a rope around. The rope was something for the little kids to swing around. The nice thing was, there was always a guy in the middle, a young person who could play what we called a Wehner, or Harmoshka in Russian - it was an accordian that looked like this. Now this one here, my instrument came from Russia. I bought it from a guy whose parents immigrated from the Ukraine. I had it assessed - it was built in 1914. It's a Hohner-typebutton accordian - but it was built in 1914. Those boys came around and played the accordian. And then we had a big drum. They made it themselves out of a skin - I think it was a sheepskin - over a ring, and tied it down tight. And then they went like this - played it like a drum. And the guy played his accordian. And the boys and girls were dancing - they were dancing around in a circle.
The thing was, the girls were seldom allowed to go anywhere on their own after dark - the parents were so strict so that the girls wouldn't get into trouble. But they were allowed at the Maypole. My mother was just as lively as I was - hands and feet, talking fast, and everything else - she was always in the middle of anything. So my grandparents figured, Well, she's going to get into trouble. But my mother wasn't going to! Mom told me there was a guy that had a little fancy on her, and he gave her a kiss, and oh, did she ever like that! She talked about that kiss till the day she died - about that first kiss she got. Something else mother told me - about a guy who invited her to a wedding and this guy she like very much. He was a rich boy - but he was related to the bride and my mom was related the groom. When he took my mom home he gave her an orange. Now that was something else, because you had to buy it, and they were not available all the time. So she had that orange - she took it home with her and put it under her pillow, and kept it until it just about rotted. And she cried over that orange, she said, because the boy never asked her out for another date. And she always remembered that. But that came from that Maypole thing.


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The Science of Why Comment Trolls SuckRead time: 4 mins
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By Chris Mooney • Friday, January 11, 2013 - 05:00
This piece originally appeared on Mother Jones as part of Climate Desk.
Everybody who's written or blogged about climate change on a prominent website (or, even worse, spoken about it on YouTube) knows the drill. Shortly after you post, the menagerie of trolls arrives. They're predominantly climate deniers, and they start in immediately arguing over the content and attacking the science—sometimes by slinging insults and even occasional obscenities. To cite a recent example:
What part of "we haven't warmed any in 16 years" don't you understand? Heh. "Cherry-picking" as defined by you alarmists: any time period selected containing data that refutes your hysterical hypothesis. Can be any length of time from 4 billion years to one hour. Fuck off, little man!
It was reasonably obvious already that these folks were doing nothing good for the public's understanding of the science of climate change (to say nothing of their own comprehension). But now there's actual evidence to back this idea up.


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Class of 2012 tops 14,000
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Liberty University will honor its largest graduating class to date Saturday, as Gov. Mitt Romney will address an estimated crowd of over 34,000 at Commencement 2012.
In all, 14,012 will receive degrees, surpassing last year's graduating class, which topped 10,000 for the first time.
The main ceremony begins at 10 a.m. in Arthur L. Williams Stadium. Following the main ceremony there will be 22 degree presentation ceremonies for the individual schools and colleges. For more information, including times and locations, click here.
Over 6,000 will participate in Liberty's 39th Commencement exercises, representing all 50 states and over 70 countries, with 2,208 residential graduates and 3,803 graduates of Liberty University Online.
Military personnel make up over 2,000 of the graduates and Liberty will honor them with a special Military Graduate Recognition Service on Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the Vines Center. This is Liberty's first year to hold this ceremony, which is intended to become a tradition for years to come.
Over 60 percent of participating graduates have earned their degree online. A reception for online graduates and their families will be held on the concourse level of Williams Stadium on Friday from 2-4 p.m.
This year, Liberty will bestow 6,512 bachelor's degrees, 6,299 master's degrees, 147 doctoral degrees and 1,054 other degrees.
Preceding graduation day will be the Baccalaureate service, Friday at 6 p.m. in the Vines Center. World-renowned evangelist Luis Palau will deliver the message for the event, which Liberty includes as part of its Commencement ceremonies, staying true to its Christian values.
Until the implementation of separation of church and state, Baccalaureate services were included in public school Commencement ceremonies. They now are no longer officially school-sponsored events at public schools.
"One of the privileges of attending Liberty University is that this service, honoring Jesus Christ, has not fallen prey to political correctness and is still one of the official commencement ceremonies," said Chancellor Jerry Falwell, Jr., at last year's Baccalaureate.
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4,260 arts and sciences graduates
2,225 business graduates
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What about the kids who have to sell all they own to buy food? Who can't wander the neighborhood or hike to the library because they work all day or take care of relatives? Some kids have the motivation, but their first allegiance is to the immediate needs of their families. Spending all day at the library or internet cafe is a luxury. The digital divide goes into the root of what we believe about the responsibilities of our society. It isn't just about giving everyone laptops (although I would take that, too!) but looking at quality of life issues. Maslow's hierarchy...we want students to be thoughtful and innovative, lets make sure they have sufficient health care and real living wages...
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Agreed. Schools are often the only place that they can get a meal, have someone who cares about them and is free from violence.ReplyDelete
That is a huge issue and the issue that makes the teaching profession so complicated. Those basic needs must be met for learning to take place.
Me three! Well said, Ann.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 3, 2009 at 11:29 PM
There will always be students who do not have access. I have just started implementing technology in my class in an intensive way. Just 3rd graders, but amazing results. I have students coming to school 30 minutes early to get started. I have kids skipping recess to keep working. I'm certainly not paperless, but we are evolving. I do have students who do extra work at home, but everyone in class has the opportunity to succeed. I won't stop just because a few don't have access or don't buy in. So modify your assignments, and of course allow handwritten work.ReplyDelete
Certainly don't stop-using web 2.0 actually gives our students with chaotic lives more flexibility if they can't be at school typical school hours. I just don't buy the "if they really want it they will find it" mentality because I know plenty of students that bust their butt and deal with so much and still are not making ends meet. There will always be kids with access problems, but we can't forget or exclude them-we just need to be more creative and aggressive in our work. I would love to be able to give every one of my students a laptop and have funds to replace and repair-whatever they need to keep them in the loop.ReplyDelete


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To Learn More About John McDonald
What ever happened to making a quick trip to the store for a few items? Remember that kind of shopping?
You'd get in your car, drive to the store, park, go in the store, grab a cart, go up and down the aisles getting what you needed, get in the checkout line, read the salacious headlines on the tabloids as your order was being totaled and bagged, pay, leave and go home.
So what's happened?
The other day I stopped at my nearby supermarket -- now a sprawling over-stuffed enterprise covering several acres -- to pick up a few items. As I moved through one of the aisles trying to navigate my small shopping cart around countless floor displays and past other frustrated customers, I felt like a peddler in some teeming Calcutta market.
Looking around it occurred to me that over the years, teams of highly motivated and efficient supermarket employees have been moving toward their ultimate goals of total supermarket aisle immobility. And, judging by the looks of the aisle I was in, the teams are just about there.
Follow me, here -- but watch that giant pyramid of tomato cans.
I've never seen the memos or attended the meetings, but I'm certain these teams exist. One is a team whose job it is to give each customer the precise sized cart needed for their particular shopping needs. The other's job is to design and place as many large, flashy, cumbersome, bulky, burdensome aisle displays in the store as the laws of physics will allow.
Now, most people of average intelligence -- like you and me -- would see right off that these two committees would eventually "collide" since both need aisle space for their "things." So what's the matter with the managers of our giant
supermarkets who don't see the problem like the rest of us do? As customers, we have to try and shop around the aisle-blocking things that these two overzealous committees produce.
I can imagine that these groups began with the best of intentions. The shopping cart team probably started off with the goal of providing customers with the cart best suited to get the shopping job done. After months of meetings, exhaustive discussions, teleconferencing and Las Vegas conventions, they finally settled on their shopping cart designs: large and small. Goal achieved.
But hold your breezeway basket, Bunky. Have you ever heard of an American ice cream stand that served only chocolate and vanilla? I don't think so. Nothing in 21st century America can ever remain that simple. Small and large indeed! Give a group of inventive red-blooded Americans a task, and they will keep on proposing and conferencing and brainstorming and refining and redesigning and perfecting and mass-producing and multi-tasking until Doomsday, or quitting time, whichever comes first. The result is, we now have in the average supermarket almost as many choices in shopping carts as we do in food products -- maybe more.
We still have large and small carts, of course, but now, because of the tireless efforts of these committees, we also have shopping carts in an endless array of sizes and shapes and models. To keep the little ones amused there are kiddie carts, which look like vehicles, come in two- and four-door models and can take up the same aisle space as the average adult-sized four-door sedan. These kiddie carts come in sporty convertible models and as five-ton SUVs for shoppers who want to get serious about their aisle-obstructing.
And -- don't worry - the resourceful cart committees have not forgotten seniors. The over 60 set can now move around the supermarket in battery-powered comfort on a scooter cart that I've seen go from zero to 3 mph in just under 60 seconds.
Call it enlightened self-interest, but the older I get the more sensible those particular carts look.
John McDonald is a humorist and storyteller who performs regularly throughout
New England. Contact John at email@example.com or 899-1868.
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