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Years ago, electro-mechanical controllers and hydraulic systems were somewhat immune to lightning or electrical surges. With the advent of solid-state control products and electrically actuated solenoids, however, the need for improved surge protection began to increase. Even then, it was assumed that a certain amount of equipment replacement was the inevitable result of a severe lightning storm. But times have changed and so have customers' expectations.
Property owners and grounds managers have tired of the cost and manpower required to replace solenoids, as well as the landscape damage caused by lighting strikes. Troubleshooting lightning damage is frustrating and painstaking, as it can show up sporadically over a long period of time. The challenge for manufacturers is how to balance the cost vs. benefit of developing surge protection for products within a competitive price range.
Developing surge protection in control products is one key element; however, following recommended grounding techniques during installation is equally important to ensure consistent product performance over a longer period of time — keeping everyone happy.
Most control products incorporate lightning protection devices that create a short circuit path to ground, thus limiting the power surges caused from utility companies and, most intensely, from lightning. In order for the energy to be discharged into the ground (instead of the equipment), a proper path to the earth must be designed. With a properly designed grounding circuit, the frequency and severity of damage to the electronic equipment is dramatically reduced.
According to Vince Nolletti, vice president of irrigation operations for Paige Electric Co., LP, and co-author of the American Society of Irrigation Consultants (ASIC) Guideline for Earth Grounding Electronic Equipment in Irrigation Systems, designing grounding circuits to protect electronic equipment is a scientific process that must be handled by qualified personnel. But it's effectiveness relies heavily on installation, so Nolletti recommend the following tips.
Do not use cheap electrodes. Use UL-listed or NEC-conforming electrodes with the largest possible surface area. Minimize the use of ground rods because they have very little copper surface area, detrimental inductance characteristics and a short service life.
A single electrode is usually insufficient to meet National Electrical Code requirements or to achieve desired grounding performance. When using multiple electrodes, space them out such that each electrode has its own area in which to dissipate lightning energy. Multiple ground rod systems do a good job for electromechanical equipment, but are not very effective in protecting electronic equipment. If you use them, install them in a straight line instead of in a triangle formation. Using more than three electrodes in one circuit increases costs while yielding only incremental improvements.
Try to minimize the number of bends and sharp turns in ground wires and electrodes. When turns are absolutely necessary, make sweeping bends with a minimum radius of 8 inches and a minimum included angle of 90 degrees. This is automatically accomplished if you pull the wire through a 1.5-inch or larger plastic sweep ell. Do not use metal fittings/conduit as they increase the inductance of the wire.
Never install grounding electrodes in the proximity of the wires (high voltage and remote control wire) and cable connected to the electronic equipment as this could re-inject the lightning energy into the system. Install the electrodes at least 8 feet away from the equipment and wires.
Electrodes must make contact with the soil in order for them to function properly, and soil conductivity varies drastically by soil type. Clay soils exhibit good conductivity, which allows the grounding circuit to dissipate lightning energy very efficiently. Loose soils suck as sand, gravel and rock have very poor conductivity and create a serious challenge and higher maintenance costs. But soil will not conduct electricity without moisture. Soil needs at least 15 percent moisture content for it to conduct electricity efficiently. It is imperative that an irrigation circuit is installed over the general area of the grounding circuit to ensure that moisture is there all the time. In sandy soils, you may need to install a small drip valve to maintain adequate soil moisture levels to ensure proper grounding protection.
Soil conditions can be so poor as to require soil amendment with ground enhancement or earth contact materials to improve the conductivity between the copper electrodes and the soil surrounding them. However, never use amendments such as salt, chemicals, coal and concrete because they corrode and drastically reduce the life of the grounding electrodes.
Use only 6-gauge solid bare copper wire to make connections from the electronic equipment to the grounding electrodes. Smaller sizes can be vaporized by lightning surges, which reach flows of over 100,000 amps. Also, you should never use coils of bare copper wire in grounding grids.
Make connections between ground wires and electrodes using the exothermal welding process, otherwise known as "Cadwelds." These are kits that allow the permanent welding of components so that they do not require maintenance.
Conduct periodic maintenance checks on connections and grounding resistance with a ground megger at least once a year to ensure product longevity and performance.
Finally, the most important component of proper grounding is a circuit design based on sound engineering principles. (Complete guidelines and downloadable AUTO-CAD drawings of ground grids are available from the ASIC at www.asic.com.)
Surge protection features incorporated in controllers themselves go hand-in-hand with proper grounding. There have been several advances in this equipment over the years, including adding larger metal-oxide varistors (MOVs) on both input and output lines. Designed to respond to the speed at which surges reach their peak current, MOVs quickly clamp the initial energy spike when it exceeds a safe level. The larger the MOV, the more effective the response.
Should a severe lightning hit occur, a higher level of protection comes into play in the form of surge protection pills or inductors. Even though these are slower to respond than MOVs, they have the ability to discharge higher levels of energy to the ground and away from the electrical components.
While most control products employ some type of lightning protection, these more advanced solutions can be offered as an option to meet the needs of high-risk regions of the country. Of course, with additional protection comes additional cost. But by offering differing levels of protection in the same product, users are not forced to pay for more protection than they need.
Installing a hydraulic system used to be the best way to protect valve-in-head sprinklers from being damaged during lightning storms; however, this is no longer the case. By enhancing the solenoids with surge protection, system components beyond the controller are being protected in even the most high-risk areas of the country.
A number of valve-in-head sprinklers on the market feature surge-protection in the solenoids. They range in protection levels, with products rated up to 20,000 volts. The higher-voltage rated products offer the most surge protection. Not only can these solenoids survive lightning seasons with no blow outs, they save countless man-hours, hundreds of replacement solenoids and much aggravation — all benefits that outweigh the increase in the cost. This success also has lead to further product development, including commercial-grade valves designed with same advanced-technology, high-voltage solenoid.
When manufacturers are investing in new technologies that make products better, it's the customer who wins. Technology costs are coming down, making it increasingly cost effective to provide high levels of surge protection — even in lower-end products.
Traditionally, irrigation design consultants have been faced with the cost/value relationship of products offering advanced surge protection. It has been a question of protection vs. replacement. However, as product design morphs to face everything Mother Nature throws at it, the result will continue to be greater protection for irrigation systems at all levels.
Greg Parker has worked for The Toro Co. (Riverside, Calif.) for 13 years. He is a registered landscape architect in the state of California and a 27-year landscape industry veteran.
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Frodo wakes to find himself lying by the fire. Sam had stumbled upon him in the dark, and Aragorn had ordered him placed by the fire before disappearing without explanation. When the Ranger reappears Sam stands over Frodo with his sword drawn but Aragorn gently reassures him he is not in league with the Black Riders.
Aragorn has been unable to find the Black Riders, and is concerned to hear that one of them has stabbed Frodo. He tells Sam in private that the Black Riders believe they have inflicted a mortal wound on Frodo and have drawn off to wait for their purpose to be accomplished. Sam despairs and Aragorn reassures him that Frodo is made of stern stuff and can resist the evil power of the wound for longer than the Black Riders will expect. Aragorn leaves again.
A deadly chill spreads from Frodo's shoulder to his arm and side during the night while his friends tend him. Strider returns at first light and finds on the ground both the Black Rider's cloak with a slash in it where Frodo had stabbed him, and the dagger that stabbed Frodo. The blade vanishes like smoke in the morning light. Aragorn sings a slow song in a strange tongue over the dagger-hilt, and then speaks strange words over Frodo. Finally he boils Athelas leaves, which he travelled far in the night to collect, and bathes Frodo's wound. Athelas is a healing plant the Men of the West brought to Middle-Earth. The cold and pain in Frodo's side lessens but he still cannot use his arm. He reproaches himself for having put on the Ring, which he now understands was the commanding wish of the Black Riders.
Aragorn believes that the Black Riders have been watching Weathertop for days and must have driven Gandalf away if he had come before them. He decides they must leave as they will be in great peril after dark. Frodo is put on the pony and the pony's burden is divided among the four who will walk. They travel south and come in time to the edge of the Road. Though they cannot see Black Riders far away they hear one call and another answer. They cross the Road and carry on cross-country through the pathless terrain. Frodo is grieved to see the burdens and fatigue of the four walkers. He does not speak of his returning pain.
They continue like this for 4 days, keeping watch by pairs at night, but never seeing a sign of the Black Riders, nor feeling their presence. On the fifth day they turn north-eastwards, and on the sixth they come within sight of the Road again, the River Hoarwell, that flows out of the Ettenmoors, and further off the Loudwater (the Bruinen of Rivendell).
When they reach the Road the next day there is no sign of travellers or riders, though rainfall two days previous would have washed away any earlier signs. Further on they reach the Last Bridge over the Hoarwell. Strider goes ahead to explore it and finds a beryl, or elf stone, in the middle of the bridge. He takes this as a token that they may pass over the bridge. They cross safely and travel into lands that seem threatening and unfriendly, with hills rising steadily about them upon which they can glimpse ancient walls of stone and ruins of towers. Frodo guesses they are in the same country Bilbo passed through near the Troll's wood.
Aragorn tells them that ages ago the land was occupied by Men who fell under the shadow of Angmar and became evil. None now remain. These tales are remembered by heirs of Elendil. He tells Frodo he once dwelt in Rivendell, where his heart is, and to which he returns from time to time, though it is not his fate to sit in peace.
Wearily they travel on through a long valley with rough terrain and on the second day a drenching rain begins and continues. On the third night, shelterless, wet and cold Frodo sleeps fitfully, feeling as if black shapes are advancing on him. He dreams of the garden of Bag End, but the Black Shapes are clearer than the Shire to him.
Next day the weather clears. Aragorn goes ahead to explore and returns with the news that they have gone too far north and must bear southwards or wind up in the Etttendales – troll country. Near the end of their journey that day Frodo is obliged to dismount when they climb a steep hill. He is so exhausted at the top that Merry expresses his anxiety to Aragorn and asks if Frodo can be cured in Rivendell. Aragorn is equivocal and Sam asks why Frodo is still so ill when his wound has healed. Aragorn tells him some poison or evil is at work that he is unable to drive out, but exhorts Sam not to give up hope.
That night Frodo in a half-dream imagines dark wings sweeping above him carrying pursuers who seek him in the hollows of the hills.
The morning dawns bright and clear. Strider decides they must now make for the Road again. The way down the hill is less steep and Frodo can again ride Bill the Pony. Though he feels better in the morning light a mist passes before his eyes every now and again. They come upon a path and follow it into dark woods where they find a door crookedly ajar at the opening of a rock-chamber. Merry and Aragorn go in. It is a troll-hole. Pippin has been frightened and when they carry on he goes ahead with Merry to show he is no longer afraid. Soon he runs back, with Merry close behind, announcing they have come upon trolls. Aragorn leads them onward without concern, comes upon three trolls and breaks his stick upon one to show it has long been turned to stone. These are the three trolls of Bilbo's adventures. Frodo is heartened to be reminded of Bilbo's first successful adventure. They stop for lunch, Merry calls for a song and Sam obliges with one about trolls that Frodo guesses (when Sam won't say) is of his own making.
Carrying on they come upon the stone with runes on it marking the spot where Bilbo hid the trolls' gold and Frodo wishes Bilbo had brought home a treasure no more perilous.
Near nightfall they hear the sound of hoofs behind them and hide in the bushes. A rider on a white horse appears and is greeted with joy by Strider. He is Glorfindel, an Elf-lord of the house of Elrond, sent from Rivendell, along with others, to search for them. He tells them that he left the stone on the Bridge of Mitheithel, that there are five riders behind them and they must risk the peril of the Road.
Frodo sways with pain and weariness and Sam angrily tells Glorfindel that his master must rest. Aragorn tells Glorfindel of the attack on Frodo and the elf urges them even more strongly to carry on. He puts Frodo on his horse, the pony is laden with the others' burdens and they continue, with Frodo riding in a dark dream. At dawn they stop and the hobbits sleep until far into the morning. Glorfindel gives them an invigorating draft of a liquor and they carry on, covering almost 20 miles before nightfall, without sight or sound of pursuit. The hobbits are dizzy with weariness and Frodo's perception of things is reduced to shadows of ghostly grey.
In the late afternoon of the next day they hear many footfalls behind them just as the Road opens up to reveal the Ford of Rivendell ahead across a long flat mile. Glorfindel listens to the following sound and cries out to Frodo to 'Fly! The enemy is upon us.' Hobbits, elf and man follow.
Half way across the flat 5 riders emerge from the trees the travellers had just left. Glorfindel urges Frodo on but he hesitates, feeling a strange reluctanc. The elf commands his horse on and it carries Frodo away with the 5 Riders in pursuit and others maneuvering ahead to cut off his escape across the River. Frodo hears their fell voices calling to him. The horse carries him across the River and stops at the top of the bank. Nine Black Riders are at the River below. Frodo feels it is useless to try to escape, and that he has been commanded to stop. The foremost Rider spurs his horse to the river's edge. Weakly Frodo tells them to go back, and they laugh at him, saying they will take him to Mordor and calling for the Ring.
Frodo lifts his sword and utters the names of Elbereth and Luthien. The leader raises his hand, striking the hobbit dumb. Then the river rises and carries away the three riders who are crossing it. The others draw back in dismay and Frodo sees a shining figure in white light and small shadowy forms waving flames running at them and driving them back into the River. Frodo falls from the horse in a faint.


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Saturday, December 16, 2017
Lethal In Old Lace Giveaway!
107 comments:
- AnonymousDecember 16, 2017 at 10:26 AM
I have never seen anything that would be considered the worse thing at any wedding.ReplyDelete
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Yes, I have attended a wedding with guests behaving like animals. Taking home items which were not for them. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)comReplyDelete
I've only been to a couple of weddings actually and thankful nothing bad happened.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 16, 2017 at 11:44 AM
A very drunk groom. Could hardly stand up for the vows. Much repetition before he could get his words out.ReplyDelete
At a coworker's wedding, the guest sitting next to me at the reception kept lifting her sleeve and sniffing it.She held it out to me to smell and asked "Does this smell bad to you?" lkleback at hotmail.comReplyDelete
i have never seen anything at a wedding - sounds like an interesting story. firstname.lastname@example.com
I haven't seen anything truly bad. But I did hear of the fire sprinklers going off. Sure it was a mess. Kckendler at gmail dot comReplyDelete
The bride and groom decided to get back at their families by wording the whole service as a slap to the parents.ReplyDelete
Clergy advice to reconsider was ignored. They wanted it as it was.
Then the day of the wedding arrived and the groom realized what a terrible idea it was.
He passed out at the beginning of the ceremony.
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- Dianne B.December 16, 2017 at 1:46 PM
The one bridesmaid got mad because the bride and groom fed each other the cake, nicely and didn't make a mess. So bridesmaid got a big scoop of frosting and smeared it all over the bride's face! dbahn(at)iw(dot)netReplyDelete
My husband and I were married 32 years ago at a candle-light ceremony. We lived about 40 miles apart and got married at the church he attended. This wasn't exactly pleasing my mother but it was what it was. The day we were to get married it was a hot humid day which didn't help the hairdo but my stylist was attending and came to the rescue. Our wedding was to be at 5 p.m. and my parent's didn't get to the church until 4:45 p.m. after traveling in a terrible rain storm. As my father and I proceeded down the aisle, the electric blinked. At the reception, one of my elderly uncles almost passed out but my mother made sure to grab him a plate of food. As we were getting ready to depart from the reception, I realized I had forgot my purse that had my identification in it and we were having our honeymoon in Niagara Falls so we had to travel to my hometown to pick it up. It was a comedy of errors but all in all I wouldn't have had it any other way. robeader53(at)yahoo(dot)comReplyDelete
At my sister's wedding years ago, the priest wore red white and blue tennis shoes that were clearly visible under his religious robe.ReplyDelete
I haven't seen anything really bad at a wedding. The worst thing would probably be the time two bridesmaids obviously didn't like each other and were bickering during dinner. But they did behave during the ceremony! firstname.lastname@example.com
worse wedding disaster is one where the cake was knocked over by the groomsmen dancing (at least that is what they called it, it looked more like an aerobic exercise). it was a mess.ReplyDelete
I think the absolute worse thing I've witnessed at a wedding has to be the ex-boyfriend showing up.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the chance to win a hardcover copy of Lethal In Old Lace. I would be beyond thrilled to be the fortunate one selected.
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happened at my own wedding....one bridesmaid tackled the others to get to the bouquet I tossed....awful!ReplyDelete
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- Jo Ann HunterDecember 16, 2017 at 3:21 PM
The worst was my sister's wedding. I got in a fight with the best man who was my boyfriend I hit him over the head with the bouquet. And then the bridesmaid stepped into a bucket of water the custodian left outReplyDelete
I've not seen anything bad happen at a wedding, but one of the groomsmen fainted at my parents' wedding. It was an outdoor wedding & really hot. The groomsman was also hungover.ReplyDelete
I remember when my late Husband & I got married & we went to the reception after the ceremony & the caterers were late so we had to scramble some snacks to serve until the food got there. Thanks for your generosity. email@example.com
- AnonymousDecember 16, 2017 at 3:28 PM
I haven't been to a wedding in awhile! Maybe at the reception, people drinking too much at a open bar! missymoo2660(at)yahoo(.)comReplyDelete
Oh, I love this series! So excited for the next one. Thanks for the chance at an early view. frybbe(at)gmail(dot)comReplyDelete
My sister and I laughed all through her wedding at the courthouse!ReplyDelete
I've not been to a wedding where something awful occurred---thank goodness!ReplyDelete
Cant wait to read this one!ReplyDelete
- Robyn KDecember 16, 2017 at 3:36 PM
At my friend's reception, there weren't enough seats, tables or food to accommodate their guests. Thank you for this chance. areewekidding(at)yahoo(dot)comReplyDelete
I haven't seen anything really terrible but at my own wedding when we went to light the unity candle, it didn't want to light. I could just see my hubby, always the jokester, was just itching to quip something funny but he didn't, lol. Worse than a candle that won't light, before it was really a thing to completely smash each other with wedding cake, at my husband's cousin's wedding, the groom just nailed the bride's face with cake and really smeared it--um needless to say they didn't stay married very long! (she looked kinda mad at the reception, I would have been!) barbie17(at)gmail(dot)comReplyDelete
The worst thing I ever saw in a wedding was people walking out during the service. kkat(dot)edwards(at)gmail(dot)comReplyDelete
I watched my 4 year old son walk down the path over a creek on an old wood bridge carrying the rings and then the inevitable...the rings fall off. Thankfully, what could have been a disaster of epic proportions (I blame the sister-in-law who didn't sew them on like she said she would), the rings fell on the plank and not between the planks. My son reached down and at the urging of his flower girl sister, kept walking. He handed the pillow to his soon to be aunt and the rings to his uncle. I still shudder when I think of that moment.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 16, 2017 at 4:02 PM
Only thing was the ringbearer cried and wouldnt walk down the firstname.lastname@example.com
Only been to 3 weddings. Nothing untoward happened at any of them. Would love to read. Appreciate the chance. Della at deepotter (at) peoplepc (dot) comReplyDelete
You know how the guest hit their glass so the bride and groom kiss? Well apparently one of the groomsmen hit theirs too hard and when he went to take a drink he swallowed a piece of glass. That put a big delay in the bride and groom doing all their fun stuff at the reception.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the chance.
Oh, I would love to win a copy!ReplyDelete
I would love to win a copy , Duffy ! I love this series more than I love tea ! Thank you for the chance. Fingers crossed . email@example.com
I would love to win a copy , Duffy ! I love this series more than I love tea ! Thank you for the chance. Fingers crossed . email@example.com
At my sons wedding we were worried we wouldn't have enough food more people showed up. At mt brothers wedding they cut the free beer off really early and wouldn't let us bring more. So the wedding reception moved to my uncles house outside in the yard. I'd be so happy to read this book. firstname.lastname@example.com
- AnonymousDecember 16, 2017 at 4:30 PM
Many years ago I attended a wedding with my parents. It was a ritzy Wedding hosted by the Brides father, a big wig attorney where the boozed flowed and the bride ended up in the swimming pool. The story made the back page of the old Life magazine. Years later the bride and I ended up in a small town and we never mentioned her wedding.Ruth Nixon firstname.lastname@example.com
The worst thing I ever saw was at an outdoor wedding were a dog ran off with the cake. It was really more funny than bad, especially since the wedding cake was a particularly dense fruit cake confection the bride's great-aunt had made and the dog only made it about 20 yards before the weight made him drop it. He took one bite, chewed for a minute, and spit it out, and then turned back to the buffet table to try for something tastier. Those of us who had been forced to suffer through Great-Aunt Margaret's fruitcake before all secretly cheered on the dog and several of us snuck treats to the dog for the rest of the day.ReplyDelete
Happy to say nothing terrible has happened at any of the weddings I've attended. firstname.lastname@example.com
All the weddings I have attended have gone as planned.ReplyDelete
jtcgc at yahoo dot com
I attended a wedding where the groom groped an unsuspecting female guest...Just 10 minutes after saying, "I do."ReplyDelete
- denisen58@hotmailDecember 16, 2017 at 5:07 PM
I can't think of anything terrible happening at the weddings. The worst came in the years after. I would love to read this book, thanks.ReplyDelete
I would so love to win this book. Sounds like my kind of cozy. email@example.com
I attended a wedding where the bride and groom yelled at each other on the dance floor. They also had an ice sculpture that looked like a hand with the middle finger sticking up! They're divorced now LOL njcar22(at)aol(dot)comReplyDelete
The worst thing for me happened when I was officiating a wedding. I came to the vows, turned to the bride and said, "Do you.." She looked at me and said, "No." I stopped. She said, "What's wrong?" I told her "You said no. I can't go on." She said, "I was just being funny." I said "Let's try this again." I reread the vows. This time she said yes. Cheers at MarjimManor dot comReplyDelete
One of the worst things I can think of happened at my first wedding. We had just family and a few friends and my parents paid for a nice meal at a nice restaurant and a case of Asti Spumanti for toasting. My ex-husband had 5 brothers and sisters. They all ordered prime rib dinners. Shortly after ordering dinner one of my new sisters in law asked how long before the food would be out as they had to go to a wedding rehearsal. So they took their dinners home in a box. The other 4 siblings helped themselves to bottles of Asti and cleaned the case out pretty quick. It was that day I realized I married into a northern red neck family. (We're from Michigan.) My mom and I talked about it for years and were still in disbelief.ReplyDelete
One of the worst things I can think of happened at my first wedding. We had just family and a few friends and my parents paid for a nice meal at a nice restaurant and a case of Asti Spumanti for toasting. My ex-husband had 5 brothers and sisters. They all ordered prime rib dinners. Shortly after ordering dinner one of my new sisters in law asked how long before the food would be out as they had to go to a wedding rehearsal. So they took their dinners home in a box. The other 4 siblings helped themselves to bottles of Asti and cleaned the case out pretty quick. It was that day I realized I married into a northern red neck family. (We're from Michigan.) My mom and I talked about it for years and were still in disbelief.ReplyDelete
One of the worst things I can think of happened at my first wedding. We had just family and a few friends and my parents paid for a nice meal at a nice restaurant and a case of Asti Spumanti for toasting. My ex-husband had 5 brothers and sisters. They all ordered prime rib dinners. Shortly after ordering dinner one of my new sisters in law asked how long before the food would be out as they had to go to a wedding rehearsal. So they took their dinners home in a box. The other 4 siblings helped themselves to bottles of Asti and cleaned the case out pretty quick. It was that day I realized I married into a northern red neck family. (We're from Michigan.) My mom and I talked about it for years and were still in disbelief.ReplyDelete
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I really can't wait to read this book. One of my favorite series and author! I've never been to a wedding where anything noticeable went wrong.ReplyDelete
I have attended church weddings for the most part, nothing crazy ever happened. Thanks for the chance! email@example.com
My brother and sister-in-law lit candles during the ceremony. When they turned to face each other, her veil hit a candle and caught fire. The minister reached over and grabbed it and put it out. No injuries. Jlsxstitch (at) gmail (dot) comReplyDelete
I've never been to a wedding where anything went wrong that I noticed anyways. Thank you for the chance. pgenest57(at)aol(dot)comReplyDelete
At my granddaughter's wedding, their friend went online to get certification to perform weddings, basically their's. He forgot the lines & had no cheat notes. They finally got through it but it was quite funny. So very very happy there is a new addition to this series! It's my favorite! email@example.com
I've never seen anything horrible at a wedding! firstname.lastname@example.com
At our wedding, my husband's nuts sister showed up, caused trouble, and we had to have her arrested. catwoman-1(at)Comcast(dot)netReplyDelete
We were invited to a wedding that never happened! It turned out that the groom was already married!!ReplyDelete
I've never seen anything terrible happen at any wedding I've been to. Very happy about that. Love this series.ReplyDelete
A friend had two young train bearers who decided they wereReplyDelete
tired and would ride on the train when they were half way up
the aisle. The bride got married minus her train.
Would love to read the book. Thanks for a chance.
Carol Smith
The only thing that happened in a wedding was me crying happy tears of joy for my friend. Then she cried at my wedding. She told me I know how you felt at my wedding because I felt the same at yours.ReplyDelete
I have never attended a wedding. Anything can happen, though, when planning such an important event especially if children, animals and family are involved! Thank you for a chance to win and have a wonderful holiday!ReplyDeleteReplies
I went to a wedding on Friday the 13th. The dresses were not done and had to be completed hastily. Some were sewn into their dresses. The best man fainted and fell off the altar. Then the groom was called back by the Army and left for overseas. At another wedding, the cake was delivered to the wrong venue.ReplyDelete
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Reagan getting married and solving yet another crime wave? Can't wait to read it!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 16, 2017 at 8:18 PM
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I love the Consignment Shop Mysteries. They are so fun. Duffy Brown is great. Thanks for the chance. Jacobson(at)prtel(dot)com
My flowers weren't there. They claimed no one was at the church at the agreed upon time, although I was there. My mother was running around placing the flowers around in front of the guests when they finally arrived. We were only a little bit late starting. Not too bad, since we've been married for 45 years.ReplyDeleteReplies
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The worst thing I ever saw was one of the groomsman tripped over the veil of the bride at the reception. Thanks for the chance. Maceoindo (at)yahoo(dot)comReplyDelete
At one wedding I was in, the flower girl rolled around on the carpet and was talking loudly (it was a night wedding so it was too long a day!). When we walked out, we were all laughing loudly about and when the mother of the bride came out, she told us they could all hear us talking and laughing. Then we were surprised to be told to go back in and sit down for the bride's parents to renew their vows. We'd also had to spend the day cleaning the reception venue because it rained and we couldn't have the reception outside as planned. I LOVE this series! So glad there's a new book. hannah03(at)bellsouth (dot) netReplyDelete
bride passed out in the bathroom - parkeremma2003 at yahoo dot comReplyDelete
When my brother got married, I was the maid of honor. When it was time for the best man, my cousin, to hand the rings over to my brother, my cousin handed him some cigar bands. I am pretty sure only the bridal party and the pastor saw what was going on but the congregation probably wondered what we were snickering about and what the delay was. It was pretty funny!ReplyDelete
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We celebrated our 26th a couple days ago. We call our honeymoon Snowmageddon. The whole reception ended abruptly when everyone realized a blizzard had hit while we were inside partying. That was just the beginning of the weather trouble! ;) I love this series. Cannot wait to read the next book!ReplyDelete
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It worked this time!!! Thanks for the opportunity to win.ReplyDelete
The alarm on the door of the wedding ch as pel where we got married went off during the ceremony.ReplyDelete
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The worst thing I ever saw was before the wedding - the bride and groom had a Dalamatian that was not trained at all and they had dressed him in a "tuxedo" (just the shirt front part)and were going to have him be the ring bearer. After he ran around the backyard where the wedding was to be held, tore up the grass and peed all over the ground, myself and one of the groomsmen talked the bride and groom out of that idea. Thanks for the chance to win! aut1063(at)gmail(dot)comReplyDelete
Thankfully, I have never seen anything bad happen at a wedding. I did have a friend, though, who wanted to take outdoor pictures on her wedding day and it was raining. mcastor07(at)gmail(dot)com.ReplyDelete
Luckily I have not been to many weddings. My own was at the justice of the peace and cost only $25. I said it was worth just about that much and so was my divorce. When my younger brother and his wife were getting married I was the maid of honor and I swore there was no one else either of them could have married. They argued the entire day. They are still married 20 plus years later though. kayt18 (at) comcast (dot) netReplyDelete
I'll never forget the wedding of a friend from college my Junior year. The bride was beautiful...and about 8 months pregnant! As she walked down the aisle her heel stuck in the white plastic lining it. Meanwhile a child, who I don't think was part of the wedding, was running around the organ screaming. When Mary finally made it to the altar the organist began to sing-completely off key! My friends and I (all theatre majors who could sing, and sing well) needed a drink after that one!ReplyDelete
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Pouring down rain on a outdoor, open to the elements wedding.ReplyDelete
Cake fell over. Outdoor wedding and rain.ReplyDelete
I didn't see any instructions to leave my email but here it is, mjhopper (at) cox (dot) netReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 16, 2017 at 11:57 PM
Marlene Ezell here. I was a bridesmaid at my cousin's wedding. Her brother who was 6'8" tall was an usher. He and I were paired to leave the church ceremony together. Well, as we were marching out, Bobby started to faint and ran into a pew, so I had to practically drag him out of the church.ReplyDelete
Can't wait to read this book in one of my favorite series & by a wonderful author. I've never attended a wedding where anything bad happened. doward1952(at)yahoo(dot)comReplyDelete
When I got married my grandmother was very late and the rabbi marrying us would wait only so long. Fortunately, she arrived shortly before we began. When my older daughter got married last year her groom's grandmother got lost on the way to the venue and we agreed to hold up the start until she arrived. History does repeat. ematov(at)comcast(dot)netReplyDelete
Worse thing I've ever seen was the MARRIED groom making out with his MIL- Yikes!😖ReplyDelete
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- Nancy VoigtsbergerDecember 17, 2017 at 1:14 AM
At my sister's wedding the friend making the cake had it fall over in her back seat on the way to the wedding. Fortunately we put the bad side away from the guests.ReplyDelete
Knock on wood, nothing bad has happened at the weddings I have attended. schmokercarol(at)yahoo(dot)comReplyDelete
Knock on wood, nothing bad has happened at the weddings I have attended. schmokercarol(at)yahoo(dot)comReplyDelete
please enter me in the giveaway.ReplyDelete
Haha, the only bad thing I've seen was at my own. My grandpa, God rest his soul, kept sneaking into the church kitchen and eating the reception food, and my mama kept chasing him out!!ReplyDelete
Seeing the bride dressed all in black because it was "slimming" was pretty weird.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 17, 2017 at 2:22 AM
I was in a wedding and the air conditioning in the church went out. They had to open the windows and bees came in and attacked our Bouquets that the Bridesmaids were carrying. So that left us with beating off bees while the wedding was going on in front of the church.ReplyDelete
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- Claudia DillaireDecember 17, 2017 at 4:05 AM
Hope I'm not too late to leave a comment. When you work overnights, and sleep days, it's all upside down. Would love to win a copy.ReplyDelete
- Joanne KocourekDecember 17, 2017 at 4:21 AM
The worst thing I've ever encountered related to a wedding was a storm related power outage. Shortly after exchanging their vows my cousins headed to the reception hall. The guests and bridal party were all inside the windowless banquet hall as a storm blew in knocking down power lines, etc. With the first loud crack of thunder all of the area power was lost. As a result there was no reception (no air conditioning, no lights, no ability of the facility to finish preparing the mean and no ability for the DJ/band to play. With 6-12 hours for power to be reestablished, everyone headed home. servedogmom AT Yahoo DOG comReplyDelete
I was the matron of honor at my now former friend's wedding. She left me in a hotel room by myself the morning of the wedding, with no car and then showed back up an hour before. I hadn't eaten and almost fainted during the ceremony. The groom got drunk Before the ceremony. Just awful. Not surprisingly, they are now divorced. Thanks for the chance to win!!ReplyDelete
Fortunately, I've never been to a wedding where anything bad happened. At my wedding, my sister was my maid of honor, and my niece toddled up to her mama at the beginning of the ceremony. So sis held her throughout the ceremony and it was the sweetest thing. This book sounds wonderful. Merry Christmas everybody! suemngirl(at)yahoo(dot)comReplyDelete
The wedding that started 45 minutes late because of the bride. Yes, she was there but is notoriously late, according to her sister-in-law, who busted her at the reception. But what was even more incredible, is during this delay, the wedding party and groom stood at the front awaiting the bride from 5 of those 45 minutes. I adore this series and am so happy it continues!!! kim7corn(at)gmail(dot)comReplyDelete
I so enjoy how you portray Savannah and the South. The humor in your books never fails to lift my mood. Appreciate the opportunity.ReplyDelete
I attended a wedding where the police came and arrested the father and the sister of the groom! bobwiesmann (at) gmail (dot) comReplyDelete
the winner is...Becky Wilhoite!! Thanks so much for playing along and I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a wonderful Holiday Season. Hugs, DuffyReplyDelete
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- AnonymousDecember 18, 2017 at 5:50 AM
A wedding kiss that went way too long. Is that a border collie?ReplyDelete
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- Lori B.December 18, 2017 at 4:15 PM
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2003: The seed is planted
After a study concludes the region is short on physicians and needs greater access to health care, UCF trustees look into the idea of establishing a medical-education program. Pappachan Kolattukudy, then-director of UCF's Biomolecular Science Center, makes the pitch. He would go on to play a big role in promoting the medical-school concept. Dan Holsenbeck, a vice president and the university's chief lobbyist, is quoted at the time as saying: "This is one of the most expensive and top-of-the-line endeavors a university can undertake. This is the first step in what could be a five-, 10- or 15-year process. It may not happen in our professional life."
2004: Drumming up support
A $10million donation from Al and Nancy Burnett helps establish the Burnett College of Biomedical Sciences, viewed as a precursor to a medical school. This allows the university to begin assembling medically oriented faculty. President John Hitt and Kolattukudy make the rounds of civic groups to talk about the need for a medical school, pointing out Orlando is one of the largest cities in the U.S. without one.
2005: The pace quickens
Hitt begins the year by telling the state Board of Governors about UCF's exploration of the medical-school concept. Hitt and Kolattukudy win support from local hospitals. Those endorsements are crucial because the hospitals would be sources of visiting faculty and residencies. UCF trustees vote in the fall to move forward. Tavistock Group, a major developer, donates $12.5 million and 50 acres in its Lake Nona property east of Orlando International Airport toward a permanent medical-school site. Initial hopes are that the school can get state approval soon and open in fall 2008.
2006: Everything comes together
Hitt makes a pitch for the medical school to the Board of Governors. The board approves the proposal weeks later. Florida International University in Miami also wins its bid for a medical school. That spring, lawmakers approve start-up money for both. UCF officials push back the opening date to fall 2009 to allow more time for planning. The Burnham Institute for Medical Research agrees to put a new facility near the planned medical-school site. Deborah German is selected founding dean.
2007: Medical city gets more crowded
Nemours says it wants to put a children's hospital in the medical city. German launches a scholarship campaign to raise more than $6million to provide a free medical education and money for personal expenses to every member of the 40-member first class. Midyear, trustees approve changing the Burnett College of Biomedical Sciences' status from a stand-alone college to a school and making it part of the College of Medicine. M.D. Anderson Cancer Research Institute announces plans to move into the top floor of the five-floor Burnett Biomedical Sciences building under construction adjacent to the permanent medical-school building in Lake Nona. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs signs an agreement to put a veterans hospital in the medical city.
2008: Bring on the students
The medical school wins preliminary accreditation. Officials equip two floors of an office building near the main campus to serve as classrooms and offices until the permanent building is done. Less than a year after launching the scholarship campaign, the school announces that it has reached its goal. The application period for the first class opens in June, and about 800 students file papers in the first month. By September, the count is 3,000. The final tally by year's end is nearly 4,300, a state record.
2009: Countdown to opening day
In spring, dozens of prospective students visit the campus. The school recruits community members as pretend patients to help train doctors in physical-exam, health-history and communication skills. Orange County and Orlando mayors declare today "White Coat Day" and ask everyone to wear white to support UCF's new medical students on their first day of class. The connection is the white lab coats the new medical students will receive today.
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[FIRST LOOK + PLANS + DATA] The AJ can reveal plans and pictures of Hypostyle Architects' RIAS Award-winning Fore Street husing scheme in Glasgow
The development, which was given a special mention at the Doolan Prize award ceremony last night (November 8), consists of a group of 15 affordable dwellings built within the perimeter of an existing Victorian tenement block.
These houses are accessed through a passageway built within a new five-storey block of flats situated on Fore Street that maintains the scale of the neighbouring tenements and completes the urban block.
A parking court and communal green space leads to a pedestrian lane that provides access to a series of two-storey houses and cottage flats.
The properties are arranged along either side of the lane, staggered in relation to the houses on the opposite side of the lane, giving the houses an outlook beyond their immediate neighbours towards the tenements on the far side of the block. The spaces between the blocks are used as private courtyard gardens.
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Success could ultimately ensue if the surrounding tenements were to be childless!
In a way, I can personally find Hypostyle's intervention exceedingly romantic having been a typically Glasgow kid whose' tendencies were often to build the imaginary world/homes (dens) within such confines (tenement courts) and play act doctors/nurses etc.., but I see that the kids here might have to do that in a metaphysical sense: building dens within the confines of dens territory...
Notwithstanding the charm of the idea, as an adult, I don't know whether to be honestly ecstatic or lambasting. I'd feel selfish to 'Like' this - as a grown-up - despite any romantic appeal.
In the shoes of children who lose the purely 'environmental' court, it's certainly to be berated as an architectural blot in the landscape!
What are the non-Glaswegian (unbiased) views of this as an urban proposition, I'd wonder?
The project has naturally received widespread acclaim in Glasgow, perhaps due to this charm, a charm that this model simply hijacks from future generations. In other word a false charm perhaps!
The common experience of the Glasgow tenement block is fortunately and largely one where the back court is purely the confines of environmental works. I recall that when this was not the case (as in some blocks heavily laden with blocky back shops/stores etc.; or less concernedly with lanes) that these spaces had ranged from miserable to dull by comparison (of course from a child's perspective, i.e. users nonetheless).
Oh "Users, Passer-Bys, etc.": do these words even still appear or mean anything in the current day's Architect's CofC? If architects are to do society good as they were once (and still) billed to do so, then 'the client is king' should not be the only dogma within the profession's principles, but merely the customer focus/promise linchpin that it is. This dogma perhaps now requires taming in order to return esteem to the profession of architecture. That said cosmetic surgery has a place in the medical profession, so why wouldn't urbanism/architecture of course...!
Perhaps Hypostyle's intervention is rather urban jewellery or cosmetics, a compliment rather than criticism that should hopefully be seen as experimental rather than as a veritable urban model.
Again, how do the unbiased areas of the UK view this tenement block intervention (RIAS Award winner) as such?
Perhaps I can (and will) fully warm to it if I'm convinced!
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Unless you've been living under a rock, you're hearing all the TSA horror stories. Whether you believe procedures are there to protect us or are just a show, the reality is that they're going above and beyond the call of duty -- and not in a good way.
To add yet another story about wasted manpower that would let real threats slip by, mother Stacey Armato tried to get home to Los Angeles and her 7-month-old son with the 12 ounces of breast milk she pumped while she was gone. She didn't want to put the breast milk through radiation, so she requested an alternate screening, which she had every right do to.
But what happened is completely unjust.
After repeated requests, she finally received a video of her horrible experience from TSA's security cameras ... well, except the parts they edited out first.
Armato did exactly what I would have done, and what I tell so many women to do in so many different situations -- she researched the laws protecting her, printed them out, and took them with her. The rules about carrying pumped breast milk on airplanes are found in multiple places on TSA's website. She had those rules printed out on a piece of paper right there WITH the breast milk.
Mothers flying with, and now without, their child will be permitted to bring breast milk in quantities greater than three ounces as long as it is declared for inspection at the security checkpoint.
Breast milk is in the same category as liquid medications. Now, a mother flying without her child will be able to bring breast milk through the checkpoint, provided it is declared prior to screening.
Armato had been through the Phoenix airport multiple times in the past, and because she'd previously filed a complaint, they were "waiting for her," as she was told by a police officer (who threatened to arrest her if she didn't "go through with the horse and pony show"). Her crime? Merely asking, as is her right, that the breast milk not go through the radiation of the object x-rays and be tested for explosives instead. If you aren't familiar with how the testing works, after you go through security, they walk right over to a little machine, run a cotton swab around all the seams/seals of your item, and then put it in the machine, which shows them a color, letting them know whether or not there was explosive residue. I've had it explained to me as they've tested my kids' items in the past.
But when Armato made her simple request and showed her piece of paper (once she was allowed to touch her own belongings) that showed the law, nothing mattered, and she was ushered into the special screening box where she stood for almost an hour -- so long that she missed her flight home to her baby.
She was told off by a cop, she had to watch as her breast milk was tossed around outside the cooler it needed to be in. Any mom who pumps or breastfeeds can understand this feeling. It's heartbreaking and Armato gets frustrated and upset.
She gets the TSA's favorite pat down and gets sent BACK to her box, and she eventually is told by the security manager that she had to go back out, pour all of her milk into individual containers less than 1.5 ounces each (despite TSA's own rules that exempts breast milk from this rule), and then go through security ... again. She says on her own posting of the video that she was even asked, "If it was really breast milk, where was the baby?" and "Why isn't the milk clear?"
This whole situation not only makes me extremely angry, but scares the crap out of me too: I wouldn't have done a single thing different than Armato. This could have been me, easily.
Check out the video ... or what TSA left of it, anyway:
TSA is entirely out of control: their own security manager refuses to abide by their own rules even when they're put right under his own nose, a woman misses her flight because she didn't want radiation to affect the live substance of her child's food, but wanted it manually tested instead. According to Armato, edited out was the security manager writing down all of Armato's personal information and putting it in his pocket, and even photographing the breast milk itself.
Armato, a lawyer herself, is still trying to find someone to represent her in a charge against TSA, but so far to no avail. There are other injustices, such as this mother who was separated from her severely-handicapped 10-year-old daughter and from their service dog, or the woman who was excessively patted down after going through the backscatter machine because she chose to wear cloth pads. I told the TSA my thoughts on their "Off-Topic Comments" section of their blog, though my comment still hasn't passed moderation, but I see comments from some of you all already on this issue there, and I encourage more.
Are you planning on flying with your children/breast milk any time soon? What do you think of this story?


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Pathways to peace in the
Middle East and elsewhere
OSIRIS & GHANDI for all races
and all creeds!
Discoverers and practitioners of the
MIRACLE of
Non-violent conscious LIFE
'raison d'etre' of Homo sapiens
I know many readers may laugh and dismiss
this as naiive nonsense
But now we have lived the miracle of the
EGYPTIAN non-violent revolution
perhaps we can re-explore and relive the
Simple common sense tells us: there is
no other
way for survival of the human race!!
but please hold on and let us discover
together that without true win/win pluralism we are all
moving in a doomed blind alley
Does anyone dare explore these difficult
paths? can any nation force its politicians,
clandestine interest and power groups, to explore
non-violent paths to peace?
Can we try together ?Dare we carry the
burden of JUSTICE for all even to those who are not like US?
Dare we empower the UN to become a non-double standards
instrument of human rights everywhere?
A Voice
from the heart of Tragedy in the Middle East and the rest of
the World
There MUST
be a third way out of the circuit of violence and
EGYPTIANS January 2011 have
proved the power of Non-violence
Let us together promote ideas and creations for the
art and science of win/win pluralistic World
peace and JUSTICE
without bloodshed lies and
Do we have to live and fuel this
perpetual BLOOD BATH of cruelty and destruction
When and how are we going to
to become civilised at last?
When will we rise to the simple reality that impersonal
killing is immoral and unethical and therefore modern
Warfare is unethical and against ALL Religions.
we dare to re-examine and
try to
re-understand HISTORY
Do we dare ask
questions, explore opposite hypotheses regarding many things
that we take for granted?
Do we dare try and re-explore
"reality" from the point
of view of "others" , a first and
difficult step towards pluralistic peace?
For the sake of
finding the just balance for pluralistic
mutual peace and harmony it is our communal human RIGHT
to live in peace and not generate aggression
in our path. A
fundamental right
blatantly denied by politicians and interest groups who
benefit from the circuit of conflict , panic, violence,
threats of violence and blood
(earlier site
welcomes you for links to better quality contemplative
chamber music at tarekalihassan.com)
Arabic/English ruminations, commentary, articles and poetry
Hello, I am a medical doctor
concerned with the right to health, free
expression and the pursuit of
happiness, individual
and societal as the pathway to peace and
security for all of us
Also visit and contact me at the link at
for more poetry, drama, theatre
and articles and comments from all over the World promoting
non-violence, peace and freedom from dogma
Join the forum pages, become a
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Entrepreneurs and sponsors invited to
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consciousness changing East/West
A personal call and message from Dr. Tarek Ali
Hassan, M.D., F.R.C.P,
"We are all created pulsating
symphonies of continuous harmony and creation
and war is not our destiny or our primary nature,
we humans, of all creeds and races yearn
for peace and security, yearn to love and be loved
and to strive to fulfill our potential without hurting or
being hurt by anyone.
A simple but so far, impossible formula, in
the century of potential resources without limit.
Instead of making
true this wondrous potential, we are indulging in wars
threatening our race, and in anti-human "economics" that
manufacture disaster and ruin for millions and create
artificial "depressions"!!
are threatening our environment, life and the Earth WHY????
we take the World into economic meltdown How and Why??????
Let us journey together
to discover
We are not destined to live and die by violence and in violence, on
the contrary, quite against the tragic racist misconceptions of social Darwinism:
Man (conscious life) is the breakthrough creation that opens the possibility
of individual and social development, evolution and growth without
violence or destruction of "other".
model of win/win non-destructive dialogue between
conflicting and disparate entities has been presented to
humanity not by economists or sociologists or politicians
but in the Mozart Piano concertos)
Why do we
obstinately fail to achieve our potential of pluralistic
interactive peace within and without?
How do we preserve and
help grow the anti-violent/non-violent potential of man?
(see articles about affirmative non-violence and link on top
of the page to political and social articles and
to the Mozart and Osiris links
all pertaining to affirmative non-violence which as concept
and practice is light years
removed from submission to injustice)
that an American president rises
to the real challenges of post 9.11 and determines to
achieve peace and security for the Nation through causal diagnosis
eradication and causal prevention of what happened.
A tough journey of love of
non-violence and
addressed to the elements of greatness
within the American people and to the United Nations (for more political
and social articles follow link at top of page
Tragedy of a threatened species
Prometheus the great turned into Manfred
the neurotic Romantic Hero while the
Osiris passion drama is
erased from the
minds and memory of men
Black Comedy,"THE THING"
(music, movement, pulse, rhythm,
harmony into colour an affirmation of life, movement
and drama in colour)
Dark flowers
Gouache on paper
The ZKH foundation for human development
THE ZKH FOUNDATION FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT founded 1993 in
honour of Zenab Kamel Hassan: A defiant Egyptian Moslem Girl
who defied everything to get access to an education at all,
then to get a University education which in the early
twenties meant: traveling alone to London, joining Clapham
High School to get the matriculation, then joining London
University, Bedford College to study Science and duly
graduate in Chemistry1929 to become: the first Egyptian girl
to graduate in Science in modern times. Her story of
constructive defiance and struggle to set a different role
model for Egyptian women and women in the Islamic World is
summerized in the foundation booklet (published
1996:"Responding to the Challenges of the twenty first
century"). She went on to fight her way into becoming the
first woman to teach men Chemistry in Cairo University! The
progressive marginalisation and disempowerment of
like-minded and enlightened "rebels" represents a
fundamental fulcrum in the study of the mechanisms of
relapse of the extremely promising and developmental leap in
the whole of the region as led by Egypt after the 1919
revolution and its highly fertile associations and
offshoots. How was this great promise dismembered,
marginalised and disempowered with the rise of unitary
totalitarianism in politics and in thought/culture/religion,
is worthy subject for several doctoral theses? The
Foundation believes that the key to development is
re-empowering the disempowered whether these are the poorer,
the younger, the non-attached or the feminine or -sadly in
totalitarian regimes- the citizenry!. The establishment of
dialogue with all "other" is yet another commitment.(see
links for the background philosophy).
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HNN's poll to name the "least credible history book in print" has come to a close, and David Barton's The Jefferson Lies came out on top, just barely beating Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States.
What strikes me about the poll is that while all the nominated books are undeniably problematic, they're problematic in very different ways. Whereas The Jefferson Lies has become notorious for numerous errors of fact and interpretation, most of the HNN readers who left comments about A People's History seemed to take issue with Zinn's blatant partiality rather than with any specific claims in the book. Gavin Menzies's 1421: The Year China Discovered the World is almost in a class by itself, since its whole premise is open to question.
I also think it's interesting that we had a string of high-profile accusations of plagiarism, fabrication of evidence, and other forms of scholarly malfeasance in the past several years, but none of the books involved in these scandals made the list of front-runners.
Anyway, they say any publicity is good as long as they spell your name right, so perhaps congratulations are in order.


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For awhile now I've been trying to think of a little present I could make for our grandchildren for Valentine's Day. I wanted to make something that would remind them of my husband and I, so I naturally gravitated to something that would hold them, hug them, and keep them warm -- just like us.
Last month I made a few Rice-Filled Heating Pads for some special adults in my life. I thought about those and then decided to make a "child's version" for our grandchildren for Valentine's Day. As a result, this here flock was created...
I started, like I usually do, with paper and pencil...
That crude drawing took on a more polished look, and from that sketch a pattern was developed. I've been told that children who use rice-filled heating pads love them. The warmth of a heating pad can soothe a child's achy muscles or ease the pain of a stomach ache. It can keep a child warm on a cold night, and it can even be used to gently warm up a baby's crib before he goes to bed. (Remove the heating pad before the baby is placed in the crib, and always check the mattress temperature.) I'm certain a rice filled heating pad is not nearly as good as being held by a loving grandparent, but hopefully having their very own "Love Birds" will remind them that they are loved!
Did you notice that the tummy of these Love Birds are in the shape of a heart? I thought that was an appropriate touch for Valentine's Day!
The back of the birdie is made of flannel -- soft, cuddly, and warm. The front is made from cotton fabrics. (Make sure you use cotton fabrics when you make your Love Bird because synthetic fabrics -- like Minky -- can melt in the microwave!) Just pop the birdie in the microwave for 60-90 seconds and when it emerges it is warm and toasty!
These Love Birds will soon fly off and wend their way toward our grandchildren spread throughout the U.S. It makes me feel good to know that they will hold these on Valentine's day and know that they are loved.
and some brief instructions on how to make this
it could definitely double as a bookend! ;o)
True Love Contest @ Sew Mama Sew
Best Project of the Month @ Today's Top 20
All Things Inspired @ All Things Heart & Home
Anything Related @ All Things Related
Handmade Tuesdays @ Ladybug Blessings
Get Your Craft On @ Today's Creative Blog
Mad Skills Monday @ Support Blog for Moms of Boys
Motivate Me Monday @ Be Colorful
Craftomaniac Monday @ Craft-O-Maniac
Show & Tell Saturday @ Be Different Act Normal
Saturday Nite Specials @ Funky Junk Interiors
Sew Crafty Saturday @ Wildflowers and Whimsy
Friday Fun Finds @ kojo designs
Weekend Wrap Up Party @ Tatertots and Jello
Frugalicious Friday @ Finding Fabulous
Fabulous Friday Finds @ Frou Frou Decor
Friday Linky Party @ Sassy Sites!
All Things Domestic @ Crazy Domestic
Frugal Friday @ The Shabby Nest
SAS Day @ Just a Girl


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