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University of Michigan names Martha Pollack provost; predecessor to lead Dartmouth College
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) � University of Michigan has named a provost to replace Phil Hanlon, who left to become president of Dartmouth College.
The Ann Arbor university said Wednesday that Martha Pollack has been selected as provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. She has served as vice provost.
School officials say Pollack's two-year appointment will be effective May 6 pending approval by the university's Board of Regents. She has been on the faculty since 2000 and previously served as a professor at the University of Pittsburgh.
The provost oversees the activities of the university's 19 schools and colleges as well as its institutes and centers.
Hanlon is expected to start work in July at Dartmouth. He will be the 10th alumnus to lead the Ivy League school in Hanover, N.H.

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In this photo from 1998, novices of the Bethany community pray in their chapel near Kottayam, India. (photo: Sean Sprague)
Sisters are often the people on the ground carrying out the work CNEWA supports. With tireless effort and loving dedication, these women give the sick and poor the care they desperately need. Earlier this year, Msgr. John Kozar met a group of dedicated sisters in India — the Bethany Sisters. Sean Sprague also wrote about the Bethany congregation for the May/June 1998 issue of the magazine:
The Bethany Sisters' motherhouse in Kottayam is a spiritual powerhouse where temporarily professed sisters spend a few years in prayer, study and work before taking their final vows. Pure and virtuous, the sisters are nevertheless wholeheartedly human and very Indian. They are fully aware of the outside world and eager to go and serve the poor and sick.
"Bethany is the church within the church," Sister Philomena explained. "Its role within the Syro-Malankara Church is like that of the heart in the body. Its charism is the spiritual renovation of the Syro-Malankara Church, particularly through its apostolic activities. One of our main apostolates is education."
Today the Bethany community operates some 100 lower and upper primary schools, 65 nursery schools, 28 secondary schools, 3 university colleges, a teacher-training college and several other vocational training centers. Mar Ivanios University in Trivandrum is one of the premiere institutions of higher learning in Kerala, educating more than 3,000 students per year.
Ecumenical activities, family visits, catechism, preaching, mission work, care for the sick (the Bethany community runs several hospitals, leprosy eradication projects and preventive health care programs) and care for the handicapped, the elderly and orphaned children are all important apostolates.
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As we all know, Tyrannosaurus rex is the world's No. 1 favorite dinosaur, so we at the Houston Museum of Natural Science are as pleased as punch over our specimen Wyrex, a truly splendid fossil that will help fill out the Cretaceous zone of the new Hall of Paleontology.
Wyrex will join our casts of Stan, an adult rex, and Bucky, a teenage Tyrannosaurus, in the new hall next week.
Here's our Wyrex sniffing at the trail of our duck-billed dinosaurs
Our Wyrex gets its name for Montana rancher Don Wyrick, who spotted bones eroding out of river sediments that were deposited about 66 million years ago during the Lancian Age — the last slice of dinosaur history before the great die-off.
Of course, T. rexes are famous for their bone-crushing bite and the old question of whether they were cowardly scavengers or fearless predators. But equally fascinating is the century-old puzzle of tyrannosaur digits. (Fingers, not phone numbers).
And that's precisely why our Wyrex is a scientific groundbreaker. He has the best-preserved hands and feet of any T. rex ever uncovered, and he has something to say about three tyrannosaurian problems:
Theory No. 1: Some scientists say: T. rex was a waddling stumblebum, so slow that you could easily escape it at an amble.
Let's look at the hard (fossilized) data. Our database includes all the maxi-fauna today — land creatures who grow to a ton or more. We find that slow walkers, like elephants, have short shins and very short ankles compared to their thigh length. A charging African elephant, for example, hits 22 miles per hour. Faster large animals, such as rhinos (who get almost as heavy as elephants) are equipped with more length in shin and ankle. An angry white rhino easily surpasses 30 miles per hour.
Wyrex, in contrast, seems elegantly leggy — his shin and ankle are way, way longer compared to his thigh than the ratios we see in an elephant. Wyrex confirms what a dozen other T. rex skeletons have already told us: These giant dinos were built for speed. (Whether they were built for comfort, I'd guess no one was brave enough to find out.)
A rhino, a fast big critter, next to a T. rex. Notice how long the shin and ankle are in the rex.
Here's another way to test the slow-rex theory. Fast animals today — small, medium and large — have compact ankles. The long ankle bones, called "metapodials," are tightly bound to each other so they make one strong unit. Slow walkers like elephants have loosely constructed metapodials that let the entire ankle spread out. Check out our Wyrex's ankle. Tight or loose?
TIGHT! There are three long ankle bones, and the inner and outer bones hug the middle bone so tightly that the whole ankle works as one bony unit. That is not an elephant-style spreading foot.
Our three rexes, Stan, Bucky and Wyrex, tell us most emphatically that their species were not slowpokes.
Theory No. 2: Some scientists say that T. rex fingers were powerful meat hooks.
Wyrex's hand is worth pondering. In the new hall you'll be able to stand very close to the bones, so you can compare your arm and fingers to his. At first glance, the rex mitt does seem as strong as a grizzly bear's. But wait … in nature, what matters is how strong your hand is compared to the rest of your body. Wyrex was 10 times as heavy as the average grizzly bear. That means the Wyrex arm is 10 times weaker relative to his body weight than the bear's.
When we diagram a grizzly bear with the the proportions of Wyrex, the poor bear seems to have a ridiculously wussy arm:
Check out the measly arms on this Grizzly bear proportioned like our Wyrex.
Now analyze the Wyrex claws. Are they as big and hooked as hand claws from earlier meat-eating dinos? Nope. Our Acro (Acrocanthosaurus) is a bit smaller in body weight than Wyrex but has much heavier, sharper and more hooked claws. T. rex evolved from an ancestor shaped like Acrocanthosaurus, who evolved from something like the Jurassic megalosaurs. If claw strength really was important, why did evolution make the rex claws weaker?
Then there's the famous two-fingered salute. Most dino carnivores had three strong fingers — thumb, index finger and middle finger. Allosaurs from the Jurassic are built that way, and so are the acrocanthosaurs from the Early Cretaceous. So are all the raptors. One example? Our cast of Deinonychus, the raptor who inspired Jurassic Park.
Wyrex has a near-perfect hand. But how many fingers does he have? Two — thumb and index. And the finger bones are far skinnier than what you see in an allosaur or an acro. All T. rexes and their close cousins, the gorgosaurs, were weakly two-fingered.
A rex arm next to a Jurassic meat-eating megalosaur.
How and why did evolution clip off that third finger? Wyrex shows us. Stare at the outer side of the hand. You'll see an ultra-thin bone crowded against the index finger. That's a remnant of the third digit. It was retained because some major muscles attach to the base of the third finger, muscles that are needed to rotate the whole hand sideways. Other rex specimens probably also had that remnant of the third finger, but lost the bone after death when scavengers nibbled away the muscles.
The thin remnant of Wyrex's third finger
The muscle-attachment on the finger remnant tells us that some sideways movement was still important in Wyrex, but it was a delicate movement — not the brute action of a meat-hook.
Theory No. 3: In 1905 one famous scientist theorized that rex fingers were for gentle…tickling!?
It sounds weird at first. However, that scientist was none other than Professor Henry Fairfield Osborn, the New York paleontologist who found the first T. rex and gave the species its name. Osborn had great insights into extinct animals. He had museum-smarts AND zoo-smarts. He was on the board of the Bronx Zoo, and he observed live animals. He knew that a giant predator needed more than powerful jaws for killing prey and long limbs for chasing it; predators needed a way to attract desirable mates so they could make healthy, desirable offspring.
The problem: If you are a 10,000-pound rex who can bite another dinosaur in half in one chomp, how do you express tender, romantic feelings?
The answer: Tickling. Many animals today use a small finger or toe to stroke their loved ones. Critters with fur or feathers spend much time grooming their friends and mates with delicate strokes of claw-tips. Grooming renews the bond between male and female, between parent and youngster, and between pack-mates in a hunting group.
It is a fun fantasy. Think of it: a young mated couple of rexes relaxing after a meal of duck-bill meat, stroking each other's necks and muzzles, then petting their newly hatched chicks.
The fantasy becomes more believable if rexes had fur or feathers. Feathers have been found with many small and medium-sized meat-eating dinos, but up until 2012 no one had excavated a big tyrannosaur with feathery pelage.
But in the spring of that year, our Chinese colleagues announced an Early Cretaceous tyrannosaur fossilized with big sections of skin. In the skin were tightly packed feathers — thin, kiwi-like feathers — up to a foot and a half long. The Chinese species was very similar to what the direct ancestor of later tyrannosaurs must have looked like. The conclusion, then, is that Wyrex, too, probably had feathers.
So recent discoveries back up what Professor Osborn said over a century ago: T. rexes had a softer side — literally!
An aside — Osborn was not only a superb research scientist, but also a brilliant designer of public exhibits. He was the first to mix skeletons with beautiful murals and sculptures of the extinct beasts in their natural habitat. And he envisioned a fossil exhibition as a series of safaris back into deep time.
In other words, Osborn would have loved our new HMNS Hall of Paleontology — and you will, too.


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It's common knowledge that The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan and Frank Sinatra graced the stage there in its heyday, but the complaints from neighbors in the 1990s were valid and led to the demise of concerts there.
There were reportedly only a half-dozen concerts in the decade of the 1990s, but as they turned into events that attracted unruly crowds and lasted the entire day, it became a blight on the neighborhood and needed to be stopped.
In 1998, after a day-long reggae music festival labeled Cari-fest, hundreds of parking violations, traffic jams and reports of festival goers smoking dope on Forest Hills streets sealed the fate of concerts at the stadium forever.
The club is quite the oasis in Queens. The serene setting needs to be preserved, not just for club members but also for Queens itself. But it costs plenty to keep the 14-acre club up and running.
Developers will always be willing to purchase all or part of the land, but that would mean more housing, parking and traffic on a permanent basis.
The income derived from hosting a half-dozen yearly concerts, which would attract a crowd of desirable patrons for a normal, four-hour event might even add to the cache of living in Forest Hills and might finally put an end to the idea of selling the land.
After speaking with civic leaders and local elected officials this week, the genre of music and length of the concert might be the only sticking points for a reasonable plan to use the stadium for concerts. As the new president of the club seems to understand the fragile nature of these concerts, we think they should be allowed to go ahead with plans to host shows.
Folklore and published reports say that the cost of making the stadium suitable for events will be somewhere north of $10 million.
Not true. The sound tests have been done; the structure seems to be fine.
The facelift and access-improvements necessary would cost less than $2.5 million.
The work is not as much structural as it is bringing it up to code and sealing the concrete.
The club should be inclined to lower the number of available seats from 14,000 to 10,000, not allow vehicle traffic within two blocks of the entrance to the stadium, and resist the idea of holding daylong music festivals.


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Networking giant Cisco Systems said today that it had acquired ThinkSmart Technologies, an Irish company that provides location data analysis using Wi-Fi technology. ThinkSmart's technology analyzes information on the movement of people within a building, looking for patterns by time of day, length of stay and other factors to help companies that operate buildings — such as event spaces — plan better and ensure that crowds flow better. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.


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|Le Grand Carnival, Shadow Box Diorama Frame by LaBoom, Etsy.
Paper is such a wonderful thing, it can become so many different things in as many different hands. When we are children, we are given paper and crayons or finger-paint, and let loose to make a mess. When we learn to look at books, we can see magical images on the same flat plane of paper. When we begin to read and write, we form letters and numbers with pencils and pens and begin to express ourselves in a non-verbal way that other people can understand. But by far, my favorite use of paper is to alter it from it's usual one-dimensional form, and to create something entirely different.
|3D Pedestal Display – A Day In The Island – by LaBoom, Etsy.
By layering, gluing, scrunching, folding, cutting, painting, and any other number of manipulations, we can turn paper into magic. We see the world in dimensions, though we may not be as aware of it as we are when we sit in a movie theater looking at that flat screen with those goofy 3D glasses on. There is perspective all around us, some things are closer, some things are farther away. When light moves over the land, be it natural or artificial, different things are highlighted. We see shadows, we see new items illuminated that we didn't notice before, and everything can change in the span of a few hours. Think about your favorite place to be, it looks different based on how much light there is, and where you are in that space.
|Handmade 3D Display – Ludella On Stage – by LaBoom, Etsy.
Shadow boxes and dioramas are becoming a lost art, and that is a true shame. Children create their art on a tablet or computer screen, and it never achieves the same quality of a hand made work. If you never play with sizes and shapes of cut out paper arranged closer or farther from your eyes, and with different light sources, you will never fully understand the magic of perspective. No matter what technology comes along, there is nothing that can beat a plain old arts and crafts kit full of scraps of paper, trims and findings, glue, paint, and colour.
|3D Shadow Box Frame – The Journey of a Teapot –, With a Light by LaBoom, Etsy.
Today I stumbled upon the most magical of things, a wonderful Shadow Box Diorama created by the very talented hands of Tatiana Kontouli. Tatiana's Etsy Shop, called LaBoom, contains a bounty of wonderful examples of 3D sculpture, shadow boxes, dioramas, lighted boxes and other magical hand crafted paper creations. Tatiana's creations vary in price quite a bit, from $12.00 US for smaller shadow boxes, to $55.00 US for her most intricate creations. This makes them affordable for almost anyone to add to a collection of curiosities, or as a perfect gift for that person that is impossible to buy for.
|Handmade 3D Frame Display – Miss Nagg's Kindness Spirit – by LaBoom, Etsy.
Comprised of vintage ephemera, paper cutouts, fabric trims, wire, glitter, cardboard, and illusion, Tatiana's work is fascinating to look at, and really makes you want to take a closer look inside the box. From grand multi-figure displays, to simple seeming light boxes, each piece is so very special. You can see the careful combination of elements, the thoughtful placement of text and hidden creatures, and the small touches of magic that make these more than just crafty little items, it makes them something very special indeed.
|Handmade Shadow Box Frame – Peachy Wonderland – by LaBoom, Etsy.
A close look at the individual listings I have selected to show you, or any of the dozens of others in the LaBoom shop, will show you different angles and close-up views that will enchant you utterly. Tatiana Kontouli's "whimsical wonderland" ships all the way from beautiful Antiparos, Cyclades in Greece, one of the most magical and mythical places on the planet. It all just makes the story come together for me, Greece is the seat of a great deal of the historical evolution of sculpture and art.
|Light Box Diorama Display – Watch Out Girls – , Light Off by LaBoom, Etsy.
|Light Box Diorama Display – Watch Out Girls – , Illuminated by LaBoom, Etsy.
I urge you to take a closer look at LaBoom, and hope you see something so special you simply must bring it's whimsy and magic into your home. If nothing else, it will have you heading into your old scrap box of bits and bobs, grabbing an old cigar box or cardboard frame, and planning to spend a little time with a glue-stick and some newsprint in the near future. Dioramas should not be on the endangered list of folk arts, too many things have already gone that direction.
|3D Shadow Box Frame – Party Dog – by LaBoom, Etsy.
So hit up the local craft shop or dig into your old stash of findings and create your own shadow box, and include the children in your life in the process, they will be enchanted by the magic that can be found in paper. Don't let them think of paper as relegated to school work and books alone, as much as I love books – they need to learn to see possibility in all materials, and not just take them for granted. In the time before television, computers, and video games,it is too easy to forget about real creativity.
|Shadow Light Box 3D Frame Diorama – Hippolyte – by LaBoom, Etsy.
Where will our future sculptors, crafters, designers and architects be without knowing the magic that can be found in 3D? I am so glad I found Tatiana Kontouli's Etsy Shop, LaBoom on a Friday, and now you can be too. Have a great weekend everyone, do something creative with paper and rediscover the magic.
|3D Shadow Box Frame – Fox In The Woods – by LaBoom, Etsy.


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Gravity pulled the contents of an overturned water heater out onto the ashes drop by drop, but by Friday afternoon the liquid fell helplessly near what was left of Ivy Terrace condominiums: a blackened door frame with no door, a second story with no floorboards and wall frames with nothing left to support.
Gravity pulled the contents of an overturned water heater out onto the ashes drop by drop, but by Friday afternoon the liquid fell helplessly near what was left of Ivy Terrace condominiums: a blackened door frame with no door, a second story with no floorboards and wall frames with nothing left to support.
An early-morning blaze warped metal, shattered glass and made the six residential units at 708 W. Allen St. — a place that 10 people called home — uninhabitable.
"It could have been a lot worse," Hendersonville Fire Chief Dorian Flowers said, looking at the wooden structure as crews turned off fire hydrant valves and put yellow hoses back onto fire trucks after almost 10 hours of work.
Shortly before 4 a.m. Friday morning, the Hendersonville Fire Department received a call about a fire on West Allen Street. By the time fire crews arrived at the scene — less than five minutes after emergency dispatchers received the initial call — Flowers said roughly 60 percent of the building had already been devoured by flames.
"It was one big, huge ball of fire," said Roberta Wessells, a neighbor who lives across the street from Ivy Terrace. "The flames were leaping from the building."
The cause of the fire is unknown and under investigation by the Hendersonville deputy fire marshal and the Henderson County fire marshal, but a report could be complete by next week. Flowers noted this was the first fire at a multi-family dwelling in the city in a couple of years.
The fire started on the south side of the condominiums, and preliminary evidence shows the flames began on the ground floor, traveled up to the second floor and headed eastward toward the attic space, Flowers said. In its path, though, were residents.
A family living in one of the second-story units lowered their two children to safety before the parents jumped from the 10- to 12-foot high second-story balcony themselves. In total, four people were taken to Pardee Hospital with minor injuries.
Two of those individuals were later taken to Joseph M. Still Burn Center at Doctors Hospital in Augusta, Ga., where they were treated for burns on their feet.
At about 5:10 a.m., Disaster Action Team volunteers from the American Red Cross of the Western Carolinas were dispatched to the structure fire. The seven-person team consisted of three volunteers and four Red Cross staff members.
Disaster Action Team leader Stephanie Royal of Brevard was one of the volunteers. Royal lost her own home two years ago and now volunteers with the Red Cross to give back to families like hers that have been displaced from their homes after a disaster.
However, this was the first multi-family fire she has responded to. Though she said there were more factors to consider with a blaze of this scale, one human piece of disaster remains the same.
"In times like this, people become the person that they didn't know they could be, meaning they become a lot tougher than we think we realize we could be," Royal said.
The organization is currently assisting five families displaced by the fire.
"Everyone there that I saw was in pajamas and bathrobes; they had nothing left," said John Wareham, chief public affairs officer for the local Red Cross chapter. "The structure is a total loss."
Flowers said four of the six units sustained heavy damage, while the other two have fire and water damage.
Flowers said 26 people from the Hendersonville Fire Department, Valley Hill & Rescue and Mountain Home Fire & Rescue worked at the scene during the course of the day. Dana Fire & Rescue and Blue Ridge Fire & Rescue were put on standby to respond to the fire as well.
While crews continued to completely put out the fire, Hendersonville police shut down part of West Allen Street.
Flowers said fighting the flames at Ivy Terrace was particularly complex.
"Because of the extent of damage and that it was a two-story building, the stuff on the top floor has been falling through to the bottom floor, and we have just been working to get those hot spots out," he said Friday.
By that afternoon, some of the condominium building's exposed wooden wall frames more closely resembled used matchsticks than a piece of the facility's architecture.
"They're going to have to demo this," Flowers said as he surveyed the structure. He pointed to a screened-in porch on the ground floor on the right side of the building, then pivoted and gestured toward the left side of the building.
Black ash blanketed the ground where the porch once was, and the soil was sprinkled with splintered and charred wood, roof shingles and broken glass. Flowers said some pet cats were still unaccounted for.
Following the fire, residents returned to the home where they could no longer live. Some came back to retrieve items they asked local firefighters to get from their units, such as pictures, clothing and important documents. Flowers said one of the tenants lingered and spoke with him.
Hours after the conversation, Flowers shared what the man told him.
"He said, 'You know, it is Good Friday: I'm alive.'"
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One Word Photo Challenge – Eminence
Jennifer Nichole Wells One Word Photo Challenge for this week has an interesting color: Eminence!
I love these shades of deep purple and lavender! Some of my favorites!
Purple Phlox from my garden this summer
Here is my plum-colored doily I crocheted this summer.
I had to share the poem by Jenny Joseph, called, "When I am Old," because it talks about the color "purple."
When I Am Old
by Jenny Joseph
When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat that doesn't go, and doesn't suit me,
And I shall spend my pension
on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals,
and say we've no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I am tired,
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells,
And run my stick along the public railings,
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
And pick the flowers in other people's gardens,
And learn to spit.
You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat,
And eat three pounds of sausages at a go,
Or only bread and pickle for a week,
And hoard pens and pencils and beer mats
and things in boxes.
But now we must have clothes that keep us dry,
And pay our rent and not swear in the street,
And set a good example for the children.
We will have friends to dinner and read the papers.
But maybe I ought to practice a little now?
So people who know me
are not too shocked and surprised,
When suddenly I am old
and start to wear purple!
Thanks for checking in with me today. I sure enjoyed talking about the color purple!


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Guitar Hero III is going to feature some gameplay updates and additions to the classic formula, and hopefully it will be enough to get people excited about the game again. Rhythm games are only as good as their hardware, though, and in a video over at Games Radar a very nervous Red Octane executive talks us through the changes to the guitar controller for the third game.
The differences? The buttons are no longer "spongy," the strum bar is a little bit longer and should feel a little better, the pause button will be harder to hit, and instead of roller switches, the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 guitars will use accelerometers so star power will be easier to activate with consistency. The neck of the guitar is also removable, and the guitar features changeable face plates so you can decide what colors and designs you want on your peripheral. Of course, new face plates will be sold conveniently at your favorite retailer, adding a new way to monetize the game.
It looks like many small improvements that will add up to one really solid peripheral, and I can't say how happy I am that all the systems are getting a wireless guitar out of the box. Rock Band, take some notes.


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(In the last few years, Pope John Paul II's Theology of the Body has become an important part of the Church's efforts to educate people on marriage and sexuality. Our marriage preparation program has been presenting this teaching to engaged couples, and the message is also making its way into the schools, religious education programs, and adult faith formation initiatives.
The Theology of the Body is still a bit controversial in some circles, however, and we occasionally get negative feedback about it. I recently received an email from a friend with some criticism of the Theology of the Body, in particular focusing on the approach of Christopher West and some others. I thought it would be useful to share my (adapted) response, which follows.)
In discussing the Theology of the Body, one has to distinguish between (a) the doctrines of the Church, (b) Pope John Paul II's teaching, and (c) the presentations given by teachers like Christopher West and others. It would also be helpful to see the Theology of the Body in the proper context.
One always has to remember that the Theology of the Body is a theological explanation of the teachings of the Church, and is not a new doctrine in and of itself. It is part of an effort by Popes John Paul and Benedict and others to propose a Christian anthropology of love that will provide a modern and accessible theological and philosophical explanation for the teachings of the Church. You have to view the Theology of the Body in that context.
While some popular presentations of the Theology of the Body may seem to focus exclusively on sex, the reality is that the Theology of the Body actually involves a much larger discussion of the nature of the human person and the nature of human love, all in the light of what it means to be created in the image and likeness of God. To get a sense of this broader project, I would suggest that people read Pope John Paul's presentation of the Theology of the Body in Part Three of Mulieris Dignitatem, and Benedict's discussion of the nature of love in Part One of Deus Caritas Est. An excellent book that puts it all in context is Men, Women and the Mystery of Love by Dr. Edward Sri.
A legitimate discussion can be had about the prudence of the way that various speakers present the Theology of the Body. But one thing to remember is that most of those who are out there doing it are trying to convey the teachings of the Church to largely un-catechized and skeptical audiences. The undeniable fact is that the main attack on the truth right now is on sexual matters, which is why so many have fought it out on that front line. Others may choose instead to fight it out in the area of philosophical anthropology, which is also necessary. I am loath to second-guess the tactical decisions of soldiers and commanders in the field.
As for fidelity to the doctrines of the Church, there can be no doubt that Pope John Paul's teaching on this subject, and the theological framework he used, are faithful to the traditional doctrines of the Church. There have been some criticisms of West's presentation on this score, mainly on fairly arcane points about human freedom and concupiscence (there have also been critiques on matters of style and prudence of presentation, but those are irrelevant to this discussion). West and others have replied to those critiques. These arguments have not been settled one way or the other, in any definitive way. I think it's valuable to note, however, that several bishops have affirmed the orthodoxy of West's approach. For those who are interested in this kind of intramural theological debate among loyal Catholics, check out the various articles here.
The Theology of the Body isn't for everyone. West's presentation of it isn't for everyone. I'm sure that my presentation of it isn't for everyone. For that matter, even St. Augustine's or St. Thomas Aquinas' approach to love and sex isn't for everyone. As with all theological propositions, the goal is to help faith seek understanding. If it doesn't work for some people, then they can try another approach, so long as it leads them to the truth — to God's will, as presented in the authentic teaching of the Church.
The old saying is, "In essential things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity."


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@jaredev: http://twitvid.com/ULXHF - Great way to exit #wmata Dupont circle metro stop. Some kind of fire.
Come on, Grandma, put some effort into it!
UNBELIEVABLE. I was there tonight. This video you see doesn't even do the "utter failure and incompetent response by the metro/fire/police" justice. After getting off a train we were told to get on the middle or right escalators of the south exit because of the fire. So a quarter of the way walking up the stalled middle escalator (now filled with ppl), the Metro/police/fire put gates at the TOP AND BOTTOM of the middle escalator, BLOCKING THOSE OF US WHO WERE ON THE MIDDLE escalators and preventing us from going up or down or exiting.. we couldn't even move. We were literally stuck.
It was the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen. There was an absolute standstill on the middle stairs because we couldn't go down and we couldnt go up after they f*cking blocked us in. After 30 min or so on the middle escalators, when we finally got to the top, we had to jump over the handrails to get to the right staircase to get out of the metro station. This included all the elderly people, women in skirts and anyone with disabilities (but who could still take the stairs). Evenmore unbelievable, Firefighters and Police officers were just watching all of us STUCK on the middle staircase. At the top was a firefighter who was not even helping people jump over the railing onto the next staircase. I had to help a woman who was in a skirt and twice my size (I am a thin young woman) because she was too short and no one (Like the firefighters!!) were helping her jump over the damn railing.
AND this whole time, firegfighters and police were taking the left escalator down (as the left escalator was working.. going down. Seriously). It was UNBELIEVABLE.
Clearly if the Police/Firefighters and Metro can't get the riders out of an escalator jam, we are FUCKED for a real fire or Jesus forbid, a terrorist attack.
I want to reiterate that the middle escalator was broken and FILLED with people who were trying to walk up and exit (per the direction of metro personnel) and all of a sudden, the genius metro and emergency workers put up those big gates blocking BOTH the top and bottom of our escalator so we could neither go up (to exit) or down (to get on the right escalator).
One guy even jumped to the left escalator, which again was working but going down, filled only with a few firefighters who were hanging out probably shooting the shit watching the rest of us stranded on the broken escalator, and he ran all the way up that thing (backwards) and beat the rest of us who were stranded on the middle escalator.
INCOMPETENT is how you spell Metro and the emergency crew who were there tonight.
The escalators were actually like that all day. I took it coming up at 9 am and the middle and right escalator were stalled with the middle one blocked off and everyone had to hop over to the right. Wish I could say I'm shocked that it continued on like that all day (and right through a fire), though.
Metro is a complete disaster.


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Mitt Romney had a clear three-point plan for Monday night's foreign-policy debate.
First, agree with President Obama's most popular national-security decisions (ending the Iraq war, pulling out of Afghanistan by 2014, imposing sanctions on Iran, and sending drones after terrorists) while at the same time hammering repeatedly, though vaguely, on the need to restore American "strength" and "leadership."
Second, spin those Etch-a-Sketch knobs toward the middle with ferocious energy. Hence Romney's emphasis on peace, his pledge of no-more-Iraqs, and his endorsement of a "comprehensive strategy" to help the Muslim world build civil societies (while offering no specifics, or even general propositions, on what this strategy would involve). You'd never know that his top foreign-policy advisers are neo-conservative holdovers. On Benghazi, Romney backed off completely, said nothing. Even on Syria, the one issue where he has gone after Obama with some substantive backing, he eased up, saying that he would not support a no-fly zone against Bashar Assad's forces or engage in any sort of U.S. military intervention—leaving open the question of what he would do that Obama hasn't.*
Third, veer the discussion to domestic policy, especially the persistently high unemployment rate, at every opportunity.
In sum, Gov. Romney seemed in over his head, as he has every time he's spoken out on foreign policy (hence his determination to speak on other things as much as possible), and, perhaps knowing he would be, he adjusted his debate strategy accordingly.
And yet, while President Obama came off as thoughtful and decisive by comparison, and made frequent note of Romney's flip-flopping ("you're all over the map" was a favorite phrase of the night), he, too, engaged in long spells of evasion.
The clearest takeaway from the night—nothing new, but still sad—is that it's probably impossible for American politicians to have an honest discussion about foreign policy, especially in an election year.
The moderator, Bob Schieffer, asked good probing questions of Obama and Romney: What would you do about Syria? How do we influence Pakistan? How do you pressure China on things like currency manipulation without sparking a trade war? What deal would you accept with Iran in negotiations on its nuclear program? If you regard an attack on Israel as an attack on the United States, wouldn't that policy deter even a nuclear Iran from aggression, as it deterred the Soviet Union for several decades?
Both candidates bunted all these pitches, or simply refused to swing.
Iran was the subject of deepest dishonesty, especially on Romney's part. First, he said that he would seek to dissuade Iran from building nuclear weapons "through peaceful and diplomatic means." Then, not a minute later, he said that he would indict President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for "inciting genocide" and turn Iran's diplomats "into pariahs." (How do you pursue "diplomatic means" without diplomats?)
Obama at least had a record to defend on assembling an international coalition to impose truly crippling sanctions on Iran. But he also said the only acceptable deal would be one where the Iranian leaders agreed to "end their nuclear program." Presumably this means ending all uranium enrichment. This just isn't going to happen, and Obama surely knows it. First, even Iran's few reform politicians support a nuclear program (though not for nuclear weapons). Second, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty—which all the sanctions and U.N. resolutions are said to enforce—allows countries to enrich uranium up to a certain point. If a deal is possible, most experts agree, Iran would have to retain the right to enrich up to 5 or 15 percent. (Weapons-grade uranium is enriched to about 80 percent purity, and once a lab gets to 20 percent, the step to weapons-grade is a short one.) All successful negotiations allow the other side a way out—unless what you really want is regime change. Obama's deal doesn't allow a way out. Does he want regime change?
The president also played it loose on Afghanistan, saying that the Afghan security forces will be able to contain the Taliban when we leave in 2014. Maybe they will, but it's far from certain. Obama got a break, though, when Romney agreed with him. Remarkably, Romney unconditionally agreed with the 2014 timetable (after saying, a few weeks ago, that he would withdraw then only if commanders said it was safe), said everything was on schedule, and even praised Obama's troop surge. At least this should prove (hawks everywhere, take note) that there is no mainstream political support for continuing the Afghan war any longer.
Romney was most annoying for repeating, over and over, the shibboleths that he must know are false: that Obama began his term with a worldwide "apology tour" (he invoked the phrase twice Monday night), that Obama supports a $1 trillion military budget cut that his own defense secretary says would be "devastating" (such a cut would be the result of congressional sequestration), that Obama sat silent while the Iranian protesters begged for U.S. support (in fact, most of them didn't want overt support, fearing the mullahs would accuse them of being CIA spies, as indeed they had when Bush's secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, offered them $75 million in aid), and that the U.S. Navy has fewer ships than anytime since 1917. At least Obama had a nice retort ready for that one. "We also have fewer horses and bayonets," he said, adding that the governor "hasn't spent enough time looking at how our military works" and that, for instance, we now have things like aircraft carriers, nuclear-powered submarines, and other weapons that could blast the navy of a century ago—or (he could have gone on to say) any other country's navy today—to smithereens.
But Obama's more telling rebuttal came toward the end of the debate, in response to Romney's complaint that China was walking all over us with its unfair trade practices. Obama responded that his administration has successfully sued China for violating trade rules many times and that, as a result, a major U.S. tire plant no longer has to compete with cheap tires dumped on the market and a steel plant in (ahem) Ohio is now shipping its goods to China.
It was one of several reminders, over the course of the evening, that foreign policy isn't really an issue in this election, however much it should be. It is, after all, one of the very few realms where young men and women are sent to kill and die, national survival is potentially at stake, and presidents have the power to do pretty much whatever they want.
Correction, Oct. 23, 2012: This sentence originally conflated Syria with Libya and misspelled the first name of Bashar Assad. (Return to the corrected sentence.)
Read more of Slate's election coverage.


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As today is International Women's Day, for my March mixtape i've allowed myself to indulge in a celebration of fabulous music by women composers and musicians. Compared to most of my mixtapes, this was one of the more difficult to create, for two reasons. First, because the shortlist of music i was keen to include wasn't remotely short, but simply enormous (137 individual tracks, lasting a little over 12 hours), and second, because deciding which of them to omit was tough in the extreme. In the end, though, i found an interesting and, i hope, imaginative way of navigating through such a bewilderingly diverse collection of music. There's no particular structure to the mix as a whole this time, as i was simply allowing myself to be drawn spontaneously from piece to piece, sometimes smoothly, sometimes breaking things up with non sequiturs.
There's a not quite even split between instrumental and vocal music, though both of these terms are interpreted pretty eclectically. The latter range across the spectrum of sentiments, from poignant and painful (Brika, Laura Sheeran, FKA Twigs, Galina Grigorjeva, Lori Cullen) to passionate and elated (Anna von Hausswolf, Cocteau Twins, Princess Chelsea, Sleigh Bells, Jackie Trent, Ari Mason, Vanbot, Carice van Houten, Peaches, Trio Mediaeval, Ladyhawke), both of widely varying orders of magnitude, alongside the more reflective (Emika, Róisín Murphy, Demen, Zola Jesus, Nynke Laverman, OY, ionnalee, Robyn) and downright demented (Jennifer Walshe – who else?).
As for the instrumental music, not all of it is non-vocal: the pieces by Gazelle Twin, Lauren Redhead and Annette Vande Gorne occupy an electroacoustic place in between, each utilising voices in different ways. As for the rest, perhaps the most applicable continuum is between strains of agitation and disquiet (Jocelyn Pook, Kristin Øhrn Dyrud, AGF, Copeland, Zeena Parkins, Elizabeth Anderson, Natasha Barrett, Mica Levi, Wendy Bevan, Clara Iannotta, Pauline Oliveros, Rose Dodd, Vanessa Rossetto, Chaya Czernowin, Rebecca Saunders, Arlene Sierra, Galina Ustvolskaya, Line Katcho, Milica Djordjević) and calmer, more measured music (Olga Neuwirth, Linda Catlin Smith, Anna Þordvaldsdóttir, Motion Sickness of Time Travel, Chiyoko Szlavnics, Unsuk Chin, Christina Vantzou, Éliane Radigue, Delia Derbyshire, Isnaj Dui, Susanne Sundfør).
Elizabeth Parker's radiophonic cheerfulness doesn't qualify as either of those, but then pretty much none of the 60 wonderful pieces i've featured on this mix fit neatly within one particular box or label: their inventiveness is boundary-challenging, which makes them ideal for a day like today. Apropos: i've ended the mix with a track by Frida Sundemo that beautifully captures a sense of optimism, which i think is also ideal for this particular day; the song's theme is love, yet its emphasis on 'flashbacks and futures' seems an apt phrase for the confident, forward-looking attitude exhibited by all of this music, and which this mixtape celebrates.
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Dave suffered a tragedy just before leaving for Wonderfest, the death of his 15 year-old pet iguana Mr. Hate, but, ever the professional, he proved a buoyant addition to the roster nevertheless. As you can tell from this photo, snapped on Monday morning just before our departure, we're now firm friends for life. VW readers will be glad to know that Dave has already turned in a full report on the second season of THE WILD WILD WEST.
I don't remember the precise issue but, somewhere along the way, I reviewed Dave's book THE OUTER LIMITS COMPANION in VW. When I handed my copy of the book over to him for signing on Saturday -- the day we met -- he embraced it because it was the copy that inspired my "review of love." I'm so glad Donna snapped this. What a character.
Here's the Heart and Soul of VIDEO WATCHDOG (right) posing with the Heart and Soul of Wonderfest, Mr. Bob Burns -- who presented a terrific slide show tribute to his late friends, '50s monster makers Paul and Jackie Blaisdell, on Saturday. It culminated in a rare screening of Blaisdell's home movie spfx extravaganza THE CLIFF MONSTER. We saw and spoke with Bob's lovely better half, Kathy Burns, too, but failed to get a picture with her.
Here's Vincent di Fate, the celebrated cover artist of FILMFAX and past cover artist for CINEFANTASTIQUE, in whose pages we sometimes appeared together longer ago than either of us want to remember. A gifted artist, great guy, and now the proud owner of the original prop that lent its name to the first sci-fi movie he ever saw: ROCKETSHIP X-M!
Here's our friend Paul Schiola of Ultratumba Productions, posing with his latest product sculpture, Beulah of IT CONQUERED THE WORLD. A talented and very personable man, with the biggest grin at Wonderfest.
Also on display at Paul's table was this tres-cool replica of the unforgettable Rat-Bat-Spider-Crab from THE ANGRY RED PLANET. If you've got the display space available, go over to his website and score one of these babies.
Here I am with another talented artist, William Stout. Donna and I enjoyed spending time with Bill up in Gary Prange's Old Dark Clubhouse, talking about the murals he is presently creating for a Natural History museum, his history as a cover artist for bootleg albums from Trademark of Quality, his devolopment of an amazing Oz theme park for Kansas City that never happened, and his current work on various Oz book projects. An amazing guy.
As long as I'm talking about cool people, I'll jump ahead to this Sunday shot of Donna and one of the show's Guests of Honor, Robert Picardo. We had a great time talking with Bob about the gallery of memorable characters he's played for Joe Dante: Eddie Quist in THE HOWLING, The Cowboy in INNERSPACE, and his Karl Rove-surrogate character in MASTERS OF HORROR's "Homecoming." Later in the day, Bob sprang to the stage at the Sunday night banquet to steal the show. More on that later.
But now we cut to late afternoon on Saturday -- the Fifth Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards presentation!
Before the festivities began, we snapped this close shot of the award that would soon be presented to me for Video WatchBlog -- an exclusive for you, the Video WatchBlog reader!
USA TODAY's David Colton -- the man behind the Rondos -- stands in proud control of the proceedings with the eight Rondo busts to be handed out at this year's ceremony.
David brought with him this nifty canvas handbag. When I asked his wife Eileen Colton (staff photographer for CHFB News) if these were now being sold at the website, she said, "No... I ironed it on myself!" I think they may be missing a merchandising opportunity here.
Before the festivities began, we snapped this close shot of the award that would soon be presented to me for Video WatchBlog -- an exclusive for you, the Video WatchBlog reader!
The show is now underway, with Kerry Gammill receiving his first-ever Rondo Award for this year's Best Book, THE FAMOUS MONSTER MOVIE ART OF BASIL GOGOS -- co-authored with J. David Spurlock.
Donna and I took the stage to receive our fifth consecutive Rondo for Best Magazine. After five years, it's still a humbling experience.
Bob Statzer then received his Rondo award for Best Article of the Year, his Karloff and Lugosi retrospective for SCARY MONSTERS. Way to go, Bob!
Here I am cradling the statuette I showed you earlier, as I thank everyone who supported me in my unprecedented win for Best Website, Video WatchBlog! I later received a third Rondo, my first as Writer of the Year. In my speech (viewable at YouTube here), I thanked fellow scribe Tom Weaver (hoarder of all the other Writer of the Year Rondos) for keeping a relatively low profile this past year.
The one and only John Zacherle -- aka Roland aka Zacherley aka The Cool Ghoul, the greatest of all horror hosts -- rose to the occasion to accept his Rondo award for best CD, INTERMENT FOR TWO. Do you want to see more? Go here.
Donna took this great shot of Zach at his table on Sunday, where his Rondo award held court in the manner of his past SHOCK THEATER associate, Gasport -- finally out of the bag. I had met Zach in passing at a Chiller Theater show back in October 1994 and I'm so very pleased that our paths were able to cross again. He visited the Old Dark Clubhouse on Friday night with his biographer Rich Scrivani (whose book I loved, and whom I somehow failed to invite to be photographed with me, which I very much regret) and it was a treat to speak with Zach at greater length.
Incidentally, my favorite Zacherley memory of the weekend: When Donna and I visited his table on Sunday, he asked us "Are you two committed to each other?" The question seemed at once full of Old World gravitas and contemporary correctness, and struck us both as very sweet and quintessentially Zach. We told him that we'd been married now for 32 years and he gave a low, delighted laugh and clapped his hands. I later told Donna that it had been one thing to be declared Man and Wife by our Justice of the Peace, but now I feel that our union has been blessed by Zacherley himself.
Filmmaker Paul Davids flew in from Los Angeles to accept his Rondo award for the year's Best Independent Film or Documentary, THE SCI FI BOYS. Paul got the room chuckling with his alternative universe explanation of Rondo's possible involvement in the writing of a classic Beach Boys song.
In one of the evening's most heartfelt acceptance speeches, Frank Dietz received his Rondo -- the first ever awarded in the new category of Artist of the Year. Eclipsing even Basil Gogos himself in the year when Gogos was the subject of the year's Best Book, Dietz accepted the award with warm tributes to his mentors Bob and Kathy Burns, Bill Stout, and Bernie Wrightson. Apologies for the dark shot, but Wonderfest needs to rethink the stage lighting for these events. You can view Frank's acceptance speech here.
Here's a brighter shot of Frank and his new best friend taken at his table on Sunday. It couldn't happen to a nicer or more talented fellow. Over the weekend, I seized the opportunity to purchase my first-ever Dietz original: "Lon After Midnight," a 5" x 7" glazed oil portrait of Lon Chaney Sr. in LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT garb, which became iconic in Frank's output when he used it as the key promotional image for his Rondo Best Fan Event-nominated oil painting exhibition of last year.
2005 Monster Kid of the Year Joe Busam passed the torch to this year's recipient, Raymond Castile. Ray not only masterminds the mind-blowing Universal Monster Army memorabilia display at Wonderfest, but was last year handpicked by José Mojica Marins himself to succeed him in the role of Coffin Joe! See it all -- Joe's induction speech and Ray's acceptance -- here on YouTube.
Bob Burns accepted a Rondo Hall of Fame plaque on behalf of his late friends Paul and Jackie Blaisdell, the monster makers for several AIP films of the 1950s, including DAY THE WORLD ENDED, INVASION OF THE SAUCER-MEN, THE SHE-CREATURE, and others. Bob concluded his bittersweet speech by announcing his intention to display the RHOF plaque in the Blaisdell room of his museum-quality memorabilia collection.
"The wheels are off the wagon!" Host David Colton thought the awards were at an end, but as his delightful co-presenter Nurse Moan-eek (from Dr. Gangrene's CREATURE FEATURE) affectionately restrained him, David J. Schow grabbed the mic to profer upon Colton the world's first -- and perhaps only-ever -- Nondo Award. After that, John Clymer claimed the mic to present him with yet another honor, a Thank You to David from his peers.
You Tube is hosting Jen Sorrels' camcorder footage of these presentations here. BTW, the voice you hear crying out "Oh, baby!" at the unveiling of the second award belongs to David's proud wife, Eileen.
Here's David posing with both trophies. Or shall we say, "spoils"?
With that, the photo opportunities began. Here's Donna and I, proudly posing with our unprecedented sweep of three Rondos, but even prouder to be standing in the winner's circle beside our hero John Zacherley ("My, what a lot of awards you have there!").
Here's the lot of us, posing for at least a dozen photographers on the scene. This photo was taken with our camera by our friendly subscriber Ted Haycraft, who seized the moment splendidly. Thanks, Ted!!! And thanks to Jennifer Sorrels for the YouTube clips!
So who has the most Rondo awards to date? Tom Weaver says it's me, but John Clymer and I think it's him. Actually, I did a count from the results from the website and it would appear we're locked in a dead heat with seven Rondos each. You just wait, Weaver!*
Also at Wonderfest this year were '50s sci-fi movie stars Lori Nelson and Kenny Miller and makeup artist Greg Nicotero. I had brief encounters with all of them, but unfortunately no pictures. Now keep scrolling down for more from Wonderfest!
Also at Wonderfest this year were '50s sci-fi movie stars Lori Nelson and Kenny Miller and makeup artist Greg Nicotero. I had brief encounters with all of them, but unfortunately no pictures. Now keep scrolling down for more from Wonderfest!
* Postscript 5/30 - Tom Weaver writes to inform me that I'm wrong:
"Now you've got ME checking and I THINK I have eight -- four Best Writer, best book (MONSTER KID MEMORIES), best article (Donnie Dunagan), best article (Kay Linaker), best article (Bob Burns' New Zealand trip for KONG). So I've gotcha by ONE -- and am enjoying it while it lasts (which won't be long -- you'll take a commanding lead next year thanks to BAVA, I'm sure). PS - The world shall hear of me again!!


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Sunday, February 28, 2010
Tomato Stakes Giveaway Winner!
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Rubbermaid Drawer Organizer Review & Giveaway!
Now all these little odds and ends have a spot and are contained, which is helping to keep this drawer from being a complete hurricane of a mess. I have an assortment of little plastic bags that seal to try to help.....it failed! Whenever someone would take something out to the bag they would leave it unsealed and then they would just throw into the drawer and not return it to the proper bag. Yes, I am also guilty of this!
Please tell me I am not alone.....you all have these kind of drawers in your house too, right?
Open to entries from the US & Canada!
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Friday, February 26, 2010
Gaertegang News!
Speaking of giveaways, have you all got entered in the current two giveaways I have going? If not scoot on over and do that now!!! Deadline for entries is approaching fast!
In case you need reminded on how to leave a comment so you can enter here is a step by step:
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* Write in your entry. Be sure to include your email at the bottom of each entry if you are NOT a blogger!
*If you are NOT a blogger, then look below the comment box where it says "comment as". Click on Anonymous.
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Your done!!!! If you have any problems let me know!
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Thursday, February 25, 2010
Quilting Again!
I laid the scrap squares on my bed and then I found wide strips of fabric I could use for border. I trimmed the square to 6 1/2" (which will give me 6' finished squares) and starting piecing them all together. So far I have completed the top and pressed it all nice and flat. I have to decided for sure what I want to do for the border. I have thought about several different options but haven't yet nailed down what I will do. I was excited that on Tuesday night I was able to start attending a quilt club in my county again. I had been before probably 3 years ago, then I had another baby and not time to commit to it again...you know that goes. Now I have no babies in the house again and want to start going again. It is always a great time of inspiration and learning.I promise to show you my finished project in the next couple weeks.
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Labels: Just For the JOY of It, Quilting
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Butterfly Bundle Review~Whole World Publishing
I was given the opportunity to review this unit study for Whole Word Publishing for free. Thank You to Debbie for asking me to tell her what I think.
The Whole Word Publishing by Debbie Martin has created a delightful unit study on butterflies. The butterfly bundle includes 247 pages of detailed information on butterflies. In this package your children will learn:
Types Of Butterflies
Life Cycle Of A Butterfly
The Chrysalis
Difference Between Butterflies And Moths and the Types Of Moths
Glass Winged Butterfly
Migration Of The Butterfly
Making A Butterfly Garden
Butterfly Journal as well as Writing Pages
Parts Of A Butterfly Including Their Eyes And Wings
Clip Art and Pictures to print out for journaling
Coloring Pages
Caterpillar, Butterfly And Flower Mini Books
This bundle was downloaded onto my computer and then the boys and I went through it together page by page. The boys really liked the beautiful butterflies, charts, and maps. We also went to the library and picked up about a dozen books on butterflies and went through parts of those as well. We found that this bundle really contained all the information we needed to know and that the books repeated the same information we had already read.
I would recommend this bundle to anyone looking to beat the winter blues. This unit study got us all exited to plant our own butterfly garden. We can't wait to feel the warm sunshine on our faces while we go butterfly watching.Another great reason to recommend this study.....the price!
Regular price $28 on sale now for $2.50 which is 91% savings!!!
Whole Word Publishing products are sold exclusively with Currclick. Be sure to check out all the great materials they have to offer. Most all of them that I saw, are budget friendly and would be worth you time to check them out.
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Mad Ants Game!
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Sunday, February 21, 2010
Happy 7th Birthday Caleb!
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Labels: family, Special moments
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Stoneware Review & Giveaway!
Not only is this piece very functional for my kitchen, but the finish on it is gorgeous too.
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Labels: Giveaways, Product Giveaways/Reviews
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Tomato Stakes Giveaway!
Place as close to the main stem as possible, careful not to damage the roots.
Step 2
Wrap the Twistie-ties around the main stem. Wrap loosely and allow for an inch of growth.
Continue tying the plant to the stake as it grows!
So do you want to win a 3 pack of Tomato Stakes?
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Goodwill 50% off sale!
Just a heads up to any of you Goodwill bargain hunters....this Friday Feb.19th and Sat. Feb. 20th are 50% off days for the Goodwill store in my area!! So just in case you were in need of something....or feel like digging through things to find a special treasure...either way you know what days to go!
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Labels: Bargain Finds, Deals to Check out
So girly!
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Monday, February 15, 2010
Birthday Celebrations!
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Sunday, February 14, 2010
Happy Valentine's Day!!
We are having a great V-Day...relaxing and hanging out....hope you are too! Last night the kids got some goodies & cards to celebrate.
Most of all I hope you have been able to enjoy YOUR FIRST LOVE, Jesus Christ, on this Valentine's Day. He loved us before we were even created. So much that He gave up His life for us. I can't think of a more Loving person to have in my life. Thank you Lord for your unconditional LOVE for me! If you have not experienced the LOVE of Christ in your own life it is my prayer that today, the day of love, you would seek Him out. Grab a hold of LOVE He so freely gives.
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Saturday, February 13, 2010
MOVED to tears!
Have you done anything to help? If not...now is the time....be on your knees for the people of Haiti...get into your checkbooks for a people who need us.
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Labels: Special moments
Friday, February 12, 2010
Looky What The Mail Lady Brought Me....
I have been doing research on starting my seeds indoors over the past weeks and thought I would share some helpful hints I have discovered.
**Prepare the containers. Clean with well-diluted bleach (nine parts water to one part bleach). Punch drainage holes in the bottom of your container and then line with a layer of newspaper.
**Fill containers. In addition to your seed starting soil you may want to add a layer of sand to promote drainage. Fill pots or flats to within 1/4 inch of the top with your potting mix and level the surface. !!!!!IMPORTANT!!! You need to make sure the soil you are using to start your seeds actually says "seed starting soil".....if the soil is all wrong for what our doing you'll be wasting your time and money. (This happened to me last year!)
**Sow your seeds. The easiest way to avoid mixing things up is to plant only one variety of seeds per container. Seeds should be covered to three times their diameter." Read the directions on the seed packet for specific planting instructions.
**Label each container with what seed you're planting, date planted, expected date (range) of germination. Also, mark a calendar with your plants germination dates, which will make planning easier.
**Water the soil well....do not over water it! You want the soil to be very moist, but not soggy.
**Cover seed trays with plastic wrap or place them inside a plastic bag. The idea behind covering the container is to keep moisture levels constant. Seeds are very sensitive to the amount of water they receive. Too much water or too little water will greatly effect your success rate. The seeds do not need watered until they germinate. Remove the cover once the seeds have germinated (sprout up) to prevent plant diseases, such as damping off.
**Warmth. Your seeds will germinate faster when they are placed somewhere warm. I used a little trick I read somewhere last and put a heating pad underneath my trays. This helps to warm the soil temp. No totally necessary, but it helps to move the process along.
**Sunlight. Your sprouts will want sun, or fake sun, if you have a south facing window place them in the sun for 10-12 hours a day. Unfortunately for me I have NO south facing windows...bummer!! So for my birthday this past year I asked for a grow light system. I ordered one that is 4 ft long and 4 bulbs wide!! Although a grow lamp is not required to start seeds, it does help to have a very controlled stable environment to ensure successful, strong, and healthy plants.
**As soon as your seedlings develop true leaves (usually the second set of leaves), it's time to give them more room.
**Thin them by trimming off the plant's leaves at soil level. You'll want to end up with one plant for every 1 to 2 inches. ***I saw on another article that using a little pair of scissors to thin plants is best so you do not disturb the roots.
**Hardening off. Be sure that if you start your own seeds, or if you buy from a greenhouse that you harden off your plants before putting them into the garden. Start when the weather is nice and sunny, placing your plants outside for small increments. Increase the time every few days. After a week, your plants should be ready for transplanting.
Just in case you get those plants into the garden, and then we have some surprise chilly nights. I keep around old bed sheets we no longer use (keep your eyes peeled once garage sales & auctions start if you don't have any) and cover my plants at night with them if cold weather is threatening to ruin all I have worked hard on. You could also use plastic tarps, or buckets for protection. Be sure to remove them in the morning so the plants don't get too hot during the warmth of the day.
Do you have any special hints you would like to pass on about starting seeds?
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Labels: Flowers, Garden Updates
Thursday, February 11, 2010
FREE Little Passports Trial!
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Labels: Deals to Check out, Giveaways
Princess Julia
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
New Feature Lance Discovered...
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Labels: Deals to Check out, family, Homeschooling
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Who Says School Can't Be FUN?!
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Labels: Homeschooling
Monday, February 8, 2010
Giveaway & Review Coming Soon!
Stay tuned for my review of gorgeous stoneware and for your chance to WIN one!!!!!
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Valentine's Day Gift Idea....
Over at Leelou Blogs she is celebrating her birthday with some FREE DOWNLOADS.....I think these would be such a nice gift to your spouse, or grandparents. The only thing you would pay would be the cost of printing the photo....So under $1.00!! (print pics as 5X7 or 4X6)
If you like these super super cute templates that you can load you own pictures into you might want to go check out Just So Scrappy, she is the one who created them. She offers packages of template for as low as $1.50!!!! (If you go visit...thank her for the freebies!) Be sure to check out the other freebies she is offering right now!
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Still reading....
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Labels: family, Homeschooling
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Justin auctioneering for his old team...
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Labels: Everyday Living, family
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Nothing exciting going on...
I just thought I would check in and say hello! I haven't forgotten to blog...just nothing blog worthy lately with us. I have been working away at reading some good books, getting ready for the upcoming women's retreat at church, and schooling my boys! I did get an exciting email today from a gal about reviewing some REALLY CRAZY GOOD SOFTWARE!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so pumped about that...we shall see if it all works out though. We did get some great news today about our REFUND on our taxes!! Exciting...and keeps us moving in the direction to meet our BIG Goal of mortgage payoff by December. Well that about sums it up for me this week so far. Thanks for checking in....come back soon!
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The trailer for "London Boulevard" is loaded with cliches, but damned if we couldn't help but enjoy it. Let's face it, we're suckers for a good--even a mediocre--British crime drama.
The film stars Colin Farrell as an ex-con who's fresh out of prison and eager to get on the straight and narrow. He soon finds work as a bodyguard for a beautiful movie star, Keira Knightley, and it won't surprise you to find they fall for each other. But it can't be that simple, no, so along comes a mob boss, Ray Winstone, determined to get Farrell back into the fold.
It appears to all be pretty standard fare, but Farrell was so great as a hitman in "In Bruges," and Winstone plays a crook as well as anyone alive. Add in co-stars David Thewlis, Anna Friel and Eddie Marsan, and you know you're at least in for some good-to-great acting.
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The film marks the directorial debut of William Monahan, best known for his Oscar-winning screenplay for Martin Scorsese's "The Departed." Monahan, adapted the screenplay for this new film from Ken Bruen's 2001 novel of the same name.
"London Boulevard" opens in the UK on Nov. 26, but there's no U.S. release date yet.


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It's a bold statement to go 'naked' to the beach.
Back this summer is the naked bikini trend, the flesh-coloured swimsuits that might trick observers into thinking the wearer is nude.
There's been an explosion in the supply of these 'naked bikinis' on trendy websites such as Minimale Animale, TropicofC, and Frankie's Bikinis, as the companies try to fill the demand of people clamouring for the look, the New York Post reports.
The naked swimsuit look has been sported by many celebrities over the years, but recently social media posts by the likes of Olivia Culpo, Kourtney Kardashian, and even U.S. Women's National Team MVP Megan Rapinoe have helped make the look popular again for this summer.
Instagram and social media posts by other celebrities such as Candice Swanepoel and Bella Hadid wearing the barely-there bikinis have also helped the popularity of the look.
If you're thinking the look isn't for you, you might want to think again.
The benefit of the nude bikini is that it looks great on all body types because it helps create the slimming illusion of a long, lean physique.
Better yet is the swimsuits come in all kinds of skin tones so you're sure to find one that matches your own.


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Don't get me wrong. I'm very excited about going to the Federation of Genealogical Society's 2012 conference in Birmingham next week. But there's something to be said about conferences and workshops put together by your local society.
This past Saturday, my local society (Delta Genealogical Society) teamed up with another local society (Signal Mountain Genealogical Society) for the Chattanooga Area Genealogy Workshop. We are two relatively small societies, so when our expected attendance almost doubled in the last 4 days before the workshop, we were pleasantly surprised! We had about 120 people show up.
It went from 9 a.m. until about 3 p.m. Lunch was provided. Sessions ran about 1-1/2 hours and there were two sessions running simultaneously (one was aimed at beginners and the other was more for intermediate/advanced researchers).
There was a session on "Beginning Your Family History from Scratch" presented by Jim Douthat, Vice President of Programs at the Chattanooga Area Historical Society (CAHA), and just this past March was the first recipient of the James W. Livingood Historian of the Year award from CAHA. Also on tap for beginners was "Treasures Hidden in Census Records," also presented by Jim Douthat.
I attended "The Times in Which They Lived" by Linda Moss Mines. She is the Hamilton County (Tennessee) Historian, as well as a History instructor at Girls' Preparatory School here in Chattanooga. (There were a few other things on her resume, but I forgot what they were). What a fantastic speaker! Although we probably had about 75 people in the room, I felt like we were sitting in someone's living room. She really held my attention. Quite honestly, I could have listened to her for the rest of the afternoon.
Unfortunately, I was asked to help with some behind-the-scenes duties that conflicted with the presentation by Rufus Williamson, President of the Delta Genealogical Society. His topic was "DNA - Using Genealogy's Newest Tool."
Our main speaker was George K. Schweitzer, who has his own Wikipedia page. If you ever have the chance to hear him speak, take it. Do not hesitate. Dr. Schweitzer has been researching for over 50 years and has so much information in his head, he rarely had to look at his notes (and even then it was probably just to make sure he was staying on time). His topic was "Searching for Our Ancestors Across the Ocean," which was perfect timing for me now that I'm getting ready to start doing some overseas research. Dr. Schweitzer always presents his topics in character (see lederhosen at left). His presentation was not only incredibly informative, but also entertaining.
I had the honor of meeting Dr. Schweitzer prior to his presentation. He is probably one of the sweetest, cleverest, most personable, and smartest people I have ever met! I was even able to get him to sign the book that I bought!
Overall, the program was very well done, and I'm glad I went. The best part? Only $20 to get in. Yep, local programs rock!
Special thanks to Alona at Gould Genealogy for coming up with the Family History Through the Alphabet challenge!
Do we share any ancestors?
Please email me at lostancestors [at] gmail [dot] com


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Volunteers Embrace World Environment Day in Thailand
"Planet Earth is our shared island; let us join forces to protect it." - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Each year on the 5th of June, World Environment Day is celebrated to create worldwide awareness and encourage action for the conservation of our environment. In light of this day, volunteers on the Conservation in Thailand placement joined the Krabi Provinicial Administrative Organisation and welcomed school students from around the Krabi area to an educational day about the oceans and the environment.
A dive station was set up for the children to experience what it is like to dive in the ocean, volunteers did a presentation about the Conservation Project, and a quiz was held for the children to test their knowledge about the environment. Plants were also given to the children so that they can help the Earth.
Educating the local community is one of the cornerstones of the Conservation Project in Thailand. The project was established to help conserve the marine environment in the area through researching and protecting the coral reefs, tropical forest and coastal areas, as well as helping with community education, doing beach clean-ups and reforestation work.
Read more about Conservation in Thailand


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Miles City, MT — Tracy Baker spotted a truly rare sight recently when she captured a mother deer with triplets in Montana.
A deer having triplets is rare by itself, but one of the triplets was albino.
"Only two fawns are visible in the picture, but in the span of a few minutes, the doe had a third fawn, making for a rare batch of triplets," said Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks - Region 7 on Facebook.
Buckmaster says a deer has a 14 percent chance of having triplets. The website also says the chances of a mother deer giving birth to an albino is 1 in 100,000.
Miles City is located in eastern Montana, about 144 miles from Billings.


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I am writing to alert your readers/viewers to a special awareness event that is coming soon. June is Scleroderma Awareness Month.
More than 300,000 people in U.S. suffer every day from this vicious autoimmune disease. But even more people have a connection to scleroderma � family members, friends, doctors, researchers and volunteers. This year, we�re teaming up to share our stories.
Scleroderma is a serious, chronic disease that causes a person to produce too much collage, resulting in hard skin and internal organs.
Unfortunately, not enough people in the United States know about its debilitating and destructive effects. Scleroderma affects three to four times more women than men.
I want to help increase the awareness of this rare disease so we can work together to improve treatment and find a cure. That�s why, I encourage you and your readers to learn more about scleroderma and Scleroderma Awareness Month online this June. We�re working to help improve awareness about this disease in Washington D.C., as well. If passed by Congress, the Scleroderma Research and Awareness Act (H.R.1429 | Senate bill TBD) will increase vital funding toward research and awareness about the disease.
Please visit www.sclerodermawareness.org to find out more about this mysterious and disabling disease.


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