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This, is in a context where through radical activists' demands, Professor Dr Brendan Bain was recently fired by UWI under obvious threats to funding, for the thought-crime of writing the scientifically grounded but obviously politically incorrect truth about the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in an on oath expert witness affidavit to the Belize Supreme Court. Where also, shortly after this, one of the involved activist groups -- JFJ/CVCC -- was soon embroiled in a scandal over circumventing safeguards on age inappropriate content in ways that were tantamount to grooming underage orphans for sexual abusers. (Also cf. here.)
As well, on Friday last, Caribbean listeners heard on the BBC morning news how the World Health Organisation has had to acknowledge that "gays" and "men who have sex with men" are nineteen times more likely to contract HIV/AIDS than the general public. On the strength of this, the WHO is recommending that such men -- even if they do not yet have the HIV/AIDS infection -- should take the antiviral cocktails as a preventive measure.
A few regrettably painfully sharp but needed words are in order -- this is a public discrediting attack dressed up as a "scientific" survey done by a leading pollster in the Caribbean, not merely a statement of personal opinion.
It must be firmly answered.
But before I address what needs to be said, let me point to a video that I think we all need to take time to see, and should show in churches and to youth groups:
(And, sirs, principled objection to a radical, ill-founded agenda is not to be dismissed as a bigotry-based moral "panic." Cynically dismissive talking points in derision of the June 29th Half Way Tree Rally in reply to your aggressive activism are duly noted for what they are.)
Mr Wickham [et al], with all due respect, you threw the first punch.
In fact, it is worse than that, you are (and for quite some time have been . . . ) indulging in the notorious and unprofessional destructive public relations tactic the Americans call, poisoning the well. A well that FYI, whatever you may think about it, many of us in the Caribbean recognise we need to drink from. As in:
1 Cor 6:9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals, 10 thieves, the greedy, drunkards, the verbally abusive, and swindlers will not inherit the kingdom of God. 11 Some of you once lived this way. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
[NET. And if you imagine the gospel is ill-founded superstition and rubbish, I suggest you and ilk take a timeout to read, view and follow up here on, as a start. (A worldviews issues oriented discussion is here on.) Two current examples of deliverance from homosexuality are here -- Donnie McClurkin -- and here (a lesbian). Suggestions for ministry by former lesbian and leader of a ministry to homosexuals, Janet Boynes, are here. A more structured testimony on the road of recovery is here. I suggest something reflecting the highly successful 12-step addiction recovery model will be helpful for same-sex attraction and behaviour, as well as porn, fornication, adultery, drugs addiction, tobacco, gluttony, greed, drunkenness, thievery and many other life dominating sinful bondages. I again point to My Genes Made Me Do It, for scientifically grounded facts that are usually drowned out in the popular media, on the campus, on the street, and even in churches. Note Rev. Al Mohler's courageous exposition of Gen. 19 here.]
I would dare to suggest that there are in fact many thousands who have been delivered from homosexual entanglement, and millions from alcohol, greed, thievery, general sexual immorality and adultery, swindling and worse, through the gospel over these past two thousand years. The power of the gospel and its truth are not on trial, we are. And, we are responsible to respect and receive the transforming truth of the gospel, not rail against it and seek to poison hearts and minds against it in attempted defence of sinful, patently destructive lifestyles.
And, while I am at it, Prime Minister Freundel Stuart of Barbados, please -- on fair comment -- you knew or should have known that Professor Dr Brendan Bain personally led in some of the first responses to HIV/AIDS victims in our region in the early 1980's, and you should have known the equally courageous scientific and public health leadership he showed . . . including in the testimony that just cost him his job. And if you did not know, both your editors should have known. And, all of you knew or should have known this Christian gentleman's character and faith. So, with all due respect, there is much for you to explain in the following words you wrote in a UWI Press book meant to guide the legal, rights response to HIV/AIDS in the region:
And, Prime Minister Denzil Douglas of St Kitts, also on fair comment, kindly explain to us how the people of the region as a whole came to and drew the following "lessons learned" regarding HIV/AIDS, buggery law and in particular Age of Consent Law:
(I note that yes, "lie" is a strong word -- but at this level it can only be willful misrepresentation to claim that a legal provision against a particular unnatural, insanitary, medically damaging and proved disease spreading act often used to corrupt boys is equal to the attitude of being attracted to people of one's own sex. Attitudes and acts, sir, are categorically distinct. And, given that despite a buggery provision Jamaica has a quite high "reach" to the homosexual community and given the regional challenge of sexual abuse of underage girls, please explain to us how laws such as age of consent and buggery "must go" if we are to effectively address HIV/AIDS. Especially, as the document just excerpted seems to express part of the "consensus" that just cost Dr Bain his job for the thought crime of contradicting it. For one, I am absolutely sure there is no regional consensus to remove age of consent law. Where, Dr Gomes of JFJ and CVCC etc -- on fair comment -- if you cite this CARICOM document as showing a policy "consensus" on removing Buggery law, that logic implies that the next sentence implies a "consensus" to remove or cripple the force of age of consent law. But in fact, there is no such consensus, just obvious radical activism subverting regional health policy through agendas that must use fronts like this. )
In short, we must put Mr Wickham's survey and implied arguments in context, showing a hint or two about what is at stake, and at what levels in our region. In further short, we face radical and ruthless agendas, with obvious influence in halls of power. This is not merely about what consenting adults do in their bedrooms -- and it never was.
I must now be painfully specific.
With all due respect, Mr Wickham, you are the one pretending and suggesting by the very structure of your survey that to dare differ with you is to be irrational and next to an illiterate ignoramus. The invidious associations: phobias, illiterates, "religious" are obvious.
Obvious well poisoning, in a context where you recently had to be called out publicly in the Barbados Nation and Barbados Today for unwarranted hostility to the Christian Faith and for cheering on patent injustice on the Bain affair.
Please, bear that in mind.
And please, think again about what kind of matches you are playing with:
James 3:1 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, because you know that we will be judged more strictly.A position as a Newspaper Columnist, talk show host and pollster is a position of responsibility to instruct others, so kindly ponder this warning.
2 For we all stumble in many ways. If someone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect individual, able to control the entire body as well. 3 And if we put bits into the mouths of horses to get them to obey us, then we guide their entire bodies.
4 Look at ships too: Though they are so large and driven by harsh winds, they are steered by a tiny rudder wherever the pilot's inclination directs. 5 So too the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it has great pretensions. Think how small a flame sets a huge forest ablaze. 6 And the tongue is a fire! The tongue represents the world of wrongdoing among the parts of our bodies. It pollutes the entire body and sets fire to the course of human existence—and is set on fire by hell.
7 For every kind of animal, bird, reptile, and sea creature is subdued and has been subdued by humankind. 8 But no human being can subdue the tongue; it is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. [NET]
Now, obviously all of this advocacy seems to reflect a topsy-turvy age of newspeak in which too often light is dark, dark is light, words do not mean what they seem to say, the false is perceived true and the true false, and good is presented as evil, evil as good. Isaiah, prince of prophets warns:
Isa 5:20 Those who call evil good and good evil are as good as dead,
who turn darkness into light and light into darkness,
who turn bitter into sweet and sweet into bitter.
21 Those who think they are wise are as good as dead,
those who think they possess understanding.
22 Those who are champions at drinking wine are as good as dead,
who display great courage when mixing strong drinks.
23 They pronounce the guilty innocent for a payoff,
they ignore the just cause of the innocent.
24 Therefore, as flaming fire devours straw,
and dry grass disintegrates in the flames,
so their root will rot,
and their flower will blow away like dust.
For they have rejected the law of the Lord who commands armies,
they have spurned the commands of the Holy One of Israel. [NET]
That Barbados Nation and Barbados Today article did that for you, in the words of Aristotle: truth says of what is that it is, and of what is not that it is not.
Likewise, that which is right and good and wholesome morally, will contribute to thriving, it will not undermine and destroy individuals, families and societies. (And that reflects Kant's Categorical Imperative.)
Which is exactly what prof Bain was warning against concerning buggery and promiscuity, associated drunkennes and drugs-taking etc. -- at the cost of his unjust dismissal As in, from the Barbados Today/Nation article:
"All sexually active persons [not just homosexuals, "all"] must be urged to take responsibility for private and public behaviour change as part of a comprehensive national approach that includes individuals delaying their sexual debut, reducing the number of their intimate sexual partners, getting tested for HIV and other STIs in relation to known risky exposure, learning and practising assertive skills in order to avoid coercive sex, disclosing the presence of an STI to prospective partners, using approved barrier protective devices, avoiding the use of mind-altering drugs – especially during or in temporal proximity to intimate sexual activity, and eliminating behaviours that carry the highest risk of coming into contact with infections . . . .
"In this approach, public and private health and education authorities ensure that everyone in the nation has accurate information and is supported and enabled to take responsibility for the health and safety of self and others."And to what result at the hands of the radical activists you support? Let us read on:
Dr Bain then pleads (in vain) for reason rather than rage: "A comprehensive approach calls for honest collaboration rather than confrontation."
For this, he was fired. Not, because the CHART Centre's charter calls for abolition of buggery laws (it does not), nor because he violated the trust of the major clients of CHART (public health educators, and so on, or the general public, or even those at risk of AIDS who desperately need to hear and heed Dr Bain's counsel). No, because he cut across an agenda by speaking unwelcome truth to power.And, what about your hobby-horse?
UWI was cowed by obvious threats to cut funding, and has instead sacrificed academic freedom and has disrespected the right of courts to seek the unfettered truth from expert witnesses in light of their research. Along the way – sadly – the value of a UWI degree just went down drastically, as it seems politically correct indoctrination is now likely to prevail over sound truth, scientific integrity and critical thinking.
All of which should be of sobering concern to every Caribbean citizen and to every parent who is thinking about sending his or her son or daughter to university.
As for Mr Wickam and his hobby horse, blaming the Christian faith and scriptures for slavery, he needs to ask himself why it is that it was Christians, Bibles in hand, who led the fight against slavery. To the point that the motto of the Antislavery Society that we can see in our textbooks, Am I Not A Man And A Brother?, comes straight from the same Bible, in the Book Of Philemon. Which is in fact one of the earliest, most historically significant undermining works against slavery and oppression of women, based on the heart-softening principle of our equality under God and resulting moral worth that demands respect.Mr Jordan then rightly called for a return to balance and reasonableness:
It is time for a more balanced, less angry response to issues of our day, especially as the whole region sees one of its major institutions caught red-handed in injustice instigated by radical activists and their appeal to the power of "he who pays the piper calls the tune".So, we have a bit of backdrop to address some of the more specific concerns in your latest bit of well-poisoning, in the interests of setting some record straight, by right of fair comment in reply to unjust provocation.
First, the key word and alleged survey variable you used, "homophobia" is patently not a legitimate term, certainly in any context that presents itself as seeking to establish objective and reasonable facts.
By definition, a "phobia" is an IRRATIONAL fear.
So, patently, a major question is being begged here.
Sir, those who --
a: properly understanding that there is no credible body of scientific findings that grounds the commonly met claims that same sex attractions and behaviour are genetically determined -- have. . . are not to be portrayed as hewing to an irrational fear, at least by the fair-minded.
b: principled, medically informed and morally grounded objections to same sex behaviour, acts and ongoing radical attempts to warp our civilisation to try to enact under false colours of law that perversion of marriage under false colours of "equality" is as legitimate as Creation-Order rooted marriage and family
c: the simple man on the street corner by the Probyn Street bus stand where Clement Payne used to speak, who. . . is fully capable of forming a reasonable and common sense grounded objection to the pretence that the inherently disordered is as good as that which it twists.
d: looks at the obvious complementarity of the sexes, the pivotal importance of the procreative act of marriage, and the patent unnaturalness, insanitary and damaging behaviour involved in unnatural acts,
e: the whole project of your survey is illegitimate. Which,Similarly, for decades homosexualist activists have repeatedly resorted to Orwellian twisted newspeak tactics.
f: needs to be publicly said.
This needs to be said, also, to help restore sanity.
First, as it is now a commonplace to see the pretence that "how dare you call us homosexuals," I note that this term was introduced in C19 to objectively describe certain sexual behavioural patterns and associated attitudes.
Next, it is quite obvious that the kidnapped word, "gay" is not exactly an apt description of the consequences of the lifestyle that have indisputably been epidemiologically associated with all too typical patterns of homosexual behaviour, as the WHO has just had to admit.
Nor is this simply a matter of what men do in private, homosexualist activists plainly and openly are seeking to distort marriage and family life, education, views and values, law and much more under false colours of claims about genetically in-stamped behaviour and pretended "rights."
So, there is a reason for principled, informed objection, and resistance to an activist, radical agenda.
Likewise, there is an agenda-serving attempt to redefine what "sex" -- sexual intercourse -- means, as for instance was just pushed into law without proper consultation with the public and over objections from the opposition benches, in Montserrat:
I therefore must object to terms such as "Men who have SEX with men."
Acts such as buggery -- an unnatural, insanitary, medically damaging and proved disease spreading act that imposes unreasonable costs on the region's public health resources -- are simply not to be rendered as equivalent to the procreative act of marriage.
God gets to define sex, not us.
In the words of our Saviour:
Matt 19:4 He answered, "Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female, 5 and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh'? 6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate." [NET]That holds for Sue interfering with Adam and Eve to break up their marriage, and it holds for Steve interfering with Adam or his son Seth to indulge in perverted behaviour, and it holds for Genevieve interfereing with Eve also. That is, Jesus our Lord and Saviour very clearly established that he stands foursquare on the foundation of Creation Order Marriage and family life. Anything that undermines that is inherently disordered, damaging and destructive. Period.
Where also, no, we do not accept that there is a dividing wall between Jesus and his Apostles in their teachings. Including the man Jesus personally arrested on the road to Damascus, and tutored for three years in the Arabian desert, Saul of Tarsus.
In short, our Creator gets to define that sex is meant for marriage, such that any patterns of behaviour that take it out of that context are wrongful. I know this is unpopular and even viewed as hopelessly old fashioned to the point of being silly, but that does not change the truth. And, the damaging consequences of ignoring the Creator's instructions for our own good, on persons, families, and societies should be obvious to all.
At least, to all willing to see them.
So, the time has come for us all to take a serious look at what we are doing and to reform our ways in the interests of what is right and good for us. END
PS: Some references that I think will help us:
First, the KF pamphlet on homosexualism, here. And also:
- Answering the porn-perversion agenda:
- The deceitful marketing of addictive evil and the porn-perversion agenda
- Porn sites are making money by spreading malware (there is a pay per install black market for that) to make botnets . . . but note that malware can be anywhere, too
- Shocking porn addiction statistics
- The XXX Church Porn Addiction recovery ministry
- The Pink Cross Foundation -- an answer to porn addiction and to the porn industry's deception and exploitation
- The porn-perversion agenda vs the 12-step addiction recovery process
- Life-dominating sinful habits, repentance and the 12-step addiction recovery process
- 180 -- abortion on demand and where mass blood-guilt leads a country
- Porn "star" recovery -- and how porn feeds perversions
- My Genes Made Me Do It -- addressing the "gay gene" issue (used as a fallacious basis for "rights" claims), etc
- But, don't my genes make me do it?
- Elaine and Jon Huguenin of Elane Photography, New Mexico -- why it is vital to correct the "my genes made me do it" myth . . . a case of improper threat against conscience and livelihood, driven by improper analogies to racism
- UK court attempts to delegitimise Christianity in light of the Johns foster parenting and Bull Guest House cases
- Responding to the "Bible believing Christians are not fit to be . . . " notion, based on the Johns foster parenting case in the UK
- But Jesus never said one word against being 'gay'
- A statement by Kirk and Madsen in 1987 on intent to manipulate the public to accept homosexualisation of our civilisation
- How dare you deny people their right to marriage equality!
- Masha Gessen's acknowledgement on the implications of the intended homosexualisation of marriage
- On US Pres Obama's open endorsement of homosexualisation of marriage
- On CNN anchor Piers Morgan's call to censor the Bible in favour of the homosexualist agenda
- The Chick-fil-A case of "jamming" to intimidate those who support traditional morality
- Are Christian "fundamentalists" objecting to homosexualisation of marriage motivated by hate and bigotry?
- The trend to delegitimise Christianity and conscience under false colour of "rights"
- Responding to the distortion of marriage as a foundational social institution, again under false colours of "rights"
- Homosexualisation of culture vs Scripture
- The Manhattan Declaration, in defense of life, Creation-order marriage and liberty


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The third Full Moon Ski & Social to happen this ski season will be on March 1st. Adults only. On the night of the full moon, meet at the Elk Valley Nordic Centre 19:00 – 22:00. Bring a snack to share & your headlamp then ski under the full moon and enjoy the fire and food with friends! Free for members, day pass required for non-members.

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This blog is for those of you on rebreathers! Historically in South Africa we use Buddy Clean to disinfect our machines, the question is, is this the best choice ? I have taken the content of this blog from the ANDI manual on rebreathers. Their content in turn is based on a study conducted by the Department of R&D, Canada in 2002.
The study had two criteria that had to be met for a product to be recommended for use:
1) The product had to exhibit an absence of components that would case undue risk to human health during use that could not be prevented by reasonable protective measures
2) Proof had to be available that the disinfectant was effective
Interestingly, the report showed that 7 products commonl used were unacceptable. These were:
- Buddy Clean (gulp)
- Confidence Plus
- Sanizide Plus
- Advance TVE
- Bi-Arrest 2
- Cavicide
- Listerine Antiseptic
Only two products were found to be fully acceptable, Virkon S (the product of choice) and Trigene II. Unfortunately at the time the study was released there was no version of Virkon available for human use (its origin is agriculture). There is now Virkon (without the S)
Some info on Virkon:
- It has been extensively tested and proven tot be a broad spectrum disinfectant, considered bactericidal, virucidal (both enveloped and non-enveloped), fungicidal and a tuberulocidewhen used at its intended working concentration of 1% for a min soaking time of 10 minutes.
- It comes in a number of package sizes.
- It is no deactivated by detergents or hard water, but may leave a residue if recommended decontamination procedures are not followed
- If used as prescribed, it is not deleterious to the health or equipment of divers and is effective against almost all microorganisms to which a diver may be exposed.
- Extended soaking of metal objects may cause corrosion/ damage and deactivation of the product more quickly (recommended soaking time is 10 minutes).
- A 1% solution is table for a week.
- Good infection control practice indicates that disinfectant solution should be changed daily, but this is unnecessarily wasteful. If the solution loses colour within the subsequent 7 day period it should be replaced
Interestingly ANDI and Juergensen Marine recommend a standard solution of 1% beta-dine solution for disinfecting.
If you are looking for alternative, here is the list recommended by ANDI (in order of preference)
- Virkon
- Virkon S (the agricultural version)
- Trigene !!
- Microban Disinfectant Spray (an ANDI product)
- Commercial Hospital Use disinfectant solution such as Beta-Dine 1
- Buddy Clean
- Alcohol
- 10% Bleach Solution
- 50% Vinegar, 50% water
Based on these findings, Liquid Edge is importing Virkon and it is way more affordable than our usual products. Try one tablet that makes 0.5 litre for R30!
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
The Skinny on Disinfectants
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That afternoon, we made some cookies. It was our first time ever, cookie decorating. We did a fairly good job. :) I have to tell you that decorating cookies with a 4 and a 2 year old is much harder than making a two stories birthday cake on my own. ;)


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Hardly could see the name of the food court as it has faded with time. Lol. It is called Happy Food Court. Doesn't look like a very happy food court to me but this stall at the back sure enjoy good business there.
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Raytheon submits Space Fence proposal to the US Air Force
Nov. 14, 2012
Raytheon Company has submitted its proposal for the U.S. Air Force's Space Fence program.
Space Fence, a large, S-band radar to be based in Kwajalein atoll, will be capable of detecting more and much smaller objects in low Earth orbit to provide greater accuracy and timeliness to meet space situational awareness requirements.
"Raytheon's Space Fence solution will track more than 150,000 pieces of unaccounted space debris that threaten manned space flight and the satellites we all rely on for many critical services, including accurate weather forecasts, navigation and financial transactions," said David Gulla, vice president of Global Integrated Sensors in Raytheon's Integrated Defense Systems business.
"Raytheon's decades of expertise building large-scale radars in remote locations, our investment in key technologies and the proven success of our working Space Fence prototype enable us to offer the U.S. Air Force a low-risk solution at an affordable price," he added.
Raytheon leads the industry in delivering innovative, affordable and reliable radar solutions, leveraging a 70-year radar heritage to provide global customers a decisive intelligence edge in all domains. Raytheon produces the world's broadest range of radar solutions and continually works to advance radar technologies to deliver enhanced capabilities for warfighters around the world.
"Raytheon has partnered closely with the Air Force during the technology development phase to understand the requirements and has come up with a number of innovative solutions that will make Space Fence affordable," said Scott Spence, Raytheon's Space Fence program director. "Raytheon is looking forward to supporting the Air Force as this vital program moves forward."


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Friday, April 22, 2011
Pumpkin Spice Mini-Donuts
Once I decided on ingredients and did my math (math is VERY important), I went to work. However, I couldn't seem to get anything done, because the Monkey and Boo were having constant meltdowns over the game they were playing on the Wii. It actually was so distracting that I forgot to put in the brown sugar, and didn't realize it until after I had the first batch out of the oven.
I remedied that oversight with some liquid stevia to the remaining batter before putting them in to bake, and starting on the lovely chocolate icing that had been the Monkey's request. Honestly, I liked them both with and without the stevia, but that might have been because of the frosting. The Monkey thought they were alright, but perhaps a bit spicy. The frosting got two thumbs up as anything chocolate always does.
Pumpkin Spice Mini-Donuts with Chocolate Icing
100 grams sorghum flour
80 grams white rice flour
60 grams tapioca starch
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon cloves
1/4 teaspoon ginger
1/2 teaspoon cardamom
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 Cup pureed pumpkin (fresh or canned)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
10-15 drops plain liquid stevia
2 eggs
1/4 Cup non-dairy milk (I used almond)
1/4 Cup butter, softened
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. In a mixing bowl, whisk together flours, starch, baking powder, spices, and baking soda. Add the pumpkin, vanilla, stevia, eggs, milk and butter. Beat on low speed until completely mixed. Using a small cookie scoop, place rounded scoops in your greased donut pan. The batter is thick so you will need to kind of mush them down into the pan. Not pretty, but effective. Bake for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool in pan for 5 minutes before removing to the cooling rack. Repeat with remaining dough. Makes about 2 dozen mini-donuts.
Chocolate Icing
2 Tablespoons butter
4 ounces baking chocolate (you choose your poison!)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 Cup non-dairy milk (again I used almond)
2/3-1 Cup powdered sugar
In a small sauce pan over medium heat, melt the chocolate and butter together. Once melted remove from heat and add vanilla and powdered sugar a 1/3 Cup at a time. Stir constantly to remove lumps and fully incorporate. Icing should be thin enough for pouring, but not to thin. Using a spoon, drizzle/pour/slather the donuts on the wire rack over a piece of waxed paper with the icing. Let cool and enjoy!
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Yum - this sounds really good! Donuts are so intimidating for me to make but this doesn't sound too hard at all. This would be a great recipe for Thanksgiving morning!ReplyDelete
Thanks. I have a plain chocolate one as well. I was scared as well, but like some other things it was easy enough once I got going. :)ReplyDelete
These look great! I'm going to add this recipe to the Craft/Recipe Linky at Mommy D's Kitchen. You might want to add a few more of your recipes - they look just amazing!ReplyDelete
Also, thanks for the wonderful comment on my Wordless Wednesday post last week. I'm just now getting around to visit all of the great people who left me comments.
They look really good! All that chocolate frosting, perfect, I'd say!ReplyDelete
These sound so wonderful! Thank you for linking up with Sweet Tooth Friday. I hope to see you again this week.ReplyDelete
Aww thanks! The chocolate was his favorite part. :) Going to check out that recipe hop!ReplyDelete
Oh my gosh! These look amazing!ReplyDelete


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Thursday, 3 August 2017
Tory MP Wants Anti-Trans Bathroom Laws In The UK
David Davies, Tory MP for Monmouth, has argued in a recent article for the newspaper South Wales Argus that transgender women should be made to use men's facilities, referring to them as 'he/she's'.
The article came following the announced plans by Tory Equality Minister Justine Greening to reform the Gender Recognition act to make it easier for trans people to be able to go through the complex process.
Davies wrote;
'It is an absolute given that we should show understanding and compassion towards anyone confused about their gender. We should not discriminate against them in any way, nor should we tolerate verbal or physical abuse towards them or anyone else. However, we cannot consider the rights of transgender people without considering the rights of others.
'If a man decides to register him/herself as a woman, should he/she have the right to use women's toilets, changing rooms, hospital wards, etc.? This would clearly have an impact on the rights of women using those facilities.
'Some might say that I am "on the wrong side of history" or "bigoted". But I would maintain that anyone in possession of male genitalia should be expected to use male facilities regardless of what facilities they are.'
Many people have already called out the article and Mr Davies as inaccurate and disrespectful, both on social media and in the article's comments section.
As a transgender woman who has legally changed her name and gender, and has female gender marker on her legal documents, I use female facilities. I have not, however, had surgery to alter my genitals. But by Mr Davies' rules I should have to enter men's spaces and put my life in danger.
The very concept of having to use the facilities that match your sexual organs is, frankly, ridiculous. Look at the signs on the doors of public toilets, you'll see pictures of men and women in stereotypical representations; trousers and skirts. This is because these are how the world views men and women, but how they look and present, otherwise there'd be pictures of genitals instead.
I'm female, I present as female, dress as female, live my life as female, but this is not enough to be considered female to Mr Davies, rather a physical aspect of myself that is only between me and my partners.
You're right Mr Davies, you are on the wrong side of history, and you are bigoted. Just like you were when you called to stop marriage equality and attacked gay people in 2012. When David Cameron announced plans to legalise same sex Mr Davies wrote the following;
'We're going to lose a large number of very loyal activists who've gone out and campaigned for us over the years and who don't like this idea, so politically it's barking mad.
'I think most people are very tolerant and have no problem at all if people are gay, but, and I hate to say this in a way because people I expect it's going to cause controvesy, but I think most parents would prefer their children not to be gay, knowing most parents want grandchildren if nothing else.'
Mr Davies' original article can be found at South Wales Argus
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THAI Hosts IATA Legal Symposium 2018
Mr. Arkhom Termpittayapaisith (4th from left), Minister of Transport, recently presided over the opening of the IATA Legal Symposium 2018 that was organized by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and was hosted by Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (THAI) at Shangrila Hotel, Bangkok. Attending the opening ceremony was Flight Lieutenant Kanok Thongpurk (3rd from left), THAI Executive Vice President, Legal Management and General Administration, on behalf of THAI's Acting President, Mr. Jeffrey Shane (2nd from left), IATA General Counsel, Mr. Leslie Lugo (6th from left), Assistant General Counsel, IATA, Mr. Carlos Tornero (7th from left), Deputy General Counsel, IATA, and Mr. Sitdhinai Chantranon (5th from left), Director of the Executive Vice President, Legal Management and General Administration, in addition to participants from the international aviation industry and over 250 IATA members.
The IATA Legal Symposium 2018 is an international aviation law conference where important legal issues and legal organizational development issues are discussed in order that conference participants may keep abreast of legal development information for each airline's advantage.


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SAN DIEGO — You'd have to say the odds were against Point Loma Nazarene College going into Saturday night's National Christian College Athletic Assn. championship game against Tennessee Temple University at Chattanooga.
Tennessee Temple, after all, was the tournament's top-ranked team, and had a 17-game winning streak. The game also was being played at home, where Tennessee Temple hadn't lost in 14 straight games.
Point Loma center Deon Richard scored 23 points--making 10 of 15 shots from the field--and had 11 rebounds to lead the Crusaders to a 74-69 win over TTU. Point Loma Nazarene, which shot 66% from the floor (27-41) also received 13 points apiece from the Steve Bruce and Dave Davis, who came off the bench to spark the Crusaders.
Tennessee Temple gained an 8-0 at the outset. Point Loma didn't score until Bruce hit a 10-foot jumper with 15:10 to play in the first half to make it 8-2.


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I've never had a passport, either. We did quite a bit if traveling around the US in the motorhome- I've been to 44 states- and all across Canada and well into Mexico, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when you could do that without a passport.
Thinking of cruising to Alaska after I retire next yesr- Yikes!- do I need passport?


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Valley kingpins reach out to online community managers | "Superfans can make or break your sales"
Arianne Cohen
Roughly 4,000 tech developers, engineers, and entrepreneurs converged at a convention center in Portland, Ore., on July 22 for OsCon, the annual open-source coding convention, which featured more than 350 sessions over five days, at a cost of $1,395. "Earthling Eatery" snacks like Martian Macaroni and Planet Polenta were served, and yoga was also available.
While OsCon was setting up, an even odder tech convention was happening just down the hall. Now in its fifth year, the Community Leadership Summit is the only U.S. gathering of tech-company community managers and others who spend their days thinking about cultivating online groups. The meeting is free, and there are no preplanned speakers or panel discussions. There's also no staff, food, vendors, or logos.
"Think of an idea, the crazier the better," CLS founder and Ubuntu community manager Jono Bacon told the crowd of 300. Participants were handed Sharpies and index cards, and 20 minutes later produced a discussion schedule featuring experts from the likes of Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard.
Topics included "Epic Fails in Community Management," "Feminist Maker Spaces," and "How to Take Vacations."
CLS feels like a love child of the Mozilla/Linux open-source culture and IFC's series Portlandia, but established companies including Google, Microsoft, and Adobe sponsor and send representatives to the event. Microsoft sponsored the projectors and sound system, while Adobe paid for $1,000 worth of CLS T-shirts. "I think folks from those companies need the summit more than anyone," says attendee Ross Turk, vice president of community for enterprise-services company Inktank. For big companies to effectively communicate with the kind of users who can make their products better, he says, community managers "need to do a lot of translating in both directions."
Most top tech companies now hire community managers to attract techie superfans who can spread the word about products, answer customer questions, find bugs, and even build related apps. "Superfans can make or break your sales, so it's important to make sure they're supported properly," says CLS attendee Rachel Luxemburg, Adobe's principal strategist for community and social media. "There's a direct relationship between them and the bottom line."
While tech giants often dip heavily into open-source code bases, they typically forbid employees from contributing their own improvements to publicly developed code. Conservative in-house counsel and executives worried about keeping company secrets tend to ignore the difference between sharing the code that fixes bugs and their truly valuable intellectual property, says James Falkner, community manager for open-source Web portal maker Liferay, who ran one of several sessions on the topic. "I see it over and over again. Companies have a difficult time thinking long-term," says Inktank's Turk. "They say, 'How will releasing this affect next quarter's revenue,' not 'By releasing this, we'll create huge demand for our platform five years from now, because we've made it open.'"
CLS's larger sponsors are sensitive to the critique, and the event offers them a chance to learn from attendees. "At my first summit, I had someone walk up to me and say, 'You're from Adobe? F--- you!' He was pissed about our lack of better Linux support," Luxemburg says, adding that the company has since become more open-source-friendly.
The summit's no-schedule schedule provided a primer in efficiently tapping community talent: Wide-ranging discussions followed a five-minute talk from the person who proposed each subject. Chairs were arranged in circles. "It's really interesting to watch," Turk says. "The content just kind of shows up. It's different, but if you look at how communities work, the most successful happenings are always grass-roots and led by participants."
The bottom line An improvised conference in Portland, Ore., draws companies looking to connect with influential online communities.


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Have you ever seen one of these "Earth Buddies" before? They are essentially homemade Chia Pets! The 1st grade teacher next door to me has been making these each Earth Day for several years, and I decided to give them a go this year as well! They turned out so amazing!
First, put a few spoonfuls of grass seed into the foot of a nylon stocking. I bought the very cheap stockings that come in the tiny little plastic containers for 33 cents a pair at Walmart. I was able to get 6 Earth Buddies out of a pair of stockings!
Next, fill the foot of the stocking (on top of the grass seed) with several student sized handfuls of sawdust. We were able to get 2 large garbage bags of sawdust donated from a local sawmill. Hold on to the stocking while the student pushes down with his/her fist to stretch the stocking and to pack the sawdust. Repeat if needed until the Earth Buddy is the size you wish.
Next, use fabric glue to attach googly eyes and a yarn mouth. Small rubber bands can be used to make a nose and even ears if you wish! I had students bring in small cans (tuna or cat food sized) for the base. Too bad I am 8 months pregnant and I could smell the leftover tuna and cat food even in the washed cans! I wanted to vomit all day!!
Place the Earth Buddy in a well lit spot and water well daily. Our set up outside the classroom. The teacher next door is lucky enough to have a set of grow lights that she was able to get when a local company was getting rid of them many years ago! You can grow these Earth Buddies on a windowsill as well, it just make take a little longer than it did for me!
6 days
9 days-ready for a haircut! :)
My students think these guys look like the trolls in Frozen.
What types of activities do you do to celebrate Earth Day?


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Sunday, February 6, 2011
Topic for Discussion: "Stamper's" Techniques
The reason I bring this up is the following sympathy card. I stamped with clear embossing powder, then used my new distress inks to get that gorgeous color (yes, I want every color of distress ink--what are some of your must-haves colors?) and embossed the whole panel twice with UTEE. And it looked pretty good. Then I asked DH if I should go ahead with my planned cracked-glass technique and he said yes (I love that my DH knows what I'm talking about when I ask him these things). Anyway, now I'm not sure if it's ventured into stamper's-only territory (remember you can click on the pic to enlarge). As in, will the recipient be asking herself why I sent her a dirty, broken card? You can be honest here, I personally still like it but I'm not sure I would do it again.
This will be my last sentence because I don't want a sentence about "wiping it off" and "staying in the cracks" to be my last sentence of my post. So I guess this one will be my real last last sentence.
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- ~amy~ said...
I think your card is absolutely gorgeous...I think there are a ton of things that a non-stamper doesn't get that we stampers do but she will know that you made it special for her and that's what is important...
- February 6, 2011 at 8:11 PM
- Crafty Math Chick said...
I agree with you, I tried the cracked glass technique for the first time last month and when I was finished I was kind of disappointed with the result, liked it WAY better before and don't plan on doing it again. Hubby asked me why i 'ruined' it. Guess it is just personal preference. I do think your card is pretty and like the color fade Meg.
- February 6, 2011 at 9:37 PM
- Emily Leiphart said...
HAHA, you're hilarious not wanting 'stay in the cracks' in your last sentence! I think your card is amazing and the fact that it's such a large panel of cracked glass makes it stunning. I honestly don't know what non-stampers think when they look at handmade cards but then again I don't really send them to those who might not appreciate them! I hope your recipient will love this because it's beautiful. I love your tip of putting it in the freezer - who knew?
- February 6, 2011 at 9:45 PM
- Angela said...
Well first, that card is gorgeous and I think any card recipient with any aesthetic sense at all will be able to see that (wiping and cracks and all). I have the same mental debate about whether stuff gets appreciated -- I think the handmade gesture goes a long way towards that.
And must-have distress colors: I just made some valentines with fired brick, concord grape, and milled lavender. Lovely together. I also got pumice stone recently, though I haven't tried it out yet -- just a sucker for grey.
- February 7, 2011 at 5:57 AM
- Pam said...
Hi Meg,
This card is lovely - I would appreciate it ;) Tough call on those who might not. I remember my mom getting so bent out of shape when someone didn't properly "appreciate" something she had done for them and I just kinda thought as a kid watching that it seemed a little ironic. Of course as a wiser adult, I say "to hec with them"!
Oh, and thanks so much for emphasizing the second to the last sentence of your post. Acccckkkk!
- February 7, 2011 at 11:01 AM
- Lindsey said...
Thank you for the morning laugh! The sleeping cat, otoh, was a little annoyed. :P This card is gorgeous, and I think will be to anyone. I like my distress inks too... just wish you could be a little surer of what colour you're getting from the lid! Do like my faded jeans and peeled paint, vintage photo is just kind of a must-have, but not all that thrilled with worn lipstick. And yes, that would be the sum total that I own... so far... :P
- February 7, 2011 at 11:07 AM
- Crafty Creations said...
I wonder about it too!!! I really only send my 'hard work' cards to people who will appreciate it!
And...if you get a store bought one from me.....you can kinda figure out what I think about you! (doh!!)
Anyways...on to your GORGEOUS creation!!! I haven't bought the UTEE, but it's on the shopping list!! Love this look/technique. I hope this card was appreciated by the recipient during their obvious time of need!!
- February 7, 2011 at 8:49 PM
- Linda McClain said...
Hee - your crack joke cracked me up. (Sorry, bad pun.) I totally get what you're saying. I usually don't like to give my cards to non-card makers for fear they won't "get it," but I still do. Once in a blue moon I'll give one to someone who really treasures it, and it makes it all worth it. Gave one to a boss who put it up on her bulletin board for YEARS.
- February 12, 2011 at 4:42 PM
- Julie E said...
Hmmmm, I agree, it is a hard call. I really like the effect, but it is alot of work. I kinda keep that in mind when I am making cards for people. I usually make V-day cards for my children to give out, but this year Toy Story for $3 seemed to make more sense!
- February 15, 2011 at 11:12 AM
- Barbara said...
This is beautiful and so much my style. In fact, once again, I have that stamp so it's awesome for me to see samples with it. I think it's beautiful and it's really all about the art and if they get it or don't, it's all OK. It's you art and what comes from your heart. I love, love, love it.
p.s. i found your blog while just surfin' around. it's awesome.
- February 27, 2011 at 7:45 PM
- stampinjane said...
just perusing the blogs and it is so funny that I just asked myself the same question recently but it was more along the lines of the distressing and tearing and I couldn't help but wonder if someone might think that my card was "old & recycled" rather than the "antique" look that I was working hard to achieve!
And your comment about "taking part of a statement" out of its intended perspective just "Cracks" me up...no pun intended!
- April 22, 2011 at 12:04 AM


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Did anyone see Rick Warren's interviews with the Presidential candidates? The transcript is here if you are interested.
The forum was revealing on many counts:
The candidates: In the coming weeks, I think we will find that McCain did himself a lot of good with the so-called "evangelical" portion of the conservative base. Both candidates looked and sounded good, but I think McCain demonstrated a gravitas that far outweighed Obama. There was a definite contrast. Compare their answers to Pastor Rick's question about the "most gut-wrenching decision you have ever had to make:"
OBAMA: Well, you know, I think the opposition to the war in Iraq was as tough a decision as I've had to make. Not only because there were political consequences, but also because Saddam Hussein was a real bad person, and there was no doubt that he meant America ill. But I was firmly convinced at the time that we did not have strong evidence of weapons of mass destruction, and there were a lot of questions that, as I spoke to experts, kept on coming up. Do we know how the Shia and the Sunni and the Kurds are going to get along in a post-Saddam situation? What's our assessment as to how this will affect the battle against terrorists like al Qaeda? Have we finished the job in Afghanistan?
So I agonized over that. And I think that questions of war and peace generally are so profound. You know, when you meet the troops, they're 19, 20, 21-year-old kids, and you're putting them into harm's way. There is a solemn obligation that you do everything you can to get that decision right. And now, as the war went forward, there are difficult decisions about how long do you keep on funding the war, if you strongly believe that it's not in America's national interest. At the same time, you don't want to have troops who are out there without the equipment they need.
So all those questions surrounding the war have been very difficult for me.
Nevermind that Barack Obama never had to cast a vote against the Iraq war in the Illinois State Senate. Compare this McCain's answer:
MCCAIN: It was long ago, and far away, in a prison camp in North Vietnam. My father was a high-ranking admiral. The Vietnamese came and said that I could leave prison early. And we had a code of conduct. It said you only leave by order of capture. I also had a dear and beloved friend, who was from California, named Ebb Alvarez, who had been shot down before me. But I wasn't in good physical shape. In fact, I was in rather bad physical shape. So I said no. Now, in interest of full disclosure, I'm happy I didn't know the war was going to last for another three years or so.
But I said no, and I'll never forget sitting in my last answer, and the high-ranking officer offered it, slammed the door and the interrogator said, "Go back to your cell. It's going to be very tough on you now." And it was. But not only the toughest decision I ever made, but I am most happy about that decision, than any decision I've ever made in my life. (APPLAUSE).
To his credit, Pastor Rick did ask one question about that thorny subject called abortion: "Forty million abortions, at what point does a baby get human rights, in your view?"
OBAMA: Well, you know, I think that whether you're looking at it from a theological perspective or a scientific perspective, answering that question with specificity, you know, is above my pay grade. But let me just speak more generally about the issue of abortion, because this is something obviously the country wrestles with. One thing that I'm absolutely convinced of is that there is a moral and ethical element to this issue. And so I think anybody who tries to deny the moral difficulties and gravity of the abortion issue, I think, is not paying attention. So that would be point number one.
But point number two, I am pro-choice. I believe in Roe v. Wade, and I come to that conclusion not because I'm pro-abortion, but because, ultimately, I don't think women make these decisions casually. I think they — they wrestle with these things in profound ways, in consultation with their pastors or their spouses or their doctors or their family members. And so, for me, the goal right now should be — and this is where I think we can find common ground. And by the way, I've now inserted this into the Democratic party platform, is how do we reduce the number of abortions? The fact is that although we have had a president who is opposed to abortion over the last eight years, abortions have not gone down and that is something we have to address.
Here is McCain:
MCCAIN: At the moment of conception. (APPLAUSE). I have a 25-year pro-life record in the Congress, in the Senate. And as president of the United States, I will be a pro-life president. And this presidency will have pro-life policies. That's my commitment. That's my commitment to you.
Compared with Obama's hemming and hawing, that is an outstanding answer. It is interesting that Obama talks about reducing the number of abortions, yet has opposed every effort to do so. Indeed, he has promised to reverse the Bush administration's moratorium on federally funded abortions once he takes office. How will that reduce the number of abortions?
Finally, let's talk about Pastor Rick for little bit. Do you think this was an appropriate thing for him to do as a pastor?
How the abortion issue was handled was revealing. I guess I should be thankful it was brought up at all, but isn't there something unsettling with the fact that it was treated as just another issue, especially by this reknowned "evangelical pastor." Obama's equivocation on this point could be forgiven or overlooked if one agreed with his position on every other point? Right? He even noted how many abortions there have been since Roe v. Wade (though I think he underreported it a bit).
George Will wrote a column a while back in which he noted that we can no longer call abortion, the most common medical procedure, murder. This offended a lot of pro-lifers, but I wonder if he is right.
Have we lost our sense of outrage over abortion? Even in the pro-life community, abortion seems to have become one more of many "life issues." If we really believe abortion to be murder, why aren't we doing more about it? Maybe, the truth is that we no longer think it is murder and that is why accept so many accommodations with it. It is just another issue, to be balanced with all the others.
Please don't misunderstand me. I am not trying to suggest that abortion is not murder. Instead, I am questioning our commitment to that proposition and its consequences.
If that is so, what more can we do?


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Kit & Richard
The idea of running away to a stunning Italian villa to tie the knot is the stuff wedding dreams are made of, so when Kit and Richard chose to hold their Indian Destination Wedding In An Italian Villa, you can bet it was a story I couldn't wait to share with you.
Captured beautifully by Andrea & Federica, the day kicked off with a traditional Hindu ceremony, before a civil ceremony. Guests dined with the couple, (who met while working together at a hospital), under sparkling light with grand candelabras. The wedding was the most beautiful way to spend a holiday.
The bride dressed in a rose gold sari made in Kancheepuram, she tells "My sari is from Kancheepuram a town in South India, which my family is originally from. It is traditional to buy your wedding sari, for yourself and your entire family from Kancheepuram. I chose a rose gold pure silk sari after looking at about 50 rose gold saris! They had so much choice! My mum also found a similar one which was special."
The Hindu ceremony was held at Posta All Donini, Kit explaining "We had the ceremonies at Posta All Donini in Perugia. All of our guests stayed at the hotel the night before and the night after the wedding. We had a little holiday with all our guests, in such a beautiful place."
Kit tells "I wanted the Hindu ceremony to be traditional. It meant a lot to me to try and incorporate some of my heritage into the wedding."
For the civil ceremony, the bride chose a long lace gown, with a train by Pronovias from Eternity Bridal Wear. She tells "My dress was simple and fitted. I am quite petite so didn't want something that would be too big for me. I tried on only a few dresses before I found the perfect one – I just knew when I put it on!"
Kit remembers "I walked down the aisle to Pachelbel' Canon in D. We had guitarist and violins to play me down the aisle – which added a folksy twist to the traditional music. It was perfect for the setting. My dad, of course, walked me down the aisle – he was great at it even though he was so nervous."
Un Fiore in Tasca styled the floral decor for the day, Kit explaining "We wanted really simple flower arrangements as the wedding was already in Italian gardens. We continued the theme with green and white flowers, with shades of dusky pink."
Of their photographers, Kit tells "We had the lovely Andrea & Federica as our official photographers – we love our photos. The colours are exactly how we saw the day, rustic and simple."
Umbria Wedding and Events planned and styled the celebration, Kit explaining "We planned the look of the wedding and we knew how we wanted it to feel for us and our guests. The rest of the minutiae we left to our wonderful wedding planner Fatima!"
A magical first dance topped off the night, the bride telling "The first dance was one of the best moments of our lives. We chose 'High' by the Lighthouse family. It's a song from our childhood, that has great lyrics. After dancing to a couple of verses together we looked up to see all of our best friends and family singing the song at the top of their lungs at us! And then everyone joined in and got the party started."
Congratulations on your marriage Kit and Richard! Thank you for sharing your beautiful day with us! Thank you also to Andrea & Federica for sharing today's stunning wedding with us!


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This fishing boat's crew was lucky enough to capture an enormous octopus from the water near Chiswell Islands in Alaska. What the octopus did next will leave you speechless!
The octopus was caught from the water
And it started moving towards a little hole in the boat
Unbelievably, it found an escape
And was able to free itself
This is how it looked from the outside of the boat


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Rat King Entertainment is a game development company by Jana Reinhardt and Friedrich Hanisch founded in January 2011.
Some of you may know us as SONEN HALS (loose translation: "Being very angry", exact translation: "Such a neck!"), which was our hobby team in university and afterwards. All games (i.e. prototypes) we did in these times are highly dedicated to gameplay, and did not suffer from too much focus on eye-candy. They are pure.
Of course, this will change. In fact, the Almighty Rat King likes products that are as playable as they are nice to look at! Expect some kind of double awesomeness here, with a delicious cherry of intellectuality on the top of the cream.
At the moment we are working on small, artsy but nonetheless highly important games especially made for Apple's iOS (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad).
Source: The Developer Website.


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Finally some of the fun bits I want. A big thank you to Simon at Bartlett's Hifi who came round and installed the ceiling speakers .
The picture above shows the speakers which are evenly spaced across the front of where the projector screen will drop from. The TV itself is off centre but this is due to the position of the chimney breast and we had no other options.
Picture below are the four speakers around the dining and kitchen area. The bathroom and upstairs bedroom have also had the speakers installed.
I am really pleased with the monitor audio ceiling speakers. Visually very unobtrusive and blend in well.
Simon recommended and supplied a Grandview Cyber Screen. I am pretty excited to see this in action. For the last ten years I have just been using cheap screen I bought for £100 from eBay. I opted for the in-ceiling screen so when the screen is not in use it sits flush within the ceiling and you can't see it. The screen size is 8ft. Compared to other projector screens which can retail for several thousands + the Grandview is cheap with a RRP of £1150 it's much , much cheaper than everyone else . It comes with a remote and 12v trigger.
On to the flooring which has all been laid. This alone took 3 days!
A feature wall opposite the chimney breast. Instead of wallpaper we used tiles here. (please note the tiles had just been grouted so were wet round the edges when I took this picture . Once they dry the borders won't be obvious)
The kitchen has also been installed but will update that shortly.


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A New Plan to Expand Health Care Coverage — and Contain Costs
Economists at the Urban Institute this week released a new health-care policy proposal. The plan would leave Medicare and employer-based health care coverage in place but add a new, Medicare-style "Healthy America" marketplace with public and private insurer options for everyone else. The Urban economists say their plan "is less ambitious than a single-payer system (i.e., Medicare for All), but it would get close to universal coverage with much lower increases in federal spending and less disruption for people currently enrolled in employer coverage or Medicare."
As for the costs, the authors estimate it would be about $98 billion in the first year.
The Washington Post Editorial Board says the proposal serves as a reminder that "there are options that are neither as cruel as the GOP's miserly repeal-and-replace nor as disruptive as the more sweeping left-wing proposals" for single-payer plans. "In other words, they are compassionate and realistic." Read the Urban Institute's plan here.
Number of the Day: $22 Trillion
The total national debt surpassed $22 trillion on Monday. Total public debt outstanding reached $22,012,840,891,685.32, to be exact. That figure is up by more than $1.3 trillion over the past 12 months and by more than $2 trillion since President Trump took office.
Chart of the Week: The Soaring Cost of Insulin
The cost of insulin used to treat Type 1 diabetes nearly doubled between 2012 and 2016, according to an analysis released this week by the Health Care Cost Institute. Researchers found that the average point-of-sale price increased "from $7.80 a day in 2012 to $15 a day in 2016 for someone using an average amount of insulin (60 units per day)." Annual spending per person on insulin rose from $2,864 to $5,705 over the five-year period. And by 2016, insulin costs accounted for nearly a third of all heath care spending for those with Type 1 diabetes (see the chart below), which rose from $12,467 in 2012 to $18,494.
Chart of the Day: Shutdown Hits Like a Hurricane
The partial government shutdown has hit the economy like a hurricane – and not just metaphorically. Analysts at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget said Tuesday that the shutdown has now cost the economy about $26 billion, close to the average cost of $27 billion per hurricane calculated by the Congressional Budget Office for storms striking the U.S. between 2000 and 2015. From an economic point of view, it's basically "a self-imposed natural disaster," CRFB said.
Chart of the Week: Lowering Medicare Drug Prices
The U.S. could save billions of dollars a year if Medicare were empowered to negotiate drug prices directly with pharmaceutical companies, according to a paper published by JAMA Internal Medicine earlier this week. Researchers compared the prices of the top 50 oral drugs in Medicare Part D to the prices for the same drugs at the Department of Veterans Affairs, which negotiates its own prices and uses a national formulary. They found that Medicare's total spending was much higher than it would have been with VA pricing.
In 2016, for example, Medicare Part D spent $32.5 billion on the top 50 drugs but would have spent $18 billion if VA prices were in effect – or roughly 45 percent less. And the savings would likely be larger still, Axios's Bob Herman said, since the study did not consider high-cost injectable drugs such as insulin.


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These three gorgeous girls are the trio that entertains with their music selections
the listeners of Paradise Radio 90.3 in the town of Xanthi in Greece.
This is the photo shoot we made for them wearing clothes from Rossidis Woman store!
The girls/models are ( from left to right ) :
Skevi Tsangari
Xrisa Moraiti
Maria Papamichael
clothes // Superdry
shoes // Underground Creepers and Jeffrey Campbell Lita
denim pants // G-Star Raw
Special thanks to :
Hair // Dimitris Kopsidas
Make-up // Giota Efremidou
photographer // Kostas Amiridis
styling // Rossidis team


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A new soccer-based show, Who Ate All The Pies?, is to be staged at the Tristan Bates theatre from 9 to 26 June to coincide with the upcoming global tournament.
Who Ate All The Pies? is set in the world of City Football Club, where Sharon honours the dying wish of her City-mad Dad by taking his season ticket. Will City make it through a turbulent season? Will Sharon grow to understand the passion that binds the fans together? Will she forgive her father for all the missed Saturday afternoons? All is explained in this musical which features characters including a northern football manager, a saucy wag, a sly agent, a millionaire owner and, of course, an £18 million footballer.
Who Ate All The Pies? is written by the team of Jimmy Jewell, who, appropriately, shares his name with a former Norwich City manager, and Crystal Palace fan Nick Stimson.
In addition to their footballing links, Jewell is a composer, conductor, performer and producer, while Stimson is a playwright and Associate Director of the Theatre Royal, Plymouth. The pair previously collaborated on NHS The Musical and Peter Pan.
To fit around the myriad football matches of the world cup, which kicks off on 11 June and finishes on 11 July, performances of Who Ate All The Pies? will be staged at 13:30, 15:45, 19:30 and 21:15, giving sports fans ample opportunity to take in the show.
This is not the first theatrical adjustment made due to world cup football; earlier in the year it was announced that Roy Williams's Sucker Punch at the Royal Court would alter its press night so as not to clash with England's group stage match against Algeria on 18 June.


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A Rich Lush Template? Or a No-Frills Blog?
Certain niches just beg for a lush graphics heavy theme with elaborate javascript and css effects. But a blog can easily be smothered by slow loading pages and excessively vibrant themes. Let's have a look at the pros and cons of a frilly template and simple template.
January 25, 2010 • Tags: blog design, blog theme, blogging, layout, selecting blog layout • Posted in: 2. Blogging Tools • 2 Comments


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5 Most Important Ginger Health Benefits for Digestive Health
Ginger health benefits have been hailed for centuries and ancient peoples near and far have made use of the rhizomes or, underground stems, of the Zingiber Officinale plant for a very long time. Ginger has many practical uses in the kitchen, with one of its main uses being that of a culinary nature, adding a unique spiciness from everything from soups to cookies. Ginger is also eaten in various ways such as pickling, which is often reserved for younger selections. And, while delicious, ginger is almost just as well known for its biological benefits as it is its fascinating flavor.
We have compiled a list of the top 5 ginger health benefits that you should know about that may provide even more incentive to add a little spice to your life.
1. Stomach Settler for Indigestion: One of the ways that ginger is most known for taming tummies is for its role in combating nausea and indigestion symptoms, both signs of a stomach that is unsettled. The Bastyr Center for Natural health notes that while the exact mechanism of action is unknown, the benefits of ginger tea for soothing surly tummies have been explored and studied yielding positive results in many instances. In fact, people all over the world use ginger to combat stomach discomfort such as constant indigestion and nausea, and have done so for thousands of years. Both in centuries past and in the present day, ginger health benefits for stomach settling are an important natural healing solution.
2. Stops Digestive Delays: It is thought that one of the ways that ginger is such a powerful digestive ally is because it hastens along the movement of food through the digestive system. It is thought to do this by actually increasing the occurrence of contractions of muscles, an action that helps hustle food to its next destination post stomach – the small intestine, according to The Bastyr Center for Natural Health. Eliminating food hanging about within the G.I. tract can prevent feelings of discomfort lending to ginger for digestion troubles being such a common remedy. And, this ability to quickly send food traveling to its next stop on the journey to complete digestion is just one of many ginger health benefits.
3. Gets Rid of Gas and Flatulence: Aside from some middle school boys and April Fool's jokesters, flatulence is not something that is well received by most. This build up of excess gas within the body can lead to loud and odiferous outbursts of bodily gases created during the digestive process. Health.com points to ginger health benefits as providing a potential remedy for gaseous outbursts of the behind, and the uncomfortable sensations that can occur alongside them. This may have something to do with the ginger borne compounds recently found in research looking into the digestive benefit of the rhizome. These premature studies suggest that a bind to serotonin receptors by these compounds may provide some clues as to its role in positively affecting digestive functioning.
4. Beats the Bloat in the Belly: For its multiple roles as both a combater of gas and also as an ally against indigestion, ginger battles bloat in numerous ways. Regardless of the source, it is possible that one of the oldest stomach bloating remedies in existing may be no further away than a spice rack or pantry. It is thought that the ginger health benefits for digestive health that provide relief for indigestion, gas, acid reflux, nausea and other forms of gastrointestinal upset also have a positive effect on stomach bloating reduction; although, as with many of the mysteries in which ginger dazzles the digestive tract, the exact manner in which this happens is largely unknown.
5. Curbs Constipation: Because food is afforded less time to spend hanging about the colon due to the prompt debris evacuation occurring in the digestive tract, this digested matter loses less precious water needed for gentle passage. As stool remains in the colon, water is absorbed the longer it sits, which can contribute to stools that are hard and dry. This can make passing them much more difficult. Amazing ginger health benefits including giving excrement an express pass through the often slow system of digestion means easier bowel movements, less straining and ultimately, less risk of constipation.


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On "A True Account of Talking to the Sun at Fire Island"
Brad Gooch
Reading through the stack of poems later in his apartment on West Fourth Street, Koch came across for the first time "A True Account of Talking to the Sun at Fire Island," a poem that was to become a favorite anthology piece, which O'Hara hadn't shown to anyone while he was alive. A variation on Mayakovsky's "An Extraordinary Adventure Which Befell Vladimir Mayakovsky in a Summer Cottage," the poem had been written by O'Hara on July 10, 1958, when he was visiting Hal Fondren at his rented house at Fire Island Pines, not far from the spot where he would be hit almost exactly eight years later. The poem consists of a conversation between the Sun, who wakes O'Hara and complains petulantly, "When I woke up Mayakovsky he was / a lot more prompt," and the apologetic poet's comment, "Sorry, Sun, I stayed / up late last night talking to Hal."
"I almost fell off my chair," remembers Koch. "It was Frank talking about his own death." In the following months, Koch often read the poem at poetry readings to audiences who were invariably moved by its almost too neatly prophetic parting stanza:
"Sun, don't go!" I was awake
at last. "No, go I must, they're calling
"Who are they?"
Rising he said "Some
day you'll know. They're calling to you
too." Darkly he rose, and then I slept.
From City Poet: The Life and Times of Frank OHara. Copyright © 1993 by Brad Gooch.
Chase Dimock
A Few Queer Notes on Frank O'Hara's "A True Account of Talking to the Sun on Fire Island"
Without its title "A True Account of Talking to the Sun on Fire Island", the queer space of O'Hara's poem taking place on Fire Island could pass easily undetected without the image of hoards of tanned men partying on the beach evoked at the mention of the now famous gay resort. Although the poem itself has little to say explicitly about sexual identity or its attendant politics, I believe that it benefits from being situated in the specific context of Fire Island's history in the lgbt community. Today, Fire Island is a famous summer vacation spot populated heavily with gay men during its high season. While the 21st century discos, raves, and circuit parties on the island today make it a carnival atmosphere, in the time of Frank O'Hara, Fire Island was more of a traditional east coast village of summer homes—just prominently populated by queer men and women. Fire Island was an especially popular destination for gay writers and artists. In her ethnography of the resort, Cherry Grove, Fire Isla, Esther Newton mentions the legend that W.H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood once attended a party at the famous Duffy's Hotel dressed as Dionysus and Ganymede. Whether this is true or not, it establishes the space Fire Island occupied in not just gay culture, but also gay literary history, as a space that nurtured and inspired queer expression. Since even before O'Hara's stay, Fire Island has had a place in the gay imaginary as a queer oasis—an escape from the bigotry and obligatory discretion of urban life. Along with promising romantic liaisons (however brief their durations) Fire Island was also a rare space of queer domesticity where gay men and women could live almost like their straight counterparts in the suburbs and residential communities outside the city.
The "Hal" in this poem is Hal Fondren, a friend of O'Hara's who, according to Joe LeSueur in Digressions on Some Poems by Frank O'Hara, rented a beach house on Fire Island every summer with his "longtime companion" Jack Shaw (183). O'Hara was staying with Fondren and Shaw in their summer home while he wrote this poem in mid July of 1958. It is then significant that O'Hara chooses this specifically queer space, a gay oasis, as the place of his quasi-mystical communion with the sun. Not only does the idea of the sun as a spiritual entity like God choosing to speak to O'Hara and give him encouragement to write poetry (even leaving him "a tiny poem in that brain of yours") speak to a certain narcissism, ("You may not be the greatest thing on earth, but
you're different.") but he also writes the poem as an homage to one of his influences, Valdimir Mayakovsky who previously wrote a similar poem about talking to the sun at a summer cottage. Thus, it makes sense that O'Hara would have this spiritual experience at a gay Mecca, and by channeling Mayakovsky's poetic conceit, O'Hara queers Mayakovsky's original poem, rewriting it in his own space of divine sensual and sexual revelation.
There is a certain queer transcendentalism to O'Hara's communion with the sun on Fire Island. O'Hara touches on the specificity of Fire Island as a place where queers could be open in nature with the sun's explanation of why it chose to speak to O'Hara on the island:
"Thanks and remember I'm watching. It's
easier for me to speak to you out
here. I don't have to slide down
between buildings to get your ear.
I know you love Manhattan, but
you ought to look up more often.
The sun explains that it would have been much more difficult to reach O'Hara in his urban home because it would be blocked by the buildings. Gay identity and culture was made possible in its present form due to urban spaces where single men and women could move away from the family home, work independently, and form communities based on common interest and desire. Thus, gay culture is overwhelmingly shaped by and associated with the realities of urban living in a cosmopolitan environment, represented by O'Hara's mention of the buildings. Conversely, gay culture is rarely associated with rural communities or the wilderness. Fire Island would have been the one community in that era that constituted a well-known queer space outside of a densely populated metropolis. Living on Fire Island would be far from roughing it, but it is nonetheless an environment chosen for its natural beauty, including the beach and the pines from which it gets its name. Fire Island is the gay Walden Pond—where queers could escape the urban jungle and safely commune with nature (and sometimes commune with each other in the nature of the bushes). If Mayakovsky's communion with the sun at a summer cottage could be restaged in a queer context amidst the sexually repressive cultural atmosphere of the 50s, Fire Island would have been the logical, if not only choice.
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The Ilaje/Ese-Odo Renaissance Group, IRG, in Ondo State has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to postpone the November 26, governorship election in the state by two weeks.
This, it said, will enable all the major political parties resolve their legal disputes.
IRG noted that the legal crises have brought confusion to the parties, particularly the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ahead of the poll.
In PDP, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede SAN and Mr. Jimoh Ibrahim are battling for the party ticket.
Already, INEC has recognised Ibrahim following a federal high court ruling which favoured him.
The runner-up during the September 3 governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr. Segun Abraham hasd approached a court to challenge the candidature of Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu SAN.
He is praying the court to declare him winner of the poll.
Also, Chief Olusola Oke's candidacy is being challenged by a faction of the National Executive members of the Alliance for Democracy, AD.
In a statement issued and signed by its chairman, Mr. Sunday Menukuro, the IGR said postponing the poll will reduce the tension already generated by the legal crises.
The group appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to wade into the political crises rocking the state.
The statement reads, "curiously, all the major political parties in Ondo State are embroiled in court crisis to the extent that it has generated serious tension in the state.
"We are also not unmindful of the more serious one rocking the PDP in the state where unknown member of the party was recognised by INEC as the party candidate and denied the most popular person, Jegede the party ticket.
"Postponing the election by two weeks or more, would not only make the various matters to have been settled in the courts, it would also reduce to the bearest minimum the tension this issues had generated in the state.
"We also call on President Buhari to wade into the crisis in the state which was alleged to have been clandestinely sponsored by some powerful personalities in his government.
"President Buhari should be alive to his responsibilities and not allow some people in his cabinet to hijack the government from him thereby giving his government a bad name."
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