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April 21, 2015
New York: Part Two
I completely spaced on sharing the second batch of photos from our weekend in New York! We went to Obscura and The Evolution Store while we there, and I think those two spots are probably two of the coolest stores ever. Nate bought some vintage mortician gear (which he fully intends to use!) and we got some nice little pieces of taxidermy to add to our collection. I would really like to go back now that's it's warmer (it was so cold while we were there!) so hopefully we can plan a summer or early fall trip soon. We definitely don't get to see Nate's sister often enough, so it'll be easy to get Nate to agree to more frequent trips! xx Courtney
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On the question of life
Such have been the legal and scientific mechanisms used to determine a legal equivalence to the religious concept of "The Sanctity of Human Life." But they are imperfect at best, as shown by their inapplicability to the unborn.
Indeed a legal determination, based upon reason or logic alone, likely cannot be made to satisfy the requirements for the protection and sanctification of life "from womb to tomb."
For such a decision to be reached requires that a universal assumption be made that human life is "sacred" (in a legal sense, wholly protected) by simple virtue of the fact that it is human life. As a result of the limits of logic and reason to provable notions, such a statement would need to be deemed true a priori, simply because it is, without explanation.
One may argue that such unilateral pronouncements lie more appropriately in the realm of papal or rabbinical rule, and that our system of government does not take part in the practice of religious proclamation. But recall the original universal proclamation that granted to this nation its original moral compass - we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
One would be hard-pressed to pare down this sentence to a logical argument with an outcome of relative certitude that life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are unalienable rights, whether endowed by the Creator or not. But such a declarative statements remains a central pillar of our legal system, and lies at the center of the application of ethics and morals to legal determinations.
For the issue of life prior to birth to be finally settled in the legal system, it is my opinion that, first, a similar universal declaration of self-evident truth would need to be made on life. That is, that human life, (in the form of the sum whole of an individual organism, whether 5 cells or 5 billion) is sacred and protected.
Such a constitutional amendment is unlikely, however, and thus the question of abortion rights is likely never to be settled.
From "On Science"
When does human life begin?
The story of when human life begins has a checkered past. Centuries before people knew of sperm and eggs, Aristotle argued that the fusion creating a new person did not exist until "quickening," the first noticeable movements in a woman's womb. He reckoned quickening occurred 40 days into pregnancy (18-20 weeks is the actual time). The 40-day rule was picked up by Jewish and Muslim religions. In 1591, Pope Gregory XIV supported this view of delayed animation and ensoulment.
The Catholic Church did not reach its current conclusion that life begins at fertilization until 1896, when Pope Pius IX condemned abortion at any age after the moment of conception. Many Jewish theologians now argue that life begins seven days into pregnancy, with implantation of the embryo.
Gene transcription of male-contributed genes starts even later (well after stem cells are harvested), and many scientists feel human individuality cannot be said to begin until then, when the embryo starts to actually use the genes contributed by fertilization.
The United States Supreme Court takes the position that human life begins much later, when the fetus becomes capable of independent life if separated from the mother—roughly the third trimester.
Early this month researchers at the University of Pennsylvania reported suprising findings that could profoundly alter our views of when human life begins. Indeed, if these results, obtained in cultures of mouse cells, can be repeated in human cells, theologians may have to reconsider their ideas about the very nature of life.
The researchers were raising dense cultures of mouse embryonic stem cells for research. Scientists are particularly interested in embryonic stem cells because each one of them has the potential to develop into any cell of an adult individual. In a routine screening, the researchers treated the mouse cells with a fluorescent "marker" protein they had developed to test for early-stage eggs and sperm. The marker protein sticks specifically to the surfaces of eggs and sperm, but not to any other kind of cell. Because these stem cell cultures were not eggs or sperm, the screening should have had negative results.
Surprisingly, in a culture of stem cells that had been maintained 8 days, the marker protein did stick. Over 40% of the cells glowed green, showing the fluorescent protein marker had stuck to them.
Were these egg cells? Studying them more closely, the researchers learned that groups of the cells had begun to produce estradiol, a hormone that converts to the female hormone estrogen. After 16 days, the oocyte-like cells began producing tell-tail proteins typical of meiosis, the special form of cell division that sperm and egg cells undergo. The observations were tantalizing: many of the embryonic stem cells seem to have spontaneously developed over a few weeks many of the characteristics of egg cells (oocytes).
Are they really egg cells? To be sure, the researchers will need to demonstrate that the "oocyte-like" cells can be fertilized and produce viable offspring. Until those experiments are completed, the case that they are eggs is incomplete, although strong.
The researchers continued to observe the aging cell culture, and their perseverance was rewarded with a result that may fundamentally alter how we look at stem cell research. After 40 days, the groups of oocyte-like cells in the aging culture formed what appear to be early embryos!
Examining these early embryos, the researchers found that their cells were manufacturing the sorts of proteins one would expect of normal 16-cell embryos. A few of the embryos in the culture went on to form complex balls of cells resembling blastocysts, the early-stage embryos from which embryonic stem cells are harvested.
What is going on here? These egg cells were never fertilized -- how could they develop into embryos?
Biologists have long recognized that in insects, many fish and some reptiles, adults develop from unfertilized eggs, a process called parthogenesis. That seems to be what is going on here. Normal mouse egg cells can be induced to form embryos parthenogenetically, but despite many attempts to implant them in a womb, none have ever survived to birth.
While there is no guarantee that what happens in mice will happen in humans, there seems a very good chance that similar results will be obtained in human embryonic stem cell cultures, which leads to a very interesting question. What is the ethical status of human embryos created from embryonic stem cells without fertilization?
The very possibility of human embryos produced without fertilization must have some theologians reconsidering their ideas about the nature of life as something that starts at conception with the union of egg and sperm. One thing seems sure. The controversies raised by stem cell research will continue.


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This just shows you the difference in the floor. What you see is the doorway going into the room and the base on the door way has not been done yet and obviously the floor has been. Isn't it just beautiful?!?!?!
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Oh My Gosh, Check This Out.....!!
Monday, February 9, 2009
This is Isaac's room showing that residue again on the floor. His room butts right up to mine. The door you see in the back goes into my room.
This is the spare bedroom, which I will probably use for storage. You can see the floor though, this was what they looked like after Dad had ran the sander over them.
This purpose of this picture is to show the difference in the floor. You can see where Dad had run the sander and where he hadn't. It was amazing the difference that it made.
Well, these are all the pictures that I have for now. I will get more posted when I get more taken. Mom has been over there cleaning this week so it is getting closer and closer. Next week she is planning on starting to polyurethane the floors. She thinks she can get it done in 3 days so she is just trying to get 3 days in a row to get it done. Until next time, Isaac is doing great and happy blogging!!!!
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
The Love of Pictures
Check out all that hair. After 3 haircuts I don't think it is going to get any thinner. I love his hair now but I am sure he will hate it when he gets older.
Isn't this precious. Ten perfect fingers and.......
.......Ten perfect toes!!
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Molly and the Cookies
Oh here, maybe I can try to climb in. Uh, Molly I don't think that will work very well!
What, me? I'm not doing anything!
Molly finally was able to get her a cookie. Needless to say, she ate the whole darn thing.
What a Big Boy!
Here, Mema, I need your help down!
I took a picture of the cards that I made. I just had to share with everyone. I just wish I had more time to make even more. They are just so darn cute!!!


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lukev-kut3/22/2016 - 05:52 p.m.
I think it is cool that the Tully monster is Illinois state fossil. I like this story. I like this story because I like reading about odd things. Did you know that Michigan's state fossil is Mastodon?
cavelil0-dil3/29/2016 - 01:54 p.m.
No I did not know that Michigan's state fossil is Mastodon.
colek-1-bar3/22/2016 - 09:08 p.m.
The Tully creature is called a monster because it is many millions of years before the dinosaurs. The Tully monsters are thought to had lived, "300 million years ago, [where] the spot was a warm coastal marsh along a long-gone sea near the equator. [...] Tyrannosaurus rex didn't come about until roughly 67 million years ago." (paragraph 6). Since the creature had lived about 233 million years before the dinosaurs, Tully monsters can not be called dinosaurs. This is because dinosaurs and Tullys lived in a different era all together. Because of this, and because of how much farther Tully monsters lived from our era, Tullys are called monsters. I thought this article was very interesting and found that paleontologists finding 300 million year old creatures very surprising.
coreyh-hei3/23/2016 - 10:54 a.m.
it is called a monster because it has a a thing thing to pinch you with and string you.
xavionay-hei3/23/2016 - 11:08 a.m.
The creature is called a monster because it looks unusual.Also, the animal has a vertebrate and lives in the water.
cammeronm2-hei3/23/2016 - 03:46 p.m.
That is like what I said. Me and you must think alike.
coreyh-hei3/23/2016 - 11:11 a.m.
i think it is good because it gives text evidence, but I think I should of put more evidence.
kaideno-kut3/23/2016 - 12:03 p.m.
Those things are creepy. I would never want to meet one in real life. I'm glad they are extinct.
elijahh2-hei3/23/2016 - 12:20 p.m.
it was a beast and very big.
aliyahd-hei3/23/2016 - 12:30 p.m.
The tully is called a monster because it is different than other organisms found. It is also maybe because of how old it is.


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Being a colour blind artist
I'm colour blind, like one in twelve adult males in the UK (or one in twenty depending on where you get your stats from). Despite this, I've been making art all of my life. I can see colour, but struggle to distinguish colours of a similar tone when placed next to one another, especially reds and greens. I struggle to pick out colour in dark light too… [more]
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The designer has designed Cleopatra shoes, the global limit 10, decorated with snake pattern diamond necklace, priced at 33 thousand yuan, the sole is equipped with 19 carat gold and platinum, and 4 fine cut white diamond and 28 black diamonds.
Although these shoes are amazing, the most expensive footwear in the world is a pair of high heels worth 100 million yuan in October last year, designed by British designer Debbie Wingham. The shoe was commissioned anonymously and took hundreds of hours of work.
It is reported that the handmade high heels have only one pair of high heels, with 54 carats of white diamonds and 416.2 carats of white corundum with gold and platinum soles. This pair of shoes is a part of the United Arab Emirates designer Jada Dubai designed the "Royal" series, known as "the world's first shoes, it took more than a year, produced by a craftsman in Venice, and from three countries gold experts completed, inspired by the mirage. The princess of the legendary love story.
Before the designer designed many luxury high-heeled shoes, which belong to the "Royal" series of a pair of black high heels, known as the Grace Kelly style, and ankle diamond crown, priced at 34 thousand yuan; the series of "Diana shoes", the price of more than $44 thousand, made of 19 carat gold and platinum, decorated with 10 beautifully cut white diamonds and 2000 Huang Shuijing, a total of 315.6 carats. A pair of red 24 carat gemstones high heels, decorated with 180 carat Ruby and 33 carats of fine cut diamonds, undisclosed price.


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Carolyn Emery (Sweatt) Freeman, 92, of Columbus, GA passed away on Thursday, October 18, 2018 at Muscogee Manor and Rehab Center in Columbus, GA. A memorial service will be held at Parkhill Cemetery in Columbus, GA on Monday, October 22, 2018 at 11:00 AM EST with Columbus Hospice Chaplain Muriel Pitts officiating.
Carolyn was born on December 2, 1925 in Columbus, GA to the late Eugene and Hilda Sweatt. She graduated from Jordan High School with the class of 1943. Carolyn attended Striplin Terrace Methodist Church for several years. She enjoyed crocheting, but her passion was reading books.
Other than her parents, Carolyn is preceded in death by her first husband of 36 years, Aubrey Freeman; second husband, Doyle Compton; son-in-law, Steve Addlesee; sister, Betty Coppedge; brother, William Sweatt; great-granddaughter, Hope Bobo; and her fur baby, Chipper.
Survivors include her daughter, Ellen Addlesee; son, Charles Freeman (Barbara); grandchildren, Eric Bobo, Scott Bobo, and Amanda Freeman; great-granddaughter, Claire Bobo.
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 00:15
Charleston Gazette Statehouse reporter/columnist Phil Kabler has declared that former Secretary of State Betty Ireland is the most likely candidate to win the upcoming GOP Primary for Governor.
Citing Ireland's single term as the state's chief elections officer, Kabler believes that this statewide exposure gives Ireland a leg up on the other GOP candidates who have declared an interest in running for Governor, namely 15th District State Senator Clark Barnes and Putnam County Prosecutor Mark Sorsaia.
First of all, any Republican candidate who is the favorite of the liberal Charleston Gazette doesn't want Kabler's analysis to get out very far among the conservative base of the West Virginia GOP. Kabler's "endorsement" could be the kiss of death for Ireland among many in the Republican ranks. What's next? Will the AFL-CIO be telling us that Ireland is their choice, too? Come on.
More importantly, Kabler has forgotten just what kind of election this will be in 2011. This time, the two parties' nominees will be participating in a true Special Election and in an off-election year. No other races will be on the ballot, and the contest will be held on an unfamiliar date in early October, not the first Tuesday in November. All this will guarantee a low voter turnout, lower than last year's in all probability.
This means that the two parties' core activists will decide this election like none other. Only the hardcore activists on the left and the right will be coming out to vote, along with their friends. As one political observer in the Eastern Panhandle noted this past week, "It's going to be the Tea Party activists vs. the Labor Democrats this time."
So who will the two parties put up for their nominees then? Clearly, each party will fare better at the polls in November if they nominate the individual who can best inspire their core activists to get out the vote.
To be fair, the Gazette's Kabler is a keen observer of the statehouse scene. However, if he thinks that Betty Ireland is the darling of the conservative activists in her Republican Party, he needs to do a little more field reporting. Among GOP party activists, Ireland is essentially perceived as a moderate and in some ways a liberal.
For example, she enjoyed touting her gender as a main reason to support her in times past. That's not something Margaret Thatcher--a female leader conservatives love--ever needed to do.
Ireland might be the smart choice if reaching out for moderates in both parties was the most crucial part of an election strategy, but that's just not the priority this year. This election belongs to the party's nominee who can rev up their base more than the other party's nominee.
For example, what if House Speaker Rick Thompson, a true Labor leader, is the nominee for the Democrats?
Only a Republican nominee who can truly inspire enough Tea Partiers and other conservatives to turn out in even larger numbers than Thompson's Labor folks will be able to win.
The West Virginia Republican Party has a golden opportunity this year to capture the Governor's Mansion, given the disarray on the other side of the aisle. But they still need to put forward the kind of nominee that their party's conservatives will beat the bushes for and defend to their friends.


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Fiqh - Important: Are you wearing pig skin?
Answered by Shaykh Abdurrahman ibn Yusuf Mangera
I bought few days ago a leather jacket made in China. Now while I was wearing it one brother told me that it was made of pig leather. Now I want to know:
1) What shall I do if some body says it is made of pig and there is no way to find it out if it is true?
2) If it is really pig stuff then what is the Sharia says about it.
Assalamu alaykum
In the name of Allah the Gracious the Merciful.
1. You must determine whether the garment is made of pigskin or not. If one person does not know then ask someone who works in a leather store.
2. If you cannot be sure then it would still be better to abstain from wearing it since the Sharia has considered it essentially impure [najis al-'ayn] and cannot be purified in any way.
The following may help to determine whether it is of pigskin. However, consult an expert in a leather store if still in doubt.
And Allah knows best.
Abdurrahman Ibn Yusuf
Are you wearing pigskin leather?
It is amazing that many Muslims do not know if they are actually wearing a leather jacket or a shoe or carrying a purse or any other leather product that is made of pigskin.
At many occasions I have pointed it out to folks about it. Many have listened and many have not, I keep seeing them wearing those again and again. Imagine how many mosques, centers and other holy places they may have made NAJAS. Their prayers may not have been accepted. Do you think you are one of them or will you be one on them?
Here are some tips to find what a pigskin is, what it looks like and where it is used?
Where it is used?
General Leather Products: Heavily used in Chinese and other developing or under-developing countries.
Shoes & Joggers: Full Leather suede looking Shoes or inner linings.
Jackets: Full Leather suede looking knee long and waist long full sleeve or sleeveless jackets.
Purses: Women and men purses. Full leather or linings.
Brief Cases: Men and Women leather brief cases, usually inner linings are pigskins. But look out for rest of the leather.
Why is it used?
Price & Availability: Pigskin is cheap and easily available in most countries. It is lighter that real suede made of Cow. Due to low price it is easier to market and sell. It was first used as liners as it is really thin and strong. Soon it was used in most products as profit margins are comparatively high.
How to recognize it?
Mostly, it looks like suede. But it is thinner. It has spots on it. Kind of depressions or little holes that never go through. It seems like some has used spikes to try to pin through it. But these spots are only on one side.
Usually, on the other side of the leather, you will see squeezed round shaped spots. These spots may not be very prominent on this side. If you look very closely at the pictures given, you will have no problem in identifying pigskin. If you are not sure, read labels or ask the store keepers. Do not ask them if these are pigskins. Let them tell you what kind of leather it is. Do not take their words.
Ask for proof.
Hard to recognize
Hardest is to recognize the pigskin that is being used for non-suede type leather products. But with a close examination spots and holes can be detected. This type of leather needs much concentration.
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Of course, once an attacker has penetrated the "Crunchy Edge" then they have reached the *"Soft Centre"* of your network where, most likely, no protection exists.
The concept of Crunchy Edge Security is broken and has allowed, at a fundamental level, the recent spate of so-called "Advanced Persistent Threat" which have successfully penetrated and data breached large companies such as RSA Security.


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How to Find a Proper Boxing Stance
There are multiple ways to stand in boxing; however, you cannot box well without getting your stance just right. While the way you stand is dependent on your posture and strength, working to reach a proper boxing stance can immediately improve your stability, power, and speed. If you want to learn more about how the correct boxing stance can help you, read on for technique tips and tricks from the coaches at Gloveworx.
The Benefits of a Strong Stance
When you stand in a proper boxing stance, there are many subtle changes that immediately make it easier to find a stable fighting position. Your punches reach farther without forcing you to overextend your stance into a vulnerable position. You're also less likely to lose your balance when you have to react quickly. A good stance allows you to throw a wider variety of punches without leaving you too exposed.
You'll have more power, balance, and mobility the moment you find your stance.
Proper Technique
While each stance will vary based on your personal structure, finding a good boxing stance—one that is suitable for you—still necessitates following some basic guidelines. Follow our coaching tips below:
- Stand up straight and place your feet shoulder length apart.
- Shift one of your feet slightly in front of the other, keeping them mostly parallel to each other.
- Plant your front foot flat on the floor and raise the heel of your back foot slightly off the ground.
- Bring both hands up just above your chin, keeping your elbows tucked in to your sides.
- Slightly bend your knees as if you are going to squat.
- Balance your weight 50/50 between the front and back leg.
The foot you place in front will change depending on whether you are right or left handed—Orthodox (right handed) or Southpaw (left handed). Orthodox fighters should place their left foot in front, while Southpaw fighters should place their right foot in front.
Taking Your Time
Finding the proper boxing stance takes time and a little bit of trial and error, but if you follow these steps, you're heading in the right direction. Remember, all power in boxing comes from the ground up, so your stance is a critical component to get right.
If you're not sure about your stance, grab a coach next time you're at Gloveworx and ask them to help!


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Chicago to New York, New York to Chicago
In November Mom and Dad came out to New York because he had a meeting and that's a good excuse to come to New York. We started out with a late lunch at Emily in the West Village and a visit to Washington Square Park.
Then we took advantage of an unexpected opportunity and caught a quick train down to Princeton to see a BYU basketball game. I'd never been to Princeton but found it to be pretty cool, even if it was dark when we were there and, you know, you see less when it is dark.
The next day we went to the Michelangelo exhibit at the Met in the morning and that night we ate tacos and saw the Play That Goes Wrong. Boy, did that play go wrong!
The next day Mom and I had lunch at Uncle Boon's Sister and then did a little Soho walking. We found Uncle Boon's Sister to be quite good, a fine relative to the excellent Uncle Boon's.
That night we were back in Soho for dinner at Le Coucou, a truly beautiful restaurant. And then Dad and I went up to the Met to see Madame Butterfly. It was a striking production.
The next day was a Saturday, Mom and I did a lot of downtown stuff like seeing the Luis Vuitton exhibit (really), eating at Fuku, and riding the Seaglass carosel.
Then we rode over to Brooklyn for a visit to the Green-Wood Cemetery, always worth a good explore every few years.
That night we had dinner in Estela. It was superb, just wonderful, I can't believe I had put off going there for so long. It was also too dim for any decent photos. Then, and I still can't believe it happened, we went and saw Cats. I'd never seen it before! We wound up with second row seats and I'm still trying to make heads or tails of what I saw.
The next day was Sunday and we started the day off with lunch at Cosme. It was an absolute home run, hard to believe I almost cancelled the reservation. After church we had dinner at the Dutch and then a nice long West Village walk. Again, too dark for photos. But it was all good. Mom and Dad went back to Chicago the next morning after a good little breakfast at Daily Provisions.
On Thanksgiving Eve Patricia and I went to see the balloons being inflated. The next day we'd have Thanksgiving at Jordan's in Queens.
Here's pictures from a neighborhood walk I took the day or two after Thanksgiving.
Then a few days later I snuck out to Chicago
And grabbed lunch at Johnny's
Before making a surprise appearance that night (along with fellow surprises Kristen and Walker) at Dad's retirement party
The next night we had dinner at Fonda Frontera, a new Rick Bayless restaurant in Wicker Park right by an absolutely beautiful Taco Bell. Fonda Frontera was an absolute home run, I had no idea it would hit so strong with the family.
After dinner we talked Emily into taking us on a tour of the new Mormon church in downtown Chicago. It's a very impressive structure, really puts every Mormon building in Manhattan to shame.
The next morning we went with Kristen and Walker on a tour of Oak Park area parks. Then we had a little lunch at Mickey's, another classic local spot that I'm not sure how long I hadn't been to.
We went and did some important Western Suburb archeology and then, a few hours later, it was back to New York with me.


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We found a couple of toys that really worked out well, and still get used consistently. I thought I would share some with you in case you are looking for good gift ideas for the little people in your life.
Pat the Bunny sent this set to Derek, and it is a really cool toy.
It comes with three vehicles that the little ones can take apart and put back together. It uses a battery powered screwdriver, and once together, each toy has a moving part.
Well made & not overpriced at $24, I think 4-8 is a good age range for it.
Actually, I kind of have fun with it too, so maybe 4-32 would be a better age range. ;)
You can find it here on Amazon: EZ Build & Play
Another toy that we've enjoyed is called Inchimals.
These are colorfully painted animal blocks that double as measuring sticks, from 12 inches down to 1. They come with a dry-erase book in which you can use the inchimals to do math problems.
Warning, your kids will start to say strange things. When baby Camille was over at our house, Alex said to me-- She's so tiny, I bet she's just one giraffe.
So we had to measure her, and it turns out she was a giraffe plus a bear.
I also still really, really love the Seeds Family Worship CDs.
Bible verses set to music, and not annoying.
(Unless you are annoyed by the Bible. Then you might find them annoying.)
This link is to their website, but I think you can also find their CDs on Amazon.
One of my favorite things we got the kids started on was listening to stories on CD during quiet time and on road trips. They've really liked the Frog &Toad audio books, Winnie the Pooh, and Veggie Tales stories.
So audio books and maybe a CD player would make a good gift.
What I have not yet told my husband, because he is often unavailable for consultation (some excuse about a war or something), is that I just bought the complete CD collection of Dan & Louie stories for this year's Christmas. And they might have been a little pricey.
This is a blast from the past from my own childhood. Dan and his puppet Louie tell Bible stories and sing songs, and it may not surprise you that I can still sing some of those songs today.
After all, I have a memory devoted to useless trivia but it refuses to hold onto key information like where I put my keys or phone.
In defense of the cost, there are 20 CDs in the collection, and over 24 hours worth of stories.
And they are coming soon to a doorstep near
Looking for a good game for the mini mathlete in your family?
this for Alex.
A friend had it, and it helped her kiddo learn his addition math facts in a fun way. It's called Shut the Box.
So there you have a few ideas, I'll share some more if I think of any. If you have a gift idea that your family really enjoys, feel free to share it in the comments so we can all check it out.
Now I have to tell you that everything written above this line, I wrote earlier today. I wanted to proofread the post before I published it, but I needed to go get the kids and myself ready for a movie date with Peepaw (my dad).
And wouldn't you know that after writing that, as we were getting ready to leave for the movies, I could not find my keys.
Like, really couldn't find them.
It took 3 adults looking for 40 minutes to find my keys.
And I only found them AFTER Mark searched through bags of garbage on my behalf.
Thanks, Mark.
Sorry, Mark.
Guess they weren't thrown away after all, Mark.
Are you glad we're staying at your house, Mark?
But the kids and I made it to the movie. We saw Arthur Christmas and then spent some time releasing pent-up energy in the McDonald's playland.
Which means it is now disinfection time. AKA bathtime.


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Bigger and heavier than the female I just adopted. I dont know her age atleast a year I know that, she is so stream lined, thin, she was only fed dry ig food and some crickets. I have been giving her a bowl of salad everyday, and she is eating the whole thing. David, do the females fill out like him (yours pictured or do they stay alittle more slender? I'm hoping mine will fill out some. Your guy looks great !!! :0) Eve


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The scenario from part 4 was, of course, a fictional example.
However, all you have to do is change the job description and plug in different numbers to find out that this can be applied to any full time employee who is down-sized to part time, to avoid being offered employer subsidized health care.
Ignoring or disagreeing with the result in the story does not answer the questions that it poses.
- All working Americans are, in essence, producers. It might be a Cook who prepares X number of meals per day, or a Truck Driver who makes a certain number of deliveries during a scheduled shift. This also holds true for white-collar jobs. Teachers produce educated students during a school year and Doctors treat a certain number of patients each day.
- When an employee has their work hours cut and are now part-time, they can no longer produce the same results achieved during a full-time work week.
- This reduction in out-put must be justified, if the only reason was to avoid offering Medical Insurance.
- The bottom line is simply this; Is there a reasonable explanation in shifting any full-time employee or employees to part-time, in that it will be more profitable because they do not have an employer based Health Care plan?
What the scenario does not address is the long term benefits of having an employee, who did not have medical insurance, into one that has it available if needed. Here are a couple of more points that should be considered;
- Many employees come to work ill, because they cannot afford the double whammy of paying a Hospitable Bill and losing a days pay. At least with medical insurance the financial hit would not be so bad. By staying home and receiving proper care, they are not on the job possibly infecting co-workers.
- Now preventive and rehabilitative medical care is available. Not only is sickness treated properly, but future illness can now be prevented and injuries can be treated and healed more efficiently. Loss of work production is decreased, for there are fewer days missed.
What amazes me is the number of Americans,without medical insurance, who don't question their politicians motivation for trying to prevent Universal Health Care. That is a question that Medical Science cannot answer.


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Cancer clone evolution, just like evolutionary speciation, is characterised by an extraordinary diversity of descendants derived from a common ancestor. Yet, paradoxically, some evolutionary trajectories are convergent on a common phenotype.
The classical examples of convergency from evolutionary biology include eyes, wings, big brains and social structures, all of which have been 'invented' multiple times, independently. We find that their genetic, developmental and biochemical details are often distinct but in the end, the functional result is very similar 1.
As might be expected, convergent evolution of specialised phenotypes does occasionally involve co-option of the same or related genes – referred to as molecular convergence. So, although eyes have been invented many times with different light capturing structures and embryologies, they all rely on the photon capturing capacity of the photo-pigment, rhodopsin and the eye generating capacity of PAX6 genes 2.
Another remarkable example of molecular convergence is the exploitation of the same 'hearing' gene – prestin, in echo-locating bats and marine cetaceans 3.
The standard interpretation for evolutionary convergence is twofold. First, that having eyes and wings, for example, brings such big fitness advantages, sight and flight, that they are very likely to evolve more than once. And, second, that there are always constraints on what options or adaptations are available to solve life's challenges and so different species are likely to come up with similar solutions, independently 1.
Cancer evolution is, in a very general sense, convergent, in so far as there is selective pressure favouring metastatic spread to secondary sites. But could it be more than that?
In a recent paper 4, Han Chen and Xionglei He have suggested that cancer clone evolution is highly convergent in terms of the type of cell associated with progression of disease. The authors used genome-wide expression profiles on some 18 types of solid tumours (around 3000 cancers altogether) in comparison with data from equivalent normal tissue controls.
They used a method called Jensen-Shannon divergence to measure the difference (or distance) between individual cancers, both with each other and their normal tissue counterparts.
They found that most cancer types share a common convergence (away from their normal counterparts) towards an embryonic stem cell (ESC) signature. This held for several cancers (lung, sarcoma, myeloma and breast) but not for all those they looked at. Interestingly, they found that colon cancer did not show this convergence, lending support for the notion that colon cancer has an explosive or 'big bang' origin and may be 'born to be bad' 5. Additionally, Chen and He found that a strong ESC signal was associated with poor clinical outcome.
The authors conclude that, despite the different tissue sites involved in primary growth and secondary, metastatic seeding, tumours evolve a consistent – or convergent – cellular phenotype, possibly reflecting some shared selective pressures in different tissues.
The study is elegant and the data is persuasive but I wonder if the apparent 'reversion' to an ESC-like state is quite what it seems. Let me suggest another explanation.
Cancer clones can expand indefinitely because some cells self-renew instead of differentiating. Acquired mutations unlock this potential, which is a characteristic of normal stem or progenitor cells. In the cancer clone, cells with the stem cell-like property of self-renewal provide the focus, or 'unit', of evolutionary selection, spawning progression of disease, metastases and drug resistance 6. It is to be expected that the frequency of these stem-like cells will increase as the disease progresses.
Evidence supporting this contention derives from observations that higher quantitative stem cell activity (transplantability or expression profiles) is associated with both progression of the disease and poor clinical outcomes in several cancer types that have been evaluated, including AML, colon and breast cancer 6.
If this interpretation is correct, then Han Chen and Xionglei He's data could be interpreted somewhat differently – convergence in cancer evolution is towards enrichment of the unit of evolutionary selection – the cells with enhanced self-renewal capacity. This would not then be a 'reversion' to an embryonic state but a stabilisation of a tissue stem cell-like state in which the cancer originates.
But the main conclusion of Han Chen and Xionglei He would not be changed. There does appear to be significant phenotypic convergence reflecting, we assume, shared evolutionary pressures. Other data in the recent cancer literature, including examples of molecular convergence 7, are compatible with these findings.
Perhaps the main importance of these findings relates to the prospects for targeted therapy in the current climate of personalised medicine. An alternative to drugs tailored to the genotype of individual patients might be to target the fitness attribute most commonly used, irrespective of cancer subtype and genetics. That target would be the self-renewal phenotypes. In this regard, there have been some recent and encouraging therapeutic developments 8-10.
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Chen H, He X (2015) The convergent cancer evolution towards a single cellular destination. Mol Biol Evol, 33: 4-12.
Sottoriva A, Kang H, Ma Z, Graham TA, Salomon MP, Zhao J, Marjoram P, Siegmund K, Press MF, Shibata D, Curtis C (2015) A Big Bang model of human colorectal tumor growth. Nat Genet, 47: 209-16.
Greaves M (2015) Evolutionary determinants of cancer. Cancer Disc, 5: 806-820.
Fisher R, Horswell S, Rowan A, Salm MP, de Bruin EC, Gulati S, McGranahan N, Stares M, Gerlinger M, Varela I, Crockford A, Favero F, Quidville V, André F, Navas C, Grönroos E, Nicol D, Hazell S, Hrouda D, O'Brien T, Matthews N, Phillimore B, Begum S, Rabinowitz A, Biggs J, Bates PA, McDonald NQ, Stamp G, Spencer-Dene B, Hsieh JJ, Xu J, Pickering L, Gore M, Larkin J, Swanton C (2014) Development of synchronous VHL syndrome tumors reveals contingencies and constraints to tumor evolution. Genome Biol, 14(8): 433.
Li Y, Rogoff HA, Keates S, Gao Y, Murikipudi S, Mikule K, Leggett D, Li W, Pardee AB, Li CJ (2015) Suppression of cancer relapse and metastasis by inhibiting cancer stemness. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 112: 1839-1844.
Kreso A, van Galen P, Pedley NM, Lima-Fernandes E, Frelin C, Davis T, Cao L, Baiazitov R, Du W, Sydorenko N, Moon YC, Gibson L, Wang Y, Leung C, Iscove NN, Arrowsmith CH, Szentgyorgyi E, Gallinger S, Dick JE, O'Brien CA (2014) Self-renewal as a therapeutic target in human colorectal cancer. Nat Med, 20: 29-36.
Zhu Z, Khan MA, Weiler M, Blaes J, Jestaedt L, Geibert M, Zou P, Gronych J, Bernhardt O, Korshunov A, Bugner V, Lichter P, Radlwimmer B, Heiland S, Bendszus M, Wick W, Liu HK (2014) Targeting self-renewal in high-grade brain tumors leads to loss of brain tumor stem cells and prolonged survival. Cell Stem Cell, 15: 185-198.


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Umbrella liability insurance for small businesses, also known as excess liability insurance or commercial umbrella insurance, provides additional protections when your business exceeds insurance limits on an underlying policy.
For a single premium, umbrella or excess liability policies add another layer of protection to any of several other policies that you might hold, including general liability, employer's liability, and hired and non-owned auto liability policies. For instance, if you have $1 million in general liability coverage and a covered claim is settled for $1.5 million, your small business's umbrella liability insurance policy would pick up the additional amount.
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Pre Ballet
This class serves as an introduction to basic ballet technique. A focus is placed on students understanding of class structure and behavioral expectations. Students will be introduced to concepts such as timing, rhythm, and synchronization. They will begin to learn stage directions, the difference between right and left, and beginner ballet vocabulary. Pre level will commonly contain a creative movement component prior to the closing the class.
Basics Ballet
This class builds upon concepts learned in pre ballet and adds elements such as barre work, additional technical skills, turns, and strengthening exercises. Students will gain a deeper understanding of anatomy and how to achieve proper technique. Behavioral expectations are still a main focus at this level, but expectations in regards to behavior are much higher than in pre level classes. Basic level will commonly contain a creative movement component prior to closing the class.
Junior/Teen Ballet Levels I, II, III, and III/IV
Requirements: Instructor evaluation and approval required for Levels II and above.
In all Junior and Teen level ballet classes students will being with work at the barre, with difficulty of movement varying based on level and ability. After completing barre, students will move to centre combinations as well as across the floor phrases including adagio, pirouettes, petite allegro, and grande allegro.
Requirements: Student must be concurrently enrolled in Ballet (Level TBD by Instructor).
Pre-Pointe is meant to strengthen dancers ankles, feet, and technique in order to prepare for pointe work. This class should be taken in conjunction with Junior Ballet III in order to eventually move up to Pointe I. Students will most likely not be allowed to move up to Pointe until the age of 12 with instructor approval.
Requirements: Completion of Pre-Pointe and Instructor approval. Student must be concurrently enrolled in Ballet (Level TBD by Instructor). Pointe shoes will be needed in order to participate in class.
A focus will be placed on executing advanced level ballet technique en pointe with proper alignment and execution.


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The Journal of Public Health in Africa (JPHiA) is a peer-reviewed, electronic journal that focuses on health issues within the African continent. The journal editors seek prime quality original articles on public health associated issues, opinions, comments and more. The purpose of the journal is to maneuver public health discourse from the background to the forefront. The success of Africa's struggle against illness depends on public health approaches. Briefly forgetting that auras aren't real, I wonder if my sound bath, mind juice, and Ganesh floral remedy had succeeded in enhancing my creative aspect. Does this alteration over time?" I ask. Like, what if I had my photo taken in the morning?" Lonsdale's eyes widen, and she tells me excitedly: Some individuals's change, and a few don't. Isn't that fascinating?" She's also maintaining monitor of what colors she sees in several cities, and from different folks. Possibly when she collects enough data, she can analyze it and discover patterns. But until then, she does not need to speculate.
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Welcome To The Art Of Inner Awesomeness Video Series
Sometimes life can become overwhelming.
Certain situations can simply become too much to handle.
Stress levels can rise to the point of becoming a health hazard.
When your body is pumped full of adrenaline, cognitive function can become impaired.
Watch this video and learn how to stay calm.
Let's do a quick recap.
Breathing exercise
Breathing exercises can help calm the mind, increase oxygen to the brain, and release "feel good" endorphins into the body, even if practiced only briefly. The aim is to breathe in as slowly as you can, hold for a second or two, then out slowly. Try to keep the rhythm regular, to a certain count.
When doing a breathing exercise, make sure they are "belly breaths". This means you expand your abdomen when you breathe in, to suck in more air and stretch the diaphragm muscle. Even one single deep belly breath can calm your mind a huge amount in stressful situations.
A little-known technique for calming the mind is simply reading. When you are overwhelmed by emotion, be it panic, fear or even anger, reading something can distract the mind enough for the body to calm down, allowing you to think clearly.
It doesn't matter what you read, but it seems that the more boring the writing is, the better. Trying to read and understand something that you have no interest in seems to really calm the mind. Sounds wacky, but give it a try!
Staying in the present
Focusing on the present, and the sensations in your physical body can keep you "out of your own head" long enough to calm the mind. Staying in the present means not thinking about things that haven't happened yet, and not thinking about things in the past. Also, try to focus on physical sensations by paying attention to each of the five senses.
What can you hear, right now? What can you see? What can you smell or feel? Really concentrate, down to the tiniest detail. Feel the clothes next to your skin, the heat or cold of the environment. Hear sounds you normally don't notice — the humming electrical appliances, the birds outside. Look slowly around the room, mentally list and describe everything you can see. Staying in the present physically and mentally can bring instant calm to your mind.
Use any of the above three techniques to achieve a calm mind, even in the most stressful of encounters. Each can be used straight away when you need it, or if practiced regularly enough, can act as a way to keep you calm and stable at all times.
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In case you missed it, it's summer in the Lowcountry. It's July, after all. This is the time of year where even the cool parts of the day leave you drenched because the humidity is like a wet, stifling, warm blanket that smothers you from head to toe.
So, it's lovely. (No, not really.)
That doesn't stop a lot of people from trying to find new places to drink to keep cool (both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, of course). Staying hydrated is key down here in the summer, after all.
I've been out with Mom and Dad over the last few weekends and we have hit up a couple of fun locations with fantastic drinks (and I mean a couple). I'm specifically tallying up cocktails, though we have had a couple of stops at wine bars this summer.
First up, The Rooftop at Vendue is what it sounds like: a rooftop bar. The Vendue is a hotel at the corner of King Street and Vendue. The best way to describe the location is that it's at the entrance of Riley Waterfront Park where the famous Pineapple fountain is. This is also the French Quarter of downtown Charleston. We had actually been here before for my and Melissa's birthday before we went to McCrady's Tavern (great food, but pricey and they can apparently run out of burgers) back in February. That was at night and it was a bit chilly, so this was a completely different experience. It overlooks the harbor and the Ravenel Bridge and because it's right off the water, there's a breeze constantly blowing. Between that, sitting in the shade, and having some chilly drinks, the three of us were quite comfortable. I ordered a Danville Train, which is made up of Virgil Kane Ginger Bourbon, Angostura Amaro, and Barritt's Ginger Beer (taken straight from the menu). It was fully of ginger and delicious and refreshing to me, though maybe a smidge heavier than I would have wanted on the stomach. Mom got the Strawberry Basil Lemonade (sound familiar?) and that was the ticket for sure. It was light, refreshing, and full of flavor. Their version was made with Cathead Honeysuckle vodka and housemade basil strawberry lemonade, though. Dad ordered a Mai Tai because he's been on that kick since they got back from Cabo. He said it was excellent. It just tasted like pineapple to me.
Second, we went to Tavern and Table at Shem Creek. This place is right beside of Red's and is on the creek, too, so it offers prime dolphin- and people-watching (free of charge, dinner and a show, all that). Shem Creek is a really cool place to go when you can get there during the not-insanely-crowded times. It's chill, laid back, and you're almost always going to see dolphins in the creek. I ordered a Black and Blue Mule, made of Stolichnaya vodka, blueberry and blackberry compote, fresh lime, and ginger beer. It was super gingery, but had a lot of the blueberry and blackberry on the back end of it. It even came with a piece of candied ginger (yum!). Mom ordered the Salted Watermelon Rosé, which had Bacardi rum, fresh salted watermelon, English cucumber, and rosé. To be honest, I didn't taste the rum, but the salted watermelon and the rosé were prevalent–all watermelon at first, then the salt, then the dry, slightly fruity rosé to finish. It was quite good, but I liked my Mule better. Dad tried the T&T Old Fashioned, made with Tin Cup whiskey, clementine, morello cherry, and Jerry Thomas bitters. The clementine was the strongest flavor and took out a lot of the bitter you typically get with Old Fashioned drinks (or at least the ones I've had). It was excellent, as well. I'd go back and try some of their other drinks.
Like I said, two places. There are several other places I have been to in my almost five years down here now, but it has been a while. I tend to get beer or bourbon when I go out since mixed drinks are full of sugar (and expensive), but it's nice to indulge once in a while. I'll report back with other places to investigate!


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Of all the changes to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 that were introduced in 2008 by legislation of the same name, foremost to excite media attention and popular controversy was the amendment of the so-called welfare clause. This clause forms part of the licensing conditions which must be met by any clinic before offering those treatment services covered by the legislation. The 2008 Act deleted the statutory requirement that clinicians consider the need for a father of any potential child before offering a woman treatment, substituting for it a requirement that clinicians must henceforth consider the child's need for "supportive parenting". In this paper, we first briefly recall the history of the introduction of s 13(5) in the 1990 Act, before going on to track discussion of its amendment through the lengthy reform process that preceded the introduction of the 2008 Act. We then discuss the meaning of the phrase "supportive parenting" with reference to guidance regarding its interpretation offered by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority. While the changes to s 13(5) have been represented as suggesting a major change in the law, we suggest that the reworded section does not represent a significant break from the previous law as it had been interpreted in practice. This raises the question of why it was that an amendment that is likely to make very little difference to clinical practice tended to excite such attention (and with such polarising force). To this end, we locate debates regarding s 13(5) within a broader context of popular anxieties regarding the use of reproductive technologies and, specifically, what they mean for the position of men within the family.
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It is at the constitutional junction of law and politics, that a number of prominent American public lawyers have located their 'civic republicanism' as a theory about the empowerment of civil society. Civic republicanism is a theory that draws on a number of disciplines and integrates the insights into constitutional theory to suggest a thorough rethinking of the premises of constitutionalism. While the republicans all share the basic premise of the interrelationship I described between self, community, politics and law, they diverge in their accounts of the precise institutional vessel of the political dialogue. They disagree about where to locate the constitutional 'home' of the deliberative practice. One of them designates the Supreme Court as the most appropriate forum of the deliberative practice, another the Congress, while a third seeks to locate his republican politics in the 'constitutional' mobilisation of the citizenry at large. The initial disparity between the theorists, between elite and populist institutional solutions, has given way, more recently, to some convergence. But the problem of designating the appropriate constitutional realm of the political dialogue still remains the issue that most sharply divides civic republicans. The following sections will explore the answers they give to the problem independently. I will in each case, rehearse the basic premise only briefly and focus more extensively on the various suggested constitutional outlets of the political dialogue to explore how it is that they perform the function of 'carrying' the political dialogue onto legal-institutional ground.
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This chapter examines the means by which redress can be delivered to consumers. Public and private enforcement has been a continuous interest for Hans Micklitz, and this chapter is offered to him with deep admiration and appreciation for his support and friendship.
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The applicant sought to apply for judicial review of a decision by the Jockey Club, in order to quash a decision that a horse owned by him should be disqualified for failing a drugs test. The Court of Appeal held that, although the Jockey Club controlled most of the racing in the UK, it was not in any sense an organ of government. It was a private organisation, bound to its members by contract, and therefore the appropriate remedies against it were private law in nature and there was neither the amenability nor the scope for judicial review of the decision of the sporting body.
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Western literature has traditionally presented women as either passive or ultimately unhappy heroines, for example Anna Karenina, Hedda Gabler and Emma Bovary (Tolstoy in Anna Karenina, Penguin Classics, UK, 2003; Ibsen in Hedda Gabler, Nick Hern Books, UK, 1995; Flaubert in Madame Bovary, Penguin Classics, UK, 2003). Their relationships with men tend to range from deficient to hopeless, as interaction with the other often produces endless struggle and sacrifice, against the possibility of self-determination and personal fulfilment. Religious doctrine is also replete with images of heroic women dogged by an unhappy fate or the passive obedient woman condemned to a life of servitude. These tales of female subservience logically lead to the idea that for a woman, individual freedom depends on the avoidance of commitment and intimacy; as attachment becomes synonymous with enslavement and so freedom is only possible in isolation. This presumption does not hold true for same-sex lesbian relationships, only those entanglements involving males where the union serves to project largely male interests. Even though the evolution of modern law is mostly subject to social forces rather than religious considerations and the last century evidenced the emergence of many new hard won women's rights, the male perspective still constitutes the benchmark against which others are measured. It is suggested that society, whilst cleverly concealing any bias beneath empowerment speech, continually seeks legitimacy for new forms of control over the bodies and behaviour of women. This paper examines the current axiomatically given gendered representations of women and demands transparency in the processes which too often fail to accord women the right to equal standing and equitable treatment.
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In this chapter we discuss the relationship between the UK constitution and EC law. The European Communities were created as an aspiration to prevent further wars in Europe and to regenerate the European economies. The prototype was the European Coal and Steel Community created by the Treaty of Paris 1951. The other Communities were created in 1957 by two Treaties of Rome. They are the European Community (EC) (formerly called the European Economic Community), and the European Atomic Energy Community. The EC is by far the most important, and responsible for most of the legal and political activity. The three communities share the same basic institutions.
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Darcy and Jerry were married at the Hamilton Farm Golf Club on a historic country estate in Somerset County, New Jersey. Below is a sneak peak of some of their images.
I loved the carefully coordinated color schemes that seemed to flow at different points throughout the day; soft auburn, cream and pearl, transitioning to the beautiful satin blue of the invitation, bridesmaid dresses and a perfectly matched ribbon thoughtfully tied to accent the hanging candle. Those ethereal blues, which hint at the poetic and heavenly side of love, fit very well with the brick and lush greens of the grounds, that speak more to the solid foundation of a marriage. And I loved the guest seating cards pinned to some sod with appropriate golf tees.
Darcy and Jerry both work for Nemco Brokerage. Darcy had already been working for three years when Jerry joined. She must have been happy with the new recruit 🙂 It took a few months before they started dating, and it must be fun for them to relive those early subtle glances and flirts, that no doubt had to be rather subtle and not too flirty, as they did not want to send the rumor mill at work into full swing. A nice advantage, I suppose, of dating someone from work is that you have already spent a good deal of time with eachother and can sense compatibility. Darcy told me that they had a number of fun dates at little NYC restaurants as well as a fair share of Central Park picnics, but there real first "date" was not until a Red Sox-Yankees game. Darcy confessed that they were both a bit nervous how their fast developing "office romance" would be perceived by their bosses, but to their relief, their firm is filled with wonderful people that gave them the understanding, and no doubt happy, go-ahead.
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As y'all know, I love making crafts or projects using the bazillion brown paper grocery bags we have stockpiled in our kitchen drawer from over the years (like this One Minute Paper Bag Monster) or other recyclables lying around our house that would otherwise turn to waste (like this Repurposed Easter Grass Garden, these Rock Candy Maracas or our paper roll projects like these telescopes, binoculars and finger puppets).
This time around we made a paper dress using the top of a brown paper grocery bag and strips of construction paper:
When the fun of the dress wore off, we hung it in our backyard as a colorful, fluttery windsock:
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- construction paper
- scissors
- tape
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Cut off the top third of the grocery bag, which will form the top or "bust" portion of the dress.
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Fear Not The Fear Knots ~ Feeling a New Legacy of Love with Metatron
By Gabriel Heartman
Taking time to just sit. Feel. Go in. Swirls of energy, in different forms. Comingling. Constriction. Expansion. A pulsating and varied landscape of emotive technicolor luminescence. Darker hues mixed in with lighter ones that give the appearance of the outer surface of Jupiter. Knots swirl, drawn tight with thoughts of old. Judgement. Powerlessness. Distrust. They offer a heightened contrast to the layers of translucent crystalline emitters that dawn higher frequencies of pure love and joy. They offer a press in relation to the denser energies that still hold court in certain areas of my emotive terrain.
"Things ARE shifting…" a deep cavernous, yet melodic voice echoes into my heart ears. It has been a while since I have connected with Metatron. "The patches you see are distant yet increasingly nearby rumbles of legacies across your soul's infinite valleys and plateaus. These legacies are echoes of your brothers in turmoil and tragedy. Remain in this place above the terrain and feel the love that surrounds these cells. You can see the images from their storied NOW moments. They are needing your ability to feel something different. To merge with them is to do no service but to continue the legacy into your world, your goodness. There is no wrong here, my son. Just awareness. Bear your heart's witness to the light between and around. These are the majestic overtones of your greatness and vastness. They are more powerful in nature than the fear knots. Fear them not. For they hold the stardust matter of universes undiscovered.
In your widened expanse you can see the work you have done. The suffering you have processed and let go of. The days a part of you didn't feel like you would feel Joy above the waterline. This IS your time, my son. Your choice to feel beyond what you have imagined you could feel for yourself and others. You bring a New Legacy of Love into the vast reaches of your soul's tapestry should you chose to claim it. Feel it. Be it. Serve it. It will alter the course of your fractaled past and manifest the glory of your imagined future.
Be the Beacon of Light and Love across the span of your YOUniverse. Let it shine in the hard to feel places and let that knot unwind. Unfurl. Uncover the essence of what you came here to BE in all it uncertainties to your conditioned mind. I will be here with you, by you, in you, as you, when you need me to be. You were never meant to do this alone for you cannot ever be alone in the infinite conglomeration of Love's fantastical expression. Take in that emotive portal of yours and revere it for all it has invited you into. It is a true gift bestowed upon you and humanity alike."
And with that His voice subsided, glided off into the recesses of my heartmind. Left with a new awareness and awe for what we ARE and can BE. Choosing a new legacy to enter our consciousness and beingness. It may take some time to integrate but that is all part of the journey. I can go back to this place whenever I choose and feel His voice and presence with me. Bear witness to my emotional body and all its possibilities for where it can take me next into my Mystical Me.
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