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Evergreens are some of the lowest maintenance plants for your landscape. In addition, they provide year-round color and structure. There are two types of evergreen shrubs for our area, broadleaf types (think 'leafy' such as boxwood and holly) and needled types (think pine and juniper). Since both hold onto their foliage in winter—a drying, windy time in Colorado-- be sure to give them winter water for best results. Also, make sure you site your shrub in the location it prefers. Some prefer morning sun in protected locations while others can take exposed, sunny spots.
Broadleaf Evergreen Shrubs
Needled Evergreen Shrubs
TIP: Some evergreen shrubs respond well to an anti-transpirant spray (such as Wilt Pruf), to help protect agains winter dessication.
Please Note: In stock availability of specific varieties listed below will vary depending upon time of season and sales. Please call (719) 574-8058 for current availability.
Height: 5'
Spread: 3'
Exposure: Shade or morning sun
Other Notes: Upright form. Glossy dark green leaves. May be pruned to maintain shape and/or used as a hedge. Protect from windy locations. Zone 5.
Height: 2'-3'
Spread: 2'-3'
Exposure: Shade or morning sun
Other Notes: Rounded shape and deep green leaves. May be used as a low hedge. Protect from windy locations. Slow growing.
Height: 3'-5'
Spread: 4'-6'
Exposure: Sun to Part Sun
Other Notes: Leafless shrub with slender green branches and a rounded shape. One of the hardiest brooms for our area. Bright yellow flowers appear in Spring. Zone 4
Although adaptable to full sun, all appreciate protection from winter sun and winds.
Spread: 4'-5'
Exposure: Prefers light shade location but will also adapt to full shade or full sun.
Other Notes: Green leaves with white margins. Slow growing. Irregular spreading habit is easily shaped with light pruning. Leaves tinge pink in Fall.
Height: 3'-5'
Spread: 3'-5'
Exposure: Shade or morning sun is best
Other Notes: Glossy, dark green leaves. Ideal for an informal hedge or specimen plant. Protect from winter wind.
Spread: 3'-5'
Exposure: Prefers light shade but will also adapt to full shade to full sun.
Other Notes: Glossy green leaves. Can be used as a small hedge. Protect from winter wind.
Height: 2'-3'
Spread: 3'-4'
Exposure: Prefers light shade but will also adapt to full shade to full sun.
Other Notes: Another gold leaf variety. Very pretty for a bright pop of yellow.
Height: 2'
Spread: Up to 5'
Exposure: Prefers light shade but will also adapt to full shade to full sun.
Other Notes: Dark green leaves with a bright gold margin. Slow growing. Low, spreading branches make a good evergreen groundcover. Easily shaped with light pruning. Leaves tinge pink in Fall.
Height: 2'-3'
Spread: 3'-4'
Exposure: Prefers light shade but will also adapt to full shade to full sun.
Other Notes: Variegation of deep green leaves with a deep gold margin. Slow growing. Low, spreading branches make a good evergreen groundcover. Easily shaped with light pruning.
Height: 5'-6'
Spread: 5'-6'
Exposure: Shade to morning sun
Other Notes: Medium green holly-like leaves turn bronze red in the Fall. Yellow flowers in spring are followed by blue berries in mid-summer.
Height: 3'-3'
Spread: 3'-3'
Exposure: Shade to morning sun
Other Notes: A dwarf version of standard Oregon Grape Holley. All the same wonderful qualities in a smaller package.
Height: 12"-18"
Spread: up to 4'
Exposure: Shade, morning sun, or full sun.
Other Notes: Low spreading type of grape holly. Makes a wonderful groundcover with pretty fall colors of purple-red tones. Yellow flowers in spring followed by blue berries in mid-summer.
Height: 4'-6'
Spread: 4'-6'
Exposure: Shade to LIGHT morning sun
Other Notes: Deep green leaves. Extremely slow growing. Very pretty holly berries are produced only on female shrubs and require pollination from a male. (can plant multiple female shrubs to one male shrub) Prefers a moist location.
Height: 4"-12"
Spread: 3' and up to 6'
Bloom Color: White tinged with pink bell-shaped dainty flowers
Season of Bloom: Spring
Other Notes: A low growing woody groundcover. Flowers are followed by small red fruit. Glossy bright green foliage turns reddish in winter. Evergreen, shrubby ground cover. Can planted in shade, part sun, or sun.
Height: 6"-12"
Spread: 2'-4'
Bloom Color: White tinged with pink bell-shaped dainty flowers followed by red berries in Fall
Season of Bloom: Spring
Other Notes: A disease resistant selection with smaller leaves. Excellent evergreen groundcover native to the U.S. with fine foliage and scarlet red fruit. Thrives in sandy soil and hot sun.
Variety: 'Panchito'
Height: 10"-15"
Spread: 3' and up to 6'
Bloom Color: Tiny white bell-shaped flowers
Season of Bloom: Spring
Fall Foliage: Red-purplish in good light
Other Notes: A low growing woody groundcover. Outstanding selection of a native, broadleaf evergreen from the Uncompaghre Plateau in western Colorado. Tiny, waxy, white, urn-shaped flowers are very appealing. Small red berries can be produced on established plants. Plant in well-drained soil. Drought tolerant once established. Can also be grown in part sun.
Spread: 3'-4'
Exposure: Shade, morning sun, full sun
Other Notes: White spring flowers are followed by showy clusters of bright orange berries that hold through winter. Plant in a place where it won't receive drying winter winds. A good candidate for espalier against a wall or fence.
Height: 4'-5'
Spread: 5'-6'
Exposure: Full to part sun.
Other Notes: 'Rosy Lights' is a dark rose-pink. A spectacular display of fragrant flowers are produced in late May or early June. Flower buds are winter hardy to -45°F. From the University of Minnesota. Zone 4. Likes moist, well-drained, acidic soil.
Height: 3'
Spread: 3'-4'
Exposure: Full sun.
Other Notes: Traditional drought tolerant yucca. Creamy yellow flower spikes in summer. Drought tolerant.
Spread: 3'-4'
Exposure: Full sun.
Other Notes: A decorative variegated yucca. Leaves are edged in bright yellow. Drought tolerant. Creamy flower spikes in summer.
Height: 3'-5'
Spread: 3'-5'
Exposure: Does best in shady or morning sun locations.
Other Notes: Deep green in summer. Takes on a bronze color in winter. Rounded form. Plant in a place where it will not receive a lot of wind exposure as this causes browning. Prefers a moist spot.
Junipers are a versatile group of evergreens. Some stay very low to provide a wide groundcover while others are tall and can be used as evergreen screens. Some have a silvery blue cast while others are deep green. They all do well here and are quite drought tolerant once established. However, Colorado has very drying winter winds that can be tough on evergreens. Although they do well in a windy, exposed spot—it is essential to give them winter water for best performance.
Blue, green, and golden foliage types. Note: Some WILL change color in winter.
Height: 8"-12"
Spread: 4'-6'
Exposure: Sun
Other Notes: Very low growing with a moderate spread. Silvery blue foliage has an arching habit. Turns a plum color in the winter.
Height: 18"-24"
Spread: 3'-4'
Exposure: Sun to Part Sun
Other Notes: Dwarf form with silvery-blue needles that are shorter than other types of juniper. They cluster into a star-like shape. Does best when planted in a location that is protected from winter wind.
Height: 12"-18"
Spread: 6'-8'
Exposure: Sun
Other Notes: Low growing with a large spread. Bright foliage gives a blast of green especially in the height of winter. Juniper berries are blue.
Height: 12"-18"
Spread: 6'-8'
Exposure: Sun
Other Notes: Low growing variety with a large spread. Steel-blue foliage during warm months. Takes on a purple tinge in winter.
Height: 3'-4'
Spread: 4'-6'
Exposure: Sun
Other Notes: New growth is a bright yellow. Good shrub for contrast.
Height: 6'-15'
Spread: 6'-10'
Exposure: Sun
Other Notes: A large shrub or small tree. Deep, dark green, and DENSE! Very nice selection for a smaller space. Upright, broad shape at maturity. Showy buds in winter stand out against deep green foliage. Plant in well drained soil.
Height: 3'
Spread: 3'
Exposure: Sun
Other Notes: Grows in a low dense dome shape. Dwarf in habit. Stays compact even without annual pruning. Plant in well drained soil.
Height: 3'-4'
Spread: 3'-4'
Exposure: Sun
Other Notes: A high quality evergreen garden shrub with an extremely dense, mounded habit of growth throughout its life, very compact and slow growing, rugged and hardy.
Height: 2'
Spread: 4'
Exposure: Sun
Other Notes: Dark green needles with a short, broad form. Derives its name from the fact that, in winter, each terminal bud is covered in white resin. Against the green needles, this trait gives it a 'frosted' effect. Plant in well drained soil.
Height: 3'-4'
Spread: 4'-6'
Exposure: Partial Sun
Other Notes: Unique evergreen shrub with soft, blue-green needles and mounded form. Great shrub for borders. Partial sun, moist, well-drained soil.
Height: 3'
Spread: 4'
Exposure: Morning or Filtered Sun
Other Notes: An unusual pine that will become wider than tall with age. This dwarf evergreen has an open, irregular habit. Another great candidate for bonsai enthusiasts. Very slow growing. Will take at least 10 years to reach mature size. Plant in well-drained soil.
Height: 3'-5'
Spread: 4'-5'
Exposure: Sun to Part Sun
Other Notes: Beautiful round shrub form of blue spruce. Requires winter water and likes consistent moisture during the growing season.
Height: 3'
Spread: 2'-3'
Exposure: Sun to Part Sun
Other Notes: A beautiful dwarf spruce, broad, dense and slow growing. Light green foliage on spreading branches rises up slightly with nodding tips. A distinctive plant for rock gardens or specimen use. Hardy, best in full sun or minimal shade.
Height: 18"-24"
Spread: 18"-24"
Exposure: Sun to Part Sun
Other Notes: Globe-shaped dwarf spruce with light green needles on compact branches. Requires winter water. Does best in a location that does not receive drying winter winds. Great shrub for small space. Provide consistent moisture and well-drained soil.
Height: 4'-6'
Spread: 4'-6'
Exposure: Shade or morning sun.
Other Notes: Dense rounded form. Provide consistent moisture and site in a location that is protected from drying winter winds. Caution: Yew seeds within the bright red berries and foliage are poisonous. Keep away from children.


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10 September 2010
Carrie Schonhoff
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It happens when you least expect it. At some point when a Scrum team is just forming (despite training, agreeing on team rules, and doing some team building), most teams experience a meltdown. The good news is that once the meltdown has passed, these same teams really start to understand the Scrum framework.
This phenomenon is not unique to Scrum. I think it happens to all of us when faced with a change that we are not prepared for. I remember when my company changed its health insurance coverage and doubled the premium. I had a meltdown! I started thinking, "How could this happen?" "I had no idea!" "Why do we have to pay that much?" Once I talked to a couple of people and commiserated with them, I began to accept the fact that I had no choice and this was the way it was going to be from now on. I moved on. After I got over the initial shock, the changes from Human Resources didn't seem as harsh – I understood that changes to benefits were a given.
This is how it is with Scrum. We often react defensively as a kneejerk reaction to the changes Scrum brings. It challenges the way we've thought about not only projects, but how we have worked in the past as well. We're forced to confront the big picture we've been sheltered from, yet we find it hard to see it clearly. We aren't sure how to problem-solve. And now that no one is feeding us our tasks, we are supposed to think of what to do on our own. It can be overwhelming. But once we get past our initial fear, we began to feel the energy and the possibilities that Scrum brings. With Scrum, we not only get used to the idea of constant change but we actually begin to enjoy it. Scrum is a chance to do something new, to think about things in a different way than we have in the past. It's like moving to a new city—a fresh start. It's challenging to be sure. But instead of wasting time thinking about why we don't like the change, we can think about how we can make the change be a positive one. We own the change; we take charge of what needs to get done. We work together to accomplish the stories and projects. It's powerful. It can take a team to the next level of efficiency and productivity. Self-organizing, empowered team members make the project a success. To get team members to that powerful stage, however, we need to help them embrace the Scrum methodology and dump the fears they have. The most explosive meltdowns I have seen happened because the team members felt threatened. They react with cries of "You're not my boss!" "You can't tell me what to do!" "Why did they take the project that I've been working on?" "That's my job." I can't tell you how many times I have had to say, "It's not about me. It's not about you. It's about the work."
Job one, then, is to build trust and respect. Until those elements are in place, Scrum doesn't truly resonate with teams. It's not always easy to achieve, but it's worth the effort.
From my experience working with new teams, I've compiled a list of tips on how to get through (and possibly avoid) the meltdowns:
One thing I've learned is that this change to Scrum is worth it. There are challenges, yes, but the rewards are great.
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Robert Gifford, 1st Baron Gifford(1779-1826), Judge
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Robert Gifford, 1st Baron Gifford, was called to the Bar in 1812 and practised law on the Western Circuit. He rose rapidly, and in 1817, he became Solicitor General. Gifford entered Parliament later that year, and was appointed Attorney General two years later. In 1821, he addressed the House of Lords in support of the Bill of Pains and Penalties that was brought against Queen Caroline. He was raised to the peerage as Baron Gifford in 1824 and was made Lord Chief Justice of the court of Common Pleas. It was expected that he would become the next Lord Chancellor, but he died from cholera at the age of forty-seven.
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Vicki Banta
August 29, 1953 - January 13, 2013
Vicki Jane Banta was born August 29, 1953 to Lillie Anne Whittaker (Vrana) and Robert Joshua Whittaker. She was born in OKC, OK. She attended Southern Nazarene University and University of Central Oklahoma majoring in the field of Social Service and Gerontology. She also worked at the First National Bank in OKC and the Community Bank in Bethany. Vicki also owned and operated the Whatever's Clever Thrift Store in Bethany. Later Vicki became a full time caregiver for family
members.Vicki was affiliated St Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, OKC, OK.Vicki considered her greatest achievement to be the birth of her two wonderful children, Philip and Nicole. Preceded in death by: Father, Robert Joshua Whittaker. She is survived by her mother, Lillie Anne Whittaker of OKC; son, Philip Banta & wife Melissa of OKC; daughter, Nicole Griffin & husband Jeff of Edmond; three brothers; Robert "Mike" Whittaker & wife Sherry of OKC, Dennis Whittaker & wife Julie of OKC, Jeff Whittaker of OKC, Grandchildren; Bradley Routt, Aidon & Phoenix Banta; Noah, Oliver & Ethan Griffin.Vicki had an infectious smile and was known by friends and family for her compassionate heart. She was fun loving. Vicki enjoyed and taught aerobic dancing classes. She was very inventive and full of ideas. She loved animals and never turned away a stray. Her children, grandchildren, family and friends will miss her. A memorial service will be held Thursday, January 17th at 2:00 pm at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church.
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The G4 absorption of TechTV was not a happy one. Here was a 'hip with the kids' network devoted to gaming devouring a respectable channel with tons of tech-related content. The path was complicated, but many of the TechTV staff left on word that they'd have to relocate from their San Francisco home to Los Angeles, among them Leo Laporte, who would later form the This Week in Tech network of video/podcasts. Leo seems like a real nice guy, but a recent remark about his former labelmates came across as quite uncouth.
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I had a lot of respect for Laporte when he stepped away from the G4/TechTV mess and even as I'd given up on his weekly show of geriatrics trying to understand why people would post pictures on their Facebook, I could still understand where he was coming from. But when asked whether he would let recently-ex-G4'er Adam Sessler or former Attack of the Show co-host Kevin Pereira on his TWiT, he replied with the snort above.
Leo Laporte, what the fuck does that mean?
We had some brief time with Adam Sessler during the Noobz premiere and he comes across as a genuinely fantastic guy. I can't endorse Pereira's work, but he can't be all bad, either. I have no idea why Laporte would make the goofy-shit stance that former G4 staffers, some of whom stayed on just so they'd have a paycheck, deserve such a blacklisting. Shame on you, for being so melodramatic and outright malicious to some of your former co-workers. Later, Laporte specified:
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That's still a trashy way to treat anyone, Leo. Meanwhile, Sessler and Pereira? You're welcome any time over at the FleshEatingZipper.


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Let's get right to the main course…
#1 : Stormclouds are semi-brewing about Danville's Mayor Sherman Saunders and some irregularities at Pittsylvania County Community Action. An ex-employee has came out with a story on what allegedly happened behind the scenes and it's not very friendly to Saunders. I'm not sure if it's anything so far, but I'm looking into it.
#2 : (Official) Happy Trails to Danville's "Wings & Things" restaurant in Sherwood Shopping Center. They had been closed for remodeling for 6+ months and now they're closed for good.
#3 : Who's out at the Danville Register & Bee now that Media General has sold their newspaper business to Berkshire Hathaway? Things will change even though the R&B was clear in saying that Warren Buffett believes in paywalls. One thing is for sure… you can kiss WSLS-TV out of a lot of Danville coverage since they relied on the R&B for the majority of what happened here. Perhaps a local TV station could cover more than the car wreck of the day. Nah, who the hell am I kidding?
#4 : An inside political source noticed the conspicuous absence & mdntion of State Senator Bill Stanley at the local Bill Bolling For Governor rally in Danville. There's no public word from Stanley yet, but I'm betting that he's supporting Ken Cuccinelli for the nomination. In another related thought to that rally, I saw US Senate candidate E.W. Jackson there that night, but he quickly disappeared after everybody declared their support for George Allen. When Jackson & his assistant left, that eliminated 2/3 of the black people in the room.
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Chinese artist, Liu Bolin has devoted himself to the fine art of camouflage. He spends countless hours perfecting the invisible poses used in his photographic portraiture. In fact, he spent three months creating his 'Hiding in the City - Dragon Series' in Beijing's Behei Park , a project he completed in late 2010.
The 37-year-old Liu Bolin is from Shandong, China and has an impressive resume including a large number of group showings as well as solo shows. Liu Bolin is a gifted artist who has made his life's work calling into question what it means to be "seen."
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By Todd Barron @ FoodieCuisine.com
Mo's Restaurant in Burbank, California has been serving food since 1995. Mo's offers hamburgers (complete with a hamburger bar), sandwiches, and several other American style entrees. During my visit for a quick business lunch, I order the special, a brisket Reuben. The waiter tells me how the brisket is homemade.
Given how I am a BBQ cook myself, the thought of a homemade brisket has my mouth watering. If you cook brisket properly, it has an amazing flavor and is quite tender.
My sandwich comes out after about 10 minutes and looks amazing. The sauerkraut is not too tangy but adds a nice bite to the overall flavor. The dressing on the sandwich is spot on with just enough sweetness. The brisket, wow, the brisket is wonderful. It is very tender, juicy, and is bursting with beef flavor.
I am very pleased with my sandwich and can't wait to make it myself at home the next time I smoke a brisket.


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|What is Myopia, Hyperopia, Astigmatism, Presbypia?
One's eyes can be myopic, hyperopic, astigmatic, presbyopic or a combination. Your eye doctor will check your prescription and this will determine your refractive state. Below is an explanation of the different refractive states.
One's eyes can be myopic, hyperopic, astigmatic, presbyopic or a combination. Your eye doctor will check your prescription and this will determine your refractive state. Below is an explanation of the different refractive states.
Refractive Conditions
Myopia (nearsightedness)
Myopia is a refraction condition that is caused by the eye elongating beyond the normal length or the eye's power is too strong. When the eye grows longer than normal the image in the eye is focused in front of the retina. If the eye's power is too strong then the image is focus in front of the retina. This will cause blurred vision at distance and clear vision at near. So a person with nearsightedness is visually designed to see clearly at near.
There is a strong inheritance pattern to nearsightedness. There is also a link between nearsightedness and industrialized countries like the United States.
Treatment for myopia (nearsightedness) is glasses, contact lenses or refractive surgery.
Hyperopia (farsightedness)
Hyperopia is a refraction condition that is caused by the eye not growing to the normal length or the eye's power is too weak. When the eye is too small the image of the image is focused behind the retina. If the eye's power is too weak then the image is focused behind the retina. This means that the eye has to focus to bring the image of the world into clear view. The eye is more comfortable and will see better at distance then at near. So when one has to focus at near this will typically cause eye strain, blurred vision, headaches and possible double vision. The image may still be clear however, the eye has to work overtime to make the vision good.
Patients that are hyperopic often require reading glasses. However, if the hyperopia is moderate to high then glasses for full time wear are typically prescribed.
As one ages, especially around the age of 40, hyperopic patients will notice a decrease in their near vision. This is because between the ages of 40-42 one enters into presbyopia and loses the ability to focus at near. This is normal and happens to everyone, however, farsighted people are more affected by this change.
Treatment for hyperopia (farsightedness) is glasses, contact lenses or refractive surgery.
Astigmatism is when the eye is oblong. This causes a distortion in one's vision at both distance and near. Think of the eye as a basketball. When one steps on the basketball it becomes oblong, just like astigmatism. Another comparison is that astigmatism is similar to the shape of a football, oblong.
Treatment for astigmatism is glasses, contact lenses or refractive surgery.
Presbyopia occurs when the lens loses its ability to change shape and focus at near. This is a slow process which starts around the age of 42 and stops around the age of 60. It is at this time in one's life that they will notice things at near just aren't as clear as they once were (blurred near vision.) One will tend to hold reading material farther away. The treatment for presbyopia is reading glasses, bifocal glasses or monovision contact lenses or bifocal contact lenses.
Refractive surgery will not fix presbyopia. Everyone will lose the ability to focus at near. Refractive surgery can only correct vision for a specific distance, either distance or near. Most people want their distance vision clear. However, there is a procedure called mono-vision where one eye is corrected for distance and the other eye corrected for near. This and initial be difficult to adapt to however, one will test mono-vision out with contact lenses prior to refractive surgery.
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A VICIOUS attack which left a teenager lying bloodied in the middle of the road has today been condemned.
The 15-year-old was attacked after getting got off a Metro train at East Boldon station on Sunday night.
He was set upon by three men in nearby Station Road, and left with serious injuries to his face.
After being taken to South Tyneside District Hospital for treatment, he was transferred to Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI).
He remains in hospital, where police say he is a stable condition.
The teenager got on the Metro at Monument station in Newcastle, and was travelling home to Boldon. He was attacked at 8.40pm.
Officers are looking for three men in their late 20s or early 30s who they think followed him off the train and attacked him.
Police were called to the scene and found the bloodied victim lying in the middle of the road.
Coun Jeff Milburn, Tory ward member for Cleadon and East Boldon, said the attack was simply unacceptable.
He said: "We don't have a lot of crime in Cleadon and East Boldon and that is the way we'd like to keep it.
"If three men have followed a boy off the Metro and attacked him – for what sounds like no reason – it is totally unacceptable and won't be tolerated by our community.
"There will be CCTV from the Metro, I'm sure. When police get their hands on that, whoever did this will hopefully be caught and brought to justice."
One of the Labour representatives for the ward, Coun Margaret Meling, branded the attack "atrocious".
She said: "This sounds like an extremely serious attack, and violent crime is not welcome in East Boldon.
"If a young boy has been attacked by three men then it is dreadful. It is an atrocious thing to do.
"My thoughts are with him and his family, and I hope whoever did it is caught and punished."
Neighbourhood Inspector Dave Hudson said: "The victim sustained serious facial injuries as a result of the attack and was taken to South Tyneside General Hospital then the RVI for treatment.
"He is now in a stable condition and our inquiries into the attack are ongoing.
"We believe he may have been followed by three men who also got off at the same station."
A spokesman for British Transport Police said it would supply any CCTV footage that might aid the investigation.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101 ext 69191, or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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Do you guys realize what just happened there?
You guys, we can't just do things like that. We can't say Gungor, awesome. Isn't Jesus great? Yeah!
Jesus is just in such a different category. I don't want my name in the same sentence as Jesus. I get caught up in this is awesome, that is awesome, oh yeah, Jesus is awesome.
I'm here, you're here, the musicians are up here all because of one being. We say that name Jesus all the time, but we can't let that name be common.
I want us to just stop right now and think about who He is who created us all and died for us all. I want to do something very sacred and just talk to him right now.
I just want to pray, to have still, quiet time.
I was looking at my notes from last year because that would be embarrassing if I gave the same talk again. Last year I told you the Trader Joe's story about how their refrigerators broke down right after we announced we had no meat for our outreach to serve thousands of meals.
So this year we're doing the same conference again, and the kitchen manager says to me we only have enough meat for one day. Half an hour after the staff meeting we get a call from Trader Joe's. They had a power outage.
We're like no way. It's just so nice to know he's with us, and he's leading us.
This last year there's just been miracle after miracle. I've never had a year where I've had so many miracles. I met with some guys just to type them out. We had the greatest time of celebration for hours. These crazy, crazy stories.
The thing is, even with all of the things that happened and all of these people we've been reaching out to. My ministry is in inner city San Francisco. On Sundays we sing for 10 minutes. I speak for 10 minutes, and then we go out for two hours to these apartment buildings and do outreach. And then we get back together after two hours and talk about what happened.
A couple of weeks ago my daughter called me. She's freaking out. She asked this guy to read his Bible when she visited him. She asked him to read Ephesians 1 and 2. And she goes back the next week and asks if he read it. He said this morning, I get this weird text message, and I pushed this button and the phone starts reading Ephesians 1 and 2.
These things just keep happening over and over and over.
But this thing is driving me crazy. The people still don't repent. It's just unbelievable. I wish I could say there's hundreds of people showing up who have turned from their addictions and we're going to baptize them right now. It's like two.
It's frustrating. It got me thinking about thinks. I'm seeing God work. God revealed to me at one point that I was worshipping revival more than I was worshipping Jesus.
The Bible doesn't promise revival. In 1 Timothy 4, he promises the opposite. He says people will be lovers of themselves and not teach sound doctrine.
He says go and make disciples. He doesn't say there will be revival. He says he will be with you.
There's this thrill of knowing we are walking with Jesus.
There's probably plenty of you in here that have had a discouraging year. As much as I've seen God do, it's been a discouraging year. I'm exhausted. But it's not about that.
Are you walking closely with Jesus? Are you living by faith?
I think at the end when you see Jesus, I think you're going to be surprised. I think who God looks at and says, "Well done," will surprise you. "Man, you made those 8 disciples." And you're like, man, that's all I did. We're a church of 9. And he's going to say, "Well done. You followed my model."
You see it happening out there. More and more people are saying, man, I need to make disciples.
I got so excited about making disciples and started writing down all of these reasons to make disciples. But then I started thinking and I thought, "We probably don't want everyone in this room making disciples." Because some of you don't really act like Jesus. People don't look at your life and say you're just like Jesus or you remind me of Jesus, so why would we want more of you? What we want is Jesus right? What the world needs is Jesus. What we need is more of Jesus.
What Paul says in 1 Corintihans 11:1 is "Follow my example as I follow the example of Christ." But we know there are people in this room right now who are cheating on their spouses, so why would I tell you, "Go, duplicate yourselves." There are people in here who are greedy, arrogant. Man, some of you don't really love and know Jesus, so why would we multiply that? You see what I'm getting at? So we're supposed to be about Jesus, but maybe we've forgotten that it's about exalting Jesus and making our lives look more and more like him, being selfless and giving ourselves to other people, but if we're not doing that, why would you make a convert that's twice the son of hell that you are?
So look at yourself and ask yourself, "Who am I?" We need to judge ourselves. Are you becoming more and more like Christ, I hope so.
There are times I get so busy and focused on other things that I'm not looking at my life, and I'm not asking if I'm becoming more and more like Jesus. Look at my life as I learn more and more about Jesus.
Part of being like Christ is making disciples. Jesus says, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." He spends his whole life making disciples, gets nailed to a cross, rises, and says go and start making disciples. So as we follow his example, we live a life of disciple making.
The church has to get back to making this the primary thing, right. If I'm going to be a pastor, then I want to act like Jesus. That's the question. Does he remind you of Jesus. That's what I'm supposed to do. When's the last time you had someone look at you and say, "Follow me ,as I follow the example of Christ."
So why be disciple makers? Well, it's commanded. I should be able to close with that.
Imagine a person rising from the dead and saying every bit of authority on heaven and earth belongs to you. And he prefaces that by saying, "Go and make disciples."
I get concerned. Again, "Be hearers of the Word, right?" No, be doers of the word, and not just hearers who deceive themselves.
We're hearing tough messages, but what are we doing? Walking away sad isn't achieving something. That's what the rich young ruler did.
I'm not trying to make anyone feel guilty. That's the last thing I want. Repent. Change.
I do it because I love the lost.
Paul says, "Be imitators of me as I am of Christ." RIght before that he says, whatever you do, eat or drink do it all to the glory of God, not to Jews or Greeks or the church of God, but I try to be all things to all people. Be imitators of me as I imitate Christ.
That's a weird thing to say. He's saying he's a people pleaser. He's trying to make everyone like him so that he might win some.
Let's admit it. I just want us to be honest. Don't you hate sharing your faith? Don't you hate it? Wouldn't you rather do just about anything than go up to a stranger and share your faith.
It doesn't make sense because based on what I know in Scripture this guy is going to spend eternity in hell because I don't want to talk to him about Jesus. I used to feel this as a pastor. I'm just so scared to talk to them about JEsus because I don't want them to reject me.
This pastor is telling me about this christmas program where people are spending 20 hours a week rehearsing. And I said, wouldn't that time be better spent just getting to know their neighbors? And he said, yes, but people won't do that.
That made sense to me then. Now I realize we don't change the system because it's hard.
Scripture says "Go, make disciples."
Paul tells Timothy not to be so scared. Paul asks for prayer from the Ephesians for boldness.
We do this also so that our people will experience God. Don't you want your people to experience God? That's one thing I can guarantee. I don't know if we will get that many people, but we will experience God. That's what Jesus says, he'll be with us when we're making disciples. He sends his Spirit so that we can make disciples.
This is it. This is the huge conclusion.
We've all heard the stats, right, how many of the kids walk away from the Lord when they turn 18. No one knows what the real number is, but let's go on what seems to be the low end: 60%. 60% of kids who grow up in church will ditch it at 18. I've got 5 kids, so if I played the odds, three of them will not walk with the Lord by the time they hit college? Are we okay with at?
When my daughter wasn't following the Lord, I prayed and balled my eyes out. SO I'm looking at the church, and my five kids and I'm saying, so three of them? We've got to have the experience God. We're raising disciple makers.
My daughter is experiencing God. The excitement on her face when she comes home after going out and trying to make disciples. MY daughter sees a homeless lady and asks if she can get her a cheeseburger, goes in gets a a double double and asks if she can sit and have lunch with her. So she sits down and starts laying out the Gospel to this lady, and the lady goes, "This is so weird. Two months ago this guy came up to me and started talking to me about Jesus, and I was thinking about him as you were walking up and this guy told me about this pastor moved to San Francisco and started this ministry." And my daughter goes, "Is his name Francis Chan? That's my dad." Is there any chance onEarth?
We have got to make disciples so that our kids follower our examples. We experience the presence of God. And our kids, we don't just keep them from all of the "bad people" they experience God. My daughter is going off today. I'm not scared anymore. I see how my daughter lives. I go wow, God. You love her. She's starting to experience you.
I don't know how we're going to get back there, how we say I'm just going to worship Jesus and become like Jesus and then just start talking to these people that I'm afraid to talk to. We've gotta get the church back to this.
We've got these people still coming back week after week who should be teachers who are saying, "You didn't feed me enough." I trained my daughter so that she can get her own job, have a family, not coming back asking for allowance. We've got to be training people and equipping people and saying go, start making disciples now.
That's my prayer. SOmehow we've got to get back to that. It starts with leaders. We ourselves don't go out and share the Gospel. We've got to get back to that.
We've got to do what they did in the Bible. They prayed and the earth shook. I worship the same God. But the issue isn't the earthquake. THe issue is they were filled with the Holy Spirit. I would like us to have a prayer just for power, that we would walk out of this room more courageous.


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Balfour and Meriwether in The Incident of the Harrowmoor Dogs
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Book Description: When a private Envoy of the queen and a member of Lord Carmichael's discreet service goes missing, Balfour and Meriwether are asked to look into the affair. They will find a labyrinth of dreams, horrors risin from hell, prophecy, sexual perversion, and an abandoned farmhouse on the moors outside of Harrowmoor Sanitarium. The earth itself will bare its secrets and the Empire itself will tremble in the face of the hidden dangers they discover, but the greatest peril is the one they have brought with them.
Balfour and Meriwether in The Incident of the Harrowmoor Dogs is the first novella-lenght work in the Balfour and Meriwether stories by Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award-nominated author Daniel Abraham.
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Fasting to Obey God, for God-consciousness and for Purification
Fasting is primarily an act of obedience by which we seek to please God. We are asked to fast in every major religion. Since we believe God requires fasting of us, we fast.
However, the reasons for fasting are numerous. Since fasting for God is a personal exercise, we could find a different reason for each fast. In fact, scholars, theologian, sages and saints have enumerated many benefits without exhausting the list.
Fasting as a religious act increases our sensitivity to that mystery always and everywhere present to us. It is an invitation to awareness, a call to compassion for the needy, a cry of distress, and a song of joy. It is a discipline of self-restraint, a ritual of purification, and a sanctuary for offerings of atonement. It is a wellspring for the spiritually dry, a compass for the spiritually lost, and inner nourishment for the spiritually hungry. [Fr. Thomas Ryan].
Fasting kills the desire of the self and the appetite of greed, and from it comes purity of the heart, purification of the limbs, cultivation of the inner and the outer being, thankfulness for blessings, charity to the poor, increase of humble supplication, humility, weeping and most of the ways of seeking refuge in God; and it is the reason for the breaking of aspiration, the lightening of evil things, and the redoubling of good deeds. It contains benefits which cannot be counted. It is enough that we mention some of them to the person who understands and is given success in making use of fasting, if God wills. [Imam Ja'far Al-Sadiq, The Lantern of the Path, Fasting].
When we read Scripture, we may read a passage ten times and find a deeper meaning each time. So it is with fasting. As we grow in purity, wisdom and God-consciousness, each fast takes us into deeper understanding.
The following are just nineteen reasons for fasting.
1. Divine Commands to Fast
The Mahabharata, Torah, Gospels and Qur'an prescribe fasting as a religious practice.
The man who teaches another the merit of fasts have never to suffer any kind of misery. The ordinances about fasts, in their due order, O son of Kunti, have flowed from the great Rishi Angiras. The man who daily reads these ordinances or hears them read, becomes freed from sins of every kind. Not only is such a person freed from every calamity, but his mind becomes incapable of being touched by any kind of fault. Such a person succeeds in understanding the sounds of all creatures other than human, and acquiring eternal fame, become foremost of his species. [Mahabharata, Book 13, Section CVI].
The LORD said to Moses, "The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. Hold a sacred assembly and deny yourselves, and present a food offering to the LORD . . . This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live. [Leviticus 23:26-32 (NIV)].
Jesus answered, "How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast. [Matthew 9:15 (NIV) ].
He [Jesus] does not . . .expressly enjoin either fasting, giving of alms, or prayer; but his directions how to fast, to give alms, and to pray, are of the same force with such injunctions. For the commanding us to do anything thus, is an unquestionable command to do that thing . . . Consequently, the saying, "Give alms, pray, fast" in such a manner, is a clear command to perform all those duties . . . [John Wesley, Sermon 27, Upon our Lord's Sermon on the Mount].
. . . when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. [Matthew 6:16-18 (NIV)].
O YOU who have attained to faith! Fasting is ordained for you as it was ordained for those before you, so that you might remain conscious of God: [Quran 2:183].
2. Spiritual Awareness and God-consciousness
Perhaps the most esoteric and wondrous purpose for fasting is to come nearer to God. Though our stomachs and bank accounts may be full, we can still experience an insatiable spiritual appetites that cannot be quenched by transient pleasures and possessions.
Sharpen thy sickle, which thou hast blunted through gluttony—sharpen it by fasting. Lay hold of the pathway which leads towards heaven . . . And how mayest thou be able to do these things? By subduing thy body, and bringing it into subjection. For when the way grows narrow, the corpulence that comes of gluttony is a great hindrance. Keep down the waves of inordinate desires. Repel the tempest of evil thoughts. Preserve the bark; display much skill, and thou hast become a pilot. But we shall have the fast for a groundwork and instructor in all these things. [St. Chrysostom: On the Priesthood; Ascetic Treatises].
Something in the process of spiritual fasting elevates our consciousness, carrying us into closer relationship with the Divine Reality, and providing an extraordinarily satisfying encounter with God.
As bodily food fattens the body, so fasting strengthens the soul. Imparting it an easy flight, it makes it able to ascend on high, to contemplate lofty things, and to put the heavenly higher than the pleasant and pleasurable things of life. [St. John Chrysostom].
3. Purification of the Soul
Excessive indulgence in worldly pleasures increases irreverent frivolity, disregard of sacred matters, and forgetfulness of our deeper aspirations.
The right practice of abstinence is needful not only to the mortification of the flesh but also to the purification of the mind. For the mind then only keeps holy and spiritual fast when it rejects the food of error and the poison of falsehood. [St. Leo the Great].
. . . every wise man will refrain his soul, and keep it low; will wean it more and more from all those indulgences of the inferior appetites, which naturally tend to chain it down to earth, and to pollute as well as debase it. Here is another perpetual reason for fasting; to remove the food of lust and sensuality, to withdraw the incentives of foolish and hurtful desires, of vile and vain affections. [John Wesley, The Works of John Wesley, "Upon Our Lord's Sermon on The Mount"].
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The fashion world saw the resurgence of boots in 2009 and they have become more common and the wedge boot is one of the must have boots. Wedge suede boots can lend a casual sophistication to an outfit or they can dress down that austere look of a formal dress.
The wedge boot, especially of the tall variety is best worn with skinny jeans or leggings that are tucked in. The ultimate casual look is wearing a vest or a casual tee with a small jacket or the blazers that are currently in- those with the turned up three-quarter sleeves. To dress up the look, wear a dressier top without a jacket. For example, if you are going to dinner and to the club after, you can wear a sequined black camisole top with a blazer in a bright or pastel hue and dark leggings tucked into the boots. After dinner, you can remove the jacket and the boots translate the look to a more casual outfit. For a softer look, you can wear a vest and a waterfall cardigan with a belt.
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Ten of his U.S. Ryder Cup teammates along with two from the victorious European side will join Tiger Woods for his annual World Challenge at Sherwood Country Club from Nov. 29-Dec. 2 in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Woods is the defending champion of the event, which is in its 14th year.
Only Phil Mickelson will be missing among the U.S. Ryder Cup team, as major champions Bubba Watson and Webb Simpson are part of the 18-man field, as is FedEx Cup champion Brandt Snedeker.
European stars Ian Poulter and Graeme McDowell -- who defeated Woods in a playoff at the 2010 tournament -- also will compete for the $1 million first-place prize, along with Rickie Fowler, Jason Day, Hunter Mahan, Bo Van Pelt and Nick Watney.
The other U.S. Ryder Cup team members in the field are Dustin Johnson, Zach Johnson -- who was runner-up to Woods at the World Challenge a year ago -- Keegan Bradley, Jim Furyk, Steve Stricker, Jason Dufner and Matt Kuchar.
The tournament announced that Northwestern Mutual has signed on as a presenting sponsor after Chevron ended its run as title sponsor of last year's tournament.
The event benefits the Tiger Woods Foundation, and Woods in the past has donated his prize money to it. He has won the tournament five times and said last year's win -- his first anywhere in more than two years -- propelled him to a three-victory season on the PGA Tour in 2012.
"It gave me a lot of confidence, there's no doubt," Woods said during a conference call Wednesday. "Winning it, yes, but also the way I did it and who I beat. To go head-to-head with Zach like that, he is not the kind of guy who is going to go away...
"Birdieing the last two holes, that gave me a huge shot of confidence going into this year."
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Now that summer has finally arrived, you may be disappointed to learn that your favorite hike is still under snow. Last winter's storms have led to a massive snowpack and late snow melt, which means that some trails are just emerging from snow, while others remain buried.
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Color: He is a medium sorrel with a freeze branded T+ on right thigh and a star
Type of Riding: I have only had him for about 5 months and am in the procces of training him but i plan to do mostly speed events, maybey a little working cow and some showing
My Horse's Achievements: At county fair at his second show he got first place in 4-5 year old QH geldings
My Horse's Favorite Treat: Poky loves mollases or honey
My Horse's Favorite Things To Do: Poco loves working with cows
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My Horse's motto: i'll just take one more bite and then i'll work
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The English maker of software modem technology for digital TV reception, has said gotten Intel to create it a motherboard to broadcast television signals. Mirics will demonstrate the Intel DH61AG desktop motherboard with dual-tuner digital terrestrial TV mini-card at Computex 2011 in Taipei.
Intel's DH61AG Mini-ITX motherboard is designed for multimedia entertainment. It has been built by Yuan High-Tech Development Co from an MC002 mini-card that includes dual tuners and the FlexiTV software modem and digital platform that can be plugged into the motherboard, thus enabling digital terrestrial TV reception across all global standards. Michelle Johnston, general manager of Intel's channel platform division said that customers want to manage and view broadcast television content at any time and the addition of Mirics' FlexiTV to our the DH61AG Mini-ITX motherboard is part of a plan for cheap, integrated, rich multimedia capabilities.
The display shows live standard definition (SD) and high definition (HD) content from terrestrial broadcast sources. Using standard playback software such as Windows Media Center, through the dual-tuner design, users can view and record multiple live TV stations simultaneously on PCs equipped with the motherboard and integrated mini-card.
Simon Atkinson, CEO, Mirics said: "Coupling Intel's multimedia offering with the Mirics' global broadcast TV, tied to the motherboard, makes for a compelling package."
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I've seen this plant in an article about posionous plants and i have one in my garden, can anyone identify it please?
thanks you
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I've seen this plant in an article about posionous plants and i have one in my garden, can anyone identify it please?
thanks you
15 Aug 2013 12:00
solomons seal
15 Aug 2013 12:01
Solomon's Seal. Not poisonous as far as I know
15 Aug 2013 12:05
Looks good as a cut flower. Mine get eaten by the grey caterpiller of the sawfly, be warned!
15 Aug 2013 12:10
Was featured on the poisonous garden at Alnwick yesterday on a-z of gardening
15 Aug 2013 12:34
Contains saponins but in a fairly small amount. Also contains a small amount of the cardiac glycoside, convallamarin, but the quantity is so small that there are no reported cases of poisoning. Ingestion of a very large quantity would be required but the plant is frequently subject to predation which means that it does not form the berries which might be attractive enough to encourage consumption.
No records exist of it causing harm
There is a huge difference between poisonous plants and toxic plants. Many of the things we grow are poisonous, including some of the Vegetables we eat. BUT the quantites needed to cause any harm are often in the stupid range.
15 Aug 2013 12:56
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Michael Cera has dismissed reports he's sitting out of the much-anticipated movie adaptation of TV comedy "Arrested Development," insisting he's on board and can't wait for shooting to start.
The show, which featured Cera, Jason Bateman and Portia De Rossi, was canceled in 2006, but went onto become a cult hit on DVD and TV re-runs, prompting talk of a movie.
Plans were recently put on hold amid rumors Cera has opted out of the film version after finding success in movies "Juno" and "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist."
But Cera insists the movie is on its way, and he's desperate to be a part of it.
He tells Us Weekly magazine, "The script is going to be written soon. I'm looking forward to it."


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What does tickling mean?
Definitions for tickling
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word tickling.
Princeton's WordNet
tickle, tickling, titillation(adj)
the act of tickling
tickling, tingling, titillating(adj)
exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements
That tickles
a tickling sensation
Webster Dictionary
of Tickle
Tickling is the act of touching a part of the body so as to cause involuntary twitching movements and/or laughter. The word "tickle" evolved from the Middle English tikelen, perhaps frequentative of ticken, to touch lightly. The idiom tickled pink means to be pleased or delighted. In 1897, psychologists G. Stanley Hall and Arthur Allin described a "tickle" as two different types of phenomena. One type is caused by very light movement across the skin. This type of tickle, called a knismesis, generally does not produce laughter and is sometimes accompanied by an itching sensation. The question as to why a person could not tickle him/herself was raised by the Greek philosopher, Aristotle. Francis Bacon and Charles Darwin believe that humorous laughter requires a "light" frame of mind. But they differed on ticklish laughter: Darwin thought that the same light state of mind was required, whereas Bacon said no: When tickled, noted Bacon, "men even in a grieved state of mind, yet cannot sometimes forbear laughing." Another type of tickle is the laughter inducing "heavy" tickle, produced by repeatedly applying pressure to "ticklish" areas, and is known as gargalesis. Such sensations can be pleasurable or exciting, but are sometimes considered highly unpleasant, particularly in the case of relentless heavy tickling.
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of tickling in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of tickling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on Sister Margaret Farley's book, Just Love: A Framework for Christian Sexual Ethics, which has been criticized by the Vatican:
No one who ever heard of Margaret Farley and stumbled across her book, Just Love, in a bookstore would consider her a nun. Nor would anyone think she was a nun if he consulted her official Yale biography. That's because she does not identify herself as a nun. But Maureen Dowd calls Farley a nun, and, alas, she is right. More than that, Farley is a nun in the news for writing a book that contradicts Catholic teachings on sexuality. She was also in the news in 1984: she signed a statement paid for by the anti-Catholic organization, Catholics for a Free Choice, that said it was okay to be Catholic and pro-abortion.
In Just Love, Farley makes it clear that she thinks very highly of Michel Foucault
In my new book, Why Catholicism Matters, I recount his lifestyle as an example of what happens when the Catholic virtue of temperance is condemned. "The French Nietzsche," as he was called, declared God, and man, to be "dead." This drug-addicted philosopher had sex with males of all ages, cruised the San Francisco gay scene with abandon, indulged in sadomasochism, intentionally infected as many young boys as he could, and even justified rape. This is Sister Farley's intellectual hero.
It would be instructive to know if Foucault is also Maureen's hero.


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By "mementos," we mean items of clothing they've worn and are now auctioning off for charity. Thanks to eBay and the magic of online shopping, bidding on Khloé's Carven taupe wrap dress means that you're actually doing something for a great cause.
All of the items up for bid—including jackets, dresses, shoes and more—directly benefit Cathy's Kids, a Lamar Odom Foundation. The charity focuses on helping to improve the lives of underprivileged youth who live in the inner cities of New York and Los Angeles, as well as benefitting those families affected by cancer.
Labels up on the bidding block are almost as impressive as the charity itself—ranging from A.L.C. to Roberto Cavalli, and also cover the gambit in terms of style. Some of our faves include this Elizabeth and James simple gray cardi (at a reasonable $31, last we checked) and a pair of killer Dior shades.
The auction ends on January 13, so make sure to pay a visit to the Khlomar eBay store and place a bid while you can. (If you start to have buyer's remorse, just remember that it's for a good cause!).
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Create Long Pins That are Timely & Informative
Timely or informative content always does well on social media. The last pin here is actually one I did for Burnett's Boards two years ago when the whole "which Disney princess are you?" was trending high on social media. It is so long I can't show it all here (just click on the graphic to go to my Pinterest board), but in two years Burnett's Boards has seen her Pinterest followers increase from 500 to over 135,000, and her blog is now one of the top 50 wedding blogs. This pin definitely helped get the ball rolling.
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Not sure this isn't a set-up. Not once does the kid look up at the Jumbotron to see if he's still on camera — as if he knew he would be on throughout the time-out.
It's unembeddable, but you can see it here.
We found an embeddable version:(Warning: The site this link take you to has entries featuring naughty bits. You've been warned.)
This seems to be a more real stadium singalong; from Game 2 of the 2010 World Series.
Tip o' the tam to Kathy S. for the link.


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About George Hay, Min. of Rathven
Biographical Summary
George Hay, born about 1530, was a younger son of William H., fifth of Talla, Tweedsmuir, and Janet Spottiswood of that family. He appears first as rector of Rathven on 10th July 1558, and held the benefice in conjunction with Eddleston by a dispensation from the Pope. He conformed at the Reformaation and retained both charges. On 19th Jan. 1560 he granted the kirk lands of Rathven and Eddleston to his brother William Hay of Barro. On 24th Oct. 1561, at a meeting held in the study of James M'Gill at Edinburgh, he supported the proposal to deprive Queen Mary of the Mass. As min. of Eddleston, he attended the General Assembly, 29th June 1562, when he was app. to preach throughout Carrick along with the Superintendent, John Willock, and another. Knox preached in Kyle, the result of their co-operating labours being a large accession to the Protestant cause and the subscribing of a covenant at Ayr on 4th Sept. Knox mentions that soon afterwards, when the Abbot of Crossraguel presented himself in Maybole to dispute about the Mass, "the voyce of Maister George Hay so effrayed him, that efter ones he wearyed of that exercise." On 8th May 1563 he sold the prebendal manse of Eddleston, on the north side of Rotten Row, at Glasgow, to his brother Andrew, rector of Renfrew. At a later date he signed various charters as Canon of Glasgow. In a minute of the General Assembly, 30th Dec. 1563, he is called " minister to the Privy Council," and in 1564 he is spoken of as "minister to the Court." In 1565 he had a commission from the Assembly to visit kirks, schools, and colleges, to eradicate idolatry, etc., from Dee to Spey. In subsequent Assemblies he took a prominent part and acted on the chief committees and commissions. In 1567 he had a third of the stipend of both his charges on condition that he adequately supplied that at which he did not usually reside, and in 1568 he was sharply rebuked for failing to implement this with respect to Eddleston. On 5th March 1570 he was elected Moderator of Assembly, and desired to be relieved of his duties as commissioner in the north, but that was not done. In 1574 Forsken, Dundurcus, and Bellie were in this charge. In 1575 he was app. commissioner of Caithness. In 1577 he was app. one of the deputies to the General Council at Magdeburg for constituting the Augsburg Confession. Next year, on 25th July, Parliament app. him a Visitor for the College of Aberdeen. In 1585 he appears as commissioner for Banff; died in 1588. He marr. Marion Henderson of the Fordel family, who died Oct. 1577, and had issue —
- George of Rannes, died v.p. ;
- James of Rannes, ancestor of that family, died about 1630 ;
- William, tailor burgess, Edinburgh ;
- Janet.
SOURCE: Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae: the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation, Vol. VI, page 294
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St. Patrick's Day. Not that I was doing anything exciting, other than celebrating my youngest daughter's birthday a day late, but I didn't post. Didn't quilt either. Sigh.
Tomorrow is National Quilting Day. The birthday celebration continues with a visit from my eldest, so I'm guessing not too much quilting will happen in celebration of National Quilting Day. I have heard a request for a Mommy/Daughter visit to Barnes & Noble, which means I will most likely go through the most recent quilting mags. That may be all I do that is quilty tomorrow. I hope not.
I hope you will all celebrate the day in a more suitable manner.
Quilt on!


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Today we went on our first 'family outing' since we arrived. Considering that was 3 1/2 months ago I think it was long over due. When I mean family outing I mean no jobs, nothing to buy, pick up, drop off etc, just family time.
A few months ago at the Wrong Way Cafe I met a man by the name of Trond who owns the Suan Loong Daeng Farm Stay. It is an hours drive from my place so this morning after breakfast we thought why not? Let's go. The fence builders are fine on their own and everyone else is out at the farm so we loaded the kids up and headed out.
As I also do reviews on my website this is where the serious stuff starts!
Suan Loong Daeng Farm Stay is located 13kms west of Nam Yeun along highway 2248 – the large signs make it very easy to spot.
We went to the restaurant first which is open 7 days a week and ordered some chips (75 baht) for the kids and some garlic and pepper squid for Seerung and I to share. (120 baht)
We then went and had a swim in the pool. I think it is usually reserved for guests staying the night but as the place was quiet the staff didn't mind. Marisah got half way in and screamed blue murder because it was too cold and that put any plans that Ariya had of having a swim to rest. While they played around the outside I had a refreshing dip.
We then went and checked out a few of the rooms for this review and also as information for us and any friends who come to visit as finding good places to stay around this area are very few and far between.
The rooms are basic but clean and functional and I would be more then happy to spend a night or two here. Not all the bungalows have a water view. This room is 600 baht a night (but is having air con fitted soon and the price will go up a little).
As it had been almost an hour since we had last eaten we decided it was time for lunch. Western food is such a rarity even Seerung ordered some! A steak for her (comes with chips and salad) for 200 baht and a Pork Schnitzel Cordon Bleu (with chips and salad) for me for 250 baht. A rice and vege soup for the kids was 40 baht. Good sized meals and not to bad on the stomach.
This is the restaurant.
Adjoining it is a bar with pool table.
And of course the toilets!
The place is quiet and relaxing and I would guess quite cool during the hot season. It has some gardens that meander around between the various buildings (Suan Loong Daeng actually translates as Uncle Red's Garden). It would be a good stopping off point if you were planning on visiting ปราสาทเขาพระวิหาร Prasat Khao Phra Viharn


text: New year, new opportunities. Starting in February, Survival Life will publish some of my wit and wisdom on their website. This is a great opportunity to reach a wider audience and earn a few ducats while doing so. As you can imagine, I am thankful to have this opportunity come along and will make the most of it. The plan is to link my articles here as well as post original content on this site. This is a great way to start the year, stay tuned for more details.


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Mira was
a label started by Randall Wood after he left Vee-Jay in June of 1965. Along with
Mira, he also formed Mirwood and Surrey. Apparently, part of the deal when he left Vee-Jay was
that he had control of the Horizon label masters, which Vee-Jay had purchased in 1963. The first album
issued on Mira was actually a reissue of an album that had appeared on the Horizon label. The offices
for the label were at 9028 Sunset Blvd. In Los Angeles.
The Mira label issued pop music, jazz, rock and roll, soundtracks, foreign-language albums, and even an album of gay-oriented humor.
Their first, and biggest, success was with a garage-rock band from Northridge called the Leaves. After releasing several singles by the group starting in 1965, they finally made it to #31 nationally with "Hey Joe" [Mira 222]. Ironically, they had released the same record a year earlier (titled "Hey Joe, Where You Gonna Go?" on Mira 207), but it failed. The group members were Robert Arlin (vocals), Jim Pons (bass), John Beck (guitar), Robert Reiner (guitar), and Tom Ray (drums). After "Hey Joe", which became known as the "fast version" to differentiate it from the slow Tim Rose/Jimi Hendrix treatment, the group enjoyed no further success, although Pons played bass for the Turtles for a time.
Mira issued several albums of pop-jazz by the Afro Blues Quintet, who had little commercial success at the time, and an album of French songs by French actress Catherine Spaak. Mira had another chart single in the summer of 1967 with the Forum's "The River Is Wide" [Mira 232], a folk tune done in a rock- soul rendition. The Forum was a vocal trio, Phil Campos, Rene Nole (the blonde in the photo at left), and Riselle Bain, who hailed from Pasadena. Phil Campos was playing solo at The Ice House in Pasadena when Les Baxter happened to catch his act. Baxter took Campos under his wing and worked with him for a year, adding two more singers and transforming a folk singer into a night club act. Baxter produced the Forum's only album on Mira, and did all the arrangements, also. It was recorded at Sunwest Recording Studios in Los Angeles in May, 1967.
Basically, that was it for chart success on Mira. Other artists on the label included Earl Cosby (Earl Nelson of Bob & Earl, later Jackie Lee on Mirwood), Barry McGuire, Pat Carter, The Darlettes, Warren Baker, Kim Fowley, Bess, Joey Paige, The Living End, The Magic Circle, Rene Bloch, Carol Connors, The Westbrooks, the Family Tree, Alex Lucas, Frank Nelson, Cliff Norton, Bill Snyder, Bob Youngs, Curtis Lee, Rojay Gotee, The Primrose Circus, Gary LeMel (an ex-Vee-Jay artist undoubtedly signed by Randall Wood), and Small World. Lots of artists, 50-some-odd singles, but very little chart success. Mira became inactive in 1968.
|Most of the albums issued on Mira had a black label with silver print, with the logo at the top. At least one of the later albums was pressed with a blue label with silver print, with the same graphics.
Number - Title - Artist - [Release Date] (Chart) Contents
Mira 3000 Series:
LP/LPS-3000 - The Barry McGuire Album - Barry McGuire [1965] One By One/Doo
Dah/Town And Country /The Way You Are/Greenback Dollar/Little Boy//So Long Stay
Well/Banjo/Another Country/The Good Times Is All Done Now/Oh Miss Mary/Old Paint
LP/LPS-3001 - Warren Baker's Hollywood Guitars with Strings and Orchestra - Warren
Baker [1965] It's A Shame/Everybody's Darlin' Plus Mine/The Bridge Washed Out/One Mule
Train/Burning Bridges/Talking To The Night Lights//Lips That Taste Of Honey/Night World/Crystal
Chandelier/Hillbilly Heaven/It's Another World/Once In Every Lifetime
LP/LPS-3002 - Introducing the Afro Blues Quintet...Plus One - Afro Blues Quintet Plus
One [1966] Moses/Liberation/The Monkey Time/Summertime//Jerico/Walk On By/Together/The "In"
LP/LPS-3003 - The Hawk & the Hunter - Coleman Hawkins [1966] Easy
Walker/Traumerei/All The Time/Lazy Butterfly/Not Quite Night/Pebbles//I Knew Dana/Lullaby/Hawk
Talk/Misty Morning/Lonely Tenor/Whisper To Me
LP/LPS-3004 - Skaterdater (Soundtrack) - Davie Allan & Arrows [1966] The
Fountain/Skaterdater 1/Missy And The Statue/Skaterdater 2/Skate Out/Skaterdater Rock/Together
1/Statue/Skate Board Safari/Skaterdater 3/Together 2/Skaterdater 4/Missy's Theme
LP/LPS-3005 - Hey Joe - Leaves [1966] (7-66, #127) Mr. Stone (S)/Just A Memory
(S)/Get Out Of My life, Woman (S)/Girl From The East (S)/He Was A Friend Of Mine (S)/Hey Joe
(S)//Words (S)/Back On The Avenue (S)/War Of Distortion (S)/Tobacco Road (S)/Good Bye, My Lover
(S)/Too Many People (S)
LP/LPS-3006 - On Her Bed of Roses - Joe Greene [1966] Main Title: A Walk To Hell,
Part 1/Main Title: A Walk To Hell - Destruction, Part 2/Rose Theme/Melissa Pensive//Melissa
Glad/Mother's Blues/The Boozer/The Bar Fly
LP/LPS-3007 - Movie Star, American Style, or LSD I Hate You (Soundtrack) - Joe
Greene [1966] Title Song/Honey Bunny's Song/Skippy Pink/Acid Blues/Love That Man/Little Joe
Horner/Symphony In Fuzz/Pie In Your Eye/Horatio's Bag/By The Pool/Sick Foot Ballet/Prescription Blues
LP/LPS-3008 - The Album - Frontiersmen & Joanie [1966] Hillbilly Heaven/ The
Wayward Wind/Tumbling Tumbleweeds/Someday/Ghost Riders In The Sky/He's Got The Whole World
In His Hands//Make The World Go Away/Teardrops In My Heart/Scarlet Ribbons/Cool Water/Orange
Blossom Special
MLP/MLPS-3010 - New Directions of the Afro Blues Quintet - Afro Blues Quintet [1966]
With a Song In My Heart/3/4-5/4-7/2 (Liquid Landscape)/Afro Rock/Let My People Go/Victims Of
Chance/Mystic Mambo/Incantations/Freaks/Once In A Lifetime
MLP/MLPS-3011 - The Catherine Spaak Album - Catherine Spaak [1966] [Songs are in
French] Mes Amis, Mes Copains/Prima De Te, Dopo De Ti/L'Ete Dernier/Noi Due/Riapre La
Scuola/Ieri//Quetlli Della Mia Eta'/Tu Ridi Di Me/J'aime Le Matin/Ho Scherzato Con Il Cuore/Quando Ti
Vedo/Tu E Io
MLP/MLPS-3012 - Life - Rene Bloch [1967] Johnny, My Johnny/Too Much
Mustard/Write Me A Picture/Sherry/Crystal Chandelier/Night World/Life/A Taste Of Honey/Third Man
Theme/Whipped Cream/Sealed With A Kiss/Midnight Hour
MLP/MLPS-3013 - Discovery 3 - Afro Blues Quintet [1967] Spartacus/La La La La La/I
Know A Place/Shop Around/Where Did Our Love Go//Discovery Three/Fly Me To The Moon/Star
Eyes/Viva Cepeda/Green Dolphin Street
MLP/MLPS-3014 - The River Is Wide - Forum [1967] The River Is Wide (E)/I Like What I
See (S)/Girl Without A Boy (S)/Trip On Me (S)/It's Sunday (S)//We Can Make It (S)/Look The Other Way
(S)/The Time Is Now (S)/World Of Illusion (S)/I'm Alright Now (S)
MLP/MLPS-3015 - Slightly High - Three Martinis & Olive [1967] Lay Some Happiness On
Me/Houston/Memories Are Made Of This/That's Amore/You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You//The
Door Is Still Open To My Heart/Gregory/Sway/I'm Confessin'/Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime
MLP/MLPS-3016 - Next Album - Afro Blues Quintet [1968] There Is A Mountain/I Say A
Little Prayer/Woe Is Me/The Look Of Love/A New Kind Of Blue/Little Tangi//Pata Pata/Some Velvet
Morning/Too Much Of Nothing/Goin' Out Of My Head/Next Plane To London/By The Time I Get To
Mira 10000 Series:
LP-10000 - These Are the Hits, You Silly Savage!!!! - Teddy & Darrel [1966] I'm
Hungry/Wild Thing/Gary Ghoul Boy/Little Red Riding Hood/The Hollywood Agent/These Boots Are Made
For Walking//Strangers In The Night/Jumping At Johnny's Wake/Hollywood Swings/They Took You
Away, I'm Glad, I'm Glad/Hold On, I'm Comin'