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US Senate passes debt bill
A plan to lift the nation's debt limit and reduce government spending cleared a crucial hurdle in the House on Monday night, as recalcitrant Republicans and disappointed Democrats rallied around a measure to avert a government default.world Updated: Aug 03, 2011 01:58 IST
A plan to lift the nation's debt limit and reduce government spending cleared a crucial hurdle in the House on Monday night, as recalcitrant Republicans and disappointed Democrats rallied around a measure to avert a government default.
With Senate approval all but certain, the 269-to-161 vote in the House ended a months-long partisan stalemate that threatened to destabilise global markets and undermine the sputtering economic recovery.
The Senate vote is set for late Tuesday. Approval would send the measure to president Barack Obama and immediately grant the Treasury $400 billion in additional borrowing authority, just hours before a midnight deadline.
House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) won over more than two-thirds of his caucus by assuring the lawmakers that few GOP priorities were in the line of fire and that Obama had retreated on his demand for higher taxes.
Angry Democrats largely shared that assessment.But after withholding their votes for most of the roll call, they split evenly for and against the proposal, which would cut at least $2.1 trillion from projected borrowing over the next decade without any immediate provision for new taxes.
A grueling battle that had consumed Congress for most of the spring and the summer ended with a large round of bipartisan applause shortly after 7 pm, when the legislation secured a majority.
The lawmakers were brought to their feet again by the stunning appearance of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), who cast her first vote — in favour of the debt deal — since she was shot in the head in early January in Tucson.
The debt plan prompted grumbling from some GOP defense hawks about proposed cuts to next year's Pentagon budget.
But Monday's final hours were more notable for the cries from House liberals, who charged that the measure gave them little to support.
Aside from potential military cuts, Democrats said the agreement calls on Republicans to sacrifice very few priorities, while asking Democrats to accept steep reductions in programs that benefit the middle class.
"It's time for America to deal with its spending problem, and deal with the fact that we've made promises to the American people that our kids and grandkids just can't afford," Boehner said at a valedictory news conference 31 / 2 hours before he gaveled the vote shut.
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First Published: Aug 02, 2011 23:28 IST


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|And finally, this is our 4 year old cat named Momo fast asleep on one of her favourite spots after a hard day of doing nothing ;)
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Mystery Sampler - 2 blocks left to go :)
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The "Rhodes" stitches are so interesting. I have never seen those stitches before. Nice use of the varigated thread. The owl is great!ReplyDelete
Thanks Deb. I like the raised look of the Rhodes using #5 perle cotton thread. I need to make another owl sometime soon!Delete
It's good to see this again. I'm looking forward to see what you're going to stitch in the last 2 spaces.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Annet, after I figure out what I'm doing with the TAST crossed buttonhole challenge I'll work on it some more. I"ll be glad when it's finished :)Delete
Your sampler is looking GREAT!!! LOVE the Rhodes triangles and squares...ReplyDelete
This sampler is wonderful,what a great group you belong to, so inspiring, and as for your cat, well she is adorable.ReplyDelete
Bit late in replying to your blog Jeanette, left a message on SF about it, spoke to PC world who said it was probably a scam but do not understand spams etc, spam to me is tinned meat!
Thank you very much for stopping by and taking the time to leave me a comment. I appreciate all of them!

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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- News that broke during the regular session Friday spread into after-hours market, buffeting stocks like Microsoft, EBay and Yahoo.
Shares of Microsoft MSFT, +2.64% edged higher on Island following reports that top lawyers for Microsoft and its antitrust adversaries were headed to Chicago for a face-to-face meeting on proposals to settle the landmark legal case that's dogged the software giant for two years. See full story.
Microsoft shares closed the session off 3/16 at 111 11/16 and moved to 114 in the evening session.
Both Yahoo yhoo and EBay EBAY, -0.28% edged higher in after-hours trading on reports that the two Net biggies will pair up. EBay closed the day up 9 percent at 243 3/4 and advanced to 247 on Island. Yahoo closed the regular session up 1.5 percent at 194 and moved to 196 after the bell.
CNBC has reported both Yahoo and EBay formally discussed a merger, but the talks are now thought to concern a partnership. See full story.
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Cell Therapeutics said it has filed with the SEC to sell 3 million shares. The biotech company CTIC, -1.99% currently has 15.6 million shares outstanding. Ahead of the announcement, shares closed up 7/8 at 27 7/8.


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Warrior's FarewellbyAlex De Kok©
The Yuletide Masquerade dance had been more fun than I expected, even for my son Tom who'd drawn the short straw as designated driver, on a promise of a bottle of Laphroaig single malt whisky, his favorite, as a consolation. Or could it be that we'd tricked - um, 'persuaded' – him, because he had the loan of a seven-seat Land Rover station wagon? Whatever, my brother Bob, his wife Joan and daughter Louise, my sister Jean and her daughter Claire, and me and Tom, we'd all fitted in. I was glad it was the Land Rover Tom was driving, because the snow was getting thicker, the plows were somewhere else, and when we came out of the Lodge where the dance was held, it was close to midnight.
We managed to get through to Bob and Joan's place without any problems, and dropped him, Joan and Louise. They would probably be tucked up in bed before Tom and I got home, lucky dogs. Tom planned to drop me next, so that I could turn the heating up for us, and our place would be toasty-warm by the time he got back after dropping Jean and Claire. I was glad about that, as I needed time to think. To think about Tom, and the erection I'd felt pressing against me as we danced a last slow dance together. I guess I had to blame myself a little, as I'd pulled him close to me as we danced, my arms around his waist, his around my shoulders, my face against his chest, smelling his male musk, hearing his whispered 'I love you, Mom'.
The flashing red-and-blue lights were the first indication that plans might need to be changed, as the police cars were located just where the turn-off for home was. They formed a road block and Tom pulled to a halt. One of the officers came over as Tom lowered the driver-side window.
"What's the problem, officer?" he asked.
The patrolman grimaced. "Road's blocked, I'm afraid. Truck skidded on the snow at Tyler Bridge. We can't get a tow truck out before morning."
"No way we can get through?"
He shook his head. "Sorry, not even with four-wheel drive. You live along there?"
"Yeah. About a mile past the bridge."
"You'd have a forty mile detour to get home, and word is the snow's even worse on that side of the river. Guess you're going to have to sleep somewhere else tonight. Sorry." He shrugged, and turned away to another vehicle which had pulled in behind us. Tom pulled away and headed towards the apartment block where Jean and Claire lived.
"Guess it's your place next stop, Aunt Jean," said Tom.
"Guess so, hon. I reckon you two will just have to stay with us tonight," said Jean.
"But you only have the two bedrooms," I said.
"No problem. My bed's a king-size, Claire's is a double. I guess we both like room to wriggle. We can double up. Heck, it's only one night. Probably."
"Are you sure?" Doubling up meant sharing, so who would want to share a bed with me. My pussy pulsed, startling me, but I knew the answer. Tom. Did I dare?
"Of course, sis," said Jean.
"Tom?" I said, "Are you okay sharing with me?" Hey! I even sounded normal to myself. If he hesitated I didn't notice.
"Sure thing, Mom, if it's okay with you?"
"Of course it is." I turned to my sister in the seat behind me, but she forestalled me.
"Yes, Sarah, I can loan you a nightdress, and I think there may be a pair of Tony's pyjamas for you, Tom."
"Great! Aunt Jean, we're almost there. Where do I park?"
"Go around back, where the garages are. There's a space beside them you can use," she said.
I was glad the Land Rover is a big, solid, four-wheel-drive vehicle because the sideways slip when we turned scared me for a moment. Nothing untoward happened, though, and five minutes later we were shedding outdoor clothes in Jean and Claire's apartment. Nice and warm, as she'd sensibly left the heating on manual instead of timed.
"Anyone want a coffee or anything?" said Jean as the four of us relaxed in the living room. "Although, thinking about it, you might want something a little harder, Tom?"
He grinned. "Scotch on the rocks would be great, Aunt Jean. Just a small one, though."
"Small Scotch coming up. Anything for you, Sarah?"
"Same for me, please," I said. I might need a little Dutch courage!
We sat for a little while with our drinks, just chatting. I was a little unfocussed, as I was thinking about Tom, and didn't realize at first that Jean was speaking. I gestured apology.
"Sorry, sis, miles away. Yes? You were saying?"
She grinned. "I was saying that maybe all three of us women will fit in my bed, and give Tom a chance to get some rest."
My first, shocking, reaction was disappointment. God! Did I really want to sleep – and I knew it wouldn't just be sleep, but have sex - with my son? I forced that thought deep and managed a smile.
"It's okay, it's only one night. I guess Tom and I, we'll manage, won't we, son? Anyhow, only two in a bed gives the other one a bit more wiggling room."
"Sure thing, Mom. Like you say, it's only one night." He laughed. "And it's well after midnight now, so maybe we should be thinking of getting to bed. We still have to get home in the morning."
"If you're sure," said Jean, "I'll get you those night things. You're okay for a bathroom, because Claire has a shower and toilet of her own. You two use that, and Claire and I will use the main bathroom." She stood. "Back in a moment."
Five minutes later, goodnight hugs and kisses given and received, nightdress and pyjamas – and spare toothbrushes! - duly delivered, I ushered Tom into Claire's bedroom.
"You get washed and ready, son. I'll just be a moment. Your Aunt Jean wants a word with me.
"Sure thing, Mom."
Jean was waiting in the living-room, alone. Claire must have been in the bedroom. Jean had her big-sister face on, but she smiled, and her touch on my arm was gentle.
"Relax, sweetie." Her gaze held mine. "I have to ask, are you gonna fuck him?"
My first reaction was denial, then panic, but it was acceptance that finally predominated. I shrugged helplessly.
"I don't know. Hell, Jean, he's my son! It would be incest!"
"It would be love, Sarah, and we both know it. He wants you. Anyone seeing the two of you when you don't think anyone is watching can tell that. His eyes never leave you, and he had an erection when the two of you came off the dance floor after that last slow number."
I laughed. Short, a little wry. "I know. It was pressing against me when we danced."
"Feel good?"
"Yes, damn it!"
"Well, then. Are you going to give him some loving? He leaves for Iraq in three days time."
I nodded miserably. "I know."
Jean took my hand, squeezing gently. "Tell you something, sis. In confidence. Family secret, okay?"
I nodded. "Family secret."
Jean smiled, still holding my hand. "You know when Tony shipped out to the Gulf, two years ago?"
"Yes, I remember."
"Well, the night before he left, Claire and I took him to bed and fucked him limp."
I stared at this stranger, my sister. "Both of you? At the same time?"
Jean nodded. "Both of us. At the same time. Well, sort of. Claire and me, we had to take turns to have him in us, obviously, but all three of us were in bed together, sharing the love. It was fun." She grinned, then sobered. "But, Sarah, sweetheart, it was a soldier's women giving him a soldier's farewell. Tony's not married, and he'd just broken up with his girlfriend, which only left me and Claire to do it." She paused. "Tom deserves the same, and if you're not willing, I am. Probably Claire as well, although I haven't asked her. At least, not yet, I haven't."
I laughed. "You're willing, are you?"
Jean nodded, then smiled. "I am, but I'll accept seconds, if you're okay with it."
I pulled her into my arms and hugged her. "I'll tell him. After I've fucked him."
She grinned. "You do that. Now go, go and give my nephew a soldier's farewell." She laughed. "Even if he is in the Air Force!"
I smiled, and nodded. "Excuse me, I have a warrior to attend to."
Jean touched my arm. "Sarah, if Tom wants me as well, or Claire, all he has to do is come into our bedroom, preferably naked, and we're his. Okay?"
I grinned at my sister. "Can I come as well, and watch?"
Jean laughed, nodding. "Yes! Of course. Or join in. I'm sure the three of us can give him something to remember."
"Oh, wow, yes! But me first!"
"Go, sweetie."
In Claire's bedroom, Tom was still dressed, waiting for me. I closed the door behind me and leaned against it, studying my son.
"I think we need to talk, don't we, son?"
He flushed, but held my eye, nodding. "Yeah, Mom, I guess we do."
"Don't worry, son, I'm not going to bite you." Not just yet, anyway. "A question first. Um, would it be an accurate assumption on my part, based at least partly on the erection you were pressing against me earlier, to think that you want me, want to make love to me, your mother? Or to put it more bluntly I'll ask you straight out. Did you – do you - want to fuck me?"
His flush deepened but his gaze didn't falter. "Yes, Mom, it's true. I want you." He gestured helplessly. "I know it's wrong, it's incest, and you're probably disgusted with me, but you're the woman I love more than anyone else in the world! And I want you as I've never wanted a woman before." He gave me a twisted smile. "I think my erection was testament to that." He gestured helplessly. "But you'll probably hate me, so now, if you'll excuse me, I'll go and find somewhere to spend the night."
"No? What do you mean, no? Why not? It will be better for both of - " I put my fingers over his mouth, shaking my head.
"Tom, son, let me tell you something. What I am not is disgusted. Absolutely not. Nor do I hate you. I couldn't, you're my son and I love you, with all your faults. Tom, honey, what I am is wet. Wet between my legs, wet with desire, desire for you, son. I want – I need – to give you a warrior's farewell, and what better way than in bed together. Now, come here, come here and kiss me. Then undress me, take me to bed, and give me some loving." I laughed, probably with a mild touch of hysteria. "Or fuck me senseless. Your choice."
He stared at me for a long, long moment. In shock, I think. But then a look of incredible joy, of love, came over his face and he moved towards me as I forced my trembling legs to move me towards him, and we fell into each other's arms. The kiss was a lover's kiss, the kind of kiss I'd been used to getting from Tom's father before he was killed, the kind of kiss I'd never expected to share again, the kind of kiss that tells a woman that very shortly she is going to feel her lover's penis pierce her where her juices flow to welcome him, the kind of kiss that says 'I want you, I need you, and I want it now!'
Tom broke the kiss, gently, smiling into my eyes. "You're sure, Mom?"
"Absolutely, son. Undress me, and fuck me!"
"Oh, my god, yes! Mom, this is all my dreams coming true!"
I was wearing a dress, a party dress. One that showed a little cleavage, that showed a little leg. I turned my back to Tom so that he could reach my zip and smiled to myself as I felt his hands shaking as he unzipped me. His hands were warm on me as he lowered the zipper to my ass. I shrugged the dress forwards off my shoulders and let it fall to pool at my feet.
I felt Tom's hands at my bra strap and fought a giggle. "It's front-fastening, sweetheart," I murmured and felt his arms come around me to cup my breasts, caressing, hefting the weight of them. I'm not huge in the tits department but I knew I had enough to fill a man's hands, and I was relishing the way I was filling my son's hands, but I wanted his hands on my tits, not my bra, and I turned myself in the circle of his arms, taking his hands and moving them to the fastening of my bra. He fumbled for a moment, and then I felt the clasp loosen and the cups fall away.
I held my breath, because I knew that there would be some sag, but all I saw in his eyes was love and admiration. His arms went around me and he pulled me close for a moment.
"I love you, Mom."
"And I love you, Tom, but you're not finished yet, are you?"
He grinned. "No, Mom, not yet." He eased the bra from my shoulders, dropped it beside my dress and held me at arms' length.
"You're beautiful," he said, then leaned forwards and took my left nipple, my very hard left nipple, into his mouth, suckling gently for a moment, sending a shiver of pure lust through me, repeated a moment later as he switched his attention to my right nipple.
"Tom, honey," I managed to say, my voice hoarse with my excitement, "Get my panties off!"
I don't like wearing pantyhose much, so I was wearing a garter-belt and stockings, and panties, and Tom skinned those panties down my legs in nothing flat, and my pussy was finally revealed to my son. I hadn't had sex with anyone for more than two years, but I keep my pussy fleece tidy, and I shave my labia, and I was rewarded in my efforts by the look of want on my son's face. I fought a giggle and adopted a pose I'd seen in a magazine, one arm in the air, one on my thigh, weight on one leg.
Tom laughed, then sobered. "Mom, you are the most desirable woman I have ever seen."
"Thank you, son. Now get your clothes off before you do yourself an injury. That cannot be comfortable," I said, indicating the bulge in his trousers, reaching out to give it a quick squeeze. Hard! Big! "Get it out, get it out quick, because I want it here!" And I spread my pussy lips with both hands.
Tom smiled. "Not as much as I do, Mom," he said, as he began to undress, his clothes going everywhere. I unclipped my stockings and slid them off, loosened the garter-belt and slid it off, then turned back to Tom. He was just taking off his under-shorts, then straightened, naked, and I sucked in a gasp. I knew one thing for certain. Whatever else might happen, I was very shortly going to have a close, intimate encounter with the biggest penis I'd ever come across!
On shaking legs I moved forward and into Tom's welcoming embrace, feeling my breasts flatten against his chest as his arms went around me, pulling me close in a fierce embrace, feeling his penis – his cock – pressing against my belly.
"Yes, son?"
"Do I need anything?
"For what?"
"Protection, Mom, I don't want to make you pregnant."
I stretched up and kissed his nose. "You can't. About eighteen months after you were born I developed an ovarian cyst, and had to have my ovaries removed. That's why your dad and I never had any more children."
"Oh, Mom! That's sad, because you're a wonderful mother."
"Thank you, son, but now I want you to be a wonderful lover, and take me to paradise." I eased from his embrace, took his hand and led him to the bed, laying myself down, and drawing him down with me.
"Make love to me, Tom. No need for foreplay, just get that beautiful cock of yours into me. I am so ready for it."
And I was, I was soaking. I moved my legs apart, fighting a giggle, as Tom moved to kneel between my spread legs. He moved forward, bending, and I felt the thick, blunt head of his cock at my opening, then gasped aloud as I felt it moving into me. I was wet, very wet – very, very wet – and his cock moved easily into me, but even so, he had to ease back and in again a couple of times before he managed to get all of him into me. And I knew he was there! Oh, boy, did I! I couldn't remember ever feeling so good with a cock in my pussy, not even Tom's dad. He pulled back and pushed in again, then again, beginning to move easily in my copious juices.
"Fuck, Tom! That feels fucking marvellous!"
He laughed. "Just what I was thinking, Mom. I didn't think I'd ever get to make love to you the way I want to." He grinned down at me. "Don't think I've ever even heard you say 'fuck' before, Mom."
I laughed. "Well, I do when it's needed, like now, so there! Now shut up and fuck me!"
And he did, his cock moving easily, audibly, in my pussy, long, deep strokes, filling me, emptying me, my unspoken protest dying as he pushed back in. I don't know if it was the forbidden nature of our love-making, or just the wonderful feeling of my son's cock in my pussy, but I could feel myself moving quickly towards climax, quicker than I could ever remember it happening before. I couldn't help it, I could feel myself almost whimpering as Tom fucked me, gasping my acceptance on every stroke. I could feel the sensations building in me, bringing me ever closer to climax.
"I'm close, son," I whispered, "very close."
"Me too, Mom, me too." He bent and kissed me, hard, wanting.
That did it, that and a deep stroke into my very core, and I lost myself in the sensations of climax, feeling my pussy clutching at Tom's cock as he in turn exploded in climax, his hips driving his cock into me, my own hips driving back at him in acceptance of the moment. All was sensation, reality blurring, my entire being centred on my pussy and its welcome invader. We were clutching at each other and Tom's lips mashed against mine, our tongues duelling in the arena of our mouths.
It was too intense to last, and it didn't, as reality slowly intruded on us, Tom's cock slowing, dwindling, in the heat of my core. He moved, as if to withdraw and I grabbed at him.
"No! Stay in me, stay in me until you fall out."
He smiled, warm, loving. "As long as I can, Mom, as long as I can." He bent and kissed me again, quick, light, loving, then sobered. "I love you, Mom."
"I love you, too, son," I said, then grinned up at him. "I think I just proved that!"
"You certainly did!" A pause. "Mom, please, please say we can do this again before I have to go?"
I smiled up at him. "As often as we can manage. Once we get home, we can spend all day in my bed if you want."
He grinned. "I want! Oops, guess I've fallen out."
"Guess so, son. Ease off, and we'll clean up."
A few minutes later we were all cleaned up, courtesy of a warm wash cloth and a fluffy towel, and we were kissing and cuddling together in Claire's bed.
"Tom?" I said, between kisses.
"Yes, Mom?"
"If you had the chance, would you want to make love to your Aunt Jean? And probably Claire, as well?"
He stared at me, unspeaking, for a long moment, and I arched my brows in unspoken query. He nodded.
"Yes, Mom, I would. I love them both. Not as much as I love you, but yes, I love them." He grinned. "Have to admit, they're both very tasty ladies." He shrugged. "It will never happen, though."
I didn't say anything, just swung my legs out of bed and stood. I held out my hand to Tom. "Come on, son, up you get."
Puzzled, he stood. I took his hand and moved towards the door, but he stopped me. "Mom, haven't you forgotten something? Like dressing, maybe?"
I shook my head. "No, I plan to leave the room just like this, naked, with my naked son holding my hand."
A smile began to build on his face. "And where might we be going, Mom?"
"Just next door, baby. But I've realized there's something I need to do first." Before he had a chance to respond, I was on my knees and his cock was in my mouth. I'd always liked the feel of a cock in my mouth, that power a woman has over a man, and the fact that this cock was my own son's made the moment doubly pleasant. It only took a few moments work from my lips and tongue before he was hard, ready. I let his cock slip from my lips, kissing the end of it, and stood.
"That will do nicely, baby. Now think sexy thoughts, and keep that lovely weapon ready."
I gave his rock-hard erection a quick squeeze and led him out, clasping his erection lightly between my fingers. At Jean's bedroom door I paused, and knocked lightly. The response was immediate. "Come on in, folks."
I opened the door and we went in, to be greeted by the sight of Jean and Claire standing waiting, smiling, naked. Ooh! Nice body, Claire, Tom's just gonna love fucking you. Jean saw what I was holding and held out both hands to Tom, smiling, fighting a laugh, I think.
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In case you can't tell by my recent posts, I'm pretty excited about the Fall season and upcoming Winter months! Which is why I've compiled this list of must-have Fall nail colors. All the colors listed here can be found on Amazon. Comment down below which you like best!
Color #1: OPI Berlin There Done That
Color #2: OPI Black Cherry Chutney
Color #3: OPI How Great is Your Dane
Color #4: OPI Lincoln Park After Dark
Color #5: OPI Midnight in Moscow
Color #6: OPI You Don't Know Jacques!


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There Are NO Photo's Of ONE Russian Ship 30 Miles From CT OR DL. NEWS=LIES
Posted 2-15-17 @ 11:38 AM PST
These are the supposed photo's of the supposed Russian ship, below. Left-O-War mongers with "Right" War Loons only submit suggestive photos and 'news.'
1. Off the coast of DL, below (Notice the building in the background) DUH! Also take note of the #'s on the side: CCB 175 (MSM: If you are going to fake this garbage, at least try to make it look real..)
From Delaware Online: http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2017/02/14/russian-spy-ship-delaware-coast/97916530/
2. Here is another photo that is used from Delaware. It's even on the Snopes (Leftist website). http://www.snopes.com/russian-spy-ship-east-coast/
Notice the numbers: CCB 535
So…. TWO ships in Delaware? Not one?
3. USA Today links up the same ship from the top photo: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/02/15/russian-spy-ship-spotted-near-us/97939010/
Here's the kicker… The photo they linked is from 2014 😀 CUBA:
4. FOX News (War propagandists) link this below with zero photos..Here is their 'photo' of this monster Russian ship:
See it: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/02/15/russian-spy-ship-spotted-30-miles-south-connecticut.html
5. Long Island News source links this one below… LOL …. 😀
THAT is what 30 miles out at sea looks like? I've been deep sea fishing. 30 miles is a LONG way out.
6. Do a Google photo search for yourself of these supposed ships: https://www.google.com/search?q=russian+ship,+connecticut&safe=active&espv=2&biw=1440&bih=809&site=webhp&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiTrK7X2JLSAhXnhlQKHamGBLsQ_AUICCgD#imgrc=_
Don't believe the media.
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This work is a combination of the front of the original album cover art design and part of the back cover. The brick wall at centre was cut and pasted at left to complete the 18X10 screensaver.
So here we have the artist stepping into the yellow brick road which is actually just a picture while looking back on the outside which has his own picture on the wall.
We read about the Yellow Brick Road in The Wizard of Oz from 1939.
We heard "this boy's too young to be signing the blues" back in 1973.
"Candle in the Wind", originally composed in honour of Marilyn Monroe, was re-written in 1997 as a to tribute Diana, Princess of Wales.
This is the original album cover art design.
No. 91, Rolling Stone, 500 Greatest Albums of All Time; No. 171 Billboard, The 300 Best-Selling Albums of All Time.
Illustration by Ian Beck. Album produced by Gus Dudgeon. MCA (US) DJM (UK) 1973.
In 1973 there was no indication that one day Elton John would become one of the leading Friends of Dorothy, but he unintentionally hinted at the yet-to-be-invented
codeword with the metaphors in the title and on the cover of his album. The album's title, also the name of the lead single, seems to be at odds with the artwork
on the cover. Both song and cover, take their imagery from The Wizard Of Oz, in which the yellow brick road played as much a central role as any thoroughfare
ever did in the movies. Where the song tells of disillusion at the end of that road, the cover promises the beginning of an escape from reality as Elton steps
into a poster and on to a yellow brick road.
The poster is on a tatty wall, covering a previous poster (the font of which suggests that it might have advertised a music hall), with chimneys in the background
telling of a drab existence, quite at odds with Elton's flamboyant get-up. The cover was drawn by Ian Beck, who was 26 at the time. Beck has since illustrated
magazines, greeting cards, packaging and a few children's books. He has also written a few novels. Beck came to LP cover design through John Kosh, whose
credits included the Abbey Road cover.
Beck was given tapes of the songs (which included future classics like Benny And The Jets, Saturday Night Is Alright For Fighting, Candle In The Wind and the
title track), and typed lyrics sheets, and began working on a concept. His friend, fashion illustrator Leslie McKinley Howell, stood in as a model for Elton
John in polaroids which Beck took (hence the long legs) in preparation for his watercolour, pastel, and coloured crayon pencils artwork. The piano on
the front cover and the teddy bear at the back were placed there at the request of Elsie, as Beck only later realised Elton was known to his staff.
(A) Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding - Candle in the Wind - Bennie and the Jets
(B) Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - This Song Has No Title - Grey Seal - Jamaica Jerk-Off - I've Seen That Movie Too
(C) Sweet Painted Lady - The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909-34) - Dirty Little Girl - All the Girls Love Alice
(D) Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock 'n Roll) - Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting - Roy Rogers - Social Disease - Harmony
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OOOPS! I over fired.
metled pot takes 2 tumblers and a bowl down with it.
I must start making better notes when experimenting with different clays. I made this candle house this past winter......thinking because I spent so long on it that I could not possibly forget the type of clay I used. WRONG! This is what happens when you fire earthenware to cone 6.
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New Anti-Gun Legislation - Something to worry about?
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Curbelo Moulton Bill (H.R. 3999.)
(Important Warning To Gun Owners: A Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives has introduced a horrible piece of legislation that would ban far more than just bumpfire stocks. This vaguely-worded bill would ban nearly all aftermarket triggers, trigger springs, buffers, buffer springs, bolt carriers, many muzzle brakes, and possibly even full capacity magazines and magazine extensions. It all hinges on the bills vague and undefined phrase: increase the rate of fire. Violations would be a felony, with a five year prison sentence for possession, manufacture, or transfer. Most ominously, just like Feinsteins bill in the Senate, this bill has NO Grandfather Clause!
This bill already has 25 co-sponsors, including 12 Republicans. Please contact your Congresscritters immediately and insist that they oppose the Curbelo Moulton Bill (H.R. 3999.) Be sure to remind them that that this bill constitutes a Federal taking without compensation. (There is no Grandfather Clause, no Sunset Clause, and no method provided for registration. Wed simply be required to turn them in for destruction.) This is the worst piece of Federal gun legislation since 1994. It is crucial that you take action! It has already been referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary and could be before the full House in just a week. This might be on the fast track. Wake up, folks!)
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"Without delay, the new government with its first decision has taken a step towards introducing a simplified drug registration mechanism in Ukraine. In particular, this decision regards pharmaceutical products which have already been certified in the U.S., the EU, Switzerland, Japan, Canada, and Australia. We trust these countries, and there is no need to do a long-term testing in Ukraine," Hroisman wrote.
According to him, Cabinet's approved immediate steps include shortening the term of examination of drugs, revising the limits of contracts as well as package requirements, so that medication cost for Ukrainians would be reduced.
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Prohibition of drinking from gold and silver utensils
Permissibility of drinking water from clean Vessels of all types except Gold and Silver ones
Anas bin Malik (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Once the time for As-Salat (the prayer) approached. Those whose houses were near, went to their houses to perform Wudu' while some of the people remained with Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam). A stone (containing some water) bowl was brought for him. It was too small for him to spread his hand over it. He performed his Wudu' and it (the water) sufficed for all the others also. Anas was asked: "How many of you were present there?'' He said: "Eighty or more.'' [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
Another narration in Muslim is: The Prophet (sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) called for a vessel containing water. A wide shallow vessel with a little water in it was brought for him. He put his fingers in it. Anas says: "I kept looking at the water pouring from between his fingers. I estimated that the number of people who made their Wudu' with it was from seventy to eighty.''
Commentary: This Hadith mentions a miracle of Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) and also provides for the use of a stoneware.
`Abdullah bin Zaid (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) visited us and we brought water for him in a brass vessel for his ablution and he performed ablution. [Al-Bukhari].
Commentary: This Hadith tells us that brassware can be used for performing ablution as well as for other purposes.
Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) visited the house of a man of the Ansar with one of his Companions and said to him, "If you have some water in the water-skin left over from last night, give it to us for drinking; otherwise, we shall drink from some stream directly.'' [Al-Bukhari].
Commentary: With reference to this Hadith, Imam An-Nawawi says that apart from drinking water from a vessel, one can also drink at a cistern or stream.
Hudhaifah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet(sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) prohibited us from wearing brocade or silk and drinking out of gold or silver vessels and said, "These are meant for them (disbelievers) in this world and for you in the Hereafter.'' [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
Commentary: Silk clothes are forbidden to men but allowed to women. Yet, both sexes are forbidden to use utensils made of silver and gold. However, the orthodox `Ulama' say that women can use ornaments of silver and gold and that, it is advisable not to use them because many vices stem from their use and display.
Umm Salamah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported: Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) said, "He who drinks from the vessel of silver kindles the Fire (of Hell) in his belly.'' [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
A narration in Muslim is: Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) said, "Surely, he who eats or drinks in gold and silver vessels fills his belly with Hell-fire.''
Commentary: To use utensils of silver and gold involves extravagance. Moreover, it is a sign of pride and ostentatious lifestyle. Allah detests them both. On this count they are major sins, involving the danger of severe chastisement in Hell-fire.
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aran wrote:So we have to deal with this - the NOT PAIR case - before any conclusions can be drawn.
Ah, i see what you mean. I know, that it has been proved, that it is sufficient to find a loop like i described it to make the eliminations.
The proof can be made by case distinction.
Either you have the loop described or the "opposite" loop as you said or none of the both. In the 3rd case it can be shown, that (for each pair like 48 and 27) always one of the pair numbers must be in the minirow and the other in the minicolumn (or opposite minirow/column resp.), leading to the same eliminations.
So i may use the loop like above (in the same way i use a swordfish).


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Giuseppe Verdi
An Italian Composer Of Opera
Giuseppe Verdi
Italian Musicians Signs
At the age of seven, Giuseppe (meaning Joseph in Italian) began his musical career by playing the organ at his local church - San Michele Arcangelo. Later, he was sent to Milan for a musical education, paid for by a wealthy friend - Antonio Barezzi. His music teacher in Milan was Vincenzo Lavigna.
In 1833, he settled in Busseto and became Director of The Philharmonic Society.
In 1836, he married the daughter of the wealthy friend who had paid for his musical education in Milan. She was called Margherita Barezzi. They had two children - Virginia and Icilio.
Giuseppe's first opera was completed in 1839. It was called Oberto and it was performed at the famous Italian opera house of Milan - Teatro alla Scala.
Terrible tragedy struck shortly after the completion of his first opera. His two children died and shortly afterwards, his wife died also.
Even though he was grief-stricken, Giuseppe continued to compose operas. Some of his most famous works are - Nabucco, Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Aida, Un Ballo in Maschera, Otello, La Forza del Destino, Falstaff.
(To hear the opera singer Luciano Pavarotti singing 'La donna è mobile' from the opera Rigoletto, click HERE and go to Track 2.)
Later in life, at the age of thirty-eight, Giuseppe married again. His second wife was Giuseppina Strepponi and she was an opera singer.
Verdi's final opera was based on Shakespeare's play The Merry Wives of Windsor. It is called Falstaff and it is a comedy.
Il Risorgimento (1861) was the joining of the small Italian states in order to make one big unified country with one king - Vittorio Emanuele. Giuseppe Verdi was a great supporter of Il Risorgimento and there was a rather strange coincidence regarding Giuseppe Verdi's surname and the initials of the new Italian king's official title. The king's title was Vittorio Emanuele Re D' Italia. The initials spell the surname of Giuseppe Verdi! This became a well-known and amusing story at the time. People used to call out 'Viva Verdi!' and the initials V.E.R.D.I. could be seen in places all over Italy.
The king wished to give Giuseppe a title of nobility but he refused to accept it, telling the king, 'I am a peasant.'
Verdi became very rich and famous during his lifetime. He was known to give generously to charity and he set up a retirement home for musicians in Milan - called Casa Verdi. This home exists today.
In 1897, his second wife died from pneumonia. Once again, he was grief-stricken. Giuseppe died after suffering a sudden stroke in January 1901. The tomb of Giuseppe Verdi and his wife is in the courtyard of the musicians' retirement house, Casa Verdi. Below is a drawing of the funeral procession leading to the retirement house.


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Growing up I can always remember having a radio in our home. If the power or cable went out, we cold always keep up with what's going in, with a radio. This radio is set up perfectly for that. I am quite pleased that I was afforded the opportunity to review Number One Shop's FM/AM/SW Full-band World Radio in exchange for an unbiased and honest review. In your package you will receive one radio, one AC charging adapter, and one sheet of instructions. This radio comes with the rechargeable lithium battery pack, but also has room for 3 AA batteries. This serves as an additional back up battery source.
This radio has several different power sources. The first thing it has is the AC power cord and charger. You can plug it in and use it. It also charges the included lithium battery pack. It can be played solely with this when charged. Also, located on the back of the radio, is a battery compartment that not only holds the lithium battery pack, but 3 AA batteries. You need to supply the batteries. No tools are needed to access this battery compartment. The other power source available on this radio is the hand crank. It will charge up that lithium battery pack, and burn a couple calories at the same time, lol. It's not hard to turn at all. If you are facing the radio, the hand crank is located on the left. This is probably one of the easier broad ranged radios I have used. You really do not need the instructions with this one. The built in handle strap is also a great addition. It's a thick, padded vinyl, and it lies flat when not in use. The power cord attaches to the port on the back of the radio. The antennae is also located on the back, but towards the top of the radio. Depending on where you live, you will more than likely need to use an antennae to get a strong enough signal for the radio. This is mainly for the SW1 and SW2 bands. This radio has FM, SW1, SW2, and Am radio on it. The radio controls are located on the front and right side of the radio. The volume and station knobs are on the right side. The station knob has two knobs in one. The smaller inner knob scans the stations more slowly than the outer know. The band knob is on the front. It's the large circular switch you get to choose FM, SW1, SW2 and Am from. Right above this are two switches. The one on the left operates the built in flash light. Push up for on, and down for off. The one to the right of this one, has push up once to play off of battery, push up twice to play off of the adapter. The flashlight on this radio will work while the radio is playing. The volume can get pretty loud on this radio. The flashlight puts off a nice amount of light too. It is an LED flashlight. It puts off a bright, clear white light. LED's are more durable. They last sooo much longer, and are more energy efficient to run. In a power outage, you will be quite grateful to have this, that's for sure. It's only 63/4″ wide and 53/4″ tall by 2″ deep. It's handy to take along camping, in a RV, and to have out in your home for when it's needed. This is definitely a great, easy to use radio. It's the perfect addition for any home.
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Morningstar, a provider of independent investment research, announced it is launching Morningstar Plan Advantage, slated for full release early next year.
The platform is intended to offer fund lineups designed and managed by Morningstar Investment Management.
"With Morningstar Plan Advantage, companies can implement and monitor a plan for their participants on one user-friendly digital platform," the company explains. "Consisting of recordkeeper selection, fund lineup and investment management, Morningstar Plan Advantage represents a complete package for plans and the participants they serve."
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I had already written this out when she sent me these new updates photos yesterday so I had to do some tweaking because um WOW!! This month I am featuring Jess. Jess and I came to know each other through a mixed up photo during our times doing Body By Vi. We have a lot in common as far as our journeys through the scales. What inspires me about her is not that first leap we made to come out of the fluffy factory. Don't get me wrong it was hard, but when life hit's you again and again and even though you may trip 9 times in the mud of life she continues to get back up. Sometimes it takes long conversations with others or even long conversations with yourself but she still get back up!
As you can read in this photo this was about 2 months before getting pregnant with baby number three. Keep in mind by this point home girl has had twins and dropped an OOGLE of weight.
This is where life gets ugly! After baby number three Jess began struggling to get the weight off. As many of us experienced, carrying children often decreases our thyroid function. Myself included in that. Battling hormones is quite possibly one of the most frustrating health issues ever. No matter what you do or put into your body sometimes it's just never enough. Once you are in check it can be the slightest little thing that kicks you out of wack and then poof you're back on the struggle bus again.
As if that wasn't enough to drive you batty. Life then dealt her Psoriasis. What do doctors give you for this? STERIODS!! So have fun trying to lose weight while your body is retaining every little everything people. Having myself battled my body more than times than I can count, it's so easy to just give in. You have a bad day or two and your emotions get the best of you and all the sudden you are deep into the river of depression. You do not want to be seen, or touched, or even communicate with the outside world. All the sudden the fun loving life person you were gets locked into a closet and they key is tossed in the opposite direction.
I wish I could say that is all this amazing girl has had to overcome. Her most recently battle has been being diagnosed with Hashimoto's disease. Which explains the thyroid issues. In one hand there is a sense of relief when you get a diagnosis because it proves to yourself and the world that you really aren't crazy. That there is actually something wrong and it's not all in your head. On the other hand this is her 2nd auto immune diagnoses.
Come December: None of this has killed her or her spirit. We started with some short intense HIIT workouts. She has a super busy schedule and 25-30 minutes was the max time she could fit into her schedule. So HIIT was a perfect choice. I am pretty sure if I sent her one more workout with a mountain climber that she was going to figure out how to punch me through Facetime! She keeps going though because well that is what she is, she is a fighter even if she doesn't always realize it herself. This photo is December to Feb. 28th. People she dropped like 19 lbs. in December. I am pretty sure most of us found the weight she managed to drop that month in a sugar cookie coma 🙂
So at the end of the day when ALL THIS is going on. On top of everyday mom/wife/family life and drama we all go through, she refuses to give up.
So what is your excuse?
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VOLUNTEERS have vowed to try and provide a replacement service following the closure of Churchtown library.
The library will shut tomorrow as part of Sefton Council's budget cuts.
Birkdale and Ainsdale libraries are expected to close in the coming months, despite attempts by campaigners to save services.
Volunteers at North Meols Library Association are now working to try and set up a community library to serve the north Southport area.
Ward councillor Nigel Ashton, who chairs NMLA, said: "I am bitterly disappointed that the fight to save Churchtown library has not been successful. The library is a well-loved and well-used resource for the community.
"Over 4,000 people signed the petition to save the library but Sefton Council would not listen.
"Many children from Southport schools use the library regularly and it is also a lifeline for the elderly people and for those who need to use the internet to access Government services.
"It's early days, but the North Meols Library Association is off to a good start. We are drawing up firm proposals and are already getting a positive response.
An internet cafe has now been set up at Crossens Community Centre to provide a service for people who do not have home access to computers or internet.
Elaine Langley said: "With so much information only available online, if you don't have a computer at home you will miss out. By providing access to a couple of laptops and a printer we can hopefully plug that gap."
A spokesman for Sefton Council said: "We agree that it is very sad when any facility closes due to the difficult financial position we find ourselves in.
"The libraries that are closing have existed for generations and it is extremely disappointing that Government savings have forced us to consider closing any of them.
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The ability to achieve an erection is essential for sexual intercourse. In order to be able to have and sustain one, a man needs to have a healthy nervous system, have healthy arteries near the penis, and have healthy smooth muscles that surround the corpus cavernosum. If any one of these requirements is not met, the result will be erectile dysfunction. The causes of erectile dysfunction are actually numerous, but most of the physical causes of ED somehow have direct or indirect violation of the essentials to have an erection. The list below shows some of the more common causes of erectile dysfunction.
1. Aging – while aging may not really seem like a cause, the thing is, older men have much more frequency in experiencing ED than younger men. This is because older men are likely to develop diseases like cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, hypertension, and other diseases involving the heart, all of which are associated to be the root cause of erectile dysfunction.
2. Diabetes – according to survey, diabetic patients are more prone into developing erectile dysfunction by at least 15 years earlier than non-diabetic patients. In a study that spanned 10 years, researchers revealed that more than half of diabetic men who are at age of 50-60 have ED. This clearly shows that men who have diabetes have an increased risk of having the condition mostly due to the likely onset of atherosclerosis which can restrict the blood flow in the arteries. When there is no sufficient blood flow going to the penis, erection is not possible. In addition, diabetes can also damage some of the nerves that can lead to an erection, a condition which they call diabetic neuropathy.
3. Hypertension – people with this condition have the risk of developing ED. The most common type of hypertension is the essential hypertension. The problem with this type of hypertension is that there is no identifiable cause that leads to the condition. The reason as to how this condition causes erectile dysfunction is not clear. However, some findings show that men with hypertension have low nitric oxide in their arteries, which include the arteries of the penis. In addition to this, hypertension means there is an increased blood flow within the circulatory system, which may result in the acceleration of the development of atherosclerosis.
4. Cardiovascular Disease – atherosclerosis is the most common cause of cardiovascular disease. This is basically the narrowing or the hardening down of arteries which greatly reduces blood flow. Atherosclerosis can be greatly aggravated by hypertension along with fatty eating habits, diabetes, and smoking. This condition is actually lethal, especially when the arteries involved are the coronary arteries and the cerebral arteries as heart attacks and stroke are likely to happen. Once they are afflicted with atherosclerosis, it's only a matter of time when such attacks strike. Additionally, the insufficient blood flow causes by atherosclerosis can also have great effects on the erection process.
5. Medications – some prescription medications are known to have effects not just on a man's libido, but also on his erection process. Although each medications have different patterns on how they affect erection, the result is all the same.


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Welcome in Ecovillage Brabant! It's not really an ecovillage yet, but the most important thing is there; the people!
Ecovillage Brabant is a group of more than 100 people who want to live sustainably somewhere in Brabant, in the south of the Netherlands.
We want to build an ecovillage with ecological houses and facilities, a place where we can arrange all things in life in a sustainable way. We are now building a unique sustainable building in the Centre for Sustainability, The small Earth in Boxtel. It's a great opportunity for us to experiment and learn to build, cook and eat together.
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Joining tens of thousands of their peers across the country, a group of about 30 Byrnes High School students braved the cold and in-school suspensions to have their voices heard Wednesday morning.
The group left school at 10 a.m. to take part in the effort known as National Walkout Day, which aims to honor the victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., last month and to ask lawmakers to further address gun control.
"We are risking in-school suspension because we don't want to be shot in our school," one Byrnes student said, armed with a megaphone.
The students will receive a day of in-school suspension for cutting class, according to Spartanburg School District 5.
Although the walkout started as a movement among high school students, its sentiment spread to older and younger students with events locally at Spartanburg Montessori Academy and Converse College.
"These kids are aware of what's going on in the world and feel powerless watching the news," said Elkisa Mroz, head of school at Spartanburg Montessori Academy. "This is their way of honoring students who died in gun violence."
About 15 fourth- through eighth-grade students at the school passed around a laptop to watch a video of someone reciting the names of victims in the Florida shooting. After the video, the students expressed their feelings.
"The kids shouldn't be scared to go to school. They should be happy," said fourth-grader Meadow Hays.
"I just can't believe it could happen to me," said sixth-grader Julen Gomez.
Some Upstate districts organized ways for students to participate in National Walkout Day without risking disciplinary action.
At Broome High School, students went outside for a short period of time and released heart-shaped balloons to honor the Parkland victims.
In Cherokee County, more than 700 students participated in well-organized events at several schools, Superintendent Quincie Moore said.
"They have the constitutional right to do so," she said. "It was an opportunity to see a historical event, really, and everybody acted very orderly and within the parameters that were set."
Moore said students used the 17-minute window to read and write letters to local lawmakers and school officials, invoke moments of silence and pray.
"I was pleased with how the district handled the situation, how our students handled themselves and how faculty and staff managed the event effectively," Moore said.
Spartanburg School District 5 officials organized a voter registration drive at Byrnes to go along with some students' desire to walkout.
At the school's Freshman Academy, students held a moment of silence and walked to a field behind the school with signs remembering the Parkland victims.
Outside of Byrnes, Mack Dodson, 18, who graduated last year, said he came to support his friends' right to protest and the victims of the shooting in Florida, but not necessarily to support gun control efforts.
"I believe in supporting the families of the victims, though personally I own three firearms myself," he said.
Many used the walkout effort to call for stronger gun control efforts like expanding background checks and banning assault rifles.
Dodson, who said he owns three AR15s — the style of gun used during the Stoneman Douglas shooting — said more attention should be paid to proper reporting, the likes of which could have prevented the shooter in Parkland from getting a gun.
"I realize the few can ruin it for the many," he said. "But, I get where (the students outside Byrnes) are coming from."
At Oakbrook Preparatory School, the weekly prayer service was turned into a vigil to honor victims of the Florida shooting, said Amanda Ledbetter, the school's admissions director.
At Spartanburg Day School, a large group of middle and high school students walked to the front of the school to honor Florida victims.
At Converse College, students walked across campus, many wearing orange, the color of the effort to lower the number of gun deaths nationwide.
"You are using your voice to speak out against the relentless series of appalling events caused by individuals targeting schools, churches, and large groups," Converse President Krista Newkirk said in a letter to students. "Surely, this national show of solidarity will be meaningful to all of those affected by the Parkland event as well as others who have survived similar tragedies."
Mroz, at Spartanburg Montessori Academy, said some students at her school said they wanted assault weapons banned, while some expressed concerns about teachers carrying guns in schools.
But Mroz said the school would continue to work to guarantee student safety.
"If that happened to someone I knew, it would be the worst thing," said fifth-grader Janae Hart. "They had their whole lives ahead of them, and he just ended it."


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2888232759468872090.post3925030347969192053..comments2018-11-28T06:25:19.041-08:00Comments on NokHoo Hoozits Design Blog: The Making of... IcarusNicolehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2888232759468872090.post-31361937288521953372012-08-07T12:04:15.336-07:002012-08-07T12:04:15.336-07:00Based on the measurements you gave (16.17"x10...Based on the measurements you gave (16.17"x10.63"x1.26") I think it should fit just fine. The padding in the laptop compartment is very thick so will compress to fit somewhat larger sizes than the actual pocket dimensions indicate (10.5"x16"x1.5"). Your laptop dimensions are only off by a fraction of an inch so I don't think it will be a problem. Thanks for asking and your English is just fine!Nicolehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2888232759468872090.post-71752923757514441352012-08-06T14:13:41.221-07:002012-08-06T14:13:41.221-07:00I really like this bag, but my laptop is 16.17&quo...I really like this bag, but my laptop is 16.17" x 10.63" (x 1.26"). The difference with the dimensions of the laptop compartment of this bag is small, so do you think it would fit (thanks to the material elasticity for example) ?

Thanks and please excuse my bad english.Zéliehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2888232759468872090.post-28380605010128017262009-11-10T21:58:25.546-08:002009-11-10T21:58:25.546-08:00I researched laptop sizes when I designed the bags...I researched laptop sizes when I designed the bags and the average width is 1.5" (most fall between 1.3"-1.7"). We've experimented fitting a variety of laptops in and the only one that didn't fit had a huge extended battery plugged into it. Of course there are plenty of laptops out there so it's always possible that something won't fit but this should cover the majority of computers.Nicolehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2888232759468872090.post-36017491158020570432009-11-10T21:01:51.292-08:002009-11-10T21:01:51.292-08:001.75" wide lap top is pretty small1.75" wide lap top is pretty firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2888232759468872090.post-79940608467991875592009-10-12T15:47:58.085-07:002009-10-12T15:47:58.085-07:00So glad you like it! The Pantheon was by far my fa...So glad you like it! The Pantheon was by far my favorite place in Rome.

The bag can easily fit most 15.5" laptops. Measurements of the laptop pocket are 10.5"x16"x1.5". There's a good amount of padding so even if your computer is slightly bigger than that (say 1.75" wide) there should be wiggle room. If you order one and it doesn't happen to fit, you can return it with no problem. Thanks for checking out the site!Nicolehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2888232759468872090.post-49825516077684411542009-10-12T14:20:55.654-07:002009-10-12T14:20:55.654-07:00I love this design (and adore that it comes from t...I love this design (and adore that it comes from the Pantheon, which was a building I fell in love with when I got to visit Rome); hoping to save my shekels to buy it eventually.

Question -- it can fit a 15.5 in. laptop screen, firstname.lastname@example.com


text: Darrel MacMullin and Michael Oliver return. GoldMoney.com has devised a patented payment system using internet technology to make gold money more practical now than at any time in history. Market forces are driving thousands of people around the world to not only open free gold accounts but use that gold to make payments and to fuel their master cards with currency from their gold accounts, effectively monetizing gold. Darrel who was previously the President of PayPal Canada will explain not only how you can use GoldMoney as "checkbook" but why it is compelling from a financial point of view t


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Late meal breaks, crews down, no spare trucks and vehicles breaking down but yet we soldier on. Beautiful sunshine over the bank holiday weekend and I'm stuck at work. It didn't help when my wife text me with 'Hope you're having a nice day at work, I'm off to the beach with the kids.'
Talk about rubbing salt into the wounds! By all accounts they had a nice time. I on the other hand had to slog it out at work.
RTA neck pain, falls, bowel obstruction (requiring morphine-did the trick though and she wasn't very well at all), collapse ? cause, dying swan hyperventilation (after being accused of stealing, this patient just wound me up inside. I'll post about it in the future. Arrgh!), CVA that wasn't a CVA, back injury etc etc. You name it we pretty much had it.
We also had a young lad who fell off his BMX and the brake lever went into his inside thigh and ripped it open. I could have put my whole fist in the wound! He was brave and I'm sure by the time we arrived at the hospital he was now an Entonox (nitrous) addict. Ha Ha. He didn't want anything else for the pain which surprised me. It was a big wound for a kid to have. He asked the A/E consultant if he could go to sleep when they stitched it up. 'I think that might be a good idea' she said softly. I thought 'Too bloody right!'
Cardiac arrest, middle aged man collapsed and smashed through a glass door backwards. He'd been down too long and was beyond help.
The other crews had been to a premature baby who had stopped breathing and was grey and floppy. Airway & breathing management was all that was needed, sugar level fine as well. No other interventions or drugs needed, just a heavy right foot and 20 litres of diesel. The baby took a little while to recover at hospital but by the time the crews had cleared up the little bundle of joy was trying to eat the 02 tubing! A job well done!
My last call yesterday was to guy who had fallen heavily onto his foot the evening before. It had now ballooned up and was bruised. You could feel & hear the crepitus and the swelling was creeping up the outside of his leg. He drained both an F size and CD size Entonox bottle and in the end I gave him some morphine. I'll check up on him tonight. I know it's rare but I think he has broken his Fibula. Usually both Tib & Fib break but there something about where the pain was and how he landed that made me think. I was also worried about compartment syndrome developing. I suppose I'm just being over cautious.
Back in tonight for one of two nights.
Monday, 25 May 2009
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if you wer givin a chance to talk to the newly elected president of the USA what would u tell him about our environtal problem?
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He had is wife do it for him in interviews, as well as make it clear he went to all black church, which he then tried to deny after it was admitted earlier. Actions can speak just as loud as words to get a message across. Just like Palin and her winkadink habit/move.
I never really noticed all of that because I tried my best to ignore all of the crap surrounding this election, but of all of the messages I did receive from both sides, I never got the feeling that Obama was advocating the fact that he's not white to gain support. That's my fault for not paying attention, but I figured that if Obama was playing the race card then my anti-Obama teachers would have complained about it in their daily "Why Obama sucks" monologues.
History of the GOP begins with the breaking off of the democrat party due to disagreements about slavery among other things. Abe Lincoln was nominated by the GOP to run for presidency. You think it coincidence that the GOP wanted Abe (given his darker than normal skin and ethnicity) to carry out the new found parties view on slavery and how to abolish it?
Abe Lincoln and the GOP gaining office slit the country, they reacted to his views as well as his looks.
To disprove your guess in red, Abe was called "Abe Africanus the First" by his democrat opponents. This shows that he was viewed as part black in addition to his and the GOP's stance on slavery.
They may have seen him as part black, but not "black enough" to be someone's slave, or to be considered inferior to white people, which still supports my claim that society's perception of a person is one factor that determines their race.
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ummm .. no he would be picking cotton due to the "One-Drop Rule"
That same rule is why he would have be seen as less than human and just a piece of property to be bought, used, and sold, i.e a black person.
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its good that he won. But I think he will be dead in 1-2 years
hmm..i think he will make a good president but im wondering if he's going to get assassinated because some ppl in america are racist and wanna kill him..
[is dead] will visit only a few times.
Lets hope he doesn't get assassinated by some redneck in January 2009 when he officially becomes President...lol
i don't really like him but i'll respect him now that he's the new president but if he'll do such thing....bomb it!~
in my mind...there's an emotional rollercoaster!~
Funny pics in this thread. I'm very happy that he won.
Hmm. I would vote for him but I'm too young. To me, I'll just see him what is he going to do with the economic and enviromental issues. And other generals.
"You're my best friend, you just don't know that yet."
I am in love with him any way lets just wait and see what he is going to do different we want to see actions reather than words isn't that right ??
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so? the world is now on his shoulders and he could be our saviour or the doom of the world. what do YOU think?
Goddamn, woman. It's the fucking United States of America.
Anyways, he better be able to support his country; I still think that he's the better choice.
For now I'm just going to have to take his word for it and see what he's going to do next. I just hope no one does anything irrational while he's president. Overall, congratulations to Obama.
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I think he's going to spend a year tops in office before the people see him for what he really is. A human being, not some prophet. And besides 70% of the crap he promised is not even the goverment's responsibility. So he has absolutely no obligation to do most of the stuff he said he would. And he probally wont do most of the stuff he promised, I give it about a year tops.
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yeh he will change alot of the bullshit going on but hes no prophet so dont be surpised if he makes a mistake
because hes human just like the rest of us... .actually i'm an alien .... with a gigantic penis
but heres to a successfully presidency with barack! cheers
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he's oprah's prophet / butler
sad thing is, i bet most if not all of you cant actually name his policies and how hes going to fix them. Thing is, Obama supporters along with McCain Supporters dont even actually know what they planned to do. If i asked you? Oh you liked Obama's policies or his plan to Fix the economy... what was that plan? No one would be able to answer. The reason why is due the fact that Obama never really told anyone what exactly he will do, but everyone pretends like he did and they know. Same goes with McCain. Its silly if you ask me. Fact is, no one knows jack about what Obamas plans or strategy is, all we know is a vague idea of his parties political agenda.
You can never rely on a politician running for president to do what they say they will do, or make you believe will be the end result, because once they are president, they dont have to do anything of the sort. Its all in telling you what you want to hear in order to get the vote with out actually answering jack shiet.
Its ironic.
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Inside Maroon 5's 'Red Pill Blues' Album Release Party
Maroon 5 celebrated the release of their sixth studio album, Red Pill Blues, with an hour-long album release party and Q&A hosted by Jojo Wright at the iHeartRadio Theater in Los Angeles on Tuesday, November 7. The intimate event, attended by 200-some fans, was broadcast live on air and streamed online. The band kicked off the event by immediately performing a laid-back, casual rendition of their latest single "What Lovers Do."
The album title — which takes inspiration from The Matrix's red pill/blue pill dilemma — has made headlines for seemingly hinting at the current political landscape, but frontman Adam Levine told Jojo that he wants fans to decide the meaning for themselves.
"I can't say I know for sure the answer to that question," Adam said. "The name of an album is just a vibe. I think we had like 20 minutes to come up with it at the eleventh hour … I like to let people decide their own meanings to it."
Before going on to perform new track "Wait" and throwbacks "She Will Be Loved," "Don't Wanna Know," "Sugar," "Moves Like Jagger," "This Love," "Harder to Breathe," "One More Night" and "Misery," Levine commented on the collaborations they have on Red Pill Blues.
Watch Maroon 5 perform "What Lovers Do" below.
"Every single one of the people we worked on the album with served a purpose," he shared of collaborators Julia Michaels, A$AP Rocky, Future, Kendrick Lamar, LunchMoney Lewis and SZA. "Their freshness on the scene and it was all song appropriate ... what's the right pitch and tone for this."
While the album, according to critics, is Maroon 5's most electronic yet, it still retains the bands signature acoustic influence. In fact, Adam thinks Red Pill Blues is closest to their debut album, Songs About Jane.
"I think this album and the first album are probably the most connected," Adam said. "This album seems to me like a cousin to the first album ... there's a relationship ... kind of like book-ended all the ones in between."
Watch Maroon 5 perform "Wait" below.
The Voice coach candidly explained that as an artist, you're rarely even guaranteed a second album after you sign a five-record deal.
"Record deals are formed because they expect it to fail," he said. "[We've] made it through our first record deal … and now we have a lot of the power and control which is rad. It's a beautiful life [for Maroon 5 right now]."
While the frontman wouldn't elaborate on the meaning of the album title in the beginning of the casual, cool concert, he ended the night by proclaiming "we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life" and performed a stellar cover of Prince's "Let's Go Crazy."
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SEC finds no foul play in Facebook IPO
Confidential probe shows pattern of full disclosure
No evidence has been found that Facebook Inc withheld vital information from investors in the runup to its May 17 IPO, reports Bloomberg.
The Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) confidential probe into the embarrassing debut revealed that days before trading commenced on the social media giant's stock, Facebook held private discussions with securities-firm analysts in which the lacklustre returns from mobile users were discussed. Facebook advised the lowering of earnings and profits projections to reflect mobile performance.
Also mentioned during the investigation, was a disclosure on 9 May that alerted investors that users were growing faster than the advertising delivered to them.
Retail investors were hit hard when the initial $38 share price plunged to a current value which is around half of that price. The SEC probe's initial findings may go some way to helping Facebook fight off the civil lawsuits filed by those investors, in which they accuse the social media company of selective disclosure prior to the flotation.
"It's unlikely the SEC will pursue an enforcement action against Facebook based on what they were discussing before the IPO," said Peter Henning, a former SEC lawyer who now teaches at Wayne State University in Detroit. "The SEC would have objected even more strenuously if the company had not complied."