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Have I ever mentioned my son Odin?
Have I told you he is 3?
Of course I have, too many times to count.
We have also joked about me training him to farm for me.
That hasn't happened yet… Yet.
Until recently he hasn't been allowed to play on the PC.
- It's not that I fear that he will break it.
- It's not that he would be eating into my play time.
- It's not even the fear he will discover my wife's porn collection.
It's just that my wife didn't want him growing up stuck to the PC.
- Square eyes from too much TV – ok.
- Broken limbs from falling out of trees – every kid should do it.
- Farm gold for Daddy – no way!
As a result when he finally badgered me enough to play on the PC (He carefully waited until she was out), his computer skills were the equivalent of my cooking skills.
After spending hours of playing the games for him (he would sit in my lap and place his hand over mine on the mouse and bark out instructions), I finally stumbled a cross a game he could and wanted to play on his own.
- Simple point and click interface
- Construction
- Robots
My Government came to the rescue with a game based on a kids TV show I have never heard of… Thank you My ABC!
- He starts the PC himself
- Starts the browser himself (he even started WoW for me this morning (/rubs hands in glee)
- Browses the games and tries them out.
- Has a basic character recognition, he knows the words: Play, Start, Retry, Print (don't press), Back, Quit and many more.
- Wubbzy even says…
It's Hammering Time!
Although I am sure he means something else
Best of all, he isn't a keyboard turner!
Bring on the boss fight!
Although at times his attention span is short and he will quit out of a game before it has completely loaded, he has one major advantage over 80% of WoW players…
He doesn't mind a wipe!
It must be the 3 year old "I fell out of the tree, let me get up and try again" mentality.
When he wipes in a game, he cheerfully restarts it and has another go, as many goes as his attention span will permit.
Word of advice:
Next time you reach your 3rd wipe on that progression boss, don't pull out the alts, pull out the kids.
They won't mind wiping (ghost form will be a different look… Just like dress ups) and their quick minds will work out the boss mechanics before bosskillers has even loaded.
The only problems I can foresee are:
- Petitioning Blizzard 4 times a night for them to replace the ugly T10 items they threw away.
- Repair bills
- Fighting for your turn in game (believe it or not, it's hard to control the mouse with a screaming 3 year old wrapped around you ankle trying to pull you away from the PC)
Gnomer and Out!
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QOTW: How Much Beauty Sleep Do You Get?
Hey everyone! In this past question of the week, I asked how much sleep you get most nights- or "beauty" sleep :) Here's what you had to say...
- 7-8 hours: 196 (48%)
- 5-6 hours: 152 (37%)
- More than 8 hours: 40 (9%)
- 3-4 hours: 14 (3%)
- Less than 3 hours: 1 (0%)
Votes so far: 403 Poll closed
I'm glad to see that the majority of you get between 7 and 8 hours of sleep per night. I fall into that category as well, and sometimes I still feel like I need more! As you may know, I have a difficult sleep schedule because I work on a morning newscast- I have to be at work at 3:30 a.m., I wake up around 1:30 a.m., and I go to bed around 6:00! It's strange, but it's forced me to really make sure I'm getting enough sleep, since I want to be refreshed and energized on the news! And as I've found through doing a little research for this blog- the concept of "Beauty Sleep" really is legit! It's a time when your body can heal and repair itself. Experts on ivillage.com recommend 8 hours, and it'll help you steer clear of those dark circles, puffiness, and overall grogginess that doesn't help anyone look or feel good! Below are some of the best tips for getting quality sleep that I've found (besides getting all 8 hours!), courtesy of this article on wikiHow- check it out for a more complete explanation of these points and more.
- Sleep in complete darkness- or as close to it as possible- even a little light in the room can disrupt your circadian rhythm. I use an eye mask to block out excess light.
- Journal- if you feel like you can't turn off the thoughts in your mind, sometimes writing them down can make you feel more at ease before bed
- Avoid Caffiene- this sounds common sense- but for some people, even an afternoon can of pop can hinder your ability to sleep later on.
- Avoid Alcohol- though it might make you feel drowsy- alcohol can keep you from falling into the deeper stages of sleep where the body does most of its healing
- Lose Weight- Being overweight can increase the risk of sleep apnea- preventing a good, restful sleep!
- Remove the clock from view- This will keep you from obsessing over what time it is when you can't sleep- which may stress you out more.
- Keep your bed for sleeping- don't watch TV or do work there- it will be harder to relax.
- Exercise Regularly- Doing so for at least 30 minutes a day can help you fall asleep, just donn't do it too close to your bedtime.
- Put Your Work Away- at least 1 or 2 hours before bed. This will help you unwind and be less tense when you finally do go to bed.
Now if only we could follow these tips all the time! I know first hand that it's tough to really make sure you're getting all the sleep you need, let alone the best quality sleep, but hopefully if we can implement some of these ideas, we'll feel a little mor energized when we wake up!
Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!
Emily :)

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Nolan Reimold was claimed off outright waivers by the Toronto Blue Jays Sunday.
The claim ends a week of speculation about the outfielder's future. The Baltimore Orioles had activated Reimold from the 60 day disabled list (back) earlier in the week and designated him for assignment. After failing to be able to trade him, the Birds placed Reimold on outright waivers Friday.
The Blue Jays will be on the hook for the remainder of his $1.025 million salary this season.
Reimold's Baltimore tenure ends after his most recent trip to the DL came following spine fusion surgery in the spring. This surgery was the most recent in a line of health-related issues for the Bowling Green alum. After being sidelined by an oblique strain and achilles tendon fraying early in his career, Reimold's most significant issues began in 2012. He previously had surgery for a herniated disc in June 2012 that shortened his season, he was forced to have corrective surgery just a year later to fix the previous procedure.
Since arriving in the big leagues in 2009, Reimold played in just 286 games (all with the Orioles). He hit .252/.327/.439 with 41 home runs and 126 RBI in the span.
The O's appeared to view Reimold as expendable in part due to a glut of right handed hitting outfielder/designated hitter/first base types on the major league roster. Manager Buck Showalter has struggled to find regular playing time for hot hitting Delmon Young due to Nelson Cruz and Steve Pearce's outstanding success to start the season as well.
CRUZ RESPONDS: Speaking of Cruz, he responded to comments made about him Saturday night by Red Sox pitcher John Lackey when speaking to reporters pre-game Sunday.
After the left fielder went 5-5 and came just a triple short of the cycle Saturday night, Lackey said "I'm not even going to comment on him. I've got nothing to say about him. There's things I would like to say, but I'm not going to."
The starter was clearly referring to Cruz's 50 game suspension in 2013 related to PED's and his relationship with Biogenesis.
Cruz was asked about the comments by reporters Sunday, saying "people can say whatever they want. It's part of being free. I don't have any comments about that," according to CSNBaltimore.com. "What I care about is my teammates and what they think about me."
He added "everybody is free to talk. What I care about is what I'm doing here."
Showalter also addressed the comments in his pre-game chat with reporters, saying "you consider sources of people and some of their emotions after the game, whether it be a player's comment or a manager's comment or some fan's comment. You understand that nobody makes those comments after they pitched a complete game shutout or Nelson is 0-for-5. It's human nature. We need to all make sure we check our own backyard before we start looking at someone else's," also according to CSNBaltimore.com.
NOTES: Showalter re-affirmed to reporters in Boston that Bud Norris (groin) came out of his simulated game Saturday well and is expected to start Tuesday or Wednesday against the Washington Nationals. The Baltimore Sun reported the team is leaning towards Tuesday to get him an extra start before the All-Star break…MLB.com reports Sunday starter Kevin Gausman is not guaranteed to make another start before the All-Star break, saying the Birds could send him back down to get another reliever before the final week of the first half of the season…Slumping first baseman Chris Davis did not start Sunday as Showalter decided to give him a day of rest. Davis came into the day with just two hits in his last 34 at-bats


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National Organization for Women (NOW)
Taking action for women's equality since 1966 the National Organization of Women fight for economic justice, ending sex discrimination, lesbian rights, stopping violence against women, and abortion and reproductive rights(just to name a few!) On April 25, 2004 NOW organized a PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION OF HISTORIC SIZE in support of reproductive freedom and justice FOR ALL WOMEN. In our Nation's Capitol we marched to uphold — Choice, Justice, Access, Health, Abortion, Global and Family Planning. Look back at this historic moment here: http://march.now.org
National Abortion Federation (NAF)
The voice of abortion providers. If you're pregnant or if you want to get more directly involved in the pro-choice movement, this is a great place to turn.
Planned Parenthood
They've been around for ages and they're still as relevant and necessary as ever. Health info, late-breaking news, and suggestions for activism.
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This sight produced by Tactical Archery Systems (TAS) and is a 4-dot holographic bow sight. It uses the US military technology that is used for rapid target acquisition. SABO stands for Superimposed Ambient Ballistic Optic. It gathers light through fiber optics just like any other sight but the dots are projected onto the lens. The sight doesn't use any electronics but has an option to add an LED light if your state allows it. The dots can be adjusted individually to your desired ranges.
The sight does have the housing that wraps around your bow and the draw back was that I couldn't get it to fit in my Plano Bow Case which was a little difficult for me. Setting that aside I took it out and decided to sight it in. To sight it in for the first time, they suggest you sight the point of the triangle at 10 yards. Once I got that sighted in at 10 yards I started making some adjustments to the dots so they aligned with the long distance line on the lens.
I then moved on sighting in the first dot at 20 yards. Once that was sighted in I had to grab an extra arrow because I shot one of the fletchings off one of my arrows. I was surprised at how bright the dots were, how easy it was to see how much or little I was torquing by bow, and how quickly it was to locate the target.
It was getting later in the evening as I moved out to 30 yards and I made some adjustments to the 2nd pin. It didn't take long to get the pin sighted in and this is what it looked like at 30 yards.
I was only able to get the sight honed in out to 30 yards due to the time but was surprised and happy with the way that the sight performed. I thought that the concept of this sight was magnificent. It helped me reduce my hand torque on my bow and to shoot very consistently.
All in all I thought this sight performed well and had lots of good things. I wasn't a big fan of how it wrapped around my bow and the fact I couldn't use my bow case. I am a little hesitant about using the sight while crawling through the desert, mountains, or other places if the lens gets scratched or cracked. Overall this is a great sight and would work well for archery shoots or hunting by helping eliminate bow torque. I have a peep sight that creeps on my current bow ever now and then and while shooting I forgot to check my peep and noticed it had started creeping because I was more focused on aligning the dots and the picture above was the result.
- Helps Eliminate Bow Torque
- The Dots Are Very Bright
- Locating The Target Was Very Simple And Fast
- Easy Installation
- A Peep Sight is Not Necessary (if that's what you're looking for)
- Zero Parallax
- No Pins to Break
- Different Than Most Sights
- Personally I Don't Like the Wrap Around Because it Doesn't Fit in My Bow Case
- Dot Adjustments: It is different then other sights and takes some getting use to.
- The Lens: I've never shot a bow sight with a lens and it may be difficult for me to get use to.
This is a great sight and I think once you get the hang of the sight it would work well for you. I plan on using it more and get the rest of the dots sighted in. I watched a video from the guys at Tactical Archery Systems shooting a beer can out at 100 yards with this sight. I'm looking forward to using this sight more and giving it a more in depth review.
Disclaimer: The reviews on this blog are my honest opinions. This sight was one that I had won through a monthly giveaway. I received no monetary compensation in exchange for this review and the views are solely my personal opinion.


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Morning Meditation
- Wed Feb 19th 2020
- 7:25 am
- 8:15 am
- Booking not required
- No charge, donations welcome
For those who have learnt to meditate. A 40 minute meditation without instruction, with bells for four stages – feel free to do any meditation practice you choose.
Please note – this class takes place outside normal Centre opening times and is run by a small team of volunteers. This means you need to arrive promptly by 7.25am, and not before 7.15am otherwise there will be no-one to let you in. If you arrive between 7.15am and 7.25am and you are not let in immediately then please be patient. The person leading the sit is most likely downstairs preparing the shrine room and may not have heard the bell.
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Last week, I took the time to watch the debate that took place in February between Bill Nye (the Science Guy) and Ken Ham, a young-Earth creationist based in Kentucky.
I'm going to agree with much of the media that the debate was a disaster for science and a triumph for Ken Ham. The slick podiums with the signatures of the participants superimposed over their beaming faces; the impeccably dressed moderator brimming with even-handed smugness, delivering the Creation Museum's telling underhanded strike at the end when he told the audience to review the entire debate at debatelive.org, a webpage prominently titled: "Debunking Bill Nye's Arguments." Nye took the whole affair lying down, rather like Gulliver, the Lilliputians tying strings across his chest.
The whole event lent to creationism a completely undeserved space for credibility. Ken Ham and his colleagues had jumped at the chance for that space, and spent the night revelling in its glory. In many ways debate itself was their victory.
With that context acknowledged, however, he debate mattered too. And my opinion here is that Nye's strategy was a complete failure. Why? Because he talked facts and science. Ham, on the other hand, talked worldview.
In his own words, Ham said that "the creation/evolution debate is really a conflict between two philosophical worldviews."
He's right: the evolution/creation debate is not about facts. If it were, we would all acknowledge evolution. As it is, the reason almost half of us are literal Bible believers is that we've been brought up to see belief in creationism as inseparable from our deepest values of life, truth, family, and God. With that fundamental assumption unchallenged, we will hold on to our values and dismiss any kind of facts that come our way. And Bill Nye forgot that if you're going to go to Rome, you should debate as the Romans do.
Ken Ham carried the day by creating an image of himself as a scientist. He took the time to put his foot on Nye's ground and pretend it belonged there. Nye barely took any time to debate about evolution and religion, probably because he's not religious himself. But imagine if he were, and had said: "Do you really believe it's possible that God, who is infinite, would ever confine himself to the single pages of one book? That he would offer only one, and not many, ways of salvation to his people? Shouldn't his truth be like a deep well that springs up in many different places?"
Many creationists will go on reading the Bible literally for the rest of their lives, but perhaps some are on the fence. And if we're going to ask those people to consider tearing their philosophical house down, we should be able to offer another with as much, if not more, meaning than the first.
I doubt that this is impossible. I'm thinking now of another one of Ham's statements, when speaking about the Christian conception of the universe: "a perfect creation, it will be perfect again in the end."
One doesn't need literal belief in the Bible to find this theme in spiritual tradition all across the world. It was described to me once by a rabbi who quoted Kabbalah's saying: "In the beginning God was one, but it was lonely. He wanted a friend; so he split himself."
In those three final words one can picture the immeasurable burst of form and light from the Big Bang: God-essence divided, spewing itself through the darkness to form galaxies and nebulae, giving rise to life and conscious forms. Beings arose who could rediscover their essence as God, the Universe, Himself, embodied in each other and their capacity for self-less love. The story of the return to the divine is told in the Kabbalah of Judaism, the poetry of Rumi, even in Jesus's fable of the lost son returning to his father, who now loves him more than before.
Interestingly enough, Nye touched upon this worldview when he said, "It is a wonderful and astonishing thing to me that we are … one of the ways that the Universe knows itself." I wonder if he knows how close he came to really winning the debate.
Nye could have likewise taken the time to put this foot on Ham's ground and pretend he belonged there with a simple question like "Do you really believe it's possible that God, who is omnipotent and can do anything he wishes, could not possibly have chosen to create mankind by inventing evolution as the mechanism of bringing forth ever-increasingly complex forms of life?"
Some people lack the gene for hand eye coordination and make poor athletes. Some people lack the ability for spacial reasoning and some lack the gene for normal height. Religious people lack the gene for logical reasoning and instead lean towards using magic to explain things. Just as it would make no sense to let someone lacking eye hand coordination pitch for a professional baseball team, it makes no sense for society to let religious people run as politicians.
ET, you have made a common, but gross error.
There are very few single gene mutations that "cause" things like adult size, hand/eye coordination, or any feature of thinking ability. Nor is there a genetically dominated predisposition toward super-naturalism which is merely another form of thinking.
A greater error is that there ought to be a religious test, or criteria for American public office. This is worse than your biological errors- it is anti-American.
The United States Constitution, Article VI, paragraph 3, and states,
"The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States."
It is the Constitution, and only the Constitution that prevents the United States from becoming a theocratic state.
I'm wrong? Please put your bible down for a year or so and take an undergraduate degree in a life science. Your comments regarding genetics and traits are ridiculous but completely in line with someone who dedicates himself to the subject of magic.
Heheh, I am a retired professor. I taught human evolution, and was a Director of a natural history museum. I am not a Christian, Jew, or Muslim. In fact, I am a militant agnostic: I do not know, and neither do you.
I suspect you are unfamiliar with the US Constitution. Are you Canadian, perhaps?
Yes, I'm Canadian. By the way, what don't you and I know? I know that whatever religion mankind has devised is false. I think Mencken put it very succinctly.
"We must respect the other fellow's
religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his
theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart."
— H. L. Mencken
It is one thing to have an opposing view to someone, but it is quite another to attack that person's character and abilities. It's discrimination. No one minds if you have an opinion, just don't consider those people to be incapable of logical reasoning. That is complete ignorance.
We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe.
–Oliver Wendell Holmes
Evolution has no scientific evidence. Evolution has nothing to do with science.
I'm glad you cleared that up.
"Evolution has no scientific evidence"
HAHAHAHAHA! You're so ignorant I'm suprised you're able to breath let alone turn on a computer…
Nothing other than your DNA, your biochemistry, and your morphology. Other than that, I guess you're right.
Well, that assertion is foolish, and foolishness is frowned on by the Christian Church. Fools do like to cite 2 Corinthians 12:11, or
1 Corinthians 1:
19. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
20. Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
1 Corinthians 3:
18. Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
19. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
20. And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
But really, stupidity is not a good argument for being a Christian.
Incidentally, most Christians also believe in evolution.
A bare plurality of US Christians
agree that "God created man in his present form." Globally this is a tiny fraction of all Christians.
I've read that post three times. And all it seems to say is "This book is right, anyone who disagree's is wrong. "
Trouble is , they're only refering to the book of Corinthians. They're not aware of the other books existance at the time of writing.
I was making a particular point to the anti-science comment by Mr. Weller.
Anti-science Christians are fond of quoting the Apostle Paul. Since the Corinthians were Greek, the "wise" were the Greek philosophers of antiquity, and the Gnostics in 1st and 2nd C.E. Creationists (generally knowing as little about the Bible as they do science) mistake these verses as being anti-science.
I hope potential employers are following these posts. This place isn't exactly a brain trust. hahaha
Prove to me there is a God. Any proof please.
Prove to me there isn't. Any proof please. 😉
When asserting existence, the burden of proof belongs on the the person making the claim.
exactly. You can't prove something non-existent. AND: WHEN YOU CAN NOT PROVE EXISTENCE OF A THING, TECHNICALLY IS DOES NOT EXIST.
Certain things can be proven as non-existant.
Things larger than the universe when the universe is agreed to include everything.
Things that contain innate contradictions when you agree to the rules of logic.
Unique objects being in two places at the same time is another example of something that can be proven as non-existant.
If you are versed in quantum theory, which I will assume you are not, you would now know there is actually supporting evidence regarding multiple universes in existence. Everything, I suspect is not included in only this universe. There is also evidence to support things exist in multiple planes simultaneously, as time constraints only exist when measuring distances in space. Take away the constraints, and everything exists simultaneously everywhere. As I said before, you need to be versed in quantum theory to understand where I am coming from.
The universe is "everything"
There are no multiple universes because there are no "multiple everythings" , that is a contradiction.
Quantum "Theory" may propose the universe is more complex , contains far more , than we expect, acts in a different fashion than we expect , But it's not going to state that that extra piece exists some other place outside of "everything" . Someplace outside of everything , would be part of everything , by definition.
Someone spiked your koolaid with a micky.
"Everything", as you stated does not exist finitely, as you so eloquently presume. I suggest that everything is infinite, which means there is no set amount of "everything", just as there is no set amount of space, or numbers, matter, energy, vibration, etc.
Now you're modifying the definition of the word "everything" to exclude things you find inconvenient. This is now a word game , not a logical discussion.
Don't be silly. Without the correct words, there can be no correct truth. Think about it this. It is but words that describe the reality of our existence. It is illogical to assume the entirety if existence is finite, and therefore packaged into a singularity. The big bang is only one of an phenomenon within a continuim that is infinite in nature. It is logical to assume this in my opinion, rather than everything spawning from nothingness, which only exists via human non perception. It is possible that reality is of an infinite nature as Einstein first believed, before his paradigm shift for popular political/scientific reasoning.
"correct words" meaning your version of the words, not someone elses.
And we're back to word games , not logical debate.
Stating that "everything" includes only finite objects and then pointing to the big bang as an infinite object , and therefore not part of everything … is a word game.
Not interested in word games.
You would do better with defining infinite objects and finite objects. But then again , I would probably respond with "everything includes both"
Quantum theory shows us evidence of that, which I highly suggest you become educated thereof, just as the entire world should.
Time to strip away old misconceptions that do not jive with modern insights into reality.
Furthermore, the mathematical existence of infinity does indeed exist, which lends credence to the idea that only one universe is an impossibility.
Mathmatical "proofs" just show the math is right. Math doesn't prove anything. That is reserved for experiments in the laboratory.
Still , two everything's is a logical contradiction since it violates the definition of "everything"
I did not say it proved anything. I just said it can be cited as evidence that our classical theory of what "everything" consists of can be disputed.
I don't even call it a universe anymore, as I believe this is an incorrect definition, kind of like calling a mentally challenged kid a retard. I call it existence.
Spoken like a truly uneducated boob. Mathematics is one of the only mechanisms available that CAN tangibly prove anything.
PLease prove that I like chocolate ice cream better than I like strawberry.
You just said you like chocolate ice cream better than strawberry. Only you would know that for fact, however; depending, if you never tried strawberry your taste might be programmed to chocolate, and as a result bias in preference. This especially true with acquired tastes.
"depending, if you never tried strawberry"
This is a reference to imperial evidence , ie: heading to a laboratory and trying it out. It is not part of mathmatics.
word games again.
Mathmatics takes suppositions and mashes them together. Sometimes those suppositions (like imperial evidence) are good ,and you get good results. Sometimes those suppositions are garbage , and , well , garbage in , garbage out.
How do you find out if you're right ? You don't double check the math , you try it out in the real world.
ergo : Math doesn't prove anything. That is the domain of imperial evidence.
Logical proof that your definition of god is a contradiction usually suffices for any but the religious.
The religious of course, do not follow the rules of logic, there for you cannot "prove" anything to them. If you could , pointing out a terrible tragedy is in conflict with an all knowing , all powerful, all kind (omni-benificiant) deity.
Which they reject (they reject all of logic , not just the example)
Yes – please prove that Zeus doesn't exist. After that prove that Thor doesn't exist after that prove that Pele the Fire Goddess doesn't exist after that… … …
Thomas Huxley (1825 – 1895) coined the term "agnostic" to summarize the only proper scientific attitude toward the "supernatural gods, ghosts, and ghoulies."
It does not mean "unsure," "confused," or "cowardly." It means "unknown." Literally, science cannot assert that there is no supernatural, as there is no possible scientific test for the supernatural. It is unknown, and unknowable by science if there are gods, ghosts, or ghouleis. We can test specific claims about religions, only when they can make a claim that is subject to rational, material test.
So far they have not passed any such a test. But they might. Never say never.
there is no super natural.
1… "nature" is everything. Life , death , the moon and stars , galaxies and the universe , anything contained within the universe , is all part of nature.
2…There isn't any "outside" of the universe. Everything is inside it.
3… There fore , there is nothing "unnatural" , "Supernatural" , etc etc.
Of course , this just means ghosts are "natural" instead of "super natural" , but then again … you still have to show me one before you can properly assert it exists.
Otherwise , the defnition of "super natural" and the definition of "fiction" become identical.
"A god" …someone who can raise the dead will do I think.
Please check your local hospital.
Oh , you mean the christian god ? Hmmm…. that's a little tougher …
God is Evil.
Every time a preacher tells me he's all knowing , all powerful , and I see a wreck on the high way with lots of people horribly maimed and killed, I have proof of this.
Debate that.
Why blame God? Was He driving?
This is philosophy 101. If god is all knowing, then he knows in advance who will commit evil acts, who will be good, who will suffer, and who will prosper. Why not create a world with less evil and less suffering? This only covers humans. Life is terrible if you are a prey animal or when a wild animal gets old or sick. The amount suffering in the world is enormous if you include animals.
The world with less evil and suffering? I tend to think that perhaps this is it, and an incalculable number of all other possible universes permitting free will would only have been worse.
Since he knew this would happen before he created the universe, and decided it was OK , then yes.
Yes, He was driving.
Personally, I would prefer a universe where we have the freedom to screw up (horrific consequences notwithstanding) over one where we are all programmed automatons. A god that desires such a civilization of enslaved mindless puppets would indeed be seriously psychotic.
1) What if God did not allow any sickness or death or calamity to occur on the earth and yet still gave us free will? I asked this to my sixth grade Sunday school students and they were quick to point out that if this was the case, people would soon take advantage of the situation and become increasingly wicked. This is why Adam and Eve were not permitted to eat from the Tree of Life after eating from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. So God allows humans of every age and nationality to die that we might learn to fear him for "…by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil."
2) You are claiming that God is unjust yet if He was to give us justice, we all would cease to exist for we all have sinned and mocked His holiness and resisted His lordship. The fact that He has restrained so much evil and has spared humanity this long is because of His longsuffering nature. The twentieth century was to usher in world peace and prosperity with the improvements in technology, yet we saw two world wars. We have an enemy (the devil) that seeks to steal, kill and destroy.
3) We cannot see the big picture as God does and must believe that God is good. We know this because when He saw the pain and the devastating consequences of sin, He did not stand aloof but in love He gave His Son to die on a cruel cross to bear the suffering our sins deserved that we might receive His forgiveness and enjoy sweet fellowship with Him once again. Here is a link for a home school family near me who lost three teenage boys to a drunk driver. Check it out. https://dod.org/dod2097.html In the midst of their pain they still believe that God is good and that He has a purpose for everything that happens.
Free will , and an all knowing all powerful god who created us and knew everything we were going to do before we did it , are opposites.
You cannot have "Free Will" *and* "An all knowing, all powerful Creator" , one contradicts the other.
To state otherwise , is to change the definition of "all knowing" in the middle of the argument , giving it one meaning at the beginning , and another at the end.
Evolution is like a religion, it is a world-view. Leland Wright is mistaken to think that the convenient alliance of Evolution to quasi-Science is at all fitting, there is nothing to support Evolution but putting spin on facts. He is also wrong to think his foolish reasoning is smarter than God. Nye should retire as an actor and stop representing himself as anything scientific now that his TV scripts have stopped.
Evolution is to Science what dog breeding is to religion.
Wait … that's not right … dog breeding actually works and religion doesn't …
Evolution … gets results. Look at dog breeding. Lots of dog breeds exist today that didn't exist a thousand years ago.
Ham continually said that you don't know the past because "you weren't there."
He then takes something from the past and cites it as something that is irrefutable truth. How does this make sense?
By his argument, anything that took place before the time of my birth can hold no more validity than the Bible.
When I was a child, I had this theory that all of history, the universe, and humanity was created moments before I was born. This is basically the argument Ham uses when defending his views. He says we can't tell what happened 4,000 years ago, because we weren't there. Then how can we trust what happened 100 years ago? We weren't there either. We do know people that were there, and have primary sources of documentation, but how can we truly trust that? His argument falls apart when he infers that we can't trust anything past primary sources, yet he bases his entire argument on a single source that is anything but a primary source.
If Ham was consistent, he wouldn't believe anything written in the bible either, because he "wasn't there" personally witnessing Moses, the prophets, the apostles et al write it down.
I just got back from spending two days at the Creation Museum. It was great and eye opening. When Mr. Ham says that you can't know the past for certain because "you weren't there" he was referring to history that is beyond historical accounts and what is recorded in the creation account contained in the book of Genesis in the Bible. I wasn't born during the time of Adolf Hitler but I can see evidence of his existence through the historical records, pictures and evidence. Similarly, the Bible records ancient events and genealogies that give us a good idea how old the earth is. That is, if you believe in a supernatural God who authored the Bible and preserved it throughout the ages. That is why Mr. Ham argues for a young earth about 6,000 years old.
But evolutionists who believe in billions of years take an incredible leap of faith and make conjectures about events that are not 10,000 years ago but over a million times further to billions of years ago. They then try to persuade the naive that what they are conjecturing is the truth by calling it a "fact" and not simply a theory. This is because they know that science teaches otherwise and they have no rational explanation so they invent billions of years as a smokescreen.
Our founding fathers wrote, "We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created…" It is "self evident" because we can see from creation that things just don't evolve out of random events anymore than a microprocessor evolves out of silicon. For example, when we look at our eye, we see marvelous evidence for design: we have a lens that focuses an image on the retina through the use of tiny muscles, a cornea that helps shape the image, an iris that regulates that amount of light and the rods and cones on the retina that transform the image into electrical signals that are transported via the optic nerve to the brain.
Charles Darwin wrote, "To suppose that the eye with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to different distances, for admitting different amounts of light, and for the correction of spherical and chromatic aberration, could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest degree."
What is even more absurd is to think that random chance is the explanation behind all of the complex instructions contained in the human cell that can allow a single cell to grow into a human being with some cells forming a heart, others a lung, pancreas, liver, kidney, muscle, tendon, bone or tooth.
Now just suppose that I went to my local vitamin store and I purchased some DNA, RNA, Calcium, and assorted other building blocks for the human body and I mixed them all into a container and I even added water. (I am giving evolution a head start by providing the DNA) Am I supposed to believe that somehow these chemicals will rearrange themselves into a functioning living primitive cell if given billions of years? The 2nd law of thermodynamics states that something cannot go from a less ordered state to a more ordered state without energy. (A child who creates a building out of wood blocks supplies the energy that causes the building to take shape)
So let us supply our primordial soup with energy in the form of a lightning bolt or the rays of the sun. The problem we have here is that the randomness of the energy supplied will only produce randomness. Some have likened this to a bomb going off in a type factory and having a dictionary come about as a result. Randomness creates randomness.Intelligent life creates life. This is why Richard Dawkins entertains the idea that life may have come to earth through an alien life source. Evolution does not provide a valid reason for the beginning of life and can only account for changes among 'kinds' or what is known as micro-evolution.
There are several falsehoods in "G Z" 's comment that are easy to expose. Since I am short of time, I'll skim off a easy ones.
The idea of a "historical account" is that there is a preserved physical document from the time in question. There is no such account from actual witnesses for any of the biblical texts related to Yeshua ben Yoseph, his execution, or followers. So, according to Ken Ham, and "GZ" Jesus never existed.
There is not a single extant document for any original copy of Genesis. However, there are many physical copies of older cuneiform tablets with more ancient creation myths than found in the Bible. By GZ's criteria, there are better documented "proofs" of Mesopotamian pantheons from antiquity than for the biblical myths.
We can state with a reasonable certainty that the universe is thousands of times older than biblical chronologies can tolerate. That certaintiy is based on exact physical measurements and observation. I briefly review these in Stones and Bones: "Are Constants Constant." ( I don't want to waste time checking if this website allowed URLs or not, Use the Google).
I am out of time (I am going deep sea fishing and need to leave). I have not gone far into the lies and frauds posted by GZ, but it is a start. I'll be back in two days time.
Regarding the authenticity of the Lord Jesus:
The great historian Flavius Josephus wrote (c.94): "He
was [the] Christ; and when Pilate, at the suggestion of the principal men
amongst us, had condemned him to the cross, those that loved him at the first
did not forsake him, for he appeared to them alive again the third day, as the
divine prophets had foretold these and ten thousand other wonderful things
concerning him;"
In addition there are over 24,000 New Testament manuscripts that date back as close to 29 years from when the eye witness accounts were first penned. This is virtually unheard of for ancient documents. These documents agree nearly perfectly as well attesting to their importance and divine protection.
This why scientists don"t "debate" creationists. Creationsits are there to sell their religious views, not discuss science. Creationists have no science. Hopefully Nye made some money out of this .
Dr. Werner von Braun (a great rocket scientist) wrote: "My experiences with science led me to God. They challenge science to prove the existence of God. But must we really light a candle to see the sun?"
Sir Isaac Newton wrote: "This most beautiful system of the sun, planets, and comets could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being."
These are just a couple of examples of creationists who were great scientists.
I have a problem with the title. The (farce of a) debate was a PR blow for Nye, and possibly for some scientists. But Science was unaffected. Science doesn't care whether it's popular, or whether scientistist are popular. Science is pure, and it is above the squabbles of the scientific and non-scientific community alike.
TKS retitled this piece – the title I submitted was "Debating creationism: it's not about the facts."
I forgot they do that. I'm with you.
Any debate is appreciated.


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The security company F-Secure recently released a list the top malware hosting domains which included Google, Dropbox, Comcast, and other popular websites. Before you freak out, there's a very good reason for them to be on that list.
Now, of course Google and Dropbox aren't secretly hording malware intentionally. Rather, they either host links or allow users to upload files which could be malicious. "The greatest amount of malicious content came from contenthosting sites," writes F-Secure in their report. "In H2 2012 we saw that 56 out of [the] top 1000 sites, or 5.6% of the top sites, hosted malicious content, usually a link or redirection to malware or phishing scam."
It would seem that these sites are victims of their own success, being enormously popular and also providing services that inadvertently help perpetuate malware. This is similar to how Google Play ranked as only the fifth safest Android app store, because of its sheer size.
The sites F-Secure noted in their report include file hosting, social networking, and ad-serving networks. Taken together, they account for over 10 percent of the most visited sites. Across the 56 sites F-Secure found, 95.4 percent of them were from a small number of domains.
"Although only a handful of them have been found to serve malicious content as of H2 2012," reads the report, "[the sites] definitely provide a big playground for possible exploitation and as such need to be secured."
The entire report can be read here. Click on the image above (or right here) to see the full list of the top malware hosting domains.
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The Black Eyed Peas have got a feeling that their next tour might be a good one.
Peas leader will.i.am told Billboard that the band's recent South American shows provided them with a template for how to structure a tour that will focus on filling up stadiums around the world, reports MTV.
"South America was a test," he told the trade publication. "We did all our homework...try to figure out how we can do stadiums in other countries, in America in Europe. If Black Eyed Peas Can do five 02 arenas, why don't we just do it in one shot? If we can do three Staples Centers, we should do one Dodgers Stadium. So that's how we'll probably tour this time around."
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The flamboyantly dressed MC also said that the best way to experience the band's chart-topping hits and the tracks from their forthcoming album, The Beginning, would be in a huge venue.
"It's like you're there with all your friends," he said. "You're there in front of 50,000 people and they're there to watch you and your friends," he said. "Nothing gets any better than that. It's the best feeling, the best one yet."
will.i.am also said that the lead single from the new album, "The Time (Dirty Bit)," which includes the chorus from Dirty Dancing's "(I've Had) The Time of My Life," ties back to "I Gotta Feeling," the massive hit from their last album, The E.N.D.
"If 'I Gotta Feeling' was about someone who went out and said, 'I have a feeling tonight's gonna be a good night,' what would that person say when they came back from that party? They're probably going to tell you, 'Wow, I had the time of my life,' and that's what 'The Time' is," he said.
The Peas will get the chance to warm up for the tour as they'll be headlining the halftime entertainment of this year's Super Bowl, which is expected to be watched by over 100 million viewers.
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On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration published new draft guidance that could effectively put an end to high-powered lasers in the United States. It will not be formally approved until the 90-day comment period has passed.The move is likely in response to the growing threat of laser strikes against aircraft. Since early 2014, the FBI has offered a $10,000 reward to anyone who reports a laser strike to federal authorities, leading to an arrest. Since the FBI began keeping track in 2004, there have been more than 12,000 reported incidents nationwide—and the incident rate continues to climb.
Earlier this year, a California man was sentenced to 14 years in prison in a lasering incident, believed to be the harshest such sentence in the United States, and possibly in the world. Pilots say that being struck with such lasers can be terrifying, causing temporary blindness and sometimes lingering headaches.
The new draft regulation expands the definition of surveying, leveling, or alignment (SLA) lasers, which are currently capped at five milliwatts of power, to include consumer-grade lasers. Sites, like WickedLasers.com, openly sell lasers with up to 2W of power for $200 to $600.
Neither the FDA nor the FBI immediately responded to Ars' request for comment. However, Patrick Murphy, the editor of LaserPointerSafety.com, told Ars that the FDA is stretching its authority.
"In my personal opinion, FDA is wrong," he told Ars in an e-mail. "First, pointers do not fit the existing FDA regulations (PDF) which clearly define SLA lasers. Second, if you look at any lasers used for surveying, leveling, or alignment, they do not look like or operate like handheld laser pointers."
By phone, he clarified that SLA lasers are almost always too large to be handheld and sometimes require additional infrastructure. Further, SLA lasers have alignment add-ons that cheaper laser pointers don't have.
"I'm not saying that [high-powered lasers] shouldn't be banned," Murphy added. "I'm saying that [the FDA doesn't] have the authority under current law. You need to go through Congress to get the authority."
In its new guidance, the FDA noted that the draft does not "establish legally enforceable responsibilities. Instead, guidances describe the Agency's current thinking on a topic and should be viewed only as recommendations, unless specific regulatory or statutory requirements are cited."
UPDATE May 2, 2014 4:55pm CT: Mollie Halpern, an FBI spokeswoman, told Ars via e-mail that the FBI did not have a hand in this new FDA guidance and as such declined to comment. She did add though, that laser pointers "are examples of SLA laser products," and as such there have been laser strikes involving them.


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I'm new to OpenCL and have been reading the specs and examples supplied by NVIDIA's OpenCL implementation. Is it just me or is error detail propagation a tad iffy? Some functions such as clCreateCommandQueue or clCreateBuffer return objects and require a pointer to an error code variable, whereas others such as clRetainCommandQueue or clGetPlatformInfo return an error state.
While I agree that both styles are perfectly valid and acceptable, would it not be more consistent to pick one and stick with it? Is there a particular reason the two styles were mixed that I'm not aware of? If this is an unintended oversight, now is probably the best time to fix the spec (while the standard is still young and implementations are few or incomplete). I have no preference of one style over the other, however I would appreciate more consistency.


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In 1990 UNESCO recognised the Wadden Sea National Park on the west coast of Schleswig-Holstein as a biosphere reserve. In 2005 the five inhabited Hallig islands (small undyked islands in the North Frisian Wadden Sea) were incorporated as a development zone.
Both the Wadden Sea and the Hallig islands biosphere in Schleswig-Holstein are defined by the tides. Twice a day, the vast mudflats are flooded and twice a day they re-emerge when the tide recedes, creating a fertile habitat for countless plants and animals. Take a guided tour of the mudflats and you can wander about on the seabed and find mudflat worms, cockles and shore crabs. Or take a boat to the seal colonies with one of the national park's partner organisations.
Since 2005, the inhabited Hallig islands of Gröde, Hooge, Langeness, Nordstrandischmoor and Oland have been included in the biosphere reserve as a development zone. This is a cultivated landscape where nature and man work in harmony. Traditional, low-impact agriculture, such as pasture management, is a feature of the islands.
Located in Northern Friesland in the northern part of the Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea, the Hallig islands are small marsh islands. Protective dykes, where they exist, are relatively low. The houses are built on man-made hills known as Warften. The flooding that often occurs in autumn and winter is just part of daily reality for the almost 300 inhabitants of the islands.
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The winners of this week's Comment Game are:
Congratulations all! Please email me at email@example.com to confirm your address and claim your prize. All for now, Sue x
A daily papercrafting blog which features my handmade cards showcasing Creative Expression's products including my own line of cutting dies and embossing folders, Cosmic Shimmer, Ranger and more which use various techniques and ideas to hopefully inspire the creativity in you.
Lovely cards Sue, very beautiful. My favourite is No 2, really says coffee to me. I hope you have been resting some since your last show, you work so hard.
Congratulations to comment game winners.
I bought the lovely Seyschelles and Baked with Love dies yesterday, so gorgeous.
Tracey, Pat mentioned it was your birthday, Hapoy Birthday, hope you have a wonderful day and get lots of Sues new dies.
Elaine, so happy to hear Andrew doing better, let's hope it continues for you all.
Saba, thanks fir the explanation about the rope, can you stroke rope.....
It is fun to read the banter between the Naughty Nine, Laine and Yvonne and now we might have a Gang of Two in the USA, keep it coming Ladies, I love it. What a happy Best blog this is.
Lorraine, I hope you are feeling better, fatigue is so debilitating.
Hugs to all, especially Norah, Wheelybad, Tina and NannaTina and all missing and poorly friends.
Morning Sue.
Two lovely cards Thank you.
I love coffee.
Congratulations to all the winners.
Take care and have fun Kitty.
Two beautiful cards today Sue. For some reason the bottom one looks black and white on my iPad but I know I'll see it in it's true colours later when I look on the desktop. I managed to get some tiny crispy coated chocolate Easter eggs yesterday and am planning to make up the gumball machine for my two older grandchildren. I think they'll love the novelty of it. Also just received some Atlantic Ocean dies and the baked with love and Apron so am going to be very busy.
Congratulations to the comment winners. Enjoy.
The misunderstood comments really made me chuckle as we had a misunderstanding with our Canadian friends recently. When we met up we took them some English magazines and neither of them could make any sense of one sentence. Too rude (in Canadian) to go into detail here but we decided that the quote two countries divided by a common language was very apt and had a good laugh.
Crafty hugs to all in need. Hope you're all keeping safe and warm.
D xx
Sunday Smiles to you Sue. My patient is still resting so I thought now was the time to pop in before my shift starts, what a good idea and I'm glad I did or the day will run away with me and before I realise it, it'll be Monday !
I can't and won't pick a favourite as both are so lovely in their own way. I received this cute set for Christmas and they are so much to play with, due to the subject and versatility they work for both tea and coffee addicts, men and women, mug or China cup lovers, this set like all your other Shadow Box accessories are absolutely brilliant and mix and match so well, who doesn't know a gardener or sports crazy person who doesn't take a break for a 'brew' or hot strong coffee ? That's why we need to add this collection to go with the rest of them. I'm not being cruel now, but whenever I see this set I can't help but break out in a smile and cold sweat when it takes me back to John's 'oopsie' I think everyone that knows/works with/blog followers etc took the biggest gasp we've ever taken that day, bless him lol 😳 but what a pro he was.
Anyway, I will send a big Sunday hug your way Sue, and congratulate our 3 winners of the comment game, enjoy your gift ladies. Hope you have a nice day a Sue and I look forward to next week's inspiration xxx
Good morning Sue. Two beautiful cards, again showing the versatility of your die sets. I think I like the blue one best, because I love the way you've used the tags and border.
Congratulations to all this week's winners. Hugs to all. Sue xxx
Morning Sue, two fantastic cards really like the second one.
Congratulations to the lucky winners.
Nancyd xx
Hi Sue
Two lovely cards can't choose a favourite today.
Congratulations to the winners enjoy your gift.
Jan x
Two lovely cards for a coffee lover
Good morning Sue,
It is morning there and here (1:40am) ... beautiful cards! It's a lovely way to start the day or to end the day (I'll go to bed soon)! I cannot decide which one is my favourite so I won't. I don't have any of these dies but you make me want them. We should be thanking you for all your terrific cards and inspiration.
Congratulations to all 3 winners!
Have a great Sunday ladies!
Still a newbie to Craft / Not longer the newest and the only across the pond Wilsonette
Two lovely ideas for using these dies. Thanks as usual for all the cards and inspiration that you post Sue.....Congratulations to the winners of the draws. B
Hello Sue and all
Perfect Sunday cards for a total coffeeholic. Love the background papers too. Just got the thanks a latte set last week so must have a play.
Congratulations to the winners too
Muriel x
Hi Sue
A special treat today with two great cards, love them both.
Chris xx
Congrats winners, great cards Sue.
A fun way to say "thanks", Sue, like them both very much, no favourite today.
TRACY - BIRTHDAY GREETINGS! Hope you have a happy and healthy year, you deserve it.
Saba - your ropey explanation caused the giggles here and you've put Laine in the frame - again!
(Fluffycat - thanks, Harry eating, purring, sleeping - all hugely!)
Well done to the comment game winners.
Hugs to all, hope missing folks okay?
'P' in Wales
Morning Sue. WOW Two beautiful cards this morning and just apt as i am on with my first cup of the morning, it takes two or three to get me going first thing in the mornings, i think it must be my age as my little grey cells seem to take awhile to wake up LOL. I have all of your shadow box dies and i mix and match them as they are so versatile and great for male and female cards. Will try these two cards for my box of stash. Congratulations to all the comment winners this week. I have recieved my Candy Machine die set with all the other little goodies that goes with it to make it a working Candy Machine. I cant wait to have a play with them all, just need to go shopping for some candy to fill them up with. I am so glad that i still have the recording of your show where you show us some fantastic samples. Thanks once again for all your hard work.
Best Wishes.
Denise T x
Good Morning Sue
Two fabulous cards! As I've said before the shadow box and accessories dies are brilliant and are very versatile! I can't pick a favourite you have shown how you can make two cards with the same dies and get a completely different look!
Congratulations to the winners!
Hugs x
Heather T
Morning Sue, having just sat down with my coffee and iPad to look at your blog when, lo and behold 2 lovely apt cards appear. I haven't got any of these dies, YET but will have to consider seriously buying those cups etc. They are so dinky yet a perfect cut.
Congratulations to you lucky winners. Have a great Sunday everyone. Hugs xx P Austen
Good morning Sue,
What a lovely surprise, two cards! Both are beautiful and very difficult to choose between. I like the idea of cutting the shadow box down in card two, even more design options. Thank you for the great inspiration.
Congratulations to the winners.x
Morning Sue, two fabulous cards today and its hard to choose between them, But I do love all the shadow box cards!
Maggie B xx
GM Sue. 2 fab cards. Love how you have decorated the cakes.
Good Morning Sue. Two amazing cards from the shadow box collection. Both cards are so different with the styles and one of them sets what will work for both ladies and gents. Wendy
Morning Sue, I am also sitting here with my morning coffee, it seems to be a trend with the Wilsonettes 🙂 I love both cards, but the blue one is my favourite. These are such versatile dies and so many different ways to use them.
Congratulations to the comment game winners.
Happy a Sunday everyone.
Hugs xxx
Dawn Searle
Two fabulous cards this morning Sue! The second is my favourite but only because it has cakes on it :D.
Congratulations to the three winners! Debra x
Two great cards Sue, but I especially like the second one, which would be perfect for men. Thank you.
Two lovely thank you cards Sue, think the second one is my favourite but hard to say really. Have a nice Sunday. Thank you. Xx
Double cards today and both lovely!! I find
the shadow boxes so useful too!!
Congrats to the winners as well,
Doreen x
Hi Sue, Both cards are lovely very different love Jean Z xxx
What a lovely treat to wake up to see two cards. Like both equally. Very clever how you frosted the donut. Anyone receiving this as a thank you will know that they are appreciated. Raining here...a good reason to have a snuggly Sunday all.
Congratulations to all the winners!
Congratulations to all the winners!
Two beautiful cards,second my favourite. Congratulations to the winners.
Hi Sue
Two great cards.
Congrats to the winners.
B xx
Morning Sue and all Wilsonettes, two stunning cards today, so different in their design and colour but using the 'Thanks a Latte' die set, I was actually using these dies yesterday for a card so am pleased you have given me another idea for them.
Congratulations to the 3 winners, enjoy your prize
Happy Birthday Tracey.
Stay safe, healthy and happy, hugs, June Smith xxx
Good morning Sue your cards are gorgeous that die set is so versatile. Congratulations to all the winners. Have a great day today. Take care. Hugs Jackie
Hello Sue
I think you are amazing Sue you manage to produce beautiful cards that are achievable so thank you. Tracey happy birthday. Congratulations to all the comment winners.
Two lovely cards
Great cards, think I slightly prefer the second . Congratulations to the lucky winners xx
Two fantastic cards-although blue is my favourite colour, I prefer the second card.
Congrats to the winners.
Morning Sue,
Two lovely card, love them both, it's amazing what can you can do with these little dies.
Congratulations to the lucky winners.
Two great cards, Sue - I love the colours on both.
Anne (Northampton)
Two beautiful cards. Congrats to the winners
Hi Sue two lovely cards this morning but i think the second shades it for me i would never put stripes and dots togather.
Congrats to the winners .
Catherine xx
Hi Sue,
Two great cards and very appropriate as I sit here with my first cup of the day!...won't choose a favourite as I like them both equally well, especially the little details, the linked tags on the first and the donut decoration on the second.
Congratulations to the Comment Game winners, enjoy your prizes...and a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Tracy...
Hi Sue - two great cards today with very different looks. They are such cute little dies, can't resist them. Congratulations to the three lucky ladies. Sending best wishes
Hi Sue,
Two beautiful cards, I particularly like the brown/neutral colours. Congratulations to all the winners.
Thanks for sharing,
Two lovely cards, my favourite is the second one. Love the colours.
Hello Sue, wow two brilliant cards today, a great die set, and the colours chosen are fab. Well done to the comment game winners. Have a great Sunday all. Bx
Love the style of both these cards.
Hi Sue
Great way to start a very wet day....coffee! I don't have any of the shadow box die sets but love the cards that can be made using them.
Heather R Oxfordshire
Hello Sue
I expect you are wondering where I have been, I am still crafting, but have been doing more and more lace making. I am still purchasing your dies as they are a must to crafters. Love these two cards must ty them out
congratulations to the winners and best wishes
Carol x
Beautiful cards Sue x xhazel
Good Morning Sweet Sue on a rather wet Sunday morning, what a pair of fabulous card ideal for inviting a friend for afternoon tea and cakes. Love them both, hugs Shirlexxxxxx
Good morning Sue,
Two exquisite cards today, I love the second one the best. I think it looks like you are looking through shutters into a tray of coffee goodness. Congratulations to all the lucky winners. Yvonne xx
Great cards. Coffee lovers would love them!
Hi Sue. These are both so cute and I just love the sentiment.
Many congratulations to the lucky winners.
Love Val in Spain xxx
Hello Sue
Two lovely cards this morning, i love the colour schemes you have used.
Lesley S x
Two lovely cards Sue , One of these cards would be just right for my brother as we call him Des the Coffee man . Well done to your lucky winners.
Happy birthday to Tracy have a good one !.
Saba, i must admit even my 70 + brain was running riot with the thoughts of your rope why did i keep thinking of 50 shades of grey ?{ Am i on the wrong track ? } not saying i read the book mind .
Lorraine hope the flares pass quickly for you .
Pam , i guess you will be crafting with the new dies today? enjoy. xx
Sending big hugs to all in need .
Elaine H X
Loving my daily chuckles on this blog
Love love these cards sue the coffee one is brilliant love the way you have done this the doors card is so pretty. Since I got my box die can't wait to collect all the sets to go with the main die. Congrats to the winners
Love always June horrocks xxxxxxx
Wow two cards from the same dies but so so different, they are stunning Sue. Thanks for sharing, have a great day. hugs xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Morning Sue, two great little cards today. They show the versatility of the shaddow box dies. Rain and high winds today, so had better stay inside and craft !
Love Rosemarie X X
Two lovely cards, love the dies used.
Congratulations to all the winners.
Two very different cards and both are gorgeous
Hi Sue
Two fabulous cards today, you are spoiling us. It's hard to choose but the first one has a slight edge as I'm a tea drinker and the Lacey edge die jocks like an afternoon tea table cloth. I do like the way you have decorated the doughnut though and I'm really impressed with the amount of detail in what look like really small dies, amazing. Thank you for sharing.
Love Diane G xxx
Pam as always you have hit the nail on the head, it's the chatter and laughter along with Sues delightful cards and tutorials that make this blog no 1. Xxxx
Happy birthday Tracey, I hope you have a lovely day xxx
Saba your rope fondling is giving you a dreadful reputation!! Xxxx
Two great cards. My immediate preference was the first but on reflection, like them both equally. I like the use of the fine glitter, I really love the stuff and find it therapeutic to gently spread it out over double sided adhesive when making up swatches. You will understand the allusion Sue as others scratch their heads!!
Two fantastic cards each beautiful in their own way.
Congratulations to this weeks winners. Enjoy your prize
Marion S x
Hi Sue
Two lovely cards. The second one is my favourite, it's fabulous! You can't beat a lovely cup of coffee on a Sunday morning! ☕Thanks for sharing.
Have a great day everyone.
Hi sue and lovely wilsonettes x
What a lovely surprise to see two beautiful creations today x I love the first one and the second would be perfect for the gents x thankyou sue for your double inspiration today x
Congratulations to the lucky winners x
Tracy have a fantastic birthday xxx
Wheelybad missing you and hope you are well x
Miss the 2 tinas too x
Theresa w xxx
Two great cards showing these versatile shadow box dies. I don't have this set but think they will now be going on the list! I really do like them both so no favourite from me today. Thank you Sue.
Congratulations to the comment winners.
Hi Sue,
You are spoiling us again - both cards are lovely, can't pick a favourite. Both great male cards, too. I must use my shadow boxes more - but I blame Sue for bringing out loads of new, gorgeous dies which of course are all MUST HAVE's.
Hugs, Rose
Both these cards are absolutely fabulous. Can't choose a favourite.
Annette x
Two brilliant cards today, love them both.
Rosemary xx
fantastic and fabulous cards Sue
congrats to the winners
Gr Karin
Morning Sue, two lovely cards for us today. Sorry but I can't choose between them, I just adore the little coffee and tea pots, they are so cute.
Saba good job you cleared up the saga of the rope, between stroking papers ( which I don't do personally, just look at them and put them back) and now rope, we are a right bunch.
Congratulations to todays winners, enjoy your gifts ladies.
Happy birthday Tracy.
Take care everyone, Jess xxx
Love them! xxx
2 very different cards Sue. I prefer the first one cos it is more lacy & feminine
Congrats to the winners
Morning Sue
Late today bad night with this chest of mine ( COPD)!
Anyway love the Shadow Box additions so useful!
Congratulations to the lucky winners.
Love Marg
Morning sue.
Two beautiful cards to look st this morning. And I love the colour combos too. Both different and cute. Xx
Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes it means a lot. I'm still in bed as g is makin my breakfast lol.
At least I have hair this year for my birthday photos when we go out for dinner as this time last year was my last week of chemo and was as bald as a coot!! Lol
Love to all xxx
Morning Sue, I do like two for one days, and today's cards are great they made me smile, and reminded me it was time for a coffee, so I am sat here coffee cup in one hand and chocolate biscuit in the other hand.
Hello Sue,
Oh I just love both of these cards today! My favourite of the two if the first one as I love blue and white as it always looks so clean and fresh! I love the idea of placing the crockery on '" d'oyleys" . Great hints and tips always. It's the detail as usual! Even the topping!
Thank you.
Tracy - Happy Birthday - you deserve the best day! What a difference a year makes! Praying that this year will be a good one . Your sense of humour has helped too! Have a great day!
Pam - this world is a funny old place - we have paper strokers, tree huggers and now a rope stroker !! I'm almost speechless - just almost!!
Sending love to all missing friends! We do miss you!
Helen - how's the shoulder? Hope you are feeling better.
Love to all,
Myra xx
Lovely cards Sue. The lacquer makes a super finish on the die cuts. Love the chopped down shadow box too. Your dies are so versatile.
Annie P
Hi Sue, both cards are gorgeous. I love them both and coffee. The jugs, cups and cakes are all so dainty and cute. Congratulations to the lucky winners.
Hi Sue, two lovely cards today. Although I am a confirmed tea jenny and the blue card lends itself to that I am drawn to the coffee colours of the second one. It is good to see two different styles side by side as it really highlights the versatility of your dies.
Tracey - wishing you a very Happy Birthday! Have a lovely day and I am sure you will look lovely in your pictures.
Congratulations to this week's comment game winners - Donna, Liz and Helen. Enjoy playing with your prizes.
To My Wonderful Dear Friend Sue,
"WOW" What A Wonderful Way To Begin A Sunday "Two Extremely Beautiful Cards"
I Just Love "The Thanks A Latte Die Set" Its Now Been Added To My Long List.
Products Used:-
"The Garden Shadow Box"
"Coconut White/Blue Dusk/Dark Brown Foundation Card"
"Pacific Ocean Borders Die Set"
"Pacific Ocean Tag Die Set"
"Double Strip Of Pearls"
"Polished Periwinkle Glitter"
"Polished Bronze Glitter"
"Beautiful Papers From Your Stash"
"Cosmic Lacquer"
Today's Outstanding Cards:-
I Love Both Of Today's Cards, They Are So Extremely Useful, I Love The First How You Used Your "Blue Gingam Paper"
From Your Stash, Then You Cut Out Two Of "The Stunning Pacific Ocean Borders" In Coconut White Card
Sue Then You Added Them To The Edge Of A Wide Strip Of Coconut White Card And Attached This To The Centre
Of Your Background, Sue You Then Placed A Single Strip Of Pearls To The Edge Of Your Pacific Ocean Borders.
Sue Then You Cut Out Three Extremely Exquisite "Pacific Ocean Tags", Two Of One Style And One Of The Other
I Love How You Cut Out Your Teapots/Cups From Blue Dusk Card Placing Them In Top/Bottom Tag, Then You Cut Out
"The Thanks A Latte" Sentiment (Beautiful Font) And Glittered It With Polished Periwinkle Glitter,
Ending With White On White Mat/Layer An Your Signature Piercing.
Card Number Two Just As Striking I Must Admit I Love The Dark Brown Card And Your Striped/Polka Dot Paper
Using "The Garden Shadow Box" Cut Out Of Dark Brown Card,You Removed One Side, After Adding Mounting Foam
You Placed It Over Your Brown/White Polka Dot Paper, You Then Cut Out The Donuts/Muffins From The Die Set
And Placed In Top Square, Sue You Then Added "Cosmic Lacquer" To Look Like Frosting.
Then You Cut Out Your Delightful Mugs/Coffee Pot And Placed In Centre, You Also Added Cosmic Lacquer,
Next You Cut Out "Thanks A Latte" And Glittered It Using "The Bronze Polished Silk Glitter" Placing On Top Of
Small Hexagon Then You Placed This Beautiful Sentiment In The Bottom Square, Ending With Coconut White/Brown
Mat/Layering And Your Signature Piercing. "Two Truly Remarkable Cards" Showing Us How To "Transform Your
Dies" In So Many May Ways, Your "Dies Are Extremely Versatile" And You Really Help Us With Our Creative Skills
When Our Mojo Sticks (Which In My Case Is Quite Often)
Sue Thank You So Very Much For Sharing You Inspire Me Each And Everyday And I Truly Appreciate Everything You
Sue Take Great Care
Wonderful Warm Fond Wishes To Colin And Heather
Sue Lots Of Love And Huge Hugs 🤗 For Yourself
Love From Sam xxx
Congratulations 🎉 To This Weeks Weekly Comment Gift Winners, Well Done Enjoy Your Gift..........
Hi Sue
Two gorgeous cards today. The die cuts are so cute
Congratulations to this week's comment winners... enjoy!
June x
Love them both co,ours just striking
Congratulations to the winners enjoy your cards.
Elizabeth Bennett
Hi Sue
Both cards are beautiful and I couldn't choose between them, love them both.and so lovely to have two cards. Congratulations to all three winners today, enjoy your prizes
Tracy, aren't you lucky breakfast in bed no less!! Happy birthday again
Pam you are so right a happy best blog ever and I'm echoing your lovely comments
Love and hugs to everyone especially all our missing friends
Hello Sue,
Love both of these cards, you could make these dies would work equally well for male or female.
Thank you for the inspiration.
Love and hugs Brenda XXX
Hi Sue,
The two cards are both very nice. Could not choose a favourite
Congratulations to all the winners.
Love Dorothy
of Baldock
Hi Sue,
Lovely cards.
Beverley W
Sue these are totally beautiful
Triple congratulations to the comment game winners! I love both of these cards but even though blue is my favorite color, card 2 is my favorite! I think that is because coffee and brown just seem to go together so nicely! LOL TFS! Have a wonderful weekend!
Hi Sue and all the lovely Crafters.
So Chuffed i have won something thank you sooo much and thanks for all the congrats ladie. I also want to say thank you for the lovely comments on my cards that i make with sues products on the everything Sue Wilson Facebook site.
Sending you all hugs Helen Terry xxx
Stunning cards Sue. I just love the miniature teapot, coffepot, cups, cupcake & doughnuts. They are so cute!
Such a fun card!
Two really lovely cards.
Doreen R
Your Latta cards are warming me up just looking at them. It's cool here - actually it's cold here. There is still snow on the ground from a few days ago. I am so ready for Spring.
The Latta cards very soothing, but I do prefer the second one. Colors amazing how they play a role in everything we do! Congrats to the winners!
I love both of these cards. I've just made a baby card based on a combination of these designs. :) Thanks for the inspiration. x
Two lovely cards to day and will be using both for inspiration. Just gorgeous...
Congrats the winners....
Love the teapots and teacups! Fabulous cards!
Hi Sue
Two lovely cards really like both of them.
Congrats to the winners
Hugs to all
Annx without an "e"
Two fun cars, I am a great fan of these dies, so very useful
Congrats to the lucky winners, well done
Very nice cards today Sue, I'm glad that you have included tea in your dies because not all of us are coffee lovers.xx
Hello Sue,
How lucky we are today to have two cards to view. Although I am not a coffee drinker, I think these cards are just adorable. The donuts in the second card look good enough to eat, they are so realistic.
Congratulations to the winners this week.
Have a lovely Sunday.
Good evening lovely Sue and her crafty crew!
What a pleasant surprise to see two beautiful cards on this mornings blog, it really lifted my Sunday blues and gave me a pleasing kick start to the day. Totally impossible to choose a favourite though because the dies used on both are so darn cute and charming. I love your use of the border and tags for card one, and the sentiment coated in that lovely blue silk glitter is awesome. The papers on card two really suit the subject matter and i just love the glossed crockery and icing, its really authentic. Thanks for today's treat Sue, it has really made me aspire to buying these dies as soon as possiblexxx
Ive had a rather quiet day today, i have no excuses for my inactivity other than to say that i am simply bone idle....i did feel flickers of guilt though, in my defence, i have the spectre of a 90th birthday card looming large on the horizon, not to mention Mothers Day and i really should be making an effort to get my act together and craft again. Unfortunately, someone has stolen my MoJo again and i can't perform without it so if you happen to come across it then i would appreciate it if you posted it back to me:-)
Yvonne, now it's a migraine??!!? You are beginning to scrape the barrel with excuses not to speak with me......are you feeling threatened by my new found friendship with the lovely Carmen? After all. Toronto is a much classier alternative to Croydon:-) Hope you 'feel better' soon honey, I've missed my sparring partnerxxx
Saba you minx! You're mind may be in the gutter but mine most certainly isn't as you have tried to insinuate.....i had no visions of bondage games and well used copies of Fifty Shades of Grey involved with the rope despite your questionable reputation, i merely, and quite innocently assumed that it had something to do with your other hobby, sailing. Well, how naive was i? Fondling and stroking it is bordering on an unhealthy fetish, had it have been paper i would have totally understood, but your passion for rope raises a lot of alarming issues and questions as to your moral compass:-) I'm left wondering about what REALLY goes on during these meetings of the Naughty Nine.........?
Tracy, happy birthday honey! What a long way you have come in the past year, its amazing....breakfast in bed is the least you deserve:-) Hope you've had a lovely dayxxx
P, hope little Harry is still thriving, i wish we could see a picture of him because i just love my ginger pussiesxxx
Frances, so you think Yvonne is making excuses too? Why on earth would she avoid conversing with someone so enthralling, witty and interesting? It makes no sense at all.....:-) Sending love to Pippin and the Princesses......is that one of your babies in your profile pic?
Carmen, how are you getting on with your cardmaking, bought any new dies and goodies? I think Toronto sounds beautiful, i would love all that snow....my Dad once visited and got Neuralgia in his mouth because of the -20 C temperature though...i laughed because he was known for opening his gob too much....he didn't!
Myra, sending my love to you and Maureen, miss herxxx
Tina T&NannaTina, sending hugsxxx
Wheely, hope you are wellxxx
Hugs to all my other besties, hope you've had a restful Sundayxxx
Crafty hugs
Hi Sue,
Two gorgeous cards using a fabulous set of dies. I love them both, so don't want to choose a favourite. Congratulations to the three lucky winners. Love and hugs Alison xxx
Good evening Sue
Two beautiful cards for us today you really do spoil us thank you so much.
Congratulations to the lucky winners this week do have lots of enjoyment with your prises ladies.
Now Laine try as you will to find out what Really goes on when we the Naughty Nine meet up, I'm sorry, that is for us to know and for you to wonder my dear! You must realise we may give you the odd hint but our lips are sealed. One thing I can divulge Saba is a lady who sometimes sails upon the high seas, BUT, she goes no where near any gutters.
Pam yet again a wonderful resume of the daily happenings here on this blog, thank you, may I echo your comments too.
Sending Happy Birthday wishes to Tracy hoping you have a super day.
Margaret xxx
Hi Sue, Two fabulous cards.
Congratulations to the lucky Winners.
Lots of love from Patricia xx
Hi Sue
Two very lovely cards if I had to choose it would be the blue one, thank you as always for sharing x x x
two beautiful cards!
Lovely :)
Hi Sue,
I love them both.
Thank you for sharing.
Véronique L
Good evening Sue,
What a treat, a two for one day. I just love both these cards. The Pacific Ocean border is just gorgeous, foolishly I didn't buy it on my recent U.K. Visit. I did however buy the Pacific Ocean Tags but wouldn't have thought to use them together, I will now. Your small accessory dies have such amazing detail, the donuts look edible! Thank you for all you do to inspire us daily.
Congratulations to the lucky ladies.
Tracy I hope you have had a fabulous birthday, you too are an inspiration.
Margaret I hope you have a better night.
Elaine who are you trying to kid! I haven't read it either, well, I might have had a peek!
Myra speechless! That'll be a first.
Laine, what's all this about my questionable reputation? I'll have you know I'm a very upstanding citizen. Just because I have a rope fetish doesn't make me odd. Why just today in church the minister said we shouldn't give in to temptation - so I'm putting off ordering the Pacific Ocean Border until next week. Hope your mojo comes out of hiding soon.
Love and hugs for all
Saba xxx
Sue you are spoiling us today with two fabulous cards.
I love them both but i think the second one is my favourite.
Evening Sue what wonderful Cards you have made for us today and I love the designs
Hugs Debs Cards xx
Two really amazing different cards today, brilliant...thank you Sue....luv Ursula xxxx
Two gorgeous cards Sue, both so very different so no favourite today.
Congratulations to your lucky winners and late birthday wishes for Tracey. Hope you had a super day. Xx
My earlier message must have gone into cyber space as cannot see it anywhere. Love today's cards. Most of my family drink tea so would probably use the teapots and cups for them but friends drink coffee so will use the coffee pot and mug for them. Love the use of the shadow box die cut down. Good idea. Thank you. Hope this comment apoears this time.
Two beautiful cards. Great inspiration for using the dies. xx
Two very different cards using the same die set, both of them lovely.
Congratulations to the comment game winners.
Tracy, hope you had a super birthday.
Take care everyone.
Great card sue. Laura O
Lovely Sue
Hugs Helen


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PHOENIX -- It sounds like D-backs shortsop prospect Chris Owings will get significant playing time the rest of September, though Willie Bloomquist was in the starting lineup on Wednesday against Toronto.
"We're going to use him," D-backs manager Kirk Gibson said. "We've got to see what he can do. He's earned it, he's played well. I want to find out what he can do, for sure, I don't want him to just sit there."
Owings, who grounded out as a pinch-hitter in Wednesday's 4-3 win in 10 innings, was recently named the Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player in the Pacific Coast League, and he was selected for the Futures Game during the All-Star festivities.
In 125 games for Reno, Owings hit .330 with 31 doubles, eight triples, 12 homers and 81 RBIs.
The D-backs are hoping that maybe Owings or third baseman Matt Davidson, who was also called up on Tuesday, can spark an offense that has struggled lately. Davidson and Owings are the second- and third-ranked prospects, respectively, in the organization, according to MLB.com.
"Just the lineup, overall, we play a lot of the same guys and we haven't been successful, so why wouldn't I utilize some of the new guys who are up?" Gibson said.


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By the end of May 2014, the number of polysilicon manufacturers decreased from 80 in 2011 to less than 30 in China. Leading enterprises are GCL Silicon Technology Holdings Inc., China Silicon Corporation Ltd. and LDK Solar Co., Ltd. The output volume of polysilicon reached 82,000 tons in China in 2013. The largest manufacturer of polysilicon was GCL Silicon Technology Holdings Inc., a subsidiary of GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Limited. The output volume of polysilicon of the company reached 50,440 tons in 2013, up by 36.1% YOY.
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