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Dear Editor,
The most exciting aspect of the just concluded T-20 regional tournament is the justification of the hype of three young fast bowlers who were being touted by none other than revered cricket columnist Tony Cozier as the real deal.
Shannon Gabriel, Ronsford Beaton and Sheldon Cotterel have clearly shown that they have what it takes to be very good fast bowlers. All three have shown that they are ready to step up to the highest level, with Gabriel and Cotterel already playing at Test and A-team level and performing excellently. Beaton has no first class experience but is a young and exciting talent. W/Indies cricket has always punted on exciting young pace bowling talent even if they don't have the requisite experience – Michael Holding and Joel Garner immediately come to mind. Now is as good a time as any to do that once more.
Gabriel clocked around 90mph on his Test debut, and if Tony Cozier's observation is true he has since modified his action and is bowling it a 'serious lick', meaning that his pace has increased even further. Beaton was consistently clocked at over 90mph during the recent U-19 World Cup and was easily the quickest bowler in the tournament. His showing in the T-20 tournament confirmed his pace, bounce, control and intelligence. Cotterel rattled the Bangladesh A-Team on flat wickets in that country, frequently taking clusters of wickets very cheaply. So the pace and wicket taking ability of these players has already been confirmed.
One of the biggest problems with W/Indies cricket at the moment is that we don't have the big fast bowlers whose pace and bounce can rattle the best international batsmen. Our small size bowlers at present are good quality, but are frequently found wanting on flat tracks or against real quality batsmen. We do not have that X factor in our bowling where a hostile spell could change a game. Any or all of these three fast bowlers can easily provide that quality if properly groomed.
The selectors should think long term and start easing these fast bowlers into international cricket, especially during this period when we will be facing the lesser international teams. The bigger picture should be that by the time the real big teams come our way in a few years time (according to the international calendar) at least one or all three of these players could be household names and ready to rattle the opposition.
In the instance that any of this group does not live up to expectations then there is still the likes of Andre Russel, Jason Holder, Carlos Braithwaite, Delorn Johnson to come to the fore. And, as is usually the case in W/Indies cricket, once fast bowlers start coming through they usually do so in clusters, so other unknown names may also surface.
As Tony Cozier has frequently stated, W/Indies cricket is synonymous with fast bowling and this will never change. Over the past decade or more we went through a trough of fast bowling resources. But there is very clear evidence that this is changing and a glut of exciting young talents are emerging.
It is now up to WICB and selectors to start introducing these young talents to international cricket in the immediate future for they have clearly shown that they are ready for the big time. And we die hard West Indians can look forward to coming times when we will once again begin intimidating batsmen and silence those cocky international commentators who have been belittling West Indies cricket for a number of years.
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After looking at the weather forecast for the upcoming week, and anticipating this to be the final warm-up, I got a little ambitious today and packed away my winter jackets & cold weather accessories. I realize it's already about to be May, but I feel like the weather the past few weeks has been so up-and-down. Last night it was cold and I was in my crochet wrap scarf…now this Wednesday it's supposed to be in the 80's.
It's always a bit of a sad time for me to pack up my winter wear and store it away for the next seven months. Don't get me wrong…I'm thankful the temperature is finally rising, but every seasonal clothing switch I look back at the coats & sweaters I love and wish I would have worn them more often (or at all in some instances).
For example, my black & white Valentino zigzag jacket, or as I call it, my "KA-POWW" coat (doesn't it kind of look like those graphics you see in comic strips?)
Or my pink Burton snow bunny outfit that I didn't get to wear AT ALL this winter! (I really need to plan a snowboarding trip somewhere next year).
Now I just hope the weatherman is correct about his 7-day outlook…and am not looking forward to next weekend, when I pack away the rest of my sweaters & seasonal stuff.

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School and Community Services
School Services
Services provided by St. Monica School for its students and staff:
Caretaking (Janitorial)
- Day Caretaker
- Night Caretaker
- Special Education Technician
- Library Technician (Librarian)
- ITS Field Services Technician
- ICT (Computer Lab Technician)
- Lunch Supervisors
Social Services
The CSSS works in partnership with the school for all health-related concerns. Representatives from the CSSS regularly take part in orientation sessions for pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students.
Social services provided by the Cavendish Health and Social Services Centre (CSSS):
Registered Nurse
The school nurse is available to provide consultation, screening, prevention, vaccinations, referral and health/vaccination records for students.
Dental Hygienist
The dental hygienist provides information, consultation and prevention information pertaining to dental care and hygiene for students.
Social Worker
A social worker is assigned to the school on a part-time basis. The role of the social worker is particularly important in the area of family intervention or counselling.
Professional Services
Professional services provided by the English Montreal School Board for students and families:
Speech and Language Services
A speech and language pathologist is available to evaluate, diagnose and treat students with a variety of problems including articulation language delays, learning disabilities, stuttering, and speech disorders.
Psychological Services
A child psychologist is assigned to the school on a 1 day per week basis. His/her principle task is to facilitate the adaptive and developmental functions of the child within the school context and beyond.
Spiritual and Community Involvement
The spiritual community animator develops and implements programs or activities of a community, humanitarian, spiritual and religious nature. He or She also provides information and guidance to staff, parents, and students with respect to religious beliefs and needs in terms of spiritual life and community involvement.
Occupational Therapy
The occupational therapist works with parents and/or caregivers and others to assess if a student has difficulties with practical and social skills and recommends appropriate strategies in order to maximise the student's potential when carrying out activities of daily living.


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Sharon (pictured) is 37-years-old and described as 172cms, medium build with long brown hair.
Police and family have concerns for Sharon's health and welfare after she went missing in the early hours of this morning.
Anyone with information on Sharon's whereabouts is asked to contact Mt Gambier Police on 8735 1020 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
Source: SAPOL


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Girl Scout Madeleine Harbin helped build a community garden at the Mamie George Catholic Charities Community Center by installing a fence around the garden's perimeter to earn Girl Scouts of the USA's Gold Award, the highest award a Girl Scout can receive. Less than five percent of girls who join Girl Scouts achieve this national recognition.
"I learned about project planning," said Madeleine, a 2013 graduate of St. Agnes Academy. "I found it's best to assess the situation, decide a course of action and proceed with what is possible. I also learned about having a work plan and to be clear in communicating as not everyone will understand what to do."
"I chose this project because the garden will be sustainable and benefit the Center and its community for a long time," said Madeleine. "The benefits include fresh vegetables for an onsite café as well as providing an outdoor activity for senior citizens."
For her project, Madeleine led her volunteers in installing 174 feet of wire fencing and58 feet of temporary fencing. The garden has been built in phases and other Boy and Girl Scouts have helped complete pieces of the garden for their Eagle Scout or Gold Award projects. Once finished, it will provide residents at the Mamie George Catholic Charities Center with vegetables throughout the year and will also give residents a way to stay active.
"Madeleine learned the value of helping a community with which she was not familiar," said Charles Harbin, Madeleine's father.
Madeleine was a member of Girl Scouts for 12 years and has participated in the travel program, destinations. At St. Agnes Academy she was a member of student council and cheerleading. This fall she will attend college to study physical therapy.


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Big Mushy Happy Lump
Big Mushy Happy Lump collects comic strips from Sarah's Scribbles to express the trials and tribulations of everyday living.
Creator: Sarah Andersen
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Released: 7th March 2017
Often it feels like there is no room for vulnerability in strength. That in order to be worthy of celebration we must be without flaw or shortcoming; it can be very isolating. Big Mushy Happy Lump, by Sarah Andersen, shows the quiet strength in overcoming setbacks. It tells us that it is okay to feel anxious or vulnerable, to make mistakes. None of us is perfect.
Big Mushy Happy Lump is a collection of comics created for the webcomic Sarah's Scribbles. The comics are four-panel, and most of them are single page. It is only towards the end of the book that multi-page comics linked by accompanying text appear.
Autobiographical in nature, the comics cover a range of topics, from worrying about managing money, to suddenly finding out that you are a cat-person. One common theme across the book is one of Anxiety. Through the book Andersen explores the Anxieties that affect her in her everyday life. In one comic, deadlines are depicted as trains that threaten to run her character over. In another comic, financial pressures draws her character having to run a race with a boulder chain to her leg, as a way of explaining the financial pressures that she faces.
This focus on Anxiety doesn't result in a morose book. Andersen shares her experience in a way that is cathartic and relatable. This is the strength of the collection; it lets the reader know that they are not alone. Not alone in the daily struggles they face, and not alone in how they feel.
The unique relatability of the character is aided by the simplicity of Andersen's art. Everything about her style is suited to the stories she is telling, avoiding clutter and emphasising each expression. People are represented as cartoons that don't worry about precise anatomical accuracy, there is no unnecessary detail, and everything about each panel works towards achieving the goal of that panel. On the first page we are introduced to Andersen's character, her sofa, and her blanket. There is nothing else in any of the panels because those are the only things that are necessary for the page's joke.
Andersen has a particular talent for drawing eyes, which give her characters a spark of life that goes beyond the simple lines on the page. There is a manga-like quality to them that instantly shows how the character is feeling. Early in the book her character stares in ecstatic wonder when she comes across some coffee. The way she then reacts to realising it is decaf, is told almost entirely by her eyes, which capture the entire emotion in a way that is instantly recognisable and hilarious. The transition from large, perfect circles, her pupils dilated to a comic degree, to ovoid shaped, with pupils reduced to simple dots in the middle, is very much like the way in manga artists often have their characters eyes transform in shape and structure to fit the mood their character is expressing.
Despite the book largely focusing on negative emotions – like the moment she is metaphorically crushed by her stress – it ends on a happy note. With the last words referencing the title, Andersen is declaring that matter how hard some days may seem, her avatar always gets past them. When she takes stock of her life she finds that she has made a lot of progress, and has a lot to be thankful for, and is ultimately glad to be a "Big Mushy Happy Lump".
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an excerpt from NATURAL DESIGN: Image Design for Nature Photographers
For those with an understanding of visual design there can be nothing more satisfying than reading a thoughtfully designed nature photograph. You read the image in a language that isn't obvious to the casual observer and look for things that others are not likely to see. You take your viewing experience to a higher level than most and attempt to communicate with the photographer. You delve deep into the image looking for its meaning, strength, and structure, and appreciate its aesthetic qualities and photographic attributes.
As you learn to identify the various aspects of a photograph, you begin to probe more deeply and critically with your evaluations. Reading a photograph typically goes from the basics, seeing the shapes and judging exposure, to more advanced scrutiny, including carefully dissecting the composition, evaluating the quality of light, and forming personal interpretations.
When evaluating any kind of art, your observational skills are called upon. For example, when viewing the Mona Lisa, would you see a plain-looking young woman with a pleasant smile or would you inspect her surroundings and try to let her eyes tell you why she's smiling? Would you see an average, three-quarter frame portrait, or would you notice the single perspective point behind her head, the vanishing lines, and the triangular composition? Would you see the pretty skin and delicate hands, or would you recognize the ground-breaking technique of transparent layering of paint used to build up her skin without lines?
You can marvel at an image for as long as you like, but it is your ability to read and understand it that can reveal a deeper meaning. The heightened viewing experience that results can yield a deeper appreciation of the image and the techniques used to create it.
an excerpt from NATURAL DESIGN: Image Design for Nature Photographers
Images and text copyright Gloria Hopkins. All Rights Reserved.


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Food Fraud Network Activity Report 2014
The Food Fraud Network – Background and types of cases exchanged
The EU Food Fraud Network (FFN) is comprised of 28 national food fraud contact points which are the authorities designated by each EU Member States for the purposes of ensuring cross-border administrative assistance and cooperation, where action is required in more than one Member State, on matters that relate to potential fraudulent deceptive practices ("food fraud"). These national contact points are liaison bodies in the meaning of Article 35 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 and are called food fraud contact points (FFCPs). The FFN enables exchanges on potential food fraud cases and also serves as a forum for discussion on the coordination and prioritisation of action at EU level on "food fraud" matters.
In 2014, interaction on 60 cases took place through the Network. As shown in the chart, alleged violations were mostly related to labelling non-compliances (for instance with regard to durability dates, addition of water or ingredients), falsified certification and/or documents and substitution, such as replacement of a higher value species with a lower value species.
Fuente: European Commission


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Who I Am…
I'm a married fifty-something although it seems like I should only be 28 years old. I have four dogs and I have worked in rescue for almost 10 years. I have a part-time job at the community college and love working with the students as an academic advisor. I have three younger sisters and am very fortunate that both my parents are still alive and are in reasonably good health. I live in Central Nebraska and love it, except when I'm missing my family since all of them live in other states. I love to read and knit and I watch way too much TV.
Why I'm Here…
I plan to write about my dogs and experiences with rescue. That is what makes my heart sing! Unfortunately, I have yet to find a way to make that pay…dogs seem to cost money, not make it.
I love love, love to knit especially when I'm at home and have at least one dog by my side, snoozing away. So you'll probably read about that, as well as books I've read and love, food I've eaten that is yummy, and other tidbits of my life.
I'll probably write something controversial now and then, because some issues are just too important to me and I just can't stay quiet. I don't expect that I'll change anyone's opinion, but maybe writing about it will keep my head from exploding.
And I'll write about reclaiming my life while living with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Hence the blog title. I hope that by sharing my experience, strength and hope someone may be able to reclaim their life, too. Not that I'm done doing that.
If you haven't guessed it yet, my thoughts tend to flit around faster than a squirrel. So, if you are up for my ramblings, I'd love to hear from you. Oh look! There goes a squirrel!


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Oft-injured pitcher Chien-Ming Wang will start Sunday against the Milwaukee Brewers, filling in as a spot starter, Nationals Manager Davey Johnson said. After Wang tossed 2 1/3 innings Wednesday night, Johnson saw enough improvement in his delivery to give him the Sunday start.
Because of Tuesday's rainout and Wednesday's doubleheader, starter Jordan Zimmermann's schedule was pushed back a day. He started the first game of the doubleheader, and if he pitched in his turn on the schedule, he would start Sunday on just three days' rest. Johnson didn't want to pitch any of his starter's on shorter rest than normal, so he weighed his options for a few days and decided on Wang, who induced six groundballs in relief of John Lannan Wednesday.
"He was a lot better," Johnson said. "You saw the groundballs. They got some good left-handed hitters, and some of them hit the ball pretty hard. Milwaukee doesn't have the luxury of those kind of left-handed hitters; they're predominately a right-hand hitting club. He also threw a couple good curveballs. I like who he is and his competitiveness, and I don't have any qualms at all."
To start Sunday, Johnson considered Wang and long reliever Craig Stammen, a former starter. But Johnson felt Stammen was too valuable in his role, and if he used him as a starter, he would be unavailable to pitch for at least two days before and after Sunday.
In spring training, Wang was slated to be the Nationals' fifth starter until he tore his hamstring while covering first base. After he returned to the Nationals in late May as a reliever, he was inserted in to the starting rotation over a then-struggling Ross Detwiler.
But Wang was ineffective and put back into the bullpen. He later suffered a recurring hip injury that landed him on the disabled list and prevented him, the Nationals believed, from getting on top of the ball to get his trademark sink. Wang has made just four starts for the Nationals this season but has started 15 times in minor league rehab assignments. He has a 6.92 ERA across four starts and for relief appearances for the Nationals this season.
"Overall, I feel okay and then the last few months I make adjustments and then pitching coach [Steve McCatty] was kind of helping me during the last two bullpen sessions," Wang said after Wednesday's game. "So I think I'm trying to make myself better in the future … I think my sinker was low today and then the angle was pretty good."
One evaluator who watched Wang pitch last night said he looked much better than earlier in the season. "He had more hair on his fastball," he said.
At first, Johnson was worried about Wang's stamina. But after Wednesday's performance, he felt the right-hander, who won 19 games for the New York Yankees in both 2006 and 2007, had enough to start a game. "He's awful strong and can throw a lot of pitches if he doesn't try to overthrow," he said.


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In today's modern age of technology, automating procurement and procure-to-pay (P2P) processes are considered a strategic move for almost all mid- to large-size companies. It is more than simply automating manual processes, such as faxing a purchase order to a supplier. P2P processes offer complete connectivity and real-time pricing with suppliers on all of their products and services. P2P technology enables accurate decision making using on demand data.
The strategy further sets in with the ability to collaborate with suppliers and guarantee compliance, both internally and externally. This ultimately leads to cost control and receiving lower prices and rebates. The P2P system's ability to order, store order data and history, connect with suppliers, build control and compliance and bring efficiencies to many levels within the organization is undoubtedly a strategic move. This approach offers visibility into overall spend across properties.
Staying competitive in today's business world means operating in the most efficient way with the lowest costs. Larger organizations who use lean, adaptive and agile methods are growing rapidly and more profitably. According to Forbes magazine, customers get to market 50% faster and are 25% more productive when they employ a hybrid of lean and agile development methods. These practices can improve supply chain management and procure-to-pay processes, boosting your ROI and bottom line.


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One of Christmas Spirit Fail's least favorite mainstream seasonal songs–it always gets a thumbs-down when it pops up, whac-a-mole style, on our Pandora channels–is the cloying "Do You Hear What I Hear?" (Special bonus bad points when sung by Carrie Underwood below, although this song has been covered by everybody, and we do mean everybody, from St. Bing to Kenny G to Rosie O'Donnell and Elmo.)
We were always a little skeptical of this song's rather impressionistic narrative of–maybe?–the birth of the Christ Child, with the shepherds somehow bringing the news to Herod, who welcomes the arrival of the child, the child, who will bring goodness and light.
Turns out the narrative is inspired more by the Cuban Missile Crisis and the lyricist's desire for world peace than by Matthew or Luke. Add to this that the composer–the lyricist's husband at the time–was a Unitarian Universalist and this Christmas spirit fail suddenly makes a lot more sense.


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The hotel they all stayed at was great and made the cutest little balloon bunch to go with a bottle of wine:
Little did I know my friends would make me feel a lot more involved with their creativity by pretending I was the big balloon!
I took my post-bar tour mugshot. Still looked fab, wouldn't you say?:
My friends fed me pizza (weekends are not for calorie counting):
And I made it home safe and sound. It's important to buckle up, kids!:
I'm so grateful I have such thoughtful friends. Receiving texts throughout the weekend meant more to me than they know.
Have you ever had to miss out on a special event but found a way to still "be" there?


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Tiny Living on Wheels: Impossibly Small 32-Sq Ft Cabin
He's been called a "micro-architect" and a genius of small house design, but Derek Diedricksen is really more of a big thinker. His impressively tiny 32-square-foot micro-home, affectionately known as the "Gypsy Junker," is maybe one of the most well-known tiny houses ever built. And now, it's for sale with an equally tiny price tag.
Diedricksen is known for his skill in building the kind of itty-bitty home that most people don't think they could ever live in. The Gypsy Junker is so tiny that only the most intrepid small-home enthusiast could live there permanently, but it would make for the perfect backyard office or temporary getaway cabin. With only 5'10" of headspace, though, taller residents would need to get used to stooping as they walk from one end of the structure to the other.
The micro home was built in 2010, mostly from recycled and salvaged materials. Discarded shipping pallets make up a large part of the structure, while recycled storm windows and salvaged kitchen cabinets give it a distinctive character and home-like feel. The bed bunk doubles as a desk, and with one person on it and two on the floor the tiny home can sleep three – though probably not very comfortably.
The incredible home is being sold to make room for other projects that Diedricksen is building in his back yard. Although it was built for nearly free with materials most people would call "junk," the time and labor he put into the project are evident: since it was built, it has withstood two hurricanes and a few harsh Northeast winters.


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Leg cramps can be easily treated by using relieving creams or simply by pulling your toes upward towards your knee. However, this treatment is helpful only if you experience cramps while playing your favorite sports or you change your shoes from high heeled to low heeled. But when it comes to swimming this is another story. Leg cramps will make your leg immobile and in most cases you may get drowned. To avoid muscle fatigue these tips will definitely help you.
Take your vitamins. Vitamin E does not only help your skin to glow radiantly but it also improves the circulation of the blood that transports oxygen to the body. During leg cramps, a build up of lactic acid happens due to the lack of oxygen. This build up will overwhelm the muscle resulting to cramps.
Another vitamins that can help alleviating the pain are calcium and magnesium. These vitamins confuses the muscle because of its push and pull effect. Calcium is responsible for contracting the muscle while magnesium relaxes it.
Regular training and exercise. If you are an athlete, train regulary. A trained muscle makes the lactic acid build up longer meaning a more improved circulation through out the body. However if you are a beginner, do not overdo it. You take your time and listen to your body. When you feel tired don't be shy to get a break.
Drink water. Dehydration is one of the reason of leg cramps so it's better to drink water, plenty of it.
Stretch that muscles. Stretching is not only required in exercise. Everytime you use your muscle it is prone to cramps. In order to avoid this, stretching is an option.


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Thursday, June 4, 2009
This morning after we'd had our bath, I was attempting to get dressed and Avery was perched on my bed, waiting for her turn. As I surveyed my options Avery's little arm flew up, index finger pointed sharply at my closet. "Dat," she said.
She has learned that simply pointing at something and uttering oh so cutely, "dat!" will usually get me to drop anything and take her to whatever "dat" might be. And so I did. We started at one end of the closet and she excitedly grabbed each one of Trav's colorful plaid work shirts. Then she'd point at something else, "dat!" and we'd switch over to my brightly colored skirts which she'd carefully touch.
Silky skirt, rough wool coat, back to silky, back to rough, over to soft sweaters, back to hot pink skirt. Look at me...look at the clothes. Touch buttons, pull drawstrings, squeeze this, tug that.
And after about five minutes she was satisfied with the contents of our closet and switched her attention to a pair of lint removers that were stuck together on the floor, and crawled off to see about them.
Isn't it marvelous that encouraging creativity in children doesn't always have to involve elaborate paint and marker sets, or trips to museums. Sometimes it can happen just as satisfactorily at 8 am, half naked, on the floor of your closet.
And so I tell Avery, "Shh...this can just be our secret",
because we really do feel bad that dad has to be at work all day, while we get to be home having all this fun.
And boy am I grateful.
Posted by Danielle at 11:30 AM
4 comments:
I love that little face. :)ReplyDelete
such a cute, scrunchie face.ReplyDelete
we're so lucky that we get to facilitate those simple moments of discovery with our kids - so much joy in the day-to-day.
you're a good mama :)
- AnonymousJune 5, 2009 at 12:45 AM
Could there be a prettier baby? Loved your post honey. Ox, momReplyDelete
It is important work you are doing. Really important.ReplyDelete
I love the picture. It looks like she is sitting in her toy box. Funny.
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CHECK OUT MY FREE GIVEAWAY HAPPENING NOW (through Sunday, December 19th)
This is an easy weekend ornament project.
This is an easy weekend ornament project.
What you'll need:
1 cup salt
1 cup flour
1/2 cup water
cookie cutters
1 chopstick (to make hole in dough)
tempera paint in many colors
Mix everything together until the dough is formed. You may need to keep adding flour little by little until it's no longer sticky.
We used cookie cutters (both Christmas-themed and Star Wars-themed) to mold dough into shapes.
Using the chopstick, place a hole at the top of the dough ornament.
Place in microwave and begin zapping on high in 30-second increments until ornament is hardened. For most ornaments, this took about a minute and thirty seconds. The uber-thick ones took about two minutes.
Wait for ornament to cool and then paint.
Let dry and add string to hang from tree!


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Secretary John Bryson today released the Department of Commerce's fiscal year 2013 budget request that includes support for advanced manufacturing, new trade promotion efforts, innovation investments, finds $176 million in administrative savings.
The Commerce budget makes critical investments in advanced manufacturing, innovation, entrepreneurship and competitiveness and trade promotion and enforcement to help create jobs. The nearly 5 percent increase reflects President Obama and Secretary Bryson's commitment to encouraging U.S. manufacturing and helping more American companies sell their goods and services overseas. The fiscal year 2013 request is $8 billion and requests $2.3 billion in mandatory funding. The Department also identified $176 million in administrative savings, reflecting a strong commitment to wisely stewarding taxpayer dollars and making tough choices to prioritize programs that support the Department's core mission areas.
- Advanced Manufacturing: Advanced Manufacturing: $156 million to expand NIST research in areas such as smart manufacturing, nanomanufacturing, advanced materials, and biomanufacturing, including $21 million for the Advanced Manufacturing Technology Consortia program, which will provide grants to industry consortia to tackle common technological barriers to the innovation and manufacturing of new products.
- Increasing U.S. Exports: $517 million for the International Trade Administration (ITA), including several key initiatives. The administration requests $30 million for critical investments in trade promotion to help more U.S. businesses reach the 95 percent of consumers who live outside our borders. This proposal also includes $30 million to send Foreign Commercial Service officers and locally engaged staff to high-growth markets to help support the National Export Initiative to meet the President's goal of doubling U.S. exports by the end of 2014. The budget also supports a new trade enforcement unit-- the Interagency Trade Enforcement Center (ITEC), which will significantly enhance the administration's capabilities to aggressively challenge unfair trade practices around the world (details below).
- Attracting Investment to the U.S.: The $517M for ITA includes $13 million for SelectUSA to encourage, facilitate and accelerate foreign direct investment in the U.S. to create jobs and spur growth.
Additionally, as part of the administration's efforts to revitalize manufacturing, the president's budget proposes $1 billion in mandatory funding to establish a National Network for Manufacturing Innovation.
When it comes to trade enforcement, as part of the president's plan to level the playing field for American workers and businesses, the president's budget will invest $26 million in ITA ($24M) and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative ($2M) to support a new trade enforcement unit—the Interagency Trade Enforcement Center (ITEC), which will significantly enhance the administration's capabilities to aggressively challenge unfair trade practices around the world, including in China. The ITEC will represent a more aggressive "whole-of-government" approach to addressing unfair trade practices, and will serve as the primary forum within the federal government for executive departments and agencies to coordinate enforcement of international and domestic trade rules.
While the FY 2013 budget request includes important new investments to spur job creation and economic growth, it also identifies a total of $176 million in administrative savings and efficiencies through lower-cost acquisition efforts, better facilities and fleet management, and lower overhead expenses, reflecting the agency's strong commitment to make wise use of taxpayer dollars. This includes efforts to modernize the Department's operational structure and in some cases decide which programs were most central to the core missions in each bureau.
Full details can be found in the press release and the Budget in Brief.
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Vice President of the Senate, U.S. Virgin Islands
Most public servants aspire early in life to do so, and Louis Patrick Hill, vice president of the Senate in the U.S. Virgin Islands, isn't an exception to this. A decorated military veteran and former administrator for St. Thomas and Water Island, Hill's will to serve led him to a successful run for office in 2003.
Last year, the senator spearheaded an economic summit that united the legislative, judiciary and executive branches of government with three main goals: to get government to more efficiently use technology, reduce expenditures, and increase revenue and taxes. But this was an unprecedented occurrence and no small feat. "It was a difficult and delicate process bringing all three branches of government in the same room to focus on the problems we can solve together," said Hill. "It required everybody understanding that the economic challenges we face affect all three branches, and if we find solutions, then those would impact all three branches."
First on the agenda, Hill says is to implement changes that require little funding, such as streamlining the U.S. territory's communication system by setting up three distinct e-mail domains for each branch of government; providing e-government services; switching to bulk purchasing procurement processes; and consolidating agencies. An alternative energy pilot project is under way to see how the island can harness wind and solar energy, which Hill says will further spark economic development.
Ultimately Hill's goal is to make the government more responsive to constituents' needs and improve their quality of life. By leading this effort, Hill has proven that no government is an island — there's strength in unity.
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When the winter chill kicks in, nothing warms the soul like a hearty mince-based meal. Here's my take on bolognese sauce on a bed of sauteed kale with 'paleo' parmesan.
2 tbsp olive oil
1/2 brown onion, chopped
1/2 carrot, finely diced
1/2 celery stalk, finely diced
3 garlic cloves, minced
550g grass-fed beef mince or other red meat mince (venison, kangaroo, lamb or emu)
1 tsp freshly chopped oregano
200ml dry red wine
2 tbsp tomato paste
500g tomato passata
300ml chicken stock (gluten-free if required)
1 pinch chilli flakes (optional)
sea salt
freshly cracked black pepper
4 tbsp parsley, chopped
3 tbsp olive oil
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 bunches kale, stalks removed, leaves torn
6 tbsp chicken stock (gluten-free is required)
sea salt
freshly ground black pepper
70g macadamia nuts (activated if possible), finely chopped
1 tbsp parsley, chopped finely
1 anchovy fillet in salt, rinsed, pat dried and finely chopped
1 tbsp melted ghee or extra virgin olive oil
1/2 lemon, finely zested
sea salt
freshly cracked black pepper
1. Preheat the oven to 150C.
2. To make the paleo parmesan, combine all the ingredients in a bowl and mix until well combined. Season with a pinch of sea salt. Spread the nut mixture onto a baking tray lined with baking paper and bake in the oven for five to eight minutes or until lightly golden. Allow to cool, then set aside.
3. To make the bolognese, heat the oil in a large frying pan over medium-to-high heat. Add the onions, carrots and celery, then cook for four to five minutes or until softened. Next, add the garlic and cook for a further one minute, or until fragrant and starting to brown. Add the mince and brown for five to six minutes, breaking up the meat with a wooden spoon into smaller pieces. Stir in the oregano and wine and cook until the wine is almost evaporated, about four to five minutes.
4. Add the tomato paste and cook for one minute. Add the passata, half the chicken stock, chilli flakes (if using) and season with sea salt and freshly ground pepper. Simmer on a low heat for 15 minutes and add the rest of the stock if needed. Toss the parsley through and keep the bolognese sauce warm.
5. To prepare the kale, heat a large frying pan over medium-to-high heat, add the oil and garlic to the pan and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the kale and chicken stock and cook for three minutes, tossing occasionally until wilted. Season with salt and pepper. You can do this in batches if your pan is not big enough to contain all the kale.
6. Divide the sauteed kale onto four serving plates and top with bolognese sauce, then sprinkle with paleo parmesan.
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We're continuing to make good progress toward Victoria. Close enough to taste it, or anyway smell it. Or maybe just hear it.
Anyway, we did 40m yestersol, and we'll do 40m again thisol. This one's a little weird; we're driving up onto a sort of curb. We see these once in a while -- abrupt little steps in the terrain, usually, as here, associated with rock.
Why do they happen? I don't know, I just drive over 'em.
But not without some paranoia. The curb is at the limit of our ability to precisely measure, so after some discussion, we end up loosening the suspension limits considerably for driving over the thing. It's not implausible that we'd pop a wheelie going over it -- this happens when one of the bogie wheels (usually the leading wheel) loses purchase but its partner keeps going, as can happen when you're driving over a feature like this. The suspension auto-corrects within a meter or two, and no harm done. We wouldn't want to cut the drive in half if that happened, so we effectively tell Opportunity to just ignore it if it does.
And once again, we're plodding toward Victoria.
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Dear Parish Family:
As you may know, following his ordination to the diaconate on Saturday, May 16th, Deacon Mauricio Tabera will be assigned to St. Magdalen's as his home parish while he continues his theology studies and prepares for his priestly ordination, God willing, in the spring of 2016. This week, the deacon-to-be gave an interview to our Director of Communications. I would like to share with you some of his background, how he discerned God's call to the priesthood and how he came to say yes to Christ's invitation to "come and follow me."
Deacon Mauricio Tabera was born in Medellin, Columbia in 1985, and is the seventh of nine children. His family was rooted in Catholicism, and while in high school, Mauricio became deeply attracted to the way that two local pastors lived out their vocations to the priesthood. After four years of discernment, Mauricio began philosophy and theology studies at a local seminary in Columbia.
While studying theology, a certain Columbian-American priest in charge of arranging assignments to various dioceses in the United States asked Mauricio to consider a possible calling to serve the Church in the US. In 2010, Mauricio met Rev. Msgr. Randall J. Vashon, the Director of Vocations for the Diocese of Metuchen, and was invited to join the diocesan priests in the Diocese of Metuchen. After a year of intense discernment, Mauricio accepted the calling, moved to New Jersey and began his studies of the English language at the ESL (English as a second language) program at Rutgers University. Following that, he began advanced ESL studies at St. Vincent Seminary in Latrobe, PA, and continued his theological studies.
Deacon Mauricio, when describing his journey to the priesthood, highlights the importance of that first encounter he had with the two Columbian pastors who so joyfully lived out their vocations to the priesthood. "They were always smiling," Deacon Mauricio recalled. "Whatever they were doing, whether it was to help the youth or the elderly, people were drawn to them because they radiated joy. I learned from them that the goal of life is to be truly happy, that Christianity is about being a happy people." This closely echoes a sentiment expressed by Pope Francis. "The Christian is a man or woman of joy," the Pope said May 10, 2013, giving a homily during his morning Mass in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae.
When asked about what he would like to say to parishioners at Saint Magdalen's, Deacon Maurizio replied, "I come to learn from them, to share my experience and faith in Christ, and also to help them in any way that I am able."
Welcome, Deacon Mauricio Tabera!
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Generally a tracking system is used for the observing of persons or objects on the move and supplying a timely ordered sequence of respective location data to a model e.g. capable to serve for depicting the motion on a display capability.
In virtual space technology, a tracking system is generally a system capable of rendering virtual space to a human observer while tracking the observer's body coordinates. For instance, in dynamic virtual auditory space simulations, a real-time head tracker provides feedback to the central processor, allowing for selection of appropriate head-related transfer functions at the estimated current position of the observer relative to the environment.
There are myriad tracking systems. Some are 'lag time' indicators, that is, the data is collected after an item has passed a point for example a bar code or choke point or gate. Others are 'real-time' or 'near real-time' like Global Positioning Systems depending on how often the data is refreshed. There are bar-code systems which require a person to scan items and automatic identification (RFID auto-id). For the most part, the tracking worlds are composed of discrete hardware and software systems for different applications. That is, bar-code systems are separate from Electronic Product Code (EPC) systems, GPS systems are separate from active real time locating systems or RTLS for example, a passive RFID system would be used in a warehouse to scan the boxes as they are loaded on a truck - then the truck itself is tracked on a different system using GPS with its own features and software. The major technology "silos" in the supply chain are:
Indoors assets are tracked repetitively reading e.g. a barcode,[1] any passive and active RFID and feeding read data into Work in Progress models (WIP) or Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) or ERP software. The readers required per choke point are meshed auto-ID or hand-held ID applications.
However tracking could also be capable to provide monitoring data without binding to fixed location by using a cooperative tracking capability, e.g. an RTLS.
Outdoors mobile assets of high value are tracked by choke point,[2] 802.11, Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI), Time Delay on Arrival (TDOA), active RFID or GPS Yard Management; feeding into either third party yard management software from the provider or to an existing system. Yard Management Systems (YMS) couple location data collected by RFID and GPS systems to help Supply Chain Managers to optimize utilization of yard assets such as trailers and dock doors. YMS systems can use either active or passive RFID tags.
Fleet management is applied as a tracking application using GPS and composing tracks from subsequent vehicle's positions. Each vehicle to be tracked is equipped with a GPS receiver and relays the obtained coordinates via cellular or satellite networks to a home station.[3] Fleet management is required by:
One such use of the RFID technology is in tracking IDs of students.[4] Using GPS IDs would resolve the decreasing attendance in schools by monitoring the whereabouts of students when they did not attend class (Jensen, 2008). It is also used to efficiently check attendance. Perks of this tracking system is allowing students to check out library books buy food in the cafeterias (Jensen, 2008). The GPS IDs also act as a security measure to monitor any unwanted visitors or an emergency locator if a student cannot be found (Jensen, 2008). In the Spring Independent School District, students have been using for many years in check that students are staying in school during the day. Since they've instigated the system, attendance has increase thus schooling funding has increased as well (Jensen, 2008).
Recently, debates over the Fourth Amendment have come up. Conservative students wish to keep their privacy and forbid to wear tracking devices, especially hackers can break into these systems to find out students' information. Since many schools, such as those in the Spring Independent School District, require students to wear the tracking IDs, students argue that it is an immediate violation of their privacy (Jensen, 2008). Yet, the Fourth Amendment is not violated in these cases since students are not tracked in their homes (Warner, 2007). Each school's decision over GPS IDs varies as states develop laws against these IDs in schools and as students protest for their privacy rights.
Location-based services or LBS is a term that is derived from the telematics and telecom world. The combination of A-GPS, newer GPS and cellular locating technology is what has enabled the latest "LBS" for handsets and PDAs. Line of sight is not necessarily required for a location fix. This is a significant advantage in certain applications since a GPS signal can still be lost indoors. As such, A-GPS enabled cell phones and PDAs can be located indoors and the handset may be tracked more precisely. This enables non-vehicle centric applications and can bridge the indoor location gap, typically the domain of RFID and RTLS systems, with an off the shelf cellular device.
Currently, A-GPS enabled handsets are still highly dependent on the Location-Based Service (LBS) carrier system, so handset device choice and application requirements are still not apparent. Enterprise system integrators need the skills and knowledge to correctly choose the pieces that will fit the application and geography.
Regardless of the tracking technology, for the most part the end-users just want to locate themselves or wish to find points of interest. The reality is that there is no "one size fits all" solution with locating technology for all conditions and applications.
Application of tracking is a substantial basis for vehicle tracking in fleet management, asset management, individual navigation, social networking, or mobile resource management and more. Company, group or individual interests can benefit from more than one of the offered technologies depending on the context.
GPS has global coverage but can be hindered by line-of-sight issues caused by buildings and urban canyons. RFID is excellent and reliable indoors or in situations where close proximity to tag readers is feasible, but has limited range and still requires costly readers. RFID stands for Radio Frequency Identification. This technology uses electromagnetic waves to receive the signal from the targeting object to then save the location on a reader that can be looked at through specialized software (Warner, 2007).[5]
RTLS are enabled by Wireless LAN systems (according to IEEE 802.11) or other wireless systems (according to IEEE 802.15) with multilateration. Such equipment is suitable for certain confined areas, such as campuses and office buildings. RTLS require system-level deployments and server functions to be effective. RTLS systems are affordable and accurate for industrial and yard applications. RTLS systems are not appropriate for all indoor applications, there fuzzy locating systems with unilateration may apply more economically.
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This has been one of the more contentious local races this year, following the primary election defeat of former State's Attorney Anita Alvarez. She was heavily criticized for waiting 13 months before bringing first-degree murder charges against officer Jason Van Dyke, who fatally shot 17-year-old Laquan McDonald 16 times. The winner of the upcoming election will be under increased public scrutiny regarding cases of police misconduct as a result.
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"All is calm, All is bright..."
Those words lift the weary soul, don't they?
Just thinking about all being calm, brings peace and quiet to my busy heart.
I strive for simplicity. For calm and peace.
At times, I get discouraged when things are hectic and disheveled.
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Before the "calm and bright" was a long journey.
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Well, maybe not in the air, but on my desktop for sure :). I'm working on a new tutorial called "Love Bracelet and Earrings" and plan to finish it soon. It's going to be one swell Valentine's gift for a creative one :). So, stay tuned.
Another project I'm working on will be called "Swan Love". Here you can see just a preliminary digital sketch. It will be a very special design, as I'm going to use a technique I have never used before to create it.
The project I'd been working on and completed by now is an adjustable polymer clay ring. The first one I named "Silver Leaf". It is now all done and available in our stores for $30. Took me a lot of experimentation to make ring shank to be durable, adjustable and comfortable to wear – all at the same time :).
As far as I know, nobody else makes such rings. So, I had to rely on myself only. Maybe I'll make a tutorial on this one too in the future. We shall see :).
Just wanted to share with you the things I'm currently working on.
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The accused, 30, who resides at Beckley Estate, Abule Egba, a suburb of Lagos, is being tried for rape and an attempt to commit abortion.
The Police Prosecutor, Sgt. Raphael Donny, told the court that the accused committed the offences in December 2016 at his residence.
Donny said that the accused lived in the same compound with the complainants, a twin sisters, aged 17.
The accused raped the girls on different occasions and in the process, one of them got pregnant.
"The accused gave her N20,000 to terminate the pregnancy but instead, she confided in her elder sister, who informed their mother.
"The case was reported at the police station and the accused was apprehended, " he said.
The offences contravened Sections 147(1) and 259 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Davies Abegunde, admitted the accused to a bail of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum.
Abegunde adjourned the case to June 5 for mention.
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June 1976 on my high school graduation day a black female ran past me and she stuck me with a sharp object a pin in my left side and she ran past me fast and I neve did nothing to her I neve even knew her at all and it was a lot of distraction and Clara Pumphrey really hates my guts
I still have not forgotten the summer of 1971, I was a very decent young lady, while we were visiting a relative Clara ask me Charlene are you going to bend over and let somebody get it so you can have a baby that look just like you, they just wanted me to get pregnant and they take my baby away from me for their own personal gain and the child would not have been safe in this family just like I was not never safe in this family and I am still not safe, something about that made me feel very uneasy; 13 months later September 16-1972 someone tried to sexually assault me while I was on my way going to high school and this was in the broad day light about 10 am in the morning time. Ralph James and his brothers were taken away from their mother and placed in foster care until 18 years of age. Suddenly one day Ralph James showed up at our home while I was living at home with the parents and I didn't know him and I was not expecting him to come over; he never said what he really wanted, he is Markham James brother. I think he came to see what I look like, Ralph James is NOT RELATED,TO ME he and his people keep blaming me for his mother's responsibilities and I was only a 5 year old baby girl and I was not a baby sitter. both women left us neglected and no adult supervision of us babies.and the summer of 1976, 3 of us children was still living at home until one day suddenly Clara the aunt called my parent's home for me and my brother Ronald who is mentally ill to spend 2 weeks at her home and I never did know what she really wanted me for any way, she only talked to my the mother her sister, she didn't talk to me and I was a 20 year old grown adult. She asked me Charlene don't you feel sorry for yourself, I told her no I don't feel sorry for myself, she kept picking on me I can see that, and she did ask me in front of a women neighbor ,do you think I am better than your parents and do you like me better than your mother and father? and when I did not give her the right answer that she wanted to hear, she did turn on me, she was very angry with me and she picked a nasty fight with me in her house, she argued and said she was going to beat my ass and she tried to hit me in my face, she told me what I needed was a big black D private at the her son came out of his bed room and taken me to his room until the coast was clear, it was summer time dark outside and it was raining, I left out her front door and I never went back, we were out of there in 3 days. I been criminally abused, followed and harassed by them people over decades; June 1988, my Illinois bell service was cut in the basement and my grandmother told me Clara Pumphrey was married to a man named Willie and when he was killed in a hotel room,she tried to get his benefits and she could not get his benefits because he was married already to someone else legally a bigamy in the 1955-1956 the grandmother told me she had to put Clara in a mental institution and that was not my fault either, I didn't have nothing to do with that at all. I don't apreciate being used for nobody's damn scapegoate that is very dangerous.
this is nothing but unprovoked abuse and unjustified punishment from the start, then why no one never even bothered to tell me why and not one single person even bothered to tell me the truth and I didn't deserve to be rejected,blamed and punished for me being born with albinism and what about when I was born an innocent baby like all other babies well the father turned his back on me and he was not emotionally available for me to the point to where I ended up looking for DADDY and my children's father is a daddy figure by more than 30 years my age and that was because I needed LOVE NOT HATRED; they just punished me and they watched me suffer for the deeds that I did not do. I was not wanted by this family at all; then why was I treated very differently and cruely by the family and every thing is my S from the start and was picked on for several years and they made fun of me and they treated my children the same way too, and my son Alexander was so man handled by them people ,they nearly killed him and I had to take my son Vincent from a program because they picked on him too and his files were missing from a day program, there was a safety concern for all 3 of us. and for several years the gossip about me was so serious to the point to where it has caused me great reputational harm and to the point to when I want to communicate and work with other people I am greatly ignored to where a lot of people don't seem to care to understand and to listen to what I am trying to explain. Every body treated me like a retarded child and a little girl and every body all up in my personal business and all up in my personal life . they don't even accept me as one of their own relative and I can see that. I can tell, I am not no dumb person, I'm not like that and I was abused so badly I had night mares, I even had a low self esteem because of the derogatory and racist name calling that hurted me and for years they called me that, well that was not my fault, I was born with Albinism and that is an inherited genetic condiction and that is not my fault at all, and some of them people said that is not in the family and that's not my fault either; I really do wish that the people who never wanted me in the first place just leave me alone altogether and just leave my kids alone all every body did was just use me and my children and they always did just walk all over me and my children and them people never had no love for me no way.that because I was notthing to them people and my children are not nothing to them people either and what they think of me, them people think the same way about my kid ,they don't have any kind of love for my children because my children are nothing to them people. I am wondering why when I needed to be removed from the home for my own protection and my safety why no body came to remove me from the that family that was not right and that is not fair to me. I gotten blamed,abandoned,punished and bullied and the people on Carmella Barber the mother side of the family,they never taken the time with me and the people on Nelson the father side of the family, they never taken the time with me either; It was not my fault and it was not right for them people to just use me for their excuse. I never even lived a normal life. How can anybody have a normal child hood,adult hood and future, with my freedom being very restricted. and I did go to a medical front office training school program and that was sabotaged on me too,things got all changed around. I did lose the SSI income in September 1997 and I was not able to ever get back on it no matter what. and I came back to Chicago Illinois in spring 2003 and I did apply for a medicaid card and they never did give any. and I did apply again in 2011 the letter came back,it said I was not eligible for any,cash assistance,SNAP food stamps and no medical card at all and I don't even work because I am very sick right now and I have health issues and I need help and no one is willing to help me out; It is a darn crying shame I don't have a family that I can trust, my health is being neglected I did a lot of volunteer work and unpaid work I tried to help the community in Milwaukee,WI the best way that I could but I should have been help too many years ago and I gave selflessly far too much of my time to others and for others but I am wondering can anybody volunteer their time to help me out please I AM CRYING OUT FOR HELP can anybody please help me out and it is a crying shame because I had no steady income since I lost my suppmental income in September 1997 and the hatred against me really did put me at a total lost and I nearly lost one of my children and the parent don't talk to me and the siblings don't want nothing to do with me either, that is the whole family. I don't feel really confortable with them no way because they never did approve of me from the beginning and so it is best for me to just stay out of their way. it is really rough on me and this is not too good. I really do need to get a break and a make over. They sneaked and married me off behind my back and changed birth dates on me and they changed birth dates on my children,they are really very very hateful to me and my children; they NEVER DID HAVE NO KIND OF MERCY ON ME AT ALL AND THEY DON'T HAVE NO KIND OF MERCY ON MY CHILDREN AT ALL EITHER NO THEM PEOPLE IN THIS FAMILY DON'T. NO THEY DON'T.


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Saturday afternoon, and I was headed out to get groceries, and try out my legs after several weeks of Physical Therapy for my back, and there he was.....just sitting on my fence looking at me. I stared in disbelief. I thought I was looking at Sally the Cat, only in a different colorway. (Describing him this way for my fabric fans.) This cat was a softer shade of gray, with the same familiar beautiful face, and markings, only he has a white underside while Sally's is red, like the color of a squirrel. Sally the Cat and Gianni S. Kitty He came when called, allowed me to pick him up, and was he ever hungry! I took some food out to him, and hollered at Ken to come and see what I'd found! He couldn't believe what he was seeing, too. This cat was way too similar in appearance, size, demeanor, not to be very closely related to our Sally. (Sally showed up in our back yard just about a year ago.) We've decided that this cat was probably her brother, most likely a litter mate. Ken immediately dubbed him "Gianni Schichi" after the main character in the opera he was listening to at the time. I've since changed it a bit to Gianni S. Kitty. We brought him in, and he played for awhile. He especially liked Sally's catnip sock that I'd made her. I went on to the store. While I was gone, I guess Gianni got a little too rambunctious and decided he wanted back outdoors, so Ken let him out. I was a bit disappointed when I got home, but like Sally, I figured if he was there the next day it was meant to be. He showed up at our door about 8 pm yesterday evening, so that was it. We have a second kitty, same as the first. Do you remember the Smothers brothers? "Second verse, same as the first. A little bit louder and a little bit worse?" Apparently, that's about what we have here with the second kitty. Gianni spent the night in a kennel. I just couldn't trust him to have the run of the house yet, especially since he has nasty claws, and knows how to use them. He still wanted out this morning, but I had other plans for him. He went to the veterinarian this morning, where he will spend tonight. Surgery is scheduled for tomorrow. I consider neutering an essential part of responsible pet ownership, and this little kitty would be a prime candidate for being ripped apart next month at the beginning of the mating season for cats without it. My vet also reminded me that before we do anything else, he should be tested for feline leukemia and FIV. There is no cure for either disease, and if he tests positive, there is will be no reason to go ahead with anything further. I really hate the thought of that possibility, but I know my veterinarian is right. Sally was very interested in him last night, approaching Gianni cautiously. She followed him as he moved about the house, but wasn't sure she wanted to get too close. Integrating another full-grown cat, especially a full-grown tom cat, one that has been living as a ferrel cat in our alley for probably a year or more, may prove to be challenging. I think they will get along well, once we know he will be here to stay. Have any of you ever taken in a fully mature cat? Any suggestions for us? I think Miss Sally would love to have someone to play with, and I would enjoy a break from having to keep wiggling things for her entertainment. Wish us luck in welcoming Gianni into our household.
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Wishing you lots of luck Elsie! Looks like Santa came to your house a bit early this year! Enjoy!ReplyDelete
Gianni got a clean bill of health from the vet. He came home today, and is resting peacefully in the bath adjacent to my studio. He's pretty sore, which is to be expected, but he'll be up and going in a few days. I'm happy to have him and am hoping the cats will adjust quickly to each other's presence.ReplyDelete
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The Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages (www.cdu.edu.au/laal) is a digital archive of endangered literature in approximately 25 Australian Indigenous languages from the Northern Territory, starting with books which were produced in NT Literature Production Centres during the era of bilingual education between 1973 and 2000. Approximately 4000 texts have been identified from 20 Literature Production Centres (most now closed), and due to the demise of bilingual programs, many of the materials produced for these programs are no longer in use, and in many places are being lost, damaged or, occasionally, deliberately destroyed.
The collection has been formed via interaction with language owners, who have been asked for permission to put the books in the archive, invited to make comments about them and asked if they would be happy to be contacted for further collaborative research work. Setting up the repository involves identifying and sourcing the books, scanning and digitising them, converting them to text files and checking both texts and metadata.
The collection includes a wide range of materials developed in the bilingual programs for use in the classroom, but also for the wider community. They included teaching materials, literacy primers, children's stories, stories of local cultural significance, such as non-sacred versions of Dreaming or Creation stories, histories, experience stories, natural science, instructional manuals, cautionary tales, environmental knowledge, traditional practices, oral literature, and ethno-botany texts.
The materials derive from bilingual education programs in the following remote communities of the Northern Territory: Angurugu, Areyonga, Barunga, Galiwin'ku, Gunbalanya (Oenpelli), Kaltukatjara (Docker River), Lajamanu, Ltyentye Apurte (Santa Teresa), Maningrida, Milingimbi, Nguiu (Wurrumiyanga), Numbulwar, Papunya, Umbakumba, Wadeye, Waḻungurru (Kintore), Warruwi, Willowra, Yipirinya, Yirrkala and Yuendumu.
The languages represented in the archive include: Anindilyakwa, Burarra, Dalabon, Dhuwal (including Djapu and Djambarrpuyŋu), Dhuwala, (including Gumatj and Gupapuyŋu), Djaŋu (including Warramiri), Djauan (Jawoyn), Djinaŋ, Eastern Arrernte, Gunwinggu (Kunwinjku), Gurrogoni, Kriol, Maung, Murrinh-Patha, Ndjébbana, Ngandi, Nunggubuyu (Wubuy), Pintupi-Luritja, Pitjantjatjara, Rembarrnga, Ritharrŋu, Tiwi, Warlpiri and Western Arrernte, with occasional items from other languages.
The dataset is available online through www.cdu.edu.au/laal, which uses a custom-built interface to the materials stored on Charles Darwin University Library's open source Fez and Fedora based research repository, known as eSpace. The dataset includes presentation copies of the materials – with PDF versions for display and printing, plus plain text files (in Unicode). The preservation versions (TIFF files of each digitised page) will be available on application. The metadata is compatible with OLAC (Open Language Archives Community) standards, and so can be easily harvested through search engines.
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Bow, Catherine, Michael Christie, and Brian Devlin. 2014. Developing a Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages. Language Documentation & Conservation 8. 345-360. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/24612
Christie, M., Devlin, B., Bow. C., (2014) The Birth of the Living Archive: An emerging archive of Australian Aboriginal languages and literature. Archifact October, 48-63
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