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The FFA on Thursday granted provisional licences to Townsville and Gold Coast clubs as part of plans to expand the competition as early as next season.
Oudendyk said the Roar had long expected a Gold Coast team to enter the A-League and he believed local derby matches would increase game attendances.
The Roar boss also disagreed with club coach Frank Farina's doubts over the level of talent available to the new clubs.
"I think the standard of football in Australia has gone up sufficiently in the last few years to cover the extra players required for these two new teams," he said.
He said the Roar would only lose a maximum of three players to the new clubs, while he gave the strongest indication yet that Brazilian striker Reinaldo is set to leave the club.
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Amount per serving
- Calories: 19
- Fat: 1g
- 1 cup halved cherry tomatoes
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 sliced garlic clove
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 cup fresh basil leaves
- 2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar
- 1/4 cup packaged herbed goat cheese
- 12 toasted crostini
- Preheat oven to 425°. Combine 1 cup halved cherry tomatoes, 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1 sliced garlic clove, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon black pepper, and 1/4 cup fresh basil leaves; roast in middle of oven until tomatoes wilt and are golden (about 20 minutes). Remove from oven; drizzle with 2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar. Roast an additional 10 minutes. Spread 1/4 cup packaged herbed goat cheese evenly onto 12 toasted crostini; top with tomato mixture.
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FOOD DESERTS NYC: I used to live in a food desert in the South Bronx, NYC. It was easier to get a bacon, cheese, egg on a roll for breakfast from the local Indian deli than it was to find a supermarket with bacon, fresh eggs and real cheese. Fortunately I had the ability to grocery shop outside the neighborhood. But for thousands and thousands of people, especially those in the projects, that choice was not available. I read statements published by conservative or whatever politicians saying "food deserts don't exist." Well, they do. Look right in the backyard of New York City.
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Even within the borders of one of the world's top agricultural countries, healthy food can be hard to come by. Many Americans reside in food deserts—communities where retailers offering fresh food are scarce but fast-food restaurants and convenience stores selling prepared foods can abound.
The top two maps at the right show the proximity of full-line grocers to two groups for whom healthy food is often difficult to procure: low-income households and those without access to a vehicle. Scientists are still exploring the links between food deserts and health by investigating how the nonavailability of fresh food may spur obesity, diabetes and other diet-related conditions. One 2006 study found an association between the presence of supermarkets and lower obesity rates. Convenience stores, on the other hand, were associated with higher rates.
"You always have to be careful about suggesting cause and effect," says Mari Gallagher, whose Chicago consulting firm carries out case studies of local food environments. The relation between food and health is complex, and personal choice clearly plays a role. "But we do think that the environment, in a lot of different ways, matters," Gallagher says. "You can't choose healthy food if you don't have access to it."
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Church Planting Movements are acts of God, but it's
amazing how much mankind is capable of interfering with them. As with most
of God's works among us, He allows us to actively cooperate with Him or
become obstacles—consciously or unconsciously—to His desired purposes.
Missionaries involved in Church Planting Movements have identified several
very human courses of action that tend to obstruct, slow or otherwise
hinder CPMs. Even though we cannot create a Church Planting Movement, we
can certainly work to avoid blocking their emergence. Here are some of the
most prominent obstacles to Church Planting Movements facing missionaries
When a mission, union or convention attempts to
require a congregation to have extra-biblical things such as land, a
building, seminary-trained leadership or paid clergy before granting them
full status as a church, a Church Planting Movement is obstructed.
Christians may have the best of intentions when they impose preconditions
before officially constituting a church—preconditions usually aimed at
ensuring viability of the church before leaving it to its own devices.
However, requirements such as building, property and salaried clergy
quickly can become millstones around the neck of the church and make
reproducing itself all the more unlikely.
When a people have to abandon their valued ethnic
identity and adopt an alien culture in order to become believers, the
cause of church planting won't go far. Around the world, many churches
that look culturally out of place in their setting serve as testimonies to
this obstacle.
In too many instances, church planting has become
cultural warfare, as missionaries and local Christians attempt to conquer
and change the culture rather than the hearts of the people. Whenever one
must become like a Russian, American, European, etc., to become a
Christian, there is little chance that the movement will spread rapidly
among a non-Russian, non-American or non-European people.
Unfortunately, the spread of the gospel around the
world has sometimes produced churches that are poor examples of the faith.
If older churches in an area have non-regenerate members who engage in
worldly and immoral behavior, it will be difficult for new believers to
convince the lost that the Christian faith is holy and capable of
redeeming their world.
Some patterns of church behavior may not be immoral,
but still compromise and undermine the spirit of a Church Planting
Movement. Whenever older churches in the area feel no compulsion to spread
their faith, new believers may question why they should be passionate or
urgent in evangelism.
Whenever missionaries begin planting churches with
components that cannot be reproduced by the people themselves, they have
undermined a Church Planting Movement. The temptation is always there: it
seems quicker and easier to import a solution for a local challenge rather
than search for an indigenous solution. Extraneous items may be as
innocuous as cinderblocks for construction, electronic sound systems or
imported folding chairs.
Authentic Church Planting Movements always take on
the appearance of their context. If villages are made of bamboo, then
church buildings are made of bamboo. In urban areas, cell or house
churches emulate family structures instead of a congregational structure
that requires expensive buildings used exclusively for worship meetings.
CPM practitioners evaluate every aspect of each church start with the
question: "Can this be reproduced by these believers?" If the answer
is "no," then the foreign element is discarded.
Money is not inherently evil. It has a vital role to
play in the support of missionaries and promotion of things lost people or
new believers cannot do for themselves. Any time the gospel is introduced
to a new people group, external support is required. The problem is when
outside funding creates dependency among new Christians, stifling their
initiative and quenching a Church Planting Movement.
Proper use of external funds might include financing
outreach to an unreached people, development of gospel literature, radio
programming and broadcasts, production of the JESUS film, Scripture
translation, gospel television, cassettes, CDs, etc. When well-intentioned
outsiders prop up growth by purchasing buildings or subsidizing pastors'
salaries, they limit the capacity of the movement to reproduce itself
spontaneously and indigenously.
Whenever well-intentioned missionaries, churches or
denominational leaders impose requirements for church leaders that exceed
those stipulated by the New Testament, a Church Planting Movement is
New Testament models are found in Christ's
selection of the twelve disciples (Matt. 4:18-22) and Paul's criteria
for bishops and deacons (1 Timothy 3). It is striking that moral character
and willingness to follow Christ are given much greater weight than
theological training or academic degrees.
It is natural for missionaries to think in terms of
sequential steps in church planting. For example, first you learn the
language, then you develop relationships, then you share a witness, then
you disciple believers, then you congregationalize, then you raise up
leaders, then you begin another church start, etc. However, missionaries
who have successfully navigated Church Planting Movements describe a
different, nonlinear unfolding of the movement.
They insist on the importance of witnessing from day
one, even before the language is mastered. Rather than waiting for
conversion, missionaries disciple the lost into conversion. By the time
they've become believers, the new converts already have been
participating in cell churches for some time and already have acquired a
vision for starting churches! Church Planting Movements occur when all of
the various elements of a Church Planting Movement are under way
Yes, this is a metaphor. Frog churches perceive
themselves as ends in themselves, sitting fat and complacent on a hill or
lily pad (or main street), expecting the lost to come to them in search of
salvation. Frog churches hold meetings in places where they feel
comfortable and require the lost to adapt to their froggy world. Lizard
churches are always pursuing the lost. Adaptable and ready for action,
they move quickly into the world through cracks and crevices seeking the
lost. Lizard churches penetrate the homes of the lost with evangelistic
Bible studies rather than requiring the lost to come to their churches.
They are willing to change their colors, expend enormous energy, even lose
their tails if necessary in order to bring the lost into the family of
After all the instruction that has gone into this
book, it may seem strange to warn missionaries against prefabricated
methodologies. However, Church Planting Movement practitioners are
intensely inquisitive and committed to learning where and how God is at
work. Whenever missionaries enter a field with a pocket full of answers
rather than a heart that is hungry to watch and learn where God is at work
and what He is doing, they are limiting His ability to use them. This is
not to encourage a "know-nothing" approach to missions, but it does
speak to the necessity of humility and dependence upon God to reveal where
and how He chooses to bring about a Church Planting Movement.
Chapter 1 - What is a Church Planting Movement?
Chapter 2 - CPMs Up Close
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Chapter 3 - Ten Universal Elements
Chapter 4 - Ten Common Factors
Chapter 5 - Ten Practical Handles
Chapter 6 - Frequently Asked Questions
Chapter 7 - Obstacles to CPMs
Chapter 8 - Tips for Fine-Tuning a CPM
Chapter 9 - A CPM Vision for the World
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What I Learned from IVF
Guest blogger Julie says everything she needs to know she learned at the IVF Clinic.
1. Silence is golden
If you're embarking on your first cycle, you're probably feeling a great deal of optimism, and it's natural to want to share your excitement and hope with the people you love. Resist -- or at least be extremely selective.
My first time around, I told absolutely everyone -- family, friends, co-workers, casual acquaintances, the guy who changes the oil in my car. When that cycle failed, I regretted it. I'd raved about how good our chances were, and how sure I was that we'd succeed. I hadn't imagined how awkward and painful it would be to spread the news that it hadn't. (The boys down in the lube pit were perfectly sympathetic when I broke it to them 3,000 miles later, but our relationship was never the same after that.) Your cycle doesn't have to be a secret, but discretion might serve you better than widespread disclosure.
2. Don't put all your eggs (and sperm) in one basket
Don't count on your first cycle working. Sure, it could; plenty of people hit the jackpot on IVF #1. Statistically speaking, however, it's likely that you'll need more than one try, and it's best to be prepared for that from the very outset.
Our doctor encouraged us to think of our first cycle in terms of a diagnostic run, a chance to see how my body would respond to the drugs, and how our embryos would develop in the dish, giving us information that would help optimize any further treatment if necessary. This excellent advice helped us face a bad outcome without destroying our future hopes. So when you're making a treatment plan, save enough money, time, and stamina for a second cycle, and perhaps beyond. There's no down side to being prepared. And, hey, maybe you will hit the jackpot. After all, you can't win if you don't play.
3. Make a plan
All told, we attempted eight IVF cycles. Some failures were more devastating than others. (Some merely felt like having a piano dropped on me from the upper stories of a tall building, while others felt like...well, a whole lot of pianos.) The most upsetting were the ones when I didn't know what our next step would be.
I have found that it helps immensely to have a plan, any plan. If you're the methodical type, you might sketch out a detailed flow chart. If you're someone who prefers to feel your way as you go along, your plan might be as simple as promising yourself you won't give up. If you recognize you're approaching your limit with IVF, you might begin making inquiries about adoption, or you might start pricing two-seater sportscars -- screw the minivan. And if you're like me, your plan might sound a little like this: "Drunken bender. Two-day hangover. Let air out of doctor's tires. Get a second opinion."
4. Be flexible (you'll be more comfortable in the stirrups)
That plan we talked about? Forget it. Or at least be ready to change it if your heart tells you it's the right thing to do. When we first started IVF, I had some embarrassingly firm ideas about what I would and wouldn't do. (A sample: "I can't imagine doing more than three cycles. After all, we're not desperate." Line forms here to smack me upside the head.) As we progressed through treatment, I repeatedly found my convictions wavering. "If this doesn't work, we'll take a break," my husband and I promised each other before our second cycle. But when I got pregnant and then miscarried, I was hurting so badly that I couldn't bear not to try again as soon as my doctor allowed. "I don't want to try donor eggs," I said, an opinion I scrapped quite cheerfully once my ovaries had refused to respond for the third cycle in a row.
That's not to say you shouldn't have limits. Just don't be afraid to question those limits as the situation changes. Be flexible. If nothing else, it'll help you duck when someone wants to smack you upside the head.
5. Everyone's an expert
Did you know the woman who cuts your hair is a board-certified authority in reproductive medicine? And that your brother-in-law has a degree in counseling, specializing in couples facing infertility? When you're trying to conceive, everyone's an expert. This is especially annoying once you've graduated to advanced techniques like IVF. It's infuriating when well-meaning people offer suggestions you abandoned years before -- you don't make it all the way to IVF without knowing which tab fits neatly into which slot, if you know what I mean. Yet the unsolicited advice keeps coming. "Have you tried Robitussin?" "Take a vacation!"
I've learned to my disgust that there's simply no stopping it. But I've also come to accept that the majority of it is given with the best of intentions. That doesn't make it any less irritating, but it does keep me from demanding to see my hairdresser's credentials and reporting her to the state medical licensing board. Usually.
6. It's not over till the Russian coach cries
It's tempting to think of each stage in an IVF cycle -- suppression, stimulation, retrieval, fertilization, and transfer -- as a separate event. Say, like Olympic gymnastics. Surely if you stick the landing off the vault, and keep those pixie toes pointed on the floor exercise, and balance that beam with nary a bobble, all while keeping your leotard from creeping up where it doesn't belong, you'll win the all-around gold, right? But Bela Karolyi weeps. Success at any one stage is just that: success at one stage. It doesn't necessarily predict a positive outcome. Even perfect-looking cycles fail, after all, for reasons our doctors don't always understand.
Happily, the converse is also true. Barring complete failure at any one stage -- no eggs retrieved, no fertilization, no embryos to transfer -- there is still some hope for pregnancy. Wonky cycles can work, and do. I've had to relearn this lesson every time. It's hard not to lose hope when you have only three mature eggs, or only one embryo to transfer, and equally difficult not to get overconfident halfway through the cycle. But the only sure indication won't come until after transfer. Now smile pretty and stretch: the East German judge is watching.
7. It's beyond your control
I would bet cold American cash that the distinguished innovators of IVF once put their heads together and asked each other, "How can we engineer this process to make sure it drives control freaks absolutely outpatient insane?" And then they had a good laugh and probably a few beers. Well played, gentlemen.
If you have even the slightest inclination to obsess, IVF will amplify that into full-blown mania. At every stage you'll be given numbers, statistics, and new terminology that will send you scurrying to Google, PubMed, and your best friends on the Internet. You'll scrutinize every measurement, second-guess every dosage, and barrage your doctors with e-mail asking, "Was my endometrium 7.6 or 7.5 mm? I need to put it into my Excel spreadsheet." Mastering all this information won't make your cycle work, of course. To a control freak, that's bad news. The good news, though, is that as long as you take your medications as directed and follow your doctor's instructions -- which you will, you big freak -- there's not much you can do to make your cycle fail. (Trust me, that is good news.)
8. Welcome to the two-week wait, where nothing means anything
Congratulations! You've made it through stimulation, retrieval, and transfer. Now how are you feeling? Bloated? Weird cramping...you know, down there? Tender breasts? Tired? Moody? Bizarre constellation of pimples that looks a little like Ursa Major? Oh, you're totally pregnant. Except, uh, maybe you're not. I had all those feelings after my first two IVFs, and I was, indeed, pregnant. So I was thrilled when I felt the same way after my third IVF -- This is what pregnancy feels like, I thought, dreamily admiring the star-studded belt of Orion that stretched across my forehead.
No: that is what progesterone felt like. Any IVF cycle will involve progesterone supplementation due to the way the process compromises our ability to make it naturally. And any time you introduce large amounts of progesterone into a woman's body, she's probably going to feel pregnant, even when she's not. I did, and I wasn't. Unfortunately, you can't trust any "symptoms." It's impossible to resist looking for signs of pregnancy during the two-week wait. But when your body's natural patterns have been so thoroughly manipulated -- when you're jacked up on hormones and hope -- you just can't count on that epic constipation actually meaning anything.
9. Trust me, I'm a doctor (or at least his worst nightmare)
On the one hand, your doctor is well educated, experienced, competent, and compassionate. On the other hand, no one cares whether you get pregnant nearly as much as you do. Even as I say this, I'm feeling a surge of sympathy for those poor physicians whose patients show up at consultations with reams of printouts from Internet message boards, aggressive suggestions about protocols, and detailed questions about experimental techniques currently performed only by a single maverick doctor who locks the doors and hides under his desk when the CDC comes calling. But I'm going to say it anyway: We are our own best advocates, and we owe it to ourselves to do a decent job of it.
It took me a long time and a lot of failed cycles to see myself as an equal partner in my own treatment, and to stop caring very much whether my doctors found me easy to work with. Now I ask those questions, request those tests, and suggest those bizarre new protocols without a hint of self-consciousness. After all, our doctors' job is to get us pregnant, and our job is to remind them that we expect them to do it.
10. Relax! Think positive! Or don't. See if I care.
I thought my first IVF cycle would work. It didn't. I thought my second would work. It didn't. After that, all bets were off. Forget relaxation, positive thinking, or happy visualization. I eagerly embraced the power of negative thinking. "Good luck," the nurse would say at transfer, and I would snort so rudely that my embryos would tremble in their dish. With an attitude like mine, no wonder they wouldn't implant.
Some would say that if you're not relaxed or positive, of course you won't get pregnant. To them I give an even ruder snort. Even if there were any credible evidence that women who were more relaxed had higher pregnancy rates after IVF -- I wouldn't know; when I see "relax" in a headline, my head explodes before I can ever read any farther -- the proposition makes no sense. Infertility and the need for treatment are the cause of our stress, not the other way around. IVF has taught me that women with stinky attitudes get pregnant all the time. If feeling pessimistic helps you manage your own expectations, you snort as loud as you need to. You and I will make it a duet.
This post made my day. So funny and so very true.
Did my alter ego start blogging while the rest of me has been preoccupied obsessing over my most recent cycle attempt? Its as though I've just read a report of my own repeated failed IVF experiences— though I've been too busy wallowing in each subsequent and deepening well of self pity to think I could could actually appreciate any humor in the whole situation. And sadly, I confess that reading this post made me laugh out loud so much that I feel a guilty sense of perverse pleasure in knowing that I am not as alone as my self pity might lead me to believe. However, I would have to say that its not really pessimism, after so many previous hopeful but failed attempts, that causes me to hiss in response to the advice of well wishers including the unsuspecting nurse, but rather what I like to call a very guarded optimism. The glaring scowel on my face is simply a reflexive expression resulting from the reality of past experience which manifests upon hearing comments like 'everything went beautifully, good luck' It is not necessarily pessimism. Obviously we still harbor some hope or we wouldn't keep coming back to put ourselves through these cataclysmic IVF cycles but knowing now what I was so blissfully naive to that first cycle still doesn't take away the sudden uncontrollable delight at the prospect of success based on my skin's most recent display of what would at any other time be the most unwelcome and horrifying of breakouts. Still I have to agree with everything you've written in your post and for anyone embarking on their first attempt at IVF- there's little you can do to prepare yourself for the emotional ride you're about to take or the difficult decisions that you will face but at least know you're not alone. And Good Luck. Thanks for sharing the great post.
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Bowmore 25 Year Old Islay single malt Scotch whiskey. Limited edition of 100 bottles for the Feis Ile 2010 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the annual event Each bottle is individually numbered and personally hand signed by the Distillery Manager and Master Blender.
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Bowmore Distillery was established on the Isle of Islay off the west coast of Scotland by John Simpson in 1779. Situated in Bowmore by the shore of Loch Indaal it is the oldest working distillery on Islay and one of the oldest malt whisky distilleries in Scotland. Bowmore Distillery continues to produce a proportion of its malted barley on its own traditional malting floors and malt kilns. Visitors are welcomed in the Bowmore visitor centre where distillery tours are available in addition to Bowmore Distillery cottages to rent. Bowmore Distillery is a participant in Feis Isle, the Islay Festival of Malt and Music.


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PSG star Lucas Moura hints Manchester United move following summer snub
11/5/12 in Soccer | KurtKingsley | 1858 respect
Lucas Moura admits he is having second thoughts about making the right decision by snubbing the opportunity to join Manchester United for Paris Saint-Germain this summer.
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson desperately tried to acquire the signature of the 20-year-old midfielder, but the former Sao Paulo player opted to join French football giants Paris Saint-Germain.
Manchester United were ready to break their banks for Lucas Moura. Sir Alex Ferguson was willing to smash Manchester United's transfer fee record by offering Sao Paulo £30.75 million.
However, Manchester United received a surprising rejection from the youngster near the transfer deadline.
The mega-rich Paris Saint-Germain stole Lucas Moura for £38 million at the end of the day. Manchester United had been leading the race for Lucas Moura's services for months. Moreover, Lucas Moura's father had been visited Manchester United of Sir Alex Ferguson's invitation.
It appeared to be a sealed deal between the Brazil international and Manchester United, but Paris Saint-Germain and their tons of cash changed all of that.
"Thiago Silva has told me a lot about the club and its facilities, and it will be nice to have him as my team-mate," Lucas Moura said.
"However, I have to admit that I do have a bit of fear about how things will pan out. I don't know how well it will go.
"I am not thinking about money, but I am more concerned with whether my next destination will be the right one."
Manchester United decided to put their faith in Borussia Dortmund's Shinji Kagawa and their Youth Academy graduate Tom Cleverley. So far, both have been unimpressive reminders of what it would have been like to have Lucas Moura at Old Trafford.
Lucas Moura also informed that compatriots; Thiago Silva, Maxwell, Nene and Alex played an important role in helping him choose Paris Saint-Germain.
Paris Saint-Germain's manager Carlo Ancelotti, who is a sworn-enemy of Sir Alex Ferguson will fight tooth and nail to keep Lucas Moura at his side if Manchester United come up with a transfer offer for Lucas Moura.
For now, Lucas Moura seems content with trying out his life at Paris Saint-Germain.


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Kathy Sullivan: In NH, some politicians are acting like knuckleheads
In the spirit of bipartisanship, I will start with a Democrat, Rep. Tim Horrigan of Durham. I do not know Rep. Horrigan well, but from what I do know he seems to have his heart in the right place in wanting to be of use to the people of his district. He also seems to take being a state legislator very seriously. However, he has a penchant for getting in trouble when using the Internet.
In August, 2010, he participated in a Facebook discussion about the impact Sarah Palin's death might have. After the controversy went national, he resigned, but then unsuccessfully tried to withdraw the resignation. Despite the incident, the voters of Durham reelected him, and then reelected him again in 2012.
The Palin comment controversy should have ended public pronouncements by Horrigan about the deaths of prominent figures, but whoops - he did it again. Last week, Horrigan forwarded a tweet from someone else that apparently was supposed to be a joke about Dick Cheney shooting Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. He quickly realized it was a mistake, and deleted it. However, he should not have retweeted it in the first place. Joking about someone getting shot is bad enough, but when it is a state representative joking about a member of our highest court getting shot, it is just inexplicable and inexcusable.
Horrigan now has deprived his constituents of effective representation, as the controversy will be a distraction from his duties as a representative. Despite his subsequent and sincere apology, he has embarrassed the General Court, which has suffered way too many embarrassing moments from inappropriate conduct and statements over the last couple of years. Additionally, but of much lesser importance, he has handed the Republicans a club with which to hit the Democratic House majority. Rep. Horrigan has said he will not resign again, but if I were him, I would consider it - and also give up my Twitter account.
Then there was Executive Councilor Chris Sununu, who had his own "what were you thinking?" moment. A former member of the Salem Budget Committee was convicted of obstructing government operations after he tried to stop EMTs from taking his wife to the hospital after she called 911. Charges for felony witness tampering are still pending. He asked Sununu to write him a character letter.
Sununu, who says he writes character letters "all the time," hand-delivered the letter to the court, where it ended up on the desk of the presiding judge in the case. That is a possible violation of RSA 640: 3(b). That law makes it a crime for any person to privately address a public servant who has judicial or administrative discretion with the purpose of influencing that decision. The Salem police have asked the Attorney General to investigate the matter.
Sununu's direct delivery of the letter may have been an unintentional act, although one would hope that an elected official who writes character letters all the time would know that he is not supposed to contact the court directly. But his next action, which has not received much attention, is what was really remarkable.
He personally approached Michael Delaney, the New Hampshire Attorney General, the state's top prosecutor and the man whose office would handle an investigation, and discussed the matter with him. Perhaps Sununu was unaware at that point that the Salem police had requested an investigation, but he at the least knew that the judge in the case had called Sununu's actions highly unusual and untoward.
In any event, in speaking with Delaney, Sununu may have violated the same law for a second time: privately addressing a public servant who has discretion with the purpose of influencing that decision. Delaney's term is up in a few months; if Delaney is reappointed, Sununu will be voting on his confirmation. Sununu's internal ethical alarm clock should have told him that going to Delaney directly like this was inappropriate.
Just a few days later, when speaking at the New Hampshire Republican State Committee meeting, Sununu referred to Democrats as "knuckleheads." All you can do is shake your head that someone who may have violated the same statute twice in three days, and who did not realize that speaking to the state's top prosecutor about the matter might be questionable (especially when he may be voting on that person's reappointment in a matter of weeks), is calling anyone else a "knucklehead."
Kathy Sullivan is a Manchester attorney and member of the Democratic National Committee. She was chairman of the state Democratic Party from 1999-2007.
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{have a magical halloween weekend}
Saturday 30th October, 2010
by Roséline
. . . if there were talk previously, about time having flown, there is no comparison for the month of october, which nearly already seems as a distant dream . . . and for now, there is the thought of pumpkin pie and flickering candlelight, old friends to be reacquainted with and new memories to make, long walks and clasped hands amidst the last of the fallen leaves . . . and whether gilded pumpkins or mysterious & enchanted masquerades, wishing you the most magical weekend . . .
see you again next week & hope it's beautiful where you are,
~ roséline xo
{p.s.} special thanks to those who took a moment to leave travel recommendations for italy xoxo
{a few lovely links:}
* décor inspiration: warm & woodsy
* diy: autumn leaves {via tea for joy}
* for halloween: mrs. red riding hood* storage inspiration: open shelves
* then & now: chic weekender* design: crafted lighting
* photography: friends around the world
* hotel: le royal monceau, paris
* looking ahead: calendar round-ups one two three four five
* fashion inspiration: day to night* graphic design: paris versus new york {via a cup of jo}
* late autumn: sweater weather
* lovely lighting: lindsey adelman studio
* for halloween: pumpkins on the mantle
{as always, a few things you may have missed:}
* décor: french phrases & bits of gold
* fashion: the pantsuit
* at the shops: ralph lauren, paris
* autumn accessory: gold flower cluster necklace
* reader's question: recommendations for italy* colour inspiration: autumn greens & golds
{& new for the weekend:}
* fashion inspiration: dark sequins & gunmetal
* light & lively: white & gold for all hallow's eve
{images: a charming mix of things}
Love Love these photos!!!
Happy weekend to you ~~
xo Laura
Love the photos- would love to be at a mascarade ball all fancied up! Have a great Halloween:)
Beautiful photographs!
Have a Happy Halloween!
Well THIS woke me up this morning!
Thank you for all this stunning…always.
happy weekend to you as well!
beautiful images, wish there were more glamorous parties to dress up like this!
*Wishing you all that is mysterious, magical and darkly delightful…
xo Michaela
magnificent. alluring. sophisticated.
Happy glamorous Halloween! and thanks for the link…x
oh how I would love to be going to such a glamorous party tonight!
stylish pics! happy halloween!
Okay, now this is what I want to do, what I want to wear and how I want to feel next halloween
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Drum Spirit by SoulfireArtworks. Originally posted at No Unsacred Place.
Happy 6th Birthday, Therioshamanism! And a Question For My Readers
Hey, you! I've got a question for you! (And by "you", I mean anyone reading this blog, whether regularly or sporadically or just by chance.) So I've been writing in this space for six years now. (Y…
My blog, Therioshamanism, is turning six years old this week! And I have a question that I'd love feedback on from all my readers, if you would, please :)
Green Cities Addendum, and $5 Ebooks
Hey, want to read my books for cheap? Almost all of my titles are available as $5 ebooks in a variety of formats (and "New Paths to Animal Totems" can be had in paperback for under $3!) Here's more info.
» Book: Engaging the Spirit World URBANIMAL
…and the first review of my animism anthology, Engaging the Spirit World, is already live!
Hey, folks! Want a copy of the animism anthology it only took me five years to finish up? (Thank grad school in part for eating my life during that time.) Anyway, "Engaging the Spirit World" is now available from Immanion Press/Megalithica Books, and has a variety of essays on shamanism, totemism, and other animistic practices—more details over here on my website! (And yes, you can get a signed copy from me :)
Therioshamanism: The Shaman Brings the Wisdom Back Home
This world is truly fucked up in a lot of ways.
There. I said it. Even with my optimism about the world, and human potential, and the resiliency of nature in general, there are still some things in this place that are heart-rendingly, disgustingly, infuriatingly screwed all beyond belief. I think we all have different opinions about what falls under that heading, but we can mostly agree on things like war and people dying needlessly, children being abused and then in turn abusing animals and later on other humans (including their own children), the extinction of species that didn't have to die, and possibly the overuse of the Papyrus font in everything pagan. (Okay, maybe that last offense is in a league of its own.)
And I know that this fucked-upedness makes it tempting to run away and never come back. People want to live off the grid, not just to be eco friendly (even though a well-planned city can be more sustainable) but to get away from other humans except for a select few they deem "okay". I've heard people talk about how humans as a species should just die out and the world would be better without us, emphasizing only the worst our species has done, and contemplating drowning the baby in the bathwater. This includes some deeply spiritual people I know who are quite connected to the nonhuman natural world. I'm constantly amazed by how many ways people can justify misanthropy.
I feel that frustration, too.
Therioshamanism: A Modern-Day Ordeal
If you've been reading this blog over the years, you'll notice that one of the themes I keep coming back to is Therioshamanism as a (neo)shamanic creation based on my own social and cultural background. The dominant non-indigenous culture in the US doesn't have a clear shamanic figure, though I feel there are professions and roles here that can be analogous. On the one hand, American (neo)shamans may face accusations and feelings of illegitimacy, as though our lack of roots makes anything we do insufficient. And yet at the same time, there's a great opportunity for creativity and flow in making something that is new and suited for the setting we found ourselves born into. I feel it is a fine balance between acknowledging how other cultures have formed their own shamanisms and related practices over hundreds or thousands of years, and making something that is uniquely ours instead of just wholesale copying. There's a lot of trial and error, to be sure, and at times I really respect my fellow practitioners who are similarly trying to create something with no single existing cultural framework.
One of the themes that comes up as a topic of discussion is that of the ordeal. I have met people who claim that you must have an ordeal in a traditional manner–either a life-threatening physical illness, or a severe mental illness/breakdown–and that it absolutely can't be a positive or constructive experience whatsoever. Nor, they say, is it something that you can openly seek out; it has to crash down on your head and ruin everything. Supposedly all these things separate the wannabes from the hard-core practitioners. I have a gentler approach. Not every ordeal a person goes through is a shamanic one; as attributed to John Watson/Ian MacLaren, "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle". What I think distinguishes a shamanic ordeal, at least in part, is whether it directly contributes to one's work as a (neo)shaman. It may still be a great challenge with a significant risk of failure, but it can be something you willingly choose to enter into as a furthering of your path and development. In this, it doesn't always have to be the initiatory ordeal; ordeals can also be ongoing challenges.
My Schedule for PantheaCon
So I *think* I have my schedule all plotted out for PantheaCon I have one more book signing to schedule once I get there (PCon's official signing table) but here's the rest as it stands:
Friday 3:30pm - 5pm - Bioregional Totemism (on working with the totems of your local area)
Saturday noon-1pm - book signing at Llewellyn's table
Saturday 1:30pm - 3pm - Immanion publishing panel ("A Publisher's Embodiment of Co-operation, Tolerance, and Love")
Sunday 9am - 10:30am - Llewellyn publishing panel ("Publishing Panel hosted by Llewellyn Worldwide")
Sunday 3:30pm - 4:30pm - Book release party for "New Paths to Animal Totems" at the Pagan Alliance Hospitality! Look for posters around the convention :)
Monday 11:00am - 12:30pm - White Girl Shamanism (a bit about my own efforts in creating a (neo)shamanism from my very not-indigenous background, and how those of us from non-indigenous background can create traditions for our own cultural milieus)
If you want to find out more about what's happening at PCon, here's the Program Guide: https://pantheacon.com/wordpress/at-pantheacon/whats-happening/program-guide/
Free Skin Spirits Video Workshop by Lupa - Working With Animal Parts in Spirituality and Art
Alright, since I had such a good turnout for my first set of free video workshops this past weekend, I've got another pair queued up! This time I'll be talking about skin spirits and working with animal parts in spirituality and art. As before, there'll be two time slots to choose from:
Friday, January 18, 2013, 7:00pm Pacific Standard Time
Saturday, January 19, 2013, 11:00am Pacific Standard Time
Here's a time converter you can use to determine what 7pm/11am PST would be at your time zone. You don't need to sign up anywhere, just make sure you have a Livestream account and show up! And, again, I'll upload versions to my YouTube channel. Also, I'll be doing some practice runs to make sure that I get all the technical bugs worked out, to include making damned sure I can find the chat this time :P
Here's some of what I'll cover:
In the last few years there has been an increase in interest working with hides, bones, and other animal parts in both art and spirituality. My work with skin spirits and their sacred remains has become one of my most asked-about topics as a result, and now you can have the opportunity to find out more directly from me in this free online workshop! Plus you'll have the chance to ask me questions via chat related to both the art and spirit of my work for the past 15 years.
Here are just a few of the topics we'll cover:
—What are skin spirits, and how do I work with them, and why are the hides and bones known as "sacred remains"?
—How can I respectfully work with animal parts in art or spirituality, and what rituals can I use?
—Where can I find animal parts to work with, and how do I decide what to do with them?
—What are other considerations, such as legalities, ethical guidelines, and safety?
—How can I physically and spiritually take care of the animal parts that I have, and what artistic options are available to me beyond traditional taxidermy?
Newcomers and more experienced folk are all welcome. Because of the sensitivity of this topic, the chat and questions will be moderated. And, again, I'm offering this workshop free of charge! If you'd like to support my work financially, feel free to check out my books at http://www.thegreenwolf.com/books.html or my ritual tools and other artwork at http://thegreenwolf.etsy.com
Thank you!


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Small Scale Landscaping: Reel Mowers
Spring showers and abundant sunshine bring beautiful green grass ... and that grass is going to have to be mowed. Small yards are ideal for old fashioned reel mowers, which rely on blades powered by your own energy. Reel mowers are smaller than bulky gas and electric mowers and you can pretend it's the 1950's while you push one around.
- Ellison Evolution 18" Reel Mower from The Home Depot $124.99
- Great States Specialty 7-Blade Push Reel Lawn Mower from MowersDirect $114.99
- NatureCut Classic Reel Lawn Mower from Clean Air Gardening $205
- Scott's 20" Classic Push Reel Mower from Target $114.99
- Greenworks 16" Reel Mower with Bag from The Home Depot $89.97
- Fiskars 18" Reel Lawn Mower from Lowes $199
- Brill Razorcut 15" Reel Push Lawn Mower from Sears $278.95
Of course, you could also pick up a vintage reel mower. If you're a flea market shopper, you've no doubt passed by many of them. Take it to a hardware store to be serviced or do it yourself: How To: Service Your Reel Mower.
(Images: As credited above.)
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We found one on the curb a couple of years ago but just started using it this summer. We really like it. I am especially happy that no pollution is created when we use it.
Just went to Lowe's and got one for $99, it was WORK! But our yard is kinda big for this kind of mower.
There's a type-o up there. The NatureCut mower (3#) is $205.00, not $20.
We have #4 but I think we paid a bit less for it at Home Depot. It works pretty well but it's easily to spill the grass clippings. Super nice that we don't have to store or use gas with it.
I had something similar to number 7. Had it for years. Mowed through anything. I loved that I could easily pick it up, stores in smaller places, and as a mom with kids at home, it was the safest option. Kids could be in the yard while I mowed with no danger. I could see and more importantly hear what was happening while I mowed. Also safer for kids to use. I never had to have gas or flammables around, and only had to sharpen in every four years. Wish I had never sold it when I moved.
Less smell, less danger, less back stress (lifting mower out of shed), less money, less noise, fewer errands. Best 200 I ever spent.
I used a reel mower for the first year or so after I moved into my house, & liked it for the reasons given, plus my dogs could help without endangering themselves. One caveat however--even a freshly sharpened mower will not cut buckhorn, which just lies down under the blade, & stands up again. My yard is full of buckhorn, & would look like I hadn't mowed at all. I opted for a power mower before my grass-obsessed neighbors turned me in to the city for having weeds more than 6 inches tall. It was either that or chemical warfare, & I won't use herbicides anywhere near the dogs' play area.
#6 Fiskars does a great job cutting. Fiskars utilizes a different concept for a better cut. The blade throws the clippings forward, rather than behind. However, it has one drawback - due to the placement of the front wheels, this mower does not do well on tight turns. Other than that, I would recommend this mower over any other push mower.
I have used #3 and #4. #3 did a better job cutting than #4. Though #4 had wider blade which was better for a bigger yard.
I also have the Fiskars mower, and this is all true. It mows so easily, though, through anything but the thickest overgrown lawn, that it's very worth the money.
I too have the Fiskars and love it. So happy not to have to deal with a noisy, smelly and outright violent gas mower.
We have one similar to #1. It's super light and quiet (though not as soundless as I, for some reason, expected it to be) but doesn't do a very good job cutting down super long grass or dandelions (they just sort of lean over and then pop back up). So for normal mowing it's fine but after a week of rain when your grass is suddenly like eight inches tall, you'll probably want something else.
I have a fiskers reel mower. It work's great for my 0.3 acre flat yard. If I don't wait too long between mowing, it's easy to push. I agree with @3dogma, it does not touch the tall thick-stalked weeds. It's frustrating to pull out the weed whacker after mowing in order to finish the job - but I still like it better than gas for my small lawn.
I have a lawn guy.
I love my reel mower. I can't stand the noise and smell of other mowers, and hate that when I open my windows on a nice day, I invariably hear someone in the neighborhood mowing, leaf blowing or using a weed whacker. I agree that it doesn't cut the tall prairie like grasses well, but it's easy to pull those out and throw them in my compost. My goal is to not have those growing in my yard eventually anyway. Most of my backyard is clover, and when I cut with the reel mower in the spring, the white flower heads popping out from the mower and the clicking sound makes me feel like one of those kids with their pop-pop push toys! Good times.
Thanks for this! Not everyone needs or wants a noisy, gas guzzling mower.
Does anyone know if something like this would work for chopping leaves (on a concrete patio) to use for mulch and compost?
I know its sounds crazy, but I like watching the little blades of grass fly from the cutting reel when I mow (I just leave the grass clippings on the lawn).
@ wellfed1 - a reel mower (at least mine - American States brand) will not work for chopping leaves.
The key question is will you be using this long-term.