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The weekend before Christmas I got a call from Jonathan's assistant, Lindsie (we were still paying rent through her because technically the office was still in the Jonathan's name). The landlord for the office building had called Lindsie to tell her that he had rented out the entire floor and that we had to move. By the end of the year. That gave us a little less than a week and half to find, rent, and move to a new place. Oh and both Jonathan and I were not going to be in town after the 26th (I was headed to Romania and Jonathan was back to New York). Lindsie grappled with the landlord and eventually got him to concede to letting us move out by the 12th of January which would give us 3 weeks to find a new place. How kind of him.
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To the editor:
Listening to our federal politicians talk got me to thinking: Do their past actions give us any reason to expect them to do what they say they'll do if elected? As of now, all have been in federal office. To date, has any of them introduced any legislation to do what they say they'll do as president? If not, why? Congress must present legislation, not the president.
So if elected president, they can't do what they are saying they'll do. The president can only sign or veto what Congress sends to him or her. Why, as senators, haven't they introduced legislation to accomplish what they are saying they'll do as president, because he or she won't have that power as president?
Our politicians are feeding us a lot of bull. Most people are acting like they're buying it, hook, line and sinker. What a shame on us.
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PORTOLA VALLEY (CBS SF) –Three burglary suspects are at large following a break-in and theft Monday morning at a Portola Valley home, a San Mateo County sheriff's spokesman said.
Dispatchers received a call at about 9 a.m. from a resident who lives in the 100 block of Golden Oak Drive, sheriff's spokesman Detective Salvador Zuno said.
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June 27, 2007
Blood and Chocolate
So what do you do when one of your favorite books is turned into an awful movie? Well, with the LA Times noting that "there isn't enough absinthe in all of Romania to obliterate the taste of this clunker," and a NetFlix reviewer warning that "if you saw the movie hoping for a live version of the book, you will be sadly disappointed," you set your expectations accordingly.
In the trailer, Blood and Chocolate is touted as coming from the "same people who produced Underworld." At first that would seem a fine recommendation, but it also means it was produced by the same people who made Underworld: Evolution. So, yes, these are people fully capable of turning good ideas into crap.
All the more surprising because Blood and Chocolate is not a long or terribly complicated piece of narrative fiction. As my brother puts it, it's as if somebody told somebody else about the plot, who outlined it for the screenwriters, who then had too much to drink and woke up in Bucharest the next morning with a bad hangover trying to remember what it was about.
About halfway through the movie I still clung to the hope that the one remaining thread from the original bolt of cloth (the relationship between Vivian and Aiden) might actually be woven into something vaguely resembling the fabric from the original story. That was when the director decided that the movie she really wanted to make was Die Hard.
In Romania. With wolves. I'm not even going to try to figure that one out.
Even if the film hadn't turned into a train wreck, it was doomed from the start from being crammed into the crumbling mold of hackneyed, goth Euro-noir sameyness. (Does every rave/dance club scene in these movies take place on exactly the same set with exactly the same extras and exactly the same club band? Sure seems like it to me.)
The genre has been heading this direction for a long time. Every Dracula film you've ever seen--including the ones with titles like Braum Stoker's Dracula--are goth Euro-noir corruptions of the original manuscript. It's a problem that parallels somewhat the "Shakespeare syndrome": namely, Shakespeare didn't sound like Shakespeare to Shakespeare's audiences.
Now, I'm as much a fan of "historically faithful" productions as the next dilettante. I consider Branagh's Saint Crispin speech in Henry V one of the greatest masterpieces of English rhetoric. But I think it takes more contemporary reworkings like Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet or Ian McKellen's Richard III to capture the raw, original impact the plays.
Stoker wasn't trying to be gothic in Dracula. He was trying to be a post-modern. Writing today, he would best be compared to Michael Crichton. Dracula is chock full of bleeding edge science and technology: blood transfusions and telegrams that whiz around like email. You probably didn't know that the book includes an American cowboy armed with the latest Remington repeating rifles.
The only director who's gotten close to the spirit and pacing of the book Stoker wrote is Joss Whedon. Seriously. Buffy is the Dracula that Stoker intended all along.
The awful rendering of Blood and Chocolate is an additional indictment of the extent to which goth Euro-noir has taken over the theatrical horror genre, to the detriment of classic American noir. Which is odd, seeing that some of Hollywood's most successful television exports, from Twilight Zone to Miami Vice to X-Files, Buffy, Angel, and the CSI franchise, are American noir.
Noir originally arose out of economic expediency, shooting on black and white film with minimal lighting and sets. It reached its apotheosis as an art form with the Orson Wells classic, Touch of Evil. It wasn't really fully embraced again until Michael Mann brought Miami Vice to television, this time with cinematic style rather than economy as the motivation.
Goth Euro-noir arose out of the fall of the Berlin wall, after which producers realized that they could shoot in Eastern Europe for pennies on the dollar, getting a lot of bang for the production buck. Armed with a bunch of sepia and day-for-night filters, Romania and the Czech Republic and elsewhere become the universal stand-ins for the eternally gothic versions of wherever-you-want.
And there's nothing wrong with that. Except that Blood and Chocolate is a book written by an American that takes place in the modern American suburbs. As with Buffy, that's the whole point!
Simply put, Euro-noir is gothic, American noir is post-modern. Except for a few locations such as New York (Fox's New Amsterdam seems to be attempting a kind of crossover goth/American noir style), nothing in the U.S. is old enough to be authentically gothic. So American noir is all about the mood of the modern.
The Las Vegas of CSI itself is only a century old, and every building on the Strip gets torn down and rebuilt every twenty years or so. The ultra-new contrasted against the ancient night. The glowing Los Angeles cityscape in Angel. The perpetual sunsets in CSI: Miami. And in Buffy, Old Testament gods resurrecting themselves in the suburbs.
The short-lived Wolf Lake almost got it right (it got the wolves exactly right), but was sunk by an absurdly over-budget Hollywood cast. It should have learned from Buffy and stuck with Graham Greene and a bunch of up-and-comers. Wolf Lake suffered as well from the constrictions of "American hick horror," goth Euro-noir's diametrical opposite.
According to the typical American hick horror plot, take the wrong exit off the interstate and you'll find yourself at the mercy of some psycho sheriff and his slack-jawed cousins. Again, nothing wrong with that. Near Dark is a fine example of the genre.
But again, it misses the point when it comes to books like Blood and Chocolate and series like Buffy. These aren't stories about someplace else. These aren't stories about "I hope I never end up there" or "I wonder if it's in the travel guide." It's about right here. It's about the people next door. About finding the balance between light and dark, good and evil, so everything can get back to normal.
Of course it can't. But that's what the protagonists hope for. That's what gets them up in the morning. So they don't have to ride out of town in the last scene.
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Although I am an advocate of changing a book to meet the requirements of the movie medium, I really don't understand producers who purchase books that they then completely change. What a waste of money! I can understand writers being stymied for material. But when you consider the number of "free" books--not to mention fairytales, folktales and classics--out there, it seems more like a wanton lack of imagination than anything else. In which case, why are these people making movies?
Spoiler Alert!
I'm assuming that Gabriel and Vivian don't get together in the end, in which case, what's the point? I mean, if they are going to totally destroyed the theme of the book, why bother?
Spoiler Alert!
I'm assuming that Gabriel and Vivian don't get together in the end, in which case, what's the point? I mean, if they are going to totally destroyed the theme of the book, why bother?
It's so much worse than that. Remember Die Hard? Okay, let's say that Alan Rickman is Gabriel and Bruce Willis is Aiden. Can you begin to grasp the sheer awfulness of it all?
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Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Laura A. Ward, J.), rendered July 14, 2010, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of two counts of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing her to concurrent terms of 12 years, unanimously modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, to the extent of reducing the sentence to concurrent terms of 9 years, and otherwise affirmed.
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The new Ford nose blends nicely into this sportvan shape, and the LED styling front and rear is great to see. LED headlights and accents are included in the S-Max -- as only the second Ford model to every pack this technology, right after the 2015 F-150 Platinum.
The LED upgrade is fantastic for keeping the S-Max competitive with the German luxury brands -- who are all far, far ahead of Ford in the lighting technology realm.
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SYNC infotainment joins the cabin along with new adaptive gauge screens and a large central control screen for most functions that previously needed individual buttons.
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All-new Ford S-MAX debuting at the Paris Motor Show builds on the appeal of the original sports activity vehicle with space for seven to travel in style, and the agility and driving pleasure of a smaller car
All-new S-MAX debuts Ford Adaptive Steering in Europe, and offers a 1.5-litre EcoBoost petrol and revised 2.0-litre TDCi diesel engines to deliver improved CO2 and class-leading driving dynamics
Ford Dynamic LED Headlamps with Glare-Free Highbeam are made available for the first time; Pre-Collision Assist technology is first in segment
All-new S-MAX offers 32 seating and loadspace combinations, and segment-first Easy-Fold second and third row seats
Segment-first front Ford Multi-Contour Seats and dedicated rear climate system
Further convenience features include SYNC 2 voice-control connectivity system, Hands-Free Tailgate, and best-in-class stowage
BRENTWOOD, Essex, 16 September, 2014– Ford Motor Company today revealed the all-new Ford S‑MAX, a stylish and innovative reinvention of the trend-setting seven-seat sports activity vehicle.
True to the spirit of the original version, the all-new S-MAX debuting across Europe next year offers style, driving pleasure and advanced features without sacrificing space, flexibility and fuel efficiency.
"S-MAX struck a chord with customers all over Europe – people who need space and practicality but who could never picture themselves in a typical family hauler," said Stephen Odell, Ford executive vice president, Europe, Middle East and Africa. "The all-new S-MAX takes this no-compromise ethos to new levels with a stunning design, cool technology and dynamic driving experience."
All-new S-MAX will debut Ford Adaptive Steering technology in Europe for optimised response to driver input when it goes on sale in 2015. Intelligent All-Wheel Drive and a range of sophisticated powertrains – including a new 1.5-litre EcoBoost petrol engine – will also ensure an enhanced driving experience.
S-MAX will be the first Ford globally to feature Ford Dynamic LED Headlamps with Glare-Free Highbeam that maintain maximum illumination without distracting other road users. Ford's advanced Pre-Collision Assist technology will assist in mitigating accidents even at motorway speeds.
From an Alpine ski trip to the school run, the all-new S-MAX will enable seven people to travel in comfort – with 32 seating and load-space combinations, as well as segment-first Easy-Fold second and third row seats.
More than 400,000 S-MAX models have found homes in Europe since Ford first carved out a new automotive niche – the sports activity vehicle – and won Car of the Year in 2007.
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The Ford design team evolved the fresh and distinctive exterior styling of the original S‑MAX for an even more dynamic and upscale impression.
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The sleeker styling makes economical use of graphic design features to avoid "visual noise". The front pillar is moved further back to create a longer, sculpted bonnet for a more premium appearance. A raised chrome trapezoidal grille and slim headlamp design give a technical and cutting-edge look.
The charismatic S-MAX silhouette and distinctive window-line is now even more desirable, complemented by signature LED Day Time Running Lights and technically styled rear LED taillights that add visual width. They are connected by a signature satin chrome strip. A rear diffuser separates integrated exhaust pipes for a modern, sporty feel.
Inside, a mature, sophisticated and dynamic feel includes a sculpted centre console that flows from the upper instrument panel; aluminium accent above the glovebox; and stadium style seating design for second and third row seating space. The open and airy interior benefits from a full-length panoramic glass roof and smart design seats with thinner seat backs to provide more legroom.
Soft-touch materials and accent stitching are used throughout the all-new S-MAX interior. Materials can resist the wear and tear delivered by active families through anti-stain coatings and durability testing including soil and coffee application.
Engineers even meticulously simulate the punishment interiors can receive from being snagged by zips and studs. A metal ball with needle-sharp spikes called a mace, just like the medieval weapon, is used to brush the fabrics 600 times.
"The all-new S-MAX interior offers a dynamic sanctuary. It calms occupants with more storage options to keep clutter at bay and reassures with modern, elegant design and refinement, but at the same time stimulates with padded materials and a driver-focused cockpit," said Hak Soo Ha, Ford interior design manager. "Driver confidence is also supported with an interior design that minimises window and mirror reflections for better visibility, and provides intuitive analogue controls."
Sitting comfortably
Available in five-seat and seven-seat configurations, the all-new S-MAX is optimised for comfort and functionality. The Easy-Fold system enables each rear seat to be folded flat from a push-button control panel. Easy-Entry second row seats provide one touch access to third row seating.
Finding the perfect temperature can now be achieved more quickly with the enhanced heating ventilation and air conditioning system that debuted in Europe with the all-new Ford Mondeo and provides more airflow, is capable of lower temperatures, and is quieter. Recognising that S‑MAX rear passengers expect the same comfort as those in the front, Ford has ensured they can select their own climate settings with auxiliary controls and a dedicated climate system.
Additional sound-deadening materials, improved door seals, and magnetic mass damper technology built into the roof to counteract vibration, make for a quieter cabin, and the S-MAX features first-in-segment heated and cooled Ford Multi-Contour Seats that offer the Active Motion massage function.
"S-MAX will reduce fatigue, aches and pains for both the driver and front passenger by keeping muscles and blood vessels stimulated with the unique wave motion delivered by inflatable cushions within the seats" said Jeroen Lem, research engineer, vehicle interior technology, Ford of Europe. "The advanced system monitors pressure in the individual cushions to feel like a single roller subtly stretching the back, and two intensity settings can be selected from the central touchscreen."
Front-seat headrests can be adjusted up, down, forward and back, and drivers can tailor their seating position using segment-first power adjustment function for steering column reach and rake, and driver's seat memory function. A heated steering wheel is also offered on S-MAX for the first time.
Contours and firmness of the rear seats have been refined to deliver optimised comfort for rear seat passengers. The all-new S-MAX interior offers best-in-class solutions for accommodating the storage needs of occupants, with options including new covered stowage in the instrument panel top, a media storage area incorporated into the centre stack, and concealed under-floor stowage behind the third row seats.
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The all-new S-MAX uses camera, radar, and ultrasonic devices to deliver more than 16 remarkable driving technologies that help you drive and control your vehicle safely, including:
Pre-Collision Assist applies braking if a collision with another vehicle ahead is imminent – first sounding an alert and then displaying a warning onto the windscreen from 5mph up to the maximum speed
Adaptive LED headlamp technology employs Ford's Adaptive Front Lighting System to adjust the headlight beam angle to match the driving environment
Glare-Free Highbeam technology detects vehicles ahead, both on-coming and travelling in the same direction, and fades out light that could dazzle from the adaptive LED headlamp technology while retaining maximum illumination for other areas
The all-new S-MAX sensor technologies also make parking easier:
Perpendicular Parking can detect and reverse the car hands-free into spaces alongside other cars in the same way that Active Park Assist helps drivers to parallel park
Park-Out Assist helps drivers exit a parallel parking space, the system operating the steering while the driver operates the accelerator and brake
Side Parking Aid delivers audible alerts and on-screen distance indicators to obstacles around the vehicle
Cross Traffic Alert warns drivers reversing out of a parking space of vehicles that may soon be crossing behind them
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All-new S-MAX also introduces Front Split View Camera technology to the segment, which makes negotiating junctions or parking spaces with restricted visibility easier through the use of a 180 degree camera system installed at the front of the vehicle. Adaptive Cruise Control technology uses forward-facing radar to enable S-MAX drivers to maintain a set distance from the vehicle ahead.
New Intelligent Speed Assist technology enhances the existing Adaptive Speed Limiter system that allows drivers to set a maximum speed, enabling it to adjust the vehicle speed limit according to information received from the Traffic Sign Recognition and onboard navigation systems.
"Speed limiting technology has proved incredibly popular with drivers who want to ensure they avoid incurring speeding fines by unintentionally exceeding the speed limit. Intelligent Speed Assist makes that even easier," said Stefan Kappes, active safety supervisor, Ford of Europe.
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Winter's descent brings snow and rain and cold outside, but it doesn't mean farm work stops.
So what exactly goes on at the farm in December and January? This is the normal sight around here lately:
Yes, we are all crammed together in our farm office to work on the farm plans for 2017. We trade scuffle hoes for laptops and harvest checklists for excel spreadsheets. We plan the crops for our CSA in 2017, the crop rotation, and the field maps. We research crop varieties and place seed orders. Sometimes we know what works and we stick with it, but other times we look for something new that might have a better flavor or higher disease resistance or bigger yields. Next we get our calendars in order: the timing for seeding in our greenhouse, transplanting in the fields, as well as when to prep fields by mowing and spading.
Winter is also the time for data collection and summary for 2016. We total our harvests to know how much food was grown. This also helps informs our field plans and whether we had enough of every item or not. We inventory our supplies so we know what to order for the next season. There are lots of activities to keep us busy in winter!
Lastly, we still have plants to tend. What?! With snow on the ground and temps dropping far below freezing? Yes, thanks to our farm's high tunnels, we grow some food all winter. Beets, carrots, kale, spinach, arugula… we hope that some of these crops will be showing up at our Farm Stand in the near future. However we are still in the "Persephone Period." The Persephone Period is the time when there are less than 10 hours of sunlight each day. For our latitude, this time usually lasts from around November 18 to January 23. We are nearing the end of the period, after which plants will start to grow more readily.
I don't know about you, but fresh greens from our high tunnels sound delicious right about now! We hope to have some on your plate real soon.


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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Welcome Ceremony
dance for us. Here are the girls dancing! They are all dressed as
twins - in honor of Nathan and I!
from a ceremony where 3 chiefs were inagurated.
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Happy New Year!
I hope everyone enjoys a happy new year. I just posted a ton of pictures so look through all the posts and enjoy! I gorged myself yesterday on ice cream, a hamburger and french fries, a whole container of Pringles, and two Fantas...my stomach is not happy with me! But my spirit is high! We will spend today and one more night in Kara. Not sure what our plans will be to bring in the new year. I hope I can just stay awake until midnight. We leave tomorrow morning for post. I will be back at email by the end of the month. Sorry not sooner. But keep the letters and emails coming!
Nathan and Pierre
Nathan in his Boubou
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Christmas Tree
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Nathan with his beard!
A few more pics!
The Girls Education and Empowerment Group!
My Homologue and I
A Turned Over Truck - We waited there for 2 hours!
Breakfast in Kara!
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Back in Kara!
Hi Everyone!
Thanks for being so patient with the blog…I'm finally back in Kara and at internet access! I hope this finds everyone well. Things have been very good at post…I was quite homesick on Christmas day, but overall can say that I am very happy here and have had lots of fun and adventures over the past month. I'll try and recount some of them here…
- I go to bed every night by 9pm and am up by 6am.
- It gets to 70ºF by early morning, 120ºF by noon, and 90ºF by bedtime.
- I still can't carry a full water bucket from the pump.
- I switch constantly between French, Kabiye, and English – and am always in a state of confusion. Joel (age 13) brings water to us each morning. One morning he showed up and asked for a DRINK of water. I handed him the bucket, he looked at me, and left. When he returned with the full bucket, he asked again for a drink. Whoops! I want to explain that in English or America, I would never be this rude!
- I often find myself exhausted, if not from the heat, then from trying to communicate.
- We eat dinner nightly with Pierre (Nathan's homologue) and Rachel, and I am slowly learning to like it (slowly being the key word). If I concentrate hard enough I won't think of pizza and chocolate chip cookies. Nathan of course eats everything – "please add more hot peppers!" But I am determined to love it.
- I ride my bike daily and it is getting easier.
- Our house is finally set up. We have curtains (blue and brown of course!), straw baskets in every hut for storage, and a new wooden trunk to hold our clothes. A young carpenter in town made it for us. It cost $60 US dollars and I could lie flat in it. It is large and beautiful – made out of red wood and stained! Nathan, being in natural resource management, says we have to limit our wood furniture. That being said, it is a wonderful piece to have. (Not to mention no mice in our clothes!) We'll leave it for Pierre when we leave.
Short Vignettes:
1) There are five children in Pierre's family. The youngest is three and named Reine. She speaks no French; only Kabiye. One afternoon Pierre sent her the 50 meters to our house with a hammer Nathan requested to borrow. She knocked on the gate and said "Excuse me" in Kabyie. We looked out and saw her. She came in, didn't say a word, and handed the hammer to Nathan. She then took off her flip-flops and sat down on the plastic mat that was in the middle of the compound. She then proceeded to stare at us as we tried to speak Kabiye and/or French to her. She never once opened her mouth. I then decided to try Peanut M&Ms. She took a yellow one in her hand and held it there. Nathan and I proceeded to eat but she just held the M&M in her hand. Eventually her hand was bright yellow! She refused to put it in her mouth. I guess who could blame her?! What are these crazy white people trying to feed me? Eventually she stood up, put on her flip-flops and walked out the door! We are furiously trying to learn Kabiye so we can speak with Reine!
2) Pierre's family came over for dinner on Christmas Eve. Rachel still cooked but she brought everything to our house. After dinner, Nathan and I brought out cookies and Crystal light for the kids. Immediately, all the kids stood up and started jumping up and down and clapping their hands. They were SO excited! Pierre told us that they will always remember this Christmas. Nathan said it was the best $4 we every spent. It was a nice night.
3) The local market is every Sunday in village and begins around noon. Lots of local produce and local beer is sold. Nathan and I have been every week, if to do nothing more than meet and greet. Last week, it was very hot (our thermometer reaches 120F most days – bath water gets nice and hot when you leave the bucket in the sun) and I decided to leave early. Nathan was going to stay, so I began the walk home. It's about a 20 minute walk through the fields. I have a bad sense of direction and after 5 minutes was terribly lost. Every hut looks the same! Every path looks the same! Every field looks the same! I wandered up and down paths trying to stay calm. I wandered through random fields trying to get back to my starting place. And all the while children gathered along the paths and stared. I waved and said hi. They stared. Then they followed. Given their young age and my lack of knowledge of Kabiye, there was no way I could ask where my hut is. Again, "What is this crazy white person doing? Doesn't she know how to get home? That big rock over there is obviously on her route!" But I felt somewhat safe with them to guard me against wild beasts (yeah, there are none) and eventually got on the right path. I got home in 45 minutes! This week Nathan made me lead the way there and back – I was successful. I guess I learned from my mistakes and am too humiliated to mess up again!
4) There was a dinner party for the youth of the village. Nathan and I dressed in our finest for the event. Showed up 10 minutes late and found ourselves 2 hours early. There was no electricity and night soon fell. We sat in the dark. Finally the food came – spicy sheep. Yep, I got a plate full of stomach lining and feet. I didn't eat a thing. We went home. ;-)
5) I decided to bike to school one day in a skirt. I get tired of wearing pants on the bike and changing in the principal's office when I arrive. It worked OK – I blinded everyone with my white legs but no one stared too long. I got to school, went to get off, and…my skirt got caught on the seat and the entire bike toppled over. I was fine. But 300 students stood and stared at me. Very awkward silence. Thanks to middle school, I know what it is to be embarrassed. I kept my head high, picked up my bike, walked forward, and smiled!
6) We have five adult rabbits and four new babies. Nathan is helping Pierre raise them and ultimately sell them as a cheap protein source. This past week has been very stressful. We have old cages and they keep getting out and running around the hut they are in. Nathan tries daily to refortify the cages and finally has it rigged to last until next week, when he begins to build new ones with better wood and metal. I go daily to watch and stare and cheer him on. I also like to pet them ;-) And the babies – oh, they fit in the palm of your hand and are SO CUTE! I don't think I'll be able to eat them L
Finally…Our puppy comes next week! Welcome Asher (the male version of Asheville) to the Duncan family! Plus my English class stars on Jan 5. I'll have 97 students (23 girls) four times a week. Class is for one hour; there are 3 students to a desk; 1 book to a desk. The book was published in 1986. And girls' club at the middle school starts Jan. 7. I'm expecting 50 girls ages 14 to 21! Nathan…hmm…he'll be working with goats and chickens. Cows are coming.
Love to you all! THANK YOU for the packages. I seriously cry when I open them – Nathan hopes this will past, but I love little bits of Ameriki! I miss you all!


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Thank God it's Friday again. My friends/co-workers made fun of me and bullied me on facebook (lol, Cyber Bullying hahaha). They uploaded some photos of me doing funny facial expressions and compared it to some of the famous memes online.
Embarassing? Well, maybe. But I find it so funny and hilarious. I guess I'm also bullying myself. Hahaha 🙂


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For most any organization-a baseball team, for instance-the loss of more than half of its outfit might have devastating results.
That Second City has easily dealt with just such a turnover attests to the durablity of the operation`s comedic style and sensibilities. It is still the best and funniest, if perhaps no longer the most adventurous, in town.


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Imams are liars: Taslima Nasreen supports Sonu Nigam
21 Apr 2017, 13:29
Bollywood singer Sonu Nigam, who had earlier shaved off his head in reaction to a 'fatwa' declared by a Kolkata Imam Syed Shah Atif Al-Qaderi who said he would give Rs 10 lakh to anyone who shaves the singer's head and garlands with him footwear, has found support from Bangladesh-born author Taslima Nasreen.
She tweeted that Imams were liars and do not give money after issuing a fatwa, reports india.com.
The writer cited her own example when a Kolkata Imam had offered Rs 50, 000 for blackening her face but did not pay the money even after completing the condition.
Taslima Nasreen tweeted, 'Kolkata Imam once issued fatwa whoever blackens my face will get Rs 50000. A friend blackened my face. But Imam didn't give money. Imams r liars.'
'All noise pollution including religious should be stopped. If you want to wake up for praying, please set an alarm on your phone.'
'Azan is a wonderful music. But not everybody wants to listen to wonderful music when they're in sleep, in meeting, discussing, studying, working.'


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UM, ok. First off, can we just acknowledge the artful nature of this video depicting a gorgeous jiggling bubble butt covered in delish blonde fuzz? This would be best seen projected in the big main room at MOMA where they usually show shitty boring videos of shapes and garbage. Untitled (Ass Jiggle) needs to be at a museum if for no other reason than I want an ass magnet and ass umbrella from the gift shop. Excuse me, does my student discount work on the assbrellas?
What we're seeing in this video is the true definition of a bubble butt. In addition to the sheer squeezable, jiggly goodness of those beautiful cheeks, and of course aforementioned blonde fuzz, we can also see a sexy tan line and JUST enough between-the-crack action to know this guy's working with a pretty lil' pink butthole. I'm Pretty and I would like to be In Pink. See the slow motion butt video above and let us know your thoughts!
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"Pray always. Do not lose heart." Thus Jesus instructs his followers on what to do in the time between their present beleaguered reality and the yet-to-come fullness of God's Reign on earth. Here we are in our own in-between time of what is and the not yet, as we pray over and over again, most of us daily. We lay our hearts before God. We struggle with God and just as Jacob did, seek a blessing in order to negotiate the too often hard geography of life. We come together here to be fed in order to go out and make a difference in the world, offering the same mercy and forgiveness to others that we have received.
Today we will again pray, "Thy Kingdom come," just as we have thousands of times before, yet we know all too well that the Kingdom has not come, at least not in its fullness. It is sometimes hard not to lose heart and continue on with the persistence Jesus honors in the widow who keeps banging at the door. Yet our faith tells us that in the resurrection of Jesus we can trust that God is inaugurating a new age marked by a radical transformation of the world order. I grant you, it is sometimes hard to see. Even Jesus taught that it is often small and easy to miss, like a mustard seed. But we catch glimpses.
That is our hope and we long for a day when no more children die of a gunshot every other day in this our beloved country. No more refugees, an estimated 2.7 million in the world right now, fleeing the violence of their homeland. No more racism. No more haves and have-nots. No more political campaigns dragging all of us through the gutter. No more slave labor and sex trafficking. No more spending more on cosmetics, face lifts and tummy tucks in the United States than is spent on feeding the hungry.
The people of Jesus' time longed for the end of disaster and disappointment just like we do. They struggled with an oppressive Roman regime and escalation in violence and crumbling social structure. Even their religion was being threatened. What of us today? On what do we rely? Where do we find our assurance, our stability? How do we pray and will God find faith on earth?
As human beings we are always in search of security: things, structures or situations, that will give us a sense of groundedness and permanence. Yet, when I am most honest with myself, I can admit that I am not in control. I may labor mightily to be so, but ultimately I am as much an observer as a manager. Hurricanes teach us that pretty starkly as do times of personal or family illness. On a lighter note, when I FaceTime with my two year old grandson over a thousand miles away, I know I am not the one in control. And if you want to feel really small and not in control, we heard this weekend of new data from the Hubble telescope that the guess by scientists of 100 billion observable galaxies may be off by a factor 10 or even 20, meaning up to 1.6 trillion galaxies.
So what are we doing when we pray? Among other things it is about giving up control and letting God be God. The Bible, at almost every turn, calls us to have faith, that is, to trust the Creator of the cosmos and be willing to seek to cooperate with God's great dream for us. The persistence Jesus is calling forth is not that we can control God or make God do what God would not already have done anyway out of his love and mercy. That's why I bristled when I heard some people say on news reports that when the hurricane turned a bit away from us on the coast and thereby we did not get as hard a hit as we might have, it must have been because a lot of faithful people were saying their prayers. Really? What of the people in Haiti? Are they not faithful? Were they not also saying their prayers? Bad theology.
Archbishop William Temple once said, "The world minus God equals zero. God minus the world equals God." What he meant is what Jesus is teaching us today. God is the only final reliability. Praying leads us to hold things lightly. It is not about controlling God or outcomes, but entering more deeply into the heart of God in order to cooperate with God in the transformation of the world. The struggling communities of faith in his day are being taught that God will not abandon them. In the in-between time of present reality and the still to be fulfilled Kingdom of God, we are to pray and keep faith with steadfast perseverance. If an unjust judge will listen to a persistent widow, than how much more will our loving God be willing to be in relationship with us!
The commitment of your baptism and in the laying on of hands in confirmation today, is to have an awakened and ready heart so that when the Kingdom does break in before us, and it does regularly, you will be able to notice when love shows up, when joy explodes with delight, when justice prevails, when hope calls you forth and when grace happens as pure gift. In those moments resurrection life is calling us to be a new people to see as Jesus sees and then be willing to act as Jesus acts. My mother taught me a long time ago never to pray for that for which I was not willing to be a part of the answer.
Walk the walk. Cynicism is not from God. Embrace all that is good and beautiful, for God's love is seeking us at all times. Even as Jesus calls us to persistence in our prayer, it is really God's persistence in seeking us that we celebrate and ultimately trust. What was true in Jesus' day is still true in our own. What we do now is continue to pray. We keep searching, we keep forgiving ourselves and others, we remain in relationship with one another, and we do everything we know possible to align our life with God's mission for justice, mercy and love. Paul's words to Timothy say it well, "Always be sober, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, carry out your ministry fully."
Bishop Skip


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Larry and Nancy's Adventure
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Thurs. June 9, 2011
I'm back! After a week in Flagstaff, which we thoroughly enjoyed, we packed up Adventure & our new jeep which,( unintentionally) matches our motorhome & headed to Gallup, NM. We got settled in the RV park & took a short tour of Gallup. Called it a night & went to bed early. The changing time zones take some adjusting. Off to sight see & shop in the am.
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Just a super quick recent sew post. I found this devine georgette in Fabric Land and just couldn't resist it at £3.33 per meter, so I bought a meter and a half and made it up in one of my all time favourite patterns, Simplicty 1419. This pattern fits me so well and is so super flattering, I am so pleased with how it's turned out. I've wanted a heart print dress for a little while and think this May be coming to New York with us at Easter. I was inspired to make a dress by this lovely frock spotted on Pinterest:
The adaptations to the 1419 pattern were changing the skirt for my trusty Salme 142 and inserting a longer sleeve, and I cannot remember for the the life of me where said sleeve came from, it's just floating around in my sewing corner and has been for some time now.
Tadah! The final frock, so girly and delicious.


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HAMPTON — Retired Lt. Comdr. James O. Joyner, Jr., 53, of Hampton, passed away Sept. 1, 2006 while on vacation at Disney World in Florida. He was born on Sept. 21, 1953 in Newport News, Va.
Jim leaves behind his grieving family; wife, Patricia Kirk Joyner, of 21 years and his beloved son, Christopher James Joyner, who is a student at Old Dominion University; his loving mother, Betty Pencola Joyner and father and best friend, James O. Joyner, Sr. He also leaves his sister, Gregg Joyner Smith to cherish the memory of the many fun times they shared as they grew into adult-hood. Jim's extended family includes his brother-in-law, William B. Smith; his beloved niece, Stephanie and husband, Daniel Harris and their newborn daughter, Marley Corinne; his nephew, Jay Melton and fiance Nancy McLean; his sister-in-law, Judith Perkins and husband, Alan of London, England; a brothers-in-law, Andrew Kirk of Belgium and Wayne Melton; aunts, Ruth McVay, Mary and Regina Pencola; first cousins, Joie, Michael, JoAnn, Dianne, Helen, John, Jimmy, Annamaria, Andrew, Donnie, Ben, Marie and Marilyn and their spouses and children; his adopted aunt, Joan Perez; and his two best lifelong friends, Michael Willard of Smithfield and Kenneth Brooks of Hampton who now resides in Texas.


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The H word + Biology
Researchers in California have created human-pig chimeric embryos as part of a project to grow human organs for transplantation; while it may make many people uncomfortable, we have been trying to use pigs for parts for nearly 200 years.
A new "tree of life" has prompted a re-evaluation of our place in evolution. But why are these diagrams named after the tree in the biblical Garden of Eden?
One of the few women to gain presence in 19th-century science, her book, containing cyanotypes of botanical specimens, was the first to contain photographic images
A recent article in Nature suggests that biologists 'now think' the idea of two sexes is inaccurate; in fact, says Vanessa Heggie, for decades biologists have been at the forefront of campaigns against this simplistic understanding of sex
In a Halloween special Vanessa Heggie tells a surprising story about the Yeti's role in funding modern science, with a guest appearance by James Bond and some missing plutonium
The National Maritime Museum has launched an appeal to acquire two paintings by George Stubbs. Richard Dunn explores their connection to voyages of exploration and the story of longitude
Erika Lorraine Milam: The history of the aquatic ape may tell us more about the fraught relationship between feminism and science than it does about the evolution of humanity
Vanessa Heggie: What we believe about 'gender fraud' at the Olympics may be more to do with prejudice than fact


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My Daughter Built Her Own Game App! - ellaslist Reviews Code Camp
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"If we bump into anything that is not equal to 'unlock B' – then we die!" – Code Camp instructor, Suvi, July 2016
Did you ever tease your parents for not knowing how to operate the VCR? Are you old enough (like me) to have experienced the Nintendo Game & Watch revolution? Ever wonder, as a parent yourself, exactly when your own children's understanding and utilisation of new technology would surpass yours?
Learning To Code In The Holidays
Hello 2016! Now it's not enough that my kids (aged 7 and 10yrs) are downloading movies, streaming things to the TV, and accessing Netflix via AppleTV without me. Last holidays, my daughter Layla was 'learning to code' and within three days at one of Code Camp's Beginners coding camps, built her own fully operational game app!
On the first day, an even mix of twenty boys and girls aged between 6 and 12yrs gathered in anticipation outside their classroom at a local public school to check in. Everyone was presented with a funky blue Code Camp t-shirt and flat-peak cap. (There was a group the same size downstairs at the Advanced level course.)
The Classroom Buzzes With Excitement
I was impressed with the instructor to child ratio, with four staff to cover the Beginners group, Suvi up front instructing the process from her laptop – which was connected to the electronic classroom whiteboard – and three others roaming and attending to everybody's questions and programming bugs (there were many!).
Having not spent time in a 'working' classroom environment for many years, it was immensely gratifying to witness the continuous buzz of excited but productive chatter and workshopping of ideas and feedback. While a small handful of students did sit working quietly, nearly all the kids were keen to share their progress, and to help understand and try and solve each other's technical issues.
Even at 3pm after a full day at it, there was an energetic vibe in the classroom. The kids were all heavily invested in the process, and excited to see their new-found skills developing into on-screen results.
Games Completed & Friendships Forged
By the end of Day 3, not only were the games completed on schedule, but friendships had been forged and the farewells were fond and reluctant. I am not traditionally one to book my children into extended vacation care programs (ie those that run for more than a day), thinking they will get bored or antsy, however now I feel the opposite. It was precisely the extended period (Code Camp runs 2-, 3-, and 4-day camps at a variety of locations) that enabled Layla to not only overcome her anxiety about doing something new and not knowing anyone there, but consolidate the learning over the course of the camp and achieve an outcome and a level of satisfaction that may not have been possible otherwise.
Ready For Advanced
Better still, Layla is now qualified to attend the Advanced course during the next school holidays to develop her existing new skills and extend her knowledge further. After that they can start to learn Javascript, and will have set themselves up to be conversant in a variety of programming languages before they even step foot inside a high school which, daughter or no daughter, I find supremely impressive!
Play Layla's game on your desktop computer here. Or on a smartphone or tablet here. Good luck!
What You Need To Know
Code Camp is returning these Spring school holidays! CLICK HERE for more information and to BOOK NOW for their September/October 2017 camps happening all across Sydney. There are camps suitable for 5-6-year-olds (Little League), 7-12-year-olds (Spark & Ignite), and 8-13-year-olds (Blast). Three and four day camps available.
ellaslist was a guest of Code Camp during the July 2016 school holidays.
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Stamp Student Union Undergraduate Programming Assistant Opportunity
Undergraduate Programming Assistants (UPAs) are a group of four students who work collaboratively with the Stamp Special Events staff in order to plan and execute events hosted by the department. In addition to working with the Stamp Special Events staff, the UPAs will serve as offices on the Student Homecoming Committee. These positions are open to all undergraduate students, but may be of special interest to students interested in marketing, event planning, and project management. This position is a paid position. Application deadline is 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 19.


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Friday afternoon there was a fight in the hallway outside my door, there was blood. Later that day one of my students started lighting things on fire in the back of my classroom, there was smoke. Friday afternoon when I got home to pour myself a glass of wine and evaluate my teaching skills, there were tears.
Today is a new day. I have on killer, red, high heels. Today is a don't mess with me day. Welcome to English 10, your worst nightmare. Are you prepared?
I am turning over a new leaf in this classroom.
Monday, November 09, 2009
A new Day
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- Gina said...
Killer red high heels make everything better! Hope you have a good day!!!
- Grits Gone North said...
I so know where you are coming from girlfriend! You may not think it but I have... you'll get where you want to be. :)
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Susan King Cope, they are all mixed in together this year.
Carolina Tiger Rescue was a finalist in two of our local color categories this year.
@SomeCallMe...Tim, that category was awarded but was dropped off the file. We've updated with the winner thanks to your eagle eyes.
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Now that was more like it.
McPherson High resembled the Bullpup teams of old here Friday night in a total dismantling of overmatched El Dorado, 46-7.
The near-capacity crowd enjoyed the Bullpups' most complete effort of the year, as they did whatever they wanted on offense while suffocating the Wildcats with their flying-to-the-ball defense, with the only El Dorado score a cosmetic touchdown in the game's final minute.
It was a stress-free night for Bullpup coach Tom Young, who saw his team rocket its way to a 26-0 first-quarter lead and then kept the foot on the gas in the second period to tear the game open, 46-0.
"That was by far our best game all the way around," said Young, whose team pushed past the .500 mark for the first time this year at 3-2 heading into next week's homecoming game against Winfield. "(The) Defense played pretty good a week ago, but they had another really good game tonight and we just didn't beat ourselves so much. That's been our problem the last couple of games especially. But we came out and executed well."
There was some concern going into the game offensively about the absence of leading rusher Nathan Nutter, but Ty Hart stepped in with 88 yards on 12 carries and three touchdowns, including the first two of the game. He displayed some of the power and long-striding that teases the coaching staff as he's always had the potential to be a quality back. Collin Baldwin shared the carries with 13, good for 74 yards.
Then, of course, there was the staple, Kyler Kinnamon. He showed his 2013 form by rushing for 169 yards on just eight carries and had a pair of his patented weaving runs for touchdowns covering 46 and 47 yards. He also threw a TD pass to Payton Stephens.
"We had a great game of rushing," Young said. "I thought all three of those guys really ran the ball hard. They got a lot of yards after contact. Of course we had good holes (from the offensive line) right at the point of attack. That just has not been there very consistently."
The other touchdown came from Luke Williams, who returned an interception 52 yards during the 46-point first half.
The MHS defense, which also included interceptions by Baldwin and Jack Reifschneider, gave up only 153 yards, about half that in the fourth quarter. The junior varsity basically played the majority of the second half as the injury-plagued Bullpups were able to keep their front-line players healthy.
"We kind of made them do what they didn't want to," Young said, as the Wildcats had to break from their flexbone and put the ball in the air. "That's not their strong suit. We were able to take advantage."
The Bullpups will be looking to avenge a loss to Winfield next week. The Vikings won a lighting-delayed game last year that ended about midnight.
• MHS Listed First •
First Downs — 19, 9. Rushes-Yards — 49-372; 36-135. Passing — 4-6-0-56; 4-15-3-18. Punts-Avg. — 2-32.0; 6-39.8. Fumbles-Lost — 2-1; 0-0. Penalties-Yards — 4-35; 3-20.
• Rushing •
MHS — Kinnamon 8-169, Hart 12-88, Baldwin 13-74, Jirgens 1-26, Koehn 3-8, Starkel 3-7.
El Dorado — Howland 8-80, Melugin 6-63, Reno 8-8, Morrow 5-(-2), Motter 4-(-5), Triboletti 5-(-9).
• Passing •
MHS — Kinnamon 4-6-0-56.
El Dorado — Morrow 3-11-2-8, Triboletti 1-4-1-10.
• Receiving •
MHS — Stephens 2-23, Starkel 1-19, Stoppel 1-14.
El Dorado — McCarthy 1-10, Hildreth 1-9, Melugin 1-1, Ladson 1-(-2).


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I went into the doctor today for a blood pressure check and it was high once again and I have a high protein count in my urine. So guess where I get to go. Back to the hospital. Once again I'll do another 24-hour urine test and if the results are higher than before, I may end up in the hospital until the baby is born. My sister says if they present this as an option, that I should take it. Even though I REALLY don't want to.. So this very well may be my last entry for awhile.
Hopefully I won't have to stay in the hospital. It will depend on the results from the test. But I definately will be in for the next 30-something hours. 24 hours for the test and they'll keep me until they get the results back.
I really really hope my pre-eclampsia isn't getting worse. The last thing I want to do is spend the remainder of my pregnancy in the hospital, completely shut off from the world. I'm getting depressed just thinking about it.
Well I suppose I should get back to packing. Hopefully I'll be back. Hopefully..


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Sunday, May 31, 2009
My godson Tyler, almost walking.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Just finished performing at the Santa Clara Convention Theater. Standing rm only. My fav show of the year
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Friday, May 29, 2009
A new addition to my Dive Worth the Drive series. The Big Basin Cafe in Saratoga.
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Thursday, May 28, 2009
A new submission to my "Dive worth the Drive" (places to eat) series. Amicis East Coast Pizza. check it out
Wanna know what I ordered? I got the Spicy Pepper Chicken
Sliced Chicken Breast, Roasted Red Peppers, Caramelized Onions, Cilantro, Oregano, and Crushed Red Pepper Flakes
Give it a try….
Amici's East Coast Pizzeria – San Jose
225 W. Santa Clara Street
San Jose, CA 95113
408-289-9000 Phone
Just finished speaking about Beautiful Day at the Sharon Hts country club Barnabas Group
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Saturday, May 16, 2009
All twitterheads and FBers... Help me with these clues. Submit direct tweets
Just arrived in SF for the Great Urban Race. I will keep the world updated
Friday, May 15, 2009
Check out our profile pics of the Improv actors for tonights show. Join us!!
Tonight at WestGate 7:15pm the show starts. $20 at the door.
Stand Up featuring Drew Froese and Jon Talbert.
Improv "who's line?" with Comics…
Grace Lee
Colin Evans
Robert Varich
Chris Scharmen
Jon Talbert –host
This could be our best show ever!!
Join us!
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
A new submission to "Dive worth the Drive" ... My new favorite Taqueria in San Jose
When was the last time you saw an "It's It" icecream truck? I can honestly say never!
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Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Monday, May 4, 2009
wow... I found these pictures of me. Dang, I was cute!!! What happened?
I know every mother loves her baby… but I'm pretty sure that my mom loved me extra special. Look how cute I am? I can hardly take it!
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Saturday, May 2, 2009
I found this picture of my graduation at Biola University 1989. The 4yr old I'm carrying is some kid named Jaclyn.
I found a ton of old pics. I have a whole series that I'm going to bring out… they are hysterical.


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Stephen Spinella to Star in Denis O'Hare's An Iliad at McCarter Theatre
In the piece, Homer's epic about the Trojan war is brought to life by a single performer.
Spinella won Tony Awards for his performance as Prior Walter in Millennium Approaches and Perestroika, the two parts of Tony Kushner's Angels in America. His other stage include Spring Awakening, Our Town, James Joyce's The Dead, A View from the Bridge, The Seagull, A Question of Mercy, and Love! Valour! Compassion!/ The creative team will include set designer Rachel Hauck, costume designer Marina Draghici, and lighting designer Scott Zielinski. Mark Bennett's original score for An Iliad will be performed live by Brian Ellingsen on double bass.
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Unit 1: Developing New Business Ideas3
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The initial thinking behind this post was the perfect law enforcement and EMS hell that I heard from my scanner starting at 0001 January 1, 2010. However, this piece from The Sun in Great Britain re enforced my thoughts. (Hat tip to Vermont Loon Watch for this) It wasn't just the morons shooting guns in the air, and the fighting females that had the police running from pillar to post, it was people who had indulged way to excess. Because the recipe for instant a**hole--a**holes who might think it fun to take a swing at an EMT/paramedic--involves the simple addition of ETOH, EMS calls that are received as unconscious party also require a police response. Also assault calls, overdose calls, and just plain "investigate the need for an ambulance"calls. People were found unconscious all over the place, lying out in our cold weather (in the teens at that time) or even more terrifying, at the wheel of a vehicle. For the first time that I can remember, our EMS service had a queue for ambulances, something that usually only happens to KCPD. In the Sun piece linked above, in the video, the reporter talks about how the National Health Service in England is evaluating the concept of making people pay something for the care they receive when they are intoxicated. Of course, as it stands now, people are billed for these trips in the ambulance and their ER care in America.
But this is not mainly a political post nor a post on EMS abuse. This is more of a "inquiring mind" post. I just don't understand what is fun about getting so drunk that you are sick--and bragging about it the next day. I do understand altering your mind with drugs, I understand what drives that, the allure of that, and even can see how that could be a good thing in moderation. But "stupid sick drunk"? No comprende! Je ne compris pas! I do not understand!


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With a warm front to our north, Chicago will spend Friday in hot, humid air. Afternoon highs in the lower 90s, combined with dew points in the middle 70s, will drive the heat index to 100 degrees or higher.
During the pre-dawn hours Thursday, a line of thunderstorms broke out in advance of the warm front moving north out of central Illinois. A narrow band of 2- to 4-inch rainfall triggered urban and small stream flood advisories from Rockford southeast through DuPage County into southern Cook and Will counties. Later in the afternoon, along the same warm front, severe thunderstorms broke out just south of Chicago and moved east into northwest Indiana. Wind gusts to 67 mph downed trees and power lines near Peotone, while downpours in Indiana caused flooding in Rensselaer and Crown Point. Winfield, Ind., in Lake County got 3.74 inches of rain, and Wheatfield, Ind., in Jasper County saw 3.12 inches.


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Nobody's crying wolf about Illinois' fiscal crisis
The Chicago Sun-Times says: Dearest fellow taxpayers – Reports of Illinois' fiscal demise might not have been greatly exaggerated.
U.S. job openings hit highest level since 2001
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Apple in big solar power deal, market cap closes over $700 billion
From Reuters: Apple Inc (AAPL.O) will buy about $850 million of power from a new California solar farm to cut its energy bill, the iPhone maker said on Tuesday as its stock market value closed above $700 billion for the first time.
The United States Economy Is Turning Into A Jobs Machine – Will It Continue?
From Forbes: The first Friday of each month is "Jobs Friday." It's when the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) releases the labor report for the previous month. During the month of January, the economy created 257,000 jobs, outstripping estimates. It is surprising, but the U.S. economy is turning into a jobs machine. Consider the following facts from the Bureau of Labor Statistics:
Rick Perry's claim that one-third of all new American jobs were created in Texas
From the Washington Post: They arrived at this figure by using Bureau of Labor Statistics data of the number of jobs created in Texas between 2000 and 2014, and dividing it by the number of new jobs created nationally during the same period. This data set uses payroll information from surveyed businesses, and Perry's calculation does not include public sector jobs. By his calculation, Perry is correct: Texas accounted for 31 percent of all net new jobs in America when Perry was governor.
Rauner's Illinois Revival Project
The Wall Street Journal says: Bruce Rauner has the biggest reclamation project in American politics, and this year it's the state drama to watch. The first Illinois GOP Governor in 12 years is off to a strong start by targeting the source of the state's fiscal and economic rot: the corrupt political bargain between state lawmakers and public unions.
Obama to Seek War Power Bill From Congress, to Fight ISIS
From the New York Times: The Obama administration has informed lawmakers that the president will seek a formal authorization to fight the Islamic State that would prohibit the use of "enduring offensive ground forces" and limit engagement to three years. The approach offers what the White House hopes is a middle way on Capitol Hill for those on the right and left who remain deeply skeptical of its plans to thwart extremist groups.
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Obama to create new agency to examine cyberthreats
From the Chicago Tribune: The White House is setting up a new agency designed to coordinate cyberthreat intelligence that currently is spread across the federal government.


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Nate biked up to Columbus to pick up J.D. - his first weekend home since August. He got a ride that far with a friend who also goes to IU. It was a busy weekend for Nate - the local chapter had a fund raising ride for the Bread of Life - aka: Soup Kitchen here in town. About 85 riders registered and I believe they rode about 120 miles. They ended up out in the country where they'd set up campers, RV's and Port-a-Potty's. Three bands agreed to come out and play for the evening festivities. Chet rode in the "chase car" - they follow in case of a break down or accident. The fire truck led them out of town and Greensburg's Finest brought up the tail end. Sign up table - notice Chet and Nate in rear of photo.
Mark and Gail - a friend of his, rode along with him.
Pictures are taken from the parking lot of the Greensburg Daily News -
The final line up and the police car! I patted the driver on the arm and said "be gentle" - he didn't really appreciate that! Oh well!
J.D. and I spent the afternoon together, we had a sandwich, chips & dip and chatted away. He's loving classes. His friend picked him up and they headed back to campus. He said he had three tests this week and had to do three pages on his website. We also took a ride out into the country to see if we could find the church that was heavily damaged in the storm last weekend. And we found it - the tree that fell onto and into the church was 150 years old - planted at same time the church was built. People were there working to clear out the tree and other debris. It is so sad to see the damage done to that building. The church was to celebrate their 150th anniversary today with a picnic following the service. Picnic was cancelled and services were held on the lawn.
Now on to my sewing world - a little corner in my bedroom! Seven gals from the Chat Room and I are have a red strips swap. We began with the idea of making the same quilt we did in all blues several years ago. I decided I didn't want to do another like it and found another pattern. So I've been cutting, stitching and pressing away. This morning one of the gals asked if she could have the pattern - well, there is no pattern. I saw a picture in a fabric catalog and drew/drafted it up on graph paper. So I spent about two hours taking pictures of the finished quilt (I've done it in all scrappy look before), pictures of the different steps involved with the piecing. (Now I know why patterns are expensive!) I asked a gal from my local guild to read my instructions and see if it makes sense to her. . . if so, I'll pass it on . . . if not, I'll rewrite at her suggestions. Bless her for taking time to do this for me.
I did finish piecing my Row Quilt and took it and the scrappy Maple leaves tops to the longarm quilter last week. That poor gal is swamped with quilts to do now - I don't know why there are so many other women tying up her time so she can't get right to mine! Ha Ha Ha My Boxed Squares is ready to quilt, too. . . need to pin baste it and I'll quilt that one myself.
Someone is muttering and opening and closing cupboards and drawers in the kitchen - guess that means I need to find some lunch for him. Till next week - - stay well and be happy.


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I have three heirloom tomato plants in pots on the deck here in Michigan. I covered them with sheets one night when there was a frost warning. They all have a bunch flowers on them and are just beginning to make fruit. My 6-year-old son planted them from seed, so I really would like to protect them long enough to make fruit. Do you think it will work to start bringing them in at night when it starts freezing? Should I already be bringing them in at night? Do you think they will get enough sun to make fruit? I have brought in green tomatoes before, but I have never tried to make a flowering tomato keep making fruit past the frost. If anyone has any experience with this, I would appreciate some advice.
I would say that you should bring in your tomatoes day or night if temps are less than 50 degrees. One year I brought in tomatoes that had flowers as well as fruit. I flipped the flowers with my finger several times a day, and some of the flowers set fruit.
I put them in front of a south west patio door, which warmed up quite a lot on sunny days, and was probably around 70-75 degrees at night. As soon as a tomato had a little blush, I would pick it, wash it with warm water, let it dry, and wrap in newspaper or a paper towel to let it ripen on a kitchen shelf.
I also used a high intensity grow light to extend the daylight from dusk to around 8pm to simulate the length of summer days.
Good luck with your experiment. Hope it pays off - growth will be slower than outdoors.
I did last year. I have a sliding glass door facing the south and I brought in a hybrinized tomato plant in it's double 5 gallon planter. I had fresh tomatoes all winter.
The plant didn't do as well as during the summer. I was told by a person who owns a nursery that the winter sun was not out long enough to get the full value.
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Did I ever tell you that I'm a horrible procrastinator? I am. Really. Case in point – I'm moving this weekend. This Saturday morning we're picking up the UHaul and will be out of the house by that evening. Care to take a guess as to how much packing I've finished? According to the PN (Packing Nazi aka Mom), I'm about one quarter of the way through. I've got my bedroom, bathroom, the girls room, and the kitchen left. Everything else is in a state of upheaval, although mostly packed.
Why haven't I made much more progress? Because when I get home from work, I want to sit on my lonely chair (the sofa's in the garage ready for the move) and watch Deadwood or Psych while making chickens for my kitchen. The PN has banned me from crochet or reading until the rest of the house is packed. That doesn't mean I can't crochet or read while at work! ah ha! I finished a chicken yesterday and have made one of two placemats for the girls for the kitchen island in the new house. I did finish my other sock too. Before packing it tonight, I'll take a photo. They don't match, even if they're from the same dye lot, but they're insanely bright so having matching color stripes won't make a difference in their wearability.
I received a great package in my Fiber Freaks Fiber & Frappe swap from Patty in Pennsylvania! I'm thinking about using the yarn for another pair of socks.
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New Toys: Interesting Mobile Linux Devices at CES
The first smartphones based on Intel's Moorestown, the Mini 5 with Android and the Lenovo LePhone: the mobile Linux highlights from this year's Consumer Electronics Show.
After Intel announced that it would optimize Moblin 2.1 as the mobile phone operating system, it was only a matter of time that actual devices hit the market. The CES in Las Vegas revealed that at least two companies announced such a device: the GW990 from LG and a smartphone from the Finnish startup Aava Mobile.
Whereas the LG phone should appear on the stacks in the second half of the year, the Aava smartphone is still in prototype with availability not quite yet determined.
Apart from the Moorestown devices with Moblin, Android also has something new to offer: Lenovo is starting its own, Android-based smartphone it calls Lephone. Although intended initially for the Chinese market, the hugely reworked user interface should gradually make its way to the U.S. and elsewhere worldwide.
Dell also boarded the Android train in November with its Mini 3 smartphone. At CES, it now presented a 5" tablet with SIM card slot, the Mini 5. The device in the Mini series also runs Android and has multitouch support and an attractive GUI. Availability or price details are not yet announced.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 Released
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Microsoft Releases a Linux-Based OS
The company is building a new IoT environment powered by Linux.
Solomon Hykes Leaves Docker
In a surprise move, Solomon Hykes, the creator of Docker has left the company.
Red Hat Celebrates 25th Anniversary with a New Code Portal
The company announces a GitHub page with links to source code for all its projects
Gnome 3.28 Released
The latest GNOME rolls out with better contact management and new features for handling virtual machines.
Install Firefox in a Snap on Linux
Mozilla has picked the Snap package system to deliver its application to Linux users.
OpenStack Queens Released
The new release comes with new features for mission critical workloads.
Kali Linux Comes to Windows
The Kali Linux developers even managed to run full blown XFCE desktop via WSL.
Ubuntu to Start Collecting Some Data with Ubuntu 18.04
It will be an 'opt-out' feature.
CNCF Illuminates Serverless Vision
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This Christmas Day, David finds his plans to blackmail Janine under threat as he finds himself caught in the headlights of a stolen car...
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Archbishop Vincent Nichols, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, says he "nearly fell off his chair" when he heard David Cameron, on the steps of Downing Street, pledge to work for "the common good". For that is the slogan that describes the political philosophy of the English and Welsh Catholic bishops. In an interview with yesterday's Sunday Telegraph, the Archbishop of Westminster went on to praise the Coalition and to attack the last Labour government for trying to "create a state that provided everything".
At this point, Church observers might themselves have been tempted to fall off their chairs. For Catholic bishops in this country were notoriously slow to criticise the last Labour government even when, in matters relating to education and gay adoption, it seemed to be driven by a secularist and specifically anti-Catholic agenda. The "common good" was often interpreted as episcopal support for Labour's redistributionist policies, made explicit in one (very poor) Catholic bishops' document, Taxation for the Common Good, which seemed to present high taxes as a desirable end in themselves.
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