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I'm revealing the wig that I'll be wearing today! It's a Medusa snake wig. I think there's like 100 little plastic snakes, some ribbon, feathers and some itchy plant stuff from the dollar store glued to the shower cap I used as a base. I hope the rest of the costume turns out as well!
For my kids, we made two costumes together. My son and I built a robot costume out of cardboard, duct tape and spray paint. I apparently need to still add wheels to the side of the costume since it's not just a "robot" but a "transformer." Well, that's too easy to do with a glue-gun and who doesn't have a few wheels lying around the house? LOL. Actually, there's a broken toy in the shed I think I'll use for the wheels. My daughter and I worked on a snow leopard costume. Aubrey, my partner, says she's going to go as a cowgirl. Pictures forthcoming! :)
UPDATE: Pictures! Me at work and the fam getting ready to trick or treat. All costumes hand made! :D

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Some of you may remember the video we posted a while back
about the little kid named Jonathan conducting.
Well, there is a new video of him conducting a
symphony orchestra that just got posted.
It is really, really cute, and is a lot of fun to watch!
Unfortunately, embedding for the video was disabled, so if
you want to watch it, click here.
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via fiercebitchstew Source Erik Odom: Q: When you found out you were cast in this – I know you had known Jack Morrissey, so you had a relationship with Bill Condon – but aside from him, who were you most excited to get to work with in this film?
Erik: Oh, there's a lot of them for a lot of different reasons. For one, I'm a huge fan of Kristen [Stewart]'s. I think Kristen is just a really great performer. Michael Sheen's another one. There were little moments here and there with Michael where it was just fun to watch him work, you know? And really just watching these actors at the top of their game just going back and forth and sparring with each other during these scenes really going for it. There are a lot of them. I'd say Kristen, Michael, Noel Fisher's another guy who I was a big fan of before we started filming, and he's really great. And then to be completely honest, I've probably been crushing on Ashley Greene since day one, so that was … it was nice to work with her too, she's a sweetheart.
Source Sam Riley: Twilight star Stewart, then 19, sheds her inhibitions and her clothes in the film.
Laughing, Riley says they made the best of their nude scenes together.
The 32-year-old said: "It's not what any of us were looking forward to when we read the script."
"You shrug your shoulders and then try and do it in one take."
"There was a moment when we were naked sitting on a rock smoking a reefer and it was incredibly hot."
"The rock was very uncomfortable because it was so hot and we were all looking up and not looking down."
"We would only look in each others eyes, no-one's eyes strayed below eye-height."
But working with the object of teen frenzy did have its benefits.
Riley laughs: "Travelling through airports with Kristen is the bees' knees."
"I wouldn't really want to swap lives with her in any other aspect apart from how quickly you can go through airport security."
"They let you off the plane first and then they usher you straight through, straight into VIP."


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My gf and I do something like you describe with your sister in law. She and her husband have a two year old, I don't have kids or a primary partner. On an average month, I:
- watch her son two evenings and occasionally a weekend day
- hang out at their house for dinner two evenings
- go out with her on a just-us date once
- spend time with her at social events (dance parties, kink parties, etc.) where we get some quality time once or twice
I feel like the time I spend babysitting makes up for the time I take her away from her husband. However, the only reason this works for me is because I genuinely love her son and want to spend lots of time with him. I've known him since the day after he was born. If it weren't for the fact that I genuinely wanted to bond with him, I probably wouldn't be up for watching him nearly as much.
Also, even with that, the limited just-us time we spend together places our relationship strictly in the "secondary" category -- it's not a central aspect of our lives, even though it's important to us.
For context, I also see a couple of other people, and this all balances for me quite well.
Me, 30ish bi female, been doing solo poly for roughly 5 years. Gia, Clay, and Pike, my partners. Davis, ex/friend/"it's complicated." Eric, Gia's husband. Bee, Gia and Eric's toddler.
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STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO APPROPRIATE PUBLIC WATERS TAKE NOTICE: That Mike Brown of Royal City, WA on Feb. 18, 2016, under Application No. R3-30753 filed for permit to store public ground waters, in the amount of 144.60 acre-feet, subject to existing rights. The source of the proposed impoundment is a well located within the NW1/4NW1/4 of Section 5, Township 15 N., Range 26 E.W.M., in Grant County. Protests or objections to approval of this application must include a detailed statement of the basis for objections; protests must be accompanied by a fifty-($50.00) dollar recording fee and filed with the Department of Ecology, at the address shown below, within thirty (30) days from February 15, 2017. STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY WATER RESOURCES PROGRAM - ERO PO BOX 47611 OLYMPIA, WA 98504-7611 #02043/46198 Pub: February 8 & 15, 2017
PUBLIC NOTICE The Solid Waste Advisory Committee meeting will be Wednesday, February 15, 2017, 12 PM in the Public Works conference room located at 210 W. Alder Ritzville, WA 99169. Please Call 509-659-3276 if you are unable to attend. #02009/40935 Pub: February 1 & 8, 2017
WAC 197-11-970 Determination of Nonsignificance (DNS). Description of proposal: The 1st Avenue Improvement Project Phase II consists of a 2.5 inch grind and overlay of 1st Avenue from Spruce St to SR-26. The project also proposes to correct the storm drainage issues through the installation of catch basins and a storm main. The storm main will be connected to the City's existing storm main system. The project wil lremove non-compliant curb ramps and replace with ADA compliant curb ramps. Proponent: City of Othello Location of proposal: 4200 linear feet of roadway on 1st Ave from Spruce Rd. to SR-26. Section 03, Township 15N, Range 29E, Othello, Adams County. Lead agency: City of Othello The lead agency for this proposal has determined that it does not have a probable significant adverse impact on the environment. An environmental impact statement (EIS) is not required under RCW 43.21C.030 (2)(c). This decision was made after a review of a completed environmental checklist and other information on file with the lead agency. This information is available to the public on request. X This DNS is issued under WAC 197-11-340(2); the lead agency will not act on this proposal for 15 days from the date below. Comments must be submitted by February 23, 2017 Responsible official: Terry Clements _________________________________________ Position/title: Public Works Director _________________________ Phone:509.488.6967 Address: 111 N Broadway Avenue/ Othello, WA 99344 ___________________________ Date: 1-25-17 Signature /s/ Terry Clements _ Objections to this determination shall be made in writing, addressed to (Terry Clements), and sent to 111 N Broadway Ave Othello, WA 99344 or (firstname.lastname@example.com) no later than February 23, 2017. You should be prepared to make specific factual objections. #02041/45584 Pub: CBH & ST February 8, 2017
SUPERIOR COURT, STATE OF WASHINGTON, COUNTY OF ADAMS RICARDO DeLEON, | | Plaintiff, | NO. 16-2-00210-6 vs. | | SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION LAWRENCE A. BERNER, HIS HEIRS and | DEVISEES; ANITA BERNER; WALTER A. | MACLEAN and JANE DOE MACLEAN, | HUSBAND and WIFE and/or THEIR HEIRS | AND DEVISEES OR ASSIGNS; JOHN DOE | OR JANE DOE 1 THROUGH JOHN DOE OR | JANE DOE 10, AND ALL PERSONS | UNKNOWN, CLAIMING ANY LEGAL OR | EQUITABLE RIGHT, TITLE, ESTATE, LIEN | OR INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY | DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT, | | Defendants. | The State of Washington to the Defendants and all other persons or parties unknown claiming any right, title, estate, lien or interest in the real estate described in the complaint herein, Defendants: You, and each of you, are hereby summonsed to appear within sixty (60) days after the date of first publication of this summons, to wit, within sixty (60) days after the 1st day of February, 2017, and defend the above-entitled action in the above-entitled court and answer the complaint of the Plaintiff, at their office below stated; and, in case of your failure so to do, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demands of the complaint in this action which has been filed with the clerk of said court. The object of this action is to quiet title in Plaintiff to real estate in Adams County, Washington, commonly known as 742 South Sunset Acres Road, Othello, WA and more particularly described as follows: Part Time Farm Unit 200, Irrigation Block 49, Columbia Basin Project, according to Farm Unit Plat thereof filed for record February 7, 1952, in the office of the Auditor of Adams County, Washington. Tax Parcel Number: 2-100-49-200-0100 against the claim of the Defendants and any one of them. DATED this 24th day of January, 2017. OLSON, LOEFFLER & LANDIS, P. S. By: _____________________________ JOHN H. LOEFFLER, WSBA #10797 Attorney for Plaintiff 8414 North Wall Street, Suite A Spokane, WA 99208-6171 (509) 467-6767 #03001/43439 Pub: February 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2017 & March 1 & 8, 2017


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Please note that the address for this place is approximate. Upon booking a stay, the rental owner will provide an exact address. Picture your family in this lovely 6 bedroom 7bath home, with over 4100sf to stretch out in. Four of the bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms. You can sleep 22 people easily. The Lake House 2 is located at the 2 mile marker of the Big Niangua arm of ... Child's Highchair, Dining Area, DVD Player, Game Room, Pool Table, Radio, Satellite / Cable, Stereo, Television, VCR, Video Game Console, Video Games, Activities Guide, Air Conditioning, Alarm Clock, Basic Soaps, Ceiling Fans, Clothes Dryer, Filtered Water, Heating, Internet, Iron & Board, Linens Provided, Living Room, Local Restaurant Guide, Parking, Telephone, Toilet Paper, Towels Provided, Washing Machine, Wireless Internet, 4 Ring Stove, Blender, Coffee Maker, Cooking Utensils, Dishes & Utensils, Dishwasher, Freezer, Ice Maker, Kitchen, Microwave, Oven, Refrigerator, Stove, Toaster, Balcony, Boat Dock, Deck / Patio, Outdoor Grill, Outdoor Grill Gas, Screen Porch / Veranda, Unscreened Porch / Veranda, Walkway to Water, jetted tub, house, Long-term Renters Welcome, Minimum Age Limit for Renters, children welcome, non smoking only, pets not allowed, wheelchair inaccessible, Adventure, Away From It All, Family, Historic, Tourist Attractions, Guests provide their own meals, house, autumn foliage, caves, churches, cinemas, marina, recreation center, restaurants, ruins, theme parks, water parks, recommended, antiquing, bird watching, boating, horseback riding, miniature golf, outlet shopping, scenic drives, shopping, sight seeing, walking, Lakefront, Waterfront, ATM/bank, groceries, hospital, medical services, fishing, freshwater fishing, golf, hiking, jet skiing, parasailing, swimming, water skiing, water tubing
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Societe Generale SA is pulling back from the U.S. mortgage-bond business just two years after building out the unit, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
The French bank is instructing traders of U.S. government- backed mortgage bonds to stop buying the securities, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the matter is private. The directive comes as senior executives at the lender discuss scaling back from the $5.4 trillion market, the people said.
Jim Galvin, a spokesman for the bank, declined to comment.
Societe Generale has seen a number of mortgage-bond traders depart over the last year, including Tae Park, a managing director who was charged with putting together the team in 2014. The bank aimed to "grab market share" as competitors such as Barclays Plc, Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc and Morgan Stanley retrenched from the business, Park said at the time.
"Banks are discovering the returns don't necessarily justify being in these businesses anymore," said Gerard Cassidy, the head bank analyst at RBC Capital Markets. "This is a transition period, where global banks are picking a niche, rather than being everything to everyone."
The French bank has tried pressing in on other U.S. structured debt markets in recent years. It created a U.S. commercial mortgage-bond team based in New York last year by hiring more than 10 people from Royal Bank of Scotland.
Societe Generale sought to "develop asset-backed product capabilities that will take advantage of a trend towards increased securitization to finance the economy," according to a statement at the time.
The bank's SG Americas Securities LLC unit was named in 2011 as one of the primary dealers required to bid at Treasury auctions and able to trade with the Federal Reserve.


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Archive for the 'books' Category
Skimming eBooks
In an interview published on Findings.com, Steven Johnson makes an interesting observation about one of the shortcomings of ebooks:
Skimming. It's a funny thing with print vs. ebooks; the digital age is supposed to be all about attention deficit disorder and hypertextual distractions, but ebooks lock you into reading them in a linear fashion more than print books do. It's much easier to pick up a print book and flip through the pages, get a sense of the argument or structure, than it is with an ebook (or magazine.) It's a very interesting interface challenge: I think it's probably solvable, and I know many smart folks are working on it, but we don't have a true solution yet.
The Holy Bible: Some Books Are Better Than Others
Reading the Book of Job, one is reminded that some books of The Bible are better written than others. For me, it is a torturous task to slog through the seemingly endless back-and-forth between Job and his comrades. The story of Job could be told more effectively in far fewer chapters. Ninety percent of this book reads like an entry in a Bad Shakespeare contest.
This makes me wonder if there is any readable, non-academic commentary on the writing of The Bible. I assume that there is, but I haven't gone looking for it yet. What are the best-written books of The Bible, and what makes them so? Can different authors' styles be identified? How does a particular translation (KJV, NIV, etc.) affect the readability? Do we know of other writings by these authors, that are not included in The Bible?
Has anyone ventured to pick The Five Best Books of The Bible? How about The Five Worst? And why were some of these authors and books chosen to be included in The Bible?
The Bible is not literally The Word of God. It is a collection of writings about God and His relationship with us. And those writings are by mere mortals, some of whom were better writers than others.
Jane Leavy vs. Mickey Mantle: This Time It's Personal.
Jane Leavy has written a biography of Baseball legend Mickey Mantle, The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood.
Early in the book, Leavy admits that The Mick was her childhood hero.
Apparently, she's gotten over that.
The Last Boy is well-researched and informative; this was no off-the-cuff effort. Leavy covers the highlights of Mantle's career, The Man, The Myth, and The Legend.
But she seems to have invested more time, energy, and pages in trying to convince us what a lousy person Mickey Mantle was off the field. To be sure, no objective observer would have awarded Mantle the "Family Man of the Year" award. And his baseball excellence does not excuse his many failings as a human being.
But Leavy seems to focus more attention on the failures, and there is perhaps a personal reason for that. In 1983, a young Jane Leavy interviewed Mickey Mantle over the course of a few days in Atlantic City. He was drunk, crude, and far from the hero that she worshipped as a child. Leavy not only acknowledges this ugly personal encounter, she devotes several chapters to it in the book.
I expect a biographer to take an honest look at their subject and to present them as they really were, warts and all. But Jane Leavy spends so much time shining a spotlight on Mantle's dark side that his accomplishments seem to pale by comparison. And that's a shame, because she could have written a truthful and balanced biography that was much less depressing.
"Stardust" by Joseph Kanon
I recently finished reading "Stardust" by Joseph Kanon.
A mystery set in Hollywood in 1945, this is the fifth novel by Kanon, whose others works include "The Good German" and "Los Alamos".
I first learned of this story in Bookmarks magazine, and I knew that the classic Hollywood setting would appeal to me.
The readers' and editorial reviews average 4 stars (out of 5), and that's about where I'd rate it. It's perhaps a little longer than it needs to be, but that's a criticism that I have with many books, both fiction and non-fiction.
I haven't read any of Kanon's other work, so I can't offer a comparison there. But if you like stories of Hollywood in The Studio Era, then I can recommend this one.


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Monday, March 7, 2011
Bookstores opening and closing.
It seems like just about every week, a bookstore is closing, according to the website, Shelf Awareness.
Then again, just about every week, a bookstore is opening.
I'm very tempted to start up a list of Openings and Closings for Bookstores, since no one else seems to be doing it. Only this time, a national list.
Of course, I don't think Shelf Awareness is making any pretense about being a complete accounting; there are probably stores opening and closing under their radar. Still -- it might be revealing.
I'm going to go ahead and start the list, and then post it at the beginning of every month; starting with March, 2011 entries.
I'm leaving the above as a permanent introduction:
Heirloom Book Company, Charleston, SC, 3/4/11.
Emerson and Cook Book Company, Old Saybrook, Connecticut, 3/7/11. (38 years).
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We're already seeing the demise of the DVD.
Try renting a DVD on the beautiful side of the river.
Funny that the only DVD shop's are on the putrid side of I97.
Books & Movies are same-same these day's they're commodities that must be generated monthly by an author in robo-mode. Like Steven King years ago cranking out titles monthly. Same for movies same for books, no wonder the excitement is gone. Mercantilism has all but destroyed the Tolstoy or equiv. Even our dunc is fond of trash literature, aka sci-fi, or comic-lit.
Someday there will be a Tolstoy, and he'll probably self publish, or maybe publish on the web, just to trickle a little cash-flow for living, like most 'artists' what they really need is only a patron to supply food&shelter.
The mercantilists like dunc, have all but destroyed books&movies, so little wonder the public is bored, and there is death around all these business ventures. It's game-over for robotic generation of books&movies. It's too fucking boring, the passion of the artist has been replaced by the heart of the money-changer.
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Editor's note: Through the Past Dorkily is a recurring feature that looks back at the embarrassingly dorky diary I kept as a 16-year-old in 1984.
Friday, April 20, 1984
Song of the day: Could This Be Magic? - Van Halen
Top 5 at Five
1. Distant Early Warning - Rush
2. Don't Leave Me This Way - The Ravyns
3. Leave It - Yes
4. Top of the Rock - HSAS
5. Up the Creek - Cheap Trick
Wow, man1 What a day. I got up and Mom started bitching at me about goofing off at school. It ended up with minimal homework so that's good.
I rented my tux after school today. It's cool-looking. It's got a white jacket with black pants. Good deal.
Boy, is [girlfriend] awesome or what? I talked to her 3 times on the phone, the last time for an hour! Dad got pissed at me, but I don't care. She's great. I can't wait till tomorrow night! It's gonna be cool!
This relationship is great!!!!! [Girlfriend] is incredible!
- The (anxious) Barbarian
Saturday, April 21, 1984
Song of the day: Wild Horses (again) - The Stones
Forget everything up till 6 p.m. I got to [girlfriend's] house then. Actually, I knocked on the wrong door, but luckily she saw me and got me. I met her parents and we went to her room before dinner. We played 2 games of Boggle. Then we started talking. We were sitting and started playing footsies with each other! It was great!! Dinner was good. Me and [girlfriend] ate alone. We went back to her room, sat on her bed, and started looking at old yearbooks. We started sitting wicked close, and I finally got up the guts to kiss her on the cheek. She liked it! She put "Wild Horses" on, and we slow danced. I sang it to her and we squeezed tight and kissed more!!! She is awesome!!! We kept kissing a wicked lot!! That girl is incredible!!!!!
I had to leave at 10. While waiting for Mom outside, me and [girlfriend] were conserving body heat! I'm gonna miss her. I won't see her till Tuesday. Bummer.
I'm crazy about her and she's crazy about me! I can't wait till Tuesday!! She's awesome!!!
- The (stimulated) Barbarian
Tuesday, April 24, 1984
Song of the day: Just Between You and Me - April Wine
Top 5 at Five
1. Distant Early Warning - Rush
2. Up the Creek - Cheap Trick
3. So You Ran - Orion the Hunter
4. It's My Life - Talk Talk
5. Heaven - Bryan Adams
Wow, man. I went with [girlfriend's] mom to Marblehead (near Salem, Mass.) to pick her up from her grandmother's house. We talked all the way there. [Girlfriend] looked great when we got there. Her grandmother was cool. She was real friendly. She drove us around Marblehead and we went to a shopping center. We were looking around at Caldor where I finally saw "Grace Under Pressure." I didn't buy it, though. We had lunch at Kentucky Fried Chicken and had some ice cream, too.
We got back to Kingston around 3 p.m. and they dropped me off at home. That bummed me out because I wanted to go to her place. I got over it, though.
I got Mom to call that insurance guy so I can drive to [girlfriend's] house tomorrow. He wasn't there so Mom will call him in the morning.
I drove Mom, in the rain, to Market Basket tonight. I did pretty good, too.
- The Barbarian
Wednesday, April 25, 1984
Song of the day: (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Stones
Top 5 at Five
1. Between the Wheels - Rush
2. Up the Creek - Cheap Trick
3. Big City Nights - Scorpions
4. The Ghost In You - Psychedelic Furs
5. Run Runaway - Slade
What a lousy day. You know that watering of the eyes I've been having? It turns out I've got conjunctivitis, aka Pink eye. It's very contagious so I couldn't see [girlfriend] today and I can't see her tomorrow either! Drat!! I can't touch my eyes and I have to use eye drops.
Mom called the insurance guy this morning and I can drive on my own now. It figures that on the first day I can go myself to [girlfriend's] house, I catch this stupid disease! Damn!
The doctor says it should go away by the end of the week. Maybe if I'm lucky, I'll be able to see her on Friday. I sure hope so. I miss her so much. She is so awesome! Oh [girlfriend].
- The (lonely and sick) Barbarian
Thursday, April 26, 1984
Song of the day: No One Like You - Scorpions
Top 5 at Five
1. Between the Wheels - Rush
2. The Pros and Cons of Hitch-hiking
3. Up the Creek - Cheap Trick
4. Magic - The Cars
5. A Whiter Shade of Pale - HSAS
Limbo day. Forced to stay indoors because of my eyes, I sat around trying to do my homework. I only got 2 definitions done. Most of the writing I did was putting [girlfriend's] initials all over my books!
The guy put in the new steps. Those things are massive! It looks way better now!
What a day! It was wicked nice today: Sunny, in the 60s. And I had to stay at home all day. Crap!
I talked to [girlfriend] later and she said that [classmate] and her boyfriend would like to get together with us tomorrow. I said fine but there's a big problem. Now Mom can give me a ride to her house, but how the heck do I get home? Mom works evenings tomorrow. Both mine and JP's bikes are busted because of those stupid movers. [Girlfriend] said she'd call me in the morning and we'll try to work something out. She's great. I have to see her tomorrow. It's been 2 days and I'm going crazy!
- The (anxious) Barbarian
Friday, April 27, 1984
Song of the day: When the World is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Around - The Police
Freedom! I'm better! Well, Mom took me to Exeter and we got JP's bike fixed (mine will be at the shop for a week). I took JP's bike to [girlfriend's] house! Actually, Mom dropped me off there with the bike. Boy, was it great to see her again! I really missed that babe! I went there at 2:30. [Classmate] was there, too, and her boyfriend was supposed to come but he couldn't make it. We were supposed to play tennis but we didn't. I left my racket at her house. We (me and girlfriend) sat on the couch and kissed a lot! She's awesome! I was there until 5:15. She rode with me until 125. It only took me half an hour to ride home! Not bad. I can ride there all the time now! Good deal!
I hope to see her tomorrow, too!
Mom got me an appointment for a haircut tomorrow at 9:30. Geez!
- The Barbarian
Saturday, April 28, 1984
Song of the day: I Got You - Split Enz
What a beautiful day (weather-wise)! At 9:30, I got my hair cut. Sandy styled it different, though. She feathered it back, and it looks wicked cool!
At 12 noon, I had to paint the deck. We only have one brush, so I had to do it all myself. It took me 2 hours to do it. It looks pretty lousy, but hey, I never said I could paint!
I couldn't see [girlfriend] because she was busy all day, but we should be able to get together tomorrow.
Tonight, we move our clocks up 1 hour. We're not going to church tomorrow because we'd be too tired.
I think [girlfriend] will like my hair. She said if I liked it, then she would. What a babe! I might even go with her to see her dress tomorrow, I'm not sure. But we'll see.
- The Barbarian
Sunday, April 29, 1984
Song of the day: Tops - The Stones
Today was even better than yesterday, but it was wicked hot!
I got up at 10:45 (actually 9:45) this morning, and Mom made me take the garbage to the dump. By myself. And I did it! No problem!!
When I got home, I ate some cereal and called [girlfriend]. She said I could come over. As I was getting ready, that vicious dog next door came over and started biting Sammy, who was tied up out front. We called the neighbors and they took the little bastard! Sammy was alright.
When I got to [girlfriend's], we went to play tennis. But there was no net at the court, so we played a little and went back. I had lunch there (2 hot dogs) and then we played zim-zam awhile. We went into the house and talked. She said she was pissed at her ex about stuff he said to her and I told her I was there to listen if she ever needed to talk to someone. We went to her room and looked at a Stones book for a little while and then we started kissing. I started kissing her on the lips more. Wow! I had to leave at 4, but I had a great time. She's terrific.
- The Barbarian (of love)
Monday, April 30, 1984
Song of the day: Can't You Hear Me Knocking? - The Stones
Top 5 at Five
1. Legs - ZZ Top
2. Deeper and Deeper - The Fixx
3. Up the Creek - Cheap Trick
4. The Ghost in You - Psychedelic Furs
5. Rock You Like a Hurricane - Scorpions
Weird day, man. When [girlfriend] got to school today, she said she was thinking a lot last night and she didn't want a heavy relationship. She said that we could see each other but just not use the term "going together." I said, "Huh?" I was kinda messed up after that, but I talked to her at lunch, and she said that didn't really change anything between us! Phew! I said we could go a little slower if she wanted and she said yes. So really nothing's different between us. We weren't going that fast anyways. We'll just take it one day at a time and everything will be fine. I hope!
I got a 91 on that Bi Sci test I took before vacation.
I called her later and she said she was alright. She was pissed at herself for falling for her ex. I told her it happens to all of us (and it does!) and that she should forget the past. She's in a good mood now. She was depressed before. The poor babe's been through a lot. We'll be alright.
- The Barbarian
Tuesday, May 1, 1984
Song of the day: I Like to Rock - April Wine
Top 5 at Five
1. Run Runaway - Slade
2. Bark at the Moon - Ozzy
3. Beats the Heck out of Me - Kumar the Barbarian
4. The Pros and Cons of Hitch-hiking - Roger Waters
5. Whisper to a Scream - Icicle Works
Today was much better. When I got to school, I went straight to the Guidance office to get my insurance form signed. When I got to the cafe, [girlfriend?] was already upstairs. I bopped over there. She was feeling a lot better. Me too.
I slept in 15 minutes after my alarm went off, so I couldn't shave.
In Weight Training, in squats I did 205 and deadlifting I did 195. Then, to my total surprise in Civics, [teacher] moved me right beside [girlfriend?]! I couldn't believe it!! She moved [another girl] in my seat and [yet another girl] into her seat. I was stunned but grateful! I didn't make a peep (well, maybe one peep) for the rest of the class! Wow!
After school, we had to wait for another bus because the steering was gone in ours. It was unbearable. Those stupid brats were screaming their heads off! I got home at 2:45.
She got a haircut after school today. Can't wait to see her! What a babe!
- The Barbarian
Wednesday, May 2, 1984
Song of the day: Centre of Eternity - Ozzy
Top 5 at Five
1. Bark at the Moon - Ozzy
2. Rock and Roll Rebel - Ozzy
3. Run Runaway - Slade
4. Beats the Heck Out of Me - Kumar the Barbarian
5. I Don't Know - Kumar the Barbarian
Another tricky day, fellah. [Girlfriend?] was kinda spaced this morning and after lunch, I found out why: She started telling me at lunch what was wrong, but she started to cry and we went upstairs. In the hall, she told me that she wasn't sure she wanted a boyfriend right now or not. She is so messed up because of that asshole [her ex] that she doesn't know what she wants. She said she still wanted to go to the prom with me and she still would call me and stuff. What it really boils down to is that we'll still be together all the time, just that we won't get "intimate" with each other. Well, I guess it could be worse. At least she still cares for me! I told her after the prom we'll see how she's feeling about "stuff." This is all [the ex's] fault! She's so upset about letting herself get used by him that she's confused about everything. I hope she comes to her senses and accepts me as her boyfriend! Why does everything have to be so complicated?
I got the Eddie Murphy tape today. It's hilarious! It cheered me up after what I've been through. Sheesh!
- The (confused) Barbarian
Postscript: Quite the roller coaster of emotion over this stretch of entries. Went from very high highs of young love to a sudden about-face all in the span of a few days. I can still remember the stunned feeling I had standing in that hallway as she laid this rap on me; I was dumbfounded. But don't worry...it gets worse.
In some respects, it's good that this happens at this point because those lovey-dovey passages were pretty fucking nauseating. But y'know, it was my first love. And it was valuable experience into the confusing ways of women.


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I am a college student with a passion for Deadliest Warrior.In the blog below you will find many of the greatest warriors, monsters, characters and rulers of History and Fiction pitted against each other in order to find out who truly is the DEADLIEST WARRIOR!
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Hawaiian Koa vs. Shaolin Monk: Edges
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This looks great for both the Monks and the Koa The long range weapons, armour, and tactics will probably give the Koa the win here. Another good martial arts vs. Oceania match up would be Okinwain vs. Moro.ReplyDelete
This is warming up to be a spectacular fight. In fact, I wish they'd give control of the show deadliest warrior over to you, you're that damn good ;)ReplyDelete
Master of the Boot
both will probably appear at one point in a match.
@ boot
Thanks man, but your matchups are even more awesome and well written.
Brah, koa warrior for the win.ReplyDelete
I know monks and how awesome they are at fighting but if compared to the warriors of hawaii, I'd say in my opinion the koa warriors would win by a landslide. King Kamehameha was one of the best koa warriors all around and was skilled in the art of lua and war, so skilled that he united all the islands of hawaii and killed all those who opposed his rule. Also koa warriors were the best of the best in the pacific and were intimidating and respected. They were also really strong, as king kamehameha lifted and flipped the naha stone, weighing more than 3 and a half tons when he was in his teens. And that was when he wasn't the strongest koa warrior in hawaii.
Monks are nothing in battle when it comes to the koa, koa were trained for war and death and would overpower the monks in sheer ferocity and power


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This according to Carrie Muskat over at cubs.com. Gorzelanny stole the fifth starter spot from Sean Marshall--Marshall had a strong outing on Wednesday to lower his spring ERA to 1.64, but Gorzelanny followed with six strong innings yesterday to lower his ERA to 3.07. I think Marshall's career splits played a role as well (4.86 career ERA as a starter, 3.15 as a reliever). It's likely that my prediction from February 5 that Gorzelanny would start the season in the rotation played a role as well. Right? Yeah, it's likely that my prediction played a role.
Silva has had a solid spring while Jeff Samardzija (who will go to the bullpen) did not. I still don't think the Cubs will need a fifth starter until April 19 (though they may prefer one), so it will be interesting to see which back-end starter will get the bulk of the starts before Lilly returns.
Piniella also said that lefty James Russell (0.00 ERA in nine innings) is very likely to make the team as a reliever.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Gorzelanny and Silva to begin season in starting rotation
Posted by Brandon Christol on Friday, March 26, 2010
Labels: Carlos Silva, Cubs, Jeff Samardzija, Sean Marshall, Tom Gorzelanny
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Technically Speaking
May 9, 2011 Leave a comment
I've always been a technical person. Most of my career has been in the IT field. Years of help desk support followed up most recently with application analysis. I'm good at what I do, and I like that. Let me say it again, I like that I'm good at it. I didn't say that I like what I do.
What I like is being creative. Having original ideas and seeing them come to fruition is what drives me. From doing puppets in Sunday school, to developing innovative ways to check in the kids, there is a distinct difference in the two things that I excel at. But which way do I lean, what is it that I really like?
You know when you like what you do because when you get home you continue to do it. When I was in a help desk role, the last thing I wanted to do when I got home was get onto a computer, let alone fix one. Most of the guys I worked with had servers in their basements, I just have junk. What they would play with at home would also help them in their job role, and they enjoyed doing it. Me, not so much.
So what am I doing when I'm at home? I'm studying, researching, and just generally soaking up social media. I can't read enough blog posts, tweets, or checkins. I'm constantly monitoring likes, hits, retweets, and klout scores. It's not that I'm into the numbers, I just love experimenting with all the tools to see what best connects with people. This is the stuff that really gets me excited and I see so much power in it. So many people don't see it yet, maybe I'm just an "early adopter?"
It couldn't be more evident than in a conversation I had today. At lunch with a friend, he told me his company was trying to find different ways to connect with potential clients. I went into a spiel about using twitter to connect with customers and the power of twitter's advanced search for finding them. This seemed like common sense to me, but then it dawned on me, it was here that my technical meets my creative.
I've known I've been both right and left brained for a long time, but they have always seemed so different. Social media brings both sides together for me. It's the bridge that combines the creative with the technical. I know some of you reading my blog are from the technical side, while others are from the creative side. So what's your bridge, or do you live on one side or the other? True innovation happens when both sides meet, technically speaking.


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A Snow Day Story
Posted on January 2, 2014
Note to my future self, probably about a year from now:
Just because your friends are posting really fun-looking pictures of their children playing in the snow does not mean that your kid will magically begin enjoying snow. Or wearing a coat and snow pants. It's okay to remember this. You are not a bad mom if she doesn't want to play in the snow, and you don't make her.
This morning, Chalupa brought Ruthie into our bed when she woke up and told her to look out our window. "It's so much snow!" she said, captivated.
"Want to go play in it today?" I asked. I thought I was being generous with my offer. I don't prefer to get bundled up in the snow to play even on the best of days. As a kid, I had fun in the snow, but never cared for the whole get-bundled-and-then-get-cold-and-sweaty and have to shed your wet snow clothes in a pile in the front hall.
That was when I was a kid. Today I am 36 weeks pregnant and can barely zip up my snow boots, let alone make a snow angel. Still, we're on winter break, and I'd rather do something other than just sit around watching movies all day. (Time to be truthful now: I'd much rather watch movies all day, but I feel guilty about letting Ruthie watch movies all day.)
Plus, I've been seeing all these pictures of my friends' kids playing in the snow these past few weeks. Look at the fun they're having, I've thought to myself. I should take Ruthie outside to play like that. I know she didn't really enjoy it last year (I seem to remember some tears and angry stomping), or the year before that (I remember her begging me to carry her) and she hates even mild physical discomfort, but I'm sure she'll have fun if I just make the effort!
Ruthie seemed interested when I suggested an outing, but she kept pushing it back. "Let's do it after I eat." "Let's go outside after we finish the movie from yesterday." "Let's go after I hold Chewbacca."
Finally, I said we were going. No more delays. My motivation was disappearing. I wrangled her into pants and tights and snow pants. I talked her through the fact that the cuffs of her coat sleeves "feel weird." I fixed the straps of her snow pants, which weren't "on right," and we zipped up, unzipped, and re-zipped her snow boots four times before we were ready. I struggled into my boots, buttoned my maternity coat over my belly, and took Ruthie's hand. "Yay! Let's go out in the snow!"
"SNOW!" she said happily.
It didn't go well after that.
First, there was just a little whine when we opened the door and the wind hit her in the face. "It's okay! Just a little cold!" I insisted.
She played with a little shovel for a minute while I shoveled a path across the back porch, but then she realized the handle of her shovel was getting wet when the snow hit and melted. "It's wet!" she whined.
"That's okay. Things get wet in the snow. You have your gloves on, remember?"
We realized that Grandma's dog had gotten out and needed to be put back into the warmth of the garage, so we headed down the path to her house. As long as I was holding Ruthie's hand or she was walking in the tracks Chalupa's car made this morning, things were okay.
But then the zipper on her winter coat split open, and she didn't want me to fix it. I tried anyway, insisting that we keep her warm, but she was angry that my hands were cold. "Why didn't you wear gloves?!" she demanded.
"I did! I just had to take them off to fix your zipper."
"No! Your hands are cold! And this snow is too deep!"
"Want to make a snow angel?" I said, changing the subject.
"You have to lie down in the snow," I warned.
"That's okay!"
I helped her sit in the snow, then instructed her to lie on her back. Oops.
A tiny bit of snow slipped in between her sleeves and her gloves, touching her wrists, and suddenly we had a meltdown so intense it probably should have warmed her up. "It's too cold!" she cried. "I don't like this! No more snow! NEVER! Never ever ever go outside in the snow again!"
She marched her way to the front porch, where she threw her gloves on the ground by the door and wailed. "I don't like it! I want to go inside! Please, Mom! Never ever let's go in the snow again, okay?"
This was supposed to be fun, I thought. I was supposed to get cute pictures of us frolicking in the snow, of her making a snow angel, or the two of us shoveling the sidewalk together. Didn't she understand? I don't like being in the snow, but I was doing this for her! "Can you at least just stand there for a minute while I take care of the sidewalk?"
She did, but in her two minutes of waiting, she realized that there was snow on the top of her boots. Unacceptable, of course, but by now her gloves were off, and brushing the snow off meant touching the snow with bare hands, which meant yelling angrily. "It's still cold!"
"Of course it's cold!" I said. "Just leave the snow on your boots!"
Why was my almost-four-year-old whining like a barely-two-year-old?
I leaned my shovel against the house and opened the front door. "Stand on that rug," I said. "I'll get situated and then I'll help you."
She stood quietly, frowning, while I got my boots off and hung up my coat. She leaned on me, defeated, as I unzipped her furry boots and helped her out of her snow pants. "Do you want some hot chocolate?" I asked. "Some people like hot chocolate after playing in the snow." (I knew she wouldn't want hot chocolate, but I wanted some.) "Okay, how about some marshmallows?"
"I can have just marshmallows?"
"Of course," I said.
A few minutes later, we were snuggled on the couch watching Brave. I had my hot chocolate. She had her marshmallows. When I showed her a picture of herself in the snow, she said seriously, "Never again, Mom. I never want to go out in the snow again."
Well, that was what she insisted until Grandma came over for dinner and asked Ruthie if she's ever been sledding. "I WANT TO GO SLEDDING!" she shouted.
Let's hope that outing turns out better than this one did.
Tagged: expectations, Ruthie, snow days


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Chef Diego Chiarini, Executive Chef and Partner of Singapore's Italian restaurant, OSO, is both highly experienced and traveled, and has been internationally recognized for his unique style of cuisine on numerous occasions.
Having worked in Asia since 1996, Chef Diego was keen to make the move to Singapore (formerly from SENSO) and sees the new venture – OSO Ristorante as being something he has always had an interest in doing.
Chef Diego has worked in some of the world's leading restaurants, including Bice, located in the Tokyo Four Seasons Hotel, which has been voted one of the ten best Italian restaurants in the world. Other prestigious venues such as the Royal Monceau Hotel, Paris, the Four Seasons Hotel in Milano, and the Hotel de Paris in Monaco have witnessed Diego's enviable talent in the Kitchen. Chiarini cites one of his leading influences as Alain Ducasse, the world famous chef de cuisines, which he worked alongside at the Hotel de Paris, Monte Carlo.
A frequent contributor to (amongst others) a best selling French food magazine 'Cuisiner!', writing his own column and features for readers throughout France and added to Chiarini's credibility in the industry. Similarly, whilst employed at the Carpaccio restaurant, it was voted BEST foreign restaurants in the Famous 'Henri Gault, Guide des Restaurants Etrangers de Paris'.
Fluent in three languages, Italian, French and English, and with a strong working knowledge of Japanese, Diego has worked in some of the finest locations in Europe and Asia, and now he brings his style to Singapore – with OSO Ristorante.
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Here's a back-log of Parker Bear photos! I'm trying to think if there are any interesting baby stories to write about... umm... we taught him how to pull himself up! When he's sitting on his bum, if you put your hands out in front of him he'll grab them and pull himself up so that he's standing. The first time he did it he was super psyched, and he pretty much Hulked out, flexing and posing and growling. The only thing he didn't do was rip his shirt off and hold his hand to his ear, egging on the crowd. He seems to be enjoying his swimming lessons, and this week he went under water for the first time ever. It didn't both him that much, which was surprising, because if it was me I would have freaked out. He's also getting a lot better at feeding himself: we give him a little pile of Cheerios and 8% of them make it into his mouth successfully! He also feeds himself Mum Mum crackers, which we call cookies. He's going to think "cookies" are bland, rice-filled biscuits. Sweet.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Sitting, Swimming, Being Happy.... The Usual
Posted by Garrett Elliott at 1:37 PM
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Okay...honestly, Parker really does get cuter by the day! He is so adorable in the pool! Garrett...glad to see you in there with him!
Can't wait to see him soon!
- January 17, 2008 at 6:34 PM
- Garrett Elliott said...
It's true! He gets cuter all the time! I was talking to my parents tonight and they said the photos in this post make him look like a little boy instead of a little baby. It might have been the lighting, because in the new ones of him eating from that mush-thing, he looks kind of like a baby again. :)
- January 17, 2008 at 8:46 PM
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Terms Commonly Heard in Juvenile Court Proceedings
Any individual who is:
Dependent Child:
A child who:
72- Hour Hearing:
(Preliminary Protective Hearing)
Must be held within 72 hours after the dependent child is taken into foster care (excluding weekends and holidays). This hearing allows the court to determine whether there is probable cause to believe that a child is a dependent child and whether protective custody of a child is necessary to prevent abuse or neglect pending the hearing on the dependency petition. Parents must be given reasonable notice of the hearing and are made aware of what is in the complaint. Parents are also given the option to obtain an attorney.
10-Day Hearing:
(Adjudicatory Hearing, Formal Hearing or Trial)
If the subject child is in foster care, must be held within 10 days of filing the petition alleging dependency. If the subject child is not in foster care, must be held no later than 60 days after filing the petition alleging dependency. The primary focus of this hearing is to determine whether the child was dependent at the time the dependency complaint was signed. All persons with first hand knowledge of the issues have to personally testify. If the petition is true, the court makes a decision based on findings of fact and conclusions of law.
Term describing the legal status of a custodian of a juvenile which confers certain rights and responsibilities, including the requirement to provide for the child's physical, spiritual and mental needs, and the ability to register the child for school, obtain medical care and provide legal consent when needed. Guardianship may be granted by Probate Court or Juvenile Court. The guardian may be eligible for a financial subsidy from DFCS.


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Naima Karp
East Village
Joined: February 17, 2015
Born and raised New Yorker, I'm 23 and have been a freelance stylist and writer since I was a teenager. I'm a leftie, (handed, and in all senses of the word), an anthropologist and a culture-writer. With a Muslim mother, a Jewish father, and an upbringing at the United Nations School, my perspectives are often strong-footed, and have roots in many different pots.


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We all have those moments where we wish to escape reality, and just become a part of a video game. However, what if someone told you that you actually could? That you could visit a world that is like a game, where you can fight and level up and become the best of the best? For Arita Haruyuki, that becomes his reality.
Our story starts off with Arita Haruyuki, or Haru, who is miserableat school, who during his breaks at school indulges in video games to help him escape reality. However, one day, he meets Kuroyukihime, one of the schools most popular girls, introduces him to a mysterious virtual reality game named Brain Burst, where people fight to the death in order to gain points and level up. As Haru gets drawn in deeper in the Accel World, where the game takes place, he learns that people are not always the same in a game as they are in real life.
Personally, I love the story for this anime.As a gamer, I think this story is epic due the fact that they can actually get involved with a video game. True, they fight to the death, and they get hurt when they take damage, but it still intrigues me as how far the technology has come in order to allow them to play a virtual reality game almost anywhere due a special device on their necks.
The characters were very relatable in my opinion. Haruyuki is a guy struggling with his own self worth, a problem that a lot of us go through on a daily basis. I will admit Kuroyukihime was that one chick that is a bit too perfect, but she slowly fades from the picture near the middle and near the end. Chiyu is of course the female lead that does nothing, i.e.Sakura from Naruto.
Overall, this anime is what you make it. On the surface, it is a sci-fi anime that deals with video games, but it could also be looked at as a guy's sturggle to find his own self worth. If you haven't checked this one out yet, it should be on the to watch radar due to the fact that the series is just so epic.


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Snowmeadow Village
Snowmeadow Village is a small place located on the east side of Kanto, directly south of Cerulean City. As represented on the region map, it is the second of three settlements on the north-south path found on the east side of the region.
Winter Lotus was asked to investigate a problem at the mausoleum near there, as people kept disappearing into it without returning. They arrived at Snowmeadow Village at the end of Log #36.
People of note:
Amundine Tande: Appears to be a high-ranking official of the town. She interrogated Winter Lotus after their first return from the mausoleum, to be armed with the information they know, to best secure Snowmeadow. After learning that there is a teleportation mechanism in the mausoleum, which connects to outside, she placed Snowmeadow on lockdown, and forbade entry or exit to anyone not Winter Lotus, also providing them with a code word and sign for re-entry. She knows more about weapons than magic, but the protection of Snowmeadow is her utmost priority.
Anastasia Nordvik: The town's resident vampyre. She was standing guard outside of the cemetery, and was the one who originally posted the job concerning it, thus telling Winter Lotus what she knows. Based on what is known, she doesn't like waiting around, nor does she like other vampyres infringing on her 'hunting ground'.
Barak & Micaela Kolberg: The two owners of the Tilted Lantern, Snowmeadow's inn. Barak is a fairly large man, yet extremely accommodating to anyone under his roof, locals and adventurers alike, and he holds himself and his inn to a good standard of living. Micaela is very similar; she loves guests and likes to hear the stories they bring of other settlements.
Svea Stenberg: The gravekeeper, presumably the one who keeps the graveyard itself looking nice and kept up. She is the owner of Monger Square, a shop hewn into the trunk of a tree which also serves as her home. She is very curt and serious, not wasting words when none have been spoken, but is also forthcoming with information and what she knows. She has an interest in magic and nature, and (like many others in Snowmeadow, presumably) would very much like the incident in the mausoleum to be resolved quickly.
Places of note:
The Fringe: Snowmeadow is a heavily walled settlement, and all entry both in and out of it is thoroughly checked and examined. Snowmeadow is by no means hostile (it's quite the opposite actually), merely protective, so all new visitors to Snowmeadow must pass through a scanning process in a special area built for such. The Fringe is the name of that area. Approval here means entry into the village, and a requirement to wear a special 'visitor badge' at all times.
Graveyard & Mausoleum: Exactly what it sounds like, and the source of an incident of note. Due to circumstances, residents of Snowmeadow were barred access to the mausoleum, and in the process of investigation, Snowmeadow itself (and the mausoleum) was placed on lockdown due to potential infiltrations from there. The graveyard itself is meticulously well-kept and has no weeds whatsoever; the mausoleum is more likely than not an ancient building, and the stones within it prevent any kind of aura sensing beyond them, having been constructed via a form of ancient alchemy. It connects to an underground cave system which leads northeast of Snowmeadow (there is an exit there which leads outside, 6 hours northeast of Snowmeadow itself), and is infested with undead creatures of many varieties.
The mausoleum has not yet been fully explored, so this part of the entry is incomplete.
Monger Square: A shop containing magic enchantments and texts, owned by Svea Stenberg. It is within a sandstone building, with many wooden furnishings strewn about – the inside looks like the interior of a tree, and its owner wears face paint to match. Svea, the proprietor, has promised Winter Lotus a discount on all wares here when the mausoleum incident has been fully resolved.
The Tilted Lantern: The inn at Snowmeadow. Despite being a very small establishment, it's extremely homely, and rather inexpensive given all of the services they offer. The food menus here are absolutely scrumptious and cycle through on a regular schedule. It is owned by Barak and Micaela Kolberg, and was the first building in the area; it became the hub of what eventually became Snowmeadow as it is known today.
(The inn was named The Agreeing Comet in Log 37, but this is probably an oversight.)


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I had taken some photos at the Lauritzen Gardens, Omaha, Nebraska, in January 2012, during an exhibit of Wicked Plants, plants could be hazardous to your health. As I was leaving the parking lot to get to the exhibit, I took a photo of some dried grasses. I really didn't know why I took it. When I got home, I almost deleted the image....but. I didn't. This is just a thought to keep in the back of your mind for later.
Step 2. My first thought was to use the blur method of sharpening the image. So, that is what I did. First I duplicated the Background layer for my second layer. I like to do this in case I make a goof along the way I can easily get back to the original image. So this image looks just the same so I won't show it here.
Step 3. Then I duplicated the image again for my third layer. I then inverted the image, Image / Adjustments / Invert, or Command / Control - I.
This is always very pretty to my eyes. And, I am tempted to do to something with it other than sharpen. But, I just sharpened. I next set this layer's Blend Mode to Vivid Light. And I get something that always startles me at first.
Then I went to Filter / Blur /Surface Blur. This opened the Surface Blur dialog. I set the Radius to 40 pixels and the Threshold to 90 levels. The clicked OK.
And this is what I now have for this layer.
Step 4. For this next layer, I wanted to make a composite of all the visible layers below it. So, with Layer 3 active, I used the keyboard shortcut, Command / Control - Option / Alt - Shift - E (I can never remember where this is in the Menu). This gave me the composite layer as Layer 4. And I now have this. Looks the same. And it should since it is a composite of what you see.
Layer 3 is no longer needed and usually can be deleted. However, for some reason I just turned its visibility OFF by clicking on its eyeball. Then I changed the composite layer to Blend Mode Soft Light and reduced its Opacity to 50%. The 100% Opacity was just a little too much for me.
And now, I have this.
That is how you sharpen an image by blurring an image. Actually, when you sharpen an image in Photoshop, you are really accentuating the edges of things. This gives the appearance of being sharper. If you have an out of focus image, it will still be out of focus. This is not a magic method to create s sharp image from an out of focus image. You still need to take your photos as sharp as possible.
Step 5. I now started looking for a nice "normal" texture to apply to the image. I have thought that one of my watercolor papers/textures could be used. If you haven't downloaded them yet, they are a FREEBIE, and you can get them by clicking here.
I had taken some photos of concrete pillars inside the building where the exhibit was with the idea of using them for textures. When I was looking at the images I saw the image of the dried grasses that I took. My mind went....What if I use that?....Naw....Why not?....So I did. Here it is. This became my next layer.
Making sure that my Move Tool was the active tool (I am not sure that you need to have the Move Tool selected for this, but that is a habit I have of making the Move tool active when I am not using another tool), I held down the Shift key and clicked on the + or - to scroll through the layer blending modes. The one I ended up liking the best was Hue and at 100% Opacity.
Really, all that shows through of the dry grasses is its coloring, or hue. I would never have expected this result. In a way it's a mistake from my original thoughts, but I call it Serendipity and I like this result, so far.
Step 6. I duplicated Layer 5, Command / Control - J, for this next layer and changed its blending mode to Divide and reduced the Opacity to 20%. Making sure that my Move Tool was the active tool, I held down the Shift key and clicked on the + or - to scroll through the layer blending modes and decided that Divide was the one I wanted to use. This gives a little of the texture of the grasses showing, especially on the leaves.
I thought that this was beautiful and was going to stop here. But....my mind kicked in and said what if you use a Gradient Map....would that give you something even nicer?
Step 7. I clicked on the button at the bottom of the Layers Panel to add an Adjustment Layer and selected Gradient Map. My Foreground / Background colors are Black /White. So, when the Gradient Map dialog opened, it showed a black to white gradient and turned the image into a black and white image. This is not what I wanted.
I clicked in the gradient and this opened the Gradient Editor.
My mind got to turning over and suggested that instead of a Solid Gradient why not try a Noise Gradient.
I clicked on the Gradient Type and selected Noise. I left Roughness at 50%. This is the noise gradient that came up when I selected noise for the type. I then clicked on Randomize. Each time you click on Randomize you get different noise gradient. I clicked Randomize a few times and got this noise gradient.
A little hint on using the Noise Gradient. Each time you click on Randomize, you get a new gradient. If you like one that comes up, you should give it a name, or use the name Custom, and click on New. This will put it up in the Presets so you can use it again. Because, if you click Randomize again you get a new gradient and you can't get back to the last one unless you made it a new or save it. Saving it will let you load it later. New puts it in the Presets, but it not saved.
After a few more clicks on Randomize, I got this noise gradient.
I clicked OK and my image looks likes this at Normal Mode and 100% Opacity.
Quite garish! But if I just reduce the Opacity to 10%, I get something very nice.
And, this is my final image using all my what if's along the way. Serendipity played a major role in what I did. Have fun with your images....try something new....try something different....let your mind wander and take you to who knows where.
Unfortunately, my mind did not stop here. I noticed that I had not deleted the unneeded layer that was used to sharpen the image, Layer 3. I turned the visibility of the layer back on by clicking where the eyeball should be. It was left in a Vivid Light mode and 100% Opacity. This is the image now when this layer is turned on.
I left it at Vivid Light but reduced Opacity to 50%.
Very nice also. Making sure that my Move Tool was the active tool, I held down the Shift key and clicked on the + or - to scroll through the layer blending modes to see what I would get. Some of them are fantastic. Here are a few examples. I kept the Opacity 50% for all these examples.
Hard Mix
Linear Burn
Soft Light
You can see that the possibilities are endless. It is difficult to select the image to use. It depends on the mood you are in, what you are trying to achieve for your image, and so many other factors that may be vying for your artistic attention. The main thing is to have fun and enjoy your creative efforts. And remember....
If you make a mistake, make it big and sign it....and, date it.
Here is what my Layers Panel looks like at the end.
I am going to try something new for me. I just finished taking the class Behind the Scenes given by Kim Klassen and Xanthe Berkeley. It was absolutely a fantastic experience. If you are interested in blogging, I highly recommend this class. Registration for the next class begins 1 August 2012. In this class, Kim showed how to do the mouse over to see a before and after of an image. So I am trying that on showing you my before original image and my after image in a mouse over.
Mouse over to see the before original image.
It seems to work.....yeah! Thank you Kim for showing how to do it.
That's a fairly long post with several little items in it that you might find of interest to add new techniques in your scrapbooking and/or blogging.
You might notice that I didn't sign it and date it.
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Last Thursday I was among 120 or so teachers who attended a Conference on English in the new Junior Cycle programme for Irish schools.
Held in Dublin Castle, a grand setting, in the grand equals historic and impressive sense not grand equals alright in the Irish sense, the NCCA hosted event was set up in the Printworks building. We were told this was appropriate because of it's former life turning out documents like postal orders and stamps, the importance of language then and for us now. It occurred to me that those long gone printing presses served the purpose of colonising Ireland with the English language that every Irish writer since Joyce seems to lament. Joyce asks, after meeting the Dean of Studies in Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man What did he come here for to teach us his own language or to learn it from us. Damn him one way or the other! I stopped myself from making the leap to the teachers in the room being the colonised and asking who were the colonisers!?
The morning session opened with a moving tribute to Seamus Heaney capped by a reading of the final very fitting verse of Clearances (even if it did have many of us googling the word coeval! Gag © @Kevincahil5)
The job of setting the tone went to Finian O'Shea of Church of Ireland College, a job he took to with gusto and had his fellow educators in the palm of his hand by the time he had to cut his slides short to fit the time allowed. Daniel Pennac's Rights of a Reader particularly struck me as both a teacher and a parent of a voracious reader.
Down to business then.
Several workshops were set up around First Year English, Poetry in English class, Assessment and Moderation, Oral English and English in the Digital Age, we each had to attend one in the morning and one after lunch. I chose assessment first and digital later.
The assessment and moderation module was heavily over subscribed as one might expect, though if the rumours were true it wasn't part of the original plan to even have a workshop on this contentious aspect of the Junior Cycle. It was a great disappointment, seeking to replicate a marking conference among each of four groups by giving us one written answer to mark after moderation. It quickly became obvious that moderating a single paper from a single student for quality purposes wasn't easy or desirable for most of the teachers in my group. This evolved into a discussion on the mechanics of replicating this assessment model in school itself and how the lack of any external moderation will mean the expected work done in a given school will probably differ widely between schools. When we were asked to draw up a list of positives and problems (or opportunities and challenges as we were asked to call them) it became obvious that all the groups had the same problems. Check out the pics I took of our notes.
In these days when teachers are voting on an offer that will change their working conditions for ever by squeezing approximately four weeks unpaid work out of them, it is difficult to see when meetings to moderate will take place, or if they do how teachers will strike a standard without reference to other schools.
As an aside the piece we were asked to mark was about a recruitment officer trying to press young men into the British army. As we sat in Dublin Castle, the former HQ of the British government in Ireland, being asked to something we had grave doubts about, the air was thick with irony.
After lunch things improved.
I signed up for the English in the digital world workshop and it was much more successful.
The ideas, possibilities and enthusiasm that followed Kevin Cahill's thought-provoking rapid-fire introduction were beyond interesting. Given the resources we'd all love in every school and taking down barriers to the use of digital resources and social media in some places, there are huge possibilities here, if technology is not just grafted on to whateverelse is being taught and is properly embedded in the classroom work. Using Showyou, twitter, Facebook mock ups, film, YouTube, google docs and many others teachers are heading out to where the kids are, and I can't say I'm against that; it's not for everyone, but the positives were heartening.
The plenary session that followed was too long, with (guess what?) the digital stuff tagged on at the end. With that, it seems, the consultation on the new English Specification was over. Two weeks into the new school year. We can only hope the NCCA takes on board the worries expressed about resources, time, workload, external moderation and changing relationships with students and parents. There is no doubt that some of the reform is welcome and needed, but how the timeframe for introduction will be met if all teachers of English are to get the CPD they deserve in exchange for the trust they have to invest to 'make it so' I don't know.
The best thing about the day was the teachers. It struck me on the train home how rare it is to get 100+ teachers in a room talking about relevant stuff like this, and, to be fair to the NCCA, where they're allowed to be as positive or negative as they wish. I liked the set up, I liked the setting, the people were great, but some of the aspirations send shivers down my spine!
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In keeping with the theme from my last post (which was in August... oops), I have been focusing on recipes that require very few ingredients and simple techniques- without sacrificing any flavor. Being that we are in the height of apple season, I ran out to the market this morning and picked up the freshest organic fruit I could find to make these easy yet delicious Apple Cranberry Crisps.
Ready in a mere 45 minutes and relatively healthy (until the ice cream gets placed on top, yum), these Apple Cranberry Crisps are a perfect five-spoonful treat for a Sunday evening curled up on the couch.
Apple Cranberry Crisp
adapted from here
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup dark brown sugar (packed)
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
dash salt
5 tablespoons unsalted butter (at room temperature)
1/2 cup chopped pecans
4 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and cut into 1/2 inch diced pieces
1 cup fresh (or frozen) cranberries
1/2 cup sugar
zest and juice of 1 orange
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease a 8 inch pan or six 5 ounce ramekins and set aside.
2. For the topping, combine butter, flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt in a bowl. Mash ingredients together well with hands until the mixture becomes crumbly. Add in pecans and set aside.
3. Toss apples, cranberries, sugar, zest and juice together in a bowl. Spoon the mixture into the prepared pan(s). Sprinkle topping evenly over the fruit. Bake until bubbly and the apples and cranberries are tender (about 30 minutes).
4. Let the crisp cool slightly. Serve warm with a scoop of ice cream on top.


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Murder Most Preventable
Could the rape and murder of Kristine Gable been avoided? At first glance, the story sounds like something out of the first ten minutes of CSI: a swimming competition is going on at a Sugarhouse Boys and Girls club, leaving Fairmount Park overrun with adolescent competitors and their families. Three hundred yards away, in a public restroom, the mutilated body of a local woman is found. Suddenly, and without warning, the raucous activities of the day are invaded by a macabre, brutal scene that existed previously only in the minds of horror's most twisted contributors. Salt Lake City Police were notified on December 18, 2010 of suspicious circumstances at the aforementioned public restroom. Officers were already present at the park providing crowd control for the swim meet, and responded to the scene at around 2:40 PM. Inside the restroom was the body of a transient woman, Kristine Marie Gabel, 45. Paramedics were called to declare the woman deceased, and found a grisly image they won't soon forget. Gable had been raped, strangled, and disemboweled by Michael David Vara, a local family man who had relocated to Salt Lake just two years prior to the incident. Vara is also the prime suspect in another rape that happened four days previously at Pioneer Park, also to a transient female. As of today, Vara is being held on charges of rape with...Read More


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Hi, guys! Lately we've been thinking about posting our first book recommendation. Since school is starting where we live, we couldn't think of a better time! This week, we're readying "Say What You Will" by Cammie McGovern. It's an extremely sweet book, that allows it's reader to see the world from a different point of view. It's very interesting, because the book shows the truth behind lies.. It makes more sense once you read the book.. Before you rush to the nearest bookstore or library, we thought that you might wanna know what it's about, so we attached a picture below. No copyright intended. All credit goes to the author, editor, publisher, as anyone else who was involved in the process of creating this book.
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Absolom Islands, Creek Indian
Does anyone have information about Absolom Islands who was listed on the "1832 Creek Nation, Alabama census, Persons with surnames."There also was a James Islands who was a half-blood. I am researching the Eilands who came from Jones County, GA, and am wondering if there is a family connection. A Revolutionary War soldier (and my ancestor) from Georgia was named Absolom Eiland.Thank you.


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October 5, 1993
MELISSA ROBERTSON, Plaintiff,
THE CENTRAL JERSEY BANK & TRUST COMPANY, et al., Defendants.
The opinion of the court was delivered by: WOLFSON
Presently before the Court is the motion of defendant, Central Jersey Bank & Trust Co. ("Central Jersey"), seeking to compel the deposition of Kerry E. Higgins, Esq. ("Ms. Higgins"). Having considered the moving, opposition, and reply papers, and the oral arguments of counsel, the Court finds, for the reasons set forth below, that defendant's motion shall be granted.
Defendant, Central Jersey, was the executor and trustee of the Estate of Irene Lockwood Robertson ("the decedent"). While decedent had bequeathed a life interest in the Estate to her husband, she also named her granddaughter, the plaintiff Melissa Robertson, as a residuary beneficiary of the Estate.
The property was to be held in trust for her by Central Jersey until she reached the age of twenty-five years. The trust was created on January 23, 1984, and the most significant assets in the trust included shares of stock in Central Jersey, other miscellaneous stock, and a parcel of real property located at 62 Harvard Road in Fairhaven, New Jersey.
On or about February 29, 1988, Central Jersey had concluded the administration and management of the Estate and filed a complaint in action for settlement in the Probate Court of the State of New Jersey.
Since plaintiff was still a minor at the time, the court appointed Ms. Higgins guardian ad litem to represent plaintiff's residuary interests in the Estate.
As guardian ad litem, Ms. Higgins prepared a "report of counsel" for the Probate Court which addressed the significant transactions undertaken by Central Jersey during the administration of the Estate and identified the assets which comprised the corpus of the trust. Included in the report was a discussion concerning the propriety of certain decisions made by Central Jersey, including those regarding sale of the 62 Harvard Road property as well as the sales of Central Jersey Bank stock. According to the report, in June of 1988, Ms. Higgins met with the plaintiff's parents, Mr. & Mrs. Robertson, to review the accountings of the Estate. The parents had questioned both the stock and real estate transactions, expressing "extreme dissatisfaction" with Central Jersey's performance as trustee of the Estate.
In defending against the present action, Central Jersey now seeks to compel the deposition of Ms. Higgins. Central Jersey argues that the communications between Ms. Higgins and plaintiff's parents are relevant to the claims and defenses in this action. specifically, defendant claims that the Robertsons' objection to the sale of Central Jersey stock in 1988 is inconsistent with the plaintiff's present claim that Central Jersey breached a fiduciary duty to the plaintiff by failing to diversify the stock holdings which comprised the trust.
Indeed, defendant believes that the deposition of Ms. Higgins may reveal that the plaintiff, through her parents, had consented to the retention of Central Jersey's stock.
Plaintiff does not dispute the relevancy of this information but argues that the attorney-client privilege protects these communications from discovery. Because Ms. Higgins is concerned that her deposition testimony might run afoul of the privilege, she has refused to be deposed. Thus, the issue before the Court is whether communications between a guardian ad litem and a minor's parents are protected by the attorney-client privilege. This Court holds that they are not.
When jurisdiction is based on diversity, Rule 501 of the Federal Rules of Evidence requires this Court to examine state law in deciding questions of privilege. See United Coal Co. v. Powell Constr. Co., 839 F.2d 958, 965 (3rd Cir. 1988). Therefore, while New Jersey state and federal courts both recognize that the policy behind the privilege is to promote "full and frank communications between attorneys and their clients", United Jersey Bank v. Wolosoff, 196 N.J. Super. 553, 561, 483 A.2d 821 (App. Div. 1984) (quoting Upjohn Co. v. United States, 449 U.S. 383, 389, 66 L. Ed. 2d 584, 101 S. Ct. 677 (1981)); See also In re Environmental Ins. Declaratory Judgment Actions, 259 N.J. Super. 308, 313, 612 A.2d 1338 (App. Div. 1992), the application of the attorney-client privilege in this case will be determined by New Jersey law.
In New Jersey, the attorney-client privilege is well established and vigorously protected. See In the Matter of Nackson, 114 N.J. 527, 531-32, 555 A.2d 1101 (1989); State v. Sanders, 260 N.J. Super. 491, 497, 616 A.2d 1345 (App. Div. 1992); see also N.J. Evid. R. 26; N.J.S.A. 2A:84A-20. Nevertheless, the attorney-client privilege is not absolute and it is to be strictly limited to the purposes for which it exists. See Hansen v. Janitschek, 31 N.J. 545, 158 A.2d 329 (1960); State v. Humphreys, 89 N.J. Super. 322, 325, 215 A.2d 32 (App. Div. 1965); see also Dry Branch Kaolin Co. v. Doe, 263 N.J. Super. 325, 330, 622 A.2d 1320 (App. Div. 1993). This is so because the attorney-client privilege advances secrecy and "runs counter to the fundamental theory of our judicial system that the fullest disclosure of the facts will best lead to the truth." In re Selser, 15 N.J. 393, 405, 105 A.2d 395 (1954); see also Longo v. American Policyholders' Ins. Co., 181 N.J. Super. 87, 85-90, 436 A.2d 577 (Law Div. 1981).
To be protected by the attorney-client privilege, the communication between attorney and client must be made "in professional confidence". See N.J. Evid. R. 26; Coyle v. Estate of Simon, 247 N.J. Super. 277, 282, 588 A.2d 1293 (App. Div. 1991). Thus, the shield of secrecy is raised only with respect to "confidential communications made within the context of the strict relation of attorney and client." Coyle, 247 N.J. Super. at 282. Therefore, the privilege will not extend to communications where the attorney is acting in a capacity other than as counsel. See Metalsalts Corp. v. Weiss, 76 N.J. Super. 291, 299, 184 A.2d 435 (Ch. Div. 1962) (privilege denied where attorney acted as investigator); Newark Bd. of Ed. v. Newark Teachers Union Local 481, AFT, AFL-CIO, 152 N.J. Super. 51, 62-63, 377 A.2d 765 (App. Div. 1977) (privilege did not protect notes prepared by an attorney serving as a negotiating representative in a labor dispute); see also Leonen v. Johns-Manville, 135 F.R.D. 94, 98-99 (D.N.J. 1990) (privilege did not protect the communications with in-house counsel relating to business rather than legal matters). Moreover, a communication between an attorney and client will not be privileged if the communication was made with the understanding that it would be imparted to third parties. See United States v. Merrell, 303 F. Supp. 490, 492-93 (N.D.N.Y. 1969); see also Coyle, 247 N.J. Super. at 282.
Because Ms. Higgins, a lawyer, was appointed by the court as Melissa Robertson's guardian ad litem, rather than as her legal counsel, this case does not involve a typical attorney-client relationship. New Jersey has not yet addressed whether the attorney-client privilege should attach to the communications of a guardian ad litem, and few other jurisdictions have had the ...
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At 8am Beth, still dozing on her day off was aware that it was still fairly dark outside. Eddie's car had been parked on the curb outside their house as there was no garage. She quickly became aware that he was no longer slumbering next to her and putting on Eddie's dressing gown (it was far warmer than hers) and went to find him. She found Eddie outside gawping at the car. The paint-work had been completely scratched off on the right hand side.
"Oh god what a mess!" Beth exclaimed, she continued "Is it ensured?" Eddie nodded "Yeah, the person who did it didn't even have the decency to leave their contact details though" He shook his head, clearly annoyed "I'll have to get it sorted today some point after work! what a pain!" Beth put her hand upon his shoulder "could be worse at least you weren't in it at the time!" Eddie nodded and smiled still looking slightly disappointed. "Don't worry it's just a car! I think you need cheering up" Beth stated "Should we go out for dinner tonight? we can do drinks after?" Eddie nodded once more "That sounds lovely"
They left the house at 7pm that evening, it was just starting to darken outside. They approached the Chinese restaurant. The atmosphere inside was friendly with excellent food service, seemingly ideal. Beth and Eddie were oblivious to the fact that they were being watched once more, as Mike sat just a few tables across from them in the quirky restaurant. He appeared to be texting. In reality he was sneakily taking photos of them together, closely watching their every move. After the meal was finished they decided to have a couple of drinks to follow in the bar a few doors down. Beth appeared to be slightly tipsy, Eddie offered her his arm which she took gladly. On arriving Beth decided to stick to wine and ordered a sparkling white wine and spritzer. Mike was not far behind them and entered the building. Enclosed in his hand was a packet containing a white substance in powder form. He tipped it into Eddie's glass, the powder fizzed and dissolved rapidly and as quick as a flash Mike exited. Beth took a long glug of what she thought was her drink. They continued their conversation.
"Woah Eddie have you drunk all of yours already? Jeez that was quick!" Eddie laughed "Beth I'll think you'll find that you were drinking out of my glass. I haven't touched mine yet!" Beth blushed "Whoops! sorry!" she slurred. He shook his head at her and laughed! "Not to worry I've had enough now, but Beth please don't drink too much more, your eyes are starting to look very spaced out!" They continued to chat but it was not long before Beth's head began to swim .
"Eddie I feel really strange" she exclaimed and staggered on the spot slightly. Eddie helped her up gently and took her outside to get some fresh air. She slumped to the floor crying hysterically. "Oh god Beth! what's wrong?! we need to get you home." The house was a very short distance from the bar, Eddie carried Beth the whole way. Almost as soon as they were through the door Beth stated that she was going to be sick, they made it to the bathroom. Eddie held back her long hair as she began to vomit uncontrollably. For over an hour they sat there, Beth felt incredibly nauseous although, she did not vomit again. Eddie stayed in vigil by Beth's side. She started to shake, Eddie ran and fetched a cardigan helping her put it on. It was when Beth became very disoriented and confused that Eddie's concerns grew. He quickly dialled 999. Eddie felt physically sick he was supposed to be the one taking care of Beth and he'd let this happen. Once in hospital the staff worked quickly to get the drugs out of her system, Eddie refused to leave her side. After a couple of hours Beth seemed more alert. As she opened her eyes and looked over to her left side, there sat Eddie with tear filled eyes. His cheeks were puffy, like he'd been crying for a while. What on earth just happened to me? Beth thought. On seeing her open her eyes Eddie breathed a huge sigh of relief "Oh thank god!!" Beth looked really puzzled and held Eddie's hand. "Erm what on earth happened to me last night?!" Eddie's face grew pale. She hadn't seen him like this since she confessed all about her past.
"The A&E staff said you were spiked" he muttered. Beth's eyes widened "Oh god!! how on earth didn't we see the person doing it? Who would do that! " Eddie paused "Someone with no conscience. I feel partly responsible." He sighed. Beth held his hand. "No I don't blame you, not one bit." Beth was discharged from hospital a few hours later when the drug had been fully removed from her system. She felt drained of all energy. Eddie carried her upstairs and helped her into bed. She desperately wanted a shower but didn't have the strength.
Neither of them knew that Harrison was to blame and that his plan had backfired. The drug was meant for Eddie, Harrison wanted him off the scene. He would get Beth back. More misfortune was yet to befall them…………..
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The Principal and staff team are deeply committed to the new academy's transformation and future, and are looking to create a vision for success, a culture of academic achievement and a nurturing environment in which students can thrive. A Church of England school whose only admission criteria is on distance, we welcome students of all faiths and none and we expect all members of staff to support and uphold the moral ethos of our academy.
We are seeking to recruit a confident, positive and self-motivated individual as Deputy Pastoral Director. Working with pupils, this an important role to support the Pastoral Director in creating and embedding a culture that enables all pupils into maximise their achievements across the spectrum of school life, as well as ensure that the highest level of pastoral care is provided to every student.
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Quiet Lull
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The last few days have been quiet with no grazing moves of the flock since they are grazing on an entire quarter section of land.
The stock dogs and I are enjoying work time on the small band of training sheep held near the yard.
The guardian pups Lily and Pippa continue to hash out their disagreements on a regular basis. The tides have turned on their relationship and it appears that Pippa is now calling the shots.
New fencing material is on its way to us and once it arrives the days will be consumed with fencing. Until then I'm taking advantage of the quiet times to enjoy the dogs, do some writing and dive into some artwork.


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A quite amusing little article has been unearthed in the Opinion Section of the Wall Street Journal. Apparently, we atheists, what with our War on Christmas and all, are responsible for the current financial meltdown. From the article:
What really went missing through the subprime mortgage years were the three Rs: responsibility, restraint and remorse. They are the ballast that stabilizes two better-known Rs from the world of free markets: risk and reward.
Responsibility and restraint are moral sentiments. Remorse is a product of conscience. None of these grow on trees. Each must be learned, taught, passed down. And so we come back to the disappearance of "Merry Christmas."
It has been my view that the steady secularizing and insistent effort at dereligioning America has been dangerous. That danger flashed red in the fall into subprime personal behavior by borrowers and bankers, who after all are just people. Northerners and atheists who vilify Southern evangelicals are throwing out nurturers of useful virtue with the bathwater of obnoxious political opinions.
The point for a healthy society of commerce and politics is not that religion saves, but that it keeps most of the players inside the chalk lines. We are erasing the chalk lines.
The pseudo-reality in which Henninger seems to live seems like a scary place. Without God there to draw in the chalk lines, people just go all willy-nilly, no personal responsibility, no sense of morals, cut the brakes, no restraints in place! If the only thing keeping Henninger from a murderous rampage and defaulting on his loan payments is his belief in God, I'd be worried. When my wife and I bought our house, we made sure we had adequate down payment and would be able to meet the monthly payments. It was that strong faith in God I have that made me able to behave in a responsible fashion. Oh wait, I'm an atheist. In China, there is a strong cultural attitude towards saving money and not spending beyond your means. It must be that strong Christian heritage in China. Wait just a minute.
I'm also quite curious what are these useful virtues that Southern evangelicals are espousing? Was it the divisive attacks against atheists by Elizabeth Dole? Is it the perennial attempts to undermine science education by including creationist nonsense? Is it allowing business interests to overrun the environment?
It strikes me that the deregulation that helped fuel this mess was brought on in part by politicians from both sides of the aisle, who by the way, are declared Christians (one of whom said Jesus was his favorite philosopher). Since the majority of Americans are Christians, it also stands to reason that the many of the people who took out these subprime loans were also Christians. It also stands to reason that many of the bankers and financiers writing the horribly complex investment products containing the bad loans are also Christian. I don't say though that their Christian beliefs caused them to behave in an irresponsible manner (indeed, there are many home buyers who were not aware that they were getting into bad loans). I don't recall the Bible saying anything about hedge funds. It was simple human greed. A fairly well known trait that has been around since homo sapiens first evolved and probably even before that.
That's the reason for government regulation. To help keep the playing field level for competing companies and to keep the chalk lines drawn. Critical thinking is also a necessary component for a well functioning society. At the time many of these bad loans were going through, housing prices were going up. Not a good assumption, but many blithely assumed this trend would continue. Better regulation that kept up with the latest financial instruments would have kept such gambling in check.
Oh yes, it's still too early for it, in my opinion, but Merry Christmas! We'll be putting up a Christmas tree again this year, visit family, and generally have a great time celebrating Newton's birthday.