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For those of you reading this, I know that I don't have to relate the horrific events that took place in Paris last week. The deaths of eight journalists working for Charlie Hebdo magazine, as well as six bystanders and three police officers who gave their lives defending them, are the tragic result of an abhorrent act of terror perpetrated by radical Islamists who have been rightly and universally condemned by free people all over the world. As I have written before, all human life is sacred and those who deprive innocent people of that most fundamental human right are perpetrators of the lowest evil.
The negative response to the Charlie Hebdo attacks has taken on a variety of forms, from traditional missives from those on the right about the inherent danger and violence of Islam to those on the Left who have upheld the slain journalists as martyrs of free expression. Some, such as noted religion-basher Bill Maher, have not hesitated to use this tragedy as a springboard for renewed attacks on religious fundamentalism. One particular response that has grabbed my attention, however, is that of a subset of leftists who have chosen to condemn the attacks without explicitly endorsing Charlie Hebdo's particular brand of satire. This, on its face, is perfectly reasonable, as Charlie Hebdo's editorial cartoons are hardly tasteful and often cross the line from off-color comedy to blatant mockery. Their tone is notoriously antireligious, usually displaying subversive imagery of Christian, Jewish, or Muslim figures.
But that is precisely why I have been baffled by the decision of many liberals to object to these cartoons. Isn't that attitude of mockery toward religion exactly what today's Left stands for, particularly those in the United States? From the most ordinary picket-line participant all the way up to our nation's president, the pervasive attitude is to look down on those ignorant country bumpkins who "cling to their guns and religion." And yet, we now have people like Remy Maisel at Politico Magazine, who says that the humor perpetrated by Charlie Hebdo is not real satire, but "pseudo-satire" because it "lacks focused intent." Maisel holds up institutions like The Colbert Report and The Daily Show as paragons of "true satire" because they are brave enough to do things like "highlight the relative ineffectiveness of Republicans at engaging with voters through social media" or reacting to 2013's government shutdown by exposing "both the ridiculousness of the situation and the ways in which it would affect average citizens, with the added bonus of being funny."
But Charlie Hebdo, he says, isn't in the same league as those Comedy Central shows because "[t]here's just nothing brave about secular white men mocking everybody else." Ah, yes. Here we see the true heart of this peculiar argument—the real reason why most of the Left refuses to defend Charlie Hebdo. Satire may be funny when you are making fun of the Left's enemies, particularly Republicans in Congress. But if the humor stems from white people (the Left's undisputed universal bogeymen) making fun of other people, then it's not funny at all. It is, at best, distasteful (when it comes to making fun of Christians, who are predominantly white) and, at worst, downright bigoted (when it involves Jews and, especially, Muslims). Silly me. I should have known that the one thing that trumps all other lines of argument, even the sanctity of free speech, is race.
Don't be fooled. These leftists aren't condemning Charlie Hebdo because of their general antireligious sentiment, even as they attempt to couch their criticisms in defense of "everybody." No, they are peeved because this silly French magazine decided to go after Muslims, who are a sizable minority in France. And once you've achieved minority status, as far as the Left is concerned, you can do no wrong. Now, let me go ahead and say that liberals are correct in saying that we shouldn't conflate radical Islamic terrorists with the vast majority of Muslims who live in peace around the globe. And we certainly shouldn't use attacks like the one in Paris as an excuse to further mistreat religious minorities in Europe and beyond.
But that's about as much slack as I will give those blatant hypocrites. Just imagine if Charlie Hebdo only ever slandered Christians and was attacked by a band of deranged evangelists. No excuses would be made for the attackers then. But then again, that's kind of hard to imagine, isn't it? You don't often see even the most fundamentalist Christian legislators in the United States rallying to chants of "Death to blasphemers!" Apparently, such things happen in Pakistan. Mind you, that's the same country where a Christian woman is currently on death row for insulting Muhammad during an argument over whether or not she could touch a bowl of water. And let's not forget Raif Badawi, a liberal reformer in Saudi Arabia who has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes for "insulting Islam." The ugly truth is that, while the vast majority of the world's Muslims are not terrorists, many of them live in oppressive theocracies that enforce intolerance and bigotry as the law. That is not something the Left wants to talk about. Just ask Ayaan Hirsi Ali, one of the world's leading feminist critics of Islam, who was barred from receiving an honorary degree from Brandeis University, one of our nation's bastions of liberal academia, just last year.
It seems to be a universal truth that the Left won't defend white people, even if the people in question practice exactly what the liberals themselves preach. I never thought I'd say this, but I actually admire Bill Maher for having the intellectual honesty to stick with his guns (bad word choice, I know) on this one. He's an equal opportunity offender, going after every religion with equal disdain. He, and many like him, simply believe that religion in the root of many of the world's greatest ills. That's a perfectly valid point to make, but the Left ought to know that if a discussion to that effect is to be had, it would be downright obtuse not to include Islam in that conversation.


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Spent some time planning the next EASF with Suzi. I really don't have time to be doing EASF, on the other hand it's something that I enjoy greatly.
Did some study. It didn't go well.
I gave my dad a book, a card and some sweets for Father's Day. He seemed very pleased.
Sunday, June 18, 2006
Father's Day
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More days than not, I end up capturing upwards of 200 images that inspire, delight, or speak to me in some way. Every now and then, however, I find myself transfixed by an image. It's rarely the most aesthetically pleasing shot. Usually, there's just something about it that has some pull on me and sparks an inner recognition of some sort. So I sit with the image and contemplate what it has to say and what feelings or thoughts it evokes, and then consider how the insights that arise might be relevant to my life.
Yesterday, on the spur of the moment, I spent the afternoon at the New England Peace Pagoda in Western Massachusetts. I hadn't heard of it prior to yesterday morning but felt immediately compelled to visit. Apparently, it is one of only four peace pagodas in the United States.
One detail I was thrilled to find on the grounds was a pond with both white and pink water lilies. I have been longing to see pink water lilies! I took many pictures of the pond, with countless prayer flags flapping overhead.
Here is the image I have been sitting with today:
The way the water lily is illuminated with sunlight seems so ethereal, and the colorful reflection of the prayer flags adds to the overall impact.
The flower is enchanting.
But it's not real. It is an illusion. A reflection.
I rotated the image so it's upside down.
I think of how skewed the reflections are when the water is rippled or turbulent. If we can allow our mind to settle until it becomes like still water, we can perceive with greater clarity.
But another way to read the water lily image is to consider how we project stuff (thoughts, beliefs, desires, fears, etc.) onto reality and then mistake the projections for reality. We add our own inner content and conditioning to the bare "is-ness" of the moment and fall under the spell of our own projections.
In other words, the thoughts we think, the sights we see, the conclusions we draw, and the beliefs and opinions we hold are products of our perception of reality, not reality itself.
Oh, how we complicate reality! The image reminds me to return to bare presence and keep the mental commentary in check. Become aware of it. Allow it to settle and become still, quiet. Don't believe all the thoughts you think!
When I showed my teenage son this image and asked him if he thought it looked real, he said yes – at first. But he had seen the original (non-rotated) image last night and explained that there are certain clues you can key in on and realize it doesn't quite make sense when it's turned upside-down. For instance, the flower appears to be floating.
And that adds another layer of meaning – a reminder to pay close attention to details that suggest that what you are perceiving to be real isn't so. Avoid the temptation to pull the wool over your eyes and believe in the illusion simply because it's so alluring, and you want to believe it's real.
Anyhow, those are some thoughts that came to mind when I sat with and "read" the water lily photo. It's an interesting exercise to try with a photo or painting that reaches out and invites you to lean in and go deeper.
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Peterson Aran XL02
Another of my more eccentric pursuits (by today's standards) is relaxing on the patio with a tobacco pipe. I have been an occasional pipe smoker for the past twenty years. What that means is weeks, months and even years elapse between my smoking sessions. I bought my first pipe from a tobacconist and have always liked procuring my blends from a brick and mortar tobacconist's shop.
First a little history. I smoked cigarettes for a few years in high school and while in the military. I gave them up for three reasons. I had recently met a nice girl who would become my wife and she was not keen on the habit. The second reason is kind of humorous now looking back at it. While in the Air Force I had shifted my focus away from running and began to do more cycling. Running was starting to bother my knees. After a 5K road race one day I decided that was it and I never ran again except for occasional physical fitness activities required by the military. From that point on I began riding more and more. Rail trails, road rides and of course mountain biking as I was stationed in eastern Washington State on the edge of the Rocky Mountains. Stopping in the middle of a bike ride for a smoke break is rather counter-productive. In time my lungs cleaned out and I noticed that my ability to ride my bike improved dramatically. The resulting performance boost realized so quickly made it easy to give them up for good. Thirdly and most obviously cigarettes really are vile!
Perhaps the most insidious nicotine demon I had to wrestle from my back and cast aside was the smokeless kind. I believe my use of smokeless tobacco started around junior high and continued for many years. The high school I attended was a rural school. Lots of farm boys and Skoal rings worn into the back pocket of Levi's. Smokeless really facilitated covert use, sneaking around teachers and coach, granted once you learned to swallow the juice. Later in the Air Force while working on jet planes a pinch of Skoal or Copenhagen would hit the spot. Cigarettes simply have no place around jet fuel! I tried many times to quit over a five year period and finally put this most disgusting method of delivery behind me about eight years ago.
I am well aware of the health risks involved with the use of tobacco. My wife has been a respiratory Therapist for fourteen years. Her specialty is the lungs. Believe me I have heard many stories about COPD (Cardiopulmonary Disease), Ventilators and breathing treatments. Imagine spending your last days as an invalid with a machine breathing for you and daily removal of accumulated brown mucous via a suction catheter down the old windpipe. That is if the cancer doesn't get you first. If you smoke cigarettes you really should quit. That said I am also a staunch supporter of freedom of choice so smoke 'em if you got em and I won't look down on anyone who does.
Over the past few years I have noticed that I can put the pipe down for weeks or months at time. For this reason I don't feel guilty about rewarding myself with a relaxing and contemplative smoke once in a while. I think about the day or just stare up at the stars above and ponder nothing at all while savoring the sweet aromatic scent of my pipe. I take care not to inhale any of the smoke. Just little puffs to keep the ember burning. So after a six month period of not a single smoke I realized my little bit of old tobacco had gone dry and I should probably purchase some fresh. Might as well a new pipe too. My old pipe is a fine briar I have had for about ten years. I made it myself from a block of Italian briar. I'll discuss that pipe later.
My new pipe is a great Peterson from Dublin Ireland. This bent pipe has a matte finish on the large bowl that looks great and smokes cool. The band is polished nickel. The tobacco tin was vacuum packed and very fresh when I opened it. Sunset Breeze is a made for Peterson blend of Virginia, Burley and Black Cavendish. The yellow and brown leaf is the virginia and burley and the black well you get it. This tobacco smells great.
Pipes can be made from a corncob or be fine piece of art as unique and colorful as the owner who smokes it. Like the cigar popularity growth in the 1990's there is a small group of younger men and women who are taking on the old tradition of the pipe. Just remember as with everything in life moderation is the key.
Pipes can be made from a corncob or be fine piece of art as unique and colorful as the owner who smokes it. Like the cigar popularity growth in the 1990's there is a small group of younger men and women who are taking on the old tradition of the pipe. Just remember as with everything in life moderation is the key.


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Skip to comments.Banks cater to expanding Muslim population
Posted on 01/23/2006 11:41:28 AM PST by JZelle
A financial firm plans to open an office in Fairfax County in early March to sell mutual funds to the Washington area's Muslims, joining banks and investment houses that find the growing U.S. Islamic population can no longer be ignored. Saturna Capital Corp. plans to sell its Amana mutual funds to the Washington area's approximately 200,000 Muslims who want to avoid violating Islamic law with their investments.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Muslim banking is interesting. They believe charging interest is wrong. Instead, they share the risk of the entrepreneur by providing a loan and instead of interest, they take profit sharing in the business they help fund.
Unresolved under Internal Revenue Service rules is whether Muslim taxpayers can claim an interest deduction on their homes or businesses when they are not paying interest.
Huh? Just how do get one but not the other?
In Ann Arbor, Mich., a bank that has offered special services for Muslims for two years recently formed a subsidiary specifically for them.
And just how does a bank get to do this? Does an infidel have the same access? Can banks now have "special services" only for Christians?
Do Christians have special banking needs?
And just how does a bank get to do this?
Umm, because this is America and people can still open a business that caters to the specific needs of its customers. This is still America, land of the free, despite many FReepers "No Muslims Allowed" philosophy.
Funny I thought Muslims did not allow interest.
I've heard about all the hoops they jump through to pretend that the financial arrangement they use to get money from a bank to buy a house isn't a mortgage with interest. I suppose that if it is complicated enough, Allah's accountants won't be able to figure it out and it isn't a sin. < /sarcasm>
The Feds might have something to say about that:
§ 338.3 Nondiscriminatory advertising.
(a) Any bank which directly or through third parties engages in any form of advertising of any loan for the purpose of purchasing, constructing, improving, repairing, or maintaining a dwelling or any loan secured by a dwelling shall prominently indicate in such advertisement, in a manner appropriate to the advertising medium and format utilized, that the bank makes such loans without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, handicap, or familial status.
And ETC. for all whole host of other nondiscrimination laws...
They often get around it through wordplay; they'll pay interest but call it a "fee" or "rent", etc. That's how it works for some banks in Britain, anyway, which was the first Western country to really institute "Islamic" banking.
Nobody's saying Christians won't be served. But the bank is probably in a 100% Muslim district, so the tellers, etc., will try and be as "Islamic" as possible. It's no different than banks that are proud to speak Spanish.
I.E. its still interest, just using a different name and playing games.
Any serious muslim cleric would see this for what it is.
Just because you call something by another name, and spin it like a wheel, does not make it so.
Actually, it is open to everyone. So if you want a Muslim-style mortgage (ie, bank being the owner, you paying rent-to-own monthly payments) I'm sure they'll give you one.
Bank still makes profit, so whatever they wanna call it, it's "interest" in some form or other. There's a return on capital involved one way or the other.
Unless I don't understand this and only time bank gets paid (ie, makes profit) is when the house is sold for higher value.
Lovely. So instead of a loan, you get equity financing ? And everything that entails, such as, sharing in control of the business, etc ? What if don't want a partner ? Guess I'm out of luck.
Or "damages." You have to pay the debt RIGHT NOW, and if you don't you have to pay "damages" to the creditor. Lots of ways around this.
No truer words were ever spoken...
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|What's happening??? (archive)
Posted by Fred Kern on September 27, 1998 at 09:12:52:
In Reply to: "Take good care of my baby. . ." posted by Sheila Michael Ford on September 27, 1998 at 01:13:28:
What is with this rash of bad luck everyone seems to be having?
Best wishes for a sppedy and high-quality recovery -- have you thought about the Hamann functional brake ducts I am adding when I get mine back?
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I've fuzzy cut loads from the "Forest" collection witch is a beautiful nature collection with loads of mushrooms and berries.
I added chipboards from the "Birds of Paradise" collection, and some other beautiful embellishments from scrapberrys :) Everything is painted ligtly with gesso.
These are the products I've used on my project:
Thank you so much for stopping by us here today! :D


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Yesterday was an amazing day. The weather was beyond gorgeous, and I spent all day with one of my best friends (who I somehow did not get a picture with! Bad!)
Carmen came over at noon for homemade pizza and pasta salad. We made several pizzas, but my favorite was our Mediterranean version, equipped with feta cheese, peppers, tomatos, artichoke hearts, and a pesto sauce. It was amazing. Of course I ate way too much (meaning I have no leftover pizza). I also made a super easy pasta salad, with whole wheat pasta, tomatoes, cucumbers, peas, cheese, and Italian seasoning dressing. I brought some for my lunch today.
Hubby and I are still going through everything, throwing things out that we do not need. I absolutely love putting together donations for goodwill, as well as throwing out things that I don't use anymore. We had a huge purge Sunday morning and got rid of a lot of junk. It feels so good to have extra space after getting rid of stuff!
I'm at work now, and hoping the last half of my shift passes quickly. I have 9 shifts left! Time is flying. Have a great week! I'm hoping for lots of sunshine and productivity this week!


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Hey all! Decided to share a fun NOTD with you all =)
So my youngest daughter decided she wanted to paint her own nails instead of having me paint them today, so I told her go ahead and pick out the color or colors she wants from my nail polish drawer. She picked sugar sugar by sinful colors and Free fall by pure ice.
And this is how she did:
I say pretty good for a 6 year old =)
She was very proud and is turning into my little beauty monster! She loves getting into my makeup and nail polish drawers to play and to try to get stuff from me. She is always asking if I really need something because she wants it and really needs it! haha
Well I hope you all enjoyed a different take on the NOTD!
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Monday, October 02, 2006
We're Doing Categories Today Folks
Thank you so much to every person who sent me emails and messages wishing me a Happy Birthday; it truly did brighten my day!
It started out very tough. Mateo and I made the mistake of laying in bed and cuddling in the morning before he left. It just made us both dwell on him leaving and be kinda sad. Note for the future is to get up and get out.
However, I ended up going shopping and out to dinner again to my favorite place with a good friend of mine. What a Godsend because I could have seen myself moping around for the whole day. On Friday night before my birthday I went out to dinner with my bro, his girlfriend, my BIL & his girlfriend, Jere (my friend) and the in-laws to Pauli Moto's, this cute Asian Bistro; if you've ever watched Iron Chef it is owned by Chef Morimoto. It was really delicious. I had lettuce wraps and chicken breast, and veggies. :-)
Diet & Exercise:
I saw Dave today and my stats were alright. My bodyfat is down 3% which is good but I'm still a long ways away from where I need to be. Hopefully this won't take me forever to get over emotionally. I asked Dave to be straight up with me; "At the rate my body is changing do you believe I'll be ready for the show in 7 weeks? Should I spend the cash on ordering my suits?"
He said that a lot of change can happen in 7 weeks so don't stress myself out.
Nevertheless, I am proud of myself. I've really stuck to this and committed to being hardcore in the gym. I see little changes in my body or how my clothes are fitting every week, I would even say daily.
My morning runs have been invigorating and have become a very important part of my life. I've found that it has become a really awesome time of prayer for me. It all started with me praying, "Lord, help me! I don't know if I'ma make it back!" or "Lord, please protect me, you know you hear about those women being pulled into the woods all the time," to me praying for my friends, family, my hubby, change in myself, change in my community, etc etc. It's just such a good time. BTW, I'm taking prayer request if you have any….
Knitting :
Finally finished the freaking MIL socks! I'm happy with my first pair of hand knitted socks; let's hope that my mother in law really appreciates and likes the gift. I mean sentimentally she will have the FIRST pair of hand knitted socks I ever made, that's special…it's like the macaroni necklace you keep from your kids when they're little even though you know it's butt ugly (well my socks r cute of course but y'all know what I mean).
I started knitting the first Neka bag. I decided I could knit the middle sized bag out of wool and felt them instead of using cotton. This is Manos Del Uruguay 100% wool. I picked this yarn out when I first started knitting when I knew absolutely nothing about yarn quality, gauge, animals, etc. I just really liked the colors and the texture- now that I know what it is I'm feeling like I might naturally have really good taste. Lol. This should be really cool right? We'll see.
So, to sum it up here's what's on my needles as of today
1. Entreloc scarf
2. 2nd pair of mary janes
3. 1st Neka bag
4. 1 of 12 more dishcloths (4 sets of 3)
NOTE: MIL socks and Manos pics won't upload right now:-(
Heart Matters:
It's so weird being in an empty house and it's weird sleeping alone- though I must admit it feels great to sprawl out over the whole entire mattress (when I can actually sleep) and use both good pillows :-)!
We have the most awesome bed, mattresses, pillows, and comforter set. We (I) took great care in picking out the bedroom accessories and to my hubby's benefit did a great job. We are always either racing to bed to either grab our favorites before the other can or we wrestle each other and just give each other a hard time over mattress territory. It's just one of our silly ways I guess. I really miss him...Anyway, I've got it all to myself now! Unfortunately, I'd much rather still be wrestling with him for my territory; I'm even going to miss waking up in the middle of the night and snatching the covers back over to my side of the bed….let freedom ring; I know personally that we couldn't have a better man defending our rights :-)
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Hi Nina... Hope all is going well for you and that you're continuing to manage. I've found a lot of helpful information on your blog and am hopefully putting together a fun package for you to go out soon. I've got a few more things to collect first, but I'm on it!
- Tue Oct 03, 02:33:00 PM
Oh yeah, this was from your tea swap fairy. :)
- Tue Oct 03, 02:33:00 PM
- knitting pinki said...
Oh man, missed it. Happy Belated Bday. And many mooooooooooooore :)
- Tue Oct 03, 03:43:00 PM
- Ninabeena said...
Thanks for the birthday wishes! Yay! my teaswapper. I'm even more excited now! Cool.
- Wed Oct 04, 12:37:00 PM
- Necia said...
Hey Nina,
I think you should go ahead and order your suits. With a little tweaking and change, prolly in diet, or eating habits, you can shock your body again, and cut even more body fat. And, even if you don't, shows are such adrenaline rushes (so I've heard), and you will learn a ton of valuable information. So I say go for it. I'm rooting for you.
- Thu Oct 05, 10:47:00 AM
- Matty said...
can I say, "I love you so much, and the pillows will always belong to the champ!"
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Writing the story of my parents, our story, has been a long-term project; actually doing it, however, continues to prove impossibly difficult. For now, I do wish to leave at least a brief trace of it on the cyberspace.
-- Payman Akhlaghi, February 25th, Los Angeles
Update: Many erudite friends contributed to a discussion on this post, resulting in a thread which I think is of value to the public. You may read and follow the thread located on my Facebook Wall, as it's been made open to Public. (Author)
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My parents, Aziz and Pouran, were brutally murdered within hours, each in a different Iranian city, on October 18th and 19th, 1990, respectively. To think that how such violent cruelty could have happened to our little family, this remains largely beyond comprehension. The scope and nature of the crime made it one of the worst cases of violence against the Jewish community in modern Iran.
A few months later, shortly before I left Iran, the lead detective on the case told me in person that there was not enough proof to charge and convict the lead suspect in the case. However, about 2 years later, by then in the States, I was informed by my relatives that the same man responsible for the brutality had been finally arrested, had confessed to the murdering of my parents, and had been punished for his crimes. It was rather ironic that this was also the man who had long been trusted by my family and I.
Those who knew my father knew that he didn't believe in revenge, and later in life, neither in capital punishment. To me, this has meant to create arts, communicate my stance against physical violence, trying to spread a general respect for life, and doing the little I can to help prevent such monstrosities from ever happening to anyone again. It means to stop the cycle of revenge -- "now". In part, it entails helping to uproot anti-Semitism, using the limited intellectual means available to me.
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Image above: Teachers at the November 2012 Making Sense of the Australian Curriculum workshop in Port Augusta.
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This posting is dedicated to the Council of Education Associations of South Australia (CEASA) workshops tilted: "Making Sense of the Australian Curriculum: English, Geography and History. The workshops are being conducted at Annesley College in Adelaide during February this year. This is the second in a series of CEASA workshops focussed on supporting teachers in making sense of the Australian Curriculum in the areas of English, history and geography.


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28 mars 2009
Welcoming Spring at Long Last...
I've been busy this springtime with family matters and, well, missed the official Spring Day. So here's to Spring!
A little tribute by adding flowers in my humble home. I also cover my beloved Art Deco brown couch with white linen, and change my pillows to off white canvas-covered ones.


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The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously (13-0) on Wednesday in support of bringing the Olympic and Paralympic Games back to L.A. in 2024.
A parade of over 60 athletes spanning a half-century of Olympics turned out at downtown's City Hall for the official proceedings. The L.A. bid faces stiff competition going against finalists Paris and Budapest, with the IOC ultimately voting on the winning city on September 13.
Ready, Set, Gold! was proud to play an important role in yesterday's event, as more than a dozen of our Olympians and Paralympians participated in the festivities.


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" The students should have two more lines to plot along with their baseline. The students learn the techniques that they need for the rest of the problems. The next week, each group of two students is assigned a variable to investigate. All the students must repeat the baseline protocol because the amount of enzyme varies with each extraction. Usually, one pair will look at substrate concentration, another at pH, another temperature, and the last group does both the effect of boiling and the inhibitor, hydroxylamine. These assignments equalize the work load and can be accomplished in the 2-hour period. Students then write formal laboratory reports that are due the next laboratory period (see Appendix B). During the next laboratory period, we begin by having a brief report from the different groups on what their data showed. The emphasis is in interpreting data, not "getting the right answer." Be prepared to find that doubling the substrate concentration decreases the reaction rate and


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Dennis showed up to the shelter last night, so there were three of us, but it still was not crowded at all. Woke up early this morning and couldn't tell if it was raining or the trees were all dripping. It was the trees. It might as well have been raining, though, with all of the water that dripped and rubbed onto me. The climbs up Colombus and Third Mountains were rough, but I had an energy bar on top of Third Mountain and felt a lot better. I quickly made it to Barren Mountain where I met Seabird, another SOBO. I continued to the next leanto for lunch and water break. Seabird caught up just as I was leaving, but she said she was aiming for this shelter tonight. The last 4.7 miles were killer, with some fords and lots of slippery and wet roots and rocks. I made it here eventually. The Beatles' "Baby You're a Rich Man" has been playing in my head since lunch. Not that that's a bad thing. Right after I got to the shelter, a NOBO section hiker showed up. After a short break he decided to push to the next shelter. As he was leaving a group of kids showed up. They are tenting somewhere behind the shelter and I can hear them setting up. I think they are only going shelter to shelter which means the will be in the woods for a while. I set of my "I'm not dead" beacon (the Spot), and am waiting a while before making dinner. Tonight I will finally eat some of the mashed potatoes I brought. I think I've carried them long enough. Richard still hasn't been seen yet, I wonder if he's still coming all the way here. I'm also wondering if it would be entertaining to go watch the group in the woods. Some of them probably have no idea what they're doing. No trail name yet.One will come sooner or later.
Tomorrow afternoon I'll be in Monson with a cold beer and a hot meal. Yum, I can't wait. My right knee has started hurting on the descents today. I hope it just needs a day off to recover, which it will get tomorrow and the day after. The maintainer for this section just arrived and he seems like a nice guy.


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This time on Side Stage, I introduce the very talented band, Time Atlas. From Minneapolis, Minnesota this alt pop band is making an impact across the map in music scene, Full Article »
More formally known as The Big Time, the up and coming band Walkney is making a big mark on the local music scene in everything they do. Throughout the episode Full Article »
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The Elder Gods
The Elder Gods
The Elder Gods are dragons that went through Ascension sometime between The Forging and The Burning Wars.
The Elder Gods reject all worship of the humanoid races, considering them beneath notice. Some cults do worship the Elder Gods anyway, but their priests receive no divine spells or indeed, any thing at all, in return for their devotion.
The only exception is the dragonborn race. Dragonborn are know to worship, and receive divine spells and abilities from, some members of both the Elder and The Younger Gods.
Below is a list of some of the Elder Gods. The Younger Gods all claim title as King or Queen, such as Corellon, King of Champions, or Fenrir, King of Beasts. The Elder Gods have titles as well, but for reasons of their own, do not refer to themselves as Kings or Queens.
|Allowed Cleric Domains
|Cleric Alignment Restrictions
|Holy Symbol
|The Shinning One
|Light, Life
|No Evil.
|A dragon head in profile, pointing left.
|The Hunger
|Tempest, War
|No Lawful. No Good.
|A dragon claw clutching the world.
|The Inferno
|Darkness, War
|No Lawful. No Good.
|A dragon head breathing fire.
|The Evening Star
|Darkness, Light
|No Lawful. No Evil.
|A four pointed silver star.
|The Destroyer
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Of course Vanderbilt didn't get an invitation to the Big Dance. But then the Dores got snubbed by the NIT, which actually extended an invitation to Tennessee-Martin, which was ranked 149th in the nation according to the RPI.
It's the first time since 1982 that Vanderbilt had a winning record and didn't get an NIT berth.
Is the NIT field smaller now? Are there just more basketball teams? Are the little guys getting better? What sort of tie-ins does the NIT have?
On second thought, I don't really care.
And thank goodness we turned down an invitation to play in the College Basketball Invitational, whatever that is. Evidently you have to put up money to host a game. I can think of a lot of analogies for that but I'm not going to try. It's Monday morning.
Hey, the Lady Dores get their NCAA bid tonight. Should be a pretty good seed.
Oh, Justin Wheeler tore some ligaments in his knee yesterday in spring football training. Like I said, it's Monday. We didn't want to end on good news.
But have a good one anyway.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Vanderbilt says no thanks to CBI — whatever that is
Posted by DIMON KENDRICK-HOLMES at 6:53 AM
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- Bob Loblaw said...
I call BS on that - the Dores aren't so bad they can't get an NIT bid! I feel bad for the team, but hopefully they use it as fuel for their fire for the next 2-3 years.
- March 16, 2009 at 7:46 AM
- DIMON KENDRICK-HOLMES said...
Yeah, we'd drill Tennessee-Martin!
- March 16, 2009 at 10:52 AM
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My Bald Eagle
by Wendy Cleveland
When I was ten, I saw a bald eagle. It completely took my breath away. I didn't expect to see anything in the sky, and when I looked up, there the eagle was, soaring so majestically right above my head. Being only ten years old didn't stop me from appreciating the immense beauty of the moment. It was something that I have never forgotten and think about often. And oftentimes, I find myself gazing up at the sky, waiting for my next encounter with one of these supernal creatures.
After I started to meditate, I witnessed my life changing. Not slowly, like I was used to witnessing progress in my life. Meditating has affected me in countless ways. I could write a novel about it, but for now I would like to share how meditation helped me find my joy again.
I had been living a beautiful, blessed life with a beautiful family and incredible friends. There was so much that God had blessed me with. But in the state I was in, I hadn't felt joy in many years. I was living in a kind of numb state where I could only feel the negative emotions in my life. Feeling things like love and joy was as rare as seeing a bald eagle soaring in the sky.
When I began meditating, I started with Kirtan Kriya. This meditation helps clear generational issues and promotes change. I set an intention to clear any generational chains I was carrying from ancestors and to clear any negative issues in my own body. I started seeing a difference right away. Since then, the big metaphorical rock I had been carrying on my shoulders has disappeared.
Through meditating, I have learned how to listen to my spirit and commune with the Holy Ghost in everything I do. I have learned that God oftentimes sends me dreams to communicate with me. In one dream, God showed me all the times in my life that I had felt joy. In every instance, I had been surrounded by my family. I learned from that dream that I hadn't felt joy (real joy, which starts from within and radiates out of you like a bright light) for a long time, and I learned what it was like to feel joy again.
From that day on, it was my goal to feel joy at least once a day. Some days I did, some I didn't. But when I did it was joy from my family. I had to let go of any distractions that were keeping me from enjoying my beautiful family. But eventually I found a little joy in every day, until I got to the point where I was basking in joy almost continually, praising God for my family and for my joy. It was like looking up into the sky and seeing the elusive bald eagle everyday. I know that having joy in our posterity is the mode of heaven and earth. God wants us to feel that joy. Meditation helped me get my joy back. And I am forever grateful.


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In 1982 a copper-nickel 25 paisa commemorative coin was issued by the Indian Government on the occasion of 9th Asian Games ,in Delhi.The 9th Asian Games were held from November 19, 1982 to December 4, 1982 in Delhi, India. This was the second time the Games were held in Delhi as it was also host to the inaugural 1951 Asian Games. New Delhi joined Bangkok (four times) as the only cities to host multiple editions of the Asian Games.The Delhi Asian Games was the first Asiad to be held under the aegis of the Olympic Council of Asia The mascot for the Games was Appu – a kid elephant. Known in real life as "Kuttinarayanan", this elephant fractured its leg in an accident when he was seven years old – he stepped into a septic tank. That wound would not heal and it eventually killed him. Kuttinarayanan died on May 14, 2005.Appu is not depicted on the coin
It is a normal size 25 paisa coin having a diameter of 19mm.Having a weight 2.5 gm.On one side the logo for 1982 Asian Games is depicted with the word "IX ASIAN GAMES" written on one side of the logo and "नवम एशियाई खेल" written on the other side of the logo.THe word DELHI is inscribed at the bottom only in english and below this year is inscribed.The Jantar Mantar of Delhi is used in the logo.The Yantra Mantra often called the Jantar Mantar located in the modern city of New Delhi, Delhi. It consists of 13 architectural astronomy instruments, built by Maharaja Jai Singh II of Jaipur, from 1724 onwards


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Sunday, November 28, 2010
website design - examples - zerafaarchitecture
zerafa architecture studio link
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Thursday, October 14, 2010
o my dog - retractable leash
The o my dog retractable leash is a prospective projet about pet life and how accessories can evolve in their shape, function and aesthetic. The ring leash can be playfull colored or elegant and neat. The leash is still under study and I hope to solve the mechanical issues soon in order to find a way to put it to production.
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Saturday, October 9, 2010
Memphis Stool / Work in progress
The memphis stool is a simple design, which takes its influence from the 80's design group by ettore sottsass. The straight geometry give the stool a clean and balanced aesthetic. The stool comes with a chamfer solid seat. The prototype is in progress photographs will be available soon.
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Saturday, September 25, 2010
I don't have a car but I have a rug - design in progress
"I don't have a car but I have a rug" is a rug for indoor use only. You don't need a driver license to use it and is the ideal rug for people who lives fast but smooth...your interior will have new look, making you more warm and comfortable inside with the feeling of traveling without moving.
size : 1200x1400mm
fiber : 100% wool
hair weight : 11mm
size : 1200x1400mm
fiber : 100% wool
hair weight : 11mm
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
xray macbook pro case - prototype
This is the first prototype of my frindly version of the xray case for laptop computers.This case is exactly what you need for your indispensable laptop when you travel a lot. Since it's X-Ray friendly you won't have much trouble at the airport either, at least you shouldn't anyway because everyone can see trough it.
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010
TDW Preview - Canyon Stool
The Canyon stool, is a very simple yet sculptural piece of furniture, it made out of discs of solid wood, these discs are piled up increasing in diameter all the way up to the seat composed of 3 larger diameter discs, all the discs are mounted disaxed. This gives the stool a particular organic and sculptural shape.
This is the tall version of the stool, it will have a steel ring footrest. This project will be shown at the next Tokyo Design Week.
Prototype by T.Michon & V.Montant.
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Monday, August 23, 2010
TDW Preview - Stainless Steel Swan Desk Lamp
This is a folded version of the Swan Desk Lamp, It's laser cut from stainless steel and folded, the shape is made using a plate of 750x120mm and integrates a halogen light source.
The wire goes down in the back railing inside the folded leg of the lamp. This project will be shown in the next tokyo design week along with other versions of the lamp.
Prototype by j.c.karich, laset cutting by Sudinox.
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010
TDW Preview - 37 Armchair
This is one of the projects I will be showing at the next Tokyo Design Week from October 28th to November 3rd in Japan.
Prototype by T.Michon & V.Montant.
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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
p/a award object for architect magazine
I recently designed the award object for the 57th annual P/A Awards, it recognizes nine projects that exemplify the speculative value of progressive design.
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Silver Where? - New Flat Salad Set
This is a new and refreshed version of the flat salad set I designed a couple of years ago, this particular set is made of mirror plastic polystyren. The fact of being able to fold and unfold them is a pretty magic experience. This because once mounted they look exactly like silver but not. I've been looking for the right material choice for this set, though I have not fout the perfect material, flexible enough to fold and bend but strong enough to actually use. Next model will be made of film cardboard, hopefully they wont be wasted even if they are suppose to be one time use servers...
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It's hard not to get depressed when thinking about housing in London, though I'm fortunate enough not to have to worry on my own account. Though even when we bought the house we still live in, back in 1974 we couldn't afford one in either of the two places we thought about in London, so had to go just outside the Greater London boundary.
We had lived for some years in rented accommodation, at first privately rented, and the first landlord after we were married was decent enough, except for the excessive charges for gas and electric on his slot-meters. We bought a paraffin heater. But the rent for two rooms – the top floor of a small house – was the equivalent of around £2.80 a week, less than a quarter of my income (and around an eighth of our joint income.)
Things were a little less comfortable and more expensive when we moved to Leicester for a year- and the agent for the flat didn't want to know much about anything except collecting the rent, and it was a relief when I got a job in Bracknell to qualify for housing from the development corporation, a new and spacious two bedroom flat at a lower rent than we had been paying a private landlord for out rather dingy single room.
We were only there four years, but they were four years when the rent more or less doubled, as rents were being brought into line with market rents I think solely for politically doctrinaire reasons. It made it easier to decide to buy a house (though we had other reasons too) as the rent was now very little different to the payments on a mortgage.
Now, many years later, that mortgage is long paid off – and we even made a profit as we had been advised to take out an endowment mortgage so my housing costs are limited to upkeep, though being a property owner isn't always a good thing. But when I look at the rents that people pay in London now (or even on the edge where I live) I realise that unless I owned the house I would probably have to move elsewhere. It mightn't be all that bad – I could still afford to live in Hull.
Back when I was small, my father still looked after some of the handful of cottages that his father had built for the men that worked for his various small businesses, none very successful, but these properties were never meant to be a source of income, just somewhere for those who shared in his work and their families to live. Rent control meant that the income from them failed to pay for keeping them in order, and when they were sold with sitting tenants as a part of my grandmother's estate they were almost worthless (though now they probably fetch approaching half a million.)
Now private landlords are hugely subsided by the government paying housing benefit and are allowed to charge what they can get, with the result that rents have risen through the roof. And the incredible rise of 'buy to let' provides a way for those with some capital to exploit others and make money for nothing.
In my ideal world we would have a land tax and the ownership of land and property would be severely limited – sufficient to needs rather than for investment or profit. It's an assessment that could be reasonably generous rather than unnecessarily punitive. But in the unequal world we have, there does seem an urgent need to do something to make private renting more affordable, as well as ending the taxpayer subsidy of practices which are clearly against the public interest.
I'd also like to see an good supply of socially provided rented housing – council homes, enough for all those who want it, something that would rapidly bring down private rents. But after the election of Mrs Thatcher, social housing figures fell steeply, continuing down to a miserable 13,500 under New Labour in 2003. Corbyn earlier this year promised a Labour government would build and average of 50,000 a year in its five year term (50% of his target for all new homes) – returning to a level last recorded under Thatcher in 1982. But Thatcher's main contribution was of course the 'right to buy' which has removed 1.87 million social housing homes since 1980, a large percentage of which are now 'buy to let' private rental properties.
But even more shameful than Thatcher's 'right to buy' is New Labour's 'Regeneration' policy which, through the activities of London Labour councils such as Newham, Lambeth and Southwark has led to the wholesale loss of social housing, and a disruption of local communities that even the Luftwaffe failed to achieve.
Southwark's prime example (though they are currently working on rather more) is of course the architectural award-winning Heygate Estate which was at the Elephant and Castle, an example I've mentioned before. In 2007 the council valued the estate at £150m, though they had been employing consultants and PR to demonise it for some years, and deliberately housing difficult tenants there. Despite this, 189 of those living in the 1,212 council homes had liked living there enough to become leaseholders, and the few properties I went in were spacious and in good condition, with the landscape outside coming into maturity as the trees planted when it was built grew. In many respects it was a well-planned and well laid out site and most of the building had been to a high standard, and with relatively minimal care it could have lasted at least another 50 years.
Southwark spent at least £51.4m on clearing that estate, but they sold it to Lendlease for £50m and a promise (very unlikely ever to be fulfilled) that they would eventually get some of the developers excessive profits from the site. To replace those 1,212 (the leaseholders property having been taken back for peanuts) homes, the new Elephant Park will just 74 homes for social rent. This one estate represents over one eighth of the total loss of 8,000 social-rented homes.
The protest on Thursday 6 Oct was outside the Stirling Prize Ceremony where Trafalgar Place, the first phase of Lend Lease's development on the Heygate had been nominated for the prize. drMM Architects didn't win that prize, but outside were awarded the Architects for Social Housing 'O J Simpson Award for getting away with murder' though they didn't turn up to accept it.
The following Saturday I was in the neighbouring borough, Lambeth, celebrating the achievement of that council, also Labour, calling on it to stop demolishing council estates, closing libraries and driving out local businesses with the closure of the Brixton Arches. Among the estates being demolished or marked for demolition are Myatts Field North, Cressingham Gardens and Central Hill, the last such fine example of good architectural and community design that it is hard to believe was denied listingon other than political grounds.
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Stand Up to Lambeth Council
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Justin Bieber, a popular singer who never took singing lessons or had vocal coaches, became a singing phenomenon in 2008. Justin has successfully released two albums at the age of 17. In the US, both of his albums have been certified platinum. Because of his great work, he has been awarded as "Artist of the Year" at the 2010 AMA and "Best New Artist and Best Pop Vocal Album at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards. He is really the big star in the music industry today after uploading his homemade videos on YouTube. Ironically, some people still doubt his talent and think that he reached success just because of luck. What makes him so special? Does he really have the talent or is he just the product of new agemarketing? Below you will find out.
Justin's Talent
This young singer started to gain popularity after uploading his performance videos onto YouTube. He also became the 2nd place winner in a local singing competition called Stratford Idol. He wanted to share this success by uploading his performance videos onto YouTube. Surprisingly, many people loved the videos and they subscribed to them. People love the way Justin sings because he has had a natural talent since he was a child. At the age of 12, he taught himself to play some musical instruments like drums, piano, guitar and trumpet. This is not easy to do unless the boy really has talent in music.
Justin Bieber and Scooter Braun
A talent manager named Scooter Braun found Bieber's great talent on YouTube and then becomes Justin's manager. After signing a contract with Braun, the young singer was asked to amplify his presenceon YouTube. Braun didn't offer a stage for a concert nor an album and this unusual strategy wassuccessful. The famous talent manager made Bieber sing in a room, recorded this session and uploaded the video on YouTube. The aim of uploading the video was to get people enthused about Bieber's new song. The hit "One Time" sold quickly after Justin uploaded to the Internet.
Justin Bieber in The Age of Internet
I think we need to appreciate the way Bieber and his associates used the internet. Some people probably never thought that using a platform like YouTube and Twitter would be able to launch someone to become a great worldwide success. Bieber proved that uploading videos online could be a great way to capture attention from millions of people worldwide. In November 2010, Bieber's Twitter account had around 6 million followers. The Internet has played a very important rolein Bieber's success and this media has benefited the young singer in many ways. Others will likely follow his lead.
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The Barbary Coast
I found this quote from Benjamin Estelle Lloyd describing 19th century's infamous Barbary Coast of San Francisco:
"The Barbary Coast is the haunt of the low and the vile of every kind. The petty thief, the house burglar, the tramp, the whoremonger, lewd women, cutthroats, murderers, all are found here. Dance-halls and concert-saloons, where blear-eyed men and faded women drink vile liquor, smoke offensive tobacco, engage in vulgar conduct, sing obscene songs and say and do everything to heap upon themselves more degradation, are numerous. Low gambling houses, thronged with riot-loving rowdies, in all stages of intoxication, are there. Opium dens, where heathen Chinese and God-forsaken men and women are sprawled in miscellaneous confusion, disgustingly drowsy or completely overcome, are there. Licentiousness, debauchery, pollution, loathsome disease, insanity from dissipation, misery, poverty, wealth, profanity, blasphemy, and death, are there. And Hell, yawning to receive the putrid mass, is there also."
Sounds pretty awesome. The closest I've come to hearing the Bay Area described in such a vile manner was by Hunter Thompson in his journey through Oakland and East Bay whilst writing his masterpiece Hell's Angels.


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"And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the Lord: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart."
Jeremiah 24:7
The whole heart thing again... which I really like, that God gives us a heart that knows him. I think that is what we need sometimes, because the current one seems to choose God only when everyone else has declined devotion. And, you know, I don't think that God deserves to be our choice of last resort. We beg at the feet of other gods, and when they spurn us, we run to our Father and say... it was you we wanted all along. But he knows better... there are pieces of our heart still out there... and we will be off again as soon as we have our token comfort and an ounce of confidence back. So, that is our question, isn't it? How do we return to God with our whole heart? We either need to reclaim all the pieces of it that we have handed out along the way... or we need a new one... which God is happy to provide. :) Not one that is incomplete, that is missing anything... but one that is intact... and again capable of true love and devotion. We'll never be able to approach God if our heart isn't whole. If we are only dedicating 20% of our mind, heart, and soul to the project... this is an all-or-nothing deal. God comes first, and when we give him our whole heart, we find that our capacity has increased a thousand-fold... and God can re-direct our love into the lives of others as well... but only if we focus our light and love on him first. Kind of like tithing... God gives us everything that we have and are, and then he asks for ten percent of our increase... in this case, he *gives* us a heart, and then he asks us to use it to love him. We can do that. And, since he is giving us this new one... let's not break it so easily this time, okay?


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- Witch Fiona Woodland hopes fate brought her and sexy crime scene investigator Hector Morales together at her cousin's wedding in the Otherworld city of Necropolis. In his arms she feels graceful and beautiful, and the promise of his kiss takes her breath away. Then everything around them starts going wrong, making Fiona think it's a sign their union isn't meant to be. . . . But the burning desire between Fiona and Hector cannot be refused. And before the night is out, Hector will show how he feels with a night of pleasure that will leave them both bewitched. . . .
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Sweet & Sour chicken, Shrimp Fried Rice, Egg Drop Soup, Won ton Soup, Beef & Broccoli, Egg Rolls, General Tao's Chicken, Vegetable LoMein & my mom's Chicken & Snow peas are just a few Chinese dishes that we enjoy. Ordering take out is a special treat and can be very expensive. With the collection of cookbooks that I have and an array of recipes on line, we can have Chinese at home for a fraction of the cost of take out. Plus, we get to decided what goes into our dish!!!! This dish is easy prep and we loved the way the sweet & sour played on each other. With Steamed brown or white rice and vegetables of choice, you have a pretty healthy meal. With the abundance of fresh produce this time of the year, you can have a wide variety of vegetable choices. I usually have all ingredients on hand so this is an easy dinner item. This recipe fed our family of four with leftovers for lunch the next day. I plan on tripling the sauce the next time because my family loves extra sauce over their rice and vegetables. The dish calls for chicken breast, but I think that a mix of chicken breast and boneless chicken thighs would be a match. Well, I do because I love those thighs.... I prepared the chicken before work and topped with the sauce ingredients, placed in the fridge and brought it back out for about 15 minutes while oven was warming up. Dinner was ready in under 1 hour. You can even bake the rice right along side the chicken! Just Wonderful!!!!
Psalm 119:103 How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth. God's words are sweet to us. It's meant to give us nourishment, just as the food we eat daily. If we are daily reading God's word we can experience His Sweetness every day. Good food is meant to be shared with family, friends and strangers along the way, so is God's word. When we are not eating the right foods, our bodies suffer, we become sour, and it's the same when we are not feeding our souls and we become sour to those around us. Take in God's spiritual food, it is sweet and share it with others by what you say & what you do! Sourness does not belong in our spiriutal diet!
Sweet & Sour Chicken-
4-5 Boneless chicken breast, cut into bite size pieces
2-3 eggs slightly beaten
1 1/2 cups cornstarch
sprinkle of salt & pepper over the cornstarch
oil for frying
Place beaten eggs in one bowl and the cornstarch in another. Drop chicken pieces in the egg and then roll in the cornstarch to cover and then on a cookie sheet. I like to do this all first before lightly frying.
Heat oil in dutch oven or stir fry pan. Lightly drop chicken pieces in oil and brown, they just have to get their coating slightly crisp, they do not have to be cooked. The chicken will finish cooking in the oven. Remove with slotted spoon and place in a 13 x 9 baking dish. ( I used my stir fry pan and used sesame oil to brown the chicken. They came out perfect).
Sauce Ingredients-
4 tablespoons ketchup
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup rice vinegar
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon garlic salt
Mix sauce ingredients and pour over the chicken. You can at this point cover and refrigerate and bake later. If baking right away. Pre-heat oven to 350 and bake the chicken for 45 minutes. Stirring every 15 minutes. The will become thick as it cooks.
Steam rice & vegetables of choice to serve with the chicken. To bake rice. I place just over 2 cups of rice in a buttered dish and add 4 cups hot chicken broth, cover and bake for 20 minutes. Gently mix and add 2 tablespoons butter. I freeze any leftover rice for future soups!
Eat Well, Sonya
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Sweet & Sour Chicken
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Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Happy Fourth of July!
July 4, 1776 a day to remember our independence as a nation. We too can have independence from sin. Galatians 5:1 It is freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand Firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. Christ died to set us free! Free from sin. What is holding you in bondage today?What day is or will be your independence day?
Sugar Star & Flag Cookies
Adapted from Taste of Home best of Summer Recipes
1 cup of butter-softened
1/2 cup cream cheese-softened
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon lemon extract
5 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoons salt
In a large bowl, cream the butter, cream cheese & sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and extracts. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours or until easy to handle.
On a lightly floured surface roll out dough to a 1/4" thickness. Cut with floured 2 or 3" cookies cutters of your choice. Place 1" apart on un-greased baking sheets. Sprinkle with colored sugar or leave some blank to frost. Bake at 350 for 9-11 minutes or until lightly browned and set.
Cool and then frost with your favorite frosting.
Butter Cream Frosting
Adapted from Taste Of Home
1/2 cup softened butter
4 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2-3 Tablespoons of milk
Beat butter until light & fluffy. Add the powdered sugar and vanilla extract. Add the milk to thin as needed to make it spreadable. Tint with desired paste food coloring.
Frost, decorate and let the frosting dry a bit before stacking on a tray or in a cookie jar.
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Well it can be annoying how things work out.
I had planned to visit Worcester, but yesterday the heirs were playing badminton in the Long Gallery and one of them (they won't admit who) hit one of the chandeliers. Several of the crystal droplets were shattered, and the Memsahib was a bit flustered.
I decided to stay put in order to oversee the ordering of correct replacements from Swarovski. It was also necessary to have words with Nanny: the children should not be playing racquet sports in the Long Gallery. The real tennis or squash courts can be used if they must play.
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Before leaving, make sure you have obtained all the essential travel vaccines to your destination. Here you need to know to stay healthy.
Preparing to travel should not be a chore, because finally here's a list of things to do that we cannot wait to fill. You will have to plan routes, baggage to pack and to book flights. In your excitement, do not lose sight of the essential, especially vaccines that will be needed.
Your destination does pose a risk to your health?
Some destinations require being vaccinated before going there, not. If you are planning, for example, to participate in a safari in South Africa, you will need vaccines that match out. Even minor changes to your itinerary could change the vaccines you need.
Many websites guide you to the vaccines required for your destination. Your doctor should also be able to determine the vaccines that will protect you during your exciting journey.
How do I know which vaccines are needed?
A specialist travel health will be of great help to distinguish details required from those recommended vaccines. To find out what vaccines you need, we must rely on several factors:
- Your risk of exposure to the disease in the country or countries you plan to visit
- Your age, your medical records and your immunization history
- Any potential risk factor, such as pregnancy, a pre-existing heart condition or anything that may weaken your immune system
- Allergic reactions to previous vaccines
- The duration of your stay
At the same time you are looking to obtain specific vaccines your trip, make sure that the vaccines you received in childhood and your booster vaccinations are current. This is a requirement to travel, so take care to check your vaccination history to:
- Diphtheria / tetanus / peruses (Tdap)
- Hepatitis B virus (HBV)
- Homophiles influenza type B (Hib)
- Measles / mumps / rubella (MMR)
- Polio (IPV)
Travel Planning
Many are unaware that vaccines may require more than one appointment and therefore have to book in advance. Experts recommend consulting about four to six weeks before you leave. Following a vaccine, the protective effect may take some time to manifest. Some cases even require several injections, so more than one appointment.
Vaccination costs
Although routine injections are covered by your health insurance or the recommended vaccines required for travel are generally not covered. Take into account these costs in your budget. With all examinations, consultations, and injections, the final amount could range somewhere between 150 and $ 1,000, according to the injection in question. No need to drop your chance to see the world for a few dollars but be sure to plan accordingly.
After all of your efforts, do not forget to bring with your vaccination history. You will need an international vaccination certificate stamped and signed.


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As the season's menswear shows wrap up around the world and before we get ready for the womenswear collections about to hit the runway, it's time to take a look at some of the biggest trends and hits we spied from London, Milan and fresh from Paris.
Trends come and go, but certain key highlights stood out for us this season which we hope we'll see more of as time goes by. And we hope many of these make it to the streets soon. From prints to accessories to footwear, here are five highlights at Menswear Spring 2017 we think will be all the rage in the next few months.


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June 25, 2010 6 Comments
CHENNAI: With the busting of the illegal child adoption racket, the Guild of Service (GoS), an NGO, has found itself in the news for all the wrong reasons, for social worker Shaila Samuel, working with it, used the children's home inmates to give them up for adoption through unlawful means.
She used the agency's name, stamp, other related documents, such as authorisation letters and the NGO's registration certificate to carry out her work.
K N George, honorary secretary of the NGO, has given in writing to the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) that Shaila had carried out all the activities without his knowledge.
The senior officer of the Social Welfare Department, who illegally adopted Sweety, claimed that it was Shaila who had cheated saying that all documents for adoption had been cleared, according to Manorama, chairperson of CWC, Chennai.
Four children who had gone missing from the GoS had been put up at children's homes following referrals by the Sheela Hospital, where Parveen Banu had given birth to her child, Sweety. The NGO's involvement in the racket was unearthed after the CWC found out that Sweety had been illegally put up for adoption after duping her parents. The four were routed through Salem Missionaries of Charities and Cheshire Homes of India at Thiruvanmiyur and later to the GoS.
In Sweety's case, the hospital has given the wrong diagnosis to the parents in 2005 saying their baby suffered from an incurable ailment and would die soon after birth. The hospital had even obtained release forms from them, in which they stated they were willingly giving their child up for adoption.
However, five years later, Sweety is still healthy. In the other two cases, the hospital had failed to provide proper details such as the parents' address to a probation officer of the CWC, Coimbatore, said Manomara.
Shaila had cheated two other women in another case gave their children for adoption without the committee's knowledge, she said, adding, "We suspect Shaila has links with NGOs and the hospital in Coimbatore." Manorama said the committee had referred the case to the city police.
Wed, 2010-06-23 11:33 – Niels
Queen-pin of adoption ring
Gokul Vannan
Express News Service
June 23, 2010
CHENNAI: A woman social worker of Chennai, working with a licensed adoption agency, has been found operating a child adoption racket through a reputed child adoption home, without anybody there the wiser, i.e., till now.
"Shaila Samuel, social worker, working with Guild of Service (GoS), used the agency's name, stamp and other related documents such as authorization letter signed by K N George, Honorary Secretary of the GoS, and its registration certificate to carry out the unlawful adoptions," said Dr P Manorama, chairperson of Child Welfare Committee (CWC), Chennai.
When members of CWC went to meet five children from Coimbatore and Salem in the GoS, entrusted with the temporary custody of the children, the members were shocked to find that the children were not at the home and that there was no mention of their names in the admission register or on any other document.
The children were earlier housed at Cheshire Home in Tiruvanmiyurand both, the Social Welfare Department and the CWC, had cleared their names for adoption, but with the caveat that the children would be given care and adoption would not be processed without its knowledge.
"Records showed that the children were not kept at the home. A child named 'Thaneer' was given away in adoption several months ago without legal clearance," George has given in writing to the Child Welfare Committee.


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REGGIE MOORE, PLAINTIFF,v.RICHARD BIRMINGHAM, DEBORA STEWARD AND REKHA SHAH, IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITIES, DEFENDANTS.
Pro se Plaintiff Reggie Moore ("Plaintiff"), brings this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and also asserts various state law claims. Plaintiff asserts that Defendants Richard Birmingham, Rekha Shah and Debora Steward (collectively, "Defendants") violated his constitutional rights in connection with the March 2005 revocation of his New York State parole, which resulted in approximately 15 months of imprisonment. Defendants move pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to dismiss Plaintiff's Amended Complaint. The Court has jurisdiction of this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1331 and supplemental jurisdiction of Plaintiff's state law statutory claims pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1367.
The Court has considered thoroughly Defendants' submission and the Amended Complaint.*fn1 For the following reasons, Defendants' motion to dismiss the Amended Complaint is granted.
The Complaint, construed liberally, alleges the following relevant facts, which are taken as true for purposes of this motion practice.
The Parole Revocation Proceeding and Decision
In 2005 Plaintiff, who was on parole at the time, was charged with failing to report to his parole officer. He subsequently appeared at a parole revocation hearing on March 14, 2005, at Rikers Island Judicial Center. (Am. Compl. at 1, 4.) Defendant Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ") Richard Birmingham ("Birmingham") presided over the hearing.
Defendant Debora Steward ("Steward") was the Parole Specialist with the New York State Division of Parole who prosecuted the parole revocation proceeding. Plaintiff asserts that Steward's course of conduct in prosecuting the parole violation charges violated his rights under the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution. Steward falsely represented to ALJ Birmingham that Plaintiff was a "category one" parolee when Plaintiff was actually a "category three" parolee, when Steward knew or should have known that Plaintiff was a category three parolee. Category one parolees faced harsher sentences as a result of parole violations compared with parolees in other categories. These misrepresentations were part of a pattern of "vindictive" behavior towards Plaintiff, as Steward continued to misrepresent various facts relating to his parole status or alleged violations on subsequent occasions.
Birmingham revoked Plaintiff's parole and sentenced him to 18 months of imprisonment, based in part on a finding that Plaintiff was a category one parolee. Only a finding that Plaintiff was a category one parolee could have supported a sentence of that length. The record of the proceeding does not, however, reflect any information as to a conviction that would have put Plaintiff in category one status.
Plaintiff did not receive a written notice of the decision. As a result, Plaintiff was unable to appeal the decision through the administrative process.
Plaintiff's State Court Habeas Petition; Claim Against Defendant Shah
On August 17, 2005, Plaintiff filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the Supreme Court of New York, County of St. Lawrence, against the superintendent of the facility in which he was imprisoned and the New York State Division of Parole, seeking immediate release from imprisonment due to the lack of notice of the revocation decision. (Am. Compl. Ex. 1.)
In their original and supplementary papers in opposition to the petition, the respondents proffered affidavits from Defendant Rekha Shah ("Shah"), who was employed at the time in the New York City Parole Violation Unit of the New York State Division of Parole. The affidavits purported to explain computer printouts allegedly documenting service of notice of the parole revocation decision on Plaintiff and on the attorney who had represented him in the parole revocation proceeding. The state court rejected the affidavits and computer printout as insufficient to support a presumption that Plaintiff actually received notice of the parole revocation decision. The state court concluded:
Despite the fundamental, constitutional nature of petitioner's entitlement to prompt receipt of the Parole Revocation Decision notice, the respondents continue to attempt to prove such receipt by a presumption arising out of a one-size-fits-all, boilerplate-laden computer printout all but devoid of specific detail . . . . This Court finds that . . . reliance on such a generic record inspires little confidence ...
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Tuesday, October 7, 2008
The Student Body here has a proclivity for setting fires in the trash cans located in the bathrooms. Sometimes they coordinate multiple fires to go off in sequence on really nice fall days so the fire company will keep us outside. Normally this means a good portion of the student body escapes into the neighborhood and goes home to do who knows what.
I've lost a whole 84 minute period as a result.
Education makes me smile.
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- Diane said...
Ok so they are educated .... just not in things that will get them $50,000 a year jobs.
- October 8, 2008 at 7:01 AM
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life has been a little rough. i love my boys so much but they seriously fight so much! it's non-stop and it's driving me crazy. i've tried different ways to get them to be nice to enough and nothing is working. is this what my life will be like for the next 15 years??! anyways here's griffin getting beat up. he's a good sport.
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The Syrian government has constructed and is using a crematorium inside its notorious Sednaya military prison outside Damascus to clandestinely dispose of thousands of prisoners it continues to execute inside the facility, according to the State Department.
At least 50 prisoners a day are executed in the prison, some in mass hangings, said Stuart Jones, the acting assistant secretary of state for the Middle East. A recent Amnesty International report called Sednaya a "human slaughterhouse" and said that thousands of Syrians have been abducted, detained and "exterminated" there.
The government of President Bashar al-Assad, Jones said, has carried out these atrocities and others "seemingly with the unconditional support from Russia and Iran," his main backers.
The information, he said, came from human rights and nonovernmental sources, as well as "intelligence assessments." He released overhead photographs of the facility.
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Russia, Jones said, "has either aided in or passively looked away as the regime has" engaged in years of "mass murders" and other atrocities, including extensive bombing of hospitals and other health-care sites and the use of chemical weapons on both civilians and rebel forces.
During last week's meeting in Washington with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Jones said Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that "Russia must now, with great urgency, exercise its great influence over the Syrian regime."
Jones's remarks, made in a special State Department briefing, were notable not only for their substance but for the harsh language used to call on Russia to take action.
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