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Republican attorneys general in 13 states say congressional leaders must remove Nebraska's political deal from the federal health care reform bill or face legal action, according to a letter provided to the AP.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Republican attorneys general in 13 states say congressional leaders must remove Nebraska's political deal from the federal health care reform bill or face legal action, according to a letter provided to The Associated Press Wednesday.
"We believe this provision is constitutionally flawed," South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster and the 12 other attorneys general wrote in the letter to be sent Wednesday night to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
"As chief legal officers of our states we are contemplating a legal challenge to this provision and we ask you to take action to render this challenge unnecessary by striking that provision," they wrote.
In a rare Christmas Eve vote, Senate Democrats pushed sweeping health care legislation to the brink of Senate passage, crushing a year-end Republican filibuster against President Barack Obama's call to remake the nation's health care system. The 60-39 vote marked the third time in as many days Democrats posted a supermajority needed to advance the legislation.
The letter was signed by top prosecutors in Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Michigan, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Washington state. All are Republicans, and McMaster and the attorneys general of Florida, Michigan and Pennsylvania are running for governor in their respective states.
Last week, McMaster said he was leading several other attorneys general in an inquiry into the constitutionality of the estimated $100 million deal he has dubbed the "Cornhusker Kickback."
Republican U.S. Sens. Lindsey Graham and Jim DeMint of South Carolina raised questions about the legislation, which they said was amended to win Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson's support. More>>
Friday, January 1, 2010
13 Republican Attorneys General Threaten Lawsuit Over Health Care
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I've had a ton of fun this past month block printing and sewing up a batch of these wreath-adorned "pillow" ornaments that are now available in my Etsy shop.
I followed in the footsteps of my mom's own merry ornament making back in the mid-70s using my stash of eco fabrics.
The process is labor-intensive, but well worth the outcome.
I start by washing my fabrics because the laundering process makes them softer -- the design aesthetic I'm going for! My designs incorporate these earth-friendly and sustainable-crop fabrics (pictured above left to right):
- hemp/soy (deep olive)
- organic linen (beige)
- hemp/organic cotton (ivory)
I then roll a coating of non-toxic water based ink onto the block print and hand stamp wreaths, one by one, across yards of fabric. I allow ample time for the ink to dry and then heat set the ink before cutting.
Next, I cut out circles of block printed fabric as well as ivory hemp/organic cotton that will become the back panel of every ornament. Cutting the ivory fabric reminded me of cutting out buttermilk biscuits - fantastic!
The final part involves sewing two panels of fabric together using two rows of top stitching and then stuffing each ornament with environmentally-friendly premium kapok fibers to give each their "pillow" shape. I chose kapok for it's super resilient qualities, the fact that it is grown without the use of chemicals or herbicides, and how it is sustainably harvested from the kapok tree. A loop of hemp twine completes the design and makes for easy hanging. Ornaments are sold individually and also in a set (5).
I hope you've enjoyed this peek into my artisan process. Cheers and happy holidays!

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I do enjoy a good cookie or biscuit with a cup of tea, so you probably won't be surprised that I linger in the biscuit aisles longer than I should. I recently found a new summer themed cookie in Marks & Spencer, so inspired by it I thought I would have a go at creating my own.
These soft cookies are filled with sweet pineapple, shredded coconut and white chocolate are a subtle reminder of tropical summers. To my absolute delight, the flavours although sweet, compliment each other beautifully. If there ever was a cookie that tasted of far away holidays then this is it.
These cookies are delicious enjoyed with a cup of tea or for the kids maybe a cool glass of milk.
Ingredients (Makes 14)
225g plain flour
175g unsalted butter (softened)
100g golden caster sugar
100g white chocolate chips
100g sweetened dried pineapple chunks*
50g dried sweetened coconut*
*I used Neal's Yard Diced Pineapple sold in Holland & Barratt and Sainsbury's Sweet and Tender coconut from the baking aisle.
1. Cream together the butter and sugar together until thoroughly combined.
2. Stir in the flour using a wooden spoon until the mixture becomes a dough. It may seem too dry at first but keep mixing and it will then come together.
3. Stir in the coconut, chocolate chips and pineapple. Knead the dough briefly in the bowl to evenly distribute added ingredients.
4. Line two baking sheets with baking parchment.
5. Divide the cookie dough into 14 pieces, roll each piece into a ball. Then, place the balls of cookie dough on the lined baking sheet and flatten until about 1cm thick.
6. Place both the baking sheets in the fridge to allow the uncooked cookies to firm up, chill for at least 1 hour.
7. Pre heat the oven to Fan 160c.
8. Oven bake the cookies for about 20 to 25 minutes, the cookies will be pale gold when cooked. I recommend you take a look at the cookies after 20 minutes and if you think they need longer pop them back in the oven. Don't over bake as they will lose their soft texture.
9. Once cooked remove from the oven and leave on the baking sheets for 10 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack to finish cooling.
My husband is so impressed he's asked me to make some more and the my children love them too. I hope you enjoy these Tropical White Chocolate cookies.
Until next time and as always Happy Baking.


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One of the keys to get your ex lover again is really discussing the thing that go incorrect in the bond. If the breakup was obviously a results of an issue that you could have finished, that experience even better when you apologize and also explicate the reason why it doesn't come about repeatedly. On the other hand if the break up seemed to be brought on by something on your lover did, this can be way more demanding.
You happen to be even now planning to need to discuss the condition inside the romantic relationship with your old flame. Remember the solution for you to get to far better is significant dialog. Here are a few hints to assist you have by means of this challenging small talk.
You will need to remain peaceful and maintain your emotions under control. An argument nowadays is only going to serve to commute your ex-girlfriend even further. Just as unpleasant as it might be, it is advisable to consult with your ex lover. The lady may possibly let you know some things which are quite hurtful. You need to understand the relationship from your ex's point of view.
This may not be the dialog where you carry out all the chatting. You need to appreciate your ex's thoughts and feelings. Once you check with something, you must pay attention to the response. In the event you both realize where one another is rushing in through, you're properly soon on your way correcting your bonding.
You must also talk about together with think about the excellent times. But the reason for typically the conversation should be to reunite distinctions the complete conversation does not end up pessimistic. You are interested in widespread terrain in order to revive your bonding, looking at the nice occasions may help. Do not get caught up create this specific some sort of dialog about what has long been, you should concentrate of what will probably be.
Sticking to these pointers will allow you to get through the particular talking. Mainly because unpleasant as it can be, you cannot find any getting around that if you wish your ex lover back. You should work out the variations, before carrying on in a connection.


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Friday, August 31, 2007
Feelin' the Love
One of my favorite blogs to visit for some inspiration is the Multi-Photo Scrapbook Layout Gallery. They have awesome ideas for layouts with 3 or more pics on a page. Imagine my surprise when I visted just yesterday and saw THIS! How freakin cool! Just thought I would share! Had a busy last weekend and a busy this weekend planned, so hopefully I'll have some fun stuff to post next week! Have a great weekend everyone!
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Here are some more summer pics to recap the last few weeks:-) We went berry picking one last time about a month ago... Mbaby sure LOVED it! I'm really glad I took him this time... he ate about all his weight in organic blueberries:-)
Happy happy happy
the missing blueberries:-)
I have a bad memory. Forgive me if I've posted these before... but this is our FAVORITE "taco joint" as L2 calls it. It's a really neat... well Taco joint at the back of an old Mexican grocery store. the kids LOVE watching this little grandma make gorditas and they always enjoy "helping" too:-)
L2 patting her "gordita" Serious stuff.
As the girls get older they both want to help more in the kitchen... which is fun for me since I feel like sometimes I live there:-) Mgirl is getting really good at deviled eggs:-)
L2 helped assemble this little appetizer treat...
A picture from helping Aunt S freeze corn...
The Momma Canner at work processing goods for the pantry...
A good friend enlightened me on a thing called "dilly beans" SO after trying hers I had to go home and buy 4 lbs of beans to do some of my own... yum!
We were able to meet Gma G at the zoo on Monday along with our friend E and cousins C and R:-) (its a guessing game isn't it:-) We spent alot of time there and finally the gators are back! It's alittle different having them so close and in clear view!
R and L2 aren't they cute!? this little boy is so adorable!
Mom S gave C and I a date night.... Hm what to do with out the kiddos? Thanks Mom it was more fun than it looks in this picture;-)
If anyone can... come on up for church lunch Sunday! These little beauts will be in abundance!
Today we met up with aunt S and Gma S at the park... what a WONDERFUL day to spend outside with family... and Mbaby sports his new do... a post summer buzz!
We are so thankful to have had such a wonderful summer... now that school has started and summer is winding down... seems like before I know it it'll be thanksgiving! God bless your day!
L1 and family


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Tesco ends round-the-clock operations at certain stores
British supermarket giant Tesco has announced that eight of its stores will no longer be available for round-the-clock trading, as part of a major operational revamp.
Overall, Tesco had marked 69 stores which will be transformed into a night-to-day replenishment model. The changes are expected to be executed in the coming months while leaving uncertainty for the night shift employees.
As many as 3,000 employees across the supermarket chain are likely to be impacted, as reported by The Guardian.
Tesco said that the changes in the 24-hour opening of some of its stores would help it in improving the service provided to its shoppers.
It was last year that the supermarket chain had revealed its intentions to simplify the operations at its stores.
Tesco is also is in the process of putting various service desks under one fold to help shoppers find everything they need without moving from one place to another.
Tesco UK and ROI CEO Matt Davies said: "We're committed to improving the way we serve our customers and this week have discussed making further changes in a number of UK stores with our colleagues.
"These changes will help us run these stores more simply and deliver the best possible service for customers. We appreciate these changes will impact the roles of some of our colleagues and we will work with them to ensure they are fully supported throughout this period."
Tesco claims to have benefited from similar changes it had implemented in some of its stores. The result, it says has freed up extra time to channelize on providing improved service and making sure that the stores are at their best during peak times.
The eight stores which will have their timings change to 6:00 AM to midnight are Galashiels Extra, Ilkeston Extra, Kilmarnock Extra, Holyhead Extra, Folkestone, Workshop, Edgware Road Metro and Falkirk Grahams Road.
In another development, Tesco is reportedly planning to close hundreds of its Express Stores to address the raising competition concerns relating to its £3.7bn proposed takeover of Booker Group.
Image: Tesco announced eight stores which will no longer operate 24 hours a day. Photo: courtesy of Tescoplc.com.


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The president at our college has decided that he is making it his mission to have civility as the center to ongoing discussions and activities on campus this year. And I am VERY happy about this. The director of student accounts and I have both been working at the college for 9 years now, and for about 8 years we have been trying to get this to happen.
Our offices are often on the receiving end of a good deal of hostile and uncivil behavior. Granted, whenever you involve money in a discussion, it often elevates the anxiety of the participants and that has a negative impact on the conversation.
But it is more than that. People are increasingly comfortable being rude. They are perfectly willing to tell a person who is ostensibly in a position to help them that they are stupid or incompetent, and to swear colorfully at them.
And why shouldn't they think it is okay to behave this way when we have members of Congress yelling "You lie" at the President of the United States during a speech to Congress. Or we see professional athletes threaten to stuff a tennis ball down the throat of a line judge because she didn't like the call. Or we have musicians interrupting an award ceremony during an acceptance speech to yell that someone else, who wasn't even nominated for that award, should have won. When rude, uncivilized behavior is modeled for us on national television by a variety of individuals, we begin to accept that as normal behavior.
Not that this anything new. We have seen professional athletes behave badly for decades. Plenty of politicians have not been known for being the most upstanding people of integrity through any part of our history. And well, musicians? They have been smashing up hotel rooms and misbehaving in public for as long as I can remember.
But that doesn't mean we should be okay with this. We should expect more of ourselves, our children, friends, neighbors and customers. When a parent is particularly rude on the phone, I have had to explain that we won't accept that kind of abuse, and if the parent cannot be civil, we won't be talking to them.
I am looking forward to having this be a point of focus on campus this year, and I hope that the students buy into it. It won't work if they don't.
In the meantime I am going to try in my own life to find a way, on a daily basis I hope, to actively incorporate civility into my attitude toward other people. I think I am a fairly civil person to begin with, but by making a conscious effort, it should become even more a part of my life, and hopefully Bob's and Cooper's.


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ERIC Number: ED022568
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1963-Oct
Pages: 195
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A Study of the Problems, Attitudes and Aspirations of Rural Youth.
Roper Organization, Inc., New York, NY.
In order to discover the attitudes, wants, and needs of rural youth as perceived by young people from ages 16-23, a survey was designed by Elmo Roper and Associates. The rural population was defined as people who live in towns of less than 2500 or open country which falls outside the "unknown fringe" defined by the Bureau of the Census. In addition to the rural youth sample, interviews were also conducted with a sample group of urban youth so that the attitudes, needs, and wants of the two groups could be compared. The study dealt with a substantial body of 16, 17, and 18 year olds who were still in high school, as well as an almost equal number of people who had graduated from high school and were actually experiencing many of the life problems which the younger group was only wondering about and preparing for. Total interviews numbered 2514 and were conducted between July 22 and August 3, 1963. The replies of each group to each question are shown, but no further comparison is included nor are any conclusions made. A related document is RC 000 156. (CL)
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Sponsor: Rockefeller Bros. Fund, New York, NY.
Authoring Institution: Roper Organization, Inc., New York, NY.


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Exceptional historical program at Rotary's July 4 ceremony
Every July 4th the Rome Rotary Club observes the holiday with a commemorative ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers of the Revolution in downtown Rome. This year's ceremony was, in my mind, one of the best that has been ever been presented.
Mr. William Sawyer, a historian at Fort Stanwix, was the main speaker. He challenged the audience to compare our abilities and personal commitment with those of the members of the Continental Army of 1776.
He told the histories of some of them. One was of an enlistee who only enlisted for the minimum time right after July 4, 1776, only to re-enlist later when the spirit of patriotism caught up with him. Another was of a woman at Fort Stanwix who was eight months pregnant during the siege, only to give birth after being wounded. The third was the story of a soldier's wife who, during another battle later in the war was helping other wives to cook and deliver meals to the men on the battle line.
This talk was inspiring to all present. The National Park Service should be proud to have this historical record at the fort and to have personnel such as Mr. Sawyer to present it to us.
— David N. Kobernuss,
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Shares of ResMed Inc. (NYSE: RMD) soared more than 7% on Thursday on speculation that the company could be a takeover target. ResMed Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the development, manufacture, and distribution of medical equipment for treating, diagnosing, and managing sleep-disordered breathing and other respiratory disorders. Stay tuned for more
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1) Dr. appointments
There are so many!!! Regular appointments, plus extra ones for tests like ultrasounds, if your practitioner doesn't do them in the office. How does one manage? (ok, I guess normal people of my mother's generation used a fancy thing called a calendar and a pen, but the pen doesn't buzz in your pocket to remind you that you have an appointment, nor does it buzz in DAD's pocket to remind him that he's supposed to be there too).
2) Gestational progress
How did our parents live without the day-by-day "this is what your fetus looks like" app (or in my case the weekly email that we would read in bed on Saturday mornings . . . awww). Did they just take it for granted that their baby had fingernails and was drinking his own urine!? Shocking!
3) Labor
All the pregnancy books include a "what to bring to the hospital" checklist, which lists "a watch with a second hand" for timing contractions. First, I haven't owned a functioning watch since 2007 (Chris has this thing about taking my watch/phone while we're on vacation . . . he took it on our honeymoon and I guess I just never put it back on!). Second, why would need one when you have the Contraction App?! (I'll be honest about this one-- this is where the iPhone failed a little. iPhone owners know how long it takes to "boot up" a sleeping phone, and what a battery drain things like continuous timers can be, so we went with the app for dad's blackberry.) You should have seen him whip that thing out of his fancy holster every time I moaned.
4) Birth Announcements
I begrudgingly sent out "real" announcements to friends and family a few weeks after the birth, but only because I had a Groupon code that saved me 60%. However I still argue that they were redundant to anyone with Facebook. Hours after his birth, the news broke all over the interwebs (but not before the official calls to the parents and texts to the siblings, thank you very much). One mobile upload was enough to crash the Facebook server (or at least strain my phone's vibrator) and force me to turn off my phone for the first time
in months.
5) Feeding and Pooping
One thing that surprised me in the first days of baby's life was my complete inability to do simple things, like feed myself and know what day it is. Then add lack of sleep to my already shoddy pregnancy brain, and I also lost the ability to count or remember that last time I did anything -- even important things like feed my baby. Cue the Similac Baby Journal app! (I've got to hand it to Similac -- they somehow got my name and address and sent me two big cans of formula, which I promptly discarded. But they also included a bunch of pamphlets about breastfeeding (odd, I know), and a brochure about their new app! And it looked so good, and it was free!) It's amazing! First there is a breastfeeding tracker, which has a stopwatch timer (since in the middle of the night, it's hard to remember when you started), and it calculates the average duration and estimated next feeding time, and reminds you which side fed from last time. Then it has a diaper trackers, where you can indicate the number (i.e. "number 1" or "number 2", and the color of the poop (yes, it's important). It adds them up and you can quickly see how many diapers you've changed in the last 24 hours. There is also a sleep tracker and a bottle feeding tracker, neither of which I used, but they're probably pretty helpful.
One major critique: the breastfeeding tracker uses a image of a mother's chest, where you can indicate which side you're feeding on.
Problem is, it's an image from the front, like you're looking straight at the boobs. When you're feeding your baby, you're looking at your boobs from above. So when you're looking at the phone image, and it shows "left" on the right side, you have to reverse it in your mind when you look down. Now I know we all took the SATs and are supposed to be able to invert things in our minds, and we all went to Kindergarten and should know our left from our right, but again, in the middle of the night, those things go out the window.
6) Something to do . . .
So newborns don't do a whole lot. They're really not that interesting, beyond the whole, you know, being the example of creation and life and all that. I've spent the bulk of that last 2 months in various places under my baby -- in my rocking chair, in my bed, really wherever I happen to be, just UNDER my baby. He doesn't like to be put down, so until I got the hang of living with him in the sling, I spent most of his napping time rocking in the chair. And because he's a baby, he spends most of his time eating, so again, a lot of time spent in the rocking chair. Here's where my iPhone got the most use (to the point where I usually have to plug it in for a recharge part way through the day). I read my blogs, check facebook, and even read some free ebooks in the middle of the night. Daddy even found some comfort in the iPhone when it was his turn in the chair . . . one day I turned it on to find the full version of Angry Birds had been downloaded, and I don't pay for apps.
Baby starts daycare next week, and I go back to work a few days after that. I expect to use my super awesome smart phone a lot more . . . I'll need photos of my boy while I pump at work, pop-up calendar alerts to remind me to take the chicken out of the freezer, and of course the phone to obsessively call the day care asking if my baby is still alive. Should be fun.
(Also, I'm contemplating purchasing a membership to Plan to Eat, a supposedly amazing online program that features drag and drop meal planning, recipe storage, and grocery list apps. But, as I said, I don't pay for apps . . . I'm still deciding.)


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Tea of the Week for April 3, 2017: Pineapple Peach Green Tea!
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Tea Description: This Zomba Steamed green tea from the Satemwa Estate in Malawi seems to lend itself nicely to fruit flavors, particularly citrus-y fruit flavors. So I didn't want to stray too far from that flavor profile with this blend - but I did want something a little different this time around so I decided to go with pineapple which isn't a citrus fruit but it has that sweet-tart quality that I often associate with citrus so I thought it would be a nice change of pace and a flavor that would play nicely with the Zomba Steamed tea.
To pair with the pineapple notes, I wanted something sweet and smooth - but something a little unexpected. Let's face it, it's not every day that you find pineapple and peach paired together in the same tea - so I went there with this blend. It's a simple recipe of two fruit flavors - but when they're put together with this refreshing green tea from Malawi - it's a winning combination!
ingredients: fair trade green tea, organic peaches, organic pineapple and organic natural flavors
Wow! This tea is really, really good!
As I mentioned in the above description - I wanted something similar to citrus but something a little different too. So I went with pineapple which isn't a citrus - but it's similar enough to citrus to work with the Zomba Steamed green tea base. And you know what? I think this may be my favorite Zomba Steamed green tea blend that I've made yet. The flavors are clear and unmistakable - they're sweet, a little bit tangy and really well balanced. The pineapple and peach don't compete with one another here, instead, they work in harmony to create a delightful fruit flavor combination that is familiar yet different enough that you don't find it every day.
The pineapple is sweet and just a little bit tart and the peach offers a pleasantly smooth sweetness that softens the pineapple.
I tried my first cup of this hot - resteeped the leaves (nice resteep too!) and I really enjoyed it as a warm beverage - but I think that this tea truly shines as an iced tea. (Cold-brewing works splendidly with this tea!) And it's getting closer to iced tea weather - so you might want to grab a pouch of this!
to brew: These leaves are rather large and curly - and difficult to confine to a measuring spoon! So I recommend using a teaspoon from your cutlery drawer (the kind you might use to stir your tea!) and measure out a heaping teaspoon of leaf to 12 ounces of hot water (180°F) and let steep for just over 2 minutes (I went with 2 minutes, 15 seconds). Strain and let cool for 5 minutes before you start sipping. Enjoy!


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They are absolutely right. It will not be like 1994...it will be worse. For the past two years, the Democrats have been passing monstrous bills that the public did not want. Quick...name one Democrat running for office touting their Health Care vote FOR the bill. What is that I hear? Crickets? It was, if memory serves, the most important piece of legislation since Social Security, right? Exactly. Democrats who are talking about it are touting their vote AGAINST it. Why? Easy...they voted for a bill Americans did not want. We went to town halls. For the love af all that is holy, we showed up in tea party protests all over the country. We elected Scott Brown in Massachusetts. And the Democrats think we will forget? We were mad. Now we are patient. Looking at the calendar, counting the days, waiting...waiting. TO VOTE! I could go on and on, but I will not. For you see, I am waiting, organizing, waiting...I could be at death's door on Nov. 2, and I will have someone give me an absentee ballot. Can the Dems say that?
Stern lectures for the logically-challenged. Others have opinions, I have convictions.
Thursday, September 09, 2010
Tsunami 2010
I read this comment today by a reader in response to this article by former Clinton folks that think this election will never be as bad as 1994! I just loved this reader's response.
Posted by Tonto at 6:26 PM
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- Vigilis said...
And some of those Democrats who voted against the health care legislation have run run campaign ads highlighting their opposition.
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD), says in one ad that she voted against "all the bailouts and the trillion dollar health care plan" because it "wasn't right for South Dakota."
Will Pelosi's thumb in the dam be sufficient until the elections are over?
- Joe said...
Sone of the Dems actually voted against the bill before they voted for it.
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The other day while walking through the Wilk I happened to pass a boy wearing perhaps the most unusual pants I have ever witnessed adorning a human body. I was giggling to myself until I saw his face and realized that it was a boy I had a giant crush on freshman year for about a week (well, the crush was about as giant as a weeklong crush could possibly be). He is British (sigh...love the accent) with brown skin and green eyes (man, I am a sucker for a boy with pretty eyes. Tell you what. It's like a curse). Yikes, that boy is smokin. I met him Friday September 1, 2006 (I checked my journal from freshman year for verification on that one. (Um, let me explain: I am a little bit of a nut about journaling. I can pretty much tell you what I was doing on any given night for the past decade. I have filled 9 journals with my crazy ramblings. And that is not an exaggeration, though I almost wish it was because there is a lot of embarrassing stuff in those volumes. Anyway, back to the story...)) at a women's volleyball game. I had to ask him what his name was literally four times because of the accent as well as the noise in the fieldhouse. And guess what. I never actually figured out what it was. I just gave up asking because I felt like an idiot screaming "WHAT!?" into his ear five times. Four was okay, but five was pushing the limits of social decorum. Anyway, I like to think that we loved each other for the duration of the volleyball game, after which the differences of class (him living in DT and me in Helaman) drove us apart. It would have been asking far too much for us to have bridged the socioeconomic gap. Alas, we were merely two star-crossed lovers for an hour or so.
What is the point of this story, you ask? Men: don't ever buy pants with flanel sewn into the inner thighs and elastic around the bottoms of the legs. Ew. Pretty eyes, but where in the world did he get those horrible pants? Maybe they're all the rage in Europe, but here in the states they just make girls like me laugh to themselves as they pass.


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A stay home Wednesday for us! High five!!
We never really do a ton on my days off but enjoy time together. Daddy had to work, but like most days we stay home, he treats us to some Starbucks before heading off!!
We lounged around and attempted some awesome OOTD photos with our matching Hello Apparel shirts.
Didn't go so hot as you can see.
All shirts are found here.
Someone is always looking away, a grouchy pants, or hair out of place.
Heck its life, these are our real life photos.
We got to do a quick play date with friends and an early lunch at Chickfila, all before heading home for much needed naps.
We are early risers in this house (not by my own choice mind you) hence early lunch, early naps.
After nap we had some silly play and then our always favorite Target trip. Drinks in hand!
Then dinner off of food trucks at the Agritopia Farmers Market! Live music = dance party.
The next week will be a little chaotic over here... Packing and moving and unpacking. All in 105 degree weather and with two littles. Prayers and positive vibes are welcomed.
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I've been reading up about the process of buying a domain name and web hosting, and I also polled my Facebook friends via my FB status. The books and articles I read said to keep your domain name purchase and web hosting separate; that way, if one goes down, the other is still up. The Facebook friends who responded mostly said to go with GoDaddy for everything. Even though I like getting and taking advice from others, I decided to go with splitting up the two processes. I bought lesleylooper.com from Hover.com for about $10 for the year with an online coupon. I haven't decided on a web host yet, and will probably wait until after the GRE is over.
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PAUL WINFIELD, PLAINTIFF,v.RAPPOPORT, ET AL.,DEFENDANTS.
The opinion of the court was delivered by: Gregory G. Hollows United States Magistrate Judge
Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and a motion to proceed in forma pauperis.
28 U.S.C. § 1915 permits any court of the United States to authorize the commencement and prosecution of any suit without prepayment of fees by a person who submits an affidavit indicating that the person is unable to pay such fees. However,
[i]n no event shall a prisoner bring a civil action or appeal a judgment in a civil action or proceeding under this section if the prisoner has, on 3 or more prior occasions, while incarcerated or detained in any facility, brought an action or appeal in a court of the United States that was dismissed on the grounds that it is frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, unless the prisoner is under imminent danger of serious physical injury.
28 U.S.C. § 1915(g).
The plain language of the statute (§ 1915(g)) makes clear that a prisoner is precluded from bringing a civil action or an appeal in forma pauperis if the prisoner has brought three frivolous actions and/or appeals (or any combination thereof totaling three). See Rodriguez v. Cook, 169 F.3d 1176, 1178 (9th Cir. 1999). 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) should be used to deny a prisoner's in forma pauperis status only upon a determination that each action reviewed (as a potential strike) is carefully evaluated to determine that it was dismissed as frivolous, malicious or for failure to state a claim. Andrews v. King, 398 F.3d 1113, 1121 (9th Cir. 2005). Dismissal of an appeal as frivolous after a district court dismissal on grounds that the action was frivolous counts as a separate strike. Adepegba v. Hammons, 103 F.3d 383, 388 (5th Cir. 1996). However, Adepegba qualifies that insofar as affirmance only finds no error at district court level, affirmance should not count as separate strike.*fn1 Id., at 387. On the other hand, when the appeal is frivolous on a separate ground, then the appeal dismissal is also a strike. Id. at 388. See also Thompson v. Gibson, 289 F.3d 1218, 1222 (10th Cir. 2002); Moran v. Sondalle, 218 F.3d 647, 651-52 (7th Cir. 2000) (both noting that frivolous appeals count as a strike).
In a recent case, Silva v. Di Vittorio, __F.3d__, 2011 WL 4436248 (9th Cir. 2011), the Ninth Circuit held that a district court strike was not final until an appeal had been resolved.
The undersigned first notes that plaintiff has filed 37 cases since 1991.*fn2 The undersigned finds that the following actions constitute strikes under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g): Winfield v. Davis, Case No. 2:03-cv-0101 FCD PAN P - June 9, 2003 case dismissed for failure to state a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
Winfield v. Katcher, et al., Case No. 2:03-cv-2064 GEB GGH P - June 24, 2005 case dismissed for plaintiff's repeated failure to state a claim.
Winfield v. Downing, Case No. 2:06-cv-0391 GEB JFM P - March 16, 2007 case dismissed for plaintiff's failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. Appeal dismissed for failure to prosecute on July 13, 2007.
Winfield v. Suliven, et al., Case No. 2:07-cv-0828 LKK EFB P - April 16, 2008 case dismissed for plaintiff's failure to state a claim.*fn3
The undersigned also notes that no appeals are pending in the above cited cases and the time to file appeals has passed.
Nor is the instant case subject to the exception for plaintiff subject to "imminent danger of serious physical injury." 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). Plaintiff alleges that defendants are attempting "mental murder" by giving him psychotropic drugs and they once gave him 150 milligrams of haldol. However, the only relief plaintiff seeks is for defendants to be prosecuted and monetary damages, nor does plaintiff describe the psychotropic drugs he objects to.
The undersigned notes that these allegations or similar allegations involving his psycotropic medication have been the basis of many of plaintiff's complaints over the last ten years against various defendants, though plaintiff has yet to be murdered by defendants due to the medication as alleged in the instant complaint. See Winfield v. Katcher, et al., Case No. 2:03-cv-2064 GEB GGH P, Winfield v. Levy, Case No. 2:05-cv-1848 FCD CMK P, Winfield v. Downing, Case No. 2:06-cv-0391 GEB JFM P, Winfield v. White, Case No. 2:07-cv-0671 FCD DAD P, Winfield v. Suliven, et al., Case No. 2:07-cv-0828 LKK EFB P, Winfield v. Renolds, et al., Case No. 2:07-cv-2668 GEB GGH P, Winfield v. Soloman, et al., Case No. 2:08-cv-0875 WBS DAD P, Winfield v. Soliman, et al., Case No. 2:08-cv-1343 LKK KJM P, Winfield v. Soliman, et al., Case No. 2:08-cv-1413 GEB DAD P, Winfield v. Soliman, et al., Case No. 2:08-cv-3018 LKK GGH P. As it appears plaintiff files the same complaint any time a ...
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I am looking for the ancestors and descendants of Marie Floreda Rosella Smith.I believe her parents were Alfred Smith and Rose Petit.
Alfred Smith was born in Canada between 1867 and 1877.His father was born in Scotland and his mother was born in French Canada.
His wife, Rose Petit, was born in Wisconsin between 1882 and 1884.Her father was born in French Canada and her mother was born in Wisconsin.
Their dauther, Marie Floreda Rosella Smith was born in 1909 in Wisconsin.She used her middle name Floreda also spelled Floretta, Florida, Florita.
Rose died of tuberculosis or in giving birth to a son.The son died also?
Floreda was put into an orphanage.
The father, Alfred Smith, then remarried a woman from England.He died in a fire in Somerset, WI.His second wife raised Floreda.
Floreda married at 16 to a man with the last name of Johnson and had 3 children.She then married a second time to a man with the last name of Runge.
I believe Floreda's grandfather may have been Zephyr Petit or Zephir Petit.He is listed in the 1900 census as Zephyr Petite in the 1900 St. Croix Co., Star Prairie Township, Wisconsin Census.His wife's name is Mary.They have a daughter named Salina, age 11 born July 1888, and a daughter named Rosy, age 8 born Aug. 1891.
According to this census, Zeph Petite was born in French Cananda in May 1861. His parents were also born in French Canada.
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Well, the title says it all. Read this (every single exchange) and laugh... or don't laugh! :D
If anyone asks, Robert is my patronus.
"i f*cking hate u"
This is gold. I somehow doubt it's real, but it's gold.
This is classic. It's where the 5/7 meme came from.
It's pretty hilarious. I don't think baiting an easy target makes you a hero (like if you would do that on iwaku you'd be banned within the week. Maybe with a fundraiser).
Like "so in a week" is comedy gold, but it's baiting plain and simple. Don't misconstrue it for heroism just because the target has some retarded asshole opinions expressed on his Facebook.
*cough* Asmo *cough*
But yes, this exchange is amazing. "Are you gonna get her some armor for her big day?" Gold.
Maybe not too nice on Brendan, but man.
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The prototype captured in these spy images is using a current model's stretched bodyshell and its rear track is slightly wider.
The current Ford C-Max was first launched in Europe back in 2003 and was treated with a mild facelift last year as part of its mid-cycle upgrade. New prototypes of the C-Max spotted in Germany suggest that Ford is already conducting public road-tests of the next-generation model due sometime in 2010. The next C-Max will first go on sale as a 2011 model in Europe but this version is also expected to be sold in North America for the first time. The prototype captured in these spy images is using a current model's stretched bodyshell and its rear track is slightly wider.
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We were lucky enough to snag tickets for this, and spent our New Year's tailgating and watching outdoor hockey.
We met up with some friends tailgating under the bridge. I didn't get a decent shot of it (the D40 doesn't focus as well in low light as the 300), but the guys next to us had turned the bed of their pick-up into a hot tub.
We decided that next time we grill steaks, we will bring actual steak knives. John's really putting his back into it.
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Well, I guess the word got out. As excited as I was for the publicity, part of me is thinking, please don't crash the server. I like being able to play, and getting banned doesn't sound like fun. Hopefully that won't be an issue…
Anyway, the Guild got formed, the tabard is made, and the three types of linen shirts are in the production process. Everyone online last night was super stoked about the wow.com publicity, and some ideas were tossed out. Boy, the people in Bucklers sure know how to run with something. I logged on this morning to check my in game mail and set a meeting time for my guild to get the final prep done for Gnomestock and get this message from Revix:
"Hey Sam, We got 200 Deviate Fish"
I suppose it is Pirate's Day tomorrow.
I'll be posting up some final information this evening about the individual events for Gnomestock, with the exception of the race "course" that players will have to take for the first event. If you want to go ahead and get yourself guilded up in the guild Gnomestock, I'll be on my mage, Cristobel, tonight at 6 server (7 EDT) for a good hour or so. I'll be happy to take care of some of that this evening.
Speaking of my mage, I'd like to give a quick shout out to Euripedes, whose blog helped me level her up quickly. I recently crossed the 2k spellpower barrier, and am no longer frost (which I miss the playstyle of desperately!), but I can't complain about the raw numbers I'm achieving with Arcane.
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Arsenal face a tough task ahead of them in the Champions League round 16. Arsenal takes on Bayern Munich in Allianz Arena tomorrow.
Arsenal is in a bit of slump. They have only managed to win once in their last three games. After losing back to back matches to Watford and Chelsea, Arsenal beat Hull City 2-0. The losses put a damper on Arsenal's title hopes. Thus, a win against Bayern will keep them in the hunt for a champions league title. Another catch here is that Arsenal has never progressed past the round of 16 in Champions League for past 6 seasons.
The Arsenal defence will have their hands full. Bayern Forward Robert Lewandowski is on a scoring spree having scored 9 goals in last 10 matches. Also with Robben healthy and Muller in the front three, Arsenal will be busy all night.
Arsenal Vs Bayern Munich kicks off at 1:15 am IST tomorrow
On the other side, Carlo Ancelotti and Bayern are playing good football recently. They lead the RB Leipzig by 7 points in Bundesliga. The Bavarian's defence is impressive as they have not conceded more than one goal in last 12 matches. But a shortage of goals scored is a problem for this side.
Franck Ribery has a chance to play after returning to training. Xabi Alonso is doubtful as well after limping out of training. Other than Jerome Boateng who is still nursing a shoulder injury, Ancelotti has all his other players healthy.
Bayern defence should have no problem in containing Sanchez but should be vary of the Gunners. The Gunners boast some solid play makers in its side including Ozil, Sanchez and Walcott.
Bayern looks favourite to take the first leg tomorrow at home. But should look to avoid giving Arsenal easy away goals. Arsenal on the other hand should forget the ghost of the past and execute its game plan perfectly and hopefully win the tie.


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Menu Plan Monday 3/7
Last week's menu was not that great. I probably won't be repeating any of those meals. 🙂
This morning I made the creamsicle cookies and they are really good. My husband is going to be so happy that I finally made a cookie that is completely chocolate free! He doesn't share my obsession with chocolate and I just don't understand! 😉
I had to alternate the recipe a tad because I didn't have a rolling pin or cookie cutters. Oops! I also used pineapple orange juice concentrate which ruins the creamsicle effect a little bit but they are still delicious.
The glaze on the cookies is just a mix of powdered sugar, vanilla and more pineapple orange juice concentrate. 🙂
Here is the plan for this week!
Sunday – Last night I made lentil soup for the first time and I will never be making it again. Ick.
Monday – House church was canceled so I'm just baking some chicken tenderloins in the oven and making some broccoli and buttered noodles.
Tuesday – Crisp Roasted chicken and potatoes, salad
Wednesday – Pineapple Beef with rice
Thursday – Chicken Mole Casserole, salad
Friday – Take-out!
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Thanks to everyone who sent in their views on the Pay talks. I understand that there is a meeting with the negotiators week commencing 11 June 2007. http://www.unison.org.uk/news/news_view.asp?did=3301
Clearly this is a crucial time for Local Government workers as 2% is a pay cut.
Is it just me? or is everything is going up? from your weekly shop, fuel bills, council tax, rent, mortgage payments!
Year on year pay cuts places local government workers under incredible pressure. This in a country which professes to be the 4th or 5th largest economy?
What is being done to build a campaign across all the public sector trade unions?
Well, it appears quite a lot.
Our colleagues working in Health voted in favour of taking strike action at their UNISON Health conference 4/5 weeks ago. See link http://www.unison.org.uk/news/news_view.asp?did=3300
Even the Royal College of Nursing hardly known for their militancy are gearing up for industrial action if Brown insists on implementing the Pay cut!
Communication Workers Union the Postal Workers union
have voted unanimously for strike action
Public & Commercial Services union (PCS) are campaigning hard and have already started strike action over pay & are calling for action across all the public sector trade unions
NUT Campaign – The teachers union are building up the pressure on their campaign on pay http://www.teachers.org.uk/SalaryCampaign/salarycamp.php
In March when Gordon Brown published his comprehensive spending review, Brendan Barber TUC General Secretary had this to say http://www.tuc.org.uk/publicsector/tuc-13015-f0.cfm
What does this all mean?
Clearly all the Public Sector unions are keen to take up the fight to protect those members from this pay cut orchestrated by Gordon Brown. However there is still time for negotiations and it is likely any talks of officially balloting members is unlikely to be earlier than September 2007.
With the news that UNISON are supporting Brown's leadership one can hope that this is a signal that UNISON have some inside information that he can deliver for UNISON members.
It is with this in mind that I think all public sector employees seek answers from th eLabour party. What better opportunity than to challenge those standing for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party. UNISON members may want to particularly direct responses to Alan Johnson as he is being supported by UNISON so send questions to
www.labour.org.uk/leadership/candidates by and clicking on one of the candidates pages
I believe it is important to keep sending messages from our members to our negotiators so Your comments on Pay which we publish and pass on to UNISON to publish.
Lastly keep up to date on National Pay talks by going to the UNISON web site


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Capital City Fire and Rescue is urging Juneauites to replace the batteries in their smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms on Sunday, the beginning of Daylight Savings Time.
"Fresh batteries allow smoke and CO alarms to do their jobs saving lives by alerting families of a fire or a buildup of deadly carbon monoxide in their homes," CCFR Deputy Fire Marshal Sven Pearson stated in a press release.
Statistics show in all reported structure fires in 2010, 21 percent had no smoke alarm or the smoke alarm failed to work, Pearson said. The majority of fire deaths in Alaska occurred in dwellings where smoke alarms failed to operate or were not installed, and two-thirds of fire deaths occur in homes where there are no smoke alarms or no working smoke alarms, he said.
"That is why it is important to replace batteries at least once every year and to test your alarms every month to make sure they work," Pearson said. "We recommend to install smoke alarms on every level of a home, outside bedrooms and inside each bedroom."


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We recently have been sewing up some printed Bunting Flag Banners.
These banners were printed on the computer!!! We used Bubble Jet 2000 to set the ink into the fabric.
This has been really fun.
our Etsy store.
The images on our banner are actual scans of our ancestors pictures, we can include your ancestors photos or you can borrow ours for your family banner!!!
Here are some projects we made with some graphics we got from the Graphics Fairy...
You can take a tour and hopefully get some more decorating ideas....just click on the picture above.
As always it is a work in progress, many of the pictures will be before pictures. We have a good start though!!


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My favourite books 10: Age Of AusterityPosted: May 27, 2011 Filed under: My favourite books | Tags: 1940s, 1950s, My favourite books Comments Off on My favourite books 10: Age Of Austerity
Age of Austerity, 1945-1951. Edited by Michael Sissons and Philip French.
Hodder & Stoughton, 1963; this edition Penguin, 1964.
An early entry into the ground now tilled so effectively by David Kynaston and others. On the sixtieth anniversary of the Festival of Britain, a look back to the time when we never had it so bad.


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This edition, co-hosted by my daughter Evalyn, includes all five songs from my 1992 cassette, Halloween Madness: "Weird Things Happen on Halloween Night," "There's a Vampire in My Basement," "To the Monsters in My Closet," "Skeleton Dance," and "Trick or Treat, Smell My Feet."
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Thursday, September 20, 2007
Oct 2006: Halloween Madness (5 songs)
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As I was last year in Canada over Christmas and New Year's, at home with family and coping with the death of my mother, one would expect that this greatly overshadowed my holidays this year. And it did, although not entirely as might be expected. Advent was indeed a time of remembering and sadness. It was a time for longing for an end to sickness and death, including the pain that many of us have felt on account of the death of my mother.
At the same time, the arrival of Christmas was a time of thankfulness for me. Christmas is a feast of joy and hope - and a celebration that Christ has come and is coming again and the world will be new, which means no more suffering and death! At the same time, I was also thankful that this was no longer the first Christmas without her. It was strange, but we - especially my family back in Canada - have made it through a year of holidays without her, and it her absence has become much less overwhelming.
As the New Year came, I was thankful that this year was not accompanied by having part of my world/life be turned upside down. After several years of being away, I also got to spend New Years back in the midst of the crazy fireworks of Amsterdam - after getting to end the year with a service in chapel. I've also had time and energy to think and hope for next year, but also reflect on this past year. With a year having past since my mother's death, it feels like the end of an era. We still miss her. Her presence in the family, her love for us, her being there for each of us and doing her best to bring us together - these things are all gone. But we are getting used to them, and I expect this year to be less hard, especially for my father.
At the same time, when I look back I am thankful for the good I have seen this year. We have been family for each other. We have all gotten to know my father better and be surprised by what we are capable of, especially my dad. I am also thankful that my has made it through this very hard year - something last year he'd hoped for and had a hard time imagining how it could be good. And yet, seeing how much Dad is involved in his relationship with his grandchildren and many others - in the church and with family - I cannot help but see that this year, in its own strange way, has also been at times good, for which I am thankful.


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|Reviews for League Judgement: Diana, Scorn of the Moon
| Tingey chapter 1 . 11/23/2012
Impressive, not a huge review here but I though i'd just comment that I enjoyed it. I liked the whole waxing and waning of her brand, nice way to bring it together :)
| solomon.leo.7 chapter 1 . 8/23/2012
Awesome story! loved it :)
| Vladimir 3 chapter 1 . 8/7/2012
Awesome job you did there!
I love the way you show Diana. She's not evil, no, she is misunderstoof, alone and ready for revenge. She is emotionless but not boring. Angry but not insane. She's the scorn of the moon. She's Diana.
Very good!
| leesintheblindmo chapter 1 . 8/2/2012
that was beautiful D
| O.verP.owered chapter 1 . 8/1/2012
Diana certainly went ebil XD
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An experiment gone very, very right — fresh green beans and sautéed onions, cozily bundled in bacon. A less-than-30-minute recipe involving four simple ingredients.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Heat the oil in a sauté pan over medium-high heat. Sauté the onion until golden or golden brown, depending on your preference. Set aside.
Lay the bacon strips out on a large baking sheet and bake for 3 minutes. Then, remove from the oven and wrap 5-6 green beans and some sautéed onions in each strip. On the same baking sheet, put these bundles back in the oven for 20 more minutes.


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Sunday, December 27, 2009
My Soapbox for the Day
Today's news bulletin carried the headline that Australians have the highest personal debt on record with household debt now higher than what the entire country earns annually. Household debt includes mortgages, personal loans and credit cards.
I could rant on and on about 'don't buy what you can't afford' and 'living simply' and my current bug-bear 'the commercialization of Christmas' (and yes I know the debt figures don't include the Christmas spend) but I think I would be blowing in the wind.
Suffice to say that any potential lessons to be learned from the infamous GFC seem to have been lost - maybe we really did need to have a deep recession to make people listen.
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you know, i think as well as overwhelming pressure from society to over spend,
there is also a severe lack of financial education out there.
i mean, where do people get their money knowledge from?
their parents?
the banks?
these places all pass on antiquated information that only serves to encourage MORE bad debt and MORE financial ignorance.
5% of the population have 90% of the wealth.
so obviously schools, parents and banks do not have the information worth knowing.
parents can only pass on what they know, so they can be excused.
but schools - they teach what they want people to believe in order to keep schools in positions of power.
that is:
go to school
study hard
get into a good uni
get a job
work hard
spend more than you make
etc etc.
if people were independently wealthy they would not need to go to school in order to succeed, would they?
and banks - don't even get me started!
i don't think i have all the answers.
i just think that ignorance has a lot to answer for.
- December 27, 2009 at 1:45 PM
i really have to stop leaving entire blog posts in your comments!
- December 27, 2009 at 1:45 PM
- Mountaingirl said...
Oh soapbox away - there is no word limit here lol
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Well. This is a new section.
Basically, this is essentially a nexus for the writers of Dr. Theory Slap'd to help share their music, and hopefully, start providing podcast-y style things where we discuss different aspects of writing between the three of us.
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Last Tuesday evening about seven o'clock, says the Winnemucca (Cal.) Register of August 9, the people in the lower town were startled by the sudden appearance of a huge monster we are at a lost to know whether to call fowl or beast, not-withstanding it had wings and could fly. It was certainly the biggest creature ever seen in this country with feathers. If a bird, it belongs to a giant species unknown to American ornithology. Our attention was first attracted by hearing some one sing out, "Holy Mother, see that cow with wings." We stepped to the door just in time to see the monster alight with something of a crash on the roof of Mrs. Collier's dwelling house, where it remained for several minutes taking a quiet survey of the land and the astonished multitude who stood gazing at that unexpected visitor. It could not have weighed less than seventy or one hundred lbs., with a pair of ponderous wings, which, when stretched out to the breeze, must have been fully twelve feet from tip to tip. Its color was that of a raven, with the exception that the tip of its wings and tail were white. An "old salt," who happened to get sight of the bird, thinks he must be a renegade member of the condor family. He says he has frequently met with such "critters" on the coast of South America.
Tuesday Evening would have been August 1, 1871.September 15, 1871. Macon (Georgia) Telegraph and Messenger 6126): 2.


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Europe: We came across an interesting blog discussing the Amazon Echo and how it had changed writer Colin Gray's listening habits completely. Let us be honest, we all love podcasts but when do we find time to listen through that ever growing list of unplayed episodes? Voice controlled tech is the solution, writes ThePodcastHost.com.
Podcasting is a brilliant medium and is to radio what time shift and on-demand is to TV. Episodes allows listeners to consume audio content whenever and wherever they want. Problem is – do they? Podcasting isn't as easy to use as the radio, it requires a lot of steps and quite frankly when do you find time to listen?
Colin Gray had the same issue, but writes in an article on ThePodcastHost.com how a piece of tech has solved it. In fact, it has made life different. He writes:
I'm a geek. I've always had a lot of tech in my house. But, despite that, I often just can't be bothered to get out my phone, turn on the bluetooth speaker, link 'em up, deal with the 20% of times it inexplicably doesn't link (despite the fact it worked perfectly 2 hours ago!), navigate to an app, find something to listen to and hit play. I know – first world problems – it's not that onerous. But, it's enough to put me off when I've just got 10 minutes pottering around the kitchen.
The solution for him was the Amazon Echo.
Now, though, when I reach the kitchen in the morning, I just speak. And it works. Sometimes it's: "Alexa, play Radio 2." The dulcet tones of Chris Evans fire up in an instant. Or it's: "Alexa, play the Cnet Update." The most excellent (now finished…!) Cnet Tech update podcast would kick in.
As a podcaster himself Mr Gray know all to well what the issues are.
It's the ease that matters here. Our biggest problem as podcasters is that listening still isn't easy. Apps have come a long way in the past few years, but it's still a process.
If this is what is required – the radio industry might find that they need to add voice controlled home tech to the list of battles to fight.


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Michelle raved about this book, City of Ember, so I read it. (I didn't love it as much as she did). Now there's a movie, and here's the teaser trailer. Starring Bill Murray, Tim Robbins and Saoirse Ronan. It looks pretty good, actually.
Keep an eye on Saoirse Ronan. Between Atonement, City of Ember and The Lovely Bones, I'm thinking she's probably the best child actress out there right now. Way better than Dakota Fanning.


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Thanks for visiting the First Daffodils blog in 2008. A special thanks, also, to all of the photographers who permitted us to use their daffodil photographs on these pages. Most of all, a round of applause to the daffodils around the world, "who" gave us so much joy as we watched spring arrive.
Now that the daffodils in the Northern Hemisphere have had their time in the sun (and the snow), we'll have to find other occupations to fill our time until the daffodils come out next spring.
We will post some additional photos from 2008 sometime this summer. Then we'll take a break until January 2o09. Thanks again for stopping by, and see you next year.
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Looking towards First Daffodils 2009
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Monday, February 11, 2008
Got a call from GK4, former fiance.
"I got your valentine in the mail today," he said.
"Oh, good. That was fast."
"Nice choice."
"Well, I just bought a bunch of them, and then I decided who got what, at random."
"Really. So you would have sent, say, Liz or Eloise or Maeve a card with a picture of a Victorian cupid standing next to a flaming heart, with the words 'all's well that ends well'?"
There was a silence.
GK4 informed me that he'd been invited to a Valentine's Day party to which each guest had been asked to contribute a piece of original erotic fiction, to be read anonymously.
"I think I'll write one about driving my cab." he said.
"Don't do that."
"Why not?"
"Because all you do is talk about driving your cab, and you'll have told, like, twenty people about it, and then they'll read this 'anonymous' piece of erotic fiction about a cab driver, and it'll obviously be you."
He called back twenty minutes later.
"I know what I'm going to do." he said. "I'm writing an erotic piece about Joan Didion picking me up in a bar. She'll be really sexually aggressive and make me come home with her. I think it'll go over really well."
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Monday, August 13, 2012
Ten Long Years
8 comments:
- Kamry Low said...
I love following your blog. Now after seeing this post I NEED to know where you got your red and Mostly black side strap bathing suit. I have a terrible time finding a bathing suit for supportive reason... I might have to track you down in cardston! or hope that you write back on here.
- August 13, 2012 at 8:52 PM
- Ranae Broadhead said...
another baby!?! congrats!! thats exciting
- August 14, 2012 at 8:07 AM
- Liesel said...
wowsers, is this an announcement?
I'd love to see a wedding picture too, just to see the changes, if any. When I saw you in April you looked amazing.
Kamry, if you read this, I just got an amazingly supportive suit from Land's End.
- August 15, 2012 at 6:56 PM
- Tisha said...
what? #6!! wasn't ezra just born?!! :) What a fun 10-year anniversary trip! You guys look amazing, congrats on the new baby! very exciting!
- August 16, 2012 at 8:13 PM
- Elizabeth said...
It was a pure pleasure - one of the things I do in life because I truly want to! I fell in love with Ezra, and I was already smitten with all the other children. I'm happy you had fun; we had fun too! One morning though - Jennie did save my bacon - I woke up tired and she let me sleep, made breakfast, played with the kids, and then made lunch! And Uncle JJ - he made A LOT of food runs:) Anyway, it was an AWESOME summer holiday:))
- August 17, 2012 at 10:59 AM
- Amy said...
Congrats on ten years and ANOTHER BABY!!!! You are the most gorgeous mom ever!
- August 19, 2012 at 7:50 PM
- Timothy said...
Seriously, I'm not totally sure why such an ugly kid got such a stunningly beautiful girl. It makes little sense, except for a bit of trickery during the dating days.
- August 27, 2012 at 12:28 PM
- Meg said...
Congratulations on the baby and anniversary!! You guys are awesome!
- September 1, 2012 at 8:16 PM


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A case scheduled to go before the Illinois Supreme Court this week is challenging the law that allows the state's not-for-profit hospitals to skip paying property taxes.
The Chicago Tribune reports applications for hospital property tax exemptions have been in limbo for about a year while the courts consider the issue. The Supreme Court will hear the case Thursday.
Those challenging the law say many not-for-profit hospitals enjoy hefty profits and should have to contribute to their communities like other businesses. But hospitals say they provide valuable charitable care and use the exemptions to fulfill their communities' health care needs.
Nearly 160 of Illinois' over 200 hospitals are not-for-profit.


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I've recently signed up and have been accepted in to the Need for Speed: World beta program and last night was the first time trying it out. What are my initial impressions? Yeehaw... They finally put Need for Speed back on the map. It feels like you're back into the NFS classic gameplay which I love.
For the last few iterations of the Need for Speed franchise, they have been met with disappointment and utter disgrace of how can a company can mangle such a great franchise. NFS ProStreet was probably the first one that made the change and it was rubbish. Tried it and didn't like it. NFS Undercover in my view was their first attempt to get back into the classic style gameplay but failed miserably. I bought it, played it and finished it within four days. Replayability? None. Hated it. Not even close to the classic styles. NFS Shift was slightly better as for me it felt more like Gran Turismo which was ok really but still doesn't capture the Need for Speed spirit.
Now with Need for Speed: World, it was a whole lot better. It's good to see a game going back to its roots and giving its fans what they wanted all along. I have to say playing this style of game online sure does have its moments and also it is still in beta after all. So apart from gameplay, which is superb btw, what else did I think of the beta?
- Cars was disappearing all over or reappearing and colliding with everyone. Obviously this meant the gameplay wasn't smooth at all and was rather distracting at most times.
- Graphics wise was quite bad. Even on my new system. Obviously this is due an online game but I'm pretty sure that it did download about 1.5GB worth of data for the game. Maybe that was the engine and the bare basics graphics?
- A few of the options weren't there for the controls especially if you want to remap the keyboard buttons to a gamepad for example. You can't do that at the moment.
- Multiplayer funnily enough didn't work for me. When I tried joining a multiplayer race, it booted me back into Windows when everyone was ready to race. Don't know what's going on there but single player races worked fine.
Apart from the above issues I still think this game has potential and would really love it if they upped the graphics and gameplay.
If you wish to sign up to the beta program goto this website (http://world.needforspeed.com/betasignup)
Update: Multiplayer worked for me last night.
Thursday, June 03, 2010
Need for Speed: World beta Review
I've recently signed up and have been accepted in to the Need for Speed: World beta program and last night was the first time trying it out. What are my initial impressions? Yeehaw... They finally put Need for Speed back on the map. It feels like you're back into the NFS classic gameplay which I love.
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Okay so first thing this morning, here's what happened:
She lost another tooth! Now there's a substantial gap in there. We suggested doing the Viking/Pirate thing by shoving a tooth-sized rock in there, but she let us know she was happy with waiting for a new tooth to move in. Still, it's an amazing process, isn't it? You sort of get complacent about this, as it happens to billions of people all over the world, and yet it's fairly amazing when you think about it further. And of course, there's the matter of the Tooth Fairy. Yes, with that tooth there is the promise of something left for her in the night. We'll see what that is tomorrow, of course.
Today the Art Camp continued, but this time with a twist: there was "Pottery Camp" afterwards. Madison had her first experience with pottery this afternoon. She enjoyed it so much that later on tonight, she said to Mommy, "I can't wait for Pottery Camp tomorrow!"
The rest of the art camp is fun, but she is enjoying creating things with clay. As you would suspect, this isn't the last time she'll be using clay to create something. Today's creation, by the way, was a castle, complete with a princess. It sits on top of a kitchen counter, slowly drying. She's rather proud of it, and we'll take a picture of it when it's ready.
Meanwhile, Daddy was busy creating a rather large game of Chutes and Ladders for church tonight. We were talking about determination, and getting back up again, comparing him to Paul from the Bible. It's an older message, but it worked out really well. The board game really helped sell the point too!
You can see here we had two Wolverine action figures to use as playing pieces. Kids rolled the dice and moved along the board. You definitely had to show determination to finish this out, as many times as you'd hit a slide that shot you back down. Those were on the villain spaces - villains sent you back. Certain heroes - including a cameo by Stan Lee - gave you a ladder to go upwards!
Tonight we're heading to bed a little later. It's been a good day though, another full one. Tomorrow we'll start out with art camp again, but before that we'll check our pillow to see if there's anything left by a certain nighttime visitor that has a strange fascination with collecting teeth. Goodnight!