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PM champions EU free trade deal with China
David Cameron arrives in Beijing with the message that 'an open Britain is the ideal partner for an opening China'.
The Prime Minister will call for the European Union (EU) and China to negotiate a free trade deal unleashing tens of billions to the European and Chinese economies.
Leading the largest ever British trade mission to go to China, the Prime Minister intends to use the visit to shift the relationship up a gear and deepen a lasting partnership for growth and reform that can help to deliver the Chinese dream and long-term prosperity for Britain too.
Read more about the Prime Minister's visit to China.
EU-China free trade deal
At a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing today, the Prime Minister will make clear he is ready to put his full political weight behind an agreement to liberalise trade between China and the EU - the world's largest trading bloc and China's biggest trading partner. Such a deal would deliver a sizeable economic prize with initial economic analysis suggesting it could be worth up to £1.8 billion every year to the UK economy alone.
Becoming the first European leader to champion such a deal in this way, the Prime Minister set out the reasons why a deal should be achieved in an article for the Chinese weekly business publication Caixin, saying:
Britain is uniquely placed to make the case for deepening the European Union's trade and investment relationship with China. Building on the recent launch of EU-China negotiations on investment, and on China's continued commitment to economic reform, I now want to set a new long-term goal of an ambitious and comprehensive EU-China Free Trade Agreement. And as I have on the EU-US deal, so I will put my full political weight behind such a deal which could be worth tens of billions of dollars every year.
The government has already started making the case for an ambitious EU-China free trade agreement, raising it with European partners, including at the Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius last week.
The government has already identified that eliminating tariffs in the 20 sectors where they are highest would save UK exporters approximately $1 billion a year. The UK has significant sectoral strengths in these high tariff areas, which include vehicles, pharmaceutical, mechanical and electrical goods, and which together account for 36% of UK exports to China.
A free trade deal would also address issues such as services liberalisation and better intellectual property, where the gains could be even greater.
Investment & intellectual property
While an EU free trade deal will take time to negotiate, the Prime Minister will use this week's visit to press ahead with closer co-operation in other areas that will help British businesses and boost the UK economy. These include:
- inward investment into Britain from China will get a significant boost when the Chinese ministry responsible for authorising all major overseas investments signs a landmark deal backing Chinese companies to invest in the UK, as well as supporting more investment from British companies into China; this will be the first deal of its kind between China and a European partner
- British businesses will also benefit from a new accelerated patent process – the Patent Prosecution Highway - that will provide swifter consideration of British patent applications if examination work has already been conducted at another intellectual property office; this will mean that a patent for an invention could be granted much sooner than would normally be possible, enabling firms to take action against infringers
- an agreement between Standards Association of China and British Standards Institution to permit the mutual adoption of British and Chinese standards facilitating the supply of products across both UK and Chinese markets and regulatory compliance; and enhancing the market access opportunities for SMEs in both countries
These measures will help business concerned about the economic impact of intellectual property (IP) infringement in China, estimated to cost from tens of millions to several billion pounds. Infringement of intellectual property in China is a real concern for British businesses and a number of trade delegates accompanying the Prime Minister on the visit raised the issue with him during a meeting in Downing Street last week. Such issues can significantly add to the cost and difficulty of entering the market, especially for SMEs who account for around half of the business delegation. In 2012, 1 in 4 UK businesses were put off doing business overseas due to concerns around IP theft.
Jaguar sign £4.5 billion agreement for 100,000 car sales
The Prime Minister's visit to China began with a visit to Jaguar Land Rover's training academy in Beijing to mark its official opening as Jaguar Land Rover sign a new agreement to provide 100,000 cars to the National Sales Company in China over the next year, demonstrating the value of the UK market to British companies.
Jaguar Land Rover's activities in China indirectly support 38,000 British jobs and China has now overtaken Britain to become its largest market. The technical academy in Beijing has the capacity to train 4,500 people a year – the trainees are technicians, sales consultants and service advisors. It's the second such facility to open in China and will shortly be complemented by a new Academy in Guangzhou. Collectively these centres will see more than 10,500 technicians, sales consultants and service representatives trained to deliver world class levels of customer service across 223 authorised dealers in more than 90 cities.
Summing up his ambition for the China trip in Caixin, the Prime Minister said:
I hope that by advancing and extending our bilateral trade, by working together on the global issues that affect us all, and by maintaining an honest and open dialogue, my visit to China can plant the seeds of a long-term relationship which will benefit China, Britain and the world for generations to come.
Read more about the Prime Minister's visit to China.
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Energy: As coal use drops, job losses rise and electricity prices skyrocket, an electoral map of the 16 top coal-mining states does not bode well for an administration whose energy policy consists of algae and exploding electric cars.
Earlier this year, Houston-based GenOn Energy Inc. announced plans to close five of its older coal-fired power plants in Pennsylvania over the next four years, saying that tough new environmental rules make it unprofitable to operate the plants, which generate a total of 3,140 megawatts of electricity.
The plants are in Portland, Shawville, Titus, New Castle and Elrama. Two plants in Ohio and one in New Jersey will also be closed.
Based on current polls, Ohio is once again a battleground state and even Pennsylvania, full of bitter people clinging to their Bibles and guns, may also be in play.
Rising energy prices and lack of jobs will play heavily on the administration's fortunes in November, both affected by the administration's war on fossil fuels, particularly coal, being waged via regulations by what has become the fourth branch of government — the Environmental Protection Agency.
The good folks at RedState.com have put together a map showing the top 16 coal-producing states and their place on the electoral stage. Together they contain 182 electoral votes.
Of the top coal-producers Obama carried Colorado, New Mexico, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia. Illinois and possibly New Mexico are likely to remain in the Obama camp. The rest are arguably already gone, like Indiana, or seriously in play, comprising some 71 electoral votes.
The political landscape in these states has already begun to change due to failure of Obama's economic and energy policies.
Since Obama took office the state governments and legislatures of Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia have all been taken over by Republicans. And Republicans captured the House of Representatives in Colorado and the governorship in New Mexico.
Steven Miller, president and CEO of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, warns of job losses totaling 1.4 million over the next eight years and a 23% jump in electric rates in states dependent on coal-fired plants due to EPA regulations.
Well, President Obama did promise he would make energy prices "necessarily skyrocket."
Two events last week gave an indication of just how bad things will get.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported a shocking drop in power sector coal consumption in the first quarter of 2012.
Coal-fired power plants are now generating just 36% of U.S. electricity, vs. 44.6% just one year ago.
Not surprising, since the closings of 319 coal-fueled generating units totaling 42,895 megawatts, about 13% of U.S. coal capacity, have been announced nationwide since January 2010, according to the Sierra Club.
PJM Interconnection, the company that operates the electric grid for 13 states (Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia) held its 2015 capacity auction giving the first real indication of just how damaging Obama's war on coal will be.
The market-clearing price for new 2015 capacity — almost all natural gas — was $136 per megawatt. That's eight times higher than the price for 2012, which was just $16 per megawatt. In Pennsylvania, the new market price is $167 per megawatt — 10 times higher.
In northern Ohio, suffering from more forced coal-plant retirements than the rest of the region, the 2015 price is an astounding $357 per megawatt.
There are not enough solar panels and wind turbines in the world to make up for the lost capacity, the lost jobs and economic growth, and the higher electricity prices Obama's war on coal have and will continue to impose on our beleaguered economy.
In addition to pain at the pump we are facing pain at the plug. Fortunately there will be still enough coal-generated electricity to run the voting machines and let voters unplug President Obama and his policies.

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Starting from Monday 7th April, India will go for national elections with an unprecedented 814M voters, the world's largest voting population.
The elections will be phased out over more than a month, and the results are expected to be announced on 16th May.
My considered guess is that, this time around, more voters would come out to vote, as they want a change to happen in the governance of the country. I won't be surprised with an electorate turn-out of not less than 60%.
Further, the demographics of the voters has changed. There are more younger age voters this time, and they are frustrated, which is bad news for any incumbent government.
In this case, the news cannot be worse for the Indian National Congress and the alliance of parties who have governed India for the past 10 years. Apart from election challenges, they have been besieged by scandals and corruption charges. There have been so many scandals that it has become impossible to keep track of what is happening to each one of these scandals. Safety for women has been another major concern. A silent Prime Minister and a "withdrawing" Finance Minister are not helping the cause of the Congress Party at the hustings.
People are also getting rather tired of sycophancy, nepotism and dynastic politics.
All told, one should not be surprised with a total rout of the Congress. I would be surprised if they could eke out more than 120 seats.
While the main opposition party, the BJP, is no great shakes when it comes to ethics either – having been the subject of highly publicized corruption scandals in Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh States – but it is better on the corruption index overall when compared to the Congress ! It is a sorry state of affairs that there is no "clean" party in India. The latest party, the AAP, or the Common Man's Party, of Arvind Kejriwal, made a fool of itself after the short-lived Delhi governmental experience – they could not survive for not even 2 months !
Given the choices, I would not be surprised if BJP wins more than 210 seats, and stakes claim to form the next government with an unholy alliance of parties like what the Congress did.
So, I have to conclude that democracy and elections are no panacea for solving the development problems and ills of society. We have to survive democracy, and people pay off their elected representatives to get some things done for themselves which by right, they should get done for free in a democracy.
It will be interesting and highly amusing to see how the elections play out in the largest democracy in the world, and how the coalition government comes into power. Watch the fun !
Vijay Srinivasan
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|What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The Northeast
Judging by how you talk you are probably from north Jersey, New York City, Connecticut or Rhode Island. Chances are, if you are from New York City (and not those other places) people would probably be able to tell if they actually heard you speak.
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The thoughts of me and my dog who used to be Harvey, but is now George, who is Harvey's great-great-great-great-nephew.
Monday, November 20, 2006
Not bad for a Welsh girl
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I took this test the other day and came out strongest on The Midland (kinda disappointing for a Southern girl!). The result did say that if I wasn't from the mid-America area, then I was from one of the more urban Southern cities like Atlanta or Charleston. OK. That explains it, then. I scored a strong second for The South, so I don't have to be completely ashamed.
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I live in Washington State...we have no accent....I know, how boring....
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So, we have the same accent. Somehow I find that hard to believe, having heard and misunderstood the Welsh accent many times! But I am from Rhode Island, and that might explain everything.
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text: After our trip to Mount Scott, Ron took some extra time to show us this Prairie dog town. After we came back to our camp site, my 8 yr. old son start digging a hole, and hope one of the Prairie dog would come to see him.... Also, Ron have mentioned about the treasure hunting in the area, he wants to add that on the to do list when we come back to camp Doris. I told him you need to ask uncle Ron or Parker to teach you how to do that. Hopefully, he could find something that I don't have to work anymore!


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Still - a lot depends on the severity of one's OSA and other conditions and the ultimate guide and advice must come from your doctor.
By the way - although I am sure it is fairly common knowledge it is worth saying that a cold is not Influenza (AKA the flu), and Influenza vaccinations do not protect from the common cold.
I have had flu vaccinations for the last 10 years and have not had the flu in that time, although I usually get one cold a year.
USEFUL INFORMATION for those in OZ.
In Australia at least the standard practice is to vaccinate people with compromised respiratory systems against influenza. The eligible conditions include Asthma, COPD and OSA as well as some other diseases. These folk are eligible for free flu vaccinations through their local GP.
(The script is paid for by the government but the doctors must still be paid for the consultation if they don't 'Bulk Bill'. The saving is about $25 and the GP has the vaccine in stock saving you a trip to the Chemist.)


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Thursday, January 27, 2011
Cleaning again
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Words for Today!
"...'Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,' says the LORD Almighty" (Zechariah 4:6, NIV)
Are you struggling or striving to make something happen? Maybe you need a breakthrough in your finances or in a relationship. It's good to do everything we know to do in the natural, but we have to always remember that victory doesn't come by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the living God. One translation says, "It's by the breath of Almighty God." When you know God is breathing in your direction and dare to take a leap of faith and say, "Yes, this is my time; I'm going to accomplish my dreams," that's when you will feel a wind beneath your wings. That's when you'll feel a supernatural lift, an anointing that will help you accomplish what you could not accomplish on your own. Today, know that the wind of God is blowing. This is your season. This is your time to believe again. Believe that God can open doors that no man can shut. Believe that He is working behind the scenes in your favor. Believe that it's your season, it's your time and get ready to embrace every blessing He has in store for you!
Father God, thank You for the power of Your Holy Spirit at work in me. Today, I surrender every area of my heart, my mind, my will and my emotions to You. Thank You for directing my steps and giving me the power to overcome in this life. In Jesus' Name. Amen.


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I'm sad, but not surprised to see that newspapers suffered a continued revenue hit. There is just something so real about the tangible feeling of news between your fingers. As much as I love the idea of receiving my news quickly and conveniently online, the romantic in me loves the feeling of newsprint.
Cutbacks in newsrooms slowed this year, which was good news. I noticed this year, the Telegraph-Journal in little Saint John, will be hiring an additional intern at their newsroom, something that bodes well for budding journalists in New Brunswick. The State of the Media, however, outlined how many jobs have been lost since 2000, and the outlook is grim. Somewhere between 1,000 and 1,500 jobs have been lost.
Social programmers and computer scientists are playing an increasingly large role in news delivery and the IT field is booming. Now, suddenly, there are roles for people making smart phone applications, tablet and iPad applications and who knows what else for news delivery. Newspapers could also be in a place to start making more money by putting up paywalls, and charging for their mobile and tablet services. One study found that 47 per cent of Americans get their news in some mobile form, which is huge, considering smart phones have yet to completely invade the population.
This is also the first time news readers have admitted they read more free, online news than purchase newspapers, another fact that doesn't surprise me. I don't blame readers, it would be rare for me to pick up a paper copy of a newspaper. Maybe on the weekends, when I'm feeling nostalgic, or in the summertime when I'm at home and my parents still get the daily paper.
The following is a statement that both disheartens me and disagrees with me,
"The result is a news ecology full of experimentation and excitement, but also one that is uneven, has uncertain financial underpinning and some clear holes in coverage. Even in Seattle, one of the most vibrant places for new media, "some vitally important stories are less likely to be covered," said Diane Douglas who runs a local civic group and considers the decentralization of media voices a healthy change. "It's very frightening to think of those gaps and all the more insidious because you don't know what you don't know." Some also worry that with lower pay, more demands for speed, less training, and more volunteer work, there is a general devaluing and even what scholar Robert Picard has called a "de-skilling" of the profession."
I do not agree with that statement. I think hard times falling on the journalism field has only made us more creative. It's given us an outlet for new and exciting media projects. Now, more than ever, we're incorporating social media, video, audio and print, as well as interactive graphics into our work. The best new example of this is the work in Nunavut recently done by the Globe and Mail, found here. I think it's amazing what has been done with new media and journalism, and I see this being a profitable thing in the future. I think, as long as people are seeing great developments like this, it will increase their willingness to pay for products.
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I've set up a site, ltedb.com, that's intended for liberty loving people to inform/alert the liberty loving general public about letters to the editor, blogposts, etc. that argue against liberty. Users of the site can subscribe to alerts concerning their interests.
The goal is to encourage and make it easier to respond to anti-liberty letters to the editor etc.
The site is up, but not advertised yet. I need some help to get the site ready for the public. What's needed:
- site design
- writing text, instructions etc.
I can do all the programing that's needed for now. If you'd like to help, please contact me!
See http://trac.ltedb.com/letters/ for more information, the stuff that needs to get done and so on.
Hope to hear from you soon,
Calle Kabo, calle dot kabo at gmail dot com


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As you have noticed, I'm reworking the look of the blog. Hopefully it will be a little easier to find your way around. I will keep posting information about InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop almost exclusively for now, however starting this summer I will probably change the location of the blog as well as add new categories related to different aspects of design.
If you have anything in particular you are interested in learning, please let me know. Also, I would appreciate it if you would take the poll to the right to help me refine what I cover most often. Thanks!


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When I get it quilted and hung up I'll post that photo.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Around the Bend
I decided to do this project as a wall hanging for my sewing room. I found the pattern in Fons & Porter's magazine "Love of Quilting". I changed my pattern around a little and doubled its size.
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Phil Kessel scored his 400th career point in a two-goal effort leading the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 5-2 victory over the New York Islanders. It was a small footnote for a player who has been largely surrounded by criticism throughout his career.
When Kessel first arrived in Toronto, many questioned if paying two first-round draft picks and a second rounder to acquire him was worth the talented sniper. Many knew he had an elite skill-level yet they still weren't sure if he'd ever develop into the player he was projected to be. Now after scoring his 400th career point in his eighth season and at only 26-years-old the question is no longer will Kessel become a good player, but it has become just how good of a player can he be?
Not too long ago Maple Leaf fans were still upset over the price they paid to acquire Kessel. Trading away first-round picks that turned into Tyler Seguin and Dougie Hamilton was a steep price to pay, but nobody in Toronto is regretting the trade now. In fact, many Maple Leaf fans would likely make the trade again today even knowing the picks would become Seguin and Hamilton. The tone in the city has changed from, "we overpaid to get him" to "you have to give something to get something."
What the Maple Leafs got might even be surpassing their own expectations as Kessel has proven he can now play at both ends of the ice. When he was first acquired, Kessel was known as an offensive-only forward, someone who will score 30-goals but would hardly be depended to provide support in his own zone. In his first few seasons in Toronto, Kessel was that type of player before a strong commitment to the defensive side of the game turned him into a quality two-way player. He's learned to use his speed to not only break away from the opposition but to also catch-up to them on the back-check. Critics used to blast Kessel for his lack of a defensive game, but now they praise the player he's developed into.
For a player known as an elite goal-scorer, armed with some of the best hands in the game, it's important to note Kessel actually has more assists than goals. Approaching the 200-goal plateau, Kessel currently sits with 197 career-goals along with 203 career-assists. As impressive as his goal-scoring ability is, his passing ability is constantly underrated. In the past two seasons Kessel has combined to finish with 20 more assists than goals. Perhaps it's time to change his reputation as a sniper to a playmaker.
When the Maple Leafs first acquired Kessel, fans feared they were acquiring a one-trick pony that could only put the puck in the net. As he's recorded his 400th career point, fans now understand they acquired a superstar that's blossomed into one of the game's most complete players.
Which is exactly why last spring fans in Toronto were chanting, "thank you Seguin."


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The Weirding of Thomas Friedman [LINK]
In the wake of the CRU climategate and associated scandals surrounding the IPCC's influential assessment reports, Thomas Friedman's New York Times column on "global weirding" comes as a rhetorical cry for help. Read it in full, then judge whether any of my bite-sized comments make sense.
- Cold, precipitous weather in the south and warm weather in the Pacific Northwest are typical weather patterns for winters in El Niño years. You might even say they're its defining characteristics.
- Recent research on the Australian drought has settled on a similar oscillation in the Indian Ocean, with one recent paper providing explicit reason to dismiss increased CO2 as a significant cause.
- Friedman argues, correctly, against those who summarily declare that recent heavy snowfall in Washington D.C. serves to disprove global warming. However, he repeats much the same error in casually assigning global warming as the cause.
- We used to have "global warming," then we switched over to the more vague term "climate change." I'm not sure if "global weirding" is even more vague, but the point remains: we have traveled from a fairly specific, testable assertion to one that is largely unfalsifiable. Weather patterns trending in any direction might serve as evidence.
- Unexpected, outlying, or so-called "weird" weather events are, in fact, quite common, and to be routinely expected given natural variability.
- The idea that the "most violent storms" would become "more numerous" is one of the assertions the IPCC was recently found to have made without required proper support from the peer-reviewed literature.
- "The hots are expected to get hotter, the wets wetter, the dries drier" ... Amusing that he doesn't go so far as to say that "weirding" makes cold weather even colder, since it's the frigid temperatures throughout the northern hemisphere that made this winter particularly weird, even more so than the local precipitation events. It's not every day people die of hypothermia in Cuba. (Perhaps it would have been too weird for Friedman to say that weirding makes cold weather even colder.)
- The hook Friedman uses in his lede is quite disingenuous. There are plenty of substantial grounds for skepticism, yet he focuses on only the most flippant.
- While it's true that snowfall in D.C. does not actually disprove global warming, it's certainly legitimate to rub your nose in it to the extent that past outlying episodes of warm weather have been routinely cited as confirmation.
- It strikes me as very bad advice for scientists to go on the offensive in trumpeting their climate certainties, when that's exactly the sort of thing that got the CRU & IPCC into such trouble to begin with that they're now struggling to regain their credibility.
- Likewise, how is it a good idea that we produce a 50-page report "in language that a sixth grader could understand" on the state of climate science? The IPCC currently produces a large, relatively rigorous document that is boiled down into a much shorter summary document for the benefit of policy-makers and journalists. Most complaints about how the IPCC publishes misleading and exaggerated information concern these dumbed-down summaries. How would the document Friedman describes be formed any differently?
- Why should this document only highlight wild exaggerations made by one side? What about the pervasive and false assertion that ice is about to disappear from the North Pole?
- "Climate experts can't leave themselves vulnerable by citing non-peer-reviewed research or failing to respond to legitimate questions." Well, this certainly understates the matter, doesn't it? It's not just that the IPCC cited non-peer-reviewed research claiming rapid melting of Himilayan glaciers; it's that it cited bogus, made-up material from activist groups. Likewise, it's not that members of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit simply failed to respond to legitimate questions; it's that they broke the law by evading freedom-of-information requests for data used to support their scientific conclusions.
- And what would a climate change article be without a sweeping insinuation about how skeptics are funded? "From the oil and coal companies that finance the studies skeptical of climate change to conservatives who hate anything that will lead to more government regulations"... Note that the latter are characterized as ideologues, while the former are presumably only in it for the money, a rather flexible range of poisonous characterizations.
- Accusations of irrational ideological bias can certainly cut both ways. Global warming adherents often see their cause as a moral crusade. If we are indeed on the verge of global catastrophe, with little sign that people are willing to significantly reduce their energy consumption, and little sign of high yields from "renewable" energy sources, wouldn't there be a whole lot more enthusiasm for nuclear power?
- Appealing to the precautionary principle, Friedman says "investing in renewable energy, energy efficiency and mass transit" makes sense as a form of "insurance." Actually, what we are being asked to do is dramatically lower our energy consumption, which comes at great cost to living standards, and by all accounts would barely reduce CO2 levels or temperature. Such "investments" may arguably be a good idea on their own terms independent of climate panic, but they may just as well be a fantastic waste of time and effort that would be better spent on some more productive end.
- Friedman says that regardless of the effects of climate change, rising population means increased demand for renewable energy. Not exactly. It means increased demand for energy from any source, including fossil fuels.
- Finally, ice ages do not come and go "slowly." I don't know where he gets this stuff. Here are temperature readings from the last few hundred thousand years, from Antarctic ice core data from the NOAA. Click to enlarge: Granted, the word "slowly" depends on your time frame, but nonetheless those are some pretty wild 10-degree swings. That thick little squiggle on the right, by the way, represents the entire development of human civilization, during what appears to be an unusually sustained warm period. I can think of one "investment" that may be a prudent form of "insurance": come up with any way imaginable to engineer the climate to keep us from dropping into another of those ice ages.


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The tragic rape and murder of 7-year-old Megan Kanka sparked outrage among New Jersey residents and prompted legislative action among New Jersey lawmakers. Megan's killer was a convicted sex offender who lived in her neighborhood, unbeknownst to her parents. The circumstances of the case compelled New Jersey legislators to pass Megan's Law on October 31, 1994. This landmark legislation, also referred to as the New Jersey Sex Offenders Act, requires those convicted of certain sex crimes to register with the state, provide certain personal information, and undergo long-term parole supervision. However, if the individual meets specific criteria, he or she can apply for removal from Megan's Law after 15 years. Attorney Tara Breslow has successfully filed motions and argued for removal from Megan's Law on behalf of countless clients across the state of New Jersey. Contact her today to discuss your case and receive a free consultation. You can also read on to learn more about New Jersey's Megan's Law removal policy.
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The City Plan Commission recommended the approval of a site plan for a new Kwik Trip store on Waupaca's west side.
However, the recommendation includes a caveat that the building must meet city ordinance requirements regarding retail beer sales and roof heights.
Under current ordinances, the store must have separate entrances for the space where it sells alcohol and its other retail business. The areas must be totally separated.
Kwik Trip is asking that the ordinance be amended so that a clerk can move from the convenience store area to the alcohol sales area without going outside. An opening in the wall, behind the counter, would allow clerks to move from one area to the other, but customers would still need to use separate doors into each area.
A city zoning code also restricts the height of new stores in the commercial district where Kwik Trip plans to open to 20 feet. Kwik Trip wants its store to be 23 feet tall so that the roof encloses its mechanical equipment.
In order to permit Kwik Trip's new store plans, the city must amend two ordinances.
The commission met Wednesday, Feb. 9, to approve Kwik Trip's site plan.
Tom Baron, a planner with East Central Wisconsin Regional Planning, is working with the city on development projects. He told members of the commission that the proposed store would be located on a 6.6-acre parcel on the southwest corner of State Highway 54 and County Road QQ intersection.
The proposed store would be about 9,700 square feet with about 60 parking spaces. It would be red and tan brick with red stucco and a green metal roof.
The lot currently has a driveway leading to County QQ. Under the existing site plan, another driveway for access to State 54 would be through the parking lot of JR's Sportman's Bar.
Public Works Director John Edlebeck said Kwik Trip will need to get approval from the state and county regarding its driveways. County Post that he favors changing the ordinance to allow clerks to stay inside the building when working with customers on both sides of his building.
Mayor Brian Smith said he was concerned that the commission was putting the cart before the horse in recommending approval of a site plan that failed to meet existing codes.
"We need to find out if the council is OK with changing this," Smith said, regarding the code that requires separate entrances between regular retail and alcohol retail areas in a store.
Commission member Terry Martin said the commission's recommendation would be for a site plan that conforms to whatever the city's code is at the time the store is built. If the council changes the ordinance, then Kwik Trip could build according to its current plan. If the ordinance is not amended, then Kwik Trip would have to build according to the existing code.
Commission member Pat Phair asked if the commission should table the site plan until after the city's Judiciary Committee and Common Council discusses the proposed ordinance changes.
Hans Zietlow, Kwik Trip's director of real estate, said the company would prefer the commission make a recommendation with contingencies. He said Kwik Trip was willing to comply with the current ordinance.
He said Kwik Trip would need to hire an extra employee to work in a separate beer and wine store, and that it may have to be a discount liquor store in order to generate enough revenues for the extra employees.
He also said making the roof only 20 feet tall would actually cost Kwik Trip substantially less, but would look less attractive because the mechanical equipment would be exposed.
"The sooner we know what we have to do, the easier it is to set up," Zietlow said.
Commission member Dave Shambeau said he wanted to hear from some of the convenience store owners who were in the audience at the meeting. He noted that the city had made many of them "jump through hoops" in order to sell beer and wine to their customers.
Paul Singh, the owner of Waupaca BP and Beer Barrel Liquor, has separate entrances for his adjacent stores on West Fulton Street. He asked if other store owners would be allowed to make changes to their building design if the ordinance was amended to accommodate Kwik Trip's plan.
Smith said if the city amends the ordinance, then it would apply to everyone.
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To: Foreign Minister Carr
Help Save Susiya Village, Clinic and Solar Panels
Dear Foreign Minister Carr,
Please make urgent representations to Israel's Ambassador in Australia regarding the need to lift these demolition orders and end the inhumane practice of demolishing homes and community infrastructure in the Occupied Palestinian Territories while continuing the "unhelpful" and "counter-productive" expansion of Israeli settlements which are regarded illegal by the international community.
Why is this important?
The Israeli Civil Administration in the Occupied West Bank of Palestine has distributed maps of locations /areas in Susiya, near Hebron in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Fifty one (51) structures are included indicating that demolition is likely to occur in the very near future, the exact date to depend on the result of an appeal to the courts. If demolition takes place, not only it will more than 100 people be displaced and made homeless, but community buildings funded through international aid programmes, may be demolished. These include a clinic funded by Action Aid Australia, as well as solar panels, shop, a community center, a structure used to store sheep's milk prior to sale, granaries and shelters for sheep and chickens.
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So how and why do people organize societies in the first place?
Well, we know that primitive hunters formed societies in order to cooperate for more effective hunting. There a direct line from their development of team strategies and tactics to hunt and their use of weapons to do their work that goes through the armies of Alexander the Great and all the way to modern armies. Working together to kill people, after all, is pretty much the same as working together to hunt game.
Then came agriculture. That, too, created societies to, for example, build water ditches for irrigation, to share labour at peak work times and, very important, for mutual defence against the hunter-warriors who swept down to raid them at harvest time.
Unlike the hunters, who had to follow game, the farmers had to stay put - where the crops were. They also had to form compact villages for mutual defence against the hunters.
But usually they couldn't match the killing skills of the hunters, so farm villages would hire some of the hunters to protect them. This was the theme of a Japanese film called 'Seven Samurai'. It was copied as a Hollywood western starring Yul Brynner in which seven gunmen were hired to protect a Mexican village.
Both films rather romanticized the hired killers. In real life, as villages grew and as they linked up to each other for trade, the hired warriors/hunters would use their brute force to become kings and aristocrats.
But to sustain that organized societies, there had to be rules. The example of that development that most of us are familiar with is the story of Moses.
(No. I'm not going to get religious on you. I have no idea whether the story of Moses is true. I don't care. Even if there were no Moses, stories like it are found in other religions. If it's not a true story, it's at least a good example of what seems to have happened in many parts of the world.)
In The Bible, Moses finds himself with a large number of people following him into the wilderness for who could know how many years of nomadic life. They were really nothing more than a mob. To survive, they needed rules and authority. In the story of Moses, those two necessities are combined.
Moses comes down from the mountain with the rules. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not steal. Most of them are eminently sensible rules. I think we can agree tht any society that accepted killing or stealing as acceptable behaviour wouldn't last long. But how was Moses going to get people to accept those rules?
Well, maybe Moses did talk to God. Or maybe he pulled a fast one. But his opening line laid down the authority, "I am the Lord they God".
That combination of rule and authority was practical. Indeed, it was essential for just about every society in the world. It was usually expressed in religion - Hinduism, Islam, Confucionism, Judaism, Christianty, Islam.We made those practical rules into what we call morality.
We should not allow that religious tone to obscure their essential value. They are practical rules. They work. However silly the various religions got in inventing trivial and sometimes bone-headed little rules all their own, the fundamental morality of any major religion is much the same. That's not because God says so. It's because that fundamental morality preached by Moses works. It holds a society together.
We have since tried all sorts of authority, from dictatorship to democracy. But the purpose and durability of a society is still determined by its morality. That doesn't mean that people have to be religious. But they do have to respect morality. Otherwise, the game doesn't work.
Do we have a moral society? Is it moral to believe that competition is a rule of morality? The rule of our society is often that to amass a fortune by exploiting others is good, to think only of yourself and your wants is desirable. Does that strike you as a sound piece of morality? Does it strike you as a practical way to hold a society together?
The latest US census shows that 48% of americans are living in poverty, and the their number is growing. How long do you think a society like that can survive? Meanwhile, the very rich are able to ensure that their money is safe from the taxman. As the society continues to move in that direction, we are seeing rising levels of violence by the authorities. Indeed, congress is now voting to allow the army to arrest American citizens on American soil, to detain them indefinitely with no charge, no lawyer, no nothing. How long can a society with that moral standard survive?
We need to forget isms for the time. We need to start with our sense of morals, our sense of what is practical in ensuring a lasting society. Let's nail that down first. Then we can talk about authority.
Then, once those are straight in our minds, let's look at what we really have, and what we have to change.
The starting point is morality - not because morality is good but because it's practical. It works. Immorality doesn't work.


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text: Mass for Edward T. Zawila, 64, assistant city budget director under the last four mayors, and a precinct captain in the 13th Ward, will be said at 10 a.m. Monday in St. Turibius Catholic Church, 5646 S. Karlov Ave. Mr. Zawila, a native of Chicago and a resident of the Southwest Side for more than 30 years, died Thursday in Northwestern Memorial Hospital. He was assistant budget director under Mayor Harold Washington and before that worked under Mayors Richard Daley, Michael Balandic and Jane Byrne. He was the captain of the 13th Ward`s 66th precinct. Survivors include his wife, Marie; a daughter, Maureen Martin; a son, James; four grandchildren; a brother; and a sister.


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Monday, October 6, 2008
The Continuation of 'Dirty'
Unfortunately, my husband hasn't. The other day he commented to me quite politely that "maybe I should take a shower" and questioned when the last time was that I'd gotten one. I thought about it for a few minutes, and came to the conclusion that it had been at least THREE days! Now that is gross. . . Truly gross. But what's more gross than that is the fact that I didn't bother to shower that evening. No, I was too tired, so I snuggled into bed comfortably. When I awoke in the morning, after dropping off my son at school, I went to an hour long workout class followed up by a good bit of hard work in the yard in the noonday sun. That evening, when my husband got home, he again commented "maybe you should shower." By the time he said this, I was already in my PJs and in a state of near REM sleep as I crawled into bed. Surprisingly, I fell asleep in an extraordinarily unconcerned manner. However, when I awoke in the morning and was putting on my clothes and packing my gym bag, it was then that it dawned on me how long it had been since I'd showered. I put on extra deodarant hoping not to offend the other gym members, and packed a towel and soap and even a raisor (don't ask how long the lack of shaving had gone on) to shower at the gym. I never thought I'd consider a shower anywhere - home or abroad - so refreshing, but it was. Since then, I've vowed to shower at least every other day, and so far, I think I've kept up my promise to myself. I fully believe it'll take some hard work and a lot of focus to get back into the good hygiene routine, but I intend to give it a good go - at least for a few weeks.
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Ok this post totally cracks me up! I would never consider taking a shower something that I would have to remind myself to do. LOL!
- October 7, 2008 at 8:21 AM
- Cindy Lynn said...
This is disgusting! Danielle, please, I was already mortified when Jim told you the first time to shower, but that you slept, hit the gym, did yard work and still went to bed AGAIN before doing something about it, come on. There are few precious joys in this world, I do believe sleeping next to someone who doesn't repulsively smell, is one of them ;)
- October 8, 2008 at 2:26 PM
- Danielle said...
Hey now ;) We all have our weaknesses!
- October 14, 2008 at 4:24 PM
Well, all sorts of things run through my mind, but.....
So, I'll send a message to Jim! Next time, just pick her up and put her in the tub--gently, in case she's still asleep! Or when you're bathing the kids at night, just add her to the mix!! ;)
- October 15, 2008 at 11:15 AM


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Check out Part 1,"The Hickey."
The Horse Hunt
Upon hearing of Charles' death from one of the caretaker's in the stables the next day, Wanamaker resolved to act on her desires, as Charles always told her to, and the next time she took The Mum for a ride, she ran feverishly, neighing wildly, and jumped the fence at the northeast corner of the royal horse yard. In effect, she kidnapped The Mum, much to the latter's absolute delight. This unleashed a horse-hunt the size of which had never been seen before in the history of the British Empire.
Wanamaker and The Mum were able to evade the authorities through the help of a series of resting places and good Samaritans who believed in the power of love. They called themselves "The Rainbow Coalition against Britain" or RCAB for short. For several months they traveled through the British countryside in this manner, staying with other horses and some people, eating delectable country meals and neighing all night under the stars, until one day they reached their destination in northern Scotland, in a desolate sound, where the people there, all Scottish nationalists, had a long history of aiding fugitives from British rule.
This, however, was the first time they aided a runaway horse and monarch, and they were understandably tickled at the idea of having The Mum herself stay amongst them, which she did, until she died peacefully in her sleep, with Wanamaker at her side, seven short years later.
The English authorities never did gather any credible information as to the whereabouts of The Mum, and after two weeks of searching, the Royal Family released a brief press release declaring that the Queen Mum had died in her sleep the night before at the ripe old age of 105. They preferred this option over explaining to their subjects, that, in fact, their prize-winning filly, who loved The Mum and her now deceased trainer dearly, had kidnapped her, and that they had no idea where to find either of them.
The queen was so upset at the turn of events that she became quite paranoid for her own safety and that of her grandchildren. On the eve of The Mum's funeral, she called the British Prime Minister and ordered him to launch pre-emptive war against three of Britain's largest former colonies, as she suspected they had something to do with her mother's disappearance.
The Prime Minister dutifully responded. That afternoon, he got on his Blackberry and ordered air strikes over Calcutta, Mumbai and New Delhi on Saturday, over Nairobi on Sunday and over Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver on Monday. At his press conference on Tuesday after the impromptu bombings, he muttered something intelligent about the British military only using smart bombs that limited casualties in highly populated urban cores. When a Canadian reporter asked him why Britain had bombed Canada, a long-time ally and a member of the elite club of Anglo countries that dominate world politics, the Prime Minister almost shuddered in disbelief.
"Canada? Oh sweet, sweet Jesus! That wasn't our intention at all. That was a mistake, we didn't mean to bomb other white people. I mean, we were…aiming for somewhere else, but there was a miscalculation, some misinformation that led to a decision that wasn't quite what we were looking for. In fact, it was credible information about the whereabouts of a very important person, a VIP, and I acted on it somewhat in a haze, and I really thought that our smart bombs would just scare them, you know, smoke them out, as it were. I hope that those evil-doers in Kenya, Canada and India, with their shady, dangerously unpredictable transnational network of, well, like I said, we had credible intelligence about the role the Canadian Prime Minister was playing in fomenting things we don't like here, and I can't really say much more, except we regret that thousands of innocent civilians died in Canada, and of course, we think that India will be fine and that place in Africa we bombed will probably recover in the very near future. But the important thing is that we just made the British people feel safer, and if my Mum in Lancashire will sleep better tonight, then, you know, strategically bombing Toronto's transit system was most likely worth it in the end. Next question please."
Everyone in the room looked around in utter disbelief. The Prime Minister had once again forgotten to do up his fly before this all-important press conference.
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Day 1
Chest & Back (52 min)
Ab Ripper X (16 min)
I woke up late yesterday, so I had to squeeze in my workout after 9pm. Yuck. So I did Ab Ripper and the first half of Chest & Back. In my experience with P90X, if I don't do Ab Ripper first, I won't do it at all. It's not fun, but it's short. Don't underestimate Ab Ripper – it's a brutal 16 minutes. Here's what it includes (reps are noted):
In & Outs (25)
Seated Bicycle (25)
Reverse Seated Bicycle (25)
Seated Crunchy Frog (25)
Crossed leg/Wide leg sit-ups (25)
Fifer Scissors (25)
Hip Rock 'n Raise (25)
Pulse-ups (25) – the only one I can do with no breaks
V-up/Roll-up Combo (25)
Oblique V-ups (25)
Leg Climbers (12 each side)
Mason Twist (40)
Cool down (upward dog, child's pose)
So that's Ab Ripper X. Your abs should be burning after this. You definitely feel this the next day.
Chest & Back is mostly push-ups and pull-ups, and go you through the workout twice. Here's what it includes:
Warm up
Standard push-ups (max reps)
Wide Front pull-ups (max reps)
Military push-ups (max reps)
Reverse Grip chin-ups (max reps)
Wide Fly push-ups (max reps)
Closed Grip Overhand pull-ups (max reps)
Decline push-ups (max reps)
Heavy Pants (12-15)
Diamond push-ups (max reps)
Lawnmowers (12-15 each side)
Dive-Bomber push-ups (max reps)
Back Flys (12-15)
Cool down
I do all of the pull-up/chin-ups with resistance bands on one knee. I don't have any doors that I can mount a pull-up bar to, so I work with what I have. For push-ups that are too difficult, I do them against the wall or on my knees to help me get a few reps in. Despite how difficult it is, it's actually one of my favorite P90X workouts.
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Don't Date Baptists
Essays by Terry Barr
Essays by Terry Barr
Red Dirt Press
Publication date: February 2016
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Publication date: February 2016
Paperback price: $14.99
Following in the tradition of Alabama memoirist Rick Bragg, Don't Date Baptists explores the world of Bessemer, Alabama, circa 1960's–70's from the eyes of a boy who grew up there, struggling to understand the divide of race, class, religion, and neighborhood anxiety. Essayist Terry Barr learns from his parents that not all love is the same; that certain neighbors are not to be trusted; that crosses and stars and popular music can with seamless metamorphosis signal danger, desire, hate, and deep abiding love. While public pools might be filled with clay to prevent integrated swimming, or so-called friends might slur those darker than themselves, this southern boy learns to appreciate how these incidents and relationships have challenged and molded him into the teacher, writer and unapologetic Bessemer man that he is. With humor and poignant authenticity, Barr captures what it means to come of age as the New South cuts its teeth, with much trial and terrible error, in territory that is rich and explosive, devastating and beautiful.
"These are remarkable personal essays—funny, wistful in the right measure, smart, and heartbreaking."
--Leslie T. White, Professor of English, University of New Orleans
Terry Barr
Terry Barr is a Professor of Modern Literature and Creative Writing at Presbyterian College in upstate South Carolina. His essays have been widely published in print and online in such journals as The Bitter Southerner, Hippocampus, Deep South Magazine, Blue Lyra Review, Blue Bonnet Review, Steel Toe Review, and Red Truck Review. He lives in Greenville, SC, with his wife, two daughters, and their beloved pets, Morgan and Max (the Carolina Wild Dog).
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Songs of a Dissident is an imaginative exploration of the human condition as much as a political protest. Outlar is convinced of human evil, arrogance, and willed self-harm, but he also reminds us we have a choice in our lives. He eliminates all cause for idleness and dissipation. At heart, though, he is confused and questions why we could be blind to our own evil. He finds he isn't the only one asking this question.
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Reflect is a deeply personal journey through wild nature and contemplative civilization that invites the audience to meditate about time, place, memory, dreams, and reality. AM Spence is our thoughtful guide on a wistful and joyous walk through a quiet forest that slowly reveals its secrets.
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Four close friends: Ted, son of former anti-Vietnam war activists; Philippe, son of a French mother and a former South Vietnamese General; Kevin, son of old money parents; and Lys, disowned for being a lesbian, leave Yale to start a computer gaming business. Start-up money allows them many luxuries while developing their first game. It is a hit that attracts thousands of gamers and is quite profitable. They invest the majority of their earnings and then... disaster strikes.
Queenie is one of six rescued wolves. "Walking slowly to the den, dug out under a large boulder, I crawled in using my flashlight. There they were, six of them, staring at me. They did not seem frightened but whined a little. I picked each one up and looked them over one at a time and they seemed in pretty good shape, staring intently at me with their penetrating eyes.
This was such an amazing experience. It's likely the bounty hunters poisoned their parents and siblings, and these were the survivors. I was their savior. I have never felt such instant bonding, overwhelmed with desire to make a life for these beautiful critters of the wilderness."


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The Gavel
April 26th, 2015
Recently the American Association of University Professors released
the results of their annual faculty compensation survey and report. The
data comes from 1,136 participating institutions, including two- and
four-year colleges and universities and 375,000 full-time faculty. The
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Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
"The game is unfamiliar so it doesn't remind you of the past. So it doesn't cause more pain. The virtual world can have profound, quantifiable effects on the real one. It has the power to — change your reality. But it isn't reality itself." – Voice in Lindsey Ferrentino's Ugly Lies the Bone


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Christmas has come and gone!
It was wonderful! We had a great time. Very relaxed, great food and fun company. Santa was good to everyone. New Year's is on its way and so is another possible storm? We'll see what the weekend brings but so far it's looking like it will be too breezy for the New Year's Day race and for Frostbiting. It's been a slow start to the Frostbiting season. The group had one complete day of racing in which Larry and partner, Harry, took first. The second day was cancelled and the third meeting only saw one race, which Larry took too. They were all disappointed they had to call the day, but there was no water in the bay and it was too windy. So, it's hurry up and wait.


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CHINA, China Obama, More Obama Madness: Russia Threatens Nukes. US Navy Being Halted By China, OBAMA, Russia, Russia Threatens, WAR, WW3
More Obama Madness: Russia Threatens Nukes. US Navy Being Halted By China
Obama is dying to get us into WW3 ever since he got in office. 1st it was Egypt, then Libya, then Syria. Now, he is pissing off our creditor, China and antagonizing Russia. The 2 countries, Russia and China together, can kick the crap out of us and I will tell you why: They are not afraid to fight. Our government does not let our men fight. Plus they train our men to be sensitive to women. So, that means if they meet them in the ocean, our men are dead. IF Russia/China were to invade by land, they would not win because everyone has guns. HOWEVER: They are not afraid to nuke and we are afraid. So, they could just nuke America and leave half of the country immobilized.
Don't say I didnt warn you. I did. As did QV. Over and over. Time and time again. God has given America every chance to repent and turn to him, but we have refused (as a whole) So, it will have been deserved (if this happens) I am sickened to tell you this. I dont know what is going to happen. I am only looking at the times & signs around me.
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Laphroaig (La-froyg) single malt Scotch whisky has always kept itself a bit remote, like the islanders of Islay themselves. A touch aloof at first, but make the effort, broach acquaintance, and you'll have a warm and genuine friend for life.
Take it neat like a stalwart, or with a splash of soft water. Roll it around on your tongue. Release the pungent, earthy aroma of blue peat smoke, the sweet nuttiness of the barley, the delicate, heathery perfume of Islay's streams. Close your eyes, and imagine the waves lapping Laphroaig, ''the beautiful hollow by the broad bay''.
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A day or so ago I finally had the opportunity to sit for a few minutes with Christmas carols running on Pandora. While I've had them playing in the background at work, this was my first chance to truly pay attention, to savor the meaning behind the melody.
I was thinking it was past time to get up and continue cleaning, when an old favorite came on. "One more song," I thought. Sitting back down, I started singing along. We reached the second verse.
I came totally undone.
Christ by highest heav'n adored,
Christ the everlasting Lord!
Late in time behold Him come
Offspring of the Virgin's womb.
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see.
Hail the incarnate Deity.
Pleased as man with men to dwell,
Jesus our Emmanuel.
So much of the usual talk around Christmas centers on the Baby in the manager, the salvation that men when God stepped into His creation to provide a way for us to reconcile to Him.
But have you considered what Christ gave up to come here?
All the heavenly creatures knew who He was, and worshiped Him constantly. His glory shown out, the glory of the true and everlasting God. He spoke, and worlds came into being, sustained by His will.
Yet He chose to step into His own creation, to put aside His glory and take on flesh, becoming fully man while remaining fully God. Not only does He enter the human world in human form, but He arrives as the most fragile of creatures - a baby.
While Mary and Joseph undoubtedly were given an extra measure of grace to manage the day-to-day care of the baby King, they were still...human. First-time parents as well. Can you imagine God incarnate sitting waiting with a soaked diaper for a change? He who could call the angels to do His bidding, waiting on busy parents for so basic a need.
His humiliation did not begin with His arrest and trial.
Yet in spite of knowing all that was ahead, from dirty diapers through an ignominious death, He still chose to come.
He loves us that much.
Mild, He lays His glory by,
Born that man no more may die.
Born to raise the sons of earth,
Born to give them second birth.
Hark, the herald angels sing,
Glory to the newborn King!
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This year, the Library is honored to have a display of memorabilia from the Badger State Chapter of the 82nd Airborne Division.
Currently in our lobby, the display features photographs, equipment, badges and more from Wisconsin 82nd Airborne veterans of World War II.
The 82nd Airborne was organized on March 25, 1917 and is an elite paratrooper unit of the U.S. Army. Members of the unit typically parachute behind enemy lines and work to disrupt enemy supply lines and communications. They were a vital component of D-Day during World War II, as they were dropped behind the German lines with a mission to destroy bridges and railroad lines in order to cut off the Germans ability to resupply their forces in Normandy.
Unlike most units, the 82nd Airborne drew recruits from across the country, rather than being geographically focused. It is truly an All-American force with a long and proud history of service to our country.
The display will remain at the library for the next three months.


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When we went to check Mackenzie into her room in Peds, we were told that they would have a bed and one of us could stay overnight. Even though I had just delivered less than 48 hours ago, we both agreed I should stay so I could continue to nurse her.
Unfortunately, when the child is the patient (vs the mom) a bed is not always a given. Instead they had a recliner chair for me to sleep on. I took one look and almost broke down crying again. I was so uncomfortable and could not imagine sleeping in a chair for the next week.
After some discussion, Jeff and I agreed that it was best we both head home for the night. The nurses all assured us that they would take extra care of our little girl and that we could call anytime to check in on her. It was one of the hardest decisions I made, but that night we headed home without Mackenzie after all.
The next morning (and the following days after) we got up bright and early to go be with our little girl. One of the best things about being in Peds was that we had our privacy. In the newborn nursery, we wouldn't be able to sit and cuddle with our little girl without numerous people walking by and staring. Peds also allowed visitors during regular hours, something that was originally not going to be possible in the nursery.
While we were there, Kenzie's original hospital pediatrician came to check on her and unfortunately she was diagnosed with jaundice. There were some issues with how the pediatrician told me the news (she literally blamed ME!) so when Jeff returned, we requested another pediatrician. Dr Alegria was a God-send and took her time explaining things and answering all our questions. Kenzie's jaundice ended up not even needing treatment.
On Sunday my mom stopped by to visit for the first time.
While we were there, Dr Alegria mentioned that since Kenzie was gaining weight and showed no other signs of complications, we may be able to take her home on Sunday vs Tuesday. We were so excited and kept our fingers crossed that it would work out.
Because my milk had not come in yet and we wanted to ensure Mackenzie gained weight, we supplemented her diet with formula. We were laughing because towards the end of her stay, she would try her best to hold her own bottle with her little hands.
She found her thumb!
Since all our shuffling around, we missed out on newborn pictures during the first 2 days. The peds nurses called the photographer and on Sunday she came to our room and snapped a few pictures.
Earlier on Sunday, we also got the okay from Dr Alegria to be discharged later that evening. Around 8pm, we signed the final paperwork and were all set to go home.
After spending 5 days at the hospital, we were finally going home as a family of 3.


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I could have stayed here for days.
We took the bus back to the other side of the city, picked up some bread and cheese, and walked along the river's edge towards the lake.
It's like the path along the Charles. Minus the people. And the city. And the noise.
Jungfrau is one of the nearby peaks.
Part Gumby, part Yo Gabba Gabba. (on one of the bridge supports)
This house is right on the water. I can't even imagine waking up to this every day.


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April 29, 2009
Infinity Sput-Sput
Ah, Ron Lim, you inspire me to push the known parameters of cosmic reality. Nothin' like a wee death-worshipping, impervious titan to smudge the surfer's scalp sheen. My all-time favorite marvel moments all stem from Thanos' brilliantly simple ultimate power schemes.
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Archive for June 2011
It was all the bankers' fault?
I'm not sure I have many regular readers, but apologies to them for the long hiatus. My exam period, along with a couple of other stresses left me with little energy for blogging and, more importantly, no inspiration. Hopefully normal service can now resume.
So, today there were significant public sector strikes over the cuts to pension provisions. Normally I wouldn't bother with this topic because the arguments are being rehashed over and over again by better writers than me. I'm making an exception because there seems to be a significant number of people who are furious about cuts because the financial crisis was, 'all the bankers' fault and if it weren't for them we wouldn't be having any significant problems and there would be no need to cut entitlements for public sector workers.' To be honest I'm not convinced they use the word 'entitlement,' but I'm sure you get the gist.
Really I just want to address the idea that everything is the fault of the bankers. First though, I am going to put in a proviso, because this post is going to make me feel like a neo-liberal rightwing type.
Bankers did indeed contribute to fucking up of our economy, and yes they got off much more lightly than they should have. In my view the government's failure to fully separate retail and investment banking operations is exceptionally foolish. However, beyond better regulation, I'm not sure how they could be punished more than they were without some fundamentally dangerous changes to our legal system.
Anyway, here is why blaming the bankers annoys me. Firstly, the cause of the financial crisis was subprime lending. Banks lent money to people who couldn't pay it back when house prices fell. The bankers should have known better, they are meant to be the financial experts; it is undeniable that they should take a large share of the blame. That doesn't mean no one else is to blame though. It's all very well to say that they shouldn't have lent money, but equally people shouldn't have borrowed it. Borrowers have to take on a certain level of responsibility too.
Secondly, we were running a significant budget deficit even at the height of an economic boom. Much of the UK's growth in recent years has been debt fuelled. If you're borrowing to consume then eventually you are going to hit a point where you have to stop borrowing because otherwise people won't lend to you. In a democratic country people have to accept responsibility for their government's borrowing. If we had been using the boom to pay down our debt we would be in a far better situation than we are now.
Finally, regardless of blame reality needs to be faced. In 2010 the UK had a budget deficit equal to over 10% of GDP. It seems that many people *cough*Johann Hari *cough* don't understand the difference between a budget deficit and government debt. They say that the government is trying to reduce our debt and this is unnecessary because our debt is not at dangerous levels by international standards. That's actually partially true, if our debt was stable then it would be unproblematic. What these people don't seem to want to realise though is that actually the government is trying to reduce our deficit – the amount by which our debt changes each year. They're not even trying to eliminate it, just shrink it, so our debt will be growing more slowly. Last year the budget deficit meant that the debt owed by UK taxpayers (i.e. us) went up by over £2000 per person. Remember, that's on top of personal debt and it has to be paid back at some point.
The private sector has already taken a massive hit from the recession while the public sector has been largely insulated and enjoy undeniably better benefits and arguably better pay.* Why should the private sector pay still more for the public sector to continue to enjoy better conditions? I'm not being vindictive, the public sector provides vitally important services to this country. I just don't see why the rest of the country should have to doubly suffer to pay to insulate it from the crisis.
So, simple conclusion, yes we all dislike what bankers did but that is not an argument against current government economic policy.
*I am finding conflicting sources on this. The consensus seems to be that public sector workers definitely get more pay on average but the comparison may not be meaningful because of difficulties comparing jobs.


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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Our first snow started on saturday and really hasn't stopped since. We finally got a snowday today cause its pretty nasty out there. I had to go out and get the dog from the doghouse and bring her into the garage cause it was soooo cold out there. I was up to my knees in snow. It is soooo awesome we haven't had this much snow in a long time. The only thing that makes me sad is that the boys are tooo sick to enjoy it.
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010
This year for Halloween we had staples, sickness, and more sickness. I did finally get pictures of the boys before everyone got too sick. What craziness!!!
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International Law as a Profession: A Lecture Series at the School of Law
"I quite like international law, but … can you actually do something with it?" Most of us teaching international law will have heard statements like this. I hear them about once a week. It turns out you can (do something with international law). A lecture series at the University of Glasgow is meant to show… Continue reading


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Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers Opens in MiddletownPosted: September 12, 2012
Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers celebrated their grand opening with a ribbon cutting August 27th. Attending the celebration was Mayor Chapman, Commissioners Willhite, Zimmerman and Tucker. Mellow Mushroom is located at 805 Blankenbaker Parkway, Suite 105. On Saturday, August 25th, the restaurant donated the proceeds of their drink sales, over $2000 to Mom's Closet.


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Outlining my story onto note cards is going really well. I'm coming up with new scenes, filling in plot holes, finding and fixing little inconsistencies, and diving deeper into my characters. I'm anxious to get back to actual writing and have a complete first draft.
While doing all of this I think I've come up with a term for my writing process. I'm an Organic Outliner. I come up with a story idea and then I'll start writing it. That goes for a while until I realize how shallow and weak the story is. Then I'll stop and do some world building and outlining until I'm ready to go back to writing. This spurt of writing goes longer, but it too will eventually grind to a halt and that's when I get out the note cards and break the story down scene by scene. Once I have all the scenes plotted out, I rearrange them and modify them and make sure everything flows well. Then I can get down to actually writing a first draft.
So, see, there's a lot of outlining and planning involved, but I can't really get to know my story, it's characters and the world until I'm writing it. So many awesome things have come up while writing that I could have never thought of while outlining. Most of it is character stuff. I don't get to know them until I have to write as them.
And once that first draft is complete, with Once Upon A Time….. Awesomely Cool Stuff Happens… The End, then I can start the editing process. But we'll save that for another post, *coughbecauseI'mnotreallysurehowthatworksyetcough*.
In the mean time, I have some stuff to share. 🙂
- Chuck Wendig is kind of a genius and always has awesome writing advice. So here's Ten Stupid Writer Tricks (That Might Actually Work)
- This one is for my fellow writing moms. How Do You Find Time To Write? 6 Tips for Moms (And Everyone Else, Too)
- And even though I talked a lot about outlining today, I know there's a lot of people who just can't do it. So this one is for you, On Writing Despair (Juicebox Mix)
People like using parentheses in their titles don't they?
Anyway, where do you fall in the outlining vs. pantsing debate? Leave a comment down below and let's have a conversation!
Happy Wednesday!
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It sounds like a storybook, doesn't it? Trust me...this is no storybook.
I don't like reptiles. I mean...I REALLY DON'T LIKE REPTILES! So you can imagine the fun in our house when Nathan yells "Mommy, there is a lizard in the bathroom." I thought he was exaggerating but decided that I just might need to check. Low and behold, there was a scampering little lizard that set my heart a quivering and made me want to scream like the girl I am.
Unfortunately, my dear husband wasn't home and my boys weren't offering to dispose of the lizard. Sooooo, I got my handy dandy dust pan and attempted to scoop up the little guy. It didn't exactly work as planned. Needless to say, this lizard and I danced around the bathroom until I finally got him on the dust pan. I knew I could never make it to the front or back door with him, and I didn't want to take the chance of setting him free in my living room. So I did the unthinkable. I flushed him down the toilet...and then flushed about 10 more times to make sure that he wouldn't reappear.
I don't know where the lizard came from, but Brian did see a frog the other day. I hope our new flowerbeds and mulch aren't going to invite unwanted reptiles into our yard or house! After all, we already have moles in our front and back yard. We have nice little tunnels all through the yard. I would love to say "At least we haven't seen any yet..." but we no longer think that is the case. The other day Nathan came running inside to tell me that he had seen a mole. He said it was black with a face like his and it came out of hole. I am not so sure about the face thing, but I have a sneaking suspicion that Nathan probably saw one of our moles. While the mole encounter didn't phase Nathan, the thought of coming face to face with a mole causes me great trepidation.
David is helping me out though. After the lizard episode, he prayed that I would not be afraid of a little thing like a lizard that wouldn't hurt me. Since he feels that way, David is going to be in charge of lizard removal next time!


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Sernabatim Beach
Sernabatim beach is actually an extension of the Colva Beach on the way to Benaulim. This beach is known for its cleanliness. If you're idea of a day on the beach is lazing on the shore with just the sound of the waves and the ocean breeze in your ears, then Sernabatim is one of your best options.
Places to Stay in Sernabatim
There are beachfront restaurants and bars on the beach here but one is not spoilt for choice though, so here are a few suggestions.
Baywatch Resort is a pretty good bet if you want to stay in Sernabatim. Quite a swanky set up, this resort is quite popular among tourists. This resort is also home to the a music initiative called the Live Music Project all throughout the season. So, there's another plus point for anyone who enjoys live music.
Furtado's Beach House is another popular beach resort/hotel that is spread over a vast area of Sernabatim. Every room is promised to have a great view, either sea facing or of the lush garden that is a big part of Furtado's. The in-house restaurant provides a plethora of dishes from different cuisines to cater to the diverse palate of the tourists that visit here.
Things to do in Sernabatim
Watching the sunset at Sernabatim seems to be a common suggestion from those who have been here. This obviously doesn't seem as inviting in a state that is laden with beautiful picturesque beaches but the quiet of Sernabatim is what adds that little extra to watching the sunset from this beach.
How to Get to Sernabatim
Sernabatim is 1km away from Colva. If you're up for it, take a walk.
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Indian Ocean Hotel
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Hotels - Scarborough, WA
Indian Ocean Hotel is a 3 ½-star hotel in Scarborough that provides a variety of accommodation, entertainment and function facilities.
The Indian Ocean Hotel is a 3 ½ star hotel situated 300m from Perth's famous Scarborough Beach and is the best value for money on the Sunset Coast.
The staff and management of the Indian Ocean Hotel work hard to make sure your stay comfortable and enjoyable and ultimately aim to make your happy. They conduct themselves in a professional manner but also provide a warm and friendly service that ensures many of their guests return as friends.
Facilities include:
• Air conditioning
• Direct dial telephone
• International subscriber dialling and subscriber trunk dialling
• Bar refrigerator
• Tea and coffee making facilities
• Large LCD flat-screen TV
• Free in-house movies
• Free security car parking
• Private bathroom with showers and hair dryers
• All rates include a complimentary continental breakfast
For bookings or enquiries, call Indian Ocean Hotel today.


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Mikrotik Hotspot network support
Orçamento $250-750 USD
We are looking for a Mikrotik expert that has demonstrable experience with the following;
1) Sharing WAN connections
2) hotspot tuning and configuration for failover
3) Queues
4) Dynamic failover and reroute of WAN connections
The initial project will be to accomplish the following:
1) modify our existing MIkrotik router configuration to support:
a. Allow for definition of one or more WAN interface (defining available bandwidth on the given interface)
b. Create a grouping of interfaces that we define as WAN type interfaces. Call this grouping "Outbound"
c. Group bandwidth amongst ALL WAN interfaces that are in the grouping
d. Route all hotspot users out any of the available WAN interfaces based on badnwdith availability
e. Automatically determine when one interface is NOT working and send alert (via nagios) and then ensure that no traffic routes through this interface until it is back up again.
i. Dynamic testing of the failed WAN interface will take place every 5 minutes and once the failed WAN interface is operational again, then begin using it.
f. Run periodic bandwidth tests from Router on ALL WAN interfaces to ensure health and put back into service when working again?
g. Provide a way/route that TECHs can test a specific route in the WAN grouping to isolate a specific routing problem
h. Support DNS services that MIGHT be different for each WAN in the group.
2) Modify our Hotspot service on Router so that when the router hotspot service cannot communicate with the main/central Radius server (located at designated public IP) the user will have unlimited access to internet until such time as the route to radius for authentication is working again. The problem now is that the Hotpsot MAY have internet service, but our RADIUS server might be down.. We still want people to be able to use the internet without authentication. However, when the RADIUS is reachable again, we need to force those users that are connected to authenticate.
3) We will need 60 days to test and validate, and all bug fixes must be included in the fixed cost quote. Furthermore, any current functionality that is currently working, but exhibits issues after changes will need to be addressed in this fixed cost quote.
If you feel 100% confident that you can achieve all of the above, and document changes, and COMMENT each change in Router with out breaking existing functionality then let me know and I will send you a RIF of the current configuration that you can install and see the existing rules. From the RIF and the above general requirements you can give me a rough idea of the cost to do the above work.
This project is NOT for someone with limited understanding of MikroTik Router OS. We have engineers with over two years of experience working with RouterOS
2 freelancers estão ofertando em média $400 para esse trabalho
Hello I am CCNA/CCNP certificated with 5 year experience