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In the early part of 1966, Texas Western College (now UTEP) acquired a new celebrity on campus named Henry. A burro, Henry was chosen to be the mascot of Texas Western College. Ron McCluskey, the Student Association President, described Henry in 1968 as symbolizing "the school spirit of the student body," and "the stubbornness and determination characteristic of the athletic teams at U.T. El Paso." Henry did not, however, become the school's mascot without some controversy. He arrived on the campus scene largely due to a decision made by Texas Western's president at the time, Joseph M. Ray. According to Ray, Henry's predecessor, a burro named "Clyde," was short not only in quality but also in physical appearance. The unfortunate Clyde was characterized as having a remarkably low-hanging belly, which gave him a strange-looking silhouette when standing in the sun at Texas Western's football games. It became clear to many that the replacement of the unlucky Clyde needed to occur. In a letter written to the Dean of Students, Dr. C.E. Kelsey, Ray expressed "I have seen just about all I can stand of that sorry-looking, pot-bellied burro they have at the football games…Please be my agent and clean this matter up once and for all." The burro Henry replaced Clyde shortly after the letter and was scheduled to appear at every football home game.
The Fall 1968 issue of UT El Paso's NOVA magazine described Henry as "small, well-formed, attractive, and fun-loving, Henry handles with ease his position as U.T. El Paso's mascot." Although Henry seemed to be more satisfactory in appearance than Clyde, he was described as having a difficult temperament at times and an affinity for wandering. During Homecoming in 1967, Henry decided to leave his temporary dwelling in the Kappa Sigma fraternity's backyard. Unnoticed by fraternity members, Henry wandered unescorted up to the stadium causing some commotion after nipping at bystanders whether out of irritation or a desire for attention. After his escape, Henry was moved to a new abode off of campus with a family who resided in the Upper Valley. The burro's troublemaking during the 1967 Homecoming celebration led to Henry having an article written about him one year later in a November, 1968 issue of The Prospector. The campus newspaper article was published only two days before the 1968 Homecoming week began. In The Prospector, Ward Lynde, the official fraternity keeper of Henry claimed that the burro was a "cantankerous fellow last year." Although Henry the burro was quite stubborn, he was accepted by the staff and student body as the school's official mascot. Also In 1968, the then acting-president of U.T. El Paso, Dr. Milton Leech, remarked about the mascot:"Since the halftime show has become such a spectacle in American football games, institutions have had to try harder than ever before to provide entertainment not only for the hometown crowd but also for the TV audiences. Since we can't have a real miner to represent U.T. El Paso, the next best thing seems to be the miner's inevitable companion, the burro."
Clyde and Henry were not the only burro's to have the honor of being the school's mascot. In 1943, "Dynamite" was the mascot when the school was known as the Texas College of Mines. Apparently, Dynamite was donated to the college by "Tio" Sam Myers, owner of the S.D. Myers Saddle Company in El Paso. "Jennie," another burro, was shown in the October 28, 1948 El Paso Times, delivering newspapers to students who were painting the "M" on Mount Franklin, near Scenic drive. However, it is not known for sure if Jennie was an official mascot of the college. Another burro in the late 1950s was also the mascot, however there is no documentation as to what he was called. From the early 1960s, Clyde was Texas Western College's mascot until his demotion by president Ray in 1966. After Henry's time had passed as the mascot, another burro was named the official mascot and called "Mike the Miner burro." Mike, who also went by the name Frank, was taken care of by the Chi Gamma Iota fraternity (XGI, from the Vietnam war,) and taken to the UTEP football games.
[Sources: NOVA: The University of Texas at El Paso Magazine, Fall, 1968, Vol. 4, No. 1.; The Prospector, November 12, 1968.; and Miner Mascots Exhibit Display Sheet: Live Burros, by Willie Quinn and the University of Texas at El Paso Heritage Commission, 2010.]
Bryan Winter is an assistant in the C.L. Sonnichsen Special Collections Department of the UTEP Library. He earned a BS in Geography from New Mexico State University, and is currently in his final year as an MA student in History at UTEP.


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Less than a month after Go-Jek Vice President of Product Alamanda Shantika left the company to join Kibar, today the Indonesian startup scene is rocked by another shocking news.
Michaelangelo Moran, Brand Director and one of the co-founders of the Indonesian ride-hailing app giant, announced via his Facebook account that he had left the company.
"Its been such an amazing six-year journey, but with a sad and heavy heart, my time in GO-JEK has come to an end. I would like to thank everyone who has helped me along the way, inside and outside of the company," he wrote.
Read Also: The four times Go-Jek made the news — and why this time should be a trigger for change
As a Brand Director, Moran was known as the designer of the iconic Go-Jek logo, which is a motorbike taxi rider with Wi-Fi signal flying out of his head. Outside of the startup community, he is also known as a DJ.
No words yet on why Moran had decided to leave the company, although rumours on the ground hinted that he might be starting a property business in Bali.
There is also no information yet on who is going to replace his position.
Also Read: [Updated] Go-Jek acquires Indian home healthcare marketplace Pianta
Go-Jek CEO Nadiem Makarim had released a statement regarding the co-founder's resignation.
"The Go-Jek team, including myself, feels saddened by this big decision. At the same time we also fully support Mikey Moran's decision to pursue his passion in the field of arts and entertainment," he wrote.
Makarim also stated that Moran will continue on playing a strategic role as an advisor for Go-Jek, though he does not mention who is going to replace his position in the company.
"The Go-Jek management and I as the CEO will continue on living the spirit that Mikey has given when we built this company with the other co-founders," he closed.
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{ Rewind Wednesday }. Back in March, my Auntie A and Uncle L visited and I took them to tour Pearl Harbor.
Hawaii Living: Touring Pearl Harbor
Despite living here for close to 5 months by that point, it was my first experience visiting Pearl Harbor. The Hawai'i resident in me kind of balked and pissed and moaned about having to contend with clueless tourists in the parking lot and in the tour queues. Little did I know, I was in for one of the most humbling, educational and emotional trips of my new Hawaii Life.
Eleanor Roosevelt kept this prayer written on a simple note card in her wallet throughout the duration of World War II. The prayer is inscribed into a slab of stone in a small area of the walkway directly facing Ford Island and the place where many warships and naval boats sunk and hundreds of military men died in the attack.
Dear Lord,
Lest I continue
My complacent way
Help me to remember somehow out there
A man died for me today
As long as there be war
I then must
Ask and answer
Am I worth dying for?
Pictures of our old and new neighborhoods. That they're only 20 miles from each other… and that they differ so greatly in culture, geography, flora, fauna and climate, is completely astounding and one of the strange and wonderfully unique things about living in this magical place.
All the weaponry around awakened the silly 12 year old boy living deep within my soul (you know, the one that still likes videogames, comics, Sci-Fi and weapons). After gunning an imaginary bogey from the skies and staring (and snickering) at the large phallus of a shiny sub torpedo… I sobered up to the somber truth that these were and are weapons of destruction and have inflicted incalculable harm, ripping lives, families and countries apart.
War is truly an ugly, ugly, terrifying thing.
The Tree of Life memorial sculpture at the World War II Valor in the Pacific Memorial at Pearl Harbor by artist Alfred Preis symbolizing eternal renewal. It is meant for us to remember the sacrifice of the men (and their families) who were casualties of the brutality of war, but also to honor and understand the war and to extend that understanding and peace to the Japanese. It is a reminder to honor the dead, remember the war and sacrifice and to understand and grow together.
If you want to learn more about Pearl Harbor or want to plan your visit there, you can get more information from their official website: Pearl Harbor Historic Sites.
Tickets to most of the memorials at Pearl Harbor are free and so is parking, but in order to ensure a parking space, it's best to arrive when they open at 7AM. You can also reserve Pearl Harbor tickets online with a minimal booking fee through the National Parks Services Pearl Harbor website.
If you're planning on touring the USS Arizona and walking around the park, I'd say reserve about 2-4 hours of your day. The tour of the Arizona includes a line, a 25 minute documentary, a ferry ride and a 20 minute tour of the memorial shrine. All in all it's about 90 minutes not including lining up and round trip ferry ride.
Touring Pearl Harbor is one of the most educational experiences you can have. It's a testament to the fortitude, resilience and tenacity of the human spirit, and its ability to rise above adversity and fight. But the memorial also literally a grave site and a place for somber contemplation, remembrance, and reverent honor, a place to learn and understand the deep meaning of war and its consequences.
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A federal judge invalidated Oklahoma's constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage late Tuesday, finding that it violated the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause. In a ruling that is the culmination of ten years of litigation, U.S. District Judge Terence Kern rejected Oklahoma's stated child-rearing and moral reasons for banning same-sex marriage as "so attenuated" that exclusion cannot survive even the most basic level of court review. Kern writes:
Equal protection is at the very heart of our legal system and central to our consent to be governed. It is not a scarce commodity to be meted out begrudgingly or in short portions. Therefore, the majority view in Oklahoma must give way to individual constitutional rights. The Bishop couple has been in a loving, committed relationships for many years. They own property together, wish to retire together, wish to make medical decisions for one another, and wish to be recognized as a married couple with all its attendant rights and responsibilities. Part A of the Oklahoma Constitutional Amendment excludes the Bishop couple, and all otherwise eligible same-sex couples, from this privilege without a legally sufficient justification.
The court cites the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling last term in United States v. Windsor that struck down the Defense of Marriage Act in finding that courts "must be wary of whether 'defending' traditional marriage is a guise for impermissible discrimination against same-sex couples." Kern also rejected a host of arguments about marriage's relationship to procreation, writing, "same-sex couples are being subjected to a 'naturally procreative' requirement to which no other Oklahoma citizens are subjected, including the infertile, the elderly, and those who simply do not wish to ever procreate."
The ruling is a win for two lesbian coupes who have been litigating this case for more than ten years, and follows on the heels of similar rulings in New Mexico and Utah. But it was put on hold pending appeal, so the ban remains in effect for the time being.


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May 13, 2015
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May 8, 2015
CB Insight Article: Powerful Metrics offer Valuable Insights
"In August 2014, FMSI released its 2014 Retail Salary and Benefits Study for Community Banks (CB) and Credit Unions (CU). The study was based on full-time (FT) and part-time (PT) employee salary and benefit* (S&B) hourly rates collected from hundreds of individual financial institutions (FIs) across North America. It breaks S&B information down by region, institution size, PT versus FT, and more."
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Aston Villa fans have sent a clear message to manager Paul Lambert after voting in support of re-signing former winger Ashley Young, suggesting they would welcome the Manchester United flop back at Villa Park.
The Daily Express reported over the weekend that Villa were one of three Premier League clubs considering a bid for the 29-year-old when the transfer window reopens in January.
And, according to a fan poll by the Birmingham Mail, 73 per cent of supporters that voted are in favour of a prospective return for Young at the turn of the year.
Related articles
- Ashley Young allowed to leave in January
- Ashley Young attracting interest from Premier League clubs
- Manchester United should give up on Ashley Young
Competition for places
The arrival of a number of high-profile signings at Old Trafford during the summer has pushed the England international further down Louis van Gaal's first-team pecking order, and the new Red Devils boss might be prepared to let Young leave if the opportunity arises.
With less than two years remaining on his £115,000-a-week contract time is running out for Manchester United to get a decent return on the player they paid Aston Villa £15 million for back in 2011.
However, Young's old club could be one possible avenue for the Premier League giants to investigate, particularly after confirmation of the Aston Villa fan base's willingness to take the wide-man back.
A return to the Midlands could see the former Watford trainee reunited with old team-mate Tom Cleverley, who is spending the final year of his Manchester United contract on loan at Aston Villa.
Man Utd connection
The Red Devils presence extends even further with Lambert's assistant Roy Keane having recently been recruited as part of the club's backroom team. The Irishman of course spent many years as a player and captain at Old Trafford.
A return to his old stomping ground could act as a much needed catalyst for Young to rejuvenate his dwindling career, after falling off the international radar following a significant lack of confidence and drop in form at Manchester United.
Van Gaal has been ruthless in his treatment so far of many of the club's under-performing stars, and although Young performed well on Manchester United's pre-season tour of the United States he is unlikely to get much further respite if he continues to struggle in the Premier League.


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The last rainbow cake I made was a big hit so I offered to make another for a little girl's 6th birthday. I am looking forward to the birthday party as there will be a Fairy Queen of Flowers who does fabulous face painting, fairy wand crafts, fun party games and dress up costumes.
I thought a personalized paper bunting would be perfect to top the cake. So simple and they look wonderful on cakes.
The final party count included 19 children and 12 adults so I decided to make some rainbow cupcakes to accompany the cake.
To make the bunting I gathered my supplies.
I made the paper flags for my bunting using a simple triangle shape but I thought if I had a butterfly punch.... Well.... can't you imagine how adorable little butterflies would be floating above the cake.
So after cutting out my flags, I found using a glue stick was much easier than messing around with a hot glue gun for assembling the flags to the string.
To personalize the bunting, I printed out letters using the computer and cut them out using a circular paper punch.
The only time I used the hot glue gun was when I affixed the string to the bamboo skewers.
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Motifs of the Italian Renaissance in St. Petersburg architecture. Although the Italian community in St. Petersburg has never been large, no other nationality has had such a profound influence on the city's cultural and artistic heritage. While the cliche that St. Petersburg is the "Venice of the North" does not stand up to muchRead More


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In the Season of Marriage, a Question. Why Do People Bother?
Why Do People Still Bother
With the rate of divorce on the rise it's amazing the people still get married daily. IT'S surprising how many people still marry. As everyone knows, it's a risky proposition; the divorce rate, though down from its peak of one in two marriages in the early 1980s, remains substantial. Besides, you can have a perfectly respectable life these days without marrying.
When the Pew Research Center asked a sample of Americans in 2010 what they thought about the "growing variety in the types of family arrangements that people live in," 34 percent responded that it was a good thing, and 32 percent said it made no difference. Having a child outside of marriage has also become common. According to a report by the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, 47 percent of American women who give birth in their 20s are unmarried at the time.
And still, demographers project that at least 80 percent of Americans will marry at some point in their lives.
The answer is that Americans are now marrying for a different reason. Marriage has become a status symbol — a highly regarded marker of a successful personal life. This transformed meaning is evident in the Obama administration's briefs in the two same-sex marriage cases now in front of the Supreme Court. Those documents reflect, in part, the assumption that marriage represents not only a bundle of rights but also a privileged position.
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On or about July 22, 2013, two former employees of Windsor Mold brought this Action, in which they claimed Windsor violated the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, the Ohio Wage Fairness Act, the Ohio Prompt Pay Act, and Ohio common law by failing to pay certain employees for wages and overtime owed. Plaintiffs sought recovery of statutory damages, interest, attorneys' fees and costs, and other relief.
Generally, the lawsuit concerns Plaintiffs' allegation that Windsor was legally obligated to compensate Press Operators and Decorators for a twenty-minute meeting prior to each shift and a twenty-minute break period for meals, but failed to pay for one of these twenty-minute periods. Windsor has denied and continues to deny any wrongdoing, and denies any and all liability and damages to anyone with respect to the alleged fact or causes of action asserted in the Action. Since the time of filing, Windsor has made some payments to employees and former employees voluntarily and some payments pursuant to a Department of Labor Settlement. To avoid the burden, expense, inconvenience, and uncertainty of the continued Action, however, the Parties have concluded it is in their best interests to resolve and settle the Action by entering into a settlement agreement.
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Africa Confidential
Vol. 25 No. 4 Feb 15, 1984
With the forthcoming OAU summit uppermost in his mind, President Ahmed Sekou Toure is concerned that the Western Sahara conflict (AC VOL 24 No 24) may scutter the Conakry conference, as it did the Libyan one in 1982. Recently he has worked hard to project himself as a wise statesman. Now age 62, he wants to crown his career by becoming OAU president.
To this end he may well make embarassing compromises. For example, after years of support for King Hassan's cause Toure has changed his stance. We understand the Polisario backers warned him they would boycott the Conakry session. Moreover Toure must soon make crucial economic decisions. In 1983 negotiations collapsed with the IMF over a stand-by credit and structural adjustment-loan. This happened because Guinea refused to devalue its currency, the syli (elephant) massively. Now, we understand, IMF officials are asking for a minimum devaluation of 100% plus pruned state sector and an end to subsidized government services and staple foods. Toure has rejected this Draconian programme saying that he did not turn his back on the franc-zone 25 years ago to knuckle under the IMF today. A devaluation of about 15% has been counter-prepared by Guinean monetary authorities. But the deadlock remains.
This logjam has discouraged foreign investors and will delay plans to bring Guinea back into Western trade. It could also retard the meeting intended by the Paris Club to reschedule Guinea's foreign debts, (about $1.5bn). As Guinea has a sizeable mining potential, this sum does not seems alarmingly high to Western financiers. The hitch is that it is concentrated in short-term debts which Guinea is decreasingly able to honour. Arrears in debt-repayment now stand close to $200m.
The Guinean experience has been an economic fiasco. Since the 1977 "mammies march" on the presidential palace, trade has been liberalized so that most goods can be found in Conakry's central market. Industry barely limps along. But the real black spot is agriculture. An exporter before independence, the country is forced to spend hard currency to import cereals and other foods.
In recent years Toure has paid business visits to Western capitals, but he left the United States with few positive results. A US agro-industrial team has reported that Guinea offers few investments opportunities for American corporations. The French sell equipment and finance part of the infrastructure, but make investments in Guinea's priority sectors.
Other Western powers act similarly. West Germany is refitting Conakry's archaic port. The Soviet Union supports bauxite mining and fishing for hard cash. Guinea is the top petro-dollar recipient in sub-Saharan Africa from the oil-rich Arab states, thanks to the introduction of Islam as the quasi-official state religion. Guinea relies on this aid for basic infrastructure needs.
The twelfth congress of the ruling Parti Democratique de Guinee (PDG) at
the end of 1983 turned out to be a celebration of Toure's growing personality cult. He is known as the « Guide of the Revolution » or, as the official party weekly, Horoya, described him, « the eternal tree of Africa. » Toure's record was loudly acclaimed together with the party's
activities since 1978 when Guinea officially became a "party-state".
The sitting members of the last political bureau were reelected and five personalities joined them.
The congress proved to be a convenient dry run for the imminent OAU summit. Conakry, still very much as it was in colonial days, has been cleaned , the potholes in the streets filled in and large sums invested in the necessary arrangements for the reception of 50 heads of state. The conference hall was built by North Koreans and East Germans, while the Moroccans ran up 50 luxury villas financed by Saudi Arabia. The French built and managed the Grand Hotel de l'Independance for foreign guests. The dilapidated Gbessia airport is getting a facelift and vagrants are being chased from the capital.
Party activists will organise a 'spontaneous' demonstration of support for
the President during the summit.
Rarely in Africa has a family coterie monopolised power as much as in Guinea. Toure's clan are naturally all from his Malinke tribe in the centre of the country. The Toure family "Who's Who" seems to go as follows:
Tension has been growing within the family in recent months. There seems to be three overlapping clans, each jostling for a place in the succession race.
Ismael Toure's clan, reputedly pro-American, was weakened by the dismissal of Abraham Kabassan Keita. He can still count on the support of
Andree Toure's clan is small but powerful. It includes
The third clan is built around Siaka Toure and adheres to the hard line principles of the Guinean revolution. Sekou Cherif backs Siaka as do other senior bureaucrats. Many favour closer ties with the Soviet Union and Cuba.
The President has played skillfully on ethnic differences to consolidate his power. While centring the regime on his own Malinke tribe, he has also, cleverly, spread the spoils widely throughout the country.
The Soussou: occupy the coastal area of lower Guinea and have supported Toure since pre-independence days. This has not stopped the president from striking out against the Sossou elite from the Coyah and Forecariah areas, including
Soussou politicians hold essential posts:
The Sossou, along with the Malinke, virtually control the security forces.
The Peuhl: traditionally the President's bête noire, they opposed him even in pre-independence days supporting a pro-French party known as Bloc Africain de Guinee (BAG). It was against the Peuhl elite that repression has been most severe one victim was former OAU Secretary-General Diallo Telli. Peuhl intellectuals tend to hold technocratic posts.
The Forest tribes: these are located in Upper Guinea along the Liberian and Ivorian frontiers. They have largely resisted Islam being mostly Christian or animists. Most of these tribes are linked ethnically to the Malinke. This accounts for the president's wide local support. Since the region is politically marginal, the Guinean leader has kept one of its representatives, Dr Lansana Beavogui, as prime minister for over a decade.
The opposition mainly resident in France, remain fairly impotent. The principal groups are l'Organisation pour la Liberation de la Guinee (OLG) led by Professor Ibrahim Kake, which publishes a journal, l'Eclair; and the Rassemblement Guineen à l'Etranger (RGE), headed by Siradiou Diallo. Most observers reckon that Toure's greatest danger comes from internal friction between different family clans over the badly needed economic reforms. Important decisions on this score are expected after the OAU summit together with a thorough cabinet reshuffle.
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Just a quick update with a layout as my parents are over from Sweden this weekend and I want to spend as much time with them as possible :)))
Sunday, October 04, 2009
2 comments:
- cynthia said...
Hi Anso:) I just swung over from the blog roll for Ali's class. What a cool layout:) Have fun with your parents:)
- 10/04/2009 8:23 pm
- Marja said...
Hope you are having a lovely time with your parents!
- 10/04/2009 8:27 pm
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Some of One Pagers unique features
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Here are some very good reasons:
They have significant educational uses:
In addition to promoting the enjoyment of singing,
these school songs have three main purposes:
1/ To reinforce positive values
(eg, respect; application to learning);
2/ To boost achievements in curriculum subjects
by targeting key areas
(eg, better story building; faster mental calculations);
3/To teach and reinforce essential study skills
(things as basic as paying attention and reading teachers'
written comments intended as aids to improving work).
They can be used in a wide variety of contexts:
Whole school and groups (assemblies, singing practice, etc);
Classes (together, groups, pairs, one-to-one);
Several could also form part of a home schooling curriculum.
This is what their writer/composer Laurence Conway says:
Experience has taught me which learning matters matter the most
- what children's learning priorities are and should be
(those commonly-addressed, those rarely addressed and those which ought to be addressed but aren't elsewhere) - and so I write songs about them: clearly-focused with learning/reinforcement objectives obvious to the children - that is vital.
Obtain my educational songs from this website easily & securely:
Simply go to the SCHOOL SONGS SHOP,
select the songs you have chosen there,
and pay for them securely using PayPal - no PayPal account necessary.
Delivery is by email moments after payment has been made.
No handling nor delivery charges apply.
How much are these songs each & what is supplied?
Only £1 GBP for all four of these items, sent in a ready-to-use folder*:
*attached song pack - just download it and off you go!
1. Guide Vocal Included Recording (mp3)
- for learning the song
2. Backing Only Recording (mp3)
- for when it's known well enough not to need Guide Vocals
3. Lyrics (pdf)
- displayable/printable
4. Sheet Music
- top line (sometimes more),
placed chords and Lyrics (pdf)
- printable/displayable
What if I have any comments or questions?
Please send an email using the CONTACT FORM.
Comments (favourable or otherwise) will be taken on board
and questions answered. If any unforeseen problems
occur, they will be addressed without delay...
...Effort is made to ensure that each visit you make
to Songs for Positive Schools is positive, too!
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primary school songs, elementary school songs and high school songs from songsforpositiveschools.com
Laurence Conway retains all rights to Songs for Positive Schools.
Songs for Positive Schools may be used as required educationally
by purchasing establishments and by individual purchasers.


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|Henry Louis Wallace
Henry Louis Wallace
|Background information
|Birth name:
|Henry Louis Wallace
|Also known as:
|The Charlotte Strangler
|October 4, 1965
Barnwell, South Carolina
|Number of victims:
|Span of killings:
|Early 1990 – March 8, 1994
|United States
|North Carolina
|Date apprehended:
|March 13, 1994
Henry Louis Wallace (born November 4, 1965) is an American serial killer who killed 10 women in Charlotte, North Carolina and is awaiting execution at Central Prison in Raleigh.
Henry Louis Wallace was born in Barnwell, South Carolina, son of Lottie Mae Wallace and a married school teacher who walked out on his lover when he found out she was pregnant. Wallace grew up in extreme poverty, with his mother working long hours as a textile worker. His mother was a harsh disciplinarian, constantly criticizing her son for even the smallest mistakes. He attended Barnwell High School, where he was elected to student council and was a cheerleader. Wallace graduated in 1983. He became a dj for a local radio station in Barnwell. He went to several colleges before joining the U.S. Navy in 1985. Wallace married his high school sweetheart, the former Maretta Brabham, in 1987. In 1988, Wallace was honorably discharged from the U.S. Navy.
During his time in the Navy, he began using several drugs, including crack cocaine. In Washington, he was served warrants for several burglaries in and around the Seattle metro area. In January 1988, Wallace was arrested for breaking into a hardware store. That June, he pleaded guilty to second-degree burglary. A judge sentenced him to two years of supervised probation. According to Probation Officer Patrick Seaburg, Wallace did not show up for most mandatory meetings.[citation needed]
In early 1990, he murdered Tashonda Bethea, then dumped her in a lake in his hometown. It was not until weeks later that her body was discovered. He was questioned by the police regarding her disappearance and death, but was never formally charged in her murder. He was also questioned in connection with the attempted rape of a 16-year old Barnwell girl, but was never charged for that either. By that time, his marriage had fallen apart, and he was fired from his job as Chemical Operator for Sandoz Chemical Co.
In February 1991, he broke into his old high school and the radio station where he once worked. He stole video and recording equipment and was caught trying to pawn them.
In November 1991, he relocated to Charlotte, North Carolina. He found jobs at several fast-food restaurants in East Charlotte. In May 1992, he picked up Sharon Nance, a convicted drug dealer and prostitute. When she demanded payment for her services, Wallace beat her to death, then dropped her body by the railroad tracks. She was found few days later. He then strangled Caroline Love at her apartment, then dumped her body in a wooded area. After he killed her, he and her sisters filed a missing person's report at the police station. It would be almost two years (March 1994) before her body was discovered in a wooded area in Charlotte. He murdered Shawna Hawk after visiting her at her home on February 19, 1993, and later went to her funeral. In March 1993, Hawk's mother, Dee Sumpter, and her godmother Judy Williams founded Mothers of Murder Offspring, a Charlotte-based support group for parents of murdered children.
On June 22, he killed coworker Audrey Spain. Her body was found two days later. On August 10, 1993, Wallace killed Valencia M. Jumper, then set her on fire to cover up his crime. A few days after her murder, he and his sister went to Valencia's funeral.
A month later, in September 1993, he went to the apartment of Michelle Stinson, a struggling college student and single mother of two sons. He strangled and stabbed her in front of her oldest son. That October, his only child was born.
On February 20, 1994, Wallace killed Vanessa Little Mack in her apartment. Mack had two daughters, aged seven and four months, at the time of her death.
On March 8, 1994, Wallace robbed and strangled Betty Jean Baucom. Afterwards, he took valuables from the house, then he left the apartment with her car. He pawned everything except the car, which he left at a shopping center.
Wallace went back to the same apartment complex on the night of March 8, 1994, knowing that Vernon Woods would be at work so he could murder his girlfriend, Brandi June Henderson. Wallace strangled Henderson and her son, Tarreese, that night. Afterwards, he took some valuables from the apartment and left.
The police beefed up patrols in east Charlotte after two bodies of young black women were found at The Lake apartment complex. Even so, Wallace sneaked through to rob, strangle and stab Deborah Ann Slaughter. Her body was found on March 12, 1994.
Wallace was arrested on March 13, 1994. For 12 hours, he confessed to the murders of 10 women in Charlotte. He described in detail, the women's appearances, how he raped, robbed and killed the women, and of his crack habit.
Charlotte's police chief congratulated Wallace's arrest, reassuring the community that the women of East Charlotte were safe. However, many in the area's black community criticized the police's conduct during the investigation, accusing them of neglecting the murders of black women. As Shawna Denise Hawk's mother, Dee Sumpter, said:
Charlotte's police chief, Dennis Nowicki, had said he was not aware of a killer until early March 1994, when three young black women were murdered within four days of each other. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department apologized to its residents for not spotting a link among the murders sooner. However, they said the murder cases varied enough to throw them off Wallace's trail. Until Wallace's murder pace picked up in the early weeks of March 1994, the deaths were sporadic and not entirely similar. It was only in the week of March 9, 1994 that Charlotte Police warned the people in East Charlotte that there was a serial killer on the loose.
One young lady said that the police did not care because the police viewed the young female murder victims as "fast girls who hang out a lot".[citation needed] The victims were described by both the press and family members as pretty, hardworking, and serious young women, however. Others said the reason why the police did not take the murder cases serious because the women were both working class and black.
Over the next two years, Wallace's trial was delayed over choice of venue, DNA evidence from murdered victims, and jury selection. His trial began in September 1996. In the opening arguments, prosecutor Marsha Goodnow argued for the death penalty, while defense attorney Isabel Day asked for a life sentence, arguing that Wallace suffered from mental illness, and that the killings were not first-degree murder because they did not result from "premeditation and deliberation".
According to FBI serial murder expert Robert Ressler:
Psychologist Faye Sultan testified during the trial that Wallace was constant victim of physical and mental abuse from his mother since birth and that he suffered from mental illness at the time of the killings. Sultan argued for life sentence without parole instead of the death penalty.
On January 7, 1997, Wallace was found guilty of nine murders. On January 29, he was sentenced to nine death sentences.
Following his sentencing, Wallace made a statement to his victims' families.
On June 5, 1998, Wallace married a former prison nurse, Rebecca Torrijas, in a ceremony next to the execution chamber where he has been sentenced to die. Mecklenburg County public defender Isabel Day served as an official witness and photographer. Also attending was the manager of the Death Row unit at the prison.
Since being sentenced to death in 1997, Wallace has been appealing to the courts to overturn the death sentences, stating that his confessions were coerced and his constitutional rights were violated in the process.
In 2005, Superior Court Judge Charles Lamm rejected Wallace's latest appeal to overturn his convictions and nine death sentences, moving him another step closer to execution.
The legal battle to save Wallace has already been through the state and federal courts. The North Carolina Supreme Court upheld the death sentences in 2000. The U.S. Supreme Court in 2001 denied his appeal.
Lamm's rejection is the first in a second round of appeals that will likely wind through state and federal courts again in the next few years.
No execution date is being set for Wallace to this day.


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Google's profits soar as share price slips
No pleasing some people
Google posted bumper Q2 results on Thursday with net income of $343m, compared to profits of $79m in the same period last year. For the quarter ending 30 June, the search engine behemoth posted record revenues of $1.38bn up 98 per cent on its revenues in Q2 2004 and 10 per cent up on the $1.26bn it clocked up in Q1 2005.
More than half this revenue ($737m or 53 per cent of the total) came from Google owned sites. Revenues generated on Google's partner sites, via syndicated advertising through Google's AdSense programs, contributed $630m. The company paid out $494m of this revenue back to partners, up from $277m in 2004. Although Google posted stellar results Wall Street gave them a caning. Shares in the search engine giant fell more than six per cent to $294 in after hours trading. ®
Related stories
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Google tops $1bn
Google shares fall on less-than-stellar growth fears
PayPal founder on Google's Wallet
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High & Padded in a Padded Cell
anjunahusky forced to puff on that whacky tobaccy as a part of their treatment, and they even got their chastity device taken off! i bet a few good rubs on that bulge would cause that tenting diaper to leak! come on raffy, help a pup out!
Draw by jimmy_rumshot
Source: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/26222697/
Yes it sure seems like this husky have a pretty big diaper bulge and it sure seems like this furrys penis is close to make a hole in his diaper. It sure look pretty close to that what everyone can clearly see here.
I sure wounder what should happen if someone decided to give this furry a diaper rubbing.


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An unconference is a participant-driven event. Rather than inviting people to attend a conference where everything has been decided by others in advance (the speakers, the content, the timetable, the spaces etc.) an unconference emerges out of the strengths and interests of the people who attend.
|The 'open grid'
How does it work?
The open grid: if you would like to meet up with others to talk about something that interests you, write the title of the session in one of the timetable slots on the day. Anyone else who wants to take part (or co-convene with you) turns up at the appointed time and contributes what they can. It makes for a very responsive, very engaging event which is grass roots and bottom up. If your session sounds similar to one already being proposed, merge the two and co-convene.
|Unconference session in progress
- Role plays and the mantle of the expert in the classroom
- Using Facebook to build community with classes
- Creative use of teaching space strategies
- Strategies to give useful feedback to students
- Effective groupwork strategies
But the absolute BEST thing about the unconference was seeing the transformation that takes place when you empower a group of teachers with the belief that they have a powerful contribution to make to the way learning happens inside their school. Outside experts are great, but the first step to transforming any learning organisation should be to tap into the amazing practice that is going on in classrooms every day. And, better than one-off conferences, all of the experts I heard from will be in the staffroom at lunchtime if I want to carry on the conversation.
The two ideas we kept coming back to were 'the answers are in the room' and 'what if your contribution is the key ingredient?' If you've never been part of an unconference before, do it; you won't regret it.
The two ideas we kept coming back to were 'the answers are in the room' and 'what if your contribution is the key ingredient?' If you've never been part of an unconference before, do it; you won't regret it.


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SFIG has formed a working group, comprised of our Credit Card, Student Loan, Auto and CMBS Committees and other interested member, to respond to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) recent proposed amendments that would require registrants to include a hyperlink to exhibits in their filings.
Specifically, the SEC amendments would require registrants that file registration statements and periodic and current reports that are subject to the exhibit requirements under Item 601 of Regulation S-K, or that file on Forms F-10 or 20-F, to include a hyperlink to each exhibit listed in the exhibit index of the filings, as SFIG previously reported. The amendments would also require that registrants submit all of these filings in HTML format.
Comments on these proposed amendments are due on October 27th.


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Tag Archives: Greek diving parks
Travel to the best beaches in Greece for 2015
Travel site tripadvisor.com travels us to the most beautiful Greek beaches and makes us even for a little get away and dreaming of summer vacations. The largest website for travel information announced the most famous Greek beaches in the world
10 most exotic Greek beaches
Turquoise waters, white sand, incredibly landscapes … No, we don't describe a secret island in the Caribbean or the exotic beaches of the Indian Ocean. Its truth Mediterranean is not famous for the palm trees, and the rule for Aegean sea
Preveli an exotic beach with a palm forest
Preveli beach is located 35km south of Rethymno and almost 10km east of Plakias village. Beach of Preveli, also known as Lake Preveli or Phoenix, is located at the exit of the amazing Kourtaliotiko Gorge, where the Great River Megas Potamosi
Agia Marina beach, an oasis with crystal clear waters in Symi island
Most beaches on Symi island, Greece are very close together. On the beaches can one go on foot, or with small boats and ships some of these have umbrellas and taverns along the coast, while others are isolated. One of most
Events in Greece for 2014
European Youth Capital The city of Thessaloniki has been nominated as the European Youth Capital for 2014. During the entire year, the city will host this relatively new but successful institution with various youth actions on culture, sports and finance.


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2017 – Music Unites AmericaBy Dave Schwartz
It was the funniest thing. The week
before NAMM 2017 opened I was sitting home and chatting with a
friend. This was going to be her first NAMM experience and she
had many questions, including "Do you think there will be any
protests?" The question was more poignant than I had initially
realized. I reassured her that she would be safe. Each
year NAMM is visited by the Christians with their message of
salvation. These are hardly people with intent to disrupt,
cause damage or inflict injury to anyone. It wasn't until
that Thursday, walking up to the
Anaheim Convention Center on the opening day of NAMM that I fully
realized the context of her question. On following day,
Friday, January 20th, a new President would take the oath
of office and a significant portion of America wasn't too pleased
about it.
If NAMM is anything, it is a collection
of voices. These voices express themselves in many ways – some
through a microphone, some through their guitar amplifier, some in a
shirt and tie; while others at benches in small factories creating
all this wonder musical gear. On that Friday,
in a location filled with all these wonderful voices, one could
argue that it would be a tinder box for open expressions, each
trying to outdo the next. And it was. But in the place
of protests there were negotiations. In place of ruin there
was creation. In a massive convention hall filled with people
from many nations and the voices of every race, creed and color -
music united.
It was a cool experience. Perhaps
the only thing missing was Hendrix playing the "Star Spangled
Banner." Now let's check out all the cool gear from NAMM 2017!
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Me: I knew I should have brought my large pie server.
Princess: Your son is a Limey fork-flinger, Mother!
Me: I <3 you so much.
Princess: Jeffrey, are you doing druuuugs?
Me: Mom you are breaking so many rules right now…
Princess: Costco run?
Me: Costco run.
Texting with my beloved children is always a joy. For those wondering what the hell, watch Mystery Men. You won't be sorry.


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The main aim of this blog is to interpret the Christian Order in the light of current affairs, philosophy, literature and the arts -- and vice versa. So it's about ideas. Social, political and religious comment. Links, notes on people, places, events, books, movies etc. And mainly a place where I can post half-baked ideas in the hope that other people, or the passing of time, will help me to bake them.
03 September 2011
End of blogrolling, end of blogging?
The comment I tried to look at was from "Anonymous", so, thinking it might contain some malicious redirecting code, I deleted it.
But still the blog would not display. I went to the Blogger forums and found that others had had similar problems, which appeared to be caused by blogrolling widgets. They either had bugs, or were being hacked, it seemed.
So I deleted all the blogtolling widgets.
But now my blog is isolated.
It was bad enough when MyBlogLog disappeared, and BlogCatalog was "improved" so that it became almost useless. But I still had blogrolls of blogs I liked to read, and I could see when they were updated, and so could read new posts on them.
But now I've had to remove them too.
Someone really does seem to be out to kill blogs and blogging.
I liked to read "The poor mouth", but can't remember the URL, and the same with lots of other blogs.
6 comments:
- CherryPie said...
I noticed that problem when trying to access someone else's blog. To be able to read the blog I had to click I had to click the stop button as the page was loading. I know she has blogrolling widgets in her side bar too.
Here is the link for Jams:
I tend to just have my blogroll in a list in the side bar. I also use google reader to keep track of my favourites. Although I always go to the blogs to read them.
- September 03, 2011 12:40 pm
- Steve Hayes said...
Interesting - I went to Jams's blog and his blogroll was still there -- perhaps they've fixed the problem, or perhaps it only affected some blogs.
- September 03, 2011 3:07 pm
- CherryPie said...
I think Jams blog uses the blogger widget and not blogrolling.
The page I mentioned uses blogrolling and when you try to access that page it diverts you to the blogrolling site which now appears to be down so I am getting an error message.
- September 03, 2011 3:26 pm
Just use Google Reader for keeping track of and reading the blogs you follow.
- September 03, 2011 3:50 pm
- Clarissa said...
Unfortunately, Blogspot has been in a very protracted funk. It started somewhere in March when the Google Blogger attempted to revamp its entire system. Since then, Blogspot has broken down at regular intervals.
For me, it eventually got so frustrating that I moved my entire blog to WordPress and had to get accustomed to reading the blogs I follow in Google Reader. Of course, I much preferred a regular blogroll but, as you say, they are dying out.
WordPress offers a blogroll to its readers but it is so inconvenient, confusing and overall weird that I don't use it.
- September 03, 2011 7:52 pm
- jams o donnell said...
I don't use blogroll Steve, I used to but got shot of it a couple of years ago. Cherie is right I use a blogger widget now.
It is a huge pisser that so many useful applications are going by the wayside
- September 03, 2011 10:27 pm


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I have enjoyed baking since I was young. However, after I started working the hobby seemed to make its way out as new responsibilities came into my life. With a need for artistic outlet, baking found me again. With some inspiration that I got from the website I will plug on the bottom, I decided to try cake photography. I found it adorable and I also wanted to create cute images like the ones she had posted. You can check them out here:
After making a couple of images and talking with my sister, I realized that there were so many people doing food photography. I admired what they were doing, but I wanted to do something different. My sister suggested taking the photos outside. One thing led to the other and my first photo was taken at a train station in our area. I was sick as a dog but I didn't want that to stop me. Since that first image, I took three other shots. One in a convenience store, one on the cable car tracks, and the most recent being in Kyoto with a good friend of mine. Each one comes with its own emotions and experiences.
The newest one in Kyoto was great fun for me and hopefully for the model as well (I didn't realize I had made him hold a cake in one hand for a straight fifteen minutes). One thing that I was struck by was all of the positive feedback from the by-passers on the street. Everyone that walked by smiled and/or commented. It was great to give them something a bit unique to go home to and tell their families about. A cake is a very simple thing, but frosting it in the middle of a street in Kyoto made it all that more interesting.


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Chuck Fleischmann wishes Tennesseans a Happy Thanksgiving
Chuck Fleischmann wishes Tennesseans a Happy Thanksgiving
CHATTANOOGA−Congressman Chuck Fleischmann made the following statement to commemorate Thanksgiving.
"Although our nation, our communities, and our families face many struggles, we have so much to be thankful for. For me, Thanksgiving is about reflection. It is about expressing our gratitude for the gifts that God has given, and enjoying the company of close family and friends.
"While we face many challenges, America remains the greatest and freest nation on earth, a blessing which we should never take for granted. This Thanksgiving, I hope everyone will have a wonderful time in the company of loved ones and close friends. Let us not forget those who serve us in uniform. Their sacrifices ensure our freedom, and we pray for their safe return."


text: Good morning! It was a fun day yesterday from my perspective, as there were a number of showers and thunderstorms. We'll see more showers and storms here in the mountains today, but a drier and cooler air mass will move into the area tonight and tomorrow. As of 7 AM, there's an area of showers and thunderstorms about 50 miles west of Park City, and should reach us by around 9 AM. We'll see more showers and storms develop through the afternoon, but a drier air mass will spread into the area by the evening hours and possibly another gorgeous sunset! The rest of the week is looking awesome in the weather department with high pressure moving into the area, and a couple of fairly cold mornings. We could see a little frost in the Snyderville Basin! The nice weather should continue through the weekend!


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On the shape of continuous wave infrared stimulated luminescence signals from feldspars: A case study
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- Subtitle:
- A case study
- 10.1016/j.jlumin.2014.03.010
- Abstract:
- The continuous-wave IRSL (CW-IRSL) signals from feldspars are known to decay in a non-exponential manner, and their exact mathematical description is of great importance in dosimetric and dating studies. This paper investigates the possibility of fitting experimental CW-IRSL curves from a variety of feldspar samples, by using an analytical equation derived within the framework of a new model based on localized electronic recombinations of donor–acceptor pairs. 24 different types of feldspars were studied and their CW-IRSL signals are analyzed in order to establish the range and precision of numerical values for the fitting parameters in the analytical equation. The study finds systematic trends in the fitting parameters, and possible systematic differences between K and Na rich extracts from the same feldspar samples. Furthermore, results are compared with natural samples, freshly irradiated samples, and samples which had undergone anomalous fading. The results of this analysis establish broad numerical ranges for the fitting parameters in the model. Specifically the possible range of the dimensionless density ρ′ρ′ was found to be ρ′ρ′~0.002–0.01. These experimentally established ranges of ρ′ρ′ will help to guide future modeling work on luminescence processes in feldspars. Small statistical differences were found between K-rich and Na-rich fractions of the same sample. However, the experimental data shows that the parameters depend on the irradiation dose, but do not depend on the time elapsed after the end of the irradiation process. All samples exhibited the power law of decay, with the range of the power law coefficient β=0.6–1.1β=0.6–1.1.
- Type:
- Journal article
- Language:
- English
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- Journal of Luminescence, 2014, Vol 153, p. 96-103
- Keywords:
- Feldspar; IRSL curves; Random defect model
- Main Research Area:
- Science/technology
- Publication Status:
- Published
- Review type:
- Peer Review
- Submission year:
- 2014
- Scientific Level:
- Scientific
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Guest Column By Chris Lackey
On Aug. 28th, my wife and I watched the "Restoring Honor" event put on by Glenn Beck and crew. I couldn't miss is it, as Beck for weeks had been expounding on how much God was directly involved, either through the Holy Spirit speaking through him during his speech, or how God was making the weather forecast favorable. This kind of language may excite the gullible religious, but to the nonbeliever, this obviously manipulative language harkens back to the days of televangelists. But Beck isn't looking for money (directly -- unless you should fall for his gold-buying pitch), he's looking for votes and influence.
As a humanist, much of the language used during the event made me concerned about how the tea party, which has much of its roots intertwined with Beck and his "9/12 Movement," was reacting to the event -- especially locally. There's a strong overlap there, even if tea-party members fight against it. Fox News brought it into the national conversation and helped spread it early on.
Beck reiterated over and over about how it wasn't a political event. Meanwhile, the tea party has been trying to distance itself from the far-right extremes that have defined it in the past and has committed itself to being a political movement, so I was hoping to see tea partiers distance themselves from this religious revival meeting, which, according to what they've been trying to convince us of, is completely inappropriate for and uninvolved with the tea party.
The kind of statements that worried me the most from watching the event brought about the biggest reaction from the local crowd as well. The one that caused me the most concern was the biggest hit with the local audience: "They (their nameless enemies) are fighting against God." While Beck and Palin avoided naming names, it was understood who this was a rallying cry against, and although it's unsaid, the message is well-received.
That message? The irreligious aren't welcome here in America. Whether it be the irreligious they are referring to, or liberals (wasn't this supposed to be a nonpolitical event?), the message is the same to the godless -- if you don't have a god, you aren't welcome here, and if that's not enough, it is impossible for you to be a true patriot.
It's funny how excited tea-party members seem about Beck until you press the issue; then they quickly distance themselves from him if things start getting specific. They seem to want it both ways with Beck -- they want to believe what they see is good and inclusive with a strong religious message that brings volunteers in droves, but they either ignore or are blind to the horrific hypocrisies and hateful language he uses. They get angry about how the event's attendance was underestimated but then are quick to say that his message of religion-required patriotism makes him and his followers outsiders or small parts of the tea-party movement.
I hope Richard, whom I spoke to immediately after the event, isn't your typical tea-party member, but I have strong suspicions he may very well be. He started out friendly enough, but upon revealing my atheism, the mood turned quickly. He tried to preach for a bit, clearly nervous, and it was clear he stopped listening altogether and began the typical run of circumstantial evidence for God being instrumental to being a true patriot. After he stated that the nonreligious aren't included in the freedom of religion that America gives its citizens, I decided it was truly time to leave.
I did, however, make clear to him what he had just done. He had made it perfectly clear to a nonreligious person, visiting a meeting to see how non-inclusive and blindly religious the group is, exactly how correct my suspicions were. Now, I'm still going to give tea-party members the benefit of the doubt, but it seems like the more you speak to them, the more likely you'll see the ugly pit of religious zealotry inside.
Beck spoke of a theocracy on Saturday, and the tea party, at least here locally, has grasped onto that message. A few of Beck's quotes that stuck with the speaker and excited the audience included, "We can be great because we are created by God," and, "pray with your door open so your children may see you and do the same." This is religious revival language, and it doesn't belong at a political group meeting.
It's painfully obvious who gets a tea-party member's devotion, at least privately. I wish they would at least try to hide their obsession with all things Fox News, and not make the relationship so obvious, while denying it exists. It's hard to peg exactly where the fascination lies, but these people clearly feel he's on their side, which makes the tea party permanently off mine.
One more point. They tended to pat themselves on the back quite a bit about being a polite movement, but I haven't been to a meeting where the crowd was as rude as this one was since I was a child. For the last 20 minutes, people were getting up, gathering in groups, and talking over the speakers. They even formed groups by the exit, disallowing people from leaving as the meeting went later and later because the meeting coordinator was trying to speak over the groups of rude people who would not quiet down. You don't see that type of thing at a Humanist meeting.
Chris Lackey is a resident of Fitchburg.


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Azuma Makoto was born in Fukuoka, 1976. When he was 21 years old, he moved to Tokyo to pursue his dream of becoming a musician. It was while he was pursuing his dream when he started to work at Flower shop. He gradually acquired the knowledge and skills of flower arrangement. In 2002, he opened his own flower shop "JARDINS des FLEURS". The unique thing about this flower shop was that it didn't keep numerous flowers in stock like normal flower shops do. He created haute couture bouquets based on customers images, colour choices, flower types, and the location or purpose for the bouquet. Azuma's reputation has been growing, not only in Japan, but in the international community as well. You can see his Flower Art works in: TV commercials, advertisements, movies, magazines, art shows and other major events all around the world. (source: wiki)
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Ok, although not terribly original, I think we did pretty good.
Everything but my boots (I'm the space man) Paul's jacket (Star child...his name is Paul in real life too ) and everyone's pants were made by hand. The pant's were all thrift stored.
We made their boots out of dollar store platform foam flip flops that we super glued together, and then screwed real shoes on top of (donated by each of them).
I just spray painted mine. PS...if you ever have to spray paint leather...use the good stuff or else it's sticky forever (learned the hard way...thank God my boots were done with Krilon!)
Gotta love the bottle cap studs!
See all that shiny stuff...yeah, that's dollar store car shade....
Makeup shots
Curious where we got all the leather?
The infamous dumpster couch found in our back alley that's where. I snuck out in the dead of night and gutted it. They all laughed at the time...who's laughing now
Sandee (The cat) did most of the sewing, with some help from me. I did most of the scavenging and found the awesome dollar store that had ever thing we needed, as well as some of the minor sewing. I also did a LOT of hot gluing (just ask the blisters on my fingers). The boys worked with the power tools and spray paint.
They also were great about not whining too much as they played dress form.
Thanks for looking!


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Beaded Banners by Bonnie……and more……
Just wanted to give some updates on Beaded Banners by Bonnie and what I have available and what is new.
I posted some pony beads on Ebay and on my website a while ago just to see how they would sell. It was slow at first but now I am selling them pretty consistently. Because of that I have started ordering in extra bags of beads when I place orders for ones I need and am building up a nice stock of beads so they are available for customers. The beads can be found here:
There are many, many colors of beads I can order so please feel free to contact me if you need certain colors. I don't always get the extra bags posted right away and I can place an order for ones that you need and have them within just a couple days usually. I am also working on charts with colors and prices and sizes of beads that will soon be posted on my website. I can order opaque, transparent, matte, and glitter in many various colors.
I also began posting thread in my Ebay store and customers have also started showing interest in the thread. This thread is available in many colors and lasts long because it has 125 yards on a spool. The beaded banner thread is available here:
I continue to sell a lot of the very hard to find beaded banner rods and end caps. Here is the information regarding the rods and end caps:
All Rods come with caps on both ends. Rods are a minimum of 13 inches long and can be up to 14 inches in length and are approximately 1/8 inch in diameter. The rods fit through the 6x9mm pony beads. They do not fit through the mini pony beads (see below). The end caps are removable so that you can cut the rod to a shorter length, however they do not fall off easily and will stay on a completed banner. Rods are available here:
If you need rods cut to a certain length I can do that for you. The price will be the same. Just order the number of rods that you want and then EMAIL ME immediately at firstname.lastname@example.com what size you want them cut to. They can be cut in any combination (for instance 5 at 7 inches and 5 at 11 inches OR 3 at one size, 3 at another, and 4 at another). Just be specific in your email. DO NOT PUT YOUR MESSAGE IN PAYPAL…..for some reason we do not always get those messages.
I have some rods that are thinner than the usual ones and will fit in the mini pony beads. They will have a little bit different looking end cap on it because the ones pictured will not stay on them. Again, if you want the thinner rods, place your order and immediately email me at firstname.lastname@example.com and tell me you want the smaller ones. DO NOT PUT YOUR MESSAGE IN PAYPAL or you will get the larger diameter rods because I may not get the message.
The inside diameter of the end caps are 1/8″.
End caps are available here:
I started posting kits on Ebay. Some of the kits are from patterns I have designed and sometimes I have an extra kit that I purchased that I will post. Regarding the patterns I have designed, I will make up kits for any of those so if you see a banner or pattern that I designed and you want a complete kit of that pattern, just ask.
I still haven't posted the patterns I have designed on Ebay but they are available by contacting me at firstname.lastname@example.com. If you go to my website at www.bannersbybonnie.com you can sell most of the patterns I designed in the first slideshow. If you see something you want, just email me for prices. The prices are anywhere from $3 to $8 with most of them being $4 and $5. The $3 ones are small ones with the more expensive ones being the larger ones that need personalization of names or dates. Those prices are for me printing them out and then shipping is extra. I can email them in a pdf file instead of printing and mailing them to you, BUT they will NOT be true to size in most cases. In other words, if you build your banners over the pattern like I do they will not work and you will need for me to print them out and mail them. However, if you work with the pattern to the side of the banner and size of the pattern isn't important, then I can email the patterns as a pdf file for you to print out and the cost per pattern is less and obviously there is no shipping.
I have posted some patterns on Ebay that I did not design. They are extra copies I have of patterns that I bought either in assortments or duplicate kits. If I have bought a kit for the second time I don't need a second (or third) pattern, so I post the extra pattern on Ebay because I only need one copy myself. In addition, I have purchased pattern assortments a few times from Herschners I think. The first time I did it I got two different assortments and they were all different patterns. The second time I did I ordered three assortments but it was three exact same sets of patterns plus a couple were in the that first order I got! So that is why I have the extra copyrighted patterns to post on Ebay. Please do not ask me to make copies of patterns and sell them to you. If I have an extra that I purchased it will be posted. If I don't have an extra I won't make a copy of it to sell you. I don't want people doing that with my patterns and I won't do that with someone else's patterns. Thanks for your understanding!
Here are where the patterns are posted:
Here are where the kits are posted:
I am working on some ideas for my own website and a shopping cart on there so that you can buy direct from my website. Stay tuned for more news on that in the future!
One last thing I wanted to mention is that I accept payments by Paypal or money order, so please do not feel that you have to use Paypal if you are not comfortable with that. I am also working on a way for my customers to pay by credit card without using Paypal. I personally use Paypal all the time for many things, but I know there are people that prefer to pay a different way and I am working on alternatives.
Happy Beading!
Bonnie Matthews
Beaded Banners by Bonnie
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
My Website: www.bannersbybonnie.com
My Ebay Store: http://stores.ebay.com/Beaded-Banners-by-Bonnie-and-More?refid=store


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About Us
Steven Studios has been operating and serving customers in Kern County since 1978. Our business operates out of a 2,500 sq. ft. studio located on S. Chester in the middle of Bakersfield. We are a full service studio and offer photography services to fit almost any need. We specialize in Senior Portraits, Family Portraits, and Athletic Team pictures.
Senior Portraits
The Senior Portrait is usually the last portrait your child will take before they become an adult and it is a very meaningful part of their high school experience. Seniors are able to take advantage of our state of the art equipment, experienced and knowledgeable staff, and our spacious studio grounds. Our studio offers not only indoor backgrounds, but outdoor as well in our beautiful, private garden. Our studio is available for Senior Portrait photography during regular business hours.
Family Portraits
Most people agree that they need to get a family portrait made; but they never have time to do it!
A Wall Portrait hanging in your home is a wonderful way to show off your family. This is the most cherished item you have on display in your home and, as time passes, this Wall Portrait becomes priceless. At Steven Studios we can provide the perfect family portrait. Remember – planning is the essential key in providing a quality Family Portrait!
Old Photographs and Their Restoration
Have some older photos you want to preserve? Did a treasured photo get damaged while you were cleaning? If you are in need of having your photos preserved or restored, please call us, we can help! Old photographs become brittle and start to break apart; having them preserved assures that future family members can enjoy these cherished images for years to come.
Our Wedding Photography shows the complete wedding from start to finish. We take special care in making pictures that display the bride and groom, the wedding party, the families, and the celebration.
Our finished albums are beautiful, filled with candid and traditional photography. You can choose from a traditional "slip-in" album or one of our custom designed magazine style albums – stop by the studio to check them out! Each time you open your album you will revisit your wedding and the beloved memories from your special day.
Proms and Dances
If it's a Prom, Winter Formal, a simple company Christmas Party, or something in between, Steven Studios is ready to provide you with great dance pictures!
Steven Studios dance services available include:
- Custom backgrounds to fit any theme
- Custom promotional posters and dance bids
- Candid photography
- Competitive pricing
Meet the Photographer – Fred J. Sbardellati
I became a photographer when I was in Vietnam. Returning to the States I received my Bachelors Degree in Photography. I am a Certified Professional Photographer.
It has always been a passion of mine to own my own studio and to photograph High School Seniors. Over the past three decades it has been a welcome challenge in keeping up with the trends and styles of the High School Senior. Steven Studios has adapted well. With the help of digital technology Senior Portraits are alive and well at Steven Studios.
It just keeps getting better and better…
Fred J. Sbardellati