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Would you like to know my line of thinking? There's actually not very much to it. Only one thing shouted out at me. Yes, just one. And that was WEAR AND TEAR. I now know what my sagging, sun bleached, plastered in yogurt stains and sticky crumbs sofa feels like. And while the thought meanders in my frazzled head I'm still WEARing the same friggin clothes from two years ago .... and er, the same nursing bras, yes, I did just say that. Ugh. Oh God. Shakes head. Mental note - buy new attractive bra (s) and dye
So speaking from personal experience all I could think of was that middle aged motherhood is by and large a more tiring experience. Pause. Rewind. Did I just call my self middle aged? I did. Blimey. I am. Middle age was something that always happened in my distant future. Something that beset others. But it's here. I finally caught up with time. When did this happen? Have I missed something? You see I look in the mirror and still recognise the youthful adventurer and foolhardy risk taker shining back from the vital gaze of my blue grey eyes. That whipper snapper is ever present but now masquerades in M&S. Move over Twiggy there's a new girrl in town. I digress with finesse.
Anyways finally reconnecting with the first paragraph, one optimistic study found that later motherhood gave women a new zest for life. Really? Who are these older mothers? What's their secret? Little A has blessed me with infinite opportunities for maintaining my youth, vitality and acting the clown, silly mummy, but I have to admit to feeling completely knackered at times. Let's face it I had truck loads more energy in my twenties. I used to go out, party all night and wouldn't feel the effects the next day. When I apply this to being on nocturnal duty with a baby I can see a clear winning formula for being a younger parent.
So was becoming a mum at 39 a foolish thing to do? Should I have done it when I was younger? One thing I worry on and on and on about is whether Little A will be an only child. The thought of her being alone in the world makes my stomach knot and heart beat faster. If I'd had children when I was younger time would have afforded me the opportunity to have more.
But I am still undecided about baby number two. I know I need to make up my mind as time will run out. Aggghh I'm feeling the pressure. You see I'm frightened of repeating the depression I went through in pregnancy and having another cesarean to recover from. How would Little A respond and cope if mummy was incapacitated? And then there was that exhausting 'bye bye sleep' first year. So do I want to go through all that again?
Yesterday while I was in my local park I struck up a conversation with a very sanguine woman in her early thirties as we were pushing our toddlers on the swings. She asked me if I planned to have another one. ''Mmmmm, I'm not sure, I just don't know at the moment'' was my vague response. She on the other hand was refreshingly decided about sticking with the one child. Nope, she didn't want to go through the sleepless nights and teething again. Nope, she didn't want to put her marital relationship under further strain. Totally resolute in her decision. As far as she was concerned her daughter has lots of friends to play with along side the visibly suffering pet greyhound.
I really wanted some of her parfume de certainty to rub onto me. It sure smells good. I'm caught in this continual net of doubt as to how to proceed; do I do what's best for me or Little A? I just don't want her to be alone. Maybe this fear is mine. There were many times I felt totally alone as a child. And maybe, just maybe Little A will be fine. I can't have another one if it's just to provide a brother or sister for Little A. I have to really want another baby. You know, the whole kit and kaboodle.
BUT then I keep coming back to the fact that this is how it was supposed to be. I was meant to be mother later on. Yes, I might have had more energy in my twenties but a baby was farthest from my thoughts during a decade in which I gallivanted about, got wasted and revelled in my freedom. Anyway I was a DJ spinning the bestest house and techno all over Europe for nearly ten years. I kid you not. I was. It was a wonderful life but hardly conducive to bringing up baby.
So when I look down the history scope I view a person who was far too wrapped up in her personal dreams to consider the insatiable needs of a tiny new life. In a nut shell I was too damned selfish. Then there was the small matter of 'daddy material'. Boyfriends came and went including an alcoholic and a Colombian sociopath, er and that's another story, but no one I could really foresee meshing my genes with. I didn't meet Younger Dad until I was 33 and by that point I was in the throes of a career change having committed myself to a four year diploma in counselling. But Younger Dad was the first man I really considered having children with; solid, kind, big hearted Younger Dad who is a wonderful father to Little A.
When I eventually arrived at the 'final countdown', interpret as 'late 30's', I had reached a place where if I had a baby, wonderful, but equally if I didn't, that was okay too as I had a new career as a therapist to grow and immerse myself in. But Older Mum and Younger Dad got lucky. I was 'with child' after only two months of trying and the pregnancy luckily stuck the whole nine yards. Time sooner rather than later will tell if I decide to have another one. But for now I feel totally blessed that Little A has lighted up our lives with all her love, giggles, made up jibber jabber songs and cool bustin' dance moves. She is the love of my life.
And do I really see myself as an 'older mum'. No, not really. I'm just a mum but a more weary one. And is it worth it? ....... Hell Yeah!


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Medically known as Hallux Valgus (HV), malalignment or deviation of the big toe joint in relation to the other joints. The big toe bends towards the smaller toes causing an enlargement or a prominent bump on the side of the foot. Over time the bump gets larger and becomes painful causing the big toe to rest over or under the smaller toes. Heredity is the most common cause, however other factors such as ladies footwear, muscle imbalance, ligament laxity, flat feet and over pronated feet may also cause bunions. As all humans go through an ageing process, the bones and muscles eventually get weaker and bunions only worsen if treatment is ignored during its early stages.
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In 1853, centenarian William Wicker passed away in Pike County, Alabama. He was 106. This American Revolutionary War veteran had been one of the first settlers to move to Alabama after its introduction into the union on 14 December 1819.
Wicker enlisted into the military at 17, along with his father Robert Wicker. They served together with various South Carolina regiments during the length of the Revolutionary War. Wicker's biggest firefight came during the Battle of Eutaw Springs, the last major Southern conflict against the British. After the Revolutionary War ended, Wicker lived in South Carolina and Georgia, before spending his final years in Alabama.
The Battle of Eutaw Springs is remembered as one of the bloodiest Southern battles during the Revolutionary War. Disney picked up this story and produced a television series in the 1950s known as The Swamp Fox, detailing the achievements of Wicker's commanding officer General Francis Marion – who was known as the "Swamp Fox." While Wicker's likeness is not put directly into the show, most of the episodes cover events similar to the ones he would have been present for.
From a young age, William Wicker knew he wanted to defend his country. Thanks to the Daily Alabama Journal, William Wicker's memory lives on in old news print. Did any of your ancestors serve in the Revolutionary War? Where did they ultimately settle down? Perhaps like William, they too are some of the early settlers of the American South and Midwest.
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This year Ambulance celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the Ambulance Education Centre (AEC). In 1961 the Ambulance Training School was established to standardise ambulance officer training. The first group of cadets didn't actually graduate until 1966 and they were based in the city of Sydney.
It wasn't until some time later in the 1970's that officers were trained for major rural locations and beyond.
The AEC is located at Rozelle and provides clinical training and education to all operational staff including paramedics, patient transport officers and control centre call takers. There are a number of regional training units at various locations throughout the state. Close to 500 staff graduate from the AEC each year and there are 70 teaching staff who facilitate the programs including on-road educators.
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What you'll need:
1/2 cup water
1/3 cup couscous, preferably whole-wheat
1 cup chopped fresh parsley
1/2 cup chopped fresh mint
1/4 cup lemon juice
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 teaspoons minced garlic
1/4 teaspoon salt, divided
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1 pound chicken tenders
1 medium tomato, chopped
1 cup chopped cucumber
4 10-inch spinach or sun-dried tomato wraps or tortillas
How To Make:
Bring water to a boil in a small saucepan. Stir in couscous and remove from the heat. Cover and let stand for 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork. Set aside.
Meanwhile, combine parsley, mint, lemon juice, oil, garlic, 1/8 teaspoon salt, and pepper in a small bowl.
Toss chicken tenders in a medium bowl with 1 tablespoon of the parsley mixture and the remaining 1/8 teaspoon salt. Place the tenders in a large nonstick skillet and cook over medium heat until cooked though, 3 to 5 minutes per side. Transfer to a clean cutting board. Cut into bite-size pieces when cool enough to handle.
Stir the remaining parsley mixture into the couscous along with tomato and cucumber.
To assemble wraps, spread about 3/4 cup of the couscous mixture onto each wrap. Divide the chicken among the wraps. Roll the wraps up like a burrito, tucking in the sides to hold the ingredients in. Serve cut in half.


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The vast majority of youth sport programs in the United States relies primarily on volunteers to serve as coaches. Volunteer coaches provide our children with fun-filled, safe and rewarding experiences. They not only teach fundamentals of sports but have the huge responsibility of teaching good sportsmanship, being team players and other lessons that children will take into their adult lives.
These volunteers take time from their own families and work so that they can make a positive impact on the lives of the children they coach. They spend hours after work attending practices and creating game plans. The majority of their weekends are spent on the ball field. Volunteer coaches do this for their love of the sport and their passion for changing the lives of the children they coach.
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Find out what's new and exciting at Edinburgh Farmers' Market here. All the activities that are happening at the market and awards that stallholder have won, as well as details of all in-season produce.
Slow Food Pop-up Brunch & Lunch – Saturday 7th June 2014
Sat. 7th June: Slow Food Popping up at the Farmers'Market
Bringing Slow Food Week to a close is something a little special at the Edinburgh Farmers Market on Saturday 7th June. Come and join Slow Food Edinburgh at Castle Terrace to celebrate Slow Food Week at their pop-up event to enjoy a local, seasonal brunch or lunch using market produce.
Brunch starts at 10.30am with our friends from the Edinburgh Larder Bistro. The menu includes smoked salmon, scrambled eggs, seasonal fruit and pastries, plus a glass of fizz. £10 for Slow Food members, £11 for non-members.
Lunch begins at 1pm with 'Market Cornucopia,' a platter of some of the best food from producers including Clyde Valley Tomatoes, Creelers and artisan bread. The main course will be lamb paired with a local beer. This will be followed by a seasonal dessert, then tea/coffee and chocolates made with ethically sourced cocoa. Lunch costs £19 for Slow Food members and £21 for non-members, including one beer or non-alcoholic alternative.
We'll be serving the food right there at the market, against the dramatic backdrop of Edinburgh Castle. We have 12 places at our table for each sitting, so booking is essential. Email Slow Food Edinburgh directly at firstname.lastname@example.com to reserve your space, including any dietary requirements.
Ingredients will be sourced from the market and we'll be joined for a few words by some of the producers. All surplus proceeds will go to support Slow Food Edinburgh and their work to support good, clean and fair food
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Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/850/20413
From The Socialist newspaper, 1 April 2015
The axing of Clause IV
Making Labour safe for capitalism
Alison Hill
In April 1995 a special Labour Party conference dropped Clause IV, part 4 (the 'socialist clause') of its constitution. This decision cemented the ideas of profit and privatisation into the heart of the party.
The process of Labour becoming just another capitalist party began in earnest with the attacks on socialist ideas by Neil Kinnock, who was elected Labour leader after the party's heavy general election defeat of 1983 - which the right-wing Labour MPs falsely blamed on the party's 'left-wing' manifesto.
The swing to the right was extended by the next Labour leader John Smith and then reached its peak through chief privatiser and war-monger Tony Blair.
This process didn't occur in isolation of course. The economic boom of the 1980s and the collapse of Stalinism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe dazzled many Labour leaders with the idea that capitalism had 'won' and that socialist ideas, or even the idea that there could be any alternative to capitalism, were old hat.
This shift to the right and the abandoning of reformist ideas, let alone socialism, was reinforced by the defeats of the trade union 'heavy battalions' - miners, print workers and others - in the 1980s.
These defeats weren't, however, because of a lack of willingness by workers to fight the bosses and the Tory Thatcher government, but were due to the conscious betrayal of the right-wing Labour and trade union leaders.
Consequently, no coherent opposition was mounted against Thatcher's vicious attacks on workers. It was left to trade union fighters, particularly the miners, and socialists, like Militant (forerunner of the Socialist Party) supporters in the leadership of Liverpool City Council, to show there was an alternative.
Even the army of non-payers who defeated the poll tax and brought Thatcher down, was attacked and leading Militant supporters expelled from the Labour Party. Opposition Party branches and the Militant-led Labour Party Young Socialists were closed down, and the party's democratic structures weakened.
So the dropping of Clause IV was simply the end of a lengthy process to prepare the Labour Party for a capitalist future, cosying up to the fat cats.
Tony Blair surfed into office in 1997 on a wave of revulsion against the Tories. He hit the ground running. Nothing Thatcher had privatised was renationalised. Instead, more and more of the public sector was lined up for privatisation. Local councils and other public bodies became less and less accountable to the people who had elected them.
The ability of the trade unions to have any role in policy making in the Labour Party was drastically curtailed, in spite of the still significant donations being made to the party from trade union members' subscriptions. In fact, any policy input from rank and file Labour Party members was ruthlessly snuffed out.
It was hardly any wonder that Labour lost the 2010 general election to the Con-Dem coalition. All that 'modernisation' hadn't guaranteed electoral victory at all. "They're all the same" sums up what thousands of workers make of the current establishment parties.
Today, Labour presents no alternative to the Tory attacks but the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC), in which the Socialist Party plays a leading role, does. With modest votes at the last general election, TUSC made some small but important steps towards the founding of a genuine new, mass workers' party which can represent the 99%, rather than courting the millionaires.
Clause IV timeline
A conference of the Labour Party adopted a socialist clause in its constitution - Clause IV, part 4:
"To secure for the workers by hand or by brain the full fruits of their industry and the most equitable distribution thereof that may be possible upon the basis of the common ownership of the means of production, distribution and exchange, and the best obtainable system of popular administration and control of each industry or service."
This came during a period of intense class struggle and a bloody world war, culminating in the Russian revolution of 1917. It was watered down from the demands of many on the left who looked to the Russian soviets - councils of workers and soldiers - for inspiration as to how society could be run in the interests of workers. But it was an important public declaration of support for public ownership of the economy.
The same conference also voted for a minimum wage, a 48-hour week, the building of a million houses a year, a publicly owned integrated transport system, a wealth tax and an increase in public services.
Labour Party leader Hugh Gaitskell concluded that Labour had lost the general election because of public opposition to nationalisation. He attempted to remove the reference to common ownership from Clause IV.
This backfired. After a furious campaign by Labour's rank and file, the clause was not only left untouched, it was agreed to print it on all future Labour Party membership cards.
After a series of lurches to the right, during which New Labour was born, Clause IV was finally rubbed out of Labour's constitution.
The new clause, adopted in 1995, reads: "...We work for: a dynamic economy, serving the public interest, in which the enterprise of the market and the rigour of competition are joined with the forces of partnership and co-operation to produce the wealth the nation needs and the opportunity for all to work and prosper, with a thriving public sector and high quality services, where those undertakings essential to the common good are either owned by the public or accountable to them."
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What is a Mortgage?
Simply explained, a mortgage is a long-term loan usually used for purchasing a domestic or commercial property. The Lender, normally a bank, will then take monthly payments (instalments) to recover the loan amount from the borrower.
A mortgage in the UAE is paid in instalments that include both interest and a payment on the principle amount that has been borrowed.
Who can Apply?
Persons who are employed, self-employed and people who are interested from abroad (non-residents)
What is my first action step?
Call our Mortgage hotline, or leave us your details on our contact page and an advisor will get in touch with you.
How much is my borrowing limit?
Your borrowing limit depends on your current income and existing liabilities. This may vary from bank to bank. However, we have an extensive array of plans and products and our advisors can help you select the best plan for your needs.
How high can my loan be, in comparison to the value loan available?
This may vary depending on your nationality. In the United Arab Emirates, nationals can get up to 80% whereas expatriates can get up to 75% for their first purchases for properties less than 5,000,000 AED.
What are the rates I should expect in the UAE?
Typical rates are between 3.49% to 7%
How much is this going to cost?
For Example:
- Bank arrangement fee – from 0% to 1% of the loan amount
- Valuation fee – ranges from AED 2,500.00 – 3,500.00
- Dubai Land Department property transfer fee – 4% of the property sale price
- Dubai Land Department mortgage registration fee – 0.25% of the mortgage amount
- Dubai Land Department title deed fee of AED 540
- Trustee Administration Fee of AED 4,000
Can non-residents avail financing in the UAE
This can be done. However, the terms for non-residents will be different and the rates may be slightly higher.
How long is the processing time for a mortgage approval?
This depends on your occupation. Salaried candidates will usually have to endure 1 week until approval, whereas self-employed candidates may have to endure a longer period.
How do I obtain a life insurance for the value of the mortgage?
Banks will always insist on a life insurance for the value of the mortgage, which tends to be expensive. However, Insureme can obtain this for you, at nearly half the cost.
How do I protect my asset?
Protection of asset is very crucial and this can be done by having a Will or registering the asset under an offshore company.
What is meant by 'Agreement in Principle' when enquiring for a mortgage?
This term indicates that the applicant has been accepted for a mortgage or loan provided that the personal financial circumstances and information supplied are confirmed.
Further satisfactory criteria and elements are required for a successful application, such as employment status and credit scoring.
Why should I choose Dubai?
Property in Dubai is still a sure-fire way to make money; the market is growing steadily and some off-plan developments have been known to sell out within 48 hours of release, with profits of 100% prior to completion.
With some of the world's most awe-inspiring constructions underway, this emirate is in a league of its own and in the space of only one decade, this once modest desert sheikdom has risen to become a world economic player.
The government actively encourages foreign buyers with tax-free investment and the creation of the multi-million dollar Dubailand, Dubai Media City and Dubai International Financial Centre means increased tourist numbers and international companies are basing themselves in the emirate and taking full advantage of the prestige and great fiscal benefits available.
With demand still outstripping supply for quality villas and apartments to accommodate a boom in foreign workers and visitors to Dubai, the real estate market is set to remain buoyant and highly profitable for the foreseeable future. Many experts even suggest that the Dubai property market has only just started to take off, indicating that prices can only go up with current demand levels.
What's the difference between Islamic/Shariah Loans and Mortgages?
Although both Shariah loans and Mortgages fulfil the same role (providing money to a borrower) Shariah loans do not charge interest – they are based on Islamic Profit-share principals. Shariah loans are similar to hire/purchase agreements in that the title of the asset stays with the lender of the money, until the final loan payment is made – and the title is then transferred unencumbered to the buyer. For a mortgage, the title is always with the buyer, but a "registered interest" of the bank stays on that title until the last payment is made – and the registered interest is then removed.
What type of properties do you finance?
We provide home financing for properties from our approved list of builders. Our financing is available for home construction and for the purchase of existing / ready property.
Why is the registration of the title so important?
Registration of a person's interest on the title of a property provides conclusive evidence of his ownership. Article 22 of the new Law provides that the Land Department shall issue a title deed of real property rights in accordance with the current records in the Real Property Registers. Article 24 goes further to say that the title deed referred to under Article 22 shall have absolute power of evidence to establish real property rights.
What is the process for title registration?
Article 6 of the New Law states that the Land Department shall solely, to the exclusion of others, be authorised to register the real property rights and the long term leases as provided under Article 4. Once a property is completed and handed over to the purchaser, the purchaser can then advise the developer to register the title of the property in the name of the purchaser in the Real Property Register at the Land Department. The Sale and Purchase Agreement as well as the accompanying scheme documentation will possibly need to be translated into Arabic (which should be undertaken by the developer). The purchaser will then be asked to sign the Land Department standard transfer form, for the internal use of the Land Department. This form will provide the details of the parties, the property, the purchase price etc.
Will the Land Department charge fees for the registration of these transfers?
Both the seller and the purchaser will be asked to pay the Land Department's fees at the time of title registration. These currently amount to 4% of the purchase price, which is divided into 2% payable by the purchaser and 2% payable by the seller. However, it should be noted that developers commonly require the purchaser to pay the full 4%.
Will the Land Department charge the 4% fee on the original purchase price or the most recent purchase price?
Current practice of the Land Department is that fees are charged on the original purchase price. However, as the Land Department introduces new practices, it is envisaged that the basis on which fees are levied may change, and they may take into account the purchase price in any on-sale agreements or the market value of the property.
How would the Land Department know the "market value" of the property for the purpose of ascertaining what amount the 4% fee is to be levied on?
Article 6, point 7 of the new Law requires the Land Department to "lay down the rules in connection with the evaluation of real properties". It is envisaged that the Land Department will employ its own expert valuers.
The Land Department's valuers will be tasked to:
- verify a property value; and
- provide a valuation for a prospective purchaser, if the prospective purchaser so requests.
Disclaimer : We hold no responsibility for any information which must have changed in the due course of time. The details mentioned are all indicative. Innovations disclaim any responsibility for any decision taken based on these calculations.


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The European Federation of Associations of Locks and Builders Hardware Manufactures (ARGE) and the European Door and Shutter Federation e.V. (E.D.S.F.) will be working closely together in the future. Both European associations will from now onwards be supporting each other in their activities. A Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) to this effect was signed in mid May 2012.
Following this MoC between E.D.S.F. and ARGE the associations will strengthen relations in technical and selected marketing related matters and activities. A priority is a common strategy regarding European Harmonisation and thus benefits members of both associations.
The E.D.S.F. is the umbrella organisation for Europe´s associations and manufacturers of doors, gates, shutters and components (drive systems). Founded in 1985 and based in the town of Hagen, Germany, E.D.S.F. was the main leader in development of EN 13241-1 – Product Standard for Doors. The federation now has 17 members from ten EU-countries with a growing network.
Founded in 1956 ARGE is the European umbrella association of locks and hardware manufacturers. It represents 15 National Associations within Europe, which serve of over 200 manufacturers. ARGE works on technical issues for the European Committee of Standardisation (C.E.N.).
ARGE is a Lobby institution with links to the European Authorities and Institutes. It aims to represent the interests of its National Associations, manufacturers and users of locks and hardware. With ARGEs and E.D.S.F. pan-European presence, both associations will be taken as an equivalent information platform for the European Commission.
Joachim Kieker, General Secretary of ARGE states: "After years of a good relation between both associations the cooperation with E.D.S.F. is a logical step due to common topics and visions".
Cooperative activities will include:
- Standardisation and technical issues (e.g. interpretation upcoming product standard "Fire & Smoke" – prEN 16034),
- Marketing & PR activities (e.g. acting at common trade fairs),
- Sustainability issues (e.g. promotion of the sustainable impact of their products), and
- Market Surveillance (e.g. avoiding trademark piracy).
Christian Grabitz, General Secretary E.D.S.F., points out: "All common activities are to strengthen the voice of the door and hardware industry on EU-level to all market players and EU-representatives."
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I am not alone when I paint! I am surrounded by Painting Angels! These are all the Painting Angels to date. I feel like I am constantly communicating, thinking, laughing and emoting with a lot of company. I am now giving them the visual element that brings them to a greater awareness. It's such a personal story but still it's fun to write about and share for those that seem to want to be touched by my path. In the time that I was in Miami, I opened and closed a beautiful gallery and I got myself a budget conscious space to call my studio at the McCormick Place building downtown. It was tiny and I was struggling to feel inspired there. After struggling about how much I had reduced my working environment and as I figuring out my next move, one fine day I finally decided to put a lot of love into it, brought in some curtains and ribbon, decorations and snacks until I finally dropped the barrier that kept me from doing what I love so much, and I started to PAINT again! I wanted to paint Abstract Art. Loose and free and energetic. I particularly got this space so I can paint with oil on canvas since I really couldn't smell up my apartment. What JOY!!! I can't even begin to describe the piece of Heaven on Earth that I came to experienced in that space. I was more inspired than ever.
I began my days releasing all the junk, the negative thoughts, reading the Bible, assimilating the messages, the history, the experiences of our ancestors, praying and asking for guidance, clearing the space for creation and before you know it, I was painting, singing, dancing and laughing. When it got close to the time to pick up kids from school, I would look at my palette and I started seeing angels on it. I used the left over paint, add a dab here and there and give life to these adorably vivid creatures, my painting angels. They each seemed to have a mood or a theme that went along with the day and the energy of the painting. I am now surrounded by many of them and I am so pleased to introduce them to you...they are PRECIOUS to me.
They are each originally (9" X 12") on Wax Palette sheets all done with palette knives. Some newer ones are of different shapes and sizes. These originals can be seen in my new Studio/Gallery in Naples, as i have relocated a year ago from key Biscayne. I make reproductions of them available to you in an affordable and highly contemporary way reproduced on metallic photo paper and mounted with a beautiful thick acrylic mount on top and when hanging they are recessed from the wall. It's truly a very new and modern way for the Angels to come into the Twentieth Century. They can also be printed to other larger sizes of preference. Send me an email if you have any questions to firstname.lastname@example.com. I like the idea of them hanging in a set of six as together they form a Cross and that is the true purpose of the Angels to assist God in rounding up His children. It is a wonderful and artistic way to keep your spiritual life present.
And now they are also available in cards, also printed on the lovely metallic photo paper, beautiful custom mountings, signed and titled in small 5 x 7 size cards for $5.00 each or larger 6.5 x 8.5 size cards for $8.00 each. Calendars are also available, wall mount or desktop. They don't disappoint!
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Painting Angel I, Angel of Love, Angel of Song, Angel of Barriers, Angel of Clarity, Guiding Angel, Angel of Union, Angel of Compassion, Angel in Prayer, Angel of Union, Angel in nature, Angel of Forward Movement, Angel of the Lord.
Those twelve Angels make up the Wall Mount Calendar at $24.00. They are each initialed, titled and presented with a pertinent scripture. By the reading the Bible versus, you will begin to understand who the Angels are, what is their purpose and how we interrelate.
Other angels that followed are Angel of Higher Love, Warrior Angel, Angel In the Battle Zone, Angel Among Sharks, Angel in Action, Angel of Radical Change and after that many others.


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Tonight at 6pm, Alison Keenan and Charlie Brook will be presenting our Diamonique Week Grand Opening show which kicks off a week long celebration of all things Diamonique.
There'll be Diamonique shows every day this week at 6pm. Over the next few days you'll find Diamonique pieces in many different styles, you can preview some of those looks by heading to our Diamonique Week page.
Last week I caught up with Diamonique buyer Emily Gilkes, she told me that sapphires are a big trend stone for Spring/Summer and have been seen a lot recently on the catwalks.
Emily loves this Half Eternity Ring (left) as it's perfect for everyday wear as well as stacking against existing rings.
This Emerald Cut Cocktail Ring is also a personal favourite of Emily's. She said it's a great bit of sparkle to help cheer up those January blues.
The ring features an emerald-cut blue simulated diamond, as well as a border of smaller, clear, round-cut simulated stones.
So that's just a couple of the pieces that you can look forward to seeing this Diamonique Week. If you want to get ahead of the game, take a look at some more of our Diamonique Week pieces.
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text: News & Events / News print News View All Faculty General Students Alumni RSS Feeds YEAR 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 « Back 05.08.12 Professor Elizabeth Schneider Discusses Flaws in "Stand Your Ground" Laws on MSNBC Professor Elizabeth Schneider was a featured guest on MSNBC to discuss the "Stand Your Ground" law, which allows individuals in several states to use self-defense against an attacker without an obligation of retreat following the attack. While a growing number of people criticize "Stand Your Ground" as a response to the Trayvon Martin murder case, Professor Schneider sought to expose other problems with the law. In particular, she spoke about domestic violence disputes that led to the conviction of battered women instead of their abusers. Whereas Trayvon Martin's killer will use "Stand Your Ground" as a defense in court, women such as Marissa Alexander, who fired a warning shot at her abusive husband and did not harm him, faces 20 years in prison for attempted murder. Professor Schneider commented on what she sees as a double standard: "The kinds of understandings that judges and juries bring show a lack of understanding of the history of abuse, a lack of sensitivity to women who have experienced abuse, and a sense that these women cannot be reasonable, which is a critical facet of what the self-defense laws require." View video of the interview. Read more on Care2. Email this article Share Read the latest issue of Brooklyn Law Notes


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During the First Gilded Age of the 1890s-1920s, vast economic inequalities in America spawned two robust mass movements, the urban Progressive Movement and the farmer/laborer Populist movement--both dedicated to leveling the playing field by combating monopolistic business practices and ensuring that consumers, workers and the most vulnerable people in society have basic rights and protections against abuses of powerful corporations.
Out of this period came the great Progressivist (Republican!) trust-buster, US President Teddy Roosevelt, who, decrying the "malefactors of great wealth," established the Departments of Labor and Commerce to rein in big business, set about breaking up trusts in oil (namely, Standard Oil--the Microsoft of the day), railroads, and steel, and pushed through regulations of the meat and drug industries. He was also a conservationist who declared huge tracts of lands protected from mining, logging or manufacturing interests.
After a brief return to the excesses of the Gilded Age in the 1920s, the Progressive Era returned in full force in the 1930s as a result of public outcry due to the mass deprivations caused by the Great Depression. This paved the way for the New Deal and a host of other government programs/acts that are still in effect today, including the all-important Social Security and FDIC.
With economic inequalities again approaching historic highs, the post-1980s era has been dubbed the Second Gilded Age, where corporations largely drive public policy while the public interest is excluded from political negotiations.
Les Leopold at Alternet recently published a fantastic (and quite horrible) list economic calamities over the past year, namely: the net worth of the median income family has declined by 35 percent, going from around 100K in 2010 to 66K just two years later. Meanwhile, the top Fortune 400 has increased their collective wealth by 200 billion USD. 4.7 million Americans have been unemployed for more than 26 weeks, and 21 percent of children live under the poverty line.
With so much wrong and becoming worse, many are left scratching their heads over why there has been no mass political reaction or viable movement comparable to the reaction spawned by the First Gilded Age. The weak and relatively short-lived Occupy movement notwithstanding, the biggest populist upsurge has been the Tea Party movement—aimed (incredibly) at improving the already ample corporate bottom-line at the expense of the public purse. More for corporations and the rich and powerful, less for the common man—Tea Partiers have indeed "gone Galt." Or something…
At a recent seminar on economic inequality, Economic Historian Brad Delong was asked this very question (why no New Progressive movement has sprung up to counter the Second Gilded Age); here is his (greatly abridged!) response:
"…And here I'm simply going to throw up my hands and say that I don't know why…It's in [sic] a great mystery to me."
With all due respect to Professor Delong, I think we owe it to ourselves to try and answer this question—because it is at the core of what is wrong with American politics today.
The answer, I believe, lies in the culture of consumerism and the mainstream media.
Decades ago, Chomsky explained that the mainstream media have the effect of distracting our attention from most important political and economic questions, focusing on relatively minor differences of opinion that draw attention away from the most pressing problems in our lives. The media also delude the public into believing that there is a limited range of acceptable solutions to public policy problems. With the "sphere of legitimate dissent" artificially restricted, social and economic issues are defined as trivially as possible so that the underlying power structure remains unquestioned.
"You don't have any other society where the educated classes are so effectively indoctrinated that controlled by a subtle propaganda system—a private system including media, intellectual opinion forming magazines and the participation of the most highly educated sections of the population. Such people ought to be referred to as "Commissars"—for that is what their essential function is—to set up and maintain a system of doctrines and beliefs which will undermine independent thought and prevent a proper understanding and analysis of national and global institutions, issues, and policies."
Chomsky has observed that American politics is all theatre, designed to lull the public into believing that they really are in control of public policy and governance in America:
"In the US, there is basically one party—the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies. By and large, I am opposed to these policies. As is most of the population."
Could anything be more true?
Just think of the stories that have dominated the news headlines over the past several weeks. Benghazi/Susan Rice, school shooting in CT, War on Christmas, and now: FISCAL CLIFF FISCAL CLIFF FISCAL CLIFF! Most major political debates in the mainstream media amount to the narcissism of petty tribal differences—gun control/rights, prayer in school, and the like. This is not to say that these debates are of no consequence, only that they are of marginal importance when compared to the most urgent problems of our day.
To illustrate, Google's top 10 trending news stories of 2012 are (in order of popularity):
1.Hurricane Sandy
2. Kate Middleton pictures released
3 Olympics 2012
4. SOPA debate
5. Costa Concordia crash
6. Presidential Debate
7. Stratosphere jump
8. Penn State scandal
9. Trayvon Marton shooting
10. Pussy Riot
With the exception of the Trayvon Marton shooting and the SOPA debate, these "stories" are nearly all irrelevant to the larger questions concerning our collective economic, social and political welfare.
By the way, this is what Chomsky has to say about sports:
"[Sports] offers people something to pay attention to that's of no importance. That keeps them from worrying about things that matter to their lives that they might have some idea of doing something about. And in fact it's striking to see the intelligence that's used by ordinary people in [discussions of] sports [as opposed to political and social issues]."
The second (related) piece of the puzzle of political apathy is mass consumerism. Ernest Dichter argued that "the strategy of desire" was crucial for creating a stable modern society. Thus, a common identity is forged within a national population that is built upon the products they consume. He writes:
"To understand a stable citizen, you have to know that modern man quite often tries to work off his frustrations by spending on self-sought gratification. Modern man is internally ready to fulfill his self-image, by purchasing products which compliment it."
The Century of Self, the superlative documentary by celebrated film-maker Adam Curtis, "is the story of the rise of an idea that has come to dominate our society: it is the belief that the satisfaction of individual feelings and desires is our highest priority…this rise of the self was fostered and promoted by business." The film explains that advertisers have "used the ideas of Sigmund Freud to develop techniques to read the inner desires of individuals and then fulfill then with products."
Thus, the modern society (no more so than in America) is built upon the commodification of human desires--turning wants into needs, which are satisfied by pre-given choices made by the corporations that make up the edifice of the modern consumer society. People derive their private and public identities from products that in turn give them a sense of individuation and thus atomization from others in society. With everyone seeking identity fulfillment through product purchases, there is no room for recognition, much less activation, of collective interests--even in the face of outrageous economic and social injustice.
Given these twin threats to democracy, how could any effective mass movement emerge? So many more pressing issues demand our attention…such as whether Mischa's new BB cream really delivers on its multi-purpose promise to serve as an all-in-one tinted moisturizer/suncreen/pore-minimizer. (Yes, please!)


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Get Gauss on the Apple App Store for free now!
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Educators will appreciate no-hassle wireless iPad mirroring — apps, video, slideshows and more can be wirelessly sent from iPad to your projector using the Converter and Apple TV. Now the entire classroom can benefit from iPad content in a variety of resolutions up to high-definition 1080p. And you can set it all up in a handful of simple steps.
Use the Converter with computers (PC and Mac), gaming consoles, set-top cable boxes and Apple TV. Just hook up your HDMI device to the Converter via the built-in HDMI connector — no additional cable required. Then hook your VGA monitor or projector to the Converter (VGA cable is not included). A Micro-USB cable is included for power, but many HDMI devices provide sufficient power without the cable.
You can also convert audio from your Apple TV thanks to the 3.5mm audio cable port (audio cable not included). Apple TV has two audio-out options: an optical audio port and HDMI. This limits your options because optical audio ports are usually only found on high-end devices, while many other audio devices (like speakers) don't have HDMI. With the Converter, you have a simple way to transfer Apple TV audio signal to any device with a standard 3.5mm jack.
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The HDMI to VGA Converter is the hassle-free little adapter with the big ability to save you time and money in the classroom or office.
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Last spring I had the amazing opportunity to tour the world doing the Star Trek: Into Darkness press tour with British actress Alice Eve. We went to Moscow, Berlin, London, Mexico City, San Francisco and Seattle, glamming up the red carpet and blowing trekkies minds for 3 weeks. This past week, with the DVD launch of the movie, we did our last red carpet to promote the film. You really bond with people when you work so intensely together for extended periods of time, and I'll really miss seeing Alice so much.
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|Cigratte Smoking Resposible for 1 of 5 Deaths
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American Lung Association Report Shows 2007 Shaping Up to be a Banner Year for Tobacco Control Policies.Cigarette smoking has been identified as the number one preventable cause of morbidity and premature mortality worldwide. Smoking is responsible for approximately one in five deaths in the United States. From 1997 to 2001, smoking killed an estimated 438,000 people in the United States each year. This includes an estimated 259,494 male and 178,404 female deaths annually. Among adults, the three leading specific causes of smoking attributable deaths were from lung cancer (123,836), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (90,582) and ischemic heart disease (86,801).
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Annual Smoking-Attributable Mortality, Years of Potential Life Lost, and Productivity Losses * U.S., 1997-2001. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) 2005; 54(25); 625-628.
These statistics alone ought to be reason enough to warrant strong tobacco control laws such as cigarette tax increases and increased funding for tobacco prevention programs, but every year new studies show that the harmful effects of smoking not only effect the smoker, but also the workers and general public exposed to secondhand smoke.
This website is home to the online version of State Legislated Actions on Tobacco Issues (SLATI), which tracks state tobacco control laws, such as state restrictions on smoking in public places and workplaces and state tobacco taxes, on an ongoing basis. It is the only resource of its kind in tobacco control today providing up-to-date information on tobacco control laws in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. You can learn more about SLATI here.
Below is a list of just some of the reports and information on tobacco control laws and policy found on this site. Please explore the various areas and learn how to get involved in the important fight for strong tobacco control laws and policies. As many of the inspirational people who are living with lung disease will tell you, it's a fight we cannot afford to lose.
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Scotland under-20s lost out to France 36-8 in Grenobles last night.
The visitors started the Six Nations game well and after a good break by winger Darcy Graham the first points came in the 11th minute from a penalty by Connor Eastgate, who had started instead of the ill Josh Henderson at stand-off, and it was 3-0.
The visitors then frustrated the hosts until just before the half hour when France took the lead through a try by second-row Mickael Capelli, converted by stand-off Romain Ntamack. Ntamack added a penalty and France led 10-3 at the break.
France's second try then came in the 44th minute through scrum-half Baptiste Couillourd to make it 15-3.
Scotland fought back through an unconverted try by hooker Fraser Renwick.
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At Home
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Your quilt is looking so wonderful !!ReplyDelete
Warm, cozy, homey, and something that can be used & appreciated !!
And your book--- what a precious find !!
I must start my Christmas makes, I must start my Christmas makes, I must start my Christmas makes.....me too Lisa, I have exactly one week left to do them all, I really do need to start panicking, then perhaps I will get on with them!!! We add new decorations each year, I have a real mish mash, and I love it, no colour coordination on our tree!ReplyDelete
Those fabrics look fab together, and I love that book! :) x
Oh!! Those toadstools and those fabrics are sooo dreamy. We don't have a tree yet, and I haven't put one single decoration out, so seeing your cheery pics is such a treat.ReplyDelete
I did just finish making plans with my niece to take her 6 year-old to the local Festival of Lights and our friends' annual Gingerbread House Making Extravaganza, so I am feeling rather festive.
Well done on completing the Christmas shop, I haven't even started and have a four year old birthday party to get through first. The quilt looks lovely, your mum will love it. mel xReplyDelete
...perfect present for your mum.....so thoughtful and crafted with love....i love the toadstools....can't resist them! xReplyDelete
nice to feel all sorted and ahead of the game!! well done. The quilt looks nice, I might have to try making one one day. you make it look easy! Heather xReplyDelete
beautiful quilt- such wonderful fabrics- hand made is so much better and so thoughtful in the time it takes...i've brought a lot more in shops this year as the charity shops havent been so fruitful. but i've limited my spend. Sophia just wants snow for christmas but thats a big ask as it rare to get much snow here other than a sprinkle but i pray for sophia it will ;0)xReplyDelete
The quilt's looking good!ReplyDelete
I'm nowhere near ready, and not stressed about it at all. Christmas will happen, one way or another, that's my motto this year!
Your quilt is coming on a treat Lisa, I do hope you get your heating sorted out soon, especially with the frosty weather we have been having. As for home made Christmas, well I keep coming up with new ideas and getting myself into a dizzy distraction and thinking I need to make more than one thing for everyone! Now that's just not right...one thing is enough, I really have to discipline myself otherwise I'll be burnt out by the time Christmas comes :o)ReplyDelete
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ps. I also end up using yarn planned for one project on another ! That made me giggle when I read you did too x
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With her daughters reaching marriageable age and the family finances running dangerously thin, Mrs. Bennet endeavours to find the perfect match for each of her girls. But her plans are stymied when Elizabeth, upon hearing not-so-kind comments from the surly and morose Mr. Darcy, develops a hostility towards the man. Can the two overcome their personal pride and the prejudice they feel towards each other and discover true love? This lavish production is a faithful adaptation of the Austen favourite filled with comedy, wit and charm.
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One woman's monument to Lincoln
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MILTON -- Abraham Lincoln is a hard man to avoid these days. Last month's presidential inauguration of another lanky Illinoisan has made the Great Emancipator as ubiquitous as Miley Cyrus. And you can be sure Honest Abe will continue to garner headlines this month since Feb. 12 marks the bicentennial of his birth.
It may be hard to throw a rock in New England without hitting some Colonial inn where George Washington is claimed to have grabbed some shut-eye, but even someone blessed with Tom Brady's rifle arm could have a hard time striking a Lincoln-related site in the region. Just a stone's throw from Boston, however, is an unlikely place where New Englanders can celebrate Lincoln's birthday.
Tucked behind the magnificent Greek Revival mansion of the Forbes House Museum in Milton is an exact replica of the log cabin in Hardin County, Ky., where the 16th president was born. Mary Bowditch Forbes, the last member of the Forbes family to live in the mansion, built the one-room cabin in the 1920s to house her collection of artifacts and memorabilia related to Lincoln and the Civil War.
Forbes's voluminous compilation began with, of all things, a simple one-cent piece minted in 1909 for the centennial of Lincoln's birth. It would be worth a penny for Forbes's thoughts to learn why that coin sparked a passion to collect Lincolniana. For the better part of the next 50 years, she collected more than 1,000 items and filled numerous scrapbooks with newspaper clippings.
Forbes's collection ranges from the pedestrian (photographs of Union troops) to the quirky (an 1860 Lincoln campaign hat in the shape of a coffee pot) to the macabre (a life mask of the president's face and a mold of his hand). A fair number of items are related to Lincoln's assassination on April 14, 1865, such as a shawl worn by Mary Todd Lincoln that fateful night in Ford's Theater, a cloth star from Lincoln's coffin, and a piece of the rope used to hang conspirators. Other highlights include a set of original Lincoln signatures, paintings of Civil War battle scenes, and a first edition of "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
Forbes's growing collection quickly began to pose a storage problem, so she came up with an inspired solution. She commissioned Thomas Murdock, a local carpenter, to build her a replica of Lincoln's rustic birthplace.
Murdock drove to Kentucky to research the cabin's measurements and gather indigenous materials for its construction. While trees harvested from the nearby Blue Hills were used to build the cabin, clay from the land on which the original cabin stood in what is now Hodgenville, was used to make the mortar, and saplings from the area near Lincoln's first home were transplanted to the Milton estate.
Once the structure was complete, Forbes moved her collection inside, and in 1925 she began a popular local tradition of opening its doors to the public twice a year - on Lincoln's Birthday and Memorial Day. "People from surrounding towns would come to tour the cabin, view her collection, and have a cup of hot chocolate with her," says Christine Sullivan, director of the Forbes House Museum. "The lines were known to reach from the cabin back up the lawn toward Adams Street."
Not surprisingly, a log cabin was not conducive to the preservation of fragile paper documents and artifacts, and the collection is now housed inside the mansion. While the custom of opening the cabin to the public around Lincoln's Birthday ended with Forbes's death in 1962, the museum revived the tradition in 2000, even serving free hot chocolate to guests.
This year's birthday festivities next Sunday will be particularly special because they will be the focus for bicentennial commemorations in Massachusetts. The celebration will include Civil War reenactors from the Massachusetts 22d and 54th Regiments, a living history team portraying President and Mrs. Lincoln, and period music from a naval band. Of course, guests will be able to browse selected items from the collection, now on permanent display in one of the mansion's former bedrooms.
The Forbes mansion, built in 1833, couldn't be more different from the humble log cabin behind it. Captain Robert Bennet Forbes, a leading merchant in the China trade, and his siblings built the house for their mother, and from its commanding perch on the crest of Milton Hill, she could watch her son sail in and out of Boston Harbor on great clipper ships bound for ports all over the world.
Today, original heirloom pieces that Forbes fetched from the Orient are on display here. Among them are a massive Chinese lantern hanging from the high ceiling, a porcelain campaign bowl, intricately carved cabinets, and a suite of furniture put together with hand pegs (no nails or glue) so that it could be compact enough to be stored aboard a ship for the long voyage to America. Even the parlor's wallpaper was imported from China.
The decor of the house has a maritime flavor, fitting for a family that spearheaded the expansion of American trade with China and contributed to Boston's growth as a sea power. Marine paintings by Robert Salmon adorn the walls, and a model ship, with real canvas and rope, built by Captain Forbes as a learning aid for sightless students at the Perkins School for the Blind, graces the library.
Looking out on the harbor from a second-floor study is the wheel of the USS Jamestown, which Forbes commanded in 1847 from Boston as part of an American relief effort for victims of the Irish famine. It was the first time Congress lent a warship to a private citizen for a foreign voyage.
While Mary Bowditch Forbes was consumed with all things Lincoln, she eschewed many modern conveniences. That means that visitors will find much of the house - including the kitchen and bathrooms - unchanged since the 1800s. The house still has its original stove, an antique refrigerator, and a tin bathtub from the 1870s.
Visitors can still see the bell system Forbes used to beckon servants, but her greatest legacy is probably the annual Lincoln Day ritual.
"This tradition is important because it gives visitors a glimpse of what life was like during Lincoln's time," Sullivan says. "A one-room cabin on a cold February day makes you understand what people of that era endured and has you appreciating something as simple as a cup of hot chocolate."
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So last night I took the plunge and backed the Rogue Trooper kick-starter and pushed it above the £16.000 stretch goal, and now someone has changed their pledge and it has dropped bellow £16.000. Oh well hopefully it goes back up above the stretch goal and pushes up to the £18.000 mark.
As it stands for my pledge Major I can pick 10 choices from.
Rogue Trooper Rule Book.
Souther Squad (8 Models).
Nort Squad (8 models).
Nort Elite Assault Squad (8 models).
Nort and Souther Officer Squad (6 models).
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