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Last week, Bernard Starr, a writer for the Huffington Post, penned a somewhat controversial article that suggested that Traditional Publishing now deserved to be labeled with the term "vanity press". The basis for his argument is the advantages of self publishing, such as creative control, speed-to-market and earnings potential far outweigh the advantages that traditional publishers now bring. He describes those as editing and bricks and mortar distribution. Editing services can certainly be outsourced to many competent people such as someone like Alan Rinzler. That leaves print distribution, which Starr argues is not that critical in today's digital reader world.
Here's some of the text from his article which provides more depth to his argument.
Commentators on the current upheaval in publishing have observed that many authors desperately seek a traditional publisher when self-publishing would serve them far better. Traditional publishing has thus become, in many instances, the vanity choice. Does it make sense?
The new world of self-publishing has little in common with the old vanity publishing, but for many writers it still bears the taint of vanity. Self-publishing has not only democratized publishing, it has opened up the opportunity for authors to publish at low or no cost, own all the rights, control the pricing and timetable for publishing, and get their books listed for sale and distribution on major outlets and platforms — e.g. Amazon, kindle, nook, other e-readers, Google and more. Royalties for self-published books can range from thirty to eighty percent (depending on ancillary services that are selected) compared to the 71/2 to 15 percent in traditional publishing. And if you are adept at Internet marketing, you can reach large targeted audiences for your books.
Fact is that authors no longer need a publisher. And more and more writers are awakening to the realization that if you are not a high-profile author who can command large sales, a traditional publisher will do little for you beyond editing and printing your book. While it's true that they will also distribute it to the waning number of brick-and-mortar bookstores — self-published books are not usually available in bookstores — the number that actually land on the shelves is surprisingly small. And the argument that self-published books are not widely reviewed in mainstream publications loses steam when you realize that only a tiny percent of traditionally published books are reviewed at all. Add to that the growing number of prestigious venues that now review self-published books.
If you want to read the full article, you can simply click on the Huff Books logo in this post.
Now whether you agree or disagree with his argument, and there are people on both sides, I think his point of view helps illustrate how much the world of publishing has changed and why authors need to make sure they stay informed of their options. That said I do believe it is unrealistic to think that authors, no matter how they chose to publish are going to be devoid of ego so to label one method as somehow more altruistic than another is naive. The reality is if you take the time to write a manuscript and publish it you must think there is something about you and what you have to share that is important to others. And that is OK. That's why I think we should just let the term vanity press be put to rest. That will be the subject of a future blog post, but in the meantime, what do you think of Starr's post? Use the comment section to let me know.


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Salieri was a pivotal figure in the development of late 18th-century opera. As a student of Florian Leopold Gassmann, and a protege of Gluck, Salieri was a cosmopolitan composer who wrote operas in three languages. Salieri helped to develop and shape many of the features of operatic compositional vocabulary and his music was a powerful influence on contemporary composers.
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- in the left bottom corner of main chart text "Yahoo" or "Google" is shown. It indicates from what source data are. For NASDAQ & NYSE executed symbols and for Bombay Stock Exchange, National Stock Exchange of India, Shanghai Stock Exchange, Shenzhen Stock Exchange listed symbols Google provides realtime data feeds against Yahoo 15-20 minutes delayed.
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The adult leaves of mingimingi are 1-2.5 cm linear-oblong and arranged in fascicles or whorls. The juvenile form may display larger leaves to 4cm. Mingimimgi is an open branched shrub reaching 5m.North Cape to Canterbury
This common plant of scrublands and beech forests can be mistaken for manuka or kanuka. It has a distinctive adult and juvenile form which can add to the difficulty in identification. The younger leaves are larger than the adults. As anadult it can grow to 5m. and produces small green flowers in spring. The berries are red and oval to about 0.8 mm long.
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Black Cherry and Strawberry Scones
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- 1 container Kemps Black Cherry Yogurt (5.7 oz.)
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- 2 tsp. baking powder
- ½ tsp. baking soda
- ¼ tsp. kosher salt
- 4 Tbsp. cold unsalted butter cut into ¼-inch cubes
- 1 cup chopped fresh strawberries
- 1/8 cup shaved almonds (optional)
- Preheat oven to 425°F. In a large bowl whisk together flour, ¼ cup sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Add butter and using a pastry cutter or your fingers, cut butter into flour mixture.
- Stir in chopped strawberries, yogurt and optional almonds. Be careful not to over-mix.
- Flour a work surface and turn dough onto it. Fold and knead dough 3-5 times.
- Shape dough into 1 1/2 inch thick circle. Cut circle into 8 wedges.
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Anatoli Knyazev aka KGBeast died on the night of March 25, 2016 after being blown up from his own weapon. The human trafficker was hired by Lex Luthor to kidnap and hold Martha Kent hostage. Luckily for Martha The Batman showed up, took out all of Knyazev's goons in epic fashion and stopped Knyazev from burning Martha killing Knyazev in the process. Knyazev's body was only able to be identified because of a few distinct tattoos that were still left visible. With Lex Luthor in custody law enforcement officials are still trying to piece how and why Luthor hired Knyazev and what connection if any to the "Doomsday" attack.


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Chris Thorpe's Fringe First Winning Show on Tour to the Stephen Joseph Theatre
Confirmation is an electrifying and challenging one-man show that asks the question, can we really see the world through someone else's eyes?
Following its critically acclaimed debut, the 2014 Fringe First-winning show, written and performed by Chris Thorpe and directed by Rachel Chavkin, is now on national tour and can be seen at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough on Thursday 5 November at 7.30pm.
Confirmation is a show about the gulfs we can't talk across and about the way we choose to see only the evidence that proves we're right. It examines the phenomenon of confirmation bias and attempts to have an honourable dialogue, real and imagined, with political extremism.
A multi-award-winning creative team explore the phenomenon of confirmation bias, examining and questioning the rise of extremist thinking within the UK's political landscape and exploring the strength and grounding of people's beliefs.
Originating from Chris Thorpe's own frustration with the current level of political discourse in the UK, and his own 'liberal' bias, the work has been developed through academic research and through conversations with political extremism, in an attempt to open discussion on the subject in a more objective environment.
Chris Thorpe has been at the helm of some of the most critically acclaimed productions in recent years including What I heard About The World, the award-winning #TORYCORE and I Wish I Was Lonely.
Rachel Chavkin is Artistic Director of The TEAM, a New York City-based theatre company, four-time winners of the Scotsman Fringe First Award and winners of the 2011 Herald Angel and 2011 Edinburgh International Festival Fringe Prize.
On developing the show, writer and performer Chris Thorpe said:
"I've always been fascinated by conviction, because it seems mysterious to me. Not that I don't have deeply-held beliefs – I do – but because those beliefs weren't necessarily specific, burning certainties. So I decided to investigate how the processes that allow us to form a worldview are thought to work. And these processes are double edged – the information gathering and filtering that makes daily life possible, applied on a larger scale, contain this huge potential for destruction. I decided to talk to someone of conviction. To see if it was possible to have a conscious conversation about those unconscious processes. A respectful conversation. To listen to those voices, and my voice, to see if we could get beyond the conviction. Maybe make my own liberalism less lazy. To see what that might do to me."
Confirmation has been praised by critics following its debut at last year's Edinburgh Festival, receiving four star reviews from the Guardian, Times, Time Out, Independent and The Scotsman.
"An absolutely compelling performance from a man who is fast becoming one of the most powerful performers in the UK" - The Scotsman
"Makes the brain both hurt and buzz… Confirmation is a show that lets nobody off the hook: not us, and definitely not Thorpe." – The Guardian
"Thorpe and director Rachel Chavkin energetically take a liberal Fringe audience to the edge of the abyss of belief and hang them over the side in a conversation for our times." – The Independent
Tickets for Confirmation, priced from £10 to £15 or £6 for under 30s, are available online at www.sjt.uk.com and from the SJT box office on 01723 370541. Suitable for ages 14+.
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text: Introduction and purpose: Air pollution is an important risk factor for the environment and public health, associated with increased severity of respiratory diseases. This study aimed to evaluate the association between various air pollutants and number of cases with severe acute respiratory syndrome referred to emergency medical centers in Tehran, Iran in 2013. Methods: In this ecological study, the relationship between air pollution and acute respiratory symptoms in patients referred to the emergency centers of Tehran in 2013 was assessed. In total, 36787 patients with acute respiratory symptoms has been registered in these centers. Data on the number of cases with acute respiratory symptoms and air pollutants of emergency centers and air quality monitoring stations were collected. Moreover, Poisson regression was used to assess the relationship between air pollutant concentrations (PM2.5, SO2, NO2, O3, CO) and the number of cases with severe acute respiratory syndrome. Results: The results of the current study demonstrated that CO (weekly average IRR=1.1) and SO2 (three days average IRR=1.03 and weekly average IRR= 1.04) increased the risk of respiratory diseases 10%, 3%, and 4%, respectively. Consequently, longer duration of pollutants would increase the risk of respiratory syndromes. Conclusion: According to the results of this study, increased air pollutant concentrations could be associated with escalated number of patients with acute respiratory symptoms referred to the emergency medical centers in Tehran.


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Light amber in the glass with a fluffy lemon cream head. The nose gives a zing of resinous and spicy hops over malt. Dried apricot and bakery malt carry the flavor with steady hops, not flashy like a hop bomb, but pretty high on the bitterness scale. The finish remains both fruity and hoppy. 7.3% ABV
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Chiang Mai's Papa Rock bar will be hosting another scintillating evening of comedy next week. A duo of Celtic comedians will be gracing the stage at the Kad Farang venue in lieu of the customary live musicians next Monday, the 11 June 2018. Seasoned comics Phil Kay and Aidan Killian will be on stage from 19:00 onwards.
Both are noted for their own unique brands of humour. Phil Kay is the king of ad lib, voyages into the imagination and seemingly boundless energy. When he launches his shows he has no real idea of the ending or where the journey will take him and the audience. Aidan Killian pens his own material and the audience can expect topical themes of the day peppered with side-splitting gags.
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Hello there boys and girls! S.T. Comics is proud to introduce to the world: "PNUT BUDDY & JUDDY" (the adventures of). These two charachters are meeting for the first time, and you will get to know them as well, on their fun filled adventures. In this first issue, they meet, and become the best of buddies. They play at the park, ride skate boards, and play on the jungle gym. A great time is always in store when these two are together. Stay tuned for their animated series, and follow-up stories. THERE'S A NEW PAIR OF TOONS IN TOWN!
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For Vets That Lived WWII, Time Short To See Memorial
Though it's been 70 years since the start of World War II, the national monument to commemorate that war is only eight years old. For many veterans of that war, time is running out for them to pay the memorial a visit.
Yesterday was the anniversary of Pearl Harbor, the attack that launched the United States into the Second World War. Of the original 16 million service members, only two million are still alive. And a group of them traveled from all over the country to visit the national memorial yesterday. Brenda Salinas has this report.
BRENDA SALINAS, BYLINE: Jim Hardwick has traveled a long way to get to D.C.
JIM HARDWICK: Welcome aboard, young man.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #1: Hey, Morty.
SALINAS: He's come to all the way from Dallas, Texas for one purpose: to see the World War II memorial.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #2: So, coming up on the right is the World War II memorial.
SALINAS: It's a cloudy December day. It's cold, but he doesn't seem to mind. This memorial is a special place for him. He saw it for the first time two years ago and he's happy to have a second visit.
HARDWICK: I think it's beautiful. Inside there on the walls are some of the battles I was in.
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HARDWICK: Hello. Thank you so much.
SALINAS: Jim has 17 grandchildren. They haven't been to the memorial yet, but he knows that one day they'll come here and remember him.
HARDWICK: Say, oh, my granddaddy was there. That's what they'll say.
SALINAS: Jim hopes that they'll remember his stories too. He was only 17 when he enlisted in the Navy.
HARDWICK: I joined the Navy to escape the Great Depression, but what I discovered was the Great War. I didn't expect that.
SALINAS: At the time, war was raging in Europe, but the U.S. had only been in a few Marine skirmishes to protect merchants.
HARDWICK: I got my orders to go aboard the USS Honolulu in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. And I said whoopee. I couldn't get further away from the danger than Pearl Harbor.
SALINAS: Seven months later, Jim went to a luau on a nearby beach to celebrate his 18th birthday. He woke up the next day to the sound of explosions, confusion, shouting. He was ordered to return to his ship. On the way, he saw the damage from the torpedo attack: four ships sinking, solid black clouds and flames, the smell of fuel oil burning. He made his way back to his damaged ship. The attack was over. But the war wouldn't be over for another four years.
HARDWICK: Pearl Harbor was only the beginning of World War II for me. My ship participated in so many things in the Pacific that were greater in my mind than the attack on Pearl Harbor.
SALINAS: As much as Jim appreciates the annual day of remembrance, he wants people to remember that Pearl Harbor was only one day in a very long war. He hopes to visit the memorial again someday. He is, after all, only 89. Brenda Salinas, NPR News.
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Big news: I just got engaged. To wit there have been a lot of parties added to the calendar. Of course, this has me frantically assembling an army of dresses. Since I'm sort of the star of the show (oh, and Dave, too), I want my look to ultimately be a reflection of me, but with a little something extra.
I always gravitate towards pieces that are embellished and detailed, but that still feel soft and natural. For my upcoming engagement party, I chose an easy polka dot dress and made it more party-appropriate by adding a sparkly belt and strappy heels. As for jewelry, with the queen of all baubles sitting pretty on my left hand, I've been keeping my bling to a minimum.


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Use F.A.S.T. to Remember Signs of Stroke
HOUSTON — When a person suffers a stroke, every minute without treatment increases the likelihood of brain damage and even death.
The Houston Health Department and Houston Fire Department urge Houstonians to use May, National Stroke Awareness Month, as an opportunity to learn the acronym F.A.S.T., an easy way to remember and identify the most common symptoms of a stroke.
"The best stroke treatments are only available if the stroke is recognized and diagnosed within about three hours of the first symptoms," said Dr. David Persse, Houston Health Department local health authority and Houston Fire Department medical director.
If someone is thought to be having a stroke, act F.A.S.T. by applying the following simple test:
F – Face: Ask the person to smile. Does one side of the face droop?
A – Arms: Ask the person to raise both arms. Does one arm drift downward?
S – Speech: Ask the person to repeat a simple phrase. Is the speech slurred or strange?
T – Time: If you see any of these signs, call 9-1-1 right away.
Noting the time that symptoms first appeared can help health care providers determine the best treatment for each person.
"If you or someone around you experiences stroke symptoms, do not drive to the hospital," Dr. Persse continued. "Call an ambulance so medical personnel can begin life-saving treatment on the way to the emergency room."
Houstonians can learn more about strokes and have their blood pressure checked at the City Hall Farmers Market on May 16. The market takes place at Herman Square in front of City Hall from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Many common medical conditions like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease and diabetes can increase a person's chances of having a stroke. Smoking also increases a person's risk of stroke and other serious medical conditions. People should consult with their health care providers about ways to control risk.
Nearly 800,000 people in the United States have a stroke each year, resulting in about 140,000 deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Learn more about stroke symptoms, treatment and prevention at cdc.gov/stroke.
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text: Yes, we are all disappointed that the deployment of ARISSat-1 has been delayed - in direct violation of handshakes and written agreements. But that does not mean that we should ignore the historical event that April 12 is bringing us: the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's space walk. This is an opportunity for us. I have signed up with one organization to throw a little party at my house ... http://tinyurl.com/YURI-K6LCS We'll have exclusive videos to share with attendees (even one from Bill Nye, the Science Guy!), history to relate, and a tentative pass of the ISS here in Southern California at 9:41PM on the 12th to hopefully monitor ARISSat-1. The YurisNight.net people ( http://yurisnight.net/partylist/?partyid=1381 ) have put together quite a Web site. "We" can learn a lot by perusing their promotional materials and press/media releases. I would love for us to be thinking along the same lines for our future satellite announcements and launches. There's not a huge cost involved to put together such media alerts and promotional pieces. We DO have professional public relations people among us. As I read through the Sponsorship Kit and Media Kit on YurisNight.net, I envisioned how such materials would benefit AMSAT and our cause ... Our friends across the pond have put together another great Yuri resource - http://www.yurigagarin50.org/ SO, at least in the Bradford household in Mira Loma CA US, we are CELEBRATING on April 12. I will be sending my local newspapers a media alert on the ARISSat-1 project and Yuri's anniversary (one newspaper will print it - the other is a 50/50 proposition). I am using the date to promote AMSAT and ARISSat-1. There will be live video from our back yard transmitted to the planet via UStream if we are able to hear ARISSat-1 that evening. We ALL can "use" this date to promote everything we're here for: AMSAT, amateur radio, and the future of manned space travel. Clint Bradford, K6LCS 909-241-7666 http://www.work-sat.com


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|I drew up the plans and H made my dream come true!
|H recycled some doors, headboards, and foot boards to make my greenhouse "furniture"
|Our next project was to repaint the interior and exterior of the old potting shed.
|I am still working on the inside and hope to finish it in 2015
|One of our biggest projects was to clean up the mess in the studio.....
|I now have a nice place to store seasonal items and do crafting projects
|We also made Kyleigh a play area in the back part of the studio
|I opened a booth in June.....
|H tore off the old back porch and made a new one from a vintage head/foot board.
|We added some new furniture pieces to the front porch....
|H built a faux fireplace for the front porch from a top that was once on a bedroom dresser
|We made a wall for the family room from some doors and an arched window


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Antonio Conte's transfer plans revealed: Chelsea boss has Romelu Lukaku back-up option
CHELSEA will reportedly move for Inter Milan star Mauro Icardi if they fail to sign Romelu Lukaku.
The Everton hitman has informed the Toffees that he will not sign a contract extension, leaving a summer exit likely.
Lukaku has been linked with a return to Stamford Bridge, with Manchester United and Real Madrid also keen on the 23-year-old.
And according to Bleacher Report, Antonio Conte has a back-up plan if Chelsea don't land the Belgium international.
"Chelsea will move for Inter Milan star Mauro Icardi if they fail to sign Romelu Lukaku"
The Blues will reportedly move for Serie A ace Icardi to bolster their attacking ranks.
Conte reckons Diego Costa's future at Stamford Bridge is uncertain and he feels it's important to pursue Icardi.
The Argentina international has netted 21 goals from 30 Serie A appearances this season.
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We just adopted a new doggie–he's a poodle / bichon frise mix named Butters! We are super excited to welcome this little guy to the family and can't wait to take him along on our food adventures…
…except we can't. New Yorkers love their dogs, but great restaurants, unfortunately, don't love them back. Due to the health code, you are not allowed to bring dogs into a restaurant, so a dinner at Daniel or Le Bernardin will have to be sans pet. Some restaurants do make exceptions for outdoor seating, but again, it's hard to know which ones do, and usually they are the more low-key, neighborhood spots. There are some obvious places like the Barking Dog restaurant on UES that welcome pets, but when was the last time that anyone raved about the food at Barking Dog? Outdoor food festivals like the Hester Street Fair and the Dumbo location of Smorgasburg allow you to bring pets and try interesting food, but that's only if the weather permits…and as we head into late October, that time is running out very quickly.
Luckily, Empire Diner is a restaurant that both you and Fido will enjoy. You will have to sit outside, which is not a problem on a cool, fall day (and again, those days are numbered). The friendly staff will set Fido up with a bowl of water, and they don't mind at all if you feed him your own doggie treats. You, on the other hand, get to eat some great American classics like pork chop and cobb salad with your best furry friend safely in sight, not tied sadly to a fire hydrant or tree a block away.
Diner food tends to be hearty, comforting and classic, and Empire Diner definitely pays homage to these traditions by going all in with big flavors. My cobb salad here was like cobb salad on steroids–instead of dainty bacon bits, you get these nice, plump pieces of cubed bacon clearly marbled with a generous layer of fat, AND, on top of it, a serving of tender duck confit. It's not like the other parts of the salad were light, the creamy avocado and chickpeas added to the extreme depth of this dish. If you're trying to order a salad to keep things light, this is not the one to get! But for a very refined and updated take on an American classic that won't leave you hungry, than Empire Diner's rendition is like no other.
The pork on pork chop arrived, looking like it had just been removed from a spitfire grill and ladled with some beans for a cowboys' stockyard dinner. The cowboys maybe tended too long to the herd and not enough to the meat, because the pork chop almost bordered on being too dry, but it helped to have the savory beans and juicy pork bits surrounding the meat. Despite it being slightly dry, a great pork chop is a classic, crowd-pleasing dish, which explains how it's been able to sustain its appeal from the Wild West to modern day times.
Empire Diner took a little too much creative license with the matzoh ball marrow soup. The fact that the soup had marrow in it should have been a red flag, since I love matzoh ball soup for its comforting simplicity. This was chicken soup for the decadent soul–a broth that was oddly and distractingly tart, and obviously a tad too rich with the presence of the bone marrow. That soothing sensation that I love so much was missing, and sadly I left this dish unfinished.
It was a great feeling being able to enjoy a serious meal with interesting flavors while playing with my friend's dog Marlow. Pet ownership comes with sacrifice, and going out to eat wherever you want with your furry companion is one of them. A meal at Empire Diner is an exception where the pet owner can have it all! I'm definitely going to bring Butters here one day, and in general, I'll be on the lookout for dog friendly places. Apparently Cookshop allows dogs as well, which is exciting because the food there is very good and much sought after. Look back for future posts on where else you and your doggie can eat together!
Empire Diner
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New York, NY 10011
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This might as well be a national holiday for me. My love for donuts- particularly sprinkled ones- runs deep. Here's a recent conversation between my husband and I about the fact that he went to the new donut joint without me:
And here is a picture of me with a donut as big as my face, because I am nothing if not classy. Go big or go home, I say.
So I'd love to stay and chat, but we're dashing down the street to our local donut hole, Daylight Donuts, to grab a dozen (or so...)
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Does It Hurt?
Date of Joke: Tuesday, 4th December, 2012
A woman goes to her doctor who verifies that she is pregnant. This is her
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The devastation from the Ashley Madison hack will be felt for decades to come as families and lives have been torn apart. This past week has been heartbreaking as we have heard story after story of the painful results as names have been revealed. The most painful has been the suicides that have happened leaving families ripped apart with the pain of loss and deception. No words can adequately describe this kind of hurt.
I have heard there are over 37 million names on the "list." I also know there are names not on this list of people who are also living a lie, hiding truth, and believing they will not be caught.
The Ashley Madison promise was "Life is Short, Have an Affair." They were right on one point: life is short. But, the brevity of life and the eternity of life must point us to a different way to live, a different way to lead.
I pray we don't miss one lesson from this tragedy. Not one. I pray God will open our eyes to see and learn.
It is a good time to get honest about our own leadership. Pretending to be someone you aren't is exhausting and not sustainable in the long-run. At some point, who you really are will be revealed. Are you wearing a leadership mask, pretending to be something you are not?Whenever you set yourself up to always have it together, you are one step away from danger. Click To Tweet
Watch for these signs that your leadership is in danger.
1. Leadership requires perfection.
In trying to be perfect, you will need relief and often this relief will come in the form of an escape or damaging habit to you or others. You are not perfect. You are human, and you have weaknesses. Whenever you set yourself up to always have it together, you are one step away from danger.
2. You don't open up to anyone.
You lead a private life and you don't let anyone in. You feel it is necessary to appear to have it all together. We all need people who will tell us the truth. People who will ask us the hard questions. People who check in on you when you travel. People who you are real with, that pray for you, and that hold you accountable.
3. You consider your time on the Internet private and harmless.
It is just too tempting in today's world to go to places on the Internet that are harmful to you. You need someone to hold you accountable for all sites you visit and all messages coming in to you. Be open for someone to check in on you. Be open for you spouse to see. Nothing hidden. A private conversation, a private site, an inappropriate inquiry will lead to your destruction and the devastating pain of those you love the most. Run from it. Turn it off. It isn't worth it.Lead with confidence in the One who created you, redeemed you, and will complete His work in you. Click To Tweet
4. You can't ask for help.
Don't let your pride prevent you from asking for help. Whatever pain you may feel from asking for help is nothing compared to the devastation of the pain of living a lie and what that lie will do to crush you.
5. You believe your lie will never be revealed.
It is already being revealed because the lie is showing up in your life. Others may not know yet, but trust me, your lie is having an impact on you and on others. There are plenty of promises in Scripture that truth will be revealed. The mask will come off. The truth will always come out.
We are all broken. There is no perfect leader. Lead as one who understands your weakness and the weaknesses the people you lead. We lead with confidence because our strength comes from God who redeems and restores and makes something beautiful from our lives.
It is a great time for the Church, God's people, to offer the only relief possible: the unmerited love and grace of a God who can redeem all things and work through all things for His glory. A God who is able to bring healing and forgiveness. This is the amazing truth of the gospel.
Take your mask off and lead as one redeemed by Christ. Lead with confidence in the One who created you, redeemed you, and will complete His work in you.
"I am sure of this, that He who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." -Philippians 1:6


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June 14, 2005: EPA Offers Tips For Saving Energy And Money At Home
June 14, 2005
WASHINGTON - The high temperatures of summer don't have to mean high energy bills, says the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). EPA's Energy Star program offers advice on ways to keep cool with energy-efficient products and practices.
Look for the Energy Star label on products such as ceiling fans and programmable thermostats. Schedule an annual checkup for your central air conditioner, and check or replace the air filter once a month. Replace an old or broken-down central air conditioner or heat pump with new, high efficiency equipment. Homeowners can save as much as 20 percent on annual energy costs if this new equipment is properly sized and installed, along with properly sealed and insulated ducts. Seal up gaps and cracks in your home "envelope" (basement, attic, around doors and windows). Add insulation if needed. This will help reduce energy bills throughout the winter, too. Get informed. For more on year-round improvements to make a home more energy efficient, review the EPA's "Guide to Energy-Efficient Heating and Cooling" on the Energy Star Web site at www.energystar.gov/cooling.
"Every person can make a difference this summer," EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson said. "When we use less energy as a nation, we preserve our energy resources, save money for American families, and help protect our environment."
The average family spends $1,500 a year on energy bills, nearly half of which goes to heating and cooling, according to the EPA. To help homeowners protect against high energy bills, contractors can pass along to their customers the following EPA tips:
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For my project, I chose the quote "You can't buy love, but you can adopt it." I regularly volunteer for an animal rescue, so I'm very fond of this quote!
My plan is to design something that could be printed on a t-shirt and used for the rescue.
March 23, 2014
Inspiration and Brainstorming
I want my project to be happy and easy-to-read, while still being interesting to look at. I'm inspired by fun typographic t-shirts, "chalkboard art" quotes, and designs using basic shapes and silhouettes.
Words: hearts, romantic, feminine, fancy, swirls, soft, colorful, flowers, happiness, excitement, joy, cats, dogs, paw prints
Lettering Warm-Ups
I spent a decent amount of time on these warm-ups. This class is my first real attempt at calligraphy, so I really wanted to get a feel for a variety of ideas and styles. I struggled drawing some of these!
Thumbnail Sketches
I decided I wanted the most emphasis to be on the words "Love" and "Adopt." I originally planned on a few thumbnails that would use the silhouette of a dog or cat as the design's containing shape, but I didn't want to limit the design to one particular type of animal (the rescue I volunteer for takes in both cats and dogs).
Unlike the lettering warm-ups, I didn't spend a lot of time on the thumbnails. I wanted to get a lot of ideas out quickly.
Within my initial thumbnails, I was drawn to the last one in the middle row and the last one in the last row. After exploring each, I decided I really liked the compact, symmetrical feeling of the last thumbnail.
I'm not loving the font I chose for "ADOPT," so I will be pursuing some other options there, and I need to adjust the thick/thin sections of the swirl below "Love." It would also be nice to integrate an object like a paw print, but I haven't quite figured out how yet.
March 27, 2014
Refined Sketch
I kept the "ADOPT" font, but added some extra details to it. I also added a little more detail to the word "Love." I tried adding in a paw print in a few different ways, but I didn't like the outcome of those tests. So, I moved the first "You" down and added a small subtle paw print at top.
I'm pretty happy with this layout now. I could spend a lot more time on it, but I am ready to wrap this up. Next will be my final inking!
March 31, 2014
"Final" Inking
I was pretty happy with this, until...
The rescue I volunteer for plans to auction these t-shirts off at fundraising events; so, in order to keep t-shirt production costs low and profit high, I chose to do a single-color design. Based on one of my insipiration designs, I decided on a white design and a dark gray shirt.
Unfortunately, I'm really not liking this final look. It could be that I've spent way too much time obsessing about the "adopt" font, or it could be that it truly isn't the right fit for the rest of the design, but it just doesn't seem to be working. I'm leaning towards the latter option.
I think I'm going to try something a little softer, as suggested. I might also remove the drop shadow in favor of some more embellishment directly on top of the letters.
To be continued...
April 7, 2014
Wow, I really struggled with the final details! I re-drew the word "Adopt" over and over and over again. Most of my font choices made the word "Adopt" seem completely separate from the rest of my design. While I do want the word to stand out, I still want it to feel cohesive with the other design elements.
So, as suggested in a comment below, I chose a font that had a softer, curvier look. Then, I added some similar elements to "Love" and "Adopt" to tie them together.
I also moved the first "you" back up to the top, so that it balanced out the "it" at the bottom. It was also suggested that I add a small paw print inside of the "O" in "Adopt." I had a hard time with that as well, but I think it works now.
It's not perfect, but I have learned a lot by taking this class and working on this project. I'm looking forward to tackling another quote!


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Somerset GP Practices, hospitals and community health services have teamed up with Diabetes UK to help encourage the public to find out if they could at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.
By completing Diabetes UK's new five-minute online Diabetes Risk Survey (https://riskscore.diabetes.org.uk/start) local people could be taking the first steps to preventing what is rapidly becoming a major cause of preventable sight loss, kidney failure, heart attack and stroke.
Those most at risk may already have a family history of the disease; they may be overweight, or have a poor diet (high in sugar, fat and salt) and take little or no physical exercise.
If you complete the survey and believe you are at risk, then talk to your GP Practice Nurse about what advice and support is available. Somerset is inviting patients to use new smartphone technology which can help people reduce their risk and help them to make changes to their diet and lifestyle. You may be eligible to take part in these schemes.
In Somerset there are already over 30,000 people are living with the disease of which 90% will be living with Type 2 diabetes. Those at risk may have no obvious signs that they have the condition but public health experts already estimated there could be as many as 10,000 people in Somerset who are undiagnosed.
Last year Somerset Clinical Commission Group spent over £8 million on prescription medicines for people with diabetes and a further £6 million on hospital treatments.
The cost of supporting people with diabetes and managing the health complications they experience accounts for some 10% of Somerset CCG's £724 million annual budget.
Each year, between 2,000 and 2,500 people are newly diagnosed with diabetes.
If people take no action to reduce their risk of developing Type II Diabetes is estimated that 53,000 people in Somerset could have the disease by 2030.
If you want to know more about Type 2 diabetes and how to reduce your risk of the condition you can also visit the Diabetes UK website at: www.diabetes.org.uk.
Somerset's GPs pilot smartphone technology in an attempt to stem the rise in Type 2 diabetes
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By Phillip Marlowe
The Aliens certainly must be checking us out, with the way our crazy little brains operate. You can bet they don't like the idea of Earthlings discovering faster-than-light travel and then suddenly coming out of warp speed into their home solar systems — armed to the teeth with man portable nukes, belt-fed Rambo SAW machine guns or, whatever newly invented plasma death ray guns.
Think about that 1997 Sci-Fi movie "Starship Troopers." The Fascist but still somehow PC world government has a propaganda spot where a schoolteacher giggles like a maniac as her kiddies crush bugs under futuristic silvery boots (would you like to know more?). The movie cleverly makes big ugly bugs humanity's future mortal enemy. Everyone hates bugs, right? I get told all the time to kill a bug found in the house (if possible, I toss them out in the backyard to live, or at least until a songbird eats them).
Our brains are wired for conflict. Big time. In today's Orwellian NWO, there's always got to be someone or something for the masses to hate (Kim Jong-un, Vladimir Putin, Iran, ISIS). I know that sounds like I'm turning pinko and gay, but it's a fact. Here's another thing: White hetero men have now been deemed by the (((social engineers))) as acceptable targets for social hatred and derision. Hell, any idiot or baddie character in the media and TV commercials must now be White. Or occasionally a chubby little North Korean in need of hugs.
And democraps just can't accept the fact their corrupt old granny Hillary lost. It's quite obviously driving the leftys insane. This is what's really behind all the "evil Putin did it" business. It's wacked how much the media is pushing this election meddling BS down our throats (Wikileaks insisted the Russians had nothing to do with it).* They are bound and determined to embed in our febrile brains that "Hillary, liberals and multiculturalism didn't fail in 2016 — it was Russians colluding with another racist, effin' WHITE MALE — Donald J. Trump."
FAKE NEWS like this is also called "the Narrative" by those now getting clued into the over-all PC scam getting done to our heads. PC propaganda has become quite noticible as the saturation point of Jewish brainwashing has finally arrived. This has plainly got the backstabbers worried.
More Hitler documentaries are called for!
I saw a fairly common example of "the Narrative" the other day on CNN where they were just getting around to talking about street murders in CHIMPchago. The talking head said White males are the ones mostly behind mass spree killings — as in some kind of stupid balancing act for the homies gunning each other down in the streets over dime bags and payback for getting dissed.
It's always anything but black behavior responsible for black behavior. Hell, some liberals and blacks even blame slavery for blacks killing each other, if you can believe it.
This "White men gun crazies" is a carefully crafted MEME, or "the Narrative" put out there by a White-hating, diversity-touting liberal media. Actually, blacks, latinos and especially Asians snap all the time and "go postal" (US mail people hate that term). And I've read plenty of stories of blacks massacring innocent people at work places — often even because the co-workers were simply White (which would be racist if one of us did it).
Hell, technically the biggest US spree killings was by a Muslim Semite homo at the Pulse bar just last year in Orlando (49), followed by a Jamaican Negro, David Burke, crashing an entire passenger plane and horribly killing 42 innocent people back in 1987. A Muslim crazy, Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, ran over and killed 86 with a truck also last year in Nice, France. In 1982, an Asian policeman, Woo Bum-kon, killed 56 in a wild murder rampage in South Korea.
You just don't hear of such stories constantly like they do for White males, since the Jewish media goes out of it's way in protecting violent, criminal blacks and other non-Whites from too much negative exposure. Bad for "diversity" brainwashing.
Another thing the media does is blow some little thing way, way out of proportion. If you're a White target on the radar, anything you say or don't say suddenly becomes fodder for the creeps to talk about CONSTANTLY for days on end, like it's another Watergate, for crying out loud.
Look at that business with Kellyanne Conway briefly touting Ivanka Trump's merch on TV while in the White House. They acted like the woman committed a murder or something when everyone of us regular folks out here thought nothing of it — realizing she was simply talking off the cuff when her girl Ivanka was trashed by liberals at Nordstrom.
Hell, they started up some bull just the other day when a shot of her sitting on a couch with her legs up under her cute little tushie, while a "people of color" delegation was visiting Trump. Her minor casualness in the Oval office was actually called racism if you can believe it. Liberals are totally wacked!
Now they got another stupid thing going on. They are attacking AG Jeff Sessions simply because he met with the Russian ambassador and forgot to tell that total Jew joke, "Senator" Al Franken — a guy where there's a real photo of him dressed in diapers and pink bunny ears. Go HERE.
And did you see Franken at Trump's speech before congress this past Tuesday night? He was slouched over with his face buried in his hand looking all bored like a recalcitrant schoolboy in the Headmaster's office. Franken and disrespectful liberals didn't even bother to stand and applaud the widow of the Navy Seal who was killed.
God, I can't stand these filthy Jew liberals one iota.
BTW: All of this Jeff Sessions and Michael Flynn intelligence "revelations" are obviously last minute "rat f**king" leaks by Obama and dirty rotten liberals infesting Washington, DC. Probably PizzaGate pedos. Stinking Obongo boy is reportedly setting the stage for getting back into politics, according to Eric Holder — best buds with Jew liberals.
Can you believe the absolute gall of some people? We probably really need a war to "drain the swamp."
Wax faced loon, Nancy Pelosi, is even calling for Sessions to resign. That creepy old bitch needs to retire and move away to Israel ASAP. Especially after pushing the ruinous, WH Jew-designed ObamaCare down this country's throat and then happily bragging about it.
Let me ask you something: You think the media would give a flying rat's ass if one of Hillary's peeps met the Russian ambassador if she won the election? Like hell no. You wouldn't even hear a word. And when was the last time media liberals were big cold warriors fighting the Reds? Well, maybe not Reds anymore, but you get the idea.
You see, that's the thing with "the Narrative." Jew media has control and will use it to brainwash America any GD time and way they please.
Let me state something else: There isn't any race or whatever that hasn't been murderous at some point on the planet. Whites, Germans, Amerikanskis, Christians, Jews (yep), Mudslimes, Rooskies, Spics, Chinks, Japs, Negroes, A-rabs, Pakis, Injuns. About the only ones I can think of that didn't do a whole lot were Eskimos (unless you're a seal or polar bear, of course).
Stew on that, mofos.
To understand the real dynamic behind our PC-enforced artificial reality by the supposedly so caring liberal media, just think about who they never, ever report much about.
Try Bibi Netanyahu and all the Jew supremacists over in Israel for a change.
*It's quite remarkable how FOX news mostly promotes "the Russians did it" explanation. FOX is actually part of the globalist PC "diversity" agenda, once you step back and look at the big picture. Us Whites are getting screwed royally by a long-running Jewish program of White genocide — you can tell if you pay close attention to what the Jew pundits really say.


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The Anglican Church is now split on the subject of marriage.
Presumably most people see this as a simple difference of opinion about what is right or wrong, or is it in fact a split on how what is 'right or wrong' is decided.
We do not so much have a liberal and traditional side in the church as an authoritarian and value based division.
There are those who decide on the basis of what was said and done two thousand years ago, and those who decide on the basis of the purpose of what was said.
There may be a third choice, that of random opinion.
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PREP! for Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Vernon Taketa created three midori inspired cocktails. My apologies for no video demonstrations, our cameraman went snowboarding in Utah.
Melona Bar
1oz. Midori
1oz. Green Tea liqueur
4 oz. Half & Half
1/4 oz. Simple Syrup
dollop whipped cream
Shake all together with ice, strain and serve in a martini glass
Melon Ball
1 1/4oz. Midori
3/4 oz. American Harvest Vodka
Orange juice
Stir all together in rocks glass with ice.
Watermelon Martini
part one
1/2 oz. Watermelon Pucker
1 oz. Watermelon Vodka
3/4 oz. Simple Syrup
Shake with ice and pour first into martini glass
part two
1/2 oz. Midori
1/2 oz. Watermelon Vodka
Shake with ice and float this mix on part one's mix.
Should look like a watermelon with rind.
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The Swing Museum quartet will perform at Leamington's Carluccio's.
The four-piece band will treat audiences to Hot Club Style Swing from the 1930s and 1940s from 7.30pm on April 21.
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It's Trumpcare Now
Kept my powder dry, yeah [been a while now, hasn't it (aye)]. Wasn't any need to stand in L*rd Emperor Trumpmonkey's (L.E.T.'s) way. Or backbite/nip at his heels. While he's trying to .... you know ... make America great again.
But the pudddin? Well it's rancid, it stinks, smells ... bad. Like the dookie it is.
Rethuglican Cowards. Bugs. Most certainly not men. Vermin (with accompanying mouse sized scrots). Shivering/shaking afraid of the libturd nation. Freakin' afraid ... of their very own shadows [but most certainly not afraid to plan their re-election around their ACA cowardice (good luck with that. Real good luck, scum)].
F*ck 'em, these F A U X conswervo political/media freaks. Allthewayupwitharedhotpoker (usual offer: to your faces? Any freakin' time. Anywhere. Any place).
If you don't know, don't understand ... what ACA is? Let alone have real world atomic experience, with the evil it truly is [if I lift up my shirt, you can see for yourself (while wincing and recoiling in horror)]. Then just shut your f*cking yap already. Really. If YOU aren't willing to bury it ... alive (and then nuke it from space)? Then just lick my hairy *ss.
Get rid of it.
Government out.
Out our lives.
Out our doctor's exam rooms.
Out our surgical suites.
Out of the health care biz.
Out of the insurance biz.
Persist in this sick, evil, twisted charade? And I pray with all my might, summoning the cosmos. To violently let loose with the mightiest bolts of lightning to ever strike this mortal coil. Vaporizing all your sorry stankbutts, not even an oil stain left. Less than the bacteria (that you now are), living in the bung of a dung beetle.
There's no magic here.
[I know, waaay too complex (and ooh soo skeeery [for all you butt slamming maggots])].
They didn't assemble this Frankenstinian monster, whole, in one day. They spent eight years vigorously destroying this Nation. And all of those eight years? You stenchful six legged freaks ... maniacally choked your chickens (with one hand). While oh so bravely pounding your anti-Obama chests (with the other).
Just kill it. Kill it now. But ya know what .....
THEY AREN'T EVEN GOING TO TRY. No, they aren't.
They let a foreign born, mooselimb traitor, be Prez., for eight years. Let (yet) another deranged narcissist, rape us in the *ss (again)?
The truck convoy of KY Jelly, is rolling now (breaker breaker). Spending A L L their time and energy telling The Big Lie (and yeah, they are repeating themselves. Often). Lyin' Ryan: "as close as we're going to get to repeal" [well, he actually spoke the truth there/accidentally slipped out (let's see how close we can get to a successful petition/Ryan recall campaign?)]. Or Upside Down Spicer, having the unmititgated gaul, to use the word "hope"! Cowards (though yeah, in the not too distant past, I have used the moniker/descriptor neo-fascists).
Just f*cking cowards [remember when L*rd Emperor Trumpmonkey (L.E.T.), rather ineloquently called John McCain, a peacetime coward? Hey Donald Cheetoh, Kawksucker Banon, Prince Reamus .... here's a freakin' mirror (hint Congresscritter Ryan: working out at the gym 24/7, doesn't make you a man either)].
Me, I ain' eatin' even one more Boehner/Ryan Sh*t Sandwich. Nope. Sawry (do enjoy yours though. Maybe with some Grey Poupon, on your poop sandwich ... uh?). Y'all just FOAD already [bone cancer sounds 'bout right (though Ebola works for me too)].
Yeah, L.E.T. has waged a rather impressive media battle (well ... it now IS a requirement). But that isn't the entire job. Nooo. Playing a President, on TV, just a wee bit different than actually doing the job/inhabitting the space.
And these bozoids job is what exactly?
That's it.
It's OUR Country. We decide. WE the people. We. Tell. Them. What. To. Do.
But, just like the libwuhls, Exactly like. They think they know what's best. Are smawter. Great seers. Great thinkers (so great, that when L*rd Emperor Trumpmonkey fluffs in their face. They all genuflect, and say: Thank You L.E.T., can we have another!)
Like Larry Elder, part of the lede of Wednesday night's broadcast (three days ago). Was how L.E.T. (just by spouting out his blowhole!), has saved and completely restored the U.S. economy. And the larger part of that lede? Was International Woman's Day (no, really). Not a single mention of the repeal of Obamacare. Not a one. Neither a tease nor a whisper. Needless to say, I didn't tune in, for the rest of the broadcast. Nor will I, again.
Or (RINO poster boy) Michael Medved, yesterday, Friday. Spent his airwaves, making all of the left's arguments (every one). For supporting Trumpcare. And NOT killing Obamacare. Evil little b*tch [does anyone (other than Medved himself), think he's a conservative?].
So, I can acknowledge L.E.T.'s media performance. Yep. But you're all as delusional as the day you voted for L.E.T. (thinking there was some difference, any at all. 'Tween him and Hildabeast). Was unavoidably obvious to me, nearly a year before the election. He couldn't be trusted FOR ANYTHING. (persons of no character are like that).
Why I voted with my feet this time, and stayed home. It was quite an easy decision, for me [and watching all the mental gymnastics, the faux conswervos twisted themselves into (spineless jellyfish). In order to rationalize their votes? Made me nauseous].
Drain the swamp? 'Case you haven't noticed (?), they've built condos, cabanas, and concessions on the shore (maybe I should write that in Braille). Mostly, Tumpmonkey just talks out the side of his mouth. Joyously telling us how great things have become (since he was inaugurated). How much greater they're going to be [because of the Cheetoh revolution (maybe I'm just projecting, cuz I never listen to the freak)]. The operative word here is: He [he IS just another deranged narcissicist. Absolutely nothing new or novel there (other than the obvious tangerine tonsorial).
I would have dearly loved to have been wrong. Prayed daily, with heart and soul (I beckoned to be wrong). Would have been ever so lovely, to now put up a post: "I Was Wrong." Man that would have been f*cking great!!!
Now ... the future has arrived. EXACTLY AS PREDICTED [and no, that's isn't a self pat on the back/tyvm (thad'be my Limburger shout out)].
Man Without a Country ....
It's not very likely the Country will survive the fourth estate (now known as Social Justice Warriors)/fifth column's non-stop propaganda/endless inculcation. The Union will not hold. It isn't possible. The fortress' embattled by all manner of mindless functionaries, "educators," bureaucrats, S.E.I.U. thugs, members of the U.S. Intelligence Community, fake titty valley (Zuckermaggot et al), and of course Hollyweird (not to mention the endless parade of an infinite number of other loose marbles rolling around).
But there will be no Country left, for the left to continue to destroy. If L*rd Emperor Trumpmonkey does it first. As he is doing now (in spite of his rather deft media uppercuts and roundhouses). Doing the right thing by G*d and Country, ISN'T A CRIME. No. It. Isn't.
Unless of course, you're a real conservative and are opposed to Trumpcare. As well being up for re-election the next cycle? Then you better flag down that aforementioned truck convoy (cuz they're about to run a train through your *ss).
But now you, L*rd Emperor Trumpmonkey, wear the blood of Lady Liberty. Just like Obama .... exactly like ... Obama.
Standing behind her fallen fallow form. Holding a dripping dagger.
Donald Cheetoh has no intention of restoring freedom, and liberty. Nor of course, the Constitution. Only the blind (and the previously mentioned delusional), would fail to see. That L.E.T. spends his politcal capital/will, continuing Obama's legacy. Doing Hussein d'Membranes work, of wresting control of this Nation, from out its citizen's hands. Presiding over its demise.
Trump isn't a leader. He just plays one on TV. And y'all follow. The greatest gift ever known, now washing under the waves. And all you faux conswervo's still (!). Are swingin' liplocked, from his ginormous wang (while grabbin' a handful'a dirt yo'self, to toss 'pon Lady Liberty's grave).
83% of the counties in America [thad'be out of 100% (the other 17%? ..... San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Chicago, New York, and Miami [that's who voted for Hildabeast])], put Ronald McDonald Trumplestiltskin in power.
To put an end this madness. Not to cement or enshrine it (f*ck your red line, L*rd Emperor. And you too). It was the only reason they voted. Why for a moment there (oops, you blinked), they even had hope.
I condemn all you, who foisted this monstrosity upon us (while his meat was valet parked aaaaaall the way down your throats), to Hell .... throughout eternity.
For I now am, a man without a Country ......
earth to earth; ashes to ashes, dust to dust ...
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Personal note/nonsense, which you can skip, in its entirety.
The Negev isn't happening. Not today, tomorrow, next month/year. Though I most certainly have not ruled it out. At all. Don't currently have the health (HALF DESTROYED BY OBAMACARE, and its real world/atomic death panels). To traipse half way round the world, pell mell, on a moral lark. And be fitted, for my tailor made hairshirt. And is most prudent, that I now tie up some loose financial ends (first). Cuz things can change. In the blink of an eye, oh yeah (the goatf*cker, who went out of their way, to get in my face, at the supermarket. WAS A WAKEUP CALL).


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Tuesday, 9 June 2009
Oh, Gary, just one little thing...
Blech. Still, we're home and that is wonderful!!! We had planned to stay the night in Montreal and drive back this morning, but the forecast was so horrible we decided might as well face the rush hour traffic out of the city and get back to Sutton. Which we did, and happy for it!
We got back to Montreal mid afternoon Sunday after a terrific Bloody Words conference in Ottawa. Loads of fun. Extremely well organized. This is actually an annual convention and is normally held in Toronto, but they're trying to expand it...hence the Ottawa locale this year...back to Toronto for next year. But the year after is very exciting...it will be in Victoria, British Columbia.
Bloody Words is really very fun, and if you can make one it's well worth it! You can go to their website for more info.
One important thing I forgot to mention about the Arthur Ellis awards - indeed the MOST important thing - is that Michael got to present the award for the Best Unpublished First Novel. This is an award he and I helped found a few years ago, but is the first time we've actually been at the ceremony. He looked stunning in his suit...one actually made by a Monsieur Gamache...his tailor and the initial inspiration for Armand. Interestingly (at least, I find it interesting) by our bed in the hotel room there was a piece of art signed by the artist. Gamache.
Gamache is not a common name, so this was quite surprising...and actually sort of neat.
But - back to Michael. I just wanted to say what a very beautiful job he did. Dignified, warm, thought...he made certain everyone knew what a big night this was for those on the shortlist for Best Unpublished Crime Novel. (the entrants send in the first 3,000 words and if shortlisted they send in their entire book to be judged by editors and agents and other writers.)
He did a wonderful job!
Well - just had a power outage - started this blog at 11:30 and it's now almost 6pm. and power finally on again.
Just also wanted to thank everyone for their support over the past couple of days! And nice comments.
yesterday we started on our apartment move...Gary came and took down the light fixtures and curtains and moved them to the new place. We adore the new place! Thrilled we're making the move. But it's a lot of work getting packed up, and co-ordinating things. Thank God for Gary. Poor man is going to start screening our calls...it's always something not very fun. Septic tanks exploding, dogs throwing up in electrical sockets, roofs ripping off, balconies either collapsing or verandahs leaking. And now having to take down and put up curtains.
Nancy, who fixes our computers, and I were talking about it this morning...how people ask for favours and feel if they put the word 'just' into the sentence it sounds easy. And, actually, it might be easy. But multiply it by the 150 people asking for favours that day and suddenly it isn't so easy. It feels bad to have to say no to people - especailly since they feel their request isn't so unreasonable. Just a little favour.
I wonder if Gary feels like that with us?
Well, we are more than just a little grateful to him. As we are to all the people who help us. Like Lise and Donna. Nancy, Pat and Tony, Wayne. Deanna. Ken and Mary. And Gary, of course. In the summer it looks like a theme park sometimes, with trucks and cars everywhere. I'm not even sure what most of the people are doing, but I do know they're doing more than I am.
Have the week in Sutton to relax. Was planning to watch wall-to-wall videos and eat gummi bears, but the TV stopped working 20 minutes into CNN last night. Serves us right. Then with the power failure even if we'd had TV it wouldn't have worked. So we drove to US - got gas, mailed some books, had lunch in the 1950's at The Crossings restaurant...hot beef sandwich.
Now home.
Talk tomorrow...
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Oh Louise, your blog wears me out, I don't know how in the world you do all you do, and find such kind and good ways of giving praise where it's due. Great words about Michael's presenting the unpublished award, well said. I'm sorry you didn't win the award you were up for, but again your words and congrats are so gracious...though we all know that not winning is not easy. Still, maybe easier than septic stuff. :-)
Very best wishes on the new apartment. And as always, best wishes to you, an excellent writer and a good person herself. And to your loving and handsome husband, enjoy your time together, always.
And how neat that though Gamache is not a common name, he does appear. :-)
- 9 June 2009 at 19:01
Do you move out of your home during the summer into an apartment? Just curious (nosy)! I so envy you your writing and success. I have a Michael, though. I like to visualize myself sitting at home in front of the fire, writing on my laptop, coming up with great plots, characters, and so on and so on. Alas, here I am in a lawyers office being very analytical. I do sneak on to read your blog from time to time and I feel much better. Congrats on your success and the books (is it October yet?). BTW are you coming to Vermont (Stowe?) this Fall? Take care.
- 10 June 2009 at 05:54


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How I built eight houses and became financially independent building log cabins.(See the image gallery for diagrams of log cabin building directions and building costs).
Making a Living Building Log Cabins
My situation was this: I'd just gotten home from spending 1968, '69, and '70 with a band of marines in a crazy Asian war. It wasn't easy to drop back into America in the early '70s. Vietnam wasn't a real popular thing to have done, and a high and tight haircut was a real turnoff to most people.
They say busy hands are happy hands, so I decided to spend some time with myself—building. I'd saved a little money (not much), but getting a construction loan proved to be impossible. Low-interest loan programs for low-income housing weren't available to veterans, because we were eligible for veteran loans . . . at six times the interest rate.
The real problem, though, proved to be my job: After the three-year Asian interlude, I'd gone back to smoke jumping for $4 per hour before taxes. Parachuting into forest fires is seasonal work and is considered high-risk. People behind desks decided that my government job was too undependable to merit a vet loan. Banks in the area pretty much laughed at me: no "real" job, little money, no conventional plans.
It was a cinch that I was the only one who was going to bankroll my therapy of building log cabins. Despite my lack of funds, I did have a couple of valuable assets:
1. Time—lots of it. Smoke jumping kept me real busy in the summer, but the government laid me off every winter.
2. Coping skills. I had a patience earned in the Orient, where nothing ever went right. Disappointments and setbacks were constant there. The experience gave me a pick-them-up-and-put-them-down, hang-in-there, marathon-runner, no-end-in-sight disposition . . . which is just what I needed to stand in the rain, learn to build by trial and error, and eventually accomplish something.
With my cash-to-time ratio, and with the forests of Oregon around me, log building was the only logical choice. There weren't many how-to books on the subject back then, and I didn't get much wisdom or encouragement from my neighbors, so I just went to work.
Three houses later, I'd learned a few things. I had one residence I could consider a success and two others that were at least sound, comfortable, and rentable. The time seemed right to get ambitious.
Are You Cut Out for Building Log Cabins?
Life is full of tradeoffs, and building a log house is a great example. Log houses are very low-cost to build if you have a source of trees. But if time is money, they're the most expensive kind of structure to put up.
I can build a quality, 24 feet by 47 feet, two-floor log house for about $5,000 in materials: $2 or $3 per square foot. It really isn't technically difficult. You can do it too, if you're prepared to work. But you'd better find out whether you've got the right disposition.
There's a simple test that separates those who think they want to build a log house from those who might actually do it. Go out and peel the bark off a 50 foot log with an ax.
Believe me, that first one isn't easy, but I won't even waste my breath on anyone not willing to hang in there and defeat that one log. I've watched some struggle through one pass down the side of a log and quit in disgust. I admire pluggers with a sense of humor; they make great log-house builders.
The Log Mansion Log Cabin Building Plan
I'm always amazed by people who are so good at planning that they can figure out exactly how many nails they'll need to build a house. I'm just the opposite. When I look at a chunk of land, the building site jumps out at me. A vague image of a house crosses my mind . . . and I start my chain saw. What actually evolves is a product of the wind, the rain, the sun, the moon, and the stars. The project sort of takes over—asking for a log here, a window there—and before I know it I've built a house. I end up feeling like I'm just along for the ride.
That's what happened with the log mansion, as people like to call it: It took over and spread itself across a hillside for about 4,500 square feet. With all the wings, alcoves, and lofts, it might make a great lodge for conventions or a fine home for a family with several sets of teenagers, in-laws, outlaws, and a new crop of toddlers. When I'm in Oregon, I live on the third floor of the rear wing. I rent the main house and the lower two stories of the rear. Five hundred square feet is plenty for me.
You can get the basic layout from the floor plan, but there are so many levels and stories that an explanation may help. The walls are 40 logs high on the wing back in the trees. That makes it four stories tall, if you count the loft in the third story as a floor. The front part is split-level-the kitchen and east front room are two steps lower than the living room—and there's a second floor with a cathedral ceiling in the center. Six full logging truck loads of 50 foot logs went into the structure—enough to build six 1,500-square-foot houses.
There are over 100 windows, half of them operable. I made all the sashes on a friend's table saw and bought most of the glass used. The three living units have a total of five woodstoves, three bathrooms, and three kitchens. Most of the kitchen and bathroom counters and floors are tile, and the few non-log interior partitions (for plumbing runs) are paneled with tongue-and-groove boards.
There's a stream that runs by in front during the winter, a pond just to the west that I stock with trout, and a couple-acre lake that I'm coaxing along. (Ponds are currently my greatest construction interest.)
I did most of the building solo, but one day this mild-mannered kid not old enough to drink a beer came by and charged into the work like a horse. He hung in there with me until we'd added two stories to the back and beat the fall storms with the roof. That one kid was worth four or five normal human beings. I can work hard and long but nothing like my friend Doug Ballou. What a lesson in tigerhood that guy was!
The log mansion may be impressive, but it's not very practical. You could build eight comfortable log homes in the time it took to put it up. In fact, if nothing else, the building might stand as a monument to why you ought to have a plan to follow, rather than just being pulled around behind a runaway chain saw.
Log Advocacy
I think log houses are good for Americans and America. In particular, they're good for people like me who are poor but have lots of "can-do" spirit. But they're also good in general.
Our forests—I'm not talking about wilderness areas, which should remain pristine—often need to be thinned of the sorts of trees that are perfect for building log houses. Right now, too many of our forests are going stale.
I also think that log houses are underrated from an energy standpoint. All the so-called insulation experts ought to compute things over again or put log buildings in a separate category. I've been in large log houses in Alaska heated only by lousy Franklin woodstoves, and they were very, very warm.
Finally, building a log house is a worthwhile personal goal. It's a perfect project for a loving and sharing couple. As the house gets built, the character and strength of the relationship should grow.
Log building is also good therapy for an individual who needs to heal up and sort things out after going though a tragic ordeal or disappointment—the sort of thing that could eat away at your soul. At such times, inactivity and an overactive imagination—fueled by hate, self-pity, drugs, alcohol, smoke, and negativity—can be your worst enemies. In the end, positive efforts, coping skills, and, ultimately, a house will stand as monuments to the goodness within you.
According to all the experts in real estate and finance, I've done everything wrong. Yet, as a bottom-rung manual laborer, I've come to own 10 rentals free and clear—a situation that, because my monetary needs are small, gives me financial independence. For me, my way has worked OK. I just hope that I've provided you with something to make your quests, your life, a bit better.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Troop has written a handbook describing his building techniques and all eight of his houses in detail. Troop's Log Building Manual runs almost 50 pages and contains over 30 technical illustrations and numerous photos of his projects. To take advantage of MOTHER's special limited-time holiday prices on these and other plans, see page 88 of this MOTHER EARTH NEWS issue NO. 102.
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