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Here is what I am reading today: "After facing months of intense scrutiny over a new Advanced Placement U.S. History (APUSH) course outline that some conservatives perceived as containing anti-American biases, the College Board released a new framework for the class Thursday morning": 'After Facing Backlash, AP U.S. History Course Revised To Emphasize American Ideals', http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ap-us-history-framework_55ba1f15e4b0af35367a538d
This was exceedingly bad news for me; I am a retired history teacher, and what this means to me is that the radical extremist John Birch Society ideology is revising American history, these extremist are dedicated to eliminating democracy from America, and extremists have succeeded in their attempt to control the minds of American children. John Birch Society Blue Book, p.124 " . . . democracy is merely a deceptive phrase, a weapon of demagoguery, and a perennial fraud." (Continued in Footnote 25, p. 136.) "Our founding fathers . . .visibly spurned a democracy as probably the worst of all forms of government."
The College Board, is a corporation that makes profits from providing tests and class outlines for public schools; its interests are profits and not reliable history. "The College Board, the company that created and runs the Advanced Placement program, said the updated course framework reflects feedback it received from educators and historians during a public review period." That statement is dishonest because the true reason for the revision of U.S. History is, "In August 2014, the Republican National Committee adopted a resolution criticizing the framework for "radically revisionist view of American history that emphasizes negative aspects of our nation's history while omitting or minimizing positive aspects."
In recent history, the John Birch Society has become the darling of the Republican Party: some of the Republican elected members of Congress have openly in public remarked that, America is not a democracy, it is a Republic.'
Meanwhile, the "College Board" company insists its revised history reflects, "This structure places more of an emphasis on concepts surrounding American national identity, the country's founding leaders and documents and the effective role of free enterprise in U.S. history".
In reality, the U.S. Constitution does not use the words "free enterprise" or "capitalism" anywhere in the document.
The U.S. Constitution does provide for a nationalized Post Office, U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8. Though "free enterprise" and "Capitalism" are not mentioned, the right to own property is preserved in U.S. Constitution, Amendment IV.
From 2000 to 2005, I lived in Europe, I discovered that truth was entirely different in America than it was in the rest of the world. When I looked at it carefully, I had to agree that unfortunately, it was America who lived with lies.
As a historian, I had to find out why?
What I discovered was that in Europe, news media competes by being first and accurate in the news, in contrast to American news media, that is Corporate American owned and competes with other news media only for the advertising; moat of the media news consists of as much as one third commercials, for two thirds news. That doesn't happen in Europe.
In short, news media in Europe is owned by a multitude of 'companies' and in America the national news media is owned by a very few Corporate Conglomerates, who control the news for their own benefit. It was a tragic discovery, for me. The news I got in Europe, was entirely different and often opposite, from news Americans were getting.
In Europe at the time that I lived there, I viewed the corrupted election of W. Bush in 2000 and was surprised, no shocked, to discover that many Europeans knew more about the American Constitution than Americans do; I witnessed the heinous attack of the Saudi Arabian terrorist bin Laden in 2001, and I was consoled by Europeans who also grieved for America; then, I grieved over and objected to the United States' tragic invasion of Afghanistan, who had nothing to do with the Saudi Arabian terrorist bin Laden's 9/11 terrorist attack, and bin Laden was never a member of the Taliban; I saw on European TV, explicit and gory evidence of the hundreds of thousands innocent Afghan men, women, and especially children that were killed or maimed by the United States carpet bombing of Afghanistan, whom had no military targets, and Americans bombed the Afghan People with anti-personnel "cluster bombs" and incendiary bombs; also, I heard the protests of the killing of innocent Muslims, by the world's 1.8 billion Muslims, including my European neighbors. And, I heard European TV commentators say over and over, these videos of children mutilated by cluster bombs, will not be shown on American TV.
Also on the run up to the American invasion of Iraq, on European television, I saw Iraqi citizens stating that although they did not approve of or support their dictator, Saddam Hussein, they begged America not to invade Iraq or depose Saddam because it would lead to a blood bath and death like the world has never seen; I have thought about those broadcasts almost every day since 2003.
The TV commentators always included at disclaimer, saying, "These videos will not be seen on television in the United States of America".
And, I wondered about Americans not seeming to care that it was American Allies like France, Germany, Italy, and Spain that all refused to join America in their ill-fated Invasion of Iraq.
Please note that these reflections are not opinion of mine except where noted, basically, it is actually verifiable history.
In 2000, when I first arrived in Europe, I experienced being greatly appreciated by Europeans, as an American; then, later after 2003, being totally ignored and avoided by Europeans who disagreed with American wars of aggression. Further, I experienced being told by the U.S. State Department, that I should not speak English in a crowded place overseas and not wear American attire like cowboy boots, that might identify me as an American living abroad.
Then, when I returned to America in 2005, I discovered that none of the Americans I spoke to were aware of "why" bin Laden felt justified in attacking America on 9/11; not that bin Laden's reasoning made his attack justified, but that bin Laden believe he was justified and why? Why isn't it natural for Americans to want to know the reason America was sadistically attacked by terrorists.
Though most Muslims, and certainly all Muslims that I knew in Europe, did not approve of bin Laden's heinous attack on America at all, however, neither did they approve of America's behavior that was bin Laden's incentive for his attack.
And, I seriously doubt that all Americans now know what bin Laden's incentive was for his attack on America. I prefer not to say; if you do not know, as a teacher, I prefer you to find out for yourself if you can.
The very worse outcome of the American invasions in the Mideast, Desert Storm 1991, the Invasion of Afghanistan 2001, and the Invasion of Iraq 2003, is that they were all justifiably considered wars of aggression for oil, and yet perceived as religious wars against Muslims, because of the manner in which they were carried out.
Unfortunately, America's extremist Christian leaders have condemned all Muslims in the world, including American Muslims, for America's wars in vitriolic rhetoric, which is carried throughout the world to even the most remote places by electronic technology and satellite, America has become a reckless Christian theocracy to much of the world.
The attitude of Americans appears to be that Americans don't give a damn about what everyone else in the world thinks; as a historian, I do not accept that as an excuse for revising American history and replacing it with lies and misrepresentation, for the benefit of American political extremists and Corporate America's profits.
Personally, I also believe Americans apparently paid no attention to news that President W. Bush, after having second thoughts, decided against accepting a speaking engagement in Switzerland and traveling there, because he discovered he would be at some point presented with a subpoena changing him with "Crimes against humanity" for his wars and torture of prisoners of war; the President had second thoughts and turned down the invitation. I'm convinced that knowledge that America's past President cannot travel outside the United States without fear of being changed with war crimes, is actually evidence of some kind of wrong doing.
As a history teacher, I resent guidelines for American History classes being developed by the Republican National Party for political reasons and Corporate America doing it for profits. But it is happening. To me, this is a coup that is dedicated to eliminating democracy and democratic thought from America.
God help America!


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|The AK5 assault rifle is the basic personal firearm used by most Swedish forces. The AK5 is based on the Fabrique National Carbine (FNC80), but has been modified for harsh winter conditions. It has foldable stock, which is very usefull when sking. It uses the same ammunition (5.56 NATO) and magazines as the American M16. The standard magazine contains 30 rounds. It is common to tape two magazines together in a "ranger mag". It has two positions for the return gas flow, Gas 1 and Gas 2. Gas 1 is used under normal conditions, and Gas 2 is used when you need more power, such as when the weapon is very dirty or in low temperatures. It is capable of fully automatic fire. The weapon has two settings on the sights, 250m (the standard) and 400m. In addition it can be fitted with an optic scope (see below) and a grenade launcher (see next page).
|Bofors Carl Gustav, Sweden
(original design by Fabrique National, Belgium)
|5.56 x 45 mm (5.56 NATO)
|4.5 kg (loaded)
|1010 mm (750 mm with stock folded)
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|600 or 720 rounds per minute
|Muzzle velocity:
|930 m/s
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|400 m (600 m with optic scope)
|The AK5 can be fitted with an optic scope, and is then refered to as an AK5B. The scope used is the British SUSAT (Sight Unit Small Arms Trilux) with 4X magnification. In addition to the scope you attach a special cheek support to further stabilize the weapon.
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Templenoe (Kerry) 2-17 Coolmeen (Clare) 0-3: Josh Holland, with the second last kick of this Munster final contest, billowed the Coolmeen net with a rasping left-footed drive.
The result had long since been wrapped up, but Holland's goal drew, arguably, the loudest cheer of the afternoon from the blue and white clad supporters resident in the main stand.
Holland, up until the 62nd minute, was the sole member of the Templenoe starting front six not to have etched his name onto the scoresheet and when his gilt-edged goal chance on 55 minutes was well saved by Coolmeen 'keeper Aidan Corry, it appeared the left half-forward would finish the hour without a pen stroke beside his name.
His injury-time goal then, in which he was set-up by sub Colm Breen, was Templenoe's 19th score from play and brought to nine their number of scoreboard contributors.
Referee James Bermingham sounded the final whistle from the ensuing kick-out, Templenoe celebrating Munster glory with 20-points to spare. This was a stroll in the park for Mike Crowley's young side.
"I don't care who does the scoring," quipped the winning manager. "If I have a half-forward who doesn't score, but does the job he is asked to do for us and keeps the lads buzzing inside, that is enough." Yesterday afternoon in Mallow, not one of Crowley's troops failed to shine.
"We had the football and once our fellas were up to the pitch of the game, there was only going to be one outcome after that. It is a big achievement for a very small club. Templenoe have had some very bad days.
"We were in Division 5 of the league for a long time. The attitude of this squad is good, their form is good and this is a great day for Templenoe because we don't get many days like this.
"We have seen plenty of Kerry junior club teams walking up the steps of Croke Park and it is a great incentive for the boys. We could do it the same as anybody else.
"I know we are a small club, but we seem to have a decent team. We are going to milk it wherever we can."
Heavy favourites arriving into this game, the Kerry champions were out of sight as early as the 20th minute. Of the opening eight chances created, both teams enjoyed four apiece. The difference was that Templenoe raised four white flags; Coolmeen, on the other hand, managed just the solitary minor.
With Teddy Doyle hugely influential at centre-forward and Adrian Spillane similarly dominant at midfield, Coolmeen spent a large portion of the first period trapped in their own half.
The Clare champions were cleaned out under their own kick-out and were always struggling to counter Templenoe's direct and fluent style.
Their passing was remarkably sharp, with Killian Spillane, Danny Cahalane and Stephen O'Sullivan able and confident in finding the target, irrespective of space or angle.
Doyle (0-3), Gavin Crowley, Cian Hallissey (0-2) and Adrian Spillane (0-1) also got in on the act as Templenoe returned to the dressing room 0-12 to 0-1 ahead.
A Cathal O'Connor free on eight minutes marked Coolmeen's sole first-half score and although the losing captain struck their first from play 10 seconds upon the restart, the Clare side would find the target on only one further occasion in the second period – O'Connor again the provider. Just the one scorer and just the one score from play told the full tale of Coolmeen's difficulties and while their opponents were a far tamer outfit in the second-half, the gap between the teams continued to widen.
Danny Cahalane, set-up by Holland, struck the opening goal on 33 minutes, with Stephen O'Sullivan (0-2), near-impenetrable full-back Tadhg Morley and sub Pat Spillane (0-2) their most impressive second-half performers.
"Their tempo was unbelievable," said Coolmeen manager Martin Daly of the newly crowned Munster champions. They are an exceptional team and more than likely these guys are going to win the All-Ireland."
Scorers for Templenoe:
D Cahalane (1-3); T Doyle, S O'Sullivan (0-3 each); J Holland (1-0); P Spillane, K Spillane, C Hallissey (0-2 each); A Spillane, G Crowley (0-1 each).
Scorers for Coolmeen:
C O'Connor (0-3, 0-2 frees).
A Sheehan; K O'Neill, T Morley, M Hallissey; P Clifford, J Spillane, G Crowley; S Sheehan, A Spillane; D Cahalane, T Doyle, J Holland; S O'Sullivan, C Hallissey, K Spillane.
J Rice for C Hallissey (34 mins), P Spillane for A Spillane (38 mins, inj), S Cremin for Clifford (45), C Breen for M Hallissey (55), J Sheehan for Morley (58), K McCarthy for Crowley (60).
A Corry; D Cleary, V McMahon, K McMahon; M Meaney, E O'Connor, G Meaney; N Meaney, B Cleary; A Normoyle, C Murphy, J Corry; D Neenan, B Markham, C O'Connor.
M McMahon for D Cleary (40 mins), S McMahon for Neenan (41), M Brooks for B Cleary (45), S McMahon for Corry (55), T Coffey for C Murphy (56), P Corry for M Meaney (59).
J Bermingham (Cork).
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There has been a bit of a break in my kitchen since the beginning of September, as Jay and I welcomed our beautiful daughter. Now that we've settled into having a newborn at home (ha!), I've returned to the kitchen … Continue reading
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"These six tips might help you avoid the development of Alzheimer's disease or slow its progress if you have symptoms."
The experts agree – they do not yet know for sure what causes Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia. They have a good idea of a genetic connection in one percent of the cases, but for the other 99 percent, the researchers are looking at a wide range of possible causes or contributing factors. Since they do not yet know the causes of Alzheimer's, it is difficult for people to understand how to prevent it. However, the scientists offer some suggestions. Does Alzheimer's run in your family? Take these six steps now to protect yourself.
What Lifestyle Habits Might Help You to Avoid Alzheimer's Disease?
The researchers feel somewhat confident about these three tips, which should come as no surprise:
- Get plenty of sleep. Your brain clears amyloid from your brain when you sleep, and there is a link between amyloid production and Alzheimer's. Dr. Marshall, a Harvard-affiliated Alzheimer's researcher, suggests a target of seven or eight hours every night.
- Move around. Dr. Marshall says that people with symptoms of Alzheimer's can slow the disease's progress and people without it, can prevent it from developing through physical exercise. Do not worry; do not turn your schedule upside-down or become a gym rat. Just get moderately vigorous aerobic exercise for about half an hour a few times a week. A brisk walk is a good option that does not require you to buy any equipment or pay membership fees.
- Eat delicious food – of the Mediterranean variety. Even adding just a few elements of this way of eating can make a difference. A Mediterranean eating plan includes lots of fresh vegetables and fruits, with whole grains, olive oil, and legumes. For protein, you would focus on fish and nuts, with poultry, eggs, and dairy in moderation and little red meat. And red wine in moderation.
Although they cannot say with as much certainty these next three tips will help you avoid the development or progression of Alzheimer's, the scientists have evidence these lifestyle choices may be beneficial:
- Be a social butterfly. Okay, do not go that far. However, you should not be a hermit. Observational studies hint at a connection between increased social interaction and avoiding Alzheimer's. Your local senior center or community center should have multiple options for activities. Check with your city's parks and recreation department for additional senior programs.
- To drink or not to drink? Some studies show that one drink a day for women and one or two a day for men can reduce your risk of developing Alzheimer's. Some studies challenge this conclusion. Dr. Marshall suggests that if you drink, do so in moderation.
- Give your brain new toys. If you stop learning new things, your brain can suffer a decline in cognitive function. The more variety of new and different brain games, the better. Do the crossword puzzle every day or play bridge or read the newspaper, those are great for your brain, but throw your gray cells a curve ball now and then.
If you always read novels, for example, now and then read a memoir or biography of someone who interests you. Listen to a different genre of music now and then. Try cooking a new cuisine. See a foreign-language film with subtitles. Get involved in activities with people from other age groups.
Having a healthy lifestyle can help you enjoy your golden years to the fullest. These six tips might help you avoid the development of Alzheimer's disease or slow its progress if you have symptoms. To learn what you should do to protect yourself legally and financially during your retirement, talk with an elder law attorney in your area.
Harvard Medical School. "What can you do to avoid Alzheimer's disease?" (accessed March 21, 2018) https://www.health.harvard.edu/alzheimers-and-dementia/what-can-you-do-to-avoid-alzheimers-disease
Alzheimer's Association. "Prevention and Risk of Alzheimer's and Dementia." (accessed March 21, 2018) https://www.alz.org/research/science/alzheimers_prevention_and_risk.asp


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Chiefs slip past Steelers in overtime
PITTSBURGH -- Ben Roethlisberger has already proven he can win, leading the Pittsburgh Steelers to two Super Bowl victories.
Alex Smith, on the other hand, has never won a Super Bowl, but the Kansas City Chiefs believe he can return them to prominence after acquiring him from the San Francisco 49ers in an offseason trade.
Both quarterbacks threw their first touchdown passes and played well in their most extensive action of the preseason Saturday night as the Chiefs beat the Steelers 26-20 in overtime at Heinz Field as Rico Richardson caught a 15-yard touchdown pass from Chase Daniel with 8:53 left.
Roethlisberger completed 13 of 19 passes for 106 yards and one touchdown. Smith was 17 of 24 for 158 yards and one score. Both played the entire first half along with the rest of the first-team offenses.
Chiefs' first-year coach Andy Reid was pleased with how Smith performed in what will almost certainly be his most extensive action of the preseason.
"He was accurate and competitive and he managed things well," Reid said. "A lot of those plays, we turned over to him and he put on what thought would work best and he did a pretty good job with that."
Unhappy Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin wasn t in the mood to evaluate the first-team offense s performance.
"I try to secure victory," Tomlin said. "Obviously, I'll analyze this tomorrow, but we come into stadiums to win regardless of what time of the year it is and we didn't do that tonight," Tomlin said. "So I'm not evaluating any portion of it. I'm evaluating the complete body of work. It wasn't good enough."
Kansas City (1-2) forced overtime on Ryan Succop's 38-year field goal with 1:37 remaining in regulation. Pittsburgh (0-3) had gone ahead 20-17 on Shaun Suisham's 27-yard field goal with 11:10 left.
Richardson, a rookie free agent from Jackson State, was the unlikely hero.
"Chase put the ball in the air and I'm thinking 'I better catch it,'" Richardson said with a smile. "It's a great moment for a guy in my situation."
Daniel, the Chiefs' backup quarterback, was 14-of-24 passing for 152 yards and also rushed for a game-high 45 yards on five carries. Dwayne Bowe had six catches for 73 yards and Donnie Avery had six receptions for 54 yards.
The Chiefs tied the game at 17-17 on the longest scoring play possible, a 109-yard kickoff return by rookie Knile Davis with 1:15 reaming in the third quarter. Davis, Kansas City's third-round draft pick from Arkansas, broke a tackle at the 15-yard line, cut to the right sideline at the 30 and outran everyone to the end zone.
"(Special team coordinator Dave) Toub's philosophy is to take it out if you think you have a chance to break one," Davis said of risking a return from nine yards deep in the end zone.
Davis' score came right after the Steelers' third-round draft pick, wide receiver Markus Wheaton, caught a 34-yard touchdown pass from Bruce Gradkowski. The Steelers are hoping Wheaton, an Oregon State product, can take over as a deep threat for Mike Wallace, who left for the Miami Dolphins in free agency in the spring.
"I would say I'm reacting a little bit more now," Wheaton said. "The first game, I made some pretty dumb mistakes. Just being out there, everything was moving so fast. So it kind of has slowed down a little bit. I m more relaxed and playing football."
With Le'Veon Bell (foot) and Isaac Redman (stinger) sidelined, there was no clarity to who might open the season as Pittsburgh's starting running back.
Felix Jones, acquired on Thursday from the Philadelphia Eagles in a trade, had 29 yards on eight carries. Jonathan Dwyer ran for 25 yards in eight attempts and caught a touchdown pass.
"I ve been doing this for a while," Jones said. "I just have a different uniform on. I've still got some things to show the coaches. I have to learn the playbook and go out and practice with the team and get better."
The Steelers' first-round draft pick, linebacker Jarvis Jones, suffered a chest injury in the third quarter while falling on a fumble and did not return.
The Chiefs' Jamaal Charles returned from a foot injury and was limited to just 10 yards on seven carries. He has just 23 yards in the preseason after rushing for 1,509 yards last season.
The Steelers scored on their first two possessions in building a 10-0 by the end of the first quarter.
Suisham kicked a 28-yard field goal to open the scoring and Roethlisberger threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Dwyer.
Kansas City scored twice late in the half to tie the score at 10-10.
Succop kicked a 19-yard field with 2:57 left and then Smith threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Junior Hemingway with 18 seconds remaining.
Smith set up the field goal by scrambling for 38 yards one play after Tysyn Hartman blocked a 52-yard field goal attempt by Suisham.
Smith then drove the Chiefs 72 yards in eight plays and one minute for the touchdown, aided by a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on Steelers safety Troy Polamalu.
NOTES: Steelers CB Cortez Allen saw his first action of the preseason after missing the first two games while recovering from knee surgery. He is expected to move into the starting lineup this season in place of Keenan Lewis, who signed with New Orleans as a free agent in the offseason. ... Chiefs WR Dexter McCluster and S Quintin Demps both sat out because of illness. Both teams wrap up preseason play Thursday night with the Chiefs at home against Green Bay and Pittsburgh visiting Carolina.


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CRUMP prior to 1880 in GA or SC
I need help finding my people prior to 1880.
According to that record Mattie's mother was born in SC.
I haven't had much luck and have done quite a bit of research. Does anyone know of plantations in that area by an owner name Crump??
After 1880 I have a handle of where most of the family went if anyone needs any information. Maybe I can locate other family members.
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Coffee Date + Five/
Hello Lovelies, Today I'm sharing a little coffee date with you. It is just a short "what's on my heart and mind lately" vlog. I hope it blesses and encourages you.
But to keep it a bit more light hearted...here are five other things going on with me today. <3
1. I lost every pair of our nail clippers. I used one pair two days ago...and today I can't find any of them . =( I'm sure as soon as I hit publish on this post I will find them.
2. Here is the list that I talked about in the vlog above.
3. Working out makes you THIRSTY! I've worked out the past 3 days straight and I've woken up in the middle of the night the past two nights and had to go get water...I hardly get up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night.
4. I didn't realize I missed the rain till it started raining yesterday. Rain is so beautiful. I'm listening to the sounds of cars driving on wet roads while typing this...sigh. =)
5. Today has been productive. That makes me happy. =)
How has your week been? What is on your heart? I'd love to hear. Comment below or email me at alesha.tobless {at} gmail {dot} com
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A man reportedly knifed nearly two weeks ago has died in hospital and become the eighth fatal stabbing victim in Sheffield this year.
Police were called out to reports that two men had suffered stab wounds in Walkley Lane, Hillsborough, on Saturday, September 23, at 12.20am.
READ MORE: Missing Sheffield teen Brodie Burgin found safe and well
One of the victims – a 31-year-old man – was taken to hospital in a critical condition and has been fighting for life for nearly two weeks.
But police confirmed today that he has now died. A post mortem is expected to take place next week.
The victim, who has not been identified yet, becomes the eighth person to be fatally stabbed in the city since March.
READ MORE: Do not approach 'dangerous individual' wanted over murder
Detective Chief Inspector Jude Ashmore, leading the investigation, said: "Since the incident occurred, we have had a dedicated team of detectives working on this, to establish exactly what happened and one man has since been charged in connection with the incident.
"Our thoughts are with the man's family and friends at this difficult time.
"The investigation continues to progress and we remain keen to hear from anyone who saw what happened, or who heard anything suspicious in the early hours of Sunday morning."
Daniel Trotter, aged 24, of no-fixed-address, was charged with attempted murder, section 18 wounding, supply of controlled drugs and possession of an offensive weapon in connection with the incident.
He has been remanded into custody.
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Police have not yet confirmed if he will be re-charged with murder following the man's death.
Another man, named as 29-year-old Scott Fauvel, who was reportedly stabbed in the leg during the incident, has since been discharged from hospital.
Shortly after the alleged attack, Scott's mother Jennifer Wright told how she received a call from him shouting: "'Mum, I've been stabbed, I've been stabbed'."
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Maria Sharapova was at her stunning best as she showed off her new French Open trophy for a photo shoot in front of the Eiffel Tower.
The Russian claimed her second title at Roland Garros with a 6-4, 6-7, 6-4 win over Simona Halep on Saturday – her first Grand Slam since winning the same tournament back in 2012.
Sharapova then hit the streets of Paris in high heels, crop top and mini-skirt to parade her Coupe Suzanne Lenglen trophy in front of hoards of waiting photographers.
Ace effort, Maria.


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See also: IRC log
<scribe> scribe:jcraig\nagendum 1. "Admin Update: Repository; Tracker; Editor's Draft; TPAC"\nJoseph: 3D was a favorite of Katie ?
JS: I will post the 3D topic on list for a week
<scribe> scribe: jcraig
JS: rotating schedule may allow
us to incorporate participation in ASIA/AU locales. Poll on me
to complete.
... recruiting ongoing; e.g. Dominic is joining us today
JS: Scott Gonzalez from jQuery also may be joining
<clown> http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/wiki/Use_Cases_and_Requirements
JS: Last phone call was productive going through minutes. Let's continue.
<clown> http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/wiki/Use_Cases_and_Requirements#S4:_Command_to_collapse_a_tree_branch.2C_expandable_grid_cell.2C_or_expandable_section
RS: reading from Use Cases "A user whose point of regard (focus) is on a UI object that support popups performs an action that causes the web application to render the popup. A popup could be a popup dialog box or a popup menu. The user would like to be made aware that either of these popup options are available and be able to cause the popup to render using a variety of device input interaction methods such as a keyboard command, a gesture, a voice command,
a right mouse click."
RS: Equivalent to Esc key, etc.
… "The device should post a notification to the UI object either by a bubbled event from a descendant object or directly.
The notification should not provide any device specific information about the devices that sent it.
The device must ensure that a keyboard device is capable of sending the notification."
JC: It was called EscapeRequest in the original. Two weeks ago was Dismiss. I don't have a problem with calling it dismiss.
RS: Next: Activation events
"A user whose point of regard (focus) is on a UI object, that can be activated, and would like to perform an action to activate it. Example UI objects that support activation are push buttons, radio buttons, checkboxes, and menu items. The action could be in the form of a tap, a gesture, a voice command, a mouse click, a keyboard key, or a command from an alternative input device."
JC: Don't need any additional events here. click suffices.
<smaug_> nope
RS: do we have click covered in the indieUI spec?
JS: I think a note regarding 'click' would be useful in the spec.
<scribe> ACTION: jcraig to add note regarding default DOM 'click' event as the main activation event [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2012/09/05-indie-ui-minutes.html#action01]
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AB: seems like a good way to handle it for now
RS: S6 "A user whose focus is on a UI object that supports supports up and down navigation within the UI component would like to control the UI to move its current active item (usually rendered visibly as its point of regard) to the next item logically down within its internal navigation sequence. This might be the next item down in a listbox, tree widget, menu, menubar, or gridd, treegrid, select, or any other type of UI Component supporting this function.
action could be in the form of a gesture, a voice command, a right mouse click, a keyboard key, or an alternative input device. Some UI components may choose to force a selection of the item in response to the downward navigation notification."
<trackbot> Sorry, couldn't find user - could
… "We cannot assume we know all UI components capable of supporting this function.
Some UI components may move its internal point of regard back to the beginning of its navigation sequence after it reaches the end.
This movement is not response to a tab notification which should be designed to move among widgets and interactive controls that are not managed by another UI component."
RS: reqs: "The device should post a notification event to the UI object either by a bubbled event from a descendant object or directly. The notification should not provide any device specific information about the devices that sent it. The device must ensure that a keyboard device is capable of sending the notification."
JC: UIScrollRequestEvent with DOWN
<janina> scribe: janina
jc: One problem is no way to
preload -- so need to indicate load more
... but Rich's use case unrelated ...
... Screen readers very fast moving around the dom
... Waiting for js to respond would be too slow
... Concerned this wouldn't be fast enough for sr users
... proposing sr can announce while app catches up
rs: Understood it was up to web app to manage focus, am I wrong?
jc: Cd handle dwn, but not
... As long as next logical element is loaded, sr can nav to it
... Rich, your approach would work, but would be slower
janina: +1 to jc
rs: So how to direct app to move down?
jc: We say let the sr move, we'll provide a way to detect so the app can catch up
dominic: Think we need a
distinction between static pages with focusable objects; and
other kinds of controls
... Situations where sr can't know what "next" is
... where setting the active descendent defines it
... If we're talking dom, then i agree, but if we're talking modern ARIA, then i don't think above approach solves it
... Think that's what Rich is getting at ...
jc: Would an additional set,
focus blur, etc., resolve?
... Not sure I'm understanding the concern yet
dominic: currently only way to go to next active descendent is to trap keystroke
jc: Not so with Voice Over
dominic: Understand you can nav with VO, but how do you then select?
jc: After VO starts announcing
the new focus, the web app gets a notification to allow it to
update its state
... So, perhaps we need this regardless for Windows style sr's
... Other example, where the 'next' event not yet in the dom, not sure about how to handle that
dominic: Only major diff with
Windows screen readers is that they're modal -- all keystrokes
go to app
... only trick is that sometimes sr tries to interpret to decide whether keystroke intended for sr or app
... so this is common concept
... Cases I'm concerned about is where all possible values are not available via dom
... perhaps may be made accessible via treating them as list
... sr works fine, just can't explore screen with all possible values
jc: I'm concerned this not slow the user down
dominic: Not convinced we need a command for next/previous focus, just next/previous item within a focus control
jc: so perhaps registering where
there's collection control
... and might alleviate performance control by only listening for particular events
<jcraig> Summary of discussion between James, Dominic, and Rich regarding "focus next item" event
<jcraig> James's concern was that blocking events may cause unnecessary lag in 99% of cases, where this was only necessary in 1%
<jcraig> Rich and Dominic brought up the point that this also applied where the "next focused element
<jcraig> " may not yet be in the DOM, so
<jcraig> this would be necessary even for event models that exposed separate focus and ATFocus events
<jcraig> performance concern was alleviated with implementation suggestion that this would only be useful/common on focusable collection widgets like grids and listboxes, and the rendering engine could expose additional actions (e.g. an AXAction on OS X) only on nodes that had these additional events registered.
<jcraig> in all other cases, the focus model would work as normal, but where this additional action was exposed, the AT could send first right of refusal to the web application, and fall back on its standard focus model if the event was not intercepted.
<dmazzoni> The only thing to possibly add is that maybe we shouldn't use the word "focus", or maybe we should clarify
<dmazzoni> It includes cases where a single control has focus, and it has an active descendant
<dmazzoni> But it also applies to real focus
<dmazzoni> Use case 1: a focusable control that implements an unusual graphical selection of some sort. The elements to be selected are not all in the DOM, so it's necessary for the web app to handle the next / previous commands
<jcraig> s/scribe:jcraig
<jcraig> agendum 1. "Admin Update: Repository; Tracker; Editor's Draft; TPAC"
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<dmazzoni> Use case 2: a spreadsheet. The cells might actually be focusable dom elements with role=cell, but the grid is potentially infinite and not all of the cells are actually rendered in the dom at all times.
<dmazzoni> The web app might want to register event listeners for next, previous, up, down, left, and right on the container element, or on each grid cell
<dmazzoni> Another thought: for both of these cases, there should probably be events for next page, previous page, top of list, and bottom of list. (Page Up, Page Down, Home, End.)
<jcraig> I'm making a mess of this trying to get the agenda in order. I'm going to just past it in at the end. Perhaps Cooper can clean it up.
<dmazzoni> Right now I can't think of a case where a web app would need to handle "focus next item" and "focus previous item" outside of the context of a focusable container control.
<dmazzoni> That's it from me, thanks.
<jcraig> beginning of call unlogged by RRSAgent
<jcraig> Agendum 1. "Admin Update: Repository; Tracker; Editor's Draft; TPAC" taken up [from janina]
<jcraig> JS: Art, did you create a TPAC page for Indie-UI?
<jcraig> AB: I will create one similar to http://www.w3.org/wiki/Webapps/TPAC2012Meeting
<jcraig> … created a Webapps URI (link above)
<jcraig> JS: TPAC in Lyon, France from Oct 29 - Nov 2
<jcraig> JS: Hotel news is "shop around"; heard of better deals Expedia than the W3C rate
<jcraig> JS: Editors draft?
<jcraig> JC: Have a draft to check in, will go through the Mercurial tutorial today.
<jcraig> JC: Any other proposals to incorporate besides Andy Heath's and the one Joseph put together from the meeting last week
<jcraig> RS: Perhaps the 3D space features (zoom, tilt, yaw) should be tabled for a 2.0 release?
<jcraig> JC: I noted as much in editorial notes my working draft
<jcraig> Joseph: no objections to putting 3D events out of scope for ARIA 1.0
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Authors Craig Larman and Bas Vodde suggest things to try-and to avoid-when implementing lean and agile principles. Chief among these suggestions: Go. See. Figure out what's wrong (and right) by inspecting. Then adapt. Repeat.
"Lean thinking emphasizes—to understand what is really happening—go with your feet and see with your eyes at the real place of work, help solve problems there, and build relationships with the workers there."
The following excerpt from the book "Practices for Scaling Lean & Agile Development: Large, Multisite, and Offshore Product Development with Large-Scale Scrum" covers Chapter 11, entitled "Inspect & Adapt." In this chapter, authors Craig Larman and Bas Vodde offer some of their real-world insights in an effort to clear up misunderstandings relating to the application of agile and lean development principles in a variety of business contexts. They also suggest things to try—and to avoid—when implementing these principles. Chief among these suggestions: Go. See. Figure out what's wrong (and right) by inspecting. Then adapt. Repeat.
"Gandhi (at least as reported by his grandson Arun) once said, 'We need to be the change we wish to see in the world.' This is equally applicable to the world of work—an agile adoption needs agile adoptees. Scrum and lean development cannot be successfully adopted with command-and-control management, predictive planning, or process recipes or 'best practices' coming from ivory towers."
This excerpt was provided by Heather Fox at Pearson Education, Inc. The book was published by Addison-Wesley Professional, January, 2010, ISBN 0321636406, Copyright 2010 by Pearson Education, Inc. For a full Table of Contents, please visit the publisher site: www.informit.com/title/0321636406.
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Ford has been signing up dealers at the National Automobile Dealers Association convention for its SMART program, a way for customers to schedule service appointments remotely.
"It's a new online appointment tool that helps Ford and Lincoln customers book service visits, select their preferred advisers and any transportation-related support that they need," said Frederiek Toney, vice president of Ford's customer service division.
Ford previewed the program at the NADA convention last year. It's part of Ford's Consumer Experience Movement, a program launched by Ford and its dealers in 2011 to improve the customer experience at dealerships.
"We'll be aggressively going after the dealers in the first quarter," said David Ziegler, Ford customer service division's technology and innovation manager. "We will engage our field force to go out and talk to dealers and enroll in the program. It's pretty simple. We have a virtual consultant who will work with them on setup."
Ford is offering demonstrations and advice in New Orleans. Toney said dealers would be charged a "modest fee for the service."
Customers can set up appointments at fordowner.com or lincolnowner.com.
Ford started enrolling dealers in SMART Jan. 1 and has signed about 150. Ford ran a pilot version of the program last year with about 35 dealers.
"We'd like to get as many dealers enrolled as early as possible," Toney said. "But we expect it to take a full year to get fully enrolled."
Said Toney: "It's a continuing effort. There will be other phases of the program to further improve the customer experience."
The program is being spearheaded by Elena Ford, a Ford vice president who was put in charge of the consumer movement early in 2013.


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The owner of the trailer on Sugar Way in northwest Limestone County called 911 at about midnight saying the home was on fire. The building was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived.
Quick action kept the fire from spreading to surrounding structures. The mobile home burned to the ground. It was unoccupied.
There was more bad news for the owner. Limestone County deputies arrested him on outstanding warrants.


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I just finished creating a user-friendly Geo-spatial Water Rights database for a small portion of the Yakima River Basin (as you probably know, the basin is finishing a long adjudication).I am impressed by this project and the data it captures. I'd like to see some representation of relations between different water users (e.g., highlight all devices using the same water source), historic trends (are recent diversions higher or lower than historic averages?), and probably a number of other items.
I thought you might find the project interesting. One of the questions I'm trying to evaluate is whether such tools can lead to more efficient water usage by reducing information asymmetries. I'd love to hear what you think.
Here's what I've been emailing out:
Kittitas Valley Water Resource Decision Support System Stakeholder Survey
Hello, my name is Michael Pease and I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at Central Washington University. As part of a Department of Agriculture grant, I have created a water resource decision support system (WRDSS) for the Kittitas Valley. I am now seeking participation in a survey to elicit feedback on the DSS to assess its utility for individual stakeholders and water management institutions.
This survey consists of two sections and will take roughly ten minutes to complete. First, you will be asked a short series of questions concerning the current state of water use in the Kittitas Valley. In the second section, you will be asked to evaluate the draft WRDSS.
[privacy disclaimer deleted]
More importantly, these data are only useful in context. I couldn't do the survey because I lack a contextual understanding of the relations between actual and potential water use (let alone the drivers of decisions to use water).
That's not necessarily an issue when total water demand is constrained within supply (sustainable) and people are free to negotiate re-allocations to improve efficiency (markets), but it is a HUGE issue if some bureaucracy is trying to find the "right" allocation per device, i.e., the Knowledge Problem.
Bottom Line: More information is useful if it allows individuals to improve their decision-making, but probably not when bureaucrats are trying to manage everything.


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Two Chalk Paint® classes and a Vintage Valentine Card Class yesterday.
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by Michael Smith (Veshengro)
While the Romani People suffer persecution and deprivation all over the globe, basically, the epidemics – pardon, I meant academics – Gadje and Rom alike, keep wasting time and money on one gabfest after they other. Much like the majority of politicians they are. They fiddle while Rome and the Rom, and the latter in some cases quite literally, burn. Academic and political aggrandizement is the aim of those conferences and gabfests and not the poor Gypsy, wherever they may be.
But dare anyone attack those "grand" men and women, whether of Gadje or Rom origin, and their actions, regardless whether it is the academics, the Gypsyologists, or the politicos. Then immediately legal threats are uttered and slander is forthcoming against those who disagree with them and with what they do and how they behave.
We have seen this by now more than once. Much like in the field of "climate science". There too dissent results in such actions from those conspiring together to get themselves a nice living via research and what-have-you, funded by grants from universities and taxpayers' money.
The Gypsy "leaders", by whatever title they may go, also, in the main, work along the same lines and like we have seen in Britain not so long ago when Romani journalist Jake Bowers was invited to, and then did, speak at a conference and one had "forgotten" to invite someone who thinks of himself as the only real Gypsy leader in the whole of the UK, if not even all of Europe. The ranting and raving against Mr. Bowers was just unbelievable, even to the point of stating that, according to the "great leader" Mr. Bowers was not Gypsy, etc.
The academics and the "leaders" alike seem to be the ones that think that they can decide and declare who is and who is not Gypsy, or, as they want to have it all nowadays, Roma.
The only reasons they beleaguer the point of "Roma" and trying to make all Romani into tribes and sub-tribes of the Roma is because only the Roma are willing to teach them the Language and aspects of the Culture. No Sinto would ever do that.
Most of the academics, even the Romani ones, have never grown up in the Language and the Culture and are about as far removed from it often as are the often despised Romungrie and such who do not speak the Language and/or have lost much of the Culture. As soon, however, as they have learned a little of the Language and Culture from the Roma they set themselves up as judges over what is the real version of the Language, etc. and that despite the fact that there are around sixty plus different dialects of the Romani Language and that there are cultural differences between many of the Romani groups, such as between Sinti and Roma, for instance.
But the academics (and "leaders") do not want this even discussed as it interferes with their status as the great experts and leaders of the People (oh dear!); in the eyes of the Gadje world, at least.
Every time that a Rom is talking to some folks, especially in authority, about this or that aspect of the live and Culture of the Gypsy People it is being compared to what the academics have said in books and lectures and if what the ordinary Rom says is not in line what Prof this or that has said then the Rom must be lying; so the conclusion of the others.
Tell someone in government that Sinti and Roma are different they will retort with that "according to Prof this or that" this is not so and that all are Roma.
In the EU, because of what those academics have created, all Gypsy and Travelers are heaped together under Roma, including the Irish Travelers, and others, who have no link whatsoever, culturally and ethnically, to the Romani-Gypsy.
That is also why all those gabfests. Namely in order to keep perpetuating the myth that they are the experts and others are nothing.
Those experts would be nothing, none of them, without some Rom here and there having been stupid enough to share various bits of information with them and their careers have been built upon the backs of the poor Rom,, to who they give no credit.
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Hookworms - 'Radio Tokyo'
The poppets song they've done yet
It would be brilliant to be in Hookworms, right? Just sit around all day recording endless tape echo until a semblance of something releasable forms. Piece of piss. 'Radio Tokyo' is a classy affair from start to finish, easily the poppiest song MJ and co have done yet and all the better for being decked out – alongside all the echo stuff – with drums and bass nicked right out of Motown's back pocket. More please.
Matt Wilkinson
Record label: Too Pure
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Hi Mom,
Dad has scanned many slides like the one above, which I am guessing may have been taken in 1968, though I may update if Dad has a better guess. He has scanned many slides backwards as one can see from the mirror-reversed text in the sign in the upper left corner of the photo.
I have no idea where this photo was taken, but I like the idea of being swallowed by a green creature of some kind. The snout looks hippo-like, but hippos are not green. Then again, the actual color of a hippo is not as attractive or inviting as a hippo in this color, so it may be a hippo. It's benign whatever it is as there's no fangs or tusks. But the glare in the photo prevents me from seeing the full head of it and guessing its identity more accurately.
The being swallowed up by a green monster really accurately portrays today's subject matter.
Ten entries ago in HEY MOM #198, I discussed my efforts to limit my tendency to obsess. When I wrote about that, my friend HELENE sent me the following link, the content for which I am reprinting without permission but with due credit. Of course, if anyone whose content I shared ever found it and objected, I would take it down. However, it's easier for me and I think better for readers to display the content rather than simply posting a link. When I post links, I expect to have content of mine to go along with it. And here, my content is minimal.
And here's another thing to obsess over. I do not really see this blog as just a reprint factory, and yet, when I get busy, reprints at least help me feel as if I am delivering good content, whether it's a reprint of my stuff from T-shirts, or a reprint of someone else's stuff.
I have been crazy busy with work work and school work and life. As my anxiety ratchets up on these gears of angst, so does my tendency to spin my obsessing wheels with thought time that is not very productive. Though I have supplanted much of my obsessing thought time with creative day dreaming and planning for a novel project I have been working on for over 20 years, I still find myself falling into the familiar trap of obsessing. I keep catching myself. I have yet to try timing myself like Maggie Stiefvater describes in this blog, but then, my obsessing, I don't believe is, strictly speaking, the cause of a mental illness. But then the grey area between healthy worry and thinking through an action plan for some work and unhealthy obsession and then the next level of the "not me" idea Stiefvater describes is a big expanse of colorless grey dimness, difficult to see through and difficult to identify one thing from another.
I found this article helpful and those with a tendency to obsess will find it helpful, too. And perhaps this is marketing for reading Stiefvater's fiction, which is very good.
From MAGGIE STIEFVATER THE OFFICIAL BLOG : Me, OCD, and a lot of "Ladybugs"
Me, OCD, and a lot of "Ladybugs"
November 16th, 2015
I have OCD.
It doesn't rule my life, but it used to. Knowing that I have the capacity for that kind of thought is exactly why it doesn't rule my life like it used to. I'm perfectly aware that I'm going to have that capacity forever, as studies have shown that Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is genetic (if you have a parent with OCD, as I do, you have a fifty-fifty chance) and is caused by abnormal brain circuitry, which means you're stuck with it. And I am okay with that. I'll survive. Recently, readers have asked me a lot how I learned to control it, so this is my story.*
*with the obvious warning that I am not a therapist and you are not me and I am not you and this is just my story your mileage may vary.
I was an anxious child. OCD and anxiety play very well together, and back then, I didn't really know what was happening. I was a twitchy creature of secret rituals.
The first thing that helped me was when I realized that my obsessions weren't normal. Not everyone felt this way. And not all thoughts had to feel this way, either.
The second thing that helped me was realizing that OCD didn't really look the way it looked on television. Obsession could be about germs or cracks in the sidewalk, but really, it turns out that I can obsess about all kinds of things.
The third thing that helped me was figuring out that my compulsions weren't always straightforward. Sometimes they were directly related to the obsession:
Tags in shirts —–> change clothing eleven times a day
tweets —–> refresh the screen every twelve seconds
Some of them were less so:
Dying before making a mark —-> replacing all other activities like eating and sleeping with research, acquisition, and practicing of a new musical instrument
Datsuns —-> i don't even know how i ended up with a datsun but i resent that entire chapter of my life
When my OCD was in control of me, it changed the way I looked at the world. Example. Here is life:
Life is always full of both bad and good things. Also trees. There will always be disasters and miracles happening in tandem. Mental illness changes the way you see it, though. For instance, a depressed person:
A content person:
The good or bad things don't go away. You just point your gaze in a different direction. You are able to minimize some things and expand on others. When I got obsessive thoughts, they shifted my gaze onto something and held it there. It didn't have to be something huge. It could have been about if my hair was dirty, or if I had said a prayer correctly, or if I had the precise same amount of air in each of my car's tires.
In my head, the thought, whatever it was, became all encompassing.
It didn't matter what else I tried to do, my mind would return to it. It became everything, my whole world, looped again and again and again.
I don't even know if those are what lady bugs look like. I guess that's okay. It's a metaphor. They are only what I imagine ladybugs to look like, and my obsessive thoughts are not real thoughts, either. They aren't really me. They are something my brain does to process stress and uncertainty and decision-making.***
***this took me a long time to figure out. More in a bit.
My personal breakthrough came when I decided that I would give myself rules. I was a champion with rules. I was a champion with rituals. I was a champion with things that involved numbers and counting and generally being compulsive. So my rule was that if I caught myself thinking about something obsessively, the timer began.
I would tell myself I could obsess for a certain number of minutes, and then I had to do something else until a designated time when I was allowed to obsess over it again. I could obsess for ten minutes. Then I had to put it down completely for thirty minutes. Then I could have another ten minutes. Then I had to put it down for two hours. Then I could have another ten minutes. I wasn't allowed to act on any of the thoughts, either.
I told myself a rule was a rule. I couldn't cheat on the time. And when I put it down, I had to really mean that I was putting it down. Did I want to be free or not?
And it began to work. I began to be able to reward myself with less and less obsessing time.
And then the really amazing thing happened, the thing that changed my life. Once I had spent enough time discipling my obsessive thoughts, I realized … they weren't really my thoughts. They were markedly different in character from my ordinary thoughts. The further I got from them, the more I realized that they were mental illness, not me, and moreover, that I could be free of them if I wanted to be. All I had to do was identify a thought as obsessive when it first appeared:
And then give it the time it deserved:
And I got better and better at it. I still sometimes have to give myself three minutes, especially when under stress. I still have to sometimes remove myself from a physical location to give myself those three minutes. And sometimes I still end up with a Datsun. But mostly, I just live my life, and it's invisible.
So much of it is knowing that it's the place your brain goes to under stress. Knowing that you can be out from under it. Knowing that ladybugs don't really look like that. I just googled them and it turns out they have an entire additional segment in front of that black bit where the head goes which means I just drew an entire flock of headless ladybugs.
Well, all the better reason to avoid them.
Reflect and connect.
Have someone give you a kiss, and tell you that I love you.
Talk to you tomorrow, Mom.
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Roman on horseback.
This is the first decent horse I've ever drawn from imagination. Woohoo! I like it, but I bet I'll look at it sometime in the future and find some fault I can't see right now.
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Saturday, January 17, 2009
Dec / Jan
I did this gag newspaper page instead of our usual holiday card, since we couldn't get the kids to stand still for a picture. I grew up looking at all the great early Mad Magazine artists' spoofs of print culture, so this was fun. Long live Will Elder!
I'm still copying from my horse drawing books. I got a great cheap brush pen in Chinatown (L.A.). After a bunch of scut work copying horses, I rewarded myself with some inking.
I decided to start cropping in on decent drawings if the rest of the page sucks... Why didn't I do this before?
I keep trying to draw directly, without any guidelines, or underdrawing, and try new tools. This was a 4B or 6B woodless pencil on so so paper.
I make a lot of little doodles and false starts drawing the kids. Here I actually made a good little drawing, then a bad one (cropped out). I had to include the horse head because it looks good to me.
I seem stuck on this idea that I have to learn to draw from life with an accurate but alive line. Sometimes it works like this, but it usually is a very controlled picture. I can dress it up with some watercolor, and I like the results, but I think I need to start working with value more. Plus, drawing with only line is a hard way to go.
Here I'm just copying the mighty Jean Giraud, or GIR, or Moebius.
It's funny that the French outdid us with the Western comics. Vive La France!
My friend Mike Vosburg has helped me a lot with my drawing. He complimented me on this, so I've included it.
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Labels: horses, Sketchbooks
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Happy New Year!
Once in a while I can draw directly in pen. Then next time it turns out terrible. I just keep trying. Happy New Year everyone!
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I'll never be able to put my mind into words.
I mean, like, everything: how I see things, what I think about them, their connections inside my head, and how I feel when I think about them or maybe even just watch or listen.
It's kind of stupid to even try, and still ...
Only a few minutes ago, I finished "taking my mind off of things for a moment" - i.e. I watched some porn.
The cute young woman in the porn video (I guess she was in her late twenties. But who knows?) had a big scar on her chest, like the ones you have after a heart surgery. You could even see that it wasn't fully healed yet, because the scar tissue was still quite reddened. For some reason it made her instantly more attractive to me.
I feel easily attracted to damaged things as well as damaged people - they're more interesting. Perfection is boring. It's like in that one Therapy song, "Happy people have no stories." To a certain degree it also triggers a protective instinct in me when something is "not as it's intended to be".
The things that happened have made me feel bad about that. But why?
Why should it be considered a bad thing when you don't want any harm to come to the people and things you love? I don't get it.
... it's another reason why I mostly try to keep my distance.... and another reason why I don't know what the fuck to do.
I think I mentioned a few times already that it happens quite often that I cry after an orgasm, when the wave of the highest of feelings tremendously breaks at its peak and forces its way down again. You can't hold it back, it has to be this way. It hurts, because deep down inside of me I feel like I'm losing something very precious to me. Try to imagine the one thing you hold dear the most, something you wouldn't want to live without. Now picture it getting ripped out of your hands and set alight, and there's nothing you can do but to watch it burn until the only thing that's left of it is the pain of the most tragic loss. And not only do I feel powerless, but also guilty, because in my case it was partly my fault that everything came crumbling down on me. Something substantial was brutaly removed within the blink of an eye, and now it's gone forever and left nothing but memories that turned to a pile of red-hot glowing coles which slowly burn through your heart. Every. Damn. Time.
I find it impossible to describe, for there are only so many words. And they all manage to paint just a small picture of a much bigger surface, and they probably won't ever be able tell you what's underneath it all, no matter in what constellation I put them. It just hurts.
I bet I repeated myself for the 100th time now. Sure feels like it. I'm a broken record, constantly skipping a beat and moving in close circles, unable to break out. No wonder that I can't find any answers to my questions in order to make the song play on. I'm just waiting for the power to go out. It's ridiculous, pathetic. I know that there is an awful lot of people out there who would tell me to suck it up. And some of them would surely be capable of actually doing just that. But I can't.
Instead I feel wrong practically all the time, no matter what I do or don't do.
Nervous, anxious, distorted, disoriented, lost hope, lost faith, lost trust, damaged, exhausted, incapable, unwilling, disturbed, scared, angry, depressed, sad, scarred, confused ... fucked up ...
... how is it even possible that I still haven't physically harmed myself or others? Well, at least not actively and intentionally. I don't cut myself or anything like that, but it's not like sitting in a room for over two years would've done me any good. I don't make myself bleed. My mind forces me to a different kind of self-torture. I don't need to remind myself that I'm still alive, and I don't need to test myself if I can still feel, 'cause those are the only things I can do anyway: thinking and feeling, and nothing else. I can't do.
What am I waiting for?
Why am I still waiting for it?
October 13th is going to be my 31st birthday. Then it's going to be one year since I began to try again, and I've already fallen back down ... again.
Does that make me a failure?
But I can't have failed for as long as I still try, can I?
But I'm not actually trying, I'm just sitting here.
Does that make me a bad person?
I never wanted any of this, and yet I feel unable to achieve anything else ... and when I do it won't last. Whatever it takes, I don't seem to have it. The one thing that's been working just fine all along is my gift to destroy anything that dares to come near me.
I'm sorry.


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This last week has been somewhat of a doozy. We have our fair share of crappy days in this household but I generally avoid blogging about them.
But this week it's the story behind the pictures, so I decided to share!
On Tuesday this week I had both my girls at home. Miss A came down with a fever last Friday, which developed into Tonsilitis over the weekend.
On Monday night, at 11pm to be exact, Miss B woke up covered head to toe in welts, some as big as the palm of my hand, and scratching like mad.
An obvious allergic reaction to something I knew (thanks to her history of allergies), but what???
I gave her anti-histamine but an hour later she was going almost mental with the scratching.
It was upsetting to watch her because there was nothing I could do to make it better.
So off to the hospital we trotted.
Two hours later (by which time the welts had finally resolved thanks to the anti-histamine) the lovely doctor came out to see us and tell us I'd done all the right things and sometimes you just don't know what causes these reactions...............
So, home again, home again, jiggity jig and we got to bed at 2.30am.
Thankfully we all had a nice sleep in on Tuesday morning.
Seeing though Miss B and I had had abit of a rough night, and seeing though Miss A was under the weather with Tonsilitis I decided to just go with the flow on Tuesday. So when the girls requested to dress up in their "olden days dresses" as they call them, I happily obliged.
I've been admiring Ingrid's little vintage style posts over the past few weeks so decided to join in with hart + sew and photograph my girl's in these circa 1970's dresses handed down to me from my mother-in-law.
These dresses are not just saved up for rainy (or in this case sick) days, they do often wear them out.
Last year when Miss A's school had a mufty day she chose to wear this dress to school. I can only imagine what some of the other mum's were thinking!
Miss A
The tag on this dress reveals it is a Woolworths brand dress. All cotton - it feels like flannel, very warm in winter. It has sweet little pink and purple flowers all over and is trimmed with lace around the collar, waist, sleeves and skirt. It has a ruffle collar and a panel of smocking around the waistline.
Miss B
This dress is also Woolworths brand and is a cotton/polyester blend. Definately a summer dress. The print is little pink and orange flowers. It has a lovely peter pan collar and lace trim down the front.
Miss B is wearing a vintage cardi, also passed on to my girls by their Nanna. I do believe this was made by my husbands Aunty on her knitting machine.........
Now please tell me, don't they look sweet?!


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Booker biased against crime thrillers: British author (Interview)By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS
Saturday, February 26, 2011
NEW DELHI - Best-selling British author and movie producer Peter James has made it his mission to eliminate the stigma of trash associated with crime fiction in his capacity as chairperson of the prestigious Crime Writers' Association of the UK. And if that means taking on the Booker Prize, so be it.
"There is a lot of literary snobbery about crime fiction. I think that Shakespeare, Charles Dickens and Graham Greene, who were all literary writers, wrote about crime. I have just become the chairperson of the Association and I make it my mission to take away the snobbery. I think this pigeon-holing of crime fiction as a separate genre is very elitist," James told IANS in an interview in the capital.
He is the creator of the popular "Dead" series thrillers.
James was here for a day to promote his new book, "Dead Like You", which climbed the top of the Sunday Times (London) bestseller list, dislodging James Patterson and John Grisham from the top slots.
He said he was going to have "a good attack at the Booker Prize".
"Three years ago a Booker Prize judge told me that hell would freeze over before a popular crime writer wins the Booker prize. I want to try to get a debate going about it. The award should not be for fiction and being on the bestsellers' list won't preclude an author from winning the (Booker) prize," James said.
James is the author of 25 crime and supernatural thrillers and is known for books like "Dead Simple", "Looking Good Dead", "Not Dead Enough" and "The Perfect Murder" that won an award in the best Quick Read books category by the British government designed for slow readers and fiction beginners.
The writer, who works closely with the Brighton Police in the UK and with several other countries in the world, says the market for crime fiction is growing.
"Nearly 45 percent of all the fiction that sells in England are crime thrillers. That is the same around the world," James said.
The author writes about the "world in which he lives".
"You want a good story and you want to learn something about life at the end of the book. If Shakespeare was writing today, he would have written crime thrillers. Half of all his plays had courtroom scenes," James said.
The writer said immersing himself in the police culture to get the details right helps inform his writing.
James is working with former Channel 4 producer Gub Neal of "Cracker" and "Prime Suspect" fame to bring detective "Roy Grace" on television.
"I am doing it very slowly. Each book would have to be done two times and I am also creating new stories for television," James said.
Detective Roy Grace, the protagonist of James' Dead series, is a normal detective with sideways thinking and a kind heart, the writer said.
"He was inspired by someone. Going back a long time in 1981, a detective who came to my house in Brighton and saw the book. He said if you need any research help, give me a call. My then wife and I got friendly with this guy, Mike Harris. One day Mike told me that there was a guy I should meet," James recalled.
The guy was Dave Gaylor, a detective inspector.
"He was quite a character. I went to Dave's office. It was full of boxes - blue and green crates - full of manila folders. He explained that each one of the crates contained the principal files of an unsolved murder. Gaylor said he had been put in charge of reopening these cases to solve them with modern DNA techniques. 'I am the last chance the victims have justice', the detective said. And I loved this very human image," James said.
Nine years later, when James' publishers wanted him to create a new detective, the writer immediately thought of Dave Gaylor. "Gaylor reads every 100 pages of my books and tells me how Grace would think," James said.
The writer said he would publish two new thrillers this year, "Dead Man's Grip" - a thriller spun around a 41-year-old widowed mother; and "Designer Babies" about whether "evolution has done a good job".
"And I will also race in the British racing circuit with a British Seat Toledo automobile of Spanish make in the coming season beginning April," said James, a veteran racing driver.
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Three Linked Festivals . . .
By Tom Carney
If there is ever going to be a unified world approach to God, there is going to have to be a common ground upon which all men and women can stand, whether they are members of a specific religious group or simply goodhearted and spiritually-minded world citizens. There is going to have to be a common ground whereon the diversified peoples of the One Humanity can come together and in an expression of their essential Brotherhood and shared love of humanity approach and invoke their God.
Many of the movements whose aim is to establish a common religion for mankind try to reconcile the modes or methods of humanity's various approaches; they deal with each other's vision of God and with each other's dogmas and rituals. They seek one uniform dogma or methodology, or liturgy of approach. The prospect of their success is, on the one hand, a forced and tortured mixture of the dominant world faiths, or on the other, a bland homogenized blend.
Neither of these would do really, and ultimately, they would fail. They are impractical because they fail to take into consideration the fact that men and women are individuals with diverse backgrounds, needs, and points of view. The men and women who compose the various world religions will not and should not participate in that which tends to diminish their individuality, their marvelous and effective liturgies and their deeply meaningful and exquisitely beautiful conceptions of the One Life. The common ground cannot be a formula which asks religions, groups, churches, cults, sects or individual persons to lose their identities, their special significances and character, which in the case of many of the world religions, are the result of centuries of cultural evolution.
That this cultural evolution will continue into the new Aquarian cycle now upon us is unquestionable. And this is all the more reason that in our search for unity in the world that we avoid the illusion of uniformity. Each of the groups on the planet, no matter how large or small, will as the new energies of Aquarius impact human consciousness evolve new and wondrous rituals that will embody this new face of the One God. We need to honor that, celebrate that, look with joy toward this unfolding of the miracle.
The unity that once existed on the planet, and which gave power to the sacred ceremonies and approaches of our forebearers, if we can believe the ancient lore, was generated by a synchronicity of approach, not a uniformity of approach. The synch-ronicity of approach enabled our ancient brothers and sisters to create a chalice that could contain the power of Shamballa. So, the common ground upon which a diversified group can stand, can come together in a cooperative spirit and real manifestation of unity is a common ground in time. Ergo, the Three Linked Festivals.
We propose that all religions, all faiths, all groups, and all spiritually-minded men and women everywhere join in a synchronized approach to God, not in a uniformed similarity, rather each group or each one in his unique way, but all at a synchronized point in time. The Three Linked Festivals offer the common time for such a synchronized panhuman approach.
These three panhuman festivals are not without their own ancient and potent rhythm. They are timed now, as they were in the ancient days, to coincide with the full moons of the solar months of Aries, Taurus and Gemini. If all participants endeavored to make their approach at some time during the 18 hours prior to the exact time of each full moon, we would have a highly synchronized worldwide effort.
We see these three panhuman festivals as the common ground, the meeting place where all men and all faiths can come together, and without losing any of their beautiful uniqueness or any of their essential qualities, they can through a commonly held love for humanity unite their forces into one vast and beautiful whole, the power of which would be far greater than any man has ever before seen, for the purpose of invoking the aid of God on behalf of the One Human Family.
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