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It isn't a treat. I really do not understand people. Even though they know my mother is a diabetic and even though they know she had a stroke last April that was bad enough to put her permanently in a wheel chair they still give her the very thing that was the cause for stroke, thinking sugar "treats" will make her happy. Do you know the saying, "Don't flash junk in front of a Junky?
I try to not let it make me angry, but it does. It's not because they don't know, because they do. Because of going through a major illness myself, I learned long ago that what you eat matters – a lot, if you want to live. I learned what I should and shouldn't eat and why. Because I wanted to live I took it seriously. I would be dead now if I didn't do that.
Ten years ago when my mom found out she had diabetes I did the same thing for her that I did for myself. I researched the disease. I learned what not to eat and the best things to eat. I sent this information to my mother and often talked with her about what to change. But I didn't live with her so I had no idea what she was doing. I could only hope her health would be important to her. Later I found out she didn't listen to much of anything our read anything, either. In addition to my mother, other family members also have diabetes.
My mother continued to eat what she wanted, but sometimes ate the right thing and thought that was good enough and considered it "trying"her best. As she said many times, "I never meet a dessert I didn't like."
She didn't take her disease seriously. I think that since diabetes is now so common, many people don't take it seriously. They think insulin will keep their blood sugar regulated but ignore all of the other damage diabetes causes. No one thinks, when your health is ruined, regaining it is a tough road; on them and the other people have to take care of them.
My mother had a stroke. Diabetes constructs the small blood vessels and that is what was happened in my mother's brain. The doctor told me that most likely her stroke was caused by diabetes. Diabetics often go blind, lose their kidneys and because of circulation lose their toes, feet or legs. She also has a 40% chance of another stroke within five years.
Wouldn't that scare you? Would you make sure you did absolutely everything to get as well as possible? If someone made breakfast for you – blueberry pancakes with syrup would you say "Thank you, but I really shouldn't eat this." Should other family members providing care be careful what they feed you, and themselves? No, and she he is going to eat anything they give her. I've gone over this till I'm blue in the face. If they don't care what they eat why would it matter what they feed her?
With the internet available, all the information I know is there for anyone to find. Why people choose to be ignorant about a diagnosed disease isn't very smart. You can't "try" to eat better; either you do or you don't. There are consequences to the things we do. When someone I love is harming themselves – with anything – it's hard to sit back and just watch knowing that for every cause you make there is an effect.
Today, while watching TV at my mother's place; I don't personally own one, there was a commercial selling a horrible drug with seriously bad side effects, to make you less hungry. Wow. Since the person taking it doesn't know how to eat right, if the lose weight they will gain it all back plus more when they stop. What an awful idea.
It's easier to stay healthy than to try and get your health back. I understand that in a big way. I know I can't fix other people. But I want these other people to get food for my mother that doesn't promote her diabetes and greaten the chance of another stroke.
The food industry has destroyed the health of many people with the fake food that is manufactured. A high percentage of manufactured food has vegetable oil, soybean oil, high fructose corn syrup, heart extract, Aspartame and other chemical sugars, preservatives and many other bad things. None of this is new information yet people keep eat it anyway. They get fatter. The get diseases that are now so common they think is normal. To think so little of your life
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First, a little background. "Initiatives" are a relatively new animal on campus, organized around a specific interest or a strategic commitment to a particular topic. If the initiative is successful (and this can be measured in various ways), the initiative is formalized as a center or an institute. And AUFSI has been successful in various areas, from bringing in some $11 million in extramural funding to bringing together Working Groups of faculty from different disciplines to getting the Virtual Food Systems Training Consortium. We're also working to create a Virtual Food Entrepreneur Initiative.
According to the Centers and Institutes Policy passed by the Auburn University Board of Trustees in 1990, a center or an institute represents a well-defined area of instruction, research, or outreach and involves faculty and resources from more than one discipline, department, college, or school. So far, of course, the Auburn University Food Systems Institute involves faculty from nearly every college and school as well as from other universities. Both initiatives and institutes are established when a university has existing strengths and resources in the programs, including a critical mass of faculty and a demonstrated commitment from involved faculty and administration to actively participate. Being named as an institute, however, provides the program with greater visibility and increased potential for extramural funding, as well as a degree of permanence.
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Mooney's, Folsom
As you may know, the Sac Foodies ventured out to Mooney's in Folsom Tuesday night to support our favorite drummer, raise money for the Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services and of course, try some food! Here's what the Sac Foodies had to say about their Mooney's experience:
Julie Berge: Joe and I ordered the nachos, which came with all the fixings – nacho cheese, tomatoes, green onion, olives, green peppers and sour cream – all atop a pile of fresh homemade tortilla chips!:
Vanessa Smith: Mooney's California Burger: This burger definitely stacks up to the accolades it has received as the "Best Burger in Folsom," piled high with jack cheese, crispy bacon, avocado and all the usual fixings. This burger and its side of curly fries was a sinful choice but worth every bite!
Christine Schunk: BBQ Burger – When the server brought out my meal, I was SO happy with my selection. The BBQ Burger includes a beef patty, cheddar cheese, BBQ sauce and a couple onion rings on the burger itself, and on the side. So good! The burger was a perfect combo when complimented with a nice cold Blue Moon and an evening of Jazz and friends.
Maria Chacon: My kids loved Mooney's family-friendly food, including their tasty French fries, breaded chicken strips and a delicious cheeseburger. The servings were generous, and the price was right! Great jazz music rounded out our evening. We're looking forward to visiting again.
Karlie Bettencourt: I love pasta so I was very excited to try Mooney's Chicken Marsala. Let me just say that Mooney's does not skimp on portions or quality. The chicken was juicy and the sauce was delish! The great food and laidback atmosphere, combined with the soothing tunes of jazz, made for an excellent night!
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I also ordered the Chicken Marsala but substituted the pasta for mashed potatoes. It was delish! I had lunch for two days thanks to the generous portions. I also loved the fact that Mooney's offers a kids menu but will make a smaller portion for pint-sized people off their regular menu. Kudos to Mooney's for that idea!!
Thank you Girls for the wonderful reviews! Im soooo glad you were happy with everything.. Looking forward in seeing all again real soon!! Truly Denise from Mooney's in Folsom


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Taverna workflows are inherently data-driven workflows, where data returned from one service is pushed directly to downstream services. A Taverna workflow definition does not linearly say when a service should be invoked, but where its data should come from and go to. This philosophy lets the user focus on how services are connected together, and the Taverna execution takes care of invoking services as soon as the required inputs are ready.
In iterative and object oriented programming languages one often needs to iterate over a set of numbers, objects or strings. Taverna does these iterations implicitly; if you connect a service which outputs a list to a a service which input port expects a single item, implicit iteration will invoke the second service for each of the elements of the list, and create new lists on the outputs.
There are however situations where you don't have or know the values to iterate over, but where you want some steps of your workflow to be repeated until a certain condition is true, like a do...while construct in programming.
When could looping be required in a workflow?
One typical use case for when you need looping is for invoking asynchronous services, that is a web service or similar where you have a pattern of first submitting the job with input parameters, which returns you a job ID, secondly, check the status of the job using that ID. You need to keep checking the status of the job as long as the job is in an active state (running), and finally when the job is in a final state, you get the results for the given job ID. The EBI Interproscan example workflow shows how this can be used in practice for the asynchronous EBI interproscan service.
Simplified the typical workflow pattern is:
- Submit job – returns jobID
- Check status of jobID until state is "complete"
- Get result of jobID
This example workflow simulates this asynchronous service pattern.
Using loops in Taverna
To achieve this pattern in Taverna, a control link is added from getResults to checkStatus. This ensures getResults is not executed until checkStatus has completed, even if no explicit datalink connects the two services.
Secondly, looping has been configured for the checkStatus service so that the service is re-invoked until the output is satisfactory. A delay is normally set to avoid overloading the web service.
Taverna's documentation on loops details how to use looping in your workflow, including other types of comparisons such as numbers and regular expressions. It is also possible to customize the looping condition with a Beanshell script for more advanced comparisons.
Looping over nested workflows
As nested workflows are also services in Taverna, it is also possible to create looping over several services at once. This can be useful for more complex scenarios with multiple services which needs to be executed again.
Nested workflow looping is also useful for iterative approaches where you want to perform an analysis, modify a parameter and then try again until a quality assessment determines the results to be "good enough".
As in software programming it is very important to remember that looping needs a base case to avoid looping forever, so something will have to change, either an external state (like the job status in checkStatus) or modified input parameters which produces different outputs.
Taverna can do this kind of looping by ticking Enable output port to input port feedback in the looping configuration.
In each iteration, the service input ports (which names match a service output port) will be populated with the output from the previous iteration. In this example workflow for calculating square roots, the output from first iteration's root will be used as the new input root on the second iteration. The initial_root string constant is required for the initial iteration, while the constant number is used for every invocation as there is no nested workflow output port called number.
It is important that all service inputs and outputs are connected in the parent workflow in order for the looping mechanism to be able to inspect and feedback the values.
Nested workflows can also themselves determine if they should be looped, by adding an output port called say looping, and test for this output port in the loop configuration. You can connect this output to a Beanshell script or web service which can determine if the nested workflow should be executed again.
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In 1206 St. Dominic gathered some young women he had converted and rescued from the Cathars into community at the church of St. Mary of Prouilhe. This original foundation of Dominican contemplative nuns still attracts women to live as Jordan of Saxony describes in the thirteenth century: "These servants of God continue to offer worship acceptable to their Creator, in holiness of life and in the purity of innocence – a life which is conducive to salvation for themselves, an example to others, a joy to the angels, and pleasing to God."
Marie-Dominique Chenu used to say that there are two doors through which one enters the Order: the call to the contemplative life and the call to the apostolic life. This is true even for the nuns. Some choose the monastery in order to pray always, in search of purity of heart and to focus completely on the mystery of God. As they come to know St. Dominic they in turn discover mercy and intense intercession for God's beloved people. Others wish to serve their fellow men and women by leading them to paths of faith. They discover that one of the best means of realizing this ideal is to offer themselves totally through prayer and silence, the father of preachers, and not through any particular work except the "work" of "believing in Him whom the Father has sent."
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Gemma Ward
We were speaking of Doutzen Kroes and the (impossible, never-going-to-happen) hope that she might become a plus-size model. If Doutzen is number one among models whom we'd like to see fuller-figured, second would have to be Gemma Ward.
Gemma's name came up on this forum early this year, when beach images of the model were posted showing her with a skinny but ever-so-slightly shapely figure. Well, just the other day there was some fashion gossip about Gemma, saying the following:
So I started looking for photos of the new, fuller-figured Gemma, but all I could find were these, which I naturally took to represent the waif-size Gemma, and kept looking for pictures of her new, curvier figure.
But no. Get this - these are the pictures of the supposedly larger Gemma (!). Yes, even though she looks extremely thin in these pictures, this is supposedly a look that makes her too curvy for fashion!
Huh? It boggles the mind that anyone could consider this girl too large for anything. Rather, she is still too thin. The truth is, she is still underweight, especially for her height. If she were to blossom into a true plus size, at least a size 14, she would be gorgeous - beautiful enough to rival any model, ever. But as she is now, she is simply an exceedingly thin person, thinner even than Doutzen Kroes, as far as I can tell.
The warped standards of the fashion industry never cease to be appalling. If a girl is not literally anorexic-looking, genuinely a walking bag of bones, they can't stand it. Their perverted aesthetic needs to be swept away completely, and a sane vision of beauty restored.
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Re: Gemma Ward
A few more images of Miss Ward in New York surfaced today. She is very, very thin, but she does at least have an attractively natural trace of texture on her legs.
The dimpled flesh is a pretty, normal trait for girls, and I hope that young women who themselves possess this characteristic are encouraged by seeing a supermodel displaying the same attribute.
In case you're thinking what I was thinking, yes, those pictures are of Gemma. The same photographer caught her later in the same outfit, except that by then she had donned leggings.
Another set of pics caught her at the airport. With her endearing, round face, she was born to be a plus-size model. Kelsey Olson has a similar look (except that Kelsey is even prettier, both in face and, especially, in figure).
I know that it's never going to happen - Gemma will never be plus-size. She would have to become much, much curvier/fuller than she is today to be a plus-size model. She is still exceedingly thin. But what a blessing it would be for size celebration if it were to happen...
|19th November 2009
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Re: Gemma Ward
Here's something rather interesting. Gemma Ward recently announced that she will be returning to modelling in the future; however, fashion insiders assume that this means that she will again starve herself into corpse-like emaciation.
However, one company is seeking to book her with her current figure. They want her on condition that she doesn't lose any weight:
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I'm of two minds about this. On the one hand, it's thrilling that a label wants her current self, not an anorexic-looking version. On the other hand, Gemma right now is still extremely thin, not even faux-plus (let alone full-figured), so this isn't the "plus-size model Gemma" that we're all dreaming about.
Still, it's nice to hear that at least one fashion label wants to employ a girl with a trace of a figure, rather than a starved version of that model.
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Leftovers - December 20, 2011
December 20, 2011 6:31 pm ET — Media Matters Action Network
Rick Santorum: "I'm for income inequality. ... I have no problem with income inequality."
Among many things, Sen. Tom Coburn is apparently not a fan of "Mellow Mushroom" pizzerias.
A study finds that 17-year-olds are often told by pharmacies they can't have Plan B.
Newt Gingrich made $42,000 selling his email list to his campaign; CREW filed an ethics complaint.
Rep. Michele Bachmann wins the "Overshare" badge on Foursquare for "10+ check-ins in 12 hours."
Most of the representatives picked to confer on the payroll tax cut extension have said they oppose it.
House Republicans used to be okay with a two-month payroll tax extension.
Mitt Romney wants to "get rid of these super PACs" — at least for the moment.


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Saving money,Living a healthy green lifestyle, doing things you enjoy, being greener, spreading the "green" around in more ways than one. I hope my blog inspires you to be greener!
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Laundry soap for less than a penny per load? Oh do tell!
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- Just trying to be green said...
Can I say wow? Thank you for posting this- when we run out of our current bottle, I will definitely be making this. Really, wow. This makes me wonder how I've been spending so much on my laundry soap!
- January 6, 2010 at 4:44 PM
Ok, just a thought. When buying the bucket, hit a local hardware store, paint store, anyplace but one of the big box or I sell everything places. Honestly it might be a little more, but you are supporting local business.
Chris ( I do not remember my google sign in)
- January 9, 2010 at 9:53 AM
I've used a similar recipe for my family of six (with fels naptha soap) starting about a year ago. After the first few months, the laundry picked up a strange odor and the soap couldn't get it out. I use half home-made and half-store bought laundry detergent. This method still saves a lot of money.
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Upcoming Exhibitions
March 3- April 25, 2008.
Elemental Connections: An Exhibition of Sustainable Craft, FCP Gallery, 100 King St. West, Toronto, Ontario
March 13-April 30, 2008.
Eyelevel Re-Shelving Initiative: 3, Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
April 1-15, 2008.
Insecurity Blanket (solo), Fly Gallery, 1172 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario
Pictured: Wing Study- Brewer's Sparrow (2007)
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Cheap Date Pins
A couple of weeks ago, I was approached by Becky of The Sweetie Pie Press to be a part of her ongoing Artist Commissioned Pin project. Because I had just finished a rather epic poster illustration for a friend, I killed two birds with one stone by donating select aspects of the illustration- 6 portraits drawn from a university yearbook from 1962- to make up a pin set titled "Cheap Dates." Thanks for doing these, Becky...they look SO great. If anyone is interested in purchasing a set, check out Becky's Etsy store, look for The Sweetie Pie Press at local craft fairs and events, or ask me, as I'll have some sets of my own to sell real soon...
Becky also tagged me in her blog, meaning I have to list 7 random facts about myself on MY blog, so here it goes...
1. I can't swim or whistle.
2. I have horrible teeth. HORRIBLE. I've had 4 root canals (3 in the past three years) and have also had two teeth break on me in this time. What is wrong with me, you ask? I swear, I'm not a disgusting person with a really bad lifestyle or anything...maybe it's just bad British (via NFLD) genes. Either that or the year and a bit I spent managing a candy store. Ugh....
3. I've lived in 6 places in my entire life- two in Scarborough, three in Parkdale, and I'm currently near Trinity Bellwoods Park. I am a total house-mouse, and rarely travel. I've been to Switzerland, New York, Niagara Falls, Florida, St. Lucia, and the Bahamas. That's about it...and that all happened between the ages of 7 and 17.
4. Things I generally don't like: dogs, babies, actors, the TV, carrots, people who think they're above social skills, and the telephone.
5. I play organ in a band.
6. Right now, I am in the middle of reading Kobo Abe's "The Woman in the Dunes." I want to read Charles Schulz' biography next...
7. If I wasn't an artist, I would probably be a music writer.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Zines + Bookworks Exhibition
Zines + Bookworks
Opens February 15th, 2008
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Friday, February 15th
Tara Bursey has been making zines for over ten years. She is also a visual artist whose diverse practice encompasses sculpture, installation, drawing, multiples and craft.
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Saturday, February 02, 2008
Elemental Connections + Making Matters Symposium
From R.A.U. Feels' Owen Sound Art Review
The following is the second instalment of a three-part recount of the symposium Making Matters: Sustainability and Craft Practices held at the Tom Thomson Art Gallery January 19, 2003.
Arlene Gehring, "Elemental Connections"
Independent Canadian curator and writer Arlene Gehring focused her attention on a recent exhibition she curated at the Ontario Crafts Council. Mounted between September 27 and November 12 2007, Elemental Connections: An Exhibition of Sustainable Craft brought together artists and craftspeople from across the country whose work makes use of naturally-occurring, handmade and, in one sense or another, renewable materials. A comprehensive list of the artists that took part in the exhibition appears below.
One of the first things Gehring pointed out was the range of approaches artists in the exhibition have to the whole idea of craft. Elemental Connections did not privilege only the aesthetically- or conceptually-innovative. Sure, there were works that blurred the presupposed boundaries between craft and art, either by using recognized craft materials in non-traditional ways or by producing traditional craft objects in unorthodox ways. And many of the contributors clearly thought and made not only outside established traditions of craft production, but some also embraced both suggestive and subversive themes. With the stark and precise presentation sense of a true-blue ornithologist, Tara Bursey (www.tarabursey.blogspot.com) fashions physiologically-correct replicas of actual bird wings using onion skin. The wings at once seem to flutter against the paper they are mounted to, and to stain it. Chantal Gilbert's (www.chantalgilbert.com) Bestioles series, in which she mounts her handmade pocket knives onto armatures resembling insect bodies, merges exquisite craftsmanship with a kind of sci-fi feminist-surrealism to produce irresistibly threatening fetish objects.
But Bursey and Gilbert's contemporary and thematically-driven use of craft methods and materials were not the only approaches witnessed in Elemental Connections. Given the underlying premise of the exhibition - craft demonstrating the knowledgeable interaction between the artist's hand and naturally-occurring and renewable media - there was, for Gehring, no reason to exclude craftspeople working in what she called "older traditions." By older traditions she was referring to those whose work reflects the unsullied application of established techniques - bowl-turning, or weaving for example - toward producing the mostly functional objects commonly associated with those techniques - bowls, baskets, etc. Examples of such works in the exhibition included the turned burl-bowls of Don Stinson and the woven kelp-gourd bowls of Anne Boquist.
However, most of the pieces stood somewhere between the unorthodox and the older traditions, incorporating both. The corn dollies of Daniel Kramer, for example: woven since Antiquity out of the last sheaf at the end of harvest as a way of containing the field's spirit, corn dollies were then ploughed back into the earth the following season to ensure prosperous harvest the following year. Seen today, they resonate as at once a sort of harbinger of potential environmental collapse and also remind us that powerful symbols can come from the most modest of means.
Apart from the craft and art work she introduced, my interest and curiosity was piqued also by a two-part claim Gehring made (which was subsequently reiterated by the symposium's keynote, Eric Nay). Gehring stated that an ideal "common cause" exists among craftspeople to produce objects that are environmentally sustainable. She then went onto say that, at its root, "craft production is inherently about environmental sustainability." I was, at first, confused and incredulous; was she saying that there are no craft methods and materials that are ecologically invasive or detrimental to the biosphere in some way? The very fact that craft materials cannot always be obtained locally, and that some materials and by-products are notoriously toxic seems to cast doubt on this assertion. Or was she simply speaking comparatively, in relation to the world of industrial manufacturing?
What I think Gehring meant when she linked craft necessarily to sustainability was that, considered at its anthropological root, craft knowledge is fundamental, basic, essential: it is a knowledge gained from working with one's own two hands on and with the earth. In other words, it is a knowledge embodied, and therefore a knowledge borne from the body's interaction with the direct and immediate environment. With this sort of knowledge comes a keener sensibility about the value of resources.
At least I think that's what Gehring meant.
This sounds well-and-good, but it also makes me a bit uneasy. Gehring is not simply offering a contingent definition of what craft happens to be; she is making an aesthetic value judgement about what good craft ought to be. Or rather, she is building the ethical obligation to make craft environmentally sustainable into the sensual or aesthetic appreciation of the craft object. Given her understanding of what craft is, any object manufactured in ways, or using materials, which contradict the sustainability clause is simply excluded from the possibility of being good craft. Are we really ready to exclude all objects made using some form of petroleum by-product from the pale? What about inherent toxicity of some of the materials inherent to particular craft traditions? Moreover, would it be possible to draw hard-and-fast lines between things made by hand and those disconnected from the hand? I couldn't help but feel that what Gehring was trying to offer up with Elemental Connections was a radically puritanical understanding of craft. This is not necessarily a negative criticism of either her or the exhibition. The pieces and the curatorial selection of those pieces seemed exquisite. I'm more intrigued than anything that someone has the wherewithal to insist on a necessary connection between the value of something as craft, and the way that something was produced.
Elemental Connections included work by Anne Boquist, Tara Bursey, Karen Cantine, Joanna Close, Paul Gray Diamond, Phyllis Erwin, Mary Fox, Chantal Gilbert, Andrea Graham, Vivienne Jones, Daniel Kramer, Nancy Latchford, Ryan Legassicke, Julie Lockau, Les Manning, Kirk Mceathron, Catherine Paleczny, Bernadette Pratt, Ann Schneider, Don Stinson, Ione Thorkelsson.
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Attorneys Robert F. Morris and Seth D. Wilson, both of Morris Wilson in Plymouth Meeting, secured a $3.2 million verdict against a Montgomery County hospital for the family of a man who died after a vein implant designed to stop blood clots migrated to his heart resulting in fatal cardiac arrest. After a nine-day trial, the jury found the three doctors and Mercy Suburban Hospital negligent in their care of Ernest Lucchesi according to The Legal Intelligencer. Top 20 Verdict Pennsylvania 2017
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Dear Resurrection Family,
It may not be spring yet, but it's going to feel like it today. I hope you can take a break from whatever you are doing, get outside, take a short walk and enjoy it!
This weekend I'll be concluding our series of sermons on Unafraid: Living with Courage and Hope by looking at the three nearly universal fears of human beings:
How do we find peace, courage and hope in the face of these fears? I'll share with you how others in our congregation havefound peace when faced with illness, a tool used by counselors to help people overcome these anxieties, and we'll look to the words of scripture, which offer us God's antidote to the fear of death. We'll also give you a small card to fit in your wallet or purse that includes a scripture of hope and Reinhold Neibuhr's well-loved Serenity Prayer. Don't miss this closing to our series on living without fear.
This Sunday, Feb. 12, at 7 pm in the Leawood Sanctuary, we will sponsor our second Racial Justice Forum in partnership with St. James United Methodist Church. The focus is on race and education.
In addition to Dr. Cleaver and myself, we'll have a panel including:
We'll look at how our two churches, and we as individual Christians, can play a role in healing our racially divided city. Following the program we'll have coffee and desserts. I hope many of you will plan to join us for this important conversation and to connect with our brothers and sisters from St. James UMC.
Beginning March 26, (opening weekend for the new sanctuary) the 10:45 am Vibe service will join the 9 am worship service in the sanctuary for the next year while the current sanctuary is renovated into our classrooms, fellowship hall and Vibe worship space.
There are several reasons for this shift. The move allows Vibe worshipers to be adjacent to children's nurseries and Sunday School (particularly important since we'll be closing the current entrance to KiDSCOR during construction/renovation of the current narthex and sanctuary). The change also allows us tune our 9 am service to better reach young adults and young families looking for a "modern" worship experience. A third benefit is that the move frees up the Student Center to allow us to restart youth Sunday School at 10:45, something we stopped offering when we started Vibe.
I am excited about these changes, but I also know that they require sacrifice on the part of everyone involved. Vibe is changing worship times and venue for a year. 9 am has changed its worship band and style. I recognize these are genuine sacrifices. I believe they will ultimately have a significant positive impact on both the Vibe and 9 am worship communities as well as our youth ministry. More than that, I think they will better equip us to continue to build a Christian community where non-religious and nominally religious people are becoming deeply committed Christians.
Thanks to the above changes, on March 26, Rezlife student ministries will begin offering 6th-12th grade Sunday School in the Student Center (Building C) at 10:45 am, in addition to the current Sunday School hour for youth at 9 am. Rezlife Sunday School includes fun hangout time in the Student Center, an intentional time of biblical teaching, and small group breakouts to build community and personal interaction with leaders, other students, and the scriptures. Both the 9 am and 10:45 am Sunday School hours will look very similar and cover the same Bible lessons.
Rezlife will need many new volunteers to begin connecting with students and teaching at 10:45 am and you don't need to be a Bible expert to help! All teaching curriculum is provided. If you have any questions about Rezlife Sunday School or might be interested in volunteering to teach and change students' lives at 10:45 am, please contact Dave MaGee, Director of Student Ministries (firstname.lastname@example.com).
Did you know that you gave $4.8 million to mission and ministry beyond the walls of our church in 2016? This weekend, Resurrection's 2016 Annual Missions Report will be available for you to pick up after worship and read about ministry highlights and how we are being used by God to change lives in the Kansas City community and around the world. You can also download a digital copy of the report.
This spring the Kansas City Lyric Opera is presenting the opera Dead Man Walking about a nun whose ministry with a death row inmate changes them both.
In conjunction with this opera, the Lyric is co-sponsoring, along with The American Public Square and the Kansas City Public Library, a panel discussion on the death penalty, discussing the ethical, moral and legal questions surrounding the death penalty. I've been asked to be a panelist along with Tricia Bushnell, Director, Midwest Innocence Project, Eric Zahnd, longtime Prosecuting Attorney for Platte County, Missouri, and Terry Nelson, Consultant, Republican Strategist and Founding Partner of FPI Strategies.
The event is Tuesday, February 21 in the Truman Forum of the Plaza Branch of the library. A reception will be held at 6, and the discussion begins at 6:30 pm. The event is free and moderated by former ambassador Allan Katz and KCPT's Nick Haines. They've requested that you register to attend.
Finally, did you remember that Tuesday is Valentine's Day? I remember one year I was so busy at the church that it was 4 pm on Valentine's Day when I finally went shopping for LaVon. I kept meaning to, but had forgotten.
I ran to the mall only to find dozens of other men doing what I was doing: frantic, last-minute, shopping. I bought her a pair of shoes that were the wrong size (the woman at Dillard's swore they ran small – but not an entire size small apparently!). I then ran to get a card (most of the good cards were gone) and by the time I arrived at the restaurant I was late, and, even before LaVon opened the shoes that were the wrong size, the message was clear – my work was more important than my wife. She was most gracious about it, but I'd blown it.
If you have a sweetheart, a bit of forethought goes a long way in conveying your appreciation and love. By the way, in our last survey of the congregation several years ago, one of the most common reasons for marital dissatisfaction was husbands or wives feeling unappreciated. Valentine's Day is a chance to say, "I value, appreciate and deeply love you." Don't wait until the last minute to prepare! :)
I've been posting a series of blogs on the Apostles' Creed – the latest is on the Holy Spirit called The Spirit Empowered Life. If you are interested, I'd love for you to take a moment to read it.
I look forward to seeing you in worship this weekend as we look at our fundamental fears and Christianity's powerful answer to them!
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One Week Friends episode 06
A very good episode that could've been so much better if only Yuuki had his way this time. A lot of progress has been made during this episode. It won't be long before Koari-chan recovers from her mental illness (that's what it is, people).
So Yuuki is failing in math. This would be the perfect opportunity for him and Koari-chan to get some alone time. It would've been brilliant if they actually ended up alone in Kaori's room. I'm really regretting Saki's appearance. I think she's a hilarious character with a very interesting personality, but she really screwed up big-time when she forced herself upon Kaori. How could there be any progress between Kaori and Yuuki if Saki invited herself and if Yuuki forced Shougo to come as well, even though Shougo is arguably one of the brightest students in their school from what I could tell.
Let's get this whole character business over with first… I am not a huge fan of Shougo. Yes he seems kind of cool and bad-ass, but he has not the social type. He does not seems to talk to people unless he has to. I kind of like that in a way, a character that only talks when he has to. Saki on the other hand is just too unpredictable. You never know what she might say yet, which makes her kind of interesting and risky.
I'm actually a little glad when Kaori's mother, whom has an interesting personality herself, told Yuuki a bit more about what happened to Kaori when she was little. Yes, she had an accident, but it seems that Shougo was right all along. Kaori cannot remember her friends because of something that happened in her best, not because of that accident. Her mind is protecting her from something. All that's left is for Yuuki to find out what.


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I had not been to that expo in a couple of years, and since neither of us are doing much running these days, expos in general haven't been something I've seen a lot of since 2014 or so. I didn't go through all of my thoughts in the video. Yesterday was the race, and since I spent the day with Tuesday (our son), I had more time to think about what I was missing. I would have normally said "dwell" rather than "think," but it really was more of a "think" than "dwell."
I used to be SO bothered when I couldn't do a race, for any reason. Standing on the sidelines felt like I was giving up, which seems so, so ridiculous to me now that I'm a month away from turning 32 and feeling like I'm 62. I wish I didn't spend all those active racing years beating myself up for not finishing races at goal, as it was just amazing to get out there in the first place. People used to tell me this all the time; I did not understand until now.
This is not to say that I couldn't just pick up and start actively racing again. I'm pretty sure a couple of months of discipline could get me back in the saddle, at least for the most part. It's like riding a bike, right? I've been having more temperamental knees in the times I did try to run (I trained for a half last year) after pregnancy. The "a couple of months" thing seems daunting, but if I just say, I'm going to try to run a few times each week, I still ask myself, "I will?!"
So then I tell myself that I will run a couple of times THIS week. Well, it's Monday, and I woke up feeling like I needed another cycle of sleep, and I pretty much resigned and did a barre workout instead.
The bottom line is, I'm not there yet, and because I'm not there yet, I don't feel bad or sad that I wasn't out running one of my most sentimental races. LA Marathon was my first marathon and the only marathon I did with siblings and appeared briefly on TV (reading that linked blog post again seeing that they used to start the race SO late in warm LA March made me raise an eyebrow). I will always feel a connection to this race, even if I'm not running it, in the same way that I feel a connection to living in the LA area in general.
I don't know what the future holds for me when it comes to racing. I'm not sure if those people who did a bunch around the time that I was still feel that "magic" or not. I can see participation numbers are still high, so it is probably there, and I just need to get myself back out there to see it for myself.


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Ferguson, Missouri is in deep pain right now. The community is stressed out from all the violence from protestors, the police, state police, and now the National Guard "Protection". My wife and I live just a few miles west of this little town and we have been there many a weekend buying produce at the farmers market. We love the town. We love the people. This small town that has so much potential is being torn apart and it doesn't need to happen.
This pain that the community is feeling can be fixed long term. It takes the community to heal itself. My numbers may be wrong but you can tell me the right numbers in the comments below. Ferguson is a community with a population of 22,000 people and 70% of the people are black. 51 of the 53 police officers are white. That's 96%. The Mayor is white. The city council is 5 white people and 1 black person. That's 80% representation at the local level for 30% of the people.
Ferguson needs to be organized to get the vote out for their own local leaders. Ferguson needs a few people in the community that are black to stand up and run for political office. A business owner, a school teacher, a single mom, a guy that works construction, a lawyer... Whoever. It is your town. Who is better at leading it? The people in charge now or one of your own people?
Back in the day when the Irish were persecuted for just being here in America we found a way to beat the bastards that were putting us all down. We elected our own to public office in every capacity possible. Local, state, and federal offices. It didn't happen over night but one of our own was Speaker of the House for forty years and we elected President Kennedy. We elected his little brother, the Liberal Lion Teddy for decades.
Can the racial policing problems in Ferguson be fixed? Yes it can. If you elect a black mayor that hires the new Chief of Police. If you elect a city council that is black that decides and votes on the percentages of police officers that need to be black change can happen. Some white guys just might lose their jobs as police officers but the community needs to be policed by people that are put there by the people they elected.
Might it be needed to call for a special election in Ferguson? If the people are not truly represented, then maybe that is a probability. Either way you need to organize, Ferguson. Your community needs to elect a new Mayor and a new City Council. Most of all you NEED TO VOTE! That is just step one.
This is my protest for the people of Ferguson. Let's move forward! Change can only happen if you take the steps needed to make it so.
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"Cassius Clay was down in Miami, and Jackie Wilson, Sam Cooke, Malcolm X, Billy Eckstine, and myself were on 9th street at Nat's Barbershop in Overtown. They all knew me and we were all joking and laughing and then Cassius Clay came in. He had just won the Olympics in Rome. It was 1960. I didn't like him at all. He was bragging about he was gonna be this and do that. He was a tall good lookin fella and I just could not stand his ass. He was on and on about "My name is Cassius Clay," and he was punching at the wall and Jackie Wilson was kissing his ass. And then Jackie said, "This is Sam from Sam and Dave," and the Champ said, "Well what song do they have?" and Jackie said, "Well, nothing." At the time we were still doing covers and playing talent shows. And everybody laughed and he was fast as lightning throwing those punches at the wall talking about, "I'm gonna knock out Sonny Liston." And I was just getting mad looking at him and he said, "Well, what's your problem?"
I said, "I don't like you." And everybody in the barbershop know I got a mouth on me, and they say, "Sam, Sam, Sam, calm down, man." I told Clay, "You gonna get your punk ass whooped."
He said, "You wanna come to the fight?" And meanwhile Joe Louis was down at the restaurant on the corner having lunch. I said, "Yeah, I wanna go to the fight. Liston gonna knock your dick out your pants."
So they had some tickets brought over to Nat's and we went to the Continental Club, and later went to the beach to go watch the fight. Everybody was there. Somebody gave me some money to go get some stuff, I missed the opening fights, and I got back with my drink and I said, "Clay gon get his ass fucked up." And I set my soda down and put a magazine under my ass and as I was leaning down everybody jumped up to look and I said, "What happened?!?"
And they say Clay just knocked that man out cold.
And everybody started teasing me. And this group of guys could tease you so bad you didn't even want to fight. I had to stay off 9th street for a long time after that. Goddamn they teased me.
One day I went to go get a hair cut from Nat and when I walked in everybody say, "Hey, come here punk!"
I said, "Fuck yall"
And they said, "Nah, fuck you!"
And then Sam Cooke and I became friends and we were all together all the time down there.
And then when the Muslim thing came in Muhammad Ali got to be a good friend of mine and he would come to the club and say, "Hey, you owe me a song." I owe him everytime, and I pay him every time. And that's how we came to be such good friends to this day."
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text: I've tried mental help for my depression. I'm even on anti-depressants and i feel even worse than i did before. Counseling does not help me. i have lost the will to live and now I'm thinking about doing it. whenever i talk about my depression and how i get picked on in school and how almost nobody cares what happens to me, i feel even worse afterwards. some people can be saved, but others like me will not. If someone wants to die, just let them. Death isn't a bad thing, it's a relief from pain and suffering.


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A really great aspect of garden tours is looking at different types of property and how people make it work. The third garden I visited sits on the edge of a steep enbankment. It's a narrow area and this gardener has really made the most of what ground is there.
Right behind that stone wall is a ravine.
Yet another feature I loved was the use of stone. Stone is such a great feature in a garden, it has a quality I find difficult to describe. There's something very aged and comforting about it.
|This stone wall really caught my attention
The fourth garden on the tour is another country property. We do live in the country after all!
I'd like to take this moment to mention, once again, the trouble and effort our gardeners went to for this event. As a member of the organizing committee I'd like to say a heartfelt thank you to the wonderful people who made this possible by going that extra mile and opening up their properties for people to traipse through.
Amazing. See what I mean about going that extra mile? These people were awesome.
Big properties also call for big planters
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37 comments:
Love it! I think you've got just the right colour. It looks like it could be natural! xxReplyDelete
Love the new hair color!ReplyDelete
YEZZZZZZZZZZ!!! HAIR FTW!!!!!!!!!1ReplyDelete
Love it! That colour suits you so well. I have recently gone from bright blonde to red, but too scared to post pics at the mo.ReplyDelete
Love the pic of the cheese board. Hope you had a glass of port to wash it down with.
Lou xx
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LOVE it, much better than the bleach you had, don't worry !!!! it's just amazing !!!!! and the matching's perfect with your style.ReplyDelete
BTW, who's the guy ?
xx, yamina.
I loove the vibe in these photos for sure..ReplyDelete
I really like your hair like this, this color suits you :) & I love your sweater as well by the way.ReplyDelete
absolutely love your hair! I think you could be the best Johnny's girlfriend in Pirates of the Caribbean ;)ReplyDelete
WHAAAT :| you dyed you hair? well, that's a big change. I LOVED the blond but I love the red as well. It's something different! I used to have this color on my hair :)ReplyDelete
I love the atmosphere on the photos, such an amazing post!ReplyDelete
HAIL TO THE RED!!!!:)ReplyDelete
I used to wear this color! and now is back!! ooohhh, God, just now when I wanted to STOP making my hair to suffer... kyaaaaa! But I will not succumb!!
The blond was sooo good.... you can make both?? hahaha, my aunty does!
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Love the hair! It's such a different look which is fun and amazing!ReplyDelete
Great hair, very fresh!ReplyDelete
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- Anonymous1/20/11, 5:10 AM
your hair is so rad!ReplyDelete
I love it and I mean it (I dyed my hair that color two years ago and I'm still missing it!)
Diggin the oversized tops! xReplyDelete
Ok so what's this with you Mandy and me going after Opening Ceremony lately? CLEARLY we need to go there together for our monumental get together.ReplyDelete
as for the hair. As Gordon Gheko said 'change is good'...actually hang on he said 'GREED is good'. ack! you get the point.
Karen x
Loving the new do:) With all this anticipation I thought you were going supa-blonde. Cool bag and delish cheeseplate;) yum!ReplyDelete
Lookin hotter than Florence Welch! I love the change. . . when i get sick of blonde im' going to have to find a hairdresser than can make my locks the color of MK's when she had that reddish brown mop. !!ReplyDelete
beautiful hair, you are rockin it! also, i love cheese so i was overjoyed to see that picture. thanks for the comment on my blog btw, no one reads it so i was stoked to see your comment. it made my day! :)ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1/20/11, 11:16 AM
You look amazingReplyDelete
beautiful hair colour! xxReplyDelete
The hair is amazing! As is that purse! Truly, you look great as a red head!ReplyDelete
Ok. Strange... just got to work and checked your blog. New red hair looks amazing!!! But... this is the weird bit; I had a dream last night that I dyed my hair red. That's some freaky shite!ReplyDelete
It looks amazing, enjoy ;) xx
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Wow! The red looks amazing on you! Whoever did your hair did an excellent job getting just the right shade of red. I can't get over it... so lovely!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1/20/11, 3:08 PM
Hi!! I'm thinking of buying these jeans but I'm not sure which size to buy...What size did you buy? Does it run true to size? And how tall are you? Thank you!!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1/20/11, 4:42 PM
I totally love your blog! its stunning!ReplyDelete
H - o - T baby! You're rocking the big red love and me love now! hoping you don't have red ears but, when I died my hair dark red they got it all over my hairline, not a good look ladybug! heheh. Hate to say it but I'm a bit of a natural red head, and not in the good sense (weird auburn tufts around my forehead) Welcome to the firey red head society baybayy! hehe xxxReplyDelete
You're killing me with that cheese plate. Oh, and the bag. ;)ReplyDelete
p.s. When in doubt, go red. Looks great!
dear anonymous:ReplyDelete
the jeans are a size 4. i would say its comparable to a 27. i think they run pretty true to size--but definitely tight! and i'm 5' 7.
OMG you live in California? This entire time I thought you lived in New Zealand or something (don't ask why).ReplyDelete
Well that's awesome! I live in California too :) I guess you learn something new every day.
This is beyond weird, I changed hair color (also from dirty blonde to red) last Monday, just a few days before you dyed your hair .. I love it, on you as well as on me ;)ReplyDelete
woah, you look so different! in a really good way though :DReplyDelete
Love the new hairrr pretty lady, and this oufit is perfect, the color of the green sweater goes so well with the red hair !ReplyDelete
i seriously think that the red hair suits you, its unreal.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1/23/11, 10:24 PM
i love how you mix girly hipster with a little lesbian vibe. you are crushworthy!ReplyDelete


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East Carolina and Marshall played their final football game as Conference USA rivals last November. But it won't be the last time the Pirates and Thundering Herd meet on the gridiron. The schools agreed Monday to a two-year home-and-home deal that will renew a series that began in 1967. Marshall will play at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium on Sept. 5, 2020 before ECU repays the visit by traveling to Huntington, W.Va. on Sept. 11, 2021. "ECU and Marshall have enjoyed a great… Read More »


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Amber Rose's bodyguard sure has a lot of body to guard ... especially when her curves are on full display like this.
Here's Amber leaving Warwick Wednesday night in a pink mini, with a bodyguard, Big B, attached. They apparently hold hands sometimes. No biggie, she's a friendly gal.
You probably didn't notice him back there, though, because of what's going on up front. Can't say Amber doesn't know how to showcase her girls!
'80s movie reboot idea: "Fine As Hell in Pink!"


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Right before I got pregnant I sprained my shoulder pretty badly. It hurt like crazy! I went to the chiropractor 3 days a week and I took it easy. Needless to say, nothing was helping. Later that day I received a package from Dr. Hauschka that contained a few products for review. In this package was some Arnica Bump and Bruise Relief and a package of Arnica compresses.
I had never heard of Arnica before so I went online to Dr. Haushka's website and found some very useful information. "Arnica promotes your body's healing process by regulating circulation in the connective tissue, dispersing trapped fluids. Arnica temporarily relieves pain and swelling associated with bumps, bruises, sprains and general muscular discomfort. Arnica is a mountain plant. Its brilliant yellow blossoms grace the higher altitudes of central Europe, where it has long been revered within diverse folk traditions as a powerful healing plant. As a result, it has been given seemingly countless names. In the United States alone, arnica is known by many common names including Leopard's Bane, Wolf's Bane and Mountain Snuff."
I then contacted my sister-in-law who is a chiropractor. She simply told me "Arnica Rocks!" Well, I decided that I didn't have anything to lose (other than pain) so I took 10 of the Arnica Tablets and I waited. I didn't notice any change right away but then I remember about the compresses. I made my husband drape one across my shoulder and then lay a piece of Saran Wrap over it so it 1) wouldn't dry out 2) wouldn't stain my clothing 3) be more comfortable. I couldn't believe how AMAZING these compresses were. I only wore it for 4-5 minutes before I could actually feel some relief. They made me feel so much better. I was very impressed. It only took another 5 days before I was feeling 100% normal again.
I was tempted to use the compresses again the other day but when I went to get one I noticed a warning pertaining to pregnancy. The use of Arnica is not recommended during pregnancy. What a bummer. One thing I know for sure is that I will always have a few compresses and a bottles of Arnica Bump and Bruise Relief around the house!
Who is Dr. Hauschka and how does this company relate to Earth Month?
For more than 40 years Dr. Hauschka Skin Care has led the way in holistic skin care. Dr. Hauschka Skin Care is a different kind of company. Inspired by our vision of a culture of care, we've created a company not driven by greed but powered by compassion. All we do is in the interest of fostering well-being in the world, from our ecologically sound methods of growing and sourcing ingredients to our one-of-a-kind manufacturing processes and international fair trade initiatives.
We stand proudly by the products we sell, knowing that their purity and efficacy are helping people to nurture their own health and beauty and inspiring them to recognize and foster beauty and well-being in others.
Lucky for you Dr. Hauschka would like one winner to have a few of their amazing Arnica products valued at $30. Trust me, you will LOVE having these products around. Head over to Dr. Haushka's website and tell me one other product that you would LOVE to have. Leave your email address in your comment if it isn't in your profile.
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York-based Russian-born singer and actor YaYa (Yakov Yavno) announces
plans to expand his performance schedule in the United States and
throughout Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas. YaYa presents
his powerful baritone via showcases ranging in size from intimate
cabaret-style acts to large-scale events suitable for concert halls and
stadiums. His solo show, "Creative Encounters", intersperses a musical
program with faces of the artist's journey from Russia to America, and
his nightclub act features instrumental combos of various sizes and
configurations integrating story telling and philosophical discussions.
His one man shows "Revelations" and "Songs of Our Soul" are reflective
of this. Yavno's full-scale presentation entitled "The Road Home"
incorporates an orchestra with choirs and contemporary dancers, as well
as cameos by well-known guests from the countries in which he performs.
Already a beloved headliner around the globe, YaYa sings in many
languages, including French, Spanish, Russian, Yiddish and English. He
has also achieved notable success in other arenas: stage presentations,
films and recordings. Yakov incorporates folk, pop and classical music
into his contemporary arrangements. In so doing, he paints an eclectic
canvas; a reflection of today's world.


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Price : Ranges from INR 60,000.00 to 75, 00,000.00


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The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) today determined that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of certain steel concrete reinforcing bars from Indonesia, Poland, and Ukraine that the U.S. Department of Commerce has determined are sold in the United States at less than fair value.
All six Commissioners voted in the affirmative.
As a result of the Commission's affirmative determinations, the U.S. Department of Commerce will direct the U.S. Customs Service to impose antidumping duties on imports of certain concrete reinforcing bars from Indonesia, Poland, and Ukraine.
The Commission's public report Certain Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars from Indonesia, Poland, and Ukraine (Investigations Nos. 731-TA-875, 880, and 882 (Final), USITC Publication 3425, May 2001) will contain the views of the Commission and information developed during the investigations.
Copies may be obtained after June 13, 2001, by calling 202-205-1809 or from the Office of the Secretary, 500 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20436. Requests may also be made by fax to 202- 205-2104.
Certain Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars from Indonesia, Poland, and Ukraine
Investigations Nos. 731-TA-875, 880, and 882 (Final)
Product Description: Steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) is principally for reinforcement and crack-control of concrete. These investigations cover all deformed steel concrete reinforcing bars, sold in straight lengths, and classifiable under HTS subheading 7214.20.00 or any other subheading of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. However, plain-round rebar and rebar that has been further processed through bending or coating are specifically excluded.
Status of Proceedings: 1. Type of investigations: Final antidumping. 2. Petitioners: The Rebar Trade Action Coalition (Washington, DC) and its individual members AmeriSteel (Tampa, FL); Auburn Steel Co., Inc. (Auburn, NY) (1); Birmingham Steel Corp. (Birmingham, AL); Border Steel, Inc. (El Paso, TX); CMC Steel Group (Seguin, TX); Marion Steel Co. (Marion, OH); Nucor Steel (Darlington, SC); and Riverview Steel (Glassport, PA). 3. Investigations instituted by USITC: June 28, 2000. 4. Hearing: April 5, 2001. 5. USITC vote: May 15, 2001. 6. USITC determination and views to Department of Commerce: May 25, 2001. U.S. Industry (Regional U.S. Industry) (2): 1. Number of domestic producers in 2000: 15 (12) (2) 2. Location of producers' plants: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Washington (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas) (2) 3. Employment of production and related workers in 2000: 4,216 (2,771) (2) 4. U.S. producers' shipments in 2000: 6,308,658 short tons (3,842,009 short tons) (2) 5. U.S. consumption, 2000: (3) 6. Ratio of quantity of imports from all sources to U.S. consumption in 2000: (3) 7. Ratio of quantity of subject imports to U.S. consumption in 2000: (3) U.S. Imports: 1. Quantity of subject imports in 2000 from Indonesia, Poland, and Ukraine: 237,346 short tons (237,332 short tons) (2). 2. Value of subject imports in 2000 from Indonesia, Poland, and Ukraine: $47,742,000 ($47,736,000) (2).
(1) Auburn Steel is not a petitioner with respect to Indonesia. In March 2001, Nucor Steel announced an agreement to buy almost all of Auburn Steel's steel bar-mill assets in New York.
(2) Commissioners Marcia E. Miller, Jennifer A. Hillman, and Dennis M. Devaney determined that the industry consists of all 50 states as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Chairman Stephen Koplan, Vice Chairman Deanna Tanner Okun, and Commissioner Lynn M. Bragg determined that the industry consists of 30 states (regional: all states east of the Mississippi River plus Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, and Texas) as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. The information in parentheses on this fact sheet represents the regional U.S. industry.
(3) Withheld to avoid disclosure of business proprietary information.


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Watercress Soup Again - april 28, 2010
Watercress is growing on me. Its flavor is still a bit unfamiliar, which doesn't happen all that often now that I'm old, so I'm really enjoying it.
My husband and I ate this soup again tonight, with some yummy corn cheddar bread from Arizmendi Bakery, one of my favorites in SF. They also have the best pizza in the world and are absolutely the top place for english muffins, though they go stale quickly. I wish they would sell them wrapped in a big plastic bag, so I could keep them longer in the fridge. For some reason ziplocs just don't seem to work as well as professional bread bags. Another gripe I have about Arizmendi is that they don't have a bread slicer. I'm sure its not correct on some level to slice your bread ahead of time and make it go stale quicker, but its just so practical. I am unable to cut slices of bread properly for sandwiches, and it drives me nuts. So I wish for pre-sliced bread. Is that so wrong?
Tonight my kids ate leftovers, which freed me up to cook my soup alone and in peace. What a wonderful evening! I even didn't have to give them a bath. I cannot remember if they ate the watercress soup last time we had it, I'd bet not, as it has lots of green stuff in it, but sometimes they surprise me. I'm sure the bread would have been popular.
Most of the meals we cook are simple and usually fast and easy, with a few exceptions. They tend to rely on a somewhat fully stocked pantry - onions, olive oil, herbs, spices, nuts, dry beans, etc. - but you can usually substitute in other items if you don't have all of the ingredients. I make many things from scratch like chicken stock, breadcrumbs, and salad dressings because they just taste better than what I've found in the stores. You don't have to, but I'll try to include recipes for those things too.
I cook seasonally, since we get two locally grown produce boxes (one is mostly fruit, one mostly veg) every week and have our own garden. But that said, the seasons in San Francisco are a bit different than other places, so I am lucky enough to get to eat a lot of produce typically grown in the spring and always have fresh salad. I don't though, grow my own tomatoes or melons. Its just too cold here.
If you're wondering what to do with one of those odd seasonal (or un) items you may happen to have, you can use the search feature on my blog page to look for recipes containing a particular ingredient (watercress, for example). Sometime soon I'm hoping to have the recipes I've written about available in recipe-box notecard format, so you can download and print them out for yourself. I'll do that in my copious spare time, of course.
One last thing, I'm always looking for feedback on the recipes I post and also for new recipes. So if you happen to have a favorite, please post it as a comment, with a few words about what makes it great. When I get the ingredients your recipe requires, I'll give it a try.
Now for the watercress soup - really the only thing I have to say since making it last time is that the parsley makes a difference and that chopping the onion and leaves finely is a good thing to do. This time I got a little lazy, and the larger bits weren't quite as nice as really small ones.
The chicken stock in this recipe is a major flavor player, and its really easy to make your own. After we roast a chicken or cut one up for parts (I always buy whole chickens so I can make stock) I just dump the bones in a crock pot full of water along with a peeled and quartered onion, one carrot cut into about four chunks and two pieces of celery also cut into chunks. Then let it cook on low overnight. In the morning, I strain the stock into wide mouth jars and freeze it, or just leave it in the fridge if I'll be using it within the week. Its so much better than the funky organic stuff that comes in cartons, or the MSG laden super salty stuff that comes in cans.
Watercress Soup: (adapted from Canal House Cooking Volume 3)
2 bunches watercress, stems and leaves separated
8 cups chicken stock
2 Tablespoons butter
1 Tablespoon olive oil
1 medium onion, finely chopped
1 waxy potato, peeled and diced
1 handful fresh parsley leaves, chopped
salt & pepper
Gently simmer the watercress stems in the stock, in one of your two big pots, for 15 or 20 minutes. Melt the butter and oil in your other big pot over medium low heat and add the onion, cooking until it is soft and translucent, but not brown. Add the potatoes. Strain the stock into the pot with the onions and potatoes, discard the stems. Add some salt, maybe a teaspoon. Cook over medium heat for 10-15 minutes, until the potatoes are tender.
Finely chop the watercress leaves and add them to the soup with the parsley, season with pepper and taste it, adding salt if needed. Simmer for just a few minutes, then remove from the heat. Serve the soup garnished with a knob (I guess that is a small chunk, if you're British) of butter, spoonful of heavy cream or dollop of creme fraiche. My vote is for the creme fraiche, though we never seem to have any around.


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MICROSOFT has held talks with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp over a possible plan for the software giant to pay the media company to remove its news websites from Google. [source]
The source cited the biggest beneficiary to be the newspaper. I do not agree. In fact, it will spell the end of news paper.
News are everywhere, news agencies competing against each other, bloggers "reporting" live and new microbloggers such as Twitter. When news.com.au are blocked from indexing by the default search engine, it will just not be visible to millions of online reader who only read online news, like me.
The only viable business model of online news is advertising, just like paper-based news which depend overwhelmingly on advertising already. Cutting readership is cutting revenue stream.
Good luck with News Corp if they really go ahead with M$'s plan.


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Press release
ÅF: Eero Auranne new head of Process Division
For further information, please contact:
Jonas Wiström, President & CEO +46 (0)70-608 12 20
Eero Auranne, Divisional Manager +358 403 485 120
Viktor Svensson, Director, Corporate Information +46 (0)70-657 20 26
Eero Auranne has been appointed as the new manager for the Process Division. He will take up his new position today, 9 October 2006. At the same time, Eero Auranne will also become a member of the ÅF Group's senior management team.
The Process Division employs slightly more than 1,000 of ÅF's 3,500 employees in twelve countries. Business focuses on consulting services for the energy and pulp & paper markets. Eero was previously the manager for the division's Energy business area and a member of the divisional management team.
Eero Auranne (47) has a degree in engineering from Helsinki University of Technology. After 19 years with IVO, which included two years in London and five in Kuala Lumpur, Eero was made Managing Director for Fortum Service and a Vice President in Fortum. In 2002 he became MD for Enprima (partly owned by Fortum), which ÅF acquired at the beginning of 2006. Under Eero's leadership Enprima was transformed into a profitable energy consulting company and one of the leading names in the industry in Finland, Russia and the Baltic states.
Eero will now continue with and intensify the work of rapidly improving profitability in the Process Division.
"I am delighted that Eero has accepted this challenge and the role as the new manager for the Process Division," says Jonas Wiström, President and CEO of the ÅF Group, "Eero has all the qualities of a good leader and a proven track record of his ability to create stable results - even in adverse market conditions. He also brings with him to his new position extensive experience of the international energy market."
Claes-Inge Isacson, the former manager for the Process Division, has resigned his position at his own request.
Corporate Information
AB Ångpanneföreningen
The ÅF Group is a leader in technical consulting, with expertise founded on more than a century of experience. We offer highly qualified services and solutions for industrial processes, infrastructure projects and the development of products and IT systems. We are also one of the leading names in testing and inspection. Today the ÅF Group has 3,500 employees. Our base is in Europe, but our business and our clients are found all over the world.


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By ALMA J. BUELVA
THE just-concluded Pet Summit trade show scaled new peaks this year by successfully bringing together a world of pets in one place and a wide array of products from established and start-up pet companies.
At the show, pets literally had their field day as their owners took them booth hopping to try and shop for pet items and bring home freebies from generous exhibitors.
The afternoon show was also made busy with informative presentations that highlight important things about pet care and demonstrations that celebrate pets' unique skills and talents.
Different associations of pet lovers were also in attendance as well as animal welfare groups.
With all the adorable pets around, Pet Summit 2017 was definitely an Instagram-worthy event. Here are some of the interesting subjects we saw at the show.
BIG AND SMALL: A bull mastiff rests near a Chihuahua that decided a cooler is the best place to beat the heat.
DOG PEOPLE AND CAT PEOPLE. A woman enjoys a cold snack next to her Chihuahua while another lady poses for photos with the adorable British Shorthair cat from Pet Cafe by Velvet Friends.
PET ADVOCATES. Pet Summit also signed up key animal welfare and pet lovers' groups like the Metro Manila Development Authority's K9 Search and Rescue team and the Mini Pinscher Lovers Philippines, respectively.
PETREPRENEURS. Start-ups Fetch and Teddy Sage joined Pet Summit for the first time. Their products are inspired by the owners' dogs! Fetch makes hygiene pet products while Teddy Sage creates T-shirts for dog lovers.
MEET-UPS. Dogs had plenty of time to meet new friends at the summit. Here's a Chow Chow named Cindy wearing a bandana from Skarf PH and enjoying the adulation of the crowd that was snapping her photos. From a distance two dogs "kissed" while their owners weren't looking.
Pet Summit 2017 was organized by All4PetsParty.com and Paws & Tails Event Concept and Management in cooperation with Bonifacio High Street. The show was also made possible in collaboration with NexGard, HeartGard Plus and Frontline Plus as major sponsor brands and MetroPets Magazine as media partner.


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why doesn't anyone cry about whats going on in the world?
It shows how perverted our society is, that we're so self absorbed we can't think outside ourselves, our area code or our country. I watched a movie last week that killed me. Its called Sometimes in Spring and its about the genocide that happened in Rwanda. Its a hard movie, really heavy. But those kind of movies are the most important to see. I watched it when I was upset at my mother and after I felt so incredibly grateful for everything I have. We're all so lucky. Its easy to forget sometimes. I want to try to stop forgetting how good I have it and appreciate my luck at not being born a Tutsi in Rwanda. I'm still trying to figure out what the hell I did in a past life to deserve to have it so good now. I could just have easily been born to another family, in another country, and a totally different world. It blows my mind. Being, and knowing that I'm fortunate I feel like I have a responsability to share, to give and to help.
This is all from me for now. More late friends.


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|Take a break! (Photo Credit)
So, it's another come back of sorts to my blog. Does that bother me - the long break? No, it doesn't. Sometimes it's just nice to sit quietly and watch the world go by. This time, I also watched the madness of other bloggers go by. This break also proves that one can't rest on one's past laurels. And that, one is never invincible after overcoming a challenge (the #NaBloPoMo, in my case) unless one continues to put in efforts. So, I am back with no promises of coming back often. To me, it's ok to flow with the flow once in a while. It's ok not to push things to do the way it should be done to conform to some arbitrary rule I did not make.
Breaks are good. From whatever one does in life. Surprisingly, looking at others go about their frenetic activities while you are on a break makes them appear even more fast paced. So when I think back about blogging related activity that I noticed around me during my hiatus is - there's just too much of it. Could be because of the effect I told you earlier. But I also felt that everyone is so much in a hurry to blog. To blog more. To blog everyday. To write for every weekly theme. There are so many conversations around how to just keep posting no matter what. I am honestly astounded at how fellow bloggers can not just churn out posts everyday but also share them on various blogging platforms for others to read!! I constantly wonder - how do they manage! I figured that maybe I am not just that hardworking or it's not in me to be able to do that or just plain 'don't care' attitude! Any which way, I realized that not being in the rat race works for me.
And I think the more I saw that happening on social media, the more I savoured my luxury of not blogging when I did not want to. To choose to stop typing just because I don't feel like. And to be ok with it. As I have mentioned earlier, I write for the passion of writing. I write because I feel strongly about something. I don't know how to write to increase page views (I don't even know that for my professional blog! "What a fool!", you say? Well!). I don't know how to write to drive traffic. (I think this means the same as what I said before). Yes, my professional blog has some semblance of planning for the posts of a month. But that's about it. Blogging is not the central thing in my life. I am sure avid bloggers reading my post - if anyone's reading this post at all - might gasp in incredulity at this assertion. But that's just how blogging works in my life. (Though, hats off to people to who manage all the blogging with kids and full time jobs)
Another reason for the hiatus has been probably a common thing that all of us go through - life takes over and it's hard to find the time. With some personal issues and the rush of keeping up with my professional blogging, I has to compromise on a few things. And my personal blog is usually the casualty. Plus, once you stop, the languor sets in making it even harder to begin again. You know, you've been there! But after avoiding looking straight in the eye of my neglect of this blog, even when I could begin writing, here I am fighting through my lassitude.
While I was pondering about blogging sitting on the periphery of the blogosphere, I figured what might work for my blog here. I need to work on what works for me. Daily blogging doesn't. I need to go back to my reasons for writing - the love of it and improving the craft of writing. So consistency through well thought of posts seems to be my kind of plan. I am outright incapable of writing a good post every single day. Maybe, if that was my only profession. So, I need to find a rhythm that keeps me going and the blog too. And I think I have kinda figured what that rhythm could be.
If you have made it all the way here through my rant, thank you so much! Your free gift of good karma should reach you soon! And while you are here, have you been through a phase where you just took a break even from something you love? It could be a hobby or a (weekly) ritual that you followed for a long time. Tell me about it. I'd love to hear about it.