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The Charlotte Road/Van Wyck Volunteer Fire Department is asking for the public's help in recovering the cooker it uses for fundraising and other activities.
Department officials described the missing custom-built cooker as black metal and about 6 feet long, 4 feet wide and 5 feet tall, with a beveled, casket-like flat top and two smokestacks in the middle. The cooker is mounted on a black 6-foot-by-12-foot trailer.
Christopher Sardelli
A fake check led to the arrest of a Columbia man in Kershaw last week.
James Robert Kriner, 20, was arrested Friday, July 20, and charged with forgery after sheriff's deputies responded at about 5:40 p.m. to a Kershaw supermarket about a suspicious payroll check, according to a sheriff's office press release.
Staff Reports
The Lancaster County Republican Women will host Attorney General Alan Wilson on Tuesday, Aug. 14, at Carole Rae Dowling Center at 509 Hubbard Drive.
The program starts with a reception at 6:30 p.m. and the program begins at 7 p.m.
Wilson's topic title is "How can Lancaster County voters impact the 2012 General Election in SC?"
This was supposed to be the moment I provided details about my recent trip to Northeast Ohio.
I was going to tell you all about my two-day stay in Cleveland that was highlighted by a visit to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, a beautiful six-story structure that sits on the shore of Lake Erie.
The displays and exhibits inside were literally jaw-dropping. As a culture and music enthusiast, it's all I could ask for – a facility solely devoted to the preservation and promotion of popular American music.
Christopher Sardelli
Police arrested a Lancaster woman Saturday, July 21, only hours after her two young children were found home alone.
Myeshia Shree McCain, 27, 1504 Caroline Court, was charged with two counts of unlawful conduct toward a child after officers found her 3-year-old daughter and 1-year-old son alone in an apartment, according to a Lancaster Police Department incident report.
Many thanks to Dr. Lee Thomas for his thoughtful guest column, "Medical care in America has reached crossroads," in the July 11 edition of The Lancaster News, on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the crossroads in medical care that has been looming for many years prior to its passage.
He and the hospital system he works for are to be commended for their devotion to patient-centered care, including indigent care.
I have had multiple calls about how the new health-care reform act will affect us individually and small-business owners. I just finished reading the entire bill and below is brief summary:
The new health-care reform act mandates health insurance coverage for most Americans starting in 2014 or a penalty will be imposed.
The penalty will be assessed on your tax return and administered by the IRS.
Christopher Sardelli
Police arrested a Lancaster woman Saturday, July 21 only hours after her two children were found home alone.
Myeshia Shree McCain, 27, 1504 Caroline Court, was arrested and charged with two counts of unlawful conduct toward a child, according to a Lancaster Police Department media report.
Officers were called to the apartment complex after a neighbor called 911 to report a young girl knocking on her door.
Jesef Williams
A Great Falls Elementary School teacher remains behind bars on sex charges that stem from 2007.
Richard Jayson Jones, 47, of 427 Old Winnsboro Road, Great Falls, was arrested Thursday, July 19, and charged with criminal sexual conduct with a minor, victim 11-14 years of age and lewd act upon a child under 16.
The S.C. Law Enforcement Division (SLED) made the arrest following an investigation requested by the Great Falls Police Department, according to a press release issued Thursday.
Staff Reports
Age division titles and all-star berths will be decided at the annual Roy Small Junior Championship golf tournament Monday and Tuesday at White Plains Golf Club in Pageland.
Winners will earn double points and the chance to represent the Lancaster chapter of the S.C. Junior Golf Association all-stars in the state tournament next month.
The Lancaster chapter capped its regular-season Monday, July 16 when it played at the Kershaw Golf Club.
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Portas do Sol Viewpoint
Observation Deck in Lisbon, Portugal
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Largo Portas do Sol, 1100-411 Lisboa, Portugal
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Tech Overview
This overview documents the architecture of the project..
There are 3 independent modules in this project: scrubbing engine, web interface, and statistical tool:
Scrubbing engine:
this is the hardest part of the project.. Ruby/Mechanize is so far the best tool for me to scrub a webpage and Ruby/MySQL can talk to a background data storage server. At beginning, only one server with 3 processes was running, and could scan ~20,000 receipts in a single day. After bringing the site online, the number of server is increased to 4 with 18 concurrent processes, in a single day today, more than 100,000 receipts can be scanned.
Statistical Tool:
there is good and bad about R.. R is a free and easy to config statistic tool running in both Win/Unix environment. It is my best choice also because it generates pretty graphs using "ggplot2". Current configuration is that the web server talks to a complete independent server running only R to send request and retrieve graphs. The R server also communicates with the database server to retrieve the data. It is somehow inefficient in setup (also geographic concerns), but ensures R plots FAST!
Web interface:
web design is my weakness.. PHP/MySQL is the only scripting combination I am able to program. I also need a good talent on HTML/CSS.. maybe HTML5??
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hate dislike Kobe Bryant (and the Lakers).
As a preacher, you gotta kind of watch certain words you use. Hate is one of those words. So I'll just say I dislike here:
5. Knock-off
I personally believe that Kobe Bryant is a great basketball player. Let me just get that out there (as I gag and throw up a little bit in my mouth). However, I think he's a cheap "knock off". Fellas, I think your ladies can help you out with this one. They can spot knock off purses from a mile away. Kobe Bryant is a knock-off Michael Jordan. From the tongue wag to the turnaround, he has managed to mirror Jordan's game in an eerie, serial killer kind of way. You don't believe me, check this out. I like that title: The Assassination of Michael Jordan by the Coward Kobe Bryant. Don't get me wrong, Jordan is on my "list" too. I don't like him either. Never have, never will. I understand taking a few elements from another player's game, but goodness. This guy gets a kick out of being called "the next Michael Jordan." As much as I don't like Jordan, there will NEVER be a next Michael Jordan.
4. The Proverbial "I" in Team
You know what I get tired of. I get tired of these commentators talking about how Kobe likes to get his teammates involved early, because he can get his at any time. While this may be true, I have seen the freaked out, "I need to take over this game" Kobe Bryant (see the NBA Finals last year). Nobody was exempt from his selfish rants. Just ask Sasha Vujacic. Poor little guy was treated like a child in Boston last year. Not sure why people continue to try to convince me that he is a team player. He wasn't that way when he played with Shaq and he isn't that way now. Speaking of Shaq….
3. The Big Cactus
Kobe can probably have about seven rings right now. He (i.e. his huge ego) forced Jerry Buss to run Shaq out of town. The result-no more championships, while Shaq was in Miami winning a title with D. Wade. Let me make this clear. Andrew Bynum is not the answer. He and Pau Gasol combined are no match for Shaq in his prime. I was sorely afraid of that Lakers team. They put it on my Spurs in the Western Conference Semis (although we did get them one year). This team is good, but not Shaq-Kobe good. The way Shaq was treated by the Lakers was dead wrong.
Good Person
Kobe Bryant is just not a good person. I hear you, I hear you. You don't have to be a good person to be a great basketball player. I have a tendency to like or dislike a player based on his/her overall demeanor. Something bothers me about his body language. It comes off as narcissistic, selfish, and arrogant. Maybe this is why I'm a Tim Duncan fan. Sure he's one of the most "boring" players in the game. In fact, many people know little to nothing about his personal life (like the fact that he's married). No camera cuts to his wife sitting in the stands. No meeting the wife and kids in the tunnel, with the ABC camera crew in tow to redeem his image. Tim Duncan is just a consummate ball player. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad Kobe seems to have reconciled with his wife and is a family man, but something about the whole thing seems a bit dramatized. Please don't understand this as me being judgmental. I'm just being real. For me, he's not a good guy. There is one thing sealed this point for me and it's found in my #1 reason I dislike Kobe (and the Lakers)
This one sealed for me. So DJ Mbenga is one of the few guys on the Lakers I actually like. In Kobe's mind, he's the butt of a very rude joke. Can you believe that? Did he just call Mbenga a Goonie? Stories abound (many of which I have gotten firsthand from a friend who is in the league) about Kobe as a teammate. I've had Lakers fans argue this point with me for hours, but I just don't think he's a good teammate. It's sad too. I like four players on the Lakers. Ariza is a great player. Fisher is just an all around good guy. Pau is underrated and one of the best PF's in the game (he was doing the same thing Memphis, it's just that nobody noticed). Mbenga is a workhorse who knows his role. So why do I dislike the Lakers? Kobe Bryant. I guess it's a guilt by association thing with me. The face of the franchise has defaced the franchise for me. This is why I cheer for any team that plays for the Lakers. Be it the Bobcats, Clippers, or Jazz, I watch in hopes that Kobe is humbled and realizes that basketball is about more than one player.
Call me a hater. I just call myself a basketball fan who loves the game too much to let one ego ruin it for me. So enjoy the Playoffs Lakers fans. I look forward to the many texts, phone calls, and Facebook messages I'll get as the Lakers cruise through the first couple of rounds in the playoffs. But, there is no way they win a championship this year (or any year) unless Kobe stops thinking about Kobe and starts thinking about team. Bring back the young kid with the fro who was just happy to be playing in the league. At least that Kobe was one that I could stomach.
A Spurs Fan Who Understands that Teams Win Championships (read: 2003, 2005, 2007)


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Okay.. So I didn't need this but.. It happened and I thought I may as well tell you guys what I think of it! This Garnier primer actually surprised me and I'm glad I picked it up!
Most of the time I never really think that primers do much for me but this one is quite nice. It comes out the tube quite thick and on first impression from squeezing it out I genuinely thought it would be a disaster. I soon found that a little goes a long way and that I'd put far too much on my face haha.. Anyways from using it over a period of a couple of weeks I've come to quite like it – now that I know how much to use.
It makes the skin feel nice and velvety smooth which I think makes it great for applying foundation over the top of. It also does a really good job and smoothing out my large pores and again creating a really nice base for my foundation. As it says on the tin it does have some kind of blurring effect – if I were going for a no makeup day I would happily put some of this on as it somehow manages to just make my skin look better and smoother.
Having quite oily skin I always find that primers never seem to work all that well but this one does do a nice job of making my foundation a little longer, its not a miracle at making it stay on for longer but I definitely notice a difference when I use this compared to when I don't, and I've tried it with quite a few different foundations.
I think this is a nice product from Garnier and I think its a great little primer for everyday use – it definitely makes the skin look better and foundation applies wonderfully over the top of it!


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A sequel run to A Petty Nuzlocke Challenge: LeafGreen Edition
It's been three years since LOCKE's adventures in Kanto and she's ready to take on Johto! A new rival and old enemies emerge as well as a rumor of a mysterious figure on Mt. Silver referred to as "RED".
Will LOCKE survive this league?
THE NUZLOCKE RUN IS COMPLETE IN-GAME. The run goes through Kanto- RED is the final boss of the run.
[EDIT] WHEW! Ok now that I got some sleep, here we go!
ALRIGHT so it's been a few months. -cough-
The first thing I'd like to say is this:
I WILL NOT ABANDON THIS COMIC. Even if I were to not be able to update it for a YEAR, I would still continue. Why? Because I have it all fully-written, I'm too invested in the plot and I know you guys want it. SO, that being said, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ASK ME IF I ABANDONED IT. <3 (I appreciate the concern, but I've promised multiple times I'm never letting this thing end without a proper ending).
Eevee get! Normally you get it from Bill.... but we all know what happened to him.
Also, japanese-styled buildings are a BUTT TO DRAW. (And guess who gets to draw more of them in the next update? WHEEEEEEE)
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This Luxury Vacation home is situated in the prestigious gated community of Solana Resort. It truly has everything to enjoy a dream vacation for a large group or 2 families. 6BR, 5 1/2 Bath, sleeps 12. All the bedrooms are tastefully decorated and furnished. The family room has a comfortable leather sofa and love seat with entertainment center, and large screen TV, DVD player and surround sound.The home is equipped with WiFi internet connection. The game room has pool table, foosball, play station, and ping-pong table. You can have Breakfast by the pool, or have a refreshing time after visiting the parks. The Clubhouse at The Solana Resort also has a lot to offer to enhance your vacation experience with a large pool, with Jacuzzi, cybercafe, fitness center, children,s playground, putting green area, picnic area, volleyball court, movie rental, and multiple daily activities for children.
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"In this photo of my little girl in adoration, I feel led to God in her faith like a child. This wasn't a planned photo; I caught her in her conversation with God.
The solitude of my little girl in the empty church, on her knees, with the faith of a child speaking to her Lord, moves me to find that same awe for Him in myself."
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I love her fashion line which she has designed for Very too - do you have anything from her collection?
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I love what she wears. Don't like her though :PReplyDelete
I love Fearne's style, so effortless.ReplyDelete
I love fearne cotton, she has ammaaaaazzinnggg style! :) xReplyDelete
i much prefer her darker hair...do think her outfits can be a bit hit or miss...sometimes i do think she over does it a bit but generally her casual styles are nice...my fav here is the stripey jumper but love her hair in the last one!ReplyDelete
I also love her style! and i think her darker hair suits her much nicer then the blonde:) As much as i love the dressed up glamorous styles of celebrity.. its lovely to see celebs rocking the casual look. Fearne pulls it off so well! x xReplyDelete
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She looks like she's just thrown it on, but still looks amazing!
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i only messaged you because you're like the only old member left
Your inbox is full but I has question.
"Say you fail a subject, and repeat it in summer school and get at least a distinction, what effect does that have on your WAM?"
"Do an internal transfer and only take over the units you passed (you can't bring over fail units anyway)
Do this two semesters in a row to get back to your original degree.
You're welcome."
Can you explain what you meant by this? So I transfer from my current degree to another carrying over passed units, and then transfer back doing the unit I failed and the failed unit is replaced?
Hi Riproot!
I stumbled upon your profile and have a few questions. I will be studying BMedSc at Usyd starting next year and was wondering wether your experience of transferring to MBBS in UWS midway was worth it? Are you repeating med in UWS from the first year (so 5 years in total?)? Was it hard to transfer midway? How is the MBBS program in UWS?
So sorry for the tons of questions I have!
love ya
Sorry my message is too long
I'm screwing up the second semester as well so dropping my studies now would be good if uac actually did only take into account my atar but i'm not sure if they would. What do you think i should do? I really want to move to UNSW but as of right now, i'm not sure i'll be able. Please help me. It would be greatly appreciated.
Hey Riproot!
I just posted a thread (http://community.boredofstudies.org/...unsw-comm.html) here regarding my current position. Hopefully you have read it by now but as you can see, i want to transfer to UNSW because of my crappy marks and how i want a fresh start at UNSW. MY did terribly at USYD, failing a unit of study and a half (the half was 3 credit points of math) in the 1st sem and barely passing the rest. I recently read your post on this thread (http://community.boredofstudies.org/...confusion.html) and i am seriously considering discontinuing my studies at usyd just for my atar to be calculated but i'm scared that it might not work for some reason.
I was wondering what would you say is the best mark to get for UMAT in terms of the whole 6 students thing. & does your GPA matter that much?
Lastly, say i get UMAT tutoring for about 10 weeks by someone who got 99 percentile and 100 percentile (she sits for UMAT every year, yeah its crazy) Do you think that would be beneficial? A response ASAP would be awesome thank you
Hey Riproot, I just enrolled in medicine at UWS and I was wondering if you could suggest any useful resources to look into, whether you believed the bridging courses offered were really useful or otherwise, and whether you were interested in tutoring for first year med?
...I don't even remember asking about this hahaha.
But eh...already got UNSW optom. UWS science is too risky. I'd rather have optom as a back up than have UWS science as a back up, because let's be real even if you kill your GPA it pretty much all comes down to UMAT.
Thanks though
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After examining imagery so much and looking at so many examples, we decided to write our own poem for the individually created/performance section. Since we both liked the song called "Earth Song" by Michael Jackson, we decided to take it as a starting point and write a poem inspired from it. The background music is Derin playing a version of the song on the piano. Enjoy!
As It Is
by Rüzgar Sönmez and Derin Eğrikavuk
The sun may rise the same,
The earth may turn the same,
But nothing stays as it is.
The playful cobblestones, each uniquely shaped
With its own indents, grooves and flaws
Now replaced by dull, gray asphalt,
One big network of hot tar, radiating heat
Ever growing, ever glowing.
The cheerful people, each uniquely created,
With his own dreams, thoughts and paths,
Now replaced by dull, gray workers,
All walking on the same road,
All following each other.
The lively trees with rustling leaves,
Home to howling owls and busy bugs,
Now processed into blocks of wood,
On which we spend half our lives,
Trying to stay on the road.
The blue sky, the white puffy clouds,
Huge chunks of cotton hanging in the air,
Now haunted by huge power plants,
Their smoke lurking above the cityscape,
Turning the sky from blue to gray.
The sun may set the same,
The stars may hold the same,
But nothing stays as it is.


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The 6.0 release of the Rational solution for Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) included the addition of new configuration management capabilities. It had some limitations to consider, that is, temporary differences in some CLM capabilities when configuration management is enabled for a project versus not. Some workarounds for these were detailed in Finding suspect links and requirements to reconcile in CLM 6.0 configuration management enabled projects and Alternatives to filtering on lifecycle traceability links in CLM 6.0 configuration management enabled projects.
I am happy to say that the development team worked hard to address these and more in the 6.0.1 release. A few considerations still remain, but far less than were in the previous release. I am now comfortable recommending its use by many of my customers. In this blog entry, I will compare and contrast the configuration management limitations between 6.0 and 6.0.1 and highlight a few other configuration management enhancements.
Considerations from v6.0 and their improvements in v6.0.1:
Will you use the configuration management capabilities in a production environment or a pilot environment?
Will you upgrade all CLM applications to 6.0?
Do your configuration-enabled RM or QM project areas link to other RM or QM project areas?
While these first three considerations all remain true, they were moved to the 'Important Factors' section as they are more recommendations and best practices versus changes in behavior from non-enabled projects. In v6.0, configuration management was new and we thought it better to draw attention to these recommendations so included them at the top of the v6.0 considerations list.
Piloting use of configuration management is recommended due to its complexities and to ensure it meets your needs. It also gives opportunity to try out new usage models/workflows before implementing in production.
Keeping all the CLM apps at the same v6.0.x rev level is the only practical way to take advantage of all the configuration management capabilities and ensure they work correctly.
Because of the new linking model in v6.0 when using configuration management, it will always be the case that you'll want to enable configuration management for all the RM and QM projects between which you'll be linking artifacts otherwise linking will not always work as desired.
Which type of reporting do you need?
In v6.0, configuration-aware reporting was available for document generation only. All other options were technology preview only and not to be used in production. In v6.0.1, document generation continues to be available using built-in, template-based reporting in the CLM application or by IBM Rational Publishing Engine; it now includes interactive reporting through the Jazz Reporting Service Report Builder and Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager.
Most configuration aware data is now available. v6.0.1 added version aware data for DOORS Next Generation, versioned data in global and local configurations and Rational Team Concert enumeration values. This means, for example, that you can construct a report that spans requirements, work items and tests for a particular configuration or a report that includes artifacts from multiple project areas within the same domain. Some gaps remain in available configuration aware data and some is only available via custom SPARQL queries. Take a look at the limitations section of Getting started with reporting by using LQE data sources.
Access control for reporting on LQE data sources is now enforced at the project area level for RM, CCM and QM applications . Project-area level access control is not yet implemented for DM and Link Validity (can be set manually in LQE).
Do you need to link or synchronize your CLM project area data with other tools, products, or databases (including IBM, in-house, or other tools)?
Most OSLC-based integrations outside the CLM applications do not support versioned artifacts. To do so requires support for OASIS OSLC Configuration Management spec (draft). We do expect the list of supporting applications to grow over time. Note that integrations to RTC work items continue to work as expected, because work items aren't versioned. Several RQM test execution adapters have been verified to work correctly with enabled projects. We expect progress to be made in this area throughout 2016 with other IBM and third-party applications. For information on setting up configuration aware integrations, see Enabling your application to integrate with configuration-management-enabled CLM applications.
Do you rely on suspect links for requirements in RM or for requirement reconciliation in QM?
In v6.0.1, the new Link Validity Service replaces "suspect links". Now you can show and assert the validity of links between requirements, and between requirements and test artifacts. Automatic "suspect" assertion occurs when attributes change. Validity status is reused across configurations when the same artifacts with the same content are linked in multiple configurations.
QM requirements reconciliation against linked requirements collections is now available in configuration management enabled projects.
Do you need to filter views based on lifecycle traceability links?
RTC plans can now be linked to versioned requirements collections and test plans in v6.0.1. What remains in this limitation area is it is still not yet possible in configuration management enabled projects to filter RM views based on lifecycle traceability status nor filter QM views based on RTC work item and plan traceability links. These should all be addressed in a subsequent release.
(For QM users) Do you use command-line tools, the mobile application for off-line execution, or import from Microsoft Excel or Word?
In the v6.0.1 release, all command-line tools but the Mobile application for offline execution utility are now configuration aware and can be used with configuration management enabled projects.
The v6.0.1 release includes some other configuration management enhancements of note unrelated to the limitations/considerations:
- One step creation of global configuration baseline hierarchy
- Bulk create streams for selected baselines in the context of a global stream
- Requirements change management supported by optionally requiring change sets to edit contents of a stream and further requiring those change sets to be associated with an approved work item to deliver those changes
- Improved ability to deliver changes across streams that require merging of modules
- Several improvements to make it easier to work with DNG change sets in personal streams
See v6.0.1 CLM New & Noteworthy for more details on these and other improvements.
One other enhancement not yet fully realized is the provision for Fine Grain Components. Currently each project area is a component, which could to a proliferation of project areas for complex product hierarchies. The intent in future is to support more granularity of component breakdown within a project area. More work remains to get this fully supported. In the mean time, some customers may limit their adoption of configuration management until this is supported.
To wrap up, I believe we've made great strides in improving the configuration management capability and addressing the limitations from its initial release. To me, the primary limitation that will constrain a customer's adoption of the capability is whether the needed integrations to 3rd party or other IBM applications are configuration aware and secondarily if there are any aspects of the configuration aware reporting that won't meet there reporting needs.
To give this release a try, you can download CLM v6.0.1 or access one of our sandboxes already populated with sample data (select the latest CLM milestone "with configuration management" when creating your sandbox).


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Law Enforcement Officers from Montgomery County have sacrificed their lives in the service of their local communities; 24 are Dayton police officers. One of those fallen officers was Mounted Patrolman William Dalton in 1899. Pursuing on horseback a criminal, the patrolman was thrown from his mount to the pavement, cracking his skull. Although a six-year veteran of the Dayton police force at the time, Ptl. Dalton had previously been the town constable for Miamisburg through 1893.
Ironically, Miamisburg would be the location of the first death of a law officer from an agency in Montgomery County outside the corporate limits of the city of Dayton. Since the early 20th Century, 14 police officers, deputy sheriffs, state troopers, and railroad officers have died in the line of duty. The first of these fallen officers was city of Miamisburg Patrolman Frank Weidner in 1922. Ptl. Weidner was stabbed to death by a man arguing with a theater owner on Main Street.
Below is the roll of fallen officers. Click on the name to learn more about the officer and the circumstances surrounding the officer's death.
Off. John P. Kalaman - 1998 - Centerville Police Department
Ptl. Larry J. Safreed - 1984 - Riverside Police Department
Ptl. Frederick J. Beard - 1983 - West Carrollton Police Department
Ptl. William A. Aldridge - 1977 - Jefferson Twp. Police Dept. (Mont. Co. Sheriff's Office ¹)
Ptl. Jahn E. Schmidt - 1976 - Butler Twp. Police Department
Sgt. Robert G. Woods - 1976 - Germantown Police Department
Dep. Randal K. Richter - 1975 - Montgomery Co. Sheriff's Office
Off. Leo Casto, Jr. - 1974 - Wayne Twp.Police Department (Huber Heights Police Department ²)
Ptl. Paul J. Metzger - 1972 - Kettering Police Department
Lt. James E. Bohanan - 1969 - Vandalia Police Department
Tpr. Ernest E. Cole - 1964 - Ohio State Highway Patrol(Dayton Post)
Dep. Bobby J. Thatcher - 1952 - Montgomery Co. Sheriff's Office
Det. Alfred Knight - 1927 - B&O Railroad Police Department (Baltimore & Ohio Railroad ³)
Ptl. Frank P. Weidner - 1922 - Miamisburg Police Department
¹ Note: Wayne Township is now the City of Huber Heights.
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Drill, baby, drill!
The US Coast Guard says five times as much oil as previously thought could be leaking from a well beneath where a rig sank in the Gulf of Mexico last week.
Rear Admiral Mary Landry said 5,000 barrels (210,000 gallons) a day were now thought to be gushing into the sea 50 miles (80km) off Louisiana's coast.
A third leak had also been discovered at the site, Adm Landry said.
One fire-fighting expert told the BBC the disaster might become the "biggest oil spill in the world".
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"The Exxon Valdez [tanker disaster off Alaska in 1989] is going to pale [into insignificance] in comparison to this as it goes on."
And Obama decided it was OK to drill off the Virginia coast? Why? Because it might get Republicans in the Senate to vote for some of his initiatives?
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Football season is officially underway! As a BIG fan of college football (Go Terps! 🐢), it is one of the many reasons why Fall is my favorite season! As if the game itself is not enough to get you excited, having a well-planned tailgate is the best way to start the day! Here are my tips to kick-off your game day experience in the best way:
- Get in the Team Spirit!
- Tie in your team colors and symbols to the table, tent, and lawn decor.
- Dress the part! It's time to break out those team tees, dresses in your team colors, and accessories that add to the team spirit (hello turtle earrings and team koozies!)
- Football shaped food and mascot inspired trays or desserts are always a hit!
- Make a signature cocktail that ties into your theme or your team, use festive drink stirs, or serve a beer that ties into your team name!
- Be Inclusive, Not Confrontational
- While we all have our favorite teams and love our alma maters, be inclusive of those who may be cheering for the other team. Add a little of their team color or invite them to bring a dish tied to their team.
- While a little bit of friendly competition is always fun, avoid getting into arguments or confrontations with fans of the other team. Remember, you are there to have fun – not to "bad mouth" others!
- Plan Ahead
- Tailgates can range in size from small and simple to large and extravagant (I've seen it all!). No matter what size your tailgate, the following always apply:
- Be sure to have an accurate count of how many people will be attending and buy/make your dishes accordingly (aka make a little extra). Running out of food and beverages is never a good thing!
- Bring plenty of ice for drinks and food. Keep any food that needs refrigerated in coolers and ensure it will stay cold the duration of the day or else you will end having to throw it out (you do not want anyone to get sick).
- Label your coolers to avoid confusion.
- Remember trash bags and clean-up as you go.
- If you are hosting, make a timeline for your set-up and when you need to start cooking. No one wants to miss kick-off!
- Bring chairs for people to take a rest. You do not need enough for every person, but a decent number is always appreciated!
- Here is a great checklist for all your tailgating needs!
- Plan for the weather! If it's a chilly day, bring along your favorite team sweaters and stadium blankets. Rain in the forecast? Get ready to set-up those tents!
- Noon kick-off, how do you tailgate for breakfast?! Get those donuts, bagels, egg bakes, grilled bacon/ham/etc, and mimosas ready!
- Tailgates can range in size from small and simple to large and extravagant (I've seen it all!). No matter what size your tailgate, the following always apply:
- There Is More to Tailgating than Eating
- While the food (and drinks) usually take center stage at any tailgate, there are plenty of other fun things to do as well!
- Just as you would in your home, be an excellent host/hostess and introduce guests to those who do not know each other.
- Bring lawn games! Corn hole, ladder ball, bocce ball, and playing football in the parking lot are all fun ways to get people up and moving.
- While the food (and drinks) usually take center stage at any tailgate, there are plenty of other fun things to do as well!
- Not Hosting, Just Invited to Tailgate?
- Ask what dish, dessert, or drinks you can contribute to the tailgate.
- Always help with clean-up!
- Be a classy attendee – Dress for the theme/your team and as mentioned earlier, avoid confrontation with others (especially from the opposing team).
- Be social with the others at the tailgate and make an effort to meet new people!
- If you have your own chairs, it is always a friendly gesture to bring them along.
For more tailgating inspiration (decor, food/drink, and games), visit my Pinterest board! Happy Fall and Football y'all!
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|Good afternoon loves, well the holiday season is officially here. (Thanksgiving kicks it off for me) This year I've decided to let nothing stand in the way of my family and I having a fabulous season. (not even stress!) I love to cook, eat and entertain. A beautifully assembled cheese/charcuterie board is always a hit. Bon Appetit provides a nice summary of how to get it right..as do these gorgeous snap shots. I approach cooking in a similar fashion, as I do my designs, the key is balancing opposites and mixing an array of textures and flavors. Fix, Feast and Flair also provides a wonderful visual 101 on perfecting the cheese/meat platter.
|Via: Fix, Feast, Flair – a wonderful site if you are a foodie!
|An olive oil and bread bar is also a great idea!
A few small plates, the items below, and a shopping list of delicious cheese options, fruit, spreads, olives and meats are all you will need to design your own beautiful cheese/charcuterie board! Bon Appetit!


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Name: Jungle Blue
Duration: 75 min
Year: 1977
Country: United States
Director: Carlos Tobalina
Language: English
This is the story of a super human, better than Tarzan and bigger too! Filmed entirely in the heart of the Amazon jungle, Peru and Colombia, it shows the influence of the torrid climates on the bodies and minds. Evor, a handsome man, has the super-natural powers to elevate women into heights of passion never known before. Susan Alison is a beautiful, ambitious woman who is after a legendary treasure of diamonds and emeralds, which are part of the ornament of a tribe of savages in the Ucayale river (a fluent of the Amazon). She flies to Iquitos, Peru, in the company of Hank Rollins, also an adventurer after the jewels. Jane Royce, a really beautiful girl, is also in the jungle looking after her dad, a missionary lost while trying to convert the head hunters. They adventure into the jungle and meet evor. Both girls are aroused to tremendous heights of passion and, one after the other, discover sex with a super human being. Hank convinces evor to take him to the tribe in order to get to the jewels; once there, they poison the entire tribe, taking the jewels and jane as a prisoner. Evor goes to rescue them, jungle style. Susan is attacked by a poisonous snake and Hank is caught by the piranhas; Jane is saved by evor for a sensual rendezvous in paradise. Prior to this adventure, Susan and a group of Americans in Peru tried the Yassahuacca, a medicine obtained from a tree bark which is capable of bringing the group into an incredible sex orgy. This orgy and the adventures are paralleled in the story of Jungle Blue, making it a very unique adult motion
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Actress: Annette Haven,Candida Royalle,Nina Fause,Iris Medina,Susan Fuentes
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PARIS (AFP) - The damaged black box flight recorders of an EgyptAir plane that plunged into the Mediterranean last month arrived in France on Monday (June 27) for repairs, said the country's air safety agency, amid hopes they will provide clues on why the aircraft went down.
"The BEA's mission is to make the memory cards legible because they are currently extremely damaged," said a spokesman for the Investigation and Analysis Bureau (BEA).
The arrival of the flight recorders came as French judges were tasked with probing the May 19 crash of the plane which had 15 French citizens among the 66 aboard, prosecutors said. All those on board were killed.
Prosecutors had previously opened a preliminary investigation - a normal procedure when French citizens are involved - and have handed their findings to judges for a full-fledged probe into "manslaughter".
The Airbus A320 was en route from Paris to Cairo when it crashed in the Mediterranean, with 40 Egyptians on board as well as two Iraqis, two Canadians and one each from Algeria, Belgium, Britain, Chad, Portugal, Saudi Arabia and Sudan.
The black box flight recorders were found two weeks ago, but were too damaged to extract information on what caused the crash.
The BEA which will be leading efforts to repair the memory units notably extracted the data from the black boxes of flight AF-447 which crashed between Rio de Janeiro and Paris in 2009, and were submerged for almost two years before being retrieved.
It is unclear how long the repairs could take, but once complete the memory units will be returned to Egypt for analysis.
Investigators have said it is too early to determine what caused the plane to crash, although a terror attack has not been ruled out.
France's aviation safety agency has said the aircraft transmitted automated messages indicating smoke in the cabin and a fault in the flight control unit minutes before it disappeared.
Egyptian investigators have confirmed the aircraft had made a 90-degree left turn followed by a 360-degree turn to the right before hitting the sea.
The crash came after the bombing of a Russian airliner over Egypt's restive Sinai Peninsula last October that killed all 224 people on board.


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"Unless you love someone, nothing else makes any sense."
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Waltz is a ballroom dance in 3/4 time. Waltz was once a vigorous peasant dance that originated in Germany (Bavaria, Tyrol) and Austria (Bohemia) in the 16 century. The name comes from the old German word "walzen" meaning " to roll," "turn," or "to glide". Some waltz tunes can be traced back to simple peasant yodeling melodies. The somewhat wild steps of the country dance became shorter and more elegant in high society.
The waltz became fashionable in Vienna around the 1780s. The Austrian composer Johann Strauss (1804-1849) waltzes became particularly associated with Vienna; however they also gained popularity throughout Europe. With Strauss's sons, Johann and Josef, during the 1860s, the waltz reached its peak as a dance form and a symbol of elegance. They set the standard for the Viennese Waltz, the fastest version of the waltz.
It also became quite popular in Britain during the Regency period (1811-1820), though for quite a while the waltz has been considered scandalous, riotous and even vulgar (Britain was a land of strict morals). The waltz was criticized on moral grounds due to its closer hold and rapid turning movements. In July of 1816, the waltz was included in a ball given in London by the Prince Regent. On 16th July, 1816, an editorial in "The Times" stated: "the indecent foreign dance called the Waltz was introduced (we believe for the first time) at the English court… it is indeed far removed from the modest reserve which has hitherto been considered distinctive of English females….now that it is attempted to be forced on the respectable classes of society by the civil examples of their superiors, we feel it a duty to warn every parent against exposing his daughter to so fatal a contagion."
Despite obvious disapproval, it's interesting to note, that Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India (who ruled from 1837 to 1876) was supposedly a keen and expert waltz dancer!
There was no turning the tide… Nothing could stop the popularity of the waltz. Reportedly, the first time the waltz was danced in the United States was in Boston in 1834. It was actually the variation of the dance, a slower waltz with long gliding steps, hence its name "Boston." Yet again, it was first considered "an indecorous exhibition." However, by the middle of the nineteenth century, the waltz was firmly established in the US. Another US variation of the waltz is the Cajun Waltz, with steps very close to ordinary walking.
The Austrian music scholar, Max Graf once observed: "If there exists a form of music that is a direct expression of sensuality, it is the Viennese Waltz…overflowed with longing, desire and tenderness." Maybe that's why the waltz never quite goes out of fashion.
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P.S. Interstingly, a popular Australian song "Waltzing Matilda" has NOTHING to do with the dance "waltz" and the name "Matilda". But that's another story…
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Sonic Ambience "Alien Smile" – one of my favorite pieces of music…
I first heard it on CD "Harmony: Elements of Balance" (Sugo Music Artists).
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UNION CITY, N.J. — Cuban-Americans in New Jersey are cheering the announcement of Fidel Castro's death.
A pharmacy in Union City had raised a large Cuban flag on Saturday along with a sign stating "the liberty bells are ringing. Long live Cuba libre." A clock also had a sign reading "Fidel, your time has come," and a man walking said "one less to worry about."
The news of Castro's death was long anticipated by the exiles who left after he took power.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Albio Sires was 11 when his family fled Cuba. He said Saturday that Castro "defiled democracy, oppressed innocent people, and imprisoned a nation with his totalitarian tactics."
Another Cuban-American lawmaker, Sen. Bob Menendez, said Castro's death offered an opportunity to bring democracy to the communist-controlled island.


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How do you choose a cover photo, in an issue dedicated to, well, cover-worthy photos? It's a question we're forced to consider every time we compile our Photo Annual, and the deliberation over this year's issue, full of the year's most stunning surf imagery, was every bit as difficult as always. But the vivid, contemplative water photography of New York's Matt Clark earned a special place as this month's showcase, and one particular image of a hollow dusk beauty, glistening under a ripe orange Long Island sunset, was a unanimous favorite. Managing Editor Ashton Goggans reached out to Clark and asked him to describe the cosmic Atlantic cylinder that you can find gracing newsstands now.
"In New York, these super intense fronts come through, then it calms down through the day," Clark says. "Just before dusk you'll see this tiny break in the front, on the horizon. As soon as the sun dips below that, the sky just explodes with color. It might only last for 15 minutes, but you can get these incredible moments where the sun is beaming through these barrels."
"For me, the curve of a wave's lip is the most gorgeous thing," he adds. "I'm really into slow shutter work, and capturing that movement in the right light can make photos look so beautiful, almost like paintings."


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There were all these Terrorists outside Kirribilli today. At first I thought they were ugly, new garden ornaments that Janette had bought, and then I saw them move, and I thought they might be people, but then I realised that they were actually Terrorists. Apparently they were pissed off that ASIO had raided their homes or something. Whatever. If they want their houses left alone, then they shouldn't have been born Muslims (that's Middle-Eastern-y for "Terrorist"). It's pretty simple.
Look at this:
They're clearly sitting there, plotting out their next attack on Western civilisation. And just what do they have in those prams? They totally look like they're hiding weapons of mass destruction to me. Janette was also really annoyed about the Terrorists, but more 'cause they clashed with the colours of the house. Especially that one in the maroon. I'll have to tell ASIO to keep an eye out for suspiciously coloured garments, too.
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A Message to My Little Philippine Friends
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SHERIDAN — While the four war veterans' mission was to work together to lead a horse, without use of a lead rope or their hands, over a low jump Tuesday morning, the purpose of the exercise was much deeper.
During the exercise, the jump was not a jump; it represented the veterans' obstacles and triggers that lead to feelings of anxiety and fear.
The exercise was just one in the Children Horses and Adults in PartnerShip Equine Assisted Therapy's repertoire that's used with those in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs post-traumatic stress disorder program.
In late September, CHAPS was awarded a grant to fund veteran programs through September 2018, the nonprofit's executive director Kristen Marcus said. The program had been on a hiatus since early August, after previously awarded grants ended, and started up again Oct. 1.
The VA Adaptive Sports grant CHAPS was awarded will fund 165 veterans to participate in the program, each for about six weeks. The grant total is about $73,000, which is approximately 98 percent of the nonprofit's request, and will allow four additional groups to start next March.
VA peer support specialist Mike Coffeen has been working with the program for three years and said while no person is required to take part, he highly recommends those in multiple VA programs participate in equine assisted therapy.
"I've seen some just very dramatic breakthroughs here," Coffeen said.
Veterans have a choice about which VA they want to go to, based on what each facility offers. The CHAPS therapy is included in descriptions for the local VA, and Coffeen said veterans come from all over the country because the program includes equine assisted therapy.
The program bases exercises on metaphors, labeling jumps and cones as obstacles, triggers, things they want to protect and things that get in the way of healing. Leading horses through these courses, veterans learn to allow the horse to carry the weight of their obstacles while slowly rewriting bad memories with good ones.
It's AJ Schill's third week in the program. Schill served in the U.S. Army, spent five years in combat and was stationed for two years in Iraq. He medically retired in 2010 and has had a difficult time readjusting to society ever since.
Schill said he can't return to big cities, as he starts scanning crowds looking for bombs.
"It gets my anxiety and agitation up," Schill said.
Even in the short time veterans participate in the program, the program paired with open space and working with the animals has started to help calm him down, bring him back to reality and remember he's not in a war zone.
But just as fireworks on July 4 or walking through a crowded Walmart can mentally bring veterans back to a combat area in a snap, noises, smells and landscapes at the CHAPS barn can do the same.
But here, veterans can use equine therapy to de-stress, and can apply these techniques when away from the barn.
Marcus is optimistic about the continuation of the program. In July, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an amendment to the defense appropriations bill that would increase the VA's Adaptive Sports grant for equine assisted therapy by $5 million.
The bill still needs to pass in the U.S. Senate and be signed by President Donald Trump, but Marcus is confident that representatives and others in the field will bind together to get it passed and continue funding what some say is a last effort at surviving and the best therapy in a long line of attempts.
"I look forward to coming out here every week," Schill said. "…And so far it's been nothing but good things for me."


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Warriors, Wusses, and Worse: Why The Los Angeles Times Should Be Placed Under Martial Law
And I've got no problem with other people — the ones who believe in free speech and stuff like that — supporting the right of The Los Angeles Times to publish their goofy paper. If you think they have a right to do that, by all means object when we kick in their doors, defenestrate their office equipment, and water-board Joel Stein until he passes cerebrospinal fluid through his nose. Cerebrospinal fluid which — I am convinced — will prove to be composed of Orange Jell-O with banana slices and miniature marshmallows.
But I don't like the God-forsaken worthless-ass Los Angeles Times. And being against The Los Angeles Times while claiming to believe in the nonviolent tolerance of free speech is — I now realize and freely admit — a position which is unbecoming to a serious-minded adult manperson. To put it into the Junior High School Locker Room prose to which readers of The LA Times are accustomed: It's wussy. Since I do not want the low-carb version of Peking Man to snap me with his jockstrap, I forswear all such hypocrisy from this day forth.
To blindly allow The Los Angeles Times to exist unmolested, I fear, may give them an opportunity to annoy me further in the future. Plus, I would be giving soft acquiescence to the use of "impact" as a verb.
And skimpy little say-nothing paragraphs.
Having realized my mistake, I don't want to blame the exploited homeless people who deliver the paper in exchange for methadone. Nor even the LA Times editorial staff, gravel-sucking plecostomi though they be. And I'm certainly not going to blame myself, an innocent victim misled by the "free speech" lies of Voltaire and John Stuart Mill.
And blaming LA Times publisher Jeffrey M. Johnson for disgracing all carbon-based life with his very existence is just too easy. Not easy enough for Arnold Schwarzenegger to do it, but almost that easy. The truth is, if it weren't for so-called journalists there would be no so-called journalism, and therefore no Los Angeles Times. Journalists are the pathogens and journalism is the disease — The Los Angeles Times is merely the pus-bloated symptom.
I do sympathize with any person who passed out while playing with a Fisher-Price Spell Toy and woke up at the Columbia School of Journalism, if any such person exists. But when you decide to become a journalist, you pretty much know that you're not going to be saving the country from Richard Nixon. 67% of Journalism majors know that Richard Nixon is dead. So you are willingly signing up to serve the pathetic cultural ambitions of white middle-class liberals. After 20 years of this you write a 250-page book (with no footnotes!) to entomb your ego. Future journalists inherit your skimpy little book like genetic damage.
I know all of this is easy for me to say. I'm a blogger, not a journalist. I wouldn't walk across the street to talk to a United States Senator. (What for? Seriously, what the hell for?) I don't chase Clinton's girlfriends through high-speed traffic. Such truth as I may possess is not for sale, nor is it used to extort leaks from Beltway scum. I don't get Pulitzer Prizes for running circles around fact-checkers and brain-damaged assistant editors. I don't pretend to be objective while plagiarizing DNC press releases. In fact, I don't pretend to be objective ever.
Journalists tell us that they perform a necessary informative role — even when dead wrong — that is vital to the functioning of a free society. Even if this is so, I see no reason why I should be grateful for it. Those at The Los Angeles Times who are requesting this consideration display no gratitude for all the stuff other people have done for them. Like their imperialist ancestors who helpfully colonized Oakland Hills and the beaches of Malibu, or the Armed Forces who prevented the same from becoming possessions of the Emperor of Japan, or the LAPD which keeps the crack-heads and gang-bangers out of their unisex restrooms.
Besides, if there is one thing my elders have taught me — those solons whose wisdom was distilled in the intemperate Sixties, then mellowed for decades in the oaken casks of capitalist affluence — it's this: Screw Everything. Especially everything that doesn't affect me. But also a lot of stuff that would affect me, if somebody wasn't taking care of it for me while I stand around and bitch. Above, screw all the stuff that I can get paid to make fun of in print by people who are even more witless and depraved than I am.
Another thing I've learned from these hoary cultural icons (and The Los Angeles Times is only a small part of their intellectual legacy) is that if I find some person or thing to be politically disagreeable, it's probably because that person or thing is PURE EVIL. Not in some figurative sense, but evil like something right out of Paradise Lost or Cotton Mather's Wonders of the Invisible World. So Christian charity must step aside for righteous zeal.
Now, I'm not advocating that we herd the staff of The Los Angeles Times into a cage, to be raped by amphetamine-crazed circus animals while we film the grisly spectacle for Pay Per View. On the other hand, what do I care? I don't write for their stupid paper.


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Use My Tangle: "Aloha"
Catching up with my "92 days" Journal prompts:
I have, for the moment, caught up with all of the Travelling Tangles I've had in my To Do box:
Oh Michele, it is so difficult to choose a favorite, your tiles have always a surprising beauty: your Diva's tile is uncomplicated but absolutely gorgeous, your tile for Joey is wonderful and what can I say about thes T.T. that is pure magic. I think, you won't tell us, but did you do that all by yourself or did your assistant help you? (LOL)ReplyDelete
Thank you Ria! I have to say that this week's Diva challenge was hardly a challenge at all since I'm so enamored of "Aloha", I couldn't wait to get started:-) I truly appreciate your kind words. Aimee has been known to traipse across a freshly inked piece and leave her mark, so sometimes she does "help" in her own special way;-)Delete
By the time I get to the end I'm forgetting the beautiful tiles at the beginning! Lovely work thank goodness you have an able assistant to help you keep it all organized!ReplyDelete
Thank you so much Trudi you are so sweet;-)Delete
Once again the quantity and quality of your production is mind blowing. It take me at least a month to be as prolific as you are. Again, it's not just the quantity, it's also the consistent quality. I love both your Aloha tiles. You have completely captured the spirit of Aloha.ReplyDelete
Many thanks Suzanne, not only for your kind comment but also for such an inspiring pattern. Regarding my productivity: I don't call this blog Coffee & Creativity for nuthin' ;-)Delete
Wow, I wonder how you find the time for all this work. So much and so very beautiful. The Aloha tiles are gorgeous!ReplyDelete
Thank you Annemarie! The weather's been a bit gloomy this week and I had an extra day off so this is pretty much how I spend my time when not at work. It keeps me out of trouble;-)Delete
I like the way your Aloha tile is made to look so 3D. It has a very rounded look and I also like the highlighting on the tangle itself.ReplyDelete
Thank you so much Duane!Delete
Oh wow i love your colourful tiles!!! 😍ReplyDelete
Such nice pieces. I especially love how you put that cute Bijou into your pretty gem!ReplyDelete
Thanks Jean! The "Rewind" prompt for that entry was to go back and redo an earlier prompt. I chose "Bijou", hence Bijou in a bijou on a Bijou;-)Delete
It is only Wednesday and you have already done all challenges and TTs and journal entries and caught up with all the days of this month to date and all without blinking twice or having to sleep over night to decide which tangles to pick. For you to pick tangles seems like going to the dinner and picking the special of the day. Michele, I will not comment on the tiles this time because I would sound like a broken record, repeating myself over and over again, but I agree fully with all the above. BTW - I found Aimee....ReplyDelete
Thanks Susie! I do draw everyday for at least an hour but I do the bulk of it on my days off from work, especially when the weather is grey. It's been a grey week;-)Delete
Again a lot of great work. I like both of your DC pieces. Like the boldness of the first one. I have to admit, I do not remember when it was introduced. Will probably use it more now as I like some organic fillers and even mixed with grid tangles.ReplyDelete
Thanks so much Donald!Delete
All are so lovely!!!ReplyDelete
You did gorgeous work. Especially your Aloha tangles are wonderful. The bleeding of your new Staedler Fineliners make very intersting effects. And your heart-loving cat is a very nice helper. We had such a similar lovely cat about 30 years ago.ReplyDelete
Thank you Margarete!Delete
I love visiting your blog, your art is so beautiful and inspiring. Like the others I am in awe of how much you can accomplish. You must have the gift of being able to turn off the daily grind and submerge quickly into your artistic ideas! Truly a gift!ReplyDelete
Thank you Joey! I'm not sure if it's a gift, more like a diversionary tactic;-)Delete
Well there's not much I can say that hasn't been said here already but believe me, I do love your work. I've sent off a couple of TT for you to complete, so don't get complacent about having caught up!ReplyDelete
Many thanks Margaret! A new wave of TT's are rolling in, so the break is over;-) I appreciate the re-do of our last swap. I always look forward to your mail;-)Delete
Wow, I love your sparkling Aloha :-) And your other work of course!ReplyDelete
Thank you so much Ilse!Delete
All art inspiring as ever - but I had to say that I saved your image of Aimee to my folder of our swaps as she's touching our tile! I hope she gave it her approval!ReplyDelete
Thanks so much Jem! I was hoping you'd see that picture of Aimee;-)Delete
Many tiles equally magnificent!ReplyDelete
Thank you Christine!Delete
So many beautiful tiles to see here! It´s a pleasure to have a look at them! I like your journal pages, too! Very inspiring post!ReplyDelete
Many thanks Annette!Delete


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Saturday, 3 April 2010
Via Parlamento
I took this photograph on the day it was announced that the leader of the regional parliament of Sicily was being investigated for Mafia connections. He isn't the first: his baby-faced predecessor was famously photographed offering his partners in crime a trayful of cannoli - a local delicacy - to celebrate his conviction for a similar crime a couple of years ago. This street looks sufficiently nondescript to house the gang of self-interested delinquents that currently run the island ("by special statute"), but the real parliament sits, from Monday to Thursday each week, in a wonderful structure, shared with an Arab tower and a room of extraordinary beauty known, like a child's nursery, as 'Roger's Room', some distance from here. You'd think from the hand-written nature of this street sign that someone is making an ironic comment on the absence, or shabbiness, of the Sicilian parliament, or a suggestion that the damn thing simply go away. But this really is the name of the street, although I've no idea why. In a city where signposts are lamentably few, this small square of cardboard is probably no more than a private gesture of good will.
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Hello All.
My mum just showed me this blog and i was wondering if maybe any of you lot could also be family. I don't know much about my bajan side of my family. What i do know is that my grandmother's name is Yvonne Brewster, born in St. John. She married my grandfather Althanus Hypolite, aka Tex. They lived in England for some time, where both my aunt Dionne and my mother Sandra were born. My mum says that she has cousins named Winston, Stephen, and Yvette. I currently reside in Toronto and just turned 25.
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