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I'm not a flu shot kind of person. I've never had one before this year, and I haven't had the flu since I was in high school. Maybe even middle school. I can't really remember.
But this year, with a little over a month to go before my little girl was due to make her entrance into this world, theBoy and I faced one of the hardest decisions we've ever had to make. In fact, as a couple, it was the hardest decision we've ever made.
After months of hearing how dangerous the H1N1 Flu is for pregnant women (especially those in the 3rd trimester like myself), the vaccine became available to me. It was mine for the taking. If I wanted it.
Because of all the unknowns associated with the new H1N1 vaccine, I soon realized it was going to be totally up to me whether I got one or not.
My OB told me he's not a fan of flu shots either (I knew I liked him). He doesn't get them and hasn't had the flu in over a decade. I was hard pressed to find anyone to give me straight forward medical advice when it came to this new vaccine. I tried to do my own research and came up with a complete mix of opinions and ended up more confused than when I started.
TheBOY and I went back and forth a hundred times. Finally, with 32 days of my pregancy left to go, the day of the flu clinic arrived. The night before, after lots of prayer and discussion, we decided to go for it. What a grueling decision.
Would our baby girl be affected by the vaccine?
How likely would it be that I would even get the dreaded Swine Flu if I didn't get vaccinated?
After the nurse jabbed my arm and sent the vaccine swirling into my bloodstream, I walked away as quickly as I could blinking back tears.
What had I done?
Then I noticed I'd missed a call from theBOY, and I just knew he had called to tell me to turn back. Don't do it. Run!
He hadn't. He called to give me a pep talk because he knew how freaked I was. I was an emotional wreck for the next 10 mintues or so, but theBOY helped calm me down over the phone.
So, did we make the right decision? Who knows. Only time will tell. I'm praying for a healthy winter for our entire family. In the meantime, I know we have one tough parental decision down….only a million (or so) more to go.
Growing up can be tough, and I'm learning that being a mom is going to be even tougher.
What's a tough decision you've had to make as a mom recently? What resources did you use to help you make the decision?


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Teenage paceman Pat Cummins left out of NSW Sheffield Shield squad to face Queensland
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- October 30, 2012
Triumphant Sydney Sixers teenage fast bowler Pat Cummins has been left out of the NSW Sheffield Shield team to play Queensland at Brisbanes Allan Border Field.
The rest is part of an ongoing cottonwool campaign to ensure Cummins gradually builds his bowling fitness leading into the summer.
NSW Sheffield Shield squad
Michael Clarke (c), Doug Bollinger, Trent Copeland, Brad Haddin (wk), Josh Hazlewood, Scott Henry, Nic Maddinson, Peter Nevill, Steve O Keefe, Mitchell Starc, David Warner, Shane Watson.
He has not played first class cricket for almost a year following a man of the match Test debut in South Africa last November.
Cummins missed the entire Australian season because of stress fractures of the foot and has been playing short form cricket in recent months for Australia and the Sydney Sixers.
Two other players missing are Moises Henriques and Steve Smith, who have been selected for the Australia A clash with South Africa starting at the SCG on Friday.
NSW will still field a star-studded side led by Test captain Michael Clarke and vice-captain Shane Watson.
Brad Haddin, who was dropped from the Test team this week, will be the wicket-keeper while reserve keeper Peter Nevill will play as a specialist batsman.
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Chris of Perth says October 30, 2012 at 12:58 PM
Agree he needs to be rested, especially giving his injury history at his young age. But how is he supposed to make it at test level if he doesn't get a chance to prove himself over 4 days of state cricket. Seems as if the 20 over form has taken priority for him, a sign of things to come perhaps?
Luke of Gold Coast says October 30, 2012 at 12:59 PM
Well we might as well never play him in First Class Cricket and just turn him into a Shaun Tait style T20 specialist. Because that is what will happen if he doesn't play First Class Cricket. It's embarrassing that he is being talked up in some circles for a Test spot when he hasn't played a First Class game for basically 12 months. Disgraceful management of a talented young bowler by both CA and NSW.
Alan H of GC says October 30, 2012 at 1:00 PM
I understand this decision based on what's best for his injury management. What I don't understand is why he was allowed to go to South Africa for the hit 'n' giggle in the first place. The guy was brilliant in his one and only Test and it was against South Africa. He was lethal and smart with his 6-79 off 29 overs in the second innings and made Jacques Kallis look ordinary in both innings. He should have been back here preparing for and playing Shield cricket.
TheGenuineTailender says October 30, 2012 at 1:01 PM
Surely now is the time to just throw him in to the shield? I thought the whole idea was that he would come back from the world T20 and play a few shield matches to build up to potential test selection...
CK of Sydney says October 30, 2012 at 1:15 PM
Cummins is good but there surely has to be plenty in front of him to play tests. Hilfenhaus, Siddle, Starc, Pattinson, Hazlewood, Bird, Harris, are at least in front of him. Starc is easily going to be the best of the lot. Left armer swinging into the bat at 145 clicks and with the best and simplest action of any bowler in the world over the past 5 years.
Luke Pollock of Winwill says October 30, 2012 at 1:25 PM
they will pick him in the next sheffield shield team as they wont to rest him and he will p[lay the next sheffield shield the side and hopefully be fit to play the lesser series against sri lanka as we need him in the side and pattinson will be rested for this series with cumminns taking his place
scottie of WA says October 30, 2012 at 1:32 PM
I can understand this decision and i think its a good one. He hasnt played a first class game for almost a year so he hasnt bowld more than a few overs at a time. Let him have some more time in the nets and maybe a grade game or two.
Alex of Australia says October 30, 2012 at 1:59 PM
So a week or so ago Mr Inverarity says that Cummins' body needs to play more 4 day cricket, to get him used to the longer form, before Australia over use him in test matches. Then he is 'rested' from the NSW 4 day side? Why not rest him in some of the meaningless T20 and 50 over games he is playing (I don't mind the Champions League though). Don't we want the kid firing for the Ashes?
Bill of Warilla says October 30, 2012 at 2:01 PM
Alan H has the right of it. If he is to be rested for the test series, what idiot let him go to SA. Secondly, if he can't play a four day Shield game, how can he manage a five day test?
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Can't wait for the game this weekend, NSW will have a fantastic bowling attack and will be a great test for the likes of Khawaja, Forrest and Burns to play Starc, Hazelwood, Bollinger and Copeland. Great to have the big names at the Allan border oval.
Steggz of Sydney says October 30, 2012 at 3:05 PM
He'll go to grade and work his way through.
NSW Bowlers of Sydney Sixers Trophy room says October 30, 2012 at 3:18 PM
How good are NSW fast bowling stocks at the moment: Bollinger. Copeland, Starc, Hazelwood and Cummins. That's unreal!
Rob of Toowoomba says October 30, 2012 at 3:21 PM
Right decision. They're just trying to look after the kid. What is he, 19 years old. He will have plenty of opportunities to prove himself and become a great fast bowler.
Best 11 of Australia says October 30, 2012 at 6:54 PM
20/20 takes priority over getting someone match fit for test cricket. Cricket Australia you are a JOKE for letting this happen. It's a slippery slide from here unless you set the precedent.
Chandler of Brisbane says October 30, 2012 at 7:50 PM
he was picked to play in that test in south africa because hilditch and chappell wanted to hang their hat on something as they were shown the door. the kid is our future not now.
robert cole of edens landing says October 30, 2012 at 11:35 PM
why is peter neville picked as a batsman apart from that wat a cracker of a game and no winging you qld scum
Dean of London says October 30, 2012 at 11:58 PM
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The guy is hot,fangirls don't care about good or evil. Just hotness.
I am a girl and I still find Loki too overrated.
don't they know??
Silly boy, the whole villain part is one of the reasons why I have a huge boner for him.
My thoughts exactly. The guys a tool, why is everyone so into him. What am I missing?
All the awards.:)
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Friday, February 27, 2009
Stanley and the Chocolate Shop
Yet another post that does not need any words, where pictures are more than sufficient to tell the story....
All 4 of us....
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Random Souvenirs and Such
Here's some of the pictures of available souvenirs in Langkawi. I didn't buy them but took pictures instead xP (Alright, I DID buy one or two.....)
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
The Loaf, Langkawi
Read loads of good reviews bout' this restaurant so my family descided to visit it for lunch. This restaurant is owned by our ex-prime minister (I think) or his personal chef. He has an affection for japanese bread (Yes! The Loaf is a Japanese concept bakery).
Located at the pictureque Telaga Harbour Park, my family has been itching to go back after having such a good time during our last visit years ago.
Here is the quaint little entrance to 'the Loaf'. Its located opposite the harbour so you can actually see million dollar yachts parked right outside this restaurant. The whole area is pretty quiet anyway so its a great place to excape from all the tourists.
The family at our table.
Funny story. There was this new waiter (I assume from the service) who kept messing up. I felt really sorry for him. I asked for a reccomendation and he pointed out the most expensive item on the menu =_= Later he dropped a whole stack of plates near our table. Luckily so one got hurt. Dad was also complaining when he got our drink orders wrong.
Here is dad picking up some bread to eat. He visits the Pavillion branch (in Kuala Lumpur) frequently to get bread. And its not ANY bread. He particlarly buy the one with the cheese and nuts stuffed into it.
I really like the place because with all its open windows, it was very well lit so it was easy to take pictures.
French bread....(ironic huh.....)
Their special cup cheesecakes. Sadly we did not get to try this because we were so full by the end of our meal.
Here are more pictures of the bread and pastries....
This chocolate crossaint is heavenly! Probably the awesomest invention in the little pastry world that I know of. I already love crossaints as they are but with the added chocolate, which is my favourite snack ever (with much regret for my waistlin), it becomes an excellent combo.
The maple pudding was alright. I was seriously stuffed when I ate this so perhaps that took away it goodness. Still I prefer the maple puddings they sell in the Colleseum which has a more firm texture.
That was desert, now lets go back to the main course!
Mom ordered this salad. LOVE the presentation. I was holding everyone up by snapping photos of this fine salad. Tasted good too! Its called the 'Seafood Salad'. (perhaps there was some other fancy name, but it is what it is, which is Seafood Salad)
I ordered the mushroom soup. One of the best mushroom soups I've ever tasted. The best is the one cooked by a friend from church who derived his recipe from experience working at Fridays as a chef. This one has more of a wild mushroom taste to it and taste far better than the Campbell c**p.
Sophia, the sister ordered spaghetti as usual (she's REALLY into pasta so she orders it whenever we go to a western restaurant). The Fettucini Carbonara was pretty good. I like the presentation. Well, its hard to go wrong with something as basic as carbonara.
Finally, this is what I ordered, Sautee Prawn Burger. REALLY goood.........the bread soaked up a little of the sauce so it got the flavours going. I attempted eating it fast food style but it was too thick. So I had to use fork and spoon =_= Lol, its my first time eating a burger with a firk and spoon. Its a little tedious but anyhows the food still taste great.
So do visit 'the Loaf' if you ever get the chance to okay!
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So far, I've made these two dresses from old shirts I had. They are definitely not perfect, but Abs likes them, so I guess that's what matters.
This was a super simple project. Can't believe I didn't make one sooner. Here's a tutorial for you:
- Lay a dress or shirt of your toddler's on top of the shirt you're going to cut. Make sure the necklines match up and fold the sleeves in on the toddler shirt.
- Draw around the top item with disappearing ink pen, and then, cut around the lines.
- Cut around the neckline.
- Then cut the back side of the dress to be closer to the neckline
- Sew up the sides with a straight stitch and then a zigzag stitch.
- Then sew around the arm holes and stitch the back part, too.
- Then, cut the neckline in the middle on the back part (where the tag used to be), and sew the ends onto the back of the dress, to make spaghetti straps.
You're done, unless you want to embellish more. The first one, I decided to make some flowers with the left over fabric. (I was a little worried that the flowers wouldn't hold up in the wash, but they stayed perfectly intact!)
For the second dress, I made ruffles. I've cut out 4 other shirts, but I haven't gotten around to sewing them into dresses, yet. Any ideas for other ways to dress up the dresses??
Oh, I learned from making the first one that I should've make the bottom part of the dress more like an A-line.
I also made these bows to match the dress themes:
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surviving diabetes=small steps, and some stubbornness
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012A lot of people think being stubborn is an unhealthy trait. But for me, I can see that my refusal to give in to the impact diabetes has on me physically and emotionally has served a purpose. A great one. And that is refusing to give up on moving forward. Sometimes the steps aren't easy. Other times I have been furious at being so different from friends and family. I've certainly cried my share of self-pity party tears–haven't we all? I've sometimes run away from facing diabetes straight on. But give in? Not yet.
That's why I read, with interest, this recent article from a 1994-2008 study on just how serious the impact is on most people who have diabetes:


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Muñoz completed the requirements for graduation in January and walked in the May ceremony.
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This is very very sad!
Sheryl Crow has just said that she is suffering from a brain tumor.
He doctor found it when she went in complaining of rampant memory loss.
Sheryl explains:
"I worried about my memory so much that I went and got an MRI. And I found out I have a brain tumor. I'm 50, what can I say? My brain's gone to s***!"
We dont know yeat if shes going ot have it removed or not but its best to catch it at the start!
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Supreme Court Deals Blow to Out-of-State FOIA Requesters
May 8, 2013–The unanimous decision turned down a FOIA request by a California resident for records in Virginia. According to the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, only a "handful" of states have similar residents-only restrictions to their FOI laws. But the doctrinal impact of the decision is likely to be large, since the court held, among other things, that the First Amendment conveys no right of access to government information.Whodunit? The Case of the Disappearing Dilbit
May 8, 2013–InsideClimate News' Lisa Song notes that US EPA's website had originally shown 1,149,460 gallons of oil recovered from the 2010 Enbridge spill near Kalamazoo, Michigan. Sometime in mid-March 2013, she reports, that number was removed from the EPA site and replaced by one much lower, the amount Enbridge claims was spilled.April 24, 2013
Texas Fertilizer Explosion Re-Raises Buried Hazmat Disclosure Issues
April 24, 2013–News stories about the April 17, 2013, explosion of a fertilizer storage plant in the town of West, Texas that killed 15 people have so far focused on the plant operator's risk-disclosure failure, instead of the likely fact that government agencies knew the nature and magnitude of the hazard — or should have known. The bigger story is the regulatory failure — and industry's decades-long campaign to keep the public ignorant of the threats they face. Photo: AP/LM Otero/Available through Creative Commons.Toolbox: Database Helps Track Broken Promises on Parkland Conservation
April 24, 2013–Seattle-based InvestigateWest published a feature package last summer documenting illegal parkland conversions in Michigan, New York City, and Oklahoma. They could not cover all the other states — that was left for you to do, with the assistance of their database of some 40,000 federal grants under the Land and Water Conservation Fund.April 15, 2013
Broken Promise: Database Helps Track Illegal Parkland Conversions
April 15, 2013–In this excerpt from the new issue of SEJournal (Spring), InvestigateWest's Robert McClure and Jason Alcorn explain how to spin the local angle about how parks built or improved with money from the Land and Water Conservation Fund are increasingly being illegally privatized or converted to something other than parks — including sharing their searchable database of almost 40,000 park grants.Table of Contents: SEJournal Spring 2013
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CREW Wins Big for All FOIA Requesters
April 10, 2013–The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled in favor of the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, saying that agencies had 20 days to respond to FOIA requests, stating "what documents would or wouldn't be handed over and why," according to the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.Exxon "Unified Command" Locks Down Ark. Spill Site; Threatens Reporter
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Washington — President Barack Obama sought Monday to address Jewish concerns that his administration is applying uneven pressure on Israel, reassuring Jewish leaders of his commitment to demanding that all sides in the Middle East peace process live up to their obligations.
In a White House meeting with top leaders from a diverse array of Jewish groups, Obama made clear that while he believes Israel must meet its obligations regarding a freeze on Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, that issue is not isolated in his view from demands presented to other sides.
"There's not a lot of courage among Arab states," Obama said, according to one participant. He added that he had sent letters to all Arab leaders urging them to join the peace process.
Obama complained that the press only focuses on the "inter-family squabble" between the U.S. and Israel, while "forceful" pressure is also applied on the Palestinians and on the Arab countries to move in support of the peace process.
The president described at length his view of a long-term framework to ensure Israel's future security as part of a peace agreement and said he sees a window of opportunity that needs to be pursued. According to participants, Obama said repeatedly he knew that achieving peace would be a difficult task, "even more difficult than healthcare."
When he invited questions from the Jewish leaders, Abraham Foxman, the national director of the Anti-Defamation League, spoke of the perception that Israel is the only side being asked to compromise. And Rabbi Eric Yoffie, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, spoke of the political difficulties in Israel. At this point Obama turned to his chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, sitting next to him and told the crowd: "Rahm is teaching me about politics, and I've learned from him there is a lot of politics involved in this issue."
President Obama made clear in the meeting he was not seeking a fight with Israel over the settlement issue, but at the same time he said he will not avoid making his demand public and open. "I don't think the peace process will be advanced by hiding natural disagreements, disagreements within the family," he said, adding that he does not believe the past eight years of the Bush administration did much to promote peace.
Sixteen Jewish leaders were invited to the White House meeting. The list included most major national Jewish groups, as well as representatives of two dovish organizations: Americans for Peace Now and J Street. Notably missing from the list were any groups aligned with the Israeli right wing. The president was accompanied by Emanuel, David Axelrod, Daniel Shapiro, Valerie Jarrett and staffers of the public liaison's office.
Jewish leaders leaving the meeting showered praise on the president. Marla Gilson, Washington director of Hadassah, said the atmosphere in the meeting was positive and the all participants felt at ease. Ira Foreman of the National Jewish Democratic Council chose more colorful terms to describe the event. "It was a room full of friends," he said. "At the end of the meeting everyone was glowing."
Introducing the Jewish leaders, Alan Solow, chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations told Obama that the Jews have a history of speaking truth to power. He gave the example of Abraham negotiating with God the future of Gomorrah. "I'm no Abraham," Solow said. And Obama was quick to answer: "And I'm no God."
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I wonder what happened to Morton Klein with the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA?) Apparently, only the left-wingers were invited to Obama's gathering.
You reported the President said pressure is being put on both sides. Since he has chosen to publicly declare pressure against Israel, new housing, why has he not publicly listed the pressure he has put agaionst the Palestinians?
Did he at least reveal this "pressure" to those at the meeting?
Pathetic. Truly pathetic. If this report is true, the "leaders" failed to make clear to Obama that there are two red lines, "game changers" for American Jews: The need to militarily destroy Iran's nuclear weapons program, and what "appears" to be a betrayal of America's traditional alliance with and support of Israel.
If this pretext of a "meeting" was based on "invitation only", the Jewish leaders should have declined to attend, without the inclusion of what the (anti-Israel) Forward describes as, "any groups aligned with the Israeli right wing". If that outrageous description is intended to refer to the Zionist Organization of America, then the Jewish Leaders should have insisted that all legitimate Jewish friends of Israel be present, or none at all.
Furthermore, the Jewish leaders should have refused to attend if ANTI-ISRAEL operatives like "Americans for Peace Now" and "J Street" were "invited". They should have made clear that these are anti-Semites who Jews shun as enemies of Israel. (As usual, the extremist left anti-Israel Forward describes these hawkishly anti-Israel anti-Semites at J Street as "dovish". And of course, Forward and Nathan Guttman refer to the disputed territories using anti-Israel rhetoric as "the occupied West Bank").
Obama and his anti-Israel operatives are engaging in a strategy of "divide and conquer". If ever there was a time for all pro-Israel Jewish organizations to come together (and shun the anti-Israel groups like J Street), this is it.
This was obviously a bullshit P.R. stunt for Obama, and his anti-Israel operatives, Emanuel and Axelrod. And the "Democratic" operative, Foreman's, description of everyone as "glowing" is hopefully more such P.R. nonsense.
The Jewish community needs to make clear that this phony P.R. stunt is irrelevant, and that Jews will in fact stand up and politically fight against the most anti-Israel administration in history.
Pathetic. Truly pathetic.
An update:
According to the reporting by the Jerusalem post, ADL leader Abe Foxman said:
"The public insistence on what Israel has to do on settlements has had the consequence of making Israel look like the obstacle to peace," [Foxman] said, while the Arabs and Palestinians have dug in their heels."
Further, in a further typical example of speaking out of both sides of his mouth (while telling Israel it cannot have "natural growth" of Jewish settlements, including Jerusalem! - the Jerusalem Post reports:
"According to two participants, [Obama] also spoke about the likelihood that Israel would retain the major settlement blocs in any final peace deal with the Palestinians, but said it was an issue that needed to be resolved between the parties."
I hope no one believes a word that Obama has to say. When he speaks of a "family" disagreement, recall that Obama claimed that "Reverend Wright is like family to me".
More updates: According to the J Post:
"The new J Street lobby and Americans for Peace Now made the final cut of a pared-down list that kept off traditional participants Zionist Organization of America, the Lubavitch movement and the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, all of which are on the more conservative part of the spectrum.
"They're looking to legitimize the more progressive parts of the pro-Israel community that seem to be more in line with where they seem to be going," said one Jewish leader involved with the planning of the meeting ... [WHO could that traitor be?]
"Who is around that table is an indication of the importance given by President Obama and his team to those organizations," he continued. "He and his administration want to build up the relevance and the power of Peace Now and J Street, to help them spread their message louder and more credibly with the news media and the American Jewish community, because their vantage point is arguably more in line with the Obama administration's vantage point."
Is that now crystal clear folks? Obama wants to help anti-Israel propagandists like J Street "build up their power" in the Jewish community and "spread their message". Does anyone now doubt that Obama is the most actively anti-Israel president in history?
"Mort Klein of the Zionist Organization of America was less sanguine about being kept off the list. He called several White House staffers demanding an explanation and said he had been told his vocal criticism of Obama in the mainstream media disqualified him.
"Obama has said publicly that he wants to hear all different views," Klein said, pointing to the US president's outreach to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. "Except when it comes to Israel, he's not that interested in hearing views that are different from his."
Is there any doubt about this outrageously anti-Israel president? Jewish leaders need to unite to confront this threat, and mobilize their communities.
You are a big fan of military action.
Can you tell us what it was like when you served in combat, to face death on the battlefield?
Or are you just one of those guys who just wants other people to face death on the battlefield?
Frank-J Street rocks.
as i have expected, obama [please, read: US] holds the century-old course: delay establishment of a 'jewish' state in excanaan.
i thing he got scared by his own thought that he wld be the first US prez who wld have finally established the 'jewish' state. no prez dared do that! No prez wld dare cross uncle sam and put his steadfastness to ridicule.
of course, not having a state in excanaan, is a big + for 'jews'. Dare we expect worst 'offer'? Or, had it not already been proffered?tnx
A suggestion for Frank, who speaks of "'game changers' for American Jews": speak for yourself. The vast majority of American Jews have, since Roosevelt, voted for Democrats primarily for domestic reasons. Disappointing all but virulent antisemites and people like Frank, most American Jews do not have dual loyalties. Moreover, most American Jews want peace for Israel far more than they want an uncritical US administration. We have all seen how an US administration that lets the Israeli government do whatever it wants doesn't actually produce peace.
Why do people like Frank seem think that if you don't support Israel on EVERYTHING (one wonders if this includes their racist bills) that one is anti-Israeli.
It's just sad simplistic thinking. So now the Forward is anti-Israeli. J Street is anti-Israeli. Obama is anti-Israeli. This is the same spiel that was aimed at Americans who were against the invasion of Iraq (till it became popular to be against it), or if someone criticizes an Israeli policy - or considers a Palestinian to be human - they are anti-Semitic (which just waters down the accusations real antisemitism).
"A true patriot is a lover of his country who rebukes and does not excuse its sins". - Frederick Douglass
Again well said CZ.
The settlements are illegal.
Theodor Meron, the Israeli Foreign Ministry's legal counsel, wrote in a 1967 memo that the settlements were illegal. Everybody in the Israeli government agreed with that.
The settlers knew they were living on illegal land, and they have no right to live there.
Now their presence is threatening Israel's security, and America's security as well.
It's time for them to get out.
The Jewish community needs to realize that Obama is engaged in political war against its support of the Jewish State of Israel. His tactic is to both mollify and intimidate, and divide and conquer.
His recent preemptive strike was a "meeting" to which the organizations who most strongly support Israel, e.g. the Zionist Organization of America, were pointedly excluded. Instead, a new virulently anti-Israel extremist fringe extremist group - J Street - was invited.
Obama and his crew want to legitimize fringe anti-Israel "Jewish" groups, "build up their power", help them "spread their message", in order to weaken American Jewish support for Israel by the strategy of "divide and conquer".
The "Jewish" Daily Forward is a supporter and in league with J Street (initially funded by George Soros), in attacking Israel through its grossly biased "news stories", "columns" and editorials. It seeks to legitimize J Street, and whitewash it in its war against American support for Israel with misleading propaganda like "dovish" and "peace group". (J Street, employing Goebbles' "Big Lie", bizarrely calls itself "pro-Israel").
With Iran soon to obtain its nuclear weapons to use against Israel (unless its facilities are bombed), and with the most anti-Israel president in history betraying America's traditional support and alliance with Israel, this is an extremely dangerous time for the Jewish people. It is crunch time for the Jews of America and their community leaders.
First I applaud the Forward for swiftly attending to Alan's posts.
To Frank- President Obama, who I didn't even vote for last year, is the best friend Medinat Yisrael has. He knows that American interests, and those of Israel as well, cannot be serviced by giving into the Settler Lobby year in and year out. Furthermore, your tone, and others like you, remind me of white southerners during the Civil Rights Era. You think you are about to lose everything while you fail to see that it is sticking to your failed paradigm that endangers the Jewish State. It is crunch time for American Jewry. It's time to stand with our President and not with the haters in our community.
Thank you FORWARD censors for deleting my posts while allowing a Self-hating bigoted fascist like Sephardiboy to spew his hate of Israel. That's the Left, also the Hitlerian way of dealing with dissent.
But of course Sephardiboy aka Hamas guy applauds the shooting down of kids in Tehran and making Jewish Land Judenrein. He cannot even answer a pointed question. But to cheer for a Jew-hater, he'll be the first in line.
I guess if a Nazi can post a Jew can't - and "sephardiboy" is not a Jew by any stretch.
Be careful my friend, the Nazis and their symps are out to enact their version of the "Fairness Doctrine". All of my posts were removed, because I asked the cowards to answer questions that they of course could never answer in a million years.
Very Orwellian. If you're with Soros and want to remove Jews from their homes, you've come to the right place.
Alan-I'm quite Jewish. Why do you feel that I support the Iranian government? Just because I don't endorse the settlements hardly makes me someone who wants to depopulate Medinat Yisrael of its Jewish population. Furthermore, young man since I'm close to 50 I'll thank you not to call me a boy. Really now, get a life. You make yourself look foolish by invalidating everyone who disagrees with you in the vile fashion that you do.
As for Hitlerian, well quite frankly you don't sound much different from the German National Socialists of the 1930's and 1940's.
A final note for now.
Interesting how a hater, a self-hating moral coward like Sephardiboy and his allies Czarkazem, Ralphie, et. al, can invoke the Civil Rights days and compare those of us who stick up for the right of a Jew to live on his own land (unlike theirs) to "White Southerners".
Interesting too, for two reasons. One, Obama's sucking up to Senator Byrd, a Klansman - and a Democrat who should have been kicked out of the U.S. Senate a long time ago. Byrd, by the way, is also virulent anti-Israel, which shouldn't come as a surprise considering he's a Klansman.
Secondly, a bit of personal history. Sepahrdiboy is a plain coward, as is Obama. Many, many years ago I advocated open housing for all in California at a time when home sales were restricted to Blacks. Remember those signs - "No Jews, Blacks, Mexicans or Dogs?" I do. Because of my passionate involvement in Civil Rights, the local junior Klan took notice and one morning chose to attack me at my school. I can still remember them calling me a "Jewish Nigger Lover".
I've shed the blood that cowards like Sephardiboy, or whom he calls Israel's "best friend" - the coward who sat for 20 years in a pew saying not a word but actually applauding a Nazi of color - never did. But cowards can demand that Jewish fathers cannot build a room for their kids in Judea-Samaria, they just cannot speak up for what is truly right.
That's the world of Obama, Wright, Emanuel - and yes, Czarkasem, Ralphie, Teodoro, and the Shrimp.
Frank, actually is right - little children like Sephardiboy and his fellow Fascist friends are really NOT worth the time of day. Bottom line is, if you're a Jew and you want to live in your homeland, he will always support those who won't let you. Interesting, because he lives on truly occupied land.
Alan you are a disgusting human being. The authentic Fascists would have made short work of you long ago. You are a disgrace to Klal Yisrael and doomed to a special place in hell just like Robert Mugabe and Nicolae Ceasescu. May we speedily be rid of criminals like you.
Ahh,must have struck a nerve. Look how the little Fascist is foaming and screaming. Hey, Forward censors, kindly look at those caps, please. LOL.
p.s. oh, little one, if the Settlements are illegal, which they are not by a longshot, then you had better leave the Happy Hunting Grounds you have truly illegally occupied, little one.
Fact is, Jews have lived on that land since time immemorial, and anyone who says otherwise is either ignorant, hates Jews, or both.
Now, keep ranting, little fascist shrimp. LOL.
For those who have an issue with Jews living on THEIR OWN LAND, I suggest (if they can even read outside of Mein Kampf and the Lie that is called "Audacity of Hope") they pick up a copy of Dr. Steven Carol's insightful "Middle East Rules of Thumb" and read pages 7-8 about what Settlements REALLY are, and pages 169-171 about the Judea-Samaria where these "Settlements" are located.
Again, facts are facts. If a Jew cannot live in Ariel, Gush Etzion, (part of Ancient Hebron, which was JEWISH even before Jerusalem was),or Elon Moreh, they also have NO right (according to the Obamites, the anti-Semites, the Fascists, and other assorted Jew haters) to live in Tel-Aviv or Haifa.
You can also read Joan Peters' "From Time Immemorial" or Dore Gold's "The Battle for Jerusalem", very detailed but which might give them an education that even Obama's Pig Alan Solow couldn't refute in a million years, nor the Soros-paid Judenrat named Jeremy Ben-Ami and MJ Rosenberg.
Alan to paraphrase Chacham Ovaida Yosef, you should be kicked down a stairwell and cursed like Haman. Now get out of here you miserable, pint sized Stalinist Settler thug. This forum is for decent people, not enemies of the National Community,
Keep screaming and crying, little Fascist shrimp - and keep lying too, about being a Jew yet saying Jews can't live on their own land.
Boy, how I love it when those who bring up the names of their heroes (Mugabe, Stalin, et. al.,)try to pour their invective on to others who've proven them wrong. I'm surprised little Fascist shrimp hasn't brought up Ahmedinejedad, or Chavez, or Arafat, but hey, that would be insulting himself - and his dear friend Obama too. After all, Obama loves the last three as much as he disdains Jews.
Care to cry some more, little fascist shrimpie? LOL.
if i had 4,000,000 usa dollers ......i would buy a cargo ship and biuld a man made island for the jews .....a new isreal ......long live zoinism........but not in isreal...........
aaron silverstein are you the "messiah"?
no rabbi goldstein.......i am not the messiah......
i have a web blog .......that can be seen by google searching "man made island for world peace"
If Rabbi Goldstein can make Alan & Frank go away, and never come back, he is indeed the Messiah!
I would really like the Forward to investigate to find out whether Georg Soros indeed was a nazi collaborator. Pulitzer prises could be won. If true, it is a much biggerstory than either Madoff, Michael Jackson, or Demjanjuk
Hey Leftards,
Read this and weep:
Yep, the same Olmert who authorized mass releases of terrorists, including the savage babykiller Kuntar for the battered corpses - dead Jews, the kind some of the Lefties here would prefer - of Goldwasser and Regev. The same Olmert who ok'ed transfers of weapons to Abbas. The same Olmert who forced Jews from their homes in Amona. The same Olmert who, after Sharon forced the removal of the Gush Katif communities, offered Gaza peace and got Sderot and Southern Israel THREE YEARS OF NON-STOP ROCKETING, plus the kidnapping of the Shalit he never saved.
The same Olmert who offered Abbas everything that J Street demands - as well as Jerry Wright's sonny, but was turned down by Abbas because it wasn't enough. He wants ALL of Israel too.
Well, read it and weep, Leftards. One arrogant leftist coward blasting another on the issue of settlements. This puts paid to any of the retard moral relativism crapola of Judenrat Strasse aka J Street and any other self-hating Jew, especially the crybabies who won't or can't answer five basic questions.
Try again, Leftards...how's the white milk with the Hebrew National, or have you dirtied up your diapers as usual...
To any non-Jew-hating Jews who read the Forward: Obama is the most anti-Israel president in history, and is now threatening Israel. American Jews had better wake up, now!
Obama is now threatening Israel with financial sanctions! His obscene claim that Jerusalem is a "settlement", and that the major Jewish communities which have always been understood will be a permanent part of Israel in any peace deal to avoid "Auschwitz borders", should both have no more Jewish growth, is now the subject of outrageous threats against Israel! http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1246443870665&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Obama lied when he promised to prevent Iran from going nuclear. George Bush was right in warning he was an appeaser. Jesse Jackson was right when he warned he was not a friend of Israel. Now his State Department, via Clinton, has made it clear that he intends to let Iran obtain its nuclear weapons (and we all know that it will use them). Clinton: Iran nuke could lead to defense umbrella | Iran news | Jerusalem Post ( http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1246443874760&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull )
American Jews had better wake up - now.
Now that Obama has fallen back into line and kissing the feet of Israel we can watch the ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestinians to continue unabated.
His astonishing stupid remark concerning the alleged lack of courage among Arabs belies the fact that if not for the Arabs there would be no two-state solution to sabotage and fritter away, nor would there be the Arab League offer for peace which hands Israel everything they claimed to wish for merely for Israel in turn abiding by international law agreements they've already agreed to abide by.
Israel has never made one step toward toward a just solution, just grandiose claims and false assertions. We can only expect more of the same from them and Obama, now that they are happily in bed together.


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The "Spedale per i Pazzi" of Fregionaia was founded by the Republic of Lucca in the second half of the eighteenth century. On 20th of April 1773, with the settlement of the personnel, the "Spedale de' Pazzi" of Fregionaia was officially opened.
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History Apples (Malus domestica) are considered a "pome," which is a type of fruit produced by a flowering plant in the rose family. Apples have been cultivated for at least 3,000 years and there are now at least 7,500 different types of apples. They are originally from Kazakhstan in Western Asia (regardless of their popular all-American status) and weren't brought to North America until the 17th Century by the colonists. The first recorded apple orchard in the United States was planted in Boston by William Blaxton in 1625. The United States now ranks 2nd, behind China, in apple production with more than 4 million tons grown annually.
Health Benefits "An apple a day keeps the doctor away," a 19th century Welsh proverb is thought to have referred to the apple's antioxidant properties. Although relatively low in vitamins, the high levels of antioxidant compounds help prevent cell and tissue damage, which have been linked to cancer and other maladies. Fiber in apples, present almost solely in the peel, helps prevent the absorption of cholesterol, can help promote weight loss by offering a feeling of fullness, and may also help with heart disease.
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Making It Count Tuesday :: The Chore Chart Edition
It's an age-old question. How do you get the kids to help out around the house? Do you assign jobs and then turn the screws until they get them done? Do you pay for chores or not? For the past number of months we had been doing a family clean-up. Each morning we would all get dressed and have clean-up time. During that time the kids did not have assigned chores, but instead I would tell them things to do and then badger them until they got finished. It worked okay.
We had tried assigned chores in the past, but it never seemed to work out well. No one wanted to do their own chores, so I was constantly switching them around. Or one of my chores would be dependent on them finishing one of theirs (like with dishwasher duty), and they never did it fast enough to suit me. The non-assigned version was working better, but I didn't care for the badgering and was falling into a trap of doing things myself to just make it easier. Enter the chore chart.
The idea is nothing new, but I was inspired by Nony over at A Slob Comes Clean, back when I was devouring her site for inspiration. I stumbled upon her chore chart and pay-per-chore system and thought it would work for us with a little modification. So here is what we've been doing.
I made a lovely, hand-drawn chart listing down the side a number of chores that the kids are capable of. Like Nony, I give what is basically .10 per chore, but you don't receive payment unless you have ten chores completed. So each time they complete a chore I put their initial in the box. Then when they have 10 initials I highlight them with a marker and pay out a dollar. I do all of this immediately. When the chore is done I initial. When they have ten I pay. This is so I don't forget to initial, and they don't get discouraged waiting for a specific "pay day" to receive money. Money given on a regular basis equals happy workers. The other thing I don't do is nag. Sometimes I ask who wants to earn an initial. Most of the time I let them choose to do the chore or not. Occasionally I don't give them a choice and just tell them to do it; they still get their payment. Sometimes I don't remind them at all. Whether they earn an initial is totally up to them.
It's really working well. They are mostly excited to earn their money. I don't nag. If they have an "off" day, they usually get it back together by the next day, and I don't say much. So far they have each earned about $3-$4 dollars. Since it was working well, I broke down and made a printed copy on the computer. I eliminated the "day" designations from my original chart and just have a row to write in their initials. When the chart is full, I will take it down and hang up another.
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I always love chore posts. I enjoyed yours!
The other day I caught Gemma-Rose with her head in the washing machine and her legs dangling in mid-air as she transferred the wet clothes from machine to basket. She really wanted to do this job which is designed for a bigger person. I have been pondering why children are so anxious to do the big grown up jobs. Why do they find them so interesting? It's a pity the interest disappears as they grow older!Nice! I really like how you handwrite things in a quick no-stress way to see if it works BEFORE you invest the time making stuff real-deal on the computer. I need to do that more. It would save me oodles of time.
We're using ChorePacks and I L-O-V-E them, but I'm not nearly as relaxed as you are about chore contributions ;). It's sort of a "contribute or die" mentality around here. Hee.Very timely post for me, Pam. I have a couple children who are causing me to develop eye twitches as I try to get them to do their assigned chores every day. I've been thinking about the whole unschooling-applies-to-chores-too thing (which has never been the case in our house!) and if that would really work in a large family. Your chore chart looks like a good compromise.
ReplyDeleteRepliesAnd that is pretty much what it is -- the compromise between the unschooling philosophy and my own. The chance to be cooperative (for the most part) instead of coercive.
DeleteWell, out of desperation I gave it a shot yesterday... and it worked pretty well! We'll see how it does going forward, but there were even beds made! LOL My list is longer than yours with bigger chores because I'm trying to manage 4 kids on it (the two big kids don't need that kind of incentive to do their chores), but I just handwrote it, too, and stuck it on the fridge.
DeleteYay! Has someone earned their first dollar yet? I found that fueled things on for a bit. Then when someone gets close I start playing it up. "Hey, you only need to do three more things to get another dollar." Then they start stepping it up. It waxes and wanes a bit, but overall moves in the right direction. Let me know how it goes.
This is great! No, nagging never works, does it. I offer my kids chores that they can do if they want their allowance, and a time frame that it has to be done in. If it doesn't get done by then, I do it myself and they don't get paid.
ReplyDeletePam, this is so nicely organized! We have been using a similar thing to tie chores to allowance - with penalties. At first I didn't want a money aspect involved, but reading Dave Ramsey changed my mind a little. What really helped was my husband totally getting involved.
Anyway, thanks for sharing and giving us a place to share!RepliesI know there are differing schools of thought on the money thing. I finally decided that it would be a good way to teach the kids the value of work. You work; you get paid. You don't work; you have no money to spend. When they ask to buy something these days, my response is to "save your money." I also told them today that from now on they have to buy their own snacks after gymnastics. I think it is going to drive home the point very well.


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The Washington Post and a number of US news sites are reporting that tens of thousands of Twitter users have unfollowed President Obama after being deluged by tweets on Friday requesting they contact Republican legislators over the debt ceiling issue. According to The Post:
Obama's official 2012 campaign Twitter account announced to its 9.4 million followers that it would begin publishing the Twitter account names of House Republicans. Over the course of the day, @BarackObama sent out around 100 tweets.
Not everyone was enamored. The account stood at 9.366 million followers by 6 p.m., a loss of more than 30,000 followers. The White House's official account, @whitehouse, was also publishing tweets at a rapid-fire pace throughout the day.
One would have thought the leader of the free world might have better things to do with his time than spam Twitter with highly partisan tweets that quickly became a major annoyance, the online equivalent of receiving voluminous amounts of junk mail through the post. With the United States facing the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression due to towering mountains of federal debt (much of it racked up by his own administration), the president should be actively thinking of ways to reduce the size of government, cut the budget deficit and spur job growth, instead of flooding social media with politically charged propaganda.
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As part of the revitalization of downtown Salt Lake City, the 23-acre City Creek Center brings business and people back to the heart of town with a walkable place to live, interact, shop, and work. HLB's lighting design for this new mixed-use center encourages participation and discovery with visual and temporal hierarchies reinforced with layers of light using nuances of intensity, color, direction, and scale. As such, "luminaires become a part of the visual vocabulary lending a cohesiveness of character, while supporting opportunities for special moments and interest as one moves throughout the site", says Laura Yates, HLB Senior Associate and Project Manager.
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