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Use Disqus Widgets To Encourage More Comments In Blog
2In last day, we had told about some tips for increasing user engagement in your WordPress site or Blog using some cool widgets and providing some cool stuff to attract visitors. And the ultimate winning of a blogger is getting a bunch of visitors to his webby venture as he/she has to do HARD works to make it profitable as well as passionate one. We know the difficulties of developing a Blog, designing a theme for it, posting frequent content in it and many more, and we'll have to wait a large amount of time for getting good revenue from that.
When blogging is your ultimate passion rather than a way to make Money, you'll be very much happy when getting some good, genuine comments on your posts and other related stuff instead of having a bunch of revenue from ads or other applications. The fact is simple, that the number of comments in your site is actually showing the User Engagement in your site as well as the quality analysis process of your published content. So every blogger (passionate bloggers) need genuine and good comments on their blog but sadly, getting good comments is not much an easier task as it includes several processes like posting good content, giving it a good level promotion in famous Social Media websites. And because of this reason, most of blogs don't get as much comments even though a large number of frequent visitors are flowing ahead the Blog. If the reader is familiar with blogs and its quality, probably he will be checking the number of comments in each post for knowing whether the blog is a dead one or a popular one. As mentioned before, getting good comments is not an easy task and we're not also able to compel someone to comment on our blog. But we could encourage them to comment on our blogs using some simple but great things.
Hope you're familiar with Disqus, one of the most commenting Platforms for Blogs (including WordPress). You can use the following Disqus widgets for attracting more visitors to your blog as well as encouraging them to comment on your posts again and again. So let's have a look
Because of knowing the importance of blog comments, Disqus has been offering some valuable widgets for blogs by which you can encourage human (not robots) to comment on your blog. You can find those widgets simply by signing into the Disqus account and heading to Admin and further to Tools Section, and there you could find some cool widgets for you.
Top Commenters
Everyone needs and likes publicity around the Web and Disqus team has understood this fact. One of the most useful widget is named 'Top Commenters' which will show the name and Photo of the human who've made maximum number of comments as well as showing the number of comments that they've made.
Simplicity is the sibling of those widgets and so, you could simply embed the widget code to any of the popular blogging platforms you're using. You can set a specific number of Commenters to display as well as customizing it. So finish all these things and paste the code in site where you want to see this.
Recent Comments
As you can show the name and Avatar of top Commenters of your site, you can also list out the recent comments made on your blog which links to the Post link as well as the name of that commenter. So setting up the widget is also very simple as you could customize and embed the code in your blog.
Popular Threads
You may have probably heard about this because the feature to show popular posts is available in your current CMS/Blogging Platform itself. Unlike from those systems, this Disqus widget considers the popular posts in the basis of recent articles with more comments instead of showing your evergreen posts list. So here is no need to say that the article is enough to attract readers to posts and hence encourage them to comment.
So friends, hope these widgets to make your blog/website very much interactive and with more user engagement. Do you've any other ways to encourage comments on blog, comment sections are waiting for you. So share your experience with us


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The time is nigh to acknowledge the truth that fashion-forward ladies of Minneapolis have it pretty easy. The profusion of local women's ready-to-wear designers makes for both a steady string of runway shows and also no small amount of boutiques catered solely to the female consumer. What woman hasn't lusted over the perfect Arwyn Birch or Amanda Christine dress in the window of Cliché?
Sure it's lovely for us, but we forget the men. Do they, too, not deserve the satisfaction of donning local duds, of flaunting the trendiest designers, of feeling hip? If we dress them, do they not impress? The designers for dudes may be few. They also may operate somewhat under the radar, but they do exist. So fear not, men. In the world of local fashion, you are not the second sex, and A&E graciously sat down to talk style with two fresh University of Minnesota menswear designers to pull you out of the dark.
Kelly Ver Duin
Though she's just successfully made it through all the intensity of helping to coordinate the University senior fashion show, "Distortion," Kelly Ver Duin is hardly coasting on a plateau of inactivity. She's been invited to partake in her first big Minneapolis runway show, Ignite's "Envision."
"I feel in over my head, but I'm excited," Ver Duin said. "It was good to experience the senior show before doing this."
Sparking an initial interest in design after taking courses in high school, she ended up securing a spot in the design program here at the University.
Though the program focuses heavily on designing for women, Ver Duin has always held an interest in menswear and was able to make her first attempts with her recent senior line. As a menswear debut, the line showed incredible promise for the young designer.
Show-goers were especially drooling over her sophisticated, side-zipped jacket with a gathered neckline. Centered upon sturdier fabrics and cool colors, Ver Duin reinterprets classic forms of men's clothing by adding her own stylistic flair.
"I like things that are cozy but interesting," Ver Duin said. "Though there has to be utilitarian appeal."
Breaching the surface of the cool kids club that is Minneapolis fashion is no easy feat, and with her invitation to "Envision," Ver Duin could very well be headed in the direction of a prolific local runway life. For the sake of menswear, we sure hope so.
"I feel like there's definitely a market for [menswear] in the Twin Cities," Ver Duin said. "I'm hoping to fill in that space."
Allison Danzl
Designer Allison Danzl didn't always know that she wanted to design clothes for men.
"It was an abrupt shift right when I got in to school," Danzl said. "The first big technical challenge was learning how to make patterns that fit men. It was a lot of trial and error."
Inspired by the flawless clean tailoring of designers like Ermenegildo Zegna, Danzl prefers to keep her work simple but uses color to make things pop.
This spring, she'll be partaking in several MNfashion Week events, most interestingly a show that features solar powered garments.
Though her plans for the long-term future reach toward the more corporate end of design (meaning, designing for a clothing company such as Urban Outfitters,) Danzl is happy to assist in putting local menswear on the map.
"I think that some people think that men just don't care about fashion," Danzl said. "They're wrong."
Thank her for not becoming a veterinarian, because if she'd have stuck with her initial career path, Minneapolis might not be privileged with the beauty of her men's clothing.
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a glamorous girl, amazingly cute, with high class and extremely fashionable taste. She is friendly, joyous, fun, and a delight to be around. She is admired and looked up to among her peers. She likes to party and is true to her friends and her lover. In fact, she only becomes hurt when she is betrayed or saddened by her friends, family or lovers. She has a strong desire to help others. She is skillful and is the best at the sport or talent she chooses. Unfortunately, girls like Madelyn attract a few players and a few stalkers.She forgives easy and is selective with who she loves. She refuses to love or say she loves unless she is certain it is real. She ends up with the most amazing man among her friends because she is selective when she chooses. She will go far in life because she has irresistible charm. In the end, everyone wants a Madelyn. Madelyn's are priceless and near perfect. Who is that girl? Man, she's beautiful and I must say chic has some class! Oh that's Madelyn, dude you would be lucky to get her. She's picky but when she chooses she stays with the guy.
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The most caring, charming, beautiful, gorgeous, sweet, sexy, cute, and wanted of all girls. She can turn heads by just being within 100ft of the closest person. Draws jealousy out of other women like few can do. Short, well built, and with a great sense of humor. Madelyn is a girl all the other guys want. If you get her, never let her go. Also she really likes hugs. Guy: "WOW Madelyn walked in the door and all the guys and girls stared!"
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As a long-time gamer and previous contributor to DIYGamer, Arsen is a fan of the indie gaming scene and hopes to find as many gems as possible. He is also a singer-songwriter, fronting the L.A.-based Indigo Child. When not gaming or playing music, Arsen can be found scouring Reddit and worshiping Arsenal Football Club.


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Tuesday, April 16 @ 6:30 p.m. - Book Discussion – "The Roundhouse"
Join us for an informal discussion of Minnesota author Louise Erdrich's National Book Award Winning "The Roundhouse".
"We are never so poor that we cannot bless another human being, are we? So it is that every evil, whether moral or material, results in good. You'll see."
Louise Erdrich, The Round House
Friday, April 19 & 26 @ 10:30 a.m. – Preschool Storytime
We explore a different theme each week and tie in games, songs, and/or activities.
Friday, April 19 & 26 @ 1 p.m. – Knitters & Handcrafters
Bring your project and purl along with us! Check out the wide variety of crafting books available at the library!
Thursday, April 25 @ 1 p.m. – The Beat Goes On: Vickie Wendel, Fashion Trends and Issues:
1850s to 1920s
This program is presented by a fashionably dressed Vickie Wendel who follows women's fashions from the sewing machine to ready-made clothing that came from the mail order catalog. She will explain the political and societal influences on the fashion trends of this time period. Sponsored by the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage fund.
Tuesday, April 30 @ 6:30 p.m. – Film Premier – "Vinland"
Vikings in America? Hawley branch to host world premiere of the movie "Vinland", a short film of horror, history and humor. The film maker and cast of Vinland will be at the Hawley branch for the world premiere of their short movie and to discuss the critical role libraries play in filmmaking. Please bring a non-perishable food item for REACH and join us for a treat after the premiere!


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Ben and Martha are getting married next month and I'll be doing their wedding photography at Wokefield Park in Mortimer, Berks. For all my couples I include a complementary engagement session as an opportunity to get to know each better. So hopefully on the wedding day itself they'll be a little less camera shy.
Ben and Martha chose to have their session in one of their favourite locations on the banks of The Thames in Henley. As you can see we had some bright sunny weather with a thin layer of snow as well. This was a real fun and relaxed session despite the cold and we're now both looking forward to their wedding next month and hopefully warmer weather. My favourites can be viewed below and please feel free to add any comments.


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Dear Madam Chair and Board Members:
The Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District (METRO) is pleased to offer comments on the proposed draft revisions to the ADA Guidelines for Transportation Vehicles. This comment has been adopted by METRO's Board of Directors, which consists of eleven elected and non-elected representatives from throughout the County of Santa Cruz in California.
METRO is a small-sized public transportation agency with an annual operating budget of approximately $37 million. It provides fixed-route bus service and paratransit service throughout the County of Santa Cruz and its regional area. METRO has demonstrated a strong commitment to providing accessible fixed route and paratransit services throughout its history. METRO was one of the leaders in the nation in advocating for lift equipped fixed-route buses. From 1978 to the present, METRO has only purchased buses that were lift or ramp equipped. This action was before the requirements imposed by the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) by twelve years. Indeed, METRO was one of the first public transportation agencies to have a fully accessible fleet in the United States.
METRO utilizes 113 accessible buses in its fixed-route service. In 2002, METRO implemented Talking Bus Technology on its fixed route fleet and utilizes it to the maximum extent possible by programming it to call out each bus stop that is at least 600 feet from the preceding bus stop. Approximately 6 million annual trips are provided by METRO's fixed route service, including a substantial portion of trips that are taken by people with disabilities.
Approximately 10% of METRO's annual budget is utilized to fund its paratransit service known as METRO ParaCruz. METRO ParaCruz' shared-ride service performs approximately 84,000 rides annually. It is operated in compliance with the ADA and its implementing regulations. Through a local planning process, it was determined that the Santa Cruz County community would best be served through the utilization of door-to-door paratransit service. METRO ParaCruz provides same-day, will-call trips (open
return) for its riders. In addition to making eligibility decisions within seven days instead of the required 21 days, METRO ParaCruz also authorizes temporary eligibility on an immediate needs basis.
METRO's bus and van operators are specifically and periodically trained on all accessible-related equipment. METRO involves members of the community with disabilities in the training classes to ensure that bus and van operators are sensitive to passenger needs. METRO's maintenance personnel maintain the fleet including the accessible features.
METRO's Board of Directors monitors METRO's fixed route and ParaCruz service on a monthly basis through various Ridership Reports including a Report on Passenger Lift/Ramp Problems, Dropped Service and ParaCruz Operating Statistics. In its most recent report, the ParaCruz service showed that for the month of February 2007, it scheduled 7367 rides and actually performed 6277 rides traveling over 40,000 miles with 742 distinct riders utilizing the service. It performed rides within the "ready window" 90% of the time and only 8 rides were late or missed altogether. METRO ParaCruz service does not deny trips to eligible customers who call to book a ride for next-day service.
METRO sustains its high ridership, by providing good customer service. METRO works hard to sustain viable fixed-route and paratransit services for the community it serves and continues to meet or exceed the requirements of the ADA and its implementing regulations.
The proposed draft revisions to the ADA Guidelines for Transportation Vehicles have been reviewed with METRO's Board of Directors who submit the following comments:
1. Revisions to the Guidelines must Specifically Apply Prospectively Only
The proposed revisions include significant modifications to the transportation vehicles utilized by transit operators providing fixed route and paratransit services. METRO's current fleet consists of 113 accessible buses, 29 accessible vans, and 5 accessible mid-size buses. METRO's entire fleet meets the current, published accessibility standards as set forth in the ADA and its implementing regulations. Additionally, METRO is in the process of purchasing 13 accessible fixed route buses, 2 accessible vans and 1 accessible mid-size bus. Contracts for these vehicles have been executed, the funds have been committed and the manufacturers are in the process of complying with the contract specifications, which were based on the current applicable accessible standards. METRO has expended millions of federal, state and local dollars to purchase and maintain its fleet in accordance with the current accessible standards. While federal regulations authorize a 12- year service life for the fixed route buses, METRO's buses are generally coaxed into an actual life span of at least 15 years and each of METRO's vans has a life span of 5 years and the mid-size buses have a 7-year life span. Should any of the proposed revisions to the
accessibility requirements to the transportation vehicles become effective, METRO's entire fleet would be rendered inaccessible unless the revisions are deemed prospective only.
METRO recommends that any adopted revisions to accessible standards for transit vehicles include the phrase "purchased after (date)". This would allow all currently owned or contractually purchased vehicles to come under the current accessible standards. Additionally, the Access Board must insure that any vehicle modifications become effective only after the bus/van manufacturers have demonstrated their actual ability to construct the vehicles in accordance with any new mandates.
If the new accessibility standards are implemented prospectively, the Access Board should consider working with other federal and state agencies to provide guidance and assistance regarding how METRO can manage its fleet of vehicles when some will be accessible under the old regulations and some will be accessible under the new regulations. METRO's customers will undoubtedly expect to be able to navigate throughout the fixed route system or the paratransit system on any given day at any given time and place, when in actuality depending on the size and type of the mobility device utilized, some of the vehicles in service will not meet the "new" accessible standards and, therefore, may not be accessible to individuals with newer and larger mobility devices. A thoughtful, workable, and financially prudent transition plan is necessary if the proposed modifications are to be implemented. Conflict or denied service at the point of access serves no one.
2. The definition of "common wheelchair" should not be eliminated from the guidelines.
The proposed revisions eliminate the definition of a "common wheelchair", in favor of clarifying the minimum width, length and height envelope, which must be available within the vehicle for it to be deemed accessible.
METRO urges the Board to retain the definition of the "common wheelchair". Public transit agencies, passengers and the taxpayers need certainty in the procurement of the vehicles they operate. Public transit operators expend hundreds of thousands in public dollars for the purchase of transit buses that are generally used for at least 12 years and often 15 years or more in active transit service. METRO's current fleet and the transportation vehicles it has under contract are all designed, manufactured and maintained utilizing the "common wheelchair" definition. Removing the definition provides wheelchair and mobility device manufacturers with no incentive to insure that their customers can actually access the public transportation vehicles that currently meet the accessible standards.
Additionally, rather than eliminate the definition of "common wheelchair" from the guidelines, METRO urges the Board to work with the federal and state agencies that fund/regulate wheelchair/scooter purchases to disseminate the "common wheelchair" definition and public transit's difficulty and depending on the size of the device the inability to carry wheelchairs/scooters that do not meet this definition. Indeed, this is especially important considering Executive Order 13330 and the coordination mandates under SAFETE-LU. Requiring wheelchair/scooter manufacturers, distributors and sellers to provide their customers with an "informed consent" which sets forth that the purchase of a wheelchair/scooter that does not meet the "common wheelchair" definition may preclude it from being transported on all or at least some of the public transportation vehicles utilized would assist with the dissemination of this information. Further, a manufacturer should be required not only to label each wheelchair/scooter it builds as to whether it meets the "common wheelchair" definition but also to notify the public in any advertisement or informational brochure as to whether or not it meets the definition and the significance of this definition.
METRO cannot support the elimination of the definition of the "common wheelchair" from the guidelines. METRO must be able to anticipate the dimensions of the mobility devices it will carry before it meets its rider at the point of service if it truly intends to provide accessible service. Ensuring that the user has the necessary information on what mobility devices can or cannot be carried on public transportation is critical to ensuring accessibility of transit services.
3. The wheelchair maneuvering space in a vehicle should not be modified.
The proposed revisions define the existing phrase "sufficient clearances to permit a wheelchair or other mobility aid user to reach securement locations" by including the requirement for a path of travel to each securement location as having a 36" minimum width. (This 36" minimum width is inconsistent with the recently updated building requirements in which the path of travel was set at 32".) The new revisions would also require that where a turn is required, sufficient maneuvering space would be required that would allow a wheelchair or mobility device having a width of 30 inches maximum and a length of 48 inches maximum to turn with a minimum of back-and-forth movement.
These new requirements could result in the bus manufacturers being required to implement rear door only boarding designs to meet the proposed specifications. METRO believes that rear door boarding will create fare box and security issues and, most importantly, will relegate passengers with disabilities to "second class" status. This "second class" status will defeat the equal access and mainstreaming goals of the ADA. METRO urges the Access Board to explore and determine whether the bus manufacturers can, indeed, incorporate these proposals into a bus with front door access before the proposals themselves are implemented.
4. The wheelchair securement location length should not be modified from 48" to 60".
The expanded securement location length requirement would result in the loss of seating in fixed route buses probably from seating currently designated as for the elderly and those with disabilities. In the mini-vans, commonly used in paratransit service, the expanded securement area would pose a hazard to non-wheelchair passengers with disabilities and to personal care attendants. Indeed, it is doubtful that the securement area could even be expanded in the mini-vans to meet the proposed requirement.
5. The ramp angle allowed from the ground should not be reduced from 1:4 to 1:8.
The draft guidelines propose to set the maximum ramp slope at 1:8 in all cases, including when deployed to the roadway. While steep ramps can be problematic, no research or data has been provided to indicate that 1:4 angle, the current standard, has in fact been problematic. Indeed, the current federal regulations require the bus operators to assist the passengers in the use of the ramps. Additionally, no evidence has been provided to establish that a slope of 1:8 is the only method that should be used in all cases.
The lack of standard sidewalk widths and set backs would require new ramps to be constructed as either bi-fold or tri-fold ramps. METRO is not convinced that such ramps are constructible by bus manufacturers or can be constructed at a reasonable cost. More research and study should take place before this proposal would be implemented. If the 1:8 angle is adopted, METRO believes that significant bus stop modifications would be required to facilitate the deployment of longer ramps.
6. The P.A. system should not be deleted in favor of requiring automated stop announcement system.
In 2002, METRO determined that it was in its best interests and the best interests of its customers and the Santa Cruz community to utilize federal and state funding for the purchase of an automated stop announcement system for its fixed route buses. METRO utilizes the stop announcement system so that every bus stop is announced throughout its service area as long as it is at least 600 feet from the preceding bus stop. However, METRO's bus operators must make certain bus stop announcements orally when, for whatever reason, the automated bus stop announcement system fails. METRO's bus operators utilize the microphone of the public address system to make the required announcements. If METRO is required to remove the public address system including the microphone, METRO's bus operators may be unable to be heard throughout the bus when they are required to make the bus stop announcements when the automated stop announcement system fails. This would result in the bus having to be removed from service when a failure occurs which would be expensive and cause unnecessary delays in the delivery of service.
METRO encourages the Access Board to engage in more research and study before implementing modifications to the guidelines. Sufficient rationale for the proposed modifications has not been produced and it is not clear that they would work in any event. While some modifications may be necessary, adding confusion at the point of access to the service is self-defeating and unwarranted. The better plan is to truly engage the transit industry, the transportation vehicle and wheelchair and mobility device manufacturers and the public transit ridership in the discussion of appropriate accessibility standards for public transportation vehicles. METRO would certainly want to participate in those discussions.
Very truly yours,
Marcela Tavantzis
Chair, METRO Board of Directors


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I have a 30 year old brother with late stages of Multiple Sclerosis. He was re-admitted to the hospital about 10 days ago for treatment of C-diff in his stool which he had almost 3 weeks prior to his last hospital stay. During his recovery at home, he was getting a medication called Flagyl for his c-diff infection. He had fevers and sweats almost every day. We continued to give him his medication as directed, thinking this stool infection would clear up, but it never did. By the 10th day of Flagyl treatment, we called the doctor to report that "he was still having a lot of blood tinged diarrhea. He told us to take him back to the hosp which we did. Due to the fevers, the doctors did all kinds of test and we found out he has an infection in his blood. They have been treated him with all kinds if IV antibiotics. They draw blood cultures everyday and they still come back positive and he is still positive for c-diff. The doctors are saying "we've done all that we could do". Now they are calling for the Infection Control Team. My family is a bit worried of the fact that we may have waited too late to get him treatment sooner. Related Reading: Multiple Sclerosis | diarrhea | antibiotics
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My husband (40) has had sepsis 3 times. It started with an infected tooth, which resulted in a week in ICU. The second time he just seemed groggy, but could not wake him up. This latest time was a few weeks ago, he was having trouble breathing while he was sleeping, I could not wake him, he had pneumonia with the beginning stages of sepsis. His blood pressure was extremely low for two days in ICU. We are currently looking into ways to get this sepsis gone from his system. If anyone has any ideas for us we would love to hear them! We are now terrified of him catching a cold for fear it will turn to pneumonia and sepsis. Our two kids are mortified of the hospitals; we just can't believe how much this illness seems to be coming back and back and back.
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I just had a baby and was not properly cleaned out during delivery, resulting in sepsis.
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Yasunari Kawabata
Yasunari Kawabata
Born: 11 June 1899, Osaka, Japan
Died: 16 April 1972, Zushi, Japan
Residence at the time of the award: Japan
Prize motivation: "for his narrative mastery, which with great sensibility expresses the essence of the Japanese mind"
Language: Japanese
Yasunari Kawabata, son of a highly-cultivated physician, was born in 1899 in Osaka. After the early death of his parents he was raised in the country by his maternal grandfather and attended the Japanese public school. From 1920 to 1924, Kawabata studied at the Tokyo Imperial University, where he received his degree. He was one of the founders of the publication Bungei Jidai, the medium of a new movement in modern Japanese literature. Kawabata made his debut as a writer with the short story, Izu dancer, published in 1927. After several distinguished works, the novel Snow Country in 1937 secured Kawabata's position as one of the leading authors in Japan. In 1949, the publication of the serials Thousand Cranes and The Sound of the Mountain was commenced. He became a member of the Art Academy of Japan in 1953 and four years later he was appointed chairman of the P.E.N. Club of Japan. At several international congresses Kawabata was the Japanese delegate for this club. The Lake (1955), The Sleeping Beauty (1960) and The Old Capital (1962) belong to his later works, and of these novels, The Old Capital is the one that made the deepest impression in the author's native country and abroad. In 1959, Kawabata received the Goethe-medal in Frankfurt.
Yasunari Kawabata died in 1972 (suicide).
From Nobel Lectures, Literature 1968-1980, Editor-in-Charge Tore Frängsmyr, Editor Sture Allén, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 1993
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Thanks, Rick Santorum! No, really
Your backward views are alerting American voters about GOP extremism on issues of health and privacy VIDEO
By Joan WalshTopics: Rick Santorum, Contraception, 2012 Elections, News, Politics News
OK, it's true: Rick Santorum didn't sponsor Virginia legislation to require that women seeking abortion undergo an ultrasound – and in cases of very early pregnancy, when a fetus is hard to see, a creepy and intrusive transvaginal ultrasound. But seven states have already passed ultrasound requirements for women seeking abortion. The Virginia bill is galvanizing opposition nationally at least partly due to the climate of crazy that's been fomented by Santorum's backward candidacy.
The man who calls contraception "a license to do things in a sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be" went from being a failed Pennsylvania senator, Mr. "Man on Dog," to GOP presidential front-runner over the last month. Now he's crusading against prenatal testing because he claims it encourages abortion (when in fact most prenatal testing helps women help babies who develop in utero health issues) and claiming President Obama's policies will ultimately send Christians to the guillotine. (By the way, I apologize for harping on the way Protestants have persecuted Catholics in the U.S., because Santorum reminded me of some of the reason why, with his charge that mainline Protestant churches are a Satan-sponsored "shambles" that are "gone from the world of Christianity as I see it.") He and Mitt Romney, who's trying to match him outrage for outrage, have been chasing women voters away from the GOP in droves over the last couple of months.
Into that polarizing political climate came the news that Virginia Republicans want to go where no politician of any stripe belongs: up the vaginal canal and into the uteruses of pregnant women who are seeking an abortion. The bill already passed the state Senate, and clearing the House of Delegates seemed a mere formality, especially given that Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas already have ultrasound requirements. A mere formality, that is, until people began paying attention.
Now, for two days straight, the Virginia House of Delegates has postponed its vote on the bill. More than a thousand protesters lined walkways to the state Capitol to silently protest the bill on Monday, and their powerful statement seemed to still resonate on Tuesday. The bill is expected to pass eventually, but with every day, the national backlash against the measure helps its opponents' chances. On MSNBC's "Politics Nation" Tuesday Virginia delegate Kaye Kory urged the media to keep paying attention. Gov. Bob McDonnell, who supports the bill, is often mentioned as a GOP vice presidential nominee, and his office has emitted a few warning signs of alarm over the last couple of days. As far right as Republicans have lurched, it can't be helpful for McDonnell to find his Virginia GOP accused of supporting state-sanctioned rape for forcing unwilling women to submit to vaginal penetration in order to exercise their legal right to an abortion.
Of course, the Virginia GOP still has its fervent defenders. CNN commentator Dana Loesch outdid herself (and that takes a lot) by suggesting that women had implicitly consented to such a procedure when they consented to vaginal penetration during sex. Wait. Let me make sure I'm not misinterpreting her. Here's what she said: "Progressives are trying to say, that it's rape and so on and so forth … They had no problem having similar to a trans-vaginal procedure when they engaged in the act that resulted in their pregnancy." If that sounds like crazy talk – and it is — a Virginia Republican who supports the procedure said much the same thing, telling a Democratic colleague that women had already consented to being "vaginally penetrated when they got pregnant," according to Slate's Dahlia Lithwick. I hope Virginia Republican women will ask their male partners whether they believe consenting to sex represents consenting to state-sponsored vaginal penetration as well. I know, it might be a mood-killer, but it's a good thing to find out.
As Steve Kornacki observed this morning, Santorum may be compromising his own political future almost as much as he's compromising women's rights with his increasingly crackpot declarations. He's also helping Virginians who oppose their state GOP's extremism to get attention to their cause, while the Virginia GOP helps national Democrats sound alarms about Santorum's lunacy. It's a win-win for proponents of women's freedom. I keep pinching myself to make sure it's not a political trick.
I talked about the GOP's war on women's rights with Virginia delegate Kaye Kory on MSNBC's "Politics Nation":
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John Owen lived over 300 years ago at the absolute peak of the Renaissance period in Europe. It was a time of monumental thought and achievement. Everywhere people were digging into classical literature with a hunger unseen before this time, and almost overnight the old writings of Rome and Greece become all the vogue. In this stream, and while the rest of the worldly folk are reading guys like Cicero and Plato, followers of Jesus like Owen start grabbing copies of the Greek and Hebrew manuscripts of the Bible. With discipline and study these men and women become absolutely titanic thinkers, blessing you and me with their writings even today.
One of Owen's books is a tiny but wonderful little piece called The Mortification of Sin, in which he outlines the methods and means by which we can actually put sin to death in our lives. Dogged by lust? Haunted by a thought life out of control? Chased by a tongue you struggle with reigning in? Hounded by anger and jealousy? Owen gives answers to killing this sin from God's Word that are super helpful and downright lethal to our flesh.
I want to summarize one of his answers, or methods for killing sin in our lives today, and that is, to "Think Greatly of the Greatness of God." By this Owen means that our hearts are to be daily focusing on the majesty of God in contrast to ourselves; to think much of the awesomeness of our God and of our humbleness in his light. When the gap between God's glory and ours is more clearly seen, the end result is that sin is hated, worship rises, and we can say with Job...
"I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you; therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes" (Job 42:5,6).
But then, taking what God has revealed of himself and making ourselves teeny is just one part. Owen encourages us to think also of how little we actually know of God. It is entirely true that we know him almost exclusively through what he has done. For example, we know God is a loving God because he acts in love, he does stuff because he loves us, and chiefly he sent his Son to die for us. In contrast we do not, nor can we ever know the essential and infinite nature of God's love completely. The same is true for his goodness, his holiness, his justice, his mercy, his wrath, his faithfulness, and so on. Our thoughts are low, says Owen and unworthy of his glory with any attempt to reach God's perfections failing completely. To put our finite minds around such limitless concepts is a bit like trying to stack the mountains on the surface of a penny…it just can't be done. In the light of his vast glory we can't even begin to comprehend the awesomeness of our God.
Far from being a fruitless effort, when the mind recognizes its inability to completely grasp God's complete character, sin is hated even more and worship rises here also. When the blinders are taken off and we actually catch a glimpse of his transcendence, our jaws should drop and our lives should change.
So with that, here are three passages that speak directly to the majesty of our God. All three take us to the eternal throne room of God and leave us with a deep sense of his greatness. If you read these, do me a favor and take note of the authors fumbling for words to describe what they saw, and note also their drastic response to the greatness they saw.
Every year it seems this little letter "X" causes so much trouble, and people inside and out of the church often get polarized by the discussion. On one hand there are those who don't see it as a big deal, and on the other there's the crowd who rise up and shout out, "Don't take Christ out of Christmas!" We blame the media, we blame each other, and we blame the advertisers who put it out there.
So what is the big deal? What is this little trouble-making consonant all about? Is it really trying to destroy the meaning of Christmas for us who celebrate the birth of Christ?
At the risk of getting vehement attacks from both sides, I offer up my thoughts.
First, let me explain what "X-mas" doesn't mean: In it's origin, "X-mas" is not a crossing out of the name of Christ. Interestingly enough, the "X" doesn't equate to anything in English at all. In fact, the symbol it represents comes from the Greek alphabet and represents the letter "chi" (pronounced "k-ee" or "k-eye" depending on where you're from). So what we have is not a stroke through the name of Christ, but a Greek letter. In truth this Greek letter "chi" actually corresponds to the first letter in the name of "Christ," and sits as an abbreviation of this messianic title.
Considering that for most of human history, pens, paper, and all manner of writing implements were for the rich at best and always a premium, abbreviations have long ago become a way of life. The word "Christ" and its compounds, including "Christmas", have been abbreviated in English for at least the past 1,000 years, long before the modern "Xmas" was commonly used. Abbreviations go back even further in other languages like the ancient Greek our New Testaments were originally written in. Back in my seminary days before I had access to a laptop (translation: poor student), I often abbreviated heavily in order to keep up with my notes. Was I "taking Christ out" of my studies? No, I was just abbreviating. I knew what it meant.
Okay, so "X-mas" is benign, right? We can use it all over the place, right? Not necessarily.
Here we come to the other side of the pendulum. Often I find believers who advocate the "X-mas" side of the coin know the truths I've just shared. They know it stands for a Greek letter, they know that the letter stands for the title of "Christ," and they fire back that they haven't taken Christ out of Christmas, he's right there in the "X"! But here's my question: Is this kind of discussion the best exercise of our Christian freedom? Is this really the best "hill to die on"?
Can we really say that we're striving for unity and peace with one another when we, sometimes unnecessarily, hold too tightly to our liberty? Isn't this really what Paul was talking about in 1 Corinthians 8:9 when he stressed our constant need to care for the brothers and sisters around us? If it irritates my brothers or sisters so much is it really too much to write "Christ," when you think of the holiday? Should we really squabble about a thing like this?
Not only is this massively important issue of unity at stake, but also the world is watching. Does the world outside our door know that the "X" stands for "Christ"? Probably not. Is the world constantly striving against God in seeking to eradicate the knowledge of Jesus from everything, not just Christmas. Absolutely! Why then would we look to get rid of it?
Here's my suggestion: For the sake of striving for peace and unity in the body, and for the sake of public acknowledgment of Jesus, go ahead and take the small effort to write five extra letters every time you think of CHRISTmas!
and hey, Merry Christmas everyone!
As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace 1 Peter 4:10
But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ's gift. Ephesians 4:7


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These look really good!
I've been thinking about starting up a deathwing force but I was having problems thinking of a paint scheme I liked, but you've solved my problem.
These look really good!
I've been thinking about starting up a deathwing force but I was having problems thinking of a paint scheme I liked, but you've solved my problem.
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So a little bit of an update. I had a friend over who happened to bring her digicam, so I stole it for a bit.
My Standerd Bearer is almost done, just have to do his hammer arm and corrosponding shoulder. Then his banner eventualy.
Here is the first of my marines, still ened to do some more shadeing on the black, and figure out what/where i'll be putting chapter/squad icons.
Here is a little line up of all my Independant Characters I've built up, not includeing the Standerd Bearer. I don't want to start work on them untill I get more rines done, otherwise I'll have a bunch of HQ and no Troops :P
From left to right: Apothocary, cool looking guy with hammer, not sure what hell end up being, another cool hammer guy, Librarian
And ever since I got that Librarian model I've had some crazy ideas about him. This will be his Familiar, after a vigerouse conversion.
I also have a new weapon for the Librarian planned. Rather then his big two handed sword, I'll be modifying it into a hammer (der) with a torch in the middle of it (OMG). should look awsome if I do it correctly :P but that's a ways off.
Just a bump.
nice salamanders you have there,it makes me what to paint mine
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Thanks ^.^ I might end up changeing the Skink to one of the new ones, since I wan't to steal some of their heads,a nd they have those cool scales :P
great start to your army, it'll look very nice once done.
what you got planned army wise, or are you just going to paint what you feel like doing?
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I havn't thought too much about exact units. But I'll probably go heavy troops, with a few rhinos. Course I'll have to buy the Redeamer once it's out XD just for the sake of makeing an uber Sally Redeamer :P
Great Salamanders, but shouldn't the robes on your Standard Bearer be a different colour? Looks kinda bland as it is
Please read my previouse post, lol.
What, the one where you say you're buying a Redeemer?
Oh... sorry, that was an entirely different forum ^.^ Well ya, my friends, and obviously other people on other forums said the same thing. So far I'm gunna keep him how he is, i'm hoping that when I add his hammer arm + shoulderpad + backpack + banner, the black and silver in all of those should even him out alot more.
Ok, so it's been a while since I've posted, which I knew would happen. So a nice big update for you this time, I've bought a MORE models, like an idiot, and am now dangerously close to debt with my parents if I don't find a job quick :P BUT good news is I got some models cheap and some for free XD
I recently ordered a rhino and 10 rines on ebay, saveing myself like $60+ which I'm happy about. Then today my friend gave me a bunch of free models and bits. The story behind it is odd, aparently his sisters ex used to play and left a bunch of stuff at his place so its been forfited since it was ages ago. Some of the models are really old, like 3rd ed snap together guys, so most of them I wont bother useing. I also ordered some bits from GW for multiple uses.
I havn't been painting much lately, but being frustrated with spore will hopefully make me want to paint some more. I've been attacking myself with forums and blogs of other peoples projects in order to spur myself into doing more :P
I've updated my list of models at the top to include everything.
These are the rines I WILL be useing, most likely at least. There are 5 marines that are esentialy fine, I just want to fix some random past conversions to make them look better. Then there are 2 with rockit launchers, and 1 with a plasma canon, I'm not sure if I'll be useing them as is or replaceing the weapons some time for flamerish weapons. Then there are 4 Khorn Marines which in theory are easily converted, just some model knife madness really. If worst comes to worst, I probably have enough torsos, heads, packs and arms to fix them. There is also Techmarine, which is nice since I didn't have one yet.
These are what I ordered from GW. The priest of sigmar is from Mordhiem, and I got him primarily for the torch on top of his staff, secondly for the book that also went on the staff. The hammers were for there obviouse use, some convertions here and there of hammers rather then swords etc. And the books are pretty much casue the books are awsome :P also from Mordhiem, this little blister came with a nice asortment of any seporate tombs that they could muster, some are from lizerdmen, some from chaos, some from dwarves :P. I'll most likely be putting the one that's like chained open for a future tank detail. Not sure about the rest :P.
There are the models I don't plan on useing any time soon. They are all either useless to me or not of a modeling quality I feel like fixing.
These are what I'm currently painting, my first 5 marines, lol. I mostly just have highlighting to do for the green and black then theyll be done. But my brain dies any time I try to paint them so it's slow going.
A close up shot of the torch, it will be part of my Librarians thunder/fire hammer, imagine this with two hammer heads on either side of it XD.
And the finished hammer arm of the Standerd Bearer, I'v never painted a thunder hammer before, so wasn't sure how to go about it, sorry for the glare on it but (INTERUPTION, I just got a call from my mom saying that the tank and rines I ordered have arived :P) it looks nice in real life. I drybrushed it boltgun like I've been doign with everything, but then used ultramarine blue to highlight the edges.
And a detail of his bum casue I missed it last time.
On a semi-unrelated note, I purchased these squigs the other day.
Their pretty sick :P I spotted them in a comic store nearby and had to have them, I'm pretty sure their from like 2nd edition, heh.
Aaaand a nice little picture of my current desktop :P
Lookin' good, I like the nice, sharp color scheme you've got going, keep it up! Always good to see another Salamanders army on the go.
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you should consider thinner paint (Everyone can always consider thinner paint!!) but especially on those flames. + you might want to consider more light based or directional highlighting on the amour plates? Or if not, try using your left hand (if your right handed) to support your hand to steady out your highlights.
Thinner paint would be good, ya, problem is I was stupid and painted a bunch with my scoprion green with the pot open so now it's gotten a bit thick. I agree, my hand isn't as steady as it should be sometimes :P. As for directional lighting, I went a bit overboard on my first rine, but corrected it a bit on my second, looks nicer.


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July 30, 2012 at 3:16 am
even though she's having a baby at least she graduated.
Myrna Barr:
January 31, 2013 at 7:11 pm
Good for her for finishing school, but that is ghetto as h***!!!!!
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January 7, 2013 at 12:16 am
Why put it out there...I really hope it's college or Grad school.
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Well at least she has a high school diploma I say this is more of a kudos to her!
Janell Ebel:
August 3, 2012 at 5:21 pm
I hope this is a university grad and a not a high school one.
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July 30, 2012 at 2:21 pm
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A win over the Gators would've given the Bulldogs a 3-0 start and created a tie with Fairmont at the top.
Similar to St. Pauls' non-conference season, the Bulldogs' Hyde, not Jekyll, showed its ugly face.
St. Pauls squandered its opportunity at first place in a frustrating 71-51 home loss that included 27 turnovers.
"We got into a streetball game and got embarrassed," St. Pauls coach Travis Lemanski said. "I don't care about losing … it's how we lost that is really disappointing."
Down by as many as 14 in the third quarter after pulling to within two at intermission, Antonio Henderson's jumper trimmed St. Pauls' deficit to six with 5:14 remaining in the game.
Then, as Lemanski would put it, the wheels came off.
East Columbus senior guard T.J. Wilson took over what was left in what became a one-man onslaught for the Gators. One of the conference's top scorers at 17.1 points per game scored eight of his team's next 10 points during a 10-0 run that put the Bulldogs away.
Wilson knifed his way through the lane for a game-high 29 points to help East Columbus erase its 0-2 start in league play.
"After their guy got ejected and got the crowd into it, Wilson went to work," Lemanski said.
The loss was St. Pauls' 11th in 14 games and seventh overall by double digits. Most of East Columbus' production came in transition, a result of run-outs and length-of-the-floor assists after long rebounds.
"We've been up and down all year, but our motto is defense," said East Columbus coach Curtis Moss. "Our defense is our bread and butter, we just have to be ready to play it every night. That was probably our best (night of defense) this season."
Henderson led St. Pauls with 20 points, followed by a 13-point effort from Deonte McMillian. St. Pauls' top-scoring guard Deion Gilchrist had a single field goal.
"I've gone with the same starting lineup all season, but I told the guys after the game if I have to make a change, I will," Lemanski said. "Antonio is the only guy we have playing with consistency right now. A lot of guys are giving up when we fall behind."
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Fueled by a harassing defense and a talented senior forward, St. Pauls' girls basketball team ran its conference win streak to three Friday night with a 43-33 decision over East Columbus.
In the first half, the Bulldogs forced 22 turnovers and scored 10 of their 25 points in transition to pull ahead the Gators — previously unbeaten in Three Rivers play. Bianca Palazzola scored 10 of her team-high 13 points in the first 16 minutes and anchored a 12-2 run to open the contest.
St. Pauls (8-6, 3-0) point guard Alexis Roberson chipped in with 10 points and five assists.
After trailing by as many as 16, the Gators (8-3, 2-1) pulled to within seven at 38-31 with 3:17 remaining. Over a span of 6:12, East Columbus center Meonti Campbell scored 14 straights points to lead the Gators' late rally.
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I have months of old backup data that I don't need and my storage quota is being compromised. Is there an easy way to delete old files - by backup date/version would be nice :) Not sure how to individually delete files from a specific backup set - it seems like the options are only by file name?? Am I looking in the wrong place?
Thanks you!!
Hi howb,
You can remove folders as well as single files. If you wanted to remove an entire folder you would click on the folder name it resides under and a list of contents will show up on the right hand side. From there you can check off the items you want to purge from the account.
So say for example you're in My Documents and want to remove a folder under it called Misc Files, you'd start by clicking on the My Documents foldername on the left hand side of the Purge Files window. From there place a check next to the foldername on the right hand pane. Once all the content is selected click Purge at the bottom and let it run.
Since purge works like restore - it can take time as it processes through all the history. Let me know if you need more explicit directions.