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here's the back:
i don't love how the back looks when it's on, but my consolation is that i can't see it.
i learned that i need to pay more attention to my rows on my gauge swatch, because my rows were WAY off on my sweater, making the back really big and the sleeves WAY longer than fingertip length. however, it'll be good during the winter with sleeves that length when i can't be bothered to find my gloves. i did get 2 unsolicited compliments however when i wore it at work on monday, so that's good. i did only 8 rows of the repeats on the bolero (my bust size called for 15) but if I were to do it again i'd have done 10 repeats instead of 8, but it's fine like it is.
so that's it for that bad boy… i guess i need to stop putting off mariah and work on it now…


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I had purchased this three volume History of Islam books sometime ago, since I was and am eager to learn about Islamic history. It is the only type of history which I can read over and over again and never be bored by, and getting hold of these detailed books in English was like striking gold! The author, Sheikh Akbar Shah Najeebabadi, starts off the first volume by mentioning the importance of history and the identity crisis which Muslims faced back when he wrote the book, and if it applied to his time of several decades back, I can only imagine how many more times over it applies to our generation.
Among the nations of the world, Muslims are the only nation which is replete with splendid deeds and marvelous performance. And, above all, it has such tested and trusted knowledge and information about the deeds of its elders and heroes which are irrefutable and beound all doubts. The Muslims need not be introduced to the Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer, nor they are in need of Mahabharat and Ramayan, for they in their real history have all kinds of more splendid and amazing models than those of Illiad and the Odyssesy, and Mahabharat and Ramayan contain.
How pitiable and amazing it is that at a time when there is tough competition among nations of the world to excel one another, the Muslims despite having the most glorious history, appear to be detached and careless as regards their history. The class which may be said to be more wakeful and vigilant among the Muslims, also quotes in its lectures, speeches, writings, articles, magazines, newspapers and books any eminent person Europe or the Christian world wherever it needs to cite examples of high morals or amazing performance, since it is unaware of such personalities among the Muslims.
Who can deny this fact that the educated class among the Muslims quote in their speeches and writings names of Hannibal, Shakespeare, Bacon, Newton, etc., more frequently than those those of Khaalid ibn Waleed, Hassaan bin Thabit (Radiallahu Anhum), Salahuddin Ayyubi, Firdausi, Tusi, Ibn Rushd (Averroes), and Bu Ali Sina (Avicenna) [Rahimahullah]?
It truly is sad that as some become more "progessive" they find the rich history and ways of the Muslims as something just for the 7th century, when in fact the achievements of the Muslims continued for many centuries after the 7th century and helped the whole world. More focus is placed on learning about and emulating the ways of regular people who mean nothing and have little impact on society, like most of the celebrities out there.
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iPhoneModem is an application for the iPhone that aims at making it really easy to use the iPhone's Internet connection on your computer. iPhone modem application creates a WiFi Network on MAC and configure it to use socks proxy setup on the iPhone. Yes, iPhone modem uses socks proxy to share internet connection.
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No one definitively knows how the unique bond between man and canine came to develop some 12,000 plus years ago. What is believed though, is that over time, man and the canine came to recognize and respect each other's unique predatory skills and the unquestionable loyalty that developed between the two. Along with increased hunting success, their union synergistically improved their safety and security in a hostile environment. Over time, man successfully domesticated the canine and developed several working breeds to meet his needs. Many of today's breeds can be found working in specialty roles, such as, search and rescue, herding sheep, bomb detection, and personal protection just to name a few.
Much of our understanding of what canines can and cannot do we owe to military research; not only by the United States, but other countries of the world. Prior to 1941, Germany trained and utilized canines in many applications; but, it wasn't long before the rest of the world's militaries recognized the work Germany did to unlock the full potential of the canine. The United States though was slow to acknowledge the canine's role in military applications. It wasn't until the Korean War that the United States began to actively research and employ canines in military practice. By the end of the Vietnam War, the United States had developed a "K9 Corps" devoted to several specialty areas; such as, sentry duty, explosive detection, search and apprehension.
We cannot ignore the application of these advancements in canine training to the civilian sector. Today, "Service Dogs" (those dogs trained to assist people with disabilities), enrich the lives of the disabled. A young girl suffering from a seizure disorder can now go out of the house shopping because the service dog at her side was a post war duty rescue from the Air Force. A service dog makes life bearable for the veteran suffering from PTSD (post traumatic seizure disorder), or the double lower-limb amputee veteran that is confined to a wheel chair in her home. For each, the service dog is uniquely trained to step in when assistance is needed thereby significantly improving the veterans quality of life.
Despite the multitude of applications of the working canine, the most notable of late would be law enforcement. This can mean everything from State Fire Marshal, customs, local drug enforcement, search and rescue, and wildlife poaching. Over the years I have had the distinct honor of working with many of these working canines in both a professional and personal capacity. I have never once been disappointed by their loyalty, honesty, and overwhelming desire to please their handler. Even when they demonstrated overt aggression toward me I took it as a sign of respect because it was one of the rawest and honest expressions I have yet to encounter. I truly believe they have no room inside for deceit or lies, and in that is how I believe it is possible give unconditional love to their handler.
" American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. 2011. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 27 Jan. 2015 http://www.thefreedictionary.com/working+dog
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In article <firstname.lastname@example.com>, email@example.com (Boyd Roberts) writes: |> I flew with American Airlines from Paris to New York and back in the last |> two weeks and was surprised to see that they post the flight waypoints |> (or some such aproximation) on maps stuck on galley external walls, |> tagged with the flight time. When I saw this I programmed them into my |> GPS and created a route. Reading the doc I saw that they allowed some |> electronic devices to be used but prohibited _VHF_ radios and thought |> to myself 'hah, GPS is _UHF_'. |> But, as has been pointed out, the frequencies of the local oscillators, the various intermediate frequencies, and image frequencies may very well fall within the aircraft bands. |> On the sector to New York I had no problem with the cabin crew and suprisingly |> no problem with my Magellan 2000, which locked up after a couple of minutes. |> I was suprised to see that most of the waypoints were at 'well known' points; |> 10 degree lon and whole or half degree lat. I was further suprised that |> the GPS indicated only small n (5-10) kilometer differences when nearing |> waypoints. However, when I was tracking 4 satelites the altitude was out by |> 10's of thousands of feet. That is because in high-altitude jet flight, "altitude" really refers to air pressure (due to the use of barometric altimeters). When one is near the ground, taking off or landing, absolute altitude is of course a big issue, and you assure that your altimeter gives you the right answer by obtaining an "altimeter setting" from the local air traffic control facility. This is just the current atmospheric pressure reduced to sea level. At higer altitudes, there is little concern for absolute altitude, but a great deal of concern for relative altitudes between different aircraft. Thus all aircraft are required to reset thier altimeters to the standard setting (29.92 inches Hg) when passing from the low-altitude airspace system to the high-altitude system (at 18,000 ft in the US). Altitudes above this are referred to as "Flight Levels", because they don't really represent true altitudes, but rather constant air-pressure surfaces. When the captain announces that "We will be cruising at an altitude of 33,000 feet," he really means that he has been assigned to Flight Level 330. This can depart from the true altitude by 1000's of feet, but 10s of thousands seems a bit much. -- Bill Frensley Electrical Engineering University of Texas at Dallas P.O. Box 830688, MS. EC-33 Richardson, Texas 75083-0688


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A throwback comedy with millennial flavor, The To Do List is an improbably entertaining, R-rated raunchfest - and a milestone of sorts. It shows how far the teenage sex comedy has come, and how different it looks when a female writer or director is behind the camera.
The film marks the feature-film debut of writer/director Maggie Carey, who delivers sexual slapstick most typically seen in movies about male initiation. It stars Aubrey Plaza as Brandy, a nerdy high school graduate who systematically conducts field research into the 57 varieties of sexual experience. "There are so many 'jobs' here!" she notes of the terms she sets out to master and stores in her Trapper Keeper, it being 1993.
Considering how sexually active teenage girls are usually represented in movies, what's most surprising about The To Do List is what it is not.
Most of all, it's not a metaphor - like the prom in John Hughes movies - for What Intercourse Represents. It is not an unplanned-pregnancy rom-com like Juno. It is not a purveyor of centerfold nudity like Spring Breakers. It is not a cautionary tale of repression like The Virgin Suicides. It is not an idealized portrait of the first time like The Notebook.
Given this context, The To Do List's depiction of a bumbling brainiac stumbling onto the realization that sex is many things and that one of them is pleasure seems almost radical. And for that perspective, Carey stands on the shoulders of the women filmmakers who preceded her.
Before female screenwriters and directors got in on the action in the 1980s, teen sex comedies were largely a gendered affair. The ones starring and marketed to boys were about getting it; the ones starring and marketed to girls about saving it. The message was: Good girls didn't.
Then along came Kimi Peck (Little Darlings, 1980), Amy Heckerling (Fast Times at Ridgemont High, 1982), and Eleanor Bergstein (Dirty Dancing, 1987). In their refreshingly nonjudgmental movies, good girls did. The focus was not on the losing of virginity but rather on the getting of wisdom. The characters in these films found that sex was sometimes just sex and at other times it was tangled up in emotions, romance, and love.
Although as archetypes the teen virgin and the slut have had currency since the 1980s, it's rare in a movie from a female filmmaker to define a teenage girl by her sexual experience - or lack of it.
For the most part in movies by women, there were girls who did and girls who didn't and sometimes they were fast friends - as in Heckerling's Fast Times and Clueless (1995). In the latter, when the sexually experienced Dionne (Stacey Dash) teases best friend Cher (Alicia Silverstone) for being a virgin, Cher explains that she has high standards: "You see how picky I am about my shoes, and they only go on my feet."
And if there was a line drawn between girls who did and those who didn't, it sounded something like the conversation between Monica (Sanaa Lathan) and Quincy (Omar Epps) in Gina Prince-Bythewood's Love & Basketball (2000). When Monica puts down a girl who has sent a come-on letter to Quincy, he asks why Monica would brand said girl with the H-word. Monica responds, "She's a ho because she's sending her coochie through the mail! She's not saying, 'You're a nice guy, and I want to get to know you.' She's saying, 'I wanna [have sex].' " A distinction worth making.
Female filmmakers don't have the monopoly on these more nuanced depictions of teen intercourse - see Rob Reiner's The Sure Thing (1985) or Cameron Crowe's Say Anything (1989). But the films from femme helmers and screenwriters are formative for the teenage girls watching them because they are less likely to have slut-shaming and more likely to have girls as the leads rather than as supporting players.
And the ones from female filmmakers address peer pressures and confusions that boys may not experience in the same way. In 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), an update of The Taming of the Shrew, screenwriters Kirsten Smith and Karen McCullah provide a reason for the combative behavior of the title figure, Kat (Julia Stiles).
The prickly, feminist-theory-reading, combat-boots-wearing high school senior is a social outcast, made fun of by the boys, especially one now coming on to her sister, Bianca (Larisa Oleynik), a ninth grader. Kat explains to Bianca that the same boy pressured her into a sexual relationship. "He said everyone was doing it. So I did it . . . but I didn't want to anymore. I wasn't ready. So he broke up with me." Shamed, if not ashamed, Kat models self-respect refreshing for a teen sex comedy.
In 10 Things, Kat and Bianca's father is a gynecologist who warns the girls about unprotected sex. Similarly, in The To Do List, Brandy's mother (Connie Britton), a nurse, provides practical information and shares her values, which are less strict than those of Brandy's father (Clark Gregg).
As in many films about sexual coming-of-age, much of the humor in The To Do List strikes a nerve in parents who still imagine their offspring as presexual. As the mother of a teenage daughter, much of the film's language and sexual candor had me reaching for the smelling salts. But I didn't need them to be revived by the film's takeaway - "Sex is a Big Deal, but not always a big deal."
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There's a lot of speculation about what Christ may have told his disciples during the 40 days between his resurrection and ascension. There's a lot I don't know.
But here's what I know.
The writers chose to focus on Jesus and the confirmation of his risen body.
Why didn't they write more on his secret wishes for the church? Maybe they did. Maybe the secret was to just know Jesus, not only as a historical figure, but also as risen eternal king of mankind.
Just as Jesus met people where they were on his days on earth, He still meets us where we are today in our present century and circumstances.
Jesus is the doorway for anyone to walk through every day in order to live life. His doorway is easier to find when we live in a way that earns our right through genuine relationship with others to share him Biblically with them. His doorway is big enough to fit anyone who loves Jesus and wants to grow in the knowledge of his grace.
I grew up hearing instruction on church formation. Yet, the conversation behind closed doors told me more about the heart of those I grew up with over what was taught about church. I found I too wanted to converse about Jesus and life. It is in conversation that life happens and we get better connected to God and each other.
When I first began writing, I gave instruction because it was the oxygen I breathed in my upbringing and sometimes still inhale sitting in one-way teaching situations in church.
But life is lived on another level. Life is interactive, an ongoing conversation in family and among friends. I find I desire more to write about Jesus's Good Spirit and attitude. He can instruct people personally better than I can. I have my ideas about life and how God has worked in mine and the few natural laws I've figured out with God's help. But what gets me through life is Christ's love and wanting to thank him by loving God and others through my life and writing. I want to live a conversation I have with Jesus all day long and bring others into that chat room.
Could it be that my days are to be filled with walking and talking about present realities in the shadow of the Perfect world to come and how amazing it will be to be in God's presence forever? And that I should do this first with my loved ones in the beauties that surround looking forward to a perfected earth? To serve those around me in need where realistic and possible while I await Jesus' return?
Could it be that God's perfect plan to expand His spiritual family came with few, but understandable instructions that I might live inhindered while on my days on earth?
Could it be I must only focus on the pattern that is Jesus, looking forward to walking and talking eternally with him on his perfect path?
So many questions, not enough time. I find my worship of Jesus increasing day by day as I take him and his view of life and eternity more to heart.


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May is "severely visually impaired". She has "severe brain damage". Referring to May using medical terminology is always depressing, but more so when it is a medical term that is also used widely.
"Severe" is as term I come across a lot in May's medical reports. It is a term used casually and freely. It has the opposite effect on me. Like when I accidentally picked up what I thought was a medical appointment sheet off the floor of the car this week, and it turned out to be her visual impairment report.
The medical definition is "a disease that is so severe that it dominates all other activities".
Is May's brain damage so severe that it dominates all other activities? I can't say that it does. It does overpower her at times, like when she has a seizure in the middle of a rigorous bounce. But, she pauses, she shakes a bit and then she lights up and the bouncing continues.
Is this the definition of severe?
I'm more impressed by May's ability to dominate her brain damage, than it dominate her.


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Millie Bobby Brown's boyfriend Jacob Sartorius has posted a glowing tribute to the star for her 14th birthday.
Millie Bobby Brown's boyfriend Jacob Sartorius has posted a glowing tribute to the star for her birthday.
The 'Stranger Things' actress turned 14 on Monday (19.02.18) and her 15-year-old boyfriend was quick to take to social media as soon as midnight hit to ring in her special day with a heartfelt post on Instagram.
Posting a snap of the pair together, the 'Chapstick' singer wrote: ''Happy birthday to this beautiful girl, 14!! you're the funniest, most caring person in the entire world. I hope this year brings you lots of great memories and moments you remember forever. Can't wait to see you, I love you and miss you so much!! Everybody go wish this girl a happy birthday @milliebobbybrown (sic)''
Millie and Jacob confirmed their romance at the end of last year when they were spotted celebrating New Year's Eve (31.12.17) with her family at Walt Disney World in Florida.
Dating rumours had been circling the pair since October when Millie posted a photo with the singer-songwriter on her Instagram story, and they have since exchanged comments on social media.
Fans noticed that the actress liked one of Jacob's tweets which read ''just another day w you on my mind (sic)'' on January 8, and four days later Millie posted a picture on her Instagram account of herself cuddling a teddy bear.
She wrote ''Thanks for the bear'' with a red heart emoji and he replied ''[Of] course'' with a matching emoji.
Meanwhile, the young star recently revealed she has become close friends with rapper Drake, whom she credits with helping ''guide'' her through fame.
She said: ''We met in Australia and he asked me to go to his show ... and it was probably the best performance I've ever seen! It's Drake and he's great ... I have great people around me to help guide me through this, and he's one of those people.''
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One of the first things we noticed when we arrived a year ago was something way up on the top of one of the mountains surrounding Chiang Mai. At night, the mountain of Doi Suthep is cloaked in total darkness except for this one spot which glows brightly. During the day, depending on the angle of the sun, a brilliant flash of gold can be seen there. We soon learned that what we were seeing was one of the most famous and revered Buddhist temples (wats) in all of Thailand: Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep.
Recently, we drove up the very winding road to the top of the mountain which, at 5,500 feet, offers wonderful views of Chiang Mai city, the Ping River, and beyond. The temple has given rise to the little village of Doi Pui Maeo where the chief industry is selling food, clothing, and souvenirs to the faithful as well as sightseers from around the world.
The original temple was built in the mid-1300s and has been enlarged over the years. Until the 1930s when the road was built, pilgrims had to hike up a small trail to get to the temple. Imagine how they felt when, upon the hours-long trek up the mountain, they discovered that they had to climb a 309-step staircase to get to the temple!
The temple complex itself is beautiful with bells, pagodas, shrines, and statues arrayed over a large ceramic-tiled plaza. Another dozen or so steps takes you up to a raised and walled courtyard area which, for Buddhists, is the most sacred area of the wat and one of the holiest sites in Thailand and where the smell of incense burning and the sound of monks chanting is ubiquitous.
We timed our visit to coincide with sunset so that we could enjoy the spectacular views both by daylight and at night. It was a great time spent together as a family on a perfect, clear and cool day!


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I'll never claim to have that one absolute, final answer. Everyone is on his or her own journey and I would never consign a fellow traveler to hell because he believes differently from me. Usually I know better and stay away from people who will send you off to eternal damnation because you dare to disagree.
Still, I plead guilty to being a troll. I read that term on someone's blog: a person who scrolls through posts with the purpose of sending nasty replies. Actually, I take it back (my being a troll) since that wasn't my purpose. I just happened to come across a post I took issue with. Usually when that happens I ignore it, which I think is the best way to deal with such situations–and face it, we're not going to love and agree with everyone and vice versa. While my reply was innocuous, it earned me a place with the boogeyman, so said the blogger. Oh, well, I should have known better. As a child, I was told not to talk religion and politics in public, but this time I succumbed and for that I apologize to said blogger.
On one other occasion, I also did the unthinkable. I was on the site of a psychologist who wrote parents of adult children with schizophrenia should feel guilty for causing their child's illness. I responded with X#$^&!!! since he was so full of crapola and not worthy of a PhD. Therapists with those beliefs are eligible to join the clubs of Dumb Doras, Dumb Bunnies or Tweedledees and Tweedledums. They shouldn't be practicing because they cause more harm than good. But enough of my rant and to everyone in bloggingland have a nice day and beware of trolls.


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The New York Times > National > U.S. 'Correctional Population' Hits New High: "July 26, 2004
U.S. 'Correctional Population' Hits New High
By FOX BUTTERFIELD
The number of Americans under the control of the criminal justice system grew by 130,700 last year to reach a new high of nearly 6.9 million, according to a Justice Department report released today.
The total includes people in jail and prison as well as those on probation and parole. This is about 3.2 percent of the adult population in the United States, the report said.
The growth in what the report termed the 'correctional population' comes at a time when the crime rate nationwide has been relatively stable for several years. It also comes when many states, faced with budget deficits, have passed new, less strict sentencing laws in an attempt to reduce the number of inmates."
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Cordyline fruticosa is an evergreen flowering plant in the Asparagus family, Asparagaceae, known by a wide variety of common names including Cabbage Palm, Good Luck Plant, Palm Lily, Ti Plant, Kī, La'i (Hawaiian), Tī Pore (Māori), Sī (Tongan), "Lauti" (Samoan), and ʻAutī (Tahitian ).
Formerly treated in the families Agavaceae and Laxmanniaceae (now both subfamilies of the Asparagaceae in the APG III system), it is a woody plant growing up to 4 m (13 ft) tall, with leaves 30–60 cm (12–24 in) (rarely 75 cm/30 in) long and 5–10-centimetre (2.0–3.9 in) wide at the top of a woody stem. It produces 40–60-centimetre (16–24 in) long panicles of small scented yellowish to red flowers that mature into red berries.
Its starchy rhizomes, which are very sweet when the plant is mature, were eaten as food or as medicine, and its leaves were used to thatch the roofs of houses, and to wrap and store food. The plant or its roots are referred to in most Polynesian languages as tī. Māori ranked the sweetness of the plant above the other Cordyline species native to New Zealand.
Leaves were also used to make items of clothing including skirts worn in dance performances. The Hawaiian hula skirt is a dense skirt with an opaque layer of at least 50 green leaves and the bottom (top of the leaves) shaved flat. The Tongan dance dress, the sisi, is an apron of about 20 leaves, worn over a tupenu, and decorated with some yellow or red leaves


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Patna zoo, located in Patna India, has recently acquired some rare and beautiful plants to enhance the zoo grounds.
The zoo will soon be home to some of the rarest plants in the city, most of whom are not native to the area.
One notable plant is Adansonia Digitata, common names for this rare tree are: baobab, dead-rat tree (from the appearance of the fruits), monkey-bread tree (the soft, dry fruit is edible), upside-down tree (the sparse branches resemble roots) and cream of tartar tree.
This huge tree can grow as tall as 98 feet and the trunk can grow to a diameter of 52 feet or more! The trunks are so large that they have been used as houses, pubs and even bus stops!
Another tree worth mentioning is Schefflera actinophylla, common names for this one are: Umbrella Tree, Octopus Tree and Amate.
This beauty is a multi-trunk evergreen tree. It grows up to 49 feet tall and produces up to 1,000 flowers in it's flowering season, which starts in early summer and lasts for several months. This tree produces racemes up to 6.5 feet long that contain up to 1,000 small red flowers.
This tree is native to tropical rain forests and in gallery forests in Australia (eastern Queensland and the Northern Territory), New Guinea and Java. I hope the zoo is aware that this is an agressive plant who's roots quickly take up a large area. In some areas (like Hawaii and Florida) it is considered to be an invasive weed, so planting this one is not usually reccomended!
Besides the two unusual trees mentioned above the zoo will also be home to another rare tree, Pseudobombax Ellipticum (White Shaving Brush Tree), as well as more than 15 endangered species of plants.


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Join Govan Workspace and special guest, Sir Alex Ferguson, at the formal Opening of the new Govan Pathway at Water Row, near Govan Cross, on Friday 7 July from 12.30pm. The ribbon-cutting will be at 1pm. As part of the day's event there will be a Family Fun Day at Govan Old with lots of activities for children.
The pathway is a fantastic new community amenity on the banks of the Clyde. The project has transformed a large area of derelict land adjacent to the former Govan Old church which sits on one of the most important historic sites in the City of Glasgow. The path runs 200 metres along the river-edge and provides a new route between Water Row and Govan Old, designed to draw visitors from the Riverside Museum via the Govan ferry to visit the A-listed building and its medieval Govan Stones. It is hoped the stunning new walkway will encourage more people to come and enjoy Govan's outstanding heritage and spectacular waterfront views.
Govan Workspace is very grateful to all of the funders who've made the project possible, including:
- The Big Lottery
- Central Govan Action Plan / Glasgow City Council
- Scottish Government's Vacant & Derelict Land Fund
- Scottish Government's Town Centre Communities Capital Fund
- Sustrans
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Companies and individuals are continuing to get comfortable with Social Media. Different industries are discovering ways they can utilize certain tools. There definitely is not a cookie-cutter approach with your online communication strategy – just suggested guidelines.
Anyway, a recent Social Time article shared a new way airlines and politicians are using Twitter. With the winter weather affecting so many people's flight schedules, it's a great tool to allow passengers to check if flights are on time/delayed or to share a complaint (which gets handled). This is interesting to me, since my brother works in the airline industry.
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The good- Delta (@Delta), the twitter feed of this airline company is responsive to each customer's complaint. Passengers are asked to send in their flight number so that the flight can be checked to see if it has been delayed or canceled. Delta offers apologies and to reassure passengers that the flights will be back in service as soon as possible that is if the news is bad for your flight.
The ok – JetBlue (@JetBlue), instead of using direct tweets as Delta has successfully done this past week, JetBlue has decided to use the direct mail service of twitter to help passengers whose flights may have been delayed or canceled. While it may not be as quick as Delta, at least JetBlue is offering personal responses to each of its passengers.
The bad- Continental (@Continental), while attempting to be a participating company on twitter Continental unfortunately has dropped the ball. Instead of answering concerned passengers tweets or even direct messaging passengers, Continental has chosen to answer tweets with a standard response of "Our Social Media team is unable to rebook or give info on individual flights. We know this isn't what you want to hear." They are right, many passengers would prefer a personalized response like the other airline companies are offering during this blizzard.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg was facing criticism for not responding fast enough to the winter storms that have descended on New York City in the past; the mayor's office, in response to the complaints, set up a twitter feed, @311NYC. This twitter feed allows New York City residence to post complaints, concerns, and questions. While the program has been put to great use during the rest of the year, it is during the winter storms that 311NYC is most effective. An example of its usefulness waswhen the mayor announced via twitter @311NYC that the parking meters will be turned off today due to snow removal.
Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker has also used twitter effectively. Instead of setting up a twitter feed to answer questions and to alert the community of issues, Mayor Booker has his own twitter feed. Any resident of Newark just needs to send a tweet to @CoryBooker asking for assistance in clearing their driveway, and help is on its way. The Mayor will either come by and help the resident himself or have a member of his constituency come by to offer assistance. Mayor Booker is hoping that his hard work during the winter pays off for the rest of the year when residence find something to complain to the city about
How else could your industry use Twitter and Social Media tools? AND, as a passenger…what other ways could airlines use social media to better serve you?


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Sabre and Digital:CC Introduce Agents to the Internet
Alicia Gardner, Sabreå's vice president of online travel solutions, said many agencies understood the need to have a bookable presence in the online channel, but did not have the necessary technological expertise in-house to create their own website.
"Having a website is obviously a fundamental first step towards being able to offer an online booking service", she said. "We found that many agencies wanted to offer an online booking service to their customers, but were inhibited by the need to develop a website first. Our solution was to negotiate this special service with Digital:CC, to help overcome that initial obstacle."
Any of Sabre's four Internet booking engines will work off the generic website, giving agents the ability to offer their customers an online booking service almost immediately.
The Digital:CC service is also aimed at agencies that currently have a website but want a new design. The entry-level site costs €1,500 (£1,100) and is available in any language. It can then be upgraded or customised further by adding optional extras that are separately priced.
Gardner said Sabre would continue to focus on initiatives to help travel agencies market themselves and compete successfully in the online channel. She said Sabre was a marketing partner for its travel agency customers, in addition to its traditional role as a technology provider.


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Through the Looking Glass3
October 4, 2012 by Julia
Ish has already set forth an accurate statement of our reaction here at Mininerd to the Great Shellacking of October 3, so I won't re-hash it. Romney killed it, it was fun to watch, modern liberalism has been dealt a body blow, and that's that.
What you may NOT have noticed, though, was that the Left is in full meltdown mode, and it is HYSTERICAL. I usually avoid MSNBC (and all tv news, actually), but after I failed to turn on MSNBC after Gov. Scott Walker won the recall and apparently missed the funniest liberal whining ever, I learned my lesson. I switched over in time to see Rachel Maddow's crazy fake smile, Chris Matthews and Ed Schultz look like they were about to pass out, and some unknown hipster idiot try to talk taxes with Rudy Giuliani and get his head handed to him. I later discovered, by the way, that the unknown hipster is some dude named Chris Hayes, who doesn't even pretend not to be a liberal shill. Seriously, how can MSBNC put together a panel consisting of Rachel Maddow, Chris Matthews, Ed Schultz, Chris Hayes, and Al Sharpton and have the nerve to accuse Fox News of being biased? It's about as ballsy as the guy who used to sue banks for not giving enough sub-prime loans complaining that banks gave out too many sub-prime loans and tanked the economy.
Anyway, Sara Marie Brenner has a good round-up of the Whiny Liberal Extravaganza, if you want to see how the other side is desperately trying to wish last night away. What's extra delicious is that the Left thinks Obama should have included MORE class warfare. Personally, I think avoiding it as much as he did was the only smart thing he did last night (just like it was smart for Romney to ignore the 2007 race-baiting video), but hey, President Obama, please DO listen to the liberal commentariat and start ranting about the rich. I'm sure that will work out swimmingly.
Oh well, at least the vice president didn't blame Obama's performance on Newt Gingrich.


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I have moved to the Orkney Islands with my wife and three kids , and the dog. This is an up to date account of my goings on mainly in picture form. I focus on wildlife and the changing seasons. Thanks for looking and come back soon.
Saturday, 29 May 2010
Norfolk , Bens birthday and what a day.
The biggest spot of the day and a beauty the female Montagues harrier at rspb Minsmere. a bird i tried to see last year but failed , this time we saw her and managed to watch her for a good hour. She even decided to land and eat some eggs!!!!
Avocet . . . . . . . . beautiful
Sand martin in flight a big thing to ask from my camera and lens but something to work on i think.
Dartford warbler a bird i have always wanted to see and one we connected with on this day.
Woodchat shrike a long stayer in winterton dunes and thanks to an old guy and his dog we managed to find him in the end. I would like to say a big thank you to Ben for driving :)
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Awkard Moments..
We all go through awkward moments in our lives. Maybe not everyday but in regular intervals of time. But when it does happen, we simply hope the moment goes away and we forget about it. We do we hide from them? Why dont we just try to come to terms with it? I have tried to chronicle some of them that has happened to me.
- You meet your friend (level of friendship- acquaintance) on the street, (both of you come from opposite direction). Both of you stop and make some chit chat. You talk all you can , exhaust every subject until there is nothing else left to talk about. Finally, you both mutually and tacitly agree that its time to hit the road.
But then to yours and his/her (yea applies even to girls too, more awkward) shock, both of you are now heading in the same direction . Whats the reason? Maybe one you realised you forgot something from home or something. Now this is really wierd, you have to walk along him the whole way again until one of you hopefully branches off to the left/right. You are again obliged to make some forced conversation with him. But remember you talked about everything under the sun even that time when you cut your toe nail 2 inches too deep. So damn awkward now.
One solution to this is you either walk slower or faster than the other guy and hopefully fading away into the crowd.
2. You or/and your friend are at a restaurant. You head out to a table that has just been used and park yourself there. You see the table still has the half filled tumblers of water of the previous guy who ate. You kinda signal to the cleaner guy to clean the table, you dont want to do it as you feel guilty that this guy who is probably 10 years old has to clean tables for a living, while your bill for the meal is what he earns in a month.
(Awk moment-1)
After that unpleasent scene, are all set to order. But now the next challenge lies ahead. Getting the Waiters attention. I have been told that you can't do any of the following to address the waiter as it is considered rude. –
- Raising one's hand
- Shouting 'Waiter!' in the most dignified manner loud enough for him to hear you but low enough so that people dont stare and see what a ****** you are,
- 'Clicking' your fingers(the action where the thumb and the middle finger join to make a 'clicking' noise, hence called so).
So what else is there? By experience I have decided that the only way left is Catching the eye of the waiter. You have to raise your head high and look at any waiter who is not busy and stare until you see the whites of his eyes. Then a small inperceptible nod will clinch it and if he feels you are really worth a tip, he comes over. Another complication is this guy will thrust the menu on you and ask you for your order now. You need time , to make an informed decision after examining the menu in detail. You hope in vain he goes away giving you and your friend[s] time, but he obstinately stares at you and does not budge. You have to order now or you dont get food. Again this arises out of guilt that someone has to stand and wait on you and serve you as, probably the rich punk you are you make 10 times his wages.
Finally after you rush off your order, you stealthly glance at the guy near you(not your friend, he is as bad as you, but other tables) and you see he has ordered something scrumptious which is what you would have ordered if it wasn't for the waiters mind games and your inaptitudeness to make a decision. You can choose the right option in a DERRIDA Reading Comprehension where all of them are practically the same thing; but lo behold you cant choose what you want to eat. Fast Forward to the end of the meal and again the complex riddle of tipping comes into play. I'm not even going to go there.
If you think you have undertipped him, you leave the tip, steal 5 toothpicks+handful of that green minty stuff and run away before he can come and see the pittance you have left behind- the thanks that you have given him for his 30 mins of serving you like a slave! How does sucha waiter look- this guy here looks really pissed off ^^ , seems a close match.
3.This happened about a month back. I was on Yahoo! Msg and this dude just popped in says 'Hey, Im your batchmate from scmhrd, saw you on PG'(thats pagalguy.com not Parental guidance I aint in no movie..yet!). The thing is this dude had a real wierd name which I dont want to obv reveal here. Lets say his nick was – dude. This is how the conversation went after some general chit chat.
Me : So..You play comp.games?
Dude: Not really
Me: (Oh dang), Read Fiction Books?
Dude: Just the papers and some magazines
Me: (Aw man, gimme somthing here!) Did u see the cricket match ? We owned Pakistan!
Dude: I stopped watching cricket, its quite boring now.
Me: (Final straw, I decided to bring in the heavy artillery, girls which every guy has some interest in ;p) So..I heard pune full of cute girls huh? (I was desperate!!)
Dude: *Stunned Silence* I came to Scmhrd to do my MBA and I suggest you do the same.
*exit stage left*
Turns out the dude was in fact a dudette.
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ROFL@ dudette comment
u are already ruffling a lot of feathers which shouldnt be 😉 bestaluck with cute girls from now on 😉
Absolutely hilarious! You have a wonderful eye for observation. An Indian Seinfeld in the making!
You seem like you have some issues with society's restrictions and related stuff. And if u did'nt know this…It's like THIS only! And ..i've got the book for u…
'Is it just me or is everything shit? An encyclopedia of modern life'
– ALan McArthur and Steve Lowe.
I just got a glimpse of the book thru a review but it sounded intriguing. But this is in the humour category and in the 'profane' category. It's only for the diabetics. No sweet stuff here.
About ur post, I feel the same way too most of the times and i wonder why i feel that way and that prompted me to look in the psychology sections of encyclopedias and the internet. If u haven't ,it'd be a good hobby. Seriousness apart, it was a pretty funny blog. You're like…humourous in a nice and gentle way…maybe its just me..but that's me. Unlike me…though…i'm all ears for nasty and spiked humour![:D]
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NASCAR, companies, celebrities raise concerns after Gov. Pence signs religious freedom bill
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (March26, 2015) – The NCAA and Salesforce are raising concerns about traveling to Indiana after Governor Pence signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act into law Thursday morning.
Immediately after the signing, Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce, announced that he is canceling all programs that require his customers/employees to travel to Indiana.
In the afternoon, the NCAA released this statement:
"The NCAA national office and our members are deeply committed to providing an inclusive environment for all our events. We are especially concerned about how this legislation could affect our student-athletes and employees. We will work diligently to assure student-athletes competing in, and visitors attending, next week's Men's Final Four in Indianapolis are not impacted negatively by this bill. Moving forward, we intend to closely examine the implications of this bill and how it might affect future events as well as our workforce."
These statements come after concerns raised earlier this week by Yahoo Sports analyst and the first openly gay pro athlete Jason Collins. He took to Twitter to voice his concerns about discrimination during the Final Four.
Additionally on Tuesday, Gen Con released a statement saying the bill will factor into their decision-making on hosting the convention in Indiana. After the bill was signed into law Thursday, Gen Con released another statement to its attendees regarding the convention's future in Indy.
Actor George Takei posted a statement on his Facebook page, which read in part, "If it goes into effect, Indiana will be marked as a state where certain people are not welcome, and so we will not visit. We will not spend. And we will not attend events, including Gen Con, the world's largest gaming convention, held in Indianapolis each year."
Indianapolis Colts punter Pat McAfee also joined in on the conversation:
On Thursday, singer Miley Cyrus posted about the bill on her Instagram page.
Thursday night Hillary Clinton also used Twitter to voice her opinion.
On Friday, Apple CEO Tim Cook also spoke out.
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said on Friday, "…The signing of this bill doesn't seem like it's a step in the direction of equality and justice and liberty for all Americans. And again, that's not just the view of the administration, I know that's the view of the Republican mayor of Indianapolis and a whole host of non-profit and private sector companies who have legitimate concerns about the impact of this legislation."
Ellen DeGeneres Tweeted a response Friday night:
Former Indiana Pacer and NBA analyst Reggie Miller spoke out as well:
Ball State University President Paul Ferguson:
"In the context of the current state and national conversation related to Indiana's recent legislation, it is important to reaffirm that Ball State University has long been committed to a vibrant and diverse community and will not tolerate discrimination. The university expresses this in many ways, including our Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Policy, which clarifies that Ball State will provide equal opportunity to facilities without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/gender expression, physical or mental disability, national origin, ancestry, or age."
Indianapolis Colts Owner Jim Irsay:
NASCAR Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer Brett Jewkes released this statement on Tuesday:
NASCAR is disappointed by the recent legislation passed in Indiana. We will not embrace nor participate in exclusion or intolerance. We are committed to diversity and inclusion within our sport and therefore will continue to welcome all competitors and fans at our events in the state of Indiana and anywhere else we race.
NIKE, Inc. President and CEO Mark Parker provided the following statement to the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization:
"NIKE proudly stands for inclusion for all. We believe laws should treat people equally and prevent discrimination. NIKE has led efforts alongside other businesses to defeat discriminatory laws in Oregon and opposes the new law in Indiana which is bad for our employees, bad for our consumers, bad for business and bad for society as a whole. We hope Indiana will quickly resolve this."


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Our blog's loyal readers will be familiar with the antics of "Tony," another incoherent babbling lunatic who lives in a bizarre fantasy world where Mike Gatto supports genital mutilation. Well, as you can see in the next two links, Tony insists on posting cowardly pingbacks to my brilliant and devastatingly well-reasoned critiques of his stupid arguments which claim to show that Mike Gatto likes to cut up baby boys' wieners with surgical instruments.
Anyway, let me officially welcome you to our enemies list, "Tony." You asked for it. You got it.


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Thursday, February 9, 2012
Marshmallows, chocolate and cookies
I found some left over marshmallows the other day while cleaning out my kitchen cabinet.
I'm not sure how long they've been up there, but they were starting to get that dried out feeling.
I was gonna have to do something with these or throw them out......
So, I stood there looking at this bag of marshmallows, wondering what the heck to do with them.
Then I had a brain flash!!!!
I had just made a batch of super chocolate chip cookies.
And what goes better with marshmallows then chocolate.....
So.........I melted a few of those marshmallows, stuck them between two cookies and smished the cookies together!!!!!
This is what I ended up with.
The big kid in my life did the taste test for me.
I think these smores cookies are a BIG hit!!!
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For me, a story starts with prayer. I ask the Lord for a hint of an idea to get me going. The idea can be for a newsletter article, a book proposal, a fiction story, or even a blog. I take everything to Him first, asking for a little spark. Then I wait.
I used to get my sparks in the wee hours of the morning. I'd suddenly awaken with an idea floating in my head. Now it can come at any time. I just have to be "listening." The best way for me to listen is to not think about the idea. Since I've already presented my request to God, I don't want my own thoughts influencing the process. So I try very hard to think of anything other than my project.
The hardest part comes when I have a deadline looming and I still have not received my spark. The tendency is to start getting nervous, but I've found that it's better for me to calm down and keep waiting. God has never failed me yet. He always ignites my mind with the right idea at the proper time.
Looking for a great story starter? Ask God to give you a spark that will fuel your imagination.
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Tibi Karottenhose aus glänzendem Twill
Wir können es kaum erwarten diese himmelblaue Karottenhose von Tibi zu Partys Veranstaltungen und im Büro zu tragen – es gibt unendlich viele passende Anlässe. Das Modell aus fließendem glänzendem Twill sitzt bequem und hoch an Ihrer Taille und läuft zu den Beinabschlüssen hin schmal zu. Kombinieren Sie es entweder mit dem dazugehörigen Blazer oder einem weiten Pullover und Pumps.
Last month, Chinese researchers showed that quantum communication between Earth and space is possible, and now they have used the tech to send a photon to space using quantum teleportation.
Quantum teleportation is a crucial requirement to create a quantum Internet that allows quantum computers to communicate between themselves. The overuse of the word quantum in the previous sentence is not to make it sound complex. Quantum computers are computers that can use the laws of quantum mechanics to perform calculations faster than even the best supercomputer we can build – and at a fraction of the size.
"Long-distance teleportation has been recognized as a fundamental element in protocols such as large-scale quantum networks and distributed quantum computation," the research team wrote in the paper , which is yet to be peer-reviewed. "However, the previous teleportation experiments between distant locations were limited to a distance on the order of 100 kilometers, due to photon loss in optical fibers or terrestrial free-space channels."
The idea of quantum currency has been kicking around for decades, but until last year, very few computer scientists had access to quantum computers to test their theories. Now, researchers using IBM's cloud-based quantum computer have run the numbers.
Although this study is only a proof of concept, quantum technology hasn't got far to go until these systems are workable says
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, who led the study at the Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research in Kolkata. Even existing five-qubit quantum computers – like the one used in this experiment – could eventually be used to issue and verify quantum cheques, he says. But for now, these kinds of transactions can't be scaled to a wide population and they aren't exactly the most convenient way of moving cash.


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The 2018 RAM 3500 is bold, handsome, and equipped with features to help make your job easier. The class-exclusive available RamBox® Cargo Management System is durable and versatile, allowing you to make the most of your truck bed. Sturdy wheel-to-wheel side steps and power exterior mirrors are also available.
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I think we are all exhausted here in the Jacobs household. Jeremy is busy with work and school, especially now that the semester is winding down. I'm exhausted because of Oliver and just trying to get the house in order. He constantly wants to be held and I'm struggling with feelings of letting him cry it out while I get things done. It's hard! I don't want him to feel neglected, but I also need to get things done around the house. I should have listened to everyone when they told me I held him too much. The child doesn't want to be put down. So, what do you do when you have a baby like that?
Taking the little man for a walk…He loved looking at everything!
Being a mom is by far the hardest thing I've ever done so far! It's also the most rewarding though. I've always been the type of person to procrastinate on things, even small things. As you have already learned by reading my blog, I'm having a difficult time putting Oliver in his crib. I always joke about him not realizing they cut his cord at birth, but I'm starting to think it's me who hasn't cut the cord. I always have him within a few feet of me…if I take a shower, he's in his little swing in the bathroom with me playing with a toy. If I'm washing his bottles, he's sitting in his little chair with a toy. Etc. Etc. Ha. No wonder I'm exhausted and don't feel like I get anything done! But, I'm putting my foot down. Once and for all, I'm going to have to suck it up for a few days…weeks…whatever it takes to kind of get into a normal routine. No more 1am bedtimes for Oliver. I'm going to get myself up earlier, maybe around 8, and make sure he stays up for a few hours and then let him nap for an hour. I'll do whatever it takes to get him on an 8 or 9pm bedtime so Jeremy and I can finally get back into the "couple" mode. I've been prolonging it so long that I could have already been on a normal routine with him and not feel so exhausted all the time. I want to start enjoying the daylight, especially since it's been getting dark around 5:30.


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D13EGO is an Italian-born painter based in London. His comic book inspired paintings combine pop art and street art aesthetics while commenting on the commercialism and consumerism of Western culture.
History and Background
Born in Milan in 1974, D13ego started his artistic career at the age of 12 as a portrait artist. Later in his teens, he worked for a local magazine as a comic book illustrator. The creative bloom of graffiti culture in the early 90's got him interested in a new medium: spray paint. After completing a degree in economics and maths at the University of Milan, he joined a leading investment bank in London and worked as a financial trader for 15 years before coming back to art.
In 2013, he made the decision to fully devote himself to art and became a professional artist. He currently lives and works in Islington.
Ideas and Inspirations
Quoting the pop art father Roy Lichtenstein amongst his major inspirations, D13ego describes his art as Urban Pop. His "Badass Girl Collection" was born from the love of retro comics, street art techniques, elements of pop art and a good dose of irony. First created as a series of graffiti on the streets of London, it eventually found its way to canvas and galleries in 2017.
From Palette to Picture
To create his bold pieces, D13ego uses multiple layers of hand-cut stencils and spray paint on canvas or wood panels. He often includes financial symbols comics and classic references.
He adds: "My technique consists of painstakingly hand-cutting layers upon layers of stencils (sometimes up to 30) which I then spray paint on canvas or wood panels. The final effect spans from super-realistic to pure street, from portrait to collage-like optical illusions."


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Wednesday, July 6, 2011
CAS-ual Fridays - kraft
supplies: light and dark kraft and blue card stock, Memory Box G1768 Tree of Birds, Anita's Teddy Bear ink and Memento markers, Papertrey Ink Embellishments (sentiment)
I like the subtlety of this stamp and so I kept the colors fairly subtle also.
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Another awesome clean and simple card! I love it on the kraft cs. Really pretty:)ReplyDelete
Such a gorgeous image and colored so well. I'm in love with this spectacular card. The touches of blue really pop agains tkraft. What a perfect entry into this week's CAS-ual Fridays challenge!ReplyDelete
So Pretty Lin.....Love Kraft Cd stock!!ReplyDelete
What a beautiful tree!! Great kraft entry, Lin!! Thanks for playing along with us at CAS-ual Fridays!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 6, 2011 at 2:13 PM
Love this Lin - CAS at it's best ;)ReplyDelete
So stunning Lin, love it.ReplyDelete
Love the softness of the card. The blue border really accents the stamp against the kraft. Love it!ReplyDelete
This is gorgeous, Lin! I LOOOOOOOOVE that tree--beautiful:)ReplyDelete
How gorgeous! Wouldn't it be fabulous to see a tree full of blue birds? :)ReplyDelete
Lovely use of the MB bird stamp! Love how you have colored it and framed it.ReplyDelete
I love it when you use that particular blue, you always create wonders and I can tell it's your card from afar!ReplyDelete
I can only sigh :) And can't come up with a better comment :)ReplyDelete
How fantastic! Love your use of the tree stamp and the colors are just perfect! Thanks so much for playing with us at CAS-ual Fridays! xoReplyDelete
This tree is amazing! I love this CAS layout! And those colors for the leaves are just perfect! So so pretty! Thanks for playing along at CAS-ual Fridays!ReplyDelete


text: Geek Love by Katherine Dunn is a fascinating read about a carnival family consisting of freaks (Arty, Iphy and Elly, Oly, and Chick) who were created purposefully by normal parents through experimentation with drugs and other means during their economic slump. The Bisnewskis included Arty, who had flippers instead of limbs, Iphy and Elly were Siamese twins, Oly was an albino dwarf, and Chick had telepathic powers. Additional members included Mumpo, the 26-pound baby at birth, and Miranda, the stripper/medical illustrator student with a spiny tail; they were grandchildren with interesting histories, as well. Don't forget Horst, the most loyal person to the Bisnewski family from beginning to end. I enjoyed trying to dissect each member of the family; this makes it a fantastic selection for a book club meeting. The book does not include a reader's guide, but there is lots to talk about. There were definitely some shocking parts, which made the book that much harder to put down. Out of 5, I give it a 4.5. And, yes, this is a love story of all sorts.


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This is part of my writing on Nelson Mandela's life, work, death, funeral, and the lessons for us. Please, check other pieces, such as another view "Mandela Funeral Signer, Fake or Saint? A defence," to be posted. But already posted are two parts, on Mandela and the Invictus great lessons, that can be found by searching "Gabriel Banda Peace Notes, 06: Nelson Mandela and Invictus, Part I" which is accessed at https://gabrielbanda.wordpress.com/2013/12/10/gabriel-banda-…nvictus-part-i/ and searching "Gabriel Banda Peace Notes, 07: Nelson Mandela and Invictus, Part II" accessed at https://gabrielbanda.wordpress.com/2013/12/11/gabriel-banda-…victus-part-ii/. Because of the two Mandela and Invictus pieces, we have counted this Nelson Mandela Death and Us piece as Nelson Mandela Notes, Number 03.
The WordPress.com site https://gabrielbanda.wordpress.com/ has my other pieces on peace and conflict, entitled "Gabriel Banda Peace Notes," dealing with Egypt Transition Lessons, the "No More Hurting People" poem linked to Boston Bombing April 2013, Nick Clegg and Intervention Principles and Syria, March on Washington 50 Years Later, The ICC and Us, and even Remembering Margaret Thatcher (who I met one time). Thank You.
Nelson Mandela, Death and Us
Gabriel C Banda
IT was an assembly of humanity. Hundreds of millions of persons watched on TV screens all over the world. For days, since his passing on Thursday December 5, 2013, and even in his illness over the past few months, people have deeply followed events around Nelson Mandela.
Nelson Mandela's lively funeral memorial service on Tuesday December 10, 2013 was witnessed by persons of various situations. They felt moved to be involved in various events from the time of announcement of Nelson Mandela's passing, at age 95, to the December 15 burial day at Qunu, and beyond.
They came from all over the world. Although raining that day, they amassed into Johannesburg's huge FNB stadium. Great numbers of female and male they were.
The persons were of various skin colour, various ethnic and cultural backgrounds, and were of many tongues. They were of various ages, young and elderly. They were from various religions, denominations, and spiritual ways.
They played various jobs and roles, from heads of state and governments, with over one hundred present and past rulers, to politicians of various persuasions. Present were persons from the arts, sports, industries, business and commerce, workers unions, and various fields. They were in various financial positions. They came from near and afar. They came from all over the world. This was humanity assembled.
They mourned. They appreciated. They celebrated. Nelson Mandela, in life and in death, brought together people. It may be quite long before the world witnesses another event with similar worldwide attention as Nelson Mandela's passing.
Yes, the passing of another affects us, directly or indirectly. Every life living affects us where ever we are living, now and in the future. Thus the death of any person has potential to make us reflect on our own situation and on life in general. Of course, the atmosphere depends on circumstances of the death. It depends on people's attitudes towards the life and actions of the person departed.
It is true that funerals may bring out tension amongst those already in conflict or dispute. During the December 10, 2013 memorial of Nelson Mandala at FNB stadium, some persons, with past or current issues to raise, booed President Jacob Zuma.
But generally, in many situations, with an atmosphere of Goodwill, mourners renew and rekindle relationships. Relationships are healed. People begin to work together again. And new relationships develop. At funerals, there is gratitude. We find love in motion.
Death is always transforming. The death of a person works on us at individual and collective levels. The dead person's passing provides some platform for healing and reflection. A death, with its funeral that follows, is always opportunity for improving individual and wider situations and relationships.
Whatever we are doing in life, and whatever situation we are now in, the passing of another person provides us chance to reflect on our life thus far. It enables us to consider the life of the person departed and what we can learn from them. We can avoid some things and pick up on some things.
In many cultures, there is reverence towards death and the departed. There is celebration of the contributions of a person. Funerals have some atmosphere of Goodwill. Respect is expected from all. People will be friendly, or at least polite, to each other. Those with existing conflicts will have some ceasefire.
Death and funerals provide chance for us to think about the nature of life. Funerals enable us to think about our own life and what we should now be doing to move ahead.
Those from groups in conflict can decide as individuals, or in cooperation with members of their groups, to reach out to others from a group they are in conflict with.
We focus on the good part of a person. That is not to say the person had no weaknesses but that we may just be appreciating their essential humanity, their being a person, and the progressive parts they were involved in. We let go our being worried by their weaknesses. We also realise that what is termed good or bad action is in some cases relative, disputable, and interpreted differently in various situations and times.
In reviewing another's life, it is chance to review our own situation. It is time for realignment on our journey. It is time to syncronise our compass and journey.
Through the life of another, we can learn and grow. Through the experiences of billions of our brothers and sisters worldwide, we have chance to live billions of lives.
Our journey of life happens with us in teams where we work in some relay with others. Those who still remain carry forward the torch of life.
During a funeral, we go into retreat and reflection over a life. We consider existence itself. It is time for reawakening.
So, if we open our selves and learn from the life of Nelson Mandela and others, we may deeply grow as individuals, groups, nations, and humanity.
(c) – GCB, December 2013, LUSAKA.
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Based in Lusaka, Zambia, the author is involved in writing, social development, and peace issues.


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The last time I featured this chart was Aug. '09. It's a relatively obscure measure of shipping costs, but it focuses on the North Atlantic, and it compares current shipping rates to the total operating cost of running a ship, including return on equity. Complete info can be found here. For the past year it has contradicted the Baltic shipping index, which has soared. Last August I thought that it had bottomed. As this chart shows (if you have a magnifying glass), I was a little early on my call, but now it does indeed look like it bottomed late last December.
Optimists will view this chart as one more (belated) confirmation that global economic activity is turning up. Pessimists will say that shipping rates are still extremely depressed. I don't know enough about this to take a strong stand, but I take heart from the evidence of positive change on the margin, especially since that fits well with a lot of other indicators of expanding global economic activity (e.g., rising commodity and energy prices, rising equity valuations, declining credit spreads).


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The end result? Lots of boys are probably going to start calling Emma Watson:
"Harry Potter" star Emma Watson is speaking out about leaving Brown University, and she says that it had nothing to do with bullying.
"It made me so sad when all this stuff came out that I left Brown because I was being bullied. It made no sense at all. Brown has been the opposite. I've never even been asked for an autograph on campus. I threw a party for nearly 100 students and not a single person put a photo on Facebook," she told the Sunday Times.
"Anyway, even if I was being given a hard time, I wasn't going to wuss out of university because someone said 'Wingardium leviosa' to me in a corridor, or 'Ten points for Gryffindor.' I've been dealing with the media since I was nine. If I can't stand up to a few people giving me a hard time, it's a bit pathetic, really. I've had so much worse."
Watson also says that she's found dating to be difficult, and "the fame wall" gets in the way.
"I say to my friends, 'Why hasn't X called me? Why doesn't anyone ever pursue me?' They're like, 'Probably because they're intimidated.' It must be the fame wall," she said. "It must be the circus that goes around me. Me, as a person, I find it hard to believe I would be intimidating."I don't think that she's intimidating as far as her personality is concerned. She's rich, famous, and beautiful and that's what is intimidating. Any young man who thinks highly enough of himself to call her is either going to have a healthy self-image or a raging case of megalomania.