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Monday, March 31st
|A pair of Windsor Greys pulling the Queen's carriage during Trooping the Colour in 2007.
The Queen will be accompanied by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge to attend the unveiling of a life-sized statue of the Windsor Greys on the roundabout, at the Albert & Kings road junction adjoining the Long Walk at Windsor Castle. The Duke of Cambridge is Patron of the Windsor Greys Jubilee Appeal, which has raised the 200,000 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Queen's coronation with a sculpture by Robert Rattry of two of the lead carriage horses - known as Windsor Greys - used in state occasions.
Sophie, Countess of Wessex is going to be in Cornwall to visit Lynher Dairies Cheese Company in Truro, as well as the Royal Cornwall Showground at Wadebridge.
Princess Anne, Princess Royal will be in East Sussex to attend a Charity Raceday at Plumpton Racecourse in her role as President of Racing Welfare, an organization dedicated to professional guidance and training to people who work in the thoroughbred industry. She will also be in London as Appeal Patron of the Woolf Institute to attend a Fundraising Dinner at Spencer House. The Institute studies the relations and interactions between Christians, Jews, and Muslims.
Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester will be at Hampton Court Palace in Surrey to attend 'The Arcadian Thames - a Celebration' charity event in reference to the stretch of the River Thames from Hampton Court to Kew Palace.
Tuesday, April 1st
|HRH The Earl of Wessex
Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex will be the Savoy Hotel in London to attend a breakfast meeting as Trustee of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award.
Later, as Master of the Worshipful Company of Gardeners, will be in London to attend the organization's annual Spring Court meeting and lunch at Butchers' Hall. The company is a City of London Livery Company, and although it no longer engages in the regulation of produce, it is now a charitable institution promoting good gardening and horticulture.
The Princess Royal will be in London all day for her engagements. As Commandant in Chief (Youth) of St. John Ambulance, she will visit the Youth Programs of the Hackney Unit in Clapton. The St. John Ambulance Association is a volunteer and charitable organization dedicated to teaching and practicing First Aid, as well as the provision of ambulance services.
She will also be attending a conference of Catch 22, a social business - of which she is Patron - that helps people to turn their lives around. At Soho Square, she will attend a Skills Symposium as President of City and Guilds, vocational educational organization that offers 500 certifications in a variety of fields, and operates under a Royal Charter issued by Queen Victoria in 1900. Princess Anne took over as President from her father Prince Philip in 2011, who had held the position for nearly 60 years.
As President RedR UK, the Princess will attend a dinner at St. James's Palace. RedR is an organization that focuses on training people for aid work, as well as lending support for organizations that provide disaster relief services.
|HRH The Duke of Kent
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent will be in Cornwall to carry out engagements for the day. At Newquay, he will visit the Masonic Hall as Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England; in St. Agnes, the Duke will visit the St. Agnes Museum, as well as the St. Agnes Lifeboat Station as President of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution; at Penzance, he will stop by Trengwainton House.
Wednesday, April 2nd
The Earl of Wessex will be going to Somerset to attend the Court Meeting and Dinner at the University of Bath, of which he is Chancellor.
In Hertfordshire, the Princess Royal - as Patron of the Royal Yachting Association (RYA) Foundation - will visit the South West Herts Youth and Community Narrowboat Project at the RYA Sailability Center in Hunton Bridge. The Foundation helps to make boating and sailing more accessible to people regardless of circumstances such as financial hardship and disability. She will also view the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment in Hatfield.
In Buckinghamshire, the Princess will visit HMP Grendon and Springhill as Patron of the Butler Trust to observe and meet inmates who are training to go into the hospitality industry.
|HRH The Duke of Gloucester
Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester will be going to Kent for the day. At Maidstone, he will open the Kent Institute of Medicine and Surgery, visit the Mote Park Fellowship Volunteers at Mote House, and visit Parents is the Word at Heather House.
In Cornwall, the Duke of Kent will be attending a seminar as Patron of the International Musicians Seminar at Prussia Cove in Rosedgeon.
Thursday, April 3rd
|HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will visit Italy for day-long trip, during which they will have an audience with Pope Francis and a private lunch with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano.
Back in the UK, the Princess Royal will attend a 50th anniversary celebration of the Injured Jockeys Fund, of which she is Patron, at the Aintree Racecourse. The Fund provides assistance to jockeys who have been forced to give up riding due to injuries.
As President of World Horse Welfare, the Princess will also visit Penny Farm Rescue and Rehoming Center in Blackpool, Lancashire.
Friday, April 4th
|HRH The Princess Royal
The Princess Royal will be carrying engagements in Merseyside. In Liverpool, she will attend a Personalized Technology Conference at the Liverpool Football Club as the Royal Patron of Hft, a national charity for people with learning disabilities. At Wallasey, the Princess will open Accommodation and Communal Hub at Mariners' Park as Master of the Corporation of Trinity House. She will also be at the Southport Theater and Convention Center to attend a seminar to mark the 21st Anniversary of the Sefton Carers Center in her role as President of the Carers Trust.
Birgette, Duchess of Gloucester will be in Italy to attend the first day of the Davis Cup quarterfinals in Naples as Honorary President of the Lawn Tennis Association.
Saturday, April 5th
The Princess Royal will attend the 175th Grand National Race at Aintree Racecouse in Liverpool.
|HRH The Duchess of Gloucester
The Duchess of Gloucester will be in Italy to attend the second day of the Davis Cup quarterfinals in Naples as Honorary President of the Lawn Tennis Association.


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video re-streaming - Video Dreambox to PDA WM6.1
Orçamento $30-250 USD
I would like to be able to stream my dreambox channels on my HTC kaiser WM6.1 like shown on this video: [url removed, login to view]
It looks like the video has to be restreamed to be able to be played on a PDA with the script on [url removed, login to view]
I saw information there: [url removed, login to view]
I got a linux server to set up the re-stream script and the VLC server if needed.
3 freelancers estão ofertando em média $483 para esse trabalho
We are a admin team and we can do this project, to be frank we don't have exposure on video handling. But our team is an active team to learn new technologies and implement them.
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I need to know what YOU guys struggle with.
Marketing in the past: new product-promotion-sales.
Marketing at present: promotion-feedback from consumers-new product-sales.
What I am saying is that I need to learn about you to build this blog successfully.
So, when it comes to your job what do you struggle with?
One, two, three thoughts…
Don't spend time thinking. Say whatever pops in your head first. Spit it out.
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Getting their attention.
They don't care about my product. No eye contact. Don't want to hear about any new data, dinnrs, anything. So what do you do,leave my samplesand see ya….
Comment by Anonymous | November 5, 2007 |
Mental access is problem #1. That glazed look in their eyes while we try and give them 3 good points just sucks away passion that we have for our jobs.
Not wanting to hear details and then later negating by complaining not enough service we provide. Also, complaining not enough medical ed programs and then 2 people show up
Comment by Anonymous | November 5, 2007 |
Understanding what really matters to the physician. What can I do that will bring value to the physician's practice?
Comment by Anonymous | November 5, 2007 |
Just competing for the relationships in the offices. Sometimes it seems like you are only as good as your last dinner out or lunch out. Getting the pressure from our managers to do programs and dinners out and then physicians do not want to go! Access is more and more limited with only seconds to build ongoing relationships while still trying to talk about your product vs. the competition.
Comment by Anonymous | November 5, 2007 |
Being treated as a resource not a ups delivery man. Competing against companies that liberally interpret PhARMA guidelines/AMA guidelines. Overcoming used car perception from patients.
Comment by Anonymous | November 5, 2007 |
Grabbing their attention and stopping them for 1 minute. Figuring out how much they are telling you is truth and how much is a "smoke screen".
Comment by Brewzer1 | November 6, 2007 |
I haven't forgotten about the true reason I got into this business–the Patient. I'm usually just lumped into the same category as the "Barbie or Ken Doll" reps who bring nothing to the table and certainly lack any credibility but instead do their talking with their expense accounts. It tends to create a "what have you done for me lately?" atmospere in offices.
Comment by Anonymous | November 6, 2007 |
The major thing I struggle with on a daily basis is providing the doctors with value. The drug that I sell has been out for over a decade. I feel that the doctors know everything major benefit about my product, and my marketing team is clueless to my struggles.
Comment by Anonymous | November 7, 2007 |
Am I just another handsome talking head? Most of the time, I think so. It costs over $200 just to send a rep into an office once a week. I think that money could be spent more effectively. $200 just to talk about the previous weekend's wild night out. And that's before I bring the lunch. All I want to know is if we ever bring anything CLINICALLY valuable to a practice.
Comment by Anonymous | November 8, 2007 |
understand that we are only trying to perform our jobs to the best of our ability. We are not interrested in wasteing your time OR OURS. And believe it or not, yes, our time matters! We are trained to try to disseminate relevant information and provide you with a product that may help your patients. We are human beings trying to earn a living for our selves, and for some of us, our families. We just want to be treated like human beings.
Comment by Anonymous | November 10, 2007 |
Getting the relationship going with a doc who is in love (and has been for a while) with a competitive product and the rep that promotes it. Do I have any chance at all or should I move on to somebody who may actually prescribe my drug ?
Comment by Anonymous | November 12, 2007 |
A big struggle I personally deal with as a vaccine specialist is getting the entire staff to pay attention to the importance of vaccine coding and pricing. All too often the staff, who the doctor has left in charge of the vaccine inventory, are making huge mistakes and costing the office thousands of dollars. And I can't even get them to stop and listen to me for 5 minutes on something that can truly save a ton of time and money in the long run. In short, I guess apathy is an epidemic in family practice.
Comment by Anonymous | December 9, 2007 |
I'm not going to say…"You've probably never heard this one before." but instead I'll say "I know you've never heard this one before". LOL. But seriously, I know the bottom line to selling is building relationships. But I am saying with gut level honesty I cannot sell or "fake" an interest in medical professionals that I don't genuinely like or respect. Can you sense that in a sales agent but still prescribe based on their ability to sell based on the merits of the product and not the relationship? My background and personal approach is fact based selling. And that is how people can make a sale with me….when I go to buy a car I don't want you to ask me about my summer vacation or how my kids are doing in school. I want to know about the carfax, resale value and how many color choices I have.
Comment by Anonymous | December 21, 2007 |
A Brief Manifesto Designed For Employed Pharmaceutical Representatives
The word, 'Manifesto' is one of Latin origin, and means 'to make public'. It's an open statement of standards related to good behavior based on principles. What will follow in a moment are not the rules or commandments from one individual or organization. Nor am I composing this in an attempt to be perceived as an ideal pharmaceutical representative.
So, these are suggestions I wish to offer for pharmaceutical representatives regarding the nature of their vocation:
1. Never park your free car closest to the entrance of a doctor's office or clinic. Obviously, both places treat sick people- some worse than others. Aim for the back of the parking lot. Exercise is good for you.
2. Upon entering a medical location, such as a doctor's office, if you notice more than one pharmaceutical representative sitting in what may be a small waiting room, leave immediately and return at another time. Don't be so insistent or persistent that you disrupt those in that waiting room who need to see the doctor much more than you do. A similar suggestion is that if you enter a waiting room with no other reps and few patients waiting to be seen, strike up a conversation with one of these patients waiting to see their doctor. This rarely if ever happens- drug reps having a nice conversation with a patient. You know, they are not Lepers.
3. Make an effort not to become vexed if you are unable to see one of your targeted prescribers. More importantly, if such a person accepts samples from you, this in itself will influence their prescribing habits more than you may realize. So I suggest you visit such offices, regardless if you see the prescriber or not. You still will or may have a positive effect on what you need to do.
4. If you have an opportunity to be invited into the medical office to 'check samples', which means an opportunity to speak with the doctor, read the environment in this patient treatment area.
Are staff members moving quickly in this area? Are you not receiving any eye contact or dialogue from such staff members? Does the doctor seem overwhelmed? If so, don't discuss your business at such times. The doctor and his or her staff have more concerning issues than your presence there. Likely, you will visit this same location again and again.
Furthermore, and as with others, I've read statements from pharmaceutical representatives on Cafepharma. I know your concerns as a pharmaceutical representative, as well as the ridiculous activities you are required to do by your employer at times that either appear or in fact are rather pointless.
With this said, I suggest you not be in a constant state of understandable anger or unhappiness as you work during the day. People are more transparent that you may realize (psychopaths are an exception). Those in the medical community that you interrupt (and you do) would rather not view you as upset or joyless. Attempt to make yourself in a presentable mood before entering a medical location. You might actually make another's day. Try gently to make medical staff laugh appropriately, for example.
Also of particular note, and with pharmaceutical corporations, and perhaps all corporations, there seems to be a constant theme with such sales forces- members always strive to make a favorable impression for their employer. This in itself is understandable and not necessarily a bad thing to do.
Yet do not ever confuse creative acts with criminal acts. It happens, and it is not a good thing for many. So I suggest that others learn about law relevant to your profession as a pharmaceutical representative.
Many follow instructions from their superiors that may in fact be possibly unethical if not criminal on occasion. This happens for two reasons: First, it's understandable with a pharmaceutical representative that if their superior directs them to engage in a particular activity related to their vocation, it is reasonable to conclude that such acts are legal. So rarely do pharmaceutical representatives ever question what they are told to implement by their employers and managers. To be clear, this scenario is possible, yet not always.
For example, do not ever engage in what is called quid pro quo. This is Latin as well, and means, 'this for that'. For example, just because you buy a medical office lunch, or leave them samples of your promoted products, or placed a fancy TV in their office, these gifts does not mean in any situation that the doctor owes you prescriptions for the medications that you promote to such doctors. If your sales numbers are down, do not blame the medical professionals in your territory in such a way, and it happens at times.
Finally, there are certain intrinsic human traits that others rarely discuss or examine. Examples are qualities such as character, integrity, or kindness. I'm not suggesting that you do discuss such moral and ethical topics if this is not how you live your life. What I am suggesting is that you discover the meaning of such words and strive to acquire these traits within you, or at least consider the value of such traits.
Thank you for your time,
A seasoned pharmaceutical representative.
Comment by Dan | February 19, 2009 |
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Modern Luxury Media's DC offspring celebrated it's 5th anniversary last night at PNC Place, and I was there on a mission to report the eats and drinks to you. Unfortunately it wasn't one of those whip-out-your-camera-and-pose-with-the-food type of events, so these photos are from Revamp.
Pass-arounds included acorn-squash soup, pumpkin gnocchi, mini pitas stuffed with Greek salad, a squid amuse bouche and these truffle hamburgers, among others:
Catered by Ridgewells, these burgers and their soupy/gooey counterparts were a bit risky for an event featuring women in tight dresses and high heels, but somehow it worked and the serving trays moved seamlessly throughout the evening. There was also a chocolate bar hosting everything from the basic chocolate covered strawberry to the more romantic chocolate covered fig. I very sneakily snapped this photo (via my phone) of these savory ridged potato chips with chocolate drizzle:
My friends and I took an all-important drink tour around the space and stumbled upon margaritas and shots by Ambhar tequila, citrus-y mixed drinks from Kettle One and tastings of Johnnie Walker Gold and Blue Label:
Almost everything was orange for PNC (including whirling orange lights!) and their new building's rooftop provided beautiful views of the National Mall and Farragut area. If good food and drink are any indication of good things to come, then I am very excited to see what's in store for this magazine.


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prompt contributed by Julie Jordan Scott with fivepassions.
To let go. The obvious reason, letting go of that house we thought we be moving into this weekend, but the less obvious reason is more personal… too personal for this blog, but I'm learning to let go of control over things. I like having control. I'm learning to let go.


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(TW: Imprisonment)
Darkness: thick, black, all encompassing darkness. 17 had known nothing else since his birth. He had no name, merely a number to indicate his age. His only sense of time was its increase. He couldn't count, so he didn't know what his next number would be. His thoughts were shapes, colours, things he'd never seen. His dreams were landscape portraits. Golden water, purple skies, silver grass. Neon, bright… Anything to oppose the darkness. 17 wished he could dream eternally. Live in colour.
The sound of rusty machinery awoke him from his revery. The dumb-waiter that brought his food had become operational. It delivered a nutrient wafer and water. They were all he had ever eaten.
Feeling for his drink, 17's hand brushed something metallic. He picked it up carefully. It was small and rectangular, with a single button. He pressed it.
A section of his cage opened, revealing a window he never knew was there. With it came blessed light. 17 couldn't see for a long time as his eyes adjusted to their first use.
Green grass. Blue sky. There was no sea, but 17 suspected it wasn't gold.
He ran towards the window, trying to break through. It was there. Something. Something that wasn't darkness. Something that wasn't cold and hard.
Had he words, he would have begged to be released. He had never learned how to speak.
After too short a time, the window began to close. Metal slid over glass.


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WorkAdam was not put in the garden just to frolic around on an endless holiday, but to work. (Totally fulfilling work, of course.)
We talk about 'unspoiled nature'. But actually a managed estate was more like what God was aiming for in his creation.
GuardAdam was also put there to keep/watch over/guard it (depending on translation). Not sure that allowing someone to inveigle your colleague into disregarding a direct command of your employer, and then following suit, comes under that job description...
Interestingly, the same word is used for the cherubim at the entrance to the garden after the Fall. Adam was put into the garden to guard it - now God has to send cherubim to guard it (specifically the Tree of Life) from him.
We often hear that Adam & Eve were only given one rule. But we don't know that. We are only told of one rule - because they broke that one. Maybe there were others.
Eve was created to be Adam's helper. People often read this (either approvingly or disapprovingly) as meaning Eve was subordinate, inferior, a mere assistant or even servant. But the word `ezer is used 21 times in the Bible. Twice referring to Eve; three times for other people, and the remaining 16 times referring to God himself being the helper of a human or humans!
This is clearly a difficult word to translate, as it is translated in many ways: 'meet', 'comparable to', 'just right', 'suitable', 'fit for', 'corresponding to', 'his complement', 'his counterpart', 'his like'.
Looks like either likeness or perfect compatibility (or both) is the point.
Of course, 'like' does not mean 'identical', as should be obvious just by looking :-) Equal and complementary.


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Well it's that time of year again: New Years, for another year in review see below for a wide array of media, educational + entertainment, highlights, lowlights and hardlights, best of lists, meme-of-the-year and even a tweet-of-the-year if you look far enough you'll find it, for the 2015 annum:
HIGHLIGHT EVENTS – There is no exit, seeing myself on the big screen at Hot Docs Cinema during the last Pre-Empting Dissent screening prior to online release, coincidentally this year the 5th anniversary of the G-20 Toronto a senior commander was found guilty, Rally for the Voices of the Nations at Dundas Square, House of Hardcore in Toronto, circus in town Alex Jones in Toronto at the CNE, Andrew Cameron video screening parties, Star Wars on IMAX 3D, Kardinal Offishal appears in a parking lot for infused ice cream #VegasSeason, the dopechef.com coverage for 420 Toronto and Global Marijuana March, Extract Express trips including Supreme Court hearing resulting in legal extracts for medical patients, comedy shows at Underground Comedy Club, happening upon The Marian party red carpet entrances for TIFF 2016, new equipment Vistek ProFusion, Masonic World Order (coming soon)…
Mohawk Nation News – A few days last Spring recording just across the bridge from Montreal was my first trip to the Mohawk nation reserve of Khanawake was totally profound resulting in a 2 minute docucommercial to introduce the MohawkNationNews.com and the great law of peace on the www
Cannabis In Canada – great cannabis activism media news outlet invited me as a videographer to cover all 3 trips on the Extracts Express including vapour lounge and dab stops in Brantford, London, St. Catherines, Hamilton, Scarborough, Ottawa, departing from Toronto, all in support of cannabis rights and other events, saving gardens and supporting patients and veterans
Red Rabbit Productions – New video production studio with recording artist Andrew Cameron raises the bar on his solo debut EP this year, featuring videography on the Making of Want It All Behind-The-Scenes documentary, and a lead video for the debut mixtape Stay Good with a nostalgia trip scene back to the old high school days, TMB mischief 4 life.
Friducation – Mostly an every Friday educational Star Trek event with occassional field-trips to movies like Star Wars, Hyena Road with debut co-star Alex the Actor, and a Day at the Beaches, or a staff-client dinner at The Keg, Capt. Kal's badmon day party, the Kubrick at TIFF exhibit, with videos like the 2014 Memories, and Star Wars the Wrath of Khan remix trailer, and beyond with the PDT
Conspiracy Culture – covering live events for a famed Toronto bookshop including guest speakers like Elena Freeland on HAARP, the return of Jim Marrs to present Population Control, and the historic appearance of Alex Jones for George Norry live. Other notable events Follow the Truth 2 and Studies in Propaganda are related.
MEME OF THE YEAR: Angry Beaver Radio
The weekly show airs on Truth Frequency Radio every Saturday with yours truly as one of the regular co-hosts with monthly update posts on this blog for the only regular meme on the Reasoning Conspiracy blog, see the Angry Beaver Radio gallery:
For the second year in a row I've kept note of all theatrical motion picture experiences with the majority at the local Humber Cinema for half-priced Tuesdays, but also five other venues headlined. It's enough screenings for this to be considered my main hobby, plus new this year I've attempted a Top 11 List from the 39 total features, as follows:
Humber Cinemas
- Taken 3
- American Sniper
- Imitation Game
- Selma
- Chappie
- Get Hard
- Mad Max
- Avengers 2
- Tomorrowland
- San Andreas
- Furious 7
- Ted 2
- Terminator Genisys
- Ant Man
- Pixels
- Mission Impossible: Rouge Nation
- Fantastic Four
- Man from U.N.C.L.E.
- Straight Outta Compton
- Everest
- Black Mass
- The Martian
- Bridge of Spies
- Steve Jobs
- Sicario
- Spectre
- Creed
- In the Heart of the Sea
- Star Wars VII The Force Awakens
- The Big Short
Hot Docs Cinema
- Jodorowsky's Dune
- Cinema Politica (Preemptive Dissent + When the Cows Come Home)
- Cartel Land
- How to Change the World
Cineplex Yonge & Dundas
- Wrestlemania 31
- Hyena Road
Cineplex Queensway
- Entourage
Carlton Cinema
- Resurrection of Jake the Snake
Cineplex Empress Walk
- Star Wars VII The Force Awakens (IMAX 3D)
- Star Wars VII The Force Awakens
- Resurrection of Jake the Snake
- Sicario
- Cartel Land
- The Big Short
- Straight Outta Compton
- Jodorowsky's Dune
- Steve Jobs
- Mad Max
- Black Mass
- The Martian
TELEVISION – aside from politics (House of Commons, Ontario Parliament, Toronto City Council) some notable shows watched included The Jinx, Ray Donovan, Minority Report, Game of Thrones, Gotham, The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, Quantico, The Leftovers, Banshee, Marvel Agents of Shield,
+plus WWE Raw, Toronto Raptors, Toronto Blue Jays, Much Vibe
RADIO – Payday with Bob Nevritt, What Youth, Canada Live/Game On with Ron Stephens, Late Shift with Joe Warmington, Critical Omissions/Firing Lines with Douglas Dietrich, Canadaland, Law Live Audio Wrestling, Talk is Jericho, Pipers Pit Podcast, The Ross Report, Stone Cold Podcast, Angry Beaver radio, and more…
LOWLIGHTs OF THE YEAR – the passing of Roddy Piper following a great podcast run on PodcastOne ended in controversy on Pipers Pit. The highly anticipated debut of the legendary Sting in the WWE was distorted at Wrestlemania into a NWO vs DX nostalgia angle who's team didn't make sense and then the Night of Champions wreck, where's the respect? The bigger picture:
Overall the feeling like we're on the brink of WW3 in news, politics, and global events, is heightening like the plans of Pike and Mazzini, the exposures of all levels of the conspiracy overwhelm the attentive.
HARDLIGHTS – In the winter's freeze surviving re-surgery at area hospital, metal removal recovery around the time of #LLAP toast to Leonard Nimoy, known as Mr. Spock, and with the spring thaw the live long and prosper began to ultra with a new bottle of RnA Drops more…
Surprise of the Year
The retirement of Matt Mernagh from T.M.Z. on PotTV officially announced on the last week of the year, tied directly to Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau adding legalization of marijuana to his throne speech. The Mernahuana Zone was one of the only livestream shows I'd watch regularly, luckily the word is the show will carry-on with a next generation in some similar format. As a player of the weekly webcast game 'weight is right' almost every week this year, and winning four times. Til then we can look forward to a big victory party announced for 420 next year in Toronto.
Book of the Year
'Easy Street (The Hard Way)' by Ron Pearlman, legendary actor tells his life story and officially liked my tweet-of-the-year endorsement post!
Runner-up 'The Only Average Guy' by John Filion, City Councilor provides an inside view on former-Mayor of Toronto Rob Ford
ReCon WordPress Stats
This blog was viewed about 27,000 times this year slightly more than 2014. Here are the top five most viewed posts published in 2015:
CERN Does Rainbow Bridge?
Magazine covers of the New World Order 2015
2014 Personal Year in Review
Toronto tunnel the mystery continues…
did President Obama join 'the kliq'?
Much respect and salutations for the new year ahead, from the Reasoning Conspiracy blog.


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#20 - Something from the Nightside by Simon R. Green
This book reminded me a lot of the 1970's Kolchak television show, with a bit more horror sprinkled on top.
The main character is a detective with a dark side. He's a man who frequents the supernatural dark underbelly of London...The Nightside. A place where you can see things and have experiences that are impossible anywhere else. The only place where it's normal to see Victorian ladies and space aliens on the subway. The only place where timeslips and magical powers are run of the mill.
The book reads like an old detective novel...the chatty narative style, with bits of dry humor here and there. Here's an example:
"Private Eyes come in all shapes and sizes, and none of them look like television stars. Some do insurance work, some hang around cheap hotels with cam hoping to get evidence for divorce cases, and damn few ever get to investigate complicated murder mysteries. Some chase things that don't exist, or shouldn't. Me, I find things. Sometimes I'd rather not find them, but that comes with the territory. "
It was a great read! I really enjoyed this book. It was horror without a lot of over-done violence. More psychological than slasher. Just the way I like my horror/fantasy. :)
I'm already looking forward to reading the second book in Green's Nightside series "Agents of Light and Darkness.''
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Overloaded UK immigration has caused the country to become racist, according to a Ukip councillor.
Trevor Shonk has roles on both Kent county council and Ramsgate city council and said the immigration policies of both Labour and the Conservatives had led to racist sentiment in the UK.
Speaking to the BBC, Shonk said:
The two main parties that have been running this country have made the country racist because of the influx that we have had.When I've done leaflets every shopkeeper, whether Asian or English-born, they're concerned about the influx.It hasn't been staggered, it's just overload. We haven't got the care homes, we haven't got the houses for our own.
Shonk's analysis isn't backed publically by either his party, or the data. Analysis by City A.M. has shown that areas that voted for Ukip in the European election in May 2014 were actually likely to have proportionately fewer non-British nationals than other areas, as these maps show.
The second map shows the same data with areas that voted for Ukip MEPs shown in purple:
Other research has shown that immigrants are less likely to claim benefits than UK nationals, and, as many come to study, are actually beneficial to the ageing UK workforce.
Ukip's deputy chairwoman, Suzanne Evans, said she did not believe the UK was a racist country:
I think Britain is actually a very accommodating country and I don't think by any stretch of the imagination can be termed racist.I know what councillor Shonk meant. Perhaps he didn't express it as well as he could. There has of course been a massive increase in immigration which people find incredibly difficult to deal with.
This news comes after the chairman of Ukip leader Nigel Farage's branch, Martyn Heale, was apologising for his 1970s membership of the National Front (NF). Since 2008, the Ukip party constitution has banned people from joining if they have a previous affiliation with the NF, English Defence League (EDL) or British National Party (BNP).


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So over the last six weeks I have been back and forth to the Doctor over my youngest DD's breathing. She has had a wheeze that she has been unable to shake and now after today since we can't get her wheeze under control she starts a prednisolone for 5 days tomorrow. I can tell you right now that I am absolutely not happy about this at all. I do not like the idea of my 11 month old baby on steroids. I am now on a constant search to help her get better. I have a strong family history of Asthma and I do not fancy trips to the hospital in the middle of the night or a life time of steroid treatment to keep it under control. She also seems to have a dairy allergy as well.
I am also concerned as she is coming up for her 12month immunisations (MMR and approx 4 others) and I am very, very concerned about this. I feel at this point of time that she is not well enough to take the on-slaught of bugs on (as I feel) a compromised immune system. I am not against vaccination I just want to make sure she is 100% well before I do go ahead with it. In Australia we are lucky enough that we can conscientiously object as long as we have a talk to the dr about it first which is more like an intervention than it is a talk. (It is not the first time I have voiced my concerns).
I guess right now I am trying to get my thoughts down and see what the pros and cons are. I am very afraid that the immunisation right now could possibly make things worse for her and having it a bit later might be better for her or not at all. I wish this was an easy decision to make. I feel if I don't, I don't just hurt her if she gets anything but I could possibly hurt the community around her (Herd immunity) If I do do it and her immune system can't take it I could possibly make things worse for her own health.
My little Miss is causing me a lot of worry and I am losing sleep over it. If any one could point me in the right direction it would be much appreciated. I am now looking at natural health/western health alternatives to her asthma and my dilemma with immunisation?
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Capital Punishment by State
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This Quick Hits video brings together all four members of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, including cellist Leyla McCalla, for a rendition of a bluegrass standard, "Don't Get Trouble in Your Mind." It's hard to imagine a quartet being more in sync than the Drops are during this virtuoso, rowdy romp.
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If I were a rich woman, I'd dramatically declare myself exhausted and check into a swanky spa. There would be massages and heated stones and reflexology. They'd have a yoga guru who teams with a chiropracter and birth defect specialist to cater to my limb weirdness and scoliosis needs to design my perfect meditative exercise routine. At the Daisy Dream Spa, they have a vegan nutritionist who is an award winning chef. Once a week a sushi ninja master comes in, though, and beats up the vegan and makes me raw fish dishes of mouth watering perfection. (The vegan chef gets to chill with Reiki and hot baths; he's fine.)
There are natural hot springs so I can soak in bliss without having jacuzzi-induced carbon footprint guilt. There are fresh fruity icy smoothies to sip whilst soaking, and a folk guitarist to serenade me. Neil Gaiman comes to read me stories so my eyes can rest, too. I get foot massages and waxed legs, but only so I'm silky enough to appreciate the 1,000 thread count cotton sheets. Only, wait, they're finely spun hemp fibers. Yeah, hemp. And they've been delicately scented with lavender.
There are nannies onsite who are raised on organic granola and are certified crunchy by the International Association of Mom-Tested Intuitive, Responsible, & Excellent Daycaregivers (IAMTIRED) who attend to my toddler's needs in a creative and patient way. TV is banned and they have magic food that looks like mashed potatoes and chips but is really fresh broccoli and spinach.
There are boob fairies who bring me the baby to nurse at night and then sprinkle fairy dust on her belly to keep her full and content as she sleeps in a comfy floating crib by my bed- in which I can roll and stretch in any way I please. The boob fairies take all my night milkies and use it to make their fairy dust so I don't have to pump or nurse.
In the morning, there are mimosas with fine champagne and fresh-squeezed orange juice and as much cantaloupe and whole wheat toast and honey butter (the fairies sneak this in for me so the vegan chef doesn't know) as I can eat. This is served on a pretty ceramic tray by Maggie Gyllenhaal, who then gives me a full body massage and whatever else I may be needing that morning.
I really only need a few days at Daisy Dream Spa, and I'll be recharged.
Testament to my need is the fact that it's taken me a week to finish this post. I did get last night off so I could [
sniffle and dribble tears all over] have a romantic evening with Bu. Tearful moments notwithstanding, we had a great day. Spend most of the day together with the Little Bird, including a Quest for the Ultimate Spillproof SippyGrail. (Got it! Kmart, people. Rock on, Kmart.) Then we left her with the grandies. Picked up a bottle of Chardonnay, by Bohemian Highway. Cheap but yum. Tiniest bit sweeter than many Chardonnays. Very chuggable were one wont to chug her Chardonnay while she watched Disturbia, which was great minus one ridiculous detail. (How do you get a copy of your neighbor's blueprints while you're confined to the house?) So then I was drunkish and adult things happened. Then we watched the StarWars 'sode of Family Guy which was freakin' sweet. My week of guilty TV lust resumes tonight with Heroes and The Alyson Hannigan Show, I mean, How I Met Your Mother.


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Courtesy of MamaPosted: August 22, 2010 Filed under: baking, i love butter | Tags: sugee cake, suji cake 2 Comments
One of the many perks of growing up with a domestic goddess for a mother is the wealth of knowledge and recipes I have at my disposal. My mother should take full credit for my love of food and cooking, and for expanding my palate from a very young age. I think my only restriction was my ability to handle spicy food but otherwise, I was a champ. I happily chowed down sashimi, offal and chicken feet since I was in primary school. My mum would proudly recollect that she had lots of Japanese food when she was pregnant with me (I don't think they worried about mercury then!) and it certainly explains my insatiable love for the cuisine.
Apart from all that, learning how to cook in my mum's kitchen was one of the best things ever because of the countless appliances and tools she is equipped with. In fact, cooking in my parents' kitchen is probably the comfiest place ever (it's air-conditioned!) and I'm never at a loss for things I need. We didn't always have a dream kitchen, though, as my childhood home had a cramped kitchen with hardly enough space for two people to work in there together without getting in each others' way. My mother still always managed to whip out absolutely delicious treats from her tiny kitchen and tiny oven.
One of my childhood favourites is Suji Cake. It is also known as Sugee Cake, and is a Eurasian version of a Pound Cake. It's basically one of the moistest, richest butter cakes ever but with a slight crunch to it that comes from semolina and ground almonds.
My mum and I rediscovered the recipe during my last trip back home and made it twice because it was just so damned good. You can take a peek at the recipe here.
I decided to make it again because I've been wondering how to christen the fantastic Nordic Ware pan I received from my two amazing friends, Mboo and Fbomb. They totally caught me by surprise with this birthday present and I wanted to do it justice with just the right cake. I knew if the cake was too light it'D shrink and wouldn't hold its form, and I really didn't want to try just a plain vanilla bundt cake or a heavy fruit cake recipe so I settled for the delicious Suji Cake instead.
These cakes are so sinfully addictive. My favourite types of sweets are the non-sweet but deliciously buttery type, or citrus flavoured to cut through the sugar. I reduced the sugar on these and I got an ultra rich crunchy cake that I couldn't stop eating. I had to hand them out to a few friends just so it wouldn't sit on my benchtop testing my willpower!
I was happy to spread the Suji Cake love as a few of my friends had never had them before. It'd also please my mum who laughed when I begged her for the recipe a mere few days after landing in Melbourne despite having a few bites of the cake in the car when my parents were dropping me off at the airport!
And because I talk so much about my beautiful and amazingly talented mother on here, I thought I'd share a picture of us from when she visited back in June. I'm actually off to give her my weekly phone call now, and to casually mention that she's being talked about on the blog again (she's secretly chuffed about it!).
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yay for the bugz cakes soph …i'm def going to try it out!


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Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Making The Best.....
No...I am not a hunter. But...my inlaws DO own a meat market where they do deer processing. Oh my goodness.....such busy-ness during deer season. I help a little....but Chris goes down there everyday after work and works till late. He works so hard..and so do all the others that help!
The kids (and I) miss Chris sooo much during this season because he is so busy. It's also exhausting and sad because I see how much the kids miss their dad. They get upset easier and always wish he was home to tuck them in at night. (That is something he usually does!) So....tonight (Wednesday) I made the dinner for everyone down there and also made some cookies to take as well.
Christmas Wreath Cookies.....
Some homemade sloppy joes......
One of mommy's little helpers....always sticking his tongue out...hehe....
Madelyn and my mother-in-law.... She is wrapping meat. I do this too. Madelyn likes to help when she can as well (not with the actual wrapping)! :)
Here are some of the guys....working hard! They do a great job! I know I couldn't do it! Chris is on the right....closest to me! :) I love how people will use this meat that God provided to feed their families for the winter!
Time to eat! Everyone enjoyed a break and had some sloppy joes, chips and the cookies I made! YUM! .........
Silly boys!!! Xavier tied a basket on the end of these cords and was pulling it around. He said it was his "trailer". After taking the funny pic...I quickly put an end to it...goodness....that plastic on the cement floor is LOUD! LOL
And because everyone always asks where I am (which is usually behind the camera) I took a quick pic of moi to show that I was there! (Excuse my hair. Our electric was out this morning for a few hours and although I could take a shower...I couldn't blow dry it...so I just threw it up in a pony tail....haha!)
I hope all the hunters in your lives stay safe during this hunting season and are able to get some meat to provide lots of venison for your family's meals for a good season! Although usually at this time (it is 8:30pm here)...I would be preparing for bed....tonight, I am not. When Chris is working late...I try to stay up later and knit, read my bible, watch some TV and just relax till he gets home. If it's too late..I give up and go to bed...but otherwise..I try to wait up for him. I love to see him! :o) Considering I am a pretty earlier riser....this night owl stuff doesn't work well with me...but for a few weeks, it is worth it so I get to kiss my honey good night before dozing off!
Thank you for taking the time to visit me and comment! I truly appreciate it! It is so much fun to share things with others and hear what you all think about it! I hope you all have a wonderful Thursday! xoxo
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Nice blog. I just found it from another blog. I like the cookies you made. Very cute! I also love the VW party below you had. My son would love that! Check my blog out sometime if you want. www.mixedblessings4.blogspot.comReplyDelete
Sorry you are a hunting widow right now! Bobbi
- AnonymousDecember 10, 2008 at 10:32 PM
That is a lot of work for your husband, I bet he's tired when he gets home.ReplyDelete
Great picture of you and daughter!
I'm thinking you need to post the cookie wreath recipe :)
Hey Katy,ReplyDelete
I always feel so bad for the guys at the processing places! They work SO LATE!!! It will be over soon!
The pictures of the kids are precious. My fave is the boys hugging!! I can't wait to find out what #3 is for me!! Ian thinks it's a girl, but I am leaning boy. Only 3 more months to go!!
Thanks for always checking in with me and leaving your comments!! Hope the rest of hunting season flies for you :)
Wow...you all really do have a busy time during deer season. I'm very familiar with the lifestyles during this time (although Jason doesn't hunt)....because my dad has hunted ever since I can remember and we just know this time of year is a time he anticipates! I have to admit that I'm really glad that Jason isn't in to it that much though! lol!
And your pictures were tame...in our family, you see the proud hunters taking pictures of gutting the deer and I've always hated those!
Have a great rest of the week!
My dad was a big deer hunter! We hardly ever saw him during deer season but we always had food in the freezer! Blessings, karenReplyDelete
Yummy yummy venison! We just processed ours last night (we do it ourselves). I'm finally getting to the point I can look at the carcass - and then eat the meat. Still can't see it in dead bambi form though! Love the picture of you and your daughter!ReplyDelete
That looks like a lot of work. I grew up on a cattle ranch. I remember my dad butchering a cow, skinning it, cutting it up, and then my Mom wrapping it. I was always fascinated by the cow hanging upside down to drain. Kind of gross, but it provided for our needs!! Your wreaths are cute--would you mind sharing the recipe with me? Thanks, Katy--have a great day. JulieReplyDelete
I love that you took supper to all those hard workers! It's so nice to see a family working together.ReplyDelete
My parents used to own a meat market. They worked seven days a week sometimes - Long hours!
Love the wreath cookies!
I would be sooo excited if I could get my hands on some of that venison! I wish my husband hunted! haha!! I am a meat lover, through and through, so the pic of the raw meat doesn't bother me...it actually excites me...thinking about all that good food and the way God provides for us through His creation! :o) The other day, I was packaging up a lot of meat to freeze, and before I put it in the freezer, I stepped back and thought how wonderful it all looked...such simple things that make this simple housewife happy!ReplyDelete
I enjoyed reading your post. It was so thoughtful of you to make supper for everyone. My husband is a hunter and most of the time he processes the meat himself with the help of a few friends. It is a time consuming process. I also enjoyed seeing all the photos of your children. Thank you for sharing them.
A mixed blessing for sure, It is their occupation; ergo, their choice. I think it is great that everyone works together to get the job done and especially that you made dinner for everyone. It is a temporary thing and , oh so important to so many people. We buy most of our meat from the butcher shop. It is so much better there. We would absolutely love to have venison but the lockers cannot sell it.ReplyDelete
You know what.. I wouldn't even know what deer tastes like ;) No deer in Holland.. *lol*ReplyDelete
When we're in the caribbean, we will be able to buy fish right from the fisherman's boat.. and -get this- iguana's from little boys who chase them and then sell them for some money..
Let me throw in the old cliché here: they taste like chicken.. *lol* But they will colour everything in that dish (say, soup) bright yellow.....
greetings from the netherlands!
We are hoping and praying for a doe this year. Jeff and my dad are hunting on Saturday. We have a resident doe that they're hoping to get right here on the property. It makes me a little sad but I don't get involved until the meat is in the freezer! LOLReplyDelete
Love seeing the photo of you, Katy. I just love a pony tail too. But I got crazy this weekend and cut my hair right off. My long hair is no more and is at my shoulder but it feels to good and fresh and I do have just enough for a little pony too.
Blessings & joy my friend,
I am always so grateful to read your comments! I thank you for the time you took to visit and share your thoughts with me. :o)
May you enter as a stranger and leave as a friend!
Warmly, Katy


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Ecuador Mission 2009 Day 1
OK. I have no idea how best to blog this much material. A blog just doesn't seem like the place for 900 photos. So I suppose I have to choose my absolute favorites from each day and give a few words about the experience.
We traveled to Ecuador to support the mission work of Steve and Carrol at Camp Chacauco near Patate, Ecuador. The trip was an amazing experience. It was my first time in South America. The geography was amazing. We saw the tallest active volcano in the world. Camp Chacauco is actually in the shadow of another volcano that was smoking while we were there.
Since this is a photography blog, I will try to not go off on too many tangents unless they add to the photography. I brought my camera and tripod with the hopes that things would be clear and I could get some good landscapes of the volcanoes and mountains. Not so much. Always cloudy/foggy in the mornings and hazy all day. That's fine because there were so many great opportunites for portraits during our work and sightseeing times.
So day 1 was a long travel day. Left Melbourne, FL at 0200 and arrived in Quito, Ecuador about 1400. Just in time for another 3 or 4 hours in the bus for the trip to the camp. Here is a shot from the flight into Ecuador.
This sums up how we all felt. I have never had luck sleeping on planes so I took photos of everyone who was sleeping. I am sure they are happy about that.
Once we got to the camp, the only thing I wanted to do was find a bed and sleep in it. But after an amazing cup of locally grown coffee, I joined everyone for worship in the dining hall and later out in the fire pit. This is where we met our new Ecuadorian friends for the first time. Fredy here is an amazing guitarist and worship leader.
The kids (OK I'm old so everyone is a kid) from our group traded off instruments and we had a nice time around the fire.
Light levels were very low around the fire and even at ISO1600 and f1.8 I was only getting 1/13s for shutter speed. So I held as steady as possible and prayed for the best. These are a couple decent ones of many that were to blurry.
More to come of the mission work with the local children in the parks, and travels to the jungle to serve with the Quichua Indians in their village.
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Fire side photos look great. Can't wait to see more from the trip. Welcome back.


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I turned down what I love to be where I love.
In my final months at Columbia Bible College, I applied to three grad schools: University of Edinburgh, Conrad Grebel University College in Waterloo, Ontario, and Regent College, here in Vancouver. While Edinburgh turned me down, I was accepted at both Regent and Conrad Grebel. Conrad Grebel offered me a tuition-free scholarship.
This should have been a no-brainer. Why would I say no? I love learning, love the college environment, love study. And yet, something held me back. The idea of traveling across the country, leaving friends, family, and home for the sake of two or three years of education did not feel right.
One of the reasons that leaving did not feel right is that my wife and I have long felt like our place was in Vancouver, living in the Downtown East Side with our friends – many of whom are addicted and impoverished. After praying and talking a great deal with friends and family, we began to put into motion our plan to move to Vancouver.
As I mentioned in a previous post, I have been working for a construction company all summer. While the pay has been decent, the job has presented me with a dilemma. How do I apply for jobs in the DTES, many of which start with casual (part-time) hours, while working ten hour days with a two hour commute? I desperately wanted to quit my job (and lose my expensive and time-consuming commute), and simply trust God to provide me with a job in the DTES.
I also know that God gives us good sense and the ability to work hard. Quitting would not be a clever idea, not with bills and rent and food to provide.
We did find a place in Vancouver, however, and my anxiety began to rise as I realized just how tricky this transition from full-time construction to DTES who-knows-what would be.
finally, moving week arrived. Wednesday I had an Interview with Union Gospel Mission – well, it was called an interview, but it was more of a 'when can you start?' discussion. The job is casual though, and so the hours would vary from week to week, with no promises on how many hours I could get. The more available you are, the more hours you can get… but it's hard to be available when you're gone twelve hours every day. More confusion, more anxiety.
Friday was moving day at last. I went to work, leaving my brother and wife to pack up the apartment and get ready for our move, which would begin after I got home from work around 6pm. God, however, had other ideas. Literally two days after my interview at UGM, I was laid off from my job. The work was slowing down, and myself and four or five others were gone.
My drive home was interesting. I did a lot of thinking and praying. Strangely, my anxiety was pretty well gone. It was pretty clear to me that this was God closing a door, and pushing me somewhere. If being laid off wasn't clear enough, however, God decided to hammer the message home. After I arrived in Abbotsford, I picked up my brother and left to pick up the rental moving truck. As we went over a speed bump in the CBC parking lot, the entire muffler detached from the car.
What are those odds?
After driving this car for a month, after traveling over 150 km a day, after going over fifteen or twenty traffic-calming speed dumps every day, the muffler falls off AFTER I get laid off, and AFTER I made it back to Abbotsford. Crazy.
We got the muffler patched up, and the move happened really smoothly (almost all moved in!). While I could see the muffler falling off and losing my job as hugely negative things, I see them as God speaking in really exciting ways. He cares, about mufflers, about anxiety, about the little things and the big things. God is Good.


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This is weird.
Two deaths of prominent rockers in a week.
Lemmy Kilmister and David Bowie - both of cancer.
Remember the good old days, when real rockers died of overdoses?
It's not that I miss them, but.... cancer? It's a shame we can't declare war on cancer.
Not profitable.
Cancer aside, we (whoever we are) are roughly the first generation of rock and roll. As such, our heroes (sorry) are getting old (as are our friends, but that's another matter entirely). We will theoretically outlive them.
Some color their hair. Some gracefully go gray. But they're in their seventies now. That's not old these days, but still...
I guess the magnitude of their personalities and achievements are what really got to me. To be honest, I'm not a huge fan of either but I appreciate their contributions. After all, David Jones (changed his name to Bowie because of Davy Jones in the Monkees, who recently died of a heart attack) brought us Stevie Ray Vaughan. Plucked him from obscurity. You can hear that solid blues wailing on Let's Dance. To me it was a weird fit but Bowie had an eye for talent.
Lemmy is a bit of a hero to me, not so much for his music, but for his attitude. From a very young age, he knew what he wanted to do and he did it, damn the consequences. I'm not going to say snorting speed and drinking Jack+Cokes like water at seventy is the most healthy way to do things, but it was his way, absolutely to the end.
Lemmy hung out at L.A.'s Rainbow Room, with an actual stool of his own. He played some sort of video game obsessively. He wasn't feeling too well and had lots of checkups, with no results. The last tour was apparently played by sheer effort of will, as he wasn't well at all offstage. Finally he went for more tests, at which point an aggressive head and neck cancer was diagnosed, with an expected time of two to six months to live. The owner of the Rainbow Room brought the video game to Lemmy's apartment. Two days later, while visiting, Lemmy expired quietly, sitting right there at the machine.
Lemmy got a great sendoff. His son, girlfriend, Slash, Metallica, and Dave Grohl spoke, among others. I had no idea what a warm, giving, intelligent soul he was. He did not, however, suffer fools gladly.
He did it his way. Much respect.
The tributes are pouring in for Bowie. He was really something. Music aside, he had a great sense of humor, per his bandmates and Eric Idle, of Monty Python.
So here's the tough one: What is our legacy? How do we wish to be sent off? How do we wish to be remembered? Did we do it our way? Were we reasonably happy? Did we do stuff for others? Did we generally do good?
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Okayyyy….I started that Dr. Natura cleansing program… My sister posted a link (http://www.drnatura.com/picture_gallery.html) on her blog mentioning the goo and goop that is lodged inside of you making you sick and feel just plain non-great. So I checked it out….and decided to give it a try…
Their site is way different than other sites meant to sell a product. By their own admission, "It's the 'reality show' of embarrassing bathroom stories that are shared with great enthusiasm and pride." Seriously, they have PICTURES OF STUFF THAT HAS COME OUT OF PEOPLE's BUTTS. Not for the faint of heart but one of those things where you WANT to look away and yet you can't.
In agreement with the gist of their site, I've heard that the average person has between 2 and 10 pounds of parasites and colon plaque inside of them. So, by it's very nature, this 'cleanse' is supposed to make you lose a few pounds and have a flatter stomach. Man, that would be cool.
The cleanse program has parts: Senna Tea, Herbs to flush parasites and This Fiber Concoction that you drink. The tea tastes awesome. The parasite herbs are capsules so *gulp* down they go. The fiber…well, it doesn't taste horrible but dude, it's fiber, what do you expect. It isn't like those commercials where they stir it into water and it disappears. It's a bit chunky.
I was reading that they also have a liver and kidney cleanse….We'll see how THIS one goes and then maybe do some investigating into the others….
Has anyone else tried this??? If so, I'd love to hear from you!
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The January CBIZ Small Business Employment Index (SBEI), a barometer for hiring trends among companies with 300 or fewer employees, decreased by 2.75 percent during the past month, following an increase of 1.75 percent in December. Today's announcement follows ADP's January jobs survey, which illustrated that the private sector added 170,000 jobs in January. Philip Noftsinger, business unit president for CBIZ Payroll Services, explained, "January's numbers express a decline in overall employment from December levels. Our SBEI is not seasonally adjusted; therefore our numbers for January are consistent with January 2011, which showed a decline of 2.62 percent versus 2.75 percent for January 2012." Additional take-away points from the January data include:
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On January 12 of 1888 meteorological conditions combined to create a massive blizzard and cold front that swept from the Dakota Territory, to Nebraska, to Minnesota. There was a drop in temperature of 18 degrees in minutes, with the wind chill making it feel as though the temperature dropped 100 degrees over the course of the day. 4-5 feet of snow fell and the wind created drifts that blocked doors, smothered cattle, and scoured some parts of the ground clear of snow entirely. The fine particles of snow that blew decreased visibility to inches.
Out in that blizzard were hundreds of people, those that were taking care of animals, going to town, children and teachers in small schoolhouses spread throughout the townships.
The Nelings family were in Foster Township, Beadle County South Dakota during 1888. Daniel Thompson Nelings' daughter, Wilhelmina (or Willie) Nelings was a teacher in the Mitchell area.
Willie was also the mother of Thomas Nelings Swale and Jack Bracy Swale.
An excellent account of the blizzard can be found in The Children's Blizzard.


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I figured that with all my ranting and raving about collectibles and Be@rbricks, I should at least give a glimpse into what I actually buy. These are from the past couple weeks:
- Ikea Tindra candles in French Vanilla – a steal at $2.50/each for 30 hour burn time.
- D.L. & Co. Memento Mori candle set – the original skull candle set. A total of 5 one ounce unscented skull candles.
- G Sake "Joy" – Genshu: Cask Strength and 18% alcohol.
- Casa Brutus May 2009 – bought for the small Murakami "Kaikai Kiki" plate (blogged about in April).
- Honeyee Mag Vol. 8 – Interview with Damien Hirst and lots of coverage on Supreme, Visvim, Nike, etc.
- The Hill-Side Chambray Bandana – 5 oz. with a selvage edge.
- Minimum by John Pawson – the miniature version with some great coverage on simple architecture
Also have a Opening Ceremony for Uniqlo windbreaker coming and hopefully the Phaidon Design Classics soon. Summer end purchases will hopefully be the Buzz Rickson x William Gibson MA-1, Ikea PS Cabinet and a lounge chair of some sort.