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These are rather simple step-by-step guides for how to draw flowing water, reflections and rain by digital means. I myself used Photoshop CS4 when making these, but the tutorials aren't really bound to any specific program as the only tools used are the regular, round paint brush and smudge brush and a couple of layers. Most digital art programs will have these or similar functions available, so as long as you have something more advanced than MS Paint installed, you'll be set.
Always work in a much larger scale than the pinished image, taht's a basic rule for digital art. All of these pieces were about four times bigger while I was painting them, and looked like total blaah in full size. Minimizing makes everything look great.
Flowing Water
When drawing a current of water flowing through a rocky area, a very common setting, the largest obstacle in the beginning is making the mater flow naturally over and around the rocks. To overcome this, I recommend starting by drawing the current itself (with a light color, as constantly moving, foaming water is always mostly light by color) and then carefully placing the rocks into the river afterwards.
Then it's time for some serious error-fixing time to make the flow of water around the rocks natural. I had a really veird valley-thingie in between the two waterfalls to the left, and obviously that would be the path water would be flowing through if this place existed in nature. So I've slightly redesigned the flow of the river.
Each little trickle of water into the pond creates its own ripple on the surface, yet when they flow together the stronger ripples usually trump and negate the less significant ones. It is a good thing to keep the white ripples on a separate layer above the rest of the water to allow easier editing of the water later. Something I forgot to do here, uggh...
The foam in the waterfalls makes the flow of water look heavier, while no rampantly flying foam will give the current a far calmer feel. Your choise.
When dealing with moving water, reflections are a big no-no, as you need a completely peaceful surface for that. But shadows are a nice substitute, either showing different depths in the pond or simply the shadows of adjacent elements. This is where we really want the ripples to be on a separate layer, I had to do a ton of unecessary work here because I neglected to take care of that. Or you coul do this all in the opposite direction, as one would do with traditional paintings: paint the white parts on top last.
When painting a rainy scene, the best place to start is with a foggy background. The heavier the rain, the hazier the scene.
Before actually drawing the rain itself, it's best to finish up the actual background. Strive to achieve a vertical movement in the lines, and the perfect tool to use for this is: the smudge brush! Keep the strokes subtle with softer rain, and more pronounced if you want a real "all the angels are crying"-thing going on.
Now, the rain itself. Make sure to create a new layer here, or you'll hate yourself if you notice mistakes later on. To achieve this effect, pick a round, large brush, set the opacity to around 20% or less (whaterver works for you) and a light color. Try not to pick pure white, it will create a dull, grey feel on dark areas. Here' I've used a very light turquoise color. With that brush, start drawing vertial lines like crazy! Don't think or plan things, rain is irregular an random by nature so just let it flow. Let the strokes overlap and create thicker lines here and there, and a slight crookedness doesn't hurt. You can also change the size and opacity of your brush now and then, and why not do the same thing with the eraser if you feel some areas are becoming too cluttered.
Again, new layer. Now we're adding a few more defined, more visible streaks of rain on top of our "background"-rain. You'll need a small brush, light color, about 40-60% opacity and a steady hand. If getting the lines straight turns out to be a completely impossible task, some kind of line tool should work fine here too. It might leave a slightly too mechanic feel, but othervise is completely fine. Just make sure to slightly vary the line thickness, opacity and direction.
Finally we add some pretty little droplets of water falling from things, and a very slight splatter on top of any objects. Again, don't use white, except to finish off some absolute highlights here and there.
The lazies way to create a reflection effect is simply copying your object, flipping it vertically and baboom!: awsome, perfect reflection! Of course that is both very obviously lazy and mechanic-looking and kind of difficult to do with several objects in the picture. They all need their own reflections at different levels, some times overlapping each other.
Start by sketching out the raflections of each object to check the overall composition of the image before starting the actual painting process. They are, after all, a very significant element in the scene, and could drastically change the layout of an image. After making sure that the composition still looks fine, finish drawing everything but the water. You can't really start any reflections before the thing that's being reflected is all done.
Now, finally, the reflections. I bashed the "copy-paste-flip" method at the beginning of this tutorial, but it is actually a very useful trick to get the reflection right for complex objects. After you've done the flip, create a new layer and draw the key elements of the fipped image on it. Then simply delete the flipped object and finish the reflection as if you never did that dirty little trick. Because all it was supposed to be was a guideline to get the reflection just right. This trick is probably completely unecessary with simpler and or smaller objects, such as the little swan...lings and the island in the background.
It's a good idea to make the raflections fade a bit toards the bottom (use a very soft eraser with a low opacity setting to do this) and to add some smudginess, either in a vertical or horiontal direction. I often prefer the vertical kind because it creates an interesting contrast against the always horizontal surface.
To finish the surface we'll probably need some ripples and other "disturbances" here and there. A light border-like element between each object and their reflection works as a very efficient separator and some slight breaks in the reflections in distance helps to prevent a too unnaturally peaceful surface. No pure white, instead pick a light version of the color you're painting on.
And then we're done and it's time for a snack. Finally, it's been hours!


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Among colored gems emerald jewelry is the most valuable in 2017.
The emerald collection of Manuel Marcial de Gomar, which is considered to be the most valuable private collection of Colombian emeralds, includes thirteen emerald jewelry pieces, as well as more than twenty loose emeralds, both rough and cut.
One of the examples is a collection of rare and extraordinary emeralds, featured at the Guernsey's auction in New York on April 25, 2017, with an incredible 887 carat rough emerald, La Gloria, as a main lot of the collection.
The emerald collection of Manuel Marcial de Gomar, which is considered to be the most valuable private collection of Colombian emeralds, includes thirteen emerald jewelry pieces, as well as more than twenty loose emeralds, both rough and cut.
Part of the emerald collection featured was found on 400 year old shipwreck. Marcial de Gomar acted as an independent appraiser of the recovered emeralds and was paid with some of the treasure found.
Among other unique lots of Marcial de Gomar collection is "the Tears of Fura", a matching pair of pear-shaped fine Colombian emeralds, with a total weight of 95.51 carats, as well as "The Marcial de Gomar Star", the largest of only 11 star emeralds in the world recorded and probably the first and the only double-sided star emerald known so far. Another amazing and extremely rare lot of the collection is a matching pair of cat's eye emeralds, with a total weight of 74.52 carats, that is thought to be the largest pair of cat's eye emeralds in the world. They were cut from a 370 carat trapiche emerald, an emerald with a rare six point radial pattern.
One more exceptional emerald appeared at Sotheby's New York on April 25, 2017. A legendary 34.40 carat emerald, set in a ring by Harry Winston, the Stotesbury Emerald, was sold for $996,500.
Besides its outstanding gem quality, the Stotesbury Emerald is known for its history that includes three reknowned women (Evalyn Walsh McLean, Eva Stotesbury and May Bonfils Stanton) and two legendary jewelers (Pierre Cartier and Harry Winston).
Each of the owners changed the settings and wore it according to her taste.
It is known that around 1908 the emerald belonged to Evalyn Walsh McLean, who was a mining heiress and who is also known as an owner of a 94 carat Star of the East diamond, as well as the last private owner of the 45.52 carat Hope diamond.
A few years later the Stotesbury Emerald was acquired by Cartier. The emerald got its name from Eva Stotesbury, who became the next owner. Eva wore it as a center piece of her necklace. In 1946, she sold it to Harry Winston, who put the emerald into the ring and later sold it to a newspaper heiress May Bonfils Stanton, where it was last seen in 1971. Only this year the emerald emerged at Sotheby's in its latest setting by Harry Winston.
Thinking about emeralds, the image of Elizabeth Taylor, the "Emerald Queen" comes up.
Her incredible collection of jewels was sold at Christie's in December 2011, including her Bulgari Emerald Suite, with an emerald brooch as a part of the Suite which was sold for $6,578,500, setting a record price for an emerald per carat of $280,000.
Emeralds were cherished since ancient times. Probably, the most famous historical figure who adored emeralds was Cleopatra. The gemstones were used in jewelry, it was also believed that emeralds possess mystical and healing properties. Besides, emeralds were buried with monarchs as a symbol of eternal youth and protection.
Some estimate that the age of the oldest emeralds is about 2.97 billion years. Although the first known mines were located in Egypt and date back to as early as 330 BC.
It is thought that emeralds from what we know today as Colombian started to be mined as early as 500 AD. In 16th century, Spanish Conquistadors discovered and traded emeralds for precious metals. By that time, emeralds had already been used for trade, as well as in jewelry, for personal adornment, and in religious ceremonies as a sacrifices for over 5 centuries.
After being discovered by Spaniards in early 1600s, and once the gems arrived to Europe, emerald became a gemstone adored by monarchs and royalty in Turkey, Persia, and India. A huge number of Colombian emeralds were traded and brought to Europe until 1819, when the new government and private mining companies started their mining operations after Colombia became independent from Spain. Over the next two centuries mines were shut down from time to time due to political situation in Colombia.
Nowadays, deposits of emeralds are found all over the world with significant mines located in Colombia, Brazil, Madagascar, India, Australia and a number of African countries.
The most recent deposit of high-quality emeralds was discovered in Ethiopia. The emeralds from this deposit seem to be large in size and possess a deep green color.
The name "Emerald" derives from Greek word "smaragdos," meaning "green stone". Although in ancient times, smaragdos referred to most of green stones, not just an emerald.
Emerald's green color cannot compare to the color of any other green gemstone, like peridot or tourmaline, for example. In order to be called an emerald, the color of the stone has to be saturated enough and not "too light," though there are still disputes among gem experts where this border lies.
Only the finest and rare emeralds are almost inclusion free. Most of the time emerald has a number of inclusions, which only prove that the stone is natural compared with most synthetics and imitations.
Many associate emerald color with new spring growth, marking new beginnings. This makes it perfect as a birthstone for the month of May.
In some cultures, it is also considered to be a gemstone for 20th and 30th wedding anniversaries.
Nowadays, emerald symbolizes love and loyalty, which makes this gemstone not only valuable, but also a meaningful gift.

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There are several indices both domestic and foreign that are found as index options in annuities and life insurance. The S&P 500 is the most popular domestic index with over 72% of the indexed annuity and life insurance marketplace. The Russell 2000 is also receiving some attention as it's over all performance. Two popular foreign indices are the Euro Stock 50 and the Heng Sang.
Goldman Sachs has a multi asset class index with a three year point to point, so you're committed to a three year period before crediting to your account occurs. Goldman Sachs is targeting a 5% volatility with several allocations and Allianz which has a similar volatility approach has just two allocations.
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For more than 5,000 years garlic has been one of the world's most popular cultivated plants. Every year millions of tons of the intensely aromatic bulb are consumed worldwide.
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Whenever you make a tomato sauce to go with pasta, just add two twists of garlic to the sauce as it cooks. Simple!
The perfect autumn pick me up - Make homemade tasty salsa packed with healthy garlic – you can serve it with almost anything –it's a big hit at our dinner table.
Garlic+ butter + potatoes is just delicious. Don't forget to add the garlic after the potatoes have cooled for a few minutes for an extra kick!
Soothing for a sore throat, this addition is both delicious and really good for you as well.
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Effective Curriculum and Instruction: The Instructional Psychologist's View.
Cohen, S. Alan
Effective curriculum is based on a mastery learning model. According to Carroll's mastery learning model, learning rate is partially a function of student "perseverance" or time on task, which is in turn determined by a learner's entering repertoire and the quality of instruction. Although the mastery-learning model looks simple, its execution is enormously difficult. Difficulties include designing scope and sequence of curriculum, varying instructional time to fit different learning rates, varying content and level, and sustaining administrator commitment. Since implementing mastery-based curriculum is so difficult, it is often distorted into more traditional curriculum. This means that mastery-based, assessment-driven curriculum is often distorted into time-based, assignment-driven curriculum. At the curricular level, this distortion is evidenced by such things as low motivation, tests that do not truly measure mastery, and traditional grading. At the instructional level, the seven criteria for mastery learning are often distorted. These criteria include precise definition of instructional objectives, direct instruction, immediate feedback, appropriate level of instruction, modular learning, stimulus control, and critical response. Although research shows mastery learning to have superior results, it will not be successful in schools unless its distortions are eliminated. (JM)
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A global observatory on national policies on defenders protection
In recent years several governments have developed specific national mechanisms to protect defenders, all of them in countries seriously lacking in protection for human rights defenders. These mechanisms (laws, action policies, offices) have been established under pressure from (and with the cooperation of) national and international human rights organizations, with essential legal support from the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders.
At Protection International, this development has led us to study these national initiatives: what are they and what do they consist of? How did they come about, how do they work and what is their impact on the protection of defenders? We set up a study group (made up of protection lawyers and experts) and carried out a large number of interviews with men and women defenders as well as government officials in 16 countries on three continents (1).
We also embarked on a process of compiling and analyzing legal enforcement instruments at the national level (while examining existing universal and regional ones). During the study we only found national non-governmental initiatives of this type in Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico and Peru (Central and South America), in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (Africa) and Nepal (Asia). While there may be several organizations working on protection-related matters and making important contributions, only Guatemala –UDEFEGUA, Unidad de Defensores y Defensoras de Guatemala-, Uganda –EHAHRDP East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project- and Colombia –Somos Defensores Programme Programa Somos Defensores- have three defender units specifically set up by civil society. They are pioneers in the field and together with the Protection Desks established by PI (2) and supporting organizations (such as Peace Brigades International), are among those civil society groups whose sole mission is the protection of defenders on the ground.
Given the vast and complex nature of the results of the survey we decided to compile them in two volumes under the general title, "Protection of Human Rights Defenders: good practice and lessons learnt". The first volume is subtitled, "Legislation, national policies and defenders' offices", and in it we analyze the legislative and structural aspects of these protection initiatives. In the second volume, provisionally subtitled, "Operational Aspects of Protecting Defenders", we shall examine the practical aspects of protection: what are they, how do they work and how effective are the protection measures available under these programmes (such as relocation funds, means of communication, police escorts etc)
The background to this debate needs to be addressed first. The issue that was repeatedly raised in the interviews we conducted in all these countries, as well as in documentation from international organizations (3), was whether it is necessary for the state to create mechanisms (laws, policies, offices) specifically for the protection of defenders or if it is better to ensure the institutions (the legal system and security forces) fulfill their obligation to guarantee protection for this group.
It is an important debate because the ad hoc mechanisms at the disposal of human rights defenders generally have few enforcement powers both legally speaking – secondary legislation – and practically, since these bodies lack the necessary resources and can neither launch an investigation nor wield any political power to ensure adequate protection for defenders.
Firstly it is a fact that existing national instruments were only created in the wake of strong pressure by national (and occasionally international) defenders' organizations – which implies that there is a will to do so by large groups of defenders.
However, the detractors opposed to ad hoc instruments claim they are merely a formal response to this national and international pressure and are mainly used to ease it by displaying responses with no real impact while those attacking human rights defenders continue to act with equal or even increasing impunity. The other problem is that at times these instruments generate new bureaucratic barriers that make it more difficult for NGOs to carry out investigations or prosecute those acting against human rights defenders. It has also been suggested that the funding they get could have been used to improve the response by state institutions (e.g. the police and the judiciary).
On the other hand, those in favour of these bodies acknowledge the serious problems involved but feel they can open the door to enhancing protection – either by facilitating access to places that are traditionally off-limits such as inside the security forces, or by providing immediate support (such as relocation funds, means of communication or escorts) which can address serious protection gaps, at least in the short run. They claim that conscious use can be made of what these bodies have to offer while bearing in mind that it is the entire state apparatus (and not just one office) that is responsible for protection. The onus is above all on the Executive and the Judiciary to take the necessary steps to ensure proper protection for human rights defenders.
In the few countries with existing protection mechanisms of this nature the protection status of human rights defenders is nonetheless precarious within a national context characterized by extreme violations of human rights. We did not find any formal, far-reaching assessment suggesting the existence of instruments and ad hoc offices for the protection of human rights defenders has had any impact on the lack of security experienced by defenders. Although it is certainly very difficult to make any such assessment, the defenders interviewed tended to use this kind of ad hoc support in full knowledge of its limitations and problems.
Our job as an international NGO is to serve human rights defenders and we adopt a critical approach to state instruments and offices intended to offer protection to human rights defenders, without losing sight of the shared responsibility and duty of all its institutions, starting with the government. This is the main reason for setting up Focus as a global observatory for national policies and structures to protect human rights defenders.
We are confident that in making these proposals to the international community of defenders we are taking a step in the right direction. New improved practices will give people, who on a daily basis are determined to defend human rights despite tremendous obstacles, the protection they need and deserve. This is a project open to collaborations, as you can see from the network of persons and institutions involved in it. Please contact us if you want to join us in this effort.
(1) Africa (Uganda, Kenya, Democratic Republic of Congo), Central and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru), Asia (Indonesia, Nepal, Thailand) and Europe (Belgium, France, United Kingdom, Switzerland). These interviews were done by PI's Protection Desk network in cooperation with national counterparts, and by a team researching the subject.
(2) The Protection desks already established or in the pipeline are: Colombia (counterpart: Pensamiento y Acción Social), Guatemala (counterpart: UDEFEGUA), Nepal, Thailand, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda (counterpart: EHAHRDP), Turkey.
(3) For example, 'For more effective protection in favour of human rights defenders in Africa – Strategy Note' – by the International Observatory for the Protection of Defenders (2009).


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So, me. I'm a 26-year-old heathen woman, living at home, going to night school to try and find a job, and trying to become more independent and self-sufficient while trying my hand at homesteading. Doesn't sound that hard, right? Well, it's harder in the middle of rural Pennsylvania when you can't drive, there's no public transportation and you're more likely to see Amish buggies than sidewalks. People don't realize how hard it can be when you can't just jump in a car. I dare you, darling readers, to think about how you would get from every Point-A to Point-B tomorrow, if you couldn't drive, had no public transport, and no sidewalks. It's not easy. 🙂
As for why I blog, I have many reasons. It keeps me motivated if I have things to share, so I'm less likely to fall behind and never pick it up again than the dozens of private journals I've started over the years, because there are readers. It also helps me feel less isolated, especially in winter, where just walking across town is dangerous. It's hard to make friends when your town is small and you can't just "go see" a friend really easily. It's also nice to have a way to connect to the heathen community, especially since I can be (unbelievable to those who know me) very shy, I actually found out there's an organization in Berks County, though I've never been able to go to anything or meet any of them, because 1. shy and 2. night school Monday-Thursday.
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A Faygo-Soaked Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
It's almost as if Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope are a Faygo-soaked Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, powerless to effect the drama in the world around them, forced to carry out actions that were predetermined without their consent or approval. Forced to content themselves with being psychopathic pawns on a chessboard they can barely see.
Seven Years a Stand-Up Clown: Insane Clown Posse's Carnival of Carnage
Insane Clown Posse, due to the fiercely independent nature of their career, have done all of their growing up in public. After two EPs of generic gangsta rap under the moniker Inner City Posse, the crew was struggling to differentiate themselves from other Detroit rap groups. Two key things happened to make that possible. The first was hooking up with Mike E. Clark, who produced much of their debut full length, Carnival of Carnage. The second was a dream Violent J had, in which spirits from a traveling carnival appeared before him. J and Shaggy 2 Dope were charged with warning the world of the Dark Carnival's approach. That new mission–and the new name–gave the Insane Clown Posse more than enough to differentiate themselves from the other local crews.
Eight Mile Road Was The Dividing Line: Insane Clown Posse, Album by Album
The mid-90s were a time when kids in Michigan needed someone to look up to, too: the closure of the GE plant in Flint started a ripple effect of poverty across the state. Detroit itself had long since stopped booming, the industrial districts largely abandoned and left to rot. In the suburbs, places like Zug Island were mythical destinations you didn't quite believe were real. Detroit was a distant continent one only visited for brief glimpses of culture. Eight Mile Road was the dividing line.
Ten Glimmers Of Hope To Send Off A Dark Year
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Be Glad I Never Owned A Gun: Six Perfect Concept Albums That Clock In At Under 30 Minutes
Sometimes, brevity is king. An old saying, one kicked around the entertainment business, goes: "Always leave them wanting more." Holy Ghost, Modern Baseball's excellent new album, a clean eleven songs in 24 minutes, has me thinking about classic albums that exist as a complete statement, without exceeding the thirty minute mark. Here are six of them.
Times are Gettin' Tough, 'Bout Time to Start Runnin': Four Bands That Made One Perfect Record, Then Quit
The classic career trajectory for any long-term musical artist is as follows: Artist spends entire life writing first album. Album is raw, snarky, full of poetry. Brash. Artist strikes a chord in the cultural zeitgeist. Artist is suddenly a household name. Pressure is on. Artist has six months to write follow-up album. Follow-up album either tanks, or The Artist grows under pressure and their sound grows/improves over the course of a few albums. The Artist enjoys a few years or a decade of glowing success, anywhere between three and six albums wherein the new music is informed by the old music, but builds upon it. Then, Parenthood, or Divorce, or Creative Differences enter the scene, and The Artist's mission statement is warped. That old, raw snark is gone, replaced by pressure from The Label to keep churning out The Hits, to keep The Cash rolling in.
All I Ever Think About Is Drowning, Drowning: Four Records Released on 9/11/01
Bob Dylan's Love And Theft. Ben Folds' Rockin' The Suburbs. They Might Be Giants' Mink Car. The Moldy Peaches' S/T. Here is another look at four records that were released on September 11, 2001.
Concerning Evan Dando, Live At New York's City Winery
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Many martial artists practice a variety of specially choreographed fighting movements.
The intent of most traditional forms taught is to preserve and conceal the essence of the art. Every choreographed martial arts Kata/Form has coded within it information regarding: Types of Attack, Counters, and an Alternative/Back-Up plan (if it doesn't work). The sequences used tends to be based upon kinetic chain reactions, pressure points, and body movement(s).
Many martial arts katas/forms may appear to be intended for combating multiple attackers – when actually they merely indicate that something can be done in either direction or either unilaterally on either side with either limb or bilaterally. Movements to the side are seldom toward someone else but are generally meant to indicate a rotation and doing the movement in the direction toward or in response to the original attacker.
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The Philippines is now third to Iraq and Somalia in terms of violence being committed against journalists and second to Russia as the country with the worst human rights record, Liberal Party senatorial candidate Atty. Alex 'Pinoy' Lacson warns, citing a report from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an international watchdog. Lacson urged government, especially the Philippine National Police (PNP), to enhance and strengthen measures aimed at protecting the lives of Filipino newsmen.
Lacson, a bestselling author and former columnist of Business World, cited the CPJ's impunity index which examines murders committed involving journalists as victims. The CPJ had cited the gruesome massacre of 30 Filipino journalists in Maguindanao as a reason for placing the Philippines under its international watch list.
The CPJ, says Lacson, is closely monitoring the developments here in the Philippines, a country which the CPJ says is one of the worst offenders of journalists' rights in the world, second to Russia. Lacson advised the government to ensure that cases involving murders and massacres, particularly that of the Ampatuan massacre last November 23, be addressed immediately.
"The world is watching us. And surely, the recent decision by Justice Secretary Alberto Agra on the Ampatuan massacre case was another blot in the country's human rights record. This heightens the perception of the international community that justice is not being served here and only the rich and powerful are being catered to by government."
Lacson says that the Filipino people deserves a new government that fully respects not just the rights of newsmen, but all ordinary citizens living in a democratic society such as the Philippines.
"Human rights cannot just be two words written on a piece of paper, a mere provision of the Philippine Constitution. It should be a living testament, a social contract, that government should ensure proper compliance. Without the Bill of Rights and its proper enforcement, how can we truly say that we are living in a democracy? Democracy is a sham if we cannot get justice for our people or protect those at risk.
"The recent decision of Sec. Agra dampens the optimism of international human rights bodies and serves as a cruel reminder to every one that crime seems to pay off in our country."
Lacson welcomed the recent statement made by the palace asking Agra to explain why he should not be replaced as department secretary.
"Malacanang is trying to insulate the president from Agra's decision. But the reality is, that decision is already out in the public and it is for the executive to act swiftly to see that the judicial process is allowed to run its course. If the president does not take action over her direct subordinate, then she would be a party to the offense — there is no excuse for such an omission."


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Train cam - a tiny camera mounted in a model locomotive allowing a 'driver eye' view of a model railway.
To see a model railway from the track level is great for shows and clubs. Possibilities are endless with a Train Cam. One can set up a Train simulator that runs the train on the model railway. This could be goods news for layouts with limited space for operators.
Here are some pictures of a miniature camera, as I described to the aus.rail.models newsgroup, as well as the Layout Design SIG.
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|The Camera in front of a ruler.
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JESSIE HILL APPELLANTv.STATE OF ARKANSAS APPELLEE
E. Hill, pro se appellant.
Rutledge, Att'y Gen., by: Evelyn D. Gomez, Ass't
Att'y Gen., for appellee.
R. BAKER, Associate Justice
2016, appellant Jessie Hill filed a petition in the trial
court where he had been convicted of capital murder in 1995.
In the 2016 petition, Hill sought to compel the prosecuting
attorney to direct the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory to
turn over information from his case. On May 12, 2016, the
trial court entered an order that denied the petition and
counted the denial as a strike under Arkansas Code Annotated
section 16-68-607 (Repl. 2005). On May 24, 2016, Hill filed a
motion to stay and for reconsideration in which he pointed to
a case that this court had handed down shortly before the
court made its findings as a basis for the trial court to
reconsider its decision. The trial court denied the motion
for reconsideration, also finding the new pleading merited a
strike, and Hill lodged an appeal of that order in this
filed a motion for an extension of time in which to file his
reply brief. Because, as discussed below, the resolution of
the issues that Hill had raised in his brief-in-chief are
apparent based on the record before us, we hold the appeal
moot in part and reverse in part. The motion for extension of
time is therefore moot.
In his
motion for reconsideration, Hill asserted error in both the
denial of the relief that he requested in his original
petition and the trial court's finding that filing the
petition constituted a strike under the statute. He
reiterates those claims on appeal, and he additionally
contends that, under the same reasoning that he advanced in
the petition for reconsideration, the second strike was also
invalid. As he notes in his brief, this court has previously
directed the crime lab to provide the materials that he
sought. See Hill v. Gallagher, 2016 Ark. 257 (per
curiam). Because Hill has received the relief he requested in
his original pleading, the appeal is moot as to those issues,
and we need not consider Hill's arguments concerning the
trial court's error in that regard.
As for
Hill's allegation that the trial court erred in finding
two strikes under section 16-68-607, he asserts that the
court incorrectly applied the statute to proceedings in a
criminal case. We agree that section 16-68-607 does not apply
in criminal proceedings.[1]
trial court rejected Hill's claim concerning application
of the statute in criminal proceedings without addressing it.
The court simply declined to reconsider its decision without
elaboration, and it found in support of its conclusion that
an additional strike was warranted because the new pleading
seeking reconsideration was frivolous. The State asserts that
the trial court could impose two strikes because, although
Hill's pleadings were filed in his criminal case, the
matter was civil in nature and therefore should fall within
the purview of the statute.
review a court's determination to impose a strike under
the same standard we use in reviewing the trial court's
decision on a motion to dismiss, treating the facts alleged
in the pleading as true and viewing them in a light most
favorable to the party who filed the complaint. Waller v.
Kelley, 2016 Ark. 252, 493 S.W.3d 757. However, we
review issues involving statutory interpretation de novo on
appeal. State v. Thomas, 2014 Ark. 362, 439 S.W.3d
690. It is for this court to determine what a statute means.
Foster v. Foster, 2016 Ark. 456, 506 S.W.3d 808.
construe the statute just as it reads, giving the words their
ordinary and usually accepted meaning in common language, and
if the language of the statute is plain and unambiguous and
conveys a clear and definite meaning, there is no occasion to
resort to rules of statutory interpretation. Hill v.
Gallagher, 2016 Ark. 198, 491 S.W.3d 458. In construing
any statute, we place it beside other statutes relevant to
the subject matter in question and ascribe meaning and effect
to be derived from the whole. Id.
examining section 16-68-607 specifically, we have noted that
the statute should be interpreted as a part of a code of
practice in civil cases in this state and that this code was
intended to regulate the procedure in all civil actions and
proceedings in the courts of this state. Id. Placed
in context, section 16-68-607 plainly and unambiguously was
intended to apply only to civil proceedings.
It is
true that this court has considered the nature of the
proceedings when determining the extent that due process
requires that a litigant be entitled to the full range of
constitutional procedural protection that must be provide to
a criminal defendant. See Stehle v. Zimmerebner,
2016 Ark. 290, 497 S.W.3d 188 (holding an order of contempt
was civil in nature); Waller, 2016 Ark. 252, 493
S.W.3d 757 (holding that a petition for declaratory judgment
and writ of mandamus was civil in nature); State v.
Bragg, 2016 Ark. 242 (noting that collateral proceedings
such as those under Arkansas Rule of Criminal Procedure 37
are civil in nature); State v. West, 2014 Ark. 174
(discussing when the State may bring an appeal in a
civil-forfeiture proceeding). The issue before us simply
concerns the legislature's intended application of the
statute, and it is not necessary for us to consider whether
that application withstands a constitutional challenge. The
legislature's clear and definite meaning was that the
statute was only to be applied in what are, in fact, civil
actions. The State fails to point to any basis from which
this court might glean that the legislature intended for the
statute to apply beyond that, [2] and we do not construe it to
include a broader application than what was intended.
16-68-607 does not confer authority on the trial court to
impose a strike in a criminal case, and the trial court erred
in imposing the two strikes. To the ...
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6 comments:
- Nelson Bartley said...
For some reason my kids never got out of their beds until I came for them. When they were older I taught them the digital clock had to have a 7 or 8 in the first spot before they could get up. Have you thought about getting those rails that fold down? One end slips between the mattress and box springs and it is just a frame w/ net. Maybe give them the security of being in an enclosed space and they don't fall out. We used them with all three. They easily fold out of the way during the day.
- April 13, 2016 at 7:22 AM
- the blogivers said...
Despite Clara's depressing longing for the crib, let's agree this transition is going a million times better than you thought it would! And let's also agree that at least it was a dog who went diarrhea all over his sleeping space rather than a child.
- April 13, 2016 at 7:23 AM
- Emily said...
Well the tears are sad but I'm super excited that they haven't climbed out of their bed yet! I've heard strange and mysterious stories of children who STAY IN BED until their parents retrieve them and I've always been so impressed by this amazing black magic.
- April 13, 2016 at 11:50 AM
- Brittnie said...
Super impressed that they haven't tried to climb out of bed! As you know, once we get Camille's room in order we are making the switch. Pretty sure she will test every boundary possible!!! :) Also, where did you get their cute bedding? I have been looking around online but haven't found anything yet.
- April 13, 2016 at 1:45 PM
- Brittany said...
So glad that the bed transition has gone relatively well! I love the cute sheets!
- April 13, 2016 at 9:14 PM
- Natasha said...
Their big kid room is adorable! And two months in, how is the bed transition going? Have they discovered they can get out on their own yet? Do they still want their cribs? If there's been a blog update on this I'll get around to it, eventually!
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Angry Entrees: Pasta with Enraged Tomatoes
The tomatoes above are from The Neighbor's garden. We bought our tomato plants at the same time, from the same nursery. Hers are thriving, bearing fruit and ripening. Mine are pathetic. I think I'll be able to harvest one tomato sometime next week, if the rains hold off and the sun keeps shining. It's very sad. The garlic, however, I grew myself. It's hard to mess up growing garlic.
I learned this recipe long ago from my dear friend Lorene, who is an incomparably talented gardener and cook. She's the only person who has ever served me edible Brussels sprouts, the first person to turn me on to the joys of the fava bean. The fact that she grew those vegetables herself may have had something to do with the success of her dishes.
During our fresh-out-of-college-and-broke-beyond-belief years, she taught me amazing culinary tricks for dining well on pennies. One of those tricks was this dish, which is best, in my humble opinion, in the summer when you can get your hands on garden-fresh tomatoes that taste like tomatoes. (If you make it in the winter, used diced tomatoes from a tin and not those horrible flavourless water bombs in the produce section. Winter tomatoes: boo and hiss).
Pasta with Enraged Tomatoes
olive oil
1-2 T. chopped garlic
3-4 pounds of fresh, full flavored tomatoes, roughly chopped
2 T. fresh basil, cut in a chiffonade
red chili flakes, to taste
salt and pepper, to taste
1 # dried pasta (I like penne for this dish but you can pretty much use whatever you fancy)
Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil.
When the water boils, add the pasta and cook according to package directions.
While the pasta is cooking, heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add enough olive oil to coat the bottom of the pan. Toss in the garlic and saute quickly, taking care not to let the garlic burn. Add in the tomatoes and cooking, stirring occasionally, just until they begin to break down and a sauce starts to form. (You aren't going to cook the tomatoes all the way down, the chunks should still hold most of their shape). Turn down the heat to low if necessary to keep the sauce from cooking down too much before the pasta is ready.
Just before pasta is ready to come off the stove, add in the basil and enough chili flakes to really tick off the tomatoes. (If you are serving tender palates, go easy on the chili flakes but serve more at table for those of strong palate). Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Drain pasta and put the drained pasta in the skillet with the sauce, tossing to coat.
Turn out into a warmed serving bowl* and serve with lots of grated Parmesan cheese.
* The easiest way to warm the pasta bowl is to fill it with water from the pasta pot before draining the pasta in the sink. Let the water sit in the bowl while you toss the pasta and sauce in the skillet, then dump out the water before serving up the pasta.


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Dear Hannah,
My favorite feminist slogan is well-behaved women seldom make history because they've forgotten that almost nobody makes history. Amongst women, the number of people who make history is even fewer; and amongst their poorly-behaved, the number is significantly less.
Anyone with common sense knows that the
happiest times are the times we never really talk about in history books
at all -- and poor behavior is a terrible reason to make it into a
history book. Not only because it's the easiest reason to make it into a history book, but because the people who remember you will hate you*. We only
celebrate man's heroics because he's built something worth celebrating,
overcome something worth overcoming, and defeated somebody worth
defeating. Gibbon said it best when he said that history is little more than a register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind. Putting our feminists in positions of authority
would add weight to our history books -- but only by increasing the
number of villains.
The idea that women have to be poorly behaved in order to make history is an embarrassment to the feminist movement. It admits that women believe advancement to be a result more of audacity than adoration. The feminist wants what man has without wanting to be as good as the men we love for getting it. She wants her opinions revered without having anything good to say. She values loudness over eloquence; demands love without charm; leadership without charisma; respect without character; and advancement without improvement. She wants to get ahead, but only by stepping on the people she's supposed to be helping.
A feminist is someone who wants to lead, but doesn't really offer a better place to go. She sees female advancement as an ideology about quotas, and never a competition with man's spiritual greatness. She sees male opinion not as something to be won, but as something to be battled; and she's got such a horrible inferiority complex, that she views her liberation not as being a really great person in spite of men, but as being spiteful of them. She lives to prove that she isn't under someone's thumb, which is another way of proving she is. Whether a man is acknowledged as her master or not, he essentially determines her behavior. Whether he benefits from it or not, he is the defining factor of her lifestyle.
It may be worth mentioning, at this point, that the author of the quote wasn't Eleanor Roosevelt or Marilyn Monroe or anyone else even famous (as is popularly asserted), but a woman who nobody could even forget, because nobody had ever known her in the first place. Whether she took her advice seriously or only dreamed about it is irrelevant to the fact that almost nobody knows her except herself.
The reason this is worth mentioning is because, for better or for worse, the overwhelming majority of women will never make it into the history books -- but women will be remembered by the few people they encounter. Fame is almost indifferent to a woman's character; lovers will never be. The people she works with, the person she marries, the children she raises will have something to say about her -- and it should be something other than she never took the opinions of men seriously. They should say she was kinder, brighter, more reasonable and educated and industrious -- in a word, better -- than any of the men that we knew. They should say when she died men wept because there wasn't another woman like her.
If anyone wants to be a feminist, she should do honor to her sex and be an excellent person. The woman who does anything differently will have plenty of friends -- amongst her cats and the few people mentioned in her will.
Your father,
*Hillary Clinton is the best example I can give, whose own bodyguards are forced to protect a woman they personally loathe.
Monday, January 11, 2016
Well-behaved women
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By Tulsi, Bollywood.com News Network
Besides being a natural superstar by birth, Rabir Kapoor is a chick magnet for the young and old and is quite a youth inspiration and icon! He is surely maturing as an actor, but looks like he wants to stay young forever! The Kapoor boy will be playing a 19-year-old teenager for his film Jagga Jasoos, which is to be released in 2015.
What's even more exciting is that girlfriend Kat will be sharing the screen with him as a 22-year-old young woman. While Ranbir plays a super-smart teenage detective, Katrina's role is that of his assistant! Now that sounds interesting.
The film is directed by Anurag Basu, who worked with Ranbir in the extremely appreciated Barfi, and will release on August 28, 2015. The music album will be composed by Pritam who also was part of Barfi. Now that's something to look forward to!
The shooting of Jagga Jasoos happened at Cape Town, South Africa, and the lovers in real life have seemed to either enjoy or quarrel too much, delaying shots and complicating scenes.
Says a little birdie who flew over Cape Town, sexy Kat has been keeping tabs on Junior Kapoor, and he isn't too happy with that kind of lack of freedom! Post shooting for Jagga Jassoos, Ranbir is off to shoot for Tamasha with ex-girlfriend Deepika, asking Kat to not visit him on the sets. Oh boy, he really does refuse to grow up!
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"Through a nuanced historical study of the attitudes of Tennessee Evangelicals to the place of religion in public education, Before Scopes sheds new light on the local context for the state's legendary 1925 antievolution law and the resulting trial of John Scopes. Many of the historical tensions chronicled in this book continue to strain American society and public education today."
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"Before Scopes is gracefully written and thoroughly researched. . . . This study deserves the attention of all who are interested in the role of religion in public education."
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"Israel skillfully contexualizes the Scopes trial and, without neglecting the intellectual conflict involved, clearly demonstrates that the broader and more significant issue was control of public education in a democratic society. Before Scopes complements the growing literature that undermines the portrayal of southern religion as individualistic and otherworldly. It also demonstrates that future studies on fundamentalism in the South would benefits from the type of contextual labor invested in by Israel."
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This study ranges over the fifty years preceding the trial to examine intertwined attitudes toward schooling and faith held by Tennessee's politically dominant white evangelical Protestants. Those decades saw accelerating social and economic change in the South, writes Charles A. Israel. Education, long the province of family and community, grew ever more centralized, professionalized, and isolated from the local values that first underpinned it. As Israel tells how parents and church, civic, and political leaders at first opposed public education, then endorsed it, and finally fought to control it, he reveals their deep ambivalence about the intangible costs of progress.
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First, he wrote a book that questioned the existence of Hell. You can imagine how that played out amongst the conservative evangelicals that were his primary audience. Now, in a Huffington Post interview, he has put his stamp of approval on gay marriage.
What are his theological reasons for doing so? He doesn't really have any. Has he made a committed study of Scripture and come up with sound reasons for making this claim? Nope. Here's what he said:
"I am for marriage. I am for fidelity. I am for love, whether it's a man and woman, a woman and a woman, a man and a man. I think the ship has sailed and I think the church needs -- I think this is the world we are living in and we need to affirm people wherever they are...I think that when you're in a part of a subculture that is dying, you make a lot more noise because it's very painful. You sort of die or you adapt."
That's it: we Christians have to adapt to the world around us or die...and for Bell, the death part isn't a choice. Nope, we must "affirm" people wherever they are at, and if that means overlooking sin, so be it.
We just had an incident in our family with Eldest Son. He did something egregious. He's been on a very bad path for over a year now, and nothing we say, suggest, or discuss makes a darned bit of difference to him. He knows best, and we are idiots. It came to a boiling point, and we (that is, Dear Husband and I) had an intervention with him. We told him that until he gets straight with some legal problems, is receiving consistent counseling and spiritual direction on a regular basis, he can't be in our home. (Trust me, it was that bad.)
I wonder what would happen if Rob Bell were in this situation. Would he "adapt"? Would he "affirm" our boy where he is? (And just let me say, where our son is is a very bad, dark, and dangerous place.) Would Rob put aside everything he knows is right because the alternative is doing something so hard, so difficult, so against the grain of a parent's love that he would rather adapt than die that little death of saying to a child: "You are self-destructing. We love you. We pray for you. We will not help you in your self-destruction and we won't allow you to hurt your siblings."
Tell me, Rob, is that the love and affirmation you're talking about? If so, maybe you better read the Gospel again. Really focus on the parts where Jesus tells people, "Go and sin no more." There's nothing there about adapting and affirming.


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PORTLAND, OR--(Marketwired - February 16, 2017) - Opal (www.workwithopal.com) is pleased to announce it has closed a $15.5 million Series B investment led by Accel, a Bay Area-based venture capital firm that has invested in and helped build world-class, category leading companies. Opal, the leading collaboration platform for brand marketing teams, has set the standard for best-in-class enterprise software that is purpose-built for the world's most innovative marketers.
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Knitsch Yarn, Free Pattern
I feel like I'll be preaching to the converted if I tell you all how fabulous Knitsch Yarn is. After all, it is one of New Zealand's best loved hand dyed yarn brands. So instead I'll briefly mention the things that make this yarn so special and for those of you that always wanted to try it, but haven't yet, I've designed a baby bonnet that uses just one 50g skein. See the free pattern below.
Knitsch Sock is 100% New Zealand Merino wool. There is no nylon as you would expect to see in a sock yarn because the extra strength is provided by the very high twist. This high twist also gives the added benefit of fantastic stitch definition and it's machine washable (so great for baby garments). All this and I haven't even started on the subject of colour! Knitsch is one of the most established hand dyed yarn brands in New Zealand and Tash from Knitsch is one of the most talented dyers. She has an intrinsic sense of colour that manages to be fashion forward and harmonious, exciting but not trashy. I always have some in my stash. For the pattern below, Hugs N Kisses bonnet, I have used Silver Lining which is an ever popular warm pale grey, (I think babies look adorable in a soft grey). It would look good in all sorts of colours though and I'm hoping to see some project pictures to prove it :)
Or download the pdf file here.
This pattern is a gift from me to you, as such it is not intended for re-sale or distribution by any one other than myself. Please respect my copyright. Thank you and happy knitting :)
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Everyone needs a little dose of self-confidence sometimes... We tear ourselves apart every day, expect near perfection, and torture our hearts and minds with endless self-criticism.
It is inspiring to think that I am capable of conquering what may seem unsurmountable. If you are confident in yourself, in your abilities, in your strengths and passions... you are capable of success in anything you put your mind to. I often let obstacles get the best of me. I tell myself that it is easier to just let the challenge win- to give up and accept defeat.
But isn't it so much more fulfilling when you achieve something you never thought was possible? It's even better than accomplishing something that wasn't a challenge. You feel like you can do anything, like you can conquer the world.
So whatever challenge you are facing... you can overcome it.
You are incredible.
You are special.
You are loved.
You are needed.
And most importantly, you are you.
And being you... is always good enough.
"Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war arise against me, yet I will be confident."
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ANAHEIM, Calif. --Anaheim police shot and killed an armed man believed to be a gang member on Tuesday night.
The shooting happened around 9:45 p.m. in an alley near Haster Street and East Wakefield Avenue. Police have not said what prompted the officer-involved shooting. No officers were injured.
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Anyone with information was asked to contact Anaheim police at (714) 765-1900.