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Happy birthday gaz
happy birthday big boy
you will need a young gun soon to look after you , ;)
thanks for looking after me bud,
Cheers fellow plebs and sinners.
Just on my 3rd pint, many more to follow.
Went diving in crap and pay today the wife wanted a little dive before we go to egypt next month as she aint dived since march and today of all days was the only real time i could do it, so me being the courteous gent that i am held my wifes hand for a little dip in a pond..
Crap and rainy was well crap and very sunny, still as crap as i rememberd it though, but was nice to have a little splash with the wife for a change than just diving with you pleps
Right back to the beer, cheers boys;)
P.S young guns has still a long way to catch up with the old buns:D
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And don' you forget it, happy birthday.
fellow pleb
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St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Middlebury, Indiana
Sharing God's love in the Northern Indiana area for more than 130 years
An event every week that begins at 6:00pm on Wednesday, repeating until March 21, 2018
The Mid-week Lenten services will include a light meal at 6 pm followed by the worship service at 6:30 pm. If you would like to provide food for the mid-week meals see the signup sheet on the tall table in narthex.
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A new study has revealed that three waterborne illnesses cost the U.S. healthcare system up to $539 million a year.
The information was released in a study during the recent International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases, in Atlanta, according to Reuters.
The three diseases - Legionnaire's disease, cryptosporidiosis and giardiasis - are caused by three different microbes, but are all spread by water, according to the report.
Michael Beach, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and one of the researchers who presented the study, told Reuters that the spread of the diseases is quite costly.
"These cost data highlight that water-related diseases pose not only a physical burden to the thousands of people sickened by them each year, but also a substantial burden in health care costs, including direct government payments through Medicare and Medicaid," Beach told Reuters.
Examining information from a large insurance claims database, Beach and colleagues looked at data from between 2004 to 2007. They found that hospital costs per case averaged more than $34,000 for Legionnaires' disease, $9,000 for giardiasis and approximately $21,000 for cryptosporidiosis.
Although the microbes for each disease vary, they can all be caused by water that has become contaminated by fecal matter of animals or people. All three of the diseases can be fairly easily treated with antibiotics or other medicines, according to the report.
"When people think about these diseases, they usually think of a simple case of diarrhea, which is a nuisance but quickly goes away," Beach told Reuters. "However, these infections can cause severe illness that often result in hospital stays of more than a week, which can quickly drive up health care costs."
CDC officials recommended regular inspection of pools and other recreational water facilities as well as the use of educational campaigns as low-cost ways to prevent these infections.
Three waterborne illnesses cost U.S. $539 million annually
A new study has revealed that three waterborne illnesses cost the U.S. healthcare system up to $539 million a year.


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Jennifer Lopez has re-listed her Hollywood Hills home for $14.5 million.
'The Boy Next Door' star originally listed the the stunning mansion for $17 million but has now lowered the price tag after it failed to sell, according to RadarOnline.com.
The luxury home boasts nine bedrooms, 11.5 bathrooms and its own home cinema.
As well as that, Jennifer's home features spacious lounge areas, a modern kitchen with an island in the centre of the room, and a sprawling garden.
Meanwhile, the 46-year-old beauty turned heads at the iHeartRadio festival in Las Vegas this weekend, wearing a revealing white outfit as she performed some of her biggest hits.
The multi-talented star also revealed details of her upcoming Las Vegas residency at Planet Hollywood.
Jennifer revealed promotional artwork for the residency to the crowd, seemingly confirming that it will be titled 'All I Have'.
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The JetHawks snapped the Stockton Ports' three-game winning streak with a 7-3 victory in front of 1,742 on Saturday at The Hangar in Lancaster.
Stockton starting pitcher Angel Duno (6-6) got the loss after allowing six runs (three of them earned) on nine hits in four innings, with one strikeout and two walks. Five JetHawks had multi-hit games and Yonathan Daza and Wilson Soriano drove in two runs each.
For the Ports (45-42 overall, 9-8 second half), Sandber Pimentel went 2 for 4 with one RBI, Santiago Chavez went 2 for 3 with two doubles and one RBI, Nate Mondou doubled and scored a run and Seth Brown doubled and walked.
Jesus Tinoco started and earned the victory for the JetHawks (46-41 overall), yielding three earned runs on seven hits in six innings, with two strikeouts and two walks.
Lancaster hosts Stockton at 5:05 p.m. today and 6:35 p.m. Monday.
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Dr. Susanne Phillips will be honored at an awards ceremony and reception held during the AANP 2017 National Conference June 20-25, 2017, in Philadelphia, PA. The State Award for Nurse Practitioner Excellence, founded in 1991, recognizes a nurse practitioner (NP) in a state who demonstrates excellence in practice. In 1993, the State Award for Nurse Practitioner Advocate was added to recognize the efforts of individuals who have made a significant contribution toward increasing awareness and recognition of NPs.
Dr. Susanne Phillips is a clinically-practicing, board-certified family nurse practitioner with expertise in regulatory and legislative aspects of nursing practice. She is a Clinical Professor at the University of California, Irvine where she serves as the Associate Director of Clinical Affairs as well as the Coordinator of the Family Nurse Practitioner concentration. Serving as a Co-Lead for the California Action Coalition's efforts to remove barriers to nursing scope of practice since 2011, Susanne provides policy expertise and was instrumental in convening the state APRN associations in this effort. Appointed by Governor Schwarzenegger in 2005, Dr. Phillips served on the California Board of Registered Nursing as the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse member for 4 years where she chaired the Nursing Practice Committee, was a member of the Education and Licensing Committee, and was elected Vice President and President of the BRN by fellow board members. Dr. Phillips held the position of Director of Health Policy and Practice for the California Association for Nurse Practitioners for 10 years; responsible for the legislative and regulatory policy agenda for the Association including acquisition of Schedule II controlled substances prescriptive authority and Medicaid reimbursement. She has lobbied extensively on NP practice issues within the legislative and administrative branches of government at the state and national level. Dr. Phillips completed her DNP at Yale University in the School of Nursing's inaugural Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) class in May 2015, with a capstone focus involving national trends in APRN practice authority.
The American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) is the largest professional membership organization for nurse practitioners (NPs) of all specialties. It represents the interests of more than 222,000 NPs, including approximately 72,000 individual members and 200 organizations, providing a unified networking platform and advocating for their role as providers of high-quality, cost-effective, comprehensive, patient-centered and personalized health care. The organization provides legislative leadership at the local, state and national levels, advancing health policy; promoting excellence in practice, education and research; and establishing standards that best serve NP patients and other health care consumers. For more information, visit aanp.org.


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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: CHARLWOOD
List entry Number: 1106300
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County: Kent
District: Tunbridge Wells
District Type: District Authority
Parish: Hawkhurst
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Grade: II
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TQ 72 NE (east side)
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House. C18. Timber framed and tile hung on red brick base with plain tiled
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ments on each floor, with C20 rib and stud door to centre left. Part of a cottage
row with Hunters Cottages (see item 12/292).
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By Lee S. Cook
Primary Creator: Westover, Lavina Ensign (1791-1871)
Extent: 1.0 Boxes
Subjects: Ensign family, Families - Connecticut - Litchfield County, Westover family, Woodruff family
Forms of Material: Genealogies, Notes
Languages: English
Lavina Ensign Westover, the daughter of Samuel Ensign, Jr. and Abigail (Gibbs) Ensign, was born in the South Farms section of Litchfield. She attended the Morris Academy before 1810. On 10 Oct. 1811, she married Salmon Woodruff of South Farms and they had 4 children. On 1 July 1823 she filed a petition for divorce on the grounds of desertion and the divorce was granted by Connecticut Superior Court on 5 Feb. 1827.
In 1828 she married David Westover (1774-1853) of South Farms where they lived on what is now Bantam Lake Road in Morris. The homestead burned down in 1878.
Lavina Westover was noted for her recording of genealogical information and notable events in South Farms, now Morris/Litchfield. Rhoda Cowles of Morris remarked: "She may truly be called the antiquarian of Morris."
Repository: Litchfield Historical Society
Access Restrictions: This collection is open for research.
Acquisition Source: Donor unknown.
Acquisition Method: Found in collection in 1950.
Original/Copies Note: For more information please see http://www.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org.
Preferred Citation: Lavina Westover papers (1950-22-0), Litchfield Historical Society, Helga J. Ingraham Memorial Library, 7 South Street, P.O. Box 385, Litchfield, Connecticut 06759.
Finding Aid Revision History: Item level description is available in the Society's card catalog. Originally catalogued as the "Ensign Collection".
Other Note: This collection was processed with support from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR).
Chronically arranged lists of deaths, primarily of Litchfield County residents and native-born Litchfield persons. Some notes that may be included are place of death, age, spouse, parents, & any unusual circumstances of death.
Of particular note are two death notices of former slaves, Chloe Haywood, slave to Ephraim Kirby, was given to Reverend Truman Marsh at the age of 7. She remained in his family until her death on March 13, 1866. Also noted is Mrs. Killey Harrison whose mother was a slave to Ebenezer Bolls of Litchfield. She married Richard Harrison, whose mother was Betty, a slave of Mr. Ephraim Harrison of South Farms. She died April 21, 1866.


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It's weird–The last time I checked there wasn't a rule about which bodies are deserving of pleasure. Yet, here I am, writing an article to remind my readers that fat sex is great sex (don't worry—an article on differently abled bodies and sexuality is in your future, too). Ah, the things I do to fight body shaming and support sex positivity for EVERY BODY.
If you've ever struggled with body confidence, whether it was about weight or not, you can attest to the fact that it is truly hard to have some bomb sex when you aren't feeling good about yourself. Naturally, your mind is in a different place: you're worried about how you'll look in this position and what your partner(s) think if you try that move. Writing about it makes me feel bad, never mind experiencing it. So do your body a favor and relax. Let go. You deserve for the stars to align, the sea to part and your clitoris to bring forth an orgasm the likes of which the world has never seen.
Shake What Yo' Mama Gave You, Honey
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Norman Joseph Nemanich
Norman Joseph Nemanich passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 4, 2018, at the age of 87. A lifelong resident of Joliet, he was born on August 26, 1930. He attended St. Joseph Grade School, Joliet Catholic High School and Lewis University. Norm was employed at Ruberoid, CECO Steel, and retired from Thomas Steel Corporation.
He enlisted in the United States Navy in March of 1951, received his boot training at Great Lakes, and then was stationed in Quonset Point, Rhode Island. He is a proud Veteran of the Korean War and was discharged from service in March of 1955.
Norm was a lifelong parishioner of St. Joseph Church in Joliet, where he served many years on both the parish and school councils. He was a member of The Holy Name Society, KSKJ, Old Timers Baseball Association, American Legion Post 1080, Moose Lodge, Moran AC, Club 66, Town and Country Tavern Bowling League and Northwest Recreation Club. He was an avid golfer and liked his weekly card games. Norm loved watching sports; he was a Notre Dame and a White Sox fan, but his favorite sport's team was the San Francisco Giants. He will always be remembered for his kind, compassionate and selfless acts of giving, as well as his famous two liner, "Oh Geez", and his nightly ice cream sundae.
Norm married Marilyn (nee Brennan) on September 19, 1959. They shared a beautiful union and together enjoyed traveling and socializing with friends, but their greatest joy was their family and raising their two children Norm and Susan. Later, being called "Grandpa" was as close as he could get to perfection.
Surviving are his loving children, Norm (Mary) Nemanich and Susan (Rick) Kamrowski. He was the dearest grandfather of Natalie, Nicholas, Nathan and Nolan Nemanich, and Macenna Kamrowski and is also survived by numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 45 years, Marilyn (November 19, 2004); his parents, John and Mary (nee Simonich) Nemanich; one brother, John (late Clarice) Nemanich; two sisters, Evelyn (late Frank) Lustick and Dorothy (late Jerry) Horvat; and his father-in-law and mother-in-law, William and Rose (Schulze) Brennan.
Funeral services for Norman J. Nemanich will be held Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at 9:15 a.m. from the Fred C. Dames Funeral Home, 3200 Black Rd. (at Essington Rd.), Joliet, to St. Joseph Catholic Church, 416 N. Chicago, Joliet, where a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. Interment will follow at St. Joseph Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Norm's name to St. Joseph Catholic Church in Joliet would be appreciated. Visitation will be Monday from 3:00-8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. For more information, please call (815) 741-5500 or visit his Memorial Tribute at www.fredcdames.com


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Alausa Pastor's Sack: Church Members Stay Away From Service
It seems members of the Chapel of Christ the Light, Alausa, Ikeja, are showing solidarity with their sacked Chaplain.
A number of them stayed away from service on Sunday.
Of the 30 church members that were supposed to be part of the birthday thanksgiving service for the month of May, only nine were present.
The Presiding Chaplain of the Chapel, Venerable Femi Taiwo, was sacked by the Governing Council of the church allegedly on the orders of the state Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode.
Taiwo was said to have been sacked for "disrespecting" Ambode's wife, Bolanle.
Bolanle was alleged to have attended the chapel on Sunday, May 14, for an anointing service.
She was reported to have stormed out of the church for not being recognised by the chaplain during the service.
By 1pm the following day, Taiwo was sacked and issued a 24-hour ultimatum to vacate the vicarage with his wife and kids.
Also read: Alausa Pastor Sacked For Disprecting Ambode's Wife
The government ordered Taiwo's assistant, Oyadotun, to take over the mantle of leadership of the church.
On Friday, Nigerians expressed disappointment at the action of Ambode, asking him to call his wife to order and rescind the decision.
On Saturday, the Lagos State Government, due to the backlash that trailed the report, shifted the thanksgiving service for the Lagos@50 celebration from the chapel to the Banquet Hall, Lagos House, Alausa.
Rt. Rev. Michael Adeyemi, said the church was embarrassed by the action of the Lagos first family.
He noted that Bolanle's action, in particular, was ungodly and sacrilegious, adding that she must apologise for disrespecting a minister of God due to her ego.


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Full Name: Matai'a Salatielu Tiatia
Age: 40
Nationality: Samoan
Hometown: Christchurch
Occupation: Youth Worker
Sala works with troubled youth, who have fallen through the cracks of the schooling system.
He looks rough and ready, with his strong physique and dreadlocks, but he has a heart of gold.
Sala is adaptable, likeable, and a born leader.
He could easily be taken advantage of in this game though, his willingness to trust people could be his undoing.


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International Champion
Slovakian Champion
Serbian Champion
Icewolf a Touch of Scarlett
Slovak Winner 2010
Crufts Qualifed for LIFE
International Champion
UK Champion
Luxembourg Champion
Belgian Champion
German Champion
Dutch Champion
CZ Junior Champion
SLO Junior Champion
CZ Club Junior Champion 2010
CZ Club Champion 2011
Bundesseiger Winner 2013
Poland Winner Poznan 2013
Eurocup Winner 2014
Golden Winner 2014
Landessieger Thuringen Winner 2015
Golden Winner 2015
Triple Winner 'Hemer', 2016
Golden Winner 2016
Benelux Winner 2016 (Lux)
BVISS, BVIS, Multi BISS, Multi BIS, Multi BJIS,BJISS, Multi BPIS, BPISS INT/Multi CH Under Icewolf's Star Inditarod JW, ShCM, EJW'10 POL W'13, B.W.Lux'16
5 x RCC
Euro Junior Winner 2010
Vice Junior World Winner 2010
Junior Warrant
Show Certificate of Merit
Stud Book Number
Semi-Finalist at the East Anglian Supermatch 2011
Junior Warrant Semi-Finalist 2011
Vice Euro Winner 2011
Semi-Finalist at the East Anglian Supermatch 2012
BIS, RBIS INT CH Icewolf Hugo Boss ShCM WPD, AWPD'C'
At W.E.L.K.S Championship show April 15, Kesuk gained his Stud Book Number and therefore, Crufts Qualified for Life
Vice Europaseiger Winner 2016
Golden Challenger - 2016
Golden Challanger - 2015
8 x CACIB
Stud Book Number
Lux JCH Icewolf It's Only Witchcraft (A.I)
Aged only 10 months, Seren is awarded her Luxembourg Junior Champion title
1 X JCAC (Belgium)
2 x CACIB
2 x CAC (NL)
1 x RCC
Stud Book Number
Icewolf Devil May Cry
2 x CC
1 x RCC
1 x RCAC (Belgium)
1 x CAC (Luxembourg)
1 x CACIB (Belgium)
2 x Best Dog
2 x R. Best Dog
Crufts Qualified for Life
BPIS Icewolf Max a Million JW
Junior Warrent Title Holder
Crufts Qualified for Life
Icewolf a Touch of Class for Austmans
Daughter to Star, Kiaranuk Keikewabic Star for Icewolf, Shelby gained her Stud Book Number in style by winning a very strong Limit Bitch class at the Alaskan Malamute Ch Show 2010
1 x CC (AMCUK 2012)
1 x Best Opposite Sex in Speciality Show
**FIRST RED FEMALE in UK BREED HISTORY to be awarded a Challenge Certificate***
This qualifies Shelby for CRUFTS for LIFE
Misspittypat Del Biagio For Icewolf (IMP ITA)
Mishka who has been shown lightly did us proud by gaining her Stud Book Number again in style by winning a very strong Limit Bitch Class at the National Working & Pastoral Breeds Ch Show 2010
This qualifies Mishka for CRUFTS for LIFE
Vice Euro Winner 2011
BISS, BJIS, RBPIS Icewolf I'll Be Back
1 x CC (UK)
Our Dogs Top Puppy 2014
1 x Best Junior in Show (Belgium)
1 X Best in Speciality Show (AMCUK, May 18)
1 x RBPIS
Purina Proplan Minor Puppy Dog Stakes Winner (NWPB 2014)
Purina Propla Puppy Dog Stakes Winner (E of E 2014)
Fosse Data Junior Stakes Winner (E of E 2014)
2 x BBIB (Belgium)
1 x BJIB (Belgium)
1 x BOB
11 x BPIB
3 x RBOB
1 x WG4
4 x WPG1 (Including SKC and Windsor CH Show 2014)
4 x WPG2 (Including Blackpool CH Show 2014)
1 x WPG3
1 x JCAC
East Anglian Supermatch Qualified 2015
RBISS RBIS INT/Multi CH Icewolf Strike a Pose de Lunartico ShCM WPD
Galaxy is a stunning girl and at only 10 months she has achieved her Junior Champion Title of Belgium and now continues to gain high awards as a young adult.
Europasieger Winner 2017
Benelux Winner 2016 (Lux)
Golden Winner 2016
Eurocup Winner 2016
Europasieger Winner 2016
Triple Show Winner 2016
Fruhjahrssieger Winner 2016
Belgian Junior Champion Title
Show Certificate of Merit
14 x CACIB
4 x CAC (Belgium)
1 X CAC (France)
4 X CAC (Netherlands)
6 x CAC VDH (Germany)
5 x CAC DCNH (Germany)
1 X CAC (Luxembourg)
3 x JCAC
3 x BJIB
12 x BB
12 x BOS
5 x BOB
Icewolf Fire N Ice AWPD'C'
Roxy is her father's daughter in Vader and at 16 month's with very limited showing she achieved the RCC and RBB at the LKA Championship show 2014.
1 x RCC
1 x CACIB
1 X CAC (Belgium)
1 x BOS
Stud Book Number
Crufts Qualified for Life
AKC CH Icewolf Feel the Force
Andrea Allen of Powerpaws Alaskan Malamutes, UTAH, with Walker finishes his American Championship in style with 3 x WD/BOW and 4 x 4 point majors. Huge congrats to them both.
Multi BPIS/RBIS Icewolf Eyes on the Prize JW ShCM
Louis achieved his first Best Puppy in Show in style aged only 7 months at his debut in Europe at Brussels International dog show.
Louis has also achieved many BPIB, BOB and WPG1 and places including 3 x Reserve Best Puppy in Show, aged 9 months.
He then tops this by going BEST PUPPY IN SHOW and RESERVE BEST IN SHOW after winning both the adult and puppy working group, still aged only 9 months :-)
Louis adds another 3 x Reserve Best Puppy in Show, aged 10 months
Louis added another accolade to his achievements by winning the PETPLAN JUNIOR STAKES at Blackpool CH Show 2013 out of an entry of 80 dogs.
SHOW CERTIFICATE OF MERIT - achieved at 15 months of age
Junior Warrant Semi-Finalist 2013
Louis finished his puppy career by winning 2 Best Puppy in Show, 1 RBIS and 6 Reserve Best Puppy in Show with numerous Group 1's and first places.
2 x Best Puppy in Show
6 x Reserve Best Puppy in Show
1 x Reserve Best in Show
Junior Warrant
Show Certificate of Merit
Petplan Junior Stakes winner 2013
1 x CC
1 x RCC
BIS Icewolf Shaken Not Stirred AWPD'C'
Blade reminds me the most of his dad Vader and what a cracking boy he is and maturing slowly but surely. Blade is full litter brother to 'Louis', Icewolf Eyes on the Prize JW ShCM pictured opposite.
Blade has achieved his stud book number after not only just winning the Limit class which gives you a stud book number but then went on to win his 1st RCC at Driffield Champ show, September 2014 under highly respected judge D Kililea of Redwitch Akitas.
As well as a show dog Blade is the holder of a working title.
1 x Best in Show
AMCUK 'MOYA' Top Special Beginner 2014
1 x RCC
Stud Book Number
Crufts Qualified for Life
Icewolf Ooh La La AWTD'SP
'Ripley' is litter sister to Louis & Blade and has achieved some super results on the working side and Tinker has achieved her:
AMWA Working Trek Dog Silver Plus title
German JCH Icewolf It's Showtime
'Amy' lives in Germany and is daughter to Ice and Vader. She has started showing and has now become a Junior Champion of Germany.
Junior Champion Germany
3 x JCAC
1 x CACIB
Icewolf's Star of America
ABSA 'DF' Class Champion 2012
ABSA 'DF' Class Champion 2011
BSHRA 'DM' Class Reserve Champion 2011
ABSA 'EF' Class Champion 2010
Working Pack Dog Advanced Title
Working Pack Dog Title
Working Team Dog Title
Icewolf's Heart of Eternity WPD, WPDA
Saffie pictured on the left working with her brother Salem has achieved:
ABSA 'DF' Class Champion 2012 ABSA 'DF' Class Champion 2011
BSHRA 'DM' Class Reserve Champion 2011
Working Pack Dog Advanced Title
Working Pack Dog Title
Icewolf a Touch de Lapema
Torres has achieved his Stud Book Number, qualifying him for Crufts for Life
BIS Icewolf Cast a Spell
Max has achieved his first Best in Show aged only 15 month's. He is son to our Star and Vader and half brother to beautiful Shelby.
Icewolf A Touch of Darkness ShCM
Tikaani has achieved his Show Certificate of Merit Title (ShCM)
AMCUK's MOYA Top Special Beginner 2009
Photo courtesy of Katabatic Mals
Icewolf's Millenium Star WTD, AWTD'C'B'BP'S' AWPD'B'S'
Ruby has gained her Working Team Dog Title
AMWA Trek Dog Copper
AMWA Trek Dog Bronze
AMWA Trek Dog Bronze Plus
AMWA Trek Dog Silver
AMWA Working Pack Dog Bronze
AMWA Working Pack Dog Silver
KC Good Citizen's Silver Award
KC Good Citizen's Bronze Award


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September 2014, Part 4
Jim Miller on Politics
Pseudo-Random Thoughts
An Amateur Scientist captures pictures of thunderstorm "sprites".
LAMY, N.M. — Every summer evening at 7 o'clock, Thomas Ashcraft receives a personalized weather report. It is monsoon season, and he is getting advice from a meteorologist in Colorado on where to look for the massive thunderstorms that erupt over the western High Plains.A very high-speed camera, the right location, and much patience.
The Times has one explanation for those thunderstorm sprites.
Since their discovery, some basic questions have been answered. Not all thunderstorms produce sprites, but those that do feature a type of lightning that carries a positive charge — which, for reasons still not understood, tends to be more powerful than negatively charged bolts.Wikipedia has another.
Sprites are sometimes inaccurately called upper-atmospheric lightning. However, sprites are cold plasma phenomena that lack the hot channel temperatures of tropospheric lightning, so they are more akin to fluorescent tube discharges than to lightning discharges.And I am not sure I really understand either — or that the people who wrote them did, completely.
But the sprites are fun to look at whether you understand them, or not.
- 2:23 PM, 30 September 2014 [link]
Author Stephen King Is Most Famous For His Horror Stories: Which might explain this quote about Obama: "Under the circumstances he's done a terrific job."
If you are looking for new ideas for horror stories, you can find many in the Obama administration.
- 8:11 AM, 30 September 2014 [link]
Google Gave One Of My Favorite Sites their Good Housekeeping seal of approval, so the owner of the site moved it.
(I don't know who complained, or why. The site often has posts describing Muslim misdeeds, and has more copyrighted material than most sites. I suspect the first is the reason for the complaints, but it could be the second, or some other reason.)
- 6:19 AM, 30 September 2014 [link]
How Big Will The Republican House Majority Be After November? Possibly the largest in 86 years, the largest since the 1928 election when they won 270 seats.
The Rothenberg Report moved eight more seats toward the Republicans. In total, it has 229 seats that Republicans are likely to win to the Democrats' 190. The Cook Political Report, which does similar assessments, puts the Republican number in the same place, but figures 187 seats are pretty safe to give to Democrats. That means that Rothenberg sees Republicans holding 229 to 245 seats; Cook sees it as 229 to 248. The Post's projection tool figures Republicans will hold 244 seats at this point.By way of comparison, the Republicans held 242 of 435 seats after the 2010 election, and 234 seats after the 2012 election.
Because of the extensive redistricting — or, if you prefer, gerrymandering — after the 2010 election, it's hard to make a straightforward votes-to-seats projection. Having said that, I'll note that, excluding this week's Rasmussen result (which I am inclined to do), the Republicans have led in every generic poll in September, and, if anything, their lead appears to be growing.
In 2010, their popular vote margin was 6.8 percent. If they were to do that well this year, I would expect them to do even better in seats.
(In recent years, I've seen a number of odd results from Rasmussen, so I have used them less.)
- 6:02 AM, 30 September 2014 [link]
Those Gambian Pouched Rats Are Continuing to detect land mines (and tuberculosis).
[APOPO's Bart] Weetjens' rodents have many talents. Mostly, though, they are highly trained to sniff out land mines and detect tuberculosis -- two scourges that have had a tremendously negative impact across the African continent.I first wrote about these "rats" in 2010, reacting to (and correcting) a Nicholas Kristof column.
Then and now they seem like efficient solutions to at least two serious problems. And perhaps others, where their superb sense of smell might be useful.
(I said "rats", because, technically, they are not rats, but belong to a different rodent family. However, like rats, they can carry diseases, and they have attacked and killed babies.
You probably already guessed that APOPO stands for "Anti-Persoonsmijnen Ontmijnende Product Ontwikkeling" (Anti-Personnel Landmines Detection Product Development), but I'll mention it just in case.
Here's their web site.)
- 8:24 AM, 29 September 2014 [link]
Americans Are Easier To Fool Than They Were A Generation Ago: So says Peter Funt, a man who makes his living fooling Americans.
I spent the summer producing new "Candid Camera" shows, and among the many things I observed after a 10-year hiatus was that people are more easily fooled than ever.But then Funt backs off, a little:
I don't necessarily believe 21st-century Americans are more gullible, but they tend to give that impression by protesting life's little insults without taking time to fully digest the situation.I don't have any data, or even a strong opinion, on whether we are now more gullible than we were fifty years ago.
But it wouldn't surprise me if we were. During World War II and the early part of the Cold War, Americans were told, frequently, about enemy propaganda, were told we should be skeptical about what we hear and see.
That may — and here I am just speculating — have made us more skeptical, generally.
(Two examples to think about if you want to take this further: In 1960, most Americans were badly fooled about the state of John F. Kennedy's health; he was a semi-invalid, but few knew that. In 2008, many Americans were badly fooled by Barack Obama's campaign into thinking that he was prepared to be president, and that he would be a uniter. Contradictory information was far more available in 2008 than in 1960, but many Americans were fooled, anyway.)
- 6:23 AM, 29 September 2014 [link]
Obama Goes "Big" In Syria: This Washington Post article is unintentionally — I assume — comical.
The headline is: "Here's why the U.S. military went big in Syria on a single day". As you read through the article, you'll see "heavy bombardment", "large-scale action", and "overwhelming use of force" used to describe the initial attacks on terrorists in Syria.
Comical because of what actually happened.
There were 22 military strikes in all, involving not only aircraft from the United States and partner nations, but 47 Tomahawk cruise missiles delivered from Navy ships in the Persian Gulf and Red Sea.It's a little unfair, but for comparison here's something from near the end of World War II in Europe.
But the Allied conquest intensified and accelerated. Eleven thousand daily air sorties contributed to what SHAEF called a "systematic annihilation of the German armed forces." March [1945] proved the heaviest bombing month of the war: 130,000 tons. (p. 567)(SHAEF = Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force.)
That strikes me as better fitting the adjectives in that Post story.
So why did reporter Dan Lamothe use them for what was, at most, a medium-scale action? It's just a guess, but since Lamothe starts by reminding us that President Obama promised tough action against the terrorists, I suspect Lamothe felt that he should describe the attacks as "large-scale".
(For the record: Twenty-two may have been the right number of attacks. To judge that, you would have to know how much our military knows about where the terrorists are — something I hope is mostly secret.)
- 5:18 PM, 28 September 2014 [link]
The Green Movement Is Now Essentially Religious: Here's a striking example that may startle those who remember the old Episcopalian Church.
Naturally there was a religious auxiliary to the Global Warming jamboree in the form of the Interfaith Summit on Climate Change, sponsored by the World Council of Churches, among others. And of course it included earth-friendly worship at the flamboyant Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine, whose theologically provocative services some critics have labeled earth worship.This is not unusual for this particular church, which for years has "hosted highly non-traditional rites often focused on earth veneration that verge on pantheism".
The writer, Mark Tooley, may be too kind. Judging by his description of the service, the church is now openly pantheistic.
- 11:16 AM, 28 September 2014 [link]
An Encouraging Trend For Republicans In Colorado: Nate Silver notices a pattern in the polls for the Senate race.
Just 10 days ago, Democrats had been benefiting from a string of good polls in Colorado. Since then, the Democratic incumbent in Colorado, Sen. Mark Udall, has seen his situation worsen, with the past five polls showing a lead for Republican Cory Gardner instead.Gardner is a talented and experienced politician, and a good fit for Colorado. I have been half expecting him to take the lead, and so these new polls are no surprise to me. Right now, I would make him the favorite, but not the prohibitive favorite.
Here's a graph of all the polls in the race.
(One way to spot bias in newspaper articles is to note the point of view of the reporter. You can see that in Silver's headline, which I turned around, just for fun. It is possible to report these trends in a neutral way, but it requires some discipline, and a commitment to even-handed reporting.)
- 10:12 AM, 27 September 2014 [link]
The Extraordinary Resilience Of Islam In Algeria: The French began their conquest of Algeria in 1830, had mostly completed it by 1845, and held Algeria until 1962. They encouraged Europeans to settle there, and many did, so that even in 1962 a large fraction of the population was of European descent (mostly French, Spanish, and Italian), and at least formally Christian.
In 1848, Algeria was incorporated into France, and divided into three departments. But that, and a variety of policies afterwards, had surprisingly little effect on the majority of the Arab-speaking, Islamic inhabitants.
The Scottish historian, D. W. Brogan, writing in the 1950s, gives us a succinct description of that extraordinary resilience.
Algeria and Tunisia were completely subdued and the fiction that Algeria was a 'part of France' was given some plausibility by its economic assimilation, by the rapid growth of French colonization, by the development of the not very abundant resources of the three departments. Much of the authority of the Governor-General had been restored, Algeria was France — but with an admitted difference. The great majority of the population were French subjects, not French citizens, cut off from France — and the modern world — by Islam. As the great French Arabist, Gautier, was to point out, it was significant that after nearly a century of conquest and settlement, there were no half-castes. Arabs, in very small numbers, could enter the French ruling class, but only by abandoning Islam, which was not so much a religion as a way of life. (p. 232)He's describing the situation during the French Third Republic, but what he says about the separation of the populations continued to be generally true during Fourth Republic.
The point about "half-castes" deserves some explanation. When a people is conquered, there are two nearly universal reactions. Those oppressed by the old rulers often join the new, and at least a few local leaders attempt to join the new rulers by offering their daughters in marriage. The first happened, to some extent, in Algeria; the second happened not at all. Islam forbade such marriages and was strong enough to prevent almost all of them. (Muslim men can marry non-Muslim women, but not the reverse.)
The usual marital assimilation that takes place after a conquest didn't happen, in spite of all the advantages it would have given those local leaders.
We should, I think, learn from that extraordinary resilience. Many, perhaps most, Muslims in the West will never truly assimilate, will never join the societies they now live in. Secular leaders, especially those who did not grow up in religious families, will find that hard to understand, will find it hard to accept the rejection of their beliefs and values by these growing Muslim populations.
(For an American example of that kind of marital assimilation, look at Pocahontas.)
- 9:30 AM, 27 September 2014 [link]
Three Reactions To The Holder Resignation: From the Washington Post, a mostly positive editorial.
Like everyone, we've had disappointments with Mr. Holder's record, and we don't presume to predict how history will rank his tenure. But amid all the noise, we think it's important to note the substantial contribution he has made in a core element of an attorney general's job, the protection of civil rights. His passion for that responsibility expressed itself especially in four areas: defending all Americans' right to vote; making sentencing and other aspects of the criminal justice system fairer and more color-blind; protecting immigrants from undue harassment; and hastening full equality for gay and lesbian Americans.From Hans von Spakovsky, a seven-count indictment, including this one:
2. Holder has waged a war on election integrity and "racialized and radicalized the [Civil Rights] Division to the point of corruption" according to one current Justice employee, embedding "politically leftist extremists in the career ranks who have an agenda that does not comport with equal protection or the rule of law; who believe that the ends justify the means; and who behave unprofessionally and unethically."(Those who want more along those lines, and some evidence, should be able to find both in this book.)
You'll notice that the Post and von Spakovsky are describing the same Holder actions, though one approves, and the other disapproves. Mostly, that's because the two have such different pictures of the world; the Post — in my opinion — is stuck back in the 1960s, and von Spakovsky is in the present.
Finally, from Michael Ramirez, a cartoon that could illustrate that indictment.
- 8:09 AM, 27 September 2014 [link]
The Marc Rich Pardon Should Have Disqualified Eric Holder From Ever Holding Another Position In Government: If you are unfamiliar with the pardon , or just need a review, here's a good one.
Finally, in 2000, he [Rich] saw some return on his efforts. Eric Holder was the key man. As deputy AG, Holder was in charge of advising the president on the merits of various petitions for pardon. Jack Quinn, a lawyer for Rich, approached Holder about clemency for his client. Quinn was a confidant of Al Gore, then a candidate for president; Holder had ambitions of being named attorney general in a Gore administration. A report from the House Committee on Government Reform on the Rich debacle later concluded that Holder must have decided that cooperating in the Rich matter could pay dividends later on.(The $450,000 contribution Rich's ex-wife, Denise Rich, gave to the Clinton library was, almost everyone suspects, one of those "efforts", one of those legal bribes.)
The Rich pardon was one of whole set of dubious Clinton pardons, many of them made on his last day in office. Holder was involved in many of those other dubious pardons, too.
- 9:43 AM, 26 September 2014 [link]
Another Republican Governor In Massachusetts? Massachusetts is a very Democratic state. Democrats have controlled both houses of the legislature approximately forever, and control them by large margins (36-4 and 131-29) now. In 2012, President Obama beat Mitt Romney in one of his home states, 61-38. Just 11 percent of voters are registered as Republicans.
And yet four of the last five governors have been Republican: William Weld, Paul Cellucci, Jane Swift, and Mitt Romney.
Weld won in 1990 and 1994, Cellucci won one in 1998, and Romney won in 2002. That would be an impressive party winning streak in a swing state; it is far more impressive in Massachusetts.
The streak was broken by Deval Patrick, who won in 2006 and 2010.
But now the Republican candidate for governor has taken the lead in the latest poll.
Could Martha Coakley lose again?The sample size is small, just 400 likely voters, but recent history tells us we should not be surprised by a Republican victory in November.
It is natural to ask why Republicans have been so successful winning the top office in such a Democratic state. I don't claim to have a full answer, but two reasons seem obvious.
The Massachusetts Democratic Party has serious problems with corruption; it seems appropriate, for example, that one of the top Democrats, Billy Bulger, is the brother of an infamous gangster, Whitey Bulger.
And then there is the fact that, although Democrats outnumber Republicans heavily, independents outnumber both. The 2014 Almanac of American Politics has these numbers: Democrats - 1,551,693 (35.7%), Republicans - 484,099 (11.2%), and independents/others - 2,307,049 (53.1%). So, at least in principle, more than half of the voters say they are willing to vote for either party.
(Even from across the continent, I have been able to see that Coakley is not an impressive campaigner, which makes a Baker victory more likely.)
- 7:40 AM, 26 September 2014 [link]
The Trabant Article In Today's Wall Street Journal Was Disappointing: Oh, it was interesting to learn that the last models of this polluting little car can now be imported into the United States.
"I can't decide if this car is more of a chick magnet or an old East European guy magnet," said Andy Burzynski as he maneuvered his lime green 1985 Trabant through midtown Manhattan traffic.And mildly interesting to learn about the people who collect them.
But the article only included one of the classic jokes:
Some residents of the former Eastern Bloc are shocked to hear that cars are now collector's items. Scores of them were simply abandoned by the roadside in West Berlin. A joke at the time was: "How do you double the value of a Trabant? By filling it with gas."So, I went out and quickly found this collection. (And was charmed to see that they mis-spelled brakes, which, somehow, seems appropriate.)
(Need a few more jokes from the Cold War era? You can find some, in of all places, a Wikipedia article.
And , if you are curious about the car, here's another Wikipedia article.)
- 12:54 PM, 25 September 2014 [link]
California Billionaire Tom Steyer Is Trying To Buy the Washington state legislature.
Environmental activist and California billionaire Tom Steyer has given $1 million to a political action committee that supports Washington state Democrats in an effort to influence climate change initiatives here.Steyer has tried to keep a low profile here, but it's hard to hide that big a contribution in a state this size.
Last year, Steyer was a big contributor to the effort to hold a state senate seat for the Democrats. The Democrat, Nathan Schlicher, lost to the Republican, Jan Angel, in what I thought was a fair contest. (Schlicher was the incumbent, but had been appointed to the seat; Angel had represented the district in the Washington house for some years. Both have impressive resumés, though in very different ways. From what I could tell from a distance, both are reasonably competent campaigners.)
There aren't any useful polls, but I am inclined to think that he will fail again. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised to see the Republicans make small gains.
- 8:31 AM, 25 September 2014 [link]
The Following To The Bathroom Will Draw The Most Attention to this Chris Cillizza article, but the article also summarizes, in a useful way, the strained relations between the Clintons and the national media.
Let's start, since Cillizza did, with that bathroom visit.
Amy Chozick is the reporter tasked with covering the Clintons -- and the runup to the now-almost-inevitable Hillary Clinton presidential bid -- for the New York Times. Sounds like a plum gig, right? Until, that is, a press aide for the Clinton Global Initiative follows you into the bathroom.Having gotten that out of the way, let's go to the Clintons' view of the media (which may explain that extreme monitoring).
Put simply: Neither Hillary nor Bill Clinton likes the media or, increasingly, sees any positive use for them.I agree with that Bill Clinton observation, and am amused by how similar Hillary Clinton's view of the media is to that held by many conservatives.
There's more in the article; Cillizza explains why and how relations between Obama and the media deteriorated, and mentions the extraordinarily favorable treatment that John McCain used to receive from the media.
And there is one quite striking omission: Cillizza does not even mention either president Bush, not even to compare their relations with the media to how the media treats the Clintons and the Obamas.
You can make your own guess about why Cillizza left out those natural comparisons.
(Younger readers may need to know that some "mainstream" reporters were quite aggressive in investigating the Clintons, especially in the early years of his presidency. The Whitewater scandal is probably the best example of those kinds of investigations.
Incidentally, the Wikipedia article leaves out one of the most troubling aspects of the Whitewater development: Customers did not acquire equity as they made their payments, as you would with an ordinary mortgage. A customer could make every payment except the last, and lose everything. Something like that, or very close to that, did happen to some families. That kind of contract was then illegal in almost every other state, but was legal in Arkansas.)
- 7:03 AM, 25 September 2014 [link]


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Hurriyat (M) Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq while condemning the killing of a youth in CRPF firing at Zainakot, HMT this evening has called for a complete shutdown tomorrow (Sunday). He said that one hand Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed stop not talking about empowering youth of Kashmir but on the other hand "trigger-happy forces" miss no opportunity in spilling the innocent blood of Kashmiri youth. Mirwaiz appealed people to observe complete shutdown on Sunday against the killing of Zainakot youth.
2015 Kashmir Despatch


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And today I'm having a slumber party with my boys in the middle of the living room... :)
Monday, February 3, 2014
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I LOVE those kind of days ! xxReplyDelete
Have fun! Throw in some popcorn and enjoy a good movie. That's definitely one way to beat the cold and winter blues.ReplyDeleteReplies
That's exactly what we did - some homemade popcorn and "Despicable me-2" that we got on sale for only $10 yesterday :)Delete
Snow day?? Enjoy - every body looks warm and snuggly!ReplyDeleteReplies
Haha, yes it is :) It's been snowing like crazy for the past two days!Delete
Sounds like fun. We used to have indoor picnics in the living room complete with blanketReplyDelete
Love the photo! Looks like sooo much fun!!!ReplyDelete
OMG the mischief in your little one's face is priceless.ReplyDelete
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I love the Perry Mason show. I still watch it, mostly for the camaraderie–a combination of friendship and professional respect–among the three principals: Perry, Della, and Paul. One reason Della (Barbara Hale) joined the show was her old friendship with Raymond Burr.
I had just finished watching another old episode when I read the sad news that "Della Street" had died.
Barbara Hale was 94. The New York Times obituary is here.
She never seemed unhappy about being identified with one character throughout her career. In 1993 she told the Chicago Tribune that Della Street was "a woman who knew what everybody was thinking."
"She was informed and very observant of everything that went on," she continued. "That was my challenge as an actress, to be a necessary part of the office without being too aggressive." –New York Times