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With two on and two out in the fifth inning, and the Indians trailing 3-2, Carroll hit a laser down the left field off of Jose Contreras. The double scored both runners and gave the Indians a 4-3 lead they would never relinquish. Carroll capitalized on his double with a lead-off, solo shot in the seventh inning, to give the Indians a 6-3 lead.
The win makes it four of five wins for the Indians, who are playing like a house of fire now that they really are playing for nothing.
Don't tell that to Carroll, who is most definitely playing for a shot at the series, albeit with another team. Carroll, a free agent at the end of the year, could bring the Indians something for nothing. The Indians have no shot at signing Carroll as a utility next year since he makes too much money. Anything they get for him would be icing on the cake at this point. Carroll doesn't believe he'll be dealt, or at least that's what he wants everyone to believe. When asked about being traded after Cliff Lee and Victor Martinez were traded, he said,
"I guess I fit into that category, but usually when trades are made at this time of the year it's for a guy who comes in and plays. You've got Mark DeRosa, Carl Pavano, Victor Martinez. Everybody already has me, a utility player."Carroll is exactly what teams need. Not only can he play nearly every position, but he can give you quality at bats as a starter over long stretches. After today's performance, don't be surprised to see Carroll playing somewhere else in the near future.
Isn't tomorrow an off day?
After Carroll, look for two other Indians to get a look before the postseason rosters have to be set on September 1st.
Kerry Wood's massive contract doesn't make any sense for a team that
doesn't figure to contend next year. There aren't many teams contending
that need a closer, but he could be the icing on the cake for a team
that needs a quality, back-end arm. I'm sure Wood wants to go somewhere
else as well. Kelly Shoppach is also a guy that seems to be on his way
out the door. Tampa Bay recently made a deal via waivers for Gregg Zaun
of the Orioles. I'm not sure what that means with regards to Shoppach's
availability or lack thereof, but I'm sure the Indians are either
talking to a team that claimed him, or searching for a team to deal if
he cleared waivers.
Can you trade a manager? I suppose someone would have to want him...wouldn't they.


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The CERN Director General has announced this morning (see below) the first observation of a particle consistent with the Higgs boson. The news is transforming to a snow ball being rolling all around the world in the TV and radio flashes.
The GISELA Community is particularly excited by the information. Indeed several Latin American Institutions, members of GISELA, such as UFRJ, UNAM, ULA, etc. are using its e-Infrastructure, in the framework of the Computing model of the LHC experiments in which they participate. The figure below shows the use of the GISELA e-Infrastructure by these institutions, for their various computing tasks such as simulation of physics processes, detector data processing and physics analysis. One should emphasize that Grid e-Infrastructures is a must for High Energy Physics experiments which could not otherwise deal with the sophisticated, CPU-consuming treatment of the data provided by their particle detectors. Hence it is really wonderful to observe, on a sensational case, the actual discovery power of Grid e-Infrastructures.
We take out of the event that Latin America made the right choice when investing, since more than 6 years in Grid e-Infrastructures, through the EC co-funded projects EELA (http://www.eu-eela.org), EELA-2 (http://www.eu-eela.eu/) and GISELA (http://www.gisela-grid.eu/). Finally we take the opportunity to underline the urgency to have the Latin American e-Infrastructure operation and its User support consolidated in the long term, to sustain e-Science over the continent, beyond its current outstanding outcomes.
Read the CERN Press Realease!
Thursday, July 5, 2012
GISELA Latin American Institutions Contributed to it! (Higgs boson)
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Most Beautiful Part of Marseille
Marseille also known as Marseilles in English, is a city in France. The capital of its department of Bouches-du-Rhône and region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Marseille is located on France's south coast and is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,516 (January 2012) on a land area of 241 km2 (93 sq mi). It is the 3rd-largest metropolitan area in France after Paris and Lyon, with a population of 1,831,500 at the January 2011 census.
Marseille is France's largest city on the Mediterranean coast and largest commercial port as well as a leading cruise port and freight port. The city held the title of European Capital of Culture together with Košice, Slovakia, in 2013. In 2016, it will host the European Football Championship and become the European Capital of Sport in 2017.
Marseille is the second largest city in France after Paris and the center of the third largest metropolitan area in France after Paris and Lyon. To the east, starting in the small fishing village of Callelongue on the outskirts of Marseille and stretching as far as Cassis, are the Calanques, a rugged coastal area interspersed with small fjord-like inlets. Further east still are the Sainte-Baume (a 1,147 m (3,763 ft) mountain ridge rising from a forest of deciduous trees), the city of Toulon and the French Riviera. To the north of Marseille, beyond the low Garlaban and Etoile mountain ranges, is the 1,011 m (3,317 ft) Mont Sainte Victoire. To the west of Marseille is the former artists' colony of l'Estaque; further west are the Côte Bleue, the Gulf of Lion and the Camargue region in the Rhône delta. The airport lies to the north west of the city at Marignane on the Étang de Berre.
The city's main thoroughfare (the wide boulevard called the Canebière) stretches eastward from the Old Port (Vieux Port) to the Réformés quarter. Two large forts flank the entrance to the Old Port—Fort Saint-Nicolas on the south side and Fort Saint-Jean on the north. Further out in the Bay of Marseille is the Frioul archipelago which comprises four islands, one of which, If, is the location of Château d'If, made famous by the Dumas novel The Count of Monte Cristo. The main commercial centre of the city intersects with the Canebière at rue St Ferréol and the Centre Bourse (the main shopping mall). The centre of Marseille has several pedestrianised zones, most notably rue St Ferréol, Cours Julien near the Music Conservatory, the Cours Honoré-d'Estienne-d'Orves off the Old Port and the area around the Hôtel de Ville. To the south east of central Marseille in the 6th arrondissement are the Prefecture and the monumental fountain of Place Castellane, an important bus and metro interchange. To the south west are the hills of the 7th arrondissement, dominated by the basilica of Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde. The railway station—Gare de Marseille Saint-Charles—is north of the Centre Bourse in the 1st arrondissement; it is linked by the Boulevard d'Athènes to the Canebière.
Marseille has a Mediterranean climate with mild, humid winters and warm to hot, mostly dry summers. December, January, and February are the coldest months, averaging temperatures of around 12 °C (54 °F) during the day and 4 °C (39 °F) at night. July and August are the hottest months, averaging temperatures of around 28–30 °C (82–86 °F) during the day and 19 °C (66 °F) at night in the Marignane airport (35 km (22 mi) from Marseille) but in the city near the sea the average temperature is 27 °C (81 °F) in July.[8] Marseille is officially the sunniest major city in France with over 2,900 hours of sunshine while the average sunshine in France is around 1,950 hours and is also the driest major city with only 512 mm (20 in) of precipitation annually, especially thanks to the Mistral which is a cold, dry wind originating in the Rhône Valley that occurs mostly in winter and spring and which generally brings clear skies and sunny weather to the region. Less frequent is the Sirocco, a hot sand-bearing wind, coming from the Sahara Desert. The hottest temperature was 40.6 °C (105.1 °F) on 26 July 1983 during a great heat wave, the lowest temperature was −14.3 °C (6.3 °F) on 13 February 1929 during a strong cold wave.


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The more I am spent, ill, the cracked pot - by so much more am I the artist - the creative artist.
~ Vincent Willem Van Gogh (wiki) (quoted in Mark Roskill, ed., The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh)
Here is a brain consumed by the fire of a star. It frees itself in its work just before the catastrophe. Deepest tragedy takes place here, real tragedy, natural tragedy, exemplary tragedy.
~ Paul Klee (1879-1940) (of Van Gogh, diary, March 1908)
Dutch painter Vincent Willem Van Gogh (wiki) was born on March 30, 1853 (1853-1890) in Groot Zundert, the Netherlands. The most renowned of the post-impressionist painters, Van Gogh began his career with relatively conventional work, but after moving to Paris and coming under the influence of Pissarro (wiki), he adopted the more colorful style for which he is revered. Most of his best work was done in a frenzied 29-month period that ended in his suicide at Arles in 1890.
Related: The unexpected math behind Van Gogh's "Starry Night" is a rather fascinating look at the mathematics of turbulence.
Although they'd rarely been seen until recently, Vincent van Gogh kept sketchbooks - in an 1882 letter to his brother Theo, he wrote: "My sketchbook shows that I try to catch things 'in the act.'"
At Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum, Molly Oldfield, as recounted in The Secret Museum, found the artist's seven surviving sketchbooks, only four with their original cover, meticulously stored in the prints and drawings archive. She has published them, along with sixty other never-before-seen "treasures too precious to display" from the archives and secret storage locations of some of the world's top cultural institutions.
Of Van Gogh's early sketchbooks, Oldfield writes:
The first image he sketched in it was a church in Nuenen (above). He later painted this church in View of the Sea at Scheveningen and Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church at Nuenen. Curiously, the two paintings once hung in the Amsterdam museum but were stolen in 2002. It remains unknown where they are or who took them, and the pencil sketch from Van Gogh's notebook endures as the only trace of the missing masterpieces.
|'View of the Sea at Scheveningen' by Vincent van Gogh, 1882
|'Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church at Nuenen' by Vincent van Gogh, 1884
|Van Gogh's sunflower sketches from the final sketchbook
The sunflower paintings were actually a series - you can see all of them at Wikipedia, and read the story of how they were inspired by Paul Gauguin (wiki).
Related posts:
The unexpected math behind Van Gogh's "Starry Night".
Vincent van Gogh Possibly Identified in Newly Discovered Group Photo of Famous Artists from 1887.
More on the sketchbooks at Brain Pickings.


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Quickie Review
Baby Twinkle is a gorgeous little board book! What makes it so lovely are the big high contrast illustrations that have little red shiny ribbons running through them - which makes them super eye catching and jump off the page.
Each page has a big bold illustration and it's written word. These are all key first words and with some reading and practise this book should help aid little people with mastering those tricky first words.
This is a really nice stand out from the crowd 1st words board book. It's eye catching and definitely hold those twitchy little people's attentions!
4 / 5 Stars!
*Special thanks to Caterpillar Books for the review copy*


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Monday, April 7, 2014
the miracle of Oven Cleaner
I recently learned of the usefulness of Oven Cleaner when attempting to clean up some Pyrex. Case in point - this Pyrex Amish Butterprint dish that I found at a junk store for $1.00.
If you don't know a whole lot about Pyrex you may think that this pattern is black on white. It is that grease stained. Knowing my Pyrex patterns, I knew when I saw this item that it was originally turquoise on white. Because it was only priced at $1.00 I figured I would buy it and try to restore it.
I brought the item home and thoroughly sprayed it with a heavy coating of Oven Cleaner. If you are trying this be sure to do it outside as the fumes are very strong. If you can, let the item sit for several hours or even over night. After sitting, take a rag and rub the greasy area to remove the built on grime. The Oven Cleaner should loosen the grease so that it will wipe off. It may take a little "elbow grease" to get it completely clean. For this particular item I had to do two separate treatments of Oven Cleaner to remove all of the black. When removing grime from painted-on-designs like this, be careful as the paint may remove from the glass if rubbed too hard.
Here it is after cleaning.
Oven Cleaner works well on Pyrex and other vintage glassware that may have a greasy film. It is great on the painted designs that may have changed color because of grease. The pan on the bottom was stained with brown streaks on the inside of the pan. The oven cleaner brought it back to a nice condition.
I hope that this tip has helped all of the Pyrex (and Fire King & GlasBake & Federal, etc.) collectors out there to restore those thrift store treasures.
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Oh my goodness! How cool!ReplyDelete
I have to say I feel like my kids and I want to say "whatchyousay?". I cannot believe that wasn't a black painted dish?ReplyDelete
Thanks for the tip!ReplyDelete
In all my years of hunting, I have never seen a piece of Pyrex so greasy that it turned the pattern black. But wouldn't black Butterprint have been cute?ReplyDelete
Thanks for the tips!
Yup, me neither. Never seen a piece that greasy to turn black! I wish they had made black on white Butterprint. Would have been fabulous.ReplyDelete
If you don't mind suggesting it, do you mind me asking what oven cleaner you used for this? I don't image all oven cleaners would be suitable, for example the heavy caustic ones.ReplyDelete
Thanks in advance.
OMG...and i thot it was black on white.ReplyDelete
thanks for the tip..you r a geniuos.
Thanks for that tip, what a find for $1.00, hapoy Easter weekend!ReplyDelete
Wow! That one is a heck. How did you done that? lol. Thanks for sharing the tips, :)ReplyDelete
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Wow I am amazed. Never saw a Pyrex that greasy that it turned colors. Thank you for the tip! Good luck on more great finds like those.ReplyDelete
Now I realized that the saying is true; we will really learn a lot of new things every day. Though in my opinion, this is way better -- as you discovered a new use for an oven cleaner. And more so, as it worked properly afterwards. I hope you can discover more ways to make cleaning much easier to do. Cheers!ReplyDelete
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Needless to say, we're all quite excited. This will actually be our first Christmas away from São Paulo since moving out here, as we didn't go back until well into January in our first year and didn't go back at all last year. Of course, the sudden drop in temperature is going to come as something of a shock. I see that this afternoon Dublin might even make it as high as 6 degrees. Meanwhile, back in São Paulo, we're going to be looking at 34 degrees of muggy, overcast sweltering heat. Oh joy.
Anyway, on to more important matters. Not only is this going to be the last post of 2012, it's also going to be the last at this address. It would appear that I've used up my entire allowance of free photo storage space and if I want any more I'm going to have to pay for it. And not just buy it, but rent it. Every month. Forever. Well, this being the Christmas season, and me being a somewhat Scrooge-like blogger, I've decided not to bother. Instead, I've just created a new account, with its own new photo storage allowance, and this should see me comfortably through to the end of our time out here and the official end to all my ramblings.
So, from now on, if you want to follow our adventures, you can do so at;
I tried to make it look just the same as before, for the sake of continuity, but for some reason the background colours are a bit different now and my html really isn't up to putting it right. Anyway, this way you can easily tell if you're in the old blog or the new one.
So, bye for now. Have a happy Christmas and I'll be back next year.


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Hey my lovely beauties! It has been a while… I apologize for the somewhat lengthy intermission, but I have been helping my mom recover from surgery. I am in South Florida (I so miss home) and while I always love being here, my visit is bittersweet.
This week's Fashion Friday is about accessories. While down here (during brief moments of solitude) I was able to pick up some new accessories to add to my collection. Now, usually I show you what I got and then take a picture of how I chose to style and wear what I got, but this week I want to do things a little differently. I am going to show you what I got and tell you where I got them and how much I spent, but I would like for you to tell me how you would style each of the items I got. Deal?…GREAT!
(clockwise) Grey scarf – Jaclyn Smith via Kmart – $4.99 | Gold tone bracelets – rose gold is handmade, yellow gold via Charlotte Russe – $3.99 each | Beige suede heels – BCBG via Macy's | Rose hat – Albertus Swanepoel via Target – $5.98
Have a wonderful weekend…
XOXOxoxo NiCole


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On December 1, Doug Cassel, director of Notre Dame Law School's Center for Civil and Human Rights, debated John Yoo, who, while at the Justice Department in 2002 and 2003, was the most influential adviser to George W. Bush on establishing his limitless powers as commander in chief in the war on terrorism. The December 25 New York Times noted that John Yoo's memoranda to the highest reaches of government "became the underlying justification for . . . the order to try accused terrorists [charged with no crime and imprisoned indefinitely] before military tribunals; the secret overseas jails operated by the Central Intelligence Agency . . . and the use of severe interrogation techniques."But of course, the abuses at Abu Ghraib and elsewhere had nothing to do with men like John Yoo arguing that crushing children's testicles is part of the President's war powers.
In Yoo's debate with Doug Cassel, the Notre Dame law professor asked: "If the president deems that he's got to torture somebody, including by crushing the testicles of the person's child, there is no law that can stop him?"
John Yoo: "No treaty."
Doug Cassel: "Also no law by Congress—that is what you wrote in the August 2002 memo [while Yoo was a Justice Department attorney]."
John Yoo: "I think it depends on why the president thinks he needs to do that." (Emphasis added.)
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text: Pretty pretty planners.. I found these too cute and very useful purse planners that I picked up to make for my pals.. I made 5 total. One for each of my 3 friends, one for my mom and one for me.. A girls gotta have her oh so cue accessories right? I used stamps from MFT and cardstock for Papertrey and DCWV to complete these. They are colored with copics. Hope they inspire you to make something fabulous today.


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Seems like I was just posting the woes of it being November and here it is December already! We've even had a snow already which is just unheard of in TN! It was a couple of inches of accumulation and my kids loved every minute of it! Apple will probably live in a state that gets feet of snow at a time when she is older. She just LOVES it. Speedy likes the snow but hates the cold so it's a short lived romance for him.
Anyhow we had a lovely Thanksgiving and we were able to enjoy 3 feasts with different parts of the family. I went Black Friday shopping which I have done every year for at least 13 years but may never do again after this year (that's a tale for a different post). The kids and I had a nice long week off to celebrate our thanks and the turkey. And now my shopping is mostly done, the wrapping is caught up until more packages arrive, and tonight we will go to our first Christmas party of the season. But we will and it will be a clear definition of a new semester.
Speedy has begun Math U See Primer and he is really enjoying it. He's finishing up his 5th lesson and has done very well. He will be finished with our modified version of Hooked on Phonics PreK before we go on Christmas break and he's looking very forward to beginning the "purple" Hooked on Phonics. He is progressing much better than I had expected he would. Speedy is enjoying school and has gotten right into the habit. The only place that his progression is painfully slow is writing. He just has little to no interest in it. He's never enjoyed coloring or drawing and it really shows now that he is beginning writing. He can write his name but he doesn't like to so he never does. I've really been pushing him to practice, and he just makes it a very painful process. Sigh......
Apple's painful process is still math. I think it always will be. She has the ability but just no drive. We are still working through Math U See Beta and she will be finishing it up in the spring. We will then move straight into Gamma. I think to keep her on track with math, it will have to be constant. No long summer breaks for math this year. She is doing very well with an English textbook, a Spelling textbook, a Social Studies textbook, and a Health textbook. I have those lessons laid out for the rest of the school year and she will be completed with some of them by spring. She's still consuming books. We went to the library the Wednesday before our Thanksgiving break and I let her get 8 books. I was hoping they would get her through the week we didn't have class. Instead she was finished with all 8 by Sunday night and our break didn't begin until Monday! We are blessed to have TONS of books here at home and many of them she still hasn't read. She is also still reading her way through the Little House series. She's a big mystery book lover and those are the ones she seeks at the library.
Together they completed their Science co-op lessons and we will begin a new book in January! This school semester has really gone well. We've had some tough days (didn't think Apple & I were going to make it through subtraction with regrouping earlier this week) but we have more good days than bad. I can really see that they are learning and I love spending time with each of them. Budget restraints have kept us at home more than ever before but it's been a blessing.
We began our Jesse Tree yesterday and they just absorb the word of God. They love each little symbol and it's wonderful this year to see them rejoice in the true meaning of Christmas!


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A House Full of Greek Key
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Love the match box...I am obsessed with greek key as well! It is timeless...ReplyDelete
Emily Hewett
I love greek key as well!! The bedroom is just FAB!! looks amazing!! I need to know where is that match box from?ReplyDelete
Luv the new linens. ZGallerie is the best.ReplyDelete
your bedroom looks absolutely beautiful! love itReplyDelete
Love those pillow cases!It's not ann obsession, its an element of your signature style! Everyone should have elements they carry through their homeReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 9, 2010 at 8:02 PM
I've always adored a nice Greek Key doormat! Do you have one?ReplyDelete
Ooh I love that pattern! And that match box is too cute ~ wherever did you find it?ReplyDelete
Happy weekend! :)
- AnonymousDecember 10, 2010 at 11:19 AM
I love the lamps in the bedroom. Can you tell me where they are from? Saw ones like them at restoration hardware but your shade looks nicer. Thanks!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 10, 2010 at 2:39 PM
Your house is amazing! Where are the mirrors in the your bedroom from?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 10, 2010 at 8:37 PM
i am loving the shams. makes me think about snagging some for my master bedroom....ReplyDelete
I want to know where your bed is from. Maybe you should do a design board of your room and let us know where everything came from!!!!ReplyDelete
Do you mind sharing the paint color/maker of your bedroom wall color? Love it!ReplyDelete
Jumping on the bandwagon here, but I'd love to know where you found the rug in your bedroom.ReplyDelete
tastyfareprettywear.com - I had a Greek key doormat at our old house. I need to grab one for this house now...thanks for the reminder :)ReplyDelete
Alexis - the wall color is Slate by Restoration Hardware.ReplyDelete
Dawn - the rug is from Jonathan Adler. It was a store floor sample.
lborovick - I actually did a "Room Recipe" on our bedroom that outlines all of the sourcing information. If you type room recipe into the search bar, it'll come up :)
Anon - the mirrors came from Ballard Designs a while back. They no longer have them, which is a bummer!
Anon - the lamps were purchased a few years ago at Z Gallerie. I'm pretty sure that they are the same as the Restoration Hardware ones. Their shades are nice so it's probably better than mine actually :)
Love the match box and your house is amazing! blog is attention-grabbing. I feel affection for it.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 5, 2012 at 7:03 AM
Where did you get your bed board from it is amazing!!ReplyDelete


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July 14, 2010 – Iron Mustache Mask
Call it a little steampunk but this one was more inspired by personal influences. I cut and reshaped a drama mask, made the mustache from polymer clay and finished it all off with some acrylic paint. Now who wants a mustache ride? (Too much? I had to.)


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Pakistani's Accuse Musharraf & Corrupt Democratic Politicians
Early reports indicate that she was shot in the chest and neck prior to an explosion as she left the rally, which killed up to 15 other people. The death of Benazir follows an earlier attempt on her life in October when she returned to Pakistan from self-imposed exile at the height of the judicial crisis engulfing the Musharraf regime.
Predictably blaming "Islamic terrorists" for the assassination, the dictator Musharraf appealed for calm and unity on state TV while his security forces were washing the crime scene of vital evidence in full view of international television. In line with the war on terror, the western media have already concluded that the assassination was the work of Islamic militants whereas Benazir herself believed that the Pakistani intelligence services were involved in the October attack and the people on the streets of Pakistan today are clearly holding the Musharraf government responsible for her death shouting the slogans "Musharraf dog-Musharraf murderer!" Even former Prime Minister, Nawaz Sheriff, has blamed Musharraf for Bhutto's assassination claiming that he will assist the Pakistani people in taking "revenge on the rulers!"
While it remains unclear who was responsible for the assassination of Benazir at this time, the killing of a major political figure in the run up to national elections highlights the speed with which Pakistan is descending into a state of chaos, potentially leading to civil war. The dirty politics, which has plagued Pakistan over the last 60 years, characterised by continual western interference, offers its beleaguered people no future and no hope for progress. Is it not time for Pakistan to radically change its politics and bring in a new era of Islamic unity under the Khilafah?


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In February, I did a POST about the AMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE, had threatened the Cherokee County, Georgia school system with a lawsuit if graduation ceremonies were held at the First Baptist Church in Woodstock, Georgia as they had been since 2005. As always, ONE and ONLY ONE person complained. In short, the reason the school system used the church was because the sanctuary is air conditioned, seats 7,500 which accommodates the graduations of all the high schools in the county and all of the graduates' family members for a bargain basement rate. The school board had the backbone to vote unanimously to use First Baptist Church Woodstock despite AU's threats. (SOURCE).
Once again, we see what happens when the public pushes back against the leftists. The graduation ceremony this year took place at First Baptist Church Woodstock as scheduled. I believe the group, CHEROKEE PARENTS AGAINST MOVING GRADUATION quite possibly checkmated AU's possible strategy by preparing for a last-minute court filing for an injunction until the case could be heard in court. It's not like these left wingnut groups haven't done that before in an attempt to catch everyone off guard. There was no "off guard" here and the graduation ceremony proceeded. As I have said a number of times before right here, the only way to stop these liberal groups from forcing their agenda on the majority is public opposition. These groups try to portray themselves as representing the majority and appear to be large and powerful organizations. Intimidation tactics are their main strategy. When there is public opposition and it goes to the news media, then it is obvious to all how small a segment of our society is actually comprised of liberals (Gallup poll 2009 HERE). These groups do not want this kind of publicity and therefore back off. It worked in King, North Carolina regarding the Christian flag flying at a memorial there, and it worked in Cherokee County, Georgia. Public opposition works every time.


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Of course, this was also the week that the Senate approved, and Bush gleefully confirmed he will sign, the FISA reauthorization bill that will grant the telecoms retroactive immunity for crimes at the behest of the Bush administration that neither the telecoms nor Bush will admit have occurred. (The motion passed with the support of Sen. Obama, who looks like he's going to be a better campaigner than a leader.)
And behind all this is the much larger problem: the increasing consolidation of the corporate media. That's the topic of an address by Bill Moyers to the National Conference for Media Reform Conference in June.
He's not optimistic:
We must be vigilant. The fate of the cyber-commons - the future of the mobile Web and the benefits of the Internet as open architecture - is up for grabs. And the only antidote to the power of organized money in Washington is the power of organized people at the net roots.
When Verizon tried to censor NARAL's (National Abortion Rights Action League) use of text messaging last year, it was quick action by Save the Internet that led the company to reverse its position. Those efforts also led to an FCC proceeding on this issue.
Wherever the Internet flows - on PCs, cell phones, mobile devices and, very soon, new digital television sets - we must ensure that it remains an open and nondiscriminatory medium of expression.
By 2011, the market analysts tell us, the Internet will surpass newspapers in advertising revenues. With MySpace and Dow Jones controlled by News Corporation's Rupert Murdoch, Microsoft determined to acquire Yahoo!, and with advertisers already telling some bloggers, "Your content is unacceptable," we could potentially lose what's now considered an unstoppable long tail of content offering abundant, new, credible and sustainable sources of news and information.
So, what will happen to news in the future, as the already tattered boundaries between journalism and advertising is dispensed with entirely and as content programming, commerce and online communities are rolled into one profitably attractive package?
Last year, the investment firm of Piper Jaffray predicted that much of the business model for new media would be just that kind of hybrid. They called it "communitainment." (Oh, George Orwell, where are you now that we need you?)
Across the media landscape, the health of our democracy is imperiled. Buffeted by gale force winds of technological, political and demographic forces, without a truly free and independent press, this 250-year-old experiment in self-government will not make it.
Moyer's essay is going onto the Readings list on the sidebar.


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Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Giving Tuesday
Today is Giving Tuesday, a global day dedicated to giving back. On this day, charities, families, businesses, community centers, and students around the world will come together for one common purpose: to celebrate generosity and to give.
This year, in honor of friends managing their illness, those who've lost the fight, and anyone who may find themselves in need of HIV/AIDS services in the future, I am participating in AIDS/LifeCycle, a 7-Day, 545-Mile bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles, that is dedicated to ending AIDS, and providing services to those living with HIV.
In this season of giving, as we celebrate all that we have, please join me in the cause of ending HIV. Click the link to Donate Now on my fundraising page, and join me in providing hope to those who need it. Together, you and I can make a real difference.
P.S. Inspired? Join me on the Ride. Use discount code GIVING for $25 off of registration.
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Panels from Avengers (1998 series) #54 (July 2002), script by Kurt Busiek, pencils by Kieron Dwyer, inks by Rick Remender, colors by Tom Smith, letters by Richard Starkings
Sunday, January 29, 2017
365 Days of Defiance, Day 29: Don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry.
Panels from Avengers (1998 series) #54 (July 2002), script by Kurt Busiek, pencils by Kieron Dwyer, inks by Rick Remender, colors by Tom Smith, letters by Richard Starkings
12 comments:
- Robby Reed said...
Is this supposed to be some kind of political commentary?
I guess you think this will have some effect on people.
Wow are you stupid.
I can see it now. Trump's chief of staff will run into the oval office screaming, "Mr. President, a comic book blogger doesn't like you! you'd better resign today!"
Idiocy such as your blog is WHY TRUMP WON.
You are too stupid to understand that you are essentially campaigning for him.
Keep up the good work!
- Bully said...
Jeepers, Robby, you've been nothing but venomously rude to me in every single interaction we've had, both at your old blog and mine. I can only imagine what horrible thing a stuffed animal has done to you to inspire such hatred and anger.
I'm not interested in continuing this conversation. Maybe you should go spin your dial until a nice person comes out. Bye!
- bitterandrew said...
Pick a fight with Bully and you'll be picking a fight with a *lot* of people.
Go pollute your own corner on the internet, son.
- Steve Kopian said...
Robby Its hateful screaming like yours that is the reason that people are so anti Trump. Lower your voice speak clearly calmly and reasoned. If you behave like an infant we're going to treat you like one.
Robby if you don't like what Bully has to say-stay away- frankly you won't be missed. Loud shrill people screaming hate have no place here.
Obviously what Bully is doing isn't for you, but for the rest of us its a great comfort and we find it damn funny. I guess you lost your funny bone in the same accident that took your common sense- I mean jesus you're arguing politics with a stuffed bull(no offense Bully)
I see that you've had your opinion given to you by someone who over sold it's value. You also seem to think that if you don't waive it about you're going to lose it or have it stolen. I hate to inform you no one wants you're opinion, you may keep it in you're back pocket and never fear it going away since we don't care what you have to say. We've matured enough to not have go looking for validation by picking fights in places where we are not wanted.
I don't know why you feel the need to inflict your opinion on people, but just because we have your guy in the white house doesn't mean we have to listen to you. While you can say anything you want we don't have to listen. Feel free to unleash you're bile on the world just do it somewhere else, your mother's basement for example.
More importantly while you think Trump doesn't care that Bully dislikes him, I can be damn certain he cares even less about you and odds are he won't even piss on you if you were on fire if he couldn't steal your wallet at the same time. He's a rich bastard who only cares about himself and how much money he can make. Let me repeat that- HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT YOU UNLESS YOU GIVE HIM MONEY.
If you want the liberals you hate so much to stop whining then stop behaving like an infant. Stop going to websites that obviously hurt your delicate sensibilities and who put your panties in a bunch. If you didn't pick a fight we wouldn't fight back. We would behave civilly if you and your leader did the same.
REMBER ROBBY- despite what you may think the fact that Bully and the vast majority of America doesn't like Trump (remember he LOST the popular vote) will piss your leader off. If you haven't noticed he has to be loved (he's actually worried about crowd sizes)- and every voice from person or stuffed bull hurts him deeply...in other words what a Bully, a mere comics blogger is doing matters a hell of a lot more than you're lock step rudely shouting of platitudes for evil.
- -- MrJM said...
"Wow are you stupid."
Gee! You seem super-smart and charismatic, Robbie!!1!
I can only assume that you are always surrounded by close friends and many beautiful women!!
Please feel free to spend your time with all of them rather than those who fail to appreciate your amazing political insights and wit!1!!
-- MrJM
- Delta said...
How to punch online nazis in the face: delete 'em.
- Aloysius Blutgeld said...
Yo Bully,
Thanks for doing this series, and for all the free uselessly specific education/entertainment over the past few years (I call it uspecedutainment!). When it's all this crappy, comics GOTTA be fun.
One thing - since these are all posted on the same day, the "Older Posts" button just hops back from the Titans to the Deadpool/Silverman one on the 29th. I'm a-fiending for those first twelve days.
- Delta said...
Aloysius: I was similarly stumped for a while, and then I figured out how to get to them all with the "Previous Posts and Archive" sidebar tool (expanding this week).
- Bully said...
Aloysius: I've actually noticed (and been puzzled) by that myself! Delta's suggestion works, but I think it will fix itself once I sort the posts into their actual dates, which I'm going to get to later today. Courage!
- Bully said...
And many, many thanks and virtual hooves'-up to supporters and everyone who has said a kind word. It means a lot to me and I really appreciate it.
- Blam said...
I get tripped up by the en masse retroactive posts occasionally. (Not that it's anything other than a happy problem to find a bunch of Bullyriffic content to feast upon!) The day these went live, I took note but couldn't go through them all; next time I visited, they were all properly backdated and I had to rely upon the sidebar's week-by-week archive, which as long as I haven't just cleared my browser history is great for spotlighting stuff I haven't yet seen — one reason why I always click through to posts' individual pages. Unfortunately, I often can't comment until after the backdating has occurred and my comments end up awaiting approval by our little stuffed pal. #FirstWorldBlogrems
- Bully said...
Blam: yes, putting up 30+ posts in one day isn't ideal, and I won't be doing it very often! Altho' sometimes when I get behind I'll put up a bunch at once, it's seldom this many.
I need to remember to check the comments on older posts that go to automoderation more often -- thanks for reminding me!


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Emmy-winner Andre Braugher is joining the CBS drama pilot "Hack," while Andy Dick is going to the office for ABC, and Saffron Burrows has caught the femme lead in the Alphabet's "E.I.S."
Deals were among the latest pilot casting pacts to close Wednesday. In other pilot news, Ted McGinley ("Married … With Children") is joining the Nathan Lane laffer "Life of the Party," while ABC has officially greenlit a long-in-the works pilot from Carsey-Werner-Mandabach, tentatively titled "The Mayor of Oyster Bay."
Here are the latest pilot developments.
- Braugher ("Homicide: Life on the Street") has come on board the David Koepp-penned Eye drama "Hack," playing Giordano, a law enforcement official who helped ruin the career of the ex-cop turned crime-solving cab driver played by series star David Morse. Role, which was originally written as a minor part, is being expanded for Braugher.
Thesp, who's repped by CAA, most recently starred in the telepic "10,000 Black Men Named George" and the critically praised ABC drama "Gideon's Crossing." "Hack" is from Big Ticket Television, Pariah Prods. and CBS Prods.
- Dick and Lisa Ann Walter ("Emeril") have joined the cast of ABC's untitled Terry Minsky comedy pilot. Project, which Touchstone Television is producing, concerns a less-than-glamorous 25-year-old office temp named Claude, who unexpectedly lands a high profile secretarial job that has her at odds with her highly competitive co-workers.
Dick's character is one of the office workers in yet-to-be cast Claude's life. Walter will play payroll supervisor Ramona. Also joining: Zachari Levi and Andrea Parker.
Dick, whose third season of "The Andy Dick Show" preems on MTV April 6, is repped by UTA, 3 Arts and attorneys Nelson, Felker Levine & Dern. Levi is repped by Endeavor.
- Burrows (upcoming Mike Figgis pic "Hotel," "Deep Blue Sea") has been tapped as the femme lead in ABC drama pilot "E.I.S." AMG-repped thesp will play Dara, a disease-prevention specialist in the Touchstone-produced project. Darren Lemke, Chris Brancato & Bert Salke are the scribes-exec producers.
- McGinley, as well as Stephanie Faracy ("The Lot"), have come on board "Life of the Party," the 20th Century Fox TV-CBS Prods. produced laffer for CBS in which Lane plays a former thesp who becomes a senator. Faracy will play Lane's secretary, while McGinley is set as senator from another political party.
Skein is from scribe Jeffrey Richman.
- C-W-M's "Mayor" is about a man (Lenny Venito) with a large ego who becomes mayor of a small town. It's created by David M. Israel and Jim O'Doherty. Venito, who has had recurring roles on "NYPD Blue" and "Law & Order," is repped by Paradigm.
- Philip Baker Hall ("Magnolia") is the latest addition to the star-heavy cast of ABC's untitled Larry Gelbart sudser. Thesp, who role is currently listed as a guest starring part, will play a media baron in competition with series lead John Larroquette. Hall most recently starred in the Fox drama "Pasadena."
- Kathleen Chalfant ("The Guardian," HBO's "The Laramie Project") will play mom to Andie McDowell in CBS drama pilot "Jo," which CBS Prods. and Spelling Television are producing. McDowell stars as a veterinarian who moves to North Carolina from Manhattan, where she joins her mom's practice.
- Derek Cecil ("Pasadena") has taken the lead in ABC drama pilot "Push, Nevada," and Scarlett Chorvat (former UPN series "Freedom") also has joined the cast. Project, produced by Touchstone Television and LivePlanet, is a scripted mystery that viewers can solve. Sean Bailey and Ben Affleck are scribes-exec producers, while Chris Moore also is exec producing. Cecil is repped by Endeavor; Chorvat is repped by Innovative.
- Leslie Grossman ("Popular") and Patricia Belcher ("The Wood") are the latest additions to the NBC comedy pilot "It's Not About Me" (formerly the untitled Jonathan Groff project). Grossman will portray Kimmy, the vice-principal's assistant at the high school where series star Jason Bateman works; Belcher will play the principal.
- Clea Lewis ("Ellen") has signed on as a guest star in CBS' untitled Nia Vardalos/Marsh McCall half-hour based on Vardalos' "My Big Fat Greek Wedding." Brad Grey Television is producing.
(Jill Feiwell and Josef Adalian contributed to this report.)


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i didn't grow up in a house that decorated for halloween.
i guess it follows that i also won't decorate our house for this holiday. for me, it seemed a little superfluous, not to mention cumbersome to go all out with the decors when most of the neighbors have already started decorating their homes for christmas
(our neighborhood isn't too big on halloween).
you may notice that i'm speaking in past tense here.
well, this year i gave in and decided to embellish our home
a bit for halloween.
what can i say? halloween crafting and decorating is so much fun!
i know this isn't much.
as i mentioned from a recent post, i had been extremely busy and ran out of time!
i hoped that could have done a little bit more.
but there's always next year...


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Cochran Publications
3 Publications
Biochar Produced from Anaerobically Digested Fiber Reduces Phosphorus in Dairy Lagoons
Streubel, J. D., H. P. Collins, J. M. Tarara, and R. L. Cochran.; Posted online 5 Jan. 2012
Monitoring Soil Carbon Pools and Fluxes Following Land Conversion to Irrigated Agriculture in a Semi-arid Shrub Steppe Ecosystem
Chapter 19 in Climate Friendly Farming: Improving the Carbon Footprint of Agriculture in the Pacific Northwest. Full report available at http://csanr.wsu.edu/pages/Climate_Friendly_Farming_Final_Report/.
Soil carbon pools and fluxes following land conversion in a semi-arid shrub-steppe ecosystem
Cochran, R.L., H.P. Collins, A.C. Kennedy, and D.F. Bezdicek. 2007. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 43:479-489.


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Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Ethiopia: Positive Report on Economic Growth
This is Africa published on 9 October 2015 an article titled "Ethiopia: Agriculture Investment Curbs Inequality Rises" by Krishnan Nair. It provides a generally positive account of economic development in Ethiopia.
Labels: agriculture, economic growth, Ethiopia, GDP
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Amazing Farce
The religious wingnuts are out in force, touting Amazing Grace as proof of the moral superiority of Christianity and, more importantly, themselves. In Friday's Wall Street Journal, Catholic bigot Charlotte Allen wrote:
It is rare that a Hollywood film takes up a subject like William Wilberforce (1759-1833), the British parliamentarian who devoted nearly his entire 45-year political career to banning the British slave trade. Alas, a lot of people watching "Amazing Grace," Michael Apted's just-released film, may get the impression--perhaps deliberately fostered by Mr. Apted--that Wilberforce was a mostly secular humanitarian whose main passion was not Christian faith but politics and social justice....
In fact, William Wilberforce was driven by a version of Christianity that today would be derided as "fundamentalist." One of his sons, sharing his father's outlook, was the Anglican bishop Samuel Wilberforce, who wrote a passionate critique of "The Origin of the Species," arguing that Darwin's then-new theory could not fully account for the emergence of human beings....
Perhaps the leading evangelical force of the day was the Methodism of John Wesley: It focused on preaching, the close study of the Bible, communal hymn-singing and a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Central to the Methodist project was the notion that good works and charity were essential components of the Christian life.
This idea of slaving as sin is key. As sociologist Rodney Stark noted in "For the Glory of God" (2003), the abolition of slavery in the West during the 19th century was a uniquely Christian endeavor.
Thanks to Wilberforce, the movement's most visible champion, Britain ended slavery well before America, but the abolitionist cause in America, too, was driven by Christian churches more than is often acknowledged. Steven Spielberg's 1997 "Amistad," about the fate of blacks on a mutinous slave ship, also obscured the Christian zeal of the abolitionists.
Allow me to provide a little counterpoint to Allen's rectal-targeted smokestorm:
But you will ask me, can these things be possible in a land professing Christianity? Yes, they are so; and this is not the worst. No, a darker feature is yet to be presented than the mere existence of these facts. I have to inform you that the religion of the southern states, at this time, is the great supporter, the greater sanctioner of the bloody atrocities to which I have referred. (Deep sensation). While America is printing tracts and Bibles; sending missionaries abroad to convert the heathen; expending her money in various ways for the promotion of the Gospel in foreign lands, the slave not only lies forgotten—uncared for, but is trampled under foot by the very churches of the land. What have we in America? Why we have slavery made part of the religion of the land. Yes, the pulpit there stands up as the great defender of this cursed institution, as it is called. Ministers of religion come forward, and torture the hallowed pages of inspired wisdom to sanction the bloody deed (Loud cries of "Shame!") They stand forth as the foremost, the strongest defenders of this "institution." As a proof of this, I need not do more than state the general fact, that slavery has existed under the droppings of the sanctuary of the south, for the last 200 years, and there has not been any war between the religion and the slavery of the south.
Whips, chains, gags, and thumb-screws have all lain under the droppings of the sanctuary, and instead of rusting from off the limbs of the bondman, these droppings have served to preserve them in all their strength. Instead of preaching the Gospel against this tyranny, rebuke, and wrong, ministers of religion have sought, by all and every means, to throw in the background whatever in the Bible could be construed into opposition to slavery, and to bring forward that which they could torture into its support. (Cries of "Shame!") This I conceive to be the darkest feature of slavery, and the most difficult to attack, because it is identified with religion, and exposes those who denounce it to the charge of infidelity. Yes, those with whom I have been labouring, namely, the old organization Anti-Slavery Society of America, have been again and again stigmatized as infidels, and for what reason? Why, solely in consequence of the faithfulness of their attacks upon the slaveholding religion of the southern states, and the northern religion that sympathizes with it. (Hear, hear.)
Why, as I said in another place, to a smaller audience the other day, in answer to the question, "[...], are there not Methodist churches, Baptist churches, Congregational churches, Episcopal churches, Roman Catholic churches, Presbyterian churches in the United States, and in the southern states of America, and do they not have revivals of religion, accessions to their ranks from day to day, and will you tell me that these men are not followers of the meek and lowly Saviour?" Most unhesitatingly I do. Revivals in religion, and revivals in the slave trade, go hand in hand together. (Cheers.) The church and the slave prison stand next to each other; the groans and cries of the heartbroken slave are often drowned in the pious devotions of his religious master. (Hear, hear.) The church-going bell and the auctioneer's bell chime in with each other; the pulpit and the auctioneer's block stand in the same neighbourhood; while the blood-stained gold goes to support the pulpit, the pulpit covers the infernal business with the garb of Christianity. We have men sold to build churches, women sold to support missionaries, and babies sold to buy Bibles and communion services for the churches. (Loud cheers.)
A Voice.—It is not true.
... —Not true! is it not? (Immense cheers.) Hear the following advertisement:—"Field Negroes, by Thomas Gadsden." I read now from The American Churches, the Bulwarks of American Slavery; by an American, or by J. G. Birney. This has been before the public in this country and the United States for the last six years; not a fact nor a statement in it has been called in question. (Cheers.) The following is taken from the Charleston Courier of Feb. 12, 1835:—"Field Negroes, by Thomas Gadsden. On Tuesday, the 17th inst., will be sold at the north of the Exchange, at 10 o'clock, a prime gang of ten negroes, accustomed to the culture of cotton and provisions, belonging to the Independent Church, in Christ Church parish." (Loud cheers.) I could read other testimony on this point, but is it necessary? (Cries of "No," and "One more.")
Is it required that one more be given? You shall have another. (Loud cheers.) A notice taken from a Savannah paper will show that slaves are often bequeathed to the missionary societies. "Bryan Superior Court. Between John J. Maxwell and others, executors of Ann Pray, complainants, and Mary Sleigh and others, devisees and legatees under the will of Ann Pray, defendants, in equity. A bill having been filed for the distribution of the estate of the testatrix, Ann Pray, and it appearing that among other legacies in her will is the following:—viz., a legacy of one fourth of certain negro slaves to the American Board of Commissioners for domestic (foreign it probably should have been) missions, for the purpose of sending the Gospel to the heathen, and particularly to the Indians of this continent; it is on motion of the solicitors of the complainants ordered, that all persons claiming the said legacy do appear and answer the bill of the complainants within four months from this day. And it is ordered, that this order be published in a public Gazette of the city of Savannah, and in one of the Gazettes of Philadelphia, once a month, for four months. Extract from the minutes, December 2, 1832." (Cheers.) The bequest I am in duty bound to say, was not accepted by the board. (Cheers.) But let me tell you what would have been accepted by that board. Had those slaves been sold by Ann Pray, and the money bequeathed to that board, the price of their blood would have gone into the treasury, and they would have quoted Chalmers, Cunningham, and Candlish in support of the deed. (Cheers.)
Not only are legacies left and slaves sold in this way to build churches, but the right is openly defended by the church. In 1836 the great Methodist Church in America, holding through ministers. and elders, and members, in their own church 250,000 slaves, said in their general conference in Cincinnati that they had no right, no wish, no intention to interfere with the relation of master and slave as it existed in the slave states of the American union. What was this but saying to the world, we have no right, no wish, No intention to release the bondman from his chains? The annual conference in the south took the broad ground of the right of property in man, asserting it in a resolution, proclaiming it in an address, preaching it in thanksgiving sermons, putting it forth in 4th of July orations, and even quoting Scripture. I could tire your patience by reading if it were required, extracts from documents, the genuineness of which has never been called in question, showing that the right is asserted by the slave holder, to property in human beings. (Hear, hear.)
Let's see. Frederick Douglass vs. Charlotte Allen. Who has more credibility?
There was nothing uniquely Christian about the abolitionist movement. In a time where only white Christian men (and a few women) are allowed to speak and deemed worthy of hearing on the Question of Slavery, you're going to have Christian abolitionists. And you'll find them opposed by a hell of a lot of devout Christian slaveholders.
To put it in slightly more modern terms, for every Reverend King there was a multitude of Reverend Wesley Pruden Snrs.
There still is.
So cram it, Charlotte. Riding Wilberforce's coattails from the safety of 2007 doesn't make you moral. Nor is the existence of Christian abolitionists an endorsement of any of your purportedly Christian pet hates. And given your eager efforts to hide the inconvenient truths about Christianity and slavery, there's absolutely no doubt which side you'd be on in 1846.


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Yesterday, I went to Sm Batangas to look for a decent pair of shoes that I can probably wear for my sisiter's debut. As much as I wanted to look like a dashing debonnaire, I decided to also hunt for clothes. Since I'm with my girlfriend, I let her do all the choosing. Hell, she went from a store to another like there's nothing left to do in the world! And she didn't want me to hover over her decisions. Saves me the headache, okay.
When we finally finished shopping, we grabbed something to eat and headed home. But when we went outside the mall, lots of people were waiting for PUJs. Obviously, we're left with no choice but to ride a tricycle.
When we approached the long line of tricycle drivers, I asked how much are we going to pay fron Sm to Lawas. Instantly, the driver replied, "otsenta lang po". In my mind, I was like, "What the… 80 pesos for such a short distance?! May God save your souls!" With that, we immediately turned our backs and headed where ther other stranded people are.
After about an hour and a half, a jeepney finally arrived. My girlfriend and I were two of the luckiest people to climb on to it.
During our ride to Lawas, I can't help but think about those greedy drivers. I have the money to pay for the fare they were asking. But I knew that it wasn't at all fair. It wasn't worth the money they were asking.
Though it's a fact that times are harrd these days, it still is not an excuse to take advantage of other people. That was really inhumane. They should at least think that many other people are like them; suffering yet still choose to be decent and considerate of other people.
I seriously am hoping that this sad scenario will change.
Above is a qoute worth pondering.
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Bristol City are moving for Bolton Wanderers defender Danny Shittu.
The Mirror says Shittu is wanted by ambitious Bristol City - and the Nigerian defender is clear to go for talks.
Shittu has been on the fringes of Owen Coyle's squad after being left out by Gary Megson in a miserable run at the Reebok.
But now the Robins want to tale him for the rest of the season and Shittu will be allowed to go if he wants to drop down to the Championship.


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Can and will be used against me.
My feet are in need of kicking up. Not because I feel like a boss but because I have weird knees.
It's relevent. I'll tell you why.
A few months ago, I started getting questions from some social media peeps and some real world friends.
How do you use Twitter?
What's a hashtag?
Why do authors/agents/etc acknowledge your existence?
In order my answers would be:
*laughs* I'm still learning. (Play with it.)
It's the gift from above. It's power. It's a drug. (I have a problem. Send help.)
Um, it's not a big deal.
The last question bothered me as it bothers me to talk about it now. People answer me because I talk to them, maybe because they want to talk back.
Those people up in the publishing ladder ARE people.
But lately, I realized why other Hopefuls ask me this. It isn't because anyone higher than Hopeful is rude or exclusive. (Though they could be if they wanted.)
It's the way Hopefuls interact with them.
Yeah, some of you might call me a kiss ass or maybe think I'm manipulative but my parents raised me with manners, told me not to pester people, and I usually don't if I can help it.
I say things like 'thank you,' 'please,' and junk like that. I'm not somehow above Hopefuls. Not even close. I'm just on the side that acts decent.
I'm not pulling this shiz out of the air either.
Plenty of people will agree with me. How would you like it if an eager (or not eager) stranger pestered you, demanded more of you?
And it hurts more than it helps. Be the right kind of insistent. Learn the rules THEN break them.
Please. Hopefuls (and I am NOT an exception. Ask some of the agents of YA) come off looking petty, impatient, rude.
When you're on ANY public place, when you release something that's either on the Internet or could be put in it, you better make sure you can deal with the consequences.
Think that Oscar comment by that one "humor" site.
Think agents, editors, bloggers, readers TALK.
Imagine, for one second, a world where being a writer means you're judged by, oh my gosh!, YOUR WORDS.
Be polite.
Be patient.
Always be professional.
Cursing, tweeting in your underpants, or saying you don't like some popular book is all fair game. Bashing someone, demanding attention, asking your followers to hate someone makes you look like a child.
A petty, self-centered, tantrum-throwing child.
And no one wants to work with those.
Don't throw your toys at people who know things or don't get ignored. We don't wail in public about a rejection or about a no answer. We're not doing anything but handling it with grace. (Faked, forced, or otherwise.)
Everything you say, do, show other than in your house, alone, can and WILL (always will) be held against you.
We are always being watched. An agent, an editor, and an author will read this. Maybe more of each category.
This is the way the world works now.
And I'm willing to stand by what I just wrote. I know who I am, I try not to assume much, and it doesn't mean I'm scared of consequences.
There are always those, even when I don't hear/read them.
But I'll say 'please' and 'thank you' and curse and do whatever I want anyway. Being polite doesn't make you inauthentic. It makes it easier to connect to people.
Like future employers and such. *lifts eyebrows*
Learn the rules, learn the etiquette, you'll still be you if you do it right.


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At Wagamamas on a rare occasion when Paul let me buy him dinner because he was helping me with Christmas shopping after my mum's death
'People always wanted to feed Paul,' says your mum. This information makes me smile because it leads me to conclude that this is how you got by. Even as a grown man, you'd rock up to people's houses unannounced and find yourself eating plates of toast, or cake or staying for dinner. You loved food but you didn't know how to make it, though some of your concoctions were legendary: garlic sandwiches, cider vinegar potions. I don't really even know what you ate most of the time. I know you occasionally cooked fish and roast dinners for your friend but generally I assume you got by on a diet of tinned food. I know that you liked to mix things up, adding spices and garlic to tins of beans and soup and that it didn't always turn out the way you intended. And I know that you loved cheese.
'Do you like cheese?' I once asked you by Messenger.
'I am at least 40% cheese,' you replied. 'And must have it at every opportunity.'
You made me laugh.
At the beginning of our relationship, things proceeded in the manner to which you were evidently accustomed. I'd bake flapjack in anticipation of your arrival and you'd arrive hungry and eat your way through a plate of it with obvious gusto. If it was evening, I'd cook you sweet potato curry. You didn't like going out to eat. It wasn't really your style and you didn't like spending money. And nor did you like me to pay for you but, on the other hand, I really didn't like having to cook on my days off childcare. As a feminist it irked me to always be the one doing the cooking. It was another conundrum. 'I'm not cooking for you every time you come round,' I said. So, you started picking up a meal for one in the supermarket with mock seriousness, even though I protested that I didn't really mean that I would never cook for you; you took feedback on board and you were not going to have me resenting you.
One day, in January, you decided to show me that you could be the new man you felt I needed you to be. You determined to cook me dinner. You arrived, Ainsley Harriot cookbook in hand, with a bag of shopping and set about chopping in my kitchen while I went to a doctor's appointment. I returned to the smell of burning and you, dripping with sweat and visibly shaken in a way I'd never seen you, pans all over the kitchen and a pile of orange slop deposited onto two plates. It tasted ok, I said, just slightly singed. I said it added to the depth of the flavour. It took you a full hour to calm down. It took another hour to clean the kitchen. You never cooked for me again. But I loved you all the more for trying.


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Hello, Ryan Ries here again with some juicy new Active Directory hotness. Windows Server 2016 is right around the corner, and it's bringing a ton of new features and improvements with it. Today we're going to talk about one of the new things you'll be seeing in Active Directory, which you might see referred to as "expiring links," or what I like to call "temporary group memberships."
One of the challenges that every security-conscious Active Directory administrator has faced is how to deal with contractors, vendors, temporary employees and anyone else who needs temporary access to resources within your Active Directory environment. Let's pretend that your Information Security team wants to perform an automated vulnerability scan of all the devices on your network, and to do this, they will need a service account with Domain Administrator privileges for 5 business days. Because you are a wise AD administrator, you don't like the idea of this service account that will be authenticating against every device on the network having Domain Administrator privileges, but the CTO of the company says that you have to give the InfoSec team what they want.
(Trust me, this stuff really happens.)
Source : Ask the Directory Services Team


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This is the little side table area closest to the hall closet. It is almost entirely unusable as a side table because of the "decorations."
This side table has a shelf on the bottom too. It has stuff on it as well. Surprise surprise.
The hidden horrors. Although this junk is clearly visible when you first come into the house, I am able to ignore it because it looks fairly decent from the front. Not anymore.
Not too much in this drawer, but we'll see what truly belongs soon enough.
Time to empty this little area out.
All laid out and categorized. It really helps the process when I can see everything. This stuff was all from the top of the side table and from the drawer.
We need the song books for our bible fellowship, but we don't need them all in the side table. I kept three of each and stored the rest with our other research books.
THIS was what was under the table and behind the table and trying to hide in the table. When taking out the photo albums I came across my big find for the day...
Pittsburgh sports paraphernalia. That's Malkin from the Penguins and Polamalu from the Steelers. My husband will be so surprised when he finds these framed and hanging on the walls of the Man Cave later on. I have to find frames but the wonderful black and gold colors match so well with simple black metal frames.
The Polamalu trading card may have to find its way into my wallet...he's such a cutie!!
These are solar landscape lights my wonderful husband got me for our anniversary last month. I'm not sure what I was waiting for to put them out in the yard. They have now been placed in our flower beds and have inspired some changes to our outdoor spaces.
Under the 50 CDs of very excellent bible teachings, I found a bowl full of change. The money is in my piggy bank and the CDs are making their way into the hands of people who need them since I have listened to them already.
This is where my decluttering took a more emotional turn. I am keeping all our photo albums and I can think of no other place to store them right now. I am hoping to eventually have a place for them in my office. The problem is I don't have an office...yet. This is one of the things I am working toward.
The emotion started when I emptied out my knitting/crochet basket
It is not a very full basket. As a matter of fact, it contains only two WIP's (Works In Progress).
The blanket on the left is what brought the emotions.
It is the blanket I crocheted while we traveled back and forth 4 hours round trip to Pittsburgh for fertility treatments. For 2 years. Without success.
It also almost became a blanket for the adoption of a newborn baby boy, but the birth mother decided to keep the child after it was born. I always intended to finish it and save it for the child we would eventually have.
While we have not given up hope, my wonderful husband and I have decided to focus on loving each other and the life we have.
Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. Philippians 4:11It was time to give up the blanket. But how and to whom? It has such painful memories I can't bring myself to give it to friends or family. I know there are organizations which take blankets for preemies and new moms and I am sure they would love the blanket.
But that would mean researching it and finding one locally and time and more time and some more time. I can't make this decision more than once, I need it to go, I am taking it to Salvation Army. They will find someone who will love it and I won't have to think about it any more.
It's done now. I can always start another one if and when we ever move toward starting a family again and it will be made with joy and not sadness.
OK, no more tears!!! We'll move on to the other WIP. It is much more fun. I made two of them for a skit we did for our bible fellowship. I had to play the part of Daniel. I'm not a man. I don't have a beard. So, I made one. I made two because we needed a King and the other person performing in the skit was a girl too.
Aren't they fabulous?
Oh, yeah, way too sexy!
I decided this was no longer a WIP, I finished them and they can be stored away for our next skit.
Or for the next occasion I need to make the model "duck face" for my blog.


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Tuesday, 20 October 2015
Into The Trees
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Your words placed me right there in the woods - a heavenly scene.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you- glad you enjoyed it :o)Delete
Beautiful account of your time in the woods. I really love the idea that they can be so old. I wish trees could talk sometimes. I would love to know what they have seen.ReplyDeleteReplies
Me too- what tales they could tell, eh?Delete
Out of all your nature posts, I love your tree posts the most XReplyDeleteReplies
Bless you, Rach xDelete
A beautiful wood and lovely descriptive words. Well done on the MdJ - what a superb moth it is :)ReplyDeleteReplies
I was beginning to think I wouldn't see one this year, but it arrived on exactly the same date as last year.Delete
How beautifully you write about the enchantments of the ancient Wildwood. It's a magical place indeed. I love to be in places that haven't changed for hundreds of years. It makes me feel alive somehow. I hope it survives mankind. (Just changed that - I'd put "I hope it survives man", it sounded a bit Dude Where's My Car.) The moth is exquisite, quite exquisite. Happy sigh. How I love your blog. CJ xxReplyDeleteReplies
I snorted reading that, CJ. You've reminded me to talk to my children in that ' hey Dude' way more often. They love it, particularly when they have friends here. xxDelete
Beautiful piece of writing about that magical wood CT. Those trees certainly look ancient.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, Weaver. You can't beat an Ancient Forest for magic.Delete
I find it even more special in visiting the woods at this time of year. Sarah xReplyDeleteReplies
Autumn and all its colours.... xxDelete
A beautifully evocative post my dear, always a pleasure to read after a day in the office xxReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, Jo. Soothing balm for the soul xxDelete
Reading your post made me think of Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit!ReplyDelete
Have you seen those fillms? The woods are stunning in those films and full of life...!Replies
oh, but this is so very lovely. so lovely i'm not going to disturb it with my nattering on about how lovely it is. xoReplyDeleteReplies
Bless you, lovely lady :o) xDelete
Beautiful, you should write a book. When I read your posts I always want to shun my hot tea and comfortable chair and run outside. xReplyDeleteReplies
That is the biggest compliment I could wish for, Shauna. xDelete
The track I was cycling along today has uprooted trees and if you look carefully at the chalk trapped in the roots you can see fossils of sea creatures from when this land was under the sea. I am absolutely convinced that some of the yew trees here could be as old as 10,000 years, dating from the retreat of the Ice Age. I love how history and landscape are intertwined. How amazing that your longed-for moth appeared on the same day as last year. I love your blog too CT.ReplyDeleteReplies
There is so much ancient stuff about when you really look at what you're seeing. Yews yes, definitely, old, old, beings.Delete
Forests have a way of bewitching the soul don't they. Sublime description of bewitchment in this post!ReplyDelete
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They certainly do. I still feel under the spell of those old woods, two days after leaving them behind xDelete
All well here thanks, despite the eye wateringly spicy dinner I made tonight - not the squash one! I hope that it is with you. There is nothing like woods is there, they have a different feel to them than anywhere else, wild but safe somehow. xxReplyDeleteReplies
I love that description Amy- wild but safe, that's it, exactly xxDelete
Beautiful words, beautiful trees, beautiful nature.ReplyDelete
So lucky to have such an ancient woodland on your door step.
As I read your post I was reminded of Tolkein...A level English Literature!
Tolkien had a great love of trees. He would climb them and even talk to them. He disliked the destruction of them. A running theme in Lord of the Rings echoed his feelings. He abhorred the needless destruction of them and defined his characters as good or bad according to their feelings on trees. The Orcs mindlessly cut down trees to further themselves. Sauron's evil power turns Greenwood the great to the black and decaying boughs of Mirkwood and makes Mondor so evil and dark.
The good people, such as the Elves showed a deep regard for trees. The Ents guarded the forests in a protective way. Aragon's banner symbol is a White Tree.
I am sure one of those beautiful trees is a Tolkien Ent. Guarding the forest and allowing you to walk and whisper,... as he whispers to tell the animals not to be afraid of you.
Thank you for such a heart warming, thought provoking post.
Trees are just magical.
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I love your critique of Tolkein and the trees. I am a fan of his because of LOTR and The Hobbit and also because he was into Anglo Saxon history which I studied at Uni the first time round. Where would we be without trees? I love them :o) xxDelete
What a wonderul way you have with words.ReplyDelete
I was holding my breath when reading the words, then slowly breathing
cheers, parsnipReplies
Thank you, Parsnip. That means a lot and is very kind and nice of you to say.Delete
- Anonymous21 October 2015 at 12:25
" The Woods are lovely,dark,and deep...". Reading your post ,I am reminded of this line by Robert Frost.The woods are magical and your account of them is too.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks so much for quoting that- I've been looking for an extra poem I can do with my first years after reading break and that's perfect :o)Delete
- Anonymous21 October 2015 at 14:56
I love that twisted trunk in your first photo. Trees, especially old trees, are solidly reassuring, and old woods and forests are magical places, especially at this time of year. Your post is very evocative. Wow, what a beautiful moth!ReplyDeleteReplies
I wondered what had caused the twisting. I think they can grow like that when there's an underground water source nearby, although having just googled it I see there is no definitive answer. I have a friend who says it's Earth Energy.Delete
I love trees there is something very magical being in the woods amongst them.So many size and shapes, I am obviously not the only one fascinated with their beauty xReplyDeleteReplies
It's lovely that so many people share that sense of magic and awe that woods and forests can give us xDelete
Hey CT,ReplyDelete
What a wonderful, wonderful piece of writing. I think the woods sensed your understanding and love for the natural world. It welcomed you in.
Quite right too.
Leanne xx
I'm a great believer in not just assuming you can go anywhere without asking. I feel this way especially in woods and forests. Did you know in ancient writings the woods were the place you would go to find out who you were? All those hidden tracks and pathways. I do wish we lived nearer you know. XxReplyDelete
Love, love love the trees.ReplyDelete
So glad your beloved moth came to say hello, it is a beauty. I felt as if I were in the woods with you...so wonderfully described.ReplyDelete
Thank you for leaving a comment. I always enjoy reading them and will try my best to reply to every one. CT x


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Top 10 Pasar Ramadan in MY?
I heard from my friends that Setapak had one of the top 10 pasar ramadan in malaysia – i decided to check it out since i got a chance to test my new camera also….
The pasar ramadan sure had a lot of different varieties of food and drinks on offer…. among my facourites were the…..
and my first encounter with Satay Ikan! but i couldnt even buy any bcos the line was so damn long and the boss can only cook up a small batch …
Overall…the setapak jaya pasar ramadan is great not because of the great variety of food or how long it was …. but it is the traders themselves that made the entire bazaar felt very carnival like… i heard a lot of traders trading jokes among themselves and with the customers and i even got some requests to take pictures with them too!
As i was reached the end of the pasar ramadan..i came across a BLUE MAN….yup, you heard me right…a BLUE MAN
at first i thought he was a busker but turns out there was a Celcom roadshow for their PortaWifi !
I tell you…the BLUE MAN sure was eye catching….everyone was stopping by to take pictures and find out what's happening
The Celcom PortaWifi is a great device…. basically a mobile wifi device that up to 5 person can share and download speeds up to 21mbps. I asked the Celcom reps to let me test the speed and was pleasantly surprised when i was able to load HD Youtube videos without any lag. If you always have friends and family around you that needs data, this is a nifty little device to put in your car, home and also on the move….. how you ask ? well see the pic below
Yup….everyone have a powerbank and by just plugging the PortaWifi device…you can become a wifi hotspot for your friends anytime, anywhere….
Thanks for reading folks
if you want to go to this pasar ramadan, google this address
Jalan Rejang 11, Setapak Jaya , 53300 KL
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The Good News Thread
Posted by Phoenix Woman on December 15, 2014
Because we could all use a little good news:
— Thanks to Ted Cruz and Mike Lee being utter boneheads, Harry Reid was able to push through a few more nominees than he thought he could this week, the biggest prize so far being Dr. Vivek Murthy for Surgeon General. When even David Gergen takes the GOP to task for cowering before the NRA over Dr. Murthy, you know they've gone a cower too far.
— The National Labor Relations Board, up and running again after years of Republican and Big Business obstructionism, has made a major move that could help turn the tide back in labor's favor in America:
The National Labor Relations Board finally issued its long-in-the-works rule speeding up union representation elections. Currently, employers can drag out the election process by withholding information from organizers and with frivolous lawsuits, time they often use to intimidate and coerce workers away from union support.
The new rule, set to take effect on April 15, will cut waiting times between when an election is set and when it happens, put off litigation—often filed by businesses to drag out the election process—until after the election, allow election petitions to be filed electronically (hi there, 21st century!), require businesses to share additional worker contact information with union organizers, and consolidate the post-election appeals process.
Of course the Greed Lobby isn't taking this lying down, but this is a big step that will be hard to undo.
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27 January 2011, Kuala Lumpur - Here is the video report of the recent rest day 2 of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2011 last Monday, 24th January 2011 at Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands. Watch the interviews of Tania Sachdev and Kateryna Lahno in this video report courtesy of Tata Steel Chess organisers and moderated by Bianca Muhren.
To see more video reports, please go to Tata Steel Chess videos or click here.


text: I've made available a copy of the 2.0-devel admin guide, a work in progress, at http://www.openldap.org/devel/admin/. This is primarily to obtain feedback from users. Please note that only sections 1-3 have been updated. Patches against the sources, available via AnonCVS in the module 'openldap-guide', are welcomed. Please note that 2.0 will not be released until this guide and user/admin man pages (sections 1,5,8) are updated.


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OCTOBER 11, 2012 — Francesco Schettino, the former captain of the Costa Concordia, has appealed to a Labor Court (Giudice del Lavoro), appealing the decision of Carnival Corporation subsidiary Costa Crociere to fire him in the wake of the loss of the cruise ship which resulted in 32 deaths.
He has asked for reinstatement, back pay and damages.
"It is the right of every worker to appeal against his dismissal and Captain Schettino has done no more than exercise that right," his lawyer, Bruno Leporatti, is quoted as saying. "There is nothing to contest or be amazed about, unless we want to say that what the law allows for all citizens doesn't apply for Francesco Schettino."
Meantime, Schettino faces separate, criminal, proceedings. A pretrial hearing in the town of Grosseto on Monday will establish whether prosecutors have a case against Schettino, and others who have been under investigation in the case, including Costa Crociere executives Roberto Ferrarini,, Manfred Ursprunger and Paolo Mattesi.


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Yeah it's a one note joke, but goddamn it works. Seriously though, this is a fun movie. The acting is good. The gore effects are wonderfully gruesome. Oh yeah and there's sheep fucking references.
The Bad: It's a zombie movie with sheep.
Final Thoughts: If you want something different or are a fan of early Peter Jackson stuff (particularly Brain Dead), check this one out. I don't think you'll be disappointed You can normally snag a copy on Amazon for 10 bucks or less (worth it).
In Your Game: These things are just begging to be added to an Army of Darkness game that makes a stopover in New Zealand. Give them a supernatural origin and they'd make an interesting addition to a Ghosts of Albion game that makes a stop in Scotland.
Name: Killer Sheep
Motivation: Kill
Critter Type: Mutant Animal
Attributes: Str 3, Dex 3, Con 2, Int 1 (animal), Per 2, Will 1
Ability Scores: Muscle 12 , Combat 10, Brains 7
Life Points: 34 Drama Points: 1
Special Abilities: Infection (sheep bitten become killer sheep, humans bitten become weresheep)
Name Score Damage Notes
Bite 10 6 Slash/Stab
Dodge 10 - Defense action
Name: Weresheep
Motivation: Kill
Critter Type: Feral
Attributes: Str 6, Dex 5, Con 6, Int 1, Per 3, Will 1
Ability Scores: Muscle 18 , Combat 16, Brains 9
Life Points: 54 Drama Points: 5
Special Abilities: Infection (sheep bitten become killer sheep, humans bitten become weresheep)
Name Score Damage Notes
Bite 16 12 Slash/Stab
Dodge 16 - Defense action
Punch 16 12 Bash
New To Me Movies Watched: 14
Total Movies Watched: 22


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Emanata Open Source iOS Framework for Tumblr
While developing the latest version of Emanata Comics for iOS, we needed a way to handle authentication and posting to Tumblr from iOS devices. We decided to build this functionality separate from our application and link it into the app as a Framework (albeit a statically linked framework). This decision has made the code we wrote for Emanata Comics to share with Tumblr modular enough that we have open sourced the library, and the code for the library is available on Emanata's GitHub page.
For now, the framework only supports authentication, retrieving user information and posting pictures since these are the API calls we currently utilize in the Emanata Comics application, but we intend to expand it as needed and are happy to review any pull requests sent our way. Take a look and let us know if you find this framework useful at firstname.lastname@example.com
– Ehren
Emanata Comics on Android
We are very happy to announce the beta release of Emanata Comics for Android. The App is available -now- in Google Play. Download it for free here.
Emanata Comics for the Android platform works across a wide range of Android tablets and smartphones running Android 2.2 Froyo and above.
This is a beta release and there's no In-App Purchase at the moment.
We would love to hear what you think. Please send us a note at email@example.com.
Emanata Comics video review by iPhoneGlance.
Emanata at APPNATION IV.
We will be demoing Emanata Comics on Tuesday, 12/11 at APPNATION IV. Stop by Pod F4 from 10.30A to 5.15P to say hi!
Comic Book Resources.
Check out this nice profile CBR wrote about Emanata.
Get That New New.
With all that's been happening around the office lately, we neglected to mention how much we enjoyed our time at APE 2012. It was great to meet so many of you in person. We would love to meet more of our users and artists. Which events would you like to see us at? We have a list of possibilities, but we would love to know which conventions are your favorites.
So, what's been going on with us? We just updated to version 2.1.1! Get your update in the App Store for an even better reading experience on your iPhone / iPad Mini. We also added a new feature for our artists — adjustable preview for paid content. Previously, only 3 pages of a paid story could be previewed by a reader. Now with v.2.1.1, the artist can choose to share as much of the paid story as he or she likes for free.
We'd also like to give major thanks to the following artists for recently joining the Emanata Community: Aaron Whitaker, Erin Mehlos, James Stanton, Brittany Langlois, Emma T. Capps, Thomas Hunter, Jeanette Langmead, Andrew James Christensen, Walter De Leon, Jinru Ong, Richard Dansci, Jon Garza, Angeliki Salamaliki, Mathilde Tollec, Sandra González, Pat Barrett, Alex Murray-Clark, Patt Kelley, Annie Stoll, Sam Sharpe, Kristopher White, Vera Greentea, Nicholas Doan, Doctor Popular, Alfie Gallagher, Matt Sheean, Bob Flynn, Devin Kraft, Erik Taylor, and Jerel Dye.
We love their work, and know that you do too.
We promise to try to update this blog regularly, but to really keep up with the latest Emanata happenings, we recommend you 'like' us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter. =)
– Tara


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Inspired to spread knowledge of this new law, Joe Mizereck took it upon himself to create jerseys and t-shirts that say: "3 FEET PLEASE!" and [*in 13 states] "IT'S THE LAW."
That's action. I like it.
Also, how another cyclist took action:
Also, how another cyclist took action:
Makes me want to get some of these:
Fortunately, I DO have one of these (a positive review to come):


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Seattle, WA (PRWEB) March 24, 2014
The Board of Directors of Washington Federal, Inc. (NASDAQ-WAFD), today announced a quarterly cash dividend of 10 cents per share. The dividend will be payable on April 18, 2014 to common stockholders of record on April 4, 2014. This will be Washington Federal's 125th consecutive quarterly cash dividend.
Washington Federal, Inc. is the parent company of Washington Federal, a national bank that operates 231 offices in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Texas and New Mexico. Established in 1917, the Company provides consumer and commercial deposit accounts, insurance products, and financing for small to middle market businesses, commercial real estate and residential real estate, including consumer mortgages and home equity lines of credit. As of December 31, 2013, the Company reported $14.4 billion in assets, $10.4 billion in deposits and $2.0 billion in stockholders' equity.
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