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We have had no internet for a week and it has been really odd - I had not realised just how much we use this wretched machine ! When the new router finally arrived yesterday and we went on line again 170 emails came through, quite overwhelming, emails concerning George's Rotary Club, the church, Open Studios, Luncheon Club, MESCH, etc. quite apart from mail from friends and family. And DD1 came for the weekend so it was only this afternoon that I got to my sewing machine and produced this little fellow. It is part of the work I am doing for Cottenham Textiles in Focus, this is the third attempt as after I had disolved the Romeo the first two did not seem colourful enough. I then had quite a struggle to get him safely behind bars -
but I got him there eventually although he does not look too happy! I have called him Kevin and I am undecided whether to leave him like this with a rather weird stunted tail or to add a few feathers like this -
What shall I do? I think I am inclined to go for the feathers.
It has been a funny week, no computer, miserable weather, the funeral of a friend who died very suddenly, rotten news in the papers, a wonderful massage from one of my favourite people and a nice supper party. So a really mixed bag. I have just finished reading Marrying the Mistress by Joanna Trollope, I think it is the first book of hers I have ever read and I really enjoyed it.
My daughter brought me a super little gizmo which I saw in my grandson's flat at Uni - a sock dryer. It has 20 pegs suspended from a ring and I can peg all the socks onto the one hanger in the warmth of the kitchen then whop it on the line where it is easy to retrieve if it starts to rain! I'm tickled pink with it - it doesn't take much to please me! Funny though, when I came to peg the socks on somehow I had 21 socks, now how can that be? Why is there always one sock which lurks in the laundry basket? Another one of life's great mysteries.


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One of the claims of the New Atheists is that church-goers get disillusioned by a type of mirage called a "meme."
According to merriam-webster.com, a meme is:
" an idea, behavior, style, or usage that spreads from person to person within a culture"
Let's take, for instance, an image where God is a father. In this meme, we might have an image where God looks like a smiling father with a child sitting comfortably in His lap. This image becomes a meme when we freeze the bounds, where God can be nothing other than this picture. Yes, God is certainly like an earthly father, but he is not constrained to those characteristics. So when we find God to be something other than that meme, we have a set of choices to make. The options I can see are four-fold.
- Unwaveringly hold on to the meme. God is a charming earthly father and nothing more.
- Study to find what else God might be. What might a Heavenly Father look like?
- Replace the meme with another meme. God is not a charming earthly father, but rather an impatient, abusive father.
- Study to find out whether God is a product of fiction. Perhaps we cannot find a rational description of God.
Notice the other meme in option 3. This is done by sloppy study of the God of the Bible. By cherry-picking verses out of the Bible rather than doing serious study, we can make God out to be a very angry father. I call this other meme an anti-meme. Rather than taking a hard, honest look at what a Heavenly Father entails, we take a quick glance and end up with another false image. Now we have a "raging father" meme rather than a "charming father" meme. And if we make a false assumption that we have honestly and diligently studied Biblical history, we could skip to step 4 and state, "Perhaps we cannot find a rational description of God." So a false set of options would look like this:
- Unwaveringly hold on to the meme. God is a charming earthly father and nothing more.
- Study to find out whether God is a product of fiction. God is not a charming earthly father, but rather an impatient, abusive father. Perhaps we cannot find a rational description of God.
Coincidentally works out for the atheist, doesn't it? And yet the other options are subtly out of view.
So what happens if we explore option 2 out of the 4 options? I've been reading a book by Paul Copan, "Is God a Moral Monster?" If we read books like this in light of the new atheists' claims, we'll at least have a balanced view. Taking this in addition to my own study of the Bible, I can consider what a Heavenly Father might look like. For starters, He's got billions of children over the course of thousands of years in various cultures of various ages. Consider that some of His children are tyrants, while others cry out for deliverance. A Heavenly Father's patience may last for hundreds of years, and yet cries for help cannot be ignored. And how did ancient Biblical people view things? From my own research, ancient Middle-Easterners would look at modern Westerners as a bunch of softies. But don't take my word for it; do your own research and find for out yourself. You'll find their situation is no easy picture, no quickly-forming meme.
The word 'antimeme' or 'anti-meme' does not have a definition according to the latest Merriam-Webster results. By 'anti-meme' I refer to:
"a fresh meme that is invented to replace another diametrically-opposed meme"
This meme will probably not behave like the original meme, since it is new or falsely presented as new. Therefore, it will not appear mindless or viral, rather as fresh and original. Like a meme, an anti-meme will have some reasoning behind it, reasoning that supports the opposing viewpoint. However, like the meme, the anti-meme will depend on assumptions and caricatures.
A popular anti-meme says that Jesus' crucifixion was a form of cosmic child abuse. What images come to your mind when you think of 'child abuse?' The first image I get is a child in elementary school that wears long sleeves in summer to cover her bruises. I confirm the moral injustice, the unethical treatment within the situation. Abusing a child is certainly wrong. So does the crucifixion fit this profile? Let's read from Jesus' own words to His Father before the crucifixion:
John 17:1 Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: "Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You, 2 as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him. 3 And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. 4 I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do. 5 And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was…"
From an eternal perspective, the focus shifts from the word 'child' to the word 'cosmic.' Jesus is a child to God only in the sense that He is a Son; not in the sense of being younger or less mature. Often the Biblical reference to the word 'child' is misinterpreted due to the strength of family tradition. You could be 70 years old and be the 'child' of a 100-year-old, because your father would always be your father. On top of this, we have an infinite son of an infinite father. How meme-shattering the 'cosmic child' proves to be!
So should we hastily throw away all our memes? No. Memes are a good starting point, like intuition to a child. Think of memes like icons on your computer. What If instead of small pictures that represented the entire programs on your computer desktop, you had the entire programs all running simultaneously on your screen? Actually, this would waste a ton of memory and keep the other icons out of sight. I suggest that instead of totally blowing all our memes away, we should investigate them one by one. We might just enrich each one. God is a very loving Heavenly Father, one that has an eternal plan in mind for each one of us. Yes, it is more complicated and sometimes quite bewildering. It ties in a multi-dimensional love woven through times and cultures. It defies a simple explanation, and yet ultimately becomes a reality in a future world. Let's be careful not to hastily adopt memes or anti-memes. For the serious Bible student, this means to "be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."
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The Rokit awards
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Here at Rokit Covent Garden, obviously fashion is our main concern but music is always high on the list of talking points. The Brit awards are nearly here and so it seems like as good a time as any to talk about the highlights of the last year, music wise.
We've had a whip around with everyone putting in their "2 cents" and here is who we think should win what:
Best British Album: Muse - The Resistance
Best British Male: Ian Brown
Best British Female: Florence Welch
Best British Break Through Act: The xx
Best British Group: Radiohead
Best British Single: Florence + The Machine - Rabbit Heart
Best International Male: Julian Casablancas
Best International Female: Karen O
Best International Breakthrough: Grizzly Bear
Best International Album: Flight of the Concords - I Told You I Was Freaky
Best International Immigrant - Alexandra Evangelo


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Several masked men with guns tie up occupants of an Avon residence.
Six to 10 masked men brandishing guns entered a Page Street residence, tied up the occupants and stole about $5,000 in cash and jewelry Wednesday night, police said.
Officers Lawrence Donovan, Glenn Fernald and Craig Staffier responded at 7:18 p.m. to a 911 call reporting an armed home invasion at 314 Page St., said Donovan.
The intruders tied up about seven people in the house with plastic pull-ties and duct tape.
The occupants freed themselves and called police about 10 minutes after the robbery. No one was injured, said Donovan.
The men could not be identified because they were wearing coast, hats, masks and gloves.
"(The callers) think they were Vietnamese because they were speaking Vietnamese or an Asian language," Donovan said.
There were no suspects Wednesday night. A dark-colored minivan-type vehicle may be connected to the robbery. Anyone with information should call police at 508-583-6677, he said.
Donovan said there had not been a home invasion in Avon for at least 19 years.


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Monday, 20 March 2017
PEDOGATE: Systemic Global Pedophilia EXPOSED
From the Franklin and Hampstead cover ups to Jimmy Savile and Sir Edward Heath, their crimes against children are legion and now they are bing exposed for all the world to see. #Pedogate is SYSTEMIC GLOBAL Pedophilia, and it's an abomination that must be stopped.
Story thanks to Trump is Right.
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, March 20th, 2017.]
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You often seen and heard about young names who are contributing in the promotion of Pakistani fashion industry across the globe. These young and energetic fashion designers are the real intellectual property of the industry because they are just not contributing at their part but also developing strong foundations for the next generation of fashion designers. Asifa & Nabeel are one of them; contributing at their best and promoting the industry at larger level. Asifa & Nabeel has become the finest embroidered formal clothing label of Pakistan which was established 13 years ago and now providing a wide range of Bridal, Formal, Luxury Pret and Haute & Couture dresses at national and international level.


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Connie Marie Winters, 47, of Dumas died Tuesday, May 21, 2013. She was born May 5, 1966 in South Korea.
She was preceded in death by her grandparents; Edward and Ellen Marie Shriver.
Survivors include sons, Daniel C. Winters of Wisconsin, Steven E. Winters of Wisconsin, and Thomas S. Winters of the home; parents; William F. and Mary E. Shriver of Provo, Utah; and sister, Donnie Fancher and husband James of Cabot.
A funeral was held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at the funeral home.
Sign online guest book at www.thomasfuneralservice.com.


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Leather skirts are making a splash this season. With roots from the 80s and the gothic fashion trends, it's an edgy piece of clothing that can easily spruce up any ensemble. Check out this look spotted in Paris outside Balmain: a good example staying true to the Neo-Gothic trend and yet still looking pretty.
The true stand out in this outfit is the pleated leather skirt. Who would've thought pretty and cute can be edgy too? Paired with studded boots and a lace top over a bikini bra that pays homage to this season's cropped top trend, this is a look any vampire lover would want to have. The rock inspired necklace also does it's thing, complementing the studs in the boots and adding a bit of silver to slightly break the monotony of black.


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One of the many things I love about this couple is their willingness to share information. They've created a couple of fantastic websites that do just that.
Their blog documents their travels with pictures and descriptions of hikes, campsites, and other aspects that may be of interest to travelers of all modes. It also has a page dedicated to work camping resources. Bookmark this page! It lists many resources available with a single click and it has recently been updated.
They also have a wonderful gallery of pictures, taken at their many camp sites, hiking and caving expeditions. I'd be hard pressed to pick my favorite, but I really enjoyed the most recent
A July 4th Rainbow and Hoodoos (picture lifted from Hitek Homeless)
Jen and Johnny are also created FreeCampsites.net. The website incorporates an interactive map of boon docking campsites, which is easily navigated. All of the listed sites have been utilized by Jen and Johnny or contributors. The campsites are rated and any difficulties getting there are noted and discussed. The website is updated regularly as they travel throughout the United States.
They provide a discussion forum to discuss all aspects of RV living and boon docking.
You can
As a sidenote, if you have the opportunity to camp with these wanderers, the entertainment value, alone, is priceless!
Thanks, you guys, for providing such awesome resources and not having me arrested for stalking! I'm looking forward to the next time!


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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
ModCloth's Who, What, Wear, Wed stylebook!
6 comments:
- wildchild said...
i've been waiting for some details! you should share :)
- May 25, 2011 at 9:03 AM
- Emily, Ruby Slipper Journeys said...
Actually, I like that you're not sharing much. It'll be a fun surprise! Pink, hmm?
- May 25, 2011 at 9:12 AM
- Bea Modisett said...
- May 25, 2011 at 9:15 AM
- sami chu. said...
my dress is vintage- my girls are wearing black- so yes, i will definitely be incorporating something old with something new this september!
when is your wedding??
- May 25, 2011 at 10:07 AM
- Lenore @ Lather. Write. Repeat. said...
I'm all for vintage at a wedding! I'm getting married in September and I'm having a vintage style/shape made by a seamstress since I couldn't find a good fitting one already. Then I'm having my mom/grandmother/greatgrandmother's vintage wedding dress fabric remnants sewn on as rosettes. Can't wait!
- May 25, 2011 at 11:36 AM
- Rachel said...
My sister's getting married this summer, and the stylebook came just at the right time! They have such great ensembles. :D
- May 25, 2011 at 11:44 AM
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It's an extremely exciting day for our new draft picks. Here they are:
1st rd ~ Henrik Samuellson ~ "BULF"
2nd rd ~ Jordan Martinook ~ "Nookie"
3rd rd ~ James Melindy ~ "Super Ginger"
4th rd ~ Rhett Holland ~ "Frankly he doesn't give a damn"
5th rd ~ Niklas Tikkiken ~ "BB Finn"
6th rd ~ Samuel Feyes ~ "Hunter & Gatherer"
7th rd ~ Marek Langhamer ~ "BB Czech Goalie" & Justin Hache ~ "Eggo"
Yay, everyone has their name already, but they ARE subject to change once, you know, I actually see them.
I figure that I'll write about them during prospect camp instead of just spitting back stuff I've read online.
What I caaaaaaaaaaaaaan do is look at our draft picks from last year and how their first year in the organization went.
1st rd: Connor Murphy ~ Dman
Connor had a pretty serious injury to rehab from at the start of the season so he only played 35 games for the Sarnia Sting this year. But in those games, he was 8-18-26. In 6 playoff games, he had 1 goal and two assists. Not too shabby for our Dman.
Round 2: Alexander Ruuttu ~ Forward
Alex is still in Finland playing for Jokerit. He is playing against men and it will aid in getting him ready for the NHL. In 13 games, he was 1-0-1. Don't ask me, Europe is weird and I don't really know what's going on with him. I do know he is still a beanpole.
Round 3: Lucas Lessio ~ Forward
Lucas played for Oshawa this year and played 66 games. He had a great year with 34 goals and 25 assists. Someone that actually shoots? Holy crap. He looked good in camp last year and the coaches kept him longer than many of the other young picks. Looks good, more skill than scrap.
Round 4: Harrison Ruopp ~ Dman
Young Mr. Ruopp was a casualty of the trade that brought Z back from the Pens.
Round 5: Kale Kessy ~ Forward
Kale plays for the Medicine Hat Tigers and is a bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuutal forward. BRUTAL. He played 49 games, partially because he was suspended multiple times for big hits. HE IS BRUTAL. He had 4 goals and 12 assists to go with his 151 penalty minutes.
Round 5: Darian Dziurzynski ~ forward
Let's start by reviewing how much I freaking love Darian's hair. I DO. A LOT. Darian went from the Blades to the Wheat Kings this year. He played 61 games and had 27 goals, 16 assists. The things about Darian is that he can obviously score but he's ……………. tough. Don't tell anyone I said this but, he's kinda Shane Doan-ish. He'll fight if he has to. He is like a bull in a china shop, but he can put the puck in the net.
I am so high on this kid. Can't wait to see what he does this season. Can't wait.
Round 6: Andrew Fritsch ~ Forward
Andrew went to Sault St. Marie this season and played 35 games. He had 32 points (13 goals, 19 assists), which is not shabby at all. Andrew is pretty scrappy and doesn't seem afraid to go where he needs to in order to get puck in the net.
Round 7: Zac Larraza ~ Forward
Zac is a college boy at U of Denver this year. He played 26 games and ended up with 1 goal, 4 assists as a Freshman. He's still filling out so we will see how he bulks up over the next year or two.


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I've nothing new on the knitting front to report, I've had a crummy summer cold since Thursday. The Photographer got tired of hanging around the house with a sick-o and went over to The Children's Pool in La Jolla for a couple hours late Sunday afternoon.
All the people are watching the seals in the water who are watching the people on the shore.
(If you click on the photos it will take you to Flickr where you can see the large version of the picture.)
A little history on the Children's Pool. Five or more years ago the seals moved in and took over this beach to have their pups. The seals on the sand were roped off, no swimming in the water as it was contaminated from the seals doing you know what; it was fun to go down in the Spring and see all the babies and adults sunning themselves on the sand.
A People's Rights group sued to get the beach back for the children; they won and the ropes came down and once again humans could swim in the water. Except the seals didn't get notification so they're still there contaminating the water that people are now free to swim in. Ick! Not sure who exactly won the legal battle over beach rights. I would have voted on the Seals side.
The pier in the upper left is the Scripps Institue of Oceanography/UCSD
How's this for a view from your desk!
This is what he's looking at
Artists above it all
Back to knitting soon.
Monday, June 30, 2008
La Jolla Children's Pool
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Check out Pilots N Paws awesome campaign this week. From September 12-20, they have the goal of transporting 5000 shelter pets to safety. Pilots N Paws links up pilots with shelters to organize the transport of dogs to shelters that have more room, allowing the flying pups to hang around long enough to find their forever home. Check out my earlier story about PNP and one of their pilot heros, and my original story about the emerging nationwide network creating a virtual underground railroad for dogs. If you and your plane are grounded for the time being, you can also donate to support the cause.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Fire up your jets to save pets
Do you have a plane? And some free time? Who doesn't?
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Looking for examples of success or more ideas? Check out these stories to boost your wellness efforts.
Success Stories/Best PracticesPutting Local School Wellness Policies into Action: Stories from Schools
Read these 11 stories from a diverse group of schools that succeeded in improving students' nutritional and physical activity status through Local Wellness Policy. Each story provides examples of steps and strategies used to implement wellness policies, including activities in key areas such as improving school meals and increasing physical activity levels among students.
Wellness Stories
Alliance for Healthier Generation.
Various success stories from across the country on wellness initiatives in schools and afterschool. Scroll to the bottom of the page to filter by category or use a search term.
Nutrition, Physical Activity & Obesity: School Health Guidelines to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity (September 2011)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Nutrition, Physical Activity & Obesity: School Health Guidelines to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity.
School Nutrition Success Stories (August 2016)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Making It Happen! School Nutrition Success Stories tells the stories of schools and school districts that have implemented innovative strategies to improve the nutritional quality of foods and beverages sold outside of Federal meal programs. Can filter by category including nutrition polices and standards, parental leadership, and more!
ICN Best Practice Guide for Increasing Middle/Junior High School Student Participation and Satisfaction in the National School Lunch Program (2015)
ICN. The University of Southern Mississippi.
Use of this resource can help SN directors focus improvement efforts on best practices that will produce the most impact on middle/junior high school students' participation in the NSLP and satisfaction with their school lunch experience.
ICN Insights
Institute of Child Nutrition.
ICN Insight is an informational newsletter based on research and educational projects sponsored by the Institute of Child Nutrition Applied Research Division. This user-friendly publication summarizes the research or project and emphasizes the "so what" by giving practical suggestions that can be used by local CNP directors to enhance their operations.
• ICN Insights – Insight No. 51 -- Exploring School Nutrition Professionals' Preferences of USDA Recipes for Meeting USDA Meal Pattern Requirements
• ICN Insights - Insight No. 54 -- Best Practice Guide for Increasing Student Participation and Satisfaction with the National School Lunch Program
• ICN Insights - Insight No. 55 -- Exploring the Utilization of Key Performance Indicators by School Nutrition Directors


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Review for Select Address Book Text by speedball2001
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Nice addon to Thunderbird's addressbook. Makes you wonder why this is not a standard feature.This review is for a previous version of the add-on (1.4).
To create your own collections, you must have a Mozilla Add-ons account.


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On Monday, June 23, 2014 at 11:30 am at our Colfax Avenue store
Hillary Rodham Clinton served as the U.S. Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013 after nearly four decades in public service as an advocate, attorney, First Lady, and Senator. Secretary Clinton will sign her new book Hard Choices, an inside account of the crises, choices, and challenges she faced during her four years as America's 67th Secretary of State, and how those experiences drive her view of the future.
This event is a booksigning only. Free numbered tickets for a place in the signing line will be available beginning Tuesday, June 10, at 9:00 am, with the purchase of
Hard Choices at any Tattered Cover location. Each ticket is good for one person to get one book signed. No personalizations or posed photographs.


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Got a new tea tonight from Trader Joe's. Honey Jasmine. I'm really looking forward to having a cup tonight.
Mmm… Honey Jasmine.
Kidding! It's not a tea, or at least I don't think so, although it does sound delish, doesn't it?
It's a new blush from MAC — a fresh squeezed coral cutie from the MAC All About Orange Collection, and it's making me think of tea.
And Honey Boo Boo.
Yeah…I really need to stop watching reality TV (she says, while programming her Tivo to record Million Dollar Listing: New York).
Swear to gawd, I just did that. 🙂
Oh, and if you have a tan, babe, Honey Jasmine sure looks sweet on bronzed cheeks.
I picked up a little more color on my quick SoCal jaunt last week, and I've been wearing Honey Jasmine every day since.
I gauged the wear time last weekend during a very important business meeting… Okay, it wasn't a meeting. It was a Law & Order: SVU marathon. 🙂
When I peeled myself off the couch after four hours, I took a look in the mirror, and my blush seemed a touch darker than it did earlier in the day. In my mind, I heard the SVU "Dun-DUUN!!" and wondered if Benson or Stabler would be able to solve this mystery…
Probably. They're talented like that.
I tried again yesterday and noticed the same thing. If powder products tend to oxidize on your skin, it might be something to keep in mind.
My poor pan of Chanel Frivole is also mighty miffed about having to share counter space next to Honey Jasmine.
The two colors are similar — both of them, sun-soaked with a satin finish that says, "You would have loved the spa, daaaaahling!"
I'm not one to gossip, but I think Frivole's a little jealous of Honey biting her style.
I'm just sayin'. 🙂
AVAILABILITY: Available now online, and coming to MAC counters and stores June 6
Jeez, what a long day… I don't know about you, but I'm pooped. How's it going over there?
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I woke up and took a quick look out the window of my mate's apartment in New York City's East Village. It showed cloudless blue skies, leaving me with the assumption that one of the city's famed sunshine-filled, early Fall days lay ahead.
"A perfect day to get high" I thought. And by high, I meant checking out the new-ish High Line Park on Manhattan's lower West side that I had heard so much about. Getting as close as I could on the subway, I found my way to the abandoned railway-line-come-modern-park, and set off along its 1.6 km walkway.
About halfway along, I began to hear the muffled sounds of some sort of brass instrument. Having prioritised the travel category of my life the last few years, I have witnessed the skills of street performers and musicians all over the world. I have to admit that, on first impression the busker I could all but see didn't exactly have me reaching into my pockets.
Coming around a slight curve in the path, I finally came across the source of the music – a single musician playing a trombone. As I entered the immediate area he was playing in, it may as well have been a completely new performer. The trombonist was in a spot that allowed the surrounding buildings to echo and amplify his unique sound, causing each and every passer-by to stop and consciously watch him for at least a few seconds. The sounds of jazz being belted out from the rugged trombone of the young, stylish musician seemed to perfectly complement the park and its history.
The Rise of the High Line
The later half of the 19th century saw areas of Lower West Manhattan become home to regional produce markets, slaughterhouses and meat packing plants. If you're were looking for hotels in New York back then, this was not the district, as it is today. The roads in the area catered for both motor vehicles and freight trains, which travelled in and out of the city on street-level rail lines. The combination of freight trains and cars didn't go down too well, and the suburb quickly earned the cheery nickname of "Death Valley." Eventually an elevated railway line was constructed to alleviate the chaos being caused on the streets in 1934. The rise of national supermarket chains, highway systems and interstate trucking saw a dramatic drop in national rail dependence through the 1950's, and eventually the last freight train rolled out of the High Line in 1980. So aside from sections that were demolished, the area fell into disrepair and abandonment.
A Second Chance
The future of the High Line wasn't looking too bright – it was earmarked by the City of New York for dismantling and demolition. A committed group of locals banded together and rallied their local government to save the railway line and turn it into the linear public space that it is today. The popularity of the idea spread and the line was officially handed over to the City from the Surface Transportation Board. Construction on the High Line's new role started in 2006, with the first section opening to the public in 2009 and the second in 2011.
Today the pedestrian-only path that travels the length of the park, zigzagging through garden beds that bear sections of train tracks, gives a constant and subtle reminder of the park's origins. Benches, fountains, murals, sculptures, 'urban theatres' and sun chairs are scattered along the path, as it winds through buildings from all parts of New York's architectural history.
Much like the young musician who was bringing a particular style of music to a wide audience, leaving them appreciative of it regardless of their musical preferences, the High Line is an incredible example of a city recycling its history so that it can be both valued and enjoyed by the generations to come.


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Sunday, January 30, 2011
This is amazing History. Early Americans used to put quarters into a machine to receive day old information. The product was made of paper and was known to leave your hands black after handling. Many Rural Americans relied on this daily read as a way to start fires in their wood stove.
Below is a documentary on a business that was referred to as the "Video Rental Store" History is great.
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I am a writer, editor and translator living in West Yorkshire. I have a degree and masters in Literature and Philosophy from London Universities. I obtained a PGCE in English and History and taught for two years in a secondary school in England. My writing credits can be viewed here. I have had two poetry books published and am a co-translator of Alain-Fournier:Poems (Carcanet, 2016). I work as an editor and associate publisher at The High Window Press.
David Constantine's The Loss
David Constantine's The Loss reads like an animated film shot in monochrome. It has the bleakness of Barton Fink with none of the comedy; it has the blandness of a business conference where every hollow speech effortlessly delivered receives a collective anodyne round of applause.
This story is preoccupied with the soul, or the loss and lack of it, and with those who have lost it and, perhaps, never wanted it, or ever felt they needed it. They are, in a sense, anti-angels or unrecording angels. They live by body and (unquestioning) mind alone and life is purgatory, despite outward signs of success and achievement.
Mr Silverman, a business executive, the epitome of the soul-less human, travels between New York, Singapore, Frankfurt, London (convention after convention), is chillingly aware that he has no soul, or has lost it, and that he has the ability to recognise other soul-less humans. Even Silverman's infidelities are soul-less (i.e, love-less and passion-less); his wife's passive acceptance of his transgressions add to his state of loss.
This story, with the symbol of ice used as a running motif, and ending with a scene with an ice-pick (I won't spoil the ending) is perhaps too beautifully written for the subject matter. I think the writing could have even been more concise, brutally spare.
In The Loss Constantine says something philosophically interesting about the concept of the Soul. Here he suggests, quite profoundly, that the soul is something we can choose to have. For some characters (and some humans) like Silverman's wife, the 'soul is necessary'. Salvation might be down to choice. Soul is not a given, or God-given, not attached to a logos or rich psyche. Those who don't have it, or have lost it (and for Silverman it is too late to get it back), have in its place 21 corporeal grams of something like a blob of lead within the body, within the mind, within consciousnesses; this ingot of irritating metal, kidney-shaped in the story, which moves about the body at will, never lets the soul-less human settle into anything like basic satisfaction. The title reminds us that Silverman possibly once had a soul, and that, therefore, the soul can be irrevocably lost, and that one might even have a choice with regards to its passing.
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our family went to The restaurant at Rio Grande. We got
bad service, here is what happened.
We got the salsa and chips but the salsa is not kid friendly
its hot...(spicy) They do not have
a mild one so we asked for cheese sauce the waiter did not
inform us itwould cost $4.50 for a little
cup of it.Then we ordered a kids meal for my son with sprite...
the waiter charged us an adult size drink
for the kids meal.
The food was good but the waiter got lost after they
dropped the check off. Funny how that happens.
Summary "food was good,, beware of the overcharges and the
he salsa is too hot for children"
I tried to call the restaurant more than 5 times but
the phone number on the receipt is wrong. I called the
home office and I left messages to date we have not
spoken to a live person.
Friday, January 12, 2007
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In a Republican presidential candidate pool that looked for the most part like a group of escapees from an insane asylum, prior to his suspension of his campaign, Lindsey Graham, a/k/a the Palmetto Queen, much to my surprise actually came across as a reasonable candidate. While Graham bears his share of the blame for the decline of the GOP into a fetid mass of lunatics suffering from swamp fever, he at least seems willing to admit how off the rails the GOP has become. Last night on The Daily Show again enunciated the sad state of the GOP. Here are highlights from a piece in Huffington Post:
For Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), the only thing worse than the prospect of Ted Cruz as president is the prospect of Donald Trump as president.
Graham begrudgingly expressed his support for Cruz in an interview with Trevor Noah on Wednesday night, telling "The Daily Show" host that the Texas senator was his "15th choice" to win the GOP nomination.
Graham ultimately concluded that Cruz should be the nominee because "he's not Trump."
And that's where things got interesting.
"If Donald Trump carries the banner of my party," Graham said, "I think it taints conservatism for generations to come. I think his campaign is opportunistic, race-baiting, religious bigotry, xenophobia. Other than that, he'd be a good nominee."
Noah played a short video clip from late January in which Graham, who was himself a candidate earlier in the presidential race, was asked if he preferred a Cruz nomination or a Trump nomination.
"That's... like [asking if I'd rather be] shot or poisoned," Graham responded in the video, "What does it really matter?"
Asked by Noah which candidate is doing the shooting and which is the poison, Graham answered, "Donald is like being shot in the head. You might find an antidote to poisoning, I don't know, but maybe there's time."
"I'm saying my party is completely screwed up for the moment," he added.


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Result of Murder of Police Official at Talladega.
Talladega, Ala., Nov. 4.—As a result of the murder of Tom Thompson, assistant chief of police, here Saturday night, Fred Singleton, a negro, was riddled with bullets by a posse early Sunday. In the shooting, police Otwell, who was a member of the posse, was shot in the leg. Two other negroes implicated in the killing of Thompson were caught and placed in the jail at Sylacauga for safe keeping.
Thank you for joining me and as always, I hope I leave you with something to ponder.


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It has been quite a while since I updated this blog, for which I apologize. It certainly was not because I have not been drinking any wine! And so I return with this post about two very lovely, but quite different, Châteauneuf-du-Pape from the same house.
I brought these wines out of my cellar, er closet to an annual dinner hosted by my friends Curt and Tim. For Christmas evening Tim prepared a cassoulet, an excellent meal to pair with a Châteauneuf-du-Pape. I selected the 2007 and 2008 by Domaine du Vieux Lazeret because as I was updating my inventory, I learned that these bottles had fallen into the "drink now" category. Because my wine cellar is a closet, I cannot keep wines for the full length of what the recommended cellaring time may be. Needless to say, I was a bit alarmed and worried these wines might have gone bad, and that would be unfortunate.
Happily, we all were quite pleased to discover that the 2007 might have had some more time left (sadly, it was the last bottle in my closet), while the 2008 was perfect (I do have one more of the 2008). Despite coming from the same house, each wine was quite different.
The 2007 had a delightful herbal and earthy bouquet blooming out from the steely garnet color as we decanted. This wine had plenty of leg on the glass, as well as firm tannin that suggested that despite the "drink now" warning this wine might have endured another year in my closet. There was a delicious sour cherry note mixed with some chocolate and cinnamon. Wine Spectator was a bit stingy rating this an 89, but I rate it with a 9 using my scale at the left.
The 2008 was a different animal right from the first pour. Rather than a sharp garnet, this was a ruby red, and the nose was lush with blackberry. The spice notes were still there and some delicious cocoa at the finish, but the tannin was softer. This wine was definitely ready and drunk at the right time. Wine Spectator rated this one an 88, which I'm inclined to agree with. While the wine was delicious, it was pretty narrow and lacked that characteristic bigness so commonly associated with Southern Rhône reds. I will also rate this with a 9 using my scale. And given the fact this wine was definitely ready, the other bottle in my closet will not be there for long.


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For the next week to ten days my blog posts will relate in some way to my favorite childhood author, Laura Ingalls Wilder http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Ingalls_Wilder. Wilder wrote a series of Little House books telling stories of her pioneer childhood on the prairie. Three of the books, Little Town on the Prairie, The Long Winter, and By the Shores of Silver Lake, were set in Kingsbury County, South Dakota. I grew up on a farm in neighboring Lake County.
Laura reached another generation through the TV series, Little House on the Prairie (1974-1983) starring Michael Landon as Pa and Melissa Sue Gilbert as Laura, affectionately called "Half Pint" by her father. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_House_on_the_Prairie_(TV_series). (Some of you may be old enough to remember Landon as the disarmingly handsome Little Joe on the earlier TV series, Bonanza.)
On July 9, I will meet up with my son Tim and daughter-in-law Carrie and their two children to attend the annual outdoor Laura Ingalls Wilder Pageant in DeSmet, South Dakota. You can see the trees planted by the Ingalls in the background. Granddaughter Madeline (almost 7) has become a huge Laura fan, and wanted a prairie dress, "and a sunbonnet, too, please."
I had made two prairie dresses before. One was for my daughter Allison, Madeline's Auntie Al. She wore it to Pioneer Day in first grade, 17 years ago. She picked a black calico with tiny flowers. The other was for granddaughter Katy. Hers was blue calico, and it won both First Place and Best of Lot ribbons at the Nebraska State Fair in 2006.
Madeline wanted pink, and I was able to find a bubble gum pink reproduction fabric, Little Pink Stars (1840-1890) by Margo Krager for Blue Hill Fabrics (www.bluehillfabrics.com) at one of my favorite local quilt shops, The Cosmic Cow (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cosmic-Cow/149605151761698). I used a Children's Prairie Dress & Pinafore pattern, Folkwear 213. Although I bought it several years ago, it is still available on the market: www.folkwear.com/213.html. Let me warn you, it's an ambitious project with lots of gathers and a fair amount of hand sewing!
Although I didn't make hand sewn buttonholes on this dress, as I did for Katy's, I did find some wonderful ½" wooden buttons, which helped to give it an authentic look. Sarah Attard of Brisbane, Australia offers an incredible assortment of wooden buttons in her Etsy shop: www.etsy.com/shop/heartsupplies. In hindsight, I should have used white thread to sew on the buttons, though. I doubt Ma Ingalls had pink thread in her sewing basket.
Signing off for now to head to my day job. I still need to hem the dress, sew a pinafore, and sew a sunbonnet with a full brim and gathers ( I decided not to use the one shown on the Folkwear pattern illustration). I also plan to make a farmer boy muslin shirt and cotton britches for Madeline's little brother Garrison. I found a great little round-topped straw hat for him. All this needs to be completed before I head north to SD on July 8. Yikes! Time to shift the Janome into high gear.
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A Family Program at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum
- Sunday, January 31, 10:30 am – 12 pm
- Saturday, February 6, 10:30 am – 12 pm
This is a special chance to "meet" residents and explore multiple apartments inside the Tenement Museum on an extended, two hour program. If you enjoy the Confino Family Living History Program, then this is for you!
Tickets are available for advance purchase online or over the phone – www.tenement.org or 866-606-7232. Tickets also available at the Visitor Center, in advance and on the day of the program (pending availability). Call 212-982-8402 to find out if tickets are available.
Nick, one of our educators, playing Adolpho Baldizzi in October 2009.


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At a government meeting earlier this month, President Medvedev said alcoholism has become a "national calamity," with every man, woman and child consuming the equivalent of 4.8 gallons of pure rubbing alcohol per year, according to the National Institute of Health.
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My place in Poland, the place I like most and which I miss most is
Gdynia - my city.
Gdynia is situated in northern Poland, by the Baltic Sea. It is quite young, as for a city. It was granted with the city rights in 1926. Although Gdynia is rather large - it has a lot of newer and older districts - it is the city center which I love most. The center is neither too big nor too small. Just right to me.
|Gdynia - City Hall
When in the center, you can easily get on foot to each and every place of this part of the city. Walking along the streets you can visit local stores, shopping centers, bars, fast food places or cafes. If you get too tired to walk, there are trolleybuses which can take you from one side of Gdynia center to the other.
|Gdynia means also Polish Navy and Polish Sailors
|Kosciuszko Square - Monument to Polish Sailor
The Kosciuszko Square wharf is home to Polish Naval Craft Museum 'Błyskawica' (Lightning) and the Maritime Academy sailing ship ' Dar Młodzieży' (Gift of Youth).
|ORP Blyskawica
|Dar Mlodziezy
|Kosciuszko Square and Sea Towers
If you feel like enjoying a sea adventure, you can board one of the passenger ships and cruise around Gdańsk Bay, Port of Gdynia, go to Gdańsk, Sopot or (by ferry) to Hel Peninsula.
If you are a 'beach person', you can easily reach the city beach walking through the Square park.
Sunbathing is not your cup of tea? Cross the beach and you will reach the seaside boulevard, which is quite popular with Gdynia citizens.
While visiting Gdynia center, do not miss its Stone Mountain (Kamienna Góra). Climb it (going up the stairs) or use a lift and you will be rewarded with a view over the city, marina, beach and port.
|Panorama of Gdynia
The park created on the slope of The Mountain is worth mentioning too. In the summer, on Sunday evenings live music concerts take place there.
The City Aquarium is another tourist (and not only) attraction situated at Kosciuszko Square. Many interesting ocean creatures, including sharks, live in the Aquarium tanks.
|The Aquarium building (in the background)
|Engineer Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski was the constructor of Gdynia seaport
|Polish Navy Museum exposition
Gdynia is a really interesting city, well taken care of by its Council. All year round, numerous cultural and educational events (including entertainment) are organized here. There is always something interesting to see or/and attend: festivals, exhibitions, music concerts, sports tournaments, tall ship races and many others.
On St. John's Day (June 21) a merry parade marches along the main center street (St. John's Street).
|Maritime Academy representatives
|Polish Navy Orchestra (plays best)
And there is also quite a different day, and quite a different procession...
|... Corpus Christi celebrations in Gdynia
Gdynia has its wooden pier too, you will not find it in the city center though.
|Gdynia Orłowo - view from the pier
Besides it all, I miss the sea breeze, the wind from the sea, which makes the air fresh and pleasant on heat days.
|The beach is beautiful not only in the summer...
Although there are many beautiful places in the world, Gdynia will always be one of the most beautiful ones to me. Why? The answer is simple: Because it is 'my' Gdynia.


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Elliot Gaddy starting up in the sun.There it is, it just happened.. it rained, it got cold and Cannon went off. If you just keep showing up year after year, eventually, you just might run into the conditions of a lifetime. Maybe. I didn't show up. Kevin Mahoney and Elliot Gaddy did though; early on a sunny morning after a ridiculous rain storm.
Mahoney Alpine Adventures photo.
Mahoney Alpine Adventures photo.
It literally happened over night. Sunday afternoon was above freezing, but when those guys looked up at the cliff from the parking lot on a cold, clear Monday morning there was ice all the way to the ground; numerous 1000' smears.
Mahoney Alpine Adventures photo.
Now, there's a little more to it than just showing up, as we all know. These guys were the ones that did though and they looked up again at this ridiculous looking route from the base, packs in the snow, and still decided to give it a go. This can thin out the willing pretty quickly, too. But you gotta try, especially when it might not ever be around again, and you're actually there with a willing partner. It's the same thing pitch by pitch and actually, truthfully, move by move. It can all seem too much when you look at it all at once, but they didn't, and they never a had a good enough reason to turn around.
I have had a precious few days like this, we all have in our own ways, where pitch by pitch I simply cannot believe what is still happening, is still happening. It is a glorious feeling, flawlessly and safely passing pitches that just shouldn't be there, and didn't seem like they could be climbed. It is the beauty of ice climbing; all the million factors that had to come together to get this fleeting strip of ice where it is and where it probably shouldn't be. I can appreciate how those boys felt up there on the wide open center of the "Big Cliff", banging out pitches that would not be climbable even that afternoon as they rappelled; delaminated and turned to mush by the sun. But they were in a spectacular place I have never been. They were right were New England's best ice climbers have wanted to be for generations, climbing that top to bottom strip of ice up Cannon's Big Wall.
Congratulations guys, you sent the thing that was at the center of all this great climbing that has gone on around here over the years. I keep coming back to the feeling that everything else just seems peripheral.
But there's more, after all that they went back Thursday and sent a line just right of Icarus, also to the top, in windy, snowy condition. Elliot slept for three hours the night before, driving to Franconia Notch after a short trip to central New York, a trip he had begun from the same parking lot three days before. That's what it takes though, the drive to get there (no pun intended) .
It should be noted, however, that all this motivation comes at a price. After climbing Icarus, Elliot, sound asleep in a chair, got his toenails painted by a couple of friends in Madison.


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ignorance (bondage), ie every resistance exerted by sin. ...
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5195. hubrizo -- to run riot, to outrage, insult
Strong's Hebrew7665. shabar -- to break, break in pieces
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1566. gala -- to expose, lay bare
1234. baqa -- to cleave, break open or through
6202. araph -- to break the neck
7490. rea -- to crush, shatter
7489b. raa -- to break
6536. paras -- to break in two, divide
6559. Peratsim -- a mountain in Isr.
5003. naaph -- to commit adultery
6555. parats -- to break through
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Quarreling (17 Occurrences)
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Matthew 5:19 Whoever therefore breaks one of these least commandments and teaches others to break them, will be called the least in the Kingdom of the Heavens; but whoever practises them and teaches them, he will be acknowledged as great in the Kingdom of the Heavens.
Mark 3:24 For if civil war breaks out in a kingdom, nothing can make that kingdom last;
1 John 3:4 Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.
Genesis 32:26 The man said, "Let me go, for the day breaks." Jacob said, "I won't let you go, unless you bless me."
Exodus 1:10 Come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it happen that when any war breaks out, they also join themselves to our enemies, and fight against us, and escape out of the land."
Exodus 22:6 "If fire breaks out, and catches in thorns so that the shocks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field are consumed; he who kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
Leviticus 13:12 "If the leprosy breaks out all over the skin, and the leprosy covers all the skin of the infected person from his head even to his feet, as far as it appears to the priest;
Leviticus 14:43 "If the plague comes again, and breaks out in the house, after he has taken out the stones, and after he has scraped the house, and after it was plastered;
Judges 6:31 Joash said to all who stood against him, "Will you contend for Baal? Or will you save him? He who will contend for him, let him be put to death while it is yet morning. If he is a god, let him contend for himself, because someone has broken down his altar."
Job 7:5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust. My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh.
Job 8:14 Whose confidence shall break apart, Whose trust is a spider's web.
Job 9:17 For he breaks me with a storm, and multiplies my wounds without cause.
Job 12:14 Behold, he breaks down, and it can't be built again. He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
Job 16:14 He breaks me with breach on breach. He runs on me like a giant.
Job 19:10 He breaketh me down round about, and I go, And removeth like a tree my hope.
Job 28:4 He breaks open a shaft away from where people live. They are forgotten by the foot. They hang far from men, they swing back and forth.
Job 34:24 He breaks in pieces mighty men in ways past finding out, and sets others in their place.
Psalms 29:5 The voice of Yahweh breaks the cedars. Yes, Yahweh breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.
Psalms 46:9 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth. He breaks the bow, and shatters the spear. He burns the chariots in the fire.
Psalms 141:7 "As when one plows and breaks up the earth, our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol."
Proverbs 15:4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
Proverbs 15:13 A glad heart makes a cheerful face; but an aching heart breaks the spirit.
Proverbs 17:14 The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.
Proverbs 25:15 By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone.
Ecclesiastes 10:8 He who digs a pit may fall into it; and whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.
Isaiah 38:13 I waited patiently until morning. He breaks all my bones like a lion. From day even to night you will make an end of me.
Isaiah 59:5 They hatch adders' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he who eats of their eggs dies; and that which is crushed breaks out into a viper.
Isaiah 66:3 He who kills an ox is as he who kills a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, as he who breaks a dog's neck; he who offers an offering, as he who offers pig's blood; he who burns frankincense, as he who blesses an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations:
Jeremiah 19:11 and shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh of Armies: Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter's vessel, that can't be made whole again; and they shall bury in Topheth, until there be no place to bury.
Jeremiah 23:29 Isn't my word like fire? says Yahweh; and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
Lamentations 4:4 The tongue of the sucking child cleaves to the roof of his mouth for thirst: The young children ask bread, and no man breaks it to them.
Daniel 2:40 The fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron, because iron breaks in pieces and subdues all things; and as iron that crushes all these, shall it break in pieces and crush.
Hosea 7:1 When I would heal Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered, also the wickedness of Samaria; for they commit falsehood, and the thief enters in, and the gang of robbers ravages outside.
Amos 4:3 You will go out at the breaks in the wall, everyone straight before her; and you will cast yourselves into Harmon," says Yahweh.
Micah 2:13 He who breaks open the way goes up before them. They break through the gate, and go out. And their king passes on before them, with Yahweh at their head.
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While taking a breather, I observed other folks as they attempted this same route. Some guys were like me, clueless as to how to make it past the starting point. Then there were those guys who had a lot of muscle power to grip the holds long enough to make it to the next one and complete the climb. This climbing style was of no use to me; I didn't learn much from them because I don't have that kind of muscle power to pull my body weight. Then I noticed this woman try it. She was so nimble on the wall - she completed the climb. But she didn't rely on strength, nor did she run out of it. She was able to take her time, observe every hold, carefully secure her hands, shift her body weight appropriately to reach for the next hold and did that over and over until she made it to the top. It was marvelous! I had never seen such graceful climbing before.
The reason she was able to climb it, was not because she was a woman and light-weight. It was because of how she technically worked on each hold and figured out the adjustments she needed to make by shifting her body weight, twisting her legs so that the whole time, her legs carried her weight while her arms and fingers allowed her to move to the next hold easily without getting fatigued.
I had been climbing for more than a year by then. But on this day I truly learned my climbing style: Study the route first. Anticipate where you might have problems along the way. Take a deep breath at each hold. Don't fatigue the arms. Twist the body so that the legs are always carrying your weight and not the arms. Don't force yourself to complete the climb. The goal is to make it easy on you.
Doesn't this sound familiar when you hear an Entrepreneur talk about what you must do to be successful. The first thing they tell you is to be persistent. I was persistent about completing that V2 blue route. I came back to it each day because I was dissatisfied. Ask an entrepreneur what keeps their fire burning and they will tell you that it has to do with the feeling of satisfaction that they needed to fulfill. I not only observed what I was doing incorrectly, but I was able to see what people were doing right, whether they were power climbers or nimble climbers. Not all entrepreneurs are successful on their first try. They learn from their mistakes as well as from the mistakes of others. It is true that the real pleasure of climbing is when you take each step on the climbing route on its individual merit and solve it to move on to the next. That's why climbers call the routes a "problem" - because they look at it as a challenge that can be solved. And there are several ways to try a route, but only a few ways to solve it. Similarly, entrepreneurs are constantly trying to solve a challenge. Any new technology or product doesn't become an overnight success. It becomes successful only after a number of methods have been tried and failed. Entrepreneurs that do succeed are able to do so because they don't fatigue themselves. They take their time to understand each issue at hand and attempt to solve it one at a time. Completing one challenging route gives them the confidence to try a harder challenge, which they attempt with the same persistence and perseverance in the same way a climber tries to complete a route.
After looking at how the woman climbed the route, I used her technique but modified it for my body weight and length. It worked! I was able to conserve my energy and complete the climb. I realized then that I had to develop my technique further. I asked a few expert climbers for advice. Everyone suggested that the best way to hone my skills is to build muscle memory. When your body repeatedly does the same move to climb certain routes then it develops a memory of that particular move. I took their advice and quickly learned how to shift my body weight, how to use my legs when footholds were scarce, and how to use my fingers for gripping crimps. Basically, I was giving my body the practice it needed so I could attempt harder climbs.
From this experience, I realized that my entrepreneurial endeavor is no different than my climbing. I need to develop muscle memory in order to get better at it. And building muscle memory entrepreneurially comes from making an attempt, failing, and trying another method till you get it right. The moral of this story is not that climbing helps build entrepreneurial skills. In fact, the moral is that we all should reach into our individual passions and use what we do best to identify and help with our entrepreneurial challenges. There is much to learn from listening to successful entrepreneurs or leaders, but there's much more to learn from our own lives!


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Monthly Archives: March 2014
Ted Scripps Leadership Institute 2014
Our Chapter President Christina Santiago Turner attended the Ted Scripps Leadership Institute on March 7 to 9 in Kansas City. The conference is designed to help SPJ Executive Board members become even better leaders through interpersonal and organizational sessions, leadership style assessment and reflection, and networking with other SPJ members. Take a look at the event coverage below!
In KC for @spjscripps conference! Can't wait to learn tips & tricks on how to lead the @MizzouSPJ collegiate chapter 🙂
— Christina S. Turner (@CSTurner1) March 7, 2014
Loving watching @MattEvansKMBC in KC during @SPJScripps Leadership Institute down time #mizzoumafia
— Christina S. Turner (@CSTurner1) March 8, 2014
Accidentally tweeted @spjscripps instead of #SPJScripps yesterday… @spj_tweets follow me so you can see what I said!
— Christina S. Turner (@CSTurner1) March 8, 2014
@mizzouspj Shaking hands w/ SPJ Prez/graduating from #SPJScripps leadership institute #solegit pic.twitter.com/q390Dq8q6z
— Christina S. Turner (@CSTurner1) March 9, 2014
Official #spjscripps grad certificate/ceremony! Can't wait to share the memories/lessons w/ @MizzouSPJ pic.twitter.com/DHSOIgAZEt
— Christina S. Turner (@CSTurner1) March 9, 2014


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Monday, 9 June 2008
It is not true!!!
Posted by Gil Serique: Culture, Windsurf & Wildlife In the Amazon at 12:31
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Mas isso o que eu escrevii eh a maaaaaaaiis puuura veeerdade!!
Te amoooo³
- 10 June 2008 at 18:30
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Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool that repeats his folly. Proverbs 26:11
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Press 53 Open Awards 2009
I guess the 2008 contest must have worked out all right for them, because they're doing it again this year. Press 53 has announced its Open Awards 2009. This is a multi-genre contest with rolling deadlines, the first of which is October 31 for flash fiction and short-shorts. Then come poetry, novella, personal essays, short stories, genre fiction and young writers. Judges include Dinty Moore, Laura Benedict, Kathryn Stripling Byer, Scott Yarbrough, Ashley Warlick and others.
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April 2017
Stand small in a redwood forest and feel awed by the enormity of the trees around and above you. Such a feeling -- awe in nature -- can promote altruistic, pro-social behavior, according to research by Paul Piff, an assistant professor of psychology and social behavior.
Piff's research was recently cited in Psychology Today. Such an experience in nature, the article says, "puts our individual lives in perspective by helping people realize that there is something much bigger than yourself in the universe."


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i very, very much like the idea of working with multiple layers of translucent fabrics of different patterns.
i've always liked superimposing things.
this idea is worth experimenting with, i think.
you can, say, put a striped or dotted top underneath a translucent, floral or checkered top or shirt.
I do that sometimes... i sometimes put on sheer layers of differently striped things.
some of these beautiful ties above contain as much as five layers of fabric.
they are just beautiful! and they are handworked.
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Wednesday, 29 June 2011
Tuesday, 14 June 2011
We went there for an auction for my etsy shop and the other project I am working on. Andy hardly ever goes with me to this kind of thing because most of the time he is working and I actually promised him I wouldn't drag him to things like charity shops (thrift stores) anymore because it makes him want to start smoking again.
I loved having him there today, there are so many characters at these place it is fun to have someone to exchange secret looks with and laugh about it all.
This auction was a little pricier then I wanted to go but I picked up a couple cameras and two West German vases. I am loving west german pottery.
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Wednesday, 1 June 2011
Phosphorescent at the Deaf Institute last night. I was kind of a fan but man... I loved them live, I even teared up at one point. There is nothing like the feeling of being transported by a talented and soulful live preformance.
Friday, 13 May 2011
Where Do I Begin?
We don't have the show " Hoarders" in England but I did catch it last time I was home in the states and oh my goodness it has haunted me. I am not like those poor people but sometimes my etsy shop feels like a real slippery slope. So often I fall in love with things that I never wanted or needed and it takes me way too long to list on the shop. Or I acquire items that are just too large to sell on etsy. This week I came home from an auction with a freakin projector!
I spent a day thinking I would fix it up and Andy and I would make 8mm movies and screen them….excuse me …what!?! I don't have the time or attention span. (If anybody wants a Specto 500 I'll give you a deal, and I got the screen too) I would love to see how other sellers store their stuff and manage it.
I also came home with quite the collection of old glass bottles. They are very pretty on my windowsill, if I was getting married again I would use them for the centerpieces. I keep talking myself into reasons I may need them in the future.... Slippery slope indeed.
Wednesday, 11 May 2011
Monday Morning Ritual
I loooove going out to breakfast. It's my favorite. LA is rich with options of cozy places to sip a cappuccino and meet your girlfriends. Luckily in Manchester I live near The Deaf Institute. It's so luxurious to have a leisurely breakfast with my husband (that still sounds funny to me) during the week. I love the décor and the crazy wallpaper.
It's greasy but it's good.
Sunday, 8 May 2011
Etsy Flowers for Ma
Awww. I wish my mom wasn't so far away. She is one of my favorite people for sure. I love her and miss her like crazy.
Thursday, 5 May 2011
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Work stopped Wednesday morning at parts of the Hanford vitrification plant after radioactive contamination was detected under a bird's nest, according to Bechtel National.
The contamination is suspected of coming from mud used for the nest, which may have belonged to a swallow, said Bechtel spokesman Todd Nelson. Only a small amount of contaminated soil was found, and the contamination was at a low level.
About 130 workers were surveyed for contamination, but none was found, Nelson said. They had been working in two buildings, the High Level Waste and Pretreatment facilities, that are not yet enclosed.
Union construction workers at the two buildings were sent home early Wednesday. Radiological surveys of the plant were continuing Wednesday afternoon, and any affected areas were planned to be barricaded before workers return to the construction site todayThursday.
The vitrification plant is being built to treat up to 56 million gallons of radioactive waste. None of the waste has been pumped to the plant's campus as construction continues.
Routine radiological surveys are conducted, however, to monitor for waste that might be spread from the rest of Hanford. The 586-square-mile nuclear reservation is contaminated from the past production of plutonium for the nation's nuclear weapons program.
Contaminated animals are an occasional problem at Hanford, although information was not available Wednesday about whether contamination had ever been known to be spread to the vit plant before now.
In 2008, Bechtel called in pest control help after pigeons roosting at the plant caused a work hazard with slippery — but nonradioactive — droppings. About 130 pigeons were killed with air rifles early in the summer and more were killed in September of that year.
Bechtel tried unsuccessfully to scare the birds off with noise makers and plastic owl decoys before killing them.
In 2010, Hanford drew international media attention when radioactive rabbit droppings and then the radioactive rabbit leaving the droppings were found at Hanford just north of Richland. Although rabbits occasionally get into waste at Hanford, the incidents usually occur near the center of the nuclear reservation, which is closed to the public.


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MATUNGA - MUMBAI, MAY 13, 2013: The youth of Don Bosco Youth Services organised a Youth Forum on Workers' Rights, Dignity, Prejudices and Exploitation at DBYS, Matunga. There were fifteen participants in the discussion that commenced around 5:45pm, and which focussed on the sad plight of labourers in the nation. To set the momentum for the evening, a video describing the woes of domestic helps in Indian households. Fr. Cleo then introduced the reason for the forum, the basic issues involved and initiated a discussion on child labour, domestic helps and construction labourers.
The resource person for the forum was Divya David, an MSW and Mphil in Social Work and now a Phd Candidate at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. She has her expertise and an avid interest in Labour Welfare. She helped the participants understand the present reality of labourers through videos, facts and statistics, and also touched upon the existing legislation, types of workers and how they are often exploited. The fact that bonded labour and child labour, which have been declared to be illegal, but which still continue to thrive in India was discussed.
The exploitation of workers is widespread, especially that of women and children who are more vulnerable. Employers casually disregard their obligation towards assuring proper working conditions, period of work, medical assistance, minimum wages and timely payments to labourers, knowing that inspection and enforcement authorities as well as judicial machinery can be "bought at a certain price."
Marina D'costa briefly presented the Church's stand on workers' rights and dignity, expressed through the encyclicals Rerum Novarum, Labourem Exercens, Caritas in Veritate and Pope Francis' Evangelii Gaudium. The Church grounds its concern for equal rights, just and equitable salaries and a peaceful way of resolving conflicts on the basic dignity of human persons created in the image of God.
The presentation was followed by a discussion to help the participants reflect on the existing reality and also consider the way ahead. It was the most fruitful element of the evening, where understanding met individual convictions. One of the main reflections drawn out was that academic excellence, financial success or social status does not necessarily guarantee personal integrity, socially responsible attitudes and ethical behaviour. The group finally considered how they could move forward by bringing practical yet meaningful changes in their lives. It was indeed a fruitful evening for learning, thought and action.


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MUMBAI: BIG CBS Networks has inked a deal withVideocon D2H furthering its DTH distribution network. With an already existent reach across the analog distribution network, this association strengthens its hold in the DTH space.
BIG CBS recently launched its first English General Entertainment Channel BIG CBS Prime. The other two channels, BIG CBS Love and BIG CBS Spark are also scheduled to launch shortly. With this alliance, Videocon D2H customers can now enjoy content of shows like NCIS, Bellator, Survivor amongst others.
BIG Broadcasting COO Ashutosh said, "This deal is perfectly timed. We wish, through this alliance to strengthen our DTH distribution platform. It is our endeavor to reach world class entertainment to the discerning Indian audiences across the country. We already have an excellent analog distribution set up and now with this, we are strengthening our DTH portfolio too."
Videocon Group director Saurabh Dhoot added, "With BIG CBS Prime being added to our bouquet of channels, we have enhanced our offerings for our premium customers. Our objective is to give our customers top class entertainment thus providing a global variety. With this channel on board, Videocon d2h customers can get the best of choice content of some of the biggest US based shows, direct into their living room."


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8th Ave West on Queen Anne Hill's western slope features these fabulous lights with castings of leaves on the fixtures. Runners and walkers frequent the lovely curving road with special views of the Sound and the Olympics from this vantage point.


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Merriam-Webster's website defines history as:
1. A tale, storyLet's review these definitions. A story or tale... History isn't a dry bunch of dusty facts. It's a STORY! It's a tale of living people and the EVENTS that happened during their lives. Understanding these stories and learning about these events helps us EXPLAIN past events and even where we are today. (I know how my family ended up in GA. Do you know how your family ended up where they are today, and why you speak with the particular accent you do rather than another?) These events and explanations together build an entire SUBJECT... the HISTORY of our families, our country, and our world.
2. a chronological record of significant events (as affecting a nation or institution) often including an explanation of their causes
3. a branch of knowledge that records and explains past events
4. a: events that form the subject matter of a history; and
b: events of the past
So back to my original thought: History + Genealogy! What better way to make history come alive! We've always tied our family history into our studies where it was applicable, but in all honestly I could do a better job. American history is steeped with opportunity to focus on our family's history. Every family has a part, whether it is the immigrant story, the adventure of the Gold Rush, the courage of the Civil Rights Movement, or the bravery and heroics of any number of wars. The various wars that involve the United States throughout history are also good places to incorporate world history. Suppose you find out that Great Uncle Louie loved to tinker in the garage with his latest inventions. Wouldn't that be a wonderful way to tie in the greatest minds of the past such as Tesla, Edison, Carver? Think about how real history will seem when you suddenly have a relative to include among the dry facts and dates. It is also much easier to remember facts and data when you have a hook on which to hang the information. Make Great Uncle Louie that hook!
So, how do you get started? Don't forget, Google is your friend. A quick Google search will return many ideas on how to incorporate genealogy into your homeschool. Here are just a few that I particularly liked for the younger to middle set:
A to Z Home's Cool has a great list of links to enjoy under the title Genealogy For Kids.
Easy Fun School also has a fun Genealogy Mini Unit. It's a great little jumping off point with options for both younger and older students.
Homeschool Learning Network has a free unit study available for Grandparent's Day and Family History. (Lessons #1 and #2 are perfect for an intro into genealogy!)
For my high school-aged daughter I simply drag her along for the ride with me. I'm in the process of setting up the Legacy Family Tree free genealogy software, but once I'm up and running she'll help me search through records online and locally. (I'm getting to sift through mountains of notes and papers in order to make sense of it all... and I love it!) I hope to find a few more connections to Jamestown Colony and other events before we study American history next year. While we won't approach it as the beginning for our unit study we will incorporate it as we find information or as we cover particular chapters in history. I will include biographies as well as maps and source documents wherever possible. How better to understand what life was like during the 1700s in Virginia than to read the letters and will of an ancestor? I know it makes it more real to me. Now, to just figure out how to convince the husband that we need to take a research trip around the great state of Virginia...
Do you love genealogy? Are you actively connecting your family history with your homeschool history assignment? I would love to hear about it! Who knows, maybe I'll write a post about genealogy. After all, it is becoming another "new found"
And, to give you something fun to think about, Ancestry.com has a free two-week trial membership. If you need a bit of entertainment to kick off a new hobby check out the new season of Who Do You Think You Are? I'm a new fan, and let's just say that I've been spending a lot of time watching Season One on Hulu.com! (I have no reason to post these links other than I enjoy them. No reviews, no compensation, no reason... just because...)
History is exciting and a real part of our lives. We are making history ourselves in our own circles and our own communities. It's time to remind ourselves that it surrounds us every day. Go talk to a grandmother or make a family tree. Your kids will thank you for it!


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Jennifer Aniston Looking Skinny & NOT Pregnant In New Pic
Let's address two things here. 1) Jennifer is seen in public for the first time in weeks — months maybe. 2) She looks THIN. Like non-bump, not pregnant, T-H-I-N! What do YOU think?
Jennifer Aniston, we've missed you! While rumors have circulated for months about you and BF Justin Theroux having a lil' one, you go ahead and shut us all up with this stunningly skinny pic of you!
Jen, 43, was looking trim when she was recently snapped with a tight-fitting top and stretchy pants as she was escorted to the gym in West Hollywood, California on June 1, 2012.
All those nursery shopping stories, cutting back on the alchy and ciggies writeups, and poochy-tummy pics are kind of moot now, don't you think?
HollyMoms — does this pic put all those pregnancy rumors to bed?
— Lorraine Chow
More Jennifer Aniston news:
- Will Jennifer Aniston's New Role Wreck Her Relationship
- The Shocking Reason Justin Theroux Doesn't Want To Marry Jennifer Aniston
- John Mayer Writes Love Song About Jennifer Aniston Break Up


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|"When hay is outlawed, only outlaws will have hay...
From my cold, dead hoof!" -- Buttercup
The EPA, which recently required Dairy Farmers to develop "Milk Spill Disaster Plans" (I'm not making this up) for each of their dairy facilities, is at it again.
Being a guy whose blog features Cows on a regular basis, I've got to tell you, I feel a bit Moo-dy right now. I think they're picking on me - and I don't HAVE an actual cow. I'd hate to be a Dairy Farmer in the US, you know, between the Milk Spill Disaster Planning requirements and Schools looking to ban Chocolate Milk - I'd think someone within the government 'has it in' for me. But, you know, that's just me. I'm thinking someone's been after me for years - only question is... Who?
Yeah, I might be paranoid... But it doesn't mean that THEY'RE not after me...
Okay, so which toxic substance has the EPA set its sights upon this month?
"Hay, glorious Hay, I'm gonna Eat Some!!!"
From the article found online: In a news release last week, the Environmental Protection Agency labeled hay a pollutant, according to the Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, United Stockgrowers of America (R-CALF USA). A non-profit organization representing thousands of U.S. cattle producers, R-CALF USA says the EPA's outlandish affidavit could potentially require farmers and ranchers to store hay in pollution containment zones.
The EPA's 'Beef'? During the 12th Annual R-CALF USA Convention held in late August, Kansas cattle feeder Mike Callicrate was asked, "Has the Environmental Protection Agency declared hay a pollutant?" Callicrate responded affirmatively, while he described the EPA's enforcement action against his Kansas feedlot for failing to store hay in a pollution containment zone.
"Now that EPA has declared hay a pollutant, every farmer and rancher that stores hay, or that leaves a broken hay bale in the field is potentially violating EPA rules and subject to an EPA enforcement action," he charged. "How far are we going to let this agency go before we stand up and do something about it?"
Callicrate and other small to mid-sized feedlots claim that the EPA's compliance order is a ploy for corporate beef packers to eliminate small feeders from the market, as the agency is singling out only certain feeding enterprises. "I believe the EPA's enforcement action is a premeditated effort by EPA to partner with the beef packers to finish the job the beef packer's couldn't do alone," Callicrate alleged. "Along with my feedlot, the EPA has filed enforcement actions against five other smaller feedlots, including one with only 400 cattle."
Callicrate contends that while badgering small feedlots with burdensome regulations the EPA is overlooking the large corporate operations: "EPA is turning a blind eye toward the mega-feedlots that are a real risk for pollution and, instead, is antagonizing small to mid-sized family operations in an effort to help their packer-partners capture the entire live cattle supply chain away from family farm and ranch operations."
Okay, so here's the deal, it's the contention of Callicrate that the EPA is after his, and other smaller feed lots at the behest of the 'mega-feedlots'. Is it true? I don't know.
What I do know is that once again the EPA is looking to add regulations and monitoring requirements to American Farmers who grow, store, and possibly distribute... Hay.
The people who grow corn for chicken feed won't be happy about this. Hmm, what else is corn used for?
Oh, that's right, it's used to make Ethanol - that corn-based gasoline additive which Congress LOVES to subsidize since it's NOT a fossil fuel. I'm sure that the EPA must be riding rough-shod over the Corn Growers of America too, right? You can't just have corn lying about all 'Willy Nilly', now can you?
I found this at Chemical & Engineering News online (February, 2010): EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson has announced a determination by the agency that corn-based ethanol qualifies as a renewable energy fuel if made in a modern, low-carbon-dioxide-emitting facility. This determination, made last week, allows producers of corn-based ethanol to have their product designated as a "renewable fuel"...
EPA's determination also aids corn growers by providing an exemption for currently operating ethanol plants that use coal-based energy sources. Under the decision, these plants can be designated as renewable fuel producers, too. Also last week, the Obama Administration created an interagency government panel to develop within 90 days a plan to have five to 10 commercial-scale carbon capture and sequestration demonstration projects on-line by 2016.
So, the EPA will allow you to get a carbon-footprint penalty 'exemption' for the production of Ethanol (since the Federal Government incents farmers to grow corn to chunk into gas tanks), but if you dare feed your cow, hay, well, you're pretty much out of luck.
I guess the only answer is to create Congressional 'Methane-Subsidy' legislation in which bovine 'gaseous discharges' will be collected to power 'Green' vehicles nationwide. I'll bet that hay (particularly 'gassy hay') will become okie dokie with the EPA once some lunatic decides that farts are about as 'natural' of a gas as you're going to find.
I'm thinking that cow flatulence is a 'Renewable Fuel' also. Come to think about it, this would make my son's Boy Scout Troop a 'Renewable Fuel' source following their annual Chili cook-off each February at the Scout Cabin at Chenango State Park.
Only problem is, no one wants to be close enough to the cabin to collect the methane weeping through the rafters of the 60+ year-old cabin.
In summary, your EPA is addressing critical environmental dangers facing America today:
- Hay storage
- Curtailing Cow Flatulence by witholding the 'Cow Chow'
- Making sure that food prices continue to rise by shoving inexpensive corn into stills, and squeezing out Ethanol
Don't ask questions. Just go with it.
It's for your own good.
It's all for your own good.
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