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"If the human heart can so thrill me, what must be the heart of God; if the spark is so bright, what must be the flame?" - Fulton J. Sheen
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
The Resurrection: Surprised by Hope
The other day, while reading through NT Wright's book, Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven and the Resurrection, a few pages he wrote stood out. The book itself is a marvelous reflection on what Christians ought to think about life after death and why, and why what we think about the next life matters so much in this one. After spending a couple early chapters discussing the historical basis of Christian beliefs on life after death (or as he says more appropriately, life after life after death), Wright turns to drawing out the meaning and importance of those beliefs in the rest of the book. Before he gets there, however, he offers a few brief reflections on why people do not want to believe in the Resurrection.
By way of example, he offers the following scene from Oscar Wilde's play, Salome, when King Herod hears reports about Jesus of Nazareth raising the dead. Herod is furious. "I do not wish him to do that... I forbid him to do that. I allow no man to raise the dead. This man must be found and told that I forbid him to raise the dead" (Wright 75).
This, Wright says, is the bluster of a tyrant who knows his power is threatened. Who, he continues, was it who do not want the dead to be raised? The tyrants and bullies, whether, social, political, or intellectual. "The Ceasars who would be threatened by a Lord of the world who had defeated the tyrants last weapon, death itself... And this is the point where believing in the resurrection... becomes of matter of rediscovering hope in the 21st century. Hope is what you get when you realize that a different worldview is possible, a worldview where the rich, the powerful, and the unscrupulous do not after all have the last word (Wright 75).
The tyrants who would insist that "dead men don't rise" are of various sorts, they take the form of people or places like Stalin or China who would ban religion. They might take the form of some intellectual bully (college professors are a common one) who insists that no "modern" person could possible believe Resurrection (though this belief is not modern at all, but very old and outdated, Homer and pagan Greece and Rome thought as much). All such and others would try to deny to the modern world the sort of hope the resurrection provides, because people without hope, are people who are easier to control. People with hope can transform the world.
But the hope of the Resurrection cannot be brushed aside. This hope is not optimism or a warm, fuzzy feeling of the sort that may be provided by a smooth talking politician or a sufficiently large alcoholic libation. Hope is the determination in a future world, with death defeated, a future world that begins here and that we are called to begin here. It is not "going to heaven when you die;" It is bringing the Resurrection and the new creation to the present world. To paraphrase Fulton Sheen, the Resurrection is not something that has happened, it is something that is happening, and something for us to participate in.
Happy Easter
No, they're not "special"
Last week, we were going to a First Communion, and I wanted to give a card. And of course I wanted to find a good one. So we (yes, I made him come look with me) went to look for a card. The first place we looked only had one left that I didn't like very much. So the next day we tried another place, which had a bunch to choose from, and one annoying thing in common. There is a very great over-use of the word "special" in these cards. "For a special boy" dominated the fronts of many of the cards, or sometimes something about "your special day" or, to really overdo it: "For a special boy on his special day." Yes, some cards did actually have an otherwise meaningful sentiment inside, and I found a couple that I really liked. I give extra points to cards that actually use the words "Eucharist" or "Sacrament" as well.
I know that I should not place too much importance on how greeting card sentiments are written, or have too high an expectation of knowledge on the part of those who write them. Some of the sentiments in the cards, though, did seem to have been written by someone with at least some understanding of the doctrines around the sacrament of the Eucharist. Some even sounded as if they may have been written to be Catholic, with reference (or at least implication) to the Real Presence of Jesus. The people who write these cards seem to know that a) receiving the Eucharist for the first time is a big deal and b) it's a big deal because of what it has to do with Jesus/ God's Grace, etc. They must know at least that.
So why this apparent need to assign "special"ness to the recipient? Why cloud the meaning of an otherwise meaningful sentiment about receiving the Grace of the sacrament with a "you're special" statement stamped first and foremost? The main problems I see with this are a dislocation of the significance from the sacrament itself to the recipient, and also an invention of personal achievement on the part of the recipient.
There seems to be a strong need to emphasize individual specialness in our culture, as in, being inherently and independently "special"n in one way or another, or just in a general sense. If we are "special," whatever that is supposed to mean, we are such because that is the way God has created us, but it does not come from the reception of a sacrament itself, as if it's a personal achievement of some sort; that's not what the sacraments are for. We do gain something from every sacrament that was not there before we received it, but to use an over-applied term like "special" really cheapens the value of the sacrament. To use it in the context of conveying a message to a child, it is particularly misleading to him. A child will not realize that in this context, "special" is (hopefully) meant to imply being imparted with God's grace, but to him it means "I am special, I have achieved something because of how special I am on my own, all by myself." I don't think this is what we should be teaching our children when they receive the Eucharist. Instead of saying "You're so special you get to have communion with everyone else now," we should be saying, "This is God and his grace you are receiving, this is why you need it, and why it will now help make you a better person."
So I guess what I am getting at is that we seem to think that we are already inherently great persons, and do not need God in order to achieve this personal greatness which we already assign to ourselves. This error we convey to our children when we emphasize specialness over God.
Sunday, May 1, 2011
The Resurrection and History
We continue to celebrate the Easter Season by considering the Resurrection. Last week's post was some simple reflections on Updike's famous poem on the Resurrection; this week briefly considers some historical evidence for the Resurrection; the next couple weeks will consider other aspects of it and why it matters.
St. Paul famously wrote in his letter to the Corinthians, "if Christ has not been raised, then your faith is in vain," while centuries later John Updike echoed him saying if He did not rise in His body, "the Church will fall." Unlike every other religion and mythology, Christianity is unique in being based on a single historical event, without which it cannot survive (1); here then, I will consider briefly some evidence for that event sketching an argument developed by modern scholars such as N.T. Wright and William Lane Craig.
A good sketch of evidence for the Resurrection will have two parts, 1. Establish 3 facts (the empty tomb, appearances of the risen Christ, and the origin of Christian belief, and 2. Establishing that the best explanation of those facts is that the Resurrection really occurred.
I. The Three facts:
A). Jesus' Burial and discovery of his empty tomb three days later.
1. The discovery of the empty tomb in multiply attested in early, independent sources. The pre-marken passion source, Paul's letter to Corinthians mentions it, Matthew is an independent source since he includes the guard at the tomb, which is not in Mark.
2. Mark's story is simple and lacks significant legendary development. (esp. compared to later Gnostic gospels which are real legends.
3. The empty tomb was discovered by women. Women were not regarded as reliable witnesses, so their presence indicates the account is probably legit, since no one would invent women as discovers of the empty tomb.
4. The earliest Jewish allegation that the disciples had stolen Jesus' body (Matt. 28.15) shows that the body was in fact missing from the tomb. The only reason to put that story there was if the Jews were really claiming that Jesus's followers stole his body, by which they admitted the tomb was empty.
5. The disciples could never have preached the Resurrection unless the tomb were really empty. No one would have believed them
- For these and at least 3 other reasons, Gary Habermas found in a survey that 75% of scholars admit the empty tomb. "Experience of the Risen Jesus" Dialog 45 (2006):292.
B. Appearances of the risen Christ on multiples occasions to multiples individuals.
1. "The list of eyewitnesses to Jesus' resurrection appearances which is quoted by Paul in I Cor. 15. 5-7 guarantees that such appearances occurred. These included appearances to Peter (Cephas), the Twelve, the 500 brethren, and James."
2. The gospels account for multiples appearances, including to the women. The latter are probably reliable for the reason given above. They would not have been made up.
3. The appearances were physical. Paul in Corinthians implies this, Jesus invites Thomas to touch his side, Jesus eats a fish. If the appearances were not physical, the disciples would not have said Jesus was raised, they'd say they saw his ghost.
- Even the radical skeptic Ludemann agrees that these appearances happened. He simply disagrees on the best explanation of them, by arguing that they are simply hallucinations.
C. The Origin of Christian Belief: The Disciples Came to Believe, in Spite of Every Reason Not to, That Jesus Was Really Raised From the Dead (This section is largely from NT Wright).
1. The ancient world always used the word "Resurrection" to mean a physical bodily resurrection. And they universally, from Plato, to Homer, through ancient Greece and Rome, agreed that Resurrection in this sense did not happen.
2. The sole exception was the Jews, who came to believe there would be a Resurrection of all the just, at the end of time.
3. Among the early Christians, however, this belief underwent some remarkable changes: a. Resurrection moves from the periphery to the center, b. Early Christians came to believe one man has been raised ahead of time, c. Early Christians came to believe that the Messiah has been raised, d. Resurrection becomes something Jesus' followers could contribute to in the present life.
4. Finally, in early Christianity, as opposed to Judaism and paganism, there was virtually no spectrum of belief of life after death.
5. Beliefs in life after death, being very important and precious to people, tend to be very conservative. For Christians to 1). show such changes and 2). agree almost completely, this demands explanation
Part II- The explanation of these three facts.
The most probable explanation of these three facts is that Jesus of Nazareth really did rise from the dead leaving behind an empty tomb. It easily exceeds other explanations in explanatory scope, power, and other criteria for best explanation.
Please Note- none of these arguments assume the Bible was written early or that it was written by the first generation. I only claim that it is sufficient, when treated as a historical source, to establish the facts listed above.
Further Reading:
- Beginner/Popular Level:
NT Wright, Surprised By Hope Rethinking Heaven and the Resurrection, chap. 3-4.
NT. Wright, http://www.ntwrightpage.com/Wright_Jesus_Resurrection.htm
William Lane Craig, The Son Rises
Lee Strobel, The Case for Christ
William Lane Craig, Reasonable Faith, chap. 8.
- Academic
NT. Wright, The Resurrection of the Son of God.
(1). Of course, we cannot confuse the existence of the event with evidence for the event. If the Resurrection were shown not to have occurred, then Christianity would fall, but it might have occurred and there could simply be little evidence for it (though I think the evidence remarkably good).


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137,627 words into the epic unpublishable mess. I "won" NaNoWriMo on November 10th and just kept going. I don't know how long it will take to finish. I don't know how much of myself I'm going to have left at the end.
I expected depression. I expected pain. I expected random flashes of anger, I expected hopelessness, I expected inchoate loss as I remembered days of love and days of grieving. I expected all of these things, I thought I was prepared.
I didn't expect to miss you this much.
After all, you've been gone from my life long enough that I'd forgotten many of our conversations. Oh, the general feelings, the general mood, I've retained, but the actual words said, the moments shared, those had slipped my mind. I'm finding memory's razor is sharp, sharp as winter sea air, sharp as scalpel sin.
What I'm saying is that I expected it to hurt, but I didn't expect to feel you so keenly once more. Simultaneously present and missing, close and impossibly distant, and it's striking me as profoundly unfair all over again.
I am broken. I know that. I have spent too long, especially of late, surviving in the interstitial spaces of my own head. I know I need those around me who not only see my good points, but see and accept my broken places. You did that.
You once told me that there was nothing I could not share with you, no secret, no urge, no memory, no nightmare, that you would not accept. That I could tell you anything, absolutely anything, and you would love me still.
I relied on that.
Then you left.
And it's been years. Years of healing, years of processing, years of seclusion, years of putting myself together after I tore my life apart for you. There are things I lost that I will never get back, and I had made my peace with it...until this.
And I'm still writing. And I'm still discovering. And now I'm wondering how close my memories of you are going to get before I can leave you behind, once again, where you should be, as you are nowhere to be found.
"You drove me to the fire
and left me there to burn..."
Now I just wait for the fire to burn down, and it's going to take some time, because all I have in memory's spaces are accelerants and tinder. Gods help us all.
But I get through this, my lost love. I survive. More symbols carved into my bones, into my flesh, more scars, more pain behind my eyes...but you didn't kill me when you left, and your memory won't kill me now. I'll get through this. But it's going to hurt like a wicked bitch until I do.
And I'm wondering how many words it's going to take before I'm done.

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Northwest suburban cocaine distribution ring Cook County prosecutors dubbed Dial-A-Rock.
Northwest suburban cocaine distribution ring Cook County prosecutors dubbed Dial-A-Rock.
Among the men pleading guilty to criminal drug conspiracy was the ring's reported leader, Ector Cortez. The 41-year-old Rolling Meadows man admitted running the operation, which prosecutors say handled 100 transactions a day for about 10 years, said Dan Fahlgren, a prosecutor with the Cook County State's Attorney's narcotics unit.
According to police, Cortez moved about one-quarter kilo of cocaine, or about half of a pound, worth about $50,000 every couple of days.
Cook County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Fecarotta sentenced Cortez to 12 years in prison in exchange for his guilty plea. Fecarotta imposed the same sentence on Adrian Peregrino-Garcia, 22, who also pleaded guilty to criminal drug conspiracy. The Schaumburg man admitted to police that he packaged and processed cocaine for sale and collected money from the men who delivered the drugs to clients, Fahlgren said.
"I'm pleased with the sentences," said Arlington Heights Police Commander Kenneth Galinski, who called the sentences just. "Twelve years is a long time in prison." Julio Zenteno, 31, of Mount Prospect, and Carlos Ruiz, 21, of Arlington Heights who authorities described as "couriers" or delivery men pleaded guilty to lesser charges. Zenteno was sentenced to six years in prison for possession of a controlled substance. Ruiz was sentenced to six years in prison for possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver.
Each defendant received credit for 170 days in custody. They must complete 85 percent of their sentences before they are eligible for parole.
With the exception of Cortez's misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest from 1995, none of the defendants has a criminal background, Fahlgren said.
Arlington Heights police and the DEA used wiretaps and surveillance during the joint investigation, which began in September 2009 and concluded in April with the arrest of the four defendants and some of their customers. The arrests came during a two-day sweep involving Des Plaines, Elk Grove Village, Mount Prospect, Rolling Meadows and Schaumburg police.
According to prosecutors, customers called Cortez and Peregrino-Garcia on a cell phone. Cortez then dispatched "couriers" Zenteno and Ruiz to various locations to deliver the cocaine. After observing hand-to-hand transactions during March and April, police arrested both customers and suppliers on April 14, Fahlgren said.
Subsequent searches of some of the defendants' homes and vehicles yielded cocaine in amounts ranging from 14.5 to 421 grams, Fahlgren said.
Galinski complimented Arlington Heights investigators on their outstanding work.
"A lot of dedicated man-hours and surveillance hours" went into the operation, said Galinski, who also acknowledged other law enforcement agencies who he said contributed to the operation's success.


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"So Davidson, what have we learnt about the social effects of industrialisation?" asked Mr Granger.
"Well Sir, I think the main thing is that lots of people moved to the cities and got better jobs than the ones they had before because they all lived in fields and that and were unhappy so they upped and moved to -" The spotty youth drifted into silence as Mr Granger waved him to stop.
"Not so fast Davidson." The teacher sighed and sat on the edge of his desk. "Yes, they moved to the City, but were they any happier? Well?" He stared around the room at the multitude of apathetic, bored faces. "Boyle." A sleepy eyed boy at the back of the class jolted upright in his chair at the mention of his name. "What do you think?" Boyle stared around nervously at his classmates for a glimmer of help, but none was forthcoming.
"They were happier cos they had more money?"
"Is money happiness, Boyle?"
"Yes" said Boyle weakly.
"Excellent. Well, I can see this little philosophical discussion has left an indelible blank on your minds, and you Boyle especially have left me startled with your impressive insight into the human condition" Mr Granger got up and walked around his desk. "I do sometimes wonder why I come here for a good proportion of my day, to waste words on your fat, greasy, little ears" gratifyingly a stir was met by his slight at them. Mr Granger wanted to jump on his desk and shout like Dr Frankenstein "They are alive! Alive I tell you!"
Who to ask the next question to? Davidson had taxed his brain cell too much already, and was now dangerously liable to fall asleep at another onslaught of forced thinking. Boyle was still smiling at having seemingly answered a question correctly, Kishore was snoring into his book and that left Hermann, out of the interesting choices. The rest were non-entities who never rose to the occasion of causing trouble or exhibiting any actual detectable sign of character.
"Hermann, what is happiness?"
"Hanging out with mates Sir, family, buying people presents Sir -"
"Hermann, if I've taught you anything, forget it all now." Granger placed his hands on the desk. "The only real happiness is money gentlemen, money and lauding it over others. This weekend just gone for instance, I bought a lottery ticket, for one shiny pound" said Granger treasuring this moment, sapping up the vapid expressions on the shaven monkeys infront of him. "And this ticket, I distinctly remember I purchased after an attempt at teaching you neanderthals the mystery of strip farming in the eighteenth century. Do you know what happened with that ticket Boyle?"
"No Sir."
"Indeed Boyle, you don't, but I do." Most of them were showing signs of life. His triumphal moment was here. "That splendiferous ticket with it's six little numbers, won me a seven digit number that equates to a rather larger sum of cash." His voice was raising in tempo. "And now I'm rich! Rich beyond my wildest dreams! And I can leave now, because that's all I came in to do, to tell you worthless brain dead shits that you aren't going to amount to anything! You don't pay attention and you think the world is going to look after you when you leave with your lack of A-Levels! Well let me tell you" he shouted whilst jabbing his finger at Boyle in particular "That life isn't like that, so I'm off. I can't cope with you fucks anymore and I don't have to! Ha ha ha ha, aha HA HA HA HA!" he ran out the room still laughing manically as he did so.
There came an abrupt stop to to the laughing and a mangled scream, and the sound of someone falling heavily and brokenly down the stone flagged steps. The boys looked at each other and slowly gathered their books. After they had filed out of the room, down the steps, and stepped over the moaning figure of Mr Granger, only Boyle remained.
"You're a twat" said Boyle and left Granger slumped in pain, alone at the bottom of the stairwell.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Double Economics
Posted by BingoJimmy at 12:02 PM
4 comments:
- Luis Portugal said...
It has a nice blog.
Sorry not write more, but my English is bad writing.
A hug from my country, Portugal
- March 1, 2009 at 9:22 AM
- inbetweendreams said...
Gav, this was so amazing. It was just, awesome.
I love the reference to Dr Frankenstein, the human condition, and "I do sometimes wonder why I come here for a good proportion of my day, to waste words on your fat, greasy, little ears"
It was just Lovely! Especially because you used the word "twat", it's not often one gets to use that word. Just delightful.
= )
- March 2, 2009 at 10:27 PM
- Steve (My Dog Ate Art) said...
Back following now Blogger's lifted its 200 rule-looking forward to more soon
- March 14, 2009 at 8:56 AM
- Steve (My Dog Ate Art) said...
It's gone very quiet ....
- May 20, 2009 at 1:13 AM
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'P.S. I Love You' not enough for letter
P.S. I Love You Reviews
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January 4, 2008 |
Sioux City Journal |
Bruce R. Miller
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Two good cries and a sassy supporting turn from Lisa Kudrow aren't enough to merit a love letter to "P.S. I Love You."
Better in print, the story of a young woman moving on after the death of her husband tries too hard to be something it's not. Like Hilary Swank - who's miscast - the concept takes more than a little effort to embrace.
Gerard Butler (as the husband who dies before the opening credits roll) plays one of those uber-attractive hunks who says and does all the right things. He plays music, too, and isn't above doing a little striptease to please his wife. After his funeral, Swank learns that he has written her a series of letters, each designed to help her move forward. Naturally, they're all tearjerkers. Of course, they all come with some memento from the couple's shared past.
The concept is interesting - in a Keanu Reeves/Sandra Bullock way - but if the guy was on his deathbed he couldn't have had the energy to plot out a year's worth of close encounters of the Kleenex kind.
Two friends (Gina Gerson and Kudrow) help Swank get out, then accompany her on a trip to Ireland where she meets his parents, views his haunts and flashes back (several times) to their courtship.
Director Richard LaGravanese, in fact, loves the flashback, which gives Butler more than a cameo performance. He shows when Swank was just another gawky young woman and Butler was a rough-around-the edges drifter. The moments are fine, but repeatedly you wonder if they wouldn't have been better with a different woman in the lead. Hardly another Meg Ryan, Swank tries too hard to play coy and wounded. Considering we've seen her in a boxing ring, we know she's capable of more.
Kathy Bates has a few gruff moments as Swank's mother and Harry Connick Jr. turns up as a potential suitor. But it's Kudrow who surprises with a performance that's fresh and interesting.
She's a driven friend who wouldn't mind finding the right man, either. She gets good laughs when the three are in a boat in Ireland and a dandy speech when she tells Swank about the expectations of a friendship. The speech is better than whole chunks of the film - a contrived drama that doesn't come close to the weepers Swank watches on her flat screen.
When she finally finds purpose in life, "P.S. I Love You" introduces the biggest laugh of all - a shoe collection that she actually thinks is good.
The costumes are so bizarre, it's amazing she attracted Butler in the first place. When she dons a pair of shoes she has crafted, you'll be reminded of another film. But Margaret Hamilton was wearing them.
"P.S. I Love You" is a shameless chick flick that doesn't apologize for any of its contrivances. It's OK. But when you know something much better (namely "27 Dresses") is on the way, it's hard to write home about.
Rated PG-13, "P.S. I Love You" features adult talk and situations.
On a scale of four stars, "P.S." gets:
1 1/2 stars


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Nilgiri wood pigeon is an endemic to the hill-ranges of the Western Ghats, south-west India, occurring from north-west Maharashtra south, through Karnataka and Goa, to southern Kerala and western Tamil Nadu. It was once considered common and widespread, but has undergone a major decline, which is thought to be continuing owing to on-going forest loss. Most recent records come from Kerala and Tamil Nadu, where it still appears to be locally common.Current IUCN Red List category is Vulnerable
Nilgiri Wood Pigeon
Nilgiri wood pigeon is an endemic to the hill-ranges of the Western Ghats, south-west India, occurring from north-west Maharashtra south, through Karnataka and Goa, to southern Kerala and western Tamil Nadu. It was once considered common and widespread, but has undergone a major decline, which is thought to be continuing owing to on-going forest loss. Most recent records come from Kerala and Tamil Nadu, where it still appears to be locally common.Current IUCN Red List category is Vulnerable
Japanese Wood Pigeon
Japanese Wood Pigeon is an uncommon and local resident in Japan, on small islands off southern Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu, south through the Nansei Shoto islands to the Yaeyama Islands and the Izu Islands to the Ogasawara and Iwo Islands . It occurs locally on small islands off the south coast of South Korea, and it has been recorded in eastern Russia, Shandong, mainland China and Taiwan . Although it is still relatively common on the Izu Islands, it has apparently declined there since the 1950s, and it is thought to have declined on Okinawa during the 1980s because of forestry activities.
Blue headed Quail Dove
The Blue-headed Quail-dove is an endemic terrestrial dove found on the island of Cuba. It is a resident non-migratory species considered to be endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN 2010)
It is a ground dwelling species mainly found on the ground walking through its evergreen and semi-deciduous forest habitat foraging for fruits and arthropods. If not on the ground it will occasionally be found on low perches calling for its mate or will fly up a short distance to flee a predator.Breeding pairs are socially monogamous and defend territories during the breeding season. Nests are usually located on tree trunks and made of loosely placed twigs lined with freshly fallen leaves.
Mindoro Bleeding-heart
The Mindoro bleeding-heart is a type of ground dove native to Mindoro, Philippines,the last confirmed sighting of the Mindoro bleeding-heart in the wild was in 1997.The bird has an extremely small, severely fragmented population which is undergoing a continuing decline owing to lowland forest destruction, combined with hunting and trade.
This medium-sized ground dove is named for the small, yet distinct, orange patch on its whitish breast, although this looks less like a 'bleeding-heart' , which have a blood-red patch. Little is known about the Mindoro bleeding-heart. It spends most of its life on the forest floor, concealing itself in dense vegetation, and is therefore very difficult to observe. Its diet is not fully known, but it has been seen feeding at a fruiting fig tree. The nest of the Mindoro bleeding-heart is made of sticks and leaves, lined with fine rootlets and tendrils and situated in a tree or shrub, one or two meters above the ground
Silvery Pigeon
This is 5th blog in the series of wild pigeons, today i have selected a pigeon which was extinct and rediscovered in 2008 . Silvery Pigeon a species of pigeon found in Indonesia and Malaysia .It was thought to be extinct but wild populations were rediscovered in 2008 near Masokut island, this is the first confirmed reports since 1931,However, it is listed as Critically Endangered because it is assumed to have a tiny population
|Photo by James Eaton
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Wompoo Fruit Dove
The impressive Wompoo Fruit Dove is the largest of its family , native to New Guinea and Australia.In addition to its size, its yellow wing markings and long tail also help to make it prominent.The head of this fruit dove is grey, the bill red and yellow vent. The sexes look similar,but juveniles have a duller plumage compared to the adults.
Like the other fruit doves,it feeds on fruit-bearing trees,such as figs.The Wompoo Fruit Dove can eat large fruit whole,and is also able to collect fruit by acrobatically springing forward from trees and vines. The nest of twigs,a sturdy construction placed on leafy branches,is built by both the male and female . A single white egg is laid,and the parents share the incubation and care of the chick. if the chick dies, the dove usually have time to try to breed again.Eight different subspecies are recognized,the largest birds being in the south of its range and lowland New Guinea
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Topknot Pigeon
This large Australian pigeon has an unusual crest of elongated feathers on its forecrown. This crest bulges out and then sweeps back over the crown,blending into a second crest of rufous and black feathers that hangs over the nape.Otherwise, it is mainly grey,but has narrow silver-grey band on its slaty-black tail.
Pink Pigeon
Its an endangered species of pigeon , Once brought to the brink of extinction by deforestation , the population of the pink pigeon has recovered in resent years due to dedicated conservation efforts.Thanks to Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust , Mauritian Wildlife Foundation for saving this beautiful bird from extinction
This large pigeon has white face and forehead,a strong bill with a hooked top,and brown wings.It has a soft pink body,but the female and juvenile are duller pink than the male. Its only found in the native forest on the islands of Mauritius
White Crowned Pigeon
Nests on mangrove islands and islets free from raccoon and human disturbance. A fruit eater, this species forages in tropical hardwood hammocks on poison-wood and other native fruit-bearing trees.
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Pigeon Pox
Pigeon pox is caused by a virus that is spread by mosquitoes and dirty water but not in droppings. Pox viruses are specific to the animal.Pigeons can develop chicken pox although in a milder form.An infected pigeon is not infectious to humans.
The pigeon pox virus attacks the skin and mucous membrane cells about 4 to 14 days after exposure.There is an internal and an external form of pox.The mucous membrane form can be indistinguishable from canker like, evil smelling deposit in the beak and throat cavities.In the internal form an infected pigeon will have crusty lesions on its unfeathered skin,nostrils and ceres, especially around the eyes around the beak on the feet and around the anus.It is possible for a pigeon to have both forms of the disease at the same time.
Once in the blood, the virus quickly infects the liver and bone marrow,reinfecting the blood.The pox organisms then migrate to the skin and mucous membranes, forming lesions that are breeding grounds for many bacteria.
Except to monitor the pox lesions. in general,the infection should be left to its natural process.Lesions around the eyes and in the mouth may interfere with seeing and eating and required medical attention,but they should dry up and disappear in a few days.
There are vaccines for pox that work with varying degrees of efficiency , These vaccines are not available in India as treatment i have used the Pox cream from DAC which is found very effective , I also apply a paste of Neem oil, Salt and turmeric powder in the lesions
Coccidiosis is a species specific parasite,and every animal including man carries a form of it,although not at levels that interface with activity or digestion. In pigeon ,coccidiosis is an intestinal disease caused by a single-celled protozoan parasite,usually Eimeria labbeana or E. columbarum. The life cycle of the parasite is quite complicated,but basically,when it infects in large numbers, it destroys the cell in the intestinal walls,each time releasing more protozoa into the intestine, infecting the semi digested food, and attacking new cells,Seriously infected pigeons rapidly lose weight and their droppings become watery
Importance of Vitamins for pigeons
Hi Friends,
Today iam writing about the importance of each vitamins in keeping our pigeons healthy
Actively racing birds, birds under stress or birds in impaired health,however, may develop a deficiency. Signs of this include weak muscles,swollen eyelids, thin-shelled eggs, and others.Supplements come with some cautions however.First, identifying only pigeons that really need supplements can be almost impossible. Second,by giving synthetic vitamins,pigeons do not produce their own naturally,so the synthetic ones are used and the natural ones are passed out with the body wastes,bypassing normal body function.
Today iam writing about the importance of each vitamins in keeping our pigeons healthy
Actively racing birds, birds under stress or birds in impaired health,however, may develop a deficiency. Signs of this include weak muscles,swollen eyelids, thin-shelled eggs, and others.Supplements come with some cautions however.First, identifying only pigeons that really need supplements can be almost impossible. Second,by giving synthetic vitamins,pigeons do not produce their own naturally,so the synthetic ones are used and the natural ones are passed out with the body wastes,bypassing normal body function.
Salmonella typhimurium is rod-like enterobacterium causes paratyphoid in pigeons,but it is not considered a treat to human health .Salmonella causes many fatalities in young pigeons even before the babies are out of the nest or the eggshell.Salmonella bacteria also cause diarrhea,problems with the joints, and nervous problems.
Certain old pigeons can be asymptomatic carriers (called the carrier state ), constantly endangering the whole pigeon flock on a recurring basis. certain new generation antibiotics are said to kill this carrier state.Salmonella bacteria are passed through the air, in the droppings of infected birds, via the crop milk,in the saliva,or in infected eggs as they are being laid.salmonella organisms can enter egg within two days.washing egg does not help to stop salmonella.There are four forms of the disease,which can infect the bird at the same time
The intestinal form enters the walls of the intestine, resulting in diarrhoea with foul smelling, soupy,green or brown droppings surrounded by slime and containing undigested food particles.A green colour in the droppings can also indicate an advanced worm infection in the liver
In the joint form the bacteria enter the bloodstream and infect the joints,resulting in excess production of synovial fluid, which causes intense swelling. The "ball" in the foot, or a lump in a joint or on the wing at the elbow are very common symptoms. The pigeon hobbles or a wing hangs, or it "favors" a limb and does not use it in an attempt to relieve the intense pain.
The organ form occurs after the bacteria move from the bloodstream to infect the liver kidneys,pancreas,heart and so on.The sick bird moped in a corner of the loft, and becomes inactive , short of breath,and near sighted
In the nerve form the bacteria infect the nerves and spinal column,spreading along the sinews,causing imbalance and crippling.Twisting the neck,fouling the cloaca, and cramp like contractions of the toes are typical symptoms.A pigeon may recover from this stage,ultimately but it probably will never go on to fly or breed
Vaccinating the birds every year is the best method to prevent it . Chevivac-S is the vaccine available from chevita for Salmonella
The loft and birds must be treated at the same time .A probiotic should be given to restore the acidic balance in the intestine . The loft and everything in it must be thoroughly cleaned and sprayed with a disinfectant pr the disease process will repeat itself
1: Enrofloxacine 10% dosage 1 to 2 ml per litter of water
2:Trimethoprim Sulfa dosage 5 grams to 20 kg body weight3:Furaltadone 6% dosage 5 grams per liter of drinking water (= 20 to 25 pigeons)
Enrofloxacine is available in India sold under the names Enflocin / Enrocin/ Meriquin/QuinRocin and outside india under the name Baytril
For more details on the medicine and treatment plan please visit the below links
Useful Links
Labels: paratyphoid, Pigeon blog, Pigeon Disease, Salmonella
Trichomoniasis ( Canker )
Trichomonas also called pigeon diphtheria, is caused by Trichomonas columbae,a single-celled flagellated protozoan parasite.Many older birds are asymptomatic carriers of the disease,but juveniles that get the disease via the crop milk usually die. Most pigeons live with canker at sub-clinical levels, and this is not considered dangerous.
Symptoms include yellow, cheesy,button-like lesions on the cells in the mouth, esophagus, and crop.Infected pigeons become lethargic sit with feathers fluffed up, and have serious digestive problems, including diarrhea.They quickly lose weight and drink profusely
There are oral,navel, and organ forms of disease , which can appear 4 to 14 days from infection. In the oral form the yellow, cheesy lesions may invade the wind pipe and crop causing the bird to gape, and creating difficulty with breathing,eating and potentially with drinking . The navel form appears as a cheese-like crumbly swelling under the skin around the navel and develops when canker laden crop milk falls into the nest bowl, infecting the babies unhealed umbilicus in the organ form the previous forms can infect various internal organs leaving visible lesions
Treatment:Clean the throat with a pigeon feather and give Flagyl-25 mg (powdered) to the infected pigeon.Other medicines are also available for treating canker refer the below link to know more information
DOSAGE: 25 mg for 3 days depending on the degree of the illness. If it is a severe case, dosage is to be increased but it should not exceed 100 mg in any case
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Chevita - treatment plan for canker
Sherajee / Lahore pigeon
Sherajee, so named in Bengal, but called Sherazie in Northern India, is a favourite pigeon throughout India .The name is, no doubt, derived from the city of Sheraz, in Persia, where it might possiby have originated. It's also called Lahore pigeon
The head and beak of the Sherajee are of the common type, the latter neither short, nor long and thin; and birds of good colour always have a reddish tinge on the eye ceres, beak wattles, and the edges of the mouth. The irides are dark hazel colour, the head is unhooded, and the legs and feet are feathered. Long toe feathers, spreading out on each side, are much admired. The marking of the Sherajee is peculiar to itself, nothing similar to it being found in any other variety that I know of. The upper mandible is coloured, except with those colours that are generally accompanied by a, flesh coloured beak; and the marking, commencing at the beak wattle, runs over the head and down the back of the neck, till it meets the back and wings. Looked at in profile, the marking should show a clean division down the side of the neck ; from behind, the neck appears all coloured, and from before, all white. The back, wings, and flight feathers are also coloured, the rest of the plumage being pure white.
An another breed seen only in India is the clean leg Sherajee . Smaller than Sherajee with same marking, but without muffs.
Clean Leg Sherajee / Lahore
Sherajee / Lahore Standard
Mookee Pigeon
This is another Indian pigeon, of pure and distinct race; it's a pigeon having the tremulous shaking neck of the Fantail, and a close, narrow tail, with the normal number of twelve feathers. The Mookee is a good breeder and feeder. It is a long lived pigeon
The head of the Mookee is flat, showing no stop, and its beak rather longer than that of a common flying Tumbler; it is also generally peak-headed. The irides are dark hazel in colour. The upper mandible is white, and the lower follows the plumage. The whole head is white above a line running across the eyes. The two longest flight feathers should be white, and all the rest of the bird coloured. The head often comes foul or unequally cut, and the flights often foul. Three, or even four a side, are better than unequal flights, but two a side are considered the standard. The curious thing about the Mookee is the tremulous shaking of the neck, which is never absent, and which is most constant when the bird is salacious. It is singular to see the cock driving the hen to nest ; his head and neck shake continually backward and forward, but he never loses his balance. The tail is carried horizontally and close, as in most pigeons.
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Canon doubts
May 21, 2010 Leave a comment
I use Canon – whatever the reason is. EOS 450D. But sometimes I just can't fight off some doubts. There's that stupid idea with EOS Utility instead of making the camera itself simple plain USB mass storage. Well – I can live with that, at least this utility sorts out my photos in some way I'm already used to. But when you want to show a few pictures to a friend, you're just lost unless you have card reader (luckily, more and more common). This, however, leads us to the need for the utility even if one would not want it for some additional features. (What additional features? :-))
Recently I installed Windows 7 and I slowly go ahead installing all the software I use. Now I'm around Picasa and Canon utils. "God knows where I have my CD, let's just download it from internet, right?" No, not right. After you choose your OS and language, you see only "EOS Utility Updater". "Well perhaps it somehow installs the software even if it's called 'updater'." No, wrong. Canon simply is not there yet. After running the updater I was asked to insert the CD coming with the camera.
I found it. No problem after all. But why? Why I have to stand up from my chair for a stupid driver? Why can't I install the fresh one right away? I don't know…
Maybe for the same reason the camera is not USB mass storage. Maybe because it's Canon.
Maybe I just didn't find the driver. But even then Canon would be to blame. Anyway, you can check more about this whole nonsense here and here. So, dear Canon, you want us to mess with registers or buy some f-ing CD?!
Wake up, Canon! It's 21st century already. For nearly 10 years actually!


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Has anyone noticed that I sort of suck at updating my blog? As usual, life took over and time for writing, reading, and even breathing is almost nonexistent. I am inundated with grandchildren and household chores. Not that I'm complaining. Here's a quick rundown on how things are going.
I turned down the publishing contract. I know it sounds insane, but there are some issues I just won't budge on. Taking a deal, just for the sake of being able to say I've published a book just seemed like a cop out to me. In the end I'd be making next to nothing and there was no advance whatsoever. I can self publish an eBook and make 40% in royalties. No free author copies. (I'd have to buy those.) If I'm going to buy my own books, I might as well self publish at least then I'd still own the rights to my work. (See how this is working out? Lol) So in the interest of not screwing myself over, I turned them down. For now, I have no plans to self publish, but I am seriously thinking it over.In the mean time, I am still querying the first and second books, and working on two others. Now I say working in the loosest sense of the word. I've started two more would be more appropriate I suppose. Both are at a standstill right now due to the inconvenient interruptions of my 'real' life. However, I'm itching to get back at it and get moving. Both books have taken over my dreams. It's crazy how that happens. Today and tomorrow are mapped out for writing. If the chaos gods aren't against me, maybe the words I'm dreaming will make it to paper. Maybe….. I hope you all are well! Thanks for hanging in there with me!


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I'm not a big fan of Groupons and similar coupons. I think a lot of the time, people buy things they wouldn't normally have purchased in the first place. And 20%-40% of them are not used, which is a huge waste of money. But every now and then, I see a Groupon that really makes a lot of sense to buy. Right before Christmas, I saw just that type of Groupon.
I bought a one-year family membership to the Sci-Tech Discovery Center in Frisco for $39. We have been to this place a few times before with our kids and when family has come to visit. It's a small, hands-on science museum with rotating exhibits. I figured out that if we visited just twice this year, we would recoup the cost of the Groupon. And it's not far away, we don't need to pay for parking, and our visits can be as short as 1-2 hours. It will be nice to have the membership during the hot summer months when I'm looking for something different to do with the kids.
The Sci-Tech Discovery Center is located inside the Frisco Discovery Center near the Dallas North Tollway and Cottin Gin Road. We visited this past Friday to see the Animal Grossology exhibit before its final day (which is tomorrow).
The very first time we visited Sci Tech was during the Human Grossology exhibit, so we knew to expect a lot of visuals about poop and other gross things.
There were some trivia type games to play about slime and poop:
At 10:30, the center announced that a story time and experiment would happen in a few minutes. We rounded up our kids for that. The story was about snow, and the kids got to play with fake snow on paper plates.
Then they got to make their own snowmen out of marshmallows.
I didn't see much of the story time and experiment though...my youngest child kept insisting she had to go potty and we left frequently. I gave up on the story time and let her play in the Kid Zone nearby.
In addition to the Animal Grossology exhibit, there were other areas that appeared to be more permanent parts of the center. Toward the back there is a space toy area that all three of my kids enjoyed:
And a place to make giant bubbles!
Some interesting magnet experiments:
And an indoor tornado!
We stayed about 2 hours and could have stayed a little longer had it not been so close to lunch time. The center is closed during most of the month of January to change out exhibits. We are looking forward to returning in 2013 to make good use of our yearly membership.
Check out Sci-Tech's website at http://www.mindstretchingfun.org/.


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San Francisco is poised in a unique position in today's world. As America serves as a cultural beacon for the world, so does San Francisco stand as that beacon for America. For generations we have led the way in cultural innovation, from the Beats in the 50s, the Hippies in the 60s, the Gay Liberation movement in the 70s, and the dawning of the Information Age over the last two decades. Today, the world is calling for another revolution, one greater in size and perspective than any in humanity's history. I refer, of course, to the transformation to a sustainable way of living, one founded on the well-being of the Earth's life-systems, not the narrow pursuit of human happiness, as the highest good. The necessity of this revolution is caused in no small part by the exportation of the American way of life around the world, as growing populations adopt our disposable, materialistic lifestyles and meat-heavy diets, creating even more strain on the fragile ecosystems on which our lives and the lives of billion of species depend. As a result, we are facing a litany of crises unfolding across the world, from climate change, mass extinction, peak-oil, sky-rocketing food prices, fresh water scarcity, and the social unrest that inevitably accompanies such challenges.
If the world is to avoid the full bloom of these compounding crises, it is incumbent upon America to replace the white-picket-fence-2.3-kids-steak-for-lunch-and-dinner-consumerism identity with a new image, one that values sharing, community, reusing and resilience. The world cannot transform quickly enough without the American flagship, and America as a whole will never figure it out if we fail to create this transformation in the microcosm that is the Bay Area. And, while we like to think we've got it all figured out with our farmer's markets, strong bike culture and radical social tolerance, the reality is that the Bay Area, like every other major metropolis at this point in time, is a lot of talk and very little walk. If a major spike in the price of oil were to halt the global machine that supplies our grocery stores with food every day, or even if we experience the major earthquake we've known for years is coming, all of us would be exposed as gravely unprepared. The good news is that, despite our current deficiencies, we are still looked upon as the leaders in this burgeoning movement, meaning that the successes that we do find are readily broadcast to the nation, pre-approved as the cutting edge in cool. If we are to believe in the possibility of averting staggering catastrophe, then we must above all believe in ourselves.
Now before you run out to get 1,000 signatures on a petition in support of clean energy legislation, I have some other jarring news. These problems cannot be solved through the usual governmental means of lobbying and lawmaking. No doubt, these are essential pieces of the puzzle. But they aren't coming any time soon, not with our schizophrenic political climate and the painfully slow machinations of the legislative machine. What's more, even if we woke up tomorrow with $5 trillion for clean energy, we will all still need to learn to make the correct lifestyle decisions to slow climate change, transform our abhorrent food system, and stop filling landfills with our waste.
If you really care about where we're headed, don't spend your time asking your elected officials to solve the problem when they get around to it. Instead, go out today and start talking to your friends and neighbors about organizing your community to become more resilient, that is, to be able to be self-sufficient in the likely event of an earthquake or a spike in the price of oil or the collapse of our financial system.
Becoming a resilient community organizer in your neighborhood or town has a number of benefits: You get to learn new skills like gardening or canning as you help develop your local food system, you make a whole slew of new friends as you meet your neighbors, your local farmers, business owners and all sorts of folks who share your ideals, you gain a stronger connection to place and learn again (or perhaps for the first time) what it means to be in community. An even greater result of this work is that your community will undoubtedly fare much better in the likely scenario of a true crisis. But the greatest benefit to becoming a resilient community organizer is knowing that you are actively manifesting the cultural ideal that is poised to sweep America and the rest of the world. You are on the front-lines in this most sacred of movements. The only way out of this situation is by organizing on a community-by-community level to build local resilience and, yes, to create the political will to finally address these issues with powerful legislation. And the only way this organizing fever is going to sweep the nation is if we show everyone what we're really made of here in the San Francisco Bay Area. When we really create something meaningful and exciting here in San Francisco, the rest of the world will know about it.
So go out and talk to your neighbors and your friends. Get people in the same room to craft a vision. Study other groups like the Transition Movement, Bay Localize or my group the Wigg Party. Get together to eat delicious food from your backyards. Teach each other to sew and pickle. Visit your local urban gardens and businesses. Ride your bikes together. Start right now. Don't wait. It takes time. Effective organization will not emerge overnight. But when we become serious about our responsibility to create a resilient Bay Area, when we finally bring our tribes out into the streets of San Francisco en masse, we will create a tidal wave that will spread the world over. The whole world is watching. Do you know what it means to be a San Franciscan?


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Thursday, August 27, 2009
Sports Photos: Funny Soccer
Friday, August 14, 2009
The World Championships of Water Sports.
13th World Championships of Water Sports (FINA World Championships 2009) was opened on 17 July in Rome and will run until August 2. In the competitions participated and a record number of athletes - 2556 athletes from 185 countries. Program of the World Championship includes a competition with the water polo, swimming, diving, synchronised swimming and diving in open water.
Yee Mun Leong (Malaysia).
Wu Minxia (China).
Wang Han (China).
Usa team.
Ukrainian team.
Russian team.
Japanice team.
Great Britain team.
French team.
Canadian Team
Brazilian team.
Tania Cagnotto (Italy).
Natalia Ischenko (Russia).
Melissa Wu (Australia).
Marie-Pier Boudreau-Gagnon (Canada).
Mandy Zollner (Germany).
Jennifer Abel (Canada).
Jenna Randall & Olivia Allison (UK).
Jenna Randall (UK).
Ilya Zaharov (Russia).
Flora Piroska Gondos (Hungary).
Eric Sehn (Canada).
Emillie Heymans (Canada).
Elisabetta Marconi (Italy).
Claire Febvay & Audrey Labeau (France).
Chris Colwill (USA).
Carlos Calvo (Spain).
Arianna Garibotti (Italy).
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It is not for sadness that we cry,
But for the rush of joy before our eyes.
It is the head and the heart and the soul,
Knowing our emotions have reached a goal.
For so is beauty that it makes us do,
That which makes our tears come through.
Whether it is music, words or the smile of a friend,
It is all beauty and it moves us in the end.
To care, to love, to cherish or to truly know,
There is emotion brought by beauty's glow.
Though we fight our feelings ever so,
Pure beauty allows tears of joy to flow.
Be it a child, a poem, a sound or a face and eyes,
There is such beauty here as to fill the skies.
Beauty can be as simple as a memory sublime,
Or the singular peace of the passage of time.
We well up at what seems like the silliest thought,
Embarrassed by ourselves when we had not ought.
When we find it in a friend, in words or a song,
Our tears show us life in the place where it belongs.


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Because people who always wear eyeglasses like to narrow their eyes to see things, superadding the pressure from the weight of frme to eyes, it's easier for them to have wrinkles at an early age. At the same time, dark circles, bags of eyes and other problems come out. It will undoubtedly break beautiful girls' dream of having a pair of attractive eyes.
Ophthalmologists have pointed out that the people wearing eyeglasses should not squint when seeing things for long or often blink deliberately. because it is easy to keep eyelid muscles tensing and result in the generation of lines. So don't neglect the eye when using the water spray. In addition, eye movement can strenghten the skin around the eyes and make it elastic. such as, open your eyes as wide as possible for several seconds, then close your eyes slowly, and reopen them before the moment for up and down eyelids to touch each other. Keep it in mind that the whole process should be carried out in a gentle way.
Generally speaking, the skin around eyes of people wearing eyeglasses will suffer from aging since 15 years old. That is to say we should start to maintain the around skin of the eye at the age of 15. People who wear glasses should pay attention to the selection of eye cream, especially the refreshing degree. If you keep using the anti-wrinkle eye cream, you will be apt to be allergic to that with symptoms like eczema and fat granule to come out. Eyes and the ocular region are very close to the lenses. Bacteria which are on the surface of lenses are asy to transfer to eyes and skin around eyes, and this can lead to the inflammation of eyes and also can result the aging of skin around eyes at an advanced time. Therefore, you have to wash your glasses in your daily life. Besides, myopic or hyperopic patients need to have optometry once every six months; if necessary, they should renew glasses.


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Pack mentality
Now any angler can benefit from what fly fishermen have long known: sometimes it just makes sense to wear your tackle. Unlike multi-pocketed vests and chestpacks, however, today's fishing backpacks—from sleek daypacks to hefty duffels—are designed for all manner of angling excursion.
DXL Typhoon Backpack ($220) Sage
Key features: Exterior wader and boot storage, padded straps, detachable hip belt, interior organizer panel and padded sleeve for electronics or hydration bladder.
The promise: "The best pack money can buy."
Waterproof Backpack (U.S.$74.99)
Okuma Fishing Tackle Corp
Key features: Soft-sided, medium-sized bag with waterproof outer shell, zippered pockets and storage areas for gear and lunch; includes four Okuma tackle trays.
The promise: "Unlock endless angling experiences."
Remote Waters Fishpack (U.S.$89)
Key features: Padded straps and lumbar belt, rod holder and 10 big pockets for waders, boots, tackle, reels and small tools; the rain fly doubles as a tarp for changing boots.
The promise: "A technical backpack just for anglers."
Extreme Qualifier 360 Backpack ($29.99)
Bass Pro Shops
Key features: Padded back and straps, four pockets, rod tube loops and a zip-off bottom section with shoulder strap; holds 10 Plano utility boxes.
The promise: "An easier way to transport and organize your tackle."
Blackmoon Compact Fishing Backpack ($101.99)
Key features: Easy-access drop-down opening, mesh rod holders, multiple pockets, detachable cellphone pouch; includes soft-plastics binder and two Plano boxes.
The promise: "Simple and light for anglers who walk."
Safe Passage Angler's Day Pack (U.S.$149)
Key features:Streamlined design to avoid fly-line snags, curved back panel for comfort, large main compartment and insulated cooler; attaches to Orvis chestpacks.
The promise: "Perfect for the backcountry angler."
Stream-Tek Tak-Pak ($119.99)
SKB Corporation
Key features: Four adjustable shelves with divided drawers, five exterior pockets, rod holder, waterproof base and insulated, removable cooler for lunch or fillets.
The promise: "All the features fishermen look for."
Piney Creek Tech Pack ($180.95)
Key features: Contoured shoulder straps, two large compartments, accessories pocket and dual zip-out rod tube holders; includes chestpack that attaches to front or back.
The promise:"Keeps you on the water all day."
XPG Pro Series Angler Pack (U.S.$69.99)
Key features: Roomy top and bottom compartments, detachable rod holder and tool holster, and stormproof electronics pocket; comes with four utility boxes.
The promise: "A comfortable fit that you'll appreciate."
Not only should a fishing backpack fit you properly, it must also match your angling needs. Otherwise, it can be a major pain in the neck—both literally and figuratively. Here's what to look for.
Shoulder straps shouldn't pinch, chafe under the arms or restrict movement; a sternum strap will help position them correctly. On large bags, the belt should take most of the load, seating the pack firmly on your hips; the pack shouldn't extend below your waist or above the base of your neck.
Look past the flashy trimmings and instead examine how the pack's basic structure and function suit your needs. If you mostly want storage, for example, go for volume. Packs for long hikes need space for food and clothing; they also require a good suspension system.


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Auto show rolls into Tebala this weekend
The Rockford Area Convention & Visitors Bureau welcomes the owners and hobbyists of historic American Motors Corporation (AMC) vehicles as they honor their marque by having the 41st Annual American Motors Owners Association (AMO) Convention in the Rockford region.
AMO will host several events in and around the area each day from July 27-30 with the main event and car show happening Saturday at Tebala Event Center from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Spectators are welcome and the event on Saturday is free to attend. All AMO members are encouraged to pre-register by Friday, July 29 at the host hotel Holiday Inn located at 7550 E. State St. In addition, there will be an all AMC parts swap meet, both Friday and Saturday.
"Rockford is an industrialized community that has contributed much of the hardware used to build parts included in our AMO vehicles. It's also centrally located to Kenosha, Wisconsin, and near many of our members so it's an ideal spot to host the event this year," said Matt Woodstrup, AMO Rockford Host/Committee Member. "It only seems fitting that we bring this convention to a community that is so rooted in the automotive manufacturing industry."
Over 600 participants from across the US will feature 300 vehicles at the convention generating an estimated economic impact of $184,000 to the region. Visitors will be traveling from around the Midwest and as far as Germany, Canada and Mexico. Working from the corporate center of Kenosha, Wisconsin, AMC made cars like the 1957 Rebel, 1960 Metropolitan, 1966 Rogue, 1968 Javelin and the 1970 AMX will be some of the vehicles featured during the car show along with many more.
"It has truly been our pleasure to work with the AMO committee and welcome them to our region for the first time this year. This multi-day convention will certainly help to fuel the regional economy with overnight stays in our hotels, shopping at local stores and dining at the region's restaurants," said Lindsay Arellano, RACVB Director of Sales & Servicing.
For more information visit amonational.com.


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TWO nights in a row, even.
Last night I went out to meet some knitters. It was pretty nerve-wracking, but I figured if Laurie could do it, so could I. There were only two people (they were very nice) besides me at this weekly meeting, and I just could not stop blabbering on and on. Was I supposed to let them sit and knit in peace? It seemed so odd. Maybe I'll look for another group that has lots and lots of people in it so I can fade into the background.
Tonight was our first rehearsal for Miracle Worker. Troy was at rehearsal for his other play, so I was in charge. I knew what I needed to be doing, and I was only blocking three actors, but I still felt like a goofball. I'm not a very good explainer. There was lots of pointing and strange looks.
My shattered nerves need soothing.


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West Ham manager Slaven Bilic was shocked at the attack on the Borussia Dortmund team coach, but fears such incidents are impossible to prevent.
Three explosions occurred around the bus - believed to be a targeted bomb attack - as the Dortmund players left the team hotel en route to the Signal Iduna Park stadium for the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final against Monaco, which was swiftly postponed.
Dortmund's Spanish defender Marc Bartra was taken to hospital, where he required an operation for a broken bone in his right wrist.
Bilic recalled a similarly frightening incident while he was managing Turkish side Besiktas, when rival club Fenerbahce's bus was shot at.
"I remember once when I was in Turkey when Fenerbahce were in Trabzon and the coach was attacked," he said.
"There was a shotgun and it just missed the driver, and they were driving at 80mph. It was so close.
"Those people are doing those kind of things because they don't want us to feel secure - not just footballers but you and me and the whole world. Nobody is secure.
"But you have to try to continue with your normal life. We sympathise with Dortmund, of course, and it was such a shock. You have to continue to do your job. You have to continue with your life.
"But I don't know, for example, how Dortmund could stop that attack. It's impossible. What one club can do to prevent it, I really don't know."
West Ham have suffered their own security scare this season, with striker Andy Carroll having been the victim of an attempted robbery at gunpoint in November as he drove home from training.
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A Face of Freedom ~ Air Force SSG Eric Eberhard
Face of Defense: Airman Reflects on Saving Team Leaders' Life
By Capt. Michael Meridith, USAF
Special to American Forces Press Service
FORWARD OPERATING BASE GARDEZ, Afghanistan, Dec. 21, 2007 - As he sat eating breakfast Dec. 7, Air Force Staff Sgt. Eric Eberhard had no idea that he was just hours away from a struggle to save the life of the airman sitting next to him.
The Salt Lake City, Utah, native and former Marine was enjoying a brief pause before another demanding day as a member of a three-person explosive ordnance disposal team based here.
"We were out with a route-clearance team for a medical engagement and had spent the night at a local village," Eberhard said. "We ate breakfast and were waiting for the medical engagement to end so we could do the route clearance back."
Although they weren't scheduled to leave the village until later that day, they were surprised by word that an improvised explosive device had been spotted a short distance away by Afghan National Police.
"We got to the scene and talked to the policeman who found it; he had been on patrol and saw something suspicious in a culvert under a bridge and reported it. The bystanders were being kept at a distance, so we dressed out our team leader in a bomb suit, and he went down into the culvert," he said.
While their team leader examined the IED, Eberhard and his fellow teammate kept a constant watch from their armored joint EOD rapid-response vehicle.
"I was sitting in the front seat when I saw the blast. I still see that flash in my mind," Eberhard said.
Moments after the IED exploded, he leapt from the vehicle and raced to the scene, waving medics forward to follow him.
"I didn't know what to expect; I just knew that I needed to get down there and assess the situation. When I got there, I saw him laying on the ground and saw that his leg and arm were severely injured, but his bomb suit was pretty much intact."
After ensuring no further threat from IEDs, Eberhard finally gave the medics the go-ahead to approach the wounded airman. At the same time, he began to act.
"When I got to him he was trying to sit up, but I made him lay back down. At first, all he could say is, 'It hurts bad. ' But we were glad that he was coherent, and we wanted him to stay that way."
To keep the wounded airman conscious, Eberhard elevated the uninjured leg to force blood back to the core of the body. With that accomplished, he started a tourniquet for the wounded arm while the medic tended to the leg.
"In my mind I knew his arm needed a tourniquet, so I just reached over and grabbed it. I didn't ask anyone, I just did it. He was coherent enough that he was actually helping us by telling us what to do. He told me, 'My arm needs to be tighter,' and I tightened the tourniquet."
With the bleeding controlled and an IV started, Eberhard reported the incident and then helped move his wounded team leader to a field to await helicopter medical evacuation.
"I just talked to him and tried to keep him awake," he said. "We talked about football and video games; we're both pretty competitive about it. Not long after that, I ran back and got him a satellite phone and let him talk to his wife. She was extremely grateful, and he was too. It was one of the things that kept him alert. He was talking to his wife, and because of that he knew he couldn't pass out."
Soon afterward, Eberhard said goodbye as his wounded comrade was taken away to medical care. Eberhard later learned that his team leader lost part of his leg, but was expected to recover.
Over the past few weeks, Eberhard has had time to reflect on that day. At the time, he said, he was mostly driven by instinct, which he credits to the combat-skills training he received before deploying. But he makes it clear that he does not consider himself a hero.
"Everyone is calling me a hero, but it is a weird position to be in," he said. "My definition of a hero is someone who does something they don't have to do in a situation they don't have to be in. No one forced me to be here. I'm a reservist. There was nothing saying I had to deploy; I wanted to. I wanted to let someone on active duty take an extra six-month break and be home with their family."
Despite the events of the day, Eberhard said he has no regrets about volunteering to deploy. In fact, he said the deployment experience has left him with some valuable insights he will carry with him to his home unit, 419th Civil Engineer Squadron, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah.
"The biggest thing I learned is that if we focus on being the servants, not the masters, and look at deployments as a way to serve our fellow man, it changes the outlook we have on deployments, and it makes a big difference in the lives of the Afghan people," he said.
(Air Force Capt. Michael Meridith is assigned to 455th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs)


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I know that many of my students dream about working in another country and travelling the world. Bridget Dougherty is a role model for all of them.
Bridget was my student in "Spanish in the Community" in 2005, and she did her community service learning work at the Refugee Center (ECIRMAC). I also remember doing a classroom visit to a TA-taught "Business Spanish" course and seeing Bridget very engaged in that class, too.
Bridget recently e-mailed me to ask for some information for her applications to an MBA program, and I was delighted to see that she was working for a not-for-profit in Hanoi, Vietnam. Here is the information she shared with me:
"The non-profit is Prosperity Initiative. Check out the website for more information. It is s small organisation that has been around for about 3 years.
"I came here in October 2009 working as a consultant for Accenture through Accenture's Development Partnerships which sends consultants to international development organisations at a reduced rate. I worked directly for the COO to implement operations related initiatives.
"In April they offered me a Job as the Executive Operations Manager - so I decided to leave Accenture after being there for 3 years to come to Prosperity Initiative in a full time position. But as you know, I plan on going back to school in Fall 2011 to pursue an MBA! I would love to work and use my Spanish speaking skills (as I feel like they are fading) so hopefully I can work in a Spanish-speaking country for my next job!"
Although Bridget forged her own path through her intelligence, hard work and talents, I'd just like to point out that her work at ECIRMAC surely brought her into contact with many people from Vietnam, where she now lives, because they are a large component of the Refugee Center's clientele and staff.
You never know how your Spanish community service-learning work may influence your career path, now or in the future.
Congratulations to Bridget for her wonderful work, and good luck in the future!


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A graduate from Cambridgeshire has been crowned World Miss University.
Katie Farr, 24, from Isleham, was up against 42 other women from across the globe.
Katie Farr, 24, from Isleham, was up against 42 other women from across the globe.
Katie, who graduated from Leeds University with a politics degree, secured a place in the final after she scooped the Miss Leeds award and came in the top 20 in the Miss England pageant.
World Miss University is an international contest held annually in Seoul since 1986 and is organised by the International Association of University Presidents.
The organising committee dispatches peace missions to regions in conflict like Kosovo and Rwanda.
During her time in Asia, the former Soham Village College pupil completed volunteer work and listened to keynote speeches from academics about international peace relations.
Katie said: "I was in a state of shock and disbelief upon hearing I'd won. We had some really interesting debates.
"We were all students or graduates – it was intellectually engaging and not cheesy at all.
"It wasn't all handbags and lipstick. We all got on really well and I've made friends for life."
Katie won a cash prize and is planning to use the money to pay off some of her student debt.
She said: "I'd been looking for a graduate job without success for a year when I was invited to the World Miss University competition.
"I'd already done some aid work in South Africa before my degree, which inspired me to study politics and have recently been applying for grant schemes.
"But nothing has quite yet come together."
For more information about Katie, who was a part-time model during university and an amateur photographer, visit www.katiefarr.co.uk.


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Craig Hamilton described Integral when he introduced an interview with American philosopher Ken Wilber for New Dimensions radio in 2006:
As citizens of the 21st century, we have more knowledge at our fingertips than any previous generation could have imagined. But as fields of knowledge become increasingly specialized, it gets harder and harder to see how all of these disparate strands of understanding could possibly integrate into a unified whole. How do science and religion fit together? Is one right and the other wrong? Or are they both telling us truths about different aspects of a single reality? Is there a theory large enough to embrace it all? And if there were, could it work to unite our fragmented world? Ken Wilber has dedicated his life to finding just such a theory. Basing his work on the premise that, "everyone is right about something," he has for the past three decades worked tirelessly to weave all fields of knowledge together into an, 'integral, theory of everything.'
Ken Wilber didn't invent the components used in the integral framework, but as mentioned, he has spent the last 35 years working to bring these components together into this meta-theory. In the same interview, Wilber himself summarized as follows:
In a sense, Integral just means a kind of super-holism. The word itself, in a dictionary definition, means comprehensive, inclusive. The word itself comes from 'integrate,' which is to pull together the pieces to find a unity to the many fragments and parts and partialities that you find running around in the world. It's a way ultimately to feel that there's really a place for everything in the universe, a place to make sense of everything in the universe, …having a big picture that makes room for everything. It's not a big picture that's pre-determined, it's not a rigid framework, it's not a Hegelian system. It's an approach and awareness that is holistic, but not in the traditional meaning of holism. …The traditional approaches of holism had their heart in the right place, but there are a lot of hidden aspects of reality that didn't get included in holism.
…If we take the discoveries of the pre-modern world, including the great spiritual and wisdom traditions, add to that some of the discoveries of modernity, and we have to toss in some of the discoveries of post-modernity, as clunky as that might be. All of those together have formed an integral overview, and by putting them together we found some astonishing discoveries that have come with it. The reason there's a lot of excitement, is that it is helping to make sense of things that we weren't quite understanding very well. It by NO means has all the answers, but it's starting to ask some really fascinating questions, and come up with a few answers that people are finding very persuasive, or at least interesting.
I'll give you one real quick example. It's common with a holistic approach, to say, for example, that we want to include body, mind, and spirit, or body, mind, spirit, and nature. Integralism would agree with that, but it points out that with body, mind, spirit, and nature, there are actually different dimensions of that, different levels of that, and different types of that. By putting all of those together it turns out to be a relatively simple understanding of how to do it.
At a later time we'll look at some of the ideas/components of the Integral framework. In the meantime, I encourage you to explore Ken Wilber's introduction of the framework in a series of posts at Integral Life that Wilber calls The Integral Operating System (IOS).


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One of the challenges of being in a large school district is being physically removed from the main administration building where most of the administrative systems reside and the administrative work is done. The IT contact person in my building has responsibility for managing any issues with individual laptops, One of the challenges of taking a course during the summer is having limited access to persons with knowledge of the inside workings of our district. So I will be writing this post from the perspective of the gentleman with whom I spoke regarding the survey of our SIS / CIA systems, Mr. Craig Dilks.
Craig appears to be the owner / manager of the data within our district or manages those who have that responsibility. As the district's Director of MIS, the tasks mentioned – managing the servers, insuring the data warehouse is clean, and running the reports – all fall under Craig's domain. I am aware of one mathematics teacher who requests certain reports from Craig in order to create some applications used in our school for creating an employee directory accessible to the staff within our building. Craig will run these as requested and return the information to Bill in a timely basis.
Bernhardt states that "not having someone who knows the entire system could spell disaster" (Bernhardt, p. 159) and Craig is that man in our district. As mentioned in my SIS / CIA post, Craig included personnel in many different capacities in defining requirements and implementation of the SIS systems, which is consistent with Bernhardt's assertion that "most districts have at least one IT person and someone with an education background working together to maintain their data warehouses" (Bernhardt, p. 159). User support for using the data warehouse is provided on an "as needed" basis. For example, when we implemented the online grading component of eSchoolplus this past school year, teachers were provided with electronic documentation, written documentation, voluntary small group training, and a "super user" contact person in our building to answer questions. Fortunately for me, the teacher who was the super user in our building was my next door neighbor, giving me an unfair advantage in learning to use this new piece of software!
Bernhardt, V.L. (2008). Translating data into information to improve teaching and learning. Larchmont, NY: Eye On Education, Inc.


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"Where are you going to this time?", my friends asked me a day before we left for Lake Sebu. "Lake Sebu? Is there a lake in Cebu City worth going to?"
Lake Sebu is NOT in Cebu, not even in the Visayas region but it is in Mindanao. It is a 2nd class municipality in the province of South Cotabato and has only a population of 76,000 people (they probably have more cattles there!). It came into my wishlist early last year when I saw a local sports TV show feature the place and the amazing zipline that traverses seven waterfalls! Since then, I knew we have to visit the place one day.
Getting there from here would taken us two plane rides (Roxas-Manila, Manila-General Santos City), a tricycle ride (General Santos City Airport to Bus Station), two bus rides (General Santos City to Koronadal; Koronadal to Surralah), a jeepney ride (Suraalah to Lake Sebu town proper) and finally a habal-habal ride (a motorcycle for hire, from Lake Sebu town proper to our lake-side resort/hotel). Or a total of 2 1/2 hours flying time and 3 to 3 1/2 land trip. Fortunately for us, a good friend based in General Santos City offered to pick us up at the airport and drive us directly to Lake Sebu – in just 1 1/2 hours! GREAT.
Lake Sebu (the town), is home to three natural lakes, the largest of which is named Lake Sebu as well. This is where the fresh-water tilapia is grown and for which the town is well-known in the region. This area is also the ancestral home of the T'bolis, the ethnic filipino tribe of Mindanao – known for thier artistry, especially the tinalak woven cloth. Weather here is like in Tagaytay – cool and clean. This is our base for the next three days. I can sleep here the whole day! But the zipline awaits us … we can't wait.
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Nancy Hicks Maynard
|Nancy Hicks Maynard
Nancy Alene Hall
1 November 1946
Harlem, New York City, USA
|21 September 2008(aged 61)
Long Island University
Stanford Law School
|Known for
|Maynard Institute co-founder
|Notable credit(s)
The New York Times
The Washington Post
The Oakland Tribune
Robert C. Maynard (1975–1993†)
Daniel D. Hicks (1965–1974†)
|Jay T. Harris
|Dori J., David and Alex
Nancy Alene Hicks Maynard (1 November 1946 – 21 September 2008) was an American publisher, journalist, former owner of The Oakland Tribune, and co-founder of the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education. She was the first African-American female reporter for The New York Times, and at the time of her death, The Oakland Tribune was the only metropolitan daily newspaper to have been owned by African Americans.
Early life[edit]
Maynard was born Nancy Alene Hall in Harlem, New York City, to jazz bassist Alfred Hall and Eve Keller, a nurse. Maynard first became interested in journalism when, after a fire destroyed the elementary school she once attended, she was unhappy with the portrayal of her community in the coverage by the news media. She went on to attend Long Island University Brooklyn and graduated with a journalism degree in 1966.
The New York Times[edit]
Maynard began her journalism career as a copy girl and reporter with the New York Post. She was hired by The New York Times in September 1968, at the age of 21. Almost immediately, she was sent to Brooklyn to help cover the Ocean Hill-Brownsville school decentralization controversy, which drew accusations of racism and anti-Semitism and resulted in a citywide teachers' strike and the establishment of new school districts throughout the city. After less than one year at the Times, Maynard was hired as a full-time reporter, becoming the first African-American woman to work as a reporter at the newspaper.
During her first few years at The New York Times, Maynard covered important race-related stories such as race riots and Columbia and Cornell University black student takeovers, as well as politically significant events like a memorial for Robert F. Kennedy. She later wrote for the paper's education and science news departments, primarily on health-care coverage. In 1973, she spent a month in China analyzing its medical system, including stories about the use of acupuncture in surgical operations. Among her other story topics were the Medicare system, an explanation of the arrangement of whiskers on a lion's face and coverage of Apollo program.
Maynard Institute for Journalism Education[edit]
Maynard and her husband Robert C. Maynard left their jobs and founded the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education in Oakland, California where she served as its first president in 1977. Since its founding, the institute has been credited with training and preparing hundreds of minority students for careers in news editing, newsroom managers, and other careers in journalism. Maynard served as a member of the board until 2002.
The Oakland Tribune[edit]
In 1983, Maynard and her husband purchased The Oakland Tribune, which was in poor financial shape at the time. The Oakland Tribune became the first and, at the time of Maynard's death, the only major metropolitan daily newspaper to be owned by African Americans. The two served as co-publishers for almost 10 years together, and were credited with bringing a significant amount of diversity into the newsroom. After Robert C. Maynard died in 1993, Maynard sold the paper, which was experiencing declining revenues, to ANG Newspapers.
Personal life[edit]
Not long after graduation, Maynard was married to Daniel D. Hicks, with whom she had her first child, her son David. After Hicks's death in 1974, she married Robert C. Maynard in 1975 after they met at a convention. He already had a daughter, Dori. As a couple, they had their third child, Alex.
Maynard, who made her home with partner Jay T. Harris in Santa Monica, California, died at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles in 2008 at the age of 61 after an extended illness.
See also[edit]
- Managing the Future of News and Information (First ed.). New York: Freedom Forum Media Studies Center. 1994. OCLC 33996966.
- Mega Media: How Market Forces Are Transforming News (First ed.). New York: Maynard Partners Inc. 2000. ISBN 0-9701292-0-3.
- Dennis Hevesi (22 September 2008). "Nancy Hicks Maynard Dies at 61; A Groundbreaking Black Journalist". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-09-24.
- Joe Holley (21 September 2008). "Nancy Maynard, 61; Newspaper Owner Pressed for Diversity". The Washington Post. pp. B06. Retrieved 2008-09-24.
External links[edit]
- 1947 births
- 2008 deaths
- African-American women journalists
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- American publishers (people)
- 20th-century American newspaper publishers (people)
- Publishers from California
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- Maynard family
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Check out the toy society for all the great drops this year! Mine was a simple Reindeer:
- Dropped: Wonderland Carousel at Westlake Park downtown Seattle, WA
Number of Toys: 1
Made by: Mary
Dropped by: Mary www.whatareyoudoingmom.blogspot.com
When: Dec. 24th
And Mary says: After riding the carousel with the family we left behind a reindeer for another family to find. Merry Christmas!


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I have noticed the tendency the past few years, for someone to respond "Not a problem" instead of "You're welcome", when someone says "Thank you" or "I appreciate the help" to them.
More tolerable is saying "No problem" or "Not a problem" after receiving direction, but it still annoys me. Example:
Boss: "I need you to have your re-writes done by Tuesday."
Employee: "Not a problem."
While the employee might be accurate, that performing their job duty is not an undue stress on them, the boss typically has that consideration low on her list. She simply wants her document completed and turned in so she can move it forward. The employee is not doing the boss a favor. He is doing his job.
[Author's note: This posting was originally posted back in the summer of 2007, but I edited it, in 2013, to separate the two sections for readability.]


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Dikra. From left to right, they're Labradorite, Amethyst, Hessonite Garnet, Aquamarine & Peridot.
These briolette strands came from both Dikra and another one of our favorite stores, Suma Beads Gems & Pearls. They're Iolite, Garnet, Green Onyx & Amethyst (from left to right). They're even more stunning in person, and I can hardly wait to use them!
We also got some cool new tools at Metalliferous, but they're not quite as exciting to look at...so I'll spare you there, lol.
I heart NYC!! There's just so much to do and see! Speaking of which, I better get going. However, I'll be back soon to share Day 2's many purchases with you!


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Are you loving the new release?? Is super adorable and it has tons of possibilities!! Is a super versatile set!! I am crazy about these candles and let's not forget about the banner!!
I have a thing for banners!!
How about this "photo" of the candles!!
I used papers from Lime Twist a line of My Mind's Eye.
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When I was in Saudi Arabia I was spoiled boy. Everyday I got call from my mother or my father, they ask me to come to home to eat lunch or dinner. When I go home I find every thing ready to eat with out doing anything. Also, I have four sisters they washed my clothing and clean my bedroom. I was lazy boy. when I came to canada I had no idea about how to cook, and I have no idea of doing any basic thing at home. after a while I started to learn how to cook, and now I know how to do everythin at home.
If I stay out of my home late my family always ask about me where are you? you are late. I feel someone care about me. However; in Canada if I go home late or sleep out of my home or if something bad happen to me no body knows. if I have problem no body help me to solve it. I have to do everything by my self. This is good to get experience from the life and to be responsable about everything.


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I love it when real Irish brides get in touch with me to share their beautiful wedding day, and today's gorgeous reader, Amanda did just that! Their stunning day was captured by the talent of Rodolphe from Best Day Productions and Magda Lukas, and with a dream team like that, I know Amanda and Fergal will enjoy reliving the day for many years to come! She lets us in on how it all came together.
"The main inspiration for our wedding day was those beautiful rustic weddings you see on American blogs like Style me Pretty. The Millhouse in Slane was the only venue we visited and we both fell in love with it instantly, it was such a laid back venue which allowed us to be 'us' and to be as creative as we wanted. We kept the day casual, no top table, a cake buffet with our favourite cakes, Cumberland sausage and mash for mains, a lemonade stand, mismatched centerpieces etc. The venue is stunning and doesn't need much! But we worked our theme around the rustic look of the venue. Both Liberty Flowers and Petite Fleurs were excellent at capturing that 'wild' look in their bouquets and arrangements. The centerpieces incorporated mismatched tin cans, apothecary jars, amber bottles, mason jars and lace with beautiful flowers by Petite Fleurs. At night the venue is stunning, lots of fairlylights add a really magical feel to the venue. Admittedly we were blessed with weather which really allowed us make the most of the outdoor areas!
Image Credit: Magda Lukas | Flowers: Bouquets by Liberty Flowers | Church and Venue by Petite Fleurs
Magda Lukas and Rodolphe from Best Days Productions really complement each other in terms of their style and creativity. They really worked together on the day and both had such an unobtrusive style yet managed to capture moments we would probably have forgotten about otherwise (the days goes so fast!). Roldolphe works with a small and portable video camera (with no obtrusive lights) so you are never conscious of him filming you! A lot of guests actually thought he was a 2nd photographer. Both my husband and I are not fans of traditional wedding films. We've been to so many weddings where the videographer has a huge camera with bright lights and then proceeds to ask guests to leave a message for the bride and groom! It was so refreshing to come across Best Days with their unique and artistic style. Rodolphe went out of his way to make us feel relaxed and never conscious so we now have a wonderful and original keepsake to cherish.
Thanks so much for sharing your day with us Amanda & thanks to Rodolphe & Magda for giving us a glimpse of your fantastic work! And if there are any other brides out there who would love to share all the beautiful details and heart and soul that went into your day, be sure to say hello