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Raechel Meyers Sewing 101 class and made it through 7 lessons before I had a little accident that put my machine out of commission. I did not take a photo, so you will have to use your imagination a little. Here is a picture of my machine from Janome's website. You can only just barely see it, but there is, up on top there, behind the handle, the spool pin that holds the thread.
I had just loaded it with thread to sew patches on my son's scout uniform and could not find the plastic cover to the bobbin case. I tilted the machine back to see if I had knocked it underneath and lost my grip and the machine crashed to the table snapping off the spool pin. I am 99% sure that I saw replacements at SewingMachinesPlus.com's Brick and Mortar store, so tomorrow I am going to head up there to get a new one. Too bad I can't use it as an excuse to get a new machine. :P Oh, and there may be a trip to a quilt show if I am lucky!
I will be playing catch up on the last 2 days' lessons which are darts and marking, and tucks.
Friday, April 13, 2012
Sewing 101 and an oops!
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Rich in Vitamin C, lemon is a citrus fruit that enhances beauty by rejuvenating the skin from within, bringing a glow to your face.
Lemon also flushes out toxins from the body and acts as a great weight loss remedy.
Warm lemon water serves as the perfect 'good morning drink', as it aids the digestive system and makes the process of eliminating the waste products from the body easier. It prevents the problem of constipation and diarrhea, by ensuring smooth bowel functions.
A glass of lemon juice contains less than 25 calories. It is a rich source of nutrients like calcium, potassium, vitamin C and pectin fiber, has medicinal values and antibacterial properties. It also contains traces of iron and vitamin A.
Lemon, a fruit popular for its therapeutic properties, helps maintain your immune system and thus, protects you from the clutches of most types of infections. It also plays the role of a blood purifier. Lemon is a fabulous antiseptic and lime-water juice also works wonders for people having heart problems, owing to its high potassium content. So, make it a part of your daily routine to drink a glass of warm lemon water in the morning and enjoy its health benefits.
Some Health Benefits Of Drinking Warm Lemon Water
- An excellent and rich source of vitamin C, an essential nutrient that protects the body against immune system deficiencies
- Contains pectin fiber which is very beneficial for colon health and also serves as a powerful antibacterial
- Balances and maintain the pH levels in the body
- Helps flush out toxins
- Aids digestion and encourages the production of bile
- Great source of citric acid, potassium, calcium, phosphorus and magnesium
- Helps prevent the growth and multiplication of pathogenic bacteria that cause infections and diseases
- Helps in reducing pain and inflammation in joints and knees as it dissolves uric acid
- Helps cure the common cold
- Potassium content in lemon helps nourish brain and nerve cells
- Strengthens the liver by providing energy to the liver enzymes when they are too diluted
- Helps balance calcium and oxygen levels in the liver
- Prevents the formation of wrinkles and acne
- Maintains eye health and helps fight against eye problems
- Aids in the production of digestive juices
- Helps replenish body salts especially after a strenuous workout session
With all the goodness and health benefits in lemons, it is advisable to start your day with a glass of warm water with lemon juice as it will have a positive and long lasting effect on your health. Make sure to rinse your mouth after drinking lemon juice as it has corrosive properties and can damage the teeth enamel. Never drink pure lemon juice by itself.
Lemons should be rinsed thoroughly to remove potentially pathogenic microbes.
Lemon Nutrition:
- Contain vitamin C, citric acid, flavonoids, B-complex vitamins, calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, and fiber.
- Contain more potassium than apples or grapes. Potassium is beneficial to the heart.
How to pick a good lemon:
- Heavier lemons will have the most mineral content and sugar, thus thick-skinned lemons will be lighter than thin-skinned lemons and will have less sweetness and fewer minerals.
- The ones with the most juice will have finely-grained texture peels.
- Lemons should be fully yellow; the ones with green tinges have not fully ripened and will be very acidic.
- Over-ripe lemons will have a wrinkling look, soft or hard patches and will not be a vibrant yellow.
- Lemons stay fresh kept at room temperature (not in sunlight) for about seven to 10 days; or store them in the refrigerator crisper for about four to five weeks.

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Jane Wallis Earns University's Outstanding Student Service Award
Women's Soccer Captain and SAAC President Honored With Distinguished Accolade
April 17, 2014
GW women's soccer senior Jane Wallis was honored with the distinguished Outstanding Student Service Award at the George Washington University's 29th annual Excellence in Student Life Awards on Wednesday evening.
The Excellence in Student Life Awards program, which was held at Lisner Auditorium, honors the most outstanding students, student organizations, faculty and staff members at GW. Of the more than 20 awards that were presented, Wallis received the notable accolade that recognizes an individual's dedication to community service and support.
To be considered for the Outstanding Student Service Award, individuals must have exhibited exceptional commitment to supporting the needs and interests of the community locally, nationally and/or globally through direct community service, as well as share the passion with the GW campus community.
Wallis embodies all of these qualities as she served as a women's soccer co-captain this fall, is the current Student-Athlete Advisory Council President and is a Leader of Distinction in the GW Leadership Academy's Leadership 360 Program, designed for senior leaders who have successfully completed both the Emerging and Veteran Leaders programs. This winter, Wallis traveled to Newport News, Va., for the annual Atlantic 10 SAAC Meeting where she was joined by 12 other student-athletes from institutions around the league to take part in a wide range of programming, with the goal of enhancing the total student-athlete experience by promoting opportunity, protecting student-athlete well-being and fostering a positive student-athlete image.
In addition to her work within the athletics department, Wallis has also completed over 150 hours of community service as The Grassroot Colonials program coordinator, an initiative that partners with Georgetown and Howard to bring HIV/AIDS education to at-risk middle schools in the District of Columbia.
"Jane's dedication every week in bringing dozens of motivated student-athletes to at-risk youth communities to teach about HIV awareness has made an extraordinary impact in Washington," said Life Skills Coordinator Ted Costigan.
"I'm honored as a representative of The Grassroot Project to be presented with an award that shows the service that student-athletes at GW participate in all year," added Wallis.


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The horrible tragedy and heinous crime in Newtown, Connecticut requires action. Our gun laws need to change. America needs to learn from the experience of other countries. Australia is a case in point. A terrible mass shooting in Australia prompted action, leading to the banning of semi-automatic weapons. There was an enormous decline in firearm deaths and an end of mass shootings since 1996 till now. Read the study, and raise your voice for sane policies in the US. Also see the powerful recent overview report by the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research.
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Have a fun,wonderful, safe
Pink Saturday
Been working on my Etsy shop
I will be adding different thing as I can get the description done
My pink this week is things I painted.
This is a pastel
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Democrats vow there will be a health-care bill
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters Tuesday that there will be health-care legislation, even if a Republican wins the U.S. Senate seat in a special election in Massachusetts, depriving the Democrats of a 60-vote Senate majority. (The Associated Press)
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"When there is trouble in Massachusetts rest assured there is trouble everywhere and they know it"
Scott Brown
Posted by: militarymom1 | January 19, 2010 11:08 PM | Report abuse
Score one for Sen. Reid and Sen. Nelson for creating an unpassable health care bill. A bill that changed the national dynamic as seen today beginning with Massachusetts.
Score a couple of more for President Obama's useless White House team who backed off a smaller bill that included incremental access to Medicare and shoring up Medicaid.
Naw...these hog dogs wanted the whole tamale...they will get nothing. Or, if they ramrod the bill through congress, it will be the end of the Democrats for a few years...maybe 5 years or more.
I'm still a fan of the President, but at the same time I have never been a Democrat. If I lived in Massachusetts, I would have voted for Brown.
How Obama's team put could have put the fate of healthcare into the hands of congress and especially the likes of Sen. Reid is beyond me.
Posted by: Vunderlutz | January 19, 2010 10:55 PM | Report abuse
In ya face, yahsa idiot. blah blah blah. The level of discourse here is just pathetic.
Hey REPUBS, it was your President that bailed out wall street. It was under your President, that failed to oversee the Banks, that housing bubble, and let to the collapse of the financial industry.
Somehow, the wormtounges of fox news have you convince that it is Obama's fault. Indeed, a bigger stimulus should have been suggested, but the repugs threatend to filibuster.
I guarantee the inability of either side to govern, due to the filibuster, will lead to more extremism. The result will be the repugs will eliminate it. Hence, I recommend that the Dems do it first. Then govern. Pass another stimulus of 700 billion, with 350 billion being tax cuts. The rest should be to cover state deficits this year, with the provision that they maintain spending, and don't raise taxes.
It was Obama that passed the reinvestment act, that gave tax breaks, money to schools, roads, and other infrastructure. Something republicans used to do. When my grandfather was a republican, they created school systems, invested in people, passed women's sufferage, and support civil rights. Ironically this is now the purview of the Democrats.
Posted by: sarlat | January 19, 2010 10:54 PM | Report abuse
In ya face, yahsa idiot. blah blah blah. The level of discourse here is just pathetic.
Hey REPUBS, it was your President that bailed out wall street. It was under your President, that failed to oversee the Banks, that housing bubble, and let to the collapse of the financial industry.
Somehow, the wormtounges of fox news have you convince that it is Obama's fault. Indeed, a bigger stimulus should have been suggested, but the repugs threatend to filibuster.
I guarantee the inability of either side to govern, due to the filibuster, will lead to more extremism. The result will be the repugs will eliminate it. Hence, I recommend that the Dems do it first. Then govern. Pass another stimulus of 700 billion, with 350 billion being tax cuts. The rest should be to cover state deficits this year, with the provision that they maintain spending, and don't raise taxes.
It was Obama that passed the reinvestment act, that gave tax breaks, money to schools, roads, and other infrastructure. Something republicans used to do. When my grandfather was a republican, they created school systems, invested in people, passed women's sufferage, and support civil rights. Ironically this is now the purview of the Democrats.
Posted by: sarlat | January 19, 2010 10:54 PM | Report abuse
From the looks of things, they may not make it till November..
Posted by: militarymom1 | January 19, 2010 10:32 PM | Report abuse
You've got it garygill!!!! GOOD IDEAS!!!
Posted by: militarymom1 | January 19, 2010 10:28 PM | Report abuse
If Democrats think they can pass the health care bill in spite of overwhelming public opposition to the bill, they better be looking for real estate in their home districts come November.
Posted by: diehardlib | January 19, 2010 10:28 PM | Report abuse
This victory for the country is already yesterday's news. The Republicans need to seize the moment and offer a plan for real health care reform which is as follows:
1. preempt state law and allow health insurance to be sold across state lines;
2. Create transparency in medical pricing so that consumer can choose best price for medical services;
3. Provide government backed medical loans for the high deductibles for catastrophic medical insurance coverage (high deductible catastrophic insurance will cut insurance cost by 2/3rds).
4. Provide web site that shows where uninsured patients can get health care services.
5. Provide incentives to medical providers to provide medical mentoring services that will provide free or inexpensive health care coverage. Included in this is no liability for medical services rendered.
6. Provide Tort reform that limits punitive damages to $250,000.
7. Promote physical activity through tax incentives by passing president fitness test for age group.
By taking this victory and providing real health care reform, the Republicans can do this nation and the rest of the world that depends upon our private healthcare system a great favor. Remember Republican, people want health care reform, they just didn't want what the democrats served them.
Our motto is not "Yes, we can," but "Is it done, yet!" So what's the answer, my fellow Republicans?
Posted by: garygill | January 19, 2010 10:25 PM | Report abuse
Obamacare is dead, even if Madame Speaker hasn't figured that out yet. Cap and Trade is even more dead than it already was, if that is even possible. There will be no vote on health-care in the Senate until Brown takes his seat. Watch.
Posted by: GovFlack | January 19, 2010 10:23 PM | Report abuse
Nancy, go for it...if you think you can be slick and pass a bill, your party will be toasted even more...go for it...I double dog dare ya...LMAO
Posted by: powerange | January 19, 2010 10:23 PM | Report abuse
ceejay1 wrote: "There isn't real health care reform. That's why Coakley lost. Phony reform and catchy slogans promising change won't do anymore, not when the same old players end up in the same old positions of power and expect to hand the middle class the bill while sheltering their rich benefactors."
Today the DOW rose by 115 points based on an expected Caokley loss. Guess which industry sector led that rise? Big Pharma and health insurers. Guess why they are expecting big future profits if the health care reform goes down? Guess whose money they expect to get? Guess who will have less money as it is funneled to these guys in your deductions and non-payments by insurers?
You poor teabaggers haven't a clue. You don't understand the economy even after its was wrecked by the republicans (the fundamentals of our economy are sound!), don't understand how to fight wars as evidenced by Iraq (where's all the wmd?) and afghanistan (who cares where osama is?).
Keep whacking at America and benefiting the wealthy until there is no middle class. And what will truly be astounding is that when America is finally ruined you'll still blame the democrats.
Posted by: Fate1 | January 19, 2010 10:22 PM | Report abuse
Re Posted by: maxtor0 | January 19, 2010 10:15 PM:
You are right on the mark! The Democrats have sold us out. I didn't even care that they lost this election. Unless someone with the integrity of Ralph Nader appears, the Dems will never again have my vote. (Mind you: not that the Republicans will.)
Posted by: farhorizons | January 19, 2010 10:21 PM | Report abuse
militarymom and you other dingbat revolutionaries better show up with a lot more than tea bags you treasonous wingnuts. Obaman is still President and the Democrats are the majority party. Until you get that and change by way of the ballot, shut up.
Posted by: medogsbstfrnd | January 19, 2010 10:16 PM | Report abuse
The Democrats lost. Why? Outright arrogance and stupidity.
The Health care bill should have passed in August - With a PUBLIC OPTION.
The Public wanted a public option, The GOP did not, So, what do the Democrats do? they tell the public to P*ss off, and give the GOP what it wanted.
The Public objected to being FORCED to buy insurance at outlandish prices. The Insurance companies loved it. So, what do the Democrats do? they tell the public to P*ss off, and give the Insurance Companies what they wanted.
The Democrats have been telling the public to P*ss off quite a bit the last year or so.
Being a staunch Democrat, I have voted Democrat for decades. This past year, because my party spent the year dithering, kow-towing to Blue Dogs, Red dogs the GOP, Big Pharma, Insurance Companies, Wall Street and the banks, out of sheer disgust, I voted a sorry worthless GOP into office as Governor of Virginia.
Did My Party get the message? No. They kept right on, on the same tack, never looking at what us regular folks, (Not the "tea Partiers, Not the town hallers, not the GOP Shills)wanted, but telling us what we were gonna get.
Well, thanks to this attitude, what we will get is the shortest interval between dominant party and party of obscurity ever.
And it's not Obama. Its just the Arrogance lack of respect for those of us out of work, lacking insurance, lacking the ability to pay our bills.
The Folks in Washington go to "parties" We attend soup lines and try to find a job, while they threaten to financially punish us if we don't buy insurance.
I, who once marveled that we would have a health care bill, pray for its death as an abomination crafted to please big money, the GOP, and other assorted interests while tossing the regular folks some very expensive sops.
So, Democrats, party of my father, and my father's father, take us for granted, and reap what you have sown.
Posted by: maxtor0 | January 19, 2010 10:15 PM | Report abuse
IF they do this, THEY will be 100% responsible for a REVOLUTION.
Posted by: militarymom1 | January 19, 2010 10:13 PM | Report abuse
Perhaps the Democrats will finally FIGHT and do the job we elected them to do. They are really slackers with a shameful work ethic. We want reform. Whatever it takes. Fifty hours a week in your office? Do it. Fifty weeks a year without the long holiday breaks? Do it. Brown-bag lunches instead of expensive meals with lobbyists? Do it. Do it for us, your voters. Your dumb working-class or out-of-work or underpaid voters.
Posted by: farhorizons | January 19, 2010 10:13 PM | Report abuse
rasch...wake up. One year has been more than enough. People don't want ANYBODY negotiating behind closed doors, blatanly excluding the other party, and negotiating with Union mafiosos to essentially buy votes at the expense of the American people. An inexcusable disrepect to not only our elected officials, but to American citizens as well. This administration is chaotic, and it appears that the only way they will pass legislation and proceed with their agenda is to force it down people's throats. We will not accept tyranny, be it from the left or the right.
Posted by: scmonty1 | January 19, 2010 10:02 PM | Report abuse
Face it America, these idealogical obsessed fools will NEVER get it!
We need to throw these fools out of office in 2010 and in 2012!
Posted by: TRUTHTELLER13 | January 19, 2010 9:56 PM | Report abuse
There isn't real health care reform. That's why Coakley lost. Phony reform and catchy slogans promising change won't do anymore, not when the same old players end up in the same old positions of power and expect to hand the middle class the bill while sheltering their rich benefactors.
Thank you, Massachusetts voters. The rest of us will join you in November. The Democrats still don't get it. They think we're Republicans! We are, in fact, the change we want to see in the world, and we're not safely stereotyped and dismissed.
Some more from Gandhi: "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."
Posted by: ceejay1 | January 19, 2010 9:56 PM | Report abuse
The Massachusetts Massacre
a political autopsy- how and why obama's presidency failed
coakley was the least significant among the losses on tuesday night. obama's presidency not only failed, but was soundly rejected. but due to his predictive profile, obama will not comprehend the nature and extent of his failures.
obama had a systemic political failure in massachusetts.
political autopsy results–
1. while obama slept–how could massachusetts NOT be on obama's radar screen?
obama has spent most of the year bribing senators due to a razor thin margin in the senate. yet obama sleeps while brown attacks.
more ominously obama had two systemic failures–strategic and tactical which will reappear with far more serious consequences in national security, as homeland napolitano makes coakley look like a genius.
2. strategic –obama failed to designate someone to monitor massachusetts. thats what presidents do--and obama didn't.
obama is not only asleep at the switch, obama denies there are trains while the whistle gets louder and louder.
3. tactical–obama does not multitask well, he is hopelessly mired in a reactive mode. team obama has some great players, but the bench lacks depth.
Posted by: ProCounsel | January 19, 2010 9:48 PM | Report abuse
Obama's Failed Presidency
Predictive Profile AFTER the Massachusetts Massacre
Obama's Presidency is in free fall FAILURE.
When a Republican even had a CHANCE in Massachusetts-- the verdict is in on the Obama Administration.
Team Obama was voted off the island by angry Americans fed up with the stimulus waste, cap and trade, obama's incessant asinine attacks on capitalism as he kills jobs, obamacare and most importantly 10% unemployment.
A failed embittered Presidency can be extremely dangerous--
so a profile of Obama's like FUTURE actions is critical.
In his monumental work "Hitler and Stalin" Alan Bullock notes both Hitler and Stalin were narcissists. ProCounsel is NOT stating Obama is either Hitler or Stalin. But his analysis, written long before Obama's ascendancy, is a useful model.
Bullock explains narcissism on page 11:
"In such a state only the person himself, his needs,feelings and thoughts, everything and and everybody as they relate to him are experienced as fully real, while everybody and everything otherwise lacks reality or interest."
Bullock describes the effects of narcissism and provides a predictive model useful for Obama on page 343:
"Narcissistic personalities are convinced of their special qualities and their superiority over others, and any threat to this self image--such as being criticized, shown up, or defeated--produces a violent outrage and often a desire for revenge."
Bullock cites 3 psychological reactions Stalin used to guard his narcissistic self image. Bullock credits Robert Tucker for these insights on page 356. The 3 reactions to expect for the Obama profile would be:
a. Repression–simply blankly deny the truth, no matter how obvious or even if caught on video
b. Rationalization-Admit but use the fault as proof of his zeal
c. Projection-Obama will attribute to others the motives and attitudes he refuses to admit in himself
Ironically, per the Profile Dems in the House and Senate will be in much more danger from a wounded irrelevant White House than the Republicans, as Obama will deem the Dems unworthy of him--THEY failed NOT him.
Don't believe the profile??
Just go back and review Obama's response to the Detroit airplane bombing. Obama went through all 3 stages above and that analysis is especially instructive as Obama was naked--without senior staff.
Posted by: ProCounsel | January 19, 2010 9:47 PM | Report abuse
Welp! I wanted health care as a reconciliation bill, and now it looks like that's how we're going get it. I should be more careful what I wish for.
But seriously: Democrats should get more than one year to fix everything that took Republicans 18 years to screw up.
Posted by: raschumacher | January 19, 2010 8:58 PM | Report abuse
Yes, there VILL be a health reform bill... regardless of whether it works... or is bad for the American people... because all the Democrats care about is the Democratic party being able to claim victory.
Posted by: privacy3 | January 19, 2010 8:46 PM | Report abuse
Democrats have controlled Congress for 3 years and the Whitehouse for 1. The only thing they've delivered is fanancial meltdown and a Health Insurance Industry Stimulus Bill.
Posted by: rpatoh | January 19, 2010 8:18 PM | Report abuse
What's the point of having a majority of you're not going to use it? Pass the bill, already! NOW!
Posted by: ecglotfelty | January 19, 2010 8:15 PM | Report abuse
What she's really saying: "We're going to pass a bill even if we have to give away EVERYTHING to republicans."
They're just asking for pyrrhic victory here, and as a principled democrat I'll be happy to see it! Until they get some spine I feel no reason to support them.
Posted by: Xerxes501 | January 19, 2010 8:01 PM | Report abuse
It's hot poker time for the Dhemorrhoids.
Bend over and grunt hard!
Posted by: greg3 | January 19, 2010 7:53 PM | Report abuse
There had BETTER be a healthcare bill!! I didn't vote Democratic to see them get cowed by a bunch of old, fat, tea-party freaks. Grow a pair, Democrats!!
Posted by: clampson | January 19, 2010 7:38 PM | Report abuse
Nancy should vow to get a face lift as well.
Posted by: BO__Stinks | January 19, 2010 6:42 PM | Report abuse
Because Democrats DO NOT GET IT! They're going to do what they want to do regardless of what the people want.
They're amazingly stupid creatures.
Posted by: RobParker | January 19, 2010 6:18 PM | Report abuse
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Well, anyhow. It affected me probably more than it should've. I was being a super selfish mcsnarky pants and being whiny. I've noticed that I've been that way a lot lately. So...I'm going to list here the good things in my life. I hope you also have good thing in your life too, or you can at least find the good in what you have. If not, perhaps you should reevaluate. Life could always be worse. You could be dead. And who wants that? I mean is there fountain Diet Coke in heaven? I'll delay that progression so I can be on earth for longer, because gosh darn it I love my fountain Diet Coke.
So here are the things I like about my life. Call them blessings, positives, fortunes, whatever you want to call them. They make me happy so I'm going to list them to feel even better! ... Oh THESE ARE IN NO CERTAIN ORDER. So don't kill me if I put marriage after Mcgriddles.
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-The smell in Vermont after it rains
-The ability to have faith in a religion and the freedom to practice it
-Good friends
-Good roommates
-My roomies cat who is super cute and nice
-Having a car
-My job
-Jeans that make my bum look good
-Guy friends I can just do nothing with
-Girl friends I can talk to about the guys I do more than nothing with ;)
-Graduating college
-Living in a safe community
-Losing 60lbs
-Being healthy and having the ability to walk, talk, see, and hear
-All the things I've learned from all the jobs I've had
-The ability to talk to anyone without fear of judgement
-The ability to forgive no matter what
-Belief in God and what he's done for me so many times
-Diet Coke
-Knowing talented people and learning from them
-All the men I've dated and what I've learned from those experiences
-Knowing how to sing and doing it pretty well
-Gospel choirs - and the fact that they accepted this white girl into their choir
-Warm weather
-The smell of wood stoves in the fall filing the air outside
-Learning quickly and adapting quickly in most situations
-A comfortable bed and quiet place to sleep
-Finding nice clothes for cheap! I hate spending too much money on clothes. They're all made by the same people overseas. Reduce and reuse!
-The ability to be thrifty when I need to, and enjoying it
-Having traveled all over the U.S. and all the people I've met
-My childhood which was seemingly not good but the experiences made me stronger than I'll ever know
-The sound of rain on a warm summer night
-Sunsets over the lake
-The internet and it being free from regulation
-The two rings I wear, especially the one from my parents.
-Living on my own
-Good smelling candles
-All the AMAZING experiences I had in college and over the last few years with people who have truly enriched my life more than they'll know
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6 Celebrities Who Aren't Afraid to Call Themselves Feminists
I am a feminist. I am not afraid to say it. In fact, I wear the label proudly.
I know I am not alone, but I also know that the word feminist gets a bad rap and that often times people choose not to identify with it for fear of what others would think. Fortunately, there are some A-list stars that embrace the label regardless of what others think.
Take a look at my list of top celebrity feminists:
1. Toni Collette
Toni Collette is one of my favorite actresses. I recently started and finished watching United States of Tara (so disappointed the series wasn't picked up for an additional season) and thoroughly enjoyed her most recent movie The Way Way Back. What I enjoy the most about her though is her recent declaration as a feminist, a label many Hollywood women (and women everywhere) are often too afraid to make.
I've recently realized that I really am a feminist. For years people would say to me, 'You are! You are! You really are!' And I'd say, 'No, I'm not. I'm a humanist. I think it's sexist to say I'm a feminist.' Now, I see a great imbalance not only in my industry, but also in the world at large. I want to change it.
Yes! There is a great imbalance in Hollywood and we need women like Collette to change it.
In discussing our society's obsession with appearance Collette says:
I believe the more important thing is your mind and your heart. Those two things are the most ignored parts of our beings. I think there's a huge imbalance in where the focus is placed in today's society, absolutely. The people who are most attractive to me are those who feel most comfortable in their skin — there's a sense of self-acceptance.
It's no surprise that society places a huge emphasis on women's appearances and that Hollywood is an even bigger culprit, so it's a refreshing reminder from Collette that we should focus on our inner beauty.
2. Dustin Hoffman
When Dustin Hoffman was approached to be in the movie Tootsie he had one stipulation – make him look like a woman.
The studio agreed to do some make-up tests prior to shooting and what happened next changed his life. In recalling the experience, Hoffman says:
When we got the that point and looked at it on screen I was shocked that I wasn't more attractive and I said now you have me looking like a woman, now make me a beautiful woman because I thought I should be beautiful if I was going to be a woman. I would want to be as beautiful as possible.
And they said to me, 'That's as good as it gets. That's as beautiful as we can get you.'
It was at that moment I had an epiphany, and I went home and started crying. Talking to my wife, I said I have to make this picture, and she said, 'Why?' And I said, 'Because I think I am an interesting woman when I look at myself on screen. And I know that if I met myself at a party, I would never talk to that character because she doesn't fulfill physically the demands that we're brought up to think women have to have in order for us to ask them out.' She says, 'What are you saying?' And I said, 'There's too many interesting women I have…not had the experience to know in this life because I have been brainwashed."
The societal pressure women feel to look a certain way to be beautiful surrounds us every day, but it effects us all. I just became a Hoffman fan for life.
3. Ellen Page
While there are many that shy away from the feminist label, there are others that proudly declare it.
Ellen Page is one of those women.
In an interview with The Guardian, Page delves into many feminist issues, including:
1. Access to emergency contraception
So u r super mad about a 15 yr old girl being able to prevent pregnancy BUT you want everyone to have guns no questions asked? U funny!
2. The under-representation of women in movies
Only 23% of speaking roles in films today are for women. It feels we've gone backwards…she has started writing her own script 'which is definitely feminist – definitely. But of course, if you just write a script in which the woman has control over her destiny and love isn't the main thing in the film, that's seen as super feminist.'
3. Sexism in Hollywood
It's constant! It's how you're treated, it's how you're looked at, how you're expected to look in a photo shoot, it's how you're expected to shut up and not have an opinion…if you're a girl and you don't fit the very specific vision of what a girl should be, which is always from a man's perspective, then you're a little bit at a loss.
4. Reluctancy of women to identify as feminists
I don't know why people are so reluctant to say they're feminists…but how could it be any more obvious that we still live in a patriarchal world when feminism is a bad word?…Feminism always gets associated with being a radical movement – good. It should be. A lot of what the radical feminists [in the 1970s] were saying, I don't disagree with it.
Page is such a great example of a young actress who is knowledgeable and passionate about feminist issues.
4. Geena Davis
Geena Davis has played many empowering roles on the big screen, from professional women's baseball player during World War II to President on the United States.
Unfortunately, these types of roles are a rarity for women, but it is Davis' mission to equal the playing field on screen for her daughter's sake and for those of girls around the world through her work with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media.
On why creating the institute was so important, Davis says:
I had a very big lesson early on about how powerful media images can be and how important it is to see women doing powerful and interesting things. So when I had a daughter 10 years ago, and when she was a toddler, I watched G-rated movies with her. I noticed this huge gender disparity, which most people seem to be really unaware of. We're feeding kids this image of society where boys vastly outnumber girls in what they see from the very beginning, which really doesn't make any sense to me.
So, how can we create more equality on screen?
Davis says it all boils down to one thing – feminism!
It's all about feminism. Feminism simply means equal social and political status for men and women. There's nothing radical about it or about using that word or having that as a goal. We're simply trying to elevate the status of the female characters to equal. We take up half the space in the world so it would be great to see roughly half of characters be female.
According to estimates from Davis' institute, we will not reach parity on screen for another 700 years at the rate we are going. That is simply unacceptable.
5. Amy Poehler
Amy Poehler is known for many things – Saturday Night Live, Parks & Recreation, Mean Girls. But did you know that she also created an online platform call Smart Girls at the Party where the motto is to "change the world by being yourself"?
The site is amazing and leaves you feeling so good. Not only does she do interviews with real smart girls, but she also answers viewers' questions through her Ask Amy series. This is one of my favorites:
If Smart Girls at the Party doesn't convince you that Poehler is a feminist, her answer below on the questions will:
Yes, I consider myself a feminist, and it informs my work only in that it's just who I am, in the same way that I'm a woman, or I'm 5'2″ or whatever. I was lucky that I came through a system that had many people who did much more hard work and road-clearing before I got there.
This is one of the best answers I have every read about being a feminist.
6. Patrick Stewart
You may know Patrick Stewart from X-men or Star-Trek, but I know him as an advocate for ending violence against women. He has been passionate about the issue for years and talks openly about violence in his childhood and how he advocates on behalf of women in honor of his own mother who faced violence at home.
Stewart is now working with Ring the Bell to get one million men to make one million promises to end violence against women.
Watch the videos below and see why he is a feminist yourself!
Who are your favorite feminist celebrities?
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5 A-List Stars Get Real About Body Image in Hollywood
McCarthy Finally Responds to Being Called a Female Hippo
Stereotypes on Screen: Where Are All The Female Role Models?
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My New Artist Journal Water Color Kit
Inside you will find all kind of goodies. Three small paint brushes that I have shorten with a
pencil sharpener to have a sharp point for some use with drawing. A drawing pencil, a couple
of makeup sponges, an eraser, paper towel, a makeup brush, a small clear container for water,
a clip to hold my paper if its windy, some blue tape for masking, a feather for marbling, and
most of all "My Water Color Kit"
The making of my water color kit was a lot of fun. The yellow holders that the paint is held in
is half inch cut shot gun shell pieces. LOL Yep that's right.
I melted candle wax in the bottom to hold them and keep my paint from running out.
The little tin is a pepper mint tin. I've also add a extra tin for more palate use and
for storage of my eraser, tap and makeup brush.
My extra tin took the place of the little flat clear container you see in 1st photo.
All of my little tools are within a hard cover eye glass case. :)
All of my little tools are within a hard cover eye glass case. :)
Oh I can't wait to get to use this. I'm just now starting my very first Journal.
I'll be posting some of the pages as I go, to share with you.


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THE MIDDLE THIRTIES: Over the last few weeks, I've written
about my favorite films of 2005,
and 1945.
But wait, there's more!
When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences looked
back at 1935, it gave its Best Picture award to Mutiny on the Bounty. That's an excellent film, and it's close to
the top of my list. But there's another movie that I think is better:
1. The Bride of
Directed by James Whale
Written by William Hurlbut and John L. Balderston
A young scientist named Frankenstein feels torn between a
conventional marriage and a same-sex liason with his mentor, an old queen named
Pretorius. The latter persuades the protagonist to reproduce with him through unnatural
means. Upon succeeding, Pretorius proclaims himself "the bride of
Frankenstein." Careless viewers assume he's referring to the couple's
2. Mutiny on the
Directed by Frank Lloyd
Written by Talbot Jennings, Jules Furthman, and Carey Wilson,
from a novel by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall
Revolution on the high seas.
3. Top Hat
Directed by Mark Sandrich
Written by Allan Scott, Dwight Taylor, Ben Holmes, and Ralph
"You mean to sit there and tell me that that girl
slapped your face in front of all those people for nothing?" "Well,
what would you have done? Sold tickets?"
4. Ruggles of Red Gap
Directed by Leo McCarey
Written by Walter DeLeon, Harlan Thompson, and Humphrey
Pearson, from a novel by Harry Leon Wilson
The first great comedy western.
5. The 39 Steps
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Written by Charles Bennett and Ian Hay, from a novel by John
Hitchcock wouldn't perfect
the lightly comic conspiracy movie til he made The Lady Vanishes, but I think it's fair to say that this is where
he mastered it.
6. A Night at the
Directed by Sam Wood
Written by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind
The taming of the Marx Brothers begins here, but in this
case the film is so funny that you barely notice. In later pictures, alas, that
will change.
7. Toni
Directed by Jean Renoir
Written by Renoir and Carl Einstein, from a story by Andre
Neorealism was a film movement born in Italy in the 1940s, yet
somehow Renoir made a neorealist movie in France in the 1930s. Go figure.
8. Sazen Tange and
the Pot Worth a Million Ryo
Directed by Sadao Yamanaka
Written by Shintarô Mimura
"Why is that man groaning?" "He lost a
9. A Colour Box
Directed by Len Lye
This is one of Lye's crazed abstract avant-garde animations.
It is also, technically, an advertisement for the British General Post Office.
10. Captain Blood
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Written by Casey Robinson, from a novel by Rafael Sabatini
Almost as insurrectionary as Mutiny on the Bounty, almost as kinky as The Bride of Frankenstein.
I'm not going to include a full honorable mentions list for
this year, but I will give a shout-out to Max Reinhardt and William Dieterle's
take on A Midsummer Night's Dream—a picture
for people who like high camp in their high art.
Of the films of 1935 that I haven't seen, I'm most interested in La Bandera, The Scoundrel,
Pie in the Sky, and Night Life of the Gods.
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Love is our natural state. It is the state in which we were born. Its the state to which we will return.
In between, love is still there . Sometimes we do a really good job of separating ourselves from it.
Love is always inside of us. The thing of it is that we have to find the love for ourselves first. Just like you have to find your own happiness before you can help others, you have to have self love before you can truly love someone else.
Self love is something I have fought with most of my life. When I was very young, I without a doubt loved everything about myself. Then I gt older and , as happens to most of us , I was told things about myself that were not true. Because I was a child , and it was adults telling me these things, I believed them. I did fight for awhile; I fought hard to hang n to who I wanted to be. When you're a kid though, theres only so long you can fight before you give up . You don't have enough emotional intelligence, or experience, to understand that what other people say about you is a reflection of how they feel about themselves.
It takes a long time to get past that. Time and emotional awareness. But we can all return to our natural state. We can all return to love anytime we are ready.
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Our Natural State
Love is our natural state. It is the state in which we were born. Its the state to which we will return.


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'US owes millions of dollars to Cuba as compensation for years of embargo' – Fidel Castro
In his brief essay, published in Granma, Cuba's official government newspaper on Thursday, Castro repeats his claims that the United States owes his country "millions of dollars" for damages inflicted on the Cuban economy by the US embargo.
"Cuba is owed compensation equivalent to damages, which have reached many millions of dollars, as our country has denounced throughout our interventions in the United Nations, with irrefutable arguments and facts," Castro wrote.
In his composition, entitled Reality and Dreams, Fidel Castro recalls the history of the twentieth century, pointing out that the United States profited more than any other nation from the cruelties of World War II. He also condemns the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
"The United States, whose territory and industries remained removed from the war, became the country with the greatest wealth and the best weaponry on Earth, in a world torn apart, full of death, the wounded and hungry," wrote the former Cuban leader.
Fidel Castro makes first public appearance in 3 months (IMAGES) http://t.co/88UXfvw8Cwpic.twitter.com/UPnEJEejPh— RT (@RT_com) July 4, 2015
Additionally, Fidel Castro criticizes the US' "unilateral" decision "not to fulfill its duty" to swap dollars for gold after 1971. He claims this move "tore up the Bretton Woods accords [the US] signed," thus creating "the foundation for the [current world economic] crisis."
The essay also says, Cuba "will never stop struggling for peace and the well-being of all human beings, for every inhabitant on the planet regardless of skin color or national origin, and for the full right of all to hold a religious belief or not."
The essay's publication came one day before the reopening of the American embassy in the Cuban capital of Havana on Friday, during which Secretary of State John Kerry is to raise the American flag over the embassy.
Cuba opened its embassy in Washington on July 20.
READ MORE:Cuba, US to open embassies on/after July 20 at end of 50-year stalemate
Despite the reestablishment of relations between the two countries following a 54 year-long diplomatic estrangement, the US economic embargo has not yet been lifted.
Diplomatic relations between the countries broke off in 1961 after Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba with the Cuban Revolution in 1959. Ties were restored due to the efforts of his younger brother, Raul, who took over the reins of the government in 2006 after Fidel Castro stepped down due to illness.


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thank·fuladjective \ˈthaŋk-fəl\
: glad that something has happened or not happened, that something or someone exists, etc.
: of, relating to, or expressing thanks
Welcome back for this week's Thankful Thursday post!
A little over a year ago, my daughter Moira began taking guitar lessons from one of the young guys who plays with our worship band at church. {Did I just say "young guys"?? That makes me sound old! Then again, relatively speaking...} Anyway, she absolutely loves Taylor Swift and wanted to play the guitar. I took music lessons when I was a kid and through high school, but it's been a long time since I played anything. I don't believe Ron every played anything at all. So it's not that Moira is coming from a long line of musical geniuses or anything, but it seemed to be of great interest to her, so we signed her up.
Moira's repertoire over the past year has included selections from various popular animated films, most recently "Let it Go" from the movie Frozen - the Demi Lovato version, not the Idina Menzel version. On that we must be clear! I have to say that any 20-something guy who is willing to teach a tween songs from Disney movies is tops in my book. Actually, he's very good with her regardless of song selections. We've tried to suggest that she go for some classic guitar pieces a la Eric Clapton or something from that genre to no avail.
Moira does, however, really enjoy O & O Duo - a guitar and vocal duo {Obadiah and Orian} who performed nightly on our cruise on the Carnival Conquest back in April of this year. They cover a wide variety of songs from Frank Sinatra to The Beatles to Justin Timberlake to Ariana Grande and Magic! I picked up their cd and listen to it frequently. I listen to it so much that when we hear the original songs, Moira will exclaim, "Hey, that's an O & O Duo song!" You should check out their YouTube channel here! In fact, Moira thinks it would be pretty cool to be good enough to get a job on a cruise ship. I would completely support that decision if it meant that she could take me along as her business manager or some such thing, but I digress. I also think it's pretty cool that I have an 11 year old who seems to be inspired by this duo as well. Seriously, you should check them out. I hope you enjoy them as much as we do!
This week Moira picked up "Fight Song" by Rachel Platten. I decided it was time to get a video clip of her playing something.
It just brings me joy to see her practicing hard and to listen to her play. Ron came home in the middle of her practicing and I had him wait at the door before he announced he was home just so he could hear her doing so well. It made us both smile. I'm truly thankful for moments like these.
What are you thankful for this week?
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MASHPEE - At sunrise on the morning of Saturday, July 29th, 2017, Dr. Chester P. Soliz "Blue Duck" joined his loving wife, Barbara Blake Bearse Soliz, "Blue Bird," in the arms of our Lord and Creator.
Born in Sea Cliff, New York on October 28th, 1933, the youngest son of Marion Gertrude Halfkenny Lowe Soliz and Pascual Soliz, and younger brother to Cornelius and Noel, Chet enjoyed a life of love, academic excellence, success in business and creative pursuits. With a warm welcoming smile and gentle pleasant demeanor that immediately put people at ease, family and strangers, alike, Chet truly enjoyed his family, friends, good conversation and a good cup of coffee.
Chet spent his youth on Cape Cod among his Mashpee Wampanoag tribal family receiving his elementary education at the Mashpee Samuel G. Davis School and secondary education at Lawrence High School in Falmouth, Massachusetts where he received the coveted Henry B. Smythe Honor Roll Award and the Babe Ruth Sportsmanship Award graduating in 1952. Chester earned a scholarship to Tabor Academy where he received the prestigious Dexter Lemuel Barron Award in history. He then entered Johns Hopkins University receiving his undergraduate degree in biological sciences. Chester was accepted to Tufts University School of Dental Medicine and in 1961, earned the degree of Doctor of Dental Medicine. He entered the USAF Dental Corp and was honorably discharged as captain.
When he wasn't filling teeth and building bridges, Chet was working on his other labor of love with Barbara as owners of the La Plaza Del Sol Motor Lodge in Mashpee. With a tireless work ethic and meticulous attention to detail, Chet built Del Sol, a family-friendly destination and one of a handful of Native American owned businesses, from the ground up earning the Wampanoag Indian Tribal Business Leadership Award.
After retiring and selling La Plaza Del Sol, Chet wrote "The Historical Footprints of the Mashpee Wampanoag Indians," an historical text on the cultural, historical and spiritual aspects of the Wampanoag tribe. He went home this summer, but his legacy will foster many springs eternal.
Internment will be Friday, August 4, 2017 at 4PM at Old Indian Meeting House, 410 Meeting House Rd., Mashpee, MA.


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Jul 16, 2013
Games can be fun. Games can be entertaining. Games can even be educational. But what does it all mean? What's the message you're trying to convey to me, game? What are you trying to make me think?
Often the answer is 'nothing', but sometimes we get a game that strives to serve a purpose and attempts to prove a point. That's what Crisis Expert is. It's trying to offer a biting satire on the world's current financial climate but it's neither biting nor, most damning for a game, is it fun.
You play as a shoping cart riding the highs and lows of what looks to be a line graph. Sharp dips and rises are ridden along whilst you tap on the screen to make your cart jump. Jump into the various currencies littered about your screen to gain points and avoid words like 'Education' and 'The Arts' because they'll reduce your points.
See what's it's trying to say? How clever.
I'm barely over 150 words and I'm already out of things to say because, quite frankly, that's all there is to it. Eventually after riding the highs and lows of the line graph you'll end up dropping into some water, your score will be tallied and that will be that. Sometimes you'll get lucky and land on floating words like 'Bailout' to stop you sinking and allowing you to carry on your run.
Again. A fantastic example of what this game's 'trying to do'.
In fairness, I've got to commend a game that attempts to actually 'say' something, but this is just too obvious and doesn't add anything to the discussion to make it worthwhile. Yes it's a free app and yes it was part of the Shopping Cart Art Project, but no, that doesn't make it particularly worthwhile.
Crisis Expert Review Rundown
Download: App available at the Google Play Store »


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Kristen Stewart's latest movie is based on a book with a much longer shelf life than Twilight, but you may not have heard of it recently. On the Road was written by Jack Kerouac and published in 1957. Based on Kerouac's own experiences traveling with Neal Cassady, the book renames Kerouac Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty becomes the pseudonym for Cassady.
In the movie version, Stewart plays Marylou, based on one of Cassady's girlfriends LuAnne Henderson. He would have others. Living Dean/Neal's wanderlust lifestyle full of free love and drugs is a harrowing journey for Marylou. If the things Stewart has to say about her latest role intrigue you, add On the Road to your Fanhattan watchlist.
Kristen Stewart on her connection to Marylou in On the Road
"I really had to dig pretty deep to find it in me to actually play a person like that. It took a long time. Initially, I couldn't say no. I would have done anything on the movie. I would have followed in a caravan had I not had a job on it. But I was 16 or 17 when I spoke to [director] Walter [Salles] for the first time and 14 or 15 when I read the book for the first time. It was easy to connect dots after having gotten to know the person behind the character, what you would need to pull off a lifestyle like that. That didn't happen until deep into the rehearsal process. At first I was just attracted to the spirit of it. I'm the type of person that really needs to be pushed really hard to be able to really let it all hang. I think Marylou is the type of person that you can't help but be yourself around because she's so unabashedly there, present all the time, like this bottomless pit of really generous empathy and it's a really rare quality to have. It makes you capable of living a really full, really rich life without it taking something from you. You couldn't take from her. I don't know she was always getting something back. So she was amazing."
Kristen Stewart on the real LuAnne Henderson
"I think Luanne would have been ahead of her time now. Generally peoples' expectations for their lives in a personal way are not a whole lot different. It's a really fundamental thing to want to be a part of a group. We are pack animals. In a way she had very conventional ideals as well. She had this capacity to live many lives that didn't necessarily mess with the other. She was not above emotion. She was above jealousy but not above feeling hurt, but not slighted. Maybe if this movie was made back in the day as opposed to now, people would be so shocked and awed by the sex and the drugs that they would actually miss what the movie's about. Whereas now we've just seen a little bit more of it so it's not so shocking to stomach. It's easier to take. Sure, times have changed but people don't change. That's why the book's never been irrelevant. There will always be people that want to push a little bit harder and there are repercussions. It's evident in the story as well. Even in that little glimpse, that moment in time. Knowing what happens to all the characters afterwards is interesting. She knew Neal to the end of his life, and they always shared what they had. It never left their hearts even though their lives changed monumentally."
But should teenage Twi-hards go see the R-rated On the Road?
"I think the actual law is if you are with a parent you can go and see an R-rated movie, if you're over the age of 13. I guess it depends on who your parents are, who you are. I read On the Road when I was fourteen, so I don't know. My parents never wanted to shelter me from the world that we live in, so I think I'm probably not the right person to ask. I think if you have a desire to see it, and your parents don't want you to see it, take that bull by the horns."
Getting intellectual about books
"I don't get to have very many involved conversations with Twilight fans. It's really rare. Sometimes, the girls that run the fan sites will come in and do an interview and I absolutely love doing that. I find that a lot of people I talk to, most journalists I sit down with, are huge On the Road fans. I feel that they're even assigned to those stories because they have an interest in it. I've got to talk to a lot of passionate On the Road fans. The difference is there's a lot to feel in Twilight, and that's the experience usually of having individual exchanges with fans, without even saying anything you know, you just feel it, but obviously with On the Road there's a lot to talk about."


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Review Date:13 Nov 2014
The past two decades have seen a flourishing of scholarship devoted to female Catholic piety in early modern Europe, which has helped to balance the substantial historiography on women and the Protestant Reformation.
Religious Women in Early Carolingian Francia: A Study of Manuscript Transmission and Monastic Culture / Felice Lifshitz
Review Date:22 Oct 2015
This book offers an investigation into the Anglo-Saxon cultural province of Francia during the eighth century (more specifically the area between the Middle Main and Tauber valleys), which, to borrow the author's own words, 'argues that the Christian culture of that region was thoroughly gender-egalitarian and in many ways feminist' (p. 3).
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Welcome back to the baseball previews for this season. Remember, I'm your host, thisoldsoul, and —– what? No, I have not recently taken steroids, Your Honor. Dang, those guys are everywhere.
Without further ado, here are my picks for the American League:
AL East
1. New York Yankees
2. Tampa Bay Rays
3. Boston Red Sox
4. Toronto Blue Jays
5. Baltimore Orioles
AL Central
1. Chicago White Sox
2. Minnesota Twins
3. Cleveland Indians
4. Kansas City Royals
5. Detroit Tigers
AL West
1. LA Angels
2. Oakland Athletics
3. Texas Rangers
4. Seattle Mariners
My wild card pick is the Rays. Tomorrow or Saturday, I will post my predictions for the playoffs and who I think will win the World Series!


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I managed to track the Grill 'em All truck down in Long Beach, which is a relatively new spot for this truck. With the positive reviews the burgers from this truck were receiving, plus the long line that was present when I arrived, I figured it would live up to the hype. While in line, I couldn't help but notice the burgers coming off the truck. Everyone who received their burgers looked like they knew what they were getting themselves into, especially those who ordered the Dee Snider; a burger with peanut butter, jelly, and sriacha. Since it was my first time, I wanted to go big so I chose the Behemoth, which consists of two grilled cheese sandwiches for buns, bacon, cheddar cheese, beer soaked onions, pickles, and a homemade BBQ sauce. The burger even had a spread in Los Angeles Magazine, so how could I go wrong?
All I can say is INSTANT REGRET...
Don't get me wrong, the burger itself was quite good. It's really hard to mess up anything with bacon and cheddar. The patty itself was grilled to a nice medium rare and had an appropriate amount of juiciness, but it didn't convince me that it could hang with the best of the LA burgers. My only qualm with it was the BBQ sauce, which was a little heavy on the vinegar side for my tastes. I was left with the feeling that I'd be OK if I never had this again, or at least in a relatively long time. It was just quite excessive. I felt death creeping on me with every bite.
If you want to pay 10 to 12 dollars for a burger, you're better off going to Umami or Father's Office. Grill 'em All isn't anywhere near that tier of burger supremacy. Grill 'em All resides along the lines of your premium fast food burger like In n Out, Fatburger, or Five Guys, but on steroids. I can only assume the high price tag comes with the novelty of the increasing popularity of all-things-food-truck.


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I'm using a WPF data grid to bind to an object (i.e. not a database). I have the horizontal alignment on Stretch. I currently have it within a Border, which is within a Grid.
However when I run the application the DataGrid has a blank column and grid showing. That is say I have 5 columns & 5 rows, then there is a blank 6th column and row showing. See image:
Question - How can I get rid of these blank rows? Note that the contents of the DataGrid are populated programmatically (i.e. are not static).
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When I have a select a row in a Data Grid that when I click on it I want it to show the info for the person I selected in a form view on the same page as the Data Grid. Here are the columns for the Data Grid that I have set up, the column is highlighted:
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Hello All ,
i have data grid view and i want to disable specific column from writing in it and in another column
i want to write something like item code and load the item name automatically in the corresponding cell in the disabled column
i hope that i write my problem correctly and you can understand what i want :)
thanks in advance ,
I have four columns in gridview. EmpId,EmpName,EmpSal,EmpDept.
I want to display the complete information on another page,for this am sending empId to other page through RowCommand.
Now I dont want to display my EmpId Column in GridView but I want to access it .. How to do this...
Thanx and regards....
I'm trying to retreive a column value from gridview5 to use it in a query to display resuls in gridview, can you please help me with the code below. Also how do you hide a column in the grid?
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Using Designer 2010 and a data view web part, the Lookup column data, is not showing when I reference my list with REST. Is there something special I need to do to be able to see this data? I came across an article that talked about lookup data not being
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Thanks in advance for any help
Hi, I have a requirement to hide a field called details on a gridview
and show it in a jQuery modal dialog when users click on the Customer
ID hyperlink. This grid is created programmatically. I will be hiding
the details column via the CSS display:none property. Does some one know
how can I pass the grid's selected hidden column value to the modal?
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the customer ID field selected to the Modal and open the Modal
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I am having trouble finding out where and how to HTML Encode a cell's data on the Dynamic Data (v4.0) gridview of List.aspx. As a simple case, suppose I have formatted cell data that is A<br/>B in the DB. Obviously, I want A stacked on B in the cell.
It seems gridView1.HtmlEncode = true has gone away.
So maybe I'll try to catch it on the RowDataBound event:
protected void GridView1_RowDataBound(Object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e) { if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow) { // Html Encode the cells } }
but this event never fires?
Has anyone figured out how to properly render HTML tags data in the List.aspx's GridView1?
If I figure this out, then I can add a MetaAttribute called something like [EncodeAsHtml(true)] and be on my way. Thanks!
This month John Papa fields some of his favorite questions regarding data manipulation with ADO.NET.
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A flexible, customizable grid for displaying data is a useful tool for ASP developers. It allows Web visitors to customize their view of your data. This article takes the data grid presented in "Ad Hoc Web Reporting with ADO 2.0" by John Papa and Charles Caison (MIND, December 1998) and adds handy features such as a finds feature that supports multiple finds and a mode for adding and editing records. This version also improves response time by allowing asynchronous record download and it componentizes the code so it can be used as a standalone VBScript class object that can be reused in other pages.
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MSDN Magazine July 2000
Hi, I've a database table contains survey questions and answers. But the problem is both 'question' and 'answer' are saved in the same column(like below).
SubmissionDate Submission
2010-02-15 14:53:59.657 ***What's your pet's name?*** Lili ***Tell us about yourself*** I'm a teacher
2010-02-15 14:53:59.657 ***What's your pet's name?*** Lucy ***Tell us about yourself*** I'm a five star cook
I'd like to use a simple datagrid to display the survey result, but I need to separate the submission column into multiple columns ('question' as column name, 'answer' as data)
the number of questions or questions being asked are different for each survey so they are not fixed.
Is it even possible to get something like this below in a gridview?
i have a table there is 17 columns in 17 column 3 are number and other are varchar . when i try to display all data of that column error occures.
one more intersting think is when i try to display 6 column then grid show there data an no more error occures.
when i run my project this error occures in grid view
Arithmetic operation resulted in an overflow.
How To Access Gridview's Datakeys In Javascript...and How To make gridview Column Visible true in javascript
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Good afternoon, I would like to know if is possible to have two business data columns linked to each other. This is the scenario that I want:
BD Column 1 called State with all US states
BD Column 2 called City with all the cities based on the state selected on BD Column 1
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A Hip-Opening Yoga Posture – Pigeon Pose
A committed humanitarian, Rathana Ung has followed a special call on her life to help those in need, especially in such as Cambodia. During one trip, she was able to help build more than 400 homes for people living in poverty there. When she isn't working as a volunteer, Rathana Ung maintains an active yoga practice, which helps her stay centered and maintain a healthy balance in her mind, body, and spirit.
In addition to its meditative benefits, yoga can help to stretch areas of the body that normally don't get attention, as well as bring relief to areas that can sometimes suffer from chronic pain, such as the hips. One posture to use in this manner is the pigeon pose, which serves to open up the hip flexors.
To get into pigeon pose, begin in the downward facing dog position and bring the right leg forward to the middle of where the hands rest on the mat. Then take the left leg and lengthen it as if going into cobra pose, with the top of the foot pressing against the floor. Lastly, take the right leg and place it perpendicular to the hips on the floor with the foot as near to the left hand as possible. This will open up the right hip. Invert the pose the other way to open up the left hip.
Individuals who are just beginning their yoga practices are advised to work with a certified yoga teacher to ensure they learn proper form.


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They all had laughed as well. "That's funny as!" one of my cousins choked while laughing too hard. "Shut up!" my little brother screams, trying to focus on his homework. "You guys laugh at dry stuff!"
By the way, if you haven't already watched this video, there were two soldiers walking across the road. Though they seemed to fail, as they slid down the slope and face planted.
Well they might have not known that they were being filmed. Also they had totally lost their minds. Well I bet when you watch it you will also laugh madly as I did. We had an awesome time watching this video and it surely made my day!


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FITCHBURG – A potential world record yellow bass is alive and well and swimming in Lake Mendota.
DNR's South Central Region fisheries crew here netted and released the 16.7 inch, three pound fish on Tuesday, April 14, reports fisheries technician Scott Harpold, Fitchburg.
Crews were conducting a comprehensive fishery survey using fyke nets on Lake Mendota where they collected and released the fish on the north end of the lake near Governor Nelson State Park.
"Yellow bass are a unique fish and it was pretty neat," said Mr. Harpold.
Although present in Lake Mendota and the Yahara Chain-of-Lakes, Mr. Harpold noted that yellow bass are more abundant in nearby Lake Kegonsa.
The fish would better the existing state record – 14.4 inches, 2.2 pounds caught in 1972 from another Yahara Lake, Monona – and, according to the National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame in Hayward, it would better the existing all tackle world record by one-half pound.


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By Miss Mulock (also known as Dinah Maria Mulock Craik)
YES, he was the most beautiful Prince that ever was born.
Of course, being a prince, people said this; but it was true besides. When he looked at the candle, his eyes had an expression of earnest inquiry quite startling in a new born baby. His nose -- there was not much of it certainly, but what there was seemed an aquiline shape; his complexion was a charming, healthy purple; he was round and fat, straight- limbed and long -- in fact, a splendid baby, and everybody was exceedingly proud of him, especially his father and mother, the King and Queen of Nomansland, who had waited for him during their happy reign of ten years -- now made happier than ever, to themselves and their subjects, by the appearance of a son and heir.
The only person who was not quite happy was the King's brother, the heir presumptive, who would have been king one day had the baby not been born. But as his majesty was very kind to him, and even rather sorry for him -- insomuch that at the Queen's request he gave him a dukedom almost as big as a county -- the Crown-Prince, as he was called, tried to seem pleased also; and let us hope he succeeded.
The Prince's christening was to be a grand affair.
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Note: There are a few chapters to the story. They should only take a few minutes each to read, but you should probably read the story later if you don't have much time right now.
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Sunday, February 21, 2010
Bedtime story: The Little Lame Prince
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- Deanna said...
You read and watch the most interesting things. I will definitely have to catch it later though!
Stay safe!
- Sunday, February 21, 2010 8:35:00 pm
- Toriz said...
Well, hope you enjoy it when you read it later. :)
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For awhile now, I have been hearing about a show. I hear people at work talking about it, family members talking about it, strangers talking about it. So, of course, I had to see for myself. This show is one of the most hilarious shows I have ever seen. Which show am I talking about?
When I first heard about Duck Dynasty, I thought "It is just a reality show about a bunch of hillbillies." So, it took me awhile before I started watching it. I.AM.HOOKED. If you watch this show, you are one of millions of people that watch it. If you do not watch the show, just watch one episode. It is soooo funny!!
Everyone has their favorite character on the show. A lot of people share this favortism with me. I absolutely love Si. He is a Vietnam Vet. He tells it how it is. He carries a big jug of tea and a cup for it at all times. You will not see him without it.
If you watch this show, let me know what you think about it.
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Monday, October 13, 2008
Eating Up Time
This is going to be another timed post. I'm trying to be more conscious of the time that I spend blogging, because so much of my time gets eaten up this way. I'm spending no more than one hour doing this post.
I've already assembled a few pieces, so hopefully it shouldn't take me too long. I started working on my quilt again. I hadn't worked on it in months, but accomplished a lot last week.
I was going to post some recipes, but things haven't gone as planned. I'll be baking some other things later in the week, so hopefully those will work out better. I rescued some soup broth from this past Spring and made some really delicious pumpkin soup.
Long story short. I was making soup without using a recipe. Throwing in this and that to make a creamy vegetable soup like I had done before. I used too much liquid and it ended up being a horrible mess that I couldn't eat. I didn't want to waste the soup, because I knew that I could fix it given the time and the inclination. However, the weather was getting too warm and I knew that I wouldn't be making soup again until Fall rolled around. So the two containers of soup sat in the freezer all summer next to the often used ice cream maker.
Recently, I sadly took the ice cream maker out of the freezer and put it away. Along with it, I grabbed a container of soup and defrosted it. It was already pretty well seasoned and just needed something to thicken it up.
I added a can of pumpkin, some Smart Balance and a little brown sugar. I cooked them for a bit in a soup pot and made pumpkin soup. Yum!
I also used some pumpkin to make waffles. They are pretty good, but the recipe still needs some tweaking, so I won't post it yet.
Well, it's an hour and I didn't get to the already assembled part yet. Hmmmm. Interesting.
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- shilpa said...
Hi anali! Nice post...
I'm working on a quilt too...Its got hexagonal patches..its a design called Grandma's flower patch.
Do you have a cooking blog too? Whats the link ? I just started one..
- amisha said...
i am so excited about your quilt! :) it looks beautiful so far.
today the weather cooled off a lot here... soup weather again!
- Anali said...
shilpa - Welcome! Thanks for stopping by Mrs. Mosi! : )
You must be way advanced in your quilting. I hope you blog about it, so I can see it. This is my main blog where I do my baking and cooking. It's just not all cooking all the time. I blog about lots of things, especially politics right now.
I had a blog only about cooking on another website. If you look on the top of my right sidebar, you can see an index of recipes that will bring you to another blog called Anali's Recipes, which will bring you to all the recipes that I've blogged about.
amisha - Thank you! It definitely is soup weather again. Right now my heat is cranked up! ; )
- Susan from Food Blogga said...
I have tried to set a timer for myself when i'm blogging. I usually run over. :( At least it's something I can continue to strive toward. :)
I love the quilt too. The shades of blue are so pretty.


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January Families, Create! Wrap-up Post
January's Families, Create! challenge brought some fantastic cuddly posts from participants. From homemade jammies to home movies, our writers and crafters kept busy getting creative and cuddling up.
Visit Code Name: Mama and Living Peacefully with Children to find out how you can participate in the next Families, Create! Carnival.
Our February theme is "Heroes and Heroines" – what can your family create this month to celebrate the heroes and heroines in your lives?
Please take time to read the submissions by the other carnival participants:
- What's the perfect way to snuggle up on a cold winter night? Acacia at Fingerpaint & Superheroes knows the answer: make the perfect soup!
- Simply decorated jars by children bring warmth and light to cold Winter's days at Living Peacefully with Children.
- The ArtsyMama teaches us how to create a no sew fleece throw inspired by your favorite snuggle time book.
- Movies made from books are often pretty poor representations, but this family-made movie from Dionna at Code Name: Mama is monster-ific!
- Aunalise at My Sweet Potatoes created a cozy for her Kindle, to protect it from little hands that think they need to cuddle with it.
- What better way to cuddle and get cozy than in new jammies made by Mama G @ Z everyday things?
- Inspired by her family's love of the Harry Potter series, Mandy at Living Peacefully with Children decided to make a series of ornaments based on the theme.
- Laura at Nestled Under Rainbows shared a reflection on and a celebration of snuggies, lovies, cuddlies and specials.
- Little Hedgehog got a wonderful idea when his red hat from Father Christmas didn't fit, and Megan at Purple Dancing Dahlias got a wonderful idea to knit a sweet hedgehog!
- Monster-inspired artwork by a monster-clad kid. Despite the growling, he really is cuddly! Monster love courtesy of Dionna at Code Name: Mama.
- Arpita at Up, Down & Natural shares a quick tutorial on how to make your very own Pippalily inspire pouch sling, with zippered pocket & key ring, and a matching nursing cover to boot!
- Amy at Anktangle finally completed something cuddly and warm for her son Daniel: his very own afghan, crocheted with love by Momma.
- Who'd want to cuddle with a cuttlefish? Aunalise at My Sweet Potatoes thinks you might want to cuddle up with this sweet plush cuttlefish!
- In an attempt to slow down and relax while watching her children, Mandy at Living Peacefully with Children decided to give knitting another chance.
Join us in February to create something with (or for) your own family. Visit Code Name: Mama and Living Peacefully with Children to find out more about February's "Heroes and Heroines" theme.
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this is such a great idea and all these things people did are wonderful.
I didn't get my act together in time to participate this time, but I love all the creative ideas people came up with! Maybe if I start planning now I can get something done in time for the animal theme in March, lol.
Awesome links! I'm going to check out the instructions to make your own sling from Up, Down, and Natural.
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Netflix has announced another high-profile project. Joel and Ethan Coen, the Oscar-winning directors behind movies like Fargo, The Big Lebowski, and No Country for Old Men, are bringing their new western show The Ballad of Buster Scruggs to the streaming service.
An anthology series, the TV program will premiere in 2018. The Coen brothers are writing and directing, with production done by Annapurna Television.
Here is the official description, written by Netflix: "The Western anthology will feature six tales about the American frontier told through the unique and incomparable voice of Joel and Ethan Coen. Each chapter will feature a distinct story about the American West."
Tim Blake Nelson, who starred in the Coen brothers movie O Brother, Where Art Thou, is the only confirmed actor for The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.
"We are streaming motherf**kers!," Joel Coen and Ethan Coen said in a statement.
Netflix original content VP Cindy Holland added, "The Coens are visionary directors, masterful storytellers, and colorful linguists. We are thrilled for Netflix to become home to the full range of their talents."
Today's announcement comes after Netflix announced a new show from veteran late night TV host and comedian David Letterman earlier in the week.
from GameSpot https://www.gamespot.com/articles/coen-brothers-announce-new-western-for-netflix/1100-6452418/


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Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool that repeats his folly. Proverbs 26:11
Thursday, January 06, 2011
The New Yorker: "Getting Closer" by Steven Millhauser
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I read this last night and wondered why it was in the New Yorker. That doesn't mean I didn't enjoy it, but stories like this are not why I'm still a subscriber. Anyway. I liked being inside Jimmy's head and by the end of the story (which was what, only three or four pages?) my breath was caught in my throat as he finally approached the water. I haven't read anything else by Millhauser - yet. I guess I'm glad this story was included so that I could stumble across Millhauser's work.
- Friday, January 07, 2011 10:58:00 AM
- Ravi Mangla said...
I'd rather read Millhauser in his magic real mode, but I liked this one. Didn't think it was geared so much toward a younger audience - the theme is pretty dark.
- Friday, January 07, 2011 11:06:00 AM
- Clifford Garstang said...
YA themes are pretty dark these days.
- Friday, January 07, 2011 11:08:00 AM


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I had picked Never Give a Sucker an Even Break for our movie last night because it was relatively short (71 minutes), but afterwards I went elsewhere on the DVD for what was billed as a "Vintage Documentary" on W. C. Fields but turned out to be a 52-minute Canadian TV program from 1964 hosted by a then-popular (I'm taking imdb.com's word for this because I'd never heard of them, then or now) Canadian comedy duo named Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster, titled Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look at W. C. Fields. The show was interesting in that it came on the cusp of the counterculture generation's rediscovery of Fields — Judith Crist wrote an article in the New York Herald-Tribune in 1967 about how the rebellious kids who had previously embraced Humphrey Bogart as their hero from classic Hollywood were turning their attention to Fields because his devil-may-care attitude towards authority and propriety mirrored theirs. Wayne (obvious why he picked the diminutive form of his first name — he didn't want to be confused with that other guy named Wayne!) and Shuster emphasized Fields the lovable rogue, saying that unlike previous movie comedians — Chaplin, Keaton, Harry Langdon, Harold Lloyd — he hadn't gone out of his way to be lovable. Quite the opposite; he insulted children, kicked dogs, cheated at cards and did all sorts of ugly things, and yet people loved him enough to laugh at him. That's certainly a side of Fields, but it's not the only one; as much as he ridiculed Chaplin ("That ballet dancer," Fields reportedly said while someone was screening him Chaplin's 1917 Mutual film Easy Street), Fields had his own sort of rough-hewn pathos. Wayne and Shuster emphasized the films in which Fields played his "carnie" character — in the 1930's carnivals were still a major form of entertainment and the "best people" warned their proletarian audiences that a lot of people in carnivals were there to fleece them (and of course the working classes went anyway!) — and showed less from the movies like It's a Gift and Man on the Flying Trapeze in which Fields cast himself as the victim of a nagging wife and unpleasant (to say the least!) in-laws.
One thing that was nice about this special was it showed clips from Fields movies that aren't that well-known today because he wasn't the star, including his sequence from the all-star portmanteau movie If I Had a Million (the gimmick is that a filthy-rich man on his deathbed decides that none of his family members deserve his money, so he's going to give it all to 10 strangers randomly picked out of the phone book) in which he and his companion Alison Skipworth use their windfall to buy a fleet of cars and use them to drive all the road hogs off the road; and several clips from the 1935 film Mississippi, an attempt by Paramount to combine two of their biggest attractions, Fields and Bing Crosby. It was set in the 19th century South and cast Crosby as the son of a plantation owner who is disgraced when he refuses to fight a duel and runs away to a show boat Fields captains; Fields is only in the middle third of the film but he's the one everyone remembers even though Mississippi had a score by Rodgers and Hart which generated the beautiful standard "It's Easy to Remember." (It also had a less famous but almost as good song called "Soon" which, alas, started life under the shadow of the Gershwin song of the same title and has never been able to emerge.) The bits from Mississippi shown here include a few scenes with Bing and a great poker game in which Fields keeps dealing himself five aces and can't get rid of them even though he knows that the other gamblers, suspecting him of cheating (while, of course, cheating themselves!), will shoot him dead on the spot if he throws down a hand containing one more ace than a regulation card deck has. Wayne and Shuster don't seem all that funny themselves, and I could have done without the added underscoring they put under some of the clips (particularly annoying was the use of the "Lone Ranger" strain of Rossini's William Tell Overture as Fields and Skipworth, along with the drivers they've hired, lead their army of clunkers against the road hogs of L.A.), but the documentary was a welcome bonus even though I hadn't expected it to be as long as it was and it did start to pale a bit towards the end.


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A total ban on abortion in Nicaragua is endangering the lives of girls and women according to an Amnesty International report out today.
A new law which came into force a year ago has criminalised abortion regardless of the circumstances, leaving incest and rape victims compelled to have babies, and pregnant women with serious illnesses denied treatment.
The organisation says their report, "The total abortion ban in Nicaragua: Women's lives and health endangered, medical professionals criminalised", found a minimum of 33 girls and women have died in pregnancy this year, compared to 20 for the same period last year.
Amnesty said the new penal code, which came into force in July last year, criminalises all forms of abortion regardless of the circumstances in which it is sought, obtained or performed. The revised code stipulates prison sentences for girls and women who seek an abortion and for health professionals who provide health services associated with abortion.
It also stipulates criminal sanctions for medical workers who treat pregnant women for illnesses such as cancer and HIV/Aids, where the treatment may cause injury to the unborn baby.
The law also goes as far as to punish those who have suffered a miscarriage, as in many cases it is impossible to distinguish whether it was induced or not.
Only three per cent of the world's countries have such absolute bans on abortion in place.
Speaking at a press conference in Mexico City following her visit to Nicaragua, Amnesty International's executive deputy secretary general, Kate Gilmore, said: "Nicaragua's penal code is a callous and cynical artefact of the political wheeling and dealing that took place in the country's 2006 elections*. Today, however, it punishes women and girl children for seeking life saving medical treatment and doctors for providing it.
"There's only one way to describe what we have seen in Nicaragua: sheer horror.
"Children are being compelled to bear children. Pregnant women are being denied essential including life saving medical care.
"What alternatives is this government offering a ten-year-old pregnant as a result of rape? And to a cancer sufferer who is denied life saving treatment just because she is pregnant, while she has other children waiting at home?"
From AI's site:
"Nicaragua's ban of therapeutic abortion is a disgrace. It is a human rights scandal that ridicules medical science and distorts the law into a weapon against the provision of essential medical care to pregnant girls and women," said Kate Gilmore.
Sheer horror is what the fetus fetishists would inflict on us.
But you knew that.
I wondered what SUZY ALL-CAPS would make of it. (Link removed because of fetal pr0n redirect.)
And amidst the horror, I laughed. This is the craziest pretzel-brained leap-spin-twist of Lame Logic I've seen this week.
Here's her title: 'Amnesty International Calls on Nicaragua to Discriminate Against its Unborn Citizens'. Then the requisite quote from LifeShite, then the intended knock-out to the nads:
Amnesty cannot be a true human rights organization and call for Nicaragua to permit the killing of its citizens.
Shame on Amnesty International.
I'm pretty sure SHE's dead serious.
* For more information on the dastardly wheeling and dealing, including Daniel Ortega's embrace of Catholicism, at least in part to evade charges of 'systematic sexual abuse' of his step-daughter, check out this old blogpost I wrote at Birth Pangs.


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I was curious, after the post on Angel's blog about being able to make it through an entire meeting on the flat collar (yayyyy!!!!), what you guys prefer as far as collars go? With Artu, it took me a while to get him a training collar, but very soon after that he was given a Halti. I really don't like headcollars in general, but some dogs just need 'em.
When I get a dog, I'll always start them out on their flat collar, but have their training collar around their neck, and head collar in my pocket. (if they have a head collar) I apply the idea of "innocent until proven guilty" to end up being something like "flat until proving the need for a halti".
So anyway, this is an interactive post…what do you prefer? There's no "right" answer, just preferences:
The Flat
The Training
Or the head collar????
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So I just finished reading a blog of a former flight attendant of SQ. I like to read things like that as I somehow get an insight of what's really happening behind those beautiful smiles they flashes on every passenger.
I once had a good experience with an EY staff. I was on a flight back to Abu Dhabi and due to heavy fog back then, most of connecting flights from Abu Dhabi are rebooked. Passengers which flights are up to Abu Dhabi only are allowed to board so the aircraft is almost empty, eventhough the actual flight was delayed for more than five hours. I was so tired that time and by the time we boarded, I'm almost in the brink of falling asleep. I had my stuffed pillow in the shape of big head of Brown (from Line app) and I put in the seat beside me as I fix my seatbelt with my eyes closed. When I opened my eyes, I noticed the stewardess putting the seatbelt to Brown. I couldn't help not to smile but I told her it's not necessary. She smiled sweetly and told me she just wanted to ensure that Brown will be safe beside me. At that moment, I sort of felt impressed with her professionalism. Or maybe she wants to avoid a flying Brown when the airplane takes of, haha. But my story doesn't end there.
You see, my sister asked me a favor if I can get her the pair of utensils of EY as she likes to keep them as a souvenir. Actually, it is really really embarassing to get it as someone shouldn't keep it as it's the property of the airline (though they will dispose it later on). But silly me couldn't say no and I actually promised her that I will get one so I cannot take back my words. So after the meal, I put my thick face mode on and shyly asked the stewardess if it's possible for me to keep the utensils as a souvenir. I saw her hesitant look so I immediately told her that it's absolutely okay if it's not allowed. I felt so embarrassed that time that I gave her my most sorry look. But later on she told me in a very low voice to keep it but must not tell anybody (yet I'm writing it in my blog). I never felt so happy at that time like I won something important. But you see, the way she says no first in a very professional way and the way she said okay later on gave me a different impression with the crew staff of EY. It's not that much but I highly appreciate it very much.
So when we were about to go out of the plane, I saw her in the exit and thanked her again. She's the same lady who attended me the whole flight. Not so sure if she remembers me but I'm still thankful to her that I was able to fulfill my promise to my sister (that memorable utensils I gave to her when I flew back to Manila for a short trip a few months later).
In reality, a lot of times I felt discriminated (or is it only my imagination) over Angmohs during flights. Seems like they do treat Asians differently. So I somehow started ignoring the flights attendants unless I needed something to them (though I was never rude to them albeit never friendly either) or it's meal time. But because of that one incident with EY, I sort of come to like to fly with them again. Waaaa... I'm being a total traitor to my current company as EY is their competitor, haha. Anyway, this is one factor why everytime they asked me if I like EY, I always said yes. Aside from the fact that they do direct flights to Manila, wahaha.


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Confessions of a Catholic convert to capitalism | America Magazine: "My search for the "why" of this miracle required almost no detective work. Virtually all development economists, across the mainstream political spectrum, agreed on the core explanation. It was not the success of international organizations like the United Nations (as important as they are) nor benevolent foreign aid that pulled billions back from the brink of starvation. Rather, the responsibility lay with five interrelated forces that were in the midst of reshaping the worldwide economy: globalization, free trade, property rights, the rule of law and the culture of entrepreneurship. In short, it was the American free enterprise system, spreading around the world, that had effected this anti-poverty miracle.
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