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Geert Wilders: Free Speech on Trial
As the trial of Geert Wilders resumes, we should carefully examine its substance and procedures. Writing on the Editorial Page of the Wall Street Journal, Leon De Winter says "Stop the Trial of Geert Wilders"
On trial is not so much Geert Wilders, but the Holy Book of Islam. ... So it is quite conceivable that the court will judge that Geert Wilders was within his right to compare the Quran to "Mein Kampf."
The three judges hearing the case—no doubt decent, modest, postmodern Dutchmen with a minimum knowledge of Islam and its culture and traditions—will now be forced to debate the nature of a religious text, something that should have never been heard in the court of an enlightened society. In front of the judges and television cameras, the ancient founding text of an entire civilization will be criticized and weighed against one of the most inhumane texts written in the 20th century—without any doubt a deep insult to Muslims, radical or not.In the view of one Dutch journalist, the trial has been inverted, exchanging the defendant and complainant, resulting in an insult to Muslims over and above the alleged insults issued by the defendant. He wants the trial stopped.
Unfortunately, there is reason to doubt the chances of an inverted trial. While it is obvious that Wilders is planning a defense based on necessity and veracity, it is not certain that the court will consent to allow those defenses to be presented. An article by Arthur Legger, published by Tidsskriftet Sappho, reveals some details about he trial of Geert Wilders. A surprising statement from the Public Prosecution attacks Wilders' truth defense.
"It is irrelevant whether Wilder's witnesses might prove Wilders' observations to be correct", the 'Openbaar Ministerie' stated, "what's relevant is that his observations are illegal".The indictment was amended to include accusations of racism. I suspect that was done as an end run around this precedent.
For in a comparable case the Dutch High Court acquitted a Dutchman of his earlier conviction of 'Group-insult' of Muslims. He had been sentenced to jail for hanging a poster in front of his window that stated: "Stop the cancerous growth named Islam". The High Court ruled that "if one insults a religion, one doesn't automatically insult its believers".Fokko Oldenhuis, Groningen University professor Religion and Law, is quoted as saying:
"He discriminates Moroccans because of their race and causes hate against them"; "His desire to ban the Koran brings fear and terror into peoples homes".Does the banning of Nazi literature bring "fear and terror" into the homes of neo-Nazis? Did Wilders call for assaults, murders and pogroms? Did he urge his audience to riot and burn Korans? What then is terrifying about his statements?
Take a clear eyed look at the laws Wilders is accused of violating. The International Free Press Society posted this link to an English translation of the summons. Jihad Watch reproduced it in this article. [Bold face emphasis added to critical clause for clarity.]
Article 137c Dutch Penal Code
· Article 137d Dutch Penal Code
Critical IssueGeert Wilders perceives Islam as an existential threat to his society. The threat arises from Islam's Jihad doctrine which mandates world conquest. The conquest is not limited to military and terror attacks, it also takes the form of demographic conquest, which Europe is now experiencing.
The threat is real, proximate and persisting. Pim Fortune and Theo Van Gogh were assassinated by Muslims. Aayan Hirsi Ali & Geert Wilders have needed 24 hour security because of death threats. French Muslims have done millions of dollars in property damage by rioting.
Wilders documented the threat by quoting Qur'anic violence imperatives and displaying video of Imams ranting about killing disbelievers. He also displayed video of a hostage being decapitated.
Wilders spoke out about a threat to his nation, documented that threat and called on the government to mount a defense. For that he is being persecuted.
The summons includes a frame by frame analysis of Fitna and out of context quotes from newspaper interviews. The pdf file is more than 20 pages long.
Geert Wilders spoke in New York City September 25 '08. Sheik Yermami provided a transcript.
The Quran calls for hatred, violence, submission, murder, and terrorism. The Quran calls for Muslims to kill non-Muslims, to terrorize non-Muslims and to fulfil their duty to wage war: violent jihad. Jihad is a duty for every Muslim, Islam is to rule the world – by the sword. The Quran is clearly anti-Semitic, describing Jews as monkeys and pigs.
The second thing you need to know is the importance of Mohammed the prophet. His behaviour is an example to all Muslims and cannot be criticized. Now, if Mohammed had been a man of peace, let us say like Ghandi and Mother Theresa wrapped in one, there would be no problem. But Mohammed was a warlord, a mass murderer, a pedophile, and had several marriages – at the same time. Islamic tradition tells us how he fought in battles, how he had his enemies murdered and even had prisoners of war executed. Mohammed himself slaughtered the Jewish tribe of Banu Qurayza.
In April of '09, Wilders spoke at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. Iranic Surrealism has the transcript.
Allow me to give you a brief introduction to Islam, an Islam 101. The first thing everyone needs to know about Islam is the importance of the Koran. As you probably know the Koran calls for submission, hatred, violence, murder, terrorism and war. The Koran calls upon Muslims to kill non-Muslims. The Koran describes Jews as monkeys and pigs. The biggest problem is that the Koran is to be considered as Allah's personal word, with orders that need to be fulfilled regardless of place or time. That's the reason why the Koran is not open to discussion or interpretation. It is valid for every Muslim and for all times. Therefore, there is no such thing as moderate Islam. Sure, there are a lot of moderate Muslims, but a moderate Islam does not exist. As the Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan once said: "There is no moderate Islam, Islam is Islam". For once I have to agree with this islamist Turkish Prime Minister.October 22 '09, Wilders spoke at Columbia. Answering Muslims has video of the speech. Is the content of those speeches factually true? The answer is contained in Islam's canon. http://snooper.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/fitna-supporting-documentation/ documents the Qur'an quotes contained in Fitna. and Wilders' address to the Dutch Parliament.
When the trial resumes, the judges could dismiss the case. More likely, they will rule on Wilders' proposed defense and witness list. If they severely restrict the latter and/or close the trial to the press, we can assume that the outcome is preordained and that our precious liberty has suffered a vital blow.
The enemy seeks to suppress our right to identify, name and shame them so that, in the words of George Washington,
"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."Let us make good use of our precious freedom while we still have it. Let us echo and amplify the warning call issued by Geert Wilders. Let us summon our fellow citizens to join us in disrespectfully demanding the preservation of the right of free expression without which we stand defenseless against impending tyranny. In this step, they squelch our criticism of Islam; in the next, they squelch our criticism of Socialism. One will follow the other as surely as rain and wind follow storm clouds.
I have furnished links to Wilder's documentary and speeches. I also furnished a link to another blog post which documents the most essential facts presented in those warning calls. What you do with them is up to you. Will you read the speeches and documentation, watch the video and share them or will you go back to sleep, ignoring the dangers that face us?


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Purple Boysenberry Velvet Ice Cream
And that concludes Ice Cream Week. :(
I have had quite a few requests for some of the recipes... and the stupid thing is, when I was inventing them, I forgot to write down exact measurements... guess I'm gonna have to make them all again :D
No, seriously... I think I might make a free downloadable eBook sometime with the recipes in. It was so much fun inventing and creating! I find that these days when I make Raw Food, I'm always thinking about ways to improve or tweak the recipes to my liking. I'm also going to try and make the recipes more 'economical', without compromising taste. Stay tuned!
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I designed Cindy's blog three years ago, and I was thrilled when she contacted me for an update. I love working with previous clients because it's like working with old friends.
Here is the before:
Here is the after:
|WOW! What a difference!
Cindy is an amazing kindergarten teacher with a wealth of knowledge to share!
You should definitely check her blog out.


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cause I dont want to share this.. and this is a moment when I wish this space on the web was anonymous and private... but i know its not.
i stopped taking my happy pills and the intensity of my thoughts has returned. Im not sure if this is good or bad. I find myself wanting to have long intimate conversations. It's like an attic or a basement has been reopened in my psyche and some of the things that have returned to me are treasures and i treasured them... and then there are cobwebs and some junk that needs to be thrown away...
So, do i keep the attic open or close the door and return to a balanced state..
im not sure. im certainly not sure.


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This month we have not one, but TWO talented Guest Designers to inspire you!
Jennifer Snyder, aka JRABS, has been inspiring me with her gorgeous layouts for some time now, and if you haven't seen her work before, be sure to stop by our gallery on Reveal Day (tomorrow!), to see some of her work, because I guarantee you won't be disappointed with what she's done with our June kit.
Terra Serrano is fairly new to scrapbooking, but she has been very involved in crafting with stamps, and is, in fact, co-owner of Smeared Ink, a digital and rubber stamp company with a dark side to their designs. Terra has a very edgy style, and will be sharing inspiration over the next few weeks.
|Jennifer Snyder
My Husband , of only a few short, sweet years has been a great support for my scrapping passion. He never says anything when the boxes arrive in the mail, or when I come through the door with a shopping bag. He does roll his eyes though.
I have found scrapping to be a hobby that can keep your mind active, youthful and refreshed.
|Terra Serrano
I have just recently started scrapbooking, although I have been a rubber stamper for 12+ years now. I am a cardmaker, mixed media artist, and I LOVE to alter items. I am just now trying to incorporate some of the techniques I have learned through my other art into scrapbooking.
My work tends to be somewhat, er, different than most :). My style ranges from Grungy-Vintage to Edgy to Dark, with some cutesy stuff thrown in for good measure. I love using paint and materials that you wouldn't normally associate with paper crafts; I adore metal and found objects, and can sometimes be found in my studio (fancy name for my garage) with a blow torch or dremmel tool in hand to industrialize my art. I LOVE power tools!! I'm looking forward to really embracing scrapbooking in my own way.
I co-own my own rubber stamp company called Smeared Ink, and run an online forum called Smeared and Smudged that is dedicated to the grungier, darker side of papercrafting and rubber stamping.
At home I have a loving husband, four fabulous children, a dog named Zombie, and seven pet rats who are awesome! I am a bellydancer, I love to read and garden, and I adore kids!
Jennifer and Terra, I'm thrilled you are Guest Designing for us this month, and can't wait to see your work!


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Does anyone know the address of the distributor (for purchase) of the
video IN THE NAME OF THE EMPEROR (directed by Christine Choy and Nancy
Tong, 1995)?
The publisher is listed as the Film News Now Foundation, but I can't seem
to find an address for them.
Thanks for any help you can give...
Melissa L. Mann Email: email@example.com
Circulation/Reserve Supervisor Phone: (919) 962-2559
Nonprint Materials Collection FAX: (919) 962-0484
University of North Carolina
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NEAT: Non-exercise activity thermogenesis:
Commonly defined as "the energy expended for everything we do that is not sleeping, eating, or sports-like exercise."
Recognized by researchers as a key factor in avoiding excess fat gain.
This, my friends, is our CSPP secret for staying so lean and lithe, or something like that, ha ha ha. (Please disregard my currently burgeoning waistline for the purposes of this post. Actually, please just disregard it altogether.)
Think about it: we get NEAT points for running through grocery store aisles, chasing down children as we throw things into the cart! For hauling toddlers around on hips! For washing dishes and sweeping floors! For bending over to secure countless pairs of shoes!
NEAT also helps me understand how the boys at my table can consume such astounding quantities of food and not be part of the childhood obesity epidemic we all hear so much about. They just don't sit still--EVER! And fidgeting is sooo NEAT. Is anyone else amazed at the number of ways a preschool boy, without even trying, can find to "sit" in a chair? (Maybe girls too, but I've got less experience in that department.)
12 December 2007
Labels: Kinder
2 comments:
- Rebekah said...
We were just marveling over the fact that our three year old probably consumes as many calories in a day as his father, and yet we can count his ribs. It's getting to the point around here where the babies are making a noticeable dent in the provisions, and all I can think is, what are we going to feed everybody when they're all teenagers?!
- December 13, 2007 at 6:43 AM
- Gauntlets said...
This is fantastic news.
I'd say blogging qualifies as a NEAT activity, what with all the finger tapping and heavy pondering and energetic ups and downs coupled and yelling at the kids to SHUT IT whilst I think . . .
I have a fever, and the only prescription in more blogging.
- December 17, 2007 at 9:51 PM
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On the needles is a neck warmer/hat, designed by elissa sugishita, from the book Knitted Gifts. This yarn is Noro: Silk Garden. The yarn breaks A LOT! Probably not ideal for newbie's to knitting (that means me), and I think I probably knit too tightly at times, but it is still a beautiful looking yarn and I'm managing just fine.
When I took a sock knitting class we used a Noro yarn and everyone in the class was having trouble with breakage. We were shown a handy little trick ~ basically, just overlap the two busted ends by a couple inches, wet your fingertips and rub and twist the overlapping ends together vigorously. You are basically felting them back together. It totally works!
This won't work for acrylics or cottons.
My reading. Yes, my reading! We have booked our flights so let the planning begin!!
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My sister...i hardly really talk about her, but today she got some great stuff in the post so, i thought it would be a good idea to feature them in my blog, she says she wants to experiment on me with her new buys....i dont mind....ill just be chomping on the nice sweeties that wer sent as well....
how rare....but how nice.
heres her input:
I like this one lot ;). It's a 'tangle teaser' and it's a brush/comb. People usually rave the Denman brush for detangling (It's actually not bad). And since my hair is pretty much afro-like at the moment, it needs to be detangled- throughly. People have dubbed this the 'new Denman' so I thought, ok then :) I opened this and I looked in horror.... (So many little teeth >_<, argh! Broken hurrs....) Afro hair + small teeth on comb = ripping out hairballs.
But, I swallowed my fear, tried it out on a small piece of hair, hit NO snags and... no hair in the comb. Nada. *blink, blink*. It's a keeper ;)
I got mine from www.moderngent.com, because of free UK delivery :)
Ooh, P.S. I'm not sure if it's cause the delivery was late, (I'll give them slack- it was crimbo) or because I'm special to them (hopefully), but it came with sweeties in the parcel.. thank you kindly! ;)
Ahh... If you asked me two years ago if I would put eyeshadow on myself, I would have raised an eyebrow at you. Not sure why now, (I think it's cause of all the wonderful eyeshadow tutorials on youtube....) but I really like eyeshadow looks. However, my eyelids look like I dipped them in oil by midafternoon. Urban Decay Primer Potion. I guess most eyeshadow wearers know of this, and praise this, as one of the best eyeshadow primers. I've heard of problems with the shape of the bottle, but that's nothing a knife and spoon can't fix :)
Dehenhams, for 10 quid
... I really need make up brushes :(
I tried to deceive myself that I didn't need them, but if I'm gonna put blush and eyeshadow on, I guess it would look more neater with a brush? It's tiny and so cute and comes in a small case :)
It's Bare Minerals mini brush collection - feelunique.com (great site and UK based, I think?)
That's all really. Signing off -
Mide ^_^


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Projects and Research
Projects of the Office are organized to move optimal green building technologies, strategies and practices into widespread Federal use through a progression from research to application in the field.
Sustainable Facilities Tool
The GSA Sustainable Facilities Tool (www.SFTool.gov) is an interactive online resource created by the Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings that shows users how to build, buy and operate green. Learn how to form effective teams and explore case studies to help identify, understand and integrate sustainable strategies into projects.
Safeguarding Assets
GSA is committed to secure the Federal investment and support mission continuity. GSA collaborates with its customer agencies on risk planning exercises and has developed tools and methods to improve the understanding of the impacts of observed and expected changes in climate on operations and statutory mission. The outcomes are used for investment planning, asset management and contract management so that GSA can safeguard federal assets and avoid misappropriation. GSA also closely monitors the insurance, accounting, and actuary industry response to climate-related risks spanning from business continuity, drought, flood, windstorm, wildfire, sea level change, and extreme weather risk insurance.
Demonstration Research Projects
The Energy Independence and Security Act requires GSA to carry out demonstration projects to examine how well green technologies and operational practices are working in a green building and how the Federal government can apply lessons learned to current and future building projects.
Energy Research into Practice
With the abundance of research and knowledge on energy reducing technologies, strategies, and practices, GSA developed a change management approach on how it can bring this knowledge to the field in ways that are accessible and useful for implementation in building operations, maintenance, and small-scale renovations.
Facility Management Institute
The Facility Management Institute (www.FMI.gov) was launched by GSA to ensure transparency and foster collaboration and innovation within a facility management community of practice. FMI will also help Federal agencies implement the Federal Buildings Personnel Training Act of 2010. This Act requires all personnel responsible for the operation and maintenance of Federal facilities to demonstrate compliance with a set of core competencies. Federal personnel covered by the Act should use GSA's Core Competency Web Tool to evaluate their current training, develop a plan to fill gaps, and track progress over time. The Web Tool, a recorded training webinar, how-to guide and link to the Q&A forum (firstname.lastname@example.com) are available on the FMI website.
Green Building Advisory Committee
This Committee provides advice to the GSA Administrator to accelerate the successful transformation of the Federal building portfolio to sustainable technologies and practices. The Committee will review the strategic approach, projects and activities of the Office in order to provide expertise and guidance on how the work of the Office may be better geared to ensure success in its government-wide greening mission.
Green Building Certification System Review
GSA is currently conducting a review of green building certification systems most likely to encourage a comprehensive and environmentally-sound approach to certification of green Federal buildings. Every five years, GSA is required to provide a recommendation to the Secretary of Energy of a green building certification system most suitable for certifying green Federal buildings.
GSA Green Roof Report: The Benefits and Challenges of Green Roofs on Public and Commercial Buildings [PDF - 9 MB]
This recent report commissioned by the Office of Federal High Performance Green Buildings on green roofs includes a literature review of 200 research studies, in-depth analysis of green roof benefits, an original cost-benefit analysis, discussion of challenges and best practices, and assessment of further research needs.
Research into Practice Program
The Research into Practice Program delivers actionable, evidence-based practices to people who can improve building performance. It enables them to understand and adopt integrated solutions to achieve continuous high performance in buildings.
National Academy of Sciences' Report "Achieving High-Performance Federal Facilities: Strategies and Approaches for Transformational Change
The Office commissioned a report from the National Academy of Sciences to advance strategic thinking and reforms to rapidly transform Federal facilities from status quo to genuine sustainability. Based on this report, GSA is conducting a series of expert meetings with government and outside experts to identify actionable activities, ideas, strategies, issues, and opportunities within current practices and processes to transform Federal facilities into high-performance green buildings.


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2008 Mazda MAZDA3 Top Comparisons
Users ranked 2008 Mazda MAZDA3 against other cars which they drove/owned. Each ranking was based on 9 categories. Here is the summary of top rankings.
User Reviews
View reviews where users commented on categories.Clear selections
Displaying 31 - 40 of 92 2008 Mazda MAZDA3 reviews.
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2008 Mazda MAZDA3 s Sport HatchbackReview
Glad I Bought Before 'smiley Face'! — I love the car, but it tends to go through tires quickly. Somebody said it might be due to the way I drive it. Oh well, just the price of fun I guess! So far I haven't had any non routine maintenance/repairs, and have over 45K on it already.
Primary Use: Commuting to work
Pros: the handling
Cons: nothing sucks about it
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2008 Mazda MAZDA3 s Touring HatchbackReview
Zoom Zoom — 0-62mph in 6.8. Great brakes, superb handling, not great gas mileage, fun car to drive, rally car guts. Gas cap on 2008 models get stuck. 4 times to be exact. Tires wear quickly, but grip well. Solid engine and power-train.
Primary Use: Sport/fun (spirited driving, track racing, off-roading, etc.)
Pros: good performance with lots of room for stuff
Cons: everyone is buying them
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2008 Mazda MAZDA3 s TouringReview
Not The Cheapest But The Best — nice performance for base engine, economic, top brakes (4 disk) , good handling, top build quality more than expected in this price range, great interior and exterior finition, low maintenance cost, nervous and predictable car, have more fun for the bucks than any other in its class
Primary Use: Commuting to work
Pros: drives like more expensive car
Cons: no remote trunk openner
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2008 Mazda MAZDA3 i TouringReview
Zoom Zoom — Love everything about it. Looks great handles well even in high speed. Handles like a dream honestly. Would totally reccommend it to anybody. Stands out more than any other car in its class. Absolutely love it . Zoom Zoom for life
Pros: everything
Cons: power
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2008 Mazda MAZDA3 i TouringReview
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2008 Mazda MAZDA3 s Grand TouringReview
Good Affordable Car — For car with this price of range it offers good performance, sleek appearance and reliability. Running cost is also affordable. The only thing that bother me is this car always beep if you forget to buckle up. Overall it's fun drive
Primary Use: Commuting to work
Pros: Zoom zoom zoom
Cons: nothing
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2008 Mazda MAZDA3 s SportReview
Good Car — i like it's shape and design , good stability and high acceleration compared by the other cars in 1600 cc, original bodyket, DVD screen with TV and GPS.. it is a little small from inside, nothing bad on it , and i called it my black devil
Primary Use: Sport/fun (spirited driving, track racing, off-roading, etc.)
Pros: it is nice from inside
Cons: i dont know
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2008 Mazda MAZDA3 s Sport HatchbackReview
A Great First Car — The Mazda 3 s Sport Hatchback is a good first car. It is not too fast but handles very well. Also plenty of room and with the seats folded down it really can hold almost anything you would need to transport. Although it does lack in speed the semi-automatic gearbox still gives it a fast feeling without actually needing to speed.
Primary Use: Family transportation
Pros: Handles well
Cons: Not fast enough
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2008 Mazda MAZDA3Review
Totally Worth The $$$$ — everyone has this car, but it is great!!! Gas is good, it is faaaaast, the performance is great but don't let fatttt people in the car with you especially if they are really fat. K???? It is made for average size peeps.
Primary Use: Family transportation
Pros: great gas mileage, love it.
Cons: no reason except so many people have it, customize urs
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2008 Mazda MAZDA3Review
My Schweet Ride.. — Its a very good looking car, great drive - especially the handling..the performance is great no aqua planing on wet roads, not too costly..still affordable, its a fun car to drive it makes me look young...no repairs thus far..touch wood...
Primary Use: Family transportation
Pros: safe drive
Cons: nothing
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Though the day is still fairly young, it's been a day of mixed news so far.
A letter of rejection dropped on my door mat regarding the Wetherspoons job interview last week. It was a position that would probably never lead to a career or anything, but a bit of money would have been nice. Maybe that attitude came across in the interview leading me to be unsuccessful? Not sure what else they expect with the large turnover of staff they have. Still, at least they had the decency to let me know, albeit 8 days later.
On a brighter note, also dropping on my door mat was an application pack from the Youth Justice Board regarding volunteering on a Youth Offender Panel here in Kettering. It seems like a brilliant opportunity to help a good organisation, and hopefully it's something that future employers will look upon favorably. It's all filled out, and just needs posting now.
Regarding paid employment, I've had a little scout about today on the job websites, and there seems to be nothing decent going again. I can't see myself as a cleaner, and nor do i have the qualifications to apply for the role of senior mechanic. Shame.
This blogging business becomes quite addictive, doesn't it.


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Jan. 20, 2012
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Clam and oyster harvesting areas in three Charleston County creeks that were closed last month have been reopened, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control reported today.
"The beds in portions of Secessionville Creek, First Sisters Creek and Folly Creek down to the Folly Road Bridge have been reopened because water quality sampling results indicate bacteria levels are suitable for clam and oyster harvesting," said Mike Pearson, manager of DHEC's Shellfish Sanitation program.
For more information on clam and oyster harvesting areas in Charleston County, call DHEC's Region 7 Environmental Quality Control office at (843) 953-0160. For information on Georgetown and Horry counties' clam and oyster harvesting areas, call DHEC's Region 6 EQC office at (843) 238-4378. For information on clam and oyster harvesting areas in Beaufort County, call DHEC's Region 8 EQC office at (843) 846-1030.
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Monday June 28, 2010, Living in frustration, but I don't know the name of the street or the number of the house. I guess it's more of an encampment than an organized town. I know I'm not alone but I don't know many of the people here. Through the fog that enshrouds the encampment I can communicate with others using the Crossdressers.com Forum; I know there are others out there.
The saga of lost privacy continues. Now it looks like it is here to stay for the summer. The lone remaining child-at-home is finished school for the summer and his summer job is three shifts a week if he's (I'm) lucky. The rest of the time he hangs around the house eating and playing video games. I expected him to sleep in this morning because he does 99 days out of a 100 but this morning he was motivated to get out of bed and complete the household chores that he hadn't paid any attention to all weekend.
The situation has driven me to under-dressing, something that I never did before. I had planned to wear a skirt and top today if he had slept in but no such luck. I needed to feel feminine somehow, so under-dressing it is, with just a touch of mascara to aid the feeling.
Yesterday I ended up shopping with my SO in a mall that I usually shop in for Sarah, although I shop in drab. I have always tried to shop for Sarah in locations that I am unlikely to return to in drab and with my SO but life being what it is, we were bound to cross paths at some point.
We spent some time, (happy time for me) shopping in La Senza for a gift for an adult female. I've been through this store a number of times searching for feel-good loungewear for myself but I don't usually get to discuss the inventory with anyone. The store clerks are only interested in defining who I'm looking for so that they can speed me to the purchase they think I need to make. I haven't yet had the nerve to tell a clerk that I'm buying for myself. On the other hand, this is the mall with the Jones New York store in which the store attendant offered for me to try my selections on before I bought.
I know that the clerks aren't trying to rush me out of the store but they hover and make my shop less comfortable. Interestingly, when I buy man's clothing it is a much quicker process. I look, I choose, I try on for size and I either buy or leave. When I'm shopping for Sarah, I look at nearly everything. I check for design features that work for me and those that don't. I feel the material and wondered what it is going to feel like on, how it is going to hang, flow, fall. I turn it and look at the front and the back. I hang it so that I can see it from a distance. I think through my wardrobe for similar clothes, similar colours, (I have too much black) and what I will be able to wear with it. I would love to be able to take an armful of clothes into a dressing room and try them on before I bought them. It would save me so much time in returns. There aren't many things that I have been correct about in the first pick. Skirts have gone back because size 12 here is not the same as size 12 there.
Anyway back to the point of this ramble; the time spent in La Senza was quite enjoyable because my SO and I were looking for different things which meant that what I found and offered was usually rejected but rejected with a reason. So I got to handle lots of sexy pretty clothes, pajamas, lingerie, beach cover-ups and I got to talk about them with someone even if the outfits weren't for me. I left the store felling quite buoyant.
And before anyone jumps in and says I should go shopping with my SO for my SO in La Senza, I'm not sexually aroused by lingerie as much as I admire the beauty that it brings. If I went shopping with my SO for my SO it would lead to expectations that I wouldn't be able to fulfill. Sex would happen but it wouldn't be enhanced by her lingerie and that would lead to disappointment on her part, more questioning of herself, more insecurity and more questions about my sex drive and orientation.
When I look at a well-dressed woman who carries herself well, I don't think about f*^king her, I want to be her. I want the beauty, the grace, the style. Hence the screwy secret world that I live in.


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Lexington, KY - Isabelle Terry of Dallas, TX and Chakira won the inaugural Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series West Coast Championship, held at the Las Vegas National Horse Show on November 17. Prior to the Championship Final in Las Vegas, the 2012 West Conference regular season came to a close following the L.A. National Horse Show. Lauren Kay and Siendifie topped the Amateur-Owner standings while Kilian McGrath and Salerno topped the junior standings.
This season marked the first year that the Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series held a West Coast Championship Final in addition to the traditional Final at the Alltech National Horse Show.
Twenty horse-and-rider combinations started the competition for the $10,000 Junior/Amateur Show Jumping Hall of Fame West Coast Final. Only one of the first fourteen entries was able to get a clear round, and it was starting to look like there might not be a jump-off before two of the remaining six turned in clear rounds, sending three competitors to the jump-off and leading everyone to understand just how tough this course was.
"Not only was this a Classic but also a year-end championship. It should not be easy," said course designer, Olaf Petersen, Jr. "It should be a challenge that leads to the best horse winning. I would not have had any problem if only one had gone clean and we finished without a jump-off."
The jump-off was all set with three entries. Chenoa McElvain and Wildthing 2 were the first to go and they posted a time of 30.956 seconds with eight faults. Isabelle Terry and Chakira went second, finishing clean with a time of 29.549 seconds. Lorenzo Cue and Pacifico, who were third to go, were unable to catch Terry as they posted a time of 32.124 with four faults. This made Isabelle Terry and Chakira the winners of the first Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series West Coast Final.
"I was nervous about all of the tight turns that we would have to do to try to make the time. The heights were also a bit scary," said Terry. When it was pointed out to her that she had just won the first-ever Show Jumping Hall of Fame West Coast Championship, the 17-year old high school senior said, "Wow! That is really awesome!" Among the prizes Terry received for her win were a Wellfleet Figure 8 Bridle donated by SmartPak and an engraved polished pewter trophy.
The week before the Championship at Las Vegas, Lauren Kay emerged as the winner of the Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series West Conference Amateur-Owner regular season riding Siendifie. The pair was able to secure their spot with impressive finishes throughout the 2012 season, and they clinched the season standings with a second place finish at the L.A. National.
Kilian McGrath topped the West Conference standings in the Junior division. With her partner Salerno, the horse on whom she won the individual Gold Medal at last summer's North American Young Rider Championships, McGrath impressed throughout the 2012 season winning classes at Showpark Ranch & Coast Classic and the Woodside Spring Preview, as well as taking second place at the Blenheim Summer Classics I and II and the Blenheim Spring Classic III. She was also named the Show Jumping Hall of Fame Rider of the Month for April, taking home the most points of anyone competing in the Series for that month.
The Show Jumping Hall of Fame and Museum was established in 1987 and formally opened in 1989. It was organized to promote the sport of show jumping and to immortalize the legends of the men, women and horses who have made great contributions to the sport.
The Show Jumping Hall of Fame is located at the Kentucky Horse Park. Plaques honoring those who have been honored with induction into the Hall of Fame can be seen at the Horse Park's Rolex Stadium. Mementos and artifacts from the sport's history are on display as part of the Show Jumping Hall of Fame collection at the United States Hunter Jumper Association's Wheeler Museum at the Horse Park.
The Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series holds classes under Grand Prix rules and specifications for amateur-owner and junior riders at approximately one hundred horse shows across the country. The Series keeps separate standings for juniors and amateur-owners in two conferences, East and West. The Series is designed to give amateur-owner and junior riders an opportunity to compete at higher levels and serves as a proving ground for many riders who aspire to someday represent the United States in international competition.
Regular season standings conclude following classes at the Washington International Horse Show in the East and Los Angeles National Horse Show in the West. Series standings help determine entries for the year-end Championship Finals (which do not count in the season standings) at the Alltech National Horse Show and Las Vegas National Horse Show. Riders from both conferences – East and West – are eligible for either or both Finals.
The Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series is sponsored by the National Horse Show Association, Stadium Jumping, Inc., Taylor Harris Insurance Services and SmartPak. Further information about the Show Jumping Hall of Fame and the Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series is available on line at www.ShowJumpingHallofFame.net.
Photo: Isabelle Terry receives her awards from Show Jumping Hall of Fame Executive Director Marty Bauman. © McCool Photography


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There has been lots of change in my life in the last month to say the least. I have moved to Le Petite Roche, gotten hitched, seen an amazing country on my honeymoon (what up Belize!!), and started a new job. I had a birthday somewhere in there too, but I barely remember it. My head is nearly spinning but not literally.
In case you don't know about the Clinton Foundation, my new employer, and all of the amazing things the foundation accomplishes each year, you should check it out! Please come visit the Clinton Presidential Center when you are in Little Rock, too. I can't believe I get to work here every day! As you all know, I'm not a Cardinals fan, but WJC is. Our temporary exhibit on the Cardinals is great, and I'm looking forward to what we have coming up in the summer and fall!
In short, I'm delighted with my new life. P and I are loving our new (to us) Hillcrest home, getting to celebrate friends' birthdays, cheering for the Travs, and randomly bumping into good people we know at the grocery and everywhere else. Now, just to find a car for me! Any recommendations? See y'all soon!
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Hey everyone,
So, it looks like Pitt and I have survived our first 2 weeks of marriage. YAY! We wanted to share our wedding photos with you. Check em out, cherish them, order them, love them.
Love us!
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So, I admittedly have the best photographer in the world, Babs Evangelista. So, she makes everything look magical. So magical in fact, that we asked (and she happily accepted) that she reimagine our wedding website. Here are 5 leeeetle reasons you should check it out:
1. Aforementioned fantastic photographer with an incredible instinct for great photo shoot locations.
2. You'll get great restaurant and entertainment tips about New Orleans.
3. I write really compelling bios about my bridesmaids.
4. What else are you really doing at midnight on a Tuesday (or Wednesday, Thursday, etc…)
5. My wedding has bagpipes AND a brass band (Hot 8!!!). What?!
I hope you like what we've put together! See you on 21 April!!


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The term "sampler" comes from the Latin word exemplum, meaning an example to be followed, a pattern or a model. Pictorial samplers began life as plain samples of different stitches worked onto a single piece of fabric. A girl would add to it as she learned different needle work techniques, a standard part of her education.
By the mid 17th century, decorative samplers with borders were considered to be a mark of refinement. They were worked with horizontal bands of stitching, featuring letters, numbers and traditional motifs, such as the dove of peace. Later, poetry or religious quotations were added, and ornate borders became common.
The stitching of samplers was believed to be a sign of virtue, achievement and industry, and girls were taught the art from a young age. Samplers are still stitched today and are often worked to celebrate a joyous occasion, such as a birth or baptism.
In 1806 Hanner Passell stitched a sampler of fine coloured wool threads on linen. This sampler is very fragile and damaged, but you can still see her mistakes – she has not allowed enough room for the word "away" in the third line of the verse. The verse has a dire warning about wasting time:
Exonerate your mind of worldly cares
Spend each Lords Day in Spiritual Affairs
Such wretched souls as squander that aw[ay]
Repent it sorely at their dying Day
And in very faded thread at the bottom we can read: "Hanner Passell Made this in the 11th year of her age". Hanner is an unusual spelling for the name Hannah. It could be a family name, but it might be that Hanner was a poor speller. Genealogy records show that a Hannah Passell was born in Sussex in 1795 – that might fit.
While Grace Combe's sampler is faded, you can still see the skill and charm of her work. Silk threads on fine linen demonstrate cross, feather, herringbone and satin stitches. Sample sewing of the alphabet, homilies and designs of flowers, crowns and geometric motifs all feature. And only just visible under a strong magnifying glass at the lower edge is "Grace Combe March 24 1724."
E Gregory's sampler was made in England in 1820 and comprises images of grand buildings and floral motifs, all delicately hand stitched in cotton thread. While we don't know who E Gregory was, or if and when she came to New Zealand, it is an excellent example of the sampler craft. For new arrivals to New Zealand, samplers were a reminder of family left behind and a way of making a new house more comfortable. A few home comforts transported across the world helped mitigate the hardships of settling in.
Young Caroline Octavia Hopwood made a simple sampler of wool thread on fine canvas in cross stitch. Lines of the alphabet are repeated in different colours; there is also a line of numbers and small motifs comprising a bunch of grapes, two dragons, a flowering plant in a basket and a deer. The whole is surrounded by a vine with geometric leaves attached. Caroline has stitched her name and age, a mere eight years, at the bottom of the sampler. You can see why it is simple – she is just learning.
The very old sampler on fine, natural-coloured linen was completed by Hannah Hopkins in 1729. The deep flower and leaf border is stitched with two strands of twisted silk thread in satin stitch, French knots and cross stitch. The centre panel spells out the great Psalm XXVII, proclaiming absolute faith. It is easy to recognise what sort of beliefs Hannah's family had:
The Lord is my Light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear, the Lord is the strength of my life of Whom shall I be afraid.
The eccentric punctuation of the lettering is matched by the eccentric switch from rose red to yellow thread, which is very faded and hard to read. Perhaps Hannah ran out of the red and only had yellow left to match the rest of the sampler.
Libby Sharpe is the Curator at the Whanganui Regional Museum.


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I found this recipe on Tried and True Cooking With Heidi and have been dying to try it. This was absolutely delicious and we will definitely make it again and again. My son kept raving on and on about it. It was a very easy recipe.
To make it a little more diet friendly, I skipped the oil and cornstarch. The apple juice I used Mott's Light. I didn't have cidar vinegar, so I used white vinegar. Still tasted yummy.
For those doing Weight Watchers, without the oil and cornstarch; I used 1 2/3 lbs chicken breasts and Motts light applie juice, it was 24.5 points total for the whole thing.
2lb boneless skinless chicken breasts, or tenders
oil (for frying)
cornstarch (for dusting, optional)
1 garlic minced clove
1/4 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
1/4 cup apple juice
1/3 cup light brown sugar
2 TBSP ketchup
1 TBSP cider vinegar
1/2 cup water
1/3 cup soy sauce
Cut chicken breasts into bit sized pieces, then lightly dust with cornstarch. Heat oil in your wok and fry chicken bits in batches until lightly browned. Drain on paper towels and set aside.
In a bowl combine all sauce ingredients. Pour into pan and bring to a boil. Add chicken bits back to the pan, reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
The sauce ingredients
simmering away....


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C++ Game Definitions and Macros
This is a simple definitions file that I use in my game engine, though this version was dumbed down for a 2D game engine I'll be working on.
#ifndef w_Definitions #define w_Definitions #ifndef NULL #define NULL 0 #endif #ifndef TRUE #define TRUE 1 #endif #ifndef FALSE #define FALSE 0 #endif #define NUKE(object) { if(object) { delete (object); (object) = nullptr; } } #define NUKE_ARRAY(object) { if(object) { delete[] (object); (object) = nullptr; } } #define RELEASE(object) { if(object) { (object)->Release(); (object) = nullptr; } } namespace _Warp { typedef signed char s8; typedef unsigned char u8; typedef signed short s16; typedef unsigned short u16; typedef signed int s32; typedef unsigned int u32; typedef signed long long s64; typedef unsigned long long u64; typedef unsigned int Bool; typedef u8 Byte; typedef float Real32; typedef double Real64; }; #endif
These are the base data types I use everywhere in my game. Instead of using the 1 byte bool, I use a custom defined Bool which is the size of an integer; when compiled for a 32 bit system will coincide with 4 byte alignment, and compiled for a 64bit platform will coincide with 8 byte alignment. For more information on byte alignment, check out this wikipedia article.
Some of the macros are also useful for memory management, specifically NUKE, NUKE_ARRAY, and RELEASE. RELEASE is used on things like DirectX objects: RELEASE(_d3dDevice); basically, if you can't tell, any object that has a function called Release can be used with this macro. It checks to see if the object is valid, releases it, and sets the pointer to NULL. NUKE works on object you create using the 'new' operator, and properly sets the pointer to NULL. For example, cleaning up a Vector3:
Vector3* pVect = new Vector3(0,1,0); /* other code here */ NUKE(pVect); // pVect gets cleaned up and set to NULL, aka, it is now nuked. ;p
And NUKE_ARRAY is used similarly on an array that was dynamically allocated, using new.


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The collective group-think mind of the Left is truly a Gordian knot of unbelievable complexity. If it is the sign of an agile mind to be able to hold two contradictory thoughts in your mind while you investigate the veracity of both, then Leftist thinkers are Yoga experts in their ability to embrace multiple ideas in inherent conflict without even questioning even one…but only as long as the ideas are endorsed by Noam Chomsky, the New York Times, or the DNC.
But here I come with the Sword of Insight to cleave the knot in twain:
The key to understanding the Left? They all cling desperately to one basic notion:
"Death is Bad"
Sure, most people agree with that, but normal people don't take such philosophy to the same depth as Lefties do. Normal people like you and me don't let such a simple idea pervade every aspect of our existence.
See, Death is bad. Totally bad. Not in the Michael Jackson "I'm bad and that's good" sort of way, but bad in such a profound way that it goes beyond even Hitler and Sauron and right on into the extreme, nay, ultimate badness of cutting taxes. Why are lower taxes so bad, you ask? Because someone, somewhere, probably could have used that tax money to buy slightly better health treatment and they wouldn't have died! See? You greedy people who just want to retain the money you work for are making people die! Don't you feel ashamed? Can't you get beyond your selfish little perspective about the job you hate and realize if you just keep giving up more money more people can live? It doesn't matter to someone on the Left what that individual might have done to bring about their illness/injury or what they could have changed to avoid it, because they don't care. It also doesn't matter that 99% of all deaths are preventable, and channeling every cent of our GDP into healthcare for US Citizens would still result in "preventable" deaths. To them, the important thing is, once someone is dead, that's it. You can't help them anymore. You can't run their life anymore. You can sometimes still tax them, but it's only a one-time deal, you can't keep going back for more. You can still get them to vote Democrat in Chicago, but nowhere else, and if that means Democrats have less power, that's bad!
Are you catching on, yet?
So: Iraq. Well, that's pretty simple, right? If you are a Leftie, then nothing you or your country actively does should ever result in someone's death. Becauser, remember, Death is Bad, and you don't want to ever actually do anything that might cause something bad to happen. If bunches of people die because of a tyrant, remember that Saddam Hussein was a National Socialist. Don't be confused by the word "socialist" (which is never bad, just imperfectly instituted or perhaps even sabotaged by greedy capitalists who are jealous of Workers' Paradises), because the addition of the word "National" at the front heightens the connection with Hitler's Nazis, which, since they fought Russia near the end of WWII (after first conspiring together for a few years to kill Jews) means that they can be called a Right Wing movement; thus, you can absolutely ignore any similarity between their ideology/technique and the teachings of Karl Marx. Convenient, no?
So the thousands of deaths in Iraq before we invaded are fine with the Left, because they didn't actually do anything to cause them. But if anyone dies during or after an invasion, it is unacceptable to the Left to take any action that might result in a death that could be traced back to them. The Republican justification of preventing further deaths can be conveniently dismissed because once the future deaths are successfully prevented, you can't actually prove they would have happened.
So, in the interest of mental exercise, take the idea of handguns in a location with a high incidence of rape, like Washington DC. Okay, lots of women get raped there, and that's bad, but still not bad like if a potential rapist ever gets shot by a woman trying to defend herself, you know. Because, first of all, if he didn't actually rape her yet when she shoots him, then aren't you betraying the principle of "innocent until proven Republican, er, guilty" that our nation was founded on, right along with progressive taxation (see: Wesley Clark)? And, second of all, if she kills him, then how can we ever get him to vote Democrat (Remember, we're talking about Washington DC, not Chicago)? So if your political views lean left, you certainly have to be against handguns, too. Because even though more children die by accident in swimming pools than by guns, when was the last time a swimming pool accidentally went off while cleaning it? And guns are supposed to kill people, or at least threaten it, but swimming pools are just places to pee without anyone noticing it. See? Guns are pretty bad, simply because they are directly related to death, which is really bad.
Thus, people on the left can burn down ski resorts and blow up SUVs and blackball conservatives at universities and threaten to kill people and beat them up, but it is okay because they wouldn't actually intentionally kill people like those nasty 'ol Neocons who actually planned an invasion of a sovereign country.
So there you have it: The overriding philosophy of the Left is: Death is Bad.
Solo Jay asks an intriguing question about the Jews in America, as if questioning them might be a safe thing to do. Why do they support Democrats/liberals overwhelmingly when it seems illogical, in the same way it seems illogical for Americans of black African descent to trend the same.
Could be fun to watch the answers, especially given the bizarre, conspiracy-theorist first one:
Fanatics R NOT Us, or Why I'm a Democrat on Israel
Support for Israel is all well and good. But it's not the be all and end all of the issues in this upcoming year. Fundamentalist Jews, like some of the fanatics who settle places in the West Bank because this was "our" land 2000+ years ago, tend to believe that Israel can do no wrong. I don't believe that about my OWN country, let alone a foreign country.
Plus, the biggest reason the Republican Party supports anything the government of Israel does is due to their Conservative Christian wing. To these Christians it's the fulfillment of the New Testament prophesies for the Apocalypse. Of course these Republicans don't mention the fact that these prophesies not only predict the "End of the World", but the "Resurrection" of ONLY those who believe in Christ as their savior. Which also means the end of the Jews.
The whole alliance of fundamentalists on both sides makes me nervous. Fanaticism of any kind makes me nervous. When I'm 100% right, and you're 100% wrong, and we can't agree to disagree or compromise, well.... That's what is at the root of the Islamic Extremists who interpret the Koran literally and use that as a justification for blowing themselves up. It's at the root of what makes Christian Fanatics blow up abortion clinics and doctors. It's what makes a Fundamentalist Jew walk into a mosque with a gun and massacre worshipers. It's what the Nazis did to the 6,000,000. Get my drift?
Strange. Christians support Israel as a conspiracy to help armageddon along and in so doing rid the world of Jews. Oooohkaaaay.


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"I'll admit I may have seen better days, but I'm still not to be had for the price of a cocktail, like a salted peanut"(Margo Channing)
Thursday, 21 July 2016
More Entries! Way to go!
Posted by John Gray at Thursday, July 21, 2016
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After seeing Joyce's creations, I better work a little (lot!) harder!ReplyDelete
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cheers, parsnip
Kissing tomatoes? More like an abnormal enlargement of a part of the body, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid.ReplyDeleteReplies
I rotated the photo so it wouldn't be as obvious . . .Delete
Cabbage Man is quite cute!ReplyDelete
Oh am I glad I am not a judge ! I would have a terrible time choosing. I love the okra nosed little guy and Joyce knows how to make a cabbage man !! go Joyce ! :)ReplyDelete
Gill's get's my vote!ReplyDelete
I could easily fall in love with Cabbage Man.ReplyDelete
All are inspiried! (No lie... Pinn-okra-hio.)ReplyDelete
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Sunday, August 22, 2010
Giveaway Winner!
There were 28 entries in my giveaway, and I used Random.org to choose a number...and it chose 20, Lacquer Ware for Tips and Toes! Congratulations! I will be emailing you for your mailing address shortly.
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Hello and Happy Friday to you. Hope your first week of the year has gone well and you're looking forward to the weekend.
I'm looking forward to my first workshops of the year down at Birds in the Barn. on 24th & 25th of this month. We're making two of my Raining Cats and Dogs projects (above/below) Karen tells me there's couple of places left on each of the days, so if you fancy coming along and joining in the crafty fun call the shop direct on 01206 211099 to book your place.


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- ITV Report
Captain combats critical injuries to run the Cardiff Half Marathon
This time last year Brian Thomas was recovering from critical injuries after collapsing while walking near his home in west Wales.
He was rushed to the Accident and Emergency unit at Withybush hospital who referred him immediately to University Hospital of Wales for brain surgery.
After spending four weeks in a coma, he was told by doctors that he would remain in hospital for more than a year and that it could take up to five years for him to fully recover from his injuries.
But, after eight weeks, to the shock of hospital staff, Captain Thomas was deemed well enough to be discharged. Now, through "sheer determination" and "family and friend support," he is hoping to complete today's Cardiff Half Marathon in two hours and 20 minutes.
During his stay in the Neurosurgical Unit, his surgeon John Martin gave him the catchphrase "Captain Thomas, the Captain that never sinks," which is fitting for Mr Thomas who was a sea captain on Queen Elizabeth 2.
Captain Thomas is raising money for the A & E unit of Withybush Hospital and so far has raised more than a thousand pounds.
Thousands of people, like Brian Thomas, will be running in Sunday's marathon which starts at 9am.
Many will do so in memory of a loved one such as Karen and Graham Morgan whose daughter Kate died of meningitis earlier this year. Kate, who was 18-years-old and from Cardiff, was described by her family as a "beautiful, inspirational girl with a fun-loving nature".
A team of around 20 people, including her parents and brother Ben, will take part in the marathon to raise money for Meningitis UK.
Last year's Cardiff Half-Marathon was a sell-out with a record number of runners, more than 15,000 people, taking part.


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Time to resuscitate this here blog of mine! It was a packed and wonderful summer and has been a simply delicious fall. God is still good. So much has happened I'm not sure where to begin, so I'll get straight to the bullet points.
- Cardigans are my favorite article of clothing. If I could own all styles in all colors I could die happy.
- If you've been reading here for a while you may have heard of a local restaurant called Buon Cibo. Well, I am their #1 Customer. Don't believe me? My mother went in to buy me a shirt and gift card for my birthday and said, "You should know that I am getting this for your biggest fan!" The cashier replied, "Do you mean Anna Kate?" In other news I really need to get a life.
- One of the best feelings is when your checkbook finally balances. I kind of feel like a ninja when it happens.
- I recently discovered chocolate peanut butter. Watch out Nutella, peanut butter is still the classic!
- This Monday I am taking my last credit-bearing psychology exam, and in December I will finish my last college course ever and apply for graduation through Thomas Edison State College (receiving my diploma in March). I'm finishing more than an academic achievement - I'm finishing a phase of my life. There are no words. Just thankfulness.
- I dislike poetry for the most part, but I could listen to this kid all day long. I want one just like him!
- Some of the happiest current news in my life is that I am going to be an aunt! That's right, end of April 2014 my brother and sister-in-law, Mitchell and Tiffany, will be welcoming a baby into the family. Aunthood here I come!
- Here's a recent favorite Tweet for you: "Probably the worst thing about being a penguin is after you're in an argument you'll try to waddle away angrily but still look adorably cute."
- One of the best decisions I have ever made was to take my last two college courses at the community college rather than study on my own and take the credit-bearing exam. For one, they were both maths (algebra and statistics) which would have been difficult for me without an instructor, but for another, I have never taken a class at an actual college. It was a little intimidating at first (took algebra in the summer and am taking statistics now), but it has turned out to be one of my absolute favorite things. It has been stretching, academically interesting, and just plain fun honestly. Yep. Good times.
- Some friends and I had a Harry Potter movie marathon last month and we made these cupcakes for a themed snack. They are actually some of the most delicious cupcakes I have ever made. Thumbs up.
- While this year has been the best of my life so far for numerous reasons, my favorite reason by far is that I started dating my favorite person in the world (it works out 'cause I think I'm his favorite too). His name is Kenny and we met headed to a mission trip in Mexico last summer (don't worry - he lives half an hour away). All I can say is that a lot can happen in a year. God is good and He loves His children, and loves to bless them just because He can. I am so full of joy and just thankful for all of the time Kenny and I are able to spend together, getting to know each other and making memories along the way. Hashtag blessed. :)
Pictures (of course!)
|In September my parents, Kenny and I road tripped to Auburn (where he graduated) for the MS State vs. Auburn game.
|I, of course, wore Auburn orange. :) However, I couldn't forget my roots, so I wore a maroon ribbon in my hair!
|Here's a little summer action! Dad, Mark and I went to a Memphis Redbirds game in August.
|This is Mitchell, Tiffany, and Baby Minyard!


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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Cranberry Raspberry Jello
9 oz. raspberry Jello ( could use sugar free)
4 cups boiling water
1 11.5 oz. container frozen cranberry juice concentrate
1 cup frozen raspberries
1 9 oz. container frozen whipped topping, such as Cool Whip, thawed
1.Dissolve Jello in boiling water. Add frozen cranberry juice concentrate. Stir until cranberry juice is dissolved add raspberries.
2.Refrigerate 1 to 2 hours, until mixture is thickened, but not set.
3.With an electric mixer, beat in Cool Whip until well-combined. Refrigerate 4-24 hours, until set. Garnish with whipped cream, if desired.
Makes 12-14 servings
* Great side dish from any dinner. Was fast and had great taste I give it a 4 1/2
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What happens when two people who are complete opposites meet for the first time?
She's innocent
He's selfish
She's calm
He's cold
But it turns out that they will soon become siblings.
What will be their reaction?
This story includes: Romance, Drama, and Suspense
Published on Baekyeon day
(Please do not plagiarize)
- baekhyun
- baektae
- baekyeon
- chanyeol
- exo
- kai
- kyungsoo
- luhan
- romance
- sehun
- snsd
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- taeyeon
- tiffany
- yoona
- Dec 22, 2016
The cover is coming out great💕 Can you tell me the app you use to do the cover?😶 Tq👧 @taeyeondiary


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Hello Everyone
It has been quite some time since I last posted so it is lovely to be here today and to be able to share one of the cards that I was thrilled to see published in Stampington & co's Take Ten publication (Spring edition).
The card features one of the stamps from the beautiful Olivia and Friends plate.
Another time I will share some more of the cards featured alongside this one.
Thank you for visiting.
Center Diamond Card layout
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Just kidding. (Sort of).
I had the pleasure of cooking/preparing a huge feast with a few of my friends who happen to be avid blog readers. (It is evident that these girls are avid blog readers based on the menu items that were chosen!) Quite flattering, I must say. :)
Neeru, myself, Zaynah, and Pooja [and Sarah, not pictured :( ].
There were several parts to this meal. The appetizers included a spinach, beet, garbanzo, and feta salad (dressed with balsamic vinegar and olive oil), stuffed mushrooms, and sweet potato fries.
Since I made the sweet potato fries earlier today, I have pictures!
Chopped sweet potatoes.
Tossed sweet potatoes in olive oil, paprika, and black pepper.
After heating in the oven for ~10 minutes on each side at 400.
The other appetizers:
I was pretty obsessed with these stuffed mushrooms that Pooja prepared. I will definitely be obtaining that recipe from her soon.
The main dish was a spaghetti squash casserole that resembled lasagna.
Layers of the spaghetti squash casserole (from bottom to top):
- spaghetti squash
- homemade tomato sauce*
- spaghetti squash
- ricotta cheese
- homemade tomato sauce
- diced mushrooms
- parmesan cheese
*Homemade tomato sauce: simmer over medium heat a combination of garlic, olive oil, tomato paste, canned diced tomatoes, 1 cup water, olives, and leftover spinach mixture that was used for the stuffed mushrooms.
The spaghetti squash casserole was put in the oven at 375 just until the cheese melted (about 15 minutes). More baking was unnecessary as the spaghetti squash had already been cooked as had the sauce.
For dessert, Zaynah took over the fruit tart. Except for the fact that I asked her if there was some way we could incorporate some pumpkin puree, because 1) I have a lot of it and 2) it's almost Thanksgiving, so why not?
So we tweaked the recipe a bit, and added 1/2 cup of pumpkin puree and less lemon juice. Everything else stayed the same.
With cinnamon sprinkled on top, it tasted like a warm pumpkin pie!
Overall, it was a wonderfully delicious and filling meal. Thanks to everyone for their efforts. :)


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I've been having fun the past thirty six hours intentionally breaking things in my basement. Throw in some beer last night, and a great view of the Pittsburgh fireworks on Bigelow Street in Greenfield, and I have been having some fun.
Our basement is a full size, partially finished basement with four rooms. The following drawing is not to scale and is not that accurate, but it is good enough.
The front two rooms are cold cellars. We use one as a pantry and storage room while the other is where the water and gas come into the house, as well as the tool room and my once and future brewery. I need to do a little painting in there eventually, but the front two rooms are in good shape. The large middle room will eventually be the TV/Family/Video Game/Guest Room/Office. A few small details need to be completed, but this room is in good shape for a while.
The back basement room is where I have been having fun. We have a Pittsburgh Toilet in the top right hand corner on the back wall and a free standing shower stall in the bottom left hand corner on the back wall [represented by the blue squares] The toilet is walled in by 1x4 and spiderwebs, while the shower has not been cleaned since it was installed. I just spent a good two hours figuring out how to cut off the pipes and the drains and now I get to take a crowbar and hammer to have some fun.
The intermediate term goal is just to create some more space in the back room, and keep the washer, dryer, and a basin sink (the big red circles). Right now there are just the two of us in the house, and a single bathroom, so this is not a big problem. However I grew up in a large family and many names were called, eyes blackened, and arms twisted due to the single bathroom we had until I entered third grade. I want to eventually avoid those problems.
We'll patch over one of the doorways, and isolate the heating system with either a false wall or a set of curtains (#2). I'll eventually put in a real set of walls, and learn how to do the plumbing to set up a spartan but full bathroom in the top right hand corner against the back wall. [#1] And then where the shower stall currently stands, we'll throw some shelves and storage space (#3). I figure this is a two or three year plan, so I'll get to enjoy my demolition day today


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I was thinking as I was working on this that its so nice that we can all play well together? Here I have two of my own designs mixed with several of my industry favorites - 7gypsies, Prima and Tim Holtz. What a boring place it would be, creatively (and otherwise!) if we were all exactly the same?
Happy Saturday! I am off on a mission today to find some good, tall, brown leather boots for the winter. Wish me luck!!
(and check back next week for information on my fall classes! Notice all of the new "Road Trip" dates to the left)!!


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Inventor, innovator, mad scientist, geek, polymath, what ever you wish to label me as, I'm sure you will find justification here. Ideas, thoughts, works in progress, engineering, design, concepts; it will all be shown. My innermost humanity will be on display for you to admire, criticise, enjoy or simply look confused at and point.
With experience covering all manner of opposing and equally symbiotic topics such as engineering, psychology, personal therapies, computing, management, green technology, religious history, hitting things with big hammers, driving, abstract art and even such mundane topics as designing alternative dimensional computer hardware, no doubt there will be at least something to entertain a few people; if not something for most.
As my main hobby, I'm a modern day, anachronistic, artisan. Mentally stuck somewhere between the year 3000BC and 5000AD I tend to design and build things that would probably fit nicely in that 8,000 year gap...although I never quite know where best until it's finished!
Oh well, enough of my 21st century self, why not just click a face above and have a look to see which century's work of mine you like best? If you ask nicely I may even make you something too.
Where Mortis2000 Ltd once stood, only the portfolio remains. Or rather the portfolio in progress. It simply shows Jamie's skills and offers his services, including but not limited to the following:
- Setup/repair/maintenance of any computers or laptops
- Bespoke computer systems (designed and configured to your needs)
- Website consultation
- Network design and installation
- Full office or home office setups
- 2D & 3D CAD and modelling
- Hardware and software training
- Data recovery
- Disaster recovery and rapid response/remote repair
- Business practice consultations
- Company hardware/network consultations
All work is still to the same professional standard as had come to be depended upon with the old Mortis2000 brand so you can rest assured that the job will always be completed.


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Publication schemes
The ICO have contacted me about the post I made about the review of publication schemes last week. The timetable I referenced is about to be superseded by a new policy on publication scheme review (should be announced within the next week or two). The ICO are in the process of withdrawing this timetable from their website and will be replacing it with revised information. I will as ever post the information as soon as I get it.
Thanks to those who have sent emails on the subject - do keep them coming


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Hunting, Fishing and Other Grounds for Divorce, by Jacki Michels
Shakespeare is noted for his, "How do I love thee, let me count the ways — I love you to the depth and breadth … " blah, blah, blah.
After a quarter of a century of being a couple, my sweetheart and I have, I think, come close to wearing out our I love yous. "Love you," has become an all-around form of grammar, morphing as the need arises. It is an exclamation, a comma, a conjunction, a salutation and a departure.
My close friends will testify to many awkward moments when I habitually babble "Love you" at the end of a chat.
With the holiday love fest, a.k.a. Valentine's Day, firmly behind us for another year, and thoughts of springtime love off in the distant future, I think I can safely trample the sacred ground of romantic hogwash for a moment.
Let's face it, love as a theory is nice and all, but love works best as an action. That's right — love is a verb, and I do love verbs. Thing about verbs, there are so many colorful variations of them. Why not spiff up the old tried-and-true love? Surely, there are a few fitting counterparts?
For instance, when things are, say, challenging (read: you would like to have "'til death do us part" hurry up already): "I endurith you." Might be a verbal contender to expressing one's undying perserverence … er … I mean, devotion. However, phrasing this emotion to seem like mere tolerance (also a verb) fails to have that special ring to it.
For the moments when your partner says something incredibly insensitive or is otherwise a turd, "I ignore you" is no prizewinner.
When feeling supportive, think before you get too creative, as "I girdle you" is a definite no-no on many levels.
For the lover who, despite once being a carnivore, decided to brave a meatless menu, "I tofu you" is another frightful fail in the love language department.
The same holds true for when you are feeling sweet and mushy and bubbly and you want to gush, "I worship you." Hold that thought — this one might actually have merit.
A little healthy worship aside, and after much consideration, I agree with the old poet, that there are a lot of ways to count the ways we love. But in the end, there is only one way to truly say what we mean.
So, to my dear sweetheart, I love you, baby.
What else can I say?
Grounds for staying married: Giving that tofu-inspired stir-fry a chance.
Jacki Michels is a freelance writer who lives (and loves) in Soldotna.


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I wondered when I would get tagged Mary from "One Parent and two kids" tagged Emma. So here we go.
Emma loves to play pretend.
Emma loves to get dirty.
Emma loves to do everything her big brother and sister is doing.
When ever we go any where some one stops us and tell me "what long eyelashes she has."
(picture does not do them justice)
Emma loves to play outside she also loves to ride her bike.
Emma is a naturally happy child.
Emma loves shoe.
Emma favorite phrase is " Look at that","no" and "wait wait"
Emma loves to read books, her favorite book is "Brown Bear Brown Bear what do you see."
OK I now tag Liz, Alex (Mary's husband) and Joel (Lara husband) I just wanted to do something different.


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Mamelodi church meeting
Yesterday we had a meeting of our congregation in Mamelodi. A few months ago we moved out of the classroom where we used to meet, because the school board put the rent up. We started meeting in a house, but most houses in Mamelodi are small, and there is not much room.
So we met in one of the bigger houses to discuss what to do.
We began with a requiem for the people who had died over the last few years. They died, but were not replaced, so the congregation is diminishing, and getting older.
We discussed this, and some of the young people said that the services are boring in a house or in a classroom. It's different in a church, they said, where you can see the ikons, and something is happening. But in a classroom or a sitting room in a house with only two ikons, it is not the same.
It sounds as though the idea of the house church has limitations.
So this mroning we met again for the Sunday service, the Hours and the Readers Service, in a smaller house, the house of the oldest member, Christina Mothapo, who is 85, and finds it difficult to walk far now. And there were six of us, only one of us under 60.
Perhaps inspired by the meeting yesterday, the singing was pretty good. It reflected the Epistle reading, "Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus, that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ."
It did indeed seem that we were singing "with one mouth".
But when the last of us is buried, that will be the end of the church.
Unless there is a miracle.
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What's your parish's altar feast?


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Life is all a matter of timing; it's a strange thought that everything happens for a reason. As if our destiny is controlled by an outer force, but do we like it that way? Does it mean that we have no decisions to make in the paths and journeys we take, that everything is already planned according to the way we were nurtured and the way our brain ticks. There is no point wondering 'what if', if there's no way in turning time backwards and reliving our mistakes. Our past shapes our future but sometimes I wonder how much the things that happen are 'karma' or 'fate', these big words that occupy us and give us these maybe irrational superstitions. That all our wrong doings will come back to haunt us in one-way or another. Without a conscience and the emotions that cage our body we could live entirely freely and do whatever we want. But without these things we would be selfish robots, and isn't happiness motored by others as well as our own achievements? These questions circle around in my mind but ultimately I know there will never be an answer to these philosophical wonderings. My mind constantly contradicts itself, in the decisions I need to make, in the things I have to do. Sometimes I think about what would happen if I dropped plans and waited for something to happen. But things don't happen if you wait. You will become a lost soul amongst the millions of other sand grains trying to find, or trying to give up on their rightful place on earth.
Life is all a matter of timing
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