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Game 7 a.k.a the Home Opener: Yankees 8, Rays 1
Here are the Yankees we saw in the preseason. In the Yankee Stadium home opener on Monday night we saw the team absolutely dominate on both sides of the ball. It was refreshing to say the least.
Overall, the offense scored 8 runs on 10 hits, going 3-11 with RISP. Half of the runs came as a result of the three home runs the team hit. Aaron Judge launched the first one, a solo shot, in the fourth inning, his second in as many games. Looks like he's starting to get hot at the plate. Chase Headley hit a solo shot as well in the seventh, and Starlin Castro followed in the eighth with a 2-run bomb.
Other RBIs came from Jacoby Ellsbury (who returned to the #2 spot in the lineup), Matt Hollidau, Chris Carter (who is very slowly beginning to contribute to the team offensively), and Ronald Torreyes, with his team leading 8TH RBI of the season. While Didi Gregorious continues to be sidelined by this shoulder strain, Torreyes has been filling in really nicely offensively and defensively. A pleasant surprise.
The big performer of the game was starter Michael Pineda though. Big Mike was absolutely dominant in his second start against the Rays. After last week's start in Tampa, Pineda needed to bounce back in a big way, and he did just that. He was perfect through 6 IP, and striking out hitters left and right. He finished the day with 7.2 IP, allowing 1 R on 2 H while striking out 11 and walking 0. Honestly, these are the types of games that have secured Pineda's place in the rotation these past few seasons. Obviously it's great to see him pitch well, but until he can string these performances together on a regular basis, it's hardly encouraging. So, enjoy it while it lasts, which may only be until the next start.
One more thing of note: Yankees catcher and recent call-up Kyle Higashioka finally saw big league game action Monday afternoon as a defensive substitution late in the game, and it was a long time coming for the guy. After having spent parts of 10 seasons with the club at various minor league levels, Higashioka matched the record for the longest gap from draft to debut in franchise history. Good for Kyle. He's always been seen as a defense-first catcher, but last season something clicked and we saw the bat come to life. He may not have much of a future with the team with Gary Sanchez ahead of him, but it's great to see a guy who has been with the team for so long finally make his debut. Heartwarming stuff.
You can catch the full box score here, and video highlights here.
The Yankees take on the Rays again today at 1:05 p.m. EST, with Luis Severino squaring off against Blake Snell.


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Hi Folks,
At the bottom of Mayor Rothschild's scheduling email is this note. "You can join the Mayor's "One Can a Meeting" program. Just bring a non-perishable food item to your meeting. There's a Food Bank collection box right in the conference room."
That message is getting through. This week the Mayor's office collected 39 lbs. of food.
Swarthmore Sophomore Wins
$20,000 Scholarship with
One Can A Week Program
A rough graphic of the map section on the proposed farepath website I created after speaking to Jason
for a half hour. The farepath logo is official.
"My name is Jason Heo, and I'm a sophomore at Swarthmore College, right outside Philadelphia. A couple of years ago, I came across the One Can A Week program as a high school senior in southern Indiana."
That's how Jason introduced himself to me in an email on Tuesday. He went on to say how his family after arriving from South Korea years ago struggled in the beginning but are now achieving some success in building a life in America. Jason goes on to write…
"Because my father was an international graduate student, once I was born, my parents certainly encountered some difficulties making ends meet. Fortunately my parents were the type to go through great lengths to guarantee the success of their children. With governmental aid through Head Start and Medicaid, my family was eventually able to reach a more stable socioeconomic class before too long. Through good fortune, I was able to avoid becoming one out of five or six children going hungry everyday. However, and I'm sure you would agree with me, many Americans are much less lucky than I am."
Later on in his email he turns to One Can A Week, "Additionally, I was so inspired by your progress and expansion through the One Can A Week program, I began my own in the Swarthmore community. I was extremely pleased with how fairly simple your model was, yet so effective. However, I believed that the introduction of technology into the program could be that much more beneficial."
This is where the scholarship comes in. Jason applied for and won a Lang Opportunity Scholarship that rewards "distinguished academic and extra-curricular achievement, leadership qualities, and demonstrated commitment to civic and social responsibility." He will receive up to $10,000 for his technological project plus $5,000 per year for two years of graduate study. (The Lang Opportunity Scholarships program is an endowment created by Eugene M. Lang from the class of 1938.)
What Jason is going to build is a secure website for One Can A Week participants, whether whole neighborhoods or individuals. Folks will be able to view maps and information to see how everyone else is doing in the quest to eliminate hunger in cities across America. The website will create a community in the neighborhoods and online at the same time. This is especially appealing to Jason's generation.
The website will also create contacts for help with delivery to the local food bank every week. Donated food in cities will begin to flow and there will be all kinds of transportation opportunities available for participants. A flash notice on the website will have someone at your door in a few hours to help you out.
The other element I discussed with Jason was the friendly competition aspect. Everyone can see who is doing what in the neighborhood or group and this can help up the ante in donations.
Jason closed his email by telling me … "I'm currently collecting donations from about 20 households through this academic semester to collect data while also working on building different aspects of the technological platform. I really just wanted to express my gratitude and appreciation for what you've created in the One Can A Week program. I would really enjoy being able to speak with you to hear more about your program and talk to you about the different aspects of mine."
Well, that last part about talking? That's going to happen a lot. Anyone who is helping to make One Can A Week better and more efficient has my undivided attention.
Campus Pantries Growing On NBC News the other night they featured a story about hungry college kids across the country. There are at least 50 pantries in operation at 50 major universities and colleges. We have one here at the University of Arizona. Good heavens, folks, this is a wake up call. Pretty soon pantries will be everywhere, even at banks and corporations.
And this is not an exaggeration. In a Huffington Post story today, "Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Cay Johnston for Tax Analysts" stated that "Incomes for the bottom 90 percent of Americans only grew by $59 on average between 1966 and 2011 (when you adjust those incomes for inflation). During the same period, the average income for the top 10 percent of Americans rose by $116,071, Johnston found."
Another good heavens!
We collected a total of 209 lbs. of food. The money we donated amounted to $32.50, a $25.00 check and $7.50 in cash.
See you Sunday,

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When I am asked who my favorite authors are, N.D. Wilson's name comes out in the same breath as Megan Whalen Turner and C.S. Lewis. I will buy and read anything he writes. Last year The Dragon's Tooth (my review) made my favorite reads of 2011. It's sequel, The Drowned Vault, is even better. Edge-of-your-seat sometimes, jumping-out-of-it sometimes, cringing-in-it sometimes, bouncing-in-it sometimes, good.
Synopsis (from Goodreads):
It's been almost a year
since Cyrus and Antigone Smith earned their places as Journeymen at
Ashtown, home of an ancient order of explorers that has long guarded the
world's secrets and treasures. While their studies go well, Cy and Tigs
are not well liked since losing the Dragon's Tooth to the nefarious Dr.
Phoenix. The Tooth is the only object in the world capable of killing
the long-lived transmortals, and Phoenix has been tracking them down
one-by-one, and murdering them. The surviving transmortals, led
by legendary warrior Gilgamesh of Uruk, descend on Ashtown in force,
demanding justice. Cy and Tigs find themselves on the run in a desperate
search to locate Phoenix and regain the Tooth. In the process, they
uncover an evil even more dangerous than Phoenix, one that has been
waiting for centuries to emerge.
In The Drowned Vault Wilson takes the interestingly intricate world he built in The Dragon's Tooth and kicks it into high gear. Or even higher gear as the first book was pretty intense to begin with. The story is an action packed adventure from start to finish. There is a lot going on and a huge cast of characters to keep track of. In addition to the characters we already know and love (or fear), a whole host of new ones are introduced including Gilgamesh and Arachne. Yes, THE Gilgamesh (as in Epic of) and THE Arachne (as in the myth). There is now not just one super creepy evil villain to deal with, but two. Not to mention the large group of people whose apathy and fear are causing trouble for the heroes. Then there are all the historical references too, which are great fun if you catch them. The genius of Wilson's writing is that he manages to write well developed characters while maintaining a plot that is in hyperdrive. Most writers can do one or the other. It is a rare talent that can do both.
It is about a year since the beginning of Cyrus's journey and he has grown and changed. He grows and changes within the pages of this novel. Toward the end Antigone is concerned that Cyrus is planning to do something dumb, concerned what he might be doing without her there to restrain or talk sense into him. In fact, he is not. The way he handles the trials and choices in this novel shows he has grown in maturity. He learned from his mistakes and is not interested in repeating them. Some of the thing he does in this book are utterly cheer worthy, especially the scene where he tells Diana's dad he is taking his airplane and doesn't really care if he has permission or if the plane comes back in one piece. He is, by no mean, a perfect hero. I wouldn't like him as much if he were. But he is growing, which is what should be happening. The interactions between Cyrus and Antigone continue to be a favorite aspect in this book:
Antigone burst out laughing, "I can't believe how much you screamed. Even after Arachne knocked you out again, though then it was more like you were gargling."
"Har, har," Cyrus said. "Like you would have done better."
"True. But the things is Rus-Rus"...Antigone slid onto the rock beside him, nearly knocking him off-"when I scream like a girl, at least I am, actually, a girl."
Their older brother Dan is featured more this time around as well, making this a truly great sibling story.
Another aspect of the book I love is the number of strong female characters who are a part of the team. Antigone is intelligent and tough. She rises to meet all the physical and emotional challenges thrown at her. When she is faced with putting a squirmy squid over her mouth so she can breathe underwater, she winces and prevaricates, but when it comes down to it she straps it on and does it. Diana can fly planes and is a crack shot with a gun. When the time comes for action she is at the front lines taking down enemies with her excellent shooting skills. Arachne is the only female transmortal Wilson spends significant time on and she is now one of my favorite characters.(Despite the spider army that travels with her. Shudder. I had nightmares due to her little friends. More than once.) She is fierce in her convictions, willing to do what is hard, and makes tremendous sacrifices to overcome the evil being faced.
Again, I like the way the concept of immortality is addressed and am interested in seeing what Wilson does with it and all the transmortal characters. Particularly Nolan and Arachne, both of whom I love. Nolan especially. (He is a deceptively lazy thief. I can't help myself.) I loved this scene where Arachne and Nolan are explaining themselves to their mortal companions:
She glanced at Nolan. "We two still feel like mortals, like death was stolen from us. We are like you, the dying, not like Gil or the Vlads or Radu or Semiramis or even Ponce-those who fought against their own mortality."
George Livingstone adjusted his short blond bulk on the ground. "So...you want to die?"
Arachne nodded. Her ancient blue eyes were lightless and still. And then, slowly, a sun rose within them. She smiled at George, "Just not today. See, I am like every other mortal."
Nolan climbed to his feet, watching loose pine needles slide off his trousers. His face and body still belonged to a boy , but to Cyrus, he seemed as burdened as the oldest man. when he spoke, his voice was low. "There are things on the other side of death that we may never see. Thirsts we may never quench. Tastes these mouths cannot consume. But down here, under the sun, there is nothing new."
Nolan. My heart aches for him and I have a feeling it might break on his account before this series reaches its completion.
I am looking forward to Book 3 more than I can possibly say. It can't come soon enough for me.
I read a version of this book made available via NetGalley. It is released for sale on September 11.
Stay tuned tomorrow for news of a Giveaway involving these amazing books.
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
The Drowned Vault
Labels: fantasy, favorite authors, favorite books, mg, ya
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A Giveaway? I'll have to enter! :-)ReplyDelete
I LOVED the scene when Cyrus tells Boone something along the lines of "I won't promise to be careful with your plane, but I will ..." (and proceeds to list his daredevil plans :-)Replies
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(Me too! It was one of my favorites actually.)
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Busy Bee!
Posted By Hilary - New York | Jul 09, 2009 | 11 Comments | Category: Furniture, Material Girls Projects
I think I've had the busiest two weeks of my life! Well, maybe I'm being over dramatic, but it has been pretty hectic trying to run a business, oh, wait, two businesses, and take care of my two little girls FULL TIME (ok, they go the babysitter's maybe once a week, but as you can see, they are my little tag alongs for the most part)…
A shipment of new furniture just came in and I decided to take the logistics of shipping it all into my own hands! Bad idea, Hilary! Bad idea! I've been schlepping out to my warehouse with a razor blade tearing open furniture in the blazing heat with my poor kids bored out of their minds and turning red in the cheeks from the humidity!
Why it's worth it: Cutest chair ever! My daughter (pictured above) screamed when she saw it!
…and this chaise! Wow! Not a chaise you can take a comfy little nap on, but it sure LOOKS good, and you can spill virtually anything on here and it wipes right off! What mother can't appreciate that!
Thank goodness for my little helpers! They make the insanity worth it!
Chartreuse! One of my favorite colors! This is a new finish I was trying out and it looks so bright and refreshing in person!
I also have an unbelievable project in a very cool NJ home that I am installing this week. I will post picks asap. It is insane!…and so is my life right now! Wish me luck! Any encouraging words from other mothers/businesswomen…please post!
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Late as it is (I seem to be living, like the young lady above, in a bubble), I present to you a list of the books I most enjoyed reading in 2011. Most were first-time reads, but I always find myself revisiting a few books every year. (All artwork in this post was made by the amazing Emilia Szewczyk).
- Your Face Tomorrow by Javier Marías. The three-volume masterwork of the 21st century. Our Proust.
- The She Devil in the Mirror by Horacio Castellanos Moya. See my post on this intriguing novel.
- Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel García Márquez. Who ever thought a book about a 90 year-old man with a penchant for whoring with under-aged girls could be such a tender and beautiful love story? I hope there is yet another book left for the master to write. Each one is a gift to the world.
- The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll by Alvaro Mutis. A romantic fatalist? Maqroll is the descendant of Quixote and Don Juan, a man who chases dreams, opens his heart, and accepts life and death as traveling companions. Funny, moving, brilliant tales of an adventurer who, after I read the stories, seemed more real and alive than most people I have ever met.
- King Lear by William Shakespeare. "Nothing can come of nothing. Speak again" (I.i.92). I have a soft spot in my heart for Hamlet, but this may be the most complex, and honest, of Shakespeare's plays. The idea of loving one child more than another, notions of betrayal by the ones we love most, our silly vanities, our legacies...these all come into play. I still think about certain lines.
- Moscow 1812: Napoleon's fatal march by Adam Zamoyski. Brutal folly, tender mercy, ruthless treachery. A great read of a turning point in history.
- How to be an Existentialist by Brian Cox. A fun little book on my favorite philosophy.
- Ideas That Matter: the concepts that shape the 21st century by A. C. Grayling. An opinionated, sometimes amusing, and always erudite guide to key subjects of the modern world.
- A Thousand Times More Fair: what Shakespeare's plays teach us about justice by Kenji Yoshino. The NYU law professor provides an intriguing look into the bard in light of our modern ideas of justice within and outside of legal systems.
- Shakespeare the Thinker by A. D. Nuttall. The best book on Shakespeare in the last 25 years.
In a category by itself
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. This is the greatest novel ever written, and for me, the most profound. When the errant knight dies, I literally wept. I will be reading it again this, and every, year.
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Today I was cleaning our shower and started to wonder how all those muddy footprints get in there. Jerry and I are both adults and usually clean up after our selves. Yet every time I clean the shower there are muddy foot prints in the bottom of it. Last week end I watched the girls on Thursday through Friday. Our church had a teen conference and since Josh is the Teen Pastor he and Jessica were very busy. To keep from having the girls stuck in the nursery for 3 solid days they stayed at Mema and Bepa's. We had so much fun with them. Then this week we watched the girls on Thursday night so Josh and Jessica could celebrate their anniversary which was actually July 31st. As I was scrubbing the floor in the shower it suddenly dawned on me
how the footprints got there. When Kyndra was smaller and we took her to Menards with us several times. One of the highlights of our trips was when she was allowed to play in the shower stalls they had set up. She loved going in and out of the doors. Of course that's how the prints got int he shower! Kyndra was playing. One less mystery in life.
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Just a few quick pictures of the garden-
The early broccoli is not looking great and I've lost a couple. I'm going to cut a couple more out too. I'm going to let them continue and see how they do so next year I can adjust my seed starting schedule.
The bleeding heart is getting really big!
There used to be a Hebe right behind this- but I lost it with our last winter :(
Everything in Chenille #1 is growing quickly now. I need to thin the spinach and the radish will be ready soon too. I also need to thin out that lettuce. Yummy! Baby spinach omelets!
I am really impressed with the new lettuce 'Breen' I'm trying this year. It grows nice and compact, has good flavor, and is perfect for mini-head production.
The Lily bulbs I threw in the ground last year are coming up-
Some of the crops in the cold frame need to be harvested and something else planted. Not sure what I'll put in there next, I need to give in some thought :)
Mizuna, Lettuce 'Salad Bowl Blend', and the Beets 'Bull's Blood' are looking great- I've eaten off of these plants for a while now and I think the Mizuna and Lettuce will be finished up this week. Time for another big salad! I have Swiss Chard that I started in here that needs to be transplanted to a tunnel somewhere and I threw in some Marigold seeds I saved from last year- I'm still waiting for these to germinate and then I'll move them as well. The carrot is still growing- Wow! Are they slow! I've obviously started using the cold frame as a germination area now- not sure what I'll start in there next.
Some of the plants I started in winter have been planted. A snapdragon, along with the mystery plant that is looking more and more like a snapdragon- and one I left in a 3 inch pot accidently all went into the garden. I also planted most of the Flax. The greenhouse tomatoes will be planted into their permanent places in there this week. There is one day this week that is supposed to dip down in temps, so I'm waiting for that day to pass before I do the tomatoes.
The peas are growing fine, but I ended up with a few bare spots! Darn slugs!
Maybe I should run to the nursery and get a couple to fill in? Probably not- I'll just leave them to have more room :)
There is so much more! I have been so busy and the camera has been left in the house a lot as I end up so muddy! I'll post more later in the week. In the meantime,
Happy Gardening to you all- and have a blessed Easter!


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Sharing with The Dedicated House
Saturday, August 20, 2016
It always works out in the end....I just needed a little patience!
Sharing with The Dedicated House
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It is lovely . . . such a pretty job, I'm sure that your clients were very happy with their table :)ReplyDelete
Great one of a kind table. Great job!ReplyDelete
Love how this turned out, Patti! I admire your gumption too. I may have cussed and given up. :)ReplyDelete
Wow, cussing works! It looks wonderful. Love the minty green and blue combo!ReplyDelete
Love this table, Patti! Well worth the effort! Have a fabulous week!ReplyDelete
Oh w ow, what a flip that was. I love the green, I am going through a green phase myself. It must be nature calling to us.ReplyDelete
It turned out even prettier, Patti! I know your customer is thrilled with it!ReplyDelete
It looks so beautiful ♥ReplyDelete
Patti, The extra effort was well worth it! I love the green version and I'm sure your client must have love it too. LindaReplyDelete


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"Amassing a property with acreage of this magnitude in a sought-after equestrian community can take decades of planning. But the lucky bidders on auction day will be able to enjoy their new equestrian estate immediately," stated Scott Kirk.
Greensboro, NC (PRWEB) October 18, 2012
Grand Estates Auction, the industry leader for luxury real estate auctions, is offering six luxury equestrian estate parcels in North Carolina for auction in only two days. The Southern C's, a 321-acre compound, in Summerfield, N.C. will be sold as three separate parcels on Wed., Nov. 14, 2012. Youngs Road Farm in Southern Pines, N.C. will be sold as two parcels on Thurs., Nov. 15, 2012. Hours later, The Hilltop Farm also in Southern Pines, N.C. will be auctioned as one property. Dividing the expansive properties into parcels allows buyers the opportunity to customize their equestrian experience – from a 52-acre luxurious estate with barns, paddocks and riding trails, to a larger compound encompassing up to 321 acres.
Both Summerfield and Southern Pines are sought-after locations due to their highly active equestrian communities offering small-town charm and acres of pasture and wooded rolling hills. While these towns feel secluded, they are only a quick drive to Greensboro, The Triad, Charlotte, and Raleigh. The beach and mountains are only a few short hours away.
"An opportunity like this does not come around often," stated Scott Kirk, Grand Estates Auction Company executive vice-president. "Amassing a property with acreage of this magnitude in a sought-after equestrian community can take decades of planning. But the lucky bidders on auction day will be able to enjoy their new equestrian estate immediately."
Auction is quickly becoming a preferred method for selling real estate around the world, especially for unique offerings, due to the timeliness and transparency of the process. There are no contingencies, no lengthy negotiations, and timelines for closing are pre-established. Similar to rare artwork that does not have comparable pieces to set the value, exceptional properties are well-suited for auction, where bidders set the market value.
The Southern C's, featuring a 15-acre lake, 26 buildings, and more, will be divided into three parcels. The first parcel, The Southern C's Farm, will be sold absolute, meaning there is no minimum or reserve, and includes a two-story, four-bedroom, four-bath home designed in the arts and crafts architectural style situated on 77 acres. Additionally included are an 1820's Appalachian poplar Log Cabin furnished with period pieces, the Caretaker's home, dog kennels, riding ring and horse stable. The second parcel, also to be sold absolute, is The Huntbox Farm, which includes a four-bedroom house, a horse barn, paddocks, and a guesthouse on 52 acres. Lastly, is the 191-acre Pine Plantation featuring an original 1800's log cabin and 3,600-square-foot hay barn.
Youngs Road Farm will be sold as two 17-acre parcels via the Bidder's Choice method, where one of the parcels will be sold absolute as determined by the bidder. The first parcel features a nearly new three-bedroom, three-bathroom, two powder room home boasting a gourmet kitchen with travertine marble, tumbled limestone, granite and luxury finishes. The living room showcases antique reclaimed ship's plank white oak floor and an18-foot window displaying the view of lush green paddocks. The second parcel includes a six-stall brick barn with heat lamps, built-in grooming cabinets in each stall, and a second-story 1,800-square-foot, two-bedroom, two-bathroom living space.
Hilltop Farm in Southern Pines, a three-bedroom, four-and-a-half-bath luxury Zenke-designed, fully furnished home set amid 24-acres of wooded property and rolling paddocks, will be offered at absolute auction. The property features an eight-stall hunt barn with caretaker's apartment, a freestanding two-car garage, a shavings storage house with sliding roof, and a two-bay carriage storage.
The Southern C's Compound auction will start at 2:00 p.m. on Wed., Nov. 14th; the Youngs Road Farm auction will start at 12:00 p.m. on Thurs., Nov. 15th; and The Hilltop Farm auction will start at 3:00 p.m. on Nov. 15th. All three properties will be available for prospective bidders to view beginning Sat., Nov. 10th at 11:00 a.m. A $100,000.00 certified check or personal check with a bank letter of guarantee is required to register to bid. Buyers interested in bidding on more than one of the properties can transfer the $100,000 to another auction, provided funds are not being used as a deposit on a purchase.
Grand Estates Auction Company is the leader in the niche market of auctioning luxury real estate, specializing in properties valued at $1.5 million and above throughout North America and the Caribbean. Established in 1999, the family-owned company was the first of its kind. The company is based in Charlotte, N.C. with offices in Atlanta, Dallas, La Jolla, Ca., Naples, Fla. and Vail, Colo. For more information and auction details visit http://www.GrandEstatesAuction.com or call 1-800-552-8120 or 704-529-0026.


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(Due to popular demand…)
In chess with chocolate pieces, the aim is to eat your opponent's pieces before he eats yours. This choccy chess set (pic below) reads like some kind of sexy come-on: "these seductively smooth Belgian chocolates". Huh? Somehow, chocolate, chess, and sex just don't go together, do they? Please tell me they don't…
Here's a much tackier version (click the picture below, if you dare). I can imagine kids all over the world saying: "Oh wow mummy, you have spared at nothing to delight us with these authentic, silver-wrapped pieces! Not only am I now staying in to play chess, but I am pigging out on chocolate too! Heart-attack at 35, here I come!"
It "features" (hardly the word…) such tasty treats as Nestle's Crunch Bites or Mom's Surprises, or even Ferrero Rocher ("Oh, Garry, with deese pawns you are spoiling us.")
On a slight detour, why stop at chocolate, when you can have beer chess pieces!
(Their motto: Boldly going where no chess has gone before.) This picture is scary. What if you've guzzled down all your opponent's pieces, you're about to mate him, er, and you fall over on your face from extreme drunkeness! Obviously, the guy with the glasses has done just that, because he has the tell-tale tape around the frame. Mind you, he would be advised to feign extreme drunkeness in front of that beefy bruiser with the tatoos.
And, by the way, can you notice the table upon which you have to play the chess game?
While I'm on the topic, let me explain the First Law of Chess Advertisement. This states quite categorically, that "you absolutely must make sure to place the pieces the wrong way round for the expensively-assembled photo-shoot." The Second Law of Chess Advertisement goes like this: "You must ban all people who know the basic rules of chess from coming within a hundred yards of the photograph, or have any dealings with editing or publishing the photograph."
Lastly, the Third Law of Chess Advertisement is not a law of chess or of advertisements at all, but a law of physics and has been demonstrably proved to be as fundamental a law as E=Mc2 or the first and second laws of thermodynamics. It is that in any randomly assembled chess set, the right-hand bottom square is always black. Always. See below for more proof of the universal constant:


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From Krystal:
She's such a blessing! Even the officials said that she was destined to be with us! The couldn't believe how happy she was today and how she was asking us to pick her up!
We can't stop looking at her, her little personality is shining through and she is such a little comedian!!!
Huge hugs!!!
In the hotel lobby just minutes before we left to meet Kaylah.
|Picture of the moment. This is the orphanage director, she and another caretaker traveled
about 4 hours from Nanyang City to bring Kaylah to us.
|Here, Kaylah was showing me her photo album of us, she knew we were Mama and Baba,
and whispered as I pointed out each of us in the book.
|This girl loves her some goldfish crackers!!!!!! And she loves the butterfly finger puppet!


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Winning at Christmas-ADHD style
Some people are just perfect at everything. From a practical standpoint- the baking, wrapping, card giving season just doesn't fit us. So here's a list for us to survive and still come out looking normal.
- Send "Epiphany Cards" Remember it took the Wise Men 3 years to get to baby Jesus.
- Decorate your tree with stars and snowflakes then you can leave it up until the Spring equinox.
- Do not attempt a new recipe! Forget the the 8-layer torte. It won't happen. IT. WILL. NOT. HAPPEN. Repeat . Instead buy cookies that say "homemade style." Or "made with love by the Amish."
- If you must give your pet a gift, wrap up one of their favorite toys. I mean really…do you think they paid attention when they watched Miracle on 34th Street? No.
- Uncomfortable get-togethers? Don't go. Work in a soup kitchen. This will make you look like a hero.
- If you can't avoid #5 wear something lightweight so you won't sweat. Go to the bathroom a lot so you can play Wheelie or Minecraft.
- Enjoy the sugar and starches. Remember these meals when you forget to take something out of the freezer for dinner next week.
- Every year you think you can make a gift. Like a braided bowl made from homemade bread, or mantle from pallets. No! No! No! These will only validate your procrastination. Then if you buy gift cards, this will only demonstrate your procrastination. Buy them a how-to magazine with the idea that you can make it with them together when the weather improves. Chances are you will both forget. Win-win.
- If you must have company to your house. Hide stuff you didn't have time to organize into bins marked "Christmas." Do NOT hide perishables. Buy a pre-cooked chicken have others provide the side dishes. Refer to #3. Spray the room with something pine scented in case you don't have time to clean. If you do nothing else, clean the toilet.


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So good. Like incredible. I laughed. Didn't cry but wanted to.
Harry Potter looks like my friend from high school, Sean. He is wearing my cardigan. I'm letting him borrow it for a little bit because I encourage the male population to wear cardigans.
Well we met up with 6 others at the theater and waited in line. which was the biggest line ever but totally worth it. We sang "Puppet Pals" and this kid we were with kept putting his face right next to mine every time I would turn away. So that when I turned back his face would be right there. Yeah I think the realness in people comes out after midnight and it's awesome.
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My daughter did some international travel today and found it in Maine. Of course she bought a copy for me. I opened the magazine in nervous excitement and anticipation.
Do you see my photo of the pillow? Now look at this one again:
Why do I even bother? WHY? WHY? WHY?
All I can do is laugh. You laugh too. We'll be laughing around the world. The end.


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....I have stayed well on winter, and now that Spring is here I have come down with a doozy of a cold, a virus the Dr. says. Just when I'm needing to be busy getting ready for our trip to Nantes, France.
I'm counting my blessings however, that it came now and not the day before flying. There is always a silver lining! :-)
Today I will share a few quilts which I ran across in an antique shop in Nebraska. Since I was not planning on purchasing a quilt, I did not feel like I could ask to take them off the rack where they were hanging. The quilts are all remarkable!
There were information sheets on all of the quilts. This signature quilt was fabulous!
Beautiful hand quilting was to be found on all of them. Joyous was the day when I found time to hand quilt, especially around a frame with other women.
It would have been so nice to see the quilts in their entirety.
I just had to take a close up of the black and while fabric with the circle of flowers.......just so sweet.
Today is the second Wednesday drawing. The winners for the month of April are - Diane Mehring, Lynn Fogwill, and Patti Knisley. Please contact me with your free pattern choice, and do not forget to include your address. firstname.lastname@example.com
"We must become lovers and at once the impossible becomes possible." -Ralph Waldo Emerson


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FAYETTEVILLE – Arkansas' total paid attendance for last weekend's NCAA Fayetteville Regional baseball tournament was the best in the nation.
Arkansas also had the best single-game attendance figure in the country, and posted the top figures in the nation for games four, six and seven.
The seven-game regional, which included the Razorbacks, Washington State, Kansas State and Grambling State, drew a total of 44,904 fans, which was the most among the 16 regional sites. Texas was second with 40,793, followed by South Carolina with 33,964 and Virginia with 29,136.
"We are grateful to the Razorback fans for once again making the University of Arkansas the home of the nation's top attended NCAA baseball regional," Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Jeff Long said. "Razorback fans came from all over the state and region to help provide Coach Dave Van Horn and our baseball team with a tremendous home field advantage. Throughout the season a record number of fans came through the gates at Baum Stadium. We appreciate all of those who continue to make Baum Stadium the best college baseball venue in the country."
Arkansas won the regional with Monday's 7-2 victory over Washington State and advances to this week's Super Regional at Arizona State. The Razorbacks are 43-19 overall and finished the 2010 home schedule 29-9 at Baum Stadium.
Based on regional per-game averages, Texas was first in the country with an average 6,799 fans per game, followed by Arkansas at 6,415, South Carolina at 5,661 and Virginia with 4,162.
Arkansas' 6-4 victory over Washington State on Saturday drew a crowd of 8,428, which was the best single-game figure for any game in the entire tournament.
The 10-7 loss to WSU Sunday drew 7,750 and Monday's victory drew 6,774. Those figures also led the nation for games four and six, respectively.
Arkansas' 19-7 win over Grambling drew 6,305, which was second to Texas' 6,455 for opening-game attendance.
Of the eight regional sites that were extended to seven games, Arkansas' total is more than 15,000 larger than the closest host, the Charlottesville, Va., Regional.
Arkansas last hosted a regional in 2007. During that six-game event, the Fayetteville Regional posted the highest total (38,710) and average attendance (6,452), and the best single-game marks for games four (9,572), five (6,848) and six (8,128).
For the regular season, Arkansas drew 187,314 fans for 34 home dates, which is a school record for actual attendance. The Razorbacks had a tickets sold number of 263,504, which is the second-best mark in school history. Arkansas averaged 5,509 fans per game in actual attendance and 7,750 in tickets sold per game, which both rank third-best in school history.
Arkansas' Super Regional in Tempe, Ariz., begins on Saturday. Game one is at 8 p.m. (Central) and is being televised by ESPNU.
2010 NCAA Baseball Regional Attendance Figures(Ranked on total paid attendance)
|Paid Attendance (Avg.)
|Top Single Game
|44,904 (6,415)
|Austin, Texas
|40,793 (6,799)
|Columbia, S.C.
|33,964 (5,661)
|Charlottesville, Va.
|29,136 (4,162)
|Auburn, Ala.
|24,837 (3,548)
|Myrtle Beach, S.C.
|17,646 (2,521)
|Fort Worth, Texas
|16,883 (2,814)
|Norwich, Conn.
|16,065 (2,678)
|Atlanta, Ga.
|15,706 (2,244)
|Louisville, Ky.
|14,247 (2,035)
|Tempe, Ariz.
|12,825 (2,138)
|Gainesville, Fla.
|12,430 (2,072)
|Fullerton, Calif.
|11,849 (1,693)
|Coral Gables, Fla.
|11,762 (1,680)
|Norman, Okla.
|9,438 (1,573)
|Los Angeles, Calif.
|8,808 (1,468)


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There have been ominous signs of it coming for some time but it seemed protesters were still unprepared for the level of police violence that was unleashed in London yesterday. The infamous kettling tactics of the British police have claimed their first life and there are numerous reports of head wounds, crushing and unprovoked attack. Today the convergence centre and Ramparts have been raided by riot cops and there are reports of further arrests. When we attack capital the defenders of capital will hit back, viciously.
On the positive side, thousands of anti-capitalists made it onto the streets to disrupt the smiling facade of capital's leadership conference with graffiti, uncontrollability and a good old fashioned bank trashing. A branch of RBS was well and truly gutted. Protesters also managed to swoop onto Bishopsgate and set up a temporary climate camp, although, true to form, the boys in blue violently evicted it later in the day.
Anarchists from Nottingham were there and we hope that they are in one piece and make use of this space to tell their stories. We will need to make sure we show solidarity with those injured and arrested who may be facing serious charges. There may well be further arrests days and even months down the line. It is essential that support is given to those who have risked their lives and freedom to fight capital.
This statement from Glasgow anarchists says it all. The fight continues…


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There is just enough time before the new term begins on 4th September to squeeze in one more of Mrs...
It has to be said, the following isn't strictly a conversation, it can only really be described as a little learner rant, especially as Mrs Crayon is sure that she observed steam billowing from the little learner's ears, as he stood aloft his proverbial soap box to say his piece.
So what on earth was it that had so displeased this normally mild mannered and even tempered little learner? Well it was all to do with the subject of family holidays.
Mrs Crayon was sitting in the writing area having a very enjoyable and informative chat with several excited little learners about their prospective and fast approaching family holidays, when the little learner in question joined the lively exchange.
"When I went to the Philippines....... I went to somewhere very interesting.....I went to a supermarket!" Said he, in his usual buoyant manner. It was then that his mood changed, his eyebrows narrowed, his nostrils flared and with hands planted firmly on his hips, the now almost incensed little learner broadcast to everyone present, "It was very, very, very hot and it was very, very, very, very smelly. They had horrid smelly pasta, horrid smelly sausages and HORRID SMELLY EVERYTHING!!!"
Baffled by this extraordinary and sudden outburst, Mrs Crayon did a bit of digging and later learned from the little learner's parents that in recent months this irate little Sunnysider seems to have developed a particularly sensitive nose, and smells have become somewhat of an issue. So it wouldn't have mattered if he was shopping in a supermarket in the Philippines or his local in Whippy Cove itself, his reaction would have been exactly the same.
Mrs Crayon however, couldn't let this heated outpouring pass without celebrating it first with a rhyme and a doodle.
I have the kind of nose,
Smelly Everything!
I have the kind of nose,
That is sensitive to smell,
Just the whiff of something horrid
And I start to feel unwell.
I turn a shade of green,
And my legs become like jelly,
I have been known to faint
When things are really, really smelly!
I can't stand the smell of sausages,
I can't bear the smell of cheese,
Take away that smelly pasta
And those ghastly smelly peas.
I won't eat that smelly jam,
Nor will I touch that smelly bread,
You can keep your smelly eggs,
And your putrid chocolate spread.
I don't like the smell of flowers,
I detest the smell of trees,
I pass out when antiseptic
Is dabbed on my grazed knees.
I won't pass a smelly bin,
Or put on a smelly shoe.
I won't have a smelly dog,
In case he does a smelly poo!
So there's only one thing for it,
And here's what I propose,
I'm going to take my pointy fingers
And stick 'em up my nose!!!
|"Uh-Oh! It's smelly spaghetti with smelly bolognese!!"


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Goodbye Emily
Yesterday, I attended the Howard Hughes Corporation's event that sought to re-imagine what could be done with the Rouse (now Howard Hughes) building. It was a beautiful day, and everybody was in good spirits talking about what the new Downtown might look like.
My mood dimmed when I bumped into a friend who told me that Bring Back the Vision Founder Emily Lincoln had passed away over the weekend. The irony struck me that here we are envisioning the changes that Emily fought so hard for, only to find out she is gone.
I always enjoyed speaking with Emily because her passion to see Columbia become the city it was always meant to be really resonated with me personally. She was passionate about the changes that we've all been advocating for and she yearned to actually see them happen. To know that she won't makes me very sad.
Emily was one of the first people I spoke to about getting involved in the downtown debate. A mutual friend had suggested I give her a call, and after speaking with her, I could tell she was one sharp woman. Her dedication definitely influenced me to learn all I could about the plan that was being shaped for Downtown.
I will miss Emily, and I hope that her family finds peace in this difficult hour.
She earned a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Missouri-Columbia, where she was an honors graduate. After graduation she joined the staff of Senator Stewart Symington in Washington, DC. She moved to Howard County in 1969.
Recognized as a tenacious and devoted advocate of Columbia, Emily is best known for organizing Bring Back the Vision, an advocacy group that works to promote the thoughtful redevelopment of downtown Columbia. The group's many accomplishments include providing forums for a community conversation about the future of Columbia. These forums included presentations by Roger K. Lewis architect, urban planner and author and Rollin Stanley urban planner, among others.
Emily received her professional license as a Realtor in 1977. She was instrumental in conceptualizing and founding the Howard County Real Estate Masters Club. She led the organization in a joint project with The Columbia Foundation and The Columbia Bank to supply affordable home purchase opportunities to low income families. As a Realtor, Emily understood the issues of affordable housing and was a tireless advocate for the development of housing opportunities within Howard County. She was an Associate Broker and member of the REMAX Hall of Fame.
Emily was a founder and President of the Howard County Economic Forum, Board member of Family and Children's Services of Central Maryland (FCS) and Chair of the Howard County Advisory Board of FCS. Emily also served on the Howard County Commission on Aging. She was a graduate of Leadership Howard County.
Emily was a leader in the transition of Columbia's Family Life Center through its merger with Family and Children's Services of Central Maryland. While serving as chair of the Howard County Advisory Board of FCS, she led the effort to expand operations and establish a satellite office of FCS in North Laurel. This entity` evolved to become the North Laurel-Savage Multi-Service Center providing a variety of human services to a portion of the county, long under-served.
Emily is survived by her son John, grandsons Braeden and Gavin, of Charlotte, NC, sisters Nancy Graff of Cape Coral, FL and Genevieve Shryer of Springfield, MO and brother Roger H. Taylor II of Liberty, MO. She was predeceased by her parents and sister Carolyn Burridge of Baltimore, MD.
A life celebration was held at Emily's home. The family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Emily Lincoln Family Fund established at The Columbia Foundation at 10630 Little Patuxent Parkway, Century Plaza #315, Columbia, MD 21044
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wordbones says :
A very nice tribute to a wonderful person. Thanks.


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I'm sorry I haven't written lately, sort of. Sometimes I just feel as though I don't have anything that is important enough to write.
The hustle and bustle of the holidays are finally behind me and I can get back to some sort of normalcy, if there even is such a thing as normalcy. What a funny sounding word "normalcy" is? Life is like a unicorn, you think you've seen one but then you turn around and realize it wasn't what you thought it was. That is the way normalcy is. You think you have some semblance of it in your life, but when you turn around, you realize that your life is just as crazy as ever.
I have been working really hard on writing my book, getting the final press proofs of my mother's book (Boohoo for Pluto) finalized, and getting the Spanish version of the book (Pobrecito Pluton) to press. All of that as well as Christmas shopping and wrapping, a trip to Texas to see my little sister graduate from college, and going into work every day. Oh yeah, I've also had the flu and a cold.
So, no more complaining or apologizing. I am starting the year fresh and will try to write at least two times a week from now on. As long as I can think of something earth-shattering to write about 🙂


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All of the Reasons (well actually 34 of the Reasons) Why the 80's were the Best Decade to be a Kid.
If you argue with the above statement you are wrong.
PART I (There are too many amazing reasons for just one Blog entry)
1. The Goonies. Goonies Never Say "Die". Enough said.
2. The Never Ending Story. Or I should have said "THE NEVER FRICKIN' ENDING STORY!!!" Because you frickin' wished it never ended because it was sooo cool!
3. Cyndi Lauper. "Girl's just want to have fun" is so great that it shouldn't even be called a song anymore but instead it should be called "a dance party for your ears" or an "instantaneous happy mood inducing drug".
4. The A-Team (Yes, I said it. You were hoping I wasn't going to, but I did, so get over it!)
5. Star Wars (Okay, so technically they started in the 70's. Big Whoop. It was the 80's when the movie cemented into ikonic (I prefer the "k" to the "c" version of Ikon-"so sue me") status. (PS "So sue me" is an excellent example of an 80's comeback)
6. Remington Steele. REMINGTON STEELE, PEOPLE! REMINGTON FRICKIN' STEELE!!! Solving mysteries with the aid of Everybody Love's Raymond's mom. I remember a lot of suspenders, fedora's and white/cream suits. GOTTA LOVE THE 80s. No really, you have to. It's actually a question on Saint Peter's final exam. "Do you love the 80's" But of course the word love has been replaced by a big red heart ♥. Hint: answer "YES". Trust me on this one.
7. Rubick's cubes. I like the idea more than the actual puzzle. It's really hard. If you ever figured it out you felt like Albert Einstein. And truly, if you figured it out you were a genius. You should join Mensa if you figured it out. I am not joking.
8. Transformers (show and toys) cars that turned into robots that turned into cars. WHAT's NOT TO LOVE? P.S. Starscream is still my favorite.
9. G.I.Joe. Fabulously costumed bad guys who shoot laser beams that don't kill people is my kind of show. PS. Wait, it's frickin' G.I.JOE no additional postscript is needed.
10. Punky Brews***...wait, I'm not going there. You can't pay me enough. Actually, yes you could. How much is this worth to you?
The real 10. Rainbows. On everything (T-Shirts, Posters, Stickers, etc etc). Everywhere.
11. Unicorns. On everything. Everywhere.
12. Pegasus. On Everything. Everywhere.
13. Cartoon animals wearing t-shirts.
14. Puffy stickers with Rainbows, Unicorns, Pegasus(es) and cartoon animals wearing t-shirts.
15. Scratch n' sniff stickers that never smelled like what they were supposed to be.
16. Jem. Jem, Jem, she's truly outrageous. Truly, truly, truly outrageous. She was actually pretty outrageous and I love her.
17. Coca-Cola Shirts. They were rad.
18. Swatch Watches. They were wicked.
19. Really cool descriptors like "rad" and "wicked" and "totally tubular"
20. The Facts of Life. Nuff said.
21. Family Ties. Aw, Family Ties aw. P.S. Alex P. Keaton. Remember the episode Alex dated Geena Davis? Or the one where Tom Hanks played their alcoholic uncle and was discovered drinking the maraschino cherry juice because of the alcohol content?
22. The Great Space Coaster. "Climb aboard"; "No Gnus is Good Gnus with Gary Gnu"
23. He-Man: Masters of the Universe. Bulging muscle men in speedos fighting evil. Sounds good to me.
24. WWF: Youth of America pay close attention. When I say WWF I mean World Wrestling Federation and not World Wildlife Fund. I love animals as much as the next person but sadly only one WWF made it on the list and it the one with bulging muscle men in speedos fighting evil. Wait a minute. That Sounds familiar...
25. Atari. Pac-man at home was the most amazing thing in the history of all time. It was. It really was. Youth of America cannot understand just how cool it was.
26. Arcade Games: Donkey Kong; Q-bert; Dragon's Lair; Frogger; Pitfall, Centipede, Burgertime. Contra, Gauntlet (It was four frickin players at the same frickin time. It doesn't get more awesome than that). DOUBLE DRAGON (It's not better than Gaunlet since as I said nothing gets more awesome than Gauntlet).
27. Fluorescent everything (Tell me fluorescent isn't totally spelled weirdly? "u" then the "o"? Come on!) I used to have a fluorescent neon Green shirt that matched my shoe laces.How cool was I? I just told you how cool I was I had neon green shirt and shoe laces- That is how cool I was.
28. Hyper colo... NOPE I am not going to include those shirts because I never even heard of the until after the year 2000. Plus they sound gross.
The real 28. The cartoons Duck Tales & Rescue Rangers. LOVED those cartoons and who wouldn't? Ducks and Rodents solving crimes? It's was like Murder She Wrote for kids without the murder or Angela Lansbury.
30. Nintendo. Ushering in the era Super Mario; Icarus; Zelda; Metroid all making the 80's oh so rad. Let's all say it together shall we?: "Up, Down, Up, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right B, A, B, A, Select, Start."
31. Bubble Letters were invented. (Okay, Okay. Maybe they weren't invented in the 80's but they were perfected then. This you cannot deny my friend! This you cannot deny)
32. MTV. Nothing says the 80s like music videos. The best ever? You know it: "Take on me" by a-ha. The one that turned into a cartoon mid way through and then back again to real life when the guy broke through the cartoon wall. Simply the best. Don't even say thriller because you know it's "Take on me". And how do you know it's "Take on me"? Because I JUST TOLD YOU!
33. Bananarama, The Go-Go's and that other girl band (THE BANGLES I knew I'd remember) that sum up 80's pop music so amazingly. Cruel Summer, Manic Monday, Eternal Flame, We got the Beat, Vacation....If these songs didn't exist what a cruel cruel world it would be. No one would ever have made it through a monday or realized that they had the beat.
34. TRAPPER KEEPERS. I know your heart just gushed when I said that. TRAPPER KEEPERs. What was your favorite? I bet it had a rainbow, a unicorn or a kitten or all three.
There will be more to come. Until then I will remind you that Billie-Jean is not my lover because love is a battlefield so that is why I Wear My Sunglasses at Night so I can, so I can find my Raspberry Beret before I go out and meet that Uptown girl who will tell me to Hush Hush because Voices Carry and its just a natural Reflex to be Hungry like the Wolf so time after time I'll just eat it and then I'll beat it because it's been a Cruel Cruel Summer but in the end it's all just Sweet Dreams made up of a Material World and I have got to go because I am going on a Holiday which is a Vacation getaway where I will do some Night Swimming. (Wait that last one was from the 1990s. Oh well, I like it so it stays) Laters!


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Any time a clearly identifiable Jew does something wrong in the public square it is a desecration of God's name – a Chilul HaShem. This is true a whether the miscreant is a secular Jew or a religious Jew. The more religious a Jew is perceived to be, the greater the Chilul HaShem. What - after all - is a Chilul HaShem if it is not doing something wrong by an individual whose behavior is supposed to represent the will of God.
It is part of our mandate from God to be a 'light unto the nations'. When a Jew who has this mandate does something wrong in public then instead of bringing light into the world they bring darkness. And the Jewish people are the most darkened by it.
I don't know Bernard L. Madoff but I'm told he is Modern Orthodox. It's hard to tell from the photos or any of the media reports about him. Nonetheless – if he is in any way religious he has caused a Chilul HaShem.
What has he done? From Reuters:
Bernard Madoff, a quiet force on Wall Street for decades, was arrested and charged on Thursday with allegedly running a $50 billion "Ponzi scheme" in what may rank among the biggest fraud cases ever.
50 billions dollars! I'm told that many of his investors were wealthy religious Jews. It boggles the mind to know how anyone - let alone a religious Jew (if he indeed is religious) - can take so much money from so many people in a scheme to defraud them.
His reputation heretofore was impeccable – for decades! It's hard to understand what happened here. He seems to have a good heart and was involved in all kinds of charitable endeavors, including as chairman of Yeshiva University's Sy Sims School of Business. He was a huge philanthropist.
But - it turns out he is a crook of epic proportions. The repercussion to charitable institutions he supported is immeasurable! I shudder to think what negative pressure this adds to the negative impact the bad economy already has on these institutions.
I have no idea what his religious educational background is. But one thing is certain. It contained no ethics. Or if it did, he didn't learn anything.
His acts are no less abominable than any of the Charedim who have done similar things. The people they hurt were unaffected by their level of religiosity. The pain inflicted is dictated by the level of the crime, not the level of their religiosity. And all of them are guilty of causing Chilul HaShem.
But at least Madoff 'took off his Yarmulke'. I know that doesn't help his victims. But it does minimize the Chilul HaShem. The others I've written about - not only didn't take of their Yarmulkes they 'wore them on their sleeves' proudly!
I am often accused of focusing on Charedi misdeeds and rarely on Modern Orthodox misdeeds. That's probably true. I'm sure this post will continue the tradition of criticizing me for that. Where is my righteous indignation? Is it because he is Modern Orthodox that I am not as condemning - they will ask? This will then be cited as proof of my bias.
I will not be deterred from speaking the truth as I see it.
There is a reason I focus more on Charedi or Chasidic misdeeds. And it has nothing to do with bias against them. One cannot lose sight of the fact that it is a far greater Chilul HaShem when a man with a Kapote and Shtreimal who is called 'Grand Rabbi' does something wrong - than when a man who does not wear a Yarmulkes in public - and looks like any other businessman - does something wrong.
The supposedly biased secular media has not focused on Madoff's Jewishness at all, much less how religious he is.
Yes - it is a Chilul HaShem and it should embarrass us all if he is Orthodox in any way. But please - let us have a sense of proportion. The bigger they are the harder they – should - fall. And the greater our indignation should be.


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The answer is: never. I'm not sure what it is that makes the so-called progressives not wake up from their illusions about Obama. The guy is part of the political establishment, which in turns is massively enmeshed with big business. Obama's track record so far has clearly indicated that he does not stand on the social-justice and environment protection platform his pretended to be on. Ron Daniel's article below gives a range of examples to back up this judgment, and so do sites like politfact that runs an up-to-date scorecard on how Obama sticks to 500 of his promises.
While there are areas where he has taken positive actions, like "removing brush, small trees and other overgrown vegetation that serve as fuel for wildfires", it's the nature of many important promises he's either fulfilled, compromised on, stalled, broken or so far taken no action on that show his credentials of supporting the rich, powerful and military elites … from not following through on commitments to creating tougher rules against revolving doors for lobbyists and former officials to stalling the restoration of habeas corpus rights for "enemy combatants" to sending more soldiers to Afghanistan to wanting to water down health care reform and the Employee Free Choice Act to creating industry-friendly carbon trading legislation. The list is long with unsurprisingly very little real benefits to people, either achieved so far or to be realised. So I wonder why even critical thinkers like the author of the article below still don't seem to have given up hope …
By Ron Daniels
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When President Barack Obama took office after a brilliant and historic election campaign, there were great hopes that he would utilize his margin of victory and enormous popularity to usher in an era of "change you can believe in." Though it is far too early to predict the ultimate legacy of his presidency, there are troubling signs that rather than boldly and robustly articulating and fighting for his policy proposals, Obama is emerging as a cautious pragmatist who is more obsessed with "bi-partisanship" than seizing the moment to create substantial change in this country. Time and time again, President Obama has advocated or settled for less than the power of his mandate, popularity and majority in the Congress suggests was possible. I am beginning to ask when Obama will decide to stand and fight for what he promised. The first sign of concern came when President Obama appointed an economic team led by seasoned Wall Street insiders, Lawrence Summers and Timothy Geithner, who some analysts argue were key players in financial institutions whose reckless practices precipitated the disastrous free fall of the U.S. and global economies.
It is difficult to imagine how they can think outside the box when they have been inside the box for so long. As a consequence, the economic recovery plans proposed by the Administration lacked the vision and scope to shape a more socially responsible economy. From the outset, Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize winning economist, contended that the economic stimulus package needed to be at least 1 trillion dollars to have significant impact. But instead of putting forth and fighting for a budget of 1.2 – 1.5 trillion so that he would have leverage in the negotiations, Obama offered up a package of only 800 billion. Eager to have "bi-partisan support for his plan, he meekly watched the budget get trimmed to 785 billion in a compromise that only three Republican Senators signed off on.
In the mortgage rescue plan which, was supposed to bring relief to those on "Main Street," Obama quickly bowed to the conservative mantra that home buyers who bought homes they couldn't afford" should not be eligible for relief. Instead of standing firm and educating the American people about the deception and malicious, greed oriented intent of mortgage brokers and lenders, Obama essentially disqualified a category of people who have been most seriously victimized by the sub-prime mortgage debacle. When the revised Toxic Assets Recovery Program (TARP) was unveiled, it was a sweet deal full of incentives and rewards for the bankers and financers who created the crisis and billions of dollars of risk for the taxpayers if the program fails. And, while the focus has been placed on saving existing private financial institutions, Obama failed to lay out a plan to strengthen and expand community-based financial institutions like credit unions and community banks or even a public/federal bank, a people's bank, to compete with the Barracudas on Wall Street. The so called bail-out of the auto industry followed a similar pattern. Indeed, the industry was allowed to dangle in the breeze, while huge concessions were forced on the union and its retired workers. The Administration's proposed regulation of the financial industry and the new energy bill have some decent features but fall far short of the bold changes required to permanently check the greed of the moneyed interests. But, Obama's most critical lack of leadership thus far has been the failure to stand up and fight for his signature pledge to deliver health care to the 47-50 million people who are currently uninsured. As a State Senator in Illinois, he embraced a Single Payer system as the most cost effective and efficient way to deliver health care for all. And, though I have consistently argued that progressives must build a movement strong enough to create the political space for Obama to operate, the converse is also true. President Obama could use his position to educate the public on the merits of particular policy prescriptions and aggressively mobilize grassroots support for the proposals he's advocating.
This is certainly true when it comes to the issue of universal health care. A recent New York Times/CBS News poll revealed that "Americans overwhelming support substantial changes to the health care system and are strongly behind one of the most contentious proposals Congress is considering, a government run insurance plan to compete with private insurers." This is the "public option" feature in the bills being advanced by committees in the House and the Senate. Obviously many progressives prefer HR 676, the Single Payer bill sponsored by Congressman John Conyers which has more than 70 sponsors. Moreover, there is a vibrant movement called Health Care Now which is mobilizing significant public support for HR 676 around the country. Given Obama's stated views on Single Payer, these factors would seem to offer an ideal opportunity for him to educate and lead on this issue. Instead of choosing to support Single Payer, he has settled on a hybrid formulation which includes a "public option" within a system that will include plans offered by the insurance industry. Frankly, having a meaningful public option as the single-payer component of the final bill would be an acceptable fall back position. But, there is a danger that the public option will be shelved. The Republicans and the insurance companies hate Single Payer and see the public option as a Trojan Horse, which will ultimately evolve into a Single Payer system. What has President Obama's strategy been as the debate rages in the Congress?
On occasion he has hinted that Single Payer has merits but has been unwilling to stand up and fight for it. His initial posture was to take what seemed like an uncompromising position in favor of a public option. In his most recent press conference, however, he refused to draw a line in the sand in favor of a public option as a component of the legislation he would be willing to sign. When the strategy should be to fight first and compromise when necessary, Obama has apparently capitulated before putting up a fight. Therefore, the outcome is predictable; the insurance companies will carry the day. There will be no public option in the "bi-partisan" plan which is adopted. Millions of Americans will secure health care coverage. Unfortunately, it will be within a system that is ultimately doomed to crash from spiraling cost to the government and taxpayers because the program will be tailored to meet the pecuniary needs of the insurance industry rather than the health care needs of the people. This outcome could be avoided if President Obama were willing to stand and fight!
Dr. Ron Daniels is President of the Institute of the Black World 21st Century and Distinguished Lecturer at York College City University of New York. He is the host of Night Talk, Wednesday evenings on WBAI 99.5 FM, Pacifica New York. His articles and essays also appear on the IBW website www.ibw21.org


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Lilja Katanka is an Acupuncturist. She is fully qualified and accredited by the British Acupuncture Council.
Lilja was brought up in South London, and has had an interest in complementary and natural healthcare since she can remember. At school she was fascinated by Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) principles and Acupuncture, and at age 14 did work experience with a practitioner of TCM herbs and acupuncture. She subsequently experienced dramatic results with acupuncture first-hand, when she was suffering from severe glandular fever as a teenager.
In an attempt to answer some of her million questions about how life works, she studied the three sciences to A-Level, and completed a BSc in Environmental Science with Agricultural Ecology, going on to work for several years in the field of sustainable development. The links between holistic sustainability and holistic health became more and more apparent through her work, and indeed Traditional Chinese Medicine has always included an awareness of man's relationship with his environment. Her scientific background, along with life and travelling experience stood her in good stead when finally embarking on the degree in TCM Acupuncture at Westminster University, which involved a great deal of western science and medicine in parallel with the principles, theory and practice of TCM.
Lilja is committed to CPD (continuing Professional Development) and further learning, and loves the fact that in Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture you are always learning and gaining experience.
She has post graduate training in Facial Acupuncture, having studied under Virginia Doran. Other CPD courses completed include Acupuncture for the Eyes with Julian Scott, Acupuncture for Sports Injuries with Kevin Young, Kiiko Matsumoto style Japanese acupuncture with Andy Harrop, Shonishin Japanese Paediatric Acupuncture with Stephen Birch, the treatment of Lingering Pathogens with Will MacLean, Female pelvic and sexual pain with Lee Hullender Rubin, Acu-Taping with Martin Powell, Cancer: rehabilitation and renewal with Dr Beverly De Valois, Understanding Endometriosis and PCOS with Jill Glover, and more...
As a BAcC member, she has also completed First Aid qualifications.
Lilja is half Icelandic, and has travelled extensively in Asia, including travel and study/work experience in China.
Lilja is no longer taking on new clients as she is moving to Newcastle ! Please like her page https://www.facebook.com/Lifeisforlivingwell/ for updates!
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Merry Christmas Eve - blog friends! It's mid-inspiration time at Clear It Out Challenges! The theme is Warm Fuzzies, and we ask you to use something textured!
For my card this week, I used a super cute snowman from Digi Darla - found "HERE". The paper is from Authentique Winter Collection.
The sentiment is from a Unity Stamp of the Week. It seemed to fit with the happy snowman. Feel all warm and fuzzy yet? :) If so, join us at the challenge!
Finally, I am sad to say that this is my last post as a design team member at Clear It Out. I want to thank Laura and all the other crazy-talented ladies on the team for the friendship and inspiration!
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We have all the family down for Easter so it is going to be full on! The in-laws, cousins, aunts and uncles will all be there in force. They are renting a beach house so there will be plenty of time to catch up for outdoor barbeques, drinks on the deck and alfresco lunches. There's something about outdoor entertaining that makes everyone feel like they are on holiday! I am loving these inspirational outdoor spaces!
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Natapos na ang balahurang pageant, ang Mr. Gay World Philippines 2010. Gustuhin man naming manalo ang balahurang Makoy, eh spectators lang kami at hindi kami ang hurado.
May K naman ang nagkamit ng top position. Kaso mas may K pa rin ang Kaibigan kong Ylmaz BeyKlas, with the capital K!
The quest to the throne is coming near na, ang Mr. Gay World 2011.
And there's a sudden twist.
Sorpresa actually.
It's official. Ang balahurang Makoy na ang official representative ng Perlas ng Silanganan, Hardin ng Pasipiko.
Kaya napaluha ang lola niyo ng malaman ang balitang ito.
Echos lang!
At bakit nga ba na-dethroned ang orihinal na nanalo?
Eh kasi daw maliban pa sa mukhang bulldog siya ayon sa mga komento, eh wala pa siyang breeding. The dog is barking at the wrong tree. Pwede? Pwede!
Nanditetch ang balita:
Due to recent turn of events, the Mr. Gay World Philippines (MGWP) organization has reached a decision that Sherwin Limon Abuel is 'officially' relieved from his duties and responsibilities as the country's representative to the upcoming worldwide search for gay male ambassador on January 24, 2011. Prior to pursuing this move, there have been considerable areas that were looked into and Mr. Abuel failed to meet certain guidelines set by the organization. The organization's decision is final and irrevocable. Taking over Abuel's title is the 24-year-old first-runner-up, Marc Ernest Biala.
MGWP organization was compelled to take the necessary actions toward Mr. Abuel's 'uncalled for' behavior. Abuel repetitively threatened the organizer that he would be backing out from the competition, which in any way placed the entire team behind the contest in a bad light. He also misrepresented the pageant's ideals and visions that made Abuel's dethronement possible. The confidence and trust that was given to him was gone and the organization felt he would no longer be fit to represent the country as an ambassador of goodwill that aims to make a good example and impact to the rest of the gay men in the world.
The five feet eight inches tall, registered nurse, Biala takes on the title and competes with other gay men representatives on March 13 at Club Mwah, one of the most outstanding theater-clubs in Asia located in the Tiger City of Mandaluyong and to be hosted by Philippine King of Talk Boy Abunda along with one of the country's top models Wilma Doesnt and 2005 Miss International Precious Lara Quigaman.
Macoy, to most of his friends, graduated magna cum laude of his class in St. Mary's College in Tagum City, Davao del Norte. He is currently finishing his Masters of Science in Nursing with his thesis focused on the family caregivers of mentally-ill and is aiming for his second magna cum laude award. He also authored a nursing reference book titled 'Psychiatric Nursing' which is already distributed nationwide. Given all the credentials Biala has under his belt, MGWP is confident that he is the ideal country's bet to the said tilt, which will commence on March 9th and will end on the 14th. Candidates from different countries will be presented on March 10 at Bed Malate and will be busy with bar tours and an outreach program.
This monumental event predicts the boom for the Philippines' tourism industry as it attracts more foreign visitors to explore the beautiful spots and rich culture, the country has to offer.
Tickets for the grand finale are at Php2,500. Ticket reservations or bookings are now available online via mrgayworld.org. Also, for more details, visit mrgayworldphilippines.com.
At dahil best friend ko ang balahurang Makoy, ganun pa rin. Moral support pa rin ang lola niyo. Rarampa ako sa Club Mwah. Climb na naman ang lola niyo.
Kaya lang ang mahal ng ticket. 2,500! Ilang lalake na din yan! Chos!
Kaya ko kayang magclimb?
Kaya ngayon pa lang nanawagan na ako sa mga may mabubuting loob at makakapal ang bulsa. Magdonate na.
Feed Echoserita.
Wag ng etits, pinagsawaan ko na yan! I need moolah!
Go na! Donate na!
Please lang! Maawa na kayo!
At dahil diyan. eto ang song for this post natin:
Meja - It's All About The Money
Congrachula, Marc Ernest B. Biala!


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Don't hate but I drew my first lab of my RN career unsupervised yesterday! LOL Ok so the tube ended up being spoiled and the blood clotted and it was a fail at the end. Like I blew through the little vein and she'll have a pretty big bruise. But it was an awkward position, this home care thing is tough and conditions are less than ideal.
But anyway, yeah it was a weird feeling to just do it like it was something I did every day. It was also nice because the patient was all, " You are so calm and matter of fact that you put me at ease." Dude my hands were shaking and my heart was pounding so hard! LOL Never let'em see you sweat I guess!


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here. A copy of this book was provided by the author for review purposes.
Exile picks up not long after Besieged left off. If you've read the first book, this one is definitely a continuation of the same story. There are some new characters introduced but mostly Exile follows the, ahem, surviving characters of Besieged. I have the feeling The Outcast Chronicles suffer less from absolutely needing to be read in order than some fantasy series. Yes, reading Exile first will spoil many events in Besieged, but in terms of understanding what's happening, I think it wouldn't be too bad.
That said, this review contains spoilers for events in Besieged.
Where book one spanned something like twenty-five years from start to finish, book two only covers two-ish rather tumultuous years. It continues to portray interesting and unusual sexual/gender politics in terms of women having more power in T'En culture because of their stronger magic. The T'En being segregated into sisterhoods and brotherhoods causes more tension in this book than the previous. Before it was just generalised bitterness on the part of the men that the women had more power and worry on the part of the women that the men were physically stronger. Now external factors are causing changes to their society which in tern generates a different kind of tension. It's all rather interesting and the gendered power structures among the T'En and the contrasting power structures of the humans (where women are chattel and lucky if their husbands don't beat and rape them) are a compelling reason to pick up this series. That and the fact that it's an excellent yarn.
The Mieren (ordinary human) threat is shaking up T'En society and forcing change upon them, something which only Imoshen seems capable of taking in her stride. After being elected causare, the negotiator for the all-mothers and all-fathers, she manages to broker a deal with the ailing King Charald to allow the T'En to go into exile, rather than be slaughtered. Many T'En are disappointed with this decision, which causes much dissonance among their ranks.
Sorne, now secretly serving as Imoshen's spy among King Charald's men, was a much less conflicted character than in the first book. The main tension in his story arises from trying to help the T'En without outing himself to the Mieren, rather than trying to work out who he is. For me, that made him a more sympathetic character in the sense that his motivations weren't in question.
I feel that almost everyone who isn't a point of view character (or close friends/family of a point of view character) is a terrible person, generally lacking in anything approximating compassion. This was more stark than in the first book, not because the horrible people are more horrible but because the morally ambiguous characters are out of the picture for various reasons. There are so many travesties committed by aforementioned terrible people that it bordered on getting a bit much. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't gratuitous and it was in keeping with plot and characterisation, but by-gods more than just wanting to slap annoying characters, I wanted to watch some of them die slow and painful deaths, preferably at the hands of the people they were horrible to. Which is a mark of Daniells's skill as a writer.
With Exile I am continuing to enjoy the Outcast Chronicles. I was originally planning to read something else before getting into Sanctuary, the third book, but whoops, I couldn't not pick up book 3 as soon as I finished Exile. (Not that it was a cliffhanger, but the story is definitely unfinished.) I highly recommend this series to lovers of fantasy.
4.5 / 5 stars


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I've held on to a pair of paten black pumps I got from Target for a few years now because I want to customize them. My idea was to put crystals all up and down the heels. But that would take possibly forever (though they would turn out breath taking if you have the time) So I took a short cut and covered the heels in glitter and put anything silver on the heels to make them extra shimmery. I used a silver holographic cosmetic glitter (because it's what I had) and I love how they turned out!!
Shoes you want to sacrifice
a strong glue (I used a jeweling glue from Michaels)
Sequins, rhinestones, mirrors... anything really
I finished with a top coat of glitter nail polish to keep all the glitter on the shoe.
Tweezers (for picking up rhinestones) I bought these from Forever 21 but the suck as eyebrow tweezers, so now they're my bedazzling tweezers! I think they're perfect!
Show casing:
I like to hang some of my pretty pieces of clothing out so I can see them, and they also double as art or decorations! I found this dress in a vintage store years ago and I fell in love with it. I went back the day after to buy it. I was going to hem it so it'd be more wearable, but I can never bring my self to do it, because it's rather stunning on. So I keep it for the occasion and hang it where I can see it so it can bring me inspiration and some spring to this stormy weather!
I have a lot of bags and purses, and no matter how hard I try the never stay organized if I stack them or line them on a shelf. So I bought a hat rack from Ikea and hang my purses and bags on there! Ill admit that they get a little tangled sometimes, but I love how it looks like a tree :)
My necklaces are behind there too. My mom (quite a crafty lady really) took the glass out of a picture frame and put a chicken wire in its place. I spray painted it gold to make it pretty. We bought little 'S' hooks and use those to hang necklaces all over. I used to have it hanging on my wall (attach 2 hooks to the top and use a pretty ribbon to hang), but now it sits on a shelf. my necklaces never get tangled!


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No Deal: Wall Street Journal: "President Barack Obama said Tuesday that a deal still can get done to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff, but he held firm on his demand that any agreement must include higher income-tax rates for the top earners. In his first interview since the Nov. 6 election, the president told Bloomberg Television that the proposal offered by House Republicans, which doesn't raise tax rates on upper-income Americans, is out of balance. 'When you look at the math, it doesn't work,' Mr. Obama said. The president said he is prepared to compromise and is willing to consider new ideas on a range of issues, including changes to entitlement programs. But he suggested that the two sides are likely to remain at an impasse until Republicans agree to raise income-tax rates for the top earners."
Instant Analysis: New York Times: "Obama's unbending demand for higher tax rates on income over $200,000 a year per individual or $250,000 per family was in keeping with what the White House has been saying in recent weeks, but it reflected a marked evolution in the president's own public statements. Just last month, at a post-election news conference, he signaled openness to raising taxes by closing loopholes and limiting deductions rather than raising rates themselves. ... Now the door appears shut as Mr. Obama and advisers make the case that there is no politically palatable way to generate the amount of revenue he wants to help reduce the deficit without raising rates."
Potential Wiggle Room?: While the president has been mighty clear on the need for tax hikes, in the interview he did not say that he would require that the tax rates return to where they were before the Bush tax cuts were enacted.
And the Survey (Still) Says: Washington Post: "A majority of Americans say that if the country goes over the fiscal cliff on Dec. 31, congressional Republicans should bear the brunt of the blame, according to a new Washington Post-Pew Research Center poll .... While 53 percent of those surveyed say the GOP would (and should) lose the fiscal cliff blame game, just 27 percent say President Obama would be deserving of more of the blame. ... Those numbers are largely unchanged from a Post-Pew survey conducted three weeks ago and suggest that for all of the back and forth in Washington on the fiscal cliff, there has been little movement in public perception."
Doing the Math: What the 'fiscal cliff' will mean for you
This Probably Won't Help Matters: Politico: "Several prominent conservative organizations lashed out against a pair of decisions by Speaker John Boehner's leadership team as House Republicans saw their tightly held grip on the right loosen a bit on Monday. Heritage Action, long a thorn in the side of the House Republican leadership, told its members in an email that Boehner was asking his "members to go back on their promise not to raise taxes on the American people" by putting $800 billion in new revenue into the mix of the negotiations to avert the fiscal cliff."
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George Zimmerman's Bloody Nose: ABC News: "Lawyers for George Zimmerman believe that a newly released color photo of injuries their client sustained during his fatal altercation with Trayvon Martin and an alleged conversation involving Martin's father create doubts about the strength of the murder case against the former neighborhood watch captain. The color photo, which was released months ago in black-and-white form, shows Zimmerman's swollen and bruised nose with blood dripping down his mouth. The image was released on the Zimmerman defense website, gzlegalcase.com. His attorneys released the image publicly Monday, along with a separate motion asking Sanford police investigator William Irwin to take another deposition because of comments he made that came to their attention after his first deposition."
Where in the World is Jan Brewer? Los Angeles Times: "A bit of a mystery is unfolding this week in Phoenix. Gov. Jan Brewer's office sent [Arizona] Secretary of State Ken Bennett a customary notification that she would be out of the state for a week. But her office has declined to disclose where she has gone. Her spokesman did not return emails or phone calls but told the Associated Press that he could not respond to questions about the governor's whereabouts. 'No one, at least that works for her, is expressing concern,' [Matt Roberts, Bennett's spokesman] said. 'They obviously know where she is, and they are not comfortable revealing that at this time.'"
Have Democrats Finally Found Someone To Challenge Mitch McConnell? Possibly, and her name is Ashley Judd. Politico: "The Hollywood movie star and eighth-generation Kentuckian is seriously exploring a 2014 run for the Senate to take on the powerful Republican leader, four people familiar with the matter tell POLITICO. In recent weeks, Judd has spoken with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) about the possibility of a run, has discussed a potential bid with a Democratic pollster and has begun to conduct opposition research on herself to see where she's most vulnerable in the Bluegrass State, sources say."
XX Factor: How Ashley Judd Can Beat Mitch McConnell
Jovan Belcher's Final Hours: Kansas City Star: "Seconds after fatally shooting his longtime girlfriend, Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher leaned over her in their master bathroom, said he was sorry and kissed her on the forehead. His mother, who heard gunfire as she stood in the kitchen, rushed to her son's bedroom and watched his remorseful goodbye. Belcher apologized to his mother, kissed his 3-month-old daughter and fled his rented home in the 5400 block of Crysler Avenue in his Bentley." More details.
The Situation in Egypt: Reuters: "Egyptian police battled thousands of protesters outside President Mohamed Mursi's palace in Cairo on Tuesday, prompting the Islamist leader to leave the building, presidency sources said. Officers fired teargas at up to 10,000 demonstrators angered by Mursi's drive to hold a referendum on a new constitution on December 15. Some broke through police lines around his palace and protested next to the perimeter wall. The crowds had gathered nearby in what organizers had dubbed 'last warning' protests against Mursi, who infuriated opponents with a November 22 decree that expanded his powers. 'The people want the downfall of the regime,' the demonstrators chanted."
And in Syria: Associated Press: "Syria's civil war is closing in on President Bashar Assad's seat of power in Damascus with clashes between government forces and rebels flaring around the city Tuesday, raising fears the capital will become the next major battlefield in the 20-month-old conflict. Numerous reports emerged of at least a dozen people killed near the ancient city and elsewhere, and the regime said nine students and a teacher died from rebel mortar fire on a school. The state news agency originally said 30 people had been killed in the attack."
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So I finally got around to designing a banner for my etsy shop today. I'm certainly no graphic artist as is quite obvious, but I still wanted to give it a try for myself. After playing about with the Paint.net program, I managed to create something I was fairly pleased with.
I wanted something that seemed a little bit vintage & unique. The background is a dictionary type definition of Daisy*Kisses in alphabetic form. What do you think? Do you like it? Let me know what you think.
In other shop news, I'm in the process of uploading listings to the shop, and will activate them once they are all done. Its a time consuming process to a newbie like me, but its not broken my enthusiasm yet. Items will be available on a Grand Opening day...which will be this week....Some time. ^^
Monday, January 25, 2010
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