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I know I might seem like a store that turns on its holiday music in October, but then again, I know you understand about palate cleansers or comfort reading or the simple pleasure of a pleasant and untaxing book at the end of a long day. It's been (up until today, when I knew things would calm down} an extremely busy and complicated six weeks at work, and my Kindle and the 20 minutes on the bus twice a day have been an important (and effective) part of my coping strategy. :)
As you may have noticed, I'm very fond of Anne Perry's two historical mystery series, the one about William and Hester Monk and the one with Thomas and Charlotte Pitt. More recently {though I was surprised to see that this is the eleventh!) she has also been writing shorter holiday novels, borrowing characters from the latter. In this one, the Pitts' daughter, Jemima, who is now 21, is invited by a wealthy English industrialist to accompany his daughter Delphinia (Phinnie) to New York for her wedding to Brent Albright, the son of his business partner. They seem to be marrying for love, although the marriage means that Brent will eventually control the families' business interests. In Gilded Age New York, and the society wedding of the year, there almost has to be a family secret waiting to be exposed, and in this one, it's Phinnie's mother Maria, who abandoned her husband and child many years ago and is Not Talked About. But there's a rumor that she has come to New York to see her daughter, and Brent's imperious older brother persuades Jemima that they should find her and persuade her to stay away, with terrible consequences for Jemima.
Except that this is the kind of book where you know what's going to happen, long, long before it does. :) I did enjoy this, but as light reading {which has its place}. There just isn't the same suspense, or deeply drawn characters, or even setting and atmosphere, that Anne Perry does so well. If this premise had been developed in one of her longer books, I think it would have been outstanding!
Thank you to NetGalley and Ballantine Books for the very welcome chance to read this.
My other very lovely bit of comfort reading was Miss Buncle Married, the second book in the series by D.E. Stevenson. {I'm sure it's because of my love of series mysteries that I am so drawn to other writers who bring their characters back just when we feeling sorry to see them go.} In this one, Miss Buncle has married her publisher, Mr. Abbott, and they find themselves desperate to move to a new place, in part because of Miss Buncle's fictional exposing of village life and in part because, unknown to each other, they both hate their endless round of dinner parties and bridge games. They are also coping with Mr. Abbott's nephew Sam, a young man about town who is not settling down. It doesn't really surprise me that this book just didn't have the same sparkle as the first one, but then again, I loved reading it, and I'm already looking forward to The Two Mrs. Abbotts. {I think that's a spoiler ... sorry!}
If I'm not here again or visiting you before Thursday, I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!


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Post booty sculpting Pure Barre Class and Pre pastry indulgence ;)
Only set back to this workout is that its located next to The French Bakery serving fresh French pastries and Italian espresso. Laur and I decided to treat ourselves to soy cappuccinos along with some creme brulee, raspberry mousse and a couple hour talk about life, love and other mysteries. It was perfect! :)

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Have a great weekend!! xo
Friday, May 20, 2011
{friday faves} ruffle cake
Have a great weekend!! xo
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These are completely gorgeous! Thank you for fuelling my ruffle obsession!ReplyDelete
ruffles on clothes, ruffles on cakes - i'm in love!ReplyDelete
awwwww, i love this post more than ever knowing the story behind it. :) happy birthday to your little cutie!ReplyDelete
p.s. is it weird that i used to call dan babycakes when we first started dating? kind of in a joking way... kind of not... TMI haha
I love them! So cute!ReplyDelete
LOVE these cakes! the ruffles are too sweet. xoxo jillian:: cornflake dreamsReplyDelete
So pretty! Nothing better than ruffles and frosting ;) #3 is my fav, I think. Love the different styles of ruffling!ReplyDelete
Those ruffled cakes are my, dream. I want to re-create one SO bad. I love love love this post.ReplyDelete
And a happy bday to your niece!!
Ah! This is so adorable! Happy Birthday to her!ReplyDelete
That is beyond stiNkin' cute, Chris!! I keep reading it over and over! Four years old and she is already the diva! Your obsession with ruffles is a good obsession...I can't get enough of them! I hope you had a great week and may you have an even better weekend...xoxox to you sweets!ReplyDelete
BTW the cake that looks like the balloons are taking it away...BANANAS!ReplyDelete
I didn't think that MY love for ruffles could grow and fonder, but you just made it happen. If I could go back to my wedding day, my cake would have been a ruffle-haven just as these beautiful cakes are! Love them!ReplyDelete
Love me some ruffles!!! Happy weekend!ReplyDelete
Absolutely beautiful cakes!! I am so craving one of them right now!! Happy Birthday to the special 4 year old :)ReplyDelete
Have a great weekend!!
Looooove Ruffles!!!ReplyDelete
This is just so sweet! A very happy birthday to your niece, and a wonderful weekend for all!ReplyDelete
happy birthday to your niece!! love love ruffles.ReplyDelete
What beautiful cakes. I love to decorate cakes. Nooo, I'm no professional lol, but I do my best. I'm going to watch the video, and see if I can manage the ruffles. This is the first time to your blog, and I just love it. I'm for sure going to be a regular. Oh, you niece sounds so grown up for 4 yrs. old. I hope she has a fantastic birthday.ReplyDelete
LOVE ruffles... any kind of ruffles!! No 2 is my fave. Perhaps I need to create a ruffles invite suite!!! And like Erin babycakes may have been used once or twice btwn the hubby and I as well!! Happy Birthday to your little babycakes!! Have a wonderful weekend xoReplyDelete
I also love to decorate cakes... im find it peaceful and adventurous!ReplyDelete
Ruffles are just so fantastic...love it.ReplyDelete
LOVE the ruffle cakes! They're so dainty and pretty!ReplyDelete
Goodness ~ I am sooo far behind on comments these days! I don't know how you all do it ;-))) Anyhoo ~ your niece is just darling!!! And I am sure she had an amazing birthday ;-))) As for these ruffles ~ I adore ruffles! And ruffles on cake are just the sweetest!ReplyDelete
I love the flag cake sign. Takes the cake to a new dimension!ReplyDelete


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In order to celebrate this momentous occasion, Chase Variant is having its first ever contest! Yes, it's not a trick nor a hoax. Yes, the can-never-hold-a-contest-to-save-my-life SirDragonBane is finally giving away free stuff. What a stingy bastard I've been, eh? :P
Let's just lay down a little ground rules before we start:
1) If you win the contest and you're overseas (i.e: anywhere else in the world but in Singapore), you'll still receive the figure for free! I'll cover the shipping cost, including shipping materials. I may opt to open the toy (something I'm very good at) and remove the bubble, especially if shipping gets too steep. But I'll ship everything else from the card to the inserts if you like. ;)
2) If you live in Singapore, there's no definitely shipping charge--we'll arrange for a meet up so I can shake your hand, hand you the prize, and let the media (aka me) take a few snap shots. (Just kidding, no photos necessary. Lol.)
Ok, so let's begin!
There's a couple of things you have to do in order to enter.
|Come on! It's a gimme!
Secondly, once you've identified the prize in question, reply to this post and tell me what the toy is! Each correct answer will receive one chance to win. But that's not all--you can double your chances if you recommend someone else to Chase Variant and get them to follow it. (You'll have to let me know who you recommended in your post and I'll double your entry once they've followed! It's that easy. For you, that is! For me it might turn out to be a mathematical nightmare. ;P)
Well all that's left now is a closing date! Let's call it a week and a bit from the time of this post, that's 6am Singapore time on Thursday the 9th of June. (That's GMT +8.)
Before I end I'd like to sincerely thank all of you who've been reading reviews on Chase Variant. It's been a pleasure and an honor that you keep coming back for more!
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Massachusetts Public Safety Fire Investigator Certification FAQ
Why is there a fire investigator certification system in Massachusetts?
Fire investigator certification in Massachusetts is provided to stimulate the professional development of public safety fire investigators in Massachusetts by allowing eligible members a means to demonstrate their ability to meet professional qualification standards through an objective measure of their professional knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Who runs the Massachusetts certification process?
The Massachusetts Public Safety Fire Investigator Certification Coalition is authorized by the Secretary of Public Safety to provide public safety fire investigator certification for the Commonwealth. The Coalition is made from representatives of the Massachusetts Fire Training Council, The Massachusetts Municipal Police Committee and the Massachusetts State Police.
What role does the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy play in the certification system?
The Massachusetts Firefighting Academy provides staff, equipment, and administrative support to the Massachusetts Public Safety Fire Investigator Certification Coalition for the operation of the system.
Who says I have to become certified?
There is no state law or regulation requiring public safety fire investigators to become certified in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Public Safety Fire Investigator Certification Coalition offers certification on a voluntary basis. Your department regulations may require some level of certification.
What standards are used to certify personnel in this state?
The Massachusetts Public Safety Fire Investigator Certification Coalition bases certification on National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards if an appropriate standard exists. The Coalition may adopt other standards in the absence of an appropriate NFPA standard.
What types of certification are offered?
At the present time only certification to the level of Fire Investigator is offered. Certification Examination Schedules are published and presented via their website.
How much training must I have before I can take the certification examination?
There are specific training and experience prerequisites for eligibility. To participate in the certification process, please see the application package on the schedule website.
What do I have to study for the examination?
The references for fire investigator are contained in the Certification Examination Schedule.
Are the requirements adjusted to recognize limitations that age may place on an individual?
No. The standards are written to minimum performance levels. For certification, one must meet these minimum levels regardless of age or other limiting factors.
I'm a certified fire investigator in another system. What do I have to do to get recognized as a certified fire investigator in Massachusetts?
To be certified as a public safety fire investigator in the Commonwealth an individual must successfully complete the appropriate evaluation process. Fire investigators in other systems are not automatically certified in the Commonwealth.
I've been on the job before the fire investigator standards were developed. Can I get grandfathered into the certification process?
The Massachusetts Public Safety Fire Investigator Certification Coalition does not offer grandfathering for certification. All persons who wish to become certified must participate in an appropriate evaluation process.
I have many certificates for training I have completed. Does this make me certified?
No. The Massachusetts Public Safety Fire Investigator Certification Coalition allows you to apply certain documented training to satisfy the prerequisites but training certificates do not result directly in certification. All persons who wish to become certified to the level of public safety fire investigator must successfully complete the certification examination process.
Who is responsible for paying the certification fees?
The individual applying for certification is responsible for arranging payment of the certification fees. Some communities pay the fee while others make the fee the responsibility of the individual. Check your local protocol for this aspect of certification.
If I become certified to a specific level this year, when will I have to recertify?
Public safety fire investigator certification is valid for 5 years. You would have to successfully complete the requirements for re-certification before your current certification expires.
Can my community make me get certified?
The extent to which your community can influence your participation in the certification process depends on employment requirements, collective bargaining agreements and local protocols. The Massachusetts Public Safety Fire Investigator Certification Coalition offers certification as a voluntary process. The Coalition does not become involved in the application of local protocols.
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The first level of appeal is through the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy's Certification Group Program Coordinator.
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The third level of appeal must be in writing to the Coalition who will hold a hearing on the appeal. The candidate will be notified of the location, date and time of the hearing and may be present if they so desire. The Coalition shall render a ruling relevant to the candidate's appeal. The candidate will be provided with a copy of the Coalition's decision which shall be final.
If an unsuccessful candidate fails to appeal within the timeframes established, he/she will have no other recourse other than participate in future certification examinations as scheduled.
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Has knowingly made a material misrepresentation of any information required for certification, or
Has knowingly by any means of false pretense, deception, fraud or cheating obtained documents or certification, or
Has knowingly by any means of false pretense, deception, fraud or cheating obtained documents or certification for another individual.
The Coalition shall suspend, revoke or deny any and all affected certifications.
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2 tsp Grenadine (1/3 oz)
2 dash Maraschino (1/6 oz Luxardo)
2 dash Angostura Bitters
Stir with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. A recipe in another Trader Vic book included a lemon twist (but I saw that recipe afterwards and thus did not have a garnish here).
Two Tuesdays ago, I reached for Trader Vic's 1981 edition of the 1946 Book of Food & Drink and spotted the Canton that was listed as a Trader Vic original. The recipe read like a rum Old Fashioned with the sweetener being a combination of grenadine and Maraschino seen in other drinks of that era like the Mary Pickford and the Champs-De-Mars Daiquiri. After the drink was made, I later found the recipe in Trader Vic's 1947 Bartender's Guide, and it included a lemon twist.


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According to 2002 Sefaz statistics, agricultural activities represented 0.05%, manufacturing represented 3.41% and the sector of the commerce and service 96.54%.
Tourism is one of the staples of Florianópolis' economy. Many inhabitants and tourists consider Floripa to have a singular beauty endowed with strong lines of Azorean culture, observed in the buildings, workmanship, folklore, culinary and religious traditions. Its environmental restrictions on building and commercial development have been more or less strictly enforced, helping it to keep its original character.
Between 1970 and 2004, Florianópolis's population tripled, as did the number of shantytowns. But the local economy grew fivefold, and incomes grew in step. Opportunity seekers, urban and rural, white collar and blue, poured in. While many Brazilian cities are struggling to graduate from smokestacks to services, Florianópolis is succeeding. Thanks in part to a federal rule that for decades barred heavy industry on the island, town elders focused on cleaner public works which led to the founding of several public and private universities that make this one of the most scholarly cities in Brazil.
To meet the demands of its academic crowd, the city invested heavily in everything from roads to schools, and now Florianópolis ranks high on every development measure, from literacy (97 percent) to electrification (near 100 percent). By the late 1990s, private companies were flocking to the island, or emerging from a technology "incubator" at the federal university. (Among the innovations it hatched: the computerized voting machines that have made Brazilian elections fraud-free and efficient). Local officials now say their aim is to be the Silicon Valley of Brazil, with beaches.
In addition to its white sand beaches, Florianópolis offers many historical attractions, including the sites of the original Azorean colonists, the Lagoa da Conceição lagoon, and Santo Antônio de Lisboa. Tourism in Florianópolis has grown significantly over the past 10 years, with increasing numbers of visitors coming from other large cities in Brazil (particularly Porto Alegre, Curitiba, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro) as well as other South American countries (particularly Argentina, with direct flights offered daily from Buenos Aires).
During the past several years, a greater number of international tourists have also begun to frequent the island (particularly from Europe and the United States). As the number of visitors grows each year, Florianopolis faces the ongoing challenge of ensuring that its limited infrastructure and resources are updated to adequately accommodate them. Of particular concern are the sewers, which often drain directly into the ocean, polluting the very beaches that attract so many visitors.
During the past decade technology and software development firms also experienced strong growth, and today Information Technology services are one of the top revenue generators in Florianópolis. Several technology centers are spread around Florianópolis, making the city an important pole in this economic sector.
The GDP for the city was R$ 6,259,393,000 (2005).
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I know, I know. It seems impossible doesn't it? It has to be. And maybe even a little bit unfair, slightly outrageous, and a tad unwise.
It's just completely unbelievable!
But I continually find evidence of the fact. It all just seems too unreal.
After all my begging and pleading and not so subtle hints. This is what I find.
Can it really be true? It must be.
My Mom, of all people, rejected me getting a dog for so long. Yet, I find picture after picture of her with all the Susies and Olafs of her life.
But there is a happy ending to this scary tale - My Mom said yes. And soon we will both have a dog in our lives. It's just beautiful.
To be fair, my Dad said yes too. This is also a beautiful thing. And if you know him - you just may not believe that he said yes. Because we all know how much Dad liked Tigger, especially after that little cat took a leak on the stove. Anyway. But that's what makes it so beautiful. It's also the reason why Mom got him this for Christmas -
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Midnight snacks are an essential part of any sleepover, drunken night out or end to a Nigella Lawson episode. And while it's common to eat out of boredom or with the onset of winter, I would like to propose a new, highly nutritious model:
It is reasonable to suggest that any time after midnight is technically part of a new day. So, by extension, the "snacks" that we consume after the stroke of twelve are just a very early breakfast. They are also the perfect way to kick start my metabolism for the breakfast I won't eat because cereal is boring and I ate all the bacon at midnight. A verifiable mealtime revolution! I will be thin and fight off bottom related largess.
* You see, when you skip a meal, your body feeds off its fat stores. And if you skip enough, maybe your body will eat your ass. *
So I have a confession. I may have missed a few details about last weeks festival conquest who might have had an altercation with a vacuum cleaner that went for his jugular…what I'm trying to say with my ham-handed metaphor is that I'm a horrible, juvenile person who decided it would be hilarious to give him a hickey. Thinking in all likelihood I'd probably never see him again.
* You are a smelly pirate hooker! Why don't you go back to you're home on Whore Island? *
But as 6 degrees of separation and the fact that I am, out of some morbid curiosity allowed to continue with the freak show I call my life; that particular deed has came back to bite me.
My penchant for lists dictate I give it to you straight (ha!) and in bullet point form:
* It's $500 for kissing, $10,000 for cuddling. End of list. *
- Mr. Sheffield happens to play for a university sports team.
- My brother's girlfriend has a younger sister who also plays for that team.
- At the subsequent practice, several remarks were directed towards said love bite.
- My name was mentioned.
- Shit got real.
- I died.
* Apparently F.R. Leavis is coming. *
Hold the press! I just had a phone call from Mr. Sheffield.
I'm going to digress and you will sit there and you will like it!
We spent 20 minutes having a conversation that involved the words penchant and predilection. I even said how stupid it was that everyone seems to be so scared of talking on phones these days and that texts are so safe. Amazing! As the conversation was coming to a close and our date re-scheduled for Monday night. I was playing with my empty wine glass when I broke it. The rest of the conversation went a little something like this:
"Oh fuck, I just broke my wine glass"
"Not that I was drinking on a Wednesday by myself!"
"I-hope-you-have-a-good-weekend-I'll-see-you-Monday-bye! FUCK"
Mazel tov bitches.
But wait, then what do I do? I immediately send him a friend request on Facebook.
Ok. Calm. No biggie. I like a mid-week drink. And hard "K" sounds. All I need now is the noughties equivalent of Mr. Darcy emerging from a lake. Which just so happens to be a combination of Cooper Nielson doing his butt buster routine in Center Stage and Daniel Craig coming out of the water in Casino Royale.
I'm going to put that shit on a loop, light up a cigarette and eat some goddamn Brie.
* Focker out! *


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When I found out I was pregnant I knew I was having a girl. I looked at all things girly. For some reason it never dawned on me that I would have a boy. My sister had a boy six months before I found out I was pregnant and we had all been thrilled because that was what we all wanted.
My mom had two girls and we knew my Dad would be over the top to have a grandson. A grandson it was and oh how joyous it was! Six months later I found out I was expecting and we all thought "okay we had the grandson bring on the bows and tutus". God had other plans.
This wild child of mine is all boy. He is rough and tough with a touch of mean and lots of lovin. How did he learn wrestling moves I have no idea. I think it was born in him. Just like how he knows the sound a car makes and no one ever taught him. I think there are certain things boys just know.
I love this picture of Jack. I caught him mid laugh. Each time I said "choo choo" he would crack up so I grabbed my phone. Oh that laughter, so infectious.
He is a handful, believe me, such a handful. He is also such a joy. He can make me belly laugh like no other.


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This is the dress i bought off Nicole Richie for a charity to raise money for the 'Richie Madden foundation'
It was a cold day, but i really wanted to wear it!
I wore it with the collar and boots but didn't get enough good photos, the wind was unbearable!
Cant wait to wear it in summer with sandals on my feet and braids in my hair.
Secondhand dress, Vintage sheep's wool collar, Samantha Wills ring and random sunnies.


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50 Shades of Grey remaindered: From Sanders to Syriza, Moving Right is Wrong for Democratic Socialists!
Written By: Ian Williams
Published: July 11, 2015 Last modified: July 8, 2015
The worldwide triumph of mediocrity demands explanation. Across the globe, politics seems to have been abandoned to uncharismatic personalities who make the average bank manager look glamorous. Almost the only thing that makes the favourites' line-up for the Labour Party leadership less yawnable is the Republican presidential primaries in the states, where there are so many runners that one Congressman issued a press release to announce he was not standing.
Surely it is time to revive the tale of the emperor's new clothes: to point out and pillory the nakedness of the new statesperson. In fact, nudity would be an interesting step up for most them. One reason for the ubiquity of the 50 shades of grey among politicians is that our current imperial tailors are spin-doctors who weave their fabric from focus group fodder. They follow the Clintonian and Blairite principle of looking for a numerous enough group of people amidst whom to hoist their standards regardless of any political principles. Bashing unions, or immigrants, or the unemployed, if that's what the tabloids want, they will chase then them down the foxhole.
This bizarre New Labour outlook is why so many candidates arrogantly assume they can ignore what members and voters say, and instead play to the media gallery, which is located in some alternative universe where There Is No Alternative to austerity and preferential taxation for plutocrats. The dismissive comments on Jeremy Corbyn's lack of support among parliamentary apparatchiks is symptomatic of their unconcern for what members and traditional Labour supporters want. As New Labour fades into historical oblivion, like Alice's Cheshire Cat, the last thing we will see is the smug smile on the face of the fat cats as they take their profits and run offshore.
Here in the United States, the Republican line-up is almost a vindication of market principles. Rarely has there been such a collection of spectacular market failures, usually rescued by family or government money. Donald Trump is the most outstanding blow-hard whose horrifying support among Republican voters typifies HL Mencken's prediction. "On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
Trump's big defence of his business acumen is that he has never been personally bankrupt, and he can rely on the amnesia of the morons and the media to overlook the repeated collapse of his businesses, the Trump Plaza hotel, the Trump Shuttle airlines and the sundry casinos. That, in its way, is iconic. As with Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney and other Republican candidates, their business failures are all too oft interred with their nomination papers. Chris Christie of New Jersey, whose minions closed access from the George Washington Bridge to a town whose mayor would not endorse him as governor, wins the chutzpah award for his candidacy.
While these murky candidates, Labour or Republican, tend to get respectfully coverage, it is interesting to check out worldwide who is getting the crowds. In the US, media attention is overwhelmingly on the pundits' choice, Hillary Clinton. She is well known, and a woman, so almost an automatic choice among the type of American liberals who overlook the historical gender triumphs of Ladies Macbeth and Thatcher. However, despite media bubble, the crowd puller on the hustings is not the former First Lady and accomplice to Clinton's war on welfare, but Bernie Sanders. He is the only avowedly socialist senator, and running for the Democratic primary. It is perhaps a token of his potential that the Democratic machine in New York State is trying to keep him off the primary ballot there. While Hillary and the Republicans are tapping the usual billionaire suspects, Bernie has been very successful in raising lots of small donations from well-wishers.
It has to be said that while Bernie does not exactly have the glamour, nor even the oratorical skills of his rivals, he more than makes up for it with the sincerity of his democratic socialist ideals. And now we have an inspiration. The triumph of the Yes vote in Greece shows that, in the end, principles may be rewarded. Syriza should be an example to us all.


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Steve Davidson continues his quest to breathe new and vibrant life into the old gal....
Merchandise Based on Covers of the Historic Pulp Magazine To Be Produced
April 17, 2014
Hillsboro, NH
Amazing Stories is pleased to announce the licensing of its iconic name – Amazing Stories – to Open Road Brands, LLC.
Open Road Brands, LLC will be creating and distributing reproductions of early Amazing Stories covers in formats suitable for display and decoration. Open Road Brands supplies large chain stores and a variety of other markets; this licensing arrangement will place the Amazing Stories logo and cover art in high traffic retail locations throughout North America.
"We're looking forward to helping to bring these iconic images to a wider audience; we know that fans love them and expect that there are many others out there who are fans but don't yet know it. What better way to introduce them all to the wonder and imagination of science fiction than Frank R. Paul artwork on the cover of Amazing Stories magazine!" said Steve Davidson, publisher and editor of the online magazine.
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Augmented Mustang reality
Remember the when I wrote about this Flash website, that allowed you to drive around with a 3D mustang on the site. That was nice but what this developer has done now is way beyond nice, it's just totally cool. I already said on my other Twitter account recently that 'Augmented Reality is the new black' with several applications showing up online, advertisers taking smart advantage of the technology such as you can see here.
Today my buddy Steven sent me some other cool application… because it was Mustang related. It's one of the many AR examples I've seen lately but must say I find it one of the coolest (yeah even if it wouldn't have been with a Mustang). It's much more dynamic that most cases where it just shows a static 3D object. Just like the creator notes:
"In most of the cool AR projects I have seen so far [1] [2] the user is supposed to hold the marker and move it around in front of the camera and the 3d object follows the marker. I had a slightly different idea: why not just leave the marker and the camera in one place and use your keyboard to move around the 3d objects?"
Check it out this video!
Read all about this cool project here.
Mustang Shelby GT-500 telephone
We're all too late as it seems the phone just sold out, I reckon by popular demand. Wouldn't you throw away your iPhone, Gphone or what not to have one of these instead?
I'm sorry but I can only smile at the idea of having this against my ear to make a phonecall :) Loving the Mustang and all, but seriously, this cannot be good.
StangNet Top 100 [No More]
The StangNet topsites feature is no more. Today if you click on the StangNet button in right navigation (keeping the button online for another week, then it will be gone forever) you will get a 404 – page does not exist as a result. [Thanks to all for letting me know by the way].
And okay, people change priorities and so do companies so that StangNet decided not to keep this feature is their call obviously. What bothers me about all this is the fact that they didn't think they needed to communicate on this. What happens basically is that they didn't think it was necessary to communicate to exactly the community that supported this for years. All you get (after a bit of playing with the url's) is this:
The least they could do is send all of us a little email don't you think? Anyway, I think it's sad they've given up on this and especially the way they've done so.
Any suggestions for other Mustang topsite lists? Let me know.
Happy birthday!
45 years young, you wouldn't tell indeed. Glad you got your act back together in the last couple of years, I'm more than happy to forget about your 'puberty' during the eighties, not something we want to remember right? ;) Kudos to all people involved with developing this great car that went into production today 45 years ago on March 9th, 1964 in Dearborn, Michigan.


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Saturday, 31 May 2014
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Hello Lovelies!!! Long time no blog! ^_^ I'm taking a tiny break from the crazy that is real life right now to [im]patiently wait for The Arcade to open and couldn't resist showing off this super pretty skin from Pink Fuel! When I saw the newest gifty was a skin I squeeeed and stopped everything to try it on. As you can see it's gorgeous and there's a whole set of super pretty glosses that come with it too so yay for extra spoiled! I hope you're all doing beautifully and good luck to all my fellow gacha addicts tonight! <3
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I've ended up writing a lot about Internet security in the past couple of months. This week PRISM has received massive attention in the media.
What appears to be the case is that pretty much every phone call and text message in the USA is kept track off. When you call someone in the US the NSA (National Security Agency) stores what phone number the call came from, to what phone number the call was made, the duration of the call, and the gps coordinates of the locations of any cellphones involved. This information is routinely retrieved (by court order) and used during police investigations. European nations do the exact same thing.
It's possible the content of text messages are stored, and that calls are transcribed. This takes massive amounts of storage, which is available. The US constitution forbids this data from being analyzed (unless the call or text message is to/from someone outside of the US) but by court order the data can be retrieved.
In a recent speech Obama quite clearly stated that actual phone conversations are not being recorded, and this seems plausible as it'll make people very nervous, but it is likely to happen in the future when transcription software becomes more powerful, particularly in Europe.
PRISM itself is apparently the name of the surveillance program I've talked about previously. The US government creates extensive profiles of all unencrypted Internet traffic that travels through US territory. The software will try to attach email addresses, usernames, passwords, and other information to a certain identity. If the IP address is American the data can only be retrieved by court order, unless there is strong suspicion that the person is not American and is using a proxy. It's fairly easy to examine someone's sleeping pattern for example, and if this indicates someone is sleeping at times most Europeans sleep, this increases the probability of someone not being an American. Using non-American English is another indication that you're from across the pond. Once the probability that you're not a US resident reaches 51% your data becomes accessible to the NSA.
The big problem however is encrypted data. To work around this the USA has created a legal framework for companies to handover private data to the government. Doing so without anyone finding out is close to impossible for the larger corporations like Google, not to mention it'd be a public relations nightmare, but smaller companies might be offered financial compensation for taking the trouble to give their data to the NSA. It's been my suspicion that the USA has a surveillance program in place to monitor the TOR network, and it makes sense to be suspicious of small nifty Internet companies that offer a useful encryption related service for free.
According to an anonymous source Microsoft (2007), Yahoo (2008), Google (2009), Facebook (2009), Paltalk (2009), YouTube (2010), AOL (2011), Skype (2011), and Apple (2012) are leaking information to the NSA. Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, and Apple have already denied these allegations.
I've previously wondered if the US government has the balls to tap into Google's local network and get access to information that's been shielded by encryption, and my conclusion was that no, they do not have the balls. Would they have the balls to create a rumor that encrypted services, beyond their ability to watch, are being monitored? With full deniability? Most certainly.
So my best guess is that rather than using the Chinese approach (block services that offer https to encrypt the connection) they're trying to scare people away from using companies that utilize https. Still it's not a bad idea to consider Russian https encrypted services. For example, VK as an alternative to Facebook, and Yandex as an alternative to Gmail.
Keep in mind that emails are only more private if you send an email from a Gmail account to another Gmail account, or from a Yandex account to another Yandex account. If you link your Gmail account to your VK account, and have VK forward every private message to your email account, the NSA will be reading along. So I'd suggest to link your VK account to a Yandex account and disable all automated email notifications, because the Russian government is reading along as well.
Update 2013-06-09
Based on new information it might be the case that PRISM is used exclusively to analyze information that has been retrieved by court order. If the NSA would for example get a court order for my information Google would hand over everything associated to my user account, and PRISM in turn would be used to analyze this data. There's a chance the NSA secretly taps into Google, but this would be such a major violation of the US constitution that I doubt this will happen anytime soon.
The software used to analyze all Internet traffic flowing through the USA is called Boundless Informant.


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This has just gotta be one of the most hilarious things you'll see before November comes to a close – as if we haven't seen enough in pre-wedding photos, now it wedding invitation cards.
These wedding cards are though, creative, they certainly will put a chuckle on your face when you see the concept.
The next one is the most hilarious to me though…


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I've been in Halloween decorating mode for a few days. I'm not done either, I have a whole second book case to decorate! This is the project I just finished. The entertainment center. It cost me a total of $4 to make alllll this stuff!
2 stamps from JoAnns, $1 each.
1 jar from JoAnns (The goblin brains)
Brown paper bags, from the dollar store. (Labels)
My jars are from an old spice rack. I had the picture frames laying around from a craft show, and I used some vintage photo album/scrapbooks for the large books in the back.
I cut my paper bags for labels and wrote on them, and added stamps. I mod podged them to the jars. I didn't mod podge the photo albums, I used a tiny piece of poster putty in the corners so I didn't ruin the albums. I also used the paper bags for the bindings of some photo albums as the spell books. And I have a scarf covering up our X-Box. (But only in the front, so I don't have the air vents covered. Don't want it overheating)
As for the contents of the jars;
Vanishing potion- Empty. Get it?
Love potion- Purple hand sanitizer with gel beads in it
Shriveled Slug- Caraway seed
Hag's warts- Peppercorn
Fur of Werewolf- Fuzzy yarn
Goblin brain- cotton balls
Zombie Virus- Aloe Vera gel
Mummy Dust- Some sort of herb powder, whatever was in the spice jar originally
Witch's Brew- Water with Mio and veggie oil
Ground Bone- Garlic powder
Eye of basilisk- Plastic beads
I called it Spooky Bear Alchemy Inc. because Bear is our son's nickname. I thought it was cute. And he has an Alchemy 101 book because he's a beginner. =)
I'm currently working on stuff with lace and fall leaves.


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Portrait from The Rotarian, February 1943.
Norwegian native Reidar Dare Rovig is yet another in a bevy of new strange name discoveries, and despite attaining high political office (that of Mayor of Yakima, Washington), little information could be located on him!
Born on November 26, 1877 in Namsos, Norway, Reidar Dare Rovig was the son of Olaf and Petra Rovig. Little is known of Rovig's early life or education, as well as the date of his immigration to the United States. Beginning in 1892 he began a lengthy connection with the Chicago, Milwaukee, Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad, being employed as a telegraph operator. He would continue to be affiliated with that railroad until 1910, last being a "northwestern passenger agent" based in Bismarck, North Dakota. Rovig married in 1905 in Minnesota to Jane M. Matthews (1883-1964) and later had four sons: Walter Dare (1906-1973), John Forsyth (1909-1993), George Virtue (1912-1919) and Reidar Dare Jr. (1913-1945).
Upon leaving railway work Reidar Rovig migrated to Washington to make a name for himself in the retail lumber business. Settling in North Yakima, Rovig would establish the Rovig Lumber Co., which in 1916 could boast of having "$100,000 capital". He held the post of manager of that company and around this same time became affiliated with the Superior Lumber Company, of which he would serve as vice-president.
After gaining a firm foothold in the Yakima business community, Reidar Rovig turned to politics, announcing his candidacy for Mayor of Yakima in 1920. Running under the slogan of the "business man's candidate", Rovig won the election on December 6th of that year, defeating Earle J. Barnes by a vote of 2,327 to 2,073. Rovig would serve one term of three years and was defeated for reelection in the November 1923 primary by William B. Dudley, who would go on to win the general election that December.
Following his time as mayor Rovig continued to be active in the business and commercial life of Yakima, serving as the secretary of that city's Rotary Club. He would hold that post for over twenty years and in the late 1930s also served as a member of the Yakima County Advisory Welfare Board. Reidar D. Rovig died at age 66 in Yakima on March 27, 1943. He was survived by three of his sons and his wife Jane, who would later remarry to Milford Roy Knauft. Both Rovig and his wife were interred at the Terrace Heights Memorial Park in Yakima.


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Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No.3) Regulations 2010 come into force
Implementation date: 6 April 2010
The Regulations prescribe that the provision in the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001 (SI 2001/1004), which provides for the return of national insurance contributions paid in excess of the annual maximum, should take account of the upper accrual point. The upper accrual point is a new benefit-related threshold which is used to calculate entitlement to state second pension and operates as a limit on the amount of earnings on which contracted-out rebates are payable. The Regulations can be viewed on the OPSI website.


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By United States. Government Printing Office 1915
Exhibit B4.
Office Letter To Hamilton Mcmillan, January 29, 1889.
Department Of The Interior,
Office Of Indian Affairs,
Washington, January 29, 1889.
Hamilton Mcmillan, Esq.,
Fayetteville, N. C.
Sir: I have received a petition from parties in Robeson County, N. C., in which the claim is made that they are "Croatan" Indians, descendants of "White's lost colony," and asking Government aid lor the education of their children, numbering about 1,100.
I am informed that you are familiar with the history of these people, and if so, I will thank you for any information you will furnish me. Are they citizens of the United States, and are they entitled to the educational advantages furnished by the State of North Carolina ?
Please answer at your earliest convenience and oblige,
Yours, respectfully,
Jno. H. Oberlt, Commissioner.
Exhibit B5.
Osborne, N. C., July 2, 1890.
Mr. T. W. Belt, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: Answering your letter of 7th ultimo will say that the people in whose behalf we wrote are not the Eastern Cherokees, but the Croatan Indians. Therefore they receive nothing appropriated for the Cherokees. The people for which I am officially interested have as a general thing grown up without so much as the rudiments of education, yet the youth who have had (to some degree) better opportunities for educating themselves show that the moral, intellectual, and social aptitudes in them are real. Can not something be obtained to assist them in a normal school for them? If so, please direct me how to proceed.
There are 1,100 children between the ages of 6 and 21 years who need continual instruction.
Please reply at the earliest convenience.
Very respectfully,
W. L. Moore.
Exhibit B6.
Office Letter To Hamilton Mcmillan, July 14, 1890.
Department Of The Interior,
Office Of Indian Affairs,
Washington, July 14, 1890.
Hamilton McMiLLAN, FayetteviUe, N. C.
Sir: On the 29th of January, 1889, a report from the Bureau of Ethnology in regard to the Croatan Indians was mailed to you with the request that information be forwarded to this office in regard to these people. Inclosed find copy of the letter. No communication has been received from you in response to the office letter mentioned. The subject is again brought to the attention of the Indian Office by Mr. W. L. Moore, of Osborne, N. C., in a letter dated July 2, copy of which is also inclosed herewith.
I trust that you will promptly respond to this communication and return the document mailed to you January 29 with such information as you can give. Very respectfully,
T. J. Morgan, Commissioner
Exhibit B7.
LETTER OF HAMILTON McMILLAN TO INDIAN OFFICE,
Red Springs, N. C., July 17, 1890.
T. J. Morgan, Esq.,
Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
My Dear Sir: Your letter of July 14 ultimo just to hand. The communication and report from the Bureau of Ethnology to which you refer were never received, and your letter just received conveys the first intimation of their having been sent. Had they been received I would have responded with pleasure.
I inclose to you to-day a copy of a pamphlet containing much of interest in this connection. The pamphlet was written very hastily nearly two years ago in order to give the North Carolina Legislature some information, as the Croatans were asking some legislation in their behalf.
The Croatan Tribe lives principally in Robeson County, N. C., though there are quite a number of them settled in counties adjoining in North and South Carolina. In Sumter County, S. C., there is a branch of the tribe and also in East Tennessee. In Lincoln County, N. C., there is another branch, settled there long ago. Those living in East Tennessee are called " Melungeans," a name also retained by them here, which is a corruption of Melange, a name given them by early settlers (French), which means mixed. The pamphlet sent you will outline their history as far as it can be discovered from their traditions. In regard to their exodus from Roanoke Island their traditions are confirmed by maps recently discovered in Europe by Prof. Alexander Brown, member of the Royal Historical Society of England. These maps are dated in 1608 and 1610, and give the reports of the Croatans to Raleigh's ships, which visited our coast in those years. These maps will be lithographed and published in a book, now being prepared by Prof. Brown. The particulars of the exodus preserved by tradition here are strangely and strongly corroborated by these maps. There can be little doubt of the fact that the Croatans in Robeson County and elsewhere are the descendants of the Croatans of Raleigh's day. In 1885 I got the North Carolina Legislature to recognize them as Croatans and give them separate public schools. In 1887 I got $500 a year from the State for a normal school for them for two years. In 1889 the appropriation was extended two years longer.
Their normal school needs help—at least $500 more is needed. The appropriation to the public schools amounts to less than a dollar a head per annum.
If you can aid them in the way desired we would be glad. They are citizens of the United States and entitled to the educational privileges enjoyed by other citizens, but those advanatges are not much.
T. J. Morgan, Commissioner.
(Croatans rejected for financial aid for their children, which included rejection for the Malungeans)
Exhibit B8.
Office Letter To W. L. Moore, August 11, 1890.
Department Of The Interior,
Office Of Indian Affairs,
Washington, August 11, 1890.
W. L. Moore, Osborne, N. C.
Sir: Referring to your letter of July 2 and office response thereto of the 16th, I have received a communication from Hamilton McMillan, of Red Springs, N. C., setting forth the situation of the Croatan Indians very fully. It appears from his statement that this band is recognized by the State of North Carolina, has been admitted to citizenship, and the State has undertaken the work of their education. While I regret exceedingly that the provisions made by the State of North Carolina seem to be entirely inadequate, I find it quite impracticable to render any assistance at this time. The Government is responsible for the education of something like 36,000 Indian children and has provisions for less than half this number. So long as the immediate wards of the Government are so insufficiently provided for, I do not see how I can consistently render any assistance to the Croatans or any other civilized tribes.
I am obliged to you for calling my attention to the matter, and have been very much interested in the information furnished by Mr. McMillan regarding this very interesting tribe. Very respectfully,
T. J. Morgan, Commissioner.
The North Carolina booklet: great events in North Carolina history, Volume 10
By Mrs. E. E. Moffitt, General Society of the Daughters of the Revolution.
THE NORTH CAROLlNA BOOKLET
Vol. X JANUARY. 1911 No. 3
THE CROATANS BY HAMILTON McMILLAN.
Geologists tell us that running through North Carolina is an ancient coast line, stretching from Northeast to Southwest and nearly parallel with the present Atlantic coast. West of this line is the hill country, gradually rising in elevation till we reach the mountains. Beginning at the Catawba River, this ancient coast line runs north of Cheraw and Bennettsville in South Carolina, east of Laurinburg, north of Maxton, east of Red Springs, west of Hope Mills and Fayetteville, crosses the Cape Fear River at Averasboro and trends in a northeast direction to the Virginia State line.
In the remote past there was a time when the ocean covered all that part of North Carolina east of this line, when the waves beat upon Haymount at Fayetteville and great whales sported in the shallow ocean. The survey of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad developed the fact that the roadbed at Fayetteville and Hope Mills was about 176 feet above sea level.
That this ocean bed was once elevated and again depressed is abundantly proven by the buried forests on Rockfish Creek, and in Pender County at Rocky Point, and by a brick building found buried under many feet of stratified earth at Cronly, in Brunswick County. We once saw a human skeleton exhumed at Hope Mills at a depth of sixteen feet beneath stratified earth.
The elevation of the land was not sudden, as the lowlands and second lands on the Cape Fear evidently mark great pauses in the elevation.
Along the beach of this ancient coast line runs what is known as the Lowrie Road. This road in the early settlement of this country was only a great Indian trail, which became the great route of travel towards the Southwest . This road was straightened in 1817 by General Bernard, who was employed by the United States to superintend the mail routes through North and South Carolina, The location of this road along the beach of this ancient coast line would indicate its great antiquity.
John Lederer, a German traveler in the employment of Governor Berkeley, of Virginia, after traveling across the western portion of our State and visiting the Saura Indians in South Carolina, on his return evidently traveled the Lowrie Road on his return to Virginia through the "pine barrens" of our State.
The Cherokee Indians, embracing numerous tribes, had their principal seats in the mountains, and various tribes, acknowledging their supremacy, occupied the eastern part of our State as hunting grounds, and in some instances made permanent settlements. These Indians had many roads leading from the mountains to the Atlantic coast. One of these roads extended from the mountains through the present counties of Buncombe, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Union, Anson and Robeson, and uniting with the Great Lowrie Road at or near Fayetteville, and from its junction extending towards "Roanoke," the region adjacent to Pamlico Sound. Another great road led from the mountains and united with the Lowrie at Fayetteville, and now known as the Yadkin Road.
Commencing with the Saura Indians, and extending along this ancient trail leading to "Roanoke," there were the Cheraws, Chickoras, Mellattaws, Croatans and Tuscaroras.
All the tribes along this line, so far as we can ascertain, acknowledged the supremacy of the Cherokee nation, with the exception of the Tuscaroras. The Mellattaws had also a great trail leading from the mountains towards the Southeast, coming down through the present county of Randolph, where a branch road led towards the Roanoke River and another passed through Moore, Cumberland and Robeson counties, crossing the Lowrie trail near the present town of Maxton, and reaching the coast near Lockwoods Folly in Brunswick County. This Mellattaw tribe emigrated to the Southwest and gave our army serious trouble about the time of the Fort Mims massacre. (Vide Pickett's His. of Ala.) From the earliest settlement in Robeson County the Croatans have occupied a large territory, principally along the Lumber River. They are evidently of Indian origin, possess Indian traits, and claim that their ancestors were originally Cherokees, who dwelt in Eastern Carolina, or, as they express it, in "Roanoke, in Virginia." It was first supposed that they lived on Roanoke Island, but later developments show that the region they call Roanoke embraces all the territory adjacent to Pamlico Sound. It is worthy of note that the chronicles of the tribe call the sound Pamteeco, with the accent on the penult syllable.
These people were known in the 16th and 17th centuries as Croatans from their occupation of Croatan Island, now a part of Carteret County, and were so designated in the act of the North Carolina General Assembly in 1885. When first known to the early white settlers in this region they spoke English, and in many instances had English family names identical with those of the "lost colony" of Roanoke. They have in common use many English words which are now obsolete in English-speaking countries, but which were used in the days of Chaucer. In addressing a stranger they use the old Saxon word, Mon. They speak of houses as housen and use mension for measurement. They are familiar with the story of Virginia Dare, and they strenuously claim that the name was pronounced Darr; others claim that it was pronounced Dorr, and still others pronounce it Durr. The muster roll of a company from this tribe in the War of 1812 shows the name as Dorr. The Durrs of Lincoln County are claimed as descendants of Virginia Dare. The chroniclers who keep the traditions of the tribe speak of themselves as "Melungeans." This singular name is supposed to have been given them by the Swiss-French, who settled in the region adjacent to them, and as they were a mixed race they were called Melange, and the descendants of the Melange were called Melange-ans, and the change from Melange-an to Melungean would be easy.
The tribe in Robeson, according to the census of 1890, numbered 3,640. The census of 1910 will probably show an increased number.
The act of Assembly in 1885 gave this tribe separate schools and a separate school census, and in 1887 a Normal School for the education of teachers of their race was granted them, and this school, located at Pembroke, in Robeson County, is in a nourishing condition. A great change has occurred among these people during the past twenty years. Better farms, with better houses and with many improvements in their mode of living, are visible in all parts of their territory. Almost universally they are landowners, cultivate small farms, raise cotton, tobacco and corn principally, and give evidence of great improvement over their former modes of living. All their traditions point to the region west of Pamlico as the residence of their ancestors. They are very reticent as to their past history when approached by strangers, and it is only after persistent inquiry that desired information is obtained.
They have traditions leading the inquirer to infer that they once had Christian churches at several points along the great roads leading from "Roanoke" towards the Southwest. One of these churches, according to tradition, was located near the Lowrie Road, near Rockfish Creek, in Cumberland County. An aged citizen of Cumberland remembered seeing the walls of this church, known as the "Indian Walls," from 1812 till 1837, when the material was used in building the basement of the Rockfish cotton factory. In 1865 the factory was burned by General Sherman, but the present building was erected on the rock basement, which was not injured. The material used in building this church was red sandstone, but the quarry whence the material was obtained has never been discovered.
Colonel Byrd describes the caravans that left the Roanoke region as consisting of 150 to 200 horses loaded with guns, ammunition, cloth, iron tomahawks and other merchandise to trade with the Indians to the Southwest in exchange for peltries of various kinds. Ministers of the gospel frequently attended these expeditions and preached at intervals along the route.
One of these ministers was a Frenchman named De Richebourge; and ex-Governor Swain, who investigated the tradition concerning him, found that he died during one of these expeditions on the Catawba River, and that some of his descendants were then living in Buncombe County.
During the past century large numbers of Croatans have emigrated to the Southwest. A colony, consisting of about forty families, attempted to settle in Indiana, but the laws of that State did not permit "free persons of color" to settle there, and many returned to Robeson County, while others joined a tribe of Indians near Lake Michigan. Descendants of these Indians often visit their relatives in Robeson. There is communication also with the Cherokees in the Indian Territory. We have found only three family names among this people that are Indian, all others being English and French.
Along the Lowrie Road are many mounds, generally circular and raised a few feet above the general surface. Several have been examined, and in every instance the skeletons are those of adults and the skulls are Caucasian in type. Stone hatchets and flint arrowpoints are found in various places, but there is no evidence, by tradition or otherwise, that these Indians ever used them. Flint arrowpoints are found all over the American continent, in the British Isles, in the bone caverns of France and Germany, in Canada, in Italy and in China, similar to those found here. Clay pottery found here is of more recent date and was probably used by these Indians in former times. The Cherokees were an agricultural people, and it is certain that their clay pottery was ornamented by rolling ears of corn over the material when in a plastic state.
The Croatans have given Hiram R. Revels to the United States Senate. John S. Leary graduated at Howard University, and represented Cumberland County in the General Assembly, and for several years was Dean of the Law School at Shaw University at Raleigh. He was considered an able lawyer. Two natives of the Croatan tribe are now wealthy merchants in Florida, while another, who invested in mining property in New Mexico, is reputed to be a millionaire.
In matters of religion they are divided into Baptists, Methodists and Presbyterians. They have a sect among them known as the Indian Mission. They have about twenty churches, which are supplied by their own ministers.
Up to the year 1835 the Croatans attended the schools with the whites, mustered in the militia and exercised the right of suffrage equally with white men, but to effect a political purpose it was contended that they were "free persons of color," and in Robeson County only they were disfranchised. They were not allowed to attend the schools, and in consequence hundreds of them grew to manhood and womanhood in perfect ignorance of books. In 1868 the public schools were opened, but they preferred ignorance to association' with the colored race. Since they have had separate schools they have shown great interest in the education of their children. They retain many customs handed down from their English and Indian ancestors. In an old medical work, brought to America by someone of the early colonists, and still preserved, are found many singular remedies for various diseases, and these same remedies are used at this time by these people. They have the old English cross-bow, and oldfashioned handmills for grinding corn, which have evidently been used for many generations.
In view of the great improvement of this tribe during the past twenty years we predict a bright future for the Croatans.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
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Letter to the Editor
Akron Beacon Journal
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Before voting, Ohioans have a unique opportunity to help shape the outcome of the federal elections for president and members of Congress.
It's time to stop being mere spectators of staged presidential visits and consumers of often-inaccurate media ads, and time to start being citizens who demand that candidates share their positions on significant issues.
What issues? The ones candidates of both major parties largely haven't discussed.
• Increasing poverty. Do candidates support a living wage and sufficient housing and food for all?
• Corporate dominance of our democracy. Are candidates for a constitutional amendment ending the legal doctrine that corporations are "persons" with inalienable "rights" to influence elections, write laws and shape regulations?
• Money in elections. Do candidates favor a constitutional amendment reversing the legal principle that "money is speech," meaning those having the most money have the most speech?
• The Trans Pacific Partnership. Will candidates vote for this proposed trade agreement, providing corporations new powers to directly challenge nation states on rules and laws they don't like?
• Banks causing financial bubbles. Do candidates support barring banks from being able to create money out of nothing and limiting them to lending only what they possess in assets?
It's up to us citizens to demand candidates address these issues.
Greg Coleridge
Director, Northeast Ohio American Friends Service Committee
Cleveland Heights
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Issues Federal Candidates Should Address
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Last week farhana came to my house n sleepover for one night.haha,tetibe je..but of course i welcome her with arms wide open.cewahh,haha.
We went to Ou and cuci mata as usual at Forever21 and other boutiques too. There were many bargain items but we didn't buy anything as the items did not suit our liking n there were too high for our budget. hehe..actually i've already went for shopping so i just want to cuci mata je la,.but then i found a bangle at the bargain place which i thought i like it. But i spotted a lil bit scratch n it was the last piece i think . that's why i couldnt find any other bangles with the same pattern. Fana said maybe someone put that bangles on the bargain place n we tried to find that bangles at other place..but still couldnt find it,huuuu..takpelah..tak beli papelah..went to Diva too but also dissapointed.ahahah.Left Ou with empty handed . But the next day fana went to OU once again n told me that Diva had place new range of items!huh...what a waste laaa..tension..haha
I couldn't find any interested items so i caught myself a picture of me..yeaaaaah...tahpape,.haha


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LOGOS | ORCID-ID | ResearcherID (Web of Science) | Scopus AuthorID | Google Scholar
I'm a researcher with the LOGOS Group at the Philosophy Department of the University of Barcelona.
Between 2014 and 2016, I was a Marie Curie Research Fellow with the Law & Philosophy research group of the University Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. Previously, I held appointments at the Universities of Lisbon, Barcelona and Maryland - University College Europe.
I received my PhD in Philosophy from Stirling. I also studied at the Universities of Lisbon (BA/Licenciatura), and St. Andrews (MLitt in the St. Andrews-Stirling postgraduate programme).
I specialize in philosophy of language, and have interests in metaphysics, metaethics, feminist philosophy, and legal and political philosophy. My recent work focuses on disagreement, retraction, epistemic and deontic modals, pejoratives, dispositionalism about value, shifting concepts, social ontology, and on how political speech motivates social action. You'd be wrong to assume that there's no relation between these topics!
On this site you can find my CV, links to my publications, information on research grants, and teaching materials for my courses. In the events section, you find news and some discussion about recent or upcoming events.
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LOGOS Group
Universitat de Barcelona
Facultat de Filosofia
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Travel around the base of Uluru in the comfort of your coach as your Driver Guide provides commentary about the numerous sacred sites and features to be found at Uluru. Continue to the Kuniya Walk where your Driver Guide will escort you to the beautiful Mutitjulu Waterhole. View Aboriginal rock paintings and learn about the area as your Driver Guide points out some native flora and explains the Aboriginal and European history of Uluru. Later visit the Uluru – Kata Tjuta Cultural Centre, where you can learn about Aboriginal culture and see Aboriginal arts and crafts. In the late afternoon we travel to the Uluru sunset viewing area. Witness the striking colour changes of Uluru at sunset while enjoying nibbles and a complimentary glass of wine.
Please note guests who will be flying in on QF1941 will not be able to join Kata Tjuta and Uluru Sunset on day of arrival. You must advise flight details at time of booking.
Departs: daily 2.30pm (Apr–Oct) & 3.00pm (Nov–Mar) from Ayers Rock Resort
Returns: 30 minutes after sunset to Ayers Rock Resort
Children: 15 years and under are charged at the child rate
Excludes: National Park Entry Fee
Fitness requirement: Moderate level of fitness required. Warm clothes are recommended during winter months (Jun-Aug)
Tour Code: Y17
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Two readers from Tennessee emailed me this story about a state senator there launching a rather odd crusade to get creationism into public schools.
Sen. Raymond Finney proposes to use the legislative process to get an answer to the question of whether the universe was created by a "Supreme Being."
Under Senate Resolution 17, introduced by the Maryville Republican, the answer would come from state Education Commissioner Lana Seivers "in report form" no later than Jan. 15, 2008.
Finney, a retired physician, said Monday that his objective is to formally prod the Department of Education into a dialogue about the teaching of evolution in school science classes without also teaching the alternative of "creationism," or "intelligent design."
A very strange way of trying to start such a discussion. Like most creationists, he uses the label "evolution" for virtually all of modern science and thinks that it has something to do with the origin of the universe. The education commissioner's answer seems rather easy to me: "I don't know, nor does it matter for the purposes of public school science classrooms." Public school science classrooms do not speculate on such questions either way, nor should they.
It's not surprising that Finney is confused about these issues given the ignorance he expresses on the subject of evolution:
Finney said there is no doubt in his own mind that everything in the universe, including human beings, was created by a Supreme Being.
"There has never been any proof offered that Darwin's theory of evolution is correct," he said.
Yet another medical doctor who knows little about science and less about evolution. And he apparently delights in playing idiotic legislative games:
As the resolution is written, if Seivers does answer no to the first question – stating that the universe was not created by a Supreme Being – she would be offered "the General Assembly's admiration for being able to decide conclusively a question that has long perplexed and occupied the attention of scientists, philosophers, theologians, educators and others."
But if she answers yes, or states that the answer to the creation of the universe is uncertain, then there is a follow-up question that must also be answered: Why is creationism not being taught in Tennessee schools?
Well the answer to that is obvious: because it's unconstitutional. And it doesn't matter whether Finney thinks it's true or not. It is nice, however, to see yet another legislator who uses "creationism" and "intelligent design" interchangeably.


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Romans 14:12-13 Yes, each of us will give a personal account to God. So let's stop condemning each other. Decide instead to live in such a way that you will not cause another believer to stumble and fall.
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It says earlier in chapter 14:1 accept other believers who are weak in faith, and don't argue with them about what they think is right or wrong... I believe that this is so important!...and here is a true story that happened to me that illustrates whey we should be so careful to encourage other believers and not condemn them... years ago by husband and I ate dinner with a couple, he knew the husband... I hardly knew the wife...they were big into church (still are)... and we were going to church here and there... but I loved God... and I was being good, and sweet and kind...and I wanted to do the right things!... and I was getting there... well that night nothing I said was right, nothing!...(and some things were!)... and I could not even finish a thought and get to my point without a scripture being thrown at me... I was insulted, using God's word at every turn... I felt like she thought I was trash, the devil in disguise... and I can tell you that I may not always do the right thing...but I am a good, kind person... by the time I left that house I was angry, I felt defensive of myself... I didn't defend myself... after all I was not allowed to finish a sentence.... (she was never really unkind... just unaprove-ing of all that I said)..... but I walked out the door of that house... with that person that was apparently trying to get me to live right...and I did not go back to church for 10 years... because, I thought, if that is the kind of people that are in church, I don't want to be in church... this Christian person had pushed me away from God... we should encourage people by our actions... not condemn people with our words... we should be the love of God!... our actions as Christians should be the proof that God loves us always, and will forgive us always... Christians should be the proof that grace abounds... we should be the place of refuge when somebody does something wrong, the person they can go to to cry to when they figure it all out...and we should love them and hug them and pray with them for God's forgiveness, we should encourage every step toward serving God no matter how small... because each step leads to another... we should never, NEVER be the person that says you are not doing this good enough, you are not doing this right, you do not love God good enough!... We should be the place of comfort, encouragement, love, forgiveness and help.. we should are suppose to strive to be like God! We need to be and example of grace and mercy and love... we need to act like Christians.


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MADISON (WKOW) -- What began as routine traffic stop, quickly escalated into a drug investigation Tuesday afternoon.
A member of the Madison Police Department's Traffic Enforcement Safety Team (TEST) knew he would be issuing more than a ticket when several bags of marijuana flew out a vehicle's passenger side window, landing in all lanes of traffic in the 1300 block of Fish Hatchery Road.
The driver was flagged by TEST for speeding in the 1800 block in the early afternoon. He was refusing to pull over, thus leading officers on a relatively low speed pursuit, while running stop signs and turning onto various streets.
One TEST member stopped to gather the bags of drugs, while another pursued the car.
The vehicle finally stopped in the 1300 block of Wingra Dr. The driver, 23-year-old Travis Brown of Fitchburg, was ordered out at gunpoint and told several times to get on the ground. He eventually complied.
Also in the vehicle were 21-year-old Chelsea Fry and two small children, ages one and three. The driver claimed to know nothing about the bags of flying marijuana, and said he did not pull over quickly as he was looking for a good place to park. As for the $3,765 found in several of his pockets, he said that was his tax return.
The driver says he does not understand the reason for many of the citations and charges, which includes child neglect. The officer explained the tentative child neglect charge was for "having this chase with me, putting children in danger while violating traffic laws and regulations … and also for having a good quantity of marijuana in the vehicle."
Among the charges Brown faces: child neglect, possession of THC (marijuana) with intent to deliver, knowingly flee an officer, speeding, operating with suspended plates, and operating after revocation.
Fry was cited for obstructing an officer.
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Hidden Dynasty
Helios was supposed to be an easy colony for the Vryce Dynasty. The vast reaches of the Expanse were newly rediscovered and ripe for exploitation. Two of the dynasties ships, captained by the Rogue Trader himself, set out to found a new colony from the Imperium's boundless multitude. The Vryce's Luck, a light cruiser re-purposed for colony duties, and the grand cruiser, Vryce's Gambit, pierce the veil of realspace at the edge of the Helios system.
The purple vortex of the warp peel away to reveal a guttering candle of a star. This is a sun suitable for what the colonists paid for their transports. The harsh light of an ancient sun illuminates the cold void of Helios. The system is to be a resource system to the endless hunger of the forgeworlds of Man. The augers of the Dynasties scout fleet had detected asteroid fields that were full of heavy metals. The scouts had orbited Eos long enough for the augers to detect extensive resource deposits, massive life signs and a breathable atmosphere.
Vryce's Gambit was sent to build a space station in the void of the system while Vryce's Luck dropped off the colonists and started the wheels of profit going on Eos.
With a hellish scream, the warp slams shut the door of the system. The nearby warp storms that isolate the expanse run howling through the system. Unprepared, both ships experience massive damage and isolated warp incursions.
Alarm vox transmissions from Vryce's Luck were picked up by the augers of Vryce's Gambit. But Vryce's Gambit could do nothing for their sister ship. The few remaining members of the Administorum Mechanicus on-board the Vryce's Gambit where able to repair enough damage for the ship to limp into the port of the new established space station but nothing could be heard from the Vryce's Luck.
The surviving navigators on board Vryce's Gambit describe the gibbering tearing warp storm that has settled around Helios. There is no way out and no hope of rescue.
Years later, the Vryce's Gambit has repaired enough to investigate Eos and find a small debris field in orbit and signs of a massive impact scar on the forests of the world below. Vox communication hears no hiss of life or breath of activity. The Rogue Trader and all his house are confirmed dead. The Vryce's Gambit returns to port to mourn the fallen.
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Mitt Romney Will Only Buy Stock in the USA if the Price is Favorable
no no no, he's falling on his sword for the good of the party
I'm glad he was able to stimulate the economy with his wasted bid for the White House but other than that, so long and don't let the door hit ya on the way out...
The shoulders of Willard alone are wide enough to deflect incoming Jihadist jumbo jets.
So he quits and that will keep the Democrats out of the White House? [sarcasm] Yeah, that will work [/sarcasm].
Just remember- He loves America too much!! He actually said so, thus is must be true!!
He loves America so much he spent $34 million of his own money out of love alone.
This selfless redistribution of wealth to benefit the 'people' smacks of pernicious socialism - Comrade Rommunist, I presume?
Swinebread: He's falling on his sword? Let me help...
Liberality: I was hoping that he would stay in the race, if only so I could continue to make fun of him.
Randal Graves: That's right! It's too bad that the untapped super powers of Romney's hefty edifice could not help him get a few more votes.
Jon the Intergalactic Gladiator: A rich man can always think of an excuse not to spend money.
FranIAm: Jeepers! He just gives and gives to this country, until he can give no more!
Comrade Kevin: I am sure that there is some sizable tax dodge that he can use to recoup his losses.
Darkblack: Ha! Romneyism! We will need to resurrect Reagan to do battle with him, GOP Zombie pitted against Gop Zombie!


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Who needs Fergie when you have Freddie
Tuesday 7th November 2006. In the 27th minute of Southend United's first game with Manchester United, Freddy Eastwood curls a free kick round the despairing Manchester wall, and beyond Tomasz Kuszczak who is left stranded.
For the remaining minutes of the match the Southend backline is tested time after time but Southend hold firm, greatly aided by Daryl Flahavan's three brilliant saves from Cristiano Ronaldo. Oh yeah, Ronaldo played.
And so did Rooney. And Smith. And Evra. And Brown. And Fletcher. And Richardson. And Silvestre. And Heinze. All those internationals, the accumulated fortunes which run into the hundreds of millions humiliated by the Shrimpers just days after Sir Alex celebrated 20 years in charge.
To be a Southend United fan requires a great deal of patience, and a degree of sense. But when Eastwood scores, and Flahavan saves, and Hooper runs rings around Rooney, and the old warhorse Spencer Prior, with the charismatic Efe Sodje keep the red army at bay with cool heads and composed defending, you have to let go of all that tension that comes from supporting a lower league club, and just appreciate the rare moments of glory for what they are.
Deja vu
Three years on, everything has changed, and yet strangely it seems like nothing has. A league lower (although we were rock bottom of the Championship with the Devils came calling.) Still no money, and with Eastwood long gone the doom should be spreading, but the tactical geniuses behind the victory remain. Tilly and Brush.
Tilson's fists pumping in the air, Brushey's grin, unable to mask the euphoria that comes from taking the lead against one of the most successful footballing sides the world has ever seen – and holding onto that lead into the 90th minute.
To this day fans still talk about that fateful night at Roots Hall. DVDs of the game are passed around with all the delicacy of Mary clutching her new born son, Jesus in the manger. We had our own religious enlightenment then, amidst the wind and the cold. The gypsy king, Freddy Eastwood led a service so frenzied that even now, when I can't sleep, and I toss and turn, I can still hear it. 'Dun dun dun dun, Freddy Eastwood'.
I smile. I then remember Ol' Fergie's face, the gum chewing like Enola Gay had exploded in his face. Memories that will last a lifetime.
So the record books still state, the only English team in the world with a 100% record over Manchester United? The blue boys from Essex. Southend United. By far the greatest team, the world has ever seen.
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I have, hanging over my desk at work, a calendar. I don't really write on it - it's just there for reference and looks. This year I chose one that included works by Impressionist artists. My favorite is Degas.
For some reason, I always connected to his paintings, particularly the ones of dancers. They seem to show a fascination with movement to me. But not just movement - also that graceful pause in the arabesque, the moment before a jete, or just a break to allow the prima ballerina her solo.
I think that's why I like them - they remind me to slow down. To pause. To take a moment to savor and point out the anticipation of things to come and appreciate all that is now done.
I think after I move my cube that I'll bring in another Impressionist calendar for the new year. And a nice china tea cup to use in my pauses.


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It is a nice Saturday and the door bell rings... Our neighbor was nice enough to come and tell us that there was water shooting out of our front yard! Last year this happened and the utility company just put a temporary fix on it and said they would be back in a couple weeks to finish. Well, they never came! The temporary fix wasn't fixing the problem anymore. We gave them a call and they came out eventually and fixed it up. Meanwhile, while we waited 2 more folks stopped to tell us about the water spraying out of our front yard and the kids had fun in the free sprinkler!!! They got to play in water twice Saturday because we played in the rain that morning before the thunder came. :) Here are some pics, but they aren't that good because they were taken on my phone. Our camera will be mailed in this week, hopefully, and prayerfully they will fix it!!
Joey moved his car out of the way.
The gutter pool!!!! LOL


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Well sort of. I kept this one a bit quiet as I Joni and Joe have the occasional nosey over on my Facebook page and I didn't want them to see this before their wedding last Friday. So here it is, Joni & Joe's Wedding Card.
I also designed Joni and Joe's wedding invite a while back and this is what they used to create their amazing favours. I pinched a couple so I could eat one and then keep one, it's now hanging up in the office.
I couldn't have been happier to design their wedding invites and wedding card. Knowing that I helped towards someone's special gives me a massive hit of the warm 'n' fuzzies and is definitely something I could get used to so if you have a wedding coming up or are looking for a uniquely designed card for someone you know, please don't hesitate to give me a shout!