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New Special Skills:
- Combat: Guns, Heavy weapons, Starship combat, Vehicle combat
Movement: Drive, Pilot, Zero-G
Knowledge: Starship operation, Communications, Computers, Explosives, Engineering, Science
Psionics Special Skill
armour (kevlar, battle-suit etc), guns (pistols, rifles, blasters etc, all just like missile weapons in AFF), meds, heavy weapons, vehicles, spacecraft.
Possibly also robots and bioware.
Specs for lots of other high-tech equipment like sensors, comms etc can just be taken from any sci-fi rpg, e.g. Traveller.
Rules for vehicle and spaceship combat:
Really simple, just like gun/missile combat but with modifiers for range and maybe spaceship maneuverability.
Just use Sorcery rules for this, with a list of psionic 'abilities' (i.e. spells). And rename MAGIC as MIND.
Does this seem reasonable? I'll flesh out some details in subsequent posts.


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Brucerian's Bio
Bruce Baugh has also been a horror fan since the early days of reading the Arkham House collections his older brothers could check out before the library would let him get his own copies. He's written extensively for White Wolf and other companies, and has noticed that his subconscious keeps sticking horror in even when he's trying to write something else, so this is a capitulation to the inevitable. He says, "HeroQuest does a whole lot of things I always wanted to do in gaming but never quite figured out how to make them work smoothly, or indeed at all. This is an unexpected answer to long-held wishes to turn more of my inspirations into gaming at last."

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Hello Everyone!
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I loved the cover! No, I didn't notice that the girl doesn't have any footsteps
and the boy does.... No, I didn't notice she is standing in a little pool of
blood... and No, I had no idea it was about vampires otherwise I probably
wouldn't have picked this book up....
I have read enough vampire books for the next 20 years I would say, so
I prefer something without vampires/werewolves etc!!! But I REALLY
liked the cover!
Pretty quick I found out it was indeed about vampires but it was also about
a friendship between two kids (or they seem to be kids anyway) and the most
interesting part, it's also about bullying, hmmm that's a hard word to spell,
anyway you know what I'm talking about. Hundreds of commercials on TV
and Dr Phil, Ellen and Oprah have devoted episodes on bullying and this book
just grabs the essence of bullying and what it does to the victims.
The book was difficult to read, difficult to understand and very sad but
i loved the end and i think it was a wonderful story.
I got this book at Walmart for 11.19 two weeks ago and i thought
that was a good deal.
Overall i would rate this book at an 8 and if the author writes more
books, even if they are about vampires i would read them again.
I wouldn't give this book as a gift to somebody who never reads and is
NOT into the vampire stuff, but if they are and they like to read, it's
NOT into the vampire stuff, but if they are and they like to read, it's
a little treasure to have on your bookshelf.
Favorite passage in the book;
And running right through this there was an underlying anger at the fact
that one person, one single person, could have the power to dominate
so many people's lives simply through his evil and his... ability to
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#229 unofficial etsy featured seller - somethingshidinghere
Date joined etsy- 6/19/07
Sales to date - 2158
-Give us some basic info about you: name, where you live, kids/pets, favorite ice cream flavor, etc.
shauna & stephen
we live in an old tire factory in philadelphia, pa
we share our studios and home with 2 rescue dogs, dexter and noodle
-Describe an average day in life of "you".
everyday is different. the only thing that remains the same is that we get up early and stay up late. our unofficial motto is "must not sleep".
-Were you creative growing up/what did you enjoy doing?
we both were! stephen grew up taking apart things to see how they worked and shauna started her first business when she was 6: selling rocks from her front porch customized with paint-pen drawings.
-What made you want to start selling on etsy?
we started our shop the week after our first renegade craft fair. we had so many people emailing us for items they had seen and wished they purchased.
-How long did it take for you to get your first sale on etsy?
our first sale was the very same day!
-Top 5 favorite foods, tv shows, and bands?
food: shauna lives on coffee and stephen really loves bacon
tv shows: we both love the beekman boys!
bands: shauna just met her favorite band "first aid kit" and stephen learning how to play the guitar thanks to his love of "led belly".
-Is there anything you'd like to try your hand at doing? Knitting, baking, soap making, wood working, an instrument, etc.
we have a long list! currently shauna is obsessed with learning how to make a perfect french macaroon and stephen's taking guitar lessons on a vintage guitar shauna's dad gave him. next: we'd LOVE to get a kiln and start casting our own ceramics.
-What would you suggest to new etsy sellers to promote their shops?
blog, blog, blog! most of our etsy traffic comes from our blog - or other blogs who write about us. take lots of photographs and share the little stories behind your product. like most things in life... a little personality goes a long way!
3 etsy shops you just LOVE?
we like shopping etsy for vintage. items are well curated and it's so fun to search for new additions to our many collections.
amazing vintage linen: http://www.etsy.com/shop/grainsack
etsy is also a great place for hard to find books and magazines, like my favorite Japanese magazine "come home".
here's where i find them: http://www.etsy.com/shop/pomadour24
another great thing about etsy is the amount of people who are willing to make you custom items.
we recently had custom dog portraits made here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/sian?ref=seller_info
-One year from now...
we'll be up too late, drinking too much coffee, making something crazy.
Have an etsy shop with over 300 sales and want to be a featured seller? Contact me at email@example.com
As always, thanks for reading :)


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Taggart & McWhorter in Harold's Cross, 16 Nov. 2012
Just want to let people know that this Friday (16 November) myself and Martin McWhorter from Well Enough Alone will be playing a set of bluegrass music in Sean Mac D's pub in Harold's Cross, Dublin. We start at 9.30 and will play an hour-and-a-half set with a short break in the middle. There's no cover charge. All welcome, and we hope to see some bluegrass fans there.


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Lately, I've had such joy; I confess. But just like Colorado, that season can change in an instant. You create that joy by the steps that you take. Don't get me wrong, God is the creator of joy. He gives it to us. In His presence is the fullness of joy.
I have surrendered my life to Him. He promises that when anyone gives up their life, they may receive true life. But our actions have consequences. Both good and bad. Surrendering your life will in turn give you life. Keeping your life will in turn cause you to lose it. Blah blah blah. I know Michael. Stay with me. Before I tell you my story, I want you to know this: my goal is to be vulnerable and honest.
This last Friday (2 days ago), I was almost in 2 car accidents. On the first incident, I was driving down from Denver day dreaming when someone slammed on their breaks and I almost hit them as I slammed on my breaks. It wasn't just me. Many people behind me mirrored me and I imagine it was the same ahead of me. The second time, it would have been my fault; I confess. I was coming out of the Walmart parking lot and was stopped at the stoplight. My roommate at the time was right next to me and as soon as the light turned green, off we went. I confess, I am a street racer at heart. I love the adrenaline. I love speeding. I love passing aggressively. I love racing other racers. It feels good. If you feel the need to judge, please do. I'm being vulnerable and honest. The problem is that I don't see the consequences until right before they come.
We race a couple of times and just about every time, he beat me. I found out later that he had a V6 (6 cylinders) and mine was a small 2.0L 4 Cylinder engine (slower engine). The higher the cylinders, the faster the car. We were on highway 24 heading to Peyton. David was behind me and there were 2 cars ahead of me going 62 in a 65. I find the opportune moment when the street line was broken and the path was clear; except the hill. As I pass them, a car comes over the small yet non visible hill. I hit about 90 when I finally pulled into my lane after I passed the 2 cars. I didn't think about it until after I survived, but I was driving a little too dangerous. I could have hit that car that I was heading toward. I was going 90 and I could have died. Is my life worth taking over trying to prove who's a faster or efficient driver? Is it worth taking a strangers life? Those questions came to my head after the fact. Thanks self. I've noticed that because I'm still young, my brain hasn't fully developed. It's those moments that I learn to think before doing. Actions have consequences.
Before we came into Peyton, David passes me. We turn into the road near the post office and I take a back way home as he takes the normal route. I totally ignored the fact that I put myself in danger and the questions that came into my mind. We again race. This time on different roads. To make it short, I get home and we start talking about our racing moments. He hit 100 and I hit 95 on our race home. Again, those questions come in my head. I am so convicted by this time. The joy that I've been experiencing, the revelations with God, the overwhelming peace and love, the power of the Spirit working through me... All could have vanished on here. Heaven is a better place, yes. But I don't want to meet Jesus on a moment after stupidity. The friends I would leave behind. The family I would leave wondering what had happened. There is just so much I would have wanted to explain. So much I would have wanted to talk about, pray about, and experience with. Life.
I write this to save a life. I write this to be up front with my piers and mentors. I'm not hiding anything from my life. I'm exposing it. I don't know if I would consider it sin, but I wasn't valuing my life as I should. Jesus is the reason I have hope to live and to throw it away is to spit in His face. He has forgiven me for it 10 times, but I love Him and He loves me. I don't like doing things to hurt Him. I confess. My life and your life are so valuable, we don't even know.
Nothing is mine, not this life that I have
Everything I own, oh Lord is a gift
So who am I, to hold it with a firm grip
I give You my talent, I give You my time
I give You my eyes, I give You my mind
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updated: May 2, 2006
From TheSmokingGun.com - Duke Accuser In Prior Rape Claim, April 28, 2006:
Ten years ago, Crystal Gail Mangum told N.C. cops of assault by three men
A decade before accusing three Duke University lacrosse players of rape, a North Carolina woman claimed to have been sexually assaulted by a trio of men when she was a teenager. In 1996, the woman, now 27, told police that three attackers had assaulted her several years earlier, when she was 14. The woman's first rape claim was recorded in August 1996 by police in Creedmoor, N.C., though none of the men she identified as her assailants were ever charged.
From the 1996 rape report: The subjects did for a continual time rape and beat the victim about her person. The rape happened at "an unspecified location on Hillsboro St." in Creedmoor, N.C.
Essence Magazine reporter Dr. Kristal Brent Zook recently spent over 20 hours in the home of Crystal Gail Mangum's parents. Ms. Mangum was living in her parents home with her two children prior to the March 14th attack. The Mangum home is located in a working-class neighborhood across the street from one of the three churches the family attends regularly. Ms. Zook wrote three very interesting stories about Ms. Mangum and the Duke Lacrosse rape case for the current issue of Essence Magazine.
[Ms. Mangum's mother] told ESSENCE that when her daughter was 17 or 18, she was raped by several men, one of whom was someone she knew. The attack took place in the town of Creedmoor, about 15 miles northeast of Durham, and was a "set up," according to the accuser's mother. Although other family members confirmed that the alleged victim reported the incident to police in that jurisdiction, the young woman declined to pursue the case, relatives say out of fear for her safety. Officials from both the Granville county sheriff's department and the Creedmoor police department said they were unable to locate any records of the incident. They also added that this does not mean that the assault did not occur.NBC17.com provided more details about the reported rape:
Family members said that after the first alleged assault, the young woman underwent about a year of professional therapy and received a course of prescription medication. Her parents said that they were not aware of any other drug use in their daughter's past, as defense attorneys have suggested. The woman's mother told ESSENCE that her daughter, who had lived in the same home with her parents and her two children prior to the March 13 incident, appeared to have recovered after the therapy she had following the incident.
The woman's parents told NBC17 that their daughter was attacked by the boy she was dating at the time and two of his friends. The three allegedly held her against her will in a house, raped her and threatened to kill her...CNN reported:
Durham police officer Brian Bishop, who interviewed the accuser in 1996 while working on the Creedmoor force, said Thursday he had a vague recollection of the report but couldn't remember any details.
The woman identified her attackers as black males, giving police names and addresses.From The Abrams Report on Friday, April 28th:
The police officer who interviewed the woman advised her to "write a chronological-order statement of the incidents and occurrences that had taken place and return the statement for investigative purposes," the report states.
The report concludes: "No further information."
Pollard said there is no indication that the three men cited in the report were ever interviewed.
The officer who took the report no longer works for the department...
Joining me now is reporter Carolyn Costello from NBC station WNCN-TV in Raleigh-Durham. She tracked down one of the men who has been named as one the attackers or presumably as one of the people in there. Carolyn, what do he have to say about this?Also, Crystal Gail Mangum had a "nervous breakdown" last year. It was possibly brought on by money problems:
CAROLYN COSTELLO, WNCN-TV REPORTER: Well, he says he was 13 years old back in 1993, he says his brother also named in that police report is one of the attackers. We know no charges have been filed in this case, but he also says that he never even knew he was named as an attacker. He says he's just learning about this now. He says he has no idea who the accuser is. He says a rape never happened, and he also says that he's getting married very soon, and he really doesn't need this in his life right now.
The mother of the alleged victim told ESSENCE magazine that her daughter did go away to a hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina, for about a week last year, where she was treated for a "nervous breakdown." While the accuser's parents did not say they knew what brought on the breakdown, they did say that their daughter was upset about mounting bills.One negative reaction to the Essence Magazine articles:
"Essence magazine" and "damn stupid" are two things I NEVER in my life thought I would type in the same sentence. What in the world did Dr. Kristal Brent Zook and Ms.Tasha Robertson of Essence Magazine Online hope to accomplish by writing the story that the alleged victim in the Duke Lacrosse rape case had previously reported being raped in 1996 and that she was treated for a nervous breakdown last year? How does this help her? According to WNCN 17 news in Raleigh, the defense did not even know this until Essence ran it. Why doesn't Essence just cut the child's head off and hand it to the defense on a platter?Essence Magazine reporter Kristal Brent Zook said:
The family has received death threats. They say that she has received death threats, anonymous phone calls. There were even some flyers, they say, that were strewn across the front yard of the family home a couple of weeks ago that had death threats on them. So it's understandable. No matter what happened that night ... she is going through a lot right now in the aftermath.sources:
Family Defends Daughter's Painful Past [Essence Magazine]
Nowhere to Turn [Essence Magazine]
Accuser's Mother Meets With Famed Attorney [Essence Magazine]
Duke Lacrosse Accuser Filed Gang Rape Claim 10 Years Ago [FoxNews.com, Apr. 28, 2006]
Police: Accuser didn't pursue prior rape report [cnn.com, Apr. 28, 2006]
Essence reporter: Alleged rape victim running scared [cnn.com, Apr. 25, 2006]
Who Robbed Crystal Gail Mangum? [TJN, April 25, 2006]
Duke Lacrosse Rape: Money at Center of Dispute [TJN, April 27, 2006]
Duke Rape Accuser: Crystal Gail Mangum [TJN, April 21, 2006]


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Easter Basket Bunny Books: I Love You, Honey Bunny and Easter
What sort of Easter basket is best for babies and toddlers? One with plush bunnies or ducks or chicks, sure, but maybe not jelly beans or yellow peeps or big chocolate eggs! What kind of sweet but not sugary treats are great for babies and toddlers?
BOOKS, of course, and luckily children's publishers are right there with lots of choices, small board books with bright colors and textures, that make a tot's basket just as inviting as can be, right along with those of older siblings!
Roger Priddy's lovely little touch-and-feel board book, Bright Baby Touch and Feel Easter (Priddy Books/St. Martin's Press, 2012) offers a different tactile experience on each page--slippery foil, fuzzy fur, glowing glitter, crinkly wraps--while presenting all the images associated with Easter--decorated eggs, an Easter basket, soft lambs, fuzzy chicks, tulip flowers, and chocolate bunnies. Board books for babies are Priddy's specialty, providing plenty of eye candy in the way of hand-lettered fonts, bright colors, and lots of fun for little fingers as well.
Sandra Magnuson goes even further with her own toy and movable book for an Easter morning surprise--a book with soft, furry, plush rabbit ears built right in, coordinated with the bunny on its cover and each of its internal board book pages. Magnuson's art is tailor-made to be attractive to the eyes and fingers of tiny tots, a book to share and even one to take to bed! Her newest, I Love You, Honey Bunny (Earesistables) (Holiday Group Productions, 2013) is a a charming little Easter basket filler that will likely be the first thing a little one reaches for on Easter morning.
Labels: Easter Stories, Rabbit Stories, Toy and Movable Books (Ages 1-5)


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Soda Pop's "Tentacle Bento" is currently in development:
This expansion features 30 brand new cards that add a variety of hair-raising locations, coy captures, and flexible students to the already outrageous collection in the base set.
Are you interested in doing a guest illustration for one of the cards? If so check the available cards below for a list of cards currently available for illustrating. You can then download a useful PSD template here! Grab this reference for the Takoashi Uniform! You can even check out the style-notes if you want to attempt to style-match the existing cards.


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UW-Extension offers resources to support parents raising healthy kids
Parenting and Relationship Education Classes for individuals or groups including evidence-based programs shown to improve family relationships and reduce problem behaviors among youth.
|Active Parenting and Parenting Wisely Parenting Skills for Today's Families. These evidence-based program can be scheduled for individuals or groups. They use videos showing common family challenges to demonstrate effective parenting techniques. Modules are available for parents of kids ages infant-18.
Relationships Matter: Within My Reach Within my Reach is a relationship awareness and communication skills program for adults. Participants can be single or in a relationship. Through discussion and fun activities students learn how communication, values, expectations and goals can make or break relationship success. Relationships really matter! The quality of our relationships impacts our parenting, work, school, community and life satisfaction. Explore ways to find and support smart, successful relationships.
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|Successful Co-Parenting – Offered monthly in Ashland and Bayfield Counties for divorcing parents and others involved in co-parenting situations. Explores healthy strategies for parenting between two households and keeping kids out of the middle of parent conflicts.
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How do working class men fulfill their responsibilities as feminists? At first glance, this question seems like an obvious one: as working class men, most of us interact with women on a daily basis. Moreover, as Wobblies we are not unfamiliar with the reality of women's struggles. But how often is this "obvious" question raised?
Just as the industrial struggle requires coordinated action to achieve working class goals, so too does feminism require its own daily acts of solidarity. Working class men who understand the spirit and practice of solidarity in one realm already possess what they need to apply it in another. They only need the confidence and determination to begin.
More than any other, the concept of solidarity has provided the working class with an affirmative answer to the question of what we are fighting for: we support each other in the face of injustice, in order to create a more just and supportive world. In this sense, solidarity is both the "means to an end," as well as the "end" in itself. We care about what happens to other people, because this always has implications for us too. Veterans of the class conflict know these truths all too well!
But we should also know that any working class that fails to practice solidarity between any of its constituent parts – like that between men and women – leaves itself that much further from its stated goals. We have to remember that building the new society in the shell of the old means establishing now the kinds of practices that we hope to develop more fully in the future. Feminism can help us address one problem area that is ever-present in our daily lives.
As working class men of the IWW, we know the appropriate response to a call for solidarity from others in the broader labor movement, especially when they are engaged in a workplace action. It isn't something we usually need to deliberate over, fight about, or otherwise render ourselves "missing in action" because we don't agree with the leadership or ideology of the affected group. The world and its circumstances may not conform to our preferences or expectations, but we know well enough to offer support when it is asked of us – and that is very much to our credit. Extending ourselves in solidarity to others when they are in need creates possibilities for dialogue that might not be available when we neglect to do so.
Working class men who want to establish genuine ties of solidarity to women's struggles will have to emulate this "openness of spirit" when it is women who are asking for help and support, and to remain cognizant of the fact that many times support is welcome even if it isn't explicitly asked for. The principle of solidarity remains the same: we give the affected individual or group the benefit of the doubt and offer support, even if the situation is complicated by other legitimate concerns.
One important way that we practice solidarity with other labor activists that should be replicated in our relations with women is, first and foremost, to listen to what they are telling us. Again, as Wobblies it would be very strange to approach another union with a different organizing model by second-guessing the claims it was making from a picket line. We know that it is inappropriate to make firm determinations about what somebody else is going through, in a situation that primarily affects them. But when it comes to our relations with women, the "boss" role that is given to men by patriarchy may lead us into a false sense of confidence of "knowing what is best" – for example, in a situation where an experience is shared by both men and women, but interpreted differently.
Our everyday interactions with women are no doubt complicated by the fact that, as working class men, we are often implicated in the same situations equally. Unlike in the case of a strike action undertaken by others, if a female activist has the courage to raise questions of sexism in her organization, it might be easy for the men to think, "Well, I was there too, and I don't think sexism has anything to do with it." Both may have firsthand experience to back up their perceptions, but in the case of the men, they may not be assuming general conditions of patriarchy as the woman does.
These aren't easy or straightforward problems to address in practice, but working class men have a lot to contribute in moving us all in the right direction. One of the best approaches comes from our own tradition as Wobblies: by extending the practice of solidarity to all members of the working class. This necessarily includes women, and it is a development that is ready to be advanced, just as soon as we are ready to carry it forward.


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Friday, February 17, 2017
I Don't Give a Monkey's Bung-hole
In other news ....
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Congrats on planning to do anReplyDelete
Ivy-type-marathon. Are you allowed to have stops for water and so on? (especially so-on).Replies
Will stop to pee but no breaks. If I need a break, I can walk. Marathons are done straight through. That's the challenge.Delete
Okay, I never thought about the need to pee on such a long run.Delete
H.R.: Loved your idea about the Post-it. Tim was telling me about the runners that poop themselves just to make time. Ohh nooo. That cannot be fun to run in poop or pee.Delete
Good luck on the full marathon! And jeez, a monkey's bung-hole is bad enough, but a monkey's HAIRY bung-hole? Yikes!ReplyDelete
"onions are cooking in the cast iron, soon to pop in mushrooms" and I bet they are looking and smelling good!ReplyDelete
Enjoy your three day weekend, and all good things for your upcoming marathon
Go for it Ivy!
All the best Jan
Hmmm... If you're getting ready for a marathon, maybe you're listening to the Theme from Rocky?? :)ReplyDelete
Good for you, HW. What a great goal! You are a determined person!ReplyDelete
Have a good weekend!ReplyDelete
Good luck in the Marathon!ReplyDelete
Good luck with the marathon. So you run as well as cook?ReplyDelete
Wow, maybe doing a half marathon will do the trick and help me get rid of my stuff too!ReplyDelete
Do you mean literally "at home"? How does that work? I need some exercise motivation!ReplyDelete
Anyway, good luck and let us know how it goes!
The best to you amazing woman!ReplyDelete
Ahhh, messed up on my first comment to you. I was going to say that yours is an admirable goal and good for you. However, I will never say that "I love jogging". -JennReplyDelete
A monkey's hairy bung hole...bahahaha 😂😂😂ReplyDelete
Well, good for you, Wonder Woman! That is definitely something to strive for. And be proud doing.
My guess is you were listening to Bryan Adams. Amiright?Replies
Ding, ding, ding. Three earwigs and a tooth, for you. Bryan Adams it was.Delete
BAHAHAHAHA! Jenny...oh that is funny :) Would you like one of the earwigs? I really don't have room for all three :)Delete
Jenny: No problems here, Jenny. It's great fun to read these comments.Delete
Martha: I can split them, 1.5 earwigs each but it might get messy.
Eeek...yes, it'll get messy. I'll take one earwig and leave the rest for some other folks. My mama...she taught me to share :)Delete
Hahahaha. Great answer.Delete
You go girl!ReplyDelete
hahahahaha your answer to jennie .... I love joggingReplyDelete
What do you enjoy ?
hahahahahahahahahah mine is being able to get up in the morning.
cheers, parsnip
Ivy, you come up with the catchiest titles!ReplyDelete
You can have a number on your shirt. I recommend a post-it! LOLReplyDelete
Happy running, Ivy! You're always inspiring.ReplyDelete
I am so excited for you. Go for it! You're amazing.ReplyDelete
Wow some exciting stuff. Hope you had a great 3 day weekend!!ReplyDelete
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Sorry you haven't been able to eat a proper meal. Here's to both getting healed up, and to your tastebuds coming back, soon.Delete
Good for you, Ivy! I'm so happy and excited for you. You don't need no stinkin' t-shirts. You'll have the happiness in your heart. :)ReplyDelete
Dear Ivy hope you are doing OK !! hugs!!ReplyDelete


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Re: PLUDE families in CT
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Re: PLUDE families in CT
Sherri - I happened to be at Archives today, and was able to find a fair amount.Too much to detail here, so I'll send you e-mail.
I found references to Eben Plude b. 1847 in VT, 1st wife Agnes (3 children, including Eben Jr. b 1880), 2nd wife Ellen (6 children).
Eben Jr. married Martha from Saxony, Germany and had at least 7 children by 1920.The eldest of these was William E., born abt 1902.
Earnest, son of Eben Sr. by Ellen, was married to Otielia from W. Prussia Germany and had at least 6 children in 1920, including Eben, (eldest) born abt 1909.
John Plude, MD
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Under fire for his silence, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met Editors as part of his new media outreach strategy on Wednesday and showed he's the boss. Dismissing talk that he is a "lameduck" Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh said he has been entrusted with the job by the Congress party from which he has not heard "any contrary view".Terming the perception that his government had gone "comatose" and was "lameduck" as clever propaganda of the Opposition "to which some sections of the media had lent ear", Singh asserted that "truth will prevail" and his performance will speak. Singh spoke of "maximum possible cooperation" that he was getting from Congress president Sonia Gandhi whom he met one-on-one every week. He had never felt that she was an "obstacle".Manmohan was critical of the media and said that it has become an "accuser, prosecutor and judge". This way, Manmohan Singh said, no parliamentary democracy could work.'Ready to come under Lokpal ambit'About Lokpal Bill, he said it was essential and desirable. The country needed a strong Lokpal although it is not a "panacea".He told the editors that he would try to find a way on the Lokpal issue and work for a national consensus. The government would reach out to the civil society but no group can insist that their views "A to Z" are the last word. As for bringing the office of the Prime Minister under the purview of the Lokpal, Singh said that he has no hesitation in bringing himself under it.However, many of his Cabinet colleagues were of the view that bringing the institution of the Prime Minister under Lokpal would create "an element of instability which can go out of hand". "I have no hesitation in bringing myself under the purview of Lokpal but many of my Cabinet colleagues feel that bringing the institution of Prime Minister under it will create instability," he said.'Cabinet reshuffle is on'Manmohan confirmed that the Cabinet reshuffle is "work in progress" but refused to disclose when it will take place. On the question of Rahul Gandhi for the top job, he said he is open to young leadership taking over. "Cabinet reshuffle is now on, will bring in new faces," he said. Asked if it could take place soon, Singh replied, "I cannot predict."Coalition pulls do existTold about doubts being raised about the stability of his government, particularly in the light of problems with DMK, the Manmohan said, "We have some points of tension but nobody wants an election."On dialogue with civil society, he said that the government should appear to be receptive to what the society says and he had himself encouraged a dialogue with Anna Hazare. With regard to Ramdev also, the effort was not to create unnecessary misunderstanding, he said, adding that he had earlier written to the yoga guru to share some of his concerns on black money and corruption.Responding to a question about police action against Ramdev and his followers at Delhi's Ramlila ground in the middle of the night, Singh said it was unfortunate but he did not see any alternative.If action had been taken the next day there would have been larger crowds, he said.Asked if Hazare was naive or politically motivated, the Prime Minister said it was not good to question the motives of those government is negotiating with.The meeting with select editors is part of the Prime Minister's new media outreach strategy.Wednesday's meeting will be followed by regular interactions with the media- both print and electronic. The PM's last press interaction with electronic media was four months ago.
Ikato Y Kiho, first Naga to join National School of Drama in New Delhi
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I heard on ABC radio this evening that a young man, Danny Pollak, was attacked and bashed on a train the other evening supposedly for wearing a yamulka. The report on the ABC news site appears here:
It concerns me that this young man feels that he is generally discriminated against because he wears a yamulka. My peers don't speak of being insulted because they appear obviously Jewish. But maybe things are a bit rougher out in the world these days for young people who attend Uni etc.
Police investigate train attack on Jewish man
Police are investigating after a Jewish man was attacked and abused over his religion on a Melbourne train.
Danny Pollak, 27, was travelling from North Melbourne to Flinders Street station on Tuesday night when he was approached by a group of men.
Mr Pollak was wearing his yarmulke at the time and was hit on the head. "Unfortunately I'm used to people insulting me because I'm Jewish or because I'm wearing my yarmulke," he said. "But it's really the first time that I've actually been physically assaulted so I was really a bit shocked and shaken up by it."
Manny Waks from the Jewish Anti-Defamation Commission says such attacks are of great concern. "I think this is a worrying trend," he said. "We certainly don't want to sound alarmist because Jews in Australia do have it very good compared to some of our counterparts in Europe and the US, not to mention the Middle East, [but] this is a serious issue."
Whatever the case I hope the police act quickly and decisively to apprehend these thugs. In or easygoing Australian society no one should feel like a second class citizen in any way - and especially because of their religion and mode of dress.


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Whilst the Samsung and Apple legal battle rumbles on (you show me yours, I'll show you mine) there has been an unexpected and somewhat murky twist in the "copyist" wars.
Whilst we all know that the Far East is awash with counterfeit and rip-off tech products, those products don't usually get the official manufacturers' stamps of approval.
But that's what seemingly has happened to the Anymode Smart Case - a less than subtle copy of Apple's iPad 2 Smart Cover for the Galazy Tab 10.1 - which got official Sammy recognition with a "Designed for Samsung Mobile" label. And just one that the company stuck on itself, the real-deal apparently, with the accessory also said to be available in Samsung A/ S stores in Korea.
So how did such an obvious knock-off get the quality seal? Well, a bit of digging from 9to5Mac and The Asian Economy has revealed that Sang-yong Kim, the Anymode CEO, was "born in Samsung family" and is the nephew of Samsung chairman Kun-Hee Lee.
Oh dear. That's not gonna go down well at the Cupertino coffee meeting.
Samsung has gone of the defence though, issuing a statement that reads:
"As a general practice, Samsung Electronics reviews and approves all accessories produced by partners before they are given the 'Designed for Samsung Mobile' mark. In this case, approval was not given to Anymode for the accessory to feature this official designation. We are working with Anymode to address this oversight and the product has already been removed from the Anymode sales website. The product has not been sold."
But we feel the damage might have already been done. Apple's lawyers don't usually miss a trick.


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February 6, 2007
The Long Winter
I have been gone for a long time and for those of you who got used to my weekly posts I am sorry to have left and I hope you come back to read this. All of a sudden I am panicking at all of the garden related stuff I need to do. The deadline for ordering seedlings from the women's shelter that is also an organic farm is February 10th and I haven't even looked at the list yet!! Beets though, I definitely want to grow beets.
I am still enrolled in the Master Urban Gardener Program and planning to go to all of the classes that I can this Winter but, I've already missed 2. One, I had a good excuse for and the other...well...I had been out of town a lot and had just flown home the day before. I was really intending to go but, then it was insanely cold out and I just couldn't do it. I need to get back in the habit. They sent me a nice list of all of the classes I still need to make up and almost the whole list is highlighted. I'll be taking this free, weekly, class for 4 years at this rate.
Oh and can we talk about this weather? It's finally really cold but, I am sure that all of the warm weather for so long was not good for the garden. I had planted garlic bulbs in the fall and I don't think they were supposed to have sprouted anything green until the spring but, if you walk over to my garden plot now there are these little garlic shoots coming up. That's probably bad. I have learned some things since last year though. I'll be beginning my stash of toilet paper rolls (aka: cutworm protection) shortly.
Alright well more on the weather and classes and the porch compost and the Garden Steering Committee and my seedling selections next time.
I am glad to be back.
9 comments:
- Malin NN said...
I'm glad you're back, since I've onlye recently started to read your blog. How's the compost going?
- February 07, 2007 2:56 PM
Well, the last time I checked on it it looked like a frozen lump of dried leaves. I'm hoping that something different will happen once it warms up. Or Maybe I'll pour some hot water in there.
Thanks for stopping by malin!!
- February 07, 2007 4:25 PM
- Ottawa Gardener said...
Glad to see that you are back! I look forward to reading your blog.
By the way, have you peeked at your compost lately?
- February 07, 2007 9:13 PM
- earlysnowdrop said...
Welcome back. I stopped blogging a while back and then started back up. Sometimes you just have writer's block. Here's to spring!
- February 07, 2007 10:24 PM
I've got you on my RSS feed so whenever you write a post, I'll be stopping by.
Can't wait to hear what you will be planting this year.
- February 09, 2007 10:03 AM
- Blackswamp_Girl said...
What a great idea... the organic farm/women's shelter, I mean. And nice to see you back!
- February 14, 2007 7:02 PM
- Gotta Garden said...
I agree...that's wonderful to be able to purchase things you want/need and support a worthy cause at the same time!
Don't worry about your garlic shoots. I plant mine in fall and they always come up...I'd be worried if they didn't! They are tough plants. You will be so glad you planted them...yum! What kind(s) did you plant?
- February 14, 2007 9:00 PM
- Black Eyed Susan said...
Gotta_Garden - I have no idea what kind of garlic I planted. I just bought some organic garden from a farm nearby. I think its "hard-neck" since the middle seemed like a pretty stiff stalk but, I'm not sure. :(
- February 16, 2007 12:32 PM
which school are you doing the master urban gaedener progam at? Sounds interesting... what makes it urban as opposed to a regular master gardener program?
- February 16, 2007 4:23 PM


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***No worries. Bob is a cooler.***
This weekend I purchased a replacement cooler. Our blue cooler, Bob, lost his handle and is generally just awkward to use, except for just sitting on the floor, filling it up, and using it on that spot. I did, however, get a kick-ass deal. I paid $6.25 for a $25 cooler. Yay!
Now, comes the problem. We need to name the new cooler. Yes. We name our coolers. Among our family there are so many coolers and naming them tends to be easier than saying:
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The naming started years ago when my Dad, never one to pass up something free, picked up a cooler off the side of the road. It was not so big that you needed two people to carry it, but it held more than a 6 pack… which was nice, and not so totally common at the time. Any way… the gentleman that owned the cooler previously had written "RODNEY" on the handle. I am sure, for some time, that we called that one Rodney's Cooler. But, eventually, he just became Rodney.
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- Raggie was selected by the Indiana Pacers in the first round (11th pick overall) of the 1987 NBA Draft;
- 18 years he played in the same team
- World Champion gold medalist and Olympic gold medalist;
- He played more games with the same team than all but two players in NBA history, John Stockton and Karl Malone of the Utah Jazz.
- Raggie is the he most prolific 3-point shooter in NBA history, Miller is No. 1 all-time in 3-pointers attempted (6,321) and made (2,506). He is the franchise's all-time leader in scoring and assists and stands 14th on the NBA's all-time scoring list.
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Over the last couple of days, the hashtag #FireKushner has been trending on Twitter. Turns our those God-fearing, White, Christian, White Supremacist Patriots are having trouble dealing with the fact that a naughty, naughty Jew Boy, Jared Kushner, is running the show at the White House these days.
Someone even went as far as to register a domain for his pal, Steve Bannon, who will soon (likely) be on the outside looking in at the Oval Office.
The website? http://firekushner.com.
Goodness! The nice looking Jew-boy is OFFENDING the White Nationalists who put Trump into office!
And guess who is leading the charge. One guess. He now gets his paycheck signed by Vladimir Putin.
Yep! Good old American Traitor Lee Stranahan, now working as a Russian Propagandist for the Putin Propaganda outlet Sputnik.com, owns the domain created to help drive this offensive, squeaky clean JEW out of the White House where Steve Bannon rightfully belongs. STRANAHAN, who says he is the only former Breitbart employee to be personally hired by Dead Andy Breitbart and One Foot Out the Door Steve Bannon.
Is it a matter of ideology? Or does Bannon understand that the Breitbart influence will die a much-deserved death on the vine if Bannon is shown the other side of the Oval Office door.
Thank goodness Lee Stranahan, a traitor to his country who would sell out his nation as quickly as he sold his wife's vajayjay to strangers, was there to stand up for his Alt-Right, White Supremacist Pal from the Breitbart days.
Of course, one would have to believe that Trump would ignore his daughter's pleas to NOT fire Jared and, instead, fire that ICKY old Steve "Tumor Face" Bannon.
But who really believes THAT?


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Denis Villeneuve turned down the chance to direct 'Bond 25' to work on 'Dune'.
The 50-year-old filmmaker - whose last release was 'Blade Runner 2049' - has been one the names touted to helm the upcoming 007 movie but Villeneuve has revealed he had to say no to the spy blockbuster because he is just too "busy right now" getting ready to fulfill his dream to remake the sci-fi epic.
Speaking to website The Playlist, Villeneuve said: "The thing is I don't know about that but listen, Daniel Craig is a very inspiring actor and I had some contact and the thing is that I'm busy right now doing 'Dune'.
"But, I will say to have the privilege to work with him it would be a dream. I would love to work with Daniel and a Bond movie for me would be a treat. It's a matter of timing, I guess."
Villeneuve is a huge fan of David Lynch's epic 1984 movie - which was adapted from Frank Herbert's book of the same name and starred Kyle MacLachlan, Sir Patrick Stewart, Francesca Annis, Leonardo Cimino and Brad Dourif - and has always held the ambition to bring the story of the battle for the planet Arrakis back to the big screen.
Back in August, 49-year-old Craig revealed he will return as 007 for the landmark film in the series, which will hit cinemas in 2019.
It will be his final outing and will mean that he breaks Sir Roger Moore's record as the longest-serving Bond when 2019 rolls around as he will have been in possession of the iconic part for 13 years.
As well as Villeneuve, Yann Demange and David Mackenzie have also held meetings with the production team about directing the next Bond film.
'Dunkirk' director Christopher Nolan and 'Baby Driver' filmmaker Edgar Wright are also thought to be in the running for the prestigious job.
Sam Mendes, who directed the acclaimed 'Skyfall' and 'Spectre' films, stepped away from the franchise sparking the search for new director for Eon Productions.
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If Jack O'Connell feels 'agonized' about future baseball awards voting he should quit
- 1/10/12, "Steroids Era to consume Hall voters," AP, Ronald Blum
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Suggestion to Mr. O'Connell: If it's going to be so agonizing, why don't you quit?
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This 2005 Tim Marchman article may help O'Connell. It mentions steroids and Palmeiro but focuses on the media's "unseemly sense of ownership of the game:"
- 8/10/2005, "Baseball's own full court press," Tim Marchman, NY Sun
Curiously, in the endless acres of newsprint devoted to the issue, it seems one point hasn't been addressed. It concerns the press, not athletes, and simply put it's this: Isn't it more than a bit presumptuous for sportswriters to talk about the damage players do to the game and to their legacies when they use drugs?
And if so, might a bit more humility be in order?
Baseball has always had a curious relationship with the press, which has, rather than merely covering the game, always intervened in its workings and altered the course of its affairs. This has been more true of baseball than other sports. There exists no football equivalent to the coverage - by the black and socialist press - that helped lay the groundwork for the integration of the game, no basketball equivalent of the activist coverage - by writers like the Times's Murray Chass - that helped make every labor stoppage until the last one a defeat for owners.
This is so largely for the same reasons that statistics are so much more important in baseball than in the other major American team sports. Much more than any other sport, baseball really is conscious of its history and legacy and role as a national institution, which leads to a notion of "the game" as something distinct from the players, managers, coaches, scouts, and executives who comprise it. Basketball is Michael Jordan; hockey is Wayne Gretzky; baseball is, simply, baseball.
In baseball, the press is traditionally seen as the guardians of the game. The longest-tenured journalists outlast generations of players, managers, and executives. It's a fact of baseball that is expressed in areas as basic and important as entrance to the Hall of Fame, which is mostly regulated by longtime baseball writers.
This is not wholly, or even mostly, bad.
Baseball writers have always tended, to feel their loyalty is to the abstract notion of the game and the civic ideals with which it is associated, rather than to the men who play it or profit from it. The tradition of honorable activism in baseball journalism cannot be divorced from this loyalty.The downside of this state of affairs, though, is the unseemly sense of ownership of the game that you find in the writing of many of those who have covered it for a long time. This is no new phenomenon: Spend some time with members of the Sporting News from the 1960s (or the 1920s, for that matter) and you'll read more than you'd ever believe about the ungratefulness and loutish manners of the Young Turk ballplayers of the day.
Read up on baseball's labor history and you'll see that many longtime baseball writers came to identify with management, for the simple reason that they too were fixtures in a game whose players are essentially transient, and that their sense of ownership of the game too often curdled into a sense of bitterness towards players who just wanted their fair share of the money the game was making.
Often, the sense of ownership turns into outright resentment of the players, who after all just play the game but, apparently, don't really understand it.
This is the root of the stock complaint that such-and-such young player doesn't even know who Joe DiMaggio (or whoever) is. It shows up in all sorts of areas, and seems especially to show up in coverage of young black and Hispanic players whose manner of play and self-expression is alien to middle-aged and old white men. Again, this is nothing new - the veteran baseball writers of the 1890s had little good to say about the Irishmen who were increasingly coming to dominate the game - but it is an unpleasant fact that must be dealt with in talking about the way the game is covered.
In this light, the steroid crisis is in a way the perfect baseball scandal. The collective and long-standing sense of the press that the game needs to be protected from the ego, arrogance, and misunderstanding of the men who happen to play it has found its perfect expression, and thus we end up with a variety of stock locutions aimed at players who use, or are thought to have used steroids: They're dishonoring the game, tainting their legacies, bringing shame upon the game, and so forth.
From another angle, though, this isn't really possible. What is the game, after all, if not the sum of the actions of the men who play it? If the more preposterous estimates of steroid use among ballplayers (like the 70% figure bandied about from time to time) are to be believed, isn't there something of a consensus among players that steroids are just an accepted fact of the game,
- something to which the rest of us have to adjust?
This isn't at all meant as an argument in favor of throwing up one's hands at the drug problem. Writers do have a responsibility to state clearly that drug use is wrong (if for no other reason than that it exerts pressure on clean players to risk their health) and criticize players who break the laws of the land and the sport by using steroids.Still, the common arguments about how today's players should be ashamed to be compared to the players of yesteryear (many of whom, like Mike Schmidt, freely admit they'd use steroids if they were playing today) might be seen for the self-serving nonsense they are if writers and readers were more consciously aware of the historical bias among writers towards seeing themselves as the guardians of the game. They - we - aren't.
Excepting the occasional Sunday jaunt in Prospect Park with my cronies, I haven't played baseball since I was in grade school. Palmeiro has played over 2,800 major league games, and countless games in grade school, high school, college, the minors, spring training and the Olympics. Before he takes the field he - like all other ballplayers - goes through a pregame stretching routine
- that would make a fair number of those reading this throw up.
Isn't it at least possible that I and my colleagues, while giving the man all the hell he deserves, should at least leave out the lines of attack that revolve around his love and respect for a game to which he's dedicated in a way
- no one who doesn't play can really understand?"
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Ed. note: It's to Bud Selig's advantage that the media are overly involved. He sees them as his loyal army. In return they get to feel important and reap perks from Selig's prize locker. So nothing is likely to change.
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In 2006 I sent an email to Mr. O'Connell on the general topic of BBWAA awards:
- I asked for the names of the 28 persons who voted for the 2005 AL Cy Young Award & their professional affiliations. Here is his reply: (July 21, 2006)
- After being turned down by O'Connell, I noted on this blog:
- but who guards you (other than Bud Selig)?
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I asked then BBWAA president Peter Schmuck for the same information about the 2005 AL Cy Young voters. I posted his email response on this blog on July 24, 2006:
- "That's not information I have at my fingertips, though it is not kept confidential. Those records are kept up in New York. Is there anything in particular I can answer for you? pete"
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My name is Clemma and I am writing about my experience with the Dexcom Seven continuous glucose monitoring system. I live in Minneapolis with my young son and my not so young husband. I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes 11 years ago, when I was almost 21 years old. I started pumping 7 years ago, first with a Minimed 508, then an Animas IR1200, and now with the OmniPod. Friday, June 29 I hooked up to my newest constant companion, the one and only Comrade Dex...
Friday, October 19, 2007
Houseguests and broken cables
I also took a Dexcom break. I had a couple bad sensors, and then my calibration cable broke. After they replaced the sensors and the cable I just didn't get around to starting again. I put in a new sensor at work this morning and realized I forgot the transmitter at home, but I'll be initializing it tonight. I was surprised to have two bad sensors in a row. I think my next post should be about when sensors fail. The Dexcom manual kind of glosses over that, if I remember correctly.
2 comments:
- Bernard said...
Hey Clemma
Welcome back online. Sorry to hear about your houseguest woes.
Wow you broke the cable. Were you trying to tie up a certain child with it? ;-)
- October 19, 2007 at 2:59 PM
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Well, I didn't realize how long it has been since I've posted anything to my blog until I decided to post a recent project so I thought I'd wish everyone a Happy New Year in February! I know, I'm slightly unhinged but you wouldn't love me if I wasn't? Over the new few days I will be posting all the photos I've accumulated over the past three months (yep, it's been THAT long since I posted!) and delighting you with the life and times of my family and all my crafting escapades. I'll have to send out an e-mail to everyone so they'll know to start visiting my blog again as there will actually be something NEW!
To start off my New Year in February, I thought I'd post a few of my resolutions for this year. It's cliche, I know, but it gives me a sense of accountability if everyone I know reads it and looks to see if I follow through. Here goes:
*Priorities: I want this to be a year of priorities...the RIGHT kind of priorities. I'm involved in many good things but I frequently allow those good things to interfere with what's more important, like being faithful to my daily Bible reading or investing time in my family and friends.
*Blogging at least once a week: Writing has always been a necessary part of my existence and even if no one ever reads a word I've written, it restores a little piece of my sanity each time I sit down and pour out my thoughts. I'd like to mix up my blog a bit more and make it personal: recipes, photos, more crafting projects, books I'm reading, the good, the bad and the ugly. (I'll try to keep the ugly to a minimum!)
*Weight loss: I can hear the groans and see the eyes rolling but you don't understand...I came home from our trip to California, saw my pictures and lost at least a pound of water weight crying over the AWFUL pictures of myself (see picture above). How did I let this happen? We're talking gluttony squared! Even if I only lost one pound a month during the year, anything would have to be better than where I'm at right now.
*Casting aside criticism: This one is going to be tough for me because I've allowed this one to really take root. Another word for it is pride (and a bit of bitterness thrown in for good measure) but I'll be nice and just call it criticism for now. I've never realized until lately how much my life revolves around criticizing other people for not having a higher level of pride in what they do or how they treat people, to the point that most of my conversation seems to revolve around tearing others down. Not nice! It doesn't mean I'm going to turn into a "yes" woman or agree with everything around me but as Pollyanna said, "Look for the good in them."
As you can see, I've got my work cut out for me and if you want to pray for me or check in once and awhile to see how my resolutions or going, I welcome a bit of accountability. Happy belated New Year to you!


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Sunday, January 26, 2014
***And Then It Was My Birthday***
29 comments:
- marty (A Stroll Thru Life) said...
Oh what a great day, Congratulations and Happy Birthday!!!!. Love that painting. Hugs, Marty
- January 26, 2014 at 7:52 AM
- Linda said...
Happy Birthday and what great gifts. Especially your lovely family!!! Linda@Wetcreek Blog
- January 26, 2014 at 8:35 AM
- Stacy @ Sweethearts + Sweet Tarts said...
Happy Bithday ~ I am glad your day was so special and I loved reading about your mom ~ she is amazing! Happy Sunday, friend!
- January 26, 2014 at 9:49 AM
- Dee @ A Lapin Life said...
Happy Birthday Meredith!!!
- January 26, 2014 at 3:03 PM
- Christine Graves said...
Awww how sweet! Love this post...Happy Birthday! and I adore the picture your hubby gave you. I'd would have been keeping my eye on it too :-)
- January 27, 2014 at 7:47 AM
- Stephanie said...
I guessed 32 although you look like a 28 year old...maybe even 25 :) Happy belated Birthday, sweet Meredith! You are a blessing to so many, me included. So thankful to be able to celebrate YOU :) Love and hugs, my friend!
- January 27, 2014 at 11:23 AM
- Rea T said...
aww! happy birthday girl! ♥
how sweet of joey's little note that he gave you..and isn't it fun to get to celebrate each year with your mom?
lots of hugs & kisses on your birthday meredith♥♥♥
- January 27, 2014 at 11:58 AM
- Elizabeth Day said...
Happy belated birthday! What a great way to celebrate your special day. Your man was so thoughtful! And my, how blessed you are to have such an amazing Mom.
- January 27, 2014 at 1:12 PM
- Elizabeth Day said...
Happy belated birthday! What a great way to celebrate your special day. Your man was so thoughtful! And my, how blessed you are to have such an amazing Mom.
- January 27, 2014 at 1:12 PM
- Suzan Sweatman said...
Happy belated B-day dear Meredith!
You look gorgeous ( have you lost weight - not that that has anything to do with it - but you look like you have :)
Sounds like you had a wonderful day surrounded by wonderful family !
- January 27, 2014 at 6:55 PM
- Joi @ Rx Fitness Lady said...
Happy belated Meridith. That necklace from your sister is right up my alley. Your mother sounds like a jewel and it has rubbed off on you. Such a sweet spirited voice on this blog. Glad you celebrated another blessed year with your loved ones! Cheers to 32, I'm knocking on 33 this summer :)
- January 28, 2014 at 2:19 AM
- Lorna Sharp said...
Happy late birthday, just found your blog...
Seems like you have a really joyful and happy Life With these two ;)
Lots of love from Paris, on my first visit here ;)
- January 28, 2014 at 4:34 AM
- chateau chic said...
Happy Birthday, Meredith!! Sounds like you were celebrated in so many lovely ways!
Mary Alice
- January 28, 2014 at 8:44 PM
- Daniela @Frugal Aint Cheap said...
what a special birthday you had!!! you are young my friend!
- January 28, 2014 at 9:04 PM
- Michell Pulliam said...
Shucks girlie! How did I miss that one! HAPPY "belated" BIRTHDAY Meredith!! 32, you could have fooled me! But I see where you get your good looks AND genes...your mom is gorgeous! Happy Birthday to you both! So glad you enjoyed your special day with your family! xoxoxo
- January 29, 2014 at 1:10 AM
- PolkaDottyPlace said...
Happy Birthday Meredith!! It looks like you had a wonderful time with your family!! Hope 32 is your best year yet. LOVE that pearly statement necklace - your sis has great taste :) And your husband outdid himself with that picture. I can see it finding a home in one of your pretty gallery walls right away.
- January 29, 2014 at 1:12 AM
- Ugochi said...
Happy Birthday Meredith! You look so pretty like your mom. Happy Birthday to her too! God increase both of your greatness and comfort you on all sides!
- January 30, 2014 at 4:20 PM
- Trinity Grace said...
Happy Birthday! I'm so glad you had cake, and you got to eat it!! May God bless you with many, many more birthdays.
- January 30, 2014 at 6:28 PM
- Nicole Mendez said...
Happy belated birthday Meredith! That necklace is stunning and you don't look a day over 25! :)
- February 2, 2014 at 10:41 PM
- Ashley Ditto said...
Happy Birthday beautiful!!!
- February 3, 2014 at 7:59 PM
Belated Happy Birthday Meredith! 32 is the new 20! You look younger than that :)
- February 3, 2014 at 10:52 PM
- Khammany @ Sweet Inspired Home said...
Happy belated birthday Meredith! I love that your hubby gave you a painting! I think that is one of the best gifts you could get espeicially if you've had your eye on it! I was at an art gallery one time and admiring a painting when the owner came and took it down. Apparently a man just bought it for his wife for her birthday. I was so jealous!
- February 4, 2014 at 9:36 AM
- Rooms by Ann said...
Happy belated birthday, I love the painting.
- February 4, 2014 at 4:09 PM
- dee -@ The Old Fat Hen said...
Happy Bithday Meridith you don't look 32 I thought 28 .You look great and so does your mum and Im glad Joey spoilt you as you deserve it-love dee x
- February 8, 2014 at 6:43 PM
- Dixie n Dottie said...
Happy belated birthday! :)
- February 17, 2014 at 4:58 PM
- Jayma D said...
You and your mom are gorgeous..and the cake looks sooo yummy! Happy Belated Birthday! Hugs!!! :)
- February 24, 2014 at 9:01 AM
- Linda said...
Everything okay? Miss your blog posts! Linda@Wetcreek Blog
- March 9, 2014 at 10:30 AM
- Design_Fluff said...
Happy late Birthday.:)
- March 11, 2014 at 7:39 PM
- Patty Antle said...
You are a couple years older than my kids so I especially love to read your blog to see what your generation is up to. Also, you bring back so many happy memories to me of when our kids were growing up. I know my daughter appreciates me too - she is the sweetest thing, just like you! Happy Birthday sweet 32!
- March 26, 2014 at 9:30 AM


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Update: ZOMBIELAND 2 Will Be Shot In Native 3D And Released By 2012
**UPDATE: Feb 9 - Added a great interview (MTV Movies Blog) with the writers of ZOMBIELAND 1 and 2, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick - check it out at the end of the post...
Jim here. Jack Giroux over at The Film Stage had a chance to speak with the director of the upcoming sequel ZOMBIELAND 2, Ruben Fleischer recently. We already knew that the movie would be in S3D, but here are some more details for you:
What's going on with the sequel?
Ruben Fleischer: We're in the writing process and it's a thing all of the cast is excited to do. As soon as we get the story together we're going to go make it. It's going to be in 3D and hopefully we'll be shooting as soon as possible.
Will you be using 3D cameras or will the 3D be done in post?
Ruben Fleischer: 3D cameras.
What do you think 3D will add to the sequel?
Ruben Fleischer: Well if you just think about the first movie there's some amazing shots that would look even better in 3D. With the woman flying through the windshield or the zombies getting smashed by that giant ride. There's already tons of cool things in there that would have been great in 3D. You can only imagine how cool those shots could be.
Do you know when you'll go into production or is that all still up in there air?
Ruben Fleischer: We gotta get the script done and we'll figure it out from there. The script is not done yet.
So do you think we'll see Zombieland 2 in either 2011 or 2012?
Ruben Fleischer: Yeah.
So hopefully it will be out in 2011 (IMDb has it listed as such). Man, this is one horror comedy that I can't wait to see! It is a PERFECT match for S3D. Thanks to The Film Stage for the update.


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Quirky Converge Universal Dock Review | Rest & Rechargeby Ibrahim Jogee in Accessories, Images, Reviews
From mobile phones to tablets, MP3 players to digital cameras, the technology that surrounds us needs a regular top up of power to function. With over-the-air charging not fully mastered yet, every household is familiar with the clutter of charging cables and adapters, let alone the reducing number of available plug sockets.
Well, the guys over at MobileFun were kind enough to send us the Quirky Converge Universal USB Docking Station, which not only charges up to four devices using only one plug socket, but allows your devices to rest in style.
Measuring in at 31 cm wide x 10 cm tall x 13 cm deep, the Quirky Converge is essentially a four-port USB hub, designed to look very modern and stylish as it displays your mobile devices in all their glory.
The "Stash" cable management mentioned in the item description is supposed to 'hide wires easily', which it does, however it is essentially just a gap at the back of the device to cram your wires in. With the term 'cable management' I at least expected some sort of cable tie or cord wrap to store the wires neatly.
The inverted T-shaped cut-out is conveniently designed to make charging both bottom-connected and side-connected devices, and has a soft thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) grip to hold the actual connectors in place.
A white ambient charging indicator lets you know when the docking station is switched on. I think I'd prefer four indicators, one for each port, however this would then elude you if no devices were charging as you wouldn't know if the actual docking station was left switched on. Maybe colour coded ambient lights would be a possible solution.
Four USB ports are hidden behind a curved backrest where your devices can nestle while charging. The angle which they rest is pretty much perfect, especially when charging tablets. It provides you with an ideal viewing angle for watching videos or displaying a photo stream of images.
Having used the Quirky Converge over the past few weeks I must say it has become my charging headquarters so to speak. It's a neat way to charge devices and great for storing them all in one convenient place when they're not in use. With its sleek and minimalist design it's not such an eyesore too, like some of the other docking stations I've encountered. And the great thing is its' extensive compatibility list of USB devices allows me to dock pretty much everything I need charging, including my electronic cigarette.
However I must say that the Quirky Coverage does have its flaws. Firstly the more devices you plug in, the longer each takes to charge as the power is split, not ideal. Also, although the build quality of this accessory is pretty good and sturdy, the glossy white material seems to have lost some of its gloss in such a short period of time.
Then there's the price point. Maybe its just me but for £39.95 GBP I was expecting a lot more than just a USB hub. Maybe with the addition of multiple functional light indicators and a more advanced cable management system the price wouldn't feel so steep. If you're in the market for a universal docking station the Quirky Converge is definitely a contender. Check out the gallery of the Quirky Converge below and let us know your thoughts in the comments.
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Last April I wrote a book review of Pulling Back the Shades, an excellent book by Christian author and speaker Dannah Gresh and Dr. Juli Slattery, a clinical psychologist and sex therapist. After the popularity of the book and subsequent series 50 Shades of Grey, they felt compelled to warn the Christian community (and everyone else) about the dangers of reading graphic romance/sex novels, and the dangers in particular of 50 Shades of Grey. Now that the movie is out, I am hoping that I can (even in a small way) dissuade some of you from going to see the movie, and if you already have, to help point out the dangers of believing that this movie is a good influence for any of us.
I won't go into any particulars, because so many writers and bloggers have already done such a good job. So, I'll post my brief opinion, then a few things that our church leaders have said that I believe apply particularly to this movie and book. First, what is hopefully obvious: women's hormones are well-driven by erotic novels. But even though some are saying that women will be more affected by the book than the movie, we already know that the movie involves on screen nudity and sex scenes. Hopefully most of you have heard by now that the male character stalks the female character and is extremely controlling. Readers and viewers may feel like this is "okay" because the male character is wealthy and handsome, and comes to some kind of "redemption" by the end of the series. This is not how controlling relationships usually end. It manipulates the feelings that we often have as women to want to "save" the bad boy, when we need to be running the other way.
I've read accounts online of LDS women who have read the book to see what the hype was about. If you haven't done so, please don't. There are many reviews online from psychologists, feminists, and other bloggers who will tell you what is in the book and what is in the movie, and give you specifics, so you can understand the fuss/controversy without having to deal with the book. I won't judge those who have already read the book, but receiving pornography in any form will dull your spiritual senses.
Morality in Media Criticizes R-rating for Fifty Shades of Grey
Psychologists Find a Disturbing Thing Happens to Women Who Read '50 Shades of Grey'
Even the co-stars of the movie think 50 Shades of Grey is awful (and maybe even a bit like Hitler)
From Elder Oaks, in a Priesthood Session, but we women obviously need it too:
Last summer Sister Oaks and I returned from two years in the Philippines. We loved our service there, and we loved returning home. When we have been away, we see our surroundings in a new light, with increased appreciation and sometimes with new concerns.
We were concerned to see the inroads pornography had made in the United States while we were away. For many years our Church leaders have warned against the dangers of images and words intended to arouse sexual desires. Now the corrupting influence of pornography, produced and disseminated for commercial gain, is sweeping over our society like an avalanche of evil.
Patrons of pornography also lose the companionship of the Spirit. Pornography produces fantasies that destroy spirituality….Some seek to justify their indulgence by arguing that they are only viewing "soft," not "hard," porn. A wise bishop called this refusing to see evil as evil. He quoted men seeking to justify their viewing choices by comparisons such as "not as bad as" or "only one bad scene." But the test of what is evil is not its degree but its effect. When persons entertain evil thoughts long enough for the Spirit to withdraw, they lose their spiritual protection and they are subject to the power and direction of the evil one.
…Consider the tragic example of King David. Though a spiritual giant in Israel, he allowed himself to look upon something he should not have viewed (see 2 Sam. 11). Tempted by what he saw, he violated two of the Ten Commandments, beginning with "Thou shalt not commit adultery" (Ex. 20:14). In this way a prophet-king fell from his exaltation (see D&C 132:39).
But the good news is that no one needs to follow the evil, downward descent to torment. Everyone caught on that terrible escalator has the key to reverse his course. He can escape. Through repentance he can be clean.
President Hinckley: do all that you can to avoid pornography. If you ever find yourself in its presence—which can happen to anyone in the world in which we live—follow the example of Joseph of Egypt. When temptation caught him in her grip, he left temptation and "got him out" (Gen. 39:12).


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And just to get everyone in the Holiday Spirit... I present "Christmas toes" (These are Alexis' feet)
And speaking of Alexis, we've had quite a fun few weeks with this girl. It started out when I was in my room, sorting laundry and she was in the living room, playing with money. She came in to me screaming at the top of her lungs (anybody who knows Alexis, knows she is a very quiet girl, this is totally out of character for her) So I'm telling her to calm down because I can't understand what she's saying, finally I hear "I swallowed a penny" I thought she was too old for this stuff, I thought I was past the putting things in the mouth stage. Nope. So I called the doctor just to see what they say, and they tell me to take her to an urgent care and get xrays. How fun. So we do that, and from the looks of the xray, it was a quarter, not a penny, but she calls all coins pennys, so I wasn't all that surprised. So they tell me to fish through her poo, and if it doesn't come out in 48 hours, bring her back. (this was all on a Monday) So Mike and I looked (mostly Mike, she kept going when I would leave the house) (haha) and we never saw (or felt) anything, so on Friday night they call to see if she had "made a deposit" yet, and told us to give her laxitives, both oral and suppository. Oh yeah, fun. So I took her back in again Saturday night for more xrays, and guess what? It's gone. She must have snuck one out and not told us. So who knows how long we were doing that yucky stuff for nothing.
Then last week she suddenly got very sick, running a fever of almost 104 and coughing, so back to the doctor. She was panting by the time we got there and her heart was beating like a hummingbird. She was also just laying there. Not fun. It took them several breathing treatments to get it under control. She has a bit of asthma, and it only acts up when she's sick. She has bronchitis right now, so she's on some really strong antibiotics, steroids, and several different breathing treatments a day. So, that's why I painted her toenails. It makes her happy. Other then that we are all doing good, and the kids are ready for Christmas. So Merry Christmas to all my readers out there. I know I hardly ever post, so most of you won't see this for a while, but have a good one!!


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Tuesday, March 30, 2010
What Constitutes "Consent of the Governed?"
"Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state has become lawless or corrupt. And a citizen who barters with such a state shares in its corruption and lawlessness...There is only one sovereign remedy, namely, non-violent non-cooperation." - Mohandas Gandhi
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Interview with Struan Bartlett, NewsNow
Interview with Joe Holcomb, BlowSearch
Sometime last year I conducted an interview with Struan Bartlett, founder of NewsNow. Here is the transcript of that interview:
SY: Hi Struan, thanks for sparing some of your time with us. Can you please tell a little bit about yourself and how you guys got together to found NewsNow?
SB: I?m currently 30, graduated from University of Glasgow in 1994 with a 1st in Mathematics and began my career, hacking out articles for a computer products review mag. After a couple of years, the .com boom was in its infancy and, inspired by the possibilities, I decided I better brush up one of my childhood hobbies – programming – and get my head around web site development. This allowed me to help set up the UK?s first online publication devoted to Internet business (surprisingly, called Internet Business) where I had the pleasure of first working with the other three founders of NewsNow.
But it wasn?t until a year later, after having successfully made the transition from journalist to full-time web site developer, that the idea for a UK-focussed news aggregation portal arose. I prototyped custom software; the second founder secured the domain and some web hosting; the third provided office services; and the fourth joined almost full time to develop and promote the site. We officially launched in February 1998 and, before the year was out, we had reached 1 million page impressions per month, the minimum required to interest a banner ad sales house. At this point, NewsNow started to make serious money.
SY: As I have heard, and even witnessed, NewsNow updates its sources every five minutes ? possibly faster than other news engines such as Google News ? and by doing so, it must use a decent amount of hardware, which indeed requires some investment. Can you please provide us some details as to from where NewsNow gets its venture?
SB: In mid-2000, NewsNow scored an investment deal with v.c. Monticello PLC worth ?500k, on very favourable terms.
SY: How would you rate NewsNow? Do you think it stands out against
its competitors as we speak?
SB: NewsNow isn?t a goliath like Lexis-Nexis. NewsNow is a small company full of people who care about the customer and the service. It stands out – as it always has – for the best sources, effective technology and responsive customer service, provided with a personal touch, at very reasonable prices.
NewsNow was hardly going to be a .com bust, because it could always provide something people really wanted. It?s seen steady growth since its inception and has begun turning a healthy operating profit.
There are others that are bigger, but in Internet press cuttings, the NewsNow team has experience and technology that?s hard to match.
SY: I?ve submitted a few sources to NewsNow in the past and to what I?ve noticed, they get approved ASAP with all letters in capital and italics. Do you have a dedicated team or a person working on it?
SB: Publishers are our customers too. They pay us in kind with the contribution their content makes to our service, and we provide their content with enhanced exposure in return. We therefore accord them the same respect as all our customers and, yes, with the personal involvement of as many of our staff as it takes to get the job done professionally.
SY: Right. Do you have any future plans for NewsNow? Are you guys working on something that the web might be waiting to see?
SB: We?ve just completed next year?s annual business plan. It focusses first and foremost on doing what we do even better. We?ve got ideas to develop the business – but to find out what, the web will just have to wait and see.
SY: Last question. What do you feel is the future for real-time news technology? Do you think it is yet to evolve or has it evolved enough already?
SB: It?s still evolving. Wireless technology is turning all citizens into potential reporters and syndicators. The likes of Ohmynews and Slashdot have begun the trend, and the mobile phone shots taken in the US-run Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq show the potential. But the change is only just beginning.
News itself, like Linux code, will increasingly be free of charge and freely available. And in the same way that the best free code finds its way into Linus Torvalds? and Alan Cox?s Linux kernel updates, the best free news will be chosen by editors for inclusion in their publications. Value will be added by the editors who prioritise and organise the news-space to suit the worldviews of their readers. Those who do this the most effectively, will build up a world-wide reputation.
This new paradigm, which allows ordinary people to write and circulate the news themselves, will increasingly see smaller publishers able to effectively compete for readers with the maintream establishment monoliths. Small newsbooths will print out and staple the morning?s edition of your favourite editor?s journal at lower cost and with fewer ads than metro or a national newspaper can manage.


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