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The University of California, Berkeley posted, boastingly on its facebook feed last week that yet another survey of higher education in the United States had ranked the institution the top public university in the country. Faculty and students have much to be proud of at UC Berkeley as well as other campuses of the University of California, which all ranked high on the survey.
But the gloating about being the "top public university" is going to have to stop one of these days, because increasingly, Berkeley and the other UC campuses are public in name only (PINO?).
At other public institutions—take schools, for example—students attend free of charge because the public as a whole has seen fit to invest in the collective education of our state's future and youth. Not so at the University of California, where students pay around $15,000 per year, and look at a total cost per year at Berkeley estimated at somewhere over $30,000.
Berkeley's previous Chancellor actively sought to free the university from what he saw as the shackles of its public responsibility, advocating that each UC campus be allowed to set fees independently, and for an end to the systemic character of UC.
The current Chancellor has wisely backed away from such rhetoric, but remains convinced of the inevitability of privatization, having entertained no strategy that rolls back or significantly checks events of the past decades. Indeed, Nicholas Dirks has embraced UC's connections to the wider world, and is joining other campuses in flinging open the door to out of state students who now make up around 20% of UC students (I've heard anecdotally that Berkeley would like to eventually have upwards of 40% out-of-state students).
The advantages to the administration are multiple: the global brand of the University is enhanced; they rake in more cash (out of state students pay over twice what UC students do); and they pioneer a new model for a large "global" university (which of course means a university comprised of global elites).
The downside from Californians' perspective is that the University is ceasing to serve its primary constituency—California's students—as it should. The Sacramento Bee reported that last year Berkeley admitted 18% fewer Californians than in 2007. In our federal system, it is the responsibility of the states to provide higher education for our state's youth. Our country and our state are struggling to re-tool our society for a new global economy, and instead of bringing students from California's struggling communities to these campuses—which were institutions fabled for their public service when I was much younger—they are bypassing our community in their rush for profits.
Of course, Californians bear a large measure of responsibility for this behavior on the part of the University of California. Decades of disinvestment from UC—at the same time that higher education has become more complex and diversified than ever, alongside a more demographically complex state—has ensured that administrators in particular give short shrift to their public responsibilities.
Possessed of public-spirited leadership, the University might have reacted differently to disinvestment, and exhibited different priorities. But the Regents of the University of California are not such a body. Representing Corporate California, the Regents have seen public disinvestment as an opportunity to embrace rather than a problem to address, and led by Dianne Feinstein's husband, Richard Blum, and others, have pushed actively for slow, steady privatization which places the burden of funding squarely on students and their families.
Exhibiting all the characteristics of the invertebrates that they have become, California's Senate approved the re-appointment of Blum and other Regents to additional 12-year terms.
A few Senators voiced some criticism, but the terms along which they did so exhibited how feeble a grasp they actually have on the issues facing our state's higher education sphere. Jim Nielsen, a rather stupid Northern Californian Senator, grumbled that "there is an arrogance in those institutions of higher learning that they can do just whatever they want and they will get funding", referring to the scrounging of the administrations for out of state students. "That arrogance", Nielsen whined, "needs to be tempered a little bit".
Nielsen is a Republican Senator who, with his party has steadily stripped UC of funding over the years, thanks to his idiotic propensity for signing pledges to Grover Norquist which commit him to turning down tax increases come hell or high water.
UC's Regents are certainly more than a little arrogant. But their arrogance stems from their strong position in relation to the hypocritical whiners like Nielsen. Because Nielsen and his party have de-funded UC over the years, very little of the system's funding any longer comes from the state.
So because Nielsen and his fellow Republicans signed over the use of their brains to Grover Norquist and his anti-public crusade, when UC does something wrong like shaft California's students, legislators can't do anything about it because they no longer hold any power over UC. They've given up the one thing that once gave them power over the largely independent Regents: the money they traditionally provided for the education of California's youth.
So today, when Nielsen and his ilk squawk about the "arrogance" of the Regents—which in their case comes from their small-minded attacks on critical institutions of learning—the Richard Blums of this world, who wield far more power and influence in our world than any democratically-elected legislator, can ignore them and proceed apace with privatization, safe in the knowledge that before long they won't have to listen to Nielsen at all.
Next week, students will start their classes at UC Berkeley, and next month the other campuses in the system will open for the fall quarter. Incoming students should invest some time in a critical examination of the political economy of their university.
Because the truth is, UC is no longer the university of California and of Californians. It is fast coming to resemble a private institution, open only to those who can afford to attend and who are not deterred by a terribly expensive sticker price, shorn of any commitment to its state, and looking to make the most of a global market instead of the best of its community.
It would be tragic if Californians gave up what was once their finest public institution. But unless they experience a change of heart about their commitment to our public sphere and the livelihoods and welfare of future generations, that's precisely what will occur.


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Police takecover behind an armored vehicle outside a Dolton residence. (John Smierciak/ Chicago Tribune)
A 41-year-old man fatally shot his wife before shooting and killing himself today following a six-hour police standoff at his wife's Dolton home, police said. (See more photos)
Dolton Police Chief Robert Fox did not know the motive for the murder-suicide, which ended the standoff at the home at 146th Street and Avalon Avenue.

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What's the best way, do you think, to get Washington off your back if your democratic credentials are beginning to look a bit frayed? Easy: tell the White House you'll have an election.
Like, for example, General Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan, key ally of Washington but now roundly criticised from all sides for having declared a state of emergency. Or like, for another example, President Mikheil Saakashvili of the former Soviet republic of Georgia, another key Washington ally, who's also now being roundly criticised from all sides … you get the picture.
There are far more differences than similarities between Georgia (population less than five million, and overwhelmingly Christian), in the permanently unstable but strategically vital Caucasus, and Pakistan (population 165 million, which is more than Russia's, and overwhelmingly Muslim), a nuclear power which neighbours Afghanistan and which is widely believed to be the current home of Osama bin Laden. But within the past week, both Musharraf of Pakistan and Saakashvili of Georgia have declared a state of emergency to try to gain some leverage against their domestic opponents – and under heavy international pressure, both have promised that elections will be held within the next couple of months.
But of course holding an election does not necessarily mean that you're running a healthy liberal democracy. ("An election is not the same as democracy," a Ugandan MP once told me, "just as a wedding is not the same as a marriage.") Yet, an election, if fair, is, I think, usually better than no election, if only for the simple reason that it should give people a chance to get rid of an unpopular government if they think there's a better one on offer.
As a basic rule of thumb, it's generally thought to be the case that if you want to be considered part of Team Washington, you need to have in place some sort of presentable electoral system. Unless you're Egypt. Or Saudi Arabia. Or Pakistan. I recalled on my blog a couple of days ago what the US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice said after President Bush's re-election three years ago. "For 60 years, my country, the United States, pursued stability at the expense of democracy . . . and we achieved neither. Now we are taking a different course. We are supporting the democratic aspirations of all people."
But what happens when you have an election, as in the West Bank and Gaza, for example, and the voters choose someone like Hamas, whom you regard as a dangerous Islamist terrorist movement? Or as in Egypt, where if there were to be a free and fair election, something similar might well be the outcome? Do you go for elections, or stability?
In the case of Pakistan, General Musharraf's colleagues reckon they know full well what their Washington allies' priorities are. According to information minister Tariq Azim Khan: "They would rather have a stable Pakistan — albeit with some restrictive norms — than have more democracy prone to fall in the hands of extremists."
When I made a series of documentaries about democracy a couple of years ago, I concluded that genuine democracy means not only having the freedom to be governed by whom you choose, but also, and equally importantly, to say what you want, and to hold your leaders to account under a fair and open judicial system. Even if elections are held in Georgia and Pakistan, in neither of those two countries would all those conditions necessarily be met. (As I write these words, I learn that the former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been put under house arrest.)
Ah yes, I mentioned my blog: if you've missed my on-air announcements over the past 10 days, here's the written version … I've started blogging. In other words, if you go to www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/worldtonight, you'll find my thoughts about what's going on in the world, some suggestions about articles online that you might find interesting, and occasionally a link to an item from a programme that you might have missed. Most important of all, there's an opportunity for you to respond, both to what I write, and to what other listeners and readers have said. I hope you'll take a look and let me know what you think.


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Badtameez Dil 27th October 2015 Written Episode Update
Badtameez Dil 27th October 2015 Written Episode, Written Update on TellyUpdates.com
The episode starts with Meher telling mom that nothing will change with Abeer's sorry. Today Abeer is saying sorry, but tomorrow he will continue his mistakes. She will marry Akshath at any cost. Mom asks what if Abeer will know her secret after she marries Akshath just like he came to know about Akshath. Meher says she is telling this as she has soft corner for Akshath and wants to give a chance for her. Now, it is only she, Akshath and Ishan and she does not care about anyone. Mom tries to speak, but Meher says at least you should be honest with me. Mom hugs her emotionally.
Meher goes for a dinner with Akshath and Ishan. Ishan asks Meher if he can take more icecream. She nods yes and he leaves to bring ice cream. She tells Akshath that she is happy seeing Ishan happy.
Abeer enters Meher's cabin. Meher says she is busy now. He apologizes her for all the mistakes he did knowingly and unknowingly. She continues working ignoring him. He asks not to punish him like this. She says she is busy right now and he can leave. Abeer requests her to give him a chance, he wants to become perfect and prove himself as her husband and her child's father. When she needed child 8 years ago, he was shocked, but now he is ready to have a child. He is pity on Ishan that Akshath is his father. Our child will be more cute and naughty like him and intelligent like her. Meher pushes him out of office and locks door. She reminisces him pleading to give their marriage another chance, they consummating marriage, etc. She then reminisces her divorce with Abeer and then telling mom that she is pregnant. She cries vigorously and thinks how to tell Abeer that Ishan is his son.
Akshath brings Ishan to Meher's office. Abeer gets jealous seeing him and shows his fist to Ishan. Ishan also shows his fist. Meher asks how come they are here. Akshath says Ishan wanted to meet her since morning. Ishan asks if that dirty uncle works in her office, he made her cry, now he will make him cry. He runs out. Meher runs behind him telling if he meets Abeer, there will be a problem. Ishan enters Abeer's rehearsal room and silently removes speaker cortd. Ishan plays guitar, but does not hear sound. One of them checks cord and says someone removed it. Ishan says he removed it and challenges Abeer to catch him if he cans. Abeer runs behind him. Ishan breaks guitar string and runs out. Abeer runs behind Ishan. Ishan continues to troubling him and it is punishment for troubling his mom. Appendix sees that and thinks how can a colorful copy come out of black and white Akshath. Abeer finally catches him. Ishan calls Meher. Meher comes and rescues him. Abeer yells at child and asks him to apologize. Ishan runs. Meher asks if he does not apologize anyone, why will Ishan.
Appendix meets Ishan and asks where was he till now. Ishan says to catch kangaroo and then says he went on a school trip to Australia and asks if he ever went to Australia. Appendix says he is not that rich and thinks he will badmouth about Meher, then Ishan will not let Akshath marry Meher.
Meher and Akshath start fighting. Meher asks them to stop fighting as it is office and not school.
Precap: Appendix tells Abeer if they prove Akshath is an womanizer, Meher will not marry him. Abeer asks from where will they get a girl. Appendix says he knows one girl who will help them.
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Today we visited Hampton Court, and even though it was our second time here, it did not disappoint. It surpassed.
We were surprised and delighted to see a group of Tudor-era singers and minstrels come waltzing into the main court and invite us to join them in the great hall. They put on amazing reenactments of imagined moments in history--Anne Bolyn and Kathryn fighting over the privilege to see the king's shirts, spies discussing alliances in a downstairs alley, staging a production of Hamlet for King George, and more. The performances were superb.
We we spent the entire day there, watching the performers, touring the apartments of Henry VIII, George I, and William & Mary, then admiring the grounds and the gardens. We ate a picnic lunch on a bench lining the seemingly endless back lawn.
We had dinner in the flat and went to bed early while the newlyweds ventured to the West End to see Les Mis.


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i got this idea for my post when my best friend text me this morning, she said that she jealous of me (say what??!!), but the true fact is that i also jealous of her!!!
so what thats suppose to mean?? oh my~~~
this is weird.....
dunia ini memang unik, kan?? Aini masih tak tahu nak membaca dunia dari aspek benda2 macam nih hah~ complicated "sungguh"!!! but don't get the wrong idea okay.... i LOVE this world by its uniqueness itself~ i like the fact that everyone needed each other to maintain the cycle of life.... BUT! (yeah there is a but)..... don't make my mind mess up... uuwaaa~~~~
this is so weird!! SO WEIRD!!!!


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Today the women went to universities and schools across London in their separate groups, where they met different lots of students, teachers and academics, gave presentations and even got people dancing! Here are some reports from the day...
By Caitlin Proctor (Hanin's buddy, yellow group)
On Tuesday morning Hanin, Saida and I had breakfast together at Katy's house before heading to the Institute of Education. The girls worked on finalising their presentations for the day, before doing practice runs on me over coffee and cakes. We met with the rest of the group around half 11, and set up for the meeting at the IOE. The girls all gave excellent presentations, and there was some lively discussion around questions that people asked after the presentations. It would have been nice if there were more students in the audience- it was great that the people present were so engaged, but most of them were staff and I think the girls were a little disheartened not to have more student interest.
After lunch at the IOE, Hanin, Nadia, Hana and I were interviewed by Press TV at the IOE about the visit. Everyone really enjoyed this experience! Click here to watch the video. Our interview starts about ten minutes in.
After the interview we went to the British Museum - a visit which some of the girls really enjoyed and others found boring. After some more coffee and cake we took the girls to buy some souvenirs from shops around Bloomsbury.
After the interview we went to the British Museum - a visit which some of the girls really enjoyed and others found boring. After some more coffee and cake we took the girls to buy some souvenirs from shops around Bloomsbury.
|Saida and Hanin outside the Institute of Education
|Our panel of speakers at the Institute of Education
|Hanin and Caitlin being interviewed for Press TV
In the evening, the girls headed to a vigil in support of Hana Shalabi, held outside of ULU, while I set up the evening event at SOAS. Even though the girls were tired from such a long day, they did a brilliant job at teaching the group some dabkeh. There was a great light-hearted atmosphere and everyone seemed genuinely interested in finding out more about the women's lives back in Abu Dis. It would have been great to attract a more diverse range of people- most were from Palestinian societies or had direct connections to the Middle East. Next time I'm involved in planning a student event, I'd like it to attract students from all backgrounds.
By Esra'a Shahin (Natalie's buddy, green group)
We woke up at 9am after spending the night at Annika's house. We ate breakfast, which was bread chocolate spread and honey, then Fareeda came and took us to meet Hanna. Nadia was ill so Annika took her to the doctor and she didn't come with us. We left the house at 10.30 and walked to the King's Cross Station and waited there for Hanna. Then when she came we took a tour around St Pancras Station, then at 11.30 we reached the Institute of Education, where we met the Yellow team. Then Nadia came and after that we gave presentations about education in Palestine and refugees. Then we ate lunch provided by IoE- pizza- with the people who attended the presentation and had informal discussion of the presentations.
At 12.15 a woman came from a TV station and conducted interviews with Hanin, Nadia and their buddies, and the rest of us waited. After that we went to the British museum, looked around from 3.20 until 4.30, and then we rested in the gallery café in the museum. After that we when to the prisoner vigil at 5.30, which was organised to draw attention Hana's Shalabi's hunger strike, who is a Palestinian prisoner being held indefinitely in administrative detention without charge. She has been on hunger strike for 34 days, and we collected signatures for a petition that we will present to the European Union to pressure Israel to either formally charge her or release her. At the vigil we talked to the people who had come, and the people passing by, about Hana Shalabi and after that we had an amazing time talking to lots of amazing people. We left and went to SOAS and there we taught people dabkeh and ate Palestinian food and listened to Palestinian music, then we went back to our host's house.
By Safaa Usmani (Samah's buddy, purple group)
I was really looking forward to visiting Stoke Newington School, as it is my old school. I told Samah and Fatmeh this, so they were asking me questions the night before about what the school looks like etc. Therefore, they went to SNS with some expectations- however, these expectations were greatly exceeded as the school had had a complete makeover! This was a great surprise for me as well. We were taken on a whirlwind tour of the school, visiting every department. Fatmeh and Samah were greatly impressed by the school's facilities, especially the technology used, such as interactive whiteboards. It was interesting to hear the similarities and differences between this school and the girls' experience of school. What surprised the students the most was the fact that there are usually 40-45 students in each class in Palestine, with only one teacher!
The girls really enjoyed visiting the school and thought it was beautiful. They did not, however, enjoy the walk between Stoke Newington and BSix College- I don't think they're used to walking far. BSix College wasn't as much of a success- I don't think the girls were very prepared for the Q and A session. They didn't actually know what was expected of them at the college, but they managed to answer most questions asked. It would have been useful if we'd had an interpreter so that Fatmeh could express her opinion more.
In the late afternoon we went to New Look in Dalston, before the girls took part in a public talk at the local library. The turnout was good, with around 20 participants eager to hear Samah and Fatmeh's stories. There was a good range of interest, including how the twinning of towns process works, what life was like specifically for women and, the most popular question of the week, how can we, in the UK, help Palestinians. By being aware of the situation was Samah's most common answer.


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|She's the First Cupcake Necklace, $20
Jacquelyn Mysliwiec, South Shore Living Magazine
"Teaming up with She's the First, a not-for-profit in support of girls' education across the globe, local jewelry designer Ashley Osgood of Ash Tree Designs has designed a unique handmade cupcake pendant which acts as the bright and whimsical charm on her $20 cupcake necklaces, in which $15 for every one purchased will go toward the charity.
Osgood, specializes in sea glass jewelry, as well as recycled sail products, but her innovative outlook on jewelry design constantly leads her to all sorts of mediums, designs, and projects— such as—her keepsake vibrant "tie-dye" cupcake necklace. If you're looking for a gift for a special lady of any age, this 100% handmade necklace is a steal. It's a gift that will make more than just the receiver smile."
Holiday Gift We're Loving: She's the First's Cupcake Charm
StyleWatch, People Magazine
"What's better than a cupcake? A cupcake that's calorie-free! She's the First, an organization that sponsors girls' educations, helping them become the first in their families to graduate, is doing a modern bake sale this holiday season.
The non-profit partnered with Etsy's Ash Tree Creations to design this cute cupcake charm, which stands just 1-in. high and hangs on a 16-in. silver plate chain. It mirrors the organization's rainbow cupcakes, which are sold nationwide to raise funds for its cause. And this cupcake will help, too: $15 of the $20 price will benefit She's the First's important programs."
|Buy a Cupcake Necklace - 75% is Donated to STF!
Sprinkles and Style blog
"This cupcake necklace, which you can buy from Ash Tree Creations, would be a great gift for your sister, niece, friend, the little girl you babysit, or even yourself! The handmade tie-dye cupcake charm is adorned with sparkling Swarovski crystals on 'vanilla frosting' that's fun, vibrant, and eye-catching - would certainly be a happy addition to your jewelry collection."
NYC Metro Parents Magazine
"We've compiled a bazaar of ideas, products, and tips in this birthday party package. Read on for our favorite new party products, other momentous birthdays we're celebrating in April -
Want a one-of-a-kind gift that gives back? This handmade magenta-and-teal special edition cupcake necklace donates 75% to She's the First!, a nonprofit that sponsors girls' education in the developing world ($20; etsy.com/shop/AshTreeCreations; learn more about the cause supported by artist Ashley Osgood at shesthefirst.org)"
|Calligraphy feature on BravoBride.com
"I love the white script against the black envelope, making for a traditional look. The place cards are given extra pizazz with a handwritten calligraphy note by Ash Tree Creations."
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Broke Ass-Bride Newsletter
"Love the look of calligraphy but your budget won't allow it? Ash Tree Creations is giving away an entire calligraphed reception package! Visit her Calligraphy Giveaway page for more information on how to enter!"
While I do see sales year round for cupcake necklaces and other handmade jewelry, the holiday shopping season is over - so it's time to ramp back up for wedding calligraphy for 2013 clients and weddings.
I've already booked several clients for Jan-Feb, but if you're interested in having your invitations addressed in calligraphy, contact me on how to get started!


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Role of trade with India in post-2014 scenario - The Express Tribune
The Express Tribune
Role of trade with India in post-2014 scenario
The Express Tribune
At this critical juncture, due to its strategic geographical position, Afghanistan has the potential to become a land-linked country providing both Pakistan and India with direct routes to the Central Asian region. India should allow Pakistan to access ...
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I was asked to attend to Present a Few Quilts of Valor to a few Veterans, and I ended up riding in the sidecar on Roger and Nancy's Motorcycle ! IN! THE! Parade! It was way fun!! The kids loved the side car - so I got pointed to a lot - felt like a rock star ( ha ha ha)
I also think they wanted me there for balance! Roger and Nancy are a part of the Teamster Horsemen Motorcycle Association. I love them!
There I am - I waved by flag at my boys!
Oh and this was my view from the line up:
And my view to the left
(okay I could really see it all - but isn't that a cool Motorcycle?)
Checking out the others turning the corner
Check that out
Two Ladders from the fire station hung a flag out for all to ride under!
After the parade
The Teamsters Horsemen (THMA) had a stage set up for us
We called our Veterans onto the stage and did a QOV presentation
it was really nice!
The gentleman below is a Korean War Veteran
He enlisted when he was 17, and fought in 5 major battles
He also received 5 Bronze Stars.
(That's Ms Liz presenting the quilt - after she wrapped it around him - he hugged her tight!)
(PS - Photo Credit Teri Z)
Below - the First 4 of our Veterans Wrapped in their quilts
The gentleman in Black was presenting a Gift to QOV, and a gift to THMA
He didn't expect that he would recieve a QOV ( he had worked on nominating the others)
And we got him!
He was so shocked.
But seriously?
Could we exclude this Combat Veteran?
( or make him wait? NO!!)
After we were done the families hung around a bit
Mugged for the camera!
And chit chatted
Liz , Veteran, Mary Beth
And - That was my Sunday!
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When an impacted colon occurs, stool hardens and builds up in the body. Chronic constipation leads to impacted colons because stool does not move through the intestines and out of the rectum. Symptoms of an impacted colon include watery or small stool, rectal bleeding, stomach cramps, straining when trying to have a bowel movement and unexplained weight gain. Bedridden people, people taking pain medications or narcotics and people with poor diets often suffer from impacted colons. Remedies for an impacted colon include lifestyle changes, home remedies and medications.
Diet and Exercise
The U.S. National Library of Medicine says diet and exercise work as remedies for an impacted colon. Dietary changes that promote normal bowel movements include adding whole-grain foods, bran and fresh fruit and vegetables. These fibre-rich foods add bulk to stool and help it pass through the colon. Increasing fluid intake softens stool when combined with a healthy diet. Exercise increases bowel movements, especially abdominal contractions and leg raises.
Colon Cleansing Products
Colon cleansing is a popular remedy for an impacted colon because of the health benefits of many of these products. Colon cleansers remove toxins from the body along with impacted faeces. At the beginning of a colon cleanse, people experience looser and frequent bowel movements, so people should use them when they will be home for at least a day. Colon cleansers range from three-day, seven-day cleanses or 21-day or longer regimens. People should pick one that fits their needs. Duel Action Cleanse is one of the top at-home colon cleanses because of its effectiveness and safety, according to the Compare Colon Cleanse website.
Colon Hydrotherapy
Another popular remedy for an impacted colon is colon hydrotherapy, or colonic. The Association and Register of Colon Hydrotherapists website says that colon hydrotherapy treats impacted bowels and removes toxins from the intestines. Many people experience improvement in their digestive system, immune system and circulatory system after a series of colon therapy sessions. The number of sessions depends of how impacted the colon is and range from six weeks to two months. People seeking colon hydrotherapy should make sure their therapists are certified by the International Association for Colon Hydrotherapy.
The U.S. National Library of Medicine says that over-the-counter or prescription stool softeners work as remedies for an impacted colon. Fleet enemas provide immediate but temporary relief for impacted colons. People should use over-the-counter fibre laxatives like Metamucil because they add bulk to the stool and add fluid (the fibre supplement should be consumed with an 236ml glass of water). Doctors prescribe glycerine, bisacodyl suppositories or other prescription laxatives and provide patients with dietary suggestions.
Many of the remedies for an impacted colon correct this condition in approximately four weeks; however, people with severely impacted colons require surgical intervention. The U.S. National Library of Medicine says that this is a rare treatment for this condition. The surgical procedure consists of removing impacted fecal matter and even removing injured bowels.


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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
A Quick Note
For a fascinating piece of site specific art, check out this great example from Houston, TX. I guarantee it's worth the click...
Posted by PeterAtLarge at 4:15 PM
3 comments:
- Angela Beloian said...
This was a fantastic exhibit. Dean Havel and Dan Ruck created it when we were living there and I actually crawled through it. It got very tight at the end and you could see the inside of the building though the cracks in the siding. It was wonderful.
I'm having a show at the same site in one month. Can't wait!
- June 18, 2009 at 7:26 AM
- PeterAtLarge said...
Angela--good to hear from you, and congratulations on the show! Small world, here!
- June 19, 2009 at 4:24 PM
- They call him James Ure said...
Wow!! So cool!!
- June 21, 2009 at 10:22 AM
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Hi ya, Gayliens! I apologize for short-shifting you on the Defiance recap last week. There's so much lez/bi stuff happening on TV this summer — especially on Monday nights — that it's proving tricky to keep up. Luckily, we didn't miss any Sapphic shenanigans last week. The real crazytown bananapants stuff with Stahma and Kenya kicks off next week. So, please enjoy these two mini-caps of the last two weeks' episodes and let's meet back here next week to process all the feelings we feel.
1.09: If I Ever Leave This World Alive
There is a full plague consuming Defiance, and the townsfolk have started calling it Irath Flu because Irathients are carriers of it but are not affected by it. If you've seen one episode of this show, you know what's coming: The council — including frakkin Datak Tarr now — vote to quarantine the Irathients because they're all enormous racists and everybody loves to shit all over the knob-headed ones. (Except for Amanda, the lone dissenting vote.) None of the Irathients take the news well, especially not Irisa, and especially because they are all knelt down in prayer petitioning their god on behalf of the humans when Rafe McCawley & Co. show up to cart them away at gunpoint.
"…hallowed be my name."
Nolan decides the best way to win back Irisa's trust after he blasted her mentor off the arch a couple of weeks ago is to secure a cure for the plague so he can free all the Irathients. This, after a stand-off where he would have shot everyone in town to save his little girl if she hadn't told him to put his gun away. Amanda tells Nolan he's only acting reckless because he wants Irisa to like him again, but he doesn't have to listen to her wisdom very long because she gets the plague too.
Nolan and Connor Lang, who is still in town and still wearing that hat, drive on out to the Badlands to fetch themselves a cure, even though they have to muscle their way through an Earth Republic contingent to get there. By the time they get back to town, Nolan's pretty plague-ridden, which makes it's even easier for a rogue band of Irathients to kidnap him and Connor and the plague meds. The only thing they want is for Defiance to free their brothers and sisters. Unfortunately: a) The brother of the Irath ringleader has already been killed by a jumpy mine worker, and b) Amanda is about five seconds from dying so she can't really negotiate with them.
"And you're sure a bath won't cure this?"
Which, of course, means that Stahma orchestrates a grand plan that benefits literally everyone she loves. With one hand, she comforts her son's ailing fiance, with another hand she tends to the sick the mayor, with another hand she shoves Rafe McCawley — acting mayor while Amanda is down — onto the ground near his daughter to grieve for her impending death, with another hand she answers the mayor's phone, with another hand she coaxes Datak into pretending to be the mayor and liberating the plague meds from captivity, with another hand she frees the Iranthients, with another hand she writes some poetry and does some Castithan needlework. Like, in five minutes she accomplishes all that. Talk about a six-legged monkey crawl.
"With liberty and justice for Tarrs!"
Anyway, Datak hotfoots it over to the warehouse where Nolan and Connor are being held hostage. He monologues about how all humans deserve to burn in whatever the alien equivalent of hell is, but then kills all the kidnappers, and also Connor Lang, who just happened to see him begging for his life at one point. It's no surprise, then, that he announces his candidacy for mayor on his son's radio station while Stahma mouths the speech along with him, just as soon as the plague is cured.
Oh, and Mayor Nikki gets Luke McCawley to give her the Kaziri after she tells him his mother is alive and she can take him to her. Apparently, Luke's mom was kind of messed up back in the early days of Defiance and Nikki kept her from killing her kids, for whom Nikki had a bit of affection because she was boning their father.
Moral of the story: Stahma is your god now.


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I had just said a few days ago that the best are dying off this year (Umberto Eco, Dario Fo, etc.), and there goes Leonard Cohen, at 82, a poet, a singer, a writer and a visualiser of memorable moments, an artist of terrific energy and colour, a friend of my best years...
What follows is an interesting article by Dorian Lynskey on The Guardian dated Thursday 19 January 2012, which I think is quite commemorative:
Leonard Cohen: 'All I've got to put in a song is my own experience'
Sombre prophet, mordant wisecracker, repentant cad...
On Leonard Cohen's gruelling 1972 world tour, captured in Tony Palmer's documentary Bird on a Wire, an interviewer asked the singer to define success. Cohen, who at 37 knew a bit about failure and the kind of acclaim that doesn't pay the bills, frowned at the question and replied: "Success is survival."
By that reckoning, Cohen has been far more of a success than he could have predicted. There have been reversals of fortune along the way but 40 years later he enters an ornate room in Paris's fabled Crillon Hotel to a warm breeze of applause. Looking like a grandfatherly mobster, he doffs his hat and smiles graciously, just as he did every night of the 2008-10 world tour that represented a miraculous creative revival. The prickly, saturnine, dangerously funny character witnessed in Bird on a Wire has found a measure of calm and, as he often puts it, gratitude.
These days, Cohen rations his one-on-one interviews with the utmost austerity, hence this press conference to promote his 12th album, Old Ideas, a characteristically intimate reflection on love, death, suffering and forgiveness. After the playback he answers questions. He was always funnier than he was given credit for; now he has honed his deadpan to such perfection that every questioner becomes the straight man in a double act. Claudia from Portugal wants him to explain the humour behind his image as a lady's man. "Well, for me to be a lady's man at this point requires a great deal of humour," he replies. Steve from Denmark wonders what Cohen will be in his next life. "I don't really understand that process called reincarnation but if there is such a thing I'd like to come back as my daughter's dog." Erik, also from Denmark, asks if he has come to terms with death. "I've come to the conclusion, reluctantly, that I am going to die," he responds. "So naturally those questions arise and are addressed. But, you know, I like to do it with a beat."
Cohen falls into the odd category of underrated legend. To his fans, including many songwriters, he is about as good as it gets, but he has never enjoyed a hit single or (outside his native Canada and, for some reason, Norway) a platinum album. He has said that a certain image of him has been "put into the computer": the womanising poet who sings songs of "melancholy and despair" enjoyed by those who wish they could be (or be with) womanising poets too. These days the database will also note that he wrote Hallelujah, a neglected song on a flop album that, via an unlikely alliance of Jeff Buckley, Shrek and The X Factor, eventually became a kind of modern hymn.
Its creator was born in Montreal on 21 September 1934, three months before Elvis Presley. When he first shopped his songs around New York, the ones that became 1967's Songs of Leonard Cohen, agents responded: "Aren't you a little old for this game?" By then he had already lost his father while very young, met Jack Kerouac, lived in a bohemian idyll on the Greek island of Hydra, visited Cuba during the Bay of Pigs invasion, and published two acclaimed novels and four volumes of poetry. In short, he had lived, and this gave his elaborate, enigmatic songs a grave authority to younger listeners who sensed that he was privy to mysteries that they could only guess at. He was neither the best singer, the best musician nor the best-looking man around, but he had the charisma and the words, and the eroticised intelligence. Perhaps because his style owed more to French chansonniers and Jewish cantors than American folk, he was always more loved in Europe than north America. An early write-up in folk gazette Sing Out! remarked: "No comparison can be drawn between Leonard Cohen and any other phenomenon."
Under interrogation he would explain certain details in his songs, such as whether his friend's wife Suzanne Vaillancourt really served him "tea and oranges" (kind of: she drank a brand of tea flavoured with orange peel) or whether Janis Joplin really gave him "head on the unmade bed" in the Chelsea Hotel (yes, but he later regretted his ungallant candour), but never their meanings.
He still resists explaining them and his relentlessly dry self-deprecation works as a very effective, very entertaining shield. Two nights after the Paris playback, Cohen appears at one in London, hosted by Jarvis Cocker. A fan since adolescence, Cocker keeps running up against Cohen's reluctance to delve too deeply into the "sacred mechanics" of songwriting, lest they stop working. Songs come painfully slowly to him and when he has a good idea he perseveres with it: Hallelujah took around two years and 80 potential verses. During the playback, a screen shows pages from his notebooks, full of scribbled amendments and discarded verses. "There are people who work out of a sense of great abundance," he says. "I'd love to be one of them but I'm not. You just work with what you've got."
Cohen's modest star began to wane with 1977's raucous Death of a Ladies' Man. In the studio a crazed Phil Spector held a gun to Cohen's head and the producer handled the songs just as roughly. Columbia Records mogul Walter Yetnikoffdeclined even to release 1984's Various Positions (the one with Hallelujah), reportedly explaining: "Look, Leonard, we know you're great, but we don't know if you're any good." But his next album, I'm Your Man, was both. Armed with synthesizers, acrid wit and a voice that now sounded like a seismic disturbance, he was reinvigorated just in time to enjoy an avalanche of praise from younger admirers including Nick Cave and the Pixies. But on songs such as First We Take Manhattan, Everybody Knows and The Future his depression took on geopolitical proportions. He told the journalist Mikal Gilmore: "There is no point in trying to forestall the apocalypse. The bomb has already gone off." In Paris someone asks him what he thinks about the current economic crisis and he replies simply: "Everybody Knows."
In 1993, resurgent and well-loved but in a dark frame of mind, Cohen disappeared from the public gaze. He spent the next six years in a monastery on Mount Baldy, California, studying with his old friend and Zen master Kyozan Joshu Sasaki, whom he calls Roshi and who is now a resilient 104 years old. "This old teacher never speaks about religion," Cohen tells the Paris audience. "There's no dogma, there's no prayerful worship, there's no address to a deity. It's just a commitment to living in a community."
When he came down from the mountain his lifelong depression had finally lifted. "When I speak of depression," he says carefully, "I speak of a clinical depression that is the background of your entire life, a background of anguish and anxiety, a sense that nothing goes well, that pleasure is unavailable and all your strategies collapse. I'm happy to report that, by imperceptible degrees and by the grace of good teachers and good luck, that depression slowly dissolved and has never returned with the same ferocity that prevailed for most of my life." He thinks it might just be down to old age. "I read somewhere that as you grow older certain brain cells die that are associated with anxiety so it doesn't really matter how much you apply yourself to the disciplines. You're going to start feeling a lot better or a lot worse depending on the condition of your neurons."
Can it really be that simple? Can the mood of his classic songs really be explained by unfortunate brain chemistry? He recently told his biographer Sylvie Simmons that in everything he did, "I was just trying to beat the devil. Just trying to get on top of it." As well as Judaism and Zen Buddhism, he briefly flirted with Scientology. He has never married but has had several significant relationships, including Joni Mitchell, actor Rebecca De Mornay and the woman with whom he had two children in the early 70s, Suzanne Elrod (no, not that Suzanne). He was a serious drinker and smoker who experimented with different drugs. On his 1972 tour, as documented in Bird on a Wire, he christened his band The Army and they in turn dubbed him Captain Mandrax after his downer of choice.
In that film he appears fractious and exhausted: a "broken-down nightingale", addressing audiences with irritable humour. Yet on his comeback tour he looked profoundly grateful for every cheer or clap. "I was touched by the reception, yes," he says. "I remember we were playing in Ireland and the reception was so warm that tears came to my eyes and I thought, 'I can't be seen weeping at this point', then I turned around and saw the guitar player weeping."
The tour was partly triggered by financial necessity after his business manager siphoned off almost all of his savings. Was he reluctant to go on the road again? "I don't know if reluctance is the word but trepidation or nervousness. We rehearsed for a long, long time – longer than is reasonable. But one is never really certain." He hopes to play more concerts and to release another album in a year or so. He is already older than Johnny Cash was when he released his final album; soon he'll creatively outlive Frank Sinatra. On the back of one of his notebooks he has written: "Coming to the end of the book but not quite yet."
In Paris, after the press conference, I'm discreetly ushered into a back room for a rare interview alone with Cohen. Up close, he's a calming presence, old world courtesy mingled with Zen, and his smoke-blackened husk of a voice is as reassuring as a lullaby. I ask him if he wishes the long and painful process of writing his songs would come more easily.
"Well, you know, we're talking in a world where guys go down into the mines, chewing coca and spending all day in backbreaking labour. We're in a world where there's famine and hunger and people are dodging bullets and having their nails pulled out in dungeons so it's very hard for me to place any high value on the work that I do to write a song. Yeah, I work hard but compared to what?"
Does he learn anything from writing them? Does he work out ideas that way?
"I think you work out something. I wouldn't call them ideas. I think ideas are what you want to get rid of. I don't really like songs with ideas. They tend to become slogans. They tend to be on the right side of things: ecology or vegetarianism or antiwar. All these are wonderful ideas but I like to work on a song until those slogans, as wonderful as they are and as wholesome as the ideas they promote are, dissolve into deeper convictions of the heart. I never set out to write a didactic song. It's just my experience. All I've got to put in a song is my own experience."
"Song operates on so many levels. It operates on the level you just spoke of where it addresses the heart in its ordeals and its defeats but it also is useful in getting the dishes done or cleaning the house. It's also useful as a background to courting."
s a cover of Hallelujah a compliment he has grown tired of receiving?
"There's been a couple of times when other people have said can we have a moratorium please on Hallelujah? Must we have it at the end of every single drama and every single Idol? And once or twice I've felt maybe I should lend my voice to silencing it but on second thought no, I'm very happy that it's being sung."
Does he still define success as survival?
"Yeah," he smiles. "It's good enough for me."
He's your man Leonard Cohen's greatest albums
Songs of Leonard Cohen Columbia, 1967
Cohen resented John Simon's lush production but the songs, starting with Suzanne, are impeccable. Robert Altman memorably used three of them in his deconstructed western McCabe and Mrs Miller.
Songs From a Room Columbia, 1969
Stark and haunting in sound and theme, his second album took in war, revolution and Biblical sacrifice. Kris Kristofferson said he wanted the opening lines of Bird on the Wire on his gravestone.
Songs of Love and Hate Columbia, 1971
Cohen may be smiling on the record sleeve – but nowhere else. Depression and rage circle these viciously beautiful songs, including Famous Blue Raincoat and the goth-predicting Avalanche.
I'm Your Man Columbia, 1988
His self-produced creative rebirth, by turns funny and frightening. First We Take Manhattan is a terrorist's fever dream; the wry, reflective Tower of Song could be Cohen's theme tune.
The Essential Leonard Cohen Sony, 2002
This excellent anthology, spanning 1967-2002, contains all the classics but also sweeps up some highlights from his patchier albums. Hear his voice get ever lower.
Old Ideas Columbia, 2012
Cohen revisits some favourite roles – the repentant cad, the mordant wisecracker, the sombre prophet, the lost soul – in a voice that sounds as old as time.
|Leonard Norman Cohen, 1934-2016
- Leonard Cohen's Official Website
- Leonard Cohen on Wikipedia
- The Leonard Cohen Files
- Sito italiano dedicato a Leonard Cohen
As the mist leaves no scar
On the dark green hill,
So my body leaves no scar
On you, nor ever will.
When wind and hawl encounter,
What remains to keep?
So you and I encounter
Then turn, then fall to sleep.
As many nights endure,
Without a moon or star,
So will we endure
When one is gone and far.


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Coincidentally, I got into a conversation with a farmer who I've never met before, who (on hearing that I am vegetarian, nature lover, general wuss etc) pointed out that people like me "are always the first to compain" when farmers use such natural farming methods.
I can't dispute that a number of townies are offended, but, having been brought up with dirt (and often dung) under my finger-nails, I am not. This process is age-old, and to be welcomed if the volume of chemicals is reduced.
This brought to mind an old photograph of local farmer Jim P-W, being towed by his wife Shirley in (I would guess) the fifties on their farm in Kingsdown. Jim is much missed by all.
Rather longer ago, this map shows the village in 1877:
Some places are familiar, such as the King's Head and the Zetland Arms, as well as the relatively new church.
Less familair are the names 'Sparrow Court' along Chalkhill Road, the Great Combe which is now known as the Lynch, 'New barn' at the otherwise unnamed Hill Farm, along with capstans, wells and a Pillar letter box.
This map is available from OldxMaps and I hope plenty of people buy it to avaid me being sued for copyright infringement. Please do not click on it to make it larger.
The scene above is unmistakably modern, with the new type of bales but the road below looks traditional, and if the tarmac was removed and the chalk track reinstated it would be timeless.
As a pleasant change from this week's excellent pictures provided by SteveR, the blur below confirms that the Mediterranean gulls are back on the beach - at least three, including the usual high proportion of ccolour-rings.


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Understanding More About Our Conversations With the LordI was listening to a radio show the other day and they were discussing reasons Christians pray. New Christians pray because they are taught to and to ask God for things (in many instances, but not always), and often get angry early in their walk because God didn't answer the way they wanted Him to.
Christians a few years into their relationship with the Lord begin to see that the Lord has only good things in store for them and come to understand that prayers answered in ways other than our ideas or plans are God's way of letting us know He has something better in store.
But Christians long established in their faith and relationship with Jesus feel it is a necessity, almost like checking in with a loved one on a daily basis and often several times a day. That relationship is fostered and grows because the Christian spends time with the Lord getting to know Him, getting to know His plans and the true nature of His heart.
Just as friends who stay in touch over the years can know that they can call on each other in times of need or to just spend the night while traveling, so we can know that God is there when we call on Him. When your friend calls you, even if you have a ringtone specific to her and have her number saved in your Favorites, you know your friend by her voice. So we learn to know the voice of the Father the more we spend "talking" to Him in our prayer time.
One of the reasons we pray is to learn to hear God's voice. It may sound like your own voice, your pastor's voice (that often happens with me!) or it might not sound like any other voice you've heard. But it will become more and more familiar the more time we spend talking and then (this is one I'm currently working on!) LISTENING to His reply and ACTING on what He's said.
His voice might catch you as you're walking out the door: deodorant. I heard it plain as day yesterday before we left for a family drive in the mountains. I looked at the small deodorant tube on my desk and shook it off. I left the deodorant sitting there. When we had been driving for a while, we stopped for a potty break (does anyone travel with kids and NOT stop?!). While in the bathroom, my older daughter commented that she needed deodorant because she had forgotten to put some on in the morning. Had I listened and ACTED on what I heard, I could have pulled that tube out of my purse and she could have used it right then and there. I knew immediately that I had heard and missed my opportunity to act on what He told me.
So what does deodorant have to do with listening to God? Well, just to point out that even in the small things in our lives, He talks to us to remind us He's there, watching out for all areas of our lives. To speak, have us listen, and then act on what He's said.
If you're like me and you feel you missed an opportunity to act on what God has said, don't beat yourself up about it. There will be other things He will tell you and you will be able to listen and act at another time. The more you listen and act, the more familiar His voice will be to you!


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This is the parade grounds at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. As you can see, there is a graduation ceremony taking place for one of the Basic Training classes. The cluster of dots at the bottom left of the parade field is the soldiers that appear to have just finished their graduation. Check out the rest of the fort to find the firing ranges and soldier's barracks.Misc, Military - Training
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Some of you have been asking for this recording sheet, so I thought I would post it. This idea came from Kim Jordano :)
Bat Measurement
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Bat Measurement
Posted by Mrs. Larremore at 4:00 AM
Labels: bats, Fall, halloween, measurement
4 comments:
- Crayons and Curls said...
Thank you for sharing! :)
Crayons and Curls
- October 18, 2011 at 4:16 AM
- Busy Bees said...
Thanks for the worksheet. I did this art activity last year and we filled out characteristics on a bat. This is just an extra bonus for this year!
- October 18, 2011 at 3:07 PM
- Jen R. (The Teachers' Cauldron) said...
cute! I'm doing bats this week - thank you!
- October 19, 2011 at 2:45 AM
- Miss Amanda said...
Thank you for posting this. It worked right into our theme for the day! I appreciate all the hard work you've put into your blog and your willingness to share with others!
- October 26, 2011 at 6:01 PM
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It's been a very wet week. It seems like it's been raining about half of the time, and while the plant life may love it, I am not a fan.
LotRO-wise, the Spring Festival has been going for a week. I found some parts interesting – like the Ale Association, after all, who doesn't like to push hobbits around? However, I have been irritated by the problems which Turbine has been having with the festival horse vendors. My cunning plan was to save gold on a horse purchase by having my Guardian (now level 42) wait for a festival before acquiring a mount. Well, he has a race token and 45 spring leaves, but no horse. My dog stated it best when he said "Grrr."
On the 40k front, I have not been idle. I scrapped my initial plan to convert one of the new Space Hulk terminators, and decided to play with green stuff again. Green stuff and myself have a long and illustrious hate-hate relationship. However, I think the results weren't half bad (though they look a bit messy unprimed.
Oh, did I mention that the model is magnetized? Yeah, I can swap out the wargear. I'm not exactly the first person to do this, but I'm still pleased with the result.
En Alae Mortis, indeed.


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Last week I bought some upholstery remnants cheap so decided to run up some cushions. Because the fabric is so bulky I decided against piping them which is my favoured technique so instead for interest I made the back and fronts in co-ordinating fabric.
This weeks project is costumes for my sons school production. I can't say I am overly enthusiastic but given my son has one of the lead parts, I can hardly say no now can I?


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HYE blogwalkers,
It has been more than 24 hours since flight MH370 been missing. Had been updating myself with any news and updates concerning the matter ever since I heard the news yesterday morning. It is said that the plane was bound to arrive in Beijing at 6.30am after its departure from KLIA at 12.41am, 8 March 2014. But at 2.40am about 2 hours or so after departure the flight goes missing - mysteriously. MH370 was carrying 227 passengers with 14 nationalities; two of them are infants as well as 12 crew members.
Usually I am not the kind of person who would be listening to speculations. I refused to do so until there is proof. As for the time being, there are still reports regarding the missing flight to be proven. I really do hope things are just fine. I'd like to have my hopes high for them because I have faith in Allah. Pray and pray harder because ALLAH listens to our prayers. Whether He granted it or not, it is His decision and with every decisions Allah decided for us, it is for the best. Allah knows what we do not know.
More often than not we tend to take for granted these well wishes whenever we parted ways. I took a mental note to always remember to say these to people around me whenever goodbye are necessary. Things like "I Love You (s)" are often forgotten or otherwise not being said because you think that there are still time.
Take this incident as an example. If you are in this situation, that flight could have been your flight. It can might as well be the flight someone close to you got into. If bad things were to happen (Naudzubillahiminzaalik. I pray to Allah nothing as such happen!), not saying those words will bring you regrets not just for that moment, but for the rest of your life. So the next time you parted ways with an acquaintance, do remember to say a proper goodbyes. At least you have some closure.


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Do you remember the night in the park, years ago, when our futures took a different direction? We saw the moon, the one I see now, look down at us. Even though its shape and color has changed so many times, its real face never has - nor have ours...
shadows spread
from the old oak tree~
summer night
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
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- WorkingWords100 said...
This one is deep; I have been thinking about it for a few days now.
- August 18, 2007 at 7:58 AM
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One noisy nightclub has kept the North Baltimore residents of Abell awake so often they are trying to shut it down on three fronts at the liquor board, in the courts and even in the legislature.
Residents say patrons from the New 32nd Street Plaza, in the 400 block of E. 32nd St., have awakened them after midnight each Monday morning for the past year and a half with roaring cars, shouting and occasional gunshots.
For many in the rowhouse community in the Northeast corner of Charles Village, the Feb. 5 shooting death of a nightclub security guard outside the club was the last straw.


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STRATHAM — Willard L. "Bud" Krauss, 91, died Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008, at home with his family by his side.
STRATHAM — Willard L. "Bud" Krauss, 91, died Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008, at home with his family by his side.
He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Eleanor (Best) Krauss of Stratham; his son, Robert Krauss of Hampton; his daughter, Dr. Janis M. Krauss-Krieger and her husband Robert of Hampton; her grandchildren, Jonathan and Benjamin Krieger of Hampton and Tiffany and Timothy Krauss of Arizona.
SERVICES: Calling hours will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2, at the Brewitt Funeral Home, 14 Pine St. Exeter.
A Masonic service will be held during the calling hours and will begin at 7:30 p.m., and an Eastern Star Service will then follow and begin at 7:45 p.m.
A memorial service will follow Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the funeral home, concluded with U.S. naval military funeral honors.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to either the Rockingham VNA & Hospice, 137 Epping Road, Exeter, NH 03833, or Exeter Hospital, 5 Alumni Drive, Exeter, NH 03833.
To sign an online guestbook, please visit www.brewittfuneralhome.com.


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I asked my ICAN sisters to share their experiences with their scars during pregnancy and birth with me. I think their responses illustrate that "normal is a wide canyon" (an often thought of quote from my midwife) quite beautifully.
"I had some twinges there for a while, I think in the second trimester. I don't remember if I had emotional issues about it...probably...I was pretty emotional in general. I remember it hurting the same way it did shortly after surgery. Which brought back a lot of freaky memories. At first each pain yanked me back into that time again, although only for a minute or so. I definitely hated mine for a long time. Now I think of it as a battle wound." Katie, 10 years between births
"I tried to focus more on living in the present...& on growing a healthy baby, on my upcoming vbac, on staying positive & letting go of past baggage. I * still * have occasional pain in my scar, and when I was preggo, I thought it might rip open it felt soooo stretched. But I really tried to get those thoughts out of my brain quickly!! I only had 9 months between my pregnancies...and healed very, very slowly. I got pregnant right after I started to feel normal again!My c-section was 3 years ago & I was laying on the floor with the girls the other day. I moved wrong & had a super sharp pain in my scar! Ugh." Viva, 18 months between births
"My scar was so far below my enormous belly that I never thought about it....it wasn't like I could ever see it. I didn't feel anything there. I don't now except on rare occasions. Oh- and I had a really intense massage done around it once....it felt so flippin' strange. But maybe that really did help? My first scar was red and "angry" and puffy for a long time. My second scar (ERCS, "window" rupture discovered during delivery) was a nice, thin white line from the start. It totally mirrors the experiences I had, which I find interesting. " Maggie, 21 months between births
"I had pulling and tugging during movement, and the occasional sharpish twinge in a certain spot. I've had a ton of massage work on my scar, though, so I imagine it would have been worse if I hadn't. Worse for the first one, though still present for the second. The first VBAC and second VBAC were just under three years apart." Missy, 3 years between births (twice)
"With my first scar, I think something happened when the nerves were reconnecting. I could not even touch it without giving myself the willies. It physically bothered me to touch it. I believe it also affected Katelyn when I was pregnant with her. I think she could feel it, too. When I did touch my scar, I would get the strange nerve sensations and she would react. After my second c-section (ugh), I do not have the same nerve irritation. I do not think people realize that scars can physically hurt, even way after the initial pain is gone." Allison, 25 months between births
"My scar stayed very pink (red in places) and tender to touch for years. Sometimes it would ache and throb for no apparent reason. I had certain pairs of underwear and pants that I just couldn't wear anymore because of the pain. When I became pregnant with my second in March of 2010 and as I started growing, the scar hurt worse and worse. The way my pregnant belly seemed to abruptly "stop" right at the scar line made me feel like my scar was under tremendous pressure. By the end of my pregnancy, I wondered if my scar would hold up. As far as the emotions attached to the scar, when I consider it the work of the OB, as if the scar belongs to him because he put it there, that makes me angry and I feel violated. But, when I consider it the place where I birthed my precious daughter and see the scar is MINE, I can love it as part of my story. After my VBAC with my 2nd baby, my scar has healed so quickly. It is now white/flesh colored and is barely visible. I also can put pressure against it and I feel no pain. We can't always control the elements of our life stories (or we just don't know any better) but we can control what we take from it, how we grow from it and how we use it from that point on. So I have to admit I kind of love my scar now." Jenna, 20 months between births
"I had no scar changes during my second pregnancy. I did oil my belly, hips, and butt daily with apricot kernel oil, in the hopes of avoiding stretch marks (happy to report, nary a one!). In doing so, I did also oil the scar, but never with a particular intention of improving its appearance. It looked so bad for so long, I kind of gave up on trying to make it look better.
Being able to communicate about it with Annika has really helped my acceptance. One day, she asked "Mommy what is this on your belly?" and I answered "It's a scar from where you came out of my belly. I couldn't push you out of my vagina like I did with Heidi [Annika was present at Heidi's birth, and watching when she came out], so the doctor cut my belly so we could get you out." She thought for a moment, then looked really sad and said "But Mommy, I don't want you to be cut". I replied "Sweetie, I didn't want to be cut either, but I tried and tried to push you out and I couldn't, and I really really wanted to meet you, so I'm glad the doctor was able to cut me so we could get you out." She thought about it some more, touched my scar again, and her face brightened. "I like it. It looks like a smile" Gotta love a 2.5 year old's outlook on life :)" Jen, 30 months between births
What have your experiences been with your scar during subsequent pregnancies? How did you handle them?


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Morality is not determined by the church you attend nor the faith you embrace. It is determined by the quality of your character and the positive impact you have on those you meet along your journey
Saturday, October 15, 2016
The AP and USA Today combine forces to study just how any children are dying from gun violence in this country every year.
The findings: During the first six months of this year, minors died from accidental shootings — at their own hands, or at the hands of other children or adults — at a pace of one every other day, far more than limited federal statistics indicate.
Using information collected by the Gun Violence Archive, a nonpartisan research group, news reports and public sources, the media outlets spent six months analyzing the circumstances of every death and injury from accidental shootings involving children ages 17 and younger from Jan. 1, 2014, to June 30 of this year — more than 1,000 incidents in all. Among the findings:
— Deaths and injuries spike for children under 5, with 3-year-olds the most common shooters and victims among young children. Nearly 90 3-year-olds were killed or injured in the shootings, the vast majority of which were self-inflicted.
— Accidental shootings spike again for ages 15-17, when victims are most often fatally shot by other children but typically survive self-inflicted gunshots.
— They most often happen at the children's homes, with handguns legally owned by adults for self-protection. They are more likely to occur on weekends or around holidays such as Christmas.
— States in the South, including Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Georgia, are among those with the highest per capita rates of accidental shootings involving minors.
In all, more than 320 minors age 17 and under and more than 30 adults were killed in accidental shootings involving minors. Nearly 700 other children and 78 adults were injured.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 74 minors died from accidental discharges of firearms in 2014, the latest year for which comparable data are available. The AP and USA TODAY analysis counted 113 for that year, suggesting the federal government missed a third of the cases.
Great, so now we know that the information that we had which horrified us concerning the number of children dying due to gun violence, is actually watered down and the REAL numbers are even more horrific.
And all it does is to reinforce the knowledge that the guns people buy to protect their families actually put their families at greater risk.
Just try to imagine how many more children would be alive today without the 2nd Amendment to protect us in this country.
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- Anonymous6:32 AM
You know why I think more people would vote for Bill over Hillary today?ReplyDelete
Because Bill comes across as genuine. He's an asshole for sure and I'm not excluding him as a person who hires hitmen. But he's genuine as fuck.
Hillary is faker than Kim K's Paris robbery.Replies
- Anonymous8:22 AM
The one time she was filmed showed a silly sense of humor by exaggerating startled reflex by jerking her head back and forth, you drumpfers claimed she was sick with paarkinsons or brain damage. Plus a woman in public must always act the lady. Double standard since male repubs aren't required to be gentlemen. The louder and more outrageous the more you think they are strong leaders.Delete
- Anonymous6:41 AM
Callous response: At least, so many less future welfare recipients, and so many fewer mouths to feed.ReplyDelete
But: dammit!!! What does it take to get these statistics lowered? Because - for sure! - we cannot take any or all of those guns away from people once they own them legally. I wish there was something, where you just wave a wand, and all the guns become inoperable, FOR GOOD!
- Anonymous7:45 AM
OT? VOTE OUT little donnie no longer Young "wetback" prick Congressman. started in congress in 1973 >Never left..ReplyDelete
"He is the longest-serving member ever of the United States House of Representatives" He first ran for Congress in 1972, but lost to incumbent Democrat Nick Begich, who disappeared in a plane crash days before the election. Begich was declared legally dead in December 1972 and Young won the resulting special election in March 1973. Young has been re-elected twenty-one times"
in 2004, Young was answering questions about cutting federal funding for the arts. He said that such funding had "photographs of people doing offensive things," and "things that are absolutely ridiculous." When asked for an example, Young quickly replied "buttfucking", in reference to Robert Mapplethorpe's photographic exhibition The Perfect Moment.[91][92] After receiving criticism for the use of that obscenity, Young explained his choice of words by saying he had tried 'to educate' teens.
"I am profoundly and genuinely sorry for the pain it has caused the Alaskan people." NO HE IS NOT!
Young made sure to clarify he does not "deeply respect the press at all on this issue," comparing the crowd of reporters working late into the night as "crows leaning over the edge" from the press gallery above the floor."
- Anonymous7:49 AM
I have never understood the trend this last few years on gun fetish and the extreme paranoia. Yes our country is threatened not only by foreign enemy but enemy living within our borders. And the odd fetish of flooding our streets with assault weapons and putting extra threat to our law enforcement is OUTRAGEOUS. Wake up. Stop the sale of military weapons to public. If you buy a gun you must go through intensive hoops to own. etc etc. And face it, morons, abusers, liars must not be permitted to own a gun.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous7:50 AM
"A judge on Friday dismissed a wrongful-death lawsuit by Newtown families against the maker of the rifle used in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting massacre, citing an embattled federal law that shields gun manufacturers from most lawsuits over criminal use of their products."
- Anonymous8:29 AM
This is all ok!!ReplyDelete
The really important fact is their mothers didn't have an abortion.Replies
- Crystal Sage9:02 AM
Only in America can a killing device be so honored that people must keep their guns close to them despite easy access by children. It is like a religious icon in some homes, prominently displayed and worshiped as coming directly from God.ReplyDelete
It also sends innocent people to God at an alarming rate. However, the Second Amendment right to "bear arms" is sacrosanct and must never be changed.
- Sharon10:43 AM
I hope they can actually do this study, just the amount you post here is enough to make you sick, imagine what the real stories are. Guns became absolute necessity when Obama was elected, Tea Party rose up and all greatly encouraged by Fox. The lie of Obama taking your guns away was all they needed to expand the fear and give the manufacturers a huge win....backing the NRA machine. The last debate is here in Las Vegas and of course these rednecks have open carry. I watch for them where ever I go and leave if I see any. The 2nd amendment clearly says a well armed militia...period.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1:58 PM
One of the true obscenities is that our elected officials put lobbyists and partisanship over the wellbeing of the citizens of this country when they made it illegal for the gun studies.ReplyDelete
It is beyond time that that law is overturned and we gather as much data as we can as quickly as we can.
- Anonymous4:45 PM
I'm sick and tired of reading it, and suspect it's more than one every other day. We have crazy people with road rage and weapon grade ammo only a soldier should have, we can't even converse with these people because they let their finger do the talking, and it's the innocents that are hurt or die. Until they listen when mothers and fathers of the loss grieve and see what toll it takes can they understand the loss.ReplyDelete


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I used party favor boxes I had in my stash, wrapped with PP and attached the poem. Easy and cute (although they look horrible in the pic). Note to self: buy the candy corn during Halloween next year, it took me forever to find a Kroger that had any.
Printing with Capture LifeTime!
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Have mercy on me, my God, have mercy on me, for in you I take refuge. I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings until the disaster has passed.
Psalm 57:1
I've always pictured a mother hen with her little chicks tucked safely in the nest and under her wings when I read this passage. I know there is a hiding place we find in God. A refuge from the storms of life. That sounds like a stationary place, a singlular location. And frankly, I like the nest. It's warm and cozy. "Safe" is such a good feeling!
But as I was driving through the neighborhood this week, I noticed two large birds soaring over the pastureland and something shifted for me. With their great wings outstretched they cast quite a shadow on the grass below, and that shadow moved. It was not stationary at all, it was in constant motion.
Like birds hovering overhead, the LORD Almighty will shield Jerusalem; he will shield it and deliver it, he will 'pass over' it and will rescue it. Isaiah 31:5
I see God hovering over me, shielding me....AS I MOVE. It's a little scary, but maybe it's time to leave the warmth of the nest. It's time to venture out into the world, trusting that we are still under His shadow.
Remember Genesis? "the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters..." It was with His Spirit in that hovering position that God began the process of creation. The nest is a place of recovery, but the hovering shadow is a place of creation. What is He creating in me?
And God said "Let there be....and it was so."
Where do you see yourself? Safely tucked in the nest? Or out under the hovering shadow?
(A special thank you to Wild Leek Photography for use of your picture "Mother's Wing".)


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My son went to his first NBA game tonight.
It will be a miracle if he ever wants to watch another NBA game as long as he lives.
Seriously, that was the worst basketball performance I've ever seen and I had Georgia Bulldogs season tickets for years.
Not even gonna post a picture, just gonna go to bed.
(On the bright side, he was amazed by Phillips Arena, had lots of fun booing and got a mini basketball at the gift shop on the way out. That combined with a decent performance by Al Horford made it an enjoyable evening despite the Hawks inexplicably playing like it was the Shareef Abdur-Rahim era)
I have no idea how to create pages but I'll figure it out eventually godammit
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Thanks, Hawks!
Labels: Hawks suck
5 comments:
- Cardboard Icons said...
Damn ... that sucks. Beats sitting at home opening on video five packs of 1990 fleer baseball tonight like good ole Chris over at Stale Gum. :)
- November 11, 2010 at 12:55 AM
- madding said...
Well, at least Joe Johnson doesn't have the knees of an 80 year old war veteran like certain stars of certain teams in certain home towns that I may reside in.
- November 11, 2010 at 2:42 AM
- dayf said...
Also, Verne Troyer was on the Kiss Cam. That was pretty cool.
madding: I'll trade you creaky knees for sulky Josh Smith right now. That dude totally checked out of the game in the third quarter.
- November 11, 2010 at 8:49 AM
- John Bateman said...
The first NHL game I went to was a 0-0 tie. The first NFL (only NFL game) I went to my team, the home team lost 17-0
- November 11, 2010 at 7:38 PM
- John Bateman said...
He will get over it
- November 11, 2010 at 7:38 PM


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Thursday, July 22, 2010
Long Time No See
A lot of life has been lived since my last post. Lately I feel like I've finally been coming back around to "me". I think part of me was lost for a little while. I'm still knitting and can't imagine ever not knitting. Our boys are growing and we are so proud of them. I've been making lots of blackberry desserts and canning blackberry jam. Now I've got lots of tomatoes to work up and green beans. Today I dyed my hair with henna. It's lovely, the color should deepen over the next few days. It was a messy process but gave me that little bit of red I needed. I'm hopeful I will get back into the swing of regular blogging but if not that's okay. This blog started out for me, a journal of my life. I would like to get back to putting life's little details down. Until next time.......
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|Virginia Rearden in court with her husband.
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
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Plot: a young girl goes to live with a seemingly loving couple who later murder her for the insurance money. Reality: Death Benefit and Justice for Annie are based on the case of Deana Hubbard Wild and Virginia Mcginnis.


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This is my blog, my sanctuary, it is like my brain for you all to see. I have a purple soul. I'm ready to live. Join me on my journey to blue fingertips.
Friday, October 17, 2014
I can find you
What is happiness? This is a question I have asked myself for many years. I more recently have frequently asked myself this question as I have been embarking on "full recovery" for the past while. I put parenthesis on full recovery because I believe that everyone will have a different definition of what it will mean for them. Happiness is on the top of my list for this journey; however I am not daft enough to think that it means I will be happy- go- lucky, spin in circles all the time but I do think that my normal lows will no longer be world ending life ending lows.
It is not like I have never uttered the phrase "wow I am really happy right now" because I have; certainly on days with wonderful friends in fun enviroments or coming out of dance class or meeting individuals I believe the universe had made us cross paths. But what I have not experienced is the lack of the fear that my world will not crumble around me and that happiness is only a short experience in my down spiraling life.
Recently however I have realized just how important it is for me to truly fight to believe that I AM worthy of having the happiness that I want in life and more importantly that I need to take the steps to get there. I can no longer hope that this is something that the universe is just going to put on my door step in a neatly wrapped package.
I have finally accepted the fact that my actions even if caused by a slew of mental disorders and addiction are apart of me that I do have some control over it and that perhaps my inaction (waiting out and hoping these breakdowns will eventually go away on their own) is my responsibility and my lack there of using that responsibility. Over the past while and very very recently I have seen these downfalls tear apart my friendships through horrid scenes, mean words and compelete lack of self respect for myself. I have pushed people away, isolated or compeletly broken down and became a monster and unrecognizable as myself. I feel like I have watched this happen while looking into a glass box screaming from the outside and banging on the window going "NO DONT DO THIS THESE PEOPLE MATTER"
I realize that this can greatly change someones perception of me and who they think I am but I have to have faith that I know who I am or even greater, have the faith that I know who I want to be and how to get there. I can not hope for reconciliation from the people who I have torn pieces from them out if I am taking no action to better myself. I want to be a calm, kind, comppasionate, reliable friend as well as someone who sees the hope and colour and vibrance in what the world has to offer. There is no reason for me not to choose to be happy.
So I need to fight with everything that I have got because this is the one life I was given and there is absolutly no point in ending because there are endless amazing things I can do with my well abled body if I so choose and choosing not to live and not do good should not even be an option it is more like a bitch slap in the face to the universe says "oh you gave me breathe but I don't want it".
I want it now more than ever. I do not what to hurt people; I want to love everyone unconditionally, I want to be strong for them; I want people to look at me and see an intelligent happy women full of life so much that it is practically contagious. But here is the thing that is way different than anytime I have ever felt motivated to get better; I want to love myself unconditionally; I want to do good things for myself; I want to see the happiness and life in myself. I never want to feel like I am not some part of this world.
I hope all the people I have hurt can look into me and see I am trying and I will succeed because I am going to seekout all the support I need; I am no longer making this a private fight; this is a call to myself and to anyone who wants to be a positive in my life that I am here with open arms on a two way street. Nothing will tear me down; especially not me, ever again.
I am going to learn who I am without any darkness covering my brain. I am going to find life and I am going to live it.
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