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Thursday, February 12, 2009
Has Chris Brown's fame gotten to his head?
It's disgusting that some men feel its acceptable to hit a woman, under no circumstances should a man ever lay a hand in anger on woman. Has Chris Brown lost his mind? Most people should be as disgusted as I am at Chris Brown, that he would do something like this. He is a very popular singer in today's pop culture and this is nothing more than bad publicity for him. This is not a type of action that works in your favor, in fact it turns fans away. People should not be fans of people like Chris Brown whether he likes it or not he is a role model to children all over the world. It is not acceptable for people to think this kind of behavior is alright by any means. This has shown that he either has a very misguided psyche or he really has bought into his own hype and believes he is bigger than law and or morals.
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I am as outraged and disguised by Chris Brown's recent behavior as you. Domestic Violence is one of the world's biggest social problems today. Here are just a few stats from the National Domestic Violence Hotline's website, www.ndvh.org/get-educated/abuse-in-america. On average more than three women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends daily. Violence against women cost companies $72.8 million yearly due to lost productivity. One and Three women world-wide have been mentally, sexual or physically abused in their lifetime. There are many more stats on Domestic Violence on this site and some great education about this topic. I'm not sure if Chris Brown should be held to a higher standard because he is a celebrity but he should be held accountable for his actions and we should stand up against him personally by not supporting his career and buying his music.ReplyDelete
As Jackson Katz has stated, men are responsible for about 90% of the violence. Men gain control and power using abuse toward women. We, as women, do need to take a strong stand against Domestic Violence and help reeducate men about this issue and open their eyes to the encompassing effects of Domestic Violence.
I agree completely with both of you. Not only is the domestic violence level just completely out of control, so are the celebrities. No one seems to understand just how big of an impact their own actions have on others. I guarantee that a child exposed to abuse, and taught that it is acceptable, is going to grow up to become an abuser themselves. There don't seem to be enough positive role models anywhere. Lets see, our last president was an idiot, the disney channels biggest stars wind up in naughty pictures on the internet. And in fact i think that there is a disney channel star who did a playboy shoot. There is no such thing as a role model anymore, and its positively disgusting. Shame on Chris Brown. Shame on the media. something must be done.ReplyDelete
I do also agree with most of this. It is certainly not okay in any situation for a man to lay his hand on a girl no matter what the circumstance is. But, i think because he is so well-known and no one see's him doing anything like this, not many people are paying attention to it as people would like. He is a role model to kids who don't understand the harm he caused Rhianna, so fans still look up to him since he's so popular.ReplyDelete
What Chris Brown did to Rhianna was both ignorant and childish. If you were to put him in a jail cell, it would be a guaruntee that he would never do to his 6 foot 3 350lb cell mate Bubba what he did to Rhianna. Abuse of any kind is uncalled for and should land anyone, celebrity or not, straight into jail without bond. The pictures released of Rhianna showed the evidence. He still is pleading not-guilty. How can America's justice system allow a criminal like Chris Brown still walk around on the streets as if nothing happened? I hope that when it comes time for court, justice prevails.ReplyDelete


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A 28-year-old British woman is filing for divorce after finding out her husband was sleeping with another woman in online virtual world Second Life.
Amy Taylor cited "unreasonable behavior" in her filing for divorce, after deciding she just couldn't put the cyber sex behind her.
"I went mad – I was so hurt," Taylor stated. "I just couldn't believe what he'd done. I looked at the computer screen and could see his character having sex with a female character. It's cheating as far as I'm concerned.
"The solicitor wasn't at all surprised. She said it was her second divorce case involving Second Life that week."
Of course, Ms. Taylor knows what it's like to hook up online - her soon-to-be ex-husband and her met in a chatroom in 2003. But in the spirit of not letting the gamers get you down, she now has a new man in her life, after meeting him playing World of Warcraft.

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15 Jun 2012 09:05:56 AM
[VIDEO] A Brief Profile of the UFC's Man Behind-the-Scenes, Burt Watson
If you've ever found yourself entranced by a raspy, baritone voice calling out "We're rollin!" from the locker rooms of a UFC event, then you are undoubtedly familiar with the UFC's "babysitter to the stars," Burt Watson. I will be the first to admit that in my infinite wisdom, I once failed to recognize one of the most crucial members of the sport's highest promotion when he was caught on camera during one of Dana White's infamous Danavlogs. It is to this date the biggest mindfart I have ever farted (which is saying something), but needless to say, without Watson shuffling fighters around, organizing them for press conferences, and getting them amped up for their fights, the UFC would be a shell of the "well-oiled machine" that it truly is.
Wanting to recognize the crucial role Watson plays in the UFC, Sportsnet recently dedicated a brief video to his greatness, reeling in such UFC stars as Georges. St Pierre (who does a hilarious Watson impression when prompted), Frank Mir, Junior dos Santos, and even the boss man himself to sing his praises. So check it out if you've got a couple extra minutes, and leave your own praises in the comments section.Read More DIGG THIS


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Man charged in fatal shooting at smoke shop
Man charged in fatal shooting at smoke shop
Deputies have made an arrest in a shooting that left a man dead at a Greenville County smoke shop.
Ryan Darrell Irby, 28, has been charged with murder in connection with the fatal shooting at Illusions Smoke Shop on Poinsett Highway on Aug. 30, according to the Greenville County Sheriff's Office.
Irby is also charged with armed robbery and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.
Theodore Ross McClellan, 29, was gunned down during a robbery, deputies said.
News 4 learned that the new owners of the smoke shop took over just one week before the fatal shooting.
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Did legalizing abortion stop women from dying at the hands of quack abortionists? Read about these women, who died on this date, and decide.
In June of 1916, Rosie Kawera of Chicago asked a friend to go with her to visit Mrs. Wilhelmina Benn, a licensed midwife. Rosie was
twenty-nine years old, mother of
an eleven-month-old baby, and two months pregnant. She
borrowed $10 from her brother and went to Mrs. Benn's. While her friend
waited in the kitchen, Kawera went into the bedroom, where Mrs. Benn
inserted what Kawera called "a little pipe." Mrs. Benn told Kawera to
keep it in overnight and to phone whenever she got "sick." Rosie died on
June 14.
On June 7, 1930, 27-year-old Grace Iorio underwent an illegal abortion in the Chicago home of midwife
Stepina Pazkiewicz. On June 14, Grace died at her home.
Barbaralee Davis called a local women's group for a safe and legal abortion referral. They sent her to a member of the newly founded National Abortion Federation, Hope Clinic for Women in Granite City, Illinois. After
the abortion, performed June 14, 1977 by Hope Medical Director Hector
Zavalos, Barbaralee's sister helped her, pale and bleeding, to the car.
Barbaralee slept in the back seat the whole way home, approximately a
two-hour trip. Her sister helped her to bed. When
Barbaralee's sister checked on her several hours later, she was
unresponsive. She was rushed to the Pickneyville hospital, where an
emergency hysterectomy was attempted to save her life. Barbaralee died
during the surgery, leaving one child motherless. The
autopsy found the face and spinal column of Barbaralee's baby embedded
in a hole in her uterus. Barbaralee had bled to death.
Rosario Bermeo, age 30, died following a safe and legal abortionperformed by Dr. Joseph B. Shapse at Prospect Hospital in New York June 14, 1983. Shapse
contended he had no responsibility for actions of the certified nurse
anesthetist, and no responsibility to monitor and evaluate Rosario's
condition during and immediately after the abortion. Therefore, he said,
he was not to blame for her death from respiratory and cardiac arrest.
Angela Hall, a 27-year-old mother of five, called to arrange a safe, legal abortion at Thomas Tucker's office in Alabama.
One of Tucker's employees, Joy Davis, screened Angela and felt that she
had risk factors that made abortion in an office setting unsafe. Joy
got on the phone with Tucker and indicated that she felt that Angela
should be referred to a hospital. Tucker told Davis that "we need the
money" and ordered her to prep Angela, who was in the second trimester
of pregnancy. Angela
underwent the abortion on June 11, 1991, and started having difficulty
breathing. Her blood pressure fell, setting off an alarm on a piece of
monitoring equipment. Tucker told Davis to turn the alarm off because
other patients could hear it. Angela was sent to a recovery room where
she bled so heavily that Davis became alarmed and called an ambulance.
Tucker swore at Davis when he learned of this, and he had her cancel the
ambulance because they'd already sent a patient to the hospital that
day. Angela continued to hemorrhage, and Davis continued to plead with
Tucker to take action. Finally Tucker cursed at Davis, telling her to
call the ambulance, and he left the building, leaving the untrained
woman to cope alone with the critically injured patient. Angela was taken to the hospital, where she suffered respiratory failure, clotting, and sepsis.
She died just before midnight June 14. It
is interesting to note that in the publicity surrounding the lawsuit
filed by Angela's family, Ron Fitzsimmons of the National Coalition of
Abortion Providers, among other prochoice groups, balked at efforts to
close Tucker down, on the grounds that he was Alabama's only
abortionist, and that even he was better than no abortionist at all.
Oriane Shevin, age 34, died of infection following off-label use of RU-486 for a safe and abortion in California in 2005. Oriane got the drugs at the Eve Surgical Center. She took the
mifeprestone on June 9 and vaginally inserted the misoprostol on June
10. Both Christopher Dotson, M.D. and Josepha Seletz, M.D. are associated with the facility. Oriane was an attorney with two young children, ages 3 and 4. She had
sickened three days after taking the drugs, suffering from
severe pain and havy bleeding, and was rushed by ambulance to
Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center, where she died on June 14 from
severe metabolic acidosis and sepsis. Dotson has a spotted history. At the time of Oriane's abortion, Dotson
had not yet completed eight years medical board probation for gross
negligence and incompetence in causing the death of a patient. He had also worked at San Vicente Hospital, a notorious abortion mill that was bought out by Family Planning Associates Medical Group. San Vicente was where Sara Lint, Natalie Meyers, Joyce Ortenzio,Laniece Dorsey, and Mary Pena underwent their fatal abortions. Despite his appalling record, Dotson, through his Eve Surgical Center, is a member of the National Abortion Federation.


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The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) just launched its new "Personalized Cancer Medicine Initiative" to become the first cancer center in the Southeast and one of the first in the nation to offer cancer patients' routine "genotyping" of their tumors at the DNA level.
The University will use its EMR system to use the genotype information to help in point-of-care decision-making. "The EMR for each patient is automatically updated to contain the latest genome-based treatment information, so that all healthcare provides at Vanderbilt are fully informed and guided by the latest decision support on advanced therapies," said Dan Masys, M.D., Chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics.
Jeff Balser M.D., Ph.D, Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs and Dean of the School of Medicine, notes, "We are rapidly expanding our ability to precisely identify genetic differences between patients, and make rational treatment decisions at the bedside. Through a unique and cohesive set of advances that combine innovations in healthcare informatics, genomics, and drug discovery, we are beginning to deliver on the promise of the Human Genome Project, with highly personalized therapy for our patients."
The first tumor types to be tested are certain forms of lung cancer and melanoma. Both have been difficult to treat but new therapies that target specific genetic alterations in the tumors have shown promising results. According to William Pao, M.D., PhD, in charge of the personalized cancer medicine program at the university, the VICC program will examine more than 40 mutations in lung cancer and melanoma that are potentially relevant to existing and emerging targeted therapies. As additional tumor-specific mutations are identified, they will be added to the screening panel and new screening panels for cancers are in development.
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Monday, August 12, 2013
Crying Students. An RYS Flashback. 4 Years Ago Today.
Crying students happen. I take no pleasure in making them cry, and even though I'm a rat bastard by nature, I try to channel my well-stifled inner Buddha and have compassion when dealing with distressed students. Kent's column about a crying student gives rise to two questions, though: First, why did it take so long for "Jason" to realize he wasn't going to pass, let alone get a C? Second, why did "Jason" stick around and cry in front of Kent? The first question's answer probably has something to do with generic student idiocy, so we can let it pass. The second one, though, puzzles me, 'cuz the one time that I realized I'd utterly fucked myself, I didn't stick around.
Back in the day, when I was a wee undergrad, I took a speech class. And boy howdy, was it great. I loooooved that shit. Getting up in front of people and pontificating? Hellz, yeah. The catch was, this class met at 9:30 AM, and I wasn't so good at getting to it on time, partially 'cuz I'm a night owl by nature and partially 'cuz I got seriously loaded most every evening, making mornings come right early.
Disaster struck at midterms, when the instructor, Ms. Schickelgruber, scheduled the exam for 8:30 AM, an hour before our regular class meeting. No one, least of all myself, was surprised when I slept through it. But then I slept through the makeup test. And the makeup test for the makeup test. That's when Ms. Schickelgruber's patience wore out. She said, "No more makeup tests," when I cruised in at my usual 9:32 arrival time and begged forgiveness. Stunned, I planted ass among the other students and tried to play it cool, but my brain started to blare, Failure, Will Robinson! Failure!, and sniffling commenced. Seconds before the waterworks opened up for real, I scuttled for the exit, found an empty office, and holed up for a cry. I even called home and blubbered to Dad.
After class ended, I returned to pick up my backpack and talked to Ms. S. about my grade. The news wasn't good: if I aced the final exam, I would scrape a C, by tenths of a point. This brought me down even further and made me want to cry again, but I just nodded and went on my miserable way back to the dorm, where I snorfled some more.
What I specifically didn't do was stick around and cry in front of the professor. Even though Ms. Schickelgruber was ssssmokin' hot and seemed to like me as a person, she wasn't my mom. Ms. S.'s job was to lead the class, evaluate my work, and dole out a grade at the end. I did appreciate her kindly demeanor when I collected my backpack after class was over -- and in that respect, I'm down with Kent's compassion kick -- but as far as class went, the lady cracked the whip over my ass; I both deserved it and knew I deserved it, and I didn't burden her with my tears. Is it too much to expect the same courtesy from my own students?
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Crying jags are one of the most common strategies I see students use, especially students who are duplicitous and sneaky in their dealings with me anyway.ReplyDelete
After crying doesn't work, it's sheer unadulterated anger. Always makes me glad I didn't fall for the tears.
I get to the anger response quickly, since whenever a student cries, I say: "I hate to see a grown man/woman cry. So shove off, out of the office with you then!"ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 12, 2013 at 2:26 PM
If they're willing to cry for a grade, I think they're willing to pay as well.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 12, 2013 at 4:28 PM
Everything that happens in a young person's life is so freighted with drama that they don't even realize how foolish they all seem.ReplyDelete
My worst failures as an undergrad taught me plenty. I survived.
omg is that gordon ramsay?ReplyDeleteReplies
I'm curious about your statement, "Even though Ms. Schickelgruber was ssssmokin' hot and seemed to like me as a person, she wasn't my mom." While it is true that she was hot and not your mom, why did you choose to pair those two facts? My mind reals from the thought of your upbring, though it does explain your heavy drinking.ReplyDelete


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A quick note to let you know about... Sistah Vegan Project!
I am afraid to be pretty ignorant upon this issue, but I am pretty sure over at Sistah Vegan Porject you can learn more about it: veganism seems to be a commendable practice in the "black identified females/females of the African diaspora (I assume it's the diaspora towards North America).... This particular demographic is solely invited to share their voices because my research largely focuses on Black female developmental wellness. This research passion encompasses a holistic approach to physical, spiritual, emotional and mental well-being through non-traditional methods such as narrative research, expressive therapies, Ethical Eating Philosophy, research in perceptions of White Privilege, American Privilege Studies, research in Speciesism, and theories of alternative holistic health practices".
This study, which was inspired by the PeTA compaign juxtaposing human slavery with animal suffering, wants to investigate if "women of color who are marginalized within their community sympathize with ethical eating more frequently then those minorities who are not marginalized and (...) more broadly, what prohibits a majority of historically oppressed ethnic minorities in America from embracing the connections that unethical treatment of non-human animals has to their own struggles with human social injustices (i.e.: racism, poverty, homophobia, sexism, environmental racism, etc)?
Ethical eating is the manifestation of one's belief of moral justice through a dietary practice that causes the least amount of ecological and social suffering. For example, purchasing equal exchange coffee instead of regular coffee because it directly supports anti-poverty among Third World coffee growers is a form of ethical eating. Organic and fair-trade food consumption as well as veganism are types of "ethical eating."
I find this research super interesting! Therefore, anybody who belong to the group that is being investigated is strongly encouraged to present a submission to the Sistah Vegan Project! The submission guidelines can be found on the Sistah Vegan Projet website: you have time until September 8th!
Spread the word!
Don't be shy! Cook a pie!
No forget that. It must be a tart actually!
And what about welcoming another member? Cheers and hugs to a lovely mom feeding her 4 kids with amazing veggie treats and located in charming Alaska! Have a look at Made In Alaska's blog!


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Monday, September 10, 2007
The Commanders Guy
Observation No. 1: Bush is not in fact a commanders guy when it counts. The current surge was designed by the White House and resisted by many of the military commanders (not to mention the troops) and perhaps more importantly, at both the inception of the war and at later points, commanders whose professional judgment (about such matters as initial troop strength) differed from those of the civilian leadership were overruled and/or replaced by other commanders who agreed with the President's policy views. Since 2004 Petraeus has been publicly saying that victory may be just around the corner so let's not give up yet, but he is only the latest example of a commander selected for views similar to those of the President so that the President can then defer to those views. This does not mean that Petraeus is insincere in his views, but it does undermine the claim that Bush simply follows the advice of the professional military on matters military.
Observation No. 2: The political angle in the President portraying himself as a commanders guy is obvious. With the public distrustful of his own judgment, the President can do better by ascribing his views to military professionals. This works for members of Congress too, although it's harder for them because they don't stand in the chain of command. Accordingly, in opposing the President's policies, Congress tends to turn to retired officers. Last month, seven active-duty troops (six sergeants and a specialists) co-authored a NY Times Op-Ed that essentially argued for a redeployment along the lines proposed last year by the Iraq Study Group, even while pledging to carry out the official policy to the best of their ability. Writing the piece took great courage but also raises real questions about the propriety of active-duty soldiers questioning the wisdom of orders their orders. One cannot and should not count on this sort of statement occurring very often.
Observation No. 3: It's not clear that it makes sense for a President to be a commanders guy. Obviously, there is a limit to the extent that a commander in chief can or should try to micro-manage a war. Our last President with the sort of knowledge to make day to day military decisions was Eisenhower, and even he could not run every aspect of military operations, for the same sorts of reasons that CEOs can't run every aspect of the companies they manage. But acknowledging that limit, it remains the job of the President to make the big decisions, and in doing so there will sometimes be reasons to doubt the judgment of the commanders. Most famously, Lincoln was endlessly frustrated with the unwillingness of General McClellan to attack the Confederate Army. McClellan's concern for troop safety and morale made him a favorite of the troops but as Commander in Chief Lincoln was entitled to think that preserving the Union and bringing the war to an end sooner rather than later should be given higher priority than troop morale or even than avoiding casualties.
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- Anil Kalhan said...
Regarding Observation No. 2, I can't resist providing this quote from Musharraf's autobiography.
I know that in western democracies, military personnel on active duty, especially the chiefs, are not supposed to make political statements. But then, in western democracies neither do the heads of government and state perennially drag army chiefs into politics. In a country where such a practice is rampant, an army chief cannot be blamed for getting involved, if he acts sensibly.
- egarber said...
I think it's also possible that the President only hears what he wants to hear -- even from his hand-picked commanders.
In the main, the debate this week will largely be about troop withdrawal deadlines. But the more important question relates to what the Iraqis are actually doing with their "breathing space". And here, even Petraeus acknowledges lack of progress. He also has said that ulimately, there is no military solution for the turmoil in Iraq.
Contrast the WH defense of the status quo with Joe Biden's words Sunday on Meet the Press, where he reads something deeper within DP's comments (albeit in response to a different question):
MR. RUSSERT: This hearing tomorrow with General Petraeus is very highly charged politically. Moveon.org, a liberal Democratic group, is taking an ad in The New York Times, and this is what it's going to be: "General Petraeus or General Betray Us? Cooking the Books for the White House." What's your reaction to that?
SEN. BIDEN: I don't buy into that. This is an honorable guy. He's telling the truth. I have his letter here like you just quoted from. He acknowledges—look, by its own measure, the surge has failed. What was the reason for the surge? To provide breathing room. For what purpose? To allow the sectarian warring factions to work out a political compromise. He acknowledges that's not there. He's telling the truth. There've been some tactical gains, but they have no ultimate bearing, at this point, on the prospect of there being a political settlement in Iraq that would allow American troops to come home without leaving chaos behind.
So I, I just—I think that's pretty hard-edged. He's an honorable guy. I disagree with what his recommendation is likely to be, but I don't think he is cooking the books. He's stating the part that he believes is true. There's been some limited tactical success, but quite frankly, it's irrelevant to this central problem. The central problem is a sectarian war. If every jihadist in Iraq was killed tomorrow, we'd still have a major civil war killing thousands—wounding thousands of Americans and killing hundreds of Americans just since the surge began.
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Friday, May 13, 2011
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Perhaps it was merely conincidence that recent issues with Blogger caused the removal of all recent blog posts and converting blogs to "read-only" status for the last two days. We here at the Underground aren't too sure. It could be that the content of our most recent post "Educational McCarthyism" rocked the boat just a bit too much. No need to worry, we're on the case and if you're looking for the post on "Educational McCarthyism" we hope to repost before the day is done.
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So will our hearts decay;
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Sunday poetry - Warnings
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It took me a little while to work out where I recognised this from, then realised that Bellowhead (a great, noisy English folk band) have recorded a version of it. They're an acquired taste, but you might enjoy the song. It was interesting to read this different wording, so thanks for posting this.ReplyDelete
I haven't heard of Bellowhead but I'll look out for this. I didn't know there were different versions but it's not surprising. A lot of ballads are known in differen forms.ReplyDelete
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It's been two years since the government introduced pension freedoms, greatly expanding the options for how those who have saved into a defined contribution pension product can access their savings. There are now a number of different ways to take advantage of pension freedoms, so let's have a look at each of them and the potential advantages and disadvantages of each.
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In a world without Clayton Kershaw, Lee's season would probably receive more serious Cy Young Award consideration. As it is, he had a top-five season in the National League and stands to be rewarded as such, in a just world.
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He's vanished from his house in Mercy Close and it's vital that he's found- Laddz have a sell-out comeback gig in five days time.
Things ended messily with Jay. And she's never going back there. Besides she has a new boyfriend now, the very sexy detective Artie Devlin and it's all going well, even though his ex-wife isn't quite 'ex' enough and his teenage son hates her. But the reappearance of Jay is stirring up all kinds of stuff she thought she'd left behind.
Playing by her own rules, Helen is drawn into a dark and glamorous world, where her worst enemy is her own head and where increasingly she feels connected to Wayne, a man she's never even met.
The Mystery of Mercy Close struck so many chords with me. Marian Keyes writes honestly and in-depth about depression. Having suffered with depression myself, I greatly identified with Helen and the battle she faces on a daily basis. I think depression and the feelings it creates can be so hard to explain to others but there were so many times when I read this book when I thought yes it is exactly like that.
Whist The Mystery of Mercy Close has a serious side, it still has a huge amount of Marian Keyes humour. Marian Keyes always writes about the serious side of life but somehow manages to create a variety of laugh out loud moments with her characters and the situations she places them in.
I have always been a massive fan of Marian Keyes and I have read all of her books. Keyes truly is a fabulous writer and I do not think that anybody will be disappointed by The Mystery of Mercy Close.
Many thanks to the lovely people at Michael Joseph for sending me a copy of the book to review, The Mystery of Mercy Close is published today!


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Tomorrow is July 4th in the United States of America. Which, in this moment, makes me think of my elbows. I know. Crazy.
I have recently discovered that one of the many places that the joints of an XLH-er calcifies with age is in the elbows. I had noticed some pain in my elbows, and noticed that they pop and crack a lot and that they didn't quite hang straight.
At the Yale study, when I was examined by the doctor, he said this is one of the typical places that tend to get affected by our disorder. He had me extend my arms, and noted that they didn't completely straighten out.
When I returned home, I also took note that I also could not completely bend them, either. In fact, I discovered that I could not touch my shoulders with my hands (like in the children's song, "Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.") For a couple of weeks, I asked my friends, who are my age and older, if they could touch their shoulders. They could. I even asked my parents, who are in their upper 70's, if they could touch their shoulders. They could. So, I realized this isn't just an "old person thing."
My physical therapist friend told me to keep trying. Stretch them, extend them, bend them, and keep moving them and try to get them to do what they're supposed to do. So, I've been practicing. Stretching, moving, bending. I have seen some improvement! I can now touch my right thumb to my right shoulder and I can touch my left thumbnail to my left shoulder. I've been practicing this every day. That may be the most I'll ever be able to do, but, I certainly don't want to lose more ground.
And, tomorrow, on July 4th, I will put my right elbow to good use. I am one of those old-fashioned people who celebrate July 4th in an old-fashioned way. I will go to a baseball game in my town (minor league), stand up for the National Anthem and place my right hand (arm bent at the elbow) over my heart and listen to the anthem being sung. I still remember doing that as a child in school, and the "habit" has never left me. I hope I never lose the ability to do that.
I live in an imperfect country, with many problems but we also have a lot of good things going for us. I have the freedom to sit in my house and blog and write about whatever I want to. I complain about the health care system sometimes, but it is, at least, available to me. I am able to participate in a drug research study at Yale University because the National Institute of Health, which is a government organization, is supportive of Yale doing this study.
We are not perfect here in the U.S.A. Relative to the rest of the world, we're some of the newer kids on the block. And when I look back to my youth, I see that I made a lot of mistakes. Hopefully, I have learned from them. I hope that the U.S.A. keeps trying to learn from her mistakes.
And, I hope that we keep doing the good things that we're trying to do, too. In light of that hope, tomorrow night I will place my arthritic right hand (bent at the sore, stiff elbow) over my heart and listen to the singer sing the National Anthem. I will get a little teary, like I usually do, count my many blessings, which are many, and wait for the next explosion of words to come out of the sound system.
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Like other states in the lower Southeast, Alabama enjoyed excellent crop yields during the 2001 growing season, according to the year's final crop production summary.
Favorable weather conditions throughout the growing season and adequate to surplus moisture helped to produce bumper yields for most crops, according to the Alabama Agricultural Statistics Service. Unfortunately, low market prices dampened crop receipts.
"Land preparation got off to a slow start in 2001 but soon moved ahead of schedule as weather permitted," says Herb Vanderberry, state statistician. "This delay caused some farmers to plant later than normal."
Alabama's corn growers produced a record yield of 107 bushels per acre in 2001, 42 bushels per acre more than in 2000 and four bushels above the previous record set in 1999. Corn planted acreage was a record-low 180,000 acres this past year, down 10 percent from last year, with acreage harvested for grain at 150,000 acres. Corn production in 2001 was 16.1 million bushels or 50 percent more than the 2000 crop.
Acreage planted to cotton in 2001 was 610,000 acres and area harvested was 605,000 acres, up 3 and 14 percent respectively. Good to excellent growing conditions for cotton produced a yield of 706 pounds of lint per acre. This is 214 pounds per acre more than 2000's drought-reduced yield, and it's the highest yield since 1996. Cotton harvest was interrupted in Alabama by scattered showers during the latter weeks of December.
Alabama's peanut production in 2001 was 547.3 million pounds, the largest since 1992. Yields averaged 2,750 pounds per acre — nearly double 2000's yield and the largest since 1985. Harvested acreage was 199,000 acres, up 17,000 acres from 2000.
A record soybean yield of 35 bushels per acre was realized in Alabama this past year. This is one bushel more than the record set in 1996. Soybean fields across the state mostly were in good to excellent condition throughout the growing season. Planting lagged behind schedule due to excessive amounts of rainfall. However, by midsummer, sunny weather conditions allowed soybean progress to accelerate. Soybean production totaled 4.73 million bushels compared to 2.90 million bushels in 2000. The harvested area of 135,000 acres was down 25,000 acres from the previous year.
Hay harvested acreage, at 920,000, was the highest it has been since 1948. Hay yield was 2.6 tons compared to the record 2.7 tons harvested in 1994. Pasture and livestock conditions were rated good to excellent during most of the year.
Alabama's winter wheat seedings for the 2002 crop are estimated at 150,000 acres. In 2001, 170,000 acres were seeded.


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Monday, April 28, 2014
Miley Cyrus reschedules Charlotte show
Tickets for the Charlotte show go on sale May 2 at 10 a.m. at LiveNation.com, the arena box office, and Ticketmaster outlets. If you had tickets for April's show you'll need to get new ones. Tickets for the April concert were refunded and will not be valid on the new date.
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Channing Tatum Pictures of the Week: A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints DVD
I know that we have already had a POTW entry for today, but I just wanted to post this beautiful photo of Channing Tatum in a scene in A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints. Also, below you will see a scan of the cover of the DVD.
Channing's photo on the back of the cover must have been taken after they finished filming. He sports longer locks in the entire movie, but has his signature shaved head on the back cover of the DVD. I personally prefer the shaved head look for Channing, but he looks hot either way, so you won't hear any complaints from me.
Here is the DVD cover:
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As mentioned in the introductory notes to the reader, this report summarizes discussions of the Student Advisory Committee to the Task Force on Student Life and Learning, which were based on community input activities and extensive committee deliberation and analysis during the 1996-97 academic year. The Committee plans to discuss and research in greater depth those issues which were not fully developed in the report -- in the context of the educational philosophy espoused above.
As many of the issues and ideas outlined in the report were identified and articulated by the Student Advisory Committee, the Committee looks forward to discussing them in further detail with the Task Force during the upcoming term.
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Is everything really so perfect as it seems to be? (Segment 17)
Is everything really so perfect as it seems to be?
(Segment 17)
Hello, I'm back. Thank you for all your comments and support. I'm glad that you all are liking the way the story is shaping up.
Well, sorry for such a late update. I was first of all short of ideas for a romantic segment and moreover I didn't get the time too. Also, this ain't the romantic segment you all had been waiting for. I'd be surely back with a romantic segment soon but, can't promise for the next segment itself.
Here is the link for the previous segment:
This segment is in Kunj's voice. Hope you all aren't getting confused with the way I'm writing.
Anyways, are you all eager to read this segment? Let's continue.
I followed Twinkle as she ran into our room. I entered the room and closed the door behind me. She turned around to look at me and asked, "Kunj, why did you close the door?" I genuinely smiled at her and motioned towards her. "Kunj", she called out as I held on to her waist and pulled her closer to me. "Yes darling?", I asked kissing her left cheek. She turned pink and lowering her gaze muttered, "Leave me." I kissed her other cheek and whispered, "No." "Kunj", she exclaimed and hugged me tightly resting her head on my chest. I lifted her head and smiled looking at her as she turned completely pink. "Twinkle", I whispered. She pushed me back as I held on to her hand and both of us fell down on the bed beside each other. I smiled and wrapping her arms around her waist pulled her closer to me. She tried to free herself but, I tightened my grip and moved closer to her. I was about to kiss her when suddenly the door bell rang. She quickly freed herself and stood up settling her hair. "Twinkle, wait", I shouted as she hurriedly ran downstairs. "She'll drive me crazy", I muttered and ran downstairs.
I came down to the hall as I saw maa and di settling down on the sofa. I frowned and walked over to them. "Twinkle, are you okay?", maa asked. "What happened..", Twinkle was about to complete when I squeezed her hand and said, "Ya." "Okay. By the way, the marriage dates are fixed for the next month so we planned to go for an outing with Leela ji and Yuvraj now to the farmhouse. We'll return tomorrow", maa asked. "Maa, I think Twinkle needs some rest for the day", I replied but, Twinkle shook her head in a no and said, "I'm alright." I frowned as she added, "When are we leaving?" I felt disgusted and while checking my phone said, "I've an important meeting to be attended today. You all carry on. I won't be able to come." "Kunj", maa said trying to convince me but, I interrupted her and replied, "It's really important. You all carry on." I left Twinkle's hand with a jerk as she looked at me shocked. I went upstairs as maa and di continued talking while Twinkle excused herself and followed me.
I entered the room and was about to close the door when Twinkle entered and asked, "Do you really have a meeting?" I ignored her and picked up my files from the table. "Kunj, I'm talking to you", she said while I continued ignoring her. I was about to go out of the room as Twinkle held my wrist and calmly asked, "Kunj, what happened?" I turned around and said, "Why don't you understand that I want to spend some time with you? I was handling the situation right? Who told you to speak in between?" Twinkle smiled and wrapping her arms around my neck whispered, "Why are you so desperate?" I rolled my eyes and said, "I need to attend the meeting." "Fine. I thought we could spend time together at the farmhouse but, since you're so busy then I won't stop you. Go", she replied moving back. I pulled her closer by her waist and whispered, "The meeting is cancelled." She hit on my chest and hugged me tightly. I smiled and hugged her back.
Okay, so how was this segment? I guess it wasn't good. Did you like the desperate Kunj? Well, do drop down your views regarding this segment below. I'd be eagerly waiting to know them. Criticism is always welcome but, no ill comments.


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We have also been learning so,e very valuable lessons in our Language Arts. Noah is doing Communications in Grammar this year. He is also doing Esssentials In Writing. He needed a lot of work on this part of his Language Arts. No spelling for him this year as he has pretty much mastered that. For math he is doing Teaching Textbooks 7. The program for Grade 7 is more on real life situations. He will have a mock checkbook and we pretend he gets paid and pay bills, buy groceries, and do what grown ups do. I hope this will prepare him for real life. We are also watching the election process and discussing it together. He seems very interested in that. Next week he starts Rosetta Stone Spanish. He does a separate science from Sarah and Caleb. He is doing Apologia General Science this year. I think he likes it. We have always liked Apolgia Sciences. They make it so fun. He also participates in Sarah and Calebs science because he just wants to.
Sarah and Caleb do Language Lessons For Today for their grade level. Sarah does Essentials in Writing. She is doing well with sentence forming. When all is said and done I think she is going to be an amazing writer. She has a hard time processing her thoughts and putting them on paper however, she has did well under the instruction of Essentials in Writing. She is writing more complex sentences and they are very impressive. This is a DVD program with a workbook to go with it. The lesson on the DVD is short and to the point but filled with lots of information. Caleb still does phonics. He is in Explode The Code Book 4 and he is doing very well. He has used this from the very beginning and I can't say enough good things about these books. There's no twaddle or busy work. It seems so simple and to the point. I wasn't convinced when someone told me their children learned to read by just doing these workbooks but I can say now that he is in Book 4 that this is very true for Caleb too. I fully intend to use Explode the Code with Hannah. For Spelling I am Rod and Staff Spelling by Sound and Structure for Sarah who is 5th grade and Caleb who is 3rd grade. This is really the first time we have used a separate spelling program and really liked it. We tried Spelling Power which is recommended by My Fathers World for upper elementary and it just didn't work for us. Rod and Staff is a more structured and somewhat independent Spelling program. It's exactly what we needed!!! I'm so happy that I found it. I will definitely be using it for Hannah as she moves forward in school. Sarah also uses a Teaching Textbooks 5 for her math. She has begun to like math pretty well. At first there were tears and I questioned whether this was the right program for her but she is the type that resists everything at the beginning so I've started just making her do what I have. Noah has done Teaching Textbooks since 3rd grade I believe. Maybe 4th but anyways I already had Grade 5 and so Sarah is stuck with that. However with Caleb he is doing Living Math Lessons. It's a workbook and it's a very gentle, real life situations math program. Some would say it's very weak however, I say that it works for us because he needs the good foundation of math. We have Grade 3 of Teaching Textbooks when he is ready. I'm thinking I will start him in that in January 2 days a week and we will still so the Living Math 3 days a week. I will reassess at the end of the year.
All in all so far it has been a good year. I want to encourage new homeschoolers and those who may not have found their place, It has taken me to last year to really find what fit well for us. In that I found that some of my kids will adjust to whatever we have however some need specifics. I have finally settled upon mostly Charlotte Mason style of homeschooling. I don't really have time to get into that but it's a more relaxed approach to teaching. At first glance back when my now 7th grader was in 2nd grade I thought that it was way too relaxed and a crazy style of teaching. What I didn't know is that it's not the traditional way of learning but it's learning all the same. It's just in a different, very different way than what I was used to. So with that said don't focus on what others are doing. You can glean off other homeschoolers because Lord knows I have but please do what is best for YOUR family. All family dynamics are different in some way, shape, or form. School is going to look different for you than it is for me. Pray and ask the Lord to guide you and apart from all the other advice you get take the Lords leading into consideration the most. I completely hand over my year to God. I ask Him every morning to help me teach the kids the way HE wants me to teach. On some days that's not even what school is to some.
Just know in the end that there are going to be struggles whether you send your child to school or if you teach them. I learned this very valuable lesson when my defiant 1st grader who I thought refused to learn to read because she was just hard headed. I sent her to public school. My battle continued. It just switched from morning to afternoon. It went from her fighting me as the teacher to her fighting me through homework. This lasted only a week and I told her we wouldn't be going back. What's the point? She is now in 5th grade and is a very good reader. She reads ALL the time. ALL the time! I figured out that she just wasn't ready at 6 years old to read. She wasn't ready until about 7 1/2 or 8 actually but let me tell ya, when she got ready she skipped forward a few grades. It was hard! But what would have been harder is for me to have left her in public school and her be labeled as slow. That's never removed from someone's mind after they've been labeled that. She knows now that there was a struggle but she also knows that she persevered and she is above and beyond her peers now. Not only did this grow her but it grew me too and it solidified my goal and the calling to homeschool that God has placed on my life.
So mamas I pray that you have a good homeschooling year. There's nothing like teaching your sweet child to read and that first book that they sit down and read to you and knowing that you with the help of the good Lord taught this child to read. It's an amazing feeling. I pray that all you mamas who are teaching your children have an amazing year and don't grow weary in well doing because the benefits of pressing onward are great!


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So this new world is kinda weird. There are no set rules or "hafta's" in my day right now. I am free to do what I want when I want to do it for the most part- excluding of course being at the whim of a certain 33" tall person who shall remain nameless.
The weekends are completely different right now- gone is the pressure to spend one whole day just doing the housekeeping stuff. The things that piled up all week because we were too tired and busy and now have to be jammed into one day. Our weekends usually consisted of one day where we were out of the house for most of it running around town getting errands done and one day in the house doing laundry, cleaning, or just catching up in general. Now I can go to the grocery store at 7pm on a Tuesday if that is what works for us because I don't have to be up at 5 am so we have to have a drop dead time of 7pm to get anything done otherwise there was not enough time to wrap up the day and get Q settled for bed.
Not gonna lie it is nice.
I have been pretty proud of myself actually. I have been resisting the urge to jump head first into a jam packed schedule of groups and activities to keep Q and I occupied. I am a planner and like things organized so I have started doing some research into some free or low cost options of stuff to do in the AZ summer for us but we have not ventured out to any of them just yet.
Maybe its just because Phoenix Comic-Con is this weekend but I will admit to feeling the push/pull feeling to get hyper organized and be - SuperMomma! (da da da daaaaaaa)
I am feeling small pangs of guilt and urges to "should" myself (I should be doing this, I should be doing that...) however I am patting myself on the back for resisting those urges and just really focusing on being here.....now.....with my daughter.
I have spent the last 18 months fantasizing about how great it would be to just spend time with my baby. To be perfectly frank I am just not ready to share her with anyone else. I have been working my brains out to get to this point where I can be with her so why do I want to pack our days with running back and forth to places and things when what she needs- and god knows I need- is to just spend time together.
I am loving the hell out of just getting to know my baby. Getting brushed up on Quinnspeak and finding she is upping her vocabulary game to be able to better talk to momma. Talking her through the letter of the day on Sesame Street (or Elmo as she calls it). Spending our mornings snuggled on the couch just because its where we both want to be and not kicking myself for feeling like I am lazy or should be doing a zillion other things.
It's really amazing how easy and hard these past few weeks have been since my little world got flipped with the new of the lay off. Most all of my co-workers found other positions still within the company which is great for them. I admit I have this feeling of panic of "shouldn't I at least be applying for jobs- just in case??"
The answer is no- Chris and I have been planning for this day and the fact that it was chosen for me instead of me quitting a couple months before we were planning on pulling the trigger should not spook us. In fact it has been a huge blessing for him to be freed up to work full time (and by full time sadly that means 20 hours a day- I am not kidding). So keeping those moments under wraps is hard- I am finding a long cuddle and nuzzling a Q neck usually brings me right out of it.
I am looking forward to starting to explore and have big adventures with Q. I am sure we will find new friends and places and (god help me) crafts to do but for now I am putting on the brakes and just enjoying being here....now.....with my family.
Saturday, June 7, 2014
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text: Anglo-Saxon silver coin found by metal detectorist highlights Dix Noonan Webb June 11 auction Unique silver penny only fourth coin found of King Æthelberht II By Jeff Starck - Coin World Staff Published : 04/15/14 Print Text Size A A A unique silver penny of Æthelberht II is only the fourth coin found for the Anglo-Saxon king. The coin is estimated to realize between £15,000 and £20,000 (about $25,104 to $33,472 U.S.). Images courtesy of Dix Noonan Webb. Metal detectorist Darrin Simpson discovered the unique silver penny in March, according to Dix Noonan Webb. Image courtesy of Dix Noonan Webb. A unique silver penny minted for Æthelberht II, found by metal detectorist Darrin Simpson in early March, highlights Dix Noonan Webb's June 11 auction in London. The Anglo-Saxon coin may provide a clue to the murder of East Anglian king Æthelberht II by a neighboring monarch. The 1,200-year-old coin is estimated to realize between £15,000 and £20,000 (about $25,104 to $33,472 U.S.). Simpson, a 48-year-old pest control specialist from Eastbourne, Sussex, had spent about an hour at an unidentified site in Sussex when he was caught in a hailstorm. Simpson, who has been a metal detectorist for 12 years, was hurrying to shelter when he picked up a signal on his detector. Though the signal sounded like others that had merely turned out to be World War II-era .303 munitions, and despite the weather, Simpson dug down 6 to 8 inches and found the penny. The penny has been identified by experts as the only one of its type ever discovered, according to Dix Noonan Webb. "I thought it was a Saxon coin, the first one I had found, and I was very happy about that," Simpson said. It was not until he consulted the Early Medieval Corpus of Coin Finds at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge that Simpson realized the full importance of his discovery. "It was a bit of a shock really, I couldn't sleep for two nights after it was identified," he said. "The condition is really good. This is a unique coin. I doubt if I will ever find anything better." The coin is only the fourth ever found from the reign of Æthelberht II, according to Dix Noonan Webb. Æthelberht II was a shadowy figure who ruled East Anglia in the late eighth century. advertisement Subscribe to our Newsletters advertisement You are signed in as:null No comments yet


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The government has done its bit for cyber security – now it's up to businesses to take action, and quickly.
You hear a lot about what governments need to do in the cyber security space to protect economies, critical infrastructure or even their own members' Twitter accounts. But isn't this equally a space for businesses to take action in?
In 2010, the UK government launched the National Security Strategy, which rated cyber attacks as a 'Tier One' threat and, despite a tight fiscal situation, set aside £650 million over four years to develop a response. Two years later came the Cyber Security Guidance for Business, which, although focusing only on the FTSE 100, served as a wake-up call to all companies on the need to elevate cyber security on the boardroom agenda, following a string of high-profile breaches.
Then, in December 2012, the Cyber Security Strategy was updated. For the first time, the private and public sector would work together to tackle cyber security risks. This was not a flawless plan, but it showed that the government is once again looking to engage the business community.
Then, in January, came Davos and the cyber resilience principles that the UK signed up to. This reaffirmed the UK's position as a leader in tackling cyber security threats, and was another call for business leaders to take collective action.
Business leaders at the World Economic Forum spoke for the first time of the need to change the traditional board-level view of cyber security. Beyond the IT function, the current risk landscape requires decisions taken at a strategic level, with buy-in from top executives. Further collaboration and transparency not just within an organisation, but also between companies, their shareholders, outsourced vendors and business partners were on the table.
Breaking the wall and not keeping silent over the looming threat was now seen as the way forward. Just one month later, Brussels seized the initiative and proposed a unified approach to information sharing that cuts across borders, national infrastructure and capability, as well as across organisations in different countries.
The European Commission extended the obligation to report significant cyber incidents beyond telecoms companies to organisations in the energy, transport, health and e-government sectors. However, it would seem that businesses still don't understand that the cost of keeping silent and doing nothing to counter cyber threats is far greater than the cost of having a strategic security framework in place.
That brings us to the present and what many see as the last chance for businesses to act on cyber security and embed it in their standard corporate behaviour before they are made to do so under threat of legislation. I am talking about the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills, GCHQ and MI5 initiative to invite FTSE 350 firms to take part in an audit of their cyber governance.
With the cyber threat affecting potentially every aspect of an organisation – from its staff and assets to its finances and reputation – this might be the last opportunity for the business community to seize the initiative, understand the cyber risks and put pragmatic and balanced systems in place to counter them. This will require an honest assessment of their current capabilities, and collaboration to tackle the common threat, rather than continued adoption of a traditional, isolated approach to cyber security.
So there you have it. Enough proof that, no matter how flawlessly or not, governments have been acting on both a national and international level, and that it now falls on businesses to act before it's too late.
As for those of you who ponder whether I have ignored the big issue of skills shortages in our profession –and the opinion that tackling the cyber threat in the long term will require a re-evaluation of the knowledge gap in our industry, rather than government intervention – rest assured, I haven't. But that is a whole different story for another column.
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Decorations have finally been put up:
These were the first Easter decorations I ever made for my own abode and they are still my favourite.
Eggs have been coloured:
So nice to open the carton everyday and be greeted by all the colours!
Sugar Bunnies have been made for tea:
Hot Cross Buns were made:
This was my second time making these and they turned out really well. I just have to remember next time that if I want them as an after-school snack, 2 pm is much too late of a start!
I also finished a scarf that has been in the works since last Spring:
I should have blocked it but I was too impatient. (Really? After taking a whole year I was too impatient to wait another 24 hours? Such is the landscape of my mind, my friends.)
I will call it my Easter scarf and perhaps wear it to church tomorrow or on Sunday. Really it's called the 'Violet Points' scarf by Annette Petavy. I found it on Ravelry and it is a free pattern available here.
What got me was the French name: 'Echarpe Pointes Violettes'. I had just purchased the yarn - a lovely mohair-linen blend in a beautiful, smoky violet - and we were about to head off for France for three weeks. I thought it would make a lovely vacation project. I think I completed half of it in France and then it got put away in the cupboard until two weeks ago. I know this happens to just about every other crafter out there so I don't need to explain further. Perhaps I should call it the 'Echarpe Pointes Violettes de Paques' (Violet Points Easter) scarf.
Here is a better picture of the colour:
It's a really lovely smoky gray-violet. It will work well both in the Spring and Fall. I made it longer than the pattern called for because I wanted to use up as much yarn as possible. I bought two skeins and used one per side with minimal left overs. The yarn is KidLin by Louet. It is a lace weight and I believe it has been discontinued.
So I feel ready for Easter this year. Yesterday I put together the Easter baskets and am happy with what's inside. I will make a dessert on Sunday to have after Mr. Crafty World's fabulous dinner.
I am glad I feel so prepared: this morning while doing the completely normal movement of sitting up in bed to see what time it was I pulled many muscles in my back and therefore am not good for much today. I can sit to practice the piano, but I cannot lay down or I have a hard time getting up again. I can bend down, but I cannot twist around. I have done my piano practice; updated my blog; made some lavender Earl Grey tea and now I think I will see how long I can sit and crochet while catching up on 'Mad Men'. Don't feel too sorry for me:)
Happy Easter!


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Romeo's Shaddock signs
Romeo High's Victoria Shaddock has signed to play softball at Concordia University in Ann Arbor.
"Victoria has an outstanding bat and is expected to come into CUAA and put it to use," said Concordia coach Greg Brierley. "Victoria is an excellent infielder who can play second base, third base or shortstop. She will be looked at to be an example on and off the field."
Concordia University is an NAIA school. The Lady Cardinals compete in the Wolverine Hoosier Athletic Conference.
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via CAAI
BANGKOK, March 7 (Bernama) -- Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva says he believes that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) is trying to convince Cambodia to settle border issues with Thailand through bilateral negotiations, Thai News Agency (TNA) reported.
Regarding a plan to organise a meeting of the Thai-Cambodian Joint Boundary Commission (JBC) in Indonesia later this month and of Cambodia's intention not to cooperate with the session, the Thai premier noted that he is waiting for a response from Cambodia and he believes Indonesia, as the current chair of Asean, is trying to convince Phnom Penh to attend the meeting.
Abhisit said that Cambodia should not raise the unsettled border issues beyond bilateral frameworks because both countries already have clear existing mechanisms to handle their bilateral problems.
The Thai leader acknowledged that all parties would like to see bilateral negotiations between Bangkok and Phnom Penh as soon as possible, as they do not want the unsettled issues to persist, and that Thailand is now ready for the bilateral talks.


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THE PASSIVE VOICE Main uses of the Passive Voice 2.To emphasise the action or event rather than the agent. For example: 3 To avoid using you or one when making an impersonal statement. For example: FORM 1 In the active voice the normal order is Subject - Verb - Object. To make a sentence passive, the object must become the new subject and this must be followed by a passive form: 1.- When the person doing the action (the agent) is not know, or when it is unnecessary to mention the agent. For example: My car has been stolen! Letters are collected from the boxes, taken to the sorting office, sorted and then sent to the correct part of the country. Taking photographs in the museum is forbidden Active Subject Verb Object
Passive New Subject Passive form WHO has stolen my car?!? 2 The passive is formed with the different tenses of the verb to be followed by a past participle. Examples
Simple Present Active: Rita writes a letter.
Passive: A letter is written by Rita.
Simple Past Active: Rita wrote a letter.
Passive: A letter was written by Rita.
Present Perfect Active: Rita has written a letter.
Passive: A letter has been written by Rita.
Future Active: Rita will write a letter.
Passive: A letter will be written by Rita.
More examples Present Continuous Active: Rita is writing a letter.
Passive: A letter is being written by Rita.
Past Continuous Active: Rita was writing a letter.
Passive: A letter was being written by Rita.
Past Perfect Active: Rita had written a letter.
Passive: A letter had been written by Rita.
Future Perfect Active: Rita will have written a letter.
Passive: A letter will have been written by Rita.
Conditional Active: Rita would write a letter.
Passive: A letter would be written by Rita.
Conditional Perfect Active: Rita would have written a letter.
Passive: A letter would have been written by Rita.
Exercises Put the verbs in brackets into a suitable passive form. Don't forget to make any changes in word order.
Every year, forest the size of Wales (cut down) to make paper for use in Britain.
This painting (probably/paint) by Dali.
A new guidebook to the cathedral (write) at the moment.
The votes (count) by midnight?
Look at the signs below and write suitable captions for them using the passive voice. They have arrested the suspect.
Someone stole my bike last night.
We'll take a decision this week.
They deliver the newspaper every morning.
They were making the film when the director died.
They produce a lot of cheese in this region.
Write these sentences in passive voice. Exercises
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Thursday, 5 December 2013
Albums of the Year 2013
For the next 15 blog posts, we'll be taking a look over our shoulder as we reveal our favourite albums of 2013.
Unlike blogs and websites that feature 50 or more albums in a consensus formed list, Breaking More Waves will be considering only the 15 albums that we have engaged with most over the past year. They're the choices of just one individual, not a committee.
We firmly believe that the best albums are something to be treasured in the longer term. Single tracks and EP's can often be the equivalent of a drunk f*ck up against the wall with someone you've only just met or a few weeks or months of flowers and chocolates as romance blossoms. Albums however are different.
Albums are things that are to be treasured with a deeper love in the long term. When the musical sex lessens and the flowers and chocolates aren't as regular, the best albums continue to offer more depth and joy for years on end; it's why we keep our album list relatively short – because it's simply impossible to have any depth of relationship with 50 albums in a year.
That's not to say however that we'll still be playing our top 15 albums from this year in 2023. Sometimes no matter how brilliant love seems, how impossible it is to envisage things changing for the worse, they do. Sometimes relationships develop in unusual ways – the long term friend that sticks around? Yes, suddenly you realise you're in love with them. It's the same with music – the old adage about a record being a grower can often be true.
"Why Post Your Albums Of The Year When The Year Hasn't Ended?"
Some people ask why we publish our favourite albums of the year when it's not even the end of the year. What if we heard a new record tomorrow that blew our mind and made us question everything else we've heard this year? The answer is simple, a month is still the honeymoon period with any long-player and so for this reason our albums of the year list only includes records released from January through till November. We could wait till the end of January to publish the list but practical real life issues away from the blog prevent us from doing that. If however we do find anything brilliant in December (unlikely as we won't be listening to many if any new albums this month), we'll let you know about it next year. Ok? If you really disagree with this argument go and do your own list on New Years Eve whilst we're out having fun.
How We Decide On Our Lps Of The Year - The Number Of Times We've Played An Lp Is Important! Can It Really Be An Album You Love If You've Only Played It Twice?
So now onto some technical matters – because love is as much about sorting out the practicalities as it is the rush of chemicals. Love is an emotion and therefore quite abstract. We can't scientifically quantify it and so rating a bunch of records into a numeric list of preference is highly subjective. In attempt to remove some of the subjectivity (albeit only a small part) a few years ago we developed a top secret spreadsheet which calculates our favourite records of the year. Yes we realise this is a deeply anal thing to do, but this is our list not yours, so let us do it our way? Ok? How does the spreadsheet work? Using three simple factors:
1. The number of times we've played an album in full this year (yes we have kept records) divided by the number of months that we've owned it. This isn't subjective, it's fact – the idea being that if we really like a record we're likely to have played it lots.
2. Our 'critical' perception of how good or bad the album is.
3. A fan factor – effectively adding further bias to the spreadsheet by giving each artist a rating before we even heard the album based on how much of a fan we thought we were of the band (this factor has been reduced by 75% this year from last year– after all our critical perception is likely to be biased anyway).
To each of these factors various calculations and formulas are applied, the end result being a score for the record, which gives us our top 15. In previous years we have only run a top 10 list, but this year 5 records all scored exactly the same score and so we've included them in positions 15 to 11, but each could have occupied any of those positions.
This List Is 100% Correct As It's About Taste - Ours Not Yours
So visit Breaking More Waves from later today to see if they match at all starting at 6.00pm GMT as we begin our countdown of our favourite records of the year, (after today each choice will be posted at 8.30am GMT) with our top record being revealed on December 19th. Will any of our Ones to Watch for 2013 who released albums (Chvrches, Haim (streaming below with the new Giorgio Moroder mix of Forever) , Savages, Gabrielle Aplin, Laura Mvula etc) this year feature? Will the likes of The National, James Blake, Hurts or Laura Marling, who have all appeared on previous album of the year lists make it on to 2013's? And what did we really think of those blockbuster / hype albums by the likes of David Bowie, Daft Punk, Arcade Fire and Kanye West? Will any of those make it into our Top 15?
We suspect the forthcoming list contains some records that will feature on many end of year polls and some that won't. There might even be the odd 'WTF' choice, because ultimately this is about taste, not some attempt to have the coolest list on the planet, and our taste probably isn't identical to yours. Warning if you don't like pop music, if you're the earnest chin stroking muso type who loves the Rough Trade Top 100 you probably won't find that much on our list you'll like (but we are prone to a little bit of chin stroking as well so bear with us).
See you later today as we begin the countdown, until then, here's our previous #1 albums of the year.
2008 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
2009 Blue Roses – Blue Roses
2010 The National – High Violet
2011 The Unthanks – Last
2012 Lana Del Rey – Born To Die
We've seen Haim live loads of times, we've posted lots of their tracks - but what did we think of the album? Was it one we could really take to our heart? Oh gosh, it's such a tease, you'll just have to wait to find out.
Haim - Forever (Giorgio Moroder Remix)
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So, I have one question for my readers. Who is your favorite fictional/gaming character of all time?
For me, I wish I could say it's one of my own characters, but that's a point I'm still working towards. No, it's Masterharper Robinton from Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series.
Feel free to comment, post to me on Twitter, Facebook, whatevs. I'm not picky.


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While people who eat a vegetarian diet typically eat better than meat eaters, if they eat too many carbohydrates or dairy products that are high in fat, even vegetarians might find themselves in the situation where they want to loose weight. Luckily, there are several easy, low-fat vegetarian recipes out there for people who are trying to lose weight.
One easy fix if you are a vegetarian trying to cut back on calories is to switch from frying a lot of your foods to grilling or roasting your meals. Even using recipes that call for stir-fry instead of deep frying can make a big difference in the number of calories and the amount of fat you get in your diet. Also, instead of using recipes that call for cream, half-and-half, or full-fat cheese, you can often substitute skim or low-fat milk, evaporated or soy milk, and low-fat cheese in your favorite recipes. You won't notice a difference in the flavor, and you'll be cutting your fat intake significantly. However, make sure not to cut fat completely from your diet since there are "good" fats out there that are good for your heart and helps you have enough energy to get through your day. In small amounts, olive oil is a great choice to use instead of butter in many recipes, including things like pasta, salad dressings, and even stir-fries. Also, use some almonds, walnuts, or other nuts in your meals for the same reason. Try mixing some walnuts into a light pasta sauce, chop a few cashews to sprinkle over your vegetable stir-fry, or add some almond slivers to your dinner salad.
One great example of easy low-fat vegetarian recipes that you might enjoy if you're trying to lose some weight is a healthy vegetable stir-fry. Heat a very small amount of olive oil in a wok or skillet. Add some washed green vegetables to the wok. Some great options include baby spinach, bok choy, green onions, broccoli, and cabbage. Then, add some salt, a little bit of water, a crumble of cashews, and stir fry until the vegetables are cooked. Serve over some brown rice, and sprinkle some soy sauce or chili paste over it if you want a little more flavor. This particular stir-fry is high in iron, which is essential to keep your energy up throughout the day. Of course, if you want a little more variety, add some baby corn, carrots, water chestnuts, pea pods, bamboo shoots, and any other type of bite-size vegetable that you can think of.
Another option for easy, low-fat vegetarian recipes is garlic mushrooms and rice. Briefly sauté sliced button mushrooms, shallots, minced garlic cloves, and some rosemary in a very small amount of olive oil. Add a little bit of white wine, a bay leaf, and a little bit of tomato puree to the pan, and stir well. Stir in some brown rice and thyme. Add a little bit of water to this dish and bring to a boil. Then, cover and simmer until the rice is cooked. Before serving, make sure you remove the bay leaf as it is a choking hazard. Serve this dish sprinkled with some almond slivers. This recipe can also be seasoned with a little bit of soy sauce or chili paste if you need a little bit more flavor, but the garlic should give it a nice taste on its own.
Of course, no matter what changes you make to your diet, if you're serious about losing weight, make sure to add exercise to your routine. Cutting calories and fat alone isn't enough to lose weight in a healthy manner.
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