text: "Like all Americans, Dr. Dobson has every right to advocate public policy informed by his abiding Christian faith. I will be counting on him to continue to do so, but he will improve his chances of success by not pretending to lack the most basic understanding of democracy, which we all know he has, or by misreading and mischaracterizing the views of one of the country's most eloquent defenders of the importance of faith—maybe since George Washington opined that it was indispensable to the prosperity of the nation." - Professor Doug Kmiec


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|The lion dance.
The second annual celebration was aimed at reaching out to the younger generation of Vietnamese Americans and the broader community, said the organizer, Daniel Albert. The first VietFest last year drew 6,000 people, and he was hopeful that this year's larger festival would attract even more.
|Miss VietFest contestants Thien Trang Vu of Burke, a student at Virginia Commonwealth University (in white) and Lizzy Nguen of Fairfax (in blue), a student at the University of Virginia, with some younger friends.
In addition to all the fun activities—including eating contests, talent shows, ping pong, kid's games, and much more—the festival honored American Vietnam War veterans and drew several political candidates, including Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, the Republican candidate for governor.
A highlight of the event was the lion dance, which is usually performed at New Year's celebrations. The lion dance "brings joy and luck to the community," said Tommy Le, the group's leader and drummer, a member of the Air Force who's originally from Houston.
|The lion dance team.
|A martial arts group demonstrates self-defense techniques.
|Crawfish from New Orleans Cajun Seafood in Falls Church.
|A performance by kids in the Bright Star dance group.
|Fairfax Counter Sheriff candidate Stacey Kinkaid (center) talks to voters.
|People feed the lions money and fruit for good luck.
|Mang cau (in foreground) and dragon fruit (pink).

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Today, I firmly believe that the time for federal legislation of our sport has come. And I am glad to know that a recently proposed piece of legislation would not require additional taxes or be paid for by those who wager on our sport. The horse racing industry would absorb the cost, as it must. The Thoroughbred Horseracing Integrity Act of 2015 (HR 3084), introduced by Reps. Andy Barr, R-Ky., and Paul Tonko, D-N.Y., in June, would encourage the adoption of a national uniform standard for drugs and medication in American thoroughbred racing and grant rule-making, testing and enforcement oversight to an entity created by the U.S. Anti- Doping Agency, headquartered in Colorado Springs._____
No winner yet in the giant Powerball jackpot. The total Saturday is at an estimated $675 million.
A couple of obituaries to note. At least I have heard of these people.
Singer Kitty Kallen, 94, popular in the 1950s with hits like "Little Things Mean a Lot," died today. She lived in Mexico in her later years.
Her real name was Katie Kallen. Like Russian grand duchess Anastasia, Kallen had to put up with a bunch of imposters thanks to her having to end her career early:
Her death was widely reported in 1978, when Genevieve Agostinello, a woman who had checked into a Los Angeles-area hospital as Ms. Kallen, died. When an Associated Press reporter reached out to the real Ms. Kallen, she sang "Little Things Mean a Lot" to convince him she was still very much alive.
Another Kallen fraudster popped up in 1989 in New Port Richey, Fla. The woman, Edna Garrett, called in to a Florida radio station, appeared at social events and became a minor celebrity among the many retirees in her community who still adored the once-famous singer.
Garrett's inability to sing aroused some suspicions. The charade ended only after the real Ms. Kallen's picture appeared in a supermarket tabloid and ABC News followed up.
Again, Ms. Kallen was flummoxed. She told the network, "Bizarre. Crazy. Why me? Why me? What is it? What is it with these people? I said to Budd, I said, 'This has got to stop.' Suppose, indeed, this woman had died, and I had to read my obit again. Couldn't do it."
She might not have read this one.
Actor Pat Harrington, Jr., best remembered for his role in the 1970s sitcom One Day at a Time, has also passed away. He played the building superintendent, but he was a pretty lazy shit at it.
I mean the character, not Harrington. Harrington was a hard worker.
He was 86 years old and died last night.
The sitcom, which ran from 1975-1984 on CBS, was a Norman Lear production about a newly single mom, Ann Romano (Bonnie Franklin), who moves back to her hometown of Indianapolis with two teen daughters, Barbara (Valerie Bertinelli), and Julie (MacKenzie Phillips) after her divorce. It was one of the first portrayals of a divorced mom on American TV._____
Harrington played Dwayne Schneider, their building super who thinks he's a ladies man, who swaggers into their lives and becomes part of the family. "The ladies in this building don't call me 'super' for nothing," was one of his lines.


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Information on working terriers, dogs, natural history, hunting, and the environment, with occasional political commentary as I see fit. This web log is associated with the Terrierman.com web site.
Nice. I haven't seen a blue bee balm before, but I'm new to them. I have a red-flowering bee balm now and saw a hummingbird eating from it the other day. Now I regret putting it on the side of the garage where it can't be seen from the house!
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80*81: Volume 1: What Happened?
128 pages, Soft cover in yellow PVC wallet
Interview with Slavoj Žižek: "My whole effort is to remain at the surface. I don't believe in depth. If you deeply look into a person –in everyone– you find shit. I believe in surface. I think true metaphysics is the metaphysics of surface. If you do something great it's not deep in you. There is not an undiscovered pearl, no! That pearl is always shit."
Interview with Eric Mitchell: "I was wearing this orange hunting jacket. Really bright orange. Dayglo! I wanted to be famous and I wanted people to know who I was, to know I made that movie. I was ambitious, posturing, everything. Punk promotion. Punks were great promoters. People in the Berlinale hated me. I was so obviously shiny."
Interview with Robert Longo: "When we started making money, we started going to the Odeon. You went downstairs in the bathroom and did enormous amounts of coke. There was a closet off the side where you would go fuck in the closet or you'd go fall asleep. The Odeon became the hangout place. The more serious we became as artists, the less we played in bands anymore."
"This Will Have Been: Art, Love & Politics in the 1980s covers the period from 1979 to 1992. During this era, the political sphere was dominated by the ideas of former US President Ronald Reagan and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, the music scene was transformed by punk and the birth of hip-hop, and our everyday lives were radically altered by a host of technological developments, from the Sony Walkman and the ATM to the appearance of MTV and the first personal computers. In the United States, the decade opened with an enormous anti-nuclear protest in New York's Central Park and closed with mass demonstrations against the government's slow response to the AIDS crisis. This exhibition attempts to make sense of what happened to the visual arts in the United States during this tumultuous period.
For many of the artists represented in this exhibition that meant grappling with complex questions: In a world increasingly filled with mass-media images, what is the role of the visual arts? How can artists make images that either compete with or counter the powerful images produced by advertising and Hollywood? In a society struggling for increased equality, how do historically marginalized people—women, people of color, and gays and lesbians—find their public voice? Toward the end of the decade, as the rise of HIV/AIDS created a growing political and medical crisis in the United States, these questions increased in urgency. This Will Have Been features a wide range of artworks, made by a diverse group of nearly one hundred artists, demonstrating the decade's moments of contentious debate, raucous dialogue, erudite opinions, and joyful expression—all in the name of an expanded idea of freedom, long the promise of democratic societies."
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Hello again,
We have finally had some nice summer weather here so we packed up and headed to the beach a few days ago as we realize that the time for enjoying the beach will all too soon be gone for another year.
We have so many beautiful beaches here on the Island.
Our grandchildren also enjoyed a day at the beach.
This is Northport and was taken a few years ago but it is on my wish list to go back again soon.
A picnic at the beach is always a treat,
And of course, a trip to the beach on a summer evening to watch the sun go down is the perfect way to end a day!
I am joining Hakan for Show off Saturday-pop in and see his beautiful roses and also the other lovely blogs that joined in.
Hope all goes well for all on the east coast as Hurricane Irene passes through.
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Alabama you are 17 months old today! You are such a big girl now! I see you as a little girl and not so much a baby now. You do such grown things and are so tall!
You wear 18 months clothes mostly (especially for the length).
Your hair is soo long! It is also very curly (love!). I can put it in a pony tail or two pig tails and it is the cutest thing ever! I think you look soo old (like a four year old or something) when your hair is up.
You eat all kinds of foods. You are a very good eater! Your favorites are blueberries, hot dogs, fries, bread, bologna, cheese, grilled cheese sandwiches, strawberries, ice cream, green beans, gold fish, yogurt, and anything that is on our plate! You try to feed yourself with a spoon/fork and sometimes get it in your mouth! ha! You still have one bottle at night because you will. not. drink your milk in a cup.
You say several more words now. These are the ones you say consistently. Mama, Da-da, Mimi, Poppa, Nana, K-K(Katie), Ju-ju (Judy), ball, cheese (to take a picture), no, yeah, uh-oh. You are the best communicator ever even without saying it in words. I pretty much always know what you are saying to me. The sweetest thing is to hear you call me when you wake up. It's the best sound ever!
You know everything we say and follow instructions so well. We are just amazed!
You love to play with your ball. You also still play with your babies a lot. You read books all day long. You usually want me to read them to you, but sometimes will read them alone. You play by yourself very good, but only if I'm in the room. You like to dress up in different clothes/accessories and wear my shoes around the house. You love to swim - at home, at the pool, or at the lake. You even jump off the side of the pool to me. Over. and. over!
You think it's so funny to blow raspberries on my chest! We just laugh and laugh and have the best time!
You're so loving and friendly but definitely shy when you first meet someone. It takes a little bit to warm up to them.
You're such a sweet baby and I love you more and more every day!


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So pardon me while I burst into flames
I've had enough of the world and its people's mindless games
So pardon me while I burn and rise above the flames
--Pardon me, Incubus
There are times when I feel like I am on fire, figuratively speaking. I'm focused, productive--a whirling dervish of epic organization and creativity.
And then there are the other 364 days of the year.
But I guess a figurative fire in your soul is better than a literal one, which brings me to the subject of today's mythbusters. Spontaneous Human Combustion (SHC) is the burning of a living human body without obvious source of external ignition. In theory, some internal milieu creates an ideal environment for the subject to burst into flames. In the last 300 years, about 200 cases of the phenomenon have been reported. With over six billion people in the world, this makes human torchdom an uber-rare occurrence except in comic books.
There are a variety of explanations for the phenomenon, ranging from the paranormal to the physiological. Almost all cases involve people who are sedentary, either due to obesity or age, and most are in poor health or otherwise impaired by drugs or alcohol.
The earliest suggested case of SHC was in Italy in 1470 when Polonus Vorstius, a knight known to love his wine and women, supposedly quaffed a particularly wicked brandy one evening and then spewed forth flames and died. I had a similar reaction after drinking a concoction my bestie at the time made for me called The Three Wise Men. Jim, Jack and Johnnie were never meant to be mixed. (FYI, if you add Jaeger, it's called The Four Horseman. And you should definitely prepare for the apocalypse if you're still standing afterwards.)
The first scientific evaluation of Spontaneous Human Combustion came from Danish physician Thomas Bartholin in 1663. He described a woman in Paris who seemingly burned alive while sleeping--however, the straw mattress she slept upon remained intact. Fifty years later, Nicole Millet, the alcoholic wife of a wealthy French landlord, burned to death while seated in her chair in the family kitchen. After her death, Monsieur Millet was arrested for her murder. Using the defense of spontaneous human combustion, he was acquitted of all charges. Jonas Dupont, another Frenchman, was so inspired by this story that he published a collection of SHC cases in his "De Incendiis Corporis Humani Spontaneis" in 1763.
A famous U.S. case of human combustion involved a physician named John Irving Bentley. Bentley, a 92 year-old pipe smoker, was found in his bathroom by a meter reader--or at least the lower half of his right leg (slipper intact) and his walker were found. The charred hole that surrounded the doctor was approximately two feet square, but the remainder of the house was intact. Given the condition of the body, the coroner could only comment that death was likely due to asphyxiation and burning of the body, possibly with pipe tobacco as an ignition.
|Forensic photo taken of the remains of Dr. Bentley
Some religious zealots use cases such as these as a sign of the Big Guy laying down some heavenly smiting. Why an elderly man on his way to the loo deserved smiting remains unexplained, but in April 2011, a man supposedly burst into flames while watching videos in a San Francisco porn shop. I don't believe the case was divinely orchestrated, but is an impressive feat of friction to say the least.
The most researched case of SHC is that of St. Petersburg, Florida resident Mary Reeser in 1951. Mary was a portly woman who settled down in her armchair with a cocktail of sleeping pills, alcohol, and a cigarette one night, only to awaken a victim of SHC. When she was found, her skull had burned to the size of a baseball, but most of the chair, as well as the surrounding room, was unscathed (granted, her apartment was floored and walled with concrete). The FBI and some of the nation's best forensic scientists were involved in her case.
Reeser's case exemplifies the hypothesis of "the wick effect," in which a small external flame--in this case, the cigarette--chars the clothing of the victim, eventually splitting the skin below. In a more rotund person that is impaired with mother's little helpers, this slow burn may not be sensed. Fat is released from the wound, which is then absorbed by the clothing. And now you have a wick for a very human candle. Forensic scientist John DeHaan experimentally supported this theory using a dead pig wrapped in cloth.
|Not part of DeHaan's experiment. Saliva is a poor fire extinguisher.
The fire fueled by the pig's body fat released less than 80 kilowatts of heat--no more than a large waste basket fire. This explained why surrounding items often do not ignite and why there is usually lots of sooty, greasy residue left behind. Essentially a body becomes a large tallow candle under the right circumstances: impaired victim, ready amounts of fuel (i.e. copious corpulence), and some kind of ignition, be it cigarette, misguided ember, or electricity. For those of you partial to CSI, Grissom and his band of merry forensicists replicated DeHaan's experiment on an episode dealing with SHC.
If the wick effect doesn't light your fire, there are still other explanations. Skeptics often believe that most of these incidents are actually murder coverups and an accelerant is just never identified. Others suggest that special circumstances in the victim combined with high energy particles or static electricity may serve as an ignition source. Alcoholic victims are thought to be more susceptible due to that tasty accelerant in their bloodstreams. That theory was supported by Charles Dickens when he used it to kill off his character Krook in the novel Bleak House. However, if the ignition of an alcohol requires a mix that is around 40% ethanol, but death via alcohol poisoning occurs at around 0.5% blood alcohol level, the likelihood of a human consuming enough alcohol to ignite is nil. Unless you're Keith Richards.
|Do not light that cigarette, Keith.
Larry Arnold, a self-proclaimed SHC expert, suggested there is a subatomic particle called the pyroton that is responsible. This particle (whose existence has never been confirmed) interacts with human cells to create a mini-power generator and explosion. Sort of like nuclear fission on a cellular level. Other less explosive theories include spontaneous MASER (microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation) beams, which can occur in nature from decaying atoms and geomagnetism.
For all of you yoga lovers out there, the pyrokinetic powers of kundalini have also been implicated. Kundalini is described as a dormant energy within all humans, normally coiled at the base of the spine. It often is represented by a serpent. Through meditation and yoga, one can awaken the kundalini and make it rise until it reaches the top of the head, producing a powerful awakening in those who experience it. It is suggested that those who cannot channel this heat energy properly may find themselves injured.
Cobra pose at your own risk.
My favorite explanation for Spontaneous Human Combustion comes from that bastion of reliable scientific information, South Park.
Randy Marsh, father extraordinaire, explains SHC as a new lover's phenomenon. Victims try to avoid passing gas in front of their new sweetheart, and in doing so create a methane bomb waiting to happen. This cartoon theory actually has a factual basis. Hydrogen and methane are flammable gases produced by bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract, mainly the large bowel. There are case reports of intraoperative explosions ignited from the combination of cautery, methane, and the high oxygen environment of the surgical suite.
The idea of bursting into flames due to flatulence should serve as a lesson to fraternity boys across the nation.
Have a wonderful week! I am looking forward to some days off after being on service for the past month so I can catch up with blogs and writing! I also need to post responses to some awesome blog awards I received last week, so stay tuned. Thanks Annalisa, Trisha, and Kathleen for thinking of me!


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|From Family
Brody's been very possessive lately...I think he knows he's getting a brother soon!
We're all doing fairly well. Eric has been working hard this week on a project at work, and I've been dealing with a cold for the past few days. Nothing big to report. Hope everyone's doing well!


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Friday, January 22, 2010
Taxation without representation ???
Posted by Kelli Hochhalter-Kraus, January 22, 2010
On Wednesday, a day after the incredible win by Scott Brown of the Senate seat previously held for over 40 years by Ted Kennedy, Obama signed a directive that is supposed to stop government contracts from going to tax-delinquent companies. "We need to insist on the same sense of responsibility in Washington that so many of you strive to uphold in your own lives, in your own families and in your own businesses," Obama said. So what about all the tax cheats in his own administration and in Congress? For example, Tim Geitner, Kathleen Sebelius, Ron Kirk and the list gets longer if you include the ones who withdrew their nomination after tax problems and ethical problems arose. Now in Congress, we have Representative Charlie Rangel who is under investigation for tax evasion and he is Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee which is responsible for writing the tax laws.
Along with this directive, President Obama wants to gain back support of the American people by taxing large banks, many of which have already repaid with interest, money lent to them by the federal government. Only AIG, General Motors Co., Chrysler LLC, Freddie Mac and Fannie May are excluded from this tax and will not be required to pay back the money they took. Obama's rallying cry is to call bankers fat cats, scold them for paying themselves bonuses and he called on them to do the right thing and not pass the cost on to the American people. Isn't it funny how he wants to label the banks as fat cats who should not get bonuses or pass their increased cost to us, but it is okay to increase the pay of those in the federal government and propose spending that would impose a tax on us.
Now President Obama is continuing this crusade against the financial industry by announcing proposed new restrictions on the size and scope of financial institutions so the government can limit their ability to engage in risky trading practices. Obama stood with with Representative Barney Frank and Senator Chris Dodd when he made this announcement. "We should no longer allow banks to stray too far from their central mission of serving their customers," said Obama. "In recent years, too many financial firms have put taxpayer money at risk by operating hedge funds and private equity funds and making riskier investments to reap a quick reward. And these firms have taken these risks while benefiting from special financial privileges that are reserved only for banks." Barney Frank is the House Financial Services Committee Chairman and helped orchestrate the low lending standards that caused the housing market collapse. Chris Dodd, Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee which regulates mortgage lending, received preferential treatment in his mortgage loans from Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo. Our President wants to require banks to do what he does not require the federal government to do.
Obama's poll numbers are way down, he suffered a blow with the election of Brown to the Senate, so he wants to get the people on his side by making them angry and mad at the banking industry. He has seen it work in the past, so why not now. Obama is like the magician who wants you to look at his right hand, so you don't see what he is doing with his left hand. Look over here at what we are doing to the fat cats on Wall Street so you don't see that we are still pushing our agenda on health-care, cap and trade, stimulus spending, raising taxes and increasing the federal deficit by raising the debt limit.
Obama's ego and arrogance is so large that even with low approval numbers and Americans clearly sending a message of stop the madness, he is going to do what he wants to do. Remember, he is the President who told top House and Senate Republicans who voiced concern over his stimulus bill, "I won". That explains everything about this man. He doesn't care about what may be right or wrong for the American people, we need to listen to him and do what he wants because, he won.
I have heard the saying "We had to elect a Carter to get a Reagan". But I would take it further now. We had to have a King George III to start a revolution. That is what is taking place in our country right now. People are fed up and it took the election of Obama and the direction he and Congress are trying to take this country that have rallied us. Let us move forward with the knowledge of who we are dealing with here, the ability to see through their smoke and mirrors and the will to hold onto our resolve to remedy this in the elections this November and in 2012.
(Viva la Revolution! Find your passion, join the revolution and don't let off the gas! Keep the faith, keep up the fight! Our Nation is depending on it! VN8)
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I am part of the New Revolution.
Live Free Or Die!
- January 22, 2010 at 9:40 AM
- VoteNovember2008 said...
FD, get behind me, I'm gonna be on the front line! I told my Mama before she died that I would be! Live Free Or Die! It's the least we can do to keep liberty alive! VN8
- January 22, 2010 at 4:01 PM
Down with the 16th Amendment, down with the IRS, down with Social Security,Medicare, FDIC and all the government programs that steal from me and give to moochers.
- January 22, 2010 at 5:20 PM
- Lee said...
Mark Levin was on a marvelous rant this evening about BO's obsession with demonizing the private sector. He read from a speech delivered last July by Sam Webb of the Communist Party of the USA - you'd have sworn the words were BO's. No joke. But we all knew that going in, didn't we.
Mark Steyn put it best: the election of Obama was a fundamentally unserious act on the part of America. How true. BO was nothing but a fashion accessory for libs.
- January 22, 2010 at 7:15 PM


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On the death of Domitian peace was restored to the Christian church which lasted throughout the brief reign of Nerva (96-98) and the first 13 years of Trajan. It is a curious fact that some of the best of the Roman emperors (Trajan, Marcus Aurelius, Decius and Diocletian) were harsh to the Christians, while some of the worst (as Commodus, Caracalla, Heliogabalus) left them in peace (see PERSECUTION, 17). Christianity had been rapidly spreading in the interval of tranquillity.
Pliny became governor of Bithynia in 111 AD and found, especially in the eastern part of his province, the temples almost deserted. Some Christians were brought before him and on established precedents were ordered to be executed for their religion. But Pliny soon discovered that many of both sexes and all ages, provincials and Roman citizens, were involved. The Roman citizens he sent to Rome for trial; but being of a humane disposition he shrank from carrying out the wholesale execution required by a consistent policy.
He wrote to Trajan telling him what he had already done, rather covertly suggesting tolerant measures. Should no distinction be made between old and young? Should pardon not be extended to those who recanted and worshipped the emperor's image and cursed Christ? Should mere profession (nomen ipsum) be a capital offense if no crimes could be proven, or should the crimes rather be punished that were associated with the faith (an flagitia cohaerentia nomini)?
He then explains his procedure: he gave those who were accused an abundant opportunity of recanting; those who persisted in this faith were executed. He considered their "stubbornness and inflexible obstinacy" (pertinaciam certe et inflexibilem obstinationem) as in itself deserving punishment. But the administration having once interfered found plenty to do. An anonymous list of many names was handed in, most of whom, however, denied being Christians. Informers then put forward others who likewise denied belonging to the faith.
Pliny was convinced their meetings were harmless, and on examination of two deaconesses under torture discovered nothing but a perverse extravagant superstition (sup. pravam immodicam). Trajan replied that no universal and definite rule could be laid down, apparently confirming the correctness of Pliny's action and perhaps disappointing Pliny in not yielding to his humane suggestions.
Nevertheless, the emperor made three important concessions: (1) the Christians were not to be sought out by the police authorities, but if they were accused and convicted they must be punished; (2) anonymous information against them was not to be accepted; (3) even those suspected of flagitia in the past were to be pardoned on proving they were not Christians or on renouncing Christianity.
Some regard this rescript of Trajan as the first official and legal authorization to proscribe Christianity; but we have already seen that Christianity as such was proscribed as a result of the Neronian investigations. Besides, there is not the slightest trace of any new principle of severity, either in the letters of Pliny or in the rescript of Trajan. The persecution of Christianity had been "permanent" like that of highwaymen, but not systematic or general. Neither was Trajan's rescript an edict of toleration, though on the whole it was favorable to the Christians in minimizing the dangers to which they were exposed. The question was as yet purely one of administration.
Trajan initiated no procedure against Christians--in fact rather discouraged any, asking his lieutenant to close his eyes to offenders--and Pliny consulted him in the hope of obtaining milder treatment for the Christians by putting in question form what he really wished to be approved. Trajan's rescript "marks the end of the old system of uncompromising hostility."
Is China still persecuting the Church? Yes, there are many underground Bishops and priests still under arrest, religious pilgrimages are still forbidden and attacked, and living a good and open Christian life is very difficult in most of China, especially because of their "one child" policy.However, an even more important issue might be that no Bishops have been permitted by the Vatican to be ordained in many years for the underground Church in China. The September 2007 newsletter of the Cardinal Kung Foundation points out a potential consequence of a very risky Papal venture:
The underground Church is rapidly to become extinct because the Holy See has not appointed any new bishops in the underground Church for the last 10 years or so. Currently, only approximately 31 underground bishops remain. Of the 31, 20 are more than 80 years old, and 6 are between 70-80 years old. There are only 5 underground bishops who are under 70 years old! Obviously, without the ordination of any new underground bishops, within the next five years, in keeping with standard mortality statistics, few underground bishops will remain. Thus, the Pope's emphasis on unity will ring hollow when within 5 or 10 years, there will be a single-digit number of underground bishops. By that time, there will be only the official Patriotic Church's bishops shepherding the Catholic Church in China. With whom does the Holy See wish the official CPA-controlled Church to unite?The entire issue of the Cardinal Kung Newsletter needs to be read to understand the difficulties of the Catholic Church in China. So does a current article in AsiaNews that focuses on Hu Jintao's "harmonious society." We need to pray for Pope Benedict XVI as he tries to obtain increased freedom of the Church to operate in China. Undoubtedly, we do not know all that he knows, but I suspect he understands that China will be the next Roman Empire with its economic and military might. Consequently, China's conversion to following the one true God and His Church is absolutely required for our future world and civilization.
Without the appointment of new bishops in the underground Church, the suffering underground Roman Catholic Church, whose members will have by then experienced more than 60 years of severe persecution for their Faith to God and for their total obedience and loyalty to successive Popes, will finally be de-facto eliminated, not by the Chinese communists, but by the Holy See itself by virtue of its refusal to appoint any more underground bishops. Rome would possibly lose the loyalty and obedience of tens of millions proven faithful in China who have suffered immeasurably for the Successor of Peter.


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For many years I have tried to find information on the second wife of my great grandfather, Martin Jensen. I have a photo of 2 women in a picture that my grandmother claims is Minnie and her daughter, but I have yet to confirm or find notice of a daughter born to Wilhelmina Louise Mott.
But today, while going through some old newspapers on-line, I came across 2 articles about Mrs Martin Jensen.
Mott-Jensen Nuptials
Married three weeks ago at Thief River Falls, Martin Jensen, veteran rural carrier out of the Stephen office, kept his matrimonial alliance a secret from his friends at this point until the forepart of the present week, when a box of fragrant "perfectos" made their appearance simultaneously with an announcement of the event. The bride was Mrs. Wilhelmina Louise Mott, a former Thief River Falls resident, and the wedding ceremony was performed by the Rev. Chas. Geflinger at his home in that city, on Tuesday, September 26. The bride and groom were unattended, and came to Stephen immediately after the ceremony, to make their home in Mr. Jensen's home just south of town. Stephen people will extend a hearty welcome to the bride, together with every good wish for the happiness and prosperity of the newlyweds.
Warren Sheaf, October 25, 1922, page 2
Coroner Clarence Hiaasen was called to Stephen Monday to ascertain the cause of the sudden death of Mrs. Martin Jensen. Mrs. Jensen was doing her household duties as usual Monday morning when she suddenly fell dead. At the coroner's examination the cause of death was attributed to acute dilation of the heart. Mr. and Mrs. Jensen had been married for only two months, and the sympathy of
many friends in this vicinity goes out to Mr. Jensen for his sad bereavement.
—Argyle Banner.
Warren Sheaf, November 29, 1922, page 5
My next move is to research Thief River Falls for more information on the Motts.


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A few years ago, my friends and I decided to find out what this whole host club business was about. For those of you outside Japan who've never heard of them, host clubs are where (supposedly) handsome young men pour your drinks, wipe the condensation from the glass for you, light your cigarettes, flatter you, and basically make you feel like a princess.
The clubs are quite popular with lonely women who have no boyfriends (or neglected housewives), and can be somewhat dangerous if you get in too deep with a host. If you go to these clubs, try to remember that the guys are in it for the paycheck. Never forget they aren't sincere, and they're just trying to part you from your money. If you can keep that in mind, you can have a fun time.
I'm of two minds about host clubs now, because one of my ex-boyfriends was a host in college. The routine, according to him, is to meet a girl the first time and get her number and email. He will then get in contact with her and say that he wants to see her outside work. It'll be all, "I don't want you to be a client! I want to date you as a man, not a host!" They will start dating, and all dates are actually paid for by the club. After a few weeks or more, the guy will ask the girl to start visiting the club to "keep him company." You have to pay to have a host sit with you, so this costs the girl a lot of money. She must also buy her own bottle of alcohol to keep in reserve, so for one night you could be looking at $400+. The hosts also drink alcohol from your bottle, so you need to buy new ones quite often, and they aren't cheap. This is another way to get a lot of money out of the patrons. After the girl has been visiting the club for a while, the boy will come up with a story like, "I'm so close to being number 1 this month and getting a big bonus, but I'm short by $500 bucks. If only one of my customers could buy that special bottle of brandy/champagne/whatever...." and the girl, so in love by this point, does it. Sounds horrible, right?
I can't really throw stones, though, because hostess bars do the same thing in reverse. Can I slam the men for scamming women when there are women out there doing the same thing? The only argument I have is that the clients of hostess bars are usually successful business men, not lonely housewives or part time workers. They usually have more money to spend than the women in host clubs do.
My friend H had researched some clubs, and she picked one she thought another friend and I would like. We wanted the full on host experience. I wanted a club lit up like a UFO, the host haircuts on proud, mullet-like display, crazy suits, and expensive bottles of champagne set out in glass cabinets like expensive jewelry. On our way to the chosen club (Acqua, if you're interested), we had to walk up the main drag of Kabukicho that is riddled with about 50 host clubs. The club next to the one we had chosen had very aggressive hosts who tried to pull us in, but we had already made the choice to visit one specific club so we kept going. The front of the building is really amazing with a huge, lit up sign, and pictures of the most popular hosts. The downstairs entrance also seemed quite impressive with a sliding door and lots of lit up cases of expensive alcohol.
When we walked in, we were met with nervous faces (Oh my God! Foreigners! What do we do?!?) and were asked for our gaijin cards (I.D. for foreign people living in Japan). We had to sit down on a bench and wait for them to give us the okay. They asked us about parking, did we understand where we were (pfft!), and if we would be okay to talk in Japanese.
This is him here, if you're wondering:
Here's pouty lips' headshot:
Out of curiosity, I emailed another host from the club that had given me his business card. I told him that pouty lips and I hadn't really gotten along and that I was curious about going back to the club and choosing a different host. I was told it was "very difficult" (translation: not done), but that if I had VERY strong objections to the host and still wanted to come back, I should talk to pouty lips about breaking off my relationship with him and seeing if it would be okay to continue with another host. I loved the way he worded it. I pick pouty lips for less than 30 minutes at the end of the night, don't exchange numbers, and we're in a 'relationship.' I doubt many women try to break it off with their chosen host, because you'd have to see that host glaring at you from across the room every time you went. It's better just to leave that club and choose another.
I visited another club in Roppongi called Club Dios, and I'll put the post up for that sometime in the near future.


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8 oz Butter
8 oz Brown sugar
6 oz Condensed milk (that is one whole tin)
1lb of oats.
Melt the butter and sugar until it is dissolved, stir in the condensed milk to a loose syrup. Add oats and coat them all. Press into a slab tin. back on gas5 until golden brown. DO NOT cut until it is completely cool - I mean it - if you do it when it is warm it will fall apart.
Good Luck
|Allotment collection yesterday
|Craft Club makes from last night - Tutorial here
Will I get bored of this do you think? What are you lot up to today?
Thanks for all your lovely comments, they did make me smile. Jo x


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Dear Ms Twomey,I didn't even mention the US Grand Jury... Please feel free to contact Prof. Twomey yourself.
In a recent and widely-read Sydney University blog, you described Julian Assange's current situation as "self-inflicted incarceration". http://t.co/KxWlTXanWj
I found your educated opinions as an expert on Constitutional Law very interesting, but I think you should apologise for this gross misrepresentation of Mr Assange's circumstances, especially as his freedom may ultimately depend on how Australian courts determine such issues.
Firstly, Mr Assange is not "incarcerated". He is free to leave the Ecuadorian embassy at any time. He has of course been given Political Asylum by the Ecuadorian government, who explained their reasons for granting such asylum in considerable detail (http://links.org.au/node/2992). To briefly remind you of their main points:
Mr Assange clearly has a very reasonable grounds for fearing onwards extradition from Sweden to the USA, and even more reason to expect harsh treatment from the US government. So I struggle to understand how you can describe his situation as "self-inflicted".
- Julian Assange is an award-winning communications professional internationally known for his struggles for freedom of expression, press freedom and human rights in general;
- Mr. Assange shared privileged documents and information generated by various sources that affected employees, countries and organizations with a global audience;
- That there is strong evidence of retaliation by the country or countries that produced the information disclosed by Mr. Assange, retaliation that may endanger his safety, integrity, and even his life;
- That, despite Ecuador's diplomatic efforts, countries which have been asked to give adequate safeguards for the protection and safety for the life of Mr. Assange have refused to facilitate them;
- That Ecuadorian authorities are certain of the possibility that Mr. Assange could be extradited to a third country outside the European Union without proper guarantees for their safety and personal integrity;
- That legal evidence clearly shows that, given an extradition to the United States of America, it would be unlikely for Mr. Assange to receive a fair trial, and likely that he would be judged by special or military courts, where there is a high probability of suffering cruel and degrading treatment, and be sentenced to life imprisonment or capital punishment, which would violate his human rights;
- That while Mr. Assange must answer for the investigation in Sweden, Ecuador is aware that the Swedish prosecutor has had a contradictory attitude that denied Mr. Assange the full exercise of the legitimate right of defense;
- Ecuador is convinced that the procedural rights of Mr. Assange have been infringed upon during the investigation;
- Ecuador has observed that Mr. Assange lacks the protection and assistance that should be received from the State of which he is a citizen;
- That, following several public statements and diplomatic communications by officials from Britain, Sweden and the USA, it is inferred that these governments would not respect international conventions and treaties, and would give priority to domestic law, in violation of explicit rules of universal application and,
- That, if Mr. Assange is remanded to custody in Sweden (as is customary in this country), a chain of events would begin that would prevent further protective measures from being taken to avoid possible extradition to a third country.
Perhaps you think he should not have published the Iraqi War Logs, the Afghan War Logs, the Collateral Murder video and the "CableGate" US Diplomatic cables? But major news organisations assisted in these publications. Should they also have held back from publishing proof of war crimes?
Or perhaps it is your understanding of the sexual allegations made against Mr Assange in Sweden which leads you to conclude that his situation is "self-inflicted"? If that is the case, please consider the following:
As the above links confirm, the Swedish government and prosecutors have repeatedly abandoned due process and effectively have show little interest in resolving this case on behalf of the two women. Assange still has not been charged with any crime in any country,. The Swedish prosecutor only wants to question him but refuses to explain why he cannot be questioned in London, as has happened in other similar Swedish extradition cases.
- Both women agree that the sex was consensual. Sweden may be the only country in the world where such consensual sex can be classified as a crime. Where both parties disagree over such events, the Swedish legal process places the burden of proof on the alleged perpetrator. The concept of "innocent till proven guilty" is thrown out the door;
- Woman AA has previous ties with an anti-Cuban activist group in Miami; is a member of the same ultra-feminist Swedish political party as many others involved in the case (including police, prosecutors, and lawyers); invited Assange to speak in Sweden, told him he could use her appartment as she would not be there, then turned up the next day, asked him to stay and had sex with him; later
alleged she was rapedfiled complaints [edit: see PS below] but meanwhile continued having sex with Assange, and continued boasting publicly about her relationship with him; alleges she was concerned about HIV but was nonchalant about Assange having sex with the other woman SW ("she can have him") and did not get a blood test herself; deleted tweets such as that after making the allegations; was told by police that evidence was needed to reopen the case, then returned to her appartment to supposedly find a weeks-old condom (who keeps old condoms lying around?) which when tested did not show traces of either her DNA or Assanges; etc etc etc.
- Woman SW was encouraged by woman AA to go to the police, claiming she only wanted Assange to get a HIV test, but then refused to sign her statement and left in distress after realising the police planned to arrest Assange (under Swedish law, the police can decide to press charges in such cases even though victims do not want to); claims she was "railroaded"; has barely been heard of since and still has not signed her statement.
- You can read much more about these issues in a list of "Talking Points" compiled by Julian Assange's mother Christine: http://wlcentral.org/node/2486 Please see justice4assange.com or waca.net.au for even more information.
If he goes to Sweden, Assange will be immediately placed in solitary confinement, even if his case is delayed for months. Meanwhile Sweden has a history of rendering innocent people to the CIA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Repatriation_of_Ahmed_Agiza_ and_Muhammad_al-Zery - the current Swedish Ambassador to Australia was involved in that cover up) and the Swedish/US Bilateral Treaty gets around safeguards of normal extradition with a fast-track "Temporary Surrender" clause.
Given all the above information, it boggles my mind that anyone would describe Julian Assange's current situation as "self inflicted incarceration".
I ask you again to issue a public apology. If you still hold to your view, please explain why and I will be happy to provide more specific information.
Sincere regards,
Gary Lord,
Spokesperson for WikiLeaks Australian Citizens Alliance (waca.net.au)
WikiLeaks Party member
Twitter: @Jaraparilla
PS: Updated text at request of Christine Assange to remove error: Woman AA did not tell police she was "raped" - police made that determination. I sent two polite emails to Prof. Twomey but still have had no reply.


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"Written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger" – these words and the logo of their production company "The Archers" began all the films made by the unique writer-producer-director duo. Michael Powell (1905 – 1990) started his career in the British film industry during the silent movie era, working with Rex Ingram and Alfred Hitchcock among others. In the 1930s, he made a series of "quota quickies" - low-budget, quickly-made entertainment films. The producer Alexander Korda introduced him to Emeric Pressburger (1902 - 1988) in 1939. The Hungarian had worked as an author for UFA in the 1930s before being forced to flee the Nazis. He escaped to England via France. The duo's first joint works were propaganda films which anticipated their later resourcefulness and predilection for experimentation. Their extravagant work found a rather singular niche in British filmmaking that was more focused on realism. They created opulent, flamboyant and visually stunning films, which were characterized by their twin-kling charm and light-hearted humor, until they parted ways in 1957. Soon after, Powell's career came to a premature end over the Peeping Tom (1960) scandal. Powell and Pressburger's works were rediscovered in the late 1980s thanks to younger directors such as Martin Scorsese and Derek Jarman.
We open our ten-film season on 1.4 with BLACK NARCISSUS (GB 1947, 1. & 8.4.) and an introduction by Gerhard Midding. Led by Sister Clodagh (Deborah Kerr), a group of Anglican nuns arrives in a remote region of the Himalayas to establish a convent in a former palace once used to house a harem. In the unusual and exotic surroundings, barely suppressed old passions and erotic tensions come to the surface. Shot entirely at London's Pinewood Studios (the set designer Alfred Junge and cameraman Jack Cardiff were both awarded Oscars for their work), a completely artificial world, whose excessive colors and extreme contrasts are echoed in the sisters' feelings, is created. "BLACK NARCISSUSis a daring melodrama whose opulence brings it to the verge of comedy – it is bigger than life in every phase of its structure, gestures and images, its passion and utter artificiality." (Harry Tomicek)
49th PARALLEL(GB 1941, 3. & 12.4.) was the pair's third joint production and it won Pressburger an Oscar for the best screenplay. Like the previous two works, it was a propaganda film aimed at swaying opinion in the United States and preparing the population for war. "Goebbels considered himself an expert on propaganda, but I thought I'd show him a thing or two," Emeric Pressburger later remarked. In the film, a German U-boat sinks off the coast of Canada and the six surviving sailors try to make their way to the US, which is still neutral. In their encounters with various individuals, the Nazis and thus the viewers are brought closer to the values of democracy – the peaceful co-existence of people who have different languages, traditions, opinions and religions. 49th PARALLEL packs all its concerns into an adventure film featuring beautiful landscapes that were shot on location. Released as The Invaders in the US, the film was a great success.
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP(GB 1943,7. & 22.4.) tells the story of an unusual friendship between a British officer called Clive Candy (Roger Livesay) and a German officer named Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff (Anton Walbrook) that stretches over four decades and survives two world wars. Loosely based on a cartoon character of the same name, Colonel Blimp is a gentleman who likes to play fair and thus has an issue with the new forms of warfare. Deborah Kerr shines in her triple-role as Clive Candy's dream woman in different decades. Churchill criticized the film, which did not resort to typical clichés of the Nazis, saying it was "detrimental to the morale of the army". "What Churchill, who for obvious reasons tried to ban a film that he thought was psychopathic, failed to see is that COLONEL BLIMP remains valid even if it is read as going against the grain – as an epic of failure and swan song to Britannia's military caste. Without forfeiting any degree of fierceness, this biography painted in reduced Technicolor tones seems behind its grotesque facade to be an elegy to a friendship that withstands national borders and to a love that outdoes death." (Harry Tomicek) We are showing the film in its newly-restored digital version, which was first presented as a Digital Cinema Package (DCP) at this year's Berlinale.
In A CANTERBURY TALE(GB 1944,9. & 19.4.) Powell and Pressburger once again combined different genres in their typical and unique way. The film is at once a marvelous mystery and an Expressionist melodrama that constantly sways between dream and reality. At the same time, it is deeply anchored in rural England's landscapes and culture. In the middle of the war, three people meet on their way to Canterbury - modern pilgrims so-to-speak. They are an American solider who believes his fiancée has forgotten him because he no longer receives any letters, a land girl, whose fiancé is missing, and an organist who has taken refuge in cynicism. Interwoven into the film is the mystery of the "glue man" who after dark pours glue on the hair of girls accused of fraternizing with American soldiers.
I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING!(GB 1945, 4. & 20.4.) is the motto of 25-year-old Joan (Wendy Hiller) who starts off on a journey from London to Scotland where she plans to marry a rich industrialist on Kiloran Island in the Hebrides. However, a storm prevents her from reaching her destination and she has to wait on the island of Mull for a change in the weather. The encounter with the island's mythical culture and nature as well as with a young soldier on home leave opens up a path of self-discovery to Joan (who at first is stubbornly resistant) and she turns away from materialism to real love.
A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH(A Stairway to Heaven, GB 1946, 8. & 21.4.) When British bomber pilot Peter Carter's (David Niven) plane is shot down, he enters what he thinks are the lasts minutes of his life and comes into contact with an American radio operator named June. As if by a miracle, he survives and coincidentally meets June in person – he falls in love. However, he soon finds out that his survival is due to an embarrassing mistake on the part of divine providence. Peter has to appear before a heavenly court to bargain over his life or death. A stairway separates heaven, which is shot in monochrome black and white, and the earth which is depicted in bright Technicolor. The film is a celebration of life and love. Or, as the heavenly messenger who climbs down to the land of the living puts it: "One is so starved of Technicolor up there."
THE RED SHOES(GB 1948, 6. & 14.4.) is a fantastic, delirious fairy-tale in which Powell and Pressburger, inspired by the eponymous story by Hans Christian Anderson, skillfully interweave reality with the world of fantasy. The young ballerina Vicki (Moira Shearer) is torn between her love of dance and the demands of her profession – embodied by the tyrannical impresario Boris Lermontov – and her love of a composer. She sees the only solution in escape. THE RED SHOESculminates in a breathtaking dance scene that lasts almost 20 minutes and is one of the most beautiful and magic cinema moments ever.
Based on a novel by Mary Webbs, GONE TO EARTH(GB 1950, 10. & 15.4.) is a rural melodrama that is rich in atmosphere and visually captivating and where the powers of nature play a magical role. Hazel is a poor country girl caught between two men, between passion and duty. A catastrophe is sparked by a fox she has rescued from the hunt and tamed, and whose red hair is reflected in hers. "Beauty, truth and the heart of England, I believe in those three things. They are in these two books, they are part of them. And they are in the two films which we made. A great deal of love was poured into them." (Michael Powell)
THE ELUSIVE PIMPERNEL(GB 1950, 11. & 18.4.) is a remake of Alexander Korda's The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) and was originally planned as a musical. In this costume drama set towards the end of the 18th century, an astute English aristocrat (David Niven) pretends to be a bored dandy, but disguised as the Scarlet Pimpernel he rescues his fellow aristocrats from the guillotine and brings them to England. A French agent soon suspects the foppish Sir Percy and tries to get his wife to confess – she, however, cannot possibly imagine that her husband is the heroic Scarlet Pimpernel.
THE TALES OF HOFFMANN(GB 1951, 5. & 23.4.) This famous film fantasy based on Jacques Offenbach's opera (which itself was based on E.T.A. Hoffmann's tales), was Powell and Pressburger's attempt, after the international success of THE RED SHOES, to transpose the opera to the screen as they had done with the ballet. THE TALES OF HOFFMANN was the climax of the duo's opulence, atmospherically filmed in Technicolor and with the use of split screens to represent the main protagonist Moira Shearer in different colors.
Wäre die Erde nicht rund Perpetuum Mobile Iris Gusner GDR 1981 35 mm OV 90 min
Raging Bull
Martin Scorsese USA 1980 OV/Span. S 129 min
Kaskade rückwärts Cascade Backwards Iris Gusner GDR 1983 35 mm OV 94 min


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"The language of friendship is not words, but meanings." Henry David Thoreau
It only took me like 30 years to remember my oldest friend's birthday. It is today! TODAY! I got it, I remembered. He did tell me like last month, though. But still….
I love him tremendously and he is my oldest friend. I have known him since I was 16 and he still actually talks to me. I was a snot during the ages of 16 and yesterday. I haven't always been as good of a friend to him as he has been to me. Today my Happy B-day text was "on time," not a day late or early as it usually is during every other leap-year when I even remember to wish him Happy Birthday. I told you, I'm the worst (working on it). I hope mine was the first wish of the day! I woke up and on my way to the gym, texted him at like dawn (just to make sure).
I will forever think of you and smile with all the love in my heart when I think of HOME and high school and my 20's and my 30's and my 40's, and Fernside Blvd and Brown Street and turkey sandwiches with avocado on a dutch crunch roll, and Prince, and Christopher Tracy, and record players, and Volkswagen Karmann Ghias, and baseball, and high schoolers hanging out at bus stops, and every house I ever lived in in Alameda, and walking a country mile and then some, and my first marathon, and Sade concerts, and leather jackets with fur around the collar, and shorts, and white dudes with corn rows, and boyfriends who can draw really cool pictures of your yearbook picture and Jodi Watley, and blue eyes, and lava rocks from the Philippines, and talking for hours on the phone, and politeness, and fun, and laughing, and the effort that it takes to be true, and the definition of a real man and a real friend. So… like forever. Happy birthday, dude. I love you.


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Kurdishaspect.com - Translated by Dr Kamal Mirawdeli
Translated from the Kurdish text published by Rozhnama, Sulaymnaiya, daily newspaper in Kurdish, 6 Jan 08, p4
Report: "Text of Kurdistan Media Law passed by Kurdistan parliament and sent to the President of the Region for approval"
In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
In the name of people
National Assembly of Kurdistan – Iraq
With reference to the power of Clause (1) of Article (56) of Act No 1 of the year 1992 and the request submitted by the Council of Ministers, Kurdistan National Assembly passed the following Act in its meeting No 33 on 11 January 2007.
Parliament Act No 35 of the Year 2007
Journalism Act in Kurdistan
In these articles the words standing in the first column of the Table set out below shall bear the meanings set out opposite to them respectively in the second column, if not inconsistent with the subject or context:
Article 1:
[In this Act] the following terms below shall bear the meanings set out opposite to them:
1.1Region: Kurdistan region- Iraq.
1.2Syndicate: Syndicate of Kurdistan journalists
1.3Secretary: Secretary of [Syndicate] of Kurdistan journalists
1.4Media (journalism): any journalistic activity in various media channels
1.5Journalist: any person engaged in journalistic work with media channels
1.6Newspaper: any publication under a definite name, that is published periodically, consecutively and regularly and distributed
Article 2:
2.1 Media (journalism) is free and uncensored. Freedom of expression and publication is guaranteed for every citizen within the framework of respecting private liberties and rights of individuals, their privacy, common customs and system in line with law and commitment to the principles of media work according to the UN conventions.
2.2 Journalists are free to obtain the information which is important for citizens and relevant to public interest from diverse sources provided that this will not affect the national security of the region.
2.3 Journalists should protect the sources of their information or news and keep them confidential unless the court decides otherwise in relation to the cases brought to court.
2.4 All natural or moral persons have the right to own and publish a newspaper in line with the power of this Act.
2.5 A newspaper cannot be prevented from publication, or appropriated unless with a court order.
Terms for publication of newspapers, closing down and dissolution
Article 3
For the publication of a newspaper the following terms and conditions must be followed:
3.1 Proprietor or founder will [have to] publish a statement in two daily newspapers in the region in which the name, surname, nationality and residence address of the proprietor or founder together with the title of the newspaper, the language it is published in, the name of the editor and the frequency of its publication are written. This statement will be considered as the declaration of the publication of the newspaper.
3.2 Any stakeholder (person with interest) who has objections to the publication of the newspaper can register his/her objection at the Appeal Court in the region asking for a judicial review. Otherwise the publication of the newspaper will be legally valid.
3.3 The proprietor of founder must submit the statement of foundation to and register it with the Ministry of Culture together with a statement declaring the sources of funding for the publication. The Ministry will have to submit this information to the Syndicate.
3.4 Person publishing a newspaper must be legally qualified to do so.
3.5 It is not permissible to publish two newspapers in the region carrying the same title (name).
3.6 Proprietor or founder must write his name, the name of the editor, the place and time of its publication and the printing press in a visible area of the newspaper and he/she must publish any changes in these within 30 days from the date of the occurrence of the changes.
Article 4
Every newspaper must have an editor-in-chief who will oversee the items published in the newspaper. He must have the following qualifications:
4.1 He must be a member of syndicate of Kurdistan journalists and be fluent in the spoken and written language of the publication.
4.2 Must be a citizen of the region or a permanent resident.
4.3 Editor-in-chief and writer [of an item] have civil and penal responsibility for the publication of the item while the proprietor will have only civil responsibility unless it is proven that he practically contributed to the writing [of the item] then he will have the same responsibility as that of the editor-in-chief.
Article 5
A newspaper is considered dissolved in one of the following cases:
5.1 If it failed to publish after six months from its validation date without a legitimate justification
5.2 If a court order made such a decision
5.3 If it failed to publish for the following periods:
5.3.1 A daily newspaper for three consecutive days
5.3.2 A weekly newspaper for 8 consecutive issues
5.3.3 A bimonthly and monthly newspaper for four consecutive issues
5.3.4 Seasonal periodicals for three consecutive issues
Article 6
With consideration to the guidelines stipulated in this Act, proprietor is entitled to give up his ownership wholly and partly to another person provided that a declaration to this effect is published in a daily newspaper 30 days before the date of this change.
Responses and Corrections
Article 7
7.1 If a newspaper publishes something false, the person who is affected by the published item, his/her inheritors or those who are his/her legal representative can ask for its correction or to respond to the item of news or article. The Editor-in-chief must publish the correction or the response in one of the two issues that are due for publication after they receive the response, in the same place of the newspaper and with the same typeface and size of the [false] item.
7.2 The newspaper is required to publish the correction or the response; otherwise it will be fined with a sum of money no less than 1 million dinars and not exceeding two millions.
7.3 The editor is entitled not to publish the correction or the response he/she receives according to the clauses 7.1 and 7.2 above in the following cases:
7.3.1 If the newspaper had already made accurate and satisfactory correction
7.3.2 If the correction or response sent to the editor was signed by a nickname or written in a language different from the language of the published item
7.3.3 If the content of the response was contrary to law, common custom and morality.
7.3.4 If the response or the correction was sent 90 days after the publication of the item
Rights and Privileges of the Journalist
Article 8
8.1 Journalists are free and they are under the control of no power in the process of practising their profession apart from the power of law.
8.2 The opinions and views a journalist publishes in a newspaper or the information he reveals, must not cause any disturbance of his life or affect his rights
8.3 The journalist is entitled to refuse to disclose the sources of his information unless this is demanded by a court order
8.4 The journalist is entitled to attend all public conferences, meetings and other activities
8.5 Anyone who insults or attacks a journalist because of his profession will be punished by law in the same way as if he had attacked a civil servant during performing his duties.
8.6 If a radical change occurred in the politics/policy of the newspaper in which a journalist works or if the terms of his contract have changed, the journalist is entitled to terminate his contract unilaterally, provided that he gives a 30 day notice to the newspaper, without this affecting the journalist's compensation rights
8.7 Media institutions and newspaper managers must abide by all the contractual rights defined in relevant laws in line with contract of media work approved by the syndicate of journalists.
8.8 In case that a journalist has not taken all his holiday entitlements or some of them have been carried over to the new financial year, he will remain entitled to his wages for those days provided that it will not exceed one month's salary
8.9 In case a journalist falls ill or injured while performing his journalistic tasks, it is the responsibility of the media institution he works for to pay for his treatment.
8.10 If a journalist works during formal holidays, the media institutions employing him should compensate him financially by doubling his wages for these days.
Legal protection
Article 9
9.1 No legal action must be taken against a journalist accused of an activity related to his work without first notifying the syndicate of the situation
9.2 No investigation is carried out to a journalist or his home or office is searched because of the reason mentioned in (9.1), unless in response to a legal order; the syndicate's secretary or his/her legal deputy is entitled to be present in the time of investigation
9.3 In any penal investigation the journalist's documents, written information, statements and books cannot be used as evidence of guilt against him unless they are related to the issue about which a complaint against the newspaper is registered.
9.4 Any information published or written about an official or someone who has been given a public duty cannot be considered an offense if the published item does not go beyond the limit of the work and duty of such persons provided that [the writer or publisher] does have evidence to prove the allegations made.
9.4 After 90 days of the publication of an item, no legal action should be pursued.
Article 10
10.1 Without prejudice to any harsher penalty stipulated in any other laws of the region in respect to clause A and B below, the journalist will be fined no less than three million dinars and no more than ten million dinars with the suspension of the newspaper for six months if he/she published any of the following in any type of the media:
10.1A Any item that causes to disturb security situation in the region and instigate fear among people or incite the commitment of crime or non-application of laws
10.1B Any item that might encourage terror and create hatred and divisions among the elements of society
10.2 The journalist will be fined no less than three million dinars and no more than ten million dinars if he/she published any of the following in any type of the media:
10.2A Insulting religious belief of a certain faith or ridiculing their practices or insulting or hurting a symbol that has become a point of worship and reverence by a certain faith recognised by law
10.2B Any item related to the private life of an individual, even if it is true, if this causes insult to him.
10.2C Any item that stains common customs and morals
10.2D Swearing, profane words and defamation
10.2E Any item that harms the procedure of court and justice unless authorised by court
10.3 A Newspaper that publishes such items, will be fined no less than 10 million dinars and no more than 20 million dinars
10.4 In case a newspaper repeats the publication of such items the court can increase the fine provided that it will not exceed twice the amount stipulated in clauses 10.1 and 10.2
10.5 General prosecutor and the person affected, can ask for prosecution according to law
Article 11
The power of Article 10 does not extend to those publications that are published for scientific purposes by the government institutions, universities and research centres.
Article 12
Items obtained or translated from sources published outside the region will not be exempt from responsibility for offences of publication.
Article 13
No text of law contrary to the power of this law will be applied provided that the application of law No 4 of the year 1988 and its amendments (Law of the Syndicate of Kurdistan Journalists) is taken into consideration.
Final powers
Article 14
The Council of Ministers and relevant bodies must apply the powers of this law.
Article 15
This law will be effective from the date of its application in the Official Gazette of Kurdistan.
Adnan Mufti
Speaker of Kurdistan National Assembly
Necessary reasons for the passing of this Act
Journalism today has a great significance in our Kurdistan society and internationally and it has a broad horizon of freedom available for it and this has entailed drafting a specific law to organise media work in a way that conforms to the spirit of contemporary world and its progresses and makes the citizen aware of the truth of its approaches and events and ensure that the journalists express their views in a way that everyone is respected, for these reasons this law has been passed


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The show runs 9th - 11th February and is a great chance to hunt for all your craft supplies whether you're a stamper, cross stitcher, card maker, knitter, quilter, scrapbooker or if you're in to another kind of craft! There'll be some great interactive bits on the go as well with Make & Takes, the Have-a-Go area and more, as well as workshops with The Southampton Bead Shop, Katie Pirson on hand embroidery, ribbon weaving with Meiflower and an extreme textile workshop with Rachel John.
Be sure to head to EventCity near the Trafford Centre, Manchester if you get a chance!


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Wow, again I haven't posted forever!
I would just like to talk about the new website I made today. It's url is http://talkingaboutsuicide.webs.com/
I created this website for people who were/are considering suicide, so that they can talk about it with other people who went through similar situations.
If you, or someone you know are/is concidering suicide, send them the link.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
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John Lennon quotes that I love
- "All we are saying is give peace a chance!"
- "All you need is love. "
- "I don't believe in killing whatever the reason!"
- "If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace. "
- "Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one."
- "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."
- "Love is the answer, and you know that for sure; Love is a flower, you've got to let it grow. "
- "Reality leaves a lot to the imagination."
- "There's nothing you can know that isn't known. "
- "Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted. "
- "When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream. "
- "You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die. "


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The New Gateway Drug: Budweiser?
Nate over at Nebraska Beer asks some difficult questions about Big Beer infiltrating the craft beer market. I was just going to leave a comment on my thoughts to his questions but as I thought about it my thoughts might make for some good reading (if you want to read the ramblings of some crazy guy).
At least we and the general public know this beer is made by the big guys but what about the offerings from A-B, Miller and Coors that don't tell you the affiliation. Beers like A-Bs Wild Hop, BareKnuckle Stout and Coors' Blue Moon and Miller's Leinkugels. Is this misrepresentation fair? Should their be some acknowledgment on the bottle of the producer of the product. With pricing on the rise for the small guy and the difficult distribution system, companies like A-B can uniquely position themselves on the shelves of major retailers all over the country under the guise of craft beer where the average joe, and even the somewhat new craft beer enthusiast, would not recognize the difference. Is this taken advantage of the system or just good business? Does it matter if their beer is good? The reverse of it is, could this back fire on the big guys? Could this be a gateway "drug" to bigger and better things and open palates all around the country?
Instead of answering these questions one by one I think I'll just write my treatise on the topic. Our goal as beer aficionados/geeks/drunks should be quality beer worth its price. I shouldn't care who makes it as long as it tastes good for the money I paid for it. Yet I somehow do care. I don't want to drink anything developed by marketing folks in St. Louis. So as for the Wild Hop and BareKnuckle Stout, I'm afraid I'm out, I'm probably not going to go out of my way to try it. But that's my personal decision, I don't knock AB for trying to enter a new market with a new product line. If it turns out to be good (Wes told me he liked one of the new Budweiser beers) then that is my loss. My distinction on this lies in whether the product line was purchased (i.e. Leinenkugels) or developed internally (i.e. BareKnuckle Stout). To me it seems this makes a world of difference. I have no qualms about buying a Leinie or Goose Island beer (partially owned by AB), but I would never buy anything branded Budweiser. So is it deceptive for Budweiser to market these beers as their own thing, sure it is, but that's their only shot. I think in the end the competition will make the craft beer segment even more robust. While Nate worries about Budweiser shrinking the number of craft beers, I welcome the new craft beer drinkers Budweiser can bring with them. It's not a zero sum game for craft beers, 90% of the population (prolly more) couldn't tell you the difference between an IPA and a hefeweizen. Anybody who can improve beer knowledge should be welcomed by us beer geeks. Each and every one of knows people who will ONLY drink Budweiser. Now we have an in, we can give them a Wild Hop Ale (Lager? I don't know and I'm NOT looking it up) and say this is a Budweiser you might like it. Before we never had that opportunity. So I welcome Budweiser into the fray with legitimate offerings.
One time on this site I worried about that Budweiser Chelada crap was going to take shelf space away from other craft beers. I was probably wrong about that, I think Budweiser probably cannibalized their own, Miller's or Coors' shelf space. Now with Big Beer coming out with their own craft beers are they going to take shelf space from Sierra Nevada, Boulevard, Breckenridge or Sam Adams? I think that is a legitimate worry initially. But, once an American Lager drinking tastes a Miller Pale Ale do you think they're going to go back to that substandard style? No, they're going to seek out the local pale ale, in our case Boulevard, or one they've heard is good, Sam Adams or Sierra Nevada. We'll prolly have to coin a phrase like "Once you go Jew, no Christian will do" but relating to beer "Once you go craft, you won't be some loser a-hole with no taste" (I may have to work on the saying). Have you ever heard someone say they didn't love Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. Hell no you haven't! And you won't! So Nate answered his question by saying these Big Beer offerings are going to be gateway drugs into where the good beer is. Craft beer is going to cannibalize the 3 rows of Budweiser 12 packs in your local liquor stores. Maybe we can get that down to 1 row with the excess space given to the wonderful rainbow of colors a microbrew cooler shows.
The more people we can get to drink good beer, the better off we'll be. Quality begets quality. This has been evident in every segment of the liquor industry, wine, vodka, whiskey, now bourbon. Soon it will be even more evident in beer as well. Soon all the working class bars that have previously had only Bud, Busch and Bud Light on tap will be shuttered and all the old customers will be at the bar down the street discussing that new porter they had last night or maybe something a little less gay sounding.
Read Nate's further thoughts on the subject.


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This week's target? A greedy debt collector who rips off taxpayers. However, during the team's mission, it discovers that this man is also financing an armed militia group.
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The relative silence from both the administration and Congress is puzzling to say the least. One needs to dig like a gopher for any official comment from Washington. An Associated Press report filed at noon eastern time today by SALAH NASRAWI:
A day after the communiqué was finalized by Iraqi Shiite, Kurdish and Sunni leaders, Washington reiterated Tuesday that the United States would stay only as long as it takes to stabilize Iraq…
… On Tuesday, the State Department "the United States supports the ongoing transitional political process in Iraq, and encourages participation by all Iraqis in the political process."
"President Bush has made our position very clear," department spokeswoman Julie Reside said. "The coalition remains committed to helping the Iraqi people achieve stability and security as they rebuild their country. We will stay as long as it takes to achieve those goals and no longer."
I had to Google clear down to China World to find this:
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (Xinhuanet)-- The United States hailed on Monday positive role of the Arab League (AL) to push forward Iraq's peace process by hosting the preparatory meeting for an Iraqi national reconciliation conference in Cairo, Egypt.
Adam Ereli, deputy spokesman of the US State Department, told anews briefing that the AL-sponsored conference will be instrumental to in pushing forward the national reconciliation process and reconstruction in Iraq.
What the Arab League has done is a good thing, and is consistent with what the United States is aiming at in Iraq, Ereli said.
Maybe I've gone totally web-dumb, but I can't find a copy of the actual communiqué the Iraqis' released on Monday. Why the mainstream media can report on what it said but can't provide a translated copy of it is a bit beyond me. To say the MSM doesn't want to release it so the blogosphere knows what it knows might be a stretch of the imagination, but not the kind of stretch that would pull a muscle. (Or some mixed metaphor like that.)
Despite the limited information available so far on the communiqué and the influence America's state department had on its composition, I'm actually optimistic that this action by the Arab League may be a positive step in moving to a more stable world order.
If you haven't seen my previous posts on this subject, here's a rough sketch of what I've described at various times as the multi-tiered "Leveraged Balance of Power" model.
The Rational Tiers
Major Powers: United States, European Union, China.
Balance Powers: England, Russia, Japan.
Regional Powers: A loosely defined group of national/political entities with geographically dominant economies. India and Brazil are two examples.
The Unstable Tiers
Wild Cards: The Middle East, Africa, and North Korea.
Others: Everyone and everything else.
The Arab League meeting may signal that the Middle East is collectively beginning to get its act together in a "rational" attempt to transform itself from a wild card into a balance power, possibly positioning itself into a position to become one of the major powers.
Click here to see a map of the nations that make up the Arab League, and you'll see that they cover geo-strategically vital areas of both the Middle East and Africa.
Let's consider a few "ifs."
If the Arab League, whether under the aegis of U.S. influence or not, can get a handle on Islamo-fabulist extremism or whatever we're calling it these days, and make a concerted effort to bring their geographic sphere of influence into the 21st century, and…
If the U.S. can learn to wean itself from over-dependence on military force as its primary means of national power and…
If the U.S. can use diplomacy, economy, and information to lead the growing ranks of rational powers to adopt a policy of Mutual Assured Prosperity and Security (MAPS, a hokey take on the Cold War MAD policy), then…
Just maybe, cockroaches won't be the only creatures left on earth when the 22nd century dawns.


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One of the most important books I own is called Let Your Life Speak by Parker J. Palmer. It is a book about vocation, calling, and our adoption as children of God. It is a little book that in its few short pages affirms that God claims us, each of us, in profound and ardent ways. I have given it away countless times and recommended it even more. In the final section of the book, called There is a Season which is about how all phases of life inform who we are and who we are becoming, Palmer writes about winter: "Winter is a season when death's victory can seem supreme: few creatures stir, plants do not visibly grow, and nature feels like our enemy. And yet the rigors of winter, like the diminishments of autumn, are accompanied by amazing gifts. One gift is beauty: I am not sure that any sight or sound on earth is as exquisite as the hushed descent of a sky full of snow. Another gift is the reminder that times of dormancy and deep rest are essential to all living things. Despite all appearances, of course, nature is not dead in winter – it has gone underground to renew itself and prepare for spring. Winter is a time when we are admonished, and even inclined, to do the same for ourselves. Winter has an even greater gift to give. It comes when the sky is clear, the sun is brilliant, the trees are bare, and first snow is yet to come. It is the gift of utter clarity. In winter, one can walk into woods that had been opaque with summer growth only a few months earlier and see the trees clearly, singly and together, and see the ground they are rooted in."
I love this insight. It is a reminder that none of us suffers from too much clarity. None of us can be reminded too often that deep rest is necessary to our health as families, communities, churches, or individuals. We cannot be reminded too often that the pieces of renewal have not abandoned us so much as they have gone into dormancy. Could it be that prayer and worship are like riding a bike: that even though we may fall out of practice from time to time, we never really forget the operation of the vehicle, or the enterprise of the exercise itself?
If you'll allow it, this renewal of the exercise is why events like our Winter Retreat are important (coming up on February 10 – 12). It is why worship like Confirmation Sunday is enriching to our entire congregation, not only those directly involved. It is why coming together as sisters and brothers in faith, as we can this Sunday Night, January 29 (Caring Conversations, 7 PM in Davidson Chapel), to talk and pray about grief and loss is necessary. We retreat, worship, and pray together and, as we do, the woods are not so thick, the winter not so cold, and clarity comes as we see the intertwined forests of faith and life as they really are: rooted deeply by a God who even gives gifts in the winters of our lives.


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You Want More TOY STORY? How About A Clip From A New Short Called HAWAIIAN VACATION!
Anytime we get to see anything from Pixar is a treat, but this short has the characters of TOY STORY so of course this is a must see.
This time around it is a clip from their upcoming short entitled HAWAIIAN VACATION that will pre-roll in front of CARS 2 this summer.
Here is what you're about to see:
Set in new owner Bonnie's bedroom, "Hawaiian Vacation" features Woody (voice of Tom Hanks) and Buzz (voice of Tim Allen) and the rest of the favourite Toy Story 3 toys as they create the ultimate Hawaiian vacation for Ken (voice of Michael Keaton) and Barbie (voice of Jodi Benson).
It seems Ken badly miscalculated their travel arrangements, so the gang has to create a dream getaway in Bonnie's Midwestern bedroom - in the middle of winter. Toy Story Hawaiian Vacation also features the voices of Joan Cusack, Wallace Shawn, Don Rickles, Estelle Harris, Blake Clark, Bonnie Hunt, Timothy Dalton, Kristen Schaal, Jeff Garlin and John Ratzenberger.
Here's what director Gary Rydstrom had to say about it (from EW):
"We wanted to figure out a story that would include everybody, which is crazy because it is under six minutes. It takes place in Bonnie's room — Woody, Buzz and Rex and everybody is in on it. Ken wants to take Barbie on a perfect vacation to Hawaii by stowing away in Bonnie's backpack, but they get left behind in the middle of winter while she goes off without them. Ken kind of screwed up. [Laughs] Barbie probably does all the planning, and he tried to plan this one."
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GLASTONBURY — — As the Capitol Region Council of Governments prepares a new plan for the next natural disaster, the agency wants to hear from town officials and residents on what it should include.
Representatives from East Hartford, Glastonbury, Manchester, South Windsor and Hartford along with CRCOG officials will host a meeting Thursday to gather input for the next Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan. The current one expires in September. An updated plan helps communities deal with natural disasters and apply for Federal Emergency Management Agency funding.


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Don't have a heart attack D!
Hope you all had a great Christmas and a happy New Year. It has been a busy few weeks here for us, organising wedding things, painting the bathroom (what a mission!), Spen coming home from NZ and getting him ready for school (went back to school today).
Where do I start.....
We had a quiet Christmas here, had lunch with Davids family which was nice then had a quiet but very hot New Years eve. We didn't go out, David and I had a few quiet drinks on the deck, to hot inside!! It was like 43 degrees that day and didn't cool down that much at night!! Yes I know we are boring, but with no one to watch Samantha it is a bit hard to go out and party....Who am I kidding we wouldn't go and party ....ok ok you caught me out we are boring!!!!
Wedding plans are coming along nicely, we met with the celebrant today, her name is Nola and she is perfect! We also went to look at a garden and venue to have our wedding and reception, as David's mum Angela has offered to pay for it.....
It is a lovely garden, not what I was expecting, better!!!!! I love it, it isn't formal it is relaxed and rustic, and the best thing is it is a load of stress off me because I don't have to worry about perfecting our garden and we are having the reception there as well and I don't have to cook YIPPEE!!!!
The Bathroom!!!!
My god what an epic (thanks D) that has been! When we moved into our house, nearly 2years ago this was the only room that needed work, and it really needed work!!! The ceiling was covered in mould. the walls were washed in a white paint put on with god knows what, the shower was disgusting and had a shower curtain, hate those!!! Tiles were falling off the wall blah blah blah I think you get the idea. David and his dad Ray re-tiled the shower and we had a shower screen put in, they did a great job! We just never got round to painting it 'til now. I will post pics of before and after when we finally finish it, which should be before to long, oh please don't let it be to long!!!
Well I had better go and be a good mum and get Spen's lunch ready for tomorrow.
Will blog some more soon, I promise!


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Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Tackle It Tuesday: Clean Home Challenge: Week 1: Top of the Dresser
For this week, I am doing the tops of both of my dressers. In my bedroom, my husband and I have two dressers. We have our regular dresser (which we refer to as our long dresser) and our chest of drawers. We both have clothes stored in both dressers.
If I have time, I will also try to do all three of the dressers that my four kids have. Cephas and Koren share a dresser in their room and then in Oralee and Jeriah's room, they each have their own dressers. I'm not sure that I will have time to get to all of them, but if I do, I will share those photos as well.
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